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Hele Mai
As a young gentleman I never stopped listening to music. I loved to listen to music at parties and family gatherings. One of the songs that I recognized hearing was Hele Mai. My grandmother in her later years sang it while doing chores around the house. Even when she sat alone in her chair sewing a blanket one would hear her humming this tune. It means so much to me to sing this song for my grandparents who shared their gift of songs that they loved, and reminds me to thank the father up above for the opportunity to be blessed with a family that loves me.
Mele O Lana`i
I later on went to Lahainaluna high school where I first heard this next mele. Mele O Läna`i is a mele that my Auntie G-Girl Keli`iho`omalu sang on her first CD featuring her son Puna, my cousin. She was the first person in my life that I knew personally who had an album. It gave me the hope for one day that I may venture into music. She had an original sound that was so soothing to the ears and treasured by so many people. I dedicate my version to my Auntie and all her `ohana from Kalapana, HI.
I Will Never Leave You Hana, Maui
I Will Never Leave You Häna, Maui is one of the first songs that I wrote while on dinner break at the Hotel Häna Maui. I thought how lucky I was to live and work in a place that I loved so much and how many gifts Häna has given to me throughout my life. Many have come here from around the world to visit and say that there's just something about Häna that draws them. Those who have lived here for decades say that is what brought them here. It gave me a safe place to be raised in, a Hawaiian community where everyone knows each other and supports one another and a place that calls me home where ever I am in the world.
Church in an Old Hawaiian Town
Church in an Old Hawaiian Town is one of my first and favorite songs that I love to sing. It builds so much feeling within me when I sing it. It brings memories of musicians that I've played with in my life that have already passed on. All together they leave behind more than a century's worth of mana`o, experience, talent, love and understanding that I may never receive in a lifetime. This song is for all those Häna musicians that are here and those that have moved on. We miss you all.
Aloha Kaua`i
Aloha Kaua`i is a tribute to Hälau Hula `O Aluanu of Häna and their Kumu Hula Carol Aluanu Kapu. In the beginnings of my love for music, the Hälau generously invited me to become one of their musicians. This act of generosity really helped me to love and play Hawaiian music. At that time I didn't think I would ever be singing for people. It later grew into deeper adoration of the culture and admiration for the people that live the lifestyle. The dancers and the kumu inspired me with their discipline and experience and gave me the opportunity to reassess the lifestyle that I was living. For all those members and `ohana of Hälau Hula `O Aluanu I give this gift of song.
Hilo Hula
In the beginning of my career of playing Hawaiian music, Kaiolohia (Kai) Funes Smith had grown up to be an accomplished musician and Hawaiian singer that the town of Häna hasn't seen in many decades. He became a frequent name used among many top artists in Hawai`i. His musicianship and falsetto voice has no bounds. Since singing along with him at times I've learned a lot from listening to him sing and play. While singing along with him he sang Hilo Hula in a way I've never heard it sang and through that experience I embellished this version in that same way.
Ka Mahina Malamalama
Ka Mahina Mälamalama was a song the Kai wrote about cruising on a beautiful moonlit night with beloved friends. He writes: 'A moon put above all, so high in the clouds with a beauty that is a close companion of the heart. Full of ways to the inner self in the cool breeze of the famous Malualua wind. So luscious is the light of the moon like your beauty'. A beautiful mele.
Mahina `O Hoku
The first time I fell in love with Mahina `O Hoku was when my Auntie sang it with my Uncle playing guitar in the background. She sang it with so much feeling that it forever changed the way I perform in front of people. I will never forget that moment.
Never This Lucky
Never This Lucky is a song I wrote about a dream that I had. It felt so real to me that I thought it was really happening to me. How could a dream feel that way to me? So real.
What Aloha Means to Me
This is a song that I co-wrote with my wife. She wrote the first verse from her perspective and the second, from mine. I gave it an upbeat melody that I felt fit the lyric. It's just a happy little song that we wrote about our love for Hawai`i.
Hilo Hula
Written by Joe Kalima
Rhythm `Ukulele: CJ Helekahi
Rhythm Guitar: Mon Tolentino
Electric Bass/Vocals: Glenwood Tolentino
Lead Guitar: Pekelo Cosma
Lead Guitar/Vocals: Kaiolohia Smith
Mele O Lana`i
Music/Lyrics by Val Kepilino
Rhythm `Ukulele: CJ Helekahi
Rhythm Guitar: Mon Tolentino
Upright Bass: Dave Tucciarone
Lead `Ukulele: Glenwood Tolentino
Lead Guitar: Pekelo Cosma
Vocals: Leokäne Pryor
Aloha Kaua`i
Written by Ma`iki Aiu
Rhythm `Ukulele: CJ Helekahi
Rhythm Guitar: Mon Tolentino
Upright Bass: Dave Tucciarone
Lead Guitar: Dave Tucciarone
Vocals: Leokäne Pryor
Church in an Old Hawaiian Town
Written by John Noble
Lead Guitar: Dave Tucciarone
Never This Lucky
Music/Lyrics by CJ Helekahi
Synthesizers: Dave Cochrane
Rhythm `Ukulele: CJ Helekahi
Lead `Ukulele: Vince Esquire
Mahina `O Hoku
Written by Lillian Awa
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Electric Bass: Dave Tucciarone
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Ka Mahina Mālamalama
Lyrics by Kaiolohia Funes Smith
Music by CJ Helekahi
Rhythm Guitar: Pekelo Cosma
Rhythm `Ukulele/Vocals/Electric Bass: Glenwood Tolentino
Rhythm Upright Bass/Vocals/Lead Guitar: Kaiolohia Funes Smith
What Aloha Means To Me
Lyrics by CJ and Tanya Falk Helekahi
Music by CJ Helekahi
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Lead `Ukulele/Lead Guitar: Kaiolohia Funes Smith
Vocals: Leokäne Pryor
I Will Never Leave You Hana, Maui
Music/Lyrics by CJ Helekahi
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Hele Mai
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As the world's oldest democracy, the United States stands as the test case for those who regard self-government as inherently unstable, inherently self-destructive. Fears were expressed from the first, but so too was unrelenting resolve. Writing to his beloved Abigail on July 3, 1776, John Adams offered this sober reflection:
"You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means, and that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even although we should rue it, which I trust in God we shall not."
Just which "ideals" were affirmed by the Founders? What lessons of history were closely studied by them? What part did religion take in the entire undertaking and, in light of this, what is the nature of that famous "wall of separation" Jefferson wrote of in his correspondence? How was the institution of slavery understood in relation to the high ideals and aims of the Founders?
This set of a dozen lectures is an invitation to enter this part of the Long Debate; the debate regarding human nature and the conditions right for its flourishing. The lectures are also a tribute to the Founders whose depth of thought, raw courage, persistence, and realism succeeded in moving political philosophy from the schoolhouse to the wider world.
Between the lines of all the lectures there is also a portrait formed of a people striving to preserve and promote lives at once self-determining and consistent with high principles deeply held. Their character was recognized at a great distance.
"This general spirit existing in the American nation is not new among them; it is, and ever has been their established principle, their confirmed persuasion; it is their nature and their doctrine. You might destroy their towns, and cut them off from the superfluities but they prefer poverty with liberty, to golden chains and sordid affluence. 'Tis liberty to liberty engaged, that they will defend themselves, their families and their country. In this great cause they are immovably allied. It is the alliance of God and nature—immutable, eternal, fixed as the firmament of heaven!"
—William Pitt, in the House of Lords, December 20, 1775
Montesquieu's widely read Spirit of the Laws described the civic personality that is right for a given form of government. Tyrannies required citizens motivated and guided by fear. The worthy monarchy depends on subjects devoted to honor. A self-governing republic calls for those committed to virtue. But what are the sources of virtue, and to what extent were they effective in shaping the character of Colonial America?
Early America was settled by devout Puritan Christians whose successors were attached to the same Christian teachings, now adapted to a New World, rapidly expanding in population and in commerce. It was, however, less the land of "rugged individualism" than of a principled communitarianism focused on the common good. It was precisely this combination of piety and sober deliberation—this immunity to fashionable and abstract philosophies—that preserved it from the excesses that consumed revolutionary France. The humanistic Calvinism that guided so many colonial lives was further enlarged by trust in the common sense and rationality shared by all; a common sense and rationality that would stand as the ultimate arbiter over the claims of authority.
The colonists, we discover, were avid readers. In a 1775 speech before Parliament, Edmund Burke pointed out that London booksellers had informed him that they sold more books in the colonies than in all of Great Britain combined. Montesquieu, John Locke's Treatises on Government, and John Milton on press freedoms—these and scores of works in moral philosophy, history, law, and theology were staples even in the smallest private libraries.
In these carefully crafted dozen lectures, Professor Robinson traces the dominant features of the early American ethos that culminated in declared independence and a constitutional form of government unheralded in political history. The United States of America was, after all, the first nation ever to be created on a date certain by persons whose names we know and on grounds developed through debate and deliberation. As the influential Founder, James Wilson, said during the ratification process,
"The United States exhibit to the world the first instance, as far as we can learn, of a nation, unattacked by external force, unconvulsed by domestick insurrections, assembling voluntarily, deliberating fully, and deciding calmly, concerning thatsystem of government, under which they would wish that they and their posterity should live."
Here, then, is an opportunity to trace the way the founding documents of the United States evolved. You examine the early Articles of Confederation as these anticipate the fuller development of fundamental principles during the Constitutional Convention. Notions embodied in earlier colonial laws evolve and are made enduring in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights, for example, asserts that "All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain rights," including "pursuing happiness."
The two lectures on the Constitutional Convention are a highlight of the course. They shed light on the roles specific Founders took in creating the most reasonable plan for ordered liberty ever reduced to writing. The effort was not to create the Garden of Eden, but a nation, populated by persons of diverse interests and needs, abilities and tendencies. The Founders were realists, heeding delegate Pierce Butler's urgings to "follow the example of Solon, who gave the Athenians not the best government he could devise, but the best they would receive."
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I remember when that wonderful super patriot Ronald Reagan, in an attempt to cut federal spending, cut federal funding to several programs that resulted in the loss of jobs for people who worked in the mental health industry. It also resulted in the "release" or "eviction" of many mental patients who had nowhere to live. This resulted the creation of the deranged homeless society that is still quite visible on the streets of every major city in our nation. How is that for compassion?
The wonderful Republican hero Reagan had done this before. As governor of California Reagan also assaulted the mental health care establishment resulting in the closing of many facilities.
We know that Republicans could care less about the mentally ill, but you would think that these flag-waving war-mongering false patriots would give a damn about the veterans of the wars that they love to send others to go and fight. Well, think again. Republicans, who seem to love war more than sex, money, happiness, food, air and NASCAR, (as long as others do the fighting), have done nothing to stem the epidemic of homeless veterans in our nation. Democrats (in government) have not done much either, but in many cases they have tried. Democrats who are not in government seem to understand this but they are oblivious to the reality that for the most part the so called Democrats in our government stop being Democrats the moment that they are elected.
Let me say something to my yellow flag waving friends: the words "homeless" and "veteran" should never need to be used in the same sentence. Ever! Actually the words "homeless" and "person" should never need to be used in the same sentence at this point in human development. But greed and the sociopathic lack of compassion in an America that values the dollar above human decency has permitted the homeless veteran epidemic to exist and flourish.
I have been called a liberal by many people who do not know what "liberal" means and think that it is a bad word. Well I am not a liberal for the most part, but if you call me a liberal because I think that our nation should provide the minimum living requirements for men and women who fought to protect us, instead of reducing taxes on the greedy sons of bitches who sent these people to war so that they could make their millions in the first place, - then by golly I am indeed a proud liberal.
I sit patiently as I wait for the day that the American public finally comes to the realization that supporting Republicans is not supporting the troops it is supporting the people who become rich because of the sacrifices made by the troops. It is the liberal, the compassionate liberal, the bleeding heart liberal, who supports our troops and it is high time that we establish this in the consciousness of American society. Think about it!
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Swimming advisories are in effect at four Ocean View beaches in Norfolk because of high bacteria levels.
The Norfolk Department of Public Health issued the advisories Tuesday for the entire Captain's Quarters park area, the beach area from 14th Bay Street to 25th Bay Street, the oceanfront site between Inlet Road and Beaumont Street, and the 11th View Street to 15th View Street beach site.
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Crabgrass--any cure?
Hello, We live in southern New Jersey and every year at this time due to the hot and humid weather we get crab grass throughout our yard. The yard will look great March through the middle of July than almost overnight we get crabgrass. I applied Scott Turf builder with crabgrass control back in May but it seems nothing works. Another issue is browning of grass due to insects. Is there anything I can do or put down on the grass to help it grow back again? If you have a solution I would be very thankful. Murph
This worked for us in south east NEB:
The crabgrass (pre emergent prevention)often needs two applications in the growing season. If you have a lot of it, there are many seeds to deal with, and it won't be over in a year or two of applications. It probably took a good 6 or 7 years to get rid of it for us.
We used to have to apply in early May before the soil heated up enough to germinate the seeds (time varied a bit year to year), and a second application in mid to late June or so depending on when the spring application was. (It gradually stops working) By the way, this also can help keep spurge from germinating mid summer. It needs to be watered well after applying also.
Aeration or digging plus edging along sidewalks can bring seeds to the surface with disturbed soil (and they can still germinate), so try to do these chores before a pre-emergent application or in the fall?
There is a post emergent weed killer that can kill off young crabgrass plants (before they can go to seed), but it can damage weak turf grass also.
After ridding most of it, a healthy, thick turf can keep a lot of it under control too. Your local county agricultural agency may help you out with more local information.This message has been edited. Last edited by: conrad,
Improving the soil, keeping the grass longer and a couple of doses of pre-emergent crabgrass preventer. However, I have the same problem every year about this time, mainly because I refuse to waste drinking water on grass. I've used a hose end spray to kill it off, but once it starts sending out runners that stuff just slows it down, it doesn't kill it.
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Thank you very much for the helpful advice. I really appreciate it. Murph
Crabgrass is an annual grass and the seeds need certain soil temperatures and moisture levels to germinate. Turf grass properly feed and watered so it grows nice and thick can help reduce the amount of any "weed" that might grow in the lawn. To get a nice thick turf the soil needs to be good and healthy and synthetic plant foods will not get the grass there.
Insects are a bigger problem in lawns that are fed with synthetics, so getting off those drugs and working on making the soil the grass grows in into a good healthy soil will do a lot to help with lawn insects as well.
The sign of a good gardener is not a green thumb, it is brown knees.
Thank you for the suggestion and helpful advice! Murph
Pre-emergent crabgrass control products are only effective for about 60 days so the timeline sounds about right. You apply in mid-May and in mid-July you get crabgrass. Next year try applying a second time 60 days after the first application.
You might also be a bit late on your first application. You should be applying any pre-emergent products at about the time you mow your lawn for the 2nd time of the year. That way it allows the desirable turf grasses to start growing but blocks the undesirables. If you wait until the undesirables have begin to emerge the product you are applying will have zero effect on them.
The manufacturers directions for Turf Builder plus Halts Crabgrass control say to apply it in early spring, from February to April. Always read, and follow, the manufacturers directions for use of their product for best results.
The sign of a good gardener is not a green thumb, it is brown knees.
Timing application depends on the seasonal temperature where you live. This may vary a bit from year to year.
In our zone, the first application of pre-emergent is timed to the initial dropping of forsythia bush flower blooms. (They seem to be tied to the temperature changes in the spring, and this has always worked for us) The second application is timed a certain number of weeks after the first. Check the product bag for timing, as mentioned above.
Both applications must be thoroughly watered in to get the product to coat the soil level. We try to time it before rain is expected or else plan to water it in well with the sprinklers.
Too early an application, and it still breaks down at a normal rate and may not be effective for as long as needed (waste product/money), too late, and the seeds have already sprouted.
Your local nursery or county agricultural agent can also be a help to time the applications to your zone and yearly conditions.
Improve the soil by mulching your clippings and leaving them on the lawn. Pull the weed plants out before the seeds get distributed for next year and plant grass seed in the holes.
To protect birds and ground water (and people), Spring and Fall spread corn gluten (not chemical pre-emergent) to prevent sprouting of new seeds. Crabgrass dies off in the cold and only grows again from seeds. If you do spread corn gluten or any pre-emergent product you cannot seed at the same time, the product will prevent the grass seed from sprouting as well.
Believe me when I say this.I feel your pain.I HATE crabgrass.Its so freakin messy when you mow it,it grows way to fast, Its clogs up your mower which adds extra wear on your mower and it thrives on the days where its so miserable outside which adds wear and tear on us lol.
Well after dealing with crabgrass for the last 5 years I started 3 weeks ago pulling it from my yard.You talking about feeling overwhelmed lol.Its gone dormant and is a little easier to pull now.Its been going smoothly but makes the back sore.I can say that ive pulled about 8 5 gallons full of it which is pretty close to half of it.Hopefully the bermuda will be happy in may when they realize they have the yard to thier selves again This message has been edited. Last edited by: UGA Dawgs,
AFter dealing with crabgrass and pulling tons of it the last 3 weeks I am beginning to think it comes back from dormancy.What I mean is all these plants I am pulling right now are currently dormant.They will be back green in may if I didnt pull them.
That probaly explains all the money I wasted on these so called pre emergent fertilizers
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UGA, I don't think we always get cold enough to completely kill it.
I was pulling some last week and it had new growth on it plus there was new stuff coming up from dropped seeds.
"The soil is the source of life, creativity, culture and real independence." David Ben-Gurion
Very often other weedy grass species are mistakenly identified as Crabgrass, and some of what is described here sounds like it has been.
Crabgrass is an annual and will not regrow from old plants. If a plant appears to go dormant and then grows again it is not crabgrass. Crabgrass grows prostrate and seldom will it be of any height to be picked up by a mower unless it is scruffed up just prior to mowing.
The sign of a good gardener is not a green thumb, it is brown knees.
Just an update
My lawn has looked the best it ever has.Heres what I did
In spring I started noticing alot of it taking over my yard.I went to walmart and bought the crab grass spray that you can mix with a water hose mixer.Set the dial and go spray it.The results has been great.It killed the crabgrass and it seemed to fertilize the bermuda cause the bermuda took off nicely.Very happy with the results.Of course this stuff is about $10 a bottle and I used probaly 5-6 bottles.
Well I am having more take over my yard right now,But the last time I sprayed this crabgrass killer(around 6 weeks ago) it made alot of my bermuda turn brown.I am sure it has something to do with the heat.So I havent used anymore of the spray the last 6 weeks.I got some small plants that I would love to spray but dont want to risk browning my bermuda again
Any ideas on how to treat crabgrass now without browning the bermuda??
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I went out and started my Jeep up without problem. I then drove it about 30 miles and shut if off for about 3 hrs. Again, I went out and started it up without problem but the Abs, check engine and airbag lights were on. When i tried to drive it, I couldn't get over 20 mph with it floored and the gauges began to flicker. Pulled over, turned it off, started up and the same thing happened. Left it for the night, started it up again and it spit and sputtered terrible while the guages flashed on and off. It finally deseled out and stalled with a puff of smoke through the air-breather. Checked fuel pressure and fuel pump, both are fine. There are also no error codes. It is at the dealer now and they have ruled out mechanical failure; so now it must be electrical right? Could it be a sensor? or the PCM? Any ideas or help would be appreciated.
everlastboi69 Posts: 1Hi I was having the same problem with my 200 jeep grand cheerokee laredo. :sick: I keep taking to the dealer they couldnt figure out what it was. Lucky for me my father is a mechanic 2 hours from my house so one day the jeep was acting normal i drove to my dad he put the computer on the jeep and discover it was the Speed Out Put Sensor :surprise: ... Guess what dot be fooled. this peice only cost me $16.00 us to fix granted the labor from my dad was free. have them check to see if that is the problem.Ever since mine was fixed it has been running, great :shades: ((KNOCK on WOOD)) Also Chysler Makes Jeep. :surprise: If this happens to you pull the jeep safely off the road. Turn it off, and you must remove the key from the ignitian for 20 minutes. some models may take 25. the jeeps system will reset. so if signs of electrical or sensor problem this can temporarly fix. I realize trust me it dosent help when your in a hurry or on the exspress way. but it works if problem keeps continuing you need to fix it qiuck.
cherokeedave2 Posts: 1I just remembered how to check fault codes by turning key 3 times. It spit out code 0320 Crankshaft position sensor (CPS) I think I'm on the right track as this produces the pulse train to the PCM and injectors, purchased a new CPS from autozone for 60.00 along with replacement info. I was able to disconnect the connector from the left side of the eng. above the starter ohmed out pins B and C, should read infinite resistance mine read close to 0 ohms. HOWEVER, even though I have long arms I have big hands and can't seem to find the nut let alone remove. If anyone has a method I would sure like to know, such as tools used, pics etc..or I'll have to take it to a Dealer..OUCH Thanks
lawrence56 Posts: 2I have a weird electric problem no one can figure it out. Sometimes I try to open the door with the keyless button nothing happens. I open the door with key the dome lights don't go on, I try to start it the gauges spin around and won't start after two or three times it will finally start. I also found out if I open and close the driver door a few times the dome light goes on then it will start. I took it in and had the ignition switch and the pcm computer replaced. The Jeep is perfect other than this problem.
Does anybody have an answer?
I have a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4wd I have been dealing with problems for about a month. It first started dyeing when i would sit at a light but it would start back up and was able to take off. Then it would on occasion not want to start it would crank and crank but not start if you shut the key off and waited then it would start. It seemed to happen more when the engine was cold. It has been scanned about 5 times always the PO351 code would come up. We thought it was the coil so we replaced it with a aftermarket coil a higher performance since there had been so many complaints about the plug problems on the old coils. It did nothing. When a fuel guage was put on my jeep it was jumping all over the place so they told me I needed a new one. Replaced that big $ still had the same problems. The distributor and pick up have been changed along with the crankshaft sensor I am thinking the only thing left is the pcm but that again is big $ and i am really frustrated at this point. Do the PCM's have to be programmed when you purchase them and does anyone have any different ideas? I cleaned all electrical plugs on the pcm and other items or could the crankshaft sensor still be bad even though it is a new one?
juan15 Posts: 1they sell pre-programed pcm's for jeeps on ebay for between 150.00 and 200.00 hope this helps because i just paid Chrysler $1200.00( i wish i knew about the ones on Ebay) for the replacement of my pcm and its only been a month and i'm back to the same stalling and i get the key symbol. I 'll be taking my jeep back this week and hopefully they can get to the bottom of this.
Looks like alot of us are having the same issue, anything from not starting all the way up to stalling while towing a boat 15 mins down the high way. This is absolutely absurd!!! I have changed everything in my car and I still can't get it started, maybee the goverment should have let Chrysler fall right on it's face, just like chrysler is letting their customers do. I dont think it's any of the sensor's, pumps, hose, fuse or switches ; I think it is the whole wiring harnes it self! It has to be, we replace every sensor, switch, hose, fuse, and the pcm! If we replaced everything its got to be what connects of of them together. Jeep is known for, not have a great electrical system to begin with. I dont know I am not a mechanic, but I do have a brain. Oh were was that brain of mine when I started this crap!! LOL any ways. I spent way to much money on this, At this point is would be foolish to give up. Any one know were I can get a new wiring harnes, that hopefully dose not coast an arm and a leg, i only have a few fingers left.
I am at the same point as you. I was told it could be a intermittent injector problem. One that is shorting out which in turns operates the coil. I haven't done anything with it yet I have replaced everything on my jeep as well. It has cost a ton of money and nothing has fixed the problem. If you find out it is the wiring harnes will you let me know? I have no idea where to get one except from the dealer which will cost alot. If you get a used one you could get the same problem...
reone Posts: 1have a 2003 grand cherokee 4.ol 82000 miles tem gauge goes back and forth from 100 to 260 replaced thermosat.coolant sensor /ground wires were clean /instrument cluster was change nothing seems to work for long when grounds were cleaned worked perfect for 3 days now seem thing.had it to garge when it was acting up although tem gauge was near 260 engine read 208 so it's not overheating.any ideas would be very helpful. garge now tell's me i need ECM computer
Yea I went to the dealership looking for a harness and it's basically a billion dollars, but I did find out that their are a few recall's one being with a certain pcm witch I happen to have so i dropped off my car and they are working on it i should hear back in a few days, oh by the way the pcm # is 56043172, the recall is for a erratic idle and intermitan loss of some light's gauges etc.... the pcm needs to be reconfiged not replaced, if you replace it you will still have the same problem, so they say..... till next time, hopes this helps and will let you now how i make out.
dixiecsa Posts: 1I have a 2000 Grand Cherokee Lorado, 4x4 4.7 L My Jeep has been giving me a Code Falt (Engine Light) # P0300 Random Missfire Didplug's. N.G. I Changed all the coil packs. N.G. I cleaned every plug in connecter under the hood with contact cleaner. N.G. I did a fuel rail test lbs. where good. All inj. where good. N.G. I Checked for vaccum, No leak's. Still N.G. Changed Temp. sensor. N.G. Jeep said there was a service bulliten came out, 1 down-load for driveability issuses, And 1 down-load for Tranny. Had them done. N.G. Then changed Cam Sensor & Crank Sensor. N.G. Don't forget every-Time I do one of these repair's, I clear the codes-engine light. And every time that DAMN P0300 Code Kept coming back.Any where between 2-3 days to a Month. Also since this problem My GAS MILEAGE HAS GONE TO ++++ in a hand basket. Know since I did the Cam & Crank Sensor there have been no codes for 1 Month. WAIT till Today A New Code... #P0601 (Check Sam Error) Witch means PCM Jeep want's $700.00 Reman can't get New. So I call around, Turns out NAPA has them 1 Yr. warranty. $121.90. Now it has to be Reflashed. I take it to Jeep they fash it, you know put some brains in it. Install it they road test it, All is well. Another $176.00 for Reflash. I Leave the Dealer Ship drive down the road to the Sunoco Station. Fill Her Up. Get in Start it up. I jot down the mileage so I can check th MPG out. And The Jeep Stalls !!!! I Turn it Over Nothing. No Spark you can here it, Just spining over like a TOP. Im madder then a Hound Dog with Flees. So here I am 40 miles from home 5:15 PM Jeep is Closed. I have no tool's. A Leather Man on my belt. I pop the hood, Take out the 2 10mm scews holding the rad. over flow tank. Pull it out unplug the 3 connecters on the PCM,Take my old PCM out of the box on the front seat. I fit down by the connecters and plug it in, It fires right up. The remann pcm is N.G. Mow I call Napa before they close at 6:00 They said sorry I'll order another. Have it in 2 days. I say wait a minuite, What about the $176.00 I just paid for the Reflash. They said they'll take to the company about it. So I pick a pizza some Coors Light.& go home. With the Idiot Light On Still. 1 YEAR LATER> Today is Wens. 26th let ya"ll know how I make out. I am hoping to change out the PCM & be DOWN. Or am I DREAMING. If I didn't lov this Dam jeep so much, I bought it 3 years ago fro the org. owner with 76,000 miles like mint new. The man littery only sat in the driverside, No Pass. No people, Never used the rear seat or cargo area. For 2 years it was great, But Chasing this problem is driving me nuts.
mercyme6 Posts: 10I am having same problems with my jeep,the check engine light does not come on when trying to start wants to start then doesnt no spark to coil or pcm took out tested coil it was bad, tested again after removing it tested good.,fuel pump is good but still no spark, ordered a pcm off ebay for $80 that came out of 93 grand cherokee same as mine but then talked to a mechanic and they said i hope it works or hope you got the right one because he said that there are different numbers and if they dont match it may not work is this right?i guess i just thought if it came out of the same year vehicle it would work.any suggestions on fuel, pump is not starting but fuel gage is good fuel pump was replaced no spark to coil.help
They are right replacing the pcm it has to be set for the vehicle. When I ordered mine I still had to have it set they call it " Flash". On mine I think we found the problem. It was a shorted out fuel injector. When it shorted it would cause it to have no spark to the coil as well as have alot of other things go haywire. We replaced the fuel injector and it has not gave me any problems since. It has been about a month. So hopefull we did get the problem fixed. I am still keeping my fingers crossed though because it has been such a problem and costly.
omniss69 Posts: 1I nought a 94 jeep GC with a 5.2 and it wont start. its got power to the coil but no spark to the plugs it wont energize the fuel pump . the check engine light doesnt come on when you turn onthe key nor does the security system . and the display in the radio console area where the over head of the jeep is doesnt show doors ajar or anyother things there.it does crank over though
any ideas would be appreciated
morley46 Posts: 2Trying to do the exact same thing on mine, found the nut okay but you are right about the lack of room, looks like it needs an extended socket wrench handle to get at it from underneath. A further problem i have with mine is that a cable runs right over the top of it!
As an aside to that problem i have had most of the problems posted about lack/loss of power and still trying to fix it, replacing the crankshaft sensor is my next option.


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Despite tireless fundraising efforts from dedicated parents, the spring sports season previously cut from this year's budget will not be restored.
The Save Seaford Sports Committee fell around $40,000 short of what was needed to fund the middle school spring sports by Thursday's deadline set by the district. The organization had previously raised enough funds the Seaford Middle School winter sports teams through numerous fundraisers including car washes, garage sales, comedy nights, raffles and parties.
"Unfortunately, we were unable to raise enough money to restore spring sports," said Save Seaford Sports co-president Ann Lynch in an e-mail sent Thursday announcing that the spring athletic season could not be salvaged. "Our fundraising was successful, but we did not raise enough money to meet our goal."
Price said that the committee will wait to allocate funds raised for the spring sports season until after the budget vote on May 15. Seaford has been operating on a contingency budget this year after voters rejected proposed spending plansand . The Seaford Board of Education has been holding budget workshop meetings this month and is scheduled to adopt a spending plan proposal by mid April.


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---- — Peabody's Catarina Rocha had just crossed the Northfield Mountain finish line in 18:06.12 to capture her second consecutive Division 1 Girls All-State individual championship when she was approached by a group of reporters.
Rocha fielded the questions about her repeat and what it felt like to run the second fastest girls' time in course history, but she wasn't completely focused.
"The reporters started talking and I was trying to look out onto the course and see where my teammates were," Rocha said.
Rocha was excited about her victory, but she had another goal in mind — a team title.
Heather MacLean and Lauren Barrett added top-20 finishes and Sam Allen and Antonia Pagliuca also ran well to help the Tanners capture their first team title since 1978.
Peabody was first with 108 points, followed by Lincoln-Sudbury (117), Needham (118), Whitman-Hanson (124), and Amherst-Pelham (135).
MacLean was 16th in 19:47.33 and Barrett was 17th in 19:51.23. Allen earned key points by placing 49th in 20:24.50, with Pagliuca finishing 96th in 21:08.97.
A third-place finish at states last week only made the victory sweeter for Peabody.
"Everyone was so excited. No one really thought Peabody would be a factor after finishing third in the state meet," said Rocha, whose time was the second fastest at the course behind the 17:54 Shalane Flanagan ran in 1999. "Not everyone had a great race last week and it was a good feeling to come back and come in first at all-states."
Last week's performance may have served as a little motivation for the Tanners.
"They knew they were a better team than last week," Peabody coach Joe Rocha said. "I told them to go in relaxed and run for themselves, their teammates, and to run for Peabody. They understood what I said and I didn't have to give too much instruction after that."
Rocha had a plan for her approach to the race and was able to stick to it throughout. She'll run in New York next weekend in the Foot Locker regionals, so conserving some energy was part of the goal.
"The first mile I kind of just sat back. You're going up hill and that takes a lot of energy out of you," Rocha said. "After that I ran my own race and went form there. I kind of had a big lead so I kept that steady pace, saving a little for next weekend."
Also in Division 1, Masconomet's Megan Collins (43rd, 20:21.33) and Beverly's Nicole Demars (75th, 20:48.96) ran well.
Hamilton-Wenham had an excellent day in Division 2, placing fourth with 153 points. The Generals finished behind Bishop Feehan (73 points), Tyngsboro (90), and Weston (133).
Emily Weigand was 11th in 19:30 and Emily Horgan took 19th in 19:56 to pace Hamilton-Wenham. Meghan Stone (64th, 20:57), Meg Blatchford (82nd, 21:22) and Claire Pacione (84th, 21:24) rounded out the Generals' top five.
"All seven of our girls had PRs here, so it was a very strong showing," H-W coach Steve Sawyer said.
Ipswich's Sarah and Tina Keiran also stood out in the Div. 2 race, each finishing in the top 30. Sarah Keiran took seventh in 19:20.54 while Tina Keiran placed 27th in 20:07.68.
Danvers' Catalina Dominick (29th, 20:10.01), Marblehead's Janaya Randall (38th, 20:18.36), Bishop Fenwick's Arianna Maida (52nd, 20:36.76), and Swampscott's Isabella Kornitsky (68th, 21:04.75) had impressive performances in Div. 2.
On the boys' side, St. John's Prep finished fourth behind Lowell (96 points), Westfield (149), and Shrewsbury (175) in Div. 1. Tim Loehner (32nd, 16:51.98), Liam Dow (34th, 16:56.01), Tom O'Shea (41st, 17:02.26), Nick Fecteau (72nd, 17:22. 36), and Colin Monahan (88th, 17:30.22) led the Eagles to a top-five finish.
Peabody's Drew Fossa was the top local finisher in Div. 1, coming in 30th in 16:50.55. Masconomet's Harry Kent (53rd, 17:09.35), Beverly's Alex Greco (57th, 17:11.44), and Peabody's Ben Braz (76th, 17:23.89) also had notable finishes.
Swampscott had two top-15 finishers in Peter Hale and Matthew Mahoney in Div. 2. Hale came in sixth in 16:26.19 while Mahoney crossed the line in 16:54.39, good for 15th.
Hamilton-Wenham's Matt Gillis was 18th in 16:59.
Marblehead had three top 100 runners, led by A.J. Ernst, who came in 26th in 17:08.36. Christopher Rodts was 43rd in 17:27.62, and Adam Linsky was 84th in 18:04.30.
Bishop Fenwick's Bryan Mendes (71st, 17:53.06) and Ipswich's Michael Riddle (81st, 18:03.14) also had top 100 days.


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According to Lisa Queen, acting director of the center, many consumers are looking for ways to cut costs, even when shopping for high-end home furnishings. Queen says transparency in pricing, due to availability of information on the Internet, is a large part of this change in spending patterns.
Since the beginning of the economic downturn, the showrooms at the Laguna Design Center have been feeling the squeeze. The center currently has four unoccupied showrooms and has been working on new ways to generate public interest and traffic—including an attempt last January to convince the Planning Commission to allow a 20-foot sign on the property despite local zoning laws that prohibit signs over 6 feet. The plan was rejected.
The Design Center's newest response to economic changes has been to allow its showrooms to open to the general public. Not all showrooms at the Design Center have chosen to take this route, but many are.
As the center opens the doors to its new visitors center and negotiates the transition to a partial retail atmosphere, the center as a whole is gearing up to accommodate the new, more informed and independent-minded consumer.
In an interview with Laguna Nigule Patch, Queen contended that this change in marketing is not meant to cut out the role of the designer at the center, but rather to expand the market to new consumers and even attempt to facilitate new designer-client relationships. To do that, the center is allowing local designers to use its visitors center free of charge, in addition to providing referrals and featured designers. The new visitors center features a theater-style presentation area, conference room and full-time front reception.
Laguna Niguel Patch: Whose decision was it to change the marketing structure of the center?
Lisa Queen: The center's owner, David Colton. And I have to say this one thing to his credit: A lot of the time, businessmen come in and assess a situation and if they see 10 things that need to be done, they just do one thing. Mr. Colton came in last November and had manufacturers and designers and showrooms tell him what they need. He evaluated where the industry is going, took it in and created an action plan.
Patch: What was the reaction of the local designers to the center's new direction?
Queen: I think there was definitely some fear at first. But now that they can see the facility, and they understand how the hire-a-designer program works, they can understand that the intent is not to take business away from them, but to draw more consumers across the threshold—which benefits everyone. We are seeing tangible, measurable results that designers are benefiting from this already. We know of a couple of interior designers that have gotten referrals from the website or because we have featured designers here.
Patch: Do you feel that Mr. Colton truly understood the needs of the design community when he undertook this process?
Queen: Yes, I absolutely do. He put in place solutions that honor all three aspects of the market. In addition to that, he honors the fact that the showrooms in the center are used by designers that they each conduct business in their own way, as they see fit, and that they have the right to do that.
Patch: Let's consider two different scenarios. In one, the consumer will come in and say, 'Here's my designer,' or 'I want to hire a designer,' and in the other, the person is going to say, 'No, I want to do this myself.' How are you planning to handle those two different scenarios?
Queen: Well, first we want to find out what their intentions are. Even if they don't want to hire a designer and only want to know which showrooms sell directly to the public, we will still ask them to please look at all the showrooms, and if there is something that they like, we will help them find out how to acquire it. If they come to us and want to hire a designer, we can direct them to the hire-a-designer website. We also have a couple of designers who have offices here in the center.
Patch: It's a tough economy, and some people are looking to save money. A lot of people are looking to do this themselves. Do you feel that there is a possibility that the designers might be left out of the process completely?
Queen: I think that in many ways, the designers are already being left out of it. I have no doubt that, because of the economic impact, there are a lot of people that may have hired a designer before but are afraid of that economic equation. I think that once they understand that they can actually save money overall, even when you include designers' fees, then they will understand the entire process. But as far as the retail sale transaction goes, I'm just glad that the transaction occurred here at the center and that someone found the solution here that they wanted.


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Just a few minutes ago, at 12:04 AM my time, the sun did an ominous thing: it stopped getting higher in the sky of the northern hemisphere! Oh noes, we northerners better start the rituals to coax it back one day right away. That's the start of summer and the end of the longest day. …
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Jun 20 2013
Happy summer godless pagans!
Jun 09 2013
I'm jealous of this seal
Jun 07 2013
The bedrock beneath Antarctica
Jan 07 2013
Studio quality video of giant squid finally in hand
Release the kraken! Or rather the video of same. Soon my hairy mammalian siblings, soon. Because that's what the Discovery Channel now has in their hands after years and millions of dollars spent to film the incredibly elusive monster deep in its native habitat for the first time:
Sep 20 2012
Best space porn of the year
TIME magazine online has posted the best astronomy shots of the year. I suppose that's a subjective call, there are so many magnificent ones. We are living smack dab in the middle of the greatest age of human discovery ever known. If only more of us could be a part of it. A couple of shots linked below to whet your …
Sep 08 2012
Science marches and scuttles on!
Just in case the world needs em, researchers are hard aty work perfecting the remotely controlled cockroach. Which will no doubt inherit the earth when Skynet blows everything up:
Aug 15 2012
Well, it's no Titanaboa
A Burmese python five full meters long and weighing as much as a full-grown person was found wandering the Florida Everglades, apparently feeling right at home. So right at home she was loaded with 87 eggs to make cue little baby Burmese pythons.
Aug 12 2012
Hollow rocks
A strange phenomenon is underway in the south Pacific off the coast of New Zealand. Rocks, lots and lots of rocks, but they're floating! Could this be the end of the world, are the four horsemen saddling up to reap our divine souls? No, there's a less dramatic, but nevertheless fascinating explanation:
Jul 28 2012
The Great White Buffalo makes another stand
Jul 13 2012
Rare video of snow leopard cubs
Awww, they're so cute! They're also one of the most endangered species on earth. But for the most endangered group of mammals, scientists say lemurs top the list.


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This is a list of national parks in Zambia. There are nineteen national parks in Zambia, although a few of them are not maintained and so contain no facilities and few animals. Others have high concentrations of animals and are popular with tourists, while two or three are world-famous.


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Corsicana —
April 8
Todd Staples, Texas Agriculture Commissioner, will be speaking to the Republican Party of Navarro County Executive Commmittee at 7:00 p.m. at the Republican Party of Navarro County Headquarters at 111-B West Third Avenue in Corsicana. All registered voters are invited attend.
Woodmen of the World Lodge 5 will have its meeting at 6 p.m. in the Lodge Hall at 200 W. Oak Lawn. All members, their families and guests are cordially invited.
April 9
Corsicana Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) will be at the Corsicana YMCA from 2 to 7 p.m. If you are low income (usually under $42K) or elderly, and in need of tax filing assistance, take advantage of this free program. This year VITA will see clients with appointments first and then work with walk-ins. VITA is at the YMCA on Tuesdays and Thursdays and at the Kerens Library on Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Call George Burrell at (903) 879-2091 to schedule your appointment.
When Are We Going Home Ministry will hold Rising Star Creative Ministry at New Beginnings Family Fellowship in Blooming Grove at 6 p.m. All events are free and open to children with medical challenges, disabilities and special needs and their immediate siblings. www.whenarewegoinghome.com.
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1009 will meet at 7 p.m. at the Sirloin Stockade, 2508 W. Seventh Ave., Corsicana. Membership is open to U.S. armed forces veterans who served on active duty (for other than training purposes) in the Republic of Vietnam between Feb. 28,1961 and May 7,1975, or in ANY duty location between Aug. 5,1964 and May 7,1975. The veteran must submit a copy of his/her DD Form 214 along with the application and dues. Members and guest are invited to come early and eat and visit prior to the meeting.
The Corsicana Emergency Corps., located at 416 South 12th Street in Corsicana, will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 7 p.m. The general public is invited to attend. Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. For further information, please call (903) 872-5072.


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At the time, there were two BIA police officers in Supai. It takes a minimum of seven officers to provide full-time police coverage, McNichols and tribal council members agree. Two other detention officers are needed to operate the small jail in Supai. Three years later, when Tomomi Hanamure hiked into the canyon, there were still only two BIA officers in Supai; there were no detention officers.
In a series of interviews conducted over the last year, McNichols said the lack of jailers and jail facilities forced police to curtail arrests. Now, he says, conditions in Supai are as bad as they have ever been. "It's the most frustrating thing I have ever seen in my life," he said.
McNichols, who retired from the BIA in 2005 after working 28 years with the Havasupai Tribe, described a community on the verge of collapse. "Every family on the reservation is affected by drugs and alcohol, and that leads to the other abuse, sexual assault and violence," he said.
The violence has gone unchecked at least partly because federal and tribal officials have not prosecuted minor crimes on the reservation, particularly when they involve only Native Americans, he said. "Very little crime is ever reported," McNichols said. "Victims don't report it because they know the perpetrator could be back in the house immediately. The cops don't write up all the incidents, because they know most will never be prosecuted." Cases that are prosecuted usually wind up in the Havasupai Tribal Court, which, in McNichols' judgment, is incapable of dealing properly with criminal matters. "Tribal Court can't handle it, particularly at a place like Supai, where everybody knows each other, and many people are related," he said.
Meanwhile, federal agencies don't want to address crimes on the reservation, he said; the U.S. attorney's office only files charges for major felonies such as the Hanamure murder. "By the time you get to the rapes and murders, there has been a whole lot of stuff going on to get to that point," McNichols said.
"There are no rules here," Randy Wescagome's father, Billy Wescogame Sr., said as the sun rose above Supai on a crisp Saturday morning late in April. "We're not in a (boxing) ring. Out here we do anything." As he spoke, he gestured toward a group of Havasupai youths who were just now staggering home after partying all night. No one worries too much about the law in Supai, Wescogame said, because there rarely is any enforcement. Most minor crimes go ignored, he said. And if a serious confrontation arises, watch out.
"You get near me, man, I'll chop your hands off, you know?" he said. "You give me a good reason, I'll put that knife down the middle of your spine, so you don't get back up."
Wescogame, 49, wasn't making a threat; he was simply explaining his view of the reality of Supai life. Like many Havasupai, he's been locked up, often for off-reservation activities. His arms are covered with tattoos. At 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds, with a couple of front teeth missing, he has a frightening appearance that is completely at odds with his forthright, friendly manner.
The elder Wescogame said he quit drinking during his last stint in prison and turned his life around with the help of the Native American Church. (The most widespread indigenous religion among Native Americans, the church blends Christianity, the ritual use of the hallucinogenic cactus peyote, and aspects of Buddhism. It frowns on the use of alcohol and recreational drugs.) Now, Billy Wescogame said, he minds his own business and is focused on raising a second family with his current wife, who serves on the Havasupai Tribal Council. But he can't avoid the reality that one of his sons is charged with murder.
On Feb. 26, 2006, Randy Wescogame was released from juvenile probation and turned loose from the Canyon State Academy, a boarding school for troubled juveniles in Queen Creek, Ariz. Billy Wescogame said he met with his son sometime during March or April 2006, and encouraged him to get a job, get an education, and get out of Supai. "I knew if he stayed he was going to get into a lot of trouble," Billy Wescogame said.
Billy Wescogame said he didn't see his son again. A few weeks later, Tomomi Hanamure's body was found in Havasu Creek. BIA police arrested Randy Wescogame on May 31, 2006, in connection with the assault of a tribe member that occurred about a month before the murder. He was held in tribal custody until the FBI arrested him last December for the Hanamure slaying.
Randy Wescogame's trial is set for June 26 in Prescott, Ariz. With his son facing murder, kidnapping and robbery charges that could lead to multiple life prison sentences, Billy Wescogame offered an apology that he said was addressed to Hanamure's father. "I'm sorry, man. You know, I feel very bad," he said.
Billy Wescogame said he thinks Randy may have been present when Hanamure was killed, but the number and angles of the stabbing wounds lead him to believe more than one assailant was involved. If his son is found guilty, though, and if the punishment were left up to him, he wouldn't settle for life in prison. "I would go straight directly after him, and I would put him away, even if I had to paralyze him for the rest of his life," Billy Wescogame said. "I believe in an eye for an eye."


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The state of Ohio is permanently revoking the operating permits of two Youngstown companies in connection with the illegal dumping of drilling wastes into a storm sewer that drains into the Mahoning River.
The revocation orders by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources were served late Wednesday to Hardrock Excavating and D&L Energy Group, both located at 2761 Salt Springs Road in Youngstown, and both owned by Ben Lupo, who faces criminal and civil charges from the state.
D&L Energy is the company that operated the injection well that triggered more than a dozen small earthquakes through late 2011 in the Youngstown area. The well was used to dispose of drilling waste.
Under the ODNR's orders, D&L Energy must cease all injection-well operations in the state of Ohio. Permits for its six injection wells have been revoked by the state. They include operating injection wells in Trumbull and Ashtabula counties and three under construction: two in Mahoning County and one in Trumbull County. The sixth well in Youngstown exists only on paper.
The state's order does not affect the 9,200-foot-deep Youngstown injection well that is widely blamed for the earthquakes. That well might be switched to a new corporate owner, officials said.
Applications from the company for three new injection wells have been denied.
In addition, D&L Energy immediately will cease all temporary storage operations at the Salt Springs Road site.
ODNR also revoked the brine hauling permit of Hardrock Excavating. The hauling permit had allowed the company to transport oil field wastes from drilling rigs to the Youngstown site.
In a statement the company released Thursday afternoon, it said: "D&L Energy Group is currently reviewing the actions taken by ODNR relative to its companies' operating permits, and intends to respond to, and perhaps appeal, such action at the appropriate time and in the appropriate venue. We cannot discuss the specific circumstances of the ODNR's actions, nor our potential response, until these matters are concluded."
The state's criminal investigation against Lupo, also identified as the CEO of both firms, and the companies is continuing.
ODNR officially has asked the Ohio Attorney General's Office to initiate civil proceedings against those responsible for the intentional dumping.
"ODNR treats all allegations of wrongdoing involving oil field waste very seriously and will continue to aggressively investigate each of these cases to ensure violators are held accountable," ODNR Director James Zehringer said in a statement.
Lupo was linked to the illegal discharge of drilling wastes to the storm sewer off Salt Springs Road in Youngstown on Jan. 31. Officials have placed the amount of waste that was dumped at between 40,000 and 50,000 gallons, the Youngstown Vindicator reported Thursday.
He reportedly ordered company employees to dump the oil, brine and drilling muds, an action that was witnessed by state inspectors.
The state had learned of the planned dumping via an anonymous telephone call to ODNR.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency reported that Lupo admitted responsibility for the dumping.
At that time, he was identified as owner of Hardrock Excavating, and a spokesman for D&L Energy had denied any corporate involvement in the dumping.
The EPA has been supervising the cleanup of the storm sewer, an unnamed tributary and the Mahoning River.
"We are working as fast as possible to complete this cleanup because a warming trend into the weekend could make the work more challenging as things thaw," EPA Director Scott Nally said.
The Ohio EPA regulates any pollutants that enter state waters. Both state and federal laws prohibit the placement of industrial wastes where they can cause water pollution.
Under state law, violators face a misdemeanor penalty of up to one year in prison and a $25,000 fine.
Under federal law, a knowing discharge constitutes a felony with a maximum penalty of three years in prison and fine of $50,000 per day. Such a violation occurs when an individual or corporation knowingly discharges pollutants into navigable waters.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry recently published the results of a study that adds sorghum to the menu as a safe food for those with celiac disease.
The ancient grain was already deemed safe for those with celiac disease based on different types of lab research, but this was the first time that scientists were able to analyze the genetic makeup of the grain. They found it—without a shadow of a doubt—lacking in the gluten protein that causes problems for the 1 in 133 people with the disease.
Sufferers of celiac disease can experience stomach cramping, constipation, and diarrhea (among other symptoms) when they eat wheat and other grains containing the gluten protein.
This limits their dining options as gluten is present in thousands of commercially produced foodstuffs from breads and cookies to pastas and pies.
In Western cultures, sorghum (a grass) has long been considered animal feed, but in Africa and India, it's been one of the ingredients commonly used in putting food on the table.
US farmers are now producing food-grade sorghum hybrids that present as a white grain that can be ground into flour for baked products, such as bread.
Not only does sorghum provide another ingredient option, it's a highly nutritional one!
A single serving of sorghum (1 cup) has 22 grams (g) of protein (43 percent of the Daily Value), 8.4 milligrams (mg) of iron (47 percent of the Daily Value), and 672 mg of potassium (19 percent of the Daily Value).
It also contains 12 g of fiber to aid digestion, 0 g of sugar, and only 12 milligram (mg) of sodium, making it heart-healthy as well.
"Sorghum, a Healthy and Gluten-Free Food for Celiac Patients as Demonstrated by Genome, Biochemical, and Immunochemical Analyses" by P. Pontieri et al., Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 2013


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Should Obscenity be Illegal? Lady Chatterly, Milk Nymphos, and John Stagliano's potential life sentence.
Porn producer John Stagliano faces up to 32 years in federal prison for distributing the adult films Milk Nymphos and Storm Squirters 2: Target Practice and a promo reel for similar material via his website for Evil Angel Productions (adults only). (Full disclosure: Stagliano is a donor to Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes this website.)
As Stagliano gears up for a court case due to begin this July in Washington, D.C., it's worth asking whether obscenity prosecutions make any sense, especially when dealing with material created and consumed by consenting adults in private. The definition of obscenity is notoriously slippery-works as varied (and sexually inoffensive) as Lady Chatterley's Lover, Ulysses, and I Am Curious Yellow have all been deemed obscene-and its prosecution is famously subjective and selective. Material is considered obscene only when a jury finds it to be so; the same book, movie, or song can be illegal in one region and totally fine in another. As Stagliano, whose website followed all legal restrictions imposed by federal mandates, notes, "I didn't know I was breaking the law."
Despite the liberating technology of the Internet, free expression remains under attack by religous zealots who threaten death to blasphemers and government regulators who threaten jail time. The prosecution of porn is "another area where the government thinks it should be able to run our lives," says Stagliano. "They could easily extend that from looking at porn to consuming fast food" and other activities.
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The Cassgram reports conditions extreme slick as Weeping Water Fire and Rescue and Cass County sheriff's deputies responded to a one-vehicle accident on 144th Street about one-half mile south of Weeping Water just after 6am today.
Dispatch reports said the vehicle was on its side and the female driver was pinned. The victim had some neck and arm pain but signed off on rescue squad transport to the hospital.
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A group of Texas lawmakers announced a snapshot of where the state is headed on issues like healthcare, environmental quality and education.
It's called Texas on the Brink, which is a collection of statistics on the State of Texas. Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, is the chairman of the group.
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will be giving the keynote speech Tuesday at the National Development Council's three-day training seminar in Washington, D.C.
It is the first speech he'll be getting paid to deliver.
The National Development Council works with cities on economic and community development, helping to revitalize areas that desperately need attention.
Last summer, seven area high school students took part in the inaugural Camp KPAC, learning radio and recording skills with TPR's James Baker, Nathan Cone, and Paul Flahive. Here's what Clark High School student Kelly Holguin said about her experience:
Since the start of the legislative session, Rep. Eddie Lucio, D-Harlingen, has made it clear that Mexico needs to release the over 400,000 acre feet of water owed to Texas.
His fellow lawmakers have now joined that fight as his resolution addressing the issue passed on the House floor with unanimous vote.
The Just in Time manufacturing program is now starting to graduate students, and a job fair on Friday gave graduates the chance to get job leads.
The school is the first of its kind and launched last October to jump start manufacturing careers with learning intensive 90-day training classes to get candidates quickly into the workforce.
Alison Balsom's U.S. tour covers the east coast, west coast and luckily, Texas! Trumpet fans around the country have been heralding Balsom as she performs with the Scottish Ensemble.
In this interview, she shares insights about traveling with two trumpets and a two year old, as well as keeping things fresh musically night after night. Alison is also excited to be on stage this summer in a new play written for her!
During the Texas Lyceum Conference on Transportation Friday, Gov. Rick Perry announced his plan to fix funding issues with transportation costs.
"On every car or truck sold in the state of Texas, we take in sales tax. The amount we take in on those sales is increasing steadily. I propose we dedicate the future growth in sales tax collected on motor vehicles to transportation infrastructure," Perry said.
The governor said Texas should take advantage of the state's relatively low debt to fix roads, like those in the Eagle Ford Shale and Burnet Shale areas of the state.
In The First Segment:
Domingo Martinez's "The Boy Kings of Texas" transports people into his Brownsville childhood, warts and all, in his memoir.
It's been called "an emotional roller coaster rendered in exquisite detail," by Publisher's Weekly and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Martinez was in town for the San Antonio Texas Book Festival last weekend and stops by the studio to talk about his recent literary success and why living in Texas is not something he ever sees himself doing again.
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The hearts of all who love and care for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are weeping today with the announcement of the passing of trumpeter Adolph Herseth. For over a half century (1948-2004), he was the principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Along with tubist Arnold Jacobs, Herseth and his brass playing colleagues evolved into the most powerful and accomplished orchestral brass section in the world. This is no exaggeration!
I remember as yesterday my first substantial introduction to the art of Colin Davis. The cycle of Sibelius Symphonies he recorded with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was outstanding, enhanced further by the art work, drawn from the paintings of Edvard Munch. The music world reacted much as I had, declaring Sir Colin an authoritative interpreter of Sibelius. He came back to the cycle at least twice afterwards, making studio recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra and then a cycle of concert recordings with the LSO.


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With the work week nearing its end, check out this list of just a few things you can do around the county this weekend:
- When/Where - Friday all day at Gregory Chiropractic, located at 5 Grandview Avenue, Nanuet
- Why Go - Donate items to the office's Adopt-A-Platoon program, and they will mail them out to three different troops serving overseas. They are collecting a wide range of items, from toiletries to magazines to food, and they're also asking those that donate to include letters to the troops.
- Pricing - Free.
- When/Where - Friday 8 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park, located at 81 Hunt Road, Orangeburg.
- Why Go - Check out the free concert featuring oldies, Irish music and class rock performed by the Tommy Dunn & Jane Lynch Band along with guest stars Dayna Marie, and the Verlin School of Irish Step Dancers. This is part of the Town of Orangetown Summer Concert Series.
- Pricing - Free.
- When/Where - Meet ate the New City Library Saturday 9 a.m. to carpool to the trail near the Bear Mountain Bridge.
- Why Go - Walk with Doc Bayne, a former historian at Sterling Forest State Park, around Iona Island to learn about its hidden foundations and how it was a part of the country's war defense. Registration is required. Call 845-634-4997, ext. 139.
- Pricing - Free.
- When/Where - Saturday 10-11:30 a.m. and 4-6 p.m. at Cropsey Community Farm, located at 220 S. Little Road, New City.
- Why Go - Take a painting workshop en plein air, or "in the open air," to learn some basic drawing and painting techniques while taking in the beauty of the farm. The kids and family session is from 10-11 a.m., and the adult and teen session is from 4-6 p.m.
- Pricing - $25 for Rockland Family Alliance members, $30 for non-members.
- When/Where - Sunday 7 a.m. at Germonds Pool, located at 165 Germonds Road, West Nyack.
- Why Go - Attend the second annual event in collaboration with the Long Island Sound Swim Across America club with proceeds going to benefit United Hospice of Rockland and cancer research programs at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York Presbyterian Babies Hospital and the Cancer Support Team.
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As of Thursday, June 7, 2012
© Copyright 2014 Albany Herald
ATLANTA — The future of the Atlanta Braves became clearer Wednesday when the franchise finished its 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft.
Atlanta started Monday by selecting Georgia prep star Lucas Sims from Brookwood High School in North Georgia in the first round, then added another Peach State standout Wednesday when the Braves chose Colquitt High star Matt Creech in the 35th round.
Creech, the Packers' standout shortstop who has already signed with Division I UNC-Charlotte, finished his senior season batting a staggering .430 batting average, a .524 on-base percentage and 14 stolen bases — all team highs — and he was named the Region 1-AAAAA Player of the Year for the third straight year. Creech led Colquitt to the second round of the Class AAAAA state playoffs before being swept by Sims' Brookwood team.
A message left for Creech by The Herald on Wednesday was not immediately returned, and it's unclear if the 1,079th pick in the draft will forgo college and sign with the Braves.
Colquitt County coach Tony Kirkland, meanwhile, told The Moultrie Observer on Wednesday that he was not surprised Creech was drafted.
"I thought he'd be a lower-rounds guy," Kirkland said. "He's got a good arm, good speed and is a good contact guy. I'd put him up there with a lot of other guys from Georgia who were drafted. I'm really proud of him."
Son of San Francisco Giants senior scouting adviser Ed Creech, who was a 1973 Montreal Expos draft choice, Matt hit four doubles, two triples and a home run last season for the Packers and also drove in 15 runs.
Creech is the second Packer in two years to be taken in the MLB Draft.
Last year, Cole Pitts was selected by the Cleveland Indians, but he instead decided to sign with Georgia Tech, where he helped pitch the Yellow Jackets to the ACC title last week.
Sims and Creech were two of the 15 total high school players drafted, while the other 25 who filled out the 40-round draft were from the college ranks. Among those were a pair of UGA stars who were taken in the second and 19th rounds. Left-handed pitcher Alex Wood was selected 85th overall, while teammate and Bulldogs' second baseman Levi Hyams was taken 599th overall.
Braves director of scouting Tony DeMacio said the team was especially elated to snag Wood.
"We were very surprised that left-handed pitcher Alex Wood was still available," DeMacio told the team's website. "We were very happy to get such a great left-handed power arm."
Wood was dominant in the SEC this season. He went 7-3 with a 2.73 ERA this spring and struck out 100 in 102 1/3 innings. His fastball reached the mid-90s regularly.
While Wood is able to generate good velocity, his delivery is unorthodox. After landing on his right leg, he takes a little hop backwards. But it doesn't affect his command, as evidenced by his 21 walks in more than 100 innings pitched this year, and DeMacio isn't concerned by it.
"Doesn't affect us one bit," he said. "He throws strikes."
In the third round, Atlanta selected catcher Bryan de la Rosa from Olympic Heights High School in Florida, making him the first position player taken this in the draft by the Braves.
A native of Puerto Rico, de la Rosa is shorter than most catchers, but he is known for being strong defensively.
"He's about 5-9, 5-10, but he can really catch, and he can really throw," DeMacio said of de la Rosa, who has already committed to Florida State.
The Braves were also absolutely giddy about their fourth-round pick, center fielder Justin Black out of Billings (Montana) High School, which — believe it or not — doesn't field a prep baseball team. Montana is one of three states in the country that doesn't offer the sport at any of its high schools.
Without a high school team to play for, Black plays American Legion ball for the Billings Scarlets. That took him to various high-profile showcases last summer, including the Tournament of Stars, which brings the top high school juniors to the USA Baseball complex in Cary, N.C. Black also played for the Langley Blaze, a club team in British Columbia.
The remote location of some of Black's games made him difficult to scout at times. DeMacio said on one trip, two Braves scouts drove 13 hours to watch him play.
Last week — so that key decision makers could watch Black play — the Braves brought him to Turner Field for a workout before the draft.
"Everybody liked what they saw," DeMacio said. "He's got power. We like the ability to run and the size and strength that goes along with that, which is hard to find."
Overall, DeMacio said the club was more than pleased with this year's draft class, which has until July 13 at 5 p.m. to sign.
"We felt like our scouts did a nice job identifying talent in this draft," DeMacio said. "We feel like we have some Major League players in this group."
Moultrie Observer sports editor Wayne Grandy and atlantabraves.com contributed to this report.
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Niagara Gazette
December 6, 2012
Jane L. Dahmer
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Jane L. Dahmer, of North Tonawanda, NY, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Buffalo General Hospital. She was born in Canton, OH, on October 31, 1956, the daughter of the late Robert A. and Alice J. (Everhart) Montgomery.
Mrs. Dahmer moved to the Sanborn area in 1988. She enjoyed spending time with her family, cooking and entertaining. Mrs. Dahmer will remembered for her very positive attitude that made people feel good and smile.
She was the wife of the late Robert L. Dahmer, who died in September of 2006. Mrs. Dahmer is survived by her children, Angela R. (Ben Clennon) Raggi, Nathan and Anthony Raggi, Lisa (Wilbur) Biggin III and Robert Dahmer; two grandsons, Wilbur and Woodrow Biggin; three brothers, Robert (Cheryl) Montgomery, Bruce and Scott Montgomery; also many nieces and nephews.
The family will be present on Saturday from 2-4 PM at the RHONEY FUNERAL HOME, 5893 Hoover Road, SANBORN, NY, where funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, with the Rev. Matthew D. Kofahl officiating. Memorials may be made in her name to the American Red Cross.
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