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Growers having fields of sugar beets or fallow fields with Russian thistle have been alerted by the Curly Top Virus (CTV) Control Program to spray for sugar beet leafhoppers (BLH) before taking out the fields.
Bob Peterson, director of the state program, said prospects are for greater pressure, perhaps twice as much, from the virus next year.
That threat could emerge in the wake of acreage fallowed by potential land-use changes, driven by water shortages, on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. Possibly as much as 200,000 acres of cropland in the 605,000-acre Westlands Water District could be taken out of production and returned to native habitat.
Peterson warned that BLH spread rapidly this summer through weedy fields across the valley. "You can find it about anywhere in the valley at a low level. During the past 10 years we've had less and less of it, but it can suddenly spring up on us."
The reason for the increase is not known, although Peterson said it may be that some natural control is not as effective this year.
The program, charged with managing the overall population of BLH and bringing it down as much as possible, is budgeted for $1.47 million to treat about 112,000 rangeland and other non-crop acres in the current year.
But a mild winter, beneficial to the insect, could mean an additional 60,000 acres will need treatment in the spring, and next year's assessment-funded program budget is based on treating only 87,000 acres, or about $200,000 short of projected control needs.
Acreage shifts
Speaking to a recent gathering of sugar beet growers at Mendota, Peterson said the reduced budget is partly due to cropping patterns, namely shifts in sugar beet and tomato acreage from the Sacramento Valley to the San Joaquin Valley.
The program, however, he added, anticipates holding its present respective grower-assessment rates on the several participating crops. Examples are 4.4 cents per ton for sugar beets and 10.6 cents per ton for tomatoes.
CTV is devastating to several other crops, including melons, beans, and peppers, and is vectored by the BLH. The desert insect arrived in the western U.S. in the late 1800s, about the same time as one of its primary weed hosts, Russian thistle.
During World War I, large acreages on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and other parts of California went into wheat production. At the end of the war, when wheat was no longer of strategic importance, the land was abandoned and taken over by Russian thistle, which supported massive populations of the leafhopper.
The following year, wholesale failure of the sugar beet crop occurred. During the 1930s to 1950s, Spreckels Sugar Co. entomologist Ed Schwing, after an extensive study charted the migratory patterns of the leafhopper, recorded the migratory pattern of the insect.
Meanwhile, the insect built up in prodigious numbers in western foothills several winters between 1920 and 1936, at times spilling into the Salinas Valley.
During winters, the leafhoppers, a large proportion of them female, feed on fillaree, peppergrass, and plantago to produce a spring generation. That generation migrates from drying hillsides into cropland on the valley floor.
One tactic by growers during the 1930s was to plant sugar beets as a catch crop. The leafhoppers moved in, the growers sprayed with pyrethrum or nicotine compounds to knock down the pests, plowed up the fields, and replanted sugar beets.
In 1943 the then California Department of Agriculture, took over control of BLH at a time when sugar was a strategic commodity and efforts had begun to establish an industry for tomatoes, another highly susceptible crop.
Foothill sprayings
After tracing BLH migratory paths, the state set up the foundations of today's program, spraying selected foothill canyons during the winter and spring.
The choice of materials, however, was DDT and diesel oil for both knock-down and some residual control. Today the material is malathion at eight ounces per acre, and it is effective for about three days.
As recently as 1990, losses to CTV infections along SJV foothills ranged to 25 percent and might have been greater if they had not occurred late in the season.
The program hopes to experiment with several imported wasps that parasitize BLH eggs, but state entomologists expect it will take several years for the beneficials to be cleared for introduction and become established.
Overwintering locations for egg-laying BLH include locations known as "hot spots," where annual infestations can be expected, Peterson said. Between hot spots are locations which become critical every 10 years or so. Another type of site is entire hillsides of the western side of the SJV, and a fourth location is anywhere on the valley floor where any of 400 weed species hosts occur.
The staggering threat of infestation, and the challenge for control, are demonstrated by the numbers, Peterson said. A single female produces 250 to 350 eggs, half of them female. If only 50 females of a new generation survive, by the third generation, the population jumps to 15,000, and by the sixth generation it exceeds 19 million individuals poised to return to the foothills in the fall to renew the cycle.
"They have tremendous capacity for taking advantage of a food source. This year we saw good weather and host conditions for them," said Peterson.
The program sprayed about 42,000 acres during last year's comparatively dry fall, but Peterson said the job this year is three times as great, 130,000 acres for spraying this fall from Kern County to Merced County.
Last winter, BLH moved for forage through the foothills without being forced to concentrate for easier control. Spring rains kept conditions ideal for trees and other plant reservoirs of curly top virus.
"We never got population concentration in so-called winter canyons in the Coalinga area, where early populations of females historically concentrate," he said.
"Typically, they start depositing eggs early on sparse vegetation on the steep, sunny canyon walls, and we can spray a small area by air late in January or February to knock them down. They were spread out and in high numbers this year."
He said they sprayed about 57,000 acres in the spring, where sweep net counts were running 100 plus per sweep.
One of the ironies of the BLH threat is they really don't like tomatoes. At the same time tomato growers are setting out transplants, many sugar beet growers are harvesting, and the BLH are displaced from beet fields to new crops.
Infect, don't feed
The insects move into a tomato field, sampling one plant and rejecting it and moving to the next and the next, all the while infecting many tomato plants with CTV without feeding on them.
The virus can be easily mistaken for other viruses. Symptoms of cucumber mosaic virus are especially hard to distinguish from CTV in the field, but Peterson said a new CDFA program in Sacramento for making laboratory identification of submitted samples will help.
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I'm Not Happy... A Mom's Lament
- Deborah Wuehler Senior Editor, The Old Schoolhouse
- 2009 10 Jul
July 13, 2009
July 13, 2009
We used to sing this song when I was a child: "It's a happy day, and I thank God for the weather." We sang it rain or shine, and as children do, we sang it with a strong belief that it was true, even in the midst of the worst of storms. Somewhere along the way between childhood and adulthood, we questioned the truth of the song and began to doubt whether we were really very happy at all. Look at this list of reasons we often give for our discontent, and see if you find yourself in any of these:
I'm Not Happy With Myself:
I feel like a failure as a wife, mother, teacher, you name it.
I cannot live up to the demands or expectations of others or myself.
I don't know where I'm going—I have no direction.
I am not where I want to be spiritually.
I'm Not Happy With My Husband:
He doesn't meet my needs.
He doesn't help me with my work load/burdens.
He doesn't make me feel loved.
He's too critical or too distant.
I'm Not Happy With My Children:
They take after their dad, whom I'm not happy with.
They take after me, whom I'm not happy with.
They embarrass me or don't make me look good.
They lack productivity or diligence or kindness.
They are lacking in their spiritual lives.
I'm Not Happy With My Physical Surroundings:
My house is too small or is not in the right location.
I don't have enough land or garden space.
I can't keep up with the neighbors.
I have too much clutter.
I'm Not Happy With My Finances or Work:
It's unfair that my budget is so tight.
My budget is too loose; no one stays on it.
My husband's job is not providing (satisfaction, benefits, security).
He is overworked or under-worked.
I'm Not Happy With My Friends and Family:
We lack like-minded friends.
We lack support from friends/family.
We have no church support.
People have negative, critical comments.
And that probably doesn't even cover it all. It seems like the human soul is bent toward unhappiness. Our natural man is chiefly selfish. No man ever hated his own flesh; rather, he nourishes and cherishes it. We want comfort. We want love. We want security and significance.
Looking back on my life, I can identify seemingly valid reasons for unhappiness in numerous periods of time. As I share with you, I think you might even be able to find yourself amidst my discontent and hopefully also find some reasons to rejoice and be happy in God's idea of happiness.
I don't know of any time in my life that I have really ever been happy with myself. For one reason or another, I just don't live up to my own expectations. I have felt like a failure in every area of life. Sometimes I feel like I am not a good wife; other times like I am not a good mother; at certain times every year, I feel like I am not a good homeschool teacher; and during especially busy times I feel like I am not a good friend. Lack of contact on my part makes me feel I am not a good daughter, and because of all these feelings, I feel like I am not a good Christian.
Why do we feel this way? Why is failure our motto? I believe it is because we are focusing on the dust we call ourselves and wishing it were more than just dust. If we could gaze past the hazy dust and look on the glorious face of Christ, I believe our outlook of unhappiness would change in all of these areas. Because of Christ, we have reason beyond ourselves to rejoice and become happy and blessed. Am I a failure, or am I a new creature in Christ with His new mercies every morning? I need to stop listening to the accuser and start searching God's Word for wisdom.
Searching for Wisdom Brings Happiness
"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her." (Proverbs 3:13–18)
How about this scenario: You are working all day—you are responsible for homeschooling, errands, dentist appointments, and sick babies to care for while trying to keep some order in the house and put meals on the table. You have many interruptions and crises, but you make it through somehow and even have a hot meal ready. Your husband walks in the door and the first thing he says is: "Why didn't you get my laundry done today? That's all I asked you to do! What's for dinner? Spaghetti? I hate spaghetti, is there something else I can eat? What did you get done for school? Did you have the kids correct their math right away like we talked about?" Boy, am I not happy. I feel like a failure with a capital F. And before you say that that husband is a loser with a capital L, let's look at the situation objectively.
As a wife, I am constantly trying to prioritize my time in order to accommodate my husband's desires. But more often than not, I forget to put him first. (Sounds like my time with the Lord too. I think there is a correlation there.) There seem to be so many other voices that are just crying louder than his. After all, he's a big boy now and can take care of himself, right? Not exactly.
God created a wife to be her husband's helpmeet. He did not create her husband to be her little helper. He created us in such a fashion that when we marry, we become one flesh—no longer are we two people trying to mesh together. Rather, one man and one woman are becoming one flesh. Do we nourish and cherish that flesh, or do we only seek nourishment for our half of that one-flesh union? Again, it's a change of focus that will bring happiness. If we are looking to our spouses to fulfill us, we are looking in the wrong direction.
Just one glimpse of Christ could fill our hearts with true happiness. We would rejoice as we get that laundry done first thing, and we would be happy to please God as we listened to that small voice that said, "He doesn't like spaghetti—make him something else," and our joy would be full as the children show Dad their corrected math assignments. It just seems that things flow better and we are blessed when we obey the authority that God has placed over us. What if our spouses are still not happy with us? Take up your cross and follow Christ to that place that says: "For the joy set before me I will endure the cross. I will find a way to bless those who curse me." Yes, it's a place of death to that dusty self, but what arises from the dust is a God-filled life of joy. When we do things God's way according to His laws, He says we will be happy.
Keeping the Law Brings Happiness
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." (Proverbs 29:18)
Mothering can be anything but happy when your once-dry socks are now wet and your once-clean kitchen floor is splattered with cereal and milk and you are trying to get the Cheerios® out of the toaster and the milk off the wall and the children to cooperate in helping to clean it up while the toddler runs through and slips for a good nose dive. You now have a bloody nose and a slippery floor to clean up as well as a toddler to comfort.
Mothering can feel like the piling up of one thing on top of another until you feel like you are just digging yourself out, one disaster at a time. Where's the joy then? I would venture to say that if you had a song of praise to the Lord in your heart before the disaster struck, that song would still be there as you teach your children how to clean up and how to be compassionate toward a hurting sibling. Don't let the disasters turn you into a depressed wreck; rather, let them spur you on to a renewed song of praise for these precious children the Lord has gifted you with, and all things will line up with that focus of joy. You could certainly say with the Psalmist that you are a "joyful mother of children." Things will still keep piling up and you might still be halfway under that pile, but you can dig with more fervor and energy if you have the joy of the Lord as your strength and the realization that your rewards are ever before you.
Happiness Is in Our Rewards from God
"Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." (Psalm 127:3–5)
How about homeschooling? Don't you just love it when people ask you, "What are you doing for . . . ?" and you wish you had an articulate answer? You really don't want to say again that Susie is struggling in math and that Johnny is still struggling with obedience and is having a hard time even getting as far as math. You don't want to say that you don't know what curriculum you are going to be using next year. You are not happy with the way things are going and you feel like a failure.
Here's some perspective. What others may not see is the hours you've spent with Susie just trying to help her understand. They don't see the many changes in curriculum and research you've tried in an attempt to help her succeed. They don't see the hours of discipline, instruction, and admonition you've given Johnny. They don't see the spiritual battle raging for the soul of Johnny. They don't see the hours of tears and prayers for both Susie and Johnny. But what they don't see, God does see. One of his names is "the God Who Sees." And what He sees is a teacher's heart that is soft toward her children, doing all she can to build them up and bring them up in righteousness. He sees a heart ready to obey Him by teaching and discipling and instructing these children. And what God sees, He rewards.
Your friends, family, and neighbors might not see anything but a slow Susie and a naughty Johnny, but God sees a mother being obedient to His commands, and He sees that Susie will one day not only be good at math but will even help teach her brother. He sees that one day Johnny will bow his knee in obedience to God because of his mother's consistent efforts. He sees two children who have not been soiled by the world because of this mother. You can be blessed to know that since God has asked you to teach your children, He has also equipped you for the task. Take joy in this thought: if you are seeking Him, He sees a good teacher.
Happiness Is Found in Having the Lord as Our God
"That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord." (Psalm 144:12–15)
Am I a good friend or daughter or neighbor? What defines "good"? Do we define goodness by outward actions or by inward attitudes? I believe the latter defines the former. Do you feel you have relationships that are not thriving and are maybe even a little sick? This can make you very unhappy. There is a cure. Believe it or not, a merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. What might be missing in these relationships is a merry heart. And the way to a merry heart is a heart of mercy. If the hearts of our friends or neighbors are broken and dried up, they have nothing to offer; they are, in a sense, poor. But if our hearts are full of mercy, then we are whole and fulfilled and even willing and able to pour that healing balm into their lives. We become a good friend or daughter or neighbor by offering the goodness and mercy of God to all those He's placed around us.
Showing Mercy Brings Happiness
"He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he." (Proverbs 14:21)
What I especially need to know is if I am a good Christian. So often I feel the opposite because I am not spending enough time chasing after God. I do not read my Bible for an hour a day; some days I barely get in one verse. I often don't have any quiet time to really pray unless it's after everyone is asleep, but by that time, as soon as my eyes are closed in prayer, I am asleep too. What I have realized is that God is not sitting around somewhere tapping his fingers waiting for me to come to Him. He never leaves me or forsakes me; He is always right beside me. If I could just stop long enough, I would see Him. If I would just be still and listen for a minute, I would realize that He is speaking. And His Word is powerful. Even that one verse can change me from the inside out from a person of frustration to a person of peace. One word from Him and the stormy waters of life are no longer threatening. Our Master calms all storms with His command: "Peace, be still." (Mark 4:39)
One of my favorite prayers that echoes in my heart is by A.W. Tozer:
O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more, I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long. In Jesus' Name, Amen. (From The Pursuit of God)
Am I a good Christian? There is no one good, not one, not even me. But we can look to the One Who is Good and find our goodness in Him. I have heard it said that life in Christ is like a train in its tracks. The train can go anywhere the tracks will take it. But if the train comes off the tracks, it not only loses its way, but it loses its power and ends in a wreck. We must stay in Christ to have the power of Christ and the direction of Christ, so that we can truly say that we can do all things in Christ Who strengthens us. Where is our source of strength? Joy. The joy of the Lord is our strength, our source of power. Joy from the Lord is a powerful force to reckon with. Through the Spirit of God, that feeling of guilt can be replaced with the knowledge that our goodness is in Christ—in Christ alone. We can find fullness of joy in the forgiveness of God, in His presence, and in the knowledge that we are His. And because we are His, He has bestowed His goodness on us. That's enough to stir up some long-lost joy!
Happiness Is Found in Forgiveness
"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. . . . Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart." (Psalm 32:1–2, 10–11)
What about all those other people in our lives whom we are not happy with? Our husbands are not meeting our needs or not helping with our burdens or not loving us. How can we be happy about that? And those children who are so stubborn or those in-laws who are such a thorn—how can we be happy in the midst of unhappy people? And that environment that we are placed in—what's to be happy about a lost job or a small house or tight finances?
When we are saying that we are not happy with our husbands, we are really either saying that we are not happy with the authority God has provided for us or we are looking for a human relationship to meet the needs that only God can meet. When we are not happy with our children, then our focus is probably on them and not on the fact that these are God's children and His reward to us. They are His, and we would be much happier if we really believed and acted on that truth. Those in-laws and neighbors who persecute us should give us joy. If we weren't following God, we wouldn't encounter persecution. And when we are not happy with our environment or finances, we are really saying we are not happy with what God has chosen to provide for us. In all of these things, we are saying that God is not enough. We don't understand Who our God is and how He is orchestrating all things to work for good to those of us who love Him.
Just where does true happiness lie? It lies not in anything outward, but rather in our inner relationship with our Father. Let's find some wisdom in the Word of God, and we will see some more insight into what "happy" means as described by God's own Word:
• Happiness is gained from God's correction: "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole." (Job 5:17–18)
• Happiness is found in hard work: "For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee." (Psalm 128:2)
• Happiness is found in our helper—the Creator of all: "Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners: The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous." (Psalm 146:5–8)
• Trusting in the Lord brings happiness: "He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he." (Proverbs 16:20)
• Fearing the Lord brings happiness: "Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief." (Proverbs 28:14)
• Persecution brings happiness: "Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." (Matthew 5:10–12)
• Servanthood brings happiness: "If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." (John 13:14–17)
• Endurance brings happiness: "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." (James 5:11)
Shifting our focus from the temporal, earthly things to the Holder of the eternal things is how we will ever and only find true happiness. Man cannot give what God alone can provide. So, the next time you find yourself thinking, "I'm Not Happy!" stop and look heavenward and pray with the Psalmist: "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit." (Psalm 51:10–12)
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Deborah Wuehler is the Senior Editor for TOS, editor of the Schoolhouse Support E-Newsletter, wife to Richard, and mom to eight gifts from heaven. She loves digging for buried treasure in the Word, reading, writing, homeschooling and dark chocolate!
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There is also a need to create a new culture of international solidarity and
cooperation, where all particularly the wealthy nations and the private sector
accept responsibility for an economic model which serves everyone. There should be
no more postponement of the time when the poor Lazarus can sit beside the rich man to
share the same banquet and be forced no more to feed on the scraps that fall from the
table (cf. Lk 16:19-31). Extreme poverty is a source of violence, bitterness and scandal;
and to eradicate it is to do the work of justice and therefore the work of peace.
The Jubilee is a further summons to conversion of heart through a change of life. It is
a reminder to all that they should give absolute importance neither to the goods of the
earth, since these are not God, nor to man's domination or claim to domination, since the
earth belongs to God and to him alone: "the earth is mine and you are strangers and
sojourners with me" (Lev 25:23). May this year of grace touch the hearts of those who
hold in their hands the fate of the world's peoples!
13. A sign of the truth of Christian love, ageless but especially powerful today, is
the memory of the martyrs. Their witness must not be forgotten. They are the ones who have
proclaimed the Gospel by giving their lives for love. The martyr, especially in our own
days, is a sign of that greater love which sums up all other values. The martyr's life
reflects the extraordinary words uttered by Christ on the Cross: "Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they do" (Lk 23:34). The believer who has seriously
pondered his Christian vocation, including what Revelation has to say about the
possibility of martyrdom, cannot exclude it from his own life's horizon. The two thousand
years since the birth of Christ are marked by the ever-present witness of the martyrs.
This century now drawing to a close has known very many martyrs, especially because of
Nazism, Communism, and racial or tribal conflicts. People from every sector of society
have suffered for their faith, paying with their blood for their fidelity to Christ and
the Church, or courageously facing interminable years of imprisonment and privations of
every kind because they refused to yield to an ideology which had become a pitiless
dictatorial regime. From the psychological point of view, martyrdom is the most eloquent
proof of the truth of the faith, for faith can give a human face even to the most violent
of deaths and show its beauty even in the midst of the most atrocious persecutions.
Filled with grace during the coming Jubilee year, we shall be able with new strength to
raise the hymn of thanksgiving to the Father, singing: Te martyrum candidatus laudat
exercitus. Yes, this is the host of those who "have washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb" (Rev 7:14). For this reason the Church in every
corner of the earth must remain anchored in the testimony of the martyrs and jealously
guard their memory. May the People of God, confirmed in faith by the example of these true
champions of every age, language and nation, cross with full confidence the threshold of
the Third Millennium. In the hearts of the faithful, may admiration for their martyrdom be
matched by the desire to follow their example, with God's grace, should circumstances
require it.
14. The joy of the Jubilee would not be complete if our gaze did not turn to her who in
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Mary "the time to give birth" came to pass in Bethlehem (Lk 2:6), and filled
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grace and mercy may be theirs, as they rejoice at the two thousand years since the birth
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Cadillac CTS Steering Problems
I bought this car in July of 2002, when it first came out. Since then I have brought it back to the dealership three times to have the steering fixed. The power actuater on the speed sensitive rack and pinon steering, the electronic module that judges the speed of the car with the relationship of more power steering or less keeps burning out. Every time that happens they have to replace the whole rack, because it is a part of the rack system. Has anybody out there have the same problem? :mad: :lemon:
desertlady Posts: 3I recently purchased a CTS and have had it in to dealer 4 times for vibration and shimmy of steering wheel between 40 - 50 mph. Dealer says it is the tires. They are putting 4 new tires on today. Has anyone else heard of or experienced this?0
bags Posts: 12Yes,
I've had nothing but problems with my Goodyear tires on my 04 CTS. The tires were worn out at 10,000 miles on the outer edge. They replaced the tires and checked the allignment. Now the wheel shakes at 40-50 mph. Also, at 85 mph it REALLY shakes. I have no answers yet, but I'm going back in this week to talk with them.0
policelady Posts: 17No, I have not had the problem but was very interested since I just purchased a 2005 CTS and was wondering what type of problems anybody has had with the vehicle?0
davej3 Posts: 1I have an 03 that I have had to the dealer at least 5 times for a vibration that starts around 40-42 mph comes on again at about 70 mph. The dealer first said that it was a motor mount, then hes said it was a throttle body sticking,charged me $200.00. Then he said it was my tires, so I just bought a new set of Michelin's at a cost of $850.00. I still have the vibration. Please let me know if you find out what is going on, I can't afford to keep dumping money into this thing trying to find out what is causing the problem.0
I am so releaved to know that I am not alone. My '03 Lux Sport CTS had this very slight vibration at about 60-80 km/hr since as long as I can remember. the deealer said it was bad wheel alignment and thus not covered b y warranty. Then I replaced all 5 tires during the tire recall campaign, but the problem still persisted. The strange thing is that this only happened when the car is cold, but after the first 10 miles or so the vibration dissapears. So I have learned to ignore it.
Now, however, and at 100,000 km (62,000 mi) the steering developed strange noises (knocks and rumbels) and the steering wheel creeks as I turn it arround (like an old dooe squeek). Finally, the steering firminess was gone all together. Now the dealer say the whole rack and middle shaft have to be replaces, along with some fittings and brackets. Basically, the entire steering system is shot (about $2000+ fix). And the car have been our of warranty since 4 months. I have stayed clear of American cars since they converted to front wheel drive. When buying the CTS I hated the fact that it had a rack system, I know they are troublesome.
GM to the rescue. I called GM center in Dubai, and within 3 days i got approved for a good will warranty fix. For the record, I am impressed with GM Arabia's efforts, support, and promptness. They always come through.
I have my share of problems with my CTS, but I was so fond on GM Arabia professinalism that I did buy an SRX a year later. And I am planning on trading in the CTS for STS within a year time.0
bill86 Posts: 7i have a 2006 CTS with 3.6 and 6-speed. I love the car for its handling, ride compact size and great gas mileage. I had a small crash at 2000 mi to the left front, which was repaired flawlessly by the dealer. Then at about 5000 mi it developed an annoying bucking in low and 2nd gears when accelerating at about half throttle- just the normal amount you use when pulling out into traffic. The first service mgr at the dealer put it onto the big computer, got no codes, so pronounced "there is no problem."
This was annoying enough that I was going to lemon-law the car. Fortunately I took it back to the same dealer, had the other svc mgr who drove the car and agreed that it was a problem. Cadillac sent an engineer out, who discovered that when the air intake housing was replaced from the accident it was not properly secured. Thus, over 3000 mi it worked loose and air got in after the mas-airflow sensor, resulting in a too-lean condition, since the sensor did not know that more fuel was needed.
The car now runs as it should and I am pleased, esp that Cad thought it important enough to send an engineer out to find the cause.
I never suspected that the cause could be the repair since it ran fine for 3000 mi after.0
dgaudet Posts: 1I have a 2006 CTS that was at the dealers for steering wheel dancing & seat vibration at 351K. It has been back a total of 5 times, new tires front & back. Front left matched balanced. The problem is still there. The problem is worse when the car is cold and seems slightly better in long damp spells. GM wants me to go away. Has anyone come up with an answer as to what is causing this problem.0
jacquied Posts: 1I bought this car in june 2005. I have brought it back 5+ times to have steering fixed. At first I was treated with great respect now I feel like I am a nuisance. The goodyear tires keep wearing on the outer edge.They have been replaced x 2 The wheel shimmies between 40 and 50 otherwise I still feel a vibration in the wheel. Also it seems to be worse when the car is cold. the dealership acts as if they have never heard of this problem before and it must be me. Now they have said it's the goodyear tires and @ first were going to charge me over $300 to replace 1 tire (throw one in for free)and alignment.After throwing a fit over having to pay for an ongoing problem they can't or won't fix they decided this series of tires are defective and replaced them with 4 michelin tires and alignment. I picked up the car and they assured me it was fixed with no more vibration. Guess what! I drove off the lot and the wheel shakes @ 40 more than ever. How do you deal with this. So back I go today and will be treated like a moron. Help! Anybody have an answer0
jjcts Posts: 1I have 06 CTS 2.8. I had noise from the back at 40mph and up. It was a rear differential problem. I have noticed that lots of CTS have a same real differential problem. And dealers are trying to hide it. Just go to dealer and ask for replacing differential. I did mine this week.
the GETRAG dif...is a short coming not only in the CTS but in the Pontiac Solstice as well....leaking seals..noisy, etc......GETRAG supplies more difs to other domestic auto makers as well as imports..but they just cant seem to get this one right.....been a long standing problem with CTS as far as I can research.....and now it carrys over into the Solstice.....GM needs to look at QC or changing suppliers on this on IMHO0
andrew987 Posts: 1I dissapointed to hear of the steering issues. I have an 02 Saturn L series which was plagued by the same vibraion issues at 65+mph. Never resolved even with mulitple balancing, shim kits, new tires. The new Aura has the same vibration issues at 60+ mph according to Saturn forum pages. Looked at going to a Buick LaCrosse (I believe) but others post of the same issues. Was looking forward to upgrading to tha CTS but may have to skip. Ive lived with this for 5 years and but never again.0
steve140 Posts: 1I know its been a while, but did you get your problem resolved? I have a 2005 cts that vibrates at 47mph and very bad at 85mph. Tires replaced and "force balanced", but still has the problem.0
pistolpete2 Posts: 1My 2005 has the exact same problem, dealship did and said the same things. Went back for the 3rd time last week and they said it was the brand new Bridgestone G009 I had put on a month and a half ago, even after explaining this happens with my snow tires as well. They are sticking to there guns and won't do anything further until the tire dealership does something about the ties after charging me 200$ because they "Can't find anything wrong". The very reputable tire dealership re-balanced with an on car balancer, which balances the tire while on the car at 200KM/hr and the vibration is still there. I see you posted in January, have you got it worked out yet? Sorry for rambling on, but this vibration is literally driving me nuts!0
My only advice to those who are experiencing the steering dancing problem is to forget it. The dealer will always blame the tyres and you will have a hard time exhibiting the problem because it too faint of a shake and happens under specific and limited conditions.
I lived with it till the whole steering system failed (see my previous posting). Now that lots of the steering assembly have been changed the problem is gone. Fixing my problem also included replacing engine mounts and tie links, it was a major repair.
The only problem with my advice is that by the time the system is shot (and it will) you will be out of warranty (as was in my case). In my case I contacted GM customer service and they granted my a good will waranty, the entire repare was for free0
jnason Posts: 1Find a different tire dealer who throws these on the car balancers in the junk heap where they belong and uses a good stationary spin balancer with a mechanic who knows how to use it. I used a tire dealer for a while who used one of those on the car balancers.. nothing ever worked well. My current dealer uses the old standby, knows how to use it and it works perfectly. I have never had an out of balance tire... on my CTS (Goodyear F1's and the Firestone Blizzak snows) or on my wifes saturn.. which had constant balance problems before I brought the car to my current tire dealer.0
maiden1 Posts: 1I have had my CTS since 2004, the first year it had a shimmy at 55mph plus. The problem was NOT my tires. The dealer recommended a front AND a rear end alignment which I had done. It has driven like a dream ever since.0
yes, excessive negative caster can cause shimmy. A negative caster angle is when the lower ball joint is behind the upper.
If the caster is unequal on either front wheel, you will get wander or pull toward the side with the more negative caster.
You may have experienced this with shimmying supermarket carts. That's what causes that, negative caster.
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agree...and use a hunter road force balancer....but the key is a mechanic who knows how to properly use the machine..and balance a tire correctly0
rjd4 Posts: 1From what I see with most CTS's is that people never rotate tires at the 5000 mile interval. Another good thing to do would be to have your local repair shop to set the toe on the alignment to 0 degrees for front and rear0
jtelling325 Posts: 1I just recently bought a 2003 CTS and the car sometimes moves side to side on the road. Does anybody know what is causing this? Would it be the sway bars, or steering?0
I just bought an 08 CTS4 (which I absolutely love) but when you turn the steering wheel either left or right it makes a clicking sound and you can actually feel it in the gas pedal (not too sure about the brake.. never use it ) . I brought it into the dealer and they ordered parts but said this is a first they have ever seen an issue like this in a 08 CTS. Anyone else out there have/had this problem?0
monkeynator Posts: 1I've been seeing reports of issues here similar to the one I have with my CTS. There is a vibration coming through that is not from the road or the tires since on occasion the same road will feel smoother. I have a lowered stiffer WRX that drives more comfortably on black straight roads. Additionally I have a slight drift to the right more than I believe it should, which causes me to pull left and lose the benefit of a dead spot, which in turn means more work on long trips.
The dealer blamed tire pressure last time and I had the tires that were not OEM (bought car used) were replaced by another shop I trust. I've had the alignment and balancing done by the same shop I trust, but the issues still seem to be there. The shop acknowledges the issue, but the dealer is another matter since they like to blame the user/weather/road/anything else. I have an extended warranty, but it is useless until someone figures out the cause.
The silver lining here seems to be that others with these issues have had them fixed by the replacement of the rack. I hate going back to the Cadillac dealer because they always assault me with unwanted and superfluous services, and other places may not quite know the Cadillac as well as the dealer techs... so it's a rock and a hard place for me until I get them to find the problem.0
firemedic34 Posts: 1I have been trying to figure out this issue my '08 CTS4 for two years now. It has been continually getting worse. Took it to the dealer 3 times now with no success. I removed and greased the intermediate steering shaft which had no effect. Can't seem to understand why its felt in the gas pedal. Have you had any luck fixing this yet?0
After a couple of times taking it to a dealer, they finally replaced the whole steering column which fixed the problem for a couple of months; but the problem is back again. I am going to try another dealer this week to see what they say, it is apparently a bearing in the bottom of the column that is worn. I am also going to call Cadillac to see if they've had any other issues like this as I've read a couple others with the exact problem.0
I turned in the lease on my 2008 CTS4/Premium Package and purchased the same car, but a 2010 model year. I have noticed that the car seems to "weave" when driving. It feels like I am driving on a windy day but the wind is coming from both sides. The weaving isn't violent, but enough where it's not acceptable to me in a new car, particularly a Cadillac. I have taken it to the dealer once and the tech found the same issue during a test drive. He adjusted the "toe" and the tire air pressure but the problem still exists.
Three questions:
1) Has anyone else experienced this same problem?
2) Any advice on how to work with GM on this assuming the Tech cannot solve the problem?
3) Any advice on working the lemon law rules under a worse case scenario?
Hello Rspruitt,
Did you call the dealership and let them know the concern is still present? If the technician cannot figure out the problem please let me know. I will open a case and have an agent look at your situation further. Thank you,
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Thanks Mariah- Yes, I was back to the dealership (Wiers- Demotte, IN) last week and they were unable to resolve the problem. I even took another vehicle on the lot for a test drive (same make/model) and could not duplicate the problem. I would like to proceed to the next step as you suggest and have an agent look at the case. Please advise, thanks.0
Hello Rspruitt,
That is not a problem. What I will need from you is to have you e-mail me the following: contact information, VIN, current mileage, dealership and best time to contact you. I just want you to know the agent will probably have you take the vehicle in to have it diagnosed. You can get my e-mail by clicking on gmcustsvc. Thank you,
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bobbyandryan Posts: 1Like others here, I have a 2010 CTS with steering vibration. Local dealer forced balanced but this has not resolved the issue. I have never driven a car that has this issue in the last 25 years of driving. What is worse, is the local service manager and dealership employees are not interested in resolving it. In fact, not only did this not fix the issue, someone scrapped my new leather steering wheel and also damaged the dash covering when completing a required glove box recall! I am utterly disappointed that my 3 week old car has had this happen.
I have never experienced this type of attitude from any GM dealer. The service manager sent me a letter making sure I checked the boxes "Completely satisfied" or call me. I called him and never heard back. I just moved to Chicago and just chaulk it up to this area's customer service culture - which is very lacking.0


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LONDONDERRY - Following months spent searching for the ideal spot to build Londonderry's new dog park, members of the town's dog park study committee now have their sights set on a parcel of conservation land at 95 South Road.
During Monday evening's town council meeting, committee member Scott Benson said his hope is to work with the conservation commission to secure a one-acre section of the site's 63 or so acres.
Benson said the process of finding a spot for the park has been long and frustrating.
"It's been a slow process," he told the council. "And before we can really begin talking about construction costs and sustainability, we really need to determine a site."
The committee had last appeared before town council in mid-October, when members lamented the fact that an earlier effort to secure a park site hadn't worked out as planned.
In September 2012, the committee members voted in favor of pursuing a town-owned former salvage yard on Sanborn Road but later learned the site had already been spoken for by the Elder Affairs Committee. The plan is to eventually construct a senior citizen housing complex on the same property.
Other options included a Sargent Road parcel owned by the FAA and an area behind Londonderry Town Common, however neither of those sites prove feasible options due to FAA restrictions and the fact that a dog park might not work near the town's center. As committee chairman Dottie Grover noted at the time, there are residents who don't necessarily enjoy keeping company with canines.
During an October meeting, Councilor Tom Dolan noted that the town owns land at Auburn Road, a former landfill that is now a federal Superfund site, and that area, which has since been decontaminated, might be a good place for a dog park.
Consisting of three separate disposal areas totaling 180 acres, the Auburn Road landfill was used as a town dump during the 1960s, with over 1,000 drums of chemical waste, discarded tires and solid waste buried there.
But Benson said the Auburn Road site wouldn't necessarily work for the committee's purposes since it seems to conflict with future development of the surrounding areas.
"Looking at the future possibilities, we felt the South Road site was the best option, since this land is basically protected from any type of future development," he said.
Using the dog park in nearby Derry for comparison, Benson, who visited the South Road site with town GIS manager John Vogl last week, said he believes only about an acre of the site's 63 acres would be needed for a dog park. That includes space for an unpaved parking area for around 20 vehicles.
The next step, he said, will be to meet with the town's conservation commission, which oversees the management of the property.
The Londonderry Conservation Commission meets Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Haddon Sundblom and the Chicago Pin-Up Artists
... and Joyce Ballantyne.
As you can see from this ad below, taken from the 1946 New York Art Directors Annual, Elvgren, Ballantyne and several other Sundblom Circle artists were represented by Stevens Gross Studios.
This is where things get a bit confusing for me. The 1956 American Artist article on Haddon Sundblom describes Earl Gross as a "direct offspring of the Sundblom personality" - and Sundblom himself tells interviewer Frederic Whitaker that, "In 1925 Howard Stevens, Edwin Henry and I started our own outfit known as Stevens, Sundblom & Henry." So how and when did Stevens Gross come about? In another book, "The Elvgren Collection," author Marianne Ohl Phillips writes that Gil Elvgren joined Stevens Gross at age 22 and subsequently became a protegé of Haddon Sundblom, suggesting that Sunny was among the artists in Stevens Gross' stable. Very confusing...
Another Sundblom Circle artist, Chuck Showalter, joined Sundblom's studio in 1946 when it was known as "Sundblom and Anderson." Within 8 months of his joining the studio changed to "Sundblom, Johnston and White."
Showalter reported that Sunny left the studio in 1956 to partner with a former apprentice, Harry Ekman (below).
Here are a few more lovely ladies by some of the seemingly countless Sundblom Circle alumni: Al Moore...
... Euclid Shook...
... Freeman Elliot...
... Coby Whitmore, who by the mid-1940s had migrated to New York and became a star at the Charles E. Cooper studio.
... Ward Brackett...
... Al Buell...
... get the picture?
Tomorrow: one more day of Sundblom and his Circle
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I read an auction blurb that said the Showalter piece is actually by Sundblom (Which I believe by the handling of the vanity -- very much like Sunny's Cashmere Bouquet ads)He just used the name of someone else to disassociate himself with the (mild) nudity.ReplyDelete
Leif, anytime you post those beautifully rendered and incredibly sensuous young ladies, I'm hooked! I have found that some auction info is not always correct, not because they are making it up, but probably because they can't verify every story they are given about the art. For example, Heritage Auctions have Robert Foster listed as being born in 1896 or 97, and I know for a fact that is impossible.ReplyDelete
I think Sundblom and his student's illos would make another great coffee table art book.. and getting the true factual story about his career and studio history, would be of great interest to a lot of us. But, you are piecing together more of his background than I can find in any single location. There doesn't seem to be a lot info about him, compared to some top names.
Tom Watson
Thanks Tom; He does seem to be somewhat overlooked - considering his stature - a testament to the relative anonymity that comes with advertising work compared to Rockwell, with all those Post covers, eh?ReplyDelete
I'm finding most of the info on Sundblom is in passing references in other artist's biographical info. Just today in the Showalter article from Illustration #16 I read that Howard Terpning and Morgan Kane both started with him as well. That anecdote from the AA article where Whitaker says countless artists told him, "Oh, I started with Sunny out in Chicago!" seems incredibly true.
Thanks Leif, I stand corrected on Showalter -- I'll have to seek out more of Showalter's work if he was that good to fool me! Thanks again too for the extended Sundblom parade on this months TI -- happy Holidays!ReplyDelete
When I was a kid, 11 years old I won a scholarship to The Art Institute of Chicago, but when I grew up I went to the American Academy of Art between my Undergraduate school and Graduate school. For three years and 1500 hours I took life drawing from Sal Sala, Vandenbrock and Al Mosby and Irv Shapiro for watercolor. One Day Sundblom came in and asked who did the life drawing watercolor of Big Jim and George and Frank said, That baseball player Bagnolo. Apparently it was Sundblom's habit to choose several kids who drew well and invite them over to apprentice. I was lucky and thankful to see him paint. Like the Italian artist A. Mancini, he would attack the canvas and slap at it with great speed and when done it was WOW! None Better, ever! I am proud to have been lucky enough to attend the Academy at the right time.ReplyDelete
through the 1960s." Certainly Sundblom's Circle of apprentices are responsible for some of the most gorgeous interpretations of the female form. Below, canvas printing cheapReplyDelete
oh, I've recently watched his pin-up illustrations I like how he draws, all the details that convey to the viewer. he is a masterReplyDelete


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BOSTON (AP) — Superman has finally soared into the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.
Legendary comic book artist Al Plastino thought he donated the 10 hand-drawn comic strips of Superman teaming up with John F. Kennedy decades ago, but the artwork somehow fell in the hands of a private owner.
In December, comic book publisher DC Entertainment bought the black-and-white artwork and donated it to the library.
Plastino died in November at the age of 91. His four children, grandchildren and wife attended the exhibit opening on Thursday.
"We are just thrilled that these came home to where they belong," said his daughter MaryAnn Plastino Charles, who made the trek from Alabama.
"This has been a long-time coming," she said. "My father thought for so many years that it was here."
The 1964 story called "Superman's Mission for President Kennedy," was part of a White House initiative to promote the president's national physical fitness program.
The comic book was in production when Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963 and set aside until his successor, Lyndon Johnson, pressed for its publication. The published version said the story's original artwork would be donated to the library, but that apparently never happened.
Plastino was upset when he discovered that the original copies were not in the library, said his son Fred, who was with him at a New York Comic Con event in October when he heard the news.
Fred Plastino said he wished his father could have seen the exhibit.
"Kennedy meant a lot to him," he said. "He would have been blown away by this."
Tom Putnam, the library's director, said Kennedy wanted to make sure kids were staying fit and eating healthy.
"Comic books were the social media of its time," Putnam said. It was the one of the best ways to reach this age group back then, he said.
Although Plastino drew Superman for 20 years, his children say the Kennedy story was his pride and joy.
"He would talk about it all the time," MaryAnn said. "This is the story he told at Christmas, Thanksgiving and birthdays."
The artwork will be on display until May 31.


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Before November, there had not been a water taxi service in this area since 2010, when a similar venture was operated by Marine Discovery Center.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — It's the off-season, so it's the perfect time for any new business to work out the obligatory "kinks and bugs."
That's mainly why a new water taxi service that ferries passengers from Ponce Inlet to New Smyrna Beach was launched Nov. 23 amid chillier climates, said Paige Stuart, director of operations for the venture called Water Taxi Express.
The service offers rides Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Stuart, however, said there are plans to expand the service to five or six days a week once consistently warmer weather rolls around.
"Come spring time, I'd say around March or April, we'll definitely be in full swing," she said.
There had not been a water taxi service in this area since 2010, when a similar venture operated by Marine Discovery Center — one funded by a $750,000 state grant awarded to the city — was scrapped after almost four years in operation because it failed to break even financially.
Matthew Dvorak, president of Daytona Beach Aqua Safari, approached city officials in June about bringing back water taxi service to the city. City officials initially considered charging him $500 a month for use of the dock in front of the Brannon Center, as well as levying an additional 50-cent charge per passenger. However, commissioners eventually agreed to a trade in which the city could advertise its Waterfront LOOP campaign -- a public-private program to promote waterfront businesses -- through decals and banners on the watercraft and other vehicles associated with the operation in exchange for use of the docks. The signs should be installed on the taxi this week.
"The passengers from Ponce Inlet, it's a chance to make an impression on them and make them aware of NSB Waterfront LOOP," said Tony Otte, director of New Smyrna Beach's Community Redevelopment Agency.
The water taxi stops at Ponce Inlet's Down the Hatch and Inlet Harbor restaurants as well as the Marine Science Center, Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Ponce Inlet Water Sports and in New Smyrna Beach at the Brannon Center and in front of the Grille at Riverview restaurant on Flagler Avenue.
Rides on the water taxi are $15 for adults and $10 for kids ages 3-12. Each ticket is good for unlimited rides on the day of purchase.
"It's been good," Stuart said. "Passenger count has picked up since day one and I think we're going to be pretty busy."
In addition to expanding the days of service in the spring, Stuart said the hours of service could also be extended.
"Because right now it gets so dark so early so we only run until 7 (p.m.), and we're missing the dinner rush," she said.
The two vessels used in the old water taxi service run by the Marine Discovery Center were sold back to the original manufacturer for about $25,000 each, City Manager Pam Brangaccio said. Those dollars went back to the Florida Department of Transportation, which awarded the city the grant used to fund the taxi service.
Stuart said Dvorak now has an option to purchase the two watercraft.
"It is an option to get the old boats back and I know we will expand for sure," she said.
Sally Mackay, a former city mayor and one of the organizers of the Hub on Canal Street — which now houses more than 70 artists — said she's glad to see the taxi service revived and believes it will help boost interest in the downtown.
"I think it's a wonderful thing to have going here in New Smyrna Beach, which is such a water town," Mackay said. "It's just a delightful thing to do to go up and down that river, and we welcome the people from Ponce Inlet and points north to share with us what's going on along Canal Street and Flagler."


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A group of 19 students gathered in September to begin McCormick's first session of the new Certificate in Executive Leadership program
By the Rev. Jeff Japinga, Associate Dean, Doctor of Ministry Programs
Thirty years ago, James MacGregor Burns won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for a volume titled, simply, Leadership. Through five hundred pages, Burns outlined the theory and practice of transformational leadership that would, he wrote, "empower leaders to demonstrate genuine moral leadership."
In an increasingly demanding and complex world and church culture, Burns' vision of leadership guides the church's need for leaders who, attuned to tomorrow's challenges and the not-yet-known solutions they require, can transform and reinvent ministry for the 21st century.
That understanding and vision is at the core of McCormick's new Certificate in Executive Leadership program. The program builds on the distinctive strengths that are McCormick Seminary by linking new knowledge with practical application, in the service of both Christ's church and society, and in ways that help leaders to mobilize people to tackle tough challenges and thrive.
A cohort of nineteen students, from both administrative and pastoral settings and from across the United States, began their studies in September and will gather in four two-and-a-half-day sessions through the academic year. They are exploring the challenges-and opportunities-of adaptive leadership, and the practices and skills demanded by it, in areas that include defining the landscape of leadership and the gifts of the leader; mission, vision, and values; contexts and systems; and change, conflict, and collaboration.
The program is specifically about understanding change in ways that promote the ability of a living system to take the best from its history into the future. How? Through:
- Foundational knowledge—examining foundational leadership theory that will strengthen knowledge and foster critical thinking skills.
- Experiential aptitude—collaborating with faculty and peers, both in and out of the classroom, to create the kind of ongoing learning laboratories where knowledge can be applied and results evaluated.
- Adaptive agility—applying both knowledge and practice to today's pressing issues and the challenges of a tomorrow not yet known.
- Reflective abilities—using self-assessment and feedback from faculty and peers to deepen insight into who they are, how God has gifted them as a leader, and their leadership role in relationship to others.
A new cohort group is now scheduled to begin this September, meeting on the McCormick campus on the following dates:
- September 16-18, 2010
- November 11-13, 2010
- February 24-26, 2011
- April 28-30, 2011
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Known as the strong-voiced frontman for '70s southern rockers The Marshall Tucker Band, Doug Gray finally has a solo record: "Soul of the South," which was recorded in 1981 and shelved for 30 years.
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For information on generic biologics, see Generic Drugs (Biogenerics and Biosimilars).
Generic drugs are drugs manufactured and marketed without a brand name. In practice, generics are often marketed as equivalents to branded drugs. Generic drugs are generally much cheaper than their branded counterparts for a number of reasons. First, drug development is extremely time consuming and costly. On average, brand-name drug companies spend about $800 million to discover, develop, and produce a new drug. They then have to charge fairly high prices to recoup their investment and actually make a profit. Generic manufacturers, however, don't have to spend nearly as much on drug development. To gain FDA approval, all a company has to do is prove that its version of a drug is chemically equivalent to the original. If the chemical makeup is the same, it's assumed that the research and clinical trials are as applicable to the generic version as they were to the original. Also, generics manufacturers benefit from advertising for branded drugs, lowering their own marketing expenses.
In the U.S., pharmaceutical patents last for 17 years, during which time only the original developer can legally produce the drug covered by the patent. After the expiration of the patent, other drug companies can produce and sell generic versions of the drug. This often leads to price competition, which decreases profits for the manufacturers of branded drugs. Even before patent expiration, generic drug companies can challenge the patent's validity or argue that their version doesn't infringe on the existing drug's patent. The first company to apply for FDA approval for a generic, in spite of an existing patent, receives a 180-day period of exclusivity to produce and sell the generic version. Though a legal battle usually ensues, resulting in significant litigation expenses, the profits from selling the generic version are generally far more than enough to cover any legal costs.
Generic drugs are often brought up in debates about the U.S. health care system as a whole. Many claim that pharmaceutical companies overcharge for their prescription drugs, making quality healthcare too expensive for some to afford. Drug companies cite the high costs of drug development as the reason for high end-user prices. They also often decry the length of patent protection, saying that they have to recoup all the money spent on development within a relatively limited period of time, forcing them to charge higher prices. Nonetheless, there is growing political pressure to lower prescription drug prices and relax the restrictions on generic drug production, despite pharmaceutical companies' warnings that this could slow or hinder the development of life-saving drugs.
Generic drug companies
Insurance companies
|Drug name, dosage, and quantity
|Zoloft 25mg (30)
|Sertraline 25mg (30)
|Prozac 20 mg (30)
|Fluoxetine 20mg (30)
|Zocor 20 mg (30)
|Simvastatin 20mg (30)
|Pravachol 40mg (30)
|Pravastatin 40mg (30)
Source: Costco.com, Walgreens.com, and CVS.com.
Pharmaceutical Benefit Management Companies
PMBs, like Express Scripts, generally benefit from their clients switching from branded to generic drugs because they make higher profit margins on the sale of generic drugs.
The companies most negatively impacted by generic drugs are the pharmaceutical companies who originally develop new drugs. When their patents expire, these companies are usually forced to lower their prices in order to compete with the cheaper generic versions of their products. Major pharmaceutical companies generally charge relatively high prices for their drugs while the patents are in effect, which allows them to recoup their R&D costs and make a profit before generics become available. Nonetheless, generics eventually lead to either lower profit margins or a loss of market share, both of which are less than ideal for drug companies.
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