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The Ford Mondeo I (first generation) is a mid-size car that was produced by Ford, beginning on 23 November 1992, with sales beginning on 22 March 1993. It is also known as the Mk I Mondeo; the 1996 facelift versions are usually designated Mk II. Available as a four-door saloon, a five-door hatchback, and a five-door estate, all models for the European market were produced at Ford's plant in the Belgian city of Genk. In December 1992, Autocar published a section on the Mondeo, and how it would conquer rivals.

Intended as a world car, it replaced the Ford Sierra in Europe, the Ford Telstar in a large portion of Asia and other markets, while the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique replaced the Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz in North America. Despite being billed as a world car, the only external items the Mondeo shared initially with the Contour were the windscreen, front windows, front mirrors and door handles. Thus, the CDW27 project turned out not to be a true world car in the sense that the original Ford Focus and newer Fords developed under the "One Ford" policy turned out to be. The first generation Mondeo was replaced in 2000, by the larger second generation; in the United States and Canada, the Contour/Mystique were replaced initially by the Focus and later the Fusion.

Design and development

Mk I
Instigated in 1986 (just before its Sierra predecessor received a major facelift), the design of the car cost Ford US$6 billion. It was one of the most expensive new-car programmes ever. The Mondeo was significant as its design and marketing were shared between Ford USA in Dearborn and Ford of Europe. Its codename while under development reflected thus: CDW27 signified that it straddled the C and D size classes and was a "world car". The head of the Mondeo project was John Oldfield, headquartered at Ford Dunton in Essex.

A large proportion of the high development cost was due to the Mondeo being a completely new design, sharing very little, if anything, with the Ford Sierra. Unlike the Sierra, the Mondeo is front-wheel drive in its most common form, with a rarer four-wheel drive version available on the Mk I car only. Over-optimistically, the floor pan was designed to accept virtually any conceivable drivetrain, from a transverse inline-four engine to a longitudinal V-8. This resulted in a hugely intrusive and mostly disused bellhousing cover and transmission tunnel. Resultingly the front interior, especially the footwells, feels more cramped than would be expected from a vehicle of this size. The Mondeo featured new manual and automatic transmissions and sophisticated suspension design, which give it class-leading handling and ride qualities, and subframes front and rear to give it executive car refinement. The automatic transmission featured electronic control with sport and economy modes plus switchable overdrive. The program manager from 1988, and throughout its early development, was David Price.

By 1989, Ford had confirmed that it would be launching an all-new front-wheel drive car to replace the Sierra within the next four years, although it had not yet decided whether the Sierra name would continue or be replaced, with some subsequent reports even hinting that the Cortina name could make a comeback, having been axed in 1982 when replaced by the Sierra. Several prototypes were tested that year, but the launch of the Nissan Primera in 1990 prompted Ford to make a number of major alterations to the final product, as it saw the new competitor from Nissan to be the benchmark car in this sector, having previously identified the Honda Accord as the class leader.

The car was launched in the midst of turbulent times at Ford of Europe, when the division was haemorrhaging hundreds of millions of dollars, and had gained a reputation in the motoring press for selling products which had been designed by accountants rather than engineers. The fifth-generation Escort and third-generation Orion of 1990 was the zenith of this cost-cutting/high-price philosophy, which was by then beginning to backfire on Ford, with the cars being slated for their substandard ride and handling, though a facelift in 1992 had seen things improve a little. The Sierra had sold well, but not as well as the all-conquering Cortina before it, and in Britain, it had been overtaken in the sales charts by the newer Vauxhall Cavalier. Previously loyal customers were already turning to rival European and Japanese products, and by the time of the Mondeo's launch, the future of Europe as a Ford manufacturing base was hanging in the balance. The new car had to be good, and it had to sell. It was unveiled to the public on 23 November 1992, although sales would not begin for another four months. At this stage, Ford confirmed that the new car would feature a completely new name and would be called the Mondeo.

Safety was a high priority in the Mondeo design, with a driver's side airbag (it was the first-ever car sold from the beginning with a driver's airbag in all of its versions, which helped it achieve the European Car of the Year title for 1994), side-impact bars, seat belt pretensioners, and antilock braking systems (higher models) as standard features. Other features for its year included adaptive damping, self-leveling suspension (top estate models), traction control (V6 and 4WD versions), and heated front windscreen, branded Quickclear.

The interiors were usually well-appointed, featuring velour trim, an arm rest with CD and tape storage, central locking (frequently remote), power windows (all round on higher models), power mirrors, illuminated entry, flat-folding rear seats, etc. Higher-specification models had leather seats, trip computers, electric sunroof, CD changer, and alloy wheels.

During its development, Ford used the 1986 Honda Accord and in the later stages the 1990 Nissan Primera as the class benchmarks that the CDW27 had to beat.

Mk II (facelift)

The mid-cycle facelift, launched in October 1996, addressed three of the original Mondeo's biggest criticisms: its bland styling, the poor headlight performance, the reflectors of which quickly yellowed, and the cramped rear legroom. The lowering of specification levels around that time, such as air conditioning and alloy wheels, became optional on the UK Ghia models and may have indicated a desire by Ford to cut costs and recoup some of the considerable sums invested in the original design. These specification levels were improved again in 1998 as the Mondeo approached replacement.

The facelift left only the doors, the roof, and the rear quarter panels on the estate the same as the original model. Even the extractor vents on the rear doors were replaced by a panel bearing the name Mondeo. The most notable change was the introduction of the grille and larger, wraparound lighting units. The saloon version featured some distinctive rear lights. These incorporated an additional reflector panel that extended around the top and the side of the rear wings. Unlike the iterations seen on the heavily facelifted Scorpio and Mk IV Fiesta during the previous year, this facelift was well received.

The interior was also mildly revised, though the basic dashboard architecture was the same as before. Safety specification was improved, with the car gaining a full-sized driver airbag in place of the smaller 'euro-bag' fitted in the Mk I Mondeo. The Mk II gained a 'flagged' three-star rating in Euro NCAP testing, which was average for rivals of its time (the same as the Vauxhall Vectra, better than the Citroën Xantia and Peugeot 406, and worse than the Nissan Primera). The cars' structure suffered excessive footwell intrusion in the frontal impact and a disturbing B-pillar displacement in the side test.

The Zetec engine was thoroughly revised in 1998. The updated version was far more refined at high revolutions. In December 1998, Ford released in Europe a sports car with a coupé body shell based upon the Mk II Mondeo called the Ford Cougar (or Mercury Cougar in North America). This car shared the engines (2.0 I4, 2.5 V6), transmissions, suspension (partially) and floorpans from the Mondeo, but the body shell was unique to the Cougar, and was one of the last Ford cars to be designed under Ford's New Edge philosophy.

Engines

Along with an all-new platform, the Mondeo also used Ford's then-new Zetec engines, first seen in 1991 in the Ford Escort, Ford Orion and Ford Fiesta.

Three versions of the 16-valve Zetec engine were used. The 1.6 L version, rated at  from the Escort was used, a 1.8 with  also found in the Escort and Ford Fiesta (), while a new  2.0 L version was launched.

An alternative to the Zetec engines was the Endura-D 1.8 L turbo-diesel. This engine had origins in the older 1.6 L diesel design (which in itself was based on the petrol OHV Kent engine block from the Mk1-2 Escort and Mk1 Fiesta) and was used in the Fiesta and elsewhere. Although not without merits, it was not seen as a strong competitor to other European diesels such as that produced by Peugeot. The contrast between this unit and the competition seemed enormous by the time the engine was dropped in 2000. Strangely, the diesel-powered vehicles could easily be distinguished by dint of their having a slightly redesigned grille so that more air would flow to the top mounted intercooler.

A new American designed V6 engine was introduced in 1994 as part of a model line-up review, in the form of the  2.5 L 24-valve V6 Duratec unit, primarily included for markets where four-cylinder petrol engines are not favored and are usually intended for the upmarket European buyer. This engine, first unveiled in the Mondeo's North American cousin, the Ford Contour, is characterized by its smooth operation, chain-driven camshafts, and additional butterflies in the lower inlet to close of the inlet path to one valve, giving better torque at low engine speeds, this was vacuum operated on the Mk1 and electronically controlled on the Mk2. This engine was originally branded 24v on the Mk1, but later on badged as the more glamorous sounding V6.

This engine was also used to introduce the new "ST" brand to the Mondeo range as a flagship model (with less specification than a Ghia or a Ghia X), the ST24 in 1997. The power of the engine stayed at , the same as other 2.5 L-engined models (so was slower than a Mk I 24v), but the ST featured unique cabin trim (half-leather seats), unique 16-inch alloy wheels (that were originally only available on a Ghia X Estate), and a full Rally Sport Appearance Pack body kit as standard. The bodykit option was listed as a delete option for those who did not want it fitted as standard. This was later replaced by the Limited Edition ST200 in 1999, featuring an SVT version of the V6 Duratec with a power output of .

Although neither of these models ever sold in high numbers, the marketing was important to Ford, as it was an introduction to the ST range as a sportier side to the full range, especially significant as apart from the Focus RS, both the XR and RS model ranges were phased out during the 1990s.

Ford briefly sold a version using the 2.0 L Zetec engine and four-wheel drive, available between 1995 and 1996 on cars with Si, Ghia, and Ghia X trim and in 1997 on the Mk2 in some European countries.

Market

Europe
The 1992–1996 range had the following trim levels:

UK market
Base – 1.6L Zetec, 1.8 L turbodiesel, base trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate (replaced by Aspen in 1995)
Aspen – 1.6 L Zetec, 1.8 L turbodiesel, base trim level, 5-door hatchback, estate
LX – 1.6 L/1.8 L/2.0 L Zetec, 1.8 L turbodiesel, midrange trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate
GLX – 1.6 L/1.8 L/2.0 L Zetec, 1.8 L turbodiesel, luxury trim level version of the LX, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate
24v – 2.5L Duratec V6, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate (1994–1995 only) with sports seats and 15" steel wheels and trims
Si – 2.0 L 4-cylinder with shorter ratio gearbox, 2.5 L Duratec V6 (Sept 1995- Aug 1996 only), sports version, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate, optional 4x4 on 2.0L Zetec
Ghia – 1.8 L/2.0 L Zetec, 2.5 L Duratec V6, 1.8 L turbodiesel, midrange trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate, optional 4x4 on 2.0L Zetec
Ghia X – (1995-1996 only) 2.0L Zetec, 2.5 L Duratec V6, 1.8L turbodiesel, luxury trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, 5-door estate (from 1995), optional 4x4 on 2.0L Zetec

Special edition versions included the 1.8 L Ultima (1993-1994 only) and 1.8 L, 1.8 L turbodiesel Verona (1995-1996 only) models which included a mix of lower and higher model components and exclusive interior trims.

The Mk1 was available with a factory or dealer option, RS bodykit, from 1993 to 1995, consisting of additional front and rear aerodynamic bumper styling which was bonded to the factory bumpers, side skirts and a boot lid mounted spoiler on all body shapes, together with a choice of 15" and 16" alloy wheels.  A more subtle bodykit was offered as an option from Sept 1995 to Aug 1996 consisting of complete replacement bumpers with round front fog lights and smooth side skirts, the boot spoilers had an additional high level brake light added.

A special edition version of the 2.0 Si was available in 1993–1994 in limited numbers and came in Citrine Yellow with a special version of the Si seat fabric and included the full RS bodykit, these were issued to each Ford Dealer as a promotional tool for sale and an even smaller number of these cars (~50) were tuned by a dealer, Hendy Ford and fitted with different camshafts, producing approximately 150 PS and were identified by special graphics on the sides.

Additional trim levels in other European markets included:

Mirage – 1.6 L Zetec, base trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate – only offered in the Netherlands
CLX – 1.6 L/1.8 L/2.0 L Zetec, 1.8 L turbodiesel, midrange trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate – not offered in the UK
Verona – 1.8 L, midrange trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback
GLX – 1.6 L/1.8 L/2.0 L Zetec, 1.8 L turbodiesel, luxury trim level version of the CLX, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate
Business Edition – 1.6 L/1.8 L/2.0 L 4-cylinder, 2.5 L V6, 1.8 L turbodiesel, luxury trim level version of LX, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate. – only offered in the Netherlands
GT – 1.8 L/2.0 L 4-cylinder, 2.5 L V6, 1.8 L turbodiesel, sports version, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate. Only offered in the Netherlands, equivalent to UK-spec Si
V6 – 2.5 L V6, luxury version, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, estate. Never offered with a V6 (base) in the Netherlands, only Business Edition or GT.

The 1996–2000 range had the following trim levels:
Aspen – 1.6 L Zetec, 1.8 L TD Endura, base trim level, 5dr, Estate
LX – 1.6/1.8/2.0 L Zetec, 1.8 L TD Endura, midrange trim level, 4dr, 5dr, Estate
Verona – 1.8 L Zetec, midrange trim level, 5dr
GLX – 1.8/2.0 L Zetec, 1.8 L TD Endura, midrange trim level, 4dr, 5dr, Estate
Si – 2.0 L Zetec, 2.5 L V6 170 PS, sports version, 4dr, 5dr, Estate
Zetec – 1.8/2.0 L Zetec, replaced Si, 5dr, Estate
Zetec-S – 2.0 L Zetec, rare Zetec based special edition with ST bodykit, 5dr
Ghia – 2.0 L Zetec, 2.5 L V6 170 PS, 1.8 L TD Endura, luxury trim level
Ghia X – 2.0 L Zetec, 2.5 L V6 170 PS, 1.8 L TD Endura, top spec trim level
ST24 – 2.5 L V6 170 PS, Sports Variant Luxury bucket seat half leather trim, sports-suspension, RSAP Kit
ST200 – 2.5 L V6 205 PS, Sports Variant, Luxury Recaro leather trim, 17" alloys, tuned engine & suspension, RSAP Kit, digital Climate Control

The facelifted Mk II Mondeo sports variants included the ST24 and the ST200. The ST24 produced  from its 2.5-litre V6 24v engine and was launched with Rally Sport Appearance Pack body kits, along with sports suspension and half-leather sports bucket seats. Its standard setup had the ST24 from standstill to  in 8.0 seconds, coupled with a maximum speed of . North America got an SE "Sport" Version of the Contour, which featured exclusive wheels and the coveted 9-inch Sport Drum rear brakes. Rear disc brakes eventually became available in North America on certain Contour and Mystique models, although some customers bemoaned the reduced level of feel over the original sport drums.

The ST200 was then launched as the Enthusiast's car, with a tuned 2.5-litre V6 24v engine producing . This engine made the ST200 go from standing to  in around 7.7 seconds, and reach a maximum speed of . Tuning included a different throttle body, cams, flywheel, and upper manifold,  to name a few. This version of the Mondeo also had even harder sports suspension than the ST24, and came with half-leather Recaro sports bucket seats, full leather was available as a cost option. The ST200 was released to the public in Imperial Blue (All Countries due to receive the ST200) and additionally in Europe, Stardust Silver, Panther Black and Radiant Red. 66 were also made in Diamond White 73 (for use by various UK police forces). The North American counterpart to this model was known as the Contour SVT.

Africa
In South Africa, the trim levels offered were:
LX – 1.8 L Zetec, midrange trim level, 4-door saloon
CLX – 2.0 L Zetec, midrange trim level, 4-door saloon
2.0 Aspen – 2.0 L Zetec, luxury trim level version of the LX, 4-door saloon
Si – 2.5 L V6, sports version, 5-door hatchback

South America
In Brazil, the trim levels offered were:
CLX – 1.8 L Zetec, standard trim level, 4-door saloon, 5-door hatchback, and 5-door station wagon.
GLX – 2.0 L Zetec, midrange trim level, 4-door saloon and 5-door hatchback, and 5-door station wagon.
Ghia – 2.5 L V6 Duratec HE, Luxury&Sport trim level version, only was 4-door saloon.

Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique

The Ford Contour and its rebadged Mercury variant, the Mercury Mystique, are North American versions of the first-generation Ford Mondeo, marketed for model years 1995-2000 as a four-door sedan, replacing the Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz.   Production at Kansas City Assembly in Claycomo, Missouri, and Cuautitlán Assembly started on August 15, 1994.

Derived directly from (and developed together with) the Ford Mondeo Mk 1, the Contour and Mystique shared the Ford CDW27 platform with its European counterpart.  In contrast to the first Ford "world car" (the 1981 Ford Escort), the Contour was redesigned slightly to better suit American demands. The three shared major systems, including body structure, powertrain, and suspension.

While officially classified a mid-size car, the Contour was among the smallest sedans in the segment, with its interior dimensions becoming a point of criticism.

The Contour and Mystique shared two engines with the Mondeo, a 125 hp 2.0 L Zetec inline-4 and a 170 hp 2.5 L Duratec V6; the 1.8L turbodiesel of the Mondeo was never sold in North America.  A five-speed manual transmission was standard with both engines, with a four-speed automatic offered with as an option.

The Ford Contour was produced with three trim levels: base-trim GL (1995-1997), a higher-content LX, and a sporty SE trim.  The 2.0L engine was standard on GL and LX versions, with the 2.5L standard on SE-trim examples.  As a running change during 1996, a "Sport" option package was introduced for GL and SE-trim models.  The Mercury Mystique was produced with two trim levels: standard-trim GS and higher-trim LS (with a "Sport" option package available for both versions); from 1997 to 1999, an undesignated base-trim Mystique was offered.

Facelift
Released in January 1997 for model year 1998, Ford introduced a updated version of the Contour and Mystique with redesigned front fascia, front and rear quarter panels, headlamps and taillamps.  All three models added the model name to the rear door behind the passenger window (with Mercury adding its brand emblem).

For 1998, a high-performance version variant of the Ford Contour was introduced, the Ford SVT Contour (in line with the larger Ford Taurus SHO).  For 1999, the Ford Mondeo would introduce the ST200 trim; while sharing the powertrain of the SVT Contour, the Mondeo ST200 adapted different chassis and interior modifications from the SVT Contour.

Ford SVT Contour
The SVT Contour was a modified version of the Ford Contour sedan from Ford's in-house Special Vehicle Team, with all examples sourced from Kansas City Assembly.  It was powered by an upgraded version of the 2.5 L V6, producing 195 hp (200 hp from 1999).  Paired solely with a 5-speed manual transmission, the vehicle underwent handling and performance upgrades, including re-tuned suspension, upgraded brakes, larger wheels and high-performance tires, along with the installation of different seats, trim, white-face instruments, and new bodywork.  In line with Ford Mustang SVT Cobras, the Ford SVT Contour was available primarily by special order at specially designated Ford dealerships.

The SVT Contour was produced from 1997 to 2000, with a major running change during 1998 (effectively making a 1998.5 model year for the variant).

Engines
 2.0 L Zetec I4 125 hp (97 kW)
 2.5 L Duratec 25 V6 170 hp (125 kW)
 2.5 L Duratec 25 V6 195 hp (145 kW) (1998 SVT)
 2.5 L Duratec 25 V6 200 hp (149 kW) (1999 and 2000 SVT)

Model year changes
1996
The backs of the front seats were recessed, improving rear seat leg room.
Rear seat cushions were repositioned to increase room.
Chrome bumper strips were dropped, resulting in bumpers that were monochromatic.
Seven-spoke alloy wheels become standard for SE model.
Split rear seats now available on all models.
The powertrain control module was changed to the newer EEC-V to be OBD-II compliant.
Manual transmission was reworked for easier shifts.

1997
New value-priced base models were introduced in late 1997 for both Contour and Mystique.
Traction control is dropped as an option.
Added interior trunk light
Steering wheels now tilt
Heated mirrors are dropped as an option.
"Unleaded fuel only" label was removed from the fuel gauge.
Various interior plastic pieces and covers on the Contour are no longer spray-painted silver and are left black.
Remote fuel door release is dropped.
Mystique – optional CD player and power front seats on GS, standard on LS

1998
New design for front and rear fascias, including a chrome grille surround and larger headlights; Mystique gets side Mercury emblems on the rear quarter windows.
Mystique's interior also received new fabric choices (leather seating, previously optional, became standard on LS models) and faux wood trim to make it more upscale than the Contour.
Five-speed manual transmission changed from rod shift to cable shift.
High-performance Contour SVT version debuts, available only in Silver Frost, Toreador Red, and Black Ebony with Midnight Blue interior.
Roof line altered and the rear deck shortened for improved rear seat headroom
Seat recliner is changed from a knob to a lever.
Seatbelt for rear center seat is improved from two-point to three-point.
New center consoles; pop-up cup holders are replaced and are now molded into the console.
Glove box light, underhood light, lighted sun visors, and door handle lights are removed.
Integrated rear child-safety seats are optional on the Mystique.
Warning lights on the instrument cluster were relocated to different spots. Moldings stayed the same.
The red empty marker on the fuel gauge was left white.
Less forceful "second-generation" airbags were made standard.

1998.5
In mid-production for the 1998 model (manufactured after February 1998), Ford decided to make several more changes to the SVT Contour. This resulted in a noticeable distinction between early and late 1998 SVT Contours. To differentiate between the two, the late 1998 model is sometimes referred to as the "1998.5", or alternatively the early 1998 model as the "E0" and the late 1998 model as the "E1". The mid-year changes are as listed below.
Split rear seats are now available only on the SE model.
In-dash clock is relocated to the stereo head unit display.
New Cobra-style SVT aluminum alloy wheels
SVT-specific Goodyear Eagle F1 tires replace Goodyear GS-C tires. The 205/55-16 size is retained.
Different strut valving and tires raised skid pad numbers from .84 to .90 G.
The word "normal" was removed from the temperature gauge. "C" for cool and "H" for hot were added.

1999
All models are equipped with a slightly larger fuel tank at 15.4 gallons.
A slight change was made in dash design. The plastic piece around front window was eliminated.
Seats were again altered for additional rear leg room.
The 2.0 L I4 engine received an additional 5 hp
Contour SVT engine rating was upped 5 hp to 200 hp due to additional abrasive flow machining of the primary and secondary intake ports.
SVT is offered in Tropic Green.
SVT gains tan leather interior for Tropic Green and Toreador Red, and optional on Black Ebony cars.
SVT gets new BF Goodrich KDW tires. Size changes to 215/50-16.
Revised transmission synchronizers addressed an issue in the 1998 SVT.
Mystique's suspension was tuned for a softer ride.

2000
Displacement on the Duratec V6 engine decreased slightly, but the compression ratio was increased to compensate. This was done to keep the engine used in Mazda vehicles to maintain a lower engine displacement based tax level in Japan.
Ground effect side skirts on the Contour SE Sport were discontinued
Rear spoiler option was added for the SVT
Four-cylinder Contour models continued as fleet vehicles only.
Mystique GS and LS models returned with emergency in-trunk releases. Mercury pulled the Mystique from its lineup early in the 2000 model year.  Production ended for the Mystique on December 23, 1999, but Contour production continued into late fall of 2000 to support rental fleets.
The last Ford Contour rolled off the assembly line on October 19, 2000.
Ford narrowed its lineup, with the most similar replacement for the Contour, the Fusion, not debuting until 2006

Reception
Both the Contour and Mystique were praised for their handling and ride quality, and were even dubbed "A fun four-door sedan that offered European moves at American prices" in an Edmunds review.  For the SVT trim, Edmunds.com named the Contour SVT the most wanted sedan under $25,000 for 1999

The Contour and Mystique were on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 1995, 1996 and 1997. Although Car and Driver staff wrote an article in 2009 apologizing for the inclusion of the Ford Contour on the "Ten Best" list, it was the only car the staff did not outright recant from the list, but did cite that, in hindsight, the car should have been considered too small for its price range to properly meet criteria, and that this is the likely reason for the car's failure to achieve widespread appeal.

The Ford Contour was also named as an Automobile magazine All Star for 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.

Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Contour a "Poor" overall rating in the frontal impact crash. The head, neck, and chest were all well protected and the dummy movement was well controlled, but excessive footwell intrusion contributed to high forces on both legs and a "Marginal" structural rating. The Contour received five stars for both the driver and passenger in the NHTSA test.

Sales
In Europe, the Mondeo was instantly declared a class leader. It was elected Car of the Year in 1994, ahead of PSA's new Xantia model. The facelifted Mondeo was initially popular, being Britain's third-best selling new car in 1996 through to 1998. However, in 1999 it dipped into sixth place and had been outsold by its biggest rival, the Vauxhall Vectra.

However, the Contour/Mondeo struggled to compete in North America and Australia. In the United States and Canada, the Contour suffered from market incompatibility with the preceding Ford Tempo, which by the end of its production run was an outdated design from the mid-1980s which sold primarily on its low price to lower-end customers and fleets.  In contrast, the Contour was significantly more expensive as Ford hoped to sell it on its redeeming qualities, instead; a base model Contour was several hundred dollars more expensive than a loaded Tempo LX, pricing it out of the market for prospective and returning Tempo customers. Customers in the Contour's price range were instead drawn to the Taurus which was larger and offered better value for money; large factory incentives on the outgoing Taurus throughout 1995 in anticipation of a completely redesigned model due to launch later that year helped the Taurus cut into the Contour's initial market. The Ford Focus then replaced the Contour after 2000.

Anticipating this, Ford moved the Taurus upmarket with the release of the redesigned 1996 model, but poor customer reception to the new model's design and high price forced Ford to heavily discount it and continuously reduce its base price through its life, reviving the in-showroom competition between the two models. Additionally, the Contour was hurt by strong competition in the medium segment by the other American automakers. The similarly priced Chrysler Cirrus, which was concurrently launched by the Chrysler Corporation for the 1995 model year, matched the Contour in design, performance and driving dynamics, but had more features and a larger interior. The 1996 launch of the lower-priced Chevrolet Malibu by General Motors further cut into Contour sales. The Mondeo faced similar issues in Australia, as it was hampered by stiff competition from Japanese competitors in an already limited medium-sized market while its high price drove prospective customers to the larger and better equipped Ford Falcon. Heavy fleet sales of the Taurus and Falcon, which led to a large volume of low-mileage, low-priced one- and two-year-old examples saturating the used vehicle market was also a factor in making the Contour/Mondeo a tough sell to respective American and Australian consumers.

However, another theory was advanced by some motoring journalists; because the Mondeo was developed in Europe with limited input from Ford's North American and Australian operations, executives at both operations were unenthusiastic about the car and had no qualms about letting it fail in the marketplace to allow for the continued success of their locally developed models. Ford withdrew the Mondeo and exited the medium-sized markets in both continents in 2000, not to return until the 2005 launch of the Fusion in North America and the 2007 return of the Mondeo in Australia. The Mondeo returned to North America in 2012 as the redesigned 2013 Fusion as part of the "One Ford" business plan. The redesigned Mondeos, due to their larger size, better prices, increased development input from Australian and American customers, and changing market demographics, proved successful in both continents.

The Mondeo was released in Australia in 1995, but was not a sales success, where, similarly, a much larger local model, the Falcon, was available, and was dropped in 2000. Ford Australia withdrew completely from the medium-sized segment of the Australian market, arguing that it was in decline. The estate version, the first medium-sized Ford of its kind to be sold in Australia since the Cortina, was dropped in 1999. It struggled against Japanese midsized models such as the Honda Accord and Subaru Liberty, as well as the Holden Vectra, also imported from Europe, although unlike the Mondeo, briefly assembled locally. The Mondeo has since returned to Australia in 2007 with an all-new model.

In Australia, the 1995 to 2000 Ford Mondeos were assessed in the Used Car Safety Ratings 2006 as providing "significantly better than average" protection for their occupants in the event of a crash.

The Mondeo launched in New Zealand to replace the Mazda 626-based Telstar following the closure of the Ford New Zealand assembly plant in 1997. Many earlier-model Mondeos, imported used from Japan, were also sold locally.

In 1997, the Mondeo was introduced into South Africa as a replacement for the Ford Telstar. It was produced locally at their Silverton plant in 1.8-litre and 2.0-litre saloon models. As production was limited to one body style, Estate (2.0-litre) Hatchback (2.5-litre V6) models were imported alongside the saloon models. The Mondeo was one of the first mainstream cars in South Africa to introduce airbags as standard equipment. Saloon sales were never a major success – fairly radical styling being cited as the main problem by a still conservative vehicle market. Styling was partly addressed by an Aspen model, which featured 15-inch alloy wheels, front fog lamps, and full leather trim.

In Taiwan, Ford Lio Ho produced a version of the Mondeo known as the Mondeo M2000, which had a front end similar to the outgoing Mercury Mystique, but with Ford badges. Its rear end was similar to that of the European models. This model was also exported to China.

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Let us find out the secret behind Kasautii Zindagi Kay's Prena's beauty.
Ekta Kapoor's show on Starplus, Kasautii Zindagi Kay 2 is trending like crazy these days. All the 90's fans are happy that this television series is back with its second season, as it was also a very popular show of that time. People are loving the fresh Jodi of Anurag and Prerna. The female lead role of the serial which is Prerna is being played by Erica Kernandies, who is also very famous for her beauty tips on YouTube. And our handsome Anurag role is being played by Parth Samthan, who is Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan famed lead actor.
In the storyline, Navin Basu got obsessed by the beauty of Prerna, and only him it was also Anurag who falls for her and recently both (Prerna and Anu) confessed about their feeling towards each other. It is not because of the storyline, or acting skills that the girl is putting into the serial, but it is also about her beauty.
If you see Erica even without makeup, you will see how beautiful skin she has and she looks flawless. She follows a skincare routine and this is the reason behind her beauty.
In the morning when she wakes up, the first things she does is cleaning her face with a face wash. This removes all the oils that have accumulated overnight on her skin and also make her skin pores open to breathe. This step is very important as it removes oils from skin, otherwise, it can give you acne.
After washing her face, to close those open pores she uses toner on her face. Remember to use an alcohol-free toner. Usually, when you left you pores open this may result in pimples because open pores collect dirt in.
Face need much more care than comparing to the body because it is very soft and sensitive and also get more exposure in comparison to the body. So, you need to perform cleaning, toning and moisturizing religiously. Also, don't forget to add a good face serum in your skincare routine.
Even if you have applied serum, moisturizer cannot be replaced by anything. It is very much needed. Buy a good moisturizer which goes well with your skin type. You can also choose a moisturizer that has SPF more than 15 to make it work as a sunscreen as well. But remember if you don't have a moisturizer that doesn't have SPF in it then you have to apply sunscreen after moisturizing. Because the sunblock saves your skin from harmful UV rays.


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Saturday Night Juke Joint: Golden State Lonestar Blues Reveue, David 'Boxcar' Gates @ V-lounge - Jun 01, 2019 Victoria BC
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Sat. June 1st 2019 @ V-lounge (No Minors)
8:00pm - 11:59pm doors at 7:00pm
Tickets at: Lyles Place
Presented by: The Royal City Music Project, Victoria Blues Society
Music: Jazz / Blues
The Mark Hummel Golden State Lone Star Revue is an all-star, cross-country melding of musicians from California -- Mark Hummel (harp-blower, vocalist, bandleader and Grammy nominee), R.W. Grigsby (bassist) -- and Texans Anson Funderburgh (guitarist and Rockets bandleader), Mike Keller (Double Trouble, Fabulous Thunderbirds) and Wes Starr (famed Austin drummer who has played with a who's who of Texas music royalty).
Hummel's Blues Music Award nominated release; The Hustle Is Really On, features The Golden State Lone Star Revue, which has just completed a new recording for 2016 release. Besides producing and playing on Blind Pig's Remembering Little Walter with Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold, Sugar Ray Norcia, James Harman, Little Charlie Baty, Nathan James, June Core and RW Grigsby, the CD was nominated for a Grammy Award and has recently won Best Blues Album and Best Traditional Blues Album of the year at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN. http://www.markhummel.com
Hailing from Vancouver, BC, and heavily influenced by Forefathers of the genre like Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy and Mississippi Fred McDowell, David "Boxcar" Gates has evolved into one of Canada's most renowned acoustic Piedmont, Ragtime & Delta Blues Guitar players. His astonishing playing stylesare drenched with bottleneck slide and alternate finger picking with a ragtime twist. David accompanies himself with the Bluesharp, mounted to a unique homemade Harmonica rack, constructed out of bicycle and lampshade parts.
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[UPDATE] Deadline extended: The Politics of Nature and Wilderness in the Middle Ages
Friday, July 31, 2009 - 6:21pm
Oregon Medieval English Literature Society
Jennifer Neville's "Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry" and Gillian Rudd's "Greenery: Ecocritical Readings of Late Medieval English Literature" are examples of the growing interest in ecocritical readings of medieval literature. The ways medieval writers thought about and interacted with nature and wilderness are important and relevant in regard to other conceptual frames and formulations that governed medieval thought and behavior. Papers in this panel will address the representations of nature in medieval texts as they pertained to and promoted political ideologies and programs of instruction or colonization. Papers on English and Continental literature are welcome.
[Update] Liminal Ladies: Porous Women's Bodies in Medieval Literature (2010 International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo)
Oregon Medieval English Society
A common medieval trope in stories of women's misdeeds seems to be their mouths getting them into trouble. In her book "Bodytalk: When Women Speak in Old French Literature," E. Jane Burns cites the vagina as the site of a second producing 'mouth' in fabliaux. Taking this doubling under consideration, the kind of trouble women find themselves in almost invariably involves either speech, consumption of food or drink, or sexual appetite. Regardless of which mouth is opened, the production or reception of materials into or out of their mouths involves crossing bodily boundaries: letting outside matter in, or expelling or revealing inside matter to the outside world.
CFP: Historical Treatments of "Runaway" Productions -- SCMS 2010 (Aug 10 deadline)
Society of Cinema & Media Studies Conference -- Los Angeles -- March 17-21
Submissions are still welcome for a panel that addresses Hollywood's postwar presence abroad. Papers that employ an archive-based methodology to historicize the phenomenon of "runaway" production (and that thereby relate to the overall conference theme of "Archiving the Future/Mobilizing the Past") are particularly encouraged.
Feminist Take On/Construction of the Enclosed Garden (Kalamazoo, 13-16 May 2010)
M.C. Bodden and Jennifer Borland/ The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship and The Medieval Feminist Art History Project
Feminist Take On/Construction of the Enclosed Garden (Kalamazoo 2010)
International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI
Seventh Annual Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Graduate Conference
Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dear Graduate Program Directors and Administrators:
Following is an announcement for the Seventh Annual Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies Graduate Conference. Please distribute this and the following CFP to any students who may be interested in submitting an abstract.
Women in Transit (1860- present day): Negotiating Public/Private Environments
Teresa Gomez Reus. University of Alicante, Spain
Contributions are sought for a book on women in spaces of transit in Anglo-American literature from 1860 to the present day. The projected edited book sets out to explore representations in literature of the presence of women in spaces of transit such as trains, hotels, bedsits, cafés, hospitals, parks, paths, rivers, seas etc. in which the familiar distinction between public and private space is eroded or suspended.
[UPDATE] Conference Announcement - Digital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens
Friday, July 31, 2009 - 11:12am
Digital Labour Group, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
'Digital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens'
A conference hosted by the Digital Labour Group, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, October 16-18, 2009, London, Ontario, Canada.
We are happy to announce that our conference website is now open. Please visit us at
http://conferences.fims.uwo.ca/digitallabour/ for information on the conference, registration, travel and accommodation.
Register by September 1st for a 20% early registration discount. Fees are additionally discounted for graduate students.
NVSA cfp: FIGHTING VICTORIANS: DISUNION, POLEMIC, CONTROVERSY, April 16-18, 2010, Princeton University
Northeast Victorian Studies Association
/The peace, that I deem`d no peace, is over and done.
Alfred Tennyson, 1855/
CFP: NVSA 2010
FIGHTING VICTORIANS: DISUNION, POLEMIC, CONTROVERSY_
Princeton University: April 16-18, 2010
NVSA website: http://web.stonehill.edu/nvsa/
NVSA solicits submissions for its annual conference; the topic this year
is FIGHTING VICTORIANS.
The conference will feature a keynote panel including Anna Clark,
Elaine Hadley, and Alex Woloch, and visits to Special Collections at the
Firestone Library and the Princeton Art Museum.
Visualizar'09: Public Data, Data in Public
Friday, July 31, 2009 - 9:22am
MEDIALAB-PRADO (Madrid, Spain)
Call for projects and papers
International Workshop-Seminar on Public Data Visualization
November 12 - 27, 2009 in Medialab-Prado (Madrid, Spain)
Deadline for projects and papers: October 5, 2009
Call for collaborators: October 16 - November 11, 2009
http://medialab-prado.es/visualizar
Directed by José Luis de Vicente. Teachers: Ben Cerveny (Stamen) and Aaron Koblin. With the support of Bestiario.
UPDATE Hanif Kureishi and His Work December 17-18, 2009, Ankara
17th METU BRITISH NOVELISTS CONFERENCE Hanif Kureishi and His Work December 17-18, 2009
17th METU BRITISH NOVELISTS CONFERENCE
Hanif Kureishi and His Work
Becomings, Misplacements, Departures: Butler & Whitehead
Whitehead Research Project
Call for Student Papers
Conference Date: December 3-5, 2009
Location: Claremont, California
Paper Submission Due: Monday, August 31, 2009 to rfaber@ctr4process.org
Conference Website: whiteheadresearch.org/butler-whitehead
The Whitehead Research Project (WRP) is hosting a major international event that will feature scholars who are specialists in the thought of Judith Butler and Alfred North Whitehead. In line with the "initial aim" of WRP, this conference seeks to generate novel interfaces, stimulate interdisciplinary innovation, and provoke unexpected impulses for philosophical discourse in our complex world.


Melee Troops: There are two general kinds of mainline units available in Warhammer: "Shock Melee" and "Attrition Melee". The prime difference between "shock" and "attrition" is that "shock" troops rely on wounds to win combat, while "Attrition" troops rely on their combat resolution modifiers (ranks, standard, outnumbering) to turn the tide of battle.
The High Elves have several fast shock melee troops (Dragon Princes, Silver Helms, White Lion Chariot, Tiranoc Chariot), one slow-but-flexible shock melee troops (White Lions), one slow Infantry based shock melee troops (Swordmasters), and some infantry based attrition melee units (Phoenix Guard , Spear Elves, Lothern Seaguard). The Phoenix Guard is a close call, but since it's my belief that playing Phoenix Guard in small numbers is counterproductive given their abilities (Fear, 4+ Ward). Therefore selecting them in sufficient numbers to enhance the fear ability also gives them the numbers for ranks and with a standard yields a good static combat resolution.
Shock Melee: "Shock" melee troops are those whose purpose is to hit and break the enemy on the charge. Chariots are the classic example of a shock melee troop; they hit hard but are almost worthless after the initial round of combat. Most heavy cavalry fits into this category as well, since they lose the benefits of their lances after the first turn. Their reliance on the charge means that most shock units are high-speed troops.
Our shock troops are either slower (Swordmasters, White Lions) or more fragile than most enemy shock units. Maneuver is an extremely important aspect of a Shock Melee Army. If a Shock unit gets itself charged it loses a lot of its advantages. Conversely, if a Shock unit charges in conjunction with a flank charge by another unit, the target unit will almost certainly break. Very few of our shock units are able to regularly break enemy units from the front, as large units of heavy cavalry are able to do. A rank of 6 Swordmasters with champion might be able to see off an enemy unit with a frontal charge, or a unit of Dragon Princes with champion and character, but other than that most of our tactics should revolve around getting flank or rear charges on enemy units, either through outmaneuvering them or by sticking them in place for a countercharge.
Attrition Melee: The "Attrition" melee troops are designed to absorb charges, hold, and win in subsequent rounds through combat resolution. These are normally large infantry units with maximum ranks and standard. The more armor and the more troops in the unit, the more effective it is. Dwarves are the classic attrition melee army; high toughness, good armor, good leadership. Attrition melee troops, since they rely so heavily on ranks to bolster their combat resolution, are very vulnerable to flank and rear attacks.
The loss of the "Lion Guard" honor hurts the High Elf list with respect to "attrition" melee troops. It has left us with only one stubborn unit (White Lions). Stubborn is a very useful attribute for an attrition melee unit, as is a nearby BSB to re-roll any failed leadership tests. Unfortunately the White Lions are better suited to "shock melee" duties than "attrition". We did acquire a magic spell (Courage of Aenarion) that makes all units within 12" of the caster, "stubborn". Selecting "Korhil" to lead a unit other than the White Lions will create a "stubborn" unit. The Spear Elves are our most likely candidate to fill the role of an attrition melee unit, however without "stubborn" their chances of "sticking" the enemy are less than ideal. The Phoenix Guard, while not "stubborn", do have the advantage of the 4+ ward save and a strength 4 attack, which in the end may make them our best "attrition" unit. High Elf generals should most likely decide between redirection and sticking at deployment time based on the main battle unit that appears on the other side of the table.
If you are taking "attrition" troops in your army, make sure you have enough supporting troops to deliver a flank charge into whoever they are fighting. It does no good to be "stubborn" if the opponent grinds down your unsupported Spear Elves to nothing. You must bring the units necessary to clear a flank, and provide the all important flank charge. One needs to make sure that you have the units on the table to protect and exploit the flanks or your "attrition" units may simply suffer a slow death.
Psychology: Certain armies can use psychology as a weapon, while others are vulnerable to psychological attack. Seventh Edition has improved the High Elves with respect to psychology. Phoenix Guard as special choice, the Lion Chariot, the Dragon Mage, Dragons, Standard of Balance, Lion Standard, and Dragonhorn are all positive changes.
Taking Advantage of Psychology: Humans, Beastmen, Orcs & Goblins, for example, are very vulnerable to psychology. Even units close to the general are testing on a leadership 9, and units outside his leadership radius are often testing at leadership 6 or lower. Such units can easily panic from Missile fire, panic from a unit destroyed, fail fear checks to charge or receive charges from fear-causing units, or fail terror tests caused by a Dragon.
Those High Elf generals that choose to play the Phoenix guard or Dragons should take this into account when developing your battle plan. Remember that enemy units have to take a test before charging our terror/fear causing units. For example, imagine three Goblin Wolf-Chariots interdicting an open area with their 18" charge range. Normally one might be hesitant to move your Phoenix guard into charge range, but your opponent will have to make a fear test on five or six to even charge. If you maneuver your Phoenix guard so that only one or two of those chariots can even declare a charge, one stands a good chance of not taking a charge at all.
Against vulnerable armies, causing panic checks should be a cornerstone of any High Elf strategy. Concentration of missile and magic fire, especially on units away from the general's leadership radius, can collapse entire flanks. Remember, the important part of the battle, in the early game, is to establish dominance over the battlefield. You can kill the opponents expensive units in the latter part of the game; the beginning of the game is about destroying light units to open the avenues of attack on the expensive units.
Protecting Your Army From Psychological Attack: Some armies (Vampire Counts, Tomb Kings, Daemons, and Dark Elves to a lesser extent) will use psychology as a weapon against you. In this case, one need to be aware that dual charges with units not immune to psychology will be risky (one unit may fail its fear check leaving the other hung out). The "Lion Standard" and the "Standard of Balance" both give some protection from adverse psychology. The loss of "Pure of Heart" is unfortunate.
Also remember that the enemy armies mentioned above are largely immune to psychology. This changes the High Elves missile strategy from trying to create panic checks (not possible) to pure damage. If you are fielding an army with several units that you plan to use in combat, you should not (absent absolute necessity) declare a charge unless you are prepared for one failed fear test. Over commit to battles, as few things are more demoralizing than watching your Spears go into the front of a heavy unit, while the Dragon Princes cower in fear on a flank. Psychology can be a game-breaker, so plan for it wisely.
Missile Fire: Missile fire, of course, is the ability to cause non-magical damage from range. Archers, Repeating Bolt Throwers, Magic bows, all contribute to an army's dominance of the missile fire phase. This is slightly different from the idea of interdiction. The army with the ability to cause the most long-range damage can force its opponent to cross the battlefield. This is widely known as "making your opponent come to you," and can be a valuable asset in ones quest for victory.
Magic: Magic, when viewed from a certain perspective, is not really its own phase but a supplement to the other phases, depending on a particular army's available spells. Your opponent may have you outgunned in the missile fire phase, but its possible to regain the shortfall through the use of magic damage spells. Your opponent may dominate the maneuver phase, but movement spells could balance the inequities. Dominance of the magic phase can make up for many shortfalls in other phases of the game.
Magic Offense: "Can" is the operative word here. Magic, for all its power, is also unreliable. A reliance on magical dominance as a path to victory is a treacherous road. Always ensure that you have the assets to defeat your enemy outside of the magic phase; if you can't, one need spend less on mages and more on troops.
The High Elf list can indeed go heavy magic. Our mages have access to the eight lores of magic plus high magic. The "Seerstaff" allows one mage to cherry pick spells and tailor one's magic to combat the army that appears on the other side of the table. However, High Elf mages are so expensive, that a heavy investment in magic will often leave too few points for combat units. Another casualty of seventh edition is making the "Ring of Corin" an arcane item. This makes the item virtually unusable (especially since it's now a "one use" item). Bound spells are the keys to forcing ones magic past the magical defense armies (Dwarfs, Khorne Mortals). Seventh edition has left us with only the "Ring of Fury".
Magic Defense: The expense of our troops, when combined with their generally low toughness, light armor, and ward saves that disappear in the face of magic attacks, means that we have no option but to spend on magic defense. The requirement changes from army to army, but if one has less than five dispel dice and two scrolls in your list, you have placed your army in grave danger of complete destruction.
Counter Magic: With "high magic" the High Elves have access to "drain magic" which will eat the enemy's casting dice and limit the number of spells cast. Cast it a second time and many mid-range spells, plus all the big spells become very problematic.
Mages are usually hidden in large enemy infantry units, so mage hunting often involves charging a clearly superior opponent in the front in order to attack the enemy mage. The charge should be done in a fashion that allows two or three models to be in base-to-base with the enemy mage. The attacking models should expect to be broken and pursued after the attack, which is why cheap units with a high (7"+) movement value are preferred (3d6 flee opposed to 2d6 pursuit). Units with champions are not good for mage-hunting, since most infantry units have full command. A smart player will challenge with his mage, leaving the mage to fight a single model instead of two or three. Keep this in mind during army construction if you plan for a particular unit to go mage-hunting.
If you are attacking with a lone character, you should try to place the character in a position on the charge where he touches the mage but not the unit champion. This is easier to do with an infantry based character than a monster based or eagle-rider. If the character touches the champion, the champion will challenge and the mage will be safe.


In less than a month, we will be back in the snow – atop Mt Hotham. The start of a new season brings excitement, hopes and challenges. We are looking forward to resuming our residence in this familiar place and to embracing what the 2017 Australian winter will bring.
For us, returning to an Australian ski resort like Mt Hotham is like returning to a favourite vacation place. You revisit your favourite spots and seek out the familiar faces of people who frequent them. There will be the returners, the new staff and the space left by absent friends.
There will be much laughter, hugging and hand-shaking. Meetings, inductions, pot-lucks and famils will help welcome newcomers into the mountain ways, social groups and community rituals. Catch-ups and chats will reveal the adventures and experiences had between seasons.
There will be new things to discover – new businesses, new watering holes and eateries. Where will you get the best coffee? Which venue has the best music? What's changed with the ski runs? What are the new snow-making facilities? Are there other changes in the resort?
Having returned from working in Japan, in a different style resort, I wonder how this new perspective on Mt Hotham will be? I will be working in the resort full-time, returning to live "in the bubble" again. After being in the Niseko region where everything was new and different – job role, resort organisation, snowfall, language and culture. This one is our home resort. It presents a chance to reconnect with friends, to reengage with the people who make up the community that we enjoy belonging to and to bask in the beauty of this part of the country.
Engaging with familiar folk and places is like receiving a warm embrace. You have a place. You contribute. You are liked, perhaps needed. It's not that this is not true of other places. There is something special about your home resort though. That and the temporal nature of ski seasons and their iterations that build connection. You recombine with other like-minds interested in living the snow life. You experience the highs and lows of the season together and then go your separate ways again.
People ask me if this lifestyle offers enough to keep me interested and fulfilled. I enjoy the spirit that goes with communities like these. I enjoy living in cities but am probably a country girl at heart. Combine that with the loveliness of the snowy environment and it is a delightful backdrop for a period in which I can try new things and meet new people. Bring on the delights that lie ahead in 2017!


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Let me start by saying that the Eachine EV100 DVR (made for the EV100 FPV goggles) is cheaper and almost certainly works with other goggles. It can be powered directly by a 2S battery, which is commonplace for FPV goggles.
It is the add-on DVR I would buy today for only $15 if I hadn't already purchased the Eachine ProDVR.
Stu (Stew?) confirms that the EV100 DVR is A-OK.
But if you're like me and have the ProDVR read on. The ProDVR was at one point the cheapest FPV DVR, and possibly because it has some limitations. It requires 5V input, but my box goggle screen and video receiver both require at least 2S (7.4v) power. This necessitates a BEC, or some sort of other voltage regulator to get the ProDVR to power up without letting out the magic smoke.
One thing you can do, is find a 5v power source (or less) from within your goggles. But on my Quanum DIY FPV goggles the battery input splits off into three outputs for the screen, the receiver, and an aux for the DVR, so I need to bring it down to 5v. I chose to add a Pololu 5V voltage regulator that is very small and will allow me to use a 2S or 3S battery.
You can test fit with the Pololu regulator's included right angled pin header. Once it all fits good, solder the pin header to the regulator, and then use some CA glue to help hold the pin header to the case.
Don't forget to label the pins on the regulator. The one next to VOUT is for 5 volts out (duh). The middle is a common ground, and the other side is voltage in.
Once the glue is dried, put it all back together. IMO, this regulator should have been included on the DVR board, but you get what you pay for.
Make sure to observe the battery & DVR wires and which way the servo connector needs to go when hooking it up.
That's all, a pretty clean install without the need of an external BEC!


just keep cooking, and sending food out to the dining room, until all the food is gone!
Tonight at 5:30 PM, food of any and all descriptions will begin rolling out of the kitchen at Tin Pan Alley, destined for a brief moment on a long buffet table set up in the dining room, before every last morsel of food in the kitchen is eaten up in a benefit for Provincetown's remarkable Soup Kitchen. Folks will be milling around, conversing with friends, enjoying all they care to eat as the chef simply cooks and cooks and cooks until al the food in the restaurant is gone.
For a donation of $25 per person, we'll all be feasting on any or all of the fish, fowl, beef, soups, salads or any other dishes the chef might come up with as coolers and pantry are literally emptied, right down to the bare shelves. As one of the town's favorite restaurants prepares to close for the season, their generous donation of the proceeds from this event will help to support an important community resource.
In the average winter season in Provincetown, SKIP (the Soup Kitchen In Provincetown) serves more than 10,000 hot, hearty meals to folks from Provincetown and beyond. This year, the number of meals, served at SKIP each weekday from November through April, is rising. Lack of employment opportunities, coupled with the outrageous rents charged by many landlords, results in more people helping to make ends meet by having some, or all, of their lunches at the Soup Kitchen.
Located at the United Methodist Church on Shank Painter Road, SKIP is also simply a welcoming place for people seeking community, and the chance to socialize at a time of year that can be a bit bleak for many of us. All are welcome, whatever the reason they come for lunch. No questions are asked. Housing outreach and assistance are also available as a state housing expert shares SKIP's office there on Thursdays.
of PTown's best meals, complete with live music in a welcoming atmosphere.
So turn out tonight at Tin Pan Alley, across from Town Hall, for one last great meal before they fold up for the winter.
If you've been very good, eaten all your vegetables, and played well with others all year, you might be lucky enough to taste TPA's wonderful seared scallops, or maybe a steak from a grass fed cow, or their lovely roasted local chicken.
Chef Raul likes to spice things up a bit as well, so I'm always eager to try any unusual dish he might whip up. You know, though, one of my real favorites here is Jack's own recipe for turkey meatloaf, made with a little dried fruit and a few surprises mixed in, and one of the greatest comfort foods ever. That's a meal many of us miss when the place closes for the season.
Tin Pan Alley has also brought back the "supper club" aesthetic to Provincetown, offering live music just about every night of the week, and tonight will be no exception. There will be entertainment, of course, beginning at 6 PM.
Come and enjoy Tin Pan Alley's closing party, do a little good for the community at the same time, and wish all of the friends you'll find there a happy and prosperous new year.


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Our immigration system has historically sought to preserve family unity, recognizing that strong families are the foundation of a strong economy. Yet long visa backlogs have kept families apart for many years, and because of a lack of procedural safeguards and due process, thousands of U.S. citizens and their family members have been unlawfully deported. O'Malley will work with Congress so that the supply of visas better meets demand. He will also reform outdated immigration bars so that previously deported individuals with U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident relatives could lawfully return to the United States.


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Antarctic research base can ski across ice
Britain's newest Antarctic Research Station, set to become fully operational this month, should last longer than its predecessors thanks to the abiity to slide across the ice to safety when required.
The Halley VI Research Station is the sixth to be built on the floating Brunt Ice Shelf. Most of these earlier stations ended up crushed by the snow.
Its predecessor, the 20-year-old Halley V facility, lasted longer thanks to the ability to lift itself above the snow on extendable legs, but has now been abandoned due to fears that it would be lost were the ice sheet to split apart.
"The new Halley Research Station is a triumph of British design, innovation and engineering. The UK's world-class polar science community now has a unique, cutting edge suite of laboratories on the ice," says UK Minister for universities and science, David Willett.
"The legacy of Captain Scott, together ith our strong track record of scientific discovery in Antarctica, is set to continue in this excellent new facility."
The £25.8 million station was designed by Hugh Broughton Architects and engineers AECOM, and consists of a set of modules on legs, linked by enclosed tunnels.
When the modules are disconnected, it can be towed inland on hydraulic skis as required to avoid being stranded on an iceberg as the floating ice shelf moves towards the sea.
Construction was carried out during four Antarctic summers – each build season lasting just nine weeks.
"Halley VI is the latest NERC-supported Antarctic research station that demonstrates NERC's long-term commitment to Antarctica," says Professor Duncan Wingham, Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council. "We look forward to the excellent science that is made possible by Halley's unique location on the Earth's largest ice cap."
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Plot Author Matching "Anthony Hughes <husnock31@hotmail.com>" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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2. The Great Escape (1963)
3. Schindler's List (1993)
4. The Pianist (2002)
5. Pearl Harbor (2001)
6. Life Is Beautiful (1997)
7. Downfall (2004)
8. The Thin Red Line (1998)
9. Empire of the Sun (1987)
10. The English Patient (1996)
11. Das Boot (1981)
12. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
13. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
14. Cabaret (1972)
15. The World at War (1973–1974)
16. Patton (1970)
17. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
18. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
19. Midway (1976)
20. Stalingrad (1993)
21. Conspiracy (2001 TV Movie)
22. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
23. Stalag 17 (1953)
24. U-571 (2000)
25. The Final Countdown (1980)
26. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
27. Hart's War (2002)
28. Windtalkers (2002)
29. The Lost Battalion (2001 TV Movie)
30. South Pacific (1958)
31. Apt Pupil (1998)
32. The Keep (1983)
33. The Winds of War (1983)
34. A Soldier's Story (1984)
35. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
36. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
37. Richard III (1995)
38. The Damned (1969)
39. Swing Kids (1993)
40. The Caine Mutiny (1954)
41. War and Remembrance (1988–1989)
42. Holocaust (1978)
43. Memphis Belle (1990)
44. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
45. The Triumph of the Will (1935)
46. The Night of the Generals (1967)
47. The Enemy Below (1957)
48. All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 TV Movie)
49. The Odessa File (1974)
50. Europa Europa (1990)


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Q: R : using filter in a for loop and change the data value I have a list called 'col_missing' like below.
col_missing <- list(
  RAgeCat = c(-1, 8)
  , Married = c(-1, 9)
  , skipmeal = c(-1, 8, 9)
)

and I want to filter the dataframe if the column has above values, and replace them as NA. Below code is working but if it is in a for loop, it is not working.
Working
temp <- df %>%
  filter(skipmeal %in% col_missing$skipmeal)
temp$skipmeal <- NA

Not working
for (col in names(col_missing)) {
  temp <- df %>%
    filter(col %in% col_missing$col)
  temp$col <- NA
}

Could you tell me how to do this in a for loop?

A: We may do this using across and modify the values without any filtering
library(dplyr)
df <- df %>%
    mutate(across(all_of(names(col_missing)),
     ~ replace(.x, .x %in% col_missing[[cur_column()]], NA)))

In the for loop, temp is getting updated in each iteration.  Perhaps it should be created outside  Also, use [[ instead of $ i.e. col_missing[[col]] instead of col_missing$col
If we need to filter and create multiple datasets in a list
library(purrr)
imap(col_missing, ~ df %>%
         filter(.data[[.y]] %in% .x) %>%
         mutate(!! .y := NA)
)

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Q: I need to remove the selected object from the listview from the arraylist The app has a contextual menu and a listview. If I give a listview line I skip the menu and I can delete it. But how do I get what object it is or what position it has in the arraylist?
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private ArrayList datos = new ArrayList();
private ListView listCuadros;
private AdaptadorCuadros adaptador;
private Context contexto;
private View tv1;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    contexto = this;
    datos.add(new Cuadros("La Mona Lisa", "Leonardo da Vinci", "Renacentista", "$713 millones", "1503"));
    datos.add(new Cuadros("El grito", "Munch", "Expresionismo", "$119.9 millones", "1893"));
    datos.add(new Cuadros("La persistencia de la memoria", "Dalí ", "Surrealismo", "$400", "1931"));
    datos.add(new Cuadros("El nacimiento de Venus", "Sandro Botticelli", "Gotico", "Desconocido", "1482"));
    datos.add(new Cuadros("Guernica", "Pablo Picasso", "Cubismo", "€300 millones", "1937"));
    datos.add(new Cuadros("Los jugadores de cartas", "Paul Cézanne", "Posimpresionismo", "€191 millones", "1890"));
    adaptador = new AdaptadorCuadros(this, datos);
    listCuadros = findViewById(R.id.listView1);
    tv1 = findViewById(R.id.tv1);
    listCuadros.setAdapter(adaptador);
    registerForContextMenu(listCuadros);
}

@Override
public void onCreateContextMenu(ContextMenu menu, View v, ContextMenu.ContextMenuInfo menuInfo) {
    super.onCreateContextMenu(menu, v, menuInfo);
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.mimenu, menu);
}

public boolean onContextItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
    AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo info = (AdapterView.AdapterContextMenuInfo) item.getMenuInfo();
    switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.mi1:
            editar();
            return true;
        case R.id.mi2:
            borrar();
            return true;
        default:
            return super.onContextItemSelected(item);
    }
}

private void editar() {

}

private void borrar() {
    String mensaje = "Va a borrar uno de los cuadros, esta seguro?";
    AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(contexto);
    builder.setTitle("Confirmacion");
    builder.setMessage(mensaje);
    builder.setNegativeButton("Cancelar", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
            Log.i("Dialogos", "Confirmacion Cancelada.");
            dialog.cancel();
        }
    })
    .setPositiveButton("Aceptar", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) {
            Log.i("Dialogos", "Confirmacion Aceptada.");
            int i= listCuadros.get;
            datos.remove(i);
                adaptador.notifyDataSetChanged();
            }

    });
    builder.show();
}

As much as I search on the internet I can't find anything that helps me, I've tried to getposition, getitemlongcicklistener and everything that has occurred to me. But there is no way, I would appreciate your help


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Milwaukee WI , 53233
About Marquette University
Founded in 1881, Marquette University. is a Private college. Located in Wisconsin, which is a city setting in Wisconsin, the campus itself is Urban. The campus is home to 8,238 full time undergraduate students, and 3,056 full time graduate students.
The Marquette University Academic calendar runs on a Semester basis. In the school year the student to faculty ratio was 14:1. There are 648 full time instructional teachers. Degrees awarded at Marquette University include: Bachelor's Degree, Masters Degree, Post-master's certificate, Doctor's degree.
SAT Range 1040-1270
ACT Range 24-29
Admissions at MU are considered Less Selective, with ,99% of all applicants being admitted.
94% of incoming freshmen are in the top half of their high school class. 67% were in the top quarter, and 38% were in the top tenth. You can apply online.
We asked, and students answered these important questions about student life at Marquette University.
Marquette University REVIEWS
233 Students rated on-campus housing 3.6 stars. 17 % gave the school a 5.0.
198 Students rated off-campus housing 3.4 stars. 0 % gave the school a 5.0.
241 Students rated campus food 3.1 stars. 10 % gave the school a 5.0.
244 Students rated campus facilities 4.2 stars. 38 % gave the school a 5.0.
244 Students rated class size 4.2 stars. 41 % gave the school a 5.0.
244 Students rated school activities 4.2 stars. 41 % gave the school a 5.0.
246 Students rated local services 3.8 stars. 30 % gave the school a 5.0.
244 Students rated academics 4 stars. 37 % gave the school a 5.0.
What's your overall opinion of Marquette University?
64 Students rated Marquette University
Within weeks of becoming a part of the Marquette community, I felt like I was at home. I love the environment and the friends I've made. There is so much to do for anyone who has a passion.
Marquette University is not just a school. It is a home, an amazing opportunity, and a place where amazing memories are formed. You will be supported by faculty, students, and even city residents. Everyone does anything in their power to ensure the students succeed and lead the lives they envision. The classes may be difficult but they are practical, interesting, and are built to reflect the real world. Marquette offers many options to the students to ensure they do well and succeed in their careers and classes. I could not imagine a better place to call my home.
When I first visited Marquette, I wasn't sure I'd like it, but since I have been here, I found that I really love it. I'm glad I made my decision to go to Marquette- it's a great school with a gorgeous campus and I've made so many good friends and met awesome classmates already and I've only been here a year!
I absolutely love Marquette. The campus is amazing and the professors are brilliant. It's a great atmosphere and I couldn't imagine going to school anywhere else. We are Marquette!
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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Marquette University is 84%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
The intangibles are really what matter. The atmosphere of the school, whether people smile at you, how you feel on the campus, and other things like this are really what should make the choice for you. I should have done a bit more soul searching before dragging my parents on trips across the Midwest looking at a hugely diverse amount of schools. Small schools, big schools, small town schools, city schools, etc. This was slightly a waste of time. While it did help me to understand what I was really looking for, I think I already knew that I wanted a small to mid-sized school not in a rural area. If I could have narrowed that down before trekking across America I think I would have seen more schools I was really interested in. The most important advice I can give is don't make an opinion about your school until after the first semester. If people ask, reserve judgement. The transition is difficult and it is incredibly important to keep an open mind. It will make all four years much better.
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What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
The above answer, wish it was a little more real-friendly instead of superficial-friendly
Read all 73 answers
Describe the students at your school.
Hard-working, hard-partying, generally caring people.
What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The school puts a lot of pressure to do well on the students.
Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
Marquette University is an outstanding school `with excellent programs and professors for every major and limitless resources to help students gain experience and opportunities for their major.
What's unique about your campus?
The downtown atmosphere gives Marquette's Jesuit Catholic structure a bit of edge. The University is a haven in the middle of the city, which elucidates the diversity that Milwaukee and Marquette have to offer.
Marquette is the perfect size. It is a small college pretending to be a big one. Meaning that we have big sports and a big reputation but the size of the student population as well as the campus is not overwhelming. Also the layout of MU's campus is brilliant and made for ease. All the academic buildings are on one side of the campus, the administrative/campus-owned housing is on the other and further back is the upperclassmen off-campus living.
The most frustrating thing about Marquette is the difficulty of transportation. The only reasonable way to get around Milwaukee is by bus, and the bus system is complicated and even a little frightening.
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I actually was thinking about going out of state first to Syracuse in New York. But then I realized why would I want to go out of state when I have such an incredible school right here in my own city. I felt that I fit right in when I took a tour of the university. I like it that it's not an isolated university. You get the whole university experience, along with the big city experience. And just the fact that it's here in my home city makes it a lot better.
Describe your favorite campus traditions.
Marquette is known for being a university with smart kids who work hard at obtaining a good education, but at the same time are not afraid to party or have a good time. Marquette's current students and alumni are well known for overflowing with school spirit. Being Jesuit, Marquette's goal is to educate help it's students become well-rounded individuals.
What kind of person should attend this school?
Someone who is dedicated to their studies, determined to do their best and
What kind of person should not attend this school?
In my opinion, I think a person who is not ready for a challenge should not attend Marquette. Marquette is a school that challenges you both inside and outside of the classroom. So if a person is not ready to push themselves to achieve things that they may or may not have thought possible, then Marquette is not the right place for him or her.
What are the academics like at your school?
I love the well-rounded education that students receive with a focus on ethics and social justice. Marquette focuses on preparing the student for life after college and the ability to know and defend the morals and values that are important to you. Students develop great critical thinking skills as well as the ability to work in small groups, all skills which are important to any job one takes after college. The core curriculum requires students to take so many philosophy courses, theology courses and diverse cultures courses. At first I was terrified of Theology and Philosophy. These have been some of my favorite courses at Marquette because they really challenge more than your academic understanding of the subjects, but make you think about your own belief system. Theology isn't just about the Christian faith but out all religious experiences, so it is nothing to be afriad of. The Diverse Cultures courses offer a wide variety of options that allow you to learn more about the outside world. I have had awesome experiences with professors on campus. I would say 99% of my professors knew/know my name. I have professors from Freshman year that still stop me to ask how I'm doing or that I'll go sit and chat with to catch up. They are great at engaging the classroom and really making you think outside the box. They also offer a lot of availability outside of the classroom, in office hours or through other forms of contact if you ever need help. I also am a big fan of my advisor who is a faculty member and very helpful with whatever questions I have. Our student body isn't really competitve like you might find at some ivy league schools. Its more about challenging yourself than competing with the others around you. I think this is great and makes academics much less stressful. I have so many classes that I've loved at Marquette. I would say my favorite right now is my Conceptualizing Justice and Peace course. Its a Tuesday evening course which at first wasn't ideal, but I actually really like that time now because every week we trade off who brings dinner for the class. There's six of us and class focuses a lot on contemporary issues and discussion. We've had several guest lecturers that are important figures in the themes of the class and invoke wonderful discussion. My least favorite class was astronomy. I definitely misunderstood what astronomy was when I signed up for this one and was not prepared as a first semester Freshman. Another really unique class I've taken is a biology course for non-biology majors. Its called Pathogens, Plants and People and focuses a lot on contemporary issues in the environment and other topics that are actually useful for us in everyday life. The professor was amazing and really cared about the subject she was teaching.
What is your overall opinion of this school?
The two best things about Marquette are the abundance of things to get involved in and the campus itself. Marquette has so many campus programming activities and student organizations that it's incredibly easy to find something to do or find ways to meet new people, whether it's a social activity, a service project, an organization, or something like MUTV. I never ran out of things to do. The campus is just big enough that it feels like a real campus rather than a couple of buildings, and just small enough that it's no more than 12 minutes from one end of campus (Straz) to the other (Mashuda). Its location gives us great access to the bus system (an unlimited city bus pass for each semester is included in your tuition) and thus the rest of the Milwaukee area. You can bus, walk, or run downtown or to Lake Michigan. The downtown location also gives us amazing community service opportunities you can't get in a smaller town.
What is the stereotype of students at your school?
They're preppy rich Catholic students.
Is the stereotype of students at your school accurate?
There are a lot of us, but we don't dominate the campus. And...there are A LOT of Chicago suburbs. So we're not all the same. :)
What are the most popular student activities/groups?
Work hard and play hard. That's what we do. Find a niche that makes you happy, and friends that make you a better person. Clubs, volunteering, partying, late night study groups at "Club Raynor" (the library), we do it all.
What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
Having grown up in a suburb of Milwaukee, where Marquette is located, I was well aware of the many stereotypes at MU. First and perhaps most noticeably, is the "midwestern-ness" of Marquette. An overwhelming amount of students are from the state of Wisconsin, the Chicago area, and other midwestern states. However, it has been seen even since I enrolled in 2008 that it has become a destination school for students across the nation. Being a private school, MU is typically seen as a "snobby, Catholic school." While it is more expensive than many state schools, MU has been rated as a top school and ranked highly for its reasonable tuition. While the school does emphasize a Catholic, and especially Jesuit tradition, MU is very accepted of different backgrounds. While Marquette is not perhaps the most diverse or liberal school, it is definitely a great instution that is constantly trying to evolve and improve itself.
What's the dating scene like?
How different is dating at a Catholic University? This video gives you a glimpse into the dating scene at Marquette. Dating isn't that different at MU. When you're a lower class men you tend to live in more of a hook up culture. As you get older more people focus on relationships. There are some ideas for date spots and popular spots to meet people on campus.
Tell us about the sports scene on campus.
Our basketball team has made it to the sweet 16 pretty consistently for the past 30 years or so. Being a D1 school, it brings a lot of the excitement out in the student body. I personally am not the hugest fan of basketball, but the games are where everyone goes on the weekends. We play a number of great schools since we are in the Big East division (even if some of them are leaving). What most people who don't go to Marquette know is that our soccer team has an even better record than our basketball team and our women's volleyball was in the final game for the national title. Both our men's and women's soccer teams were in the finals for the national title this year as well. All of the home games except for basketball are played right here on campus. Basketball games occur down at the Bradley Center, where the Milwaukee Bucks play. Marquette University is also in a transition year for lacrosse and starting in 2013, there will be a D1 lacrosse team, and in 2014 the team will play in the Big East.
100% of students attending Marquette University receive some sort of financial aid. 18% were awarded federal grants. While 49% received federal loans. Many students do also need to apply for additional private student loans.
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Universal Music's Deutsche Grammophon and Apple Music have announced a "long-term collaboration designed to enhance the experience of classical music for a global music audience". Basically, they're going to do some playlists and a bit of video stuff.
The main focus of the collaboration will be 'The DG Playlist', which will be regularly refreshed with different recordings from the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue. There will also be various video offerings, including the first full opera film to hit Apple Music, a performance of Gounod's 'Roméo et Juliette' from the 2008 Salzburg Festival.
"The curatorial power of the 'yellow label' and our vibrant artist community has always been exceptional, in record stores and in the digital space", says Deutsche Grammophon President Clemens Trautmann. "In a world where attention spans have become shorter and classical music content more ubiquitous, people must think wisely before spending their limited time and resources".
He goes on: "Together with our partner Apple Music, we aim to enable discovery and provide orientation to everything that is essential in classical music. We also embrace the opportunity to present short-form and long-form video productions in a significant way, making the service a cornerstone of DG's global audio-visual strategy".
Apple Music's Jonathan Gruber adds: "Classical music is all about the joy of exploration, and we are THRILLED to welcome the amazing artists of Deutsche Grammophon to join our worldwide team of trusted guides".
Deutsche Grammophon has been present on Apple Music since 2016, when it became the first classical label to set up its own curator channel on the streaming service. This new partnership aims to give greater prominence to classical music on the platform and to engage more listeners – both of which streaming services have been accused of failing to do.
To mark the launch, DG artists Rolando Villazón, Daniil Trifonov and Peter Gregson have also taken over curation of Apple Music's Mozart, Beethoven and Bach radio stations.
"Mozart has been one of my long-time passions and Salzburg has always been a central place in my life, both as a performer and as artistic director of Mozartwoche", says Villazón. "I am THRILLED, therefore, to be able to share some of my favourite Mozart pieces on Apple Music's Mozart radio station. I'm fully aware of how important it is to provide context and orientation to listeners of classical music and am committed to making its richness accessible to everyone. I feel the new DG space on Apple Music is an excellent forum for discovery".
You can scroll through all of the newly launched Deutsche Grammophon content on Apple Music here. If you want.


In my last post, I explained that Sea Gem is pretty far from a racing boat, and I know that for a fact, as I was recently on the ultimate racing boat.
The Volvo Ocean Race boats are 70-foot racing boats built entirely with modern technology that did not even exist in 1986, when Sea Gem was built. They have canting keels, operated by massive hydraulic rams, to maximize righting force (to keep the boat from leaning over). They are made almost entirely of carbon fiber. They have several high-tech sails that are changed (manually, by a crew of ten men) to maximize performance on any given point of sail. They have lifting centerboards. To save weight, they use special no-stretch ropes instead of metal fittings.
With all of this technology at work, the performance is staggering. The wind was very light while we were sailing, mostly between 6 and 8 knots. Even with a spinnaker, Sea Gem would be lucky to muster 3, maybe 4, knots in that wind. But Puma sails faster than wind speed. In 6 knots of wind, we did 8 knots. In 8 knots of wind, we did 11 knots. And, apparently, the Volvo Ocean Race boats will hit 40 knots--faster than most power boats--in the right conditions.
So, am I jealous? Not at all. To achieve that performance, comfort is not only compromised, it is banished altogether. Living conditions aboard Puma were awful. It was hot and humid, dark, cramped, and extremely noisy. Because the boats are carbon fiber and are not insulated, every noise is amplified into the interior. There is one bathroom for ten men, who sleep nearly stacked on top of each other in tiny, mesh cots. It is truly miserable. That discomfort is necessary to achieve maximum performance, but for a liveaboard like Sea Gem, I will gladly sacrifice performance to be comfortable.
Although Puma and Sea Gem are polar opposites, I was pleased to see that they share one piece of equipment in common: the mighty Hella fan. Whether sailing at 3 knots or 40, those things just plain work.


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When I read Shannon's post and commented, she mentioned that students' test scores increased as well as their understanding and comprehension of content. I was excited to try this approach to final exam review. So, last semester I conducted an experiment with my 4th hour Honors class as the control (standard packet review) and my 6th hour Honors as the test subject (concept mapping). My 6th hour class was divided into groups and were given 4 days and a 6' x 3' sheet of white paper. In the end, my 6th hour class demonstrated greater understanding and questioning abilities of the content they had covered; they scored 5% higher on the multiple choice portion and 10% higher on the written portion. This was enough to convince me to have all of my freshman chemistry classes concept map their review the next semester but with a slight caveat. In addition to doing a group concept map on paper (over 2 days), students took advantage of my Chromebook cart (courtesy of the blended learning pilot I participated in this past year) and developed individual digital concept maps using either Lucidchart Diagrams or Google Drawing. The goal with this approach was that students developed a pretty significant piece of work collaboratively and then further studied and became familiar with the content as they developed their own work. Below are some examples of analog and digital concept maps.
Upon conclusion of this most recent semester, I found mixed results. One of my honors classes saw a 4% jump in multiple choice and a 9% rise in the written portion (as compared to the fall semester's control group). My other honors class saw a 1% decrease in multiple choice and 1% increase in the written portion (seemingly negligile results). When comparing this semester's regular chemistry classes to last semester, the data shows a concerning decrease in scores.
What can the drop in scores in regular chemistry be attributed to? A number of factors cross my mind but some of my observations include a lack of motivation to actively work in a group or contribute to the review process. Many of the students were not accustomed to thinking and working proactively on projects like this. Some students really struggled with connecting the dots so-to-speak between various concepts. My pre-intern and I did our best to guide students through the process of creating a concept map and questioning students who said they were "done." These student groups quickly realized they were far from being finished and consequently may have struggled with motivation to continue and also find value in doing this type of review. Others were absent during the review period.
Nonetheless I still recognize value in this type of exam review and plan to continue working with it in future semesters. For what it's worth, a biology teacher in my department has begun incorporating more concept mapping into his unit reviews after watching my classes work through it at final exam time.
So glad you gave the mapping a shot! I, too, find the spring semester to always be a bit lower across the board (spring fever, sports, and senior slide are in full swing). I wonder if using the computers to map played a role, too - I find my students get caught up in the mechanics and the programs and I feel like sometimes it interferes with the fast flow of ideas that sometimes comes as they work on the maps. We used computers for unit mapping in the past and soemtimes kids would abandon their ideas/connections if they couldn't get the computer program to do what they wanted on the first or second try.


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Kırıkçalı is a village in the İslahiye District, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 363 in 2022.

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Villages in İslahiye District
Kurdish settlements in Gaziantep Province

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