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Becca tried to stay as still as possible as the box shook and swayed slightly. She braced her hands on the floor to either side, crouching on one knee in the dark as she was rolled out.
I hope they get this show on the road, before I get too stiff to move.
It had been a long time since she'd done this particular schtick. No one asked for it anymore, and she had been surprised when they asked her about it, but it all sort of made sense when they mentioned it was his 100th birthday. Nostalgic. An old-fashioned surprise. It all made sense, but 100?
Becca crouched silently inside the huge cake, hoping to God she wasn't about to give some very old man a heart attack.
She could feel them wheeling the cake into position, hear the muffled party sounds penetrating the layers of icing, cake and cardboard. She wasn't sure how large the party was, having been snuck in through the back after the festivities had already begun and kept out of sight as she got right in the cake so as not to spoil the surprise. It didn't sound like a huge crowd. She was waiting for them to start -- there it was.
...happy birthday to you... happy birthday to you...
She sang along to herself, silently, keeping track of the words, readying herself, knowing that when the song was over they'd give the signal...
The song ended, and the whole crowd roared "Happy birthday!"
The signal.
Becca leaped up, swinging her arms up to lead with her hands, bursting through the cake and sending the top layer flying; She'd probably wind up smearing some icing on herself during the show, but she really didn't want that stuff in her hair. She came out of the cake to the waist, breasts bouncing as she scanned the room for the birthday boy. Her nipples hardened in the sudden cool of the room, a contrast to the stuffy warmth of her own body heat trapped inside the cake with her.
Good, she thought. Maybe it'll make me look interested, get me a better tip. Where the hell is the old guy?
She looked around for a few seconds, surveying the small crowd for an ancient face, but saw nothing but about two dozen twentysomethings smiling hungrily up at her. The group went silent as she stood there craning her neck at them, and the silence made her feel self-conscious. Her voice was a little too loud in the sudden stillness.
"Where's the birthday boy?"
Between herself and the silent onlookers stood one man, dark-eyed, raven-haired and handsome, who slowly raised one hand. Becca stared at him, a man surely no older than herself, and tried to modulate her voice, the utter quiet of the men in the room unnerving her more than a little.
"But, I thought this was a 100th birthday party?" she began, but trailed off as he captured her gaze with his dark eyes. Keeping his eyes on hers he reached out and swung a chair from a nearby table over to the edge of the cake platform, extending the other hand toward her. She took the proffered hand and he helped her out of her confectionery prison.
"It's a misunderstanding," he said, once she was on safer footing. His voice was soft but deep, a fair match for those eyes of his; eyes which seemed larger up close, soft black pools from which she could not tear her gaze, strangely dominating her attention until she had a hard time thinking of anything else. A small part of her was still aware that she was standing before the crowd of silent observers clad in nothing but a thong and a little frosting that clung to one knee, but the greater part of her wanted to simply stare into those eyes and wait for him to speak again, longing for his words, his attention.
He did speak again, the sound of his voice causing her to feel a heat that had nothing to do with the room.
"My birthday was last month, actually. I was one hundred and twenty three."
He smiled, and she thrilled at the thought that his smile was for her and her alone, though that small part of her mind that had not been captured by his gaze, that still felt like Becca, registered that his mouth seemed to contain far too many strong, white teeth. The small bit of self she had left raged and fought to take control but could find no purchase on the rest of her mind; it was like trying to hold back a waterfall with her bare hands.
"Tonight," he went on, his voice caressing her like silk, drawing still more internal heat, "tonight we celebrate not the day of my birth, but the day of my death. It's my 'rebirth-day', as it were. My friends here," he gestured to the silently staring assemblage, "took me to dinner, and now it is time for desert."
As her sense of Self fought, the rest of Becca felt a slow, relaxed sorrow at his words, and she gestured vaguely at the mess behind her.
"I'm sorry, I think I destroyed your cake."
She felt his hand at the side of her face, caressing her cheek as those eyes drew closer, felt his breath upon her skin.
"That is alright, sweet girl. I do not eat... cake."
The strange duality of feeling inside her, the intense battle between the inner Becca and the outer, meant even she could not tell if her tears were of joy or sorrow as his teeth found her throat.
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Replied by Jayarrgh on topic Join a Glasspar Group!
Welcome boatER. What Jack (16 again) said about goldenstateglassics.com/ is where you'll find meet ups of old fiberglass boats (including several Glasspars) for cruises on the Delta and other locations. Tell us more about your Seafair and we love to see photos so please post some.
I'll head out to Tower Park that weekend and check it out. Thanks for letting me know about the event.
Yea boatER Tower is the place to be. I will be bringing a Glasspar not sure which at the moment but will be there. A couple Seafair Sedans will probably show up as well as maybe a G3 and Avalon. Look forward to meeting you/.
Hey Jerry and thanks for the welcoming. My Seafair Sedan is a 65, I believe, based on the serial number. The registration claims it to be a 67, but we all know that's not to be trusted. I purchased the boat a few months ago from a guy in central cali who used it for fishing. The boat looked to be in good enough condition for me to pull the trigger and work a little magic on it to make it shine. The outboard is a 85 or 86 Merc 115. As a kid, my family owned a 65 Avalon with a 115 Evinrude. Loved that boat and all of the great experiences we shared in it on the water. My wife and I have an 8 yr old daughter and a 9 1/2 yr old son, so I was thinking the sedan would be a better boat for us on the delta. I'll snap a few photos and attempt to get them posted.
boatER, I have a '60 Seafair Sunliner that I will be taking to TP.
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Der Flughafen Diego Aracena (spanisch: Aeropuerto Internacional Diego Aracena; IATA-Code: IQQ, ICAO-Code: SCDA) ist ein internationaler Verkehrsflughafen in Chile, 45 Kilometer von der Stadt Iquique entfernt.

Geschichte
Der Flughafen wurde 1973 eingeweiht und hieß zunächst Iquique-Chucumata. Er sollte den 1937 gebauten, innerstädtischen Flughafen Iquique-Cavancha mit dessen kurzer Start- und Landebahn (1.780 Meter) ersetzen. Der neue Flughafen wurde als Militär- und Verkehrsflughafen gebaut, obwohl die Fuerza Aérea de Chile, die hier die Base Aérea Los Cóndores unterhält, anfangs der größte Nutzer war. Mit der Zeit gewann der Zivilluftverkehr am Flughafen immer mehr an Bedeutung. 2008 fertigte man so schon 500.000 Passagiere im Jahr ab. Im gleichen Zeitraum fand auch eine umfangreiche Sanierung der Zivilseite des Flughafens statt, bei der auch ein neues Terminal entstand. Nach der Modernisierung gehört der Flughafen heute zu den modernsten im Land.

Fluggesellschaften und Flugziele

Zwischenfälle

 Am 20. April 1979 verunfallte eine Fairchild F-27A der Aeronor Chile (Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen CC-CBR) während des Starts. Die Maschine hatte bereits abgehoben und das Fahrwerk wurde eingefahren, dennoch setzte das Flugzeug erneut auf der Startbahn auf. Nach 750 Metern kam die Maschine über das Ende der Startbahn 01 (heute 36) hinaus zum Stillstand. Der Flugzeugrumpf wurde durch die fahrwerkslose Landung irreparabel beschädigt. Alle 5 Insassen an Bord überlebten.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

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Scott Young, DDS Blog Is Your Unhealthy Mouth Making You Fat?
If your unhealthy mouth is causing you pain, it can easily make you change your diet. The first thing to go is typically fresh fruits and vegetables, because they are hard, crunchy, and challenging to eat with an unhealthy mouth. You might even have stopped eating crunchy fruits and vegetables because your loose teeth are threatening to come out.
Instead, you've turned to processed food that is softer and easier to eat. Not only does this mean you're probably not getting a full range of nutrition, but it also means you're probably taking in a lot more fat, sugar, and salt than is healthy for you. This can lead to significant weight gain, and can make it hard for you to lose weight.
Your unhealthy mouth can also make it hard for you to exercise. Remember, gum disease is a chronic infection, and it takes resources to fight off that infection. Think about how you feel when you have the flu or a stomach bug–how much energy that saps from you. Even if gum disease only saps a fraction of that energy from you, that's still enough to make it hard to get on and stick to a regular exercise regimen.
In addition, diabetes, which might have been triggered by weight gain, can be worsened by gum disease. Diabetes can also make it hard for you to work out, because it affects the way your body absorbs and metabolizes energy.
Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ) can also contribute to exercise difficulties. When you have TMJ, your jaw, neck, and spine can get out of alignment, which makes it harder to maintain balance and leverage your muscles efficiently. This makes it harder to do even routine exercises and can make falls and other injuries more likely.
When you're trying to turn your weight around with a new exercise routine, it doesn't take much additional burden to transform your workout from challenging to extremely difficult, and that can make it very hard to keep to your schedule.
Inflammation is an important mediator between diabetes, weight gain, and gum disease. When your body is responding to the chronic infection in your gums, it releases inflammatory compounds into your body. These can alter the way your body uses energy and stores fat. In particular, it can impact the way your body uses leptin, a protein that helps us to feel full and not hungry.
Inflammation can also contribute to fatigue that makes it hard to start or maintain a good exercise regimen.
As a result, inflammatory proteins are associated with future weight gain.
When it comes to maintaining a healthy body, one that is fit and free of disease, it's important to keep your oral health in mind, too. Infection in the gums can be spread through the body in many ways, from your blood to your breathe to the food that you eat. This means that an unhealthy mouth will contribute to poor overall health.
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Thanks for the brushes. I'm using these to make some custom signature art for my friends. Great work!
These are cool brushes. Thank you.
herro herro ^^ I'm gonna use this for a story poster ouo thank chu!
Thank you, these look really cute!
im grabbin these so i can attempt to make a simple sleeve tatt deign for my friend thanks hun!
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Q: Merge sql into a stored procedure for better performace I am still having real performance issue in a list there our 38 thousand entrys and I need to map them to another table for export I am thinking of moving it to stored proc but still worried what performance would be like there. The code works but takes a very long time to execute and wish to turn it into a stored proc.
private List<TradeItemsExport> MapTradeItems(List<TradeItems> tradeItem)
{
    List<TradeItemsExport> retList = new List<TradeItemsExport>();

    try
    {
        var StockImport = new StockItemExported();

        List<StandardLookUpList> _AnalsisCodes = GetAnayalsisCodesForExportCode();

        StandardLookUpList sport = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList gender = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList colour = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList Size = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList categorycode = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList categorydesc = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList subcategorycode = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList subcategorydesc = new StandardLookUpList();

        StandardLookUpList brandcode = new StandardLookUpList();
        StandardLookUpList branddesc = new StandardLookUpList();

        using (var db = new liveEntities1())
        {
            int count = 0;

            foreach (var item in tradeItem)
            {
                count++;
                bool hasprocessed = HasTransactionBeenProcessed(item.ItemCode);

                if (hasprocessed == false)
                {
                    var codesForThisItem = _AnalsisCodes.Where(w => w.ItemCode == item.ItemCode);

                    if (codesForThisItem.Any())
                    {
                        sport = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.Sport);

                        gender = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.Gender);
                        colour = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.Colour);
                        Size = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.Size);
                        categorycode = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.Category);
                        categorydesc = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.Category);

                        subcategorycode = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.SubCategory);
                        subcategorydesc = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.SubCategory);
                        brandcode = codesForThisItem.FirstOrDefault(x => x.code == Constants.Brand);

                        string SportCodeValue, SportDescValue;

                        if (sport == null)
                        {
                            SportCodeValue = "";
                            SportDescValue = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            SportCodeValue = sport.LookupValue.ToString();
                            SportDescValue = sport.description;
                        }

                        string GenderCodeValue, GenderCodeDesc;

                        if (gender == null)
                        {
                            GenderCodeValue = "";
                            GenderCodeDesc = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            GenderCodeValue = gender.LookupValue.ToString();
                            GenderCodeDesc = gender.description;
                        }

                        string ColourCodeValue, ColourCodeDesc;

                        if (colour == null)
                        {
                            ColourCodeValue = "";
                            ColourCodeDesc = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            ColourCodeValue = colour.LookupValue.ToString();
                            ColourCodeDesc = colour.description;
                        }

                        string SizeCodeValue, SizeCodeDesc;

                        if (Size == null)
                        {
                            SizeCodeValue = "";
                            SizeCodeDesc = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            SizeCodeValue = Size.LookupValue.ToString();
                            SizeCodeDesc = Size.description;
                        }

                        string CategoryCodeValue, CategoryCodeDesc;

                        if (categorycode == null)
                        {
                            CategoryCodeValue = "";
                            CategoryCodeDesc = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            CategoryCodeValue = categorycode.LookupValue.ToString();
                            CategoryCodeDesc = categorydesc.description;
                        }

                        string subcategorycodevalue, subcategorycodedesc;

                        if (categorycode == null)
                        {
                            subcategorycodevalue = "";
                            subcategorycodedesc = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            subcategorycodevalue = subcategorycode.LookupValue.ToString();
                            subcategorycodedesc = subcategorydesc.description;
                        }

                        string brandcodecodevalue, brandcodecodedesc;

                        if (brandcode == null)
                        {
                            brandcodecodevalue = "";
                            brandcodecodedesc = "";
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            brandcodecodevalue = brandcode.LookupValue.ToString();
                            brandcodecodedesc = brandcode.description;
                        }

                        retList.Add(new TradeItemsExport()
                        {
                            ItemCode = item.ItemCode,
                            BarCode = item.BarCode,
                            Description = item.Description,
                            SupplierCode = item.SupplierCode,
                            SupplierStockCode = item.SupplierStockCode,
                            Product_Group_Code = "",
                            Product_Group_Desc = "",
                            SportCode = SportCodeValue,
                            SportDesc = SportDescValue,
                            GenderCode = GenderCodeValue,
                            GenderDesc = GenderCodeDesc,
                            ColourCode = ColourCodeValue,
                            ColourDesc = ColourCodeDesc,
                            SizeCode = SizeCodeValue,
                            SizeDesc = SizeCodeDesc,
                            CategoryCode = CategoryCodeValue,
                            CategoryDesc = CategoryCodeDesc,
                            subcategorycode = subcategorycodevalue,
                            subcategorydesc = subcategorycodedesc,
                            BrandsCode = brandcodecodevalue,
                            BrandsDesc = brandcodecodedesc,
                            Vat = item.Vat,
                            GrossWeight = item.Weight,
                            CommodityCode = item.CommodityCode,
                            price_exVAT = item.price_exVAT,
                            price_incVAT = item.price_incVAT,
                            currentprice_exVAT = item.currentprice_exVAT,
                            currentprice_incVAT = item.currentprice_incVAT,
                            creation_date = item.creation_date,
                            Inactive_date = item.Inactive_date,
                            status = 1
                        });

                        Console.Write(String.Format("Exporting stock item {0} with a current record of {1} of {2} \n", item.ItemCode.ToString(), count.ToString(), tradeItem.Count.ToString()));
                        EFStockItemExported _newStockitemImported = new EFStockItemExported();

                        _newStockitemImported.StockItemID = item.ItemCode;
                        _newStockitemImported.IsProcessed = true;
                        _newStockitemImported.DateImported = DateTime.Now;

                        db.EFStockItemExporteds.Add(_newStockitemImported);
                        db.SaveChanges();
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.Write(string.Format("Stock Items to Process  [{0}] check the  table and remove entry if wish to re process.", 0));
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
    }

    return retList;
}

My problem that this takes around 30 mins to compute the results which is very slow.
This is the sql that I am doing which is a view that is the tradeitem that I am passing.
SELECT
    dbo.PLSupplierAccount.SupplierAccountNumber, dbo.PLSupplierAccount.PLSupplierAccountID, dbo.PLSupplierAccount.SupplierAccountName,
    dbo.PLSupplierAccount.SYSCurrencyID, dbo.PLSupplierAccount.MainTelephoneAreaCode, dbo.PLSupplierAccount.MainTelephoneCountryCode,
    dbo.PLSupplierAccount.MainTelephoneSubscriberNumber, dbo.PLSupplierAccount.MainFaxCountryCode, dbo.PLSupplierAccount.MainFaxSubscriberNumber,
    dbo.PLSupplierAccount.MainFaxAreaCode, dbo.PLSupplierContact.ContactName, dbo.PLSupplierContact.Description, dbo.PLSupplierContact.FirstName,
    dbo.PLSupplierContact.MiddleName, dbo.PLSupplierContact.LastName, loc.AddressLine1, loc.AddressLine2, loc.AddressLine3, loc.AddressLine4, loc.PostCode,
    loc.City, loc.County,
    CAST(CASE WHEN loc.Country = 'Ireland' THEN 'IRL'
              WHEN loc.Country = 'Great Britain'
              THEN 'GBR'
              ELSE 'ERR'
         END AS nvarchar(3)) AS Country,
    dbo.SYSCurrency.SYSCurrencyISOCodeID, dbo.SYSCurrency.SYSExchangeRateTypeID, dbo.SYSCurrency.Name AS CurrencyDescription,
    dbo.SYSCurrency.Symbol AS CurrencySymbol
FROM
    dbo.PLSupplierAccount
INNER JOIN
    dbo.PLSupplierContact ON dbo.PLSupplierAccount.PLSupplierAccountID = dbo.PLSupplierContact.PLSupplierAccountID
INNER JOIN
    dbo.PLSupplierLocation AS loc ON dbo.PLSupplierAccount.PLSupplierAccountID = loc.PLSupplierAccountID
                                  AND dbo.PLSupplierContact.PLSupplierLocationID = loc.PLSupplierLocationID
INNER JOIN
    dbo.SYSCurrency ON dbo.PLSupplierAccount.SYSCurrencyID = dbo.SYSCurrency.SYSCurrencyID

My quesiton is how would I change the above to include a sub query that would do the same as this function is doing above.
The query for the codes look up which is again another view is below.
SELECT
    dbo.StockItem.ItemID, dbo.StockItem.Code, dbo.StockItem.Name, dbo.StockItemSearchCatVal.SearchValueID, dbo.SearchValue.Name AS Expr1,
    dbo.SearchCategory.Name AS Expr2
FROM
    dbo.SearchCategory
INNER JOIN
    dbo.SearchValue ON dbo.SearchCategory.SearchCategoryID = dbo.SearchValue.SearchCategoryID
INNER JOIN
    dbo.StockItemSearchCatVal ON dbo.SearchCategory.SearchCategoryID = dbo.StockItemSearchCatVal.SearchCategoryID
                              AND dbo.SearchValue.SearchValueID = dbo.StockItemSearchCatVal.SearchValueID
INNER JOIN
    dbo.StockItem ON dbo.StockItemSearchCatVal.ItemID = dbo.StockItem.ItemID

I just feel I would get more benefit changing this into a subquery so that I am just returning the results to .net  I am using the filehelpers library to output the results set of MapTradeItems to csv so obv more things I can do the better on the server.
Obv I would need some kind of temporary table to loop through the results but how quick would that be in sql server compared to a .net for each loop.
This is the poco class which I have to reproduce to csv.
[DelimitedRecord(",")]
public class TradeItemsExport
{
    [FieldOrder(1)]
    public string ItemCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(2)]
    public string BarCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(3)]
    public string Description { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(4)]
    public string SupplierCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(5)]
    public string SupplierStockCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(6)]
    public string Product_Group_Code { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(7)]
    public string Product_Group_Desc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(8)]
    public string SportCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(9)]
    public string SportDesc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(10)]
    public string GenderCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(11)]
    public string GenderDesc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(12)]

    public string ColourCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(13)]
    public string ColourDesc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(14)]
    public string SizeCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(15)]
    public string SizeDesc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(16)]
    public string CategoryCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(17)]
    public string CategoryDesc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(18)]
    public string subcategorycode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(19)]
    public string subcategorydesc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(20)]
    public string BrandsCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(21)]
    public string BrandsDesc { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(22)]

    public Nullable<short> Vat { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(23)]
    public decimal GrossWeight { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(24)]
    public string CommodityCode { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(25)]
    public decimal price_exVAT { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(26)]
    public Nullable<decimal> price_incVAT { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(27)]
    public Nullable<decimal> currentprice_exVAT { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(28)]
    public Nullable<decimal> currentprice_incVAT { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(29)]
    public System.DateTime creation_date { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(30)]
    public Nullable<System.DateTime> Inactive_date { get; set; }
    [FieldOrder(31)]
    public int status { get; set; }
   }

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ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche's <ROG.S> third-quarter sales rose 7 percent, above analyst forecasts, as sales of new drugs including its multiple sclerosis therapy Ocrevus helped offset the impact that rivals' copies are having on the Swiss group's top-selling drugs.
Third-quarter sales rose to nearly 14 billion Swiss francs (£10.7 billion), compared to the average forecast of analysts of 13.8 billion francs in a Reuters poll.
Roche confirmed on Wednesday its outlook for 2018 sales to grow at a mid-single-digit rate. Core earnings per share, including benefits from U.S. tax reform changes, would grow in the mid-teen-digit percentages.


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Riverview para-cyclist sets sights on 2020 Paralympics
Published Friday, April 19, 2019 6:52PM ADT
Riverview, N.B. resident Matthew Kinnie has always been very adventurous.
"Pretty active guy, I really like being outdoors and doing outdoor activities," describes Kinnie. "Anything like skiing, rock climbing, or canoeing, hiking, backpacking and that, was all the stuff I like to do in my spare time."
But 14 years ago, Kinnie's life took an unexpected turn when he was out rock climbing with friends.
"My hand slipped and I pulled an anchor from the wall, and before my rope could catch me, I had hit a ledge. So I kind of fell backwards and I landed on the back of my head and neck."
He knew right away that his injuries were serious.
"I remember saying to my buddy, I think I said it over 100 times over, 'crap I screwed up, don't tell Mel,' because she was going to kill me," remembers Kinnie.
"I was so young and naïve, that I thought 'okay, it's going to be a long road, but everything is going to be fine," remembers Matt's wife Melanie.
But everything was not fine. Matt soon learned that he had fractured his C6 vertebrae, which left him paralyzed from the chest down at the age of 22.
"I said 'okay, but will he be able to walk again,' recalls Melanie. "The doctor said 99% chance that he wouldn't be able to walk again.
Matt says that he struggled with feelings of guilt after the incident.
"I felt so guilty, I felt so bad, and I think that kind of fueled my recovery and trying to get as much back as I could because I owed that to those around me."
He faced his challenging recovery head-on and found a new passion in para-cycling.
"I started jumping on my old recreation hand bike and started doing that every second day."
What started as just a hobby for the busy dad of twins, quickly turned into a new personal goal; qualifying to the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.
"Usually I'm on the bike five or six days a week, for a total of nine to fifteen hours of ride time."
"He loves it and it's brought so much joy to his life, and it's gotten him back to the person he was before the accident," says Melanie.
A GoFundMe page dedicated to helping Matt with his equipment costs has already received over $4000 in donations, acts of kindness that Matt says he's extremely grateful for.
"It's not lost on me that people are sacrificing so that I can do what I'm doing right now," says Matt. "But my hope is that it's not going to be that way for the next 20 years, it's just right now, and then maybe I can give back a little and support others to do the things that they love to do."
An inspiring message from a New Brunswick man determined to make his next adventure a reality.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Eilish Bonang.
Riverview resident Matt Kinnie was left paralyzed after a rock climbing accident 14 years ago, but now he has his sights set on competing in the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.

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Inter Milan News
News about FC Internazionale, the Italian giant
Inter redirect Esposito to Venezia
More companies look at Inter investment
Pirlo: 'Juve poor game management'
Martinez Quarta shows Lukaku 'scars'
Prandelli saw foul on Inter winner
Paris Saint-Germain Eager to Sign Mauro Icardi on Permanent Deal From Inter – But Not for Agreed Release Clause
Paris Saint-Germain are keen on permanently signing striker Mauro Icardi, though hope they can negotiate a lower transfer fee.
The French champions hope they can keep Icardi, who is currently on loan from Inter, past his contract expiry date this summer. With the Argentine enjoying a successful season in Paris after arriving last September, he could soon be extending his stay in the French capital.
Paris Saint-Germain's Mauro Icardi.
As reported by L'Equipe, PSG are in agreement with Icardi to sign him permanently, with the 27-year-old also wanting to stay at the club. Despite having a release clause of €70m, the Parisians will try and sign Icardi for a much lower fee, having already agreed provisional contract terms.
They add that Inter are aware that PSG want to negotiate a lower deal, and are open to discussions over agreeing a revised fee, potentially in the region of €30m and €50m.
Icardi joined PSG on loan in September 2019, hitting the ground running with four goals in his first four Ligue 1 appearances. The Argentine forward ended the season with an impressive 20 goals in 31 games, finishing as the club's second top scorer behind Kylian Mbappé.
Paris Saint Germain's Kylian Mbappé and Mauro Icardi.
PSG's concerns over paying the set release clause are due to the coronavirus pandemic, with widespread inflation in the transfer market very likely. The global financial market will almost certainly be further impacted, which itself will affect football transfers in the near future.
While these are unprecedented times for football, and the world, it is remarkable to see PSG conscious about spending money. Les Parisiens are notable big spenders in football, buying Neymar from Barcelona in 2017 for a world record €222m, as well as Mbappé from Monaco for €135m the following year.
Mauro Icardi playing for parent club Inter.
Icardi signed for Inter back in 2013 from Sampdoria, netting 124 goals in 219 appearances. However, it looks like the 27-year-old will be bringing an end to his seven-year stint in Milan, with manager Antonio Conte not interested in bringing him back into the first team.
PSG were 12 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 before the league was suspended, with 11 games still to play. Thomas Tuchel's side were crowned champions on 30 April following the season's cancellation, sealing their ninth French league title in unprecedented circumstances.
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Xerox Star
The Xerox Star, officially known as the 8010, was a revolutionary computer workstation released as a commercial product in 1981. The Star workstation hardware was known as a Dandelion, or Dlion, based on the "Wildflower" architecture paper by Butler Lampson. Its CPU was a microprogrammed bit-sliced running a virtual machine for the Mesa programming language, a direct precursor to Modula-2 and Modula-3. The Star was developed by the Xerox Systems Development Division, and not at the famous Xerox Palo Alto Research Center as commonly supposed. Many of the ideas in Star originated at PARC, such as WYSIWYG, Ethernet, and network services such as Directory, Print, File, and internetwork routing. However, the product versions were distinct from the research versions.
The Xerox Star was not originally meant to be a stand-alone computer, but was part of an integrated Xerox "personal office system" that also connected to other workstations and network services via Ethernet. The Xerox Star was the first commercial computer to use a graphical user interface (GUI) with the familiar desktop-with-icons metaphor and a mouse. In this it borrowed several designs from the earlier Xerox Alto computer.
The Xerox Star is considered by many to be a commercial failure because only about 25 thousand were sold. However, the Star product laid important groundwork for the computers of today.
There is a common story that a trip to Xerox PARC by Apple Computer's Steve Jobs led to the GUI and mouse being integrated into the Apple Lisa and, later, the first Apple Macintosh. This is only partially true. Steve Jobs was shown the Smalltalk-80 programming environment which had a small portion of the GUI features in the Star—for example it didn't have a desktop or icons. The Lisa engineering team saw Star at its introduction and came back and converted what had been a text-based user interface into a GUI. The initial Macintosh interface was a simplified version of the Lisa interface (i.e., single-tasking), supporting only a single floppy drive instead of the hard drive of the Lisa (and Star).
Over there years many people have complained that Apple, Microsoft (and others) ripped off the GUI (and other innovations) from the Xerox Star. There have also been complaints that Xerox didn't properly protect their intellectual property. The truth is a bit more complicated. Many patent disclosures were submitted for the innovations in the Star. At the time the 1975 Xerox Consent Decree restricted what the company was able to patent. When the Star disclosures were being prepared the Xerox patent attorneys were busy with new technologies like laser printing. And finally, software patents were an untried area at that time.
Star graphics: An object-oriented implementation (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=801270)
Traits: An approach to multiple-inheritance subclassing (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=966873.806468)
The Xerox "Star": A Retrospective (http://members.dcn.org/dwnelson/XeroxStarRetrospective.html)de:Xerox Star it:Xerox Star pl:Xerox Star
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Alfa Romeo: 2 reasons to want them back
By Rhuaridh Marr on April 26, 2013	@rhuaridh
After almost 20 years away from the U.S. market, Alfa Romeo — one of Italy's most infamous car brands — is finally gearing up for its return to American shores. Fiat, the marque's owner, has long since discussed Alfa's re-introduction, but has stalled for over a decade in actually successfully relaunching the brand. Now, we apparently have our final delay, and Alfa will indeed launch into North America in 2014, and we've got two incoming models that we think are more than worth the (extended) wait.
First up is the drop-dead gorgeous 6C concept. Designed by a student at IED in Turin, Italy, the striking looks of the coupé have apparently drawn the attention of bosses at Fiat, who are said to be exploring the design as the basis for a range of cars, currently known as the 6C, for launch before 2016. Incorporating a luxury sedan and sporty coupé, the 6C range will be Alfa's attempts to target the luxury German brands that currently have a stranglehold on the sector. Audi, BMW and Mercedes all offer cars in this segment, and it's these that Alfa hope to steal sales from — think of the 6C as a rival to the 5-series sedan and 6-series coupe.
With a renewed emphasis on luxury and quality, Fiat is estimating sales at 40,000 per year — which is exceedingly optimistic, and almost unrealistic given the complete lack of brand awareness among average Americans — but a Maserati-derived chassis, Ferrari-sourced powertrains and Fiat-Chrysler engineering knowledge should combine to make the 6C an incredible machine. Eschewing the FF layout of many modern Alfas, it will instead be rear- or all-wheel-drive, and gear shifts will be handled by the dual-clutch automatic adopted in recent Ferraris.
There is still much to be finalized about the 6C, including the design, but if Alfa can pull its many engineering capabilities together into one beautiful whole, we could be looking at the start of one hell of a car.
The second reason, and at the opposite end of the spectrum, is Alfa's MiTo. Available in Europe and elsewhere for several years now, it's due for a refresh to launch in 2016, and Alfa is said to be strongly considering bringing the new model to the United States. It's an intriguing proposition — given the success of small models such as the Mini and Fiat 500, another small car with premium styling and equipment could do equally as well.
Alfa's design team is apparently split, however, between whether to offer the MiTo as a standard three-door, sporty hatch, or change the platform and transform it into a crossover coupe, just like the recently announced BMW X4, albeit more likely on a smaller scale. The former is unlikely to find appeal outside Europe, where small, eco-friendly hatches sell in their millions — the crossover, though, could have a suitably mainstream appeal and an intriguing enough design to go global, or at least make it across the Atlantic. Of course, Alfa could hedge its bets and make both the coupe and the hatch available, much like Mini does with its Paceman, Countryman, Clubman and standard hatch, offering a full range based on the same platform. According to Car and Driver, engines will include fuel-efficient TwinAir and MultiAir options, delivering between 100-200 horsepower, with the ability to run on biofuel and natural gas. Plug-in hybrids could also follow.
The MiTo could represent the perfect budget option for those wanting a pedigree Italian sports brand, without the pedigree Italian price-tag, though it would certainly carry a premium compared with less Mediterranean rivals.
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Q: d3.js circles don't show after trying to use the update pattern Me again - perhaps there is some day i'm the one helping. But at the moment i'm totally lost. (i'm absolutely new to d3.js and my javascript knowledge is very basic at the moment)
So... i'm trying to make an interactive visualization of Charakter and their relation. The plan ist to start with one Character (the one who is logged in) and to show his relations at first. When the user now is clicking on his node, the magic should happen and the relations of the clicked node shoul appear... and so on. (in the progress the user should also be able to hide nodes again but baby steps... :D )
So i loaded the code and my json files to git hub, you can find it here:
https://github.com/katjalennartz/ba (index2.html should show everything the js code is in noForce2.js)
I'm pretty sure the problem that no circle is shown depends on my groups, and that there i messed up everything. I'm not sure how to bind my data correctly, so that it's possible to drag the nodes (and so that the links and text follows the nodes...)
This is the part i'm  pretty sure, which is not working:
        .selectAll("circles") // was null before try to use an update function -> null for save index 0 from missing when append circles. but null now is not working
            .data(rootNodes)

        //Exit (remove old elements)
        circleGroup.exit().remove;

        //Enter data
        circleGroup.enter()
            .append('g')
            .attr('transform', function (d) {
                return 'translate(' + d.x + ',' + d.y + ')'; //work not nested data
            })
            .call(d3.drag() //need the drag so you can play with the nodes - links should follow - try to group it for show text beside circle
                .on("start", dragstarted)
                .on("drag", dragged)
                .on("end", dragended));

        //add the circle
        circleGroup.append("circle")
            .attr("r", function (d) {
                //increase radius if current user
                if (d.id === thisuser) {
                    return radius * 2
                } else { return radius; }
            })
            .attr("class", "chara")
            .attr("fill", function (d) {
                //set color to red if current user
                return (d.id === thisuser) ? "red" : "blue"
            })
            .style("stroke", "#ffffff")
            .on("click", update); //this should call the update

        //set text to circle (username)
        circleGroup.append("text")
            .text(function (d, i) { return d.username; })
            //.style('text-anchor', 'top')
            .attr("x", radius)
            .attr("y", 4);

perhaps someone here could help me clear that mess, i would be totally thankful

A: The problem is the reference to circleGroup. When you first use circleGroup, here's what you do:
var circleGroup = svg
    .selectAll("g")
    .data(rootNodes)

Right now circleGroup is the update selection. It's when using either enter() or exit() that it becomes the enter selection you want. This is done properly here:
circleGroup.enter() // Enter selection
    .append('g')
    .attr('transform', function (d) {
        return 'translate(' + d.x + ',' + d.y + ')';
    })
    .call(d3.drag()
        .on("start", dragstarted)
        .on("drag", dragged)
        .on("end", dragended));

but not here:
circleGroup.append("circle") // no enter(), so update selection
    .attr("r", function (d) {
        if (d.id === thisuser) {
            return radius * 2
        } else { return radius; }
    })
    .attr("class", "chara")
    .attr("fill", function (d) {
        return (d.id === thisuser) ? "red" : "blue"
    })
    .style("stroke", "#ffffff")
    .on("click", update);

What you can do is use the enter() in the circleGroup variable directly, making it represent the enter selection. If you need to use the update and exit selection too, use another variable:
var circleGroup = svg
    .selectAll("g")
    .data(rootNodes) // update

var circleGroupEnter = circleGroup.enter()

circleGroupEnter
    .append("circle")
    .append('g')
    .attr('transform', function (d) {
        return 'translate(' + d.x + ',' + d.y + ')'; //work not nested data
    })
    .call(d3.drag() //need the drag so you can play with the nodes - links should follow - try to group it for show text beside circle
        .on("start", dragstarted)
        .on("drag", dragged)
        .on("end", dragended));

circleGroupEnter
    .attr("r", function (d) {
        if (d.id === thisuser) {
            return radius * 2
        } else { return radius; }
    })
    .attr("class", "chara")
    .attr("fill", function (d) {
        return (d.id === thisuser) ? "red" : "blue"
    })
    .style("stroke", "#ffffff")
    .on("click", update);

Using selection.join()
The above is a bit heavy handed. You can use selection.join() to simplify - to understand how it works, see this tutorial.
var circleGroup = svg
    .selectAll("g")
    .data(rootNodes)

circleGroup
    .join('g')
    .attr('transform', function (d) {
        return 'translate(' + d.x + ',' + d.y + ')';
    })
    .call(d3.drag()
        .on("start", dragstarted)
        .on("drag", dragged)
        .on("end", dragended));

circleGroup
    .join("circle")
    .attr("r", function (d) {
        if (d.id === thisuser) {
            return radius * 2
        } else { return radius; }
    })
    .attr("class", "chara")
    .attr("fill", function (d) {
        return (d.id === thisuser) ? "red" : "blue"
    })
    .style("stroke", "#ffffff")
    .on("click", update);

selection.join() also works for handling the three selections: here's an example from later in your code:
var link = svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "link")
    .selectAll("line")
    .data(rootLinks);

link.join(
    enter => enter.append('line'),
    update => update,
    exit => exit.remove()
)


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Review: The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood
The Engineer's Wife
by Tracey Enerson Wood
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Goodreads: Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionally--she knows who she is and what she wants, and she's determined to make change. But then her husband Wash asks the unthinkable: give up her dreams to make his possible.
Emily's fight for women's suffrage is put on hold, and her life transformed when Wash, the Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, is injured on the job. Untrained for the task, but under his guidance, she assumes his role, despite stern resistance and overwhelming obstacles. Lines blur as Wash's vision becomes her own, and when he is unable to return to the job, Emily is consumed by it. But as the project takes shape under Emily's direction, she wonders whose legacy she is building--hers, or her husband's. As the monument rises, Emily's marriage, principles, and identity threaten to collapse. When the bridge finally stands finished, will she recognize the woman who built it?
Kritters Thoughts: When you go back into history to read the stories they almost always focus on the men, so how refreshing to find a story where a woman can take center stage and who did and with her taking the lead something big happened - a bridge! Did you ever wonder how the Brooklyn Bridge came to be? Did you think that it was ahead of its time and an engineering feat of its time?!
I guess I had never really thought about bridges in general and never the hows behind the Brooklyn Bridge and how it came to be. Emily Warren Roebling married and dropped everything to follow her husband as he pursued the family business and his dream - building bridges. Watching her husband and her father-in-law, build a bridge or two, Emily learned a lot of things and when her husband needed her to take the lead she did and she not only innovated, but fought the authority along the way.
I love historical fiction. This book is the perfect example. I love a close look at something that you never questioned and with that close look you learn so much and you learn about the people who were there at a crucial time.
After finishing reading the book and going to deep dive into the author, I was excited (and sad) to see that this was her fiction debut because she hit it out of the park, but there is no backlist to dive into! I will not so patiently wait until her next book arrives!
Rating: absolutely loved it and want a sequel
Ebook 2020 Challenge: 76 out of 100
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one copy of this book free of charge from Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review in exchange for receipt of the book; rather, the opinions expressed in this review are my own.


A dongle is a USB thingy (as you can see, I'm very qualified in this area) that lets you connect your computer to the internet wherever you go. It uses the same type of connection your cellphone data plan uses (3G or 4G).
It is very handy, especially when traveling. Waiting for hours in cold, smelly terminals become much more bearable. If I traveled more, I'd definitely get my own dongle (or try to get work to get one for me).
I could use the dongle on multiple laptops. I was worried about this, it seems like a lot of companies grub for money by binding devices like this to a single machine so you have to buy one for each computer you have (and who has just one computer?). It only supported Mac and Windows, though, so minor ding for that.
But… there aren't a whole lot of places I go where I don't have free wifi already. Almost all of the coffeeshops and bookstores (and even bars) I go to already advertise free wifi. I used the dongle maybe once a week. I'll miss it when my free trial runs out, but I won't miss it $55-per-month-worth.
Also, I should be able to get the same sort of behavior by tethering my cellphone–if Sprint didn't cripple their cellphones to prevent you from tethering. I actually don't like having a phone, period, so when my contract runs out I'll probably get a phone with just a data plan and a less douchey carrier.
So, my conclusions are: it's super handy, but my cellphone should really be able to serve the same function. But that's just me, and it is really cool being able to go online anywhere.
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Driving in a Canadian winter can be a challenge. The best way to meet this challenge is to equip your vehicle for winter driving and to drive with caution in cold weather. Winter tires handle winter driving conditions so well because they provide the best possible contact between your vehicle and the road. Whether the road surface is snowy or icy, wet or dry, winter tires offer optimal traction in all cold-weather conditions.
But don't forget that tread wear can diminish winter tire performance, so before winter sets in, check the tread depth of your tires. Ask your tire dealer for more information on how tread wear can affect your tire performance and when is the right time to replace those worn tires.
It may take a vehicle up to twice as long or longer to stop on a slippery surface as it does a dry road. If you need to brake unexpectedly and don't have ABS brakes, avoid braking suddenly. Give the brake pedal a few soft taps rather than one hard push to avoid skidding.
Climb hills in the highest possible hear to minimize the chances of losing traction and spinning your wheels. When driving downhill, put your vehicle in low gear. If you decide to change to a low gear while descending a hill, do it very gently to prevent sliding.
If you can see your breath, it's time to switch!
Don't wait until you hit that first patch of black ice or see an early winter fender-bender to install your winter tires. As soon as the temperature dips below 7 C you should consider changing the winter tires in order to benefit from the increased traction, braking and handling they provide.


Blast off with Emmet on an epic mission. Help him search for his missing friends. Meet Rex the space pilot. Can Rex help Emmet travel through space to find his friends...?
Emmet To The Rescue is part of DK's reading programme, available in four levels to help every child progress and become a confident reader. Aimed at children aged 4+ (level 1) Emmet to the Rescue features age appropriate vocabulary and repetition to engage young fans and build their literary skills. Join Emmet, Lucy, Batman and Unikitty on their new adventures, with exciting images, clear sentences and a fun quiz to help build confidence and develop comprehension skills.
For parents struggling to get their young ones to engage in reading, The LEGO Movie 2 range of books is a perfect way to get them started. If your little one has seen the movie then the images here (and general story) will be sure to hold their attention.
It's a bright, bold and beautiful looking book that is perfect for bedtime reading for the youngest reader in the house.


Robert Montoya had a hand in this one as well. The punchline is mine, though; I find Descartes reedeeculous Frahhnch ack-scent to be inordinately funny.
P.S. Have you seen the award presentation I drew for the 2010 Webcomic List Awards? Have you seen all the awards presentations?
It's the big game! The biggest of games!
This strip was also co-written by Robert Montoya (http://impactshortfilm.webs.com/).


What Are the Guidelines for Performing a Wedding?
I have no reservations about the first statement, as Paul seems pretty clear in 2 Cor. 6:14 that unequally yoked relationships are not something Christians should participate in, so I'm assuming pastors shouldn't perform those weddings. That being said, how that gets fleshed out and what makes a couple "unequally yoked" may not be quite how many assume.
For me, the most helpful explanation of good wedding principles was written by D.A. Carson – Counsel to a Young Church Planter on Marriage. Carson lays out some really wise (and biblically informed) thoughts on why taking the "traditional" stand against performing weddings for "sinners" seems to be based on some assumptions that need to be challenged. You really need to read Carson's article if you are interested in whether pastors should perform weddings under certain circumstances.
What do you think? What kind of guidelines do you think pastors should take, and why?
What about guidelines re: maturity, unhealthy relational dynamics, etc.? When does one step in when two Christians seem to be marrying each other for all the wrong reasons? I suppose this might correspond to a discussion of how much pre-marital counsel is to be received before performing a ceremony for church members. Guidelines might be different for marrying others who ask a pastor to help them, but I'm quite interested in what guidelines w/in the church might best be. I've seen so many ill-advised unions steamroll forward. I know some of it resists being helped, but to what extent should a pastor be a gatekeeper?
Each couple determines how much time is spent on some of the secondary issues as younger couples may need more help with finances… it's almost always dependent upon the needs of the couple.
Now, I tell every couple that I'm under NO obligation to perform a wedding just because I do the pre-marital. If I came to the conclusion that I could not, in good conscious, perform the wedding ceremony for a couple, I wouldn't. I've only had to do that once.
I believe it is imperative for churches and pastors to help shepherd/disciple people through the marriage process. We do them a disservice if we just look the other way.
So I do a lot of marriage counseling as a pastor… more than most pastors I know. I'm blessed because the majority of our congregation trusts me and it's an area that God is blessing.
That's awesome, Luke! It seems like we have similar minds in this regards, but I really haven't seen it in action in churches I'm around. So I feel like I'd be the big spoil sport in a situation where I had influence to say that it needs to be done this way. Good stuff!


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BMW X3 је компактни луксузни кросовер који производи немачка фабрика аутомобила BMW од 2003. године.

Историјат
Заснован је на основу платформе BMW серије 3. Тренутно се производи трећа генерација. BMW пласира на тржиште кросовер или спортско активно возило као спортски породични СУВ и припада опису из X-серије возила.

Највећи конкуренти су му Мерцедес ГЛК-класе (која је од 2016. године преименована у ГЛЦ-класу), Ауди Q5, Порше макан, Јагуар ф-пејс, Волво XC60, Линколн MKC (преименован у Corsair од 2020), Лексус NX и Ранџ Ровер велар. Позициониран је испод већих X5 и купеа X6, али изнад мањих X1 и X2.

Прва генерација (E83; 2003–2010)

Прву генерацију X3 модела је BMW дизајнирао заједно са Магном Штајр са седиштем у Грацу. BMW X3 се први пут појавио у септембру 2003. године на сајму аутомобила у Франкфурту, са аутоматиком и погоном на сва четири точка, који се назива xDrive. Систем користи многобројне плоче за квачило да би обезбедило што бољу и сигурнију вожњу. BMW је унапредио модел 2005. године и променио калуп 2007. године мењањем браника, мотора, ентеријера и трапа. Обликована ручица мењача, савршено је позиционирана, а поседовао је и "ај драјв" ротациони прекидач који олакшава управљање бројним системима. Пртљажник има запремину од чак 550 литара, а обарањем задње клупе он се проширује до 1.600 литара. За разлику од већине нових дизела који максимум обртног момента достижу при 2.000 обртаја, BMW-ов дволитраш највећом вучном силом располаже већ при 1.750 обртаја. У практичним условима вожње, такве карактеристике мотора обезбеђују течна убрзања, а током градских услова вожње и ниску потрошњу горива. С обзиром на не баш занемарљиву масу аутомобила, убрзање до сто километара на час траје само 8,5 секунди.

Друга генерација (F25; 2011–2017)

Друга генерација је представљена на сајму аутомобила у Паризу октобра 2010. године, а за моделску 2011. годину. Производња ове генерације преселила се из Аустрије у BMW-ову фабрику у Греру, у Јужну Каролину, у Сједињене Државе.

F25 је базиран на већи кросовер E53 из серије X5. При лансирању, сви модели су користили погон на све точкове (xDrive). Избор мењача је шестостепени ручни или осмостепени ZF 8HP аутоматски мењач. Емисијски стандард за све моторе је Euro 5. Модели са задњим погоном (sDrive) додат је на асортиман на неким тржиштима 2012. године. Двомилионити примерак је направљен у BMWUSM-у, у Јужној Каролини у црвеној металик боји X3 xDrive35i и M Sport пакет опреме.

Рестајлинг је урађен 2014. године, за моделску 2015. годину. Измене укључују нове модификоване двоструке кружне фарове (опционални лед фарови), редизајнирану решетку бубрега, нове предње и задње бранике и спољна огледала са интегрисаним показивачима правца; централна конзола са опционим аутоматским системом за контролу климе у сјајном црном панелу, нови држачи за чаше са клизним поклопцем за средишњу конзолу, нове боје спољашњости, дизајн пресвлака, унутрашње облоге и траке од лаких легура; нови пакет опреме xLine, опциони паметни отварач за аутоматска врата пртљажника. Возило је представљено на Међународном сајму аутомобила у Женеви 2014. године, а потом и на салону аутомобила у Њујорку исте године.

Трећа генерација (G01; 2018–)

Трећа генерација кодног назива G01 je представљена у јуну 2017. године, у фабрици у Спартанбургу, у Сједињеним Државама. X3 G01 је већи него раније и дизајнерски је еволуирао од претходника. Дизајнирао га је аустралијски дизајнер Калвин Лук. Предњи део украшава нова, већа маска, док су фарови сада нешто мањи и раздвојени су од решетке хладњака. Потпуно је промењен и облик браника који има веће отворе за ваздух него раније, док су стари фарови за маглу кружног облика уступили место новим, тракастим светлима. Позади има већа лед стоп светла, другачија врата пртљажника и браник, а уместо једне ту су сада две, симетрично постављене издувне цеви кружног пресека. Разлике у унутрашњости возила у односу на претходну генерацију су још приметније. Промењен је дизајн волана, инструмент табле и вентилационих отвора, а потпуно је измењена централна конзола која изгледа знатно модерније са новим командама клима уређаја и новим екраном мултимедијалног система који више није уграђен у командну таблу већ је издвојен на врху средишње конзоле.

BMW G01 кросовер је усвојио хибридну технологију плаг-ин, доступан је у два 2.0 литарска дизел мотора (познат под називом Б47) и 3.0 дизел нове генерације (Б57), и бензинска верзија (Б58) са турбопуњачем редни шестоцилиндрични запремине од 2.998 кубика.

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