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These workhorses (aka SPLs) may not be right for every application, but they have a rightful place in every plant's lube-management program.
Anyone who has visited the engine room of an old steam ship or watched an old steam engine run will have seen a beautiful brass and glass chamber full of oil sitting directly atop each major bearing point. These pioneering single-point automatic lubricating devices were elegantly simple—the majority of them operated by cracking open a tapered valve to a determined point to allow oil to flow by gravity onto a transfer wick or brush in contact with the bearing surface.
In 1872, while working as an oiler for the Michigan Central railroad, Elijah McCoy changed the lube game considerably when he invented the world's first automatically pressurized (non-gravity activated) lubricator that used steam from the engine to activate and force-feed lubricant from the device to the bearing surface. So successful was McCoy's patented device that the railroad companies shunned all other designs in favor of it, coining the phrase by wanting only "the real McCoy!"
Incorporating a similar design, grease can also be success-fully dispensed using gravity and the aid of a spring-ten-sioned follower plate inserted in the lubricant chamber. Grease is filled from the bottom of the reservoir via a nipple that allows grease to hydraulically push against the follower plate and spring to load the chamber. Once loaded, the grease is expelled by the spring-loaded chamber pushing the grease against the hydraulic back pressure set up by the bearing clearance. The bigger the bearing, the bigger the clearance—and the more grease expelled into the bearing area.
Although expressly designed as a one-bearing, one-point system, the gravity lubricator could be (and often was) coupled to a single-inlet, multiple-outlet manifold to lubricate multiple points simultaneously, albeit in a non-metered manner. As a testament to their design, these early Single-Point Lubricators (SPLs) are still available for sale, with many original lubricators still in use today largely due to their simplicity, quality of manufacture and ability to be refilled easily by the user (see Fig. 1). Their successors are in a different league, however. Today's models are sophisticated units that use chemical, electro-chemical and electro-mechanical pumps controlled by built-in electronics to move oil and grease at pressures great enough to use progressive-styled metered divider-block delivery systems.
How the System Works
Chemical-activated SPLs…
One of the earliest innovators of the modern styled SPLs was the German company Perma, which developed an inexpensive disposable chemical-activated design in the early 1960s. This simple unit uses a chemical reaction to develop a gas contained within a sealed expandable bellows unit. The maintainer activates the unit by releasing a fixed chemical charge pellet into the bellows that is forced to react with an electrolyte to produce an expandable gas. As the gas slowly expands within the bellows, it pushes the lubricant out of the unit into the bearing area. Different chemical charge amounts are used to vary the dispensing time from days to months, depending on the bearing's needs. With a 4oz (120ml) reservoir, this style of unit—in its current updated version—continues to be one of the most popular SPL units for the dispensing of grease.
Electro-chemical-activated SPLs…
Almost 20 years later, in the early 1980s, we saw the first electronic-controllable SPL from ATS Electrolube. Using an electro-chemical reactor cell, the user activates the unit via a series of time-selector switches connected to a battery-operated electronic circuit board (see Fig. 2). Once activated, a pulsed electrical current is sent through a contained electrolyte causing an electro-chemical reaction. This reaction creates an inert nitrogen gas to form inside a hermetically sealed bellow that pushes against the oil or grease charge contained in the lube reservoir section of the unit. Unlike the chemical-activated style, the discharge on this unit can be controlled or turned off completely by the circuit-board selector switches. Like its chemical-activated cousin, this is also a single-use disposable unit, as the bellows cannot be collapsed. Modern modified variations of this design now allow for a refillable reservoir with only the power unit and bellows requiring replacement when exhausted. Offered in many reservoir sizes, the most popular size continues to be the 4oz (120ml) unit.
Fig. 2. Time-selector switches on an electro-chemical type of SPL (Courtesy Engtech Industries, Inc.)
Electro-mechanical-activated SPLs…
One major drawback of the two previously described designs is their inability to deliver controlled lubrication to multiple points. The original gravity lubricators had but a single point of control and residual line pressure; the chemical and electro-chemical lubricators only developed between 50 and 60 psi. The latest generation of SPLs addresses these issues with a battery-operated rotary mechanism driving a positive displacement pump that delivers output pressures from 350 psi to 900 psi—more than enough to move a small, multiple-outlet series-progressive divider valve built into or piped remotely to the pump. Unlike previous designs, the core units on the latest models are reusable with refreshed lubricant and batteries. Still very affordable, these new-style devices offer a viable centralized-lubrication-system alternative to the bigger systems with which they now compete.
Pros & Cons
The early gravity units were developed to relieve the continuous attention required from the lubricator, whose job was to check the units' reservoir levels and fill them as needed while the bearings reaped the benefit of continued lubrication in small amounts. The advent of automated units allowed out-of-sight bearings—such as those found on overhead cranes or roof-top units—to receive continued lubrication for weeks or months, again relieving the burden on the lubricator whose role changed to checking and marking the lubricator reservoir and performing a unit change-out when required. For no capital outlay, these low-cost units have extended the life of many bearings over the years.
Because individual units are inexpensive and convenient, many maintenance departments fall into the trap of using them on every bearing with a grease nipple. Performance notwithstanding, widespread indiscriminate use can get very expensive, very quickly. Their use should be monitored against the cost of implementing the more expensive electro-mechanical SPL with hard-piped-divider delivery systems, or one of the more robust standard types of centralized systems that can deliver lubricant to hundreds of points simultaneously.
Fig. 3. An electro-chemical lubricator with "Date in Service" clearly indicated (Courtesy Engtech Industries, Inc.)
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Staying Power
Single-Point Lubricator technology is an example of a very real (and long) industrial success story. SPLs are here to stay—not for every application, of course, but as a valuable tool in every plant's lubrication-management program.
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The next article in this delivery-systems series will focus on Pump-to-Point designs. Look for it in the March/April issue. LMT


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Sunday, April 25, 2010
My sheep hear my voice and they follow me...
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter:
Good Shepherd Sunday
(Scriptures for today's liturgy)
"My sheep hear my voice," says Jesus the Good Shepherd,
"and they follow me…"
You and I are meant to hear the voice of Jesus in church, in the liturgy:
in his Word, in our prayer and song, and in that Holy Communion
through which he speaks his love for us most eloquently.
And we're meant to hear the voice of Jesus through the Church,
through her teaching, her mission and her works.
But sometimes the clear, true, trustworthy voice of Jesus is drowned out
by the noise (or the silence), the deeds (or the idleness)
of shepherds who failed to care lovingly
for the youngest of the lambs in the flock.
Sometimes it's not easy to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd, Jesus.
And because this is Good Shepherd Sunday,
the Church chooses this date
as the World Day of Prayer for Vocations,
a day to pray for more to hear and answer Jesus' call
to follow him in ministry and religious life.
When I was in high school I was fairly certain
I wanted to become either a lawyer or a teacher
- until a schoolmate, Kathy Toomey, said to me one day,
"I think you'd be a good priest."
My parents had never said that to me.
The Sisters and the priest at the Catholic high school I attended
had never said that to me.
Nor had I ever heard God say that to me in my prayer.
But I have no doubt that God chose to use Kathy Toomey's voice
to plant an idea in my mind and my heart,
an idea which, once planted, I could not uproot and trust me:
over the years there were times when I tried very hard
to uproot that calling from the soil of my life.
Jesus, speaking to me through the voice of Kathy Toomey…
Jesus is the master impressionist of all time!
He has more voices than we could ever possibly imagine
and he's speaking with them and through them - always -
and often in voices we don't expect the Lord to assume.
Consider the scriptures we've heard in the last month...
Jesus spoke to us through the voice of Peter
who three times denied he even knew the Lord.
Jesus spoke to us through the voice of Mary Magdalene
whose words the apostles thought were foolish nonsense.
Jesus spoke to us through the voice of Thomas
who doubted that the Lord had risen from the dead.
And Jesus spoke to us through the voice of Paul
whose first cause was the persecution of Christ's followers.
Jesus sometimes assumes the voices
we'd least expect him to use to speak to us.
I'll even be bold enough to say that Jesus speaks to you through me -
and no one knows better than Jesus how the foolish mistakes
of my words and my silence, my deeds and my idleness
have denied, doubted and harmed the Body of Christ.
Still, he speaks through me and through my brokenness.
Jesus speaks to us through voices:
sometimes faithful and sometimes unfaithful;
sometimes clear as a bell and sometimes impossible to understand;
voices whose truth is sometimes matched by their deeds
and voices whose deeds sometime betray their words.
Kathy told me she thought I'd be a good priest after informing me
that she'd filled out a request card for "more information"
and sent it to a vocation director with my name on it!
I was angry that she had done this without my knowledge.
But then I began to hear the voice behind Kathy's words
and I heard the Shepherd calling me to follow him as a priest.
I'm grateful that I listened beyond my anger to Kathy's words -
consider the difference that has made in my life...
Some voices in today's Church are
weak, confusing, confounding, broken and maddening -
so much so that we fail or refuse to hear the voices that are
strong, clarifying, confirming, whole and faithful.
I have no doubt that Jesus continues to speak to us faithfully
in the Church's prayer and through her teaching, mission and works,
- even in a Church as broken as our own is.
"My sheep hear my voice," said Jesus, "and they follow me…"
How are we to follow him if we do not hear his voice
and where better to hear his voice, even in these times,
than in the company of those who follow him
and in the tradition of those who have followed him
for some 2,000 years.
There is no place where Jesus speaks his faithful love for us more clearly
than here at the table of the Eucharist.
As the Shepherd and the Father are one,
so does the Shepherd make himself one with us
in the sacrament of this altar.
Let nothing, let no one
separate us from the love of Christ
and the Holy Communion we celebrate here,
in and through the flock of his body, the Church.
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9 comments:
- Philomena Ewing said...
Estupendameto. Clear and compassionate it is calling all of us to where we should be. Right behind our Good Shepherd.
Nice one Fr. Austin and thanks to Kathy Toomey too!!
- April 25, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- larry f said...
We thank God for people like Kathy who speak and act in obedience to the Holy Spirit, and for people like Fr. Austin who listen to God's call and respond by offering their lives in service to God's Church.
May we all follow the Spirit's inspiration and act to build up the Body of Christ.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the faithful....
- April 25, 2010 at 10:04 AM
you said, "I'll even be bold enough to say that Jesus speaks to you through me"
I don't think you are being bold here-
...but, then again, maybe it is-
maybe good things- truth- has to be- needs to be- bold.
It's often very hard and confusing to know that Jesus is speaking to me-
It's hard to know the difference between what we really want and need to hear from Jesus (through whomever), and what we are really hearing-
- April 25, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- ConcordPastor said...
Thomas: And thus the compelling need for the Church in our lives (even when she fails to be all that she can and should be) - and the foolishness of believing that a "just Jesus and me" approach is enough. We need the wisdom of the Body of Christ and the truth of its tradition to guide us.
- April 25, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Tom said...
Father, great words. I am encouraged and convicted to give the Lord my ears to hear His voice, my mouth (especially my mouth) to allow His word to become my word.To think before I speak and for my thoughts to be washed anew in the time, brief as it may be, with our Lord Jesus. Thank you Father, for being obedient in accepting and following your vocation. We need to pray for our priests and seminarians in these difficult times. Our prayers are with you too, Father. May the peace of Jesus be with you Father this week!
- April 26, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Pastor Fleming
You will never know how much your words touched me today. To think that I had a hand in the making of a wonderful priest and pastor and to read of thanks by your parishioners. I remember sending in that card (I didn't know you were angry!) and telling you that when we carpooled to school. I hope that action of suggestion to you gets me a pass at the Gate. I'll simply tell them I knew you! I became an RN also ministering to people in a different way. Hope you are in good health. I look fondly on the youthful days spent in your presence. Kathy (Toomey)Duke Burlington, MA
- April 26, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- ConcordPastor said...
Kathy and I haven't been in touch for years and I didn't know how to contact her. I posted a link to my homily on FB and another childhood friend, Elizabeth, sent the link to Kathy! Praise God from whom all blessings flow - including cyber-blessings!
- April 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM
What a wonderful outcome to your homily...to reconnect with your high school friend Kathy! May I say to Kathy...we are deeply indebted to you for sending Austin Fleming's name to the Director of Vocations!
- April 26, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Fr Flemming,
You wrote: "I'm grateful that I listened beyond my anger to Kathy's words -
consider the difference that has made in my life..."
Consider too the difference your listening has made to the many souls your ministry has touched.
We all are stonger in faith for it.
- April 27, 2010 at 10:56 AM


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A disturbing new trend—"pet flipping"—has been getting a lot of attention this week.
Pet flipping involves a criminal picking up a pet, either by stealing the animal or claiming to be the pet parent of a missing pet, and then quickly selling the animal for a profit. Is your blood boiling yet? It gets worse!
According to Time, pet flipping is on the rise in cities including Kansas City, St. Louis and Indianapolis. The stolen dogs are often purebred and very valuable. In March, an Indianapolis man was arrested after a three-month investigation found he had been stealing dogs for years, mostly purebred German Shepherds, Rottweilers and Pit Bulls.
"Many of these pets are housed in puppy mill-like conditions until they can be flipped—no food or water, caged and sick," Dawn Contos, of Indianapolis Animal Care and Control, said in an interview following the arrest.
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LOL! I have to teach children such as hers, and explain why their parents' similar viewpoints are ignorant. Then I have to explain that being ignorant is usually different from being stupid, but not always.
my first pet was a cat I picked up on the streets that had been abandoned when her owners moved away. I took her in and she gave me more love than I could have hoped for. she wound up testing positive for hyperactive Thyroid Disease 3 years later and 2 years after that her medical conditions worsened and I had to have her put to sleep. I adopted my next cat from my shelter in 2008 she has given me just as much love but soon after I adopted her I discovered she has skin allergies. I take her to the groomer several times a year and to the vet for really bad flare ups. I think it's worth it for the amount of love she gives. I recently bought a pure bred Chinese Crested Dog from a breeder. she wouldn't let me come to her home but said to make it "easier" would meet me half way to show me the dog. when I saw this dog I knew right away he wasn't worth the price she was asking but the condition he was in I just couldn't walk away and leave him to suffer in her care. so I bought him and have paid out an additional $500 and counting in vet bills. not to mention he is so unsocialized that he sticks by my side and barks at anyone else that tries to go near him. I think he's going to be a great dog after his vetting and training are done. my point is, I've spent far less on animals from the street and shelter than I have on one from a breeder. if I knew how I would report the breeder so that she's put out of business and unable to do this to other dogs. at least when you get an animal from the shelter you know you have at least a little work ahead of you. when you buy from a breeder paying hundreds of dollars you expect a very healthy well adjusted animal and we're just not getting that. I know I'll probably never buy from a breeder again. I suggest to anyone that's thinking of buying from a breeder to insist on a check of the home the animal was kept. also she gave me his vet records but my vet said she wrote them out herself and at least some of it was a lie. so when someone provides you with a vet record book of the animal make sure it has a vet's name, phone number and address on it. call the phone number to make sure it's a real number before you buy. no matter where you buy or adopt an animal they will have some medical issues in their life and require regular vaccinations. they need toys, food and time(your time.)
I can't get over the fact that you really believe that. I have got wonderful dogs from the shelter and will always go that route.
I can't get over the fact that you really believe that. I have got wonderful dogs from the shelter and will always go that route.
I doubt your story is 100% true first off. And there are plenty of awesome dogs in shelters, I am blessed to have one in my life. If you aren't willing to commit to a dog and work with them through the bad you have no business getting one. And how much you pay for a dog does not reflect the type of personality it will have, you could pay hundreds for a pure breed puppy and it turn out to have behavioral problems. Puppy mills should NEVER be legal, it is disgusting to profit off of animals that way and disgusting anyone would advocate they stay legal.
Wow! Why get a pet if you would like to get rid of him as soon as he gets sick or shows other problems?? Get a stuffed animal!!!!
Bridgette - your reasoning doesn't hold. If there is no market for puppy mill puppies, then the breeders will stop breeding. Thus the end to puppy mills.
Bridgette, I think you have good intentions but please try to really think about this... by buying a pet you are supporting puppy mills, which make dogs suffer. You are concerned about what will happen with the puppies bred from the puppy mills but by adopting a pet instead of buying one, you are ultimately shutting down the puppy mills by decreasing consumer demand!! Any company must respond to consumer demand.. if there is no market for their "product" then they will stop producing them! Of course there's always a black market for anything really but I am still adamant that adoption is the way to go! I agree with you that no pet should be available for free because then they could "flip" them but that is why shelters come with adoption fees! The fee for a dog is usually around $200-300 dollars and includes neutering/spaying to help fight dog/cat homelessness and vaccinations. I think this fee is reasonable yet high enough to deter people who are only interested in the animals to "flip" them. I also read something a while ago about people on sites like kijiji or craigs list who put up ads looking to rehome their cat/dog. These people should still ask for a small fee to prevent pet "flipping" as well.
BOTTOM LINE: DOGS/CATS ARE NOT DISPOSABLE AND ARE NOT "PRODUCTS"! THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT. I hope that if you are reading this and you are looking for a dog/cat as an addition to your family that you will only get one if you are ready for the responsibility... it is not fair to just "dump" an animal because you get bored of it or because you were not prepared for the work! Imagine if your parents did this to you when you were a kid! Imagine how sad/confused/scared you would be!! Why do this to an animal?!
I understand your point, Bridgette. We adopted a dog years ago from a local Rottweiler rescue group. The dog had been on the streets for the first six months of its life, but the we were told that he'd done very well on all behavior tests, and was safe to bring into our home.
Just a few weeks later, the dog bit my sister. Her wounds weren't terrible, and we thought it might just be a slight aggression issue that could be worked out, with training.
After several weeks of training, the dog bit my mother. This time, is was so bad, she had to have surgery on her hand.
We realized we couldn't keep him, and tried very hard to find somewhere to place him, only to find that no one would take a known "biter". We ended up putting the poor animal down.
Please know that I think puppy mills are utterly evil, and should be put out of business. Some "rescue" groups are also irresponsible, and should also be put out of business.
Please don't be insulted by some of the self-righteous (but clueless) comments.


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Tom my Wednesday Christmas request is for you to bless me by viewing my film I'm showing in ten minute segments on my website at http://www.laststrawfilms.com. I want the people all around the world to see this true story on my life and hopefully someone can help with a remake, so I can contriubute to give back like you are doing which is a true blessing. Prayers go up and blessing come down into overflowing cups onto a saucer that can be the world and I would love to have the hand on the handle of that cup.Thank you so much for taking the time to read my request.
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You might be exhausted from just looking at the following list of things to bite this weekend in the Big Apple, but believe Hearsay, it's not an exhaustive list -- there are at least three times as many more bar and club happenings in New York. For once, Hearsay decided to be selective. Though there is some overlap, you could conceivably hit all of these events, if your stamina -- and your wallet -- holds out. You won't know unless you try, right?
Friday night, Hearsay is intrigued by two completely different ways to kick it all off. The first option is the most unusual. Where else in the city can you actually swim during a nighttime party? The Baña Pool Party () starts at midnight at a venue with a giant pool way downtown, in the Financial District, with tickets requiring a dive in the deep end (cheapest tickets are $40). But come on, you might win a medal! This monthly gay event features an open bar all night long, plus guest performances. For this special Pride edition, leather pornstar Mike "All Out Assault" Dreyden will be "helping you into your swim trunks," or whatever you decide to wear in the water.
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best in brandon!! – Well this is an edit. I recently came to Ben's and it looked as if it were going downhill fast. The food was NOT good. My salmon was cold in the center and burnt on the outside... Obviously the cooks need training on that fish. My brussel sprouts were mushy. The floors were dirty and it wasn't busy at all. There was a guy who I think is the owner sitting on the bench.. Not paying any attention to anything but his phone. He didn't even try to reconcile my complaint. Won't be back again. This use to be one of my favorites when I was in Brandon.
Great Breakfast Food! – We had the Eggs Benedict with fried potatoes and the Biscuits & Gravy. Fantastic! Our server, Josh, was an outstanding server.
OUR EXPERIENCE AT BENS FAMILY RESTAURANT – We decided to visit this restaurant for the first time. We ordered two sandwiches, and two drinks. The total bill was $19.75. The french fries were not cooked properly and we mentioned it to the staff who responded with a very strong disinterest in attempting to correct the problem. The staff was not friendly, cooperative or caring. In conclusion, I left a penny tip because the service was not worth two cents. We will not be returning or encouraging anyone to visit this restaurant.
The obsolutely wonderful – Love the place the owners wonderful family...service excellent waitress and waiters very attentive food excellent and very reasonable highly recommended.
Great food, Great service, and relaxing environment – Ben's has been a family favorite for years. This relaxing restaurant offers great food with reasonable prices. The service is prompt, friendly, and not overbearing.
They offer senior and military discounts and "kids" (under 10, I think) eat for free on Tuesday nights (as of 24 Aug 10).
Breakfast is served all day! The skillets are terrific as the House skillet is my favorite!
BEST PLACE TO EAT IN BRANDON – Ben's is our absolute favorite restaurant in Brandon. The food always taste great and the portions are plentiful. I always get the Turkey and Dressing...what a treat all year long. The breakfasts are fabulous also. I have not had anything there that was not good. The staff are always very nice and friendly. The prices are also very good. I took my Mom there the day after she came home from the hospital and she still talks about how much better she felt after having a good meal at Ben's. So I guess food is good for the soul also.
great food and freindly service – Come over to the states to see freinds every year and going to Bens a few times is a must. Having gone through most of the menu have never had need to complain.
great food, freindly service, what more do you want.
Technologically Inept.... – Well, I was going to eat there tonight, and possibly still will, however, it is going to take place later than I wanted to. If you try looking up info on the restaurant, you will not find very much on it, accept some excellent reviews, so that is wonderful. I wanted to see the menu however, and I can't find it on the web, so I called to get a copy faxed to me, but they don't even have a fax machine. Frankly, every business (especially a successful one) should have some means to share their product outside of their building. I am pretty disappointed that I couldn't even get a menu faxed. I hope other businesses will take note. I worked in restaurants for 13 years doing everything. I love restaurants, and hopefully may have my own little place one day, but I know for a fact that I will advertise my product in every way I possibly can, so the world will know what I have to offer.
Mom loved this place – Our Mom just passed away in March 2007 and she loved Ben's. Her favorite was the Southern Fried Chicken. We continue to go there on Sundays for dinner. We (Tom, Red and Margie) feel like we are "Family". The food is always great. Manny Jr. and the staff treat us like family. We occasionally have breakfast there and it is just as good too. We have become friends with some of the other regulars too. They always have room for large parties. The menu has many choices. Something for everyone. From spaghetti to steak. Can't beat the prices.
Try it you will like it.
I have been working at Ben's for over 16 years and it has always been a great place for service and food.It still is a great place.I am the kitchen manager and cook there and the quality of food is unbelievably great.We as cooks take pride in the food we prepare and the speed in which we prepare it.I work the breakfast shift and i personally make sure all the food is prepared with the upmost quality and preciseness. We have regular customers that come in everyday and expect the food to be the same quality and quantity.Our service is as good if not better since our new owners have taken over. I usually do not express my opinion about much, but I want to make sure our customers know that Ben's always makes sure that they get the best service and food possible at the most reasonable prices.I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL OF OUR REGULAR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR LOYALTY AND ALSO OUR NEW CUSTOMERS FOR GIVING US A CHANCE TO SHOW YOU THAT WE HAVE THE BEST FAMILY STYLE RESTARAUNT IN BRANDON AND PROBABLY ALL OF TAMPA AS WELL. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! JORG VAZQUEZ
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We are getting to the finish line here in Australia and some of the usual suspects are in place...Federer, Roddick, Sharapova and Clijsters. We also have some surprises in Gonzales, Haas, Vaidisova and Serena W. Lets start with the last one mentioned and go from there.
Serena Williams is back and making it happen. Her talent is carrying her. She came into this event undercooked with only 4 tournaments in the last 12 months but she insisted she was geared up and ready to go from day 1 and has backed that up. Her talent has never been in question but her fitness and commitment have come under fire here in the media. She certainly has had the final word on that with her results. I continue to marvel at her ability. She is an amazing athlete and I am not alone in wanting to see her get more from her talent. I want her to excel and find her maximum potential which I think she is still miles away from. I said the same of Andy Roddick a year ago and we are seeing him become a more well rounded player and the results are quickly following. Jimmy Connors has done more than a fine job and one has to wonder if Serena learned how to maximize her talents along that line how high up would be. It speaks volumes of her talent that she has achieved so much without a truly experienced tennis mind on her bag. Tiger Woods left the comfort of the advice of his father for the wisdom of Butch Harmon and others in his efforts to find his maximum potential but we have not seen Serena (or Venus) do the same yet. I hold out hope that she will eventually seek to find out how good she can be one day before it is too late.
Speaking of potential, a Tip of the Hat to Larry Stefanki, Jimmy Connors and Brad Gilbert for their immediate coaching impact on Fernando Gonzalez, Andy Roddick and Andy Murray. Each of these coaches took the baton in the middle of 2006 and the results speak loudly. Each of these players had different areas of need but I am confident that each of these coaches could have traded places and impacted the players almost identically as they are all incredibly astute strategists and talent managers. An extra special Tip to Jimmy as he is an Icon who adds to the sport merely by his presence at an event. The sport has given much to Jimmy but he is giving back by being in the arena and using his talents to assist Andy's re-ascent. Tennis needs its Icons to be present and it is great to have Jimmy back. Speaking of Icons we had Vilas, Rosewall and Laver sitting together in the Presidents Box today at Rod Laver Arena. It sent chills through the venue when they were shown on the big screen.
It has remained cool down here in a tourney that traditionally tests the players with brutal conditions. one of the coolest Opens I can recall other than one hot day which received a lot of media attention. With the men's semis and finals now played at night fitness is no longer really an issue if you make the last 4. I missed that in 93 when I played Edberg in 105 degree heat...


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gh wrote:That show is over. There is no rewind button.
I have read some say that that isn't necessarily an accurate statement. You can't rewind BJ's race in 1988 either. Still took it away from him. Look what they are doing to Marion.
Bonds Indicted [guilty on 1/4] [wrist whacked!]
A place for the discussion of all things not closely related to the sport and its competitive side. (as always, locked for the duration of major international championship)
Unless someone can prove Bonds was using PED's after MLB instituted its current PED policy, I don't see how he can get the Ben Johnson treatment. Instead, he'll get the Flo-Jo treatment. Furthermore, MLB hasn't expunged the performances of Rafeal Palmeiro and other players who've tested positive since they started testing for PED's. Speaking of Palmeiro, why haven't the G-men indicted him for his perjury before congress?
Neither of them belonged to a powerful union.
Why Bonds and not Others?
a poster asked:
"...Speaking of Palmeiro, why haven't the G-men indicted him for his perjury before congress?..."
The federal government, as most of you know, was investigating the Bay Area Lab Cooperative under suspicion of money laundering, and to some extent, illegal drug sale. During the course of the investigation, records of ties to or BACLO purchases by certain athletes surfaced, Bonds among them. Some, like Bonds and Giambi, were offered immunity if they told the grand jury the truth about their relationship with the company. The gov't says Bonds lied to the GJ 19 times. Palmeiro was not subpoenaed.
If MLB selectively expunges the performances of Bonds and no one else, it will open up a can of worms.
I really dont think it is the fact that I am getting older.
There must be alot of people in the country that are completely uneducated and uncultured yet have enough money that there is a significant market to get their attention with assinine content. I dont think I remember this kind of trash on the airwaves in the 60s. It is frightening.... This observations has nothing to do with Barry Bonds who probably feels just as I do.
Not if there is solid date documentation regarding usage.
Re: Why Bonds and not Others?
I understand the difference between Bonds and Giambi. It's the same as the difference between Scooter Libby and Richard Armitage. But that still doesn't change the fact that Palmeiro perjured himself on national TV and the Feds are ignoring it, which demonstrates the selective nature of federal prosecutors.
There are more SF Chron pieces in the sports section (not directly linked on their front page),including one by Ray Ratto that starts:
<<(11-15) 21:06 PST -- Once again, the International Conclusion-Jumping Championships are being held, and once again the topic is our own B. Lamar Bonds. So let's begin. Oh, and tie your shoes.
Item One: "The government must have a very strong case to bother indicting him."
Maybe. And maybe not.
This is not going to be an easy case to make in this town with a jury pool that could include a Giants fan, a libertarian or just an ornery cuss who distrusts the government in general. ....>>
But solid date documentation already exists for other athletes like Palmeiro, who flunked a drug test and Giambi who's admitted to the grand jury and George Mitchell, the whats and whens of his PED usage. What's your point?
Is there? Are there documents that showed WHEN they used, not just flunked tests and testimony confrming THAT they used? If so, then of course.
ANYONE who has a documented record of when they were using PED's should have all stats redacted from the record books during that time. At least in the case of Bonds, we know there is in the BALCO records that timeline.
Ratto's conclusion:
<<...And finally, there is one last conclusion not to be jumped. That with Bonds indicted, the Steroid Era is finally behind us, and baseball can dance free and untainted. No, it's in front of us, halogen high-beams right through our corneas, and it's going to stay in front of us for at least as long as it took for the drugs to become a full-blown era.
No player can be presumed to be clean on his say-so or the lack of a positive test administered by those crack scientists working for MLB. The presumption of innocence works in a courtroom but nowhere else in our judgmental society. We conclusion-jump because we have too much time on our hands and too much media to allow for the dead air required to reconfirm baseball's chemical virtue.
In other words, think 30 years, give or take a pennant race.>>
Stock In Bonds
I predict this thread will generate the second most pages of replies in TNTAF history.
You're forgetting that Giambi's name is part of those same BALCO records. Furthermore, when Ben Johnson tested positive for steroids in 1988, the IAAF expunged his 1987 performances from the books also, though he didn't flunk a test in 1987. Tim Montgomery's 9.78 was expunged despite the fact that he passed the drug tests on the day he ran 9.78. Shouldn't the same thing happen to Palmeiro?
I already answered that question. We have no argument on that point.
I guess I misunderstood you. I thought you were advocating selective expunging of only Bonds' performances.
Bonds gets the attention in this regard because he broke a record. A BIG ONE. It's easy for guys like Giambi and their drug-enhanced stats to be ignored because they didn't.
Trust me, put McGwire in Bonds' position, with Bonds' personality(an aspect of this not to be ignored) and we would be having the same discussion.
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Tell me I'm wrong.
persona non grata
I'm with you, guru.
I've never met Barry Bonds, so whenever I hear people talk about what a jerk he is, I wonder if they've met him. Unlike Bobby knight, who has repeatedly demonstrated on TV what a jerk he can be, I've never seen any of these displays from Barry Bonds. Some people may have had firsthand experience with Bonds, but I suspect most people deride Bonds' personality on the basis of media hearsay.
Lying at every turn is a good start.
Wonder if we'll see Barry do the Marion plea for forgiveness thing?
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I have to agree with jazzy here, every time I see Bonds in an interview he seems first of all articulate, secondly mild mannered, a perfect gentleman.
Charles Barkley is really fired up about the Bonds indictment. He just threw out the race card on ESPN and called it a witch hunt. and selective prosecution. He also wonders why aren't any known White PED users being prosecuted. As I predicted earlier:
I've never actually met Bonds, but did have occasion to spend 5-10 minutes with him standing behind my seat at a hockey game while he berated the poor usher about proper accomodations for him, his wife, his babe in arms and his 350lb bodyguard.
Beyond that,I've talked to a few local sportswriters, and read/heard many more on the radio and the unanimous opinion is that he's one of the biggest assholes ever to walk the planet. The "media hearsay" is an honest reputation--in my considered judgment--that Bonds earned well.
I don't have time to look this up to confirm, but it's my recollection that even when he was of collegiate MVP status at Arizona State, his teammates nonethless voted him off the team (but the coach would have none of it). Can anybody verify that?
(I've had this distaste for Bonds the human for years; didn't stop me from eagerly going to watch him play; the night he hit 71 and 72 was incredible. Even knowing what we know now)
What does honesty have to do with personality? Even the most charismatic people can be pathological liars and the biggest assholes can be honest.
It is my understanding (not personal knowledge) that Bonds has the reputation that he does because he has earned it from many repeated instances since forever -- this is not a BALCO-era occurrence.
Bonds was also a great player before he became a committed user of what in many sports are PEDs. McGuire was always a really good player - not on the same level and did not have several MVPs that led to him getting contracts with the highest salary in baseball beginning rather far back. I am even unsure of my feelings on Hall of Fame, as I think he would have been in it without the chemical assistance (however, MJ might well have been almost as good, but not as "multi-evented" at OG/WCs).
Using your son as a prop is another and I suspect we won't see Barry on Oprah.
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Yeah, until BALCO broke, I never had any thought that Bonds was anything but a most difficult human being to deal with, not any kind of snake.
I want to refer everyone back to paulthefan axiom number 1 regarding PEDs... players with the largest contract $$ are most likely in the deepest. This one is based on basic economics.
As in track, it's the second-tier athletes trying to make up for talent shortcomings, and fading stars trying to recapture their luster.
Unfortunately several scenarios come to mind.
1 The top players are warned in advance.
2 The top players have more sophisticated routines that are harder to detect.
3 With $100m on the line for a single player, they can fund research into drugs that pass the tests baseball administers.
4 The tests are suppressed
The fourth one is the only one that I have no faith in myself; number three is quite ominous in its implications.
Didn't The New York Times reveal that MLB's drug testers routinely notify the team ahead of time when they are coming to town for testing?
One day.
Yes, the tester have to get stadium passes from the team, so the team has to be told in advance. I wonder how many other holes that you can drive a truck through they have in their testing regime. And some people complained about Masback and USATF....
That then, puts the lie to the suggestion that those w/ the biggest contracts are the deepest into drugs.
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If you prefer a filter that doesn't require installation, you can get a countertop drip filter, and we recommend the British Berkeley brand (see full review here). Drip filters are used all across the world to filter water from questionable sources.
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We recommend the Multi-Pure MP750SB under-sink water filter. It is Consumer Reports' top rated under-sink filter, with a rating of 90 out of 100. It has a wide range of NSF Standard 53 contaminant reduction (NSF is an industry-standard filter certifier). The yearly maintenance costs are also low, making it good value for money in terms of the Cost Per Contaminant (CPC) Ratio. Another excellent filter is the Aqua-Pure by Cuno AP-DWS1000, scoring 88 out of 100 from Consumer Reports, also certified by NSF. It sells for around $100 less than the Multi-Pure filter.
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Bottled water is expensive, wasteful, and less regulated than tap water. In fact, most bottled water is simply filtered tap water. Filtering your water at home is the most effective and least expensive option overall. However, you will need a good quality water filter, because tap water commonly contains contaminants such as lead, chloroform, arsenic, nitrate, nitrite, radon, and E. coli. The good news is that the filters featured here will remove most of these impurities.
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Our recent analysis of CCRs from the 13 largest U.S. cities revealed that few claimed to have no federal water-quality violations. Though none of the other water systems were consistently unhealthful, all had some samples containing significant quantities of contaminants. In New York City, for example, some samples had lead levels several times the federal limit.
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Under-sink water filters are the most convenient and less expensive type of water filter. Pitcher-based filters and faucet-mounted filters are not as effective as under-sink filters. In The Drinking Water Book, water filter expert Colin Ingram rates all pitcher filters and and faucet mounted filters as "Acceptable" (the lowest rating). Good under-sink water filters get a rating of "Very Good" from him. Water distillers get a rating of "Excellent" but distillers are slow, expensive and time-consuming to operate. Reverse Osmosis filters work well and they are the only type certified to remove arsenic. But you must sanitize them with bleach periodically. Eventually the membrane must be replaced. They can also be extremely slow, rob cabinet space, and create 3 to 5 gallons of waste water for every gallon filtered.
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Besides the NSF certification, several states such as California, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts have certified this filter. The Multi-Pure MP750SB was also Consumer Reports' top rated under-sink filter, with a rating of 90 out of 100.
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See also the MP750SB filter's home page.
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Aqua-Pure by Cuno AP-DWS1000
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You can find the Aqua-Pure by Cuno AP-DWS1000 available on Amazon for about $330.
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Countertop Distillers
Countertop distillers are effective water purifiers, but they take some time to distill water (for example 5 hours to distill 1 gallon). They also give off some heat and the integrated fans make some noise.
Countertop distiller that get a rating of "Excellent" from Colin Ingram in the The Drinking Water Book are: Megahome Countertop Distiller, Waterwise 4000 and Waterwise 8800, Kenmore 34480 and Pure Water Mini-Classic.
Megahome Countertop Water Distiller
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The Megahome Countertop Distiller is available from Amazon for about $150.
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Not what I was looking for. – My main intent of going to a spa was to get an hour massage. I chose this spa b/c of the package deal and was a good price for the package.
When I arrived it was at a house in a neighboorhood. When she answered the door it, there was only one person and she looked like my grandmother. (i brought a friend with me too).
I was then put into two massage chairs. After that we went to the hot tub which was nice ( but it was just a hot tub). then I was directed to take a "garden tub bath" wich I thought was strange. Then I sat into another massage chair and it turned off so i just sat there for another 15 minutes doing nothing.
So it was finally "Massage" time! I paid an EXTRA $25 to get a deep tissue massage. The massage lasted maybe 20 minutes and it didnt feel like a deep tissue at all!
Then the facial was a mask that dried out my face and I had to wash it off myself.
During this entire time I was completely undressed with a towel that kept near falling off.
Next time I will just get a real hour massage from somewhere and not worry about some "spa package".
She was very nice and the house was pretty but I honestly didnt feel much relaxed when I left. and by the way it took 3.5 hours because she kept working on me and friend bouncing back and forth and we didnt even get to enjoy the time together.
Thank you so much for your generous time. (you always spend extra time with us.)
Every year my daughter Melissa- & I come in on our anniversary of her receiving one of my kidneys, it's been seven years we've been coming in. She's doing very well with her new Kidney - NO REJECTION. We love your place.
Melissa's Mom!
I meant to get to this sooner; Your phone call jolted me into action, finally! I just wanted to thank you once again for the VERY memorable afternoon Ralph & I spent with you. The environment you have created us unique in our experience and it is unsurpassed for total relaxation. All of the extra touches you provide - fresh juice, candles, etc, add to a very pleasurable experience. We left feeling completely relaxed and pampered. A very special thank you from me for understanding my worries and making me feel comfortable. Hope to see you soon Roseann & Ralph
So much fun – So thoughtful and you guys were so much fun! Massage good too!
My daughter & I really appreciated our time at your SPA. Her 16th birthday party was perfect and all her friends and family are still talking about it. I wish her father could have been home on leave to experience her day. Your surprise of the photographer will take the party to him overseas. We didn't expect the extras... Facials, Hand/foot wax, extra house ETC. All this just made us feel so special. The Gardens, lighting, furnishings, massage & extras were the best. Your the best. Always grateful, Shelly and Family
A wonderful place – Dear Alicia, Brenda & Shannon, Just a note to try and say how much I enjoyed the party. But it is hard to find the words. You and Dan have a wonderful place. Thanks for making my day so special. I will never forget it. Love you, Kathy
More than I expected – Alicia, I wanted to say a big THANK YOU for our time at the Gardens Day Spa. our experience with you was wonderful! Time loved his birthday and our time was very beneficial and special to our relationship. It was so much more than I expected. We look forward to seeing you very soon! Best wishes, J and T
DON"T GO!!!!!!!!!!!Not even close to one star!! – Creepy weird experience. I agree with the other reviews. I seriously thought i was on the T.V. show scare tactics. The "spa" is in a neighbor hood and appears to be her home. Its a dark confined room with two vib chairs that are very old. After you enter this house she deadbolt locks the door behind you. She put mud put on my face then let it dry. Then I was instructed to wash it off in her bathroom. It made my face look like it was really bad sunburned for about 12 hours. Not worth the money. Go to a real spa!!!!!! Don't waste your money!!!!!
RIPPED OFF - DON'T GO!! – First of all, when you arrive at this "spa and gardens" it is actually a cramped dark house located in a neighborhood and the grand garden is actually her back yard. You sit in two different massage chairs that groan and squeak while she bounces around from room to room and talks constantly. Constantly! Massages are mainly done by the ancient massage chairs and the hands on massage may last about 15 minutes even though you may pay for an hour. The facial consists of this women brushing on mud on your face, drying and then rinsing off in her bathroom sink. Thats it. Then you are presented with an outlandish amount to pay for nothing. I thought about calling the Better Business Bureau.
Way too much money – This was an all around weird experience....to begin with, you basically feel like you are just going to someone's house in a regular neighborhood, not a professional spa. You go into this woman's living room, sit in two different massage chairs, and are then instructed to take a bath. For a two-hour massage, you spend about fifteen to twenty minutes actually getting an honest "by-hand" massage, and you are expected to get completely naked whether you want to or not. One woman dealt with me the entire time, despite her claims that she had a "full staff"??? It was pretty much just plain weird, and I ended up paying about sixty dollars more than was quoted on the phone. For almost two hundred dollars, go to a real professional spa instead of what feels like a dark, cramped stranger's house. Would not recommend to ANYONE.
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