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: : Can someone help with the meaning and derivation. Have heard it used in a context of setting up a straw dog. Many Thanks
: STRAW DOGS -- Heaven and Earth are not humane./ They regard all things as straw dogs. Lao-tzu (c. 604 - c. 531 B.C., "The Way of Lao-tzu." Note: Straw dogs were used in sacrifices and then discarded. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," Seventeenth Edition, edited by Justin Kaplan (Little Brown and Co., Boston, 2002)
In business, something (an idea, or plan, usually) set up to be knocked down. It's the dangerous philosophy of presenting one mediocre idea, so that the listener will make the choice of the better idea which follows. It backfires with some frequency, as the listener (out of sheer perversity) will insist on the straw dog. Moral of the story: if you are required to present two or three alternatives, make sure you can live with any of them.

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Crest�s Lauren Scism, Jordyn Powell and Ashton Amos were the county�s all-conference tennis performers in the Big South.
Kings Mountain�s Andrew Buchanan and Weston Harmon and Crest�s Tripp Hastings garnered soccer all-conference honors.
All-Big South 3A Conference girls tennis team
Claudia Steffey, Ashbrook
Madeline Killen, South Point
Lauren Scism, Crest
Hope McIntosh, Ashbrook
Kristin Rivera, South Point
Jordyn Powell, Crest
Addy Goff, Ashbrook
Ashton Amos, Crest
Caroline Law, South Point
Allison Moore, Forestview
Jennifer Javornik, Forestview
Player of the year � Kaelan Forbes, Forestview
Coach of the year � Richard Carsner, Ashbrook
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Ashbrook 6-0
Crest 5-1
South Point 4-2
Forestview 3-3
Kings Mountain 2-4
North Gaston 1-5
Hunter Huss 0-6
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Crest � Tripp Hastings, MF, Sr.
Player of the year � Nick Fuller, Ashbrook, MF, Sr.
Coach of the year � Joel Webb, Ashbrook
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Delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 92nd Annual Meeting elected four state Farm Bureau presidents to the AFBF board of directors: Blake Hurst of Missouri for the Midwest region; Pat Langenfelder of Maryland for the Northeast region; Randy Knight of Mississippi for the Southern region; and Paul Wenger of California for the Western region.
Fourteen other state Farm Bureau presidents were re-elected to represent their regions on the AFBF board of directors:
Midwest region — Craig Lang, Iowa, Keith Olsen, Nebraska, Don Villwock, Indiana, and Wayne Wood, Michigan.
Northeast region — Dean Norton, New York, and Carl Shaffer, Pennsylvania.
Southern region — Ronnie Anderson, Louisiana, Kenneth Dierschke, Texas, Zippy Duval, Georgia, Mike Spradling, Oklahoma, Lacy Upchurch, Tennessee, and Larry Wooten, North Carolina.
Western region — Perry Livingston, Wyoming, and Michael White, New Mexico.
Ben LaCross, a Michigan grower of cherries, plums and apples, was elected the new chairman of the Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. He also will sit on the AFBF board of directors during his one-year term, which begins in February.
Terry Gilbert, a corn and cattle producer from Kentucky, and Sherry Saylor, a cotton producer from Arizona, were re-elected as chair and vice-chair of the Women's Leadership Committee for two-year terms. Gilbert also will continue as a member of the AFBF board of directors. The committee re-nominated and the AFBF delegate body re-elected Helen Norris of Kansas, Ginny Paarlberg of Florida, Ethel Nash of West Virginia and Angela Ryden of Colorado to the committee for two-year terms.


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It's been a while since we've heard from the Sunshine State, but authorities there arrested a woman who admitted to drinking three and a half bottles of wine before crashing her BMW on I-75 Friday.
Janet Malizia, 49, had two children in the car with her when she allegedly hit a trailer an sped away. When police pulled her over after the crash, her 11-year-old son — who had caught his mom guzzling wine in a gas station and told her she shouldn't be drinking — handed them a cup of wine from inside the car. She had polished off three of the five bottles she purchased during the pit stop. Hoo-rah.
Sounds crazy, but it happened in Florida, so it wasn't so crazy at all. Just dumb. Sorry, kid. Mom's a wino.
Somehow, Malizia got off with only a couple of misdemeanors, that despite the fact that the mob of outraged parents assembling in my mind would say she ought to go to prison. But she admitted to police that it was wrong to be drinking with her children in the car, so authorities called their father to come pick up the kids and charged mom with two DUI charges and a misdemenor leaving-the-scene-of-a-crash count.
There's no word yet on how much damage she did to the trailer or her BMW, or if a PTA meeting is being organized to initiate Malizia's ostracization from the good parents' club.
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Memphis City Council members take their first steps Tuesday, May 7, toward approving a city operating budget and property tax rate for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
The council meets at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall, 125 N. Main St.
City Parks and Neighborhoods Division Director Janet Hooks makes her case before the Memphis City Council's budget committee. The committee will hear this week from agencies part of the operating budget.
(Daily News File Photo: Lance Murphey)
On the agenda for the first of three readings is an ordinance approving the operating budget and an ordinance approving the property tax rate. But at this early stage in budget deliberations, both ordinances amount to fill-in-the-blank actions that have no overall budget amount and no tax rate.
If the council stays on the schedule with first reading of the two ordinances Tuesday, the vote on third and final reading would be at the June 4 council session. The schedule gives the council one more session in June before the July 1 start of the fiscal year in the event the council amends the ordinance on third reading requiring an additional vote.
Meanwhile, the council budget committee continues its work at an 8 a.m. committee session hearing from leaders of 11 city-funded agencies including the Riverfront Development Corp., Downtown Memphis Commission and the Economic Development Growth Engine.
The committee takes up the Police Department's budget proposal at 9:45 a.m. The Memphis Police Department is the largest single department in terms of funding in the entire $622.5 million proposal from Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. at $237.5 million.
The proposed police budget is a $4.6 million increase from the budget approved by the council for the current fiscal year.
The first of 10 impasse committees could also report to the full council Tuesday on their decisions in stalled labor contract talks between the unions representing city employees and the Wharton administration.
An impasse committee of three council members decides between the final offers from both sides in each of the impasse proceedings.
The council impasse committee on talks between the city and the Memphis Police Association voted Friday to go with the union's final offer, which includes a 4.6 percent pay raise.
The administration has proposed a 2.3 percent pay raise for all city employees effective in January, halfway through the fiscal year.
When an impasse committee's decision is formally reported to the council, the council can either accept it or veto it.
Also up for the first of three readings Tuesday is an ordinance proposed by council member Kemp Conrad that would ban city pension "double dipping."
The proposal specifically bans city employees who retire and get a city government pension from being rehired by city government and then getting paid for their work as well as continuing to receive their pension payments.
Benefit payments to a retired city employee would stop once they start working for the city again and there is a provision for recalculating benefits due after the second period of employment. But that amount cannot be less than the benefit the employee was getting just before re-employment.
Conrad's proposal would also require that retired city employees who go to work for Shelby County government, Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, the Shelby County Schools system or any other local government entity would have their pension payment from the city reduced by whatever amount they made when working for the other government entity.
On the council's agenda Tuesday is a planned development on Summer Avenue at Sycamore View Road for a golf driving range on 24.61 acres of land.
There is also a planned development for Regency Homebuilders LLC apartments at Lenow Road and Dexter Road that was also on the Shelby County Commission's agenda Monday.
Also up for council approval is the third phase of apartments near Shelby Farms Park in Cordova. The Parks Edge at Shelby Farms apartment complex on Trinity Road at the terminus of Trinity Creek Cove would be 69 new apartment units on 4.19 acres. There are already 450 apartment units across two complexes on the northern side of Shelby Farms Park to the west of Germantown Parkway.


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Corey Larkin has a history of making intense & not so easily accessible electronic music. As I'm sure you might expect from the title, Raw Data Studies is more of those wonderful sound experiments.
There's only 2 tracks, the first is a mere 35 seconds long. It's a quick brittle static blast sourced from a PDF file. The second, titled "Dissipative Music/ µũ Law Algorithm," is wayy longer, clocking in at 15 minutes. This is some HARSH shit. Abrasive squelches, piercing glass & blade tornadoes, lo-fi robot blurts, and ghostly electronic chatter, this runs the gamut on cold, inhumane, & antiseptic noise. It's like dipping your amputated limbs in Clorox.
I'm not entirely sure how these sounds are made. They're primitive & digital and my guess is Larkin is using some traditionally non-audio data to make noise, similar to Steven Flato's transformation of "An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge" .txt to an .aif (Larkin even thanks Flato for "directing me to the medium of raw data" on the disc). This isn't easy listening, this isn't even pleasurable listening, it's startling & painful but goddamn if I'm not still drawn to it. It's not just the intrigue of the creation, it's actually a varied & compelling experience, one that I probably won't listen to on a daily basis but will no doubt peel away at its layers and get more out of it with every listen.
This is the first of four releases in Copy For Your Records' Fan CD-R Series. They'll all be a 3″ inside a 5″ CD-R, limited to "no less than 100 copies, and cumulatively, as a complete series, totalling an edition of 500." Strange, but whatever. This is totally fucking rad, major props to CFYR for getting brilliant future-noise glitch in the physical hands of those who care.


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Argumentum ad crumenam
Argumentum ad crumenam (argument to the purse) is the logical fallacy of concluding that an assertion is correct because the person making it is rich.
- "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" It is possible to be both smart and poor.
- "Warren Buffett has made a fortune off of the market, and he says that this recession will last a long time."
In an ideal world, a person who knows a particular field well would be able to parlay this expertise into material wealth. And to some extent, this is true: a good electrician will likely make a better living than an incompetent one. To this extent, it may be possible to use wealth as a proxy for competence.
However, a person who is successful in one field may not be an expert in another. Even granting the rule of thumb above, we should not assume that someone who has made a fortune in electronics knows anything about medicine.
In addition, as with the argument from authority, it is a mistake to think that because a person is correct most of the time, that they are always right. Even smart and well-informed people can be wrong.
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Superstitions are very interesting to me. Such beliefs may be viewed by some as just silly; however, it seems as though those who give credence to superstitions do so because such beliefs are based either in real life experience or in religious training.
One of the practices my mom has shared with me, of throwing salt over your left shoulder after you spill it, is one she learned as a child.
A pinch of salt thrown over the left shoulder is meant to keep the devil at bay.
Salt was once a highly prized commodity, crucial in preserving food, and even used as currency in ancient times. According to my mom spilling salt has long been viewed as a sin. The action of throwing a pinch of the salt you have spilled over your left shoulder is intended to keep the devil at bay.
In Latin 'left' is 'sinistro' from which the word sinister is derived; thus, the left side is thought to be the devil's side. 'Right' in Latin is "dextro", interpreted as 'to the right', meaning good and fortunate; therefore, you toss the salt over your left shoulder with your right hand.
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Kenneth Lund needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 7 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
Mille is 7 years old, and a danish blogger.
She blogs about computergames, Nintendo mostly.
Milles blog is about computergames, mostly Nintendo Wii and
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April, and the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
...which is great, because the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (April 21-26) has a salute to Anil Kapoor upcoming! Films screened will include Gandhi My Father (2007), Virasat (1997), and Lamhe (1991). It certainly helps that Mr. Kapoor will be in attendance! Here's the film guide. Here are more notes on the program, and all related press releases. Much more at IndianFilmFestival.org. Those of you in Southern California, please let me know when you're going!
21 comments:
- ajnabi said...
So, what's your take on Lamhe, tBF? I've heard wildly different opinions of the film and can't figure why a Yash Raj film should result in such a disparity!
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- Darshit said...
I love film festivals. Wish, I could also be in one. But there are only a few in India. If I had my own multiplex, I would surely run festivals. Like one on Independence day, I would play your 'Azaadi Sawaari' movies.
So what are you gonna see? Firaaq?
And yeah. Feeling gr8 they are 'saluting' Anil Kapoor.
And Mr India, it is a set standard of supernatural bolly movie. A classic. Will you review it please?
Sharmila Tagore. Hummm....reason to watch 8x10 :-P
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- Pitu said...
Nice! One of my friends was on the organizing committee like 2 yrs ago.. dunno if she is now. Wonder if Sonam will come since her dad will be feted. If so, teri to nikal padi ;-)
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- JJC said...
oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn..an anil kapoor marathon..with two of my favoriteee films virasat and lamhe..im guilty of not watching gandhi my father yet..wish i oculd attend that..the SAIFF week in NY usually has some good movies also..but I attended for a day with a model freind of mine and Id have to say, it was unpleasantly disorganized. hope you have a better story to share form your experience though.
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- shweta said...
Honestly nervous about it being a bad mess. I'd like to see Naya Daur on the big screen though.
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Ajnabi: I'm somewhere in the middle when it comes to Lamhe. I like it because of Sridevi and that music, and Anil Kapoor's always been a fine actor. The script is something I found a little ridiculous, but I don't consider myself a big fan of the Yash Raj brand of cinema anyway, so I can stay in the middle :) My favorite Anil Kapoor film has to be Eeshwar (1989). Of course, when I was a kid, I liked Mr. India a whole lot more.
Darshit: The Azaadi Sawaari at a film festival would be nice! There's plenty of scope for film festivals in India, given the diversity of the population and the films that are socially relevant to the segments, so hopefully that'll be more common some time.
Now that I think of it, the only case in which I'd go see Firaaq on the big screen is the presence of Nandita Das there. Not even Aamir could get me to see Earth (1999) at the cinema. I prefer to have access to a fast-forward button with the theme, just in case :) There's a long story behind it, one I'd rather not discuss. I have Mr. India, and it'll be a treat to see it again after all these years. Definitely hope to discuss it some time.
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Pitu: This is true. I was thinking of introducing Anil uncle to my parents ;) Nikal padegi, absolutely. Sonam-ji is the one actress who has dared to dress in traditional attire in back to back movies, and for that, I have a lot of respect for her. She looks equally stunning in western outfits, mind you. Filmfare magazine had some great snaps a couple months ago.
JJC: You're welcome to stop by L.A.! Gandhi My Father is an interesting watch. I don't think it's all that bad. Much like anything else, it will be what you make of it. It only adds to ones appreciation for Gandhi-ji, in many ways. No one (NO ONE) can accomplish that much without sacrificing key components of his/her life, it's rampant in the corporate world, one would think people understood it was part of the package for someone who would try to change the world's geography!
Shweta: There's always that concern, and since this is my first IFFLA, I don't have much to go by. I have Naya Daur and haven't yet seen it, but anything with those quality songs on the big screen would work! Do you plan to attend any of the events? More soon!
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- Darshit said...
Yeah, Sonam was stunning in that filmfare issue.
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- JJC said...
Yea I"ll def have to find it and watch it, and yea its true. TO achieve something bigger you've to make some sacrifices along the way. I was watching a documentary on Gandhi(ji) just recently.
I see your a Sonam lover eh? Join the clubbbb.. That girl has amazing style, attitude and is gorgeous. She reminds me of the classic actresses. Im constantly playing stalker status to her online seeing what she's up to.
Also, thanku thanku thanku..your the first non-relative to make a comment on my amateur blog. I appreciate it alot ! ;p
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Darshit: I think Asin was on the cover of that edition. Might be wrong.
JJC: Agreed on Sonam's style! And no, please, mention not on the blog. You've got a fun blog going and I think you're on to something with your music series. And we all have amateur blogs, which is what makes the constant learning all the more fun, no?!
- Thursday, April 02, 2009
- shweta said...
Agree w/ u on not watching Firaaq and similarly themed movies on the big screen. I am thinking of def going for Naya Daur- seen it many many times, and yes the songs attract me most. Maybe Friday and Saturday evening as well, depending on work :)
- Friday, April 03, 2009
- Bhargav Saikia said...
April is going to be such a dull time at the cinemas. Even Tasveer has got poor reception..really nothing to cheer about this month. Waiting for the May releases.
- Friday, April 03, 2009
- Darshit said...
Ahh..that filmfare issue was of 24 dec. Having srk on cover
- Saturday, April 04, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Shweta: A big 'yes' to attending the cinemas based on the theme, and a bigger 'yes' to Naya Daur on the big screen!
Bhargav: Yeah, man. The April lineup is pretty sorry. May should be fun, though. This might be a good time to catch up on those DVDs :)
Darshit: I think the one with Asin had a couple, too. There seems to be a freeze of sorts on the vendors in L.A. (like the Indian video and grocery stores) when it comes to Filmfare magazine. The distributor from wherever has apparently been involved in some dispute, which is a shame.
- Sunday, April 05, 2009
- Bhargav Saikia said...
Yup, I'm catching up on the movies that I had missed..like Little Zizou, Aa Dekhen Zara etc.
- Monday, April 06, 2009
Adab Nawab,
I am jealous that will be able to attend! I hope you're enjoying it mitr! Do post more on it. BTW, I have to rate "Lamhe" (hey ajnabi!) as great, but theBollywoodFan, yes that story line is a bit creepy, but that's part of the appeal I suppose. It has one of the most magnificent slapping scenes, actually 2 scenes. Anil can certainly deliver a tight slap with conviction!
Al the best!
- Wednesday, April 22, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Bhargav: They were playing Little Zizou last night at the IFFLA as well, but the screening was concurrent with that of Gandhi My Father. I can't wait to see it, though.
Sita-ji: Lamhe is interesting. Some from my family and friends are going to the screening tomorrow (Saturday) evening. I think I'll be going to Naya Daur next. Say, I was thinking how very cool it would be to watch Lagaan or even Rang De Basanti or Ghajini on *that* screen. Maybe next year? I'll definitely have a recommendation. And yes, Anil is an expert of the tight slaps! :D
They're showing Virasat as I write this, but I'm running on 3.5 hours of sleep through my Friday, else there was no way I was missing seeing Tabu :'(
- Friday, April 24, 2009
Yes, so busy, and too bad there aren't more hours in teh day for this type of fun.
Virasat is fantastic, especially Tabu's performance. Anil and her together were GREAT. WOw, I remember when he finally grabs her hand it was just too much! Hats off to the Indian Film Industry for making a holding/grabbing of a hand nearly X rated. And Amrish! Vay! I remember being pleased when doing my post viewing internet research in seeing that the original (Tamil) version was written by and starred Kamal Hassan. Now that's a choice that's impossible: Anil vs. Kamal in such a part or any role for that matter. Have you ever seen the original?
Your post reminds me I was meaning to rent that too. Keep enjoying the festivities Nawab! Great that you get to see Naya Daur on the big screen. I hope it's the recolorized version, since it's practically glowing.
All the best, Sita-ji
- Saturday, April 25, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Would you believe I have yet to see Virasat (nor the original)? I'll be looking to see it soon. The Naya Daur print is recolorized, and any film that has villagers preparing for a contest with dignity as the prize, I am *all* for! ;)
- Saturday, April 25, 2009
Awesome! I always love a contest in a Bollywood film. Naya Daur is so great and my first sample of Vijayanthimala. I loved "Reshmi Shalwar Kurta" best and wanted to screen cap it all!
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OK, I'll stop, since I'd post clips every song form that film. :) You're licky to get that on the big screen. They just showed "Jodhaa Akbar" on the big screen in Minneapolis yesterday, so of course I had to take the opportunity for that again.
All the best!
- Sunday, April 26, 2009
- theBollywoodFan said...
Same here Sita-ji, regarding Vijayanthimala. Any more of her works you'd recommend? All the songs are amazing, I'll hope to write about the film some time soon. Great going with Jodhaa Akbar! You know what I think of Ashutosh Gowariker, although he has me worried casting Priyanka and Harman in his next. We'll see.
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I've found my leak in the high pressure line, have the hose disconnected, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to remove the line.
I've removed the reservoir, battery, even the radiator reservoir, the battery plate, cleared most wires, but I can't figure out how to wiggle the hard line out from under the welded metal bracket that supports the battery.
Do I have to disconnect more of the other systems or is there a quicker way?
I've removed the reservoir, battery, even the radiator reservoir, the battery plate, cleared most wires, but I can't figure out how to wiggle the hard line out from under the welded metal bracket that supports the battery.
Do I have to disconnect more of the other systems or is there a quicker way?
My '99 Saab 9-3 is giving me fits. I just bought it a week ago from an individual but didn't do my home work before buying. the car has 133K miles, but I have heard nothing but good things about Saabs, so I bought it. Problem is, the thing just does not idle smoothly and when I give it gas to take off it sputters and acts as if it will die--and has a couple of times. I've changed the plugs, O2 sensors, new fuel filter, air filter, and ran diognostics at a mechanic's garage. We just cannot figure out what is going on. Mechanic says I should wait till the fuel injector cleaner has run it's course before doing anything else. Well, it has run it's course and nothing has changed. But, when the thing gets going it runs great! Any help will be greatly appreciated.0
waterdr Posts: 307Whoever told you that has neither owned a Saab or worked on one - lol.
On to serious business.....has the car been road-tested with a data-logger?
Since you have already replaced the likely culprits, there are still a few more areas that you can check. Vacuum leak? It could also be a sensor problem. Thing is about sensors, a bad sensor can give you a "good" reading because the sensor is broken. I am not sure about Saabs, but a lot of cars work in "closed-loop" control until they warm up. This means that the car's ECU is controlling the spark and fuel addition based on the built-in fuel tables and not using the O2 sensors. Once it warms-up, the the O2 sensors provide feedback.
I would ask a Saab technician about what sensors might be in use during "closed-loop" vs "open-loop" and that may help you deduce the likely problem.
You could also have a bad Idle Air Controller. This device is supposed to control your idle speed. However, the fact that the car sputters when you add fuel makes it not look liek an IAC problem. When an IAC is at fault, it will generally die warm or cold, and not sputter when you add fuel.0
Thanks for the advice. Yes, we did road test the car with a diagnostic computer if that is what you meant about a data-logger. It all tested good. Now the car runs slightly better than before, but it takes several tries just to get it started--and this is not cold weather starting...
I don't see any vacuum hoses that need replacing or that are not connected. I did however put some Sea Foam cleaner in the gas tank when I filled up last. Although I ran Slik 50 through the previous tank.
Can the sludge problem that I hear of be any threat? I just put half a can of Sea Foam cleaner in the crankcase also. Will have the oil changed this week.
Again thanks for your advice. I'm just puzzled and fearful that I bught someone else's problem.
-Mark :confuse:0
bostondaphne Posts: 1Hi Mark,
What resolved your starting and stalling problem. I am experiencing the same issue with a 03 9-3.
I suppose I had a moment of hope. False hope that is. The car still runs terribly. I had a former Saab tech look at it last week and he thinks I need a new Direct Ignition Cassette. Can't afford it right now, but he thinks that should do it. Another tech--non-Saab thinks I need to get the fuel pressure checked before doing anything... Please let me know if you have any success with yours.
Must crank at least 5 or 6 times before it finally and roughly starts. Slow, bogged take-offs. Nearly constant surges when idling. But when going down the road it will fly! It is really fast and runs great when driving. I've had several techs look at it and put a computer to it. MAP sensor is good; all hoses seem to be fitted properly; both O2 sensors replaced; new plugs... One tech thinks I may need a new Direct Ignition Cassette. I've heard that those can go instantly? But he claime they can slowly decline? Any help is greatly appreciated, as I'm about to get full, low deductible insurance and burn the thing!!! :lemon:0
My 98 Saab is running extremely hot, just replaced radiator and still running extremely hot, the old radiator was singed (white) at the bottom of the radiator, the head gasket was deemed OK, thermostat opens OK. temperature gauge reads normal temperature. Any suggestions appreciated.
beatricelasaab Posts: 1I had a similar problem to yours on my '99 93.Check the vacum hose near the air filter it connects to a small plastic cylinder that opens and closes it's smaller than a golf ball and looks a bit like a funnel.Sometimes it sends a message to the computer if it does'nt work but in my case it didn't.I changed it and my car got back to normal.My specialist had a few clients that had the same problem.Give it a shot,the part is not expensive!0
Help, my 2000 9-3 dealer maintained Saab
(94,000) was on the interstate and the turbo failed.
Towed 120 miles back to repair shop that just
replaced water pump, belts, tensioners and was told the turbo and engine need to be replaced.
History of car documents problems associated with recall (engine doesn't always start ....towed to dealership many times over the last 5 years
and "fixed"...last failed start was 1/09 after
driving car short distance, turned off engine
and tried to restart it about 5 minutes later.
Didn't start...had to wait about 15 minutes and it started. ll/08 head gasket was replaced.
at Saab dealership. I was told the turbo failed due to poor oil changes. The car's service history at a Saab dealership indicates that oil changes were
timely and often before the recommended mileage.
Many other Saab 9-3 owners have reported
failed engines due to oil sludge, etc.
I called the dealership and they told me it was time to buy a new car! Saab headquarters told me the
car had too many miles and was too old for them to offer any assistance.
My warranty company (MPV) and I have put
thousands of dollars into this car over the last
5 years. The dealership "documented"
repairs that should have prevented this type of failure.
My first Saab 9-3 (1987) was kept in the family
well past 250,000 miles without any major problems.
HELP....I was told an attorney would be able to
seek financial reimbursement for the expenditures made on this car..but the attorney fees would be significant.
Anyone have suggestions?0
lokki Posts: 1,200You are on your own. Your car is nine years old. 94,000 miles while, perhaps only 10,000 per year, is still a substantial number of miles.
Even the best cars are not designed or intended to last forever. While many modern cars are able to go to 150,000 miles or more, there is no promise by any auto company that any individual car will do so.
Your original warranty through SAAB was for 48 months or 50,000 miles. You don't provide any information about your aftermarket warranty but any claim that you might have would depend on the terms of your agreement with them - not SAAB.
You might try to make some claim against the repair shop who had recently worked on your car, but unless they worked on the turbo system, I'd expect them to prevail against any claims. I don't believe that there is any easy way to diagnose turbo bearings that are starting to fail until they're already cooked....
The value of a 9 year old SAAB with a good engine is going to be much less than the cost of replacing your bad engine.
Sorry to be so pessimistic, but, yeah, after 9 years, you probably need a new car.0
93goblin Posts: 1I had the same problem with the engine not starting, what happens is that the oil pressure builds up in the engine and the pressure sensor tells the computer not to let the engine start. there is a pressure relief kit that must be added to relieve the pressure of the motor oil building up in the block and is mounted near the oil pan (i had a technician install mine because he was checking other things). You may have noticed oil leaks on certain parts of the engine. The time that you wait for the car to start is the engine oil cooling down and contracting. The kit can be ordered at the dealer and installed yourself with a little know-how.0
I live in Texas and am in desperate need of help with my soft top problem. Hydraulic hose "P" that connects from the cylinder on the driver's side blew off from the fitting. My general mechanic repaired it and then instantly, a hose on the passenger side cylinder also blew from the fitting. This time, I took the car to an independent Saab mechanic. All of the hoses have lost most of the black protective coating, which exposes the nylon braiding. The mechanic said that all of the hoses need to be replaced, otherwise I will continue to blow hoses.
The dealer said that these hoses rarely fail. The mechanic has posted threads to find out if any other techs have seen this problem, but has not had any luck. One suggestion by another tech was to just replace the 2 hoses that connect to each cylinder, since they do the work.
Have you ever experienced this problem? Is it possible for the hoses to operate properly without the coating? Do you have any other tips or advice that I can pass on the mechanic?
Feel free to e-mail me at [email protected]
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i am having the same problem...exact...1st and only hose to blow so far is the driverside outer piston...have you tried to contact Saab direct???...i sent an email Wednesday...lets stay in touch about this...i am hoping to get a positive outcome w/ Saab...maybe you should email as well...0
Thank you for your post. I found another local Saab mechanic who said that he just replaced hoses for anothers customer. He said that he has seen this problem several times. The black coating is starting to peel off. The problem is that the coating goes up into the fitting, and when it peels off, the fitting is not as tight and so the hose blows.
You are right about e-mailing Saab. It is a smart idea and worth a try. I was quoted $3,000 to replace all of the hoses! That is a big expense to absorb.
I did find some used hoses that came with several other convertible parts on Ebay for $350 and it cost $820 to have them put on. All of the hoses looked good, except one was starting to peel in the middle, but at least it isn't near the fitting. You might want to start looking for some good hoses too. If your plastic is peeling it is only a matter of time before you blow another one and it is expensive to replace them one at a time, unless you know how to do it.
Good Luck, and we will staty in touch!0
i called GM and tried to get an exception to have the part paid for by GM...they told me no because they havent heard about the problem from anyone else...who is the mechanic and what dealer is he apart of???...i suggest contacting saab customer service and file a request...0
It was the owner of: Goreki Auto Service in Fort Worth: 817-732-8346. He was not the one that repaired my hoses but he said that he just replaced someone else's. He is an independent mechanic. He was trained by Saab and has worked on them for over 20 years.
Can you give me the number and possibley the name of the person that you called, so I can call them as well? I feel that we can make better progress if everyone calls the same person. I will talk to the owner of Goreki too.0
dpetey Posts: 1I have the same problem - just replaced the 2nd hose within 2 months (passenger 1st then driver side) - same two you guys are talking about. I'm in FL and my buddy in AR has the same problem. My mechanic said it is a common repair (Saab trained - left Massey and started his own shop). I get my car back tomorrow. I am going to send the hose to a manufacturer in China to see how much they will be to make. I'm positive it won't be any where near $170 a hose. There is no way I am going to pay $600 every time one of these hoses pops - or sally up $2k to replace the rest of them. If I cant find a reasonable replacement I'll sell the car and get a Vette or Porsche.
Please send me the GM rep's contact info. A few well placed letters from an attorney cant hurt. Keep in touch on here. I'm fairly good at making a car MFG life miserable. (Ask Honda).0
Hi out there. I'm new to the Saab boards, but are seriously considering a used 9-3 Sportcombi 2.0 - 2007 or newer with less than 30K miles. What seems rather attractive is the 4 year/50K warranty.
I previously owned a turbocharged car ( years ago, not a Saab ) in which the turbo itself had very limited life. The old turbocharger bearings were not water cooled, and the turbo I had was known to have a life span of 30K miles or so. I assume the Saab turbo bearings are now water cooled, but does Saab recommend using a full synthetic oil, also? High temps associated with turbos can coke regular oil.
So...anyone out there with high mile, late model Saab 9-3s - and what's the secret, if any, to long engine life?0
Synthetic oil changed at 5k mile intervals. I think the turbo is cooled by the oil, not the coolant.0
I would always use synthetic, but is it recommended or required by Saab? What year and how many miles on your Saab? Thanks for the reply.0
dmain Posts: 1I also have a 2000 9-3 and the turbo bearings burned out at about 50,000 km. It seems that it is a design flaw. The turbo is too close to the exhaust manifold and it gets too hot. In 2000, GM did not specify synthetic oil but it did in 2001. By the time I found out it was too late for my turbo. Synthetic oil is the answer for engine sludging too.
Since changing over to synthetic oil, my 9-3 has been great and even at 160000 km, it still feels like a fairly new car. I like it so much I went out an bought a 2009 9-3 XWD Aero, as it looks like they are al bound to be collector items (and can be had for about 20% off the list prices now. What deal. Still, I love my 2000 9-3. Once you get the turbo and the electronic engine management cassette dealt with.
Good luck. 94000 miles should be nothing for a Saab.0
My wife has a 2005 9-3 Arc Convertible with 60k miles. Mobil 1 has been used exclusively, it was European Delivered and has had no issues except the power steering pump.0
tammie3 Posts: 1The not starting is the neutral switch... It cost me about 375.00 to fix it... or for the switch itself...0
marybethr Posts: 1I just bought a used 2008 Saab 9-3 2.0 engine with 28,000 miles. It now has 29,500 miles and I recently noticed that each time I accelerate to 30mph & 70mph, the car wobbles, or wiggles, or what appears like it's shaking a little.
I have new tires but they looked like they had been balanced.
I think the slight shake feels like engine related.
Does anyone have the same problems with a used Saab 9-3?
Please help.0
betsyhanson Posts: 1I'm sorry you bought the car. I am trying to get rid of my 99 9-3 with 130 K after putting way too much money in it the past few years and time in the repair shop. Recently experienced rough idling and stalling - had crank sensor replaced but that didn't solve the problem and eventually had to replace the fuel pump after it failed to start. This week the radiator started leaking and is now in the shop for that to be replaced. Another costly repair. We have trying to maintain the car meticulously it looks new but there are so many little annoying things wrong with the car and things are constantly breaking. My advice: sell ASAP before you end up with more headaches and run out of money!0
chad_d Posts: 1I had the same problem and gave up. I cut the rusted line out and spliced in a piece of 3/8 inch steel tubing. It worked like a champ. No issues so far.0
phoward1 Posts: 1Please tell me the results of your repair work did you get the correct hoses and was the work done at a reasonable price? I need the same hoses...repaired in 2008 and now they need repairing again!!!0
lewisdavid3 Posts: 32002 9-3 SE, 145000 km, well serviced. Last summer it would not start on a hot day. No response when the key was turned (ie the problem was not the battery). Hauled to dealer in Exeter NH. Car started. Dealer not sure but thought it might be the sensor for transmission in park. Did not have the part in stock, so I did nothing. Yesterday, a hot day in Gainesville FL, it would not start. No dealer here. Hauled to Continental Imports, who seemed very competent. The car started on arrival, perhaps because it cooled off during the tow. Shop owner said he could not find the problem, since now there is no problem; he thought it might be something other than the park sensor.
What should I do? Where is the gear shift park sensor? Can it be 'shorted', or cooled with a bag of ice? Another discussion item on this forum suggests that the problem is high oil pressure? Is that likely, given that the pressure icon is not displayed?0


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The Mathematical Association of America has chosen Kumer Das, associate professor of mathematics at Lamar University, to receive its Alder Award for 2013. A beginning college or university mathematics faculty member is given the award each year for distinguished teaching, and no more than three are awarded per year throughout the United States and Canada.
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Das credited his students and his colleagues for his success at Lamar and said that the award was "a great honor for (him) as well as for Lamar."
MaryE Wilkinson, interim chair of the department of mathematics and associate professor said that Das is an exceptional faculty member.
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Wilkinson said that there are two things that make Das such an effective professor.
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Steve Doblin, provost at Lamar and vice president for academic affairs, reiterated the importance of the Alder Award to the university.
"This is really a prestigious award," he said. "Having a Lamar University faculty member being recognized this way is tremendously exciting and reflects well not only on Dr. Das, but also in the environment in which he works. I'm a mathematician and still teach a math course each fall, so I can really appreciate the import of this award."
Michael Boyd, a senior mathematics major at Lamar, said what sets Das apart from other professors is that he tries to make learning statistics enjoyable for his students.
"He's got a sense of humor," Boyd said. "He always makes (the class) feel like more of a discussion as opposed to a lecture."
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Boyd said he appreciates the professor's commitment to his students.
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Das said that building relationships with students like Boyd is an important aspect of his teaching methodology.
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Das's questions include asking students where they are from, what classes they are taking and what hobbies they enjoy. The questionnaire also includes more serious questions that relate to the class.
"I ask them why they are taking the course and what their weaknesses (in math) are," he said.
Das then invites the student to his office to go over the questionnaire and offers them bonus points for doing so.
"Students may feel shy or uncomfortable coming to a professor's office," Das said. "When the student shows up, I look at the questionnaire, but my primary goal is to just talk with them. I ask them questions like what is your favorite NFL team. I am a very big NFL fan, and I talk to them about the Dallas Cowboys and the Texans or whatever team (they are interested in). After I meet with them about 10 or 15 minutes, they do not feel uncomfortable in my office."
Once Das finds out what the students' interests may be, he then tries to mention some of those interests at the beginning of each class.
"I may say 'The Dallas Cowboys played great today,' or 'That was not Tony Romo's day,'" he said. "I've found that the students get much more involved when I try to present examples involving football, everyday news or business because then they understand that I am not just a professor who is talking about math, which they may not like. This way students get connected and get involved in discussion."
Das, 40, is originally from Bangladesh and has a wife named Reena, 8-year-old son Pranjol and a 4-year-old daughter, Purba. Das moved to the United States in 1999 and to Beaumont in 2005. He joined Lamar's Department of Mathematics after completing a Ph.D. at Auburn University. Das became an associate professor at Lamar in 2011.
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Teaching skills seem to be passed down from generation to generation, as both of Das' parents were teachers as well.
"My father taught English and my mother taught mathematics," Das said. "My father was also an awarded teacher in Bangladesh. I follow his footsteps and feel very proud."
The only thing Das said he hopes Lamar can improve on is undergraduate student involvement in research.
"Undergraduate student research is one of my primary targets," he said. "I want to advocate for undergraduate and graduate research as much as I can."
Das is currently on faculty development leave at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) in Research Triangle Park, N.C., where he is taking part in research with Duke University and University of North Carolina.
"We're researching healthcare data analyzing the healthcare system," Das said. "For example, we are trying to find out what is the best way to allocate kidneys (from donors) to patients."
Das will return from his sabbatical in June, and said he plans to make Lamar his home for many years to come.
"I enjoy teaching at Lamar very much," Das said.
Das is the first professor from Lamar University to ever receive the Alder Award. In January 2003, the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) established the Henry L. Alder Award for distinguished teaching to honor beginning college or university faculty whose teaching has been extra ordinarily successful and whose effectiveness in teaching undergraduate mathematics is shown to have influence beyond their own classrooms, according to MAA. An awardee must have taught full time in a mathematical science in the United States or Canada for at least two, but not more than seven, years since receiving the Ph.D. Each year, at most three college or university teachers are to be honored with this national award and are to receive $1,000 and a certificate of recognition from the MAA. Award recipients are expected to make a presentation at one of the national meetings of the MAA. Nominations for the award may be made by any member of the MAA or by any section of the MAA. The names of all the Math Fest 2013 award winners will be announced on the MAA website, maa.org in early summer.


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copyright © 2004 Reuben Jackson
(for cannonball adderley and joe zawinul)
how many words,
much less composer's names,
begin with z?
zim zimarel!
my unabashedly square cousin harry proclaimed
between vigorous swigs of club soda.
joey and i ignored him
like a song by elvis presley;
passed the gleaming black disc
back and forth like a riff,
fumbled the name like poor sight readers
massacaring "confirmation":
za-weenul? zaw-ah-nul?
what were his parents thinking,
joey wondered,
placing the slow, blue groove
beneath the genuine
(or so the salesman said)
diamond needle-
cannonball adderley climbing the
pop charts!
unbelievable as bull connor's ignorance -
james brown's footwork.
dont tell anybody he's a jazz musician,
my father warned over dinner.
that would ruin everything.
C o m m e n t s
mercy, mercy. mercy 1 of 1 ddupont January 09, 04
Hey Reuben... Love the poems. They really tap into that first blush of jazz love -- musiclove really. I'm right there with you in the basement spinning the LPs, trying to make sense of all that beauty, w/o realizing how futile that is.
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WILLISTON, N.D. — Ben Lewis was helping his crane operator dismantle another oil rig when he heard a loud snap echo across the drilling site. Turning, he joined workers scurrying to the other side of the rig.
"That's when I saw the crane boom collapse," he said.
His heart racing, his breath hard to catch, Lewis looked back and saw three men sprawled on the ground. At first, he didn't recognize any of them. Then he saw a familiar face, unconscious, hunched up against a metal storage container. It was Jake.
Lewis and his Army buddy, Jacob Edgren — their friendship fortified on deployments to Afghanistan — were again facing danger at what's become a popular postwar refuge for America's job-searching veterans: North Dakota's booming oil fields.
Soldiers fresh off battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming in droves to the gold rush that's erupted on the Bakken basin. It's a perfect place for what one veteran called "the next deployment'' — especially with a dearth of decent-paying jobs back home.
They're well equipped for the oil industry's grueling work and North Dakota's extreme weather — hot and stormy summers to wind-whipped, bitter winters. Vets and their families also are accustomed to long stretches away from each other.
Oil companies, meanwhile, prefer to hire employees with a proven work ethic who have cleared military background checks felony-free, unlike other ne'er-do-wells lured to the oil fields by promises of low unemployment and businesses desperate for workers.
"I find being in the military on a couple deployments makes those longer days in North Dakota a lot easier," Edgren said. "I'm more prepared mentally for what needs to be done."
Before Afghanistan, Lewis and Edgren trained for the unexpected — jittery, waiting for something to happen.
But North Dakota? They knew days would be long and conditions tough when they drove out from Minnesota a year ago. But they figured their days facing life-or-death scenarios ended when they were discharged from the Army.
Then the crane collapsed.
"When I realized it was one of my really best friends down on the ground," Lewis said, "I about had a panic attack."
He thought of Rachael, Edgren's new bride. He'd been the best man at their wedding on a summer day in Lake Elmo in 2011.
When he couldn't find better than minimum-wage work back home in Florida, Lewis called Edgren to say he was striking out for North Dakota. "I was the reason he came up here," Lewis said. "I felt like it was all on me."
Lewis and Edgren met a decade ago at a U.S. Army training center in Arizona. They became roommates the next year in the barracks at Fort Bragg, N.C. Their friendship deepened during their first deployment to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan in 2006.
Extended 15-month deployments as intelligence analysts with the 82nd Airborne followed. They endured rocket-propelled grenade attacks on their Blackhawk helicopters and explosive devices detonating at the gate of their base.
Whether they were hitting the gym or the PX on posts, they became inseparable.
So when a decade of war wound down and Lewis and Edgren returned to civilian life, it was only a matter of time until fate — and a crummy economy — reunited them.
After seven years in the Army, Lewis, 28, found himself selling phones at the Verizon store in Tampa, Fla., earning just over minimum wage.
Edgren, 30, tried going to community college, but felt out of place. He was working part time at a plastics warehouse just outside the Twin Cities for $11 an hour, making roughly $400 a week.
"That was brutal," Edgren said. "I was not happy with how my life was going a year into my marriage — I wanted more for us."
So when Lewis called 14 months ago, saying he was following a friend to North Dakota, Edgren didn't hesitate: "He's like: 'Cool, come get me,'" Lewis said.
The Army buddies hadn't seen each other in a year. Not that it mattered.
"They're like brothers," said Rachael Edgren, whose relationship with Jake dates back to middle school in Andover, Minn.
Jake Edgren is a stocky 5-foot-8, with ice-blue eyes and short cropped hair. Although outgoing, he seldom talks about personal things. "But if something needs to be said," Lewis said, "he'll say it."
Lewis, on the flip side, is tall and rangy with long black hair that he's grown down to his shoulders since leaving the Army. He ties it down with a wound-up bandanna. He's the easygoing "pretty boy," Rachael said.
They like the same music (Korn and Chevelle) and video games (Madden and Halo).
Lewis flew up to the Twin Cities and the two friends drove out to North Dakota early last October, modern-day fortune seekers heading to a land bursting with more blue-collar, well-paying jobs than anywhere else in America. Thousands are making similar treks, trying to cash in.
For Edgren, migrating to North Dakota meant hugging his new wife goodbye for long stretches of a month or more some 10 hours away from her parents' home in Coon Rapids.
For Lewis, finding work in North Dakota meant leaving his girlfriend, Amy, in Florida with his golden retriever, Griffey — named after the star of the Seattle Mariners he cheered for as a kid in Spokane, Wash. Framed photos of both grace the shelf over his bed in North Dakota.
"It was nerve-racking to say the least," Lewis said. "Joining the Army, at least I knew what I was getting myself into."
Jerry Samuelson, the veteran services officer for McKenzie County, works out of a second-floor office in the brick government building in Watford City. The prairie town's population has soared from 1,500 to nearly 8,000 since the latest boom began.
"This is where the lure of the cash is," said Samuelson, who served in the Navy for 20 years. "All these veterans are getting out and they don't have the jobs like we have up here — that's why I see them flocking here."
It's hard to quantify precisely how many veterans have made the Bakken their next deployment. Samuelson guesses he has seen a doubling or tripling.
"It's not for country this time, it's for their own well-being," said Grant Carns, Williams County's veteran services coordinator in Williston. "Especially for those who are coming right out of a combat zone in Afghanistan or Iraq, the oil field right now really lends itself and caters to somebody who can tolerate being alone and isolated from family."
From vantage points such as the Watford City American Legion club, Samuelson notices a difference. "We're especially seeing more young veterans — many of whom are just getting out."
McKenzie County counted 564 veterans in the 2010 census before the boom. Samuelson "pretty much knew them all."
Now, there are countless truck drivers, pipeline workers and night watchmen living in man camps with no official address. Some have their medications sent to his office. A woman who served in Afghanistan just stopped by looking for truck-driving work and housing suggestions for her family from Arizona.
Responding to the influx, the Department of Veterans Affairs has opened clinics in Williston and Dickinson, without which veterans would need to travel 400 miles to Fargo for full-service health care or wait in line to be seen at clinics in Minot or Bismarck. Appointments at the clinics are backlogged for weeks.
Edgren and Lewis crashed on the floor of the Travel Host Motel when they first arrived here, sharing a room with a friend whose company was footing the bill.
"We were eating 79-cent burritos," Edgren said. "And drinking the cheapest vodka we could find."
They hit the ground running, filling out applications at nine places along the strip of quickly slapped up metal storefront sheds north of town. They were encouraged that applications asked if they were military veterans.
"But we didn't receive one call back," Edgren said.
They insist it's a myth that you can hop off the Amtrak or Greyhound and easily land a job in the oil fields. Despite an unemployment rate of 1.7 percent in oil-producing counties, Edgren and Lewis struggled to find work — even as vets. For two weeks, they showed up for face-to-face meetings with personnel people, growing discouraged and thinking of bailing and going home.
"Then we caught a supervisor who was a former vet at the right time, just after two guys had quit," Edgren said.
They were hired as crane riggers, lifting chains, tearing down derricks and putting them back up to dig wells 2 miles deep and another 2 miles out at oil pads across western North Dakota.
The work was tough: moving 150-foot-tall rigs that look like a combination of the Eiffel Tower and the Cape Canaveral rocket launching apparatus.
A few weeks into that first job last November, they passed each other on a rig site out on the prairie. With three loud cranes groaning, they'd nearly finished moving the rig to the next drilling site.
Lewis was putting up some metal wind walls and Edgren was running around, trying to impress supervisors with his tireless work ethic.
Edgren recalled hollering, "Nice job, Cherry," a military moniker for rookies.
Edgren could see chains falling from the crane's main and whip lines. He yelled that the crane's boom was coming down before blacking out.
The collapsing crane tossed him against a metal shipping container that protected him as if he were under a bridge. Two other men were knocked out nearby. "Initially I thought they were dead because they were not moving," Lewis said.
He ran to get a stretcher and someone called for a helicopter. Then came the good news: Edgren came to, suffering only a bruised hip and side. An ambulance zipped him to a hospital in Williston. The other two men also survived.
Lewis watched as the helicopter took off and the ambulance bounced away with his friend, its lights flashing. "I knew it wasn't my fault, but I almost felt that it was."
Thirty-seven workers have died on oil-related jobs in western North Dakota the last four years. That toll is roughly half the workplace fatalities the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Bismarck office has investigated in both Dakotas since Oct. 1, 2009.
OSHA fined Halliburton $14,000 for the death of Mike Krajewski, 49, a Duluth father of three and Air Force veteran killed in January when a fracking pipe struck his head.
Edgren dislikes talking about the crane. Dangerous things are better left unsaid. "In Afghanistan, I told my wife I worked behind a desk and never went outside the wire."
This was different. "We trained eight months for Afghanistan and were constantly waiting for something to happen because we knew it would," Edgren said. "The crane collapse was so scary because I didn't expect it. I was in shock and only later realized how close I was to dying."
Starting their second year out here, both work and living conditions are improving for Lewis and Edgren — like they are for many of the workers in North Dakota's latest oil boom.
They left crane rigging for a job fueling frac trucks for Thomas Petroleum. And with it, they upgraded from cheap burritos and vodka. For most of the spring and summer, they found a home at the Black Gold Lodge, a man-camp labyrinth of dimly lit metal hallways, shared bathrooms and shoebox-size sleeping quarters built out of shipping containers north of town.
Employers such as Thomas Petroleum fork out $140 a night for each worker to Black Gold — an Alaska-based oil-field logistics firm — to house and feed its workers three meals a day. The man camp houses up to 400 workers.
Some man camps live up to Old West stereotypes, with booze, brawls and prostitutes. Black Gold is all business. A guard's shack prohibits unregistered guests from entering the dirt parking lot. Anyone caught with visitors or alcohol in his room is given the steel-toed boot.
Edgren and Lewis usually saw each other every day. Their rooms were a few doors apart, so even though they often worked opposite shifts, they'd grab a few minutes to talk as Lewis got off his 12-hour night shift on a drilling site near Alexander, N.D., and Edgren headed off to work at dawn.
They work more than 100 hours a week, earning $20 an hour for the first 40 hours and then bringing in time-and-a-half for the next 60-plus. Often that means getting up at 6 a.m., working as late as 10 p.m., wolfing down a bite to eat and then grabbing four hours of sleep. They work for a month and then get a week off.
By midsummer, Lewis and Edgren had left the man camp for a townhouse near the airport, paying $800 each a month with two other guys for granite countertops, their own bathroom and a weekly cleaning service.
Lewis may call it quits soon to head back to Tampa. That's one difference from military service: They can leave whenever they choose.
"I don't think I can handle another winter up here," he said. "It was brutal with winds and snowdrifts and nothing else to look at." He is hoping to parlay his military intelligence experience into a job in Washington once the car loans and debts are paid off.
Edgren is working on his commercial driver's license. He and Rachael broke ground in August on a $240,000 house near Zimmerman, Minn.
Without the oil and the paychecks, they'd still be paying off student loans and likely living where Rachael does now: with her parents. He's not sure how much longer he'll stay, joking with Rachael that another year would get her a BMW.
"It's starting to pay off now," he said during a recent week back home. The new house should be ready by Thanksgiving.
Rachael quietly wonders if her husband can soldier on without Lewis. "I don't think they would have lasted that long out there," she said, "without each other."


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Thousands of Americans unite in effort to improve communities nationwide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) today announced that hundreds of thousands of Americans are participating in service activities to commemorate the 9/11 anniversary on the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance, paying tribute to and honoring the victims and heroes of that day.
The projects associated with the National Day of Service and Remembrance include building affordable housing for veterans and military families, educating citizens on disaster preparedness, and organizing food drives. Hundreds of service events are taking place in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
CNCS partners with MyGoodDeed, the nonprofit that began the 9/11 Day observance 10 years ago, and hundreds of other nonprofit groups, faith-based organizations, and schools and businesses nationwide.
Wendy Spencer, CEO of CNCS, joined 200 volunteers at a project organized by MyGoodDeed and the Mission Continues in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, September 7, to pay tribute to DC-area firefighters and first responders. Volunteers repainted the interior of the Fire and Emergency Services Training Academy, revitalized exterior landscaping, and built an outdoor break area for the Academy.
"In the aftermath of September 11th, we came together as a country to show that we are there for each other," said Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. "Service can be a healing experience, and I am honored that so many Americans are dedicating their day to give back. Through volunteering, we can make a difference in the lives of families and transform communities on the National Day of Service and Remembrance and every day."
Below is a sampling of service projects that are taking place on September 11 or took place last weekend.
- Florida: The Be Ready Alliance Coordinating for Emergencies (BRACE) and more than 30 community partners will host the largest youth emergency preparedness event in Northwest Florida on September 14. Last year, more than 1,400 Floridians attended the expo and hundreds of pounds of food were collected for local food pantries, emergency kits were assembled and blood donations were solicited; attendance is expected to match or exceed that in 2013.
- Georgia: In Savannah, volunteers with the Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity -- an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International -- will engage local volunteers in a series of hands-on service projects at a Habitat house build.
- Louisiana: On September 7, HandsOn New Orleans, the South Louisiana Red Cross, Evacuteer.org, and the New Orleans Fire Department educated residents of the Hollygrove neighborhood on emergency preparedness, city-assisted hurricane evacuation, and fire prevention. Volunteers assembled packets for houses throughout the neighborhood, and the fire department installed free smoke detectors in homes that lacked them.
- Missouri: Students from Missouri Southern State University of Joplin have joined with Stars of HOPE to complete 3,000 inspirational art pieces that will be planted along the Jersey Shore to bring hope and inspiration to the families and children still rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy.
- Montana: In collaboration with the Montana Campus Compact, Montana Tech and Habitat for Humanity of Southwest Montana will hold a "Brush with Kindness" event to engage veteran and student volunteers in Butte, MT. This event will bring students, veterans and community volunteers together to paint and perform minor repairs to the home of a community member in need.
- Paramus, New Jersey: On September 11, more than 300 volunteers will take part in Operation Goody Bag's 12th Annual Night of Remembrance and Hope. Volunteers will assemble care packages to be delivered to troops serving in the armed forces and will include handwritten notes and drawings donated by schoolchildren from all over the country.
- Toms River, New Jersey: HOPEworldwide Central Jersey organized a group of local volunteers, who received training on disaster preparedness from the American Red Cross. Volunteers then canvassed more than 500 homes, providing residents with disaster prevention, preparedness, and recovery information.
- New York: On September 9, MyGoodDeed and the Mission Continues organized more than 500 volunteers to refresh paint, clean up landscaping and add outdoor break areas to both the New York City Fire Department and EMS Training Academies.
- Ohio: Fifty veterans and military service members will join Habitat MidOhio's 11 AmeriCorps members to help build six homes in Columbus, Ohio, on September 11.
- Texas: HOPEworldwide Houston kicked off a series of fire prevention-related activities. Joined by representatives from the Houston Fire Department, volunteers canvassed the tailgating area of Reliant Stadium and provided fire prevention information. On September 7, volunteers also canvassed the Southwest area of Houston. Fire prevention activities included educational games for children, fire escape planning, fire extinguisher demonstrations, and material distributions in multiple languages.


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