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Transmission Issue
My T&C tranny appears to have issue. Accelerate 7 to 10 mph often have a hard slip. So, I add some oil, and it appears to help. Drove for several months ok. Now, happen twice already, while park, I put the car in reverse. While the car is still not moving, I heard a metal noise: eeeeeeeeee.
I am concern. It still runs, and drive normally. And that noise doesn't happen all the time. Should I rebuild the tranny before it's gone completely, or something else?
What year, make, and model, bud? Your post scares me, and that doesn't happen often. A gently-used transmission or one that you can find with the lowest miles can be bought at your local auto recyclers for less than a rebuild, and probably without the fear of it grenading after rebuild. It's not that hard to replace a transmission, but rebuilding can be a pain even if you hire a pro.
That said - did you happen to change the fluid and filter ever? Try that.
Transmission noise = eeeeeeeeeew! :eek:
Were you referring to the lack of information part? or the rebuild, or both?
Anyway, here is more info:
1) Chrysler town and country 2003, LX model, 3.8 Litter, 6 cylinders
2) From what I looked its 41TE transmission
The sounds eeeeeeeeee is rather loud, metal noise, more like ekekekekekeke. Definitely something not right.
About the replace, yes, I have that option, and can always go for that option any time. But I would like to do a rebuild first. Probably cost $150 for the master kit plus some extra. I am not sure about tools, that I am most concern about. What I hope is that I can go by with tools I have, and even make the one I need.
yes, I have changed oil and filter on that tranny before.
imo, if you have that much noise and it still shifts and drives normally, that seems strange. if you have to add fluid, then you do have a leak, but a leaky seal will not cause that noise you describe. you might have a faulty syncrode, loose flywheel, or a pump issue, but pump issues are short lived and always catastrophic. not moving while it makes noise and you say it is intermitent is strange for a tranny. does the van still slip... at all? if so, do you have to rev it a bit before it drops into gear?
ever thought of anything else other than tranny problems? the ekekekeke noise you describe sounds more like power steering, bad tentioner, bad belt, something more related to running rather driving. u can do a simple test on the steering... while in park turn the wheels all the way to the left and then right, making sure to hit your bumpstops or till it makes the niose.
you think it's the tranny and you could be right. i cant see or hear the issue, or when it happens.
another idea would be: when the noise happens, pop the hood and get under the van and try to locate for sure where it's comming from.
It can be the steering. However, I am surprised that is it because it happens only so far when I put it in reverse during park. It last only 1 or 2 seconds.
I know the steering pump is going out because several time already, the power steering failed on me, and I had to steer real hard. I will replace it once I have time. I did this once before, on the same car. However, the engine was swapped, and I got a "new" old pump.
The slip seems to be happening much less now. Also helped by my driving habit. I don't push down the pedal too much between 7 to 15 mph. When I really need to accelerate quickly, and it slips, I let go the accelerator pedal, and push it down again, and no problem to the tranny.
The sound you described was what scared me! Could be your torque converter isn't locking up. I guess they hadn't put the Mercedes trans in these yet, but the bugs in the 41TE should have been worked out by now. I don't know how they didn't learn from the Torque Flight transmissions. If there was synthetic in there before and you put in regular that could be the problem. These models had a fussy computer that would go into "limp mode" for no particular reason. I'm sure there were recalls for this...I *THINK* there is a way to pull codes from the trans...
The only tools you need that you may not already have to remove the trans: trans jack (get one with all 4 spin casters), external torx sockets, and some ratchet extensions. An extra body or 2 will be a great idea.
Could it no tbe bans or clutches? Were you talking maybe there is a mixture of fluid types?
Sorry, I can't help you with that. I would think same type would intermix. I think some of the containers make that claim, not sure. I preferr the same type, same brand for most anything.
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Glikes Glams It Up and Other HTSA Highlights
At its Sumptuous Social dealer and vendor event this week in Sunny Isles, Fla., Home Technology Specialists of America urged its members to focus on home networking and other solution differentiators. Here's a look at some of the dealers, retailers and vendors who attended.
HTSA's Richard Glikes sports the latest couture. He also looks pretty good in golf shorts.
Colleen and Barry Scovel of Panasonic Pro/AVAD
Ken and Laura Paulson of Paulson's Audio Video, with Audioquest's Steve Niemi and Kathleen Thomas
Evie Wexler of the Little Guys and Tim and Lynn Suess of Suess Electronics
Bruce Caldwell of Bankers Warranty Group and DBL's Alexandra Harding
Charles O'Meara of Absolute Sound and Wayne Puntel of Audio Craft
Chuck Abbott of Abbott Technologies, George Walter and Chuck Collins of Digital Projection
Larry Pexton of Triad Speakers, Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) Chris Ely and HTSA's Dave Berman
Kelsey and Jason Beatty of Cybersound, with Brad Smith and Bonnie Jerigan of Audio Video Design
Audio Craft's Betty Puntel and Susan Liu of Audio Visions South
Kevin Doyle of Pioneer Elite, Leon Shaw of Audio Advice, Pioneer Elite's Mike Linskey and Absolute Sound's Ted Hollander
John Selby of Stereo One, The Sound Room's David Young, Stereo One's Vivian Selby and Joseph Akhtarzad of Video & Audio Center
Paulson's Audio Video's Dan, Erin, Kris and Kristin Paulson flank Jason and Elizabeth Turton
Samsung's Greg Taylor and Universal Remote Control's Scott Srollis
Lutron's Jeff Zemanek and Jamie Sasser of AV Net Results
Sony's Kevin and Michelle O'Loughlin, and Jeff Elden
Definitive Audio's Craig Abplanalp, Michelle Troupe and Mark Ormiston
David Rogers of Dallas Sight and Sound, with Hal Munter of Advanced Audio Design
Barry Reiner of Innerspace Electronics and Doug Henderson of B&W Group
Brad and Shelly Whitehead of Paragon Technology, with Sparky Detmer of Niles Audio
Julie Porter and Jason Kukuk of Wow Electronics, Eric Joy of Georgia Home Theater, and Jamie Stephens of Pacific Sound and Video
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friend, whose alma mater is the University of Notre Dame, wrote me
this morning: "Apparently, Pope Francis gave some crazy
interview in which he implied that Catholics should not be
'obsessed' with ND football. A sure sign the end of all things
is nigh." He did not send a link to the original comment in
Italian, so I cannot verify.
is rumored that the word of the month for September is "credibility".
It's not clear how credible those rumors really are.
recent decades, there have been serious cuts to the funding of good,
sharp satire. One reason is that it's difficult to satirize a culture
that would make most forays into the satirical arts look like a pale
imitation of the madness that holds sway. A recent example is the
case of a former British soldier who is now, well, something else
former trained soldier has swapped her Territorial Army beret for a
veil and become Britain's first transgender Muslim woman. Lucy
Vallender used to be called Laurens and says she is finally 'true to
herself' after a sex change three years ago. The 28-year-old is now
married to a Muslim man she met on an online dating site, but he did
not know she was once a man when they wed.
of course he didn't. Because that would likely exhibit some sort of
"gender bias", right? Except I doubt that was part of the
equation. But if this story were an equation, we'd have to use the
"≠" sign as nothing adds up.
of changes, the former Crystal Cathedral is undergoing many
substantial changes:
Crystal Cathedral was to [Robert] Schuller what Graceland was to
Elvis. Now it has been bought by the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Orange, which has long coveted having a cathedral that sat at the
center of its vast footprint of 1.2 million Catholics.
name has already been changed to the Christ Cathedral. But the work
of liturgical consultants, priests and architects to transform a
temple so closely identified as a symbol of Schuller's sunny,
uniquely Southern Californian theology into one that conforms to the
traditions of the Roman Catholic Church has just begun.
exterior will always be the Crystal Cathedral, at least for a while,"
said Duncan Stroik, a professor of architecture at Notre Dame and
editor of the publication Sacred Architecture Journal. "Catholic
on the inside, but kind of Protestant on the outside."
who have taken on the project recognize that their assignment is a
intimidating one, but they also have faith: They can turn the Crystal
Cathedral into the Christ Cathedral.
the entire story on the LA
site. It is heartening to read the comments by Dr. Stroik, who is
leading the way in the revival of great Catholic architecture, as
evidenced in part by his recent book, book, The
Church Building as a Sacred Place: Beauty, Transcendence, and the
which was reviewed
for CWR by Dr. Amanda Clark earlier this year.
Hollywood out of ideas? Has it tapped out when it comes to fresh
cinematic adventures for the masses? I'd say the answer is tilting
hard toward "Yes" when there
is a remake of Left Behind currently in the works.
And it stars Nicholas Cage. Yes, the Apocalypse is upon us, and it
will cost you $10.00 to experience for two hours.
light of recent events and the reaction of some, I propose that
Matthew 16:18 (New Jerusalem Translation) be re-written as follows:
I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my
community. And the gates of the underworld can never overpower it, up
and until a twenty-first century pope gives a lengthy interview which
fractures the very foundation of said community and destroys the
faith of millions and plunges the world into darkness and confusion
not seen since said pope's comments about atheism a few months
bit wordy, I suppose, but I'm sure the original Greek will flow like
honey. (And, please, spare me the angry e-mails. Just leave angry comments. We need more comments. I get paid by the comment.)
Cut of the Week comes courtesy of mushy, trendy, lefty
"Evangelical" author and know-it-all, Brian McClaren: "We
have a Catholic priesthood more concerned with keeping women out of
the priesthood as the world is destroyed by carbon gases. … We have
evangelicals with the audacity to say that homosexual people are
ruining marriage. I think anyone who says that should be laughed off
the stage. Heterosexual people do that on their own, thanks." No
word if McClaren and Jody Bottum are working on a book together yet.
I enjoy reading nearly
anything by the Anglican Scripture scholar N.T. Wright, and his
recent interview with Christianity Today about the Psalms
is no exception:
Are songs and poems from the
ancient Near East really sufficient for shaping our worldview today?
There is a prejudice in much of
contemporary Western society that imagines that humankind grew up
sometime in the 18th century, that everything before then is
sort of silly, and that everything after then is
sophisticated, intelligent, and informed by science.
But what is true today was true in the
first century: There was a clash of worldviews. The early Christians
discovered themselves drawn into the Psalter's ancient Jewish way of
seeing God as both totally other than the world and
radically presentdangerously presentwithin it. And of
course, this very description of God is also the description of
Jesus. The Psalms enabled the first generation of Christians to
navigate the world of their day, a world not all that
different from our own.
new book is titled The Case For the
New York Times'
reporter, Laurie Goodstein, is
one of the most anti-Catholic, unfair journalists writing for a
major newspaperbut only because Maureen Dowd is not a journalist.
summers ago, I met composer Frank
La Rocca, a convert to the Catholic Church and Emeritus Professor
of Music. California State University. His most recent album, "In
This Place," is a glorious, beautiful collection of sacred
music. Highly recommended!
enemy of great is good." I know it's not original with
Nick Aliotti, but I do like the saying. I also
like what I'm seeing from the Oregon Ducks football team this year,
even if I'm not allowed to use their new $68
million athletic facility (paid for by Oregon's wealthiest
Catholic), which is just a few minutes from my home. And, yes, I've
taken classes (in philosophy) at the University of Oregon, so I
really am a Duck. Sorta. Kinda.
charge against Pius XII can be proven wrong." What do you expect a
devout Catholic to say? Except that the
man who said it, Gary Krupp, is Jewish, not Catholic. Fascinating
might a Jew who is strongly attracted to Christianity decide to not
convert? The story
of philosopher Franz Rosenzweig is instructive in many ways. Jews
who do decide to become Catholic, Roy Schoeman told me years ago, do
not usually "read themselves into the Church", as do many
it is rare although not unheard of for a Jew to "read"
himself into the Church. More frequently it requires extraordinary
interventions on the part of Heaven, in the form of miracles,
apparitions, or theophanies, to convince them. As St. Paul said, "For
Jews demand signs and Greeks [i.e. Gentiles] seek wisdom" (1 Cor
that entire September 2007 interview on Ignaitus Insight.
Christianity in the United States between the world wars a robust,
vigorous, and deeply lived faith? William
Alexander Percy, the uncle of novelist Walker Percy, didn't think so,
Gene Fant writes in a First
goes straight to the throat of the deep South's cultural
Christianity with bare knuckles and brutal prose. He was concerned
about the demise of religion in the lives of the young people he
knew. He termed this sort of pseudo-faith as filled with "the
ghosts of dead phrasessalvation, washed in the blood of the Lamb,
He descended into hell, the resurrection of the body, born of the
Virgin Mary." He knew even in the pre-World War II era that a
cultural religion is no religion at all but is a winking form of
hypocrisy that finds thin consolation in a genial Sunday morning
service that is detached from either the life of the mind or the
reality of the work-a-day world.
is not to say, of course, that all Christians were winking hypocrites
then, just as they aren't now. But it does make much better sense of
what transpired in the Sixties, which would not have happened had
there not been plenty of fallow ground. Two books that discuss this
history and offer many compelling insights are Ross Douthat's Bad
Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics
(2012) and Russell Shaw's American
Church: The Remarkable Rise, Meteoric Fall, and Uncertain Future of
Catholicism in America (Ignatius
Press, 2013).
of American history, here is a fun exercise: ask a young
personanyone under the age of sixtythis question: "Which
political partyDemocrat or Republicanintroduced the 13th
Amendment, abolishing slavery?" Or: "Which of the two parties
established the Ku Klux Klan and fought against the suppression of
that group?" Then show
them this graphic. It's not that I'm pro-Republican, but rather that I'm pro-history. And we Americans are illiterate zombies when it comes to history.
pope's meeting with an eight-member
council of cardinals in early October may well result in a number of
reforms, writes
Russell Shaw:
the creation of the council, along with two other new advisory bodies
(see sidebar), is any indication, structural reform is high on this
pope's to-do list. Announcing the cardinals' council, the Vatican
said it would consider not only changes in the Roman Curia the
central administrative machinery that assists the pope but also
"the government of the universal Church."
Sean O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, is the only American member of
the group. Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, is its coordinator. Other members include Cardinal Giuseppe
Bertello, an Italian cardinal who heads the "Governorate" of
Vatican City State; Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai;
Cardinal George Pell of Sydney, Australia; Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo
Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo; German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich
and Freising; and Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa,
archbishop emeritus of Santiago, Chile.
tuned, as the meeting begins in less than a week.
do God and Bigfoot have in common? A
Dominican explains.
there a commercial radio station out there that plays music anything
like Marty Haugen's? If there were, would any self-respecting
teenager listen to it? The notion that today's popular liturgical
music appeals to youth is laughable on its face. Young people at the
century's turn ridicule it mercilessly as much as it deserves. Of
course the Catholics on college campuses do play it, but only because
they have no choice. They belong to a lost generation born after 1965
and know nothing better." So writes Dr. Joseph P. Swain in his new
book, Sacred
Treasure: Understanding Catholic Liturgical Music (Liturgical
Press, 2013). Look for a CWR interview with Dr. Swain in the near
future. To get a sense of the book, read his 2007 CWR article, "Music
is an Uncompromising Meritocracy".
Pelosi (D) recently invoked divine authority while criticizing
Republicans working to bring a semblance of fiscal responsibility to
the federal budget:
a most incredible thing. I said yesterday at a press conference on
this subject, I said: unless we it was in Houston, I go to Mass
wherever I go, and at the pulpit, the priest said, in
Houston, Texas not one of your liberal bastions he
said: 'I think it's important for people, not just to come to
Mass on Sunday and pray, but when they leave here not to
prey on people,'" she said.
it isn't exactly what they are doing: preying on people," she
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, when recently questioned at a
press briefing about the moral difference between what Dr. Gosnell
did in murdering a baby born alive at 23 weeks as compared to the
practice of aborting a baby moments before birth, refused to answer.
Instead she is reported to have responded: " As a practicing and
respectful Catholic this is sacred ground to me when we talk about
this. I don't think it should have anything to do with politics."
How are we to react to such a seemingly scandalous statement? Is this
a case where Canon 915 might properly be applied? [Editor's
Note:Canon 915
of the Church's Code of Canon Law states that those who are "
obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted
to Holy Communion."]
Certainly this is a case when Canon 915 must be applied. This is a
person who obstinately, after repeated admonitions, persists in a
grave sin cooperating with the crime of procured abortion and
still professes to be a devout Catholic. This is a prime example of
what Blessed John Paul II referred to as the situation of Catholics
who have divorced their faith from their public life and therefore
are not serving their brothers and sisters in the way that they must
in safeguarding and promoting the life of the innocent and
defenseless unborn, in safeguarding and promoting the integrity of
marriage and the family.
the entire interview.
what percent do you think firearm-related
homicides have increased since 1993: 20%? 40%? More? Not
even close:
homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69
percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department's Bureau of
Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides
dropped from 18,253 homicides in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011, and nonfatal
firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million victimizations in 1993 to
467,300 in 2011.
both fatal and nonfatal firearm victimizations, the majority of the
decline occurred during the 10-year period from 1993 to 2002. The
number of firearm homicides declined from 1993 to 1999, rose through
2006 and then declined through 2011. Nonfatal firearm violence
declined from 1993 through 2004 before fluctuating in the mid- to
late 2000s.
of interest, in light of many dubious assertions about the need for
more gun control:
2004 (the most recent year of data available), among state prison
inmates who possessed a gun at the time of the offense, fewer than
two percent bought their firearm at a flea market or gun show. About
10 percent of state prison inmates said they purchased it from a
retail store or pawnshop, 37 percent obtained it from family or
friends, and another 40 percent obtained it from
an illegal source.
report from the Bureau of Justice also notes, "From
1993 to 2010, males, blacks and persons ages 18 to 24 were most
likely to be victims of firearm-related homicide.
head of the Anglican communion, The
Most Rev Justin Welby, has been pondering the social "revolution"
in the realm of marriage and same-sex relationships, and while he
remains confused about many aspects of it, he apparently is convinced
that traditional-minded Christians should take the blame for the sins
of others:
Most Rev Justin Welby told an audience of traditional born-again
Christians that they must "repent" over the way gay and lesbian
people have been treated in the past and said most young people
viewed Christians as no better than racists on the issue.
Welby, who as a young priest once opposed allowing gay couples to
adopt children, said the church now had to face up to what amounted
to one of the most rapid changes in public attitudes ever.
insisting that he did not regret voting against same-sex marriage in
the House of Lords, he admitted that his own mind was not yet "clear"
on the wider issues which he was continuing to think about
article (Aug
28, 2013) also reports, "And he admitted that, despite its strong
official opposition to allowing same-sex couples to marry, the Church
is still 'deeply and profoundly divided' over gay marriage."
There's also the matter of a 500-year-old division over King Henry
VIII's divorces and marriages. But I suspect that's not as relevant as
being relevant today, when relevancy really, really matters.
is the New York
Times always
wrong about the Catholic Church? Because
it is drunk.
won't link to the page (as it contains too much vulgarity and I don't
need the complaints), but I simply cannot pass over this recent quote
from Miley Cyrus: "Times
are changing. I think there's a generation or two left, and then
it's gonna be a whole new world." Ah, to be twenty and brainless
of a new world, a professor of geography and environmental systems
argued that overpopulation is "nonsense." That was stunning
enough, I suppose. Proof that the end of the world is nigh? It was
published in the New
York Times.
Maybe someone is drunk.
for some heavy reading? Consider the essay, "The
Poverty of Liberal Economics" by
neoconservatives are therefore right to insist that a sound economy
must give ample scope to the self-expression of human dignity through
economic creativity. They are also right to affirm that economic
freedom is a sine qua non of such creativity. No less an authority
than John Paul II has said so in his social encyclical Centesimus
Annus (1991).
Nevertheless, the neoconservatives go wrong by assuming that what I
will call "liberal economics" is the best context for
understanding what economic freedom is. By "liberal economics," I
mean the theory, going back in all essential respects to Adam Smith,
according to which the market alone organizes the economic life of
society, not by marshaling the coercive power of the state, but by
maximizing individuals' freedom to enter into informed, mutually
beneficial contractual exchanges for specific economic purposes
decided by "self-interest."
to say, it has something for everyone.
the just-released USCCB document, "Stewards
of the Tradition Fifty Years after Sacrosanctum
from the Committee on Divine Worship:
the Extraordinary Synod on the twentieth anniversary of Vatican II in
1985 and ever since, a key term surfaced for interpreting both the
documents of Vatican II and the nature of the Church: communio.
This is fittingly applied also to the Sacred Liturgy, which builds up
and expresses the Church. Used in a variety of ways and contexts in
subsequent Church documents, the term communio
often refers to the relationship of the baptized as incorporated into
the Trinity of persons who are the one true God. This is what
constitutes the Church: that we are rooted in the very life of our
Trinitarian God, experiencing most profoundly in the celebration of
the Eucharist the reality of being "many parts, yet one body."
(1 Cor.12:20).
the entire text.
politics tries to be redemptive, it is promising too much. Where it
wishes to do the work of God, it becomes, not divine, but demonic."
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Truth
and Tolerance
(Ignatius Press, 2004).
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It was the very first contact drill of camp. The very... first... play. And
just like that, the Cleveland Browns' once-promising season appears to be over.
The Browns were running the first 11-on-11 play of training camp when LeCharles Bentley suddenly went down with what appears to be a serious injury to his left patellar tendon (early reports are calling it a tear). The two-time Pro Bowl center and key free agent acquisition spent several minutes on the turf before trainers fitted him with an air cast and carried him to a cart. A clearly distraught Bentley left the field with a towel over his head.
Bentley is almost certain to be placed on Injured Reserve.
This is the kind of stuff that seems to happen to the Browns all too frequently. Sure, major pre-season injuries happen. But how often do you see a team's most talented player—and Bentley was exactly that—go down on the very first drill of training camp?
What's more distressing is the fate that apparently awaits any top draft pick or free agent coming to Cleveland. By way of evidence I offer a look at our first-round draft choices since 1999:
Tim Couch: Broke his thumb on the helmet of backup linebacker Ryan Taylor during practice in October, 2000. He missed the final nine games of the season. Status: Out of football.
Courtney Brown: Suffered numerous, serious injuries, and missed a total of 33 games over four seasons from 2001-2004. Status: Signed with the Broncos.
William Green: Arrested on drunk driving and drug possession charges in October 2003, Green was later stabbed in the back by his wife Asia Gray. Suspended the final eight games for violating the terms of the league substance abuse program. Status: Still on team.
Jeff Faine: Failed to finish out an NFL campaign in three seasons with the Browns, from 2003-2005, suffering ankle and biceps injuries. Status: Traded to New Orleans.
Kellen Winslow, Jr.: Missed almost his entire rookie season, after breaking his leg in the closing seconds of the second game of the 2004 season. In 2005, Winslow was severely injured in a preseason motorcycle accident and did not play. Status: Still on team.
Braylon Edwards: Tore his ACL on December 4, just as he was getting involved in the offense. Status: Still on team and should return to play in the second half of 2006.
Since 1999, the Browns have selected eight first round draft choices. Of those, only Gerard Warren and Kamerion Wimbley haven't missed significant time due to injury or bad judgment, and Wimbley hasn't even played yet. Second round picks have felt the bite as well. Who can forget Dennis Northcutt's ill-timed fall off a rock that resulted in a broken collar bone? Or Sean Jones' season-ending ACL tear before his rookie campaign? Or even Chaun Thompson's worrying chronic wrist condition?
Still, the injury to Bentley reminds me most of the 2002 Achilles' tendon injury that ended Jamir Miller's season before it began. Miller was coming off a spectacular 13-sack season, by far the best showing of a strong eight-year career. Then, in the first quarter of the Browns first preseason game, Miller's Achilles' tendon just snapped. There was no contact on the play. Just like that, the only Cleveland player to make the Pro Bowl since 1999 was done. Finished. Miller would never play another down.
At the very least, LeCharles Bentley should avoid Miller's fate. After all, Bentley is only in his fifth season, and this is the first knee injury he's suffered. By all accounts, he'll be back in 2007. And with any luck, he'll be paired with a fully-healthy Braylon Edwards, an experienced Charlie Frye, and a potent young defense led by Kamerion Wimbley and D'Qwell Jackson.
But that's all that's left for Browns fans when the inevitable injury bug takes a huge bite out of our top draft picks and free agents. Wait till next year. But man, it's tough to wait until next year when this year hasn't even started yet.
Barking Mad: Pain at the Top
It was the very first contact drill of camp. The very... first... play. And
just like that, the Cleveland Browns' once-promising season appears to be over.


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Wojciech Szczesny today urged Arsenal supporters not to give up on their team after admitting the Gunners were "battered" by Swansea.
Arsenal slumped to a 2-0 defeat on Saturday and fell to 10th in the Premier League table in what is now the club's worst start to a domestic campaign in Arsene Wenger's 16-year reign.
Those fans that had not already left Emirates Stadium voiced their disapproval with a chorus of boos at the final whistle after a match which had been targeted by one supporters' group — the Black Scarf Movement — for a protest march against the club's board structure and ticket pricing.
Arsenal travel to Olympiakos in a Champions League match tomorrow to decide who will finish top of Group B before hosting West Brom on Saturday, a match Szczesny described as a "must win".
He told supporters: "Even after a game like that when everyone is disappointed, the fans are disappointed, the players are disappointed, it is very easy to give up and just say that we are not good enough.
"We definitely believe we are good enough to do the job, we are going through a little bit of a rough time but just keep the faith and I'm sure sooner rather than later, we will get there.
"It is very hard right now. This defeat is even more disappointing because we played at home against a Swansea side in a game you should be winning comfortably when you play for this club.
"We got battered and there's no hiding from it — they were the better team from start to finish and it makes it even harder for us. Of course, the confidence is knocked a little bit after a game like that but we are going to work even harder to make sure we get everything right on Saturday against West Brom because we just must win that game."
Szczesny admits his team-mates have some soul-searching to do after their fourth League defeat of the season left them five points behind fourth-placed Tottenham and 15 behind leaders Manchester United.
"It's about time for us to realise something has gone wrong and we have to do something about it because I don't think the fans deserved [what they saw]," he said. "The stadium was empty when the game finished and I don't blame them. We must stick together and work harder because it was not good enough.
"We had a little conversation in the dressing room that was probably louder than usual. What happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room but everyone was disappointed.
"I am not going to say we didn't want it enough but Swansea wanted it more and it showed. That's not good enough when you play for this club so I think before we start talking about qualities and what goes wrong tactically and stuff like that, you need to make sure everyone gives 100 per cent."
Despite the dire situation, Szczesny insists there are enough games for Arsenal to rescue the situation. Last season, they recovered from 17th to snatch third spot and qualification for the Champions League and Szczesny said: "There is time. If you look at the fixtures this month, we should be getting points. But we should have started on Saturday and we didn't which is very disappointing.
"Having said that, we've got a few games in front of us that we should be winning and we have to make sure we do that and climb up the table. To see Arsenal in 10th is just not right."
Mikel Arteta agrees the players are testing the supporters' loyalty. The midfielder said: "We can't keep asking them to stay behind us. Obviously, they will be very frustrated so it's up to us to put it right. Hopefully, the fans can stay with us but it is very understandable they show their disappointment. We know it is not good enough. We haven't got time to feel sorry for ourselves."
Wenger is under more pressure now than at any point in his tenure with each home game played in front of an increasingly agitated crowd but he vowed to honour his deal which expires in 2014.
"If you ask me always about my future — I can only give you one answer; I have always respected my contracts, that is it," said the manager. "At the moment, there is uncertainty among the fans, they do not have complete confidence we will win the game.
"I focus on my job. I want our fans to be happy but I cannot say it affects the way I feel, because I feel I have to focus on the job and see how we can sort our problems out."
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The designs seem to be from the start of World War Two (early 1940s) however, there is something unusual about this knitwear model.
I think she may be of Asian or Japanese heritage, which is very uncommon for older knitting publications (anglo-caucasion mostly). I don't think Lincoln Mills would have used her as a model once Japan allied itself with Germany in September 1940 - most ethnic Japanese were rounded up and interned in Australia during 1941. Part of the reason i'm sharing this pattern is to show a non-caucasian vintage image.
Enough history - onto the knitting!
I love how airy and comfortable this jumper looks, not to mention a neck bow tie. Puff sleeves are always a winner too!


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This is a discussion on Party Affiliation? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Originally Posted by ICTsnub You sir, are a Libertarian. I wish they had a viable candidate. Anarcho-Capitalism is a bit more "extreme" than Libertarianism. Although ...
The facts are indisputable. There is more data supporting the benefits of Conceal Carry than there is supporting global warming. If you choose ignorance, in light of all the evidence, in order to bolster your irrational fear of guns, you are a greater threat to society than any gun owner.
Libertarian here!
Better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees.
I don't follow party lines, some Republican some Independents. I once believed in the Republicans, but I can't any longer. Maybe they will come back but I wont hold my breath.
Quando omni flunkus, moritati.
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Since the new head of the Republican Party has no understanding of the 2nd Amendment, I can no longer be a Republican.
"If we loose Freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the Last Place on Earth!" Ronald Reagan
well the way I look at things there are points on both sides of the spectrum that I agree and don't agree with so I registered under independent. In fact I don't mind saying I voted for Bob Barr for President. At least I came to a happy medium since my friends are mostly republican and my parents are democrat and with that being said, I can't really talk politics without someone being upset about something.
I am a conservative Christian first, and a registered Republican second.
My faith is in Jesus Christ, not my government leaders.
I am truly disappointed in Senators Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins (Republicans), who, on Friday, refused to let the "porkulus" bill die. Shame on them.
This porkulus bill is nothing more than funding of liberal pet projects, pork and political payoffs.
We have corrupt kooks running our country.
God help us.
I registered as a Democrat because my whole family was Democrat. I became disillusioned some time after I started working and saw big chunks of my paycheck disappear for social programs, etc. I have never bothered to change my party affiliation but vote my conscience and for strong 2A advocates. If my friends ask when I quit voting Democrat, I jokingly tell them it was when I quit doing drugs!
I'm a Republican, but don't always vote party lines. I try to pick the best person.
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Registered as a Republican because they tend to support more of the values I believe in. Do not call myself one though, I am a conservative that just happens to usually vote Republican most of the time.
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I am registered Democrat, because in the local elections you can't vote in primaries unless you are registered. For many years there were only Democrat primaries for lack of any functioning Republican party or canidates in our area.
In any election I vote for the individual, regardless of party. For too many years it has been voting for the lesser of the two evils as I saw them.
It is amazing to see how many here are registered Republican, and seem to almost regret it. And people say that a third party isn't an option.
Maybe a "Peoples" party is an option before I die. I can only hope my son will have better choices when he is able to vote.
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Some mediocre results from efforts to put the loads on paper, burning up the remainder of the test loads. While it was very windy at the range, these targets represent the best of an embarrassing lot. The rest were best forgotten.
The 2-inch Model 10 and 5.4 grains of Unique. Shot the left target at 10 yards in single action mode . Also showing a spontaneous 25 yard effort, also shot single action. It was the only revolver that was unlimbered at 25 yards. I'd thought to make a bit longer effort with the snub in order to show it off. Didn't work out and there wasn't enough ammo for a second attempt. This was a 6-shot attempt. Note the merest hit of a bullet clip on the right side of the target.
Here's the 4-inch Model 10 HB with "The Load." 10 yards, both single action and double action.
The 8 3/8-inch and a single action group (group you say?) at 10 yards with the 2400 load.
It's a sure bet that these weren't target handloads. The revolvers didn't seem to be excessively leaded by visual examination and didn't prove to be difficult to clean.
It is possible to equal the Buffalo Bore +P 158 grain factory loads by reaching back to data in older handloading manuals but I'd be sorely tempted to load with Buffalo Bore for self defense purposes since such handloads can't be pressure tested. These loads were worked up but they still could be too much of a good thing for any type of long term use.
Perhaps these loads would have some hunting application but it would be easier to leave the .38 Special at home and just go with the .357 Magnum.


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Stray From The Path is a four piece alternative hardcore band, hailing from Long Island, New York. Stray has made it their mission to tackle the often untapped issues that plague the society of the human race. From the law enforcement, to the individuals in bands that take advantage of the sacred supporters of this music scene, Stray shows no mercy in their lyrics when they see injustice.
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Tina on the other hand fared worse, sleeping less and being constantly cold called by nature to the point she'd want to unplug, if it was an option.
We arose, Tina de arose and I went downstairs to arrange laundry and locate breakfast as well signing in as we had not done that yesterday.
I bumped into one of the ladies who seem to be part of the extended family who ran the place. Between the two of us we were able to express my need for laundry, what room I'm from, my desire for breakfast, that I still need to check in and that my laundry would be ready at 7pm
Breakfast was a coffee in two parts, strong dark and thick coffee in what looked like a year 8 pottery class attempt at a small pot, and a china tea pot filled with hot water. Toast came in bulk, 7 slices in all. I ate two and thought of the starving children in Africa while I drank my coffee.
We had lost power over night so the laptop had powered down. Seems power in the power points is intermittent at best. So we went downstairs to the TV room to power up and look for bus routs to La Paz on the net. We have decided to stay a third night in Sucre so we can recover a little more fully.
Took a walk to locate a Pharmacia to replenish our bowel related drug supply and then walked for a while trying to locate a bus stop for the number 4 which by rights, should take us to the Dino park.
Bus 'Stop' is another term the Bolivians seem to not quite understand. The bus stops, the bus doesn't stop. It doesn't matter, you get on irrespective, 1.5 Bolivianoes will get you a trip no matter how long.
The bus filled up pretty quick and we were soon plowing through the one way street scape of Sucre like a tortoise through grey jelly. It took about 30 mins or so to reach the end of the like which was a cement factory. A cement factory that located the dinosaur footprints in the side of their excavations back in the 90's.
A short climb/walk up the side curving road that encompasses the quarry and the park you reach the entrance, that includes another climb zig zagging back and forth
For tourist it cost 30BOB to enter and a further 5 if you wanted to be allowed to take photos (you get given a paper badge that you pin to your clothing).
We watched a short film along the lines of 'walking with Dinosaurs' while we waited four the 20 min tour to start. There were two tours, on in Spanish and one in English, not surprisingly we took the English one, as did strangely a French woman and a man from Belgium.
The tour was short but informative telling us how the footprints were discovered and what steps have been taken to ensure their protection. 4 types of track have been discovered and although they were unable to specify which particular dinosaur is the owner of each, they have narrowed it down to type. Spent half an hour taking pics and wandering around the outside model display area.
This may not be everyone's cup of tea so to speak, but I consider 30 Bolivianos a small cost to show support for the preservation going on here.
Had a lunch while there (chicken sandwich and fries, the sandwich threatened to make my digestive system play the same tune as Tina's but as of writing only a minor gurgle) before catching the number 4 bus back to our hostel.
In doing so we discovered one negative of Sucre's one way street system. Nothing looks the same on the return journey because chances are, you don't go anywhere near where you did before.
Tina's Map reading skills were up to the challenge and so when we did alight from our deathtrap mobile (broken windscreen, screaming brakes, malfunctioning door that opened at random times threatening to throw bowler hatted octogenarian females onto the street) we knew exactly how to get to Wasi Masi
Spent some time orientating ourselves, looking up future options and travel plans before heading out at 5pm to look around the main square which us about 3 blocks away.
Sucre, like from what we have seen so far in South America, really use their public spaces. The square was full, the city hall had a gathering before it that suggested a protest/meeting/announcement was about to occur but there was barely a sound, just people standing, waiting, quietly talking.
One thing Sucre could improve is public sanitation. All 'Banos' (public toilets) cost some money to use, 1BOB being standard. Bolivia being a less than wealthy country means that even 1 Boliviano is beyond the reach of many and so the starry eyed moments of vagueness that comes from wandering this cities streets looking at the colonial masterpieces, can be cut abruptly short with the waft of ammonia.
Found a cafe for an emergency fruit juice stop (choosing carefully any establishment that serves what could end up bring a horror bowel cocktail, is always on my mind. This one passed the test in looks, obvious popularity, cleanliness and that its owner seemed actively enthusiastic about the prospect of even more customers, he found out where we were from, talked about wine in Australia and flowed between speaking to us in Spanish and Dutch accented English before he even directed us to a seat).
Both of us had a juice, and I added an espresso to keep the system ticking over.
Went back again to retrieve our laundry that had been put in that morning
Trying their version of a Pisco Sour was a must but it was left up to me as Tina wanted a Sangria. (Pisco Sour 7.5/10, nice decoration but low volume)
The meal that followed was tasty, filling, and, following recent tradition, too much for us to finish.
Retired to Wasi Masi strolling past the ongoing outdoor concert to arrive back at the hostel at half 9 to discover the wifi us still elusive.
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(Hartford, Conn. November 29, 2012) – Each year, hundreds of crimes and accidental injuries occur in Connecticut as a result
of the misuse of handguns. For the third
year, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, HartfordHospital, and SaintFrancis Hospital
and Medical Center
collaborated with the City of Hartford, Hartford
Police Department, and the Hartford
State's Attorney's Office
to help get guns off the streets.
A Community Gun Buyback Program was held on Saturday, December 1st
from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Community Renewal Team in Hartford.
"We are once again proud to support
a gun buyback program for the citizens of Connecticut,"
said Brendan Campbell, MD, Director of Pediatric Trauma, Connecticut Children's
Medical Center.
"This effort between Hartford's three
trauma centers, as well as City and State officials, has removed hundreds of
unwanted firearms from Connecticut
homes so that they cannot be stolen by a criminal or found by a child,"
concluded Dr. Campbell.
The Gun Buyback Program provided gift cards to individuals who turned
in an operable firearm. A $75 gift was
given for a handgun or revolver, and a $25 gift card for the return of a
shotgun or rifle. Guns were asked to be
unloaded, placed in a clear plastic bag, and inside a paper bag or box.
All guns received are destroyed
unless forensic testing confirms they have been used in the commission of a
crime. Non-working guns, black-powder
weapons, BB guns, flare guns, and ammunition could be turned in; however, they
were not eligible for a gift card.
"We want our
community to be safe,' said Lenworth Jacobs, MD, Director of Trauma and
Emergency Medicine, Hartford Hospital.
"We want to make sure our children can play safely outside without fear
of hearing gunshots or being accidentally hit by a stray bullet. This program aims to collect as many guns as
possible with no questions asked," added Dr. Jacobs.
"If guns could speak, one can only
wonder what stories they could tell about what they have done in the past or
what they could do in the future," said William Marshall, DO, Director of
Trauma, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. "Ridding our streets of guns is a crucial
part of our effort to make neighborhoods safer for everyone," added Dr.
About Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Children's Medical Center, the regions only academic medical center dedicated
exclusively to the care of children, is committed to improving children's
physical and emotional health through family-centered care, research, education
and advocacy. Named one of America's Best Children's Hospitals by U.S.
News and World Report, Connecticut Children's offers a full range of quality
pediatric services at its hospitals in Hartford and Waterbury, Neonatal
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About Hartford Hospital
Hospital, founded in 1854, is one of the largest teaching hospitals and
tertiary care centers in New England with one of the region's busiest surgery
practices. It is annually ranked among America's Best Hospitals by US News
& World Report and has been recognized nationally for the quality of many
of its programs, including cardiology, cancer, stroke and joint and spine care.
The 867-bed regional referral center provides high-quality care in all clinical
disciplines. Among its divisions is The Institute of Living, a 114-bed mental
health facility with a national and international reputation of excellence.
Jefferson House, a 104-bed long-term care facility, is also a special division
of Hartford Hospital. The hospital's major centers
of clinical excellence include cardiology, oncology, emergency services and
trauma, mental health, women's health, orthopedics, bloodless surgery and
advanced organ transplantation. Hartford
Hospital owns and
operates the state's only air ambulance system, LIFE STAR.
About Saint Francis
Saint Francis Care is an integrated healthcare delivery system established by
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, an anchor institution in north
central Connecticut since 1897. Licensed
for 617 beds and 65 bassinets, it is a major teaching hospital and the largest
Catholic hospital in New England. Other
major entities of Saint Francis Care
include The Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, the Connecticut Joint
Replacement Institute, the Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute of Connecticut,
the Saint Francis/Mount Sinai Regional Cancer Center, and the Joyce D. and
Andrew J. Mandell Center for Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care and
Neuroscience Research. Its services are
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Andrew Carmellini cooks homemade gnocchi in his own intense mushroom stock, then serves them with porcini butter (blended with garlic, herbs and Parmesan) and white-truffle shavings. In the easy way, store-bought gnocchi and chicken stock fill in for the homemade kinds. The topping: Parmesan cheese and truffle oil.


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SimpleDB? Tell Me More...
Amazon recently announced the availability of a new web service, SimpleDB. Like all of the Amazon Web Services, SimpleDB is designed to be highly available, and highly scalable. Also, like other AWS offerings it has a pay-as-you-go pricing model that is very attractive. The SimpleDB service, as the name implies, offers database capabilities. When most developers hear the word database they think relational database but there are other types of databases in the world and SimpleDB is definitely one of those other types.
The first difference you will notice in SimpleDB is that it is schemaless. In relational databases you have to define your data model up front and changing that model later can be painful. Not so, in SimpleDB. In SimpleDB you have items (think rows) which can have up to 256 attributes (think columns) where each attribute can have up to 256 values, all of which must be strings. You can add and remove items and attributes easily and there's not a schema in sight.
The second main difference you will notice is that you won't need that handy little pocket reference to SQL with SimpleDB. SimpleDB provides it's own simple query language. Rather than the SQL reference book, you might want to brush up on your set theory because SimpleDB and it's query language are very set oriented; think unions and intersections and you'll be in the right ballpark.
Let's Get Active
Active Record is a design pattern described by Martin Fowler in his book, Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. Mr. Fowler defines the pattern as:
An object carries both data and behavior. Much of this data is persistent and needs to be stored in a database. Active Record uses the most obvious approach, putting data access logic in the domain object. This way all people know how to read and write their data to and from the database.
Wikipedia defines Active Record as:
...an approach to accessing data in a database. A database table or view is wrapped into a class, thus an object instance is tied to a single row in the table. After creation of an object, a new row is added to the table upon save. Any object loaded gets its information from the database; when an object is updated, the corresponding row in the table is also updated. The wrapper class implements accessor methods or properties for each column in the table or view.
Probably the best known implementation of the Active Record design pattern is the ActiveRecord library used in Ruby on Rails however examples of the pattern can be seen in virtually all of the modern web frameworks such as Django, TurboGears and others.
The goal of this article is to describe a simple persistence package that implements the Active Record pattern on top of SimpleDB rather than a relational database such as MySQL. This package is Python-based and builds on the basic SimpleDB interface provided by the boto library. It allows you to wrap SimpleDB persistence into Python classes and to hide most of the details of how that persistence works. This software is still very much a work in progress and will undoubtedly continue to change and evolve based on user feedback but the code described here is currently available in the boto library as the module boto.sdb.persist.
The first thing we are going to look at in our persistence layer is Properties. If we were mapping to a relational database, the Properties would be used to define the columns within a table in our relational model. The analogy to columns in SimpleDb is an attribute so in the boto.sdb.persist module we use Properties to define what SimpleDB attributes will be associated with our Python classes. Because all attribute values in SimpleDB are strings, we could just define a single Property type called StringProperty and be done. But in the real world, we encounter data types other than strings so part of the responsibility of the Property classes is to map common data types (e.g. integers, booleans, etc.) to the underlying string data type provided by SimpleDB. In mapping these data types to strings, we want to keep in mind that all comparisons done in queries in SimpleDB are done lexicographically. So, if we store two integer values, say 42 and 9 in SimpleDB and we want to be able to query later about which value is greater or less than the other, we need to do some extra work when we convert those values to strings in SimpleDB. The Property classes take care of all of that conversion for you and allow your Python classes to deal with the attributes as native data types.
Currently, the persistence layer provides the following types of properties or fields that can be included within a Python class definition:
Accepts any string as a value. The field is limited to 1024 characters by SimpleDB but can be further constrained using the maxlength parameter to the constructor. For example, this:
short = StringProperty(maxlength=10)
Would limit the size of the property short to 10 characters.
Accepts a positive integer value in the range of 0-65535. This value is converted to a string before storing in SimpleDB. To convert, a zero-padded string is constructed. For SmallPositiveInteger, the size of that string is 5 characters. So, storing a value of 42 would result in:
being stored in SimpleDB.
Accepts an integer value in the range of -32768 - +32767. This value is converted to a string before storing in SimpleDB. To convert, an offset value of 32768 is added to the value of the property. The resulting positive integer value is then zero-padded in a manner similar to that described above. So, storing a value of -42 would result in:
being stored in SimpleDB.
Identical to the SmallPositiveInteger property except the range of value is 0 - 4294967295 and the string stored in SimpleDB is padded to a length of 10 characters.
Identical to the SmallInteger property except the range of value is -21474836480 - +2147483647 and the string stored in SimpleDB is padded to a length of 10 characters.
Identical to the SmallPositiveInteger property except the range of value is 0 - 18446744073709551615 and the string stored in SimpleDB is padded to a length of 20 characters.LargeIntegerProperty
Identical to the SmallInteger property except the range of value is -9223372036854775808 - +9223372036854775807 and the string stored in SimpleDB is padded to a length of 10 characters.
Accepts a boolean True or False value. True values are stored as the string "true" while False values are stored in SimpleDB as the string "false".
Accepts a Python datetime object as a value. Values are converted to strings by converting the datetime object to it's ISO8601 representation.
This kind of property stores a reference to another Python object. The referenced Python object must be a subclass of the SDBObject defined in the persist module. It can be further constrained using the `ref_class` parameter to the constructor. The value stored in SimpleDB will be a string consisting of information about the module the object's class is contained in as well as the name of the class and name of the object. This module and class information must be loadable by Python at the time this property is referenced.
This kind of property stores a reference to an object stored in S3. The size of attribute values in SimpleDB is limited to 1024 bytes so it's obviously not going to be possible to store the equivalent of BLOB's directly in SimpleDB. Fortunately, AWS provides the S3 service which does a fantastic job of storing as much data as you want to throw at it. This property allows you to take advantage of that. The value of this property is a Boto Key object which represents one object in S3. If you already have an instance of a Key object you can just store it here. Or you can just store a string of the form bucketname/keyname and the S3KeyProperty will make the reference to that existing S3 object. We'll see some examples of how this works a bit later on.
One of the really nice features of SimpleDB is that you can store multiple values with any attribute. To do that in a relational database you would have to create some sort of mapping table but in SimpleDB it just happens. So, to support his cool feature the boto.sdb.persist offers list versions of all of the Properties described above. These list versions do the exact same value conversions and validation as the scalar Properties, they just allow multiple values to be stored. The list Properties are:
- StringListProperty - a list of StringProperty values
- SmallIntegerListProperty - a list of SmallIntegerProperty values
- SmallPostiveIntegerListProperty - a list of SmallPositiveIntegerProperty values
- IntegerListProperty - a list of IntegerProperty values
- PostiveIntegerListProperty - a list of PositiveIntegerProperty values
- LargeIntegerListProperty - a list of LargeIntegerProperty values
- LargePostiveIntegerListProperty - a list of LargePositiveIntegerProperty values
- BooleanListProperty - a list of BooleanProperty values
- ObjectListProperty - a list of ObjectProperty values
The Example
To give a flavor of what the library is able to do, I have chosen to take an existing MySQL database that contains information about my music library and attempt to convert that data and load it into SimpleDB. The original MySQL schema consists of three tables; disc, genre, and track. The original MySQL definitions of the tables are shown below.
CREATE TABLE `genre` ( `genre_pk` int(11) NOT NULL, `genre_name` varchar(32) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`genre_pk`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8_bin; CREATE TABLE `disc` ( `disc_pk` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `disc_id` varchar(255) character set latin1 NOT NULL, `disc_num_tracks` int(11) default NULL, `disc_title` longtext character set latin1 NOT NULL, `disc_genre_fk` int(11) NOT NULL, `disc_year` varchar(10) character set latin1 NOT NULL, `disc_seconds` int(11) default NULL, `disc_access_cnt` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, `disc_access_ts` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, PRIMARY KEY (`disc_pk`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin; CREATE TABLE `track` ( `track_pk` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `track_num` int(11) NOT NULL, `track_frames` int(11) default NULL, `track_title` longtext NOT NULL, `track_genre_fk` int(11) NOT NULL, `track_extra` varchar(128) default NULL, `track_rating` int(11) NOT NULL, `track_disc_fk` int(11) NOT NULL, `track_access_cnt` int(11) NOT NULL, `track_access_ts` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, PRIMARY KEY (`track_pk`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8_bin;
This is a pretty simple schema but there are foreign key relationships between disc and genre, track and genre, and track and disc. To simplify this example, I'm going to ignore some of the columns like access counts, access timestamps and CD-related information like the disc_id and frames count. So, to convert this database into SimpleDB, I need to do the following:
- Dump MySQL data out to Comma-Separated Value files, one for each table
- Define the Python classes that will represent each of these entities
- Write a utility to read the CSV files and use the data to create instances of the Python objects
Because the Python classes will include persistant properties that automatically store values in SimpleDB, by instantiating instances of the classes and populating them with the data I will automatically be storing the data in SimpleDB.2
For step 1 above, I just used standard MySQL commands to dump the data from each table into a comma-separated value file. The three resulting files are:
The Python Classes
Given those brief descriptions of the types of properties that are available, let's define the Python classes we will need to capture this music database in SimpleDB. The basic process will be to define a Python class for each of the tables in our relational data model.
While we are at it, I'm going to address a couple of shortcomings in the relational module right up front: The relational model had no explict representation for Artists. The Artist and Disc Title were combined into a single field separated by the / character. I'm going to fix that in the new SimpleDB model and create an explicit Artist class.
So, let's look at the code!
from boto.sdb.persist.object import SDBObject from boto.sdb.persist.property import * class Genre(SDBObject): number = PositiveIntegerProperty() title = StringProperty() class Artist(SDBObject): name = StringProperty() class Disc(SDBObject): title = StringProperty() num_tracks = SmallPositiveIntegerProperty() year = StringProperty(max_length=4) genre = ObjectProperty(ref_class=Genre) artist = ObjectProperty(ref_class=Artist) class Track(SDBObject): number = SmallPositiveIntegerProperty() title = StringProperty() genre = ObjectProperty(ref_class=Genre) disc = ObjectProperty(ref_class=Disc) mp3_file = S3KeyProperty() flac_file = S3KeyProperty()
Okay, that's pretty short and sweet. First, let's look at the Genre class. We can see that it is a subclass of SDBObject. The fields in genre table in the relational model consists of a primary key which is really a widely accepted numeric equivalent of the genre title. For example, the ID tags written in MP3 files will reference the genre number, not the name. The other field, of course, is the name or title of the genre. So, for our Genre class we have added two properties to hold those values. We can, of course, add other things to this class. We can have regular attributes that are not persisted in SimpleDB as well as methods and other things that Python allows in a class. The only rules are that it must subclass SDBObject and that any data that should be stored in SimpleDB must be represented as a Property within the class definition.
The Artist class is next and is even easier than the Genre class. All we have is a StringProperty to hold the name of the Artist. Easy peasy.
Now let's try the Disc class. We have a few more Properties in this class but some are things we have already seen, strings, integers, etc. One interesting new property type here is the ObjectProperty. The original MySQL data model used a foreign key relationship between the Disc table and the Genre table so each row in the Disc table could reference the primary key of the Genre that it was associated with. We need a similar capability here for both Genre and Artist. That's where the ObjectProperty comes in. An ObjectProperty is a reference to another object persisted in SDB. By default, the reference can be to any valid subclass of SDBObject but you can further limit the type of objects that can be referenced using the ref_class parameter. In our example, the genre property must be an instance of the Genre class and the artist property must be an instance of the Artist class.
Finally, we have the Track class. Most of the properties are similar to ones we have already seen but this class does include two properties of type S3KeyProperty. These two properties will be used to store the two music file that can be associated with each Track in our system; a lossless FLAC format file and a lossey MP3 format file. We'll see how those properties work in the next section.
And a One, And a Two...
To kick the tires on our new persistent classes, I wrote a simple little import utility that reads the CSV files dumped out of the relational database and creates the corresponding objects. In the process, of course, all of the data gets stored in SimpleDB. The import tool is here. Having run the import script, let's try our objects out in Python. I'll intersperse the Python commands with comments to explain what's going on.
Python 2.5 (r25:51918, Sep 19 2006, 08:49:13) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from boto.sdb.persist import set_domain >>> set_domain('music')
SimpleDB let's me create up to 100 domains (currently) and each of those domains can hold up to 10 GB of data. And, because SimpleDB is schemaless, you can store all sorts of data in a single Domain. The set_domain command simply tells the boto.sdb.persist module which Domain we are using at the moment. The name I'm using here is the same one I passed as the -d option to the import tool.
>>> from music import *
This just imports my music classes defined above.
>>> rs = Artist.list() >>> a = rs.next() >>> a.name u'Beck' >>> a.id u'c708ef11-fabc-4ea1-a445-67a0e4399396'
The first command says Return an iterator containing all instances of the Artist class. The second command assigns the first object in that iterator to the variable a and then we print the value of the name attribute of a. Also, if we access the id attribute of the artist object we can see the UUID that is used as the item name in SimpleDB. All of the attributes of the persisted objects are stored as regular attribute name/values in SimpleDB so you can access them outside of the boto.sdb.persist module if you want to.
So, what if we wanted to find all of the Discs associated with our Artist? Simple!
>>> discs = a.get_related_objects('artist') >>> for disc in discs: ... print disc.title, disc.year ... Mutations 1998 Sea Change 2002 Guero 2005 >>>
The get_related_objects method is available for all persisted objects and allows you to find any objects that reference this object. The argument passed in is the name of the attribute that actually references the object. In our case, we called the ObjectProperty attribute artist. Similarly, we can find all of the Tracks related to one of the Discs.
>>> disc.title u'Guero' >>> disc.genre Genre
>>> disc.genre.title u'Rock' >>> for track in disc.get_related_objects('disc'): ... print track.title, track.number ... Broken Drum 8 Missing 4 Black Tambourine 5 Rental Car 12 Emergency Exit 13 Girl 3 Go It Alone 10 Earthquake Weather 6 Scarecrow 9 Farewell Ride 11 E-Pro 1 Hell Yes 7 >>>
Finally, let's assume that the FLAC and MP3 files for the Track Black Tambourine were stored in the in the files /opt/music/bt.flac and /opt/music/bt.flac, respectively. If we wanted to associate those files with the Track object, t, which represents that Track, we could do the following.
>>> t.title u'Black Tambourine' >>> import boto >>> s3 = boto.connect_s3() >>> b = s3.get_bucket('my_music') >>> k = b.new_key('bt.flac') >>> k.set_contents_from_filename('/opt/music/bt.flac') >>> t.flac_file = k
Or, we could do it this way.
>>> t.mp3_file = 'my_music/bt.mp3' >>> k = t.mp3_file >>> k.set_contents_from_filename('/opt/music/bt.mp3')Hopefully this has given you a flavor for one approach to object-level persistence with SimpleDB. The boto.sdb.persist module is still in the early stages and there are lots of other things that can be done with it such as:
- Automatically add attributes to find related objects rather than rely on the get_related_objects method.
- Full-text search on all or some Properties within objects
- Better integration with S3 and, potentially, SQS
- A richer set of Properties
Additional Resources
- Amazon Web Services: http://aws.amazon.com
- Amazon SimpleDB: http://aws.amazon.com/sdb
- boto: http://code.google.com/p/boto/
- Python: http://www.python.org
Mitch Garnaat is a software guy living in upstate New York.


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It didn't leave me with any lasting disappointment. My opinion about exploration has always been that if I've never been there, it's new to me. I'll probably never vie to be the first person atop random peak #37 in the Alaska Range or to ride my bicycle across the frozen Bering Sea (not that I wouldn't love to ride from here to Russia.) But as long as I can wrap my adventure around dodging porcupines on a leaf-littered trail or carving tracks through thick, crunchy snow, I stay satisfied.
This human need to explore one's own surroundings is trumped by the even more primal need to do so before anyone else beats us to it. But we have satellite technology that can peer into every window on earth. Scrutinizing the detailed topography of Sibera is a simple matter of having $9.95 and an active eBay account. We know this, and so we're inclined to settle into life, taking comfort in the fact that everything's been mapped out for us. We sometimes feel a tinge of pity for people who whittle their time and savings away to become the first 37-year-old grocery store clerk with a bum knee to paraglide across XY glacier.
"That's, like, so been done."
I guess this is how we compensate for doing what's been done - we claw our way to the fringes, the furthest extremes, the only places left on earth where we feel like we can distinguish ourselves. In Alaska, I always hear about stomach-dropping new adventures, like the cyclists who ride the frozen Iditarod trail for 1,000 unbroken miles. But it never takes long to discover stories like those of Ed Jesson, a Dawson City caribou hunter who rode his bicycle over 1,000 miles over the frozen Yukon River to Nome. After spending one night at 48 below, Ed wrote in his diary:
"The oil in the bearings was frozen. I could scarcely ride it and my nose was freezing and I had to hold the handlebars with both hands, not being able to ride yet with one hand and rub my nose with the other."
He sounds so edgy yet vulnerable, so tied to the postmodern notion of exploration on the extreme fringes. Except for Ed wrote this particular entry in the year 1900. Ed was a gold rusher.
Adventure is more a way of being than an actual path, exploration more a state of mind than an actual game. I try to remember this with I head out to face a road route I've ridden dozens of times, or a fitness jog down a well-worn path.
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Ravinder Chahal reports on the likelihood of multidisciplinary practices taking insolvency work from law firms. Ravinder Chahal is a freelance journalist.
The threat posed by accountants to the legal profession in the tax battlefield has been well documented, but when you consider that Arthur Andersen now holds the strongest corporate recovery legal team in Scotland, is it time for insolvency lawyers to review their traditionally cosy relationship with the bean-counters?
The insolvency profession is relatively small with just over 1,800 licensed practitioners in the UK, of which only around 200 are lawyers.
Licensed practitioners can receive appointments, usually from creditors, but lawyers who are licensed as insolvency practitioners rarely take this up in practice. Holding a licence, which requires passing a rigorous examination, is more a sign of specialism for lawyers.
Traditionally, accountants have handled the insolvency appointments directly from the banks, and take care of the valuation and disposal of a business, while lawyers deal with a host of legal issues that crop up, from producing the documentation to dealing with third-party claims on assets and sorting out intellectual property matters.
The president of the Society of Practitioners of Insolvency (SPI), Brendan Guilfoyle, an accountant working from specialist insolvency practice Geoffrey Martin & Co, points out that that none of the law firms associated with accountancy practices offer insolvency advice – at least not in England and Wales.
Although he recognises that the number of lawyers working for accountancy firms will increase over time, he does not think that law firms will be totally pushed out of insolvency work. Guilfoyle says that the "increased complexity of financial work means that lawyers do not sit back while accountants take the lead" and that many law firms are increasing their insolvency capabilities, even if they do not take appointments directly.
About two-thirds of the 200 insolvency lawyers holding insolvency qualifications are members of the SPI and many hold prominent positions. Gordon Stewart of Allen & Overy was president of the SPI prior to Guilfoyle. Stewart had a broad-church approach to membership and encouraged both lawyers and accountants to take an active role.
He now heads the Vision Group, which is looking at broadening the base further to include bankers and other regulated professionals connected with insolvency.
Another prominent lawyer at the SPI is Stephen Gale, who chairs the technical committee. Gale is currently on gardening leave from Hammond Suddards and is set to join Herbert Smith in the New Year, where he will head a new corporate recovery group. He says that any "legal practice would be foolish to ignore the threat from accountancy firms" and that he "suspects much of the more mundane insolvency work in accountancy firms already goes to in-house legal teams".
Gale says accountancy firms, which have traditionally been clients of law firms, are now acting more like competitors. He thinks the way firms meet this challenge will vary.
"A certain element will compete head-on, but there will be those which work for mid-size clients and don't rely on accountants for the bulk of their work," says Gale. However, at the "heavier end" he does not believe accountants will "risk their in-house teams" and will continue to work closely with the larger law firms.
Nick Pearson, partner and head of Baker & McKenzie's insolvency group in London, says the move by accountancy firms to have their own associated legal practices has certainly given his practice something to think about.
Pearson says that, to date, Baker & McKenzie has taken the view that relations with accountancy practices are good, with the roles well-defined. "They take care of the business end, and we do the law."
Competition from multidisciplinary shops in the areas of tax and business advice will increase and, according to Pearson, "it will get tougher in insolvency, too".
In-house legal teams have already bitten into one area of work that belonged to lawyers – the monitoring of cases relevant to the Insolvency Act. Like Gale, Pearson feels that firms will respond differently, with some aggressively targeting the banks for appointments while others will steer clear of the accountants' bailiwick for fear of reprisals.
Baker & McKenzie has considered what it would have to do if it had to compete head-on. He says that any law firm would face huge infrastructure and manpower problems if it embarked on such a course.
"Ernst & Young or Arthur Andersen can send a team of four or five people who are not senior to act as support staff – lawyers are highly paid, so it makes less sense," says Pearson. "Perhaps the role of paralegal could be increased, especially if they were employed on an ad hoc basis."
He also says that problems of conflict of interest could arise both for law firms and accountants. At present, when accountants have complex insolvency issues they seek independent advice as a safety mechanism, but with their own firms operating independently this could change. News recently came from sources at Garrett & Co – the law firm associated with Arthur Andersen – that there is an "intention" to establish a corporate recovery team at the firm's Birmingham office, confirming Pearson's fears.


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Arrangement: Alphabetical by claimant's surname
Series documents the Oregon Military Department's purchase and use of supplies during the Rogue River Indian War. Records include requisitions, account statements, vouchers, claims, receipts, supply reports, inventories, shipping bills, and appraisal reports. Supplies include clothing, ordnance, tools, building material, food, and livestock.
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Mike Barton, Chief Constable of Durham's police force, has written a thoughtful article suggesting that decriminalising class A drugs might, on the whole, be a better way of controlling them than costly, ineffective blanket prohibition.
"We need," he says modestly, "to have a more honest debate." The truth is, there have been no new arguments on this subject in half a century. We simply rehearse the old ones in a dialogue of the deaf. In Aristotle's great triad of rhetorical strategies, logos (the actual argument; always the sickly third child) has given up, settled back into its beanbag and rolled a spliff.
For what it's worth, I'm firmly with Mr Barton. The war on drugs — funnelling as it does gazillions of pounds tax-free to vicious gangs of criminal thugs while socialising (ie placing on the taxpayer) the costs of its failure — is one of the great redistributive projects of our time. Redistributing, that is, money from the public to the private sector. It's probably not quite up there with bank bail-outs but it leaves the Post Office flotation, PFI or the BBC's golden handshakes looking like bagatelles.
But I can argue that case until I'm blue in the face — and all I can hope for is the pleasure of people who already agree with me applauding the blueness of my face. For those on the other side, I will always be an out-of-touch member of the bien-pensant liberal media elite who is only making the case for decriminalisation in the hope of impressing his poncey friends or getting free cocaine on the NHS.
It's not just people like me. The sacked government drugs adviser Prof David Nutt (remember him?) is another of my blue-faced brethren — but he, too, is dismissed as a pointy-headed, out-of-touch academic who has the gall to own a sense of humour and shows an irresponsibly evidence-based approach to his subject.
So what is different here is not what's being said: it's that the person saying it for once has blue on his hat rather than on his face. Nothing Mr Barton wrote was unfamiliar: what gave it power was his personal authority; ethos, in Aristotelian terms. Member of the bien-pensant liberal media elite? No: he's from Durham. We in the bien-pensant liberal media elite don't even know where that is. Ivory-tower academic? No: actual copper who knows about actual criminals. Trying to impress his friends? Doubt that. The Association of Chief Police Officers has already issued a cotton-mouthed statement about giving "clear boundaries" to "young people", whose feebleness — how many of his peers secretly agree with him? — tells its own story.
This is how the logjam, surely, will break. What will shift policy, at this stage, isn't new arguments. It's new people making the old ones.
We're gambling on education
By gum, capitalism is a funny old thing. The latest curiosity to tumble out of its R&D department is parents betting on whether their children will get first-class degrees; as a means, in some cases, of hedging tuition fees. Sounds like innocent fun (except for the students, obviously) — but I have a feeling in my waters that it won't stay that simple. It'll start with five-student accumulators; then various academic laying-off strategies; then vice-chancellors betting on their own students.
Then, mark my words, we'll see the emergence of secondary markets in opaquely tranched bundles of student betting slips, algorithmic trading and all the rest. Then one change of policy by a single exam board will see cascading defaults and lawsuits flying everywhere. It'll be like 2008 with mortar boards. Let's stop before we start, eh?
Breaking Bad provides food for the mind
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Example. The last episode's title, Felina, as well as hinting at something cat-related is an anagram of "finale". But as sharper eyes than mine have noticed, it's smarter than that. In keeping with the show's format of embedding chemical elements in names, Felina breaks down as Fe (iron) Li (lithium) and Na (sodium). There's iron in blood, salt in tears, and lithium is used as a catalyst in the manufacture of crystal meth. So: blood, meth and tears. A pun that would do credit to a Paul Muldoon poem dropped on the title of a TV show. As the show's Jesse Pinkman would say: "Suck it up, bitches!"
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Tip: you can replace -s with -r if you want to restart or -h if you want to hibernate.
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Rec'd today, excellent quality, thank you. We are VERY pleased.
Perfect Wedding Band
I'm really happy with the wedding band I bought from Joshua's, The best thing is that I sent them a picture of what I wanted and they created the ring for...
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