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Anyone get this fault on the screen? What was the cause?
2011 550iX GT, 2011 MB C300 sport, 2003 Porsche C2 Cab (turbo conversion)
Mike this was one of the messages I also had during my experience recounted (in the thread to which I pointed you yesterday) but forgot to include. You did not provide any of the conditions (weather, driving pattern, vehicle operation etc) leading up to your symptoms so I will assume you have a low charge on your battery.
If you shut off the ignition, several loads are still powered up for 8 minutes until shutting down automatically. These are draining the battery and,in my case, I already had a weak battery (as I described in the other thread that led to its replacement). I am now hitting the Start/Stop button a second time immediately after shutting off the engine to minmize these 'discharge cycles' as they are called (and are recorded by your key fob to rat you out to your Service Advisor when he plugs it in at his desk).
I believe that, like me, all your symptoms are linked to a low battery charge that your driving pattern is not correcting via regenerative braking. If you have a battery charger or can borrow one see if a good, long charge can clear your symptoms. If not, then your battery may be just like mine and a candidate for replacement under warranty.
Once you achieve a fully-charged battery, I would help maintain it that way using a trickle charger (solar and/or electric) if you don't drive enough to keep it fully-charged.
I hope that this helps. Good luck.
Last edited by Fish23; 01-26-2013 at 01:23 PM.
Thanks for the information Fish. I do have a charger with which I will try to charge the battery.
Did you charge it thru the trunk or the engine compartment? The condition is most likely caused by a combination of my not putting enough millage on the car and the cold weather. However, this is my second winter with the car and I did not have any issue last year. Perhaps there is a problem with the battery. I will charge it and see.
2011 550iX GT, 2011 MB C300 sport, 2003 Porsche C2 Cab (turbo conversion)
You are most welcome. This is my first winter wuth my GT but in comparing this winter to last year's where I live, it has been much colder this year. If the same holds for you then that may explain why you had no issues last year.
The owner's manual suggests that any charging be done in the engine compartment which I do. To the rear and on the left (as you face the windshield) is a red rubber cap which you can flip open under which you will find the positive teminal. Toward the front and to the left you will see a similar-sized nut (as the positive one) that is attached to the vehicle's body. That is your negative terminal.
Thanx again. Battery is charging as I type this.
2011 550iX GT, 2011 MB C300 sport, 2003 Porsche C2 Cab (turbo conversion)
No thanks needed, really. I am just happy to 'repay' in kind for the excellent GT information from which I have learned in this forum that is not covered in the Owner's Manual and for which GT'ers in warmer climates are not likely to experience for sharing.
I hope a good charge resolves your issue. Good luck.
Since I retired, the majority of my drives are fairly short. As a result, I try to remember to put my trickle charger on to ensure the battery stays topped up if I'm not planning on going anywhere for awhile.
I've never had a really definitive discussion about the charge logic on the GT. I know it shows on the instrument gauge primarily only when braking, but set on cruise on the interstate for hours, it must need to charge the battery at least sometimes...just not sure how and when it decides to do that. I will say that even with a new (last month) battery, the charger I have shows 25%, but quickly goes to 100% after less than 15-minutes or so, so it's not deeply discharged. Maybe it's a function of the charge point being in the engine bay, but the battery is 15-ft of wire away.
I brought the battery charge up to about 80% (ran out of time) and the warning display doesn't come up. I will charge it to 100% in the next day or so.
I am confused about how the normal vehicle charging works. I thought the regenerative charging thru the breaking cycle only adds to the overall charge. I thought that the main charging was from the alternator. If so, Jad's cruising on the interstate should have easily charged the battery to full.
Can someone let us know how the charging system works.
2011 550iX GT, 2011 MB C300 sport, 2003 Porsche C2 Cab (turbo conversion)
The alternator has a clutch similar to an a/c compressor on this vehicle. The computer only activates the alternator when it wants (or needs?) to, otherwise, it's just freewheeling. My question is when does it actually engage the clutch to charge the battery? I know it is doing it when the dash indicator says, but cruising down the interstate, I've never seen that come on. I have seen it come on once when coasting down a long hill and at the same time, while on cruise, it downshifted to keep the car from exceeding the setpoint (which surprised me!). That's only happened once, but I don't go that way often, and then, can only use the cruise when there's not much traffic.
Well, to be honest, on an alternator, they could control it by adjusting the field current, but I think I remember reading somewhere that it has a clutch.
Last edited by jadnashuanh; 01-29-2013 at 12:04 PM.
I sold my 2011 535xiGT a year ago just because of the low voltage problem at 9K miles. Could not keep the battery charged even here in Southern CA and the dealer postulated that the vehicle needed to be driven an "average" of 37 miles per day to keep the battery charged. Heck, I even got warnings after a 400 mile trip! I'd get all sorts of warnings from "car will not start if stopped" to "overheating" to "Differential failure" to many more. Dealer kept car several times for two days and no fix. Car was totally unreliable and BMW never could figure it out. Funny thing is that I got a call a week after I sold it to a Ford dealer and the local BMW dealer had towed it in and wanted to know what I wanted them to do with it! LOL. I really, really wanted to tell them!
As a sad aside, my wife's 2010 GT with just 7K miles had some intermittent left turn signal issues that seemed to self-resolve. She went in today for an oil change and someone must have disconnected the battery, Radio stations all gone, left signal no longer works, warnings on vertical headlight adjusters out, adaptive headlights out, and more. All from a trip to the dealer. Thay have the car back and will likely have it for an extended time as they have no idea what's wrong. their wonder diagnostic machine can't find a fault and even if it can, they're certain they won't have parts.
Good old German uber engineering at work.
After charging my battery to full via charger, I again got the "Battery discharging while stopped" warning. Brought the car to service who checked electrical system and recharged the battery. Two days later I get ""Battery heavily discharged" warning. Brought it back in and this time they changed the battery. It's been one week now and everything still normal. I sure hope things stay that way.
2011 550iX GT, 2011 MB C300 sport, 2003 Porsche C2 Cab (turbo conversion)
Had similar problem on my Z4. Ended up being diagnosed as a bad battery. Never had any problem since the battery was replaced two months ago.
2000 Z3 2.8 TiAg (retired)
2002 330i Orient Blue (retired)
2005 330Ci TiAg (retired)
2009 Z4 30i Space Gray (retired)
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had the same issue with one of my x5s, bad battery replaced never had it again...
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So far on my new battery I have had no problems either but I carefully manage my electrical load making sure
I always push the Start/Stop button twice before locking the car. I also turn off the seat heater once my butt is
warm and turn off the rear window defroster once the window is clear. I trickle charge if the temperature goes down past -15C/0F or if I will be away for two days or more. After reading magnumforc's farewell post today I can't help wondering if two new batteries in the family's
GTs would have solved much, if not all, of his problems.
Brand new battery today for the 2010, on the way home from dealership same problems again. Vehicle will now have to go back to dealership on Monday for several more days of testing. Another week lost
Maybe BMW makes great cars but can't fix them worth a darn.Spouse is so disgusted she wants out of the GT and into another brand. Not good for BMW sales.
Last edited by magnumforc; 03-01-2013 at 01:44 PM.
Fish, Although I'm sure your winters are colder than mine, my first winter with the GT had no electrical issues and I did not follow any special procedure. This battery episode started 18 months into the car life. I am not planning to do anything special to "prolong" the battery charge on this new battery. We will see if it was just a faulty battery or poor electronic design.
I do agree that a new battery might have solved Magnumforc's issues. Too bad the service dept. didn't pay more attention to an important customer. It is much more costly for any company to acquire a new customer than to keep an existing one.
2011 550iX GT, 2011 MB C300 sport, 2003 Porsche C2 Cab (turbo conversion)
My issues started at about 22 months of the vehicle's service and 10 months of my ownership during my first real winter experience.
My two "Drivetrain Error / Low battery Charge now " episodes caused me to learn a lot about the battery charging system supplemented nicely by input from fellow GTers in this forum. My measures are not aimed so much at prolonging the battery as they are at ensuring that I am not surprised when I go to start the vehicle.
This is my first experience with an AGM battery and a vehicle that has so many features that depend on power. Given that the design intentionally shuts down what are pre-determined as non-essential systems to preserve starting power I wouldlove to be able to understand electrical system architecture and the vehicle's resultant software program.
I can understand frustration felt by magnumforc and his wife. That a new battery did not cure the many disprate issues on their 2010 GT makes wonder if the vehicle's software program is somehow at fault. If I was the SA I would want to "format the disc" and reload a certfied new program to basically start from "zero baseline" and see what happens. If nothing changed then I would suspect some kind of physical wiring issue that would be difficult to pinpoint unfortunately.
Given that he had issues with his 2011 as well I also wonder if they live close to any High Voltage transmission lines that may have induced program changes in the software that affected his vehicles and that is beyond the box in which the dealers' service departments can't address. If you are reasing this mag, has any of the above theory been considered?
It has always been my experience that all dealers are not "created equal" when it comes to service and for mag it seems that dealer service skill may be one of the planets that has aligned to place him where he is today, a place where mostly all of the rest of us do not find ourselves.
I kind of agree with Fish. What are the odds of getting two lemons with electrical issues when so many others appear to have no problems? I myself was very very annoyed at one of the local dealership who kept on blaming me for my low voltage issues and kept on telling me that they would not change the battery. I just went to another dealership and voila... Problem resolved. Not all SA are equal and that first dealership lost my business for treating me like I was an total idiot. Funny thing is they show up on the excellence best dealership award... I wonder what criteria they go by. Certainly not customer satisfaction of the service department.
2000 Z3 2.8 TiAg (retired)
2002 330i Orient Blue (retired)
2005 330Ci TiAg (retired)
2009 Z4 30i Space Gray (retired)
2011 Z4 35is Space Gray
2011 535i GT xDrive Space Gray
Latest update. Have the BMW Battery Tender 1.25 amp charger (from BMW yesterday) so charged the battery for 8 hours today and viola...the issues magically disappeared. Checked the battery voltage and it was 12.72 volts. Returned the battery to charge for an additional 6 hours and battery now charged to 13.30 volts. The automatic battery tender didn't shut off or go to trickle charge. I started checking and immediately following the 13.30 volt reading, the voltage began to ever so slowly drop, and in 5 minutes had dropped to 13.14 volts. Within 90 minutes it had dropped to 13.05 volts, or a quarter voit. Nothing had been turned on, the keys were 75 feet away, no door opened, no lights on, nada. So something is slowly draining the battery as tha car sits. Tomorrow will be interesting as I check it to see the overnight drop, and then every few hours to see how much it drops and at what point the gremlins might reappear. It's going back to BMW on Monday in any case as there is definitely something wrong in Bimmerville. As long as they keep giving the spouse that M5 for a loaner.....just kidding.
It can take up to about 3-hours for a battery to 'settle' after a charge and prior to that, could see something up to the mid 13-volt range, depending on the charger, so anything you read before that point is misleading. An AGM battery is fully charged when it reads in the range of 12.72-12.90vdc after settling. This also depends on the temperature...the lower the temperature, the lower the voltage. That indicated is for 'nominal' room temperature of 68-degrees (the international standard for 'room' temperature). Now, put the vehicle under some load, and that voltage could drop a little (or maybe a lot if the load is high). What would be more interesting would be to monitor the current leaving the battery with an ammeter.
Keep in mind, a high quality DMM might have an accuracy of <1%, but it's not unusual to have it be 2-3x or more (5% on a cheap one is not unheard of) as the price comes down and the time since calibration (if it ever was done well or at all) has occurred.
Then, consider that unless you take the floor up in the trunk, you're measuring in the engine compartment which is probably at least 12' of cable, and a couple of connectors from the actual battery, which can drop the voltage as much as a couple of tenth's of a volt when everything's perfect.
Thus, we shopped for a Range Rover this weekend. Not that that will be the end all of all vehicle problems, but I haven't heard they have these electrical issues. After two of these 535 Gt's, we're about tired of the story about the electrical systems not being able to keep up with the needs of tha car and the requirements for a charger to be tethered to the vehicle. The recent explanation that the battery wears down incrementally and with all the wonderful electronics in the car, it will never tell you it's going to have a problem...so even after 400 miles of driving, and the battery allegedly charging, you can have the same issue. Brilliant engineering? Not in my book.
I wonder how people feel when others see they have to keep their 75K vehicle on charge so it will start in 70 degree weather? Foolish? Idiotic? No, I just tell my neighbors it's a BMW and fewer of them will even consider buying one. They see the light...or maybe the dimming as it were.
Cheers and be safe out there.
I probably should have labeled this "Battery Failure When Driving". Just an update on the status of our discharging 2010 GT. It was well charged on Monday morning reading 13.06 volts at 0700, and a charging voltage of 14.37 volts. We drove it to the BMW dealer which is a distance of about 12.2 miles. Tested the battery when we arrived at BMW and it was down to 12.23 volts when stopped, but would charge at 14.41 volts when restarted. Service manager also checked battery and stated the voltage was by then at the "tipping point" where if we had driven another mile or two, the battery would not have supported the electronics and we would have started to see warnings. Looks like you have to do your own basic troubleshooting and diagnostics!
Scenario is correct as when we drove home on Friday we actually drove about two miles further (stopped for gas and then fast food) and the warning lights all came on.
Service called yesterday (Monday) and stated they believe vehicle needs headlight module but has to be ordered, should be in today, but as usual, they never called to keep us updated. So, we have no idea whether it arrived or not, nor if that is actually the problem. Facts are they do not have repair parts in stock for most of the electrical/electronic issues, so if they discover this is not the issue, the vehicle will sit and wait. Again.
We'll see how this plays out. I can say this is my wife's car and she's a 100% Irish redhead. So, as her temper rises, I have little desire to go to the dealer with her. It's like accompanying the IRA on a strafing run through Belfast!
Last edited by magnumforc; 03-05-2013 at 09:43 PM.
There are good and bad things about the wiring and control of modern cars...the old ones generally relied on actually switching the functions on and off by interrupting the voltage to them. Today, this is rarely the case. There's a computer that does it by taking an input signal from the switch which then talks to the module actually controlling the device we want to interact with. This means that generally, you can use microswitches that do not need heavy duty contacts and wires interconnecting them to the device. It also means that some things need to be listening so that they can react to the request and that switch itself needs power so it can generate the desired command. As a result, there are many modules that must listen to the computer bus when the car is shut down, get the command that the vehicle is now off, then shut themselves down.
An example of what I'm talking about is a CANbus activated trailer wiring interface module I recently installed. As an aftermarket item, it has some diagnostic LEDs on it so you can fathom out what's going on. It takes it about 10-15 seconds after you shut the vehicle off before it shuts itself down. Any one module that doesn't get the shutdown request, could, after time, discharge the battery. While an AGM battery lasts longer than a normal lead-acid car battery on deep discharge, no battery really likes to be deep cycled very much, and eventually, that will require replacement (hopefully, after you've discovered what isn't shutting down or is drawing more current than it should). Another example of a switch doing lots of things...think of the old headlight switch - a bunch of heavy wires and significant current going through it. The one on our GT has a 3 or 4 24g or so wires going into it. I've replaced mine with the one that provides the rear fog light functionality. So, there are the headlights, taillights, front/rear fogs all controlled by a little chip and the vehicle computer all through a few VERY small wires.
Any intermittent connection could allow one of the 'receivers' to miss the vehicle shutdown request. Just a little misrouting, chafing, dirty connection, could add enough noise to the data bus so that the digital message doesn't always get through. It's sort of a miracle that the things work as they do, but everything needs to be working as a system...finding the offending item can sometimes be tough if the computer doesn't see it. Today's car techs need a good computer/digital background to resolve this, and while the manufacturer's computer test device may be good, it can't find everything...the computer in the guys head is what makes the difference, and finding a good one can be tough!
So far (nearly two years), I like my vehicle...and will hopefully still like it for a fairly long time to come. I like to keep my cars for 6-8 years. Whether this one will fall into that trend or not is still yet to be seen.
Hope they can resolve your issue and restore your confidence in the vehicle's operation.
Scotty from Star Trek said it the best. "The more they complicate the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain".
When the battery drained in our Z4 and had to be recharged, I was told to always lock the car. That way it goes to sleep. We were not locking the car in the garage and that apparently was our problem. No issues since we started locking it.
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===Writing Dynamic Match Specs===
===Writing Dynamic Match Specs===
We can now write a little library that enables us to write dynamic match specs and we can use the atom names of records (index and path) and the function with make_ms to make a dymamic match spec which will always be right at run time:
We can now write a little library that enables us to write dynamic match specs and we can use the atom names of records (index and path) and the function with make_ms to make a dymamic match spec which will always be right at run time:
>ms_util:make_ms(index,[{path,"Match Me!"}]).
>ms_util:make_ms(index,[{path,"Match Me!"}]).
>{index,'_','"Match Me!",'_','_'}
{index,'_','"Match Me!",'_','_'}
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Gordon Guthrie
This How To shows how dynamic match specifications can be built using records.
This approach allows record definitions to be extended by adding new fields, or the order of fields in records to be amended, without affecting the dynamic match specifications.
It works by generating a helper library function at compile time which enables a match_specifications module to introspect the record structure and build dynamic match specs.
The Problem
Records are a great way of making tuples easier to handle - they are the Erlang equivalent of a C struct. The ability to reference an element in a structure without having to know it is the third element is great, but...
...the problem is that sometimes you actually need to know the structure - and the main time is when you want to write match specifications.
There is a 'work around' for writing transforming code that has records in it but which generates valid match specs. This uses the function fun2ms from stdlib (see the documentation [1]).
But the problems with fun2ms is that it can't take a variable so you *can* use it to make writing static match specifications easier but you *can't* use it to generate them dynamically.
You might think the answer is to use fun2ms within an eval but you don't have access to the record definition in an eval so you are snookered there too..
The Solution
The solution is to use the Erlang Preprocessor to parse the .hrl file that has the record definition and output a helper function.
This helper function must be generated everytime the header file is changed as part of the make procedures for you application.
Dynamic match specifications written with the library will then 'just work'!
Working Code
The working code for this How To is appended at the end.
Worked Example
The Record Definition
My .hrl file contains a record definition like this:
%% Test Macros -define(HN_URL1, "http://127.0.0.1:9000"). -define(HN_URL2, "http://127.0.0.1:9001"). -record( index, { site, path, column, row }).
At run time I need to be able to introspect this structure and ask questions like:
- how many fields does record index have?
- where is the field path in record index?
Generating The Helper Function
We use the Erlang preprocesser function to parse the header file:
which produces output like:
{attribute,1,file,{"myheader.hrl",1}}, {attribute,18,record, {index, [{record_field,20,{atom,20,site}}, {record_field,21,{atom,21,path}}, {record_field,22,{atom,22,column}}, {record_field,23,{atom,23,row}}]}}, [...]
We step through this output and generate a helper file which looks like this:
%% This module automatically generated - do not edit %%% This module provides utilities for use in building %%% match specifications from records -module(ms_util2). -export([get_index/2,no_of_fields/1]). no_of_fields(index) -> 4; get_index(index,site)-> 1; get_index(index,path)-> 2; get_index(index,column)-> 3; get_index(index,row)-> 4; get_index(index,F) -> exit({error,"Record: index has no field called "++atom_to_list(F)}).
Writing Dynamic Match Specs
We can now write a little library that enables us to write dynamic match specs and we can use the atom names of records (index and path) and the function with make_ms to make a dymamic match spec which will always be right at run time:
ms_util:make_ms(index,[{path,"Match Me!"}]).
will return
{index,'_','"Match Me!",'_','_'}
Source Code
Here is the source code for the example
Record In .hrl File
%% Test Macros -define(HN_URL1, "http://127.0.0.1:9000"). -define(HN_URL2, "http://127.0.0.1:9001"). -record( index, { site, path, column, row }).
Preprocess Functions
%%%------------------------------------------------------------------- %%% File : record_util.erl %%% Author : Gordon Guthrie firstname.lastname@example.com %%% Description : utilities for manipulating records %%% %%% Created : 2 Sep 2008 by Gordon Guthrie %%%------------------------------------------------------------------- -module(make_ms_util). -include("myheader.hrl"). -export([make/0]). -define(MODULENAME,"ms_util2"). make() -> {ok,Tree}=epp:parse_file("myheader.hrl",["./"],[]), Src=make_src(Tree), ok=file:write_file(?MODULENAME++".erl",list_to_binary(Src)). make_src(Tree) -> make_src(Tree,[]). make_src([],Acc) -> make_src2(Acc,[],[]); make_src([{attribute,_,record,Record}|T],Acc) -> make_src(T,[Record|Acc]); make_src([_H|T],Acc) -> make_src(T,Acc). make_src2([],Acc1,Acc2) -> top_and_tail(Acc1,Acc2); make_src2([H|T],Acc1,Acc2) -> {NewAcc1,NewAcc2}=expand_rec(H), make_src2(T,[NewAcc1|Acc1],[NewAcc2|Acc2]). expand_rec({Name,Def}) -> expand_fields(Name,Def,1,[]). expand_fields(Name,[],N,Acc) -> {mk2(Name,N-1),lists:reverse([mk(Name)|Acc])}; expand_fields(Name,[{record_field,_,{atom,_,F},_}|T],N,Acc) -> expand_fields(Name,T,N+1,[mk(Name,F,N)|Acc]); expand_fields(Name,[{record_field,_,{atom,_,F}}|T],N,Acc) -> expand_fields(Name,T,N+1,[mk(Name,F,N)|Acc]); expand_fields(Name,[H|T],N,Acc) -> expand_fields(Name,T,N+1,Acc). %% mk2/1 builds the no of fields fns mk2(Name,N) -> "no_of_fields("++atom_to_list(Name)++") -> "++ integer_to_list(N)++";\n". %% mk/1 builds an error line mk(Name) -> "get_index("++atom_to_list(Name)++",F) -> "++ "exit({error,\"Record: "++atom_to_list(Name)++ " has no field called \"++atom_to_list(F)});\n". mk(Name,Field,N) -> "get_index("++atom_to_list(Name)++","++ atom_to_list(Field)++")-> "++integer_to_list(N)++";\n". top_and_tail(Acc1,Acc2)-> Top="%% This module automatically generated - do not edit\n"++ "\n"++ "%%% This module provides utilities for use in building\n"++ "%%% match specifications from records\n"++ "\n"++ "-module("++?MODULENAME++").\n"++ "\n"++ "-export([get_index/2,no_of_fields/1]).\n"++ "\n", Tail1="no_of_fields(Other) -> exit({error,\"Invalid Record Name: \""++ "++Other}).\n\n\n", Tail2="get_index(Record,_Field) -> exit({error,\""++ "Invalid Record Name: \"++Record}).\n", Top++lists:flatten(Acc1)++Tail1++lists:flatten(Acc2)++Tail2.
Dynamic Match Spec Library
%%%------------------------------------------------------------------- %%% File : ms_util.erl %%% Author : Gordon Guthrie firstname.lastname@example.com %%% Description : this is the match spec utilities module %%% it works closely with ms_util2.erl which is %%% the generated module that 'introspects' %%% the record structures of myheader.hrl %%% %%% Created : 3 Sep 2008 by Gordon Guthrie %%%------------------------------------------------------------------- -module(ms_util). -export([make_ms/2]). %%% %%% External Functions (API) %%% make_ms(Rec,List) when is_atom(Rec), is_list(List) -> NoFields=ms_util2:no_of_fields(Rec), NewList=proc_list(Rec,List), Return=list_to_tuple([Rec|build(NewList,NoFields)]), Return. %%% %%% Internal Functions %%% proc_list(Rec,List) -> proc_list(Rec,List,[]). %% bit funky - return the list sorted in reverse order proc_list(Rec,[],Acc) -> lists:reverse(lists:keysort(1,Acc)); proc_list(Rec,[{Field,B}|T],Acc) -> proc_list(Rec,T,[{ms_util2:get_index(Rec,Field),B}|Acc]). build(List,NoFields) -> build(List,NoFields,[]). build([],0,Acc) -> Acc; build([{N,Bits}|T],N,Acc) -> build(T,N-1,[Bits|Acc]); build([H|T],N,Acc) -> build([H|T],N-1,['_'|Acc]);%don't drop H - will match later build([],N,Acc) -> build([],N-1,['_'|Acc]).

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text: I just read an article in the newspaper today about Harley actually trying to solve their problem of most riders being of old age and getting older. I also read an article about their sales going down BIG TIME! Its no wander this is happening. So what do they do? They go and make some "dark custom" line of motorcycles or something like that foolishly thinking it's going to draw in the younger crowd! The bikes are supposed to look MORE classic and bare bones or something, with uncomfortable tractor style seats. Its basically a whole new line of bikes just like the 48, but NO NEW MODELS! I have no idea who is in charge of this, but they need to pull their head out from where ever it is! Seriously, this is not going to draw any new younger riders in! While I am personally a very big fan of Harley and am one of the younger riders, I see their problem. Seriously, their BIG problem is price. Yes, hardcore Harley riders may pay the price, but do you think a 15 year old who just got his motorcycle license is going to go out and spend $10,000+ on a brand new 800 pound hog? I REALLY REALLY doubt that! Ain't happening. He will either buy an older Japanese four on Craigslist, or buy some sort of sports bike like a Ninja 250 or an R6. See, Harley needs to wake up. While they ARE trying and like to say they are trying really hard, they aren't trying hard at all. Oh, so were going to paint some bikes black and make them look classic. Thats REALLY going to get the younger crowds into Harleys! What they need to do is FIRST make more sporty bikes, not older classic badass bikes! I mean they tried with the XR 1200, but it still runs a Sportster motor, and is a bit pricey. Plus, it is under advertised, as I meet many who haven't even heard of such a bike. If they could drop the price and drop a V-Rod motor in, tune it, and show it smoking an R6 it JUST MIGHT draw some younger riders in! But they probably won't. I don't think they will ever go out of business, but they might get to the point where they have no choice but do something. To bad they don't do something like Yamaha either. I just found out about this neat little bike today: http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelhome/589/0/home.aspx I have never heard of this bike! Its a cool little 250 cc true V-Twin Yamaha V-Star! It runs from 0-60 MPH in just under 10 seconds, yet looks like a Harley and has that cool sound! It is a great price too! I think that one has not been advertised very well, or it would be far more popular! This is the engine that Lifan Clones for their 250 V-twin! I just don't know what Harleys doing, but AT LEAST they realize this problem is starting to develop!


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'Three Swedish NHL players accused of rape were cleared Friday by a prosecutor who said there was no evidence they forced the woman to have sex. The 22-year-old woman had said she was raped Feb. 9 in a hotel room by Kristian Huselius of the Florida Panthers, Andreas Lilja of the Nashville Predators and Henrik Tallinder of the Buffalo Sabres. The woman also said she may have been drugged by the players, but tests proved she wasn't.'
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ATLANTA -- Brisker sales for Coca-Cola's still beverages in North America offset declining consumption of carbonated soft drinks in the third quarter.
Coca-Cola Co.'s net income climbed 6% to $2.45 billion, or 54¢ a share, in the third quarter, up from $2.31 billion, or 50¢ a share, in the same period last year. Revenue fell 3% to $12.03 billion from $12.34 billion.
Coke's global beverage sales volume grew 2%. In North America, sales volume climbed 2%, largely attributable to the strong performance of Coke's noncarbonated drinks. Still-drink and bottled water sales rose 5%, and sales of teas, including Honest Tea and Fuze, saw double-digit percentage growth. Carbonated beverage sales in the North America stayed level.
Beverage volume rose 5% in the Asia-Pacific region and 4% in Eurasia and Africa. Volume fell 1% in Europe and held steady in Latin America.
Coca-Cola chief executive Muhtar Kent reported that the Coke brand delivered a record 181 billion beverage servings in the quarter.
The Coca-Cola chief said the beverage giant was on track to achieve its goal of doubling its 2010 "system revenue," which includes its sales and those of its bottlers, by 2020.


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Brevard at Tusculum Game Day InformationOctober 27, 2010
Driving Directions, Game Notes and Radio Links posted below
Brevard, N.C. - It will be a battle between teams searching for their first South Atlantic Conference victory on Saturday afternoon as the Tornados travel to Greeneville, Tenn. to take on the Tusculum College Pioneers at Pioneer Field in the Niswonger Sports Complex.
Brevard (3-5, 0-4 SAC) returns to the road this week after suffering a loss this past weekend to Wingate University. The Tornados offense was back on track this week, due to the addition of a healthy Neville Bryce to the roster. The preseason All-SAC selection had been hampered this year by turf toe and ankle injuries, but made up for lost time, setting single game Brevard records in rushing yards (224), carries (35) and rushing touchdowns (4) against the Wingate defense. The Tornados held a 20-2 lead in the game, but Wingate's balanced offensive attack behind 158 rushing yards by Nelson Woods and 379 passing yards by Cody Haffly brought the Bulldogs back and gave them the 44-37 victory.
Tusculum (4-4, 0-4 SAC) returns home after falling on the road to SAC opponent Lenoir-Rhyne this past weekend, 34-31. Quarterback Bo Cordell went 42 of 62 in the game, throwing for 421 yards and three touchdowns and Deonte' Gist and Rashaad Carter each had more than 10 catches and 100 yards through the air. Tusculum jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, but Lenoir-Rhyne rallied back through four Colin Corpe field goals and Andrew Courman found the end zone twice in leading the Bears to the 34-31 victory.
This will be the seventh meeting all-time between the teams and fifth since the Tornados football program was reinstated in 2006, with Tusculum holding the 4-2 advantage. Brevard lost the first matchup, 33-0, while in 2007, the Pioneers defeated the Tornados 30-7. 2008 and 2009 saw a pair of close, high-scoring affairs as Tusculum defeated Brevard in Greeneville in 2008, 55-42, while Brevard returned the favor in 2009 at Brevard Memorial Stadium, 27-24 in overtime.
Brevard comes into the game boasting the fourth-best rushing attack in the NCAA, averaging 299.9 yards per game, led by freshman slot Kelvin Jeter. Jeter set the BC single season rushing record last week in the game against Wingate and is currently third in the SAC and 27th in the NCAA, averaging 103.1 yards per game. Bryce returned to the lineup last week and is currently averaging 76.7 yards per game on the ground, while Michael Crumbaker leads the team with seven rushing touchdowns on the year.
Crumbaker leads the Tornados aerial assault on the season, completing 24 of 61 passes for 426 yards and three touchdowns. Eric Watts is the go-to receiver for Brevard on the year, catching 12 passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns, while Justin Fleming and Derek Church have had a hand in the passing game, each catching three passes, including both having receptions last week against Wingate.
Defensively, Trey Jenkins leads the Tornados and is in the top 10 in the SAC with 60 tackles on the season, averaging 7.5 per game. Fellow linebackers C.J. Wilson and Prince Simunyu are also among the team leaders in tackles with 45 and 44 respectively. Salonik Amos leads the team and the South Atlantic Conference with 11 passes defensed on the season to go with 49 tackles, while Rufus Jenkins leads Brevard with 5.5 tackles for loss. Demarcus Allen is the team leader in sacks with 2.5 on the season and also leads the Tornados with two fumble recoveries to round out the BC defensive efforts on the season.
Tusculum quarterback Cordell leads the nation in passing, averaging 417.5 yards per game, and also in total offense (412.75 ypg) and completions (36.13 cpg) in leading the Pioneers offense on the season. The 2010 Harlon Hill Trophy candidate is also second in the country in total passing yards (3,340), third in points responsible for per game (23.00 ppg) and 46th in pass efficiency (138.00).
Cordell spreads the ball out among a number of receivers with three Pioneers ranked in the top 50 in the NCAA in receptions per game, while a fourth is ranked in the top 50 in receiving yards per game. Deonte' Gist (9.00 rpg-4th), Rashaad Carter (7.50 rpg-14th) and Michael Rodriguez (6.88 rpg-24th) are among the reception leaders, while Gist is also 23rd in receiving yards per game (101.25 ypg) and 18th in total receiving yards (810). Carter is 30th in receiving yards per game (94.25 ypg) and 27th in total receiving yards (754), while senior Calvin Britt is 39th in receiving yards per game (85.50 ypg) and 37th in total receiving yards (684).
Tusculum has run the ball 197 times on the season, with Brian Marshall receiving the majority of the carries, toting the ball 65 times for 244 yards. Chad Blakely has carried the ball 30 times for 109 yards on the season, while Fred Jones has found the end zone twice from the backfield. Cordell has also carried the ball 68 times on the season and crossed the goal line five times.
Zachary Norman leads the Pioneers defense on the season with 50 tackles, while David Little and Terrence Smith each have more than 10 tackles for loss on the year with Little leading the team with 13, while Smith has recorded 11 tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Little is also the sack leader on the team with six quarterback drops on the year, while in the secondary, six different Pioneers have recorded interceptions.
Kickoff at Pioneer Field on the campus of Tusculum College is set for Saturday, October 30th, at 1:30 p.m.
You can catch the game via live broadcast brought to you by the "Voice of the Tornados" Dwayne Summers over the radio at WSQL 1240 AM or over the Internet at www.wsqlradio.com. You may also visit the Brevard College Athletics website at www.BCTornados.com.
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Official Logo For College Football Playoff Released
Monday, April 29, 2013
The new College Football Playoff has announced that its new official logo has been selected by an online fan vote. Fans had one week to choose from four different logo options at www.CollegeFootballPlayoff.com. This will be the official logo for the upcoming four-team playoff which will begin following the 2014 season.


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Safavian Named as GSA Chief of Staff
July 11, 2002
Contact: Deborah K. Ruiz (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, DC - Administrator Stephen A. Perry today named David H. Safavian of Alexandria, Va., as Chief of Staff at the U.S. General Services Administration. Mr. Safavian replaces Brian Allan Jackson, who is leaving to obtain his MBA from the Harvard Business School. Previously, Mr. Safavian served as Senior Advisor and Acting Deputy Chief of Staff at GSA.
As the number three official at GSA, Mr. Safavian will be responsible for carrying out a variety of critical assignments in connection with the day-to-day operation of GSA. He will work collaboratively with the other members of the senior management team to provide leadership and guidance in the conduct of long- and short-range management studies of major concern to the Administrator.
"I am honored to be able to serve in this capacity," said Mr. Safavian. "GSA plays a key role in helping other agencies better serve the public. Working with Administrator Perry and the GSA team, I hope to build on our past successes by working to implement President Bush's management agenda and ultimately, providing the best value for our customer agencies and the taxpayers."
Prior to joining GSA, Mr. Safavian served as the Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Chris Cannon (R-UT). Mr. Safavian also worked for Congressmen Bill Scuette (R-MI) and Bob Davis (R-MI). In addition to his public sector experience, Mr. Safavian co-founded Janus-Merritt Strategies, L.L.C., a Washington, D.C., consulting firm specializing in telecommunications issues.
A graduate of Saint Louis University, Mr. Safavian earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science before pursuing a Law degree at Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law. In 1993, he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Juris Doctorate. Mr. Safavian received a Master's degree in Tax Law from Georgetown University Law Center in September 1994.
GSA is a centralized federal procurement and property management agency created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. It acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies and services. GSA, comprised of 14,000 associates, provides services and solutions for the office operations of over 1 million federal workers located in 8,300 government -owned and leased buildings in 1,600 U.S. communities.


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Neuromuscular Control and Plasticity Lab
Research in the lab focuses on the mechanisms underlying the multijoint control of movement and posture in able-bodied individuals and in individuals with neuromotor pathologies. Specifically, we are interested in understanding the relative contributions of intrinsic muscle properties, limb geometry and neural activation in the control of whole limb function.
Generating voluntary movements and interacting with our physical environment is fundamental to carrying out the tasks of daily living, as evidenced by the severe limitations that beset those with movement disorders. Due to its importance, there is a long history of movement-related research, though few studies have attempted to understand the interactions between muscle properties, limb geometry and neural control.
Because each of these systems contributes to the functional capabilities of a limb, the relative importance of each is best understood in the context of how these systems interact during typical motor tasks. Our current experiments involve intact and neurologically impaired subjects. Those performed on unimpaired individuals provide a basis for understanding the motor deficits evident when one or more of these subsystems is compromised. The results of these studies are aimed at developing enhanced rehabilitation strategies for restoring motor function to those with neurological impairments.
The Neuromuscular Control & Plasticity Lab is part of the Sensory Motor Performance Program (SMPP) at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) and also affiliated with the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Northwestern University.
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MiLB attendance exceeds 41.2 million
Total and average attendance increases again in 2013
By Minor League Baseball | September 17, 2013 7:00 AM ET
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor League Baseball™ announced today that its regular season attendance surpassed 41 million fans again this season, as it has done so for nearly a decade. The 41,553,781 fans that MiLB™ attracted in 2013 is nearly 275,000 more than last year's total. The industry also saw almost a two percent rise in average attendance, despite facing a multitude of weather issues early in the season.
"To experience increases in total and average attendance is a testament to the quality of our product and the ability of our clubs to adapt to conditions, be it weather, economic or otherwise," Minor League Baseball President & CEO Pat O'Conner said. "Attracting more than 41 million fans a year for nine years has helped solidify the Minor League Baseball brand to our partners and fans."
The Triple-A® Indianapolis Indians (637,579) led all clubs in total attendance. The Columbus Clippers, their International League West Division rival, topped all domestic clubs in average crowd (9,212).
The Frisco RoughRiders paced all 30 Double-A® clubs in total (479,873) and average attendance (7,057), for the ninth consecutive year.
The Dayton Dragons, as they have every season since they began playing in 2000, were tops among the 60 Class A® clubs in overall attendance (579,946) and average (8,405). The Dragons also extended their record consecutive sellout streak for a professional sports team to 983 games.
The Brooklyn Cyclones, who attracted 232,224 fans for an average of 6,276, have led the 40 Short Season-A™ and Rookie® clubs in both categories since their first year in 2001.
The Monterrey Sultans of the Mexican League led all MiLB clubs in average crowd (11,145) this season for the second straight year.
2013 Attendance by League
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Wild Things
For Claire Darrow Mosier, the creative director of André Balazs' empire, a hand-built Costa Rican bungalow (where the only celebrity guests are jaguars, neon frogs, and toucans) brings her back to earth.
Did she tell you about the monkeys?" asks Chris Mosier, Claire Darrow Mosier's model spouse—literally, the Ford model supplements his photography work with appearances in luxury brand ad campaigns. "I woke up from a nap and there was a monkey on a tree branch right next to the sofa. Then all of a sudden, it jumped onto our deck," says Darrow Mosier, creative director to André Balazs' high-traffic hotels. "Then another one appeared. Within five minutes, there were 30 monkeys surrounding our house." She filmed the intruders on her Flip camera before running to a neighbor's. When she returned, the eggs she'd left out accidentally had been eaten, and the culprits were gone. "Every day I get a little bit scared at least once," she says.
We're sitting on the couch in the living room of their three-bedroom apartment in Manhattan's Lower East Side—where the only monkey in the vicinity is her new little human one, three-month-old Willa Scout. As the couple describe their other life, the one that takes place during thrice or so yearly trips to the wood-and-stone house they built on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, a home nestled beneath a rain-forest canopy on a river that spills into the Pacific next to the Corcovado National Park, it's easy to conjure up a fantasy version of a tropical escape, those white-tunic'ed couples strolling on powdery beaches that paper our retinas as we grind through our daily routines.
The real place, the one where cute capuchin monkeys (the organ-grinder variety) can become menacing, where nature still fulfills its primal role as fear-inspiring other, is harder for the developed-world imagination to get to. (And in fact, it takes first a five-hour flight from New York City to San José, then a small-plane ride to a jungle landing strip near Puerto Jimenez, and finally, a 45-minute Jeep drive on a dirt road.)
But for someone whose trade is in manufacturing urbanity, this realness is the spot's profound allure. Darrow Mosier has been working with Balazs—the handsome playboy known to Us Weekly readers as Chelsea Handler's boyfriend and Uma Thurman's ex—for 14 years. When Darrow Mosier first met him socially, "the Standard was just an idea," she says. He was looking for a young art-student type to help him make his properties feel relevant. Darrow Mosier had just graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art and worked as a discontented graphic designer, which she says was "too one-dimensional for me."
Her current role might be one of the most multidimensional creative jobs around. Balazs bought the legendary Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles in 1990; he now owns three architecty private residences in NYC and seven hotels, including the Standard mini chain. His most recent opening was a gutsy endeavor. He erected the 18-story, nouveau midcentury building in New York City's Meatpacking District just as the recession slammed Manhattan in 2008. But it also arrived fortuitously in conjunction with Mad Men madness (the top floor's Boom Boom Room nightclub also nods to retro glam) and the High Line Park, an abandoned elevated-train track turned walkable garden, which the hotel straddles on stilts.
Darrow Mosier's mandate is to make each property feel like the must-be place, so she oversees every aesthetic detail, including uniforms, decor, marketing, and signage. It also allows her to brainstorm ideas based on whatever her current interests might be. In the rooms of the Los Angeles Standard, for example, she's co-curating with the Art Production Fund a video series by artists such as Mika Rottenberg; she's commissioned a statue by the street artist KAWS in NYC; and she's started a small art-book imprint, Standard Press.
Darrow Mosier is the sort of gentle, grounded spirit who can only approach the exhilarating, exhausting process of hype-generation with heart. She was seeking to revivify said organ at a remote yoga retreat in 2005 when she met Mosier on the land where they've since built their house. It developed as organically as her job. "We spent the first year and a half with candles and headlamps," says Mosier. "Now we've got a solar panel and 19 lights—wooo!"
This year, Darrow Mosier is developing her company's first luxury spot in London—an elaborate renovation of an old fire station. At home in Costa Rica, the next project is more elemental but no less thrilling: building a water catchment system for their tropical orchard.


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one of 24 mixed media pieces featured through April 19 in Josh
"Stuff 'N' Stuff" exhibit.
COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Two dozen mixed media
pieces by a North Carolina artist are on display through April 19
in the Lindsey Wilson College Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery.
"Stuff 'N' Stuff" features 24 pieces by Pfeiffer (N.C.) University
art professor Josh Cross. A public reception for Cross will
be held at 3 p.m. CT on April 18 in the Begley Gallery.
A total of 24 mixed media pieces created by artist Josh
Cross will be on display in the college's art gallery, located in
the Slider Humanities building.
A native of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Cross said he did not plan to
pursue the life of an artist until he was inspired by
"They encourage free reign and associations that
don't make sense but do connect, and I like that," he said.
Cross received earned a bachelor's degree in art from Southeast
Missouri State University and a master's degree from Kansas State
University. Since 2005, he has taught art at Pfeiffer University.
He also teaches art workshops to children, adults, at-risk
populations and to prisoners. He has also taught art history at
"Stuff 'n' Stuff," by Josh Cross, is on display through April
19 in the Lindsey Wilson College Lucretia C. Begley Art Gallery in
the W.W. Slider Humanities Center, 155 Blue Raider Drive. Gallery
hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. CT Monday-Friday and by special
appointment. For more information, contact Tim Smith at
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NFL Responds To Raiders Cheerleader Suit
The National Football League believes it's protected from an Oakland Raiders cheerleader lawsuit because it's exempt from state labor laws. The NFL is making its first formal response today to being sued by two Raiderettes who claim they should be paid at least minimum wage. The NFL argues they are immune from all state labor laws because the California Supreme Court has already ruled players cannot bring antitrust claims against their teams.
For the first time in team history, the Raiders offered the Raiderettes a new contract where they would be paid $9 an hour, California's minimum wage, for all the hours they work.


text: I am running Backtrack 3 using VMWare in Windows XP on my IBM Thinkpad. My wireless connection connects using Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection which I'm pretty sure if compatible with Backtrack 3 because I've read about similar adapters that work. The problem is that when I run "airmon-ng" the adapter isn't found. I tried the same thing with my computer which runs with a Belkin 54g USB Receiver and that didn't work either until I set the USB device to only be used by Backtrack. After than it worked, but I'm looking to get backtrack working on my laptop. Any ideas what to do with VMWare or Backtrack 3 to fix this. PS. I'm using VMWare Workstation 6.5.1-Build 126130 which I bought off a friend for this purpose. :confused:


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Celebrities and Their Babies Over the Weekend 2008-10-13 15:30:00
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Celebaby Roundup
There might have been a cattle, I mean celebrity, call to the pumpkin patches this weekend. It seems that every hot tot was ready to pick out the plumpest gourd of all in LA this weekend.
Tots who weren't up to their eyeballs in orange were doing the typical Saturday morning routines or horsing around at the park with their famous parents. Check out my slideshow to see who was up to what this weekend!
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By Mike Baker Associated Press
OLYMPIA — The National Rifle Association is increasing pressure on Washington state lawmakers who have endorsed a plan to expand gun background checks, with the group calling members to action and specifically targeting a Republican lawmaker who supports the effort.
In a mailed note to its Washington members, the NRA called for "URGENT" action to contact GOP Rep. Mike Hope, who works as a Seattle police officer and was previously supported by the NRA. It said Hope's vote could determine the fate of a "sweeping gun control measure."
Hope supports the background check plan, saying Tuesday that it is a reasonable way to help keep guns away from violent criminals and the mentally ill. Hope said he's invited the NRA to help shape the bill and has some changes that he's going to propose to make the bill better.
"What frustrates me is that they're not really looking at that stuff," Hope said of the NRA. "They're just looking at a unilateral `no' to everything, and they're not looking for a solution."
Gun buyers already have to undergo a background check if they purchase from a federally licensed firearms dealer. The bill supported by Hope and many Democrats would expand that to sales between private parties, with Hope saying criminals use the private purchasing to get a gun without having to prove that they are legally allowed to own one.
Hope said he's received about 300 emails related to the gun bill and believes there are a lot of misconceptions about what it does. In the memo that the NRA sent to its members, the group said the bill would have no impact on criminals and would be "the first steps toward universal registration of firearms and owners." It called the background checks plan "a massive regulatory scheme with huge burdens and obstacles."
Hope said the note is inaccurate. He said records of the background checks would not be maintained or part of a registration system. Under the bill, two people wanting to complete a transaction could go to their local gun shop or local law enforcement agency and pay for a background check of $20 or less.
NRA officials did not respond to requests for comment.
The background checks plan also has the support of Republican Sen. Steve Litzow and Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom, a Democrat who has aligned himself with Republicans this year. House lawmakers will begin considering the measure Wednesday in a committee hearing.


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Pop-Culture | Posted by Jenae S on 01/28/2011
Girls and Geekdom: The Team Unicorn Conundrum
The girls of Team Unicorn just can't seem to win. They are hot girls and nerds, yet they find themselves rejected by both women and nerds. Team Unicorn's video Geek and Gamer Girls made its way through the interwebs a few months back and their second video about Zombies was posted just before the holidays.
Despite showing nothing to doubt their nerd cred, the internet has done exactly that. Commenters have accused them of not being "real nerds" because they are attractive, and of using their looks to "trick nerds." These girls challenge the stereotypical image of a "geek." They are all conventionally attractive and not afraid to flaunt their sexuality, yet they show their knowledge of geek culture through their writing and videos. Many of them have …


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Reviewed By alan t (GERMANTOWN, MD) Reviewed for a 1995 GMC Suburban —7/10/2016 11:59 AM
Simple bolt-in replacements. I figured since I need to replace my old shocks, I may as well upgrade. Well worth the extra price for the Bilsteins... you get what you pay for! The ride is significantly smoother in my old 2500 suburban.


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"World War Z," a horror-action picture about a worldwide zombie epidemic, contains a number of stupendous sequences. In one, a traffic jam in Philadelphia has turned roads into parking lots, and people suddenly start emerging from their cars, snarling and looking dead and hungry and maniacal. In another scene, hordes of the undead swarm a gigantic wall built to protect Israel, climbing over each other like ants until they reach the top and start jumping on the unsuspecting civilians below.
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A lot of gore in horror movies today is purely gratuitous. But things are different when the subject turns to flesh-eating zombies. The threat of unspeakable mutilation and violence — the idea of being eaten alive — is what makes them terrifying (the fact they're so hard to kill is just a bonus). And "World War Z," because it cost a reported $200 million, plays things extra-safe to make sure 12-year-olds can see it along with the grown-ups. For a story with so much death and mayhem, the film is practically bloodless.
The concept of a single man being able to criss-cross the globe in time to stop such a rapidly spreading virus is hokey enough, but you buy it because he's Pitt, who is just as good in the tender scenes with his family as he is exploring the spooky corridors of an abandoned medical facility. But "World War Z" repeatedly chickens out, more afraid of offending viewers with delicate sensibilities than earning its budget back. There are some tremendous images in the movie, but there isn't a single good fright.
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|Some NEA Resolutions Passed at 2002 Convention in Dallas
A-2. Educational Opportunity for all. The National Education Association believes that each student has the right to a free public education that should be suited to the needs of the individual and guaranteed by state constitutions and the U.S. Constitution. The Association also believes that all schools must be accredited under uniform standards established by the appropriate agencies in collaboration with the Association and its affiliates.
A-11. Use of Closed Public School Buildings. The Association believes that closed public school buildings should be sold or leased only to those organizations that do not provide direct educational services to students and/or are not in direct competition with public schools.
A-14. Financial Support of Public Education. Tax revision favorable to public education should be encouraged and continually reviewed at every governmental level. Funds must be provided for programs to alleviate race, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination and to eliminate portrayal of race, gender, and sexual orientation stereotypes in the public schools. The Association opposes providing any public revenues to sectarian pre-K through 12 schools.
A-15. Federal Financial Support of Public Education. The Association believes that funding for federal programs should be substantially increased, not merely redistributed among states. The Association opposes any federal legislation, laws, or regulations that provide funds, goods, or services to sectarian schools. . . nonsectarian private schools or nonpublic school students in pre-K through 12 education unless those funds, goods, or services are used for educational services that are not available in public schools.
A-24. Voucher Plans and Tuition Tax Credits. The National Education Association believes that voucher plans, tuition tax credits, or other funding arrangements that use tax monies to subsidize pre-K through 12 private school education can undermine public education, reduce the support needed to fund public education adequately, weaken the wall of separation between church and state, and cause racial, economic, and social segregation of students. The Association opposes voucher plans, tuition tax credits, or other such funding arrangements that pay for students to attend sectarian schools.
A-30. Charter and Nontraditional Public School Options. The Association believes that when concepts such as charter schools and other nontraditional schools options are proposed, all affected public education employees must be directly involved in the design, implementation, and governance of these programs.
A-31. Federally or State-Mandated Choice/Parental Option Plans. The National Education Association believes that [these] plans compromise free, equitable, universal, and quality public education for every student. Therefore, the Association opposes such federally or state-mandated choice or parental option plans.
B-1. Early Childhood Education. The National Education Association supports early childhood education programs in the public schools for children from birth through age eight. The Association also supports a high-quality program of transition from home and/or preschool to the public kindergarten or first grade. This transition should include communication and cooperation among parents/guardians, the preschool staff, and the public school staff. The Association also believes that early childhood education programs should include a full continuum of services for parents/guardians and children, including child care, child development, developmentally appropriate and diversity-based curricula, special education, and appropriate bias-free screening devices. The Association believes that federal legislation should be enacted to assist in organizing the implementation of fully funded early childhood education programs offered through the public schools. These programs must be available to all children on an equal basis and should include mandatory kindergarten with compulsory attendance.
B-6. Class Size. The National Education Association believes that excellence in the classroom can best be attained by small class size. The Association also believes in an optimum class size of fifteen students in regular programs and a proportionately lower number in programs for students with exceptional needs.
B-7. Diversity. The National Education Association believes that a diverse society enriches all individuals. Similarities and differences among races, ethnicity, color, national origin, language, geographic location, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical ability, size, occupation, and marital, parental, or economic status form the fabric of a society. The Association also believes that education should foster the values of appreciation and acceptance of the various qualities that pertain to people as individuals and as members of diverse populations. The Association further believes in the importance of observances, programs and curricula that accurately portray and recognize the roles, contributions, cultures, and history of these diverse groups and individuals.
B-9. Racism, Sexism, and Sexual Orientation Discrimination. Discrimination and stereotyping based on such factors as race, gender, immigration status, physical disabilities, ethnicity, occupation, and sexual orientation must be eliminated. Plans, activities, and programs must
The Association encourages its affiliates to develop and implement training programs on these matters.
B-17. Education of Refugee Children and Children of Undocumented Immigrants. The National Education Association believes that, regardless of the immigration status of students or their parents, every student has the right to a free public education in an environment free from harassment.
B-22. Educational Programs for Limited English Proficiency Students. The Association believes that LEP students should be placed in bilingual education programs to receive instruction in their native language from qualified teachers until such time as English proficiency is achieved.
B-31. Multicultural Education. The National Education Association believes that multiculturalism is the process of valuing differences and incorporating the values identified into behavior for the goal of achieving the common good. Multicultural education should promote the recognition of individual and group differences and similarities in order to reduce racism, homophobia, ethnic and all other forms of prejudice and to develop self-esteem as well as respect for others.
B-34. School-to-Work/Career Education. Career education must be interwoven into the total educational system and should include programs in gender-free career awareness and exploration to aid students in career course selection.
B-39. Family Life Education. The Association believes that programs should be established for both students and parents/guardians and supported at all educational levels to promote
The Association also believes that education in these areas must be presented as part of an anti-biased, culturally-sensitive program.
B-40. Sex Education. The Association recognizes that the public school must assume an increasingly important role in providing the instruction. Teachers and health professionals must be qualified to teach in this area and must be legally protected from censorship and lawsuits. The Association also believes that to facilitate the realization of human potential, it is the right of every individual to live in an environment of freely available information and knowledge about sexuality and encourages affiliates and members to support appropriately established sex education programs. Such programs should include information on sexual abstinence, birth control and family planning, diversity of culture, diversity of sexual orientation, parenting skills, prenatal care, sexually transmitted diseases, incest, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, homophobia.
B-41. HIV/AIDS Education. The National Education Association believes that educational institutions should establish comprehensive acquired human immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) education programs as an integral part of the school curriculum.
B-43. Environmental Education. The Association supports educational programs that promote
B-49. Education on Peace and International Understanding. The National Education Association believes that educational strategies for teaching peace should include the role of international and nongovernmental organizations. The Association also believes that educational materials should include activities dealing with the effects of nuclear weaponry and other weapons of mass destruction, strategies for disarmament, and methods to achieve peace.
B-54. Conflict Resolution Education. The National Education Association supports the adoption and use, at all educational levels, of proven conflict-resolution strategies, materials, and activities by school districts, education employees, students, parents/guardians, and the school community to encourage nonviolent resolution of interpersonal and societal conflicts.
B-57. Standardized Testing of Students. The National Education Association believes that standardized tests should only be used to improve the quality of education and instruction for students. The Association opposes the use of standardized tests when
B-69. Home Schooling. The National Education Association believes that home schooling programs cannot provide the student with a comprehensive education experience. When home schooling occurs, students enrolled must meet all state requirements. Instruction should be by persons who are licensed by the appropriate state education licensure agency, and a curriculum approved by the state department of education should be used. The Association also believes that home-schooled students should not participate in any extracurricular activities in the public schools.
C-15. Extremist Groups. The National Education Association condemns the philosophy and practices of extremist groups and urges active opposition to all such movements that are inimical to the ideals of the Association.
C-23. Comprehensive School Health, Social and Psychological Programs and Services. The National Education Association believes that every child should have direct and confidential access to comprehensive health, social, and psychological programs and services. The Association believes that programs in the schools should provide
The Association believes that services in the schools should include
C-24. School Guidance and Counseling Programs. The National Education Association believes that guidance and counseling programs should be integrated into the entire education system, pre-K through college.
C-28. Student Sexual Orientation. The National Education Association believes that all persons, regardless of sexual orientation, should be afforded equal opportunity and guaranteed a safe and inclusive environment within the public education system. The Association also believes that, for students who are struggling with their sexual/gender orientation, every school district and educational institution should provide counseling services and programs that deal with high suicide and dropout rates and the high incidence of teen prostitution.
C-30. Suicide Prevention Programs. The National Education Association believes that suicide prevention programs including prevention, intervention, and postvention must be developed and implemented. The Association urges its affiliates to ensure that these programs are an integral part of the school program.
D-8. Hiring Policies and Practices for Teaching Positions. The National Education Association believes that hiring policies and practices must be nondiscriminatory and include provisions for the recruitment of a diverse teaching staff.
D-21. Competency Testing of Licensed Teachers. The National Education Association believes that competency testing must not be used as a condition of employment, license retention, evaluation, placement, ranking, or promotion of licensed teachers.
E-3. Selection and Challenges of Materials and Teaching Techniques. The Association deplores prepublishing censorship, book-burning crusades, and attempts to ban books from school libraries/media centers and school curricula.
E-9. Academic and Professional Freedom. Academic freedom includes the rights of teachers and learners to explore and discuss divergent points of view. A teacher shall not be fired, transferred, or removed from his or her position for refusing to suppress the free expression rights of others.
F-1. Nondiscriminatory Personnel Policies/Affirmative Action. The National Education Association believes that personnel policies and practices must guarantee that no person be employed, retained, paid, dismissed, suspended, demoted, transferred, retired or harassed because of race, color, national origin, cultural diversity, accent, religious beliefs, residence, physical disability, political activities, professional association activity, age, size, marital status, family relationship, gender, or sexual orientation. Affirmative action plans and procedures that encourage active recruitment and employment of ethnic minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and men in under-represented education categories should be developed and implemented.
F-44. Medication and Medical Services in the Schools. The National Education Association believes that procedures should be established for students who must use prescribed medication or who need other medical services during school hours. The Association also believes that education employees who are not licensed medical personnel should be protected from all liability if they are required to administer medication or perform medical services.
H-1. The Education Employee as a Citizen. The Association urges its members to become politically involved and to support the political action committees of the Association and its affiliates.
H-7. National Health Care Policy. The Association supports the adoption of a single-payer health care plan for all residents of the United States, its territories, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
I-1. Peace and International Relations. The Association urges all nations to develop treaties and disarmament agreements that reduce the possibility of war. The Association also believes that such treaties and agreements should prevent the placement of weapons in outer space. The Association further believes that the United Nations (UN) furthers world peace and promotes the rights of all people by preventing war, racism, and genocide. The Association supports the U.S. Institute of Peace, which provides publications, information, programs, training, and research data in developing peacemaking and conflict resolution skills.
I-2. International Court of Justice. The Association urges participation by the United States in deliberations before the court.
I-10. Civil Rights. The Association calls upon Americans to eliminate - by statute and practice - barriers of race, color, national origin, religion, philosophical beliefs, political beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, size, marital status, and economic status that prevent some individuals, adult or juvenile, from exercising rights enjoyed by others, including liberties decreed in common law, the Constitution, and statutes of the United States.
I-12. Family Planning. The National Education Association supports family planning, including the right to reproductive freedom. The Association also urges the implementation of community-operated, school-based family planning clinics that will provide intensive counseling by trained personnel.
I-17. Immigration. The Association op-poses any immigration policy that denies human and/or civil rights or educational opportunities to immigrants and their children regardless of their immigration status.
I-26. Freedom of Religion. The Association opposes any federal legislation or mandate that would require school districts to schedule a moment of silence.
I-27. Gun-free Schools and the Regulation of Deadly Weapons. The Association believes that strict proscriptive regulations are necessary for the manufacture, importation, distribution, sale and resale of handguns and ammunition magazines.
I-39. Eliminationation of Discrimination. The National Education Association is committed to the elimination of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation/gender identification, and all other forms of discrimination. The Association believes that honest and open conversation is a precursor to change. The Association encourages its members and all other members of the educational community to engage in courageous conversations in order to examine assumptions, prejudices, discriminatory practices, and their effects.
I-43. Hate-Motivated Violence. The Association believes that federal, state, and local governments and community groups must oppose and eliminate hate-motivated violence.
I-46. English as the Official Language. The Association believes that efforts to legislate English as the official language disregard cultural pluralism; deprive those in need of education, social services, and employment; and must be challenged.
I-49. Equal Opportunity for Women. The Association supports an amendment to the U.S. Constitution (such as the Equal Rights Amendment) that guarantees that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state because of gender. The Association also supports the enactment and full funding of the Women's Educational Equity Act.
The above text is excerpted from resolutions adopted at the 2002 NEA Convention. No words have been changed.


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Sad News: Country Singer Mindy McCready Dead at 37
Country singer Mindy McCready committed suicide on Sunday, February 17. RIP, Mindy; you'll be missed.
-Lucia Peters
Sad news today, Bettys: Troubled country singer Mindy McCready passed away this weekend, and even sadder, the cause of death was suicide. She was 37 years old.
On Sunday, sheriff's deputies for Cleburne County in Arkansas responded to a report of gunshots at 3:31pm; upon investigation, they found McCready on the front porch of her home in Heber Springs. Said the sheriff's department in a statement, "Ms. McCready was pronounced dead at the scene from what appears to be a single self-inflicted gunshot wound. At this time family members have been notified of the incident. Ms. McCready will be transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy and the matter will be fully investigated." She leaves behind two sons: Zander, age 6, and Zayne, 10 months.
McCready was born on November 30, 1975 in Fort Myers, Florida, and began singing at the age of three. She released her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, in 1996 when she was just 21 years old. The album sold 2 million copies; the single "Guys Do It All the Time" went to the top of the charts. However, successive albums failed to reach the heights her debut did, and she was dropped by her record label in 2002. Trouble with the law soon followed, including an arrest for prescription drug fraud, a DUI, a drug overdose, several suicide attempts, and jail time. She also faced off in court with her ex, William McKnight, in 2002; McKnight, an aspiring country singer himself, had assaulted her in May of 2005. They reconciled, however, and their son, Zander, was born in 2006.
McCready was arrested again in 2007 for violating her probation; then, in 2008, it came out that she had allegedly had an affair with baseball star Roger Clemens, whom she met when she was 15. Though Clemens' camp denied that the relationship was anything more than that of a "close family friend," McCready described it as being sexual in nature. The singer checked into rehab in July of that year, but backslid quickly.
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She attempted to jumpstart her career again in 2010 with the album I'm Still Here; by 2011, she had lost custody of her son, Zander. She went missing with the five-year-old, though she told Access Hollywood after they were found, "I did not steal my child, as it would be impossible for me to kidnap what already belongs to me." She battled McKnight for custody, then had a second son. Zayne, with record producer David Wilson in 2012.
Sadly, Wilson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on January 13, 2013. In the wake of the tragedy, a judge ordered McCready to be committed to a treatment facility for both mental health and alcohol issues; her sons were placed in foster care. When McCready was found on Sunday, she was on her porch in the same place where Wilson had been found just a month prior.
McCready may have lived a troubled life, but it's always sad when fame chews its stars up and spits them out. At least Zander and Zayne weren't home at the time of the incident—thank heaven for small things.
RIP, Mindy; you'll be missed.
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's senior editor.


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