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Whoa! Did you know you could customize your own Sigg bottle? Using the magic of CafePress you can choose from 7 cool designs and add your own text. The graphics are pretty cool, and putting on your own 'don't touch' label? Priceless. The site is extremely easy to use and even has realistic images of your bottle-in-making in such places as your desk, attached to your backpack, and....next to your dog. Point is it's easy to visualize what you're getting. Check out the photo for a ThisNext bottle attached to a knapsack. I put together a little montage of all 7 designs available (with my own text of course, check it out here: http://bit.ly/PZADs) so you can get an idea. Each bottle holds 1 liter and is $27.99. And no, I haven't tried any dirty words yet.

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MBB Game Day Central: Presbyterian College
Note: Includes all important Game Day links (live video, live audio, live stats, etc.)
Television Coverage:
Liberty Channel - Local Coverage
(WTLU regionally in Lynchburg market)
Game will be Carried Live
MASN – Regional Coverage
Game will be Carried Live
Video Streaming Coverage:
Big South Network
Radio Coverage:
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Broadcast - Tip-Off:
7:05 p.m. vs. Presbyterian College
Flagship Station:
Victory FM (88.3 FM WRVL)
Network Affiliates:
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The Game
After hosting Charleston Southern at nearby Randolph College on Saturday, Liberty steps back into the Vines Center on Monday against Presbyterian College (7-6, 1-2 Big South). The Flames hold a 5-4 record all-time against the Blue Hose and look to remain undefeated against PC inside the Vines Center. Dale Layer's squad hopes to avoid its fourth straight conference loss while attempting to hand the Blue Hose their third of the season. Tipoff for the contest is slated for 7 p.m.
Recent Results
Stepping back into conference play, Saturday, Liberty hosted Charleston Southern inside the Randolph College Physical Education Center, dropping the contest, 81-76.
After taking a six-point lead at halftime, the Buccaneers pulled away with a 14-4 run in the middle of the second half. Liberty tried to erase an 11-point deficit with two minutes left, but Charleston Southern managed to hold off the Flames late surge for the victory.
Liberty falls to 5-10 overall and 0-3 in Big South play. Charleston Southern remains undefeated in conference action (3-0) and moves to 9-4 on the year. The Flames still hold the advantage in the all-time series, 31-21.
Jesse Sanders led Liberty with 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists. Saah Nimley posted a game-high 23 points for the Buccaneers, while Kelvin Martin finished with 16 points and 12 boards.
Watch and Listen to the Flames
Liberty's clash with the Blue Hose will be broadcast live on the Liberty Channel and on MASN. Ray Jones will serve as the play-by-play announcer, while Tim Scarborough will handle color commentary. The game will also be video streamed live on the Big South Network.
There will be a Flames Sports Network radio broadcast (flagship WRVL 88.3 FM) for Saturday's contest, with Alan York providing the play-by-play. In addition to the radio broadcast, an Internet audio broadcast on LibertyFlames.com will be available.
Series History
Series Record: Liberty leads, 5-4
Current Streak: Presbyterian College won the most recent meeting
Liberty Series Record at Home: 4-1
Last Meeting: Presbyterian College 73, Liberty, 66 (Feb. 26, 2011)
Last Meeting at the Vines Center: Liberty 70, Presbyterian College 61 (Dec. 2, 2010)
Coaching Matchup
Liberty Head Coach: Dale Layer
Overall Record (Seasons): 310-233 (19th Season)
Record at Liberty (Seasons): 39-39
Record vs. Presbyterian College: 3-1
Presbyterian College Head Coach: Gregg Nibert
Overall Record (Seasons): 369-298 (23rd Season)
Record at PC (Seasons): Same
Record vs. Liberty: 2-5
Notes and Anecdotes
- Liberty is 4-0 when playing Presbyterian College inside the Vines Center. The last time the Flames lost to the Blue Hose at home was Nov. 20, 1978. PC took the contest inside the Schilling Center, 74-60.
- Jesse Sanders is 11 assists away from breaking the Big South assist record held by Radford's Amir Johnson (604). Sanders is also 15 boards shy of being the 23rd player in conference history to reach 700.
- Liberty is looking to avoid starting the conference season 0-4. The last time the Flames did so was during the 1998-99 season, when Liberty went 4-23 on the year and 0-10 in Big South action.
- Presbyterian College leads the Big South in free throw percentage, shooting 72.1 from the charity stripe.
- The Blue Hose are last in the conference in rebounding offense (29.9) , but second in rebounding defense (31.8).
News and Notes from Liberty's game versus Charleston Southern (Dec. 31)
- Jesse Sanders led Liberty with 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.
- Along with Jesse Sanders' second 20-point performance of the season, four other Flames finished in double-digit scoring figures – David Minaya (16), Antwan Burrus (13), John Caleb Sanders (11) and Tavares Speaks (10). Minaya posted all 16 of his tallies in the second half.
- After taking a six-point lead at halftime, the Buccaneers pulled away with a 14-4 run in the middle of the second half.
Miscellaneous Notes
- Liberty has won the rebounding battle in its last five contests.
- Jesse Sanders is currently leading the Flames in points (13.1 ppg), rebounds (7.9 rpg) and assists (8.1 apg). Sanders is third in the country in assists and is the only player in the country averaging at least seven rebounds and seven assists per game.
- Sanders has 594 assists for his Liberty career and is currently in second place on Liberty's all-time career assist listing.
- The Flames enters Monday's matchup with a balanced offensive attack, with five players averaging double scoring figures.
- Last season, John Caleb Sanders posted 126 points on the year. The sophomore guard currently has 177 tallies through the first 15 games this season. Sanders' minutes are up dramatically this season. After averaging 12.4 minutes per game in 2010-11, the Sugar Land, Texas native is averaging 25.4 per game, this year.


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Presented via Chakra Sounds, Jon Phonics has given a freebie to fans leading up to Christmas with his song "Run For Cover". Credited for bringing the best out of countless U.K and U.S Hip-Hop artists, Jon Phonics has recently been featured on Hip-Hop Kings working with Cyrus Malachi and M9 on their video "Raw Ingredients". You can also download a bonus mp3 from Jon Phonics / Chakra Sounds bandcamp page (link underneath) however you can listen to Jon Phonics – Run For Cover on the audio player below.
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As you may recall, we ran an article in the newsletter last week that mentioned ULCPCs and ever since, I have been getting non-stop phone calls and e-mails from all of you wondering what they are. I know I didn't explain it very well in the article, so that's why I'm taking the time today to go over it a little more with you. First of all, ULCPC stands for ultra-low-cost personal computer and experts are saying they're the "next big thing" when it comes to the computer world. So, let's take a look and find out why!
ULCPCs are an up and coming class of mobile computers and they are mainly designed for first time PC users and students. There are different kinds of ULCPCs, but most of them have smaller screens, they run on a lot less power than a regular PC and they're much more portable. They have limited hardware capabilities, but they're perfect for completing small tasks, such as browsing the Internet or checking your e-mail. And even though ULCPCs are meant for first time buyers, experienced users are showing an interest in them as well.
Now, going back to the article from last week's newsletter, I told you that Microsoft plans to extend the Windows XP Home version for the ULCPCs only. Microsoft said they have received a huge desire from their customers and partners to keep the popular operating system around just a little longer for the new ULCPC market. It will give new users an easier system to work with and long time users can also benefit from the new class of PCs. Like I said before, if you're looking to buy a new computer and you want it to have Windows XP, you'll need to think about getting a ULCPC. It's about the only option you have left. If you still have some questions about ULCPCs, check out this Web site. It gives some great answers. Here's to the future!
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Los Angeles, California December 22,, 2003
A Judge With Salt,
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Dec. 20, 2003
Judge: I saw police commit felonies
A judge who said he witnessed some of the anti-free trade protests
complains in open court about how police handled the demonstrations.
By AMY DRISCOLL
A judge presiding over the cases of free trade protesters said in court
that he saw ''no less than 20 felonies committed by police officers''
during the November demonstrations, adding to a chorus of complaints
about police conduct.
Judge Richard Margolius, 60, made the remarks in open court last week,
saying he was taken aback by what he witnessed while attending the
''Pretty disgraceful what I saw with my own eyes. And I have always
supported the police during my entire career," he said, according to a
court transcript. "This was a real eye-opener. A disgrace for the
In the transcript, he also said he may have to remove himself from any
additional cases involving arrests made during the Free Trade Area of
the Americas summit. ....
Margolius, appointed to the bench in 1982, retired as a circuit judge in
2001 but said he still hears cases 15 to 20 weeks a year when courts are
On Friday, he chose not to elaborate on the remarks he made from the
bench Dec. 11.
''I can't comment on pending cases," he said. "It was inappropriate for
me to make the comments I made. A reasonable person could question my neutrality because of statements I made in open court."
The judge did not single out a police department. More than three dozen
agencies were part of the FTAA security effort. The Miami Police
Department coordinated most police operations. ....
During the Dec. 11 hearings, the judge asked an assistant state attorney, "How many police officers have been charged by the State Attorney so far for what happened out there during the FTAA?"
None, the prosecutor replied.
''None?" asked the judge. "Pretty sad commentary. At least from what I
The judge also wondered aloud how much the ''whole episode'' had cost
''I know one thing. There were police officers from every agency -- I
couldn't believe the sheer numbers," he said. ....
Two citizens' panels plan to hold a joint meeting Jan. 15 to hear
comments and complaints about police conduct during the FTAA, and both Miami-Dade and Miami police are conducting internal reviews. ....
Herald staff writer Charles Rabin contributed to this report.
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Coventry, who is white and trains at Auburn University in Alabama, won gold, silver and bronze medals in swimming events at the Athens Games.
Tribal dancers, beating drums and gyrating in mesh skirts and animal skins, greeted the swimmer at the main Harare Airport, along with hundreds of chanting fans waving banners describing her as "Our Golden Girl, Our Heroine."
"We never expected this," Coventry's coach, Peter Dalzell. "The welcome has been somewhat overwhelming."
Paul Chingoka, head of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee, spoke of "tears of joy" when the Zimbabwe anthem was played and the national flag was raised three times.
"Never before has Zimbabwe been in such a situation," he said. "Kirsty is our national treasure. I don't have enough words to say about her. We just went berserk — we went ballistic."
Coventry, 20, who has been studying in the United States for three years, spoke in a distinctive American accent.
"I am so full of pride and feel honored so many people have come out to see me," she said. "I am very excited to be given a chance to come home and share it with everyone here."
The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee said Coventry had been scheduled to fly directly to the United States from Athens but quickly agreed to a stopover in Harare.
The country's diminishing 30,000-strong white community has been the target of vitriolic political attacks by President Robert Mugabe and ruling party officials.
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The FBI has over 600 million sets of fingerprints in its files, to include the unidentified latent fingerprints of over 600,000 individuals whose prints were developed at crime scenes, but still wait to be matched to an offender's name. The FBI DNA profile data base (CODIS) has but 7,000,000 individual DNA profiles of known offenders, or roughly .012 percent of those represented over the years in the national fingerprint files.
The backlog of DNA waiting to be examined and compared to possible offenders has been a national disgrace. By some definitions, a backlogged case is one that has not been tested for 30 days after the sample was received by the local, state or national laboratory, but in some cases the waiting period has been measured in years, or worse yet, not done at all. Due to the statute of limitations, some evidence, even though it could positively identify an offender such as a violent rapist or killer, will never see its day in court, and such offenders will be left on the street. While their identities may be known to law enforcement, they will not be prosecuted for such past crimes, leaving them out and about to strike again.
In 2008, a study suggested the national DNA analysis backlog numbered over 70,000 cases, a number that was growing larger every day. We all know that DNA solves crimes, noting that by mid 2009 the FBI had made over 93,000 hits where the DNA of a known person had been matched to an outstanding forensic investigation.
In Baltimore, Maryland, an increase in DNA case submissions and a decrease in lab personnel resulted in a backlog of thousands of forensic analytical requests, with submissions to its serology section to test for bodily fluids up over 40% last year. Unlike CSI on television where DNA results are obtained in mere hours, investigators know the reality of such testing; weeks, months, even years before they get results back. Because of the lack of money and lab personnel, almost 800 drug cases were dropped in the Baltimore area last year because the results were not obtained timely, if at all. Three thousand, one hundred cases await lab testing for bodily fluids in that area before investigators can move forward, and while some offenders were already arrested, etc., many of these potential offenders are left in society to offend again.
Who Speaks for the Rape Victims?
The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (SAFER) Act [HR 6085], a bipartisan bill introduced by Congresswoman Caroline Maloney (D-NY) and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), if eventually passed, will help to end the current backlog of untested DNA evidence in sexual assault cases. A part of this proposed bill would, for the first time, allow victims to track the forensic evidence in their own case online, this by an account number that left their name out of the online file.
But it's not just Maryland that faces a mountain of untested DNA evidence that could bring rapists to justice. Illinois, which to its credit has enacted sweeping new regulations to assist in the processing of such evidence, was found sorely neglect in such forensic evidence processing. The Human Rights Watch reported that the data collected from 127 of the 264 jurisdictions in Illinois revealed that less than 20% of the rape kits booked into evidence for the past 15 years could be confirmed as having actually been tested. The LA County Sheriff's Department has finally completed a count on their inventory of untested rape kits, and will send over 4,700 such kits to various private DNA labs across the country for testing. In mid 2008 the LAPD revealed it had a backlog of over 7,000 untested rape kits in a storage facility, while in 1999, New York City authorities had close to 17,000 such kits that were warehoused, perhaps awaiting their turn to be tested, most eventually by outside labs.
One of the many problems still to be resolved is the FBI's insistence that such DNA evidence be certified by a law enforcement agency, i.e., while the rape kits are being tested by civilian labs, the results must still be reviewed and entered into the FBI's CODIS (DNA) database by law enforcement, therefore less than 700 rape kit results had been uploaded into the national system.
Are We Talking About a Ton of Money to Test Rape Kits?
Because of the tremendous number of DNA analysis that is currently backlogged across America, police laboratories can actually bargain for a better price. The more work to be done, the better (lower) the individual price to process such kits, in many cases around $1,000 per kit. In you consider that the City of Los Angeles recently lost $500,000 in federal grant money designated to help it reduce its backlog of forensic rape kits awaiting DNA testing, this because of their failure to spend the money, you can see that about 500 cases that could have been tested at government expense instead languished in some storage facility.
In California, for example, if DNA evidence has been collected and tested within two years of the crime, there is no statute of limitations; the rapist can run, but he can't hide indefinitely. If this testing is not done in the indicated time period though, in 10 years the rapist can consider himself a free man. Well over 200 such cases have languished over a decade, and the individual rapists cannot be tried for their terrible offenses, not even in the face of undeniable physical evidence, like, for example, DNA…
There are approximately 180,000 rape kits collected from victims of sexual assault each year in America, with many containing the trace DNA evidence needed to support the victim's assertions and take her offender off the street before he is able to strike again.
The "Magic Bullet" can come too Late
Most law enforcement investigators and TV detective show fans know that DNA can be "the magic bullet" that positively links an offender to a crime. No ifs, ands, or buts. DNA has also helped to exonerate almost 250 people falsely convicted of a crime, so it cuts both ways. The majority of states now allow the taking of DNA samples from either those convicted or suspected of having committed a violent crime. After all, if police can take your fingerprints, why shouldn't they be allowed to take, and retain your DNA? And while some will protest this as an intrusion on their privacy or suggest that police could somehow "plant or otherwise fake DNA results," the good, like in the "Innocence Project," would seem to far outweigh the potential bad. Just ask rape survivor Jeri Elster (jerielster.com).
On August 27, 1992, an unidentified man broke into her Los Angeles home, pinned her to her bed, cut her clothes from her body, and brutally raped her. Elster, like the thousands of similar victims before and after her, would be changed forever. Over the years she had to force police to investigate her case, eventually discovering that the DNA from her rape kit had never been processed. When she prevailed upon police to process the forensics from her assault, a cold case match was made in 1999, but the statute of limitations would now victimize her. The match was too late and her assailant, even in the face of absolute matching DNA evidence linking him to her terrible assault, and even though Elster was able to pick her assailant (Reginald Miller) out of a photo lineup, he would never see the inside of a courtroom in this case because it had taken the system too long to identify him, and to prosecute him at this late date would violate his rights. What about her rights?
Is there a better Criminal Justice Bargain?
In these challenged fiscal times; times when many cities and states have a hard time meeting weekly payrolls, it still seems like a pretty good bargain to perhaps get a rapist or other violent criminal off the street and away from our families for the price of a DNA test. Hopefully all states, possible with the continued assistance of the Federal Government, will find a way to prioritize such investigations and examinations and our citizens will become a little safer knowing we are doing everything possible to protect them from those who enjoy victimizing citizens by the 10's of thousands.
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The Reds' plan, at the moment, is to start Joe Mays against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
Here's what I'd do: I'd start Homer Bailey instead, and make it a one shot deal.
Tell Bailey he's up with the Reds until Brandon Claussen is ready to come off the disabled list.
That lessens the pressure. And if he pitches so well that you have to alter the decision, all the better.
The move would instill more confidence in the Reds' clubhouse than running Mays out there again.
Bailey's numbers with Double-A Chattanooga - 4-0 record, 0.88 ERA, 17 hits, 31 strikeouts, six walks in 302/3 innings - are staggering.
But odds are you'll see Justin Germano, Michael Gosling or Jason Standridge taking the mound in the immediate future before you see Bailey.
Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky has never deviated from the company line on the 20-year-old phenom: The team is pleased with his progress. The Reds are glad he's had success at two levels. They don't want to bring him up and have to send him back down.
Double-A is a long way from the big leagues. Bailey relies too heavily on his fastball. He needs to work on controlling runners.
But Cincinnati, which opens a three-game series tonight in Houston, then goes to Milwaukee for three games, is in a pennant race.
Every game counts. One bad stretch could kill the Reds' wild-card chances. One good stretch could put them in command.
Mays has a 9.45 ERA in his four starts as a Red. He has given up 19 runs on 25 hits in 14 innings over his last three outings.
He warned everyone before his last start that he probably wouldn't be sharp because he hadn't pitched in 16 days.
How do you think that played around the bat rack?
Still, Krivsky probably will continue his patience with Bailey.
And even if he's softening toward the urge to bring Bailey up, Krivsky isn't tipping his hand.
He's extremely successful at keeping his moves under wraps until he makes them. And the last thing he's going to say is that the club is considering promoting Bailey. That would put pressure on the kid before he ever leaves the state of Tennessee.
One Reds insider has a theory on Bailey. He sees Bailey as the best chip Krivsky has. Bringing Bailey up in June would have been like a football coach using his best trick play in a meaningless game.
You use it when it counts the most.
Saturday may not be the time to play that big chip. But the Reds shouldn't wait too long.
Krivsky need look no further than his old club, Minnesota. The Twins showed a lot of patience with 22-year-old Francisco Liriano. They didn't start him until May 19. He's gone 12-2 since.
That is not to say that Bailey has Liriano's stuff, or that Bailey is even big-league ready.
But you've got to think he's the Reds' best choice for a temporary run in the No. 5 spot in the rotation.
YAN RELEASED: The Reds released right-hander Esteban Yan Monday. The club had designated him for assignment July 14, giving them 10 days to trade, release or outright him to the minors.
The Reds got him May 30 from the Los Angeles Angels for minor leaguer Kyle Edens.
Yan was 0-0 and had a 6.85 ERA in 13 games for the Angels and a 3.60 ERA and one save in 14 relief appearance for the Reds.


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Alex Higgins' re-emergence on to the snooker scene, has coincided with a Belfast theatre production based on the life and times of the player.
Entitled 'Hurricane', this fast paced one-man play includes music and movement, with Richard Dormer, one of Ireland's finest actors taking the role of Higgins.
Michael Longley who chairs the new theatre company, Ransom Productions, emphasised that 'Hurricane' celebrates the life of an extrovert figure who lived in conservative times.
"Alex Higgins is an emblematic Ulsterman. Who will ever forget those final frames and the finale of the 1982 World Championship when he gestured wife and baby onto the stage?
"And then who was looking after this genius in the most solitary of games."
The production begin its month-long run at the Old Museum Arts Centre in Belfast on 18 October. It then moves across Northern and the Republic of Ireland.
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Cross Section Translog Production and Elasticity of Substitution in U.S. Manufacturing Industry
This paper examines elasticity of substitution among electricity, labor and capital in U.S. manufacturing industry, using cross section data of 2007. In this analysis, Manufacturing industries were categorized into three categories based on input use and technology. Translog homothetic and non-homothetic production functions for each category were estimated but the restrictions imposed for homothetic production were rejected. The estimated parameters of non homothetic production function were used to estimate the own, cross price and Morishma elasticities of inputs for three different manufacturing categories. These elasticities indicate that capital, electricity and labor are substitutes each other. Cross price elasticities indicate that that electricity is weak substitute to capital and labor but capital and labor are strong substitutes to electricity. These elasticities and the availability of nonrenewable energy source suggest that price of electricity or energy will rise faster than wage and interest rate increase with economic growth. This implies that policies promoting the development and commercialization of alternative energy sources would be a better solution than policies promoting new energy saving physical capital or increasing labor productivity to meet the increasing demand for electricity.
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That pipeline, as NCR reported in September, would export the natural gas liquids used in fracking in Pennsylvanian and Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, where it would head overseas for use in producing plastics, synthetics and rubber. Although the pipeline no longer will seek to cross our Motherhouse land, it remains a threat to our neighbors, and our Loretto folks in Kentucky are leading the struggle to stop it -- period.
Those at the Arlington meeting were happy to hear of at least a temporary success with a pipeline, but the meeting had a larger purpose. It seems that some natural gas companies want to frack in the George Washington National Forest, which stands at the headwaters of both the Potomac River and the James River, which flows to Richmond. An accident here would endanger the water supplies for Richmond and the Washington, D.C. area.
And of course, the chemical spill in the waters of West Virginia remains fresh in people's minds. It has spurred more people to action.
As I sat in this meeting, I became convinced that this issue could use much more organizing by the faith community -- from congregations of all religious traditions. There are great resources out there online, including Interfaith Power and Light, and GreenFaith. They sponsor everything from "preach-ins" on climate action to ideas on how to divest from fossil fuel stocks.
Meanwhile, the Loretto Community and two other local communities, the Dominican Sisters of Peace and the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, have joined together in a joint energy vision statement that provides a spiritual foundation for this work. It reads, in part:
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Funeral services for Edwin "Red" Goehring, 92, of Herreid, will be at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at the Herreid Baptist Church.
Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Visitation will start at 6 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the church.
Edwin passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D.
Edwin E. Goehring was born on June 13, 1921, on a farm eight miles northwest of Herreid to Edward and Lydia (Salzer) Goehring. He attended Solmonson School through the eighth grade and attended Herreid High School for one year. He then worked at the family farm until 1942.
Edwin married Bernice Quaschnick on Nov. 26, 1942, at the Baptist Parsonage in Herreid. They made their home on a farm two miles east of Pollock before he bought the family farm in 1947. He farmed there until 1956 when he moved to Herreid and he and Rueben Metzger built a Chevrolet Garage where they sold Case Machinery, New Holland Machinery and Chevrolet vehicles. Then in the early 1960s they sold out to the Senftner Brothers. In 1962 he became a partner in Campbell County Livestock Sale Barn until 1967. During this time he was also a car salesman for Senftner Chevrolet until January of 2000 when he retired. Edwin also drove school bus for several years. He enjoyed going out to the farm after he retired to help along in combining time and silage cutting time.
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text: Politics 4 February 2002 The New Statesman Interview - Martin McGuinness He may have been a commander of the IRA, but now he talks like a politician - except when it comes t Sign up for our weekly email * As you walk to the entrance of Stormont Castle, you cannot escape the gaze of Sir Edward Carson, the arch-unionist who declared in 1913 that the Protestants would not "give an inch" to their Catholic neighbours. His statue today, defiant as ever, now guards one Martin McGuinness. He sits in the castle behind Carson, in a slightly messy office, working on the official papers of the government of Northern Ireland. McGuinness has had a roller coaster of a fortnight. At last, he has been allowed to take up his office in the House of Commons, where he has raised the Irish flag. He has given oral evidence to the Saville inquiry about his role in the Bloody Sunday disturbances 30 years ago. And in his spare time, he has continued to run the province's schools in his capacity as education minister. His hair is greying, but he looks perky and his forehead is unlined. How did it feel to take up his office in the Commons? "It wasn't that big a day," he shrugs. But come on - wasn't there a bit of him that wanted to gloat? "A bigger occasion for me was when I first went to Bangor as education minister . . . People were absolutely intrigued that this boy from the Bogside could come to Bangor in [Protestant] County Down and be education minister." McGuinness is generous with his praise of the British Prime Minister for keeping the peace process show on the road. "Tony Blair has made a good contribution to the cause of peace in Ireland. He has made a great effort to understand it. He has great empathy with the need to resolve the conflict." In 1997, he was still describing John Major as "an arch-unionist". Does he think that Blair is a unionist at heart? He shakes his head. "He has been instrumental in bringing about devolution. We went through a torture mill to get an agreement to have devolution here . . ." He thinks that, "within his capacity as British Prime Minister, he is committed to the Union, but I detect a real openness to the idea that the people of Ireland might at some stage in the future vote for unification". He repeats this point when probed: Blair has "a very open mind" about where the Good Friday Agreement might lead. However, McGuinness plainly loathes one of the Prime Minister's closest friends. Speaking of Northern Ireland secretaries past and present, he says: "Both Mo Mowlam and John Reid are very different to Peter Mandelson." He smirks bitterly. "I think that Peter Mandelson, particularly in relation to the issue of policing, made a huge mess of it. He allowed himself to be manipulated by the securocrats within the British establishment. That's why we have this awful mess at the moment," he says, referring to disputes over policing. Mowlam might have shown herself to be "somebody who was not perfect" - for example, by allowing Orangemen to march down the Garvaghy Road - "but at the same time she was prepared to listen and she had a very, um, humane approach to people". He smiles at the memory, and I suspect that somewhere at the back of his mind he can hear the dull slap of a wig hitting a table. John Reid "isn't as extrovert as Mo would be", but he "has a good heart . . . Like everybody else, he's learning all the time and I think that he clearly has shown himself to be someone who is very well disposed towards the peace process." McGuinness believes that the biggest issue confronting Reid is the reform of policing. Nothing shows the need to reform the police service in Northern Ireland more, he thinks, "than the revelations in the last few weeks about Omagh". He lists a number of police failures to achieve justice for the Catholic community in recent months . He ends his fiery comments by quoting the Belfast coroner, speaking in court in January, who described the conduct of the service in one particular case, under the leadership of Sir Ronnie Flanagan, as "a disgrace". There is one major figure in the peace process whose absence is clearly keenly felt. "Bill Clinton was one of the greatest presidents that we've seen. He was involved in the peace process in the very beginning, and he not only showed himself to be knowledgeable about Irish history and Irish-British relationships, but also he was very sympathetic to the idea of resolving conflict." Nobody could call George W Bush "know-ledgeable". So how does McGuinness feel about the new administration? He avoids my eye and folds his arms tightly. "The Bush administration has made its own contribution to the search for peace," he says vaguely, "and we have an ongoing relationship with the administration." But he is openly critical of Bush on another issue. McGuinness has not been slow to notice that the images emerging from Guantanamo Bay are reminiscent of the days of internment. Many of his friends and comrades were held in such circumstances, a memory that clearly bites at him. "I think, on the island of Ireland, people will be very concerned by what they're seeing . . . The pictures that we saw, of prisoners manacled [by their] hands and feet, who were blindfolded and subjected to sensory deprivation techniques, have to be a source of great concern." The days when his friends were subjected to this kind of treatment are very much a closed book for McGuinness, at least as far as discussion goes. When I ask if he regrets that the Brighton bomb did not kill Margaret Thatcher in 1984, he hesitates. "I think it's regrettable that anyone lost their life in the course of the past 30 years. No matter who was killed, it's a tragedy for that particular family." But does he not, deep down, still wish that the IRA had pulled off that particular job? "I won't get into this debate about individual circumstances. Margaret Thatcher could sit there now and talk about how pained she was by events; I could talk about how pained I was by the murders on Bloody Sunday, about the way the hunger strikers were allowed to die in 1981; the unionists can cite events; the people in Britain can cite events . . . but what does it all amount to? How does that bring us to a resolution of the conflict? There has been a lot of pain on both sides . . . The predominant emotion now must be that the peace process succeeds, and we never again see what we've seen from all sides." He is angry that "there are people within unionism who want to bring down the agreement. That's why I think that the IRA decision to put arms beyond use is such a courageous decision. In October last year, the IRA saved the peace process." Can he envisage a situation where the unionists would succeed in bringing down the peace process? "Yes. That's what we saw [them try to do] on the day we elected David Trimble and Mark Durkan . . . There are unionists in this building who are determined to bring down the power-sharing approach, make no mistake." If they succeeded in doing that, would the IRA end its ceasefire? He prevaricates. If that happened, "we should be less concerned about what the IRA would do, and more concerned about how the British government would respond to any successful venture by unionists to bring these institutions down." Yes, but in that eventuality, would the IRA resume the armed struggle? "There's a tiny constituency out there who want to bring this down. They're not all unionists. Some of them are republicans who reject the peace process." What would the IRA do if the peace process broke down? Is there a plan B? "If . . . the institutions collapse, would I be any more understanding or sympathetic towards what these people [who take up arms] are doing? The answer is no." Is he hurt when IRA and republican dissidents accuse him of being a traitor? "Not at all. I have always been part of the republican movement and I will always be part of the republican movement. I don't think many people accuse me, although I am aware of a few individuals who really represent nobody." Real anger is visible on his face. I would not like to be one of those "few individuals". McGuinness growls that "there is every opportunity for those who accuse me of betrayal to put themselves before the people, as I have done, and seek support for their point of view . . . I increased my majority by 5,000 six months ago." He clearly loves his job as education minister. Yet there is concern that, as one of the most sectarian figures in the Northern Ireland cabinet, he is not doing enough to facilitate integration. He has a vested interest in Catholic schooling, so he is not tackling the problem of single-faith schools on either side. The Free Presbyterian Church (the creation of Dr Ian Paisley) runs seven schools in Northern Ireland. Their virulently anti-Catholic interpretation of the Bible, they assert, "informs every lesson". I ask him if this worries him. "No. What worries me more is that those schools can use corporal punishment." He explains that the Northern Ireland Assembly is making moves to ban it. All well and good, but isn't the great popularity of single-faith schools in Northern Ireland (only 10 per cent of children are educated in integrated schools) a huge factor in perpetuating sectarian divisions? "People have a right to educate children in the fashion that they want . . . We are dealing with a legacy and a history here." McGuinness does believe, however, that he has a responsibility to "improve and facilitate" integrated education. "I have done more to promote integrated education than any other minister in the history of the state," he says. "So I think that sends a very clear message to everyone." But what exactly is the message? He insists, after all, that "the absence of integrated education is not the reason why we have sectarianism within our society. The reason we have sectarianism is because of Partition in 1921." It doesn't help, does it, that Catholic and Protestant schoolchildren never meet or form friendships? "You have to move forward sensibly . . ." He smiles. "People are entitled to choice." When he speaks like this, he sounds instinctively political - and I realise how far Martin McGuinness has come. Only 15 years ago, when he was widely believed to be the IRA's commander of "Free Derry", he repeatedly stated: "I am a soldier, not a politician." Yet here he is, waffling like politicos the world over. I challenge McGuinness again on what would happen if the peace process failed. He looks straight at me. "I am actually full of hope and optimism for the future." He pauses, and says, almost to himself: "When I go through the quiet, reflective periods in my own home, late at night, I'm not concerned by the prospect that everything's going to collapse. I'm concerned by how we can keep it going." Maybe I've fallen for devious republican propaganda, but I think I believe him. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 04 February 2002 issue of the New Statesman, Revealed: how Labour sees women More


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Relationships are very important in every person's life. One of those relationships is a marriage relationship; which is a very sensitive and loving relationship. However, in due course because of certain household responsibilities the couples tend to give less time to each other and foresee their interests. This leads to cold relationships. A marriage relationship needs to be nurtured to keep it everlasting. And when the onus comes on wife, the ways to make the husband feel special becomes all the more important.
Every individual wants appreciation to keep up his/her place in the society and wants to be something special. In the same manner even in a marriage relationship your husband wants a special place and expects some appreciation. As a woman expects compliment from her spouse so does a man from his wife but he does not express it out. The minor tiffs which arise in the family are due to lack of understanding between husband and wife and lack of giving proper time. Because of this lacuna, both of them feel dejected and start misunderstanding one other. Appreciating your husband for tiny things makes him feel better and encourages him in being more dedicated to his family. Thus the next big question that comes is how to make husband feel special.
This need not be done with beautiful sentences. But can be done with a soft touch or a kind word. It makes him to think that you are considering him.
Here are some tips which give you an idea how to do so:
· Elders always say that "a way to a man's heart is through his stomach". So cook his favorite meal. After having a hectic day, when your husband comes home and sees that you have cooked his favorite meal then he feels delighted. He might also thank you for that. This is one of the best way to make your husband feel special.
· Do not tell him about some problem which you attended to in the house or some where else immediately after he comes from work place. First see to it that he is relaxed after coming home, ask him about his day and things he has done in the office. Lend your ear to what he says. If you feel that he has done something incorrect or acted in an egoistic way in the office, do not say it immediately. When he is in a cool mood then tell him about the problem which you faced or give him your opinion about the work he attended to.
· Men always feel elated when they know that his wife is happy with him. So give him that opinion that he's doing a good job. Misunderstandings are very common between two different people. But you can always settle them with your cool demeanor. Compliment him for some job he has done in the house which was not possible with you. Your husband feels better and put in some more time with you and the family. Make him feel special by making this happen in front of his eyes.
· Do not use painful words against your husband in front of him or your family members particularly when you and children are good in his company. Never berate him in public. When it comes to making your husband feel special this is a strict no at all cost.
· Marriage relationships always stand on the amount of support which one gives to the other (emotionally and physically). Ensure your husband that you will stand by him during his bad situations and be his partner in joy and happiness. Some women have the habit of cribbing in front of their husband for small and petty things. By doing this they weaken the marriage bond and lead to failed marriage. Being with him forms the core of How to make your husband feel special.
For a successful marriage understand your husband and his needs, and try to be his soul mate. It is always said that marriage bond gets strengthened with simple adjustments and showering love. This is like a never fading flower, which takes the shape of a bud during the early years but gives a beautiful fragrance in the coming years. Particularly during the old age this is the best company and support.
With a strong marriage relationship, the couple gives a good meaning to a relationship and a good world without any egoism, negativities, jealously and quarrels, because the children of the couple lead their parents and take them as their role model. Always be at your best in term of love and care and this in itself will make the husband feel special about him.
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Matt Colwell, aka 360, was five years old when he decided he wanted to be Michael Jackson and sent himself to dance classes to learn his idol's iconic moves. By secondary school he'd moved on to hip-hop, rapping in an American accent and shrugging off derision from classmates for being a try-hard. Basketball was the next obsession and he played seven days a week for three years until a degenerative eye condition put him out of the game. Today he is the most successful hip-hop artist in Australia and at 27 has his sights on worldwide fame. He loves a tattoo - there's not much of his body uninked - and he loved partying so much it damn near killed him.
Less than a year ago, huge quantities of alcohol and drugs had reduced his near two-metre-tall frame to a skeletal 67 kilos. In a video from his last album, he's hollow-cheeked beneath dark glasses, the clothes hanging off a remnant body that seems hardly there. In another, echoing the tortured lyrics, he is curled foetus-like in bed, turning restlessly under a twisted sheet. So, if not for the tattoos and the trademark back-to-front baseball cap, I might not have recognised the young man who stands up to greet me in the foyer of a smart hotel in London's Knightsbridge. The eyes are clear, the face has filled out and there are muscles under the cotton shirt.
It is five months since Colwell shut himself inside his manager's house in the hills outside Melbourne and went cold turkey. He emerged 21 days later, sober for the first time in six years, and found himself a new obsession: "I go to the gym every day," he tells me as we find a secluded corner in the hotel bar. "I've become addicted and I don't feel right till I've worked out - it's a natural high."
He has rediscovered food and now weighs a respectable 85 kilos. "Before, I just wouldn't eat; I used to wake up and drink straight out of the vodka bottle. I loved it." Does he miss it? "Yeah, definitely. But as I got older the hangovers became horrific and I'd go to harder drugs - anything that was going - to help with the comedown: that's what led to hard shit for me."
He orders water and pours us both a glass. Some artists say they need drink or drugs to fuel their creativity. "Yeah, I felt that way, too, and I was scared I wouldn't be able to do it any more. It took a while, but now I'm writing better, rapping better, everything's better."
He is in London to promote his new album, Utopia. "English labels weren't interested last time, but now they are." Then he's off to New York: does he think he can crack America, where hip-hop began? He nods: "It will be hard for sure; having an Australian accent in rap is quite foreign." The Australian rapper Iggy Azalea has made it in the US but, as Colwell points out, she moved there at 16. "She raps with a full American accent, you'd never know she was Australian. I'll keep my Aussie accent, keep true to myself. It might seem like a gimmick, but then Eminem was gimmicky, as one of the first white rappers, till they realised he had talent."
He toured Australia with Eminem earlier this year: did his hero give him good advice? "I didn't meet him." How come? "He's very reclusive. He rocked up with a police escort and a car would collect him each night right off the stage. The dude's got the craziest fans - they dress like him, have the same hair. They're psychotic, so he has to be careful."
Fans of 360 can be crazy, too: they mob him at signings, stalk him on the internet and girls throw their underwear at him on stage. It all kicked off three years ago with the release of his second album, Falling & Flying (his debut, What You See Is What You Get, was released in 2008). "I couldn't go out without being chased down the street. That level of fame just doesn't happen in Australia - Daniel Johns had it with Silverchair, but no one since."
Colwell tells me he's just bought a house in the upmarket Brighton area of Melbourne for two million dollars and earns $80,000 for a single concert. "That's like someone's annual salary," he shakes his head in disbelief. "It's just silly."
Matthew Colwell was born in the winter of 1986 in Ringwood, an outer suburb of Melbourne, the younger of two brothers. His mother Carol was a singer but gave it up to raise her family; his father Alan was an accountant. "Dad absolutely hated his job," he tells me. "As a kid I watched him come home every night and I thought he was a really sad man. Since he retired he's been happy. That made me realise you've got to chase the dream."
Before his voice broke he was in the National Boys Choir: "I was honestly amazing," he grins. "I was the dude who would do the solo. So later, I could write melodies and knew how to sing." He practised rapping at high school: "No one else was into it and I copped a lot of shit, but I brought it on myself, dressing like a homey."
He says he started freestyle rap battling at 14 and, seeing my blank look, explains: "They pick your name out of a hat, you jump up on stage and start rapping. I got a name for myself because I was really good at it." So you make it up as you go along? "Yeah, it's all out of your head and when you do it all day with your best mate, your brain starts opening up, absorbing rhymes."
He leans across the table and picks up a bottle of water: "Like if I look at this label - Highland Spring - I've already got words stored that will rhyme with that." For example? "High-land-spring, my-right-hand-brings," he recites. "See, all good rappers work in multi-syllable rhymes."
According to Carol Colwell, her younger son was a "charming, gregarious, entertaining little boy". But his older brother David suffered from terrible migraines and was often hospitalised. "He was a lot different to me," says Colwell, "nerdy and introverted and bullied at school. I didn't know because he hid it. I looked up to him and tried to be his friend but he'd be like, 'F... off.' We thought he hated us, but really he just wasn't happy."
Colwell has written songs about his brother, who continues to have difficulties in his life. Does David mind? "No, he just likes to know what I'm saying. I think he's quite proud of the songs, and they made my parents cry."
At 20, Colwell told his parents he wanted to make rapping a career: "They said it wasn't a real job and if I wanted to live at home I'd have to pay board. I pleaded with them: I said, 'Give me five years and I promise I'll be the biggest rapper in the country.' "
Carol Colwell remembers it well: "We were worried - it's so hard to make it in the music business. But his brother had more faith in him. He said, 'Give him a go, Mum, he's really got something.' " What did she think of her son's music? "We're quite conservative as a family," she says. "We didn't attend his shows or listen to the songs because we didn't like the language. But then, when he released Falling & Flying, he asked us to go to the launch and we were quite blown away, actually. And from then on we've shown a real interest."
It is hardly surprising that Colwell's early work was not to his parents' taste. For several years he inhabited the underground hip-hop scene, shaving his head and playing the hard man. "I was into the darkest stuff," he says, "rapping about hurting people, robbing people, being misogynistic and homophobic."
I listen to one of those early tracks, Foul Child: "You bitch faggots don't believe this shit ... I'm a serial killer murdering cornflakes ... I'll have you cut up in the corner in a foetal position." He admits to aping gangster rappers. "For sure," he says. "I wasn't being myself at all. My best friend Pez made me see it: he said, 'You're not this kind of person, you're not a fighter.' He was right, I'd never been in a fight in my life. If I heard the music that I was doing back then now, I'd slap myself."
His work began to embrace melody as well as elements of pop, punk rock and dance music, and his fans hated it: "They accused me of selling out." But he acquired a whole new audience with the hip-hop/pop crossover: "No one in Australia had done that," says fellow rapper Pez, "and he kept the hip-hop purists happy by battle rapping as well, which was making a comeback in Britain and the US. He caught the front of that wave. He was entertaining, comedic and lighthearted and he won over a lot of people. They fell in love with his personality."
Yet many of 360's songs are still quite dark and full of pain: he's not exactly the jolly rapper. "No," Colwell admits, "but I'm not being fake any more, I'm being honest and I like getting pain and sorrow across." He tells me how a song about loneliness and suicidal thoughts struck a chord. "It's amazing how many people have hit me up about that song and said it saved their life because it gave them hope." Has he thought about suicide himself? "For sure, but I'd never do it."
He sang about anxiety and depression, too. "I used to get very anxious and have panic attacks. If I was feeling anxious or overwhelmed I'd escape any way I could - through drugs, alcohol, partying."
He saw a life coach. "He was brilliant, he taught me to accept those feelings, to observe and embrace them. He told me, 'It's your ego that's affected, not your soul.' That really helped."
If his home life was stable, his parents loving, why did both he and his brother get into deep trouble with substance abuse? He shrugs. "I don't know. My dad's parents were both alcoholics - his dad died when he was nine and after that his mum would be drunk every single day. So he was completely anti-alcohol and he and Mum knew nothing about drugs. Sometimes I think it's better for kids whose parents say, 'Try pot at home first.' They're not the ones who go off the rails."
He suggests going out to the hotel terrace so he can smoke - the last indulgence he allows himself. A group of girls check him out - his tattoos showing up in the neon street lights. Has he grown out of getting tattooed? "Nope," he says, pulling up his T-shirt, "I got this one done a couple of months ago." A fierce Samurai face covers the whole of his torso, the mouth over his belly button. The artwork conceals a long scar - legacy of a go-kart accident that tore an artery, lacerated his pancreas and ripped open his scrotum.
"Some friends arranged the go-karting for my 24th birthday," he says, "but I'd had a whole bottle of Bacardi and was too drunk, so this girl drove, crashed into the fence and the kid's steering wheel on my side smashed right into me." He was in intensive care for a week.
It would be another three years before Colwell faced up to the damage wreaked by his drug and alcohol habit: "I just knew I would die if I went on," he says simply. Shortly before Christmas last year he called his manager, Rae Harvey. "I told him to come over," she says. "He arrived that night and stayed for three weeks. He didn't go out alone, but we went for nature walks together and I fed him."
Colwell has already told me that quitting was tough: "It was exactly like that scene in Trainspotting. Oh man, it was horrific. I was so paranoid. I thought everyone hated me. Rae has five cats and I thought the cats hated me."
Harvey admits there were "some intense moments." I tell her that I think it was brave of her. "Well, I love the guy," she says. "I knew what a great person he could be and I wanted him back." Colwell says Harvey was amazing: "She's like my second mum."
He had a girlfriend at the time, but they broke up two months ago and she went home to England. He still misses her: "She loved me for myself," he says. "She loved Matt rather than 360. With most girls, the fact that I'm famous and successful and have a lot of money changes everything."
He used to rap about girls as bitches. "I don't do that any more," he says. "And I'm not interested in trying to sleep with lots of women. It's a turn-off when a girl is infatuated by who I am." Does he have respect for women? "Yeah, definitely. But girls these days on social media, their pitches are so vulgar, showing their boobs and their arse - it becomes their identity: I'm the girl with the good arse. If a girl is whoring herself, that's not a good trait. You don't look and think, 'That would be a good one to introduce to the family.' " Maybe he should write a song about it? He could call it Respect Yourself. He nods. "That's a great idea."
He says he likes having conversations and getting to know someone slowly. "But I don't meet girls on that level. I'm paranoid about their motives." Is it lonely? "For sure. I can count the number of genuine people in my life on my fingers. At first I was just open arms to everyone, then there were family members I didn't even know who appeared asking for money." He was briefly engaged to an Australian girl: "When we broke up, I found out she was having meetings to try and take half my stuff."
Since rehab, he says, his mind is clearer and he is less paranoid. Ad hominem attacks on the internet don't trouble him so much: "People say horrible things - you should look on my Facebook page. And there are so many fake Matt Colwells, pretending to be me. They know all these little details about my life, it's creepy." He says he's used the negativity to his advantage: "The backlash about being just a pop star - I felt I had something to prove on this next album, so I've stepped up the rapping a lot. I do a lot of freestyle and improvisation." A bit like jazz? "Yeah, exactly."
Colwell suffers from keratoconus, a degenerative eye condition, and is legally blind in his right eye after a corneal transplant. "I'll probably have to have the same surgery on the left eye, which is definitely deteriorating," he says. "Then my vision will go to shit." How does he feel about the prospect? "It's a bit scary," he concedes, "but the way I think about it, all my other senses will get better - my vocals, my hearing. It will be a shame not to see any more, but at least I'm alive."
And an ordinary day for Matt Colwell? "I get up about 8am, make a milkshake with four raw eggs, go to the gym. Later, I walk my dog and call in at my parents' - they live round the corner and I see them all the time."
So, not a scary rapper after all. He walks me to the door and we say our goodbyes. What will he do for the rest of the evening? He smiles. "I'm going to write a song, Respect Yourself. I actually am."
Lead-in photograph by Tim Bauer. Shot on location at Redfern Gym. Grooming Karen Hopwood.


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Starter in 2008 X3
My X3 has been a little sluggish starting. Yesterday, it stopped starting at all! New starter needed - to the tune of about $1400. Only 92,000 miles. Anybody else had this problem? I hoped the high dollar repairs were done at 85,000 miles when I had to have the transfer case replaced ($4000). Do I have a lemon or is this normal on these cars? I've had it since it was brand new. All BMW scheduled maintenance done (plus oil changes in-between those high-mileage maintenance visits).
One of the reasons I am getting rid of my 08 X3 is the high cost of repairs and being left stranded waiting for a flatbed. Curious though. I keep getting offers from BMW dealer and BMWNA to extend my warranty. Maybe you should consider that as they are only $2500.00 max and would have covered both your latest problems.
Good Luck
i didn't know bmw still sold warranties to cars out of warranty
I'll look into the extended warranty - how long does that $2500 one cover?
My starter is sounding weak as well.
07 with 93000.
Any warranty the late in the game is not going to be a BMW warranty.
Sorry about this, but like I said it's one of the reasons I wont keep the car out of warranty.
Yep - dealer replaced the starter. Actually ended up being a little less - $1199 (plus the tow). I didn't know how sluggish it had gotten starting up until today when I started it with the new starter in there. Wow!
There are some mechanical servicing advantages to that V6 East West layout compared to the inline 6 North South orientation.
The MDX starter motor will likely be easily accessible from above once the battery tray is removed.
I'd guess 1.5 hrs. flat-rate for R&R and $200 for the Denso starter.
For the X3, it's got to be close to the firewall and the front differential and only accessible from below after removing a few other pieces and structural members possibly.
More like 3.5 hrs. I'd say and we know about the cost of German electrical components.
Geez that's surprising. I always assumed German cars had stout starters. My X3 has more much mileage and I have been manually Stop-Starting the vehicle at redlights (excess of 30sec stop) for over 3 years when conditions are appropriate.
i haven't had any problems with my starter *knock on wood* i'm at 116k miles.
from the TIS, it sounds like the starter is pretty easy to replace from under the car??? o.O
although i don't know what a Pressure accumulator is to remove and couldn't find an article corresponding to it
Sounds like 4hrs. or so is the dealer time for this job, and a new starter might be $450, while a reman. one is about 1/2 that.
160,000 miles, still the original starter on a 2005 X3 here.
Only electrical gremlin I still haven't traced is my mysterious trio of lights if I've been idling too long. Thankfully, it doesn't happen often.
Based on experience related here, I expect these things to go before the starter motor:
- washer pumps
- valve cover gasket
- expansion tank
- intake boot
- front struts
- front suspension bushings
- engine cooling fan
- blower motor
- actuator for transfer case
(Listed in approx. order of likelihood)
Having escaped premature failure of rear springs, differentials, transfer case, A/C, MAF sensor and window regulator up until now, I expect them, like the starter motor, to be good for a while yet.
Haven't even had the A-pillar trim separation problem.
Hmm... my starter has been kind of sluggish lately. I wonder if I'll soon experience your issue. I am on the extended warranty until Nov '12. I should bring this up next time I'm at the dealership.
I just replaced my starter in My 2008 x3 and it was going to be $1100 we asked the dealer to ask BMW to help with the cost of this new starter. The did they came back with a 50/50 split. Ask your dealer to do the same. Now it run's better than its ever done since I've owned it amazing.
I drove 2008 X3 for exact one week. There were about 8 times I had trouble to start. Tried around 10 times then started certainly. 71000 miles, dealer also experienced same problem. Refer to local BMW professional, not BMW dealer. They kept a day, but couldn't duplicates same problem. However, after I picked up and about couple of hours ago, it happens. I tried app called BMWhat lite and found there's fault report as below. Any suggestion welcome. Thanks,
Fault Report - BMWhat - Version: 6.05
ID1: 5f25816c-0131-40f7-8804-8e1e7dfcb8a1-850ID2: 46b2f318-4a64-4bdb-8b44-919c6b97600b-cf2
Base: E83
Faults: 1
ECUs: 1
Model: X3 3.0 si N 52 B 30 A
Battery: 14.0V
Enhanced communication
Normal connection
Date: 2014-01-11 15:11:32
Version: 17
Device: >samsung< >espressorfxx< >GT-P3100<
Motor Control:
Engine / Motor
Fehler: electric fan, self-diagnosis / Fan control
Code: 2EFF
I recently bought an 08 x3 with 72000 miles and it looks to be experiencing the same problem with the starter, when cold it cranks, pauses and about 2 seconds later, it catches and starts. It seems it wouldn't take much to get stranded, it sounds sickly. It looks like the battery is fairly new (non oem). Several thoughts come to mind.
1. the battery was not registered correctly or registered at all.
2. Loss of fuel pressure when it's completely cold (leaky fuel injector or bad fuel regulator ?)
3. bad starter
4. or ?
2 and 3 are likely. They have different symptoms, one is a *slow turnover* and the other is an *extended turnover especially after an overnight stand*.
The starters kill the batteries which is why people see slight improvements with a new $300 battery. Battery registration is note required with this vehicle, the feature is not supported.
Good to know battery registration is not required, thanks for clearing that up.
My symptom is an extended turnover specially after an overnight stand... I'll look into buying a fuel pressure gauge to check pressure at the fuel rail (schrader valve) and go from there. am i on the right track or should I byte the bullet and buy a starter?
Local pro is on my X3, now. He will scan every detail to find why. I will let you know.
Some have had success with an additional anti-return valve in the fuel line closer to the engine for the extended turnover.
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About the Book
"Le Tracce" is a Saharan journey into deep southern Algeria; a tale of
absence; of the lack of familiar references, and of spaces resistant
to signs of human presence.
The desert is sand which erases. In the desert, the disappearance of
traces is a perceivable phenomenon and the rarification of spaces; of
one's natural sense of distance and proportion, and of presences,
renders objects that have been abandoned precious, in that they give
expression to the traces of others' journeys.
Fleeting traces, fragile and incidental, but also
prehistoric; traces of the force of nature and of the passage
of time. Paved roads, dirt tracks, oil wells, shacks, street signs,
automobile and animal carcasses, graffiti and imprints
are artifacts which acquire meaning projected onto the depth of the
infinity of the desert and are assessed
before being swallowed by time. Traces which reaffirm themselves
indelibly in the soul when one travels at these latitudes, toward a
distant horizon.
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