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Donald Butler
The San Diego Chargers trade up in the third round to select Linebacker Donald Butler from the University of Washington
In exchange for the 79th overall pick, the Chargers traded the Arizona Cardinals the 91st overall pick, the 173rd pick (6th round) and a 4th round pick in 2011
Donald Butler is a thickly built linebacker who seems ideally suited to the 3-4 defense. Strong and athletic, Butler will compete to fortify the middle of the Chargers defense.
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April 23, 2010at 6:15 PM Posted by Rob Zepeda
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I was looking for us to take a LB. I thought it would be Jamar Chaney (ILB) or Daniel Teo Nesheim (OLB). I'm glad we kept our 91st pick so we can get another defensive player.
WHY are the chargers ALWAYS wasting picks and reching on guys we know will still be there... so frustrating.
- Jay said... Apr 23, 2010, 6:34:00 PM
we gave up the 91st! man giving up a lot of picks for just 2 players.
- jaybay4143 said... Apr 23, 2010, 6:37:00 PM
A nice pick- Donald Butler might have gone a lot higher if he played on a good team. The strongest linebacker in the draft (35 reps, only 3 players in the entire draft had more reps), and should make an excellent replacement/compliment to Stephen Cooper and Kevin Burnett- this player will also be a good goal-line compliment to Brandon Siler. A nice player who will be a great contributor to special teams and on specific packages his rookie year.
thats a good pick.. he is a solid linebacker.. i can guarantee u he will help solidify a weak run defense.. strong kid.. 35 reps.. thats beastly.. plus, the way the draft is going we can get everson griffin in the 4th round.. thats value.. and there is also gonna be plenty of solid players going undrafted that we can get.. this draft is as deep as ever.. we'll be just fine.
CB or OLB is next unless Cam Thomas or Bruce Campbell fall to us
- ROD74 said... Apr 23, 2010, 6:57:00 PM
Now is Cam Thomas be there in the 4th? We need to get a DL player. Thomas can play the DT, plus plug up the goalline when need be. Or we are happy with the DL and pick Myron Rolle CB?
Ryan Mathews will be better over time than Spiller becuase heis an inside runner and can break tackles. Brandon Siler and Donald Butler should both start on the inside--not Cooper nor Burnett--who just aren't physical enough. Two good DT's might yet be available. Another excellent job by AJ--which is why we have been competitive since he has been here.
- Chris said... Apr 23, 2010, 7:09:00 PM
we need DL, specifically Cam Thomas at NT, and then S.
soo dissapointed, aj!! u have a load of picks next draft, why u didnt get on a 2d round? why we have to reach every year!!!
by no trading next years draft pick for one of this, are actions that demonstrate u arent thinking super bowl this year..... ver very mad
Do we see a consistent trend here? We keep over-paying for players...it's obvious other teams know this with our GM being bluffed into giving up too much for not enough value/How the heck can Butler be worth moving up a couple of notches while giving up a 6th round pick and a 4th round pick in 2011? Contrast our moves to New England which already has an extra four picks in 2011 in round 1 and round 2. We have gone two days and made two picks. By the way, the Vikings took the running back in the 2nd round that our GM had no idea of...and to quote draft evaluations...giving them the most powerful 1-2 running punch in the NFL. TWO PICKS...we give up a solid player, a 2nd round pick (used to pick Golden Tate/WR) and now two more picks. I guess we don't need players...what about a NT or a CB?
I wouldn't mind trading 1 of next years 3's for cam thomas then hope Bruce Cambell falls 2 us with the pick we got from Miami. Would be 2 nice pickups.
Hold UP Hold Up EVERYONE! I think were on to something... Two SOLID football players, I'm 100% happy. Maybe overpaid a wee bit but our football team just got way better. Our D will be fine and our ofense will be Explosive!
You guys that worry about trading picks to move up need to keep one thing in mind....there can be only 53 guys on the roster! This team will only keep about four rookies on the active roster...and a few more on the practice squad.....what value is there in using seven picks if only four make the team? A.J. is moving up to make sure he gets the guys he wants....guys he feel WILL make the team and make the team better. I love the BUTLER pick. NOW, if he can get CAM THOMAS (NT) or Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (CB) and maybe another right tackle...I'll be content
I dont think they Reached on this pick! He is gona be a good physical player who is gonna be much better then Tim Dobbins ever was! Cam Thomas and Bruce Cambell not to mention Everson Griffen are all available and would all be good picks at this point in the fourth round!!
my guess is 1 of 5
1.) Kam Chancellor
2.) Bruce Cambell
3.)Aaron Hernandez
4.)Cam thomas
5.) Jonathan Dwyer
Is butler going to be the enforcer we desperatly need? A poor man's ray lewis?
i am absolutely disgusted. We gave away a solid young back qb so we could get terrence cody at 40, and if we did not take him there this was the deepest draft i have ever seen. Of all the years to have a second round pick....just by chance we decided to hold off on cam thomas (like we did) and we took Brian Price 20 years old has 24 tackles for loss and 7 sacks as a defensive tackle that is 6'1 1/2 and weighs 320 and he also runs under a 5 flat 40 at that size. Mike mayock and mel kiper said that price would be the perfect fit for the chargers as a d end. in stead we shot our selves in the foot. cam thomas, price, would be a duo to team up with castillo. i like matthews and butler, however i do not think we would have to gave up so much in such a deep draft and then start off short next season and if you do not think that they reached butler is considered to be a better 4-3 backer because he can not stack and shed consistently and he does not use a strong punch on blockers. we need to take BPA last year i honesly though it was malauaga, i was wrong he did finish leading the team in tackles although he got hurt and had a probowl season but clay matthews blows english out of the water unfortunately. i wish that how we went about our draft today in the 5th and beyond , eric norwood navarro bowman, willie young, greg hardy and o'brian schofield were availible. and schofield had 24.5 TFL's and 12 sacks. much much better then butler(although i hope butler proves me wrong) we could have also picked up perish cox in the 6th. but at least we have hester to save the day, we only gave a second round pick up for him and it just happend to could have been deshaun jackson or even lamar woodley but at least we have a slow non blocking small FB for it. If we do not sign Adam utulski from texas he was there LT for 3 years but would prob move inside in the NFL and if we do not sign cirion black who started LT for LSU for 4 years as well because they went undrafted but were supposed to be mid round picks i will feel like this was a bronco draft
i just hope when we play the ravens in the playoffs this year, that aj remembers haloti ngata who weighs 346 and is 6'4 is so quick and such a freak he plays DE not NT but now that we gave them Terrence Cody who weights 356 and is a little taller then 6'5 and then having kelly gregg who is also 330 spell him when he needs a rest oh and by the way gregg is also a probowler. and thats just 2 of the front three we have to deal with. trevor pryce is getting much older so i do not worry about him but rey lewis still is great for 110 tackles a year and paul kruger has a ton of potential and obviously we all know what sergio kindle could be, but at least baltimore drafted 3 more extremely good weapons for flacco this week as well, in pitta, dickson, and david reed, i realize that pitta and dickson are both TE's but one runs a 4.6 and is 6'5 and 260 and the other runs a 4.55 and is 6'4 and weighs 240 to go along with stallworth, boldin and ray rice. But hey thats where drafting the best player where your drafting and not for need comes in handy...thanks AJ im entering my prime and am a semester away from graduating from school, thank you for showing me how to make money by helping out your "competitor" or friend or what ever you call your odd relationship with the real winners
This mothertrucker better be a good choice. I am tired of watching teams like The JETS coming from behind with a crazy good defense. Our offense is good but COME ON D!!!
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I was dismantling a deadout from the winter.
tiny cluster, lots of stores, mediocre summer performance....no treatment....likely varoa/virus
the dead cluster was sitting on a few silver dollar sized patches of capped brood.
the cappings were all perforated heavily.. no noticeable scales. I suppose the brood could have been emerging...but all at once seems unlikely
Kids called me away before I got further. inteneded to do a "rope" test and can tomorrow.
will such a test provide any useful info given that these larva have been dead some time (months likely) and seen multiple freeze thaw cycles over that time?
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All swam out... or is it swum?
Kassidy... is she falling asleep or what?!
I love this picture!
75% of my Special Ks
What's THAT?!?!
Kass and Kam cracking up
My sweet little Keeghan Bear
More later!
Is that the infamous blue bridge, lol? I can't tell in the black and white.
Don't mind me, I am half asleep...I see the bridge in the color pic below, lol.
Is kass wearing a tube top in that last photo...It`s sooo cute!
Cute pictures!
All of your children have the most infectious smiles! Everytime I see them I can't stop smiling myself!
(p.s. I love pool pictures. The colors are always so bright and vivid around a pool. If I had a pool, I would so take pictures of it every day! :)
i can't believe how big Keeghan is getting. I feel like he should still be a little baby! great pics.
AHHHH they are just tooo cute!
way cute pics
Lindas fotos! me encanta la felicidad que irradian tus niños!! Se ven preciosos en todo momento! :)
You have such a beautiful family!!!
Those were great! I love your favorite one of Keeghan too. Where was that taken? They are such cuties.
Could your kids get any cuter?!?!?
Man can Kass look any more like Frank?!?!?! I just love looking at pics of your kiddos!
We are keeping all of you in our prayers. My friend, Jen T., had told me about it and I have checked all your updates. the kids are all so cute, but Kennedy could melt my heart. I have a 33 year old!
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Ever heard of kids sending a satellite into space? On Tuesday, November 19, 2013, the first-ever communications satellite built by high school students—dubbed the "TJ3SAT,"or TJCubeSat —was launched into orbit onboard a Minotaur I rocket, from NASA's Wallop Flight Facility on Wallops Island Virginia. It's a project started in 2006 at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ), in Alexandria, Virginia, by teacher Adam Kemp. TJ students designed, built, and tested the cube-shaped satellite, which weighs about two pounds. The satellite lets students and amateur radio users send and receive messages from around the world.
How do kids get to make a satellite?
The short answer is: opportunity. Rockets usually have ballast, or weighted material, on board to help steady the flight. Typically, the ballast is just chunks of lead. While Kemp was planning one of his courses he learned that some rockets were carrying satellites in place of lead, and that Stanford University, in California, had come up with satellites called CubeSats. Kemp thought TJ students might like a crack at sending up their own CubeSat.
How does the rocket ride work?
After launch, rockets drop satellites as they travel above the Earth. The Minotaur I rocket dropped 29 satellites at different times and at different altitudes, so that the satellites wouldn't hit each other. The TJ3SAT was dropped after the rocket climbed 500 kilometers, or about 311 miles, above the Earth. Three months later, the satellite will lose altitude and burn up in the atmosphere.
What does TJ3SAT do?
Its mission is communication. By visiting TJ3SAT's website, students can submit text messages for approval. Once approved, messages go up to the satellite. There, a device converts text into voice. The messages are then broadcast back to Earth by a radio onboard over ham radio frequency. Ham radio stations are run by amateurs, or hobbyists.
What goes into getting a satellite ready for launch?
In the summer of 2013, Rohan Punnoose, a senior and current TJ3SAT student leader, conducted final testing of the satellite at an Orbital Sciences Corporation facility in Dulles, Virginia. (Orbital Sciences donated $30,000 to buy the space-proof casing that surrounds the satellite.)
"I went to the Orbital Sciences Environmental Testing Building—a giant space place, with giant machines and drums and all these crazy instruments around you—and we put the satellite on what is essentially a sub woofer [[a kind of speaker]] to shake it to make sure it [would] not break during the launch. That was a surreal experience—really amazing to be able to do that. It is a big reckoning point for the satellite. If it doesn't pass environmental testing, that's it. But ours did!"
It it fun getting a satellite ready to launch?
For Rohan, the best part was "learning how the satellite works, how the systems come together." He says he feels lucky to follow the work of seven years of collective experience of some 50 kids who worked on the project before him. He hopes to become an aerospace engineer.
Can other kids make satellites, too?
Yes. Home might not be the best place to build a satellite, but a local high school might have the necessary equipment. You need a computer lab to develop software and a machine shop for hardware. "Just about anyone can do it," Kemp told TFK. He's even put the project online here so other schools can build satellites, too. Such projects do cost money, says Rohan, and schools will need to find ways raise the funds needed to get a project off the ground. "Through grant writing—which is a great skill to learn—and allocating enough time, any school can do it."
What will the first message on TJ3SAT be?
Tune in to find out. You can track the satellite's path here.


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|Rare Breed
|Scotty b thanks for the vid thats pretty awesome. pretty much the way my hood is made but i dont think those bulbs will fit may have to find out though and polish/modify the reflector its a little corroded. no problem on the miss understanding i may not know alot yet but i know goldfish get big same family as carp right
|scotty b
if your any good at diy stuff this would work well as long as you get the right color temp, sorry for the misunderstanding about the glofish
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|yes its glofish not goldfish they are genetically altered zebra danio to make them neon dayglow colors. www.glofish.com. personally i'd have picked something other than the glofish but my girlfriend wanted them. The lighting will be the hood that came with the 10 gallon it holds 2 screw in bulbs. i found full sprectum mini flourscent bulbs at walmart the light rating or whatever was 6500k not sure what that is but i've seen that number recommended for plants. Thanks for all the great info so far. went to petco and it was a bust on plants.
Re: completely new and need advice
The most important thing you need to consider is lighting rather than substrate. Given sufficient lighting, most plants will do well even in inert substrates. A few might need some root tabs or simple dosing. Easiest plant for me ever has been hydrophilia polysperma. It grows even in the most minimal lighting conditions. Java ferns are also a survivor and shrimp love them. I have most of my plants in a mixture of play sand with a little bit of laterite mixed in. It was marked as pond plant substrate and relatively cheap. Make sure you start with some fast growing stems to help balance the tanks at first.
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|He meant Glofish I believe. They are a group of mostly different type of tetras that are colored hot Neon colors.
|scotty b
|its a little off topic but you may want to reconsider the fish in your 30 gallon as goldfish are a cold water species and mollys are tropical plus the goldies will grow large enough to eat the mollys
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|bubba shrimp thanks and ill look those up and see what petco has too. steven p thats the exact tank. maybe while its empty i'll look into making some modifications and sort of mounting a desk lamp to it.
|steven p
I know which tank and light. It will not grow much, not very quickly either. One of my old room mates moved a desklamp over the tank and iit grew wisteria like none other. He had some moss and I think a wendtii crypt I had given him thriving as well.
Okay. I guess I shouldn't say I know. Is it a tetra brand 8ish inch cubish tank with an 8 or 9 tiny led lamp on a curved arm?
|Bubba Shrimp
|If your going to use sand/gravel from the lake boil the crap out of it first to steralize it. I will be full of parisites. I use Cryptocoryne in my Fluval 6 gallon. Green Camboba is a really background plant that is pretty hearty and looks great I would consider that for your 10 gallon. I would get some java or christmas moss to shrimp love moss it hold algae.
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I'm pretty new to fish keeping and completely new to planted tanks. I have a 1.5 that houses a betta and 4 grass shrimp. an empty 10 gallon soon to be the home of the betta and shrimp. And a 30 gallon with 3 mollies 5 Glofish and a pleco. All 3 have Walstad NPT in their future.
I want to start with the 10 gallon for the betta and shrimp. What would be good plants for it and aquascaping as far as forground mid and background?
I live close to a lake what do y'all think about using sand/gravel from it as a cap. i have cheap top soil and play sand as well as walmart aquarium gravel.
Also what would be good plants for the 1.5 gal as a shrimp tank? it has a small LED light attached to it so im guessing they would need to be low light. Sorry this is so long been trying to figure this out for a while now any help suggestions and ideas are welcome!
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To be honest, I am far more of a DC Comics fan than I am Marvel. For one, the characters are well rounded and far more iconic than their Marvel counterparts. As Frank Miller put it, there are many comic heroes, but only three comic gods (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman), all of which are DC Comics characters. Not only are these three characters timeless, but great lengths are taken to preserve them and what they stand for from one interpretation to the next. You don't see this done in Marvel comics.
The reason for this, in my opinion, stems from the lack in originality in Marvel's character design, as well the inability to create characters with any serious depth. For the former point, most of the comic company's cast of characters are derived from various characters in DC Comics. Stan Lee's X-Men, which debuted in September 1963 borrows heavily from Arnold Drake's Doom Patrol, which debuted in June of that year, even copying Dr. Niles Caulder for the character of Professor Charles Xavier. Anyone willing to spend the time looking through the various superheroes and superhero teams can see that originality is not Marvel's strong suit. As for the latter point, one just has to look to characters like Wolverine, who's depth matches the two dimensional comic book pages he appears in. I could go on about why DC Comics is a more quality product, I could discuss the failure of the Marvel movie merchandise lines, the success of the last few DC Comic movies and games, including Batman: Arkham Asylum, but that isn't the point of this blog post.
If any Marvel character is worthy of praise, it is Captain America. Sure Archie Comic's Shield predated him by fourteen months (Marvel originality at its finest), but Captain America is the corner stone of Marvel comics. While not the most dynamic character, his patriotism and firmly held conservative beliefs make him a hero others look up to. Anytime Steve Rogers appears on the scene, he instantly inspires confidence and unity among his allies. He is the superhero in Marvel comics that other want to emulate, and even veterans like Spider-Man can't help but be awestruck in his presence. He isn't simply a hero, he is symbol other rally behind, Marvel's Superman, he is what is great about America, or he at least was until recently.
Captain America used to be Marvel's answer to Superman, but lately he has become something else. Marvel comics, under the direction of Joe Quesada, Marvel's newest editor-in-chief, has taken a sharp politically left turn in recent years and Captain America has become one of his victims. Explaining why Captain America was killed at the end of Civil War, Quesada told CNN that "He hasn't been living in the modern world and the world does move". Joe continued, hinting that since Steve Rogers doesn't stand for what America is anymore, it was only fitting to have him killed off. Excuse me, but since when did the United States stop being the United States? The problem was that the Rogers' Captain America was too conservative for Quesada, and he had to be replaced with someone who fit more with Joe's reality (or lack thereof) of what America was to him.
Enter James "Bucky" Barnes, the former partner of Captain America turned Soviet agent Winter Soldier. Having lived in the Soviet Union following his apparent death in World War II, Barnes had been indoctrinated in Soviet politics and trained to be an assassin, a twisted reflection of Captain America. Upon Roger's death, Barnes took up the mantle at the request of Tony Stark, Iron Man, but he was no Captain America. This new Cap carried a combat knife and a gun, and was far darker than his predecessor. Barnes was also teamed up with Natalia Romanova, the Black Widow, former Soviet agent and former lover. To me, this Soviet Captain America and his ex-Soviet partner seems to be a serious political statement about Quesada's view of what America stands for now, seeing as how Rogers was supposedly outdated. Problem is that Captain America's fans, including myself, weren't too happy with this new direction for the character.
While dead was supposed to mean DEAD this time around (Marvel superheroes have a nasty habit of not staying in the ground), it wasn't long till Marvel was forced to bring Steve Rogers back. Joe Quesada and his staff discussed how they had always meant to bring him back, contrary to what they tried to do to convince readers otherwise (shooting him dead, having his body shrivel up and buried, having Thor communicate with his soul on the way to the afterlife, etc), and that the new storyline, Reborn, would set things right. Problem is, when killing the American icon, they created a mess which made as much sense as their attempt to bring him back from the dead. To add insult to injury, the one-shot following the Reborn story arch, Who Will Wield the Shield?, has President Barack Obama pardoning Rogers for his actions during Civil War, stating that he was "risking his reputation" by doing so. Excuse me, but since when has Barack Obama ever had a reputation worth tarnishing? So pardoning a true American hero for standing up for other heroes' privacy rights is somehow worse than befriending various terrorists and brutal dictators? Pathetic, but it gets worse.
As discussed by Allahpundit at Hot Air, the Bucky Captain America is now targeting Tea Party protesters. Marvel comics has decided to depict the Tea Partiers as racist for protesting President Obama, just another political statement by Quesada and his team (remember Spider-Man meets Barack Obama?). Seeing how they opposed what America is "supposed to be,' it is up to the former Soviet to put a stop to their free speech and right to protest, protecting the "New America" from Americans. It is downright disturbing that the former symbol of liberty is being used to crush it, but this is what Marvel has been about for a while hasn't it? Even before Joe Quesada took up the helm of editor-in-chief, the comic giant has jumped from one social/political topic to the other. Whether it was their take on the HIV/AIDS crisis more than a decade ago with the Legacy Virus, their over promotion of homosexuality, described by George E. Haggerty as being "less prolific but more deliberate," their promotion of the election of Barack Obama, etc Marvel has always been trying to remake its image by moving from one fad to another, mostly those with left-wing leanings. The recent move to San Francisco by the X-Men, along with their declaration and support of the policies of "Sanctuary City", policies that have already cost lives in the real world, furthers this point. While it isn't a surprise to see comics being political, as per the controversial Superman: Red Son, Marvel comics has become far more blatantly so in the last few years that it has come to the point where it is parroting Democratic Party policy. This attack on the Tea Party protesters by Captain America is disgustingly political, far worse than Quesada's killing of the American icon two and a half years ago.
Once again, this is why I prefer DC Comics. Characters like Superman are timeless and represent far more than any fad-hopping Marvel equivalent could. While Captain America is now doing the bidding of a corrupt President, one that doesn't appreciate freedom of speech and the right of protest, Superman was standing aside during the election of Lex Luthor to the Oval Office. This was a statement about his place within politics, and how the American people were the ones who elected their leaders, no matter how misguided their choice in president might be, and that he didn't have the right to push his own beliefs onto them. Batman's liberal use of coercive force and the formation of the Outsiders is a continuing statement of the harsh realities of the world we live in, that what they do, no matter how "unheroic" it is, must be done for the greater good. The formation of Checkmate by the United Nations Security Council (pretend they are a sensible and realistic group instead of the paper tiger they are in real life) and the use of the Suicide Squad also furthers this point, something that you wouldn't find in Marvel comics without being depicted as entirely negative. Unless it is "hip" and politically popular, those like Joe Quesada would never allow it.
They might as well have buried Captain America's Shield with him, because his name and legacy is not only being misused, it is being abused by Marvel comics. Bucky couldn't replace Steve Rogers, Bucky couldn't even preserve what the American icon stood for. It is as if they had killed him again… This time someone should put a bullet in him and he should stay dead, at least until Joe Quesada leaves Marvel comics and someone who actually understands what America is and what it means to be American takes his place. Pathetic…
P.S. Been mulling over whether or not to pick up Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 for a while now, but seeing how politically backwards the comic giant has become, I might as well spend my money on another game, something I know won't be funding this kind of nonsense. Disgusting…
UPDATE: Fox News is reporting that Marvel will be removing the "Tea Bag" reference from the latest issue of Captain America, but that is about it. Ed Brubaker, the writer of the controversial story, is nothing less than a far-left radical using this story to push his own political beliefs. It is reported that he has tweeted quiet a few political charged statements on Twitter about Sarah Palin, Michele Bachman and former President George W. Bush. Joe Quesada is trying to spin this story, saying that there is no connection to the Tea Party demonstrations, but anyone who reads the opening pages where Bucky and Sam "Snap" Wilson, The Falcon, are talking about an anti-tax rally and the "hate the government vibe" clearly indicates otherwise.
Tell you what Joe, either get rid of writers like Ed or expect DC Comics to pick up the patriotic Americans your brand of bullshit politics is alienating. Pathetic…


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Nightmare bacteria spreading in U.S. hospitals, nursing homes: CDC
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March 6, 2013 HEALTH A nightmare bacteria that is resistant to powerful antibiotics and kills half of those it infects has surfaced in nearly 200 U.S. hospitals and nursing homes, federal health officials reported Tuesday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 4 percent of U.S. hospitals and 18 percent of nursing homes had treated at least one patient with the bacteria, called Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), within the first six months of 2012. CRE are nightmare bacteria. Our strongest antibiotics dont work and patients are left with potentially untreatable infections, CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said in a news release. Doctors, hospital leaders and public health [officials] must work together now to implement the CDCs detect and protect strategy and stop these infections from spreading. The good news, Frieden added at an afternoon teleconference, is we now have an opportunity to prevent its further spread. But, he continued, We only have a limited window of opportunity to stop this infection from spreading to the community and spreading to more organisms. CRE are in a family of more than 70 bacteria called enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae and E. coli, that normally live in the digestive system. In recent years, some of these bacteria have become resistant to last-resort antibiotics known as carbapenems.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
great and I just had a over night hospital stay
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
-- i hope obamma ain't spraying this from his 30,000 drone aircraft!
A) despite how many times the CDC has cried wolf in the last 20 years, it *might* be a real threat
B) or it could just be another attempt to scare Congress into maintaining or increasing their funding.
"Where wolf?"
"*There* wolf!"
for those who have any antibotics in the old medicine cabinet take, and you have been in a hospital or nay of these places that may have this infection, take the antibiotics for a few days or just wait intil the first day that you start feeling like hell, cypro would be the best if you have any, and I would advise anyone now days to have at least a thirty day supply tucked away espically those who are in the medical field and those that are arond patients or loved ones that may become infected, and for those on both the eastern as western coasts. espically now with the little dictator who know is threating the US with Nuclar Launch.. Remember guys espically those of us who were in the military, how many times has HQ and the rest of DOD have been wrong about something, take no chances. the majority of the goverment that is currently in place, we cannot trust. So lets prepare ourselfs in advance,, ,,,,Doc
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Firefighters responded to a fire at 5:19 a.m. this morning at a house undergoing renovations in the 900 block of Danville Boulevard in Alamo. Damage estimates were set at $1 million and content damages at $100,000.
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A male administrator with a hairy physical appearance, a fondness for cheap scotch and a penchant for buggery. Like the Anti-Midas everything he touches will inevitably turn to shit. His got to move is the Burt Reynolds '74. Occasionally he will drink too much and go starfish on your living room floor. This person will use his position of power to offer oral sex to his male employees. This offer will often induce involuntary vomitting from the intended victim. Incredibly, Scotchy will not be reprimanded for this behavior by his superiors, which will allow him to search out more male suitors.
Scotchy was sitting there in a Burt Reynolds '74 pose and he told me that since he grew up in a more liberal time he wanted to give me a blow job. I then started puking like crazy.
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A term used when refering to a student at the all boy school Scotch College in Perth. A 'Scotchy' will often be assimilated with such negative terms or phrase's as; wanker, dick head, tosser, fuck wit, and other such pleasantries. Scotchies are also known for their little success with the opposite sex. This common phenomenon often leads to their envy of the students of Christ Church Grammar School which soon becomes a crush, then a letter, then a sedative and then finally a lawsuit and restraining order.
Plural; Scotchies
Plural; Scotchies
Scotchy: But your honor, I swear, I have no recollection of that night or how that sedating substance I bought at the pharmacy got into his drink.
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AT&T to Launch Home Security, Energy Management Business
AT&T plans to launch a new business division called Digital Life Services, which will offer home security, home monitoring, energy management and remote healthcare, reports the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
November 21, 2011
ATLANTA — AT&T plans to launch a new business division here called Digital Life Services, which will offer home security, home monitoring, energy management and remote healthcare, reports the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
This isn't the first attempt for AT&T to break into this market, reports theverge.com. Earlier this year, AT&T teamed up with E3 Greentech, which leverages cloud-based technology to help utilities manage the energy consumption of buildings. In 2010, the telecom acquired home automation specialist Xanboo to complement its Smart Grid home automation offering.
It is unclear when Digital Life Services will roll out, how much it will cost and who will be able to use it.
AT&T is the latest telecom to jump on the home automation bandwagon. Last month, Verizon released its Home Monitoring and Control service, which allows homeowners to adjust and control lights, smart thermostats and appliances. It also allows users to view video feeds from networked cameras and lock doors remotely.
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Last week saw the début of Hunted on British television, the show is a new drama series from X-Files head writer Frank Spotnitz and stars Melissa George who you may know from her roles in Alias and 30 Days of Night. The new show has been eagerly anticipated by many and is taking a prime-time slot on BBC1 suggesting it is expected to do well.
The show follows Sam Hunter, an operative for a private intelligence firm (or a spy for hire in simpler terms) who survives an attempt on her life. During her recovery period, Sam comes to believe that the attempt was orchestrated by a member of the team she works with and the show really begins around 15 minutes into the pilot when she comes back to work with them. Feedback on Twitter has been mixed, people clearly either loved it or hated it although the majority of negative tweets I read were directed at Melissa George's constant pout which by now probably has at least five Twitter accounts of its own. I saw Hunted described as "incredibly dull," "brilliant," "awesome," and "absolutely pony" — so it's certainly splitting the viewing public.


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I added some pictures I took today on some of my yards of some nucs I am overwintering and some half frame matting nucs. I did wrapped them with tar paper.
They did look good, heavy on honey and I have hi hopes.
I added some pictures I took today on some of my yards of some nucs I am overwintering and some half frame matting nucs. I did wrapped them with tar paper.
They did look good, heavy on honey and I have hi hopes.
Nice pics...great colors on your nucs.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. John Wayne
i luv your pics. I had some of the 4 frame mini nucs come through the winter and looked great and did great. Some got chaulk brood though early on. Not sure why..... I think I split them up too early into mating nucs.
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Hi Gilman -
Great Shots. Beautiful brood patterns - just like what I saw in your nucs last spring. Great bees - thank you.
Come on up to Maine and we'll show you what real striped bass fishing is all about.
Talk to you soon,
Erin Forbes, EAS Master Beekeeper
You are probably wright, splitting them too early is a stress factor which combined with wet weather and predisposition on the stock may be the reason for some chalk broad. Like the other thinks with bees, it is more than one thing (problem).
You may try to adjust the splitting time, select from other stock and hope that the weather is fine.
My best Gilman
Hi Gilman -
The stripers are here just when they're leaving CT, I suppose. They first come around Mid May and then really fill in by early June. The good thing is they stay here all summer - between Portland and Bath for the most part.
Good fishing.
They're so thick you can get them on a fly rod (which is what I do and is a blast!)
Not that I spend any time fishing anymore now that I've got the bees - I haven't wet a line in over 3 years...
Take Care, Happy New Year!
Erin Forbes, EAS Master Beekeeper
great pics!
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I added few pic taken yesterday while I was walking my yards. The bees look good but we have a lot of winter ahead. Lets hope.
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I added some pictures that I took today. Nice weather 55F, they were bringing pollen. First time I see them bring pollen this year.
Most of the pictures I took are of the matting nucs that I overwintered.
They all are half deep frames matting nucs.
Some are 4 way, some are 2 - 10 half frames, others are single half 5 frames.
Some are double single half frames with the second nuc added late in the summer to avoid swarming. Those single matting nucs have a screen on the bottom which I took off to let the bees of the first floor to occupy the second store. They were too strong in the fall and I did not have time to deal with them so I just added another nuc body on top with frames and they went vertically throu a hole that they have at the bottom board.
It looks that I am blessed with the ability to complicate things, which may be true. In fact I was simply reacting to what the bees were doing in the fall without a plan. That is the time of the season that our attention is on the harvest not on the configuration the matting nucs are going to overwinter.
The best way to overwinter these small colonies was in 2 - 10 half frames.
I was happily surprised to see how well they did even in 4 way 5 half frames configuration.
Placing these nucs on top of the big hives is a big help, advantage that the single matting nucs don't have.
They were not wrapped during the winter. 10 days ago I gave them some pollen sub, megabee, which I mixed myself.
I did not feed them in the fall, they are kept only in yard that are proven to have a good fall flow.
Most of the these nucs have carni queens.
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i read that carmelo averaged a career low in isolations this season. somewhere in the high 20%. in the playoffs he's averaging over 40% isolations. that is on the coach. draw up some damn plays to get melo easier looks.
it's win or go home tonight for both teams. knicks lose and they go home and have a chance to save the season and avoid embarrassment. celtics lose and they literally go home as their season will be over.
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Three undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder are finalists for 1997 Truman Scholarships in the nationwide competition.
The students, Michelle Gawerc, Ranya Ghuma and Phillip Juengst, have been interviewed for the scholarship, which awards up to $30,000 for students who demonstrate leadership ability, academic achievement, commitment to public service and potential to make a difference.
All are juniors in the CU-Boulder Honors Program. As many as 65 winners will be named on March 27 by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation of Washington, D.C. The award pays for the senior year and two or three years of graduate study.
The three CU-Boulder students are the only finalists to be selected who are attending a Colorado school. This year 202 students were selected from 147 U.S. colleges and universities in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Gawerc, a junior in intercultural communication and peace and conflict studies, is from Denver. She is on a Study Abroad program this semester in Israel and after graduation plans to do graduate work in international affairs.
Ghuma, a junior studying political science, is from Greeley. She is on a Study Abroad program in Egypt and plans to study international law following graduation.
Juengst, a junior from Boulder, is studying political science and vocal music. He plans to pursue a masters degree in public administration.


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Sofia Vergara is terrified of suffering another wardrobe malfunction.
The Modern Family star - whose breasts were recently exposed in a nightclub, just months after her dress ripped revealing her underwear at the Emmys last September - has admitted that walking the red carpet in a fragile dress is extremely challenging and she could easily suffer another embarrassing incident.
The 40-year-old actress - who is nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a TV series at the Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel tonight told People.com: "It's very easy [for a dress to rip] because you get out of the car, you go up, you try to go to the restroom. When you're on the red carpet, a lot of people step on your dress and pull it.
"After awhile, that's what causes the stitches to get loose because usually you have those long gowns. You can never really control it, but you just hope for the best."
But despite being worried about exposing herself again, the mother-of-one insists she doesn't find award season stressful, especially as she likes her castmates.
"It's a celebrating time. I don't see any stress in it, because for me, the award is just going to the awards show," she said.
"I never expected in my life that I was going to be part of a show like Modern Family and be nominated for anything. I'm very new to acting, so for me, it's a party.
"We have drinks. We make it a nice day. I think [our cast's chemistry] is luck. We honestly like each other. We don't have any competition.
"Now we know the process of getting ready and prepared - the dress, the jewellery. I know now more who the designers are that fit me right. It's getting easier and easier."


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UTSA student receives conference fellowship
By Alison Beshur
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(Feb. 24, 2006)--Andrea Palmer hoped to define her career path before the start of the spring semester.
"I am very goal-oriented," Palmer said recently. "Trying to decide where you should go stresses you out."
But Palmer, a 24-year-old business management graduate student at UTSA and natural-born leader, said training she recently received has shown her other important leadership characteristics - knowing when to self-reflect and share responsibilities.
Today's headlines
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Earlier this month, Palmer received a Stardust Fellowship, an award only given to 25 American Humanics students from across the country, to attend two extra days of workshops tied to the American Humanics Management Institute, an annual conference for students interested in nonprofit management.
Because Palmer earned her bachelor's degree from UTSA in May '05 and continues to balance work, classes at UTSA and rearing her five-year-old daughter as a single mother, she hopes to in some way inspire other young mothers to pursue higher education, but hasn't mapped out the course of action.
"Now, I think I'll learn more and I won't restrict myself," Palmer said after attending the conference. "Sometimes, I just need to step back, and then I can step out there on a limb."
Sandie Palomo-Gonzalez, senior program coordinator at UTSA's Center for Policy Studies and executive director for the American Humanics program at UTSA, said approximately a dozen other students attended the four-day conference in San Diego.
"UTSA is one of three universities in Texas offering the American Humanics program at the undergraduate level and the only Texas institution to offer the program at the graduate level," Palomo-Gonzalez said.
Like Palmer, other UTSA Humanics students or nonprofit program participants have been recognized recently for leadership in community involvement.
In December, one former Nonprofit Certification Program participant, one current Nonprofit Certification Program participant and a UTSA undergraduate student pursuing a minor in nonprofit management and American Humanics certification were recognized as "40 Under 40 Rising Star" by the San Antonio Business Journal.
July Moreno de Lopez, vice president of development and community relations at American Sunrise, a nonprofit community effort for affordable housing and educational opportunities for West Side residents, recently completed the Nonprofit Certification Program.
Bonnie Lundy, executive director of Transplants for Children, currently is participating in the year-long certification program.
Renée Joy McGhee, MIS-communications director for Mission City Management Inc., a local business holding company, is pursuing a minor in nonprofit management and last month attended the national American Humanics conference in San Diego.
According to Palomo-Gonzalez, it is no coincidence that students who go through the nonprofit management or certification programs later surface as local nonprofit and community leaders.
"Participants learn to see solutions and gain an understanding of the issues unique to the nonprofit sector that help them succeed in the field," she added.


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What happened to NBC who always supported Ladies Figure Skating and for the Olys would have it in prime time? It's supposed to have the highest ratings of any Oly event. Instead we got it in a time slot competing with late night television shows. To make it even worse, NBC boasted we will see the last group of skaters without interruption. Wow. I suppose that meant there would be no Nordic Combined and Women's Slalom after their events were completed. What happened to Groups 1-4? Oh yes, we got Tugba live at 7:20pm. The final group after 11pm. I thought for sure we would get the final 2 groups of the event. Why not? We had so in the past Olys.
I also expected to see the first 3 groups on Universal Sport (a subsidiary of NBC, I think). Unisport was busy with speed skating.
I also enjoy watching those other Winter Sports. I think they could have better been served if they were shown on Unisport. After all, there was nothing Live about their comps, they were all on tape from the afternoons.
I don't think there is anything we can do about this. I can't believe another network would want to take on such a huge undertaking. There should be no problem at the upcoming Worlds. It's only Figure skating and Ice Dance which all have there own separate time schedules. NBC could show at least the last two groups LIVE of Mens and Ladies on two separate nights.
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text: Gone are the days when mother devoted her full life for development of her children. Today, women are becoming more active, independent and prefer progress in their career rather than been recognized as just housemakers. Career oriented women continue their work soon after completion of their maternity leave. Many working women start the job early due to financial needs of their family. There can be different reasons for women to go to work instead of staying at home.


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Obituary: Marie Kathrina Reichlin
October 17, 2013
Marie Kathrina Reichlin passed away peacefully at her home at 22204 Juniper Street in Floriston, CA, 96111 on October 10th, 2013. She was at home for 5 weeks after a brief hospital stay.
Marie was born April 10, 1926, the oldest daughter of Andreas and Marie Kuttel-Ribary, of Hörnligarten, Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland.
She was one of nine children and raised at a dairy farm.
Marie followed her sweetheart Joe to America on May 5th, 1949 via Ellis Island and a long train ride to Seattle. They were married in Fife, Washington on October 8th, 1949. Their three children were all born near Modesto, Ca. The family moved to the Sierras in 1954 and she has lived in Floriston since 1955.
She is proceeded in death by her beloved Joe in 1992, her daughter Maryanne in 2010 and her son-in-law Bob Wilson in 2008.
She is survived by her son Joe Reichlin of Reno, daughter Ida Wilson of Idaho; grandsons Joe Jr. Reichlin (Kathy), of Reno, Brandon Wilson (Shanee) of Portland and Erik Wilson of Portland; two brothers: Sepp Kuttel of Switzerland and Louis Kettle of Truckee; three sisters : Louise Schuler of Escalon Ca, Kathy Croy of Nevada City, Ca and Selina Studer of Truckee.
Funeral service will be held at the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church at 10930 Alder Drive in Truckee at noon on Saturday, October 19th, 2013. Reception immediately to follow at the church hall.
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When I was very young, I dreamed of becoming three things as I aged: an astronaut, an actor, and a fat old woman. Although I have celebrated science my whole life and I eventually became a theater major, none of my five-year-old self's dreams came true. I learned early that, because of some chronic health problems, NASA will never send me into space. And as it turns out, I'm much happier backstage and behind the scenes than I am in the spotlight.
But in my late twenties, I realized that I was well on my way to fulfilling the last fond wish of my childhood. I weighed almost as much as my beloved grandmother, in whose kitchen I grew up eating like I was a small army. I was never a skinny kid, and I never wanted to be a skinny adult. All the thin people in my life were drug addicts or people my folks teased for being "picky eaters" and "health nuts," so I went for what was behind door number three. Food: all I could afford.
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"2010 was an outstanding year for Chevron." With these words, CEO John Watson opens Chevron's 2010 Annual Report.
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text: I've got a few ideas to run by you folks. A little background, I'm a newbee with two spring packages and a July caught swarm.I kinda figured mite control was something I would take care of in the fall, but after reading this list for awhile I've got some issues with throwing a couple strips of insecticide in a colony of expensive insects. Or as an old local beekeeper said, "Just taking my chances,because package hives aren't much more expensive than the medication." I'm thinking of retro-fitting old bottom boards into SBBs first of all just to see how bad mite problem really is. I've access to a bunch of old equipment and was thinking of sitting SBB on top of an old shallow bulk comb super (which I have oodles of). After of course putting sticky paper underneath to check mite fall. I was wondering how this set-up would work over winter? Your thoughts?


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Just passing this along, I didn't see it listed. Its from an article on bleacher report.
They list 5 free agents that the author feels would help the giants.
Andre Smith OT Cincinnati - said he is a solid right tackle and 26
Michael Bennett DE Tampa Bay - Martellus' brother 9 1/2 sacks last year, said Martellus is gonna work him
Phillip Wheeler OLB Oakland - said he is an under the radar type, good athletes
Sean Smith CB Miami - said he's a solid CB only 25
Jake Long OT Miami - said its a long shot but Miami might not be willing to resign him and he could use a fresh start
Was a decent article, never heard of a couple of these guys, we usually don't overspend in FA, but if the price is right maybe one or two of these guys end up Giants.


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#1 Sun 22 Apr 07 8:58pm
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On the radio
i have got the chance to go onto a local radio station http://www.brfm.net/ ( a friend is one of the dj's ), and i was thinking of starting with 'sunday roast' as a first subject...
how it works, is - i make the questions that i want them to ask, and then i just answer them ( pre-written )
if it goes well, i could have a slot every few weeks to talk about healthy eating, eventually moving to be more involved and promote other more and 'in depth' subjects, all around food
this will not be a 'professional' advice show, it will be about how a person who is not a chef, or even involved in anything cullanary, can have a healthier lifestyle, showing how easy it really is,
I was looking for questions you would ask if you had the same opportunity, and i will try to answer as many as possible
I design stuff, here is some of it: http://saltedm8.deviantart.com
#2 Sun 22 Apr 07 9:06pm
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Re: On the radio
Some questions that come to mind are:
How do you season the meat? How do you know how long to cook it for? How do you make a good gravy? How do you cook crispy roast potatoes?
I think this sounds really exciting, and wish you the very best of luck!!
Does BFM have a "listen again" option so that we can all listen to you?
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thank you olivia, great questions, i dont know if their site has a "listen again" option , but i could probebly get a copy then put it on the internet for you to hear
( all their shows are recorded anyway )
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Hi Salty,
What vegetables can I roast apart from potato,pumpkin, carrot, parsnip and onions?
Which vegetables suit which particular meat?
Which herbs go better with certain meats?
Which are the healthier options of roasting. ?
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|Posted: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 04:12 am
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|Found I had a leak from the shaft seal of my Kenmore dishwasher mod.#363.14171790. Ordered and replace the shaft seal and push on nut, reinserted the shaft and found it to be free spinning. I would think that the flat of the shaft would lock into something within the plastic housing. Something just doesn't seem right.
|Posted: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 07:24 am
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|yes,the shaft operates a flapper valve to redirect water to the drain once the control solenoid on the outside pulls it up.
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|Posted: Wed Apr 5th, 2006 03:05 pm
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|This diagram might help you figger out what you missed.
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|Posted: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 01:56 am
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|Sorry, but remember that I'm only a grasshopper and the diagram doesn't go into what I need (unless it's something I don't see). I need to know in some detail how to reconnect the shaft to the flapper valve, do I have to rip out the bottom of the DW or is it a simple fix? I appreciate the input.
|Posted: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 02:08 am
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|Hello, my shafted friend. Are you able to identify the part you replaced in the diagram that our dear and gracious host provided for you?
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|Posted: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 05:10 am
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|Yes, #415 & 417.
|Posted: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 11:10 am
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Budget Appliance Repair
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|Bookseeb wrote:
Ordered and replace the shaft seal and push on nut, reinserted the shaft and found it to be free spinning.
I notice in your first post you say you reinserted the shaft???
If when you tried to remove the push-on-nut the complete drain flap shaft pulled out of the pump body then you are in for some fun.
I had one do this so had the experience, (luckly for me I already had the pump out of the machine and was rebuilding it.), you're going to probably have to remove the pump from the machine to be able to get it all back together correctly.
You should have just cut the old push-on-nut off with cutting plyers then you wouldn't have had the problem of pulling the shaft out.
William Burk (Willie)
Willie's Budget Appliance Repair
Eureka, CA 95501
|Posted: Thu Apr 6th, 2006 02:09 pm
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|Thats it! Before I even read your post it finally dawned on me what I did and what I should have done. It's so simple now, but the hard part is going back in time to do it over again as well as the extra work I'll have to do. Leave it to me to make a simple job difficult.
Now is it worth the effort for just that, or should I rebuild while I'm at it, or just get a new pump, the DW is about 10 years old.
thanks for the input.
|Posted: Fri Apr 7th, 2006 11:27 am
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Budget Appliance Repair
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|Well, it all depends on how much you like this dishwasher and how much you want to spend on it. This is a G.E. built dishwasher and as far as G.E. products go these really aren't that bad of dishwashers.
You could replace the complete motor and pump assembly which would be the easiest but most expensive: CLICK HERE to see and/or order
or you could buy just the new impeller/seal kit and rebuild your pump while it's out: CLICK HERE to see and/or order
Even if the pump isn't leaking yet the machine is 10 years old so it could be in the near future, so it would be a good idea to replace or rebuild the pump/motor assembly while you have it out.
William Burk (Willie)
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|Posted: Sat Oct 14th, 2006 09:00 pm
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I have the same problem with a GE GSD4030Z02WW leaking from the drain shaft when the solenoid is activated. I was wondering whether the shaft pulled out of the pump assembly and I see that is not the way to do it. But - the plastic piece the soleniod pulls down and the shaft goes through does not seem like I can pull it off the shaft. The end of the shaft has been rolled (not sure if that is the correct term) so it is larger than the hole it goes through in the plastic. Does this mean I would have to pull the whole thing apart and pull the shaft out of the valve?
|Posted: Sun Oct 15th, 2006 10:19 am
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Should be a little c-clip, remove that and the spring attached to the white plastic control lever. Control lever should slide right off, just a snug fit.
Now you will see a 3/8" or so push-nut, do not try to pull this off the shaft, if you do you will end up pulling the shaft out of the flapper valve inside the pump body. Cut this clip off with a pair of wire cutters and replace it with a new one.
After the push nut is off, use a small screw driver or needle to fish the old seal out, replace the seal and push-nut and reassemble.
Parts you need:
Push-on nut WR2X7054 CLICK HERE to see and/or order
Drain shaft seal WD8X181 CLICK HERE to see and/or order
William Burk (Willie)
Willie's Budget Appliance Repair
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|Posted: Sun Oct 15th, 2006 04:22 pm
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|You're absolutely right, of course! It did come off with a little more force. There wouldn't be much point in putting that clip on if that piece would not slide off, would there? Thanks so much for your help.
|Posted: Mon Jul 14th, 2008 09:57 pm
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|I followed the directions but when i remove the control lever there is no seal or nut in evidence. Just the shaft coming out of the housing. I looked around under the machine looking for evidence it rotted and fell off but could not find anything. The machine is a GE GSD4330Z02WW.
I looked at the posted diagram for this model and it appears that the push nut and seal should be there. Not sure if i'm missing a step that others didn't need explained to them?
I bought the seal locally but no-one here has a push nut in stock. I tried just the seal but that didn't work-still leaks. I now have the push nut on a rush order. Is it safe to assume these instructions are still valid or was there some variant of sealing the shaft that my machine may have?
|Posted: Tue Jul 15th, 2008 05:44 am
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Budget Appliance Repair
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|You said you removed the white lever, is that all you removed? If so, then that is why you don't see the seal or push-nut that is described.
You have to remove the two or three screws that mount the coil/mounting plate to the pump housing. Then when you slide the complete coil and mounting plate off the drain shaft you should see the push-nut that is described, the seal is behind the push-nut.
Whatever you do, DON'T try to pry the push-nut off, the shaft will slide right out of the drain flapper then you will have to pull the complete motor/pump assembly and spend much time, and maybe even fail, trying to get the shaft back in correctly.
William Burk (Willie)
Willie's Budget Appliance Repair
Eureka, CA 95501
|Posted: Thu Jul 17th, 2008 09:49 pm
|15th Post
Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|Thanks for clearing that up. It was all there as described.
I put in my new seal and push nut and reassembled to the point the clip attached. There was not enough shaft exposed for the clip to attach to and the shaft was so difficult to turn that the spring would not move it.
I found that if i pulled the shaft out about 1/4" it rotated as before and was able to move the push nut down 1/4" and reassembled successfully. Thankfully the shaft still seems to rotate the drain flap as designed.
But when i tested what had been a slow drip only when draining is now a slow drip while running and a quick drip while draining. The new seal seems to be installed the same depth as the old one. The date on the package of the seal was 2004. Either I installed the seal incorrectly, the new seal was defective in some way or there is some other problem causing the leak. I'm pretty confident the leak is around the shaft itself.
I only had the one push nut so am hesitant to monkey with it. I'd love some advice on what to check if i do need to take it all apart again.
Right now the seal is fully inserted into the plastic drain assembly. That is how the old one was sitting. Now i'm thinking that perhaps it is supposed to straddle the hole? And the 'push nut' which is shaped a bit like a pie tin is on with the tin facing out, away from the seal. From the design it seemed this was the right way to go on but thought i'd check.
If i need a new push nut does anyone carry those other than appliance stores? I went to two local hardware stores that could not help me and the GE package does not even print the size on it. In my case not even the local appliance store had them-he sent me to the box store. But i can widen the net if needed.
Last edited on Thu Jul 17th, 2008 10:19 pm by wandering_burr
|Posted: Fri Jul 18th, 2008 06:29 am
|16th Post
Budget Appliance Repair
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|Did you read the instructions that came with the seal and make sure you installed it in the correct direction.
If you installed the seal backwards, (with lip facing wrong way), it will leak.
The push-nut goes on with cupped side pointed out, once installed in correct direction and in correct place, (at the last notch in the shaft down by the seal), the clip holds the drain shaft in the correct position so the flapper seals are lined up in the pump correctly. Once the push-nut is off the shaft and flapper can be pushed further into the pump and it will bind and lock up, when it is pulled back out to the correct position where the push-nut holds it, it should operate smoothly and the flapper seals should line up correctly inside the pump.
William Burk (Willie)
Willie's Budget Appliance Repair
Eureka, CA 95501
|Posted: Wed Jul 23rd, 2008 08:36 pm
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Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|Did I read the instructions, check.
Did I install the seal in the correct direction as the instructions read, no. sigh.
Got a fresh set of parts and did the fix again today with a successful result. Thanks very much for your help! This site proved invaluable.
For posterity here are a couple of tips for future grasshoppers. I offer this as advice based on my on my single experience with my machine. Use it appropriately.
* The shaft will not slide out of the drain willy nilly. So use caution but my job took much longer the first time because I was afraid it would just jump out at me. As written earlier in the thread the most dangerous time is when you cut the nut off.
* Have at least a six inch pair of side cutters to get through the nut. I used those in combination with a heavy duty pair of channel lock pliers to cut through mine.
* My local appliance parts center sold me the seal but they sent me to a hardware store for the push on nut. i went to two and neither had anything close to what GE ships. Don't leave the house unless you are going to get both the seal and the nut. I ended up getting what i needed from repairclinic.com.
* When you do buy the parts buy two nuts just in case more adjustments are needed. The nut is cheap but dishwasher downtime is not!
* When you place the seal do so carefully, but make sure it is seated nice and tight. I had it seated fully to my naked eye but it was seeping water so i gave it another round of screwdriver presses to really jam it in there before i got a good seal.
* Read the directions twice to make sure the seal is on in the correct direction. The directions come with the seal from GE.
* Make as sure as you can that the seal is good before you put on the push nut. Once that goes on you don't get another chance without cutting it off. In my case i have a little standing water in the dishwasher that proved a valuable tool in determining if the seal was tight.
* As described in the thread above when the seal is out the shaft has about 1/4" free play. The shaft has a notch in it for the push nut that will hold the shaft in the correct position which is out from the drain as far as the free play will allow. When the push nut is on at the right depth of the shaft it will turn freely (at least mine did).
* If you have questions post them, hopefully you'll get the same quick, helpful replies to your questions that i did to mine.
|Posted: Thu Feb 19th, 2009 09:56 pm
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Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|First post!
Hi. I am about to perform this same repair on my 10 year old GE Profile (model GSD5130D00WW) dishwasher and need a bit of advice. Do you recommend removing the dishwasher and placing it on its side for improved access? Or should I be able to do this simply be removing the front kick panel? My inclination is to leave the dishwasher in place.
|Posted: Fri Feb 20th, 2009 11:19 am
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Budget Appliance Repair
Fellow, Academy of Sublime Masters of Appliantology
|It can be done with the pump still in the machine and machine mounted in cabinet, but much easier if you remove the pump/motor assembly to get it out and accessable to work on.
The pump/motor assembly can be remove with out taking the machine out of the cabinet, it can be a little hard to get to the inlet boot clamp depending on which the direction the clamp screw is orientated.
William Burk (Willie)
Willie's Budget Appliance Repair
Eureka, CA 95501
|Posted: Fri Feb 20th, 2009 02:24 pm
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Senior Apprentice Appliantologist
|Thanks for the advice!
I had not considered removing the pump/motor assembly. I am a total beginner, so for me that seems more risky than either a) removing the whole dishwasher from the cabinet or b) leaving everything in place.
I have a day or two to think it over while I wait for the parts to arrive...
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What worked for me on slippery floor is to concentrate on the inside edge of my ball of feet. Putting more weight there helped me with balance on slippery floors.
And finally I had the chance to ask Luca Baricchi about this!! He said that a kind of medical substance or oil can be applied to the soles if it is really bad, if I remember correctly it was something used against bad stomach... Unfortunately I had no pen with me to take a note.
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I agree with you, when you said, "The point is to help teachers find news ways of fostering learning, both in and out of the classroom. Sometimes these innovations are about tech tools, but often they are more about pedagogy than technology." The pedagogy needs to shift, or else we are simply replacing pencils and paper with devices.
In my opinion one of the best benefits from technology integration is the ability to connect with experts and other learners. Teachers no longer have to teach the content, but rather can allow students to seek out the "teacher" and experience it first hand alongside an expert or peers. It is about unleashing possibilities and forming connections, both relationally and conceptually.
The question is, how do we "update habits from a lifetime"?
I agree that is important to not only teach teachers how to use tools properly, but also to encourage and provide opportunities for teachers to find new ways to encourage learning. With you being a Tech Coordinator, how do you suggest a school go about educating their teachers about technology tools?
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Using technologies like virtual lesson plans and internet resources can help free up time -- both in developing and delivering curriculum. This allows teachers to spend more time with the students who are struggling, ensuring the whole class is better prepared for tests and advancement.
I really enjoy your idea of a "petting zoo." It would be a wonderful way to explore many different tools. This would be a great PD idea! Thank you.
I agree with you. The way technology is developing it will be in our interest to make use of it in very possible way. Today's expensive technology may turn not so unaffordable in near future. I admit that not all of us can afford expensive gadgets but I am sure we can find a way out if we really want. Talking about iPads now students can even attend online classes on it anywhere, anytime they want by using simple apps . I am sure in near future online education will occupy the education scene in a big way.
I believe that technology should be integrated into the curriculum, but I also believe that we shouldn't use technology just for the sake of using technology. Sometimes, I find myself asking, "Is using this technological device actually enhancing my students' learning? Or am I using this tech just to use it?" I also love the project learning approach, but I believe that projects need to be appropriately scaffolded for many of our students :)
Being a High School Special Education teacher I am constantly looking for new ways to help my kids connect to school. In this day in age, technology is everywhere, and all my students are using it in one way or another. Almost all of my students have phones, tablets, a computer etc. For too long I feel like many teachers were fighting this technological shift and many still are. As technology was changing society, the classrooms were staying the same. We were seeing technology as something working against us rather than something we could use to our advantage. After whole heartedly accepting technology into my classroom, life for both me and my students has become much better. My shy students are able to participate in a way they have never been able to before, and my students who struggle with writing are able to express themselves in a new way. There are definitely challenges when it comes to technology, but having an open mind about it has been so helpful. I hope more teachers are able to see the advantages of technology as time goes on and the positive affect it can have on both them and their students.
I like this statement, "New tech tools for visualizing and modeling, especially in the sciences, offer students ways to experiment and observe phenomenon and to view results in graphic ways that aid in understanding." I enjoy integrating the internet with my children's learning by broadening their learning through digital information that can be far more current to our curriculum and textbooks.
It's the days that our campus wifi stops working that I realize just how technologically integrated and tech-dependent we've become. There is really no debate about the necessity of integration. The issue is how to continue to evolve our use of technology in the classroom.