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In spring, I see this invasive beauty everywhere. I have been wanting to grow a vine simply for the fragrance I hear it has. The thing is, I don't want to go out of my way to make room for a plant that is hard to keep in control and turn out not to like the fragrance I planted it for.
So I guess what I want to know is what the fragrance of it evokes in those of you who grow it. (I have heard it is like honey.) Also, which is more fragrant-- the Chinese (sinensis) or the Japanese (floribunda)? I appreciate all feedback. |
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How do you define a scent? You ask what it evokes? Well it is a highlight of my walk to work for a brief moment in June. Wisterias over here are generally kept well pruned and are often grown up houses for shelter and reflected warmth. It doesn't become invasive since it requires warm weather to set seed and it often fails to do so in our climate. The advice given is to always buy a named variety and to preferably see it in bloom before buying as seedlings are sometimes sold which will take years to bloom and then may be of inferior quality. The link shows the wisteria I pass every morning on my way to work (this is not my blog and I don't know the people personally). It is growing out of stone paving in the basement area of the house. The root is like a tree trunk and it must be at least 100 years old if not more (The house itself is ca 250 years old.) On a June evening I have been known to drag DH across town just to visit this plant. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Wisteria
- Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on Fri, Feb 19, 10 at 9:12
Hard to define a scent. But it is very nice, IMO. Similar to freesia. Not as strong as a gardenia. After it has bloomed prune it back like you would a rose bush. Be sure to cut off the ends of tendrils as they grow. My SIL had one is LA like the picture linked. She said she kept it cut back as needed, but only pruned hard after it bloomed. |
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- Posted by nckvilledudes 7a NC (My Page) on Fri, Feb 19, 10 at 9:27
Agree that it is a very nice fragrance but difficult to describe. It is a fragrance that I associate with my grandmother's house as she had several plants that she kept trained into shrubs. It just required judicious pruning to keep it in bounds. As far as its invasiveness, Chinese wisteria tends to be the invasive one and in my experience it is not from the seeds developing but from it shooting up runners several feet out from the main plant. Having it planted in the lawn allows you to control those shoots as you mow the yard. There are several species of wisteria that tend to be better mannered in the garden and Dan Long at Brushwood Nursery sells quite a few. You might want to contact him and ask him which variety might be best for you and your situation. He might be better suited to telling you what the different varieties smell like to him, being surrounded by the ones he sells. |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Fri, Feb 19, 10 at 12:29
I on the other hand (Lol! Always contrary) HATE the smell of wisteria. My relative has an ancient wisteria growing on an arbor near their house. It is acrid scent to me-- highly unpleasant. Maybe it would be a good idea to take a whiff of one in bloom before buying any, since you are wondering about the scent anyway. Better than than being stuck with something you don't like! |
- Posted by blueberryhills 7 NW AL (My Page) on Fri, Feb 19, 10 at 22:08
mmmmmm... just the thought of the intoxicating sweetness of wisteria makes me all the more impatient for spring blooms. I would compare it to the fragrance of hyacinths I'll agree that they are a commitment - once they get established they're the devil to get rid of. My Mom had one she planted too close to the edge of the retaining wall for the carport. It got so big it was making cracks in the concrete block - Daddy finally had to pull it up by the roots with the tractor. LOL! |
- Posted by clematisintegrifolia Santa Monica, CA (My Page) on Sat, Feb 20, 10 at 3:35
Love Wisteria flowers. Not a fan of the smell. It is OK in small doses but it that sort of overwhelming heady scent like Lilacs or peonies that give me a headache if I partake too much. |
I suspect temperature may impact scent a lot. Mine is in peak bloom the May long weekend. The scent is pleasant but you have to be close to it to smell it, in part I suspect because the lilacs are still in bloom and their scent overwhelms that of the wisteria. I planted a Japanese one a couple of years ago but it hasn't bloomed yet so I don't know if it is scented. Both of them are planted out in the open to make pruning access easier and both are grown as 'trees' (more like big shrubs) It took five years for the Chinese one to bloom for the first time, partly because of flowerbuds getting killed by late frost. Last year it put on a spectacular show but I fear our weird winter (virtually no snow cover) may not bode well; if the strange weather continues into spring and the cold catches up to us at the wrong time... |
For what it's worth, I live in the historic district of my town where the houses are closely situated. I say that because my next door neighbor has a huge wisteria that is quite close to my front door (about 8 feet?). I don't remember the fragrance at all. So, it certainly wasn't objectionable to me. Now that you've raised the question, I'm sure I'll be smelling it when it blooms this year! I've read that American Wisteria stinks. |
- Posted by clematisintegrifolia Santa Monica, CA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 22, 10 at 0:54
Never noticed a fragrance on Wisteria frutescens but it does stink in that isn't nearly as nice as the Asian species. |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Mon, Feb 22, 10 at 11:06
smells like heaven... sort of a mix of lavender & clean laundry & honey, & it's intense. |
- Posted by darstar0301 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 22, 10 at 14:31
First, the answer to your question, "what does wisteria smell like?" To me there is nothing like the smell of wisteria. You have to stop and smell it. It's like a very sweet perfume that one could never get tired of. I am biased though, this smell brings me to a very fond memory as a child. My grandmother, who has passed away many years ago, grew a wisteria near her house. It was in the shape of a small tree. My favorite cousin and I had just finished hunting easter eggs and wanted to enjoy our prizes (the boiled eggs!). So we sat ourselves down underneath the gorgeously blooming wisteria, but little did we know that the bees loved it too. We ran away screaming because there were so many. Now as a professional horticulturalist I will not plant chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) because it is highly invasive. I am in zone 8 myself. At my school there was a Natural Resource Conservation department and they spoke of the problems this plant caused to the natural areas. It is irresponsible to plant it if you know the damage it causes. There are alternatives though. The two most popular are Summer Wisteria (Milletia reticulata) and Amethyst Falls Wisteria (Wister frutescens). The summer wisteria is very very stinky. I was waiting on a customer one day at a nursery I worked for and one was near in full bloom. I thought it was the customer's breath! I felt so bad when I realized the smell was still in that area later. The Amethyst Falls, which is in the same genus has a similar fragrance, but somewhat different bloom, but still very beautiful (I will be planting this one myself). The gardens at the campus I went to grows it. I hope this helps. The wisteria at my grandmother's, even though my grandfather passed a few years ago and the land has been sold, it is still there and blooms every year. |
- Posted by floweryearth 8a NW GA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 22, 10 at 19:48
Thank you all for your replies. I have smelled the native one (frutescens)at my neighbor's house and at HD, and completely agree that it stinks. I found it interesting that flora said it does not commonly set seed in the UK b/c of its cool climate. LUCKY YOU! I have a weeping cherry that got borers last year and I never got around to treating it. For this reason, I thought it would die this year and I might replace it with a tree-pruned wisteria. As much as I want to smell it, I feel a little uneasy planting it because like darstar is a professional horticulturist, I was going to school for the same thing. I know I was taught many of the same things she was, so I can't plant it with a clean conscious. But you know, I always see the invasive sinensis, but never the more beautiful floribunda (with much longer clusters). Do any of you know if the latter is less invasive? Is it close in scent to the former? If so I may give it a try. Thanks in advance, Arthur |
- Posted by todancewithwolves Z9 CA (My Page) on Mon, Feb 22, 10 at 20:47
flora_uk: I love seeing your pictures and links. They make my day. I swoon over Wisteria despite it being invasive. Reminds me of a chandler of flowers. |
- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Tue, Feb 23, 10 at 21:31
I don't know what it smells like, but I ran across these photos today that took my breath away. Renee |
Here is a link that might be useful: Amazing Wisteria Photos
- Posted by nckvilledudes 7a NC (My Page) on Wed, Feb 24, 10 at 6:24
Gorgeous pictures hosenemesis. |
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On the celebration of the Immaculate Conception on December 7th, the novices of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) and Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará (SSVM) were invested with the religious habit during Holy Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Nine novices of the Institute of the Incarnate Word and fourteen novices of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará received the habit and 400 people, including more than 100 religious from various IVE and SSVM communities, attended the Holy Mass to celebrate the Solemnity and investiture.
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C. presided at the Mass with Father Gustavo Nieto, Provincial Superior of the IVE Province of the Immaculate Conception concelebrating alongside twenty other priests from the IVE and across the United States.
Investiture signifies an intensified stage of religious formation for the novices of both houses. To wear the religious habit is to be marked as a religious - upon their shoulders falls the dignity of upholding two millennia of Church history. For the sisters of the SSVM, reception of the habit also meant the reception of a new name "to be hidden from the world" and united with Christ and His Blessed Mother. The novices had already been living the religious life for a period before reception of the habit, a period known as postulancy, which typically varies in length between 3 months and 1 year. The novitiate proper, once begun will canonically last one, 365-day year, after which the IVE novices move to the Fulton Sheen House of Formation and the SSVM novices transfer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Juniorate to continue their formation.
The rector and minor seminarians of the IVE Blessed José Sanchez Del Río High School Seminary drove from Mankato, MN for the investiture. The investiture of the novices this year marks the first reception of the habit by a novice who graduated from the high school seminary, founded in 2008.
After the Holy Mass, the newly invested novices were joined by friends, family, and benefactors of the Institute for a reception. As is traditional for IVE events, after the lunch reception, the IVE and SSVM celebrated with a fogón, in which there were various musical (at least in intention!) performances. The IVE and SSVM houses of formation both performed, as did the band from the Blessed José Sanchez Del Río High School Seminary and their competitors, the SSVM Aspirancy's own band and choir. In addition, there were vocal performances from among the family and friends of those who attended.
As we conclude this account, we ask that Mary, Immaculate in Her Conception, Holy in Her Assumption protect these new novices with Her mantle, guarding them and bringing them ever closer to the Sacred Heart of Her Son.
Immaculate Mary, pray for us!
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This year the Melancholy Dane is played with ferocious wit by Christopher Evan Welch. In a truly interesting take on the role, Welch zeroes in on the madness thing: Is the suffering prince really just pretending to be nuts, or has he dived off the deep end and moved from eccentric to clinical? But because Welch has to battle the acoustics at the Ripoff, even his complex interpretation becomes declamatory at certain points. Welch is the only performer in the play who can be clearly understood through the entire show; every little gust of wind carries away the voices of all the other actors. And even when the wind dies down, everybody has to shout to be heard.
It's hard to convey layers of feeling under such circumstances, and Welch has to resort to an interesting bag of physical tricks (his backward crab walk is fairly funny). The trouble is, after a while all those mannerisms look tricky. It becomes harder and harder to feel anything at all for the petulant Hamlet or for his dilemma (i.e., why does he hesitate to bump off Claudius, who murdered Hamlet's father and married his mother?).
Sarah Hartmann has the necessary powers of projection to make Gertrude practically the only other fully audible character in the show. Hartmann has plenty of personal magnetism, but not even she can muster the lung power to make the layers show in her character. As a result, Gertrude becomes tangential rather than central to the story. Florencia Lozana moves with grace as poor, beleaguered Ophelia, but she just can't make herself understood. Her mad scene fails to move us, because the Rippon swallows up all delicacy--she might be a terrific little actress, but it's impossible to tell. Mikel MacDonald (an Equity actor brought in to give the show class) as Claudius might be all right on a real stage. On the Rippon's, though, his performance is ramrod stiff and flat as stale seltzer. It looks like he's trying for icy deliberation; what we actually see is vacant indifference.
And acting isn't the only problem with this production. Director Patrick Kelly's approach is largely conventional, and there are simply no surprises beyond Welch himself--no little moments of epiphany when we are allowed glimpses of the sublime. Hamlet is the most famous work of art in the history of theater, and many of us have seen it a number of times. Yet the greatness of the work lies in the fact that there's always more to it--depending on the director's imagination and insight.
Christopher Selbie in the recent Compass Theatre production in Denver essentially reconceived the piece and made it dance with vitality. Even in the inadequate surroundings of the small Dorie Theater at the Denver Civic, with no scenery at all and only modest costumes, Selbie gave us a new understanding of the play. Truth in art has to arrive as news--as if we've never before heard the universal insights included in a play. That's what one should be able to expect from Hamlet.
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Although it's hard to believe that teenagers could be so desperately unhappy that they would plan to kill themselves, suicide is the third leading cause of death (behind accidents and homicides) for teenagers. Each year more than 5,000 U.S. teenagers commit suicide.
For many teenagers, adolescence is a period marked by role experimentation that will hopefully lead to the development of a sense of personal identity. For some teenagers, however, adolescence can lead to confusion, isolation, and alienation, and result in drug and alcohol abuse, sexual promiscuity, and a sense of hopelessness and helplessness.
Ninety percent of adolescents who die by suicide have a mental disorder at the time of their death. The most common diagnoses are: depressive disorder, antisocial disorder, substance abuse, anxiety disorder. Depression alone or in combination with aggressive behavior and/or substance abuse or anxiety has been found in over half of all suicide victims.
This is the journal entry of a fifteen-year-old girl with a history of depression who attempted suicide by slashing her wrists after her boyfriend dated another girl: "I am worthless. I am of no use to anyone and no one is of any use to me. What if I kill myself? How can you kill nothing? I have known nothing. The future looks worse; if I wake up tomorrow it won't be any different. There'll still be more of the same. I need people and there aren't any who care. If I disappeared no one would know."
Thoughts of hopelessness, often a characteristic of depression, are common in adolescents contemplating suicide. These teenagers believe that things will never get better; they find it difficult to understand that depressed feelings are temporary and will abate. They perceive themselves to be the cause of negative events, believe they have no control over what happens to them, and nothing they do will change things. This bleak view of the future, combined with an impulsive style, may influence suicidal behavior.
Warning Signs
These mental disorders are highly treatable, and parents, educators, and mental health professionals should be alert to the following warning signs:
- Feelings of hopelessness
- Nervousness agitation or irritability
- Overreaction to a recent humiliating experience
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Changes in eating and sleeping habits
- Withdrawal from friends, family and regular activities
- Violent actions, rebellious behavior or running away
- Neglect of personal appearance
- Persistent boredom, difficulty concentrating
- Frequent complains about physical symptoms, such as stomachaches, headaches, etc
- Loss of interest in activities formerly found pleasurable
- Poems, essays, and drawing that refer to death
A teenager planning suicide may:
- Complain of being a bad person or feeling rotten inside.
- Have recently experienced a loss such as a breakup, divorce or other family trauma.
- Give verbal hints with statements such as: "I won't be a problem much longer; Nothing matters; it's no use, I won't see you again; I can't take it any more; Nobody cares."
- Put his or her affairs in order; give away favorite possessions, clean their room.
- Make a direct statement such as "I want to die, I want to kill myself" which should always be taken seriously and assistance sought from a mental health professional.
Intervention and Treatment
For each completed suicide, there are an estimated 8 – 25 attempted suicides. The adolescent who has made a suicide attempt or is showing the warning signs should have a psychiatric evaluation that includes assessment of the adolescent's mental state and the nature of family interaction. Treatment plans may include:
- Psychopharmacologic treatment of associated psychiatric disorders.- Psychological treatment in the form of therapy can be:
- Cognitive behavior therapy
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Interpersonal therapy
- Family counseling
- Group therapy
Suicidal behavior is contagious; it is therefore imperative for mental health professionals to be available in schools, camps or other places where groups of teenagers are present, to help them deal with their feelings and reactions.
In the Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999, Dr. David Satcher stated that "Interventions have a much greater likelihood of success if they involve the community through a variety of services and providers. Schools, parents and the public health community are vital to that process."
With support from family and community resources and professional treatment, teenagers who show suicidal behavior can be helped, tragic actions prevented, and healthier behaviors established.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
3615 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20016-3007
Phone: 202/966-7300
Fax: 202/966-2891
Web site: www.aacap.org
American Association of Suicidolgy
4201 Connecticut Ave., NW
Suite 408
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202/237-2280
Fax: 202/237-2282
Web site: www.suicidology.org
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
120 Wall St., 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 888/333-AFSP (2377) (toll-free)
Fax: 212/363-6237
Web site: www.afsp.org
SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education)
8120 Penn Ave. S., Suite 470
Bloomington, MN 55431
Phone: 952-946-7998
Web site: www.save.org
SPAN-USA (Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network)
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 1066
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-449-3600
Fax: 202-449-3601
Web site: www.spanusa.org
Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
P.O. Box 644
Westminster, CO 80030-0644
Phone: 303-429-3530
Fax: 303-426-4496
Web site: www.yellowribbon.org
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Regis Corp. will release second quarter earnings Thursday, which, as the company indicated earlier this month, are not likely to be good.
The real question, though, is whether Regis, now under the firm guidance of activist investor Starboard Value LP, will divulge its plans to trim the company's balance sheet.
Speculation has been rising among analysts and employees that Regis plans to announce deep layoffs. Asked to respond, Regis officials say they will not comment until after they release earnings.
In some ways, we're really talking about semantics. The question is not whether Regis will cut staff but when.
When Starboard first bought a stake in Regis last summer, the New York-based hedge fund said the country's largest operator of hair salons was bloated with costs and lacked operational focus. To boost shareholder value, Regis should cut at least $100 million in costs, Starboard said.
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Starboard's successful placement of three candidates to the Regis board combined with the pending exit of longtime chairman/CEO Paul Finkelstein practically guarantees Regis is about to get a lot thinner and soon.
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Tina Seelig is the Executive Director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program where she is responsible for the management, operations, and dissemination efforts of STVP. In addition, Tina is the Director of the Stanford Entrepreneurship Network and the co-Director of the Mayfield Fellows Program. Tina also teaches a course in the Department of Management Science & Engineering on Creativity and Innovation. Prior to joining STVP, Tina worked as an entrepreneur, management consultant, author, and scientist. Tina received her Ph.D. from Stanford University Medical School in 1985 where she studied Neuroscience. Tina has worked as management consultant for Booz, Allen, and Hamilton, has written several popular science books and has designed a series of educational games. Her books include The Epicurean Laboratory, Incredible Edible Science, and a series called Games for Your Brain. After Tina's first book was published in 1991, she became interested in how books are marketed. This led her to start a company designed to help match books with buyers. The product was a multimedia system for bookstore customers, called BookBrowser. BookBrowser was a kiosk-based system that allowed customers to identify books of interest. With the help of a team of engineers and graphic designers, Tina built the business and sold the company in 1993. After selling her business, Tina worked as a Multimedia Producer for Compaq Computer Corporation. In this position Tina led a team of engineers, artists, scriptwriters, and education specialists through the design and implementation of a series of multimedia titles. Tina's current position as Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program takes advantage of her technical background, in addition to her experiences as a manager, entrepreneur, and educator.
As leader of the Innovent team, Stephanie Keller-Bottom draws upon over 17 years of of executive leadership roles in creating new marketplaces for Fortune 500 companies like Hewlett Packard, Citibank/Citicorp and Visa. Ms. Keller-Bottom joined Nokia's venturing organization in 1998, the entity charged with corporate renewal and innovation. In 2000, she established Innovent, the entrepreneurial innovation unit within Nokia that explores emerging markets and the opportunities they create. Prior to joining Nokia, Ms. Keller-Bottom served as Director of Marketplace Creation for Hewlett Packard, where she worked closely with the CEO to utilize innovative approaches in partnership and collaboration and build market entry strategies for emergent businesses. During her tenure as Director of Consumer Credit Operations for Citibank/Citicorp, she managed consumer credit operations for the California franchise, and then moved into strategic acquisitions and corporate strategy. While Vice President, E-Commerce Marketing and Product Development for Visa U.S.A., Ms. Keller-Bottom collaborated with top U.S. financial institutions to build strategic plans that addressed the emergence of the electronic banking marketplace, and digital banking challenges such as risk management and identification, pricing models, digital authentication and identity. Ms. Keller-Bottom's solid understanding of e-commerce, consumer behavior, digital/electronic marketplaces, and financial services provides a unique and invaluable perspective into the potential diffusion of new technologies and applications in the marketplace, and the role of innovation and renewal in major corporations. Innovent's portfolio of entrepreneurs leverage her expertise in strategic planning, risk management and market research, to develop the strategies and tactics necessary to build profitable, customer-focused sales and service organizations Ms. K
Marissa leads the product management efforts on Google's search products- web search, images, groups, news, Froogle, the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Labs, and more. She joined Google in 1999 as Google's first female engineer and led the user interface and webserver teams at that time. Her efforts have included designing and developing Google's search interface, internationalizing the site to more than 100 languages, defining Google News, Gmail, and Orkut, and launching more than 100 features and products on Google.com. Several patents have been filed on her work in artificial intelligence and interface design. In her spare time, Marissa also organizes Google Movies- outings a few times a year to see the latest blockbusters- for 6,000+ people (employees plus family members and friends). Concurrently with her full-time work at Google, Marissa has taught introductory computer programming classes at Stanford to over 3,000 students. Stanford has recognized her with the Centennial Teaching Award and the Forsythe Award for her outstanding contribution to undergraduate education. Prior to joining Google, Marissa worked at the UBS research lab (Ubilab) in Zurich, Switzerland and at SRI International in Menlo Park, California. Graduating with honors, Marissa received her BS in Symbolic Systems and her MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. For both degrees, she specialized in artificial intelligence. Courtesy of Google, Bart Nagel
Jeffrey Housenbold is President & CEO of Shutterfly, Inc., an internet-based social expression and personal publishing service. Shutterfly provides a full range of products and services that enable consumers to manage their digital photographs. Housenbold has a successful track record of building online consumer franchises by combining commerce and community. In June 2006, he received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Retail and Consumer Products category for the Northern California region. Previously, Housenbold was Vice President of Business Development & Internet Marketing at eBay, where he managed customer acquisition and retention. At eBay he also held positions as Vice President & General Manager of its Business-to-Consumer Group and Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions. Formerly, he held senior management positions with AltaVista, including Vice President & General Manager, and was the Chief Operating Officer of Raging Bull, the community finance portal. He also served as Vice President of Corporate Development at WinStar Communications and as Manager and Founder of Accenture's Media & Entertainment Strategy Group. Housenbold completed his undergraduate degree with High Honors at Carnegie Mellon University in Economics and Business Administration and was also a Presidential Scholar. He went on to earn his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Dean's Fellow. Housenbold is the co-author of The Shutterfly Guide to Great Digital Photos, an instructional book published by McGraw-Hill on the essentials of digital photography and managing images. He is an avid photographer with his Canon 30D.
Dr. Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, which awarded the $10,000,000 Ansari X PRIZE for private spaceflight. Diamandis is focused on building the X PRIZE Foundation into a world-class prize institute. The X PRIZE is now developing X PRIZEs in Genomics, Automotive, Education, Medicine, Energy, and Social fields. He is also an international leader in the commercial space arena, having founded and run many of the sector's leading entrepreneurial companies. Diamandis serves as the CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation, a commercial space company developing private, FAA-certified parabolic flights utilizing Boeing 727-200 aircraft. In addition, he is the chairman and co-founder of the Rocket Racing League. Diamandis is a co-founder and director of Space Adventures, the company that brokered the launches of four private citizens to the International Space Station. In 1987, Diamandis co-founded the International Space University (ISU), where he served as the University's first managing director. Today he is a trustee of the $30M ISU, based in Strasbourg, France. Prior to ISU, Diamandis was chairman of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), an organization he founded while earning his undergraduate degree in molecular genetics and graduate degree in aerospace engineering at MIT in 1980. SEDS is the world's largest student pro-space organization. After MIT he attended Harvard Medical School, where he received his M.D. In 2005 he has was also awarded an honorary Doctorate from the International Space University. Diamandis is the winner of the 2007 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Innovation, the 2006 (inaugural) Heinlein Award, the 2006 Lindbergh Award, the 2006 Wired RAVE Award, the 2006 Neil Armstrong Award for Aerospace Achievement and Leadership, the Konstantine Tsiolkovsky Award, twice the winner of the Aviation & Space Technology Laurel, and the 2003 Worl
Steve Jurvetson is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He was the founding VC investor in Hotmail, Interwoven, and Kana. He also led the firm's investments in Tradex and Cyras (acquired by Ariba and Ciena for $8 billion), and most recently, in pioneering companies in nanotechnology and molecular electronics. Previously, Jurvetson was an R&D Engineer at Hewlett-Packard, where seven of his communications chip designs were fabricated. His prior technical experience also includes programming, materials science research (TEM atomic imaging of GaAs), and computer design at HP's PC Division, the Center for Materials Research, and Mostek. He has also worked in product marketing at Apple and NeXT Software. As a consultant with Bain & Company, Jurvetson developed executive marketing, sales, engineering and business strategies for a wide range of companies in the software, networking, and semiconductor industries. At Stanford University, he finished his BSEE in 2.5 years and graduated #1 in his class as the Henry Ford Scholar. Jurvetson also holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. He received his MBA from the Stanford Business School, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Jurvetson also serves on the Merrill Lynch and STVP Advisory Boards and is Co-Chair of the NanoBusiness Alliance. He was honored as "The Valley's Sharpest VC" on the cover of Business 2.0 and chosen by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Examiner as one of, "The ten people expected to have the greatest impact on the Bay Area in the early part of the 21st Century." He was profiled in the New York Times Magazine and also featured on the cover of Worth and Fortune magazines. Jurvetson was chosen by Forbes as one of "Tech's Best Venture Investors"; by the VC Journal as one of the "Ten Most Influential VCs"; and by Fortune as part of their "Brain Tr
Vinod grew up dreaming of being an entrepreneur. He was raised in an Indian Army household with no business or technology connections. When, at age 16, he first heard about Intel, he dreamt of starting his own technology company. Upon graduating with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, he tried to start a soy milk company to service the many people in India who did not have refrigerators. He then came to the US and got his Masters in Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University. His startup dreams attracted him to Silicon Valley where he got an MBA at Stanford University in 1980. In 1982, Khosla started Sun Microsystems to build workstations for software developers. At Sun he pioneered "open systems" and RISC processors. Sun was funded by long time friend and board member John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In 1986 he switched sides and joined Kleiner Perkins where he was a general partner. There, he worked with Nexgen/AMD, Juniper, Excite, and many other ventures. In 2004, Khosla formed Khosla Ventures. Khosla Ventures offers venture assistance, strategic advice and capital to entrepreneurs. The firm helps entrepreneurs extend the potential of their ideas in both traditional venture areas like the Internet, computing, mobile, and silicon technology arenas but also supports breakthrough scientific work in clean technology areas such as bio-refineries for energy and bioplastics, solar, battery and other environmentally friendly technologies.
Guy Kawasaki is a founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures. Prior to this position, he was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. and sits on the board of BitPass Inc. A noted speaker and the founder of various personal computer companies, Guy was one of the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer. He is also the author of eight books including Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. Guy holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a M.B.A. from UCLA, as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
David Neeleman is Chairman and CEO of JetBlue Airways Corporation. JetBlue, which began operations in 2000, serves 23 U.S. cities with 57 new Airbus A320 aircraft. JetBlue is Neeleman's third successful launch in the aviation business, His goal is to bring people back to air travel by offering low fares, friendly service and a high quality product. JetBlue was rated "Best Domestic Airline" at Conde Nast Traveler's 2003 Readers' Choice Awards for the second consecutive year, and was runner-up for "Best Domestic Airline" at Travel & Leisure magazine's 2002 and 2003 World's Best Awards. Neeleman's career in the airline industry began in 1984 when he co-founded Morris Air. As president of Morris Air, he implemented the industry's first electronic ticketing system and pioneered a home reservationist system that is now the foundation of JetBlue's call center. Neeleman sold Morris Air and took the electronic ticketing to Open Skies. He sold Open Skies to Hewlett Packard in 1999. During this period, Neeleman acted as a consultant to WestJet Airlines, a successful Canadian low-fare start-up airline.
Mitch Kapor has been at the forefront of the information technology revolution for a generation as an entrepreneur, investor, social activist, and philanthropist. Most recently, Mr. Kapor founded Foxmarks, an upcoming search engine based on bookmarks and related metadata. He received a B.A. from Yale College in 1971 and studied psychology, linguistics, and computer science as part of a major in Cybernetics. He attended the Sloan School of Management at MIT before leaving for a Silicon Valley startup. Mr. Kapor founded Lotus Development Corp. in 1982 and with Jonathan Sachs created Lotus 1-2-3, which made the PC ubiquitous in business in the 1980's. In 1990, he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He founded the Mitchell Kapor Foundation in 1997 and the Open Source Applications Foundation in 2001. He became the founding Chair of the Mozilla Foundation in 2003 and is a trustee of the Level Playing Field Institute. From 1994-1996, he served as Adjunct Professor at the MIT Media Lab. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Kapor was a partner at Accel. In 2006, he became an Adjunct Professor at the School of Information at Berkeley. Mr. Kapor has contributed pieces on information infrastructure policy, intellectual property, and antitrust in the digital era topublications such as Scientific American, The New York Times, and Forbes.
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Shangri La is opposite Frida and is decorated with inspiration from the old classic movie "Lost Horizons", where peace, relaxation and eternal youth was the most important (the last I unfortunately can't guarantee you!).
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Union Chief's Remarks Seen As Signal For Possible LA Teachers Strike
Officials with the Los Angeles teachers union may be inching closer to a potential strike following remarks made a union official, according to reports.
Centinela Valley Superintendent Under Fire For Excessive Salary Says He Will Give Some Benefits Back
The superintendent of the Centinela Valley Union High School District, who has come under fire recently for an inflated compensation package, said he will voluntarily give some benefits back.
Residents Outraged Over Centinela Valley Superintendent's Excessive Pay
Residents demanded answers at an emergency meeting in Lawndale Tuesday night after a series of reports revealed an excessive amount of compensation for the superintendent of the Centinela Valley Union High School District.
Report Reveals Millions In Taxpayer Dollars Spent On Salaries For LAPD Union Officers
Taxpayers are paying a $750,000 bill every year for the officers, who work at the Los Angeles Police Protective League.
Santa Ana's New City Manager Under Scrutiny For Raking In $800K In Pay, Benefits This Year
Santa Ana's new city manager is under scrutiny for allegedly making close to $800,000 in pay, perks and pension this year.
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California lawmakers and statewide elected officials will have a little extra cash in their pockets this holiday season, as their paychecks rise by more than 5 percent starting Sunday.
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City Council To Review DWP Contract Over Salary Issues
The Los Angeles City Council held a public hearing Friday regarding the Department of Water and Power's contract negotiations.
Mayor Calls Support For '07 Pay Raise For City Workers A 'Mistake'
A $7.7 billion budget plan for the city of Los Angeles released Monday was accompanied by a mea culpa of sorts from outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
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Public employees of the city of Irvine earned total compensation packages last year that averaged nearly $150,000 per year including the cost of benefits, according to a study released Tuesday.
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The California State University board of trustees on Wednesday approved a $380,000 salary for the system's incoming chancellor that included a 10 percent pay cut at his request.
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The city of Bell filed a countersuit Tuesday against former Police Chief Randy Adams for allegedly working without a proper employment contract and being paid an exorbitant salary.
Unions Blast Gov. Jerry Brown's Pension Plan
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Great to organize looks and shades that go together well. Helps me not to get overwhelmed with all the e/s I bought and keep colors that go together - together.
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This is a great little palette for travelling or when you don't want to be carrying around the 15 e/s palette.
The new palette looks great but I love the old format of this palette practicality wise, it was slimmer, the bevelled edges meant it fit in my makeup purse better, and I preferred the click close.
The new palette is bulkier, it's difficult to get the pans out as there are no indents, it has a magnetic closure and the sharp triangle hinge is annoying, and painful if you scratch yourself with it.
Also the magnetic base is now in the removable tray, so if you remove the tray like I do to fit more in, you have no magnetised base (unlike the old case where the base was magnetised). Once the tray is out, there are deep indents along the base so you don't even have a good flat surface to put magnets or pans on - you lose about 1/4 of the base to the indents which to me defeats the purpose of a removable tray. I ended up having to use velcro dots to stick pans on with because they were the only thing flexible enough, argh!
While it does look cool, if I'm being honest it looks like it's modelled on the Z palette. Sadly the small Z palettes are just too big for my portable case, which is why I preferred the MAC quad. Here in NZ MAC palettes aren't cheap, so while the palette is prettier, I really am disappointed in the poor practicality vs. the high price.
The old palette I'd give a 5, the new one gets a 3, purely for looks; don't fix what isn't broken I say.
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This is perfect for those needing an everyday compact, where you can put 4 shadows in, and do your makeup on the go or take with you on vacation.
A good easy streamlined way to carry around your MAC shadows. For the price, I feel like purchasing the 15-pan is more cost effective, but if you only want someting to carry your quad around in, this is for you. Sturdy and reliable, would be great if came with a mirror.
PROS: sleek, sturdy, clear lid so you can see contents, pretty reasonable price for MAC
CONS: no mirror, top gets scratched
A handy and compact way to store a bunch of MAC shadows. The only pain is having to depot shadows if you buy them in the pot. Very reasonable price at the MAC store. Mine was only $5.00
I almost bought one on Ebay but would have had to pay a lot for shipping so I'm glad I went to the store cause they're not that pricey!
this is great for on the road. i have a lot of mac eyeshadows and i have i think 5 or 6 of these mac palettes. i can put the shadows that im using for the day in this and i throw it in my makeup bag and im good to go. i like this for traveling because its so sleek and small. all of macs palettes are great!!
I love that I can make my own quads. Only 3.50 for one and the refil; is 11 which = 14.50 the cost of one shadow in its own pot. This way I can get 3 more at only 11 dollars and they can be portable for wherever I want to take them. Im going to get a couple more so I can start making more quads.


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South Downs/The Browning Version
This year's remarkable Chichester Festival season has already seen its productions of two modern classics by Tom Stoppard and Caryl Churchill transfer to the West End, and two more of its musicals - Singin' in the Rain and the yet to open Sweeney Todd - may yet follow them there. But the centrepiece of the season, which has made the festival truly a festival and not just a series of otherwise unrelated productions, has been its celebration of the Rattigan centenary.
Nicholas Farrell (Reverend Eric Dewley) and Jonathan Bailey (Jeremy Duffield) in South Downs at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. Photo: Tristram Kenton
It has included two bold interventions, both of which have represented the only new work across the season - Rattigan's Nijinsky, in which Nicholas Wright folded an unproduced film script by the playwright into a new play about his later life, and now the pairing of Rattigan's one-act masterpiece The Browning Version with a newly commissioned one-act play from David Hare, South Downs, which has been written specifically in response to it.
But whereas Wright's attempt to do the right stuff by Rattigan's life as well as his work created an uncomfortable hybrid that ended up serving neither, Hare aims even higher, seeking to meet Rattigan's play set in a school with one of his own, and hoping to create echoes and reverberations between them.
Both Rattigan and Hare were public school educated (one at Harrow, the other at Lancing in the South Downs), so they write with the keen, observant eye of the insider that yields telling details in the ferocious adherence to academic discipline, whether it be translating ancient Greek in the Rattigan play or parsing the poetry of Pope for Hare's students. Both plays also address a similar theme of confronting one's own nature and observing the predicament of two outsiders - a loner schoolboy for Hare, an alienated and alienating teacher for Rattigan - as an act of kindness is visited upon each.
But while Rattigan poignantly reveals the rifts in an utterly incompatible marriage in The Browning Version, Hare typically draws on more universal themes of friendship and religion, and takes pedantic digressions into riffs on things like the differences in belief systems between Catholics and Anglicans, which makes you feel as if you're being lectured just as much as his students are.
Both plays are, however, ideally served here in productions that pulse with measured anxiety and feeling. Jeremy Herrin, who has regularly proved his mettle working with younger actors in plays at the Royal Court, gets exacting and revealingly truthful performances in the Hare play from Alex Lawther as the 14-year-old Blakemore, Bradley Hall as the friend he alienates and Jonathan Bailey as the older boy who comes to his rescue.
Angus Jackson, directing the Rattigan, also gets remarkable work from young actor Liam Morton as the student who comes for extra tutoring from Nicholas Farrell's brilliant portrayal of the crumpled cuckold that is teacher Andrew Crocker-Harris, with Anna Chancellor as his poisonous wife and Mark Umbers as her lover who finds a conscience of his own in superb support.


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Lidl-Digital Satellite Receiver £29.99 @ Lidl from 1st Dec
Just went shopping at my local Lidl and noticed this Digital Satellite receiver for £29.99-starting 1st Dec. I know it is not a Humax Foxsat....however for £30 not a bad deal. Good luck if you need one.
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- must research this unit as im in the market for one
heat - http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_26548.htm
Increase your television viewing choice with a wide range of digital freeto- air satellite channels
Features include:
- HDMI connection
- 5000 programme memory
- 1800 pages of teletext memory
- Electronic Programme Guide with multifunction timer
- Child safety function
- Sleep timer
- Remote control with batteries
Input: SAT-ZF, 1 x VCR-SCART
Output: 1 x HDMI with HDCP, 2 x SCART, S/PDIF (optical/coaxial), Audio (R/L), Video, S-Video
Size approx. (cm): 5 x 28 x 23
3 year manufacturer's warranty
- does this work on the same sattelite as sky?
- i assume you have to buy a dish seperately?
- I got one similar spec with a dish & fitting kit for same price at aldi bout 2 months back
- dogsballsmust research this unit as im in the market for one
The lidl one posted above has a hdmi connection which these other two dont have but if you dont live near a lidl you could consider them. Same price
and b&q
Edited By: pmackers on Nov 28, 2011 22:09 - I bought a satellite receiver AND dish for £24 from B&Q two months ago, so on this basis the Lidl deal is not a good offer. But in reality both the the B&Q and the Lidl satellite receivers are end of line - neither offer HD which is the standard nowadays
Edited By: gekkoa on Nov 28, 2011 22:50 - Strange having HDMI and its only SD
- generaloneilldoes this work on the same sattelite as sky?
I think it will work with the same satellite setup but you will not get all of the channels you would with say Sky Freesat. This is because even some free channels need decoding and this unit appears to have no card for that. - Same as Generaloneill -will this work off a Sky dish that is already in situ and lined up on Astra2 ?
Plumbducker - slissSame as Generaloneill -will this work off a Sky dish that is already in situ and lined up on Astra2 ?
Yes. But you will only get the 'Free To Air' channels offered by this satellite, not the encrypted ones (eg Sky Sports) - Hi
I emailed Lidl on Tuesday asking if this was HD, they phoned me today saying they could not answer technical questions but gave me the suppliers phone number 02073650743 company called Targa I think. Anyway I phoned them and after listening to canned music for a couple of minutes the guy there said that it was High Definition......he however did not sound as though he really knew.
I have use the older silvercrest model for about 5 years, bought from Lidl for £19.99, to receive Uk and overseas programmes via a pair of dishes.It has proved excellent value.
Ken - Bought one of these from Lidl on 1st December 2011. Keeps telling me NO SIGNAL.........but I know I have a signal because I have a very old Force Sat Receiver and get stations on it on 13E and 19.02 E. Model number of this new Lidl product........manufactured by Targa.de.........is SSR576A1. Maybe I am unlucky and have a receiver with a faulty tuner........??
- According to the instruction manual for SSR576A1 it is a Digital SD satellite receiver, not HD, try Medion for a cheap HD receiver. Suggest you return your box if it is HD you are after.
- generaloneilldoes this work on the same sattelite as sky?
yes you can use it to get freesat hd you just dont get the epg in the same way


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I read Hightest's faqs and did a bunch of searches in this forum but I would like to get some opinions on a variation. I plan on making a 5 gallon batch of basic mead in a 6 gallon carboy. I would be following the instructions here: http://home.comcast.net/~mzapx1/FAQ/BasicMead.pdf But I want to try something a little different. Instead of having one mead I'd like to have five one gallon batches of mead/melomel at the end. I plan on using 1 gallon glass jugs as carboys for my first racking: Jug 1 - basic mead Jug 2 - 1# frozen peaches Jug 3 - 1# frozen blueberries Jug 4 - 1# frozen sour cherries Jug 5 - 1# frozen raspberries (all the fruit will have no preservatives - as it's from my garden or the local farm). I was thinking of adding the fruit to the 1 gallon jugs when I rack from my 6 gallon carboy when I reach close to 1.000. This way I can add all the nutrients to the master batch and let the yeast ferment out the fruit in the individual containers. Is this a bad idea? Thanks, Joe
Sounds like a great plan to me. Though you may consider changing your fruit additions, I like all of your choices, but 1 lb per gallon will certainly be a hint of flavor rather then a main character. Also, if you are using frozen fruits, let them thaw, then refreeze them, then let them thaw again, it helps to break down the cell walls.
I think you will get better attentuation on the secondary if you don't wait for your priamry mead to clear. 1 month of fermentation, then rack onto fruit IMO.
I did a something quite similar with my first batch. I am only 3 months in so I can't say how it will come out, but I can suggest that you make sure to have some additional volume set aside for losses due to transfers, fruit, testing, etc. I ended up losing about a gallon by the time I transferred it off of the fruit (I used a lot more fruit), though I probably could have lost a little less with better planning. My next batches will be 5 gallons of the melomels that come out the best (strawberry and raspberry, both with a section of vanilia bean, appear to be the front runners).
We did our first 6 batches of mead this way. here's a couple links that may help Small batch question Swamp Water Brewery Let us know how it turns out D
My links didn't work Do search for "Small batch question" that will get the thread A google search of "Swamp Water Brewery" will provide more in depth info Sorry about the links D


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gtangjr Posts: 25Your issue is consistent with the loosening of whatever part it was that my dealer fixed. It's likely just a matter of them doing it correctly. Also, your early fix could have been done with older parts, which were subsequently recalled for their ineffectiveness. There is a newer part that I had to wait a long time for. Read this thread in its entirety for complete information. Good luck.
a35242 Posts: 9I am having the same issues and have to bring my Liberty 08 in for them to look at again. Originally, they flashed the computer and it seemed to work better but then it just loosened up again and there was horrible noise. They say they read all of the latest Service Bulletins so if you have anymore specifics on what the part actually is or more of an explanation that would help alot. this is so frustrating.
jimgreiner Posts: 6Hate to disappoint all of you following this thread, but I had this latest fix (replacing header) done around 3000 miles ago... at the time it was done the wind noise was greatly reduced, with only a little noise coming from the passenger side of the skyslider... over the past 3000 miles however, the noise has gradually increased to the point it's as noisy as it was before the repair... Again, another CHEEP (CHryslerjEEP) repair... time to get the lemon law lawyers involved :mad:
srotag Posts: 1I also purchased an "09" Liberty with a "skyslider" roof. Noise is not the right word for it. I'm assuming that Chrysler/Jeep didn't learn nor try to fix the problem for the 2009 model year. Noted to my dealer that there is a Blt. from Chrysler Jeep concerning this problem but his response was "it was or the 2008 model therefor not applicable to the 2009 model". DUH. I guess I too need to contact whomever about the "Lemon Law". Dealer Service Rep did say he had the same problem but to date has not found a solution for it other than a fixed air dam in front of the opening (none sold by JEEP fit this situation) nor offered on the open market. And you wonder why the BIG THREE are having a hard time selling their products...
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lasersam Posts: 5No trouble on my 09 Liberty yet but this thread is very troubling. I worry every time I open the roof at 60 MPH. OK- I won't do that. What else might contribute to the seal failure? Is there a preventive maintenance procedure that would help avoid the problem (like getting the seal surfaces periodically greased)?
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magnetguy Posts: 4I have been dealing with the noise issue for the past few months, had the car at the dealer 4 times with no success and was told on my last visit that they could not replicate the issue. I believe the tech must have driven around the parking lot and decided he did not hear anything, which at that speed he would not have. I sent my Motor Vehicle Defect Notification to Chrysler and they directed me to bring the car back to the dealer and they will attempt to fix it AGAIN. The car is in the shop as we speak, and according to the Florida Lemon Law, if they don't get it right they are required to give me a replacement vehicle or refund my money, my choice. I will keep this forum posted.
magnetguy Posts: 4To the best of my knowledge they only did what was required in the TSB, which was NOT replacing the header kit. The Chrysler rep apparently took the car for a test drive and decided that the roof is functioning as the manufacturer intended. I am not happy with that response, nor the fact that they had me drop off my car for 3 days and they seemingly had no intention of attempting another repair. I am in the process of filing a request for arbitration with the Florida Office of the Attorney General. IF they accept my request then I figure I have a 50/50 chance of getting a ruling in my favor. I have nothing to lose but some postage and a little more time but I feel it is worth the possible outcome, which for me would be a refund.
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mb1968ca Posts: 1Hello a35242,
If you could send me a copy of the service order I would really appreciate it.I have had the same wind noise problem since I bought my Liberty new last September.I really like my Skyslider roof ,that is one of the reasons I bought the Liberty.But the noise above 60mph is something else.Thank you very much.
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ozyluke Posts: 1I just purchased a KK Liberty ( Re- badged as a cherokee over here) and I only just experienced the noisy skyslider problem. The dealer failed to mention there was a problem ( of course he did) and they didn't have a model with the skyslider in the yard when I went for a test drive. Who would have thought that a company as large as Chrysler would make such a fundamental design error, oh well live and learn I suppose. My car hasn't even gone for it's first service yet and I want to ditch it after reading this thread. I've always bought Holden or Ford and decided to try Jeep this time around, I only wish I had found this forum first. I'm now preparing myself for battle with the kings of BS- car dealers.
tjones0410 Posts: 7I recently purchased a08 Jeep Liberty used with17,000 miles. The tape on the skyslider was coming loose and they told me that is why it was noisy. The dealership fixed the slider tape and now it is so noisy at 40 miles an hour that you cannot talk without yelling. I am going to take my Jeep back to the dealership and request the Header Kit and the Jeep fixed. I am not sure how long this fix will work but also having the wind deflector installed would make me very happy. Does Jeep sell this deflector or where can I buy one. Love my Liberty, love my skyslider, hate the noise. I understand it is considered a convertable, but this is ridulous. Thanks for all your assistance. Glad I bought an extended warrenty, I may need it.
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tjones0410 Posts: 7Great news...My Sky Slider is QUIET!!!!! There are tow diffferent fixes for the Sky Slider one if for the noise and the other is far the material coming out the metal. The Metal and Fabric issue is under Technical Service Bulletin TSB 23-002-09. The other TSB is for the wind noise it is TSB 23-003-010. To everyone who has left a reply Thank you if not for this blog my Jeep would never had been fixed. My Jeep only has 23,XXX and is a 2008 so it is still under Manufacturers Warrenty. Keep calling Jeep...they will assign someone to help you get your Sky Slider Fixed and make the dealership fix it. Good luck let me know if I can give you any additional information.,


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From the Disney Insider: The Official Disney e-Newsletter
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The Disney Fan section is tailor-made for Insiders! Here you'll find all the history, trivia, and background information on The Walt Disney Company and Walt himself. From collectibles to trivia games, your favorite Characters to Disney Legends, it's all in one spot.
But perhaps the biggest news is Disney Xtreme DigitalSM -- an enhanced broadband experience that brings together entertainment, personalization, and community. Guests can watch their favorite videos, play games, and connect with friends and other fans -- all at the same time! With Disney XD, you can even create your very own channel. Perfect for Disney fans, Disney XD will let you immerse yourself in your favorite characters and worlds in a whole new way.
In just a few short weeks, you'll see what all the excitement is about. In the meantime, stay tuned to the Insider for more tips and updates about the new Disney.com.