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Academic Convocation - Spring 2011 - Jeff Iorg
Is A Spirit-Filled Seminary Possible?
"Golden Gate Seminary is an academic institution, and the primary emphasis of our instructional strategy for shaping leaders is shaping their intellects," said Seminary president Jeff Iorg to faculty, students and staff at the Seminary's spring 2011 academic convocation. "While we consider the intellect as a tool – a gift from God to be honed and used for his glory and advancement of his kingdom – this focus on intellectual development can result in fleshly pride in our intellectual capabilities," Iorg cautioned.
"While a sharp mind is a tool God may use to accomplish his purposes, spiritual results – particularly supernatural results – are God's purview," Iorg noted. He explained the dilemma faced by those at the Seminary: "How do we love God with our minds – ever-sharpening our intellectual capabilities – without becoming overly enamored with the supposed power of facts, information, reasoning, and data? How do we present ourselves a 'living sacrifice' yielding all we are to God for his use, while at the same time trusting God's spirit to work though us to accomplish his purposes?"
The president suggested the answer might be discovered by considering the Scriptural admonition about being Spirit-filled, found in Ephesians 5:18: "And don't get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit." Iorg pointed out that while the phrase "be filled by the Spirit" is not used frequently, its significance is established when considered with other references to the work of the Holy Spirit mentioned throughout the New Testament.
"Two conclusions inform this presentation," Iorg explained. "First, the filling by the Spirit is an important concept. And second, while it is important to be filled, it is also important to understand the concept as one descriptor of life in the Spirit, not as a special experience that stands apart from other Scriptural descriptions of experiencing the presence and power of the Holy Spirit."
Drawing conclusions from lexical studies of the word translated "be filled," Iorg observed, "First, the filling by the Spirit is a present possibility for every believer. Second, Christians are obliged to receive the Spirit's filling. Third, when filled, believers will express it in community with corporate benefits rather than private titillation. Finally, the verb form should be understood as magnifying the mystery of what it means to be filled with the Spirit."
Iorg overviewed popular outlooks on condition or steps to being Spirit-filled and concluded, "While there are commonalities between these various lists, there is also a marked absence of consensus on supposed conditions for being Spirit-filled. Despite the best efforts of noted spiritual heavyweights, there is no definitive, unified answer."
"Instead of being frustrating," Iorg continued, "The absence of information about how to be Spirit-filled is, in and of itself, instructive. The absence of a biblical formula implies that being Spirit-filled is a supernatural experience, and we are more dependent on God's sovereign blessing than our step-by-step effort. It is an intentional omission."
Turning his attention to results of Spirit-filling, Iorg noted "There are a variety of results connected with the Spirit-filling summarized in Scripture. When believers are Spirit-filled the following will be evident: Christians will enthusiastically participate in worship – both to glorify God and encourage others by their presence and devotion. Significant relationships will be marked by Christian grace and healthy interpersonal interaction. Believers will participate willingly and frequently in sacrificial acts of Christian service – including witnessing, preaching, leading, healing confronting detractors, and joyfully experiencing hardship. These actions will be marked with boldness and joy – as well as a confident expectation of God's sovereign, supernatural intervention."
Answering the title question; 'Is a Spirit-filled seminary possible?' Dr. Iorg responded affirmatively. "In a word, yes. It is possible because we are a community of believers teaching, studying, and working to accomplish the shared mission of shaping leaders who expand God's kingdom around the world."
The next question, 'Are we a Spirit-filled seminary?' can also be answered yes, said Dr. Iorg. "There is ample, clear evidence of the Spirit's empowering, leading, direction, and filling people identified with Golden Gate," Iorg said. "We see it in ministry results achieved, Christian relationships enjoyed, and occasional, jaw-dropping supernatural results that can only be attributed to God's work through us."
The president's final question, 'Can we be more intentional in seeking the Spirit's filling?' he also answered in the affirmative. "We must more openly acknowledge our desire for the Spirit's empowering by meeting to pray together, sharing corporate worship experiences, and humbling ourselves by admitting our weaknesses rather than hiding behind the masks of self-deluded self-sufficiency."
Iorg concluded by stating, "While we have already established there are no steps, personally or corporately, to being Spirit-filled, my hope is we can agree we have a responsibility to open ourselves to deeper dependence on the Spirit's power. My hope is we will seek, however feebly and inadequately, the Spirit's filling the best way we can. May we risk seeking the Spirit's filling and discover the serendipitous surprises God has in store along the way. Toward that end, may God do more than shape our minds with this presentation – but also touch our hearts with a fresh longing for his power in and through the people called Golden Gate Seminary."
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Halévy, Élie
Élie Halévy 1870-1937
French historian and philosopher.
Halévy was a noted twentieth-century historian whose six-volume Histoire du peuple anglais au XIXesiècle (1912-47; A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century) is considered one of the most influential studies of modern English social history. In this work, Halévy forwarded the thesis that England was spared from the violent revolutions in France of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries due to the intercession of Methodism as a socially stabilizing force. Among his many other contributions as a philosopher and historian, Halévy produced a notable examination of English Utilitarianism, and substantial assessments of twentieth-century liberalism, socialism, and totalitarianism.
Biographical Information
Halévy was born in Etretat on 6 September 1870, the son of Ludovic Halévy, a playwright. He was educated in Paris at the Lycée Condorcet and later attended the Ecole Normale Supérieure. In 1892 Halévy was invited to lecture on English politics at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques, and maintained a professorship at the school for the rest of his life. Meanwhile, he co-founded and co-edited the scholarly journal Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale in 1893 and received his doctorate of philosophy in 1901 after submitting the first volume of his La Formation du radicalisme philosophique: La Revolution et la doctrine de l'utilité (1789-1815) (1900; The Growth of Philosophic Radicalism) as his thesis. After making frequent visits to Great Britain as part of his professional activities, Halévy began in 1901 the work that was to occupy the majority of his career, A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century, the first volume of which was published in 1912. The ensuing years were devoted to teaching, to scholarship, and to this and other works of history and philosophy. Halévy died at Sucy-en-Brie in August of 1937, having completed five more volumes of his masterwork.
Major Works
The multiple volumes of Halévy's A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century feature a thorough study of English social history focusing on the years to 1815 to 1852 and 1895 to 1914. In the first volume of the work, subtitled L'Angleterre on 1815, Halévy considers English political and social institutions of the eighteenth century and proposes the controversial thesis that England avoided revolutionary chaos during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries due to the balancing presence of religious nonconformity in the form of evangelical Protestantism. Halévy's Epilogue to the History deals with England in the years leading up to World War I, and offers an interpretation of British nationalism and socialism, which Halévy contrasts with the more conservative and authoritarian varieties practiced by the major nations of continental Europe. Among Halévy's other works, his early Growth of Philosophic Radicalism studies British utilitarian thought, principally the philosophical and economic theories of Jeremy Bentham and his followers. In the work, Halévy traces lines of development in economics and constitutionalism from their origins in the Enlightenment to nineteenth and twentieth century tensions between personal liberty and heightened social organization. L'Ére des tyrannies: Études sur le socialisme et la guerre (1938; The Era of Tyrannies: Essays on Socialism and War) focuses on changes in European political organization following World War I. In these essays, Halévy emphasizes increases in state power and nationalistic furor at the expense of personal liberty. Although he uses the term tyranny in this volume, Halévy's analysis of the rise of fascism and Bolshevism in the twentieth century remains one of earliest explorations of totalitarianism.
Critical Reception
The areas of principal critical interest in regard to Halévy's historical works lie in the contemporary estimation of his A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century and the so-called "Halévy thesis" it contains. On one end of the spectrum, Myrna Chase has suggested that the thesis can be viewed as a viable alternative to Marxist materialist history in the case of English industrial, social, and political development. Other, more highly critical views have also been forwarded, as the thesis has sparked considerable contention among historians, many of whom have found considerable flaws in Halévy's historical conclusions. Despite reassessments since Halévy's death, however, scholars continue to perceive A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century as a masterpiece of English history. Likewise, Halévy's other works, including Growth of Philosophic Radicalism and The Era of Tyrannies: Essays on Socialism and War, have been praised as significant and enduring contributions to modern European social, economic, and intellectual history.
Principal Works
La Théorie platonicienne des sciences (philosophy) 1896
La Formation du radicalisme philosophique: La Revolution et la doctrine de l'utilité (1789-1815) [The Growth of Philosophic Radicalism] (philosophy) 1900
Thomas Hodgskin (1787-1869) (biography) 1903
L'Angleterre et son empire (history) 1905
La Naissance du methodisme en Angleterre [The Birth of Methodism in England] (essay) 1906
Histoire du peuple anglais au XIXesiècle. 6 vols. [A History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century] (history) 1912-47
La Part de la France: Lettre ouverte d'un soldat français aux soldats américains (essay) 1917
The World Crisis of 1914-18: An Interpretation (lecture) 1930
L'Ère des tyrannies: Études sur le socialisme et la guerre [The Era of Tyrannies: Essays on Socialism and War] (essays) 1938
Histoire du socialisme européen: Redigée d'après des notes de cours par un groupe d'amis et d'élèves (history) 1948
Correspondence, 1891-1937 (letters) 1996
C. E. Fryer (review date 1913)
SOURCE: A review of Histoire de Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siecle, Vol. I, in The American Historical Review, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, January, 1913, pp. 367-68.
[In the following review, Fryer praises the originality of Halévy's thesis concerning nineteenth-century English history, while acknowledging the logical shortcomings of his arguments.]
This volume [Histoire du Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siècle. Tome I. L'Angleterre en 1815] is the first of four projected by M. Halévy as a history of the English people in the nineteenth century. The undertaking is monumental. It deserves notice because M. Halévy is one of the first writers to essay a definitive synthesis of the monograph material for the period. But, to judge from this first installment, his interpretation will disregard traditional views and offer suggestions that are quite new. Already, in this introductory volume, dealing with English society at the close of the Napoleonic struggle, he advances a theory the originality of which is apparent. He is trying to determine why England, in contrast to the Continental states of Europe, has enjoyed throughout the nineteenth century a public opinion that invariably maintains itself within conservative and non-revolutionary limits. The question draws from M. Halévy an exhaustive review of the institutional side of English life—this being the substance of the first volume.
The commonplace view that English political institutions make for stability he rejects entirely: in the sphere of economics he sees in distribution,...
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H. W. C. Davis (review date 1927)
SOURCE: A review of Histoire du Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siecle: Epilogue, in History, October, 1927, pp. 269-70.
[In the following review, Davis surveys the major points of Halévy's Histoire du peuple anglais au XIXe siècle.]
M. Halévy has turned aside (not, we hope, indefinitely) from his great work on nineteenth-century England to write the epilogue of that unfinished story. The epilogue [of Histoire du Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siècle] is by no means an improvisation. It has been simmering in his mind for thirty years, and its materials have been laboriously collected in the course of his duties as a teacher at the...
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Emery Neff (review date 1929)
SOURCE: A review of The Growth of Philosophical Radicalism, in The Journal of Philosophy, Vol. XXVI, No. 15, July 18, 1929, pp. 414-17.
[In the following review, Neff notes the historical and philosophical significance of Halévy's study of English Utilitarianism, The Growth of Philosophical Radicalism.]
The appearance of M. Halévy's Formation du Radicalisme Philosophique in English twenty-five years after its publication may be taken as discouraging evidence of the slowness of international communication of ideas. Or it may seem rather the more discouraging that a translation should be necessary to introduce so important a work on an English subject to...
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D. C. Somervell (review date 1933)
SOURCE: A review of Histoire de Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siecle: Epilogue, in History, Vol. XVIII, No. 71, October, 1933, pp. 275-76.
[In the following review of the Epilogue and second volume of Halévy's Histoire du peuple anglais au XIXe siècle, Somervell observes a few minor errors in what he calls "a truly admirable piece of work."]
The qualities of M. Halévy's splendid History of the English People in the Nineteenth Century have been made known by previous volumes. The first was an elaborate panorama of English Society in 1815. Two volumes then followed carrying the story down to 1841, at which point the author broke off in...
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Ernest Barker (essay date 1938)
SOURCE: "Élie Halévy," in The English Historical Review, Vol. LIII, No. CCIX, January, 1938, pp. 79-87.
[In the following essay, Barker recounts Halévy's life and work as a historian and philosopher.]
Élie Halévy was born at Etretat on 6 September 1870, two days after the proclamation of the French Republic. (His mother had fled there from Paris before the final advance of the German armies.) His father, Ludovic (1834-1908), the nephew of a famous Jewish composer of operas, was himself a writer of libretti, especially for the music of Offenbach; and indeed music was a tradition in the family. But Ludovic Halévy was a man of many sides. He had inherited from...
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J. R. M. Butler (review date 1948)
SOURCE: "Élie Halévy," in The English Historical Review, Vol. LIII, No. CCIX, January, 1948, pp. 79-87.
[In the following review, Butler examines the principal themes of Halévy's study of England from 1841 to 1852, including the triumphs of free trade and the middle class.]
When Professor Élie Halévy brought out the third volume of his well-known history in 1923, it was his intention to complete the work in four more volumes, of which the next to appear would be entitled 'La politique libre-échangiste (1841-1865)', and the last would bring the story down to 1895. The volumes, however, which in fact appeared next, in 1926 and 1932, were not those...
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W. L. Burn (review date 1948)
SOURCE: A review of Histoire de Peuple Anglais au XIXe Siecle, Vol. IV, in History, Vol. Nos. 117 & 118, February & June, 1948, pp. 155-57.
[In the following review of Histoire, volume four, Burn acknowledges the considerable importance of Halévy's work to the study of English history, and notes the subjects left unexamined after Halévy's death.]
We cannot read this book [Histoire du peuple anglais au xixe siècle: Pt. iv. Le milieu du siècle, 1841-52.] without feeling more acutely than ever before, the damaging effect upon the study of English history of Élie Halévy's death in August 1937. It is as though one saw the...
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R. K. Webb (essay date 1965)
SOURCE: A preface to The Era of Tyrannies, by Élie Halévy, translated by R. K. Webb, Anchor Books, 1965, pp. vii-xvii.
[In the following preface to his translation of The Era of Tyrannies, Webb discusses the method of Halévy's sociological writing.]
Élie Halévy (1870-1937) is best known to American and English readers for his contributions to our knowledge of English history from the end of the eighteenth century to the twentieth century, contributions with a scope, power, and influence unmatched by the work of any English historian of the period. But the English-speaking world has remained largely unaware of Halévy's equally strong interest in socialism....
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Gertrude Himmelfarb (essay date 1968)
SOURCE: "The Victorian Ethos: Before and After Victoria," in Victorian Minds, Alfred A. Knopf, 1968, pp. 275-99.
[In the following essay, Himmelfarb presents a view of Victorian England informed by Halévy's historical thesis, then proceeds to examine contemporary analysis of this thesis.]
Where once it was the fashion to vilify "Victorianism," today one might be tempted to deny that there had ever been such a thing. The period, one might argue, was too long, the tempo of change too rapid, the cast of characters too motley to permit of generalization. How can we lump together sixty-four years of economic, political, social, and cultural revolution? How can we...
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J. D. Walsh (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: "Élie Halévy and the Birth of Methodism," in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 25, 1975, pp. 1-20.
[In the following essay, Walsh evaluates Halévy's observations on the creation and growth of the Methodist movement in 1738-39.]
Probably the most famous passages in Halévy's work are those attributing England's immunity from revolution after 1789 to the influence of Methodism. The 'Halévy thesis' encouraged, though it did not begin, a debate which still fizzes, jumps and occasionally explodes. Little attention has been given to Halévy's first essay in Methodist history, The Birth of Methodism in England, which appeared in...
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Francisco Vergara (essay date 1998)
SOURCE: "A Critique of Elie Halévy," in Philosophy, Vol. 73, No. 283, January, 1998, pp. 97-111.
[In the following essay, Vergara maintains that Halévy, in his Growth of Philosophical Radicalism, "completely misunderstood the writings of the English and Scottish utilitarian philosophers."]
The prestigious French publisher Presses Universitaires de France has recently brought out (November 1995) a new French edition of Elie Halévy's well known book The Growth of Philosophical Radicalism, first published in France in three volumes as La formation du radicalisme philosophique (1901-1904) and translated into English in 1926.1 The...
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Further Reading
Chase, Myrna. Elie Halévy: An Intellectual Biography. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980, 293 p.
Critical biography of Halévy containing an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
Barraclough, Geoffery. "Historian at the End of His Tether." The New York Review of Books 5, No. 11 (January 6, 1966): 20-22.
Views Halévy as a sociologist, discusses his ideas on socialism, and observes the limitations of his historical theories.
Brebner, J. Bartlet. "Halévy: Diagnostician of Modern Britain." Thought XXIII, No. 88...
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Pecan (the internal name for ACM) has a pretty long history. SEGA, GBX and 20th Century FOX came to am agreement to produce an Aliens game around 6 years ago, after which SEGA almost immediately announced it, long before Pecan had even started production. The game has been in active development in the past, only to be shelved in favor of another project (Borderlands, Duke, etc), and each time it would undergo a major content overhaul.
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About 5 of those 9 months went to shipping Borderlands 2. In that time, TimeGate managed to scrap together 85% of the campaign, but once Borderlands 2 had shipped and GBX turned it's attention to Pecan, it became pretty apparent that what had been made was in a pretty horrid state. Campaign didn't make much sense, the boss rights weren't implemented, PS3 was way over memory etcetcetc. GBX was unhappy with TG's work, and some of the Campaign maps were just completely redesigned from scratch. There were some last minute feature requests, most notably female marines, and the general consensus among GBX devs was that there was no way this game was going to be good by ship. There just wasn't enough time.
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95 Explorer = Rear axle making ratcheting noises on tight turns ?
* 1995 4dr Explorer with rear disc brakes & 166,000 miles = Notible loud and ratchety Feeling rear axle ?? *
Just got this sat, upon testdrive noticed it was a 90* turn out of snowy driveway on top of a hill ...on a corner with cars comming and Explorer had no brake's.......
So I gave it aggresive throtttle to get out infront of on comming cars.....plenty of room buy the way...
Just wasnt expecting 10% brakes (pedal just about to floor ) when seller said they were allitle spungy is all
Either way am happy with vehicle, but am worried to drive the truck any length , due to rear axle issue ?
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While aggresively pulling out into traffic from ice and snow onto wet pavement ...Not burning tires off or anything like that...in 2wd
But while aggresively making a " tight turn "..I noticed a very loud and noticable ratcheting feel and sound comming from rear axle
I realize the rear diff was working, and it does drive down the road ok...It might buzz alittle ..but could also just be a bad unit bearing up front, dont know just yet
Actual question right here ** Are the 95's really that loud and ratchety feeling and sounding or is something on it's way out ??
Am going to pull the diff cover this weekend , inspect and get a pic if need be
Forgive the Novel....little trucks arnt my bag...and I want to get the point accross, best I can
Thanks for the space, & any & all suggestions
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First of all, plenty of room is not cutting cars off and secondly I told you the brakes were soft and and and wait for it and and and "You freaking slid all the way down my driveway as soon as you backed outta the garage." You had to of felt the full effect of the pedal then!!!!
Basically he slid up a 4ft incline(not sure how thats possible) , into oncoming traffic, floored it, the rear locked up (i told him i have not checked all the fluids), told me the truck was making a shit ton of noise (wasnt there when i drove it), changed are trade agreement and either wanted to leave me with a broke truck or give me less parts, real winner this guy is.
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I did not change agreement ...you did not deliver I picked up ....remember ?
I Also offer to pay $1,000 in cash instead of trade ....how is that screwing you ??
Way to bring in Dramma
I just want to know about the axle ...that is all ( I have pm's to support I never changed any deal 's .... I gave you good feedback for an as is vehicle ...now please ..just go away )
mods please clean this up if you can
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Either party involved complaining about a done deal will get neither of you anywhere. IT's done it's over, move on. All you will accomplish now is hard feelings.
Anyways I had FS Bronco(8.8) that had a noisy rear end it ended up just needing some friction modifier for the limtied slip.
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Mods if you want the whole story let me know, but this shady creep is at it again.
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I applogize , if it come acrros like that......i think is on the defensive , when it is not necassry
I am happy to have come through on my word, and with the deal that was agreed upon in pm's
Now...i just want to know ...whats up with these style rear axles
that is all
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As stated already, He did not bring your name into this. You did. Lighten up. He's just trying to figure out what is wrong with the Vehicle so HE can fix it and drive it. He's not a Shady Character, I've delt with him over PM's and he's a great communicator and is honest. A witch hunt you will not get
Mudbilly, I had a 96 explorer (same axle) and it made some decent amount of noise when my dad had it. I remember because I had to ride in the back and always told him his axle was making noises. What that noise is, I have no idea. If the breaks are no Good You would obviously want to check the pads and rotors. Good luck with fixing it and avoiding the .
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Thanks very much....
The general consensus I'm getting so far...is maybe this gen of Explorer have a noiser than Gen 1's rear axle
The noticable vibration coused buy the ratcheting effect has me more concered than the slight noise
Heck the Buzzing i'm hearing down the road, could be a unit bearing or rear axle bearing.....this vehicle is new to me, so it's noises are new to me
Thanks guys for any and all idea's
Cant wait to get the darn diff cover off and seeing for myself ( since I sevice all used vehicles I aquire before I send them down the road anyway )
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I have heard of this with those limited slips as well, and adding some friction modifier may do it, as someone else posted above. Drain, fill, test, if still noisy, add modifier.
Worth a shot.
*second hand knowledge, never had one.
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As for the rear axle, my f150 used to do it. changed diff lube and it got a little quieter, put some friction modifier in it and it cleaned right up. might not be your problem, but you can hope right?
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As a Ford only guy I will agree a few of the answers above,
Change the fluid and add a friction modifier but that will only help on a limited slip and not an open diff. If that does not fix it then pull the cover and check the carrier for a bad spider gear.
those rear axles usually hold up fairly well in the Explorers so I doubt it is a broken gear.
Does it do it turning both directions left and right what speed and throttle or no throttle?
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And then a slow and easy ride 45 minute ride up m-24 ....white knuckle affraid something was going to break (rear axle ) or fall off ( maybe front wheel unit bearing ) ...so very easy driveing ...since this vehicle has sat for about 1 year before PO acquired it and traded it off
noise is definately when you put a load on it..while cornering ..1/4 throttle or more to get the tire to spin ...then noise starts and chatter feel happens
while driving straight it almost sounds like a bad front unit bearing buzz....which i have yet to verify or check into yet at this point
I simply am not used to this gen explorer and donot have any experiance with the axle that comes in it
I have had a 92 8.8 and it dint even come close to making any noises at all
I will drive this again on the road tomorrow once I get my Plate & insurance on it
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MARQUETTE – Despite annual concern over varying forms of influenza, it is unlikely the country will ever again see a flu season like that of late 1918 and early 1919.
In the winter of 1918, influenza gripped the nation and the Upper Peninsula was no exception.
Though the flu was not uncommon, concern began to grow locally that fall. A front-page article in the Oct. 14 issue of the Marquette Chronicle reads: "Spanish Influenza today took its first victim in Ishpeming, and immediately a proclamation was issued … ordering all schools, churches, theaters, and other public places closed, and forbidding all public gatherings until the danger of a serious epidemic has been abated."
Two days later, an Associated Press story in the paper stated that 6,122 people in 30 cities died from the flu in the previous week alone.
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Despite that warning, Marquette County residents were undoubtedly concerned about the spread of the bug. In a 1973 interview transcribed for the Marquette Regional History Center, Hazel L. Merwin Drury – wife of Marquette City Health Officer Charles Drury – stated that the mayor of the city had her husband's military assignment canceled, as he was needed to combat the illness.
"People had to wear masks," Hazel Drury said. "I don't remember, but I think the movies and churches all closed. It was a very frightening time."
Her husband's recounting of the influenza epidemic can be found in his annual reports to the city.
Charles Drury reported that in 1918, there were 528 cases of influenza reported in the city, with 20 resident deaths. The first cases, he said, came to the city from Newberry.
"Subsequent cases came from the boats, the railroad men and from the surrounding camps," he wrote. The widespread illness resulted in a 10-week "ban on all public assemblies, including schools."
The following year, Drury had a better vantage point from which to comment on the epidemic.
"Epidemic influenza appeared October 17th of 1918," Drury wrote in early 1920. "This first outbreak subsided by Christmas, but beginning a few days before New Year's, 1919, there was a second outbreak. … By March 8th the city was free from the disease. Just following and partly as a result of the Upper Peninsula basketball tournament, there was a third outbreak."
During this time, he said, quarantine procedures were swift and strict.
Likely recalling the same ordinances as his wife, Drury said that "at the height of the second outbreak, an order was made requiring the wearing of masks by all persons entering places of amusement, churches, the library and clubs. The number in stores and street cars was limited. This order lasted four weeks."
A similar ban took place during the third outbreak, which subsided by June of 1919.
The spread of the illness can also be followed through local news reports of the day. On Oct. 18, 1918 Escanaba High School canceled a basketball game with the team from Marquette due to a flu outbreak. Shortly after Christmas, headlines boast that there are no flu cases being reported in the area.
Then, on Dec. 30, a short story buried near the bottom of the page tells of a report from Jacobsville in Houghton County. A Red Cross representative there was asking for assistance with a new flu outbreak.
Between October of 1918 and June 1919, there were 1,759 cases of the flu reported in the city of Marquette, and 51 residents died as a result.
The following fall, flu swept through the town once again, but Drury said that bout was less threatening. No bans were imposed, but large meetings were advised against.
Finally, in 1921, Drury reported to the city that "for the first time in four years, no epidemic influenza occurred."
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According to Thales, Watchkeeper is a multi sensor all-weather UAS that can remain airborne for more than 16 hours for a single mission. The British Army is looking to use the Watchkeeper for unarmed surveillance and intelligence gathering missions.
Watchkeeper is the first UAS of its type allowed to fly in U.K. airspace.
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If you've noticed a few of your co-workers grumbling around the office, a bit less chipper than usual, chances are they're snow-loving skiers or snowboarders. This year the conditions on the slopes have been less than optimal, and it's taken it's toll on the mood of the mountain-loving population in Rochester. Fortunately, however, February has not yet begun, and our friends at Bristol Mountain Winter Resort have been working hard to cover their 1,200 vertical feet of slopes with man-made snow from their high-powered snow guns.
I'm often surprised at how unfamiliar many Rochesterians are with Bristol. Touting the highest vertical from here to the Rockies (you have to go east to the Adirondacks to find higher closer), Bristol is a fully developed snow sports destination, offering slopes of all difficulty levels, two terrain parks complete with competition level features and an impressive half pipe (fresh cut this week!), and even a network of cross-country ski trails that Bristol blows snow on as well. Snow sports lovers in the midwest – particularly my extended family in Michigan – would kill to have such a great resource less than an hour drive away!
Bristol Mountain has been growing lately, having installed their second high-speed lift, cut new trails, built a mid-slope waffle house, and expanded their lodge at the base of the mountain – all within the last few years. And in addition to their weekly ski races, they now are hosting freestyle and park jam competitions, including this weekend's Scott Delforte Memorial Park Jam on Saturday from 10am-3pm. If you enjoyed watching the 2012 X Games on TV this past weekend, I guarantee you'll have a blast experiencing a competition in person.
The point of this post is to encourage young Rochesterians to get out and experience one of Rochester's unique resources. There are great rental packages available if you don't have your own equipment, and the instructors there do a great job teaching lessons. Whether you enjoy being active on your weekend mornings, or would prefer an evening on the slopes under the lights, make it a point to check out Bristol this year. Despite all the warm weather we've had, Bristol Mountain is 90% covered with snow thanks to the snow guns, and anyone who knows Rochester understands that February is almost certain to bring at least one or two blizzards our way. So get a group of friends together and head south to Bristol Mountain!
Don't have any skiier/snowboarder friends to go with? Then come out to the Rochester Young Professionals Social Event next Thursday at the Rochester Museum and Science Center and meet some – we have the entire museum to explore and pretend to be kids again, it's sure to be a blast!


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Four-time Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams marched through her third-round U.S. Open match Thursday, defeating Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-0. Williams, who will face Yaroslava Shvedora of Kazakhstan Friday night, is attempting to win her fifth U.S. Open title.
Three-time Olympians Bob and Mike Bryan, the defending champs in men's doubles, won their first-round match in straight sets. The Bryan brothers are trying to sweep the Grand Slam calendar year by winning at the U.S. Open this year. The reigning Olympic gold medalists have won the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon this year. They are set to face American Eric Butorac and Frederik Nielsen of Denmark late Friday night.
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The three-time defending champions now face Italy and Japan in the final two days of the tournament's round-robin format. Kelly Murphy led the United States with a match-high 23 points on 21 kills in Thursday's four-set loss to Serbia.
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World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Kiev, Ukraine
Jazzy Kerber and Rebecca Sereda finished in 22nd and 24th place, respectively, Friday after making history earlier in the week, marking the first time two U.S. rhythmic gymnastics made the all-around finals at the world championships. Kerber's four-event total was 63.482, while Sereda finished with 60.998.
The group team competition will be held Saturday and Sunday. Members of the U.S. senior group team are Sharon Dassouli, Alisa Kano, Natalie McGiffert, Monica Rokhman, Jennifer Rokhman and Laura Tutunikov.
Stars and Stripes Cup, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Daytona Beach, Fla.
U.S. rosters for the trampoline & tumbling world team and world age group competition will be determined by the Stars and Stripes Cup, which goes through Sunday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. Among those competing are national champions Jeffery Gluckstein and Hayley Butcher, trampoline; Yuliya Stankevich-Brown, tumbling; and Ryan Roberts and Kristle Lowell, double mini-trampoline.
The Olympic Development Team will also be named following the conclusion of competition.
IJF World Championships, Aug. 26-Sept. 1, Rio de Janeiro
Olympic bronze medalist Marti Malloy claimed the silver medal Wednesday at the IJF World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, which will play host to the 2016 Olympic Games. Her only loss in the 57kg class was to Brazil's Rafaela Silva in the championship match. Silva is ranked No. 4 in the world. Earlier, Malloy defeated third-ranked Miryam Roper of Germany.
Kayla Harrison, a gold medalist in London, has been sidelined with a knee injury and did not compete.
Myles Porter, a two-time Paralympian who hopes to qualify for both the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, will compete Saturday in the men's 100kg weight class.
"This is my first able-body worlds," Porter said. "I hope I can take the experience of two Paralympic Games as well as four or five world championships (visually impaired) into this one and do well. This is another step for me to make it hopefully to the Olympics in 2016."
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Lea Davison, a 2012 Olympian, helped the U.S. cross country team to a seventh-place finish in the relay at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Wednesday. The event goes through Sunday in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Also on the U.S. relay team were Kerry Werner, Neilson Powless and Stephen Ettinger.
Among the 35 U.S. cyclists at the worlds are two-time Olympian Georgia Gould and 2004 Olympian Mary McConneloug. Logan Binggeli, Aaron Gwin, Neko Mulally, Kevin Aiello and Mitch Ropelato will be in the elite men's downhill races. Jill Kintner, a two-time titlist at the USA Cycling Gravity Mountain Bike National Championships, is on the elite women's downhill team, along with Jacqueline Harmony and Anne Galyean.
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Aug. 29-Sept. 2, Baie-Comeau, Canada
World cup overall champion Monica Bascio and Muffy Davis won world titles on the opening day of competition in the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Canada. Bascio, a two-time silver medalist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, won the women's H3 time trial in a time of 35:44.93. Davis, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, won the women's H2 time trial.
Bascio and Davis are among 27 U.S. athletes competing in the World Championships. The men's team includes Joe Berenyi, Aaron Keith and U.S. Navy veteran Will Groulx, who each won time trial races at the world cup finals. Groulx made his world debut Thursday and earned a bronze medal in the men's H1 time trial.
ICF Sprint World Championships, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Duisburg, Germany
U.S. kayakers Maggie Hogan and Kaitlyn McElroy qualified for the B Final Saturday in the women's K-2 500-meter event Thursday, finishing sixth in the semifinals at the ICF Sprint World Championships in Germany.
Also in a B Final on Saturday will be Arezou Montamedi, who finished fifth in the women's K-1 1,000-meter semifinal.
ParaCanoe World Championships, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Duisburg, Germany
Ryan Padilla will race for a podium finish Friday in the men's K-1 A Final and Anja Pierce is in the women's V-1 LTA. Nik Miller made the B Final in men's K-1 LTA.
Megan Blunk began the worlds in an impressive way Wednesday, winning two silver medals. Competing in the trunk and arms classification, she finished second in the women's K-1 and V-1 races. She finished just half a second behind winner Emma Wiggs of Great Britain in the K-1 final.
Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup, Aug. 28-Sept. 2, Gijon, Spain
Lauren Hough, a 2000 Olympian, and Reed Kessler, a 19-year-old rider who made her Olympic debut at the London 2012 Olympic Games, lead a strong U.S. jumping team into the CSIO5* Gijon FEI Nations Cup event.
Kessler, the 2012 USEF national champion in show jumping, will ride Wolf S, Soraya De L'Obstination and her own Ligist. Hough, a part of the silver medal-winning U.S. team at the FEI Nations Cup CSIO5* Rotterdam, will ride Tackeray, Reconnaissance and Every Way. Other U.S. riders are Kirsten Coe, Saer Coulter and Lucy Davis.
FEI World Driving Championships for Pairs, Aug. 29-31, Topolcianky, Slovakia
Rachael Blanchard and Scott Dancer placed among the top 15 Thursday in the opening round of competition at the FEI World Driving Championships for Pairs in Slovakia. Blanchard, making her world championship debut, was 11th. Misdee Wrigley-Miller was to compete Friday in dressage.
Also in equestrian:
Adequan/USEF Open Reining National Championship, Aug. 30, Tulsa, Okla.
S Sallie B. Wheeler/US National Hunter Breeding Championship, Aug. 31, Warrenton, Va.
World Junior Championships, Aug. 26-31, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Caeleb Dressel won his fourth and fifth medals Thursday at the World Junior Championships, capturing bronze in the men's 50-meter freestyle and also bronze in the 800 free relay. He has helped the United States win 18 medals through four days of the competition, which concludes Saturday in Dubai.
Ella Eastlin had the top U.S. performance Thursday, winning silver in the women's 200 individual medley. Justin Lynch had the top qualifying time for Friday's finals in the men's 50 fly, posting a time of 24.04 seconds.
ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Aug. 27-Sept. 1, Riga, Latvia
Making her Junior Grand Prix debut Thursday, Karen Chen scored 58.21 points in her short program to trail only Russia's Maria Sotskova (59.45). Chen and Yasmin Siraj, a sixth-place finisher at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, are among 10 U.S. junior skaters competing in the season-opening Junior Grand Prix event in Riga, Latvia. Siraj is in fifth place with 51.70 points after the short program.
Americans Jordan Moeller and Jimmy Ma are also making their JGP debuts in the men's competition. Ma is in 10th place after the short program and Moeller is 12th. Christina Zaitsev and Ernie Utah Stevens, the 2013 U.S. novice champions, are in eighth place in pairs. Two-time U.S. junior bronze medalists Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter are in second place after the short dance and Elliana Pogrebinsky and Ross Gudis are in fourth.
USA 20km Championships, Sept. 2, New Haven, Conn.
Two-time Olympian Matt Tegenkamp, the defending national champion at 20 kilometers, will return to New Haven, Conn., Monday for the USA 20km Championships. The 20km nationals are a part of the Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race.
Tegenkamp is the leader in the USA Running Circuit standings and won the USA 10km Championships in July. Also contending for a win are Mo Trafeh, who is second in the Running Circuit standings; four-time Olympian Abdi Abdirahman, and Shadrack Biwott, the third-place finisher at the 10km nationals and USA Half-Marathon Championship.
Contenders in the women's race include Mattie Suver, Maegan Krifchin, Alisha Williams and three-time Olympian Jen Rhines.
Men's Continental Championships, Aug. 29-Sept. 2, Santiago, Chile
U.S. heavyweight boxer Michael Hilton will face Cuba's Leinier Pero and light heavyweight Geremias Torres will battle Ramon Luis of Cuba Friday in opening-round bouts as the Men's Continental Championship. The medal round will be held Monday. The competition is an international ranking tournament for the 2013 AIBA World Championships.
Other U.S. boxers: Cam F. Awesome, super heavyweight; Malik Jackson, flyweight; Eduardo Martinez, bantamweight; Jamontay Clark, welterweight; LeShawn Rodriguez, middleweight.
World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships, Aug. 16-30, Henderson, Nev.
Team USA's women's and men's squads will both roll for gold medals in the team finals of the World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships Friday in Henderson, Nev. The U.S. men will face Finland in the title match after defeating Denmark, 1,050-973, in the semifinals Thursday. The women, who defeated Venezuela by nearly 100 pins, will face Korea for gold.
Chris Barnes, who won the all-events gold medal during qualifying, is the No. 1 men's seed. Shannon O'Keefe won the all-events women's gold medal.
Also in bowling:
USBC Queens, Sept. 1-8, Henderson, Nev.
IBAF AAA/18U World Cup, Aug. 30-Sept. 8, Taichung, Taiwan
The USA Baseball 18U National Team will face Korea in its opening-round game of the IBAF AAA/18U World Cup in Taiwan. Team USA will continue pool play against Italy Sunday, Australia on Monday and Cuba on Tuesday. Its scheduled opener against Colombia Friday was postponed due to rain. The second round begins Thursday.
Also in baseball:
Labor Day Cup, 18U and 16U, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, National Training Complex, Cary, N.C.
Double Fish Canadian Junior and Cadet Open, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Vancouver, B.C.
Allen Wang, who won the cadet boys' singles gold medal last week at the North American Table Tennis Championships, is among the U.S. athletes competing at the Double Fish Canadian Junior and Cadet Open in Vancouver, B.C. Others on the U.S. team include Kunal Chodri and Kanak Jha. The tournament is a points qualifier for the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
UANA Youth Pan American Championship, Aug. 25-31, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The USA Water Polo Women's Youth National Team won all four preliminary-round matches, and will play Puerto Rico on Friday in the semifinals of the UANA Youth Pan American Championship in Argentina. Kelsey Tyler and Aria Fischer each scored four goals a 23-1 win Thursday over host Argentina.
The U.S. men also won their first four matches before losing 15-13 to Brazil Thursday. The men's semifinals are also scheduled for Friday, followed by the medal round Saturday.
Junior Pan American Championships, Aug. 26-31, Medellin, Colombia
Rey Simon of the United States won silver in the male 12-13 Kumite 35-kilogram class at the Junior Pan American Championships in Colombia. The tournament for juniors and cadets continues through Saturday.
World Inline Speed Skating Championships, Aug. 23-31, Oostende, Belgium
Marathon races Saturday will be the final event in the World Inline Speed Skating Championships. Competition will be held in senior women and men, and junior women and men.
IWWF Wakeboard World Championships, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, Busan, South Korea
Andrew Adkison, Austin Hair, Melissa Marquardt and Raimi Merritt are competing in the open division for defending world champion United States at the IWWF Wakeboard World Championships in South Korea. Other members of the U.S. team: Jeff Barton, veteran men; Noah Flegel, junior men; James Loisel, boys; Taylor McCullough, girls.
Also in water skiing:
Disabled Water Ski World Championships, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, Milan, Italy
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Paul D. Bowker is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org.


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Let the controversy begin.
In something of a surprise vote, the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday dropped wrestling from the list of sports to be held at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Other sports reportedly under final consideration to be eliminated were modern pentathlon, taekwondo and field hockey.
Wrestling has been part of the Olympics since 1896, and is considered one of the event's 25 core sports. Wrestling featured 344 athletes in 11 medal events in freestyle and seven events in Greco-Roman in 2012's Games.
Olympic officials will add one more sport to the 2020 lineup, so wrestling will now be considered for reinstatement with baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu. Two other sports golf and rugby have already been added for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Just so we're clear on this: Golf will be an Olympic sport in 2020, but wrestling, which has been part of the event since the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, will not.
Olympic officials said they considered a wide variety of factors in making their decision, including ticket sales, anti-doping policies, global participation, popularity and television ratings. Ah, there it is. We're guessing more viewers worldwide would rather watch Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson play golf or scantily clad women play beach volleyball than watch a couple of unknown wrestlers grapple. But we're disappointed that wrestling's Olympic history and level of participation wasn't enough to save it when considered against the almighty television ratings. Wrestling is a personal battle between two participants, and we'd still rather watch Olympic wrestling than Olympic golf, simply because of its simplicity.
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Recently I attended a benefit dinner, a friend suggested that I try a piece of "Butterfinger Cake", Oh my goodness it was so delicious. It was made with a different recipe than the one I am sharing but I am sure all of them are very tasty. If you look online there are several, one uses German Choc cake mix with caramel, that is the one I tried and it was wonderful. I hope you try this and post your comment on here. If anyone has a different recipe and it is their favorite please email me the recipe. firstname.lastname@example.com. I would really appreciate your responses. My second recipe is using Shrimp, I bought a similar product and fixed this recipe myself and I could eat it everyday. The Shrimp I bought had been grilled but when I fixed it I put on rack in oven, be sure to put a drip pan under it if you put in reg oven. They are good fixed either way.
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Tear cake into chunks. Crush 4 candy bars: mix together. With mixer, combine marshmallow cream, cream cheese and sugar. Fold into candy and cake mixture. Spread in 13 x 9 pan.
Top with Cool Whip. Crush last 2 candy bars and sprinkle on top.
Maple Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
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Thaw the amount of shrimp you want to cook, put in bowl and cover with cajun seasoning,sure all is covered good. Cut the bacon the size of pieces you want to wrap Shrimp in. Put on skewers and grill. I like to cook mine till the Bacon is browned.
Sweet Potato Fries
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Heat butter and oil in large skillet over medium heat until butter is melted and oil is hot. Add sweet potatoes; toss to coat with oil. Cook 7 to 8 minutes or until beginning to brown, stirring occasionally. Stir in garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 20 minutes or until tender and browned. Stir in parsley.
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Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir until well combined. Grease six cups in muffin tin. Divide batter evenly among cups. Bake at 425 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Serve as a roll or a biscuit. I found this recipe on another persons recipe blog, I fixed and it was so tasty I wanted to share it.
Again if anyone has any recipe that is their favorite please share it with me.
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"Grindhouse: Two-Disc Collector's Edition"
Every once in a while, a Blu-ray arrives that furthers the format and (hopefully) convinces a few more film fans to upgrade their systems so they can enjoy the highest-quality presentation. Francis Ford Coppola's restored "Godfather" trilogy comes to mind, as does the five-disc complete set offering every possible cut of Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner." Those are must-owns for any collector. So is the new "Grindhouse."
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's retro double feature offered fans a time machine of sorts, an experiment in exploitation cinema that produced two intentionally dated, extremely gory grindhouse films surrounded by bogus trailers and clever marketing materials. The directors attracted a fair share of A-list friends for the fun, from Bruce Willis and Josh Brolin to Kurt Russell. On a side note, I would watch as many "Stuntman" Mike films as Russell wanted to make. I love him in that role. He's the most alluring serial killer we've seen on screen in years.
As for the Blu-rays, they manage to make the intentionally grainy visual presentation pop in ways that weren't exactly possible on the big screen, when "Grindhouse" opened in theaters. The quality audio presentation also amplifies all of the scratches and drags the director's added to dirty their modern films. That same audio elevates Tarantino's "Death Proof," which concludes in a symphony of motor engines that must be experienced in digital, high-def audio. For the first time, the "Grindhouse" Blu-ray brings the grindhouse experience into your own house.
Plus, "Grindhouse" pairs the two films on Blu-ray for the first time, finally recreating Tarantino and Rodriguez's double-feature intentions. The fake trailers are here (though "Machete" isn't so fake anymore, not that the movie actually exists). A ton of supplements are included. I'll feature them below.
These movies aren't necessarily my taste. Once you get past the shock value, the cleverness of the homage fades (in my opinion). I do love the second half of Tarantino's "Death Proof," but again, that's mainly due to Russell's maniacal turn as a vehicular psychopath. But I've seen enough Blu-ray conversions to know that the "Grindhouse" treatment is something special, and fans of the movie and these directors should be ecstatic.
Bonus features on the "Grindhouse" Blu-ray include:
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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez packaging Blu-ray "Grindhouse"
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Hollywoodnews.com: Some exciting DVD news arrived at Hollywood News headquarters this afternoon.
Shortly after Robert Rodriguez's "Machete" carves its way through multiplexes, the movie that gave "birth" to Danny Trejo's vengeful killer – "Grindhouse" – will receive its Blu-ray treatment for a two-disc presentation that replicate the back-to-back sensation Rodriguez and his cohort, Quentin Tarantino, planned in the first place. The disc streets on Oct. 5.
That means both "Grindhouse" films – Robert's "Planet Terror" and Quentin's "Death Proof" – will be packaged together along with the twisted teaser trailers for bogus films (like "Machete") that fans adored.
Here are the specs on the two-disc "Grindhouse" Blu-ray:
"Planet Terror" feature film
"Death Proof" feature film
Intermission Cards
"Don't" trailer
"Werewolf Women of the SS" trailer
"Thanksgiving" trailer
Robert Rodriguez's 10-Minute Cooking School
The Badass Babes Of Planet Terror
The Guys Of Planet Terror
Casting Rebel
Sickos, Bullets And Explosions: The Stunts Of Planet Terror
The Friend, The Doctor And The Real Estate Agent
Poster Gallery
Intermission Cards
Extended "Werewolf Women Of The SS" trailer with commentary by director Rob Zombie
The Making Of "Werewolf Women Of The SS" Trailer
Extended "Don't" trailer with commentary by director Edgar Wright
The Making Of "Don't" Trailer
"Don't" Storyboard/Trailer Comparison
"Don't" poster
The Making Of "Thanksgiving" Trailer
Hot Rods of Death Proof
From Texas to Tennessee, The Look of Death Proof
New York Times Talks With Quentin Tarantino and Lynn Hirschberg
Comic Con 2006 Featuring the Directors and Cast of Grindhouse
Stunts on Wheels: The Legendary Drivers of Death Proof
Quentin's Greatest Collaborator: Editor Sally Menke
The Guys Of Death Proof
Kurt Russell As Stuntman Mike
Finding Quentin's Gals
The UnCut Version of "Baby, It's You" Performed by Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Introducing Zoe Bell
Extended Music
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Meanwhile, Warner Bros. announced that "Nip/Tuck: The Complete Series" will be available in stores on Nov. 2, in a collectible gift set that includes all 100 episodes plus hours of bonus materials.
DVD bonus material is comprised of 11 featurettes from all six seasons including:
"Tell Me What You Don't Like About Yourself – The Psychology" – This featurette examines new trends in plastic surgery and explores why people become addicts to the surgery.
"Hollywood Hedonism" – This featurette highlights Christian and Sean's transition to Hollywood and all of the fanfare associated with it.
"Sizzle: The Sexuality of Nip/Tuck"
"Clever Casting: Season Four's Fabulous Guest Stars"
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