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We have a remote office that keeps loosing connectivity to both the network and IP phones. I've been on the phone multiple times with the provider, but they see no drop in connection on their routers (remote site is hooked up with a T1 that hits a MPLS cloud).
I check the switch logs and rarely see the uplink ports disconnecting. I did however see the uplink port for the IP Phone switch go down, but nothing with the uplink to the the Adtran router.
Wondering if anyone knows any free or "free trial" software to put on a machine to monitor the uplink. I know Solarwinds has something, but it has to use SNMP. I was thinking of trying WhatsUpGold. Any ideas?
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Wireshark is another good one. http://www.wireshark.org .. it is also free!
Apr 17, 2012 at 1:18 UTC
I use PRTG free trial I high recommend it. The free trial gives 10 sensors but 3 of them are for the PRTG server so its actually 7.
Apr 17, 2012 at 1:54 UTC
I'm running a trial of WhatsUp Gold right now. It's funny it says PowerSupply down for the one switch, but it's up and running. And there isn't redundant power supplies in them either.
Apr 17, 2012 at 6:25 UTC
What kind of switch is it?
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wire shark is great if you can make a mirrored port for all of your traffic to flow through but then again that can be a pain if you need to run wires. but alot switches these days can send you packet capture file to some kind of FTP/SMB/UNIX share.
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Uber and Ola offer premium public transport
November ended on a happy note for commuters, thanks to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rules and deep pockets of foreign financiers. Uber India, the car-hailing service, which was given until the end of November to switch from its one-click credit-card-based payment system, launched a five free-ride offer across 10 cities (up to Rs300) for those who registered for an e-wallet with its partner PayTM.
Olacabs, an equally agile competitor, countered this with its own offer of a 50% discount to those who chose its e-wallet service. Since both ride-sharing services are financed by private equity funds with deep pockets, Indian customers had an opportunity to enjoy the ride while it lasted.
Nobody knows where the intense competition in ride-sharing and fleet cabs is headed; but, at the moment, the middle-class Indian is better off leaving her car at home to get an air-conditioned commute at extremely competitive fares. Media reports suggest that Uber and Olacab's attempt to switch people to e-wallets has been less than happy. A report on techcrunch.com says that Uber launched a 'rant' against RBI regulations which require it to switch to a more secure two-factor authentication system rather than its single-touch credit-card option.
At the same time, it has also requested RBI for 45 days more to comply with its regulations. While RBI should certainly consider Uber's plea for time, its 'rant' seems rather hasty. Its website and app did not make it easy at all to locate the PayTM wallet. Even the PayTM website did not provide an easy link on the homepage to attract attention and ensure easy conversion.
In fact, only determined consumers probably managed to get on to an e-wallet that too, in some cases, many days after it was announced. Given Uber's aggressive claim that people were reluctant to switch, one wonders if the otherwise smart company, famous as a global innovator, did it deliberately.
If yes, it is rather short-sighted and hasty assessment of the Indian market and Uber may end up losing a sizeable chunk of the thrifty Indian consumer who prefers debit cards or net-banking to credit cards.
While the good days of really low prices may not last for ever, Uber and Olacabs have managed to introduce a much needed, high-end transport system in Indian cities—a need not even acknowledged by public transport organisations.
The efficiency of their app-based system will ensure that more and more private cars get off the road for several good reasons. First, parking is hard to find; second, parking charges have turned very steep; third, it is expensive and difficult to find good chauffeurs.
All we need now is for the government, and our regulators, to understand that each car of the likes of Ola and Uber can take at least four cars off the road and free up precious parking space. It must be recognised as an urban necessity that should be welcomed and supported, rather than harassed and subjected to needless red-tape.
This is one instance when global innovation and enterprise have the potential to resolve some of our transport issues. Of course, some have serious privacy concerns about sharing information with these companies. Data sharing is one area where some restrictions may need to be imposed; but it is an issue that is not limited to car-hailing services.
NOTE: This article was written before the rape incident involving an Uber driver in Delhi.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 23, 1992
|Filing date
|Jan 7, 1991
|Priority date
|Jan 7, 1991
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|David L. Brown, Henry A. Holzwarth, Craig W. Leary
|Original Assignee
|United States Surgical Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (59), Referenced by (49), Classifications (11), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a package for needlesuture combinations. More particularly, this invention relates to a molded package wherein each suture is double armed and includes a pledget for absorption of body fluids.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Many types of packages for sutures and combined surgical needle-suture devices are known in the art. Generally, a package should be constructed to adequately secure a needle and suture while providing easy withdrawal during use. It is also preferable to minimize the formation of kinks or bends in the suture during storage.
A further objective sought in the design of suture packages is to construct the package in accordance with its intended application. For example, suture packages must often accommodate suture material of high quality generally having a surgical needle at one end, all in a readily dispensable fashion so as to have optimum handling characteristics. Cardiovascular sutures are generally "double armed", i.e. they include a needle at each end of the suture, presenting still additional packaging difficulties. Moreover, in cardiovascular applications differently colored sutures are used for identification purposes.
Generally, the needle-suture devices of a cardiovascular suture package must be secured in spaced relation such that during a critical procedure such as a bypass operation, the surgeon can readily grasp the needles with his forceps and quickly remove the suture from the package without difficulty.
Furthermore, a customary practice in cardiovascular surgery is to attach a pledget to the center of the suture. In such applications, a pledget is used which is a small pad or cushion used to distribute the force of the suture over a greater area of tissue to prevent cutting the relatively delicate tissue with the fine denier suture. In cardiovascular surgery one typical pledget is formed of Teflon brand material, as marketed by DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del. In some instances the pledget is formed of an absorbable material.
A properly configured suture package for such cardiovascular sutures must therefore be constructed in a manner which stores the suture with both needles, as well as the pledget, while allowing the package to be opened and the needle-suture-pledget device to be removed without entanglement of the pledget with the suture or the suture upon itself. The present invention is directed to a suture package wherein a plurality of such needle-suture devices with attached pledgets may be conveniently stored in a single package while maintaining the individuality of each suture with respect to each other.
A package for surgical suture devices which comprises a backing panel, a protective cover attached to the backing panel and defining a plurality of elongated tracks, each track for receiving at least a portion of a flexible suture, access means to facilitate user access to at least a portion of the flexible suture portion, means at one end portion of the backing panel to permit drawing a vacuum on each elongated track. Preferably, the suture access means is an aperture at one end of each track.
The protective cover preferably is a molded panel, and means is provided to support at least one needle of the suture device. The molded panel has an undulating crosssectional configuration which defines the elongated tracks for reception of the flexible portions of the surgical suture devices. The tracks are each spaced from the next adjacent back by a base portion of the molded panel which is adhesively attached to the backing panel.
The backing panel defines an aperture at a location corresponding to one end track which receives a suture therein. In a preferred embodiment, the means to support at least one needle of each suture device is a strip of foam material adhesively secured to the backing panel adjacent the apertures. The apertures permit the suture device positioned in the corresponding track to extend therethrough to facilitate storing and supporting the needle on the strip of foam material. Preferably, the protective molded panel is molded of clear plastic material which facilitates visual observation of the suture device under each protective track. The apertures are spaced from each other sufficient to permit storage adjacent thereto of an absorbent pledget member.
In another preferred embodiment a second package is attached to the first package and is similar in structure to the first package. The first and second packages are configured such that the respective undulations of each molded protective cover complement the undulations of the other to facilitate foldably connecting the packages together with the protective covers in frictionally engaged relation with each other. Further, an end panel is connected to each backing panel and dimensioned to be folded over the needles to protect the needles. An end tab extends from each end panel and is dimensioned to be folded over the package in a manner to secure the end panels in their folded needle protective positions.
In a preferred embodiment, the package for a combined surgical suture needle device comprises at least one backing panel member, a molded cover panel directly affixed to the backing panel member and having a plurality of straight blister tracks formed along the length of the molded cover panel and defining a relatively wide pocket for receiving a suture therein. A needle park is affixed to a proximal end of the rear side of the backing panel to support needles of the sutures, an extension panel is hingedly attached to the proximal end of the backing panel adjacent to the needle park, the extension panel being foldable over the rear side of the panel to protect the secured needles. A fold-over tab is hingedly attached to one side of the extension panel, the fold-over tab being adapted to fold over the front side of the extension flap to maintain the extension flap against the needles. A plurality of suture receiving ports are disposed along one end portion of the panel and a plurality of vacuum apertures are disposed along the other end portion of the panel, each of the receiving ports being in general alignment with a vacuum aperture and each access aperture, and each vacuum aperture being generally in alignment with a blister track. Each blister track forms an enclosed receptacle for reception of a suture therein. The suture is inserted into a separate compartment formed by the blister track. The molded cover lid is of resilient plastic material and defines at least five blister tracks. The molded cover lid is adhered to the backing panel by a suitable adhesive and the needle park is preferably of styrofoam material. The main panel possesses an extension panel which folds over its edge to protect needles secured to the needle park.
The suture is partially inserted in the blister track which is adapted to be subjected to a vacuum without opening the package. In one embodiment, the extension panel possesses arcuate die cuts forming arcuate shaped tabs to retain the needles and the vacuum apertures are in the form of "+" or "x" shaped slits. In another embodiment, the vacuum apertures are circular.
Generally stated, the invention relates to a package for combined surgical suture devices which comprises, a backing panel, a protective cover attached to the backing panel and defining a plurality of elongated tracks for reception of at least the flexible portion of a needle suture device therein, means located at one end of the backing panel to support at least one needle of the needle suture device, and means at the other end of the backing panel to permit drawing a vacuum on each elongated track. The end panel defines a plurality of pockets each for reception and storing of at least one needle of each suture. Each pocket is located in generally aligned position with the corresponding blister track in which the corresponding suture portion is positioned, and means is provided for supporting at least two needles for each suture by piercingly inserting the pointed end of each needle into the foam material.
The invention also relates to a method for packaging a plurality of suture devices, comprising, taking a backing panel having a plurality of apertures at one end portion for directing a vacuum therethrough, and a plurality of apertures at the other end portion and in general alignment with the first mentioned apertures for reception of at least a portion of a suture device, adhesively attaching a protective cover to the backing panel, the protective cover having a plurality of elongated tracks, each track for reception of at least a portion of a suture device, each track being in general alignment with a respective pair of opposed apertures in the backing panel. The method comprises at least partially inserting a suture device to be packaged into each of the last mentioned apertures and drawing a vacuum through the first mentioned apertures to at least partially assist drawing at least a substantial portion of each suture into the respective elongated track communicating with each of the first mentioned respective apertures. A double package for such sutures is also disclosed whereby combined surgical suture devices of different types or colors may be separately packaged, one type or color in each package.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are described hereinbelow with reference to the drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a rear plan view of a package constructed according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a frontal plan view of the package of FIG. 1 illustrating a plurality of blister tracks for receiving the sutures;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along lines 3--3 of FIG. 2, illustrating the configuration of the blister tracks;
FIG. 4 illustrates a typical double armed needle-suture device including a pledget, folded in the manner shown prior to storage in the package of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the rear side of the package of FIG. 1 with one preferred form of needle receiving park provided, and the needles of the type shown in FIG. 4 lodged in the needle receiving park;
FIG. 6 is a rear plan view of an alternate embodiment of the invention including two panel members foldably connected to each other;
FIG. 7 is a plan view of the package of FIG. 6 in the closed position;
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 8--3 of FIG. 7 illustrating the configuration of the blister tracks of the double panel embodiment of FIG. 6 folded and interlocked in the closed position;
FIG. 9 is a plan view of another embodiment of the package of FIG. 1, with a plurality of cross-slits to permit evacuation of the package and providing arcuate slots to secure the needles in position;
FIG. 10 is a plan view of the package of FIG. 9 in the fully closed position illustrating alternative vacuum drawing apertures in the form of "x" slits;
FIG. 11 is a rear view of an alternative embodiment of the invention in which an end flap is provided with a plurality of pockets to receive and support the needles of the sutures;
FIG. 12 is a view of the front side of the package of FIG. 11 prior to folding the end flap in half to form the needle pockets with vacuum apertures in the form of "+" slits;
FIG. 13 is a rear view of still another alternative embodiment of the invention illustrating a pair of separable panels of the type shown in FIG. 11 in an arrangement similar to the embodiment of FIG. 6; and
FIG. 14 is a view of the front side of the embodiment of FIG. 13 with the needle pockets formed and supporting the needles therein.
Referring initially to FIG. 1 the suture package 10 according to the present invention is illustrated. Package 10 includes backing panel 12, end panel 14, defined in part by perforated score line 16, and adhesively backed side tab 18 extending from one side of end panel 14 and defined in part by perforated score line 20. Backing panel 12 has an equal number of suture receiving ports 22 and vacuum apertures 24, respectively disposed at the top and bottom ends of backing panel 12. Each suture receiving port 22 is longitudinally aligned with a corresponding vacuum aperture 24. Needle receiving park 36 is positioned below suture receiving ports 22 for retaining a plurality of curved needles which are connected to the flexible suture material extending through receiving ports 22. Needle receiving park 36 is preferably a strip of styrofoam material which is readily pierced by the needles to retain the needles in position. This material is adhesively attached to backing panel 12.
Referring now to FIG. 2 in conjunction with the cross-section shown in FIG. 3, the front side of suture package 10 is illustrated. Molded blister panel 26 is adhered to the marginal surface of backing panel 12 by a suitable adhesive. Blister panel 26 possesses a plurality of raised blister tracks 28. Each blister track 28 is longitudinally oriented with respect to backing panel 12 and terminates at one end at a suture receiving port 22 and at its other end at a corresponding vacuum aperture 24 to provide communication therebetween. As shown in the cross-sectional view in FIG. 3, the blister tracks are formed in an undulating shape such that each track 28 is separated from the next adjacent tracks by a base 30 which is also adhesively secured to the backing panel 12. Each blister track 28 is dimensioned adequately to accommodate the folded double-armed suture device of FIG. 4.
Referring now to FIG. 4, there is illustrated a double armed suture device 30 of the type intended to be loaded into each blister track 28 of suture package 10. The double-armed suture device is specifically folded upon itself in a double loop configuration as shown, with attached arcuate needles, 32 and 32a, and pledget 34 which becomes positioned adjacent the needles as shown when the suture device is folded. This arrangement facilitates loading into the package and easy removal during operating room procedures.
In cardiovascular procedures, pledget 34 is a pad of a non-absorbent material such as Teflon brand material marketed by DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, Del. The teflon pad is used to assist starting the stitching process by serving as an anchor and by distributing the force of the suture over a large tissue area to prevent cutting the tissue with the fine denier sutures. Curved needles 32, 32a are of the type which are used in cardiovascular surgery and are constructed of 300 or 400 series surgical stainless steel. However other needles, such as straight needles, or absorbable pledgets, may be packaged, depending upon the intended application.
A plurality of double-armed sutures 30, as illustrated in FIG. 4, are loaded into suture package 10 by partially inserting the looped portion of suture 31 of double armed suture device 30 into suture receiving ports 22 and applying a vacuum through the appropriate corresponding vacuum aperture 24 to assist in drawing the double-armed suture device into blister track 28 until needles 32 and 32a and pledget 36 are adjacent to suture receiving part 22. Thereafter, the base of needles 32 and 32a may be partially positioned in suture receiving ports 22 as shown in FIG. 5, while the tip sections of needles 32 and 32a are piercingly lodged into needle receiving park 36 to adequately retain the needles to base panel 12 in fixed concentric orientations adjacent the pledgets. Pledget 34 is suspended from suture receiving port 22 adjacent needles 32 and 32a.
It may be appropriate while loading the double-armed suture devices into blister tracks 28 to alternate between differently colored sutures. Protocol for coronary surgery often requires medical personnel to use differently colored sutures during a given procedure, i.e. green and white. The advantages of having the blister tracks 28 of suture package 10 loaded with double-armed suture devices in this manner are self-evident. For example, a white suture in the first blister track 28, followed by a green suture in the next, followed by a white suture, etc. will minimize the possibility of medical personnel selecting an improper double-armed suture device.
Referring again to FIG. 5, after loading the double armed suture devices 30 into blister tracks 28, an adhesively coated cover sheet or label 15 is attached to cover the surface on backing panel 12 which extends from edge 23 to needle receiving park 36. A cover sheet or label 15 conceals vacuum apertures 24 thereby preventing foreign material from entering the suture package. Also, if a double-armed suture device is dislodged in the package, cover sheet 15 will prevent suture 31 or a portion thereof from escaping through vacuum aperture 24. End panel 14 is folded downwardly along score line 16 over needles 32, 32a and the upper portion of the backing panel 12 so as to cover and protect the exposed needles and pledget. End tab 18, which may be coated with an appropriate adhesive, folds over the front side of blister panel 26 and is adhesively attached to blister panel 26 to retain end panel 14 secured against the needles.
Referring now to FIG. 6, an alternative embodiment of the present invention is provided. Suture package 10 includes two backing panels 12, 13 having attached on their front surfaces (not shown in FIG. 6) a blister panel each similar in configuration to the blister panel illustrated in FIG. 2. Backing panels 12 and 13 are foldably connected to each other by double perforate score lines 38 to accommodate the thickness of the package and blister tracks when the package is in the closed position as shown in FIG. 8. Backing panels 12 and 13 can also be separated along double score lines 38 during use, if needed. End panels 14 and 16 are foldably connected to main panels 12, 13 respectively, and folded over the rear sides of each respective panel to cover or partially cover the lodged needles. Needle retainer parks 36 and 40 are shown at different heights with respect to the tops of their respective backing panels 12, 13 to lodge needles of a different size on each panel, if needed. The widths of end tab 18 and 19 are varied in relation to the width of its respective end panel to adequately secure each end panel (14, 16) to its respective backing panel.
The two panel embodiment of FIG. 6 is secured in the closed position of the package as illustrated in FIG. 7 by loading the double-armed suture devices 30 into the blister tracks. It may be preferable to load backing panel 12 with one colored suture (i.e., green) and load backing panel 13 with another colored suture (i.e., white) to facilitate operating room procedures as previously mentioned. End panels 14 and 16 are folded over backing panels 12 and 13, respectively to rest against the lodged needles. Thereafter end tabs 18 and 19 are adhesively attached to their respective blister panels to fully secure end panels 14 and 16 respectively, against the attached needles. Alternatively, the end tabs 18 and 19 may be provided without adhesive backing and dimensioned of length sufficient to frictionally engage them between the panels when the package is folded.
As shown in FIG. 8, blister panels 26 and 27 of backing panels 12, 13, respectively, are then folded towards their front sides along double score line 38 so that the blister panels meet. As can be seen, each blister track 28 of blister panel 26 is in corresponding alignment with base 29a of blister panel 27. In the same respect, each blister track 29 of blister panel 27 aligns with base 28a of blister panel 26. The two panels are then secured to each other by snapping them together such that the tracks 28 of blister panel 26 interlock by friction with the tracks 29 of adjacent blister panel 27. The tracks 28 and 29' are appropriately configured to adequately maintain the panels in the closed position. Thus, a sufficient force is necessary to pull the panels apart.
Referring now to FIGS. 9 and 10, there is illustrated alternative embodiments to end panel 14, needle receiving park 36 and vacuum apertures 24 of the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5. Specifically, end panel 14 of FIG. 9 possesses two rows of a plurality of arcuate shaped slits, which define corresponding arcuate tabs 48 and 50, as shown in the upper and lower halves of end panel 14. Arcuate tabs 48 and 50 are dimensioned, oriented and positioned to be lifted to receive and adequately retain the needles thereunder as shown. Each arcuate tab 48 in the upper row is longitudinally aligned with a corresponding tab 50 in the lower row for securing needles 32 and 32a, respectively, of the double-armed suture device of FIG. 4. Furthermore, arcuate tabs 48 of the upper row as well as arcuate tabs 50 of the lower row are spaced sufficiently to prevent entanglement with neighboring double-armed suture devices. As can be seen, arcuate tabs 48 and 50 also face in opposite directions to facilitate positioning needles 32, 32a as shown for grasping the needles with forceps to provide easy withdrawal during use.
End panel 14 folds onto backing panel 12 and is secured by adhesively adhering end tab 18 to the blister panel. It will be appreciated that end panel 14 does not fold in half over its score line as illustrated in the embodiment of FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, but, remains in the fully unfolded condition when secured.
Another feature of the embodiment shown is the vacuum slits 46 which replace the vacuum apertures of the embodiment of FIG. 1. Vacuum slits 46 are configured in an "x-shape", and, unlike the vacuum apertures 24 of FIG. 1 which are completely open, remain in a relatively closed position during suture storage thereby eliminating the need for attaching a cover sheet to the backing panel to conceal vacuum holes 24 and to protect the sutures from foreign matter. Depending upon individual needs and preferences any of the vacuum apertures may be used in each embodiment. In other respects, the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is essentially the same as the previously described embodiment. Vacuum slit 46 is adapted to open sufficient to draw a vacuum therethrough.
Referring to FIGS. 11 and 12, there is shown an alternative embodiment of the package, formed by the upper panel as shown in FIG. 12. In this embodiment the panel 14 is foldable along the line 42 as shown in FIG. 12, defined by a series of arcuate cuts 44 and includes adhesive backing along dotted lines 43. When upper half section 14a is folded downwardly onto lower half section 14b a series of pockets 15 are formed between dotted lines 43 which identify adhesive lines. The pockets receive and support the needles 32 and 32a as shown in FIG. 11 with arcuate cuts 44 providing an aperture for reception of the needle, thereby avoiding the need for the needle park 36 shown in the embodiment of FIG. 1 End panel 14 is then folded downwardly over backing panel 12 and may be adhesively backed to secure it in position. End tab 48 may also be adhesively backed and folded over the front side to retain the end panel 14 in the folded, or "needle protective" position.
Referring to FIG. 13, there is shown an embodiment similar to the package of FIG. 11 but in the form of a double pack similar to the embodiment of FIG. 6, with "+" shaped slits at the bottom to permit drawing a vacuum. The end flaps 14 and 16 are of different heights and include self stick adhesive along dotted lines 43a such that when folded downwardly, as shown, the flaps form needle pockets as shown in FIG. 14. The height of the right side end panel 16 is greater than panel 14 to facilitate ready identification of the different colored sutures, one color such as green, being on the right side package, and the other color, such as white, being on the left side package. The embodiment of FIGS. 11-14 advantageously expose the needle shanks upon opening the package to allow 360 degrees access for gripping and removing the needles and flexible suture portions.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Jun 14, 1961
|Jun 9, 1964
|Ethicon Inc
|Sterile package
|Jul 10, 1963
|Dec 22, 1964
|Ethicon Inc
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BMW has announced it will expand the current 5 Series Gran Turismo lineup by offering the new luxury hatchback with its xDrive all-wheel drive system. All current models offered will be available with xDrive, including the 535i and 550i offered in North America, as well as Euro-spec models like the 530d and 535d.
No pricing for the xDrive option has been announced, but it is expected to add roughly $3,000 to the price of the 5 Series GT, which currently retails for $56,000 for the 535i and $63,900 for the 550i model. The announcement really shouldn't come as a surprise, as the car rides on a chassis similar to the one used for the 7 Series, which BMW also recently announced will be offered as an all-wheel drive version. Plus, the 5 Series GT is aimed at being a more functional luxury machine, slotting in somewhere between a traditional sedan and a crossover or SUV.
The 550i xDrive GT will be available in June, with the 535i xDrive GT hitting the market in September. BMW claims an impressive 5.4 second time to 62 mph with the 550i xDrive GT.
In addition, BMW has also said it will offer xDrive on the new 740d model in markets where it is currently available.
The new 5 Series GT xDrive will debut at the Beijing Auto Show at the end of the month.
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The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo combines elegance, spaciousness, comfort and variability in a truly unique car concept – and now this combination offering supreme motoring comfort is becoming even more thrilling and overwhelming. First, starting in June 2010, customers will have the choice of two versions of the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo featuring BMW xDrive all-wheel-drive technology. In both the BMW 530d xDrive Gran Turismo and the BMW 550i xDrive Gran Turismo, permanent, electronically masterminded all-wheel drive ensures the appropriate distribution of drive power front-to-rear in every situation. Then, following in September 2010, the BMW 535d xDrive Gran Turismo and the BMW 535i xDrive Gran Turismo will round off the engine range, helping to give the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo even greater and more versatile character within the premium segment through BMW xDrive technology.
Making its debut in April at Auto China Beijing 2010, the BMW 550i xDrive Gran Turismo is powered by a supreme V8 boasting BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology and High Precision Injection. Displacing 4.4 litres, this outstanding eight-cylinder delivers maximum output of 300 kW/407 hp all the way from 5,500 – 6,400 rpm as well as peak torque of 600 Newton-metres/442 lb-ft maintained consistently between 1,750 and 4,500 rpm.
This superior torque coming in at an early point and maintained throughout a broad speed range is now converted into supreme driving dynamics even more precisely and in even more superior style through BMW xDrive technology, accelerating the car to 100 km/h in 5.4 seconds. Top speed is cut off by the engine's electronic control unit at 250 km/h or 155 mph. Average fuel consumption in the EU test cycle, finally, is 11.8 litres/100 km, equal to 23.9 mpg imp, with CO2 emissions amounting to 275 grams per kilometre.
The BMW 550i xDrive Gran Turismo is the first model to combine such intelligent all-wheel drive with the supreme driving dynamics, motoring comfort and efficiency of an eight-speed automatic transmission. The straight-six diesel engine in the BMW 530d xDrive Gran Turismo likewise represents the latest state-of-the-art in BMW engine development. Displacing 3.0 litres, the engine comes with an all-aluminium crankcase, its turbocharger system featuring variable intake geometry ensuring a superior surge of power and performance tailored harmoniously to all kinds of driving conditions.
Fuel is delivered by the latest generation of piezo-injectors operating at a maximum pressure of 1,800 bar. This gives the engine maximum peak output of 180 kW/245 hp at 4,000 rpm, with torque reaching its peak of 540 Newton-metres/398 lb-ft at just 1,750 rpm.
Benefiting from this kind of power, the BMW 530d xDrive Gran Turismo accelerates from a standstill to 100 km/h in 6.9 seconds and reaches a top speed of 235 km/h or 146 mph.
At the same time the car combines this sporting performance with average fuel consumption of 6.9 litres/100 kilometres, equal to 40.9 mpg imp, in the EU test cycle. The CO2 rating, finally, is 183 grams per kilometre.
The BMW 535d xDrive Gran Turismo features a second even more powerful representative of the new generation of straight-six BMW diesels. Boasting BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology and common rail direct fuel injection, the all-aluminium power unit in this equally outstanding model develops maximum output of 220 kW/300 hp at 4,400 rpm as well as peak torque of 600 Newton-metres/442 lb-ft maintained consistently between 1,500 and 2,500 rpm.
The straight-six gasoline power unit in the BMW 535i xDrive Gran Turismo combines turbocharging, High Precision Injection and variable VALVETRONIC valve management with one another. This unique combination gives the BMW TwinPower Turbo an extremely spontaneous and direct response to the gas pedal. This outstanding response is then further optimised by VALVETRONIC valve management as well as the turbocharger system applying the twin-scroll principle both in the exhaust manifold and the turbocharger to separate the ducts and flow channels of three cylinders at a time.
With its high-tech injection nozzles, High Precision Injection doses fuel with maximum precision, delivering the fuel required into the combustion chambers at a pressure of up to 200 bar.
Displacing 3.0 litres, this outstanding six-cylinder delivers maximum output of 225 kW/306 hp at 5,800 rpm. Peak torque of 400 Newton metres/295 lb-ft, in turn, comes between 1,200 and 5,000 rpm. With the top-of-the-range BMW 750i xDrive and BMW 750Li xDrive already introducing BMW's intelligent all-wheel-drive system in the 2010 model year in the 7 Series, the BMW 740d xDrive is making its appearance in September.
With its all-aluminium power unit, the BMW 740d xDrive boasts BMW TwinPower Turbo Technology as well as common-rail direct fuel injection with its piezo-injectors operating at a pressure of up to 2,000 bar. Maximum output, as a result, is 225 kW/306 hp, with peak torque of 600 Newton-metres/442 lb-ft maintained consistently between 1,500 and 2,500 rpm.
Permanent, electronically controlled all-wheel drive ensures exactly the right distribution of engine power under all driving conditions. Precise and quick drive power control, finally, gives this supreme luxury sedan absolutely safe and incomparable driving behaviour at all times.
Originally BMW's intelligent xDrive all-wheel-drive technology was conceived for the BMW X models, then being introduced step-by-step in the BMW 5 Series, the BMW 3 Series, and the BMW 7 Series. The big forte of this superior technology is its uniquely precise control and engine management helping to optimise traction on rough surfaces and at the same time deliver supreme driving dynamics to the road. The system stands out as a particularly intelligent all-wheel-drive technology by distributing drive power through a power divider with an electronically controlled multiple-plate clutch in exactly the right way and properly dosed to the correct axle and wheels with optimum road contact at any given point in time. Featuring this superior system, BMW xDrive enhances driving stability also in dynamic bends by recognising even the slightest tendency to over- and understeer at an early point and taking appropriate counter-action right away.


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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
I've heard teaching described as an exercise in plagiarism. Most of us cheerfully use approaches, material and exercise we've gotten from colleagues, and most of us also cheerfully share our approaches, material and exercises with colleagues. I do plenty of this myself, although -- mindful to model academic accountability for my students -- I try always to acknowledge my sources.
At the same time, syllabi are intellectual property. Professors put weeks, if not months, of work into these documents. Actually, it probably amounts to years, when you think about all the background reading and thought that culminates in designing a course. Many of my professor friends no longer post syllabi on websites, for instance, because they don't want strangers just lifting their work.
I'll always share syllabi with colleagues in my own department, especially graduate students designing their own courses on similar subjects. But last week, I got an e-mail from a stranger (who shall remain nameless and de-identified, to use HIPAA language) who plans to teach a freshman-comp course about narrative and medicine, and who more or less demanded a copy of my syllabus from this fall. This individual also asked if I'd be willing to read an essay he plans to submit to medical-humanities publications.
The tone and cluelessness of this letter left a seriously bad taste in my mouth. First of all, I spent a long time writing that syllabus, and I'm not just going to hand it over to a stranger. Design your own course, dude! Also, c'mon: it's mid-December, when academics are up to their necks in grading. If you're an academic yourself, surely you know this? And if you're an academic, you must be aware that we all have our own writing to do. No, I don't have time to read your essay. (I have a long-standing policy of only reading manuscripts by current students, unless I'm doing a formal manuscript review for a press, something for which I'll be paid and/or receive service credit from my department.)
Aside: I know that the world is full of people who assume that writers, and writing teachers, greet unsolicited manuscripts with cries of joy because they have nothing else to do with their time. "A 900-page novel about telekinetic gophers! Riddled with grammatical errors! Printed in green ink on butcher paper! In a shoebox! Be still, my heart! My life's dream has been fulfilled!"
Okay, obviously I'm being unkind and sarcastic here. I can identify with the desperation of beginning writers -- been there, felt that -- but there are accepted ways to get people to read your work. Take a class. Enroll in a workshop. Do your homework, and by all that's holy learn the conventions of the field. Be professional or be toast.
I'm sure my correspondent's unread essay was, at least, professionally formatted. But I wouldn't expect a college instructor to fall into the arrogance of sending his work to a stranger without an explicit invitation.
Annoyed, I put off answering this missive until this morning, when I informed him, as nicely as possible, that I wasn't comfortable sharing my writing assignments until he told me how he planned to acknowledge them as my work, not his. (I also reminded him that composition instructors need to be very sensitive to tone in their own writing, since it's something we try to teach our students.) I did send him a list of the reading my students had most enjoyed. I closed, though, by saying that I was sorry I didn't have time to read his essay.
I clicked on "send" and then saw that I had a new e-mail from him. Our e-mails had crossed in cyberspace. His second one copied the text of the first and repeated, with evident exasperation, his demand that I send him my syllabus. He'd also attached his essay so I could read it.
Dude: it's mid-December, when you may safely expect fellow academics to take a week to answer an e-mail. No, I'm not going to read your fracking essay -- find someone who actually knows you to do that -- and if you want my writing assignments, you'd #!$%* well better footnote me on your syllabus.
I've deleted the second e-mail, since he now has my response to the first. Frankly, I think I was generous to share any information with him at all. I'll still send him my writing assignments if he can promise me that they'll be acknowledged; I'm very curious to see how he'll respond to that request.
In happier news, I turned in my grades yesterday. In even less happy news, grim weather's forecast for the mountains for Saturday through Wednesday, so we may not get to San Francisco at all. Pray for sunshine!
Later: I got back a much nicer e-mail than the other two -- and he seems genuinely engaged with the subject -- so I went ahead and sent him some material. I'm glad the conversation ended better than it started!
5 comments:
Some people have quite the sense of entitlement don't they???ReplyDelete
Why does this sound like a request from one of those hacks who makes his money writing term papers "for fun and profit?"ReplyDelete
mbj: My initial reaction exactly! Now I think it was at least partly one of those vexed e-mail tone problems.ReplyDelete
Marshall: Based on how he introduced himself, I actually don't suspect this. If I did, I wouldn't even have answered the e-mail!
Only read from your present students? Damn! And here I was planning on sending you the 1600 page Weird Fiction Transhuman Opus I wrote last week.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:41 AM
Dear Susan,ReplyDelete
"A 900-page novel about telekinetic gophers! Riddled with grammatical errors! Printed in green ink on butcher paper! In a shoebox! Be still, my heart! My life's dream has been fulfilled!"
Would you write that novel for us? Please?
ps - maybe not the grammatical errors, now I come to think of it - but with the right plot and pictures, couldn't the rest of it make a great coffee table book?!


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To make matters worse, San Francisco has provided Tomko with just one run in his first three starts, contributing greatly to a winless ledger.
Forget that, Giants color commentator Mike Krukow said. Hes throwing great. Hes going to start winning games. Sooner or later, the Giants (will) start scoring runs for him.
In a pleasant turn of events, Tomko heeded Krukows words and took matters into his own hands Saturday afternoon by hitting a two-run single to help his team win, 6-2, over the Milwaukee Brewers at the ballpark on 24 Willie Mays Plaza.
Tomko (1-3) pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball and even got help from a rare source of offense, his batterymate Yorvit Torrealba.
The sparingly-used backup catcher started just two games prior to Saturdays contest and had gone hitless in six at-bats. His 2005 stat line? Zero homeruns, 0 RBI and a .000 batting average.
But in his third start of the young campaign, Torrealba finally posted some crooked numbers, going 3-for-4 with two RBI and a homerun off Brewers losing pitcher Chris Capuano (0-2).
I faced Capuano before, the catcher said. In Spring Training, I was out in front, trying to pull the ball all the time. (Today) I tried to hit the ball up the middle and I did.
Indeed he did. Torrealba blasted a deep shot that cleared the center field wall for his first hit of the 2005 season, which put San Francisco on the board in the third inning.
The Giants bullpen would nurture a 5-2 lead from the fifth inning on, getting a key performance from stopper Armando Benitez. The resurgent closer retired five batters, striking out three, en route to his fourth save of the season.
The big fella is back, Krukow said. He knows it. When youre in a groove like that after you havent been in a groove, he wants to get right back out there again.
San Francisco (8-9) will be right back out there Sunday afternoon to close out the three-game series with the Brewers. Right-hander Jerome Williams (0-1, 4.63 ERA) will oppose Gary Glover (0-1, 4.38 ERA) of Milwaukee (6-11) at 1:05 p.m.
Local viewers can tune in to KTVU to watch the Giants live as they try to get back to the .500 mark.
SFDugout.com player(s) of the game: The nod goes to both components of the pitching battery. First, we applaud Brett Tomko, who finally won his first game of the season. The first win is always the toughest so hopefully this can propel Tomko to a good run.
Second, we congratulate Yorvit Torrealba for his first knocks of 2005. Those initial hits are important in getting a hitters season going. To be as professional as YT has been in accepting his backup role and still be mentally prepared to play is a tremendous asset to the Giants bench.
Game Notes: Russell Branyan hit a homerun, but could not hold his own defensively. His two miscues led to San Franciscos big inning in the bottom of the fourth. Saturday was the Giants annual On-Field Photo Day, but slugger Barry Bonds was no where in sight. The left fielder had fluid drained from surgically repaired right knee and has been advised to use crutches for the immediate future. The Giants are 16-8 when Tomko pitches at least six innings.
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Chapter 198: VS Plusle and Minun I is the 18th chapter of the RS Arc in Hidenori Kusaka's Pokémon Adventures.
Full Summary
Ruby and Sapphire are on Sapphire's Wailord, surfing Route 108. Ruby is fawning over his Delcatty's fur, prompting a scornful comment from Sapphire, saying that he's a guy and a gym leader's son, so he should be doing battle training, not makeup. She demonstrates with her Combusken, practicing Double Kick.Ruby yelps from a near miss and then makes a snide comment about her being a barbarian, infuriating Sapphire. Sapphire reveals she was doing field work for her father and then seethes over Ruby's ungratefulness for catching a ride with Sapphire. She hefts him over her shoulders and is about to throw him overboard, but Wailord rumbles a protest.
They catch sight of the Abandoned Ship, giving Sapphire an idea. She tosses him onto the ship, declaring that if she sleeps with a guy nearby, her dad will be upset with her. She waves him goodbye, shouting that he can come back on Wailord in the morning. Ruby is annoyed, of course, admitting as he walks that he has only stayed in hotels before this.
Ruby sees berries, and, excited, has Mudkip try to get some. Mudkip is instead whacked away, revealing a pair of trembling Plusle and Minun. Ruby's ire evaporates in the face of their cuteness, drawing an "is he kidding" deadpan look from Mudkip, emphasizing Ruby's hypocrisy as he lets Plusle and Minun off the hook because they are so cute. Plusle and Minun show Ruby a diary, which Ruby concludes is from a passenger of the Abandoned Ship, who also was Plusle and Minun's trainer. Ruby quickly pays for his earlier superficiality as the pair reveal themselves to be pranksters, feeding his Pokémon berries that make them confused.
Not so forgiving this time, Ruby gives chase.
Meanwhile, on Wailord, a sinister voice speaking of the ocean's doom stirs Sapphire from her sleep…
Characters in Order of Appearance
- Sapphire's Wailord
- Ruby's Mightyena
- Ruby
- Ruby's Mudkip
- Ruby's Delcatty
- Sapphire
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- Norman (as a memory)
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The first episode centers on the first game, a night game over Labor Day weekend, and two students from the trumpet section as well as the band directors.
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The series is produced by Jon Whiting, an academic specialist in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, charged primarily as an instructor for audio production courses in the department.
He is jointly appointed with the College of Music acting as an audio and video producer, editor and videographer. Whiting previously worked with the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, WDBM-FM, and MSU Extension. He has received numerous awards and a scholarship from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.
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By Adam Shell, USA TODAY
NEW YORK No matter what you call it – a buck, a single, a one-spot or a greenback – Wall Street stock traders are obsessing over the U.S. dollar.
Pick up any analyst report on stocks, and you will likely find the word "dollar" staring back at you.
Seeking an explanation as to why the price of stocks, oil, gold, copper or virtually any other financial asset is going up or down? Chances are the answer has something to do with whether the U.S. dollar is rising or falling in value vs. other currencies.
Even the recent chatter about another bubble forming seems to end up in a debate about the weak dollar – near a 15-month low – and interest rates near 0%. Bears say investors are using these cheap sources of cash to finance the purchase of riskier assets, such as stocks.
For now, as the dollar goes, so goes the stock market. Stocks rise when the dollar slumps and fall when it's up. Why are stock investors acting as if they are currency traders?
• Dollar swings move big multinational stocks. A weak dollar is a godsend to big U.S. companies that sell the bulk of their goods abroad. Why? U.S. goods cost less for foreigners, which boosts sales; and sales made in pricier currencies, such as the euro, equal fatter profits for U.S. firms when translated back to dollars.
Companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index that garner more than half of their sales outside the U.S. have gained almost 50% this year, vs. a rise of 21% for stocks who companies generate all their sales at home, says Bespoke Investment Group.
And that trend should continue if the dollar remains weak or falls more, says Bespoke's Paul Hickey.
•Dollar plays are bets on the pace of the recovery. "There are only two trades right now," says Richard Bernstein, CEO of Richard Bernstein Capital Management. The first, and the trade that's been working best, is a bet that global growth will improve. If you believe in that thesis, it makes sense to bet against the dollar and buy lower-quality assets with more risk but big potential gains, such as emerging-market stocks and bonds, gold, commodities and small stocks, says Bernstein.
The other trade is based on the belief that "global growth will deteriorate," he says. In that scenario, betting on the dollar makes sense because it is still a haven in tough times. "The weak dollar is merely the symptom of investors' willingness to bet on riskier investments rather than ... the U.S. hegemony," says Bernstein.
Some warn that too many investors are focused on currency moves, not fundamentals. Buying riskier assets financed with cheap dollars is "getting crowded," says trader Michael Panzner: "A little uptick in the dollar could lead to a stampede out of a raft of speculative asset plays."
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Polio eradication activities resulted in several landmark successes in 2010-2012. India, long-regarded as the nation facing the greatest challenges to eradication, was removed from the list of polio-endemic countries in February 2012. Outbreaks in previously polio-free countries were nearly all stopped.
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 16, 2012
Opportunity is positioned for winter on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is tilted about 15 degrees to the north for favorable solar energy production. Opportunity is conducting in-situ (contact) science investigations of the rock target, "Amboy."
The Mossbauer spectrometer has been in place for several sols on Amboy. On Sol 2829 (Jan. 8, 2012), the Microscopic Imager was used to make additional surveys of the target with the Mossbauer being placed again on the same point.
After some image assessments, the robotic arm was used on Sol 2831 (Jan. 10, 2012), to slightly reposition the Mossbauer.
Ongoing with the long Mossbauer integrations, Opportunity has been conducting regular radio Doppler X-band tracking passes in support of an experiment to measure the precession and nutation of the planet.
Opportunity has also been collecting color Panoramic Camera (Pancam) images of the full 360-degree "Greeley" panorama from this site.
The plan ahead is more Mossbauer, more Pancam and more radio Doppler tracking.
As of Sol 2832 (Jan. 11, 2012), solar array energy production was 281 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.697 and a solar array dust factor of 0.471.
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 10, 2012
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), who was a member of the science team for the Mars rovers and many other interplanetary missions. The site is an outcrop that provides a sun-facing slope to aid in maintaining adequate solar power du ... read more
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