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According to the United Nations Foundation, there are about 5 billion mobile-device subscribers worldwide. Two-thirds of those are in low- and middle-income countries, many of whose citizens lack easy access to health care and must travel great distances — often hundreds of miles — to the nearest medical clinic.
Now, a team of student and faculty volunteers based at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) under the guidance of Peter Szolovits, professor of computer science and engineering and of health science and technology, has developed a way to use mobile-device technology to improve health-care access in developing countries. Known as Sana, which means "healthy" in Spanish and Italian, the open-source software system relies on smart phones running Google's Android operating system to connect health-care workers in rural regions with physicians in urban areas. Using the Sana application on their phones, the workers collect patient data, including pictures and video, and send them in a text message to an electronic -record database. A doctor then reviews the data and sends a preliminary diagnosis to the health-care worker by text.
The Sana system, which includes at least one smart phone and a Web-connected server, grew out of an MIT NextLab class and another mobile-technology class taught by Hal Abelson, the Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, offered in 2008. Several students from both classes developed the software code for Sana and formed a volunteer organization to distribute the code for free and help deploy Sana in developing countries.
Team member Crystal Mao '10 discussed the system last week during a roundtable discussion held as part of the United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals. She said Sana is part of a growing effort known as "telemedicine" that enables physicians to provide health care to patients through electronic or digital means. Doctors participate either because they are salaried employees of a country's public-health system, and telemedicine is part of their responsibilities, or because they work for a company that provides telemedicine and uses a fee-for-service model. The doctor fee is included in the charges to the patients. Some physicians in urban areas donate their time out of personal interest in helping patients in rural areas.
'A shared responsibility'
Sana (formerly known as Moca) joins a slew of mobile-health solutions that are targeted at the developing world, including ChildCount+, an application aimed at improving child survival and maternal health by using text messages to coordinate community health-care workers who use phones to register patients and report their health status to central web dashboard.
Like Sana, several of these emerging mobile-health efforts began at MIT; among them is Click Diagnostics, which is focused on the effective implementation of mobile-health software rather than the software design. What differentiates Sana from these other systems is its capacity to collect and transmit complex medical data including X-rays, ultrasound images, photos and electrocardiograms (ECGs), and then archiving this information into an electronic medical system.
This summer, several members of the Sana team, which includes about 20 undergraduate and graduate students and faculty from MIT, Harvard and other institutions, traveled to India and the Philippines to train health-care workers and developers on how to use Sana and to stimulate interest among the local developer communities.
This on-the-ground training and outreach to government officials, public-health schools, the telecommunications industry and software-development stakeholders is essential to Sana's long-term success, says Leo Anthony Celi, a research scientist at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) who co-founded Sana. "[Sana] is really about training other countries rather than just giving them the technology," Celi says, explaining that technology alone cannot overhaul health-care delivery.
Getachew Sahlu, a program manager for the World Health Organization, believes this mindset is what sets Sana apart from other mobile-health efforts. "What makes Sana unique is that the solution development and implementation is a shared responsibility with local stakeholders, which ensures sustainability," he says.
During July and August, John Blakeney, a senior majoring in mathematics, and Chris Moses, who graduated from MIT in June, traveled to the Philippines with support from the Davis Projects for Peace to train developers to write software code for the system. This training is important because Sana is designed so that local developers can customize it to suit a region's needs. The pair also traveled to a remote village to train health-care workers to use Sana. After helping the workers collect data from about 40 patients, Blakeney and Moses assisted with providing medications for the patients and asked for feedback about Sana.
With the support of a fellowship from the MIT Public Service Center, RJ Ryan, a CSAIL graduate student, traveled to India this summer to help several hospitals set up early cancer detection program. As part of his work, he and another Sana member, Harvard Business School student Sidhant Jena, helped create a way for health-care workers in Bangalore to use Sana to screen patients for oral cancer. The project involved taking photos of the mouths of 400 high-risk patients who were selected from 4,000 people identified during an initial screening, and using the application to send those images to an oncologist at the Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital to look for lesions. As a result, the workers successfully referred two patients for treatment of precancerous lesions; it was Sana's first direct success.
Improving Sana
The summer trips also identified areas for improvement, including the need for data-encryption capabilities for security purposes, as well as the ability to reconfigure phones remotely. In terms of operations, the Sana team needs to assign more defined roles and responsibilities for members and to figure out how to ensure sustainability as its members graduate, says Moses.
Sahlu sees another drawback to Sana: the relatively high cost of devices that run Android. Celi estimates that an Android phone would cost between $365 and $725 in the Philippines and between $120 and $250 in India (regular mobile phones start at about $30 in the Philippines and $20 in India, in comparison). Sahlu believes this will be Sana's biggest challenge as more mobile-health solutions emerge that claim to offer the same or more functionality at a lower cost.
That issue is likely to be addressed in a new class about mobile health that will be offered next spring. Taught by mobile-health experts assembled by the Sana team, the course will focus on best practices in the implementation and evaluation of mobile-health technology from a public -health perspective. "It's really about setting the standards now since there's nothing currently in place in the developing world," Celi explains.
In January, the next batch of Sana team members will continue to establish partners and hopefully scale the applications in India and the Philippines.
In The World is a column that explores the ways members of the MIT community are developing technology — from the appropriately simple to the cutting edge — to help meet the needs of communities around the planet, especially those in the developing world. If you have suggestions for future columns, please e-mail email@example.com.


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Some of the weirdest and wildest custom cars and bikes have been on display at this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas.
Custom bike builder SK Concepts produced a quartet of radical machines, while Detroit's 'Big Three' - Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors - showed off dramatic, high-performance versions of their most popular muscle cars.
As well, two custom versions of Dodge's aptly named Power Truck, from 1949 and 1965, caused thousands of jaws to drop in the Las Vegas Convention Centre.
Ford also announced it is making complete steel bodies and panels available for its iconic 1940 Coupe, joining the 1967 Mustang Convertible in the spare parts catalogue.

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Bayou Beasts
Alligators survive and thrive in Texas wetlands.
By E. Dan Klepper
Fog trails the dark waters of Big Hill Bayou, rising in banderoles of smoke before dissipating against the bow of the small airboat. Petrochemical flare stacks ignite the horizon, casting a soiled glow across the cattails thriving in the shallows. Biologist Amos Cooper sweeps the wetland night with a high, bright spotlight. Two red embers pop to the surface, then blink, along the water's edge. Cooper fixes the beam on them as fellow biologist Monique Slaughter maneuvers the airboat slowly forward. Biochemist Mark Merchant, outfitted head-to-toe in camo except for the black flip-flops on his bare feet, readies the pole snare.
We're almost on top of the red eye shine when Merchant thrusts the pole forward. The snare, a collapsible noose threaded through a hollow metal rod at one end and controlled by hand at the other, is designed to live-catch and control wildlife of all kinds. It appears to be a relatively powerful tool, solid and sturdy, until Merchant snags the 6-foot alligator and swings it around to my balancing spot at the edge of the tiny foredeck.
The capture drives the swamp thing into a rage, and it snaps its jaws open in a struggle against the squeeze of the noose. The alligator flings strings of wet algae off its tail scutes as it battles with frightening strength in the wrestling match unfolding at my feet.
This is the moment my confidence in the pole snare's integrity falters. In the bayou's odd dimmet, a light cast by an urban and industrial night, the pole seems to turn into a fragile thing, flimsy and ill-considered, and unfortunately the only thing standing between me and a bloody thrashing of prehistoric proportions.
I shove my camera forward, a defensive measure far more than a creative one, and squeeze the shutter.
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) occupies the order Crocodylia with 22 other species including crocodiles, caimans and the gharial (one of the most endangered animals on earth). The name "alligator" comes from the Spanish el lagarto, or lizard, a relatively benign derivation considering the alligator's ancestry. Culled by evolution from ancient reptiles called Archosaurs, the alligator has prehistoric relatives that include the Sarcosuchus, a 10-ton brute that, fully grown, exceeded the length of a city bus, and the Deinosuchus, an 8.5-ton monster of formidable jaw strength.
Bite marks of the Deinosuchus have been detected on the fossil remains of its dinosaur cousin Tyrannosaurus, evidence that may crown this alligator's relative the king of the Cretaceous jungle. The Deinosuchus eventually disappeared, along with many other post-Archosaurs, dead-ending on the branches of the phylogenic family tree. However, the Crocodylia branch continued, gaining one very important advantage over its dinosaur cousins and other relatives — it survived the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, a catastrophic meteorite collision 65 million years ago that contributed to the collapse of dinosaur populations. Since then, evolution has kept the transformation of Crocodylia to a minimum, changing very little about the alligator over the course of millions of years.
So what has kept our alligator species alive and unchanged for such a long time? It's a question that interests Merchant, biochemistry professor at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, La. He and Cooper remove the snare and subdue the alligator with a few professional wrestling holds, and he extracts a blood sample from the base of the alligator's skull.
Alligators may have survived and thrived, in part, because of their remarkable immune system. Serum studies have shown that antibacterial agents in alligator blood far surpass those of most other animals. Merchant and his lab assistants have isolated a specific protein from alligator blood cells that contains extremely potent and broad-acting antimicrobial properties. The results could end up providing an entirely new class of effective antibiotics for human ailments.
Once Merchant has secured the blood samples and stored them in the open hold of the little airboat, he assists Cooper and Slaughter with their own data gathering. Cooper operates the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's alligator program based out of the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area; Slaughter operated the program with him and retired from TPWD in 2011. Murphree WMA is located along the coastal outskirts of Port Arthur and provides convenient access to the alligator-rich waters of the southeastern Texas wetlands. In addition to documenting information on alligators, TPWD biologists oversee state alligator farming, wild alligator harvesting, nuisance calls and education. Field research includes population counts, nest surveys and gathering of data for a long-term growth study.
Tonight Cooper and Slaughter are working on the long-term growth study by capturing, marking and releasing as many alligators as possible. Captured alligators are first checked for the presence of a pit tag, an electronic tracking device that indicates previous capture. A handheld scanner is used to detect the tag, providing a readout for Slaughter to record.
Untagged alligators receive their own tag. Cooper loads the tag, a small silver capsule, into a large syringe and then injects it somewhere along the alligator's softer regions. Body measurements come next, including the full length of the alligator bellyside, as well as the tail. Gender determination and weighing follow. Notches are cut along specific scutes (bony plates) of the tail to help identify the animal and mark the capture year.
Alligators tend to resist just about all stages of this process, so Cooper and Merchant stay busy roughhousing with jaws, claws and body-slamming tails while trying to complete the tagging and examination. Slaughter, in what I judge to be the smartest move of the evening, handles the clipboard and pencil.
The American alligator is an indigenous species exclusive to the southeastern United States. It once prevailed as far north as New Jersey and west all the way to the 100th meridian in Texas (the easternmost border between the Panhandle and Oklahoma). It is a formidable apex predator, dominating wetlands from Texas to Florida.
It is also a lucky one. Indiscriminate hunting throughout its range in every Southern state thrust the alligator population to the edge of collapse by the 1960s, requiring federal intervention to save it from extinction.
The Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, a precursor to the act we recognize today, listed the alligator (along with six other reptiles) for protection among a selection of 78 species. Although the act initially provided protection for species on federal lands only, later amendments addressed loopholes, including regulating a commercial trade of animal parts, an issue directly affecting the alligator's decline.
By 1969, Texas enacted its own regulations protecting the alligator and, together with federal protection, managed to revive its alligator population statewide. Today, the alligator stands as a success story in the battle for endangered species survival. It provides a concise argument for state and federal cooperation in conservation efforts, particularly when the hunter, the naturalist, industry, the environment and the animal all stand to benefit.
Beyond its obvious prehistoric charm, the alligator is an interesting biological machine featuring significant survival advantages over other animals. Unlike most reptiles, alligators have four-chambered hearts like humans, enabling a more efficient oxygen exchange in the blood, thus providing better respiration and an ability to swim continuously for long spans of time.
The tail, an extremely powerful muscle that accounts for about half the body size, acts as both navigator and propeller. With some assistance from front and back feet, the tail drives the alligator through underwater vegetation and silently along the water line and, when necessary, catapults the alligator above the water's surface.
At the jaw end, the alligator maintains a set of up to about 80 teeth, all of which are replaced when lost, meaning the alligator will grow several thousand teeth in a lifetime. The bite force of the average alligator jaw has been measured to exert around 2,000 pounds of pressure. By way of comparison, a human's average bite force equals around 170 pounds.
In addition to its physical survival characteristics, alligators may have a genetic advantage as well — no sex chromosomes. Alligator gender is determined by temperatures in the nest; highs produce males, lows produce females, and the middle ground produces both (although we're still not sure how temperature-determined sex really works). Temperature variations between nests, and within each nest as well, guarantee an annual population of both males and females.
The alligator's cold-blooded metabolism has also aided in its long-term survival. Humans and other mammals require a fixed rate of energy to survive, meaning that we must eat a certain amount every day or die. Alligators eat, grow and burn calories when the weather's warm and food is plentiful, then reduce activity to a minimum for months at a time if temperatures turn cold and food supplies are short.
For an animal that tends to reach sizable proportions, the ability to control its metabolism is an important feature. On average, full-grown females can reach up to 9 feet in length and males up to 14 feet, weighing in at close to a thousand pounds.
The alligator is the ideal locavore, an indiscriminate eater that dines locally on just about whatever makes a meal: insects, fish, frogs, snakes, turtles, birds, small mammals, other alligators, feral hogs, even carrion. But do they eat humans? Rarely, although you should definitely use extreme caution when in alligator territory. Alligators can be aggressive if provoked and have, on occasion, taken a bite out of humans, especially if an alligator is accustomed to being fed. However, in the past 26 years only 15 serious alligator/human "encounters" have been recorded in Texas. Most importantly, no alligator-related deaths have ever been documented in the state.
It's a fact that I find difficult to keep at the forefront of my thoughts while I try to settle into my new position on deck, straddling the open hold of the tiny airboat. I've moved here, just behind the single airboat seat, because it's the only remaining unoccupied space on board.
The ongoing alligator rumble dominates the entire foredeck where I had been tenuously balanced before and is now, in fact, spilling over the sides. Cooper is strong-arming the alligator's gyrating head, its jaws secured with a few strips of black electric tape, and Merchant has managed to straddle the back end while dodging tail slaps. Slaughter, in another smart move, occupies the captain's chair, a perch mounted above the fray, where she has been piloting the boat.
Just below me, in the shallow hold, several alligators tolerate their captivity zipped up in canvas bags. Slaughter intends to bring them back with her to participate in an alligator awareness day for Houston Boy Scouts, part of her public education program designed to help Texans learn about alligators and their importance in our natural ecosystem. I admire her efforts, but mostly I just avoid glancing down at the moving bags and hope the canvas holds.
Back at the foredeck, the data collecting is complete. Merchant loops a nylon rope through the underside of the electric tape holding the alligator's jaws together and takes hold of the rope ends. In one great heave-ho, Cooper and Merchant hoist the alligator over the side and into the shallow bayou. The rope pulls the electric tape away and releases the alligator's jaws.
Not grateful in the least, our captive, now free, makes one final gnashing of teeth. As Slaughter guns the engine I hear Cooper shout, "Let's go catch another big one!" Gathering my wits, I grab hold of the bench rail for balance, and then watch our former captive swim casually away into the night.
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At Issue: Alligators Are Important Part of Ecosystem


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Though I don't have many pictures yet. I will soon! The boxes have been unpacked and everything is finding it's place in my new home and I'm super excited. The most exciting thing about the place has to be the location though. I went out and ran two minutes and I found myself already on the beach path. There were tons of people out and about this weekend which made me feel very safe and it was encouraging to see all the people out running and walking and rollerblading and biking. It was even hot in my long sleeve shirt and shorts! It's suppose to cool down again here though, and rain on Wednesday and Thursday.
Besides moving which was a pain, I got in a nice 6.5 miler, and hope to get in an 8 miler one day this week and then also a ten miler this weekend. Then I should be set for Surf City. I didn't get a bloody sock this weekend, so that was good. I also did another biggest loser workout and wasn't quite as sore and I feel like my weights are going really well. Tonight I'm going to the gym to do some more weights and then over to my cousins to watch and mock the bachelor. Another great perk about my place is that I found a glorious set of stairs right by my place, which is another great aspect of the running path! Hooray for great new trails to explore and a much more running friendly community.
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1. Literally, to stand or position oneself to the rear of someone or something. OK, Jake, you stand back of Samantha here in line. I think that's my blind date standing awkwardly in back of the statue across the square.
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This is a downstream E-blocks peripheral module, designed to be controlled by one of the upstream E-blocks processing boards which are available in a variety of MCU/FPGA architectures.
The DSP Output Board allows the exploration of DSP (Digital Signal Processing) style digitally sampled analog waveforms such as audio or feedback control signals. The board features multiple adjustable amplifier stages, a high-speed 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a configurable low-pass filter circuit and multiple test points for an oscilloscope so you can monitor the signals at various stages in the output chain. The board also has an LED output which detects if the signal is being over amplified (and thus indicates potential loss of signal data).
Using this board, it should be possible to configure almost any analog representation of the host microcontroller's digital signal so that it can be used in any external circuitry.
E-blocks can be put together to form a variety of systems that can be used for teaching and learning electronics, and for the rapid prototyping of complex electronic systems.
Each E-block has one or more 9-way D-type connectors that provide up to eight input/output lines and a ground line. These D-type connectors allow connection between E-blocks to be made in buses of multiples of 8 lines, just like a real electronic system. Power is routed separately to those E-blocks that need it.
Processing E-blocks based on PIC, dsPIC, ARM or AVR microcontrollers, Altera FPGAs, Arduino or Raspberry Pi control the whole E-blocks system. Processing E-blocks provide up to five input/output ports with up to eight lines per port.
Please see the E-Blocks Category for a list of available components. For more details on E-blocks, see the E-Blocks User Guide (in English, French, German and Spanish) or watch the Introduction to E-Blocks video.


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Georgia Miles is the founder of The Sussex Flower School. Her background is eclectic from a degree in Art History from Edinburgh University to the Higher Diploma in Floristry via massage and aromatherapy, teacher training, a lot of travel, yoga, three children and a passion for gardening.
She ran her own successful wedding floristry business for several years before concentrating on teaching. She is a specialist in historical floral design and has also taught on the National Certificate Levels 2, 3 and 4- The Higher Diploma in Floristry - at Plumpton College in East Sussex.
Her vision is simple- make floral design accessible to everybody whatever their skills, background or motivation. The Sussex Flower School was set up in 2010 to provide an alternative method of learning that could be more personal and targeted than many college programmes. Students can pick and choose courses to suit their needs and add to their skills as they progress. It is a very relaxed and flexible environment concentrating on high quality, caring tuition in small groups or individually.
The maximum number of students per class is seven, however, we can cater for larger, bespoke groups if required.
The school has no minimum number policy, so courses go ahead even if they aren't full.
The light and airy school is set in the rural Sussex village of East Hoathly. Georgia has a dedicated Cutting Garden at her home where many of the flowers are grown for the courses.
Georgia is passionate about flowers and plants and wanted to create a space where people could learn in a relaxed environment as much or as little as they want. Her aim is for everybody to leave having achieved something new, brimming with enthusiasm, full of ideas and happiness...
Lunches are simple, usually soup, bread and a cheese board. However, there is always a fabulous homemade cake to greet you!
Most dietary requirements can be catered for- please let us know.
'Georgia's caring and enthusiastic teaching style nurtured my creative talents, the classes were well structured, lots of fun and I enjoyed every single one.'
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'If you would like a good quality floristry course there are plenty to choose from but finding bespoke courses tailored exactly to your own needs can be challenging. Before setting up my own floristry business I was keen to learn some additional key skills. I found various colleges and floristry schools in London and the South East which covered all these specific skills, but over a variety of different courses and a great number of months.Instead I wanted to create my own bespoke condensed course taught by a highly skilled tutor. After some research I was finally introduced to Georgia. Georgia quickly understood my requirements and was quick to adapt. During our lessons she was calm, kind, enthusiastic and incredibly encouraging. Since I have had the privilege of working with Georgia on a variety of events and when the time comes for us to recruit and train new colleagues I hope that Georgia will very much be a part of that process. I trust her judgement implicitly'
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China has shut down the Chinese websites of Marriott International for a week, after the firm listed Tibet and others as separate countries.
The hotel group has apologised for the error and said it did not support separatist movements in China.
Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau were listed as individual nations in an online survey sent to customers.
Beijing considers self-ruling Taiwan to be a breakaway province and Tibet is governed as an autonomous region.
Hong Kong and Macau are both special administrative regions of China.
Marriott was also chastised after one of the firm's social media accounts "liked" a post made by a group supporting a separatist Tibet.
Chinese media is reporting that some travellers are cancelling Marriott reservations in response.
'Respect Chinese sovereignty'
China is usually quick to respond to any actions or statements it deems supportive of separatist movements, especially related to Tibet and Taiwan.
While the hotel's international website is still available within China, the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration ordered it to close a Mandarin version.
Authorities also shut down Marriott's Chinese mobile phone app as part of its punishment for the Mandarin-language survey. But having being closed earlier, the app now appears to be functioning.
On Thursday the hotel group's chief executive Arne Sorenson issued an apology, saying his firm "respects and supports Chinese sovereignty and its territorial integrity".
"We don't support anyone who subverts the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China and we do not intend in any way to encourage or incite any such people or groups," Mr Sorenson said.
"Unfortunately, twice this week, we had incidents that suggested the opposite."
The statement added that the company would take "necessary" disciplinary action against staff involved, which may include termination.
Mr Sorenson has previously described China as his firm's biggest market. While Marriott has over 100 hotels in the country under different brands, it is also keen to profit from the swelling number of Chinese people travelling internationally.
Last year it launched a joint travel venture with China's ecommerce giant Alibaba.


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Everything is New is an international outreach project in aid of Dalit "untouchable" children in southeast India.
Curated by Scottish arts community Transgressive North, the project consists of two separate music albums - Sun Choir and BOATS
Sun Choir is an album of new music by Edinburgh-based band Marram, recorded with and for the Light Of Love Children's Choir, and featuring collaborations with renowned musical personalities from around the world, including Jarvis Cocker, Owen Pallett, doseone, White Hinterland, and Margaret Bennett.
BOATS - a 29-track double album featuring exclusive tracks from Four Tet, Dan Deacon, Bear in Heaven, Califone, Deerhoof, El Guincho, Gang Gang Dance, Lucky Dragons, Julian Lynch, Max Tundra, No Age, The Ruby Suns, Rustie, Son Lux, Sun Airway, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Taken By Trees, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), YACHT, and many, many more. Each artist on BOATS created their songs using samples of the Light Of Love Children's Choir, originally recorded for Marram's Sun Choir.
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Discussion in 'E36/7 Z3 (1996-2002)' started by cozog, Mar 3, 2008.
Someone had to get this party started!
joining the party..
i have a 2001 3.0 z3. joining the party! i havent had any problems with her todate but then again, i only have 27,500 mi. on her.
I have a 1998 Z3 that I got from Iowa. It only has 24k miles on it. It was a garage queen. Has anybody ever replaced a rear window? Mine is clouded.
clouded z3 window
you know, i think it's just something that happens to these plastic windows. i had a jeep wrangler too and no matter how much i tended to it with plexus and the whole works, it eventually clouded.
now i bought my z3 used, i think it was a year or two old, and they replaced the rear window for me at the dealer before the deal was made. i garage it and never take it out in the rain and clean it with the plexus cleaner, put the 'window protector' on when the top is down, and five years later it's clouded again.
i think it's a pain in the you know what to change it. i have some buddies at a local shop that i do a lot of business with and i can call them tomorrow for you and find out if you'd like. they're closed now.
if you dont find out between now and tomorrow, i'll let you know.
GO Z'S GO and i mean z3 when i say Z'S
Replacement of the window is a zip-in unit, but best left to a top shop.
Chances are you can clean and polish it to useable condition. I've used Meguiar's PlastX, which is a wipe-on, wipe-off product available at most auto supply stores. Except for the fold, my 10 year old window looks great. This stuff also works on headlight lenses, etc.
Cleaning Soft Top
Hi everyone i jsut got a 2001 BMW z3 and was wondering what the best products and steps to take are for cleaning the soft top. This is my first convertible so i am new to how to do this.
I just became the owner of 1998 Z3. Bought it from a dealer and probably paid too much, but I have it and I love it. It only had 12678 miles on the odometer and is in showroom condition.
everyone pays too much at the dealer or anywhere for that matter. they're in the business to make money, not lose it. anyway, lots of luck with your new z3. what color did you get? you'll be so happy with it. i think it's just a great looking classic german roadster.
keep her or him in showroom condition too but i'm sure you will.
Michelin PS2s
I just put Michelin PS2s on my 98Z3MRoadster and it was quite a difference from the Michelin Pilot A/S I had on it. No change in noise levels, but a beete feel, and absolute loss of control (tailwhip) if you are not careful. if you must drive in the rain, or damp wet conditions, don't put these on.
It is Green with a beige top and beige interior. It also had four new Michelins on it, it think replace because of their age. The original owner said he just didn't drive it much. Under the hood everything is pristine shiny black. Obvious it has never been driven in any kind of bad weather.
I have one question of y'all. Yesterday I was listening to the demo tape, setting radio presets and just generally checking out what I had got. I was going to lower the top just to try it (didn't try it at the dealers) and discovered that it didn't work electrically, had to do it manually. Did some come without a power top? Can't imagine why they would do that.
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Actually, I have another question. What does it cost to join the BMWCCA, and what are the benefits. I couldn't find the price anywhere without filling out the form and going all the way to checkout.
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Convertible top
My Bad. Chalk it up to a Senior moment....seems I've had a lot of those lately. Tried opening the soft top again electrically and it worked just fine. Seems there is an interlock with the brake pedal. DUH!!!!
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Glad to see this forum up and running! I bought a 2000 2.8 roadster last fall. silver (yeah, I know....) with the fancy 17", cross spoked wheels; 225-45, 245-40 tires; red and black "M" interior; 69k when I got it. Very good shape generally except the glove box sagged (I found a six kit on E-bay) a ding in the right door someone daubed miss-matched silver paint on. Also the red leather on the passenger side air bag panels is shrunk and loose and the guides for the seat belts on the sides of the seats are broken as they were on many other Z3s I looked at.
This all makes the car sound like it is falling apart, which it is not!
Runs and handles like I hoped and cleans up very nicely.
Anyway glad to see this site and will visit frequently.
Oh! Anyone have the instructions for the business model radio?
This may help:
Mine had no documentation either.
Thank you
Thanks 45guy, it was what I was looking for.
I went to a undercarriage tech session at the Newport BMW and learned a lot! turned out the only problem was a power steering hose that had hardened and was weeping. I got it replaced on the spot and save some $. Rear Shock seals are just starting to harden, but did not need replacing yet. Diagnostic test showed a seat belt anomaly, not serious. nice to know the car is basically in very good shape. The tech rep ran my vin number and got the complete service history as well as all the options. nice to know also. I would recommend a session like this if you have a recent purchase as it sets your mind at ease.
How did you get wind of that opportunity?
I'd love to have someone give it the once-over and learn something at the same time.
If by Newport you meant OC, that's my neighborhood (kinda) and I'd want to get in on the next one.
Let me know!
I belong to the Boston area Bimmer group. They are very active in promoting events like this and seem to be effective in getting the BMW dealers to cooperate. I get notices by E-mail for these and driver schools, concourse events, ralleys etc. I assumed other regional groups do this also, but maybe not?
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Home Sec Alan Johnson gave another insight into how big a trickle of applications for ID cards the government expects when he revealed the full extent of its biometric enrolment network yesterday.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling had asked "how many biometric enrolment centres are in operation; where they are located; how many applications they are expected to process in the next 12 months; and how many people they could each process and provide with identity cards each year if working at maximum capacity".
Johnson revealed the government had 34 "biometric enrolment offices" across the UK, ranging from Aberdeen in the North to Brighton in the South. Our geography is a little flakey, and it looks like the most westerly mainland centre is Cardiff - there's also one in Belfast - while the easternmost outpost appears to be London City Airport.
At least nine of these are in London. (There's one in Stamford but no indication as to which Stamford.) Manchester - the centre of the current ID card pilot scheme - has two centres, while there are another two in Liverpool and one in Blackburn.
The total capacity of this dab and snap network is 650,000 to 700,000 a year, Johnson said. Which is not a whole lot of ID cards in a population of just over 61 million. Ten years on, and without a dramatic boost in capacity, we'd still be at just seven million Brits in the ID database.
Except that this network is in effect the one which covers the biometric requirements for foreign nationals on behalf of the Border Agency. Which would explain why they are concentrated in immigration hotspots like London.
So, if a large part of the population suddenly decided it had to have an ID card so it could go to Europe or to the pub, they'd better be ready to queue.
The Post Office is tendering to offer biometric harvesting for the government, and Johnson has previously said the government has other options on how to extend its biometric network.
But no decisions are likely before the election, which is due to take place... any time now, after which a "new administration" will have to decide exactly how far and fast it wants to push the ID card/National ID register scheme. Or not. ®


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SEOUL, June 14 (UPI) -- China has pledged to help return home South Korean prisoners of war who escape from North Korea, says an official in Seoul.
Chinese Gen. Fang Fenghui made the promise, the first of its kind, in a meeting with Gen. Jung Seung-jo, the chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Chosun Ilbo reported Friday.
Some 500 South Korean POWs are believed to still be alive in the north since the Korean War ended in 1953.
A report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff after last week's meeting in Beijing said China offered "active support" in repatriating any POWs and their families now in North Korea who are able to escape to China.
A South Korean official, who was not identified, said the pledge "marks a major step forward given Beijing's position on the matter in the past."
The official characterized the statement as "a symbol of the developing relationship between South Korea and China."
South Korean President Park Geun-hye recently visited China. The report said Fang told Jung Beijing viewed her visit as a major step forward in improving relations between the nations.


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Heads up, Rune Priests and Zealots – a recent patch made you more vulnerable. Actually, it removed an exploit, but still…
Used to be, if you used Grimnier's Shield/Embrace the Warp AND a tank put you on guard, you took zero damage. Unlike a lot of other things that are multiplicative, the two 50% reductions in damage were additive. (ummm, in othe words: most things would do 50%, then 50% of that, so you'd still take 25%.) The situation still isn't "normal". Instead, you cannot use the self-buff if you're guarded, and cannot get guarded if you're using the self-buff.
Not known right now is if it's an over-write or a failed action.


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Will Postal Service bosses go undercover in the future?
"Undercover Boss," a CBS show that began airing in February, follows Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) as they go undercover to work primarily in lower-level positions in their own companies. Beyond its entertainment value, the episodes have exposed a significant disconnect between senior management and employees. While featured CEO's have not recently, if ever, worked in entry-level positions in their companies; in contrast, the Postal Service has a proud history of promoting from within. Many of its current officers have carried mail, sold stamps, or worked in mail processing plants.


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PHOENIX — Authorities say a helicopter has crashed north of Phoenix.
Yavapai County Sheriff's Office Dwight D'Evelyn said the crash occurred Saturday just before noon near Mayer. He said preliminary reports show that there are no survivors.
D'Evelyn says the helicopter was privately owned.
It was not known how many were on board.
Witnesses told authorities that they saw flames and black smoke at the time of the crash.
Mayer Fire Department Battalion Fire Chief Michael McGhee told KNXV-TV that the UH1 model helicopter crashed nose first along Interstate 17 near Mile Post 268.
Mayer is about 70 miles north of Phoenix and is located near Black Canyon City and Cordes Lakes.
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20 Years Too Soon - The Billy Graham Story DVD
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Superstar Billy Graham helped usher in a new era of sports- entertainment, with his bodybuilder's physique, colorful costumes and banter on the mike. His innovative style has been liberally borrowed for the last 25 years by the likes of Hulk Hogan, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Triple H, and many more. Relive his remarkable run with interviews with Superstar himself as well as fellow competitors. Come along for the meteoric rise and spectacular fall through to today, where a new lease on life has led to Superstar's 2004 induction into World Wrestling Entertainment's Hall of Fame.
Bonus Matches
- Superstar Billy Graham vs. Armando Rodriguez (AWA All Star Wrestling, 8/25/73)
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- WWWF champion Bruno Sammartino vs. Superstar Billy Graham (Baltimore, Maryland 4/30/77, Graham's title win)
- WWWF champion Superstar Billy Graham vs. Ivan Putski (Madison Square Garden, 8/29/77)
- WWWF champion Superstar Billy Graham vs. Dusty Rhodes - Texas Death Match (Madison Square Garden, 10/24/77)
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- "I am the arm wrestling champion of the universe." 10/6/73
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- "I am the most colorful man in all of wrestling" 9/3/85
- "The people want the real thing" 9/10/85
- "The comeback" 11/29/86
Easter Eggs
- In Growing up, double click left, and Graham talks about accidentally stabbing a kid with a pick ax as a child
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Real Estate: Advise On Selling Your Home
What do buyers need when they plan to buy a home? In fact, there are so many aspects one needs to consider. In the seller's point of view, you should follow some home selling advice. Here are some advices for your success of selling home:
First, your should be an informative seller. You could put the "Home for Sale" in your front yard. Don't forget to put your phone number on it, so a buyer can get contact you..
Second, your should put a reasonable price, valued by the physical price of your home, environment and location. The better location where your home is placed, the better price you can put. And the better physical condition of your home, better price should be granted. Don't forget that a buyer needs an achievable price. So the process of the negotiation will determine it.
Third, correlated on physical condition of your home, your home curb appeal is the most important thing. You can do some works to improve appealing of your home exterior. Just to make it beautiful, tidy, and fresh. The color of your home is necessary to be considered.
Fourth, get your buyer in the right mood by creating a cozy environment in your home. What do I mean by "cozy environment"? Very important is fresh air, clean environment, fresh odor, and the most important is a homelike situation. Just make a buyer feel like in his own home sweet home.
Fifth, When you get down on the negotiation, your should learn how to make a great offer. The point is, you should be a great win-win negotiator. On the Internet there are many articles about how to be a great communicator and negotiator. Just follow the rules and tips.
Sixth, good presentation of your home selling can add great value to attract a buyer. Know your entire home and its contents, and present it to your buyer. Tell them how sweet your home is, how much you love it, your experience in your home, the great moments you have passed by etc. Just be a familiar and friendly seller that can give much impression to your buyer.
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Preventing Violence Among Veterans in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01337973
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 19, 2011
Results First Posted : September 6, 2019
Last Update Posted : September 6, 2019
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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact on both clinical (violence and substance use) outcomes and health services use (substance use disorder and mental health treatment) compared to standard SUD treatment (enhanced treatment as usual) of
- an integrated Motivational Interviewing-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MI-CBT) violence prevention treatment intervention delivered during the 8-week early substance use disorder treatment phase; and
- MI-CBT plus a continuing care (CC) intervention for the 3-month continuing care period following the early treatment phase MI-CBT+CC).
The study will provide important new information regarding the role and relative impact of both early treatment and continuing care interventions designed to impact substance use and violence, and whether combining such interventions yields additional benefits.
|Condition or disease
|Aggression Substance-Related Disorders
|Behavioral: MI-CBT Behavioral: MI-CBT+CC Behavioral: E-TAU
|Not Applicable
Objective: Rates of violence in Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment samples often exceed 50%, with studies showing rates of past-year violence >70% when considering violence occurring with either intimate partners or others. Violence has numerous costs to Veterans and their families, in terms of physical (e.g., injuries) and psychosocial problems (mental health, legal problems, marital problems, poorer functioning for their children, etc.). To date, only one treatment approach (Behavioral Couples Therapy - BCT) has been established that reduces both substance use and violence, and BCT focuses exclusively on the couples' relationship. Given that a small proportion of Veterans in SUD treatment have a partner willing or able to attend treatment, and that a substantial amount of violence occurs with non-partners, there is a clear need for interventions that do not require partner participation and focus on violence and relapse prevention more generally. Based on prior findings, new intervention approaches targeting the use of violence prevention skills and means of sustaining substance use remission are needed.
The primary objectives of this study are to examine the impact on both substance use and violence outcomes of:
- an acute treatment phase integrated Motivational Interviewing-Cognitive Behavioral Treatment intervention (MI-CBT); and
- MI-CBT plus a violence and substance use prevention Continuing Care intervention (MI-CBT+CC) intervention.
Research Plan: Participants will be randomized to one of three conditions: MI-CBT, MI-CBT+CC or an enhanced treatment as usual (E-TAU) control condition with follow-up interviews targeting violence and substance use outcomes at 3, 6 and 12-months. The MI-CBT intervention involves six individual sessions delivered during the acute SUD treatment phase, combines Motivational Interviewing (MI) and CBT approaches targeting violence and substance use, and has been developed, piloted and refined by the investigators. The MI-CBT+CC intervention includes acute phase MI-CBT plus weekly telephone sessions for an additional 3-month period, and is designed to address both post-treatment violence and substance use through facilitating SUD remission and use of violence prevention skills. The MI-CBT+CC intervention is adapted from a continuing care intervention shown to help consolidate and maintain gains made in treatment.
Methods: Veterans with substance use disorders will be recruited from the Substance Abuse Clinic (SAC) at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare system. Approximately 855 Veterans enrolling in SAC will be consented and screened, and those screening positive for severe and recent violence (~30%) and meeting other project inclusion/exclusion criteria will be eligible for participation in the randomized controlled trial (n = 210). The clinical interventions will be delivered by master's level clinicians, who will be monitored and supervised by licensed psychologists. Primary dependent measures (violence, substance use) will be measured at baseline and follow-up interviews, and the impact of the interventions on services use during the follow-up period also will be examined.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|180 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Factorial Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Impact of Interventions to Reduce Violence and Substance Abuse Among VA Patients
|Actual Study Start Date :
|June 20, 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 1, 2016
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 1, 2017
Experimental: Arm 1: MI-CBT
MI-CBT (six sessions during acute treatment phase integrating motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral approaches)
Behavioral: MI-CBT
Six individual psychotherapy sessions during the acute substance use disorder treatment phase integrating motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral approaches
Experimental: Arm 2: MI-CBT+CC
MI-CBT+CC (acute phase MI-CBT intervention plus a subsequent 12-week phone based continuing care counseling intervention)
Behavioral: MI-CBT+CC
Acute phase MI-CBT intervention plus a subsequent 12-week phone based continuing care counseling intervention
Active Comparator: Arm 3: E-TAU
E-TAU (enhanced treatment as usual - includes brief session and provision of resources)
Behavioral: E-TAU
Enhanced Treatment as Usual
- Conflict Tactics Scale-Structured Interview (CTS-SI) [ Time Frame: % difference between baseline and the collapsed 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up data ]The CTS-SI is a semi-structured interview assessing interpersonal violence (violence severity, injury and characteristics of interpersonal conflict incidents). Baseline data collection assessed the 180 days prior to enrollment, and follow-up data was collected at 3 and 6 months for the prior 90 days, and at 12 months for the past 180 days. The analysis below compares the month rate of various types of interpersonal aggression from the period pre-baseline to the monthly rate post-intervention (across all 12 months of follow-up) in the form of % difference. Means at baseline, 3 , 6 and 12 months were compared resulting in a number with no measure of dispersion. Values were calculated across all participants. There were primary aggression outcomes (overall physical aggression, injuring another person), and secondary aggression outcomes (partner physical aggression and injury, nonpartner physical aggression and injury).
- Percent Change in the Percentage of Days of Substance Use for Each Substance [ Time Frame: % difference between baseline and the collapsed 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up data ]Data was collected via a Time-line Follow Back interview. Semi-structured interview assessing alcohol and drug use. Baseline data collection assessed the 180 days prior to enrollment, and follow-up data was collected at 3 and 6 months for the prior 90 days, and at 12 months for the past 180 days. The analysis below compares the monthly rate of various types of substance use (heavy drinking, cocaine, marijuana, and illicit) from the period pre-baseline to the monthly rate post-intervention (across all 12 months of follow-up) in the form of % difference. (% days use for each substance) Means at baseline, 3 , 6 and 12 months were compared resulting in a number with no measure of dispersion. Values were calculated across all participants.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants with severe and recent violence (i.e., injuring another person in the past year) will be eligible for the RCT.
- Eligible patients also will meet DSM-IV criteria for either alcohol or illicit drug (e.g., cocaine, marijuana, opiates, etc.) abuse/dependence.
- The study will include those with comorbid mood and/or anxiety problems (e.g., depression, PTSD and other anxiety disorders), whether or not on medication at the point of recruitment, with the exception of those who have schizophrenia and/or are mentally incompetent (e.g., unable to provide informed consent).
- A brief mental status screen will with an established cutoff will be required for competency.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants who are suicidal (ideation, intent and plan) at the point of recruitment will not be enrolled in the study. Rather, research staff will inform clinical staff at the study site if a potential participant is currently suicidal.
- Participants who report transient suicidal ideation but no intent or plan will be eligible to participate.
- As noted, individuals with schizophrenia and/or who are mentally incompetent to consent for participation will be excluded. Finally, participants who live outside the study catchment area (i.e., a 45 mile radius of the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System) will be excluded.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01337973
|United States, Michigan
|VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105
|Principal Investigator:
|Stephen T. Chermack, PhD MA BA
|VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
Other Publications:
|Responsible Party:
|VA Office of Research and Development
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
HX000294 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: VA Merit Review Grant )
|First Posted:
|April 19, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|September 6, 2019
|Last Update Posted:
|September 6, 2019
|Last Verified:
|July 2019
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
|Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
|Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.:
Substance-Related Disorders
Alcohol-Related Disorders
Drug-Related Disorders
Substance-Related Disorders
Pathologic Processes
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms


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British Official Draws Ire for Letting Faith Schools Condemn Homosexuality
Britain's Education Secretary Michael Gove is under fire for his stance that the sex education curriculum of schools run by religious groups does not come under the purview of the country's equality laws that prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
The U.K.'s Trades Union Congress, an influential federation of trade unions, is accusing Gove, a lawmaker from the Conservative Party, of not doing his duty by saying that the Equality Act 2010 does not extend to the school curriculum, The Guardian reported this weekend.
At the center of the debate is a booklet, titled "Pure Manhood: How to Become the Man God Wants You to be." The Catholic Diocese of Lancaster invited Jason and Crystalina Evert, apologists with Catholic Answers in the United States, to speak to pupils at all Catholic secondary schools in Lancashire in 2010 and 2011. The apologists used the booklet in their teaching sessions as part of the Sex and Relationships Education curriculum, which is statutory in England and Wales.
The booklet says homosexual attractions could "stem from an unhealthy relationship" with one's father, "an inability to relate to other guys," or even sexual abuse. It states that "the homosexual act is disordered, much like contraceptive sex between heterosexuals. Both acts are directed against God's natural purpose for sex – babies and bonding."
TUC's General Secretary Brendan Barber wrote to Gove last December raising objections, saying the booklet contained "homophobic material." "Schools now have a legal duty to challenge all forms of prejudice. Such literature undermines this completely," he wrote.
Gove disagrees. "The education provisions of the Equality Act 2010 which prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their protected characteristics (including their sexual orientation) do not extend to the content of the curriculum," he was quoted as saying. "Any materials used in sex and relationship education lessons, therefore, will not be subject to the discrimination provisions of the act."
The debate comes days after Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, co-chair of the Conservative Party, warned that Britain was under attack from "militant secularization." Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has also warned that Christianity is being marginalized in Britain.
"We need to create a country in which people can be unashamedly proud of their faith – where they don't feel that they have to leave religion at the door," Baroness Warsi recently wrote in an article in Daily Telegraph. "That means being proud of Christianity, not downgrading it."