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First drive in STR trim
Did a lightweight "toe-only" alignment last night with the car down at its initial ride heights. With the rear eccentrics all maxed for minimum camber and toe, the rear toe was exactly zero, perfect. I don't have the tools to do a proper camber measurement, but it looks to be in the -2 to -2.5 degree range.
The front had moved to about 1/4" toe out with the lowering, roughly one turn of each adjuster brought it to zero. Again didn't measure camber but it should be around -4. Even with its double wishbone suspension, the car needs a lot of static negative to work well. At least, the Z33's (350z's) do...sure wouldn't mind it if I find the car can work with less. Some of these silly camber numbers are driven by the soft-sidewall street tires used in the Street Touring category. While their rubber tread compounds are very advanced providing fantastic helpings of dry grip, life, and wet weather ability - sidewall construction hasn't made the same strides.
Of note, the rear toe measurements indicated 74.5" width - pretty wide. There's room to go inboard 2" per side, but I hate the "sunken battleship" look. By some good fortune, these wheels worked out great, their offsets are right where I'd want them, using only the adapting spacer need to make these Camaro bolt pattern wheels fit the Z. For comparison, the Viper was about 77" and a stock C5 Z06 is about 74".
The front measurement was 74 7/8" - a touch wider. With equivalent camber they'd probably be equal. The car looks soo wide in the rear, but is just as big in front.
Drove the car to work today, its maiden voyage in this initial STR trim.
On cold startup it's pretty loud at high idle, but settles down within a few seconds. Thankfully it is not loud once settled down, and around town at part throttle. Above half throttle, it really starts to get noisy though. Doesn't sound much like the "Chewbacca" of the Z33's from inside, not sure how it sounds outside. I'm a little worried about San Diego's 92db limit, guess we'll see how it goes.
With the big oil cooler, it took a long time for the oil to get up to temp. Coolant was up to its normal spot before oil temp came off the peg (@140 degrees). That's with the thermostatic oil cooler sandwich plate.
Car rode comfy and smooth even with the big spring rates and wasn't really any louder inside at light throttle. There's a little bit more mechanical noise/feeling with the rear subframe and diff being locked in so well, but it's really not bad.
The only problem - it scraped EVERYWHERE! Could not believe how low it ended up. If you've ever seen a hardcore autocrosser driving around the paddock with a hardcore splitter scraping over everything...that's what this car is doing with its factory front air dam pieces. The little air deflectors in front of the front tires are 1.25" inches above the ground. 🙂
A lot of that comes from the wheels/tires - these are over 1.5" shorter than stock. That means .75" less ground clearance, and .75" extra fender gap. There are big advantages in gearing, CG, unsprung weight, but there's an inability to go over speedbumps that comes with those advantages.
If I end up looking at other wheels/tires, I might consider something taller (like 19's) if need be. The short gearing means the car will be revving higher and when it gets tuned it should still be good for mid 60's in 2nd...but I don't want to be revving it that high any more than I have to.
Signed up for a practice Saturday, will try to get it dyno tuned before then.
Springs and shocks
Springs and shocks arrived recently from ProParts USA. When putting together a suspension the actual shocks and springs are just a part of what's needed. You want to take a look at how they connect at either end, and take advantage of any improvements possible.
ProParts built a nice set of custom aluminum top hats for the front and rears. Gone are multiple rubber elements, replaced by spherical bearings. The front shock lower mount is also a spherical.
One disadvantage of the Koni 30 series is how Bump adjusts. You have to push this button with the shock fully extended, and "click" it through its range.
In the rear it's not too bad actually, as the spring is separate. The front will be trickier with the spring in place.
So I put things together with some spring lengths based off what I'd seen on the always-right Internet. 6" front and rear. Of course there is huge variation in this stuff, and 6" ended up being quite a bit short at both ends.
Here's how the car looked with the adjusters at max height front,and about the midpoint rear, with 6" springs:
Heh, yeah, a bit too low. At this height the front upper control arm is resting on the chassis, and the exhaust is about 1" undergound (if the car weren't up on dollies).
The above is one I took while the car was like that. Good news is the bump stop was still about 1/4" away from making contact. Yay! 🙂
Based on the path the exhaust takes, I think there's ~1" of extra ground clearance to gain by tucking the tubing up closer to those bracing pieces.
The rear spring motion ratio is fairly "soft" on the Z. As best I can measure, the spring is centered a little bit over 10" out on ~17.5" long arm.
Fortunately the shock mounts all the way out at the knuckle, providing great chassis and wheel control.
My approach in springing the Z initially is to go a little stiffer in the front, and a little softer in the rear, compared to the fast 350Z's that are out there - specifically Brian Peters. My thinking is the 370 should be making a bit more power than the 350's. I want to give the car the best chance it can have of putting it down, especially at a ProSolo. Most of the other fast Z drivers have abandoned the rear swaybar, but I'll be keeping one (the Hotchkis piece with lots of adjustments) on there for now.
A week or so after I realized the 6"ers were too short, Jeff had Hyperco deliver a fresh box of longer coils to get the ride height out of the weeds.
STR Interior
Not a lot to do here, but it's done. Upgraded to "how it shoulda left the factory" spec.
Driver's seat is a Recaro Pole Position. The stock unit isn't terrible but lacks lateral support. There are lots of good "race seats" out there offering even more lateral support than the Pole Position, but getting in and out of them sucks! This one is shaped about like the Cobra Imola, a good compromise.
Stock shift knob swapped out for a Tomei Duracon. And a little bit of GT-R with the red start button. Seriously, who uses a white start button? 😉
370z Koni 3011 shock dynos
Here's the dynos from the Koni 3011 shocks I'm having built for the car.
This is my first set of Koni 30 series. I've had a couple sets of Koni "yellows", and a few sets of their high-end 28-series, these are somewhere in the middle. About 2x the cost of a set of custom revalved yellows, but about half the cost of the 28 series.
Their big downside compared to the 28's, is they aren't able to produce the nice sharp digressive "knee" at low speed. Also, adjusting bump damping means unbolting one end of the shock, compressing, and rotating it - hardly something you can do when pressed for time.
Still, ProParts was able to produce some quality curves providing a really wide adjustment range centered around where I "think" I want things, in the 2-3in/sec velocity area we tend to operate in most. The wide adjustment range of the 30 series is one of their strong suits.
It's kinda funny as I remember the 30 series were really popular when I started autocrossing in the early 2000's; they were all the rage on Honda-Tech. You don't hear much about them these days but given their racing pedigree, the assortment of qualified builders/tuners, and their competitive price point, they are still a strong choice for those looking for a good street/track compromise shock.
Fronts. The blue line is one of the standard valvings, the teal and purple is what I had ProParts do.
Rear. I am paranoid this car won't want to put power down at all with the little 255's out back so I was adamant about having very soft "floors" to the adjustment range of rebound and especially bump.
On the subject of shocks I have some thoughts I'll work on putting together in a "Page" on this site at some point. I'm not really an expert in the field but there are some extremely common misconceptions surrounding the interaction of shocks with load transfer and visible suspension displacement that I may be able to dispel for my fellow amateur racers.
One more pic
Rear end put back in, minus the suspension. The gray powdercoat on the adjustable Hotchkis rear bar pretty much matches the darker gray used on most of these components.
It's looking like the last few things needed for the initial STR build will be in next week, hope to have the car drivable again by next weekend.
Further STR progress
This update will be pic heavy, short on words. Here's some stuff in no particular order.
With the camber arms installed, left front at full bump (control arm in contact with frame) - no rubbing-
This is about 1.5" from the above, somewhere around where ride height will be. These tires are narrower and about 1.5" smaller in diameter than stock so there's lots of room.
Here's a view at approximately ground level in respect to the car with the corner at full bump. Very low!
Parts returned from the powdercoater. In contrast with the wild colors on the 240sx, went with some understated shades of gray here. Better than the cheap-ish black paint they all had from the factory.
Here's the engine compartment coming back together, the steel gray powdercoated CAI and strut braces in view.
A shot of the 34-row oil cooler, which mounts to the driver side in front of the radiator.
This picture shows the modification made to the Kinetix control arm to get it to produce some extra negative camber. Need to remove about the thickness of the jam nut (10-11mm) to give enough adjustability to get camber where we want it (around -4, +/- 1 degree).
This last pic shows the Mocal sandwich adapter for the oil cooler. The later 370z's have the oil/coolant cooler also shown here, and which takes up a bunch of room to make this part of the install really tight in every dimension.
Goal is to make a local practice event in about 4 weeks, and the real season starts up about 4 weeks after that. Still need to install springs/shocks and get things tuned, plus a few other odds and ends...
J-Rho's Mild STR Build
Seems Legit
STR partial progress
The Z is still several weeks away from being road-worthy but some progress has been made.
Started work at the rear of the car - got the diff carrier out and on the workbench. Here it is with the factory viscous freshly popped out, alongside the new Quaife.
I must be getting weak, that thing felt a lot heavier than I remember the R200 in the 240 being. 🙁 The Viper's rear (which I had in and out many times) was aluminum, definitely not as heavy as this thing despite having to handle 2x the torque.
Oh well, maybe a sign it's time to get back to the gym!
From there, work continued with removal of half the rear suspension:
And then the rest of it from the other side:
With the suspension all out, removal of the rear subframe is pretty straightforward. Just have to undo a few plastic connectors for the rear ABS sensors and it comes out with 4 bolts.
Although it is steel, there's not much to it, bet it doesn't weigh more than 30-40 pounds.
Here's the subframe and a few other bits on their way out for "processing":
The five subframe bushings are a painful mess to remove, so I had someone do that part. From there, all these parts - the rear subframe, 5 rear brace pieces, the front strut brace, a swaybar, and a few pieces of the Takeda intake not pictured, went to the powdercoater. They're a bit backed up so with the holidays, may not have them back for a few weeks.
Lots to do in the meantime!
Put the diff back together with the Quaife.
Of note, its front bushings have been replaced with the new Whiteline poly pieces. There's only one more bushing it gets, which will go in to the freshened up subframe.
Moved my attention forward. Not surprisingly, the car spilled some more liquified Smurf entrails (coolant) onto its undertray at some time in Nebraska. Makes me feel even better about getting the oil cooler, these cars really can't take the heat. And I am as mechanically sympathetic/careful as any racer out there.
Things start to look more like an engine in there as the layers of plastic trim pieces are removed. In this pic the front strut (yes I know the car doesn't have struts but this is what all the kids call them) brace is off, along with some engine trim parts. At the back the little XS Power battery is in position
The intakes are out, as they are being replaced, but also because their removal makes it easier to get to a few key bolts on the next mod, the Berk high flow cats.
Here is a stock cat pictured alongside a high flow unit.
The performance unit offers a significant weight savings, and in the case of this motor, will add significantly to the power level.
Replacing the cats or headers on these cars is famously difficult and I'm beginning to see why. The passenger side one wasn't that bad, but one bolt didn't survive the egress.
The other two took a lot of effort to break loose but then came out fine. This one took huge effort, and then snapped right off! The thing is, this car only has 600 miles, and already this portion of the exhaust is completely unserviceable. So, all the folks out there with higher-mileage Z's that've had trouble with this bolt - don't feel bad, it's still a problem on an essentially new car. I know exhausts are hot stressful places but this seems like a case of 1960's British automotive metallurgy 😉
Included the pic above just to show the clean cross-section of the broken bolt. Kinda dreading attacking the driver side cat next. The passenger side has two of the three bolts accessible from above (with suitably long - ~3' - extensions) but the driver's side looks much harder from above and below. Hopefully an extra day to soak with some Liquid Wrench will help...
Once that's done, will move on to an oil change and oil cooler install, the latter requiring pulling the front fascia off the car. Sounds gnarly but with the car this far along it's supposedly not too bad. Having it apart will also aid in the CAI install.
Need to pull the stock front coilovers off, modify the new Kinetix front upper control arms to allow for additional negative camber, and get them installed. New shocks and springs are still a couple weeks out.
Still lots to do but cats aside, it sure is nice working on a clean new car!
Ingredients for the STR recipe
Took advantage of some Black Friday sales to grow the STR parts pile for the 370Z. This is most of what will put the car into its initial state of STR tune.
First thing is what isn't there - springs and shocks. They're due in a week or two from ProParts USA - will go into detail on them when they're here. Will also talk about swaybars then, have a few from the purchases made for Street/Stock-class prep, including an adjustable rear bar I haven't used yet.
So, going something like left to right-
Black bag is a set of Whiteline poly bushings for the differential. One of the 370z's most common failures is its jelly-donut of a primary diff bushing. Under hard launches, the bushing quickly croaks and oozes is sticky filling all over the diff and the rear underside of the car:
The diff is held in with three bushings, and this replaces them all with solid poly, no more failures to worry about. This may impact NVH a little on the street, but since the diff is attached to a subframe with bushings, and the subframe is attached to the chassis with bushings, there are still two layers of isolation.
The white box behind the black bag are a set of Prothane poly bushings for the rear subframe. The stock unit is held in with some soft-ish rubber pieces - which help keep NVH to a minimum, but also allow the rear of the car to flop around a little in relation to the rest of the chassis. This leads to inconsistent behavior and response, not what you want in a "race car". In my experience locking in the subframe doesn't impact streetability much, but does a lot to make the car feel like it's "one piece". Biggest downside of these parts is how they require dropping the whole subframe, which is a bit of work.
That's the subframe from my STS 240sx from eons ago, had it powdercoated while it was out. It's remarkable how similar the subframe in the 370 appears. Thinking about giving the 370 a similar treatment, haven't decided yet.
On top of the Prothane box are a couple cans of Plasti-Dip. Plasti-dip is a somewhat new product (new to me anyway) - it's basically a rubbery plastic material in a spray can. By applying multiple coats, you form a soft plastic layer over the target part - which can later be peeled off without any change to the underlying part. It has become popular for painting wheels, and some people have even painted their whole cars with it. It's best when you're after a matte finish, as it's hard to get the surface smooth enough for a good shine.
To the right of the cans, you can see a wheel that's been Plasti-Dip'd. From the previous post, you can see those wheels originally had aluminum centers with black lips:
I used the Plasti-Dip to reverse that setup - the centers are now dark (their "anthracite" color) and the lips are aluminum look. To get that look, you plasti-dip the whole wheel with 5-6 coats of the anthracite, then mask off the center and spray the lips with their aluminum-colored "Metalizer". Partly because I'm not very good with anything resembling art, they don't look that great up close. Fine from 5-10 feet though.
Just a recap on the wheels - they are Jongbloed racing 214 model. Very light-weight 3 piece 18x9's, right at 18 pounds each. They were the first set of wheels I bought for the Camaro. It's handy how the class-limit width for both STX and STR is 9", it helps allow for wheel re-use.
The wheels are wrapped in some new tires, the Hankook RS3 "v2" (200TW version) in 255/35-18. The STR class only allows up to a 255 width tire, while STX allows for a 265. The 255 is of course small, but it technically fits a little bit better on a 9" wheel (would be better on a 10") so it should be about the same, if I ever want to run Z take-offs, on the Camaro.
Stock 370Z wheels are great for a factory wheel - made by Ray's, 19x9 front, 19x10 rear:
Still, being an OEM-spec wheel, and in a big size, there's weight to lose. These front wheel/tire units will be each be 7 pounds lighter than what I ran in street (2lb. tire, 5lb. wheel) and rears 12lb. lighter each (6lb. tire, 6lb. wheel) for a total wheel/tire weight savings of 38 pounds. Pretty significant amount of rotating unsprung mass. Between that and the significant gearing benefit - these are 1.5" (!) shorter than stock - the car should feel much lighter on its feet and pick up a lot of acceleration.
Speaking of acceleration - plugged some numbers into my master spreadsheet to see where the 370 would fall. You can ignore the other cars presented, with the exception of the 911 they aren't STR cars-
I'll look to get some other STR cars (S2000, NC Miata, Spyder) added at some point, but based on the raw values, thrust looks good. I imagine it'll be more than the little 255's can handle most of the time. The humps at low speed are encouraging, car should dig well out of the slow stuff. Didn't know much about how the 370's engine worked until recently, some pretty neat stuff there.
The VVEL system means the engine is throttled not by the throttle butterflies, but by how much the ECU lets the intake valves open through its wacky multi-fulcrum monkey motion. The throttle is fully open most of the time, which aids efficiency. Put it all together, Nissan has been able to produce a remarkably flat torque curve out of the motor, and it still responds well to tuning - here's an example of one going from stock to a quality set of ST-style mods-
Back to the parts - in front of the wheel is a small XS Power lithium-ion battery. This is another leftover from the Camaro project, its "Nationals" battery:
It's about 4 pounds, feels like an empty casing when you pick it up. The Z should have reliable enough electronics, there shouldn't be a problem leaving this one in here full time. I leave the car on a tender anyway when not in use.
Leaning in front of the battery are a pair of terminal adapters so the stock power cables can attach. Not going to hassle with relocation. The stock battery is over 35 pounds, so this will mean 31 pounds off the nose, big win.
Next to the battery are a cocktail of Redline gear oils. These will be going in the transmission. One theme with the Z, is that everything tends to run hot. The factory provides an oil temp gauge which gets too high too quick. But trans fluid overheats, diff fluid overheats, power steering overheats. My car's transmission has been a little notchy on 1-2 from new, especially when cold. One of the quarts is a little thin which should help when it's cold - one is "normal", and one is a little heavy to help protect things when it gets too hot. Hopefully this mix, all based on Redline's quality synthetic bases, means the trans will work well and be protected from what it encounters.
My first event was a practice with the car, about 70 second runs on a warm (~95) degree day. I started a run with oil temp at 180 degrees. Came in, it was at 220. Cranked on the fans coming in, but went back out about 2 minutes later - coming in from that run, oil temp was over 240! Things start to get really bad for most oils around 250 degrees, and the car will go into "limp mode" (killing power and max RPM) by 260. Even though I let the car idle for a while with all the fans on to get it down to 205 before shutting off, it still spewed coolant all over its undertray-
Looks like a handful of Smurfs got sent through the fan blades...
Next to the gear oils - the brown cardboard box contains a 34-row Setrab oil cooler, which I believe is the biggest one available on the market. I'm hoping this helps keep things well under control for all autocross situations (including if I ever have a codriver at a ProSolo) and should make the car a bit more stable if I decide to try a track day in it.
On top of the box are the braided and sheathed oil cooler lines, and the baggies contain the various adapters and brackets to make it fit.
Behind the oil cooler are a pair of wheel spacers/adapters. I mentioned these in the last post, they're what allows the 5x114.3 bolt pattern Z, to fit a 5x4.75 bolt pattern Camaro wheel. Pretty neat stuff, they were inexpensive too.
Behind those against the wall - a couple quarts of Redline gear oil for the diff. Need to replace the fluid when I change out the limited slip - with the part ahead of them in the blue box.
Quaife has been making robust torsen/gear-type limited slip differentials for a long time. They are great for cars that see regular street and track use, because on the street they don't really make awful groans and chirps, and are low maintenance - while working great on the track/autocross in most applications. Their biggest downside is they don't work well when one of the drive wheels gets unloaded - in that situation, it becomes like an open diff. Fortunately I don't think the Z will have that problem.
The en vogue Street Touring diff these days is the OS Giken clutch-type. I've driven a few of them, as well as various other clutch-types, and when setup and tuned right, they are great. I think in an inherently neutral and well-balanced car like an S2000 or Miata, they make a lot of sense. However in the Z, which tends up push a lot, I'm not sure their characteristics are as desired. Plus the Quaife was on special, about half the price of the popular clutch-types.
On top of the Quaife box is a little red button. It's a red engine start button from a GTR, a popular mod to replace the white button stock on the Z. My S2000 and Viper both had red start buttons, just keeping with that trend 🙂
Under the Quaife are a box of Kinetic adjustable front upper control arms. These have a bunch of adjustability - and can be modified for even more - to fix the Z's biggest problem in street: lack of sufficient negative camber in front.
Forward of those things, are eight quarts of Redline motor oil. Will do an oil change as part of the cooler install. Went with a slightly heavier-than-stock viscosity - like most modern engines, factory fill is quite thin (0W20) - as the car won't be driven often, it's not going to see a ton of cold starts. Even with the cooler, the oil is bound to get hot when the car does get used, so the 40 part of 10W40 should protect it a bit better when things do get hot.
Behind the oil in bags, a pair of Berk high-flow cats for the car. The Z responds really well to this mod; probably half the power it picks up in ST trim comes from this one mod. The high flow cats also save a bunch of weight - will have to measure, but should be over 10 pounds.
There is an alternative path here - use of long tube headers, with the cats relocated back into the "y-pipe" behind the factory cat section. In this photo, you can see the heat shielding on the factory cat, and the flange to the y-pipe, on the passenger side. This photo is actually my car, was taken after it was loaded on the transporter for Nats earlier this year. The shiny stuff is the Garageline "midpipe" section - from the cats back to the stock muffler. Astounding value at like $300 - great sound (not too loud), nice x-pipe, and it de-restricts the worst part of the factory cat-back.
In ST we are allowed to relocate the cat up to 6" downstream. This means one could conceivably use off-the shelf "longtube" headers, and put cats ahead of the flex pipe section in the above photo.
There's a few things I'm leaving as considerations for future phases, and that's one of them. At this point I'm not convinced the ones out there make any more midrange than stock manifolds + test pipes (or HFC). Top end, yes, but for a ton more $ ($1500+) and a ton of work - a header install on a 370 is supposed to be one of the most awful experiences ever - I'm ok putting that off for phase 2.
Last part is the box at far right - the Takeda cold air intake. This is similar in design to the Stillen G3 CAI that is super popular for this car - but in contrast, it doesn't require cutting or modification of the car for installation.
Going to have to pull the nose off to do the oil cooler anyway, so can take care of this at the same time. I also like how Takeda played a part in sponsoring the No. 33 CA Sport/Skullcandy/Team Nissan 370Z run at the 25hr of Thunderhill endurance race, which ended today (the team finished third in class - in a car they just started on a couple weeks ago). Congrats to Bryan Heitkotter and the Skullcandy team!
So, those are the parts for now.
In addition to considering longtube headers for a future phase, there are also brake rotors (10lb/corner front, 5lb/corner rear, all for $1300) to get, and seats. The stock sport seats are all manual and weigh 42 pounds, so there's only 17lb/side to save there. Even without these, the car should be around 3100lbs. with about 53% front weight.
With this car the idea is to keep the approach a bit more budget oriented, but also to make it a bit more of a street/race compromise. Want it to be something I wouldn't dread hopping in and driving a great distance to an event. That's what Street Touring is supposed to be about, especially with a newer car. Still only 600 miles on this one! This means I'll be keeping the stock muffler (which doesn't rob power but is ~20lbs. dead weight), stock motor and trans mounts, and going a little more gentle in rear spring rate than I otherwise might. When it's time to do a race seat, will be looking for something with easier ingress/egress than a Cobra Suzuka.
Now it all just needs to get installed eh? 🙂
What's up in the garage?
Sharp eyes will notice - that's not a Camaro. With the car in the classing doldrums, needed something else to bide the time.
At the Farmington Pro in 2013 I saw a fellow named Mike running a 370Z in STR. It looked like a fun time - a new car, decent power, running in a fast class with DEEEEEP competition. It's a bit hamstrung by somewhat heavy weight for the class limit wheel and tire, but well, that sorta thing I'm used to. Plus it's a Nissan, I did well in one of those years ago, and I like the support they've given to amateur racers - including the GT Academy program and what it's done for great guys like Bryan Heitkotter
Fast forward to July 2014 - Nationals approaching, nothing to run really. What the heck? Bought one thinking I'd run CS for a couple seasons, then move on to STR.
Did a practice then put it on a transporter to Nationals.
Did ok, 5th out of 50-something.
Then, the car got reclassed. Two years in a row, hah. It has to run against the C5 in BS now. Some people think it can get it done against the C5. I'm not one of them. 🙂
So, the STR plan got accelerated. Part of the overall plan with this car was not spending mega-$, trying to stick to that.
Sharp eyes may notice those wheels in the first pic, are the Camaro's 18x9 Jongbloeds. 9" is the maximum wheel width for STR. These are the wrong bolt pattern and have way too much offset for use on the Z. But - there are bolt-on spacers out there to adapt different bolt patterns. In this case, the spacer bolts on to the Z's 5x114.3 (4.5") hub, and presents a 5x4.75" bolt pattern for the Camaro-pattern Jongbloeds. Two birds with one stone.
Still researching/plotting the rest of it, just where things are now. More to come later...
Camaro is tucked away safe and sound. The SCCA is still trying to figure out what to do with modified ponycars on street tires. Given its typical pace, should have plenty of time to get this thing dialed in.


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Social Media Had Some Fun With Viktor Arvidsson's 'R'-Shaped Blood Stain (TWEETS)
During Game 6 on Monday night, Viktor Arvidsson sent social media into a frenzy after the Nashville Predators forward's forehead was cut open on a hit by Anaheim Ducks winger Nick Ritchie.
Not because it was a massive hit, but because of the R-shaped blood stain it left on his forehead.
Twitter users had some fun with this one:
thank goodness arvidsson is okay because holy hell nick ritchie zorro-marked him pic.twitter.com/lYmR1L589z
— Alex Prewitt (@alex_prewitt) May 23, 2017
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"We believe that Distributed Energy Resources (DER), connected to the distribution network, have the potential to provide important services to the power grid"
Biljana Stojkovska, Power Potential Project Lead.
If successful, the new model could be introduced to 59 other regions, potentially saving an estimated £412m for UK consumers by 2050.
Source: National Grid.
What's the difference between a gravitationally completely collapsed object – and a black hole?
The answer? Nothing and everything. You see, under its original name only physicists talked about it. But once someone called it a black hole, everyone was intrigued. This cumbersome concept became compelling.
Black holes are a great example of how important a name can be when you want to engage people in a fairly complex idea. Names really matter. And that's why we've rebranded our TDI 2.0 project to 'Power Potential'.
If you're not already aware of it, the project, funded by Ofgem through the Network Innovation Competition (NIC), will explore whether sources of generation connected to the distribution network can provide key services to the transmission network, such as dynamic voltage control. This is where reactive power is needed at short notice to maintain voltage following a system fault.
For our NIC application, we called the project Transmission and Distribution Interface 2.0 (TDI 2.0). If you're an electrical engineer, then it's self-explanatory. But to everyone else, TDI 2.0 sounds more like a family car.
We think Power Potential is clearer and more compelling. It captures our goal to create new opportunities for distributed generators, for consumers of power – and for our business. There's a technical side too. 'Power' refers to the reactive control aspect of the project. 'Potential', meanwhile, represents voltage, which is also known as potential energy.
The new brand dovetails too with another of our business' key projects, Power Responsive. We hope it will help us engage with our stakeholders in a more effective way.
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As many reading this will know, renewable energy from sources including wind turbines and solar panels is becoming a growing feature of today's electricity network. In regions across the UK, more and more distributed generation using renewables as alternatives to traditional fossil fuels have come online.
We believe that these Distributed Energy Resources (DER), connected to the distribution network, have the potential to provide important reactive and active power services to the power grid.
Without delving too deeply into the complicated mechanics of this, these are vital services that help us keep the grid stable and ensure power flows reliably to UK homes and businesses. So with this project, we're really aiming to show that large volumes of power from these sources can be effectively absorbed into the power network.
Power Potential which will last for three years, focuses first on the South East through our project partner UK Power Networks. This is a complex and challenging region for us to operate. Right now, it's at the limit of its capacity for both exporting and importing power from the rest of the transmission system.
It's our belief that by connecting more distributed energy sources, we'll be able to better manage the current constraints on the system, making it more stable and affordable to run, while creating new opportunities for distributed energy businesses. If successful, the new model could be introduced to 59 other regions, potentially saving an estimated £412m for UK consumers by 2050.
The next three years
In Power Potential's first year, our focus will be on testing whether distributed energy sources can provide the services we need – both reliably and in real-time.
Once we've shown it's feasible, we'll then look to develop a market of new services that can be provided by DER. It's too soon to say exactly what these will be, but we'd foresee they'll include local services such as pre- and post-fault reactive support, as well as broader system-wide services, such as balancing products.
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As its name suggests, this project is all about unlocking unexploited potential. Once the work is complete, we believe we'll have resolved many of the existing transmission constraints we face. We'll have improved system stability and reduced operational costs considerably.
So remember the name – it's Power Potential. And over the next three years we'll aim to transform that potential into improved system performance that brings benefits to all.


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Surprise! The synod is 'fixed'
Rorarte Caeli has translated an article from La Stampa by Marco Tosatti and is calling it "Explosive! One of our most important translations".
Most of the article discusses how the synod on the family (aka the synod on sex) will be manipulated. Is anyone surprised by this?
The same techniques were used and perfected during Vatican II. According to Father Stransky, Cardinal Bea and his "ecumenical" team had all the responses from the bishops worldwide ahead of time and were able to scan them and know who was on their side and who was opposed to them....
Anyway, the part I found interesting was the following quote:
"In effect the Synod itself will not be so important, but the synthesis that will be made thereof, and which will carry the Pope's signature as a "Post-Synodal Exhortation". Besides, very probably it will not be a clear definitive text, but based on "fluctuating" interpretation – in such a way that anyone reading it, may construe for himself the parts that are agreeable to him."
This is exactly what I have been predicting.
Still, I'm curious to know -- who is "the pianist"?
Here is what I wrote previously:
The "synod on the family" aka the "synod on sex" because it is really all about justifying all the sexual sins by casting a "mercy spell" is coming up soon...
If you haven't made up your mind about this synod, then what are you waiting for?
Are you taking a "wait and see" attitude?
Have you been completely asleep for the past year?
Are you drunk?
It is crystal clear already that communion for divorced and re-married will be approved.
Now the synodal document will not say that, but....
The secular press will proclaim that it is officially allowed....
The Vatican spokesman (or woman or transgender?) will reply that officially it isn't allowed.... well, sort of.... most of the time..... except under certain vague circumstances.... well, really its up to the priest in the privacy of the confessional.... well, sort of.... except....
This is already happening.... or didn't you notice...
The "synod on sex" will just put its official seal on this chaotic situation.
Also, I stated previously that Michael Voris is going to have a problem with how to deal with the fallout from the synod on the family (aka the synod on sex).
Now the problem for Voris will be this.... IMO the synod will not actually make a statement that says yes or no on any "controversial" issues. It will use Vatican II style pastoral language which can be interpreted however you please.
When the US bishops then interpret the synods statements in the most permissive way will Voris take the bait and go after the bishops again.... and ignore the papal involvement?


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This morning was the first time we could see the shape of the roof but without the cover of the blue "nightgown" all the way down to the "ankles" of the chapel ; )
AND it was also the first day of snow for this season.
This is how it looked when I served breakfast to our sheep this morning:
You also see Kalle tasting some hay : ) And far in the background You see the roof of the chapel.
Assisted by Vincent Lärkan changed to winter tires:
He had planned to go to the glass master with the broken window but the glass master said no! -Do not come today, I have to change tires on my car and get the snow chaines on the tractor and also scrape the road in the steep slope to the workshop. Wait until tomorrow before coming with the window.
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Who Should Run Monetary Policy, Bernanke or the People?
Roger Lowenstein's hagiography of Ben Bernanke, the cover story in the April issue of The Atlantic magazine, sums up the Federal Reserve chairman's singular power over monetary policy and the economy with a pithy quote from Harvard economist Lawrence Katz: "He's sort of the only game in town."
That is true, and has been so for Fed rulers since the the central bank was given full discretion over the U.S. money supply when the dollar was detached from gold in 1971. Until that point, our monetary policy was arranged so that the money supply was determined by a market mechanism via gold-dollar redemption (except in times of war).
In the '50s and '60s it was foreigners who could exchange excess dollars for gold. For most of the 19th century and through the 1920s, American citizens could do this. The gold standard's ability to let money supply automatically match money demand gave the country price stability against other financial challenges, namely a patchwork banking system that wasn't organized to provide for an elastic currency or emergency lender until the Fed opened its doors in 1913.
We can continue with Bernanke (and his successors) trying to execute price stability, or move that back under the purview of the marketplace through the gold standard. Lowenstein makes the case for Bernanke. History says the people did it better.
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This artful cookie, pictured on the cover of Better Homes and Gardens' December issue, combines two recipes. Strawberry-flavored shortbread, cut into free-form diamonds using the short edge of a rectangular tart pan, is topped with lemony snowball cookies.
Strawberry preserves and pink peppercorns (from penzeys.com)add zing to typically subdued shortbread.
Tea provides just the right mix of bright flavor and spice in these festive cookies. They're rolled in coconut or white nonpareils for a festive touch.
The rich, gooey filling in these tarts has a hit of raspberry liqueur.
These delicate cookie sandwiches feature a raspberry-cream filling.
These dense chocolate brownies are filled with chopped chocolate pieces and sweet candied cherries.
Fruitcake ingredients -- brandy, candied cherries, and walnuts -- fill these bar cookies.
These buttery, powdered sugar-dusted crescents feature delicate vanilla flavor.
For a festive take on a traditional holiday main course, cookbook author Diane Morgan fills her pork roast with dried apricots and plums.
Cookbook author Diane Morgan adds zip to her pretty holiday salad with a simple, yet irresistible, mustard vinaigrette.
Fresh herbs, unexpected spices, and a tomato-Parmesan topping put a fresh twist on classic potatoes au gratin. "I assemble this dish the day before, cover and refrigerate it, then let it stand 20 minutes at room temperature," says cookbook author Diane Morgan.
For a new twist on a classic holiday side dish, cookbook author Diane Morgan tops fresh green beans with crisp shallots and onions.
This rich holiday cheesecake is flavored with eggnog, bourbon, dark rum, and brandy. Cookbook author Diane Morgan adds sugared kumquats for a dazzling garnish.
For a speedy and budget-friendly dinner, top focaccia with tomatoes, Italian sausage, baby spinach, and tangy feta cheese.
Coconut-crusted chicken tops fresh greens, papaya, and blueberries. A homemade vinaigrette adds a spicy-sweet kick.
Soft tortillas are filled with steak smothered in a spicy sauce, corn relish, cilantro, onion, and sweet pepper.
This Asian-inspired shrimp and rice dish is topped with an irresistible mango chutney and green onions.
Suppertime staples, such as frozen hash browns, canned tomatoes, and frozen veggies, make this satisfying soup a cinch to prepare.
Sandra Lee gives pot roast a holiday-worthy twist with a sprinkling of gremolata, a bright and flavorful combination of lemon peel, parsley, and garlic. Cappuccino cups are a clever alternative to bowls.
Gruyere adds richness and earthiness to this creamy potato soup. Fresh herbs and a slice of Swiss cheese make a tasty garnish.
Melted cheese, juicy tomato, fresh basil, balsamic vinegar, and a touch of olive oli top toasted sourdough bread.
Fresh pear slices are topped with tangy blue cheese, toasted walnuts, and a zingy pear liqueur-mustard dressing.
We've combined two holiday favorites, and added a cinnamon-spiced vanilla glaze, for a cozy breakfast treat your holiday guests will love.
Fresh cherry tomatoes are filled with a flavorful mixture of avocado, cream cheese, and pesto for a delicious, bite-sized appetizer.
A mixture of crisp bacon, sauteed onion, peach preserves, and pecans baked into refrigerated crescent dough create a scrumptious dinner side.
Coffee adds depth to the homemade frosting that tops these peanut butter bar cookies.
Chef Scott Peacock makes this classic winter favorite shine with plump oysters and a creamy broth.


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Perhaps it will be the juke that defines the Jets' season, a none-too-pretty but oh-so-necessary naked bootleg by Chad Pennington that assured this would not be Cleveland redux. It showed once and for all that the Jets' four-game winning streak has caused the dark memories from little more than a month ago to be left behind, as the faked-out Bills linebacker was on Pennington's touchdown run.
That touchdown early in the fourth quarter gave the Jets the final score in a 31-13 victory over Buffalo today, completing a remarkable arc of recovery from Week 1, when the Jets beat the Bills but played so poorly that Coach Herman Edwards broke with tradition and did not give players the next day off. That struggle for an overtime victory was merely the precursor of the disaster to come, a four-game collapse from which the Jets are still pulling themselves.
But with today's victory, the Jets' most complete performance this season, they moved above .500 for the first time since winning the season opener and put themselves squarely in the playoff race, tied with New England a game behind Miami, but also a game ahead of the Bills in the American Football Conference East.
If the Jets continue this run for the final five games -- not easy, considering that next Monday they play at Oakland -- and make the playoffs, the brutal stretch that nearly doomed their season will seem like something out of an alternate universe. The Jets who squandered a 21-3 lead in losing to the Browns on Oct. 27 are foreign to what the Jets have become: a dominant, nearly error-free team.
''It feels like a completely different team, not just a different season,'' defensive end John Abraham said. ''In the beginning of the year, we didn't feel like ourselves. Now we're playing like we knew we could the whole time.''Continue reading the main story
Linebacker Sam Cowart, who finished with eight tackles, acknowledged that when the Jets were 2-5, they figured that if they would miss the playoffs, they wanted to at least have something to build on for next season. But thoughts about the future have been narrowed to only the final five games, which do not seem nearly as intimidating as they did a few weeks ago.
When the Jets began training camp talking about the Super Bowl, games like these are what they must have envisioned.
*An offense that is a near perfect balance of the run (155 yards, with 120 from an increasingly healthy Curtis Martin) and the pass (170 yards) and does not turn the ball over.
*A defense that holds one of the league's most powerful offenses to 258 yards and bedevils Drew Bledsoe for three turnovers (interceptions by Aaron Beasley and Sam Garnes, and a fumble forced by Mo Lewis and recovered by Josh Evans).
*Return units that never give them starting position worse than their 35-yard line.
When the Jets beat the Bills in the teams' season opener, they needed two kickoff returns for touchdowns by Chad Morton (one in overtime) to do it. Today's victory was much more conventional, if no less explosive. The Jets rolled to a 17-3 halftime lead and extended it to 24-3 when Laveranues Coles caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Pennington on the first drive of the third quarter.
The Bills averaged three touchdowns a game before today, and scored 31 points against the Jets in the first week. But the Jets used a variety of blitzes today to confuse Bledsoe and the Bills.
Still, when the Jets dropped back in coverage as Buffalo tried to play catch-up in the third quarter, the Bills quickly scored 10 straight points to close to 24-13, prompting linebacker James Darling to say that the Jets still had to work on the third quarter. ''It's not a disaster, but something is happening,'' he said.
Not enough, though, to upset an offense that in the past few weeks has scored 119 points, a level of excellence nearly unimaginable in the first few weeks of the season. Paul Hackett, the Jets' offensive coordinator, used so many player combinations that he seemed like a blackjack dealer. Here a two-tight-end set. Now, the spread.
It all came together on the Jets' final scoring drive. Martin ran twice to start it, but the critical play of the drive, and perhaps the game, was a third-and-8 on the Jets' 37. Receiver Wayne Chrebet has recently acknowledged being frustrated by his reduced role on third downs, but this time -- for the only time all game -- Hackett called his number. Chrebet had one-on-one coverage in the secondary and caught a 15-yard pass to continue the drive.
There were completions to Santana Moss, Coles and Anthony Becht, and runs by LaMont Jordan before Edwards decided to go for the touchdown rather than kick a field goal on fourth-and-goal from the 1. The decision was simple, and Edwards made it when the Jets had a second down at the 2-yard line.
''We're 5-5; you go for it,'' Edwards said. ''We didn't have a choice.''
And so Pennington (15 of 24, 178 yards) froze the defender -- and the Bills' momentum -- with a move so deft that Martin said Pennington had been watching film of him from the Kansas City game, in which Martin made a cut so sharp he nearly broke a defender's ankles.
''He always asks me, 'How do you do that move?' '' Martin said. ''I think he finally got it.''
And so have the Jets.
''We were at the breaking point where our ship could have gone straight down,'' Martin said. ''We stayed focused and it's taken us to another level of perseverance, another level of endurance, another level of fight. I think our heart, our skin, is a lot tougher.''
Fullback RICHIE ANDERSON sprained his left ankle in the third quarter. X-rays were negative, but Anderson did not return to the game. . . . Coach HERMAN EDWARDS, on WAYNE CHREBET's recent concerns that he is not as involved in the offense as he should be: ''When we throw him the ball, he catches it. That's his role. I don't comment on the other stuff. When we throw him the ball, he's got to catch it. When we don't, he has to block. That's how it works.'' . . . Defensive end BRYAN THOMAS, the Jets' first-round draft pick, was inactive. The Jets considered deactivating him earlier this season after he lost nearly 30 pounds from a combination of poor eating habits and the effects of dental work. Thomas now has a personal cook, and he has begun to regain weight. But his playing time has been drastically reduced, and a few weeks ago, he was in on fewer than a half-dozen plays. He had no tackles in the last six games.Continue reading the main story


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- German Gorbuntsov was 'blasted with a submachine gun' as he entered a block of flats
- He is in a medically-induced coma in hospital
A Russian banker is in a coma today after being shot in a suspected assassination in London.
German Gorbuntsov, an exile in Britain, is in a critical condition in hospital, after being shot several times near his luxury apartment.
45-year-old's friends fear a contract bid possibly originating in
war-ravaged Chechnya was made to silence him as a witness in a high
profile attempted murder case in Moscow.
Coma: German Gorbuntsov was repeatedly shot outside a block of flats near Canary Wharf in an attempted assassination
A man with a submachine gun opened fire as Mr Gorbuntsov
entered the block of flats near Canary Wharf in the
heart of the capital's financial district, according to reports.
The gunman fled the scene before police arrived, it was reported in Moscow business newspaper Kommersant.
Mr Gorbuntsov, who used to own banks in Russia and Moldova, was 'seriously injured' and placed in a medically induced coma.
The attacker was described as a slim white man, around 6ft tall and wearing dark clothing.
Russian businessman living in London said: 'Scotland Yard worked all
night at German's house. All information around the case is secret.'
The shooting comes five years after Russian
dissident Alexander Litvinenko, 43, was murdered by radioactive
polonium-210 in November 2006.
No one has ever been prosecuted over the killing of the former KGB agent who had tea was spiked at a top London hotel.
British prosecutors have named fellow ex-KGB agent Andrei Lugovoy as the main suspect but the Russian authorities have repeatedly refused to send him to face trial in the UK.
Mr Gorbuntsov's
lawyer Vadim Vedenin in Kommersant newspaper linked the attack to his
client's role in a 2009 investigation into the attempted murder in
Moscow of banker Alexander Antonov, whose son Vladimir was linked with
Portsmouth Football Club.
Three ethnic Chechens were charged but the organisers remain unidentified and the case was closed until this year.
new testimony from Mr Gorbuntsov suggested the involvement of two former business
partners of the wounded tycoon, the lawyer said.
The two men deny any role.
The banker was himself at one point investigated as
possible ringleader but never charged.
same Chechen gang was found guilty in Russia of assassinating Ruslan
Yamadayev, part of a clan rivaling powerful Kremlin-backed ruler of
Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
He was shot dead four years ago close to the British Embassy in Moscow.
Shooting: German Gorbuntsov, 45, was attacked on the Isle of Dogs close to Canary Wharf
Mr Gorbuntsov is also on Moldova's wanted list over allegations of an illegal bank takeover and embezzlement. He denies any wrongdoing.
But the businessman's lawyer Vadim Vedenin linked the London attack to the Moscow case.
Gorbuntsov has previously said: 'If I go back to Russia, they will kill me'.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan
Police in London refused to confirm the victim's identity but said they
were investigating a shooting on the Isle of Dogs on Tuesday evening.
said: 'The victim was shot a number of times as he entered a block of
flats by a suspect who is described as white, 6ft tall and of slim
'Officers and
London Ambulance Service attended and a man, aged in his 40s, was taken
to hospital. His condition is described as critical but stable.
'Detectives from the Trident Gang Crime Command are investigating and are treating the shooting as attempted murder.
'They are keen to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time or who may have information about the incident.'
No one has been arrested.
Metropolitan Police officers are believed to be liaising with their counter-terrorism unit, The Times reported.
However, a spokesman refused to say whether the shooting is being discussed with police forces internationally.
It is understood the businessmen spent time in a Soviet jail before beginning a career as a businessman in the early 1990s.
He was the co-founder of nearly 40 companies involved in security, construction, real estate, and finance.
In 2005 he was a shareholder and board member of Interus in Moscow.
Will Stewart and Rob Cooper
Article source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2119384/Russian-banker-German-Gorbuntsov-gunned-assassination-attempt-near-Canary-Wharf.html?ITO=1490


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Mom's Introduction
The subject of painkiller addiction is one of the few drug addiction topics I did have some familiarity with prior to learning about my daughter's problems. Over the last 15 years, I have learned of several friends, employees, acquaintances ...many different individuals who have had problems with prescription drug addiction.
I have actually never taken anything stronger than a Tylenol or Advil ever in my life and therefore don't have personal experience about what it feels like to take them or to want them and not take them. I have, however, personally seen painkiller addiction negatively impact the lives of those who are addicted to them.
For this reason, I was very against my daughter taking any prescription medications for pain when she had to have her wisdom teeth removed. I assume if it was so easy for non-addictive personalities to develop a painkiller addiction, then it would certainly be risky for a person in recovery.
Besides, I assumed it went without saying that no doctor would even consider prescribing painkillers for a person in recovery. I also thought ...What support group? What counselor? What mentor would "allow" her to take painkillers?
Unfortunately, I was totally wrong and my concerns and warnings about painkiller addiction were ignored by everyone and a new problem developed. The following entries from Rae's journal which she is sharing with me and with you best describe what she is experiencing.
Rae's Recovery Journal
It's been a really long time since I've written anything. Sam and I do a gratitude list together every morning, so that's why I haven't been writing in a journal as much.
I got my wisdom teeth out today and I'm currently in excruciating pain. I'm really happy that Sam took the day off to take care of me, and I'm grateful that I finally have my wisdom teeth out because I was in a lot of pain from them for several weeks.
It's also really great to have so much support from my friends and family. Taking Percocet is scary, I guess it's normal to have worries about painkiller addiction, but at this point I don't really feel like I have much of a choice because of the pain. Hopefully I won't have to take it much longer.
Sam is making sure I don't take too much and I don't want to mess things up. I am super happy lately and I love being sober, so I know I will be okay.
I have been having a really difficult time staying sober since I got my wisdom teeth out. After taking Vicodin and Percocet, I can't stop thinking about how good it makes me feel and I am worried about painkiller addiction.
Even when the painkillers makes me feel kind of sick, they still give me one of the best feelings in the entire world. It's a feeling that nothing in sobriety could ever compare to, no matter how happy I am. It's easy to understand how painkiller addiction happens so easily to so many people.
Thinking about this also makes me start thinking about doing other drugs, like cocaine or even having a drink.
Again, there is nothing in sobriety that could ever compare to the high of these drugs. The way it makes me feel is something that I will never feel again, and I miss it. I miss it enough that I'm considering throwing away 9 ½ months of sobriety and everything else good in my life.
I know getting high comes with bad consequences and eventually misery, but I don't care. I just love the high so much I can't explain. I have mixed feelings though obviously because I love my life today and I love being sober.
But I love the high and I just want to run away from life, and all of the responsibilities that I have. I want it so badly that I'm close to tears, but I'm trying to hold on and wait it out, because I know that I've never been this happy before in my life.
I know that if I use, it won't just be once. And I don't want to just use once. I want to get high and keep getting high, but I want all of the good things in my life that I have today.
I'm grateful for what I have, and I'm trying to keep that in the front of my thoughts. It's so easy for me to convince myself that it's okay to get high, and that I will get back to where I am now even if I use a few times.
But I am asking for help. Please help me stay sober and please help me remember how good my life is today.
Almost 2 weeks later, and still all I can think about is getting high. I've been super anxious lately and that definitely triggers my cravings. But I've been wanting to use since I got my wisdom teeth out.
I'm going to meetings, writing, talking to my sponsor and other sober people, being honest, trying to pray, going to my outpatient group…nothing helps. I'm still just trying to do the right thing and wait it out, but it gets harder every day.
Mom's Thoughts:
I am in no way trying to say "I told you so." There would be no pleasure in that. I wish I had been wrong. I wish she could have taken the painkillers without any thoughts whatsoever of a painkiller addiction such as Percocet addiction or Vicodin addiction.
I saw how much pain she was in. It went on for weeks prior to the oral surgery and it went on for over a week after the surgery.
She was very brave also. She took as little as possible and she flushed the Vicodin she was taking prior to the surgery down the toilet before the script ran out. She and Sam videotaped it and we were all proud.
After the surgery, she stopped the Percocet early and got rid of the script the doctor pushed at her at her recheck, so I thought everything would be fine. But when I read about the agony she is going through, it breaks my heart. I'm not very good at feeling helpless.
I feel very angry at the doctor. I called him before he gave her anything and told him she was in recovery. I thought he would be very reluctant to prescribe anything stronger than Advil. I'm sure he, of all people, knows all about painkiller addiction.
I feel very angry that I couldn't "make" her not take the painkillers. I knew about painkiller addiction and was very frightened of it. I feel very angry that I can't "make" her feel good. I find it very frustrating that her brain has been "rewired" again by taking the painkillers, making her feel these horrible cravings.
And I feel very frustrated that I don't know how to help. I listen, I encourage, I try to lighten her load, I pray and show all the love a Mother could to her child, I lie awake and think and think about her pain and try to think of ways I can take it away. Most of all, I try to stay calm and try to live one day at a time, or actually one moment at a time.
August 15, 2010 - Mom's Thoughts Continued
1 week after my daughter wrote the above entry dated 7/29, she suffered a relapse. The cravings which seemed to have been brought on by the painkillers got the best of her. My worst fears brought on by my knowledge of painkiller addiction came true. Fortunately, she told a friend on the very first day and told Sam 3 days later. She stopped using drugs and admitted herself to inpatient rehab. I am very proud of her.
This experience was far worse than the first time I learned of her drug abuse. I saw my daughter almost kill herself this time. I saw the demon within drugs take over her brain and destroy her willpower and I saw her experience things while on drugs and during detox that no one should ever have to go through.
I also learned once again, even more this time, that I cannot solve her problems. I have read and read and attended meetings and talked to counselors and read some more and, in despair, I have learned that no one can help her except herself. That is a difficult thing for a Mom to accept.
I have learned that all I and the rest of her family can do is work on our own actions and thoughts. All the begging or nagging or threatening or insisting in the world isn't going to make an addict stay sober. In fact, those very things can actually be damaging and interfere with sobriety.
I am struggling to keep my own emotions under check ...struggling to function and go on with my own life. I am reading, talking, learning, reading, writing ...trying to help myself be the kind of person that will in turn help my daughter. And I am again living one day at a time or less.
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Theft charges and returning the property taken when asked by the police
A question was asked the other day: "My Friend was arrested for Grand theft. He stole from a person who he worked for, but they found out about through the nanny cams they had in their home. The owners contacted my friend along with the Sheriff's department. The Sheriff then contacted my friend saying that the owners just wanted their things back, so he returned the items. But now he was arrested for Grand Theft and charged by the same people. What can be done?"
First: Who can "press charges"?
The alleged victim of any crime doesn't "press charges" – that decision is solely up to the prosecutor. A person can make a police report and the police can arrest based on the information they gather, but the filing of criminal charges is exclusively up to the prosecutor (the D.A. or City Attorney, depending on the jurisdiction).
Does returning the stolen items solve the problem?
Returning the items doesn't undo the original act. Your friend will still likely face theft charges in court. The elements of theft are taking property of another with the intent to permanently deprive them of their property. Theft is completed at the time of the taking of the property, so returning the items after the fact doesn't undo the elements of the crime that were in place at the time of the original taking. It may help to show remorse and lessen any sentence, but technically, it doesn't 'fix' the original problem.
So what should the friend do?
What can be done? He needs a good criminal defense attorney to represent him. The charge he faces depends on the dollar amount – grand theft (over $400) is a "wobbler," meaning it can be charged as either a felony or a misdemeanor. Depending on just how much over the $400 mark it is will matter significantly. He's potentially facing a felony charge that carries up to three years in state prison. That isn't necessarily what he would get, but any criminal conviction carries lasting consequences far beyond the original sentence.
Orange County Defense Attorney – Joe Dane
(714) 532-3600
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