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Hard to believe that installing a OBC to your E30 is causing so many problems. I hope it all works out in the end. If not, there is always Kamal!
I'm sure the harness connections are good because all of the functions of the OBC work, and the buttons light up. I called the dealership to try to order a lightbar to see if that was the problem, but their electrical parts aren't returnable. , so I want to confirm before I order anything. I will try to voltmeter the leads if I could fit them in there to begin with...
Light bar test #00003 If you still have doubts about the light bar, you can always hook up the two terminals to a battery (4 AAs put in series would be enough) to see if the light bulbs glow. Don't exceed 12v though.
You're a genious... can't believe I haven't thought of that. 4 years of electronics in trade school and I remembered not a damned thing... Now to find 4 AA batteries; what a challenge that can be! EDIT: Used a 9v battery (says 10v max on the circuit board). Unfortunately, the light bar did light up, so that means there's something wrong with my OBC. What a waste of my life...
Sorry, I had a long and confusing day so my spelling took a back seat. Could be worse, eh genius? The bright side is that I don't have to send back my light bar... Bad news is that I have to get a new OBC. Anyone have one they want to get rid of?
Botond: I might have one that I can spare. Also do you know which coding plug you need (p/n)? I will look when I get home. It won't be perfect and the light bar is burned out, but it should work fine otherwise. This has been a busy week for me, so I have not had time to check in here. I installed the full function obc into my 318i. Replace the euro analog clock I did have in it. Still kind wish I still had that in, but I really like the temp gauge. I also had trouble getting the light bar to work. It was working intermittently. So when I had the dash apart for another reason I thought I would unplug the light bar a couple times to see if I could get the connection better. Well that was a bad idea. Also shame on me for putting everything back together before testing. The result was a light bar that no longer worked. I then bought a new one from BMW, reinstalled and it does work 99% of the time, but there are occasions that it doesn't. Very strange. Lets just say I am very good a taking apart and reassembling my dash now.
Actually, I got a hold of three OBC's yesterday while I was picking up an 'is' spoiler. I tore down my dash and installed all three on the spot to see if any of them would work and they all worked, but none of them had the display illuminated. I don't know if all three had bad lightbars, and unfortunately I didn't have my "brand new" lightbar with me; it was over 60 miles away. What a bummer. I brought all three of them home and will be testing the lightbars with a 9v battery later today like I did with my new one. Hopefully they will all test bad so I have hope if it just being bad lightbars. EDIT: I tested all three lightbars with a 9v battery and none of them lit up, so my current guess is that if I pop in my new lightbar into one of them then I will have a working OBC! Will keep you posted.
Congratulations and best wishes! I have been following your adventures here with interest. I too am foolish enough to be considering replacing the 6 button computer on my 1991 318i. Where did you find instructions on how to install the 13 button computer? What is the total parts list required? Is it too much trouble for what it's worth? (Do you have any left over harnesses, OBCs, lightbars you want to get rid of?)
Does anyone know what coding plugs will work for my car? I've done searches and can't seem to find consistent part numbers for which plug I need for the OBC. The part numbers that I found end in: 373 698 381 795 381 320 Of the total 4 OBCs that I have in my possesion, the part plugs that I have are: 381 793 381 792 375 826 375 814 Would any of these work with a 325e built in 9/86? Would any of these work if I swap a s50 (I'm firming up on a deal)? The one I have in the car now probably isn't the right one because yesterday it computed me averaging 35mpg on a trip. Not with my right foot, that's for sure. (381 792)
Update: Just after posting, I found a list of the coding plugs for the different models: 318i 3-3 TYP 65-81-1-376-027 325e 3-8 TYP 65-81-1-373-698 84-9/86 325e 3-1.4 TYP 65-81-1-381-795 9/86-9/87 325e 3-1.4 TYP 65-81-1-385-941 9/87- 325i 3-1.2 TYP 65-81-1-381-793 up to 9/87 M3 3-1.1 TYP 65-81-1-381-792 528e 5-8 TYP 65-81-1-375-814 85-87 528e 5-1.3 TYP 65-81-1-385-031 88+ 535i 5-6 TYP 65-81-1-375-826 M5 6-4 TYP 65-81-1-375-812 635CSi 6-2 TYP 65-81-1-375-021 85-87 M6 6-4 TYP 65-81-1-376-208 735i 7-4 TYP 65-81-1-375-823 85-87 So I've determined with certainty that I need the one ending in 381-795. Problem is, I have 792 (for an E30 M3) and 793 (for 325i) but not 795, which I need. The closest I found that I do have is 814, which is for the 528e. That will do for now. The only thing I expect to be off is the Range calculation, which I don't too much care about. And, the good news is that I found a working candidate. The bar bar works beautifully and I can now see my display without using my iPhone to light it up! The car is now back together and the problem is solved. Now my currently dilemma; the antenna grommet being a pain to install, but that's a story for another day. Thanks everyone for your help!
Botond: For the grommet, boil water on the stove. Put the the grommet in a travel coffee mug. Pour the boiling water into the mug and put the lid on. Take out to the car and with the grommet all soft from the hot water quickly attempt to put the grommet on while still hot. Don't burn yourself!!! Put back in hot water if it cools off before you get it in. It is much easier if your remove the whole power antenna assembly first. Put the grommet in and then the assembly back in. Regarding the coding plugs, do you have the one for the 318i? May I have it if you do? I have a 373-698 if you want it. I am not sure which one is in my car.
Brian: It is not too hard to install the larger 9 button obc. It just takes patience and with what I know you have done, I think you can do it just fine. It will require removing the gauge cluster, Radio/HVAC plate, and center console. If you have a six button then the temp gauge is already wired for you. Just be careful when putting the wireing loom in. Just run it where the existing wiring harness is. Take care with the wire straps. They do come undone without breaking if you take care. This is what you will need. Large OBC OBC Control Unit Wiring Loom/harness Gone/chime (you might already have) Turn signal stalk, for the cool remote control! Alarm buzzer, (if you want this, I didn't install it, goes in engine bay) Temp sensor, (You should already have this) To get all this you can try a number of sources. I would start with your local junk yard, advertisers in Roundel, then ebay, and place an ad in markerplace here and Roundel. Expect to pay between $50 and $100 for everything.
Botond: Where did you get that list of p/n for the coding plugs? Real OEM doesn't list 9 button OBC for some US models, all 318i/is for instance. But does for Euro models, but I got a different p/n than you have listed. Thanks!
After that post, I had to drop someone off (it was already dark) and I realized that I forgot to migrate the perfect bulb for the keypad lighting to the "new" OBC. Looks like I'll be doing this ALL OVER AGAIN TOMORROW. Grant, I have multiple coding plugs, but none of them are for a 318i. I do have one for an M3, though, but I wouldn't advise using it as the engine, fuel tank, and other things are different. I have coding plugs for: E28 M5 or 535is (65 81 1 375 826), E30 M3 (65 81 1 381 792), E28 528e (forgot part # - currently installed, and I'm using this one now), and an E30 325i (65 81 1 381 793). If anyone needs any of these, let me know. That coding plug that you have is for a 325e, but for a model with what I think is a smaller fuel tank. I do know that there was some kind of change between the early 325e models and my 87 because I have two different coding plugs listed for my build date 9/86, one of which is the earlier one (yours) and one that's later (ending 795). Brian, It's not really a hard thing to change the OBC, it just takes lots of time. I remember reading your article on iPod integration in Roundel and thought "boy I'd like to make an article - if I wasn't so incompetant". This project just requires you to be very careful, as you're dealing with old plastics and materials that can break easily. A rundown of the swap (prepare a nighttime snack/drink and reading glasses as this will take a while): The kit consists of the 13-button OBC (required), * wiring harness (required) [not sure of part #] * turn signal stalk with relay (optional) [keep in mind there is a separate stalk for cars with airbag and those without] * relay (part# 65 81 1 373 726 - I have NO idea what this part does and have not installed it) (optional) * new light bar (pretty much required - almost every OBC will come with a burned out light bar). You can get away with just buying a new bulb assembly as opposed to the whole housing + bulbs that I bought from BavAuto. Part # for the bulbs is: 62 11 1 368 299 and new bulb for the keypad illumination [standard 1.2W / 12V bulb you can find in the parts store] I also recommend you change your center illumination bulbs "while in there", which are also 1.2W / 12V bulbs. You will need two of these. I found that you do not need to remove the battery lead to do this swap. Nothing was harmed when I did it with the battery still connected. Steering Wheel You should begin by installing the wiring harness to set the stage for the swap. Begin by taking off the steering wheel (pry out the emblem in the middle if yours is so equipped) as this would provide easy access to swapping the stalk and taking out the instrument cluster. My steering wheel uses a 21mm nut, yours may be different. After you take the nut off but BEFORE you take the steering wheel off, mark the inside of the wheel and the steering column so that you could properly align the two when reinstalling. Instrument Cluster Once the steering wheel is off, you need to take out your instrument cluster. For this, you'll need to drop the kick panel surrounding the steering column by turning the (3) quarter-turn screws that hold it in place. This will provide you access to the two nuts you need to remove the plastic surround with. This is the surround that goes just above the steering column and under the instrument cluster. The nuts are located on the other side of this plastic piece, and there is one on each side of the steering column. To get a better idea of where they are, you will need to poke your head inside and look for two knurled silver nuts that are a PITA to remove (at least for me it was the first time I did it [I never put them back]). Once removed, just pop off this plastic piece to reveal some screws holding in the bottom part of the plastic surround that goes around the instrument cluster. Remove these screws (there should be 4) and look at the top part of this plastic, above the cluster. There should be two more screws, both at the top, that you need to remove. Once this plastic surround slides out, you will see the instrument cluster itself. There are two tabs, left and right on the top that you will see, that are held in place by screws. Take out the screws. At this point, I recommend you put some kind of cloth on the steering column to prevent scratching the cluster's front. To pull the instrument cluster out, pull a little bit on the tabs so that they are dislodged from their positions and lightly pull forward and down on the instrument cluster so it tilts outwards. Once out, the faces of the gauges should be facing the steering column, with the connectors facing upwards and visible to you. Disconnect the three wiring harnesses (yellow, blue, and white) by using a screwdriver to push the black tabs up and pulling the connectors off. Instrument cluster is now out. Center console and handbrake surround (not required) This section isn't required, but will make life easier when trying to reinstall the center controls in the dash, and I recommend doing this as it is easy enough not to be a pain. Start at the rear of the handbrake surround. Take out the rear ashtray and disconnect any lighting if applicable (mine wasn't connected). There is a plastic nut in there holding the surround in place. Use a 10mm socket to take it out. The whole surround slides a bit backwards, and to get it off you'll have to slide the handbrake boot off the handbrake. You might have to put the car in 1st, 3rd, or 5th gear to get the thing out as it will get caught in the shifter as you slide it forward. Once out, proceed to the shifter surround. Pull off the shift knob and take out the shift boot and insulation if you still have it. Pry out the window switches by reaching in and pushing them out of their holes and disconnect the switches. On either side of the surround, down in the footwells, there is a quarter-turn screw holding the surround to the center of the car (sorry for the lack of good description). Turn these screws and taken them out. Go back to the shifter area and take out the plastic nut in the shifter compartment. This also uses a 10mm socket. At this point, you should be able to pull the entire surround back and up. Disconnect the cigarette lighter bulb and power wires and set the surround aside. Your center section should now look like a race car's, with only carpet left! Center switches and OBC This is where we get to the OBC. First, take out your old 6-button OBC by prying the plastic surround off the OBC with a thin flatblade screwdriver. Once off, you'll see two tabs on the top and bottom. Use these tabs to remove the OBC from the dash. Disconnect the wiring harness by flipping the black lever. Unfortunately, this will be the last "easy' OBC disconnecting; the 13-button one is a PITA. Pry out and disconnect the top switches (rear window defrost, hazard, circuit breaker ('88 MY and earlier), and audio fader switches. There are two screws holding the plastic bezel in place, located in the top part of the second and fourth window-switch positions (from left to right). Use a flashlight and you will see them. They are small-headed but long screws. Take these out. Removal of the radio is not necessary for the OBC swap, but if you have an aftermarket radio, remove the faceplate and bezel to avoid damage. If you plan on replacing the center illumination bulbs, then you must remove the radio. Pull off the temperature control knob, the three slider control knobs, and the blower knob. Take a very thin flathead screwdriver and pry off the plastic cover that has the little drawings on it (for the HVAC controls, surrounds the three sliders). This will reveal four phillips screws. Remove these. Under the entire HVAC control unit, there are two screws on either side (left and right) that, along with the help of clips, help hold the HVAC controls firmly to the center of the dash. If you removed the handbrake console and shifter console, then you did yourself a favor; look at where the top of the cigarette ashtray would be (you wouldn't be able to fit your head here if you didn't remove the consoles) and you'll see openings on the left and right. In these openings are the screws that hold the HVAC controls into the dash. Remove these screws. At this point, the entire assembly should now pull forward, and by entire aseembly, I mean the assembly that holds the radio, switches, HVAC controls, and OBC. Pull this assembly forward so you could access the area where the OBC was installed. You'll notice the actual HVAC controls/unit should stay put, and only the plastic surround/assembly will slide forward. Look where the OBC should be. You'll see a black plastic piece screwed into the plastic assembly. Remove these four screws and take out this plastic piece. You should now be able to install your 13-button OBC into that spot, using the four screws you just removed from that plastic bracket. Before screwing it in, this is the time to change the bulb for the keypad illumination in the OBC (you'll see the bulb holder on the back of the unit) and the light bar. For the bulb, just use some pliers and twist the holder and pull out. For the light bar, use the pliers to pull the white tab on the side of the unit. Take off the circuit board from the white housing and put in the new bulb bar (if you ordered just the bulb bar), or if you ordered the entire housing with bulbs like I did from BavAuto (65 81 1 375 461), then just pop that new badboy in. Make sure you have the correct coding plug for your car, otherwise your range and possiblly mpg calculations will be off. Install the OBC into the OBC spot using the four screws you removed the plastic bracket with but do not push the entire assembly back just yet. At this point, the wiring harness needs to be installed. Wiring harness Look for the wiring harness with the green connector that you disconnected from your 6-button OBC and follow it through its routing. You'll notice that the harness is held in place by zip-tie looking plastic that lines the inside top of the dash. Be very careful as this plastic is very old and it will break, like it did with me, so don't expect to reuse it. I used some velcro to hold the cable bundles together. You'll follow the wiring harness until it reaches the instrument cluster section. The yellow connector that plugged into the instrument cluster is also attached to this harness. Take it out of the cable organization and keep following the harness to the left of the instrument cluster. At this point, I gave up in trying to take the old harness out because the next cable tie junction was way too far in and my hands were too big to fit in there. As a result, I just bundled the harness together, velcroed it and tucked it away so it wasn't in the way. If you do decide to go on, you'll see what I'm talking about. Once you get that "junction" to release the harness, continue down into the driver's footwell, where the harness continues. As I did not remove the old harness, I do not know what else this harness connects into, but it should be a temperature sensor connector (one or two pin, with a white connector housing). Here is a list of connectors on this wiring harness. This description is from strictlyeta.net's article on this procedure (http://www.strictlyeta.net/technical/obcretrofit.html): So, install your new wiring harness, routing it the same way that the old one was. The yellow connector should end up in the instrument cluster well, the green connector should end up where the OBC is installed, the white connector should end up in the footwell somewhere where the mess of wiring is, and the blue connector should end up there as well, under the steering column. Turn signal stalk and relay (optional) Remove the bottom plastic cover for the steering column by taking out the two screws holding it in. You should see these two phillips screws where the steering wheel would otherwise be covering it. The screw heads are facing upwards. There are two more long screws holding the cover in place. Look on the bottom of the cover and you'll see a long horizontal opening. Look in here and you'll find your two screws. Remove these and the cover to expose the wiring for the turn signal stalk. The stalk itself is screwed to the steering column by two screws that you'll see when you remove the cover. There is an additional screw that is used to screw the grounding wire to the column, which you will also see. Unscrew these screws and remove the turn signal stalk, disconnecting the connector with the brown/yellow wiring (maybe your colors will be different). This is a "you'll see when you do it" section. You can leave the relay attached to the turn signal stalk (black box) or attach it to the "new" one if it doesn't have one. They are the same part number. I used the new stalk's relay because the sound was slightly different, deeper. I liked it enough to use the new one! The old stalk will have a wiring harness that connects into the white plastic assembly of connectors that are attached together. You'll see when you do it. The way you "disassemble" this plastic orgy of connectors is by sliding them on or off (they don't "detach", they slide). Once you slide off all the connectors off from each other, remove the stalk along with harness. Install the new stalk with harness the same exact way in reverse order as you removed the old stalk. There is an extra connector though (blue) that you will plug into the blue connector in the OBC harness that you dropped down. Now's the time for you to install that black box relay I mentioned earlier (I have no idea what it does). I do not know where it mounts and I do not know what connects into it, so you're on your own here. Once everything's connected with the stalk (be sure to screw in the grounding wire where the old one was screwed in!), you can reinstall the steering column cover. Now's the time for you to install that black box relay I mentioned earlier (I have no idea what it does). I do not know where it mounts and I do not know what connects into it, so you're on your own here. Reconnecting everything Now that the harness is in place, you can reinstall the instrument cluster, plugging in the white connector, blue connector, and the new yellow connector from the new harness. Installation is reverse of removal, and take special care not to break off the mounting tabs from the cluster. Try to install the cluster the same way by tilting it back in. You will have to play with it for it to go back in properly. You will also have a very hard time reinstalling it if the plastic zip tie things broke off inside, because the wiring harness must be routed above the cluster for it to fit properly. If the plastic ties break off, good luck trying to mount the harness to the top. I used velcro to hold it up while I installed the cluster. You can put back all the screws and trim except for the black plastic cover that goes right over the steering column. Install this last. Please, please, PLEASE test the lighting to make sure everything works properly. Turn the key to ignition II and test the functionality of the OBC and turn on the lights to make sure your light bar lights up and the keypad illuminates. As for the center controls, you can push the entire assembly back, making sure to line up the HVAC sliders into their "tracks". If you want to install new illumination bulbs, do it before you push everything back. One bulb is located on the bottom right in plain sight, and the other is located just under the radio on the left. If you do these bulbs, you will have to remove the radio to get to the left bulb. When pushing the entire control assembly back, make sure to have the sliders for the HVAC controls correctly line up in their "tracks" with the plastic bezel because otherwise you won't be able to push the plastic assembly back properly. When the sliders properly stick through the plastic bezel, put back the four screws that you removed. This will hold the entire thing together and keep it from falling apart on you. While pushing the assembly back, take care not to allow the connectors for the hazard switches etc. fall in behind the radio, otherwise you'll never get them out without taking it apart again. Reinstall the two bottom screws that you can only see from the shifter area, and then the two thin and long screws along the top of the bezel (remember, 2nd and 4th switch positions). Reinstall all switches and reinstall the faceplate for the HVAC controls before putting back the control knobs. If there's anything I forgot, reinstall it. *phew*
Holy Heck! You have a massively good memory. This is excellent documentation. Thank you for doing the documenting because it will be useful for many people after you. Perseverance is a gift. We're all incompetent; just some of us are too dumb to feel discouraged. Seriously, there are plenty of editors out there to reject your work; why reject yourself before you try? Ninety percent of achievement is just showing up.
I'm usually too lazy to start projects like this, and when I do, I forget to take pictures or to even bother memorizing things. Since I'll be taking most of it apart again today, I'll take pics of the actual OBC swap. I won't be disassembling the steering column or instrument cluster again though... I forgot to mention - Grant, I got the grommet on, though in a strange way. I don't think I did it right, but it seems to be staying put. I put it in from the top and I used a very thin screwdriver to tuck the lip of the grommet into the hole. It seems like it's staying put, but if I was to touch the grommet from the underside then a part of it would pop out and eventually the rest would as well. I took out the old power antenna because it's a piece of garbage and just filled the hole by putting in a dime to cover the opening.


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2 oz Baby Arugula
1/2 Onion, sliced
1 large Tomatoes, sliced
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Monday, July 07, 2008
Gee, that's eight!
And that would not have been right…particularly since the G8 marks Scooter B.'s (President Bush to the uninitiated) first sit-down with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Note - with so many news anchors fucking up the pronunciation of Medvedev, a bitch sees a decrease in the coverage of all things Russian on the horizon.
A bitch has been waiting for this meeting ever since Scooter B. bid farewell to Vladimir Putin…and you know that must have been hard 'cause they were linked at the soul ever since Scooter B. gazed deeply into Vladimir's eyes.
Anyhoo, Scooter B. gave his thoughts on President Medvedev after the meeting, calling his a "smart guy." He went on to add "I'm not going to sit here and psychoanalyze the guy."
Well, shit…that would have been a show worth buying tickets for!
And then he followed that up with a dash of "He's comfortable and confident, and I believe when he tells me something, he means it."
Awww, now that's the way to make nice before pushing for a missile defense system to be built on your new comrade's border.
***cue Lara's theme from Dr. Zhivago***
5 comments:
- GDAEman said...
Scooter B. is an embarrassment as well as a war criminal.
I'm reminded of an earlier visit by Bush to Russia that appears in Vincent Bugliosi's "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder." Bush was sitting next to the Chinese president Hu Jintao and asked if how long it took for him to get home. President Hu said his flight to Beijing was eight hours. Bush, with an open mic on said, "me too." Duh... - 2:04 PM
- servetus said...
Well, you know, "everybody has a birthday." (quoted in New York Times).
Sigh. - 2:13 PM
What you know 'bout "Dr. Zhivago ? Smile... - 3:28 PM
He sees him as 'smart'...wow said from Scotter who doesn't know that about a zillion folks are smarter than him? roflmao
- Dusty said...
The quote from our Asshat-in-Chief really raised my blood pressure Shark Fu. ;p
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In the frozen north of Scandinavia, Lapland is starting to look its seasonal best, says Chris Leadbeater. WHAT'S THE ATTRACTION?
This northerly and ice-bound portion of Europe is surely the greatest destination for those who want to enjoy winter in its purest form.
The breezy appeal of Lapland - a grand expanse of frozen Arctic tundra, craggy mountains, dense forest and gap-toothed coast - is well defined. Even during winter, when the sun barely rises, holidaymakers flock to the region seeking everything from its frosty ski resorts and the spectral hues of the aurora borealis to the (spoiler alert) mystical figure of Santa Claus.
What is less delineated is Lapland's precise location. Officially, only Finland and Sweden refer to their uppermost reaches as Lapland. But the Saami Council - the representative body for the indigenous people who have long scratched a living from this Nordic end-zone - sees its remit as extending west into Norway and east into the first flourishes of Russia. In effect, any area of the Nordic landmass that lies above the Arctic Circle can be considered a part of Lapland - certainly in terms of appearance, atmosphere and spirit.
Despite this geographical confusion, information on travel to Lapland is plentiful - and available at visitfinland.com, laplandfinland.com, visitnorway.com, northernnorway.com, visitsweden.com and swedishlapland.com.
A team of huskies harnessed to a sledge is a classic symbol of Lapland's wintry charm. Endless specialists run hound-powered jaunts through the snow, but those who want to try the activity at its most challenging might be attracted to the Arctic Circle Dogsled Expedition run by Exodus. This one-week adventure takes in some of the least-visited corners of Arctic Sweden.
Witnessing the aurora borealis is one of life's quasi-supernatural joys, and Lapland is a prime spot in which to catch the show. What's more, this winter has been forecast as a particularly bright period for the lights. Boost your viewing chances on one of the Northern Lights Flights departing from Spaceport Sweden, near Kiruna. These one-hour trips take you above the weather for a clear view.
Spectral hues aside, Lapland is also fascinating at ground level - particularly if you opt to go traditional and hole up in an igloo. Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, at Saariselka in Finnish Lapland, proffers a cluster of these icy dwellings, for €390 (NZ$683) per night, based on two sharing, half board. For less hardy souls, luxury glass igloos (which let you observe the night sky, and possibly the Northern Lights, from your bed) cost from €342 per night, room only.
With its northerly latitudes, Lapland is a colder and snowier place for skiing than the Alps - the season can begin in October and end as late as June. Ski Lapland offers breaks to Finnish resorts such as Levi, Ruka and Ylls. The latter is the largest ski zone in Finland with 33 miles of pistes.
As Europe's final frontier, Lapland is ripe for exploration - and not merely in the chill of winter. Anyone keen to crawl under the region's skin may be tempted by the Above the Arctic Circle tour, run by Explore. Participants sleep in basic camps, and tick off Sweden's Abisko National Park, Finland's Lake Inarijarvi and Norway's North Cape.
While much of the region is raw and wild, Lapland has its urban pockets - such as Tromso, its second-largest city (behind Russia's Murmansk). Perched on an island just off the north coast of Norway, it is popular with weekenders. There is the stunning iceberg-esque Arctic Cathedral, while the Polar Museum traces the Arctic explorers who have set off from here. Rooms at the Rica Ishavshotel start at NOK1295 (NZ$291), including breakfast.
Geared towards children yet to learn the disappointing truth are numerous Lapland outlets where "Santa Claus" doles out presents to the faithful. Santa Claus Village, near Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, is practically a theme park, where festive glitz is laid on thick. Meanwhile, tiny, family-run Santa's Cottage will make even the most cynical of adults feel five years old again.
Packages to Santa's Lapland in Saariselka, Finland, are offered by Esprit.
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Reporter-Turned-APPF Spokesperson Becky Shay Is Now On The Job Market
Yet [Hilton has] struggled to keep up with far smaller financial obligations, such as $1,000 debt to a Hardin bed and breakfast where he and several associates stayed for several days in September. Hilton said he was "transferring money from one account to another account" to pay off the debt.Such promises appear to be stacking up too quickly for Hilton's Montana spokeswoman, Becky Shay, who is now seeking [Greg] Smith's former post at the Two Rivers Authority after failing to receive a paycheck from Hilton after three weeks on the job.
Shay quit her job as a reporter covering Hardin for the Billings Gazette Sept. 25, when Hilton offered her $60,000 a year and a company car. After the Mercedes SUV she was using courtesy of Hilton was reclaimed this week by Mafi, Hilton's former business partner, Shay was back in her old car -- a 1999 Dodge Intrepid with balding tires.
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Five months ago, Israel reached a ceasefire agreement with PA President Abbas, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. Despite the agreement, the terrorist groups have attempted a constant stream of attacks (most thwarted by Israeli security, and under-reported by the media).Last week was particularly deadly, with an Islamic Jihad suicide bombing outside a Netanya mall that killed five and wounded 90 Israelis, and Hamas rocket attacks over the Gaza border that claimed the life of 22-year old Dana Glakowitz, who had been sitting on her porch.
In response to these ongoing attacks, Israel acted against the Hamas leadership. Two major media outlets defied all logic and chronology to claim that it was Israel's response that 'ended' the ceasefire:
1) Washington Post reported:
The Israeli military killed seven members of Hamas on Friday in rocket strikes that renewed Israel's policy of assassinating militant Palestinian leaders and effectively marked the end of a five-month truce.
According to the Washington Post, dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad attacks did not break the ceasefire, but when Israel acted, that 'marked the end'. (This WashPost article was also published in the San Francisco Chronicle.)
2) Associated Press:
The Israeli military launched an airstrike Friday on a van carrying Hamas militants and a cache of homemade rockets in a Gaza City street, killing four people in what may be the most serious blow to a 5-month-old truce.
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Zakaria Zubeidi, ringleader of the Al Aqsa Martryr's Brigade in Jenin, is on such good terms with local Reuters reporters that he played a cameo role in an informal film they produced for a friend. YNet reports:
The screening, which occurred in a Jerusalem restaurant last March, involved the showing of a video during a private party. "The video's theme was what Israel would be like in 10 years," said an Israeli government official who attended the party and viewed the video. "All of a sudden, at the end, there is Zakaria Zubeidi, playing the head of Reuters. Zubeidi was sitting in Reuters' Jenin office, saying he was Reuters' chief," the official said. The party included guests from the BBC, ITN, the Independent newspaper, and French journalists. "They all thought the video was hilarious," the official said. He added that only a few individuals did not seem amused during the screening.
Zubeidi (at right) heads an organization that has claimed responsibility for more than 300 terrorist attacks in Israel. This is the latest indication that Reuters, whose Mideast reports are widely syndicated in the US and Canada, has lost its neutrality when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Less than a year ago, Reuters' top international editor openly acknowledged that his agency's refusal to call terrorists 'terrorists' has less to do with editorial pursuit of objectivity, and is more a response to intimidation from thugs and their supporters.
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Born | Aurora, Colorado, United States |
March 30, 1985
Alma mater | Towson University |
Occupation | Game Designer, Game Programmer, Producer, Entrepreneur |
Years active | 2005—present |
Employer | Conifer Games |
Known for | Civilization 5 |
Jon Shafer is an American designer and programmer of computer games. He was the lead designer of the strategy game Civilization V, developed by Firaxis.[1] His Myers–Briggs Type Indicator is INTJ.[2]
Currently, Shafer is the president of Conifer Games, a video games development company he founded in 2012. The studio's first title is Jon Shafer's At The Gates, a 4X strategy game similar to Civilization in which players command a barbarian kingdom with the goal of defeating both rival tribes and the waning Roman Empire.[3] The budget for developing At the Gates is primarily made up of funds raised through a Kickstarter campaign held in February 2013.[4]
Shafer runs a blog named Jon Shafer on Design where he writes articles on the subjects of game design and project management.[5] He also serves as co-host for The Game Design Round Table, a weekly podcast where Shafer and fellow designer Dirk Knemeyer are typically joined by guests to discuss topics relating to digital and tabletop game design.
Life and career[edit]
Shafer was born and grew up in Aurora, Colorado. He learned to program when he was 8 years old from his father, and as a child also cultivated a passion for history.[6]
These interests led Shafer to Sid Meier's Civilization series. He developed fan mods for Civilization III while in high school, and became a beta tester for the Civilization III expansion pack, Conquests, and Civilization IV. Early in Civilization IV's development he wrote an extensive guide explaining how to utilize its Python scripting language,[7] and this led to him joining Firaxis for a programming internship in February 2005. Shafer was later hired full-time, and served as a designer and programmer on the two Civilization IV expansions, Warlords and Beyond the Sword.[8]
Following the completion of Beyond the Sword, Shafer was named the lead designer and principal gameplay programmer for Civilization V, the next full title in the series. While in this role, Shafer drew from his past modding experience and from computer games he had played as a child, most notably Panzer General.[9]
In January 2011, Shafer joined Stardock to lead an unannounced game project and assist with development on the Elemental series.[10] In February 2013, he announced that he had left Stardock and founded Conifer Games, and was now developing a new 4X title, At the Gates.
Shafer attended Colorado State University from 2002-2005, studying History and Computer Science. After acquiring a position at Firaxis he left Colorado State but later completed his undergraduate study at Towson University in 2006 with a BS in History.[11][12]
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2nd VIEW: Seminary finalizes campus sale; ready to secure new Calif. site; increases endowment by $50M
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Originally posted July 24, 2014
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary has finalized the sale of its property near Mill Valley, Calif., setting aside funds both to purchase a new campus in Southern California and add $50 million to its endowment.
The sale agreement for Golden Gate's Mill Valley property included a base price of $85 million, along with other terms financially advantageous to the seminary, including a favorable lease-back rate; the ability for the seminary to remain fully operational in the Mill Valley location for two years; and the seminary retaining revenue earned through rentals and other uses of the property during the lease-back period.
Jeff Iorg, Golden Gate's president, praised the seminary's board of trustees for their fiscal discipline in reserving significant proceeds from the sale for the seminary's endowment.
"We are delighted this first phase of our relocation is complete," Iorg said. "It took us 70 years to gather an endowment of $21 million. Increasing our endowment by another $50 million in such a short time is amazing."
Board chairman Steve Sheldon added, "The board is determined the property sale will dramatically improve our long-term financial health. By adding this much to our endowment, we are accomplishing that goal."
The board also approved an allocation of resources for new facilities in Southern California, Iorg reported. "We are pleased with how circumstances are coming together related to our future campus in Southern California. Now that the sale has been finalized, we can conclude our agreements for the new campus and announce those in a few weeks. God is bringing this entire process together in ways we could have never imagined," he said.
The seminary is finalizing plans for its new primary campus in Southern California and a new regional campus in the San Francisco Bay Area. "We appreciate the hard work so many are doing on this project," Iorg said. "I am particularly grateful for our faculty and staff who are working hard to keep us fully operational during this transition."
In commenting on the sale agreement, Iorg said, "There's been much conjecture about the value of the Mill Valley property over the years. In reality, because of the development restrictions on the property, its value is less than some have speculated. We have tried for years to remove these entitlement restrictions, to no avail. We have watched with increased urgency as value has continued to erode because of these restrictions. This helps explain the necessity of our decision to sell the property."
Iorg said the seminary had received "multiple offers for the property over the past two years. All of them were for less than the offer we ultimately accepted. An indispensable part of the agreement is the two-year lease-back. We had to build the relocation process around the needs of students," he said. "We could not sell the land and close the campus abruptly. We had to have a sale and relocation process that preserved our institutional commitment to current students."
Golden Gate trustee Stuart Smith, president of Stuart Smith and Company, said the sale process "has been one of the most complicated and difficult land deals I have witnessed in more than 20 years in the commercial real estate business. Our board has spent countless hours analyzing reports, considering options and trying to find a way forward. This agreement took more than a year to hammer out, but in the end it met our goals."
Jim Williams, president of T. James Williams Accounting and a trustee whose term concluded in June, added, "We spent considerable time analyzing the financial details of this transaction. The value for the seminary is significant and will make a huge difference in our long-term financial health."
Golden Gate's relocation plan, as it relates to students, has received a positive review by the staff of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the seminary's regional accrediting agency, who affirmed the transition plan for its thoroughness and focus on students.
Michael Martin, GGBTS vice president of academic affairs, said, "We have fulfilled every expectation of our regional accrediting agency and have kept faith with our students. Every student has a clear pathway to graduation, which we were committed to maintaining as part of the sale and relocation process."
"Students and potential students are endorsing our new direction. Approved applications for Fall enrollment are actually ahead of the same time frame last year," Iorg said. "Given the breadth of our current transition, that is unexpected confirmation we are on the right track."
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u could always try returning / exchanging it via the shop u bought it from!? posting it on here is irrelevant, nor will it get u your £12 back.
please, somebody delete this horrid thread
Take it someone didn't like Oversteps???
it is a great album, reminded me of the 'amber' days.
they are still on top of their game in terms of creating new and original sounds and tracks…
err, saw them in manc last night and was a bit of a let down. russell haswell was pretty decent though.
boo hoo horid thread delete delete
i wanted to seer them in manc as well, since i live near. but sadly couldn't go because of work.
anyhow, YES DELETE THIS THREAD, IT IS PLAIN SILLY :)…
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Ronan Kerr killing: The identity of man who murdered young officer 'known to police'
Detectives investigating the murder of police officer Ronan Kerr believe they have identified the man who made the car bomb that killed him.
The dissident republican explosives manufacturer is based in the Republic of Ireland and is "experienced and competent" in constructing the deadly devices, according to a senior detective in the investigation.
The police team hunting the dissident republican gang behind the 2011 attack in Omagh also believe they know who directed the bomb team.
Officers have linked the murder of the 25-year-old freshly qualified constable to 16 other crimes committed by a number of inter-linked groups belonging to a dissident organisation that styles itself as the new IRA - among them two failed murder bids that seriously injured two other police officers and a car bomb attack on the Policing Board in Belfast.
Among those 16 offences, detectives have said they have gathered a significant amount of evidence linking three men to some of the most serious.
No charges have yet been brought against the men police today earmarked as key dissident suspects, in either Mr Kerr's murder or the other offences, explaining that more time is needed to build the cases against them. Fourteen arrests have been made in the investigation so far.
In an unusual step, the PSNI team outlined progress in the live investigation as the first man convicted as part of the wide-ranging probe, 36-year-old Gavin Coyle from Culmore Park, Omagh, was sentenced to ten years for offences linked to a dissident arms dump found in Coalisland, Co Tyrone days after Mr Kerr's death in April 2011.
Police claim the discovery of the arsenal, which the senior detective described as the biggest weapons find in a decade, saved lives, noting that hardware inside the lock-up garage, including taped-together loaded ammunition magazines, was in a state of readiness for use.
As well as giving details about the hunt for the killers of Mr Kerr, the PSNI released new information about the high explosive booby trap bomb that killed him.
They said magnets used in the bomb were sourced from a taxi sign stolen from a vehicle in the Arvalee area of Omagh two and a half weeks before the attack.
Detectives have insisted the sentencing of Coyle - for possession of explosives and firearms with intent to endanger life and membership of a proscribed organisation - only marks the end of one chapter of their investigation, characterising it as a "building block" on which to strive for further convictions.
Two and half years on from the Catholic policeman's death, officers believe the investigation could now run in excess of five years.
Its scale and complexity is massive. Officers have carried out 11,750 tasks or actions so far - that is already more than the 10,500 undertaken during the investigation into the Real IRA's 1998 Omagh bomb.
Almost 8,000 items have been seized for potential forensic examination - a process that is on-going - while reams of CCTV footage covering the area from Omagh to Coalisland around the time of the bomb have been reviewed. More than 1,500 doors have been knocked on in house-to-house inquiries.
The police are investigating a number of small dissident gangs, comprising around 20-25 individuals in total, based in the areas of Omagh; Coalisland; Toomebridge and Ballyronan on the northern shore of Lough Neagh; and Monaghan in the Irish Republic.
Officers believe all are inter-linked to certain degrees and that all take direction from leadership figures within the so-called new IRA in Belfast.
In a further layer of complexity, police think some of the dissidents use a criminal gang in Omagh to secure some of their hardware.
Among the 17 offences covered by the investigation are the attempted murders of Constable Ryan Crozier near Castlederg, Co Tyrone in May 2008 and Constable Peadar Heffron in Randalstown, Co Antrim in January 2010. Both officers sustained serious injuries, with Mr Heffron losing a leg.
Police believe the dissidents they are hunting were also behind the attack on the Policing Board in November 2009 when a car bomb partially exploded outside the Belfast headquarters of the PSNI's oversight body.
The arms dump over which Coyle was convicted was stored in a garage on the Mountjoy Road in Coalisland.
Items found inside included four AKM assault rifles (all were fully functional), semtex, timer power units used for detonating bombs, ammunition, incendiary devices, a booster pack for an RPG7 rocket, parts of an improvised PRIG grenade
Officers who raided the garage found that two ammunition magazines were loaded and taped together - a technique used to enable rapid fire and swift reloading.
Four vehicles were also found in the lock-up. Three cars had been stolen by masked men armed with handguns who held up a second hand dealership on the outskirts of Omagh in 2010.
A blue Ford Transit also stored in the garage had been hijacked from a newspaper delivery driver in Toome in the same year.
In two of the vehicles police found water bottles filled with petrol - indicative of preparations for setting them on fire after a crime.
In later searches by the investigation team in 2012, officers found the warhead of an RPG7 rocket (compliant with the booster found in the garage the year before) in a derelict building in Omagh. A handgun was found in a separate search.
Two arms hauls have also been discovered in Co Monaghan.
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Friday morning I was parsing through tweets on my timeline and came across a link from Bloomberg BusinessWeek's account (@BW) to a piece titled, "Yes, the Financial System Is Rigged. Why Shouldn't You Profit From That Knowledge?" As a supporter of tougher financial regulation I was curious to see if the article would read as I expected it to and to make a long story short, it did. Roben Farzad, who wrote the piece, says,
Our system is rigged. Unfair, hopelessly neglectful of the little guy…you could shake your fist at all the bailouts; the record bank profits that are once again accruing to shareholders and executives; the asymmetry of rescuing now impossibly large institutions when so many individuals had to mail back the keys to their homes. But, in 20/20 hindsight, it was also smart to hedge that runaway cynicism with confidence that the system would take care of itself. In other words, you should have bought in.
Given Mr. Farzad's history as a former Goldman employee, I wasn't at all surprised to hear arguments of this type. But the idea that the average American taxpayer, making a living on unreasonably low wages, should willingly enter the nineteenth century gambling den our stock exchanges have become disturbs me greatly. This market dances on the puppet strings of six massive banking houses supported by the cadenced lumbering of a central bank determined to hand over countless trillions in tax dollars they no longer need. Combine that with the resurgence of Gilded Age market discipline, Wall Street is the last place anyone not already entangled in the briar patch should put their money.
Why not you ask? Mr. Farzad provides us with the answer to that one; the system is rigged and unless you're an employee of his former boss, it's not rigged to benefit you. Consider that the primary impetus of the recovery in share prices (and by extension, stock indexes) has been the almost $4 trillion in government cash provided nearly free of charge to financial institutions by the Federal Reserve. The Fed supplies capital at dizzyingly low rates, then the bankers use it to pad their investment portfolios and stock indices reach "record" highs thanks to the uptick in investment. But the only reason that the Fed starting giving banks big piles of cash in the first place was because those ticking time bombs, credit derivatives, that detonated and nearly took the financial system with them. We the people lost our houses and our jobs, but banks got trillions in exchange for, for — Bueller?
If that's not enough, ask yourself this question. What reason does the retail investor have to enter a marketplace built to serve the interests of America's financial conglomerates and which operates to benefit those interests at your expense? Keep in mind that the five largest banks in the country combined are worth about 62 percent of the nation's economy, and with interest rates can make the car you drive, that house you think you own, and your education extraordinarily expensive. Put that with the lack of real motivation from Congress or the White House to rein them in, the Federal Reserve guaranteeing their solvency regardless of balance sheet risk, and the absence of that safety net for you. That's not the market you want to invest in.
I'm not saying that we should expect them to bequeath us with higher paying jobs, or paying jobs, or better terms on credit cards and mortgages, but there's also no reason to think that they're going to let you get a piece of their pie either. Retail investors don't have the financial muscle to out punch these mammoth financial institutions driving this rally and that's not just a function of the banks' might. Outside of the economic snapshot that is Wall Street, unemployment still hangs around 7.5 – 8 percent, long-term joblessness is becoming a chronic condition, and the broader economy hasn't got much more than a zephyr in the sails. The disproportionate assistance to Corporate America and that given to Working America has done little more than aggrandize a few at the expense of many and probably will only get worse before it gets better.
To argue that we should try to ride banking's duplicitous wave to success because the system is so broken they can act as they please is ludicrous. Why participate in a scheme whose success is predicated on your failure? That doesn't make good sense or financial sense. If anything, we need to reevaluate dramatically how our financial markets work and start electing some officials who will take a stand on our behalf. There's no solid reason, after the housing collapse and four years of recession, that Americans should be so complacent about their financial futures. Trying to collect in this market is like playing blackjack against a house whose deck is fixed to beat every card in your hand and on the off chance you win, has a bouncer take your winnings anyway. Until the lords of finance are once again in check, keep your money in the one place where it's safe: under the mattress.
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FINDINGS: Whitehead Institute researchers have pinpointed a cellular pathway that determines whether cancerous tumors are susceptible to dietary restriction during their development. When this pathway, known as PI3K is permanently turned "on" via mutation, tumors grow and proliferate independent of the amount of food consumed. However, when the PI3K pathway operates normally, tumors respond to dietary restrictiondefined as food consumption limited to 60% of normal--and become smaller in size.
RELEVANCE: Scientists have known about the correlation between dietary restriction and tumor growth since the early 20th Century. These findings bring clarity to the long-unanswered question of why certain tumors are unaffected by reduced caloric intake.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (March 11, 2009) Whitehead Institute researchers have pinpointed a cellular pathway that determines whether cancerous tumors respond to dietary restriction during their development.
Studying human cancer cell lines in mice, researchers have found that when this pathway, known as PI3K, is activated permanently via mutation, tumors grow and proliferate independent of food consumption. However, when the PI3K pathway operates normally, dietary restriction (defined as a 60% reduction in normal intake), results in smaller tumors. The findings are published online in the March 11 issue of Nature.
"Our findings indicate that each tumor cell bears a signature that determines whether or not that cell will be affected by dietary restriction," says Nada Kalaany, first author of the paper and a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Whitehead Member David Sabatini. "We think that mutations in the PI3K pathway are a major determinant of the sensitivity of tumors to dietary restriction."
The connection between food consumption and tumor growth is not new. In the early 20th Century, scientists first noted the correlation between a restricted diet and decreased tumor size and incidence. However, some cancers' growth rate was unaffected by a decrease in food consumption. The reason for this difference remained unclear.
To determine how various tumor types are affected by dietary resistance, Kalaany injected cells from human prostate, breast, brain, and colon cancers into mice in an experimental protocol used frequently to study human cancers. The mice then ate as much as they liked (control group) or received 60% of the caloric intake of their counterparts (the dietary restriction (DR) group). Both groups ingested the same amounts of vitamins and minerals. After a few weeks, Kalaany saw that the cancers could be divided into DR-sensitive tumors, with significantly lower tumor volumes in the DR mice than in control mice, or DR-resistant tumors, whose sizes were apparently unaffected by normal or restricted diets.
Kalaany then grew the same cancer cells in Petri dishes to see how the DR-sensitive and DR-resistant cancers respond to food-related hormones in the body. The cancers were grown solutions containing increasing amounts of insulin, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) or in a solution without these hormones. The results supported the previous experiment: those cancer cells that were DR-sensitive in the mice were also stunted by a lack of insulin and IGF1; those cancer cells that were DR-resistant in the mice were unaffected by changes in insulin and IGF1 levels.
Because the difference between the two groups was sensitivity or insensitivity to insulin and IGF1, Kalaany thought the insensitive tumors may have something amiss in a cellular process called the PI3K pathway, which is activated by insulin/IGF1. A search for mutations in two genes found in the PI3K pathway that are often associated with cancer (PI3KCA and PTEN), revealed that DR-resistant cells had mutations in one or the other of the genes, while DR-sensitive cells showed no such mutations.
Using a DR-resistant tumor cell line in which the PTEN gene could be switched on or off, Kalaany tested whether a change in the PTEN gene alone could affect a tumor's sensitivity to DR. When the PTEN gene was turned off, the cancer cells were not affected by dietary restriction, and tumor size increased similarly in control and DR mice. But when PTEN was turned on, thereby restoring normal function to the PI3K pathway, the cells became sensitized to dietary restriction and tumor size was smaller in the DR group.
This research was confirmed in two mouse models of cancer, one with prostate cancer caused by PTEN deletion and one with lung cancer and a functioning PTEN gene. Again, the mice without the PTEN gene did not respond to dietary restriction, but the mice with a functioning PTEN gene were sensitive to dietary restriction.
Sabatini says that Kalaany's results could lead to cancer treatments tailored to the characteristics of an individual patient's tumor cells.
"Her findings suggest that if we have therapies that mimic dietary restriction, we could better predict which tumors would respond to those dietary restriction-mimicking drugs and which ones would not," says Sabatini.
Sabatini is also intrigued by the inverse relationship between too much food and an increase in tumors. "We already know that the United States has an epidemic of obesity and that obesity is probably the biggest contributor to cancer in the U.S., even more so than smoking. Does this research have anything to do with that correlation between obesity and cancer, that if we make animals really obese, that this pathway is also involved in determining their sensitivity to cancer? Answering that question is the next step."
Contact: Nicole Giese firstname.lastname@example.com 617-258-6851 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Source:Eurekalert |


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by Casey Chan
She made her mark on the daytime soap scene in 1982 when she first appeared on The Young and the Restless. Since then Kate Linder has stayed strong with the show playing the role of Esther Valentine, Katherine Chancellor's maid, who daytime audiences still can't seem to get enough of. Linder, who just received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, spoke with us about her recent tours with the USO and how she's juggling soap opera stardom with her love for flying. Get this—she's a flight attendant for United Airlines! [Watch full episodes of The Young and the Restless on Fancast]
It's been 26 years now that you've been on The Young and the Restless. That's a long time…
It's really hard to believe that it's been 26 years because I can remember the first day like it was yesterday…for it to have gone by so fast. It's also so wonderful because our show is also celebrating its 35th anniversary. I'm really thrilled because The Young and the Restless is the number one show, and I really feel like it's the best. Having been there 26 years is really just icing on the cake for me.
You received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What was that like?
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spoke. He said such amazing things. I was so overwhelmed, and I just couldn't believe the whole thing was happening. It felt like it was happening to someone else.
Do you ever encounter fans on the flights you work?
Yes. I love to see them because they're viewers of the show. I think that's really great. Most everyone is great. Some viewers get it confused that you're a person…but usually everyone's really good.
Now, do you have a special remedy for jet lag or any tips on flying that you would like to share?
[Laughs] It's a very real thing and it happens to everyone—even a flight attendant. I try to just stay on the same time-zone. So I try to acclimate to the time zone I'm going to. I don't really change my watch…but if you're going somewhere and its morning then I'll try and stay up as long as I can or maybe take a little nap and get up again. And, you have to really keep hydrated when you're flying. You have to drink lots of water and move around too. That's another thing that people don't do they might sit in their seat for hours…it's really dangerous and blood clots can form.
Speaking of long flights—what's the longest flight you've been on?
Probably Australia…it's far. Maybe 14-16 hours. On a faraway place like that sometimes you only get 24 hours there. Lately because I'm trying to balance everything, I'll maybe take a trip to Portland, Seattle, or San Francisco so I can still come home and do a personal appearance sometimes.
How do you balance your double-life—being an actress and a flight attendant?
I do the show during the week and I fly on the weekends…not every weekend. It depends on what I've got going on. But, I trade things around. I just have to juggle it. It can get crazy sometimes, but it works out somehow.
I read you traveled with the USO multiple times. What was that experience like?
I did 4 USO tours. The first one was to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Then I actually went to Korea. And, the last one I completed was with Johnny Grant who I went to Afghanistan with. He was an amazing, amazing man. He just recently passed away, which is sad. He would have been the one giving me the star. We went to Guantanamo bay at Christmastime and that was an amazing experience as well. But, it's great. To me, it doesn't matter if you're for the war or not for the war, I'm just for the people who are there supporting us so that we can still be here living our lives. I'm not really for war. It's not really about that for me.
Now is it a weird coincidence that your character's name is Esther Valentine and that you were married on Valentine's Day…or are you just a romantic?
I definitely consider myself a romantic. But, getting married on Valentine's Day wasn't my idea. It was my husband's idea. When I thought about it I didn't want to do that because I thought then you're anniversary gets lost…it sort of all rolls into one. He kept saying, "That won't happen!" But, of course, it does. He talked me into it! I guess that way he won't forget it.
Do you have any upcoming projects? Any wishes to venture outside of daytime television?
I just actually finished a film opposite John Aniston and the Farley brothers so hopefully that will be coming out. I like to do theater. I would love to do Broadway; it's always been a dream of mine. I'm hoping someday that will come true.


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Smartphones outsell PCs in Q4 2010
Smartphones outsell PCs in Q4 2010, PCs still remain king
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IDC's latest report shows that smartphone manufacturers shipped 100.9 million devices in Q4 2010, while PC manufacturers shipped 92.1 million units worldwide. This is the first time that smartphones have outsold PC's.
Q4 2009 saw 53.9 million smartphones sold but last years Q4 results were astonishing - an 87.2-percent increase with a whopping 100.9 million sold in a quarter alone. Over the entire year, 302.6 million smartphones were sold, an increase of 74.4-percent from 2009's total of 173.5 million.
PC's over the entire of 2010 outsold smartphones but only lost in that last quarter, over the year manufacturers shipped 346.2 million units during 22010.
NEWS SOURCES:Idc.com, Readwriteweb.com
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