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from Abstract, Hito Steyerl, 2012
Abstract, one of three pieces in Hito Steyerl's solo exhibition at e-flux, shows the artist's visit to the deathplace of a friend. As an eyewitness plainly recounts the evening slaughter, he points out the remains of Andrea Wolf and some 40 other insurgents shot dead by the Turkish Army in Kurdistan. On the adjacent screen, Steyerl shoots the facades of German monuments with her phone. Doing so exposes the material origin for the killing (Turkey is a second market for German arms) and connects the languages of cinema with combat (the shot > countershot; an image becomes a target between crosshairs). As Steyerl acts as both editor and the woman with the movie camera (for her short discussion of Vertov, go here), the exhibit explores an area of overlapping influence between subject and object; aptly, one of her pieces is entitled Adorno's Grey.
Journalist and PKK revolutionary Andrea Wolf is an ever-present proof of synthesis in the show. In November, we see a young Wolf as a leader of a motorcycle gang (that includes Steyerl) in a Russ Meyer homage. In Steyerl's films, builds happen, not sequences: someone discusses the usage of Costa-Gavras' State of Siege as a training film for young terrorists. See them kidnap, plant bombs, and evade authorities; learn that the film was based on first-hand, real-life accounts of resistance behavior. These films of bad-assery first appear as templates to turn an internal sense of (in)justice into action. They grow into an entangled relationship of images and events that map the formation and remembrance of Wolf's conscience. We may not know her details, but we have a sense of her motivation...
Embedded Structures: An Interview with Shilpa Gupta
Untitled, photograph, 2006
Turner Road, photographs with sound, 2008
Untitled, MS Gate which swings side to side and breaks the walls, 2009
Shilpa Gupta's work sometimes takes place outside of or leaves the gallery, and ranges from photographs and objects to websites and interactive video. I spoke with the Mumbai-based artist over email:
Your pieces often weaponize subjects, drawing awareness to an underlying violence or militarization of mundane acts and objects (e.g., the tedium of house guards in Mumbai, a child with multiple arms making a gun with their fingers, a mechanical swinging gate). Could you expand on what you consider to be the political in the everyday?
What I am referring to are the embedded and often invisible structures that steer the way we think in daily life. Example: while we read newspapers and watch the 9 pm national news, it slips off our mind that the images we are seeing could be filtered in certain ways to generate certain opinions. Example: on the Untitled, MS Gate which swings from left to right and breaks the wall, there is an undefined form which, while much smaller in size, is far deeper than the rest of the gate. This could be an undefined geographical territory or it could be a hole in a brain of a housewife, both of which may have a desire to be free.
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Christopher Baker, Murmur Study, Installation View, Audi Open Space Pavilion, Frankfurt, 2011
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In Hello World! or: How I learned to stop listening and love the noise, you compiled 5,000 online diaries and showed them on one enormous wall. Along with their accompanying audio, they all play at once; you can occasionally hear one voice above the others as the sound rises and falls. How many of the individual clips did you watch? How were they selected? Are you familiar with the people in any way (via previous knowledge, web stalking, etc.)? Do any of them know that they're in this artwork?
My original motivation was to create an experience that addressed the contrast between our greatest hopes for new communication technologies and what they actually deliver. After spending time with an earlier iteration (which was essentially 5000 randomly selected videos), I decided that I really wanted to capture the optimism and excitement of new users as they spoke directly with their audience. To that end, I generated a set of search keywords that included phrases like "my first video blog" or "my first vlog" (among others), then downloaded about 30,000 of the resulting videos. In the end I decided to choose videos that had little to no post-production (i.e. graphics, titles, edits, etc), featured a typical webcam head and shoulders shot, and were recorded in a personal or private space, like a bedroom, home, car or bathroom. Since I downloaded about 1500 hours of video, I wasn't able to watch each video from start to finish. I scanned each video and evaluated them for their visual quality and background scene as much as their spoken content. Since the videos were found via a public search, I had no connection with any of ...
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Still from Art21 Telethon, May 2012
There's performance: immediate, rehearsed and present; then there's television: distant, canned, and broadcast. One offspring of their coupling is the telethon. 'Telethon' became a recognized portmanteau of 'television' and 'marathon' with Jerry Lewis' aid in the 1950s. His telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association ran and ran: there'd be a song, a celebrity, a mail carrier, a joke, banter and filler. The marathon viewing sessions kept attention on the cause at hand by providing various entertainment in service of one goal: to raise awareness and funds for the organization. The camera was always on: in order to look away, the viewer had to hit the clicker to change the view (or turn off the box). Inside, the telethon continued.
Recently, Art21 held their own artist-led telethon. Hosted by Ronnie Bass, who had explored the format in 2007 in order to raise funds for his Performa TV piece, the event came to be after the NEA cut funding to the PBS art documentary program. Artists replaced entertainers to create some nine hours of durational broadcast performance streaming from Algus Greenspon Gallery to the Art21 site. It was telethon to its core, making up what it lacked in big-production finesse with performative sincerity, intimacy, and palpable camaraderie.
The telethon as a fundraiser makes less viable sense today: crowd-funding options are less time-consuming and presentation-intensive. What remains is its value as a style: the telethon as an experience that fills time with performance, and an endurance event in service of an objective.
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Shu Lea Cheang, Brandon, Bigdoll interface, 1998
In 1998, the Guggenheim Museum launched its first web-based art commission, Shu Lea Cheang's Brandon. Over the course of a year, the collaborative, dynamic piece would look at the complexity of gender, sexuality, and identity through the life and death of Brandon Teena/Teena Brandon, a Nebraska youth who was raped and murdered after his biological sex as a woman came to light in 1993.
Oft-cited in new media art history as one of the first widely recognized pieces of net art, the Brandon site has been offline for the last year or so; the Guggenheim plans to restore the work in the very near future.
I spoke to the artist about Brandon, 14 years after its launch:
YH: How did you first come to conceptualize Brandon? What were the circumstances for its commission?
SLC: Brandon was conceived at a time that I moved from actual space to cyber/virtual, claiming myself a cyber-nomad. It was around the mid-90s, and there was high hope for a super-highway, for a virtual world where race/gender does not matter any more. (I think it was the ad copy of MCI communications?). Meanwhile, two articles came out at Village Voice, one about Brandon Teena's rape/murder case by Donna Minkowitz and the other Julian Dibbell's A Rape in Cyberspace. I had been experimenting with boundary crossing between the actual (state/nation) and virtual (anonymous/avatars), which needed to take up a durational performative format.
By 1995, I wrote out a proposal which was to be a one-year web narrative project following my feature film Fresh Kill (1994). At the time, I guess it was unusual to conceive a durational web work, to be unfolded by episodes, by staged virtual performance 'events' supported by actual space installation. At the time, David Ross was the director of the Whitney Museum. He had the vision to expand the museum into cyberspace. Curator John Hanhardt (who has exhibited three of my major works: color schemes (a solo show in 1990), Those Fluttering Objects of Desire (1993, Whitney Biennial), and Fresh Kill (1995, Whitney Biennial)) took up the curation of Brandon. By 1998, Hanhardt had moved to the Guggenheim Museum and took Brandon with him. At the Guggenheim, Matthew Drutt, Associate Curator for Research, helped realize the curatorial admist the Guggenheim's venture into the virtual museum with Asymptote Architects...


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The classification of landslides by the BGS currently follows the scheme based on Varnes (1978) and Cruden & Varnes (1996). The scheme terminology is also that suggested by the Unesco Working Party on the 'World Landslide Inventory' (WP/WLI 1990, 1993).
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Combining movement and material type terms enables an appropriately descriptive landslide name to be formulated. Naming can become more detailed with the addition of other descriptive details related to activity state, water content , rate of movement, etc., if known (e.g. active, complex, extremely rapid, dry rock fall-debris flow).
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An update to the Varnes classification has recently been presented to the landslides community by Hungr et al (2014). We are interested to know how this will be received.
Cruden, D M, and Varnes, D J. 1996. Landslide types and processes. In Special Report 247: Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C.
Hungr, O, Leroueil, S and Picarelli, L. 2014. The Varnes classification of landslide types: an update. Landslides, Volume 11(2), 167–194.
Varnes, D J. 1978. Slope movement types and processes. In Special report 176: Landslides: Analysis and Control, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
WP/WLI. 1990. A suggested method for reporting a landslide. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology, No 41.
WP/WLI. 1993. A suggested method for describing the activity of a landslide. Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology, No 47.


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You know how Facebook supposedly has systems in place to ensure you're not using a fake name? It turns out that the systems are backfiring – several Native Americans, some with traditional names, are being told by Facebook that their names are fake! We look into this farce and find out what's going on. Our Craniumelody artist this week is 4minute.
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Oct. 30, 2008 (Washington D.C.) — Young women who don't know they have the virus that causes genital herpes could be unknowingly fueling the herpes epidemic, new research suggests.
Although they have no symptoms of the disease and have not been tested, many women are actively shedding the virus in their genital tracts, says Kenneth Fife, MD, of Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis.
"They're often infectious and don't know it," he tells WebMD.
Nationwide, at least 45 million people 12 and older, or one out of five adolescents and adults, have genital herpes, according to the CDC. It's most often caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2).
Fife and colleagues studied 127 young women. They entered the study when they were 14 to 18 and followed for four to six years. Only three of the women had been diagnosed with genital herpes, and the rest hadn't been tested before.
Two-Thirds of Women Actively Shedding Virus
Over the course of the study, about one-fourth of the women who originally tested negative for HSV-2 subsequently tested positive.
But what was really of concern, Fife says, was that two-thirds of the women for whom genital swabs were available were actively shedding virus. "That's when they can spread the disease," he says.
Had the women not been in the study, they might never have been tested, Fife says. Most had no symptoms — not even common symptoms like genital pain or vaginal discharge, which can be caused by a number of disorders, he says.
The research was presented at a joint meeting of the American Society for Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Viral Shedding Continues for More Than a Decade
In a separate study, University of Washington researchers found that even 10 years after being diagnosed with HSV-2, adults continue to shed virus nearly 14% of days, says Paul Auwaerter, MD, of Johns Hopkins.
The study involved 89 otherwise healthy adults with documented HSV-2 infection. As in the Indiana study, most had no symptoms, he says. Auwaerter, who served on the committee that chose which studies to highlight at the meeting, was not involved with the work.
Together, these findings "show why this virus is so successfully spread among the sexually active population," he tells WebMD.
"Many of these women had no symptoms and hence were unaware they had herpes and hence more likely to spread it. You need to be screened specifically for it," Auwaerter says.
Hormonal Contraception May Lower the Body's Natural Defenses
Also at the meeting, researchers reported that the pill and other forms of hormonal contraception may lower a woman's natural defenses against HSV-2.
Gail Shust, MD, and colleagues at Albert Einstein School of Medicine studied the genital fluid from 16 healthy women aged 18 to 25 who were at low risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases. Genital fluid has been shown to have natural antimicrobial activity against HSV-2, Shust says.
Nine of the 16 women were using hormonal contraception: Seven were on the pill, one used injectable Depo-Provera, and one the vaginal ring NuvaRing.
Results showed genital fluid from the women using hormonal contraception had significantly less anti-herpes activity compared with the other women, she tells WebMD.
Shust stresses that the study was small and the findings need confirmation in other research.


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In a new post to PHPBuilder.com today Jason Gilmore takes a look at a popular content management system from EllisLab called ExpressionEngine. He gives an overview of what it is and what it has to offer over some other CMSes out there.
Indeed, I concluded that no solution effectively offered both the fundamental features of a content management system and the flexibility of a web framework. However , after working with ExpressionEngine (one of the systems I recently highlighted in my article "The Top Five PHP Content Management Systems"), my opinion on this matter has fundamentally changed.
He mentions the hundreds of features included in ExpressionEngine, how it handles content management, templates and includes a powerful member/user management system. He also talk briefly about the plugin system with over 140 offerings currently available and more and more being added all the time.


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Check out this link of potential free agents. Assuming a deal is reached soon here, there is a strong possibility that there will be a fast and furious free agent frenzy soon. So, start thinking about which players might appeal to the Packers. Even though TT doesn't often dive into the free agency frenzy, for some reason this year, I wonder if he might. There are some quality players on this list and I'm guessing there are others Prisco doesn't even list. (By the way, I disagree with Prisco's order here. Unless he knows re injuries or something the order is off.)
Here are the guys that caught my eye:
- Charles Johnson, DE Carolina – if we don't keep Jenkins which it seems like we won't, Johnson would be a huge acquisition
- Zach Miller, TE Oakland – imagine Miller and Finley at TE, with our WRs and RBs and Rodgers
- Paul Posluszney, LB Buff – seems like a TT kind of guy
- Ahmad Bradshaw, RB Giants – bet Giants re-sign him, but picking him up would make us ridiculous offensively
- DeAngelo Williams, RB Carolina – could be lots of competition for he and Bradshaw, but landing either one would nicely supplement our backfield
- Justin Blalock, G Atlanta – Blalock could add some nice depth to our O-Line and depending on the Colledge sitution, could possibly start
- Stephen Tulloch, LB Tenn – this guy is a monster and will have an immediate impact on whichever team he goes to
- Ike Taylor, CB Pitt – doubt he'll get to the market, but if he does he is a high quality cover corner; though the Pack acquiring him is highly doubtful unless Capers is preferring to switch Woodson to safety now
- Santana Moss, WR Redskins – though he's likely to get scooped up pretty quickly, he would be an amazing fit on the Packers as anyone but the #1 WR. He has been so limited in Wash by a lack of WR support that if he played for a team deep at WR like the Pack, he could be a headache for opposing teams.
- Steve Smith, WR Giants – like lots of the guys above, he's likely to be expensive or unavailable (though I'm not aware of how extensive his injury issues are presently). But this guy is a very good player who could make a difference for this team.
Again, while TT will most likely wait for the big names to be overpaid, there are some guys on this list whom I believe would be worth paying decent cash for. One of the greatest challenges in sports is making a great team better. This involves some degree of risk taking and I'm hoping we can snag a couple players (on this list or not) who can positively influence games for us.


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Home Warranty in Grand Tower, Illinois
How Home Warranty Services Work?
Using home warranty services in Grand Tower helps protect you from costly expenses if your major home systems or home appliances need costly repairs and replacements.
By utilizing home warranty services in Grand Tower, Illinois, you'll never be caught off guard paying for major expenses when a major home system or appliance fails.
No matter if you own, rent, or are selling a property, having home warranty services in Grand Tower offers beneficial cost savings to help offset any service fee or annual costs associated with warranty services.
Owning and maintain a home can be expensive and having to pay out of pocket for costly repairs can lead homeowners feeling an economic pinch. Home warranties in Grand Tower not only offer invaluable protection for home systems and appliances but for your wallet as well.
Having home warranties in Grand Tower not only brings you peace of mind but home warranties also allow you to concentrate your funds on other economic areas of need.
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You'll also have instant customer support to immediately start the repair process, coverage for improperly installed appliances, and added protections for expensive home repairs involving roof leaks, air conditioner breakdowns, and septic tank issues.
- Instant Support: Receive 24/7 online support in Grand Tower, Illinois to help start the fixing or repairing process on major items as soon as they break down. You also won't have to waste time trying to compare prices or read reviews of contractors.
- Mistake-Free Fixes: Even if your home systems or appliances weren't installed properly or haven't been maintained correctly, warranties can still cover the cost of fixing or replacing the items.
- Wide Coverage: Covering major home repair expenses in Grand Tower such as roof leaks, air conditioner replacements, or septic tank issues is another additional coverage customers can receive to help negate unwanted and major fixes.
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Home Appliance Insurance to Buy
Deciding which home appliance insurance in Grand Tower to purchase involves in-depth research to determine the exact type of home warranty insurance coverage you need to ensure the protections the home warranty company is offering cover your home appliance insurance needs.
Other home appliance insurance aspects to consider before deciding on which warranty plan to buy includes the availability of coverage in your area, the appliance creation date and wear and tear, as well as whether the plans offers additional options to cover major home systems.
Home appliances covered under home appliance insurance include washers, dryers, garbage disposals, refrigerators, stove and ovens, built-in microwaves, dishwashers, humidifiers, garage door openers, and ceiling fans.
In addition to home appliances, home warranties also cover most major home systems including cooling, heating, plumbing, electrical, roof, water heater, ductwork, and septic tanks systems.
When to Buy a Home Warranty in Grand Tower, Illinois
When deciding whether to purchase home warranty insurance in Grand Tower, homeowners, sellers, and renters all have options on when they can buy home warranty plans.
There is no restriction on whether new or existing homeowners are permitted to purchase home warranty plans in Grand Tower, so if a homeowner decided to forgo purchasing a home warranty plan, they would still be allowed to purchase a plan at a later time.
Before finalizing any home warranty coverage, make sure to speak with home warranty agents on the special deals, seasonal promotions and discounts the home warranty company may be offering to help alleviate costs.
Home warranty and appliance insurance costs varies depending on the size and location of your property, but a home warranty plan generally averages around $200. The annual fee is paid in full when the plan commences with a service fee also due when a claim is filed.
How the Home Appliance Insurance Claim Process Operates in Grand Tower, Illinois
Although not an overly complicated process, when filing a home warranty claim in Grand Tower, Illinois, it is imperative to follow the proper steps and procedures to ensure you can receive your claim.
Before claiming anything in Grand Tower, it's vital to review the home warranty contract to ensure your plan properly covers the home system or appliance that needs to be fixed or replaced.
Once you have contacted the home warranty company in Grand Tower, Illinois and started the claim process, the company will review your policy for confirmation the item is covered and then they will then send a certified technician to your home to determine the issue.
Once the technician determines whether the item needs to be replaced or just needs minor repairs, the needed repairs and replacements can start. Customers will then pay the home warranty company a service fee after the work is completed and the process is completed.
Never Bypass Home Warranties Again
Over the course of your home ownership in Grand Tower, Illinois, unexpected and costly expenses are bound to occur no matter how well your property is maintained.
Purchasing home warranty services in Grand Tower provides the protection on all major home systems and appliances to not only safeguard your property but to help alleviate any financial concerns that come with maintaining a home.


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Canadian actor/singer Nolan Gerard Funk has been added to the cast of Glee as the leader of the Dalton Academy Warblers, TV Line reports. His recurring character, Hunter, will try to convince Blaine (Darren Criss) to return to the group to compete for the national championships.
Funk is a stage and screen veteran who starred in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie, as well as Aliens in America.
9 Glee Spoilers: Finn's return, more Sam impressions and a new school musical?
Hunter will first appear in Episode 7 of the current season.
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Do you know our managing editor Brian Barrett? You should! He appeared in that TV commercial with Beyonce. You know the one. But he's also one of our best friends and a terrific guy to work with. And today is his birthday.
Brian is grappling with being 31, which is actually a very nice age, considering the average American male lives to be 75. So many years to go. But he's also infused with youthful zest and vigor that belie any number. Still, we gave him a gentle teasing on this day in our Campfire group chat.
Casey C. do you guys know what that kid in kazaam lokos like now?
Barrett this would mean more if I remembered what he looked like then
Sam B. casey owns kazaam on blu-ray
Casey C. YOU WERE PLENTY OLD ENOUGH OLD MAN
Sam B. hahahahahaha
calling someone old on their birthday is awesome
Barrett man, and this is an OLD birthday
Casey C. (soweeee)
Wagner at this point, aren;t they all?
Sam B. old and getting older
Barrett at least 30 is like, a big party
Sam B. if anything 31 should be better because now like
you're "a guy in his 30s"
instead of TURNING 30
Barrett that is in no way better
Sam B. yeah but you can at least own it
and be a 30-something
instead of brian who used to be in his 20s
now you can do 30-something stuff
like ___________________
and ______________________
Barrett mortgages
Sam B. yeah
Barrett homeowners insurance deductables
SPEAKING OF WHICH need to pay both of those
Sam B. comparing one kind of drywall to another kind
Wagner you were on TV a lot in your 20s
Barrett thanks buddy
Sam B. waking up in the middle of the night and thinking about drywall, and if you bought the wrong kind
even after all of that comparison shopping
and then thinking about 40
and what that means
40, ever looming
Barrett does one buy drywall?
Wagner when one has a mortgage, one does
Sam B. at least one better
unless one wants one's walls to crumble
on the other hand, you have a beautiful wife and home
Sam B. and a great job
and I'm going home alone tonight to heat up soup and cut hot dogs into it
and hope my cable is fast enough to stream game of thrones on HBO Go
and stare at the ceiling until consciousness spares me
and hope I dream once more of what it was like to be in high school
Wagner is this some kind of protest about adrian being out and there being no daily wagner
Sam B. ok back to [redacted] review peace fuckers
Kristen P. I'm tardy to the party but Happy Bday Brian!
Now, your turn! Wish Gizmodo Managing Editor Brian Barrett happy birthday, or you'll be banned.


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I predict said CD-R has a label on it?I've discovered over the years that the glue on most labels eats the top layer of the disc, and the data is sitting on that top layer.
jimzzzak - have you come across very many CDRs without paper labels that have failed?
I store them in dark, cool places.
They'll probably last much, much longer than that ... in a landfill. The music, of course, will be lo-ooo-ong gone. That being said, I've had pretty good luck with my CD-Rs. I've been burning them for about 12 years and I've only had 2 or 3 go bad in storage. (I'm fudging -- I can actually remember only 2, but I suppose there may have been a 3rd.) I've always burned CDs at the slowest speed my set-up allowed (used to be 4X, now it's 8X) and I store them in dark, cool places.


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15 Awesome R2-D2 Inspired Designs and Products - Part 4.
R2-D2 Guitar: This guitar inspired by R2-D2 is the creation of Doug Draws Things.
R2-D2 Suitcase: This awesome R2-D2 inspired suitcase is perfect for traveling; it is the creation of Salvador Bachiller and its called "Robot Trolley".
R2-D2 Heels: These R2-D2 heels are handmade by mikesaurus and they even blink.
R2-D2 Vespa: Geekologie reader Morgan made this awesome R2-D2 Vespa scooter.
R2-D2 Lunch Bag: This awesome R2-D2 lunch bag lights up, and it even makes sounds once you push the button.
R2D2 USB Drive Cufflinks: These detailed cufflinks are made out of enamel and comes with 2GB of storage space.
R2-D2 Talking Bank: This little talking R2-D2 bank whistles and beeps each time you drop in some coins.
R2-D2 Ring: This awesome R2-D2 ring was created by Bierker, its made from precious metals inlaid with blue sapphires and diamond in the middle.
R2-D2 Turntable:
R2-D2 Ballerina Costume: This R2-D2 ballerina outfit is designed by Leeloo, and she calls it the Artoo Tutu.
R2-D2 Soy Sauce Bottle: Its available in three Flavors: R2-D2 (White), R2-Q5 (Black) and R2-R9 (Red).
R2-D2 Hooded Bathrobe: This R2-D2 bathrobe is made of cotton terry cloth with satin panels for a comfortable feel.
R2-D2 Socks: These cool socks take their inspiration from R2-D2.
R2-D2 Pizza Cutter: This R2-D2 Pizza Cutter is a fully functional pizza cutter and it beeps happily as it slices.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The seven Big East schools that don't play FBS football have decided to leave the conference and pursue a new basketball framework.
The presidents of the seven schools made the announcement Saturday, saying it was a unanimous vote.
The move leaves Connecticut, a founding member of the league in 1979, Cincinnati and South Florida – three current members with FBS football programs – up in the air concerning their futures.
The seven schools are: Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, DePaul, Marquette, Seton Hall and Providence.
The Big East is still lined up to have a 12-team football conference next season with six new members joining, including Boise State and San Diego State for football only. Rutgers and Louisville, which both announced intentions to leave the Big East, are still expected to compete in the conference next year.
The presidents have scheduled a conference call at 4:30 p.m.
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Discover the Basin
- Rivers. Worth it. Learn about why the Murray–Darling Basin is so important to Australia.
- Catchments Discover more about the Basin in your region by exploring the catchments in the Basin.
- Environment The Basin contains diverse ecosystems and a wide variety of plants and animals.
- Landscape Learn more about the Basin's landscape and diverse, complex environment.
- Atlas of Living Australia Explore our environmental and spatial data
- Science and research Science is critical to the MDBA's management of the Basin.
- Cultural flows Water is vital to Australia's First Nations.
Basin Plan roll-out
- The Basin Plan The aim of the Basin Plan is to ensure that water is shared between all users, including the environment, in a sustainable way.
- Water resource plans Water resource plans are documents that set out how water will be managed in an area.
- Sustainable diversion limits The Basin Plan sets a limit on how much water can be sustainably diverted within the Basin.
- Compliance and enforcement Compliance is an integral part of water management in the Murray–Darling Basin.
- Monitoring and evaluation Monitoring, evaluation and reporting is critical to understanding whether the Basin Plan is working and on track.
- Water recovery Water recovery is the water that is being recovered for the environment.
- Northern Basin projects The northern Basin is a complex network of people and places, industries and organisations with many and varied needs.
- Climate variability and change Water management must be adaptive to the uncertain effects of climate variability and change.
- Groundwater We work together with the states to manage the Basin's groundwater resources.
Managing water
- Water for the environment Ensuring that water quality is maintained and rivers and wetlands are restored to health.
- Water markets and trade Trade is vital for irrigators by allowing flexibility in response to water availability.
- Water quality Maintaining water quality is crucial to sustaining human life and a healthy, working Basin.
- Basin in Brief A monthly summary of the latest rainfall and water quality information from across the Basin.
- Salinity Salinity management is a significant environmental challenge for the Basin.
- Water in storages View the total amount of water in storages across the Basin.
- Return flows After water is used some of it can return back to the river system – this water is known as a 'return flow'.
- Drought in the Murray–Darling Basin Drought is a natural part of Australia's climate.
- Water resource modelling Hydrological modelling plays an important role in water management and key policy initiatives.
- Murray-Darling rivers: the facts Some of the facts about running the river and managing water
River Murray system
- River Murray data Our online interactive map about water levels, flows, salinity and water temperature.
- River Murray operations The Murray–Darling Basin Authority operates the River Murray on behalf of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
- River recreation We take account of recreational activities when making decisions on releases and water targets.
- Weekly reports Summary of operations for the River Murray system including storage, flow and salinity data.
- Water sharing in the River Murray Water shared in the River Murray system in line with the Murray–Darling Basin Agreement.
- Flow advice Advice on flows to help landholders and river users manage activities that may be impacted by river movements.
- Storage, flow and salinity reports Reports on storage levels, flows and salinity across the River Murray system.
- Lesson packages Concise, curriculum-linked lesson materials to help explain the complex science of the Murray–Darling Basin
- Apps Explore the challenges of the Murray-Darling Basin through our free apps
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The market for electric boats has grown unprecedentedly
Today, many countries have instituted environmental protection laws discouraging the use of gasoline marine engines. Laws either prohibit certain engines or fuel use or reduce emission levels by setting specific standards. In response, the market for electric boats has grown unprecedentedly.
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New Mexico media leaders share their thoughts and demonstrate that media is transforming the Rio Grande region.
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Campagnolo 11-Speed Bar End Shifter Set
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Bar end shifters are designed for maximum aerodynamics with "Back-To-Zero" positioning allowing the lever to return to its initial position after every shift.
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A Good System Gone Bad
We have had problems lately with light coating on our automotive products. We have started to clean the racks more often, and this seems to help a little, but we still are not getting the kind of coverage we got when the system was new.
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Q. We used to send our automotive product out to be coated, but we built our own powder system and began to do our own black epoxy coating a few months ago. The system worked pretty well when we started, but we have had problems lately with light coating. We have increased the flow rate of the powder and that helps, but our material use is worse and we still do not understand what has changed. Our application efficiency has gradually declined so that we have to spray a lot more powder to get the same coverage that we used to get. Our film thickness is inconsistent but our material cost is much higher.
Our application equipment vendor says there is nothing wrong with our powder guns but we need to keep our racks cleaner for better ground. We have started to clean the racks more often, and this seems to help a little, but we still are not getting the kind of coverage we got when the system was new. P.T.
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A. You need to consider what has changed since you started. Your racking has been used, and the suggestion to keep the racks clean is an excellent start. Earth grounding is essential for uniform film build at reasonable flow rates. Dirty hooks can cause a loss of ground for deposition of powder. With only one color, I will assume that you use a cartridge module reclaim system. This module will collect 100 percent of your overspray for reuse. If you have been running at higher flow rates with poor efficiency, you have probably built up more fine powder particles in your reclaim system. Larger particles have more cumulative charge and are more likely to build on a poorly grounded part. Finer particles are less likely to build on any surface, and poor grounding reduces the deposition of finer particles. In addition, reclaimed powder ordinarily builds up a higher percentage of fines in a module collection system, resulting in poor transfer efficiency, more orange peel, uneven and low film build, and poor coverage in Faraday areas (inside recesses).
Get your racks clean and measure the earth ground with an ohmmeter. Resistance to ground should be below 1 mega-ohm. Measure your particle size in the collector and compare it to the virgin material. Chances are good that the percentage of fines in the collector is much higher than the virgin material. If the particle size distribution for the powder in the collector has more than 25 percent under 10 micron, you should throw it away or pump it out and slowly blend it back in with virgin material. If the guns are in good working condition, the ground is good and the powder is not loaded with fines, you should be able to get your settings back down to more reasonable flow rates and get good coverage.
In the future, keep your guns in good repair, maintain clean hooks and consume your reclaim powder fast enough to avoid an accumulation of fines.
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"One of the key deliverables was for Fujitsu to project manage the entire process, including working with other vendors. It handled this collaboration effectively, ensuring we kept on track to meet the deadline."
Geoff Dodds, Applications Development Manager, AMP Financial Services New Zealand
AMP Financial Services New Zealand (AMP) is a wealth management company that provides quality financial advice to its customers through a broad range of products including financial planning, investments and superannuation. With approximately 693,000 customers in New Zealand, AMP is New Zealand's largest provider of workplace savings schemes and is a default KiwiSaver provider.
In order to meet upcoming government regulations, AMP needed to find a way to extract and compile data from a diverse and complex number of financial product databases.
AMP asked Fujitsu to design a Java-based reporting solution which would harvest data from each of the core systems and integrate it into a central database.
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UN-Energy Chair Yumkella commends EU Leadership, calls for commitments to sustainable energy for all
BRUSSELS, 8 February 2012 - Kandeh K. Yumkella, Chair of UN-Energy, today announced a "Framework for Action" which will mobilize and facilitate commitments by governments, the private sector, and civil society towards achieving UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Sustainable Energy for All initiative. Ban's initiative has set three interlinked targets to be achieved by 2030: ensuring universal access to modern energy services; doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. The "Framework for Action" proposes several high-value areas for action at the national and international level, including efforts to expand energy access, promote efficiency standards and policies, and strengthen investment in renewables. Speaking at a conference hosted at the European Parliament in Brussels, Yumkella said: "This Framework will enable governments, the private sector, and civil society groups to make specific commitments to action which will drive progress from the boardroom to the smallest village, enabling the world to achieve sustainable energy for all by 2030." Yumkella commended the European Union's support of the Secretary-General's initiative and heralded its leadership in making energy access central to its development efforts, while also drastically improving energy efficiency and spurring renewable energy deployment at home through its 20-20-20 targets. "Europe has demonstrated leadership by example on energy access and through its long-term vision on renewables and efficiency. We need to replicate these examples throughout the world and accelerate actions that help us achieve sustainable energy for all by 2030," Yumkella said. Europe is advancing sustainable energy to the top of the global development agenda. Last week the European Parliament passed a comprehensive resolution on the need to achieve universal energy access. The European Union has also made energy one of the three thematic priorities of its new "Agenda for Change." Increasing access to modern energy services is a prerequisite to creating social and economic opportunities that can improve the lives of the world's poorest. Progress is desperately needed, as one person in five worldwide still lacks access to electricity. Nearly three billion people -- more than 40 per cent of the world -- rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating. "We need change, and we need it urgently. We can - and we must - give three billion people the chance to build more productive, healthier lives," said Yumkella. At the same time, Yumkella added that Europe stood to gain from accelerating the transition to low-emission technologies. More stringent commitments to energy savings and concrete targets for renewables by 2030 will unlock private-sector investments across Europe and deliver on the vision of a low-carbon future laid out in Europe's Energy Roadmap 2050. The Roadmap 2050 project is an initiative of the European Climate Foundation (ECF). "Especially in difficult economic times, focusing on sustainable energy will open new opportunities for increasing Europe's competitiveness and stimulating much-needed growth and jobs," said Yumkella. European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, who took part in the event, said: "We are all aware of the fundamental role that energy access plays as a driver for development, in delivering health, education, food security and economic growth, to name but a few. With around EUR 2 billion allocated in the energy sector worldwide, the EU is a leader in empowering the world. Our energy partnership with Africa has already provided access to energy to 13 million people. We must join forces with the industry, academics and partner countries to foster access to sustainable energy to all by 2030." "The EU will throw its weight behind putting sustainable energy at the top of the global development agenda. Through the promotion of our technology and expertise, combined with a targeted use of our aid funding, we will aim at increasing access to modern energy services to the world's poorest. This is a prerequisite for creating social and economic opportunities that can improve their lives on the long run," he added. Commissioner Piebalgs is a member of the high-level Group on Sustainable Energy for All, co-chaired by Yumkella and Charles Holliday, Chairman of Bank of America. The Group is leading the effort to mobilize and facilitate commitments to action that will drive change on the ground. These commitments will be featured at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June. The European rollout of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All was organized by the charity Practical Action, the United Nations Foundation, and the Stockholm Environment Institute


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Editor's note: The following article contains minor spoilers about the plot of "Obvious Child."
(CNN) -- "Obvious Child" has all the story arcs for romantic-comedy gold, including a newly brokenhearted protagonist trying to find her way in life and love, an unlikely meet-cute of opposite personalities and an advisory panel of cheeky best friends. But one of the film's major through lines is a topic not often broached in theaters: abortion.
The film, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and will open nationwide on Friday, has been called "the most winning abortion-themed rom-com ever" by The Dissolve, and in a piece called "No more Shmashmortion" on Slate.com, writer Amanda Hess deemed it "the most honest abortion movie I've ever seen."
Though the movie successfully mines the traditional rom-com tropes for laughs, groans and "awwwws," abortion is emerging as its unlikely claim to fame.
"We don't feel like that description does it justice," producer Elisabeth Holm told CNN.
"It's as much about a stand-up comedian and her life in New York. (An abortion) happens, but it doesn't have to define her."
When Holm spoke with CNN, she acknowledged the filmmakers were "trying to humanize the experience," even including a scene during the main character's abortion procedure. But they "never set out to make an agenda-driven film," Holm said.
Gillian Robespierre wrote and directed "Obvious Child"; actress Jenny Slate stars as Donna Stern, the bathroom-humor-prone comedian who chooses to undergo an in-clinic procedure after a booze-fueled, one-night stand with Vermont-bred prepster Max, played by Jake Lacy.
Abortion has long been a hot topic in pop culture, from "Maude" in 1972 to HBO's "Girls" in recent years. The release of "Obvious Child" comes shortly after a woman faced criticism for filming and releasing footage of her own abortion in order to show that it wasn't the traumatic experience for her that many assume it to be. In 2010, the CDC reported 765,651 legal induced abortions, with women in their 20s -- like Slate's character -- contributing to the majority of that number.
The debate in movies, TV and viral clips is a reflection of real life: According to a recent CNN/ORC International survey of Americans, 27% of respondents said abortion should be legal in all circumstances, 13% said it should be legal in most circumstances, 38% said it should be legal in a few circumstances, and 20% said it should always be illegal.
Holm says as a born-and-raised New Yorker, both she and director Robespierre came from a world where conversations about abortion happened "in a shame-free, regret-free, clear way" with mothers, friends and sisters -- and that was the experience that they wanted to show on-screen. In "Obvious Child," several characters along the way reveal they had abortions (some legal, some not) in their teens and 20s.
As with any romantic comedy, the two leads, Max and Donna, maintain a "will they/won't they" vibe throughout most of the film -- and that's intentional, Holm says. But Donna's decision to terminate her pregnancy isn't wishy-washy, or even driving the plot. It's the result of a drunken one-night stand that ends without exchanging phone numbers. She's lost her job, and is trying to get a comedy career on track -- from Donna's perspective, the choice is clear.
"It's very decisive," Holm says.
In a scene filmed in an actual Planned Parenthood, Donna says, "I'd like an abortion, please," then apologizes about sounding like a fast-food customer before repeating her request.
Holm says it was crucial to illustrate the actual abortion process: A camera focuses on Donna's face as the sedative kicks in and vacuuming sounds hum in the background.
"I think we've seen a lot of movies where they fade off into the sunset before that action happens," she says. "It was critical to show this moment where it's safe and healthy and also vulnerable."
"This is an experience that many women go through without shame and regret, but not without emotion. Hopefully it's something that people can connect to and have a conversation about. Whatever side you're on."
Framing the ever-contentious issue in a romantic comedy has captivated audiences.
"It shouldn't be a particularly earth-shaking turn, but in a world of rom-coms like 'Knocked Up' and 'Juno,' in which the heroines make the heartwarming decision to go ahead with their pregnancies, this modest little indie movie feels momentous," NPR film critic David Edelstein said of the film.
Meanwhile, a piece at the Daily Caller asked, "Has Hollywood hit a new low?" Its gist: "The film seems to be another Hollywood attempt to reinforce their idea of female empowerment. In this case, it includes one night stands and abortions."
Robespierre told nonprofit news organization Mother Jones: "Whatever other conversation occurs, we're really excited. ... (Conservatives bashing "Obvious Child") haven't seen the movie; they're basing it on articles and trailers."
Still, just as with any summer romantic comedy, the filmmakers hope the takeaway for viewers is sweet, sincere and relatable.
"Hopefully, the movie is one that makes people feel confident in who they are and the choices that they make," Holm says. "And sometimes with confidence comes vulnerability -- and that's a very human experience."
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It's slim pickings at the box office this week. Moviegoers could take in Jackass Present: Bad Grandpa, the Johnny Knoxville flick about a bad grandpa traveling cross-country with his grandson. While it could take in $25 million this weekend, I'm guessing not much of that will come from Barron's readers. Then there's the Cormac McCarthy-scripted the Counselor, which has gotten terrible reviews, despite a cast featuring Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz and Brad Pitt. And for those of us who dig the art house, there's Blue is the Warmest Color, the winner of the Palme D'Or at Cannes this year, but that's playing in only four theaters and is surely not to everyone's taste.
Investors had a little better luck this week, as plenty of stocks were on the move. Boeing (BA), for instance, was the big winner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average after it gained 7.1% to $131.19 this week following a big earnings beat thanks to big profits from its commercial aircraft division. Alexion Pharmaceutical (ALXN), meanwhile, was the biggest non-tech gainer in the S&P 500, with a 15% gain to 125.17. It beat earnings and had a drug designated fast-tracked for approval. And over in the S&P 1500, Career Education Corp. (CECO) gained 91% to $5.98 after selling its European schools for more than its market cap.
It wasn't all good news, however. Healthways (HWY) plunged 30% to $11.41, making it the S&P 1500's biggest loser, while Cameron International (CAM) fell 18% to $53.25, making it the S&P 500's weakest stock. Both released disappointingearnings reports this week.
Still, the Dow Jones Industrials rose 1.1% to15,570.28 this week, while the S&P 500 gained 0.9% to 1,759.77, a record high. The new highs had some bears proclaiming that stocks are expensive. MRB Research Partners doesn't buy it. They write:
Stocks offer average value in absolute terms and good value relative to bonds and short-term interest rates. Stay long equities: an upmove to at least moderately overvalued levels should occur before the bull market ends, given plentiful liquidity conditions, improving economic activity and lagging central bankers, and the lack of attractive alternatives (the love affair with gold and commodities has waned, and the demand for bonds is now ebbing as well).
Next week brings data galore--industrial production and pending home sales on Monday, retail sales on Tuesday, among others--but don't expect the Fed to act on it when it meets, says Pierpont Securities' Stephen Stanley. He writes:
This week brings a heavy slate of events, but with the data mostly distorted and the FOMC not likely to budge any time soon, the impact of the data will be limited...the FOMC meeting this week will likely come and go without much fanfare. There will be no press conference, and the statement may have only cosmetic changes. In my view, the FOMC is not going to seriously contemplate tapering until March 2014 at the earliest.
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MANATEE COUNTY — Few people live life with a true understanding of what it means to love people and live what they believe.
But Myakka City resident Allan Randolph "Randy" Ballard did.
The lifelong cowboy died July 11, 2009, after a valiant battle with cancer. Hundreds of friends and family members gathered to celebrate Ballard's life July 15 at Myakka Family Worship Center on Singletary Road. His burial followed at New Zion Baptist Church in Ona. He was 58 years old.
"To sum up Randy, he was a Christian man that loved his family," longtime friend Dr. Johnnie Copeland said. "He made an impact on anybody he touched — all age groups … The community will miss him. He'll never be replaced, but he did leave a standard for the rest of us to try to live up to."
Ballard grew up on his family's cattle ranch in Myakka City. The lessons he learned in hard work and responsibility he passed on to every youth he could, particularly through his work with the 4-H club and the Manatee County fair.
A lifelong cowboy, Ballard used his expertise and passion for cattle and agriculture as an avenue to mentor youth. Through 4-H, he and his wife, Diana, also took local children all across the state for livestock shows and other activities, and his role at the Manatee County Fair as barn superintendent and fair director created a powerful legacy for those who knew him.
"He was always being positive for the kids — even when his cancer was so bad this past January," said Tammy Meador, who grew up on a neighboring family farm in Myakka. "He was so sick, but he showed up there at the fair to support these kids no matter how bad he felt."
"He invested in people," lifelong friend Larry Cline added. "He and his wife, both. You can't separate the two. In all the years I've known them, the door to their home has been open to so many people."
Even as Ballard battled his own health issues, including cancer and a genetic kidney disease, he kept his focus on other people and how he could best serve them instead of dwelling on his own needs.
Cline said Randy Ballard seemed to have built-in radar for sensing when there was trouble or heartache. At those times, he'd just show up to be with his friends.
"He didn't say a lot, but he would just spend time with you," Cline said.
And time was precious to Ballard. He soaked up each moment, living life to the fullest and keeping a positive attitude despite the circumstances, his friends said.
Whether an old friend, youth from 4-H or a family member, Ballard's life was filled with people he loved. They hunted together. They fished together. They worked cattle together. He rarely was alone.
Having grown up on the farm and having worked as a cowboy for Schroeder-Manatee Ranch for nearly 25 years, Ballard was known for his toughness and his way with cattle.
Even five months before his death, he was named all-around cowboy at the annual Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Cup — a match-up in which cowboys play polo and polo players rope cattle.
Randy Ballard also played softball for more than 20 years on both industrial and church leagues. He and friend Powell Helm grew especially close over the last few years, sharing a passion for Tampa Bay Rays baseball. When they didn't use Helm's season tickets, the friends caught the Rays on television.
"We were coaching the team — they just weren't listening to us," Helm said, laughing. "While he was in the hospital, he didn't miss a game."
Ballard, a member of Bethany Baptist Church, also was known to his friends as a practical jokester who loved to laugh and play pranks on friends.
"I never saw the man (when) he was not upbeat," Copeland said. "We might go for a few days or six months without seeing each other. He was the same every time."
Ballard is survived by his wife, Diana; sons, Ron and Ray of Spartanburg County, S.C.; five grandchildren; brothers Denny of Myakka City, Clinton of Zephryhills, Scott of Arcadia and Larry Cline of Myakka City; sisters Terri Haskins of Bradenton, Sharon Carson of Arcadia and Shirley Reigle and Trish Lingo of Myakka City; three uncles; 19 nieces and nephews; eight grand-nieces and nephews; mother-in-law Virginia Starks and three sisters-in-law.
Contact Pam McTeer at [email protected].
MANATEE COUNTY — Few people live life with a true understanding of what it means to love people and live what they believe.


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At harvest, the grapes are hand-picked and sorted. The red grapes mature within a prescribed period and proportions of varieties are fermented together, allowing enhanced extraction of color and tannin due to differentials in skin density and juice ratio, resulting in greater depth and complexity than if fermented separately. Three cuvées are assembled in this manner. The first, of 70 percent Grenache, 20 percent Syrah and 10 percent Mourvèdre, represents the wine's structural element; the second, of 80 percent Grenache and 20 percent Syrah, contributes depth of color and tannin; the third, of 70 percent Grenache, 15 percent Cinsault, 7 percent Syrah and the balance Muscardin, Counoise and Vaccarese, lends the blend aroma.
The bunches are 90 to 95 percent destemmed and crushed, and fermentation is offset by natural yeasts in temperature controlled vats at 30° to 32°C (86° to 89°F) over 8 to 10 days, followed by a maceration of up to two weeks. The cuvées are pressed and maintained separately for malolactic fermentation and aging. The first cuvée is racked into new oak barriques for a period of 6 to 8 months, racked, and returned to barrique for another 6 to 8 months. The second cuvée spends a similar period in barriques of two to three years' use. The third cuvée is aged for 10 to 14 months in old oak vats. The final blend is assembled, egg-white fined and allowed to marry for three to four months prior to bottling.
Robert Parker(2011 Vintage) Rating: 89/100 - As reviewed by Robert Parker on 10/21/2013


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It's time to start planning for the 2012 edition of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE), the oldest 'off road' motorcycle event on the FIM calendar.
This hugely popular event is this year going to Central and West Saxony, where there is a rich tradition of Enduro racing. It will be the first time in 23 years that Germany has hosted the ISDE and some 500 riders are expected to attend. Once again the event, being held from September 24-29 2012, will attract not only the finest professional riders but also a wealth of amateurs anxious to pit their skills against the sport's best. But this event goes beyond being a unique opportunity to test personal riding skills against the elements and nature; it is also six days of unparalleled camaraderie with like-minded people.
The perfect machine for the ISDE
KTM is once again a partner of this classic event that was first held in 1913 and it goes without saying that all KTM Six Days participants have the opportunity to either buy or hire the ideal, made-to-measure machine. Based on the new 2013 EXC model series, the special Six Days edition is equipped with a whole range of special features for this incomparable event.
Rental Bikes, Spare Parts and Special Race Service
Racing is in the blood and is the shared passion of all those with a relationship to the Orange cult-brand, Austrian made machines. That's why in 2012, KTM offers again full support to riders who want to share this unique experience. KTM, together with KTM Germany is offering exclusive rental service of the KTM EXC Six Days motorcycle. All KTM riders will also be able to take advantage of the KTM spare parts service. And again this year KTM is also offering customers a race service packages to ensure participants can get down to the serious business of riding, competing and having fun in a great atmosphere.
Race Service
KTM offers an updated version of the professional Race Service for 2012 with all relevant information included in the attached Race Service and FAQ PDF File.
KTM Paddock
There will be a strong orange presence in the ISDE paddock in Germany, the natural habitat for the official KTM Service Team, KTM's professional factory team and the team from Germany. Here KTM writes "Service" with a capital "S" to ensure all orange riders have the maximum pleasure and satisfaction out of their IDSE experience.
ISDE Online
The countdown to this great classic event will be constantly documented in the KTM Racing section of www.ktm.com – Racing – Enduro sub-section. Enthusiasts will be able to follow all the news in the run-up to the ISDE, including special information on the team presentation, behind the scenes news and views and all the specs for the latest version of the KTM Six Days motorcycle.
It's all happening in Germany and on KTM. Com!
You will be able to follow all the ISDE action in photo-illustrated, daily updates on www.ktm.com with pictures chronicling the event available on www.ktmimages.com.
Be part of the Orange Family
KTM understands that the motorcycles and products they manufacture transcend mere retail items. Being part of the Orange Family also means sharing the spirit and the passion of events like the traditional ISDE, which is a true reflection of the KTM philosophy of always being "Ready to Race". Be part of the action. Experience the unforgettable at the 2012 edition of the ISDE in Saxony, Germany
Please contact your KTM dealer/importer about the ISDE 2012 KTM Services. We wish you a lot of fun and great success at the ISDE 2012!
Detailed information
You can find all detailed information as well as the order forms for the services offered in the attached PDF files. Please be aware that rental bikes and race service packages are strictly limited in numbers and will be handled under a "first-come first-served" policy.
Please be aware that all orders have to be submitted by an official KTM dealer/importer so please contact your KTM dealer/importer about the KTM 2012 ISDE support services.
We wish all KTM riders a lot of fun and great success aboard their KTM at the 2012 ISDE!
KTM Spare Parts Order.pdf
KTM Bike and Transport Order.pdf
KTM ISDE Race Service FAQ 2012.pdf
KTM Rental Bike Order.pdf
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