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The 2008 GMC Sierra lineup is built on a platform that was introduced last year. It supports the strongest, most capable Sierra lineup in history, with segment-leading fuel economy, capability and power — as well as agile ride and handling and an exceptionally quiet interior.
Sierra 1500 is available in several trim packages, including Work Truck, SL (crew cab only), SLE (SLE1 and SLE2 models) and SLT, along with 2WD and 4WD configurations. Three cab styles — regular, extended and crew cab — and three cargo box lengths — 5 feet 8 inches, 6 feet 6 inches and 8 feet — are offered.
The unique Sierra Denali, a truck that fuses performance and unmatched luxury, also returns for 2008. It is a distinct model, with differentiated, exclusive features that elevate its performance and design, such as an exclusive 6.2L all-aluminum V-8 engine with variable valve timing and a six-speed automatic transmission.
Minor changes
Because the Sierra was all-new in 2007, changes for 2008 are comparatively minor, enhancing Sierra's style and range of models. They include standard XM Satellite Radio on all models, availability of a power-adjustable driver's seat on regular cab models with a bench seat and two new exterior colors: Dark Crimson Metallic and Sonoma Red Metallic. Customers can now order a set of new, 22-inch bright-finish aluminum wheels and complementing tires for their Sierra 1500, available as a dealer-installed option.
Also new for 2008 is an integrated trailer brake controller on light-duty models. It is available on extended cab and crew cab models. Previously available only heavy-duty models, it is integrated with the ABS system and provides immediate and measured brake force signaling to electric-controlled trailer brake systems. There is no requirement for external and/or aftermarket brake control systems. The brake controller switch is conveniently mounted on the lower-left section of the instrument panel.
Later in the 2008 model year, the Sierra All Terrain will bow. This special model is based on the popular Z71 Off Road package and offers a distinctive, eye-catching combination of style and refinement. It is outfitted with special shocks, unique interior and exterior design cues, 18-inch chrome wheels and more.
The 2008 GMC Sierra is designed with a strong and refined appearance befitting the brand's professional grade philosophy, including muscular character lines and rounded edges. The front-end appearance, front fenders, hood and rear fenders are unique. A "center-focused" hood, which flows outward to meet the front fenders and stamped-in rear wheel flares enhance the muscular look.
All models except the fleet-oriented work truck model come with a distinctive chrome hood molding. Sierra's grille is complemented by large, jeweled-appearance headlamps. Sierra SLT models come with a chrome front bumper with a body-color top cap. All door handles feature large, grab-style designs that are easy to open with gloves.
A family of 17- and 20-inch factory-installed wheels and tires is available throughout the Sierra range, with Sierra Denali offering unique wheels. New for 2008 is a set of bright-finish 22-inch wheels, which is available as a dealer-installed option.
Sierra models are more spacious with increased storage space, as well as flush surfaces, tight gaps and tolerances, and improved comfort and convenience. Sierra Work Truck and SLE come with a "pure pickup" interior that features larger controls and door handles that are easier to use with gloves. SLE1 models on regular, extended and crew cabs are equipped with a new 40/20/40-split front bench seat, which features a fold-down armrest and storage compartment.
A large-capacity "double" glove box is integrated into the instrument panel on work truck and SLE models. Cloth seats are standard on SLE models and available on Work Trucks; leather seating is available on SLE models. SLE2-equipped vehicles add a six-way power-adjustable driver seat. Work Truck models are offered in a Dark Titanium interior color; SLE models are offered in an all-Ebony interior color, or Dark Titanium/Light Titanium and Ebony/Light Cashmere combinations.
SLT models feature a luxury-inspired interior with unique instrument panel, door panels, larger-capacity center console and other distinct trim. Heated, 12-way power-adjustable driver's seat, leather seating surfaces, Bose speaker system and heated windshield washer system are standard. Crew cab SLT models add a rear-seat audio system. SLT interior color schemes include all-Ebony, Dark Titanium/Light Titanium and Dark Cashmere/Light Cashmere combinations.
Standard on crew cab models and available on extended cab models is a stadium-style rear seat with a 60/40-split design. It can be easily folded up to provide an uninterrupted load floor. Or, either section of the split seat can be stowed independently, allowing room for both cargo and a rear-seat passenger. Entry to the rear seat/storage area of extended cab models is eased with rear access doors that open 170 degrees.
Convenience items
A variety of useful convenience items are available on SLE and SLT models, including a touch-screen navigation radio, power-operated sunroof, power-sliding rear window and XM Satellite Radio. A rear seat entertainment system is available on crew cab SLE2 and SLT models, and all models are available with a variety of radio systems. XM Satellite Radio is standard on all models.
Responsive driving experience
The 2008 GMC Sierra delivers enhanced stability and driving confidence from a new, boxed frame, coil-over-shock front suspensions and rack-and-pinion steering. Fives suspension systems are available, each tailored to suit specific driving requirements. They include:
Z83 — Delivers a solid, smooth ride with monotube front shocks and twin-tube rear shocks.
Z85 — Designed for enhanced handling and trailer towing, with monotube front and rear shocks.
Z71 — Delivers enhanced off-road capability; features specific monotube front and rear shocks.
Z60 — Designed for maximum street performance and offered with 20-inch wheels.
NHT — Maximum-capacity trailering.
GM's sophisticated StabiliTrak electronic stability control system helps mitigate the occurrence of rollover events; it is standard on crew cab models and available on extended cab models — and is a segment exclusive. Partnered with an improved, high capacity brake system and four-channel, four-sensor electronic brake controls, the system provides more precise, controlled ABS stops, as well as enhanced traction/yaw stability.
Efficient engines
Sierra models are powered by an efficient lineup of engines, led by the segment's highest-rated V-8 engines. Advanced technology, such as Active Fuel Management (AFM) and variable valve timing (VVT), helps Sierra deliver the segment's best fuel economy. A FlexFuel engine is available — and partnered with fuel-saving AFM — gives customers the choice of powering their truck with E85 ethanol, gasoline or a combination of both fuels. Light-duty engine offerings include:
4.3L V-6 (LU3), rated at 195 hp (145 kW) and 260 lb.-ft. of torque (353 Nm).
4.8L V-8 (LY2), with iron block; rated at 295 hp (220 kW) and 305 lb.-ft. of torque (414 Nm).
5.3L FlexFuel V-8 (LMG), E85-capable with iron block and Active Fuel Management, rated at 315 hp (235 kW) and 338 lb.-ft. of torque (458 Nm).
5.3L FlexFuel V-8 (LC9), E85-capable with aluminum block and Active Fuel Management, rated at 315 hp (235 kW) and 338 lb.-ft. of torque (458 Nm).
5.3L V-8 (LH6), with aluminum block and Active Fuel Management, rated at 315 hp (235 kW) and 338 lb.-ft. of torque (458 Nm).
5.3L V-8 (LY5), with iron block and Active Fuel Management, rated at 315 hp (235 kW) and 338 lb.-ft. of torque (458 Nm).
6.0L V-8 (L76), with aluminum block, variable valve timing and Active Fuel Management, rated at 367 hp (274 kW) and 375 lb.-ft. of torque (508 Nm). This engine is available on SLE and SLT extended and crew cab models as part of the enhanced trailering package.
6.2L V-8 (L92), with aluminum block and variable valve timing, rated at 403 hp (298 kW) and 417 lb.-ft. of torque (565 Nm). This engine is exclusive to Sierra Denali.
The engines are backed by proven Hydra-Matic electronically controlled automatic transmissions, including the 4L60 four-speed automatic, high capacity 4L70 four-speed automatic and a new 6L80 six-speed with the Sierra Denali's 6.2L engine. The six-speed automatic has a wide, 6.04:1 overall ratio — including two overdrive gears — that helps deliver an excellent balance of performance and fuel economy. Also, the 6L80 has a "tap up/tap down" capability that allows the driver to manually select upshifts and downshifts with a button on the column shifter.
As evidenced by its five-star frontal crash test rating from NHTSA, Sierra delivers a perimeter of safety protection through a stronger frame and body structure as well as industry- and segment-leading technology. New features include segment-first StabiliTrak electronic stability control with rollover mitigation technology, head curtain side air bags, which are integrated into strengthened chassis and body structures to provide excellent passenger protection, and segment-first safety belt pretensioners that activate during a rear-end crash.
The head curtain side air bags are available on Sierra SLE and SLT models; they are standard on Sierra Denali models.
Driver control dynamics are enhanced by wider front and rear tracks, as well as more responsive suspensions — including a new coil-over-shock front suspension design and rack-and-pinion steering. Additional safety features are offered on Sierra, including factory-installed remote vehicle starting (segment exclusive), Autotrac active transfer case to help keep the vehicle sure-footed in slippery driving situations, Ultrasonic Rear Parking Assist and a revised, easier-to-use tire pressure monitoring system.


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March 06. 2014 8:30PM
'Death with Dignity Act' finds little support in NH House
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— The House Thursday soundly rejected legislation that would have allowed a terminally ill patient to seek a lethal prescription from cooperating physicians.
House Bill 1325
, the "Death with Dignity Act," the patient must have received a prognosis of six months or less to live by two physicians. The vote against the bill was 219-66.
But the House approved establishing a new seven-member committee to study "end-of-life" decisions and the state's medical directive law. The vote to pass
House Bill 1226
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The "end-of-life" committee would also investigate "the positive and negative effects of legislation in states that have enacted aid-in-dying laws," and "how to encourage careful and responsible deliberation about this complex and emotional issue."
Chief proponent Rep. Rich Watrous, D-Concord, maintained that as the state is "rapidly aging, and modern medicine becomes more intrusive, end-of-life care should be periodically examined by the Legislature so that our citizens maintain control over their lives and determine what medicine and procedures they wish to receive."
On the "Death With Dignity" lethal prescription bill, opponents said assisted suicide is the "incorrect approach" to dealing with the terminally ill and could lead to abuse of the elderly and disabled.
But prime sponsor Rep. Joel Winters, D-Nashua, said everyone has a right to determine "the rendering of their own medical care."
He said it was based on Oregon legislation that has been in effect for about 15 years and said his bill contained several "protections" to prevent abuse.
"The point is to allow someone who is suffering a choice," Winters said. Once the prescription drug is obtained, he said, "They can choose each and every day whether they want to go on."
But Rep. Lenette Peterson, R-Merrimack, said the bill would provide "a new deadly avenue for predators and could lead to a convenient termination a life so that imperfections, consequences and conflict" can result in a person's death.
"Other people would eventually be deciding whether you should live or not," Peterson said.
"Death is not a treatment," Peterson said. "Doctors take an oath and that oath does not include killing their patients."
Rep. Robert Rowe, R-Amherst, said the bill was fraught with problems.
"When the fatal prescription is prescribed, who will pick it up?" he asked. "And if the person who receives it decides not to use it, where do these drugs go? They could go into your medicine cabinet."
The "end of life" committee bill will require recommendations by Sept. 1, which Peterson said was too soon for such complex and important questions.
But Watrous said the time frame is adequate. He said the Legislature occasionally studies such issues "and it is time to do so again."


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Danielle Jonas Catches The Snitch
Danielle Jonas is pregnant and now we've got some problems. The first problem is how much do I have to explain about who Danielle Jonas is? She's at a particularly weird point in the celebrity life cycle where some people (ME!) know enough about her to make fun of her decorating taste and yet lots of other people (although probably not many regular readers of this blog) are going to be like "who? It's pronounced 'Danielle Fishele'."
So for those who have not been demented enough to be giving her attention, the answer is she's Kevin Jonas' wife. Still confused? She's married to the oldest Jonas brother and they have a reality show on the E! Network.
The other problem is that she's basically the worst. Her show, the sloppily named Married to Jonas, started off as a total hate-watch. From her first day on television she was a charisma vacuum. She complained about how uncomfortable she was with the spotlight, how she didn't want to be seen as an opportunist because of her marriage. Her show is basically about how difficult it is for her to be interesting on her own show.
Obviously this made no sense. Obviously being married to a star – a JONAS no less - doesn't mean you need to live a public life. Obviously we've heard more from Danielle f*cking Jonas in the past year than we have from Rita Wilson, Kelly Preston, or Danny Moder combined. My point is, girl was desperate to be famous and doing a terrible job overcompensating…which has actually turned out to be pretty entertaining.
Now after two seasons of complaining about a spotlight that never existed, Danielle Jonas is knocked up and there's an actual reason to pay attention. So is this the moment where we give in? Where, like Tyra Banks, The Real Housewives, or Kathy Lee Gifford before her, hate-watching suddenly gives way to actual celebrity? I guess the fact that we're talking about this today is the answer. (Lainey: or, more precisely, Dean's answer.)
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The Buckeye Firearms Association announced grades and endorsements for candidates running for office in the 2012 Ohio general election.
BFA, a grassroots, non-partisan, all-volunteer political action committee, graded more than 250 candidates on their support for gun rights in Ohio. Of these, 109 candidates earned their highly coveted official endorsement. These include candidates running for the U.S. House and Senate, Ohio Supreme Court, Ohio Senate, Ohio House, Court of Appeals, Sheriff, and other offices.
"The Second Amendment is a cornerstone of our individual rights in the United States and here in Ohio," said Jim Irvine, Chairman of Buckeye Firearms Association. "That's why we put so much effort into our candidate grades and issue our endorsements with great care. Citizens get the public servants they deserve. So if you want to protect your Second Amendment rights, you have to vote for candidates who understand and respect those rights."
BFA is the primary grassroots voice for gun owners in Ohio. By supporting pro-gun legislators and working with them to enact many "pro-gun" state laws, the political action committee has proven its ability to move meaningful legislation that brings real benefits to all Ohio citizens.
In addition, their many thousands of highly loyal, vocal, and active grassroots supporters give endorsed candidates an edge in elections. Ohio candidates have taken notice and now actively seek out BFA's endorsement.
"We don't give out endorsements lightly," said Linda Walker, BFA Central Ohio Chair and NRA Board Member. "In fact, we don't 'give' endorsements at all. Candidates have to 'earn' our endorsement. That means they have to vote for our bills and prove themselves. We hold candidates accountable."
Buckeye Firearms Association offers endorsed candidates a wide range of assistance, including help with fundraising, publicizing events, driving volunteer support, and voter education.
Ohio voters can access BFA's grades and endorsements by visiting www.BuckeyeFirearms.org.
Buckeye Firearms Association is a grassroots political action committee (PAC) dedicated to defending and advancing the right of Ohio citizens to own and use firearms for all legal activities, including self-defense, hunting, competition, and recreation. We work to elect pro-gun candidates and lobby for pro-gun legislation.


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I am comparing the argument that there is no gay gene because it has not been 'scientifically' proven to the fact that "God has not been proven real." I do believe in God, and he does not need to be proven to me because I feel him. What I meant was it is not a valid argument to use science only in the ways one thinks proves his point, if the author is going to use science as part of his argument, he should expect lots more questions about other aspects of his argument in.
The Bible and God are so incredibly complex that with out little human minds, we can't possibly expect to understand everything. However, we can ask God what his plan for us is and through the holy spirit we can learn to understand. This is what I've done, and there is no doubt in my mind that God wants me to be anything other than what I am and how I am.
Jude, I am very confused when you said God has not been proven real, and yet you posted quotes from the bible as if you believed it is real.
And Jason, your probably talking about the wrong light of the day. For me it's God's light, not the world's light. And I'm sure Jonathan is loving himself.
As a homosexual myself, I believe it is fully wrong, and I wouldn't change my mind one bit. God never created Adam and Steve. Man + woman = relationship. No man + man, or woman + woman. That doesn't work. I guarantee most gay men or woman won't ever be truely satisfied with that relationship. I know I wasn't, even when I was in a relationship with a guy, it just fell apart. And I knew then God had different plans for me. I might stay single because of my sexuality, and I'm okay with that. I'm doing this for God. And as for Lady Gaga, I was a fan until this song came out. Right then I knew that she would be a ungodly influence on me. Of course I enjoy listening to Telephone and Just Dance, but that's it. I believe we were born with sin.
I can't help this feelings, but I can for surely stop acting upon them.
You must be really stupid, Jonathan. Get you're head out of the bible and start loving yourself and then maybe you'll see the light of day :-(. By the way I'm straight..not by choice, but because it's the way I happen to be and can't change it.
- Leviticus 19: 13b also says "Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight" but most of us get paid bimonthly, is this a sin?
- Leviticus 19: 27 "Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard," is this a sin?
- 1 Chorinthians 11:5 "And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--it is just as though her head were shaved."
- 1 Corinthians 11:13 "Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?" So, God will only accept my prayers if I am wearing a toque? … or can I wear a fedora?
- 1 Timothy 2:12 "I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent." All women pastors, professors, teachers, etc are sinning because they are teaching men?
- Ephesians 5:22 "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord."
- 1 John 4: 8 "God is love." All love? Or just love between straight people.
Is it maybe possible that the bible is outdated in some aspects? Including the part about haircuts, women and gay people?
Jonathan McKee/David Smith missed the entire point of Lady Gaga's song "Born this way" and created a manipulated version to suit their beliefs. Not only is he making a ridiculous comparison between sexual preference and crime, he also dismisses sexuality as a tendency. Sexuality is much more complex than he gives it credit as seen in his naïve and poorly researched statements. McKee/Smith take Lady Gaga's lyrics very literally and accuse her of making assertions on subjects she is not educated on, then they do the same thing but try to gain credibility by explaining that they've read an article or two on the subject and use this to strengthen their argument. McKee's/Smith's cynical dismissal of arguments on the gay gene is one sided and not fully explored. The entire argument is convoluted and contradictory.
Putting gay people into the same category as murderers and drug addicts is ignorant and insulting. Gay people do not harm anyone, they simply want to be able to show love and affection to their partners the same way straight people do. Drug addicts and murderers harm themselves, their families, other peoples families, and on a larger scale cause fear amongst individuals in society. Gay people are not breaking any laws by loving someone of the same sex. Drug addicts and murderers—I think it's self-explanatory. Drug addicts and murderers have a choice, being gay is NOT a choice. Why would anyone choose to be despised by the general population? Why would anyone choose to be targeted on a daily basis by heterosexism, not to mention homophobia? Why would gay teens across North America come out only to be teased and bullied by not only their classmates, but often times their families too, to the point of resorting to suicide as the only solution they can find. If this was a choice, the options are very easy, be straight and 'normal' according to society's standards or be gay and be marginalized for the rest of your life. Whether or not you are 'born this way' or that, the fact is you have no control of who you fall in love with; plans don't always go the way you want them to. For McKee/Smith to judge gay people and place them in the same category as criminals and addicts is 'intrinsically wrong and internally incongruent.'
McKee/Smith challenge Lady Gaga to use "sin" in the same context God did, though in their argument they do not do the same. The article brings up a taboo example of not acting on a desire for a 'voluptuous' 14 year old female, which apparently is a realistic desire for a man of God. Not acting on desire does not equal sinless. In face take this verse:
"But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. (From the NIV Bible, Matthew 5:28-30)"
McKee/Smith are only humans. Of course they will see women (or heaven forbid, men) and they will feel attractions because that's what human beings do, we are attracted to people and we desire them. Yet, neither of them have gouged out their eyes. The point is, if they harp on Gaga for not using 'sin' the same way God did, they should probably ensure that they're ducks are all in order- in this case they are not.
Desires are only a small fraction of what sexuality is. Ask any gay person and he/she will tell you that being gay is not just a physical desire, it is much more emotional. Its not about having 'tendencies,' it's about discovering who you are and once you've discovered it accepting yourself and learning to love yourself, this is one part of Gaga's main message. Although, many people have gay tendencies not all are gay, some are bicurious and their tendencies only go as far as a sexual fantasy. Others, however, discover that they are gay, probably around the same time straight people discover that they are straight. Again being gay is not a choice and so I'm a bit confused about what McKee/Smith mean by 'give up hope, give in, and go fully gay.' What hope are gay people giving up? The hope that they might be what society wants them to be? And what does it mean to "go" fully gay? Can someone "go" fully straight? Sexuality is so much more complex than what McKee/Smith claim it to be, perhaps because simplifying it is the only way they can understand such a complicated aspect of human nature. Their cynicism does not stop there.
If McKee/Smith suggests that Lady Gaga's song lyrics "born this way" are scientific assertions because he chooses to take them in the most literal way then should we take Worship song lyrics literally as well? "Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of your name," last time I said "Jesus" to the Atlantic ocean, nothing really happened, and the Rocky's also stayed put. These lyrics, just like many worship songs are not meant to be taken literally. The lyrics are meant to be creative and poetic. Lady Gaga's message is to love and accept oneself. In a world where there is so much hate, Gaga is asking people to stop judging one another and to be who you are. If you can't accept and love yourself, how do you expect others to love and accept you? Gaga is also not making a spiritual assertion, she is just saying that God made us the way he did. Perhaps God made queers to teach closed minded Christians about tolerance and acceptance? Maybe that has been God's plan for gays all along.
Sure, being born gay has never been proven. Does it need to be? Will the church then accept homosexuality? I refuse to waste much time and effort going into the nature vs. nurture debate, although, I will say this; even if it is the environment that you are in that shapes your sexuality, children from a young age cannot choose the environment they are in; even adults don't have control of their surroundings. I don't believe that having feelings for someone is a conscious effort, if it is then it is forced and not genuine. The bible does make it clear that homosexuality is wrong, it also makes it clear that men should not eat shellfish, have sex with their wives while on their menstrual cycle and that women are to remain silent in churches and allow the men to do the speaking. I know some of these laws have been revoked in the New Testament, but not all. Secondly, have they found a straight gene? Heterosexuality has also not been scientifically proven, yet there is a rather large number of people who believe its real and it exists. McKee's/Smith's cynically disclaim Lady Gaga's knowledge on the subject of the gay gene, however, having 'read and researched' the gay gene does not make him more knowledgeable than Lady Gaga, who also may have read an article or two on the subject. The 'straight' gene is just as important to find as the 'gay' gene in the argument for and against being 'born' with one sexuality over another. Furthermore, there has been overwhelming evidence disproving creationism. I guess McKee and Smith decided to pick and choose parts of scientific findings to support their beliefs, just like they pick and choose parts of the bible (by the way- I'm not criticizing that they pick and choose parts of the bible since there is so much contradiction in the entire book, one would have to pick and choose since it is impossible for ALL of it to be true).
On a side and personal note, it has always troubled me when people in leadership positions feed the minds of the young with dogmatic narrow minded views without exploring any other sides of an issue. McKee/Smith are some of these leaders. I wonder if McKee/Smith even know what "intrinsically wrong and internally incongruent" mean, because I think if they did, they would see how their arguments are lacking substance and are partial. Throwing big words on a subject does not give credibility to an author.
To sum it up for those that do not wish to read this entire response:
• choosing to shoot people/do drugs/gamble is not the same as being attracted to and loving someone of the same sex (it's a little ridiculous that I even have to make this statement).
• Lady Gaga, Jonathan McKee and David Smith all don't use 'sin' the same way God does in the bible.
• Sexuality is more than tendencies and desires
• Lyrics to this song are meant to be creative/poetic just like worship songs, taking them literally is unintelligent.
• Gay gene has not been proven. Straight gene has not been proven. God has not been proven. Scientific evidence has disproven creationism.
Finally, the message of this song is acceptance and love and I think that when Jesus comes back for the rapture, there will be a lot of very disappointed Christians that will likely be left behind with all the homos because Jesus will turn to them and say "THAT'S NOT WHAT I FRIGGIN MEANT."
this is powerful i need to share this with my group
Thanks for taking the Biblical offensive on this song. Sometimes it seems silly to make a big deal over a song, but the fact is it is a big deal. Thanks for your transparency David. The lyrics at the beginning of the song: "Put your paws up" are seemingly out of place with the song. Any ideas about that? Thanks for your work and efforts.
Thanks so much for addressing this! I think its really sad that parents aren't more protective of their children. It is a medical fact that the frontal cortex of the brain that understands the long term consequences for choices made, is not fully developed until about the age of 20. Children LITERALLY need someone guiding them into paths that have good long term consequences. Its sad when their teachers have them making Choices, that they don't really understand yet. In fact Gaga is really helping to make them this way! Once they realize what they have done, they are already in it, addicted, and ashamed. Its just sad.
Thank you for doing this. Can you believe that some Christians support her? Now I have a place to send them!
Good article! Thanks for writing
I agree with the sentiments and the Spirit that this article is written however, I think it lacks in depth of other issues related to the Christian Faith.
More times than not God condemns people for not taking care of the needy. How can we as believers continue to condemn others for what they due and yet we live extremely comfortable lives far above the rest of the world. Let's get the plank out our own eyes. It's easy to point to Lady Gaga's of the world and explain how wrong they are, this is not a tough subject! What are we required to do as believers, I am sure it is more than "expose" pop stars.
By the way, when you talk about giving in, Jesus said if you look and have a thought you have committed adultery. So according to scripture we have already given in even if we never commit the act.
Excellent article! Well said.
Thank you for such a clear and compelling response to this new song, which I am confident will hit the top of the charts quickly and stay there for some time. Lady Gaga is having a strong influence on teens. They are intrigued by her unexpected costumes and antics. Her constant flow against the "status quo" speaks to their hearts. Anyone who watched the Lady Gaga interview on 60 minutes before the Grammy's sure observed a troubled young woman, who has tremendous savvy for knowing how to keep her fans on a short leash, but exhibits a heart damaged by drug use and a need to have the world focus on her.
Wow what a tuff article this must have been to write. You guys knocked it out of the park though! Uncompromising truth served with a side of love, awesome job guys!
Absolutely great article!
I personally struggle with homosexuality, and I used to be a fan of Lady Gaga. But this totally crossed the line, despite how catchy the song is. It's a very un-godly song, and I agree it's going to be a big song.
But thank you for keeping my mind straight about this issue!
This is the first time in my years in youth ministry that I have had to deal with this specifically with an openly gay student who also calls themselves a Christian. Still new to a church setting and trying to figure out how to handle it. Your other article is an easy one for me to grasp as I fully understand the theological question and answer. My trouble is figuring out how to balance the response of the parents, students and individual while still calling "sin sin" as you said. This is a tough one. The student still shows up so the door is not closed. I just hope I'm not the one who contributes to its shutting if this occurs. This is a tough one. Thanks for extra insight.
Great guys! Thanks a bunch! Very helpful for me..Im someone who is passionate to prove GOD is worth everything esp to my teens but needs help w the homework in todays culture issues!..& it leaves me more time to study His Word! SO THANKS again!
Just a comment - another internal inconsistency in the song is 'you're born this way' does not equate with 'transgendered'...Lady G, you need to pick one...
Obviously understanding the Fall is critical to a good theology of 'how I was born' too...
Great to see a Christian ministry with the guts to speak up about this topic. As mentioned in the "Coming Out of the Closet" article, it's certainly sad to see so many churches either avoid this topic or change their views on this issue so as to not ruffle any feathers. Thanks again for having the courage to hold the biblical line!
One thing I would adjust is the phrase "homosexuality is a sin". Sometimes this can be misleading (even though you explain pretty thoroughly what you mean by this). In Catholic moral theology it is always clarified that "homosexual ACTS" are sinful, which helps distinguish the difference between someone who has homosexual desires and remains chaste vs. someone who has homosexual desires and doesn't remain chaste. But, I believe you are saying the same thing with your article anyhow.
Again, thanks for the great article and keep up the good work!
Great article, very helpful!
One of the things I have found helpful talk to my students about is the difference between homosexual orientation (not sinful) and homosexual behavior (sinful). Also, I don't think Lady Gaga would self-identify as a homosexual as this article asserts, though she has admitted to sexual relationships with men and women. Maybe it's just semantics.
great article, but I can already hear the gaga fans in my youth group defending her message as one of loving acceptance to the disabled, bullied, and teased members of society. . . .
love this one! to the point and makes the point well! we need to find more ways to speak with our kids re: the songs they are listening to---this would be a good one!
great article guys. And i agree to what you guys say.. it's like the saying goes, love the sinner, hate the sin. May the Lord continue to use you guys and equip the body of Christ to share His word.
Thanks for all your comments so far. The thanks goes primarily to David on this one- he wrote the majority of this article, I just chimed in a few times.
I just want to say thanks Jonathan for this well thought out and well articulated column. As a busy youth pastor/ husband/ father of four I feel better equipped to talk about this song with students and especially my own children after reading this. Yet another helpful resource from The Source!
Excellent...thanks for the article.
Thank you for a well written article on this guys.
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Yes- this isn't a lesson. The articles on our Youth Culture Window page will always be in article format. But you'll notice that, near the bottom of this article we link another EXTENSIVE (that's Greek for LONG) article on the subject that goes into great detail.
I'll have to talk with our team and see what they think about creating some "curriculum" on this subject.
Thanks for tackling a tough subject. It's hard to do that lovingly. I was a little disappointed there wasn't more lesson material until I realized this wasn't a lesson. It was an article. Looking fwd to the lesson too.


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Three years later senior midfielder Kirby Zak is happy she made that choice.
"My senior year I had committed to a college in Louisiana but didn't really want to go there," Zak said. "At the last minute, I visited Sam Houston, liked the coaches and the school and came here to play. It's worked out great."
Zak is one of seven seniors on a Bearkat soccer team that will start the 2012 season with three consecutive home games. The Kats play host to Prairie View A&M Friday (Aug. 17), Texas State Sunday (Aug. 19) and North Texas Friday (Aug. 24).
The group is one of the largest senior classes in the program's 10-year history and the fifth-year head coach believes the seven players will provide his team outstanding leadership.
"This is a quality group of young women and they all believe this can be our year," Brown said. "We've reached the semifinals of the Southland Conference tournament two of their three seasons here and they are ready to push all the way through this fall."
Zak joins Hillary Ackerman, Kayla Anderson, Amanda Biega, Michelle McCullough, Paige Rodriquez and Hailey Shelpuk on the role call of seniors on the 2012 team.
"This is our last year together and we're very close," Zak said. "It's exciting and bitter sweet at the same time. We're determined to give everything we have to help this team be successful."
Zak starts her senior season ranked No. 5 in SHSU career goals (17) and holds school mark for career assists (16). She has played 4,942 minutes in 63 games during her career. She has earned All-Southland Conference recognition each of her three years as a Bearkat.
Sam Houston has been predicted to finish fourth in the 2012 Southland Conference women's soccer race but Zak believes the Kats can do better.
"UTSA and Texas State, two of the really dominate teams in the past in our league are gone," Zak said. "Stephen F. Austin returns as the conference champion and we're really looking forward to that match. It's always a battle."
Brown points to Zak's versatility as one of her top assets.
"Kirby has played multiple spots for us in the midfield and up front," Brown said. "She is good at exploiting our opponent's weaknesses, so we like to move her around. She has been a three-time all-conference player for us, so I am expecting a senior season."
Zak made an immediate impact on the Bearkat program, setting a school record for most goals as by a freshman with nine in 2009. While she has posted two hat tricks (three goals in one game) and four game-winning goals including a last second bomb from outside the box for a victory over North Texas in 2010, Zak says her most exciting moments yet at Sam Houston have come in post-season tournament action.
"The Southland Conference tournament every year has been intense and exciting," Zak said. "Everybody is so hyped up and the matches have been so close."
In both her freshman season in 2009 and last year in 2011, the Bearkats pulled off upsets to earn a spot in the conference semifinals.
The Bearkats knocked off UTSA 3-2 in overtime in the first round in Natchitoches, La., in 2009 with Zak assisting on the winning goal with less than 30 seconds remaining in overtime.
Last October, Sam Houston again upset a higher seed with a 1-0 win over Lamar. The Bearkats went all the way to a penalty kick shootout in a scoreless draw before falling to Texas State in the semifinals.
Coming so close twice has made the coming season even more important to the Kats' solid group of senior players.
"It's cool to have a whole group of us who stayed together through the last three seasons," Zak said. "We're excited about starting our final season together."


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Sorry kid, I guess I knew that about 15 years ago when "vitriol" and yourself were still in diapers
It can have its uses to prevent things running at boot up though.
This is actually the basis behind the recent ballyhoo with WinXp SP2 and the drag'n'drop a .gif into a cmd window and it will run because all it is is a renamed exe.
It works because all the rest of windows looks at the file extension to determine what to do when the file is double clicked except the command prompt. It looks at the actual header of the file to determine if it is executable.... If it is it executes it regardless of the file extension.
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I guess the credit shouldn't go to "vitriol", though i still find the .bat trick interesting.
Sorry for posting it in the wrong forum, i'm still a newbie to these here parts.... Too many god darn forum sections is my excuse.
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Hola!!!! I`ve been reading this page for about two months now and I finally got the courage to say hello!
My name is Natalia I live in Montevideo Uruguay but I was born in a little town caled "Fray Bentos" funny don`t you think? I`m married and on the last year of medicine... Scared to death about becomeing a doctor!
Anyways I absolutly love Just Bento and it`s had a tremendus effect in my life! For starters I am organized and planing my meals in a more balanced way, also we are saving money and I lost 4 pounds since I started so THANKS MAKI!!!!!!
for now I just wanted to say HOLA!
PS: is there anyone else in the comunity from Latin America? o_O
I'm not from Latin America, but I would like to welcome you to Just Bento. Looking forward to hearing about food from Uruguay.
My blog is Food and Shoes
Thank you Bronwyn! That`s really nice of you and we do have some intresring recipes like alfajores (it`s a pastery) and dulce de leche wich could translate to milk Jam I think
anfortunatly non of them adecuate for weigt loss T-T and both sooooo delicius.
Anyway I`ll try to post them for special ocations they`re great
Hola, bienvenida! :D
I'm spanish and I have lots of friends from Argentina and Uruguay :D
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Gracias! Realmente me siento Bienvenida! ; )
I really hope I can contribute to this great comunity, I don`t have a blog yet because of time reasons but i will get to it soon.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The power of ideas nourished Nelson Mandela during his confinement on Robben Island, but even this visionary might not have imagined the surreal scene planned for this month at the outpost where he spent 18 of 27 years as a prisoner of apartheid.
Wind speed and direction permitting, a man in a harness will strap himself to 200 big balloons filled with helium, float off the island beneath a bulging latex column of color, and drift to the shores of Cape Town for a charitable cause.
There are a few things he wants to avoid: an international airport, a major harbor, a nuclear power station, and the odd shark in the waters below.
"Apart from all those hazards, there's nothing to worry about," said Matt Silver-Vallance, a South African-born manager at a medical device company who will pilot the whimsical craft.
Civil aviation authorities say they are satisfied with safeguards for what should be a lazy meander in the breeze rather than an edge-of-your-seat stunt.
The goal of the trip is to raise $1 million to help build a children's hospital named after 94-year-old Mandela, who became South Africa's first black president in democratic elections in 1994 after negotiating an end to white racist rule.
Mandela was admitted last week to a Pretoria hospital because of a recurrence of pneumonia, prompting expressions of concern from South Africans and people around the world. On Monday, the office of President Jacob Zuma said family members visited Mandela at the hospital.
"It refocuses everybody on his legacy," Silver-Vallance, who lives in Britain, said Tuesday of Mandela's illness. Referring to the former leader, he said: "You think about all the contributions that a person makes in their life, but also beyond their life as an example to others."
The guardians of Robben Island, a somber site, concluded that the cluster balloon flight, while quirky, was consistent with the spirit of daring and altruism that Mandela personified in the struggle against apartheid.
"This is something that we can identify with," said Shoni Khangala, director of communications and marketing for the Robben Island Museum. He said it was important to celebrate that spirit "without necessarily shedding tears all the time."
The planned voyage, estimated to take about an hour, is a form of flight known as cluster-ballooning. The hobby is expensive and eccentric. As a spectacle, a spur to the imagination, it's up there in the clouds.
"There isn't a kid that hasn't wondered: 'How many of these do I need to make me fly?'" said Mike Howard, an airline pilot in Dubai and cluster-balloonist who is advising Silver-Vallance. "When you see someone doing it, it's one of those dreams you had as a child, and now you see it in reality."
Cluster-ballooning got a boost in in popular culture with the 2009 computer-animated movie "Up," featuring an elderly man who ties lots of balloons to his house and flies off with a young stowaway on board.
Pilots in two motorized paragliders will accompany Silver-Vallance, as will four boats, including one from the South African navy that will transport media and other guests.
He will only fly in gentle winds and stay low at 180 meters (600 feet), below the height of more conventional aircraft. He will carry radio equipment and a long rope that he can toss to his beach crew if he loses control while landing.
Silver-Vallance, 36, can climb in altitude by ejecting waterbags that serve as ballast, and reduce elevation by shooting out balloons with an air pistol, or stabbing them with scissors or a blade fixed to a bamboo stick.
He'll aim to fly sometime between this weekend and April 27, deemed the most cooperative time of the year for wind currents, and travel at least 9 kilometers (5.6 miles), which is the shortest distance between the island and the mainland.
Mandela described in a memoir how he and other comrades were transferred to Robben Island in the 1960s and subjected to hard labor and other tough conditions. Today, visitors tour the cramped cells, the exercise yard and the quarry where inmates toiled.
"Moving from one prison to another always requires a period of adjustment," Mandela wrote. "But journeying to Robben Island was like going to another country. Its isolation made it not simply another prison, but a world of its own, far removed from the one we had come from."
Silver-Vallance's escapade adds to the lore of an island that served as a prison under Dutch settlers in the 17th century. At that time, a jailed local leader escaped to the mainland. In 1819, a Xhosa chief who opposed colonial rule drowned after trying to escape.
Lepers also stayed on the island and one group built a boat to flee but authorities discovered and destroyed it, according to Khangala, the spokesman at the island museum.
Vuyo Lutseke, spokeswoman for the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, said one-quarter of $110 million needed to build the hospital in Johannesburg has been raised and that organizers hope to start construction around Mandela's July 18 birthday.
"We're very optimistic, but we also understand that we need the larger global community to come on board and help us in raising this money," said Lutseke, who welcomed what she described as Silver-Vallance's "crazy" stunt. The balloonist is raising money through online donations, and the independent trust running the hospital project will decide how best to spend the funds.
Mandela, who last made a public appearance in 2010, was known for a lively sense of humor during his career.
"He seemed to be the kind of individual who was able to mix humor with the serious nature of everything that he was doing," Silver-Vallance said. "We all hope, if he sees this story, that it will bring a smile to his face."
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That's what the photo agency is saying. Emma Watson went out last night. She showed up at the GQ Awards in London. Click here to see how cute she looked. Emma resurfaced in daylight in decidedly less glamourous fashion although I kinda love that this is her version of schlub, where every item is subtly super high end. Like that scarf. With the little terriers all over it. I want. So much. Duana likes to say I have an infantile preference for prints with animals. It's been a long time since I bought anything with an animal print. Will ask Sasha to hunt this down for me. Us?
As for Emma - the boy here doesn't look like her boyfriend Johnny Simmons. At her age though, boyfriends may not last. Especially the ones in different countries. Emma is spending a semester at Oxford studying. Home for school. Approve?
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Hi there,
I weigh 80 kg and sail a Carve 131. Looking a purchasing a higher wind lower volume board. I currently have the following sails - Saber 6.9m, Supersonic 5.4m and an ART RAGE 4.4m. Looking at another Carve but not sure about the size or to go for say the S-type. Finding it difficult to chose between sub 100 litre or say around the 105 litre mark. wanting a board that i can sail when it gets too windy for the 131 - sail 1/2 time on lakes 1/2 time on salt. looking at using the 5.4m as the predominant sail on the new board and the 4.4m when needed (not that often). Would keep the 6.7m solely for the 131.
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I think that you are spot on with the C101. It is a significantly smaller board than the C131 and would be a nice transition without beeing too demanding.
As such, for a 80 KG user with 5.4 as the biggest sail, it would actually make sense to pick a slightly smaller board, going even towards 90 liters. But these boards do get more challenging to sail, and are maybe the next step in your career.
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RE: Carve 131 and 101 or ???
I tend to agree with PG.
Have a C131, I sail it mostly on fresh water. The C101 would be a logical step down to higher wind. Only question I would have would be whether or not a Kombat would be a better choice. Kind of depends on the water traits where you sail. Is the 4.4 ART wind associated with 2m swells, or is it protected water and flat? More toward wavy, I'd err on the side of the Kombat; more flat and I'd err toward the Carve. You'll be able to sail either board, and love it, but I'm all for ease of use and would make that my primary criteria.
The Carve series is arguably one of the finest line of boards ever produced. Easy easy jibing. The old, pre-no-nose Mistral Screamer is the only other board I've used that I'd describe as being on autopilot during the jibe. If you're not in big waves, but not making 95% of your jibes - planing out of them - then go with the Carve.
The Kombat is very well-reviewed, and I've ordered a K96, but haven't used one enough to make good judgement. As a whole, though, the K series are not as beloved as the Carves. Make note of that, and if it's even, I'd go for the Carve.
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Hello everyone. Ever since learning the technique of grunge textures, I have been fascinated with texture making. I've developed quite a few styles of textures on my own, so I want to share and give something back to the mapmaking community. Perhaps someone finds them useful... anyone will be free to use any textures posted here for their maps.
Textures in a nutshell:
1) paste the texture on a layer on top of the layer with your land area / sea/ whatever you want to texturize
2) if your software supports alpha masks, set the mask so that only the part you want to texturize is visible. If not, simply select the area you want to texturize, invert selection and cut away the portion of the texture that is not on top the area you want to texturize.
3) set the texture layer either on multiply or overlay and adjust the opacity according to how strong a texture you want. The difference between multiply/overlay is that in multiply, white is invisible and anything darker than white makes the image darker, while in overlay, grey (7f7f7f) is invisible, anything darker than grey makes the image darker, and anything lighter than grey makes the image lighter. You can also use Colour burn, which is basically a logical AND function... experiment to see which one suits your purpose best.
For a more thorough explanation on texture usage, check out Rjbeals' excellent grunge tutorial.
So here are some textures, I will be posting more as I make them. If you want I can also make textures on request, just tell me what kind of texture you need and I'll figure out how to make it... I like the challenge ;)
All textures are sized 1000x1000 to suit mapmaking purposes.
Oil painting
Kinda like acryl-painted wall
Bumpy metal
Barren landscape grunge
Umm... rhino skin?
Scratched surface
More to come, and everyone else is also welcome to post their self-made textures.


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If you're planning on buying a new printer, I would advise you to stay away from the Kodak ESP 3250 All-In-One Printer. After purchasing this item yesterday, thinking Kodak might be a better choice than HP, I packed it back up and returned it this morning. I found the printer to be made with very thin, flimsy plastic. I was afraid the plastic was going to crack with the simplest handling. Which explained why they had SO MUCH tape on every part of the printer for packing/shipping purposes.
The other issue I had with it was paper jams. Now, this printer claims to hold 100 sheets of paper for printing. I loaded about 25 or 30 sheets and ran a test print. My first print job resulted in a paper jam. I thought, OK it's just the first print, maybe things are loose or something wasn't lining up due to the shipping and stocking of the product. I unjammed the paper and put only about 15 sheets in it, yup, another paper jam. This time I had to open the printer from the back and remove it from around the printer wheel. Finally I then placed just ONE sheet of paper in it for the test print and it worked.
My biggest issue with this product is the unbelievable loud noises it makes when you turn it on and especially when it prints. It sounds like a semi truck driving through the house. Seriously! I thought maybe it was because I had it sitting on top of my other printer, so I removed my other printer and placed the Kodak printer directly on my printer stand to check it out this morning. Guess what? ANOTHER paper jam and the noise was just as bad.
I packaged it up and returned it this morning. It's just a hunk of junk and I would advise everyone to save their money. They didn't have one of these on display at the store, and I'm thinking it's because if people heard how much noise it made, they wouldn't buy it.
Kodak ESP 7 & 9 Printers. This is the worst product that I have ever bought and the Kodak Company customer service is horrendous! They claim to stand behind their product, but I am out $199 (granted, not an amount of money that will break the bank, but that is not the point) for a printer that was in used less than six months.
My husband and I purchased our first Kodak ESP 7 printer in February 2009 from Best Buy. Set up of this printer is easy; however, I was having problems with the software installation. I called tech support, which was in India, and after several hours of being on the telephone with a tech that I could barely understand and who could only do EXACTLY what was in the manual in front of him, it was determined, that somehow, the wrong software was included with this printer. So, I packed up the printer and returned it to Best Buy for another Kodak ESP 7 printer.
I get the second printer home and set up and lo and behold, it prints, but I am now getting an error code when I want to copy or scan. So, I again, call Kodak support. After about 1 hour on the telephone with a tech, I am connected to a supervisor here in the states that I can understand. After about 3.5 hours, we manage to resolve the error codes and I am able to print, copy and scan, yeah! This works for about 2-3 weeks and then I start to get pages that are blurred or better yet blank pages.
I again call tech support and they walk me through all of the steps that I have already tried using the on-line troubleshooting guide (performing printer maintenance tasks, removing and reinstalling the printer cartridges and print head, etc.) - I cannot tell you how many times I did this! This time, I was told that the print head is defective and that they will be sending me a new print head.
About three days later, I get the new print head and install it. It works for about one week and then I start having the same problems. To make a long story short, I received two ESP 7 printers from Kodak, one in June 2009 and one in September 2009. I had the same exact problems with these printers. I spent countless hours on the telephone with techs and supervisors, all in India, and in the end, ended up with an ESP 9 printer, which, like every other time I spoke with tech support, I was ASSURED that I would have no problems with the ESP 9 as it was the "top of the line."
I received the ESP 9 in November 2009 and guess what? It is a piece of **! I am having the same problems, except now, I cannot print anything from the Internet and am getting all blank pages when trying to print from any of the Office Suite programs. I call tech support and after being disconnected twice am told that I am S.O.L.
A supervisor would not get on the line with me and they told me that they would not send another printer (I did not want one anyway, but that is not the point) because their policy is three replacement printers. So, I am out the $199 that I paid for the printer and was used less than six months! He did, however, offer to send me a coupon for 30% off a new Kodak printer! **.
Under these circumstances, I would normally think, wow, is there something that I am doing wrong? However, I have had a Dell and 2 HP printers in the past and have had no problems with set up, connectivity, software installation, etc.
I cannot believe that this is acceptable to Kodak! Each printer that I returned was tested and it was determined that they were, in fact, defective. Also, to add insult to injury, the first printer that was replaced by Kodak, was a refurbished printer. One of the techs actually thought it was a smart thing to tell me this! Fortunately, I kept all of my case numbers and packing slips from the printers as well as the names of each tech and supervisor that I spoke with and I am going to file a complaint with Kodak.
I belong to two professional organizations and my husband works for a company that employs approximately 200 individuals and we are both going to spread the word about the quality of the Kodak printers as well as its customer support. I also plan to tell anyone that I see looking at these printers in the store, about my experience.
I was asked by a friend to try to get her Kodak ESP 3 working again. She had the printer for about a year on her Dell Laptop running WIN XP with no problems when it suddenly quit working. I thought the solution would be simple, but it's not.
First of all, the printer software had somehow been completely deleted from her computer. The printer would not, therefore, accept print jobs from the computer. It could be operated as a scanner using the buttons, but no other function was available. I decided to reinstall by first deleting the printer from add/remove programs, but no such program existed. The program, although having been in use for about a year, no longer existed.
So, I tried to reinstall the printer using the original install disc. The computer would not allow the disc to run (Autorun. inf) even though it recognized the disc, said it was 'healthy' and displayed the menu. Trying to display or run other items from the menu resulted in no action or an error message "runtime error." I next went to Kodak on line to find replacement software to download directly from their site. This is not an easy task. Many sites claim to have the software but turn out to be scams to get you to subscribe to their service.
Finally after a long search I found a link to Kodak Drivers and attempted to install the 'Firmware' they had available. This too met with failure. The software from their site would do nothing. The initial install file would download to the computer but it would not install the drivers. Literally nothing more would happen. No error messages or anything else. You might want to then fault the computer itself, but further searches on the net showed many other people with this same, exact, problem and no solutions offered at all.
After 3 hours we gave up and she decided to just go buy a new printer, obviously not a Kodak. She gave me the printer to experiment with. I brought it home, ran the software CD in my Acer laptop with Windows Vista and it installed and ran perfectly. I have no intention of keeping it since my life requires things I can trust. Instead I am giving it to a friend who is not so picky.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO -- I bought a KODAK ESP3 all in one printer. Installed their operating CD into my computer. I now get a pop-up that takes up the whole middle of my computer screen. It reads that a RUN DLL ERROR LOADING has happened for this KODAK product. I reran their CD software. This did not help. I contacted them at their support number. I was told to run the CD again. I was then told to remove their program in my HDD and remove file. This only removed their uninstall program from that file. Their programs are still in my computer, several places.
I am unable to remove them, or use them, or fix them. They said remove from your HARD DISK DRIVE C. I refused, for fear of further damage to my C DISK DRIVE, as informed by computer security programs. Then they demanded I download a program from the net. My security came up and informed me of the dangers of downloading a program from the net with a UNKNOWN PUBLISHER, SO I requested a better way.
I was told that they can not help me, as the supervisor screamed over my voice. I gave them all my information. Told them if they did not fix this problem, then I would continue in a legal way. They than said, "Fine, I can not talk to you now." So, here I am with a broken printer and computer. I can not replace, fix, or use, unless they help. I will need to go buy replacements to do my work with, until they figure out what to do about the bugs in their product.
There has to be a better way to correct this problem. I do not think letting a stranger with a communication problem, over the phone, remove files in my hard disk drive C, or downloading a UNKNOWN PUBLISHER/UNIDENTIFIED PROGRAM from the Internet, into my computer, is a smart thing to do. ESPECIALLY from a stranger on the phone that is upset and screaming over my voice to do it, or they will not help and now will not talk to me. What is wrong with this company??? I am not just going to shut up and go away.
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK -- I purchased a Kodak ESP 5 Printer about 1 year ago and only used it for a month or so. The printer got packed up and put away after that because I was unable to update the software through Kodak's website. Recently I got the printer out and tried again to install the updated drivers from the website. Same results. (The Web Installer that you are required to download did not work. It could not download and install the drivers and I received an error that the driver download had failed.)
I contacted Kodak support on two different occasions in the past 2 weeks. After receiving an updated driver disk from Kodak, that was ordered by the first tech I spoke with, I tried again. Same problem! I called Kodak support again. After doing some quick research while talking to the tech, I found out (through no help from the Kodak support tech) that the install file (EKAiO2.inf) on the version 7.3 software disk did not have support listed for the ESP 5, ESP 7 or the ESP 9 printer drivers install, even though the second tech I spoke with reassured me that the ESP 5 AiO along with all of the AiO series printers was supported. Not so!
The drivers might be compatible, but you just can't install them for the ESP 5 printer because the ESP 5 is not listed in the install (inf) file. Unbelievable! BTW, the tech I spoke with got quite upset when I told him that the ESP 5 AiO printer was not supported in the install file. Anyone that knows how drivers are installed also knows that the installers "inf" file specifies what specific hardware is supported. Obviously the tech was not aware of that. I have a feeling that the same is true for some of the previous updated driver versions.
So if anyone happens to own one of the ESP printers that I mentioned above and you try to install the updated drivers from Kodak's website or from an updated software/driver disk and you get an error, now you know why. Won't buy another Kodak printer or recommend them to anyone.
I purchased a Kodak ESP 5250 printer online on 11/28/11. Today is 1/9/12 and I still don't have a printer that works correctly even after multiple phone calls to Kodak's customer support and various replacements that have been shipped to me. The first printer I received would not pull paper into the machine. After two phone calls to Customer Support and close to an hour on the phone, they decided to send me an entirely new printer, but asked me to use the printhead and print cartridges from the first machine I had received.
After receiving the replacement printer, I was able to get the printer working, however, it would not print anything in black text. The color cartridge seemed to be working fine. Typed pages printed either with nothing on them or occasional blurred words scattered across the page. I placed another phone call to Customer Support, and after 35 minutes more, he decided the printhead was bad and needed to be replaced. They sent me a new printhead assuring me this would solve the issue.
Today I received the new printhead. I'm still having the same problem with black text not printing properly. Another 25 minutes on the phone again today with Customer Support. He asked me if I had cleaned the printhead. I asked, "Why do I need to clean the printhead when I just received a brand new one today from Kodak?" (He's obviously reading steps out of a script they've been given.) He said, "Of course, you are right."
Several times during the call, he had to put me hold to consult someone else. He finally came back and told me to go out and buy a new black ink cartridge at the store and see if that works. The printer hasn't even worked properly yet, but I already have to go buy a new black ink cartridge.
In addition to the equipment issues, Kodak has obviously outsourced American jobs to the Middle East, as every Customer Support person I've spoken with has been Middle Eastern and difficult to understand. While you're on hold listening to Kodak messages, there are repeated attempts to get you to hang up and use the Kodak website or their "Live Chat" feature rather than trying to actually speak with a live person on the phone.
At a time when there are 24.4 million Americans out of work, Kodak is paying foreigners to do jobs that Americans would gladly do. On the news last week, I heard that Kodak may file bankruptcy. I wonder why??? Could it be their products that don't work and their lack of good customer service?
I am currently waiting for my third printer to be sent. I bought one brand new, paid to have it installed in to my network and it quit working 2 weeks later. I call, and I am very nice about it, they mail me a different one. So I pay again to have it put on my network. This one don't work at all. Then I find out, it wasn't even a new one. It was refurbished. So let me see this one should be perfect then, since it's been fixed already... not. I look it up while I'm waiting on hold for an hour and find 37 review all saying the same thing that is wrong with my printer, and one of them was on their 5th replacement printer.
I finally get someone on the phone. It can't be fixed, not by me anyway, so guess what this time they're going to send me a new one!! Like I'm impressed, I had a new one to start with it didn't work either. I told them, I don't want it. I want a different printer altogether. This one has issues that have not been resolved. They just keep telling how great it is. Hello, do they not realize I'm sending back the second printer they've sent me because it doesn't work? I tell them what I've read and again ask for another printer. I get put on hold again.
Then I get a different supervisor, still singing Kodak's praises. I tell him "I don't have an issue with Kodak, it's this series printer with the issue and I'd rather not go through it a third time. Please send me a different printer." But no, all they will do is send me the same one. How many time do I have to do this?
When he refused to I told him "Fine send it, I'm also going to send an email to everyone I can at Kodak, and blog about there product." His response "This one should work." What like third time's a charm? All I wanted was a different printer. They make several. Maybe I should have specified I wanted one that worked the last time they sent me one, or rather, when I bought the first one.
I purchased this Kodak all in one printer with the extended 2 yr warranty. The price for ink is great. The problem is that by the time you do a test page & print about 3 pictures you need to clean the spoolings on the printer otherwise lines start going through the picture. Then the color starts fading & you need to replace the ink cartridges. You use more ink printing test pages than printing pictures.
I had a Lexmark all in one that I had bought in 2002. It was wonderful, but as with all products it didn't last forever. I only bought the Kodak because I figured it would be better for doing pictures & you can't beat the price of the ink. This is the worst printer ever. I can't believe it's so highly advertised. I am so disappointed. As far as tech support, it sucks as much as the printer.
NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS -- I purchase a Hero 9.1 printer, and the first week using it, my printer broke. Kodak gave me a used replacement printer. During the first year warranty I had problems with the print head. Print head was replaced few times, and the problem keep coming back. Now that the warranty period was over, and I still have the same problem, Eastman Kodak do not want it to keep fixing the existing problem, and they told me that the warranty is over, and if I want it get it fixed, I have to pay for it or buy a new printer at my own expenses.
I don't think this is right, because the problem I have was the same problem that I been having since day one. Beware if you thinking about on buying any Kodak product, as they do not comply with the warranty protocols, which instate that if the problem you having happens during the warranty period, the manufacturer have to still cover the product. Beware for Kodak Eastman products.
We are having issues with print quality on our all in one printer. We contacted Kodak's "customer NO support." Although they acknowledge they have issues with their print heads they do not stand behind their product to fix it and make it right. I spoke to their "customer NO service" first in India. After going nowhere with them they had their customer relations department in the United States contact me to resolve the issue. Again, although they acknowledge that they had sold us a faulty printer, they will not stand behind their product.
The 2ND guy I spoke to in India had told me that we had used up the useful life of the printer! 1 YEAR OLD! They were generous enough to offer me a new print head that would resolve the issue for another $25 on this already very costly product of which we would probably have to replace in another year. I am so dissatisfied with how they had handled this situation I will never purchase another Kodak product for the rest of my life! The guy I spoke to from customer relations was very nice but very nice doesn't fix faulty equipment! No wonder the Better Business Bureau got rid of them!


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This Week's TV: Are you ready to say goodbye to Futurama forever?
It's going to be tough to let go. But hopefully the final batch of Futurama episodes, starting this week, will help numb the pain of saying farewell to the Planet Express Crew. Meanwhile, there's a superhero "girls' night out," and someone finally explains how sex works. Plus Finn and Jake have a time machine!