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Wales & Co is a leading firm in the area of debt recovery & Insolvency in Ireland. The breadth of our experience serving the needs of corporate and commercial sector means we fully understand the importance of debt recover in today's business environment. Over the years we have developed an efficient, cost effective approach to Debt Recovery that consistently delivers exceptional results. Our approach is to treat each case individually so that we can apply the most effective legal procedures to that case to maximise collection.
What is debt and what is debt recovery?
From a legal point of view a debt is a legal obligation to discharge a value, capable of arithmetic calculation, owing to another party (ies). Such obligations to pay over to others may arise as a result of a contractual involvement (like for instance, receiving goods which ought to be paid for in return). Alternatively, statue based debts come in the form of Taxes, levies, and so on. Thirdly, debts may also arise as a result of Court orders, which impose a monetary liability. The failure to discharge the sums due is where the debt recovery process becomes important.
Receiving Instructions
Incepting a file is the phrase we use for setting a new file up on our specialised system.
Forms will be provided for details and if required a new Client form will also be provided. Both of these need to be completed with full details and status of both the Client details and the debtors details. These can be emailed to .
When a new case is received all information is contained on the forms provided. The information will include the following:
1. Full name of Defendant
2. Full address of Defendant
3. Balance clearly stated, including only claimable charges and possible interest due
4. Occupation of Defendant
5. Debt in respect….e.g. goods sold and delivered.
Once we have all the relevant and correct details we can then proceed to incept the files onto our system.
An initial letter of demand has two primary functions; (i) It serves to alert the Defendant that the monies they owe are now being pursued through the legal system; (ii) It also acts as a letter of demand for those monies and a final notice prior to commencement of legal action. One of the key features is that it sets down a limit of seven days for payment, failing which the Debtor/Defendant is on notice that action for recovery through the legal process will commence.
On expiration of the seven-day letter presuming no payment is received, the process of commencing legal action begins.
(1) Pre-Judgment (2) Obtaining Judgment (3) Enforcement of Judgment
(1) Pre-Judgment
Before commencing the legal process in a debt recovery case, the client must have the following information:
• The clients own legal status and full registered name
• The debtor's legal status – (a) Limited company (2) Sole Trader (3) Partnership
• The correct address – business address/registered office
• The exact amount of debt (in euro)
• The basis of claim
Creditors Legal Status
The correct legal title for both client and debtor must appear on all legal proceedings
If a debt is owed to an individual then legal proceedings must be in that individual's name, both the Christian and Surnames are required.
Debtors Legal Status
When seeking to recover a debt, time must be taken to identify the legal title of the debtor in the case of a Company it is necessary to know if you are using ABC Limited or ABC (Ireland) Limited? In the case of a Sole Trader it is important to identify the Trading name, i.e. Joe Blogs Trading as XYZ shoes.
Basis of Claim
Debts arise from non-payment for goods sold delivered or services rendered. Other debts arise due to cheque payments which have failed to clear through bank account, or on foot of arrears of rent or service charges on property. In some cases it may be due to personal loans or arrears on outstanding bills.
Creditors at some stage or other may find themselves having to issue legal proceedings to recovery outstanding debts.
There are three Court jurisdictions and the amount of debt will determine which Court proceedings will be issued in.
|District Court
|up to
|Circuit Court
|High Court
Demand Letter (LBA)
We will issue a demand letter to advise the debtor that unless the debt is discharged within seven days that legal proceedings will be issues against them and that this may result in a Judgment against them. It also warns that further costs will be claimed if legal action becomes necessary.
Legal Process – Obtaining Judgment
The procedure for obtaining Judgment depends on whether or not the case is defended. If the debtor discharges the debt at any stage of the legal proceedings then legal proceedings can be stopped.
When the debtor fails to discharge the debt then the Court will grant a Judgment in favour of the creditor. A Judgment is a decision of the Court confirming that the debt is owed by the debtor to the creditor for the amount stated on the Judgment together with costs.
Issuing and Serving of a Court Summons
If a debtor fails to discharge the debt within the time allowed, Court proceedings are issued and served. It is vital to maintain momentum and to ensure that the debtor knows how serious the matter is. Great importance is attached to issuing the proceedings immediately after the initial demand if the debt is not discharged.
Issuing Court proceedings is the process whereby the appropriate endorsement of claim is drafted; the summons is stamped with the required stamp duty and is then submitted to the relevant Court office for the allocation of a records number.
Once this is done the proceedings are then returned to the Solicitors office and subsequently served on the debtor. In the case of a Limited company it is served by Certified Post.
A Summons is served in the District and Circuit Court by registered post. High Court cases, the Summons must be served personally.
The different Court levels require the following Court proceedings:
|District Court
|Claim Form
|Circuit Court
|Civil Bill
|High Court
|Summary Summons
Affidavit of Debt
If the debtor fails to respond within the time frame specified in the Summons, the creditor may apply to the Court for an order for Judgment. This is done on foot of an Affidavit of debt and without the necessity for a Court hearing.
The Affidavit of debt is drafted at the earlier possible date allowed by the Court rules and states the amount of debt due. The Affidavit must be signed by the Creditor and sworn by Commissioner of Oaths. It must be then lodged along with other documents in the relevant Court office in order to obtain a Judgment.
Summary Judgment
In each case a Judgment set is lodged with the relevant Court. The judgment set consists of the Summons, Proof of Service and the Affidavit of debt sworn by the Creditor together with several other legal documents relevant to each specific Court.
Defended Cases
Each debtor has the right to defend a claim against them.
A creditor should always be satisfied that the claim he is making is provable. A debtor may notify that he intends to defend a claim. This may turn out to be a delay tactic, but on the other hand it may be a genuine confirmation of his intention to proceed to a full defended hearing. A debtor needs to notify his/her intention to defend on receipt of the Summons within a specified time period.
District Court
When the debtor receives a Summons claiming a debt, he may notify his intention to defend proceedings in the District Court by serving the creditor's solicitors with a defence.
This notice will enable the parties to have the matter set down for a Trial Date. On the hearing date itself, both parties will be required to attend Court and give evidence. The Plaintiff must prove his case.
Example of proofs required would be signed Order Forms, Invoice or Delivery Dockets. It is imperative that the creditor consults closely with the Solicitor prior to the Court hearing.
Circuit Court – Debts of €15,000.00 to €45,000.00
Here, the debtor notifies his intention to defend proceedings by way of an "Appearance". This allows the debtor 10 days to enter a Defence.
However, the entry of a Defence may be delayed by a Notice of Particulars to which the Plaintiff must reply.
When the pleadings are finalised, the matter is set down for trial. Both parties will be required to give evidence and the Plaintiff must prove his claim. This process will require close consultation between the creditor and his/her solicitor.
High Court – Debts over €45,000.00
If a debtor intends to defend a High Court case, his/her Solicitor will enter an Appearance. An Affidavit together with a Notice of Motion seeking Judgment is filed in the High Court Office setting out the Claimants claim and a date is given for a hearing before the Master of the High Court.
If the Master is satisfied that the debt is due and owing, he will grant liberty to enter final Judgment. This Order together with other documents are then lodged in the Central Office of the High Court and Judgment is granted.
However, if the Master is satisfied that the defendant has a genuine dispute he will send the matter for a Plenary Hearing.
Plenary Hearings
In a High Court action for a liquidated debt, a full or complete hearing on the merits of a case subsequent to the issue and service of Summary Summons is known as a Plenary Hearing. This hearing usually follows a direction from the Master's Court that the case be heard by way of a Plenary Hearing. Hearings of this kind do not involve a jury but are heard before a Judge of the High Court after a full Pleading has been filed.
What is Substituted Service?
If any documents are served by registered post and are returned by the Post Office then it cannot be said that service was successful as the debtor has not signed for it. Therefore, we cannot proceed any further. However, we can apply to the Court to have a different form of service deemed food. This will usually be service by certified post, however, in some District Courts the Judge my order that the documents served by personal service or personal service by a member of An Garda Siochana. Once a trace is conducted by a Tracing agent and confirmation is given that it is the correct address for the debtor and once we can prove this to the Court then we are allowed service by ordinary post which is known as Substituted Service.
In the case where a Creditor may not be sure if the debtor resides at the giving address then a Tracing Agent is instructed from the office to confirm or deny whether a Debtor is at the address. Your legal executive will ensure that all information possible is given to the tracing agent to assist in a positive result being returned.
On receipt of confirmed from the tracing agent on his/hers headed papers and once an order for substituted service is granted by the Court it is attached to the original document and a copy and then served on the debtor.
Once posted it is deemed that the Summons is served. The legal process will then resume as normal.
Enforcements are dealt with by the Legal Executive in the office. The main types of enforcement procedures will depend on a number of conditions. (1) Amount of debt (2) if the debtor is a Limited Company or Sole Trader. The enforcement options are as follows;
1. Sheriff
2. Examination – (Sole Trader only)
3. Committal
4. Publication
5. Judgment Mortgage
6. Bankruptcy
7. Winding Up Petition
Once a Judgment is obtained it can be then lodged in the appropriate Sheriff's office. The Sheriff will issue a four day demand letter to the debtor prior to calling out to the premises/individual.
The Sheriff can then seize goods to the value of the debt; alternatively, he may enter into a payment plan and will return on a monthly basis to seek payment as arranged. It may be worth noting that any information on goods/retention of title of goods may be forwarded to Sheriff. For example registration number of vehicle etc.
An examination hearing is where the Defendant is summonsed to Court where the Judge will assess their financial means and usually order the defendant to discharge the amount by instalment on a Weekly or Monthly basis. This order is called an instalment order and is drawn up after an order is made. The defendant will be required to lodge a financial statement of means with the Court. It is important that a Creditor provides any extra information he/she may have on the financial circumstances of the debtor. This will allow for the largest possible instalment to be granted.
A Committal order is granted by the Court when a debtor defaults on their instalment order or fails to comply with the order.
Publication is the process whereby a Judgment obtained is registered in the High Court Central Office. Once publication ensures it can appear in any trade Gazette such as Stubbs Gazette, ITPA Gazette, National Newspapers and Credit Magazine.
The records in the Central Office are also used when checking a person's credit worthiness and this will affect the Defendant if he/she is applying for credit from a financial institution.
Judgment Mortgage
The Judgment Mortgage registers the debt as a charge (mortgage) on the debtor's property. The defendant cannot dispose of the property without having the Mortgage discharged. If he does the charge will follow the property and not the person. A Judgment Mortgage between private parties lasts 12 years.
*Once Judgment is obtained on a file and giving the debt amount we will advise you as to which is the best option of Enforcement.
Bankruptcy (Individual)
Bankruptcy action commences with service on the debtor by way of a Statutory Demand. If there is no response to the Statutory Demand the next stage is to issue a Bankruptcy Summons and Bankruptcy Petition.
A Section 214a Notice (a Statutory Demand) is served on the debtor and the Defendant has 21 days within which to reply to the Notice and failing a satisfactory reply, the Plaintiff may proceed in instructing their solicitor to the next stage of preparing and issuing a Petition to Wind Up the Company.
A date for the Winding Up Petition is allocated by the Court.
It is required by law that the Notice to wind up the company must be advertised in two national newspapers and a Government publication.
A Liquidator is then appointed by the High Court.
*Warning – This procedure can be highly effective in recovering your money.


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Jeep Grand Cherokee Transmission Problems
nneal Posts: 72This question should have been posted by itself and not as a reply to gbeesjeep's question so you would get more coverage.
I have a few questions that might help get ideas from someone:
First of all you didn't mention which transmission you have (42RE or 545RFE) or what motor (4.0 or 4.7 liter)?
When putting it in reverse do your backup lights work?
Do you have a code checker and tested/read it for any trouble codes?
Have you looked underneath the vehicle for anything that doesn't look right? (Broken shifting cable or bent linkage)
Please keep us posted on what you find. Good luck.0
1river Posts: 1I have had similar issues with my JGC 2000, and my 2006 JGC. My regular mechanic who is superior to any Jeep mechanics said the shudder is coming from a defective torque converter. Since it is out of warranty, he said to treat it gently, change the tranny fluid every 20K miles, and live with it. I also did the s/w chip upgrade on the TSB Jeeps recommends. Jeep had fixed a few of these shudderings, they admitted, by replacing the torque converters, but were unwilling to replace mine even though at the time it was under warranty! I am reading your comments with disbelief, that with the new tranny Chrysler STILL had the same problems! I run my 5.7L overland in 3rd gear most of the time on hills and around town due to the premature shifting. It is criminal for such a huge engine to run (esp up hills)at 1200 rpms. The shuddering I experience is accentuated at higher elevations (I live in Lake Tahoe area), so I just take it easy and keep it in 3rd gear so it does not shift much.
The vibration in my 2000 JGC was caused and fixed by Jeep in replacing the drive shaft. It was out of alignment with the front axle, which they also replaced at the same time. The vibration was between 60 and 65 mph.0
nomi91 Posts: 3I am having problems with my 2000 jeep grand cherokee laredo.
It shakes horribly like the steering wheel wants to go off by itself but most importantly i have had an issue with it heating up for the past 2 years.
Its leaked out the antifreeze ive had the radiator replaced and alot of the insides replaced as well.
With summer coming its starting to act up again as soon as i turn it on it just kind of shakesfor a few minutes then stops
also when i turn it off and ive had the ac on it sounds weird like a loud hurricane sound.
so far ive taken it to 3 different mechanics just this month alone
but now im worried because last yr i had it straight wired and now the electrical system is whats wrong but i told the mechanics i chose to get it straight wired because of the previous problems before.
so now im not sure what to do and if its possible to get it back to the way it was before without straight wiring and what kind of mechanic am i looking for or if i need a new motor as one mechanic told me.0
kluda11 Posts: 1I have a 05 jgc laredo. 80k and just started having shifting problems and i diagnosed the code as shifting problems then researched it. Found out the speed sensors are located on a conductor plate in the tranny. I took off the pan and valve body then replaced the conductor plate for $240 after talking the dealer down. Everything seemed good for a week and bam the same problem just not as bad. The check engine light came back on and i shut off the code. Dealer recommends trying to replace the 13 pin connector which is cheap but is anyone else having these problems? Also does anyone know how to change the light bulbs for the heat/ac controls all three knobs have no lights and it is kinda annoying. O and now the airbag light comes on for seconds at a time now....0
theking31211 Posts: 3check the bolts that hold the engine and transmission together. theres one on each side might be more. i had a 95 jgc 4.0L straight 6 with 230,000k and alot of garages couldnt figure out what was wrong. i found one bolt missing and other one loose a couple months later. but i love jeeps0
Hi gbeesjeep,
I also have 2011 JGC Overlander and have had nothing but problems the list is longer than my arm, so was wondering if you would be so kind as to help me with contacting the CEO of Chrysler, because I would like to send them a email so I can also express my disappointment with this product. Its pretty sad that a person spends $50k on a SUV and they can't even fix any of the problems.0
Hi Optimas, I was thinking about purchasing 2011 JGC, but after your message I am confused. So can you tell me about the long list of the JGC 2011 problems. and have they told you that they solved them in the 2012 version. Thank you.0
I'm sure the 2012 models have a lot of problems worked out. I think mine was one of the first hundred out the factory door.
I had the Jeep 3 days and I went to open the rear lift gate with the key fob and it started going up, but the spoiler got hooked on the roof and crushed the roof in and $5,000 later and a new roof skin (not even 200km) fixed under warranty of course, but I wanted a new jeep at that point and they wouldn't do it, so now I have all these problems (Sun Roof leaks "They can't fix it")(the back window leaks "can't fix it") (the back lift gate is not lined up with the body lines "they can't fix it") the jeep went back to the body shop 5 times and I finally said enough. Now I have Brake problems and they can't figure that out either. The heated seats work sometimes. Two weeks ago the thing was dead and was found that a module was power on and killed the battery. Now last week the thing wouldn't start and left my wife calling for Road Side help and that happed twice. I've also heard that if the jeep is having a starting problems that there is a good chance that the Jeep could shut down while in motion. (Not safe to drive) so now its back at the dealer waiting for a new ECM (The Main Brain) which is on BACK ORDER along with 22 other jeeps waiting for the same part, so my Jeep sits for 4 weeks at the dealer and my wife is driving a Caravan. I just wish that Chrysler would reconize that if they want to build a high end SUV they better improve the level of sevice and give the dealers better support. They build it so that there own trained techs can't even fix half the problems. Other then all that, I love the Jeep I think I just got suck with a BIG LEMON. Never buy the fist year of a new product.
garyd50 Posts: 1My automatic gearbox on my Grand Cherokee jeep, 2003 2.7 crd has developed a gear change fault. It shows when you put it on the diagnostic machine there is a voltage drop from 12v to 2.5 volts to the solanoid on the gearbox. Can you please tell me where the 12v volts to the gearbox originates from and where do i find it's source ?0
Hi, I hope you overcome that. Did you mean by ECM: the ECU (main computer) or the Gear Box computer. Is there any problems with the gear box like shuddering?, and is your car manufactured in the 2010?, and does the brake problem solved?. Thank you for your advice: "Never buy the first year of a new product".0
Hi Optimas,
You can use this to contact the assistants of the CEO.
http://www.media.chrysler.com/newsrelease.do;jsessionid=8B4B24F88C70AFE31432F746- 1D9F3DBE?&id=5404&mid=
If you don't start yelling REAL LOUD they will push you aside because they are dealing with so many customers and their problems.
They have changed my drive shaft and this seems to have resolved the vibration at low speed shifts. I still have a vibration at high speeds but I will be changing my winter tires/wheels out soon and this will confirm whether it is a tire/wheel issue (I use after market wheels/tires for winter).
I have had some minor issues but nothing like you are experiencing. There has to be a lemon law for that. There is no way I would put up with that crap. Chrysler is at the bottom of the list for reliability for a reason. The least they could do is provide top notch customer service to make up for their poor engineering, production and assembly issues.
They want to offer upscale products and than expect you to accept low end customer service. As I have stated in earlier posts and in my email to Chrysler, I bought the 2011 JGC expecting to deal with issues because it was the first year of a new design. I will not accept poor customer service and if they want to have the buyers of the 2011/2012 JGC continue to support their product, they better get off their asses and accept responsibility for the issues and stop trying to nickel and dime people on the service side of things.
Maybe we need to start a petition and send it to JD Powers and the major news centers. It seems like that is the only way to get these companies to do anything. Any one with half a brain reading the comments on this website would sure think twice before buying the new JGC. I know if I knew they were going to screw around like this when trying to fix the problems I probably would have waited on my purchase.
Good luck to my fellow 2011-2012 JGC owners, it sounds like we are all going to need lots of it.
Well, they changed my drive shaft on my 2011 JGC which seems to have cleared up the vibration at low speed speed shifts but I still have a vibration (regardless of shifting or not) at higher speeds (80-95 kph and 120 kph). You can feel it right through your seat and you can hear a hum. They have checked my wheel/tire combo twice but no difference. I will be bringing it back in. It is still a drive train issue of some kind. Anyone else still dealing with this??
If you do start a petition, don't limit it to the 2011 and let me know. We have the 2007 JGC Overland Diesel and it has had problems since it was at 12k. Now it is at 114k and it has been in the shop every 6 months since we have owned it, with 8 computer modules replaced and a variety of other issues to include a "swirl" valve replacement. Now it needs one more module replaced that has already been replaced (1.5 years ago but only had a 1 year warrenty) and the oil cooler has to be replaced for it to run. In the latest JCG fiasco, the oil cooler failed, somehow poured oil into the cooling system and caused it to die. Waiting to see if "Chrysler Cares" is going to help cover any of the costs since our warrenty expired at 100k. If we didn't owe more than it is worth we'd get rid of it. We bought a diesel so we could put high miles on it and it wasn't cheap.0
We purchased our 2007 JCG Overland new and when the computer problems (among other things) started at 12k, we should have tried to have it returned under our state's lemon law. I suggest you do the same.
4.5 years later, our Jeep has been in the shop on average once every six months. I wish we had not been complacent because we had an extended warrenty to 100k because now, our latest bill will be close to 4000.00 if we want our Jeep back from the shop. Cut your losses now while you can. Just an opinion but we'd do things differently with our piece of expensive junk if we could go back in time. Its a shame because it drives well when it is working.0
cotovanu Posts: 1My jgc 2000 shifts in 1 2 3 but thats it it wont change in 4 or 5 i dont know if it goes in D any ideeas ?0
Hi every body,
If anyone has JGC 2012, Is there any of the problems that many of the 2011 owners talking about?0
My 2011 JGC caught fire while I was on the expressway. Inside was my two sons 2 years old and 14 years old. My car displayed a check engine light, traction light and red thunderbolt. It then lost power and shut down and began to smoke. The car then began to blaze fire from under the hood. I was terrified and now I am trying to figure out why the process of me getting another car is taking so long. I have called Jeep so now I am waiting. The crazy thing is that I want another Jeep! "I live, I ride....0
How terrifying! I can only imagine. Thank goodness you were all ok!
I think this last incident of mine is what finally threw me over the edge. I was driving home, at night, up a 1 mile single lane paved road and the dash lights flashed, it said something like check guages, the Jeep went into limp mode and smoke started coming out from under the hood. I was able to limp it to a pull out and then it died. The smoke was oil sludge (a combination of oil and coolant fluid since the oil cooler failed and somehow oil went into the radiator and spew oil gel out of the overflow tank causing the car/transmission to overheat .
This happened at night in a remote rural area where typically there is no cell service. I thought I was going to have to walk nearly two miles home in the dark, where Mountain Lions have been seen as well as illegal immigrant traffic being picked up by Border Patrol.
By the grace of God, I had one bar of service for some reason and my husband was able to come get me. We had to have the Jeep towed to the dealer where it sat for over a week, waiting to hear back from Chrysler Cares (which has of yesterday declined to provide any financial assistance). Today, I spoke with a Chrysler "Top Care" representative and they have also declined to provide any financial assistance.
I was advised I could either pay for it to be repaired at the dealership or take it to another non-dealer mechanic which would probably cost less.
Both are unacceptable in my opinion.
Shame on me for thinking something might be different this time around.
I'm like you though. Aside from it being completely unreliable, I love my Jeep!
Unfortunately it has now broken down three times in three separate locations where we do not have cell service and it is not safe.
I wish Chrysler would rethink its position on this. The Overland Diesel was not cheap and the vehicle is worth 10K less than we owe on it.0
Wow! Yes, God is good and I knew that he would see you through! That is awesome that you were able to come out on top with your life in that incident! I think that something should be done. I think that we as the consumers need to voice our opinion about these vehicles. We love jeep and we even want another one when the one we own brakes down. They need to know that it is us, the consumer, that keeps them in business. I think that we should all get together and plan a trip to the Detroit office.0
rb2006 Posts: 1i have a 2006 JGC and the displays says to check the shifter pressure...my wife drove to work and parked....the trans was in 4 high....when she got off work she went to the jeep and started it and it was in 4 low and the display says to check the shifter pressure.......
what does this mean????
IT has the 5.7 hemi if that helps0
1stx_jgc_owner Posts: 1A couple of weeks ago I bought my first JGC loreado, I AM SO IN LOVE WITH IT!!!!!!! Its a 2000 with a little over 110,000 miles on it its a V6 inline engine (4.0 litre I think the dealer said). However the last few days I have noticed that it shifts hard sometimes and it takes time for it to speed up and sometimes I dont feel like Im going 55 when the speedometer says 55. But then again I am used to driving a 2001 oldsmobile Intrique and I know that every car feels different form the inside when it comes to how fast you are going. Plus it feels like the time (in the Jeep) I had problems with the crank shaft sensors in my old olds. to day I went out of town and I had the cruise on and the RPM went up to 3 from like 1.5-2RPM and then back down and I was on flat land no hills no curves. plus the over drive turns off sometimes and I dont touch it but I notice it when I go up and down a lot of hills at 30mph so I dont know if that is normal. The dealer I bought it from said that there was nothing wrong with it. and that the owners before me took very good care of it. and I sort of belive them because I know the former owners from the title (I live in a small town) I know that it needs a new muffler Or exhaust or whatever its called because it is loud when out side of it and when you rev it up, but Im not to concered about that right now unless it has to deal with the problem I am having. I am thinking about on payday or the day after taking it up to a different dealer (my moms cousin) and have them put it on the computer to see what if anything is wrong with it. I have already decided that if it needs a new transmission I am only putting one in it once. Im hopeing that there is nothing to badly wrong but if there is something wrong I hope its not to expensive.0
rbakerpromo Posts: 1I have a 2003 Grand Cherokee with the Selec-trac transmission and 144k miles. About a month ago I started it and put it into gear. The rpms climed and the jeep barely moved like I was "riding a clutch" in a manual tranny. I pulled over and put the jeep into park then drive again and it was fine. A week ago I was driving and out of nowhere it did the same thing. The rpms would go to over 3k and it was just crawling. I had to put it into 4 low to get it home and it STILL wasnt acting right in 4 low. I get in it the next morning to pull it around back b4 I call the transmission shop and it goes into gear and acts fine. It happened again today and hasn't cleared up. I will be calling transmission shop tomorrow. What confuses me is if the transmission is "shot" why would it correct itself from being barely able to move under its own power and then mysteriously clear up. Could it be something electronic and not the physical tranny. I had fluids changed last week and there was some gunk on magnet but no chunks.0
your trans is shifted by electric solenoids not to expensive to change can change with trans in car0
davides8 Posts: 2can a person change these solenoids at home?0
yes if you are machalicle inclined can get them off ebay need to get under car and get numbers off trans so get the rite ones
also need to replace pan gasket and filters0
virginianjeep Posts: 8I have a 2011 JGC, I've had it in three times and Jeep has done several flash updates, but acceleration is very poor. Between 20 mph - 40 mph, its very sluggish unless you press the acceleration hard. Risky in rush hour traffic.
Has anyone had any results with Jeep on a fix? They don't seem to care about the quality.0
Unfortunately there is nothing to fix. Jeep has set up the shift pattern on the JGC to up-shift as fast as possible to try and get a reasonable mileage rating. When you are driving around town, it will shift from 1st to 3rd before you get through the intersection unless you floor it. Because the engine gets most of its torque at high rpms the engine cannot handle the low speed (20-40) runs when it up-shifts so fast.
You can either run it in Sport Mode if you have the option or manually shift into 3rd so it wont jump into 4th and 5th gear around town. The 8 speed tranny should help but the mistake they made was putting a high rev engine into a heavy vehicle like the JGC which need lots of low rev torque to get moving. For me I use 3rd gear in the winter and Sport mode in the summer around town and it runs ok. I thought about a cold air intake and new exhaust but I don't think this will help enough compared to the cost.
By the way, I have 30,000 KM and I have already had to have the front bearings and the drive shaft changed and I don't even do any 4 wheeling with it. Not a good sign for long term reliability.
Good luck.0
kath10 Posts: 1I have a 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited with the 5.7L Hemi w/ 192K on it. The Jeep has been running and performing perfectly until a couple of months ago when I took it to the local Chrysler Dealer to service the transmission. As soon as I picked it up I noticed there was what they are calling a "shutter", at 40+ mph. It feels and sounds like the car is going over rumble strips, this goes on intermitently. It has been at the Chrysler garage for over 7 weeks and they can't figure out what's wrong with it. They have replaced the converter, a valve in the transmission, all fluids and filters, replaced all 16 spark plugs. Now they're are trying to tell me it's the gas, so they keep having me pay to fill it up while they drive it around. As you can see by the mileage I drive I put a lot of gas in it, I fill up at different gas stations and run either 89 or premium in it. It doesn't feel to me like it is coming from the engine, could the AWD be jumping in and out?
I did e-mail the CEO of Chrysler and he responded within a few hours, Monday they are flying a tech in to look at my car.
Any ideas would be a great help.
Thank you0
mval09 Posts: 1I have a '11 Grand Cherokee with a 5.7L with 9,000 miles on it. For the past several months the transmission will fail to engage for 3-6 seconds when it is cold. On most days I will shift it into reverse and it will engage in 3-6 seconds then some days it will engage immediately then it will disengage for 3-6 seconds before I can continue driving. The dealership is trying to convince me that this is acceptable. The transmission is sometimes "clunky" when coming to a stop or starting from a stop. One morning I shifted the transmission into drive and about five seconds later the indicator showed that it was in fourth, when I tried to shift it either up or down nothing happened. It remained in fourth until I turned off the engine and re-started it. I also has had an issue with it shifting into overdrive one day while driving at highway speeds. Last week the dealer flashed the transmission with a new software version (which they said had just come out that day) and they tried to convince me that this would resolve all of the issue but it didn't. I have contacted Chrysler customer care and they asked if had driven any other 2011 GC's to see if this was just mine or all GC's. Has anyone else encountered this type of transmission issues and how were they resolved or is this "normal" of all 2011's with the 5.7L0
I went through that shutter issue with my 2011 JGC (V6). It would shutter as it shifted and when it is at 2000rpm. They started changing parts but the issue was resolved by changing the drive shaft. You may want to suggest this to them. The drive shaft issue seems to be common. Pretty sad commentary for the reliability of the JGC.
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As the holidays hit high gear this week, things in the Heights will be settling down to a dull roar until after Christmas, as will the Home in the Heights blog.
I hope everyone has a happy holiday time whatever you may be doing this week and next. From store construction in the Washington Corridor to historic district development and the general preservation of our little small town in the heart of the big city, the action has been hopping in the greater Houston Heights this year. And from where I sit, 2011 looks to be no less active. Ah well, the well-known ancient Chinese curse may be "May you live in interesting times." But you know what, there are really no other times I would rather live in.
And there is really nowhere else in Houston I'd rather be than right here in the Heights.
So Happy end of 2010 everyone. See you on the flip side in 2011.
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Suburban Transmissions of Maryland is a full service automatic transmission repair facility, specializing in service and diagnostics for electronic computer-controlled transmissions. Whether a transmission repair or replacement, we offer the finest service and pay meticulous attention to detail. We provide our customers with straightforward answers so they may make knowledgeable decisions. Feel free to call us with any questions you may have as we happily discuss transmission problems over the phone, in detail, presenting different options and prices, including worst-case scenarios. Our outstanding service to the Maryland, Virginia, & DC areas and our 3 year, 100,000 mile warranty makes us Maryland's finest transmission repair and service diagnostic specialists. Please allow us the opportunity to explain why we are the best choice in Maryland for expert diagnosis and mechanical repair of computer controlled transmission problems.
At Suburban Transmissions of Maryland, We Offer:
Price - We Give Up Front Prices and cost of Transmission Rebuild and Replacement Over the Phone.
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Why Invest in Carnival When You Can Buy Disney?
Even though it reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the second quarter of its 2014 fiscal year on Jun. 24, shares of Carnival Corporation fell 3% to close at $38.23. Instead of focusing on the immediate results, Mr. Market paid more attention to the company's outlook for its third quarter, which paints a mildly negative picture for the cruise ship operator. In light of these developments, some investors are probably wondering what kind of action to take, but the fact of the matter is that the best shipping play might be one you never expected, The Walt Disney Company .
Carnival beat on the top and the bottom decks!
For the quarter, Carnival reported revenue of $3.63 billion. This beat the $3.61 billion expected by analysts as the company's top line came in 4% above its $3.48 billion in revenue for the same quarter last year. While the company saw its passenger revenue climb, its onboard and other category showed the fastest sales growth as its revenue jumped 8% from $839 million to $905 million.
From a profitability standpoint, Carnival's metrics were even more impressive. For the quarter, the company reported earnings per share of $0.14. This greatly exceeded the $0.02 per share expected by analysts and it came in above the $0.05 per share that management reported in last year's quarter. This partially resulted from the company's rising revenue, but bigger contributions came from Carnival's cruise expenses, which fell from 71.5% of sales to 70.6%, and a $42 million swing in the value of fuel derivative contracts.
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Going into the third quarter, Carnival's management team expects revenue to come in higher than it did in last year's quarter with earnings per share of $1.38-$1.44, compared to the $1.51 expected by analysts and the $1.38 reported in last year's third quarter. This shortfall in profitability is likely what has shareholders worried the most, but the general uptrend that management forecast going forward suggests the cruise ship industry has brighter days ahead of it. This outlook will also prove to be promising for Disney, an interesting player in the market.
Disney's cruising to success!
Currently, Disney Cruise Line, a part of the company's parks and resorts segment, owns four cruise ships: Disney Magic, Disney Wonder, Disney Dream, and Disney Fantasy. Both Disney Magic and Disney Wonder are 85,000 ton, 877 stateroom ships launched in the late 1990's. Its other two cruise ships are a bit larger, weighing 130,000 tons and possessing 1,250 staterooms. These larger vessels don't differ too much in size from the Carnival Vista, Carnival's newest ship with a 2016 expected delivery at 135,000 tons of cruising fun.
Between 2011 and 2013, Disney's parks and resorts segment saw its revenue climb 19% from $11.8 billion to $14.1 billion. Although Disney does not disclose financial or volume data specifically geared toward its Disney Cruise Line operations, it attributed the increase in revenue from this segment, in part, to higher attendance stemming from higher cruise ship days. It attributed the rise in cruise ship days, for the most part, to the launch of its Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
While the company's operations in the seafaring business are small when placed next to the 101-ship fleet that makes up Carnival, it does have control over a private island called Castaway Cay. With a 99-year lease over the land from the Bahamian government, Disney has a good level of control over the island that allows it to operate as it deems fit.
It's worth mentioning that Carnival also has an island of its own called Half Moon Bay, as well as a piece of Eleuthera under lease. However, given the size disparity between Disney's fleet and that of Carnival, Disney's ability to scale up its fleet with Castaway Cay as the destination in mind implies some good upside for Disney Cruise Line in the future.
Foolish takeaway
Despite a mediocre outlook, Carnival performed impressively in the past quarter and the company's size suggests that the business could have a very bright future. However, the best upside for investors looking to grab a piece of the cruise industry might come from Disney. Yes, the company does have a small fleet, but with traffic growing and the ability to scale up as time goes on, Disney (through its Disney Cruise Line) might be the best way to play a growing market.
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We will host a preview screening of the major PBS documentary "Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies" at 2-4 p.m. Sat., March 28, in the Manhattan Public Library auditorium. The event, cosponsored by KTWU PBS, Topeka, will begin with an informational fair featuring local organizations (listed below), followed by the one-hour film preview. The public is invited, admission is free, and refreshments will be served.
The documentary, produced by preeminent filmmaker Ken Burns, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer" by Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. The three-part film will air on PBS March 30, 31 and April 1.
"The documentary examines cancer with a cellular biologist's precision, a historian's perspective and a biographer's passion. The series weaves…a historical documentary, an engrossing and intimate vérité film, and a scientific and investigative report. —PBS
Mercy Regional Health Center – advanced directives and palliative care
North Central Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging – caregiving and NCFHAAA services
Manhattan Homecare & Hospice
Riley County Health Department – cancer screening tests
KDHE's Early Detection Works – free breast and cervical cancer screening tests
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American Cancer Society – supportive programs for cancer survivors
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Education Minister Zach Churchill answers questions from The Weekly Press on report that will see school bards axed
ENFIELD: The Province of Nova Scotia is looking at healing a fractured education system by accepting all of the recommendations in the Glaze Report, including the axing of seven of the elected school boards and removal of the principal and vice principals from the union, the Education minister said.
In an interview with The Weekly Press on Feb. 13, Zach Churchill answered more than a handful of questions, some of which came from local teachers, regarding the Glaze Report and why the Liberals see it as an improvement to the education system in the province.
When asked if the government would pause their plan to implement 11 of the recommendations immediately, beginning when the legislature opens on Feb. 27, until the Inclusion Commission report comes at the end of March, Churchill said the two are not connected.
"We are committed to moving forward with the administrative changes," said Churchill. "We ran on an election promise to conduct a review of the admin system, and we've been provided with recommendations to improve it so we're committed to moving forward with it.
Churchill said government is looking forward to the Inclusion Commission report being submitted.
"It's really going to provide us with a blueprint to improve the model of inclusion in the province in many positive ways and ensure that we're doing a better job meeting the needs of a diverse student body," he said.
The MLA for Yarmouth was asked why he thinks getting rid of elected school boards, as was tried in B.C., N.B.,Alberta and Saskatchewan, could be successful here while elsewhere it wasn't and those provinces reversed their decision over a short time.
"What has been consistent across the country is having a model of education where there is independent authorities, and different educational systems being delivered from one end of the province to the other has created issues," said Churchill. "That's why other jurisdictions have had to ask tough questions around school boards, and have tried to make adjustments to improve the delivery of their education systems.
"Here, what Dr. Glaze has diagnosed is that the fractured nature of our system, having nine independent authorities, has resulted in our inability to adapt as quickly as we need to the changing needs of our students. It has resulted in a lack of coherence in terms of education delivery from one end of the province to the other.
"Our goal is to unify the system with common purpose and common focus on student success and achievement in school, and helping them be prepared to succeed outside of school."
When asked how he would ease teachers' concerns and fears that implementing the Glaze Report will leave the system in crisis and more chaotic then it was during work-to-rule, Churchill said level heads need to prevail.
"We have to maintain a sense of calm and order through this," he said. "People have to ensure they avail themselves of good information. It's incumbent about the education department to make sure accurate information is getting out to our teaching force and our principals.
"This is about empowering them and improving a system that we know isn't achieving the best results from an achievement standpoint, or the standpoint of our front-lines. We know that teachers are frustrated; principals are frustrated.
"We know that, and now is the time to make some changes to assist us in better delivering education to our kids."
He explained that paying the elected school board members until 2020 was something that made sense since they were unaware this was coming down the pipe.
"We think it's about fairness for these school board members," said Churchill. "They have, in some cases, put years into service. This is not a commentary on their work … it's a commentary on the system.
"These people put their names on the ballot and had the expectation they would be doing that work for four years, and they didn't anticipate at that time this particular policy change. This is about treating them with respect during this process and fairness."
Churchill talked about why principals and vice principals would not be allowed to form another union, but rather an association. He said that is to address the conflict of interest that is inherent in that relationship.
"We've heard from principals themselves what they really experienced, last year, where they were getting some directives that placed them in an uncomfortable position where they didn't think they could execute in all of their responsibilities that they had," he said. "No leader or principals in our schools should be put in that position."
He said the top two or three performing provinces in Canada have gone to where there is a separation between principals/vice-principals and their teachers union, and it is working quite well in those areas.
There are certain things that have to be done in restructuring the system with feedback from several groups that entails legislation, but upon implementation they have to do it in a way that presents the positive impact they want it to, Churchill said.
"Consultation with all of those groups (SACs, members of the African Nova Scotian and Mi'kmaw communities, and the NSTU) is absolutely key in terms of implementing this in a way that's going to be successful."
Churchill responded to the harsh comments the Glaze Report has received from teachers since it was released. Some of the comments included that it was "full of lies"; "spin doctoring"; "fake facts"; and "people weren't being fed the proper information."
"I think the Glaze Report speaks to a lot of the real issues that are in our education system," he said. "The fact we have a fractured system that hasn't evolved as quickly as it needs to. It speaks to the fact that teachers themselves have felt a loss of empowerment over their course materials in the classrooms, over curriculum, and what they have to teach.
"This is about unifying the system, empowering our frontlines, including our principals, to give them the autonomy to be instructional leaders and supervisors.
"I believe at the end of the day these recommendations will help us do a better job providing for our kids when they're in the education system."


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Mampintsha continues the PDA with 'ride or die' – Babes Wodumo
All appears to be finally well in the home of West Ink Boss, Mampintsha and his flame, Babes Wodumo, as they both continue on the charm offensive on social media.
The duo of Mamptinsha and Babes Wodumo dominated the trends recently with rumours of domestic violence, abuse and breakup.
While it does seem like they are back together for good in a place of peace and harmony; many continue to wonder if it was all a publicity stunt in the first place to promote their respective singles.
Around the same period, Babes Wodumo had dropped the song titled "Ka Dazz," while Mampintsha released "Impoko Mpoko." Both effort came without the usual trademark feature of the other.
However, both Mampintsha and Babes Wodumo have been flaunting their relationship and love across social media channels lately which he now looks to have continued.
Mampintsha shared several pictures of the duo together with different captions of a man smitten by the cupid bug.
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There's been a lot of media bickering about the new Cadillac commercial that debuted during the Winter Olympics. And while the debate has been predictably loud and polarized, it's actually worth thinking about if you're a boss, a business owner or in any kind of leadership role.
If you still haven't seen it, or heard cable-news folks shouting about it, the ad is basically a 30-second monologue on the virtues of American ingenuity and effort, delivered with playful intensity by actor Neil McDonough. Here it is:
Like a lot of things nowadays, the spot got instantly, almost comically politicized. Pundits on the left assailed it as a symbol of American greed; The Huffington Post's Carolyn Gregoire wrote that the ad glorifies "blind mania for working yourself into the ground." The right rose to Cadillac's defense; on Fox News, self-proclaimed "capitalist pig" Jonathan Hoenig hailed the ad as a "tremendous" celebration of "Americanism" and the pursuit of profit through hard work.
I think both sides are looking at it the wrong way. They both seem to assume that work is a necessary evil, a miserable sacrifice we all make in the name of paying the bills, getting ahead, and accumulating possessions.
In fact the happiest, most successful business people I know all work very hard — but none of them do it for the money. They don't see work as a sacrifice, and they don't keep toiling away in spite of how awful it is. The people who work hardest, at every level, are in my experience doing something they are passionate about, something that inspires them. They're doing something they love, in many cases because they believe it can make an important difference. And when you love what you do, why shouldn't you do it as much as you can?
And I'm not just talking about tech entrepreneurs building startups in Silicon Valley. Think about teachers, farmers, soldiers, clergy, volunteers, physicians and nurses—the list goes on. The professionals who are best at those jobs work very long hours, and not because they expect to get rich.
Loving what you do doesn't mean work is always fun. But it probably means you believe deeply in what you're doing. When I was 20, I spent the better part of a year living with an Amish community outside of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The Amish couldn't be less materialistic; they consider greed a fundamental moral failing. And yet I've never seen anybody work as hard as the Amish. I'm talking dawn-to-dusk hard labor. They do it without complaint because each person knows that his or her work — growing grain, raising livestock, providing goods, sewing clothes — is vital to the community. And it's all part of a social process they enjoy. They are in no rush to finish and they have a lot of fun along the way.
My point is not that we should all live like the Amish. I like cars (I drive a Chevy Volt, but I would love a Tesla). My point is that we need to stop associating hard work with baser instincts like greed and materialism.
It's an especially important point for business leaders: if you want people to give you their very best, in effort, ideas, creativity and everything, you must make sure they come to work every day knowing why their job matters, and believing that it's important.
I'm not talking about your management team. They're the easiest to motivate and the likeliest to be working for you because they've chosen to, because they buy into what you're doing.
I'm talking about every single person in your organization, from the CFO to the admin who answers the phone and orders the office supplies (and, by the way, is closest to your customers). How do you get somebody to love ordering new toner cartridges? By making sure they know that keeping the printer working is important to accomplishing your greater business goal, whatever that may be.
Every company has its vacation policies. Two weeks for new employees, four for those who've been around five years, and so on. That's necessary of course, but I'd argue that, if you're employees "work" 50 weeks a year with only two weeks off to enjoy themselves, you're offering them a pretty terrible experience.
You should stop worrying about how much time off you're giving them and stop trying to make sure they're striking some artificial "work-life balance." Instead, you should do everything in your power to make those 50 weeks as fulfilling as you possibly can. If you do that, vacation won't be an escape for them. It will be a chance to recharge, to let their creativity flow and get new ideas about problems they've been trying to solve. They'll be as excited about coming back to work as they were about taking time off.


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The Self-Empathy Rant
Marina Smerling
One of the dangers of taking on a practice with a name like "Nonviolent Communication" is that we may start to run an inner soundtrack that sounds something like, "You're supposed to be nice, Marina … all the time… to everybody…" dictators, mosquitoes, and scowling meter maids alike. "Be nice, don't get mad, keep it in, and everybody will be fine." "Nonviolent" can thus be heard as an order to "shut up," to censor, to hide.
Meanwhile, we often resent ourselves for being puny and quiet, or resent the other for being a big, bad jerk, or both, and nobody's heart gets seen in the process, which was, of course, the idea behind learning NVC in the first place.
Alright, so how do we get back to the heart, in a way that lets us be heard, for reals, without censorship, and without harming others?
Let ourselves have the "bad" feeling more. Let it move our bodies and our voices. Let ourselves scream it, shake it, dance it, jibberish it, and in the process, come back to our hearts. And when we find it, that place of tender longing in us, that place so long ignored that just wanted to be heard, lets cherish it, adore it, fall deeply in love with it, forgiving ourselves in the process for all the times we thought we were shameful for having needs, shameful for being alive, shameful for being human, shameful for wanting to be happy, wanting to thrive.
We're not bad. It may seem like a shock (so often it does to me), but really, NVC underscores the idea that we're human beings – with needs! Needs to be heard, to be understood, to be loved, to feel happy, to feel joy, to rest, to nourish and be nourished. Like precious flowers, sometimes decked out in big fancy armor, we just want to reach for the sun, and open to its light.
In the spirit of breaking the cycle of self-shaming and self-censorship, I invite you to try out the following:
Marina's Self-Empathy Chant
Step 1: Notice how you're feeling. And yell it! (Note, yelling can be done for reals out loud – highly recommended – or inside yourself.)
Example: I feel insecure! I feel insecure! I feel insecure!
Step 2: Notice what you're needing, connected to that feeling. Yell it! (Same instruction as above).
Example: I want acceptance! I want to belong! I want to love myself as I am!
Step 3: Let yourself love, adore, and cherish your needs, and yell it!
Example: I love acceptance! I love getting to belong! I love loving myself as I am!
Step 4: Very important, don't forget to unabashedly add a cheer – something along the lines of:
Yey yey yey! (Note, in the event this stimulates cheerleader trauma, one "yey" will suffice. Alternatively, "hell yeah" will work, too.)
Okay, let's put it all together, albeit with another example:
I feel exhausted! I feel exhausted! I feel exhausted!
I want to rest! I want to care for my body! I want to nourish my body!
I love getting to rest! I love caring for my body! I love nourishing my body!
Hell yeah!
One more, 'cuz this is so dang fun.
I feel pissed! I feel so pissed! I feel so friggin' pissed!
I want to be seen! I want to be known! I want to be loved!
I love being seen! I love being known! I love being loved!
Yey yey yey!
Try this out, will ya? And let me know how it goes! What happens in your body? And in your spirit? How does this contribute, or not, to your sense of freedom in responding to one of life's everyday challenges? I invite you to try it out, and share with me what you notice.
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From the Codelocks Blog:
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In this blog post, we take a look at some of the developments in progress and assess what impact they will have on the digital lock market.
Faster programming
Technology is significantly influencing the way in which access codes are programmed. For example, to change the access code on most mechanical locks, you have to remove the lock from the door. With an electronic lock you don't have to; the codes can be programmed via the keypad. It's now even possible to specify electronic digital locks to be programmed via a USB stick or similar device.
This allows the owner of single or multiple locks to download specific programs and access codes from software on a computer to the USB stick and upload them to the lock. If an estates or security manager is responsible for updating and controlling the access codes for tens or even hundreds of digital locks; like in a hospital for example, then this feature can save a significant amount of man hours and also make it much more likely the codes are changed on a regular basis.
All the access codes and programs can be viewed on the computer they were created, giving the manager clear visibility of how, where and when access permissions were set up and used.
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|<nettime> youtube/televisa vs 'fea y rebelde'.
august 9: we receive a letter from youtube informing us, episode 4 of 'adry la fea' has been deleted because of alleged 'copyright infringement' by televisa, something which was clearly an unfair attack to our freedom of expresion rights. we can only think this is happening because on this clip, an ex-employee of a televisa show tells some of his experiences during the visit of shakira to that particular show. but still to us this doesn't seem to be copyright infringement. august 15: we receive 6 new letters from youtbe indicating the same reason for deleting chapters 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of 'rebelde' (a telenovela about urban collectives of the zapatista 'other campaign', which has the same name of a telenovela by televisa, which for us was a way of showing there are different forms of rebellion). the last episode was also deleted, it went under the name: 'fea y rebelde: the end: shakira live in mexico city 2', and it was shot during a shakira concert in the mexico city zócalo, that is, it was a public concert in what is the main public square of the city. it's important to tell there are hundreds of clips of this same concert by shakira on youtube, which haven't been deleted. august 16: we receive 2 more letters by youtube stating the same reason to delete episodes 4 and 5 of rebelde. with this, the telenovela has completely disappeared from the internet, and specifically from youtube. we have no idea why. perhaps because televisa considers the word 'rebelde' to be of their property. august 17: without any notice the accounts of 'adry la fea' and 'rebelde' are deleted from youtube, and by this action the 6 remaining clips of 'adry la fea' disappear from the internet, leaving only 2 clips of the telenovela on youtube which were published on a different account: http://youtube.com/iichsabotage/ thanks for the support. http://possibleworlds.org -- deleted clips: adry la fea (capítulo 4): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8zLJbmB9OI rebelde (capítulo 1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QaN2nh85PQ rebelde (capítulo 2): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc2gN_b0HA4 rebelde (capítulo 3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY3rPOo8Oog rebelde (capítulo 6): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq5u_-fZuQc rebelde (capítulo 7).: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab_47Oz44bc fea y rebelde: the end (shakira live in mexico city part 2).: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AznRtpoqPM rebelde (capítulo 4): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjz4ucM8U2g rebelde (capítulo 5): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1QFf4qjNWk plus the accounts with 6 more clips: http://youtube.com/laotrafea/ http://youtube.com/otrarebelde/ # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: email@example.com and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: email@example.com


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River's Edge
I don't trust memory --- not really. My mind is a storehouse of wordless snapshots from childhood, pictures without context or captions, still frames of silent movies that seem so true but whose veracity cannot be counted upon.
I remember sitting in the back garden near a bush heavy with blooming lilacs, holding a white kitten in my lap, giggling with delight as the kitten extends a tiny sandpaper tongue and begins licking my hands. The picture is clear in my mind, but I do not trust it. Did I have a kitten? Father never mentioned it, and in the photographs of our garden in Alexander Platz there are no lilacs, only serviceable shrubs and rows of spiny rosebushes, blooming in season exactly as they were supposed to. I cannot imagine Father allowing anything as unruly and independent as lilacs to take root in his garden.
I remember, too, a day in the park, Father smiling and humming as he carries me in his arms. I feel the brass buttons of his dress uniform pressing circles into my chest as I snuggle close to him. Mama and I are in matching white linen dresses, her eyes bright and her face glowing with good health, her figure shapely, a bit plump even. Her hands soft and teasing, her fingernails pale pink ovals as she playfully slaps Father on the wrist in scolding response to a joke I don't understand but laugh at anyway. If I close my eyes, I can conjure the picture into being, but I do not trust it. Were we ever so happy? Was there a time, when we were as carefree as any other young family strolling in the park on a sunny afternoon? I suppose it is possible, but I can't quite bring myself to believe it. I may have imagined the whole thing.
But there is one childhood memory that I am certain of. I was very young, but I remember the day of my first piano lesson with utter clarity. I always loved to listen to Mother play. Sometimes I sat across from her, rapt and still, in a chair of tufted green velvet, watching her hands float above the keys, graceful and fluid as swimmers moving through clear water. Other times I would lie stomach- down on the floor, as close to the foot pedals as possible, to feel the notes rumble through every part of my body. Every day I spent hours listening to the music Mother made, but until that day, I never so much as touched the piano myself, not because anyone had said I mustn't, but because somewhere inside me lay a belief that Mother was a magical being and only her touch could make the heavy black box sing so beautifully.
Her cough was worse that day. Sitting in the green chair, I grew impatient as she stuttered through my special song, "Für Elise," starting and stopping to clear her throat. Finally her shoulders started convulsing, and she pushed the piano bench back and leaned down, coughing violently, her handkerchief held tight to her mouth. I jumped up from my chair and ran to her side, thumping her back with my little fists, trying to free her from the invisible obstruction, but my efforts seemed to make no difference.
"Mother!" I cried and thumped her back even harder than before. "Are you all right? Tell me what to do!" I begged.
She just shook her head silently and waved a hand to motion me back to the green chair, but I wouldn't leave her side. Finally the fit passed, and her shoulders dropped more evenly as she took in deep breaths of air, becoming herself again. She sat up and pulled the cloth away from her mouth to show a ragged circle of red, cruel and unseemly against the ladylike linen and convent-made lace of her handkerchief.
"Mother! You're bleeding!"
"No, darling," she murmured, folding the hankie quickly to hide the stains. "I'm fine. I was just coughing too hard, that's all. It brought up a little blood. Nothing to worry about, Elise."
"Are you all right?"
"Yes. I'm just a bit tired, that's all. Playing the piano is hard work, and I get tired more easily these days." She smiled so sweetly and reassuringly that I didn't think to ask her why that was. She chucked me under the chin playfully. "I can't always do all the work, you know. You've watched long enough, my love. It's time for you to start playing and me to start listening."
She walked slowly to a bookshelf, chose a couple of thick leather-bound volumes that she stacked on the piano bench, and perched me on top of them so I could reach the keyboard. Then she sat down next to me and let her hands hover over the keys. "Watch," she said and gave me my first piano lesson.
Completely bypassing nursery songs and scales, Mother began teaching me Beethoven's "Für Elise." She played through the entire composition. Urging me to watch her fingers carefully, she played through the first eight bars twice more, then told me to try.
Surely that first attempt was halting and punctuated with mistakes. After all, I couldn't have been more than four years old, but in my memory the music flows from my fingers unbidden, unerring, an untapped spring of music gushing from my fingertips, spilling into the room and quenching a thirst I'd never known I had.
Somehow I understood that it didn't matter if I never spoke again, because the piano would always be able to express what I felt more completely than words. Words, like memory, can't be trusted. You can never be sure that you've chosen the right ones or that they were heard correctly. Music isn't like that. It cannot ring false. Music doesn't try to describe the heart: it is the heart. It says exactly what it means. It cannot dissemble or be misunderstood.
This was a revelation as my fingers rocked rhythmically from ebony to ivory and back. I finished the phrase, beaming with the joy of my discovery and looked to Mother for approval and her acknowledgement that, like her, I, too, was a magical being. She rewarded me with a smile and a rare, delicious peal of laughter, silver and bright, a sound like pearls and new coins pouring a generous stream into my open palms. Her pale, delicate face was suddenly unlined and glowing --- mysteriously, there seemed to be more of her, as if a new layer of flesh had suddenly been added to her thin frame. She was the Mother of my memory again, pink and healthy and strolling through a park where every day was happy and gilded with promise.
I laughed too, giddy with my newfound power --- the power to banish sickness and age, the power to make Mother well again. I played through the phrase again without being asked. It was even easier than the first time. Mother laughed again, and I joined in, the sounds of our shared delight filling the dark corners of the room and making them light.
"That was beautiful, Liebling," she said in the soft, breathless voice I still hear in my dreams. "I was right. You could only be called Elise. When Herr Beethoven sat down to compose this, he surely had you in mind."
I believe in destiny, but not in fate. Maybe that sounds contradictory, but in my mind they are two completely different things.
Fate says that whatever happens is meant to be, and nothing you can do will change it. If I believed that, I'm not sure I'd be able to get myself out of bed in the morning. What would be the point? Destiny is different. It is a place. Once you arrive there, you understand that this is precisely what and who you were created to be. Fate is resignation and defeat. Destiny is peace and discovery. If you are lucky, sometimes you stumble upon clues to your destiny --- riddles that, after you have reached your destination, are suddenly so obvious you wonder why you didn't see the answer to begin with.
Before I was born, my parents agreed that if I was a boy I would be named Herman Braun, the name my father shared with the previous four generations of firstborn Brauns. There was not much thought given to the possibility of my being a girl. However, in the extremely unlikely case of such an embarrassing occurrence, my father declared I should be named Helga, after his own mother.
On the day of my birth, mother held me in her arms and, in a rare and surprising display of independence, insisted that my name was Elise. Father protested briefly but indulged my mother, chalking it up to female inconstancy. When his son followed, he would have to be firm, but why not let Mother have her way this time? I was, he reasoned, only a daughter. It was of little importance what I was named. Mother knew better.
Of course, destiny does not always leave a trail for us to follow. Sometimes, if you are fortunate, you stumble upon it by accident. I was born in Berlin in 1925, a link in the chain of an ancient Prussian military family that stretched back to the days of Frederick the Great. There was never any reason for me to suppose that my destiny lay in the tobacco country of the Connecticut River Valley, but it did. At the age of fourteen, the seemingly accidental tides of history carried me across the sea. I fought against the current, and yet, at the moment I stood on the edge of the valley and saw the ribbon of river at my feet, a great peace descended upon my heart. I understood my arrival in that spot was meant to be.
Someone once told me that the Connecticut River is the third most beautiful river in the world. I don't believe it. There cannot be any place more beautiful than this. Here, just outside Brightfield, Massachusetts, the river is generous, and paradise lies on both banks. It is like the Jordan that we must cross to enter into the bounds of heaven, except this crossing is unnecessary, for whichever side you rest on, you are already home.
The river moves slowly. There is no reason to hurry, and it seems even the fish linger a time before swimming downstream to the sea. The river valley is lovely in every season. In summer, the fields fed by the river are dressed in swathes of green velvet and fine white linen; the swaying leaves of the tobacco plants and the cotton tents that are erected to shade the growing plants protect the best of them from the harsh summer sun. In fall, the meadowlike intervales are brown and rich, their scent ancient and sure. In winter, snow blankets the landscape, stretching pristine white to the edge of the world, unspoiled and chaste, unblemished by human contact. In spring, the soil is soft and stoneless, so tender the blades of the plow cut through it like butter. So rich you might think planting almost an act of egotism --- as if you could toss the seeds in the air, come back a few weeks later, and find a jungle of green had sprung up. It's a cunning disguise, but I know the truth.
The ground is fertile and yielding, but tobacco is a fickle mistress. She requires coaxing and care and sometimes life blood before she'll give up her favors --- if she chooses to give them up at all. Still, if you come to the valley and it speaks to you, there is no other place for you on the face of the earth.
I had no more asked to come to the valley than the tobacco seeds had asked to be planted. Someone brought those seeds from the jungles of Sumatra, and against all odds they flourished in the river washed soil of a New England valley, just as I did. We'd both been brought from foreign shores and climates, transplanted exotics, moved by forces beyond ourselves, but once planted we took root and became as much a part of the landscape as the life-giving river that fed us both, that made us grow and thrive in a country that was ours not by birth but by destiny.
Excerpted from River's Edge © Copyright 2012 by Marie Bostwick. Reprinted with permission by Kensington Books. All rights reserved.
River's Edge
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Maria Menounos
Does anyone else think it's funny when a journalist has a better dress than most of the actresses?
I really liked this dress until she turned around.
Like quickly turned to {love}!
Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin
I wouldn't wear Tina's dress and probably wouldn't like it on anyone else, but she owns it.
Lily, 70, proved that you can look stylish while wearing something age appropriate.
Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Morris
Jennifer's dress is so pretty and original. It looked great on tv.
I don't normally like gold dresses, but this one rocks. The black belt completes the look.
Sofia Vergara, Wanda Sykes
I adore both of these women.
Sofia's dress is pretty, but I'm not sure I like the color on her.
Wanda looks fabulous. Work it, girl!


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Multiple Layer Checkboxes
In LibreWriter I want to create a multiple leveled checkbox. The default checkbox is thicked when activated and empty when not activated. I want to have an empty checkbox, when clicked on it it would be thicked, and when clicked on again it would have a cross mark "x" on it. Then it would turn empty when clicked on once again.
e.g. ☐ -> click on -> ☑ -> click on -> ☒ -> click on -> ☐
Is it possible to create something like this?
Thank you for the help.