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My eyes locked with those of the priest just as his right hand, gripping the aspergillum, went back (in a wind-up that would impress many baseball enthusiasts) and then forward, sending a shower of water across my face and torso.
While I wiped water from the bridge of my nose, we both laughed and I could see the jolly Irish priest's arm go back once again as he prepared to douse the people seated in the pew behind mine.
So began the annual Blessing of the Artists in Laguna Beach, the sleepy seaside village where I live in southern California. Blessing the artists is a community tradition that goes back almost 15 years, begun at the behest of the artists themselves. The ritual is held the first week in June, in advance of the opening of the Sawdust Festival and the Festival of Arts, exhibitions held here each summer and populated largely by artists and artisans from the town itself.
Our community, Laguna Beach, is a true artist's colony, founded as such in the 1920s by a group of plein air landscape painters and fostered over the years by thousands of other creatives.
In the early 1900s, Hildegarde Hawthorne, granddaughter of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, described Laguna "as a child of that deathless search, particularly by persons who devote their lives to painting or writing, or for some place where beauty and cheapness and a trifle of remoteness hobnob together in a delightful companionship."
Today, no one would mistake Laguna Beach for being "cheap" in any sense of the word. And yet, even as it has become one of the most affluent communities in the nation, the artists have remained and are a cherished part of the fabric of life in this beautiful, magical place.
Led by the Rev. Eamon O'Gorman, St. Catherine's pastor of more than a decade who hails from Ireland (a town just a stone's throw away from the village where my grandmother spent her childhood in County Cavan, in fact), the service was intimate and animated.
The greatest power of it, though, was the idea that a community of people of different faith traditions and none would collectively and deliberately extend a hand of blessing to the artists in its midst. How unexpected.
In his homily, O'Gorman explained that it is his custom, when he visits classrooms at the parish parochial school, to ask children the same question: What is your gift?
The answers, he said, never fail to delight the child who names and claims her or his gift. It is also O'Gorman's habit not only to ask the child what his or her gift is, but also to turn to the adjacent children and ask them what their classmate's gift is. They always have an answer, he said.
Each of us has a gift, whether it's for visual art or music, architectural design or poetry, plumbing, rearing children or raising chickens.
"No weakness or sin can weaken the gift of God within you," O'Gorman said. "No sin of yours will disconnect the gift God has given you from the person for whom it is received. I'm convinced of that.
"Your frailty can enhance the gift. Isn't that such a better understanding than God bartering with us saying, 'Well if you handled your cards properly it will happen but if you don't I'm not too sure'?" he said.
[Listen to a recording of O'Gorman's homily below.]
O'Gorman told a story from a recent visit to one of St. Catherine's kindergarten classrooms. He had been trying to make a hasty retreat for the rectory at the end of a long school week, when he felt a small hand grab his own. It was a kindergarten boy who insisted that the priest join him in his classroom.
Not sure what to expect, O'Gorman relented and squeezed his adult frame into one of those tiny kindergarten chairs. Then the boy pointed to the front of the room where one of his classmates, a five-year-old girl, was leading the pupils in an animated discussion with the help of a computerized "smart board."
That was what the boy so urgently wanted O'Gorman to see.
"This young boy had already discerned her gift, and not only had he already discerned the gift, he wanted others to note it as well," he said.
Rather than be jealous or threatened by the girl's gift, the boy was so taken with it that he felt compelled to share it with others — to celebrate it and lift it up.
"If any community is capable of coalescing around this understanding it is ourselves and I believe that it is," O'Gorman told the crowd of artists and lovers of art. "If a community coalesces around gift, which you have, then what happens? What does our life become in the midst of that?
"Thank you for blessing our lives in so many ways," the priest continued, explaining that, by request, he was about to bless those gathered with incense as well as the water that he'd flung at us at the start of the ritual.
"It's my privilege actually to use the incense for you as a sign of your dignity and to connect the gift that you have from above with heaven, because that's truly where it comes from," he said.
As the service drew to a close, O'Gorman invited anyone who so wished to approach the altar where he would stand with a small gilded vessel containing the chrism oil.
"It would be an honor to bless your hands," he said.
I waited my turn, flanked by a portrait artist on one side and a jewelry maker on the other. My 12-year-old son stood off to the side of the altar, taking pictures with my camera. One of the artists, a renowned photographer, quietly walked over to him, whispered in his ear, and led him to a vantage point closer to the priest, where he could get a better shot.
When I approached the altar, hands upturned in front of my stomach, O'Gorman smiled at me, stuck his thumb in the chrism oil, and made the sign of the cross in both of my palms, asking God to bless the work of my hands.
"God we are truly bearers of the light from above, within and around us," he prayed. "Help us to be bearers of that light to others during this time of the year as we welcome so many people into our midst who are drawn to us because of the beauty of the place.
"We ask that you help us to be witnesses of your love, your kindness, and your care for them."
And all God's people said: AMEN.
Photos in the slideshow below were taken by the author and her son, Vasco Fitzmaurice Possley.
Cathleen Falsani is Web Editor and Director of New Media for Sojourners. She is author of four non-fiction books, including her memoir Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace. Follow Cathleen on Twitter @GodGrrl .
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>General Running>Good Podcasts for runners?
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Does anyone have suggestions for good Running Podcasts?
I drive a lot for my job and like to listen to Podcasts (so I do not get tempted to look at my phone). I am trying to food a good one about running but I have not had any luck yet.
For non running Podcasts I highly recommend: WTF with Marc Maron, This American Life, and Slate's Culture Gabfest
Endurance Planet has some good ones. Check them out.
Free, and can have them delivered to Itunes.
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Gone Rogue
4 feet running was one of my faves, husband and wife team. I think they stopped the podcast but maybe the old ones are still available.
See how they run...
Loves the outdoors
One day I decided I wanted to become a runner, so I did.
+1 for 4feetrunning. Still on iTunes. I miss hearing from Nik and Dan.
They post all the time on dailymile.com. Both are doing CrossFit now.
Old age is when you move from illegal to prescribed drugs.
This guy is an old CoolRunning poster. Been doing a podcast for YEARS.
As for other podcasts, I would suggest, as the OP said, This American Life, Ira Glass is fantastic. But also Stuff You Should Know, and, my personal favorite, Radio Lab.
Radio Lab is awesome. The only problem with it is it only really comes out once a month. Oh, the "shorts" are OK, but, the full one hour episode is what you want. Funny, I discovered Radio Lab while listening to This American Life.
I have toyed with the idea of listening to WTF, and Too Much Information, but, in reality, I don't have that much time. I only have a 1/2 hour commute, and can't listen to it all.
The podcast is a wonderful incarnation of the internet. One of the good things that has come out of it.
Podcast directory at runningpodcasts.org: http://www.runningpodcasts.org/podcast-directory/
The Marathon Show, www.themarathonshow.com, with Joe Taricani is an excellent podcast regardless of the distance you run, but especially for marathoners and half-marathoners.
Thanks everyone! I'm psyched to try some of these out.
I'll second Phedippidations.
The Moth is also great, though not a running podcast. You're probably familiar with it, but in case not, it's stories told live in front of an audience and without notes.
I wanted to chime in and suggest my podcast. I may be a bit biased, but I believe it is one of the top ones out there. In addition to my passion for running and helping runners achieve their goals, I put a lot of work into making it one of the best sounding podcasts and selecting thoughtful guests.
With over 80 five star reviews and 100,000 downloads in the first 3 months others are finding value in it. Hopefully you might as well.
It offers a mix of inspiration and information. I interview regular runners as well as elite runners and coaches and some of the biggest names in running over the past years.
If you are looking for something fresh, you owe it to yourself to take it out on your next run.
http://runneracademypodcast.com or you can search for it in iTunes or any podcast application.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The top leader of Hamas dared Israel on Monday to launch a ground invasion of Gaza and dismissed diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire in the six-day-old conflict, as the death toll topped 100.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military conducted a new wave of deadly airstrikes including one that killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center. A volley of rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel included one that hit a vacant school.
Speaking at a news conference in Cairo, where the diplomatic efforts were under way, the Hamas leader, Khaled Meshal, suggested that the Israeli infantry mobilization on the border with Gaza was a bluff on the part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
"If you wanted to launch it, you would have done it," Meshal told reporters. He accused Israel of using the invasion threat as an attempt to "dictate its own terms and force us into silence."
Rejecting Israel's contention that Hamas had precipitated the conflict, Meshal said the burden was on the Israelis. "The demand of the people of Gaza is meeting their legitimate demands — for Israel to be restrained from its aggression, assassinations and invasions and for the siege over Gaza to be ended," he said.
An Israeli official said Israel hoped to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis as well and signaled Egypt was likely to play a key role in enforcing any truce.
"We prefer the diplomatic solution if it's possible. If we see it's not going to bear fruit, we can escalate," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive diplomatic efforts under way.
The official said Israel doesn't want a "quick fix" that will result in renewed fighting months down the road. Instead, Israel wants "international guarantees" that Hamas will not rearm or use Egypt's neighboring Sinai peninsula for militant activity.
Hamas fighters have fired more than 1,000 rockets into Israel in the current round of fighting, including 95 on Monday, among them one that hit an empty school in the coastal city of Ashkelon. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said 29 rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile battery. Rockets landed in open areas of Beersheva, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and caused damage in a number of areas.
A poll published in the Haaretz daily on Monday showed widespread support in Israel for the offensive. It said that 84 percent of the public supports the operation, with 12 percent opposed. At the same time, it said just 30 percent of the public supports a ground invasion of Gaza. The poll, conducted by the Dialog agency, surveyed 520 people and had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
In Monday's violence, an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City killed Ramez Harb, a senior figure in Islamic Jihad's military wing, the Al Quds Brigades, the group said in a text message to reporters. A number of foreign and local news organizations have offices in the building, which was also struck on Sunday. A passer-by was also killed, medics said.
Before dawn Monday, a missile struck a three-story home in the Gaza City's Zeitoun area, flattening the building and badly damaging several nearby homes. Shell-shocked residents searching for belongings climbed over debris of twisted metal and cement blocks in the street.
The strike killed three adults and a 2-year-old boy, and wounded 42 people.
Residents said Israel first sent a warning strike around 2 a.m., prompting many to flee their homes. A few minutes later, heavy bombardment followed.
Ahed Kitati, 38, had rushed out after the warning missile to try to hustle people to safety. But he was fatally struck by a falling cinderblock, leaving behind a pregnant wife, five young daughters and a son, the residents said.
Sitting in mourning with her mother and siblings hours after her father's death, 11-year-old Aya Kitati clutched a black jacket, saying she was freezing, though the weather was mild. "We were sleeping, and then we heard the sound of the bombs," she said, then broke down sobbing.
The New York Times and The Associated Press contributed to this story.
What's at stake
With little notice, Israel has launched a blistering air offensive against the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas militant group. Here's a look at why the violence erupted, the goals of the warring sides and how it may end:
Lightning strike: Israel opened its offensive with a surprise airstrike on Nov. 14 that killed the shadowy leader of Hamas' military wing. Since then, it has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in what it says is a systematic campaign to halt years of rocket attacks launched from Gaza. While Israel claims to have inflicted heavy damage, dozens of rockets have continued to fly out of Gaza each day.
Why now? Israel launched the operation in response to days of rocket attacks out of Gaza, highlighted by a rare missile strike on an Israeli military jeep that wounded four soldiers. But the operation was actually years in the making. Since a previous Israeli offensive four years ago, Hamas has restocked its arsenal with more sophisticated and powerful weapons smuggled in from Egypt through underground tunnels. After a lull following Israel's previous offensive, rocket fire has steadily climbed the past two years. The Israeli military says more than 700 rockets were launched into Israel this year before it launched the offensive last week. In this environment, Israeli officials have said it was only a matter of time before a new round of fighting broke out.
The battlefield: Hamas seized control of Gaza, a densely populated strip of land sandwiched between southern Israel and Egypt's Sinai desert, five years ago from the rival Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas, a militant group sworn to Israel's destruction, has developed is rocket arsenal to the point where nearly half of Israel's population is in range.
Why fire rockets? Palestinian militants, led by Hamas, say the rocket fire is a legitimate response to continued Israeli attacks. They also claim they are resisting Israeli occupation of the territory. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, ending a 38-year military occupation. But it has maintained a blockade of the territory in a step it says is needed to prevent arms smuggling.
Terms of the deal: Israel wants a halt to the rocket attacks and an end to arms smuggling into Gaza, most likely in a deal that is guaranteed by Egypt or other international parties. Hamas wants a halt to Israeli assassinations of its leaders and a lifting of the Israeli blockade. While gaps remain wide, both sides have strong interests in a deal. Bringing quiet to Israel's embattled south will make Netanyahu a national hero, weeks before parliamentary elections. Hamas, branded a terrorist group by Israel and the West, has seen its influence grow as the Arab Spring brings Islamists to power across the region. A cease-fire, particularly an arrangement guaranteed with international partners, would cement Hamas' control of Gaza and give it more of the international recognition it covets so much.
By the numbers:
• More than 100 Palestinians, half of them civilians, have been killed, according to Palestinian medical officials. Three Israeli civilians have died from rocket fire.
• Israel has attacked more than 1,350 targets in the current offensive, according to the Israeli army. Hamas and smaller armed groups have responded with nearly 600 rockets, the army says.
• Israel says its new "Iron Dome" rocket-defense system has shot down more than 300 incoming projectiles.
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I wonder if his life depended on it, and he had Kobe, MJ, Magic, LJ and Oscar, would D'antoni be able to devise a play in the huddle to get a bucket?
Dude has to be the absolute worst in-game coach in the history of the nba.
I loved the Knicks announcers tonight. They said it was as if there was no play, no design. Classic. D'uh! It's Mike. His SSOL is a system, but it's flaw is it has no halfcourt answer.
Once again. Our best shooter is nowhere to be found. Did he actually call Duhon's number?


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Ashley Greene at Rock and Republic Red Carpet
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text: Thinking about Piper and Bug while discussing tollers in another thread... Coming up on the 1 yr anniversary of their passing, I wanted to share this.. July 21/12 the unthinkable happened and I lost two of my best friends hours apart. It was a normal day, packed up the dogs and went out with a friend on her pontoon boat with 5 of her dogs and 3 of mine. Bug was a 1.5 year old malinois who had had 3 seizure episodes in the previous months but was always normal by the time we reached the ER vet, and three vets suggested epilepsy but the frequency wasn't enough to medicate at the time, so we lived life as normal since life was normal 99.99% of the time. So I wasn't surprised when Bug started showing me the precursors to an episode, it seemed to be triggered by excitement, I just made a mental note to go back to the vets with when we went back into town - I was doing research at the time, talking to different vets and was planning on making an appointment and asking for more tests for Addison's. We were on an island on a lake about a 45 min boat ride and about 1 hr drive from town. So as she started having symptoms, I took her quietly off to the side and my friend and her husband kept the other dogs occupied throwing toys in the water, like we'd been doing off and on since we'd got there. She started seizing as expected but wasn't waking up. She stopped breathing and we packed up everything and got on the boat. She died in my arms. In the long, surreal ride back to the car, Piper started looking off. So many things were running through my mind but I was going into shock. We got to the dock, and getting into the car, Piper was losing motor skills and was unconscious about 10 minutes into the drive, we called the ER vet and were on our way. Piper was still breathing, just in a coma like state, sleeping in my lap. My friend drove and I sat on the floor of her van with Piper. Bug was dead on the front seat. Water intoxication crossed my mind as I tried desperately to google from my phone. I just prayed and prayed we could get there in time. She was still alive when we got there and the vets started assessing her. They were unfamiliar with water toxicity event though I kept saying it over and over through the tears. They logically assumed the dogs were poisoned, seeing as a second young dog was brought in deceased at the same time. So, started a line to flush out her system. From there she crashed, stopped breathing on her own, and the young, inexperienced vet ran out of ways to help her medically. After consulting with OVC in Guelph, not being able to figure out what was wrong with her and not having any more options to keep her alive, we let her go. She died in my arms while I cried into her fur, only looking up to see Bug's lifeless body on an exam table a few meters away. The days passing were the darkest days of my life. It wasn't until the toxicologies came back clean, and minor details in the autopsies on both dogs did the senior vet at that practice begin to suggest water intoxication. I knew from the second I saw her glazed over eyes on the boat that that is what it was. There was no conclusion for Bug, but in retrospect, I believe she had an acute Addisonian crisis but the autopsy was inconclusive. This is the beautiful tribute to their colourful lives that my friend and member here (Panzerotti) made for me last year.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXUxBy_ZYGI [YOUTUBE]MXUxBy_ZYGI[/YOUTUBE]


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Earlier in this first-round series against Nashville, Ducks goalie Ray Emery referenced the playoffs as "my thing."
The Ducks can only hope that proves to be the case over time.
Emery was certainly thrilled about how Game 2 went as he started his first playoff game since Game 5 of the 2007 Stanley Cup finals with Ottawa, stopping 31 shots for the Ducks in a 5-3 victory over the Predators.
His story about coming back from a radical surgery to fix a degenerative condition in his right hip is now well-chronicled. More recently, Emery was coming back from from a lower-body injury that rendered him unavailable for Game 1.
It now appears that the Ducks are ready to ride Emery, as long as his body can hold up.
"I felt pretty good," Emery said, talking about Game 2. "I feel pretty good still. Just got to take care of myself when I get the chance. For now, when I'm in there, it's not something I'm thinking about. I feel good in net."
Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has consistently said the thing about Emery that impresses him most is his willingness to engage and battle to stop the puck and secure it. Emery, who has a 19-12 career playoff record, talked about the feeling he experiences when he's in the postseason.
"You know what to expect from guys," he said. "You've got that real team feeling where guys are sacrificing themselves for the team. There's kind of a common goal more so than other times of the year.
"It's a fun time and I think for a goalie … for me it's a time where you can make up for a lot of things with work. Guys don't have that extra second to use their skill on you. It's a lot of bang and crash and traffic. Just battling goes a long way."
— Because of an earlier 5 p.m. local start and yesterday's late afternoon practice session after traveling, the Ducks did not hit the ice Sunday morning. Neither did the Predators.
So this lineup for Game 3 tonight is pure educated guesswork. We'll see how close I get to who actually hits the ice together:
Brandon McMillan (or Matt Beleskey)-Ryan Getzlaf-Corey Perry
Jason Blake-Saku Koivu-Teemu Selanne
Matt Beleskey-Nick Bonino-Dan Sexton (or Jarkko Ruutu)
Brad Winchester-Todd Marchant-George Parros
Lubomir Visnovsky-Toni Lydman
Francois Beauchemin-Luca Sbisa
Cam Fowler-Sheldon Brookbank


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kristi_m Posts: 8I know I'm outside my bumper to bumper. Ironically, the only two cars I've had significant problems within this few of miles are Chevy's. I think I've learned my lesson. It's saying something when I'm selling it fairly cheap just to get rid of it before something ELSE goes wrong and no one wants it. Doesn't do me much good to keep a car with so many problems with many people experiencing the same problems, yet no recall on it so they can still profit. Everything (except this squeal/brakes), luckily, has fallen in the warranty, so I didn't have to pay other than a complete inconvience (like being told the ignition locking wasn't under recall or warranty and I'd have to pay $250... saying I was basically a liar when I called them on the problems within the ignition, only 500 miles outside my warranty). Now I have to drive 45 minutes to have it checked out and fixed. Again. Knew I should have listened to my dad bought that Focus instead. My daughter has had 3 of them, great cars. Going back to Ford and Nissan. :mad:
Go figure?
I received a letter directly from G.M. Canada in Toronto telling me that the ignition unit on my 2010 hhr could and should be replace "no charge" because a recall had been issued for this.
Yes it is a expensive job, that's why I had it done on mine even if I hadn't experience any problems with it. What I don't understand is that 3 of my friends own HHR's and also had the letter I'm talking about and got their ignition unit changed...no charge...no questions asked.
savisa Posts: 1Hello, yesterday I received a letter from the Lemon Law lawyers saying that 2009-2011 HHR's are all having problems with the Shifter. I DID NOT receive anything from GM. That is what brought me here to this site. I read your post and have the same front end shaking as well as the squeaky windows (both front), shifter trouble when trying to get it out of park, and when I first bought the car had to have my brakes fixed several times before they actual did something to "patch" the problem. Now it just shakes when I'm stopping. They ended up doing something to the rotors when I took it in several times, BRAND NEW.... I have a 2010 with only 24K miles on it. Bought it new and the Rotor issue was right off the lot. What gives? When does a car officially become a LEMON?
I have not received any letters from GM. Does anyone know if there really is a recall on the HHR for the shifter problem? When I took my car to the dealer the last time they replaced my steering column, windshield squirter, fixed the brakes, and the gurgling sound in the dashboard. I picked it up and the signals and wipers did not work at all and had to take it back. It's been a about a month and now my blinkers don't work right again, and it has started making noise in the blower motor. It just turned over to 25000 miles and my warranty is up in April 2013. If there is anything that anyone can suggest that I have checked out before my warranty is up PLEASE let me know. Oh and. I will be having my squealing windows fixed. They screach so loud it hurts your ears. They must leak somewhere because they freeze shut really easy.
We'd be happy to check into your vehicle's information to see if there are any open recalls if you wanted to email us the last 8 digits of your VIN at email@example.com (or if you wanted to check into it yourself, you can set up an Owner's Center account at https://my.chevrolet.com/web/portal/managemybrand?g=1).
In regards to the other concerns you're having with your HHR and your dealership visits, we're happy to look into those further as well. If you contact us via email on that, please include your name and contact information, the last 8 digits of your VIN, a brief recap of the situation, and the name of your dealership.
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dman71 Posts: 1I have an 08 HHR and over the last few days when I press on the brakes the front passenger brake grinds. It does not happen every time, but enough to be alarming. It doesn't seem to effect it's braking ability and I don't notice it when I first initiate the brakes.
When it randomly happens, it is always when the car is almost to a complete stop...almost seems like it is squeezing to hard at that point. When the car starts moving again, the pads lightly grind for a few rotations then the grinding stops.
I have also noticed that when I turn when braking, I believe it can either initiate the problem or make it go away....but it is so random I am not really sure this has anything to do with it.
I think I have an idea what it could be, but I would like your unbiased opinion before I engage my less then spectacular mechanic skills. Thanks.
hhr2007 Posts: 2I guess the first question to ask is have you checked both brake pads on the passenger side to see if there worn out and need replaced. Maybe it is the wear indicator coming in contact with the rotor. The second thing, would be to check and make sure one of the pads does not have any debris between the pad and rotor. It sound to me that one of the pads is worn out. That the wear indicator is so close to the rotor that turning or any movement at all would make it come in contact with the rotor. Also, you should be able to look at the rotor and if you see any strange lines, then you know you have something coming in contact with the rotor. Need to get it checked right away before it damages the rotor. The rotor should be smooth on both sides.
Hope this helps!
mbukukanyau Posts: 200I have a 2006 HHR. 118,000.00 miles on it. I sell things so its typical for me to have in it up to a ton of stuff in it and drive all day around Southern California. Its a 2.4 Liter LT without onstar or sunroof but everything else, and its automatic.
First things, Brakes, You need to upgrade HHR brakes from the factory rotors if you got anything but the SS model. Any Chevrolet Dealership will easily put better cross drilled rotors on there for about $400.00. The original were downright a rip off. Its better if they had sold the thing with no brakes.
I changed the struts with aftermarket struts(Monroe) 2 years ago in place of the originals and this week, I am getting new ones installed by the Chevrolet Dealership.
I am changing rear shocks, the ones back there are worn and leaking fluids, but it's been 7 years and lots of load, and also some tie end rods and worn bushing mounts.
Minor repairs (This week) include a broken rear washer hose replacement, some loose things under the exhaust system need tightening, tie end rods, plus the door weather strip rubber.
This is my first Chevrolet after 6 Toyotas, including 4 in Africa and 2 Hondas plus a Mazda.
The thing is, when you use cars, things break. You have to be reasonable. Save for the front rotors, my HHR has been perfect in the sense that I only have had to replace normal tear and wear things.
If you expect to go and buy a Toyota and find automotive nirvana, or Honda, or better warranty or customer service, I say peace be with you, (for now).
I have to say, this is the most trouble free car I have ever owned, and believe you me, my typical car does a lot of miles every two or three days. I drive at least 60 miles or a normal work day. This HHR will still run to the speedometers end after 118,000.00 miles within 18 seconds, (in a safe closed course of course) and will embarrass a lot of cars off the line. The interior and exterior is like show room, nothing is broken.
The whole bill for this work, including the ordinary service is coming to about $1,300.00 in a Chevrolet dealership.
Would I have work done at a mom and pops, Honestly, No, I do not want the drama or headache.
power4u Posts: 1Going on my fourth set of rotors and pads. These brakes must simply be under designed for this car. I go through a set of rotors every other oil change. I am going to try performance brakes next, drilled and slotted, to see if this helps.
jpf Posts: 496Sounds expensive. Recently, I had suspension work done on my 2007 Uplander with 80k miles. Struts, rear shocks, inner and outer tie rods, stabilizer bar, and 4 wheel alignment; total bill was $1,427 (taxes included, Canadian dollars). I went to a auto chain store (Canadian Tire) and not the dealer. The local dealer quoted close to $700 for just the tie rods. Shocks, struts, brakes, and suspension work can be done by most auto repair chains at prices much less than the dealer. Good luck.
I do the same...after the warranty is over it's Canadian Tire, Midas, Mr. Muffler, Monsieur 4 Roues, Les experts sur Roue...
Anywhere except little private corner garages and Car Dealers.
lovinglifeinmd Posts: 1I had the same problems, until I switched my rotors to the drilled. No more problems.
tlm325 Posts: 1I purchased my HHR in October, 2010--it is a 2011. No problems until July 15, 2012 when I took it to a Pep Boys location in Pittsburgh, PA (it was a Sunday.) On that day they supposedly did a brake inspection and then informed me that I would need new brake pads. Work done and off I went. On December 7, 2012 took car back to same Pep Boys location because I noticed the front end "jimmying/shaking/vibrating"--whatever you want to call it. They supposedly did another brake inspection and then informed me the car would need new pads and possibly rotors if they were not able to "machine" them. As it turned out they did "machine" the rotors and put new ceramic brake pads on. Again off I went thinking well this time should be different. Not so because in late June/early July, 2013 noticed again that the front end was "jimmying/shaking/vibrating." Took it back to Pep Boys AGAIN!!! And this time Pep Boys supposedly did another brake inspection and this time informed me that the car would need new brake pads AND new rotors and calipers!!! Because of the prohibitive cost I decided to go to an independent garage. When I called this garage to see if they could do the work the manager/owner told me yes as long as I brought the parts with me (it was late in the afternoon at this point and I had to plans to go out of town the next day.) I purchased the parts at an auto parts store near my home and took these with me to the independent garage. An hour and half later I once again was on my way thinking for sure now things should be good. Not so, AGAIN!!!
Last evening as I was coming home from work I came to a stop sign and of course, stopped. When I went to accelerate to move forward and I kid you not, the car made such a HORRID sound that I honestly believed the whole engine dropped out of the car. This morning I had it towed to the dealership where I purchased the car. The guy who towed it said he knew what the problem was when he had the front end up in preparation to tow it. The caliper on the passenger front wheel had "FALLEN OUT!!" After speaking to several people (the auto parts store; the guy who towed the car and the service person at the dealership) I learned that had this happened while I was driving down the highway (I take PA 43 to work everyday) 65 to 70 miles an hour the wheel would have "SEIZED UP." The person at the dealership even went so far as to say that had the caliper fallen out in this situation--and IF I would have survived it most likely would not have been a "pretty sight!!!" This whole scenario just makes me sick!!!
edscustom Posts: 1I have replaced my rotors and brakes and the problem comes back. Coming home from Big Bear this pass Spring the HHR started to shake and rattle. I felt like the car was disintegrating. This is suppose to be my family car. I cant take trips with my family in this car. It is not safe. This is a serious issue and I cant believe there isnt a recall. I have come to the conclusion that Chevrolet knows and dont care about safety. Sure I can take it to the dealer but I know for a fact they will not resolve my issue plus my warranty is up. I will never buy a Chevrolet again. Now I am stuck with a car that I dont feel safe in. There has to be an engineering flaw. Oh I forgot to mention the annoying rattle in the steering column.
snowmoman Posts: 20You CAN'T GO TO THE DEALER and get this fixed. The only way you are going to fix it is to buy some slotted rotors and pads and install them. The GM rotors are junk. You can get these online at Ebay, etc. for about $125 for the set. I did this two years ago and have zero problems. The slots will dissipate the heat much better. Trust me, it works.
I totally understand your frustration. I had my brakes fixed in April and I need new ones already. I only drive nine miles to work and seldom drive on the weekends. I took my car to the dealer in April. I told them AGAIN that the front end feels like it is going to fall off. They replaced the steering column,brakes, struts, blower motor, and fixed the windows that were squealing. Here it is only 2000 miles later and everything that I had fixed is broke again and of course the warranty is up. Its a piece of crap with 36000 miles on it. My daughter is turning 16 and has her permit. I am afraid to let her drive my car. I agree that there should be a major recall on these cars. makes you wonder why they don't make them anymore? Once again the consumer getting it stuck to them!!
I have exactly the same mileage on my HHR and no problems whatsoever.
Just went for a semi annual check up and my brakes are at...
Front pads at 8 mm. and rear shoe at 4 mm. (mind you that they are the originals).
I adore my HHR and to bad they stopped the production with the 2011 because I'm planning to trade mine in 2 years and would have bought another HHR...best car I ever owned in 38 years of driving...buying my cars new and trading them every 5 years. Must have gotten a "cream puff" right of the line.
dburn10251 Posts: 2Have the universal joint on the steering column checked. There is a dry lubricant they use on this u-joint and when it wears down it causes heavy vibrations and a chunky rattling noise in the column.
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I also have a 2006 HHR. Mine has 109,000 miles on it, and the only problem I've had is the brakes. I've had the same problem with the steering wheel shaking when I step on the brake, but it only seems to be when I'm slowing down quickly (like from 65 to 45mph). I was first told there was oil in my brake line. This last time when I took it in, they said the wear on the rear brakes was at 30% - the exact same as the time before that. They started looking, and found that a part that diverts the brake fluid to front & rear brakes was clogged - the rear brakes are not getting any brake fluid, and therefore, aren't even being used.
- I'm wondering if this is a systemic HHR problem? Has anyone checked their rear brakes specifically to see if there's a problem? BTW, my rear brakes are disc, don't even know if that makes a difference.
inultus Posts: 1FYI, I have been working on cars for 24 years. From what I gather on this vehicle there are two major problems. First, the brakes were designed for the Cobalt, which is a much lighter vehicle. Secondly, this vehicle gets the vast majority of its braking power from the front, which puts undue burden and heat on the front brakes. Chevy directs their mechanics to turn the front rotors and replaces the front brake pads for this problem. That is only a temporary fix. To really fix the problem slotted and drilled rotors must be installed otherwise they will just overheat again and you will have the same problem in a few months. You can find slotted rotors at a very reasonable price (as recommended by another mechanic friend) at the Prime Choice website.
scottie12 Posts: 1I have a 2010 HHR with 29k. Was driving to a garage sale -driving less than 20mph and the esc.active light came on-first thought I had a flat tire-sort of bounced-did not have-in addition I tried to stop and it kept going. tried to apply brakes again and seemed to not work-so I put it in 2nd gear and drove to dealership. turned off car. When salesperson drove it he said he did not find a problem with it. So I am really concerned that it will happen again and I will not be able to brake. When the esc. active light came on and the brakes didn't work, I thought it meant to bail out- which I might have done-but it only has 29k so it is at the shop-my fear is that they will not be able to duplicate the problem and send me on my way- should I increase my life insurance?
Dealership called today and said can't find anything wrong-could this be a brake-rotor problem-would a problem with them affect the esc active alert? thanks for any help-I'm afraid to drive it........kathy
Hello Kathy,scottie12 said:
I have a 2010 HHR with 29k. Was driving to a garage sale -driving less than 20mph and the esc.active light came on-first thought I had a flat tire-sort of bounced-did not have-in addition I tried to stop and it kept going. tried to apply brakes again and seemed to not work-so I put it in 2nd gear and drove to dealership. turned off car. When salesperson drove it he said he did not find a problem with it. So I am really concerned that it will happen again and I will not be able to brake. When the esc. active light came on and the brakes didn't work, I thought it meant to bail out- which I might have done-but it only has 29k so it is at the shop-my fear is that they will not be able to duplicate the problem and send me on my way- should I increase my life insurance?
Dealership called today and said can't find anything wrong-could this be a brake-rotor problem-would a problem with them affect the esc active alert? thanks for any help-I'm afraid to drive it........kathy
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In LA's 4-2 victory over Toronto FC, Wilhelmsson was active on both sides of the flank and despite starting on the right hand side, often drifted to the left when need be, causing shifts in the Galaxy midfield. Frequently when Wilhelmsson would swap flanks, it would allow midfielders Mike Magee, Marcelo Sarvas and Juninho to rotate throughout the midfield (check out the chalkboard from that match here) causing problems for the Toronto defenders.
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Mariners on top as Reds go down
THE Central Coast Mariners shot to the top of the league for the first time this season after toppling previous frontrunners Adelaide United in a hard-fought encounter at Gosford on Saturday night. But coach Graham Arnold will not be trumpeting his side's spot on the ladder.
''We're not even mentioning the position that we're in,'' Arnold said. ''It's more about our performance and consistency, and I thought in those type of conditions, our performance was excellent.''
In stifling heat, after falling behind 1-0 to a Bruce Djite swivel, strike and goal on 16 minutes, the Mariners manufactured an equaliser on the stroke of half-time through Josh Rose, before pinching the three points with a goal in the 75th minute to former Sheffield United midfielder Nick Montgomery.
It might have been no less than the Mariners deserved after creating a litany of chances from start to finish. It might also have been a lucky win, given they failed to capitalise on the efforts of a smooth midfield machine, led by Michael McGlinchey, who was moved into the centre of the park in the absence of Socceroo Tom Rogic.
The Mariners butchered many chances, perhaps the worst of which was by Bernie Ibini on 50 minutes, when the striker smashed the ball over the crossbar, despite having only to place the ball into an open goal from close range.
''We have to be honest and say that we were very sloppy in the final third,'' Arnold conceded.
''The score could have been much more. I put it down to the heat factor. The first thing that goes normally when you're fatigued and tired is your brain, your decision-making.''
Adelaide coach John Kosmina did not quite see it that way. Despite the Reds asking for a second-half drinks break - denied by the referee, who had the decisive vote - the visiting coach did not believe the heat was to blame for his team's loss.
''The heat doesn't make you pass the ball to the opposition,'' he said. ''We probably let three points get away. We had good opportunities to take control of the game, which we did in stages, but we didn't keep control of it. Then we got caught on the counter-attack. Overall, I can't complain too much because we had three enforced changes … and all in all, some of the football wasn't too bad. We made some silly mistakes and let the Mariners get three points.''
Kosmina praised his team, singling out 17-year-old goalkeeper Paul Izzo, who was mostly solid on debut in place of Socceroo custodian Eugene Galekovic, and Zenon Caravella, who had not played first-team football ''for a long time''.
''It's always nice to be on top,'' Kosmina said of the Reds' relinquishing the competition lead. ''We've been on top for seven weeks so we can't complain too much.''
This was the Mariners' day, with four home wins in a row for the first time in the club's history. ''Since the day I came to this club it's been all about making the home ground a fortress and trying to win 10 of our 13 home games,'' Arnold said. ''If you can win 10, there's 30 points, and you've only got to get six or seven away from home to get into the top six.''
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Fugitive Hippo Has Bodyguards, Terrorizes Children with Poop Spray
With the Facebook Fugitive back in jail, what runaway rapscallion should we cheer for next? How about this two-ton hippopotamus, which escaped from a zoo and now wanders Montenegro with a pair of armed bodyguards.
When an island housing a private zoo in a lake in Montenegro flooded, 11-year-old hippo Nikica staged an escape, bobbing to the top of her cage and swimming to freedom. Zoo officials sent two armed men to find Nikica, who has been roaming the village of Plavnica ever since, stealing food and terrorizing the locals:
Children in the village have been told to stay indoors; sound advice, not only because hippos tend to be grumpy, but also because they spin their tails like rotor blades when excreting. The idea is to mark out the maximum expanse of territory—plainly, it does not do to stand too close.
But since their island is underwater, the zoo has nowhere to keep Nikica. So instead, they're paying the armed guy to follow her around and guard her. Local authorities considered killing Nikica, but until the beastly wanderer attacks someone directly, they've agreed to hold their fire.
"When the water warms up and does not seem so threatening, she will return of her own free will," said a zookeeper. "She loves mud more than life itself."
Villagers have taken to laying out hay and stale loaves of bread to slow Nikica's often destructive foraging.
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INXS aren't holding back when it comes to celebrating the 25th anniversary of their album KICK.
In honor of the milestone, the Aussie band has released three newly remastered editions of their 1987 album including a limited edition LP on red vinyl, a 25-track expanded Deluxe 2-CD set and a 32-track collector's edition that includes a DVD.
But let's break down each of these editions, shall we.
The Deluxe 2-CD set includes the remastered version of the original album, along with a bonus disc of early demos and outtakes along with live concert tracks, rare b-sides and remixes.
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oH NO HERE COMES AB WE WILL NOW HAVE ANOTHER 'GOOD LOSS' AKA SAN ANTONIO GAME.
oH NO HERE COMES AB WE WILL NOW HAVE ANOTHER 'GOOD LOSS' AKA SAN ANTONIO GAME.
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that is andrea taking a charge
Did Andrea just make 3 great defensive plays? lol maybe Casey told him Eds going to take your jobs if you dont move your feet out there...
amir with the nice jumper
I cannot take anymore if ab not pulled casey should be fired....this is exactly what happened in san antonio game.
stick with the cold hand Casey, just let him keep firing away!! holy shit man, how dense are these people? i'm close to not giving a shit anymore...
Just one year away... Bruno is almost here!
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The ball should only be shot by Lowry and Pietrus for the rest of the game
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9/19/2009 8:47pm, #11
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Also, how the hell did his opponent not finish a guy with those types of injuries? Especially since he was given four rounds to do so. I know that poor cardio does affect your strength, but it doesn't exactly turn you from "Bone Crushing" to "Feather Tickeling".
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Not a dense pillow on the wall. A real makiwara which is a flexible but fairly stiff board that pushes back with as much force as you hit it with will tell you every time your punch is good and every time it's weak. Or if your body isn't grounded well enough project the punch outward.
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The makiwara does not give feedback as good as that of a heavy bag: The heavy bag, like a human body, is front-loaded and provides most resistance on initial impact; the makiwara is back-loaded and provides more resistance at greater extension. This post should provide some food for thought.
More generally, its ridiculous to think that Shotokan karateka should be better punchers than boxers:
- Many Shotokan practitioners spend too little time hitting pads and bags. Most Shotokan practitioners practice little or no heavy contact sparring; when they do, its a mix of kicks, punches, grabbing/off-balancing, and foot sweeps: A good karateka could be a poor puncher and make up for it in other areas. As far as I know, no one in the world makes a living from hard Shotokan sparring, thus there is no tremendous incentive to optimise punching power; even those who do try, dont spend lots of time actually testing it in live sparring or fights, thus they may be lulled into complacency, or come up with methods that work on dead targets but not on live opponents.
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- Most boxers spend lots of time punching pads, bags, and other boxers. Most boxers spend plenty of time on contact sparring, and when they do, punching is their only weapon (not their only technique, but their only offensive one). A boxer who punches poorly is a bad boxer. Pro boxers make a living from punching other people; entire careers can be made by figuring out how to hit harder. They have every incentive to improve punching power, and their power is put to frequent, objective tests. Boxers dont go around fooling themselves into thinking that they hit hard; they know it (or know they need to work on it).
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Guys, this isn't a thread for makiwara vs. heavy bag or Shotokan vs. Western Boxing.
Please take that stuff to the appropriate areas.
What I'm looking for is more information on any possible karate style called "Sadoki" and the "UKF" he claims to be a multiple-time World Champion of.
I want to make sure that I have my ducks all in a row before I make an appearance and talk to the guy, and I want to make sure that my arguments in favor of him padding his resume are both falsifiable and factually correct.


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I learned not to underestimate the Seahawks. This game is far from over.
Dont be so quick to bury the Seahawks.
I learned not to underestimate the Seahawks. This game is far from over.
What kind of wrap-up was that, Dunta? Damn, that looked like some Jets bs.
Win or lose, Wilson is cementing himself as a top tier player. Yeah, he had the one big mistake before half but the LT blew that possession with the false start that really changed everything for Seattle on that goal line series
Missed the entire game so far, are the Seahawks getting their butts handed to them here?
Should be noworse than 20-13 right now if CPC would have treated his two rz drives as first half drives.
I actually don't think Atlanta has punted in this game. Kind of a meltdown by Seattle's D
Atlanta moving the ball at will.
Gonzo is the man.
Gonzalez is a machine, doesn't matter how old he is.
TD Game over
That is a backbreaker drive. It's one thing to lose, but when you pride yourself on great D all season, to lose like this has to just be crushing for them
Nice play, little flip to the RB had them totally fooled.
Atlanta really executing today. Just ripped away any momentum the Seahawks had after their TD drive.
Jet like except the Jets would have held them to a FG.


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Duke hopes to make next start
By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
The elbow stiffness that forced Duke to skip his start on Tuesday is progressing slower than anticipated, manager John Russell reported. If Duke is unable to throw a side on Wednesday, he will not be cleared to start on Saturday, as initially anticipated. That will force the Pirates to come up with a spot starter for their second game in Oakland.
General manager Neal Huntington named four starters -- Daniel McCutchen, Brian Burres, Dana Eveland and Charlie Morton -- who would be under consideration to take Duke's spot in the rotation next weekend if he remains sidelined. Eveland is the only one of that group currently on the Pirates' 25-man roster. McCutchen is already scheduled to pitch on Saturday, so he'd be able to stay on his normal schedule if he were called up.
All indications are that Duke's injury is entirely muscle-related, meaning that there is no ligament damage. Duke tried to pitch through similar discomfort in 2007 and ended up missing nearly three months. As a result, the team plans to be extra cautious this time around.
"We want to make sure we take care of the muscle and let that heal properly and get back strong enough not to put him in harm's way," Huntington said. "He and we do not want to relive [what happened in 2007]."
Iwamura optioned to Triple-A
ARLINGTON -- Unable to find an interested trade partner, the Pirates optioned second baseman Aki Iwamura to Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday. Iwamura is scheduled to join the club on Friday.
The Pirates designated Iwamura for assignment last Wednesday in order to clear a roster spot for third baseman Pedro Alvarez. At the time, general manager Neal Huntington said the team's first priority was to trade Iwamura so that the established infielder could hook on with another Major League club.
The Pirates were willing to pay nearly all of the remaining $4.85 million due Iwamura to do so, too.
However, the Pirates did not find any substantial interest in Iwamura and now will try to help the second baseman get back on track in the Minors.
Iwamura began the season as the team's starting second baseman before being benched in late May. He hit .182 with nine RBIs in 165 at-bats with the Pirates this year.
Bucs deciding what to do with Morton, Pearce
ARLINGTON -- General manager Neal Huntington said the team is still working through determining the next course of action for both right-hander Charlie Morton and first baseman Steve Pearce, both of whom are currently on rehab assignments with Triple-A Indianapolis.
Morton (right shoulder fatigue) has made three starts for Indianapolis so far, and the Pirates have not decided yet if he will make a fourth. Morton, who last pitched on Saturday, is a candidate to pitch for Pittsburgh this Saturday if Zach Duke is unable to take his normal turn in the rotation.
Though Pearce (sprained right ankle) remains with Indianapolis, his ankle is, by all accounts, fully healed. As a result, Huntington said that he anticipates Pearce coming off the disabled list before the Pirates leave Texas on Thursday. The only question now is whether Pearce will come back to the big league club or stay with Indianapolis where he can play more regularly.
On Tuesday, Huntington also provided injury updates on four pitchers whom the organization initially thought might be ready to contribute at the Major League level before the end of the season:
Left-hander Neal Cotts: Cotts was progressing ahead of schedule in his return from Tommy John surgery until a right hip injury sidelined him recently. Cotts addressed the injury with surgery, but now complications from that procedure will keep Cotts out for the rest of the year.
Right-hander Tyler Yates: Yates was also rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, but he was shut down two weeks ago because of soreness in his right elbow. A visit to Dr. James Andrews revealed inflammation in the elbow, meaning that Yates has to sit out for another month. As a result of this setback, Yates is doubtful to return this year.
Right-hander Jose Ascanio: Ascanio's return from right shoulder surgery is going a little slower than expected, though Huntington confirmed there is nothing alarming with the timetable. Ascanio is throwing side sessions now and is expected to begin a rehab assignment in mid to late July. If there are no setbacks, the Pirates anticipate Ascanio being ready to compete again in mid to late August.
Right-hander Craig Hansen: Hansen, who has been out for more than a year with a nerve issue near his neck, has been shut down for the last two weeks due to elbow discomfort. He is expected to resume throwing again soon, though there is no timetable for his return.
Bucs have 10 under contract from '10 class
ARLINGTON -- The Pirates have now signed 10 picks from their 2010 First-Year Player Draft class after coming to terms with right-hander Bryce Weidman (14th round) and outfielder Adalberto Santos (22nd round).
Weidman went 4-6 with a 2.20 ERA in 13 appearances (82 innings) for Southwestern Oregon. He struck out 82 and walked 15.
Santos, who has already joined the Pirates' short-season affiliate in State College (Pa.), hit .336 with 15 doubles, 10 homers and 36 RBIs in 56 games as a senior at Oregon State earlier this year. He transferred to Oregon State after batting .520 as a sophomore with New Mexico Junior College in 2007.
Injuries hitting Pirates prospects
ARLINGTON -- Pirates prospect Brock Holt will miss the remainder of 2010 after being diagnosed with a medial collateral ligament sprain and a meniscal tear in his left knee. Holt sustained the injury when he collided with a teammate trying to make a play in the field.
Holt is scheduled to have surgery, and the Pirates are optimistic that the surgeon will find the MCL to be intact. Regardless, Holt will have to wait six weeks post-surgery before he can put weight on the knee. It will then be a four-month process until he can return to full strength.
Holt, who was a ninth-round selection in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, was hitting .351 with 12 doubles and 27 RBIs in 47 games with high Class A Bradenton before the injury. Though Holt played second base in college, the Pirates were using him primarily as a shortstop this year.
"[He has a] great feel for the game," general manager Neal Huntington said. "[He] makes a pitcher work. [He] has an understanding of the strike zone. [He] has an understanding of how to play the game. [He made a] very good initial impression his first full season out."
In other Minor League news:
Bradenton catcher Tony Sanchez was taken to the hospital on Tuesday after being struck in the face by a pitch. A review of the CT scan showed that there might be two small fractures on the left side of Sanchez's jaw. According to Huntington, Sanchez was on his way to Tampa on Tuesday night to see if there would be a specialist immediately available to give a second opinion. The Pirates won't know if surgery will be necessary until after that visit.
Sanchez was the Pirates' first-round Draft pick in 2009. He had already missed time this month when he was struck in the head by a pitch and suffered concussion-like symptoms.
High Class A right-hander Hunter Strickland has been sidelined with tightness in his throwing elbow. Strickland, who was acquired in the Adam LaRoche trade last July, is scheduled to undergo additional tests to determine the severity of the injury. Strickland made eight starts for low Class A West Virginia before being promoted to Bradenton. In four appearances for the Marauders, Strickland is 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA.
Outfielder Cole White has rejoined the short-season State College Spikes after a near-two-year absence serving in the military. White was drafted in the 42nd round of the 2008 Draft after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He became one of five players affected when the U.S. Army decided to require cadets pursuing professional sports careers to first complete two years of active duty. White left the Spikes on July 26, 2008, to do so.
Worth noting
Bobby Crosby started at short on Tuesday for the fifth time in the past six games. In addition to wanting starting shortstop Ronny Cedeno to show more consistency with his play and his emotions, manager John Russell said he likes the veteran leadership Crosby provides playing next to rookies Pedro Alvarez and Neil Walker. ... Russell will likely vary his designated hitter over the next six games, but don't expect Alvarez to assume that spot. Russell said he had "little to no interest" in taking Alvarez away from third base, where he continues to develop defensively. ... The experiment of using Ryan Doumit as a first baseman so he can take a day off from catching appears over. Doumit never felt all that comfortable at the position, and the Pirates seem hesitant to use him there anymore as a result.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Friday February 14, 2014
Ralph White, the actor who played John Walton Snr in the phenomenally popular The Waltons has died aged 85.
"I'm devastated," said actress Michael Learned, 74, who played his wife Olivia. "He was my spiritual husband. We loved each other for over 40 years. He died a working actor at the top of his game. He was a loving mentor to many and a role model to an entire generation."
Mary McDonough, 52, who played his daughter Erin Walton, also regarded Ralph as family. 'I loved him so much," she said. "He was like a real father to me. Goodnight Daddy. I love you."
Ralph played the kindly father figure in the hit TV show, which was centred around a family of seven children in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series, which was a worldwide hit, ran for nine seasons and six movie sequels.
Emmy-award winning Ralph, who only began acting in his thirties, had more recently appeared in crime drama NCIS and soap opera Days of Our Lives.
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Jurors rushed from the courtroom – some in tears – after the mistrial.
They had listened for three weeks in March 2012 to horrific testimony about the 1988 sexual assault and murder of a 22-year-old pregnant housewife whose seminude body was discovered – bound, gagged and bloody – by her husband when he returned home from work.
But then they deadlocked at 10-2 in favor of the death penalty for convicted killer Jason Michael Balcom, forcing Superior Court Judge Francisco Briseño to declare a mistrial.
The nine women and three men agreed on one thing as they dashed into the 11th-floor elevator: They did not want to talk about it.
Most never returned to the courthouse, the testimony was so emotionally draining.
But not Barbara Bellot, Juror No. 4.
She had unfinished business.
"I said as soon as I walked out of the courtroom that I'd be back," she said last week.
"I will follow this case to the end."
Since the day of the mistrial on March 27, Bellot, 75, has returned to Department 45 in the Central Justice Center dozens of times – as a spectator. Every time there was a scheduled hearing in preparation for the retrial for Balcom, she was there.
In early February, she sat through two days of jury selection, watching others take seats in the jury box that she occupied a year earlier.
She listened – this time as a court watcher – as Deputy District Attorney Matt Murphy detailed for a second jury how Malinda Godfrey Gibbons died July 18, 1988, at Balcom's hands. She sat in the fourth row of the gallery as Murphy explained his reasons why Balcom should receive the death penalty.
She watched Deputy Public Defender Dolores Yost for the second time go through Balcom's troubled childhood in which he was raised by an unstable, unfit, mentally ill and angry single mother. She listened as Yost argued to spare Balcom's life.
She sat with Godfrey Gibbons' family, including her mother, brothers, sister and her widower, Kent Gibbons, as Judge Briseño instructed the second jury and sent the members back to deliberate.
Then Bellot sat for hours in the courtroom gallery with the family of the murder victim, waiting for the bailiff's buzzer to ring, signaling that the second jury could deliver what her jury could not – a verdict.
Bellot, a retiree who worked for 22 years in the bakery department at Albertsons, lives in Huntington Beach with Tawnee, her sheltie.
She was married for 53 years before her husband died recently. She is the loving mother of two daughters, the doting grandmother of four and great-grandmother of one.
She was surprised to be selected in March 2012 as Juror No. 4 from among 280 prospects to serve on the first Balcom trial. It was the first time she had been chosen to be on a jury – and it was the most serious kind of criminal case, a death-penalty trial.
"We knew it was a murder, but we didn't know any of the details. Nothing can prepare you for something like this," she said. "What we heard was awful. The testimony was traumatic and shocking. You couldn't help but wonder all that she went through."
Bellot forced herself to focus on the evidence, making sure she avoided eye contact with Balcom, who sat in a suit and tie at the counsel table about 30 feet away.
She said she also tried not to dwell on the victim's family, who for the most part traveled from their homes in Utah for the trial and who sat silently suffering in the gallery as witness after witness described the horror in which Godfrey Gibbons died.
After two weeks of wrenching evidence, the first jury decided that Balcom was guilty of special circumstances murder during a sexual assault, burglary and robbery.
Then it was on to the penalty phase, when the jury was asked to decide whether Balcom would receive a death sentence or be sent to prison for life without the possibility of parole.
"We had a job to do," Bellot said.
But once the case was submitted to the jury, Bellot said she was stunned when one juror seemed to dig in and refuse to listen to the others. There was an immediate impasse that did not abate through three days of deliberation.
Bellot and nine others voted for the death penalty. She said the holdout juror found an ally, and the two jurors voted for life without parole. Briseño declared a mistrial.
Bellot was one who of the jurors who left the courtroom in tears.
"It was so sad and so frustrating," she said.
"And then once the mistrial was declared, I started to think about and feel for the family. They had to go through it all again."
So she decided, then and there, that too she would go though the second penalty phase – with the Godfrey family.
Since that day, whenever there was a hearing, Bellot would check Tawnee into a day care facility, drive the 15 miles to Santa Ana, pay for parking, and hike to the courthouse and sit in the gallery.
"We were really touched that she would invest so much of her life into this and come to court back to court and give us support," said Jeanne Godfrey, Godfrey Gibbons' mother. "It is amazing and heartwarming."
Godfrey added that it felt as though Bellot became a part of her family during the three weeks of trial and two days of deliberations.
Bellot also stayed in touch by email with four of her fellow jurors from the first trial. She kept them abreast of developments, provided a behind-the-scenes play-by-play and shared her opinions. Two of those jurors joined her Feb. 25 during final arguments.
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Bellot waited anxiously in the gallery with her new second family, the people who loved Godfrey Gibbons: mom Jeanne, younger sister Deborah, brothers Matthew and Jason, and Kent Gibbons and his second wife, Heidi.
"I have thought about this for a year," Bellot said. "I want it to be over. I want the Godfrey family to have some closure so they can go on with their lives, and I want to shut this door in my life too."
On Thursday, the jury for the second penalty phase in People v. Balcom announced it had reached a verdict following eight hours of deliberation.
Bellot sat with the Gibbons family in silence when the clerk read the verdict: death.
"I felt so relieved," Bellot said. "I'm so happy for the family. They can finally put this behind them, and so can I.
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text: Yes, I recognized it right off. They gussied it up a bit too much unnecessarily but it is originally a Matt Jefferies design. I'll have to watch it again before comment, but no question it has that ClassicTrek element of being topical. Agreed. I get the sense sometimes the cast is trying just a bit too hard and need to relax. Sometimes they just nail it and other times it feels just a bit off or self-concious. There are moments Mignogna is spot on and there are others when he doesn't have Shatner's nuance and subtle swagger. He needs to loosen up just a bit more. I think that's true of the other cast members as well. I think Haberkorn really needs to study Nimoy's body language and posture more. Nimoy was a master at standing still and moving with a sense of economy that still looked so natural. The Counselor needs to chill some in context of the character. She seemed to get awfully familar with Kirk in a way that no one but Spock and McCoy ever would. We'd seen it on TOS before, but again I thought security procedures were terribly lax.


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