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Week 17 is always an odd melange of completely unwatchable misery between mathematically eliminated teams, stop and start contests between teams that can't remember if they're playing for something, and impossibly intense games between teams that are fighting to see another day. Here are the likely playoff scenarios and the games that will affect seeding, so you know when to avert your eyes, and which games actually matter.
Note: There are many "win or tie" or "lose or tie" scenarios, but we didn't want to gum up the works talking about scenarios that happen every five years. If there's a tie, you can yell at us in the comments until we come back and update.
If the Texans...
beat the Colts, they're the #1 seed. (The Colts are not playing for anything.)
If the Broncos...
beat the Chiefs, and the Texans lose, they're the #1 seed. (The Chiefs are not playing for anything.) If the Broncos beat the Chiefs and the Texans win, the Broncos are the #2 seed.
If the Patriots...
beat the Dolphins and both the Texans and Broncos lose, they're the #1 seed. (The Dolphins are not playing for anything.) If the Patriots, Broncos and Texans all win, the Patriots will be the #3 seed.
If the Ravens...
beat the Bengals, and the Patriots lose, they're the #3 seed, because they hold a tiebreaker over the Patriots. (The Bengals aren't playing for anything). If they lose, or the Patriots win, they're in at #4 regardless.
The Colts...
will be the #5 seed no matter what.
The Bengals...
will be the #6 seed no matter what.
Most likely scenario: Maybe the Bengals will lay down against the Ravens because they'd prefer to play them in the first round instead of the Patriots, but the last time they played either—Week 1—the Ravens pasted them, and the Patriots will probably beat the Dolphins anyway. The most likely scenario is that every team which has something at stake wins—they're almost invariably playing teams that don't—and thus the playoff order is exactly what you see above.
The Falcons...
will be the #1 seed no matter what.
If the Packers...
beat the Vikings, they're the #2 seed. (The Vikings are hanging on to the NFC's final playoff spot, and control their own destiny.) The Packers are also guaranteed the #2 seed in the event of a 49ers loss.
If the 49ers...
beat the Cardinals, and the Packers lose to the Vikings, they're the #2 seed. (The Cardinals are not playing for anything.) If they beat the Cardinals and the Packers beat the Vikings, they're the NFC West champions and thus the #3 seed.
If the Redskins...
beat the Cowboys, they're the #4 seed. (The Cowboys are playing for the NFC East and a playoff berth.) If they lose to the Cowboys, they lose the NFC East, but could still make the playoffs if the Vikings lose to the Packers and the Bears lose to the Lions.
If the Seahawks...
beat the Rams, the 49ers lose to the Cardinals, and the Packers lose to the Vikings, they're the #2 seed. (The Rams are not playing for anything.) If the Seahawks, 49ers and Packers all win, the Seahawks are the #5 seed. If the Seahawks and Packers win, but the 49ers lose, the Seahawks ae the #3 seed.
If the Vikings...
beat the Packers, they're the #6 seed. (The Packers are playing for their first-round bye.) Alternatively, they can lose and still make the playoffs, if the Bears, Giants and Cowboys also lose.
If the Cowboys...
beat the Redskins, they get the #4 seed, along with NFC East title. (The Redskins are playing for the same thing.) If they lose, they're out of the playoffs.
If the Bears...
beat the Lions, and the Packers beat the Vikings, they're the #6 seed. (The Lions are not playing for anything.)
If the Giants...
beat the Eagles, and the Cowboys
beat lose to the Redskins, and the Lions beat the Bears, and the Packers beat the Vikings, they're the #6 seed. (The Eagles are not playing for anything.)
Most likely scenario: The first six above, but swap out the Vikings for the Bears, who merely have to beat a Lions team that's playing out the string and wait for the Packers to beat the Vikings. The Vikings own the tiebreak now, but NFC North records won't matter when the Bears have the better season record. Of course, the Bears are perfectly capable of losing to the Lions (Bears won 13-7 at home in October) even when the Lions don't care, and the Vikings played the Packers tough away earlier this month, so who knows. Vegas will tell you that Redskins are favored, but that game seems like a near toss-up as well.
Games to watch: In the AFC, any of the top three getting upset would shake up a lot—Houston at Indianapolis (1 p.m.) might be the one to watch there, and Baltimore at Cincinnati could be interesting depending on what the Bengals decide is in their best interest. But basically, stay away from the AFC. In the NFC: Dallas at Washington (the night game) is essentially do or die for both teams, while Minnesota upsetting Green Bay (4:25) would have a considerable ripple effect.
Team outlooks and tiebreaks via SB Nation and CBS Sports (1, 2), pic via Joe Zeff Design


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There were deals to be had at the swap meet.
The big story at the swap meet this year was not to be found in parts, rather the real deals were on cars. From barn finds to finished cars, the prices were right. Reports from the swap meet vendors were all the same, "The parts are selling but complete cars are barely being looked at."
Of course this was the first week in August and the country was going through some very trying times in the financial markets and that no doubt contributed to the lack luster sales on complete cars. But if you were looking for your next project there was a great collection of vintage automobiles available. As a matter of fact, there may be no better time to buy a project car than right now, from Deuce sedans to a '60 Rambler, there seemed to be something for everyone. Here's a sampler of what we found in the Nats 2011 swap meet.

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The Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas Cabas Mezzo Bag has both style and practicality. It features goldtone hardware. It is ideal for any daily activity from shopping to work. Angelina Jolie is wearing same bag and she is well known as LV lover. She wears Piano, Mezzo and Alto. All Cabas series. This Mezzo tote bag has zipper on top. Easy to carry and tough. Stunning tote bag. A must have item!
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NAMENet::DNS::RR::HIP - DNS HIP resource record
use Net::DNS; $rr = new Net::DNS::RR('name IN HIP algorithm hit key servers');
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HIP) resource records.
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For a 24-hour period last week, I was invisible. No drone, no satellite, no National Security Agency agent with the investigative skills of the fictitious Jack Bauer would have had an easy time locating my whereabouts.
For a 24-hour period last week, I was invisible. No drone, no satellite, no National Security Agency agent with the investigative skills of the fictitious Jack Bauer would have had an easy time locating my whereabouts.
I moved around town like a ghost � leaving no electronic trail in my wake. For one day, it felt again like 1984 � the year, not the book � where global positioning satellites, high-tech communication devices and mainframe computers were tools only governments had at their disposal.
How did I create this stealthy cloak? Quite simply, my smart phone stopped functioning.
While I felt a sense of loss without that one-pound, rectangular-shaped lifeline to the world, I challenged myself to stay unplugged and remain �under the radar� of modern tracking devices. That meant no stopping on the way home from work to buy gas with my credit card or to stop by the grocery store to pick up a few items for dinner. Using my debit card at the Food Lion would time-stamp my presence in Swansboro.
Obviously, I couldn�t go to the Bank of America and withdraw cash since that would leave yet another electronic record, plus a video image of me in front of the automated teller machine.
What I found out during this unexpected, self-imposed blackout is that it is very difficult to not be seen.
Lots of people, especially Americans, love to tell the whole world where they are what they�ve done, what they�re about do, where they plan to do it and with whom they intend to do it. They do it deliberately on the Internet through social networking sites such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and on the millions of blog sites out there. It is estimated that a new blog is created every half-second every day.
But even for those of us who try their best to avoid Facebook and, like me, detest the narcissists among us who feel compelled to chronicle their daily movement through social media platforms � informing us what movie they just watched or at what restaurant chain they and their kids dined � we are still surrendering our privacy in the course of our everyday activities.
We share our behavior with strangers every time we make a purchase with our credit card or swipe a store-branded loyalty card at the drug store, grocery store or retail outlet. The next time you�re standing in line at the grocery store checkout register, close your eyes and listen to the optical scanners beeping as the computer reads bar codes. Every scan is giving the store and everyone tied to its network an immediate update of sales and inventory levels as well as how fast the clerk is working. That massive amount of data is then used to replenish stock, forecast sales and, above all, track your buying behavior.
So when the machine scans your tube of toothpaste, there�s a good chance when you return to the same corporate store weeks later, it will remind you to purchase more toothpaste by issuing you a coupon for your next tube.
Everything we do online is tracked and categorized by the Internet providers and giant search engines. If you use Yahoo as your web portal, you�re not alone. It is estimated that more than 80 percent of the adult, online users have an active Yahoo account. And Yahoo has mastered the art of behavioral targeting, or �BT� for short.
What is �BT-ing,� and why is it important to Yahoo and other search engines? When you search online for topics, read news accounts or go to specific websites, Yahoo is watching and taking notes. In a matter of a few clicks or visits, Yahoo�s proprietary algorithms began developing a profile of you and soon will be delivering advertising messages on the pages you subsequently visit. If you think I�m making this up, start searching for florists. Flowers or plant arrangements are quick buys. We don�t spend too much time researching the best deal on roses compared to the time we dedicate to buying a vehicle.
Yahoo and marketers know this, too. In about the time it takes to fill your vase with water, advertisements for florists will begin appearing on your computer screen while you are logged on to your Yahoo account.
So now the big story coming out of Washington, D.C., is the eavesdropping by various federal agencies into people�s e-mail and phone accounts in the name of national security. Many Americans are understandably outraged. After all, the Fourth Amendment to our nation�s Constitution states unequivocally: �The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.�
I think we should all be concerned by the powers and actions by our elected leaders and the appointees that run the government agencies who have at their disposal sophisticated computers and electronics able to delve into an individual�s telephone and networking systems.
But I also think it�s a bit disingenuous for some people to espouse righteous indignation over what they feel is government overreach through surveillance into their electronic transmissions when many are the very same people who constantly spill their guts through words and pictures on social media sites.
Swansboro resident Mike McHugh is an advertising account executive with The Daily News. Readers can email him at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This season has looked a bit different for the Phils, who are committing to rebuilding the roster at long last. Some familiar faces can still be found, including Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Jonathan Papelbon, and Carlos Ruiz. But contributions have been coming from all over the roster. Early on, shortstop Freddy Galvis was the most consistent threat. But this summer should also feature trials for notable prospects like third baseman Maikel Franco, who returned to the majors with a bang in May. Meanwhile, Aaron Harang began the season on fire in the rotation, actually outpitching ace Cole Hamels. Harang and Hamels could both be dealt midseason for a sizable return in youth prospects for the future. For now, however, going to a game that either of those guys are starting is sure to be a good game. The Phillies play at Citizens Bank Park in South Philly, one of the nicer modern retro ballparks in the league. There are a number of cool things for fans to see, like the swinging Liberty Bell after Phillies home runs, easily accessible bullpens to watch relievers warm up, great food and viewing angles, and a 'rooftop' area in center field. Philly fans know sports and they had plenty to root since the opening of this ballpark in 2004. The Phillies won the NL East five consecutive years between 2007 and 2011, winning a title in 2008 and making it to the Series in 2009. That title was just the franchise's second after their famous 1980 team, but they're an extremely proud franchise embedded in a great sports town. Get your Phillies tickets from Gold Coast Tickets!
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Best Western Fowey Valley3
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Lose yourself in Lostwithiel, and enjoy the peace and quiet of the wonderful Best Western Fowey Valley! Just six miles from the fabulous Eden Project, Lost Gardens of Heligan and many National Trust properties and gardens, guests will have a charming choice of places to see here Cornwall. The ancient Stannary town which we call home makes an ideal venue for exploring the wider county (and countryside), and we have an outdoor heated pool and a Conservatory Restaurant serving local produce to entice you even more. A short drive is all that will come between you and a memorable day out, with the A390 providing nearby road links to wherever you want to go.
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The Army's latest "spy in the sky" unmanned aircraft is due to begin flying over British skies this week.
Watchkeeper, a reconnaissance and surveillance unmanned air system (UAS), has a wingspan of 35 feet and can fly at an altitude of up to 16,000 feet.
It has been designed to loiter over areas of interest for "significantly longer" than existing systems, providing clear surveillance pictures to troops on the ground.
The aircraft boasts two sensors - a day and night camera which produces 24-hour high-definition images and a radar sensor, allowing it to see in all conditions.
These images are relayed in real time to a ground control station that acts as the aircraft's cockpit - reducing the need to deploy troops to "potentially dangerous" situations.
Watchkeeper, which has been tested in West Wales since 2010 and is nearing the end of its trials, is expected to take a "significant role" in future military campaigns.
This week, highly-skilled pilots will fly Watchkeeper in restricted airspace over the Ministry of Defence's Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire, overseen by military air traffic controllers.
The Army is due to begin its own training later this year.
Colonel Mark Thornhill, Commander of 1st Artillery Brigade said: "Watchkeeper is a state-of-the-art system coming in to service now. It can fly for longer, it flies off rough strips, it has better sensors.
"Watchkeeper is designed specifically to support worldwide operations in many different locations.
"Watchkeeper is a fantastic capability because it will allow us to provide real-time imagery back to the ground commander so that he can then take appropriate action depending on what he sees and what he learns from that imagery.
"Therefore, he will be able to perform in a much better fashion and make much better operational decisions based on the imagery we are providing to him."
Watchkeeper, which is being developed by Thales UK, is unarmed and does not carry any weapons. It has already clocked up 500 hours of flying time in West Wales.
Matt Moore, head of Thales UK's UAS business, said: "When it gets to its operating altitude, when it is employed operationally, it is inaudible. You cannot hear it and you visually can't see it either.
"It is that high up, the shape, the size, the low signature profile of the airframe, it is very difficult to see amongst the terrain and the environment in the air."
The Army currently operates four types of UAS in Afghanistan, which play an important role protecting soldiers on the ground by providing them with intelligence and reducing the need for deployment.
Watchkeeper will provide additional capability to the fleet - which has already completed 120,000 flying hours - once in service this summer.
Lance Corporal Christopher Gazey, a UAS analyst for 1st Artillery Brigade, said images produced by Watchkeeper would help give the Army better situational awareness.
"You can tell the difference between a man, a woman and a child, but obviously you are not going to do the Hollywood stuff of seeing what people are typing on their phones," Lance Corporal Gazey said.
"That's not possible. We could be looking ahead of a friendly force convoy, they could be moving down the road and we could be looking 2-3km ahead of that convoy out of visible range of the troops.
"We could be looking ahead to see if any insurgents were laying IEDs, if we observed that we could let the ground call sign know, they would stop and we'd essentially save lives there."
From this week, Watchkeeper will be operated alongside helicopters and other aircraft from the Boscombe Down airfield in Amesbury, Wiltshire, by 1st Artillery Brigade.
Colonel Mark Thornhill added: "The arrival of Watchkeeper at Boscombe Down is an important milestone in this programme and we are excited about being able to begin training on this new and impressive capability. "
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asian stocks ended higher Thursday after data on China's December exports far surpassed expectations, with Japanese stocks extending gains as exporters such as Sony Corp. got a boost from the weakened yen.
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, -0.69% advanced 0.7%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.23% rose 0.6%.
Elsewhere, China's Shanghai Composite Index 000001, -1.79% added 0.4%, South Korea's Kospi 180721, +0.45% advanced 0.8%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.18% gained 0.3% and Taiwan's Taiex XX:Y9999 edged up 0.9%.
The gains came after data showing China's December trade surplus jumped to $31.6 billion, well above economists' expectations for a $19.6 billion surplus, as exports climbed 14.1% from a year earlier. Read: Why investors should care about China data.
The data "adds to the raft of positive anecdotes and news on the Chinese activity front," said Sue Trinh, a senior currency strategist at RBC Capital Markets. "Consensus expectations of Chinese growth have yet to catch up to these developments," she added.
In Hong Kong, property firms and banks were among the notable gainers after the data. New World Development Co. 17, +0.81% NDVLY, +1.61% jumped 5.4%, Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd. 1, +0.52% US:CHEUY climbed 1.9%, Bank of China Ltd. 3988, +0.31% BACHY, -0.30% improved 1.7% and Bank of Communications Co 3328, +0.00% BCMXY, -2.25% added 0.5%.
DBS Vickers director Peter Lai said some market participants still believed the Chinese economy could make a hard landing, although he said he wasn't in that camp.
"The economic figures seem to be encouraging," he said. "I am bullish on A-shares," referring to yuan-denominated mainland Chinese stocks.
Lai said he favors stocks in the consumer, retail and alternative-energy sectors. News of a review of initial public offering candidates in China also likely underpinned sentiment, he said. Read: China CSRC to take hard look at IPO candidates
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In Japan, investors found buying impetus from the yen's latest multi-year low. With the dollar USDJPY, +0.26% firmly over the ¥88 mark, investors bought exporter shares on hopes prolonged yen weakness would boost the sector's competitiveness. Read: Dollar makes more headway against yen
Notable moves included a 3.4% advance for Sony Corp. 6758, -3.03% SNE, +0.00% a 1.9% rise for Bridgestone Corp. 5108, +0.00% BRDCF, +0.00% and a 10.2% surge for Mazda Motor Corp. 7261, -0.18% MZDAF, -2.27% — one of the most sensitive stocks to currency moves.
Isuzu Motors Ltd. 7202, -0.99% ISUZF, -0.71% rallied 3.8% after confirming plans to rekindle a tie-up with General Motors Co. GM, +0.38% The two are in talks to jointly develop a new pickup truck. Their combined global market share would total some 25%, according to a Nikkei news report. Read: Isuzu, GM to develop new pickup truck
Brewers were among the decliners in Tokyo as investors shunned more defensive areas of the market, with Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. 2502, -0.87% ASBRF, +6.80% losing 0.7% and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. 2501, +3.37% down 0.7%.
Exporters also climbed in Seoul, with Samsung Electronics Inc. 005930, +0.86% SSNLF, +0.00% gaining 2% and Hyundai Motor Co. 005380, -3.62% HYMTF, -23.30% climbing 1%.
Australian miners staged a turnaround after the Chinese data; Rio Tinto Ltd. RIO, -0.64% RIO, +1.32% rose 0.4% and iron ore extractor Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. FMG, +1.70% FSUMF, +2.76% surged 2.3%.
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Binnie Bailey
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Binnie retired after 42 years as Senior Manager of the Department of Sociology at The Johns Hopkins University.
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5 egg yolks
1/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons Kentucky bourbon
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup...
For those in search of a change of pace this Passover, look no further than these tasty morsels. Any white-fleshed fish will do--we use tilapia since it is so economical. We love them with nam prik, the traditional table sauce of Thailand. It is served with vegetables, stirred into soups, and used as a sauce for rice, noodles, meat, or fish. The sauce is best if allowed to stand for a day or two, and it keeps well for several weeks in the refrigerator.
That said, don't feel bound by tradition or notions of authenticity. These cakes are at home on top of a nice green salad dressed with a simple lime vinaigrette... we especially like tossing a mess of julienned carrots, daikon, and cucumbers with the greens. Vinegary coleslaw is another good accompaniment. For those of you who eat grains during Passover, try serving them atop some jasmine rice made with coconut milk instead of water. Don't forget to pass a bottle of sriracha, a bowl of lime wedges, and your favorite fish sauce!
For the optional nam prik dipping sauce, combine in a small food processor or a mortar and process or pound to a paste:
18 tiny dried shrimp, chopped
4 small dried red chile peppers, seeded if desired and crumbled
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon fish sauce
Stir in:
3 small red or green thai or serrano peppers, seeded if desired and finely chopped
Chopped cilantro to taste
(A little brown sugar)
Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 day before serving.
For the fish cakes, combine in a food processor:
1 shallot, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
A 1⁄2-inch piece peeled fresh ginger or galangal, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 teaspoon grated lime zest
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 pound white-fleshed fish fillets, rinsed and patted dry
1 large egg
Process to a paste. Add:
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
2 scallions, coarsely chopped
Pulse the machine a few times to combine. Remove to a bowl. Heat to 370°F in a deep-fat fryer or deep heavy pot over medium-high heat:
2 inches vegetable or peanut oil
Knead the fish mixture until it is smooth, then shape it into 1-inch balls. Gradually add them to the hot oil, and increase the heat to high to maintain the temperature. Cook, in batches if necessary, until nicely browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels. If you choose not to make the nam prik, serve garnished with:
Minced cilantro
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For those of you who don't remember the Hunt Brothers, here is the background. Fast forward to today, and we see a "mystery holder" of copper stocks at the LME. Let's see: a massive manipulation at the same time China is blowing up, could get very interesting. Just a thought, but does anybody care to wager that this is Chinese or a Chinese stooge? I would not want to be involved with being long any metal now.
Anyone in these markets should start reading obscure stories in the China Daily, under reported in the West. These stories are just special, take the time to read and reflect on them. They go on and on, painting a revealing picture of what a crony communist capitalist Bubble economy looks like when the wheels come off.
In the first, the refiners are pointing finger at crony state oil apparatchiks for, in effect, profiteering.
In the next China surveys the shortage landscape and decides to "crack down on profiteers." I would surmise that a profiteer in China is anybody not paying large bribes or a who is not a well connected apparatchik. Even more likely the profiteer IS an apparatchik.
The t hird story shows how, if you aren't an exporter being crushed by input costs, the Gumnut will step in and slap on prohibitive export tariffs. The idea here is to keep the product domestic, where it can be looted and prosecuted by apparatchiks as a profiteer. I am sure the regulation and exemption book is perfectly clear as well, just bring your bribe money.
Here, another bureau defends price increases and blames it on the end of a special Gumnut subsidy.
This story describes the major state owned power company taking huge losses on coal prices, which they claim were impacted by "consolidation". Here a regulator reiterates an order to coal suppliers not to increase prices. It is a little unclear if this is a price control, but that approach was definitely utilized for producers of cooking oil. Here another regulator vows to crack down on speculators.
A taste of real estate conditions and record pollution in Shanghai says a lot, but apparently nobody lives in these new places anyway. I was in China during one of these pollution episodes and it took me months to recover. This brings us back to polluting coal which China still uses for 70% of its power generation. Euan Mearns of Oil Drum writes that coal production is plateauing and unsustainable.
While European and American central bankers and governments bail out and offer lifelines to financial institutions, we get stories of how western "institutions" are climbing all over themselves to speculate in the China bagunca (mess), I mean miracle. The universal and I think false assumption is that the Yuan is some kind of undervalued currency. It's not too difficult to connect the dots on where this ends up.
Constructing empty buildings uses lots of cement, which not surprisingly is priced at an all time high in China. The price to income ratio for Beijing housing is 27:1, five times the global average.
And the beat goes on and on.


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The multimodal friction ignition tester (MFIT) is a testbed for experiments on the thermal and mechanical effects of friction on material specimens in pressurized, oxygen-rich atmospheres. In simplest terms, a test involves recording sensory data while rubbing two specimens against each other at a controlled normal force, with either a random stroke or a sinusoidal stroke having controlled amplitude and frequency. The term "multimodal" in the full name of the apparatus refers to a capability for imposing any combination of widely ranging values of the atmospheric pressure, atmospheric oxygen content, stroke length, stroke frequency, and normal force. The MFIT was designed especially for studying the tendency toward heating and combustion of nonmetallic composite materials and the fretting of metals subjected to dynamic (vibrational) friction forces in the presence of liquid oxygen or pressurized gaseous oxygen — test conditions approximating conditions expected to be encountered in proposed composite-material oxygen tanks aboard aircraft and spacecraft in flight.
The MFIT includes a stainless-steel pressure vessel capable of retaining the required test atmosphere. Mounted atop the vessel is a pneumatic cylinder containing a piston for exerting the specified normal force between the two specimens (see figure). Through a shaft seal, the piston shaft extends downward into the vessel. One of the specimens is mounted on a block, denoted the pressure block, at the lower end of the piston shaft. This specimen is pressed down against the other specimen, which is mounted in a recess in another block, denoted the slip block, that can be moved horizontally but not vertically. The slip block is driven in reciprocating horizontal motion by an electrodynamic vibration exciter outside the pressure vessel. The armature of the electrodynamic exciter is connected to the slip block via a horizontal shaft that extends into the pressure vessel via a second shaft seal. The reciprocating horizontal motion can be chosen to be random with a flat spectrum over the frequency range of 10 Hz to 1 kHz, or to be sinusoidal at any peak-to-peak amplitude up to 0.8 in. (≈2 cm) and fixed or varying frequency up to 1 kHz.
The temperatures of the specimen and of the vessel are measured by thermocouples. A digital video camera mounted outside the pressure vessel is aimed into the vessel through a sapphire window, with its focus fixed on the interface between the two specimens. A position transducer monitors the displacement of the pneumatic-cylinder shaft. The pressure in the vessel is also monitored. During a test, the output of the video camera, the temperatures, and the pneumatic-shaft displacement are monitored and recorded. The test is continued for a predetermined amount of time (typically, 10 minutes) or until either (1) the output of the position transducer shows a sudden change indicative of degradation of either or both specimens, (2) ignition or another significant reaction is observed, or (3) pressure in the vessel increases beyond a pre-set level that triggers an automatic shutdown.


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Part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's tax-reform plan will end sales-tax exemptions for oilfield-service boats and commercial-fishing supplies.
Part of Gov. Bobby Jindal's tax-reform plan will end sales-tax exemptions for oilfield-service boats and commercial-fishing supplies.
Officials from the Department of Revenue unveiled part of how the Jindal administration plans to replace $3 billion in revenue lost by his proposed elimination of state corporate and income taxes Wednesday afternoon.
Earlier that day, Jindal pitched a synopsis of the plan to local business leaders at the South Central Industrial Association's luncheon at the Courtyard by Marriott in Houma.
The proposal seeks to replace the lost income-tax revenue with a mix of newly introduced sales taxes on services, an overall increased sales-tax rate, increasing the tax on tobacco sales and eliminating dozens of tax exemptions.
One of the sales-tax exemptions proposed to be cut is tied to the lease or rental of offshore oilfield service boats, a major part of the local oil-based economy. That exemption came on the books in 1975 and applies to both oil-producing companies and the businesses that serve them.
The plan would also eliminate a sales-tax exemption allows commercial fishermen purchase tax-free supplies, repair services, and fuel for their boats. The exemption was also created in 1975.
The costs businesses would incur from eliminating the sales-tax exemptions would be at least partially offset by eliminating the tax on corporate income.
In all, the plan calls for the elimination of 76 specific sales-tax exemptions
The plan keeps intact other exemptions for services like the repair and renovation of drilling rigs and helicopters used in energy production.
Other exemptions that will be eliminated include the state's sales-tax holiday, purchases by some nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity and purchases by Mardi Gras organizations.
Jindal did not speak to any of these specific items when addressing SCIA and details of the plan were presented in Baton Rouge shortly after the luncheon.
Jane Arnette, SCIA executive director, noted the organization doesn't give policy endorsements.
The governor did make a case for the overall plan, saying it is necessary to allow Louisiana to compete with others states.
"One of the biggest obstacles we face in creating jobs for our people is our state's tax code. Our current tax code is complex, it's unstable, it is unfair," said Jindal in a prepared speech.
Jindal spoke of creating a "sales-tax base," which he argues will be more stable and fair than the current tax base.
The proposal will raise the state's sales-tax rate from 4 percent to 5.88 percent. That total does not include local sales taxes but does include raising about $1.5 billion in revenue through the taxing of 37 separate services outlined Tuesday.
Taxes on various professional services make up the largest chunk of revenue, bringing in more than $700 million at the proposed tax rate. Taxes for architectural, engineering, financial and environmental services are included.
Taxes on information-technology services, business consulting and some entertainment services were also introduced.
"Eliminating income taxes gives more control to the tax payer. Taxing what they spend instead of what they earn gives them more control of their money," Jindal said.
Jindal devoted much of his speech Tuesday to addressing recent criticism that his tax plan would unfairly harm the poor and elderly who largely have income that is tax exempt.
Jindal noted his plan introduces a rebate that allows individuals under a certain income level to apply for a rebate of the increased tax burden presented by shifting to sales taxes.
"These provisions ensure that retirees, low-income residents and families of all income levels will be better off by getting rid of this income tax," Jindal said.
The proposal is not finalized, but must be prefiled by March 29. The Legislature is scheduled to consider it during a session scheduled to begin April 8.


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Intel Roadmaps Bring Moore's Law to Mobile
At Intel's Investor Day, executives revealed roadmaps for the company's mobile and datacenter businesses, and talked about software and security. The roadmaps seemed a bit lighter on new details than in past years but reinforced the company's investments in all these areas.
Mobile and Communications
Above: Mike Bell with smartphone
Hermann Eul and Mike Bell, general managers of the Mobile Communication Group, talked about how important mobile is to Intel. Bell held up an Atom-based phone from Orange, based on Intel's reference platform, and talked about Intel's roadmap for mobile products.
Intel is "bringing Moore's Law to Mobile," exploiting Intel's manufacturing capabilities and its software experience. The company has more than 3,000 engineers, including 1,200 dedicated to Android for mobile.
The Atom processor enables new features, Bell said, such as an 8MP camera that can take 10 pictures in less than one second, allowing for high-definition video capture, and still offer great battery life. In general, not only is the single-core Intel Atom chip doing well on performance numbers, it is more energy-efficient than competitive solutions.
For the roadmap, Bell said the current Z2460 will be split into both a higher performance line and a value line. On the performance line, another 32nm chip, called the Z2580, is due later this year with twice the performance of the current technology. Next year, this will be followed by "Merrifield" based on 22nm technology with a new microarchitecture, which will then be followed in 2014 by a 14nm part.
Above: Intel's smartphone roadmap
On the lower end of the market, the Z2000 is expected later this year, running at 1 GHz, with integrated HSPA+ support. A 22nm chip called the 6331 will follow, with even more integration next year.
On tablets, Eul said the company has more than 10 OEMS and 20 designs based on the upcoming "Clover Trail" platform designed for Windows. Next year, we will see a new microarchitecture on 22nm, with a new platform call "Bay Trail," with a 14nm platform to follow in 2014.
Eul, who came to Intel as part of its Infineon acquisition in February 2011, said the company is a major incumbent player in the RF industry. Infineon has sold 2.5 billion 2G and 3G RF chips, 500 million of which were sold after Intel's acquisition. It is now shipping LTE/HSPA+ as part of its release 9 platform, but Eul said that 2G will continue to be important for years, and 3G will continue to grow. He talked in particular about the "mutli-comms" capability, integrating multiple technologies, and multiple bands into the same chip
Datacenter Systems
Above: Diane Bryant and Intel's datacenter overview
Diane Bryant, general manager of Intel's Datacenter and Connected Systems Group, spent much of her presentation talking about the "evolution of enterprise IT."
Bryant, who was formerly Intel's CIO, talked about building a private cloud at Intel. Private cloud use is accelerating, she said, as is the public cloud, where there are now many more customers than there were a few years ago.
While the Xeon processor is primarily thought of as being part of servers, it is now actually being used in all sorts of other areas in the datacenter, including networking and enterprise storage. Datacenter processor growth is expected to double both volume and revenue between 2011 and 2016, Bryant said, led by growth in cloud, high-performance computing, and network.
For all IT departments, energy is a big challenge. Bryant cited numbers from one Fortune 100 company at which 32 percent of its servers are more than four years old, but those systems are consuming 65 percent of the energy and only providing 4 percent of the performance. There are many new opportunities; for instance BMW is now collecting data from all of its cars, and needs to manage that as well.
The server market is also changing. In 2009, the big three account for more than 80 percent of sales, but the "other" vendors have been growing at twice their rate. Today, Intel's "channel partners"—primarily "whitebox" VARs—would be considered the number three seller. Meanwhile, Chinese makers and traditionally smaller computer makers have also been growing faster than the market.
Within the server market, Intel now offers more than 100 specific processor versions in the Itanium, Xeon, Core, and Atom families.
Bryant thinks microservers will only be about 10 percent of the market by 2015, and even within that, about two-thirds will need the higher-performance of the Xeon processors, with the rest left for Atom (at least, within Intel's line). Intel is committed to the market, though, offering a 17 watt Ivy Bridge version of the Xeon processor and a 6 watt Atom SoC this year. The company already has more than 10 industry wins in this category, mostly machines that back lots of processors into a small form factor. She mentioned one vendor offered 384 processors in a 10U form factor, but didn't give the name. (I'm guessing it's SeaMicro, which was just acquired by Intel competitor AMD.)
On the other end of the spectrum, Bryant discussed high-performance computing, noting that market was growing more than 20 percent each year. The number one HPC system in 2013 will use as many processors as one percent of the entire volume for Xeon in 2011, she said. HPC is going mainstream, and new applications include building fewer physical prototypes. By acquiring Cray's high-end fabric team and Infiniband maker QLogic, the two teams can work together to create a future high-end fabric for HPC.
This year, Intel will finally ship its Many Integrated Core product (known as Knights Corner), which is much simpler to program than GPU computing.
Big data is changing storage, and storage capacity will grow 690 percent between 2010 and 2015, driven in large part by unstructured data. To deal with all of this, Bryant said, companies are adding new features such as deduplication and thin provisioning that require more processing, leading toward a move to Xeon processors.
Similarly, in networking, there is also a transition toward standard processors. Of the four main network workloads—applications, control, packet processing, and signal processing—Intel has been successful in moving much of the first two markets toward its processors and just introduced solutions for packet processing. (Signal processing will still be in the future.)
Software and Security
Above: Renee James and Stuart McClure
Renee James, general manager of the software group at Intel, and Stuart McClure, chief technology officer for McAfee, talked about how Intel has kept McAfee separate since its acquisition, but the company has continued to grow. Intel has long emphasized security features in its platform, and this has moved from a focus on execution control (such as antivirus) to the addition of features for identity and attestation, as well as data and system recovery solutions.
James and McClure talked about working together to improve security by looking both above and below the operating system. As an example, they pointed to McAfee's Deep Defender for vPro-based systems. Combining silicon and platform features allows for better security, both said. McClure noted that the big change was moving from a "reactive" approach to security toward a "preventive" approach.
In mobile, in particular, both talked about focusing on identity and cloud based services that solve security in a different way on traditional PCs.


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BVLGARI Bulgari 2016 spring and summer accessories releasedCategories:Other Brands
Bulgari 2016 spring and summer accessories and unique, full of modern flavor, with bold new interpretation of the concept of the brand's iconic style and detail.
Bulgari's iconic Serpenti series is still the most popular, which is characterized by enamel material smugglers buckle. In this season works, designers with a unique way to make this series unique mosaic smugglers fresh air.
Bulgari Bulgari family to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the launch, Bulgari launched a new dimension to the classic series of works, and the new two-color leather, a more modern "Perspicio" snap highlight fashion brand details.
Bulgari designers draw inspiration from the gorgeous gemstone variety of colors in order to show the King prosperity spring: pink and lemon yellow to show vitality, ice cream and purple color representative of soothing mood. The new series of works full of yellow water crystal, red coral, turquoise, tourmaline and white agate and other colors, eye-catching. Gold, silver, copper and other metals and gems competing Zheng-Hui, the perfect match Bulgari jewelry design in precious metals and gems, most vividly.
From the past to the present, on behalf of countless women to become the favorite goddess of Bulgari. Bulgari women have many levels: her strong mature, modern and charming. Whatever the mood and trends change, Bulgari unparalleled quality, representative of traditional Italian craftsmanship, always captivating. Bulgari has a long history, and always with the times, interpretation of the famous style.
Bvlgari Serpenti Forever series clamshell Bag
Since the forties, as a snake full of wisdom and strength legendary totem, carved into the Bulgari heritage, aesthetics and achievements among the implication of immortality and rebirth. As a rich source of inspiration for the Bulgari without a break, the new season of the series of flip Serpenti Forever Bag brings full of joy citrine, coral, turquoise, color choice tourmaline, white agate. Under the bold use of color and unique collision process, these new colors make the serpentine pattern of craftsmanship Woon life. As this series name eternal meaning, flexible calfskin and as works of art as it is combined with three-dimensional serpentine pattern never get tired, even more modern in the classic.
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Bvlgari Serpenti Scaglie handbags
In jewelry design, coral and turquoise is a symbol of Bulgari. After years of experience, full of unique design and shape them into platinum and rose gold perfect match. And when they encounter pearl skin, coral and turquoise that a strong sense of style with precious pearl skin radial texture, Bulgari has used its unique traditional technology products given a new breakthrough.
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2.6 Any Defamatory Comments made on VXRonline are those of the post writer and not of the Forum owners or administration team. We will accept no responsibility for any defamatory comments made by members that could result in legal action against that member.
2.7 VXRonline Owners and the forum except no responsibility legal or otherwise for comments posted on the forum. Any member who deems any content to be libel should contact the Administrator and draw his/her attention to the offending post. Posters should remember that a post could be stored by this site or another and a hasty delete may not remove an inappropriate posting from public viewing or retrieval.
3.1 Any person may view public areas of the site, however to post on the forum and access all areas you need to be a registered member. Membership is free of charge, there is no subscription. Details provided should be full and accurate.
3.2 All users under the age of 16 must seek permission from their parent or guardian in order to gain membership of the VXRonline forums. While we welcome participation from members under 16, we require that a parent or guardian contact admin or a moderator for permission.
3.3 Your username may not be more than 16 letters and/or digits long. If you set up a username longer than this the moderators of the site will amend it and you will be notified by email. Chose your username wisely, it will not be changed.
3.4 Membership can be withdrawn at any time.
3.5 Leaving posts, if a member posts a thread stating they are leaving then the thread will be locked and the member moved to Historic. A person classed as historic will remain so for at least a month, a return to the site will be at the discretion of the admin/mod team.
3.6 Each member is allowed one login account. Registering with multiple accounts is not allowed. NB Registering an additional account to overcome a suspension will only result in a total ban.
3.7 Avatars and signatures must be family friendly and non disruptive, they must not contain explicit images or expletives. Images uploaded as signatures must be a MAXIMUM SIZE OF 500X100
3.8 Dual accounts i.e. one login used by a couple are discouraged as they can lead to confusion, both parties of a dual account should finish any post with their name to indicate who has posted. Should either of the account holders receive an infraction or ban then said infraction/ban is against the account.
4.1 Although the Administrators and Moderators of VXRonline will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, we cannot be responsible for message content. All messages express the views of the author. The owners, admin and moderators of the forum accept no responsibility for the views expressed within this forum by the authors/members.
4.2 The owners or the representatives of VXRonline may remove; edit, move, or close topics they feel do not follow the rules.
4.3 VXRonline is not responsible for anything you do as a result of information or advice obtained at this site.
4.4 This is a family forum, please use good judgement when choosing user names, avatars, or images to post, and do not attempt to bypass the word filter. It is there for a reason. Any thread with questionable content, should be labelled as such in the topic title. E.g. NWS (not work safe). If the post is not marked then a moderator may change or edit your post to suit. If you are unsure if a subject is suitable for the site then seek advice from a moderator before posting.
4.5 Use your judgment to post in the correct forum section. Any post not in the correct section may be moved without prior notice to the correct forum.
4.6 When quoting another poster please ensure you do NOT include any photos, not only does this impact on our bandwidth it can be quite frustrating to have to scroll through numerous photos many times on the same thread.
4.7 Personal attacks, rudeness, flaming, baiting, insults to others, or arguments will not be tolerated. Challenge others' points of view and opinions, but do so respectfully and thoughtfully. Please refrain from making excessive negative comments. As the saying goes "If you have nothing nice to say then don't say it". Any member found breaking rule 4.7 will be automatically given a one week ban from the site.
4.8 Any member who threatens anyone on the forum, via PM, instant messengers or Email, will be banned immediately without notice. We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice. Our decision is always final in these matters.
4.9 If you break the rules in any way then you may be dealt with accordingly. This can range from a suspension for a number of days to an instant ban. If you repeatedly break the same rule your account will be at risk of a permanent ban.
4.10 Posting of copyright material is strictly forbidden and will be removed without notice. (Unless of course permission has been granted by the author or credit to the author has been given as per the terms of a licence/contract for usage.) Likewise any posts that seek, discuss or encourage copyright infringement will be removed.
4.11 Blatant spamming of threads is not allowed and any such posts will be removed without notice, please also keep on topic. Sales threads can not be bumped.
4.12 Reposts: Members posting useful topics on VXRonline are to be encouraged. Anyone found to be repeatedly complaining about topics being posted simply because they have seen them already, are liable to receive an infraction, or a visit to the sin bin. If you have seen a post already, please move on and look at another thread. For every member who has already seen something there's likely 10 members who haven't, and for them it's not a repost at all, so no need to make the thread starter feel bad for contributing to the site. Having said that the forum has a search button, please use this first to see if a topic or question is already being discussed to avoid a repost.
4.13 Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts. Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed.
4.14 Please make sure you have permission to show number plates in photographs posted on VXRonline - with the advent of cloning we suggest that number plates are masked out.
4.15 Links to competing forums, Facebook Groups, and similar social network sites are not allowed without the express permission of the admin team, likewise seeking promotion for gain, fund raising, and advertising by linking to another such site, eg asking for 'likes' on FB
4.16 We accept that the VXR brand attracts drivers who are interested in performance, however there is a time and a place for exploiting said performance, i.e. the track and the strip, the VXR Power Events programme offers excellent opportunities. However VXRonline does not condone racing on public roads, any threads relating to such actions will be removed.
5.1 Any post or thread may be removed at a moderators discretion without informing the post / thread author of the reason. We simply do not have the time nor the inclination to pm every member whose post we choose to moderate roll with it! (please do not question moderating decisions on the forum (if you have a query contact a moderator/ admin via pm)
5.2 The moderation team may at times have to resort to some form of infraction against members whose conduct is deemed worthy of such action, we will try to illustrate what we mean but there will always be an occasion where action is required to be taken over an unforeseen set of circumstances.
5.3 Any forum member found, either starting a thread or posting inappropriate content, whether directly on a thread or by a link to another site, will be banned for a period of seven days WITHOUT further notice.
5.4 Any forum member found to be either abusive from a Private Message or is found to be abusive within threads will be banned for a period of 14 days WITHOUT further notice.
5.5 Should a forum member who has a position of responsibility (mainly towards the forum members), be seen to be abusive or post inappropriate content then they will be banned for a period of 1 month WITHOUT further notice.
5.6 Should a forum member return from a ban and continue to post such content (whether inappropriate or abusive) they will be removed from the site permanently, or until such times the Admin/Mod team see fit to release their user id.
5.7 Should a forum member start a thread or post in such as way to cause disruption or be disruptive to the forum , then they will be banned from the site for a period of at least seven days.
5.8 Should a forum member return from being banned from the site due to disruptive behaviour and continues to cause disruption to the site then they are likely to be banned from site for a longer period than seven days or in certain circumstances be banned permanently.
5.9 No forum member shall start a thread or post a comment in relation to sexuality or racism. This type of content may result in the forum member being banned from the site permanently and without further warning.
Trolling will not be allowed.
5.10 If a forum member would like to post a thread, but is unsure as to the content, then they are advised to send it to one of the Admin/Mod team for approval or rejection.
5.11 All forum members should realise and appreciate that this site is primarily for car enthusiasts and is directed at all ages of persons with an interest in Vauxhall, the VXR brand and motoring in general.
5.12 We accept that members have a passion for cars and members may change allegiances to or from the VXR brand. Information on other Marques may be posted in the General section of the forum as may threads about members non Vauxhall vehicles, however the member will be restricted to one thread for that vehicle.
5.12 As with any brand there will be some unsatisfied customers, Vauxhall have in place a customer service department to deal with complaints, this should be the first point of call. Sometimes a member will feel that they are not receiving the treatment they expect, we do not expect to see a detrimental post, send a private message to a moderator who will attempt to get some assistance.
5.13 A member who changes brand is welcome to remain on the site however they will be expected to remain courteous to the other members and the VXR brand.
6.1 A Personal Sale includes used items and may include the odd new item but should not contain multiples of a new item. Personal sales are not to be advertised elsewhere unless clearly stated. The sale item MUST belong to the seller, sales are not permitted on behalf of someone else. This area has restrictions which prevent replies to the thread. Please stick to one advert in a section, do not cross post an item across different sections
6.2 Sales include swaps and trades.
6.3 Sales may only be conducted by members of good standing, that is a member who has been registered on VXRonline for 30 days and created 50 constructive posts. Retaining sales area access, once granted the right will continue providing there is some contribution to the site within the proceeding 30 day period. If there is a period of 30 days or more without a contribution then no advert can be placed for 30 days from the member again contributing to the site in the form of at least two constructive/helpful posts each week during the period.If a person decides to leave the site and becomes historic, but then decides to return to the site, they will be treated as new member and will reuire 50 posts in 30 days to regain sales access. All sales threads will be placed in a moderation queue for approval.
6.4 Payment for goods MUST be conducted through paypal goods not gift, any person paying via gift will not receive any assistance from the team in the event of a dispute. The exceptions to this would be paying for the goods on a face to face deal or were the seller accepts payment by credit card. No seller will refuse to accept paypal goods, the fees must be factored into the price stated in the advert, a seller found to be breaching this rule will have their sales access removed. A sales advert MUST have a picture of the goods offered together with the seller's username and the date clearly visible.
6.5 The Price must be clearly outlined at the start of the post. The price is entirely up to the thread starter and if you do not agree with the price then simply do not pay it! The price must include postage (to UK) and a discount can be offered for collection at the buyers discretion.
6.6 Sales threads linking to other sites, e.g. Piston Heads, EBay are allowed, however the sale must be completed off site.
6.7 An address and landline number should be obtained by both parties to a deal and any payment should be carried out through a recorded system i.e. paypal goods NOT gift. Paying cash on a motorway service is best avoided!
6.8 If you have a problem with a transaction please contact a moderator for advice, do not start a thread questioning another members integrity.
6.9 VXRonline personal sales are run by members and whilst we will try to help if there is a dispute we, VXRonline, accept no responsibility (legal or otherwise) for any transactions.
6.10 No firearms / weapons or fake goods should be traded on this site.
7.1 From time to time specific groups may be identified who will have restricted access to the site, and additional rules controlling their use of the site. These rules will be available to anyone placed into these groups.
At this time there are two such groups, Tuners and Detailers.
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8.7 VXRonline encourages active and open debate among our members. All that we ask is that it's done in a lawful and civil manner be it posting on our boards or using our system to pm another user directly. No failure to remove particular material constitutes an endorsement or acceptance of it by us.
8.8 As a member you understand and acknowledge that information posted or transmitted by other users are the sole responsibility of the person from which such material originated. VXRonline will take no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or truth of the information posted on the forum. And VXRonline (owners, moderators and the forum) will not be held responsible for this information legally.
8.9 You understand and acknowledge that: We don't support, nor do we assume any liability for the contents of any material uploaded or submitted by third party users to this Web Site; and we don't monitor the content posted by users of chat rooms, message boards, newsgroups, software libraries, or other interactive services, that may be available on or through this Web Site. VXRonline have sole discretion to remove any content that, in our judgment, fails to comply with any rules or policies governing the use of this Web Site or is otherwise harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. We are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such content.
8.10 You will be responsible for all content that you make available on Community areas and, to the extent that we are notified of or become aware that you have posted content that is in breach of these Rules, we will either delete or amend it and we reserve the right to remove you from our Community area, temporarily or permanently, and to take any other action we consider appropriate, including legal action. You hereby consent to such removal and waive any claim against us arising out of such removal of content.
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8.18 That solicits personal information from a minor (under 18 years old)
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8.20 All copyright, trade marks and all other intellectual property rights in all material or content supplied as part of the VXRonline forum shall remain at all times vested in us . You are permitted to use this material or content only as expressly authorised in writing by Us and may not and agree not to assist or facilitate any third party to copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute, commercially exploit of such material or content.
9.1 We shall comply with applicable UK Data Protection legislation from time to time in place in respect of any personal information relating to You gathered by Us.
9.2 You may be asked to input various basic information about yourself on different pages of VXRonline. We will not use the information given for any other purpose than is stated at the time or as set out in Our Privacy Policy which sets out further information about our use of User Information. Please use the Contact Us section of VXRonline to notify Us of any changes to the information You have previously given or if You wish to withdraw Your consent to Our using the User Information for the stated purposes or for any form of promotional contact.
9.3 Keep Your identity private. Do not give out Your full name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, the name of your school or any other information (other than that specifically requested by Us), that could help someone discover Your actual identity; Never get together with someone You meet online.
9.4 Do not reply to any messages that are hostile, rude or inappropriate, or in any way make you feel uncomfortable. Instead, let a moderator know via private message or Admin by using the Contact Us.
10.1 VXRo recognises the need for assistance in organising events/meetings/convoys etc, and the country has been divided into regions to assist in this. A Regional Organiser oversea each region.
10.2 The Regional organiser must reside in the area they seek to represent. this will not apply to those currently in place on 18/01/2012.
10.3 Regional Organiser positions that become vacant, will be advertised and members can nominate themselves for the role, additional requirements may be declared by the admin/mod team who may also veto any nominations.
10.4 If there is more than one member nominated then a vote will be conducted, only members residing in the area will be allowed to vote, the admin/mod team may also veto any votes.
If any of these terms and conditions are determined to be invalid or unenforceable by reason of the application of any law, such provisions shall be severed and deleted from these terms and conditions BUT the remainder of these terms and conditions shall continue to have full force and effect.
Reason | PointsFoul Language | 05Abusive | 05Behaviour | 05Inappropriate Posting | 05
Points can be given as warnings at the discrestion of Admin which don't go towards Sin Bin (below).
Points given are added together and result in the following bans if the total is achieved:
10 = Sin Bin - 1 Day
20 = Sin Bin - 3 Days
30 = Sin Bin - 7 Days
50 = Sin Bin - 2 Weeks
To see who is currently in the Sin Bin, go here
08/04/2013linking to other sites expanded to restrict requests etc and the linking to social media pages.24/02/2013various updates re Sales, Historic, competing sites/groups07/11/2012Trade centre rules update18/01/2012various updates re Traders, Regions and historic30/12/2011Amendment of rule 1.4 to take into account exceptional circumstances21/12/2011Detailers required to use Vxl vehicles in examples of work24/06/2011Updated content of rule 4.701/05/2011updated re avatars and signatures12/04/2011sales rules updated to reflect inability to post on threads02/03/2011Pm's and copyright highlighted 09/02/2011Basic rules added and minor formatting 29/11/2010Sales section updated to 50 post count from 20. 23/11/2010Points system overview added. Tuners and detailers rules added from read me first section.13/10/2010Minor formatting amends only
11.1 You will hopefully appreciate you are in a privileged position on this forum as a Tuner. Also, as expressed previously you are able to influence, with your posts, the course of action a forum member may take.
11.2 Furthermore, as you are probably aware there have been a number of threads recently with conflicting views from Tuners and forum member alike, which has resulted in the thread either being closed or archived off due to unsuitable comments and/or continual aggressive behaviour. These comments have frequently been abusive, unnecessary or inappropriate, with posters commenting on the thread when they clearly have no real requirement to do so.
11.3 To this end, and to bring some control over these threads, the administration team has decided that new restriction will be placed on both Tuners and forum members alike.
11.4 No Tuner will be permitted to comment on another Tuners thread, by posting on such thread, unless it is in agreement with the owning Tuner. Any agreement should be sort, via what ever means is suitable to a Tuner. In all cases the proposed words should be communicated to the Tuner prior to posting and copied to the administration team.
11.5 No Tuner is permitted to reply to another Tuners thread by starting a completely new thread, of their own, in basic argument and disagreement to a thread created by a Tuner on this forum, unless with direct permission from the administration team , prior to posting, which may be declined if deemed detrimental to this forum.
11.6 No Tuner is to directly or indirectly reference any other Tuner or a Tuners software as to discredit such a Tuner(s) or its software, in direct conflict to a thread created on this forum.
11.7 All Tuners will ensure that any threads/posts they make, DO NOT contain, personal/company opinions in relation to tuning and the sale of products, only factual and/or evaluation data.
11.8 All reference to Tuning products must be related, solely to their own products, and not of another Tuner. If however a Tuner sells multiple products, such as springs, then if a recommendation is given it must be allied to factual evaluation.
11.9 It should be noted that until further notice all post made by Tuners will be subject acceptance by the administration team, and may be removed if it is deemed inflammatory and detrimental to the well being of forum. It will be right of the administration team to question such posts as it deems fit.
11.10 These rules take immediate affect for all current and existing threads. Should any Tuner breach such rules above, it may result in banning access to the site (including all those associated directly with the Tuner), at the administration team discretion.
12.1 You will hopefully appreciate you are in a privileged position on this forum as a Detailer. You are able to influence, with your posts, the course of action a forum member may take when deciding what products, services, processes to follow. As this is a VXR forum we ask that any examples of your work posted in a thread be of a Vauxhall and preferably a VXR.
12.2 Furthermore, as you are probably aware there have been a number of threads recently with conflicting views from various Detailers alike, which has resulted in these rules coming into force.
12.3 No Detailer will be permitted to comment on another Detailers thread, by posting on such thread, unless it is in agreement with the owning Detailer. Any agreement should be sort, via what ever means is suitable to a Detailer. In all cases the proposed words should be communicated to the Detailer prior to posting and copied to the administration team.
12.4 No Detailer is permitted to reply to another Detailers thread by starting a completely new thread, of their own, in basic argument and disagreement to a thread created by a Detailer on this forum, unless with direct permission from the administration team , prior to posting, which may be declined if deemed detrimental to this forum.
12.5 No Detailer is to directly or indirectly reference any other Detailer or a Detailers work as to discredit a Detailer or their processes, in direct conflict to a thread created on this forum.
12.6 These rules take immediate affect for all current and existing threads. Should any Detailer breach such rules above, it may result in banning access to the site, at the administration team discretion.
13.1 Traders will be allowed a single thread to use as a virtual shop to post their offers etc which they can edit to update in a new trade sales dedicated area.
13.2 Traders will not be restricted to that area and can post in most areas of the site, the exception being the sales sections which will be restricted to private sales by members.
13.3 A trader may point to their shop via their siggie, however spamming of threads to highlight this will not be condoned, nor will deliberate bumping of the original thread.
13.4 The first post on the thread should be edited by the Trader to show their current sales stock or offers.