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How Important Is It To Preserve Our Digital Heritage?
from the the-archive-team-at-work dept
Contrast this with Friendster, where the Archive Team project was unable to save everything before the end of May, when everything was set to be deleted. Much has been downloaded and it will still give a good picture of what this early social network was like. Similarly, the Archive Team was able to rescue much, but not all of GeoCities, before Yahoo shut that down last year, releasing its collection as a massive 1 TB bittorrent file.
Now you may ask yourself is Friendster (or even GeoCities) worth saving? Answering that question purely myself, I'd say no, but I have no connection with those sites. Looking at the question however from the perspective of people who have spent many hours building these profiles and interacting with each other, I can see there's clearly value there to those who used them. Answering instead as someone with a deep interest in history, it's not for us to say what will eventually prove worth saving. Instead, that's something for the historians, archeologists, sociologists and other interested parties in the future to decide. But they can't do that if the information isn't even there.
How often have we not wished more of a particular point in our history had been preserved? Ironically many of the analog writings of our past are in a better state than some of our digital ones, even when it's often pointed out how easy it is to make bit-perfect copies of something in this day and age.
All of this, leads me to ask the following questions:
- Do you agree the digital aspects of our culture should be better preserved?
- Should we have, maybe even one on each continent or in each country, a modern Library of Alexandria?
(identical copies in different places to prevent 'a fire' from destroying it)
- What would such a world-wide archival effort look like, technologically?
- What should we do about copyrights and patents (and DRM) that might get in the way of preserving our heritage?
- How do we go about archiving software for a computer that's available only in a museum, to preserve interactive access?
- What about the proliferation of file formats? Do we transform everything into a canonical form where we can, or do we store the original along with software to interpret?
I'll start off by saying that though little personal correspondence has been preserved of earlier times, we should recognize the right to privacy and any such posited archive would be allowed to include private communications only if you explicitly opted in. Valuable though these are for historians, if we preserve as much as we can of the digital domain, enough can be inferred from context that this would be an unwarranted intrusion.
But what about the wider issue of preservation of public content that can be wiped out by shutting off a power switch?


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Mon, Oct 19, 2009
We all knew the Susan Philipsz installation was opening soon. We had done our best to ensure that the paperwork was in order; that promotional materials and messages were in the works; and that we had the appropriate equipment and digital files to play the work to the artist's specifications. Everything was in place so that our (stellar!) technical services department could install the work in advance of opening night. Busy on our computers one day in early September, we suddenly heard the gentle, soothing voice of Susan Philipsz singing "The Banks of the Ohio" outside our windows. Realizing that no one in our office was playing the preview DVD, we went to the window to listen while our colleagues tested the technical aspects outside prior to Philipsz's arrival. Witnessing the first set of reactions was just one of the many interesting elements about the project. Some passersby looked around in confusion, others stopped to listen, others inquired and still others protested.
The installation Sunset Song (2004) is an 8-minute loop: approximately 3 of those 8 minutes consist of Philipsz's tranquil voice; the other 5 minutes consist of silence. As the sun rises, the work gets louder, thanks to the solar attenuator attached to the volume controls. Placed outside in the walkway between the Wexner Center and the Oval, the work will get progressively softer as the winter season approaches. Standing in the warm September sun, we listened and listened again, tweaking and adjusting to ensure that everything was just right. We found ourselves listening closely, as we hope visitors and pedestrians in the area will do, to try to decipher the lyrics to her song.
Suddenly, Philipsz's voice sounds haunting and ghostly rather than soothing and comforting. Although the song's tune is still melodic and pleasant, its timeless tale of love gone awry gives it an eerie resonance. The morbid narrative about the murder of a woman by her soon-to-be-husband (and of a man by his bride-to-be) strikes a tragic chord—and recalls too many stories from the news.
Also on view as part of Susan Philipsz: The Shortest Shadowis The Dead(2000), which will screen before select 35mm films this fall (head to the exhibition's web page for more information). Similar in spirit, this work truly relies on its environment. As the theater gets dark, the only light is the low glow of the black screen at the front of the room. Soon after, the artist's voice begins filling the space. The filmgoers are left to their own thoughts while the narrative of another haunting song plays out in their heads rather than on the screen.
It was a pleasure to work with Susan Philipsz on this exhibition. She takes her work wherever she goes, singing to herself while we waited to be seated for lunch or rode in the car on the way to visit the Ohio State University Libraries' Logan Elm Press—which deftly printed the broadsides created to accompany this project. We look forward to seeing how this artist will explore sound and song through future installations, and we are delighted to have the opportunity to bring her work to Columbus this fall.

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I want to take a moment to talk about late books.
I know many of you are frustrated and disappointed with delays of new releases, especially about the delays of Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook, Rifts® Northern Gun One and Two, Rifts® Megaverse in Flames and Robotech® Genesis Pits. Heck, I owe many of the Lemuria and Northern Gun crowdfunding participants telephone calls.
You are not forgotten. You are NEVER forgotten. None of you.
I am very, very sorry to have disappointed so many of you with these delays. We are disappointed by them ourselves. More than you can know. There are some days where Alex or Kathy pull me to aside to get me stop beating myself up about it.
Please know that the delays are not for lack of trying or hard work. There are only five of us and we are working all the time to keep Palladium up and running. While things are better, it has still been a rough year.
I try to be positive and paint a rosy yet realistic picture in these Weekly Updates and my Murmurs from the Megaverse. I don't know about you, but I'm tired of gloom and doom wherever I turn. And things have gotten better at Palladium. And the incredible promise of next year actually brings tears to my eyes when I think about it sometimes. (I try not to get too hopeful, but we are so excited about the future.)
While things are better, we remain way understaffed and all of us have much too much to handle on a daily basis. Though Alex, Wayne and Julius try to pitch in on the creative side of things, as do some of our freelancers when they can, I am the main creative force. We don't have the financial resources to hire more people, so we are stuck with the five of us. Each doing the work of two or more people. And we have been doing so for much too long. The matter is complicated by the fact that in addition to the creative, I have the duties of CEO, Art Director, Marketing Director, and Product Development. Don't get me wrong, Wayne and Alex help on many fronts. Julius handles the warehouse, shipping and receiving almost single-handedly, and Kathy handles all the order processing, bookkeeping and payroll in addition to a second, full-time job.
I'm telling you all this because I like to be open and honest, and because I want you to understand that if we could have gotten these books out sooner, we most certainly would have. We NEED the sale of new products to pay our bills and get stronger. Every new release boosts sales across the board, creates excitement and builds momentum. All of which we need very much.
Please do not think we are sitting around doing nothing or playing games. Nothing could be farther from the truth. As I've noted before, the guys typically put in 10 hours a day, 5-6 days a week, sometimes more. I typically work 12 hour days 7 days a week, too often 14 or more hours. And have been for a very, very long time now. Something my doctors aren't too thrilled about. Neither am I. Yes, I truly love what I do. If I didn't, I couldn't put in those kinds of hours. But I wish I could take weekends off. I wish I could work 8-10 hours a day. I wish I had a life outside of Palladium. I can't at the moment and that's okay. But please don't think we don't care about you or getting books out on time. We do.
One of the many things I've been working on is trying to line up books and put things into place to get products out faster next year. That's why I haven't shared much about our plans for 2013 or the Robotech® RPG Tactics game and game pieces. I want to wait till things are in place and we are closer to actual release. I have two people lined up to fill positions at Palladium as soon as we have the money to hire them. And if we can get darn new books released soon and on a regular basis, I should be able to hire them by March. Likewise, we have big plans for the Robotech® RPG line and game pieces (which everyone involved wants to be epic and gorgeous), as well as the rest of the Palladium game lines. There is some stuff that I've been wanting to do that would blow some people's minds if they new about them.
For those of you who may be thinking, "Heck, if Palladium only did videogames, or online games, or Facebook games, or a board game, or sold more PDFs, or did comic books, etc.," they'd have the money to hire more people and release more products (and on time!). Trust me, it is not as easy as that may sound. It is never quick or easy. If it was, we and Palladium's agents at Surge Licensing would be signing licensing deals left and right. And yes, we've have some plans for doing Kickstarters for various big projects, but it all takes time and personnel. It needs to be done right, not fast or sloppy. Like I said, none of this is as easy as it may sound. 'Nuff said on that subject.
Again, my sincere apologies for being so late. Please don't be angry or frustrated. Please don't feel abandoned or think for a second we don't care. We are working hard to get books released. Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook and Robotech® Genesis Pits Sourcebook should be out by the end of November, Northern Gun 1 in December, NG-2 in January, and Megaverse® in Flames shortly thereafter. And then, watch out. Big things are brewing.
Meanwhile, enjoy the products that are available. Take advantage of the Christmas Surprise Package to try new game settings, fill in holes in your collections and to get gifts for the gamers in your lives. Thank you for your time and understanding. Keep those imaginations burning bright.
You demanded it, so here they are, the ever popular Rifts® Logo T-shirt in sizes Small to 5XL, back in stock.
If you want to see what's going on with Rifts® Northern Gun One and see a bunch of the artwork for it, and ask us questions about it and other projects, come to Youmacon this weekend. Chuck Walton will be there with his art as well as prints. Wayne, Alex, Julius and I will also be there (at different times). These two books are going to be epic.
Palladium Books will be exhibiting in the dealers' room and we'll have members of the Palladium staff and other maniacs at the booth, including:
It all happens at Cobo Hall and hotels in downtown Detroit, near the waterfront. Join the fun. Youmacon is a rapidly exploding anime convention that could have 15,000+ people this year. It includes a wide range of amazing costumes, guests, events, cosplay, gaming and multimedia fun. www.youmacon.com
Approvals started coming in yesterday. Meanwhile, work progresses with the two UEEF Marine sourcebooks. Oh yeah.
We're close to hammering out a final work agreement with a creative team that will make people who know about them faint of heart. Coming Summer 2013.
Working on it when I can. I will be devoting every waking moment to it starting on Monday, after Youmacon.
Wayne and I finished up our new, 48 page, Palladium catalog. The physical black and white edition is at the printer. The color version will be available by this weekend on DriveThruRPG.com – FREE, of course.
Like I said last week, as soon as it is possible, we'll be posting the FREE Sneak Preview of Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook. The FREE Rifter® #60 Sneak Preview has been available for a few weeks along with other titles like Rifts® Black Market and Lemuria, among others.
DriveThruRPG.com is also your place to get PDFs of older product and sneak previews of upcoming books. Many back issues of The Rifter® are available on DriveThruRPG.com (issues #1-52), as are more than 90 out of print titles such as Rifts®, BTS™ and Palladium Fantasy® first edition rule books and sourcebooks. A sneak preview of Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook should also be coming soon. We have not forgotten about the PDF only editions of The Rifter® #0.1 and The Rifter® #0.2 – both are big, juicy digital editions of new, fan created material for the Palladium Megaverse® of games.
DriveThruRPG.com also offers the Rifts® and Palladium Fantasy® Game Master Kits (both written by Carl Gleba and complete with maps, combat matrix, character sheets, spell list, and 20 pre-rolled characters created by Julius Rosenstein; $5 each). Of course, there are FREE Sneak Previews of Rifts® Black Market, Endless Dead™, Rifts® Lemuria, Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™, and Thundercloud Galaxy™, as well as 90+ out of print titles, including back issues of The Rifter®, and first edition rule books for Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy RPG®, Heroes Unlimited™, The Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy, and lots of other good things. ALL available as PDF downloads at reasonable prices. And there is MORE to come.
Online sales were a bit sluggish, but took jump upward last night. Take advantage of the Palladium Christmas Surprise Package as well as regular purchases. Keep the orders coming and those imaginations burning bright.
The Rifter® #60 is a great issue. Order your copy today or ask for it in the Christmas Surprise Package.
Really. The Palladium Christmas Surprise Package gets you $85-$95 worth of Palladium product, autographs and fun for (in most cases in the USA and Canada) $45. These days, that's the price of a core rule book or two supplements. How can you pass up such a deal?
It's also a way for you to get original artwork, prints, out of print copies of The Rifter® and miniatures. And it's designed so you don't know what you are getting, so you or the person you are ordering it for will be surprised. What fun.
It involves you sending Santa Kevin a "Wish List" of 10-12 different in-stock products and a flat payment (+ shipping and handling). I then hand-pick items from that Wish List and I may include product you didn't ask for (hence the nickname, "X-Mas Grab Bag"), but all things I think you'll enjoy, and we ship it all off to you. Gamers have been loving this special offer for 14 or 15 years now. Order one or several for yourself and for your gaming buddies. For the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, or just to get cool stuff and signatures. Get all the information from the description in the online store.
Click here for complete details and to place your order.
We have added a bunch of action figures, publications and Palladium collectibles to my online store, including some hard to find Ninja Turtle RPG titles signed by Erick Wujcik, as well as a number of other game titles and books from the massive collection of Erick Wujcik. We're trying to help out the Wujcik Estate by selling a selection of books for them. We've also put up a bunch of military books owned by Erick (with more to come if these sell), and an array of comic book and SCA fanzines. I'll be digging up some Palladium collectibles over the next few weeks too.
Take a look, there may be some items that are perfect as holiday gifts. Note: There are no more than five Rifts® Lemuria Emerald Editions earmarked for the store and other items such as the Rifts® Machinations of Doom Gold Hardcover, Rifts® RPG Silver hardcovers, BTS Gold, Rifts® Ultimate Gold, Erick Wujcik's Amberzine #11, etc. are also in short supply. In most cases, I have only a dozen or fewer to offer. That's why we continue to dole them out one at a time. Once they are sold out, of course, they are GONE! Other collectibles include first printings of books, signed books, "proofreader" copies of books (a couple more coming your way soon), original artwork, and other collectible odds and ends.
There are also a large number of collectible toys and action figures in my online store. All are from my personal collection. More toys and collectibles are added on a weekly basis.
We felt the sting of Hurricane Sandy all the way over here in Michigan with rain and winds of 25-45 mph gusting up to 60 mph. Thankfully,we were spared the carnage unleashed along the East Coast. We know how traumatic and devastating such a disaster is, not just to property, but the emotional toll as well. To those of you living through this nightmare, please, try not to despair. Try to focus on your loved ones and having survived, and the many good things you still have in your life. That includes Palladium Books. Please know that everyone at Palladium, and I'm sure, many of your fellow gamers, are thinking of you and sending you their warmest thoughts and prayers. Take care.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher, Writer and Surrogate Santa
Every year there is a section where the customer can offer comments and suggestions with his or her Surprise Package order. Every year, in acknowledgment of our fans, and because they are fun to read, we offer a sampling in the Weekly Updates. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who have made 2012 a very good year for Palladium. Keep those imaginations burning bright, have a joyous holiday season and game on.
C.H.P. in Rapid City, South Dakota, writes: Love the hell out of you guys, period. I was so saddened that my work situation (or lack thereof) didn't allow me to help out Palladium when you guys were struggling so badly, but things definitely look good these days. (I hope that's really the case. I know how tempting it is to put up a good front in hard times.) Take care and may you have an even better year next year. The Grab Bags is one of the major highlights of my year, and if I could afford 10, you'd better believe I'd buy them! Warmest regards and best wishes.
W.R. in Albertville, Minnesota, writes (in part): The first RPG I ever purchased was a copy of Robotech® in 1989. I now have 66 Palladium books, as well as some of the art prints. Thank you for creating a fantastic world and giving me innumerable hours of fun. Happy Holidays!
A.M. in Oakdale, California, writes: I have been a fan of Palladium Books for over 23 years now. I have tried many role-playing games, but none have caught my imagination like Palladium. What can I say, I'm addicted. Thanks for all the great times and memories! Keep up the fantastic work.
N.K. in Chesterton, Indiana, writes: This is such a great deal! My boyfriend has received two X-Mas Packages already. Both exceeding $90 worth for only $45 with shipping. THANK YOU KEVIN AND STAFF!
T.I. in Garden City, New York, writes: Great game [Rifts®], super inclusive and love the designs, especially the classic Coalition Armors. Just love the O.C.C.s; my favorite being the Rogue Scientist, [who is] an adventurer and a tech mixed in one, love it.
A.M. in Modesto, California, writes: Thanks for being awesome. You've kept nine guys playing for 2+ years. Hoping for many more years of gaming.
A.J. in San Antonio, Texas, writes: I love the X-Mas Surprise Package! I look forward to it every year. Thanks, PB for continuing to put out great stuff year after year. You are my favorite RPG company.
M.M. in North Syracuse, New York, writes: As long as I get my hands on a Splicers® rule book I'll be super happy. Everything else would just be icing on the cake.
S.K. in Milwaukie, Oregon, writes: I have played a lot of games and whenever I start a new game, people always want me to run Palladium.
J.R. in Riverside, Missouri, writes: Life long fan of Palladium! Cut my teeth on Palladium Fantasy, 2nd Edition; been playing over half my life. Keep up the good work.
A.H. in Pleasant Hill, California, writes: I don't play any longer, but I've been collecting, and still enjoy reading, the books for 25 years. Please keep up the great work and happy holidays!
R.C. In Victoria, Texas, writes: Long live, Palladium Books!
From Kevin Siembieda & staff to all of you. Aww, shucks. Thank you for the many kind words and holiday wishes. I hope everyone had a nice Halloween and enjoys the rest of the holiday season. - Kevin Siembieda
A reminder from Santa Kev. We try our best to make every Surprise Package special and fun. My goal is to put a smile on the face of every person who receives one. I am happy to report that it seems 99% of the time we succeed (as you can see from the many reports from happy customers all over the web). Regrettably, we cannot guarantee satisfaction. I hate to disappoint, but sometimes we miss the mark. It happens. Remember, this is a "Grab Bag" – you don't know what you are getting and you are likely to get one or more products you did not request in your wish list. Likewise, you may get a product you already have and multiple orders may result in some duplication. Still the best deal in town and packed with sincere appreciation. - Kevin Siembieda
We've been asked over and over again to re-issue the popular Rifts® Logo T-shirt in sizes other than XL. We heard your requests, and here you go. Order yours today.
● The full Rifts® logo as created by artist Kevin Long, printed in white on a black T-shirt.
● Sizes Small to 5XL.
● 100% cotton – our usual quality T-shirt.
● Prices vary according to size:
Small: $18.95
Medium: $18.95
Large: $18.95
X-Large: $18.95
● Cat. No. TS804
● And don't forget other fun T-Shirt designs like . . .
The Rifter® Number 60 is another standout issue.
You might think of The Rifter® #50 as a special "all-star" anniversary issue with official source material for Rifts®, Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane® and many other Palladium RPG settings.
I'm working on this bad boy right now! Unknown to most humans, deep within Mexico the vampires have established entire kingdoms. There they live like tyrants and gods, dominating an underclass of cattle people used as slaves and food stock. Learn more about the vampires, their rivals, allies and the humans who willingly serve their supernatural masters for a chance to join the undead. A must-have guide for those who wish to travel deeper into the Vampire Kingdoms or play as vampires and their human minions. In final production right now with art and text coming in and final editing and writing restarting next week.
This is an epic sourcebook that takes an in-depth look at the Invid Genesis Pits, their purpose, function and the mutants and monsters they unleash. It is packed with good stuff that will put a grin on the faces of Robotech fans.
Everything you want to know about the Black Market of Rifts® North America presented inside a pair of gorgeous black leatherette covers. Gold foil embossing on front cover and spine. Historically, gold collector editions only increase in value on the collector's market, and often quickly. This is the lowest number of a Collector's Gold Edition that Palladium has ever printed.
See what everyone is talking about and order yours today. Rifts® Black Market™ is an epic, 192 page sourcebook that contains a wealth of information about the inner workings of the Black Market, the Five Factions, new Bandito Arms/Black Market weapons and gear, how to make any O.C.C. a Black Marketeer, special abilities of the Black Marketeer, criminal enterprises, Black Market loans, merc and crime jobs, and much more. This book has it all. AND best of all, a lot of it can be easily adapted to just about any world setting, not just Rifts Earth.
Northern Gun™ is the largest independent manufacturer of high-tech weapons, robots and vehicles in North America. Outside of the Coalition States, one could argue, no other kingdom is as powerful or influential, at least when it comes to technology and weapons. The manufacture and sale of Northern Gun weapons and vehicles has given virtually every kingdom, town, colony of settlers and adventurer group a chance to survive and prosper. Located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, NG has been the premier outfitter of mercenaries, adventurers and upstart kingdoms for generations. Now, for the first time ever, learn Northern Gun's history, goals and plans for the future. Of course, that means new weapons, robots, power armor, vehicles and gear.
More information about the weapons, vehicles and practices of Northern Gun, including the new rage of robot gladiatorial combat.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. Demons, Deevils and supernatural beings run rampant and wreak havoc across the world.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
Everyone I've ever talked to who has tried this game loves it, especially if they had a thing for post-apocalyptic games and zombies to begin with. Fans of zombies, horror and apocalyptic settings really should give this RPG a try. – Kevin Siembieda
Think you know zombies? Think again.
Can you survive in a world where the dead have risen and feed upon the living? Battle zombies, mad men and death cultists in a post-apocalyptic where world the last of humanity struggles to survive.
Dead Reign™ RPG is the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. Civilization is gone, the dead reign, and the living fight to survive against impossible odds. Tales of zombies, human survival and horror as a fast-paced, easy to learn game and sourcebooks.
It has been months since the dead rose to attack the living. Civilization has crumbled. There is no army, no government, no help coming. You are on your own and things are only getting worse.
Secrets of survival, including using railroad tracks and the urban underground to travel unseen and undetected by zombies.
The zombie hordes grow in number and strangeness. Can humankind survive? Where is the military?
The following are in development:
Everyone at Palladium has a Rifts® Dice Bag, shouldn't you? It is a good size, sturdy, drawstring bag made of imitation black velvet emblazoned with the famous Rifts® logo in gold.
Russian mythology and magic come to life in this fan favorite Rifts® World Book. The book includes all kinds of demons, monsters, new magic character classes (O.C.C.s), and nine different types of gypsies – some of whom are adventurers, others mystics and mages, some psychics and one is even a beguiling shape-shifter. Plus more background about Russia and the Sovietski.
Magic vs Technology. The infamous Coalition/Siege on Tolkeen story arc starts with this 160 page sourcebook. Not only does it lay the groundwork for the Coalition's all-out siege on the kingdom of magic, but it includes a vast number of Techno-Wizard weapons and vehicles, powerful magic artifacts, demons, monsters, magic and a historic Crisis Time-Line from 12 P.A. to 106 P.A.
The Siege on Tolkeen goes into full swing as the Coalition Army makes the first devastating attacks on Tolkeen. Coalition Generals, Special Forces squads, and strategies are presented with a wealth of adventure ideas.
We didn't want you to forget about this excellent sourcebook in the series. The Coalition's siege on Tolkeen has had a devastating impact on people across North America. None have been more affected than the Cyber-Knights. This sourcebook reveals not only the history and secrets of the Cyber-Knights, but the schism the war has created among the fabled warriors.
Earth is home to thousands of alien species from beyond the Rifts. One of the strangest and most dangerous is the Xiticix. A danger nobody seemed to realize until the sprawling Hivelands began to encroach on the territories of other people. Armed with new breeds of aggressive warriors, new weapons and legions of insectoids willing to fight to the death, people are beginning to wonder if they are the next threat to humanity.
The war between the people of the New German Republic and the Gargoyle Empire rages on, but only the heroes of the NGR seem to be getting the upper hand. See where things stand in the year 109 P.A. and get a closer look at the NGR Army, government, society and people. This World Book also presents the latest weapons, combat vehicles, power armor and robots of the NGR as well as commercial vehicles, robot helpers, and more.
Archie 3 and Hagan Lonovich are two of the most beloved villains (anti-heroes?) in the Rifts Earth setting. This sourcebook highlights their strange relationship, plots and blunders. One of which is inadvertently unleashing The Mechanoids® into the world!
The Mechanoids have one driving goal: To destroy all humanoid life! This book has it all. Source material, the Mechanoids, new equipment, monsters, adventure and cryptic prophecies.
● New! Rifts® Pencil – Cat. No. 2561 – 50 cents per each pencil. People love this item and often buy them in sets of 10. Enjoy.
● New! Palladium Fantasy RPG® Coffee Mug – red on a black, 15.5 ounce mug – Cat. No. 2560 – $10.00.
● New! Dead Reign™: "Survive or Die Trying" T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2556 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Wilk's Laser Technologies™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2557 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Imagination Unleashed T-Shirt – black image on a red T-shirt – No. 2558 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● New! Rifts® Northern Gun™ Logo T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2559 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
● Property of the Coalition™ T-Shirt – Cat. No. 2528 – price varies with size: Medium: $18.95, Large: $18.95, XL: $18.95, 2XL: $20.95, 3XL: $22.95, 4XL: $24.95, 5XL: $26.95
The following new Rifts® miniatures have never before been released by Palladium Books.
● MI8021 – Rifts® Shadow Beast – $12.00
● MI8022 – Rifts® Mystic Knight – $6.00
● MI8023 – Rifts® Lord Magus – $6.00
● MI8024 – Rifts® High Magus – $6.00
● MI8025 – Rifts® Coalition Psi-Stalker (new-style Dead Boy armor) – $6.00
● MI8026 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy in DPM-D1 Armor – $6.00
● MI8027 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #2 (with energy rifle) – $6.00
● MI8028 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #3 (with rifle and Vibro-Knife) – $6.00
● MI8029 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #4 (German Shepherd with rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
● MI8030 – Rifts® Coalition Dog Boy #5 (Bulldog with energy rifle and Vibro-Claws) – $6.00
The following favorite Rifts® miniatures are back in stock. Some, like the Glitter Boy, have sold on the collector's market for as much as $50-$120. They are being re-released for the first time in a decade.
● MI8031 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Power Armor – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8032 – Rifts® Glitter Boy Pilot – $6.00
● MI8033 – Rifts® Kydian Overlord (Atlantis) – $20.00; this is a large, heavy figure.
● MI8034 – Rifts® Dragonsaurus (Atlantis) – $10.00
● MI8035 – Rifts® Slaver and Slave (Atlantis); 2 figs, no plastic bases – $10.00
● MI8036 – Rifts® Crazy – $6.00
● MI8037 – Rifts® Juicer #1 (with laser pistol) – $6.00
● MI8038 – Rifts® Juicer #2 (with Vibro-Sword) – $6.00
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Palladium Books will be exhibiting in the dealers' room and we'll have members of the Palladium staff and other maniacs at the booth, including me (Kevin Siembieda), Wayne Smith, Alex Marciniszyn, Julius Rosenstein, Chuck Walton and maybe a few other Palladium madmen. Artist Ben Rodriguez will be there too, but he'll have his own booth. It all happens at Cobo Hall, downtown Detroit, near the waterfront. Join the fun.
Speaking of which, have I mentioned that I will be one of the guests at Anime North in Toronto next year? Well, I will. The event takes place Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, 2013. This will be my first time back at a convention in Canada in something like 15 years. Too long. www.animenorth.com
Oh yeah, we can hardly wait for Gen Con next year. We may even need to expand the size of our booth.
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Meinig Ph.D. student selected to attend special conference on Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR)
Congratulations to Meinig School Ph.D. student Madhur Srivastava, who was one of two graduate students selected to attend a special meeting on Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) titled "EPR Present and Future - SPP1601/Shared EPR" held in in New Paltz, New York, October 9-12, 2017. The meeting was held jointly with the German DFG supported network SPP1601.
Srivastava received travel funding from the NSF-funded SharedEPR Network to attend the conference, at which he also presented a poster about his research and the role of wavelet transform in analyzing and denoising various EPR (also called ESR) signals and how to carry out EPR-based biological studies that are currently not feasible. Srivastava is one of the key personnel at the National Biomedical Center for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance Technology (ACERT) headed by Cornell Prof. Jack Freed, and he is leading one of the four Technology Research and Development (TR&D) research areas that is focused on ESR signal denoising.
"The conference was a unique experience where leading researchers in the field discussed various focus areas for ESR, including applications, dissemination and education," said Srivastava of the event. "A white paper that incorporated the future direction of ESR-related research and advances needed to accomplish it was prepared at the meeting. The document will provide a roadmap for researchers, particularly to young investigators, post-docs and graduate students."
The NSF-Funded SHARED EPR network is designed to foster this interdisciplinary interaction and facilitate communication between disparate research labs. It is designed to ensure these advances are translated from the lab in which they are developed to the labs in which they are needed, no matter what discipline is involved.
The SPP 1601 research network is a DFG funded priority program comprising approximately 30 of the top EPR research labs in Germany (www.spp1601.de). The network holds an annual meeting to review progress and present results of their research towards the goal of improving the sensitivity of EPR through advances in instrumentation, sample preparation, pulse sequences, etc. In order to facilitate the international interaction, the SPP 1601 network agreed to hold its annual meeting in conjunction with the SharedEPR network's Grand Challenge Workshop in the United States. Approximately 30 German PI's and 25 U.S. PI's as well as 2 graduate students and 2 postdocs currently conducting research in U.S. labs met jointly at the Mohonk Mountain House in an intimate, "Gordon Conference" style setting to encourage a distraction-free, robust and comprehensive exchange of ideas.
Congratulations Madhur!
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It's over. The Johnny King Buck will not be a new world record in the Boone and Crockett Record Book.
Earlier today, the club panel-scored the deer and, as predicted on this blog Friday, stood by the originally revised score of 180-0/8 that Wisconsin scorer John Ramsey gave the deer after receiving instructions by B&C's Jack Reneau on how to score the buck.
Critics of today's panel-scoring session claim B&C stacked the deck and relied on new scoring rules that were instituted specifically to keep the buck out of the world-record spot. B&C, which has refused requests for interviews, could not be reached for comment.
Ramsey initially came up with a score of 215-5/8 typical. That score would have shattered the longtime record held by the Milo Hanson Buck.
According to a press release issued by the club, "Boone and Crockett Club called a special judges panel to make the final determination. The panel consisted of two, 2-man teams of senior official measurers who had not seen nor scored the rack previously.
"The teams independently scored the buck using the Boone and Crockett scoring manual plus updated directives and processes outlined in other Club literature. Each team completed a score chart. The teams then resolved any differences and finalized a score."
In short, it appears B&C stuck to its guns in denying the King Buck a chance at the world record, relying on four revisions to its rulebook that were added since the buck was killed in 2006.
The details of the panel score were not available at press time, however, it appears the four-man team of measurers decided not to include shrinkage on the final score. The score of 180-/08 was determined in early 2007 at the same time the score of 215-5/8 was determined. When scored as a typical 6-by-6, the score had come down to 213-6/8 of three years of drying. Hence, the 180-0/8 score should have shrunk to something in the 176-inch range, according to antler experts.
Deer & Deer Hunting will report more on this story as details become available.


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In Scahill Documentary, Blowback May Be Biggest, Most Dangerous Legacy of US Dirty Wars
Tuesday, 25 June 2013 09:35 By Mark Karlin, Truthout | Film Review
For the tourist going overseas, a journey begins with boarding a plane. For Jeremy Scahill, his personal journey in the documentary Dirty Wars began in the remote hamlet of Khataba, near Gardez, the capital of Paktia, Afghanistan.
It was here, after a celebratory wedding turned into a night of sudden bloodshed and death for an extended family, that Scahill arrived as an investigative journalist. What he uncovered there in terms of the human toll of civilian women, men and children killed and wounded by US special forces (in one of perhaps thousands of such raids in Afghanistan under the cover of darkness) was a key turning point in his exhaustive journalistic inquiry. The result of Scahill's research became the book Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield - and a filmed version, an exploration of a secretive war that has killed untold numbers of non-combatants in the name of United States "security" told from a first person, engaged perspective.
The book Dirty Wars documents how the world came to be a battlefield defined by US rules of engagement, often formulated and carried out in secrecy. Scahill provides, with nearly 100 pages of citations alone, the historical context and inner circle decisions that led to the kind of ruthless warfare being waged across several continents by the American military, the CIA (and its paramilitary capabilities), the secret surveillance agencies, and many more members of what was first called by President Dwight Eisenhower the military-industrial complex.
In the documentary Dirty Wars, Scahill is the war journalist who came in from the cold, who could not, in good conscience, live any longer within the limits of detached reporting. Something horrifying has emerged in the US permanent war: death and assassinations for which there is no due process nor accountability, and all too often no "within the margin of error" justification except that the government and military are able to get away with their actions. There are no public checks and balances. Whistleblowers are prosecuted and jailed at a faster rate under the Obama administrations than under the George W. Bush administrations. This is a film that is both a mystery of ghoulish proportions and a punch in the gut confirmation that perpetual war now exists regardless of which party is in power. Scahill pieces together the killing of innocents, connecting the dots with push pins on a makeshift map when he is on one of his visits back home to his New York apartment. The loved ones we meet of those innocents speak to the heart, to the common human empathy for uninvited horrors visited unexpectedly upon those we love.
There is a major player among the large group of institutional enforcers of US hegemony. That military force is called the Joint Security Operations Command (JSOC) and it is only accountable to the president. It was founded in 1980, becoming more powerful over time.
Scahill's fear is that with a Democratic president taking the Bush administration footprint of executive branch war without public oversight and putting it on steroids, any objection to the continuation of such policies of empire under a Republican or succeeding Democratic president will fall on deaf ears.
In his book, Scahill exposes the history and many of the primary duties of JSOC; in the film, he exposes the command's collateral damage by letting us see the carnage that it leaves in its wake. Of the JSOC, the Washington Post reported in a 2011 article:
CIA operatives have imprisoned and interrogated nearly 100 suspected terrorists in their former secret prisons around the world, but troops from this other secret organization [JSOC] have imprisoned and interrogated 10 times as many, holding them in jails that it alone controls in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Since 9/11, this secretive group of men (and a few women) has grown tenfold while sustaining a level of obscurity that not even the CIA has managed. "We're the dark matter. We're the force that orders the universe but can't be seen," a strapping Navy SEAL, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said in describing his unit. The SEALs are just part of the U.S. military's Joint Special Operations Command, known by the acronym JSOC, which has grown from a rarely used hostage rescue team into America's secret army. When members of this elite force killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May, JSOC leaders celebrated not just the success of the mission but also how few people knew their command, based in Fayetteville, N.C., even existed.
The Post went on to describe more of the ever-expanding role of the JSOC in covert activities and military actions:
Two presidents and three secretaries of defense routinely have asked JSOC to mount intelligence-gathering missions and lethal raids, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also in countries with which the United States was not at war, including Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, the Philippines, Nigeria and Syria.
"The CIA doesn't have the size or the authority to do some of the things we can do," said one JSOC operator.
The president has given JSOC the rare authority to select individuals for its kill list — and then to kill, rather than capture, them. Critics charge that this individual man-hunting mission amounts to assassination, a practice prohibited by U.S. law. JSOC's list is not usually coordinated with the CIA, which maintains a similar but shorter roster of names.
Created in 1980 but reinvented in recent years, JSOC has grown from 1,800 troops prior to 9/11 to as many as 25,000, a number that fluctuates according to its mission. It has its own intelligence division, its own drones and reconnaissance planes, even its own dedicated satellites. It also has its own cyberwarriors, who, on Sept. 11, 2008, shut down every jihadist Web site they knew.
Obscurity has been one of the unit's hallmarks. When JSOC officers are working in civilian government agencies or U.S. embassies abroad, which they do often, they dispense with uniforms, unlike their other military comrades. In combat, they wear no name or rank identifiers.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Democrats cast themselves on Tuesday as the voice of reason on diplomacy and the economy as they headed for a general election, highlighting a contrast with the hawkish rhetoric and aggressive monetary policy recipes of their rivals.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his party vowed to defend national interests, including a chain of rocky East China Sea islets controlled by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, but would do so with diplomacy and "responsible defense."
"There are issues concerning sovereignty, territories and territorial waters, but we must adhere to the peaceful path we have followed since World War Two," Noda told journalists while unveiling the manifesto for the December 16 general election.
"At the same time, we must respond in a cool-headed, practical and strategic manner."
Noda's Democrats trail the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), whose leader Shinzo Abe, 58, stole the thunder early on with promises to stand up to Beijing and calls for "unlimited" monetary stimulus from the central bank.
Abe, who hopes to return to the prime minister's post he quit in 2007 after just one year on office, has called for reversing a long decline in Japan's defense spending and changes in its pacifist constitution to allow its military to play a more active role.
He also wants the Bank of Japan to agree with the government on an inflation target. Despite criticism that this could infringe on central bank independence, Abe repeated his call on Tuesday.
"The 1 percent 'goal' already announced by the bank won't do. It must instead be a 'target' of 2 percent," Abe told a symposium on Japan's growth strategy.
While commenting on tensions with Beijing that flared up in September after Japan bought the disputed islands from their private owners, Abe stressed the importance of ties with China. But he also said: "China shouldn't attack Japanese companies, boycott our products or do other things that break rules, for the purpose of achieving its political goals."
"China is doing just that and if Japan yields to that, it will just keep on doing so," he said. "We need to tell China that it cannot break the rules."
Noda has warned that Abe's foreign and economic policy ideas could backfire.
Appearing on a TV show on Sunday, Noda said Abe's plan to deploy personnel on the uninhabited islands risked further escalating tensions with Beijing while his thinking on monetary policy was "dangerous", raising questions about central bank independence.
For its part, Noda's party echoed the LDP's vow to battle the deflation that has plagued the world's third-largest economy for nearly two decades hand in hand with the central bank, but stopped short of mentioning any targets or suggesting changes to the central bank law, as their rivals have.
The Democrats also reiterated their goal of phasing out nuclear power by the 2030s following last year's Fukushima radiation disaster, another contrast with the LDP.
The Liberal Democrats advocate more debate before deciding on Japan's energy mix and Noda pointed out that his party was more in tune with public opinion.
"The feeling of the people after last year's nuclear disaster is not to rely on nuclear power in the future, to make the future one without nuclear power," he said.
"Based on that view, we decided on the broad policy to mobilize all policy resources to aim at zero nuclear power generation by the 2030s. I want to move forward steadily with that policy without wavering."
But while analysts noted the deliberate tone of the ruling party's message, some were skeptical whether it would be enough to change their fortunes.
"They may be the calm voice of reason but they have proven themselves to be unable to govern effectively," said Jesper Koll, head of equity research at JP Morgan in Tokyo. "In my view the Democrats have done a lot of good things but they were not able to market themselves as the party of leadership."
The LDP leads in opinion polls with 22-25 percent of voters saying they will cast their ballots for the once-dominant party. That is about 10-15 points ahead of the Democrats, who have struggled to close the gap since Noda called for the snap election earlier this month.
The Democrats swept to power in 2009 promising to change how the country is run after more than half a century of nearly non-stop LDP rule characterized by cozy ties between the powerful bureaucracy, big business and ruling party lawmakers. But support for the Democrats has plummeted since then due to policy flip-flops and internal bickering.
(Additional reporting by Linda Sieg and Kaori Kaneko; Writing by Tomasz Janowski; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)


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A day later I'm still picking myself up off the floor over Obama's comment to Speaker Boehner, related in the Wall Street Journal story Scott linked here yesterday, that "You get nothing; I get that [$800 billion tax increase] for free."
More startling than this—after all, we know Obama is a bad or insincere negotiator—is his threat to attack Republicans in his inaugural address and state of the union speech if they don't relent on fiscal cliff talks. Right now the polls show this would be a winner for Obama, as a majority say they will hold Republicans responsible if we go over the fiscal cliff. But can he really be this short-sighted?
Okay, so we know that Obama has a high self-regard for himself, and that he's also largely ignorant of history. Has he not meditated at all about the fact that nearly all presidents have poor second terms—most of them because of over-reaching? Does he really think the unprecedented step of turning his inaugural address into a partisan attack is a good idea? Not even Franklin Roosevelt, fresh off a truly crushing landslide that reduced Republicans to a tiny rump of opposition and readying his court-packing scheme, entertained such an idea. And even with that wind at his back, FDR's court-packing scheme went down in flames. His intransigence on breaking Republicans on taxes but no entitlement cuts looks like it could turn out to be a similar miscalculation.
If Obama decides to break from presidential precedent and make his state of the union speech a partisan attack, Republicans should respond with the unprecedented step of walking out of House chamber in the middle of his speech. While the polls show a majority of the public will blame Republicans, in the long term this might not hold if Republicans can stick to a message, since the same polls show that a majority also thinks spending cuts are more significant than tax increases as a solution to our debt problems. It is not clear just how this whole mess would play out over time. If we go over the fiscal cliff, Republicans should then point out that the reason everyone's taxes went up us because Democrats ten years ago opposed their taxes going down in the first place and prevented Republicans from making them permanent. Second, Republicans should demand that if anyone's taxes go down, everyone's taxes go down—no more singling out groups for adverse treatment. And any tax deal must include real spending cut. Oh, and don't forget the GOP trump card: the debt ceiling, which will need raising around February or so.
The ignominious failure of "Plan B" the other night might actually increase Republican leverage when the debt ceiling battle approaches. As a friend remarked to me the other day, when you're negotiating with someone as intransigent as Obama, "it helps if they think you're crazy."


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Spoils of war.
New York : H.N. Abrams in association with the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, 1997
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|Papers of a symposium sponsored by the Bard Graduate Center for the Decorative Arts, Jan. 1995, in New York.
Includes texts or excerpts of related treaties, conventions, and other official documents in the appendices.
|336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
|Part 1. An overview : "The spoils of war" / Jeanette Greenfield --
World War II and the displacement of art and cultural property / Lynn H. Nicholas --
Part 2. Losses during and as a consequence of World War II : Introduction / Lynn H. Nicholas ; Poland: the war losses, cultural heritage, and cultural legitimacy / Jan P. Pruszyński ; A short history of art loss and art recovery in the Netherlands / Josefine Leistra ; The spoils of war removed from Belgium during World War II / Jacques Lust ; Spoliation and recovery of cultural property in France, 1940-94 / Marie Hamon ; Russian cultural losses during World War II / Mikhail Shvidkoi ; Ukraine: the lost cultural treasures and the problem of their return / Alexander Fedoruk ; The tragic fate of Belarusan museum and library collections during the Second World War / Adam Maldis ; The documentation of war losses in the former Soviet Republics / Marlene P. Hiller ; Jewish ceremonial art and private property / Vivian B. Mann ; Austria / Gerhard Sailer ; The restitution of works of art in Hungary / István Fodor ; The loss of German artistic property as a result of World War II / Werner Schmidt --
Laws, directives, and conventions : Laws in force at the dawn of World War II: international conventions and national laws / Lawrence M. Kaye ; German laws and directives bearing on the appropriation of cultural property in the Third Reich / Jonathan Petropoulos ; The end of the war and the occupation of Germany, 1944-52: laws and conventions enacted to counter German appropriations: the Allied Control Council / Michael J. Kurtz ; The transfer of the contents of German repositories into the custody of the USSR / Nikolai Nikandrov --
Part 4. Repatriations following World War II : The immediate postwar period, 1945-51 : Introduction / Edith A. Standen ; Investigation of the major Nazi art-confiscation agencies / James S. Plaut ; The establishment of the Munich collecting point / Craig Hugh Smyth ; Custody and controversy at the Wiesbaden collection point / Walter I. Farmer ; Investigating art looting for the MFA & A / Bernard Taper ; Transfer of custody to the Germans / S. Lane Faison, Jr. --
The Cold War period : The role of the state department regarding national and private claims for the restitution of stolen cultural property / Ely Maurer ; Instances of repatriation by the USSR --
Case study: the Quedlinburg Church treasures : Introduction / Constance Lowenthal ; Search for the treasures / Willi Korte ; Journalist on the chase / William H. Honan ; Legal issues relating to the recovery of the Quedlinburg treasures / Thomas R. Kline. Part 5. Reappearance and recovery : Recent confirmations of Russian holdings : Introduction / Constance Lowenthal ; The discovery of the secret repositories / Konstantin Akinsha and Grigorii Kozlov ; Displaced art in private hands / Alexei Rastorgouev ; The history of the Soviet repositories and their contents / Valery Koulichov ; Legal issues bearing on the restitution of German cultural property in Russia / Wilfried Fiedler ; The German-Russian negotiations over the contents of the Russian repositories / Armin Hiller ; Legal aspects of the Russian position in regard to the return of cultural property / Mark Boguslavsky --
Case study: "The treasures of Priam" : Schliemann's "Treasures" for the second city of Troy / Elizabeth Simpson ; The excavation of the Trojan treasures, and their history up to the death of Schliemann in 1890 / Donald Fyfe Easton ; The Trojan treasures in Berlin: the disappearance and search for the objects after World War II / Klaus Goldmann ; Claims to ownership of the Trojan treasures / Stephen K. Urice ; The value of the finds to the scientific community / Manfred Korfmann ; Some aspects of the preparation of the catalogue for the exhibition "The treasure of Troy: Heinrich Schliemann's excavations" at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow / Vladimir Tolstikov --
Part 6. Current issues and cooperative efforts : Introduction / Milton Esterow ; Models of restitution (Germany, Russia, Ukraine) / Wolfgang Eichwede ; German book collections in Russian libraries / Ekaterina Genieva ; Principles for the resolution of disputes concerning cultural heritage displaced during the Second World War / Lyndel V. Prott --
Part 7. Contributions by guest participants in the conference : Losses of cultural property for the territory of the Czech Republic due to World War II / Pavel Jirásek ; The recovery of cultural property in Slovakia / Jana Bahurinská ; World War II cultural losses of Poland; a historical issue or still a "hot" political and legal topic? / Wojciech Kowalski ; Under duress: the sale of the Franz Koenigs collection / Christine F. Koenigs ; Return of cultural property: hostages of war or harbingers of peace?: Historical facts, political positions, and an assessment from the German point of view / Hagen Graf Lambsdorff ; Captured archives and restitution problems on the eastern front: beyond the Bard Graduate Center Symposium / Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. Appendices: Treaties, conventions, and other official documents: complete documents and selected sections relating to the protection and return of cultural property : 1. Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the field ("Lieber code") --
2. Project of an international declaration concerning the laws and customs of war "Declaration of the Conference of Brussels") --
3. Convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land ("Hague Convention of 1907") --
4. Treaty of peace with Germany ("Treaty of Versailles") --
5. Treaty of peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Austria ("Treaty of St. Germain") --
6. Treaty of peace between the Allied Powers and Hungary ("Treaty of Trianon") --
7. Treaty of peace between Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine ("Treaty of Riga") --
8. Treaty on the protection of artistic and scientific institutions and historic monuments ("Roerich Pact") --
9. Inter-Allied declaration against acts of dispossession committed in territories under enemy occupation or control ("Declaration of London") --
10. UNESCO convention and protocol for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict ("Hague convention and protocol of 1954") --
11. UNESCO convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property --
12. A plea for the return of an irreplaceable cultural heritage to those who created it --
13. Statutes of the Intergovernmental Committee for promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or in its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation --
14. Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on good-neighborliness, partnership and cooperation --
15. Agreement between the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the government of the Russian Federation on cultural cooperation --
16. Protocol of the Joint meeting of the Russian and German groups of experts on "Priam's treasure" --
17. The UNIDRconventiontino on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects.
|edited by Elizabeth Simpson.
Now, more than fifty years later, lost and stolen objects continue to appear on the art market and in private, museum, and state collections, including masterpieces of Impressionist painting, old master drawings from the Franz Koenigs collection, and gold treasures excavated by Schliemann at Troy. Questions of ownership remain unresolved and are battled out in court, legislated, or negotiated in treaties.
At the three-day symposium, organized by The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, New York, distinguished specialists - government representatives, curators, archaeologists, historians and journalists, former military officers, and experts in art law - took part in spirited, candid, and often moving discussions, which are fully documented only in this unprecedented book.
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The 1930s posters done for the Works Progress Administration have proven to be especially popular in the Shorpy gift shop, so Juniper Gallery has started Vintagraph, a Web site dedicated to high-quality reproductions of this unique artwork on museum-grade French art paper. Favorites include the curiously popular Keep Your Teeth Clean as well as the heroically proportioned Don't Jay Walk. We're adding new posters every day at www.vintagraph.com.
October 1940. "Million Dollar Highway is cut through massive rocks in Ouray County, Colorado." U.S. 550 between Silverton and Ouray. Now a paved modern highway, this is a spectacular mountain route that I've driven many times over the years. View full size. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.
October 1914. Anniston, Alabama. "Housing conditions at Adelaide Mill. The village is run down and greatly in need of sanitary improvements." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. View full size.
Another selection from the LOC archives of Alfred Palmer's strikingly composed large-format black-and-white transparencies shot in December 1941 at factories in Akron and Cleveland. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio. "Halftrac scout cars. Putting precision-made pistons assemblies into precision-made cylinders is a job that fits this former auto worker. The engine will be the power plant of an Army halftrac scout car. The Midwest plant that is turning it out has trained American automotive workers for every job on the line." View full size. 4x5 nitrate negative by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
December 1936. Dickens, Iowa. "Part of the L.H. Nissen family of ten living in a three-room shack. Rest of family at school. The whole house was of unusually high humidity. The wife said they could not dry out the bedding because of the poor ventilation. This is the living room and kitchen combined." View full size. Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Resettlement Administration.


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Woodworking with Wee Ones
Kids' imaginations are inversely proportional to their attention spans.
By David Ross Puls
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From the August 2010 issue #184
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Want to take up woodworking with your kids, but find it difficult to keep them in the shop? I share this desire and dilemma. I sheepishly admit that the diffi culties arise from my needs and notions, not those of my son. He is, of course, perfect in every way.
I believe that all of us old-fart woodworkers need to give up our foolish notions of design, technique, function and even completion if we are to encourage our kids to join us in our ligneous endeavors.
I learned quickly with my son that allowing him to follow his muse was utmost. It also took the pressure off me. He happily does as he pleases and I get to look brilliant with almost no effort. My son, Elvin, and I have clocked a gazillion hours (his count – it has only felt like a couple zillion to me) working on countless projects in my shop. And, I can honestly say that I have absolutely no idea what many of our creations are. They are of the highest caliber, however, and are of maximum coolness, according to Elvin.
Blog: Read Editor Chrispoher Schwarz's adventures in the shop with his youngest daughter, Katy.
Web site: Our "I Can Do That" page features projects that are ideal for budding woodworkers (with adult supervision, of course).
To buy: One of our favorite collections of beginner projects is John Nelson's "The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking."
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Chronic Pain Affects Growing Number of Minnesota Veterans
ST. PAUL (AP) - Thousands of Minnesota soldiers are returning from war with chronic pain from injuries that leave many of them impaired and even disabled.
An analysis of Department of Veterans Affairs data shows a steep increase in such injuries over the last decade.
For example, doctors at VA hospitals in Minneapolis, St. Cloud, Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., saw veterans with joint disorders at least 35,000 times in 2012, a 133 percent increase over 2003.
Nationally, according to a government report, musculoskeletal conditions were the No. 1 service-connected disability for veterans every year from 2007 to 2011.
Although some soldiers are injured in combat, others are hurt doing dangerous jobs, and some have pain caused by carrying the heavy weight of the very equipment meant to protect them.


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PORTLAND - The 4th-seeded Washington Huskies are on their way to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Huskies easily beat Mississippi State 71-58 in the first round.
Washington advances to the second round to play 5th-seeded Purdue. The Boilermakers beat Northern Iowa 61-56 earlier in the day.
PORTLAND - E'Twaun Moore had 17 points and fifth-seeded Purdue held off a late charge by 12th-seeded Northern Iowa for a 61-56 victory Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
JaJuan Johnson added 14 points for the Boilermakers (26-9), who led by as many as 14 in the West Regional at the Rose Garden Arena. Kwadzo Ahelegbe had 11 points for the Panthers (23-11), who closed to within 56-54 on Kerwin Dunham's 3-pointer with 17.4 seconds left. But Chris Kramer made a pair of free throws and Ahelegbe missed a layup on the rim with 7.7 seconds left for Northern Iowa. Lewis Jackson made one of two free throws on the other end to help seal it.
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Epic Songs Across the Steppe, A performance of Ukrainian and Kyrgyz epic songs. Fri., Feb. 23 at 7pm. $15, $13 seniors & members, $10 students. THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM, 222 E. 6 th St., bet 2nd & 3rd Aves. 212-228-0110. www.ukrainianmuseum.org.
Giovannis Atrium, 100 Washington St., 212-513-4133: WEEKLY JAZZ PERFORMANCE, Hear jazz vocalist Kathryn Farmer, pictured above, perform every Friday.
Greenwich House Music School, Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow St., 212-242-4770: ALLEN SHAWN, A program of his recent music, including Childhood Scenes (2002), for clarinet, violin, cello & piano. Thurs., March 1 at 8pm. $15, $10 students & seniors.
Greenwich Village Bistro, 13 Carmine St.; 212-206-9777: WHIRLED MUSIC, Series presents artists performing Jazz, Blues, New Soul, Bluegrass and more. Takes place nightly. No cover.
The Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave., corner E. 10th St., 212-352-3101, www.nyukuleleensemble.com: UKULELE ENSEMBLE, New Yorks only all-ukulele orchestra performs a concert in celebration of the release of their new CD. Sat., Feb. 24 at 8pm. $15.
The Encounter of Juan Bobo & Pedro Animal, Children participate in a circus-style play and in turn see how two charming characters from the Dominican Republic & Puerto Rico find friendship, self-esteem and confidence. Sat., Feb. 24. TEATROSEA, Los Kabayitos Puppet & Childrens Theatre, CSV Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk St., 2nd floor, bet. Delancey & Rivington Sts. $12.50 kids, $15 adults. 212-529-1545. www.sea-online.info.
Henry and Mudge, Based on the best-selling picture books by Cynthia Rylant about a boy and his lovable 182-pound companion. Thru Jan. 20. LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE, 121 Christopher St. $25. 212-279-4200.
Ruandi, A Cuban folktale about a boys adventures in his search for freedom. Presented in Spanish. Thru Jan. 28; Sat. & Sun. at 3pm. INSTITUTO ARTE TEATRAL INTERNACIONAL, 64 E. 4th St. $15, $10 kids, seniors & students. 212-505-6757. www.teatroiati.org.
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I am having some problems in this mission in the XML part. My line/arcs drawing are working great (tested manually).
The problem is that I tryed using elementTree and cElementTree to parse de XML doc, but the XMLBuilder just doesn't work. I got the libs from the official site and the latest version and installed.
What libs did you use to parse the doc in Python? I think it is possible using regex (re), but it would be so complicated. I don't know, my Python 2.6.4 didn't came with XML libs. Could anyone help me to see the light?
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Ruth Rylander, 93 - September 24, 2008
Ruth M. Rylander, 93, of Gothenburg, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at North Platte.
Graveside services and burial were held on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Gothenburg Cemetery with the Rev. Rick Rehmert officiating.
Rylander was born Jan. 27, 1915, at Almena, KS, to Rudolph and Ruth Alice (Fishburn) Portiner. She and her family moved to Gothenburg when she was 6 years of age.
She was united in marriage to John Arlt at North Platte. To this union, a daughter was born. He died April 26, 1944.
She then married Frank Rylander on Aug. 15, 1946, at Lexington. He died Dec. 20, 1962.
Rylander had spent most of her life as a homemaker. She also taught Sunday school for at the Church of the Nazarene.
She enjoyed her church and teaching as well as spending time with her pets and her family, and reading, sewing, making quilts, drawing and writing, according to family members.
Rylander was preceded in death by: her parents, Rudolph and Ruth Alice; her first husband, John Arlt in 1944; her second husband, Frank Rylander in 1962; five brothers—Harry, Harvey, Fred, Everett and Walter; a sister, Viola Standford; great-grandchildren—Anthony and Mindy Howell.
?Survivors include: her daughter, L. Ruthie Rylander of Gothenburg; a sister, Maxine Lawson of Lincoln; two grandchildren—Tammy Kottwitz of Hastings and Robin Howell of Gothenburg; five great-grandchildren—Mandy Miller of Minden, Shannon and Magen James of Lincoln, Ashley and Brandon Howell of Gothenburg; four great-great-grandchildren—Abby, Alexander and Breanna Miller of Minden, and Camran Howell of Gothenburg.
Memorials are suggested to the family in care of Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel, 620 10th St., Gothenburg, NE 69138.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blase strauser.com. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg.
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I'm 19 and have been a hobbyist programmer since I was a freshman in high school (2002). I recently graduated in May of '08. Right out of high school I had my first job programming contract work for a company (got noticed off of my personal website). Originally the CEO and I had discussed working for about a year from home before going out there, as recently graduated, no previous jobs, no money, and them wanting me to move across the United States, after 6 weeks of work and two projects I made my decision to stay with my family because my father might lose his job, and with my sister and mother trying to finish college I want to be here to help out in case things get real rough. - Contract work stopped there, which was fine with me, I expected it.
During my time working for them I learned at a rapid rate, and I was very eager and happy to work well over 12 hours a day to get whatever they threw at me done. I worked directly under a senior developer, whose a friend of mine and they seemed to like my work and that I was doing a good job. Working for them as a whole was very good, professional, and very comfortable.
I've always thought that school is a joke and doesn't really prove anything (my high school grades show it, minus all the technology classes I aced) - But I always feel that I don't truly know enough to secure a good programming job. Visual Basic .NET, C#, WinForms, sockets, are some of my skills.., but I am very modest about what I know, because there is just so much I need to learn.
Question is.. how valuable can college "really" be? How can I really polish my skills up and fill in the holes of knowledge I may be missing? How can I really find out what I need to focus on, and where to go next?
I find myself overwhelmed a lot of the time because I try to run a software development website, many projects, as well as helping other programmers who know much less than me, and of course personal life, its all very frustrating. I have many directions to go, but I'm paralyzed in which way to pick..
I've read many topics on this already here, and on the net, but I'm young still and it feels like a lot of it doesn't apply to me.


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We left both CPU cores running at full load for 30 minutes. All
temperatures were logged using the CoreTemp 0.99.3 and the software itself. We took the measurements with the CPU running both at at stock speeds and under overclocking:
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From Henri Matisse to Judy Chicago, 9 Artists Who Designed Dazzling Stained Glass Windows
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Joaquin Torres-Garcia came to be known for his affiliation to various modernist art movements that variously sought to combine European precedents of abstraction with South American imagery and life. At various times, he was associated with Noucentisme and Theo van Doesburg's Neoplasticism. With fellow Uruguayan artist Rafael Pérez Barradas, Torres-Garcia developed Vibrationism, a style concerned with combined formal elements of Cubism and Futurism with urban imagery. Works made in this style had compositions based upon loose grids, then filled with linear symbols; these would become some of his best known and most influential pieces. He also developed Universalismo Constructivo (Constructive Universalism), which sought to identify a universal structural unity through abstraction. Torres-Garcia eventually founded Taller Torres-Garcia, an avant-garde school that sought to blur hierarchical distinctions between arts and crafts.
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Enrichment Federal Credit Union's Roane County Branch finished its biggest Gloves of Love campaign ever over the holiday season.
In the campaign, the public donates new gloves, hats and scarves for area school children.
"This is the largest donation we have been able to give the schools," said Becky Woody, Enrichment Roane County Branch manager. "We collected 1,600 items this year."
The credit union started the Gloves of Love campaign in 2009 to collect knit winterwear for area students.
Tennessee Valley residents set a single-day record for electricity use while keeping warm during last week's arctic cold wave, Tennessee Valley Authority representatives said.
Homes and businesses across TVA's seven-state region used 703 gigawatt-hours of electricity on Jan. 7, the most ever for a 24-hour, one-day period.
This came one day after TVA had its fourth-highest "energy day" ever — on Jan. 6, with 678 gigawatt-hours.
TVA's previous record was 701 gigawatt-hours on Jan. 8, 2010.
Melissa Voss Lapsa, deputy director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Buidling Technologies Research and Integration Center, will be the guest speaker at this week's Friends of ORNL luncheon lecture.
Lapsa will discuss ORNL's award-winning sustainability program during the luncheon that begins at 11 a.m. Jan. 14 in University of Tennessee Resource Center at 1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.
The catered luncheon is $8 per person.
While celebrations for the holiday season were underway, the U.S. Department of Energy commemorated a milestone of its own.
Six days before Christmas, demolition of the K-25 gaseous diffusion building, the largest facility in the DOE complex at the K-25 complex in Roane County, was officially completed.
"Today marks a tremendous accomplishment for the American people — advancing our commitment to the safe and complete cleanup of former Manhattan Project sites," said Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman at a ceremony marking the occasion.
Roane State Community College's Tennessee Small Business Development Center is offering a couple of free workshops this month to help area business owners and entrepreneurs.
The first seminar, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 15, will help business owners learn how to do business with the government.
A small business start-up seminar will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 30.
Both seminars will be in Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
This is the first of two reviews of our 2013 "Out to Lunch" adventures.
These are places that made a strong impression on my wife, Carol, and me as we look back on the year.
For more about the places we visit, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Jake's Tavern and Grill opened last March in Rockwood on Hwy. 27 next to Fowler's Furniture and behind Goodwill Industries.
We invited Don and Bonita Fowler to join us.
Rockwood physician Angela E. Meadows is Rockwood Business and Professional Women's Employer of the Year.
"Although a doctor's office is a different dynamic from a retail operation or an industrial setting, addressing the concerns of women in the workplace remains the same in all settings," said Meadows' nomination.
Meadows practices medicine with Dr. Eric Bowman in Summit Medical Group at 450 S. Chamberlain Ave., Suite 300.
Manufacturing employers are welcome to participate in a Jan. 23 job fair for Roane State Community College students training to become manufacturing technicians.
Roane State offers courses in composite materials, has a one-year mechatronics certificate program, and provides a variety of courses through its Advanced Materials Training and Education Center.
A telephone call from one of my "Out To Lunch" scouts, Darlene Brandel, prompted me to set a date for my visit to Roane Street Grill in Harriman.
"My husband, Lee, and I went there for lunch after church Sunday," she said. "He had the Sunday buffet, and I ordered from the menu. You'll like it."
My wife, Carol, and I became acquainted with Darlene and Lee when they joined Kingston First Baptist Church. Darlene has recommended other places to visit for "Out to Lunch."
The Roane Alliance received a Silver Award on behalf of Roane County at the TVA Valley Sustainable Communities Program Recognition Luncheon on Dec. 3 in Nashville.
The award ceremony honored 13 communities from across the Tennessee Valley.
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Just before my 50K warranty was up (I'm now approaching 52K shortly), the battery died on me with complete failure; it wouldn't recharge and the only way to get the car started was to jump it even after driving 200 miles w/o stopping, and I did check to make sure the alternator was working properly. So the battery died on me in 35 months of use, at 49,000 miles or so.
Found out Audi doesn't cover the battery past 12K or 12 months, and that's a darn shame. Audi should be ashamed of themselves for that terrible managment decision. Again, I think they must of hired a former Chrysler employee who's advising them poorly on their warranty terms. I was angry that the battery wasn't AT LEAST covered on a PRO RATED basis, which is the bare minimum standard. So in 2005 they did, but in 2006 they decided to go cheap. Seems not a coincidence that as soon as they shorten the warranty, they start installing batteries that can't even last 3 years or 50,000 miles.
I know I got raped by the dealer, but installation and new battery cost me about $250! 1 hour of labor to install a battery>??? probably took them 10 minutes at most! and their labor rates in CA are astronomical. The actual battery cost of abotu $115 isn't too bad actually, considering the replacement does have a 4 year prorated warranty!Toy '16 Audi TTS quattro AWD, Commuter '17 VW Golf AllTrack SE 4-Motion AWD, Wife's '16 Kia Optima LX 1.6T FWD0
ls_jr Posts: 1Hi - I'm a newbie here so hope I am not posting in the wrong place!
Has anybody had problems with the shift paddles on DSG equpped Audis?
So our '06 A3 w/ the DSG has ~45k miles now. The up (right) paddle on the steering column became loose about 6 months ago so that you could not engage the next gear unless you flicked it towards you along the very bottom edge of the paddle. I figured we'd get it in at the 45k service and get it replaced before the warranty ran out - no need for an extra trip, right?
About a week ago the paddle actually fell off with no prompting from us. Our dealership declined it as a warranty item first stating it was a plastic trim piece. When I pressed and got to the service manager he said as it had fallen off, it was due to our use / abuse and would not be covered. He further said if we had come in while it was still hanging loose it would of probably been covered(?!?). He quoted me ~$400 for the replacement.
I contacted Audi Customer Care (not an accurate title in my opinion) regarding this. They took 24 hours to get back to me. When they did, they declined any assistance in the form of warranty repair or even a discount on the cost of the work. I would have accepted just about any peace offering just to see they were willing to listen and prperly respond. They too said it was due to our use.
I asked if I could speak to a manager but they indirectly declined, saying there were managers there but only for administrative purposes and it would be of no use to talk with them.
I have had 2 Audis, 3 VW's including a current 01 Passat and others have relied on my recommendation before purchasing similar rides. Next time I will not provide such glowing reviews and I am considering walking away from Audi the next time around. There are a lot of other quality manufacturers out there that stand behind their products better than Audi these days.
Oh yeah, also at this service we were told a leaking strut was not a warranty item and they proposed a ~$400 estimate for that too. Some other quality issues are a chronic check engine light (cleared by software usually but now have replaced a damper motor and something about intake runners); finish has peeled of the window switches, CV boot failed spewing grease everywhere; sun shade latch has fallen apert 4 times (which they've continued to replace).
Sorry to rant - just very frustrated by this bad experience. Thanks for listening and if I have posted in the wrong place, lemme know.
I just got my 2009 A3 1 month ago today and I am very disapointed. I have a white one with the S-line and Open Sky package. I purchased the car and noticed a strange noise every time the car shifted gears. At first I thought it was cheap gas, because it had a pinging noise. I called the dealership where I purchased it from and asked them what octane gas they put in it, and they said premium. I told them about the noise and they said they have never heard of this before. I told them I was going to feel the tank again and put in premium myself and see if it makes the same noise. So I filled the tank and the noise was still happening, so I told the dealership and they said to take it in to the nearest Audi dealership to fix the problem. I took the car to Audi of Mission Viejo and they said they cannot detect the noise I was describing. I asked if I could go on for a drive with the tech and they said yes. I went for a drive with the tech and he heard the noise I was referring to and he said that it is best described as a burp in-between gear shifts. He also said that the type of transmission they put in the A3 makes the exhaust have this noise. Lou also said that the 2006 & 2007's used to make the noise twice as loud and to fix it they were replacing the exhaust. Audi sys they are not willing to do anything to fix it and that the noise is normal for the car. Does anyone else here this on their A3's?0
I believe you with Audi USA, they treated me like crap on my new A3 and it only has 400 miles on it. I just posted that my A3 makes a strange noise between every gear. They said it is a natural noise and there is nothing they can or will do about it. I have the New Motor Vehicle Board involved right now. I wish I never bought this car. I should have stuck with Infiniti.0
My 2009 A3 has 1035 miles and I already hate it and I am going to put it up for sale and lose the money that I put down on it. I am a big car guy and this is the first time ever that I want to get rid of a car in the first month of ownership.
Very dissapointed!!!0
Didn't you bother to test-drive the vehicle you ended up buying?
Why would you buy something in a condition where you couldn't live with it for even a few months?
Do other A3's make the same noise, that would be the fair way to resolve this dispute with Audi. Compare yours to other A3's, if they sound the same, then Audi is right, if they don't, then you are right and Audi is wrong.Toy '16 Audi TTS quattro AWD, Commuter '17 VW Golf AllTrack SE 4-Motion AWD, Wife's '16 Kia Optima LX 1.6T FWD0
utahjake Posts: 20Follow up - at 12,000 miles wouldn't turn over on the first time during the winter. I got rid of it. Now happily driving a Subaru. :lemon:0
I test drove a used 08 because the dealer did not have any 09's at the time. I did not hear the noise in the 08 because the sales rep and I were talking the whole time. I did like the way it drove and called another dealer and did the deal on the phone and just picked it up after the dealing was done. I should have drove the one I bought, but I didn't. It had 5 miles on it when I bought it. I am going to go test drive a couple of other A3's and see if they make the same noise. I just wish Audi would replace the exhaust system.0
zeketoronto Posts: 1I've got an '09 A3 2.0T DSG with everything except quattro and nav. I couldn't be happier. Just had the first service done at 8000kms and couldn't think of a single thing to complain about. Even my dealer experience has been exemplary.
The A3 is a very deceptive car ... small enough to make darting in and out of inner-city traffic and squeezing into tight parking spaces easy, but heavy enough--and with a sufficiently airy cabin--that you feel like you're in a much larger car on the freeway. I also like the fact that, although it's small, it's very well equipped and nicely appointed. When you spend a lot of time stuck in traffic, you really appreciate a good interior, some toys and a nice sound system.
Fuel economy has averaged mid 20s (miles per American gallon) in mixed, but spirited driving. On the highway I've maxed at 30 (with cruise control on 75mph). The Continental tires have been quiet and the fronts showed no signs of wear when they got rotated during the first service. That surprised me a bit, considering how difficult it is to take off from a standing start using any amount of throttle without hearing from them.
The only way I can see to improve this car would be to add the quattro system, which would help avoid the inevitable torque steer of a high-powered front-wheel driver. But despite owing AWD Subies and Audis in the past, since my A3's primary function is as a city car, I just couldn't justify the extra expense.0
schlagloch Posts: 1Well its no longer quite new -- it has almost 12k miles on it.
The faster I drive the better gas mileage I get -- highway I average over 32mpg (not quite the
same as a diesel) -- and that is with a quatro. (I used to get 20 max on my 97 A4 2.8 quatro).
Car handles great, accelerates great.
1 - Its now consuming 1.5quarts oil every 5k miles. dealer says I should feel lucky its not using 1 quart per 1700 miles which is the manufacturer spec -- I have a hard time believing this ... As a courtesy deal fills up my oil when the light comes on!
2 - At highway speeds I could hear a noise rushing noise coming from the driver window area.
after repeated attempts to fix it, the noise now has become a whistling sound. Dealer first
said I should increase the radio volume (which did not overshadow the noise). We are now
replacing the mirror assembly for the 2nd time.
3 - climate control works weird when AC is enabled and outside temp is less than inside setting.0
I have a hard time believing this ... As a courtesy deal fills up my oil when the light comes on!
Do not wait till the oil light comes on!!! That is abuse. I believe it only comes on when you are two full quarts low!
Check your oil, the dipstick tells you if your .1 to 1.0 quart low. Add as required. These are High Performance vehicles, do not neglect.Toy '16 Audi TTS quattro AWD, Commuter '17 VW Golf AllTrack SE 4-Motion AWD, Wife's '16 Kia Optima LX 1.6T FWD0
pathy04 Posts: 27After several years i bought this A3 TDI.Its my first diesel as well. I love it, i thought 140hp may not be sufficient and with the whole family uphill/downhill drives into the Sierra went well effortlessly. i beleive the high-torque compensates for it
i have few questions if anyone can guide me
(1) while in S or D when it approaches to a stop it kind of jerks(as if i am applying breaks harlly). all i'm doing is just ease the foot of the gas pedal. is this normal?
i tried with the s-tronic "+" and "-" as a test to drive around and the results are the same
(2) is there an option to set the Navigation(map screen) as the default or like a home-page when the ignition is on, also how can i eject the DVD out of the navigation to play my normal cd's?
(3) is there a 3M/clear-bra pre-cut protection for Just Head-lights?
(4) the Audi-site and the sticker says 17" 10 spoke design for all premium-plus model, but i have only a 5 spoke wheel. i have not called in the dealer yet and i do not want to embarrass myself before verifying the info
(5) which brand ULS Disel is good for this vehicle, is there any particular brand that is consistently performs better
(6) also i wanted a all-weather floor mats, but i got a black carpeted one (which is un-opened /un-packed), would anyone be interested in?