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A 'tough nerd' takes on Detroit
DETROIT — Republican Rick Snyder, who famously ran for governor of Michigan as "one tough nerd," made the toughest decision of his political career last month when he authorized the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. The former tech executive gambled his 2014 reelection, indeed his political legacy, on turning around a city in shambles.
So far, the first-term governor has been rewarded with a bounce in the polls as independent and even many Democratic voters indicate they appreciate his earnest attempt to turn the tide on decades of decay.
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But bankruptcies are messy by nature, bound to leave certain constituencies feeling shortchanged. And Democrats predict that the process will become a big drag on the incumbent over the next 15 months in a state that President Barack Obama carried by 9 percentage points in 2012.
( Also on POLITICO:Snyder: We had no choice with Detroit)
In 2010, Republicans made their biggest gubernatorial gains in the Midwest, which means that the region will again be the central 2014 battleground for governor's races. More than that, the election will be a referendum on the conservative agendas of several Republican governors — including Snyder, Scott Walker in Wisconsin and John Kasich in Ohio — who represent swing or Democratic-tilting states.
Unlike those better-known GOP counterparts, Snyder saved the most politically fraught decisions for the second half of his term. He incensed organized labor by signing a right-to-work law in December and upset conservatives by proposing to raise gasoline taxes and accept federal funds linked to Obamacare to expand Medicaid. Those moves, however, have helped him cut a political profile distinct from the national GOP.
( Also on POLITICO: Jack Lew defends no bailout for Detroit)
Snyder, whose approval rating is in the low- to mid-40s, remains vulnerable based on the state's Democratic tendencies alone. Yet, only one incumbent governor has lost a bid for a second term since 1948 in Michigan, and Snyder's ability to tap his own wealth helps guarantee that his reelection fight — against former Democratic Rep. Mark Schauer — will be one of next year's costliest and most competitive contests.
Snyder, the 54-year-old former CEO of Gateway Computers, calls himself a "nonpolitician" and speaks of voters as "customers." The mild-mannered Midwesterner, who exudes technocratic competence, calls the bankruptcy the latest in a string of "tough decisions" he's made.
"For how many decades could people have made tough decisions or done more to address it earlier," he told POLITICO. "It didn't happen. Enough is enough."
( POLITICO Playback: Detroit files for bankruptcy)
As the bankruptcy court sorts out how this city of 700,000 — anchored by some $18 billion in debt — can find its footing, local leaders are adopting a wait-and-see approach on whether the bankruptcy is a politically astute move.
"If it puts lights on the streets, and it puts police on the beat, it's going to be a good thing for our governor," said Symantha Heath, chairwoman of the Wayne County Republican Committee, which includes Detroit and several suburbs. "If after all this hullabaloo, it doesn't do those two things, then he's got a problem."
( Also on POLITICO: Graham's plan to block city bailouts)
Snyder recognizes this, and it's why he plans to spend a lot of time around town highlighting signs of progress. He drove in Thursday for the opening of a new detention center to process people arrested for serious crimes and, if all goes as planned, free up cops to do field work. Police take an average of 58 minutes to respond to the highest-priority calls, one of the most oft-repeated statistics surrounding the bankruptcy.
"Detroit is going to become a great city again," Snyder declared to a crowd of police officers before touring the new center.
There are constant reminders of the enormity of the task, however. That morning, disk jockeys chattered on the radio about a report that hundreds of dead dogs have piled up in a cooler at Detroit Animal Control because the city has not paid contractors to remove them for cremation.
As the bankruptcy unfolds, Democrats plan to tag Snyder as the guy putting Wall Street fat cats ahead of Michigan retirees — an argument they believe will stick if pensions end up getting cut to help pay back bondholders. They also note that in 2011, the governor pushed for a tax increase on retiree pensions. And they're making hay over continuing plans for a $650 million hockey arena for the beloved Red Wings — about two-fifths of which would be financed with state tax dollars — even as the bankruptcy plays out.
"The decisions here are only going to get harder," state Democratic Party Chairman Lon Johnson said. "Snyder sides with Big Business over working families."


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The pain from endometriosis had become so bad that Bethany Dohnal's doctors suggested she undergo a hysterectomy.
The pain from endometriosis had become so bad that Bethany Dohnal's doctors suggested she undergo a hysterectomy.
But she was just 30 years old at the time and thought surgery seemed severe.
"Someone suggested acupuncture and I thought, 'I'll give it a shot,'" said Dohnal, who lives in Marysville.
That was in 2006, and since then she also has given up gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Although she is not allergic to gluten, Dohnal said the combination works for her.
"I've become virtually pain-free," she said.
But there is a price.
Dohnal, who gets acupuncture at least every six weeks, pays $65 out of pocket for each hour-long session. Her insurance doesn't cover it.
"I checked and they said no," said Dohnal, who works at the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging and is insured through the city of Columbus.
According to the National Institutes of Health, 38 percent of adults use some form of complementary or alternative medicine and spend $33 billion each year on supplements and treatments. That's about 11percent of the total out-of-pocket health-care spending.
"The coverage of alternative medicine is likely something that's more commonly found in self-insured products, where an employer has interest in offering those benefits," said Kelly McGivern, president of the Ohio Association of Health Plans.
One of those employers is Ohio State University, which covers prescription acupuncture and massage for employees and their dependants.
"It's something people are very, very interested in," said Larry Lewellen, vice president for human resources at Ohio State.
OSU workers can get regular massage and acupuncture to treat lower back or shoulder pain. The university created a network of approved massage therapists and acupuncturists.
Employees have had this benefit for about a decade, Lewellen said.
"These were probably people who were not going to use traditional medical services anyway," said Dr. Glen Aukerman, medical director of OSU's Center for Integrative Medicine.
"They said, 'I'll have massage one to two times a month because I don't feel good when I take pain medicines.'"
UnitedHealthcare doesn't cover alternative therapies in its standard plans because research has yet to show that they work in large numbers of people, said Dr. Richard Gajdowski, the insurer's central Ohio medical director.
However, the company has a network of alternative and holistic medicine providers who customers can go to at discounted rates.
"It's not necessarily a covered benefit under your plan, but we recognize that you may be looking for those services," Gajdowski said.
Urban Acupuncture Center opened in Clintonville in the fall with the mission to provide affordable therapy.
"Less than 5 percent of insurance companies pay for it," said Steve Drugan of Urban Acupuncture.
The center provides 30-minute sessions and charges $15 to $40, based on a sliding scale.
Bruce Lange, 63, has gone there every week since his neck surgery in October.
He said his doctors and physical therapists have told him that his recovery is moving along quicker than expected.
Like Dohnal, Lange, a Columbus resident, pays out of pocket for the acupuncture sessions.
Drugan said companies are slow to realize the benefits of alternative and complementary medicine.
"I think it's a lack of information and a lack of knowledge," he said.
Dr. Phillip Pham, who specializes in acupuncture and pain management at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, said acupuncture can be a cost-effective remedy for patients who often are sent home with prescription pain-killers.
"This is just like medicines; it helps them to regain their function, improves their mobility and definitely their quality of life," he said.
Of course, most of Pham's patients pay out of pocket as well.

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NCSAM Tip #2: Keeping Your Software Up-to-Date
As software manufacturers fix security vulnerabilities they will often release new versions of their software for their users. This is a good thing and aims to protect us from many potential online threats, such as trojans that steal our personal information, or scareware that serves no legitimate purpose. However, it begs the question: How do we users learn of this newer software so that we can be protected?
Like most things, the answer is, of course: it depends. 😉
The steps required for us to keep our software up-to-date varies from software package to package, but can generally be categorized into four buckets, ranging from fully automatic to manual. The following graphic lists the four categories with their relative desirability:
The automatic settings—what I call Fully and Partially Automatic—are typically enabled using a configuration option inside the application. Often labeled "Enable Automatic Software Updates" or similar, these settings may or may not be enabled by default. Regardless of their initial default setting, these options should always be enabled.
Unfortunately, not all software supports automatic update functionality. For those programs that do not, it is important to evaluate the risks and work to overcome them ourselves. You should ask yourself the following questions about this software:
- Do I use this program to open files from other, potentially untrusted, people?
- Does this program receive input from the network directly?
- Is this program very common and in wide-spread use?
If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, the software may present a security risk and you should take steps to keep it updated. But how do we do that? It might be as easy—and admittedly tedious—as regularly visiting the website of the software's manufacturer and looking for new versions. Some companies also send email announcements of new software versions, and those announcements can be a low effort way to learn of new updates. In any event, find out which category of software updates is used by the package and make sure you take the steps required to ensure that it is regularly kept up to date!
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...I have to say that IF the image on the book cover is CR, then I am favorably amazed, compared to the avatar. HEHE I guess my own image to avatar would provide similar amazement. See image provided. Cheers!
Awesome stuff CR, thanks for keeping us up to date. Good stuff is worth waiting for.
We will of course be waiting.
You can look at it a couple of different ways, oldranger. Either you can acknowledge that the supposed secrets are out there already and that those who want to know can and will know, or you can subscribe to the belief that life-saving and fight-winning knowledge should not be restricted to "special" or selected groups or individuals. I acknowledge the first point and subscribe to the second. As far as techniques and tactics and concepts of the fight are concerned, everybody that wants it should be able to get it if they can. The bad guys know it anyway. Why shouldn't all the good guys?
Lonely Heros. The phrase doesn't seem to mesh. Does it?
Quote from: oldranger53 on November 01, 2012, 06:46:07 PMLonely Heros. The phrase doesn't seem to mesh. Does it?Unfortunately OR, it is the most common case. Look at how many of our CMH recipients have passed on broke and alone. The sheep don't like "different" because they are scared of what they don't, can't and never will understand. If they understood they would not be sheep.
Many, many times has a Hero stopped and saved someone in an emergncy situation and then disappeared? Heroes don't do what they do for recognition.
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Dr. Peter Rabinowitz reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Rabinowitz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is also on the adjunct faculty at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. His research interests include diseases that can be spread from animals to humans (zoonoses), diseases of animal workers, diseases of farm workers, emerging infectious disease, animal sentinels of environmental health hazards, and noise and hearing loss.
Education and Training
MPH: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
MD: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1982
Residency in Family Practice: University of California San Francisco, Salinas, CA, 1982–1983
Residency in Family Medicine: Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA
Fellowship in General Preventive Medicine: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1991–1993
Fellowship in Occupational and Environmental Medicine: Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1996–1998
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Dax is reunited with the Kahn symbiont, a wife of one of her previous hosts, and must decide whether or not to ignore Trill taboo and continue their relationship.
Jadzia Dax is in Quark's showing off magic tricks to Quark and Julian Bashir when Captain Benjamin Sisko calls her away. He informs her that a Trill science team is coming aboard to create an artificial wormhole and that the leader of the team is one Lenara Kahn. He then suggests that Dax has three months of leave accumulated and that she should take advantage of it. But Dax says she can handle it and that she has never allowed the past lives of the Dax symbiont to interfere with her job.
Dax, Worf, and Kira Nerys greets the science team comprised of Dr. Hanor Pren, Dr. Lenara Kahn, and her brother Dr. Bejal Otner. Dax and Kahn formally greet and both agree "it's been a long time". Dax reveals to a curious Major Kira that Kahn used to be Dax's wife after Worf leads them away.
Act OneEdit
In Quark's, Kira and Bashir explain to a confused Quark that Dax's previous host Torias was married to Kahn's previous host Nilani. However Torias was killed in a shuttle accident and Nilani became a widow. When Nilani died, the Kahn symbiont was passed on to Lenara. Kira can not understand why Dax and Kahn can not simply "pick up where they left off", but Bashir explains that it is strictly against the rules of Trill society to acknowledge it in any way. Rekindling a relationship with a love from a past life is called Reassociation, and the Trill feel it is unnatural as the point of joining is to allow the symbiont to accumulate experiences from many lifetimes. When moving from host to host, the symbiont must learn to let go of the past and move on from family and loved ones. Kira believes there must have been some Trill who have reassociated and there have: they were exiled from Trill society and their symbionts died with them. There is nothing more important for a joined Trill than to protect the life of the symbiont and therefore Bashir believes Dax will not and cannot act on any feelings she has.
At the welcome reception for the Trill scientists, Dax and Kahn have an awkward encounter at the buffet table which is not helped by the inquisitive looks cast by everyone else in the room. Dax humorously suggests getting in a screaming match to entertain the audience. Kahn jokes that perhaps they could throw themselves at each other, profess their love and disregard for Trill society. Kahn adds that they are both mature adults who are capable of handling the situation and Dax agrees.
However, when Kahn goes to the other side of the room, they exchange glances.
Act TwoEdit
On the USS Defiant, the science team is going over the plan in engineering to generate a subspace tensor matrix with a magneton pulse to create an opening in the space-time continuum. Left alone on the bridge, Kahn and Dax discover a few problems, and Dax tells Kahn not to panic – Torias used to tell Nilani that she was making a fuss over nothing and panicking. Dax admits that Torias was insensitive but Nilani overreacted as well. Kahn replies defensively and accidentally in the first person, but what she meant to say was "Torias being a pilot made Nilani nervous". Both hosts feel they have never had so much trouble separating their feelings from that of a past host. Dax adds that Torias was at fault for testing an unsafe shuttle and that the part of her that is Torias is very sorry. On impulse, Dax invites Kahn to dinner with her and Bashir, only it turns out that Dax nominated Bashir as a chaperon without asking first. Kahn agrees to meet that night at Quark's.
It turns out Bashir had plans that night, but Dax insists he cancel them and he relents. The unfortunate Bashir sits at a table yawning, completely left out while Kahn and Dax reminisce the night away. Bashir gets called away by Ensign Tyler's broken leg and leaves for the infirmary a little too eagerly. Kahn thinks that Bashir is a good friend, listening to them trading stories and not complaining. Kahn gives Dax her pair of Klingon earrings and Dax reaches out to hold Kahn's hand, only to be observed in a stairwell by Dr. Pren.
Act ThreeEdit
- "Defiant Log, stardate 49195.5. Lieutenant Commander Worf reporting. We have arrived at the coordinates to begin preliminary tests for the artificial wormhole project. A Trill science delegation has offered to help, and we've granted them access to the Defiant".
On the Defiant, preliminary testing has begun. Pren reports to Dr. Otner about the former couples' dinner date the previous night and observes they are very friendly towards each other. Otner prefers to focus on the experiment. Dax embraces Kahn as the first test succeeds: the wormhole was open for 23.4 seconds.
While Otner and Kahn have dinner in the replimat, Otner asks questions about Dax, who visited Kahn's quarters the previous night. Kahn becomes defensive and Otner states that people are starting to notice how Kahn and Dax are acting affectionate towards each other. Kahn storms off angrily and Otner apologizes. He agrees to trust her if she says that nothing is going on, and Lenara insists there is not.
Kahn visits Dax's quarters considerably upset at the encounter with her brother. Dax suggests they should not see each other and they should not be having this conversation but Kahn says that would not change their feelings. Kahn admits that she has not gotten over Dax and Dax tells Kahn she has missed her so much. They share a passionate kiss and Kahn quickly leaves afterward.
Act FourEdit
Dax seeks Benjamin Sisko's advice regarding what to do. Sisko thinks Dax should not pursue the relationship as Curzon Dax had said that the price for violating the reassociation taboo is too high. Sisko wants Dax to think about what will happen if they reassocciate: when Jadzia dies, Dax dies. Sisko assures her that if he were in her position he would want to be certain that he can pay the price before doing anything. Sisko, however, agrees to back Dax all the way if she is sure that this is what she wants. Dax says that in her seven lifetimes, she has never had a friend quite like Sisko. They embrace each other warmly.
On the Defiant, the team reopens the artificial wormhole in preparation for their attempt to send something through it. The wormhole appears to be stable and a probe is launched, however the wormhole collapses as soon as the probe enters it sending out a shockwave which causes major damage to the Defiant, with a hull breach on Deck 5 and plasma leaks in the engine room where Dr. Kahn is located. The bridge cannot contact the engine room and Dax goes to investigate, telling Worf to send a damage control team to engineering. Getting there with the damage control team, Dax finds an injured Michael Eddington and a full-blown plasma fire in the middle of engineering that is threatening to cause a warp core breach. The compartment needs to be vented to put the fire out, however Kahn is lying out of reach and unconscious. Dax walks on a level 8 force field over the leaked plasma and gets to Kahn in just in time with the help of Eddington. Dax and Khan crawl into an emergency compartment and engineering is vented, saving the ship. Kahn tells Dax that she does not want to lose her again and Dax agrees.
Act FiveEdit
Dax visits the recovering Kahn in her quarters and Otner thanks Dax for rescuing his sister. He leaves and gives them their privacy. Dax gives Kahn a bottle of Risian perfume and says that the accident may have been caused by the tetryon field's reaction to the probe's shielding, producing a massive graviton wave. Kahn feels guilty about the damage done to the Defiant but Dax says it is a huge achievement. Dax then suggests Kahn do further research with her at Deep Space 9 instead of returning to Trill and that she is prepared to pay the price. Dax says it does not matter what everyone else thinks, but what they feel is most important. Kahn however feels that she can not give up everything she worked for and ignore the rules, despite feeling that a part of her is missing without Dax. Kahn wants to think it over on Trill for a little longer, but Dax says that if Kahn leaves on the transport tomorrow they both know that she will probably never return.
Worf escorts Pren and Otner to the airlock on the Promenade while Dax observes from above, still hoping Kahn will stay. However Kahn arrives soon after. She casts one last lingering look at Dax and the grief-stricken hosts part, possibly forever.
Log entriesEdit
Memorable quotesEdit
"She probably beamed the egg directly into her mouth from one of the transporters!"
- - Quark, remarking on Dax's magic trick
"Ladies and gentlemen, the amazing Jadzia Dax!"
- - Bashir
"You know that woman."
"I know her. She used to be my wife."
- - Kira and Dax, on Lenara Kahn
"For a joined Trill, nothing is more important than to protect the life of the symbiont. Nothing."
- - Bashir, on the consequences of reassociation
"What do Klingons dream about?"
"Things that would send cold chills down your spine, and wake you in the middle of the night. No, it is better that you do not know. Excuse me."
"I can never tell when he's joking."
- - Kira and Worf
"I'm not like you, Dax… I don't have a little Curzon inside me telling me to be impulsive…to ignore the rules… give up everything I've worked for…"
"Can you really walk away from me… from us? After all this time we're back together. Don't throw that away."
"I don't want to… Maybe I need more time… maybe if I go back to Trill for a while… think it over… I could always come back later…"
"I wish I could believe you. But ultimately, it comes down to this… if you feel about me the way I feel about you… you won't get on that transport tomorrow. And if you do leave… I think we both know you're never coming back."
- - Kahn and Dax
Background informationEdit
Story and scriptEdit
- The working title of this episode was "Once Joined." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library)
- The idea for the taboo regarding former Trill lives was Michael Piller's. He developed the concept early in the second season, but it never made it on-screen. René Echevarria explains Piller's idea by saying, "He felt they'd have a very strict taboo in order to avoid an aristocracy of the joined. Otherwise, they'd only want to hang out with each other, their dear old friends from five hundred years ago, and it would become a really screwed up society." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- In the original version of the story, Kahn was a man. It was Ronald D. Moore who suggested making Kahn a woman. Moore commented: "I remember reading the story and thinking about it. Literally, I was on my way home and started to think this would be a much stronger story … it would really be a stand-out episode of the series … if this was a woman". (Cinefantastique, November 1996)
- Entertainment Tonight wanted to film the kiss between Farrell and Thompson but Avery Brooks refused to let them do so. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 5)
- Alexander Siddig and Terry Farrell spent a lot of time on the magic tricks performed in the episode. Siddig commented: "We actually had to learn them" but that neither he nor Farrell "have since been admitted to the Magic Hall of Fame". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 5)
- This episode features Star Trek's first same-sex kiss and is one of the most controversial episodes in the show's history. According to Ronald D. Moore, "some felt betrayed, didn't want to see this in their homes. An affiliate down south cut the kiss from their broadcast." Similarly, René Echevarria says, "my mother was absolutely scandalized by the episode. Shocked and dismayed. She told me 'I can't believe you did that. There should have been a parental guidance warning'." Steve Oster says that a man called the show and complained, "you're ruining my kids by making them watch two women kiss like that." Much of the public response mirrored that of the famous Kirk-Uhura kiss in the original series episode TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- There is a story regarding the man complaining about his kids seeing the kiss: It was a production assistant who took the call. After hearing the man's complaint, the PA asked if the man would've been okay with his kids seeing one woman shoot the other. When the man said he would be okay with that, the PA said "You should reconsider who's messing up your kids". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Both cast and crew stand by the idea that this episode was not actually about homosexuality, any more than "Plato's Stepchildren" was about inter-racial relationships. Director Avery Brooks is very clear about this: "it was a story about love, and the consequences of making choices out of love. The kiss was irrelevant." Just as clear is writer René Echevarria "we could tell the story without ever talking about the fact that they are two women." Ronald D. Moore makes a similar point: "it deals with homosexuality and sexual orientation and tolerance, but I'm very proud of the fact that nowhere in the episode does anyone even blink at the fact that these are two women. That's the part that sails by everyone on the show." Finally, Ira Steven Behr points out, "We're not doing a show about lesbians, we're doing a show about Trills." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Avery Brooks reinforces the notion that this is just a simple love story in Charting New Territory: Deep Space Nine Season Four, a documentary in the special features of the DS9 Season 4 DVD; "It's a love story after all. What's extraordinary about it, you know, the love of your life, and somehow that love is taken away, and you have a chance, another chance, you know, a hundred and fifty years later, to be together again. It was an extraordinary story. I thought it was important that we tell this story honestly and truthfully about love, and so it's not about sex, or same gender or any of the above, even though, obviously, in our world, that's what people started to look at, but I mean it was so important for me to tell that story honestly and truthfully, especially for the people who have suffered, you know, in our world, needlessly, because of love. I was adamant that we were not going to sensationalize this kiss, because, again, I mean, you know, for Star Trek I suppose, or even at that time, you know, for television, prime time television, it was a big deal."
- Also in the Charting New Territory documentary, Terry Farrell reiterates the fact that 'lesbianism' is not an issue in the episode; "I think because "Rejoined" was such a sensitive subject, it was very important to show that it was just a choice, and no one judged Dax for her choice, and everyone supported her as a friend, and they were really concerned about her heart getting broken, because she was going to have to give up being a joined Trill. She was going to be banished from her land, she'd have to change her way of life, but not because of her love for this woman, but because it was from the past. It was appropriate for my character to have this moment, it wasn't the 'big lesbian kiss' to get you to watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and of course my character could run up against something like this and it would make sense. And it's an interesting, topical, very Gene Roddenberry-esque way to have the show done."
- In the same documentary, Ronald D. Moore makes a similar point; "To the audience, you're playing out this metaphor of a taboo that you're not supposed to be involved with somebody, and the audience sees these two women who are in love together, but the show will never ever comment on it, because it's really about this Trill taboo, this completely other issue. But the idea of homosexual love is staring the audience in the face no matter what they do, but we never have to mention it in the show. It just became this lovely tale about these two forbidden lovers that just couldn't get over that one had died and didn't get a chance to say goodbye, and here they come together in these two other bodies, but what they once felt for one another is still there, but the societal taboo was so strong that one of them had to back out, one of them wasn't willing to take it all the way. It was just a lovely bit of Star Trek because it really was an allegory for our society, and that's ultimately what Trek does best."
- "Rejoined" is one of Terry Farrell's favorite episodes due to the message behind it. Farrell commented that it was: "a lost love episode, absolutely. I'm so glad we got to do it. It was an important show. It's interesting to see how people react to 'Rejoined'. I like the idea of sending people a bigger message than they're used to seeing on TV, something that makes them think and gives them something to talk about. I think the show is so appropriate for Dax, more appropriate than for any other character on television. That's because Dax has always had this duality. She has been a man and a woman several times. Any entity that has that duality is going to have some controversy surrounding it, even though the the story is not about a gay relationship. I have several friends that are gay and I don't judge them for that. In fact, I applaud their honesty. I applaud anyone who is honest about how they feel and who they are. It's not easy for most gay people to be honest about it because they're often treated poorly. I feel badly for people who stay in the closet and secretly feel like they're living another life and can't tell their friends of family". (The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine issue 14)
- Farrell also liked the way all of the resistance and controversy which Dax and Lenara Kahn face from others is inspired by taboos in Trill culture, and has nothing to do with gender or lesbianism. She also admired the way that director Avery Brooks directed the kiss in a non-sensationalist manner. (Crew Dossier: Jadzia Dax, DS9 Season 2 DVD, Special Features) Of his direction of the kiss, Brooks has said, "People want to hype stuff like that, but I wasn't going to have it." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
- Susanna Thompson was also a fan of Avery Brooks' directions of this episode; "It was my first time working on Star Trek where a director wanted me to come in prior to the first day you start shooting, and so he got Terry and I together. I felt very safe with him. And being an actor, he understood all the technical ramifications that you're sort of distracted with on any given day. But he also knew that this episode was going to be a little controversial because there was a same sex kiss. He was so good at keeping us safe and protected, but also giving us such a great space to be brave." (Hidden File 04, DS9 Season 4 DVD, Special Features)
- Ira Steven Behr commented "I know they [Paramount Pictures] got a lot of negative feedback, which only goes to prove a point I always believed in, which is that science fiction fans and Star Trek fans are much more conservative than people want to believe, and this whole Gene Roddenberry liberal Humanistic vision is truly not shared by a significant portion of them". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Official Poster Magazine, issue 5)
- On one especially odd complaint that was received, Ira Steven Behr commented "the favorite of mine, and I haven't seen them all – was that we were taken to task for seeming to support lesbianism and reincarnation on the show… this was from some minister somewhere. So, yeah – this 'reincarnation' thing with the Trills… it's dangerous! It's seeping into the minds of America's youth! ("The Behr Necessities", Star Trek Monthly, issue 12)
- Cinefantastique ranked "Rejoined" as the fourth best episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 32, No. 4/5, p. 98)
- In her book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (paperback ed., p. 204), J.M. Dillard termed this "one of Star Trek's boldest episodes dealing with sexual mores."
- Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko) does not appear in this episode. Rene Auberjonois (Odo) only appears in the background at the party and has no speaking lines.
- The Bajoran dress uniform appears for the first time in this episode.
- The themes of a Trill continuing a relationship after changing hosts explored here are similar to those in TNG: "The Host", the Trills' introductory episode. The situation here differs in that both parties are joined Trills, changing the dynamic dramatically.
- Contrary to Jadzia's proclamation, she had actually twice previously let her past lives get in the way of her work, once in DS9: "Dax" and again in DS9: "Blood Oath", although this was the first time confronting the taboo against romance.
- It wasn't until the Star Trek: Discovery episode ""Into the Forest I Go"" that the first male-to-male kiss in Star Trek was shown, just over 22 years after this episode aired.
Video and DVD releasesEdit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.3, 25 March 1996
- As part of the DS9 Season 4 DVD collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- Rene Auberjonois as Odo
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Commander Worf
- Terry Farrell as Lt. Commander Dax
- Cirroc Lofton as Jake Sisko
- Colm Meaney as Chief O'Brien
- Armin Shimerman as Quark
- Alexander Siddig as Doctor Bashir
- Nana Visitor as Major Kira
Guest starsEdit
- Susanna Thompson as Lenara Kahn
- Tim Ryan as Bejal Otner
- James Noah as Hanor Pren
- Kenneth Marshall as Michael Eddington
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Kevin M. Brettauer as a Bajoran boy (unconfirmed)
- Brian Demonbreun as a Starfleet science officer
- Randy James as Jones
- David B. Levinson as Broik
- Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn
artificial wormhole; AQF sequencer; awning; Bajoran cuisine; Bajorans; Bajoran wormhole; Barros Inn; bat'leth; birthday party; brother; chaperone; class-4 probe; crew quarters; Dax, Audrid; Dax, Curzon; Dax, Emony; Dax, Joran; Dax, Lela; Dax, Tobin; Dax, Torias; diagnostic subroutine; dream; dress uniform; exile; expression; focal array; force field; graviton wave; hasperat; headache; heart attack; introvert; Jefferies tube; Kahn (symbiont); Kahn, Nilani: kiss; Klingon; Klingon scientist; latinum; magneton pulse; Milky Way Galaxy; moba fruit; neutrino; nurse; "Old Man"; "on cue"; perfume; plasma coil; plasma fire; plasma leak; probe; Promenade; Quark's; rabbit; ratana tree; RCS thruster; reassociation; recalibration unit; Replimat; Rigel system; Risian; science officer; scientist; sister; sleight-of-hand; space-time continuum; spouse; strategic operations officer; subspace field stress; subspace tensor matrix; target drone; tea; team leader; tetryon; theoretical quantum physics; toast; transtator; Trill; Trill homeworld; Trill Science Ministry; Trill transport; Tyler; veklava
External linksEdit
- "Rejoined" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "Rejoined" at Wikipedia
- "Rejoined" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
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Blogito ergo sum! Actually, as N.T. Wright averred, "'Amor, ergo sum:' I am loved, therefore I am." Among other things, I am a Roman Catholic deacon. This is a public cyberspace in which I seek to foster Christian discipleship in the late modern milieu in the diakonia of koinonia and in the recognition that "the Eucharist is the only place of resistance to annihilation of the human subject."
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Feast of St. John Apostle and Evangelist
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. The violence unleashed today in Gaza by Israel is in retaliation for the continued rocket attacks into Israel. Gaza, which is geographically separated from the West bank, is controlled by Hamas, not by the more moderate Palestinian Authority, with whom Israel has been in negotiations. It is odd that just a few days ago Israel opened the border crossings into Gaza at the request of U.N. envoy Tony Blair. This seemed a step in the right direction.
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I'd like to offer this story on my application that brings the prayer on iPhone.ReplyDelete
I believe that prayer is Christian and Catholic from spreading. You wonder why you can publish the news and if you can spread it to your friends on the blog.
fr. Paolo Padrini
Sacred texts: Vatican embraces iTunes prayer book
5 days ago
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones.
The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications is embracing the iBreviary, an iTunes application created by a technologically savvy Italian priest, the Rev. Paolo Padrini, and an Italian Web designer.
The application includes the Breviary prayer book — in Italian, English, Spanish, French and Latin and, in the near future, Portuguese and German. Another section includes the prayers of the daily Mass, and a third contains various other prayers.
After a free trial period in which the iBreviary was downloaded approximately 10,000 times in Italy, an official version was released earlier this month, Padrini said.
The application costs euro0.79 ($1.10), while upgrades will be free. Padrini's proceeds are going to charity.
Monsignor Paul Tighe, secretary of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Social Communications, praised the new application Monday, saying the Church "is learning to use the new technologies primarily as a tool or as a mean of evangelizing, as a way of being able to share its own message with the world."
Pope Benedict XVI, a classical music lover who was reportedly given an iPod in 2006, has sought to reach out to young people through new media. During last summer's World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, he sent out mobile phone text messages citing scripture to thousands of registered pilgrims — signed with the tagline "BXVI."
It is a wonderful development. It is Providential that you should post this today, just last night our parochial vicar was telling me that he downloaded it and now uses it as his breviary.ReplyDelete
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The Coffeyville Aviation Heritage Museum in Coffeyville, Kansas is housed in the only hanger remaining from the Pfister Park Airport, that was in operation from 1933 until 1960. The original runways and hanger were a WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. When the airport was discontinued, the land reverted into Coffeyville\'s Pfister Park and there are no runways there today.Open weekends, or by appointment, the Coffeyville Aviation Heritage Museum has various aircraft exhibits, but the truely unique exhibit is the memorabilia about the Funk Airplanes which were designed by Joe and Howard Funk.The Funk\'s Akron Aircraft Company was originally located in Akron, Ohio, but following bankruptcy in 1940, they were bailed out by Bill and Raymond Jensen of Coffeyville and the manufacturing was relocated to Kansas. The renamed Funk Aircraft Company operated in Coffeyville from 1941 through 1942 and again from 1945 through 1947, producing a total of 232 aircraft, before the post war aircraft production bubble burst.Including the production in Akron, over 300 Funk airplanes were produced and about 200 still fly. Many of the remaining Funk airplanes are flown to an annual reunion of the Funk Aircraft Owners Association in Coffeyville each September.
The Planes of Fame Air Museum was founded in 1957 by Edward Maloney. It is the oldest independently operated aviation museum in the United States.
The museum collection spans the history of manned flight. We house over 150 Aircraft and displays. Many of the Aircraft are flyable, including the P-51 Mustang, F4U Corsair, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-40 Warhawk, B-25 Mitchell, P-38 Lightning, F-86 Sabre & Russian Mig 15.
Our Mission is to preserve aviation history, inspire interest in aviation, educate the public, and honor aviation pioneers and veterans.
We are a non profit 501 (c)(3) organization that has grown since 1957 through donations. We receive no monies from the government. For more info please visit: http://www.planesoffame.org
Planes of Fame Air Museum
7000 Merrill Avenue #17, Chino, CA 91710
Tel – 909-597-3722
Fax – 909-597-4755
About Classic Fighters of America
For almost 100 years and the advent of flight, man has sought to develop an aircraft that could be both offensive and defensive, and thus allow airborne supremacy. From the early 1900's until after World War II, these aircraft were referred to as "Pursuit" types, and shared a "P" in their designations. Examples were the P-40 Tomahawk, the P-38 Lightning and the P-51 Mustang. After that war and the formation of the U.S. Air Force as a branch separate from the U.S. Army, the designations of these types were changed to "Fighters" having an "F" prefix. Examples are the F-84 and the F-86. Classic Fighters of America focuses almost entirely on Pursuit/Fighter aircraft employed by the U.S. forces in the past.
North American B-25J-25-NC, serial number 44-30733, nicknamed "Sandbar Mitchell" after it crashed on a Tanana River sandbar near Fairbanks, Alaska in June of 1969. With the help of skilled volunteers this B-25J will once again grace the skies over America in honor of the 340th Bomb Group. After spending 44 years resting on the Tanana River Sandbar, Sandbar Mitchell was recovered on July 5, 2013. She is now being restored in the Warbirds Of Glory Museum shop in Michigan.
In addition to the rare flying WWII and Korea warplanes on display at the impressive hangar of the Dixie Wing, there is a room dedicated to the display of artifacts and memorabilia of the Wars of the U.S. in the last century. On display at various points in the museum are mannequins wearing authentic uniforms of WWII. One cabinet displays WWI articles.
Several cabinets display finely crafted plastic models of Allied and Axis warplanes of the last century. This collection was crafted by the late James McConnell of Big Canoe, GA and donated to the Wing by his widow, Betty. A large collection of WWII toys is on display donated by Mr. Richard McNary. During the war, little or no metal was available for toys, so manufacturers used wood, cardboard and even plaster of paris to make these toys.
The centerpiece of the Museum is a 10 foot model of the "USS Enterprise" (CVA-6), the most decorated US warship of WWII and veteran of all but 2 major battles. It is displayed with scale models of U.S. carrier aircraft of WWII.
Various cabinets contain weapons and gear of American, British, French, Russian, German, Italian, and Japanese military services.
A large model of the "USS Missouri" battleship is displayed along with a freighter, the "Aldebarau". Above these is a very large model of the CAF B-17 "Texas Raider".
Aviation art by Col Mark Baldwin is displayed on the walls of the Museum along with newspapers of WWII and military insignias.
Sevearl aircraft engines are displayed including a Fairchild "Ranger", an Allison V-12, a Rolls Royce "Merlin" V-12, a rare Guiberson diesel radial engine and the large Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp R-2800 used on the F4U Corsair fighter-bomber
The museum items supplement the stars of the Dixie Wing Hangar. These fully operational airplanes include the Douglas SBD-5 "Dauntless" divebomber, the North American P-51 D "Mustang" fighter, the Goodyear FG-1D Corsair fighter, the North American LT-6D "Mosquito" spotter attack aircraft, the Fiarchild PT-19A primary trainer, the Aeronca L-16 liason and spotter aircraft, a North American SNJ advanced trainer and two replica Japanese aircraft: the "Zero" fighter and the "Kate" torpedo bomber, these last two built for the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora!"
Museum curators are Col Mark Baldwin and Col Walt Cantrell. The Dixie Wing and the Commemorative Air Force is a 501-c3 tax exempt organization. The museum is staffed by volunteers and supported mainly by donations.
The Museum is home to the 35th Division Museum. It includes 36 pieces of military equipment outside–airplanes, helicopters, tanks, artillery, jeeps, trucks, artillery tractors, etc. The Museum includes over 125 inside exhibits, including exhibits on the Civil War, Indian Wars in Kansas, Spanish-American War, Mexican Border War of 1916, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Desert Storm-Desert Shield, and the Global Wars on Terrorism–Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The Museum includes the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame, a MAS*H replica of the "Swamp," an original oil portrait of Adolph Hitler, a Snowgoose UAV, and Maj Daniel Forbes.
The Combat Air Museum is a non-profit institution dedicated to the creation of facilities and resources for the education of the local and regional communities through the collection, preservation, conservation and exhibition of aircraft, information, artifacts, technology and art associated with the military aviation history of the United States of America.
Founded in the 1970's, The Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum has a continually growing collection of over 45 historic warbirds from the beginnings of aviation to the present day. The VAC is a 501(3)c educational organization dedicated to the preservation of, education about and commemoration of Warbirds from all eras and the men and women who flew, maintained and fought in them.
Pappy Boyington Field Museum is dedicated to preserving local aviation histoy and the efforts of veterans and aviators who have sacrificed and contributed to preserving the integrity and peace to which the United States has been graced.
Pappy Boyington Field Museum preserves the military and aviation history of area residents. We are a federal and Idaho 501(c)3 charitable non-profit, and donations are tax deductible. We are looking for military scrapbooks and stories of local veterans. We also pay particular honor to locally born and raised WW2 Ace Greg "Pappy" Boyington.
The Alfred & Lois Kelch Aviation Museum, Inc. is located at the Brodhead Airport (C37), near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Housed in four hangars, the museum contains a unique collection of aircraft and automobiles from the 1920's and 1930's, many of which are one-of-a-kind or sole surviving examples. All of the aircraft are fully restored and most are flyable.
Flyable aircraft, military vehicle collection
Liberty Aviation Museum is a newer museum that opened in July of 2012 at the Erie-Ottawa International Airport (KPCW Carl Keller Field) in Port Clinton, Ohio. Our museum consists our B-25 Mitchell, WWII bomber "Georgie's Gal" built in 1945, recently restored by Aero Trader out of Chino, CA. (The B-25 Mitchell is currently away from the museum until late July 2015) Ground vehicles include a 1941 Dodge ambulance, 2 Jeeps, German 37mm AA gun, German Horch Truck, German Field Kitchen, German Kubel, 3 BMW Motorcycles, Tiger Tank Replica, Hetzer Tank Replica, Panther Tank Replica (currently undergoing restoration away from the museum), & 2 WWII PT boats under current restoration (Currently not available for public viewing until new hangar expansion opens after Memorial Day. View the PT 728 Thomcat facebook page for photos of the restoration of the boat! The PT-728 will be on display in the new hangar expansion when the building opens after Memorial Day. The sister boat, the PT-724 is in storage currently and not available for viewing) The PT-728 Thomcat will be available for boat experiences after restoration is completed! Don't forget to check out the Tin Goose Diner attached to the museum! Open year round, open 7 days a week (7am-7pm), serving breakfast, lunch and dinner! You can fly in or drive in to visit us! When flying in, please radio the FBO to verify that our ramp is open for parking. If it isn't, you can park at the airport and we have a shuttle that will bring you to our facility next door! Ford Tri-Motor rides are available.
We are honoured to have one of only 4 Avro Lancaster bombers, with functioning Merlin engines, left in the world.
Have a look in our Facebook Musée Avion MONTELIMAR……search on GOOGLE or in http://www.meacmtl.com
Hundreds of rare aviation items and artifacts are on display in the Spirit of Flight Hall of Honor representing the past, present and future of flight.
Our mission is to save and display aircraft and flight memorabilia to honor all veterans, and to educate the general public on the significance of aviation and aviation history.
This airport-museum-restaurant-in-one allows visitors to see and learn more about historic aircraft, take touring flights over the scenic mountains with experienced pilots and dine in comfort.
This living history collection, features close to 30 unique and one-of-a-kind aircraft from America\'s Golden Age of Aviation (1920\'s-1930\'s). This private collection is housed within a modern 45,000 square-foot hangar, located at the Anoka County Airport in Blaine, Minnesota. Among rarities are NASA\'s first aircraft, a stainless steel amphibian and the first airplane in which a pope ever flew. One of six trimotors in the collection is a 1927 Ford Trimotor. The full ground-up restoration is America\'s oldest existing airliner. Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart are among the many notable aviators who have flown some of these unique and rare aircraft. Truly a one-of-a-kind collection of this era.
The North Carolina Aviation Museum in Asheboro houses an extensive collection of aircraft and memorabilia in two different hangars. The museum also undertakes restoration efforts, and keeps aircraft in flightworthy condition.
The Tennessee Museum of Aviation opened in Sevierville on December 15, 2001. The 50,000 sq ft facility is located beside the runway of the Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (KGKT). Airworthy Warbirds are the foundation of our collection, making this a very unique location for visitors to enjoy unscheduled flight demonstrations. Docents are available to assist visitors on a leisurely walk through our 35,000 sq ft hangar, observing a variety of magnificently restored Warbirds and offering a glimpse at some future projects waiting for restoration. We are a \"living\" museum, therefore our exhibits and aircraft change frequently. Bring your family to reminisce with veterans willing to share their memories with the next generation. This hidden treasure, of the Smoky Mountains, is certainly worth a visit for any aviation enthusiast.
The museum currently owns or has on loan approximately 40 historically significant aircraft. Some have been fully restored while others are pending restoration. Our lineup includes some especially notable airplanes.• Beech Starship• Boeing B-52 Stratofortress• 1934 Model 73 Stearman Trainer• KC 135E refueling tanker• 1927 Laird SwallowExplore our extensive displays of aircraft and engines from throughout the history of modern aviation. Climb our control tower, built in 1941, for a birds-eye view of the surrounding area. Or, with prior arrangement, investigate our wide-ranging archive of more than 200,000 photographs, documents, books and aviation-related memorabilia.The Kansas Aviation Museum focuses on aircraft education and memorabilia with a Kansas connection. Our building and exhibits proudly highlight the pivotal role that Wichita and Kansas played and continue to play in aviation history.
The Mission of the museum is to acquire, collect, restore, maintain, display and fly tactical classic jet aircraft and other aircraft of historic or unique character, and to emphasize the preservation and teaching of the history, maintenance, fabrication, and flying skills of these aircraft. World Heritage Air Museum will preserve these aircraft in flying condition whenever possible so as to allow the public the benefit of seeing these aircraft in flight. World Heritage Air Museum will also promote, attend, sponsor and host air shows, fly-ins and air racing.WHAM will regularly fly these aircraft and seek to build a museum at the airport that will become a prominent tourist draw. WHAM plans to have annual fundraising dinners, and local airshows. WHAM will also seek both donations and volunteers to promote both its mission and the renaissance of Detroit City Airport.


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Anita assists with Accounting and Administration functions for AgCommunicators.
Anita completed a Diploma of Accounting at TAFE SA and holds a Certificate in Business. Having completed a Leadership Development Program and with extensive experience in Administrative and Support roles, Anita is strongly committed to providing effective Customer Service. She has worked in a variety of industries ranging from Banking, Oil & Gas and Food Manufacturing.
Anita enjoys balancing home duties, motherhood, work life and all that fits in between.
Website and Digital Specialist
Daniel is AgCommunicators' website and digital specialist, managing website design, photography, videography and IT.
After obtaining a Diploma in IT multimedia, Daniel worked in a range of industries including as an information and communication technology manager at a furniture retail store and digital specialist at a self-managed super fund.
Daniel excels in developing creative and visually appealing digital products to share the client's story.
Communication and Marketing Officer
Quinton is a communication/marketing officer at AgCommunicators. Quinton grew up in the south-east of South Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of South Australia in 2015 before making the move to NSW to work as the Sports Reporter at the Tumut and Adelong Times.
Moving back to SA in 2016, Quinton worked as a Journalist for The Stock Journal where he was named Best Rural Print Journalist at the Rural Media SA awards in December 2016. In 2017 Quinton took a break and travelled the world, working on an alpaca farm, therapy farm, at an English-teaching school in Cambodia, and as a gardener, before coming back to SA and joining the AgCommunicators team.
In his time off he enjoys travelling, hiking, kayaking, all kinds of sports and spending time with family and friends.
Accounts and Administration Officer
Heather is the Accounts and Administration Officer for AgCommunicators. Heather has worked in payroll and accounts since the age of 18 in a range of different industries, and has a passion for reconciliating figures and seeing the numbers balance!
Heather lives at Hallett Cove with her two Australian Cattle Dogs.
Event Consultant
Loren is an event consultant within the AgCommunicators Events team working on major agricultural events in SA and across Australia.
Born in Adelaide, Loren lived most of her life in Sydney before moving back to Adelaide in 2018 to join the AgCommunicators team. With 12 years' experience in event management, Loren has organised events of all shape and size, ranging from international conferences with 5000 delegates and corporate events to fashion shows and weddings.
Loren is a passionate organiser, and knew from a young age she wanted to be an event manager. She loves planning and ensuring the events she is involved with are perfect down to the smallest detail.
Education and Administration Officer
Rebekah is an education and administration officer with AgCommunicators, responsible for delivering Food and Fibre Education SA activities including attending careers events to promote industry and development of the Full STEAM Ahead Career Scholarship.
Rebekah is from a farm north of Mannum in the Murraylands where her family operates a piggery and broadacre cropping operation. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University of Adelaide and aspires to be an agronomist when she graduates. She aims to work with producers to better understand their production systems and new technologies. She is secretary of Murray Plains Farmers and works within the agricultural industry during harvest, in both the grains and horticulture industries.
In 2014, Rebekah participated in the former Primary Industries Centre for Science Education Scholarship and through the experience has developed a passion for educating others on the importance of agricultural industries and soil science.
Event Specialist
Tina Brock started her career in event management before moving into secretarial, administrative and customer service roles. However, her enjoyment for meeting people and organising things brought her back to events with AgCommunicators. She has studied travel and tourism at Adelaide TAFE and her career has led her to work with a number of well-known companies in South Australia including the Hilton Hotel, Berrivale Orchards, BAE Systems, Virgin Australia and University of Adelaide.
Tina has a passion for meeting and communicating with people and enjoys travelling – both in Australia and around the world.
Tina enjoys spending time with her son watching, and participating in, various sports and outdoor activities.
Communication and Marketing Specialist
Rachael brings a wealth of experience in journalism and communication to the AgCommunicators team.
She grew up on a grain farm near Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia and studied a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with the University of South Australia. She took on a role as a journalist at the Murray Valley Standard at Murray Bridge and was a journalist at The Courier newspaper in the Adelaide Hills town of Mount Barker. While working as a journalist, Rachael furthered her studies to complete a Graduate Diploma in Communications at the University of South Australia and a Masters of Communication with Deakin University. Rachael also spent five years as the media officer for the Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia before making the move to Perth and taking on the role of grains writer for WA's agricultural newspaper Farm Weekly.
On her return to SA, Rachael used her skills and knowledge of the grains industry to work in communications for the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Rachael enjoys working within an industry that is close to her heart and contributes to AgCommunicators' content development for a range of clients.
Cara assists with administration and accounting functions for AgCommunicators.
Cara completed a Bachelor of Business at the University of South Australia and has since worked in a variety of industries ranging from engineering and fabrication, energy and food manufacturing.
Within these roles, Cara has worked in the areas of Administration, Accounts, Human Resources and Customer Service.
Cara enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter and Labrador.
Accounts and Contracts Manager
Tracey undertakes the financial and management accounting functions for AgCommunicators.
Tracey grew up on a mixed family farm in SA's Mid North. Following on from a Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy at the University of South Australia, Tracey completed the CPA Program to become a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA).
In her working life, Tracey has undertaken a variety of roles including in tax in a chartered firm, auditing within the South Australian Government and senior financial management roles in the private sector. Tracey's experience crosses a wide range of industries including agribusiness, manufacturing, professional services and retail.
Tracey lives in the Adelaide Plains with her husband and numerous pets and is an active participant in her local community.
Graphic Designer
Jane McLean is a South Australian-based graphic designer, with 18 years industry experience. Since 1999, Jane McLean Design has been committed to developing creative design solutions efficiently and effectively. She has an excellent ability to deliver unique ideas and visuals, to meet exactly what the audience is after.
Jane has worked with the AgCommunicators team for the past four years to deliver a range of outputs including annual reports, fact sheets, website design, logo development, corporate branding and signage.
Jane is responsible for much of the look and feel of products developed for AgCommunicators' clients such as the GRDC, Livestock SA, Grain Producers SA, the Australian Society of Animal Production, Food and Fibre Education SA and more. She uses her creative design flair and each client's corporate identity and colour palette to design fresh new material that enhances communication of the overall message.
Jane's design skills extend to a variety of applications including corporate display systems, advertising, brochures, booklets, books, annual reports, prospectuses, corporate identity and stationery design, posters, education resources, packaging and CD covers – to list a few!
Webmaster and IT Officer
Joshua is AgCommunicators' digital marketing assistant and brings a broad array of experience in the traditional and digital media spaces to the team.
Joshua grew up on a hobby farm at McLaren Vale. After studying graphic design, Joshua travelled the world using his photography skills before returning to his home town of Adelaide to pursue digital design.
He has operated his own photography small business, incorporating website and graphic design services through use of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. He is a problem solver and his passion for design and a constant challenge has led him to pursue professional video editing and further website design opportunities with AgCommunicators. He is excited by the vast digital media landscape and enjoys keeping up-to-date with rapidly evolving technology.
Adding to Joshua's vast skill set, he recently completed certificates in marketing and small business management. He works with a wide range of AgCommunicators' clients on a range of technical issues, such as design, websites and coding and digital marketing.
Joshua enjoys spending quality time on skiing holidays with his wife, two daughters, family and friends.
Project Officer
Rebecca Barr is a science writer and communications officer who specialises in translating highly technical scientific topics into easy-to-understand, everyday language.
A chemical engineer by trade, Bec started her career with eight years at a mining and steelworks business, focusing on development of young engineers, project management and writing and presenting scientific papers.
As part of a 'tree-change', Bec and her husband move to Eden Valley in South Australia to take over a small winery, which is when she joined AgCommunicators, taking on science writing and communication portfolios.
When she's not writing and talking about agriculture, Bec is out in the paddocks practising it! She spends her time tending to her vineyard and cattle and working as the winemaker for her family business.
Miranda is the most recent editor of Stock Journal and has been an agricultural journalist for 10 years. She managed a team of 10 journalists and contributors to deliver the most up-to-date agricultural news and information to the newspaper's readership base.
Miranda is a passionate advocate for primary production, having reported extensively on the livestock and cropping industries in South Australia. She is an award-winning communicator, recognised by Rural Media South Australia as Best Rural Print Journalist in 2011 and highly commended in 2013 as well as runner-up in the Australian Star Prize for Rural Writing in 2012.
Miranda grew up on a sheep and cattle property in the Clare Valley before completing a Bachelor of Science (Agricultural Science) and a Diploma of Teaching and Learning, Secondary Education and Teaching. Her experience as a journalist and her teaching qualifications mean she has a rare mix of proven communication ability and genuine education knowledge, which is hard to find in primary production. She is a social media manager, operating accounts for clients across Facebook and Twitter.
With an extensive knowledge and background in agriculture, science and teaching, Miranda is well placed to deliver creative yet effective strategies for AgCommunicators' clients.
Alistair is a communication specialist with AgCommunicators, writing and developing digital media products across a range of projects.
Alistair grew up on a dairy farm near Meningie, in South Australia's Upper South East. After studying a Bachelor of Journalism at the University of South Australia, he gained the opportunity to combine his passion for dairying and writing by taking on the role of dairy reporter at Stock Journal, SA's premier rural weekly newspaper.
In more than three years at Stock Journal, Alistair developed a greater understanding of the industry and a passion for agriculture beyond dairying, writing across the beef, grains, sheep, wool and pig industries. He was highly commended for his writing in the Rural Media SA Awards in 2012 and 2013.
Alistair contributes to AgCommunicators' social and digital media content, developing video clips and contributing to Facebook and Twitter for clients. He enjoys getting out on the road to collect client stories and his eye for detail and ability to clearly communicate make him a valuable part of the team when it comes to content generation.
Senior Manager – Communication and Marketing
Bridget is a project manager with AgCommunicators, specialising in writing and tailoring messages to suit specific audiences while appreciating the demands on journalists.
Bridget grew up on a mixed cropping and sheep farm at Tooligie Hill, near Lock on central Eyre Peninsula, before moving to Adelaide to pursue a career in journalism. After completing a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) along with an Associate Degree in Language and Culture Studies (Italian) at the University of South Australia, she worked at The Advertiser and Messenger newspapers. A move to the Southern Cross Catholic newspaper within the Catholic Communications team sparked an interest in public relations and Bridget returned to university part-time to complete a Graduate Diploma of Public Relations.
Before joining AgCommunicators, Bridget spent five years at Viterra in senior communication roles. She project-managed the Grain Business magazine and was responsible for the production of the company's 2010/11 Post Harvest Review reports. She was involved in ABB Grain's shareholder vote to approve the Viterra takeover and was also involved in the later transition to Glencore Grain.
Senior Manager – Events and Executive Support
Rebecca is a multi-skilled communication and event manager with experience across a range of rural and metropolitan projects.
Her background includes a Bachelor of Business Management (Tourism) and 10 years' in regional tourism, community and economic development, and the convention and events industry.
She enjoys organising, collaborating and delivering multiple projects for AgCommunicators' clients and thrives on work plans and deadlines. When Rebecca's not dreaming about planning a successful event, she's actually organising one, and believes a job worth doing is worth doing thoroughly. She's fast, efficient and yet has an unparalleled attention to detail – making her every client's dream! Her skills in social media management – such as Facebook, Twitter – make her the ultimate all-rounder.
She understands farming life, having grown up on a cereal and sheep property in the South Australian Mallee. Rebecca's passion is to empower people and implement strategies that develop resilient communities. Rebecca now combines her skills in communication and events to engage and build capacity of those in the agricultural community.
Belinda is a science communicator and educator with a passion for primary production. She has 15 years' experience in using colour, fun and credibility to communicate science to non-scientific audiences – and has received national accolades for her work.
With a Bachelor of Science (Honours) and a Graduate Diploma in Scientific Communication, Belinda engages audiences using a range of hands-on and interactive platforms, such as practical displays and demonstrations and all forms of traditional, social and digital media. She has extensive experience in designing education and training programs which use enquiry-based learning principles and is an engaging science presenter, a skill gained as part of the Questacon Science Circus.
Belinda's previous industry positions include FarmBis Program Leader and Youth Development Leader with Primary Industries and Regions SA and Education and Communication Officer with the Primary Industries Centre for Science Education. She spent five years as Communications and Education Manager for the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics where she developed Get into Genes, an education program which has reached more than 30,000 students. Under her tenure, the program received the Cooperative Research Centre Association Award for 'Excellence in innovation in education and training and public outreach activities'. She was also the science consultant for Beyond Television Productions and helped develop ABC children's science program Backyard Science.
Belinda has received two Next Generation Scholarships from the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of SA (RA&HS) to represent South Australia at the international Royal Agricultural Society Conference in Scotland and New Zealand. These trips enabled her to review agricultural education initiatives and discuss best practice techniques with the President of the Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, HRH Princess Anne.
Belinda is a skilled public speaker and Master of Ceremonies. She has hosted radio show Blond Science and the Oliphant Science Awards and officiated at the launch of the Do Dairy campaign, in addition to many industry and school events.
Belinda is a RA&HS Board Member and Vice Chair of the RA&HS Education Foundation, an Executive Member of the Royal Adelaide Show and Councillor of its Grains and Fodder Committee. She lives on a farm near Owen in SA's Mid North with her husband and four children.
Managing Director
Deanna is a journalist, editor and communicator specialising in primary production, natural resources and agripolitics.
In 2016, she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study communication and engagement methods to improve the understanding of agriculture – both in rural and metropolitan audiences. As part of the fellowship, she will travel through the United States, United Kingdom and Canada and develop a report for the Churchill Trust.
Deanna's broad media experience includes both regional and metropolitan media across Australia. She has a rare mix of agricultural knowledge, political experience and communication ability, gained through her role as an adviser in the Premier's Media Unit, working with the Minister for the River Murray and Water Security during the millennium Murray-Darling Basin drought.
She is a former editor of South Australia's rural weekly the Stock Journal, and was a national commodity journalist specialising in the sheep and wool industries, writing for all the Fairfax rural weeklies, including The Land, Stock & Land, and Farm Weekly.
Deanna is an award-winning journalist and has previously been recognised as the South Australian Rural Journalist of the Year and the Australian Young Leader in Rural Journalism, a national award recognising leadership potential in agricultural journalists. Her writing was awarded internationally as part of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists' award for reporting of sustainable agriculture.
Deanna holds a Bachelor of Journalism and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and maintains an active membership with the organisation.
Deanna and her husband Steen Paech farm in South Australia, cropping cereals, pulses and oilseeds, and running sheep and "a handful" of cattle over 4000 hectares at Palmer.


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Notes on filter design
GNU Radio contains two packages that can be used to create filters, firdes and optfir. This page tries to document some of the similarities and characteristics for the non-experts.
Eric Blossom wrote on the GNU Radio discussion list[1]:
optfir uses the Remez / Parks-McClellan design method[2]. gr.firdes.low_pass designs filters using the window method[3]. It all depends on what you want. See any DSP book for details.
A complementary note by Firas[4] says that
The frequency response for the same filter order is much better in the case of optfir filter design. Inversely, for the same filter response, filter order is much less in the case of optfir which means lower CPU loading. It is best to design with optfir, but convergence problem is its disadvantage.
Firdes is implemented in C++ (see gnuradio-core/src/lib/general/gr_firdes.cc and .h) and can therefore be used in both C++ and Python (INSTALL_DIR/lib/python2.6/site-packages/gnutadio/gr/gnuradio_swig_py_general.py::firdes) applications, while optfir is written in Python (see gnuradio-core/src/python/gnuradio/optfir.py).
Another significant difference is the available filter types provided by both packages. In v3.3.1git-92-gdd74b98a we have:
- low_pass
- high_pass
- band_pass and complex_band_pass
- band_reject
- low_pass (two variants)
- high_pass (two variants)
- band_pass and complex_band_pass (two variants)
- band_reject (two variants)
- hilbert
- root_raised_cosine
- gaussian
The "two variants" for firdes filters refers to two different API interfaces, one of which allows supplying the attenuation.


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Chevrolet Impala Starting/Stalling Problems
P0420 is Catalyst system efficiency below threshold. I assume there maybe a problem with your catalytic converter. There was a recall for converters on these cars especially from 2000-2002 you will notice a drop in power and poor fuel economy when it fails.0
titaniumkid Posts: 1My 2003 Chevy Impala LS engine misfires when accelerating or in cruise with drop in RPM, flashing check engine light, and lurch. No computer readouts except misfires all cylinders. Changed coil, harness, spark plugs, alternator, and catalytic converter twice - no help. Condition is intermittent.0
twhaley1 Posts: 1I was having the same intermittent trouble as you my car finally threw a code when I was a few miles from autozone, it turned out to be a crank shaft sensor was bad and the part was only $25 to replace but the labor is what cost you because it is buried behind the pulley. but since i got mine replaced i havent had any problems.0
tim1981 Posts: 1i had this problem one day while i was at work.....it turned out to be a corroded battery terminal that caused this.....we only found this out because we tried to jump it and nothing would work out for it so i went to take the battery out and the terminal ( metal disc the cables screw into) was so corroded inside they fell out.....i went and got a new battery and it worked like a charm.....my suggestion is check your terminals for your battery0
dpolite11 Posts: 1i have a 2001 chevy impala and one day it just started cutting off on me every time i got to a stop light, i made it home but when i was about to leave 30 mins later the car wouldnt crank. i was told it was my fuel pump so i got my fuel pump changed and that didnt solve the problem, i then changed many other pieces that did not solve my problem. one day i finally got it running and a couple days later it just cut off on me and wouldnt start again i came to it the next day and it started right up with no problem. a couple days after this it would just cut off on me while i was riding or slowing down. i took it to gm and they ran the diagnostic test and told me it was my fuel pump that i just changed. the car is really starting to make me mad because i cannot figure out what the problem is....any suggestions?0
jschoenauer Posts: 1+My 2002 started doing the same thing when the engine was hot. Felt like either a transmission bucking, or a fuel pump sputtering, or a coil not firing a plug. I could hardly get the car up to speed when accelerating from a stop, and there are no codes thrown. I still need to get it checked, but have seen similar descriptions on the web and in most cases, it's a Torque Converter Clutch (TCC).
I'm going to have it checked next week.0
thats exactly what my 2002 impala is doing with the not accelerating and acting like its not getting enuff gas we had it on the diagnostic machine twice the first time it said a miss fired in cylinder one after we changed the plugs and wires it still was acting crazy we put it on the diagnostic machine again it threw us the code of the egr sensor changed the egr sensor still doing it. I was ready to put a for sale sign in it but I just bought it thanks for your help if you get yours fixed before me let me know if that worked I will do the same for you.0
i also found this bit of information so when u go to have it checked u can let the person know hope it helps both of us
Occasional problems on this vehicle are failures of the Torque Converter Clutch Solenoid, the 2-3 Shift Solenoid and the Transmission Valve Body. A sticking valve in the Transmission Valve Body or a faulty solenoid can cause erratic shifting or the check engine light to come on. The Transmission Valve Body can become dirty and plugged. The cost to repair the Torque Converter Clutch Solenoid is estimated at $40.09 for parts and $312.00 for labor or $331.50 for labor on vehicles with California emissions. The cost to remove and clean the Transmission Valve Body and repair the 2-3 Shift Solenoid is estimated to be $27.80 for parts and $487.50 for labor or $507.00 for labor on vehicles with California emissions. All prices are estimates based on $65.00 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable taxes0
My 2004 Impala with 137,000 miles is getting the valve body repaired to fix the 1-2 shift solenoid and the code P1811 hi pressure fixed that causes the trans to shift hard thru all 4 gears. It also need the accumulator piston replaced which causes the vehicle to slam into gear from a stop sign. Total cost is estimated at $1300. The 4T65E transmission is in almost all GM large FWD cars from the late 1990s until now and they still will not take credit for poor engineering and cheap components. There will never be a recall on these because the new GM will blanme it on the old GM(bankrupt) and deny any resposability just like they did on the 2007-2008 impala rear suspension. I hate to put the money into a car but a car that doesn't run right along with $1300 cash will buy you another used car with a whole new set of problems.0
djolle01 Posts: 1Was having an accelerating problem about 2 years ago, it ended up being a burned out, plugged up catalytic converter and it was throwing the EGR sensor code.0
gpaul1 Posts: 2try your MAF senser that was the prob with my 03 it costs about 610 at a dealer ship but it comes with a 12month 12000 mile waranty0
determinedmom1 Posts: 1MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN A MECHANIC FOR OVER 40 YRS CERTIFIED....fOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH WITH THIS IMPALA. 2002 3.4 IMPALA..
WE DID A WHOLE TOP END REMAN, THERE IS NO VACUUM LEAKS. THE ENGINE IS RUNNING GREAT AND SOUNDS GREAT ONLY WHEN YOU HOLD THE THROTTLE OPEN. WE ARE STILL GETTING RANDOM MISFIRES AND THAT'S THE ONLY CODE P300. pLEASE HELP IN OVER 3 YEARS I HAVE SPENT OVER 12,000 ON THIS PIECE OF... BUT I NEED THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE TWO HANDICAPPED BOYS THAT NEED TO GET TO THEIR DR.S APPS0
ctp2001imp Posts: 1Every time I go to start my 2001 Chevrolet Impala, it takes at least three tries before it cranks. its giving me what I remembered being a pf420 code below threshold. I replaced my o2 censor before the cat converter but no cigar. I also believe my alternator is falling behind because the brightness of all of the interior and ext lights fluctuates as well.
I was told it was probably a crank sensor but wanted a second opinion before I go spending that money.0
nick2006matrix Posts: 42I assume you meant P0420 in your post. I did not see any mention of the crank sensor in this information: http://www.obd-codes.com/p0420
They mention a faulty cat or a faulty O2 sensor. The sensor after the cat is reading the same as the sensor before the cat.0
sheldon7 Posts: 2There seem to be several causes for this problem. I had the problem of randomly dying every few weeks while at idle or really low load driving. I think I fixed it with a new Idle air controller. In addition, this was also causing a bad (slow) shift into first gear for the first shift on a cold or coolish day and then the transmission would detect it and up the pressure. The idle was just too low sometimes and caused both problems. I had tried cleaning the MAF sensor, but while it may have helped it came back eventually.0
swright1188 Posts: 1Like many post here I'm having an issue with stalling. At first it was very seldom and now it seems to happen at least once whenever I'm driving.
When I initially start the car there's no problem with it turning over. The problem occurs when I'm at a complete stop like at a stop light or when I'm almost stopped (like rolling up to a stop sign). When I attempt to restart the car it turns back over with no problem, usually on the first try and will normally run for the rest of my drive. I have noticed just recently there's a bit of a struggle to accelerate at times and the rpm gage doesn't seem to reflect the speed that I'm going. Where do I even begin??! In dire need of some conformed advice!0
bmopala Posts: 1My impala was doing the same thing, random dying on me, wouldnt start all the time. I am a mechanic in the army i know a little about troubleshooting and following wires. This was the worst headache of my life, my car was throwing crankshaft codes on both sensors, both o2 sensors and egr fault as well. i changed the crankshaft sensors both of them the 7x and 24x i changed the o2 sensors and the camshaft sensor as well. still nothing has changed i have a mexican jumping bean when leaving from stop signs and when barely pressing on the gas. i was late for work one day when my car wouldnt start for me at all, i got out got under the hood and was looking around i found a stripped wire on my Igntion module. Fiddled with the wire had my b uddy start the car it started right up, went straight to NAPA Auto Parts(wont go anywhere else to find the right part right away) Got a new plug. Changed the plug out, and havent had a problem with starting since. Still have a jumping when i start out from stop signs and lights. Changed the O2 sensors out tonight, while plugging everything back in i pulled on the egr plug(drivers side of ICM five wire plug) car shut off. Plan on changing that plug ASAP.
As to most of the posts on this thread it seems like you all have the same problems just different ways of explaining them. if you are still having problems in these areas i would start by checking all your connections to you ICM there are three plugs one for you egr one for your crankshaft sensor and the other one is for i forgot but its the two pin on the passenger side check all of the wire since they are so close to the engine any jumping of them whiole driving could have melted the coating away and shorted them or the plug itself went bad from years of heating up cooling off heating up cooling off chevy didnt think about cooling of this engine very well. I have changed my two small fans over i went with the most expense fans i could buy from napa the bill is a little high but in the long run its better to have a cooler engine with this chevy fail burning out all of the electronics. If you want to upgrade your fans to keep it cool just go into your local napa and ask them for your year radiator with the police package, its def worth it gotta say i love mine and wont trade it for anything. i hope this helps some of you that are so frustrated with these problems i will be posting if i find anything else out after i change my egr vavle plug to the ICM. if anyone has any other questions feel free to ask i dont mind experimenting on my car to help you all out.0
izzandrew Posts: 1i just recently bought a 2006 impala and didnt have an issues with it until a month or so ago. i had to have the fuel pump replaced and it was still having problems starting, so i got the mass airflow sensor changed as well.. it worked fine for about a week and now it stalls at random times and it wont start unless i try 5 or 6 times and sometimes i even have to pull the fuel pump fuse and start it then put it pack in to get it to start... i work at a GM dealership but the mechanics have absolutely no clue as to whats wrong because the car has no check engine lights and no hidden codes anywhere... i need help on figuring out whats wrong with it... some friends who know about cars say it could be a fuel pressure regulator but my mechanic says it would be more constant, and others say it could be a faulty fuel pump that got put in.... im still paying off the car so any advice on what to check would be greatly appreciated!0
aberger1 Posts: 1
My 2003 Impala was stalling while at highway speeds, not starting when the engine was luke warm and occasionally the engine seemed to be out of sink with its various components (which I originally thought was the transmission since I slowly lost power and I had to up the RPM"S to keep it going). It was the Crankshaft Position Sensor aka the CKP. I had it replaced and I have had no problems since.0
alleycat58 Posts: 1Ok so my 2003 impala 3.4 v6 is doing the same exact thing. Runs great, starts cold, gets warmed up on a hot day and wont start after like a short trip into the grocery store. When it cools down it starts right up. So after reading several posts on different sites i tried a few things. Put alittle gas in the air intake and it started for a few seconds. I pulled the MAF plug and it wouldnt start. Tried several different things with the ignition switch and no start. After reading some comments about overheated crankshaft sensor i took a garden hose and ran cold water behind the crank pulley for about a minute. Started right up. Changing crank sensor tomorrow.0