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Piper Sprinkler Company Inc., has been serving the Denver County area for 30 years, providing only the highest quality materials and service for your home and property. We are a family owned and operated company that is fully licensed and insured. Some of our specialties include, Sprinkler And Irrigation System Installation, Boring, Snow Removal, Landscaping and Custom Lawn Design to name a few. At piper, we strive to make your landscaping dreams a reality, now matter how big or small! HOU...
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I had been a 10-year customer of Piper Sprinkler and have probably given them thousands of dollars of business at my previous and current homes UNTIL today, when I encountered the most unprofessional attitude I've ever experienced from any service provider I've done business with. I set up a sprinkler restart appointment three weeks ago and indicated to Renee I'd also need repairs - my cracked vacuum breaker and sprinkler lines in the yard that my dog had chewed through. The appointment was for tomorrow; this morning Renee calls and asks if she can move me up to this afternoon, and since I was flexible, I agreed to this. I reminded her that the work involved repair and told her I had bought a vacuum breaker that was an exact match for my cracked one. Jerry's two-hour window (for which I rearranged my work schedule, again to accommodate THEIR request to change) came and went and when he showed up ten minutes after the end of the two hours, I explained to him again what I needed; immediately he told me he was only scheduled for an hour and there's no way he'd get all that work done; the vacuum breaker alone would take at least an hour. He also mentioned that they wouldn't install my replacement part - which I fully understand the reasons for - but right away told me that I "probably wouldn't like the price" on his vacuum breaker part as it was three times (!) what it cost at Home Depot. It seemed that he just didn't want to do the work - he started carrying on about how he had 10 other appointments that day and it "wasn't fair to customers waiting and having their lawns burned up" by the sun for someone else getting repair work. I guess my lawn was an exception to that?? I reiterated that I made it clear to Renee exactly what I needed TWICE over the phone and told him he was starting to make it sound like it was my fault for needing the repair and only giving him an hour on the schedule to do it. I honestly was ready to work something out where he'd do what he could and come back to finish another time but just like that I saw him getting back into his van and I said, "you're LEAVING??" Incredulous I told him he'd be getting this one-star review and he told me it didn't matter as he was retiring soon anyway and told me to "stop wasting his f@#!king time." I told him I'd be finding another sprinkler company. What was most amusing after the fact was receiving a cancellation email with "Hello Dan DO NOT WORK FOR" in the salutation so apparently they inadvertently let their "blacklisted" customers in on that fact by adding that comment within their name field in their "database." They were once a good company but I think it's time for them to ride off into the sunset.
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I made an appointment and they gave me a 4 hour window. I took the day off from work to meet them. The technician did not arrive within the 4 hour window. They called me to reschedule and the soonest they could accommodate me was two weeks later. Complete waste of time and no respect for their customers.
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Judith Aponte, PhD, RN, CDE, CCM, APHN-BC; Brenda N. Figueroa, BSN, RN; Melody Madera, MS/MPH, RN, APHN-BC; Giselle Campos-Dominguez, BA, BSN, RN; Elizabeth Panora, MS, G-ANP, OCN; Diana Jaramillo, BSN, RN
This article discusses and describes the experiences of five Hispanic bilingual (English and Spanish) research assistants (RAs) who were undergraduate and graduate nursing students and who were part of a research team.
A capacity-building framework was used, which has six guiding principles: a whole-system approach; accommodating diversity; reducing barriers to participation; enabling collaboration; mentoring; and facilitating networking. In addition, mentorship and peer learning were essential components of building research capacity.
Reflections of the five RAs highlighting how these principles were applied are described. The experiences of the five Hispanic RAs and the outcomes of the projects are also described.
These experiences demonstrate the importance of involving undergraduate and graduate nursing students in research, which can build research capacity and increase the number of Hispanic nurses in the workforce. [J Nurs Educ. 2015;54(6):328–334.]
Dr. Aponte is Associate Professor, Hunter College, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing; Ms. Figueroa is Neurology Rehabilitation Nurse, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases; Ms. Madera is Quality Improvement Manager, Visiting Nurse Service of New York; Ms. Campos-Dominguez is Staff Nurse, and Ms. Jaramillo is Staff Nurse, New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center; and Ms. Panora is Clinical Nurse II, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
The authors thank Dr. Kathleen Nokes for her diligence in editing an earlier version of this manuscript.
Address correspondence to Judith Aponte, PhD, RN, CDE, CCM, APHN-BC, Associate Professor, Hunter College, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, 425 East 25th Street, Mailbox #888, New York, NY 10010; e-mail:
Although 17% of the population in the United States is Hispanic (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014), only 4.8% of RNs are Hispanic (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013). These statistics reveal a shortage of Hispanic nurses, compared with the general Hispanic population, which indicates a need to increase nursing workforce diversity to address health disparities in a culturally and linguistically competent manner (Aponte, 2009; Bednarz, Schim, & Doorenbos, 2010). The number of Hispanic nurses involved in research or with a research-focused doctorate degree (e.g., Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Nursing Science) is unknown, but the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (Fang, Li, & Bednash, 2013) reported that in 2012, Hispanic (5.5%) was the second smallest group enrolled in a research-focused doctoral program, compared with White (72.3%), Black/African American (13.6%), Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (6.3%), and American Indian/Alaskan Native/Two or More Races (2.2%). Given that research-focused doctoral programs prepare graduates to conduct independent research and to collaborate by involving others in their research program (AACN, 2006), it is vital to engage and mentor Hispanic nursing students and build research capacity, thereby increasing the number of Hispanic doctoral students in research-focused programs.
Wells and Cagle (2009) reported that most research assistants (RAs) are in graduate programs of study, but they identified the importance of including undergraduate nursing students on a research team to give them access to faculty mentoring, provide insight into the professional role of faculty outside the classroom, develop their communication and collaboration skills, and learn more about research. Wells and Cagle also emphasized the significance of including RAs who represent the sample population, such as bilingual (English and Spanish) Hispanic RAs who could potentially improve the recruitment of Hispanic monolingual (Spanish-speaking only) individuals into research studies and collect data in the preferred language of participants. Wallerstein and Duran (2006) discussed the importance of involving minority graduate students as RAs to reinforce recruitment of minority community members into research studies. Exposing undergraduate and graduate nursing students to research through mentored experiences by becoming an RA early in their education and career is essential to build research capacity among Hispanic nurses and to meet the growing health demands of the Hispanic population. It is essential to engage more Hispanic nursing students into research.
According to the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR, n.d.), nursing research is the development of knowledge to advance health, which builds the scientific foundation for clinical practice (e.g., developing culturally appropriate interventions); to prevent disease (e.g., diabetes complications) and disability (e.g., heart attack or stroke); to manage and eliminate symptoms caused by illness (e.g., hypo/hyperglycemia); and to enhance end-of-life and palliative care. Given that nurses are at the forefront of the health care delivery system, nurse scientists are in an ideal position to optimize patient outcomes and services (NINR, 2011).
It is essential to consider culture to provide effective nursing interventions and improve patient outcomes (Aponte, 2012). Culture plays an important role in the health perceptions and behaviors of a given population and, if ignored, can result in a lack of culturally appropriate services (Anderson et al., 2003). For example, Livingston, Minushkin, and Cohn (2008) found that almost one in four Hispanic individuals reported having poor patient–provider interactions and having received poor quality medical treatment because they felt judged due to their financial limitations (e.g., lack of health insurance), race/ethnicity, or accent when speaking English. For these and other reasons, a more diverse nursing workforce that is culturally and linguistically competent and reflects the population being served is crucial. A more representative workforce will be better able to understand the population needs and promote equity in the health care system, while providing patient-centered care (American College of Physicians, 2010; Saha, Beach, & Cooper, 2008). Increased knowledge of the Hispanic culture could result in a better understanding of the root causes of disparities and the creation of more focused research questions that may be effective in eliminating health disparities. For this reason, more Hispanic nurse researchers are needed, and building research capacity is vital.
The purpose of this article is to describe the experiences of five bilingual (English and Spanish) Hispanic female nursing RAs in both undergraduate and graduate nursing education programs and to describe their professional experiences (e.g., novice and experienced nurses) as part of a nursing research team in which mentorship and peer learning were essential components of building research capacity. These students were involved in various aspects of recruitment, data collection, and analysis in three different research projects of a bilingual Hispanic faculty member (J.A.) who was the principal investigator (PI) of two published diabetes-related research studies (Aponte, Boutin-Foster, & Alcantara, 2012; Aponte, Campos-Dominguez, & Jaramillo, 2015) and a third that is being written.
Each of the five RAs participated in at least two of three different research studies conducted from 2010 to 2014 with Hispanic individuals with diabetes who were the sample or participants (Table). Before the RAs were hired, each was interviewed. During this interview, they were informed of the aims and purpose of the study and the role and expectations of the RA. After all five RAs were hired, the PI scheduled a meeting for all RAs to meet. The meeting was led by the PI (a tenured Associate Professor of Puerto Rican descent), who provided the RAs with an opportunity to learn more about each other by sharing their nursing and research experiences and their academic plans. This meeting was the first step in creating a peer learning environment among the RAs. The PI encouraged them to support each other, and contact information was exchanged among them. The PI reinforced the importance of mentorship and shared the long-term plan of co-authoring articles and of presenting project findings together at a national nursing conference, always assuring them that they would receive guidance from the PI. At this same meeting, the Farmer and Weston (2002) model was introduced, and articles related to this framework (Cameron et al., 2013; Ried, Farmer, & Weston, 2007) were provided to the RAs. After this initial team meeting and throughout the different studies, the PI communicated with the individual RAs biweekly and hosted monthly team meetings. These meetings occurred either in-person or via conference call.
Research Assistant Demographics and Roles
During the study conducted in 2010, the RA role included recruiting participants, conducting focus groups in Spanish, providing diabetes education in Spanish, and translating and interpreting data collected from the focus groups (Aponte et al., 2012). In the second study that began in 2012, the five RAs worked with the bilingual (English/Spanish) community health workers (CHWs) to improve diabetes outcomes among urban Hispanics with diabetes in a clinic setting. On different days, one of the two registered nurse graduate RAs supervised and provided support to the CHW who was conducting the diabetes educational sessions, offered nursing education to the participants, and made follow-up telephone calls. The other three undergraduate nursing student RAs recruited, made reminder telephone calls, and conducted data entry and literature reviews in preparation for publication of the study. In a third study conducted in 2013 (Aponte et al., 2015), the two undergraduate nursing student RAs recruited participants and conducted individual interviews in English and in Spanish. The RAs explored how Hispanic individuals of the East Harlem community understood, perceived, and experienced behavioral change and maintained such change while managing their diabetes (Aponte et al., 2015).
Through the different studies, the RAs were able to meet and work together. Relationships were also established that allowed the RAs to share experiences as clinicians (e.g., undergraduate nursing student with a novice RN) and as students in advanced practice (e.g., undergraduate with graduate nursing students). Within these different studies, the RAs used their knowledge of the Hispanic culture during recruitment and when engaging potential participants.
The Australian Federal Government identified an urgent need for primary care providers to learn more about research and to integrate evidenced-based knowledge into policy and practice (Ried et al., 2007). This resulted in the Australian Federal Government initiating a call for universities to develop research capacity–building programs. As a result of this government initiative, Farmer and Weston (2002) developed a model that integrates six guiding principles that are essential to developing and evaluating strategies to build research capacity, specifically: (a) a whole-system approach, (b) accommodating diversity, (c) reducing barriers to participation, (d) enabling collaboration, (e) mentoring, and (f) facilitating networking.
Studies have applied this model in the curricula of health professions in Australia and the United Kingdom. For example, an Australian study of medical students who participated in a community-based research project using this model found that the students had an increased research capacity (Mullan, Weston, Rich, & McLennan, 2014). Another study using this model in a service–learning practicum course of speech and language students in the United Kingdom reported an increased research capacity (Whitworth Haining & Stringer, 2012). Although no published studies on the use of this model in the United States were found, the model can be applicable to any health professions discipline.
The Farmer and Weston (2002) framework includes key principles that underpin the components of capacity building, mentoring, and collaboration; for that reason, the framework was used in the current study. The use of the framework among the nursing RAs in the research projects is described in the current article. The RAs were asked to keep reflection journals. Quotations from these journals, describing how the RAs applied these guiding principles while participating in these research studies, are presented.
The first principle—a whole-system approach—allows practitioners at any stage of their career and educational development to engage in the research process and advance to a higher level of learning research by observing and understanding the process through the hands-on experience.
Several reflections demonstrate how this principle was applied:
The second principle—accommodating diversity—refers to the differences in research interests, professional backgrounds (i.e., nonnursing, home care, acute care, oncology), clinical practice (i.e., nonnursing experience, novice and experienced nurse), educational level (i.e., undergraduate and graduate), and learning styles of all practitioners. Given that primary care settings are multidisciplinary, each discipline is diverse—at a different stage or level of building research capacity—and may have different research interests and needs, making it essential to acknowledge diversity among providers and accommodating it.
Although all five RAs were nursing students and not of different disciplines and they had a similar research interest—improving the health of the Hispanic population—they were diverse in their clinical practice, level of education, and ethnicity. The RAs found that being Hispanic, but from different countries, such as Mexico and the Dominican Republic, was an essential part of accommodating diversity while conducting research with a diverse sample of Hispanic individuals with diabetes. Given that the RAs were Hispanic and bilingual, they were able to meet the research samples' linguistic needs by being able to speak in English or Spanish at the request of the research participant. They were also knowledgeable about different Hispanic cultural foods, which assisted them to teach about the unique characteristics of different foods when discussing diet and nutrition. Three reflections highlight this principle:
The third principle—reducing barriers to participation—involves identifying and overcoming the many existing barriers that prevent research capacity building. For the five nursing RAs, this principle applied to allowing the nursing student to participate in the conducting of research studies by making resources (e.g., money to pay for an RA) available that can help aid in the research process. For example, by making a compensated position (i.e., RA) available to the research team, additional potential participants can be contacted and participant recruitment is facilitated, with the RA explaining the study and the participant's role as an individual who shares a similar culture and language. Four quotations from the reflective journals highlight the application of this principle:
Enabling collaboration—the fourth principle—refers to enabling collaborations in research-capacity building. Collaborations could occur among multicenters and public and private sectors working on projects together or between students and faculty, which are all important ways to build research capacity. During the projects of the five nursing RAs, enabling collaboration was the interaction of different members of the research team, either among the sample professional group or multidisciplinary team members. In the different studies, the RAs collaborated among themselves or with institutional review board members, CHWs, and staff members of senior centers. These interactions allowed for the RAs to learn about the role of others in research and to share interests and experiences with each other, providing a way to foster teamwork and partnerships, which is essential to ensure project success. Four quotations reflect the extent of that collaboration:
The fifth principle—mentoring—is when the academic mentor provides feedback, guidance, and encouragement to the mentee as a way to increase research skills. Byrne and Keefe (2002) defined mentoring as a "way to transfer knowledge…for the dual purposes of career development and the enhancement of the profession" (p. 392). Mentoring is one of the primary ways for one generation to teach and share its knowledge with future generations. A mentoring relationship entails trust and a commitment from both the mentor and mentee (Bettmann, 2009). Through mentored hands-on nursing research experiences, mentees have opportunities to apply and practice research methodology learned in the classroom, can participate in the many steps of conducting research (e.g., recruitment, data entry, conducting focus groups), see the outcomes of the intervention and results of the study, and participate in the dissemination of the findings (e.g., publication and presentation). These experiences provide a comprehensive research exposure to the multiple research facets and enhance a mentee's understanding of research.
Peers can also mentor. The literature on peer learning among graduate students or between graduate and undergraduate students is scarce. A literature review on peer learning among undergraduate nursing students indicated that 16 of 18 studies found peer learning to be an effective method to develop skills in communication, critical thinking, and self-confidence (Stone, Cooper, & Cant, 2013). Students were also found to share information and knowledge and to give each other advice and guidance, which reduced their anxiety associated with learning. The literature review also showed that the social interaction and collaboration among peers contributed to them having better outcomes (e.g., learning more and having an increase in knowledge), compared with those who studied independently. Peer learning occurred during interactions and experiences with each other as team members on the research projects. Five quotations highlight the importance of mentoring:
Facilitating networking—the sixth principle—entails strategies that aimed at professional development. The five nursing RAs were encouraged to become members of a national nursing organization. As members, they were able to participate and present at one of the conferences of the organization, as well as networking at the conference. These types of networking opportunities can build capacity. The following three quotations demonstrate the diversity of networking between the RA and the national nursing organizations:
To identify and meet the needs of Hispanic individuals, it is essential to use innovative ways to engage them and enroll them to participate in research studies (Caban, Walker, Sanchez, & Mera, 2008). As the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing (2010) reports, a need exists for nurses to advance the profession and take a greater role in the health care system to meet the demands and needs of the patient population it serves. The integration of Hispanic nursing students (i.e., undergraduate and graduate) into research experiences and peer-learning research activities has enhanced the desire of Hispanic undergraduate students to advance their education to graduate school and to consider becoming mentors. Hence, the types of research activities the five RAs were part of can potentially be a way to increase the number of Hispanic nurses advancing their education (e.g., to obtain master's or doctorate degrees), becoming role models, and joining the nursing workforce.
The faculty mentor, who also was the PI in the three research studies, encouraged the five RAs to coauthor articles, and the five RAs have either published or are currently working on publishing an article with the PI.
More Hispanic researchers need to accept the challenge of becoming a mentor. Mentoring and teaching Hispanic undergraduate and graduate nursing students about research and encouraging them to get involved in research early in their career could result in greater participation of Hispanic individuals in research. Simultaneously, this could also result in building research capacity and in Hispanic nursing students becoming interested in pursuing higher degrees and closing the gap between the ethnicity of the U.S. population and the RN workforce.
Finally, academic settings need to develop a way to provide hands-on research opportunities for students that allow them to gain the skills, confidence, and knowledge related to research. As the five Hispanic nursing students' reflections revealed, providing paid RA positions that offer flexible hours to allow them to be active research participants can be an effective mechanism for building research capacity.
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I'd not heard of Huber beer before, but its label claims that it's from the second oldest brewery in the United States. I don't claim to be an expert beer-drinker, far from it. But I'm pretty sure I can tell a good beer when I taste one. This was fresh, thirst-quenching and didn't leave a bitter aftertaste that I sometimes find beer leaves behind.
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Prior to going to Burger & Shake it was recommended that I order the Pulled Pork Burger. So I did.
It arrived looking awesome. My friend sitting opposite me looked enviously at it and said, 'damn, looks like you got the best one.' And it did look like it. Unfortunately though, it didn't taste like it.
The beef patty was topped with pulled pork and their Kansas city-style BBQ sauce, and whist the sauce was nice and the beef was good quality, the whole thing was incredibly dry. It was as if the pork had been baked, rather than barbecued.
Next up was the House Burger: beef patty, lettuce, tomato, pickle, American cheese, sweet cured bacon and Burger & Shake's own mustard and horseradish ketchup sauce.
It also looked good. And certainly tasted better. The meat was juicier, but the bread was too thick. Just look at the size of that bottom bun! Too chunky and too hard.
And to my dismay, after a few bites, all the lovely flowing juices from the patty vanished, and instead what we were left with yet another dehydrated burger.
After that, I gave up on tasting the burgers, even though they had an interesting sounding one on their specials board. The Beetroot Burger: beef patty, beetroot and rocket. It looked very exotic, but alas, I didn't try it.
As for the chips, there were two choices on the menu: regular fries or chilli fries (chips topped with their chilli beef). We ordered both, naturally.
The chips were hot, mushy on the inside and crispy on the outside. But they were saltless. Now, I'm constantly criticised for adding too much salt to my food, and I would agree that I am guilty of that. (I'm the type of person who adds salt to something before having tried it.) But no salt on chips?! That's a sin.
The chilli on the chips would have been delicious, but again NO SALT.
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A programmed gradual increase/ decrease in temperature and/or pressure to control cure or cooling of composite parts.
Rate tools
Tools designed to be used repeatedly in a production setting to fabricate many parts rather than a single prototype or small number of demonstration parts.
Reaction injection molding (RIM)
A process involving high-pressure mixing of two highly reactive resin components to promote fast cure; primarily used in the molding of parts with polyurethane matrices.
A substance used in a chemical reaction to produce other substances.
Scrap composites (thermoset or thermoplastic) collected in-plant or from post-consumer sources and reground into pellets or fine powder for reuse in molding new parts, either as a new base material or in combination with virgin materials.
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A closed molding process that mixes two highly reactive resin components for cure. Reinforcement, generally flake glass or milled fibers, is added to one of the resin components to add strength and reduce thermal expansion.
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Reaction injection molding process in which one of the two mixed components is reinforced, usually with flake glass or milled fibers, to stiffen the part and reduce thermal expansion (see previous entry).
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Troy J. Schira, loving father of Sydnie, Megan and Brady Schira. Beloved son of Tom and Debbie Schira. Dear brother of Jason (Trina) Schira. Cherished uncle of T.J. and Presley Schira and Savannah Cochran. Also survived by the mother of his children, Kristi Schira, numerous caring relatives, and hosts of wonderful friends. Passed away suddenly on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 46 years of age.
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Reza Salazar starred in "Law and Order" (NBC) twice before the age of 21. He was also raped as a young boy and took more than 20 years to talk about it. Now he does.
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From October 2017 to January 2018 he headed Customer and Legal Management affairs.
He joined the Hera Group in February 2018 as Director of Waste Management Services. He is responsible for ensuring proper waste management throughout the areas served by the Hera Group. His duties include assessing and achieving goals assigned in the Annual and Multi-year Plans, identifying any corrective action in the event of deviation from objectives and pursuing service improvement in terms of both effectiveness and efficiency. He is also responsible for pursuing business targets in keeping with the sustainable development of the territory and safeguarding its environmental resources.
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Sometimes we hear people in Maumee say, "What's up with all this maintenance stuff? Modern cars just don't break down." While it is true that today's vehicles are extremely reliable, they are also becoming increasingly complicated and use more exotic materials than ever before. All that complexity demands higher tolerances for everything. For example, most Maumee drivers don't realize how high tech automotive fluids have become, fluids such as engine oil, transmission fluid, coolant and brake fluid.Did you know that a modern engine would not run for more than a few months using motor oil formulas from 30 years ago? Today's automotive fluids contain a much higher percentage of additives to protect your vehicle's components from premature wear and corrosion. Time and distances march on for all of our cars. Please don't think we're using scare tactics to get you to take care of your maintenance - but here are some personal stories we've heard to emph ... read more
If someone told you that your vehicle could have the same power but with a smaller engine, wouldn't that sound like great idea? Just think, a smaller engine would save you money at the gas station and you'd still get the same horsepower. The technology to do just that has been around for a long time. It's called a turbocharger. Race cars and other performance vehicles have been using turbochargers for years. It gives them a power boost without the need of a bigger engine, saving them fuel and pit stops. Automakers have offered turbo gasoline and diesel engines for years, but there were problems with durability. Plus drivers had to make some driving adjustments with the way turbos delivered power. Newer turbos, though, have been vastly improved, and manufacturers are including them in more models. For example, Jeep offers its 2019 Cherokee with a choice of two engines that each make about 270 horsepower. One is a 4-cylinder turbocharged engine and the other is a 6-cylinder conventional ... read more
Every one of us has a little procrastinator inside us. Some put off getting our teeth cleaned. Others put off answering our emails. Yet others put off calling friends and family (sorry, Uncle Joe). And there are those of us who put off getting our vehicle's service done, whether it's a repair or regular maintenance. You may make the excuse that you don't have time, it can wait until tomorrow, you have other things to do. Well, there are some things you should NEVER put off when it comes to your vehicle because that procrastination could have dire consequences down the road. The biggest one is changing your oil. Yes, it's one of those things you may hear somebody nag you about, but changing your vehicle's oil regularly is probably the one thing that will do the most to keep things running smoothly… and well. It's the lubricant that keeps metal engine parts from wearing out. Oil doesn't last forever and it gets dirty, so you have to swap it out for fresh every so often. How often ... read more
Recently, Nissan introduced the latest version of its Leaf, the company's electric car. It has many new features, including something called e-Pedal. It allows the driver to let up on the accelerator and, unlike a gasoline engine car, the Leaf doesn't just slowly lose speed; letting off the throttle pedal brakes the car in a very controlled way, using regenerative and sometimes friction brakes. With practice, a driver can go for a fairly long time without touching the brake pedal. Another system, similar to those found in self-driving vehicles, can steer the car to keep it in the center of the lane using a camera and radar. It literally watches the lane markers and, of course, doesn't work well in snow that obliterates those markers. But the technology is impressive and can greatly reduce fatigue on long trips. In fact, much of this technology has "trickled down" from research on autonomous vehicles, such as adaptive cruise control that slows down your vehicle (even to a stop) if the v ... read more
Good vehicle care for us Maumee residents has always meant taking our vehicles in every spring and fall for a check-up. Vehicles needed routine maintenance to prepare them for the changes in weather. Today's vehicles aren't quite as sensitive to seasonal changes. Older vehicles required different weights of oil for summer and winter. But today's engines can run on the same oil all year. Both the engines and the oils have been improved.Antifreeze—or coolant as it's also called—protects the engine from both freezing and hot temperatures and thus is required by the engine year-round. Modern coolants don't have to be changed as often as they did in the past, but your owner's manual has a recommendation for when it should be replaced to extend cooling system life.Getting a spring and fall checkup at Lange`s Auto Care, Inc. in Maumee for your vehicle is still good auto advice.First of all, there is a lot of preventive auto maintenance involved in p ... read more
Just as our bodies need clean air to function properly, your vehicle engine needs clean air to operate efficiently. Let's go egghead for a minute. For every gallon of gas we burn driving on Maumee streets, 20 pounds of carbon dioxide comes out the tailpipe. Question: how can a gallon of gas that weighs a little over six pounds produce 20 pounds of carbon dioxide?The answer is that the carbon comes from the gasoline, but the oxygen comes from the air. You see, it takes about 12,000 gallons of air to burn a gallon of gas in your engine. Clearly, your vehicle needs a lot of air to keep going in Maumee. A lot of clean air is best. You've seen the pictures of people in Japan wearing face masks. They want some kind of filter to keep unwanted pollution and germs out of their lungs. Well, your vehicle also works better when its internals are clean. When your vehicle air filter is dirty ... read more
You've likely heard how important oil is to your vehicle's engine. Did you know that there's one part that's responsible for holding that oil so you can use it every day? It's called the oil pan, and it sits at the bottom of the engine. The oil pan is a vital, though simple, part of your engine's lubrication system. Oil circulates through parts of your engine to keep them lubricated. It reduces friction so everything works smoothly. Without oil, friction would quickly destroy your engine. The oil pan keeps that oil contained in the lubrication system, so it's important that the oil doesn't leak out. Since it's a metal part attached to another metal part, there is a gasket between the oil pan and the part of the engine it attaches to. Various things can put stress on the oil pan and gasket, including weather extremes, the speed you're traveling and the condition of the oil. You may drive over a couple of bad roads and kick up debris onto your oil pan. All this wear and tear, heat and ti ... read more
Maumee area residents may remember when the U.S. government's "Cash for Clunkers" program made a splash on the news scene. People were offered incentives to trade in old vehicles for new, in the interest of better and improved air quality from reduced emissions.But a lot of Maumee drivers want to hang onto their old clunkers. They're dependable and they're paid for. Owners would love to see the odometers on those vehicles turn past 200,000 miles (320,000 km), as long as the repair bills don't get too expensive.There are a lot of vehicles on OH roads that have run past the 200,000 mile (320,000 km) odometer reading. Is there something that their owners are doing that keeps these vehicles on the road? Or did they just win the "lemon lottery," and luck out by getting a particularly good vehicle? Not surprisingly, most of these owners have something in common. They never skip an oil change. Can keeping a vehicle on the road for 200,000 miles ( ... read more
If you're reading this article in Maumee, OH, then you probably care about your vehicle and how it runs. Even though you care, there is still that moment of dread when your professional service advisor at Lange`s Auto Care, Inc. tells you the manufacturer recommends some additional service. Your heart beats a little faster, your blood pressure rises. You worry about spending more money than you had planned. And you worry that if you say "no," you might be harming your vehicle or risking your family's safety. At the risk of sounding like your dad, you really should have done your homework. Service recommendations are in your owner's manual. But it is not like you want to keep your vehicle auto maintenance schedule on your nightstand for bedtime reading.Vehicles are complicated machines and it takes some effort for Maumee residents to keep them running well. That is why they have maintenance schedules that explain how to keep your vehicle performing efficientl ... read more
Maumee consumers are demanding. We want a safe, reliable vehicle that handles well and is comfortable to ride in. Oh, and we want good fuel economy, too. We also want vehicle repairs that are cheap, fast and easy. Unfortunately, one usually comes at the cost of the other.Today's vehicles have made significant improvements in reliability and performance over the last few decades. They also deliver more power to Maumee drivers more efficiently than ever before. For example, some of today's 4-cylinder engines are equal to yesterday's V-8's. Our vehicles also offer an amazing range of features that make them more comfortable and convenient than ever before.But all of that improvement has come at a price for Maumee vehicle owners. Our vehicles are more complicated and difficult to repair than ever before. They have numerous mechanical and electrical systems. Fuel systems are so complex they have to be run by a computer. Our vehicles are covered with sensors and high-tech electronic equ ... read more


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Law360, New York (January 5, 2017, 7:32 PM EST) — The Port of Portland on Wednesday became the 10th public entity to pile onto a string of lawsuits trying to peg Monsanto Corp. with liability for the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls, a class of toxic and once-ubiquitous chemicals the company allegedly kept manufacturing even after it knew they would end up accumulating in the environment.
The lawsuit says that a previous, larger incarnation of Monsanto — one that once included co-defendants Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia Corp. — was the sole producer of PCBs in the United…
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I've been in country now for a month. Have been reading two English newspapers on line. Diligently. Some other lit. Talked with foreigners, some middle class opposition supporters (that's whom I meet in my wife's English medium working environment, my language teaching institute), an occasional taxi driver, artist and shopkeeper. Walked Cairo streets. Agreed: not a solid basis for a political analysis. But although more information might be better, it not necessarily is. Whatever I've collected as impressions so far is probably going to frame whatever comes next. Best to make that frame explicit in order to have any chance of it remaining flexible and open to change by new input.
My frame feels like the pic above. But hidden within it is the pic below. That looks much more ordered, it is much more ordered, and the point of writing it down is to bring out that order for it to become challengeable.
Without further ado: what are the actors on the Egyptian stage?
The Muslim Brotherhood (their own website), rules the country, lots of debate about the relationship with the political party it launched to contest the post Mubarak elections, but I pick up general agreement that the Brotherhood is the actual political force, sets the agenda and its goals are what drives government.
The Brothers are part of a wider Islamist scene, that is ideologically driven (never mind that power corrupts very quickly, that's not particular to these players), and tends toward (many) splits in the more fundamentalist part of the spectrum (Salafist is the label here for that part of the spectrum, with the addition of jihadist for the most outlying position). The Brothers present themselves as moderates but share core objectives with the others, see being in political power as legitimizing the acceptance by "the people" of their agenda, and act as if staying in power by taking over the state is the short term goal.
I know that there is a whole lot more to understand about this scene. Although I cannot even direct you to where to start, I'm sure that you'ld end up with a multi-shaded picture of such complexity that it would enrich but not necessarily enlighten your understanding.
The state that the the Brothers inherited was weak, in need of serious reform (that's what drove the popular revolt) , served increasingly narrow interests, was anchored in the army and relied on a Ministry of Interior police/security apparatus to enforce its policies. That's not an easy creature to take over and change. Any political force inheriting such a disaster would have trouble living up to post-revolt popular expectations. One cannot blame the Brotherhood for the defective institutional framework that they inherited. One also cannot blame them for not dismantling the apparatus of the old regime. The German bureaucracy wasn't dismantled after WWII, the Iraqi Baath party framework was, take your pick of the wiser course. But the way they handled it so far doesn't show much awareness of having to offer some sort of closure mechanism to deal with the past, think a Truth and Reconcilliation commission or some similar tool. "Brotherization" of the organs of the State is the impression one gets (reading the liberal English language press that is). Understandable because the prime objective is to secure the enforcement of a particular state vision. Because that vision is socially contested one needs an enforcement apparatus. Taking over the existing one is the quickest (and dirtiest) way to acquire one.
Anyway, the army and the security apparatus are clearly two other powerful political actors about which much has been written. The army is currently presented as a powerful force that burned itself when ruling the country post-Mubarak, made a deal with the Brotherhood, and stays mostly out of politics as long as its own interests are not directly threatened. It is said to have more credit with the citizenry than the police, and doesn't want to soil its image any further unless absolutely necessary to prevent the state from collapsing. The police is generally described as a corrupt and unreformed remnant of the old regime. Some articles, like this one, and this one, suggests serious organizational issues, and a tendency to withdraw from the political arena. If one is not sure who is going to prevail, it's wise to stay on the safe side is what comes to mind. All the while the connections/overlap between these two actors and the hazy bad-guys category of the fulul, Mubarak loyalists, remains unclear, also because description of fulul include businessmen and 'thugs', but as in many elsewheres, business, politicians, military, police and hired goons are bound to be interlinked in many ways. However that may be, I haven't come across any explicit political economy analyses that map this terrain.
I can repeat: there is a whole lot more to understand about this scene. Although I cannot even direct you to where to start, I'm sure that you'ld end up with a multi-shaded picture of such complexity that it would enrich but not necessarily enlighten your understanding.
Then there is the so-called opposition, which consists of a shopping cart of groups including secular democrats, technocrats with former regime connections, Islamists, you name it; its platform is anti-Brotherhood, with a big question mark about what it is in favor of. What worked against Mubarak doesn't work against the Brotherhood. Grass roots organization is weak – nothing like the mass of well organized Brotherhood cadre with a legitimacy among the poorer strata based upon decades of ideological and service provision work. I get the impression that the liberal middle class seems to consider that grassroots organizing based support in some way improper, a perspective that doesn't show much understanding of what makes for effective political movements. An all-encompassing ideology, hard work, hierarchical military-like command structures, active proselytization in religious and educational institutions, and filling the service vacuum most shitty governments leave in areas populated by the poorer classes that's how communists and religious fundamentalists build a well organized large grassroots following.
However that may be, there is a whole lot more to understand about this opposition. Although I cannot even direct you to where to start, I'm sure that you'ld end up with a multi-shaded picture of such complexity that it would enrich but not necessarily enlighten your understanding.
Interestingly, there is another 'actor' that figures prominently in the media debate here, the so-called "street". Again a disjointed collection of groups, ordinary Egyptians who feel that the Brotherhood has stolen their revolution, ultras, hardened football supporters who provided the revolution with the necessary battle-the-regime's-police experience, a fuzzy new group calling themselves the black bloc , street kids joining in. The street is described as operating independent of political parties, although all parties try to use street actions to their discursive and tactical advantage. A dangerous game because street violence and its repression by the state is a deadly dance with its own dynamics, which are by definition attractive to the criminal fringe and those interested to hire them because they judge chaos to be to their advantage. There is never a space without rule. It doesn't take long for the most ruthless to take over.
Again, a whole lot more to understand about the street. Although I cannot even direct you to where to start, I'm sure that you'ld end up with a multi-shaded picture of such complexity that it would enrich but not necessarily enlighten your understanding.
To keep things simple, and because there is hardly anything written about it in the press I leave out a couple of foreign elephants in the room. Like the disaster capitalists who as always will try to condition their keeping Egypt financially afloat upon as complete a liberalization of its economy as possible (not that the economy is currently run to serve the country's populace well, so changes would be welcome, the question is which changes); or Qatar's billions that are bound to come with substantial strings attached whatever the official PR.
I've clarified my impression of the order within the mess, so it now looks something more this:
However, as I tried to indicate, knowing a couple of the main players doesn't make you understand the game yet. My personal understanding, based on where I come from rather than what I have learned in and about Egypt, the frame I brought with me to the country in the first place, is bleak. Cambodian and Nepalese communist parties have sensitized me to the importance of the state theory underlying a political actor's program. Alternative Theories of the State are not to be taken lightly, and they are certainly not comparable to just any other political position. They are not tradeables in the give and take that is the 'normal' in multi-party democratic compromise. Going along for a bit in that version of the political game should be seen as strategic choice, making compromises with it as tactical moves, the ultimate point of it all is to change the rules of the game. The alternatives are different visions of rules of the game and don't indicate, as international democracy promoters seem to think, a lack of 'understanding' that can be turned around with some 'capacity building'. My pessimistic nature would translate that into the expectation that the Brothers and their larger scene of fellow travelers will try and hang on to controlling the state apparatus as long as they can. And their foreign ideological and financial supporters will help out as long as they can. So I expect a lot more blood and chaos, and I wouldn't want a make a bet on the outcome.
I normally try to end on an upbeat, some self-questioning or depreciating tidbit, a picture or a video that offers some sensual enjoyment. Haven't got one for this post. I am sorry.