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A controller can make your life easier...but only if it's easy to operate and performs as promised. There are numerous choices. Look here to help narrow down your decision. (Residential vs Commercial, Indoor vs Outdoor, # of Zones, Flexibility, Brand).
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Need help deciding if a remote control for your sprinkler system is worth the investment? Start pumps, valves and sprinklers without going back to the controller. Weather sensors (rain shutoff, freeze shutoff, and wind-Rain-Freeze sensors). Lets talk!
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Fertigation is the process of delivering small amounts of fertilizer through the sprinkler system each time the system is operated. Installing and operating these kits are very easy. Look here to discuss ease of use and benefits.
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What kind of sprinklers should you use, pop-up sprays or rotors? It depends on what's being watered. There are 3 basic sprinkler types: gear driven/impact single stream rotary sprays, fixed pattern sprays, and bubblers. Is it better to use a certin brand?
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We answer questions and have discussions here about all the other stuff such as fittings, the best way to connect a sprinkler tothe pipe, wire selection, the best tools for the job, and anything else that falls into the misc category.
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This Brand or That Brand....Is one better than the other? Want to know which brand the professionals are using for your application? Comments or experiences with a particular Brand product are Welcome.
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A Hose end product is anything that attaches to the end of a hose and is used to water the landscape or garden. Look here to have your questions answered: Do traveling sprinklers really follow the path of the hose? Do motion activated sprinklers work?
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Discussion area for design issues such as where and how to tap into the water supply, how many heads to put on each zone, where should you place the heads and/or valves, and what size pipe should you use. Proper design layout is critial!
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Installing your new system is easy if you learn from the mistakes of others. This section is devoted to helping you properly install your sprinkler system components! How do you wire the controller to the valves? Or how deep do the pipes need to be buried
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If you are having problems with your rotors, popup spray heads, or the piping associated with these items, here is where you can ask questions. Replacement tips, adjustment suggestions, or troubleshooting.
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If you are not sure what is wrong with your sprinkler system, this section is set aside for giving advice on general troubleshooting and diagnostic techniques. There are tools and techniques that are vital!
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Information pertaining to insects and pests. How do I know what type of insect is attacking my lawn? What types of pesticides are there and what kind should I use? How do I keep rabbits, deer or dogs from ruining tha appearance of the yard?
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Caramel apples
Servings: 6
Prep: 15 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Note: Choose unbruised, firm apples with smooth skin. Can store for up to 4 months in the refrigerator. Use wooden popsicle/craft sticks.
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup agave nectar
2 tablespoons butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons chopped unsalted nuts, such as peanuts or pecans
6 small apples, such as Eve or Paula Red
1. Line a baking sheet with wax paper and coat with cooking spray. Coat a tablespoon measure with cooking spray.
2. Combine brown sugar, agave, butter and salt in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat; as soon as the syrup starts to lightly bubble around the edges, cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute more. Add nuts and cook, stirring constantly, until the sugar is melted and the mixture darkens, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat.
3. Working quickly, spoon about 1 tablespoon of caramel over each apple. Repeat, spooning another tablespoon of caramel over each apple, turning as you pour.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Very Nearly
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It's 4:28 am in NYC right now. I wonder how many of us are awake thinking the same thing. xo
ReplyDeleteShivers, Lisa, because my mind does this same thing.
I'll think of near misses that almost make me nauseous with their memory: our then 3 yr old Alec, across the street without our permission, a teen driving a car coming, our son looking up to see us - scared he's in trouble - and so begins to run back home.
I scream NO! louder than any voice I"d recognize as my own. This ferocity glues him to the spot, and he stops mid step.
Memories like this, that send shivers running up my spine like a little mouse.
Fantastic posts these days: they've always always been wonderful, but this week: I am so in love with your words here.This is beautiful... and? Sorry but it never gets better. My baby is 12 and I still wish he'd wear a helmet at all times.
ReplyDeleteI am there and with you. This morning I put my hands on my boys heads and said, "You do know how much I love you don't I?" And they both nodded yes. Then inside of my head I asked for angels to be encamped about them, just as I always do.
ReplyDeleteOnce my son and I were crossing the street, and he ran a bit ahead of me. There was a big pick up truck with its left blinker on and I remember thinking, "He's going to turn. He doesn't see my son, and he's going to turn." Something made me yell, scream really, for my son to turn back to me. The truck missed him by a foot. I hate having this memory, it reminds me how fragile everything is, and how everything can change so quickly. And how I'm totally in charge of this little person. Am I strong/smart/quick/capable enough to do this?
ReplyDelete- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2012 at 8:16 AM
You never stop "momming." I worried about that first day of school until Annie called me to tell me that it went well. And she is the teacher. molly
ReplyDelete - Linda G.September 6, 2012 at 8:29 AM
That same bus thing happened to my mom once and the hand that threw her back to the curb was invisible. He is in God's hands and all we can do is our best.
ReplyDelete That's it. I'm never letting the kids out of the house again. Well. Maybe if they let me wrap them in cotton balls, a helmet, and some body armor.
ReplyDeleteIt's the "Very Nearly"[s] and what ifs in life that scare the livin' poop outta me.
It's those moments that put us in exactly the right place at the right time that remind me "Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous" ~Albert Einstein.I think I have September-anxiety over these kinds of thoughts every year... this must be why I haven't been sleeping well lately. Man, this excellent post just helped me figure that whole thing out, woman! Thank you!! So glad to know you, ma belle. xox
ReplyDeleteWhen Cady was about 18 months old I was getting groceries out of the car. I thought she was right beside me because she was ALWAYS right beside me. I looked up and she was just at the edge of our driveway and headed into the street. Before I could get to her she had ran across our street and into the neighbor's yard. I thank God every day that we live on a non-busy street and that no one was driving by when it happened.
ReplyDeleteaww. thats so true and thank goodness too. i couldnt imagine not having my life in God's hands
ReplyDeleteA few weeks ago, my son nearly drowned. I don't swim. The woman I was talking to at the time, the mother of the only other kid in the pool, and who knew I couldn't swim, touched my arm and said, "I'll go." She jumped in an fished him out. I was so grateful to her and so full of shame that I couldn't do what she did. I haven't written about it yet (other than this comment). It still makes me cry.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, great post. Just a few months ago my son was goofing around at the museum he came right across my lap and his head was heading towards the cement floor, I caught him by the feet just in time. I still think about it.
You are right they are just ours for a time, easy to forget though :)I used to throw that truth back at my mom when I was in high school and I told her I was driving over Highway 17...at night...with a car full of high school friends...in my old 64 Mustang. "Mom, I belong to God! If I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go! I could go by getting struck by lightening walking out of the house, or driving Highway 17!" True, very true...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look as if it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology.
The latest evidence of the PC's infirmity emerged Wednesday with the release of two somber reports showing unprecedented declines in sales of desktop and laptop machines during the first three months of the year.
As if that news wasn't troubling enough, it appears that a pivotal makeover of Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system seems to have done more harm than good since the software was released last October.
"This is horrific news for PCs," said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis. "It's all about mobile computing now. We have definitely reached the tipping point."
First-quarter shipments of PCs fell 14 percent worldwide from the same time last year, according to International Data Corp. That's the deepest quarterly drop since the firm started tracking the industry in 1994. Another research firm, Gartner Inc., pegged the first-quarter decline at 11 percent.
The deviation stemmed in part from the firms' slightly different definitions of PCs.
No matter how things are parsed, the PC market is in the worst shape since IBM Corp. released a desktop machine in 1981. PC sales have now fallen from their year-ago levels in four consecutive quarters, a slide that has been accelerating even amid signs that the overall economy is getting healthier.
PCs are going out of style because they typically cost more than smartphones and tablets, and aren't as convenient to use. Most PCs sell for $500 to $1,500 while the initial out-of-pocket expense for a smartphone runs as low as $99 while an array of tablets sell for $200 to $300.
Apple's late CEO Steve Jobs, whose company propelled the mobile computing revolution with the 2007 release of the iPhone, declared that the world was entering a "post-PC era" shortly after the iPad came out three years ago.
In a June 2010 appearance at a technology conference, Jobs likened challenges facing the PC industry to what happened to trucks in the U.S. decades ago as a shift away from farming caused more people to move into cities where they wanted to drive cars instead. "I think PCs are going to be like trucks," Jobs predicted at the time. "Less people will need them."
The traditional PC still has a long way to go before it becomes obsolete.
Despite the dismaying start in the first quarter, more than 300 million PCs are still expected to be sold worldwide this year. Tablet computers, a category that was insignificant until the iPad came along, is catching up rapidly: Nearly 200 million of those deices could be sold this year. Meanwhile, worldwide smartphone sales could surpass 1 billion units this year, Gillis predicted.
PC sales could be undermined even more during the next few years with the release of "wearable computing" devices that connect to the Internet through voice-activated equipment attached to glasses and wristwatches.
The growing reliance on mobile devices is creating new opportunities and tensions throughout the technology industry. Internet companies such as Yahoo Inc. and Facebook Inc. that initially designed their digital services to be primarily consumed on PCs have been scrambling to tweak things so they work better on smartphones and tablets.
But the companies most threatened by the mobile upheaval are those that depend on PCs to make most of their money. This group includes technology heavyweights such as Windows maker Microsoft, PC makers Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. and PC chip maker Intel Corp.
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- How does an erection occur?
- What causes erectile dysfunction?
- Who gets erectile dysfunction?
- What other problems can erectile dysfunction cause?
- See Your Doctor if You Have Erectile Dysfunction, as Erectile Dysfunction Could Mean You Have a More Serious Condition
- How does my doctor find the cause of my erectile dysfunction?
- How is erectile dysfunction treated?
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What is erectile dysfunction (ED)?
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Erectile dysfunction* is when you cannot get or keep an erection firm enough to have sex. You may have ED if you
- can get an erection sometimes, though not every time
- can get an erection, yet it does not last long enough for sex
- are unable to get an erection at all
ED is sometimes called impotence; however, doctors use this term less often now.
*See the Pronunciation Guide for tips on how to say the words in bold type.
How does an erection occur?
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An erection occurs when blood flow into the penis increases, making the penis larger and firmer. Hormones, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles all work together to cause an erection. When your brain senses a sexual urge, it starts an erection by sending nerve signals to the penis. Touch may cause this urge. Other triggers may be things you see or hear, or sexual images or thoughts.
The nerve signals cause the muscles in the penis to relax and let blood flow into the spongy tissue in the penis. Blood collects in this tissue like water filling a sponge. The penis becomes larger and firmer, like a blown-up balloon. The veins then shut off to keep blood from flowing out. An erection requires healthy blood vessels.
After orgasm or when the man is no longer aroused, the veins open up and blood flows back into the body.
What causes erectile dysfunction?
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Erectile dysfunction often has more than one cause. Many diseases can damage nerves, arteries, and muscles. Some can lead to ED, such as
- high blood pressure
- diabetes, when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high
- clogged arteries
- heart and blood vessel disease
- chronic kidney disease
- multiple sclerosis, a disease that attacks the nerves
- treatments for prostate cancer, including radiation, surgery to remove the prostate, and hormone treatments
- injury to the penis, spinal cord, prostate, bladder, or pelvis
- surgery for bladder cancer
- Peyronie's disease, in which scar tissue, called a plaque, forms in the penis
Unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, using illegal drugs, being overweight, and not exercising, can lead to ED.
Mental health problems such as the following can also cause or worsen ED:
- depression
- fear of sexual failure
- guilt
- low self-esteem
- stress
- worry
Even when ED has a physical cause, mental health problems can make ED worse. For example, a physical problem may slow your sexual arousal, which may make you more nervous and worsen your ED.
In addition, ED can be a side effect of many common medicines. A small number of ED cases result from low testosterone, a male hormone.
Who gets erectile dysfunction?
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Erectile dysfunction affects men of all races and in all parts of the world. Men are more likely to have ED as they get older. For example, ED occurs in
- about 12 percent of men younger than 60
- 22 percent of men age 60 to 69
- 30 percent of men age 70 or older
What other problems can erectile dysfunction cause?
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Having ED can cause you to feel depressed or anxious. ED may also cause low self-esteem. When you have ED, you may not have a satisfying sex life. You may not feel as close with your sexual partner, which may strain your relationship.
See Your Doctor if You Have Erectile Dysfunction, as Erectile Dysfunction Could Mean You Have a More Serious Condition
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If you have problems getting or keeping an erection, and the problems last for more than a few weeks, you should talk with your doctor. ED can be a sign of other health problems, such as diabetes or heart disease.
When you meet with your doctor, you might use phrases like, "I've been having problems in the bedroom" or "I've been having erection problems." Remember that a healthy sex life is part of a healthy life. Don't be shy about seeking help. Your doctor treats medical problems every day.
If talking with your doctor doesn't put you at ease, ask for a referral to another doctor. Your doctor may send you to a urologist—a doctor who specializes in sexual and urinary problems.
How does my doctor find the cause of my erectile dysfunction?
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To find the cause of your ED, your doctor may
- take your medical and sexual history
- ask you questions about your mental health
- give you a physical exam
- test your blood
- give you a nighttime erection test
- perform an injection test
- perform a Doppler penile ultrasound
Medical and Sexual History
Your doctor will ask general questions about your health, as well as specific questions about your erection problems and your relationship with your sexual partner. Your doctor might ask you questions such as
- Have you ever had surgery?
- What medicines do you take?
- How sure are you that you can get and keep an erection?
- When you have erections, how often are they hard enough for sex?
- During sex, how often are you able to keep your erection?
- When you try to have sex, how often are you happy with the sex?
- How would you rate your level of sexual desire?
- How often are you able to reach climax and ejaculate?
- Do you have an erection when you wake up in the morning?
- Do you use illegal drugs, drink alcohol, or smoke?
The answers to these questions will help your doctor understand the problem.
Bring a list of all the medicines you take, or the actual medicines, to show to your doctor.
Mental Health Questions
Your doctor may ask you questions about your mental health. For example, the doctor may ask if you feel nervous or depressed. He or she may also ask you to answer questions on paper. The doctor may also ask your sexual partner questions to get more information about the problem.
Physical Exam
A physical exam can help your doctor find the cause of your ED. As part of the exam, the doctor will examine your testes and penis, take your blood pressure, and check for problems with your blood flow.
Blood Tests
A blood test involves drawing your blood at a doctor's office or a commercial facility and sending the sample to a lab for analysis. Blood tests can show possible causes of ED, such as diabetes, clogged blood vessels, or chronic kidney disease. Low levels of testosterone in your blood can explain why you may have lost interest in sex.
Nighttime Erection Test
During a nighttime erection test, you wear a plastic band around your penis to test whether you have nighttime erections. The band easily breaks if your penis expands. This test shows if you had at least one erection during the night. Another test uses an electronic device that can record the number of erections, how long they last, and how firm they are. A man normally has three to five erections during the night while he sleeps. If you do have an erection, it probably means that your ED is more likely a mental health issue. If you do not have these erections, you probably have nerve damage or poor blood flow to your penis. You may do this test in your home or in a special sleep lab.
Injection Test
During an injection test, the doctor will inject a medicine into your penis to cause an erection. If the erection is not firm or does not last, it may mean you have a problem with blood flow. This test most often takes place in the doctor's office.
Doppler Penile Ultrasound
An x-ray technician most often performs a Doppler penile ultrasound in a doctor's office or an outpatient center. During a Doppler penile ultrasound, the x-ray technician or doctor lightly passes a device over your penis to create images of blood vessels in your penis. An injection is used to create an erection. The images can show if you have a blood flow problem. The pictures appear on a computer screen. A radiologist—a doctor who specializes in medical imaging—looks at the images to find possible problems.
How is erectile dysfunction treated?
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Your doctor can offer you a number of treatments for ED. For many men, the answer is as simple as taking a pill. Other men have to try two or three options before they find a treatment that works for them. Don't give up if the first treatment doesn't work. Finding the right treatment can take time. You may want to talk with your sexual partner about which treatment fits you best as a couple.
A doctor can treat ED by
- treating the cause of your ED:
- lifestyle changes
- changing the medicines you take to treat other health problems
- counseling
- prescribing medicines to treat your ED:
- medicine by mouth
- other forms of medicine
- prescribing a vacuum device
- performing surgery:
- implanted devices
- surgery to repair blood vessels
Treating the Cause of Your Erectile Dysfunction
The first step is to treat any health problems that may be causing your ED. Untreated diabetes or high blood pressure may be part of the cause of your ED.
Lifestyle changes. For some men, the following lifestyle changes help:
- quitting smoking
- drinking less alcohol
- increasing physical activity
- stopping illegal drug use
Changing medicines you take to treat other health problems. Talk with your doctor about all the medicines you are taking, including over-the-counter medicines. The doctor may find that a medicine you are taking is causing your ED. Your doctor may be able to give you another medicine that works in a different way, or your doctor may tell you to try a lower dose of your medicine.
Counseling. Counseling can help couples deal with the emotional effects of ED. Some couples find that counseling adds to the medical treatment by making their relationship stronger.
Prescribing Medicines to Treat Your Erectile Dysfunction
Depending on which medicine your doctor gives you, you may take it by mouth or by putting it directly into your penis.
Medicine by mouth. Your doctor may be able to prescribe a pill to treat ED. Common medicines include
- sildenafil (Viagra)
- vardenafil (Levitra, Staxyn)
- tadalafil (Cialis)
- avanafil (Stendra)
If your health is generally good, your doctor may prescribe one of these medicines. You should not take any of these pills to treat ED if you take any nitrates, a type of heart medicine. All ED pills work by increasing blood flow to the penis. They do not cause automatic erections. Talk with your doctor about when to take the pill. You may need to experiment to find out how soon the pill takes effect.
Other forms of medicine. Taking a pill doesn't work for all men. You may need to use medicine that goes directly into your penis. You may use an injection into the shaft of your penis, or you may use medicine placed in your urethra, at the tip of your penis. The urethra is the tube that carries urine and semen outside of the body. Your doctor will teach you how to use the medicines. They most often cause an erection within minutes. These medicines can be successful, even if other treatments fail.
Prescribing a Vacuum Device
Another way to create an erection is to use a device with a specially designed vacuum tube. You put your penis into the tube, which is connected to a pump. As air is pumped out of the tube, blood flows into your penis and makes it larger and firmer. You then move a specially designed elastic ring from the end of the tube to the base of your penis to keep the blood from flowing back into your body. You may find that using a vacuum device requires some practice.
Performing Surgery
If the other options fail, you may need surgery to treat ED.
Implanted devices. A urologist can place a device that fills with fluid or a device with bendable rods inside the penis to create an erection.
One kind of implant uses two cylinders that fill with fluid like a balloon. Tubing connects the cylinders to a small ball that holds the fluid. You fill the cylinders by squeezing a small pump that the urologist places under the skin of the scrotum, in front of your testes. The pump causes fluid to flow into the two cylinders in your penis, making it hard. The fluid can make the penis slightly longer and wider. An implant that uses fluids instead of bendable rods leaves the penis in a more natural state when not in use.
Implants that bend most often have two rods that the urologist places side by side in your penis during surgery. You use your hands to adjust the position of the rods to make your penis straight. Your penis does not get larger. After sex, you bend the rods down.
Implanted devices do not affect the way sex feels or the ability to have an orgasm.
Once you have an implanted device, you must use the device to have an erection every time. Talk with your doctor about the pros and cons of having an implanted device.
Surgery to repair blood vessels. Doctors treat some cases of ED with surgery to repair the blood vessels that carry blood to the penis. This type of surgery is more likely to work in men younger than 30.
How can I prevent erectile dysfunction?
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You can prevent many of the causes of ED by making healthy lifestyle choices. Following a healthy diet may help prevent ED. Quitting smoking and getting physical activity are also important ways to prevent ED.
Physical activity increases blood flow throughout your body, including your penis. Talk with your doctor before starting new activities. If you have not been active, start slow, with easier activities such as walking at a normal pace or gardening. Then you can work up to harder activities such as walking briskly or swimming. Try to aim for at least 30 minutes of activity most days of the week.
Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
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To prevent ED, you should eat a healthy diet of whole-grain foods, fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy foods, and lean meats. A diet that causes you to be overweight and have heart and blood vessel disease can also lead to ED. You should avoid foods high in fat and sodium, the main part of salt. You should also avoid smoking, drinking too much alcohol, or using illegal drugs.
Points to Remember
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- Erectile dysfunction (ED) is when you cannot get or keep an erection firm enough to have sex. You may have ED if you
- can get an erection sometimes, though not every time
- can get an erection, yet it does not last long enough for sex
- are unable to get an erection at all
- An erection occurs when blood flow into the penis increases, making the penis larger and firmer. Hormones, blood vessels, nerves, and muscles all work together to cause an erection.
- ED often has more than one cause. Many diseases can damage nerves, arteries, and muscles.
- To find the cause of your ED, your doctor may
- take your medical and sexual history
- ask you questions about your mental health
- give you a physical exam
- test your blood
- give you a nighttime erection test
- perform an injection test
- perform a Doppler penile ultrasound
- Your doctor can offer you a number of treatments for ED. For many men, the answer is as simple as taking a pill. Other men have to try two or three options before they find a treatment that works for them.
- You can prevent many of the causes of ED by making healthy lifestyle choices. Following a healthy diet may help prevent ED. Quitting smoking and getting physical activity are also important ways to prevent ED.
Hope through Research
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The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) sponsors programs aimed at understanding and treating ED. One team of researchers is exploring the effect of weight loss on ED in men who are obese and sexual dysfunction in women who are obese. One group of participants in the study received bariatric surgery or a lap band procedure to bring about weight loss. Another group lost weight through counseling and behavior change. At the beginning of the study, participants filled out surveys that measured erectile or sexual function. Four years after surgery or weight loss counseling, they will retake the surveys. The Changes in Sexual Function Following Bariatric Surgery study, funded under National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial number NCT00670098, will test the theory that weight loss can improve erectile function.
Other investigators are studying how better control of blood sugar and blood pressure in diabetes could help reduce the chances of developing ED.
Clinical trials are research studies involving people. Clinical trials look at safe and effective new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Researchers also use clinical trials to look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. To learn more about clinical trials, why they matter, and how to participate, visit the NIH Clinical Research Trials and You website at www.nih.gov/health/clinicaltrials. For information about current studies, visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
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erectile dysfunction (ee-REK-tyl) (diss-FUHNK-shuhn)
erection (ee-REK-shuhn)
impotence (IM-puh-tenss)
multiple sclerosis (MUL-tih-puhl) (skleh-ROH-siss)
penis (PEE-niss)
prostate (PROSS-tayt)
radiation (RAY-dee-AY-shuhn)
sildenafil (sil-DEN-uh-fil)
tadalafil (tuh-DAL-uh-fil)
testes (TESS-teez)
testosterone (tess-TOSS-tuh-rohn)
urethra (yoo-REE-thruh)
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Rule 33 was amended, effective January 1, 1981; September 1, 1983; March 1, 1992 on an emergency basis; July 14, 1993; March 1, 1997; March 1, 2004.
Paragraph (b)(3) was amended, effective March 1, 2004, to clarify that any stipulated extension applies to answers and objections.
Paragraph (7) relieves a party from the need to answer the same interrogatory more than once and allows all parties the standing that was lacking in Olson v. A. W. Chesterton Co., 256 N.W.2d 530, 539 (N.D. 1977).
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SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of January 30-31, 2003, pages 13-15; September 28-29, 1995, page 14; November 7-8, 1991, page 5; October 25-26, 1990, pages 17-18; February 17-18, 1983, pages 12-14; October 30-31, 1980, pages 19-20; November 29-30, 1979, page 7; Fed.R.Civ.P. 33.
CROSS REFERENCE: N.D.R.Civ.P. 26 (General Provisions Governing Discovery), N.D.R.Civ.P. 29 (Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure), N.D.R.Civ.P. 34 (Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes), and N.D.R.Civ.P. 37 (Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions).


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The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has scheduled a CLEseminar titled Using the Internetfor Legal Research With LeighWebber in two greater New York City locations late this month andearly next. The programs will take place on Thursday, March 31 at the Southgate Tower, 371 Seventh Avenue, New York City, and on Friday, April 1 at the Sheraton Long...
Record Attendance At Sills' Compliance Readiness Seminar
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
On January 27, 2005, approximately 200 corporate counsel interacted with outside counsel and DOJ, SEC, NYSE and PCAOB officials and staff during an all-day seminar covering corporate governance and compliance topics of critical importance to corporate counsel.One attendee was quoted as saying: "This seminar set a new standard of excellence and clearly...
WESFACCA Schedules Variety Of Seminars
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
WESFACCA this month has scheduled a series of CLE seminars on issues including corporate law, employment law and immigration law. On Tuesday, March 8, WESFACCA will present a program titled How to Dismantle a Privilege Bomb: Workshop for the In-House Guardians from 9 a.m. to noon at GE Commercial/Vendor Financial Services, 10 Riverview Drive, Danbury, CT...
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Seminar Will Probe Risks of Outsourcing
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The firm of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, Microsoft Corporation, the Executive Council of New York,and Geller & Company this month are planning a seminar titled The 2005 Strategic Outsourcing Forum: Managing the Risks & Complexities of Outsourcing. The program will take place on Wednesday, March 23 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Harvard Club...
Seminar Will Review OutsourcingIn Asia Pacific Market
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) has scheduled a CLE seminar titled Asia Pacific Outsourcing & Other Cross Border Transactions in two locations this month. The program will take place on Friday, March 18 at the Conference Center at Mellon, 501 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, and on Thursday, March 31 at the CLE Conference Center, Wanamaker Building,...
South Florida ACCA Slates Networking Event
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The South Florida Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel America this month is planning One Night Under the Sea, a networking-focused session with activities designed to encourage camaraderie and conversation. The event will take place on Saturday, March 12 starting at 7 p.m. at the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum, 300 Gulf Stream Way,...
ACC-Chicago Partners With CLE Provider
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Chicago Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel America has announced that its members are eligible to attend American Law Firm Association educational program at no cost. The American Law Firm Association International, one of the oldest and largest global networks of law firms, has agreed to pay for ACC-Chicago's members' airfare, hotel...
Seminar Will Examine Financial Statement Fraud
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel America this month is planning a CLE presentation titled Understanding Financial Statement Fraud. The program will take place on Thursday, March 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Prestonwood Country Club, 15909 Preston Road, North Dallas, TX. The presentation will be led by Jeffrey...
Program Will Compare Arbitration, Mediation
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The MidAmerica Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel America has rescheduled a CLE seminar titled Arbitration and Mediation from January to Wednesday, March 9. The program will compare and contrast arbitration and mediation, present a panel of corporate counsel to discuss their views and experience, and analyze what works and what doesn't when...
OSBA Plans Tort Reform Seminar
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) this month will present a CLE seminar titled Senate Bill 80 - Tort Reform in two locations. Programs will take place on Friday, March 4 at the Forum Conference Center, East 9th and St. Clair streets, Cleveland, and on Friday, March 11 at the OSBA offices, 1700 Lake Shore Drive, Columbus, OH. Sessions run from 8:30 a....
Seminar Focus: In-House Counsel's RoleIn Managing Corporate Risks
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Southwest Ohio Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel America and the Cincinnati Bar Association this month are jointly planning a CLE seminar titled Insurance Basics - What In-House Counsel Need to Know About Risk and Risk Management Today. The program is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the Health Foundation of...
Ohio State Bar Association SeminarTo Focus On Electronic Discovery
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) on Wednesday, March 9 is planning a CLE seminar titled Discovery of Electronic Records. The featured speakers will be Dino Tsibouris, Mallory & Tsibouris Company LPA, and Martin D. Susec, an assistant attorney general for the Constitutional Offices Section of the Ohio Attorney General's Office. The program will...
Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association (WMACCA) Elects New Officers
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Marian Block, vice president and associate general counsel of Lockheed Martin Corporation, has begun her tenure as the 24th president of the Washington Metropolitan Area Corporate Counsel Association (WMACCA). With more than 1,100 in-house counsel members, and celebrating its 25th anniversary, WMACCA is the premier professional association for in-house...
DC Bar Slates Legal Writing Course
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The DC Bar Association on Friday, March 11 will offer a CLE seminar titled Effective Writing for Lawyers Workshop. The speakers at the day-long session are David F. Pike and Kathleen Sylvester, both of Writewell. The workshop will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, Washington, DC. For details of...
DC Bar Will Outline New RulesIn Applying For Tax Exempt Status
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Effective April 30, applicants for federal tax exempt status will be required to file a totally new Application for Recognition of Exemption under 501(c)(3)(form 1023). This new application form both expands the scope of information required from the previous form 1023 and incorporates a number ofpreviously separate forms. The new application will be...
Last Of Immigration Law SeriesTo Focus On Deportation, Removal
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
MICPEL and the Maryland State Bar Association this month will conclude a three-part series of presentations on immigration law with a CLE seminar titled The Nuts and Bolts of Deportation and Removal. The program is scheduled for Friday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Ecker Business Training Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD....
VA CLE Seminar Will Examine Developments In Legal Technology
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Virginia CLE this month has scheduled a video replay of a popular CLE seminar originally presented last September under the title 2004 Virginia Information Technology Legal Institute: Practical Strategies and Advice for IT Practitioners. The program, aimed at attorneys practicing in the fields of software licensing, development, and procurement; Internet...
MCCA Plans Midwest Diversity Dinner
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) will honor three corporate attorneys and their organizations this month at the MCCA 2005 Midwest Region DiversityDinner. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 16 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown, Chicago. A reception, where attendees may greet the honorees, will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by...
Seminar Will Review BasicsOf Intellectual Property Licensing
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
While many are familiar with intellectual property concepts of patents, copyrights and trademarks, fewer understand that the value of intellectual property comes from licensing. This issue will be the focus this month of a DC Bar Association CLE seminar titled Introduction to Licensing Intellectual Property. The program will take place on Thursday, March...
How To Draft Commercial Loan Documents
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Structuring and Drafting Commercial Loan Documents, a day-long CLE seminar, will be presented in three locations this month by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI). The programs will take place on Wednesday, March 16 at the CLE Conference Center, Wanamaker Building, Juniper Street, Philadelphia; on Tuesday, March 22 at the PBI Conference Center, 5080...
WolfInstitute Plans March Seminars In Employment Law Series
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A wide range of employment law issues will be covered this month as the WolfInstitute continues its series of ongoing seminars in Philadelphia. The seminars take place at the WolfInstitute, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Each session begins at 9 a.m. The courses are designed to give HR professionals, in-house counsel, benefits administrators and other...
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Crucial M500 SSD Now Available – 1TB For Under $600
Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 9:13 AMCrucial today announced the immediate availability of the Crucial M500 solid state drive (SSD). The Crucial M500 SSD series uses the Marvell 88SS9187 controller with custom firmware made by Crucial for the M500. The 2.5-inch drives are 7mm Z-Height drives and are available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, and 960GB capacities with MSRPs of $129.99, $219.99, $399.99, and $599.99, respectively. Getting a 960GB SSD that is just 7mm in thickness for under $600 is pretty impressive! The 500MB/s sequential read and 400MB/s sequential write speeds are no joke either!
Crucial M500 960GB Key Specifications:
- Capacity (Unformatted): 960GB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s (SATA 3GB/s compatible)
- Sustained Sequential Read up to (128k transfer): 500MB/s
- Sustained Sequential Write up to (128k transfer): 400MB/s
- Random Read up to (4k transfer): 80,000 IOPS
- Random Write up to (4k transfer): 80,000 IOPS
- Form Factor: 2.5-inch
- NAND: 20nm Micron MLC NND
- Life Expectancy: 1.2 million hours mean time to failure (MTTF)
- Endurance: 72TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 40GB per day for 5 years
- Operaating Temperature: 0°C to 70°C
- Compliance: RoHS, CE, FCC, UL, BSMI, C-TICK, KCC RRL, W.E.E.E., TUV VCCI, IC
- Firmware: Field upgradable firmware
- Product Health Monitoring: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) commands
- Warranty: 3 years
"We designed the Crucial M500 to meet the reliability and performance expectations of today's systems, and are thrilled to offer the first terabyte-class. SSD for under $600," said Robert Wheadon, senior worldwide product manager, Crucial. "The Crucial M500 is equipped with an impressive new set of features, making it a multifaceted solution for today and tomorrow."
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University board freezes tuition for next two years
The system's board of trustees voted unanimously Friday to freeze tuition at current levels, which vary from campus to campus, after lawmakers agreed to boost state aid that was cut in half two years ago.
"I applaud the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees for taking this important step to make higher education more affordable for our families and students," said Gov. Maggie Hassan, who as governor is a member of the board. "I know that the drastic cuts made in the last budget to our universities have made it more difficult to build a highly skilled work force and to keep New Hampshire's promising young people here in our state."
Under the 2014-15 budget, which Hassan signed Friday, the University System of New Hampshire will receive $153 million over the biennium. Hassan had proposed the system receive $165 million, but lawmakers reduced her request. For the current biennium, which ends June 30, the university system received about $100 million.
"We look forward to partnering with our elected officials to attract New Hampshire's most able students and prepare them for the state's work force," Leach said.
The USNH board of trustees voted unanimously to name Leach chancellor at its quarterly business meeting on Friday. Leach has been serving as interim chancellor since March 2, when former Chancellor Ed MacKay retired.


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Remember the First Law of Thermodynamics from high school physics? Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be converted from one form to another. This principle of "conversion" underpins virtually every mechanical process that makes a vehicle go, and stop. Every time you start up a vehicle you're converting potential energy to kinetic energy, and every time you stop you're converting the kinetic energy right back into potential energy. When a heavy truck's engine brakes are engaged, a very dramatic energy conversion takes place...
"The engine brake comes under some pretty stressful conditions," says Bruce Sebring, VP sales, Pacbrake Company. "What we're doing is we're opening the exhaust valve at TDC on the compression stroke, and releasing engine compression, and that sometimes puts pressures inside the engine brake housing in the 3,000 to 4,000 psi range.
"It's not uncommon for an engine brake to lose 25 percent of its efficiency at the quarter million mile mark," Sebring says. "It loses efficiency over time, and you never really notice it. It just gets progressively weaker and less effective, and if you don't do maintenance on it, you can accelerate the wear of the engine brake housing itself. Then once that's worn out, you have to replace the housing. But regular maintenance will prevent that, and will keep the engine brake at the efficient level, and will increase your ROI.
"So there are some critical control components in there that need to be addressed on a fairly regular basis," he says. "Fairly regular to me is about a quarter million miles and up you should go in there and, shall we say, freshen up the engine brake. Whenever you're under the valve cover, running the overhead and injector head gasket, etc., the labor's already done, so it's a simple matter to then add these components to the engine brake and get it back to 100 percent efficiency."
"We try to link maintenance of the engine brake to engine overhauls," says Paul Paré, director of marketing for Jacobs Vehicle Systems, maker of the "Jake Brake."
"When you're taking advantage of labor, you can use a tune-up kit during that overhaul," Paré says. "A lot of companies will have scheduled recommended overhauls on their engines, and during that time when the valve cover's off and the brakes are removed, the labor's already spent. So we say, while you're doing an overhaul, put a tune-up kit in there at the same time. It just makes sense. That way you're using genuine parts, and you're restoring your performance."
The difficulty with engine brake maintenance is that drivers can't always tell when the performance of the brake has slipped. According to Paré, engine brake effectiveness is difficult to measure:
"To fully understand performance degradation, we need to get a sample truck that has 400,000 or 500,000 miles on it, put it on a dyno, and check for performance. What is the degradation? Then we put the new 'tune-up kit' parts in and reinstall it and put the truck back on the dyno to check the performance."
Paré says that his company is working with engine OEMs to harmonize maintenance intervals to make the hour-long engine brake tune-up as inobtrusive as possible. As a part of that effort, Jacobs will begin a major training campaign in the coming year to get fleet customers to regularly tune up their engine brakes when they perform engine overhauls.
Those fleets that plan to hold onto their trucks for an extra year, or buy used trucks, to avoid purchasing trucks with '07 engines will need to keep engine brake maintenance in mind.
"Ninety-nine percent of Class-8 trucks built today have an engine brake of someone's manufacturer on it," says Sebring.
"There are some fleets in the Midwest that have never seen value in an engine brake, but that's a diminishing number now. Flat lands, low speeds, low weights… A 55 mph fleet rolling down the interstate hauling triples on flat ground, they really don't see the ROI that someone running in the mountains does. As those trucks come into the marketplace now as trade-ins, and they do not have retarders on them, they get equipped with retarders before the second or third owner buys them. As they move around the country—a fleet of trucks from Ohio might wind up in Los Angeles—suddenly they're in the mountain west and they absolutely need engine brakes. Sometimes the second or third owner has the engine brake installed before putting the truck back in service."
It will be a while before any technician performs an engine brake tune-up on an '07 engine, but when that time comes the technician may be in for a small surprise, according to Detroit Diesel.
"What is different about the 2007 engine brake from the '02 and '04 brakes is the fact that now the solenoid valve has two lead wires instead of one," says Al Warner, staff project engineer for Detroit Diesel. "In the past, for the older 'Jake brakes' that had two cylinders per housing, that had just a single lead that we call a high-side driver. It was turned on by supplying electricity to the solenoid, and then it was a block return, or block ground.
"Well, with '07, with the new electronics, it gave us the opportunity—early in the program, when we first started this about three years ago—to eliminate the 24V solenoid models from the brake," Warner explains. "We grabbed for that opportunity. So now there is a high-side power source which comes from the switched ignition. Then the solenoid is driven on the low side by PWM-ing—aiding the current in a duty cycle fashion. That way with one solenoid it could be used on either 12V or 24V models of the brake.
"PWM-ing," Warner explains, "is high speed (350 hz) turning on and off the electrical ground. For example, if you run 50 percent duty cycle, then the ground is on 50 percent of the time. Subsequently, you get 50 percent of the current that you would if the ground was on 100 percent. That is about where we currently run the solenoids even though they are perfectly capable of running 100 percent all of the time.
"Also, the circuit is a little smarter than this," he says. "When the brake first comes on, there is a brief surge of 'pull in current' to get the armature moving from it's off position. Once again, the benefits of the reduction in heating due to the current flow are very minor since the oil temp is the real driver of solenoid temperature and it's wear and tear. The whole approach was to reduce cost by elimination of the 24V brake part."
However, after the two wire solenoid design was finalized, the company decided to abandon the 24V option for the '07 EGR engine.
"It's a straight 12V engine, and therefore, the opportunity that we tried to go for with the two-lead solenoid disappeared," Warner says. "Everything was cast in stone at that time, so we still have a two-lead solenoid. And there are minor advantages, because with the pulsing of the current there is somewhat of a reduced thermal load on the solenoid. But that is not the reason why—that is an 'Oh, by the way' advantage."
In addition to having to hook up two leads to the solenoid instead of one, the technician working on a Detroit Diesel will have to become familiar with a newly-designed injector harness that carries the electrical leads for the engine brake.
"Its arrangement is very different than what we've had in the past, where we feed the lead wires to a hole in the head in the back of the engine," Warner explains. "You know how tight it can get with the firewall there. So we've developed a new injector harness that comes in through the side of the rocker cover, in what's called the intermediate housing—the lower spacer in the rocker cover. It goes up and over the brake to get to the injectors, and we have very elaborate parts that support the injector harness, because we've had some issues in the past."
Detroit Diesel's goals for the new injector harness design were to increase reliability and reduce the already small amout of warranty returns on the engine brake wiring. Warner reports that early feedback from technicians on the new layout has been all positive.
"It has no effect at all on the maintenance of the engine, outside of the fact that you've got to lash it, you've got to connect the solenoids, etc.," he says. "As a cautionary, the one hot lead—and it's only going to be hot with ignition on—if that lead ever shorts the block, or shorts the solenoid, it does result in an engine shutdown situation. That high-side sourcing is shared by other critical actuators on the engine, and it's actually split—with the front solenoid, it shares power with, I believe, the turbo actuator, and the rear solenoid shares its power with the EGR valve.
"When either one of the turbo or the EGR valve are inoperative, then there are codes thrown," Warner explains. "This is different for '07, because in the past all you'd lose was 'Jake' function. So that high-side wire, and I believe we've color-coded it red—the scenario under which it would be left to flop around under the rocker cover should be very rare. It's more about a mistake: somebody forgot to attach it, or something like that."
The engine brake will also have to function effectively in a higher-temperature environment on a 2007 engine, but Pacbrake's Sebring doesn't anticipate any immediate issues there: "We don't foresee any change in performance," he reports. "I don't know the long-term effect of higher temperatures and ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD), or different oil formulations. That may or may not play into the maintenance of the engine brake, but I don't foresee anything in the immediate future."
The 2007 emissions regulations will effect engine brakes in another way. Because the new standards have necessitated the use of extensive exhaust aftertreatment devices, truckers will no longer be able to modify their exhausts. That means that the familiar "bark" of the engine brake could someday be a thing of the past.
"Typically you hear excess noise because people are not using the proper muffler system that comes out of the factory," says Jacobs' Paré. Of course, this is an issue of some sensitivity to Jacobs Vehicle Systems, as they are working with municipalities across the country to take down road signs that say "Use of Jake Brakes Not Allowed," and either eliminate them altogether or replace them with the non-brand-specific "Use of Engine Brakes Not Allowed."
"What's happening with the '07 emissions is that the truck owner cannot touch the muffler system anymore, because of the particulate filters integrated with the exhaust system," Paré says. "They can't touch the muffler anymore, you can't throw on straight pipes, so we're not going to have that issue anymore. Noise related to engine retarders is not really an issue anymore, because the emissions regulations have mandated what the muffler system is going to look like, and there are no changes to that muffler system. So the noise coming out of there is equal to normal positive power."
Aside from learning to navigate around things like extra wires and redesigned injector harnesses, maintaining the typical engine brake couldn't be much simpler.
"Basically, the tune-up kit consists of control valves and springs, washers, wiring, screws," says Paré. "You're going to get some wear, like anything else. You've got a part in there that's got a certain tolerance to it, and over time there's the opportunity for the component to wear."
"I think some of the key fleet people that do their own maintenance have very good programs," says Sebring. "Today's engines, however, are million-mile engines, and the majority of large fleets do not expect to remove the valve cover during the first four or five years of use, or at least until the warranty period is up. So, we're talking 400,000 or 500,000 miles, perhaps, and they don't expect to lift the valve cover. So therein lies the key. There is a little bit of a thought process that needs to be addressed: you need to remind the fleet people that this is something they need to look at.
"The tune-up kit has hardware involved, and it's a simple matter of replacing the components," he goes on. "The critical component is the control valve, or spool valve. It's a one-way jet valve and it has a tendency to accumulate carbon under the bb and seat and it does happen to leak after a certain amount of time. So (the kit consists of) control valve, springs, solenoid seals and master piston return springs, and wiring.
"There's a solenoid control wire under the cover that deteriorates as well," he continues. "It doesn't require the removal of the engine brake; it can all be done with the engine brake intact and in place. (The control valve has a small 'bb' controlled by a spring on a seat, and every time the engine brake is turned on and turned off, the bb comes off the seat and oil pressure comes under it, between the bb and the seat. When the engine brake shuts off, then that oil pressure drops off and the spring returns the bb to the seat. So it's a ball and seat arrangement, and as your engine progresses in wear, and carbon becomes an issue in the oil, every time the engine brake is on and off, the ball and seat is subjected to whatever contaminants are in the oil. So as you get contaminant buildup on the ball and seal, that unit becomes a leaky product rather than a zero-leak product.)"
"The engine brake as we know it is being integrated into the '07 engines, and will be further integrated into the 2010 engines," says Sebring. Will those engines be expected to stay in service beyond a million miles? Even if they can run that long, the engine brake is going to need some care long before that mark. Don't forget.


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