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|I'd like to ask folks what experiences they've had with the intake manifold gaskets for the GM 3.1 & 3.4 engines. Three out of three of my vehicles of this type have exhibited the problem. Two new vehicles: a 3.1 was replaced once under warranty. It was subsequently traded in on another (3.4), which supposedly had the newly designed gaskets - this has so far required two replacements (!), and finally a van purchased used (3.4) has also required two replacements. It's annoying enough when under warranty, but when you have to pay for it it's not an inexpensive procedure ($750). When my 307 Olds V8 required this, I did it myself. If you have ever attempted to get under the hood of one of the vans - well I decided to forgo that pleasure. What success have people had with the newly designed gasket?
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|The new gaskets are fine. Just make sure you get them at a
dealer and follow the directions that come with the gasket.
After market gaskets, your asking for trouble.
|If they have not been replaced.........they need to be replaced. OEM first Fel-Pro fine though.
|I've had similar experience with Chevy's 2.8 L. V6 (similar in design to the 3.1 L V6) Had two of the 2.8 L engines. Intake manifolds leaked around 70,000 miles. The manifold bolts were not tight, just a little past finger tight. Something relaxes on these after assembly and with use. I attributed this to thermal cycling. Otherwise, these were fine little V6 s. One of the manifolds had an undected air leak leaning out cylinder no. 1 and damaged it causing shortened engine life. The other manifold dumped coolant onto the engine pan.
My advice is to re-torque the intake bolts after new gaskets have been installed, and the engine has been thermal cycled a few times, like a week's use. Use the manufacturer's recommended tightening pattern. On re-torquing, tighten only 1/4 turn at a time per bolt. You may have to go through the bolt pattern 5 or more times to complete the job.
|Sometimes O.E. isn't the way to go kalining. The aftermarket researched this failure, and there is a revised gasket that addresses this problem that was available in the aftermarket before it became the updated gasket you now see in the dealer.....
For those that may want to do this service yourself, make sure to use the revised torque specs, and you definately need to use thread locker to maintain torque on the bolts. Plus the most common error someone new to this engine makes is mixing up the pushrods. There are different length pushrods, and mixing them up will result in bent valves! So be carefull, or leave it to a pro.
|Had a 96 corsica and could not get after market gasket for the manifold.Had to go to the dealer. The car was too new. They had the new change up. Yes you need lock tite on the bolts. Some are as low as 10 lbs. ( 3.1 ). Unequal push rod lengths are usually on a roller cam, G.M. Ford is still almost normal. The 3.8 anyway.
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|send me anything you got about changing intake manifold gasket on 3.1 litre gm engine please.
|"Sometimes O.E. isn't the way to go..."
Ditto! This is one of the rare examples where aftermarket quality usually is superior to O.E.
BTW, ain't GM's Dexcool grand? I hate that stuff although if your vehicle originally came with it (96 and newer GMs), I strongly suggest AGAINST switching to the conventional type (green) coolant/antifreeze. Not to get into a chemistry lesson here, but it will do more damage than good.
|Hey Guys: I have Dexcool A/F in my 96 Riviera and 03 Malibu. I didn't know there was a problem with the stuff until I read the latest thread. Whats the issue with this coolant and is there anything a guy can do do remedy it? My Riviera has been pretty well trouble free since I bought it new 10 years ago and I'd like to keep it another 10 years. What can I do to minimize the problem that is still unknown to me? Also: On the manifild issue: I have the 3.1 in my 03 Malibu which has been trouble free until a stall problem occurred last week. Should I have the manifold bolts retorqued to help prevent the gasket problems mentioned on this thread? Is the problem still present in the newer Malibu's?
Thanks a lot.
|Bucky, IMO, the best thing you can do is to keep the coolant at maximum full level at all times. It has been my experience that when Dexcool gets low and mixes with air for an extended period of time, it becomes really nasty and gunky. Also, although the extended coolants are suppose to go 100,000+ miles, I think you would be best served to flush and refill the system a little more frequently than that.
Some of the intake manifold bolts are easier to access than others. I do not advise retorquing retorquing the easy bolts and not the others as this may actually put more uneven pressure on the gasket and potentially cause a leak. I do not see any benefits in spending the time and/or money to simply retorque the intake manifold bolts because of accessability issues. Once you get to them you might as well take the few additional steps (removing valve covers, rocker arms, pushrods, intake, etc.) and go ahead and replace the gaskets.
|semper fi: Thanks for the reply. What you advise on the bolt torque ? make sense. Also: I have learned that part of the dexcool sludging problem has been caused by bad or loose coolant reservior or rad caps. Apparently the original GM coolant caps are failure prone so its recommended to check them periodically or replace with oem part. Bad caps let air into the system which as you say in an enemy to dexcool. I just checked both of my GM dexcooled vehicles and all seems to be okay. Coolant is red and clear with no sludge noticeable or no buildup on the coolant caps. I intend to flush and replace coolant at 50 thou miles. Thanks again for the wisdom and advise on this subject. Bucky
- Posted by bruce(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSun, Apr 3, 11 at 12:32
|has anyone used thermo gasket?how well does it work?
- Posted by joaquin(email@example.com) onWed, Jun 22, 11 at 5:45
|Don't forget to bleed the air from the cooling system after filling. It is located on top of the water pump housing. And flush the cooling system with distilled water only. Tap will also cause it start to gunk up too. And be sure the cooling fans work. Relays and fuses are not always the issue. Mine had an open circut to the pcm and caused the cooling fans not to work and started to overheat and cause the intake manifold problem. Those gaskets are like rubber bands and are sensitive to the overheat problem. Dex cool works great. I use it on all my diesels and helps last the engines longer. Cat antifreeze is the pretty close to dex cool.
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1. Insert the pole. Choose a large pot made of terra-cotta or plastic, or any other circular container that has a drainage hole in the bottom center. Pay attention to size; make sure that the pot is large enough to accommodate the circular metal-support grid. Because the topiary system is available in a variety of sizes, match the scale to the height and width of the pot. Once the pot is selected, insert the pole in the center.
2. Slide on the support grid. The support grid anchors the pole in place and holds the upper basket steady. Slide it down the pole and into the pot (it should fit snugly), bending the bottom wires inward if necessary.
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A Bureau of Reclamation water project continues to threaten one of Colorado's last free-flowing rivers. The long-suffering Animas-LaPlata water project would deplete 57,000 acre-feet of water each year from the Animas River. This is enough water to meet the needs of over 200,000 people, or more than four times the current population of Durango and La Plata County.
Although it is couched as an Indian water project necessary to meet the treaty obligations to the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribes, very little of the water is actually intended for use on the reservations. Responding to criticism that there existed no identifiable need for the project water, the Bureau of Reclamation's latest Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) concocts a number of far-fetched "non-binding" alternatives.
The Animas-LaPlata project was originally conceived as an agricultural water project. The agricultural water has been eliminated, and the project is now almost entirely intended to provide municipal and industrial water. The only problem is, there's no rationale use for all this water. The DSEIS suggests non-binding uses for the two Ute tribes' 39,525 acre-feet water allocation. These include:
• a coal-fired power plant at the New Mexico state line
• a coal mine
• three golf courses and resorts
• a dude ranch
• unspecified municipal uses for Durango and surrounding towns.
In short, the Animas-LaPlata project has become a massive exercise in water speculation, shrouded in the guise of meeting Indian water rights. According to the DSEIS, fully 64% of the project's water is intended for non-Indian users. What began as a massively subsidized agricultural water project has turned into a massively subsidized municipal water development scheme.
As presently configured, the preferred alternative involves pumping water 500-feet uphill in perpetuity to fill a reservoir in Ridges Basin. The water will then be let out to run back downhill into the river for delivery to New Mexico and other downstream users.
Citizens have proposed a reasonable, cheaper alternative. The Citizens Alternative suggests providing equivalent funds to the two tribes so they can buy land and water on the open market from willing sellers. This serves the twin goals of acquiring real, wet water for the tribes plus allows the Southern Ute tribe to fill in their reservation's checkerboard land ownership pattern of intermixed private and tribal land.
What You Can Do: Please make comments to the Bureau of Reclamation by April 17, 2000 with the following points. Or simply mail the clip-out form below to Bureau of Reclamation, 815 East Second Ave., Suite 300, Durango, CO 81301 or e-mail email@example.com.
Mr. Pat Schumacher
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I oppose the DSEIS's preferred alternative for the Animas-LaPlata project which includes a large reservoir in Ridges Basin and pumping plant. Instead, I urge you to adopt Alternative 6, the Animas River Citizen's Coalition Alternative, for the following reasons:
-- The DSEIS for the Animas-LaPlata Project is woefully inadequate and does not meet the basic requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act to provide sufficient factual information to allow the public and decision-makers to make an informed decision among alternatives;
-- None of the suggested future uses for A-LP water justifies the enormous cost and environmental damage A-LP will cause the Animas River;
-- The DSEIS mischaracterizes the non-structural alternatives, discounting them because they provide only Indian water and do not subsidize municipal and industrial needs in Durango and other towns;
-- Most (70%) of the Indian water needs identified for A-LP supply power plants and coal mines, with another 16% supplying golf courses and resorts;
-- The proposed Ridges Basin Reservoir would displace up to 800 elk and deer, and threatened endangered native fish species and bald eagles;
-- U.S. and Colorado taxpayers will pay $330 million for the proposed A-LP project, while cheaper and less destructive alternatives meet Indian water rights obligations.
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B. The membership was unable to vote to adopt the September 15, 2010 meeting minutes due to the lack of a quorum. This item of business was tabled until the November 10th meeting.
C. Motorcycle Gang Presentation – DuPage County State's Attorney's Office Investigator Jim Duffy
Investigator Duffy spoke to the IGTTF membership on the relationship of gun violence and motorcycle gangs. Investigator Duffy indicated most motorcycle gangs run under the law enforcement radar until a violent incident occurs. Most police officers feel the motorcycle gang members are harmless and simply hold meetings and drink beer. Investigator Duffy brought information related to several incidents of violence and gun arrests involving different motorcycle gangs in Illinois. Investigator Duffy encouraged the membership to remember the motorcycle gang piece when considering the task force recommendations report. State's Attorney Birkett asked Investigator Duffy's opinion on the possible proposal of including the offense of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon in
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I remember when every post on this blog detailed another sign that the housing market was suffering through a deep decline. That's changed. Now it seems as if every post is covering new evidence that the U.S. housing market is firmly in recovery mode.
The latest bit of evidence comes courtesy of an Associated Press story that ran recently in the Chicago Sun-Times. According to the story, U.S. pending home sales have risen to their highest point since 2010.
The Pending Home Sales Index is an important one. It charts the number of U.S. residents who have signed contracts to purchase homes. Because of this, it's the top indicator of future real estate activity.
When pending home sales are on the rise, it indicates that the sales of existing homes will continue to rise, too, in the near future.
According to the National Association of REALTORS®, its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales shot up 4.5% in January to 105.9. That 105.9 figure isn't that important. What is important is that the figure is the highest that the Pending Home Sales Index has been since April of 2010.
Of course, the pending home sales news, while positive, is not a sign that the housing market has fully recovered, especially not in the Chicago area. Yes, sales of Chicago condominiums and single-family homes are up. But sale prices are still far below where they stood during the height of the housing boom in 2005-2007.
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This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.2 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the lighttpd server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.
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I'm using an OpenSUSE 11.2 server with the IP address 192.168.0.100 here.
2 Installing WebDAV
You can install lighttpd (if it's not already installed) (including the lighttpd WebDAV module) and the apache2-utils package (which contains the tool htpasswd2 which we will need later on to generate a password file for the WebDAV share) as follows:
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Then we create the system startup links for lighttpd (so that lighttpd starts automatically whenever the system boots) and start it:
chkconfig --add lighttpd
Next, we open /etc/lighttpd/modules.conf and enable/add the modules mod_alias, mod_webdav, and mod_auth in the server.modules stanza (it is important that mod_webdav is listed before mod_auth!):
vi /etc/lighttpd/modules.conf
(Please don't uncomment the line include "conf.d/webdav.conf" in /etc/lighttpd/modules.conf because /etc/lighttpd/conf.d/webdav.conf would enable WebDAV for all vhosts - I want to show how to enable it on a per-vhost basis in this tutorial instead.)
Restart lighttpd afterwards:
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
3 Creating A Virtual Host
I will now create a lighttpd vhost (www.example.com) in the directory /srv/www/web1/web. If you already have a vhost for which you'd like to enable WebDAV, you must adjust this tutorial to your situation.
First, we create the directory /srv/www/web1/web and make the lighttpd user and group (lighttpd) the owner of that directory:
mkdir -p /srv/www/web1/web
Then we open /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and add the following vhost to the end of the file:
vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Afterwards we restart lighttpd:
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
4 Configure The Virtual Host For WebDAV
Now we create the WebDAV password file /srv/www/web1/passwd.dav with the user test (the -c switch creates the file if it does not exist):
htpasswd2 -c /srv/www/web1/passwd.dav test
You will be asked to type in a password for the user test.
(Please don't use the -c switch if /srv/www/web1/passwd.dav is already existing because this will recreate the file from scratch, meaning you lose all users in that file!)
Now we change the permissions of the /srv/www/web1/passwd.dav file so that only root and the members of the lighttpd group can access it:
chown root:lighttpd /srv/www/web1/passwd.dav
Now we modify our vhost in /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf so that it looks as follows:
vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
The alias.url directive makes (together with $HTTP["url"] =~ "^/webdav($|/)") that when you call /webdav, WebDAV is invoked, but you can still access the whole document root of the vhost. All other URLs of that vhost are still "normal" HTTP.
Restart lighttpd afterwards:
/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart
5 Testing WebDAV
We will now install cadaver, a command-line WebDAV client:
yast2 -i cadaver
To test if WebDAV works, type:
cadaver http://www.example.com/webdav/
You should be prompted for a user name. Type in test and then the password for the user test. If all goes well, you should be granted access which means WebDAV is working ok. Type quit to leave the WebDAV shell:
server1:~ # cadaver http://www.example.com/webdav/
6 Configure A Windows XP Client To Connect To The WebDAV Share
This is described on http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-webdav-with-apache2-on-debian-etch-p2.
Please specify the port in the WebDAV URL, e.g. http://www.example.com:80/webdav. For some strange reason this makes Windows XP accept the normal username (e.g. test) - otherwise Windows XP expects NTLM usernames (that would have the form www.example.com\test).
7 Configure A Linux Client (GNOME) To Connect To The WebDAV Share
This is described on http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-webdav-with-apache2-on-debian-etch-p3.
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suffering lot and mankind as a whole by composing many a poem like this......kudos my dear (Report) Reply
John McCrae
The Hope Of My Heart
"Delicta juventutis et ignorantius ejus, quoesumus ne memineris, Domine."
I left, to earth, a little maiden fair,
With locks of gold, and eyes that shamed the light;
I prayed that God might have her in His care
And sight.
Earth's love was false; her voice, a siren's song;
(Sweet mother-earth was but a lying name)
The path she showed was but the path of wrong
And shame.
"Cast her not out!" I cry. God's kind words come --
"Her future is with Me, as was her past;
It shall be My good will to bring her home
At last."
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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak (8/30/2014 5:44:00 AM)
Profound and so touching.....being a doctor he had served humanity and as a poet he shows his insight for the
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Angelina Sabia (5/14/2012 6:40:00 PM)
This poem is amazing! I love how the words flow. Check out my peom The Bully I think you might like it. (Report) Reply
Terence George Craddock (5/15/2010 1:29:00 AM)
The Hope Of My Heart by John McCrae is a poem which reflects social reality and I believe McCraes's heartfelt hope, that children who suffer an unfortunate life on this earth, will attain a promised heavenly hope. McCrae realizes that despite the best efforts and goodwill of dedicated individuals, the lives of many children will never be happy or prosperous. The poem is a metaphor about life and the fate of many destitute unfortunate and ill children.
McCrae never married, but worked as a physician in many hospitals and in private practice. This poem incorporates the fate of many children into the image of one beautiful 'little maiden fair, /With locks of gold, and eyes that shamed the light; ' who has been 'left, to earth, ' orphaned abandoned ill or in inappropriate guardianship. McCrae completed his medical residency at a children's convalescent home and later worked as a pathologist in a Foundling and Baby Hospital, before studying Infectious Diseases.
In stanza one, McCrae prays to God to keep 'her in His care /And sight.' This is a prayer for all the suffering children McCrae works with and cares so much for. Stanza two is accurate social reality, '(Sweet mother-earth was but a lying name) '. This personification of earth is false, mother-nature is cruel, 'her voice, (is) a siren's song; ' calling many ill children McCrae has as patients to their death. 'The path she (mother-earth) showed was but the path of wrong /And shame', is a comment about social injustice, cruelty, exploitation and irresponsibility.
In stanza three McCrae cries to God 'Cast her not out! ' and God kindly answers his prayers telling him, that her future past and eternity is with him. McCrae ends his poem with this absolutely beautiful affirmation of faith
'Her future is with Me, as was her past;
It shall be My good will to bring her home
At last.' (Report) Reply
Jo Bobenhouse Smith (5/14/2010 4:36:00 PM)
sadly, i can only guess at the first line.
This poem gains strength with each successive reading. If it was in a book my fingers would probably soothe it. (Report) Reply
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I liked it all, from the tittle to the point. Got it`s class (Report) Reply
Valerian Lemos (5/14/2010 12:51:00 PM)
One can imagine the intense grief felt by the poet who has to leave his beloved daughter in the 'care' of his worldly 'caretakers' who sometimes turn out to be extortionists, rapists, dowry-demanders, and what not. Let us hope that the love of his heart blossoms like a lotus amidst the serene waters of an isolated, shallow pond, away from the prying eyes of all. (Report) Reply
Kevin Straw (5/14/2010 4:42:00 AM)
He did not do well to leave a maid to the attentions of the world. He should have ensured in his life that she had a trusted guardian when he died. This was written at a time when orphans (I presume she was his child) had a hard time of it from a nominally Christian society. The promise of Heaven is a poor exchange for such a life as this poor girl led. (Report) Reply
Ramesh T A (5/14/2010 3:09:00 AM)
Everyone is under the care of God! When this so even our loved ones will be taken care of by God though we leave the Earth one day or other! The message is clear! (Report) Reply
Chatara Conway (5/14/2009 12:44:00 PM)
I think this is a thoughtful poem, and I hope you continue to write.
Thanks for sharing! (Report) Reply
Fallon Young (5/14/2009 5:42:00 AM)
i enjoyed this read, and look forward to reading of your work.
Blessed be,
Fallon (Report) Reply
Joseph Poewhit (5/14/2009 3:01:00 AM)
Sort of like the baby bird leaving the nest. Falling and not flying right. I guess more worms and time of maturation is expressed, with the sibling love of the parent bird. (Report) Reply
Michael Pruchnicki (5/14/2008 3:21:00 PM)
The speaker left his daughter, a little maiden fair, to Earth's tender
care, and she was in time corrupted by earthly pleasures and
temptations! At least that's how I understand McCrae's nightmare
of a poem about the deep-seated fears every father has about the
innocent child he leaves to the ways of the world. It puts me in mind
of a poem by Weldon Kees entitled 'To My Daughter, ' where one's
expectations are dashed in the course of 14 lines!
Praying to the good Lord for help in raising children may not avail,
McCrae asserts. One can only hope her soul returns to its creator. (Report) Reply
Kristin Davis (5/14/2006 10:40:00 PM)
Very nice and invigorating! You did a good job! (Report) Reply
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Verizon's request to the New York Public Service Commission and FCC has become a flash point in the debate over whether regulators should allow telecommunications providers to permanently stop selling what is known as POTS--Plain Old Telephone Service--and start offering their customers internet protocol-based equivalents or, in some cases, home wireless services.
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The United States Department of Education is speeding up stimulus package spending for education. The department this week announced that it's releasing $11.37 billion to states about a month earlier than planned, with funds targeting Title I, IDEA, and Vocational Rehabilitation.
The funds represent the remaining 50 percent of Title I, IDEA, and Vocational Rehabilitation funds allocated through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the first half of which began rolling out back in April.
In a statement released this week, Vice President Joe Biden said, "The President and I directed the Cabinet to find ways to pick up the pace of Recovery Act implementation, and I applaud this critical step forward by the Department of Education. With over 30,000 Recovery Act projects already approved nationwide and billions in relief flowing to hard-hit families and businesses, we've made a lot of progress in a short time--but we continue to focus every day on finding ways to ramp up our efforts to put Americans back to work and rebuild our economy."
"After accelerating the release of $2.7 billion in Government Services funds earlier this month, we are now announcing another $11.37 billion in Title I, IDEA and VR funds that will be released early to help states and districts expedite stimulus spending," said Arne Duncan, secretary of education, also in a prepared statement. "At the Department, we are doing everything possible to prevent spending decisions from being made in silos and we encourage states and districts to do the same."
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The new Trunki Toy Box - A review!
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RENSSELAER, N.Y. -- Law firm Tully Rinckey helps a local Air Force staff sergeant support her cause of raising awareness of sexual assault in the military.
Greg Rinckey presented Troy native Colleen Bushnell with a check for $250 Wednesday.
The money will help fund Bushnell's "Long Road Home" project.
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Bushnell served for nine years in the Air Force before retiring in 2006. She was subjected to sexual assault while serving and has been telling her story in an effort to expose what she calls the hidden problem within the ranks.
"Men and women are both victims of sexual assault in the military, although a higher percentage among women. The numbers are strikingly close. Over a third of assaults in the military happen to men."
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Substitute Haris Seferovic (pictured) finished off a breath taking box-to-box counter-attack in stoppage time to give Switzerland a thrilling 2-1 win over Ecuador in their World Cup Group E opener on Sunday.
A brilliant block tackle by Valon Behrami in his own area instigated the break, which was allowed to continue by an excellent decision from Uzbek referee Ravshan Irmatov after the midfielder was body-checked.
The move continued with Ricardo Rodriguez crossing for Seferovic to finish in the 93rd minute, sending the Swiss fans into raptures and deflating the South Americans, who had played their part in another World Cup attack-fest - albeit lacking the quality seen in earlier matches.
"It was a dream end to the game for us and is very important for the morale of the team," Swiss coach Ottmar Hitzfeld told reporters.
"It will give us some extra strength for the next two matches," he added, looking ahead to clashes with France and Honduras.
The Swiss had promised more attacking endeavour with an exciting young side after dour, defensive displays in their last two World Cups, but it was the South Americans who struck first in the 22nd minute after pre-match concerns about the Europeans' soft centre proved founded.
Ecuador striker Enner Valencia easily stepped away from Johan Djourou to meet Walter Ayovi's free kick from the right and Swiss goalkeeper Diego Benaglio was stuck on his line as the ball fizzed into his six-yard box.
The Swiss, who beat Spain in their opening match in South Africa four years ago but failed to reach the knockout stages, thought they had taken the lead when Josip Drmic poked home from close range with 20 minutes left but the strike was wrongly ruled out for offside.
Undeterred, both sides continued to go toe to toe like heavyweight boxers and Ecuador substitute Michael Arroyo almost snatched the lead with an 86th-minute deflected free kick that unconvincing Swiss goalkeeper Diego Benaglio did well to palm away.


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For the past three or four weeks, I've taken either a Saturday or Sunday morning to drive downtown to have breakfast and work on editing my novel in a large coffee shop/cafe for two or three hours first thing in the morning. I'm really enjoying it – the cafe is beautiful, the music they play is perfect, and I'm always able to find an out-of-the-way booth with a power outlet (not pictured). This cafe is two stories with a balcony, a bunch of couches and easy chairs, etc., and the food is awesome.
I don't know what this says about "balance", and it's not like I don't write/edit on other days of the week from home, but this is a routine I hope I can keep up indefinitely; it's an inspiring environment and I love going out to breakfast. :) Just thought I'd share. You're welcome to come hang with me. ;)
I've noticed lately that I'm either consumed by my writing to the detriment of reading and learning, or I'm consumed by my reading to the detriment of my writing. I don't suppose there's any harm in alternating focus, but I desperately want to be disciplined about writing going forward, so essentially, I want to do both with some balance.
In 2010 I'm going to make it a point to keep track of the books I read and buy. Also, for fun, I joined LibraryThing.com in case you want to look me up there under the same username. :)
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