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Jo-Anne Lau-Smith, Ph.D. (2001)
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., 1981, M. Ed., 1984, University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 2001, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Previous Work Experience: Education Department, Chaminade University; Educational Psychology Department, University of Hawaii.
Courses Taught: READ 590 Children's Literature; READ 570 Classroom Assessment and Reading Instruction; READ 509 Practicum; ED 562 Human Development, Cognition, and Learning; ED 563 Language and Literacy; ED 559 Action Research; Student Teaching Supervisor and Guide for MAT program.
Other Areas of Interest: Parent Involvement, Special Education, Multicultural Education, and Middle Level development and learning.
Younghee M. Kim, Ph.D. (1999)
Associate Professor of Education.
B.S., 1985, Sogan University, Seoul, Korea; M.A., 1992, Ph.D., 1996, University of Oregon.
Previous work: School of Education, Oregon State University (1996-1999).
Teaching and co-teaching: ED 560 Diversity, ED 566 Human Relations, ED 562 Human Development/Cognition and Learning, ED 557 Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, ED 568 Integration projects. Supervisor and faculty guide for Early Childhood/Elementary MAT cohort.
Other interest areas: Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education/Multicultural Education/Second Language Acquisition
Rebecca Olien
Education: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, WI, Masters Degree in Education, Michigan State University, B.Sc.
Work Experience
Schneider Museum of Art, education program coordinator;
Southern Oregon University, adjunct instructor, READ Oregon; Eau Claire Public Schools, Teacher (grades K, 4, 5); ScienceWorks Museum, early childhood program development; Educational Material Development for NASA, Science Netlinks, and International Reading Association
Author of Children's books and teacher resource books including: Kids Care, Williamson, 2007; What Happened to the Dinosaurs? Capstone Press, 2007; Kids Write! Williamson, 2005; Peacefulness, and Patience, Capstone Press, 2005.
Heidi Olivadoti, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A.E., 1990, Pacific Lutheran University;
M.S., 1997, Southern Oregon University;
Ed.D., 2012, George Fox University
Education Related Work Experience:
Southern Oregon Education Service District, Oregon Mentoring Project; Professional Education Resources, Professional Development Educator; Anchorage School District, Title I Language and Math Specialist K-6; Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Child Field Researcher/Data Collector; Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, Third Grade Teacher; Grants Pass School District, First and Third Grade Teacher.
Other Areas of Interest: New Teacher Induction and Mentoring, Strengths-based Leadership, Self-Determination Theory, and Multi-level Learning/Core Reflection


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Real beat Deportivo Coruna, 3-1, to remain in control of the race with two games to play. It is tied with Barcelona, 1-0 winner over Getafe, but has won the tie-breaker (head-to-head record).
Barcelona's title chances took a blow when star Ronaldinho was sent off late in the first half against Getafe and faces the prospect of missing the last two games of the season if Barcelona's appeal isn't upheld.
The Brazilian star, who scored the game's only goal in the second minute on a feed from Lionel Messi, was then sent off just before halftime for kicking out at Getafe defender David Belenguer in retaliation to a foul. Although he barely appeared to make contact, referee Perez Burrull showed Ronaldinho the red card.
After the game, Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard complained of Getafe's rough play.
Raul broke a 1-1 tie with a goal in the 58th from a cross by David Beckham. Raul was playing in his 605th game for Madrid, matching Francisco Gento's record of matches with Madrid.
Defender Sergio Ramos and Ruud van Nistelrooy also scored for Madrid, which wins the title if it wins at Real Zaragoza and beats Mallorca in its last two games. Barcelona faces Espanyol and relegated Gimnastic Tarragona in its last two games.
Sevilla, which trails the leaders by two points, kept itself in the title race with an exciting 3-1 home victory over Real Zaragoza on goals by Luis Fabiano, Alexander Kerzhakov and Frederic Kanoute.
Fourth-place Valencia dropped out of the title race after losing, 3-2, at home to neighbor Villarreal on Saturday.

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Latos hit hard vs Royals
The Royals scored five runs in the third inning, including home runs by Alex Gordon and Salvador Perez, on their way to an 8-3 win over the Reds on Thursday afternoon.
Cincinnati had a 2-0 lead heading into the third when Gordon led off with his team-high seventh homer of the season, a shot to right field on a full count against Mat Latos. After a Billy Butler single and Mike Moustakas walk, Perez crushed Latos' first pitch to the grass berm in left-center field for a three-run homer.
Following an Eric Hosmer single, the rally continued when Lorenzo Cain hit an RBI triple to right field for a 5-1 Kansas City lead.
In his final spring start, Latos allowed five earned runs and nine hits over three innings with one walk and five strikeouts.
The Royals added three more runs in the fifth inning during a two-out rally against reliever Manny Parra. Miguel Tejada reached on an infield single to second base as Hosmer scored. Max Ramirez lined a single that scored Cain and Tejada came home on a Paulo Orlando single to left field.
Royals starter Ervin Santana gave up two runs and seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts. The first three batters he faced reached on hits, including Joey Votto's hit to score Shin-Soo Choo. Votto and Butler collided near first base, and Votto was awarded second base for a double.
In the second inning, Ryan Hanigan hit a one-out double and scored on a Latos single to right field. Bryson Smith homered with two outs in the ninth to complete the scoring for the Reds.


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Burton 2-2 Scunthorpe
- From the section Football
Burton ended a run of three consecutive defeats, coming from behind to earn a 2-2 draw against Scunthorpe.
Striker Billy Kee, returning from a six-week injury absence, converted Alex MacDonald's driven cross to put the Brewers in front before the break.
But Deon Burton and Niall Canavan netted with headers early in the second half to give Scunthorpe a 2-1 lead.
The Iron could not hold on though, as Robbie Weir headed in Chris Hussey's free-kick to equalise for the hosts.
Burton Albion manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Derby
"I think we should have won the game. We had the opportunities to do so.
"We caused our own problems really.
"We went 1-0 up and in control and then end up 2-1 down within the first ten minutes of the second half. It's frustrating to say the least."
Scunthorpe United manager Brian Laws told BBC Radio Humberside
"It was a real test for us. We stepped into unknown territory - we went a goal down - which was an interesting one because it was always going to test us at some stage.
"I thought we started the game brightly. We passed it well, and showed that if we pass it well we could probably hurt them.
"We didn't hold the ball as well as we should have, and I thought we gave the ball away cheaply and unnecessarily."
Lineup, Bookings (4) & Substitutions (6)
- 01 Pickford
- 02 Edwards
- 05 Diamond
- 14 McCrory
- 25 Cansdell-Sherriff
- 03 Hussey
- 07 Bell Booked
- 08 Weir
- 11 MacDonald Booked (McGurk - 74' )
- 28 Symes (Howe - 69' )
- 29 Kee (Knowles - 82' )
- 16 Lyness
- 04 Delap
- 10 Reed
- 23 Palmer
- 09 Howe
- 18 Knowles
- 20 McGurk
- 01 Slocombe
- 03 Dawson
- 05 Mirfin
- 06 Canavan
- 18 Nolan (Byrne - 21' )
- 04 McAllister
- 07 Sparrow
- 10 Esajas (Spencer - 46' )
- 14 Hawkridge
- 08 Burton Booked (Iwelumo - 79' )
- 29 Winnall Booked
- 13 Severn
- 15 Waterfall
- 20 Howe
- 26 Byrne
- 22 Hornsey
- 09 Iwelumo
- 28 Spencer
Match Stats
On target
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Full Time The referee blows for the end of the match.90:00 +2:48
Shot by Adam McGurk.90:00 +2:03
Shot by Sam Winnall. Blocked by Zander Diamond.90:00 +1:48
Free kick taken by Terry Hawkridge.90:00 +1:22
Matt Sparrow fouled by Chris Hussey, the ref awards a free kick.90:00 +0:47
Shot by Shane Cansdell-Sherriff missed to the right of the target.90:00 +0:31
Sam Winnall makes a clearance.90:00 +0:25
Corner taken by Chris Hussey from the left by-line.90:00 +0:13
Sean McAllister makes a clearance.90:00 +0:05
Chris Hussey crosses the ball.89:56
Clearance by Zander Diamond.89:52
Free kick taken by Terry Hawkridge.89:21
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff concedes a free kick for a foul on Jimmy Spencer.87:57
Adam McGurk takes a shot. Blocked by Matt Sparrow.86:57 Booking
Sam Winnall receives a caution.86:45
Unfair challenge on Phil Edwards by Sam Winnall results in a free kick.86:11
Phil Edwards delivers the ball.83:24
Header at goal by Robbie Weir misses left of the target.83:15
The ball is crossed by Adam McGurk.
Free kick taken by Jordan Pickford.81:49
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff fouled by Jimmy Spencer, the ref awards a free kick.81:15
Free kick taken by Jordan Pickford.81:01 Substitution
Substitution Dominic Knowles is brought on as a substitute for Billy Kee.80:37
Foul by Chris Iwelumo on Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, free kick awarded.80:12
Matt Sparrow takes the free kick.80:02
Shane Cansdell-Sherriff challenges Jimmy Spencer unfairly and gives away a free kick.78:42 Substitution
Substitution Deon Burton leaves the field to be replaced by Chris Iwelumo.77:05
Corner from the right by-line taken by Chris Hussey.74:54
Free kick taken by Andy Dawson.74:46
Unfair challenge on Sean McAllister by Phil Edwards results in a free kick.74:00
Free kick taken by Andy Dawson.73:51
Chris Hussey gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Andy Dawson.73:31 Substitution
Substitution Adam McGurk on for Alex MacDonald.72:15
Niall Canavan takes the free kick.71:57
Rene Howe challenges Niall Canavan unfairly and gives away a free kick.70:42
Free kick taken by Jordan Pickford.70:18 Booking
Caution for Deon Burton.70:06
Foul by Deon Burton on Zander Diamond, free kick awarded.69:24
The ball is crossed by Lee Bell.69:02
Alex MacDonald restarts play with the free kick.68:29 Substitution
Substitution Michael Symes leaves the field to be replaced by Rene Howe.68:01
Chris Hussey fouled by Terry Hawkridge, the ref awards a free kick.64:12
Alex MacDonald crosses the ball in from the free kick.64:00
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Alex MacDonald by Andy Dawson.62:52
Jordan Pickford restarts play with the free kick.62:41
Jimmy Spencer challenges Zander Diamond unfairly and gives away a free kick.61:42
Assist on the goal came from Chris Hussey.61:42 Goal scored
Goal! - Robbie Weir - Burton 2 - 2 Scunthorpe Robbie Weir scores with a header. Burton Albion 2-2 Scunthorpe.61:28
Chris Hussey crosses the ball in from the free kick.60:54
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Alex MacDonald by Andy Dawson.59:25
Free kick taken by Cliff Byrne.59:01 Booking
Lee Bell booked for unsporting behaviour.58:51
Terry Hawkridge fouled by Lee Bell, the ref awards a free kick.58:13
Sam Slocombe takes the free kick.57:45
Terry Hawkridge fouled by Lee Bell, the ref awards a free kick.57:35
Clearance made by Niall Canavan.57:29
Corner from the right by-line taken by Chris Hussey.57:02
Alex MacDonald fires a strike on goal direct from the free kick which comes back off the post.56:16
Foul by Niall Canavan on Billy Kee, free kick awarded.55:58
Andy Dawson crosses the ball in from the free kick.55:25 Booking
Alex MacDonald booked.55:16
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Sam Winnall by Alex MacDonald.54:11
Jordan Pickford takes the free kick.53:57
Jimmy Spencer concedes a free kick for a foul on Zander Diamond.51:44
Andy Dawson provided the assist for the goal.51:44 Goal scored
Goal! - Niall Canavan - Burton 1 - 2 Scunthorpe Niall Canavan scores. Burton Albion 1-2 Scunthorpe.51:30
Corner taken by Andy Dawson from the right by-line.49:42
The offside flag is raised against Jimmy Spencer.49:24
Michael Symes takes the free kick.49:12
Unfair challenge on Billy Kee by David Mirfin results in a free kick.48:39
Header by Alex MacDonald misses right.48:31
Chris Hussey delivers the ball.47:04
The assist for the goal came from Terry Hawkridge.47:04 Goal scored
Goal! - Deon Burton - Burton 1 - 1 Scunthorpe Deon Burton heads the ball into the goal. Burton Albion 1-1 Scunthorpe.45:01
The second half begins.45:01 Substitution
Substitution Jimmy Spencer comes on in place of Etienne Esajas.45:00 +3:08 Half time
Half Time The ref blows to signal half-time.45:00 +2:13
Corner taken by Terry Hawkridge.45:00 +0:44
Etienne Esajas takes a shot and went wide left of the net.41:47
Alex MacDonald takes the chance to get an effort at goal and missed to the right of the goal.41:01
Clearance made by Sam Winnall.40:54
Free kick crossed by Chris Hussey.40:38
Sam Winnall is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick.39:54
David Mirfin manages to make a clearance.39:50
Chris Hussey sends in a cross.39:36
Clearance made by Sean McAllister.39:31
Corner from the right by-line taken by Chris Hussey.36:38
Assist on the goal came from Alex MacDonald.36:38 Goal scored
Goal! - Billy Kee - Burton 1 - 0 Scunthorpe Billy Kee grabs a goal with a left foot finish. Burton Albion 1-0 Scunthorpe.34:53
Sean McAllister sends in a cross.32:49
The ball is delivered by Chris Hussey.32:37
Clearance by Deon Burton.32:32
Corner from the right by-line taken by Chris Hussey.31:05
Jordan Pickford restarts play with the free kick.30:30
Unfair challenge on Zander Diamond by Sam Winnall results in a free kick.29:56
Sam Slocombe restarts play with the free kick.29:38
Michael Symes is flagged offside by the assistant referee.28:57
Shot by Andy Dawson. Blocked by Shane Cansdell-Sherriff.28:36
Corner taken by Terry Hawkridge.27:34
Alex MacDonald takes a shot and goes harmlessly over the bar.21:52
Jordan Pickford restarts play with the free kick.21:30
Unfair challenge on Shane Cansdell-Sherriff by Sam Winnall results in a free kick.21:01
Shot by Chris Hussey went wide of the left-hand upright.20:16 Substitution
Substitution Eddie Nolan goes off and Cliff Byrne comes on.15:56
David Mirfin makes a clearance.15:49
Chris Hussey sends in a cross.13:23
Shot by Etienne Esajas missed to the right of the net.12:25
Chris Hussey takes a strike on goal from the free kick which goes harmlessly over the bar.11:32
Free kick awarded for a foul by Matt Sparrow on Lee Bell.11:18
Clearance made by David Mirfin.11:14
Free kick crossed by Phil Edwards.11:04
Deon Burton concedes a free kick for a foul on Phil Edwards.9:02
The ball is sent over by Etienne Esajas.8:13
Sam Slocombe takes the free kick.7:45
Alex MacDonald gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Andy Dawson.7:25
Sam Slocombe takes the free kick.7:04
Michael Symes is flagged offside by the assistant referee.5:59
Etienne Esajas delivers the ball.5:38
Free kick taken by Sam Slocombe.5:23
Michael Symes concedes a free kick for a foul on Niall Canavan.4:45
Corner from the right by-line taken by Chris Hussey.4:18
Shot by Billy Kee. A parry by Sam Slocombe prevents the goal.4:09
Clearance made by Niall Canavan.4:04
Free kick crossed by Chris Hussey.3:39
Terry Hawkridge gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Chris Hussey.1:58
Shot by Etienne Esajas went wide of the right-hand post.0:36
Sam Slocombe takes the free kick.0:13
Free kick awarded for a foul by Billy Kee on David Mirfin.0:00
The game gets underway.
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Door panels
Hi everyone, I have a question on door panels. I'm redesigning the interior to my 89 mustang and I have hit a bump in the road with my door panels.
1) the top half of the door panel has the window rubber to protect it from the metal base, and it is also the point of attachment for the door panel material. It is held on by staples the actually go through the material,rubber, and the metal base. What I'm stuck on is how do I remove the staples and insert the new material? Basically, how or where do I find the tool to staple this stuff together. I haven't seen a tool yet that will allow me to staple through this stuff.
2) The other problem/question is the lower half of the panel is thin board material attached to the metal top base. Its attached by holes that are punched into the metal that spread into the board ... another one of those tools you just dont really see around the garage. So ... how would you go about replacing the board and reattaching it to the top metal base.
I know you could suggest to get new door panels but in my redesigning of the stang, I am making it a completely black interior. The only problem is that Ford did not make black interiors. Even the interior panels have to be upholstered/changed which I'm mostly done. These door panels just seem to be the highlight of the problems I've came across.
3) ... Yes one last question. I'm upholstering the backseat side panels and I'm looking for a more pliable material to use that settles in well with curves an contours but also blends in well with carpent and the headliner at the same time. Any suggestions?
stapling it together
You might try using an electric stapler, such as you will find at most hardware stores. If you want to get serious about it though you will need to get one thats for upholstery work, such as I use. Mine cost me about $230 from my supplier. Its a Duo-Fast brand, model # EIC-3118.
Contact Farber Sales @ 800-251-1508.
They also handle an economy model # SG8000 and it costs about $90.
If I understand what you're talking about ... forget those staples, man.
I installed a replacement kit on my truck which included those staples, etc. and you're suppose to drill holes for them and, bla, bla, bla -- a whole lot of work for something that does a poor job in the first place!
Instead, I installed mine with SMALL, flathead screws instead of staples.
Check out my notes ... scroll down to #10 on This Page
54 Chevy Pickup
Not so Scewy an idea
Sounds good to me.
Thanks for the posts ....
Yeah, Horvath, thats exactly what I was thinking of doing as well ....
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NeNe Leakes took to her own personal website once again to share her thoughts on this week's episode of Real Housewives of Atlanta. If there's one thing I love, it's NeNe unfiltered and unedited.
NeNe starts off, "I wanna just jump right in and keep it 100 with y'all so excuse my language if it gets a little rough here and there. I just want you to feel where I am coming from and what I was dealing with during the course of filming. I am definitely a strong woman, but human at the same time."


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This may be a first: Serie A's disciplinary commission banned Inter Milan striker Adriano for diving over Roma keeper Alexander Doni in order to win a penalty that was later converted. The commission must have used television evidence to make its ruling, because TV replays show that Adriano, realizing he had no angle to score after taking the ball around Doni, clearly dove. Despite the con, justice was served as Roma went on to win the match, 3-1, thanks to a lucky deflection from a Francesco Totti free kick in the 89th minute.
According to a statement from the disciplinary
commission: "The forward committed simulation by dragging his left foot along the grass to search for contact with the goalkeeper's body. The Inter player's fall to the ground was not preceded by
any meaningful contact." Ernesto Paolillo, Inter's general executive manager, replied, "This judgment has not been applied in other cases. I think it is unjust and not good enough. Adriano did not
want to trick the referee, that was his only way to fall over."
The Brazilian striker, who's had a controversial season to say the least, missed training on Thursday after being spotted at
a nightclub on Wednesday night. He'll surely be fined for that, in addition to the two-match ban, which Inter is expected to appeal against, but kudos to the Italian commission for using TV evidence
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nVidia's been talking about its ION chipset for many months now but we'd seen limited signs of it in its most eagerly anticipated form factor, the netbook. Today, though, Hewlett Packard officially announced the Mini 311 netbook that will be using nVidia's HD crunching chipset, and we've had a little bit of hands-on time with it.
Coming in an 11.6in form factor, the HP Mini 311 continues the trend of netbooks growing ever larger but we can't say we have many complaints as this still remains a very portable size. Moreover, with the screen boasting a class-leading resolution of 1,366 x 768, it offers a superb compromise between productivity and portability. Even more exciting is the presence of an HDMI output for easily playing back videos on a TV (yes, audio pass-through is supported). Accompanying the HDMI socket are three USB ports, a VGA connection, combined headphone and microphone jacks (minus one point for that move), and a multiformat card reader.
The battery on the model we saw was a 2600mAh unit which will apparently give about six hours battery life, though this will depend heavily on how much HD video viewing and gaming you plan on doing. Above the screen is a webcam and microphone while the only other feature of note is the Wi-Fi button above and to the right of the keyboard. Incidentally, the model we saw was for the American market, which explains the keyboard layout.
ION is nVidia's chipset for supporting Intel's Atom CPUs. It includes much more powerful graphics hardware than the Intel graphics that you normally find in netbooks. With many tasks now able to be offset from the CPU onto the GPU, this combination creates a portable yet still quite powerful platform. In particular, CPU intensive tasks like video transcoding (converting video to the right format and size for your portable media player) or simply watching HD video are now possible on a netbook. You'll even be able to play some games, though not the absolute latest titles (we saw demonstrations of COD4 while games like World Of Warcraft and Battlefield Heroes should be playable too) and even for older games you'll still have to turn the settings down a bit.
So how much will you have to pay for all this new usability? Well, surprisingly little, actually. Prices for the Mini 311 are set to start at £349, though we've yet to confirm what this configuration will be (the model we saw had 3GB RAM, for instance, which we gather won't be commonplace). Still, this could well be the next notebook I buy.


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"A treat for any book lover, happily mated or cheerfully single" (USA TODAY)—two popular journalists give hilarious relationship advice borrowed from the most famous characters in literature.
Finding love should be easier than ever before, given all the freedoms we enjoy. But as it turns out, the more options we have, the more difficult attaining romantic bliss becomes. We wonder: Should we put all our energy into online dating, or hang out in bars to find someone new? Should we settle for a friendship-with-benefits, or refuse to stop looking until we happen upon true love? And if we do manage to achieve the impossible and find a perfect match—soul mate, sexual dynamo, and best buddy all in one—how can we beat the relationship doldrums when they come, as they're bound to in this hyperactive society?
In our quest to reach romantic nirvana, we turn to self-help manuals, magazines, talk shows, friends, relatives, and shrinks. But we've overlooked the true font of wisdom: the timeless stories written by great novelists. That's where Much Ado About Loving comes in. In its pages, two book lovers who are also advice columnists—Maura Kelly and Jack Murnighan—relay the lessons in life and love that they've learned from reading more classic novels than your English teacher, while having far more romantic conundrums than all of Jane Austen's characters combined. They've done the heavy reading—and the recovering from heartbreak—for you.
Now all you need is this book.
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Jack Murnighan has a Ph.D. in medieval and renaissance literature from Duke University. His book, Beowulf on the Beach helped tens of thousands of readers rediscover their love of the classics. His two previous books, The Naughty Bits and Classic Nasty, were critically acclaimed tours of sexuality in the history of literature. He lives in New York City.
Maura Kelly has been a staff writer for Glamour, a daily dating blogger for Marie Claire, and a relationships columnist for amNew York. Her work has appeared in publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, More, The Boston Globe, and Rolling Stone. She received her BA in psychology from Dartmouth College and her MFA in creative writing. She lives in New York City.
Maura Kelly
I've made a living in a rather peculiar manner over the past few years: by writing about relationships. Unfortunately for me—but fortunately for my career—I always seemed to have a crazy new dating tale to tell. Like the one about the accomplished scientist who'd had a thick shaggy mane in every picture he'd posted online—though in person he was about 94 percent bald. We sat down to dinner at the nice restaurant where he'd invited me to dine, and he promptly ordered a banana, despite the fact that "individual pieces of fruit in phallic shapes" were not on the menu. "Charge me whatever you'd like!" he told the befuddled waitress. Come to think of it, that's more or less what he said to me when the check came. His exact words were: "We can split it, or I can pay, or you can pay." Never had I been given so many options. It was after we divvied it up that I made like a banana and split.
Or there's the story about the very tall young gentleman—I use that term loosely—who was studying for a PhD in economics at Columbia. Over tapas, he explained that he was kinda stalking another chick but went on to assure me that I had nothing to worry about—I wasn't pretty enough to make him crazy. I responded with typical unflappability: I locked myself in the bathroom for twenty minutes and sobbed.
There was also the dude I met up with in Prospect Park one summer, after we had a brief phone discussion about our lives and likes, including our favorite foods. He brought his guitar to the rendezvous and serenaded me with a song he'd written especially for the occasion. It began: "Maura Kelly is a nutter . . . who likes peanut butter." That's probably as close to immortality in verse as I'll ever get.
Because of my unusual professional specialty, friends and strangers often seek out my advice—asking me about, say, how they should interpret not having heard from a date for a full twenty-four hours since their first hang-out session, how long they should wait before having sex with the person they've recently begun seeing, or how it might go over if they mention the recent passing of their beloved cat in their Internet dating profile. When this kind of thing first began to happen, it made me really nervous. I'm a dating columnist, after all—which is essentially the opposite of an expert on blissful romantic commitment! Could I really provide helpful counsel?
Heck, I was always turning to friends to ask how they thought I should handle the latest Lothario in my life. In particular, I sought out my cowriter Jack Murnighan. When he and I first got to know each other—after I was assigned to write a piece about his previous book for The Daily Beast—he dazzled me, and not only with his erudite yet engaging personality. There was, too, the thick gingery hair, the high cheekbones, the strong jaw, the wide smile full of perfect teeth, and enough lady-killing charm to fell an army of Amazons. As if that weren't enough, he could effortlessly quote from Proust or cite David Foster Wallace. Jack had spent the better part of his life extracting the wisdom from literature (majoring in philosophy and semiotics at Brown, getting a PhD in literature from Duke); he was an unusual mix of bookworm and pretty boy. Surprising, too, was how incredibly down-to-earth he was. In fact, there was so much to like about him that I was relieved to hear he had a girlfriend; that meant the question of his not being interested in me romantically was removed from the equation.
It began to happen that if I was in Jack's part of town, I'd swing by his apartment—a crow's nest of a one bedroom, perched high above Chinatown, lined wall to wall to wall with books; we'd make some dinner, or have a little tea, and talk about our love lives. He always had the most satisfying takes on mine. Possibly that's because he'd once been a very scrawny and lonely boy, so he could relate to my fear that no one would ever understand the truth of my hopeful but hapless heart. Or maybe it had more to do with the fact that he read so much. He could empathize with certain female characters—like self-punishing Katerina from The Brothers Karamazov and underassertive Mrs. Ramsay from To the Lighthouse—as much as with me. And he'd gathered some great lessons from the brilliant psychologists who have written the world's great novels.
Not long after we became buddies, I stopped over to see Jack on my way home from a hotel-bar party in SoHo, thrown by the literary journal Open City to celebrate its latest issue. Not one guy had given me the time of day. Did my new black cocktail dress mean nothing to those louts? I was demoralized.
"Is there any way for me to become one of those chicks who casts a spell over every dude she meets?" I asked Jack. "Because there are some women who just—I don't know—they have that je ne sais quoi. They're not necessarily outstandingly gorgeous or brilliant or successful . . . but they know how to rock it."
When Jack stood up, I assumed he was going to make me a cup of tea while telling me I shouldn't let it bother me. Instead, he plucked an enormous slab of literary sustenance from his shelf and put it down in front of me: War and Peace.
"Read that," Jack said. "The character Natasha? She'll show you all you need to know about being alluring."
I frowned. "It's rather long, isn't it?"
"I thought you said Bleak House was one of your favorite novels. That's long, too."
"But it's also awesome."
Jack pointed at the cover. "You'll love this. You won't be able to put it down."
"I will when my arm starts cramping as I try to keep hold of it."
Despite my grousing, I started reading the book. I hadn't had an easy time getting into Anna Karenina but Tolstoy's other biggie sucked me right in; a vivid soap opera of love triangles, family dynamics, and bad matches, it deserved its reputation as the world's most beautifully told epic. But if there was anything particularly illuminating about the behavior of the main female character, Natasha, I'd missed it. She was basically just pretty, wasn't she? It wasn't like she was consciously doing anything to make herself more appealing. Right?
Jack was quick to correct my misreading. And once he'd explained Natasha's secret—read his chapter "Scorin' Piece" to find out what it is—I had an epiphany worthy of a lightning-struck religious convert.
Like that, I was more in control of my romantic destiny.
When I passed on Jack's instructions to one of my dearest friends, she grumbled, "It's not fair that you have Jack all to yourself."
I began to think maybe she was right. I began to think he should write a book about how serious reading can make us all smarter about relationships. And then it occurred to me that we should write it together . . .
That's how we ended up here.
In these pages, we'll be considering all kinds of romantic conundrums. Like the case of a young woman who was snubbed by a stuck-up rich kid because he thought her parents were too déclassé. We'll talk about a dude who just couldn't cure his infatuation with the prettiest girl in town, even though she wouldn't give him the time of day. We'll consider a girl who was in love with a guy whose mother was so jealous of her son's crush that she tried to break them up. And we'll look at a couple in a long-distance relationship who try to keep the flame alive by writing each other long notes—even though they've never had a meaningful face-to-face conversation.
Are you thinking that I'm conversant in such dramatics because my friends have been in predicaments like those I mentioned? It's a good guess, but the examples above were actually pulled from novels that have endured through the years: Pride and Prejudice, Great Expectations, Sons and Lovers, and Love in the Time of Cholera, respectively. Clearly, not much has changed through the centuries when it comes to romance.
Then again, plenty has. The Victorians, for instance, sure weren't discussing the statistical appeal of Internet dating sites (like 'em or not, they up your odds of meeting somebody cool), or trying to determine if a woman would blow her cachet if she pursued a relationship with the guy in her office, or trying to figure out how to handle "friendships with benefits." They didn't have to deal with all the strange, new-fangled, often painful methods we have for meeting people. (Speed dating? Ugh.) They had pretty strict dating mores that made things a lot less confusing (if also more constraining) than they are today. They didn't have the same kind of expectations that we do about finding the perfect partner—sexual dynamo, emotional stalwart, and best buddy all rolled into one.
Between all the pressure we put on ourselves to find a soul mate and all the possible ways to couple up, it's no wonder we single people are a little shell-shocked. It's not surprising that we're constantly fretting over our personal lives—trying to figure out if the ball is in our court after an ambiguous ending to a date, if we should compromise on that factor we thought was so essential in a mate, if we should swear off the head cases we always find ourselves attracted to . . . and all the rest.
Hoping to arrive at true love much sooner than later, we turn everywhere for answers: self-help books, daytime TV, magazines, radio talk shows, friends, relatives, and shrinks. But the real experts on love have been around for a while, as Jack and I have realized, and their insights ring true generation after generation. Part of the reason the great novelists are so great is because of the timeless lessons they impart.
All the same, we understand that a large part of the reason more people don't read these books is because nobody has the time. That's why we did it for you; we went through some of our favorite classics, looking for clues that would help us solve today's romantic dilemmas.
But does our simply being voracious readers—and veterans of the dating scene—and people who've written extensively about our personal lives—mean you should listen to us? As I've indicated, I'm perennially single. And Jack has been engaged twice. We're not exactly the poster children for happy love lives. So . . . ?
I'm going to put off addressing the question of our expertise for another few moments while I ask you to consider the personal life of a certain female author, one whom gajillions of young women—and at least a few hundred young men—have turned to when looking for wisdom and solace about relationships. The novelist of whom I speak has served as inspiration for generations of sassy single girls. She was writing books that were essentially romantic comedies long before Renée Zellweger was born, let alone chosen to star in Bridget Jones's Diary; books in which the heroines, preoccupied with finding husbands, eventually end up with the right guys and live happily ever after. But the writer herself never married. The one and only time she was proposed to, she acted as one of her heroines might: She considered accepting the offer because the guy had lots of money—but turned him down because, from the sounds of things, he was an unbearable prig. When her young niece asked her for advice about a man she was thinking about marrying, the author wrote, "[I] entreat you not to commit yourself farther, & not to think of accepting him unless you really do like him. Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without Affection." One of her characters repeats her words almost exactly when talking to her sister Lizzy—the heroine in Pride and Prejudice. I'm talking about Jane Austen, of course.
Think about Tolstoy—a writer whose two most important novels are gorgeous meditations on how to find contentment in life and love even though by all accounts the man himself was a bitch of a husband. As his long-suffering wife wrote in her journal: "All the things that he preaches for the happiness of humanity only complicate life to the point where it becomes harder and harder for me to live . . . I devote so much love and care to him, and his heart is so icy."
Keep in mind, too, Charles Dickens, whose first-person narrators can be so self-deprecating, affectionate, and purehearted; whose wonderful stories about the redemptive power of love and kindness have helped me get through some of my, um, bleakest moments. The man left his wife in middle age—after they had ten children together—because he'd fallen in love with an eighteen-year-old girl!
So, yes: Dickens, Tolstoy, and Austen have provided me with great psychological knowledge—and yet they certainly struggled in their romantic lives, as I have. But they weren't asking us to behave as they did. They were asking us to observe their wonderfully, terribly lifelike characters—the good ones and the bad—in order to learn from them. They were offering us ideals (and nadirs) of behavior by which to guide ourselves, wisdom that might help shed light on the motivations of the people around us, and hope to keep us going. In the same way, Jack and I are offering up our stories about our failures and successes, alongside our thoughts about our favorite novels, so you can learn from them without experiencing quite as much humiliation, agony, and loneliness as we have! We're not here to say: Do as we have done—far from it. If anything, we're here to say: Read. Live. And think. It'll help you to love.
© 2012 Maura Kelly
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Vehicle Health Report After MFT Upgrade?
I usually run a Health Report every 5k miles before heading in for service. I'm just about to hit 15k miles, so it's time to run another report. I've never had a problem completing this procedure in the past, but I'm now hitting a snag. It's the first time attempting to do this with the new version of MFT.
I can't seem to get the Health Report to work successfully post-software update. It attempts to run the report but then says something like "action can't be completed at this time" and the screen has something about a server connection being lost.I have the same phone paired with sync.
Anyone else run into this problem?
Did you link your cell phone to the system? It needs the phone to place the report.
Yeah, the same phone that was linked before the update is the same one I'm using now. Aside from the update, nothing has changed (that I'm aware of).
Ford recommends resetting your Bluetooth connection between SYNC & your mobile phone. I did either before the update or directly after (can't remember) and had no issues running a Vehicle Health Report.
I've re-paired the phone with sync twice since the update, and I even deleted and then re-registered my mobile phone number on my sync online account.
I'm not sure what else to do.
I did it myself using the update package. It went through without a hitch and I have experienced no other problems with the system.
What does a reflash entail?
What I have done before when I had a bluetooth problem is: when I delete the phone from MFT I then remove the battery from my phone for about 15 sec., then replace it then re sync bluetooth. This solves all my problems. Hope this helps.
That's something I haven't tried. I'll give it a shot.
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The Hull Cook Journals: Youth
Hull Cook worked as a climbing guide at the Boulderfield Shelter Cabin, at 12,750 feet on Longs Peak, during the summers of 1932, 1933, and 1934. These are his stories.
Bathing facilities at Boulderfield were limited. Usually we stood with one foot in each of two wash pans of warm, soapy water, with a third wash pan between the other two to help catch run-off, an arrangement that would have been less efficient in the case of a female bather. A kettle of clean water was placed nearby for rinsing off the soap. Bathing was sometimes interrupted by the unexpected arrival of tourists, who usually barged right in without knocking, thereby creating an entertaining scramble for cover.
After the brief but heavy afternoon rain showers that are frequent in the mountains, we would often reach the cabin drenched, and wish to change into dry clothes, only to find the place crowded with tourists seeking shelter. My wife believes that this is where I lost my modesty, because we boys changed to dry clothes, crowds or not. We would step to a corner of the room, and while facing away from the people, we would peel down to the bare facts and dry off. Women showed surprise, shock, and embarrassment until, seemingly reassured by our confident composure, their discomfort was usually converted to amusement.
When no overnight guests were present, Zumie [Clerin Zumwalt, another guide] often enjoyed starting the day by flinging open the heavy front door, stepping outside, and shouting as loudly as he could, "Hello, world!" And for this brief ritual Zum felt that the appropriate attire was complete nudity.
One morning, as Zum hailed the world in his usual manner, he failed to notice a small group of early-morning climbers lounging nearby, before roaring out his challenging greeting. Of course his loud cry commanded the attention of the group, both male and female, and while Zum was coming to grips with the realization that he was playing to a live audience they were entertained by the sight of a very surprised and very naked young man who suddenly wished for oblivion, or at least a G-string. A bit later, the act of serving this group breakfast did little to minimize his embarrassment.
We Boulderfield boys enjoyed a level of physical fitness that most people are not privileged to experience. Some act such as carrying people off the mountain, which might look like a stunt, was merely everyday living. Or if someone down at Hewes-Kirkwood Inn advised by phone that one of us had received a letter on the incoming mail, the recipient would eagerly jog the six and a half miles down trail to get it, and of course regain the 3,700 feet of altitude on the long trek back up again. Carrying people on rescues seemed almost a casual routine.
I recall one evening when I had a date to attend a dance in the Village [Estes Park] at around nine o'clock. I planned to leave the cabin as soon as supper cleanup was accomplished. I could jog down trail, take a three-pan bath, and make it on time.
Among our dinner guests that evening was a couple who had straggled in after having climbed the peak. They had hoped to go down trail after eating, but were so tired that we advised them to stay over. It promised to be a very dark night, heavily overcast, and without a light they feared getting lost, so they agreed to spend the night.
As soon as our guests had eaten, one of my fellow guides asked how soon I was going down trail. On hearing this, the tired woman brightened up and asked, "Oh, are you going down tonight? We can go with you! You know the way."
"Lord save me," I thought. I knew that these people could not maintain a pace that would get me down in time. They had no idea how fast I was planning to travel. Yet what could I say that would not sound selfish and inhospitable? "Yes," I replied resignedly, "I'm going down trail right away." On hearing this the couple assumed that I would guide them down. They arose eagerly from the table, trying to appear rested and ready for action.
And so we set out. I let them go ahead to set the pace while I provided direction with the beam of a flashlight. In 40 minutes we reached the far edge of the Boulderfield, a distance of one half mile. Our miserably slow progress prompted a bit of mental arithmetic. Eleven more half miles…over seven hours! Something had to be done. I knew that they would be crushed by the idea of returning to the cabin, yet my position deserved consideration also.
I said to the man, "You seem more tired than your wife. I'll carry you. She can walk behind and flash the light ahead of me." He objected, of course, not realizing how often we carried people. But with a firmness that he hesitated to contest I said, "That's how we are going to do it." So I hoisted him up on my shoulders, gave the light to the wife, and we took off again. Carrying someone in that position is not particularly fatiguing because your breathing is not restricted. We soon left the trail and followed the phone line, a very rough and rocky course, but shorter than the trail.
Before long the wife was having a pitiful struggle with exhaustion, so I said to the man, "Looks like it's your turn to walk." I set him down and picked up his wife, saying, "Give him the light."
This method of alternately carrying first one, then the other, enabled us to make fairly good time. Before we reached Jim's Grove we had switched back and forth several times, and the couple had accepted this intermittent riding as the way to go.
Below the Alpine Brook bridge, where the cutoff rejoins the main trail and becomes easy to follow, I set the current passenger down and said, "You cannot get lost from here. I'll have to hurry on. I have an appointment in the Village. Just leave the flashlight in front of the cabin at the parking lot."
I ran the rest of the way to base camp, managed the customary three-pan bath (but with cold water), and was only a half-hour late for my date in the Village. After dancing till nearly 3 a.m., I drove back to the base camp cabin, swallowed four raw eggs, and headed back up trail, arriving in plenty of time to take an early guide party up the peak. Any fatigue we Boulderfield boys felt from this kind of foolishness would be almost completely relieved by 10 or 15 minutes' rest. I remember a comment made by John Cross after he had worked all summer on a trail crew. He said, "I don't know what it is to feel tired." Youth is wonderful.
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It's Official, I Regret My Purchase
I am not usually one to post massive complaints on a forum like this. In advance I would like to apologize for the length of this post. Over the past few years I have grown increasingly tolerant and understanding when things go awry. I get it. Stuff breaks and things never go as planned. But through 4 months of ownership I have lost my patience with this car, Saratoga Chrysler Jeep, and Jeep/Chrysler LLC. At first I was reluctant to post this because the last thing I want to do is detract from the positive experiences other owners are having. But after a few days of thought and Chrysler LLC / Saratoga Jeep stirring the pot further I have decided prospective buyers should be aware of how Chrysler is handling (or NOT handling) my situation.
Here is a rundown of the problems with my car. I am going to break this down in terms of trips to the dealer.
Trip 1 (1407 miles) - 1 day in the shop
Shudder - Primarily WOT during a downshift between 40-50mph passing maneuvers. In this case I noticed it following the owners manual instructions during break-in that calls for short full throttle bursts. I reported this at 1400 miles but I also experienced the torque convert lock-up / un-lock shudder at highway speeds. The dealer reported that they could not replicate this and that this is normal behavior during the torque converter's 6,000 mile break-in period.
Trip 2 (1790 miles) - 1 day in the shop
Stereo Feedback - The stereo would create a horrible feedback sound. The dealer diagnosed as a bad amplifier and a part was ordered. I was told the vehicle could not be repaired on a Saturday because the job would take several hours and they only had two technicians on (I'm not kidding).
Trip 3 (2011 miles) - 1 day in the shop
Amplifier Repaired - 1 week later the new amplifier came in and was successfully repaired. I also asked the dealer to look at the shudder again. The dealer could not confirm the problem and said this is normal break-in of the torque converter.
Trip 4 (~5,000 miles) 2 days in the shop
Two days in the shop was because I had to drop the car off and leave it while I was on a business trip. Keep in mind I do not know all of the diagnostics performed and parts repaired because the dealer has not provided me with the paperwork. They said the service request is still open so they are working off the same file.
1.) Transmission Shudder - I demanded they look at this during this visit. The WOT shudder (mentioned above) did not improve and on a country road the vehicle would not properly downshift during a passing maneuver with my colleagues in the car (This did happen and it was really embarrassing for a new car). I won't get into details as I have made previous posts on this.
Diagnosis - Replace Axle Isolators but parts are on backorder.
2.) Rear Flipper Window Misalignment - Adhesive is coming off the brackets and the window became misaligned. The window closes against the rear pillar and has scratched the paint. It has also shifted the tailgate off-center.
Diagnosis - Replace Flipper Window but parts are on backorder
3.) Driver Side View Mirror Blurry - I believe it came this way at delivery and I forgot to ask about it. The reflection always looked like double vision. You would see two sets of headlights in the rear view mirror.
Diagnosis - Replace mirror but the part is on back order.
4.) Defective Key Fobik - One key Fobik stopped working. When inside the vehicle it would say "Damaged Key" on the EVIC.
Diagnosis - Replace Key Fobik
5.) Front Tweeter Rattle - During uConnect calls the front tweeter would rattle. I asked them to look at the housing.
Diagnosis - Front Tweeter but part is on back order.
6.) HVAC Blower Noise - Sounded like fins inside the fan were brushing against something.
Diagnosis - Replace Blower Motor
7.) Intermittent Alarm Sound Off - As it says. Once in a while the alarm just goes off.
Diagnosis - Unknown until they actually give me my paperwork.
8.) RER Unit Restarts During a Drive - Once every two weeks the screen goes blank and RER unit goes through its bootup sequence again.
Diagnosis - Unknown
Trip 5 To the Dealer (2 weeks later ~ 5700 miles) 2 days in the shop
1.) Front Axle Isolators were replaced. Shudder is still present. Now the vehicle shimmy's front to back at highway speed in overdrive acceleration. Waiting for Chrysler to tell the dealership what's next.
2.) Rear flipper window is on national backorder. Nobody can tell me when this part will be available. I have been advised to minimize use of the rear window and tailgate because it is damaging the paint. Really?
3.) Driver Side Mirror is replaced and fine.
4.) Front tweeter was replaced but there is still a rattle with the uConnect over the system. The speaker no longer rattles over grainy roads.
5.) Blower motor replaced. Now something is loose in the blower area under the glovebox. It shakes and rattles over bumps and when the engine is in Eco mode.
I know that the vehicle will have to go back into the shop to have the window replaced (1 day). And future shudder diagnosis will probably be performed (at least 1 day). Another attempted repair will require at least 1 day. All told I can expect at least 10 total days in the shop during my first five months of ownership. This assumes they find a window for me AND they determine what they need to test for the shudder.
On Monday, April 4th I opened a complaint with Chrysler's Case Management. Becky called me on Tuesday, April 5th to introduce herself as my case manager. I explained my concern about the flipper window and shudder. She said she would contact the dealer and look into the order for my part and facilitate the technical team helping the dealer. I asked if she had an e-mail address for me to send a written complaint to. She said they do not. Really? Come on!
On Wednesday, April 6th I called my dealer to get an update as we had discussed. After waiting on hold for 20 minutes to speak to my service representative I finally spoke to a person who tried to help. He said my service rep needed to call me back and would do so before the end of the day. It is now Thursday and they have NOT called me back.
Becky called me back today, Thursday April 7th. She said that a survey I responded to on Tuesday, April 5th was brought to her attention. I got the impression this was the only reason she called. The survey had asked me to rank my satisfaction with my Jeep on a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (highly satisfied). I said 2. They asked me to rank how likely I was to recommend a Jeep to a friend or family member. I said 1. She apologized that I have had so many problems. She said she has contacted the dealer and is waiting for the Service Manager to call her back with the work order number, part number on order, and PO number. She apologized for all of the inconvenience but asked that I give the technical team time to figure this out.
I asked the Case Manager today when Chrysler would admit enough is enough here. She said that the technical team needs to be given time to sort out my issue. I do not believe that my shudder issue is any different from the others reported. So the bottom line is they are not telling me everything that is going on.
The unprofessional behavior of my dealer has only exacerbated this situation. If they had taken my initial shudder complaint seriously who knows how much more patient I would have been. During the sales negotiation for this car I specifically asked if they provided loaner cars during service. I was told that they find something for you to drive if the vehicle is in for a day or more. The Service department has finally admitted that they do not provide loaner vehicles. If the dealership had been honest in the first place I would not be in this situation because I would never have bought the car. I am a Sales Manager for a manufacturing company and cannot be without a vehicle. Walking away from the sale would have been a no-brainer.
Perhaps the most frustrating thing about this process is the lack of communication and compassion from the dealership or Chrysler LLC. Several trips to the dealer with a BRAND NEW $40k+ vehicle is a MAJOR inconvenience. Being without a car for six days over the course of four months is unacceptable. Not taking a complaint seriously is inexcusable. Not proactively communicating is mind blowing. Even an update that it is being researched is better than silence. If I routinely ignored customers for more than a business day I would be fired.
I am the exact customer that Chrysler wanted. I was a loyal Honda/Acura buyer (four of them in a row, actually) that was willing to be open-minded and look past the sins of Chrysler's past. I am also a young, upwardly mobile professional that would have loved to buy from Chrysler for many years to come. Further, I'm a car guy! In 6th grade I knew that my dad's company car (Dodge Intrepid) had the 3.3L V6 as opposed to the 3.5L 215hp V6. Because I am such an enthusiast friends, family, and colleagues value my opinion and pay attention to what I drive. They have all been shocked to see me choose a Jeep (Chrysler product). They are even more surprised at how tolerant I have been of this cars foibles. My experience has persuaded two possible buyers (one for a new Jeep and another for a new Dodge Durango) not to make a purchase. They don't want the same headache that I have.
I now feel compelled to share this experience with others, include it on consumer reviews of the car, and I am submitting ALL of this information to TrueDelta for their reliability ratings. I signed up when I bought the car.
Sorry if this seems incredibly negative. To some extent I needed to document this and vent. I went into this purchase fiercely positive and incredibly excited about this car. I fully expected to keep it for 10 years or more. I was so impressed with the content and quality that I jumped brands. Instead, my worst nightmares about vehicle ownership have come true. This experience has made me entertain taking a tremendous loss at trade-in just to get back to a dependable car/brand. Maybe my car is one in a million but if I had known how frustrating this COULD be I never would have bought this Jeep.
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Well. That sucks. I am not sure what the lemon law states exactly or if it even exists in your state but it sounds like it was made for this reason. Have a lawyer send a letter to the dealer. I am not sure where to go from here but it sounds like its time to lawyer up and demand your money back or a vehicle replacement. Good luck.
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Sounds like you got a turd. I'm sorry to hear that. You should get out of that car and either give another WK2 a try or go back to foreign if you feel this is indicative of american carmakers.
The solace for the rest of us is that these types of issues are few and far between. I've been thrilled with my purchase so far. That means nothing good for you, but it's good to know that your experience is currently an exception, like all automakers experience, and not the norm that it used to be. I hope they make things right for you.
P.S. - I'm talking about the car and not the dealer. It is well documented that the chrysler dealer network is still operating in the distant past and needs service badly.
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Don't let the dealer or Chysler off the hook. Keep taking it in and if you have a certain number of trips in without it being fixed Chrysler should offer a buyback. If this happens, request cash refund and buy a different non-Chrysler vehicle and from a different dealer obviously. If they don't fix the shudder, use your state's lemon laws. You should check your state lemon laws if you haven't already but I'm betting you have looked into the lemon law rules already. Good luck. Thank you very much for this post. I'm closer to not buying a new Jeep.
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We ought to get a moderator to add a sticky thread that lists dealers to avoid. Dealers need to be held accountable for shady tactics and poor customer service. This thread would be helpful to people looking to buy and hopefully put pressure on dealers to be accountable for the products they sell. Someone should make this happen in every forum listed on this website. Why not? Do a simple Poll of all Chrystler dealers. Do it by state to break it down. The percentage feedback would be very telling and a great tool for those of you looking to purhase. Can we make this happen some how?
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Wow...not good. I would be VERY frustrated too. What was your build date?
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I was dead set on buying a new WK2, but it's just not worth the risk of the problems or the "unable to replicate" and never getting it fixed and being without a new expensive vehicle.
A Porsche Cayenne will be my next SUV, I just won't be able to afford all of the options but what's important is the way a vehicle drives and reliability.
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Ford and GM, whose dealers were better than Chrysler's to begin with, have embarked on campaigns to improve their dealership networks' quality. Fiat apparently hasn't gone the same route, perhaps because in southern Europe dealer networks tend to be poorer than what we are used to over here, at least from what I have experienced which is very limited.
Of course, Fiat has faced a huge task in enhancing the mess they obtained in Chrysler after so many years of neglect and poor management. When it comes to upgrading production and vehicle design, Fiat has really done a remarkable job.
But as Acura once showed, you can take worthy but not exceptional vehicles and get exceptional creds among the public simply by having an outstanding dealer network and factory focus on customer satisfaction.
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BTW, enjoy your Cayenne, I did when I had mine and they've only gotten better.
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I had a November build date. This was the exact color combo and feature set I was looking for. I looked hard for this car. The deal was really good so I pulled the trigger.
I looked up the Lemon Law. NYS says they get four tries at fixing it or it has to be in the shop for 30 days over 24 months (or 18,000 miles). I think that is slanted too far in the dealer's/manufacturer's favor. I am stuck trying to get Chrysler to do something or get some satisfaction from the dealer.
Thanks for all the support guys. I was a little worried people would tell me I was over the top. I really wanted this to go well. This was worse than I ever imagined.
I think the longer that this draws out the less likely I would be to give Chrysler a second chance. I do feel that if Sergio knew about things like this he would be up in arms. Organizational change is a hard thing, especially for a part time CEO. But man I would not let this kind of stuff fly in mine.
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I read that but that was just a couple of days ago so that person won't really know if the shudder is resolved for good or re-emerges for months. I say this because I had a stalling problem with my WK since new that has had several attempts to be fixed and several times seemed to be fixed only to have it stall again. It seems much better but still can stall if I start it up under certain conditions.
Oh, and thanks for the well wishes about the Cayenne.
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"My" 2005 ZX5 SES Review
Picked up my Focus a few days ago. Here's what I think so far. If I echo what others have said, so it goes.
Driving: The air conditioning really takes a bite out of the performance. I went with the 5 speed: I have to find that sweet spot going into first...it's really easy to chirp the tires, however, if I don't rev it up a bit, there's a definate bog for a moment. I've driven the highway a few times and at 75, it felt not as sure footed as I would have expected. The wind may be a little gusty here in South Dakota, but I don't think I'll be hitting the 108 limiter any time soon. I haven't found a road out here that has decent twisties to throw the Focus around, so I can't really comment on the "legendary" handling. The engine is dead quiet at idle and I like the sound it makes if I rev it up. It actually feels fairly quick most of time, not pinned-to-the-seat quick, but not bad for stock. It is not a sports car, but still fun.
Interior: Thank the car gods for telescoping/tilt steering. If my model didn't have it, I would not have found a comfortable driving position. I can't shift with the center armrest up and it sort of gets in the way when it is down, but I can deal with it. No rear head restraints. I have an SES with everything except leather, heated seats and the sun roof...maybe only the ST has rear head restraints, I don't know. Not exactly a problem since only the kids sit back there. The wife complains a lot about the front passenger seat...something about the lumbar support of the seat presses uncomfortably on her butt. She's fiddled with the seat and it's a little better, but not quite right. No problem with the driver's seat because the height adjustment makes it easier to find a comfortable position.
And, yes, the hatch has some blind spots, I've seen worse, but during lane changes I sometimes wish I'd gone with the sedan. I haven't used the overhead bins yet..I wasn't all that impressed with them...maybe if I had sunglasses or a garage door openner, I'd have a different opinion.
People complain about the 05 dash being too much like everyone else's, but it works without being gimmicky.
I don't really think the audio controls on the steering wheel are necessary, but the audiophile system sounds pretty sweet.
In spite of performance robbing, the air conditioning works great.
Quality: Some parts of the Focus feel solid. I like the feel of the leather wrapped steering wheel, for instance, but overall, the car feels cheap, lots of flimsy plastic, just adequate to do the job. I'd be interested to see how it will hold up. There's no squeaks or anything like that and the body panels fit together just fine. I mean it seems fairly well put together, just the parts seem kind of delicate.
Exterior: There are a lot of Foci out here and honestly, the front of the 05 looks ok to me, even when compared to the 04 models. Mine is Pitch Black and it looks execellent...for a few hours...dirt shows up like crazy...but that's the price I pay.
Value/Buyer's Remorse: Honestly, when I pulled into the parking lot at my job and EVERYONE else has a Ford pickup, a Jeep or SUV, I thought I might have made the wrong choice. But a couple days ago when regular gasoline went up 17 cents a gallon, I'm happy I have a four banger. I saw a new Chevy HHR and for a moment thought that might have been a better choice than the Focus, but not for the aditional 5 grand. No regrets so far. I like my Focus a lot, though it does have a few design quirks.
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I saw pics of European Focus interior before and they come with headrest. I think lack of headrest is a safety concern if you actually use the backseats.
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Nice review-- I got the SES wagon with everyting but roof and ABS-- It is now just about a year old and I bought it in February of this year. I've found mine to be a good blend of economy, practicality and some fun too. The wagon handles as well as the sedans and hatches and holds tons of stuff that even some mid sized SUV's cannot. I agree on the feel of the trim being a little cheap but after a year, no problems, nothing broken or torn. I use the overhead compartments for my garage door opener, cell phone and misc stuff that I want unseen but readily accessable. I had a V6 Passat that required premium gas so am pleased with the economy-- and very glad I don't have a SUV-- My neighbor paid $46 for a fill up in his mid sized SUV after slightly less that a weeks worth of driving. I paid $27 and went for about 11 days. I too like the styling of the front end and like the dash. I didn't like the dash of the older models initially but have come around to like them too.
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Ya, test drive a 05 focus today, didn't like the dash~~
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I had to follow a friend on the highway in his brand new loaded Chyrsler Town & Country minivan and it took some effort to keep up. Yeah, he has 205 horses pulling that thing, but still...I was a little humbled to be sprinting to keep up with a minivan. If I stay in third gear into highway speeds, it pulls pretty well..like there's a sweet spot around 4500 rpm but I must be an old guy now because I am thinking more about a few more MPG and breaking in the new engine than hitting the redline...if it had a redline...you know what I mean.
I had 22.5 MPG my first tank, mostly driving around 25 mph in town...not great, but I was hoping it would be at least as good as my 43 year old VW, which always seemed to get 25 MPG no matter how I drived....it also went about 25 miles between breakdowns, but that was part of its charm. And damn...the "regular" gasoline here is 85 octane.. This is all a conspiracy to force me to spend an extra ten cents a gallon to use midgrade. I'll have to figure if it's worth buying the cheap stuff, then buy an octane booster...insanity.
I don't think there are many street racers here in Western South Dakota, but I did a little informal undeclared streetlight to streetlight acceleration from a dead stop. A new RAV4 left me in the dust, I don't know if he was even trying, however I blazed past a lowered pimped out orange flamed Nissan pickup like it was a diesel...maybe it was..ha!
I see Foci all over the place here, I want to start a club or something, but all of the cars appear to be bone stock. Just a guess, but I figure the majority of Focus drivers out here just consider the car to be little more than an appliance..just something to take them from point A to point B. It would be like me trying to start a toaster or refrigerator club. I'll have to see. This is pickup territory. If there's a sport compact scene, I see little evidence of it.
Anyone out there from South Dakota? Hello? (Echo...tumble weed rolls by....)
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your impressions pretty match up with mine... Nice but nothing to write home about.. I too was impressed by the leather steering wheel feel... Of course I have a feeling that if the rest of the plastic bits were as solid as it, the car would be $20k....Of course I only drove it 30 miles to work and back home one day to show the co-workers (wifes car). It felt comparable to the Jetta we had several years back.
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I don't know why it was hard for you to keep up with that van. I have no problems keeping up with my family's 05 Explorer (210hp/253lb-ft, but heavy as hell). Also, the redline is at 6750rpm.
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Just bought a 2005 Focus ZX5 SE, loaded except leather, moon roof, and abs. Silver paint. After the Ford family discount, and $2500 rebate, I ended up financing about $14,500 + tax. They even threw in 4 dinners at Red Lobster, and 20% window tint. I just hope the car lasts about 7 years.
I don't plan to do anything else to it, unless I can figure out how to plop a 454 in it and keep the same hood. Trying to have a sleeper you know.
I guess I could have a sleeper if I bought a pop-up camper and towed it around! (I kill me!)
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Trinity-Pawling has some big games coming up, including contests against Hotchkiss and Taft.
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