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I even see Portugal. Is that because I wrote about your favorite son, Christopher Columbus (son of Wladyslaw III) or is the excellent Portuguese researcher, Manuel Rosa just checking in on Stanczyk? You can catch up on that story here . Or perhaps on his Polish father, Wladyslaw III .


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2 Peter 3:9 which says that "for God is not willing that any should perish but for all to cone to repentance
Proverbs 16:4 -- The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.John 12:40 -- He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.Romans 9:18 -- Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 -- God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned.
Even when the blind man came to him (who was obviously so) Jesus asked him : What do you want me to do for you? Now this seems very stupid at first since his need was obvious but you always have to remember that God is a God of principle who has sworn to regard human free will and will not change.
Jeremiah 10:23 -- O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.Acts 13:48 -- And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.Romans 8:29-30 -- For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate.... Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.Romans 9:11-22 -- For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. .... For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? ... Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction.Ephesians 1:4-5 -- He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.2 Timothy 1:9 -- Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.Jude 4 -- For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation.
Now think about it, if God was half the tyrannt that many claim he is, would they even breathe those statements?
To conclude, whatever view you hold, I just want you to be basing it on the right information.
Have your verdict, but endeavour to have a right on not hindered by a lack of knowledge or one based on misguided precepts.
Finally I hope above all things that this will at least stir you up to seek the truth on this matter.
No one ever blamed gravity for plane crashes
how much more judgement on the character of a loving and merciful God without fair analysis!
Seeing your scriptural references, I am sure you have come across this verse as well.
But before I go into this, I would like to know this; do you understand the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant?
Time and again the events mentioned in the Bible show God giving the people options and telling them to choose his ways and righteousness paths so as to have his plan accomplished.
Yes, I have -- like most here at WWGHA, I've read the entire bible, so I'm familiar with the verses that say that all men can achieve salvation just as much as I'm familiar with the verses that say that some men cannot achieve salvation.
Tell me about the options that were offered to Noah's contemporaries. I'm especially interested in choices that your god offered the young children who subsequently perished.
... God giving the people options and telling them to choose his ways and righteousness paths so as to have his plan accomplished.
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
Genesis 6:5-13. Well it does seem like they had very few options. But I would imagine that as Noah was building this massive ark in the middle of 'nowhere', some curious by standers did ask him why he was making ''an ocean liner in the Sahara'' and they probably laughed him to scorn when the reason was given. Now I am not saying that is what exactly happened but something very similar to it.
Yes, I do. Jeremiah 31:31-37Specifically v33-34: "This is the new covenant I shall make," declares the Lord. "I will put my law into thier minds and write it on thier hearts. I will be thier god, and they will be my people. 34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, "Know the Lord," because they will ALL know me, from the least to the greatest." declares the Lord.According to this verse, among others, we are still under the old covenant. "For heaven and Earth shall pass away, but the Law shall endure forever..."Edit: The very fact that you felt compelled to tell us about god proves he has not activated the second covenant for we do not know him.
So you're citing that as an example of...Quote... God giving the people options and telling them to choose his ways and righteousness paths so as to have his plan accomplished.Bit of a stretch, ain't it?
Well, could you please explain the difference {between the two covenants} in the manner you understand it?
That would make it easier for me to accurately answer your questions.
Albert, in your view, is God always right, and always good?
THAT I SNOT CHRISTIANITY. CHRISTIANITY is following Jesus and submitting to his will, not using his name for our benefit, that is why we are to seek not our will but God's
I know about Harry Potter because I've heard of him, but I've never read the books and happened to step in and saw the end of a movie. I have read Dune[1], Lord of the Rings, Left Behind, the Bible, etc. I know those books.Something the all-Knowing God didn't glean upon you either, I used to be a believer. When I was 10 I gave my life to Jesus. Once again a Christian proves either God is incompetant or there is no god. You know? Christians minister to christians? I was completely dumbfounded the first time it happened to me. but aparrently i wasn't "Christian enough" because I wasn't born into the "right" version of the 40,000 diifferent types of christianity. How was I to know which one was the right one? Was any of them the "right one"?There was remission of sins, that's what all those animal sacrifices were for! You lived a godly holy life you lived to the old age of 30 or so. You sinned and disobeyed god, you died earlier than that. Long life was your reward, and early death was your punishment. The jews never believed that they would be living atop the dome holding up the ocean of water that encloses the sun and moon. Have you ever read the entire bible or just the verses you were told to? What do you thing of god's all loving punishment of the woman whom is raped? or the magical potion to detect if your wife has been unfaithful? 1. yes, ALL of them.
Prior to Jesus' arrival, YHWH ordered the wholesale slaughter of every man, woman, and child, and even animal within various cities by Joshua and his army. Take yourself back to that time, as a member of Joshua's army, commanded by God to kill. You are wielding a sword above the frail and tiny body of an infant - do you kill the infant?This extremely visceral description had to be real at that point in time, for many soldiers. I cannot imagine how they dealt with it, honestly. I would almost be willing to argue that the stories are fiction. No matter what though, I cannot find any way to rationalize these genocides as good.
You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.
Have you read the reasons in the books of Deutronomy, Exodus concerning why God had all the living in these cities killed? save for RAhab the prostitute in Jericho(who consequently became the great grand of David and Jesus?(another shadow picture of grace))
Albert, Jetson asked you if you kill the infant. You did not answer him. Of course, after you answer you can offer a justification.
I have read them, and I have been told by Christians what those reasons were. But I still cannot understand how an infant, for example, should be a part of this plan. Can you?
For example, if you say we are no longer under the old laws, I can quote you the scriptures that say that we are. Conversely, if you say we are still under the old laws, I can quote you the scriptures that say that we aren't.
Albert,Welcome to the forum! We do have atheists on this board that are very familiar with scripture. Many are former believers who came to their atheism because of the Bible. Just a note, if the responses to you get overwhelming, please let us know. Jetson


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DRACUT -- The Super Bowl wasn't the only major annual TV event to endure a blackout before yielding epic results.
In its 30th anniversary year, the 2013 Dracut Scholarship Telethon set a new all-time fundraising record of $133,500, DSF President Donna Yackel announced.
The record was set despite a power outage Tuesday night that struck less than an hour into the opening night of the four-night broadcast, plunging thousands of Dracut residents into darkness, and depriving the telethon of precious hours of sponsorship displays and fundraising.
Embodying the persevering and positive attitude that would be mirrored by the Dracut community in general on the following three nights, a chorus of first-graders, who were on stage at the time the blackout occurred, bravely kept singing to their parents and other members of the live audience in the auditorium under the dim emergency lighting, noted DATV Executive Director Gary Meuse.
When it became evident at 8:30 p.m. -- "after a flicker of lights gave us only a flicker of hope," Meuse said -- that National Grid crews would not be able to restore power to the Lakeview Avenue school complex area by 9:30 p.m., the telethon participants went home for the night early on Tuesday.
Yackel said a remarkable extra effort was made to ensure all sponsorship-display commitments and event's $100,000 fundraising goal were met during the remaining three nights.
"Our gold and silver sponsors, and those who provide our auction items, really pushed us over the top," said Yackel.
Meuse reported all of the scheduled talent acts from Tuesday night were squeezed in later in the week with the exception of at least two more first-grade choruses, both of which DATV plans to videotape at their schools for later airplay.
"This makes two years in a row we've set a new fundraising record, and considering we did it after losing about an entire night speaks volumes, and shows the respect this community has for this cause, and this event," Meuse said. "We're continually blown away by the volunteerism and generosity. Despite losing a night, we gained a record. Go figure!"
Last year's total, which also set a record, was $130,000. This year's total may still grow, as officials believe not all outside donations have been tabulated.
At its inception in 1957, the Dracut Scholarship Foundation awarded its first two scholarships, totaling $350. In the 56 years since, the DSF has awarded more than $1.6 million dollars in scholarships to more than 1,500 recipients.
(The DSF provides this link to the list of hundreds of past scholarship recipients since 1957: www.dracutscholarship.org/scholarshiphistory.html.)
"It's a truly amazing legacy of commitment by the entire Dracut community to the mission of the foundation," said Yackel.
One of the most famous names on the list of past DSF recipients is 1992 Dracut High grad Costas Panagopoulos, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, who has frequently been featured as a political analyst on NBC, CNN, Fox and other TV outlets.
When contacted at Fordham on Monday, Panagopoulos expressed his appreciation that the Dracut Scholarship Telethon continues to set fundraising records in its 30th year.
"It was certainly a big help to me, enabling me to finance my career at Harvard as an undergraduate," said Panagopoulos, a son of Greek immigrants. "This was certainly true back then, and it still plays a vital role today with the escalating costs of college education. Programs like this can sometimes make the difference as to whether students go on to earn a college degree."
Money raised during the 2013 DSF Telethon will be awarded to about 40 to 50 graduating seniors whose names will be announced in May, Yackel said.
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A mother in New York state is accused of passing drugs to her son in jail -- by French kissing him.
Kimberly Margeson, 54, was trying to get two Oxycodone pills to her 30-year-old son, William Partridge, during a recent jailhouse visit, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported.
She pleaded not guilty this week to a variety of charges, including third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and promoting prison contraband.
Partridge has been jailed since Jan. 26 on an unrelated weapon possession charge, and is scheduled to be arraigned next week, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Junior right-hander Robert Huber threw the Blue Devils' first complete game shutout in nine years to lead the Duke baseball team to a 6-0 win over Boston College in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. With the victory, Duke completes the sweep of Boston College, improving its record to 16-13 (6-6 ACC) on the year.
With nine innings of scoreless pitching, Huber registered the first shutout thrown by a Blue Devil pitcher since Tim Layden tossed a no-hitter against Old Dominion on April 13, 2004. The Plano, Texas, native recorded just one strikeout but only allowed three hits as he was able to get 18 fly outs. He allowed just two runners to reach second base and retired the final 13 batters he faced.
The complete game is the second of Huber's career and first for a Blue Devil since sophomore Trent Swart allowed one run in nine innings against Boston College on May 18 of last season.
"It was an incredibly well-pitched game," said head coach Chris Pollard. "We really embodied what we're preaching to these guys, which is pitch to contact. [Huber] only had one strikeout the entire ball game but did a great job and was really efficient. [He] threw 96 pitches total and averaged about 10 pitches an inning. Obviously, [he] had a lot of fly ball contact and just challenged with his fastball."
Duke capture a lead it would not relinquish in the third as junior Jordan Betts drove in two with a base hit up the middle. Sophomore Andy Perez got the offense going with a single and advanced to third following a throwing error on a Jeff Kremer fielder's choice. With two outs, Betts came to the plate and knocked in the pair for his team-leading 28th and 29th RBI of the season, giving Duke the 2-0 advantage.
The score held until the bottom of the fifth when freshman Kenny Koplove scored on a Grant McCabe base hit. McCabe reached base three times in game two, going 2-for-3 with two RBI, while Koplove was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.
The Blue Devils opened the seventh with six straight singles, adding three insurance runs to extend their lead to 6-0. Junior Anthony D'Alessandro led off with a base knock up the middle and advanced to second on a passed ball before coming home on a Koplove RBI single. Perez continued the trend with his second single of game two, and back-to-back RBI singles from Kremer and McCabe accounted for Duke's final runs of the series.
Both Perez and senior Ryan Munger recorded 2-for-4 outings in the series finale while Betts and Kremer extended their current hit streaks to 11 games each.
Four Blue Devils – Betts, Koplove, Kremer and Perez – hit over .400 for the weekend as the quartet combined for 20 of Duke's 34 hits in the three-game series as well as 19 runs scored and 14 RBI.
Boston College (3-22, 0-11 ACC) left-hander Andrew Chin (1-6) suffered the loss, allowing six runs, four earned, on nine hits over six innings. Second baseman Blake Butera, catcher Matt Pare and third baseman Gabriel Hernandez recorded the hits for the Eagles.
Duke returns to action with a midweek game against in-state opponent Davidson Tuesday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.


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Leila Cobo, executive director of Latin Content & Programming for Billboard, sighs repeatedly while telling me about a glaring void in Latin music today: there are no more iconic female entertainers. Nobody along the lines of Cuban legend Celia Cruz or larger than life Norteña singer Jenni Rivera.
"I think there's a lack. I'm sorry, I do. Yes, there's Shakira. Shakira aside," she says, "the female presence is a little light. Why are there no more big female acts in Latin music right now? I look at my charts, and there's very few female names." Cobo hesitates to make a sweeping statement about whether or not this reflects Latin machismo. After all, the last few years have seen sweeping progress for Latin women, especially for female presidents and entrepreneurs. But, she laments, when it comes to Latin music, "you have a lot of these pretty, sexy young women, who women now are identifying less and less with. I really wish that were different."
I spoke on the phone with Cobo just a day after sitting down in Mexico City for a chat with one of the best known names in Latin rap: Spanish MC Mala Rodriguez. If you want to find fierce women in Spanish-language music, you might want to look into Latin hip-hop. The genre has some of the most creative, politically savvy, intelligent female personalities in the industry, made by artists as different as Chile's Ana Tijoux, who melts and reworks the Spanish language like a blacksmith, and Dominican-Spanish Arianna Puello, she of the machine gun delivery.
Ernesto Lechner is an arts reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone. He's not as shy as Cobo about making a damning statement on Latin sexism. "We come from Latin America," he says. "It's really such a macho culture. And it's an interesting paradox — the role of women in Latin music cannot be underestimated. From Gal Costa, to Ellis Regina, to Paquita La Del Barrio and of course, La Mala Rodriguez, Latin rap has found a distinct identity of its own through women. And in particular through La Mala Rodriguez, through Chile's Anita Tijoux, and also through [Goyo] the rapper of Colombia's Choc Quib Town. So it's women who are responsible for some of the most enchanting soundscape in Latin rap."
Mala, born Maria Rodriguez Garrido, rose to fame in the early 2000s with brash, feminist lyrics and a unique style of rapping. She tells me misbehaved as a child, and her aunt used to call her "Mala" — "Bad Girl." She wore the title, she says, "like a cape." Mala initially was one of the only woman to embrace "jarcor" (hardcore) rap, which features guttural growling similar to heavy metal. But as she matured as an artist, she also incorporated her native flamenco musical influences, much like other flamenco-infused musicians Concha Buika, Ojos De Brujo and Bebe.
Mala Rodriguez is fascinating not just as an artist: her music also represents this pivotal moment in the development of Spanish-language hip-hop, and it sheds light on the nature of cultural trade routes between the U.S. and Latin America. Lechner says the genre of Latin Rap has tended to rely "sometimes a little too much on aping, on imitating whatever is happening in America." Latin music blogger Juan Data breaks it down a little less harshly: He says Latin rap as we know it did not trickle down directly from the U.S. into Latin America. It had to go to Spain first.
"In Spain, hip-hop exploded in the year 1998," Data says. And, he says, it stood in a league of its own, far more competitive than Latin American hip-hop at the time, but also less politically conscious and missing out on the danceable elements. While at the time Spanish hip hop was deeply influenced by '90s New York hip-hop like the Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim and Nas, in Latin America rap culture had been trickling in by way of California, down to Mexico, and then the Americas.
Latin America had been tuned into Chicano hip-hop artists like Cypress Hill and Kid Frost. "People were trying to emulate the flow of groups like Cypress Hill," says Data, "but a lot of those rappers in the U.S., they had only a very basic control of the Spanish language, because they didn't grow up speaking Spanish, or they didn't go to school in Spanish. They picked it up listening to their immigrant parents." So their rhymes were simple, short and slow-paced in the style of West Coast rap.
Everything changed once hip-hop got big in Spain. "After the explosion of hip-hop in Spain in the late '90s, there was a huge mutation in how people rapped in Latin America," says Data. All of a sudden, rappers in Spain were incorporating a lot more syllables into shorter verses. "When kids in Latin America heard that, they were like 'Whoa.' It was something no one had ever thought of before."
Data says he remembers feeling that awe upon hearing La Mala Rodriguez for the first time, in 1999, as a featured MC on SFDK, a song called "Una De Piratas" ("A Pirate Song"). "It blew my mind," he says. "Everybody was like, 'Are you sure it's a woman?' Because her style was very rough. She was almost screaming, in a very angry flow. That separated her from every female MC at the time." There where other women rapping — like Puello, and, in Argentina, Actitud Maria Marta, but Mala was the first to get mainstream attention.
Mala's lyrics are sexual and feisty, but, unlike mainstream female MCs in the U.S., she doesn't brag about wealth. In "Galaxias Cercanas," ("Nearby Galaxies") she raps — "I was birthed strong, I was raised strong, I walked strong and I've always talked strong." Data says the absence of materialism has to do with the social context that produces Spanish-language rappers. "In the U.S., materialism is a value that is popular, accepted and celebrated. In Latin America, not so much," he says. "It also has to do with the rap industry itself. The truth is in Latin America nobody, with the exception of Calle 13, has gotten rich off of hip-hop. So bragging about wealth would be bizarre, and it's also considered in extremely poor taste in our culture."
But Data doesn't agree with Lechner that the female presence in Latin rap is wholly positive. While he admires rappers like Rodriguez and Tijoux he says their prominence has a lot to do with marketing and the exotification of Latin women. "From the international point of view — especially from the U.S. market point of view — what filters into the U.S. market have been the exceptions to the rule, female exponents of every country. There's super-talented male MCs in Spain who never got a chance to break into the American market, simply because they're guys. And that's not exotic enough for the market. Whereas a girl doing it, and being pretty, and having a unique style, stands out a lot more, and it's more marketable."
Cobo thinks part of what makes Mala Rodriguez so loveable is that you can both identify with her and admire her: her bravado is lionesque, but she's also an every woman. Not the kind of woman you want to piss off; but the kind of friend you want to have on call when you break up with a boyfriend.
In one song on her new album, called Bruja (Witch), Mala boast about turning 33. "I am 33," she raps. "The job of a man cannot be done by a boy." When I meet with her in Mexico City she explains the song. "Today, as a 34 -year-old woman, I have a lot more power than I did when I was 19. I know myself. I know my sexuality. I know my thoughts. And that reflects on my work." She says titled her album Bruja because she wanted to re-appropriate a pejorative. "I like 'witch' because it symbolizes women who have been historically vilified for doing positive or strong things."
She says she's happy to be a feminist icon for some, but she also says, "I love men. I am at peace with them. And I understand a lot of things they do, and why they do them. I don't fight against men — in fact since I was little, I wanted to understand them better. Maybe that's why since I'm little, I wanted so much to be a rapper."
Now let's take a moment to introduce you to a woman fans of Latin music already know very well. Mala Rodriguez was recently nominated for three Latin Grammys. She is a Spanish-language rapper. NPR's Jasmine Garsd caught up with the singer on tour in Mexico City.
JASMINE GARSD, BYLINE: Mala Rodriguez was born Maria Rodriguez and raised in Cerriga(ph), Spain.
LA MALA RODRIGUEZ: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: She says she was so misbehaved, her aunt used to call her mala, bad girl.
RODRIGUEZ: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: That's why later on, when she became a rapper, she became La Mala Rodriguez.
GARSD: Rodriguez made a splash in the early 2000s with her own brand of brash, feminist lyrics, fusing elements of her native flamenco with hip-hop.
GARSD: "La Nina," or "The Girl," tells the story of a young female drug dealer.
GARSD: Latin rap as we know it did not trickle down from the U.S. into Latin America. It had to go to Spain first, says Latin music blogger Juan Data.
JUAN DATA: After the explosion of Spanish hip-hop, in '98, '99, it exploded, there was a huge mutation of the way people rapped in Latin America that got influenced by that style of rapping that the Spanish rappers have pioneered.
GARSD: La Mala rose to fame at this pivotal moment when Spanish-language rappers stopped emulating English-language rap and started making it their own.
GARSD: Her lyrics are sexual and feisty. But unlike mainstream female MCs in the U.S., she doesn't brag about wealth. In "Galaxias Cercanas," or "Nearby Galaxies," she raps: I was birthed strong, I was raised strong, I walked strong, and I've always talked strong.
GARSD: Mala Rodriguez fills a glaring void in Latin entertainment today, says Leila Cobo, the executive director of Latin content and programming for Billboard magazine. Cobo says there are just no more iconic female entertainers along the lines of Cuban legend Celia Cruz or the late Nortena singer Jenni Rivera.
LEILA COBO: I think there is a lack. I'm sorry, I do. Yes, there is Shakira. Shakira aside, I think that the female presence is a little light. Why are there no more big female acts in Latin music right now? I look at my charts and there's very few female names. You have these very pretty like sexy girls and women now really are identifying less and less with that.
GARSD: Mala Rodriguez, on the other hand, comes across as an everywoman, the kind of friend you want to call when you break up with your boyfriend, but her bravado is lionesque. She's not the kind of woman you want to offend.
Rodriguez's new album is a return to her hardcore rap roots after a brief flirtation with pop.
GARSD: In the song, "33," she boasts about turning 33. She growls like a heavy metal singer.
GARSD: I am 33, she brags. The job of a man cannot be done by a boy. Rodriguez turned 34 this year. She says as a woman she has a lot more power to date than she did when she was 19.
RODRIGUEZ: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: I know myself. I know my sexuality. I know my thoughts, and that reflects on my work, she says. As for her role as a feminist icon, she's happy to represent women, but...
RODRIGUEZ: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: She says I love men. I'm at peace with them. And I understand a lot of things they do and why they do them. I don't fight against men. In fact, since I was little, I wanted to understand them better. Maybe that's why I wanted so much to be a rapper. Jasmine Garsd, NPR News, Mexico City.
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Steering sticks to central position
I do not have BMW, but I experience pretty much the same problem! My car is Skoda Octavia (essentially VW Golf under the hood). The steering feels fine below 100km/h. Above it noticeably starts sticking to the central position as described here. It definitely also depends on temperature.
I started to focus on this issue a bit more and found out that it does not feel sticking at lower speeds just because the power steering is helping a bit more and gets over the "locked center" position easier, but the sticking is there. If I move the steering wheel faster, the feel is not there. The power steering probably also helps to get over it.
It is possible to feel it also on standing car with the engine turned off. Then it is very strong.
It feels to me like if some magnet holds the steering in position - is it an issue of the power steering motor? There is also a torsion bar in the steering that is used to measure force on the steering from driver. This could also maybe cause this kind of behaviour (?)
Steering sticks to central position
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as above i have a 2003 z4 and also experience steering problems at different times some days its perfect other days its hard to steer like as if i lost my power steeringand also noticed will not centre would be nice if someone found a cure
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Z4 Sticky Steering / The Temperary Fix
Add another to the list. 2004 Z4 2.5 ~ In Texas Cool mornings no problem, hot afternoons and it rears its ugly head. Now have 52000mi. 1st noticed it last summer at about 39K. It's always felt to me as if the sticking was happening high in the steering column like close to the steering wheel so the following made sense to me! Here's maybe some good news, I found the following 'possible' temporary fix on another blog site, haven't had time to try this on mine yet but I plan to in the next few days so here it is folks what someone else did that fixed their sticking steering and the hopeful temp fix----
If you remove the panel under the steering column (6 screws) pull the telescoping wheel all the way up, you can clean and re-grease the column shaft. Then work it in by sliding the wheel in and out and turning left to right. Again not a permanent fix but not hard to do. You don't have to remove the column. I just did mine and it's never felt smoother.
The 6 screws and panel look easy enough but after removing the panel exactly what did you do to lube the shaft? Can you see the bearing at that point? did you use a lithium grease or some other lubricant?
Follow the steering shaft down from the wheel and you will come to a shinny shaft. This is the inner race of the bearing. The bearing is inside the upper part of the column. When you pull the telescoping wheel in and out it slides up and down this stationary shaft. I used white lithium grease on my fingertips and coated the shinny part of this shaft. Easiest when the wheel is all the way up and pulled all the way out. Oh and I took the lower half of the steering column cover off too. 2 screws. One near the wheel unlock lever and one on top by the instrument cluster. Then it pops apart. Then just work the grease into the bearing by pushing the wheel in and out while turning the wheel side to side. Hope that's clearer.
Z4 Sticky Steering / The Temperary Fix
Steering problems are real and sometimes scary!
Purchased a used 2004 BMW Z 4 in February, the steering was fine until the daytime temps started reaching 65 degrees. Now in April with temps averaging above 65, this has really become a problem. It isn't too bad in the city, but kind of scary on the highway at high speeds. The steering "sticks" in one position, if you need to turn slightly to follow a curve, you have to give it a quick but slight turn, then it sticks in that position and you have to counter turn it back to where it was, were it will stick again. My vehicle is not under any kind of warranty, and was hoping this was a simple fix, however it doesn't sound like it. If people say this is normal, they are crazy.
Steering problems are real and sometimes scary!
Steering Problems (the continuing saga)
Hi Guys
I'm having the same problem for my Z4 as well. Meaning i just need to replaced the steering column will do (even though it will not solve my problem permenantly). Please advise. Thanks in advance.
Steering Problems (the continuing saga)
Z4 Steering - Possible fix?
I have had my 2004 Z4 for about 5 years. I quickly noticed the steering issue that many other have complained about and tried to fix. I thought someone described it very well when they said the power assist seems to come and go as you drive, causing the car to constantly over-correct as you drive down the road...usually in a somewhat zig-zag path.
I only drive my car in the summer and store it in my garage in the winter. I always disconnect the battery for storage. A couple of years ago, i took it out of storage and a few of the lights on the instrument panel no longer worked. On example was the outside temperature indicator which only had a couple of dashes instead of numbers. I didn't worry about it.
Eventually, I took the car in for routine service. The service writer informed me that everything checked out good, but a few sensors on the car needed to be reset since apparantly the battery had become too weak or had been disconnected at some point. This caused the sensors to require resetting. The service technician reset the sensors so all of my indicators on the instrument panel then worked. He also mentioned that if it happened again, reinitialize the sensors by turning the steering wheel all the way to the left and then all the way to the right (or vice versa). That process will reinitialize the sensors (according to him).
That was in June 2011. It wasn't long after that I realized I didn't have the steering issues anymore. My assumption or hope is that reinitializing the sensors also apparently reinitialized sensors in the steering system. And these sensors apparently make the system work properly.
I have no proof of this other than the fact that my car doesn't have the problem any longer and driving is much more pleasurable.
C Harter ([email protected])
Z4 Steering - Possible fix?
Just did mine. Shame on me for taking this long to complain to this entity or BMW. On a hot day this car is nuts in terms of steering.
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In regards to the steering problem the proper agency to contact and file a complaint is; the national Highway traffic safety agency their telephone number is; 888-327-4236, these are the people that will investigate how large a problem this is and if it is noteworthy of a recall. In other words, if enough people complained to this particular agency something will actually get done like a recall! I just got through filing a complaint with this agency do not waste your time with the Bureau of automotive repair they are a toothless agency and are worthless to this particular cause! So people that have this problemFILE A damn complaint! Even if you have paid to have this repaired. File A complaint if you don't file a complaint you might as well bend over now and wait for the next time you get screwed
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03 Z4 steering problems
This problem is no myth, my Z 4 with 95,000 miles has the same mysterious steering problem, I 1st noticed it at 75,000 miles when I bought the car, I was driving to Oregon one Christmas in the snow and the exact symptoms described in this thread were happening to my car. As soon as I got into warmer climate the problems seemed to dissipate, however in temperatures above 75° the problem occurs again and increases in severity as the temperature climbs,, I was going around the turn at high speed on the freeway and I literally had to jerk my steering wheel to correct back to center which scared the hell out of me and I'm fearless!!!!! I have heard something about a recall, is there any truth to this rumor? And who do I speak to to increase the odds of a recall happening,,.. I love my Z 4 because it's so much fun to drive, but this steering problem takes all the fun out of it!!!! and it has all the potential of becoming a lethal problem,,, help!!!!!!
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I have a shop up here in BC. One of my customers has this problem. The only difference being his vehicle does it all the time.
I did some research, BMW did produce a service bulletin stating that they were aware of the problem and were looking into it. That was back in 2004.
I also talked to the local BMW dealer and, although they were tight lipped about the problem, explained to me that they succesfully repaired this problem previously at the cost of around $2500.00.
Phil Harts Auto Repair Ltd
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BMW Z4 steering lock up
My 2003 with 29k does it. Just like you mention. Took it in last year - to a BMW dealer that I did NOT buy it from (used). They said it was OK - just the "high performance" steering package. Sounded goofy - but? Took it out of storage this year - and it has gotten worse. At 70mph, you have to almost break the wheel free. And the car swerves at that speed before you can counter the trun. Going back to where I bought it. Fortunately I bought a Warrranty. We'll see. With all I have recently read, don't see how they can say this is unheard of.
BMW Z4 steering lock up
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Having steering issues with 1998 328i BMW, please help?
Re: Steering Problems (the continuing saga)
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Re: Steering Problems (the continuing saga)
I experienced the same problem with daughters 2006 Z4 with 28,000 miles. I drive her car only occasionally. The first time I notice it was when I took it to the track last fall and on the straight section, when hitting speeds over 100mph, I felt that the car would not track straight but since I seldom drive at those speeds, I just assumed it was a result of the high speed or perhaps the track.
I noticed it again several weeks ago during a trip on the highway at about 60 mph and higher. I didn't connect the two incidents at the time and felt that perhaps is was a slight alignment problem and was going to take it in to a shop that understands alignments and sports cars. I stay away from the dealers on these types of issues because you cant talk to the mechanics. There are just too many layers of people there and only the government has a bigger bureaucracy than the BMW dealer.
Before I had a chance to take it in for an alignment, I took it in to the dealer to fix the broken light lens on the bottom of the interior mirror (still under warranty). As I picked up the car and started to head home, I notice that the steering didnt want to correct itself completely and wouldnt track straight. I turned around and went back in. A senior tech went for a drive with me and he acknowledged the problem, although it was slight. It was 80 degrees outside and the car had been baking in the sun for several hours so maybe that is what brought it on. Some of these posts say its more apparent when the inside of the car is hot. The tech thought it was the EPS. Said that some of the units had problems in the past. He called someone and that person pretty much confirmed the problem so I left the car with them.
He said that the entire steering column would need to be replaced. Hopefully that solves the problem. Lucky me, the warranty is still good for another 7 days!
Re: Steering Problems (the continuing saga)
If you feel it is a safety issue, file a formal complaint with NHTSA:
NHTSA Complaint Site
If they get enough complaints, it greatly increases the odds that BMW will finally address this issue and issue a recall. BMW will not do anything, IMHO, unless the Government twists their arm. And the government will not do that without formal complaints.
Be sure to include your VIN if you do file a complaint, as it increases the odds of action.
Re: Steering Problems (the continuing saga)
I am having the same problem with the steering on my 2004 Z4. On warm days the steering seems like it just locks up and you have to continue jerking the steering to keep the car under control. In the winter months the car is ok. I love the car but if this problem were to go away it would be more exciting to drive in warm weather. BMW needs to come up with some sort of a recall before someone gets hurt.
Re:thought we were crazy-bad steering in hot weath
So my wife and I both thought we were nuts, we both felt it but didn't say anything until one day (temp at about 98degrees) is was unbareable! It wasn't until I saw this post that we felt like we weren't just losing it~ I mean perfect steering in temps below 85??? Unheard of! we are taking it to the dealership in the morning. The worst part is we bought it last Sept (cool weather) and the warranty ran out in May (still fairly cool). Didn't start "acting up" until June.. Ofcourse! It is quite bazarr to leave the garage in the morning with it handling like a dream and 4 hours in the lot at work in the middle of summer and you may as well be driving home in a used go-cart. We have filed a complaint with the NHTSA thanks to the posts here. I suggest we all do the same to see if MAYBE they do something about it. Meanwhile- I'll prepare for the fight with the dealer tomorrow since we are 3 months out of warranty on a car with only 26,000 miles. Helluva thing when you've waited 40 years for a car that won't steer.
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hey johnny quest, i have a z4 can u tell me how they fixed it, and what part was redesign
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Re: any known fixes yet
File a formal safety complaint with NHTSA. Be sure to have your VIN handy when you file the complaint online, as having the VIN get the complaint much more attention. If NHTSA get enough complaints, it will open an investigation which may lead to a recall. And pass the word to any others you know that have this problem.
NHTSA site to file safety complaints
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Boost Your Metabolism and Eliminate Your Toxins
By Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS
A fast can be a terrific weight-loss method. During a fast, the primary source of fuel for the cells is fat. Of course, an improperly done fast can actually sabotage weight loss by disrupting your metabolism. The wrong kind of fasting can also threaten your health by stressing your liver, clogging your colon, and flooding your bloodstream with the oil soluble toxins that your body had been storing in its fat.
On the other hand, a fast done rightwith your body prepared for fasting and properly supported during the regimecan flush the accumulated toxins from your cells, accelerate your weight loss, cleanse your body, and combat the effects of aging. Periodic fasting of this type can clear up skin conditions, boost your energy, and put a sparkle in your eyes. Moreover, a properly done fast offers you a chance to detoxify your body. A body overloaded with toxins and pollutants suffers from a weakened immune system, a stressed-out liver, and, in all probability, a malfunctioning colon. Such toxic bodies are far more vulnerable to disorders great and small, ranging from colds, flu, fatigue, and allergiesall the way up to autoimmune conditions, heart disease, and cancer. In other words, properly done fasting is the missing link to better health. And fasting and detox have one more benefit, perhaps the most dramatic and the least well-known of all. Fasting is the missing link to long-term weight loss. Thats because detox and weight loss go hand in hand. The more toxic your body becomes, the more difficulty you will have losing weight and keeping it off.
More than 60 diseases have been linked to obesity. More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight, while at least 30 percent of US adults are obeseand close to 20 million children. Six out of ten Americans face a weight gain that might literally kill them by setting them up for diabetes, heart disease, and other deadly conditions. Now recall the almost daily warnings about the growing amount of pollutants, toxins, and synthetic chemicals found in our food, water, and air. The use of pesticides alone has doubled every 10 years since 1945. Every day, corporations, cars, and homes release 700,000 tons of pollution into our air. Farmers spray 72 different pesticides on our fruits and veggies. Cows are injected with estrogens to fatten them up and then stuffed with pesticide-laden grains to satisfy their artificial hunger. Im here to tell you theres a connection. Based on many years as a practicing nutritionist, I see a clear link between rising levels of obesity and the fact that most of us are becoming more toxic every year. Clearly, we are in need of both diet and detoxa safe, effective way to lose weight based on supporting our livers and colons.
When we begin to detoxify, two simultaneous procedures begin. One takes place on the cellular level, as each of our bodys cells gets an opportunity to release any toxins it may hold. Thats why drinking lots of fluids is such an important part of any fastit helps flush out these toxins as they are released into the bloodstream. At the same time, our organs have an extra chance to eliminate toxins stored inside the body, but outside the cells. We may find ourselves sweating, coughing, or experiencing other symptoms of our bodys new determination to unload the poisons it has stored for so long, including headaches, fatigue, irritability, and foggy thinking. The explanation is simple: as we burn up stored body fat for fuel, the oil-soluble toxins weve stored in our fat are also released, sometimes causing distress as they recirculate through the system. Although this so-called healing crisis can be uncomfortable for some people, a good detox makes us feel much better in the end. Sharpened senses, more restful sleep, fewer or less severe allergies, and improved mental clarity are only some of the benefits you may experience from an effective detox.
Its essential to prepare for your one-day fast with a seven-day prequel. This involves fortifying your liver and stimulating your colon to eliminate waste properly; drinking lots of pure water; and avoiding alcohol, refined sugar, and other detox detractors. Prepare for your detox with this simple six-step program.
Green leafy vegetables and herbs (1/2 cup cooked or 1 cup raw): parsley, kale, watercress, chard, cilantro, beet greens, escarole, dandelion greens, or mustard greens. Chlorophyll-rich greens are powerful blood purifiers.
Citrus (1 orange or juice of 1/2 fresh lemon or lime): oranges, lemons, and limes are full of vitamin C, perhaps the most liver-loving vitamin of them all. Vitamin C stimulates the production of glutathione, the livers premier antioxidant.
Sulfur-rich foods: garlic (at least one clove, minced, preferably raw), onions (1.2 cup cooked), eggs (2), or daikon radish (1/4 cup sliced, either raw or cooked). These foods make toxins easier to eliminate.
Liver healers: artichoke (1 small whole or 4 cooked hearts), asparagus (1/2 cup cooked), beets (1/2 cup cooked or 1 cup raw), celery (2 medium stalks), dandelion tea (1 to 2 cups), whey (1 to 2 scoops), or nutritional yeast flakes (1 to 2 teaspoons).
2. Each day, choose at least two of the following colon-caring foods:
Powdered psyllium husks (1 to 2 teaspoons in 8 ounces of water),milled or ground flaxseeds (2 to 3 tablespoons), carrot (1 small raw), apple (1 small raw with skin), pear (1 small raw with skin), or berries (1 cup).
3. Each day, drink half your body weight in ounces of filtered or purified water.Water helps detoxify your system by carrying away waste products more efficiently and helping your liver, colon, and digestive system do their jobs. Our cells, too, need water to carry away their metabolic waste products.
4. Each day, make sure you have at least two servings (the size of the palm of your hand) of protein: lean beef, veal, lamb, skinless chicken, turkey, or fish. If youre a vegetarian, have at least two tablespoons a day of high-quality blue-green algae or spirulina source. Protein activates the production of the enzymes that your detox system needs to break down toxins into water-soluble substances so they can be eliminated from the body.
5. Each day, make sure you have 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil.
Olive oil and flaxseed oil will lubricate your intestines, helping your colon to more easily pass all waste productsand the toxins they carryout of your body.
6. Avoid the following detox detractors:Excess fat, especially trans fat from processed and fried foods; sugar and all its relatives; artificial sweeteners; refined carbohydrates (including white rice and products made from white flour); gluten (found in wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut, and all their products);soy protein isolates; alcohol and caffeine; mold (found in overly ripe fruits, especially melons); and milk and cheese.
Healthy fastingthe kind supported by adequate nutritional preparation for the liver and sufficient fiber for the colonis probably the best-kept secret I know to good health, long-term weight loss, and an overall feeling of well-being. To conduct your one-day fast, follow these four simple steps.
2 quarts cranberry water (add 8 ounces unsweetened cranberry juice to 56 ounces filtered water, or 3 tablespoons unsweetened cranberry juice concentrate to 60 ounces of filtered water) 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground ginger 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 3/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice Stevia Plus to taste (2 packets seems ideal)
2. Alternate drinking-1 cup (8 ounces) of filtered water and 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups of Miracle Juice during the day. Drink at least 72 ounces of filtered water throughout the day, in addition to the Miracle Juice. Make sure you drink at least 1 cup of liquideither water or the juiceevery hour. Begin the protocol when you wake up in the morning.
3. Upon rising and at the end of the day, take 1 serving of a colon caring supplement, such as powdered psyllium husks (1 to 2 teaspoons mixed in 8 ounces of water or Miracle Juice) or ground or milled flaxseeds (2 to 3 tablespoons mixed in 10 to 12 ounces of water or 8 ounces Miracle Juice).
4. Engage in light exercise, either a 20-minute walk or 10 minutes on the rebounder, a light form of exercise that involves jumping on a mini trampoline.
A variety of supplements can help you maintain your health after your fast. Start with a daily multivitamin/mineral supplement. Antioxidants are crucial for liver detox and maintaining your health in general. Vitamins C and E are particularly important, as are glutathione, N-acetylcysteine, L-cysteine, and vitamin B2. Continue to take an HCl and pepsin supplement with meals. Also incorporate omega-3s in the form of fish oil liquid or soft gels. Omega-3 fatty acids enhance glucose regulation and help reverse insulin resistance, both of which actions ultimately support weight control. EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA(docosahexaenoic acid) are essential fatty acids that are also anti-inflammatory agents.
Once youve completed your detox, I hope youve both lost some weight and gained a new attitude. I dont want you to try to detox for just the 11 days it takes to complete this programI hope you become so hooked on detox that youll start to eat healthy, clean, organic foods; cleanse your system regularly; and discover that the best way to lose weight and keep it off is to protect our health, your body, and our planet.
This article is adapted from The Fast Track Detox Diet with permission from the author. More info at www.fatflush.com.
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L+M to Finizio: Learn facts, stop false rhetoric
New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio has an open invitation from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital to visit with us, lest he continue to be confused about certain actions we've taken in the past year to improve care and to prepare our organization for what knowledgeable observers predict will be an increasingly difficult future for hospitals ("Finizio blasts L+M for not behaving like a nonprofit" - The Day, Dec. 22).
L+M is one of the city's largest employers and economic drivers, and provides millions of dollars in community benefits to New London and the rest of our community. Given that, we are disappointed Mayor Finizio continues to loudly and publicly repeat false or misleading information fed to him by others about everything from the hospital's financial condition to the moving of certain non-acute-care services off our main campus.
Given his lack of experience in the complex field of health care, a brief visit to the hospital or even a phone call would help the mayor better understand these and other issues before he speaks publicly about them.
Let's start with his erroneous claim that L+M is "skewing data" to make our financial outlook appear dire. Like other hospitals in Connecticut and throughout the country, L+M's financial condition dramatically changed this past year due to unexpected, massive cuts in government reimbursement and a sharp decrease in patient volume. He need not take our word for it, though. He could consult the bond rating agencies - Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's - that report a negative outlook for non-profit hospitals. Indeed, S&P recently downgraded L+M's rating from A+ to A and downgraded its outlook to "negative."
Still, the mayor observed, "This is an institution that just bought another hospital and opened a Cancer Center."
Yes, we did, and we are proud of both milestones. Having apparently accepted the oft-repeated but false contention that L+M paid $69 million to acquire Westerly Hospital this summer, the mayor would do well to know we really spent less than $10 million in cash on the deal. The Westerly acquisition allowed us to transfer $2.5 million in overhead expenses from L+M to Westerly last fiscal year and $5 million in 2014. Had he asked, he would have been welcome to consult our independent auditors, who called the acquisition a "bargain sale."
Previously losing millions each year for several years, Westerly Hospital finished in the black for the fourth months at the end of its 2013 fiscal cycle after the L+M acquisition - a dramatic financial reversal by any standard, and one that strengthens L+M's strategic positioning in a very rapidly changing, competitive field.
As for the new Cancer Center in Waterford, the mayor should know it is being largely financed by a $30 million capital fundraising campaign that has generated nearly two-thirds of its goal in cash and pledges. We invite him to make his own contribution and join thousands of donors who have already supported this robust outpouring of community support for locally available, comprehensive, world-class cancer care.
The mayor has decried the relocation of services such as outpatient mental health services off the L+M main campus. Had he ever asked us, we would have explained this was a move conceived and recommended by our psychiatrists in the interest of patients, and that the combining of mental health and primary care services in the same community-based office settings not only reduces the stigma for those seeking mental health care, it is considered a national best practice.
Unfortunately, these are but a few examples of the mayor's apparent misunderstanding of or disinterest in the facts. Either could be remedied with a simple educational discussion with any or all of those who oversee operations at L+M.
We are proud of our hospital and health care system. We want the mayor to be, too. However, first, he has to ask questions and assemble facts, rather than simply parrot others' rhetoric. We invite him to call us or, better yet, stop by to learn. We will all be better for it.
William A. Stanley is Lawrence + Memorial's Vice President for Development + Community Relations.
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Hey Trey Songz Fans,
We all know that that Trey has a immense amount of Faith and recognizes his blessings as he is living in them right now. Which is what I LOVE MOST ABOUT him. We also know that some blessings can pull us aways from God.
However, only through prayer, reading God's Word and fasting, can we maintain a STRONG and SUCCESSFUL relationship with Christ. As we know, Trey has been very busy traveling and recording music that we all love, as well as being in various venues. We never know what spiritual warfare he is up against. So I decided to create a PRAYER discussion.
All of Trey's fan's who believe in God, lets make this discussion worth wide. Lets start encouraging him to stay prayed-up, knowledgable in God's Word and to maintain his relationship with Christ.
(Please NOTE" I am NOT insinuating that Trey is not already doing this, but I just want him to know that we got his back in prayer.)
Feel free to leave your prayers, comments, etc here. We are never to young, to old or to wordly, to pray. Plus, I think Trey will read and appreciate this post.
NOTE: THIS IS A PRAYER POST NOT A JUDGING POST. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY PLEASE DON'T COMMENT. Remember..DEATH AND LIFE IS IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE..so..LETS SPEAK LIFE.
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A weekly look at legislative happenings in the capitol
A weekly report on happenings in Missouri's state government. Aside from noting actions of locally-elected officials Rep. Nate Walker (R-003), Rep. Craig Redmon (R-004) and Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-18), this is a summary of important bills and votes from the Missouri House and Senate.
Tracking Walker
Rep. Walker is co-sponsoring House Bill 457, which would allow doctors, nurses and other medical professionals to not participate in certain specified medical procedures or research, defined as that pertaining to abortions, abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, non-medically necessary sterilization, assisted reproduction, human cloning, embryonic stem-cell research, human somatic cell nuclear transfer, fetal tissue research, and nontherapeutic fetal experimentation, if it violates his or her conscience.
The bill defines "conscience" as "the religious, moral, or ethical principles held by a medical professional or a health care institution. … a medical professional's conscience means a sincere and meaningful belief in God or in relation to a supreme being, or a belief which, though not so derived, occupies in the life of its possessor a place parallel to that filled by God among adherents to religious faiths. A health care institution's conscience shall be determined by reference to its existing or proposed religious, moral, or ethical guidelines, mission statement, constitution, bylaws, articles of incorporation, regulations, or other relevant documents."
Tracking Munzlinger
Sen. Munzlinger was appointed to the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight.
Introduced this week: Senate
SJR 16: Would, by constitutional amendment, raise Missouri's sales and use tax by 1 percent for 10 years, the proceeds from which would be dedicated for transportation purposes.
SB 266: Would prohibit health care professionals and facilities from "intentionally" entering into a patient's medical record any information regarding firearm ownership if the information is not directly related to the patient's medical care or safety. It also prohibits school employees from asking students under age 18 whether their parents, guardians or anyone residing with the student, owns a firearm.
Introduced this week: House
HB 420: Would allow the open carry of a firearm by anyone with a valid concealed carry endorsement from any state to carry that firearm in areas where such practice has been prohibited by ordinance, provided the weapon is 16 inches or less in length and the individual displays valid permits if asked by a law enforcement officer. Failure to do so would result in a fine up to $35, but no criminal citation.
HB 439: Would govern student participation in extracurricular activities, preserving the school day for "academic activities" without "interruption for extracurricular activities." The bill does not outline what exactly qualifies as an "extracurricular" activity. It would also bar students who receive a failing grade from participating in activities during the following quarter, only being reinstated following a district grade review.
HB 474: Requires every member of the General Assembly to be subjected to random drug testing during the legislative session. Costs of tests must be paid by the member him or herself. Positive tests would result in the member being removed from office immediately and prohibit the member from running for any elective office for two years.
HB 492: Would allow law enforcement agencies to close records from the public regarding investigations into fitness and conduct of law enforcement officers, their employment status, or names and records of officer-involved shootings.
HB 494: Would make owning, using, possessing, manufacturing, purchasing or selling firearm magazines capable of holding 10 rounds or more of ammunition a class D felony. Those possessing magazines prior to Aug. 28, 2013 would not be prosecuted unless those magazines are used or sold after that date.
That's what they call governing
Sponsored by Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-049), House Joint Resolution 24 aims to, by constitutional amendment, reduce the length of time a person must be a member of an organization before participating in the operation of a bingo game.
Vote of the week
Both Rep. Redmon and Rep. Walker joined the majority in approving HB 87, 149-2. The legislation extends provisions of income tax credits for a surviving spouse of a public safety officer who has not remarried; and numerous other tax credits that were set to expire. The bill will be offered to the Senate.
Tracking SB 16
The bill sponsored by Sen. Munzlinger that would exempt farm work by children under age 16 from certain child labor requirements was placed on the Senate consent calendar last week, but pulled from the calendar by Sen. Ron Richard (R-32) this week under Senate Rule 45, which allows any member of the Committee on Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics to return bills to committee.
Tracking HB 110
The fast-tracked House bill that would change how statewide office vacancies are filled received its second reading in the Senate and was referred to the Senate Financial and Government Organizations and Elections Committee.
HB 110 would allow the governor to make an appointment, but that appointee would serve only until the next General Election and would not be eligible to seek election to that office.
Tracking HB 305
Rep. Walker's bill extending expiration dates on certain closed records through 2016 was replaced by HB 256, an identical bill that was filed prior to 305.
HB 256 has passed the House General Laws Committee.
The bill is aimed at security procedures that became part of public record when a provision to close those records sunset on Dec. 31, 2012.
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Certified Insulated Siding Builds Confidence in Energy-Efficient Cladding
According to a recent study by Newport Ventures, Inc., a third-party energy consulting firm, insulated siding—vinyl siding with permanently attached foam insulation—can improve a home's energy efficiency by reducing heat escaping through studs and other framing. While this cladding has been recognized as a continuous insulation option for improving energy performance for many years, now homeowners selecting insulated siding can have the confidence of certification to an ASTM quality standard. [ASTM International was previously called the American Society for Testing and Materials. It's an international consensus-based standards setting organization for all kinds of materials, processes, and installations.]
Through its Product Certification Program, the Vinyl Siding Institute (VSI) has been verifying that vinyl siding meets or exceeds relevant ASTM standards for more than a decade with third-party certification through Architectural Testing, Inc. (ATI), an accredited quality control agency. This June, after ASTM released a new standard for insulated vinyl siding, VSI added insulated siding to the list of products that can be certified through its program.
All insulated siding certified through VSI's program is verified to meet or exceed ASTM D7793 through twice yearly, unannounced plant inspections, product testing, and quality review by ATI. ATI's tests and reviews verify the siding's weatherability, wind resistance, impact resistance, and color retention, among other performance attributes. Colors that earn certification must also demonstrate the ability to resist major changes over time and exposure to the elements in a variety of climates, as verified by a two-year, outdoor weathering study.
In addition, certified insulated siding is required to demonstrate a minimum thermal resistance R-value, of at least R-2.0 to ensure its energy performance. As you may know, insulated siding is recognized in the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code as continuous insulation that can be used as continuous insulation outside of building framing to provide the required total wall R-value for buildings in the coldest climate zones. It can also help homes qualify under the Energy Star Qualified Homes Program Version 3. (See "Insulated Siding Provides Continuous Insulation," HE, May/June 2011.)
To identify insulated siding as certified, look for the VSI Product Certification Program mark on cartons or product websites. You can also search VSI's Official List of Certified Products and Colors, where an "I" connotes insulated siding, at www.vinylsiding.org.
To learn more about insulated siding, including a guide on the product for energy raters, or the Newport Ventures study on the energy performance of homes retrofit with insulated siding, visit www.insulatedsiding.info.
Matt Dobson is the director of Code & Regulatory Programs for the Vinyl Siding Institute, Inc., in Washington, D.C., the trade association for manufacturers of vinyl and other polymeric siding and suppliers to the industry. VSI sponsors the VSI Product Certification Program and the VSI Certified Installer Program. You can follow VSI on Twitter at www.twitter.com/vinylsidinginfo.
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- Apr 15:
- Second former CU-Boulder student takes plea deal in pot brownie case
- Mar 1:
- Former CU-Boulder student pleads guilty, apologizes for pot-brownie prank
- Jan 25:
- Arraignment delayed for two CU-Boulder students accused in pot brownie case
- Dec 12:
- CU-Boulder student charged with 18 felonies, suspended from school in pot brownie case
- Editorial: Brownie stunt was serious
- Dec 10:
- CU-Boulder student hospitalized after eating pot brownie: 'I felt violated'
- Dec 9:
- 2 CU-Boulder students arrested for feeding pot brownies to classmates, professor
Mary Elizabeth Essa, the second of two University of Colorado students accused of sickening a professor and seven classmates last week with pot-infused brownies, formally was charged with 18 felonies today by Boulder County prosecutors.
Essa, 19, was charged with eight counts of second-degree assault and eight counts of inducing the consumption of a controlled substance, one count of each charge representing each victim, as well as one count each of conspiracy to commit second-degree assault and conspiracy to induce consumption of a controlled substance because they are alleged to have worked together.
Thomas Ricardo Cunningham, 21, was charged with identical counts Wednesday at his hearing.
Boulder County Judge Noel Blum did grant a travel request filed by Essa's attorney, Jon Banashek, allowing her to leave the state. According to police records, Essa is from Nevada.
Essa and Banashek declined to comment on the case after the appearance at the Boulder County Jail's courtroom.
According to police and court records, Cunningham and Essa brought marijuana-laced brownies to their history class Friday as part of "bring food day," but did not tell anyone else in the class that the brownies were laced with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
Later that day, assistant professor Celine Dauverd and several students complained of symptoms including dizziness, anxiety and loss of consciousness. Dauverd and two students were hospitalized after ingesting the brownies.
CU police said both Cunningham and Essa have admitted the brownies contained marijuana.
Each of the second-degree assault charges, Class 4 felonies, carries a possible prison sentence of two to six years, while the inducing consumption of a controlled substance charges and the conspiracy charges, all Class 5 felonies, carry possible prison sentences of one to three years each.
Both are free on $5,000 bond and due for arraignment on Jan. 25 after waiving their right to a status conference.


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Housepex Manifold Mixing and Pump Module With 2 Port Housepex Manifold With 5/8 Inch Adaptors
- Includes Taco Pump 00R-MSF-IFC - Mixing Valve - 1 Inch Ball Valves - Temperature Gauge - Water Bypass - Air Eliminator
Product ID • MODULE258000
The HousePEX PEX Manifold Mixing Injection Station has everything you need, in one convenient package system. Sized to work with HousePEX Manifolds or Caleffi Manifolds.
This complete packages include: Mixing Module, 2 Port HousePEX Manifiold with 5/8 Inch Adapters, Taco Circulation Pump 00R-MSF-IFC, Temperature Mixing Valve, 1 Inch NPT ball valves, Temperature Gauge, Hot Water bypass and Air Eliminator.
The HousePEX Manifold Mixing & Pump Module saves you time and money with fewer parts to purchase, there's fewer parts to install! Perfect for the contractor or do-it-yourselfer. Used for many hydronic heating projects where you need a lower tempeature than what the hydronic boiler is delivering. Perfect for radiant floor heating and other hydronic heating systems.
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HousePEX Heating Mixing Module with 2 Port PEX Manifold and 5/8 Inch Adapters - Techs and Specs
- Ports
- 2 Ports
- Pex Size
- 5/8 Inch PEX Tubing (ASTM/SDR) PEX-A, PEX-B or PEX-C
- PEX Adapters included in all PEX Manifold Module Kits
- Yes
- Air vent ports & air vent (eliminator) include
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- 100 Degree C
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- 1 Inch NPT
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CHATSWORTH — The Burroughs volleyball faced tough opposition on Thursday night, and didn't have enough to pull off another playoff upset. The Burros were swept 25-6, 25-15, 25-16 at Sierra Canyon in the second round of the Southern Section Division 3-AA playoffs, bringing an end to their 2013 season.
CHATSWORTH — The Burroughs volleyball faced tough opposition on Thursday night, and didn't have enough to pull off another playoff upset. The Burros were swept 25-6, 25-15, 25-16 at Sierra Canyon in the second round of the Southern Section Division 3-AA playoffs, bringing an end to their 2013 season.
"It was a tough last game for sure," Burros outside hitter Michaela Metcalf said. "We went into the gym overthinking some things, and we didn't come out playing our game in the first set. In the last set, we worked hard, played our game and played like we wanted to be there."
Burroughs (16-9) bounced back after dropping the first set by a wide margin, but couldn't avoid being swept out of the postseason. Sierra Canyon (22-5) had size and athleticism, and played with too much consistency for the Burros to have a shot at an upset.
"They were very consistent, and that's what it's all about when you get farther into the playoffs," Lazaro said. "Even when they were hitting from the back row they were getting kills — they'd just hit it right between us. They were smart enough and controlled enough as hitters to be able to hit it between us."
Lazaro said the Trailblazers were the best team Burroughs faced in the season aside from Tehachapi, who swept the Burros in September. In the victory, Sierra Canyon was sparked by 6-foot-5-inch opposite hitter Angela Bales and 5-foot-9-inch outside hitter Kyra Hill.
"She hit really consistently, jumped high and had a lot of topspin — the trajectory of the ball was straight down and would fall in front of us," Lazaro said about Hill.
Burroughs senior captains — Metcalf and setter Chantia Jennings — were both upbeat after the loss. Metcalf finished eight kills and one dig, and was one of the Burros' main offensive weapons throughout the season.
"We had a great season — the team as a whole did a great job," Metcalf said. "We definitely were a functional family that worked really well together and I'm going to miss them all."
Jennings had 18 assists, five digs and a solo block against Sierra Canyon. The orechestrator of Burroughs' 5-1 offense said the team's five-set victory over Highland in the first round of the playoffs on Tuesday was an added bonus to a fun regular season.
"Even though this is my last game, it doesn't take away from our season. I'm glad I had this group of girls as my teammates and I wouldn't change it," Jennings said. "This season has been amazing for all of us seniors."
Outside hitter Allie Silva tallied four kills, 20 serve receives and eight digs in defeat — opposite hitter Bridget Ingle added three kills and middle hitter Kristel Teuscher had two kills and a block. Defensively, libero Rebecca Floyd had eight digs and 22 serve receives.
For the second straight season, Burroughs' season ended with a second-round playoff loss at Sierra Canyon. The defeat brought an end to a successful campaign for a Burros' team that started the season with only four returning seniors.
"That's how it happens sometimes — it all comes to an end," Jennings said.