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By Tom Erickson on May 23, 2017
I first met Dries Buytaert in the summer of 2007. Michael Skok, who was incubating the company, persuaded me to take a board seat at a new company in the process of being formed by Jay Batson and Dries. Dries was 29 years old, living and working in Belgium, and passionate about bringing his open source content management system -- Drupal -- to the world.
I turned down Jay and Dries' initial offer to join them at the company they were creating and be the CEO - opting to join the board and focus on helping the company strategically. Later in 2008 they repeated their request for me to be the CEO. I had gotten to know Dries much better in the meantime and realized that he was much more than just the talented technical creator of Drupal. He was thirsty for knowledge about how to build a business; his curiosity ran from business strategy to customer success, from product positioning to financial planning. I asked Dries what he hoped from me if I were to join. He told me:
Well, I wasn't exactly perfect on the first point, but I can confidently say that we built a tremendous partnership. Dries and I have accomplished a lot in the past nine years together. Throughout this time I always kept the third point in mind -- it is a personal passion of mine to pass along the leadership lessons I was fortunate to gain from my mentors early in my career -- and after growing the company to more than 750 people and $150MM+ in revenue the time has come for Dries to realize his vision of running the company he founded.
Together, Dries and I have celebrated Acquia's being named the fastest growing private software company in Deloitte's 2013 Fast 500, and being the highest ranked software company in the 2012 Inc. 500 rankings. We introduced thousands of companies to the cloud, to open source, to Drupal ... most for the first time. We grew from our first small office in Andover, Massachusetts to having sales offices in seven countries around the world and customers in more than 40. We built a "follow the sun" support team that spans five time zones around the world, supporting the most demanding and ambitious digital experiences that exist.
As measured and judged by the leading industry analysts, Acquia's success has been rapid and undeniable. Forrester Research gave Acquia the highest score for strategy this year, naming us a "leader" in their 2017 Web Content Management wave. Gartner named us a leader for the second year in a row in their 2016 WCM Magic Quadrant.
In a recent meeting with us, an analyst stated the "Symbiosis that Drupal has achieved with the business community is phenomenal".
The road hasn't always been clear nor smooth. We haven't always gotten it right but we learned to to pivot after our first ideas did not work out as planned, For example: in 2008, we had a strategic offsite meeting where we came up with the ideas for two new products, codenamed "Fields" and "Gardens." I regard that strategy session as where the key seeds were sown for the company's future. Shortly, we began to acquire customers and the revenue we needed to realize that vision set forth in that first offsite.
Advance the clock forward to the present. "Fields" evolved into Acquia Cloud. Acquia Cloud defined an entirely new business model in the software world that paired open source and the cloud, an often-imitated success model followed today in other sectors and by our competitors. "Gardens" evolved into Site Factory, Acquia's unique platform for building thousands of sites from a shared code base that not only lowers costs, decreases time to market and offers multi site governance for many of the world's largest brands, but now powers some of the world's greatest global consumers brands to national governments.. There simply is nothing like Site Factory when it comes to delivering massive projects around the world in multiple languages, across decentralized multi-brand conglomerates with the need for unified data, regulatory compliance, confidence in security and personalization in real-time across devices we couldn't have conceived of nearly a decade ago.
The biggest highlight for me of the past decade has been working with the amazing team that we assembled, both presently and along the way. I love nothing more than helping to grow "up and comers" and have great pride in the heights that our team has reached.
Secondly, I have taken great satisfaction in the caliber of the customers we've served so successfully. Our customer conference -- Acquia Engage -- has featured executives on the stage from IBM, NASDAQ, Nestle, Tesla, NBC, McKesson, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and many more. The feeling of pride for what Acquia has done for its customers, partners and employees is indescribable. I have been told by some that their work with Acquia has been the best experience they've ever had with any technology vendor. These are the successes that confirm our dreams and vision for Acquia. If I have a hope for how my record at Acquia will come to be regarded, I hope it is for my undying passion for customer success, and for our amazing culture of "committed to awesome."
With this success behind us, this is a perfect time for Dries to assume a larger role. He has a vision for digital experience management that one industry analyst recently called "game changing". He's learned a tremendous amount about the importance of customer success, business strategy and the mechanics of running a company.
Today we are formalizing the way that Dries and I have worked together from the beginning, forming an "Office of the CEO" from which Dries and I will jointly run the company. The board has named me Chairman. We are going to search for a new operating partner for Dries. When we locate that individual, I will be stepping down as CEO. Dries will focus on product areas, including product architecture and roadmap; technology partnerships and acquisitions; and company wide hiring and staffing allocations. I will continue to work with sales and marketing, customer success and G&A functions.
As Dries assumes a more prominent role, I'm excited for the company's days ahead. He's extremely talented, hard working, and deftly leads a community of tens of thousands of developers in addition to his contributions here at Acquia. I'm fully confident that Acquia and Drupal will continue to thrive under his leadership.
I'm not going far from Acquia. I'll remain on the board of directors, the same place where I started in 2007. And in the spirit of Acquia's DNA, I am looking forward to "Giving Back". In the past two years, I have become involved a lot more growing the broader Boston tech community and I'm looking forward to rallying them around Acquia as an enduring business for Boston and beyond.
Dries' blog on the next phase of Acquia can be found here.
By Tom Cochran
Chief Digital Strategist, Acquia
Our interactions with government websites are often memorable for all the wrong reasons. Whether you're trying to change your official address or applying for a local permit, you're likely to see conflicting information, have to pinch-and-zoom a non-responsive design, or need a law degree to understand the five-paragraph disclaimer below a simple log-in form.
In a world where industry giants like Facebook run hundreds of user experience tests daily, why are our government websites so far behind the curve? I witnessed this problem first hand at the US Department of State and while running the White Houses's digital technology initiatives under Obama. And I discovered that while change does not exactly happen overnight in these large bureaucracies, it is possible. And we, as frustrated citizens, should be demanding it.
The Trump administration is focused on upgrading a crumbling public infrastructure, proposing to invest $1 trillion over 10 years. Though not crumbling, our government's digital infrastructure is weak and inferior. The systems through which we receive government services should be deemed as critical as our roads and bridges.
We must remember that our government is here to serve the people. Military jets should not fall out of the sky, filing taxes should not fail, and you should get your social-security benefits on time. Using internet services quickly and easily should be no different. Government websites exist to provide citizens with essential services and information, yet more often than not, it is difficult to find voter registration information or the form to pay your parking ticket.
By Jonathan Davies
Despite the hype around 'personalisation' as a marketing trend, as many as 89% of brands report they can't deliver personalised digital experiences, research by Acquia has found.
The research shows that attempts to deliver effective personalised experiences are being hampered because brands are struggling to get the basics right from both a technical and cultural point of view. For example, brands are struggling with a lack of insight into the preferences or identities of visitors (48%), lack of budget for the necessary technology (45%), lack of board buy-in (34%) and lack of content (33%).
These are the findings from the digital experience company Acquia's new report, Beyond the Hype, which uncovers a huge divide between digital strategies and brands' abilities to execute them.
MIT loves numbers, so let me drop a few to illustrate the popularity of a course called 6.036.
It is overseen by four instructors and 15 teaching assistants.
Lectures are held in 26-100, the school's largest auditorium, with 566 seats.
But this semester, about 700 students signed up for the course — also known as Introduction to Machine Learning — according to Tommi Jaakkola, the computer science professor who created it. So at the first lecture, more than 100 students watched on a video screen in an overflow room.
Not enough students voluntarily dropped the course, so Jaakkola came up with some "preliminary homework" to weed more out, by giving them a sense of the level of linear algebra and probability that'd be required of them.
Why is something called "machine learning" so hot? And what is it? I dropped by Building 32 (aka the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab) last week to find out.
Machine learning, first off, isn't about building smarter robots for the factory floor, or harvesters that work the farm more efficiently. The machine we're talking about here usually is a computer. It's ingesting a set of data, analyzing it, and identifying patterns. That might entail examining thousands of paintings to categorize some as Cubist and others as Impressionist, or looking at millions of mammograms to separate worrisome spots that lead to cancer from those that don't.
Radiology today, notes Regina Barzilay, another of the professors who teaches the course, is largely based on an individual radiologist's experience. With software, she says, "You can make the machine learn about the properties of a breast that will develop cancer versus one that won't."
The term "machine learning" is closely tied to artificial intelligence. "I don't actually make a distinction between machine learning and artificial intelligence," Jaakkola says. "They are both trying to solve the same thing — how automated systems can learn." (Both machine learning and AI have deep roots at MIT, going back to the 1960s.)
If you've ever shopped at Amazon, relied on Google Translate, or let Netflix suggest a show to watch based on what you've enjoyed in the past, you've taken advantage of machine learning. In Amazon's case, software looks at what you've bought in the past, what you've browsed on the site — as well as other factors — to put products on the page that are most likely to tempt you to click "buy."
It's a field that is advancing quickly. "For a while, I would select an article from an Israeli newspaper and use Google to translate it," says Barzilay, a native Hebrew speaker. "Every year it became better. Now, it's almost like turning on electricity. It does a great job. This happened within the last 10 years." Building software to decipher lost languages is one of Barzilay's big interests in computer science; a replica of the Rosetta Stone rests on the windowsill of her office.
Intro to Machine Learning involves three projects, which "connect the more theoretical, algorithmic stuff students are learning to actual data and problems," Jaakkola says. For instance, that can entail looking at a set of movie reviews and writing software to sort the raves from the pans.
But the techniques learned in the course can also be applied to higher purposes, like predicting whether a molecule being designed by a chemist on the hunt for a disease cure will prove toxic to humans, says Connor Coley, a graduate student at MIT who took the machine learning course. When you don't have to focus as much on the issues of toxicity, or whether the molecule you're designing can be manufactured, that lets you spend more time focusing on the end goal, Coley explains.
One reason that Intro to Machine Learning is so popular in 2017 is that there are so many companies recruiting for employees or interns who understand it. In Boston, companies like Facebook, Amazon, TripAdvisor, Spotify, and the chipmaker ARM are hiring people with machine learning skills.
"There's a crazy demand for it right now," says Kat Bailey, an engineering executive at Acquia, a Boston company that makes digital publishing software. "There are more and more people coming out of school with some kind of training, but the demand is not being met." For Acquia, machine learning might be used to automatically put a blog post into a particular category on a website, or connect it with posts on similar topics.
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By Nick IsmailThe majority of brands have huge difficulty in delivering personalised digital experiences to customers, says Acquia
Despite the hype around 'personalisation' as a marketing trend, most respondents (89%) report they can't deliver personalised digital experiences, according to research from Acquia.
The research has revealed that attempts to deliver effective personalised experiences are being hampered because brands are struggling to get the basics right from both a technical and cultural point of view.
For example, brands are struggling with a lack of insight into the preferences or identities of visitors (48%), lack of budget for the necessary technology (45%), lack of board buy in (34%) and lack of content (33%).
By David Swan
Love him or hate him, US President Donald Trump's use of Twitter has ushered in a new phase of democracy, one we're still coming to grips with, according to the man who pulled the digital strings for Barack Obama.
Tom Cochran, who had a four-year stint at the White House, now runs software-as-a-service company Acquia's global public sector business from Washington DC, and he's excited by the ease with which the US President can now connect with the public, completely bypassing media gatekeepers.
"That's something that didn't exist 10 years ago,'' Mr Cochran said. "That's a remarkable feat, and something we should applaud in terms of technology opening doors. The question is what do we do with that power?
"We're in a very early adolescent phase of figuring out what are the rules of engagement here."
Mr Cochran worked with his friends at Blue State Digital, and they started work for Mr Obama when Mr Obama was a "senator from Illinois with a funny name". He said his signature achievement in the White House was We the People, a system in which everyday citizens could petition the White House, and force a response if 100,000 signatures were received in 30 days.
By Paul Wallbank
Acquia's Tom Cochran offers insights into lessons from digital government efforts under the Obama administration. He schools UK gov on the topic.
Successfully changing a public service organisation's culture requires listening to staff, communicating the need for change and equipping employees with modern technology says a veteran of the Obama administration's digital strategy.
Tom Cochran, vice president and chief digital strategist for public sector for web development company Acquia, was speaking to diginomica about his experiences in digital transformation with the US State Department and the Obama White House. He says: "I am a person who truly believes in the public sector to a fault."
At the State Department, Cochran was a deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of State responsible for the online and offline platforms for U.S. public diplomacy, focusing on data-driven decisions and international audience engagement.
Prior to his State Department role, Cochran had a private sector interlude as Chief Technology Officer at Atlantic Media after serving as the White House's director of digital technology for two years.
At the White House Cochran worked on the President's Open Government Directive, leading the team charged with providing consistent infrastructure across all the White House's digital properties, including the "We the People" online petitioning site for citizens to directly lobby the executive branch.
One of the lessons learned by Cochran and the rest of the Obama team is the cultural change from running a campaign to managing the US government's highest office is substantial. Something that's been felt by the current administration.
Cloud solution offers Internet2 member universities opportunity to optimize campus experience and digital presence
WASHINGTON, DC, August 8, 2016 -- Today, Internet2 announced that cloud solutions from Acquia, the digital experience company, are now available to member institutions through its NET+ portfolio. Acquia provides a digital experience platform that empowers higher education institutions of all types and sizes to deliver powerful digital experiences that serve relevant content and engage key audiences including current and prospective students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
The NET+ Acquia offering is now available to Internet2 higher education members. This includes Acquia's product suite and services, offered at a discount and under the contract terms negotiated by the service validation participants. The NET+ Acquia offering provides a powerful solution to higher education institutions who are looking to tackle their greatest digital challenges. The following products are now available:
"An extraordinary digital presence is not just expected of today's best universities, but a critical element of their engagement with students, alumni and the broader community," said Shel Waggener, Internet2, senior vice president of NET+ services. "The Acquia Platform helps our members effectively build, deliver, manage, and optimize their digital experiences. Their strong track record of quality, security, and top notch features makes Acquia's Platform the perfect tool to support the dynamic needs of our community."
"Colleges and universities are under immense pressure to deliver greater levels of success with fewer resources amid a complex and changing industry environment. Achieving digital excellence is a critical component of overall institutional success, and Acquia is proud to provide this strategic offering to Internet2 member universities," said Tim Bertrand, chief revenue officer at Acquia. "From admissions to student engagement and alumni outreach, the NET+ Acquia offering is uniquely positioned to support innovation across a wide array of campus digital initiatives."
About Internet2
Internet2 is a member-owned advanced technology community founded by the nation's leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 provides a collaborative environment for U.S. research and education organizations to solve shared technology challenges, and to develop innovative solutions in support of their educational, research and community service missions. Internet2 also operates the nation's largest and fastest, coast-to-coast research and education network, with Internet2 Network Operations Center powered by Indiana University. Internet2 serves more than 90,000 community anchor institutions, 317 U.S. universities, 70 government agencies, 42 regional and state education networks, 80 leading corporations working with our community and more than 65 national research and education networking partners representing more than 100 countries.
Internet2 offices are located in Ann Arbor, MI; Denver, CO; Emeryville, CA; Washington, DC; and West Hartford, CT. For more information, visit www.internet2.edu or follow @Internet2 on Twitter.
BOSTON - Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announces the launch of Boston.gov, the redesigned digital front door for the City of Boston. The website features significant changes to the visual design, organization and underlying technology of the City's website.
"The launch of the new website marks a meaningful step in making the City's digital services accessible for all," said Mayor Walsh. "Whether you're a college student moving into a new apartment or a small business owner, our goal is to provide a website that is welcoming and user-friendly to all who visit. As a City, we are always striving to set new standards and strive for excellence, and we look forward to continuing to build Boston.gov together."
The new site was designed with accessibility at the forefront. More than 20,000 web pages and one million words were rewritten to make the site easier to understand and navigate. The City has made dramatic changes to improve ADA compliance, and Boston.gov is now also optimized for any device and screen size.
In order to build a website that reflects the needs of a large and diverse community, the City relied heavily on input from a wide variety of residents. A pilot version of the website, launched in early January, allowed the City to conduct rigorous user testing, including in-person conversations, focus groups, and surveys with residents.
"Boston is a leader in digital innovation and our residents expect great service from their City government, whether they interact online or in person," said Chief Information Officer Jascha Franklin-Hodge. "This project aims to meet these expectations by providing government digital services on par with those provided by leading private sector companies."
The new Boston.gov showcases many notable changes, including:
"Building a website that is welcoming, beautiful, and thoroughly useful has been a priority for our team from the start," said Chief Digital Officer Lauren Lockwood. "That philosophy will inform all decisions as we continue to improve the site."
The City will be making the roadmap for their website development public. There, the public is encouraged to submit their ideas for the future of Boston.gov as well as vote on suggestions from others.
The redesign was led by the City's Digital Team in partnership with IDEO, an award-winning global design firm, and Boston-based Acquia, a leading local technology provider.
"Our work with the City of Boston was an exciting opportunity to not only redesign their site, but to fundamentally change the engagement and connection city government can have with its constituents," said Michelle Kwasny, Senior Design Research Lead at IDEO. "Boston has invested in its citizens by creating a digital home that is open, welcoming, vibrant, friendly, and accessible, and it was an honor to work with their team to guide and support citizens through key life moments."
"The City of Boston is a leading example of what can be done when top minds come together to design a digital experience," said Dries Buytaert, Drupal creator and project lead and Acquia co-founder and CTO. "We're proud to collaborate with the City's world-class digital team, supporting their work as they reimagine digital engagement for Boston's citizens."
Open source viewed as today's preeminent architecture and an engine for innovation, but significant challenges remain in open source security and management practices
BURLINGTON, MA – April 27, 2016 – Black Duck, the global leader in automated solutions for securing and managing open source software, and North Bridge, a inception-to-growth stage venture capital firm, in collaboration with Acquia today released the results of the 10th Future of Open Source Survey, which examines open source software trends on an annual basis. Notably, the 2016 survey findings position open source as today's preeminent architecture, the foundation for nearly all applications, operating systems, cloud computing, databases and big data.
"When the first survey launched 10 years ago, hardly anyone would have predicted that open source use would be ubiquitous worldwide just a decade later, but for many good reasons that's what has happened. Its value in reducing development costs, in freeing internal developers to work on higher-order tasks, and in accelerating time to market is undeniable. Simply put, open source is the way applications are developed today," said Black Duck CEO Lou Shipley. "The future of open source is full of possibilities."
In terms of the overall influence open source has on their businesses, survey respondents see it as an engine for innovation, with 90 percent reporting they rely on open source for improved efficiency, innovation and interoperability. The most compelling reasons cited in the survey for use of open source included flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in; competitive features and technical capabilities; ability to customize; and overall quality.
Shipley noted that the 2016 survey results also show that the rapid adoption of open source has outpaced the implementation of effective open source management and security practices. "We see opportunities for organizations to make significant improvements in those areas. With nearly half of respondents saying they have no formal processes to track their open source, and half reporting that no one has responsibility for identifying known vulnerabilities and tracking remediation, we expect to see greater focus on those areas," said Shipley.
"Open source today is unequivocally the engine of innovation, whether that's powering technology like operating systems, cloud, big data or IoT, or powering a new generation of open source companies delivering compelling solutions to the market," said Paul Santinelli, general partner at North Bridge.
"Our survey this year showed respondents report that in the next two or three years, the business models that will generate the most revenue for open source vendors are SaaS (46%); Custom Development (42%) and Services/Support (41%). In the venture world we're seeing a new generation of open source companies pushing these models forward such as Acquia, Chef, Cloudera, Couchbase, Docker and WP Engine. Over the coming years we fully expect open core to continue to build as a revenue model while reliance on SaaS as a business model decreases as it did for the first time this year," Santinelli said.
The 2016 Future of Open Source Survey drew a record 1,300 respondents from 64 countries and provided broad insights on the state of open source in a variety of areas, including business value, innovation stimulation, emerging business models, security and management practices and corporate contributions to open source projects.
Business Value
Open source is an essential element in development strategy with more than 65 percent of respondents relying on open source to speed development.
More than 55 percent leverage open source within their production environments.
Engine for Innovation
Proliferation of Open Source Business Models and Investment
Security and Management
The development of best-in-class open source security and management practices has not kept pace with growth in adoption. Despite a proliferation of expensive, high-profile open source breaches in recent years, the survey revealed that:
Open Source Participation on the Rise
The survey revealed an active corporate open source community that spurs innovation, delivers exponential value and shares camaraderie:
The slide show providing more information is available at http://www.slideshare.net/North_Bridge/2016-future-of-open-source-study.
Future of Open Source 2016 collaborators included the following: Abilian, Acquia, Ant Systems, Appnovation, Appsembler, Ardent Technologies, Inc., Bareos GmbH & Co. KG, Black Duck Software, Capital One, Chamilo, Chef, CloudFoundry Corp, Confer, Coolan, Couchbase, Credativ, DEIS/Engineyard, Eclipse Foundation, EnterpriseDB, Evolveum, Grid Protection Alliance, Hewlett Packard, InfoSys, JFrog, Linux Foundation, Linux Professional Institute, MARSEC, Microsoft, MassTLC, Miracl, nexB, NGINX, North Bridge, Open Source Business (OSB) Alliance, Open Source EHR Alliance, Open Source Initiative (OSI), OpenClinic, Open-Xchange, Opmantek, OpusVL, Pentaho, Ravel Law, Red Hat, Rift-io, SDH Institute, Tecnisys, The Apache Software Foundation, The Document Foundation, Ubuntu, Univention, VoltDB, Wikibon, WIPRO and WP Engine.
Among the collaborators were all the North Bridge Open Source portfolio companies including: Acquia, Coolan, Confer, Couchbase, Ravel Law, Rift-io, and WP Engine.
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If you work with me as a trainer, I will do my best to educate you on how to fit exercise and healthy eating into your busy schedule. Professional knowledge and experience are crucial when customizing a program to meet your unique needs. I have been in practice for more than ten years and my credentials include: certification from American Council on Exercise (ACE), the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), Poliquin Performance Specialist Level 1 and 2, and as a C.H.E.K .Holistic Lifestyle Coach, as well as a Bachelors degree from the University of Colorado. Building on my experience working with hundreds of clients, I incorporate body mechanics, cardio, and strength training to help create a lean line and core strength. Nutritional coaching and metabolic typing provide a foundation for successful weight loss and a path to optimal health.
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I found Andrea on Yelp and was intrigued by her consistently excellent reviews. She stood out even during our initial phone conversation. She spent a significant amount of time understanding my goals, explaining her approach to nutrition and exercise, and answering my straightforward questions about her experience and how she would be different from the last trainer. Prior to meeting her for a consultation, she emailed a questionnaire about my medical and fitness history, lifestyle, eating habits, and goals. She was very professional, reviewed everything on the questionnaire and wrote notes, and answered all my questions. It felt like a mutual meeting to make sure we were on the same page and worth each other's time (and my money!). I worked out 3 times a week with her for 3 months. By my wedding, I was the closest to my goal that I have ever been and made significant and visible progress - much more than I could have done myself or with any other workout I had tried. I was back at the weight I was 10 years ago and probably my leanest. Most importantly, I felt confident and comfortable in my body.
My intention was to stop personal training after the wedding. The wedding has passed and I am still working with Andrea – that says a lot! This is why I continue:
- Andrea provides true PERSONAL training. She listens to my goals and tailors each workout and the overall plan; no two clients are the same and neither are our fitness plans. She addresses my concerns, whether it be tweaking my diet/workouts or doing my assessment earlier so I can see the evidence. She plans my workouts and homework ahead of time so everything feels intentional to reach my goals. She is incredibly observant and remembers our workouts and nuances about my body. She is very attentive to my form and constructively corrects me all the time. You will be very hard pressed to find her level of personalization at a big chain gym.
- Andrea is experienced and well-trained. She is able to explain everything - proper form of each exercise and how our bodies compensate when fatigued, targeted muscles, effects of food on our bodies, etc. There are so many myths and pop culture to fitness; I believe that a true professional personal trainer understands and is able to explain the effects of exercise and nutrition on our bodies and Andrea does exactly that. She empowers her clients to maintain a balanced life by explaining proper exercise and healthy eating habits. She is also driven to keep learning and educating herself through fitness seminars and reading. Living and understanding a healthy lifestyle is who she really is, not just her job.
- Andrea keeps me accountable. I'm self-motivated, but Andrea really helps keep my eating and exercise habits on track. Like many clients have mentioned, she is the perfect balance of sternness and encouragement. She is realistic in her expectations, and reminds me to be realistic as well. She takes the time to evaluate my eating habits, offers suggestions that will provide enough calories and macronutrients, and tailors workouts and "homework" exercises to my short- and long-term goals. When someone dedicates this time and attention to me, I feel responsible to also do my part to meet these expectations.
Without hesitation, I would recommend Andrea to anyone who has goals for working out or nutrition. She will push you further than you will yourself and dedicate herself to helping you reach your potential.


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Baselworld 2014, hall 2.2, Stand C41, Booth C42 – Gemporium
Baselworld 2014 is just a few days away. It starts on 27th March 2014, and ends on 3rd April 2014. We are at hall 2.2, stand C41, booth C42 by the name of Gemporium in Indian Pavilion. Fine ruby layouts (Mozambique unheated), fine Burma ruby single stones, fine blue sapphire from Sri Lanka, fine emerald layouts and single stones from Zambia, all available at the show at our booth. We carry GRS, C.Dunaigre, and other international laboratory certified goods. We look forward to meeting you there.
GJX Tucson Gem Show – Visit Gandhi Enterprises – 4-9 Feb 2014
Meet us at GJX Tucson Gem Show. From 4th Feb 2014 to 9th Feb 2014. Our booth is 2305, 2405 under the name of Gandhi Enterprises in Premier pavilion. We will be showcasing new gemstones collection in sapphires, rubies and emeralds, demantoids, etc. We will be having a big collection of calibrated gemstones also. Look for us and get unimaginable prices.
Gandhi Enterprises at Hong Kong Gems & Jewellery Show, 11-15 September 2013 at 8A27 Asia World Expo (AWE)
If you are looking for ruby, emerald, sapphire, tsavorite, alexandrite, demontoid, spessartite, or any other semi-precious stones, drop by at Gandhi Enterprises (Thailand Pavilion) booth number 8A27 at Asia World Expo (AWE) in Hong Kong. Exhibition is from 11-15 September 2013. Layouts, single stones, pairs, calibrated sizes, custom shapes, etc (we do it all). Come drop by and say hello.
Bangkok Gems & Jewelry, Show 6-10 September 2013, Booth RR 17,19 – Gandhi Enterprises
We will be exhibiting at coming Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Show from 6-10 September 2013. Our booth is RR 17,19 and is held at Muang Thong Thani (Impact). We will be having a large selection of calibrated rubies, sapphires and emeralds and other semi-precious stones like tsavorite, demantoid, spessartite, rare gemstones. Fine assortment, varied shapes and sizes available and best of all, very reasonable prices. Come meet us there.
IIJS Mumbai, 8-12 August 2013 – booth 1C023 – Gandhi Enterprises
We will be exhibiting at coming IIJS 2013 to be held from 8 to 12 August 2013 at NSE grounds, Goregoan, Mumbai. Our booth is 1C023 (Hall 1, Gandhi Enterprises, Thailand Pavilion). We will be having a large selection of calibrated rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Fine assortment, varied shapes and sizes available and best of all, very reasonable prices. Come meet us there.
Singapore International Jewellery Expo, 4 – 7 July 2013, booth E25
Visit us at Marina Bay Sands Expo Centre in Singapore from 4 – 7 July 2013, booth E25 at Singapore International Jewellery Expo.
Hong Kong Gem & Jewelry Show, 11-15 September 2013. Booth 8A27 – Gandhi Enterprises
We will be participating in the coming September Hong Kong Gems & Jewelry Fair. Our Booth number is 8A27 (hall 8) (under the name of Gandhi Enterprises, Thailand pavilion). The fair starts on 11 September and ends 15 September 2013 and is held at Asia World Expo (AWE), near the Airport. Please do visit our booth, as we will be displaying fine gemstones such as Rubies, Sapphires (all colours), Emeralds, Spessartite, Tsavorite, and other rare gemstones in Single stones and Calibrated Sizes. Special layouts and pairs – including Mozambique ruby unheated material and fine single stone sapphires.
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Assalamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you,
An event will occur on the New Years Eve 2016 that will destroy the pillars of falsehood and shake the thrones of the tyrants and hypocrites!
An event that will be the greatest Glad Tidings for the believers!
An event that will awaken the souls and shake the 4 corners of the Earth!
An event that will bring the people upon the Truth!
It is a Promise from God and it will shake the World and change the course of Humanity!
This is a message to the People of the world by the Saviour of Mankind Ahmed Al Hassan (peace be upon him)!
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that's a 168 game season.Originally Posted by dlconn
that's a 168 game season.Originally Posted by dlconn
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
Three game pythag gain over last season. Call me an optimist.
"The problem with strikeouts isn't that they hurt your team, it's that they hurt your feelings..." --Rob Neyer
"The single most important thing for a hitter is to get a good pitch to hit. A good hitter can hit a pitch thats over the plate three times better than a great hitter with a ball in a tough spot.
--Ted Williams
Super suck teams play more.Originally Posted by pedro
Go Gators!
76 - 86
I hope it's the other way around!
"And the fact that watching him pitch is like having someone poop on your soul." FCB on Gary Majewski
"Playoffs? Don't talk about playoffs. Are you kidding me? Playoffs? I'm just hoping we can win a game, another game. " Jim Mora
85-77 We all have to think positive for once in a while in the thread of prediction.
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Once a Reds Fan Always a Reds fan
Can you post in the first thread who came closest last year (since this is the 5th annual contest)?
Rob Neyer: "Any writer who says he'd be a better manager than the worst manager is either 1) lying (i.e. 'using poetic license') or 2) patently delusional. Which isn't to say managers don't do stupid things that you or I wouldn't."
89 wins. Probably not enough for the wild card. Well, there's always 2007.
82-80. The first of 10 straight winning seasons.
Gimme 81-81. .500 will never have looked so good...
78-84. Better, but not good.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
Originally Posted by Eric_Davis
2005 Actual Record: 73-89
2005 Pythag Record: 75-87
Closest to Actual:
deltachi8: 72-90
RedFanAlways1966: 72-90
Closest to Pythag:
Ravenlord: 75-87
Raisor: 75-87
alloverjr: 75-87
"The problem with strikeouts isn't that they hurt your team, it's that they hurt your feelings..." --Rob Neyer
"The single most important thing for a hitter is to get a good pitch to hit. A good hitter can hit a pitch thats over the plate three times better than a great hitter with a ball in a tough spot.
--Ted Williams
70-74 Wins 72-90 Record
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"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
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Zareba® Battery Powered Garden Protection Kit plus 10 Additional Free Posts
Are you tired of dealing with small nuisance critters that constantly invade your yard and/or garden? The Zareba® Battery Powered Garden Protection Kit plus 10 Additional Free Posts can help you ward off rabbits, squirrels, groundhogs and other types of four-legged creatures — and it can keep them from coming back. This highly effective electric garden fence works by giving the animal a gentle electric shock when it comes in contact with the wire, causing it to flee while also conditioning it not to return. This battery-powered electric fence provides flexibility for precise placement and configuration. The efficient design enables two standard D-cell batteries to continuously power the charger and fence for as long as two months, depending on the fence and weather conditions, before a battery change is required.
Key Electric Garden Fence Kit Features and Benefits
- Kit has everything you need for fast and easy installation, including aluminum wire, fence posts with clips, ground rod with clamp, tester and warning sign
- Humanely deters many types of small nuisance animals
- Can also be used to train family pets to stay out of restricted areas
- Can electrify an area of up to one mile with the addition of extra wire kit
- Includes one-year limited warranty for your protection
- Weather-resistant housing protects the charger against the elements
- Battery-powered operation makes this unit excellent for animal control in areas where AC power is unavailable
Installation and Maintenance Tips
While the electric charger is housed in a protective casing, it could still be vulnerable to extreme weather conditions. Therefore, it's helpful to install the charger in a spot that offers minimal exposure to the elements. As with any battery-operated electrical device, be sure to check and replace the charger's batteries on a regular basis to ensure peak electric fence performance throughout the year.
Don't let four-legged pests overtake your property. Condition critters to stay away with the help of our electric fence for gardens and battery-powered garden protection kits!
Zareba® is the largest manufacturer of electric fence systems offering durable, reliable electric fence products for all of your animal fencing needs, including electric fencing for garden protection.
Zareba® electric fence systems provide effective, reliable and affordable electric fencing to keep critters out.
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Zareba® Battery Powered Garden Protection Kit Plus 10 More Free Posts - Specifications
- Electric pet fence conditions your pet dog to avoid the area
- (20) 30 Inch Poly fence posts with clips
- (250 ft) 17 gauge aluminum wire
- (1) Ground rod with clamp
- (3) Electric fence warning signs
- (1) Electric fence tester
- 100 foot range in ideal conditions
- 1 mile range in ideal conditions with additional kits
- Keeps unwanted predators out of your property
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Disclaimer: Zareba® System does not endorse any information contained in product reviews. Please follow all label instructions for your specific use.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Review RateGreat customer service!Not only did this item work for what I needed it for, which was to keep my pets in my yard they offer great customer service. I ordered it via telephone and was told that if I had problems installing it that I could call and they would walk me thru it step by step. I am at no means an expert in installing things like this so I took them up on their offer. They were great!
Review RateZareba Battery Powered Garden Kit Has a Good ZapWe like this little system. The DC Powered Charger gets Five Stars and provides a surprising shock in the pulse it emits every second or so. Curious to see how much bite it has, I touched it a few different times and cannot leave my hand on the fence for more than one pulse at a time : ). It's amazing that 2 D batteries can put out that kind of voltage. So it should certainly be an effective deterrent to animals wanting to get into our garden.
We would like for the Poly Posts (3 Stars) to be stronger, more rigid, and to run deeper into the ground. They bow from the tension of the aluminum wire if you pull it tight enough so that the wire is straighter. We had to support the top of the corner and end posts with poly string running to spikes in the ground, to pull the posts in the opposite direction of the tension and bowing, in order to straighten them. We also had to further support the posts by zip-tying them to spikes that went deeper into the ground. Maybe if you run less wires and don
Review RateToo early to tellLast year the raccoons enjoyed my blueberries before I could. This year I'm doing my best to keep them away, hopefully Zareba will be an assistant in that department. The berries are just starting to blossom, so it's a bit early to tell. The supplied posts weren't adequate, and kept popping out when I tried to put more tension on the wire, so I ended up buying some PVC pipe and that worked much better. I'm also working on a way to make the charger solar powered, so I don't have to worry about the batteries wearing out. I think next year I'm going to restring the lines using something less likely to kink than the supplied line. Trying to run the lines was a tedious task, since I was doing it alone, and the ends kept on getting snagged on anything that was close to where my berries are. I'm looking for something similar to bicycle brake lines, that's a stranded cable which will carry a current, but feed through the posts more smoothly.
Review Rateno more racoons in the pondworks great even keeps the dog out great value for the money
Review RateDoesn\'t work for chickens.I bought this a month ago and installed it to prevent chickens from getting into my garden and scratching up everything. Sorry to say, it does not work. The chickens just walk right through the wire and don't seem to be bothered by an electrical shock.Response From Zareba®Susan : Consumer Relations RepresentativeThank you for taking the time to share this feedback, we apologize for the experience.
When testing the fence using an electric fence tester, what voltage reading is being displayed? If the ground is dry in your area, additional grounding may be needed. To prevent voltage loss, we also recommend ensuring that nothing is within 4-5 inches of the electrified wire, other than the insulated posts.
We would like the opportunity to learn more. Please contact our Consumer Relations Team at 1-855-5-ZAREBA (1-855-592-7322) for additional assistance.
Review RateGreat features!I am so happy with your system, it works great! Thanks for the extra posts!
Review RateGoodbye groundhogAfter a groundhog ate through the gardens chicken wire fence and commenced to eat every leaf in sight we decided it was time to go electric. This kit fit the bill perfectly. We installed it in less than an hour, and the next day witnessed it in action when the groundhog came back for a snack. One zap on the nose and all we saw was groundhog butt heading for the hills. Very easy to install, great price, and piece of mind. We liked it so much we brought another one.
Review RateWorks great and easy-peasy installationLost 6 of my melons to two persistent racoons. Installed two-wire fence in about 15 minutes. Only problem I had was installing the batteries correctly but I finally found the diagram on the cover. Turn it on in the evening after the dog has her last walk and turn it off in the morning before we go out again. All the remaining melons are intact, along with the tomatoes, cukes and squash.
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All About Fence Chargers
Chargers are the heart of the fence system, providing the source for the electric current that flows through the fence wire.
The size of charger needed is dependent upon your fencing needs. These needs are determined by three main factors: the length of the fence (number of wires), the power source (AC, DC or Solar), and the type of animal being contained or excluded.
See our comparison charts of our fence chargers to help you determine which is best for your needs.
There are three main types of chargers: AC-Powered, Battery-Operated and Solar-Powered. The source of power for the charger to function determines the type of charger you will be using. Each type of charger has specific situations in which it is most desirable to use.
Selecting the right fence charger with adequate power for your enclosure is critical to keeping your animals safe.More about Fence Chargers»


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The Stir It Up Youth Community Kitchen provides a safe and supportive environment for Richmond's low-asset* youth to practice healthy food choices and access sustainable, local food resources.
Initiated by passionate individuals of Vancouver Coastal Health and members of the Richmond community, Stir It Up served 155 meals to 26 youth during 43 program sessions in the 2014/2015 school year alone.
Running year-round, enrollment in this program is by referral from school counselors, community youth workers, and youth service agencies. Growing food-secure youth through skills development and healthy, sustainable and local meals, Stir It Up is partnered with the Steveston Community Society, the East Richmond Community Association, the City of Richmond, the Richmond School District and the Richmond Society for Community Living.
Weekly Sessions Include
- Cooking one delicious, healthy meal using fresh and local ingredients
- Enjoying a communal sit-down dinner
- Having left-overs to take home
Target Audience
- Youth 13-21 years old
- Residents of the City of Richmond
- Youth identified as low-asset*
See Events Calendar for dates and locations.
To refer a youth into the program, please complete the referral form and submit to firstname.lastname@example.com
To print a program poster
What Youth Are Saying
"Stir It up is a place where everybody belongs and feels welcome".
"Stir It Up for me is heaven. Somewhere that helps teach leadership skills and makes a difference in my life."
"Stir It Up made a change in my life because I leaned new things and made new friends. Its made a major impact on my life."
"I'd like to say thank you for the support we need to keep the program running because it's a very good thing for me and friends."
*Low-asset youth: individuals who possess less than 10 of the 40 Developmental Assets for healthy adolescent development (Richmond Parks & Rec, 2008; Search Institute, 2016).
We acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.
This work was supported by a grant from NutritionLink Services Society.


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I got on Google+ pretty much immediately, when people were still posting echoing "hello...hello...hello" posts. I don't like Facebook. I don't like the way it takes all your data and keeps it FOREVER, unapologetically. Google may be only slightly less evil regarding how much they know about me, but they're more transparent about it, and they allow me to nuke and repave. I'm really liking Google+ and plan to use it far more than Facebook; in fact, right now Facebook is just sucking in my Tumblr feed, so probably people will effectively block me from sight.
An interesting offshoot from this is that it caused me to take another look at Picasa, soon to be known, I think, as Google Photos. Through various means, if you upload photos through Google+ (or, according to what you read, are even a Google+ user), you effectively have unlimited storage space for photos.
This matters to me. I take a lot of photos and have been shelling out $25 per year to Flickr for years now so I have online copies of my favorite photos. Also, Flickr used to be where I went to find cool photos and photographers. Now I barely use it at all except for storage. It's filled with too much noise and not enough signal, and I find most of my photography via Tumblr and other microblogs and Web sites. So if Picasa is going to allow me to leave my photos there, where they can be way more easily downloaded than from Flickr, that's a win.
As for software, I have used the Mac Picasa software before and am using it again now. I am one of the few people alive apparently who hate Aperture, and iPhoto always makes me feel vaguely uneasy because I'm importing my photos into a black box. What happens in the box is not transparent. And if the box becomes corrupted, I am hosed. I'm old-fashioned enough that I prefer my photos to be organized in folders on my hard drive and have software that accesses them the way they are; Picasa does that, plus it SYNCS with the Web albums.
This matters to me. Right now, I have to go through multiple extra steps to get photos to Flickr. With Picasa, I can automate backing up photos online.
We'll see how it goes. I'm filled with Kool-Aid between Apple and Google.


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Intel eyes copy protection for wireless
I finally got to talk with Stephen Balogh, director of content protection for Intel Corp. today. He gave the DisplayPort group backhanded compliments for their efforts on an extra strength copyright protection scheme. But wireless, not greater security, is where the action is in copy protection today, he said.
Intel is interested in moving to a wireless transport like ultrawideband its High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) technology used in the wired High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) now shipping on millions of digital TVs and set-tops. The company is having "lots of good discussions with lots of people but nothing has gelled yet," Balogh said.
Philips is leapfrogging Intel with its DisplayPort Copy Protection (DPCP) by moving from 40- to 128-bit keys, supporting new crypto algorithms such as AES and providing features that make sure transmitters and receivers are not distant points across the Internet.
"They are doing a pretty good job as far as the state of the art for copy protection…but it's a Fort Knox in the least likely place for people to try to steal content. There are lots of easier places for people to go steal content," he said.
Disney and Warner Brothers have signed on to use HDCP. Maintaining compatibility with that technology is more important than bolstering security, he said.
HDCP is "still vibrant enough to meet the studio's requests. There isn't a strong push from them one way or another, so we don't have any plans to upgrade encryption or key exchange," Balogh said.--rbm


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Nearly 40 gun advocates of Open Carry Texas gathered in a restaurant parking lot carrying guns to protest a meeting of Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense In America (MDA). The gun carriers waited outside the Dallas, Texas restaurant where MDA was holding a membership meeting. A spokeswoman for MDA said that the restaurant manager for MDA did not want to call the police for fear of "inciting a riot."
MDA later released a statement, calling the Open Carry Texas members "gun bullies," and saying that restaurant customers were "terrified by what appeared to be an armed ambush."
Members of Open Carry Texas scoffed at this, with one member tweeting: "I guess I'm a #gunbullies #Comeandtakeit #Texas."
Another pointed out that the picture above looks much less intimidating from the front, where you can see that the people crouching down are not doing that to be in a good position to fire a shot, but are just posing for a picture:
What pro-gun folks don't seem to understand or accept about people who don't like their open carry rallies (open carry refers to the right to walk around in public with a visible weapon): guns are terrifying. Sure, you know that you have your weapon under control (just like you know that you are a safe driver and it's those other folks around you who are maniacs), and you are entitled to your opinion that your gun makes you and everyone around you safer. HOWEVER, when the rest of us see you walking around with a weapon that can kill in seconds, we have no idea under what circumstances you will use it, and whether or not you are as mentally stable as you claim to be. None of us are mind readers, and all of read the headlines about people occasionally opening fire on a crowd of strangers. Don't pretend that you are covered by the NRA narrative of good guy with a gun vs. bad guy with a gun. Everyone thinks that they themselves are on team "good guy."
The idea that Open Carry Texas was simply protesting and not intimidating Moms Demand Action is ridiculous. Of course it was unlikely that there would be any shots fired, but unlikely is much too high a chance for something like that. We can have a conversation about gun laws, but standing armed outside of a meeting is not a conversation, it's intimidation, and you can be pro-gun but still understand that.
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2004 WRX 16g-4EAT
Plays well with traffic
WRX 4EAT problem - what would you do?
So I bought a used valve body (presumed to be in good working order) which I had modified by IPT and installed by my local Suby dealership along with fresh Amsoil Universal ATF and filters. It seemed to work just fine for about the first 5 miles. But then the shift points began to rise when going into 2nd & 4th gear. I now have about 25 miles on it and the thing needs to see at least 3,500rpm to get into 2nd and it wont go into 4th at all. It seems to just slip, almost like its out of gear. (Perhaps it has shifted and the clutches arent holding?) It also threw a CEL of P0732 - Gear 2 incorrect ratio.
I checked the fluid level of course and it was fine (didnt smell burnt either). I did a little research and the P0732 seems to indicate one (or both) of the following:
Clutch for specific gear slipping or malfunctioning
Solenoid valve for specific gear dirty or malfunctioning
After talking with the guys at both the dealership and at IPT yesterday (both of whom have been very understanding) it seems that this is far more serious than just a TCU learning thing. To me that the likely scenario is that:
The valve body has a solenoid problem (which it either had when I bought it or was introduced somewhere along the way during the shipping/modification/installation process).
And perhaps because it didnt hold pressure, there may now be damage to the clutch-pack as well dont know.
Reasonable alternatives at this point would seem to be:
1) Have the dealership remove the modified valve body and clean/bench test the solenoids. Then have it reinstalled (depending on the results) and hope the clutch-packs are OK.
2) Just have them put the stock valve body back in and see if the problem goes away. If not, then I know the clutch-packs are also now in need of repair.
3) Ship the stock VB (which I know to be good) to IPT and have them modify that one. Then have it installed and hope the clutch-packs are still OK.
4) In addition to doing any of the above, have the dealership remove the transmission and inspect the clutch-packs.
5) Other??
I suppose the worse-case scenario is that the clutch-packs have been damaged. If thats the case then Id need to decide whether or not to have the dealership perform a standard repair for that (while we also sort out the valve body issue) or just pursue a fully prepped tranny from IPT.
An IPT tranny for this car would be serious overkill at this point since Im only putting down 230whp with my current engine mods and I never intend to put it on a track. Heck to tell the truth, I dont even drive it very hard. But Im guessing Id probably be looking at nearly half the price of an IPT unit just to have the standard repair done and it wouldnt have any warranty because of my other mods anyway.
On the other hand the IPT tranny would give me peace of mind in terms of durability and should readily deliver the kind of performance/feel I was looking for and then some. It would also open up the possibility of upgrading from the 16g I have now or perhaps even an engine swap somewhere down the road without worrying about whether or not the tranny can take it. (Perhaps waaay down the road. Like after the divorce is final or at least after the kids are out of college. )
Down-time with this car is not a particularly serious issue. At less than 9k miles for a 2004 WRX, you can see it doesnt get driven daily anyhow. The cash were talking about on the other hand is becoming pretty serious. The pessimist in me is thinking that no matter how this gets resolved, Im looking at anywhere between 15 thousand dollars beyond what Ive already spent. The money is important, but so is getting this issue behind me.
IPT wants me to send both valve bodies to them to try and determine if anything is wrong with the one they modified and perhaps to modify my stock one. I may very well do that. But that doesnt address the possibility that the clutches might now be bad.
My inclination at this point is to ask the dealership to clean & test the solenoids on the VB AND pull the tranny to inspect the clutches. Then make a decision based on the results of their diagnosis. That may be the most expensive option for diagnosing the damage but at least Id have concrete facts upon which to base a decision.
I know all anyone can offer are opinions and speculation, but -- What would you do?
P.S. To those of you who have taken the time to read all the way through to the bottom of this, thank you for letting me think-out-loud.
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Well its been quite a saga (and admittedly quite a long time without an update) but for those of you who may have subscribed, or who just happen on to this some day while doing a search heres the poop:
I ended up having the dealership pull the VB out and bench test the solenoids. They checked out fine. So I shipped it back to IPT so they could look at it. Then I got a call from IPT saying the VB was damaged in shipping <see photo here>. They said they inspected it anyway and saw nothing wrong with the work they did but regardless, the VB was obviously no longer useable.
So I took a chance and sent my original VB to IPT. They modified that one (at no cost to me) and shipped it back. The dealership installed that one and while it solved the problems I originally encountered with 2nd and 4th gear, something new came up. Now when I first take off (when its stone cold and been sitting for a few hours) it jerks several times in the first 10-15 feet. This only happens if I take off right away without letting it run at all and only when its been sitting for several hours. It is easily avoided if I put it in gear for a few seconds without stepping on the gas or if I step on the gas VERY lightly for that first car length of so.
Numerous discussions with both the dealership and IPT have turned up a few possible causes but nothing definitive. They both feel that fluid is draining back somewhere (though they have differing views on where that might be) and it takes a few seconds for the tranny pump to build the pressure up so things are properly engaged. Its only a minor annoyance that is easily avoided and since neither is taking responsibility, Ive decided to simply live with it. (Theyre both telling me that as long as I avoid it by letting the pressure build before taking off, theres little chance that Im doing any harm to the tranny.)
Other than that, the VB mod works exactly as expected. During ordinary driving, the shifts are noticeably crisper (both upward and downward) and the more torque thats applied the firmer they become. Manually downshifting or simply nailing the throttle in drive at say 40-50mph could easily get rather addicting if youre not careful.
The bottom line for this little adventure is that it works OK but it cost me far more than I anticipated. I did get a check back from UPS for the damaged VB but it was about $200 less than I had into it. I also had additional shipping costs to get the second VB modded, a second round of Amsoil, a second round of labor costs from the dealership, and I lost out on the opportunity to resell my original VB. All told this mod cost me about double what it should have. (On the upside, at least I dont appear to have damaged the tranny at all so I guess things couldve been a lot worse.)
Would I do it again? Yep in a heartbeat! I love the way it shifts now. (This hobby is really stupid isnt it?!?)
Would I use IPT again? Not sure - probably. But this post should still serve as a cautionary tale for those of you who cant afford to absorb any extra downtime or co$t. This is one of those mods that you really cant do yourself, will probably never undo, and youre pretty much at the mercy of the technical expertise of others. You really have to be willing to trust them and be committed to seeing it though or you might just end up disappointed.
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Stumbled across this after a search. Great info...good to know your progress and things worked out. I have everything I need to take the car to the next level. Unfortunately, I need to find some downtime to get the VB upgraded.
Why do you question using IPT again? Level 10 and IPT are the vendors I'm considering for the VB upgrade.
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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Location: '04WRX-Axis ej257, IPT 4eat.Vehicle:
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DB18g/EWG - F/S $8K
Long story as short as possible....
Bought modified TC from Xcceleration.com - it was a brand new converter modified ($1500). I then had my valve body modified by Level 10 and added a trans cooler. The shifts didn't feel as crisp as I thought. I drove the car to Level 10 and had the owner, Pat, drive the car. He said it felt fine. Oh well. I slap on a 16g. Now that Xcceleration.com converter wasn't as loose as I wanted it to be. I couldn't brake torque my 16g past 2300rpm. Drove 1 hour to Level 10. Sam said he could modify a converter for me and it would be much looser - like a 3000rpm stall instead of the 2300rpm I had now. He told me he couldn't re-modify the converter that was in my car so I had to buy a used but virgin WRX converter ($300). Dropped the car off at Level 10 and rented a car from Enterprise for the day. Level 10 hands me a bill for ~$1,400 to modify my converter plus labor to install. Car can now be brake torqued to 2400rpm. It felt IDENTICAL to the other converter. Sam said the converter was made as loose as possible and there's nothing more that can be done. I now install an ej257 into my 2.0 WRX. Wow.. car feels great. Took the car to the track. the 1-2 shift is so sloppy I was quicker starting off in 2nd gear (12.98 vs 13.1x)! Drove 1 hour back to Level 10. Sam drove the car and said it felt fine. Blew the ej257. Took the converter to IPT while the motor was out. They were able to loosen my converter more (Sam was full of S). Took the car to the track with the new motor (cams, head work, EWG, etc). 1-2 shift REALLY sloppy, I never made a full pass due to high EGTs before the 1/8 mile. Dropped car off at IPT two weeks ago - 2nd and 3rd gear clutchs are completely shot. They're gonna loosen this converter even MORE since the cams, head work, headers, and td06h housing is eating my torque. Thanks again Level 10.
Oh.. I was running stock boost on the td04-13t before and after I did the torque converter, valve body and trans cooler. I don't beat on this car except during the 1/4 mile.
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And they seemed almost too quick to simply dismiss the work on first one and have me send them a second VB. Sure they were generous enough to offer to mod the second one without charging me for it. But that was after the first one had been sent back and "mysteriously" got damaged beyond repair. The UPS insurance covered it, but everyone who saw it (including me) scratched their heads and wondered out loud how that kind of damage could have happened when it was properly packaged and the box showed only minor damage. They seemed to be doing everything they could to look out for me, but the whole deal still left me feeling
As Pete demonstrates though, Level Ten has had both good and really bad comments from customers. On the other hand, the closest thing to negativity I've seen about IPT is my own post
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Member#: 99711
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: NJ
I just stumbled across this post and feel that is pretty unfair to myself and to my company.
As I'm sure anyone who's reading this already knows, we have an excellent reputation for customer service- yet you were surprised that we were "almost too quick" to do whatever we could to straighten out the problem?
Also, you say that your valve body was "mysteriously" broken, with some type of insinuation of God knows what...
Give me a break. All I know is that we did everything possible to straighten out a problem that certainly looks like it had nothing to do with our workmanship, at least from where I'm standing.
I feel we were more than fair with you- be a little fair with us.
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I'm sorry you feel that way John. Perhaps it's an issue of context. That particular post was in response to a specific question about why I might question using IPT again.
Redaero wasn't asking why I would also consider using IPT again so my response to him didn't cover that. I think the entire thread though, when taken as a whole, is quite fair and it honestly represents my thoughts.
I started out thinking (and still do) that you guys are the best when it comes to knowing your way around the Subaru 4EAT and I don't think I've said anything here which contradicts that.
I understand that diagnosing issues from a thousand miles away can often make it impossible to draw precise conclusions. I have little doubt that if I had been able to actually bring the car in to IPT to have the work done there in the first place, you guys might very well have been able to nail down exactly what was going on.
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