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How Donors Help the Community – In Their Words
By Sally Shuffield – Column in Durango Herald
The holidays are a time for giving and receiving. As any nonprofit in Durango will tell you, we are lucky to live in a town that has such generous, community-minded businesses that make sure we not only survive but thrive.
This month, I am taking off my naturalist hat and putting on my nonprofit hat to recognize some of the many creative ways that businesses give back to our community.
Andy Corra, owner of 4Corners Riversports, annually sponsors our Mountain Film Festival and generously gives to our annual online auction.
Corra said: "It is special to be part of this great community and something we shouldn't take for granted as this connectedness becomes more rare in the world. This means doing what we can to support our many worthy organizations.
"Owning a seasonal business with fluctuating cash flow means that monetary contributions are not always possible, but we feel it is important to be creative in how we support the community that supports us. Product donations, labor hours or opening our store for fundraisers, events and meetings are some of the ways we strengthen our ties to the community."
Tom Bridge, owner of Durango Nursery and Supply, hosted a fundraiser for Durango Nature Studies this summer at which he donated a percentage of his sales for the day.
"We at Durango Nursery and Supply feel the need to balance the overabundance of virtual information that we all derive from books and Internet knowledge with the real, tactile and intimate understanding of our world that can only come from touching the soil, rocks, plants and animals of the natural world around us," Bridge said. "Durango Nature Studies provides the curriculum for our youths to make the connection from modernism to naturalism and optimistically to cultural sustainability."
Kristi Streiffert, owner of For the Birds, sells coffee and hosts monthly bird walks for donations to Durango Nature Studies. She also steps in to donate auction items and birdseed. Streiffert said: "For the Birds has a mission statement that is very straightforward: to help people connect with nature. When we can walk alongside DNS (literally in the case of the bird walk), we can see both of us directly fulfilling our mission. It makes us feel good!"
Alpine Bank asks its customers to give back through its "give back" program. It also sponsors all of our events and provides radio ads to promote them.
"Alpine and all its employees share in the common vision and goal to support our local nonprofit organizations. Our success has been built on the desire to make our communities a better place for all who live there," said Vice President Brian Rose.
Maria's Bookshop pairs authors with nonprofits to help raise awareness and money.
Libby Cowles, community-relations manager for Maria's, said: "One of the most important things we can do as a locally owned community bookstore is to find ways to support local nonprofits, since it's their work that keeps our community thriving. I love finding ways to pair up with community organizations in our author events."
To sum it up, I'll quote from Jim Carver, co-owner of Carver Brewing Co. and local philanthropist. Carver donates beer for groups to sell at events, hosts many dine-outs for charity at the restaurant and, most recently, has put in time and resources to maintain our Nature Center.
"I can do a little, and it helps other people a lot. Everything you do through giving becomes magnified," Carver said.
The aforementioned businesses provide only a handful of the generosity we and many nonprofits experience. From the folks I talked about to Backcountry Experience donating tents for our summer camp, Mercury sponsoring scholarships for summer camp, Kohler's Printing & Copying printing all our Nature Club fliers, and many more, the one thing all these businesses have in common is a love for our community and the understanding that we all are connected.
So, this holiday season, show your support by shopping locally and say thank you for making Durango a wonderful place to live while you're at it.
-Sally Shuffield, Executive Director


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On Monday September 5, 2011 at approximately 0030hrs, Officers with the Waterloo Police Department's Violent Crimes Apprehension Team (VCAT) conducted a traffic stop with a Pontiac Bonneville in the area of E. 4th St and Newell St. The vehicle was driven by twenty-year-old Domonique Harrison and sixteen-year-old Demitrie Porter. During such time Officers detected an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Upon searching the vehicle Officers discovered a quantity of marijuana packaged for delivery and consistent with the distribution of drugs. Officers also located a loaded .380 semi-auto handgun in the vehicle. Harrison was booked on felony charges for possession of a firearm while being convicted of domestic assault and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Harrison was also charged with carrying weapons. Porter was charged with carrying weapons. Other charges are pending.
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British cheese leaves the French feeling blue
In today's international papers- Brazil asks itself how to deal with drug traffickers and gang violence, Haiti gets ready to go to the polls, and a British cheese leaves the French feeling blue.
Starting in
Brazilian newspaper O Globo compares Rio to two of the world's other most violent cities-
The article points out they have a lot in common- high murder rates, soaring poverty, corruption, and all powerful drug trafficking gangs who recruit the young and turn swathes of the city into no go areas for the police.
The paper asks what Rio can learn from these examples- saying that Colombia has managed to reduce its drug trafficking problem quite significantly since the 1980s through tougher penalties for trafficking and an extradition deal with the US which means that at last 1500 Colombian drug offenders are now serving their sentences in the States.
Of course those aren't the only reasons things changed on the ground in
On the other hand they look to Mexico as an example of what not to do- as you know the government there has sent thousands of troops to the border city of Ciudad Juarez over the last four years to try and smash the drug trade- but the paper says all that's done is turn a crime problem into an all out civil war- so Brazil should be careful before it sends more armed police into the favelas- as we've already seen there over the last few days it's a high risk strategy.
Now the Guardian – reporting from Haiti- just two days before the stricken island goes to the polls on Sunday- the paper's correspondent there says apathy is likely to be the real problem there with turnout likely to fall below 40%- meaning any new government would enter office with a credibility problem and very little mandate to rule.
Why- well the paper says many lost their identity documents in the earthquake and can't prove who they are- so they can't vote- others are afraid polling stations could spread cholera- and still others say the process is undemocratic because the party of popular ex president Jean Bertrand Aristide has been banned from standing.
Of course the new president will also be beholden to foreign donors for about 70% of their budget- leaving many in
Staying in the Guardian- British politics now- the paper's front page says ' pressure to sack peer who thinks cuts will encourage poor to breed'- this story is creating quite a stir in all the English papers today- this is Howard Flight- a former Tory MP who was recently named a peer by prime minister David Cameron.
He's caused a fuss after saying- I quote- "the British government's budget cuts discourage middle class people from breeding because it's jolly expensive but for those on benefits there is every incentive."
For the Guardian- and for thousands of other people across Britain- this is a classic throwback to the worst Tory excesses of the 1980s, the aristocratic millionaire who's totally out of touch- the paper says Cameron must show his party has changed and for that reason Flight has got to go.
Staying in
The British cheese that left the French feeling blue, says the headline- yes you heard that right, a blue cheese made in
Not sure how French cheesemakers feel about that- but to add insult to injury the cheese judges say Britain now has 700 varieties of quality cheese to choose from –when the French only have 600.


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ATLANTA – The difference between winning the Southeastern Conference Basketball Tournament and losing came down to three things – something the Gators do every day in practice, a certain amount of luck and the memory of a scolding at the hands of senior teammates. It's not a coincidence that when Andrew Harrison tried to hand the ball off to James Young in the fleeting seconds Sunday, the Gators executed a defensive switch perfectly. That's what comes with practice. The element of luck was when Young tried to turn the corner and take the ball to the rim, he slipped and the ball squirted loose. The memory of a scolding prompted Scottie Wilbekin to dive and beat Harrison to the loose ball as the clock struck 0:00 at the Georgia Dome, preserving a 61-60 win for #1-ranked Florida (32-2), giving the Gators the SEC Tournament championship to go with their regular season title while extending their winning streak to 26 games.
There were 14 seconds left in the game when Kentucky came out of a time out, ready to take the ball to the rack for a game-winning shot. The strategy was fairly simple. Young is Kentucky's best free throw shooter so he would get the ball. If the Gators fouled, the Wildcats had their guy at the line with two shots and a chance to win the game. If the Gators didn't execute the defensive switch perfectly, he would be able to turn the corner with a clear path to the basket with a chance to either put up a shot or drop off a pass to 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein for a game-ending dunk.
That was the strategy, but Florida had strategy of its own. Wilbekin and Michael Frazier knew the Wildcats were going to drive the ball. That was the focus of Florida's huddle while Kentucky devised its strategy at the other end of the floor.
"They're an aggressive, driving team," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "That's what I thought they would do is try to drive it, get it on the glass, try to offensive rebound or get a foul."
Harrison had the ball at the top of the key, guarded by Wilbekin. With 5.2 seconds to go in the game, Harrison dribbled between his legs and then went to the right wing where Young, a lefty, took the ball and tried to get into the lane where Wilbekin was there to impede his progress.
"Scottie and Frazier, their switch at the end was something we work on every day in practice," Patric Young said.
Under pressure, James Young slipped on the floor as he made the cut. The ball squirted harmlessly away.
Wilbekin saw the ball and didn't hesitate. He dived to the floor ahead of Harrison and knocked the ball away as the clock struck 0:00, ending the game and any hope Kentucky had of finishing off what had been a very impressive comeback from 15 points down.
"The last time we played Kentucky at our place, there was a loose play that I didn't dive on it and Will (Yeguete) and Casey (Prather) yelled at me for not diving on the ball," said Wilbekin, the SEC Tournament MVP. "I felt bad. I thought about that and there was no way I wasn't going to dive on the ball this game."
That Wilbekin and Frazier were so well versed in making the switch that they executed it perfectly was the result of hours and hours of monotonous practice. That James Young slipped?
Well, there is such a thing as luck.
"There is a level of luck that comes into a lot of these situations," Donovan said. "It just does. We lost to UConn on a freak play at the end of a game [back on December 2]. The ball bounced the wrong way. We lost to Gonzaga [in the 1999 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game] on a freak play. We beat NC State a couple of years ago on a freak play. The ball bounced to (Chandler) Parsons and he threw it from 75 feet and it went in."
There is also a level of living in the moment.
Prior to the play that ended the game, the Gators had two chances to seal victory at the foul line. On a day when they needed an exorcist to call out the free throw demons – the Gators were 7-17 for the game –Scottie Wilbekin, who has been clutch at the line in the last two minutes all season, threw up a brick with 23 seconds remaining on the front end of a one-and-one and the Gators leading, 61-60.
Wilbekin was bailed out by Dorian Finney-Smith, who outjumped Cauley-Stein and 6-9 Julius Randle for the rebound. Fouled immediately, he, too, went to the line with a one-and-one and just like Wilbekin, he missed. Only this time there was no bailout. Andrew Harrison rebounded for Kentucky and the Big Blue Nation that made up about 90% of the crowd of 20,330 rose to its feet, anticipating a championship.
It might have happened except the Gators were living in the moment.
"Where you could have come out of that time out that Kentucky called with 14 seconds – Dorian Finney-Smith hanging his head; Wilbekin hanging his head; 'I missed free throws, can't believe it' and now they're not even thinking about the next possession," Donovan said. "They're worried about what happened at the free throw line. They did that in their careers. That was a problem for them and they've gotten better through those experiences. That's where I think we have gotten better is we're a better focused team moving past runs, adversity, mistakes, challenges, things not going our way."
Things went Florida's way for nearly 30 minutes. The Gators rode the hot hand of Frazier in the early going to get off to a 12-8 lead. Frazier knocked down three 3-pointers and hit a pull-up shot in the lane to score 11 of Florida's first 12 points.
From that point, Wilbekin took over, hitting three more 3-pointers as the Gators commanded a 40-30 lead at the half. It should have been worse. The Gators fouled too much and gave Kentucky free throws (10-14 in the first half). When Kentucky fouled, the Gators struggled to convert (6-13 from the line).
It should have been a 15-point margin at the intermission.
The lead ballooned to 15 in the first nine minutes of the second half. When Finney-Smith fed Young with a perfect bounce pass from the high post down low, Young finished with a two-handed power jam that gave the Gators a 54-39 lead with 11:03 to go. This had the look of last Saturday's game in Gainesville when the Gators sapped the life out of Kentucky in the second half.
They might have done it again except they got sloppy. They missed shots they should have made. They fouled too much. They let the offense get out of synch. They missed defensive assignments that opened the Wildcats up for three critical 3-pointers.
"We had some empty possessions," Donovan said. "We had some turnovers that got them out on the break. Then our free throw shooting was terrible and we put them to the free throw line way too much. That's why the game was so close. I think if we could have done a better job from the free throw line and not fouled as much, being up whatever it was – 14 or 16, not saying we would have won by that much – but we could have kept some space and some distance. We were never able to do that."
Kentucky scored 14 straight points and had a chance to tie with 6:16 left but Cauley-Stein missed the second of two free throws. Down at the other end, Frazier broke the drought with a 3-ball from the right corner.
That seemed to revitalize the Gators. Wilbekin drove the lane, found an opening and finished with a layup with 5:05 left and Florida was ahead by a more comfortable six points but Kentucky got free throws and a run-out by Andrew Harrison after a Florida turnover to bring it back to 59-57.
Florida's final points – what proved to be the winning basket – came from Patric Young on a perfect feed from Wilbekin with 1:55 to go but on the other end, James Young drilled a 3-ball from the wing with 1:28 to go, cutting the margin back to one, 61-60.
In the gut check that was the final minute of the game, Florida played exceptional defense and Finney-Smith came down with two critical rebounds, one on a missed shot by Andrew Harrison with 27.2 seconds to go and the other after the Wilbekin miss at the line.
There was also a ridiculous call by the officials when Harrison ran full speed into Wilbekin with no intention of making a play on the ball. The officials gave it a one-and-one when a flagrant that would have given the Gators two shots and the ball would have been the appropriate call.
But as luck would have it, it didn't really matter. This was Florida's day and no matter how many misplays the Gators made, no matter how many times they fouled Kentucky and no matter how many shots they missed, Florida was going to squeeze out a win and a championship.
Florida will move on to the South Regional of the NCAA Tournament Thursday in Orlando when they face the winner of Tuesday night's play-in game between Albany and St. Mary's. Win and the Gators will face the winner of Colorado-Pittsburgh in the second round. Kentucky will go to the Midwest Regional as a #8 seed where the Wildcats will face Kansas State. Win and Kentucky likely plays Wichita State in the second round.
GAME NOTES: Patric Young was named to the All-SEC Tournament team along with Frazier. Julius Randle and Andrew Harrison made it from Kentucky along with Tennessee's Jarnell Stokes … Florida held Kentucky to 3-11 the 3-point line. In three SEC Tournament games, opponents shot 6-37 from the 3-point line against the Gators … Young and Frazier each scored 14 points to lead the Gators in scoring while Prather and Wilbekin each scored 11. Andrew Harrison led Kentucky with 16 and played all 40 minutes … The Gators held Kentucky to 18-51 shooting from the field (35.3%). The Wildcats were bailed out at the foul line where they were 21-26 … The Gators outrebounded the Wildcats, 38-36, with Yeguete pulling down seven and Finney-Smith six. Prather, Young and Frazier each had five … Florida outscored Kentucky in the paint, 22-18, and from the 3-point line, 24-9. The Gators were 8-19 from the 3-point line and 23-53 overall (43.4%).


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"If Farrell is not going to apply that reasoning across the board, why is he inflicting it on Barrett?"
20 comments:
- David said...
Because Barrett is bad for the business of education. A reasoning public would logically believe that there are other subjects worthy of his limited efforts than disputing an American iconic tragedy during a time of war.
The back story on this is what, if anything, the alumnae association is doing, or threatening to do, if this silliness continues. Barrett continues to use his position, however tenuous and temporary it may be, with the university to provide a legitimate connection to his wacky ideas.
Free speech gives you the right to make yourself look idiotic. It does not give Barrett the right to make his employer, dependent on tuition and students, to look frivolous in it's hiring and teaching practices.
Farrell is stuck in the past and does not see, yet, the failure of his policies in the eyes of a discerning public. The same public that is in a mood to send their children and hard-earned tuition dollars to more serious centers of learning.
- The Drill SGT said...
Farrell has the polarity on his free speech positions reversed:
1. Barrett should not be allowed to teach his conspiracy gospel in class beyond raising it from a peripheral perspective (e.g. The Islamic world has a different perspective on various events (including 911). In order to combat Islamic extremists, we need to get inside their heads at some level (swimming is cesspools anyone?))
2. Barrett should be allowed to preach conspiracy from the rooftops or bay at the moon, on his own time, as long as it isn't a UW rooftop.
Ann said:
When I go on radio or TV, I am introduced as a professor at the University of Wisconsin, whether I'm talking about law or politics or culture or some other topic I presume to blab about. It's never even occurred to me that stating this true fact -- where I work -- means that I "speak for the university" or that listeners might be confused into thinking that I do. You'd have to think ordinary people are idiots to believe that they think Kevin Barrett is speaking for the university when he spews his offensive theory.
Unfortunately, I recall numerous interviews where Barrett has explicitly or implicitly said: "It's not a conspiracy, its the truth. The proof is that I'm allowed to teach it at the great U of W"
Ann, I don't think you start TV appearances with, "I'm Ann Althouse, Prof an UW Law, and obviously because I am allowed to teach there, what I'm about to say about nuclear physics must be fact."
- Ann Althouse said...
Drill: If I did say that, I would be so blatantly an idiot that everyone should discount what I say, not give it more credit. And it would still be crushingly clear that I was not speaking for the university. I would be bringing disrepute to the university for having an idiot like me on the teaching staff, but that would simply be useful information that the public deserves access to.
- David said...
Interesting that every business I have worked for had an EEOC department that actively enforced a no free speech agenda.
In academia it is exactly the opposite. What a way for teaching institutions to prepare students for life outside the hallowed halls of academe!
- Tim Sisk said...
Ann, a few comments that sort of disagree with your Instapundit post (even while I agree with your position on Barrett).
First, I think Farrell is saying to Barrett that by making his position on 9/11 so forcefully in the media (and sooo nuttily) that Farrell is beginning to doubt that Barrett can truly be "fair" and even-handed in his treatment of the subject. The fact that Farrell is just now seeing that Barrett may not be able to, you know, be fair in the presentation of the material is what is a mystery (and demonstrates how lame the U of W-Madison's response has been). The obvious remedy is to have the department head sit in on these sessions. (And Farrell seems to be setting the stage for that to happen.)
Secondly, I think Farrell thought the university would be shielded by the "academic freedom" argument and that people would detach the conspiracy theory from university. As Barrett continues to speak out and is identified as working for the university, Barrett is seeing the reputation of the university being diminished. (Again, why he is just now seeing that is a mystery).
The biggest problem (and one that you have talked about frequently) is that this isn't a legitimate academic subject (especially within subject of this course on Islam) and by allowing a professor to teach it (not just research it but teach it) neccesarily calls into question U of W Madison's academic reputation (or at least some of the controls within some parts of the University). By allowing Barrett to teach the coursework as presented in the syllabus, the University tacitly endoresed the worthiness of the subject. Farrell, as we say in the South, made his bed, now he has to lay in it.
- Ann Althouse said...
Tim: If the point is that Barrett's media appearances show him to be a nut, I think Farrell already had that information from the interviews he did before deciding to keep him on. The new problem that has emerged from the media appearances is not Farrell's perception that he is a nut but the embarrassment to the university caused by the general access to seeing what he is like.
- altoids1306 said...
For some reason, it didn't strike me until today that making a stand against Farrell and Barrett was incredibly brave. (While I cringe to use phrases like "making a stand", it actually does apply to this situation.)
As someone who hopes to be a tenured professor someday, it's inspiring to see someone who isn't cowed by the university bureaucracy. I'm not sure what professional pressures you're facing, but thanks anyways.
- Dave said...
The decline in the legitimacy of the university continues apace.
- Dusty said...
I'll second altoids1306's comment, Ann, and let me add that your eforts are admirable.
- pct said...
I think Farrell is running up against the limits of a formalistic, content-neutral approach to the issue. Saying something is offensive and lunatic necessarily implies a judgement about content.
- Tim Sisk said...
I'm going to assume Farrell didn't know Barrett was a nut until the media interviews. People act differently in private than under the glare of media spotlight after all.
Certainly I disagreed with Farrell from the beginning and thought he was naive to trust Barrett. It is frustrating that it wasn't obvious to Farrell from the beginning that Barrett is what he is certainly coming across in the media spotlight. But I think probably Farrell saw this as a question of academic freedom and not for what it is rightly (as Ann so ably has pointed out) akin to teaching about UFO's. Not serious/legitimate academic concern.
I say this not knowing Farrell and just assuming his intentions were well intended albeit misguided. I believe he fundamentally missed issue from the beginning but is now coming around to understanding the problem.
- Tim Sisk said...
Also, generally, I agree with you that universities, in general, don't like too much observation about what is being taught. You state it better when you say:
His reprehensible conspiracy theory is fine to inflict on students, but please stop showing your face to the general public because it's making trouble for the university?
Send us your money and your children but don't get too involved here, you aren't welcome. One of the bigger problems that remains unaddressed is the question of academic standards. My graduate degree came from a fairly liberal private university. It was departmental policy that every class (every class!) include a book representing feminism and minority (usually African-American) scholarship. (Even better if it could be from womanist theory.) The problem wasn't that we had to study these areas, but by requiring representation in these areas there were obvious gaps in the quality of materials. To provide materials in these areas sometimes required the instructors to "stretch" to find resources, and as students we often found a real drop off (simply because of the paucity of resources or the relatively new-ness of the subject areas). The Academy is suffering because specialized disciplines diffuse the generalist disciplines. By focusing on the micro we forget the macro.
- Simon said...
David said...
"Free speech gives you the right to make yourself look idiotic. It does not give Barrett the right to make his employer, dependent on tuition and students, to look frivolous in it's hiring and teaching practices."
Ah, but if Barrett's employer IS frivolous in it's hiring and teaching practices (as evidenced by their decision to hire him and refusal thusfar to fire him), does free speech give Barrett a right to forewarn by example the potential students who might otherwise be tempted to attend UW and give them the money on which you say they depend?
Apropos, Ann's comment that:
"If I did say that, I would be so blatantly an idiot that everyone should discount what I say, not give it more credit ... I would be bringing disrepute to the university for having an idiot like me on the teaching staff, but that would simply be useful information that the public deserves access to."
Is that not an accurate description of what is actually happening here? Barrett is saying that, he is blatantly an idiot, everyone should discount what he's saying, and he's bringing the university into disrepute by having an idiot like him on the teaching staff? To some extent, aren't students entitled to know the quality of the judgement of the university's hiring practices?
If Barrett is performing any kind of public service, it is that he is serving as a beacon to warn parents that UW is nota place to send their children. If UW doesn't like being associated with Barrett, if they don't like their potential customers knowing just what kind of nutjob they're willing to hire, perhaps they should take the logical step and not be associated with him - to not have him on staff?
- The Drill SGT said...
Tim said:
I'm going to assume Farrell didn't know Barrett was a nut until the media interviews. People act differently in private than under the glare of media spotlight after all.
That assumption brings into play another problem. The Department Chairwoman, the regular Instructor and the whole interdisciplinary departments that are the home to LCA 370 (Intro to Islam) and where Barrett got his PhD and was a TA.
While Farrell can be excused for assuming that nobody could be as wacko as Barrett really is, those faculty in the department worked with him for 10 years including nearly 5 after 911. They knew his theories and granted him a PhD and thought he'd be just fine for LCA 370. It doesn't say much for the scholarship or the radical bias of the whole crew. If Farrell did even the most minimal due diligence before he made his decision, he should hold the people that mis-represented Barrett to him accountable now.
- Ann Althouse said...
"making a stand against Farrell and Barrett was incredibly brave"
It's not that brave. I have tenure (and even a vested pension) at a university that is fiercely devoted to academic freedom and free speech. That devotion, of course, is how they got into this fix in the first place.
In any case, not one administrator or faculty member or student or alumnus has said one word to so much as suggest even that I tone it down a smidge.
- Ann Althouse said...
And certainly no one has said that I shouldn't be making it seem as though I represent the university!
- Ron said...
OT, but still from Instapundit --
Kos Coy? Isn't that that place where you get liberal opinions in bulk?
- Christy said...
I spent a lot of years speaking for my employer in areas of my technical expertise. To have used that pulpit for my own agenda would have gotten me fired forthwith.
Just wondering. Does UW get much in grant money from private industry? Over the years I've been in a position to direct money to three large universities for engineering and for nuclear medicine programs. I certainly would have found it easier to direct money to another worthy school than go to bat for a Barrett-embattled univeristy. Is there potential for Wisconsin to lose much private grant money?
- bearbee said...
Conspiracy nuttiness spillover Conspiracy theorists blog that Flight 93 photo is fake
- Editor Theorist said...
AA is quite correct about the wrongness of the President's comments.
The University of Wisconsin is evading its right and responsibility to prevent Barrett teaching this material (on the basis of it being inappropriate for the curriculum).
Instead of instructing Barrett not to teach this material, in his public statements the President has instead explicitly approved and endorsed Barrett's curriculum.
Therefore, teaching the 9/11 conspiracy is no longer Barretts responsibility, but the President's.
My feeling is that - by avoiding the tough decision at an early stage, the President of UW has dug himself into a hole.
Stopping Barrett teaching 9/11 conspiracy theories in a classroom is a curriculum matter, nothing to do with 'free speech'; but trying to pressurize Barrett to stop speaking about his ideas outside the classroom _is_ an infringement of his free speech.
It looks like the UW president has completely misunderstood the situation.
My guess is that this business will probably, quite rightly, lead to the resignation of the UW President, sooner rather than later.


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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Massachusetts General Hospital: 2011 Winner of American Association of Medical Colleges'Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service
The Association of American Medical Colleges, representing medical schools and teaching hospitals and health systems, has awarded Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) its 2011 Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service.
The award, one of the 134-year-old organization's most prestigious honors, recognizes Mass General as a national leader for addressing local and global health, and for training future physicians to work in the community. The programs must extend beyond the traditional health delivery system. Mass General receives the award in the same year as the hospital celebrates its bicentennial.
"While MGH is well known for its outstanding clinical care and scientific inquiry, its legacy of caring for and about the underserved locally and globally is equally strong," said Peter L. Slavin, M.D., president of Massachusetts General Hospital. "We are especially proud to be recognized for this commitment during our 200th anniversary."
In 1810, Massachusetts General Hospital's founding physicians wrote, "When in distress, every man becomes our neighbor." For 200 years, MGH has been that neighbor, providing high-quality care to citizens from all over the world and from just around the corner and partnering with communities to improve health. MGH rewrote its mission statement in 2007 to reflect its longstanding commitment to neighboring communities.
The Mass General Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI) carries out this mission by partnering with communities to reduce substance abuse in Charlestown and Revere; to increase cancer screening in Boston and Chelsea; to improve access to care for vulnerable populations such as immigrants and refugees, seniors and homeless people; to tackle the obesity epidemic by making healthy food and physical activity easier choices to make: and to increase interest in science and health careers among Boston youth.
With the 2007 mission change, Slavin asked each of the hospital's clinical department chiefs to develop a community-oriented initiative of significant scope and impact. The result is a portfolio of 44 innovative programs that add to the 36 already underway. The institutional commitment to community outreach is felt at all levels; Slavin chairs an advisory committee of hospital and community leaders to build accountability, and the Board of Trustees is actively engaged in the CCHI's work.
MGH won this award by presenting the following work:
Local Community – With the support of CCHI, the Charlestown Substance Abuse Coalition has helped decrease heroin overdose calls in the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown by more than 62 percent between 2003 and 2008, using narcotic-related illness data provided by Boston Emergency Medical Services. Also, when a new drug, suboxone, became available to treat opiate addictions, MGH Charlestown physicians lobbied Congress to increase the number of patients it could treat from this small community, and is now has one of the largest panels of patients on suboxone in the area.
Global Community – The MGH Center for Global Health is preparing the health care leaders and educators of tomorrow in close collaboration with in-country partners in South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Bangladesh; and efforts are under way to expand these models. Additionally Mass General and the Harvard Medical School joined their South African colleagues to build the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, the first dedicated medical research institute to be built in an African university and the site for the HIV Pathogenesis Program to study the evolution of the virus and the immune responses effective in controlling HIV.
Educating Community Providers of the Future – Mass General has an array of programs to encourage medical students and residents to practice in the community. Nearly one third of all medical residents are trained in a community health center setting, and all residents have exposure to community settings. For medical students, Bridging the Gap pairs Harvard and Tufts Medical School students with immigrant/refugee families at MGH Chelsea for one year. Students support families and act as advocates, educators, mentors and friends, learning firsthand the cultural barriers that limit health care access.
To celebrate its entry into a third century of service, MGH offered a "gift" to the community: the Bicentennial Scholars program, which will support 26 high school students to prepare for, succeed in and graduate from college. MGH has committed $1 million to this effort and will match that amount through philanthropy. In addition to some tuition support, scholars participate in internships at MGH and will receive SAT preparation, mentoring, and tutoring to ensure they graduate. Thanks to this unprecedented program, as one Bicentennial Scholar says, "My dreams can become my goals, and my goals can become my achievements."
CCHI carries out its work in Chelsea, Revere, and Charlestown, where MGH has maintained health care centers for more than 40 years, and in Boston among youth, homeless person, seniors and other vulnerable populations. CCHI has partnered with the communities it serves to assess needs and create more than 35 programs that:
- Reduce and prevent substance abuse
- Tackle the obesity epidemic by increasing access to healthy food and physical activity
- Improve access to care for vulnerable populations such as immigrants and refugees, seniors, and homeless people
- Prevent and detect cancers early
- Inspire interest in science and health careers among youth
The mission of the Center for Global Health is to leverage Mass General's 200-year legacy of innovation in medical care and education to improve health among the most vulnerable people in our global community.
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of its founding in 1811, Massachusetts General Hospital (www.massgeneral.org) is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of nearly $700 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, reproductive biology, systems biology, transplantation biology and photomedicine.
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The production quality, as with all Super Genius Games products is very high, and unlike many other pdf publishers, the product is in a screen friendly format that I wish was more common, especially among pdf only publishers. It is less practical for printing out, but I can't remember the last time I printed more than the relevant sections of such a product. There is however one glaring mistake – several feats are not listed in the summary table!
Sadly the name is much more impressive than the actual product in a way; the feats are certainly powerful, but most are not horrifically overpowered, and many could be used in a campaign without any change. That makes the product more useable, but it's not the April Fool's day product I was hoping for. And since the feats vary so much in power, you have to be careful what feats you allow under what conditions.
In the end this product amused me and gave me some interesting ideas, so I will give it four stars.
So let me close with my opinion on the various feats. I'll also group them into three categories.
Not overpowered: The feat could be used as is. It might be a bit more powerful than your average feat, but many characters would pass it on for more useful feats.
Overpowered: Powerful feats, but useful only in limited situations. Feats in this category usually are close to but more powerful than existing feats or have some serious limitation.
Horrifically overpowered: That's what you'd expect in this book. Introduction into a campaign will have serious consequences and will change how things play out. That said, if you have a new player in the game (or a serious role player who build the character and his items for story telling purpose) who build a significantly less powerful character, these feats may offer you an inspiration for a reward you could give the player to bring him more in line with the rest of the party.
Denied – not overpowered – once per day you are not affected by an attack. This is basically an automatic improved evasion against any form of attack, but just once per day. Useful, cinematic if desired, but not overpowered.
Eschew Foci – not overpowered – cast spells without the focus. How many spells require a focus other than a holy symbol? Not many, and by the time you get those spells, the foci are a token expense. The only place I can see this feat as useful is if the cleric is somehow separated from his holy symbol, either because they were taken prisoner or because they're infiltrating a cult.
Eschew Gestures/Incantations – overpowered – these two feats are the combination of three epic level feats in 3.0, and while they don't boost spell effects, they make it very easy to hide spell casting. The feats are especially overpowered in city/court campaigns.
Extra Lives –overpowered – the first three times you die, you miraculously survive. If you are DMing an AP, it might be a good idea to give every PC this feat, so the first few times they mess up they can continue without needing new characters. If you do so, make sure not to pull any punches and play the enemy as intelligent as they should be. Even a TPK or two won't end the campaign, but will add to the drama instead. And think about what giving this feat as bonus feat will tell the players about your campaign.
Favored – not overpowered – each HD gives a favored class bonus from any class in addition to any bonus you would normally get. The normal bonus equals the Toughness feat or an additional skill point per level. The APG options are a bit more diverse, but not massively more powerful.
(Regular/Greater/Ultimate) Full Casting Action – overpowered – cast an additional spell per round at -5 caster level. Not quite as horrifically overpowered as the first glance suggests, but still very powerful. Of course spellcasters burn their spells very quickly if they use this option, so if your party has long adventuring days, these feats may actually not be overpowered. This should be limited to player who know what they do, or the spellcasters turn may take a very long time - especially since durations and level dependent effects may be different for the same spell because of when it ws cast.
Gestalt – horrifically overpowered – despite the name, this does not make you a full gestalt character. You don't get spell casting, skills, BAB, HD, or saving throws at all; instead you just get the class features up to half your HD. This means that the actual power of the feat varies a lot. Even if you allow other overpowered feats, I would suggest against this feat, because it makes the character a lot more complex and unless the player is an expert on both classes, he will take noteworthy longer during his combat turn.
Go first – not overpowered – you automatically win initiative. With improved initiative a prerequisite, this means you've spend two feats to ensure you go first. You should go first.
Healing Factor – not overpowered – Fast healing HD/3. It sounds powerful, but is marginally useful in combat. The most significant effect on combat is that it negates hp bleed damage, which is very rare to begin with. The party saves a bit of money on between encounter healing, but wands of cure light are easily affordable even for lower level parties. It's the upper end of normal feats, but not quite overpowered yet.
Heroic grace – horrifically overpowered – add a mental stat bonus to saves. It's effectively a more general version of the paladin's class feature and basically allows any caster to add their casting stat to saves.
Hex Maven – overpowered – witch hexes that are limited to once/day/target can be used a number of times equal to Int modifier. I'm not sure how often this would come up; I think it may turn out that this is most useful for healing party members.
Magic User – horrifically overpowered – as Gestalt, but granting magic instead of class features. Only it will probably slow down the game even more than Gestalt.
Master of Magic Items –overpowered – you can use all magic items. In higher levels you can usually pass the UMD skill check easy enough and in low levels there are few items this is useful for. I'd judge it not overpowered, except that it is more powerful than any other feat related to UMD. However unless you specialized in using items you don't qualify for, you'll probably have more useful feats to choose from.
(Mental/Physical) Paragon – horrifically overpowered - all (mental/physical) attributes count as if you rolled 18. Until you've run a campaign with high attribute scores, it's easy to underestimate just how powerful they are.
Offensive Combat Training –overpowered – gain good BAB progression. The slow BAB classes only need to make ranged touch attacks, and the bonus for other classes is limited. It's more powerful than a normal feat, but doesn't quite reach horrifically overpowered levels.
Prestigious – horrifically overpowered – as Gestalt, just with a prestige class.
Skill Domination – overpowered – all skills are class skills and can be used untrained. Given the way skills work in Pathfinder, without ranks the character will fail most skill checks, and if you spends skill points in so many skills, you will have few (if any) high rank skills. Technically far more powerful than any feat dealing with skills, it has limited practical use.
Skill God – overpowered – for one skill, you effectively roll 20 on all checks. Very useful, but the effective difference to feats like skill focus is not that great. You still need to spend skill points to ensure success.
Spell Shifting – horrifically overpowered – Chose one spell/HD as default spell, like healing for clerics. Spontaneous casters instead can use it 1/day, but still use up a spell slot of the correct level. Lots of extra spells for spontaneous casters, lots of spells to cast without memorizing them for preparing casters; you're basically guaranteed to have the correct spells available.
Supernatural Spell Monster –overpowered – select one spellcasting class and cast all spells as if they were supernatural abilities. Obviously this gets rid of AOO's. Powerful, but situational.
Unflappable – not overpowered – never surprised, never flat footed. The character can always act in surprise rounds and will always retain the Dex bonus to AC, but he can still be flanked and sneak attacked.
Meta Attacks – changes to regular attacks usable a limited number of times a day. You must always choose to use them before making the attack role; if you miss the daily use is wasted. Every Meta Attack is an attack action, not a standard action, so it can be used with iterative attacks. Activating a Meta Attack is a swift action, so you can do just one per round, unless you spend your move action to activate a second Meta Attack.
Empowered Attack – not overpowered – +50% damage if the attack hits, twice per day. Unless you role a critical hit after you chose to use this feat, the benefits are in line with other combat feats.
Enlarge Attack – not overpowered – either throw melee weapon without penalty or double range increment of a weapon, 3/day. How often do range increments matter? How often are you willing to throw your melee weapon? Yeah, me too.
Extended Attack – overpowered – target suffers bleed damage equal to the actual hit at beginning of the next round, 3/day. It's the number of times this feat can be used per day that makes it overpowered; 1/day would be in line with existing feats.
Extra Meta Attacks – horribly overpowered – get 2 plus number of Meta Attack feats in extra uses of Meta Attacks. It's overpowered because the other attack feats are mostly balanced by their number of uses per day, and this feat messes that system of balance up totally.
Heighten Attack – not overpowered – ignore DR/Hardness equal to BAB, 4/day. Useful, but far weaker than class features like smite that penetrate all DR and do more beside.
Maximize Attack – underpowered – attack deals maximum damage, 1/day. Yep, underpowered. This feat affects only the dice role – once per day, if you hit. I would say 3/day uses would make it competitive with other feats.
Perfect Blow – not overpowered – treat as natural 20 on attack role, bypassing all protections, DR, and miss chance, 1/day. Powerful, but you still need to confirm the critical.
Quickened Attack – not overpowered – extra attack as swift action, target is flat-footed, 1/day.
Silent Attack – not overpowered – attack without breaking stealth or invisibility, 3/day. While the attack can't be traced back to you, the target is not necessarily flat-footed. It can be used to great effect, but requires good stealth to begin with.
Still Attack –not overpowered – attack without moving, even if you can't move, 3/day. Honestly this feat may be the most absurd I've ever heard off. It's obvious why it's here – the equivalent to Still Spell – but it just doesn't work for me. There's no explanation of how the damage is done, or whether your weapon would become bloody; mechanically sound, but poor flavor.
Widen Attack –overpowered – attack up to four adjacent enemies at once, 3/day. This is essentially whirlwind attack 3/day as an attack action without prerequisites. Add Spring Attack as prerequisite and either reduce to 1/day or make it a standard action to bring it in line with normal feats.


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When I see the 2016 Reds, I see a 100 loss team and no direction.
Saves are a joke, especially since his save rate was not good. I don't see records for blown saves from his earlier years, but when it was recorded his save percentage was just under 82%. In the NL that would place him at 12th out of 16 closers last year. Not good. Any pitcher can accumulate saves given enough opportunities.
By baseball reference calculation, his career WAR is -0.1. In other words, his entire career could be replicated by a replacement level player. He was not a good pitcher, and the only reason he has any saves is the Reds bullpen was just a complete dumpster fire for a decade.
Graves was at best mediocre.
(Referring to Jack Hannahan signing with a Korean team)
Since there are no teams on the moon, I guess South Korea's far enough from Cincinnati to satisfy me.
If Chapman didn't have a history of being a starting pitcher in Cuba, then I would agree that there might be some risk. It's not as if he hasn't started before and the Reds are trying some wild new idea to turn him into a starter. Up until mid-2010, Chapman was exclusively a starting pitcher.
In my opinion, the greatest risk to this move is that Chapman sucks in the rotation. You know he's one of the best closers in the league, but a great starting pitcher is going to help your team a LOT more than a great closer. That is just a fact. But, if Chapman isn't good in the rotation, you just put him back in the bullpen where you know he dominates.
You just can't take the chance that you have Randy Johnson and you waste him in the bullpen.
If I were manager I would keep Chapman in the closer role. He's a proven stud there. Why mess with what is working? Not sure we will see the same results with Broxton.
In Cuba he did start games, but if you go back and look at his innings pitched for each year it is telling. Only in 2008-09 did he average over 5 innings per start, that year his ERA was 4.03, not bad but not great either. He had 130 K's in 118 innings pitched, which is outstanding. Outside of that year he was pretty lackluster as a starter.Originally Posted by Fireball;2791778[B
Im all for giving him a shot at starting, I just don't think it will work. I would rather have him as the closer. In my opinion he could be the next M. Rivera, he is that dominant. But his History as a starter in Cuba doesn't prove much to me, from everything that I read he was a get to the 5th guy and they would pull him. Just my opinion tho!!!
I think that, unless he takes to starting in the big leagues like a fish to water, it might be wise just to leave him in the bullpen this year.
I see us as being major WS contenders this year, and am generally against tinkering with one of our most valuable pieces, our SUTDOWN closer, at such a time as this.
Give him a quick look (Spring training and 5-10 regular season starts?), and unless he is LIGHTS OUT as a starter, then return him to the pen.
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Rear wheel Bearings..
Posted 13 January 2008 - 06:33 PM
(and yes im bored so i am thinking about spring work)
Posted 13 January 2008 - 06:42 PM
Posted 13 January 2008 - 06:44 PM
I think hohieu has done it with the hub tamer gadget. harbor freight sells something like the hub tamer but not sure if it has all the right size adapters and such.
Getting that big lateral link bolt out in the rear always seems to be a issue (not sure if that's necesary if using the hub tamer/slide hammer method)
See I didn't even post any pics in this thread yet
Posted 10 February 2008 - 02:44 PM
I have noticed Blu is getting louder in the rear. At 210,000 miles he is allowed. I am pretty sure its not the rear diff, so I think in the spring I will get Blu new rear wheel bearings. Looking at the FSM, it looks doable in the driveway, if i can snag the tool. AM i underestimating this, or should i let a machine shop deal with the bearing part of it.
Are you using OEM bearings? Or is there better after market ones?
Mine are also getting louder back there, so I plan on changing them soon.
Posted 10 February 2008 - 08:59 PM
Are you using OEM bearings? Or is there better after market ones?
Mine are also getting louder back there, so I plan on changing them soon.
The original bearings have lasted 212,000 miles, when i do it i'll go with OE, as they obviously have done something right
Posted 11 February 2008 - 11:56 PM
Indeed, That's a respectable amount of miles on Them! I hope mine last as long.
The original bearings have lasted 212,000 miles, when i do it i'll go with OE, as they obviously have done something right
Posted 13 February 2008 - 07:02 AM
Posted 13 February 2008 - 09:47 AM
Posted 06 April 2008 - 11:43 PM
i need to do rear bearings in my legacy but bearings seem difficult. how/where do i press them? how hard is it to pack them properly and resinstall them to the right depth or alignment or whatever?
i do have the FSM's, so i suppose that's a good start. i'll need a hub tamer to make this simple?
bearing and grease recommendations? i should use Subaru updated roller bearings in the rear?
Am I wrong in making the "observation" that it seems like a fair number of EJ vehicles need wheel bearing work? seems like i see more wheel bearing stuff on the new gen than old gen?
Posted 07 April 2008 - 06:42 AM
Posted 07 April 2008 - 09:27 AM
Posted 07 April 2008 - 09:45 AM
Posted 07 April 2008 - 09:53 AM
i have an extra legacy i can pull hubs from so i can have them ready to go. i've seen spare hubs for $40-$60 each, so buying those seems like a reasonable option as well. i was going to do that until i realized i have a spare legacy, duh!
Posted 07 April 2008 - 10:49 AM
Installing them to the right dept is quite simple. the bearing will bottom out into the housing, and there's an internal c-clip that retains the bearing.
But you're absoutely right, removing the long pinch bolt can be the most difficult part of the job. They have a tendency to seize inside the lateral link bushing collars.
Posted 07 April 2008 - 01:01 PM
After FIRST loosening the axle nut while the wheel is still on the ground... (LOTS easier than doing it with the wheel OFF)
The problem is getting the housing free - the trailing arm link is difficult to get off (take that one off FIRST - it's the rubber mounted one that goes "forward" (17mm) and saying it's "difficult" to loosen the NUT is being kind - there's almost no clearance for a wrench).
Then the "long bolt" (19mm) can be a problem unless you live in "no salt land" (salt makes them tend to corrode in between the bolt and the housing/carrier so use no seize when you put it back together) - the problem is that they seize in the housing (which can be lessened by applying a liberal coat of penetrating oil) Access to an impact wrench might help. I only dealt with "west coast cars" and even after 11 years they weren't rusted in place - YMMV. The axle just popped right out (er.. "in" actually), no rust in there either.
IF you are dealing with anti-lock, you have to take off the sensor as well as disconnect both the brake line (on drum brakes) and the e-brake cable (all of this AFTER removing the drum/rotor (+caliper on the disk brake models) . IF you have drum brakes, you might consider doing the brakes at the same time if they are worn down
Then remove the 2 strut bolts last and the unit is "free".
Now the fun starts - you need access to a hydraulic press and a set of "tools". First you press out the hub by supporting the unit with the bearing puller adapter and holding it up on the arbor press plates. Don't put the puller jaws so close together that it catches the outside 1/2 inner race of the bearing and you will need to use a socket that will clear the inside 1/2 of the bearing inner race (it has to go thru the race to press out the hub - smaller than the race, larger than the hub) Once the hub pops out (with the inner race still attached) you are ready to remove the spring clip. Pull the old seal and remove the large thin ring that retains the bearing in the housing - it's just under the seal and is likely coated with some bearing grease. There was a "notch" in the one I pulled to enable getting a screwdriver underneath and "working it out".
It makes it easier IF you remove the backing plate so you won't accidentally bend it during the later press work (4 bolts, 14mm, they were pretty tight)
once the retaining ring is out, you get to flip it back over and press out the bearing itself. Pull the 2 grease seals (2 on the inside - 1 "inner" and 1 "outer") Take a look at the position of the hub relative to the inner race. That's the depth you will be pressing the hub into the "new" bearing.
Now to do this RIGHT, you need to have an adapter that will catch the bearing lip (the outer race) as well as support the hub so that the bearing will pass thru. The backup brute force method is to put a socket large enough to press against the remaining inner race and press it out that way. The problem with doing it that way is that the outer race tends to expand against the housing because of the load being sent thru the bearing by the inner race. A slight "clearance" is a lot easier to deal with - simple slip fit. Once the bearing is out, pull the inner race off the hub (use the bearing separator) and pull the old grease seal clean the metal pieces up and get ready to put it back together.
at this point you will have 1 inner grease seal, 1 inner dust shield seal, 1 outer grease seal, 1 new bearing (doesn't matter whether ball or roller - a well lubricated, well sealed ball bearing lasts just as long as a roller bearing) 1 retaining ring, and the housing. I sat the housing on a piece of 4x4 to make sure it wouldn't damage lips where the seals were going to go in (another post talked about the seal not wanting to go in - some corrosion might leave a "burr" right at the edge of the lip. A quick flick with a rat tail file will take off the.burr easily. make sure the housing is clean - the main enemy of a bearing is DIRT - abrasive of any kind)
Clean and lubricate the "new" bearing (the ball bearing will be harder to take apart than the roller bearing) and lube the outside of the bearing as well as the hub inner. Put the bearing into position on the housing and using the old bearing as a press tool, press the bearing into the housing until it "bottoms" (press ONLY on the OUTER RACE or you will damage the bearing) At this point you may need to curse and play with it a bit until you are SURE it's bottomed out while you try to install the retaining ring. IF it snaps in place and won't come out, it's "in". IF it doesn't snap in, the bearing IS NOT SEATED!! Press a little more.
Reinstall the backing plate (I loctited the bolts with blue) and torque to 40 (35 to 43) Install the outer grease seal.
Now, you need a socket large enough to contact the bearing inner race. Lube the inner race and the hub and the seal too. Press the hub into the bearing and stop when the hub reaches the same point as it was before you pressed it out of the old bearing. Put the inner seals on (there are 2 of them remember)
Congratulations - you have just installed a rear wheel bearing. Reverse the removal process and reassemble the rest. Axle nut torque 145 ft-lbs (or 2 men and a small boy standing on a breaker bar - that's related to the "axle nut torque thread") I put anti-seize on all of the bolts as I reassembled them and some down the axle splines as well
guess what - since you are doing BOTH of them, you get to do it all AGAIN - ain't it FUN??? takes about 2 hours per side the first time (less if you have the honor of doing it more frequently and get into the "hang of it" - more if you have to deal with %$@!!! corroded bolts and parts or a stubborn trailing arm link bolt)
Posted 07 April 2008 - 09:15 PM
Posted 07 April 2008 - 09:19 PM
It would be interesting if someone froze the bearing and heated the hub to 250 or so. Lots of interference parts are put together this way and it should make it a slip fit. Then you would only have to press in the hub.
There are two kinds of interfernce fits, one is done by heat (or cold) and the other is a press fit. They are not interchangable as one has a larger tolerance then the other. Heat fit is a much larger dimensional change then a press fit, and may warp the part. It takes alot of heat (more then mots people have available to them) to heat up a chunk of metal properly.
Of course then there is that entire OWOWOWOWOHOT thing
Posted 07 April 2008 - 09:51 PM
http://forums.nasioc... bearing&page=4
Posted 08 April 2008 - 09:51 AM
Posted 08 April 2008 - 10:08 AM
then once you buy the press - how hard is it to get all the gadgets needed to use it properly. what are those parts called you use to press with, the name is lost right now. do you buy a big set of those or what?
i do enough damage with BFH's, digging bars, crow bars, welders. torches and presses are probably not machinery i should have!? but i do want them.
any press owners/users?
Posted 08 April 2008 - 10:26 AM
Posted 08 April 2008 - 11:11 AM
Works quite well - removed and re-installed pax rear housing, hub.
I could have gotten it done for $20/per side here (but I had the press - just had to wait for dry weather since it's sitting outside)
Posted 08 April 2008 - 11:51 AM
Damn, it was easy to do this on a VW Rabbit...
Sounds like a royal PITA!, also I'm in the salt belt and have no garage.
What would a ( turns head and coughs ) Dealer charge for this? I'm due for a timing belt too....
Posted 08 April 2008 - 12:00 PM
I did everything myself, except for the actual replacement of the hub, though. I had to pay a local mechanic $60 to press out my old bearings and press in the new one. I removed everything and took the hub to him. I have never done this before and it wasn't as bad as I thought. (I put it back on Saturday.) The install was MUCH quicker than the disassembly. I thought $60 was too high, but compared to paying someone for the whole job, that was a deal I guess.
If you have a book and the tools, go for it. Let someone else do the press work, and save yourself some cash.
Posted 08 April 2008 - 12:32 PM
Depending on whether you reuse the nuts from the suspension bolts and the axle nut - add another $20 or so.
IF drum brakes, need to have a bottle of brake fluid (not req for discs)
It takes maybe 2 hours to do a side (the FIRST one will take a lot longer - learning curve) Figure $100/hour for dealer service (don't know what the book allowed time is)
Of course, the "hub tamer" would get it done as well (might even be faster because of not needing to pull the housing and deal with the drum brakes) but there is that specific cost and a hub tamer doesn't have the "additional application" of the press.
By the way - I've been wondering if an impact wrench on the "long bolt" might get it out easier? IF it's rusted in, the impact will turn it. Good 6 point impact socket to essentially eliminate the head damage...
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very cool. thanks. I installed this last night on a test server. I have some concern about the spine polling. How many hosts are you polling? any resource issues? Would like to put into prod, but want to be sure it doesnt impact production.
Also, just curious... are your 2xT1 bonded?