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The Madejski Stadium is an unfamiliar ground to Arsenal but they can expect to see some familiar faces on Sunday. Arsène Wenger will be reunited with former Gunners Steven Sidwell, John Halls, James Harper and Graham Stack when he takes his team to Berkshire for their first Premiership clash with Reading.
Steve Coppell's side romped to the Championship title last season and have made a good fist of their first top-flight campaign. Reading are sitting proudly in the top half of the table and have ruffled a few luxurious feathers - Manchester United were held at the Madejski and Chelsea needed a deflected free kick to nick all three points last weekend.
All of which points to a difficult afternoon for Arsenal. We spoke to Nick Ive of the Reading Evening Post about the Royals' solid start to life in the Premiership, the ex-Arsenal contingent, the qualities of Coppell and the tactics he is likely to employ this weekend.
"They have done exceptionally well, they've exceeded expectations so far. When they went 2-0 down against Middlesbrough on the opening day a lot of people were thinking it could be a long hard season but they came back and won 3-2. They lost the next two but have been on a good run since then. They beat Manchester City and Sheffield United, drew with Manchester United and lost 1-0 to Chelsea. It was a deflected winner and Reading were unlucky to lose. At the start of the season I thought they would be among half a dozen teams who could be in trouble but now they could finish as high as mid-table. They were going into the unknown, the only one with significant Premiership experience was John Oster, and he can't get in the Reading team. They have done far better than most people expected."
"Steve Coppell has been unbelievable. I did an interview with him in pre-season and he reckons he would have been sacked if Reading had not gone up. His record speaks for itself though, he's taken Reading into the Premiership for the first time in their history. Coppell is respected because of the way he goes about things. He doesn't shoot his mouth off, he doesn't get carried away, he's a calming influence."
"The only significant change is Seol on the right, he has scored a couple of important goals. It's a settled team and they have grown together. Their style of play suits the Premiership because they can counter-attack quickly. The players have stepped up and the likes of Sonko and Sidwell give the team a strong spine."
"Shane Long is one to watch. He's a 19-year-old striker and has been banging in the goals for the reserves. He has six in five games at that level. He scored a few goals for the first team last season and has a lot of potential. He came from Cork City with Kevin Doyle and while Doyle has made his mark Shane is still learning. I think we'll hear a lot about him in the next year or two, he certainly has a big future."
"The one concern is Reading's overall strength in depth. If they pick up a couple of key injuries and the odd suspension they they could start to struggle. Dave Kitson has been out since doing his knee on the opening day of the season and, although Reading have done alright, I think they miss him. Graeme Murty, the skipper, is out of Sunday's game with a hamstring injury. Andre Bikey is suspended after getting a red card against Chelsea."
"They play a 4-4-2 but against Chelsea they adopted a 4-4-1-1 formation with Doyle dropping deep to help the midfield. I wouldn't be surprised if they did the same against Arsenal, but Coppell's approach tends to be an attacking 4-4-2. They play with two wingers and try to get the full backs going forward. I think they have to take certain things into account and be slightly conservative against the top teams but they try to attack if they can."
"There is a strong ex-Arsenal connection at Reading because Sidwell, James Harper, Graham Stack and John Halls were all at Highbury. I spoke to Sidwell and he is really looking forward to Sunday's game. Sidwell has done really well, he was one of the better players outside the Premiership. There were doubts over whether he could make the step up but he's proved himself at this level. He pops up in the box and scores the odd goal, he never shirks a tackle and has an excellent workrate."


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Protein therapy shows enormous potential for treating disease. But sometimes the proteins in a therapeutic treatment break down or are metabolized before they ever reach their target destination.
In a recent paper published in Angewandte Chemie, researchers from the laboratories of Martin Pomper (radiology oncology) and Seulki Lee (radiology, Center for Nanomedicine) at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and developed a simple method to validate protein drugs in animal models, said Lee. An illustration related to the paper appeared on the cover of the journal.
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Reference: Kim, T. H., Swierczewska, M., Oh, Y., Kim, A., Jo, D. G., Park, J. H., Byun, Y., Sadegh-Nasseri, S., Pomper, M. G., Lee, K. C. and Lee, S. (2013), Mix to Validate: A Facile, Reversible PEGylation for Fast Screening of Potential Therapeutic Proteins In Vivo. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Vol. 52, Issue 27, pages 6880-6884, doi: 10.1002/anie.201302181


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Tomas Rosicky's return to action can help galvanise Arsenal's season, according to Arsène Wenger.
The Czech international endured an injury-hit second half to 2012 after suffering an Achilles injury at the European Championships, and has made just one start this season.
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It would be nice to get something going on this. They are a nice looking weapon.
so would it be worth buying one of these kits to store away till someone comes out with semi auto plans?
It would be nice to get something going on this. They are a nice looking weapon.
You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.I Like 1911's.
You'd think it, wouldn't ya? So did I...Originally Posted by Cephus
Mag well area is toast, as is the trunion. Totally destroyed according to ATF. Thank you, banana bunch!
The barrel will work however it is 12" long. It is super thick - nearly 1" in diameter. Presumably this was to allow the bullet hose to accept a ridiculous amount of heat. The barrel on mine looks good, although you can tell it has been through the ringer.
Unlike an Uzi, the breech of the barrel has two things that may require some work... 1) A notch for the extractor, and 2) a recessed area for the bullet guide.
The mating surface on the barrel breech doesn't support a bullet like an Uzi so there may be some trial-and-effort to get the breech to work correctly w/ an AK-74 bolt. In other words, if you cut the breech down to remove the extractor notch, you would have to ream the chamber again. Not sure if it is worth it, considering the $20 Mini Uzi barrels at CDNN.
I have it and plan to play with it some. I'd like to lighten the barrel - it is a bugger! My 7x10 lathe (technically a 7x8 lathe) SUCKS and I can't cut it all at once. SO... I'm seriously considering buying the 7x14" lathe bed from LMS so I can work with the barrel. I hate to do it, but it would be better than nothing.
can someone post a close up pic of the demill on these?
So you're saying the finished product would be an AK47 that shoots 9mm?
You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.I Like 1911's.
NO, not really. I was using the AK FCG as an example of a ready-made source of US parts that fire closed-bolt. I would build based loosely on the AK only because I'm familiar with those parts. I haven't even taken the trigger housing apart yet. Since the trigger assembly is build for FA open bolt design, it needs to be tweaked to work only for closed bolt semi. Who knows, it may work with a bit of dremel work...
Is this cut up ugly enough? From the Centerfire site.....Originally Posted by road_warrior101
THat's about what mine looks like...
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This is an open-label, phase 4 study to examine the safety and efficacy of vigabatrin (Sabril) in Tuberous Sclerosis patients, a subset of the larger refractory complex partial epilepsy population for which the drug is approved. While enrolled on this trial, subjects will continue to take all of their normally prescribed medications, including their other antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).
Alternatively, there is a prospective observational arm that subjects who are about to take Sabril as treatment for seizures associated with Tuberous Sclerosis may join. Subjects who join this arm will not have any study visits and will not be asked to do anything specifically for the study. The study team will collect all study data from subjects' medical records only.
|Complex Partial Seizures
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|Sabril for Treatment of Adult Refractory Partial Seizures Symptomatic of Tuberous Sclerosis: An Open Label, Phase IV Prospective Safety and Tolerability Study
- The degree to which vigabatrin (Sabril) is safely tolerated by Tuberous Sclerosis patients. [ Time Frame: every 3 months throughout the study ]
- Safety blood draws (AED levels, comprehensive panel, CBC with differential)
- Visual field tests, and ophthalmology exams
- Frequency and severity of adverse events reported by subjects throughout their involvement with the study
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- Seizure freedom
- Responder rate (complex partial seizures only)
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- The patient or patient's legally authorized representative must sign and date the Institutional Review Board approved Informed Consent and HIPPA Authorization Form.
- Male and female patients 18+ years of age with a clinical diagnosis of Tuberous Sclerosis who experience an average of at least three partial seizures every two months, of which one must be a complex partial seizure
- Patient must be on at least one and a maximum of four AEDs. Patient must be on a stable AED dose regimen for at least 30 days prior to screening. Neither a Vagal Nerve Stimulator (VNS) nor the ketogenic diet will count as an AED
- In the investigator's opinion, the patient or caregiver must be able to keep a seizure diary
- An MRI in the last 5 years, or willingness to undergo an MRI as part of the screening process
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cause of patient's seizures is a neurologic disease that is not Tuberous Sclerosis
- Current, clinical diagnosis of a major depressive episode or suicidal ideation
- Patient is taking more than four concurrent AEDs. Note: VNS or ketogenic diet is allowed and will not be counted in the four allowed AEDs
- Patient has a progressive CNS lesion confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan
- Patient is currently abusing drugs or alcohol
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01266291
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Tuberous sclerosis
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Tuberous Sclerosis
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Malformations of Cortical Development, Group I
Malformations of Cortical Development
Nervous System Malformations
Neurocutaneous Syndromes
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
GABA Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
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as much as I try to like the Altima, I loathe the rear end treatment of the car.
The crooked tail lights kills an otherwise attractive design. There are other cars that have the "crooked tail lights", like the BMW 3-series... but for some reason, it looks horrible on the Altima
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APR Stage 1/Morimoto 5500K D3S bulbs/Hella XY 9006 bulbs... keeping the mods light on this one...
I recently drove a Jetta with the same power-train and transmission in the Passat and I was pretty bad IMO. The engine didn't sound good at all and was very lethargic, and the transmission was very slow to shift and almost not knowing which gear to be in. The car felt bigger than it was. It felt very much like the Ford Focus automatic. I can't imagine how much worse this powertrain would be on the much larger Passatt. If this is why MT calls a driver's car they need to get their priorities aligned.
I wonder if Malibu's low ranking was due in part to the early bad blood the Eco model established with the press. Once these folks decide they don't like something, it is rare that they change their minds, even if later versions completely address perceived shortcomings. Overall, it's a pity that GM struggles to define the class of vehicle it should understand the most. Where are the folks that made Bel Air a legend, and anything with the Cutlass prefix a perennial best seller? Hell, even the Celebrity was a best seller. I guess it's worth waiting to see how the sales figures turn out, but I think this generation of 'Bu has lost some of the magic of the last. Maybe it's time to bring Lutz back for one more fantastic mid-cycle rethink? Maybe it's time to focus some of that money and talent that's attempting to make Buick Regal into an A4 competitor on just one global mid-sized family sedan?
You think you hate it now, but wait 'til you drive it.
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APR Stage 1/Morimoto 5500K D3S bulbs/Hella XY 9006 bulbs... keeping the mods light on this one...
I commented on your statement, not you. I pointed out the irony, but that may have sailed over your head.
Then remarking that your insults aren't half as snarky as you think they are isn't a personal attack on you. If you can't wrap your head around that, it's no use discussing further.
Wow.And I'm sure you'll continue to beat it to death, mainly because the mods apparently don't ban trolls like you anymore.
When did I piss in your Cheerios? It must have been pretty intense. It's just the internet. Take a deep breath and let it go.
Beyond the CVT, they only knocked it for the seat color (really?) and not having as much rear headroom. I think it deserved higher than 4th at the very least.
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"I've got an idea for sweat shops: air conditioning! Problem solved."
Having driven the Accord Sport, I disagree. I loved that car. Too bad it's not available in a wagon.
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"I've got an idea for sweat shops: air conditioning! Problem solved."
It is the revenge of the NA engines. The 1.6 Ecotoy looks really pathetic. It does nothing that NA engines won't do better. Would be even worse if it was automatic.
You think you hate it now, but wait 'til you drive it.
FWIW, the inside of the Malibu didn't do it for me like a lot of the newer GM cars too. Too bad GM. The Cruze was a great recipe, but it sounds like the Malibu did not follow in the same footsteps.
I really liked the Malibu interior. Tons of storage...something like 7 compartments w/in reach of the driver.
There are other factors at play here - Ford could have specced variables that come at the cost of fuel economy, like higher rolling resistance tires for better handling and heavier weight for more NVH reduction (or just the use of cheaper, heavier materials) - that make a direct comparison ineffective.
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Central Arkansas Shops
Well this by no means is an exhaustive monologue on the LFS shops in Central Arkansas, but just a tid bit on the ones that we have visited.
There is a place in Bryant named H2Ocean. They deal in both salt and freshwater setups, fish, equipment and advice. The people there have lots of opinions on setting up fresh and salt tanks, and are quite knowledgable about the stock they carry. Admittedly I haven't noticed much in the way of plants for freshwater, but our three or four trips there have been while we were setting up our salt tank, so didn't pay that much attention to the fresh stuff.
Just outside of the Little Rock/N. Little Rock area is a small community called Maumelle. In Maumelle there is a small part time shop called Northside Aquatics. This shop is run by hobbyists who all have full time jobs, so their shop is only open three evenings a week, and on Saturdays. They have a nice stock of salt stock and equipment, and they are getting more and more freshwater stock and equipment all the time. I have come to really like a couple guys there because they don't want to "just" sell some fish, they really care about what you're doing, and how you're doing it, and actually listen. We hadn't gone in there in a couple weeks and went by there Saturday, and one of the guys there asked me how our new chihuahua was doing. We'd only mentioned it in passing the last time we were there that we had adopted that dog.
In Jacksonville and Cabot there are two stores owned by a pretty nice family. The stores are called Safari Pets, and they deal in all pets stuff including fish. They don't have a huge stock, but they do carry a few things I haven't seen in some of the other stores.
So there ya go, a few places that we've frequented.
Oh BTW, if anyone is in or near Jacksonville, there is a place called the Pet Place...DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE go there...it's nasty, it should be closed down, and I don't know how those people operate a store without getting fined.
There, rant done.
When I lived in Hot Springs about 1 year ago., There was a LFS that was great. Its called Marine World Tropical. They have both Fresh and saltwater fish. And had a decent selection of plants.
I've heard some good things about that place in Hot Springs, but haven't made it down there yet.
There is also word of a pretty good store in Conway.
Searcy has a shop, but I wasn't too impressed with it.
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Hi, this is NorthSide Aquatics!
We stumbled across this post via google and thought it appropriate to post a little something in response to woodymdt's kind comments about our store.
A lot has happened since this original post in 2005. We are still a hobbyist owned business, and our hours are mostly evenings and weekends (we are now open Sundays), but we have really expanded our plant section!
We have done away with our reptiles and turned our former reptile room into a planted aquarium room.
Looking for ADA products in Arkansas? Come to our store! We stock substrate, fertilizer, and CO2 products and can order in anything from the catalog.
Our website is NorthSide Aquatics and Reptiles - Tropical Fish, Corals, Freshwater Fish, Cichlids, Aquatic Plants, Aquarium, Reefs, Clams, Installation, and MaintenanceNorthSide Aquatics and Reptiles - Tropical Fish, Corals, Freshwater Fish, Cichlids, Aquatic Plants, Aquarium, Reefs, Clams, Installation, and Maintenance. (For some reason, it's pulling in the whole title bar of our web address here...not sure why.)
Store Hours:
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thanks for letting us plug our store. We will add a link to you guys on our website!
I just set up a planted tank... I'm wanting to get some more plants and some shrimp along with a few fish. I'm so excited to find a really good store somewhat near me! We're leaving Thursday for a week long vacation... when we go through there on the Saturday a little over a week later we're hoping you'll still be open so we can stop on our way home. Otherwise, we'll be down very soon afterwards! Looking forward to it!
Just wanted to add my 2 cents about North Side Aquatics. IMO one of the best stores around. I've been there quite a bit, especially lately since my wife is wanting me to set up a FOWLR tank. The fish are always in top shape, at least the times I've been in there. I guess I'm a little biased since the only other store in the area I've been to is Pet Palace in Jacksonville. I have been to other stores in other cities not in the area and NS Aquatics is still one of the best.
FYI they are in the process of moving to a new location not far from the current (actually closer to me). The new location is
7610 Counts Massie Road in North Little Rock
If you get a chance stop by, I don't think you would be disappointed.
NorthSide Aquatics has moved and as a result has more normal business hours. If you are looking for saltwater in central Arkansas this is the place to go.
Paradise Pets in Benton is a well run operation. The owner is generally onsite and is a good guy. Great freshwater fish selection. They also stock saltwater as well.
Good luck
Hey there! It's NorthSide Aquatics again.
Yes, we have moved. We are at 7610 Counts Massie Rd. in Maumelle.
Our web address is nsaquatics . com
Our opening hours are:
Tues - Friday 11 AM - 8 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM
Sunday 1 PM - 6 PM
We have a great selection of plants, plant supplies, CO2, etc.
We also have a new Discus section.
We also added a pond and water garden area - it's another 3000 sq. ft. of store space.
Please stop in and see us!
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Hamish Macdonald's Friday Prayer Series
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For the past three weeks Hamish has been bringing you a series on prayer services on the Friday Drive show.
Hamish had the idea when a friend asked him to explain a little more about Islam because so much of what he had heard or read was negative and he thought Hamish's time in the Middle East may have informed his perspective on it in a more holistic way.
This led to Hamish visiting The Gallipoli Mosque in Auburn for a Friday prayer service.
You can listen to Hamish's report here.
Hamish then decided to look at other ways Sydneysiders are practicing their faith.
The following week we went along to The Great Synagogue in the city for a morning service. You can listen here.
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Is it true in PA we can only load a max of six rounds in a pistol to shoot at a state range?
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Is it true in PA we can only load a max of six rounds in a pistol to shoot at a state range?
i have no idea about the laws, but you might want to check out handgunlaw.us
they've been a great help with some of my research
Same thing in the State Range I go to in Michigan..It doesn't bother me much because I only practice the 25 yards shoot there. No movable targets are allowed in the state range. I mainly go there for rifle 100 yards shooting.
The 6-round limit is true at PA ranges. At least it is at mine. However, if your range is like mine, there's rarely anyone else there, so there's really noone to enforce it.
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Users should also practice good shooting etiquette. The regulation, for example, that limits a shooter to having no more than three rounds in a rifle (six in a handgun) may not seem to make much sense.
What it does, though, is give shooters a chance to check their targets without having to wait for those who may want to shoot long strings. This same regulation prohibits people using firearms with large capacity magazines from monopolizing time on the range, and also causing inordinate damage, particularly to backstops.
Even if SGL 43 was like a war zone sometimes. Had some great times there and a few scary moments as well.
State game land ranges are no longer free - you need a $30 annual permit now. The funds are supposed to help improve the ranges.
They closed the only range in Beaver county last year so it's kind of a moot point now.
My buddy's dad and 4 others were busted a couple of years back at that range by a Conservation officer for shooting too early - 10 am was the start time and this was at about 10 till 10. They all got fines.
Some ranges are handgun only...not sure if that implies the others are rifle only or not.
One of the local hunter-oriented clubs (few shooting events) isn't taking members anymore - they signed a marcellus gas lease and got $300k and their counsel said they're too rich now to take on additional members...so a member tells me. They were charging $20/year.


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Haren, Pujols lead Angels past Rays in opener
Against a Rays team that had beaten them six straight times, the Angels halted the losing streak with a 3-1 win in the series opener.
The win was the Angels' fifth in seven games on their nine-game homestand and cut their deficit to the Rangers in the American League West to four games. In their last 19 games at home, the Angels (55-45) are 14-5.
In his second start back from the disabled list, Angels starter Dan Haren lasted six-plus innings, giving up one run on five hits, while striking out six. The only run he allowed came on Jeff Keppinger's fourth home run of the year, a solo shot in the second inning.
Haren (8-8) allowed a leadoff double to Keppinger and walked Carlos Pena to start the seventh inning, before manager Mike Scioscia pulled him after 97 pitches. Reliever Kevin Jepsen came in to retire the next three batters and preserve the lead.
"It's gotten better as we've gone on," Haren said of his command. "My fastball command is a little off right now, but everything else is working well for me. My split, changing speeds with it. The cutter's been good. The curveball was pretty good today. My command in general is getting better. I still think I have room for improvement."
Before the right-hander went on the DL with lower back problems on July 4, Haren had given up 26 runs in his last 27 innings (8.67 ERA). But in his two starts since, he has allowed just three runs in 12 innings.
Considering how well starters Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson have pitched, and how inconsistent the back end of Ervin Santana and Jerome Williams/Garrett Richards have been, Haren has often been the forgotten man in the Angels' rotation.
And with the addition of Greinke, it appears it will stay that way, as Haren is now the fourth starter in a rotation that suddenly looks like one of the best in the Majors. Yet the addition of the former Cy Young winner changes nothing for Haren.
He's quietly getting healthy and seems to have the command again that led him to a 16-10 record and a 3.17 ERA last season.
"I don't think he's going out there trying to prove anything," Weaver said of Haren. "It's just that he was going out there and trying to be a gamer and pitch at 80 percent. His last two starts have been back to his capabilities and keeping the ball down and throwing those splits where he needs to."
After falling behind 1-0 in the second inning, the Angels took the lead in the third with four straight two-out hits. Mike Trout and Torii Hunter singled before Albert Pujols knocked them in with a double into the left-field corner. Mark Trumbo singled home Pujols in the next at-bat to give the Angels a 3-1 lead.
Rays' left fielder Sam Fuld went full-extension on Pujols' hit to try to make the grab and end the Angels' threat without any damage, but it hit the tip of his glove and bounced away.
"Probably about as close as you can get without catching it," Fuld said. "I don't think I would have done anything differently. It just went off the tip of my glove. If I had a 13-inch [glove] instead of a 12 3/4-inch, I probably would have caught it."
Pujols went 3-for-4 for his seventh three-hit game with the Angels this season. It also raised his batting average to .282, the highest it has been since the 13th game of the season, when he was hitting .296. During the last 56 games, Pujols is batting .342 with 45 RBIs.
All three runs the Angels scored came off Rays' starter Alex Cobb (4-8), who went seven innings, allowing eight hits while striking out three.
Though the Angels didn't put together many threats outside of that third inning, the bullpen came after Haren's departure to make sure the game remained at 3-1. Jepsen, Scott Downs and Ernesto Frieri, who earned his 12th save of the season, came in to shut the door on the Rays (51-49).
Joe McIntyre is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Arsenal travel to Lancashire to take on Wigan Athletic in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
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Full name: Wigan Athletic
Manager: Roberto Martinez
Club colours: Blue and white striped shirts, blue shorts, blue socks
Nickname(s): The Latics
Three facts about Wigan:
- Wigan are the youngest club in the Premier League, having been formed in 1932
- Winger Ryo is on loan at the Latics from Arsenal
- The DW Stadium is named after owner Dave Whelan
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The cultured Spanish midfielder joined the club from Swansea in 2009, having started his career at Barcelona. Good on the ball and tenacious in the tackle, Gomez scored a hat-trick in Wigan's 3-2 win over Reading last month. Arsenal's midfield will be keen to close the 27-year-old down at all times.


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John Wilkes says that joining Google was like swallowing the red pill in The Matrix.
Four years ago, Wilkes knew Google only from the outside. He was among the millions whose daily lives so deeply depend on things like Google Search and Gmail and Google Maps. But then he joined the engineering team at the very heart of Google's online empire, the team of big thinkers who design the fundamental hardware and software systems that drive each and every one of the company's web services.
These systems span a worldwide network of data centers, responding to billions of online requests with each passing second, and when Wilkes first saw them in action, he felt like Neo as he downs the red pill, leaves the virtual reality of the Matrix, and suddenly lays eyes on the vast network of machinery that actually runs the thing. He was gobsmacked at the size of it all — and this was a man who had spent more than 25 years as a researcher at HP Labs, working to push the boundaries of modern computing.
"I'm an old guy. Megabytes were big things," Wilkes says, in describing the experience. "But when I came to Google, I had to add another three zeros to all my numbers." Google is a place, he explains, where someone might receive an emergency alert because a system that stores data is down to its last few petabytes of space. In other words, billions of megabytes can flood a fleet of Google machines in a matter of hours.
'I prefer to call it the system that will not be named.'
Then, as he was still trying to wrap his head around the enormity of Google's data-center empire, John Wilkes went to work on the software system that orchestrates the whole thing.
This software system is called Borg, and it's one of the best-kept secrets of Google's rapid evolution into the most dominant force on the web. Wilkes won't even call it Borg. "I prefer to call it the system that will not be named," he says. But he will tell us that Google has been using the system for a good nine or 10 years and that he and his team are now building a new version of the tool, codenamed Omega.
Borg is a way of efficiently parceling work across Google's vast fleet of computer servers, and according to Wilkes, the system is so effective, it has probably saved Google the cost of building an extra data center. Yes, an entire data center. That may seem like something from another world — and in a way, it is — but the new-age hardware and software that Google builds to run its enormous online empire usually trickles down to the rest of the web. And Borg is no exception.
At Twitter, a small team of engineers has built a similar system using a software platform originally developed by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley. Known as Mesos, this software platform is open source — meaning it's freely available to anyone — and it's gradually spreading to other operations as well.
The Borg moniker is only appropriate. Google's system provides a central brain for controlling tasks across the company's data centers. Rather than building a separate cluster of servers for each software system — one for Google Search, one for Gmail, one for Google Maps, etc. — Google can erect a cluster that does several different types of work at the same time. All this work is divided into tiny tasks, and Borg sends these tasks wherever it can find free computing resources, such as processing power or computer memory or storage space.
Wilkes says it's like taking a massive pile of wooden blocks — blocks of all different shapes and sizes — and finding a way to pack all those blocks into buckets. The blocks are the computer tasks. And the buckets are the servers. The trick is to make sure you never waste any of the extra space in the buckets.
"If you just throw the blocks in the buckets, you'll either have a lot of building blocks left over — because they didn't fit very well — or you'll have a bunch of buckets that are full and a bunch that are empty, and that's wasteful," Wilkes says. "But if you place the blocks very carefully, you can have fewer buckets."
'Mesos makes it easier for Twitter engineers to think about running their applications across a data center. And that's really powerful.'
There are other ways of doing this. You could use what's known as server virtualization. But virtualization provides an extra layer of complexity you may not need, and in cutting this out, Wilkes says, Google can reduce the size of its infrastructure by a few percent. At Google's size, that amounts to an entire facility. "It's another data center we can not build," Wilkes says. "A few percent here, a few percent there, and all of the sudden, you're talking about huge amounts of money."
At Twitter, Mesos doesn't have quite the same effect. Twitter's operation is significantly smaller. But the Twitterverse is always growing, and Mesos gives the company a better way to handle that growth. Borg and Mesos don't just wring extra computing power out of a server cluster. They let companies like Google and Twitter treat a data center like a single machine.
Google and Twitter can run software on these massive computing facilities in much the same way you run software on your desktop PC — and that simplifies the lives of all those engineers who build things like Gmail and Google Maps and any number of Twitter applications.
"Mesos makes it easier for Twitter engineers to think about running their applications across a data center," says Ben Hindman, who founded the Mesos project at UC Berkeley and now oversees its use at Twitter. "And that's really powerful."
It's a Data Center. But It Looks Like a Chip
Borg and Mesos are big things. But to understand them, it's best to think small, and a good place to start is one of the experimental computer chips Intel would send to Ben Hindman.
This was about five years ago, when Hindman was still at UC Berkeley, working on a computer science Ph.D, and the chips were "multi-core processors." Traditionally, the computer processor — the brain at the center of a machine — ran one task at a time. But a multi-core processor lets you run many tasks in parallel. Basically, it's a single chip that includes many processors, or processor cores.
At UC Berkeley, Ben Hindman's aim was to spread computing tasks across these chips as efficiently as possible. Intel would send him chips. He would wire them together, creating machines that spanned 64 or even 128 cores. And then he worked to build a system that could take multiple software applications and run them evenly across all those cores, sending each task wherever it could locate free processing power.
"What we found is that applications were smart about scheduling their computations across these computing resources, but they were also greedy. They would ignore other applications that might be running and just grab everything for themselves," Hindman says. "So we built a system that would only give an application access to a certain number of cores, and give others to another application. And those allocations might change over time."
'Sixty-four cores or 128 cores on a single chip looks a lot like 64 machines or 128 machines in a data center.'
Hindman was working with a single computer. But as it turns out, he could apply the basic system to an entire data center. "Sixty-four cores or 128 cores on a single chip looks a lot like 64 machines or 128 machines in a data center," he says. And that's what he did. But it happened by accident.
While Hindman was working with his multi-core processors, some friends of his — Andy Konwinski and Matei Zaharia — were in another part of the Berkeley computer science department, working on software platforms that run across massive data centers. These are called "distributed systems," and they now provide the backbone for most of today's big web services. They include things like Hadoop, a way of crunching data using a sea of servers, and various "NoSQL" databases, which store information across many machines.
Then, Hindman and his friends decided they should work on a project together — if only because they liked each other. But they soon realized their two areas of research — which seemed so different — were completely complementary.
Traditionally, you run a distributing system like Hadoop on one massive server cluster. Then, if you want to run another distributed system, you set up a second cluster. But Hindman and his pals soon found that they could run distributed systems more efficiently if they applied the lessons learned from Hindman's chip project. Just as Hindman had worked to run many applications on a multi-core processor, they could build a platform that could run many distributed systems across a single server cluster.
The result was Mesos.
'We Miss Borg'
In March 2010, about a year into the Mesos project, Hindman and his Berkeley colleagues gave a talk at Twitter. At first, he was disappointed. Only about eight people showed up. But then Twitter's chief scientist told him that eight people was lot — about ten percent of the company's entire staff. And then, after the talk, three of those people approached him.
These were Twitter engineers who had once worked at Google: John Sirois, Travis Crawford, and Bill Farner. They told Hindman that they missed Borg, and that Mesos seemed like the perfect way to rebuild it.
Soon, Hindman was consulting at Twitter, working hand-in-hand with those ex-Google engineers and others to expand the project. Then he joined the company as an intern. And, a year after that, he signed on as a full-time employee. "My boss at the time said: 'You could have vested a year's worth of Twitter stock! What are you thinking!?" Hindman remembers. He and his fellow engineers continued to run Mesos as an open source software project, but at Twitter, he also worked to move the platform into the company's data center and fashion something very similar to Google Borg.
Google wasn't officially part of this effort. But the company helps fund the Berkeley AMP Lab, where the Mesos project was gestated, and those working on Mesos have regularly traded ideas with Googlers like John Wilkes. "We discovered they were doing it — and I started arranging from them to come down here every six months or so, just to have a chat," Wilkes says.
'But there was a lot of very helpful feedback — at a high-level — about what the problems were, what we should be looking at.'
Andy Konwinski, one of the other founders of the Mesos project, also interned at Google and spent part of that time working under Wilkes. "There was never any explicit information exchanged about specific systems run inside of Google — because Google is pretty secretive about those things," Konwinski says. "But there was a lot of very helpful feedback — at a high-level — about what the problems were, what we should be looking at."
Mesos is a little different from Borg, which is several years older. But the fundamental ideas are the same. And according to Hindman, Google's new version of Borg — Omega, which Wilkes has publicly discussed — is even closer to the Mesos model.
These are known as "server cluster management systems," following in the footsteps of similar tools built in years past to run supercomputers and services like the Sun Grid Engine. Both Omega and Mesos let you run multiple distributed systems atop the same cluster of servers. Rather than run one cluster for Hadoop and one for Storm — a tool for process massive streams of data in real-time — you can move them both onto one collection of machines. "This is the way to go," Wilkes says. "It can increase efficiency — which is why we do it."
The tools also provide an interface that software designers can then use to run their own applications atop Borg or Mesos. At Twitter, this interface is codenamed Aurora. A team of engineers, for example, can use Aurora to run Twitter's advertising system. At the moment, Hindman says, about 20 percent of the company's services run atop Mesos in this way.
Currently, Wilkes says, Google provides all sorts of dials that engineers can use to allot resources to their applications. But with Omega, the aim is to handle more of this behind the scenes, so that engineers needn't worry about the details. "Think of it an automatic car versus manual," he says. "You want to go fast. You shouldn't have to tune the compression ratio or the inlet manifold used for the turbo charger for the engine."
Omega is still under development, but the company is beginning to test prototypes in its live data centers.
Attack of the Clones
According to Wilkes, Google plans to publish a research paper on Borg (though he still won't use the name). The web giant often keeps a tight lip when it comes to the systems that underpin its online empire — it sees these technologies as the most of important of advantages over the competition — but once these tools have reached a certain maturity, the company will open the curtains.
Between this planned paper and the rise of Mesos at Twitter, the Borg model is poised to spread even further across the web. Other companies are already using Mesos — including AirBNB and Conviva, another company with close ties to UC Berkeley — and Wilkes believes the basic idea could significantly change the way companies run distributed systems.
Yes, there are other ways of efficiently spreading workloads across a cluster of servers. You could use virtualization, where you run virtual servers atop your physical machines and then load them with whatever software you like. But with Borg and Mesos, you don't have to worry about juggling all those virtual machines.
"The interface is the most important thing. The interface that virtualization gives you is a new machine. We didn't want that. We wanted something simpler," Hindman says. "We wanted people to be able to program for the data center just like they program for their laptop."
'We wanted people to be able to program for the data center just like they program for their laptop.'
Wilkes says much the same thing. "If you're an engineer and you bring up a virtual machine, you get something that looks like just another piece of hardware. You have to bring up an operating system on it. You have to administer it. You have to update it. You have to do all the stuff you have to do with a physical machine," he says.
"But maybe that's not the most useful way for an engineer to spend their time. What they really want to do is run their application. And we give them a way to do that — without dealing with virtual machines."
Clearly, many engineers prefer working with raw virtual machines. This is what they get from Amazon EC2, and Amazon's cloud computing service has become a hugely popular way to build an run software applications — so popular that countless companies are trying to provide developers and businesses with similar tools.
Charles Reiss — a Berkeley graduate student who interned at Google under John Wilkes and has seen Borg in action — doesn't believe this existing system offers an enormous advantage over the alternatives. "I don't think it's super impressive — beyond having just tons of engineering hours poured into it," he says. But Omega, he adds, is another matter.
With Omega, Google aims to make the process ever smoother — much like Twitter has done with Mesos and Aurora — and in the long term, others will surely follow their lead. Google and Twitter treat the data center like one big computer, and eventually, that's where the world will end up. This is the way computer science always progresses. We start with an interface that's complicated and we move to one that's not. It happens on desktops and laptops and servers. And now, it's happening with data centers too.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Recipe Roundup is a week early this month to make way for Halloween recipes next week.
The recipes I am sharing this month seem to be really good.
The S' mores Brownies was requested by Catherine Smith, mother of some of my former students.
The Minty Meringue Drops recipe was one given to me as a thank you gift by friend Doris Campbell, who was the wife of my former English teacher, the late Shannon Campbell. Mike and I had made a large tin of bourbon balls for her son Jeffrey's wedding reception in Florida.
I love Andes mints and these taste so much like them. They also remind me of Forgotten Cookies. There's no gluten in this recipe, so those of you having issues with gluten should try them. They area great sweet to have on hand.
Inside-Out S' mores Brownies
1/2 cup butter
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
9 honey graham crackers
1 cup mini marshmallows
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8x8x2-inch baking pan with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate. Remove from heat and add in the eggs, sugar and vanilla. Beat in the flour until just combined.
Spread half the batter in the prepared pan. Top with graham crackers (divide as necessary to evenly top batter). Sprinkle marshmallows on the graham crackers, but do not let them touch the sides of the pan. Carefully spread the remaining batter on the marshmallows and graham crackers, covering them completely.
Bake for 25 to 27 minutes or until set. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Makes 16 brownies
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Minty Meringue Drops
2 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
4 - 6 drops of green food coloring, optional
1 package (10 oz) mint chocolate baking chips
Lightly grease baking sheets or line with parchment paper. Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add cream of tartar and sugar; beat until egg whites are stiff. Add vanilla and food coloring;beat some more. Fold in the bag of mint chocolate baking chips. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto prepared baking sheets.
Bake at 250 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Store the cookies in an airtight container. Yields about 2 - 2 1/2 dozen
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Castillo homers twice as Cubs down Reds
CINCINNATI -- Welington Castillo drove in three runs with two home runs, Donnie Murphy added a two-run shot and even pitcher Edwin Jackson smacked one as the Chicago Cubs rolled to a 9-1 victory over the suddenly punchless Cincinnati Redson Tuesday night.
Jackson hit his second career home run in the seventh inning on his way to his first win in seven starts since July 31. The Reds -- who went into the game third in the NL Central, two games behind first-place St. Louis -- saw their streak of consecutive scoreless innings reach 15 since a walkoff win over Los Angeles on Sunday. Then Zack Cozart and pinch-hitter Corky Millerhit consecutive doubles with one out in the seventh.
Jackson (8-15) allowed nine hits and one run with four strikeouts in seven innings.
The Cubs earned consecutive wins over Cincinnati for the first time since 2011, when they won on Sept. 7 in Chicago and Sept. 12 in Cincinnati -- a span of 36 games. They clinched their first series win at Great American Ball Park since Aug. 3-5, 2009
Reds starter Tony Cingrani, in his second start since coming off the disabled list on Thursday, left the game two outs into the second inning with back spasms. He had been sidelined since August 25 with a lower back strain.
Junior Lakeled off the second with a double, giving him a seven-game hitting streak and his fourth streak of seven or more games since he was called up from Triple-A Iowa on July 19. Castillo followed one out later with a 470-foot homer into the upper deck in left field on a full-count pitch. Castillo's fifth homer of the season was his first since Aug. 10. Cingrani (7-4) left the game one out later.
Murphy added his 377-foot, two-run homer down the left field line on the first pitch he saw from Greg Reynolds in the third inning. Lake singled to right and went to second on right fielder Jay Bruce's error, and Darnell McDonald drove him in with a soft single to center field that Shin-Soo Chooappeared to midjudge.
Barney drove in Jackson with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and Murphy added an RBI double in the sixth before Castillo hit his second homer in the seventh -- the first multi-homer game of his career.
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|I have a boat that is 1.5 hour drive away. Mostly I (or we) go up for 2-4 hours one day of most weekends. We are still learning about our boat, and setting it up. We don't have any safe ports closer than a day's sail away. Looking forward to doing overnights next season. (BTW, I think I make about as many trips while the boat is on the hard as in the water!)
|I live 7 hrs from the MC so weekend trips are a no go. When I do go, say for 4 days I have to decide almost immediately if it is a sailing trip or a work trip. If I have a week I can do both. The best trips are the ones where I get on and leave and do not return for 4 or 5 months. Dan S/V Marian Claire
|i was living 3 minites from boat and put on a thousand mile per year , now i am on all the time preping for bahamas,probably put on 2000 miles by 2012
|St Anna
When you are cruising, well, you are either cruising or the boat is on a marina for you to work - so rarely go out for a weekend/day sail.
If you are a 'weekend warrior', then as many times as you can get down to the boat.
I takes a big transformation in the mindset to change between day sailor and cruiser and vice versa.
I actually joined the sunday brigade for the first time in about 8years. It stressed me a bit - people racing past in a narrow channel, dinghy's crossing, slow boats in front. I think I'll have to toughen up or just quit work again and take off away from the crowded areas.
|Since my first lesson on 2nd October last year, I've been out 31 times, totalling 120.5 hours. I first skippered a boat in Sydney about a month ago, and have done so 4 times so far. I'm highly nomadic, and if I'm living somewhere near the sea I'll generally go sailing once a week or so. So far, that's Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Hong Kong, Bali, Sydney, and Auckland.
Once a week minimum even if it does not leave the mooring on a good week during race season we could be out on soemthing 4 times a week
When there is enough daylight i will use it on weekdays BUT when i can get to the boat at 6PM and its dark at 7:15 PM there is not much point
The mooring launch service also limits there hours early and late season making weekdays difficult
Our girl lives on a mooring not in a marina berth and we moved last year from a busy part of the harbour that was closer to home to a quieter spot albeit further away. We now find that even in dirty weather we are more likely to go down and spend the weekend on board at the mooring without the traffic charging by.
Fast and I were playing games earlier on cos he well kows our new boat is exceptionally comfortable compared to our moderately comfortable old girl and that is why we are spending even more time on board The ability to completely enclose the cockpit makes all the difference. It is somewhat akin to having a pilot house or deck saloon without the disadvantages of the house over heating in our hot summers.
We also keep a set of lightweight wet weather gear for the times it is raining when we row out to mooring. It really does require a lot of rain to keep us at home these days.
|100 feet porch to dock, 100 feet down the dock to boat. We are on the boat virtually every weekend spring and early summer but not so much during the doldrums of mid summer on the Bay. Makes us anxious to get back out as the winds tend to pick up late summer and fall. Work unfortunately keeps me pretty busy during the week so confined to weekends or the occasional long weekend when I can get a day or two off. I agree that the ease of getting to the boat and readying her to leave the dock adds both to use and enjoyment.
We were trying to figure out if our usage changed this summer. We have a 22 foot trailer sailor. Last year we were out almost every weekend, but also did a fair amount of transient slip rentals and a few 4 day weekends doing our best to make the most of our time on the boat to offset the hassle of hauling, stepping the mast, launching and the reverse.
This year we were able to get a mooring ball and skip most of the trailering headache. I think we managed about as much use this year, but instead of long weekends we did more frequent but shorter sails. It was easier to meet up at the marina after work for a dinner and a sail. And the convenience of it also may have made it easier as said above to procrastinate on going out some times.
All in all, we probably spent more time on the boat than the year before but I don't get the sense that we put as many miles on it this season. And for the record we live 20 minutes from the marina, and we are In northern Michigan so we have a short season. Also due to poor weather and other bits of life our boat didn't get in till almost july.
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Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Well, I have the latest list on my '08 V6, with 25k miles.
There are many things I really like about it, but this thread is for problems, so here goes my update.
- ABS module failed. Replaced.
- Brake calipers rattled - greased.
- Squealing brakes - only in cool weather.
- Crushed seat control wire. Re-located & spliced.
- Roof rail trim molding fell off - replaced.
- "moth-eaten" carpet replaced. (still super-junky material).
- Rear hatch gas struts replaced.
- Rear hatch hinges misaligned & popping loudly - adjusted.
- Sunroof kept reversing and dragging - cleaned and lubed.
- Water dripped on foot. NO RED PLUGS used, just insulation wrapping.
- Harmonic balancer wobbling badly - they wouldn't replace this - YET.
- Rt frt door weatherstrip malformed - replaced.
- Rt rear door leaking water - adjusted.
- Lft frt door rubbing on rear door - adjusted.
- Rt frt fender misaligned - adjusted.
- Wind noise at front of sunroof, weather strip loose - not fixed yet.
- Sunroof bolts loosened and rattled - tightened.
- Right air vent register broke - replaced.
- Rattles under dash, in sunroof, in rear air, in rear seat - working on them.
After all this, though, my only real concern is the ultraroof. There is no question that I will have to spend many hours and many hundreds of $$$$ if I want to keep it working properly after the warranty period. It's just too complex and fragile and poorly designed to put on a vehicle and expect it to work properly for more than a couple of years.
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Wow Wrench... and I though my problems were annoying!
So.. Mine went into the shop today..
I complained on:
** Remote Controls - Distance issues - Temp Related (The colder it is the closer you have to be.)
** Rear Wiper - Squirts in the Air... Cover fell off... Wiper Blades will not contact window.
** Sun Roof Rattles - Temp Related - Colder it is.. the worse the rattle.
** Passenger Air Vent Knob fell off.
And of course, every time I drop it off, I complain about the Big Blue Light-bulb on the dash (When you turn OFF Radio, you get Bright Blue Screen.)
They gave me a 2010 SRX to drive...
I drove it 20 miles so far... My initial impression is "I don't like it"... Under powered... The outside Mirror SUCK!... They removed the "Back Only" Seat Heater function... It is too small to haul anything... I have to Duck to see the Temp and Clock under the center hood. (They also removed wood on dash, and little compartment =- replaced with cheap tray in glovebox.)
I do like the button on the door to open rear hatch, and the movable cargo area tie down clips, and how they designed the Center Console Compartment.
I would not have bought one, if this is what was the SRX was like when I was looking to buy! I would have went for the larger Audi or Mercedes Xovers.
I'll update when I hear back from the dealer on my issues.
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Quickie Update...
Dealership called...
They replaced rear wiper and washer. (Fixed)
They ordered new passenger air vent... (Fixed later)
They lubed weather strips on roof.... (WTF)... I'm thinking that isn't doing to do squat!
They say remotes are working to factory specs .. (sounds like a dodge out to me!) We will be revisiting that one.)
Extend Remote Start Run Time.... They say, No Can do! That's a bummer.
So... I'll be taking it back for the vent... I'm sure we will be hitting some of these again.
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Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
This has probably been posted somewhere before, but the solution to turning off the nav screen is to press the AUDIO button, then AUX, then hit the MENU button, then DISPLAY OFF. Not intuitive, but it works.
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Jwoodie.. yea.. the dealer showed me that... So... I can see me driving in the rain at night, on the highway, and entering a construction zone with lots of blinking yellow lights, equipment and people and traffic and I want to turn off the Display so it doesn't distract me... so rather then JUST Hitting the POWER Button turning the thing Off.... I take my eyes off of the road long enough to hit the MENU Button then the DISPLAY tab then the TURN DISPLAY OFF button to turn it off... meanwhile I accidentally hit the Audio button which lights every thing back up again since the thing is not turned OFF.
Yea.... Great work around... GM is so worried about Law Suites they drive us nuts disabling features on the GPS - then then they make it so you can't turn the damn thing off without wandering a maze of menus... ... ... Sounds like they have candidates for a Darwin Award running their legal department - and their sons work in the design engineering department.
Back to my recent fixes.
Rear Wiper is fixed - - however they did not replace the little cover that protects the washer - - so I have to get them to do that next time in.
Lubed Weather Strip actually did work... no rattling noise! I am amazed!
Remotes only work if you are within 30 feet... I guess the Mechanic needed to walk further away - - Written Materials indicate the remotes should work up to 200 feet if path is clear.
Extend my run time... Dealership said no... but a GM Performance guy tells me they can in the computer... so I'll revisit that one the next time in.
Looks like I'm building a little list for when I return for the Vent replacement.
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
As I said above.. ELCO tells me that my Remote Controls perform with no issues.
Watch my Video on Youtube, and tell me if this is normal!
let me know that you think!
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Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Since I have discovered YouTube... Here is a video of that Blue Screen Power Off I keep ranting about.
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Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Not that this is your problem but don't do that with an Audi.
If you try to unlock 5 times while not in range the remote deprograms and will not work anymore, stops people from walking around looking for you car if they find or steal the keys.
My 04 will only work from right beside it, however my set of keys will work from the house once in a while but never has worked good.
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
I got it used, but so far:
- Check-engine light due to CAT (looking into it)
- right mirror does not always turn back up completely (looking into it)
- 2 LEDS are broken in the left tail light (replacement is ordered)
- Engine had some rough start issues
- Rear lid weather stripping has been fixed to stop leak.
- NAV-DVD has been replaced, since it was too scratched to be able to be read.
- Ultraview has been fixed for auto-reverse issue
- left rear passenger door locking mechanism is missing a bushing
- Bagage compartment net has been ordered
- left front door hinge was making noise. It has been re-assembled with new lube.
- Left front HID was flickering. Control unit and light 'bulb' have been replaced.
- turn signal stalk sometimes didn't work. Has been replaced.
- The middle glas cover on the roof is sticking out on one side. Needs adjustment.
- missing tools for the spare tire
- Gas filler door hinge needs lubrication
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Jwoodie.... I wish it was that easy!
My SRX absolutely HATES my voice - - it always does something different then what I command - or ask the question "Do you mean ___?"
So that is not an option for me.
I think - - - - - - The Best fix would be for GM should make the unit goes OFF (And Dark) when you hit the Power button! Wouldn't that be a novel idea?
So - - - I received my card saying my new vent is in... so tomorrow AM we try again... This time I am bringing with me the Video of me in my parking lot to play for the Writeup Guy...
Of course - as usual, I shall update!
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
OH YES - - I know of what you speak, as the car before my SRX was an Audi Allroad... However, I never had to hit the remote more then once for anything, and mine always worked - I even used the panic button on it to find my car from the ground floor of a 7 floor parking garage - - my Audi was on the 4th floor. (I couldn't remember what floor I had parked on.)
I also have an 05 Mustang GT with an UNGO Remote Start - - the remotes worke easily from 500 feet without any problems.
Before my Audi, I had a Ford Explorer with and Audiovox Remote Start and it too worked from more then 300 feet without any problems.
So I know that is it possible to have remotes that work from more then 30 feet!
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Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
My remote lock seems to work okay from 100 feet or more, but the remote start sure doesn't like me. Sometimes it just won't work, sometimes on the 2nd or 3rd try, but never the first try. seems after 3 trys or so, it locks up and just refuses to start remotely.
I assumed operator error.
But here's something to make you feel better. Speaking of Audi's:
The Dallas dealer diagnosed my sister's TT for a lean code.
They stated a new Mass Air Flow sensor was needed.
They quoted $300 for the part, and an AMAZING $320 labor to install.
I pulled it off using just a screwdriver, cleaned it, reinstalled it, all in 16 minutes - problem fixed.
Re: So... What is wrong with your NEW SRX?
Yea Wrench... not all shops are on the Up and Up.
I had Extended Warranty coverage on my Audi, so I never had to pay more then $100 out of pocket, per drop off (so I usually let 2 or 3 things build up before taking it in.). Every job was more then $1k of work.
Many shops today have become lazy... it is easier to simply replace an item, rather then figure out what is actually wrong with the original and fix that (IE: Dirty Part). So you save some in labor, yet end up spending more because of the cost of the replacement item.
TV's have gotten that way - - - who actually sends in a TV to be repaired anymore.
When it comes to "This is bad - replace it".. I always hunt the net, get the item at a discount price and replace it myself if it doesn't require I dismantle the engine or put the car on a high lift if I am the one who is going to pay. But - as long as I have warranty, then I take it in to the shop. Once GM won't pay for the repair, then I do it myself.
My Audi wasn't much better then my SRX when it came to broken things.. but... the shops were always right on what was wrong, and they always fixed the car before giving it back to me. it wasn't until I bought my American Cars (My 05 Mustang GT Convertible, and now this SRX) did I get the "They all do that" Excuse.. or they give it back telling me it isn't broken, or try to tell me it meets factory specs.
My problem is... I hold GM to the same set of standards that I hold for myself... Unfortunately I am a perfectionist, so that causes problems for me when others do the work!
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It's a wonderful goal. The Pacific Cup back in 1992 was my first ocean crossing. Since then, my husband and I have sailed short handed all over the south pacific, NZ & to the islands more than 7 times, Atlantic 3 times, the med etc etc. That one, lovely downhill passage changed our lives forever.
I'd say go for it, but...reach for the stars with your feet firmly on the ground. If you're not comfortable in fixing gear, find someone who is and take them with you. Don't go out to sea unprepared. It is just plain silliness.
The Pacific Cup is not as serious as the Transpac is. Why not go in the fun race - Pacific Cup? Take other sailor friends (with skills) and share in the experience.
It will change your life.
All the best to you.
I would also like to do the TransPac and have quite a bit of experience sailing, but have never done a crossing of more than 12 hours. That said, I am a occasional charter captain (USCG 50 ton) and a former ASA instructor and have quite a bit of knowledge. If you would like to chat further, please hit me up via salaciasailing.com ...I am also in SoCal.
|Pacific Cup (SF to HNL), or TransPac (LAX to HNL) are something that you work towards. There are requirements for single handers, qualifying races, and the like, along with a financial commitment to prepping the boat for PIYA cat 1. Most who plan on going work pretty hard at it from about 12 months out. For Adam, unless you're a known entity, it's nearly impossible to put up a phone number and get a call from a skipper looking for crew a couple of months before the start. People (and their potential crews) plan this years in advance many times. Give yourself a couple of years unless you already know a skipper and a boat planning to go. You'll have to commit to their program NOW. That generally means both sailing, helping with boat work, and being rock solid dependable both on shore and on the boat. The boat, nor the ocean care about the gender of the sailor. Work on your weaknesses methodically, and commit to a time line. If it's within your financial means and time restraints, just go!
|I was worried about dealing with my engine too. So I went to a marine diesel course and learned how to do all of the basic maintenance on my engine. It was a 3 day course that demystified a lot. Not cheap but well worth it. You could even do it in a more gold plated way by hiring a diesel mechanic for a day. It would be expensive but he/she could lead you through all of the stuff you would be able to do outside of a boatyard and you can take a thousand pictures while you do it to refer to later. It aint rocket science. It helps amazingly to have done it all once before. Then rent a sat phone so shoreside help can lead you through whatever repair you might need to do that you need help with while you are out there.
Hi Dulcitea!
I have seen your boat. Are you from Channel Islands Harbor? My Daughter and i have a deal that we will do the transpac when she is sixteen. This year. We have both been sailing for many years and I have much technical boat knowledge as well as street smarts/experience. My boat is small and someone wants to buy it so we are considering crewing. Please call me at 805-906-7456. My name is Adam and I own the Beachcomber if you are the boat I am thinking of.
In the March issues of Good Old boat, there was an article about a fellow who did the race two yrs ago in an Olsen 30? some little off shore doable boat, had some good info on how and what he had to do for the race, along with what he did in the GL's sailing single handed.
Then a note in this months (july?) issue of Sail, a fellow was talking about a triple handed race across the atlantic, one of the crew was a top european SH racer, a few comments where made about his thoughts about racing solo too. ie when the winds got to 40 knots for the two hours as mentioned above, he knew it would be for say 2 hrs, he would not worry about lowering sails, or changeouts, as it would take up too much energy, and depower the sails for those 2 hrs until the wind was expected to lower. There is a bit more to this than what I typed, best to find the article and read it.
The other, I am sure I will get hit for being chauvinistic or equal. It seems like women have to do things right the first time, know how to do it better etc than men. My wife is this way to a point. meanwhile, I do it once, figuring if I get it somewhat right, I succeeded, the next time should be better, and on with the third. If a mistake is made, no biggie. Spouse on the other hand, a mistake is a mistake, that is bad! If I was doing this, I would have plans if you will for any type of problem, most, I and you for that matter probably have not run into these issues, so having a plan on how to fix, or deal with the issue is the BEST key, and hope you can fix/deal with on the water. Here it might be my step dads antidote for everything when growing up, double back tape and epoxy.
I still say go for it, get some time by yourself in etc, learn as much as you can, and most of all, have fun! be serious, not not too much
|Wrong site for the PSSA. If interested google Pacific Singhanded Sailing Association.
You understand why I have doubts!
My boat is substantially outfitted, but I have yet to do the 400nm qualifying. I am in Southern California so I can qualify down here; for example through the Pacific Singhanded Sailing Association. (See Profesional Security Support - www.pssla.com)
I have been following the 2010 Transpac. The logs make for some exciting and chilling reading.
Here is a posting from Second Verse:
"Yesterday was there was a lot of wind and big seas. In fact, for two hours there it was 34 kts sustaining with gusts to 38! The seas were above my second spreader! I have to admit for those two hours I wished I were somewhere else. Better now.
One of the blades of the wind generator ripped off! Gone! Well, there goes that power source, I will bring a spare set next time.
I have all this great food but I really have not eaten yet, just one apple and some jerky. Ill try to force some food down today.
A tanker crossed my path last night when I was asleep. I called him up on VHF and asked if he ever saw me, nope! Oh well, no reason to worry about that now.
Once these seas calm down Ill begin to tidy up, it is a mess in here! BTW, sleeping on the floor is not that bad, I got a full hour at one point last night, real good sleep, and I dreamed I was taking a hike with the kids.
Second Verse, signing off and searching for the sun and calm seas."
More logs and the boats' progress can be found at 2010 SHTP - Log Reports. Or just google Transpac 2010 Log Reports.
Are you thinking about the Single Handed Transpac in 2012 that originates in San
Thanks for your responses! I'm slightly embarrassed at my less than subtle attempt to garner encouragement. Can you tell I hit the bottle after my botched engine repair?
Blt: I love your optimism! My husband feels the same way. Of course the life insurance policy he took on me makes him hopeful Mike you are absolutely right! Can't engage the engine on the Transpac. Mimsy: I feel the same way about manuals and I love your use of the word flummox. I'm stealing it for future use. I also like your little blog and your little angels. Now, that is an accomplishment! Congrats!
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