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On the day that The General announces involuntary gastric bypass surgery at the hands of Dr. O and while Crash Cart Chrysler waltzes with the Grim Reaper, not all is well with Toyota. The nosy newsmen at Boston's ABC affiliate exposed a nasty little secret hiding under Toyota's hospital gown. Yesterday, Team 5 divulged "more than two dozen complaints filed with the National Highway Traffic Administration" regarding 2001 and 2002 model year Tundra frames that are rusting and blowing away. Today Toyota implied responsibility when they offered to buy back the rust buckets at full retail value. Keep in mind that this issue is limited to certain areas of the USA and Canada where salt is used as the predominant ice melting material.
41 Comments on "In Toyota We Rust?..."
April 28th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
They've been paying top dollar to buy back Tacomas with the same problem. The affected owners I've heard from couldn't be happier.
Hello, Detroit, if you're still there: the issue isn't how many problems you have, it's how you handle the problems. There's an editorial about customer care on TTAC somewhere…
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hitman1970April 28th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Yes, and right now Toyota is telling those customers "Problem? What problem?". How you treat your customers' problems indeed.
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brapozaApril 28th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
They bought back my son's Tacoma that he had purchased second hand. Can't remember the year but it was several years old with a rusted out rear chrome bumper. They took it back, no arguments and gave him a loaner to drive until the settlement. He got full value for it. He was happy as a clam (at high tide). Went out a bought a Yukon. But as he's 6′ 7″ I could see his rational.
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psarhjinianApril 28th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
2001/2002 would still be within the normal corrosion perforation warranty, no?
If so, then this is really a non-issue unless a) the frames were damaged in some other way (shade-tree work) or Toyota stonewalls. Considering how few Tundras were sold, they may as well buy them back.
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Dynamic88April 28th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
What Mr. Karesh said.
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Bunter1April 28th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
A buddy from church had his Taco bought back.
Summing up-Ya, Toy fouls up too, but they seem to take care of it.
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mikeyApril 28th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Right the frames on a 8 year old Toyota's rot off.This isn't something new ,the Japanese trucks
Nissans,and Toyota's are known for it in this part of the world.
Now that people are keeping thier vehicles longer
the myth, of superior foreign quality is starting to unravel.
20 year old F150,s and Chev.Silverados are common.A Nissan, 7 years old won't pass a safety check[rotten frame's]Give it a few more years and watch the KIA's head to the junk yard.Check the quarter panels on a 6 year old Huyandai right above the wheel well.Rust and bubbling.Check it out,you might be suprised.
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don1967April 28th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Toy fouls up too, but they seem to take care of it.
Yeah right… after a pile of complaints are filed with NHTSA and they can almost feel the gun at their head.
This doesn't make them better than Detroit, only smarter by a small degree.
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LandcrusherApril 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
So the big story is that they buy the cars back? And they are insinuating that this is a cover up?
Wow. Have they already skewered all the local politicians, or are all the local politicians of their preferred party affiliation?
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mikeyApril 28th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
@bunter 1 How long are they going to keep buying them back?North East USA ,and Canada east of Manitoba,thats a lot of trucks.
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kowsnofskiaApril 28th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
"20 year old F150,s and Chev.Silverados are common.A Nissan, 7 years old won't pass a safety check[rotten frame's]Give it a few more years and watch the KIA's head to the junk yard.Check the quarter panels on a 6 year old Huyandai right above the wheel well.Rust and bubbling.Check it out,you might be suprised."
Check the roads for 15+ year old Accords, Camrys, Civics, Corollas, Sentras, Maximas, Legacies, etc.
Then look for how many Tauri, Escorts, Cavaliers, Luminas, Intrepids, Spirits, Neons, Grand Prixes, etc are surviving of the same vintage.
I'd wager there aren't as many 20 year old F150s and Silverados around as there are 20 year old Accords and Camrys.
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mikeyApril 28th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
@ Carefull how you bet kowsnofskia.20 year old Accords and Camrys are as rare as Palm trees here in the frozen north.
Long distance drives,temps from the 90's down to 35 below slush, salt,cold start's,all have a way of sorting out real quality,from the percieved.
Actually I saw a 12 year old Civic heading to the scrap the other day.Repairs were "cost prohibitive",said the owner.I'd wager the glove box door still fit real nice though.
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Pch101April 28th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I'd wager there aren't as many 20 year old F150s and Silverados around as there are 20 year old Accords and Camrys.
That would reflect badly on the F-150's and Silverado's. Twenty years ago, sales of Accords and Camrys were just a fraction of the trucks. If they survived at the same rates, there should be far more of those trucks than Accords or Camrys of the same age.
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psarhjinianApril 28th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
How long are they going to keep buying them back?North East USA ,and Canada east of Manitoba,thats a lot of trucks.
Technically, once you get past a certain point in Ontario, they stop salting the roads and switch to sand because salt does not help when the temperature drops to "F_______ck!" levels. Same with Quebec. I don't know about Newfoundland et al, but they do things differently there.
So it's entirely possible that outside the Land Of Salt (the 401 corridor and Niagara) that this isn't as much an issue. I can certainly tell you, by the amount of sand on my lawn, that they don't salt here.
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KixStartApril 28th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
When you see a story like this, you just know the Detroit fanbois are going to come out of the woodwork and have themselves an Asian bash-fest.
Go at it, guys. Enjoy yourselves. But here's something to think about… Toyota, Honda, etc, they didn't win market share by pissing customers off.
Buying an old truck back? At a really good price? The customer is going to remember that longer than he's going to remember that the frame got rusty. And if he didn't know the frame was rusty but the Toyota service manager told him after an oil change at the dealership, or he received a letter telling him to come in for a checkup, he's going to remember that Toyota took care of him.
Tearing away at the Asians now won't do Detroit anywhere near as much good as taking care of their own customers would have. How many Detroit customers got pissed off because of GM gaskets? Ford transmissions? Repeated trips to the service department for a single problem? How many years does Detroit bake problems into a run of cars or engines? Do they jump on a problem and get a new solution into manufacturing as soon as they notice spares being consumed for a new motor? Hah!
And Detroit's still driving away customers. Look how that fellow (story here on TTAC in recent months) with the Tahoe hybrid braking problem got treated… GM couldn't fix his problem on a flagship product, a $55K premium priced truck in a segment where GM hopes, someday, to actually win some customers. So, they jammed him up on the lemon law buyback. Their own test mileage and his trips back and forth to the dealership ended up costing him cash out of pocket.
Do you think someone who spends $55K for a Lexus gets treated like that? Think again.
Compare and contrast the Tahoe hybrid problem with the Tundra camshaft issue that the Detroit fanbois love to yak up… Some camshafts broke. Toyota shipped all the parts back to engineeering for analysis and figured out what the probable source of the trouble was. Customers with SUSPECTED bad camshafts got called, came in, got a loaner for the day the truck was out of service and got a new engine.
Bash away. Enjoy the moment. But don't be surprised when it doesn't win any new customers for Detroit.
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StingrayApril 28th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Hello, Detroit, if you're still there: the issue isn't how many problems you have, it's how you handle the problems.
Very smart way of handling the problem… a problem that should have been solved during design stage.
It's also expensive…
But yes, it's nice to have full pay for your POS rusted to hell truck.
This doesn't make them better than Detroit, only smarter by a small degree.
EPIC!!!, I like this guy.
A 7-8 years old truck SHOULDN'T be rusting to the point of making the vehicle unsafe or need the replacement, goddammit. The manufacturer is SUPPOSED to protect the frame so it lasts "forever" or "infinite life" (engineers understand the term). And a PROPERLY corrosion proofed frame is by any measure a sign of QUALITY.
To me, those trucks are real POS, crap, basura.
The internet is surfacing Toyota's quality problems: engine sludge, recalls, bad auto trannies (last V6 Camry auto), failing engine camshafts (5.7 Tundra) and now this…
Emperor is naked… or starting to get…
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AirhenApril 28th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Living in the rust belt, I refuse to drive my built-up Jeep once it starts to snow due to the massive amounts of salt that is put on dumped on the roads as I don't want it to rust out. I'll admit the salt works, but the roads are literally white afterwards.
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Bubba GumpApril 28th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Nothing to see here move along :) Now you want to see something? How about 300 plus pages about fender well rips in FJ cruiser inner fenders which Toyota is fighting to own up to still. In fact the body cracks are right down the front crumple zone darts in the sheet metal. Now theres a story. http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/problems-dealer-service/33440-engine-bay-body-rips.html
A little search of the NHTSA database reveals several hundred complaints since 2007 for FJ cruiser body structure tears at that point.
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taxman100April 28th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
This story does tell us that once Detroit is dead and gone, who the next target will become.
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oboyleprApril 28th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Carefull how you bet kowsnofskia.20 year old Accords and Camrys are as rare as Palm trees here in the frozen north.
There must be palm trees all over the place then. Perhaps they are disguised as pines! I have a 15 year old Camry and a 21 year old Civic in good old Costa Del Newcastle. Each has a little surface rust but nothing major. Toronto is chock full of 20 year old Accords, Camrys, Civics and Corollas. The assertion that domestic vehicles outlast imports, at least in this part of Canada is a myth. My 95 GMC Safari lasted 10 years and 2 accidents but I paid for the crapbox twice over in mechanical repairs!
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golden2huskyApril 28th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Yeah, the rust problems should have not occurred, and no doubt Toyota did have a gun to their head. But in the end the treatment the customer got was better than the treatment that Detroit usually dishes out. My brother's ES did get a new engine after sludge killed it, though the dealer tried the "we don't have your oil change records at our service department" crap. But the mother ship took care of things. Not so with the 3.1 V6 intake gasket that cost us $800 to fix. Only got back $400 from a class action suit. GM basically said kiss off when the problem first occurred. Poor maintenance, they said. What happened to 5 years/100,000 miles?
But not always are the Asians so quick to respond. We had one of the first OBDII compliant Accords. Seems that it was not so compliant after all. Honda could not make the misfire detection work reliably enough to ensure the "reliability standard that Honda was known for" would be maintained, so they programmed the ECU to ignore misfire issues. Got caught on that one and was dragged kicking and screaming to the chopping block. We got extended warranty coverage and free oil changes.
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John HornerApril 28th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
"Today Toyota implied responsibility when they offered to buy back the rust buckets at full retail value."
Sounds good to me. How many times have other companies faced similar situations and chose to fight their customers instead of trying to make it right?
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Robert.WalterApril 28th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Did it occur that replacing rust buckets at hi cost is cheaper than defending class action product quality lawsuits ad infinitum, paying out for the deaths which would inevitably occur, and all the bad press which would attach to the name Toyota as these dramas unfolded?
Better to be dollar-wise, than million-dollar foolish…
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rtxApril 28th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
We just lost our old faithful Tacoma worktruck…….went out for service and never came back. Toyota compensated the company I work for at full market value for our beat up old worktruck because of the frame rust problem.We wouldn't have got anywhere close to retail value on the private market because of its interior condition and the numerous dents and scrapes it had accumulated over the years. Company is happy..they got more then the truck was worth.
Bottom line……Toyota Corp. looks after its customers.
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mikeyApril 28th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Come on oboylepr you know as well as I do that 20 year old Japanese cars arn't that common around here.Yeah there is the odd one but not too many.I have been helping my brother at his scrap yard located 40 miles east of you.We got Toyotas and Hondas stacked to the sky.
The good news is people are flocking in to pick parts,cause the new part prices are staggering.
I'll give you, Honda builds a half decent car,but not perfect as the rice crowd would have you believe.They can, and will break,and repair cost will kill you.Toyota runs a distant second place.The Germans build overpriced crap.A well maintained FWD GM will run forever and repair costs are a fraction of the imports.
I just read Robert.Walters comment,and he nails it,this isn't a head gasket,or a sticky seat belt.We are talking about the frame,the very backbone of a truck Toyota is thinking,law suit and there crapping thier pants.They can't write the checks fast enough.
So much for legendary quality eh?
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Bubba GumpApril 28th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Question for you John. So for the last 8 years Toyota has been doing what??? Passing out Mai Tai's and singing Kumbyya
In reality it sounds like they've been doing this for the past few years "GM basically said kiss off when the problem first occurred"
Some of my friends are three years into this FJ disaster. Trust me TM and its dealers are kicking and screaming all the way on this one. Every one thats been fixed has been a fight.
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April 28th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Still better than Porsche handling the intermediate shaft issues. Toyota quality has been sliding for a while…
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AdubApril 28th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
This does not surprise me.
I was made aware of this when the Tundra first came out. GM bought some for competitive testing and the Tundra disintegrated during the rust testing. Even the engineers who analyzed the results were incredulous. It was by far the worst they had ever seen.
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amadorgmownerApril 28th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Well at least Toyota is owning up to this rust problem. No, they should not rust after just eight years. Whether or not TM had a gun to its head is irrelevant. They are taking the trucks back at full retail value, and that's great. If only GM, Chrysler and Ford would just own up to defects and take care of them promptly and without complaint, they wouldn't have lost so many customers for good. Instead of bashing Toyota, we should be complimenting them. Taking care of major defects and problems correctly is how they have become number one. And I have owned mostly trouble -free GM cars for 25 years. But my next purchase will be a Toyota. I am not going to reward GM and GMAC for their inept business practices anymore.
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quasimondoApril 28th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Why should we compliment a company that takes nearly a decade to own up to the fact their trucks have a serious corrosion issue that compromises the safety of its passengers and cargo?
Why should we compliment a company that decides to take this sort of action not of their own initiative, but after receiving unfavorable media coverage that jeopardized their corporate image?
That's not responsible behavior, that's somebody high up on the Toyota chain hoping that nobody noticed these problems because they're Toyota and they're all that's holy and good in the automotive kingdom.
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MoreaApril 29th, 2009 at 6:58 am
This doesn't make them better than Detroit, only smarter by a small degree.
This is like the joke of the two guys trying to out run a bear… you only have to be a small degree faster than the other guy to survive.
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StingrayApril 29th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Why should we compliment a company that takes nearly a decade to own up to the fact their trucks have a serious corrosion issue that compromises the safety of its passengers and cargo?
Why should we compliment a company that decides to take this sort of action not of their own initiative, but after receiving unfavorable media coverage that jeopardized their corporate image?
We shouldn't. In fact, we can't.
I insist: the frame, god, the mother f@#$%& frame is the backbone of the thing, a freakin SAFETY part. It have to be well rust proofed. Period.
A frame that rust in 8 years is a piece of crap, whether Toyota pays full price for the truck or not.
This pic link is taken from the FJ forum quoted above:
Is this what people expect from a quality built rig? Or better yet, from a Toyota?
I was made aware of this when the Tundra first came out. GM bought some for competitive testing and the Tundra disintegrated during the rust testing. Even the engineers who analyzed the results were incredulous. It was by far the worst they had ever seen.
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psarhjinianApril 29th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Question: I've seen badly several vehicles, domestic and foreign, and to a fault the ones that were severely structurally compromised were body-on-frame.
I'm not saying that Toyota is off the hook, but I've never seen rust problems in their recent unibody models, and I have seen problematic rust in salt-belt BoF trucks from all makes. I just don't see very many Toyota trucks.
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mikeyApril 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Right you are psarhjinian Rust and rot are a problem in this part of the world.The mid sixties full size GM "B" cars had cheesie frames.If they wern,t rust proofed 12 to 15 years and the frames were garbage.The trucks from that era had bullet proof frames.The newest rotten GM truck I've seen was an 88.This old reg cab long box had been neglected big time and yes the frame was f—ed.
When the junkers come to the bone yard on a flat bed the guys will unload them with a Michigan loader.Soon as you pick them up you know the frame
is toast,cause of the way they twist.
With the Nissan pick ups you don't dare use the forks,cause you will f–k up what few good body panel's its still got.
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GeotpfApril 29th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
TrueDelta, Consumer Reports, and JD Power still give Toyota extremely high reliability ratings, overall. Are they perfect? Of course not. Are they better than the Americans, the Koreans, the Germans, the British, and the other Japanese makes other than Honda and Subaru? Yes.
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quasimondoApril 29th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
A vehicle isn't reliable if it is rusting to pieces, period.
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ohsnapbackApril 29th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Michael Karesh, what are you smoking and can you please pass it down, because it must be really, really good.
Toyota probably had one of the worst, all time responses to hundreds of thousands valid customer complaints of engine sludge in a wide variety of Toyota vehicles utilizing mainly their 3.0 liter V6 (and to a lesser degree, their 4 pot).
The problem was caused by piston tolerances that were way too tight, leading to carbon build up and motors seizing, and Toyota denied any and all liability for YEARS, with many customers forced to pay out of pocket for brand new motors, UNTIL MANY CLASS ACTION and STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL lawsuits were filed in many, many states against Toyota.
It was only after years of litigation that Toyota finally capitulated, acknowledged a design defect, and reimbursed owners who paid out of pocket for new engines due to this defect.
So much for 'Toyota knowing how to treat customers.'
Please, Mr. Karesh. Please.
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JasonApril 29th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
"A well maintained FWD GM will run forever and repair costs are a fraction of the imports."
My FWD GM ('97 Grand Prix) was a hunk of fragile excrement and tried to bankrupt my young family. I parked it in the yard and refused to drive it (used my wife's car exclusively) until someone finally took it off my hands, and I went running back to Nissan, which had been my pre-GM vehicle.
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KixStartApril 29th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
ohsnapback: "Toyota probably had one of the worst, all time responses to hundreds of thousands valid customer complaints of engine sludge in a wide variety of Toyota vehicles utilizing mainly their 3.0 liter V6 (and to a lesser degree, their 4 pot)."
The Internet has a tendency to magnify crap entirely out of proportion.
Somehow, in spite of this massive sludging problem, Toyota maintains a long history of red bulls-eyes in CR and a very, very high customer rentention rate.
If your story is true, then it's a sad commentary on GM because they're still worse.
As it happens, I know at least 8 people with the Slugdgemaster V6 and the only one whose Toyota has a problem – and I mean any problem, not just an engine sludging problem – is me. A week ago, the interior latch release on the passenger side sliding door stopped working. It's an '01 with 85K miles and this is the first problem of any kind.
If my GMs and Fords had behaved like this, I wouldn't be driving Toyotas. Nor would a lot of other people.
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ohsnapbackApril 30th, 2009 at 11:49 am
KixStart, for your reference (if you want data on how terribly Toyota treated problem plagued customers for almost a decade, Google is there):
Toyota Settles in Sludge-Damage Suit
* By Mark Durham Email Author
* January 30, 2007 |
* 11:03 am |
Toyota has agreed to settle with thousands of Toyota and Lexus owners who claimed their engines were ruined by oil sludge build-up even though they followed maintenance guidelines. The agreement covers eight Toyota and Lexus models sold in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including the Camry sedan, Sienna minivan, Highlander SUV, and Lexus ES 300. The number of covered vehicles could reach 3.5 million.
The case began when a Lexus RX 300 SUV bought by a New Orleans stockbroker in late 1998 had its engine fail due to sludge damage after just two years and 42,468 miles. The settlement comes as Toyota struggles to cope with a wave of recalls that has hurt the company's reputation for rigorous quality control.
Toyota is not the only carmaker with sludge issues — DaimlerChrysler, Volkswagen, and Saab have all fielded numerous complaints from consumers about sludge-damaged engines. Those companies now have to worry that the precedent set by this settlement could put them next in line.
[Source: Reuters]
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KixStartApril 30th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Color me unimpressed.
That article has no quotable sources and few details. And in 2007, "thousands" out of 3.5 million engines that had by then been on the road for up to 9 years? And, in spite of their protestations, you know some fraction of those "thousands" (I'm calling it 1.5 thousands – feel free to find a better number) of owners failed to change their oil on schedule or Insty-Loob incompetently filled them up with 10W30 instead of 5W30, which is spec.
Moreover, the contrast with GM couldn't be starker… at the same time that Toyota was quite sure that proper engine maintenance prevented the problem, they tore down a lot of engines and ended up changing the parts to allow for the freer flow of oil. That's not an admission of a problem, that's Toyota acting to make the engine more robust and more resistant to damage from neglect.
How long did GM stonewall on DexCool? How many years of engines got plastic intake manifolds? Crap gaskets? GM knew they had a problem – and this wasn't in the shady area between owner neglect and manufacturing defects – this was pure GM got it wrong. And the customers got the shaft.
Bash away. Enjoy the moment. But don't be surprised when this Toyota problem doesn't win any new customers for Detroit.
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Paaschburg & Wunderlich alu riser dropped M12 polished 100 mm
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"As you see by my other Hunza Bread recipe, that I have an interest in this bread. This one I found on allrecipes.com while looking for it through Google."
Hunza Bread II by Holly
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YIELD:2 9x5 loaves
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- 3 (1/4 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 8 cups bread flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups white sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 6 egg yolks
- 1 cup margarine, melted
- 1 1⁄2 cups warm milk
- 1 cup golden raisin
- 2 egg whites, beaten
- In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar and salt. Make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the yeast mixture, egg yolks, margarine and warm milk. Stir until a soft dough is formed. Turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 6 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
- Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in the raisins. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and form into loaves. Place the loaves into two lightly greased 9x5 inch loaf pans. Cover the loaves with a damp cloth and let rise until doubled in volume, about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Brush the risen loaves with egg whites. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 45 minutes, until golden brown.


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Republican pollster Jim Lee of Susquehanna Polling & Research shared some of his thoughts on elections and on next Tuesday's primary in particular.
"You're likely to see turnout, in my opinion, hit 35, 40, maybe 45 percent," he said.
The governor's race will bring out voters on the Democratic side, but not nearly as much as if it were a presidential election. Lee says the race is Tom Wolf's to lose.
Lee says Rob McCord probably won't win, but may end up with more votes than expected next week.
"Because he has the best ground game from what we've heard, because he's got the unions and the teachers kind of working for him in a Democratic primary," Lee said. "That counts for something."
Lee said that McCord's negative campaign ads against Wolf have not cut into his lead much, if at all.


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It may be that when my 2-year-old daughter is my age, the concept of paper grocery bags will exist in that quaint place that's already absorbed familiar tokens of my youth like VHS tapes and 35 mm film canisters, rotary dial phones and handles on car doors that were used to — gasp! — manually roll up the windows. And while the use of paper bags has been eclipsed by their plastic counterparts — the latter consume less energy, produce less waste and are a quarter to a third of the cost to manufacture — the plastic bags aren't without their share of controversy. The New York Times, for instance, reported as recent as Monday on a settlement between plastic bag recycling company Hilex Poly and reusable bag manufacturer ChicoBag over controversial plastic bag statistics listed on the latter's website.
Regardless of your opinion on the matter, it can't be denied that plastic bags are plentiful and — even if we stopped producing them right this second — are going to be around for a while (we can't know for certain how long that while is, though estimates on how long it takes for a plastic bag to naturally decompose range from 500 to 1,000 years). Cities and countries around the world have banned the use of plastic shopping bags — San Francisco paved the way in the U.S. with a ban in 2007, and a similar ban took effect in Los Angeles this summer — and Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, called for a global ban on their use in Washington in 2009.
One solution to the problem is doing away with plastic shopping bags altogether and using reusable shopping bags instead, which can be purchased from most major grocery chains for as little as $1 each. But if you're willing to spend a little extra for a higher quality bag with a little more style, there are a number of great options online.
Reuseit.com has many stylish bags to choose from, including the Workhorse Original for $5.95, the Workhorse Eco-Circle for $7.95 and the easy-loading Reisenthel EasyBags for $14.95 that fit snug into a shopping cart.
Baggu offers a number of great styles as well, and has even worked with artists through Threadless.com to offer unique design options, many of which are sold out. Baggu's bestselling Baggu bag is $8 and is available in more than 40 color options. It also comes in smaller and larger options, the Baby Baggu for $6 and the Big Baggu for $12, respectively.
For designer options, ChicoBag is a great resource, offering unique styles — I love their messenger bags — including Halloween options for $6.99. Their Original design is just $5.99 and their Original rePETe design — made using recycled content — is $9.60. Both are available in multiple colors.
Other unique options that are a bit pricier include the Earthwise Veggie Bed bag system ($82.80 for a 24-piece case) which looks great for transporting produce, and the the creative designs of Eco-Bags, including the "Peace Girl" Rebel Green Shopping Tote for $34.99.
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Campbell, Lance wrote: > > I have a script that starts PostgreSQL as a service. It uses the > following command to start the database: > > > > $SU -l postgres -c "$PGENGINE/postmaster -p '$PGPORT' -D '$PGDATA' > ${PGOPTS} &" >> "$PGLOG" 2>&1 < /dev/null > You do know that there is a pre-built startup script in the contrib/start-scripts directory? You might try using that rather than reinventing the wheel in a variety of ways... > > > > On my production server I use a slightly different command: > > > > exec ${PGENGINE}/pg_ctl start -D ${PGDATA} -l ${PGLOG} > > > > I noticed that the first command sends starting up info about > PostgreSQL to the log file specified by $PGLOG; while the second > startup command does not send anything to the log file. What is the > reason for this? I also have the same issue with shutting down. > It looks like in your first startup script you redirect the output so the startup script is created by the user "root" (and hence owned by root). In the second one, you start as postgres (or whomever your server runs as), and as a result the log file would have to be owned by that user as well. Is it? I'm assuming that (by your text above) that the file already exists but no new output appears there - this may be because the file is owned by the root user. You should probably change the ownership of the file so that the postgresql user can write to it. hope that helps. -- Chander Ganesan The Open Technology Group One Copley Parkway, Suite 210 Morrisville, NC 27560 Phone: 877-258-8987/919-463-0999 http://www.otg-nc.com Expert PostgreSQL Training
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For those who find that their 55-inch TV is no longer cutting it, Sony has just debuted the solution to all your problems. Officially dubbed the XBR-84X900, this monstrous TV boasts an 84-inch 3480 x 2160 resolution LCD screen as well as a detachable 10-speaker audio system. Its 4K resolution display features 8 million pixels for a resolution offering 4x that of a regular HD screen. In addition to the gorgeous display, the TV also features built-in Wi-Fi and a slew of apps such as Netflix and Pandora. Set to ship sometime later this year, expect to fork over a princely sum for one of these.
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Media General, owner of Tampa's WFLA-Ch. 8, to merge with Young Broadcasting, seek $900-million
Richmond, Va.-based Media General, owner of Tampa NBC affiliate WFLA-Ch. 8, has announced it is merging with privately-held Young Broadcasting of Nashville Tenn., creating a new public company nearly twice its size seeking $900-million in financing to cover the combined firms' debts.
The new company will retain the Media General name and Virginia homebase, combining the company's 18 network affiliated TV station with Young's 12 stations. After the merger, the 30 stations will reach 16.5 million households in 27 markets across the country, or 14 percent of U.S. viewers, according to the company's statement.
Officials at WFLA and Media General couldn't say how the Tampa station might be affected by the merger or how the new company's top leadership would be chosen, though the press release announcing the move noted current Media General president and CEO George L. Mahoney will keep his job.
In the immediate future, operations at TV stations are expected to proceed as usual, according to Media General spokeswoman Liz Cleal.
"I learned about this at 7 o'clock this morning, just before the press releases went out," said Brad Moses, general manager of WFLA. "But I think it's good thing."
The merger creates a larger company with more clout to demand retransmission fees from cable systems which carry their channels, better terms on syndicated TV programs aired on their channels and better terms for refinancing their debt.
It also ends Media General's stock structure, divided into two classes, which allowed the Bryan family of Richmond to control the company. According to the release, after the stock is reclassified, Young shareholders will own 67.5 percent, compared to Media General shareholders owning 32.5 percent.
The companies have a combined debt of $765-million, with more than 75 percent of that total coming from Media General (the Virginia company sold most of its newspapers to superstar investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway company last year, earning $142-million, a $400 million loan and $45 million in credit). The deal also reclassifies Media General's two types of stock, Class A and B, into one type of common stock.
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RICHMOND, Va., June 6, 2013 — Media General, Inc. (NYSE: MEG) and privately held New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc., both local broadcast television and digital media companies, today announced a definitive agreement to combine the two companies in an all-stock merger transaction. The new company will retain the Media General name and will remain headquartered in Richmond, VA.
Media General owns 18 network-affiliated stations, and Young owns or operates 12 network-affiliated stations. The combination will create a company with 30 stations operating in 27 markets, reaching 16.5 million, or 14%, of U.S. TV households. On a pro forma basis, 2012 revenues were $605 million, including approximately $115 million of political revenues.
The new company will have a strong balance sheet, including significant tax carryover net operating losses that will survive the merger, and an enhanced credit profile, creating opportunities to refinance existing debt at a significantly lower cost of capital. The merger will be accretive to free cash flow in the first full year. The companies have identified $25-30 million of operating and financing synergies.
The balance of network affiliations will include CBS (11), NBC (9), ABC (7) Fox (1), CW (1) and MNT (1). Sixteen of the 30 stations are located in the Top 75 DMAs. The new company will be more geographically diverse and will have a presence in more markets that generate strong political revenues. Its increased size will enhance its ability to participate in retransmission revenue growth, share growth of national and digital advertising, and syndicated programming purchasing.
J. Stewart Bryan III, chairman of Media General, said, "The business combination of Media General and Young is a transformational event that will benefit shareholders, employees and the communities we serve. The combination provides immediate accretion to free cash flow, a strong balance sheet, the opportunity to refinance debt at a much lower cost and attractive synergies. Young's management and its owners share Media General's commitment to quality local journalism and to operating top-rated TV stations, making this merger a unique and compelling combination with significant growth potential. I have agreed to vote all of my shares to unwind Media General's dual-class stock structure and to approve the transaction. I look forward to benefiting as a continuing long-term shareholder in the new Media General."
Thomas J. Sullivan, executive chairman of New Young Broadcasting, said, "This merger is compelling on many levels and will create a company with valuable strategic assets, significant financial resources and a deep team of talented and experienced personnel. Together, these two great companies will be even better positioned to prosper in today's competitive media environment. I look forward to joining the Media General Board of Directors and working with my new colleagues."
George L. Mahoney, president and chief executive officer of Media General, who will retain that role following the merger, said, "We are thrilled to join forces with the Young team and add its great collection of stations and digital assets to ours. I'm very excited about the wonderful opportunities that lie ahead for the new Media General. Our stations and Young's have earned excellent reputations as leading local content providers. In working with the Young management and owners over the past several months, it's clear that we share strong values for customer focus and innovation and a commitment to harnessing the future in an age of rapid change. The new Media General will have a highly competitive broadcasting platform and a strong digital focus, particularly for mobile platforms. We see opportunities for organic growth and other expansion. We expect to take advantage of attractive debt markets and refinance our total debt outstanding at a much lower interest rate. We anticipate a seamless integration of operations and the ability to take advantage quickly of our new operating and financing synergies, to realize the benefits inherent in our combination. We believe the new Media General has outstanding prospects for increasing shareholder value."
Deborah McDermott, chief executive officer of New Young Broadcasting, said, "This is an exciting day for Young Broadcasting. We're delighted to find an outstanding strategic business partner in Media General, with its strong stations and digital platforms in attractive markets. Our companies share a commitment to quality broadcasting. Combining our two companies creates opportunities for profitable growth that neither company would be capable of achieving on its own. We look forward to working with the Media General team and to realizing the tremendous potential of this merger, including attractive near-term growth opportunities."
Under the merger agreement, Media General will reclassify each outstanding share of its Class A and Class B common stock into one share of a newly created class of Media General common stock, which will be entitled to elect all of Media General's directors. No additional consideration will be paid to the Class B shareholders for giving up their right to directly elect 70% of Media General's directors. Media General will issue approximately 60.2 million shares of the new Media General common stock to Young's shareholders.
The estimated total shares outstanding after closing is 89.1 million. Media General's pro forma ownership split will be approximately 32.5% Media General shareholders and 67.5% Young shareholders. The new Media General common stock will be listed on the NYSE and trade under the symbol MEG, subject to NYSE approval of the listing of the new shares.
Media General's 2011/2012 average revenues were $320 million and Young's were $219 million. Media General's 2011/2012 average adjusted EBITDA was $90 million and Young's was $77 million. These adjusted EBITDA amounts have been normalized for acquisitions, dispositions and certain non-recurring, one-time and other items agreed upon by both parties. Broadcast financial results in even-numbered years include political revenues and Olympics advertising, and odd-numbered years mostly reflect the absence of those revenues. The broadcast industry, therefore, typically assesses a company's performance based on a two-year average of its financial results, which takes into account this biennial effect of political and Olympics revenues.
As of March 31, 2013, Media General's outstanding debt was $601 million, and Young's was $164 million. The new Media General intends to pursue a total debt refinancing of approximately $900 million, reflecting the total debt outstanding of both companies, call premiums on various debt issuances, a $50 million cash contribution to Media General's qualified pension plan, and transaction fees and expenses. If it is able to complete the refinancing, which is subject to debt market conditions at the time of refinancing, Media General believes that its pro forma interest expense following the refinancing would be approximately $50 million per year.
Following closing, the initial Board of Directors will consist of 14 directors, including Media General's current nine directors and Young's current five directors. Mr. Bryan will serve as the initial chairman. At the 2014 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, the size of the Board will be reduced to 11 directors and consist of five of the current Media General directors (to include the current chairman, vice chairman and president/CEO plus two others as designated by the Nominating Committee), the five former Young directors, and one additional director selected by the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee will consist of five directors, including three former Young directors and two current Media General directors.
The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Media General Board of Directors and the Young Board of Directors. It also has received the necessary approval of Young's shareholders. The transaction is subject to the approval of Media General Class A shareholders and Class B shareholders, the Federal Communications Commission, clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust act, and customary third-party consents. The D. Tennant Bryan Media Trust, which holds 85% of the company's Class B shares, has agreed to vote in favor of the transaction. Media General will convene a special shareholders' meeting to vote on the transaction.


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We report on an ultrabright beamlike source of polarization-entangled photon pairs that is suitable for the task of multiphoton quantum information processing. The photon pairs are generated from a beamlike type-II parametric downconversion process in two adjacently located but rotated β-barium borate crystals. Approximately entangled photon pairs are recorded experimentally with only pump power. The fidelity of the generated entangled state as compared with a Bell state is measured to be 0.974 with the method of quantum state tomography. With this source, we also obtain a violation of Bell's inequality by 61 standard deviations in just a few seconds.
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GW and local community members honor Vincent Gray, B.A. '64, at celebration breakfast.
In the early 1960s, then-GW student Vincent Gray was one of the only African Americans on campus. He was barred from playing varsity basketball and initially could not join a fraternity.
Struggling with the "difficult social experience," Mr. Gray was tempted to walk away from GW after his freshman year. Instead, he stayed and became one of the first black members of a university fraternity and later served as president of Tau Epsilon Phi.
The decision to stay, Mr. Gray said, was no less than "life changing."
"It allowed me to meet people who have been an important part of my life since then," he said at a breakfast the university held in his honor Thursday. "What a great experience it is to continue to be associated with George Washington University."
Those on hand to honor the mayor in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom included local leaders D.C. Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Lang, Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, and George S. Hawkins, general manager of the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority.
In his remarks, President Steven Knapp called Mr. Gray's story about his challenging early days at GW "both sobering and inspiring."
"I first heard that story in 2009, when then-chairman Gray received the university's Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award," said Dr. Knapp. "Mayor Gray, it was very much our honor to have that opportunity to honor you for both your extraordinary public achievements and, belatedly, for your role as a civil rights pioneer within the university. All of us at George Washington wish you well and stand ready to support you in every way possible."
GW Student Association President Jason Lifton and GW Presidential Administrative Fellow Anna Phillips welcomed the capacity crowd and recalled some of their moments participating in Mr. Gray's election campaign.
"There are very few things that can rival the excitement of an election," said Mr. Lifton. "[On election night] we were there with a whole bunch of GW students, many of whom are here this morning, and all of whom are excited to watch Mayor Gray, a fellow Colonial, take over the reins of our city."
Calling Mr. Gray a "decent and humane person, someone who can really get things done," Mr. Evans said he was "very much looking forward to working with Mayor Gray in the years ahead and to continue the progress this city has made."
Chairman of the GW Board of Trustees W. Russell Ramsey, B.B.A. '81, recalled Mr. Gray's impassioned speech to the GW men's basketball team Jan. 5 during a pre-game pep talk. The mayor was recognized during the game as a former student and intramural basketball player at GW.
"At our university, we have a vision to be nothing less than the most admired and respected university in the world," said Mr. Ramsey. "And I would say that this is as exciting a time as I could ever imagine to be welcoming back one of our own."
Mr. Gray noted the tremendous support GW has provided to the District, citing the Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarship program, GW's partnership with local public high school School Without Walls and Dr. Knapp's offer to host a job creation symposium in the District.
Mr. Gray said his recent visits to campus made him realize "how much progress we've made at this university."
"It really is uplifting to me to see where this university has come, as a responsible corporate citizen in the District of Columbia," he said. "It is incredibly comforting to know that George Washington University has continued to make a commitment to the city, has continued to grow, and frankly [is] an institution that I feel I can rely upon in the next four years, to work with us to make this city the greatest place 600,000 people could possibly live in."
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Slaughter describes the Lone Star group, called the Dallas Audio Association, as "a new concept in cooperation within the high-end audio industry. We will be providing public education on various audio topics, including how to listen, how to set up systems, basic audio concepts, and various scientific concepts. By promoting the audio industry in this way, we plan to increase exposure of various ideas pervasive in the audio industry.
"Our organization also ushers in a new era of cooperation between previously competing high-end audio dealers," continues Slaughter. "Strategic alliances have been formed to assure maximum exposure and ultimately offer greater access to the consumer. Planned offerings include new standards of how to do business locally and over the Internet, referral services, common lines, and more. We feel this is the future of the audio industry."
According to Slaughter, the Dallas Audio Association is developing a business model that can and will be expanded nationwide. Currently, the DAA comprises three Dallas high-end audio dealers and a six-member information technology group. "This represents over 30 years' combined experience in the audio busines and over 75 years' combined experience in the computer and technologies industry," states Slaughter. "Talks are ongoing with several manufacturers for strategic partnerships. We feel these relationships are key to moving the audio industry into the 21st century."
The group says it is currently in negotiations with several manufacturers to set up "buyers' club" volume purchasing. This, they expect, will allow several consumers to coordinate a volume purchase at prices lower than full retail. "By so doing, we are offering a transition for manufacturers to Internet sales, which will have minimal impact on their local dealers since single units can still sell for retail," says Slaughter. "This plan can provide buyers with what they want while maintaining the integrity of the industry."
Folks interested in more information about The Audio Consortium and the Associations they are forming can contact Slaughter at their website. "We feel that typical resale models are changing rapidly. Our plan provides a path for keeping the audio industry healthy and growing in this environment."


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Buddy Fruits Launches Fruit Pouches for Adults
By Grocery Headquarters Staff
Buddy Fruits is launching FruitBreak, a line of products for teens and adults. This grown-up version of the popular blended fruit products has demonstrated that Buddy Fruits is not baby food; it's a fruit brand for anyone anywhere. Many healthy snacks in the market today claim to be "all-natural," but are loaded with artificial ingredients and sweeteners, say company officials. Buddy Fruits' new FruitBreak products are vegetarian, gluten-free, BPA-free with no preservatives, with pure fruit and offer kosher alternatives. There are flavors to satisfy everyone's taste buds including, Greek yogurt and coconut milk options, as well as crunchy apple chips and fruit bites. Packaged with the latest technology, Buddy Fruits allows you to take your FruitBreak anywhere without the need of refrigeration. No need to carry around bulky fruit or worry about fruit rotting before you can eat it. "We are very excited to launch this second generation of products by Buddy Fruits," says Daniel Connors, vice president of marketing and communications. "We believe in going to market with only the best ingredients, and using the latest technology to provide our consumers the healthiest on-the-go snacking experience. FruitBreak is the outcome of that, 100% natural, 100% convenient."


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Popular culture has made the pregnancy process seem almost too easy. A couple decides to have a baby, and they almost immediately become pregnant. In fact, there is even a show about a family that has had close to twenty children! However, for every couple that seems able to have dozens of children, there are those who are having trouble conceiving.
If you have come to a point where you think that you might have fertility problems, the first thing that you should do is check your dates. Yes, if you're a woman, you should have already kept a record of your menstrual cycles, but you should also keep at least a mental note of how long you have been trying to conceive.
According to many fertility experts, a couple having unprotected sex should be able to conceive within six months of having done so. Sometimes, this amount is extended to a year. However, if you have been trying to conceive for over a year without any success, the chances are good that you are having fertility problems.
So, what is the next step in figuring out why you can't conceive? First of all, your primary care physician should refer you to a specialist. The specialist should not just check you, but also your husband. Unfortunately, many people think that when a couple cannot conceive, it is due to a problem with the female, when it truth it can be just as much a problem for the men.
For example, a male can be the cause of fertility problems because of weak sperm. Simply put, if sperm cannot reach the egg to fertilize it, conception cannot take place, now can it? Also, it could be that the male has a low sperm count, so the chances of the egg being fertilized become dramatically lower.
Whatever the case, it is very important that the man be checked first. Why? Because the tests that he will have to undergo are considerably less invasive than the ones needed for the female. If the male turns out to be the source of the problem, then he might have to take some medicine, or perhaps the couple will need to consider in vitro fertilization as one of their options.
As for what could be going wrong with the woman, it really could be a number of different things. For example, she might have endometriosis, which is a hardening of the uterus. Usually, such a problem can be fixed by medication. Whatever the situation, it is very important to note that the couple has a bunch of different ways that they can still have a biological child.
In addition to in vitro fertilization, there is also the option of artificial insemination, in which sperm is injected directly into the uterus. Or, if it has been determined that the woman cannot carry a fetus to term, then there is also the option of having a surrogate mother carry the fetus. Whatever the scenario, thanks to medical technology there are lots of ways that couple can still have a baby!


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Emily Graslie is rad. She works at The University of Montana's Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum and just launched a web series about life around the office. "I'd like to share some of the amazing things we have in the collection with the Internet. Let's talk about your favorite animal," says she. Let's! [via]


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PLANS to restore a historic city bandstand have been given a £585,000 boost.
The Heritage Lottery Fund gave a grant to the Kelvingrove Park project as part of a package of awards in the west of Scotland.
The bandstand was built in 1924 and opened to the public the following year.
It proved hugely popular, regularly attracting audiences of up to 7000 for open air concerts.
But since 2004 it has been on the Buildings at Risk register and is now in a critical condition.
As reported in later editions of last night's Evening Times, Glasgow Building Preservation Trust plans to transform the structure, creating a cultural venue during the 2014 Commonwealth Games and beyond.
The HLF has also announced a £527,000 grant to restore the Grand Fountain in Paisley, which dates from 1868.
And Dean Castle Country Park in Kilmarnock is to get £45,500 to help it develop a £3.1million bid by the Lottery to rejuvenate the park and its ancient buildings.
Colin McLean, head of the Lottery Fund in Scotland, said: "This has been a difficult time for parks, with unrelenting pressure to manage budgets, so we are delighted to be able to bring some festive cheer.
"Our parks and the historic features in them are a wonderful legacy from our ancestors which are enjoyed by all ages and are often a community's only green space in which to relax away from the pressures of daily life.
"That is why the HLF is committed to protecting these precious places."
Anne McChlery, director of Glasgow Building Preservation Trust, welcomed the £500,000 grant towards the cost of restoring Kelvingrove bandstand.
She said: "We knew when we were working on the project that there was a considerable cash shortfall, so we are absolutely thrilled we are able to give this project a boost.
"We still have a gap but it is not a huge gap, so we now intend to go out to tender in the new year which will give us the real cost. In the interim we are making other applications for funding and may be able to contribute to the shortfall."
Ms McChlery estimates the cost of the work is likely to be around £1.9m, leaving £300,000 still to be found.
She added: "The bandstand will not just be a one hit wonder for the Commonwealth Games but is about creating an open access cultural venue for the city in our of our premiere parks."
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We are currently looking for volunteers to translate a few documents into the following languages:
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We are currently looking for people to help in the following areas:
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Hilarious Gravestones That Are Funny Enough To Wake The Dead.
In a certain sense, our gravestone serves as the very last message we send to the world -- and the one that lasts longer than our life itself. Considering that, some people take a simplistic approach to choosing what goes on their gravestone: Name, lifespan, maybe an etching of an angel or two.
Others, though, use it as an opportunity to speak their minds when their minds are no longer with us. Sometimes, that manifests as a joke, a pun, or just a final declaration to anyone who will listen. The quality they all share is that they're quite entertaining, and we've put together an epic collection of them below.
These 24 gravestones are the perfect way to bid farewell to the world, and they will definitely put a smile on your face. From memorials on park benches to elaborate etchings on gravestones, these last messages will crack you up from beyond the grave.
#1. Roger is still scowling at you from beyond the grave.
#2. Here lies Smokey Weedman, who never met a blade of grass he didn't like.
#3. Good old Tits wasn't perfect, but that's what made him perfect.
#4. Never have we related more strongly to a dead person.
#5. It's pretty clear that the game of life was not his favorite to play.
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Every year at this time I run a photo essay to commemorate Disneyland's anniversary. We've featured celebrities romping around the Park, construction of the major additions, and run plenty of photos of old attractions. For this year's concise essay I decided to focus on just one subset of photos -- color pictures of Walt Disney visiting Disneyland. As always, there's no text, we just let the pictures do the talking. - Al
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VERMILION, Ohio (AP) -- Police in northern Ohio say a woman on a riding lawn mower accidentally ran over her 4-year-old daughter, critically injuring the girl.
The accident happened Monday at a home in Vermilion, a small city west of Cleveland along Lake Erie. Vermilion police say the girl apparently was playing with a toy and got near the mower without being spotted by her mother, who backed up the vehicle.
Sgt. Jeff Chandler tells The Morning Journal (http://bit.ly/JYz2S2 ) in nearby Lorain that the girl was knocked over and her feet became caught under the mower blades. She was flown to a children's hospital in Cleveland in critical condition.
No update on her condition was available Tuesday morning.
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Hey there. It's me.
As I type, I'm sitting in our hotel room in Florida. We've made it to our new home state and are so ready to settle in. For now, we have a little bit of hotel time before we can move into our apartment, so I'm taking the opportunity to relax. The cord for my camera is floating around somewhere in the three duffel bags and two suitcases that we brought with us from MD, so I thought I'd share some of my Instagram photos from our three weeks there.
Niece and nephew time // the view from Chris' parents' house // yummy Old Bay seasoned crab chips // the heavenly smell of honeysuckle // the chapel we were married in three years ago // celebrating Chris' birthday // homemade sushi with my siblings // baby bump // celebrating our third anniversary // me & dad
a shopping day with my little sis // practicing with our nephew // lazy mornings with tea // little sister painting my toes for me // the tortuous steps up from Chris' parents' dock // a vintage globe that I commandeered from my parents for Si's nursery // Chickfila runs // more baby bump // a new ring
sailing on the Severn with my love
It was a sweet trip that exhausted physically but rejuvenated us emotionally. Thanks for bearing with my sporadic posting schedule lately!


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text: Pew Economic Mobility Project Outtakes: One mother teaches her kids the importance of savings By Jennifer Guerra • Dec 10, 2013 user penywise / morgueFILE The blogosphere has been abuzz the last week or so about What Poor People Do (Or Don't Do). The topic of savings often comes up in discussions about the poor, and with those conversations come lots of misconceptions. I interviewed the Blackman family a couple weeks ago for a piece on climbing out of poverty. Tiffany Blackman has been trying to climb out of the poverty she inherited from her parents, grandparents and great grandparents. Together with her husband, Rodrico, and their four kids, they've managed to climb up one rung on the income ladder, thanks to lots of hard work, education and savings. In our conversation, we talked about savings and kids. Specifically: Does she talk to her kids about how to save money? Her answer was an emphatic yes. Here how she does it: Listen Listening... / 2:27 Which factors will help your kids climb the income ladder and which will hold them back? By Dustin Dwyer • Sep 26, 2013 We know that kids who grow up in low-income homes are less likely to have high incomes as adults. But which factors most help kids climb the economic ladder, and which hold them back? The Pew Economic Mobility Project put together a handy, interactive site where you can combine different factors such as race, marital status and education to determine which combinations give people the best odds of getting ahead. Are you a single black female? If you get a college degree, your chances of climbing the economic ladder are at 83 percent. Same person, no degree? You have only a 9 percent chance of moving up, according to Pew. The average unemployed white person has more household income than the average working black person By Dustin Dwyer • Apr 4, 2013 Pew Economic Mobility Project This chart comes from a report released yesterday by the Pew Economic Mobility Project. The report looked at the effects of unemployment on American families. Overall, the report says one third of families in America experienced some form of unemployment between 1999 - 2009. But minority families were far more likely to be affected. Forty-one percent of black families and 51 percent of Latino families experienced unemployment during the period, compared to 30 percent of whites. The link between savings and upward mobility By Jennifer Guerra • Jan 9, 2013 Jennifer Guerra / Michigan Radio Listen Listening... / 4:50 Be honest: How many of you made a New Year's resolution to save more money? Saving money can be especially hard to do in a tough economy, so kudos to you. For families at the bottom of the economic ladder, saving money can make a real difference. Erin Currier directs the Pew Economic Mobility Project. She says "when low income families can develop their own savings, their own assets, their children are significantly more likely to move up the income ladder." Currier's team did a 2009 study called "A Penny Saved is Mobility Earned," and they found that savings and upward mobility are linked together, especially for families in the lowest income bracket. Children of low-saving (i.e., below median), low-income parents are significantly less likely to be upwardly mobile than children of high-saving, low-income parents. Seventy-one percent of children born to high-saving, low-income parents move up from the bottom income quartile over a generation, compared to only 50 percent of children of low-saving, low-income parents. Great Recession impact biggest on families in poverty By Jordan Medina • Nov 16, 2012 Gerard Van der Leun / flickr A new report by the Pew Economic Mobility Project shows that while all communities were impacted by the Great Recession, families in high-poverty neighborhoods took the hardest hit. How an escalator explains "absolute" versus "relative" economic mobility in America By Dustin Dwyer • Jul 19, 2012 Here's a bit more information to help explain yesterday's story Five facts about achieving the American Dream. We've gotten some comments from listeners about how to interpret our five facts, and one of the biggest areas of confusion concerns the distinction between "absolute" and "relative" measures economic mobility.


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Today is a deadline for bills to get out of respective policy committees. Since nothing is ever dead until the gavel falls, it's generally just an excuse for lawmakers to kill bills they don't like. Get ready to see committee chairs act like auctioneers throughout the committee rooms.
Gov. Pawlenty has been racking up the frequent flyer miles. An MPR News analysis found that Pawlenty has been out of the state for an average of at least one out of every three days.
Negotiators in the House and Senate will now have to reconcile their differences on a bridge compensation fund. The Minnesota Senate passed its version of the bill yesterday. MPR, the Pi Press, the Star Tribune and AP have stories.
The Castle Doctrine bill gets shot down. That bill would have broadened the times when a person could shoot others in self defense. The bill's author says he'll keep pushing to get the bill passed into law. The Pi Press, the Star Tribune and AP have stories.
The Pi Press says lawmakers are mulling how to rate schools.
Forum Communications says transportation issues turn to policy issues.
Highway bridge rating signs could become a part of the landscape.
MinnPost speculates that former St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly could be named as the next Transportation Commissioner.
There is also talk about a boost for biodiesel.
The Pi Press says Minnesota is 10th in U.S for mortgage fraud.
Pawlenty plans to sign a bill that lowers the blood donation age.
Former Gov. Arne Carlson criticizes Gov. Pawlenty's budget fix. MPR and the Star Tribune have stories.
Negotiations on the bonding bill have stalled.
A bill to allow 13 years olds be charged as adults was approved in committee.
The Star Tribune says the DNR to buy an "incredibly rare" wetland in Carver County.
Midwest carbon talks get underway.
KARE says tempers flared on the House floor over sanctuary cities debate.
The Star Tribune says a shortage of ventilators is warning of a potential crisis.
The Senate defeats a measure that would ban earmarks for one year.
GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar both voted against the earmark ban.
The House and Senate consider budget plans.
Lt. Governors back Klobuchar's regional presidential primary plan.
An outside group says private tax collectors are collecting less than the IRS would if they did the job. GOP Rep. Jim Ramstad says the program is working.
DFL Rep. Betty McCollum pushes a bill to reduce infant deaths. She's teaming up with GOP Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on the initiative.
DFL Rep. Keith Ellison urges Liberians to run for office.
President Bush says he'll sign a Farm Bill extension. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson is mentioned.
The FAA fines on Southwest are prompting wider worries. Southwest's schedule is back to normal. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar is mentioned in both stories.
Norway's foreign minister will be in Minneapolis later this month to explain the consul change.
2008 Race for President
The Fix says Minnesota could go GOP in 2008.
The NY Times says DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar is part of Obama's entourage.
The Star Tribune says some former DFL Party Chairs are upset with the current chairs for backing Barack Obama.
2008 Race for Senate
The Fix asks "How bad is it for Senate Republicans?" Coleman is mentioned.
The NY Times editorial board writes about Al Franken's candidacy.
Race for Congress
DFLer Jim Hovland drops his bid for Congress. Democrats Ashwin Madia and Terri Bonoff will continue to battle it out for the endorsement. Republican Erik Paulsen stands alone. MPR, the Star Tribune and AP have stories.
DFLers dial for delegates in Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District.
Pawlenty for VP Watch
The Financial Times says Pawlenty is the betting favorite on trading sheets.
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Power restored in Saginaw County
Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:39:04 GMT —
Consumers Energy says power has been restored after a massive outage Monday afternoon. Consumers spokesman Dan Bishop said eleven substations were affected when a primary line blew out at around 3 p.m.
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Consumers Energy crews are working to restore power to more than 20,000 homes and businesses affecting parts of Saginaw County.
The Michigan-based utility says a problem with a primary electric line caused the outage around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Crews are working to isolate the issue with a high-voltage, long distant power line.
See a map of the area affected by the outage.
Traffic lights are out at several intersections in the county.
"We have crews on the way," said Consumers Energy spokesman Brian Wheeler. "We do not anticipate this being an extended outage."
There's no estimate on when power in the area will be restored.
Hoyt Library is among the businesses affected by the power outage. It will close at 6:00 p.m.


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Dr. Critter has local service teams right here in Ormond Beach, FL to personally handle your wildlife problem.
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Ormond Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. The population was 38,137 at the 2010 census. Ormond Beach is the northern neighbor of Daytona Beach and is home to Tomoka State Park.
Ormond Beach was once within the domain of the Timucuan Indians. Ormond Beach was frequented by Timacuan Indians, but never truly inhabited until 1643 when Quakers blown off course to the New England area ran ashore. They settled in a small encampment along the Atlantic shore. Early relations with neighboring tribes were fruitful, however, in 1704 a local Timacuan chief, Oseanoha, led a raid of the encampment killing most of the population. In 1708 Spaniards inhabited the area and laid claim until British control began. The city is named for James OrmondI, an Anglo-Irish-Scottish sea captain commissioned by King Ferdinand VII of Spain to bring Franciscan settlers to this part of Florida. Ormond had served Britain and Spain in the Napoleonic Wars as a ship captain, and was rewarded for his services to Spain by King FerdinandVII. Ormond later worked for the Scottish Indian trade company of Panton, Leslie & Company, and his armed brig was called the Somerset. After returning to Spanish control, in 1821, Florida was acquired from Spain by the United States, but hostilities during the Second Seminole War delayed settlement until after 1842. In 1875, the city was founded as New Britain by inhabitants from New Britain, Connecticut, but would be incorporated in 1880 as Ormond for its early plantation owner.
With its hard, white beach, Ormond became popular for the wealthy seeking relief from northern winters during the Floridian boom in tourism following the Civil War. The St. Johns & Halifax Railroad arrived in 1886, and the first bridge across the Halifax River was built in 1887. John Anderson and James Downing Price opened the Ormond Hotel on January 1, 1888. Henry Flagler bought the hotel in 1890 and expanded it to accommodate 600 guests. It would be one in a series of Gilded Age hotels catering to passengers aboard his Florida East Coast Railway, which had purchased the St. Johns & Halifax Railroad. Once a well-known landmark which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the hotel was razed in 1992.
One of Flagler's guests at the Ormond Hotel was his former business partner at the Standard Oil Company, John D. Rockefeller. He arrived in 1914 and after four seasons at the hotel bought an estate called The Casements, that would be Rockefeller's winter home during the latter part of his life. Sold by his heirs in 1939, it was purchased by the city in 1973 and now serves as a cultural center. It is the community's best-known historical structure.
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All other factors being equal, a shorter barrel will be more accurate than a longer barrel. Ever notice that benchrest rifles almost all have 20" barrels.
A bicycle wheel is turning the same number of RPM at the axel, as at the wheel, but the distance traveled by the wheel is exponentially greater than the travel at the axel. The same principle applies to rifles also.
The result of ammunition discharges on barrels, are reaction to torque caused by rifling spinning lead projectiles. Twist causes twist, the longer the barrel, the more flex is possible.
Barrel length is a factor only in very long range target applications, IMO. Also in magnum riflery, where you need length to completely burn overbore loads.
Now days, with new mystical powders, Hornaday and Ruger, can claim to exceed factory 375H&H, with that 20" barrel. Good Ole American Voodoo!
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Roman Social History
Module code: AH2038
Module co-ordinator: Mary Harlow
In this module we will examine the mechanisms by which the Romans ensured a sense of social coherence and shared values. As well as the topics below, we will look tangentially at gender, the history of the emotions, non-verbal communication and approaches to studying the culture of the everyday. Our source material will include epigraphy, documentary and literary sources, and visual and material culture.
Topics covered
- Social hierarchies
- Socialisation in the family
- Education
- Interpersonal relationships expressed in friendships, patronage, and marriage
- Leisure time, bathing, dining, entertainment
- 10 one-hour lectures
- 10 one-hour seminars
- Essay, 2,500 words (70%)
- Source criticism, 1,500 words (30%)