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To serve and store Data Cave offers security from ground to cloud for customers' information By Barney Quick n photos by Greg jones
n a very real sense, Data Cave's product is peace of mind. Its customers are the kind who require guaranteed uninterrupted data storage, and that's what the people in the fortress-like concrete building on Columbus' south side deliver. "They can't stand a moment of downtime," says President Zack Ellison of Data Cave's customers. "Our purpose in life is pretty simple. We provide security from natural disasters and from any environmental factors that pose a threat to their data."
The physical structure of the plant certainly bolsters one's sense of security. The actual arrangement of customer suites, staff offices and mechanical areas is surrounded by an outer structure and topped with an 8-inch steelreinforced concrete roof. One of the most noticeable aspects of the environment inside the building is how quiet it is. People move about impervious to weather phenomena or any other outside noise. The building, on Technology Boulevard near the intersection of
Top: Jake Campbell, from left, Ben Hatton, Zack Ellison and Patrick Gill in the control room or nerve center of Data Cave. Above right: A pair of backup power generators and air chillers is an example of having two of everything in case of failure of one. Below right: The concrete-filled and steel-reinforced block samples demonstrate Data Cave's efforts to ensure customers' equipment and data are safe from natural disasters. 4 The Business Connection FEBRUARY 2014
Customers have 24-hour access to Data Cave's equipment cells, each air-conditioned to compensate for the heat produced by the electronics. Overhead duct work cools the front of the racks, while the rear sides have warm-air take-up ducts.
Gladstone Avenue and Marr Road, houses 28 data suites, and customers lease all or part of a suite to store servers. "Primarily, we're storing their backup servers," says Ellison. "A lot of companies like to keep their equipment and see the lights blinking. It's a challenge to get them to see that it's OK to store your data offsite." Data Cave currently has about 60 customers representing a broad cross section of industries. Comcast, Smithville Communications and AT&T all do business with Data Cave, as do Cummins, Dorel, Boyer Machine & Tool, Grote Manufacturing, Schneck Medical Center, Indiana University, Evansville-based Traylor Bros. Inc. and Bartholomew County government. Some customers occupy entire suites. Others need only partitioned portions. They have access to their areas 24/7, and the security surrounding their access is state-of-the-art. They use both a card and biometric access control, in which a customer places his hand on a scanner that produces a unique thermal print that the control system recognizes. Suites are modular and can coexist separately from each other. Each suite has its own fire-suppression system. The E5 tornado-proof building is made of 12-inch concrete blocks.
The rebar in the roof is 7/8 of an inch in diameter. Rebar is typically 5/8 of an inch. Other security features include a fenced perimeter, a single security access gate and 24/7 video surveillance. There are no ground-level windows. "Our mantra here is redundancy," says marketing manager Ben Hatton. "We thought about every worst-case scenario and provided for it when we built our infrastructure." It includes redundant power feeds and generators. Fiber optic lines come into the building on opposite sides. A flywheel is available for inertia power. "It bridges the gap between Duke Energy going down and the generator revving up," says Ellison. "It's kinetic energy, an alternative to the lead acid batteries used by many data centers." Data Cave also offers a service it calls business continuity. Its facility includes space customers can use for temporary relocation of staff and office equipment in the event of a natural disaster. The firm can also build private data clouds for customers. There are several options for the ongoing management of a cloud, including the customer, Data Cave or a third party. "If a see DaTA cAVE on page 8 FEBRUARY 2014 The Business Connection 5
Backup plan Working from Columbus home, computer engineer Brian Beach still feels part of community with company in California By Barney Quick n photos by Greg jones and chet strange
rian Beach has a foot in each of two quite distinct worlds. One is central California, where he was raised and educated, and where he began his career as a computer engineer. He still gets back there almost monthly. The other is Columbus, where he and his family have lived for nine years, and where he has immersed himself in civic involvement and community life. He holds the title of distinguished engineer at Backblaze, a California-based data backup provider. He had been at TiVo for 15 years prior to that. Earlier stints included Silicon Graphics and Hewlett-Packard. The attraction and move to Columbus came about via his wife, Sharon, a native Hoosier and former HP executive who went back to school for a bachelor's degree in fine and studio arts. She is head of the curating committee at the Columbus Museum of Art and Design.
Top: Software engineer Brian Beach works in his comfortable home office. Above: Books in his office reflect his information needs for work. Opposite page: The title page of his Ph.D. dissertation. 6 The Business Connection FEBRUARY 2014
The data backup field has been around for some time. What sets Backblaze apart from the other major companies is ease of installment. "It figures out what files need to be backed up," says Beach. Backblaze uses a storage pod, an open-source-design product that Beach describes as the "cheapest and most effective way to build cloud storage. Other companies such as Shutterfly are using it now," which he says is fine with Backblaze. He has been with Backblaze for a little over two months, but he was familiar with the company. "I'd already been friends with one of the founders for some time," he says. He admired the way the company was founded. "The normal procedure is to get money from a venture capitalist, at which point they own your company," he explains. "The five founders of Backblaze each kicked in $10,000 and went a year without pay. They worked out of one of the guys' houses. The other thing I liked about it was how open it is, with the public and employees." Beach says he was motivated to switch companies because he'd have to travel less — generally one monthly trip to Backblaze headquarters in San Mateo versus sometimes weekly jaunts — and he could get back to technical work. "With the software I use, you can talk to all the computers and find out what's going on," he says. He cites the book "Remote Works" by Jason Fried as a clear and accurate observation of what the modern home-office work life is like. It addresses issues such as productivity and staff interrelations, asserting that it actually enhances planning and product development. Cindy Frey, Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce president, has taken notice of Beach's work style and has enlisted him in a project the chamber is undertaking. Its aim is to establish a space in which remote workers can perform their jobs uninterrupted yet feel a sense of community with others working the same way. "One of the great things about the co-working project Cindy has started is that it acknowledges that people are social
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DaTA cAVE continued from page 5 customer has a cloud system with us, it knows where its data is physically stored," says Ellison. The result of such extensive forethought is one of the best uptime records in the industry. According to an Uptime Institute survey, the cost of downtime for a data center is $1,500 per minute. Ellison says Data Cave has experienced 100 percent uptime since January 2010. "When you read the stats on data centers, you see that over 90 percent have had some downtime," he notes. Data Cave is a spinoff from Analytical Engineering Inc., a high-end diagnostics company located in the same industrial park. AEI needed a data storage facility and decided to build it offsite. During the course of planning, it occurred to the AEI staff that space could be leased to other organizations with a similar need. Angie May is CEO of both AEI and Data Cave. Besides the administrative roles held by May and Ellison and Hatton's marketing function, staff specialization includes technical operations, information technology, network operations, facility management and systems administration. 8 The Business Connection FEBRUARY 2014
Business development manager Brittany Lutke handles sales from an office in Louisville, Ky. Much of her work consists of developing relationships with prospects. "You have to talk to a lot of people several times to build trust," says Ellison. Hatton's marketing work includes improving Google search rankings, creating website content and refining the company's social media presence. He maintains a blog that informs visitors about Data Cave's capabilities and recent developments in a conversational tone that makes the technical arcana comprehensible to the lay reader. He describes Data Cave as "the coolest facility I've ever worked in." Ellison, a West Virginia native whose previous experience includes the Marine Corps, a stint as an air-traffic controller, a mechanical engineering degree from Purdue and several years at Cummins, says his current position suits him nicely. "I've always enjoyed people and goalsetting," he says. He says that business has doubled every year in the company's fouryear history. "I don't know if that's sustainable, but we have a lot of talent in place that will help us move forward."
Top: Ben Hatton stands in front of a bank of surge protectors. Above: After scanning his security card, Zack Ellison watches as Hatton places his hand in the biometric reader. The reader failed to open the door to the data cell area since it registered incorrect information from Hatton's hand. The door was successfully opened when Ellison swiped his card again and placed his hand in the reader.
beach continued from page 7 animals," says Beach. The project team visited two such spaces in Indianapolis. Beach says that one was more casual and geared toward entrepreneurs, and the other more formal. The team then decided on a less-formal format that seemed to be a fit for the Columbus remote-worker community. The Columbus co-working space is at the Indiana University Center for Art and Design. Remote workers have been gathering there on Wednesdays since Jan. 8. For a native Californian whose bachelor's degree in information science and Ph.D. in computer engineering are from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and whose work life had been situated in his home state, Beach has acclimated himself to Columbus life enthusiastically. He cites the ease of movement within the city, as well as its prevalent pitch-in spirit, as two main factors of its appeal. He's found a number of ways to get involved, including membership in the Sunrise Rotary Club and singing with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Chorus. Two of his grown children remain here, while the other intends to move back to California. Backblaze tried a number of marketing strategies before settling on the blog on its website, to which Beach frequently posts. A November Forbes magazine article recounts those efforts. The company tried giving away iPads on Ellen DeGeneres' television program, as well as putting an ad on a billboard on Highway 101 near San Francisco that read "Kiss your lost files hello." These yielded scant results. Facebook ads, hiring a public relations firm and sending out email reminders worked somewhat better, but still proved less effective than blogging. Backblaze CEO Gleb Budman, who was interviewed for the article, says that the company discovered that the key is to target those most likely to use a data-backup product. Recent Beach posts at the blog include a comparison of consumer drives and enterprise drives, and a look at the life span of disc drives. He uses such topics as an opportunity to emphasize Backblaze selling points, such as the fact that Backblaze is the only data-backup provider still offering unlimited backup for $5 a month. Beach describes the pace of change in his industry as "amazingly fast" and says it's hard to keep up with new developments. Even so, he says he "stopped going to trade shows years ago." It's easier, not to mention more pleasant, to conduct that kind of research from the comfort of a home office on a shaded street in Columbus.
Beach meets with other members of the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce during its newly created Fish Tank project at the IU Center for Art and Design. Below left: Since moving to Columbus, he has been active in the community, as evidenced by his tenure as president of the Columbus Sunrise Rotary Club.
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Knowing their rights Company whistleblowers protected by OSHA By Greg Seiter
he Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was written to ensure that individuals have "safe and healthful working conditions" while at their places of employment. Essentially, the act was put in place to provide for research, information, education and training in the field of occupational safety and health. Today, OSHA continues to enforce proactive workplace safety and health standards while simultaneously providing information, training and assistance to employers and their employees. But there's also another level of on-the-job protection specifically geared toward taking care of workers. According to Tim Maley, deputy commissioner of labor in occupational safety and health administration for the Indiana Department of Labor, Indiana's Whistleblower Protection Unit, which takes care of Hoosier workers who have engaged in a protected activity and as a result, have been subjected to an adverse action, has been in place since being approved as a state plan in 1984. Protected activities include: • Filing safety and health complaints relative to the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Act. • Participating in an IOSHA inspection. 12 The Business Connection FEBRUARY 2014
• Testifying in occupational safety or health proceedings. • Filing a complaint with another regulatory entity. • Raising safety and health concerns with employee management. • Complaints to co-workers. • Work refusal (if a reasonable person would agree that work conditions pose an imminent danger that would result in serious injury or death). "The message to business owners is that, under OSHA, they need to understand what employee rights are and what they aren't," Maley said. "They also need to understand how an adverse reaction on their part might conflict with those employee rights." An "adverse reaction," which could conceivably be perceived by a given employee as an act of discrimination, as noted on the Indiana Department of Labor's website, might include: • Firing or laying off. • Demoting. • Denying overtime or promotion. • Disciplining. • Denial of benefits. • Intimidation/harassment. • Reassignment affecting prospects of promotion.
• Reducing pay or hours. "If an employer takes an adverse action, they need to make sure it's done in terms of neutral factors," Maley said. "If a person is going to be fired because of their attendance, the employer must be able to show that situations involving other employees who have also had attendance issues have been handled similarly." No matter the situation, documentation is vital, and according to Maley, can be effective whether it's shown through hand-written or typed memos, recorded performance counseling sessions or even on an annual performance review. However, consistency is also an important proving point for employers wanting to protect themselves. "If we look at an annual performance appraisal and can see that an employee has been exemplary for the last five years, but has one specific recently recorded incident, that could look very suspicious," he added. Through the Indiana Department of Labor, two specially trained officers who report to a supervisor are responsible for following up on Whistleblower Protection Unit claims. "Our officers are highly trained to look at all available information and to make an objective decision, which sometimes works
in favor of the employer and sometimes in favor of the employee," Maley said. In 2012, the unit received 48 cases from throughout the state. Of those, 29 percent were found to be valid. Last year, 69 reports were filed in Indiana through early December, with 31 of those found to have merit. "A typical investigation takes 90 days or less, and if the investigating officer feels the complaint has merit, that officer has the authority to negotiate directly with the employer," Maley said. Resolution and closure could mean reinstating a person's job, compensating the individual with back pay and interest, if appropriate, adjusting vacation time and removing personal records that deal with the situation in question. "If the employer does not settle, we file a case with the Indiana attorney general's office, and they take it through a circuit court," he continued. "Indiana statute says we have to determine if the case has merit within 120 days. But if a determination is made on the 119th day and legal action is then required, a whole new clock starts
after that point." Maley also emphasizes that even though the Whistleblower Protection Unit does not reach out to employers to instruct them on how to avoid being reported for potential violations, there are other ways for business owners to learn how to protect themselves. "Our unit is in place to investigate complaints. They are not consultants, but if employers have questions or concerns, they can contact IOSHA or even an attorney," Maley said. "In fact, there's a consultation branch within the Indiana Department of Labor known as INSAFE. "Local chambers of commerce often schedule training sessions to help make business owners aware of regulations, and we sometimes get requests from groups asking us to come out and talk about safety topics, which we're open to doing," he added. Aside from knowing employee rights and documenting activities, events and correspondence, there are some other things business owners can do to minimize their chances of having a whistleblower complaint filed against them.
"An employer should have a nice, internal complaint system of their own, within the company, through which employees feel free to complain," Maley said. "They should also strive to be fair and attempt to handle things themselves. "If an employer does come under The message to business investigation, they should be open and cooperative owners is that, under with the agency. OSHA, they need to "It's important to understand what understand that we are not targeting an employer. employee rights are Our role is simply to be a and what they aren't. neutral investigator. Our officer will ask for a lot — Tim Maley of things and consider Indiana Department of Labor that information before making a decision. "A cooperative employer probably has a better chance of having the outcome work at least somewhat in their favor than one who is uncooperative with us."
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Around the WATERCOOLER PURDUE JOINS RARE EARTH METALS CONSORTIUM
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WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue University researchers have joined a national consortium working to address shortages of rare earth metals and other materials that are critical to the nation's energy security. The Purdue researchers are collaborating with the Critical Materials Institute, a national consortium launched in September with a five-year, $120 million U.S. Department of Energy grant. The institute is a consortium of national laboratories, industries and universities that's being led by the Ames Laboratory in Iowa. Purdue researchers working with the group will receive up to $2.5 million over the next five years. A 2011 Department of Energy report found that supply challenges for five rare earth metals could hamper the development of the cleanenergy technology industry in the years ahead.
INDIANAPOLIS — State officials say e-retailer Newegg Inc. plans to locate a new warehouse in Indianapolis, creating up to 150 jobs by 2015. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. said the California-based company will invest $20 million to lease, renovate and equip a nearly 500,000-square-foot order warehouse in Indianapolis to serve customers in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. The agency offered Newegg up to $1 million in conditional tax credits and up to $100,000 in training grants based on the company's job creation plans. It says Newegg plans to begin hiring late next this year, when the expansion is expected to be completed. Newegg currently has about 2,600 employees worldwide.
ISU groups opposed to gay marriage ban
Supreme Court clears way for Rockport plant
TERRE HAUTE — Indiana State University's faculty, staff and student groups have joined Indiana's growing collegiate opposition to the state's proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage. ISU's Faculty Senate, Staff Council and Student Government Association have all taken votes affirming their opposition to the proposal. School President Daniel J. Bradley said in a statement that the groups' actions are in keeping with ISU policies barring discrimination and harassment based on several factors, including sexual orientation. Faculty Senate Chairman Steve Lamb says the group's vote opposing the constitutional amendment was broadly supported, but some faculty "think we ought to keep our nose out of state politics." Faculty at Indiana University, Purdue, Ball 14 The Business Connection FEBRUARY 2014
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court has cleared the way for construction of a coal-gasification plant in Rockport. The state's high court ruled unanimously that an alteration of the contract the plant's developers signed with the Indiana Finance Authority did not constitute a significant change. Opponents of the project had argued the contract should be invalidated. Under the contract, the state will buy the synthetic gas produced by the plant at a fixed price for 30 years. The state would then resell the gas, and consumers would either make or lose money. The state has not said how much it will pay for the gas. Justice Mark Massa ruled in favor of the project after declining to recuse himself from the vote despite a close friendship with the project's lead developer.
ROANOKE — General Motors Corp. is spending $11 million at its Fort Wayne Assembly Plant to create a small power plant to supply 40 percent of the factory's operations. GM spokeswoman Amanda Kurzman says the move will save GM about $5 million a year and reduce the truck assembly plant's carbon footprint. Since 2002 the plant has been using landfill gas to create steam for its boilers. For that project, a pipeline was built to deliver the gas from a landfill about nine miles away. Now, a new building is being constructed to house several generators that will turn the landfill gas into energy the plant can use. It's due to be up and running by May.
CARMEL — Security device maker Allegion says it is establishing its North American headquarters in suburban Indianapolis and plans adding up to 100 employees there this year. Allegion is based in Ireland and spun off from Ingersoll Rand as a stand-alone public company. Allegion already has about 1,000 workers in Indiana at its office in Carmel and a manufacturing facility on the east side of Indianapolis. The company sells mechanical and electronic locks, key systems and other security devices, with about 7,800 employees worldwide.
Kokomo buys ex-steel plant site
KOKOMO — The city has purchased a former steel plant site that has undergone years of environmental cleanup and plans to use the land to try to reduce damage from future flooding. The sale of the Continental Steel Superfund see watercooler on page 15
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Kim Rocker of Columbus has joined First Financial Bank as a mortgage loan originator. She is located at the bank's downtown office, 125 Third St., and serves clients in Columbus, Seymour, North Vernon and Bloomington. She is a graduate of Indiana University Kelley School of Business and has more than 18 years of experience in financial services and mortgage banking. Aquatic Control Inc. honored several employees during a Christmas party in December for their service to the Rust Cos. Barb Garner and Patrick Whitson were recognized for five years of service to Aquatic Control. Garner is an administrative assistant, and Whitson, a biologist/aquatic applicator, has been named manager of the Aquatic Control office in Evansville. A 10-year service award was presented to Bill Thomas who does all in-house diagnostic and repair work on fountains and aeration equipment. Mike Johnson, who is a licensed aquatic applicator, specializes in large
lake applications, manages equipment maintenance and repair, and serves as project leader on many specialty jobs. He received a 25-year service award. A 30-year service award went to Penny Warren who is in charge of payroll and employee benefits for all Rust Cos. employees. David Elwood of Columbus, co-owner of Elwood Staffing, recently received the Harold W. Reed Leadership Award from Olivet Nazarene University, recognizing his lifetime of ethical leadership and the success of his family business. Elwood is a 1955 graduate of Olivet and earned post-graduate degrees at Southern Illinois University and Purdue University. Elwood Staffing was founded by Elwood and his three sons, Michael, Mark and John. The award was established by Harold W. Reed, president of Olivet from 1949 to 1975. Natalie Mann of Columbus has joined Tastefully Simple Inc. as an independent consultant. Tastefully Simple is a national
direct sales company featuring easyto-prepare foods through home tastetesting parties. White River Broadcasting has named John Foster station manager of WCSI/ WKKG/WWWY and WINN radio. A 45-year broadcast veteran, he has been director of programming there since 1994. Bob Morrison, a marketing consultant with White River Broadcasting since 1993, has been named sales manager. He is a graduate of Ball State University, with a degree in marketing and professional sales. Christine R. Nelson, a White River associate since 2008, has been appointed business manager. She is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, with a degree in business management, and has more than 20 years of experience in finance. Michael Sullivan, a 25-year broadcast veteran and graduate of Indiana University School of Telecommunications, has been named manager of creative services. He joined White River in 1997 and has experience in all aspects of the industry, from on-air to administrative functions. — Staff Reports
watercooler continued from page 14 site marked the end of nearly 10 years of discussions between city officials and Howard County. The city bought the property for $5,000 and purchased 54 flood-damaged properties in the area for $500 apiece. Plans for the Continental Steel land parcels include the continued development of a 60-acre soccer complex and the development of a roundabout. The city also is planning development of a storm-water basin at a quarry site.
Farm Bureau wants proposal scrapped
INDIANAPOLIS — The president of Indiana Farm Bureau wants the state's farmers to urge
the federal government to scrap a proposed reduction in the amount of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply. Don Villwock says corn prices have dropped more than 5 percent since word of the proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule was leaked in October. Federal support for ethanol has been a boon to the economies of corn-growing states like Indiana. But the Obama administration says the biofuel law championed by both parties in 2007 isn't working as well as expected. Villwock says reducing the amount of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply would harm Indiana's farmers. He's urging farmers to write to the EPA and explain what the improved crop prices have meant to their families, farms and communities.
Financing deal set on fertilizer plant
ROCKPORT — A businessman says he has reached a deal with a Chinese company to finance a proposed southern Indiana fertilizer plant that could cost nearly $1 billion to build. Ohio Valley Resources President Doug Wilson announced that the Chinese company will provide equity financing for the construction while his company will manage the project near the Ohio River town of Rockport. Wilson says his company and Tierra Del Fuego Power & Chemical Co. have also picked a Chinese engineering company to develop designs for the plant that would produce ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer. — Wire Reports FEBRUARY 2014 The Business Connection 15
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Leading the way The economy is improving, your customer base is growing and changing, and people are buying again. Your world has changed, yet in many ways it remains the same, as business is still business, yet somehow everything feels different. The reality is actually some combination of the above, with the fundamentals of business mostly unchanged, yet the business environment completely different than ever before – not better or worse, just different. So how do you navigate your business, your team, through the uncharted waters? It's simple really. You must be the leader that your team and business need and lead them through it. The first reaction I often get to that last statement is "but I'm not a great leader" or "leadership doesn't come naturally to me." My response is always the same, because, as Peter Drucker said so eloquently, "Leaders are not born, they are grown." True leadership is often misunderstood and is often confused with personalities and communication styles. Leadership is not about personality, it is about behaviors, and all behaviors can be learned. Here are six keys to leading your business and your team to success this year. n The first and most important key to leading your team is to create the context of your business. What I mean by this is to define what your company is all about – vision, mission, culture, core values and philosophy. We often focus too much on skills and procedures, yet without a well-defined context,
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Is the party over? "The sky will fall. Inflation will soar. Money will be worthless. Stocks will crash. Auto sales will plummet, and Indiana's economy will go into the tank again." That is the dire prediction of many who fear the Federal Reserve cutting back its Quantitative Easing, or QE, policy. If my experience is correct, very few Hoosiers know about QE other than as shorthand for Queen Elizabeth. This QE is how our federal central bank has been fighting to keep our financial institutions from failing and to stimulate the economy. The process can be complicated, but the idea is simple. Remember when the stocks, bonds, mortgages and other financial assets owned by banks, insurance companies and others crashed in value in 2008? The Treasury Department and the Fed went in to relieve those institutions of their "toxic assets." After that was done, the Fed found the economy was not returning to health quickly enough and decided on a buying program under the name of Quantitative Easing. Thus the Fed went shopping for bonds, mortgages and other
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buying spree, negative anticipations grow. Hence, the "sky is falling" scenario. The nation cannot undo what has been done. We, however, could do what so many oppose. We could spend money on national needs instead of shifting funds to already-wealthy asset owners. What are America's and Indiana's needs? You, I and our neighbors have lists. Preschool education? Safer roads and bridges? Environmental protection and restoration? Worker training? Now, as for the last five years, is the time for aggressive fiscal policy, spending money that becomes jobs and paychecks in ways that benefit our future. In the early stages of the recession, monetary policy saved the banks and financial asset holders from ruin. That was good. But once accomplished, we depended on those institutions to move the economy along. They did not. QE paved the way for a few to be enriched while the nation's needs went unmet. Morton Marcus is an independent economist, writer and speaker. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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bjrich Posts: 125After washing my new (2 weeks) Prius, being sweaty and needing a shower, I came into the house..as i passed thru the utility room, I decided to throw my cloths into the washer.
this morning I was getting ready for church and lo and behold could not find my key fob..I searched and searched and finally decided to look in the last pair of pants I had been wearing...
It was in the pocket of the sweat pants I had worn while washing the car..It had gone thru the wash cycle and the dry cycle.
I immediately went into the garage.. jumped into the seat and all was well
Pruis problems, not at all.
Hi : Check you owner's manual. f the "05 Prius sits unused for 2+weeks,the batteries will go dead because all of the computer security systems are drawing energy .If you have someone to start and run the car for several hours/week,the batteries will stay charged. If the car is securely garaged,there is a switch at the base of the dash panel.If you turn it off , then the car can sit idle longer,but the alarm system will be dis-abled.See your dealer about these options.Good luck.
I have almost 1000 miles on my 2005 Prius with"0"problems.I have owned Range Rovers,BMW's,etc. They were always in for repair.The Prius is my first Hybrid vehicle and have had no problems. I do not want to give the big oil companies one more nickel than I have to. FYI,as the Prius was my first Hybrid and hopefully my last vehicle(I am 62 years old) so I purchased the Toyota Extra Care 7 yr.(or 75k miles) warranty .I average @3-4k miles/per year.This extra warranty has unlimited roadside assistance,towing service,$50/day,5 days per repair visit substitute transportation,$100/day,5 days dislocation benefit,5 days over life of the agreement. This coverage costs $1,715.00. I think that the cost of this coverage is money well spent.
I just want to thank you all again for your feedback to my problem - the dealer was able to get Toyota to replace the Multi-Function Display part at no cost to me, but i will have to pay for labor for installation, and thanks to you I have a great idea on what they should charge me, otherwise, i'll purchase the part and have my son do it! Also, the auxilliary battery will not be covered and will cost me "under 200"..... Just to refresh, the car is an 04 Prius, have had it for a year and a half, have 38,000 miles on it, (warranty expires at 36K). Good luck with your Priuses!!!
can you tell me where i can find this information (.2 hour labor estimate)? thanks
tempusvn Posts: 119"can you tell me where i can find this information (.2 hour labor estimate)?"
It is in TSB EL002-05
OP Code EL4012 - R&R Display, Multi-Display
Hi--I'm new here. I have been looking at used Prius's and I drove a 2002 today that was priced at $11K but it has issues and I'd like to get some opinions.
First of all, the seller said he had replaced what appears to be the AC/DC converter. I gathered this info from looking at a chart of the engine online---it's the big square silver thing under the hood.
Secondly, he said he bought it at auction and it had a salvage title. What is a salvage title and is it such a bad thing?
Lastly, he had a yellow brake on one of the front wheels---obviously an after-market caliper? I'm not sure---I don't know that much about brakes. The car had 45K miles on it which is not much. Would a caliper have to be replaced after 45K miles?
Thanks for your help---I'm so glad I found this forum. I have been wondering how much repairs for the Prius cost vs. a conventional car.
jrct9454 Posts: 2,363A salvage title means that it was wrecked and written off, or severely damaged in a flood, or otherwise declared unusable at some stage in its life by an insurance company.
Run, do not walk, away from this car at top speed. Don't look back.
I would suspect flood damage, from your description of what has been replaced. Of all the cars in the world that you don't want to have any part of under these circumstances, it is a Prius.
Glad you asked first - this would have been a big mistake.
Yes, thank you for the advice. I have always heard bad things about salvage titles but was never sure what that term meant.
Now I'd like to know what kind of maintenance a Prius needs. In other words, is regular maintenance comparable in cost to a conventional car? Oil chages every 7,500, when do I get a tune-up, is there a timing belt to change? I have read that new batteries, if needed, have come down in cost from $5K to $3K so if those fail it's comparable to having to rebuild the engine and transmission both, whch some people don't mind doing if they love a car. I have test driven this car and it is very fun to drive, IMO, and very peaceful while stuck in traffic because it's so quiet. I just wish there was more info out there about what it's like to live with one!
Hello, I'm back. (posts 209/220) I picked up my car - 04 Prius- yesterday, after having the dealer replace the auxillary battery and the multifunction display unit, (out of warranty, Toyota covered the MFD unit, but I had to pay for the battery, around $200) and drove it home (about 25 miles). Everything great except that now I've got the gears shifting from D into N, three different times during the ride home. I'm going to take it back in imediately, but was looking around in this forum to see if this had been addressed.
Sound familiar to anyone? Thanks in advance for any help!
stevedebi LAPosts: 4,098"Everything great except that now I've got the gears shifting from D into N, three different times during the ride home. I'm going to take it back in imediately, but was looking around in this forum to see if this had been addressed."
Isn't the transmission controlled by the computer? Maybe you should post this in the "Prius Software Problems" forum...
quasar4 Posts: 110--Whenever we've had a good rain or I wash my '04 Prius I can hear water sloshing about for almost a day when making sharp turns. Sounds like it's coming from under the hood near where the wipers are, but I can't see anything when I pop the hood. Never had this problem before after a wash or rain. Anybody else experience this problem?
pri4us Posts: 2The Federal Government is collecting information on the Prius stalling problem. The problem is finally making the news.
http://www.thecarconnection.com/Industry/Daily_Edition/Daily_Edition_May_16_2005.S173.A862- - - 4.html
"Are Priuses Stalling Out?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has not launched a formal investigation yet, but it is compiling complaints from Toyota Prius owners that the cars can stall or shut down while on the road. The agency has logged 13 reports in which 2004 Priuses have shut down at highway or slower driving speeds; a TCC staffer's personal car experienced the problem late last year. ....."
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jimlockey Posts: 265I would like to hear a little more about the high speed shutdowns?
today, just a few miles shy of 5000 on the odo, my '04 BC/9 lit the maint. required lamp, too, though it went off after driving a few dozen feet from the start. the dealer turned the lamp off, using the power/odo button combo, but there was also a "service" lamp on, and they didn't know what would cause that, so i'm taking it in tomorrow morning. it's run just fine so far, averaging a bit over 40mpg all-around and 36-38 under some conditions that will only be described on my website...
i'll try to update here what happens. the car is behaving normally, despite the second light on. the tech and the service rep assumed that when i had the oil changed [and converted to synthetic] a few months ago, they didn't reset the maint. req. code.
tomorrow may tell...
same for me on a shutdown... i hate tailgaters, and am always watching my rearview mirror. a few months ago, a guy came up rapidly behind me at a traffic light, and i thought i was about to be rear-ended, so i mashed the gas and then the brake, to move away just a few feet quickly. don't critique my actions, please. i'll do it again if it happens again...
weird thing was, the car seemed to shut down to electri-only, and i was able to limp to the side of the road safely, at no more than 5-10 mph.
the red ! came on, and i figured i'd blown something serious, so i shut the car down, let it sit for a minute, and restarted. the light stayed on, but since i was just a mile or two from my dealer [!], i took the car there and asked what to do. i didn't want to leave it overnight, and since it had come alive again [the IC was running, and it was behaving normally], i drove home after making a service appointment for the next morning.
of course, the next morning, the ! light was out, so i canceled the service appt. and have been driving with no problems for the next thousand or so miles.... until today [two orange lights came on... off to the dealer tomorrow.]
better not be serious... we're planning a 7-8000 mile cross country drive and back in a few weeks......
don't tell anyone, but my '04 towed a small cargo trailer from cupertino to truckee and back up and over donner summit with absolutely no problems!
the onboard systems will not let the battery discharge too low. even if the energy-screen on the dash shows "no bars" of juice, the battery is still not fully discharged. the onboard computers won't allow it. you will, at worst, be throttled down to the max that the internal combustion engine [ICE] will let you do, but my Prius ran up the east slope from truckee to the summit at easily over the speed limit, as it ran up the west slope with no trailer at over 83 mph on cruise-control without ever missing a beat OR discharging the NiMH batteries.
as a guy at priuschat.com put it, "buy it, then drive it like you stole it." the highlander should behave the same way, but with more acceleration and overall horsepower.
my vote: nothing to be afraid of. these guys [and gals?] have engineered the car very well.
dave_cs Posts: 1Does any one know what will happen if the Start button or Parking button is pressed while driving (any speed)?
dawn7 Posts: 7It says Toyota is still investigating the stalling problem :confuse:
larsb Posts: 8,204Toyota is aware and has said it would collect data on the problems to see whether there was something that could lead to a fix.
kelcol Posts: 1Hitting that switch doesn't disable to alarm. It just disables the smart start and smart entry, which stops the car from draining the battery as fast because then it isn't always sending out the signal looking for the key. Just wanted to clarify.
Have had the car in the dealers four times for engine light coming on. They said the "car was learning my driving patterns and that was why the sensors made the lights come on". (they really do not have a fix) Every day I drive it the "check engine" lights come on and the "triangle" also. I have to wait until the battery goes to very low, pull over and start the car over and over until the engine starts to feed the battery (watching the screen all the time here). This happens for no reason and I cannot drive over 30 mph with the lights on and no engine feeding the battery. I have seen other prius owners on the side of the road too. I live in WA state (Seattle) and wonder if there really is a hybrid technician who can fix this. I have learned to work around these sensors but it happens everyday and is inconvienient and also dangerous. Any help or suggestions? Should I replace that battery that starts the car? Please help.....thank you
Should I replace that battery that starts the car?
Welcome to the forum. The 12 volt battery is very easy to have checked. I would think it should have some kind of warranty from the battery manufacturer. You need to report this to the NHTSA. That is the only way that Toyota will know about the problems you are having. Your dealer is not going to admit that they are clueless. You should not have to put up with the problems you are having. It should all be covered by warranty. Be sure and document each visit to the dealership. Good luck and keep us posted as to what is found.
Thank you for your response....what is the NHTSA and how do I contact them?
thanks, Sharon
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. You can search here and see if your problem is listed. It is a Federal agency. You are welcome, and again good luck..
I took this 2003 Prius to the dealer...the diagnosis? Dirty fuel injectors which they will clean for 300 dollars. The problem they said was with the B/P Gas that we have been using. The dealer said they have been seeing many vehicles with dirty fuel injectors lately and that the gas company may issue a statement regarding this problem and "may offer you a refund" if the problem is related to the gas. We have only bought gas at BP, Conoco, Phillips 66 for the last five years. The dealer said that Chevron has not reported "bad gas" lately.
I mentioned that the problem was also present in January and they had looked at it then three times (while under warranty) and no problem was found. This time the "codes came up on the computer diagnostics". I thought that Toyota may have sent the dealer new software for this problem but they said not. I am out 300 dollars right now for this fix and the vehicle only has 40K on it. And so many people have told me that Toyotas were good cars. With gas the price it is and if the problem is with the dirty fuel injectors due to the gas what and who can I report all of this to? Do I start with the NHTSA? Who regulates the gas companies? I live in Bremerton WA. Do I call the attorney general in Olympia?
Help! and thank you....
I took this 2003 Prius to the dealer...the diagnosis? Dirty fuel injectors which they will clean for 300 dollars. The problem they said was with the B/P Gas that we have been using. The dealer said they have been seeing many vehicles with dirty fuel injectors lately and that the gas company may issue a statement regarding this problem and "may offer you a refund" if the problem is related to the gas. We have only bought gas at BP, Conoco, Phillips 66 for the last five years. The dealer said that Chevron has not reported "bad gas" lately.
I mentioned that the problem was also present in January and they had looked at it then three times (while under warranty) and no problem was found. This time the "codes came up on the computer diagnostics". I thought that Toyota may have sent the dealer new software for this problem but they said not. I am out 300 dollars right now for this fix and the vehicle only has 40K on it. And so many people have told me that Toyotas were good cars. With gas the price it is and if the problem is with the dirty fuel injectors due to the gas what and who can I report all of this to? Do I start with the NHTSA? Who regulates the gas companies? I live in Bremerton WA. Do I call the attorney general in Olympia?
Help! and thank you....
Dirty Gas????
That is a good one. I have not heard that before. The fact that you had taken the car in several times while under warranty, then they come up with a fix past the warranty period is suspicious. I would go to the gas station you use most and tell them what happened. They may or may not go to bat for you. BP/ARCO is a lot bigger than Toyota. If the dealer is scamming you they may give you some ammunition to use. Gas is regulated pretty closely. Your fuel filter should have gotten any contaminants that got in the tank. I would assume that you had the car serviced at the prescribed intervals and the gas filter was changed on schedule. It would be worth filing a complaint and maybe find out who is at fault. Kind of like the Explorer/Firestone fiasco.
I cannot believe it BUT I guess it was true...I thought the dealer was scamming me today to get money for the fix. The dealer told me there would be a press release on the "bad gas". I turned on the 5 o'clock news and there it was that BP, Conoco, Phillips 66 company delievered bad gas to WA state stations. They also interviewed a mechanic who said, "we have to clean the fuel injectors because of this gas they were selling." I got the 1-800 # to BP and told them I send them 300 dollars a month for gas and that my car was in the shop today for the fuel injector fix. They gave me a fax number so I could send them my bill. We will see if I get reimbursed. I am still shocked that the press release came out this very day but it did. If they do not pay I will call the state attorney general over this. Needless to say BP, Conoco, Phillips 66 has lost my business now. I will switch to another brand I guess. Chevron perhaps. Gas is gas but the news flash stated something was added to their gas that should not have been causing the fuel injectors to become sticky. So there you go! Thanks "Gagrice" for your input. I will let you know how my Prius runs after this.
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Union County commissioners put an end to a three-month county manager search Oct. 29, naming former Seminole County, Fla., Manager Cindy Coto to the position.
The 55-year-old Coto, who officially takes office Nov. 15, steps into an uncertain situation, facing a divided board and newly elected commissioners who already voiced their disapproval after they were excluded from the hiring process.
"I'm pretty thorough when I apply for a position, so I knew about Union County's challenges coming in," Coto said. "I feel I can overcome the concerns if given a chance. I have done a lot of work in economic development. I have experience in water and wastewater (needs). I think I can be an asset to this county."
After applying for the Union County job, Coto said she collected a variety of data, to be as informed as possible. She read through the county's budget and study on fire services and took a trip to the Twelve Mile Creek Water Treatment Plant.
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Coto, Union County's first female county manager, has an undergraduate degree from the University of Central Florida with an emphasis on business administration, elementary education, social science and humanities. Under terms of the contract, she will receive a $155,000 annual salary, a $1,500 monthly housing allowance for six months and a $600 monthly car allowance. If the county commissioners terminate her 2 1/2-year contract earlier than July 2013, the county will owe Coto a full year's salary in severance pay.
The amount of severance pay could become an issue, once the new board takes over. With terms for three of the five commissioners expiring at the end of November, people wondered why the decision to hire a manager wasn't left up to the new board that takes office Dec. 6. Candidates for the positions also wondered why they weren't consulted or at least brought in on the process, arguing the new board should make the hire not a group where the majority is leaving. The three newly elected commissioners, Jerry Simpson, Todd Johnson and Jonathan Thomas, issued a statement two days before the vote on Coto, criticizing the hire and promising "swift and decisive action" to guarantee effective government once their term begins. Hoping to break the ice, Coto reached out to each member Oct. 28, calling each individually.
"I received a copy of the press release sent by the three individuals, and I just wanted to provide outreach, let them know my perspective," Coto said. "I felt it's incumbent on me to extend a hand as the new person coming in. When I'm judged, however, I would hope it would be on my performance."
New commissioners Thomas and Simpson said their statement was misunderstood.
"I think a lot of people are reading too much into 'swift and decisive action,' " Thomas said. "I'm starting that action right now, by doing my homework on Mrs. Coto. I want her to have a fair chance. We just have to make sure that we have the right manager in place to move Union County forward. "Our style of management isn't like the current board majority. We're not going to micromanage. So we need someone who can run the county effectively."
Simpson agreed, saying, "We haven't even met the lady. So until that happens, I don't know that we can say much."
Past experiences
Coto previously served as the manager for Volusia County, Fla., from 2000 to 2005, then took over as manager for Seminole County. Both counties are larger than Union. Seminole reported 413,204 residents in 2009, while Volusia had 495,890 residents. By comparison, Union County reported a population of 198,645 in 2009.
But it's how her last two jobs ended that have some people questioning her hiring. Coto took over in Volusia just after the 2000 election and then resigned five years later. In minutes from the 2005 financial workshops, commissioners criticized Coto for the size of Volusia's budget, and she resigned soon after, citing their lack of confidence. In the same September 2005 meeting when they accepted her resignation, however, Volusia commissioners approved a 12 percent budget increase.
Coto served 3 1/2 years in Seminole County. Seminole commissioners fired her on Oct. 13, 2009, and minutes from that meeting reveal no accusations of wrongdoing. Rather the board appears split about what direction their county should take.
According to the minutes, Seminole County Commissioner Michael McLean said the board "has tried to come together to work towards a shared vision, and as of today they don't have that. The expectation of getting there is limited."
One of Coto's supporters, Seminole County Commissioner Carlton Henley, threatened to quit at the meeting, arguing that firing Coto was a political move.
Coto said she has no regrets of her time in either county. During her three years in Seminole, she repeatedly brought a balanced budget recommendation before commissioners without having to raise taxes, she said.
"I respect any elected body deciding who their (manager) is," Coto said. "I'm very proud of my work in the county, and I think (as a staff), we set them in a direction with fiscal stability."
The minutes and budget documents from Seminole's 2008-09 fiscal year detail a county struggling with the economy, as officials ordered a 23 percent cut in staff.
"We saw funds leave through property tax reform, growth slowing and at the same time, (we were) forced to look at alternative methods of providing water to residents," Coto said. "But we used what we had without impacting services."


text: THE CUSTOM FIRMWARE THREAD ITS HARD TO KEEP UP RELEASING THREADS WITH THESE AS THEY CAN KEEP UPDATING ALL THE TIME SO THIS IS TO HELP FIND ALL THE LATEST RELEASE'S INFOMATION HERE IS NOT FROM ME ITS FROM THERE OFFICIAL PAGES AUREINAND (REINAND MOD) Compared to the official build, this has: - 10.4 FIRM support. - O3DS support (on consoles which are on 7.x or greater). - SysNAND support (both with the firmware.bin on SD and the 9.0 FIRM on NAND). - Boot is only delayed if you place the aurei/splash.bin (top screen splash image) or aurei/splashbottom.bin - No ARM9 thread (in the official builds, this provides the "Ver." cosmetic patch in System Settings, which happens to patch random "Ver."s in FCRAM, and thus made me uncomfortable, and FCRAM dumping). - Comfy to use with A9LH: "updated sysNAND" mode to have an updated sysNAND and (optional) 9.0 emuNAND for ARM9 programs, possibility to easily load external ARM9 payloads, support for screen-init and non screen-init A9LH, noob-proof A9LH protection. (Please don't contact me privately if you didn't read this post from top to bottom! ) How to use: - If using Arm9LoaderHax, unpack the arm9loaderhax.bin to the root of the SD card. - Else copy AuReiNand.dat and the 3ds folder to the root of the SD card. If using menuhax and you don't wish to use a boot manager (such as BootCtr and CtrBootManager), you can use the boot.3dsx from the menuhax folder. Copy it to the root of the SD. In all cases, copy the aurei folder to the root of the SD card, and put the firmware.bin in it. New and Old 3DSes have different firmwares! a) You can use the latest FIRM (the 10.4 one). They are in the rei-n3ds and rei-o3ds folders in the FIRMs.7z. b) If, instead, you need to use NTR CFW, the 9.6 FIRM for Old3DS and the 10.2 FIRM for New3DS are needed. They are in the rei-n3ds and rei-o3ds folders inside the "NTR" folder in the FIRMs.7z. You can find all the FIRM files in the FIRMs.7z linked at the bottom of the GitHub page, in the ReadMe. Always update the AuReiNand.dat/arm9loaderhax.bin and the aurei folder when updating to a new version! Regular mode: - Normally emuNAND is autobooted. Holding B boots the second emuNAND (if present). This has no effect if you only have one emuNAND. - If you hold R on boot, sysNAND will be booted with the firmware.bin on the SD card. - You can boot SysNAND with the 9.0 FIRM. To do this hold L on boot. If you're not using A9LH and your console (O3DS) is not on 9.x, it will be detected and it will just hang on a black screen. "Updated sysNAND" mode: - For this, you need A9LH. You can toggle it by creating a "/aurei/updatedsysnand" file. - Normally sysNAND is autobooted. - If you hold L on boot, emuNAND will be booted with the 9.0 FIRM (firmware90.bin) so you can use exploits (you need to create a 9.0/9.2 emuNAND for this!). Please note that you can't have two 9.0 emuNANDs, and that the 9.0 emuNAND must be the first (or the only) one. - If you hold R on boot, emuNAND will be booted with the firmware.bin on the SD card. Also holding B boots the second emuNAND (if present). This has no effect if you only have one emuNAND. Signature checks are always patched. If you're not using the 9.0 FIRM, the FIRM reboot patch is applied, to allow games which work in the larger RAM mode (Smash Bros, MH4... on Old 3DS, still unused by official software on New 3DS) to work. This needs no user intervention in recent releases. Differences in Arm9LoaderHax usage: - If you wish to boot the 9.0 FIRM, you need the firmware90.bin for your console, you can find it in the rei-n3ds and rei-o3ds folders, inside the A9LH folder in the FIRMs.7z. Place it in the aurei folder. - Booting with A9LH is auto-detected, and when you load SysNAND on A9LH all FIRMs are automatically patched to prevent overwriting A9LH. - You can load external ARM9 programs (like Decrypt9) on boot. You need to create a payloads directory inside the aurei folder, place a default.bin inside of it, and(optionally) these other payloads: b.bin, x.bin, y.bin, select.bin, start.bin, right.bin, left.bin, up.bin, down.bin. default.bin gets launched by holding L+R, for the others you need to also hold the corresponding button. If you're using a non-screen-init A9LH, it will be done automatically before launching the payload. - When a soft (or "MCU") reboot happens (like exiting from System Settings), AuReiNand will remember and force the last used boot mode. This is to easily keep staying on the NAND you booted (Emu/Sys). You can override this by holding A, which will make AuReiNand behave like on a cold boot (so you can use the same buttons - or no button - as usual to choose a boot mode). - Finally, when you quit a GBA game, you'll be forced to SysNAND in every case. This is to prevent loss of your saves. Flags: These files can be empty and must be placed in the aurei folder. "/aurei/installeda9lh": If, for some reason, you want to use the non-A9LH version of the CFW (the .dat + .3dsx from HBL) after booting with the 9.0 FIRM on Arm9LoaderHax, you can force A9LH behavior by creating this file. It's not needed otherwise. "/aurei/usepatchedfw": If you wish to have a slightly faster boot at the expense of up to 3 MBs of SD space, you can create this file. However, remove all patched fimwares from the aurei folder if you were using this with the 9.0 exploits and then switched to A9LH, or when I say so with a new release! "/aurei/updatedsysnand": Switches to "updated SysNAND mode", as described above. FIND LATEST <<<HERE>>> FIND FIRMS NEEDED <<<HERE>>> SUPPORT <<<HERE>>> REINAND What is ReiNand?: ReiNand is a minimalistic custom firmware for N3DS exclusively. I didn't want tons of complex code, just something that load and patches firm basically. Features: Ninjhax 2.5 and MSET support! Sig checks disabled Basic ARM9 thread capabilies (screenshot and RAM dumping) Emunand up to the latest firmware! (with 'Rei' version string) Autoboot Custom splash screens Arm9loaderhax compatible (Works best with dark_samus' fork)* Future plans: Of course I'm planning to add plenty more features and keep up with this project. Some ideas: - Config file for autoboot time settings, etc - Arm11 process ..and much more! Credits: Thanks to folks over at Cakes for there help as well as 3dbrew! Also I'd like to thank the community for your support! FIND LATEST <<<HERE>>> SUPPORT <<<HERE>>> CAKES CFW This is a CFW solution me and @b1l1s have been working on for a while. For users: Features right now: [*=center]SPIDER 4.x-9.2, MSET 4.x and 6.x and Ninjhax 1/2 (up to firmware 9.2) support for old 3ds/xl/2ds. [*=center]MSET 4.x and Ninjhax 1/2 (up to firmware 9.2) support for new 3ds/xl. [*=center]Options to boot to sysNAND and emuNAND up to 10.6. [*=center]Emunand supports redNAND and GW emuNANDs. [*=center]Sig patches [*=center]Patches are contained in "s". The . format is a simple format that bundles FIRM patches, and tells the patcher what those patches need to work. [*=center]Autoboot. [*=center]Supports multiple NATIVE_FIRM versions Future hopeful features: [*=center]Porting CakeHax to homemenuhax, to run idependently from the hax payload. [*=center]Loading NATIVE_FIRM from the NAND. [*=center]AGB/TWL FIRM patching (and trying to patch them for emuNAND, if possible). [*=center]CIA installing over network (b1l1s actually already has a POC for this. Check out the "dhs" branch.) [*=center]Region free. [*=center]Rainbows. How to install: Just copy all the files to the root of your SD card, and launch it with either spider, MSET or Ninjhax. Files and stuff are on the bottom of the post. Copy the firmware.bin linked at the bottom of the post to the s directory. Do the same with cetk. If you have an old 3ds with a firmware lower than 7.0, and you plan to use a emuNAND version 7.0 or higher, you need to get a file named slot0x25keyX.bin from the internet, and place it on the root of your SD card, and make sure you enable the "Load 7.x NCCH crypto key" patches. If you have a new 3ds with a firmware lower than 9.6, and you plan to use a emuNAND version 9.6 or higher, you need to get a file named slot0x11key96.bin from the internet, and place it on the root of your SD card. For MSET on 4.x or 6.x, I've modified zoogie's ROP installer to work with this. There's even a code.bin to install the rop via spider in the downloads page. For MSET on newer firmwares, first downgrade the MSET app to the 4.x or 6.x version (there's tutorials on this site for doing that), then use the CakesROP.nds or code.bin on the downloads page to install the correct ROP. For spider, see the bottom of the post for a launcher page. NOTE: The code.bin installs the correct ROP based on your firmware version. If you're on firmware 6.x or higher, the ROP for MSET 6.x will be installed. NOTE: Never rename the Cakes.dat. The arm9 payload is located there and the code expects it to be named like that. How to use: In the "Select patches" menu, you select the features you want/may not want to enable. In the "More options..." menu, there's two submenus: [*=center]Toggleable options. This menu contains two options: Autoboot: This will skip the menu when s starts, and automatically load the CFW (way faster than usual). Hold the "L" button while booting to enter the menu. Force saving patched firmware: This option is mainly used for debugging, but may also be needed if there's a problem with autobooting/the reboot patches. Cakes tries everything possible to not to have to write firmware_patched.bin, but it may not always be right. This option forces s to do it (this option isn't saved in the config file). [*=center]Select emuNAND. This menu allows selecting which emuNAND will be booted if you enable the emuNAND patches, if you have more than one emuNAND available. In the "Version info" menu, you can check your CakesFW and firmware versions. Once done, you select "Boot CFW", and the options you've selected will be saved and the CFW will boot. FIND LATEST <<<HERE>>> SUPPORT AND FIRMS <<<HERE>>> RXTOOLS rxMode is probably the first free custom firmware for the Nintendo 3DS. Since it's part of rxTools, it is bootable from the main menu. How it works : It supports all Gateway emuNAND up to the latest version. It will boot in emuNAND in automatic, if it is present in your sdcard. Note : To boot emuNAND 8.0 or higher, or to play newer games, you need slot0x25KeyX.bin in the root of your sdcard too, if you are on a sysNAND below 7.0. Features : NATIVE FIRM: Full and free EmuNAND support, up to the latest version, 10.5, also on n3ds! Access to the eShop and to online playing (requires an updated emuNAND) Support for 100% of the games (newer ones will require emuNAND) Support for sysNAND, in case an emuNAND is not found Signatures Checks disabled Dynamic ram dumping (just for debug purpouses) RX-E / S string patch in settings PastaMode, for Signatures Check free, but clean, sysNAND Reboot patch, for using SSBB and MH4 on o3ds Exceptions handler (just for debug purposes) AGB (GBA Virtual Console) Support, wip on n3ds TWL (DSiWare/DS Cardriges) Support, wip on n3ds Region free on both o3ds and n3ds TWL FIRM: Cartridge blacklist check disabled Cartridge save type check disabled DSi cartridge save file exploit check disabled Nintendo logo check patch SHA hashes check patched, always succeeds Whitelist check disabled Signatures Check disabled AGB FIRM: Signatures Check disabled FIND LATEST STABLE <<<HERE>>> SUPPORT <<<HERE>>> PASTA CFW DOWNLOAD <<<HERE>>> NTR CFW DOWNLOAD <<<HERE>>> :knuckles::mario::toad::mariokart::yay3ds::shadow::sonic3::tails::luigi::link::yoshirunning::sonic2:ikachu::flyingpig: ITS BEST TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE THREADS LISTED. ANY EXTRA FILES YOU MADE NEED NOT LISTED YOU MAY ASK IN THIS THREAD. ALSO THESE CAN CHANGE SO OFTEN SO INFO HERE MAY NOT BE ALWAYS CORRECT REFER TO SUPPORT PAGE FOR LATEST INFO


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|From Catholic.org
Dear Readers,
Don't you hate it when people ask you if you are ready for something? I never know what to say... because I never know how I'm going to change from one season to the next.
Lent is upon us. It's a spectacular time on our Church Calendar. A time in which we draw nearer to our Lord, by acknowledging that we are sinful and that He died for our sins. It is a time in which we are called to sacrifice (give things up/fast/abstain) and to reach out/do for others (Almsgiving). Many of us, in fact, most of the Catholic Women/Men I know, are close to the Lord all year. But this time of year, we have to dig deep and explore our faults and gifts. Like I told my son, there is nothing we can sacrifice or do that could ever match what Our Lord did for us. And so - we do our best. Lent is a time of PENANCE!
Read about Catholic Requirements for Lent, here:
As I think bout fasting and Pope Francis' message about Lent, he really wants us to understand that what we give up has to MEAN something. It has to be HARD for us. It can not be superficial. For instance, in our home, we are meatless all year long on Fridays. And so - it is NOT a sacrifice for us to abstain on that day. We must find another form of penance, like a family Rosary or Divine Mercy Chaplet. Sure, we don't TECHNICALLY have to. But we feel it is best.
Another thing... there are plenty of devotional books to buy. There are plenty of groups you can join "to have a better Lent". But I would encourage you to get your Bible out and pick one devotion that you will do this Lent. In my experience if you try to do to many different ones in an effort to please others (or the unwillingness to chose, just in case you miss something), you will not give any of them enough attention). Does that make sense? Penance is PERSONAL.
What are my goals, you ask... well, I've recently learned that if you tell others about what you are giving up it takes away from it in some way. We are to give things up and do things for others - JOYFULLY - and so, I will give you the general idea, but I won't be going into detail.
- At home, we will be stepping up our family prayer time and doing more family activities (which I hope and pray carries over throughout the year).
- We will be giving up a couple things too - both individually and as a family.
- We are also doing some things for others - as a family and with a group.
Here are a couple of ideas for you in terms of Devotions:
Here are a couple of ideas for you in terms of Devotions:
Here are a few places to go for Family Lenten Ideas:
- Catholic Icing - So many great ideas to help children understand sacrifice and almsgiving.
- Joe Poprocki's Lenten Activities - Again, fantastic ideas.
- Real Life @ Home - 40 Lenten Activities for 40 days (she also has a 10 activity one).
- And of course, most of the bloggers on my "Catholic Sites I love" page will post all kinds of Lenten things. Yes - I do need to update it.
I think I say the same thing every year. But truly - meatless meals are not hard (to me). Let's not make them hard.
Italian Food - Lasagna: Substitute the meat for squash or eggplant. In fact, you can also substitute the pasta using squash or eggplant (just don't boil beforehand). Spaghetti sauce can easily be meatless, so can baked ziti. Again - add squash and other veggies to give it substance if you want.
Alfredo sauce is fantastic over veggies and pasta. Pizza: Veggie Pizza, Cheese Pizza... there are endless combos that don't include meat.
Mexican Food - Cheese, bean or veggies are all you really need in burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, etc.
Seafood - Shrimp Tacos. YUM! Fish - baked, broiled or fried. Lobster, crab legs, clam chowder, scallops, smoked salmon - honestly the possibilities here are endless.
Classic American -
- Grilled cheese & tomato soup. EASY!
- Breakfast for dinner
- Baked fish (or fried if you like or fish sticks) and fries or salad.
- Loaded baked potatoes.
- Chili with squash & beans instead of meat
- Tuna Sandwich
- Egg Salad Sandwich
- Salad
- Tuna Pasta Salad is a great Saturday Lunch (make your tuna for sandwiches a little crunchier, and add your favorite pasta (maybe a little more mayo) and serve with fruit.
I don't know if it is because we live in Texas and we have such great produce options all year round, but Meatless meals do not scare this girl. And I hope they do not scare you either. I will be posting various sites that I use probably Friday... maybe I'll do a 7QT post about it - you just never know.
As a tease... this is my new favorite Veggie Site. LOVE! Oh My Veggies!
I hope you have a great week. My book review may be postponed to next Wednesday (instead of tomorrow), but I will be back this week - blogging more.
I would love it if ANYONE would leave a comment or two. Sigh.
I do love talking to myself, but it's always nice to hear from others.
Oh, I almost forgot... My husband is out of town. Once he gets home, I will show you how we decorate for Lent.
Be blessed ya'll!
Hugs & love,


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In this Issue — Jan-Feb, 2017
Cover ArtReyes Magos con Ofrenda (Magi with Gifts) - Rúben Rodriguez
Purple. The ancient Hebrews reserved this color for royalty. I imagine when the first people to encounter Matthew's Gospel learned of the wise men* coming to visit the baby Messiah, in their minds they clothed the royal visitors in purple. In this work, artist Rúben Rodriguez breaks down royal purple into its elemental colors — red and blue. The painting also contains wisps of gold and shades of green. But it is the red and blue on each king that plays on our minds, even if we are not aware of it. The eye reacts to the colors differently, creating ...read more
From the EditorPushing the Boundaries
Now [Jesus] had to go through Samaria. — John 4:4 (NIV) This verse begins the story of Jesus and the woman at the well, one of the most beloved and renowned passages in all of the Gospels. At first glance, the verse seems to be stating the obvious. Jesus was trying to get from Judea back home to Galilee. Of course Jesus "had" to go through Samaria; it was the most direct route. Yet we also know that Jews and Samaritans did not get along with one another, and as a rule, Jews went the long way around to avoid ...read more
Prayer WorkshopSaying Yes to Possibility
Throughout Jesus' ministry, chief priests and Pharisees — and even Jesus' own disciples — confronted him with the question, "Is it lawful?" By this they meant, is it right? ethical? approved by God? sanctioned by society? Sometimes people asked this question to catch Jesus in the wrong. But I think that in asking this question, Jesus' opponents and followers alike were choosing the easy way out. By asking this simple, yes-or-no question, they avoided the complexity and possibilities that come with change. In Mark 3:1-5, Jesus entered the synagogue and encountered a man with a withered hand. The Pharisees were ...read more


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