text:
|Oracle® Database High Availability Overview
11g Release 2 (11.2)
Part Number E17157-08
|PDF · Mobi · ePub
Oracle Grid Computing, disaster-recovery solutions and advanced standby database usage, and virtualization all optimize return on investment (ROI) capabilities.
You can scale out your existing system infrastructure while achieving both high availability and disaster protection. Oracle Data Guard standby databases are an integral part of the Grid, providing data protection and availability regardless of the cause or scope of an outage. Outages can range anywhere from data corruption that can affect an individual database, to natural disasters that impact a large geographic area.
Advanced Data Guard capabilities deliver maximum ROI by enabling standby databases to be used for productive purposes—such as for read-only queries and reporting—while running in the standby role. Rather than allowing standby databases to remain idle, you can employ them to support activities that would otherwise require you to purchase additional capacity for other systems. Thus, you can defer or eliminate the need to purchase additional capacity for the primary database. This effectively reduces the cost of providing world-class disaster protection for mission critical Oracle Databases.
This chapter covers the following topics:
Grid computing is a computing architecture that effectively pools large numbers of servers and storage into a flexible, on-demand computing resource for all enterprise computing needs.
Oracle Database captures the cost advantages of Grid enterprise computing without sacrificing performance, scalability, security, manageability, functionality, or system availability.
A Database Server Grid is a collection of commodity servers connected to run one or more databases.
A Database Storage Grid is a collection of low-cost modular storage arrays combined together and accessed by the computers in the Database Server Grid.
The same grid computing concepts can be used to create a standby database hub that provides data protection, minimizes planned downtime, and provides ideal test systems for quality assurance testing and all for multiple primary databases. Grid capabilities enable system resources to be dynamically provisioned and de-provisioned depending on current priorities. For example, if a primary database fails over to one of the standby databases in the Data Guard hub, it can be allocated more system and storage resources, while resources allocated to test activities are reduced. The grid enables a high level of utilization and low TCO without compromising your business requirements.
Figure 5-1 illustrates the Database Server Grid and Database Storage Grid in a grid enterprise computing environment.
Figure 5-1 Grid Computing Environment
The availability of low-cost and reliable blade servers, small multiprocessor servers, and inexpensive open-source operating systems such as Linux, have made it possible to build a Database Server Grid that is highly available, scalable, flexible, and manageable.
Oracle RAC is the technology that enables a Database Server Grid. You can drive down costs by deploying a single Oracle RAC database that spans multiple low-cost servers, each running an active Oracle database instance. Alternatively, you can use a single cluster to consolidate the management in increased system utilization across multiple Oracle RAC Databases.
Oracle RAC provides the flexibility to dynamically provision resources and services in the grid as computing needs change, and to add or subtract systems from the grid as capacity demands change. In addition, Oracle RAC provides protection from system failures by automatically transitioning clients and redistributing the processing of the failed node to surviving nodes in the same Oracle RAC database. Note that the scalability and availability benefits of grid computing are not limited to lower cost servers. Any system architecture will benefit from grid computing.
The availability of low-cost Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) disk-based storage arrays and low-cost storage networks has made it possible to use a Database Storage Grid with Oracle Database at very low cost. One example solution is Oracle Exadata Storage Servers that offer excellent performance and availability characteristics. Each Exadata Cell can be viewed as a unit of I/O performance and capacity.
The Oracle Storage Grid is implemented using either Oracle Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software or ASM and third-party storage. The Oracle Storage Grid with Exadata seamlessly supports MAA-related technology, improves performance, provides unlimited I/O scalability, is easy to use and manage, and delivers mission-critical availability and reliability to your enterprise. See the Oracle Database High Availability Best Practices for Oracle Storage Grid recommendations and using Exadata.
A database administrator can use the Oracle ASM interface to specify the disks in the Database Storage Grid that Oracle ASM should manage across all server and storage platforms. Oracle ASM partitions the disk space and evenly distributes the data storage throughout the entire storage array. Additionally, Oracle ASM automatically redistributes the data storage as storage arrays are added or removed from the Database Storage Grid.
Additionally, use the I/O Resource Management to manage and meet service-level requirements. The resource manager allows you manage the grid and prioritized applications within the database or in between databases.
You can use standby databases for dynamic IT and application requirements in addition to providing disaster recovery. The Oracle Active Data Guard option in Oracle Data Guard enables you to use physical standby databases for other useful work during normal operations, in addition to providing a disaster-recovery solution.
The following sections describe the Oracle Data Guard features that help you use physical standby databases for additional business purposes:
Oracle Data Guard Redo Apply (physical standby database) is a popular solution for disaster recovery due to its relative simplicity, high performance, and superior level of data protection. The Oracle Active Data Guard optionFoot 1 (available with Oracle Database 11g Release 1 (11.1) and later releases) enables a physical standby database to be opened for read-only access while Redo Apply is active. This makes it possible to run queries and reports against an up-to-date physical standby database without compromising data protection or extending recovery time if a failover is required. You can offload the read-only workload from the primary database to the active standby database, improving performance and postponing the day when you need to purchase additional capacity.
To enable the Oracle Active Data Guard option, open the database in read-only mode and then issue the
ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY statement. Note that the
COMPATIBLE parameter must be set to 11.0.0 or later on both the primary and physical standby databases. Using this feature is completely transparent to any application requiring read-only access to the Oracle Database.
The Oracle Active Data Guard option provides an ultimate high availability solution because it:
Supports Oracle RAC on the primary and standby databases
The Oracle Active Data Guard option works on both single-instance and Oracle RAC physical standby databases. Although Redo Apply can be running on only one Oracle RAC instance, any of the instances can run in read-only mode, including the apply instance.
Returns transactionally consistent results that are very close to being up-to-date with the primary database
Depending on any delay settings or apply rates, the standby database can be current with the primary database or lag seconds behind. The queries will always be transactionally consistent and will represent a consistent view of the last committed transaction at that time.
Allows fast switchovers or failovers because the redo generated by the primary database while the standby database was open read-only has already been applied to the standby database, making it immediately available to assume the primary database role
Enables you to use fast-start failover for automatic failover if the primary database fails
Note:Transactions that attempt to modify a physical standby database running with Oracle Active Data Guard enabled will fail with an error.
For more information about using Oracle Active Data Guard, see Oracle Data Guard Concepts and Administration.
You can use multiple physical standby databases (using the Oracle Active Data Guard option) and logical standby databases to deploy a reader farm. An example of such a configuration is provided Figure 5-2, complete with the use of Oracle Data Guard fast-start failover to automatically fail over should the primary database fail. Note that all standby databases in the reader farm automatically recognize the new primary database after a failover occurs.
A reader farm enables you to boost read performance of the most demanding Web applications beyond what the underlying system and storage architecture can support. This provides a relatively low-cost method of scaling out using a Grid architecture where I/O is the driving factor.
The concept is straightforward—a single primary database that supports read/write transactions, and multiple standby databases that provide read-only access to Web users. Such an approach scales read performance linearly as additional standby databases are added. It is also an effective way to isolate faults, because problems that affect one standby database are isolated from the other standby databases in the configuration.
Creating a reader farm of physical standby databases provides the following benefits:
Fault isolation
High performance with physical standby databases and Redo Apply
Seamless support for all DDL and data types using Redo Apply
All reader databases are kept up-to-date with changes made to the primary database
Automatic, zero or minimal data loss failover capability
Management as a unified configuration through Grid Control
Scale-out using single writer database and n reader databases
Rolling upgrade capabilities
Figure 5-2 shows a good example of how you can use Oracle Data Guard, physical standby databases, and Oracle Active Data Guard option to provide the flexibility necessary to grow your business quickly, while still providing disaster recovery. In the configuration, the primary database transmits redo data to multiple standby databases, one of which is also enabled for fast-start failover for automatic, zero, or minimal data loss failover.
Figure 5-2 Standby Database Reader Farms
If a fast-start failover is triggered in the Oracle Data Guard configuration in Figure 5-2, then:
Automatic failover occurs to the designated standby database
All standby databases accept data from the new primary database
You can perform a switchover at a convenient time in the future to return all databases to their original roles
Grid Computing, disaster-recovery solutions with advanced standby database usage, and virtualization all encourage better ROI. Virtualization's main benefits include consolidation and using all resources efficiently.
Oracle VM enables you to deploy operating systems and application software within a supported virtualization environment. Because each virtual machine has its own virtual CPU, network interfaces, storage and operating system, Oracle VM disassociates workloads from the physical constraints of the underlying hardware. Oracle VM presents the opportunity to significantly reduce service outages associated with planned server outages or workload imbalance.You can improve availability by using the domain live migration feature of Oracle VM to migrate a domain from one physical server to another, identical computer that is running virtual machines. For example, you can:
Migrate the domain from a failing server to a viable server on which operations can continue during repairs
Rebalance the workload to prevent one server from becoming overloaded
During the migration, the domain continues to provide services and end users remain unaware of any change.
See Also:
The Oracle VM Web site on OTN at
Footnote LegendFootnote 1: Oracle Active Data Guard is referred to as real-time query in the Oracle Data Guard documentation.


text:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
47 comments:
the Holy Spirit, feathers and all? Meh, I tried...
- April 26, 2011 at 3:57 PM
- Sara said...
I started sneezing just looking at the picture...
- April 26, 2011 at 4:30 PM
- Rev. Jim Roemke said...
Nothing says "I'm a servant of the Lord" like a little girl playing dress-up. Disgusting.
- April 26, 2011 at 4:46 PM
The feather boa, once a symbol of seduction and worn by women with loose morals, perfectly symbolizes the current state of affairs in the Episcopal Church and should be the required stole for officiating at same-sex (and third, fourth time around) couple blessings.
- April 26, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Feathers also being light and airy, express the air-head, breezy, flighty attitudes of TEC toward things rational, theological and Scriptural.
- April 26, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- Priscilla said...
I'm expecting her to break into "Mama Mia". Either that or she is a Voodoo practitioner and she just killed another chicken. Either way, nothing one of these people do is surprising anymore.
- April 26, 2011 at 6:00 PM
- Frank said...
So, does the boa go with liturgical pole dancing? ....
- April 26, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Please don't kill the site! These excrescences of liturgical blunders are just to nauseating to watch. and I wonder how many are not posted since no one dared to picture them!
- April 26, 2011 at 9:05 PM
This site is a worldwide treasure. Must we lose yet another common cultural experience?
- April 26, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- The Underground Pewster said...
I've seen that boa before. I think it was on Bourbon St...
- April 26, 2011 at 9:29 PM
- TeddyG said...
Miss Piggy called - she said you could borrow her purple gloves too.
- April 26, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- Al said...
I don't know if this site has reached the end of its useful life. But this is definitely in the running for worst of 2011.
BTW, is the music I hear in the background David Rose playing his #1 hit "The Stripper"?
- April 26, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Is this from New Orleans?
- April 27, 2011 at 7:51 AM
Is that styrofoam pasta on the rug? If so, it looks like home to me. (Ran the vacuum this morning.) Your site is a delight, and has NOT reached the end of its useful life. Who said you have to be useful?
- April 27, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- wannabeanglican said...
It is hard to believe this is not a joke photo. Chris, have you verified that the . . . feather boa was worn during the liturgy?
- April 27, 2011 at 11:24 AM
- Albert Herbert Hawkins said...
Sadly it's not hard to believe.
- April 27, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Oh, I can NOT wait to see the Matching COPE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
- April 27, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- fr raymond said...
What's that on the floor? Has someone tried to pluck her?
- April 27, 2011 at 5:13 PM
The plucker should have tried harder. Much, much harder.
- April 27, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- .....CLIFFORD said...
What do you mean, the stripping has to do with the altar?!?
- April 27, 2011 at 10:37 PM
You can find pictures on the Flickr page for St Mary's Cathedral in Memphis. There you will find the picture included here: "Canon Gettys with Easter boa" (sic).
And if you go down the page a bit to additional pics from April 24, a photo of Easter baptism shows the boa worn during the liturgy.
Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stmarysmemphis
- April 27, 2011 at 11:32 PM
That was worn in the presence of the BISHOP???
Forgive my Roman Catholicism, but I'm shocked and offended, her invalid orders aside. This is the stuff my nightmares are made of.
- April 28, 2011 at 12:04 AM
- JC Fremont said...
I thought feather boas were part of a stripper's equipment.
- April 28, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- priest's wife said...
- April 29, 2011 at 12:06 AM
- ramona said...
You've got to be kidding! In what world would a duly ordained person think this was appropriate?
- April 29, 2011 at 8:51 AM
Words fail me. All I can do is shake my head.
- April 29, 2011 at 8:13 PM
It's the Reverend Gypsy Rose Lee!
- April 30, 2011 at 9:18 AM
I can't imagine what were the objections to ordaining women.
- April 30, 2011 at 11:26 PM
- D. Straw said...
And...After Easter Services it's off to Amateur Night at the Lucky Lady Go-Go Club.
- May 1, 2011 at 8:29 AM
- Galletta said...
Can fur be far behind?
- May 1, 2011 at 4:08 PM
Ramona asked above: "In what world would a duly ordained person think this was appropriate?"
Are you kidding? The answer is in the Episcopal Church, of course!
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- May 1, 2011 at 5:57 PM
- Conciliar Anglican said...
Hello, Dolly!
- May 2, 2011 at 2:34 PM
Can anyone explain what has happened in the Episcopal Church over the past 30 years? Not too long ago it was the best model for good liturgy in the U.S. But now....
- May 3, 2011 at 5:49 PM
- Scott said...
Brothers and sisters: Full disclosure--I am the Canon Organist/Choirmaster at St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, where this photo was taken; and no, the above-pictured priest did not ask me to write this.
I first want to share with you what the picture does not convey. Our Canon Pastor is one of the most phenomenal priests I have ever had the pleasure to serve with, and she truly is living into the Great Commission. What this picture doesn't tell is how she has labored to work with the homeless and destitute in our blighted neighborhood, giving them hope and resources to empower them to break the vicious cycle of substance abuse and discrimination. The picture does not show how she has renewed the cathedral's focus on the sacraments, particularly with her institution of a "Water into Life" program for families considering Holy Baptism, moving the instruction far beyond that of a "baptism rehearsal." Nor does the image communicate what a fine celebrant our Canon Pastor is. Through her spoken and sung words, she is able to breathe vitality into our Eucharistic Prayers as few have been able to do, in my experience.
Now onto what the picture does tell. Memphis is a funky city that is broken in so many ways, but one in which hope springs eternal. Our liturgies at St. Mary's are, by most accounts, high Anglican services (spiced up with some Gospel, Spirituals, and alternative prayers every now and then). We take our calling as ministers of Word and Sacrament (and in my case, music) very seriously. However, we do not take ourselves too seriously. While you have every right to believe that a feather boa on Easter Sunday is poor taste, you cannot assume that this represents a disregard for the importance of our liturgies.
Some further context: Within the last decade, there was talk of closing the cathedral doors, as attendance was anemic and the spirit of the parish was weak. Since the arrival of the Dean three years ago, he has assembled an incredible ministry team (I was hired two years ago), the most recent addition of which was our Canon Pastor. In 2011, our cathedral is thriving. The pews are full, the outreach is substantial, and people are being fed. There IS a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place, and God is doing marvelous things in Memphis.
So, before you cast the next stone, please consider the broader context. And the next time you're in Memphis, pop on by...I'd be happy to show you around our house of prayer for all people, regardless of the clothing you are wearing.
- May 3, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- C. Wingate said...
Scott, one doesn't want to be a killjoy but the numbers from R&S are not exactly awesome, though at least one might interpret them as showing a collapse arrested rather than reversed.
Be that as it may, I can hardly fault people for taking the obvious semiotics of this at face value. If one dresses up as a clown for mass, one should expect to be called a clown, after all. "Not taking [yourself] too seriously" means that when you do something that looks ridiculous, you accept that people are going to say that you look ridiculous. It means that if you wear Liberace in hot pants vestments, it's going to be all over the Anglican wire services. It does not do to be too defensive about it.
- May 4, 2011 at 12:16 PM
Scott @ 10:00 PM
Would you share what the purpose of the feather boa with us?
- May 4, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Alexi said...
The Cathedral parish may be doing very well but this choice WAS in bad taste- super bad taste. I did look at other pics and noticed some other rather nice looking vestments so don't what was on her mind to pick this. I agree- the feather boa has other *associations* that are NOT appropriate for a priest! There are so many other lovely stoles out there. why pick this ?? As you can see many may make incorrect reasoning about this choice but why do this in the first place?? Simply does not make sense.
- May 5, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Sorry Scott, but the wearing of a feather boa in place of a stole does show a total disregard for the liturgy of the church and on the Queen of Feasts no less!
Perhaps your canon pastor should put as much concern into her choice of appropiate vestments as she does into her work with the downtrodden. In so doing she might well better represent herself and her hard work better. As it is, she comes off as a person who has no regard for the dignity, austerity and solemnity of the worship of the church.
I must say what is most appaling in this situation is that your dean and bishop allowed this! Enjoy your growth while you have it. Such nonsense and disregard for the motherchurch of the diocese from its leaders can and only will lead to your ultimate fall.
- May 9, 2011 at 8:09 AM
@Scott - not tossing a stone, but pointing out a rubrical violation. Boa does not equal stole. This is the body and blood of Jesus Christ at the Eucharist. It should be treated with reverence and respect. Not showmanship.
- May 10, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Perhaps the ministers at the cathedral SHOULD start taking their conduct and dress much more seriously when they present themselves and their flock to the Lord in worship and confession.
- May 13, 2011 at 5:17 PM
I find it rather depressing to read on this site the fact that some people think that what one wears (or does not wear) is more important than how one follows Jesus.
Lord have Mercy!
- May 17, 2011 at 7:44 AM
She dresses the part for her office. I can't wait for the other prostitutes to be gathered around the back door of the sanctuary. It gives the word confessional a whole new meaning.
- May 18, 2011 at 10:50 AM
I just wrote about feminine foolishness. If only I'd had this golden example....
- May 18, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Amen Scott! I am pleased that you stood up for the great work of your priest as photographed and maligned. Praise God for her work!
- August 3, 2011 at 11:20 AM
I know her and I know her to be a most serious priest so it's surprising to see this. Don't know why she made the choice. I would not have made that choice because of so many out there who would hop on the "prostitute" wagon. That in itself is also sad.
- September 3, 2011 at 6:44 AM
This is in response to Scott's defense of the "Canon Pastor." Remember, worship is not about "you." And, I am so very tired of those who profess to be "high Anglican." What does this mean to you and, if this is an example of it, please let me remain apart from it. Worship and liturgy is not about "anything goes" just to bring people through the door; all this quirkiness is becoming so trite and useless. It works for awhile and then the new wears off. As some of the other responders have noted: as a church we have become known for "anything goes, come on down." As for me, this is an embarrassment for the Church, clergy, and the people. It would seem that your pews would be filled if this is the sort of showmanship contained in your liturgy.
- January 7, 2012 at 10:45 AM
In response to Joy who noted: "I would not have made that choice because of so many out there who would hop on the 'prostitute' wagon." Has it occurred to you that perhaps this "priest" has, in fact, prostituted her position by this kind of "salesmanship." Very sad, indeed.
- January 7, 2012 at 10:50 AM

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The lampholder in this recessed incandescent lighting fixture was discovered under a mini shopping mall overhang in Minneapolis, Minn. The extension cord was plugged into a screw-shell adapter that was used to supply another adapter. It energized a string of decorative lighting that was secured to the entire perimeter of the overhang.
This violates Section 410-47. Lampholders of the screw-shell type shall be installed for use as lampholders only.
Hide comments


text:
No products
Viewed products
Material: PVCSize: height of 78.74 in...
Pendant - Violator Rose (Silver). Hurry up, Limited Edition!
Limited edition of wall Depeche Mode 2018 calendar with new Depeche Mode...
Limited edition of wall Depeche Mode 2019 calendars with band photos.
Luxurious leather belt, you will appreciate the quality of the...
Deluxe editionDepeche Mode Steel ring 8 mmPlease specify the size before...
Depeche Mode
Deluxe editionDepeche Mode Steel ring 10 mmPlease specify the size...
Size: 1.77x1.37x0.12 in (45x35x3mm)Color: SilverAntiallergic
Speak & Spell is the debut album...
Material: PVC
Size: height of 78.74 in (2 m), width 39.37 in (1 m)
Warning: Last items in stock!
Availability date:
Full print + metal eyelets to handle the banner.
The product (banner)is distributed without a rack.
The photo is illustrative is only.


text:
BEAUFORT � An Onslow County man accused in a fatal stabbing that occurred last month remains in custody but now has a bond.
BEAUFORT � An Onslow County man accused in a fatal stabbing that occurred last month remains in custody but now has a bond.
A $1 million bond was set for Curtis Liddell Pate, 29, of Richlands during a hearing Friday in Carteret County District Court.
Pate had been in custody in the Carteret County Jail without bond since his arrest on Dec. 14 on an open count of murder in connection with the death of Gary Nathan Harris.
During the brief hearing, Judge Clinton Rowe heard motions from Assistant District Attorney David Spence and Morehead City attorney William Gerrans, who represented Pate. Pate was present but did not make any comments.
Spence sought a bond of $2 million for Pate, which was kept at $1 million by the judge.
If Pate makes bond and is released prior to trial, he would remain under house arrest by electronic monitoring.
His next court date will be scheduled for March.
Pate is accused of stabbing Harris in the neck during an altercation at Harris� apartment in Cedar Point. Harris was transported to Carteret General Hospital, where he died later that day.
Investigators with the Carteret County Sheriff�s Office indicated that the altercation was concerning a woman but released few details in the case.
During comments at the bond hearing, Gerrans said the altercation stemmed from Pate trying to defend his sister.
Pate fled the scene of the stabbing but was taken into custody without incident a short time later at a Hubert residence, according to investigators.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or email@example.com. Visit JDNews.com to comment.


text:
2016-08-03 15:49:02
Qingdao Blossom Furnishings limited is one of biggest party chairs manufacturer in Qingdao, has great partner in the USA and UK. Since 2011,
we producing not only wooden wedding chairs but also resin party chairs. In 5 future years, our goal is that we will visit our main customer and
meet face to face, and become the leader of party rental chairs in the China. Let us make the cake bigger together.
EMAIL : email@example.com TEL : +86-532-68995656WHOLESALE CHAIRS © 2018 • PRIVACY POLICY
Quick links :Chair manufacturers,Whoelsale chairs,Chiavari Chairs,Cross Back Chairs,wholesale wedding chairs,Chiavari Chairs,Chiavari Chairs wholesale,Thonet chair,Thonet chair factory,Thonet chairs manufacturers,Thonet chairs suppliers,Thonet chairs china,Chiavari Chairs manfuacturers,Chiavari Chairs suppliers,Chiavari Chairs factory,Chiavari Chairs china,Cross Back Chairs factory,Cross Back Chairs,Cross Back Chairs suppliers,Cross Back Chairs manufacturers,Glod chiavari chairs manufacturer,White chiavari chairs manufacturer,Black chiavari chairs manufacturer,wooden folding chairs manufacturer,Resin Folding Chairs manufacturer,
Frends links:Swing Door Operator,hair extensions suppliers,Chiavari Chair,film faced plywood,X back chair, European Kitchen Cabinet, PVC Bathroom Cabinet, Candle manufacturers, Eyelah extensons vendors, Eyelash vendors wholesale


text:
Key features that make it a great pack:
- Very stable ride -- even with a full load of 70 oz.
- Tons of room up front for food and etc. and space in the back for extras (ie. headlamp, emergency bivy, and other miscellaneos things). I carried enough calories in the pack for numerous 30+ mile sections.
- The shock cord is great to put a water bottle to fill-up out of streams/springs or for a rain jacket.
- The eating factor. I've had stomach issues in races that I've attributed to the constriction of my stomach area from the waist belt. I didn't have any stomach issues while running (albeit much slower than normal) with the pack.
I just thought I'd share my thoughts on a good piece of gear for those of you out there that might be in the market for a new pack or hydration system. (This is unsolicited and I have received no products other than the warrantied pack from Nathan.) There is a reason the majority of the folks you see running ultras are wearing this very pack! I just ordered myself the HPL#008 from TheAidStation.com for races.


text:
Two city businessmen bought the long-shuttered Regatta at Battleship Cove last week for $3.5 million and plan to invest $2 million to $3 million more to turn the waterfront eatery and pub into a seafood restaurant, pub and function hall.
Two city businessmen bought the long-shuttered Regatta at Battleship Cove last week for $3.5 million and plan to invest $2 million to $3 million more to turn the waterfront eatery and pub into a seafood restaurant, pub and function hall.
"The restaurant will focus on seafood, steaks. It definitely won't be a nightclub," said Pedro "Peter" Cabral, co-owner of the Taphouse Grille and previously of the Flaunt Lounge, both downtown. "We put this together quick."
Cabral and Thomas Richardson Jr., owner of Triangle Refrigeration, bought the 2.2-acre property at 392 Davol St. from Paula and Joseph Ruggiero Jr.
Ruggiero, a regional businessman from Barrington, R.I., bought the Ford dealership in Fall River in June for $3.2 million, and is renovating it.
Records at the city Registry of Deeds list the Regatta sale to Rapids Management LLC on Dec. 28 at $3 million, although both Cabral and Ruggiero said Thursday the price was $3.5 million.
There are "other considerations," Cabral said by phone from Florida, where he operates Emergency Response Group, an environmental cleanup firm that responded to BP's oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Rapids Management LLC, headed by Cabral and Richardson, was set up Dec. 20 at 425 Pleasant St., the Durfee Union Mills building, to acquire shopping centers, apartment complexes, industrial buildings and commercial properties, according to a filing with the Secretary of State.
Both Cabral and Ruggiero discussed the sale in brief interviews.
"I think it's a good piece of property," Cabral said. "We plan to renovate it down to the studs inside and rebuild it."
Cabral said from preliminary estimates they plan to spend "between $2.2 million and $3 million" for those improvements, which could make it a destination for functions such as weddings and other family events, along with a restaurant and pub.
"I sold the property, and that's it. They wanted to buy it. They made me an offer I couldn't refuse," Ruggiero said.
He and his wife have owned The Regatta since purchasing it in 1997 for $505,000, city records show.
It was once a popular pub and restaurant, but in recent years, it ran into problems as a nightclub when Ruggiero leased it to various owners.
It's been closed since 2009, and Ruggiero has worked with the Licensing Board and Mayor Will Flanagan to retain his liquor license and bring in new restaurant managers or owners.
In mid-2010, Flanagan confirmed that the waterfront property — which includes the nearly 40-year-old wood-frame building and a marina — were for sale for $5.2 million, although Ruggiero has said for years he planned to lease it, not sell it.
Terry Hayes of RT Realty Group in Fall River, who had also confirmed that asking price, listed it at that time.
In 2012, the total property was assessed at $1.66 million, about half the value for the land, although more recent assessments dropped the figure to $1.15 million after building renovations were started.
The property, between Heritage State Park and Point Gloria, has been fenced off for months.
A total of $42,336 was paid in taxes for one year through the end of 2012.
Ruggiero said the new owners bought the property "as is."
Flanagan said Thursday he and Ruggiero had worked cooperatively for the past 1½ years "to find the right people to develop the property."
"There were several proposals," Flanagan said, including several chain restaurants and a proposal to build condominiums, he said, adding that the pub chain Hooters submitted a letter of intent.
Flanagan said he prevailed upon Ruggiero not to sell to any operation for a nightclub, which he said would disrupt positive strides and future developments along the waterfront.
Saying he's spoken with the owners, Flanagan said their concept "fits into my vision for the waterfront."
According to Registry of Deeds records, city attorney John Saulino, who is the chairman of the Licensing Board, represented Rapids Management LLC.
Flanagan said the liquor license had not been transferred yet, and he expected Saulino to recuse himself from any actions before the board by the new owners.
Staff reporter Brian Fraga contributed to this story.
Email Michael Holtzman at email@example.com.


text:
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech men's tennis team upset
Jacksonville State, 5-2, Saturday afternoon in an Ohio Valley
Conference match played at Fairfield Glade. In the women's contest,
the Golden Eagles narrowly missed an upset of their own, falling
4-3 to the Gamecocks.
The Tech men, picked third in the OVC race, improved to 3-2 overall this spring in dual matches and 1-0 in the conference with the victory over the Gamecocks, who were picked for second place.
The Golden Eagle women saw their record slip to 0-2 in dual matches and 0-1 in the OVC.
In the men's contest, Tech claimed all three doubles contests for a 1-0 lead in the match. The Golden Eagles the posted wins in the top three singles events to stake themseles to a 4-0 lead and clinch the match.
Forst, Nick Stafford eaarned a 6-4, 6-2 victry over Gustavo Holz at No. 3, followed by a No. 1 singles win from Alex Chen, who tripped Brian Kenyon, 6-2, 6-1. The clincher came at No. 2 when Josh Girling walked away with a hard-earned 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 win over Axel Sundberg.
JSU took its first point with a 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 4 by Henad Marcel over Arturo Santa Ruize. Tech's final point came by virtue of Lloyd Harris' 6-3, 6-4 victory over Igo Santos at No. 6. The final match of the day was a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6) win at No. 5 by JSU's Chris Duke over Oscar Pachon.
The lead changed hands a couple of times in the women's match before JSU put things away late in the contest. the Gamecocks swept to all three doubles wins for an early 1-0 lead, but Tech bounced back with singles wins at No. 3 and No. 1 for a 2-1 Golden Eagle lead.
First, Frederika Kahl defeated Juliana Renesto, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 to tie the match. In the No. 1 match, Leydi Zora posted a 6-3, 6-3, straight set win over Viviane Marani.
Jacksonville State tied the match at 2-2 when Martina
Dessbessell posted a 6-4, 7-5 win over Diana Woodcock at No. 2
singles. Shortly after that, JSU went up 3-2 when Kimberly Ferris
outlasted Victoria Cran, 6-4 5-7, 6-1, at No. 4.
The final two matches took to the courts and JSU's Raphaela Lima earned a 6-2, 6-4 win over Katie Barnhill in the No. 6 position to clinch the victory for the Gamecocks. Tech's Laura Porras won her match at No. 5, downing Rafaela Wensel 7-6, 6-4, for Tech's final point and the one-point margin.
Both teams face a pair of mid-week matches coming up. The women's team plays at Radford on Tuesday at 9 p.m. then faces USC-Upstate Thursday a 1 p.m. in Nashville. For the men, the schedule has Tech at Lipscomb Wednesday at 2 p.m. and meeting USC-Upstate Thurdsday at 1 p.m. in Nashville.


text:
Letter from David Brock to Rep. Jim Ryun
June 15, 2005
Congressman Jim Ryun
1110 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Representative Ryun:
The e-mail below was forwarded to our office by one of your constituents.
I take issue with your contention that Mr. Tomlinson appointed a "liberal" ombudsman to monitor the content of public broadcasting. I assume you are referring to Ken Bode, who is, as Media Matters for America has documented, a former journalist and a fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute. Last year, Mr. Bode endorsed Indiana Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitch Daniels.
Given that Mr. Bode is a fellow at a conservative think tank and endorsed a Republican candidate for governor last year, I would be interested in your reasons for describing him as a liberal.
David Brock
President and CEO
Media Matters for America
* * *
E-mail from the office of Congressman Jim Ryun to private citizen:
From: "Congressman Jim Ryun"
Subject: Message from Rep. Jim Ryun
June 7, 2005
(name redacted)
(address redacted)
Dear (name redacted),
Thank you for contacting me with your views. I appreciate hearing from you.
Some have expressed concern over Kenneth Tomlinson, the current President of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). President Clinton appointed Mr. Tomlinson to the CPB board in 2000, and he was elected chairman of the board in 2003. Since his election to the chair, Mr. Tomlinson has expressed concern that programming on the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) is not balanced. This is a problem since by law PBS is required to balance its programming. Mr. Tomlinson hired two ombudsmen - a conservative and a liberal - to investigate the content of PBS programming to ensure its compliance with the law. Some are concerned that this was an attempt by Mr. Tomlinson to ensure PBS programming reflects only the conservative ideology because he is a Republican.
PBS should not be held hostage to a single ideology. It receives public money, which cannot be used to endorse political positions. Therefore Mr. Tomlinson's actions were appropriate. There are plenty of private outlets for liberalism and conservatism, but the American taxpayer should not be forced to endorse a particular point of view in public broadcasting. If the chairman of CBP feels that tax money is being used in an inappropriate way on PBS, he has a duty to investigate it.
Be assured that I will continue to work towards balance in public broadcasting. Please feel free to contact me again with comments or concerns on matters that are important to you.
God Bless You,
Jim Ryun


text:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Isaiah Canaan scored 15 points and Murray State outscored Tennessee Tech by 14 points in the second half en route to a 47-39 victory in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday.
Ed Daniel contributed 10 points and 10 rebounds for Murray State (15-4, 6-1), which has won four games in a row.
Jud Dillard had 12 points and five rebounds, and Dennis Ogbe contributed 10 points and six rebounds for Tennessee Tech (7-12, 1-6). The Golden Eagles have lost three in a row and eight of nine.
The Racers shot 34 percent from the field (16 of 47) to 25.5 percent for the Golden Eagles (13 of 51).
Trailing 26-20 at halftime, Murray State tied it at 32-all on Daniel's two free throws with 10:01 left.
Brandon Garrett's three-point play gave Murray State a 41-34 lead with 5:50 remaining, enough of a cushion to claim the victory.


text:
Inspired by "Tiny Dishes" from Virginia Cole of Galloping Pony Studio
Quiltmaker: Laura Boehnke
Scraps of yellow, red, green, and orange prints (blocks)
1—9x22" piece (fat eighth) each of green floral, orange print, and red check (borders)
1/4 yard yellow stripe (binding)
12x24" backing fabric
12x24" batting
Finished quilt: 10x22"
Finished block: 2" square
Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics.
Measurements include 1/4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated. {C}


text:
Painless Childbirth – what does that mean? One Hypno-Moms point of view
Great post from a mom about what Painless Childbirth is really about!
She points out that it is hard for many to wrap their mind around the word painless. That really thinking of it in a different way, having a comfortable birth, helped her to achieve just that!
What do you think?


text:
Autocade (beta) is the international car database. It's a wiki that's global, not geographically biased; and, we believe, more carefully edited, aimed at enthusiasts and media who want a quick, accurate reference. Autocade also welcomes your experiences under the 'Discussion' section for each model.
<IncArticle count="300">
{{{content}}} … continued at [[{{{titleblank}}}]]
You can read more about Autocade on the 'About' page.
If you're hunting for specific information, you can search using the box at the top right of the page. If your car is not present, you'll see a link where registered users can click to write a new article.
If you want to see what's here generally, hop over to the 'All Pages' link to see what's here. Some marques and nameplates are listed.
Here are the 15 most recent additions to the site.
View all models
Random cars
Here are 15 random entries on the site.
Helpful links
Consult the Users' Guide for information on using the wiki software.
Autocade is an initiative of JY&A Media.


text:
What Are the Shorts Betting Against?: These Stocks
Here are the latest Data Explorers numbers showing where short sellers may be beefing up their bets. The list shows stocks where short interest is hitting 52-week highs. Notable companies making an appearance include Rock Tenn, a maker of packaging for food and consumer products, Gap Inc. and Washington Post Co.
Data Explorers tracks how much of a company's stock are out on loan, and uses the loan numbers as a proxy for short interest. (Quick refresher: Short sellers borrow a stock from a broker and immediately sell it, hoping the price will decline. Eventually, they have to buy shares to replace the ones they borrowed. But if the price drops enough in the meantime, they make a profit.)
It's important to note, that not all shorting represents bearish bets against the company. Sometimes short interest can be driven by hedge funds and other investors when a company issued convertible bonds. It's not unusual for investors in convertible bonds – a hybrid bond that can be converted into stock if shares hit a set price – to short the company's stock as a way to hedge against the failure of shares to reach the conversion price.


text:
The official announcement isn't being posted until Thursday or Friday but I have such a busy week I wanted to start getting the information out there.
I'm proud to say I am a member of AnnaBV Designs Talented Crew!
Check out her Halloween Charms on her blog.
The freebie has a coupon for 10% off the full charm kit.
Visit AnnaBV's store at ScrapMatters
Two new products are being released this week and we are having a blog train to celebrate.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
The not so official announcement
The official announcement isn't being posted until Thursday or Friday but I have such a busy week I wanted to start getting the information out there.
Posted by Maria Dragone at 9:15 AM 0 comments Links to this post
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
What's next?
anyone want a certain color? more of a color I did? I don't know what to do next so speak up if you are looking for something.
I am LOVING being on a creative team. I already jumped in and did some writing for my new "boss", I designed 4 layouts for her new kit coming out next week, and I'm working on the announcement for her to post at ScrapMatters.com
Posted by Maria Dragone at 4:39 PM 2 comments Links to this post
Friday, September 18, 2009
White Noise - 20 FREE papers
BusyBee asked so here are 20 off white, cream textured papers called White Noise. So what can I make for you?? Just let me know!
And on a better note anyone who's been following my quest to become a CT I was finally asked! They say good things come to those who wait, because when I saw this call my heart was really racing I love her work and just started playing around with two of her kits.
I don't know if I'm allowed to say who's team I'm on yet, so I'll just wait a day or so until the announcement is official. As soon as I see the announcement posted on ScrapMatters.com I'll come back here yelling :-)
It really feels good to be apart of a creative team again. I miss designing websites and working with my clients but I do NOT miss the DRAMA of working in that office.
Make sure you download BOTH files
Download White Noise Papers # 1-10 here
Download White Noise Papers # 11-20 here
please leave some lovin!
Posted by Maria Dragone at 1:23 AM 10 comments Links to this post
Labels: 12x12 papers, digi papers, digi scrap, digital scrapbooking, digital scrapbooking freebies, FREE, freebie, papers, Scrappily Ever After
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
just ask me
So far a few people have left different comments about wanting different color papers. I welcome all those comments because after I scrap a bunch of layouts for myself I get a little burnt out and don't know what I should work on.
I am currently making white and beige papers which should be done in the next 2 days.
My current scrap project is a brag book for my son's Little Gym Teacher which I have to have finished by Friday afternoon to give to her at his last summer class. When I'm done I'm going to upload all the template files so you can whip up your own brag books.
Here is an example of the brag book, they are all block pages. I made the stitches so you get those in the template too.
Posted by Maria Dragone at 12:17 AM 0 comments Links to this post


text:
Quake strikes off Tonga
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of the Pacific Island nation of Tonga but experts say there is no threat of a tsunami.
The quake reportedly struck in waters northeast of the Tongan capital, Nuku'alofa, at about 7pm local time on Saturday.
Geoscience Australia reports the impact could have been felt by people more than 600-kilometres away.
Seismologist Marco Maldoni said residents of the island nation would definitely felt shaking after the movement of tectonic plates and that that part of the world was prone to earthquakes.
"That earthquake itself happened where the Australian plate meets the Pacific plate," Dr Maldoni told AAP on Saturday.
"Thankfully this is a non-tsunamigenic earthquake - something that can potentially generate a tsunami."
Dr Maldoni said that in the past five years there had been about 200 earthquakes within that area, with another one occurring near Tonga at a magnitude of 6.2 as recently as Friday.


text:
If your Windows Vista PC takes forever to boot then it's easy to blame Microsoft, but in reality there could be many possible causes: driver problems, network issues, a sluggish Windows service, and more. To find out, you need a way to monitor and report on exactly what's happening when you PC boots - and that happens to be just what you get with WinBootInfo.
Close down all other applications, launch WinBootInfo, click Measure Boot Performance, and the program will install a special driver to monitor your next restart. This only takes a second or two, and when the process is complete then your PC will reboot.
Once Windows has started again, WinBootInfo will pop up, remove its monitoring driver (so it doesn't slow down normal operations) and display its report of what happened during the last boot.
The simplest view provides basic statistics on the total boot time, number of processes and drives loaded, CPU time used, and so on. If you plan to uninstall drivers or disable services in future then these figures will provide useful feedback on the effect of these tweaks.
The real detail comes in the Boot Process Tree, though, a lengthy list of every single process that was loaded when your PC started, and the DLLs and other support files that those programs loaded.
Interpreting this data isn't straightforward, and unfortunately the program doesn't do much to help. There's no attempt to detect and highlight slow processes, and no direct answer to the question "why is my boot time so long?".
Still, the sheer volume of raw data on the boot process could be invaluable in tracking down the culprit behind your slow start, and the program is definitely worth a try.
WinBootInfo produces extremely detailed reports on the boot process, but understanding them requires some work. You'll need to be an experienced Windows user to get the most from the program


text:
Your weekly deal emails
We want to make the shopping experience as convenient as possible for our customers by providing enough shopping trolleys for use. Like you, we also hate to see our city's streets untidy!
PAK'nSAVE works closely with local councils and the community to manage our trolleys; but we need our customers' help to return their used trolleys and report abandoned trolleys so we can collect them and tidy up our streets!
If you spot a trolley that has been abandoned, we'd appreciate it if you could let us know by completing the form below.
We'd appreciate it if you could include your contact details. These will only be used by us to clarify the location with you in the event that our team are unable to locate the trolley.
Back to top
Stay away from scams and
keep yourself safe online!
We're focusing on energy efficiency and waste reduction everywhere from our head quarters to our stores.
© PAK'nSAVE
2019 | Terms of use |
Privacy policy
Register today to receive deals and promotions at your nearest store.


text:
Rediscovering Rumphius
A 17th-Century Masterpiece, The Ambonese Herbal, to Appear for the First Time in English
Over the course of their careers, most book editors get accustomed to writers ardently proposing ambitious pet projects, and the editors become adept at rapid evasive maneuvers. Thus, roughly 15 years ago, when a University of Massachusetts comparative literature professor named Eric Beekman cold-called an editor to pitch the project of a lifetime, he had everything going against him. He wanted to translate the works of an obscure 17th-century Dutch naturalist named Rumphius, who had spent his career in the utter back of beyond—a 10- by 32-mile island called Ambon in the Banda Sea in what is now eastern Indonesia—and had been largely forgotten in the 300 years since.
Yale University Press
It sounded "too obscure, not relevant," and likely to result in large, unwieldy and inordinately expensive publications, says Jean Thomson Black '75, executive editor for science and medicine at Yale University Press. But Beekman "was just very good at selling this," and Black, who started out as a plant ecologist, was "a vulnerable target because of my background. I love old natural history sorts of treatments, and he talked about opening this amazing world of natural history that wasn't available to readers in English."
In the years since, the partnership between Beekman and Black has produced two Rumphius books, The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet, published in 1999, and Rumphius' Orchids in 2003. Rumphius' masterpiece, The Ambonese Herbal, will appear for the first time in English early in 2011, jointly published by Yale University Press and the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG), a conservation group based in Florida and Hawaii. It will, as expected, be large and expensive, a six-volume boxed set with 811 illustrations costing $450. (Production costs of $300,000 were largely paid by NTBG and its benefactors.) But it is already proving more relevant than anyone expected. When NTBG honors Rumphius and Beekman in February at a symposium on ethnobotany, the speakers will include a researcher whose "data mining" of Beekman's translation has already produced a potential plant-derived treatment for MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Harold Shapiro
Jean Black '75
"But I don't think that's the real significance of this," says Michael Dove, Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Ecology at F&ES. "The real significance is that this was written during the great age of global commodity trade in plants, when the role of plant knowledge in science was central. It was also a moment in which Eastern and Western knowledge could engage with one another in a way that would not be possible as the colonial dogma of Western supremacy took hold. And here we have one of the great works of the period made available by Beekman—and, good heavens, credit is due to Jean Black, too, for pulling this off. This is a really important publication that will be read 100 years from now."
Pliny of the Indies
Georg Eberhard Rumpf was born in central Germany in 1627 to a Dutch mother and a father who served as an engineer and contractor to various impecunious aristocrats. Europe then was a bloody battleground for the Thirty Years War, and young Rumphius, as his name got Latinized, soon became a soldier and Hessian mercenary, serving for three years in Portugal. But in 1652 he managed to obtain a position with the Dutch East India Company, possibly through his mother's family, and left Europe forever. "He fled from chaos, from a ruined country that had been pillaged, raped and murdered into exhaustion," writes Beekman. "He escaped from fraudulent authority, hypocritical religion and social inequality, a state of affairs which did not warrant allegiance to anything human."
After an ocean voyage to the East Indies lasting six months, Rumphius found himself in an improbably dazzling Dutch city, laid out on a neat rectangular grid at the mouth of the Ciliwung River, with step-gabled houses built of white coral that fronted canals lined with palm trees. Batavia, now Jakarta, was the Dutch East India Company's trading capital—and also a quasimilitary outpost for a global enterprise that could deploy 40 warships and an army of 10,000 men in pursuit of its commercial interests. For all its apparent orderliness, Batavia was also a breeding ground for mosquitoes and a tropical death trap for Europeans. But Rumphius somehow flourished in this new world, particularly when he took up his station as a merchant in Ambon, another 1,500 miles to the east. The more relaxed customs of the island culture clearly appealed to him after his brutal experience of European civilization.
His official duties took up much of his time in his adopted home, where he helped run the company's lucrative trade in cloves, nutmeg, mace and other spices. But Rumphius devoted every free moment to the search for new species, and the letters he sent back to Europe about his discoveries earned him a reputation as "the Pliny of the Indies," after the great Roman naturalist. In Ambon he also formed a common-law marriage with an island woman named Susanna. She helped him gather the plants and animals that became, along with their children, his caritates, or loved ones, according to Beekman. He lost his heart, in particular, to the ornate seashells of what he happily called "the water Indies," and they became the basis for his Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet. The plant specimens he collected and sketched gradually formed The Ambonese Herbal. Together these books, covering Ambon and its neighboring islands, would become the first natural history of the East Indies—and among the earliest scientific descriptions of any tropical habitat.
Yale University Press
Eric Beekman
"Rumphius was the first to write of epiphytes, how orchids propagate by seed, or how ficus trees reproduce themselves," Beekman writes. "He was the first to present detailed descriptions of corals. … Even if he was not, chronologically speaking, the first to mention a plant, his reports are more comprehensive, detailed and precise, and contain more information than those of his contemporaries or many others who came after him."
They also tend to be far more entertaining. Other shell collectors back in Europe prized Pinna shells, for instance, mainly for their beautiful shape, roughly corresponding to a wide-vaned quill pen. But Rumphius noticed how they behaved. He reported that these "pen shells" tended to live in quiet bays at a depth of four or five feet, standing upright with their narrow ends planted in the muddy bottom. He also noted that an ice-colored little shrimp, about an inch and a half in length, lived within the shell and stood guard. In the event of danger, "the shrimp pinches the Pinna in order to force it to close its shell," he wrote. He was describing mutualism—one species swapping shelter for another species' early-warning system—centuries before a biological term for the phenomenon even existed.


text:
Welcome to the Walmart Gift Card Giveaway!
What about you? Are you ready to get busy with some back-to-school shopping or maybe even Christmas shopping? Well here's your chance! We're giving away a $150 Walmart Gift Card to one of our readers!
Prize: $150 Walmart Gift Card
Sponsors: Alas 3 Lads, Conservamom, Dallas Single Mom, Krazy Koupon Club, Mommy on the Money, My Four Littles, Oh My Gosh Beck!, SmartySaver, The Denver Housewife, The Funky Monkey, This Mama Loves
Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter daily. Besides the mandatory blog comment entry, all other entries are optional. Giveaway ends 8/15 and is open to the US only.
a Rafflecopter giveaway Tweet


text:
Back in the 1800s... very conservative Christians assumed that Christmas was in fact a pagan holiday and would not celebrate it.Following this analysis, we should approve of the early Christians who fell into the celebration of the Feast of the Sol Invictus. Right?
The founder and first president of my very Evangelical college, Jonathan Blanchard, did not even want to cancel classes on that day....
Yet, Christian ritual is by its very nature adaptive. Unlike in the Torah, there's no liturgical prescriptions, so Christians are able to adapt within a culture, honoring their savior in culturally imbued ways. For our culture, a day of birth is the day we honor especially those we value. So, to honor the day of Christ's birth is to honor this man, to honor indeed the incarnation itself, making it a theological statement.
There's also an issue of theology and culture involved. Do Christians hide from the culture or do they interact with it? How do they interact with it? I very much like the transformative approach, shining light on a culture through culturally understood celebrations.I think your answer to my question needs to be yes. It's the old question of whether religions need to be kept pure and, if so, what counts as pure. Paddy goes on to stress "goodness, love, community, giving, peace, joy," so perhaps he would lean toward purity but define what is within that circle of purity to include a set of virtues that are not limited to Christianity or even to religion.
We celebrate that we are to be good, to live at peace, to sing and laugh and hope together. Christmas, much more than Valentine's Day, is really a celebration of the deepest reality of love. We wish each other love on this day, not sentimentality or cheap romance or egotistical lust, but actual deep, fulfilling, holistic love.
May your day be merry and full of life, full of love. On this day may we taste that fullness of love that is at the heart of God's work in this world, sending his son, to us, for us, with us, among us, seeking us out, because God first loved us.


text:
"Kids Rule the Kitchen!"
Young Chefs Academy
23010 Highland Knolls
Katy, Texas 777494
Cooking classes, parties, workshops, field trips, parent's night outs, mommy and me classes, mini-camps… Young Chefs Academy has it all! Catering to children ages 4 and up, your child will participate in an enjoyable adventure, as well as acquire skills that will last a lifetime. Moreover, not only children get to have all the fun. The Academy is currently offering a New Adult Cooking Series called "Back to Basics." This series will focus on essential skills, the use of spices, and the preparation of bake sale goodies.


text:
For a little more than half an hour Tuesday night, basketball took a back seat at Viking Gym.
The remainder of the evening belonged to the Vikings, who swept South Lenoir in the non-conference county rivalry.
For a little more than half an hour Tuesday night, basketball took a back seat at Viking Gym.
The remainder of the evening belonged to the Vikings, who swept South Lenoir in the non-conference county rivalry.
The boys game was halted late in the second quarter for a little more than 20 minutes after a South Lenoir fan was taken to the hospital following a medical emergency. About 15 minutes later, South Lenoir guard Will Graves appeared to sustain a severe injury to his foot when he landed awkwardly after challenging for a loose ball. Play was stopped once more for about 10 minutes, and he, too, was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
�Both of the things that happened tonight put things in perspective,� Blue Devils coach Jeremy Barnett said. �There are bigger things to worry about than basketball.�
By the time fans, coaches and players could refocus their attention on the game, Kinston had built an insurmountable lead and cruised to a 64-28 win.
The game was actually tied at 7-7 early in the first quarter, but the Vikings (2-0), utilizing a suffocating full court press, rattled off the next 24 points to put the game out of reach.
�Defensively, we put some pressure on them in the back court and got a lot of steals,� said senior Denzel Keyes, who finished with a game-high 18 points to go along with two steals and two assists. �Coach Tyndall really pushes us on defense. Our defense opens up our offense.�
First-year coach Perry Tyndall said he saw �a lot of good things� on defense and was quick to praise his team�s transition offense.
�We played better than we did Wednesday night (in a home win against North Lenoir),� Tyndall said. �Our transition game has improved a lot.�
The Vikings, who shot a blistering 9 of 14 (64 percent) in the first quarter, led 22-8 after a period and 34-11 at the half. Kinston, which held the Devils (1-1) to just three points in the second quarter, prevented South Lenoir from scoring a single point in the fourth quarter.
Keyes� 18 points paced the Vikings, who also got 13 points, five rebounds and six steals from sophomore Brandon Ingram. Senior Josh Dawson chipped in with nine points, seven assists and five steals. South Lenoir�s leading scorer was Ishmael Baldwin, who finished with 12 of his team�s 28 points.
�We just can�t simulate their speed and athleticism,� Barnett said. �They�re so athletic, they push you out of everything you want to do.�
Despite the wide margin, Barnett said he was proud of his team�s effort during the late-game �mop-up minutes.�
�No matter what the scoreboard says, South Lenoir is going to play hard,� he said.
South Lenoir travels to Spring Creek on Friday, while the Vikings are off until Tuesday, when they travel to South Lenoir.
In the girls� game, Kinston trailed early in the first quarter but used a 20-2 run that lasted well into the second quarter to storm out to a big lead and never looked back en route to the win.
Kinston (3-0) got double digit contributions from four players: freshman Xequoyah Washington (15 points), sophomore Lydia Rivers (13 points, 13 rebounds, seven blocks), senior Alexis Williams (12 points) and junior Brittany Drumgoole (11 points).
Meanwhile, just four South Lenoir players accounted for the entire team�s offense � Heather West with 15 points, Marquia Suddeth with 14, Caroline Jones with 12 and Hanna Meready with three.
The Devils fell to 1-1 with the loss.
Kinston jumped out to a big lead in much the same fashion as the boys, utilizing an up-tempo, transition offense predicated on points off turnovers.
�We�re always going to have that on defense,� Kinston coach Hubert Quinerly said. �We�re hanging our hat on that, and we�re going to have to be really good at it.�
The Vikings also got a big boost from Williams, who saw her role on the offensive end increase due to the absence of senior guard Monique Lofton.
�We were missing our top scorer in Monique, so I had a chance to step up and contribute,� Williams said.
Quinerly was happy to see his senior guard make the most of the opportunity.
�If she�s scoring like that, we�re going to be really tough to beat because she does so many other things well for us,� he said.
Rivers and Washington also caught the attention of the Vikings� second-year coach.
�She�s coming out of her shell,� Quinerly said of Rivers. �The last three games, she has played really consistently. Her hard work is paying off, and she is very disruptive on defense.�
As for Washington, who came off the bench to lead all scorers, Quinerly saw a freshman coming into her own on the court.
�She needed this, offensively,� he said. �She�s young, and she�s trying to find her way, but she is so coachable. She will do everything you ask of her out there.�
South Lenoir 8 3 17 0�28
Kinston 22 12 18 12� 64
BLUE DEVILS (1-1) � Ishmael Baldwin 12, Jones 4, Wooten 4, Graves 3, Whaley 2, Cooper 2, Smith 1.
VIKINGS (2-0) � Denzel Keyes 18, Brandon Ingram 13, Dawson 9, Dunn 6, Joyner 3, Hart 3, Taylor 2, Rouse 2, Jones 2, Jackson 2, Williams 2, Canady 2.
South Lenoir 7 12 9 16�44
Kinston 19 19 18 16�72
BLUE DEVILS (1-1) � Heather West 15, Marquia Suddeth 14, Caroline Jones 12, Meready 3.
VIKINGS (3-0) � Xequoyah Washington 15, Lydia Rivers 13, Alexis Williams 12, Brittany Drumgoole 11, Vermillion 8, Addison 6, Clark 4, Harper 3.


text: Crawford is a part of ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems Are you looking for Crawford products? Then you have come to the right place. The Crawford brand has been part of ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems for a while, and you can be sure to find the industrial doors you are looking for, whether it is overhead sectional doors, folding doors, vertical-lifting fabric doors, high-performance doors or loading dock equipment and accessories. Crawford started out manufacturing garage doors in the 1950's and has since then expanded into the industrial sector. In 1966 the first industrial overhead sectional door was delivered in Sweden and after that Crawford began specializing in loading dock equipment, folding doors and high-performance high-speed doors. In 2012 Cardo, the parent company of both Crawford and Megadoor was acquired by ASSA ABLOY Group and both are now product brands of ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems. For you this means we have gathered the expertise and experience and still offer superior Crawford industrial doors and loading dock equipment as well as Megadoor vertical-lifting fabric doors. To complement your industrial doors, we also offer a broad range of automatic pedestrian- and high-performance doors as well as service from leading product brands Besam and Albany. Learn more and find your product category below.


text:
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Meet your fellow owners in our Owners Clubs
Jeep Wrangler Wheel Wobble
Has anyone ever experienced an uncontrollable wheel wobble after they have hit a pot hole while driving on the highway at a high rate of speed and had to pull over and stop to gain control of the vehicle?
engelatnona Posts: 1I have a 97 Wrangler and it only has 10K miles. Recently it drives fine up to around 45-50mph when it goes into a crazy shaking sensation that feels like one of the engine mounts has snapped (it hasn't since I had it checked). Not sure what this is and once it starts the engine decelerates until I downshift to 3rd and it can then climb back to 45 or so. Any ideas??0
llexor1973 Posts: 1I have experienced similiar issues with my 05 wrangler. at 52 mph it begins shimming and by 55 it stops. this is caused by chauking of the front tires. with jeeps you MUST rotate tires every 5k miles.0
wobbleripoff Posts: 1hey I own a 07 4 door jeep wrangler, I have not got a wobble, but an earthquake in my vehicle. wheels shake, steering wheel vibrates purfusely, vehicles front end hops off the ground and the vehicle shimmeys off the road while doing all of these things. has been brought back to dealer 10 times but they wont admit there is a problem with the vehicle. It never happens when they test drive the jeep, sooo made a video of what happens and they still wont do anything. this past week i took it to another dealer and they changed the steering damper and say its fixed. I pick it up tomorrow we will see but if you saw what happens to this jeep you would be shocked. Good luck to all who have a jeep im getting rid of this vehicle soon as I can.0
stever Posts: 52,462There are a lot of posts here about this issue (Jeep owners call it "death wobble"). Check the other Wrangler maintenance discussions or search for it.
Here's what one owner did with his TJ.
This forum post is a good one too.0
ok, i have read the threads on this website, and not sure it that (wobble) is what my problem is..
I have a 99 jeep wrangler and have had it for almost 6yrs, never had any problems..now i have put smaller tires, went from 32 to 31. and it drove nice for about a week..started with just a little small shimmer.,,well low and behold lost reardriveshaft on interstate,,since then replaced that and now got one heck of a shake...does not wait till i hit 45mph. but as soon as i start moving,,by the time im in 3rd gear, anything on dash is on floor..have replaced driveshaft,universals had tires balanced again, and it acts like it has no get up and go..any suggestions as to where i start at trying to fix this problem.. and when i took it to have them check it, was told tierods look good..0
If as you say, the only item that was changed before the vibration started was the rear propeller shaft, then that's the best place to start looking for a solution.
(Hopefully, although it wouldn't be connected to the vibration, there was no damage to the brake or fuel lines when the propshaft was thrashing around?)
On the face of it, it sounds like you either have an unbalanced propshaft, or the 'U' joints are out of phase.
It's also possible that when the old shaft failed the rubber transmission mount was damaged, or that there was even damage to the transfer case output shaft or it's housing.
There's no reason to suspect wheel balance or steering/suspension wear should have suddenly appeared.0
Before driveshaft feel out, there was a little shake, but not bad enough for me to worry,,Changed steering stabalizer today, no difference.,, guess i need to start with the rearend.and work from there. How would you know if transfer case was damaged.0
.,, guess i need to start with the rearend.and work from there. How would you know if transfer case was damaged.
It's likely that the boot where the rear propshaft enters the transfer case would be leaking oil.
You should also remove the propshaft so that you can watch the splined output shaft in the transfer case rotate; it should be perfectly centered and turn without any wobble or deviation.
While the propshaft is out take a look at the yoke on the rear axle to see if there's any play there as well.
What was the cause of the propshaft failure, a seized 'U' joint or was it something else?0
hello there !!!! i have a 2007 jeep wrangler x with exactly what everone is describing!!!!!.....so far i ve replaced the steering stabilizer (rancho).....tires rotated and balanced....pro comp shocks all around.....pro comp trac bar...upper and lower ball joints on left side and i still have it.....so yea i m ready to cry....lol...dont really wanna get rid of it too much invested but then again dont know that i really wanna keep it!!!!!! when it happens unexpectedly its tooooooo scary0
ok well just an update here....so i put my jeep in 4wd and it sounded like the whole front end was gonna fall off when i turned the wheels...yea i could only go a foot or two and then i feel some resistance...so stopping at the garage tom right away...and i hoping this is a 2 for one deal and fixes the dw too.....i just cant figure out why in 2wd it seems fine except for the wobble0
so i put my jeep in 4wd and it sounded like the whole front end was gonna fall off when i turned the wheels...yea i could only go a foot or two and then i feel some resistance.
If you engage 4WD on a hard surface it will be difficult to turn the steering wheel and you'll hear it when the tires skip and jump.
Perfectly normal.0
podedwards Posts: 35Before you sell your Wrangler, consider this. The problem may not be the suspension at all. Tires on newer vehicles, Jeeps are no exception, have been bubble balanced at the factory so if you drive a new one the wheels will be balanced-sort of. But bubble balancing won't do as the tires begin to wear after 2K to 3K. The tires need to be balanced on a friction surface (what Goodyear calls ground force) to be properly balanced. If not then the tires will begin to wear irregularly with flat spots and uneven areas and the car will feel like the front end is bouncing and it is.
Once tires have started this, nothing can be done to correct the problem with them. Even friction balancing won't help.
It is very important to have new tires friction balanced from the get go. If they are they will develop good wear patterns. Re-balancing about every 8k will keep them that way. I have been there.
On my 2006 Grand Cherokee, I got 60k on the the original tires-never a problem. It now has 70K and the original brakes and still have at least 40k left on them. What does brake wear have to do with properly balanced tires? Well a whole lot. Vibration from tires out of balance damages the front end and brake components.
My 2007 Wrangler Unlimited has 30K and no problems with vibration what so ever and don't expect any. I had the tires friction balanced after I picked it up new and have had it re-balanced 4 times.
This deal is one the of the Occam's Razor examples. Find the least complex answer. Put a new set of tires on the vehicle and have them friction balanced. The worst that can happen is that a prospective buyer will see new tires.
Many people suggest complicated answers for simple problems. I don't know if they are trying to seem intelligent or they just have a love of complexity. But any event, follow and simple logical step by step approach. Don't assume the tires are properly balanced-make sure.
A steering damper should last for years so if it has not, something has damaged it-like tires not properly balanced. Front suspensions are incredibly durable, as are drive trains and rear ends. Look for a simple basic reason and more than likely, that's what it is.0
Tires on newer vehicles, Jeeps are no exception, have been bubble balanced at the factory so if you drive a new one the wheels will be balanced-sort of.
This is just not true. Bubble balancing hasn't been used by vehicle manufacturers since the beginning of the4 last century. All wheels/tires are dynamically by every vehicle manufacturer these days.
The latest development to the balancer is the Hunter GSP9700 Roadforce machine.
This has nothing to do with Goodyear and is a trademark registered to Hunter.
This machine performs many functions including balancing the wheel under load as though it was being driven on the road.
It also measures any side to side runout of the tread, and can independently measure the imbalance of the rim and the tire, allowing the the tire to be positioned at the best possible location on the rim so that little or no weight will be needed to complete the balance.
You can read all about it and find one near you here: Hunter Roadforce
(I have no connection with Hunter.)
My 2007 Wrangler Unlimited has 30K and no problems with vibration what so ever and don't expect any. I had the tires friction balanced after I picked it up new and have had it re-balanced 4 times...........................
............................Many people suggest complicated answers for simple problems. I don't know if they are trying to seem intelligent or they just have a love of complexity.
That's a rather supercilious attitude, and it's false logic to assume that because you have your wheels Roadforce balanced and have suffered no 'death wobble' symptoms, that the solution for anyone that does is to have their wheels balanced the same way and their problem will be solved.
This is problem that Jeep engineers have been working on for several years and I somehow doubt that they're prolonging the issue just to seem intelligent. :surprise:
A steering damper should last for years so if it has not, something has damaged it-like tires not properly balanced.
Yes they should, and as far as I'm aware there has been no issue with steering damper failure. The problem is that the design of the JK front suspension is such that it can sometimes be tipped into an uncontrollable progressive cyclic oscillation of the front wheels.
Maybe on occasion it's triggered by imbalanced wheels, maybe by an out of tolerance wheel bearing, perhaps by a worn suspension joint.
The current fix is a redesigned steering damper which, rather like a Band-Aid over a bullet wound, masks rather than cures the problem.
I've also covered much of this in response to your similar post here:
Anyone out there that has been having the "death wobble" issue and are POSITIVE it is not something with the wheel mounting and balancing or the alignment and it is an honest to god mechanical issue where the entire front end of the Jeep shakes violently and uncontrollably and you have to come close to or a complete stop to be able to regain control of your Jeep then I MIGHT be able to help. I have a 2007 Wrangler with 56k miles and it is stock and I just got Chrysler to pay for the fixes needed to correct the "death wobble". It wasnt something that I had to pay for in advance and wait 12 weeks for a check that they paid for some of the charges, I called on Friday to Chrysler made an appointment at the service dept. for today and Chrysler called and took care of the charges....all of them. This ABSOLUTELY IS a problem that those at Chrysler are aware of all I had to do was mention a front end shaking and they mentioned the dreaded death wobble. It is actually an unfortunate thing that they are so aware of the problem because it has just opened them up for a huge class action lawsuit for allowing such a serious and deadly problem to go unfixed and kept swept under the rug. I was told to not give out the phone number on any public fourms actually but I would assume its a public number and it would not be right to have fellow Jeep owners to pay for this out of pocket when there is a chance that Chrysler will pay for it all for you. The number is 1-877-426-5337 after you talk to the inital customer service person they assign a case worker which they say will call back within 24 hours but my case worker called me back in about 2 and a half hours. They were all very kind and easy to work with and actually wanted to fix the problems so if you are having this trouble still give them a call and maybe you can get your death wobble issues fixed for free also.....best of luck and happy Jeeping0
I have a 2007 Wrangler with 56k miles and it is stock and I just got Chrysler to pay for the fixes needed to correct the "death wobble".
That's interesting, and good to hear, but you've neglected to mention the most important part, which is what was done to fix the problem.0
Dosent matter how they fixed it....take it to the service department and let them deal with it0
Dosent matter how they fixed it....take it to the service department and let them deal with it
It may not matter to you, but there are many others who are keen to find out what the current proposed fix is.
I guess what you really mean is that you don't know. Fair enough.0
erickpl Posts: 2,735Nobody is messing with my vehicle unless I know what they are doing. PERIOD. I did that with my BMW's. I do that with my Avalanche and my Audi. And I do it with my TJ. They WILL explain to me what is being replaced and why it is a problem before they touch it. Any mechanic (dealer included) knows this before I let them take my vehicle.
It isn't their life driving it day in and day out.
8torena Posts: 1Thanks Vikings0101!!!!...I have a 2006 jeep wrangler that I bought 6 months ago. I purchased the vehicle from a Chrysler Jeep dealer. The fully stock vehicle had 25,577 miles on it. The " DW " symptoms started happening about two months ago. Very frustrating. Can't drive it on the highway. More frustrating is researching the problem. No one really knows what the real problem is. I called the dealer where I bought the jeep, and he told me ( over the phone ) that the problem was the " stabilizer shock " . He told me to change it myself, that it would be cheaper. From what I have read on the internet, I know that changing the steering stabilizer shock only masks the problem. I call the number you gave ( 1-800-426-5337 ) and they have been very helpful. The lady on the phone told me to take it in and get it diagnosed. Verbally, she told me that if I have not altered or abused my jeep, they would pay for cost. I took my jeep in today and they did a diagnostic test. They told me that the tires are the wrong tires for the jeep. They said they are to soft, and that they need to be replaced. THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS THE REASON WHY I WAS EXPERIENCING " DEATH WOBBLE ". They told me I have to take the wrangler back to the other jeep dealer to deal with them..I think they are full of ****..I called the 1-800 number to talk with my case manager. She was not in, but her assistant was. He didn't like what they concluded or what they told me. My case manager will call me tomorrow he stated. I will update tomorrow.0
wyleyone Posts: 1I drive an '06 Wrangler X, 2" coil spring spacer lift and 32" BFG A/T tires. I first got the wobble during the 3-day window after getting the lift and before getting the new tires - it would happen only in the 42-45mph range. After I got the new tires, it quit for a year or so, but then every so often would creep back in until I'd get the tires rotated. Always would happen only in the 42-45mph range; speeding up or slowing down would stop it. Those times, I believe it was a minor alignment issue that was fixed by rotating the tires. Finally around 50K miles it got super bad, like the whole Jeep (and me in it) was trying to shake apart, and making a loud drumming noise, and I had to come to an almost complete stop to make it quit. Rotating the tires did nothing to fix it that time. Took her in to an alignment shop / service station down the road to get checked out, and they concluded it was the track bar - and as luck would have it, they had a new one in stock that they'd ordered for another Jeep that was staying overnight for the same exact problem - and we combined that with an alignment and they had me fixed up and out the door in about an hour. That was about 10K miles ago and she's been running like new ever since! :shades: The mechanic stated that track bars in Wranglers tend to only last about 50K miles, though some are guaranteed for the life of the vehicle so you'll get free replacement when it goes bad again.0
sdberman Posts: 1Hey. I have the opportunity to buy a very low mileage (less than 20k) 2006 Wrangler X. It is in excellent condition with no modifications. The owner has never experienced the death wobble, however, after reading all of the articles, I'm a bit concerned. Has Chrysler/Jeep accepted responsibility for the problem? Do they know what the problem is? Are they willing to fix it? Is it worth buying a 2006 jeep? Any info you have would be appreciated!0
Has Chrysler/Jeep accepted responsibility for the problem? Do they know what the problem is? Are they willing to fix it? Is it worth buying a 2006 jeep?
Apparantly they have, do a search for details in several posts.
As for whether you should buy it, if it's what you want and the price is right then go for it and take care of any problems later, if they occur.
Life is too short to let good opportunities pass you by.0
jeepguy19701 Posts: 2I bought my 2005 Wrangler X brand new. I experienced the Death Wobbled at around 60,000 miles. I have gone through 2 sets of tires. Everytime I replaced my tires it would go away for a little while then come back. It seems to me that this problem is an accumulation of problems, due to the fact that what ever the initial problem may be it causes other parts to go bad. I started out by replacing the steering damper - it went away then came back. Then I changed the track bar - it went away then came back. I have since replaced: all tire rod ends, wheel hub assembly on both sides, upper and lower ball joints on the driver side, both axle u-joints and my tires for a 3rd time. Any one of these parts can cause a death wobble when bad, including the steering gear box, although right now mine seems ok. Good luck to all who experience the death wobble. I love my jeep and will never trade it - Jeep For Life. But the death wobble sucks and can be very costly. The only tip I can offer is that in my experience mechanic shops are out to replace as many parts as possible, it is much cheaper to learn how to do this work your self. The only thing I do not do is the tire mounting and balancing and it has saved me a ton of money over the years.0
mrpmeii Posts: 1Same problem, with an 2008. Spoke with a friend of a friend works for Chrysler. VP in Jeep. Asked to remain nameless.
He was told to never speak of this issue again, in the building at Chrysler. Any research he did for me was met with great resistance.
Spoke to Annette at Chrysler I Don't Care Line, about the issue after speaking with several other peoples voice mail. They graciously will afford to give me some of the thirty dollar a day rental fees. They will reduce it because the rented vehicle was not a chrysler product.
Other than that at 76,000 miles they dont care about the $884.00 bill that I am stuck with. Not to mention the $400.00 rental charges. They have had the Jeep since June 10, 2011, today is June 23, 2011.
Let me know if you hear any other good news on this, lawsuit, recall anything, I can use after taking it like this. GO JEEP, NOT!!!! :mad:0
Sean, ScreaminLizard, for strongly urging me to take the wrangler to the dealer.
Thanks to Rusty and Tami, Grapevine Jeep, for a sit down with Sean and respecting his knowledge.
Sean tried to enlighten another dealership and was given the cold shoulder.
Front end was loose at 20K miles and was tired of bfg mt's. Then bought duratracs and a bill stine stabilizer. The stabilizer smoothed out the front but kept getting loosey goosey. Took it to GV Jeep for the new stabilizer and bracket at a few k miles under 50K miles. Smoother again. Then at 50k miles the front end went south and finally it felt like the tires lost all of their weights. Using all the horses available on I-35 got it home and talked to Sean. He said it is well known the drag link ends and tie rod ends don't last but that ball joints have been lasting 76K miles.
Got the rubicon back today with a new drag link and new tie rod. Never been off road, just errands and need to travel I-35 all the time.0
Just got a chance to read "Willie's Workbench" in the December issue of Four Wheeler.
Stabilizer or Damper, I want a follow-up to the last sentence. How long did it really last.
Brand new the front end felt like a monoblock of steel. Guessing after 10k miles it started feeling loose but how can you tell. It's like shocks, a gradual decline like the frog in a cold pot of water over the fire.
Thinking of removing the paid-for new factory stabilizer that replaced the bil stine that replaced the original tokico that I threw away. Thinking of putting the bil stine back on. Have had people ask me about their front ends and mine. Some know me and some in other states see the screaminlizard and tribe decals.
Have the lifetime $50 deductible warranty(maybe that's why Sean sent me back to the dealer when I was mad enough to drink from the cup of dexcool and get on with my remaining years).
I do spend multiples of less time with this wrangler than with that rubber timing belted foreign diesel of a crd liberty. Like I posted a very long time ago, just a few more dollars up front to build quality vs wear the customer down with fixes until they trade it in or empty their pockets with aftermarket. Same darn love hate affair as the crd but the jk does have a frame and better aftermarket replacement parts to build it as it should've been built.
I've had front dif grease puke twice and also leak out from that cheap pressed in pin that the breather tube attaches to. Forgot to lube the door gasket and a few drips got better_half damp. Tranny cooler (now mopar has one) and wrapped crossover tube to keep fluid cool. Tranny leak fixed by local dealer (and not the fancy other side of metroplex dealer). Headlights are just good enough. Plastic clips on the ebrake and transfer cables. Smaller lighter tires than factory rubicon and haven't sleeved the axle tubes or welded on gussets. We all know the routine. But jeep wrangler means real jeep and even if it rusts away its' driveline should be able to take you to hell and back. Sitting on the edge, looking at aftermarket prices, to be or not to be...0
Took time last night to read another mag that came in a while back-Jp (Nov. 2011).
Inside was the statement of circulation-should've renewed all my sourcelink subscriptions.
Page 91 "Unfortunately, I sold that CJ-6 years ago..."
A relative, upon seeing the rubicon a while back for the first time from a distance, thought it was better_half's H3. Both are blue and have the seven grill slots. He lamented the fact that the jeep he had years ago and sold, is still being driven (now by someone else).
I was once told to keep my first real jeep. I do wish necessity would have let me keep some of my old new to me back then detroit iron. Of course, driving around town today doing errands with the freedom top on but the windows down not speeding anywhere just enjoying the moment might have been the finishing touch.0
I am having the same problem, changed the shocks, the stabilizer, put tires on it, rotated and balanced them and still the "Death Wobble". I am also willing to record it and send to a local news if they don't do anything to help me. I have a 2007 jeep wrangler unlimited and it has been doing it the last 2 years. I have almost got into many accidents and can kill myself or anyone else out there. I think that they are waiting for some car pile up or for someone to die. Seriously, this car problem should be a recall. It is horrible. I want in if anyone wants to sue them or go public, thanks vikki0
If anyone out there is having death wobble or really bad shaking in the front near the the wheels that feels like your tires are out of control or going to fall out, please report a complaint to the NHTSA, "national highway traffic safety association at (888)327-4236 so that they can be aware of this dangerous problem. What are they waiting for a death to occur to actually make the problem on the car a recall. Sad at it seems, must complain, they put you on a list so when it actually becomes a recall you will get contacted and the NHTSA actually contacts the manufacture and lets them know the problem. Enough of these calls someone might start listening it take 10 minutes only. If you been like the lots of other people and myself that has bought tires, rotated tires, changed the shocks, changed the stabilizer trying to fix the problem, then call jeep manufacture at 1(877)426-5337 and let them know that the front is shaking, and your having the death wobble. I called jeep yesterday and they gave me no answers, today I called got a someone that discussed expired warranty and somehow my phone disconnected. I called back 5 minutes later, new lady better attitude that got me on a case file and waiting for a return call back within 24 hours. If anyone out there has the next step to this problem or has a class action law suit going on, email me: [email protected]0
Yes I have its horrible. I have put new tires, changed shocks, changed stabilizer, rotated and balanced car and the problems is so bad that I am unable to drive my car. lets exchange info so jeep does not play games that they have no idea what is going on. email: [email protected]
File a complaint with the NHTSA at 1(888)327-4236, then call the jeep manufacture and hang up if they don't help you, call back new customer service until they give you a case number. I hear from another person it is there responsibility and they should diagnose and fix at no charge. I am still waiting for a call back. Just called them, they have 24 hour to call back. Also, i am not afraid to get an attorney or go public. Give me your input, two is better than one. Try to get others info, so am I thanks vikki0


text:
Come here to talk about anything related to the latest installment of the Thief series!
4th Nov 2018, 12:39
The Crippled Burrick Inn is the place to come and chat with members of the Thief community, or discuss anything related to the Thief series.
1st Jan 2019, 11:39
This is the place to discuss anything about Thief Original Missions (OMs) or Fan Missions (FMs)!
16th Jun 2018, 13:42
This is the place to discuss the use of Dromed, the Dark Engine editor.
20th Nov 2016, 13:21
Having technical problems with the game? Come here and someone might be able to help you.
20th Jan 2018, 21:02
16th Dec 2012, 18:10
© 2016 SQUARE ENIX LTD. All Rights Reserved
SQUARE ENIX and the SQUARE ENIX logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
Square Enix Limited, Registered in England No. 01804186 Registered office: 240 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NW.


text:
Many head and neck cancer victims receive radiation therapy as part of the treatment. This can cause side-effects such as worsening of diet, need for a feeding tube, or narrowing of the throat passage. A new study from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) has found that these side-effects were less likely to occur if they followed a set of prescribed swallowing exercises, swallow preservation protocol (SPP), during therapy. The study was published online ahead of print in the journal Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery on August 27.
The five-year study was led by Dr. Marilene Wang, professor-in-residence in the department of head and neck surgery, UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. Surgery and radiation (RT) have been the traditional treatments for head and neck cancer but with the introduction of improved and targeted chemotherapy many types of this disease are treated with chemotherapy and radiation (chemoradiation or CRT) in the hope of preserving the tissue and structure. Despite the sparing of critical tissue, preservation does not always translate to normal, natural swallowing ability.
Most patients who receive CRT have significant side effects during treatment and for a long time after recovery. Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) is one of the most common unwanted side effects of RT and CRT, and is one of the main predictors of decreased patient quality of life after treatment. Dr. Wang's study was designed to evaluate the SPP, in which patients had swallow therapy before, during and after radiation treatment. The effectiveness of the SPP was measured by patients' continued ability to swallow and how that affected their diets, whether they needed a feeding tube, or whether they developed narrowing of the throat (stenosis), compared with a group of patients who were not compliant with the SPP.
Study participants had assessments made by Dr. Wang's team of their swallowing ability two weeks before their treatment, including education about their cancer and what side effects they could expect and an introduction of the swallowing exercise program. The exercises were designed to maintain the range of motion of mouth and neck muscles involved in swallowing and to counter the formation of excess tissue caused by the radiation (radiation fibrosis), which contributes to loss of swallowing ability. Compliance to the SPP was by patient self-reporting at weekly visits to UCLA.
Among 85 participants from 2007 to 2012, 57 were deemed compliant with the SPP and 28 were non-compliant. They ranged in age from 22 to 91 years old and there were more males (66) than females (19). Swallow preservation exercises before and during radiation treatment appeared to maintain patient's ability to swallow. Patients who were compliant with the SPP had a faster return to normal diet and prevented throat stenosis. Dr. Wang explained, "Our results demonstrate that compliance with swallow therapy during radiation or chemoradiation treatment is beneficial to patients' retaining their ability to swallow after treatment is over. The real benefit of this compliance is that patients benefit immediately after treatment, and for a prolonged time afterward. Attending our weekly program, fully committing to the exercises and being monitored by our staff appears to have a significantly measurable effect for these patients."


text:
It's become clear over the last few months that something very funny is going on with immigration enforcement statistics (here, here, and here). The data generally show that interior enforcement, what most people commonly think of as "deportations" (but also includes I-9, Secure Communities, and E-Verify), has declined as a percentage of total removals. Many of the removals appear to be unlawful immigrants apprehended by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and then turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for removal – a trend that began in 2012 and accelerated in 2013. That transfer makes it appear as if there was more internal enforcement than there really was. The administration is therefore deporting an increasing number of recent border crossers and a decreasing number of unlawful immigrants apprehended in the interior.
It appears, then, that President Obama's reputation for severe interior enforcement was earned for 2009, 2010, and 2011 but is somewhat unjustified in 2012 and 2013. The Bipartisan Policy Center has an excellent report on the enormous court backlogs and other issues that have arisen due to interior immigration enforcement. I'm waiting for additional information from a FOIA request before wading into the data surrounding the interior versus border removals controversy because we do not have data on internal enforcement numbers prior to 2008.
Interior enforcement is only part of the government's immigration enforcement strategy and must also be looked at as a component of broader immigration enforcement that includes border enforcement.