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Never Out of Style - An Interview with James Lynch of the Dropkick Murphys
The Dropkick Murphys are a working man's band. Despite their recent commercial success, the band has spent the past 15 years playing small pubs to the delight of their ever-growing fan base. It is the merging of traditional Celtic music and punk rock that has allowed them to transcend genres and age groups. And it is their tireless touring and dedication to their fans that has ranked them among the elite bands to have ever dabbled in punk rock.
The guitar tone of the Dropkick Murphys is by their own admission, the spawn of Les Pauls being cranked out of Marshall Stacks. The guitar tone is pure gritty, dirty, blue collar, beer soaked rock and roll. But it's the use of mandolins, banjos, and bagpipes that pull the bands overall sound in a slightly different direction. Celtic rhythms often help to dictate the tempo and flow of Dropkick Murphys' songs.
In the following interview, guitarist James Lynch gives us a tour of the gear that makes his tone, as well as insight to the making of the band's new album.
Guitar.com: Let's go over the gear you're using these days.
James Lynch: Right now for guitars, I've got two 1981 Gibson Les Paul Standards. There's one that I've been using for a very long time and I got so used to it that other guitars just didn't feel right so I tracked down the exact same guitar for a backup. I don't use any effects. I've been using Marshall JCM800 heads but recently we've been trying to get the stage volume down to save our ears so I've been using an Orange Rocker 30. I've been using the Orange the past few tours. I still like the Marshalls because they have a lot of personality but they can be inconsistent and the Orange is a little more stable.
Guitar.com: Simplicity, I like it.
Lynch: Yeah, I'm the last guy on stage to use a cord, everyone else uses a wireless. I'm a creature of habit, once I get things the way I like it, I don't like to change anything.
Guitar.com: Tell me about this new album, "Going Out In Style" which came out March 1st.
Lynch: This was the first time we started the writing process with virtually nothing. We had a producer come to town and he was there for the first month. It was the first time I had worked with a producer. We just sat around the kitchen at Kelly's house with acoustic guitars and got some ideas. Then we took those ideas to the practice studio for about a month. We had everything ready to go into the studio
Guitar.com: How did you feel about working with a producer?
Lynch: I had a blast. It's not something I ever thought I'd be interested in doing. But he's probably been the most influential person to my guitar playing since my dad taught me how to play. He would help me out by making me do stuff that I didn't know I could do on the guitar. And I learned a lot about the recording process that I never knew before. It was a really cool experience.
Guitar.com: What sort of things did he push you to do on this record that you had hang ups on before?
Lynch: I usually finish my rhythm track with the drum tracks but this is the first record I've made without Marc Orrell so I had to take up some of the leads which is something I never would have touched before.
Guitar.com: What is the most important lesson you've taken away from this new recording experience?
Lynch: I learned that when you are recording guitar, you have to do exactly what the drums are doing. I guess I've always known that to an extent but I learned that when you're piling up guitar tracks that aren't all playing the same thing, you wont get as good of tone as if you just have three guitars doing the exact same thing. This record sounds like there are more tracks than there actually are. We got the effect we were looking for using only a few guitars tracks.
Guitar.com: Punk rock is not really known for its guitar legends like some other genres. Who were some of the people who inspired you to pick up a guitar and what tones did you strive for in your playing?
Lynch: The Dropkick Murphys guitar tone has been all about the Les Pauls and Marshalls. My dad, first and foremost, was a guitar player and he taught me how to play. Steve Jones' guitar sound on that Sex Pistols album (Anarchy in the UK) is just phenomenal and I think its one of the best guitar sounds on any record, punk or otherwise.
Guitar.com: You toured with the Pistols during their reunion tour. That must have been an experience.
Lynch: Yeah, that was absolutely unreal. Steve Jones actually ended up borrowing my shitty Epiphone guitar on that tour too.
Guitar.com: What's the best advice you've ever gotten as far as your career in music goes?
Lynch: Once again, that would be my dad. He told me once that I don't deserve to not give 110% every time I step out on stage. It was my decision to play guitar for a living and its my job to do it as best as I can every night.


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$1M Hult Prize picks finalists
The Hult Prize has announced the regional winners of its 2013 challenge, which will award $1 million in funding to the winner.
The Hult Prize, awarded by Hult International Business School, is an annual competition for students that judges ideas for companies to solve social issues. The money for the prize comes from Swedish billionaire Bertil Hult.
This year's finalists are student groups from the Asian Institute of Management, ESADE Business School, McGill University, Hult International Business School in San Francisco and the University of Cape Town.
In June, the students will gather in Boston for a two-month intensive program to help incubate their start-up ideas, and the program will lead up to the awarding of the Hult Prize.
President Clinton and Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner, are expected to attend and mentor the students, Hult said.
The winners of this round of the Hult Prize were selected from roughly 250 start-up pitches submitted by more than 1,000 students who made it that far in the process, according to Hult.
The competitions were hosted by Hult's international campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai and Shanghai, where college and university students from all over the globe came together to find solutions to the global food crisis.
The challenge originally attracted 10,000 applications from more than 150 countries, according to a press release from Hult.
The global finals will be held at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York in September. The Clinton Global Initiative was started in 2005 by President Bill Clinton and brings together global leaders to brainstorm and implement solutions to social issues.

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In the very next moment, I lay Jayci down in her bed and she prays in thankfulness for all the kiddos. We snuggle until she drowsily whispers goodnight, and I tiptoe out of the room, careful not to trip on piles of princess dresses and camp t-shirts. I grab my camera and tromp down the stairs to watch the kiddos play their "night game." Sometimes they run from "flower bandits" as they bring water all across camp. Or maybe they're having a giant food fight, or spraying each other mercilessly as they "storm the castle" or rescue the "damsel in distress." Their shrieks make me smile, and they stop for a sopping wet hug as they run past. I wipe water from their cheeks and frame my shot, trying to capture the innocence of their play. Trying to remind them, and myself, that they are still kids.
And the sun sinks low over the hills, casting brilliant colors on the clouds and silhouetting children as they run through the dusk. My breath catches at the beauty of each new sunset, God's subtle and brilliant reminder of His creativity. His goodness. His beauty. His love.
I am caught off guard by the tension of beauty in the midst of brokenness. Of pain and joy, inextricably linked.
As the sun dips, the shadows deepen to darkness. Pink and orange fade to blue and purple. And then, a single contrail rends the sky with a brilliant pink streak, looking for all the world like a tear in the fabric of the clouds, offering a glimpse into the beautiful light and splendor behind. I am reminded that the torn places, our wounds, our scars - they are the very places that rend our shells and give space for Christ to shine through.
As we were leaving to drive back to camp last Sunday afternoon, we pulled back up to our house (because Adam forgot his wallet, this happens more often than you can imagine). Stopped outside, the car idles, while Caden babbles, and Zack raps under his breath along with the Lecrae music coming from our blown speaker. I am distractedly checking emails or facebook on my phone while Adam runs inside and then re-locks up and alarms the house.
Mommy. Mommy. Jayci is insistent, and I turn my attention from my phone to smile at her. What is it sweet girl? I ask, trying to remain patient rather than irritated at the interruption. I was talking to God she said, and He says the sky is peach. I look at her quizzically: it's midday and the sky is brilliant blue, spotted with white clouds. Also, I am surprised she knows the color peach at all, I've never heard her use it to describe a color and not a fruit. Good job coming up with that color sweetie, I say, but it's actually blue right now. I wink and turn to my phone as Adam gets back in the car, and we drive to camp, navigating drive-through dinner, replacing Caden's pacifier 748 times, mopping up spilled diet coke (mine) and french fries (also mine, I'm a little clumsy).
As we are pulling up to camp, the sun is just beginning to set. I look at the sky in amazement and punch Adam in the arm excitedly. The sky is totally peach I tell him. Not orange, not pink. Peach. He is thoroughly confused since he missed our earlier exchange. I desperately dig for my camera (which is nowhere within reach) while explaining. Jayci tells us, matter-of-factedly, See? I told you the sky was peach, God wanted us to see it so we would know it was beautiful.
God cares. His plan and His world are beautiful, despite the pain and brokenness, or perhaps even because of it. He reminds us, just when we need it most, of His beautiful goodness and that He is taking care of my children and the kiddos. He loves Jayci enough to give her a perfectly-peach sunset. And He loves each of the kiddos enough to bring them here to experience His goodness, even if just for a week.
That night as we prayed before bed, I thanked God with Jayci for speaking to her, for sharing His creation and sunset with her. And we ended our prayer, like we always do, with "we love you Jesus. Amen." And Jayci said: "mommy, God says He loves us too."


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Hallo @ all,
i have a Medion Notebook with a FX Go5200.
So my problem is, that the driver of this card doesn´t be load by the first initialisation. If I start without any settings, the display looks horrible. If I use the "xconf" option and afterwards the "startx" option it starts in a way wich is ok but not perfekt. In this way I can set my display resolution to 640*480 but not higher and their are also little bucks...
Is there a option to load the driver via "modprobe"?
If there is a option, please tell me the short adapted abbreviation.
If not, please tell me a alternative answer
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The Raku Tatami Bed, in Japanese Style
In Japan, Raku can be translated as "Comfort" or "Simple Comfort", and our Japanese tatami platform bed is the perfect expression of simple comfort. Simple as in easy to set up and enjoy, comfort as in lay back and relax. Learn More
Standard Raku Tatami Bed - 9" High
Standard Raku Platform Bed, Frame Only without the Tatami Mats
Raku High Rise Tatami Bed - 14" High
High Rise Raku Platform Bed, Frame Only without the Tatami Mats
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Note: Full, Queen and King size beds require 2 Tatami Mats; Twin and Twin XL require only 1. When ordering Tatami Mats you will receive the correct amount based on bed size.
Add a 28" Headboard
Height from floor to top of the headboard is 28.5"
Height from the top of the bed to the top of the headboard is 20"
Twin 42" wide x 80.5" long x 9" high to the Top of the Bedframe
Full 59 1/2" wide x 80 1/2" long x 9" high to the Top of the Bedframe
Queen 65 3/8" wide x 85 1/4" x 9" high to the Top of the Bedframe
King 82" wide x 85 1/4" long x 9" high to the Top of the Bedframe
Raku High Rise Tatami Bed
Twin 42" wide x 80.5" long x 14.5" high to the Top of the Bedframe
Full 59 1/2" wide x 80 1/2" long x 14.5" high to the Top of the Bedframe
Queen 65 3/8" wide x 85 1/4" x 14.5" high to the Top of the Bedframe
King 82" wide x 85 1/4" long x 14.5" high to the Top of the BedframeTatami Mats
King Size Mat- 38" x 80".
Queen size mat - 30" x 80".
Full Size Mat 27" x 75".
Twin Size Mat - 38" x 75".
Height from floor to top of the headboard is 28.5"
Height from the top of the bed to the top of the headboard is 20"
Shipping Information
All Raku Beds with a Headboard require Truck Line shipping. There is a flat rate charge for shipping furniture in the continental United States.
All Raku Beds without additional items ship FedEx Standard Ground within the Continental United States. please contact us here for exact shipping charges.
- For a Raku Platform Bed with or without a headboard there is a flat rate shipping charge of: $99
- For any size Tatami mat set for the Raku Platform Bed there is a flat rate shipping charge of: $40
First Class Freight and Ground Delivery.
Furniture is shipped on Class #1 Carriers, Fully Insured, and is delivered right to your front door, or building front door. You will also receive a courtesy notification phone call to set up the best time for freight deliveries. (In some locations, front of property or curbside delivery may be the only option available).
- Raku Bed with Tatami Mats and/or Headboard shipping Time: 3-4 Weeks
- Raku Bed without additional items shipping time: 1-2 Weeks
Color Options
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This product is guaranteed against any defects in workmanship and material for one year from the date of purchase. All products are shipped to you fully insured. For your convenience, if a situation does occur regarding warranty or shipping issues, Haiku Designs will file and coordinate all claims and warranty replacements.
Haiku Designs guarantees 100% Customer Satisfaction.
Your Happiness is important to us. Haiku Designs makes every effort to insure our customer's complete satisfaction on each and every order.
"Rest Easy" Return PolicyYou may return new, resalable items within 30 days of delivery for a refund. Items should be returned in their original packaging material. Please visit our Customer Satisfaction Center for more information. Thank You.
Embodying the Zen principles of simplicity, in style and in harmony with nature, our unique line of Japanese style contemporary platform beds incorporate design themes that are both comfortable to the senses and pleasing to the eye.
I have received the "Raku" japanese platform bed queen size, last Friday by UPS (just 3 weeks after ordering it!) I wanted to tell you that I am very pleased with it. The quality of the product is just great, and that reddish walnut finish just the perfect color to match the other pieces of furniture I already have in that room. It was very well wrapped (and individually wrapped) for such a long risky distance. It just looks so great!!! Thank you also for your pleasant co-operation.
LP, Quebec, Canada
In addition, the Raku Tatami Platform beds are an Eco- Friendly product. What this means is that the Raku Tatami Bed is constructed in a manner that is less harmful to the environment than many other furniture products on the market today. To begin with the Raku bed is made from solid Para wood, and does not contain any particleboard or chip board and the whole list of toxic compounds associated with that type of construction. In addition Para wood is a sustaninably produced wood, meaning wood that is farmed and managed as opposed to a wood sourced from virgin forests.
Secondly, the bed uses a type of stain and finish that once applied is inert meaning it does not off gas toxic fumes into the sleeping environment, resulting in a healthier nights rest.
And lastly,the bed frame does not use any nails, screws or steel dowels for assembly. Instead, the corners are joined together by means of an ingenious slot-locking system that is simple, sturdy, and easy to put together and take down. The middle rail does utilize three steel bolts to secure, the middle legs and rail to the bed frame creating a strong, and extra sturdy foundation for the natural finished, solid wood slats, upon which the Tatami mats are placed.
No particle board -All Natural Materials- simple and harmonious construction: The Raku Japanese Platform Bed. Just Right!
The Raku Tatami bed is unique in that it incorporates two Japanese Tatami mats as a platform surface. Tatami mats have been used for hundreds of years in Japan as a floor covering or bed surface. Our Tatami mats have been updated for modern use and are constructed of 4 layers of natural fiber sheets covered with a high-grade, tightly-woven rushstraw, sewn to the base layers. The tatami covering of soft, woven rushstraw cures over time to a golden hue. You may experience a light, pleasant, natural aroma as the tatami cures.
Placed on the slat platform structure of the Raku bed, our Tatami mats are the ideal surface upon which to place a latex, memory foam, or futon mattress, or any style of mattress, even a Shiki Sleeping Mat. The tatami mats eliminate the need for a box spring.
Or if you would prefer, take away the tatami mats, place them on the floor for a sitting, mediation area, or tea area, and rest your mattress directly on the slats. Either way you are creating the perfect sleeping environment, by allowing air to circulate throughout the mattress and sleeping area, an essential element of our Total Sleep Care System.
In today's world which can be sometimes be described by the words fast-paced, hectic, intruding, stressful, hurried, cluttered, it can be good to take a break and to indulge in the simple pleasures afforded by our Japanese Raku bed. Try out these words, simple, soothing relaxing, restful. All these words are easy to enjoy with our Raku Tatami Bed.
Raku Bed with Shiki Futon Sleeping Mat
The Raku Tatami Bed is available in Twin, Full, Queen and King size bed frames in two configurations. The Twin, Full, Queen and King size beds are available in a bed frame only and secondly available as a bed frame with two matching size Tatami mats. All configurations work perfectly with any style mattress, futon, latex or memory foam mattress, and are ideally suited for our EcoRest Organic Futon, or our Naturalpedic Latex Comfort Mattress.
Kiln Dried Hardwood construction with Dark Walnut, Honey Oak or Natural Finish. All slats are solid wood and are unfinished. Simple assembly. Truck line shipping only.
The Raku nightstand
The single drawer Raku Nightstand is an ideal match for the Raku Bed. Featuring a single drawer of storage mounted on metal glide rails and a space underneath the drawer for additional storage, the Raku nightstand is a perfect compliment to the Raku, or Tomaru Bed.
Comes assembled. Solid wood and wood composites. Available in a dark walnut, honey oak or natural finish.
Size - 19" wide x 14" deep x 14" high.
Open Space Under the Drawer - 16" wide x 13" deep x 5 5/8" high.
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Just received my Raku platform bed yesterday. Excellent quality and style! I am very pleased to have purchased this item from you. It has become THE showcase item in my house. Its stylish, functional, and surprisingly comfortable! I would recommend this product to anyone. Thank you again and I hope to purchase more items from you in the future.
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hello all you lovely felines*sips tea*
i have just started CATWD!(cats arent tame!world domination)to show owners and EWWY mutts that we arent meant to be tame,and so start the petition on CAT WORLD DOMINTION group!
-Cari,Cween of Cats
Cont you think that today was a puurrrfect day for me!I went outside in the mourning and had a brilliant cleaning on the trampoline,which reminds me,why do they call those outrageous bouncy things "trampolines"?in england we had proper names for everything,taxi drivers called cabbies,and we called catnip,cat remedial herb therapy.I have got to admit though,Buster is a MUTT.And what better way to take advantage of a mutt then by telling it to make "boom-booms" and upchucks all over the duchess's carpet?Yesh,you must think im evil(maybe i am.....)but i heard Larisa talk about wanting to get a CHIHUAHUA!who wants a chihuahua,another mutt!well i know that if buster makes messes a chi is out of the question.But i think he wants another sibling,considering he didnt listen to me when i told him to go potty on the sofa-couch.so what did he get?a nice big juicy bloody bone!and i didnt get anything.though i have got to admit im photogenic and i AH-DORED having princess Lara chase me with a camera.O.o time for my evening nap,jolly good chatting with you,
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General Gordon's piano -- and Byzantium in Khartoum
One of the occupational hazards (or pleasures, depending on how you see it) of being married to a Byzantinist is that you spend many hours, almost wherever you are, visiting and photographing Byzantine churches. I thought I would escape that in Khartoum. But no, Byzantium reaches even this far.
The husband is here on the search of the architecture of Robert Weir Schultz (1860-1951), a devoted recorder of Byzantine monuments, and an architect in a style best described as 'Byzantine meets Arts and Crafts'. In particular, he was the architect of the (colonial) Anglican cathedral in Khartoum, opened in 1912. It was based, loosely, on the architecture of the church of St Demetrios in Thessaloniki.
It isn't any longer in operation as a church. It was taken over by the government in the early 1970s, because -- or so it was said - there is a tunnel directly linking the church with the nearby presidential palace (the erstwhile home of the British governor). Useful, perhaps, for Lord Kitchener to get quickly to morning prayers. It was replaced by what you see at the start of this post.
The old cathedral -- which you can just about make out in the image on the right -- has been turned into the Palace museum, which displays the history of modern Sudan (plus a collection of presidential motor vehicles). It is about five minutes walk from our hotel and was supposed to be open on the morning we arrived. It fact it wasn't, but the husband saw enough to confirm the general resemblance with St Demetrios (on the left). Frankly it's not very clear on these pictures, but I promise you it's ok!
The plan is to go back to the Palace Museum before we leave. But, not to be foiled, we decided to make for the new Cathedral, some distance away in Amarat, where we believed some of the original furniture designed for the old cathedral was sill in use.
Sure enough it was. The chairs at the east end for the clergy and some of the other ceremonial furniture was instantly recognisable as Arts and Crafts Byzantine -- and this was confimed by the priest whom we met as we left.
There was something rather charmingly 'global' about discovering the Byzantine revival of the British empire, mixed in with a touch of Arts and Crafts, still in use by a modern congregation in a not particularly inspiring 1970s concrete box.
Post Script: We have now got into the old cathedral, a beautifuly kept and free Museum. In addition to the presidential motors, part of it contains a good photo display of Sudan's path to independence and caseloads of the gifts presented to President Bashir and other Sudanese presidents (a piece of moon rock from President Nixon, a bejewelled koran from Yasser Arafat). Before you scoff at this as a third-world kind of thing, I should say that it reminded me strongly of the display of gifts to US president LBJ in the LBJ Memorial Library in Austin Texas. The same rule of thumb seemed to apply here as in Austin: there is an inverse ratio between the size/vulgarity of the gift and the political power of the donor.
Meanwhile at the east end, there is a display of some material from the colonial period, also well kept and displayed: portraits of 'Kitchener Pasha' (plus a bronze sculpture of his funeral), of King George and Queen Mary, some crockery from the governor's residence, and (most of) the bronze inscription honouring 'Gordon of Khartoum'. There's even Gordon's own upright piano. What is more, to the husband's delight, quite a lot of the church fittings survived, including a nice Arts and Crafts organ case. Another rather moving mixture of colonial and post-colonial.


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Nuclear Medicine Residency
The program is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and historically is filled by individuals who already have completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology. Following completion of the one-year residency, individuals are eligible for certification by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine.
All of the usual nuclear medicine procedures are done including: sentinel node biopsies, seizure focus localization, bone densitometry, and radionuclide therapy. Doernbecher Children's Hospital is part of OHSU and a number of pediatric studies are done annually. OHSU is the only facility in Oregon which does Prostascint antibody imaging.
Equipment includes a number of single and two-head cameras, along with a triple-head gamma camera. OHSU has a CT/PET scanner.
There are at least 2 hours per day of formal didactic conferences, which are held in association with the Radiology department. In addition, weekly Thursday morning didactic conferences are held in the Nuclear Medicine Division and all Nuclear Medicine staff are invited to attend.
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The legal system can be complex and confusing, but a book recently published by Celebrity Press wants to cut through the jargon and give you and your family the knowledge you need to look after your legal rights. Protect & Defend delivers 'vital information by gathering together America's leading attorneys to bring you practical advice based on their years of top-level experience' to help you guard your family, business, and finances.
Injury Attorney Ken Nunn brought 44 years of personal injury experience to the table when he authored the book's 10th chapter: '29 Insurance Adjuster Tactics That Can Cost You.' The chapter offers a simple to follow checklist of ways that adjusters try to 'rob you of your rights and push you into settling for less than you should' after you've been injured in an accident.
These tactics can range from adjusters refusing to tell you policy limits, to them wanting you to sign medical releases, to them being too nice. All 29 tactics are thoroughly detailed and easy to understand, hopefully making them easy to avoid.
Protect & Defend also offers chapters on IRS myths, responding to nursing home neglect, bankruptcy law, and wide range of other legal topics that affect nearly every household. The book is now available online and in bookstores across the country.


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ALL in all it's been a good 1st round. I can't lie and say that I'm over the moon for taking any CB in the 1st, but the guy we got (D.J. Hayden) seems to be a solid pick as far as talent goes. He's a cover corner. (Isn't that the nice way we used to say that guys like Deion Sanders didn't tackle? That's not a comparison BTW.)
After looking at the location of the inferior vena cava (the part he injured) and seeing that it carries back oxygen depleted blood, I have to say I am waaaaaaay less concerned about the pick. I'm actually more concerned about whether his chest will hold up (lol)!
I figured we'd trade out of the top 10 and we did, but we got ourselves that 2nd round pick. I wish we'd have fleeced Minnesota like New England did.
Baby steps, right?
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Can't level shower drain for mortar shower pan install
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i am trying to do a dry fit on a shower drain. it goes in crooked and is so tight and hard to get it in any further. the deeper it goes the more crooked it is.
im pretty sure the rough-in drain is not leveled. the only way i can get it to level is skim the contacts so that 1/8" of an inch is contact with the shower drain and pipe. i dont want to do anything drastic like cutting the pipe and redo the traps etc to get it leveled. any other options?
That must be fixed. You wouldn't want to force it and stay-it, then have it crack later under the strain.
You need to go into the floor and do that correctly before you go any further.
Is the pipe that far off level?? Looks like a LOT.
If so, I don't think the drain will level no matter what...you'll have to go below and redo the pipe so it's level...or at least closer than that
Who did it like that?
The pipes got to be cut and put back together now. I'd use a hubless connector not a glued coupling to make sure it comes out right.
I agree--there are ways to correct a tiny outage --but that needs to be corrected--
Somebody put some serious fall in the pipe the trap is glued to! :eek:
can you undo the hangers and lower the pipe coming from pipe back to the stack any? :)
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If the trap rolled a little thats even easier fix,cut it off and glue a coupling on there. :)
that needs cut out from the bottom and replumbed......period......their is only one way..."the right way"
Thats what i meant,cut it ahead of the trap and straighten if its rolled.
Hard telling without seeing bottem of pipe :laughing:
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initially there was a fiberglass shower pan and rubber gasket for the drain. that's how the house was built i guess.
i was afraid ya would say fix it the right way. that would involve cutting up the subfloor n pipes. the pipe goes through a joist and immediately right turns into a trap and up to the drain.
the pipe has some give in multiple directions, just when you go beyond that range of motion there is some stress on the pipe. i was able to get it level as you can see from the pic but the drain and pipe are in contact like 1/16 to 1/8" because the pipe becomes short when adding 15/32" subfloor layer but it is not connecting flush.
would it be possible to extend the pipe and join it to the outside circumference of the shower drain, looks to be 3.5" to resolve the pipe being too short? i think there is enough give in the pipe. or couple the existing pipe and have the drain join to the inside circumference? that would mean i would only need to extend the pipe 1" is that possible?
can you get at bottem side of plumbing without cutting up the floor?
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shorten the pipe to allow for a coupling. Don't join to the outside of the drain body.
Ya know....if our resident master.....well everything...if he was here, we could end this discussion..he could tell us all how to fix that without reworking anything... :whistling2::thumbup:
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A Bangor man was arrested Thursday afternoon after police say he fired a shot through his Cumberland Street apartment ceiling.
Bangor Police arrested James Corbett around 4 p.m. for reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and terrorizing.
Police say he was talking with his caseworker about a dispute with a neighbor when he pulled out a loaded pistol.
They say he made threatening comments toward the neighbor and shot toward his ceiling, sending a round into the unoccupied attic.
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Angela Glover Blackwell: There was a time when massive transportation projects swept the nation. We built the New York City Subway. The Erie Canal. The interstate highway system.
Kai Ryssdal: Commentator Angela Glover Blackwell.
Angela Glover Blackwell: But over time, that bold spirit seemed to leak away. Soon, politics took over the way we spend money on transportation. We entered an age that pleased car-loving, middle-class, suburban voters -- and created a nationwide system of haves and have-nots. Elevated highways left gashes through poor, black urban neighborhoods. Super highways kept sprawling into the exurbs.
We forgot that smart, effective, affordable transportation options are what make America run. We need to be fairer and smarter about the way we think about transportation. Instead, many in Congress are labeling crucial transportation projects as "pork," and are eagerly threatening deep cuts that can hurt transit systems that are just barely getting by. And that's on top of the drastic cuts already happening at the city and state level.
More than 90 percent of all transit systems had to cut service or raise fares last year. That's a double whammy for poor people who rely on public transit. Millions of working people have to walk farther to the bus stop and pay more when they get on. And the people being laid off by the public transit systems -- the bus drivers, the ticket booth operators, the mechanics -- are disproportionately people of color. Black unemployment is nearly double the rate of whites.
But the good news is that transportation investments pay off -- now and in the future. They create jobs. They get people to their jobs. And investments in public transit pay off even more -- creating more construction and operating jobs per dollar spent than comparable highway projects. Transportation is the engine that powers our economy. Let's make sure it connects and serves all Americans.
Ryssdal: Angela Glover Blackwell is the president of the research group Policy Link.


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1969 GTO engine problems
Okay, I was driving down the interstate at night and my oil pressure dropped to nothing and I smelled something bad. I really have no idea what the smell could have been, I just know it was something I had never smelled before... not oil burning, not coolant, not brakes, not even gas boiling off the exaust (that smell stuck with me...). I pulled over and when I got down to a stop, the rpms were really low, but when I took the car out of gear it revved up about a 1000 rpms higher than it should have. It was acting like it was losing vacuum. I killed it and got out the flashlight to see if I could see anything. The coolant levels were fine, and it was low enough on oil it wasn't on the dip stick so I thought it might be something bad and had it towed home to work on it. first thing I did was drain the oil and there was only a quart and a half in it. I also noticed that there was an oil leak on the passenger rear side of the motor. I was thinking it was the oil pressure sending unit or maybe an intake gasket. Could that alone explain the symptoms? Could it be a head gasket? Should I fill it up with oil, start it up, and see if it works?
If the oil sender is over there, I would suspect that. Was the smell, the oil hitting the exhaust pipe?
If you lost most of the oil, chances are the bearings are hury now. Filling it with oil and starting it for a short time shouldn't hurt anything further. Have it jacked up, so you can get a good look to see where the oil is leaking from. If your pressure is back up, you might be OK, and there is just a leak to fix.
the smell wasn't oil burning off the exhaust. I was afraid it could be a scorched bearing or something because of the smell... it wasn't like anything I have smelled before. That is the reason I still have not started it back up, I am afraid of what might happen if it is a bearing if I started it.
Last time i smelled something like that I ran my engine at too high of an rpm for too long and it smelled like my old 2 stroke dirt bike did just before seizing the rod to the crank. I would be tempted to pull the engine and look at the bearings if the motor would be hard to replace. If the crank isnt hurt alredy it might be hurt if started and the oil pressure dosent come back. Or you could start it up with 5 qts of oil in it and hope. I just dont like to risk my engines, im the kinda guy that pulls it out so often that it almost falls out when i do so that might be why id rather pull it. good luck.
why dont you fill it w/ oil pull the dist and pump some oil for a while to see if you find a leak i dont think that will hurt any thing
what size motor ?
original motor?
did it make any noises?
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no unusual noises... and finding the leak isn't my number one priority. I know it is leaking, and if i have to pull the motor, i will fix it then, and if not, then i will worry about the thing. Original motor, pontiac 400, rebuilt about 30k miles ago.
This may be a hard question to answer, but what would it smell like if it was a bearing? Is there something similar you can relate it to? like brakes wearing down, or an electric motor, or the smell of a machine shop?
I just thought of something.... if i pull the dist. out and try and turn it over by hand, wouldn't it be really hard/next to impossible to turn over by hand if it was a bearing problem?
Last edited by Croz; 04-14-2005 at 01:30 AM.
you would want to pull the plugs so there would be no compression but i dont know any wat of checking bearings than that squish tape (i forget what it is called) but yes i relate but again i dont know what a bearing would smell like
I would pull the plugs and spin her over by hand
then w/ the plugs out spin her over w/ the starter and see what kind of oil you are devoloping if its normal (dont burn out your starter)hear anything do you have a mechanical guage? if you do watch to see it fluxuate
ive never seen a motor that lockedup with one bearing out
think of it this way if you yonk the motor out you might as wellput new
bearings in it any way
when my 400 spun a rod it only did it when it was warmed up an when it knocked it would coillatedw/ the oil guage
let me know how you make out
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Have you tried filling it with oil and seeing if your pressure comes back up yet?
You say you only had 1.5 qts of oil in it. When running down the road at speed all your oil would have been up in the engine leaving none in the pan for the pickup to draw from therefore causing your gauge to drop.
Your smell would most likely be caused by heat from lack of proper lubrication.
Try changing the filter and filling the oil to spec and see what happens. I would suspect you are in for a rebuild myself.
Rob Keller: "when my 400 spun a rod it only did it when it was warmed up an when it knocked it would coillatedw/ the oil guage"
What do you mean?
Last edited by Lonestar; 04-14-2005 at 07:52 PM.
I remember a car being towed into the garage I worked at. While on the highway it blew a radiator hose and the owner drove the car until the engine locked up. I remember the way the engine smelled, it had an unusal smell that I can't discribe. I asked my boss what it was, he said "that's what a cooked engine smells like."
Your engine was probably getting to that point, and it might be the same smell. When was the last time you checked the oil, prior to this.
I had pretty much the ssame exact thing happen to me in a Chevy 350 except that it started a weird rythmic screaching sound when I got off the off ramp ( I was very close to the off ramp so I stopped there). I checked the dipstick and it didn't have any oil on it. After asking others, I took off the oil pan and found metal shavings and it was a spun rod bearing. My advice that I took is to drain the oil, take off the pan, and look for metal shavings. Look at each of the rod caps. If any of the are darker than the others it's most likely due to the extreme heat of the rod bearing that has spun. If that's the case, you most liely have to get a new or have your crank turned and some new rods.
Good luck with the motor. I'm having to rebuild another motor because mine is already .060 over and doesn't look reusable.
I drained the oil out of it and didn't find any debris (granted, that doesn't mean none is in the pan). Also the smell wasn't very... thick? I mean, you could barely smell it and it went away after the engine was off for a couple minutes. I checked the oil before I left home, but I was on the interstate about an hour before I noticed it acting up and I stopped immediately. I already thought about pulling the oil pan but I don't think I can without pulling the engine. But, if that is what I have to do, I can't get around it...
Last edited by Croz; 04-15-2005 at 12:43 AM.
lonestar, i had just got done putting a used rear and trans in and i took it up the road in the booneis(and really blew the snot out of it) when i got back it was knocking ...bad.. so the next day i started it up and it made no noise at all so for a week or two i dident relize it but i was making short trips here and there not getting it real hot then i went a little further and there it goes kknockity knock got it back home start it up the next day nuthin' took it out again and this time it got worse
i talked to this oldtimer who told me to look @ the oil guage and shure enouph when it got hot and started to knock the oil guage would drop just slightly when it knocked
pulled the motor out and sure as my rotten luck spun a rod bearing mushed it out like it was made of wax
put new set of rods and mains and she ran good for a while
sorry for the long winded explanation
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Doc here,
Does the engine smell like a burned out gym locker? or a laundry after a fire? Sure sign it's Fried...
What you might do (if you haven't thrown them away yet) Take the oil , get an old speaker, cut off the magnet off it and troll your oil catch pan with it, see what sticks, and what floats ...Crankthrow and big end parts are mailable, and therefore Magnetic..should trap in the magnet..I don't think (not sure) That insert material is mailable, but should float as Shiny spec's in stirred oil.
Next remove the oil filter, cut it in half with a pair of shears (don't saw it, so as not to add shavings ) and use one of those "Pen" type Telescoping magnets and check it for metal...
Lastly, Crawl under it and using your pen type magnet, and a pen light, snake it in through the oil drain hole, extend it if you have to, but try to get it into the sump...(it should to the pan bottom and slide along the pan if your ginger with it.)work it around in there, and carefully withdraw it. If it's clean, you SHOULD be good as far as bearing wear, though you'll never be 100 % sure until you pull it down and mic it.
If you don't have shavings, I'd say oil it, filter it, and fire it...watch your pressure and listen for knocking..Does this have that Funky Bypass Valve in the oil filter pick up? If so..it may be stuck or sticking..causing drops in pressure and oil starvation.
Hope it Helps!
Thanks for the tips, I am going away for the weekend, and I will try these things you suggested first thing Monday when I get back. As for the smell, it doesn't smell at all now, and it didn't smell like any gym locker I have ever smelled... I will let you know how the tests go when I get home Monday.
sorry i thunked of sumptin' do you use synthetic oils that could give you a funkadelic smell for shure
good luck
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By Christian E. Weller, Julie Ajinkya, Jane Farrell, Center for American Progress
We are currently in the third year of economic recovery following the Great Recession and the financial crisis that upended domestic and world markets and decimated the global economy from December 2007 to June 2009. Three years into the recovery, the economic outlook is improving as economic growth is stabilizing and job creation gradually accelerating. That said, America's families, which have suffered for years from high and long-term unemployment, remain in desperate need of stronger economic growth for a prolonged period in the foreseeable future.
Stable economic growth in the future, however, will depend on having a strong, broad-based middle class. While economic growth in the United States is on the mend, the data show that the benefits of this growth have not been equitably shared. Many middle-class families, regardless of race or ethnicity, do not enjoy the opportunities needed for them and their children to get ahead.
More disturbingly, the data we summarize in this report shows that communities of color are substantially less likely than their white fellow citizens to enjoy the opportunities that come from having a good job, owning a home, and having a financial safety cushion in the form of health insurance, retirement benefits, and private savings. This difference exists because economic opportunities eroded faster for communities of color than for whites during the Great Recession—and those opportunities have been coming back much more slowly for communities of color than for whites during the economic recovery. Our report specifically shows:
According to all these indicators, the economic recovery is well into its third year. Parsing the data along racial and ethnic lines, however, shows that varying storylines are emerging for different population groups. African Americans and Latinos, for example, typically have substantially fewer economic opportunities than whites. The same can be said for Asian Americans, who also show higher poverty rates along with lower rates of health insurance coverage when compared to whites. This suggests that Asian Americans also have less access to well-paying jobs than whites.
Moreover, while economic opportunities are beginning to improve somewhat for Latinos, Asian Americans, and whites, African Americans are the clear exception—their economic fortunes continued to decline in 2011. The fact that the benefits of the economic recovery are slowly spreading to all groups except to African Americans, at least through the end of 2011, is reminiscent of the African American experience following the previous recession in 2001. During that time period African Americans' economic fortunes—employment, income, wealth, and homeownership—grew much slower than those of Latinos and declined in relation to those of Asian Americans and whites.
This is why it is important for policymakers to take notice of the disparities and start to undertake serious efforts to both close the economic opportunity gaps between communities of color and whites and to address in a substantive way the lagging experience of African Americans.
Focusing on these concerns, we lay out a series of policy recommendations at the end of this paper that we believe will go a long way in addressing some of the fallout of the Great Recession on communities of color. Specifically, we recommend the following:
We see these recommendations as important steps to ensure that communities of color can also enjoy the benefits of the recovery and begin to regain some of the economic security that they lost during the Great Recession.
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Dorothea Edith (Walther) Peyton passed away on Friday, July 15, 2005, at the Elizabeth House after a long illness. She was born Sept. 18, 1922, in Leipzig, Germany, the daughter of the late Dr. Max Walther and Luise (Becker) Walther. She grew up in Jena, Germany, a beautiful town with a once-famous university.
She was preceded in death by her dear brother, Rolf Walther.
She was a woman of indomitable spirit and dauntless courage. She survived bombings and strafing during World War II and numerous perils as a refugee afterward. She took up English to find employment. Working for the U.S. Army, she met her husband-to-be and emigrated to America as a war bride in 1948.
She lived in Illinois, New Jersey and for many years in Pennsylvania before moving to Flat Rock in 1992. She had a charming presence and easily won friends wherever she went.
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