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Easter is a wonderful time to take some time aside and think about what Jesus has done for us. It is amazing that God should become a man and die for us, but have you ever wondered why he needed to die for us and why it had to be in such a horrific way?
When somebody writes a biography, they usually write the vast majority about the person's life and very little about their death. In a biography of Winston Churchill's life, the British prime minister, there are only 3 pages out of 300 that are devoted to his death. That's just 1% of the book. However, when we look at the New Testament we see that approximately 33% of each gospel is devoted to the death and resurrection of Jesus. The reason for this is that His death and resurrection are absolutely vital to the gospel message. Indeed, the main reason why Jesus came to earth was not just to give us a good example of how to live, or provide us with moral teaching, but to die and rise again!
The cross of Christ lies at the heart of Christianity, to not understand it means we have missed the very reason why Jesus had to die. The death of Christ was no accident, it was foretold in many places throughout scripture.
Some would ask "So why couldn't God just forgive sin without Jesus having to die?" To ask this question demonstrates a lack of understanding of the holiness of God and also the severity of sin which undermines it. The holiness of God means that God cannot just sweep sin under the carpet, it must be punished. The true and just punishment of sin is death. The other side of God's character is love and mercy and that is what happens at the cross; God's holiness and judgement meet His love and mercy, in a 'once for all' sacrifice. It was once for all because only a perfect person could meet the full criteria. If we had died on the cross it would simply have been a just punishment because we are all sinful, but because it was Jesus, the perfect substitute, God's judgement is satisfied. Jesus died in our place.
There are 4 main things that happened at the cross and we will look at each of them briefly;
Justification – to be declared 'just' (or not guilty)
Because of what Jesus did on the cross, we are declared not guilty by God. Christ died for us to pay our debt. How amazing, the God whom we have offended is the one who comes to our rescue!
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
The Apostle Peter also speaks of Christ's death in this way:
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
An easy way to remember this concept is to break the word justified up into 'Just as if I'd never sinned' not great English but a great truth!
Redeemed – to be bought out of slavery
To redeem means to 'buy back'. The bible shows that we were slaves to sin and death, but now we have been bought back at a very high price, the death of Jesus. Slaves were sometimes redeemed in ancient times, if they had enough money they could redeem themselves by buying their freedom for a price. The bible is clear that we would never have had enough 'money' to free ourselves, we were morally bankrupt. The only person who could buy our freedom was Jesus and He paid the ultimate price with His own life.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace (Ephesians 1:7)
Substitution – to have someone take our place
Anyone who knows me, knows I am a big follower of football. Oftentimes in football, when somebody is having a bad game, or is injured a substitute will come on in their place. One person is replaced for another. Jesus was our substitute. In the Old Testament a lamb was substituted for the sinner and was killed instead of the person. A death had to occur and it was better that it was the lamb's. In the same way Jesus was our substitute, He took our place on the cross and bore our punishment. He was saying to the father "Father, punish me instead of them"
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
Jesus was willing to be our substitute to bear our punishment so that we could be spared.
Reconciliation – the healing of a broken relationship
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18)
The bible makes it clear that even from birth we are alienated from God, we were born in sin because of our first parents – Adam & Eve. Every human being since has started life separated from God because of that sin. We don't start life with a clean slate, it is already tainted. This prevented us ever having a relationship with him.
But on the cross Jesus restored that broken relationship by removing God's wrath and anger from the sinner and taking it upon himself. With the barrier of sin removed, it is now possible to have peace with God. A relationship restored and not only that but adoption into God's own family.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12)
These 4 things mean the following wonderful truths:
- We know God's forgiveness– God chooses to forgive and not remember our sin anymore
- We have access to God – We can now enter right into God's presence, free from guilt and fear. When Jesus died, the temple curtain was torn from top to bottom (Mark 15:38) signifying the separation has been completely taken away.
- We have peace with God– we are no longer enemies of God but have now become friends
- We are adopted into God's family– God has adopted us into his family and we are now sons and heirs.
- We have eternal life – The fear of death is gone because Jesus has defeated it. When we die in this life, we just pass on to a better life forever with Him.
So how do we know that Jesus succeeded in what he set out to do on the cross?
We know He succeeded because He rose again. We can so easily purely focus on the cross, but His death and resurrection go hand in hand. In fact, if Jesus had not raised to life on the third day our faith would be pretty meaningless. But the very fact that he did rise shows that his mission was completed and his death on the cross was a success. He rose because death no longer had a hold on Him and everything He said about himself, including His divinity was true.
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:14)
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. (1 Corinthians 15:17)
So in conclusion, there was no other way for our sins to be dealt with. The cross shows us the seriousness of sin before a Holy God and that a death had to occur. It shows how rebellious mankind can be and it also shows us the amazing love that God has for us and the beautiful obedience of the son who would go to any lengths to rescue us.
The fact that Jesus died though, demands a response. It is not enough just to know that it happened. The bible makes it clear that we need to take some action in response. To fully experience God's forgiveness and have a right relationship with Him you need to;
- Repenting of your sins, admit that you have done wrong in your life and that you need Jesus' forgiveness.
- Believe that Jesus is the Son of God and died on the cross bearing the full penalty your sins deserved. That He rose again from the grave and has conquered death as the risen Lord.
- Commit your life into his hands. He is now Lord of your life and with the power of His Holy Spirit, you can now live a life that pleases Him.
That is the gospel in a 'nutshell' and it is no wonder they call it good news!


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During the Super Bowl earlier this month, some Nazarene's weren't just watching the big game; they were working to put an end to human trafficking so prevalent during such large events.
Working with the group S.O.A.P. or Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution, Pastor Chad Current led a group of 109 volunteers from Nazarene churches around southwestern Ohio to Indianapolis. They spoke to hotel officials, providing bars of soap labeled with the phone number for the National Human Trafficking Hotline to put into the hotel rooms, and informing desk clerks about how to recognize suspicious activity and whom to contact.
Young men and women forced into prostitution are under constant supervision. Sometimes the only opportunity they have unsupervised is while using the restroom. Putting information about how to get help on bars of soap gives them a way out. After the Super Bowl last year in Dallas, 61 women called the hotline. Volunteers hope this year even more will be reached.
Not only were 16,000 bars of soap distributed to rooms in 90 Indianapolis hotels, volunteers spoke with desk clerks. One of them recognized a picture of a missing teenage girl. After authorities were contacted, not only was she rescued, but she led them to two other adolescents who were also rescued.
Learn More About S.O.A.P. and their efforts to stop human trafficking:
- Read the press release from the Nazarene Communications Network.
- Watch WISH-TV's coverage of the S.O.A.P. project.
- Learn more about S.O.A.P. and how you can get involved.
- Learn more about the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
- Read Traffic, this year's missionary book about human trafficking, available in the church foyer.

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The New Scientist had a rather rambling piece on recent ideas about the subconscious the other day. One thing I thought was interesting was the four-part model of the mind it described, attributed to Dayan, Daw and Niv. I haven't been able to find a paper which actually sets out the four-part system: the one referred to by the New Scientist is really about how control is passed between two of the four systems – but the gist is fairly clear. One of the appealing things about this line of thought is that each system has a fairly robust basis in neurology, with evidence of functions being localised in particular brain areas; but also a rationale in terms of what the system does for us and why this particular combination of systems might work well.
To begin with, we have the 'Pavlovian' system. Pavlov, of course, is famous for his work on conditioned reflexes: training dogs to salivate at the sond of a bell, and so on. Here the term is used rather loosely to cover instincts and a range of 'automatic' behaviour. It may in fact seem doubtful whether all such behaviour stems from a single system, and indeed in this case a single clear neurological location doesn't exist, though various places have a role. The chief advantage of behaviour this hard-wired is clearly speed, and the main limitation is the stereotyped nature of the behaviour: well-suited to cases where the required action is clear and urgent, and not so good elsewhere.
Then we have the habitual controller, which I think we could call the 'autopilot': responsible for more complex learned behaviour. This system can take control of behaviour for an extended period, and respond appropriately to inputs so long as they fall within the expected range; so that when driving, for example, we may take account of the progress of the car in front without having to think about it consciously. This second system can cope with much more complex problems than the Pavlovian one, but it is still largely stereotyped and when something unexpected comes up it hands over abruptly to another system.
That might be the episodic controller, which produces behaviour which makes decisions in a conscious but unreflective manner, drawing on memory of what happened before. It works well in circumstances where events are as it were, following a script and the broad outlines of what is going on are known. Although it takes a little more time and thought than either of the preceding systems, it is still fast and it has the advantage of working relatively well when detailed knowledge is not available: so long as the circumstances are broadly familiar, we can go on producing generic behaviour which is likely to be appropriate.
The fourth system is the goal-directed controller; here for the first time the brain attempts to look forward and decide which behaviour is going to achieve its goals. It is slower and consumes more resources than the other systems, and it can only really work where enough information is available, but these disadvantages are outweighed by its sophistication and flexibility. Dayan et al describe it as searching through a tree of possibilities, which I think may under-rate or misdescribe it – the brain seems to be able to devise goal-oriented strategies by some other means than working through alternatives – but that doesn't invalidate the overall model.
So if the model has a good basis in both neurology and function, how does it fare against introspection – does the mind really feel like a four-part operation from the inside? I think in many respects the model is recognisable, though I'd quibble over some details. The main weakness, as I see it, is that the perspective which the whole thing is based on is very much one in which the function of the mind is to produce good output behaviour from a range of different environmental inputs. That's fine as far as it goes, but consciousness is generally taken to be about awareness and experience as much as decision-making. When I'm sitting still and admiring the view across the bay, which system is working? None, it would appear, but in old-fashioned two-part terminology, I should have said that both conscious and subconscious were hard at work. Perhaps all the systems are working in harmony to produce the appropriate output behaviour of not doing anything?


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This somber drama comes from Kirghiz (formerly part of the Soviet Union) and is based on a locally popular novel that looks at the destruction of traditional life-styles and the country's environment. The tale is set beside the immense dried-up basin that once held the Aral Sea, a water body that disappeared when humans destroyed its ecosystem. Sitting upon its sandy floor are the gigantic carcasses of the great ships that once sailed upon it. The people living upon the shores of the defunct sea struggle to survive and their plight is present in both the present and back in the 1950s (signified by black and white photography) when Stalinism began to destroy their old ways. In the present Kasangap, an important figure among the Saryosek people native to the area dies. His best friend Edigej wants to bury him in the traditional burial ground. Unfortunately, a military base is now located there and they refuse to grant permission to inter him there. Still as Edigej heads out to the sight, he remembers back to the '50s when Stalin's regime infiltrated their land and began stealing their culture.
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setWindowOpaque causes problems at windows login.
Hi all,
Ii have an issue with setWindowOpaque(frame, false)l
I have a JFrame which is something like a Toolbar with shortcuts on it that when clicked will execute an application in a Process. The Toolbar by requirement needs to have rounded corners so we set the JFrame to opaque = false then add a background image so that we have perfectly antialiased rounded corners. Works fantastic until we lock the workstation and log back in only to find an empty toolbar with a white background. We can minimize the Toolbar and it updates / refreshes the UI and as well when clicking the buttons on the toolbar they update. If I comment out the line of code that sets the window none opaque we don't get these issues.
This can be easily replicated by creating a JFrame like so..
public void init () {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
JPanel panel = new JPanel() {
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
panel.setSize(200, 200);
AWTutilities.setWindowOpaque(frame, false);
now lock your workstation and log back in again. You should see a sqare shape in your desktop which isn't updating the UI. If anyone has seen this issue before I would really appreciate a work around or a fix..
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Darryl is absolutely right...
If anyone has any answers to my problem please just update the thread
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A few months ago I posted my writeup on the Front Bumper. If you want to know why I picked up this bumper, go read the first section of that post. I'll follow roughly the same format here.
Please note that there are literally hundreds of hi-res photos on this post. It will take a while to fully load
Things you should probably know up front
Let me start off by saying that I am much, much less impressed by this bumper than I was by the front bumper. From the unclear (or, in some cases, flat out wrong) instructions to the nuts and bolts included, there was a whole lot of frustration here that wasn't the case with the front bumper. It became obvious as I went along that this bumper and the instructions were really designed with the 1996 and earlier models–even though it's advertised for all years and most of the promotional pictures are of a 97+ sporting this bumper.
I had a lot of fitment issues and I'm not the only one.
The bumper comes in two boxes. Well, the bumper comes in one box and the tire carrier comes in the other. The tire carrier box is probably twice as long as it needs to be to actually hold all the stuff. The boxes are too large to fit in a Cherokee, so you will need a larger vehicle if they aren't delivered to your house. Also the bumper is much heavier than the front, and most of the weight is on the passenger side to accommodate the hinge for the tire carrier. The bumper box measures 73″ x 19 1/2″ x 12″ and the tire carrier box measures 59 1/2″ x 28 1/2″ x 9″:
You need a torque wrench, and not just to properly torque the bolts. The hardware that ships with the bumper is very, very tight. Like 40+ ft/lbs to tighten them before they even get close to being all the way in. All of the nuts and bolts included are like this. I had a DeWalt DC825B 1/4-Inch 18-Volt Cordless Impact Driver and it couldn't keep up. I brought out an air powered impact hammer after that and it couldn't keep up, either.
If you've been thinking about replacing your muffler, this would be a good time to do that. The tailpipe seriously hampers your ability to get to the bolts on the passenger side bracket, so if you can remove your old muffler it will make things a whole lot easier.
If you have a hitch, you'll need to remove it. Oh and I hope you never actually used your hitch for towing, because lots of people report that the receiver is out of spec. Mine was, too.
If you have a gas tank skid, say goodbye to it because it's not compatible with the brackets for this bumper.
Speaking of the brackets….you're very likely going to need to take a grinder to them. So go get one if you don't have one already.
Rear quarter armor is included. This replaces your bumper end caps. Earlier versions of the bumper may not have included it, but mine did. You will need a rivet gun to install it. On my 98, the frontmost rivet holes were too far forward to actually connect with the rear quarter sheetmetal.
You will need to relocate the license plate yourself. No bracket is included. I used this one because it was cheap and I needed one with a light to comply with state laws.
Tools I used:
Stanley 97-126 11 Piece 1/2-Inch Drive Metric Deep Impact Socket Set
Stanley 97-125 11 Piece 1/2-Inch Drive SAE Deep Impact Socket Set
3/8-Inch Drive Ratchet
DeWalt DC825B 1/4-Inch 18-Volt Cordless Impact Driver
ratcheting box wrenches
DeWalt Pivoting Bit Holder
3/8 Drive Wobble Extensions
1/2″ Drive Click Stop Torque Wrench
DeWalt 18V 1/2″ Cordless XRP Drill
XJ Field Service Manual
Stanley Snips
DEWALT DW2547Ir 1/4-Inch Hex Shank To 1/2-Inch Socket Adaptor
Hand Riveter
4 1/2″ Angle Grinder
Craftsman 1/2 Impact Wrench
Rust-Oleum Flat Black Spray Paint
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The Unboxening (Bumper)
If you click on that picture above, you can see that during shipping something–probably the bumper brackets–scratched the $%&^ out of the bumper, removing some of the finish. This will be fixed later.
Here are some shots of the speed holes, or whatever they are. I think they're actually there to make it easier to tighten the bolts that attach the bumper to the bumper brackets. I've added the measurements just in case you're interested.
Now for some shots of the interior of the bumper. This is the part that you don't see once it's attached, but you might want to have a look-see before you go buy one.
Also, there are a couple of nutstrips provided. One of mine was bent to hell, but a hammer fixed that
Let's talk about that hitch receiver
So, I'd read that it might be out of spec. Guess what? Mine was. Here is a picture I took of the receiver during the unboxing:
And then, while it was sitting there I grabbed a D-Ring receiver hitch and, well, this happened:
Just something to be aware of.
Removing your old stuff
So if you have a hitch (and you should because you might die if you don't and you're rear-ended, so sayeth the federal government) you have to remove that first. It's pretty easy.
The first thing you want to do, though, is take the tailpipe off the hangar by removing this u-bolt (it's attached to the tailpipe):
Trust me, it will make things a whole lot easier. Also, I mentioned earlier that it would make things even easier if you were to remove the tailpipe altogether, but my stuff is welded and I didn't want to cut it.
There are probably four bolts on either side of the receiver. Take out the three closest to the front of the vehicle out first, then take out the last two bolts carefully. The hitch will drop out of place and break your nose. Well, only if you're not careful.
I said there are probably four bolts on either side, because the normal way of installing a hitch is to use nutstrips inside each frame rail. In my case, one of the bolts on the passenger side had apparently broken off during installation so I only had three there as you can see in the above picture (they're just above the tailpipe in that picture, and you can see the missing one). On the driver side, there were bolts hanging down through the frame rail:
I'll talk about that in a minute.
Now, the instructions say that Step 1 is to remove the bumper, but I didn't do that first. I actually had to do steps 2 and 3 while removing the old hitch.
Here is a better picture of what they are talking about:
The bottom of both pictures is the driver's side of the vehicle, and the left side is the rear of the vehicle. As you can see, my filler hose guard is slightly covering the hitch, so I had to take it off before I could take off the hitch. there are four screws: The two you see here, and two closer to the top of the guard.
Here is the first indication that the instructions are going to be not entirely accurate for 97+ XJs. My exhaust hangar doesn't bolt into the frame rail like that. It looks like this:
The exhaust hangar is bolted to a bracket, and the bracket is bolted to the unibody frame rail.
That bracket is covering the passenger side of the tow hitch, so before I could remove the tow hitch I had to take this off.
So after doing steps 2 and 3, I was able to take off the hitch. Yay!
Oh I should probably also mention the gas tank heat shield. On mine, the heat shield was sandwiched between the passenger side frame rail and the hitch. Once I took the hitch off, it looked like this:
Now, you can leave it there, or you can completely remove it by taking off the last nut that's holding it in place. That nut is on the bolt that holds the gas tank strap. I was a little afraid that removing that nut would drop the tank, but it doesn't. There's another nut above that which is the one that actually holds the strap. If you removed your exhaust, you probably should remove this heat shield to make things easier.
Removing the Rear Bumper:
Okay so now it's time to do Step 1:
This obviously assumes you know how to remove the rear bumper. I don't, but the XJ Field Service Manual does.
First, you have to take off the bumper end caps. There are two screws, a very visible 10mm and a not-so easy to get to 1/4″
I literally had to borrow a smaller-walled 1/4″ socket from my neighbor. The 10mm bolt also has a nut on top so you'll need to put a wrench or socket up there to keep it from spinning.
Once those are off, you can slide the end cap to the rear:
And now you're left with this:
There are 4 bolts that hold the bumper to the bumper brackets. Two are on the bottom are visible:
The other two are inside the bumper. I highly suggest a ratcheting box wrench because otherwise it's extremely difficult to get to.
Once those are gone, the bumper comes off very easily and you are left with the bumper brackets:
Remove the four bolts that attach each bumper bracket to the unibody. Save the bolts!
Once those brackets are gone, you can remove the nut strips that held your receiver hitch on. They might look a little rough:
Remember earlier when I said that each frame rail should have a nut strip? Well, my passenger side had that rusty one but the driver side had a more, er, creative solution:
That little combo was dropped into each of the four frame holes for the driver side of the receiver. I had to grab the bolts and the flat iron pieces with one of these.
So now that all your stuff is out of the way, it's time to start installing the bumper.
Installing the Smittybilt Bumper Brackets
Now, here's a pro-tip: Before you mount the brackets to the body, make sure they actually fit in the bumper and you can bolt the bumper to the brackets.
That might sound silly, but a whole lot of people, me included, have discovered that the CAD drawings for the brackets may not have taken into account the massive welds on the inside of the bumper. I didn't find out until I'd already mounted the brackets, and for reasons I'll explain later I couldn't just take them off and check afterwards. I had to break out the angle grinder and make it fit!
Once you've verified that the brackets actually fit, measure the distance between the brackets. The instructions say to mount the brackets "slightly less than 34 inches apart." No, they do not indicate how much "slightly" is, so you need to measure that.
Now that you've got all that done, remove the brackets from the bumper and move on to step 4.
The way you tell the difference between the driver and passenger nut plates is that they have the part numbers stamped on them:
Remember, in my case my driver nut plate was all bent up so I had to take a dead blow hammer and straighten it out first. But then there was another problem, this time with the passenger side nut plate.
So here is the nut plate I pulled out of the frame rail:
And here is the nut plate that comes with the bumper:
If you can't see the problem, let me splain it. There's a hump in the original, and notches in the replacement. Remember back in step 2 where the instructions talked about taking off the exhaust hangar, and mine was not the same? Those notches appear to coincide with where some nuts should be welded inside the frame rail. If you look closely you can see that the notches are a hex pattern that would easily slide onto a couple of nuts.
But on a 97+, this is what's inside the frame rail:
And here is a close-up:
Hence the reason for the hump in the nut strip I pulled out of the frame rail. Here's the kicker: There doesn't appear to be any purpose for that bar. Ostensibly it's for the exhaust hangar, but earlier I showed how they went to a new design for that so this is pretty useless.
The effect is a pretty frustrating time getting the bolts to go into the nut strip on the passenger side, because it see-saws over that bar.
Speaking of….
Did I mention how incredibly tight the bolts are in the nut strips? Before you put them in the frame rails, test fit the bolts. Mine took between 30 and 40 ft-lbs to turn once the bolt got through the nut. So at full engagement it was really, really hard to tighten them with anything other than a breaker bar or torque wrench.
After you get an idea of how difficult this next part is going to be, go ahead and put the nut strips in the frame rails:
Obviously, you'll want to fully insert them into the frame rail before continuing on to step 5:
This one step took me about 4 hours to complete. I wish I was kidding.
Important Tip About Bracket Placement
I'm going to skip ahead a little bit in order to show you something you need to consider while installing the brackets.
I've already mentioned that Smittybilt's instructions are rather imprecise about bracket placement ("Slightly less than 34 inches apart"). One other thing they don't mention is that when centering, you need to err on the side of being slightly off-center with the bumper being a little closer to the passenger side.
Here is the entirety of their guidance on placing the brackets:
Basically, the brackets need to be a little to the right of the center of the holes. Why? Well remember this?
If you are even slightly to the left of center on the bumper brackets, it will interfere with the hatch.
That's right. If you don't align the bumper brackets properly, you won't be able to open or close the hatch. It actually gets worse when you add the swing arm because there's an allen head bolt that goes into one of those two bolt holes and sticks up even further.
Now, when did I discover that? After I'd just spent 4 hours getting the brackets installed. So my choices were A) dismount the bumper again, loosen the brackets, re-adjust them, retighten, remount the bumper, and test again or B) break out the grinder and fix it in 45 seconds.
Little bit of Rustoleum and it was good to go!
The best advice I can give you about this bumper is this: Loosely install the stock bumper bracket bolts. Get all of the frame rail bolts started. Mount the bumper to the brackets and hand-tighten the bumper-to-bracket bolts. Move the bumper around until you like the placement. Now tighten the frame rail bolts all the way. Remove the bumper. Tighten the stock bumper bracket bolts. Proceed with the instructions.
Okay now back to the bumper install.
Mounting the bumper
Before you mount the bumper, you'll want to install the striker for the swingarm and also the rubber stoppers:
What the instructions don't tell you is that those rubber stoppers are in the package with the tire carrier, not with the bumper.
So don't freak out when you can't find them. I ended up proceeding without doing the stoppers because I didn't have enough space to open up the tire carrier box and look for the stoppers. Trying to put them on after bolting on the bumper was problematic. I got it done, but it was painful. I suggest digging them out of the tire carrier box before mounting the bumper.
The instructions then list two Step 9s:
But I guess that's okay because they're really the same step.
Now, if you've followed my advice a couple of paragraphs up, this will probably go pretty smoothly. I would highly recommend a second person help you out here. My wife was 7 months pregnant and my neighbors were out of town, so I did a stupid thing and used a Hi-Lift jack to get the bumper in place.
I think I only dropped it once. Now, because I had tightened down the brackets already, and they were slightly more than "slightly less than 34 inches apart" I couldn't easily raise and lower the bumper along the brackets. I had to use some ratchet extensions inserted through the bolt holes to get everything to line up properly. And then I had to take it off and grind the brackets down as previously mentioned.
Not. Aligned. At all.
Like I said, I had to pull the bumper off and do some grinding. So here's the brackets after:
So skipping ahead to where it's actually mounted properly and (mostly) aligned, I was very excited and went to close the hatch and take a shower. Then I found out that mostly aligned wasn't quite good enough. The hatch hit the bracket for the swingarm, so I had to grind it down too:
More spray paint and it was good to go.
Pretty self-explanatory and straight-forward
I already covered this, but on 97+ XJs this is impossible. You have to sandwich the OEM exhaust hangar bracket and gas tank heat shield between the bumper bracket and the frame rail, as shown here:
I'm pretty sure they mean for you to do that with the hitch installed in the receiver, but as I mentioned earlier my receiver is out of spec so it doesn't matter. But this is what they're talking about:
What they mean is that you need to drill out the rivets in this piece:
I know it's scary, but that's the only way!
So now it's time to mount the fender skins. Again, we see that this was really built for pre-96 models because they don't fit exactly the way they should.
Step 14:
Now, they don't say why you should pay special attention to that, but I guess maybe you wouldn't want to have the rear of the skin hanging off the back? I don't know.
Fun Fact: On 97+, the front upper corner rivet doesn't make contact with the body. I don't think any of the front ones do. So do the top rear and top middle instead.
Again, with 97+ you don't want to do this exactly. The front of the skin doesn't make contact with the body so you'll have to adjust your silicone bead.
You'll also want to fill in the three rivets you drilled out to get those endcap brackets off:
Again, pretty straightforward. I would (and did) verify that the rivets would actually fit in the holes first:
And once they're in, you clip the stems and you're good to go:
Congratulations! The bumper portion is now finished! Go have a beer.
Unboxing the Tire Carrier
So that's what's in the other box 🙂
After you get everything out of the box, continue to step 18:
PROTIP: For the actual mounting of the swingarm, and the aligning of the pin, GET A SECOND PERSON TO HELP. I swear this took me two hours and I probably could've gotten it done in 15 minutes with someone helping.
Like I said, I was able to do it by myself but a second person would have been very useful. The pin and hole are on very tight tolerances, and with the washer in there sliding around on the greased-up surfaces…well it was interesting. I made use of the swingarm's latch to help me in lieu of a second person.
I also only used one washer. There wasn't quite enough clearance to fit the second one in there. If I had a belt sander I probably could have sanded it down a few thousandths and made it fit.
The cam wheel in the instructions is different than the cam wheel that comes with the swingarm:
This is important, because it means that the cam wheel is only supposed to go on one way. That's not mentioned, or obvious, and may cause you some consternation. I had to move it around and flip it over until I figured out the correct positioning. The cam wheel is slightly oblong and is used to level the swingarm. The nut that goes on the bottom is notched to fit inside the bumper:
And this part is the bolt you use:
Okay so now that the swingarm is mostly mounted, you have to prepare the mount for your tire to go onto the swingarm. You don't adjust the cam wheel or tighten the cam bolt down until everything you're going to carry on the swingarm is mounted. This includes the hi-lift jack and gas can, if you're so inclined. The reason is that the extra weight will throw off your adjustment and possible make it so the swingarm won't close and latch.
Mounting the Spare
The good news is whoever at Smittybilt documented this did a really good job, though I suspect that this was a generic document for all their tire carriers, not just this one.
So I set the part in the bottom of my rim and noted the holes:
My XJ uses wheel spacers to fit 18″ JK rims onto the standard 5×4.5 bolt pattern. I don't have 5 spacers, so I had to set the bolt pattern based on my JK rim. When I switch back to standard rims, I'll have to pull these studs back out and redo them.
I used my impact wrench to draw in the studs. It was not kind to the washer.
I didn't put the bolts in because that seemed like a dumb idea. You can't adjust the bracket if the bolts are in the holes. It didn't make any sense. This is the adjustable bracket:
And here they are mated for adjusting:
And here it is assembled and torqued.
Since this is a daily driver/mall crawler, I wanted to mount it as low as practicable. So I put the bracket assembly in the spare, and measured from the bottom of the tire to the bottom hole of the bracket:
Now, the reason why I didn't just use the lowest set of holes on the tire carrier is because I needed to make sure I had enough clearance to actually use the latch. You can see the latch in the picture above; it's on the bottom left.
The powdercoating is pretty thin, so take this warning seriously. Slowly close the gate and latch it.
Steps 29-32 are related to mounting the accessories: Hi-lift, Auxiliary lights, and a Jerry Can. I don't have those yet, so I skipped these steps.
You're almost done! This will have to be re-done when I go back and add the accessories I skipped in steps 29-32.
As previously mentioned, the cam wheel pictured in the instructions is different than than the cam wheel that ships with the kit:
Open and close the gate a few times to make sure you've got the adjustment properly. Also check that the rear hatch clears the allen head bolt. Mine didn't, and it nicked the hatch when I closed it:
Torque the main bolt….and then….
Yay! You're done!
Now, I've been driving with it for a few months now. Overall it's been a good experience, but I have a few points I'd like to make. First, with the spare tire attached, it lengthens the jeep by about two feet:
This isn't a problem, per se, but it is something to be aware of. Your compact SUV is now less compact.
Like I said, the powdercoating is pretty thin. Any scratches lead to rust in short order. Like 6 hours short.
As a result of grinding the brackets down and not waiting long enough for the spray paint to dry, this happened the first night it rained:
And finally, some points about the swingarm. First, there's no stop to prevent the swingarm from over-travelling. This can be a problem because the arm will contact the bumper and rub off the powdercoating if you're not careful. Also, you need to make sure that the swingarm is open far enough when you open the hatch, or the hatch will scrape the top tube, scratching both the hatch and the powdercoating. Ask me how I know. And finally, if the swingarm is fully extended, the Cherokee's unibody torques a little. It's a little, but it's enough to cause clearance issues with the hatch and the allen head bolt on the cam wheel. So watch for that.
So there you have it. If you have any other questions, or want more pictures or videos of the bumper, just let me know!


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Bonacic: Third Dam Safety Bill Passes Senate
State Senator John J. Bonacic (R/I/C - Mount Hope) announced today that his legislation, Senate bill 6417-A, which is the third measure in a series of legislative remedies relating to dam safety, was unanimously approved in the Senate today. The Assembly approved the bill today as well.
The bill would require information on intermediate and high hazard dams around the State be given to local officials. The Senate has previously passed legislation which improves the management of DEP reservoirs West of the Hudson River in an effort to stop flooding (S.1768-A) and enhances inspections and public access to records relating to the DEP's West of Hudson Dams (S.6415-A). All three bills have passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate.
"The Senate has now passed three bills which relate to dam inspections and flood control. Those bills collectively give local officials across the State more information on the dams in their community. In addition, with respect to those dams West of the Hudson which hold the water supply of millions of New Yorkers, the bills take the additional steps of ensuring the reservoirs are managed intelligently, that the watershed dams are inspected in a detailed manner, and that more local officials have access to information relating to those dams."
Senate bill 6417-A amends the Environmental Conservation Law to require that within thirty days of the creation by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) of any inspection report of any intermediate or high hazard dam, the DEC shall provide to the CEO of a municipality (City/Town/Village/County) in which the dam is located with a copy of such report. DEC Commissioner Denise Sheehan has testified that of the 5,575 dams in this State, the DEC classifies 384 of them as high hazard and classifies another 780 as intermediate hazard dams.
The Assembly took action the bill passed by the Senate today, but no vote was scheduled in the Assembly on the other two bills (S.1768-a; S.6415-a), which previously passed the Senate.
"The Assembly has held a hearing and has now passed one bill. However, the Assembly has not addressed the other bills that the Senate, with wide, bipartisan support, approved. The bill that passed the Senate today is most effective for the people of our region, if done in conjunction with, and not in place of, the other bills which have passed the Senate," Senator Bonacic said.
"The public has a right to know if their lives or their property is at-risk, municipal officials have a right to know that the dams are being inspected, and owners of dams have the obligation to keep them secure. The Senate bills are about greater accountability and better dam management. I encourage the Assembly to pass all three bills," concluded Senator Bonacic.


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Written by: Michael Den Boer on April 21st, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: Japan, 1967
Director: Mamoru Watanabe
Cast: Naomi Tani, Noriko Tatsumi, Masayoshi Nogami, Mari Iwai
Approximate running time: 75 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: NR
Sound: Dolby Digital mono Japanese
Subtitles: English (burnt in)
DVD Release: Cinema Epoch
Region Coding: Region 0 NTSC
Retail Price: $24.95
Synopsis: Recently widowed Mitsuko is forced into being a sex slave for a business man named Mr. Kito who loaned her husband money. The situation is even further complicated Mr. Kito's son Kazuhiko falls in love with Mitsuko. Will Mitsuko be able to find happiness with Kazuhiko or is doomed to remain Mr. Kito's mistress?
Director Mamoru Watanabe became one of the prominent directors to directing Pink Films in the 1960's. Over the last five decades he has directed hundreds of Pink films. Despite directing hundreds of films over several decades very little is known about Mamoru Watanabe and his films. Slave Window features three of Pink cinema first wave (the 1960's) biggest stars Naomi Tani, Mari Iwai and Noriko Tatsumi one of the most gifted actresses to ever grace a Pink film.
The plot for Slave Window revolves around a widow who becomes romantically entangled with a father and his son. The widow also shows some TLC for her newly hired maid including several scenes where they wash each other's bodies. The plot is pure melodrama that injects just the right amount of flesh and sex scenes. The sex scenes are very effective as they capture the mood of the moment instead of romanticizing the sexual encounters. The most awkward sex scenes are the ones which involve the Widow and Mr. Kito the ruthless businessman.
The films standout performance is Noriko Tatsumi as Mitsuko the Widow. The character of Mitsuko is unlike most one would come across in Pink cinema as she is not a promiscuous woman and her promiscuity is brought about after she is raped. Noriko Tatsumi does a superb job conveying Mitsuko's downward spiral from the innocence she now lost. The other memorable performance comes from Naomi Tami who would go onto become one of Nikkatsu Roman Porno's most popular actresses. The acting in Slave Window is a notch above most Pink films.
Ultimately Slave Window is a solid example of classic Pink cinema of the 1960's.
The DVD:
Slave Window is presented in an anamorphic widescreen that preserves the film's original aspect ratio. The transfer is sourced from a 35mm that looks detailed and retains solid black levels throughout. There is noticeable print damage which varies in degree throughout the presentation. Besides some print damage and instances where the image flickers the transfer looks good.
This release comes with one audio option the film's original Japanese language mix presented in a Dolby Digital mono. Burnt in English subtitles have been included that are easy to follow and understand. Outside of some minor instances of hiss and distortion the audio is more than adequate.
Extra content is limited a to a very brief promo gallery of titles that are available on DVD from Cinema Epoch. Cinema Epoch rescue another rare pink film from Japan from obscurity and give it its long overdue DVD debut.


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Duels of the Planeswalkers — Rare
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SEATTLE – The Seattle Seahawks offense came to life at just the right time.
The Seahawks, and quarterback Russell Wilson, struggled in the second half and found themselves with a 3rd-and-3 and 2:57 to play in the game. With the New Orleans defense stacking the box, waiting for a run, Wilson dropped back and threw a 24-yard strike to wide receiver Doug Baldwin for a critical first down.
One play later, running back Marshawn Lynch ran 31 yards for the game-clinching touchdown.
"I thought it was really a perfect play," said receiver Golden Tate. "We could have ran it but everyone and their mother were expecting the run and we were singled outside, it was exactly what we wanted and we executed. It's no different from practice for us."
The play caught many by surprise, including the New Orleans defense, which scrambled to recover and cover the Seattle receivers.
One person who wasn't surprised: Baldwin.
"I kind of expected it," Baldwin said. "During the week we had been running that play. The thought process was that it would be third-and-short and they were going to try to stuff the run and prevent us from getting the first down running the ball. It worked the way we thought it would."
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said the offense was still making an effort to get first downs and use up clock.
"We were trying to make a first down," Carroll said. "We were still in a mode where we thought we needed to make first downs, and so I was encouraging (offensive coordinator Darrell) Bevell to be aggressive with his call. We got something that we do a lot. We got a great look and it was an incredibly perfect throw, and a great job of making the catch."
With the wind blowing and the rain pouring down, Wilson had thrown for just 79 yards before that play. It was the fifth consecutive game with subpar numbers for the second-year quarterback, who finished 9 of 18 for 103 yards and a quarterback rating of 67.6.
"That third down conversion going towards the Hawk's Nest to Doug Baldwin was unbelievable," Wilson said. "… Doug Baldwin had an unbelievable route and made a great catch on the sideline."
The key first down kept the Seahawks' offensive drive alive. Lynch finished it off with a touchdown run down the to left sideline on the next play.
Lynch finished with 28 carries for 140 yards.
"He's an outstanding guy and you knew he was going to wear them down eventually," Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said of Lynch. "He was running hard every play. I don't know how many rushes he had, close to 20, but he gets to wear you down. He may not have the big 'Beast Mode,' 'Beastquake' play that he had before, but he's going to make a huge impact on the game and he made sure he did."
The big first down and touchdown energized the Seahawks' defense, which had been working hard in the second half to keep New Orleans out of the end zone before the final quarter.
"That was huge. Doug is not the tallest guy, not the biggest guy but he has heart," said Seahawks safety Earl Thomas. "That's one thing scouts don't understand. It doesn't matter about a guy's size, it matters (what's) on the inside. You can also put Russell Wilson in that category. He stayed in the moment. That was a gutsy call right there and that was very big for us."
The Seahawks receivers are hoping to build off that big play and continue to improve and help get the Seattle offense back on track.
"We've got to stay in it," Baldwin said. "No matter what the score is, if we're up if we're down, if it's a boring game or an exciting game, we've got to make the plays when we get the opportunity to do so. It was a tough game all day passing-wise, when we got our opportunities to make plays we did so."


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Double B & Blue Water have great Big Rock opener
MOREHEAD CITY — The 53rd Big Blue Marlin Tournament opened to a full gamut of emotions Monday as competitors experience a full range of highs and lows during the first six hours of fishing.
It was a day unlike any other in Big Rock history. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Mon, 2011-06-13 20:10
BMW Test Drives
BMW will be onsite each day of the tournament showcasing the newest BMW models including the all-new 2012 BMW 6 Series. In addition to the 6 Series, BMW will feature the BMW 5 Series, 7 Series, Z4 and the X5. This is your opportunity to get behind the wheel of The Ultimate Driving Machine® and experience the thrill firsthand. BMW will be located near the weigh station, so be sure to visit the test-drive area and learn more about our exciting vehicles.
BMW is present at the weigh station each day for test drives...come on out and test drive one of these fine vehicles!Submitted by thebigrock on Mon, 2011-06-13 17:05
Big Rock reaches $1 million for 14th straight year
MOREHEAD CITY — The "waiting game" portion of the 53rd annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament ended late Saturday as tournament officials watched registrants push the purse over $1 million for the 14th straight year.
By 8 p.m. Sunday, 135 boats were registered to compete and the Big Rock purse reached $1,464,925. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Sun, 2011-06-12 15:30
Fin Hunter wins 14th KWLA competition
MOREHEAD CITY — Fin Hunter caught and released the first billfish of the 14th annual Keli Wagner Lady Angler (KWLA) tournament and that proved good enough for the win.
The Fin Hunter anglers released a sailfish worth 125 points exactly one hour into the competition. Two other boats – Stream Weaver and Fight-N-Lady – managed to catch and release sailfish as well, but those teams finished second and third, respectively, because tiebreaking criteria rewards the boat that scores the most release points first. Fin Hunter will receive $7,118.75 for the victory. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Sat, 2011-06-11 16:16
14th annual KWLA underway
MOREHEAD CITY — Competitors on 66 boats headed offshore early Saturday to compete in the 14th annual Keli Wagner Lady Angler (KWLA) tournament, a one-day billfish event that donates all of its proceeds to the Raab Cancer Center at Carteret General Hospital.
Lady anglers on the Fin Hunter recorded the first release of the day after 61 minutes of early fishing. The competition includes six additional non-competing teams who paid the $500 entry fee to support the KWLA and its charity. Read more »Submitted by thebigrock on Sat, 2011-06-11 11:37


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Eamex Develops Artificial Muscle Actuator Able to Reduce Camera Shake
Eamex Corp. has developed an actuator for use in optical image stabilizers targeting phonecam modules. Compared to the previous electromagnetic actuators, it boasts "a thinner profile as well as simpler structure, lower cost and reduced power consumption," says a spokesperson. The actuator is what is referred to as an artificial muscle and formed of ion exchange resin having a characteristic of expanding and contracting on application of a voltage.
The prototype is as thin as 1.5 mm and measures 14 mm in diameter. A lens holder is disposed in the center. The ion exchange resin that supports the lens holder expands and contracts to tilt the lens (2 MB MPEG video). By linking the tilt and camera shake caused by the photographer's hands, degradation of picture quality can be prevented.
In general optical image stabilizers, a lens is movable only in a vertical direction with respect to the optical axis. Although the latest actuator operates without any vertical movement with respect to the optical axis, "it is expected to provide sufficient correction effect and resolution," boasts Shingo Sewa, President of Eamex.
The maximum tilt angle and speed are ±2.9° and 14.13° per second, respectively. The power consumption is 15-35 mW. These values can "meet the specifications required by optical component manufacturers," explains Sewa. The drive voltage is ±4 V.


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EUGENE, Ore. — (Jan. 14, 2013) — The Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon has a new exhibition called "Site Seeing: Snapshots of Historical Archaeology in Oregon." The exhibition, which opened Jan. 18 and features artifacts from recent excavations by museum archaeologists, will run through Dec. 31.
The exhibit's opening reception, which is open to the public, is set for 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, at the museum, 1680 E. 15th Ave.
Most of the materials featured in the exhibit have never been on public display. They come from five historical sites around the state, including a 19th-century Klamath homestead in Eastern Oregon, a pioneer cemetery uncovered during construction of PeaceHealth's RiverBend Hospital, an outhouse in a working-class Portland neighborhood, and sites in Jacksonville and John Day that reveal clues about Chinese immigrant experiences in Oregon during the Gold Rush years.
Historical archaeology is defined as the study of cultures with written records, and it uses physical evidence like artifacts to better understand these cultures.
Thomas Connolly, the museum's director of archaeological research and curator of the new exhibit, notes that "historical archaeology's attention to artifacts — the products of human behavior — reveals the lives of people who may have been overlooked by history, and it can expose social history on a human level that can't be found in documents alone."
Alongside its focus on physical evidence, historical archaeology uses census data, newspaper articles, maps, photographs and other documents to understand the human past. "Site Seeing" will allow visitors to assume the role of the historical archaeologist, handling a variety of artifacts and interpreting them using both written records and comparisons to other artifacts.
The exhibition also will include a mystery area where visitors can examine unidentified artifacts and provide input on what the objects might be. "This kind of activity opens a needed dialogue," says Ann Craig, the museum's associate director of public programs. "It invites community members to add their expertise to our research."
Other interactive displays will focus on the diets of the people who originally used the featured sites. In one area, children will be able to develop recipes using replicas of the various foods found at the sites. In another, visitors will identify seeds excavated from the sites by matching them to specific fruits.
Six archaeologists who collaborated with Connolly on the excavations also are featured in the exhibit: Jaime Dexter, Elizabeth Kallenbach, Patrick O'Grady, Chelsea Rose, Christopher Ruiz and Julie Schablitsky. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet them at the Jan. 25 reception.
"It will be a great opportunity for the public to engage directly with the museum's archaeologists," says Craig, "and the exhibition itself is a behind-the-scenes view into their research activities."
About the Museum of Natural and Cultural History
The UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and youths ages 17 and under, and $8 for families (two adults and up to four youths). Museum members are admitted free. Admission is free to the public on Wednesdays. Guided tours are offered each Friday at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
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OCT-DEC 2013- DWC announces $35 Million in PROJECT 25 Phase II contract awards including City of Lubbock, TX, City of Midland TX, City of Conroe/MCHD TX, and Lea County NM. Purchases include the latest HARRIS P25 Phase II equipped digital trunked technology XG75 and VIDA platforms.
JUL-SEP 2013- DWC announces $29 Million in PROJECT 25 awards from Bell County TX, County of Los Angeles, Bay Area Rapid Transit CA, City of Honolulu HI, Los Alamos National Labs NM. Purchases include the latest HARRIS Phase II capable digital trunked technology platforms.
JUNE 2013- LOS ANGELES, CA: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors award a $18 Million contract for a HARRIS Project 25 network as part of a $30 Million CWIRS rebanding upgrade. This is addition to the already deployed City of Los Angeles' $30 million HARRIS Project 25 STRS network.
NOVEMBER 2012-LOS ANGELES, CA: DWC announces the purchase of a Multi-million dollar DWC regional implementation and warehouse facility located at 4880 E. Valley Blvd., Los Angeles. This new company-owned facility will consolidate various current DWC offices in Riverside and Orange Counties.
NOVEMBER 2012-SAN ANTONIO, TX: DWC announces the completion of a $6 Million HARRIS VIDA, P25 ISSI, and P25 Simulcast system for the largest County in the Continental U.S. This new P25 Network will be the foundation for serving the County's growth needs over the next decade(s).
NOVEMBER 2012-SAN ANTONIO, TX: DWC announces a multi-million dollar contract and order from one of the largest U.S. utilities for HARRIS VoIP and Data RF Sites and Terminals. This is the latest expansion of a 60 site network that serves major U.S. metropolitan areas.
OCTOBER 2012-LOS ANGELES, CA: DWC announces completion of a Multi-Million Dollar HARRIS VIDA P25IP Network Switching Center, 700MHz MASTR V Sites, and C3IP Consoles for the Port of Los Angeles. This will serve the Port Authority's Public Safety and Operations in and around one of the largest U.S. shipping Ports.
OCTOBER 2012-HOUSTON, TX: DWC announces the deployment of a $20 Million HARRIS VIDA Network Switching Center, 20ea 800MHz Sites, and 57ea C3IP Consoles throughout the Greater Houston area. DWC Also celebrates the 3 year anniversary of a $7 Million HARRIS VIDA Network at George Bush Intercontinental for United Airlines.
OCTOBER 2012-WOODLANDS, TX. DWC awarded Million Dollar order for HARRIS VIDA P25IP Network Switching Center and the Standards-Based P25ISSI connection to other Houston, TX area agencies. This will serve the Woodlands Township, City of Conroe, and Montgomery County Hospital District and includes the EDACS IP Gateway.
SEPTEMBER 2012-HOBBS, NM. DWC announces completion of a Multi-Million Dollar HARRIS VIDA P25IP Network Switching Center, 9ea C3IP Consoles, and the EDACS IP Gateway for LCCA. DWC has supported the growing Lea County/Hobbs Network for many years through Future-Ready upgrades and expansions.
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JULY 2012-SAN FRANCISCO, CA. DWC announces $3 Million in awards from the Bay Area Regional Transit (BART) for expansion of their HARRIS Simulcast Network and Rebanding Services. DWC earlier this year completed another $3 Million HARRIS P25IP VIDA NSC and a P25IP MASTR V Simulcast system.
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Freedom Had A Price
Freedom Had a Price tells the little-known story of those Ukrainian immigrants who, described by the Canadian government as "enemy aliens" at the outbreak of World War One, found themselves subject to discriminatory and repressive measures for the next six years. Between 1914 and 1920, about 80,000 Ukrainian immigrants were forced to register as "enemy aliens", report regularly to the police and carry government-issued identity papers at all times. Over 5,000 of their compatriots suffered an even more sever fate, imprisoned in internment camps across the country.
Treatment was often harsh, and conditions grim. Some died in the camps, many were sick or injured and several were killed by guards while trying to escape. By means of archival footage, vintage photographs, the compelling testimony of survivors and the commentary of such prominent Canadian historians as Desmond Morton and Donald Avery, award-winning filmmaker Yurij Luhovy weaves a moving human story of Canadian history that has all but disappeared form public consciousness.
Produced, Directed, Edited by Yurij Luhovy
Narrated by Paul Almond
For more information on Canada's First National Internment Operation:
Before the First World War, 170,000 Ukrainians came to Canada, seeking freedom and a better life.
Thousands soon found themselves interned as "enemy aliens" in 24 camps across Canada - the first internment camps ever set up by the Canadian government.


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For the past 13 years, I have tried every avoidance technique possible to keep Mark from getting a dog.
So, even though Mark agreed that a big dog is not good for city and indoor living, here we are with a dog that will get big, will stay in the house, and will get to roam the little box of our city yard. Ugh. How did this happen?


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Casablanca, It Happened One Night, Love Affair, Wall-E (I adore that cute little robot), Manhattan, When Harry Met Sally, Diary of a Nymphomaniac (this is romantic to me because while the movie was just so-so, I liked that she learned to love herself in the end)
An Affair to Remember--Classic schmaltz
The Ghost and Mrs Muir, (1947) was one of the most romantic movies I've seen. Nights in Rodanthe was also pretty romantic. And if you like Mel Gibson in his early days, Tim (1979) was really good.
I LOVED the Ghost and Mrs. Muir---Rex Harrison was HOT in that.
Yes, he certainly was.
Did you ever see the tv series they made of They Ghost and Mrs Muir? It had Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare in it. I really enjoyed it.
The Movie we are talking about is not Ghost, with Patrick Swayze. It is an old movie. From 1947. Black and white movie called The Ghost and Mrs Muir.
Chocolat. No doubt. Replaced Casablanca for me.
It was the wheelbarrow ...
The Ghost and Mrs Muir

Anna and the King of Siam

How to lose a guy in 10 days

Failure to Launch

Mirror has two faces

Pride and Prejudice

Bridget Jones 1+2

My fair lady

Sorry I've watched a lot of movies. And 3 of them has Rex Harrison in it. His the kinda man I want to grow up to be.
I have a few:

The notebook is a great one

Gone with the wind

City of Angels

West side story
mmm bitter sweet nothing better
When Harry Met Sally, comes to mind.
Indescent proposal, ghost, love story and dirty dancing. :)
Debbie Does Dallas
Dr. Zhivago
Titanic, the notebook, and dirty dancing. Its just not a good movie if it cant make you cry :)
Out of Africa my all time favourite romance!!
Rocky the original
Titanic :(
White Palace...
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Tips for supporting one another
Those of us working in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at OHSU believe that the path to meeting the challenges of a complex world begins with the experience of being loved and loving others, in our homes and in our communities. Our education and experience with children and families help us to recognize that while science evolves rapidly, the basic nature of the human experience remains the same. We are daily awed and … Read More


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The Prince Podcast – Let's Go 2 Paisley Park
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What Is the Purpose of the Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal is an international waterway that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. After France unsuccessfully attempted to build a canal through the Isthmus of Panama in the 1800s, the United States began building the canal in 1904. At the height of the canal's construction, more than one million cubic yards of earth was moved by approximately 25,000 workers each day. (Reference 2) The canal was completed in 1914.
Commercial Importance
The Panama Canal was built to shorten the distance that ships had to travel to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The canal permits shippers of commercial goods, ranging from automobiles to grain, to save time and money by transporting cargo more quickly. Prior to the completion of the canal, a ship sailing between ports in New York and San Francisco had to sail around Cape Horn, the southernmost point of South America. This 12,000-mile trip took 67 days. After the canal was completed, approximately 8,000 miles were eliminated from the trip. Nearly 14,000 ships and other watercraft, some as long as three football fields, carry 280 million tons of cargo through the canal every day, states Popular Mechanics magazine.
Military Importance
Theodore Roosevelt was interested in building a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans before the Spanish-American war in 1898. He became more interested in the canal after the U.S. won the war and acquired Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam. He wanted a shorter route for naval ships needing to pass between the two oceans. Failed negotiations with Colombia, which owned Panama, led to the U.S. providing funds and a naval blockade in support of Panama's revolution. In 1903, the newly-independent Panama sold the rights to the canal to the U.S. for $10 million. The U.S. military had a strong presence in the Panama Canal Zone until 1999, when all U.S. military bases were closed. The canal is still used for the transportation of military water vessels.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
San Francisco hosted the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, along with the city's recovery from a devastating earthquake in 1906. While not the purpose of the canal, there was hope that its completion would lead to improved international relations. The expo drew from symbolism created by the canal, including the joining of the East and the West and the potential opportunities that existed for countries that stood to benefit from the increase in commerce.
The Future of the Canal
Panamax ships are cargo ships built to fit through the 110-foot-wide locks of the Panama Canal. Shippers are now building larger vessels to carry larger loads of cargo and these post-Panamax ships are too big to go through the canal. This, combined with traffic jams at the canal that can delay ships for up to a week, have led to the need for expanding the canal. Expansion, expected to be completed in 2015, will double the canal's capacity, allowing for free flow of traffic while also accommodating larger cargo vessels.
- "Popular Mechanics"; The Panama Canal's Ultimate Upgrade; Brad Reagan; October 1, 2009
- Global Security: Panama Canal Construction - 1903-1914
- University of Virginia; American Studies; Conflicts in Cosmopolitanism: Introduction
- University of Virginia; Miller Center; American President: A Reference Resource
- Global Security: Panama Canal
- City University of New York: A Crisis of Identity: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915;Susan Luftschein; 2003
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Michelle Yeoh is back! Hurrah! She would certainly be one of the inaugural members of the Girls With Guns Hall of Fame [opening soo…er, eventually], and so it's great to see the star of Yes, Madam! and Crouching Tiger back in the action heroine genre. And she doesn't seem to be slowing down, even as she approached her fiftieth birthday. This is Reign of Assassins, the film co-directed by John Woo, which is due for release in the fall.
Month: June 2010
Hard Revenge Milly
"In which the ongoing problem of high blood-pressure in Japan apparently reaches epidemic proportions."
In the near(ish) future, Japan has become a post-apocalyptic wasteland in which only the strong survive. Initially, that does not include Milly (Mizuno), who is tortured by the Jack brothers and their gang: her baby is set on fire, while she has her breasts sliced off and is left for dead. However, she survives, albeit in a partially-mechanical form, and has now devoted her life to revenge on those responsible. Her artificial enhancements include a shotgun leg, a sword up her sleeve and a chest that… Well, that has to be seen to be believed, let's just leave it at that, shall we? That's Hard Revenge Milly, the first of the two films on the Western release DVD.
The second, Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle, has Milly being sought by some colleagues of the Jack brothers, led by Ikki (Tsujimoto), a flamboyantly gay psychopath with an attitude. "That's why I hate bisexuals," he says, after crushing one minion's head into a wall for making a sexual advance on a female hostage. However, Milly now has a sidekick: Haru (Nagasawa), who wants Milly to help out with her own mission of revenge, tracking down whoever is responsible for the death of Haru's lover. However, it turns out that her and Milly's missions may be rather more directly aligned than initially seems the case.
If you enjoyed The Machine Girl, then this should be right up your arterial alley, as it has much the same gleeful, fire-hose approach to the carnage, at times literally painting the camera lens red. This isn't quite as good, mostly because the pacing is off, especially in the first movie, which has too much of Milly wandering about an abandoned factory that serves as the main location. The low-budget is occasionally painfully obvious, particularly for one CGI decapitation which is less convincing than any latex head could ever be. The overall plot is also just a bit too close to Kill Bill for its own good,
The pacing is less of a problem in Bloody Battle, where the post-apocalyptic world is more fully drawn, and the production values seem to be significantly higher. The addition of Haru provides something of a mirror in which Milly can see herself – there's an interesting question raised as to whether her revenge may be an artificial construct, and the villains are also given a bit more depth. However, you will not be watching these for subtle characterization, and Mizuno acquits herself admirably as an action actress in both installments, showing solid martial-arts and swordplay skills. While unquestionably not for the faint of heart, there's energy and inventiveness to spare, and it's certainly unlike anything coming out of the West.
Dir: Takanori Tsujimoto
Stars: Miki Mizuno, Nao Nagasawa, Mitsuki Koga, Kazuki Tsujimoto


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NEW YORK (Dec. 6)
A collection of documents and books by the Jews of North Africa secretly preserved for centuries in communities in Morocco and other countries, has been acquired by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from the heirs of an unnamed Moroccan scholar who had assembled the material over many years.
The collection which comprises about 150 manuscripts and 2,000 printed volumes in various states of preservation, will enable historians to fill in gaps in the records of the cultural development of Jewish communities in every age. Most of the material, however, was written by the first generation of Spanish Jews forced to flee to North Africa after the Spanish expulsion in 1492.