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So, I'm fascinated with this thread. As a mature adult (at least by age ), if I wanted to start reading this series/associated books, where should I start?I've never read the books or watched the TV show at all, but I'm fascinated by the life on the early prairie.Suggestions?
Quote from: Dr. F. on January 02, 2013, 07:24:44 PMSo, I'm fascinated with this thread. As a mature adult (at least by age ), if I wanted to start reading this series/associated books, where should I start?I've never read the books or watched the TV show at all, but I'm fascinated by the life on the early prairie.Suggestions?I'm curious about what the others think. I read them all in chronological order, over a year or so.
Quote from: Just Lori on January 02, 2013, 06:48:39 PMhttp://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1600000/The-Ingalls-Family-laura-ingalls-wilder-1607600-675-499.jpgThey all look much older, I would assume that was taken several years after Laura married?
I would take it to mean a seizure as well. Sometimes babies just don't get named immediately. Was Grace's diary published? I'd love to read that! I still own all my Little House books. I don't think I can convince my boys to read them, but I'll try with Farmer Boy at least.I second the recommendation to read Alison Arngrim's book for anyone who loved the tv show. It was a combination of hilarious and heartbreaking.
Laura, Almanzo, and Rose moved to Minnesota and stayed with the senior Wilders for a few months, then moved to Florida in hopes that Almanzo would be healthier there. I think they lived there for a year or so, but Laura couldn't take the heat, so they moved back to DeSmet. It was then that they moved to Missouri, hoping to find a place warm enough for Almanzo and cool enough for Laura.
If three generations of women in the same family were unable to have boys who lived past a year, I would think it to be for genetic reasons, possible something X-linked.But I guess we'll never know...
I also say start with "Little House in the Big Woods" and read the Laura books in order. Some of the titles are pretty similar, but if read in order they follow Laura as she gets older. "Farmer Boy" is a departure as it focuses on Almanzo's childhood, so it can be read at any point; I think I read it last. They are definitely more geared towards children, especially Big Woods; I think I read it in maybe second or third grade, with my class. But as Laura matures the books mature as well, and as others have said "The First Four Years" is more adult-oriented, though fairly tame compared to modern adult stuff certainly.I've never read "On the Way Home," "West from Home," "Old Town in the Green Groves," or "A Little House Traveler"--is anyone familiar with them? Is there a reason why they aren't included in the "standard" boxed-set series, or am I the remiss one? (They're mentioned on a Wikipedia page for the series.)For me, the standard series is: Big Woods, House-Prairie, Plum Creek, Silver Lake, Long Winter, Town-Prairie, Golden Years, and First Four Years, plus Farmer Boy.
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Time for Bruins to ditch Jekyll and Hyde routine
With about two minutes to play in regulation on Monday against the Leafs, the Bruins still trailing by two before completing the NHLs biggest Game 7 third-period comeback of all-time, I started taking notes on all the reasons I thought it was time for coach Claude Julien to be fired.
A second monumental playoff collapse since 2010, sandwiched around an improbable Stanley Cup victory and another early, disappointing postseason exit.
Perhaps hed lost the room, or it was merely time to acknowledge that adage that clamors for a new voice.
His stubborn unwillingness to toy with underachieving lines prior to the decisive game may have put his team in this situation, and seventh game alterations were simply too little, too late.
The power play, oh that anemic power play, featuring the leagues leading postseason scorer on the second unit.
I wondered how the accountability should be distributed between the coach, general manager, players, and even Cam Neely as the supervisor of the operation.
Then it happened, one of the most impressive single game rallies in Boston sports history.
Causeway Street rocked well into the night, while the Leafs' Joffrey Lupul was left thinking about how that loss will haunt him until the day he dies.
As an emotional Milan Lucic admitted, his team may have gotten a little lucky, but they showed character. And, wouldnt you know after a gut-wrenching, nail-biting, hair-pulling first round seven-game series with an ending drawn from theater, the Black and Gold will, for the first time in the playoffs since 1973, next host a team from Broadway.
The show must go on and the hope throughout the Hub is that the Bruins are a long way from a curtain call.
The New York Rangers are fresh off a seven-game series win of their own over the Washington Capitals. Reigning Vezina trophy winner and current finalist Henrik Lundqvist, arguably the very individual who bumped Tuukka Rask from consideration for this years crown, posted back-to-back shutouts in the final two games of the first round to guide his Blueshirts to victory.
Lundqvist is a beast, and hes paid like it to the tune of a $6.875 million annual cap hit. In the opening round, he put the Rangers on his shoulders and finished with a 1.65 goals-against-average and .947 save percentage while his team, like the Bruins, was marred by injuries (Ryan Clowe, Marc Staal, Darroll Powe) and underachievers (Rick Nash, Derek Stepan, Brad Richards). Making matters worse, Lundqvist is 21-7-2 with six whitewashes in his career against the Bs. Oh, and hes not a rebound-machine like James Reimer, so the Bruins will have to capitalize on what could be a limited selection of chances each night.
In three regular season meetings this year, the Bruins went 1-0-2 against the Rangers. I know, who cares? In those matchups, the Bs struggled on the power play at 1-for-16. I know, what else is new?
Frankly, neither team was particularly impressive on special teams over the last two weeks, though the B's two enormous extra-attacker goals to extend their season were awfully special. The Bruins finished 3-for-20 (15%) with the man-advantage and 16-of-21 (76.2%) when short-handed, while the Rangers were 2-for-28 (7.1%) on the power play and 13-of-16 (81.2%) on the penalty kill.
If youre anxious for a scouting report, the Rangers are physical and like to play nasty, theyre fast and very skilled defensively, they love to block shots (23 per game against the Caps) and, as noted, theyre well-represented between the pipes. Theyre better than the Leafs and in many ways arent too dissimilar to the Bruins.
To advance again, the Bs will need to ditch this ever so fitting Jekyll and Hyde label and be consistent. Theyve got to learn from their struggles and myriad of mistakes against Toronto, and avoid getting outworked as they were in the second half of the series. Roll over that killer instinct.
Theyll have to hope they get healthier on defense, or design one heck of a strategy for workhorse Zdeno Chara and insert prayers for Dennis Seidenberg here against the likes of Nash, the red-hot Derick Brassard, Mats Zuccarello and company. Its tough to envision them surviving the round without Seidenberg or Andrew Ference who would have imagined that during the regular season?
Theyll have to get another fantastic performance from Rask in net. He had a 2.49 GAA and .923 save percentage in the first round, but anyone who watched knows he was far better than those numbers. In each period of Game 7, he made at least one game-saving block. Just ask Lupul, Jake Gardiner, Mikhail Grabovski, or Matt Frattin. Again, pay the man.
Lucic much maligned during the regular season will have to continue his elite postseason play, a sentence Ive been longing to write for years. He was especially phenomenal in Game 7, down the stretch above all. Reliability like that during the year and his heavily criticized contract would look like a steal. Linemates David Krejci and Nathan Horton will have to keep clicking as well, and those two are historically proven to be big game players.
Hopefully the first six games against the Leafs were an aberration for Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin, as Patrice Bergeron did his best to carry them. It grew tiring waiting for Marchand to find himself on the ice, and watching Seguin get increasingly frustrated and often pout after many of his 29 missed shots while he was outdueled by adopted nemesis Phil Kessel. It wasnt until the lines first and only shift together in Game 7 in overtime that the trio was filled with jubilation. Hopefully an air was lifted, just as fans outside the Air Canada Centre gasped for some. Theyll undoubtedly be reunited in Game 1 against New York with Jaromir Jagr returning to the third line, so its time to build on that momentum. And, if that scenario unfolds, Jagr will have to start trusting Chris Kelly and Rich Peverley.
A note to the forwards as a group: Get pucks through traffic! Put bodies in front of the net! Youll hear that a lot.
The Bruins are in the semifinal round for the fourth time in five seasons. Both teams are equally tired having last played on Monday and both went the distance. Its a fresh start for everyone, so hopefully this weeks short physical and maybe more important mental rest goes a long way for the Bs.
Prediction? My head says Rangers in six, while my heart says Bruins in seven. But, if Game 7 against the Leafs taught us anything, we wont really know a thing until its over.
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I have now read beyond the first sentence of the column, and in case you found yourself unable to proceed, I'm here to tell you that Thomas Friedman wants us to know that he and his wife got to attend "A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House," and he would like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony.
Feeling the pulsating energy of this performance was such a vivid reminder of America's most important competitive advantage: the sheer creative energy that comes when you mix all our diverse people and cultures together.Some people get to experience "A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House," and some people get to experience a mosque built near 9/11. Get it? If that doesn't cohere for you, remember the all-purpose glue: Diversity. When you're trying to fit things together that are completely unrelated, but, hell, you went to a White House concert and you're still pretty jazzed up by it, remember you can stick most anything together with goopy diversity.
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Didn't even think about the batteries, so guess it will not run on 2's; rats means more money
Did not really want to hear it was going to have that much more power, might have to get the MIP's for the axles and use red lock tight and shrink wrap to keep the grub screws in. But is mostly going to be going SLOOOW .... I know with extra power there it's hard to keep from using it, hmm itchy finger
Yes, it will.
You just have to run them in series, as the stock ESC does.
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
Yes sorry you just make a series harness like
Hokey mounting plate
It's got stupid power ....great captain idiot loves that. Lol
6s I wouldn't even consider it in this truck.just too much power.
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they have tried
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
Never mind on question one; looked up the 1/16 Summit series adapter and it matches what Progressive sells. Should have looked first
1. Noticed in your pic that you "Y" harness uses two red (hot) wires, One I ordered from Progressive RC has one red and two blk. http://www.progressiverc.com/series-...s-adapter.html. Me still a novice at this wiring on these things the yours and what I just bought from Progressive do not look the same, nor work the same. Correct me if wrong!!
(only ordered this as it would be cheaper than ordering plugs and wire and was on ksb51rl suggestion)
2. Where in that series harness would the BEC be hooked up?
Thanks for the pics for clarity and the help.
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Just pretend like its one large battery and attach both wire to the red/ black corresponding wires just prior to the leads attached to the esc
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MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
MAN, Use Common Sense.
Outside? THERE IS NO BOX !
Just happened to be wire I had laying around.the progressive Rc one is a good deal at that price.i couldn't even get the connecters for that cheap.its putting the batts in series before the esc
Instead of internally like the evx does
It see's it as a single 4s pack
Ignore the small red wire it's for voltage telemetry.
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What about my second question? Where in that ""Y" harness would a BEC be attached.
When I ran one I attached it to the female end that connects to the esc plug.so it was getting 16.8v and putting out whatever you need or decide on.
Where the small voltage wire is on mine is where the bec was pulling power from
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Last edited by Edstoys; 10-01-2012 at 07:27 PM.
Mine has taken some pretty hard hits and tumbles.no issues yet. But the drivetrain does not like the power very much at all.being heavier is not going to help.my suggestion is de tune the esc
Reduce the punch or diff destruction is a very real possibility.i haven't pulled mine apart yet,but hardened gears and outputs plus the aluminium diff cup
Still can't take the full power when driven by a idiot(me) not looking forward to see what is left inside...it will be a mess
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Why the hot wire system is coming with mine, figured some detuning was going to be required. Hopefully I will be able to keep my idiot speed freak self under control. Mostly wanting more power/reliability due to the increased weight of the truck. Guess its pushing 14lb easy, but no scales in the house. Might end up with more questions after the unit gets here this week some time, but looks like a pretty straight forward install. Wonders if the female side of bullet connectors would work for attaching the motor wires to the ESC.
Yes,they are preferred.
You will need to solder the motor wires
Onto the Esc anyways so add bullet connecters to make it easier to remove the motor for cleaning the truck or working on it.
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On a power related note.
Should your pinion gear look like this?
Broke a boca ceramic bearing killed the hardened ring gear+pinion
As a disclaimer it first made noise about
5 minutes into the run....I kept going about 4 hours until I lost rear drive completely.
and a first for me
Cracked the diff case
spiders fine,cup fine,outputs fine.
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Most important question I can ask: Did you have fun?
On a side note: That should all buff right out.
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
Yes,fun was had !!!!a bunch of it.
Just ask fatskie or nonstopin they were there.even with the intermittent rear diff
Still made it up to the top....summit power
Took 3.5 to 4 hours to "tune it just like that" where's my duct tape? I can make it work....ok maybe not lol
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Jamann; what size bullet connectors did you use? between the ESC and motor. Want to make sure I do not get to small of ones. Right now looking at the Tekin 5.5mm
5.5 will be perfect.i believe mine are 5.5
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It's alive again New ESC came into day and truck is running again. No lights yet as the FS switch burned out and think when it did the feed back is what damaged the ESC. Those are out of stock so no lights until they get some more.
All my lights and both fans are wired to run off that switch and be a real hassle to wired them back as stock besides that way cooler the way they are wired now.
Camera died and new one is supposed to show up some time this week, when it does will take some pics and a video of truck running IF I get the camera figured out fast LOL!
Tekin just got shipped yesterday so will be next wk probably before it shows up.
Sorry for the delay, got my new camera yesterday along with the Tekin system. Made a nice video of the truck running show the difference in turning radius with the rear steering on and could not get it down loaded to PC, keep telling me no video found. So will have try again.
Also Radio has decided to go on the fritz and light switches do not work, truck runs and runs great but no lights until I can send the radio back to Jimmie in Nov.
With the Tekin system already have a way figured out how to mount the ESC, hopefully.
Here are some pics of the truck done.
What UPS brought me yesterday
Guys I want everyone to know that Jimmie N. has been helping me with his radio system and having a couple of problems he has helped me threw them as well even not related to his radio. So if you buy something from Jimmie don't think you get it and you are in the cold....NO WAY; he will do what he can to make it right. In fact for a bit we thought I might have to send it back for him to correct something (bad switch) but I managed to fix it. So you can just feel confident in buying from Jimmie
Thanks for the kind words!
Those tires are wicked!!
I have always like the looks of them... it would be nice if they were a little more affordable. lol
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
Good stuff with the QC Jimmie, nice to see.
That UPS shipment is always one of the best - a whole heart transplant like that makes the biggest difference! Your rig has really come a long way, I'm lovin' it!
Looking very good mate...keep up the good work
Rock n Rolla !
Agreed /\ /\ /\ Your latest fan arrangement is much cleaner looking.
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Scheduled for an 8 hr surgery on my back on Nov. 20th from 7:30 am - approx. 3:30-4 PM. A Rod(spinal fusion) put in by a previous doc will be removed and two new longer ones will be put in.(one on each side)
They will approx. go from just below my shoulder blades, to my tail bone. 3 -6 days in the hospital, and 6 mo. to full recovery.
Just a explication for why I will not be on for at lest 4-6 wks. Alternative is some time down the line would end up in a wheel chair and still in a lot of pain. This has not been taken lightly by myself or wife a lot of possible problems could arise but the alternative is not pretty either. Not being able to bass fish anymore, working on my Traxxas trucks (Slash 4x4, Stampede 4x4, & of course the Summit) have helped me keep half way sane
Thanks HM glad you like my new fan layout and they are remote controlled (on/off)
Still having trouble with my new camera, takes great still pics but for some reason PC will not recognized videos. Only thing I can figure is got a bad SD card.
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"One never truly appreciates the absence of pain." -ksb51rl
I wish for you to not "appreciate" it soon.
Can we drive your truck?
Alt-248 on the number pad = °
Good luck mate...I also have a few spinal injuries of my own. I hope all goes well for you...Stay Strong.
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Well as far as the camera goes right now waiting for Panasonic's CS to call back. Something is either wrong with the software CD or camera as it will not down load the video's either in AVCHD or MP4.
Trying to get my Tekin mounted now so will have an some what straight forward switch between the Titan an the Tekin.
Can take stills but figured most are wanting a video of the truck running, which I have down twice and can't get them edited and not real sure if Photobucket or any of the others can handle AVCHD which is the new high definition new cameras are using or MP4. If anyone is interested in seeing pics of the truck speak up and will post some newer ones.
Lets have a look mate...its always good to see .
Rock n Rolla !
Pictures are always a good thing
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Well its done! Well almost, have a switch that is on back order from China that is needed to get my lights working again the way I want them to. That being individual sets of two without all of them coming on at once.
Wires for the Tekin came out WAY to long, might shorten them in the future but as of right now it runs and that's that, meaning it will probably stay this way for a time.
Body lights done without the need for a plug. Did them on the front to be different and used automotive 14ga wire rings. Had to build up the height of the rigs on the body support post with solder, so they made good hard contact. Without doing that when throttle was applied or truck squatted in the rear they went off then came back on when truck leveled out. Right now they do come on when powered up, and only lights that work for now.
Rear steering
Jumble of wires, Rx box has the Punk steering computer in it as well as a switch from China to control the fan, fans when the Titan motor is in. Velcro strip is holding the excess wires up so they do not fall into the rear wheels. Like I said came out a little long...LOL
Looking down on the Tekin motor, and still real close even tho it is not a big in dia. as the Titan. Put the fan over the ESC back to help cool the motor, CCBEC, and ESC even tho it has its own little fan. Both fans are configured to blow air down.
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Another view
Here trying to show a small piece of Plexiglass cut so it fit down into the slot next to the batter compartment vent until it hit the foam bumper in the battery compartment and rests against the transmission. Wires where then run between it and the vent cover keeping the wires away from the shifting rod.
Hope this gives some others idea for their own rig !
One more thing when the back ordered switch comes in, running two Rx's will only have one slot left open an that will be on the 2nd Rx one of the ch. 1 slots all others are taken why all the wires.....wiring nightmare.
Also got my shock damping kit in that Jimmie did to his, but not sure I want to take this all apart again to get to the rear shocks !
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WOW!! nice build you should be proud of it, very nice. Professional job if I may say so.


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A child's destiny should not be determined by her zip code. Massachusetts has been a leader in public education reform for nearly two decades, but persistent poverty- and race-based achievement gaps in low-income communities are reminders that we have not done enough to meet our commitment to offer educational opportunity to every young person in the Commonwealth. These inequalities persist under our watch despite clear policy options that work but are not available in every community where they are needed.
Statewide testing results demonstrate that white students score far better than children from minority or low-income families. A 2010 state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education study reported a 25 to 30 percentage-point proficiency gap between African American, Hispanic and low-income students and white students in reading and math. More than one-third of students in the Commonwealth's urban school districts are still failing MCAS exams, and they can't graduate from high school without passing that test.
Young adults who are failing in inner city schools consequently lack the skills necessary to compete in the workforce and create a drag on the Commonwealth's economy. This is something the business community should not only pay attention to but also fear.
By 2018, according to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, 68 percent of jobs in Massachusetts will require a career certificate or college degree. Currently, only half the Commonwealth's adults hold an associates degree or higher. When business leaders are unable to fill their job openings with the local workforce, they will look elsewhere to hire and grow their businesses.
The Legislature has the opportunity to build on the state's two-decades of successful efforts to raise academic standards, strengthen accountability, and increase parental choice, and it must be done to give all children an education that sets them up for success, rather than inevitable failure.
Legislation filed by Rep. Russell Holmes (D-Mattapan) and Sen. Barry Finegold (D-Andover, and one the authors of this essay) would eliminate the enrollment cap on Commonwealth charter public schools in the lowest-performing school districts. It would also provide local superintendents and state education officials with expedited authority to turnaround underperforming district schools.
New powers would include extending the school day and retaining only high-performing teachers and administrators. To reduce the number of children stuck in severely underperforming schools, we have to eliminate the "us versus them" mentality pitting unions against the charter school movement. Teachers are critical to the success of these changes and, thus, the success of our children.
Nearly 30 percent of public school students — more than 250,000 in all — are enrolled in the state's lowest performing districts. In spite of billions of dollars in supplemental funding over the past 20 years, academic improvement in these districts has stalled.
Conversely, studies consistently show that charters are closing the achievement gap in these problem districts. Thirteen urban charter public schools had the highest scores in the state last year on various MCAS measurements – outperforming affluent suburban schools.
A new Stanford University report found that Boston charter public schools are doing more to close achievement gaps than any other group of public schools in the country, providing a typical student with more than 12 months of additional learning per year in reading and thirteen months greater progress per year in math.
Not surprisingly, charters are in great demand. Charter enrollment lotteries were held this month at schools across the state, and in Boston alone, more than 13,000 applications were received for fewer than 1,700 available seats.
The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education recently approved five new charter public schools and gave 11 existing charters permission to expand, creating 3,000 new charter openings statewide. Unless the Legislature acts, however, these will be among the last new charter public schools in the neediest districts, including Boston, Lawrence, Holyoke, Lowell and Chelsea, and several smaller communities in Central and Western Massachusetts.
Charters are not a "one-size fits all" solution to closing the achievement gap; instead, they are a piece of the larger education reform puzzle. Moreover, these schools, like all others, will be held accountable for both their successes and failures.
If we are to provide urban students with a realistic path to prosperity, we need to give them a solid educational foundation. That means building on reforms we have already implemented and providing more access to high-quality charter public schools.
State Sen. Barry Finegold represents Andover, Dracut, Lawrence, and Tewksbury. Paul Sagan, former CEO of Akamai Technologies, is chairman of the Massachusetts Business Leaders for Charter Public Schools.


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CCA Dean's Convocation Features Grammy Award-Winning Composer Keynote speaker Libby Larsen Offers the Fourth Annual Convocation at USU
LOGAN — Libby Larsen, one of America's most performed living composers, presents "A Creative Life in Music" at the Caine College of the Arts' fourth annual Dean's Convocation Wednesday, Oct. 9, 11:30 a.m., in the Performance Hall on Utah State University's Logan campus.
"The dean''s convocation has become one of the great traditions for the Caine College of the Arts," said Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts (CCA). "Each year we have been able to bring distinguished scholars, artists and performers from around the nation to Utah State University. Libby Larsen continues in our tradition of excellence. It is a great honor to have her on our campus."
The convocation is the Caine College of the Arts' formal welcome to all students and provides an opportunity to meet faculty, staff and administration from the CCA.
As a Grammy Award-winning and widely recorded artist, Larsen is consistently sought after by major artists, ensembles and orchestras around the world. The first woman to serve as a resident composer with the Minnesota Orchestra, a major orchestra located in Minneapolis, Larsen has been a longtime advocate for women in the field of music. In addition, Larsen has been instrumental in music education, fueling a passion to bring new music out of academia by holding a number of residencies throughout the country. In addition to her 1994 Grammy Award, Larsen co-founded what is now known as the American Composers Forum in 1973, earned a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and has had the privilege to record with many world-renowned artists, including The King's Singers, Benita Valente and Frederica von Stade.
"Credited with assembling some of the most impressive music of our time, Larsen uniquely presents contemporary opera in a way accessible to all audiences," said Jessop.
Her opera, "Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus," was selected as one of the eight best classical music events of 1990 by "USA Today." Larsen has also held the 2003-04 Harissios Papamarkou Chair in Education at the Library of Congress and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
"Larsen has found extreme success in an area historically dominated by men," said James Bankhead, head of the Department of Music USU. "Her music reflects her personality. She's energetic, vivacious and full of surprises. It's beauty redefined."
Cindy Dewey, director of voice and associate professor for the USU Music Department, said Larsen is unique and special. Her field is mostly dominated by men and even today most of these men, who wish to be composers, are obligated to teach theory and composition at a college or university in order to support themselves. Larsen has been able to earn her living solely as a composer.
One of Larsen's song cycles, "Songs from Letters," which sets texts from letters from Calamity Jane to her daughter, Janey, explores the challenges of being a woman who not only worked, but worked in a man's field. In another cycle of songs, "Try Me Good King," Larsen sets the last words of the six wives beheaded by Henry VIII, King of England, to music. Dewey said these are both interesting choices because they take the perspective of a female in a male-dominated world.
"As a singer, I am partial to her works for voices, because I agree with 'USA Today' which called Larsen 'the only English-speaking composer since Benjamin Britten who matches great verse with fine music so intelligently and expressively,'" said Dewey.
In addition to her USU address, two of Larsen's pieces will be performed. "Two Happy Lovers," the third movement from "Three Love Songs," will be performed by Jaron Putnam, baritone, and John Price, piano. The second movement from "Cowboys Songs," "Lift Me Into Heaven Slowly," will be performed by Elizabeth Tate, soprano, and John Price, piano.
The Convocation is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU's campus, call 435-797-8022 or see the college's Production Services website (arts.usu.edu).


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The state of California has fired the opening shot in its fight to get mobile apps to comply with state privacy laws. California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris filed a suit against Delta Air Lines over its Fly Delta mobile app.
The app allows Delta fliers to check into flights, pay for checked baggage and access their frequent flier accounts with the airline. But the suit alleges that Delta has not provided a privacy policy for its standalone app, which gathers information such as a traveler's full name, billing and home addresses, date of birth and credit card information.
"Users of the Fly Delta application do not know what personally identifiable information Delta collects about them, how Delta uses that information, or to whom that information is shared, disclosed, or sold," the complaint reads.
While the company has a privacy policy for its website, says the complaint, it fails to provide a clear privacy policy for the Fly Delta app, which also collects data through geo-location and photographs.


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I have a really unconventional dream. I'm not even sure how seriously I take myself, but it's worth publishing to see if anyone else out there is thinking like me.
I often wish I lived cooperatively. Not crazy-hippie commune, but a more post-modern, refined communal dwelling that respects privacy but also invites community.
I'm a single mom in Philadelphia, and I run a media company in New York City. I'm always running—from train to school to train to office to supermarket. When my husband and I separated two years ago, I moved into a pretty apartment three blocks away. It's hard juggling work, kids, schools, commuting, groceries—and a thousand other things that come with being a modern mama.
Studies show that working motherhood is stressful—even when you're married. Working moms do more multi-tasking, we're more rushed, and in one well-known Pew study, many moms wished they worked part-time.
But I think there's another way to ease the strain of trying to work and parent in the 21st century. For thousands of years humans lived in villages. About a 100 years ago, Americans and other wealthier nations decided isolated suburban compounds were the most civilized ideal. I find them lonely, inconvenient and especially isolating for children.
Now there are thousands of intentional communities around the country—and perhaps that's what I'm looking for, with a few other ambitious single moms.
I dream about buying a big house, adding a few walls and small kitchenettes (by all means retreat when you have to), and finding two or three other awesome symbiotic single moms with young kids to rent out sections of the house.
- Cook and clean together (I'm a mediocre cook, but am happy to do the cleaning)
- Give our kids constant friends to play and hang out with.
- Enable each other to run to the pharmacy or even a quick business trip when we need to. With a three-year-old, I can't even take the trash downstairs in an apartment building without shlepping her with me.
Of course there's almost a guarantee of problems:
- We all have deep quirks and eccentricities, and personality clashes are inevitable.
- Everyone has different standards around cleanliness, especially with children
- What about boyfriends, out of town guests and family dinners? Do you really want other people's relations imposing on your space? Most likely not.
I keep my eyes peeled to Dwell, Good and other magazines in hopes that someone near me is designing the perfect, future, more upscale way of not living in such isolation, especially where single moms can help one another function without having to pay a babysitter every time you need to work late.


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What happened at Macquarie was this: there was an internal review of compliance in the bank's stockbroking unit in 2008.
The findings were a shocker: 87 per cent of the brokers in Macquarie Private Wealth were in breach of regulations and compliance standards.
This mass failure was not reported. The findings were deemed to be "preliminary". Rather, Ernst & Young was commissioned to conduct another report. It found everything was hunky dory.
Whitewashes, it seems, are taken so seriously at Macquarie that they have their own project name. In this case it was called Project Jupiter.
So the matter was swept under the carpet until the sheer volume and persistence of complaints to the regulator finally brought action.
Last week, after a long negotiation and much lawyering, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the bank agreed to the wording of Macquarie's "enforceable undertakings" regime.
The bank's spin is: one, we slipped up on the "bookkeeping" front and, two, it's no big deal anyway as ASIC has hit AMP, Commonwealth Bank and UBS with enforceable undertakings, too.
The reality is this is a big deal. Macquarie Private Wealth is the largest full-service stockbroker in Australia. The findings of the internal audit by the adviser services unit were that some 365 advisers of the 420-strong team coast to coast were in breach of compliance.
Though the number itself is big, the bigger deal is what the regulator's investigations say about that elusive yet critical aspect of the corporation, culture.
In contrast to previous ASIC "enforceable undertakings" penalties - which mostly pertained to individual rogue activities - the Macquarie action is squarely aimed at management.
To quote undertaking 2.17: "ASIC is concerned that [Macquarie Equities] management may have failed to maintain and foster a proper commitment to, and culture of, compliance within the MPW (Australia) business."
It goes on to cite eight parts of the Corporations Act the bank might have breached and questions whether it has breached its Australian financial services licence
to boot.
To distil, Macquarie's Banking and Financial Services division, which houses Macquarie Private Wealth, has been pinged for a culture of profit before principle.
The response so far from the bank appears to suggest a strategy of riding out the storm, of keeping a lid on things. No heads have rolled.
Carefully worded internal emails have pushed the "administrative" nature of the problem, the "bookkeeping".
An important point: the compliance officers for Macquarie Private Wealth had reported up the line to Macquarie Private Wealth executives, to within their own Banking and Financial Services division that is, rather than into the central Risk Management Group.
The bank has now agreed to change "its compliance reporting arrangements so that compliance staff no longer report to MPWA management", say the undertakings.
Formerly, compliance officers were part of the team, a team led by executives who were remunerated according to the profits they produced. There is considerable angst in other parts of Macquarie, say insiders.
The sanctions are not a good look and they raise questions of the culture and compliance elsewhere.
Greg Ward, the second in charge to Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore, has been given responsibility for the clean-up.
As Peter Maher, the head of the offending division, BFS, is still there - indeed he signed off on the undertakings - it appears that management has not been lumped with responsibility for the failures.
It may be the strategy is designed to take out some of the more prolific lower-level offenders and leave management in place to keep the lid on things. Axing senior managers does have its risks.
Already the bank is far more exposed to lawsuits as a result of the enforceable undertakings regime. The likes of Slater & Gordon are on the prowl.
Yet this is a management and cultural problem.
It is not about the stockbrokers. The decision, for instance, to strike the deal with Storm Financial - also a BFS blow-up and one that has led to devastating losses for retail clients - was not made by
the brokers.
Neither were the structural problems arising from compliance reporting the fault of the brokers.
Brokers are brokers wherever you go. They don't get employed for their compliance skills.
This reporter has been one of the harshest critics of ASIC but the regulator ought to be commended for putting the gloves on and shaping up to Macquarie. This would not have happened under previous administrations and it sends a message that the regulator is prepared to lock horns with powerful corporations.
This cultural issue at the bank has been brewing for a long time. It certainly pre-dates present chief executive Moore.
But Moore has a conundrum. If he tries to contain it, the problem may fester. If he swings the axe, it may throw up all manner of damaging consequences.
He may yet be saved by the one panacea for all finance industry problems, a rising market.
When everybody is making money anything can be swept under the carpet.
Most broking shops, Macquarie Private Wealth included, have been struggling to break even since the financial crisis four years ago. Macquarie Private Wealth is a marginal proposition economically. If deal-flow rises and capital markets return to full swing, this regulatory nightmare may drift away.
Meanwhile, ASIC is watching - and not just ASIC but the rest of the bank, Ward and the unit responsible for doling out the bank's capital, operational risk management.
And while the official line is that these undertakings are no admission of legal liability, they make clear they are accepted as "an alternative to commencing civil proceedings or pursuing administrative action"
Question of culture is a big deal for Macquarie
What happened at Macquarie was this: there was an internal review of compliance in the bank's stockbroking unit in 2008.
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Infants and toddlers explore their world daily. Along the way they discover the correct manner to do things. Leslie Patricelli writes No No Yes Yes to help reinforce the correct way to do things.
Leslie Patricellis board book shows the infant and toddler that drawing on the wall is incorrect behavior. Crayons and markers are for writing on paper. The words no no are on the page showing incorrect behavior. The words yes yes are on the page depicting good behavior. As the child and parent turn the page, an infant is digging in the nose. No no! The infant blows her nose on a tissue. Yes yes!
Ms. Patricellis infant in the pictures wears only a diaper and a wide smile. It is a costume familiar to the young. The drawings are of the infant/toddler in familiar situations. The little one is eating the dogs food. She is pulling the cats tail. Objects are placed in the toilet. They hit the younger sibling on the head. After each no no page, a yes yes page follows with the correct behavior.
Leslie Patricellis illustrations are simple. A pinkish-brown infant wears a smile and diaper. Infants and toddlers can easily focus on the words written in large black type. The pallette contains the eight basic colors. In fact, the background on each page is a solid color. This is perfect for the child to learn colors.
Twenty pages have different common misbehavior which parents and care givers will recognize. No No Yes Yes allows the child and adult to discuss them. On the last two pages, Leslie Patricelli has five more problem areas. Parent and baby will recognize unrolling the toilet paper, squeezing the toothpaste tube, drawing with mommys lipstick, etc. Yet, Patricelli shows more Yes Yes things, also.
The No No Yes Yes board book is perfect for the baby learning how to navigate this new world. She is learning how things are done from her first teachers, parents and care givers. Use the delightful board book to share these important safety tips with infants and toddlers.
Remember children are learning about books, also. Show them how to hold a book. Teach them to turn one page at a time. Use your finger to move left to right as they read each word. Soon children will learn to start at the left and read to the right. These are early steps to producing a good reader.
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In 1999, history was made when an bill was passed through Parliament which abolished the right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords and contribute to the law making process. Almost 15 years on and whilst there is still a push to completely reform the House of Lords, it remains the home of peers – mostly life peers – though still some hereditary.
For centuries, the nobility have played a role in creating the laws of the land. From the early days of the Barons under King John who forced him to sign Magna Carta to the modern day with the Lords being able to veto legislation coming from the Commons if not agreed upon by a majority in the Lords. The significance of the House has changed, though the significance of its history remains unchanged.
At the moment, the House of Lords has 749 active 'Lords Temporal': 660 of these are life peers and 89 are hereditary peers. There are also 22 bishops of the Church of England who sit in the Lords, known as 'Lords Spiritual'.
All life peers are appointed to the rank of Baron (Lord) or Baroness and hold their title for their life, not passing it on to their descendants. Hereditary peers are those who have inherited their title though now, to sit in the House of Lords, hereditary peers must be elected to fill one of the 92 spaces when another hereditary peer dies – they can be of any rank. Presently there are (including life peers and including those on a leave of absence) 2 Dukes, 3 Marquesses, 24 Earls (including 1 Countess), 19 Viscounts and 733 Barons and Baronesses. Hereditary peers who are not a member of the House of Lords can now be elected to the House of Commons and do not have to give up their seat automatically because they hold a title.
Despite the House of Lords being referred to as the Upper House, its powers are now junior to those of the House of Commons. The power of the Lords is now restricted to amending bills, vetoing them and, rarely, rejecting bills sent from the Commons. Under the Parliament Acts, there are certain cases when the House of Commons can avoid the House of Lords in relation to passing a bill altogether and take the bill straight to Her Majesty for Royal Assent.
The Lords now is made up of both party political peers and what are known as 'crossbenchers' who are not there as members of a political party. There are 183 crossbench peers, 219 Labour peers, 217 Conservative peers and 95 Liberal Democrat peers, as well as a number representing smaller parties.
Members of the Lords are not paid a salary for what they do, unless they are also a minister, though do have their expenses covered.
Every year at the State Opening of Parliament, all the constituent parts of Parliament come together. The House of Lords with its members in ceremonial robes in the Lords' chamber and members of the House of Commons come to hear The Queen read the speech of her Government's agenda for the next Parliamentary session. The speech is written by the Government, illustrating the position of Constitutional Monarchy.
Whilst the issuing of peerages is part of the Royal Prerogative, only Parliament may remove a peerage and in modern times, The Queen only issues peerages outside of the Royal Family on the advise of the Government.
The future of the House of Lords as the home of the peerage will not last forever, attempts to remove peers from the Lords and turn it into an elected chamber have been tabled several times since 1999 though legislation on the matter has so far continually failed to gather enough momentum to get it to The Queen though the next Government may have different ideas of what they want the House of Lords to be.
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|The history of the British Peerage is as rich and colourful as the country itself – for centuries, the peerage remained at the forefront of English politics and at the front of the battlefield. In this 5-part series on the story of the peerage, we explain its origins, how it all works and its significance (if any) in the 21st century.
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LOWELL -- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has appointed a new auxiliary bishop for the Merrimack Region, replacing on a permanent basis the high-ranking church official who took a leave of absence after an arrest for solicitation of a prostitute last summer.
Bishop Robert Hennessey, auxiliary bishop for the Boston-based central region of the archdiocese, will take over locally March 9, replacing Interim Episcopal Vicar John Mulloy.
"With confidence in the Lord, I look forward to getting to know the fine parishioners of the Merrimack Region," Hennessey said in a statement.
Mulloy took over the post after Monsignor Arthur Coyle was arrested in August for soliciting a prostitute.
Coyle, who had been the Merrimack Valley's episcopal vicar since 2008, went on voluntary administrative leave and admitted in court that he had been caught with a prostitute in his car behind a Lowell cemetery.
In a statement, Cardinal Sean O'Malley thanked Mulloy for his service in the interim post.
"Father Mulloy has always accepted a call to serve with grace," he said.
Hennessey was ordained as a priest in May 1978 and became Boston's auxiliary bishop in 2006. His previous assignments include pastor of Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston and parochial vicar at St. Joseph in Hanson, St. Peter in Plymouth and St. Joseph in Needham.
O'Malley said in a statement that Hennessey's attention to the needs of parishioners and the broader community will help the archdiocese's efforts to strengthen the church's work.
"The clergy, religious and faithful of the Merrimack Region are blessed that Bishop Hennessey will bring his extensive pastoral experience and leadership skills to the service of their parishes and institutions," O'Malley said. "In particular, the region will benefit from the bishop's long-standing care and concern for our brothers and sisters who are newly arrived from other countries."
The new leadership structure for the central region has not yet been determined, according to the archdiocese.


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One Billion Rising with Debbie Rosas
This Valentine's Day, join Debbie Rosas and Nia teachers worldwide to awaken the new feminine spirit in alliance with OneBillionRising.org In collaboration with women and men around the world, we will be creating a dancing revolution in an effort to realize our collective strength and solidarity across borders to end violence against women and girls.
"As I prepare in making 'her story' on the ground in Portland, Oregon at Directors Park and StudioNia, like millions of others I am excited to rise and participate in the One Billion Rising event. I feel compelled to share one of my favorite rising songs and the meditation I will be using at our event. My gift to you all, a free download of my meditation 'Awakening the New Feminine Spirit,' the song Free featuring Shannon Day, and the choreography I created for this inspiring song." - Debbie Rosas, Founder + CEO.
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Mother Nature won Saturday night's Sprint Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway.
Persistent rain at this 1.5-mile racetrack forced NASCAR officials to postpone the scheduled 400-mile event until Sunday at noon ET. It's the first time this season a race in NASCAR's premier series has been delayed one day. Three weeks ago, a Nationwide Series event at Iowa Speedway had to be put on hold a day due to inclement weather.
Rain began falling on the track well before the race was scheduled to go green just prior to 8 p.m. local time. The rain let up a couple of times in the evening, allowing for track-drying efforts. But another shower moved over the area just before 9 p.m. and therefore ended any hopes of running this event at night.
The weather might be a factor again on Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, there is a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms in the area during the afternoon.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will lead the field to the green flag. Earnhardt set a new track qualifying record on Friday at Kentucky with a lap at 183.636 mph. The top-9 finishers in qualifying broke the previous record of 181.818 mph, set by Jimmie Johnson one year ago.
On Friday night, the Nationwide race at Kentucky was shortened by 30 laps due to rain. Brad Keselowski won the event. Keselowski also scored the victory in last year's Sprint Cup race here. He will start eighth.


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Yes, you know who you are.
You who feel so strongly about whatever you feel strongly about that (you feel) everyone should be bent to your will. You who never understand the difference between persuading someone to do your bidding, and coercing them. It is a crucial difference. One appeals to the human mind, to human reason. The other treats people as a subject, as a serf, as a mindless chattel.
The use of persuasion rather than coercion is the recognition that human beings are sovereign individuals, with the right to make their own choices, and to commit their own mistakes.
The truth is this: That just because you feel strongly about something that gives you no right to impose your feelings upon others who may in no wise agree with you. Talking about bringing in a ban is not persuasion, it is not a "national debate we should be having." A new law is not persuasion. No matter how many other MPs you can persuade, the effect of that law is the assembling of the vast might of legislative, judicial and police powers to enforce this thing about which you feel so strongly. That's force. That's coercion.
If smacking is bad because it uses force against children, as some people have argued, then why isn't force bad when it's used against adults (who -- unlike children -- do have the full power of reason). If date rape is bad because it takes away a woman's right to refuse consent, and so it does, then so too is every form of coercion in that it too takes away the power of consent.
What's wrong with persuading people, rather than using force? Isn't that -- or shouldn't that be -- the mark of a truly civilised society? If you look for symbolism, you might think of it as reason against brute force, or the mind versus the gun.
Why isn't it wrong for politicians to impose their will on parents, or for planners to impose their views on home-owners? Why isn't it wrong for busybodies to impose their own values on party pill users and gun owners, on Easter holiday shoppers and fireworks users, or on people who smoke in bars, or people who don't save enough, or who spend too much, or borrow too much, or who work too hard or too much -- or too little -- or who drive the wrong car, or use the wrong lightbulbs, or upon anyone and everyone who just might be doing something the busybody might just disagree with?
Why do we so easily countenance using coercion when we wish to impose our values upon others? Why is individual liberty so thoughtlessly and so easily sacrificed for some feel-good wowser's fix. What's wrong with persuasion? What's wrong with freedom with responsibility? Isn't that -- or shouldn't it be -- the mark of a truly civilised society?
As Skousen points out, the measure of a civilised society is the extent to which persuasion is the pre-eminent coin of the realm, rather than coercion. This is what it means, he says, to have freedom with responsibility.
But persuasion is tiresome you say, and coercion is so much easier? On that, all of the dictators of history rise up in agreement with you -- as too do the corpses of their victims, who rise up in silent protest.
But people will make mistakes, you say, if we who know better aren't there to save them from themselves. But do you know better? How do you know it's not you who is making the mistake; how do you know you're protecting fools from folly, rather than falling into folly yourself? Are you really sure that you aren't the fool? Do you really know better for everyone? And if you're really convinced yourself that you do know better, then why not genuinely convince others that you do before trying to simply herd them into your chosen coercive scheme?
In the end isn't it true, as Sir James Russell Lowell said, that even if people are left free to make their own mistakes -- and do -- that "the ultimate result of protecting fools from their folly is to fill the planet full of fools."
As the man says, if it makes sense, then they wouldn't have to force you. And that makes sense, doesn't it.
Skousen argues that there is one sure mark of a civilized society.
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, 'Taxation is the price we pay for civilization.' But isn't the opposite really the case? Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society... The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.Skousen, of course, is right. Surely, he says, this is a fundamental principle to which most citizens, no matter where they fit on the political spectrum, can agree.
Do you?
LINK: Persuasion versus Force - Mark Skousen
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With health care reform a reality, top-performing employers understand that pursuing the objective of healthier, happier employees is even more important. To that end, they're shifting their focus to fixing the environmental, cultural and lifestyle systems in the workplace that lead to struggling well-being, preventable health risks and modifiable costs. This is a major paradigm shift in thinking about the economic value of health and overall well-being.
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This Month at The Urbana Free Library Goes Digital. No More Paper!Submitted by kathy on November 19, 2013 - 12:40pm
Over the past year, it has become apparent that the library's monthly, paper newsletter has become less popular and our website newsletter has become more popular. As such, we've decided to go paperless! Here's more information about the switch and how you can continue to stay informed about library programs, events, services, and resources:
- Beginning in January 2014, the Web version of the library newsletter will be posted on the website on the 25th of each month.
- The popular paper calendar of children's programs will still be printed monthly and will also be available online.
- Still to be determined—we're in discussion with the Friends and the Foundation about a quarterly newsletter that will outline news and events specific to their activities and fund-raising initiatives.
Get Notified by Email When the Current Newsletter Is Available on Our Website
- Go to urbanafreelibrary.org, the home page of the library's website.
- Under "Calendar of Events," select "Full calendar."
- At the top of the page, select the prompt to "To sign-up for E-notification of Events."
- Enter your email address and select "Continue."
- Enter your first and last name and use the pull-down "Event Type" menu to select events you would like to stay informed about. You can select as many or as few as you prefer.
- Select "Save" and you're done!
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4EAT duty c solenoid & Clutch pack replacement.
Posted 29 May 2007 - 09:30 PM
If not, does someone want to give me a quick run-down of how to do it?
I'm planning on doing it w/ the trans still in the car, i'll get lots of pics & post it in the USRM if someone tells me the general gist of it.
so far i pretty much know, the back end of the tranny & the drive shaft come out... and that's it :-\
any special tools needed to get the clutchpacks out?
if i remember the solenoid is just bolted in place.
Nevermind.. i'm stupid found em
Posted 29 May 2007 - 11:40 PM
Posted 30 May 2007 - 08:14 AM
Posted 30 May 2007 - 03:28 PM
still need to go pick up the parts, but i think i'm gonna' try and pull down the rear housing tonight.
Think it's alright to support the tranny via the pan? since the rear housing is attached to the tranny mount :cool:
Posted 30 May 2007 - 03:33 PM
Posted 30 May 2007 - 03:44 PM
31337AA129 GASKET TRANS CASE REAR 8.78 (MY TRANS SHOP USED SILICONE or similar)
for the record labor was 510.50. Also took 4 qts of tranny fluid.
careful when reassembling the case, you don't want to 'pinch' the duty c wire like bserk did.
good luck.
Posted 30 May 2007 - 04:29 PM
Posted 30 May 2007 - 10:45 PM
and... is there a way to test the solenoid? i'm assuming if i ground the casing, and run +12v to the solenoid, the clutch pack should open up... assuming there'd be ATF there... but i should hear it do something, right?
Posted 30 May 2007 - 10:59 PM
Alright, so i have the rear extension housing sitting in front of me right now... what does a burnt out clutch pack look like? :-p
and... is there a way to test the solenoid? i'm assuming if i ground the casing, and run +12v to the solenoid, the clutch pack should open up... assuming there'd be ATF there... but i should hear it do something, right?
Replace the solenoid. This is a duty solenoid. It rapidly opens and closes, it is not an on - off solenoid. The solenoid may fail under heat, or have a slow response time. You can not check that on a bench in your garage.
You can test the coil resistance.
You have gone this far, you really need to replace the wear parts. This is like rebuilding an engine and replacing only one main bearing.
Do a partial rebuild, and i will promise you you will be back in that transmission doing it all again.
Why are you doing this anyway? Leave the duty switch on again ?
Posted 30 May 2007 - 11:09 PM
Do a partial rebuild, and i will promise you you will be back in that transmission doing it all again.
Why are you doing this anyway? Leave the duty switch on again ?
So what do you mean by a full rebuild? what other parts should i rip out while the tranny is freed up?
and... this is a result of the switch burning out the 1st time... i just never had the time to fix it, and it's not like i'd pay someone to do it for me :-p i just bought a new car instead... makes sense right?
oh yeah, so i was inspecting the other side of the tranny (the stuff that doesn't come out when you pull the rear end) and the thinger that goes into the clutch pack looked like it got a little aftermarket heat treating a little blued..... it's good for it right?
so yeah, i guess if i do what nipster says, what do i need to do to rebuild the sucker? :cool:
Posted 30 May 2007 - 11:15 PM
The parts list was listed John, so replace all those parts.
Posted 30 May 2007 - 11:19 PM
but yeah... that shaft there may have to be replaced... i'll run up to the tranny shop tomorrow and see if they have any spares kickin' around... or if they know how to remove the clutches & the shaft part
Posted 31 May 2007 - 12:17 PM
Posted 31 May 2007 - 12:22 PM
so you just replaced the solenoid? any bites on how to get the clutch plates out?
I did this a few years ago on my SVX. Dropped the back of the trans off and replaced the Duty C. My car had no rear wheel drive. I worked under the car and everything went well. It took some time to get the clutch plates lined up so that the back end would go back on. I had to hold up the drive propeller shaft on the tran spline and rock back and forth while pushing the housing on. I was tired when I got done with THAT! I think it took about 1/2 hour. Everything was okay. I did that when it had about 130k on it. Now it has about 306k on it.
Posted 31 May 2007 - 12:27 PM
so you just replaced the solenoid? any bites on how to get the clutch plates out?
Clutch assemblies are usually held together by a big snap ring.
In your case i would replace the clutches. Since you damaged them with the switch.
Posted 31 May 2007 - 01:06 PM
Nipster, you're my hero
Clutch assemblies are usually held together by a big snap ring.
In your case i would replace the clutches. Since you damaged them with the switch.nipper
after a close inspection of the system, i found the ring... getting it out.. i'll have to get creative on this one
here it is:
around the center shiney part.. yeah.. that one
oh, there's 2 actually, one around the center part, and one at the very top of the clutches. got it now!
Posted 31 May 2007 - 01:23 PM
Posted 31 May 2007 - 04:24 PM
Posted 31 May 2007 - 05:59 PM
and end wrench aye?
some one posted an exploded view of the trans / transfer clutch housing a couple of months ago. i saved it but it's now lost. you might try end wrench.??
well i got the clutches out, and if i take out the smaller snap ring, i can pull the whole unit out i believe. then get ot the solenoid stuffs
the tranny shop said i could borrow any special tools if i need em
Posted 01 June 2007 - 06:08 AM
I have never taken any clutch pack apart BUT I have been told that when the non-metallic layer is GONE the plate will not work. The non-metallic layer on the plate allows for the transfer of energy WITHOUT metal to metal sliding of the rings. That non-metallic layer is pretty thin to start with. I think that Subaru went to great lengths to make the 4EAT engage clutches with a minimal amount of wear.
The other problem/indicator i was told about that is common on transmissions that have been overhauled after a complete failure is grooves in the splines. The metal part of the clutch plate will sometimes cut grooves in the splines. This happens when the clutch plate does not spin and the spline does. The grooves can sort of interfer with the axial sliding of the clutch pack. All the clutch packs have axial clearance when not engaged. Without this clearance the packs would be locked all the time. The splines I could see on my SVX had some shallow grooves that took place after the teeth on the plates had worn.
Picture of the transfer valve is in the link below.
Take care,
Posted 01 June 2007 - 12:27 PM
How hard is to replace just the Duty C? Looks like it would only require removing the pan and unbolting the sensor.
What is this part # for a '99 Forester 4 EAT C/ 2.5 SOHC?
Posted 01 June 2007 - 01:42 PM
What is this part # for a '99 Forester 4 EAT C/ 2.5 SOHC?
i don't know for sure, but i would start with the part number list above and search it at one of the online parts suppliers. one of them will give you actual subaru part numbers. most of them will let you look up a subaru part number for price and what it fits.
foresters are a pretty late model vehicle and the trans may be different. but i believe impreza and legacy use the same part. when i was checking the price at the local dealer, the parts guy comment ' they should all be the same', but i would double check.
i would be surprised if subaru developed a different AWD unit for each model. but i continue to surprise myself.
Posted 04 June 2007 - 08:06 AM
but yeah, it took me about 3.5 hours to get the rear extension housing out of the car if that gives you any idea, all you have to do it drop the exhaust, pull the drive shaft (easier than is sounds), pull a few heat shiels (if your car still has them :-p ) and then you're staring at the rear trranny housing, which has about... alot of bolts holding it on there.. you support the trans, take off the mounts, and then you rip the rear part off, i've been collecting a bunch of pics of the process, going to write up something when i get a chance.
Posted 04 June 2007 - 02:32 PM
you CAN air test the clutch pack/solenoid.. just got back from the tranny shop, my solenoid had a loose fit, so when you applied pressure, all the fluid goes out the bottom of the solenoid, around that seal, and NOT to the clutch pack like you want... pics when i get em
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Whilst on the phone with this particular charity, I stressed how upset I was about the situation. The lady on the phone told me "we don't like our staff to pressure people, we will deal with him". I don't want him in any trouble as he is working for a fantastic cause, but feel you need to be careful how you go about requesting money from people.
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