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Mike Murphy Builders LLC has filed a construction loan for three lots in Germantown's Enclave planned development, phase 3, through Financial Federal Savings Bank for $1.1 million. The sizes of the financed lots are 6,759 square feet fronting Enclave Hollow Lane East, 7,032 square feet fronting Terrene Lane and 6,760 square feet fronting Enclave Green Lane West.
Enclave phase 3 is on the north side of Wolf River Boulevard northwest of the dead end of Forest Hill-Irene Road. The plat was originally filed with the Shelby County Register of Deeds in 2008. It shows 50 lots on about 16 acres.
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A Sterne, Agee & Leach analyst on Wednesday upgraded shares of First Horizon National Corp., parent company of First Tennessee Bank, saying the regional bank's loan portfolio is stabilizing and it may return more money to shareholders this year.
Todd Hagerman lifted his rating on First Horizon's shares to "Neutral" from "Underperform."
Shares of the Memphis-based bank closed at $10.48 on Tuesday, and have nearly doubled since hitting a 52-week low of $5.38 on Oct. 4.
Still, Hagerman sees limited potential for the shares to rise significantly. The benefit to the bank from improving credit trends will moderate this year and next year, he said. He kept intact his 2012 and 2013 earnings estimates.
– The Associated Press
The first of four planned tax clinics to help delinquent Memphis taxpayers pay their city property tax bills will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 31, at the Hickory Hill Community Center, 3910 Ridgeway Road.
The three future clinics will be held May 19 at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, Aug. 25 at the Whitehaven Branch Library and Nov. 10 at the Orange Mound Community Center.
The clinics are sponsored by Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP, the law firm that collects delinquent taxes for the city, and the City of Memphis Treasurer's Office. The clinics are to help property owners better understand the tax process and develop a plan to pay their taxes.
Anyone interested in attending should call 260-4058 to reserve a seat, which also will allow the law firm's staff to research accounts prior to the clinic.
– Andy Meek
Memphis-based restaurant chain Perkins & Marie Callender's says its new CEO will start work on April 9.
According to a news release from the company, new Perkins CEO Jeffrey Warne will succeed Joseph "Jay" Trungale, who has been with the company for eight years.
Warne is the former president and CEO of restaurant chain O'Charley's Inc. He has more than 13 years of experience in casual dining.
Perkins operates 428 restaurants in 34 states and Canada.
Dr. William Edward Evans, director and chief executive officer of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, has received the 2012 Remington Honor Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Pharmacists Association.
Evans was selected in recognition of his research with anticancer agents and pharmacogenomics, as well as his work with the advancement of St. Jude.
The Remington Honor Medal – named for eminent community pharmacist, manufacturer and educator Joseph P. Remington – was established in 1918 to recognize distinguished service on behalf of American pharmacy.
A professor at the University of Tennessee Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, Evans earned his bachelor of science in pharmacy and doctorate of pharmacy degrees from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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Saf-T-Cart, a manufacturer of steel welding carts and storage products for various commercial and industrial applications, is expanding its operations in Clarksdale, Miss., for the second time in five years to accommodate an increase in production.
The project represents a company investment of $240,000 and will create 20 jobs.
Privately held Saf-T-Cart was established in 1986 and currently employs 55 workers.
The Mississippi Development Authority provided funding for improvements to the county-owned building the company occupies. Coahoma County provided assistance for the project, as well.
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Elvis Presley Enterprises is sponsoring a tour of the Holy Land, which will take Elvis fans to Israel May 12-21.
According to a news release from the company, travelers will follow in the footsteps of Jesus. Additionally, the tour group will stop at the Elvis Inn Restaurant in Abu Ghosh — an Elvis-themed diner and souvenir shop. Joining the tour will be Elvis backup singers Joe Moscheo, Terry Blackwood and Bill Baize.
Elvis won three Grammy awards for his spiritual recordings.
The cost is $3,995. Details are at www.israelthemetours.com/elvis.
A growing number of chief executives at large U.S. companies say they are more optimistic about the economy and plan to step up hiring. The brighter view from the boardroom comes after the best three months of job growth in two years.
The Business Roundtable said Wednesday that a survey of its CEO members found that 42 percent expect to hire over the next six months. That's up from 35 percent three months ago.
Nearly half plan to spend more on machinery and other capital equipment and more than 80 percent expect their sales to rise.
The chief executives' overall outlook on the economy improved sharply from the end of last year. The group's outlook index jumped to 96.9 in the current January-March quarter. That's up from 77.9 in previous quarter and the highest reading since last spring.
The group is an association of the leaders of the 200 biggest U.S. companies.
The economy has added an average of 245,000 jobs per month since December. That has lowered the unemployment rate to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
The CEO survey suggests the job gains "will continue," said Jim McNerney, chairman of the Roundtable and CEO of Boeing Co.
But plenty of concerns remain, he said. Europe's debt crisis could weigh on the U.S. recovery. Growth has slowed in China.
The survey is based on 128 responses received between March 1 and March 19.
U.S. companies ordered more long-lasting goods last month, showing businesses are willing to buy equipment and machinery even after an investment tax credit was halved.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for durable goods rose 2.2 percent in February after a steep drop in January. Greater demand for machinery, computers, autos and aircraft drove much of the increase.
Orders for so-called "core" capital goods, a good measure of business investment plans, rose 1.2 percent. Demand for these goods fell in January by the most in a year, after the full tax credit expired.
A durable good is expected to last at least three years. Orders can fluctuate sharply from month to month. Still, orders have been steadily rising since the recession ended nearly three years ago.
In February, durable goods orders totaled $211.8 billion, 42 percent above the recession low. Orders remain 14 percent below their peak in December 2007.
The increase in February disappointed some economists, who had hoped to see a bigger gain in orders.
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AFL chief Andrew Demetriou has been forced to defend the findings and sanctions issued to the Melbourne Football Club over its "tanking" affair.
Mr Demetriou was not at the press conference on Tuesday, handled by acting football operations manager Gillon McLachlan, where the sanctions and findings were announced. Demetriou said he had given several interviews with reporters since about tanking.
The AFL has come under criticism for allowing Melbourne to retain draft picks and only fining the club fined $500,000, and suspending former general manager of football manager, Chris Connolly and former coach Dean Bailey.
Evidence hinged on a conversation in July 2009 where Connolly allegedly implied to Bailey, in front of others, that it was not in Melbourne's best interests to win too many games that year.
Demetriou said that 58 interviews and an 800-page report had not garnered evidence that players or Bailey had purposely attempted to lose on match day.
Demetriou said Bailey had admitted to feeling pressure to lose games.
"Enormous pressure to act in a way that was incongruous to him. He, in his pre-planning, decided that he would rest players rather than go out and try and deliberately lose a football match. That's what the evidence shows," Demetriou said.
In an interview on radio station, Demetriou was asked how resting players and playing them out of position was not seen as trying to lose the game.
Interviewer Neil Mitchell said: "If you have a six-foot-eight bloke chasing a five-foot-two bloke, he is not going to catch him."
Demetriou replied: "I repeat, there is nothing to substantiate that players and the club were not trying to win that football match. People will speculate, and I understand your point of view, but we can only go on the evidence gathered and presented.
"If there was any more evidence to the contrary – that players had come forward and said they weren't trying to win – [but] that was not the evidence that was gathered, that was not evidence that was produced," Demetriou said.
Demetriou said later that he was not privy to the sanction discussions but rejected the premise of Mitchell's suggestion that Melbourne had not lost draft picks so the club could survive.
"I think that is an unfair proposition," he said.
"I can say this unequivocally, we don't come up with resolutions or decisions based on what may or may not happen to a football club: what financial predicament they are in? What may happen with the draft picks?
"We have proven that with the Carlton Football Club. We deal with what is before us. People shouldn't underestimate that people are entitled to have the benefit of natural justice and have the benefit of an investigation," he said.
Demetriou said the AFL would assist the Liquor and Gaming Commission with its investigation into the Melbourne Football Club, which owns gaming hotels.
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CHICAGO (Sept. 8, 2010) – Briana Scurry, who will forever be remembered for her dramatic save during the penalty kick shootout at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, has retired from professional soccer.
Scurry made the announcement today during a press event at the Maryland SoccerPlex, home of her current and final club, the Washington Freedom.
Scurry was the USA's first-choice goalkeeper for most of the 11 years between 1994 and 2004, during which time she helped the USA to a pair of Olympic gold medals and the 1999 Women's World Cup title.
Known for her steely mental toughness and her ability to make crucial saves in the biggest of matches, the wonderfully athletic Scurry earned 173 caps for the USA, but far the most for any goalkeeper in U.S. history. She started 159 of those games and finished her international career with a record of 133-12-14. She also earned 71 shutouts.
During the three Women's World Cup tournaments and two Olympic Games in which she played, Scurry was in goal for just two losses, compiling a record of 22-2-5 over those competitions. Her 19 matches in World Cup play are by also far the most ever for a U.S. goalkeeper.
While she locked down the starting spot in the U.S. goal for the better part of a decade, she will probably be most remembered for saving China's third penalty kick during the dramatic shootout victory at the historic 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final. In a match watched by 90,185 fans, still the most to ever view a women's sporting event, she dove to her left to push away the attempt of Liu Ying while the USA made all five of its kicks, culminating in Brandi Chastain's famous World Cup winning kick and the ensuing shirt removing celebration.
Scurry was just 22 years old and fresh out of the Univeristy of Massachusetts, where she was the consensus top college 'keeper in the country, when she debuted for the USA against Portugal at the 1994 Algarve Cup in Portugal. Scurry saw a dip in her national team career following the 1999 Women's World Cup, lost her job for the 2000 Olympics and did not play for the USA in 2001, but, bolstered by a strong performance for the Atlanta Beat in the WUSA, she returned to the National Team in 2002 and started for the USA in both the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2004 Olympics. She also played two matches for the USA in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and was the alternate goalkeeper on the 2008 Olympic Team. Her last match for the USA came on Nov. 5, 2008, against the Korea Republic.
Scurry was a founding player for the Atlanta Beat in the Women's United Soccer Association where she was the starting goalkeeper for the three seasons (2001-2003) of the league. She helped the Beat to two WUSA Championship Games and was the league's Goalkeeper of the Year in 2003.
Scurry was one of a handful of players from the WUSA to also play in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) where she has played the last two seasons with the Freedom. She only played sparingly during the 2010 season, and early on in the campaign suffered a season-ending injury.
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Oracle Application Server 10g provides support for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications, and support for J2EE is a crucial and integral part of Oracle Application Server 10g. This chapter is devoted to explaining how J2EE applications work and how the OracleAS component OC4J (Oracle Containers for Java) provides support for enterprise J2EE applications. This is in addition to supporting the work of several other OracleAS components, such as the OracleAS Portal and Delegated Administrative Services (DAS).
Introduction to J2EE
The Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) offers a component-based framework for designing, developing, and deploying Web-based enterprise applications. J2EE defines the specification for EJBs. J2EE is a set of Java technologies, with each of them being designed for a specific purpose, such as providing security, enabling transactions, or sending email. Let's start our review of J2EE with a short summary of the various J2EE components.J2EE Components
In this section, the main J2EE components are explained. In addition, I explain how Oracle Application Server 10g supports each of these essential features.Java Authentication and Authorization Service
The Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) is Java's security package, which provides user authentication and user access control capabilities. OC4J implements JAAS order to provide developers a way to offer secure access to J2EE applications. You can also integrate Oracle's implementation of JAAS with the OracleAS Single Sign-On and the Oracle Internet Directory.Java Transaction API
Java Transaction API (JTA) is the specification of standard Java interfaces between a central transaction monitor and all the parties in a distributed transaction system. JTA is used by applications deployed in the OracleAS to demarcate transactions. For single database-based transactions, JTA helps provide the Single-Phase Commit to demarcate transactions and for transactions involving multiple databases, JTA provides the Two-Phase Commit mechanism. As you'll see later, OracleAS lets you use non-emulated databases to provide support for the Two-Phase Commit mechanism.Java Naming and Directory Interface
The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) is an independent directory service that enables Java applications to access various naming and directory services with a common Application Programming Interface (API). OC4J implements the JNDI service to provide necessary naming and directory functionality to applications.Java Message Service
The Java Message Service (JMS) provides standard messaging API, which enables application components to pass data among themselves. Java programs use JMS to access enterprise message systems. JMS helps you integrate heterogeneous systems using the standard messaging API.Remote Method Invocation
Remote Method Invocation (RMI) helps distributed applications communicate through invoking procedure calls. Using RMI, methods of Java objects can be invoked remotely from other Java Virtual Machines. OC4J provides RMI support over two protocols: the Oracle Remote Method Invocation (ORMI) protocol and the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP). EJBs, by default, use the RMI/ORMI protocol to communicate, instead of the alternative RMI/IIOP protocol.Data Sources
Data sources are encapsulations of database server connections that help provide database connectivity to your J2EE applications. OracleAS provides support for emulated and non-emulated data sources, which are discussed in detail later in this chapter.Java Transaction API
EJBs use Java Transaction API (JTA) 1.0.1 for managing transactions. These transactions involve single-phase and two-phase commits.
J2EE Connector Architecture
The J2EE Connector Architecture (J2CA) provides a standard architecture for connecting the J2EE platform to non-Java-based enterprise systems such as ERPs and relational database management systems and legacy applications.Java Object Cache
The Java Object Cache provides Java classes to improve performance by caching local copies of Java objects within a process.Terminology
Because the main topic in this chapter, OC4J, is all about enabling J2EE-based applications, it's important for the reader to understand the common terminology used when dealing with J2EE applications. The following sections are devoted to that.Servlets
Servlets are small programs that run on the server, and you use them to enable dynamic content in your Web pages or JSP documents. During their execution, servlets can access the Enterprise Java Beans (which are defined later).Java Server Pages
Java Server Pages are HTML pages that contain embedded Java code.JavaBeans
JavaBeans are reusable components that implement the functionality you need in J2EE applications. You can use various JavaBeans in your J2EE applications.J2EE Containers
A J2EE container contains the framework for running EJBs, such as starting an EJB, and provides necessary support services for the EJB to perform its magic. OC4J is one type of J2EE container, and you'll learn a lot about it later in this chapter.
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Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) are Java components that implement business logic. EJBs follow JavaSoft's specifications. You use Enterprise JavaBeans to implement the business logic in your J2EE applications. While you must use JavaBeans as part of an application, Enterprise JavaBeans are self-contained J2EE components that can service users' requests. EJBs live inside, and are always run inside, an EJB container, which provides the necessary support infrastructure, such as connectivity to clients and other EJBs, as well as access to server resources, connectivity, and transactional support.
Note that you must deploy an EJB inside a J2EE container, unlike regular JavaBeans. A client application can access an EJB, which contains the business logic, only through a container.
An EJB can either use JDBC connections to connect directly to a database or let the container handle the database connectivity for it. The container holding an EJB is responsible for satisfying requests made by clients by either instantiating an EJB afresh, or letting the client access an already running EJB. The container will maintain the transactions, security issues, and other EJB operational details.
There are three basic types of Enterprise JavaBeans, which are described briefly in the following subsections.
Session EJBs Session EJBs support a client during the execution of its tasks and last only as long as the client's session does. You can have stateful or stateless EJBs. A stateless session EJB won't store the state between method calls, whereas a stateless session EJB maintains state. Each stateful EJB is associated with a single client only.
Entity EJBs Entity EJBs represent an object of data, usually of a persistent nature, such as the table rows in a database. Similar to database data, Entity EJBs have a primary key to uniquely identify them. Usually, the container wherein the Entity EJBs resides will implement the database connectivity for the entity EJBs.
Entity EJBs can reflect two types of persistence: container-managed persistence (CMP) and bean-managed persistence (BMP). Persistence in this context refers to database transactions. When session beans choose container-managed persistence, the bean writer declares necessary transaction attributes in the deployment descriptor. The EJB container then manages the transactions automatically, without the bean writer having to write code for transaction management. Under bean-managed persistence, the user transaction interface is used to manage transactions. The bean writer decides when, exactly, the transactions are committed or rolled back instead of the container itself deciding it. The recommended approach is to use CMP in preference to BMP.
Message-Driven EJBs Message-Driven EJBs represent the integration between Java Message Service (JMS) and EJBs. These EJBs perform asynchronous messaging within the server, serving as JMS Message Listeners instead of interacting directly with clients and becoming involved in client transactions. When clients publish messages to JMS destinations, the JMS provider and the EJB container coordinate their work in delivering the message to the message-driven EJBs.
With this quick review of J2EE, let's turn our attention to OC4J, which is the framework for the development and deployment of EJB applications in the Oracle Application Server.{mospagebreak title=Deploying EJBs}
You deploy EJBs as well as all the other components of your J2EE application by packaging together all the necessary modules for an application. You put all relevant components into a zipped file, ending with a specific extension denoting the type of file; the Java Virtual Machine will then execute that single file. J2EE applications can have three types of application deployment files, also called archives: JAR files, WAR files, and EAR files.
JAR Files JAR (Java Archive) files can represent an application's EJB application module as well as a client application. The EJB JAR files, which include the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) along with the JSP files, images, and the like are packaged together into one file archive, named a JAR, that's executed by the Java Virtual Machine as one. JAR files have the extension .jar.
WAR Files A WAR (Web Application Archive) file is used to package Web application module components such as HTML pages, servlets, and JSP pages. Typically, a WAR file contains an XML file named web.xml, which serves to describe the various Web components inside the WAR file.
EAR Files You use an EAR (Enterprise Archive) file to package an entire enterprise Java application, including both the Java and the Web components, for deployment to OC4J. Therefore, an EAR file can contain both JAR and WAR files. The application.xml XML file included in an EAR file describes the contents of the EAR file.
Java provides a utility to zip the deployment files, in order to create the three types of archives. You can use the jar utility to create a JAR and a WAR file, as shown here:
$ jar -cvfM <application-name>.ear
$ jar -cvfM <application-name>.war
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Oracle Containers for Java
The Oracle Application Server 10g provides its own J2EE container, called the Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J). OC4J is an easy-to-use, lightweight, and highly scalable J2EE container that is written entirely in Java. OC4J is a complete Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) environment that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) of the standard Java Development Kit (JDK). OC4J runs on the standard JDK that's a part of your operating system. Oracle bases its OC4J framework on technology licensed from Ironflare Corporation, developers of a leading J2EE container called the Orion Server. Thus, you'll see several references in the OracleAS OC4J documentation to the Orion Server, and some of the OC4J executables contain their original Orion Server–based names.
OC4J is a set of containers that enable J2EE application deployment. For example, OC4J provides a Web Container to support JSP page translation as well as execution with a servlet engine. OC4J also provides an EJB container. As mentioned earlier, OC4J provides J2EE services such as JNDI, JDBC, JTA, JCA, and JAAS.
In this chapter, OC4J is discussed as part of the full OracleAS 10g product set, not its alternative pure Java standalone distribution. The pure Java standalone distribution is easy to download (one Zip file), install, and configure. However, the standalone distribution is really suited for development and testing only. For large-scale applications, you must use OC4J with the full OracleAS environment to take advantage of the full-fledged Oracle HTTP Server, Single Sign-On, and many other advanced features.
However, because the standalone and the OracleAS-based OC4J distributions are identical, you can use the standalone version to develop enterprise applications that you can later deploy on the Oracle Application Server 10g.
on the job: The mod_oc4j module routes requests from the Oracle HTTP Server to OC4J.
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When you create a new OracleAS instance under the Portal and Wireless middle-tier option (and also have the OracleAS Infrastructure instance installed), you automatically have the following OC4J instances:
- Home This is the default OC4J instance that comes with every OracleAS installation.
- OC4J_Portal This contains a servlet to support OracleAS Portal (middle tier).
- OC4J_Security This supports Identity Management Services (infrastructure).
- OC4J_Wireless This contains a servlet to support OracleAS Wireless (middle tier).
- oca This supports the OracleAS Certificate Authority (infrastructure).
Although you can manage the OC4J process running inside OracleAS by editing the OC4J configuration files directly, that's not the recommended way to manage OC4J when you use it as part of the OracleAS, as compared with using it in a standalone mode. The purpose behind including OC4J inside the OracleAS stack is to help manage J2EE enterprise systems. You must use the Oracle Application Server to manage all components of OracleAS, including OC4J.
Using the Application Server Control, it's possible to manage and configure clustered OC4J processes across multiple OracleAS instances and hosts. Application Server Control provides clustering, high availability, load balancing, and failover capabilities to help you manage multiple OC4J instances.
on the job: You must run OC4J with the JDK that is installed with Oracle Application Server Release 2 ( JDK 1.3.x) for optimal performance.
You can use either Application Server Control or command-line tools to start, stop, configure, and deploy applications. The two command-line tools you can use to manage OC4J instances are the familiar opmnctl and dcmctl utilities.
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Your engagement ring is likely the most important piece of jewelry you'll ever wear (aside from your wedding ring, of course). Not only will you wear it every day, it's a symbol of your commitment to your relationship and your S.O.
So, I was kinda bummed out by a survey David's Bridal did recently which found that 57 percent of women aren't satisfied with the bling their guys gave them.
I got engaged in November and I couldn't have been happier (or more surprised) when my guy to popped the big question. And, duh, it didn't hurt that the ring he gave me is freakin' gorgeous. He'd chatted with my BFF and my mom to find out exactly what I'd like, so there was no question that I'd be completely enamored with what he chose.
Still, I totally get having fleeting doubts about your ring, especially if your guy picked it out all by himself and it's totally hideous. However, the women polled said they were most unsatisfied with the size of the rock—as in, they wish it were bigger. And, honestly, I have thought the same thing. Many of my guy's' friends are in investment banking and, as you can imagine, they've outfitted their fiancés and wives with rocks that are pretty darn huge next to mine.
But, each time I've heard a nagging, crazy voice in my head say that my ring pales in comparison, another, more powerful voice tells it to shut the eff up.
Because I love my ring. Yes, it's beautiful, but more than that, it symbolizes a super serious commitment my guy and I are making. Each time I look at it (which is kind of a lot, I'll admit), I get giddy inside thinking about how I get to spend the rest of my life with him.
And really, to loosely quote writer Mara Altman, who talks about the social pressure to have a huge rock in her book, Sparkle, I don't want my finger to be part of a pissing contest for whose guy spent more on the ring. (Not that I think that's the case with my guy and his friends, just talking about society in general here.)
The idea that the size of an engagement ring somehow correlates to your actual relationship (i.e. how much your guy loves you) is total BS, yet that's the message we're constantly fed by commercials, songs, movies, you name it. (Like, come on, who can realistically devote two months' salary on one piece of jewelry?) We just need to learn not to buy into it.
So, if you, like most women it seems, aren't so thrilled about the ring he put on it, just remember this: Unlike pensises (yes, I went there) size does not matter when it comes to your engagement bling. Or, at least, that's what I tell myself when that stupid, spoiled voice starts acting up.
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Bob and Judy Rea are supposed to host 82 relatives this weekend for a family reunion at their south Boulder home, but 16 inches of basement floodwater say otherwise.
The Reas, both 77, have lost couches, chairs and two mattresses to water damage since Wednesday evening. Bob's computer is fried and his office trashed. Half of Judy's roughly 8,000-part photo collection is unsalvageable.
The list is sure to grow once the couple can fully assess their losses, but that won't happen until they solve a peculiar and ongoing case of "spraying toilet" -- an affliction caused by a burst sewage pipe. According to Bob, it's as bad as it sounds.
"There are people still using their toilets, and it's coming upstairs. We're still getting human waste."
Needless to say, the family reunion is on hold.
"Would you like to sit down and have dinner with us?" Bob said. "No, I don't think so. Not tonight."
Buoyed by optimism and an around-the-clock water mitigation army of offspring and grandchildren, the Reas say they'll get past this.
But like much of Boulder County, they'll likely have to do so without flood insurance.
According to FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, 4,550 Boulder County homeowners are covered by flood insurance. That figure is well above the national per-capita average, but U.S. Census data suggests it still leaves many of the roughly 120,000 county households soaked and damaged, with dim prospects for total financial recovery.
"Unfortunately, we know that many people don't purchase separate flood insurance for their home and for their business," said Carole Walker, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. "They either aren't aware that it's not covered by standard coverage, or they've decided not to get it."
Indeed, basic homeowners insurance does not protect policyholders from flood damage. The federally subsidized NFIP, rather, is the country's primary provider of flood insurance.
The program facilitates agreements between the government and local communities, which makes any community eligible for flood insurance on the condition that it instate certain measures to lower future flooding risk.
Once a community qualifies -- and all but a handful in Colorado do -- the NFIP policies are then sold through private insurance companies. Some policies cost little more than $125 annually, with residential flood prevention policy limits capped at $250,000 and commercial limits at $500,000.
Policyholders in affected areas of Colorado may emerge from the flooding relatively unscathed, but the Reas and others like them won't be so lucky.
The problem can be largely attributed to a combination of hopefulness and denial. Flooding is the country's most common natural disaster, and FEMA reported the average flood-related claim has totaled more than $33,000 over the last decade, but Walker said most people ignore those facts.
"People always think that the unthinkable won't happen," she said. "Whether that's a massive forest fire or a flash flood, they don't consider how they would recover from it."
Louise Garrels, marketing manager at Boulder's McGuckin Hardware, need look no further than Thursday's inventory report to prove Walker's point. In a period of roughly 15 hours, the store sold more than 300 sump pumps (suction pumps used to de-flood basements) to what Garrels called "people who don't know what to do in a flood situation."
"There's been a lot of deer-in-headlight looks today," she said. "Who would expect that there would be this much water when they live in the plains? People in Lafayette and Erie with basements flooding, they're deluged with the amount of water that we've had coming through window wells and basement doors and windows. It's just a lot of shock."
Inattention to detail has also spelled misfortune for many homeowners this week.
"Most people don't realize that flood insurance is not part of their homeowners policy," FEMA's Jerry DeFelice said.
Added Walker, "You really need to once a year look at your insurance policy and know what it does cover and what it doesn't."
With so many people unfamiliar with their own policies, local insurance agents' phones naturally rang off the hook Thursday. More often than not, they can't offer a total solution to flooding problems.
"I've had more calls than you can even imagine," Boulder State Farm agent Pete Dawson said. "This is a really tough day for our area. What people want most, I don't know how to get. There are going to be a lot of people that are just going to have to handle it themselves."
Unlike homeowners, most Colorado drivers won't have to stress over costs associated with car damages. The majority of comprehensive car insurance plans cover those costs.
That's good news for county residents, but the insurance battle is yet to enter the notorious "aftermath" phase.
"I think the damage will continue to reveal itself," Garrels said. "It's just going to snowball. In a couple of days, once the sun finally comes up and it stops raining and people are done being in survival mode, we're going to see a lot more. That'll be the next flood."
Boulder's Lauren Mackey, 38, hasn't gotten that far yet. She never discussed the fine print on her homeowners policy with an agent, and it's coming back to her in the form of basement flooding and a two-hour wait at McGuckin for a new shipment of sump pumps.
"We asked for all the insurance that we could have, and they said something about a 100-year floodplain, and how we're not in it and don't need to worry about it," Mackey said. "Our takeaway is to not go through an insurance company, but to go to a direct insurance agent ... because we should probably have flood insurance. I guess everybody everywhere should have it."


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04 August 2013
Sentimental Sunday - The Line Between Family and Friend
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Oh, I am so glad you took this on. Though the image here and the thought behind it is a hard one at best, it sure does give perspective to some challenges I have been working through of late with my literal family. Also, what you shared about your friend that found himself fully adopted into a friend family struck home with me related to one family that we have built a friend family with. My husband and I have swapped the conversation of who, in either of our families, we would ever consider leaving our kids to in our will. We would honestly pick this friend family first, even though that would displace them from their literal family in the process. There is a power that builds by developing something so genuine and strong out of what started as a simple set of strangers meeting and getting to know one another. Much to think about... Thanks Laura for your thoughts. :)ReplyDelete
Katie, you're very welcome. Your situation, as a parent, is not unusual. I had to chuckle, as this very topic came a up a few months ago with a friend who was heading on an extended vacation to Europe. She and her husband were unable to decide who their kids would go to in the event something was to happen to them, so they simply had not written a will. I wagged my finger at her (literally) and told her they needed to get over it and make a decision, even if that decision was to appoint a temporary and objective guardian (like their lawyer) who would determine the best situation for the kids. While her mom is still young, she's alone and having two boys (9 and 6) would be quite the challenge. And, her husband's family has 'issues' as well the responsibility of caring for his brother who has Downs. So, in the event of the unthinkable, who gets the kids?ReplyDelete
I tend to think more like a genealogist when these big Life questions come up. Having seen the lists of children being processed through the courts in the 18th and 19th Centuries as orphans, I think about how we view these situations now. As a real-life example, when my 25 year old niece died, leaving her three kids without their mom and their dad in a fugue of grief, the family stepped up and shuttled the kids around until a suitable permanent place for them could be established. I think as parents we forget how adaptable kids are: as long as there is a loving home, the complications of the adult's lives don't matter a bit. In the case of my niece's kids, they have incredible and somewhat intimidating memories. Her daughter was only 10 months old (she'll be 8 in November...wow), but can recount details of our home that are eerie. And she always speaks about it as a favorite experience, not as the sad occasion it truly was, and will always be. For all the nastiness in my husband's family, we both know that if anything happened to any of the adults, we would take their kids in a heartbeat and without question give them all the love we have. Naturally, that's because we don't have children of our own and we put a different value on even that relationship.
I do believe those friend families can be just as tight, sometimes tighter, than our blood families, whether we like to admit it or not. As the 'friend' in a friend family, I put far more value on the relationship because I know it's up to me to ensure a strong bond. And just thinking about not being able to raise your own children has got to be overwhelming. But, sometimes we have to trust the Plan, as messed up as It can seem.
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Telling the difference between warranty and non-warranty
Bicycles are sometimes subjected to considerably more stress than they were designed for. In some cases, they're ridden in ways that push the envelope of their capabilities, and or the riders for that matter. We generally consider anything that's been subjected to a force which causes the object to deform as non-warranty.
A couple of examples would be:
- You decide to take that corner a little too fast and dump the bike resulting in cosmetic damage. Well... You can't 'reasonably' expect us to cover that under warranty since it had nothing to do with the manufacturing process.
- You decide to break out the video cameras to capture the jump a lifetime, but "taco" your wheel in doing so. Again, you can't 'reasonably' expect us to cover that under warranty. You took a chance and got unlucky....
Products are warranted against defective materials and workmanship (also known as a manufacturing defect) for various periods of time. Steel frames are covered for the useful lifecycle of the product, Aluminum and dual suspension frames are typically covered for a 5-year period from the original date of purchase. Most parts are typically covered for a 1-year period from the original date of purchase. Wearable parts are typically covered for 30-days from the original date of purchase.
Manufacturer's limited warranty does not cover damage resulting from accidents, impact, abuse, misuse, neglect, ordinary wear & tear, anything you break accidentally or deliberately, stunting, jumping, installation, assembly, repair, maintenance, disassembly costs, paint damage, rust, theft, or ride with more than one person.
How to file a warranty claim
The warranty claim process differs, depending on where you bought your bike. If you bought your Schwinn at a big box retailer or sporting goods store, please see the information directly below. If you bought your Schwinn at an independent bike shop, please contact an independent Schwinn dealer (preferably the one the bike was purchased through). They will file a claim on your behalf. Please note we cannot warranty shipping damage on bikes ordered online, since we have no way to verify the source of the damage.
With today's technology, the fastest way to file a warranty claim is to take a digital photo of your bike & broken part and email it to us at .
Please include:
- Your name, address & phone number
- The model number and date code found on your bike (little gray sticker by the non-chain side crank arm)
- Date & place of purchase
- A detailed description of the incident or problem
We'll review your photos and information to try and determine the cause or nature of the problem. If we can, we'll make a decision on your claim. If we can't tell from the photos, then we'll ask you to send the affected part in.
Once a warranty claim is approved, we'll send the replacement part(s) at no charge. If the required part(s) are not in stock and must be ordered, an estimated delivery time will be given. We reserve the right to make substitutions of equal or greater value at our sole discretion.
If a warranty claim is denied, we'll notify you and provide an explanation of our decision.
How to purchase replacement parts
If you bought your Schwinn at an independent bike shop, please contact the shop to help you get replacement parts.
If you bought your Schwinn at a big box retailer or sporting goods store, please see the information directly below.
Call us to purchase parts — you'll need a major credit card and must be 18 or older. 800-626-2811
I need help with a repair or adjustment
Why did my derailleur go into the spokes?
When your derailleur goes into your spokes it may not only destroy your frame, but it may end up destroying your wheel, derailleur, and derailleur cable and housing. In really bad cases it will destroy your chain as well.
So why does it happen and what causes it? There are two possible reasons; improper adjustment or a bent frame (derailleur hanger).
If the limit screws were not set properly during assembly or someone has been fooling around with the hi or low adjustment screws, the derailleur is vulnerable to "over-shifting" or chain derailment, which can allow the derailleur cage to contact the rear wheel. If this happens when the wheel is in motion, the derailleur cage can get trapped between the spokes and cause irreparable damage. This type of occurrence would be considered improper assembly/adjustment and would not be covered by the limited warranty.
A second likely cause is a bent derailleur hanger. The derailleur hanger is the piece of the frame that the derailleur screws into. Sometimes the hanger is removable and replaceable, but not on all bicycles. When the derailleur hanger gets bent it misaligns the whole derailleur system. This is usually exhibited by sudden poor shifting behavior. In most cases the derailleur hanger and the derailleur will be bent towards the wheel.
The problem may not seem serious until you shift into your lowest gears with the rear derailleur. If the derailleur hanger is bent in, this shift will drive the lower pulley of the rear derailleur cage right into the spokes of the rear wheel. Hangers or frames can become bent if you crash or lay your bike down roughly on the drive side, or run over a foreign object (like a stick) that pushes the rear derailleur into the wheel.
If your hanger is bent, you will need to go to a shop to get it re-aligned or replaced. For bicycles that do not have a replaceable hanger, you may need to replace your entire frame or bicycle. Since a bent frame is usually the result of force caused by an impact, this would not be considered a manufacturing defect (a deficiency in materials or workmanship) so take care to inspect and perform schedule maintenance routinely.
My bicycle doesn't shift gears
Most bicycles these days have multiple gears that can vary between 15 to 27 speeds. Different gearing is achieved by mounting 1 to 3 sprockets at the crank and 5 to 9 cogs on the rear wheel. To determine the number of speeds your bicycle is equipped with, multiply the number of sprockets on the crank by the number of cogs on the rear wheel (3 x 8 = 24 speeds).
Shifting between all these gears is controlled by levers on the handlebars, connected by cables to the front and rear derailleurs. The derailleurs--devices through which the bike's chain passes--move from side to side to shift the chain from one sprocket to the next. There are two main factors that affect the derailleur's function: cable tension and derailleur alignment.
Rear Derailleur
Begin by shifting the rear shifter to largest number indicated and place the chain on the smallest sprocket. Adjust the High limit screw so the guide pulley and the smallest sprocket are lined up vertically. Reconnect the cable, pull out any slack, and retighten the anchor bolt securely.
Shift through the gears, making sure each gear achieved is done quietly and without hesitation. If necessary, use the barrel adjuster to fine tune each gear by turning it the direction you want the chain to go. For example, turning clockwise will loosen the cable tension and move the chain away from the wheel, while turning counter-clockwise will tighten cable tension and direct the chain towards the wheel.
Shift the rear shifter to the gear one and place the chain on the largest cog. Adjust the Low limit screw in quarter turn increments until the guide pulley and the largest cog are aligned vertically. Again, shift through each gear several times, checking that each gear is achieved smoothly. It may take several attempts before the rear derailleur and cable is adjusted properly. Ensure all bolts are secured tightly and the chain does not fall off in either direction.
Front Derailleur
Shift both shifters to the smallest number indicated and place the chain on the corresponding cog and chainwheel. Disconnect the front derailleur cable from the cable anchor bolt. Check the position of the front derailleur; it should be parallel with the outer chainwheel and clear the largest chainwheel by 1-3mm when fully engaged.
With the chain on the smallest chainwheel in front and the largest cog in back, adjust the Low limit screw so the chain is centered in the front derailleur cage. Reconnect the cable, pull any slack out, and tighten the anchor bolt securely.
Shift the front shifter to the largest chainwheel. If the chain does not go onto the largest chainwheel, turn the high limit screw in 1/4 turn increments counter-clockwise until the chain engages the largest chainwheel. If the chain falls off the largest chainwheel, and into the pedals, you will need to turn the High limit screw in 1/4 turn increments clockwise until the chain no longer falls off.
Shift through every gear, using the barrel adjusters to fine tune each transition. The barrel adjuster for the front derailleur is located on the front shifter where the cable comes out of the shifter. Clockwise will loosen the cable tension and direct the chain closer to the frame while counter-clockwise will tighten the cable tension and direct the chain away from the frame.
Do not ride a bicycle that is not shifting properly. Overlooking proper adjustments may cause irreparable damage to the bicycle and/or bodily injury. Never move the shifter while pedaling standing up, or under heavy load, nor pedal backwards after having moved the shifter. This could jam the chain and cause serious damage to the bicycle and/or rider.
How do I fix a flat tire?
Remove the wheel from the bicycle and deflate the tire completely via the valve. Loosen the tire bead by pushing it inward all the way around. Press one side of the tire bead up over the edge of the rim. Use tire levers, not a screwdriver, otherwise you may damage the rim (a good substitute for tire levers are the handles of metal kitchen spoons, there are no sharp edges that may damage the tire or tube).
Remove the tube, leaving one tire bead on the rim and locate the leak or puncture. Patch it using a tube repair kit, carefully following the repair kit instructions, or replace the tube. Ensure that the replacement tube size matches the size stated on the tire sidewall and that the valve is the correct type for your bicycle.
Match the position of the leak in the tube with the tire to locate the possible cause and mark the location on the tire. Remove the tire completely and inspect for a nail, glass, etc. and remove the offending culprit. Also inspect the inside of the rim to ensure there are no protruding spokes, rust or other potential causes. Replace the rim tape which covers the spoke ends, if damaged.
Remount one side of the tire onto the rim. Using a hand pump, inflate the tube just enough to give it some shape. Place the valve stem through the hole in the rim and work the tube into the tire, taking care not to let it twist. Using your hands only, remount the other side of the tire by pushing the edge toward the center of the rim. Start on either side of the valve and work around the rim. Before the tire is completely mounted, push the valve up into the rim to make sure the tire can sit squarely in position. Fit the rest of the tire, rolling the last, most difficult part on using your thumbs.
Check that the tube is not caught between the rim and the tire bead at any point. Using a hand pump, inflate the tube until the tire begins to take shape, and check that the tire bead is evenly seated all the way around the rim. When the tire is properly seated, fully inflate the tire to the pressure marked on the sidewall. Use a tire air pressure gauge to check. Replace the wheel into the frame checking that all gears, brakes, axle nuts or quick release levers are properly tightened.
I need help with more information
Dealer Locator problems
If the issue is that the dealers you are calling do not have the model, size, or color you're looking for, you may want to ask them about the possibility of placing a special order. Some shops, depending on availability in our warehouse, are willing to order bikes based on individual customer requests. You may find, however, that not all shops are able to offer this option and that some may charge slightly more for special-ordered bikes.
Also, please note that the dealer locator shows independent dealers and not big box retailers or sporting goods chains. Please visit our Where to Buy page to get links to our big box retailers. The latter does not have the ability to place special orders.
In some rare cases, the dealer locator may show you information for a shop that is no longer a Schwinn dealer. If this is the case, we apologize for giving you the incorrect information and would appreciate you letting us know so that we can correct the error.
Where can I get stickers or decals?
If you'd like some stickers for your helmet, locker, or forehead, please sent a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the address below. Please note, however, that we cannot fill requests for specific decals, specific colors, or specific models.
Attn: Sticker Guy
PO Box 344
Olney, IL 62450
How can I get a donation?
Thanks for thinking of us! Unfortunately, due to the large number of requests for donations that we receive, there is only a small percentage that we're able to help with. If you'd like to submit your proposal for consideration, please send the request (on your organization's letterhead if possible) to the address below.
Pacific Cycle
Attn: Sue Isaacs
4730 E. Radio Tower Lane
Olney, IL 62450
How do I find the weight of a bike?
Sorry, but our product development department doesn't publish an official list of bike weights. Other companies often release misleadingly low weights, which would make our true weights look falsely heavy by comparison. We encourage you, though, to have your dealer weigh any of our bikes on-site. If, on the other hand, you already have a bike and would like to know how much it weighs, you can easily get that information by weighing yourself holding the bike on a bathroom scale and subtracting your weight without the bike.
How do I find the size of my bike?
You can find out your frame size by measureing the seat tube - start in the center of the crank and measure to the top of the seat tube (do not measure the seat post or seat).
Which size is right for me?
Please visit our Bike Sizing & Fit article.
Where do I find the model or serial number of my bicycle?
The serial number is engraved into the metal frame of bicycles. The model number and date code can be found on a gray service sticker in the same general area.
How do I register a product?
Use website to register or send in the registration page from the owner's manual.
Where can I find touch up paint?
We do not stock touch-up paint or replacement decals. The paint used on our bikes does not work well in a brush-on application. The best option for touch-up paint is to use enamel-based model paint like Testors brand. There is a very wide array of colors and tones available with these types of paints, and they work very well for this type of application.
Our bikes are clear-coated upon production, eliminating the need for replacement decal sheets. If you choose to repaint your frame or you have an accident that damages the decals, we may be able to provide some Schwinn stickers, but we cannot provide original model-specific frame decals.
Where can I get a manual or catalog?
You can find both our catalog and all owners manuals online at www.schwinnbikes.com. If, however, you would like a hard copy of one or the other, please submit your mailing address to the e-mail contact at the top of this page. Please be aware, however, that (1) our catalog is for advertising purposes only and is not the kind of catalog you can order bikes or parts from, and (2) our manuals only provide basic safety and operational information, and are not intended to be a comprehensive service manual or specific to any one model of bike.
How do I become a dealer?
If you're interested in becoming an international distributor, please contact our international sales team.
Melissa Lopes - the "Americas": Central America, South America, Caribbean, email@example.com
Nicolas Ravachol - Europe, Middle East, Africa - email@example.com
Allen Yeh - Asia - email@example.com
Lucien Loyens - Austrailia - email@example.com
Adam Ingrao - Canada - email@example.com
I need help with my electric bike
How long can I expect my battery to last?
If properly charged and maintained (keep the battery charged every two months at a minimum, and try to keep the battery indoors during harsh cold winter months), the battery should last up to 1000 full charge cycles or approximately 3 – 4 years.
Should I charge my battery over night? Does that hurt its life-cycle?
The battery has an onboard battery protection system that prevents battery damage if plugged in for long periods. Charging over night will not affect the battery's life.
The lights don't work on my battery – does that mean it is dead?
Occasionally, the led indicator lights on the battery can become disconnected due to more severe bumpy riding. This does not mean the battery is dead, it only means the charge indicator is not connected anymore. The battery will still function and charge normally.
I lost my key. Can I get a replacement?
Please contact Schwinn Customer Service in the event you have lost your key and require a replacement.
My electric bike won't kick in – how do I get the pedal assist to start?
Ensure that the brakes are not engaged. Ensure that the system is turned on and the battery is full. If the pedal assist still does not function, check to see that the pedal sensor near the bottom bracket is still working properly and mounted close to the spinning magnet. If after checking all of the above items the problem persists please contact your local Schwinn dealer or Schwinn Customer Service for further assistance.
I screwed up the connection on the front wheel wires – what do I do now?
Make sure that the wire colors match when connecting them. Typically if the colors aren't matched, the motor will not operate, but damage was not done. The motor should operate normally once connected correctly.
How much power does charging the battery consume?
The charger output is rated at 30volts at 2amps nominally, which translates into 60 watts.
What kind of range should I expect out of a charge?
Range will vary with rider weight and terrain. The expected range is around 30 miles.
Motor engages and drives bicycle normally
Onboard Charge : Not Functioning
- Description : Battery shows full charge and onboard charge indicator shows no charge
- Issue : Throttle hall sensor connection not made
- Solution : Take bicycle to nearest authorized Schwinn dealer for service.
Onboard Charge : Blinks Red
- Description : Battery shows full charge and onboard charge indicator shows low charge with blinking red light
- Issue : Throttle charge indicator connection not made
- Solution : Take bicycle to nearest authorized Schwinn dealer for service.
Onboard Charge : Functions Normally
- Description : Motor continues driving when brakes are applied
- Issue : Brake engagement circuit has become disconnected
- Solution : Take bicycle to nearest authorized Schwinn dealer for service.
Motor engages intermittantly
Onboard Charge : Intermittent function, possible normal function
- Description : Motor drives normally and then cuts out suddenly and self remedies.
- Issue : Position of the control box in relation to the battery has come out of tolerance.
- Solution : Visually inspect gap between battery and controller box. If gap does exist, take bicycle to nearest authorized Schwinn dealer for service.
Onboard Charge : Motor drives with little to no power and sounds like an engine misfiring.
- Description : Battery shows full charge and onboard charge indicator shows low charge with blinking red light
- Issue : One of the three power cables has become disconnected or severed
- Solution : Discontinue use of the electric drive system immediately, continued use will short the controller. Take bicycle to nearest Schwinn dealer for service.
Motor does not drive bicycle
Onboard Charge : Functions Normally
- Description : Everything lights up and bike doesn't go
- Issue : Pedaling sensor is disconnected or too far from crank magnet
- Solution : Visually inspect gap, which should be no more than 2mm. Take to nearest authorized Schwinn dealer as needed for repair.
Onboard Charge : Not Functioning
- Description : No lights on the onboard charge indicator and motor not functioning
- Issue : Onboard power toggle connection has become severed
- Solution : Visually inspect cables and connection. Remake connection if possible.
Onboard Charge : Functions Normally
- Description : Everything lights up and bike doesn't go, possibly preceded by a popping noise and smoke
- Issue : The motor controller in the control box has shorted out. Sometimes the short doesn't effect the charge sensor, engaging the drive system be pedalling will usually short the fuse in the battery.
- Solution : Contact local Schwinn dealer to have control box diagnosed and replaced as needed.
Onboard Charge : Not Functioning - Nothing lights up and bike doesn't go possibly preceded by a popping noise and smoke
- Description : Nothing lights up and bike doesn't go possibly preceded by a popping noise and smoke
- Issue : The motor controller in the control box has shorted out. Sometimes the short doesn't effect the charge sensor, engaging the drive system be pedalling will usually short the fuse in the battery
- Solution : Contact local Schwinn dealer to have control box diagnosed and replaced as needed.
Onboard Charge : Not Functioning - No lights and no function, battery indicator shows a charge
- Description : No lights and no function, battery indicator shows a charge
- Issue : Battery is not discharging
- Solution : Contact your local Schwinn Dealer to have the battery tested.


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Apocalypticism in U.S. History
Matthew Avery Sutton
Apocalypticism has had a powerful impact on American life. It has fostered among adherents a strong sense of purpose and personal identity, it has helped them interpret the challenges they face all around them, and it has provided them with a triumphant vision of the future. Although there are many kinds of apocalypticism, in the United States, Christian forms have dominated. The Bible's focus on a coming millennium has offered Americans the promise of transformation and redemption in a world that sometimes seems void of both. When Christians have emphasized the Bible's apocalyptic and millennial visions, they have acted in new and important ways. Apocalyptic visions, rather than fostering a sense of indifference to the coming of the end of days, have served as a call to battle. God, millennialists insist, has given them much to do and very little time in which to do it. Positive that Jesus is coming soon, they have preached revival and engaged directly and aggressively with their culture. Sometimes their actions have served to reinforce the status quo, and at other times they have sparked revolutions. The uses of apocalypticism and millennialism are almost as diverse as their adherents.
Bibles and Tracts in Print Culture in America
Lincoln A. Mullen
Since the first printing presses were established in Britain's North American colonies, print was a ubiquitous feature of American religion. Print was a powerful means of communicating religious ideas, both to the faithful and to people whom religious groups wished to persuade. One common form of religious communication was the pamphlet or, by the 19th century, the tract. These tracts were a way of catechizing people who were already a member of different denominational groups, and tracts provided them with inexpensive collections of religious reading material, such as hymns or psalms. Tracts become a primary feature of evangelism in the United States, as did Bible distribution. In the 19th century the American Tract Society and the American Bible Society managed to exert a long reach into the interior of the United States, with distribution channels that were more far flung than those of any other institution except perhaps the postal service.
Print also functioned as a means of creating institutional loyalties. The American Tract Society created a network of tract distribution and funding which linked together large numbers of affiliate societies. While the American Bible Society preferred a different organizational structure, it brought together a wide array of denominations to make common cause for Bible distribution. In the 20th century, trans-denominational periodical publishers managed to unite various wings of Protestantism, as periodicals staked out positions in debates between fundamentalists and modernists, or later between evangelicals and liberal or mainline denominations. Yet smaller publications also functioned to establish denominational loyalties.
The Bible was by far the most important printed text in American Christianity. One of the earliest imprints in North America was a translation of the Bible into the Algonquian language, and later missionary groups sometimes made it a priority to translate the Bible into Indian languages. Printing of the English Bible proliferated for a number of reasons. One was the repeated efforts of the American Bible Society to supply the United States with a Bible for every household. Another was the development of various editions of the Bible, containing different qualities of paper and typography, or distinguishing themselves by the purpose of the text, such as study Bibles rich in notes, maps, and other explanatory features. A third reason was the proliferation of Bible translations, beginning with the late-19th-century Revised Version. These Bible versions were aimed at improving the scholarly reliability of the text, but they were matters of intense interest and debate among Christians more generally. Bible translations came to be a key marker of group identity and a contested source of religious authority, even as they were sponsored by trans-denominational groups like the National Association of Evangelicals or the National Council of Churches.
In short, print culture was a primary means of establishing group loyalty, for various Protestant groups as well as for Jews and Catholics, yet it also represented a key attempt at Christian unity and ecumenism. Print culture was both a proxy for many other ways of being religious and a powerful religious force in its own right.


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Jimmy Hargett is a busy man as he drives a cotton picker through a field near Crockett Mills, Tenn., on a sunny, late fall afternoon.
Besides keeping an eye on the six rows of cotton he's harvesting, Hargett is watching a TV camera trained on the picker basket and glancing at a yield monitor readout that tells him how much cotton he's putting in the machine.
When the basket is full, Hargett turns the picker off the row and into an area of freshly cut stalks and unloads the module on the ground.
As you watch Hargett and another six-row picker operator repeat the process 15 to 20 times in the course of two hours, you can't help but think that you may be looking at the future of cotton farming in the United States.
"I really think you could harvest cotton by yourself all day with this machine if you wanted to," says Hargett.
As it is, Hargett is operating two six-row Case IH pickers equipped with on-board module builders with five men — himself and the driver for the other picker; two men in a pick-up truck who put covers on modules and write down the module ID numbers; and a man driving the tractor pulling the stalk cutter.
Contrast that with conventional harvesting operations — four to six men to drive the two cotton pickers and one or two boll buggies per picker; one or two men to operate the module builder, two or three men to help pick up cotton along the sides of the module builder and put covers on the modules and the guy cutting stalks.
"I believe I can get by with five or six people with two six-row pickers with on-board module builders," says Hargett. "That would compare with eight to 10 for conventional harvesting with two six-row pickers, boll buggy drivers, module builder operators and the support guys needed to keep all that running.
Add in the savings from not having to use $80,000 tractors to pull the boll buggies and operate the module builder and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
"The labor situation will sell this," says Hargett, referring to the system he laid out for Case IH engineers with a piece of soapstone on the floor of his farm shop five years ago. "A lot of farmers simply can't find all the labor they need to harvest their cotton these days."
Hargett, who along with Gunnison, Miss., producer Kenneth Hood, has been testing prototypes of the on-board module builder, hasn't had much to say publicly about the innovation until now.
"I would say we're getting closer with these machines," he says, referring to the prototypes being operated on his farm. "They may not look exactly like these when they become commercially available, but they will be close."
Case IH representatives who have been working with Hargett and Hood recently took the unusual step of issuing a statement about future technology that has not been officially introduced.
"The prototype harvester we're testing is based on the foundation of our current Case IH CPX620 and CPX Cotton Express designs, which already offer the industry's best picking efficiency," said Trent Haggard, marketing manager for Case IH cotton harvesting, in the statement. "This new type of harvest technology will take efficiency to the next level, providing time, labor and machinery savings."
Asked to elaborate, Haggard said he has been receiving two and three phone calls a day about the new technology and felt he had to provide some information. "On Jimmy's place alone, farmers came in from seven states at one point last year."
On this sunny afternoon, with the end of harvest only three days away "if everything holds together," Hargett talks about the dramatic change this latest turn in harvesting technology could represent for cotton farmers.
"When I first started farming, we would drive to Humboldt (about 15 miles away) and gather up all the cotton pickers we could find and take them to the field. We would work all day and maybe pick one bale."
Hargett, who was growing 20 acres of cotton then, bought a one-row picker not long after he started farming on his own and was able to pick an acre an hour. From that, he went to 4 to 5 acres an hour with a two-row picker, 10 to 12 with a four-row and 20 to 30 acres with the six-row picker.
"With two six-row pickers, we have gotten up to 400 bales a day," he said. "So, in my career — this is my 41st crop — I've gone from one bale to 400 bales a day."
For the casual observer, it's something of a shock to see the half-size modules (each module can hold six to seven bales of cotton, compared to 12 to 14 for conventional-sized modules) lined up along the side of the fields Hargett farms in Crockett and Haywood counties in west Tennessee.
Asked if the smaller modules will require more trips for module-hauling trucks, Hargett shakes his head. "We just pick up two modules at a time," he says. "The truck driver backs up and picks up one and goes to another module and picks it up as well. They come off at the gin like a regular module."
Because of the lack of any measurable rainfall in more than a month, Hargett and the other picker operator were simply dropping their modules in the nearest open space when they reached the desired weight.
"It's been so dry, the trucks can get in anywhere in this field and pick up the modules," he said. "But the yield monitor will tell you where you need to turn around in the field so that you can place them all on one end of a field when we're getting more rain."
Hargett believes the on-board module builder could be as revolutionary to cotton farming as chemical weed control and genetically engineered cotton varieties.
"I think I'm sitting on the future of farming," he said. "Farmers are going to have to look at something like this because of the financial pressures we face. We can't afford to keep spending this much money on equipment or labor.
He recalls a conversation with an Extension cotton specialist two years earlier.
"He told me, 'Jimmy, I know what you're doing, and I hope you won't give up on it,'" Hargett said. "I told him I really couldn't talk about it. 'I know that,' he said, 'but you've got to stay with it. I have talked to farmers this week who are keeping five or six guys on their payroll year-round just to make sure they will have them at harvest.'
"I really don't care what the final product turns out to be," says Hargett. "But I know our farmers need something like this if we're going to stay in the cotton business."
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BRODIE Grundy couldn't kick when Sam Mayes first met him, two-and-a-bit years ago. In fact, he couldn't do most things.
''He got put into the ruck because he was so big and didn't have much clue what he was doing,'' Mayes says. ''He basically just tried to hit the ball, and when he kicked it no one had any idea where it would end up. But he got out pretty much every day after that and worked on it. He's improved so much that you look at him sometimes and you can't believe how far he's come in such a short time.''
Grundy has improved so much that he will be a first-round draft pick on Thursday night, as a big, aggressive ruckman who does much, much more than simply jump and whack at the ball. So too will Mayes, one of the sweetest kicks in the draft. This will be a good year for South Australia overall.
Jimmy Toumpas kicked the best goal in last year's SANFL grand final when he was just 17 and will be one of the first players picked. Ben Kennedy managed a groin injury while proving he could play in the midfield this year and can kick the ball like Mayes.
Tim O'Brien, Brodie Murdoch, Sam Colquhoun and Tim Broomhead are among the other Adelaide boys who will be called early. Then there's Troy Menzel, who can determine the path a game takes like few other players in the draft.
''He's such a good player that it gets frustrating at times,'' Mayes says of Menzel. ''When he's kicking nine goals in a game and you're sitting over on the opposite flank you start to think, 'hang on, can I have a go'? But he's such a good bloke. He trains hard and does everything the right way.''
Toumpas had surgery on both hips this year, making it a more frustrating one than 2011, when he was introduced to the Woodville-West Torrens team in the last few weeks of the season then was brought back, after being briefly dropped, to add some zip to the premiership side.
He has a smile on his face most of the time and plays football like he loves it more than anything: he's busy, quick and exciting, keen to make things happen.
''Jimmy's your genuine nice guy,'' Kennedy says. ''He's a leader as well, on and off the field. He leads by example.
''He's not one of the 'say something' sort of leaders. He's a 'say something, do something' leader.''
Toumpas comes from a big Greek family that still catches up every week and started playing football after following his brother to a training session.
''I was pretty chubby back in the day, so they played me at full-forward,'' he says. ''I was like a little Tony Lockett.''
His name is in fact Dimitri. Born two years to the day after his grandfather died, Toumpas says that as he began to look and behave so much like his late grandfather, everyone started to call him Jimmy.
It has been a challenging year for Toumpas. Not only has he never really been injured before, but he's had to play with sore hips, while also trying to captain his South Australian state side.
''I'd never had to play with a proper injury before so it was a bit of a task,'' he says. ''In the lead-up to the games I started to wonder how the hips would hold up and I was thinking about it a fair bit, but when you're out there you have to put it out of your head and just be the player the team needs you to be.
''It was something that was good to deal with, to try and play well even when it was hurting. It's a shame I had to get surgery, but I think it was the right decision and to be able to play with it definitely gave me some confidence.''
Kennedy, too, took heart from what he was able to do. He was seen as a skilful small forward this time last year and he was such a good small forward that he was probably next in line behind Jaeger O'Meara and Brad Crouch in the 17-year-old mini-draft. The recruiters wanted to see him run more through the middle this year and Kennedy hopes he has proved that if they pick him they'll be getting an onballer.
''That's where I see my best footy,'' he says. ''Obviously it was pretty frustrating at the start of the year - I'd never really had an injury before so I didn't know how to approach it. I suppose you've just got to try and keep as motivated as you can and try and stay on top of things, stick to your routine and what's going to get you better and playing again as quickly as possible.
''I was always trying to stay involved, because sometimes you can feel a little bit left out when you're not actually playing. You can feel like you're not a part of the team.''
Mayes wasn't held back by his body but, similarly to Kennedy, wanted to show clubs he could play in more places than up forward this year. The teenager moved to Adelaide with his family from Port Pirie three years ago, and is someone his teammates like having around.
''He's the ultimate sort of friend you can get,'' Kennedy says. ''He's definitely somebody you turn to when you need somebody to talk to. He's very genuine and upfront and honest and he plays his football like that as well. He's very hard on himself as well and he always wants to get the best out of himself.''
After playing seven senior games last year, Mayes put together almost a full season this year, understanding that people expected a little more from him.
''I guess I wanted to take my footy to a new level and find more of the ball and have more impact on games,'' he says. ''The coaches wanted more because I'd been there and played there, and I suppose that once you get the respect of the other, older players and they're used to you being there, they start to see you as one of them and start to ask a bit more of you.''
Grundy played some senior games too, three years after ditching basketball for football, although he remains unsure as to why.
He is particularly close to Kennedy; the pair consider themselves part-time philosophers who ponder plenty of things - big questions about humanity, time and space.
Grundy loves studying and applying what he learns to what he sees happening around him.
''I've been thinking about society and how we interact,'' he says.
''I was going on a train the other day and you see all these people on the train, and no one speaks. Why does no one speak? It's social environments, they change people. It's weird, I don't know.''
The next environment Grundy steps into will be that of an AFL club. He has done some work experience at Port Adelaide, but still isn't sure exactly what it will be like and looks forward to finding out.
''Probably the hardest thing would be going into something completely new,'' he says. ''You'd want to get there and get along with everyone and that's hard to do, but the only way you can really do it is trying to impress with your work ethic. That's what will be the challenge.''
Emma Quayle joined The Age as a cadet journalist in 1999 and has been covering football since 2001. She has won awards from the Australian Football Media Association and AFL Players Association for her feature writing, and specialised for many years in covering junior football and the AFL draft. Emma's two books - The Draft and Nine Lives (the story of former Essendon wingman Adam Ramanauskas' battle with cancer) - were published in 2008 and 2010.