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History of the Oklahoma Geological Survey Observatory near Leonard, OK
In 1960 the Jersey Production Research (Oil) Co built the original Observatory. This location was selected because it was seismically and magnetically quiet (i.e. no heavy industrial and traffic vibrations) and was in driving distance from their Tulsa headquarters.
In 1965 Jersey gave the Observatory to OU in which it functioned as a small department in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Through the generosity of the Sarkys Foundation, the quarter section (160 acres, 64.8 hectares) of leased land at the site was purchased for the State of Oklahoma.
In 1976 a Nuclear Regulatory Commission grant through the Oklahoma Geological Survey provided for a statewide network of remote seismographs.
In 1978, the Observatory became part of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, and was named the "Oklahoma Geophysical Observatory". It was soon renamed the "Oklahoma Geological Survey Observatory".
During 1978, the last photo paper seismogram drum recorders were converted to heat writing (and some to ink writing). During 1989, a Dept. of Energy grant through Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories reworked a 760 meter deep borehole and placed vertical motion sensing seismometers at depths of five, 432, and 748 meters below the surface. Triggered digital recording was provided near the borehole winch. Digital data was analyzed on the Observatory's first Unix workstation, a SUN 3/50.
On June 1, 1990 Bush and Gorbachev signed a protocol that called for building a Soviet Nuclear Monitoring site near the Observatory Building. The Soviets (later Russians) were allowed to have a seismograph station there to record seismic waves from American, and an occasional British, underground nuclear blast in Nevada.
Seven years later, after Russian-UK-US Nuclear testing ended, Russia released the site, and the United States turned the dollar-per-year leased land back to Oklahoma.
(Read "The Soviet General in Blue Jeans")
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) provided a Sun SPARC 1+ workstation, and a six component seismograph system whose data was recorded, archived, and analyzed by the SPARC 1+. Soon, three remote seismic signals and three magnetic signals were added to this system which was called the Geneva system (its exact name was GSE=Group of Seismic Experts).
Two years later, a DARPA grant (unclassified as all grants to the OGS Observatory have been) allowed a three-component (vertical, north- south, east-west) broadband (high fidelity-covers a wide frequency band) seismometer to be placed in a new 119 meter borehole. The data from this seismometer was recorded on the Geneva system.
In 1994 the Observatory became a station in the prototype International Monitoring System, which records seismic events and determines which are earthquakes, which are mining blasts, and which are underground nuclear tests. A grant from the US Air Force Technical Applications Center provided a Sun SPARC 20 and other equipment to aid in the monitoring. Digital seismograms were automatically emailed to the Prototype International Monitoring System. The Leonard facility was not made part of the permanent system, because Russians wanted the American stations further west.
A 1996 DARPA/DEPSCoR grant reworked an uncased borehole. It was cased, cemented, and deepened to 864 meters. A newly designed ultra-broadband three-component seismometer was placed at the bottom of the hole. This was the deepest broadband seismometer in the world. This seismometer had its digitizers, data communication, and data compression computer in the half-mile deep seismometer casing. Digital data was sent uphole and overland on optical fiber cable to a high- end PC. This system, called the "Oklahoma System" recorded data at rates of 200 samples per second for each component (about 200 megabytes per day).
In 1999 the Geneva System hardware and software became impossible to maintain. A rack digitizer was purchased from Guralp Systems in Reading, U.K. The digitizer cost six thousand dollars, weighs six pounds, and uses six watts of electric power. The rack digitizer digitizes data from three remote seismic stations at 200 samples per second. It also digitizes magnetic signals. The data is put on packets in a ring buffer and transmitted to the Oklahoma System PC. The digitizer drops each packet as soon as the PC sends an acknowledgement for the packet. The rack digitizer has a GPS (Global Positioning System satellite) receiver to give exact time for time tagging the data packets. If any data is missed, or the satellite time signal resyncs, the digitizer emails a message to staff.
The Guralp-made Oklahoma System software can communicate with any similar system in the world via the internet. OGS continually records one seismic channel from the University of Indiana. IU records three OGS signals.
During 1999, permanent archiving of all digital data was switched from exabyte tapes (holding five gigabytes) to writable CDROMs. These CDROMs allow quick random access to all data, and will last much longer than tapes. Each CDROM holds 660 megabytes of compressed data. OGS uses about 100 CDROMs per year.
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STAMFORD, Conn. & EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)–WWE (NYSE:WWE) and Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAT) today announced the launch of WWE Slam City™, WWE's new kids property that includes an original animated short-form series and a complete line of WWE Slam City merchandise. The 26-episode series, which launches today in the U.S., Canada, and U.K., is comprised of two minute shorts featuring WWE Superstars in their new animated world, WWE Slam City. The first four episodes begin airing today at WWESlamCity.com and Cartoonium on YouTube. WWE Slam City toys, including action figures, ring sets and more, are currently available at major retail stores.
The series, filmed in the next generation of stop-motion animation, features a new WWE animated character The Finisher, who fires all of the WWE Superstars and sends them to WWE Slam City to find day jobs. WWE Superstars are plunged into new career challenges as John Cena®, Randy Orton®, Sheamus®, The Miz™, Rey Mysterio®, Kane®, Alberto Del Rio® and Mark Henry® pack every street corner with work to do and scores to settle. With John Cena as an auto mechanic, Alberto Del Rio as a coffee house barista, Randy Orton as a zookeeper and Sheamus as a theater usher, these Superstars have a new life outside the ring, but still stay true to their WWE personas.
In addition to WWESlamCity.com and Cartoonium on YouTube, WWE Slam City will also be available in the U.S. on WWE Network, Hulu, PlayStation®, Xbox, AOL On, Nintendo, Vudu, Google Play, Kabillion, Mattel.com and iTunes. WWE will utilize all of its assets, including TV broadcasts, live events, digital and social media to generate awareness for its new kids property.
"WWE Slam City is a multi-platform property that takes our Superstars out of the ring and introduces them to kids through entertaining and action-packed animation," said Michelle D. Wilson, Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, WWE. "This strategic initiative is perfectly complemented through our partnership with Mattel and adds to an already dynamic portfolio of content designed to create lifelong WWE fans."
"Slam City is the result of a seamless collaboration with WWE where we are bringing kids a completely new and invigorating entertainment experience," said Doug Wadleigh, Senior Vice President, Global Brands Marketing, Boys and Entertainment for Mattel. "Combining fun to watch content that features Superstar favorites, along with an engaging line of toys, enables Slam City to further expand the WWE Universe while opening new avenues of play for the franchise."
WWE Slam City is a key component of WWE's larger strategy to expand its reach to kids. In 2013, WWE's national TV programming reached nearly 3 million kids each week, representing more than 20 percent of WWE's average weekly TV audience. WWE also reaches kids through the number 2 action figure property in the U.S.1, WWE Studios productions of The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo WrestleMania Mystery and Christmas Bounty as well as partnerships with Kraft Foods, Frito-Lay, Post Foods and MilkPEP. In addition, WWE supports programs that positively impact children and families around the world, including a 30-plus year relationship with Make-A-Wish as well as various literacy, education, anti-bullying and military initiatives.
In addition to toys, a full WWE Slam City merchandise line, including apparel, back-to-school accessories, books, graphic novels and home videos will be available in stores by the end of 2014. In 2015, a WWE Slam City mobile game, as well as health and beauty items, home goods, party supplies and stationary will be available.
The 26-episode WWE Slam City series is co-produced by WWE and Mattel's Playground Productions, a new division within the Mattel Global Brands whose mission is to identify, cultivate and produce compelling storylines through multiple platforms.
"Slam City's multi-platform animation engages kids where they are today with a unique larger-than-life Superstar inspired storyline that's authentic to WWE," said David Voss, Senior Vice President, Playground Productions for Mattel. "We worked closely with WWE to ensure our style and storytelling complimented the brand, and really tapped into our creative expertise to produce a playful narrative that both kids and fans enjoy."
To view the 60-second trailer and to watch the first four episodes of WWE Slam City visit WWESlamCity.com or YouTube.com/Cartoonium.
WWE Slam City Distribution Channels
- WWESlamCity.com
- YouTube.com/Cartoonium
- WWE Network
- Hulu
- PlayStation®
- Xbox
- AOL On
- Nintendo
- Vudu
- iTunes
- Google Play
- Kabillion
- Mattel.com
- WWESlamCity.com
- YouTube.com/Cartoonium
- PlayStation®
- Xbox
- Rogers
- Mattel.com
- WWESlamCity.com
- YouTube.com/Cartoonium
- Sky
- PlayStation®
- Google Play
- Xbox
- Mattel.com
About WWE
WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE:WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 150 countries and 30 languages and reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Miami, Mumbai, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/.
About Mattel
The Mattel family of companies (Nasdaq:MAT) is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products. Mattel's portfolio of best-selling brands includes Barbie®, the most popular fashion doll ever produced, Hot Wheels®, Monster High®, American Girl®, Thomas & Friends® and Fisher-Price® brands, including Little People® and Power Wheels®, as well as a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines. In 2013, Mattel was named one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" by Ethisphere Magazine and is also ranked No. 2 on Corporate Responsibility Magazine's "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list. With worldwide headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Mattel's companies employ nearly 30,000 people in 40 countries and territories and sell products in more than 150 nations. At Mattel, we are Creating the Future of Play. Visit us at www.mattel.com, www.facebook.com/mattel or www.twitter.com/mattel.
About Playground Productions
Playground Productions is the strategic creative storytelling division for Mattel Brands. Playground Productions serves to build, shape and develop compelling multi-platform storylines for Mattel, its partners and the company's diverse portfolio of brands. Spanning movies, TV and today's hottest digital distribution platforms, Playground Productions is comprised of world-class talent with extensive experience within the entertainment ecosystem.
1 Source: The NPD Group / Consumer Tracking Service; YTD October'12; Action Figures Category
Trademarks: All WWE programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans, wrestling moves, trademarks, logos and copyrights are the exclusive property of WWE and its subsidiaries. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, risks relating to entering into, maintaining and renewing key agreements, including television and pay-per-view programming and our new network distribution agreements; risks relating to the launch and maintenance of our new network; the need for continually developing creative and entertaining programming; the continued importance of key performers and the services of Vincent McMahon; the conditions of the markets in which we compete and acceptance of the Company's brands, media and merchandise within those markets; uncertainties relating to regulatory matters; risks resulting from the highly competitive and fragmented nature of our markets; uncertainties associated with international markets; the importance of protecting our intellectual property and complying with the intellectual property rights of others; the risk of accidents or injuries during our physically demanding events; risks associated with producing and travelling to and from our large live events, both domestically and internationally; risks relating to our film business; risks relating to new businesses and strategic investments; risks relating to our computer systems and online operations; risks relating to general economic conditions and our exposure to bad debt risk; risks relating to litigation; risks relating to market expectations for our financial performance; risks relating to our revolving credit facility; risks relating to the large number of shares of common stock controlled by members of the McMahon family and the possibility of the sale of their stock by the McMahons or the perception of the possibility of such sales; the relatively small public float of our stock; and other risks and factors set forth from time to time in Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. In addition, our dividend is dependent on a number of factors, including, among other things, our liquidity and historical and projected cash flow, strategic plan (including alternative uses of capital), our financial results and condition, contractual and legal restrictions on the payment of dividends, general economic and competitive conditions and such other factors as our Board of Directors may consider relevant.
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Michael Jordan becomes 4th billionaire in NC, Forbes says
This week's news that Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan is now a billionaire puts him in a rare group in North Carolina.
According to Forbes magazine, the state is home to only three others: Charlotte businessman C.D. "Dick" Spangler; Jim Goodnight, CEO of Cary-based software vendor SAS, and John Sall, SAS executive vice president.
On Thursday, Forbes reported that Jordan had hit billionaire status after increasing his stake in his NBA team. Forbes estimated his equity in the Hornets at $416 million and his net worth outside of the team at $600 million. The magazine reported that Jordan now owns 89.5 percent of the team.
Jordan spokeswoman Estee Portnoy on Friday described the Forbes report as "speculative." She said Jordan purchased an additional stake in the Hornets in January 2013, but she would not say how much.
Portnoy said Jordan's primary residence is in Florida but he has a home in uptown Charlotte. Jordan's mother has a home on Lake Norman, she said.
Goodnight, Sall and Spangler are on the magazine's most recent 400 "Richest People in America" list.
Charlotte's only other billionaire resident is businessman Spangler, according to the magazine, which calculated his net worth at $2.3 billion. Spangler, whose source of wealth is investments, is one of Bank of America's largest individual shareholders, Forbes says. He also owns shares of Wells Fargo and is a board member of Charlotte-based National Gypsum.
Goodnight and Sall both have residences in Cary, according to Forbes, which pegs Goodnight's net worth at $7.2 billion and Sall's at $3.6 billion.
A six-time NBA champion, Jordan earned fame on the basketball court, as well as through endorsements and movies. The 51-year-old became the majority owner of the Hornets (formerly the Bobcats) in 2010 when he bought out Bob Johnson's share of the team. The Associated Press contributed.


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Amazon Plays Hardball With New Kindle Offerings and Pricing
You've got to hand it to Amazon. Not only did the company introduce a line of aggressively priced tablets ranging from $69 to $499 today, it also introduced a variety of new technologies that together create a unique set of products. These technologies include everything from a new "Paperwhite" e-ink display in an inexpensive ebook reader to a new display and a $49.99 per year 4G LTE service for its high-end tablet. The range of products is impressive.
On the low-end, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduced three new ebook readers at various prices. For $69, Amazon is offering the basic Kindle with a 6-inch e-ink display, similar to last year's $79 touch-screen model, but with crisper text and faster page turns.
For $119, the company introduced the Kindle Paperwhite, which is technically the most interesting to me. It has a similar screen size, but with 62 percent higher resolution and what the company says is 25 percent more contrast, delivering whiter whites and blacker blacks. What makes this special seems to be a patented nano-imprinted light guide that uses just four LEDs, which the company says makes pages much easier to read in all kinds of light settings. The light guide goes on top of a capacitive touch panel that in turn goes on top of the Paperwhite display. In part because it uses so few lights, Amazon says the device will get eight weeks of battery life, even with the light on. The basic unit is Wi-Fi only.
(The company is also still offering a keyboard model with last year's display and 3G for $139.)
For $179, there's a Wi-Fi + 3G model, which adds a free 3G service for downloading content and for using the company's Whispersync service that synchronizes your reading location among multiple devices.
These devices offer new features like X-Ray so you can see what an individual character is doing throughout a book and an estimate of the time it will take you to finish the book.
The new Kindle will be available September 14; the Kindle Paperwhite will be shipped on October 1.
Stepping up, the company completely refreshed its line of LCD-based Kindle Fire tablets, introducing a new 7-inch model, as well as a new 8.9-inch one.
The basic 7-inch model has been upgraded with a faster processor and twice as much RAM. Amazon says the new version is 40 percent faster, with longer battery life. This model has Wi-Fi only and 8GB of memory. It will sell for $159, shipping September 14.
Next up is the Kindle Fire HD, with a 7-inch, 1280-by-800 display, based on a 1.2GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4470, which Bezos said is more powerful than an Nvidia Tegra 3; dual stereo speakers, Dolby Digital Plus audio. The tablet has 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi with two antennas and MIMO support for better, faster coverage, which is quite unusual on a tablet. This will sell for $199 for the 16GB version and $249 for the 32GB version.
Stepping up a bit more is the Kindle Fire HD 8.9, which has an 8.9-inch, 1,920-by-1,200 display. Bezos emphasized how this screen has a polarizing filter to give full spectrum color at all angles and has the touch sensors laminated on top of the glass, removing the air gaps to reduce glare. It is 8.8mm thick and weighs 20 ounces. A 16GB version is $299 and a 32GB one sells for $369.
Other new features incorporate support for 10,000 audiobooks, including Whispersync for audio and a feature called "immersion reading" where you can listen to professional readers narrate the book. It sounds strange, but I can believe people will like it. It also adds the X-ray feature for movies so you can easily see information on actors appearing in the films, powered by IMDB, plus new game support, a new email client, a custom Facebook app, Skype, and a feature called Freetime that lets users set time limits for kids using the device.
The 7-inch version ships September 14 and the 8.9-inch version ships November 20.
Finally, there is the Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch LTE Wireless—could Amazon have come up with a longer name?—which adds a 4G LTE modem to the 8.9-inch version. A 32GB version sells for $499, with a 64GB one available for $599. The big twist here—and indeed, the only reason why you'd likely buy this model—is that you can subscribe to a 4G LTE wireless service with 250MB a month of service (plus 20GB of cloud storage and a $10 Amazon credit) for $49.99 a year. That's a much better deal than I've seen with any other 4G service.
What makes the whole line so impressive is Amazon's content, which includes the widest variety of books of any major ebook seller, including 180,000 exclusive books, and Amazon's Kindle Singles and Kindle Serials programs. I don't love the idea of some books only being available from one seller, but on the other hand, I do like how Kindle Direct Publishing allows just about anyone to publish his or her own book.
The company also offers an impressive selection of music and a decent set of video. It didn't really discuss software, but I assume the Fire line still runs a modified version of Android, so my big concern remains the quality and number of tablet-style applications available. That is improving for Android, though, and will undoubtedly be helped by new generations of inexpensive Android tablets from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and now from Google.
The Fire line is certainly aggressively priced, with the $199 7-inch Fire HD offering 16GB of storage compared with the Nexus' 8GB. (Amazon has a better library of content, but Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is quite nice. I haven't been able to use the new Fires yet.) If you want a 4G LTE plan, Amazon's deal with its 8.9-inch tablet is much better than any other plan I've seen.
As a technology enthusiast, I'm excited about some of Amazon's technology choices, including the Paperwhite display, the improvements suggested for the 8.9-inch display, and the multiple band, multiple antenna Wi-Fi choice for the Fire HD.
In some ways, though, it's the business model that's most interesting because Amazon can be more aggressive on pricing hardware if it can make money selling content. Indeed, Bezos said Kindle books are now handily outselling physical books for Amazon. Summing up the business model, Bezos said, "We want to make money when people use our devices, not when they buy our devices."


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At the end of each vacation you take in this Cruiser fifth wheel, you and your family will be wishing you could stay on the road longer. Because of the half bathroom that has been included in the rear, private bunkhouse, you have the perfect place to offer to any guests traveling along with you, and the private master suite in the front of this unit gives you seclusion as you sleep each night and get ready each morning. You will never have to worry about how you will manage to feed all of the people in your party because the two kitchens, indoor and outdoor, along with the extra space that the kitchen island adds will give you all of the tools you need to make meal preparations run smoothly.
The Cruiser fifth wheel by CrossRoads RV is truly like none other. From its ability to be towed by any 3/4 ton truck to its vast inclusion of standard features, the Cruiser is truly the most luxurious high-profile fifth wheel on the market. Many features that would normally come as options on other RVs have been included as standard on each of the Cruisers, like the fireplace, the 50 AMP electrical service, the Bauer Keyed-A-Like system, and the 50" LED HDTV. During the cooler months of traveling, the entire unit will be kept warm with the 35,000 BTU furnace that is included, and the 15,000 BTU air conditioner will keep you feeling cool during each hot summer getaway.Have a question about this floorplan?Contact Us
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Alzheimer Disease & Frontotemporal Dementia Mutation Database
The Alzheimer Disease & Frontotemporal Dementia Mutation Database (AD&FTDMDB) aims at collecting all known mutations and non-pathogenic coding variations in the genes related to Alzheimer disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
The AD&FTDMDB website was launched in September 1999 as a locus-specific database (Horaitis et al., Nature Genetics 39: 425, 2007) following the guidelines of the Human Genome Variation Society. In 2007, a link to the UCSC human genome browser was made in collaboration with PhenCode.
The database is updated continuously and contains mutations reported in the literature and at scientific meetings, and unpublished mutations directly submitted to the database. To date, AD&FTDMDB contains mutations in the genes encoding the Amyloid Beta Precursor Protein (APP), Presenilin 1 (PSEN1), Presenilin 2 (PSEN2), chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9orf72), Chromatin Modifying Protein 2B (CHMP2B), fusion (involved in t(12;16) in malignant liposarcoma) (FUS), Granulin (GRN), Microtubule Associated Protein Tau (MAPT), TAR DNA binding protein (TARDBP), TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) and Valosin-containing Protein (VCP) and holds 517 different mutations observed in 1646 patients or families.
Patients and their relatives can find informative web sites in the links section. Also, links for other target groups including caregivers, physicians and researchers are listed.
AD&FTDMDB is curated by Marc Cruts.


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Pregnant Man Talk
So, this has been a really interesting look into my own prejudices. Anyone else?
Thinking thoughts like, "That poor child!" or "He has a vagina... he isn't a man," and wondering how I would have reacted had he come to me for prenatal care.
I'd love to say I would be the picture of decorum and not bat an eye, welcoming him as breezily as my female clients, but I would be lying. I think I would be shocked and then wonder if the man had some serious mental illness going on to get pregnant living as a man. I'm glad he didn't come to me first.
Now, I've had some time to think this whole thing out and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you all.
1. This must be EXACTLY what happened when the first bi-racial/lesbian/gay/Christian & Jew/Romeo and Juliet-type got pregnant and prepared to be parents. I can hear my exact thoughts floating through the air from long, long ago... and recognized it. I said, "ahhh!" and found compassion for all those "bigots" and prejudiced people I'd always rolled my eyes at. How amazing that I, even if for a brief moment, could totally relate to that kind of prejudice and judgement. It was in that moment that it vanished.
2. Thomas Beatie, father-to-be, has a vagina, one fallopian tube, one ovary and a uterus. He is transitioning from a woman to a man - and knows he is a man inside his body and heart - but, how did he qualify to become a legal man with the genitalia of a woman? Besides all the other stuff, does taking hormones and have a double mastectomy mean one LEGALLY becomes a man and gets to have the heterosexual privilege of marrying in this society? What if Sarah took a shot of testosterone once a month. Does that mean we can get married? I'm not trying to be (real) smarmy; I really want to know the technical answers to this. What are the United States' gender designation laws?
3. I've read Beatie's article in The Advocate and that man has some sense in him! I wish wish wish I could have seen him on Oprah yesterday (I forgot to DVR it!) because the snippets I've read are fabulous.
"Wanting to have a biological child is neither a male nor female desire, but a human desire. "
What a beautiful sentiment!
4. I've heard men say they would love to carry and birth a baby, but was able to dismiss their words with a "that would never happen, so it's easy for you to say." Well, maybe men really would carry and birth a child if they had that option. Beatie calls it "reproductive rights." Oooo, what a way to use the terminology I'm familiar with!
5. Thank goodness they didn't come and ask me to be their midwife before I emotionally got my head out of my butt! I still don't know if I would be the right midwife for them - it isn't right to process one's issues with the client upon whom the issue is raised – but I think when the topic comes around again… and I think it will… I will be more compassionate and understanding than I was this time around.
I look forward to reading and hearing how others have worked through their realization that this isn't a hoax, but something that is really happening in our world. (Can't you hear the progressive writer of the day saying the same thing about inter-marriage?)


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Cadillac SRX Loss of Acceleration Problem
Purchased 2004 cadillac and while driving looses acceleration, no warning if I stop and shut off car and restart problem goes away. Intermittent pro blem. Problem will pop up again without warning. Car dealership cannot fix the problem, car has been into dealership several times. Can anyone help to troubleshoot this problem? I did bring car in when problem was happening they retrieved the code but it did not indicate the error. Now the car needs a #3 ignition coil and I am trying to find out instructions for replacing this part. Car is sitting in my driveway inoperable.. If anyone has any information would greatly appreciate the help.
bigham1 Posts: 1Did you ever find out the problem? I am having the same problem, along with many others! The Stability engaged message is coming on, the rpms rev up whenever I start the engine ( it stops when I put it in gear). I have had it to the shop every other month for the past year. The only thing they can find is crimped wired. And this doesn't take care of the problem.1
baileycenter2 Posts: 1I had this problem on my 2004 SRX. Dealer troubleshot with me over one phone call. This was the description on the work order...
Check engine light on. No power at times, after shutting car off and restarting problem may go away. Scan system code P0221 stored found internal short in TPS in Throttle Body Assembly. R&R TBA and new harness soldered.
Total cost parts and labor - $502.82
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redcaddy04 Posts: 2Just put mine in the shop this morning - same problem except #5 ignition coil and spark plug. I am told I have 6 coils and that when one goes, others may follow. Labor is the same for 1 or 6. Cost about $75 each coil + Labor. Mine acted the same way - no code, turn off and problem goes away etc. I opted to do the whole thing as I trust my mechanic and figured may save me money in the long run. Lesson learned - never buy the first model year. Only one problem of many since purchased new.0
addiesdaddy Posts: 1My wifes 04 SRX check engine light came on. No big deal I figure gas cap right? On the way home from dinner when accelerating it would sputter and delay. The RPM were there but the response from the engine were not. When we got home I popped the hood and white smoke was coming from the engine with a bad odor. Not oil or antifreeze. I called my local mechanic took it in and it was an ignition coil. Total cost with labor $374. I had them replace all the spark plugs too. Total cost of that $150. I'm learning quickly you need to be rich to drive a cadillac!0
uk_police Posts: 1Hi,
Has any one experieced problems with the 2007 model where the accelerator appears to stick on during over run and the vehicle speeds up on its own even when the brakes are applied.
I would be greatful if anyone has experienced this to let me know what happened, what the experience was like and how you compensated for it.
Also what did the repair consist of to rectify this and was it carried out under warranty.
If anyone has suffered this was there a service recall for the fault?
Thanks in advance for your interest and help,
Could you please email me your VIN and current mileage? I would like to look further into your situation.
You can get my email by clicking on gmcustsvc.
Thank you and have a great weekend!
Caron, GM Customer Service0
I noticed many people are starting to complain about the electrical system in the Cadillac SRX's. Well, I just brought mine after returning from Iraq a few months ago, for my wife and family to have a larger vehicle to get around in the city while I'm gone to work. Just recently, she complained that the electrical panel would completely turn on and the "Engine Power Reduced" alert would come on and the vehicle would completely shut off in middle of the road. Not a safe situation at all. She would glide onto the side of the road or push the vehicle; Try to turn the vehicle over and it would turn over after sitting for a while, and then try to make it home. I started to take the car to work to see how it was acting. Driving below 50 mph it would do the same. While gliding with no power I would throw the car in Neutral and continue to try to restart. Sometimes it would catch and sometimes is wouldn'T't, which left me in middle of the road with my emergency lights on until it finally did catch.
I have an extended warranty on the vehicle so I brought it into the Cadillac Dealer yesterday. The dealer said it had many codes that came up but he thinks one code, specifically, maybe causing all the others: Freight Booster Hose is busted. $175 plus tax to fix. Warranty does not cover it. I was kinda relieved that he may have found the problem until I read this forum on Edmunds.com. My family will be riding in this vehicle. Am I looking at a Doomsday Situation; a forever permanent problem that will never be resolved? I expected more out of GMC not to mention a Cadillac.0
I apologize for your frustrations. Can you please send me your VIN, complete contact information, current mileage, and involved dealer? I look forward to your response. Thank you for your service!
GM Customer Service0
Well the car was acting just fine for one whole day. The next day, the check engine like came back on and the same problem occured. The Hose was replaced, but, obviously that did not fix the electrical problem. My warranty company is having some issues at the moment so they told me to wait 2 weeks before I make another claim so looks like I'll have to let it sit until then. But it is starting to look as if my SRX is going down the same path as all the others. I checked the recall list and did not see anyrecalls about electrical issues, but all these problems are reoccuring.
Are there any direct options? Maybe someone has figured out the exact problem somewhere.0
I would recommend continuing to work with your dealer. If you continue to experience concerns I would recommend setting up a case with Customer Assistance.
GM Customer Service0
I am having the exact same problem too. I have had the throttle body replaced, had the catalytic converters done on the recall, ECU flashed, and numerous $$$ spent in diagnostics. Does anyone have a solution to this problem?? This is a major safety concern as I do not want the engine dying on a highway corner and not to mention the hassle of dealing with this vehicle.
04 SRX with 160,000kms1
I notice that several people have had the same problem with their Cadillac SRX that I have had and am wondering if GM has done anything to assist them. I seem to be getting the run around from GM and am thoroughly disappointed with the service they provide.
In June 2011, I coasted out of my driveway, coasted down a hill to a stop sign and coasted down another hill to another stop sign at a busy road. When I went to turn left and accelerate the car the dash was completely dark and the check traction control light was the only thing lit and I could not accelerate the car. This is completely unsafe and scary when there is traffic coming behind you and you can't move. I rolled it over to the side of the road and shut the car off. Once I started it again, I still could not get the car to accelerate while it was in drive. I shut the car off again, waited 10 mins and started it again at which time I was able to drive the car. That day we took it to a dealership 25 miles away from my house in Hendersonville. The dealership was not able to replicate the problem and said the car was in working order. At this point, I accepted what the dealership said and figured it was an isolated incident.
Sometime in the fall of 2011, this car did this to me again where the whole electrical system in the dash was completely black and I cannot accelerate the car. Luckily I was leaving a parking lot so having traffic around me was not a huge concern. The fact that it was the second time that his car has done this became somewhat of a huge concern to me. This time my husband took it to our personal mechanic who handles all of our company trucks. Once again, the problem could not be replicated and the diagnostic didn't show anything. He did, however, find a long laundry list of issues that have been reported with this year, make and model that have yet to show any recalls.
Last week, March 13th, I was driving home from taking my child to school and the same thing occurred while I was in motion. I was able to pull the car over to the side of the road and had to shut it off and turn it on several times before I could get the car to accelerate again and get it to my house.
One time - isolated incident....two times - something is not right....three times - this car is a HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. I called my leasing company, Ally/GMAC to tell them my issue and to see what it would cost for me to terminate my lease earlier than the end date - $9,737.88. I told the girl that I spoke with what was going on with the car and she transferred me to General Motors. I spoke with a person by the name of Ben who was helpful and understanding of my concerns with the safety of this car, especially since I have a child in the car with me the majority of the time. Ben aided me in contacting a different dealership in Asheville for me to take my car to try and locate and repair the problem. He offered to have it towed for me but the cost of the towing would only be covered if I took the car to a different dealership - the first one I took it to when the problem first arose. I wasn't interested in taking the car to that dealership since they were unable to locate a problem to begin with and I wasn't interested in absorbing the towing costs to get it to a different dealership, so I drove the car there myself avoiding the interstates in case it happened again. Ben arranged for me to take the car to the Asheville dealership via a conference call with a service tech at that dealership. I was told they could give me a loaner car and they would see if they could figure out the problem. I took the car and left it, completely unhappy with the poor quality loaner car I was given from a rental place.
The next day, the dealership called me to tell me my car was ready and that they couldn't duplicate the problem. Not a big surprise....I can't replicate it because there is no rhyme or reason as to when the electrical system will shut off. I also advised the dealership that I frequently get a loud pop out of the stereo system and it will also shut off as does the entire center console, including the air conditioning/heat system. The disc will eject itself and if I pull it out and reinsert it, the stereo will come back on. Again, they said they can't duplicate the problem.
So now it was back to dealing with Ben at GM. I expressed to him that my concern for the safety of this car was my number 1 issue and that I wanted to terminate my lease. The car was a gift for my 40th birthday from my husband - it was exactly what I wanted and loved in a vehicle. Up until this issue started, this car needed nothing but oil changes and tire rotations. Once these issues started the love for the car started a fear of driving the car, especially with my family in it. He had stated to me that I could possibly get a different one or that terminating my lease shouldn't be a problem but that I needed to be assisted by a senior or district specialist.
Enter Jim, the district specialist, who is nearly impossible to get a hold of. On March 19th, Jim called my office and left a message for me to call him with his extension number. He never bothered to reach me on my cell phone even though it is part of the case number. I have made more than 70 attempts to reach Jim on his extension to no avail. I have left him several messages to return my phone calls and he has failed to do so. Once I got a hold of an actual person at GM, I was told that I was scheduled to receive a phone call on Friday, March 23rd between 4 and 6 by Jim. Again, Jim has failed to call me. I hate to think that this person is a specialist in the field of customer care for General Motors because his customer service leaves little to be desired.
Today, March 26th, I was able to get a hold of an actual person named Elizabeth. She connected me with a different specialist by the name of John. John reviewed the case briefly and proceeded to tell me that since the dealership could not duplicate the problem with the vehicle that there was not a problem to fix and that is the resolve to my issue and GM could not help me any further. I expressed my concern again with the safety of this car for myself, my child and my husband and he really didn't seem to care. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that is the resolve on GMs end. He refused to connect me with a supervisor and told me I needed to wait until my scheduled call this afternoon with Jim between 2 and 4 and would have to talk to Jim's supervisor, who incidentally has no extension number to be reached. Now I am irate! I asked him if General Motors is going to assume liability if I am injured as a result of this acceleration issue. His response was rude and uncaring. When I told him I wanted the lease terminated, his reply was again rude he basically said they can't do that.
I find it hard to believe that I am the only person who is having this issue0
I understand how concerned you are with safety from your post, and want to apologize for any unsatisfactory interactions you have had with our Customer Assistance Center. What is your case number? I would like to look through it to make sure that everything has been handled appropriately.
GM Customer Service0
I am glad you understand how concerned I am for the safety of myself and my family in one of your products, apparently the people I have dealt with do not. According to Jim, GM has done all they can do and recommend I should continue to work with the dealership. I will NOT drive an unsafe car.....it is being parked until my problems are resolved to my satisfaction - I am the person paying for this car after all. Case no. is 71-1048003541.0
Good morning hollyw108,
Would you mind sending me an email? I have looked up the case and would like to ask you a few clarifying questions. Please send it to [email protected]
Talk to you soon,
GM Customer Service0
michele61601 Posts: 1I have a 2011 SRX and am having the same problem. Brought it to the dealer 8 times over the course of a year for various electrical issues, three times it has completely shut down - I get free law service at my company and I honestly think thats where I am now - Car is one year old.. and I just want them to take it back! I am petrified of driving it, afraid its going to shut down and I will get killed... its a nightmare - never a cadillac again.0
I'm sorry to hear you describe your SRX as a nightmare, although given the details you have posted I understand. If we can look into this further with you, please send an email to [email protected] with more information, including: your name/Edmunds username, phone and address, the last 8 of your VIN and current mileage, and the name of your servicing dealership. If you would also please include any details you recall about visits to your dealer for the electrical issues you alluded to, that would be helpful as well.
GM Customer Service0
stwall Posts: 1I am the original owner of a 2006 SRX. I have had multiple prpblems from just turning off to replacing the front axels at 80,000 miles, they were knocking. Last June the engine light come on at 95,000 miles. There was a lose of power and rattle under the car. I spoke to the caillac dealership, they said "catalytic Converter. However, the warranty ended at 80,000 miles, not to mention the parts were back ordered for at least 4 months. Therefore, I took it to a local tech. He placed bothe catalytic converters, and the sensors. $1700+. Now 5 months after getting out of the shop, the engine light is back on, and power loss, same low engine roar, and oil coming back to the air filter. To top it off, I have found where now after the fact GM has extended the warranty on original equipment to 12 years, 200,000 miles. HELP!!!!0
Thank you for taking the time to post your concerns. I apologize for your frustrations. Can you please email me your VIN, current mileage, and GM dealer of choice? Where did you have it fixed last time? Have you spoke with the dealer since it started again? I look forward to your email.
GM Customer Service
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Sounds like we are all having the same issue with this vehicle. If anybody gets a solution, please post. Mine is about to the dealer again for a re-flash of the computer; hopefully that will fix the problem instead of having to purchase a new ECM.
Has any one at GM figured this issue out yet? It's hard to imagine that with their available resources they can not nail down the issue. I'm not looking for warranty, I'm just looking for a solution.0
Hopefully the re-flashing of the computer is successful! Please keep us updated on your progress, and if we can be of any assistance let us know.
GM Customer Service0
Here's a solution for all you having this loss of acceleration problem....get rid of the death trap you are driving and get yourselves something safe for you and your families to ride in!!
I went back and forth for weeks with GM to no avail. It seemed as if they were helpful in the beginning but once the car was at the dealership for the 3rd time and the problem could not be duplicated, there was no problem on their end and became rather rude in their approach to my problem. Their advice...keep working with my dealership until the problem is resolved. Frankly, I expected more from GM, especially Cadillac.
I knew I would get no where with this corporation when I was asked if I had sought legal advice. Advice was not what I needed - legal representation was. After discusssing with my corporate counsel my best options, I came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth the fight and the money it would cost me to go up against GM. It was worth it to lose a little money, buy out my lease and trade that junk car in on a very reliable, foreign model. I now have piece of mind that my car will not stop operating while I am driving it and that my child and my family are not in danger on the road.
Thanks for nothing GM... I get a new car every 3 years and I will never purchase another one of your products again.0
tmoseley Posts: 1I have a 2008 SRX4. I bought it two years ago with 18k miles and have enjoyed the car with the exception of multiple trips to the mechanic for engine issues. The ifrst time was for some known 'timing chain' problem and then recently for an ongoing battle to keep the car on the road. My car has an issue going over the railroad tracks in town. It decides to accelerate for 2 seconds and then dumps power with the error message "engine power reduced". I dropped it in nuetral and restarted the car which made it run for about a mile. Then we repeated this process about a hundred times trying to drive the 30 miles to my mechanic. He flashed the computer and told me to sell the car. He said that if thid fix didn't stick-which it wouldn't-we would have to put a $1200 computer in it. Well, guess what, it didn't stay fixed. The engine light came on the same day I got it back. One week later, It died again-on the same railroad track. It's killing me. I seem to keep having motor/computer issues. I haven't even hit the suggested tune up mileage yet. I am sooo disappointed in this car. I can't even get rid of it because it's value is in the toilet. What is wrong with it this time and why doesn't Cadillac care that they have a bunch of lemons on the roadway!
I am a Paramedic. I know what happens when cars just speed up or stop running in the middle of the road. Not to mention the personal injury to me and my family-I am going to be sued civilly for driving a POS and endangering the public!0
grizz62442 Posts: 1I just bought a 2011 45 days ago twice while driving in the rain the car shacks rattles and losses power when you give it gas I have had it to dealer it is there now first time they couldnt get it to mess up after reading all the post I am worried if I should sell it before it is to late I was told that there is no electrical problems with this model so I know my dealer lied to me any idea on the problem so I can tell my dealer what to fix because they have no idea0
Good morning grizz62442,
Congratulations on your new SRX! I'm sorry that you're already encountering some difficulties, however. Have you contacted Customer Assistance already? Looking forward to an update on how your dealership visit went.
GM Customer Service0
blondie54 Posts: 9I have a 2004 SRX that is losing power also and no one can figure out the problem. My mechanic said I better take it to the dealer so I did an $800.00 later they tell me the car is fine and 2 days later I lose power again. Its been in and out of the shop for the last three months and no answers. I'm scared to drive it but need to have my car working any suggestions for me??0
Hello blondie54,
If we can look into this with you, please email the following information to [email protected]: your name/Edmunds username, phone and address, the last 8 of your VIN and current mileage, and the name of your involved dealership. With this information, we'll set up a Service Request (a file in our database), contact the dealership you've been working with, and move forward from there.
All the best,
GM Customer Service0
marko39 Posts: 1Hi
I am having a similar problem but only at 60 MPH. It briefly loses power.
I am wondering if it is an inherant problem or not. just yesterday then engine symbal flashed a few times then went away. I check my oil level right away and it was fine.0
Good morning,
If you were planning on working with a dealership on getting this diagnosed, we're available to you during the process of resolving this and can be contacted at [email protected] (please include your name, contact information, and the last 8 digits of your VIN should you email).
Sarah, GM Customer Service0
jake129 Posts: 1srx 2006 brought used in 2009. Driving speed droped to 40miles per hour on the highway. Made it almost home. Then car died. Would not restart. Towed to dealer. Dealer states this is a serious engine issue. Wants a grand to see what issue is. Called GM the need to know what is wrong before they help. This should not happen with this car. I have just over 100,000 miles on it. Out of warranty of course. I thought this was suppose to be the best engine that gm makes. Any thoughts or any one else had these issues?0


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Any inquiry into privacy in Germany would be incomplete without a look at the West German census of 1987 and the huge backlash against data collection it provoked. Opponents of the census challenged the very right of the West German state to know so much about what went on inside its borders, and argued that the census rules would permit personal information to be shared too widely among state agencies. A nationwide boycott movement went mainstream, a bitter debate about its propriety divided West Germans, and the Green Party made opposition a core issue. Even today, asking Germans about the subject, I noticed several repeating the same talking point: that a pre-WWII census in the Netherlands permitted Nazis to more easily round up Jews and other condemned classes when they invaded. This was intended to illustrate that even information collected with good intentions can be unexpectedly abused.
What a lot of foreigners in Berlin couldn't understand, and that confuses me too, is why the 1987 census, as well as Google Street View, caused such a fuss in the country, yet there seems to me no controversy about a longstanding requirement for everyone to register their address with authorities* when they move to a new city or apartment. Germans don't seem to be bothered by that policy, which would provoke widespread controversy even in some less privacy-conscious nations.
This seems strange to me and to many other foreign observers. Registering one's home address would seem to be as creepy to folks who cite what the Nazis did as a census. The Germans to whom I spoke understood why foreigners would be confused, but couldn't really explain why one thing was seen as more worrisome other than the fact that Germans had always had to register their address.
They were just used to it.
Perhaps that's all there is to it. Every nation is rife with seeming contradictions, and a lot of them are explained by cultural norms that just make some things seem... normal. I post on the subject in part to continue exploring how things are in Germany, but also because maybe there's a better explanation than any I got. Consider this another invitation for anyone with knowledge of Germany to chime in with informed theories. If you live in Germany, as a citizen or a foreigner, how do you think about the requirement to register with local authorities?
*Correction: The headline and two sentences in this story originally said that German citizens must register with police. It turns out that isn't quite the case. As a reader who lives in Germany and has knowledge of the law in question clarifies:
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This week, I attended a roundtable discussion at the National Western Stock Show where a panelist I respect tremendously made a very eloquent case that the industry must use and promote sound science in confronting the myriad of issues we face. She used a local example in Colorado, where nitrogen deposition in the Rocky Mountain National Park has been increasing. The science being applied in this issue was producing results damning to agriculture, but it turned out that the science was so bogus that the results were almost meaningless and even misleading.
The scientists had determined what was "controllable," with consumer vehicle and urban sources not being among them; so those factors were excluded from the study as potential contributors of nitrogen. That left agriculture as essentially the only significant variable being considered, thus earning all the credit for the problem. In reality, agriculture has very little to do with the problem.
Of course, my friend is right – the activists and our opponents have become very adept at creating pseudo-science, where the results are predetermined and the study is designed to "prove" the desired results.
Our industry has always taken great pride in using and promoting sound science. It's part of our code. As with trade, we have long argued: "Let's have a level playing field and let the results land where they may." I have also always believed that sound science was the best approach, but when one looks back at the result of this policy, maybe it's not so sound of a choice.
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California Department of Transportation
Date: August 6, 2013
District: 3, 13-222
Contact: Steve Nelson
Phone: (530) 741-4566
MARYSVILLE – The California Transportation Commission today announced it has funded $487 million for 82 construction projects to improve transportation, safety, and mobility across California.
"The California Transportation Commission is taking action to improve transportation, safety, and mobility from Del Norte to San Diego County," said California Transportation Agency Secretary Brian Kelly. "These construction projects put people to work and improve the quality of life for millions of Californians."
California is investing in transportation infrastructure to support regional job growth and improve the state's mobility for years to come," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The allocations include $169 million from Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, more than $16 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide. The remaining $318 million in allocations today came from various state and federal transportation accounts.
Highlights of the funding allocations include:
- $27.3 million for a bridge vertical clearance project on Interstate 80 in Placer County from Brace Road in Loomis to Magra Road in Magra. The project will raise six bridges and lower the roadway beneath three structures to meet vertical clearance requirements for permit vehicles. The required minimum vertical clearance is 16 feet, 6 inches. The bridges identified have vertical clearances of 15 feet, 6 inches or less. Construction is scheduled for 2014.
- $1.3 million to replace metal beam guardrail with concrete barriers at nine locations on Interstate 80 and State Routes 49 and 193 in Placer County. This project will reduce repair costs and cut down on highway maintenance workers' exposure to traffic.
- $1.25 million on State Route 49 in El Dorado County at the Rattlesnake Bar intersection to construct left-turn lanes as a safety enhancement.
For information about all projects that received allocations today please see the attached file.
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Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs couldn't be happier to have Elvis Dumervil as a teammate.
Suggs said after the Ravens came to terms with Dumervil that with himself on one side and Dumervil on the other, the Ravens' 1-2 pass rush punch will be unparalleled.
"He is a phenomenal pass rusher and I have not had a chance to play alongside another dominant pass rusher," Suggs told the Baltimore Sun.
That could be perceived as a shot at Paul Kruger, who led the Ravens with nine sacks last season, and it could suggest that Suggs is looking past the pass rushers he played with early in his career. (In 2006 Trevor Pryce had 13 sacks for the Ravens and Adalius Thomas had 11.)
But Dumervil, who has 63.5 sacks in 91 career games, really is a special pass rusher, and one whom Suggs is eager to play with.
"I think this move is awesome," Suggs said. "It shows we're still in the business of winning."
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Roger Hiorns
Roger Hiorns (born 1978) is a British artist. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2009.
Hiorns was born in Birmingham. He attended the Bournville College of Art from 1991 to 1993, and Goldsmiths College in London from 1993 to 1996. He lives in London.
He uses materials and convolutions to affect transformations on found objects, social encounters and urban situations. Fictional scenarios are made real, Fire emerges from storm drains, perfume permeates metal surfaces, and crystals colonise industrial objects, naked youths contemplate fire, a clear plastic object becomes the focus of prayer, a boys choir play dead, a proposal to bury a passenger jet plane. In his encouragement of the viewing public to share the same subjective encounter, he created an installation in South London where he materially claimed an entire ex-council flat, growing within it an industrialized scale of copper sulphate crystals. 75,000 litres of solution were pumped into the council flat to create a crystalline growth on the walls, floor, ceiling and bath of this abandoned dwelling. The project was called Seizure and was produced by Artangel.
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WASHINGTON — Watergate felon and prison reformer Charles W. Colson, who died Saturday at age 80 in northern Virginia, was two people.
He was Richard Nixon's "hatchet man," the president's "evil genius," who by his own admission was "ruthless in getting things done" in the Watergate years, when the things that he and others in the White House were getting done would become a national disgrace and send Colson to prison.
And he was a born-again Christian, the founder of the world's largest prison ministry, an "unfailingly kind but tremendously courageous" intellectual leader who became the "William F. Buckley" of the evangelical movement.
Colson died from complications resulting from a brain hemorrhage at Fairfax Inova Hospital, a spokesman for his ministry said. He had undergone surgery three weeks ago to remove a pool of clotted blood on his brain.
"He had this reputation as being this ruthless guy. Even Richard Nixon thought he was ruthless," said Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, who compared Colson to Buckley. "That is so different than the Chuck Colson I knew. He was the least ego-driven and one of the most friendly, kind people I've ever known."
The fact that Colson was "born again" into evangelical Christianity as he was about to be charged in the Watergate scandal caused much snickering in the press. But Colson's conversion proved genuine and lasting. After serving seven months, mostly at the Maxwell Correctional Facility in Alabama, he founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which says it operates in 1,367 prisons in the U.S. and has more than 200,000 inmates participating in its programs.
Colson turned PFM into a respected conglomerate of organizations and programs dedicated to serving prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families and encouraging them to embrace Jesus Christ. And as his organization grew, so did his fame with evangelicals. His daily four-minute BreakPoint radio commentary was carried by 1,300 stations.
But, unlike the Pat Robertsons or Jerry Falwells of the evangelical movement, Colson never sought the limelight. "I haven't sought publicity in the Christian world," he told The Times in 1987. "I've stayed out of religious politics. Falwell is in the middle of it. Jim and Tammy Bakker, Pat Robertson .... I've stayed away. It hasn't been my calling."
And unlike some others in his world, he apparently never amassed great personal wealth from his work. He took an annual salary of $113,000 from his prison groups and donated all royalties from his 30 books, substantial speaking fees, and the $1 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion he was awarded in London in 1993 to his prison fellowship.
But whether Colson will be known more for his good works or his bad may depend on which audience is remembering.
For the survivors of the Watergate era, Colson was one of the central figures in the scandals generally grouped together under the rubric of Watergate. Appointed special counsel to the Republican president in 1969, he was the author of the infamous Nixon Enemies List. He was a central figure behind the 1971 burglary of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrists' office, a vicious attempt to discredit the source of the "Pentagon Papers" Vietnam War documents.
John Dean, Nixon's White House counsel and later nemesis, said in an interview that Colson was "the catalyst" for the more famous break-in at Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington. Dean said Colson pressured the president's reelection committee to approve the "intelligence activities" of G. Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt, leaders of the so-called White House plumbers.
Dean, who himself became Colson's target when Dean started to cooperate with Watergate prosecutors, said that Colson's ruthlessness may have been overstated.
"He was extremely aggressive in trying to get Nixon's policies and programs passed, as well as for his politics to succeed," Dean said. "He was very bright, very able, and fairly expedient. He didn't have strong moral qualms about what he was doing."
Dean said though Colson "tried to destroy me," the two "buried the hatchet" while they were both being held at Fort Holabird in Baltimore. "Chuck apologized for it and said he was sorry, that he put out a lot of false information and regretted doing it."
Dean said that the two were friendly for a number of years, until Colson despaired of converting him to his evangelical beliefs.
Less charitable to Colson is Ellsberg. Though Colson was charged in both with the Watergate and the Ellsberg burglaries, he was allowed to plead guilty only to obstruction of justice in the Ellsberg matter.
Ellsberg, who like Colson had been a young officer in the Marines, said in an interview that Colson was also behind a failed plot to have him beaten up during an anti-war demonstration at the Capitol by a dozen Cubans brought to Washington by Hunt and Liddy.
Ellsberg said that Colson always denied involvement in that plot, despite testimony from others to the contrary and, while he admitted doing many bad things during Watergate, he failed to adequately own up to the specifics of what he had done.
"In short, I think Colson had a lot he could have told. His 'born again' experience didn't entirely take when it came to coming clean," Ellsberg said.
Colson was born Oct. 16, 1931, outside Boston, the grandson of Swedish and English immigrants. He graduated from Brown University and, after serving from 1953 to 1955 in the Marines where he became its youngest ever company commander, went to work for Sen. Leveret Saltonstall (R-Mass.) while going to law school at George Washington University at night.
After starting his own, successful law firm in Washington in the 1960s, he was appointed special counsel to Nixon in 1969.
After he got out of prison in 1975 he published his first book, the memoir "Born Again," a bestseller that was made into a movie.
In his later years he lived in Naples, Fla., with his second wife, Patricia Ann Hughes, who survives him. They also maintained an apartment outside Washington. He is also survived by three children, from his first marriage to Nancy Billings, and five grandchildren.
Though always conservative, except when he was advocating for fewer prisons and for the release of nonviolent prisoners, he was not very active politically on the national stage after his White House years. But he told the New York Times two years ago that, though he had had high hopes for President Obama, he had become "totally disillusioned" with the president. "I think he has turned out to be an ideologue," he said.
Though Colson will have a split legacy, for evangelicals he will be remembered as a hero.
"If there were an evangelical Mt. Rushmore, Chuck would be on it," Land said.


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