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The front end of the Arizona Diamondbacks' rotation is the best its been since Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling led the club to its first World Series victory in 2001.
Dan Haren, who was acquired from Oakland in the offseason, joins Brandon Webb, who won the Cy Young Award in 2006 and was second in voting last season. Webb, owner of one of the game's best sinkers, has a career ERA of 3.22. Haren is coming off a 2007 season in which he pitched 217 innings and had a 3.07 ERA with 192 strikeouts and 15 wins.
"It's got to be one of the best 1-2 punches in baseball," outfielder Eric Byrnes told the Arizona Republic. "I'm glad I'm on their team because to face those two guys and throw in a healthy Randy and Micah Owings and Doug Davis ... that's a very solid rotation."
General manager Josh Byrnes likes that both pitchers have proven themselves durable and typically devour innings.
"Durability is sort of something you count on," Byrnes said. "These guys have a great track record, knock on wood. What both of those guys have done -- the amount of innings and the quality -- is on a short list in recent years."
Jones ready to blend in with Orioles: Newly acquired outfielder Adam Jones -- a key player coming back to the Orioles in the trade that sent pitcher Erik Bedard to the Seattle Mariners -- understands he's going to be getting some attention this spring.
"I think everybody is looking at everybody," Jones told the Baltimore Sun. "I'm not trying to come here and steal the show from anybody. They already got some good players -- [Nick] Markakis, [Brian] Roberts and [Jay] Gibbons. It's a list of guys. I'm not trying to come here and say, 'I'm this, I'm that.' I'm just trying to play and be another guy."
Manage Dave Trembley, though, had to deliver some bad news to Jones. The goatee he is sporting has to go.
"This is all I've grown in ... 22 years," Jones joked. "It's going to be a little weird. But meeting the guys, that's going to be the hardest part. It took me four or five years to remember the names in Seattle. Now, I got to learn the names all over again. But it's going to be a very exciting time here."
With less than 140 Major League at-bats under his belt, Jones concedes he still has a lot to prove.
"I haven't proved anything in my eyes at this level," he said. "I've been a prospect. To me, that means nothing. I have to produce with the team that I'm with. So far, I haven't produced anything [in] Baltimore so I have a lot to prove."
Versatility a key for Mientkiewicz: Doug Mientkiewicz, long considered one of the game's outstanding first baseman, will try to add defensive versatility to his repertoire in an effort to stick with the Pittsburgh Pirates in his 11th season.
"At some point in your career, you're going to have to make a club this way," Mientkiewicz told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I know with Adam LaRoche here, with Jason Bay, with Xavier Nady, that those guys are going to play. But I know I can back those guys up. I can play the outfield right now. Third base is going to take some reps."
General manager Neal Huntington told Mientkiewicz that his best chance for a roster spot was to demonstrate he could play multiple positions.
"If Doug is able to move around the diamond, he'll make our decisions very interesting at the end of camp," said Huntington. "And that's because of what he can do for us on the field and off the field."
Meanwhile, Mientkiewicz, who always takes a leadership role, enlisted All-Star second baseman Freddy Sanchez for a conversation about developing a winning culture in Pittsburgh.
"It's time," Mientkiewicz recalled telling him. "I told Freddy it's time for you to start taking a little bit of a role here. There are too many good players, too many good guys in here. But it's easy to fall into the rut of losing. It's time to be a big-leaguer, and winning is what big-leaguers are all about."
Sanchez was responsive to the veteran's positive energy.
"I was, like, 'Wow,' this guy's awesome.' It was unreal," he said. "The things Doug had to say, with all the knowledge he has about things on and off the field ... it was only about 45 minutes or so that we talked, but it was incredible. That attitude he can bring is something we really need."
Ian Kinsler commits to Rangers: Ian Kinsler credited Michael Young and his wife for guiding him through the process of making his five-year agreement with the Rangers.
"Mike and [wife] Cristina basically walked us through this whole thing," Kinsler told the Dallas Morning News. "A lot of people say Mike took a club-friendly deal in his first contract, but the important thing was to make sure he had taken care of his family first and that he could concentrate on just playing baseball. We talked about all of that. It's the same way for me."
This season will be Kinsler's third with the Rangers. Last season he hit .263 with 20 home runs and 61 RBIs and 23 steals. Despite missing five weeks during his rookie season, he hit 14 home runs. The contract, which takes Kinsler through his arbitration years and the first two years of free agency, also calls for a club option for a sixth year.
"Ian represents the past, present and future of this organization," assistant general manager Thad Levine, who oversaw most of the negotiations, told the Dallas Morning News. "As we continue to build towards being a championship organization, we wanted to try to continue to identify core players and get them to commit to be here.
Torii returns to Metrodome on March 31: After spending 15 seasons in the Twins' organization, Torii Hunter will return to Minnesota in his first series with the Angels, beginning March 31.
"I won't have to think about it for two months and go there in June. I can get rid of those demons right away," Hunter told the Los Angeles Times.
"I don't know how they'll perceive me -- will I get a standing ovation or boos? You never know," Hunter said. "That's a place I've been for 15 years. If you're with somebody for 15 years and you love it, you're going to have feelings for it. I still love Minnesota, but I'm here with the Angels and I'm getting to love it here."
Kennedy on a mission: Adam Kennedy has no interest in another season during which he hits in the low .200s and struggles to keep his job.
"Trust me, you don't forget," Kennedy told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "I tried to fix what I thought was wrong, or just do things differently [this offseason]. It's a time where something needs to change, and I did. We'll see whether it translates to some success."
Manager Tony La Russa remains behind the second basemen in his effort to return to form in his second season back with the Cardinals.
"I would characterize that there's an expectation that he's going to be the solid winning player that he's been his whole career, and that last year was a hiccup," said La Russa. "He goes in with an edge to be the dominant guy at second base."
As for what happened in 2007, Kennedy says it was "a real aberration, a one-time deal," he said. "Pretty much you look at it as this is a big step this spring to get back on my feet."
Pain-free Blalock puts rib surgery behind him: Hank Blalock made full-speed throws across the diamond for the first time since undergoing shoulder surgery last May.
Blalock had the surgery to remove a rib in an effort to relieve numbing and limited blood flow due to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Blalock played his last game at third base on May 16, 2007. Though he returned to the team in September, he played at designated hitter and didn't throw to bases during the winter.
"It felt like normal; the injury shouldn't even come into question," Blalock told the Dallas Morning News.
Double-whammy keeps Chavez on the mend: The good news for Mets outfielder Endy Chavez is that both of his hamstrings are feeling fine. The bad news is that he still isn't completely healthy as Chavez is trying to recover from a severely sprained ankle suffered back in December.
Chavez hurt his ankle while trying to score during a Venezuelan winter league game for the Magallanes Navigators. While pulling up after suffering a hamstring injury, Chavez caught a spike on his slide into home, spraining his ankle.
"The ankle is worse than the hamstring," Chavez told Newsday.
While the ankle is still sore, Chavez is still going to concentrate on his hamstrings. He was out three months last year with a strained left hamstring and said he will be dedicated to a stretching program to prevent subsequent hamstring problems.
"Now I have to prepare myself," Chavez said, "and try to be healthy for the whole season."
Nationals give Perez a chance to return to old form: The Nationals signed former 15-game winner Odalis Perez to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. Perez played for Washington manager Manny Acta in the World Baseball Classic, as well as in the Dominican Winter League.
"This guy is here to compete for a spot," Acta told the Washington Post. "The fact is, we have some guys coming back from injuries, and we want to be covered."
Perez was 8-11 with the Royals last season. The 30-year-old lefty has a career record of 66-70 in nine seasons in the Majors.
"Will he come back to his form of a few years ago?" general manager Jim Bowden asked. "Not sure but ... if there is a chance of bouncing back at his young age, this is the environment for him to do it in."
Hernandez gearing up for daily shortstop duties: Luis Hernandez enjoyed his time watching and learning the game from Miguel Tejada, but now he believes he's ready to succeed him.
"When my agent called me and said he was traded, I was excited," Hernandez, who was playing winter ball in his native Venezuela when he learned of the trade, told the Washington Post. "I was going to get my chance to play every day. It was good for [Tejada], too. I was happy for him. He was a good guy. He got all the numbers on this team.."
Hernandez will compete for the job with Brandon Fahey and Freddie Bynum.
"I'm excited to be here, to be the shortstop every day," said Hernandez. "We have a lot of young guys. I think we have a good team now because all the young guys want to play every day and they are going to play hard."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: By what year do you treat the Australian Open as a fully fledged, major slam tournament, that is equal to Wimbledon or the US Open or the French Open. Sgt. John's Feb 2009 list suggests that it did not have this status until 1990. Here: http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?p=3098705#post3098705 (Indeed, he does award the FO this same status until 1978.)

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The dollars that drive the U.S. amusement industry are the same dollars that drive the overall economy. Discretionary consumer spending accounts for 70% of America's economy -- and 100% of music and amusements. So when economists analyze discretionary spending, their findings are extremely pertinent to the out-of-home amusement trade.
These days, experts see a mixed picture. Here are key facts cited by optimists:
1) Consumers regularly spend less on leisure but splurge now and then, spending "bigger." Result: Total annual leisure spending is up 3%-5%, says American Express Business Insights.
2) Year-over-year sales in taverns and restaurants are up 5.6%. Some months see slight dips, but the trend is positive.
3) As VT recently reported, a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that 34 states and the District of Columbia generated job growth in the leisure and hospitality sector between 2006 and 2010.
4) Dave & Buster's most recent fiscal report showed comparable store sales up 6.1% for the quarter ended May 1. | SEE STORY
5) Firestone Financial Corp., the nation's largest lender to buyers of vending and amusement equipment, announced the signing of a $125 million multiyear revolving credit facility in June. | SEE STORY
Pessimists also have notable data:
1) Consumer confidence plummeted in August to the lowest level since 2008, said Reuters/University of Michigan.
2) The chief financial officer of Heinz commented: "This result was even lower than in the depths of the Great Recession of the first quarter of 2009; and in fact, is at the lowest level since 1980. As a result, U.S. consumers are reacting by cutting back on discretionary spending."
3) In July, consumer videogame sales plunged 20% to 2006 levels. In South Dakota, video lottery revenues are down 17% to 35% year-over-year. The VLT slump is largely due to the statewide smoking ban, according to machine operators.
4) CEC showed comparable store sales sharply down for the quarter ended July 3.
Of course, quarterly reports are snapshots of the immediate past. What is the smart money saying about the near-term future?
New York University professor Nouriel Roubini, a brilliant economist who predicted the 2008 crash two years beforehand, said on Aug. 31 that a double-dip recession is likely (he rated it a 60% probability). Roubini also said current conditions are worse than 2008 because Uncle Sam isn't spending (on "stimulus") and banks aren't lending.
The amusement industry is taking all this in stride. Operators, distributors and manufacturers are past masters at turning lemons into lemonade.
However, even the lemonade business is not what it used to be. Maybe you haven't noticed, but there has been a disturbing trend across the country for the past year or more of police and environmental regulators shutting down -- believe it or not -- kids' lemonade stands.
To cite a few examples: Police in Coralville, IA, shut down four-year-old Abigail Krutsinger's 25¢-a-glass lemonade stand for "health reasons."
Officials in Multnomah County, OR, closed seven-year-old Julie Murphy's 50¢-a-cup stand, threatening a $500 fine because the child had not purchased a $120 temporary restaurant license.
"From Maryland to Wisconsin, kids are being harassed for not having business licenses, vendor permits, food permits and who knows what other goofy government forms or assorted bureaucrat-gone-mad paperwork," reported the Washington Times.
What's a young business tycoon (or a veteran operator) to do?
We recently saw an essay that explained how a "lemon-trepreneur" should research the market: find a good location and the right niche; offer customers choice and great service at the right price; advertise; track sales; and experiment a bit. The only good idea they left out was "form a trade association," but some civic-minded adults have done that for them. It's called Lemonade Freedom Day and has its own website and Facebook page.
What goes for lemonade stands also goes for amusement and music industry professionals. Operators, distributors and manufacturers already know the importance of strong locations and proper pricing. They know, too, the power of choice (giving players the latest games and music) and the necessity of keeping a close eye on the cashbox.
Where amusement industry trade members could use some strengthening is in the advertising (including marketing) and trade association departments. Is your company aggressive about advertising and marketing? Do you have a marketing program or even an ad budget? (If you don't have one, see "Calculating Your Ad Budget" at entrepreneur.com.)
Are you a member of your state and national association? Do you volunteer to help the leadership or are you just grudgingly paying your dues and complaining?
Nowadays, it's not enough to turn lemons into lemonade. As America seemingly heads into a second recession, industry pros must work harder and think smarter in order to stay ahead of the game.
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Many fans remember Shane Roller's three-fight losing streak, even if they forget he won his most recent bout to save his UFC career.
With no clear-cut system for how the UFC dishes out pink slips, Roller simply was relieved when he avoided the ax earlier this year. But he think there's a reason for it.
"I think all my fights are exciting," he told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "I come after everybody, and I put on a pretty good show, so I think that's why they kept me around."
Roller was on a 5-1 run with four stoppage victories in the WEC and UFC before a losing skid to Melvin Guillard, T.J. Grant and Michael Johnson. Unlike some other fighters, though, he got a fourth chance, and he made the most of it with a unanimous-decision victory over John Alessio at UFC 148.
"The night I lost, (UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva told me I was fine and not to worry about," he said. "I took that third fight on short notice, but you're still thinking [the pink slip] might come, so it wasn't 100 percent guaranteed. So even after he said that, I was hoping they'd just give me another shot."
With the eventual win and career saved, Roller (11-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) now looks to build some momentum when he faces Jacob Volkmann (14-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) at Friday's UFC on FX 5 event at Minneapolis' Target Center. Their bout airs on FUEL TV following additional prelims on Facebook and prior to the night's FX-televised main card.
Roller should have some job security with his recent victory, but he said it wasn't the relief a lot of people probably thought it was. To him?
"It was just another win," he said. "Any time you fight, you're in that situation. If you go out and have a bad fight, the UFC can cut you at any time. It was just another win and a next step to getting where I need to be."
Admittedly, though, the Volkmann matchup isn't just another fight. In fact, Roller, a three-time All-American wrestler at Oklahoma State who three of his first four MMA fight via knockout, really likes the idea of having the edge with the standing.
And the fact it's coming against a guy who was on a five-fight win streak prior to a recent Paul Sass loss makes it all the better.
"I think with Volkmann, I don't think he likes to stay on his feet," he said. "He always likes to try to takes fight to the fight to the ground. I'm confident in every position, but I do believe I have a bigger advantage on my feet this time. If he takes a bad shot or something, I'll definitely take him to the ground and try a submission. But I do want to keep it on the feet and throw some bombs at him."
"… He's got a lot of wins in the UFC, so I'm definitely motivated to fight him. I think this matchup is good for me. I'm ready to go out there and prove it."
For more on UFC on FX 5, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Chevy Impala "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" message
scmizer, arledm, and jwc1951,
We're sorry to hear that you have also experienced the reduced engine power condition with your Impalas. If we can check into this further, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com (include your name and contact information, the lasdt 8 digits of your VIN and mileage, and a summary of the situation)
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jwc1951 Posts: 4Just got off phone with GM. Bottom line my car has 50,000 miles on it and is out of GMPP. I have always had GM vehicles. I suffered with leaky head gaskets, bad intake gaskets, bad steering sectors, etc etc etc. When everyone else was going over to cars made in japan, I stayed because of that made in america thing. Keep americans working. If GM would show some good will, anything, I would feel better. Really I should have this trbl with only 50,000 miles. And it's not like I haven't paid to fix other obscure things. The dealer has been gd, but he can only do so much. I guess GM is back on track now and don't need us long time customers. It's been interesting
hamijohn Posts: 1I got the three dreaded errors this weekend (Service Traction Control/Service Stabilitrac/Reduced Engine Power) on my 2011 Impala. I found a related video () about first checking the wiring harness for loose or broken wires. The pedal harness looked fine. But when I popped the hood I saw the throttle body harness had the white lock tab pulled up and the harness was not seated all the way. So I seated/locked it and restarted the car - the errors are gone and the car runs fine!
I then had an AutoZone tech confirm the code and he said the check engine light would reset in a day or two. He asked if I had any work done lately. Yes, I had the oil changed on Friday by the dealer. He asked if it was dealer "X" and when I confirmed, he said to start changing the oil myself!
Maybe it was a coincidence, but I am going to heed his suggestion!
Saturday night i was coming home and out of nowhere the car stalled and bells started going off and my message board engine power reduced. I was only allow to go around 40 mph i made it home but I'm wondering whats going on
Not sure if it's the same problem I had, if you had the message service traction control, engine power reduced, then it might be your throttle body assy, it cost me $530 to have it changed. Apparently, if you don't do this, the problem will just get worse. I am crossing my fingers that this will not happen again.
As you're using kilometers as your unit of measure, I'm guessing that you're writing from Canada (please correct me if I'm incorrect). Have you been in touch with GM of Canada about this already? They can be reached at 800-263-3777 (Hours: M-F 7:30am - 11:30pm, Sat 7:30am - 6:00 EST).
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Do you have any plans to get this looked into, butta373? Let us know if you do work with a GM dealership as we're available to work with you through that process.
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msgreen3 Posts: 1I purchased by Chevy 2010 Impala on January 25th of this year and just last night (March 18th around 715pm) on my way home from work just as I was speeding up after getting on the 405 in WA. My check engine light came on, the service stabilitytrac came on, check engine light and there was this other light what looked like to be a picture of the car swerving on ice also came on. My car slowed down, but never cut off. My get up on my car wasn't what it normally it. I was able to make it home from work, but I thought it was weird that my car started to do that.
I purchased this car with only a little over 40k miles on it. I checked the owners manual and there is nothing in there about a "service stabilitytrac". I immediatly send 2 emails to the gentleman that I work with at the local dealership that I got my car from. It was after hours when I sent the emails, so I have yet to get a response.
This morning though, my check engine light was the only thing that came one this morning. I went ahead and drove into work which is about 25miles away from my home and the check engine light stayed on, but yet the other 2 didn't ever come on and there was no problem with accelerating.
This is my first ever newer car and I LOVE LOVE LOVE Impala's, but I have been reading all the other posts and it concerns me because I'm not rich nor do I have the money or time to fix a problem that wasn't created by me. It's very disappointing to know that with all these postings that GM hasn't stepped in and fixed this problem nor come up with a proactive soluation for their customers.
I hope I get some resolve today. I don't want to be the one left to figure this out especially since I haven't even had the car 60days.
its funny how in one week all of these cars are having the same problem. I just find it kinda odd, almost like these cars were on a timer or something
Hopefully you hear back from your friend at the dealership soon! We're sorry you're experiencing these concerns. Let us know if we can be of any assistance in this. We can be reached via email at email@example.com (include your name and contact information, the last 8 digits of your VIN and mileage, and a summary of the situation).
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https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/VehicleComplaint/index.xhtml. This site is where you need to file your complaints. If everyone on this site does this, the Government will have to inquire as to why GM isn't working on a solution... FILE every week till you get a response... I'm doing it hopefully some one will notice GMs lack of interest..
Everyone that owns a Chevy Impala or other cars that have a reduced power alarm or other issues randomly when driving your GM vehicle file a complaint here:
ttps://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/VehicleComplaint/index.xhtml. This site is where you need to file your complaints. If everyone on this site does this, the Government will have to inquire as to why GM isn't working on a solution... FILE every week till you get a response... I'm doing it hopefully some one will notice GMs lack of interest..
It seems I have found and cured my problem. First I replaced the "Accelerator Pedal Position Sensor"; this is what the code indicated was the problem but the problem was still present. I was getting ready to take it to a mechanic to look when I received the e-mail alert from edmunds.com about a possible cause described in a video on YouTube "() about a possible "broken wire". So I decided to check this out. It turned out I had no broken wire as the gentleman in the video did but he did point out to inspect the throttle bodies "butterfly valve" for buildup that could cause the valve to stick giving the car the same symptoms and the computer would display the same message "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" which I did.
There was a small amount of gunk around this valve where I guess it had gotten around the air filter somehow. So I bought a can of carburetor cleaner and an old grease rag and cleaned the "butterfly valve ". My car runs like new the "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" light went out and overnight the "check engine" reset and has gone out. So it looks as if there is at least 3 possible causes and remedies for this problem; "Accelerator Pedal Position Sensor" cost me $77.00 for self repair, "broken wire" free for self repair and clean "butterfly valve "cost for carburetor cleaning fluid $6:00. I hope this helps someone.
There may be more but this is 3 possibilities to look at.
jpf Posts: 496Well done! A further point is that if the gunk builds up too much it can cause a plastic gear in the throttle body to break which can also trigger the error codes. I suggest you do that throttle body cleaning at least once a year to prevent the gunk build up.
bostonnaative Posts: 1ugh im growing tired of this thing! So at first my wife got locked out of the car and we had to get it towed. She ended up geting a new key made. So we seperated and I got the car towed back to me and when i put my key in i was getting security theft or something like that and the car wouldn't crank. Well I fixed that now it ABS comes up and traction control comes up , also something about battery system...ugggh man im bout to throw this car away! PLZZ HELP
glambert94 Posts: 1Well, to start. I'm only an 18 y/o who had his car totaled on thanksgiving night of 2012 on my way to a 12 hour shift at work. I was forced to buy a new car on my own because my parents did not have such great credit. Anyway, I went to the dealer and found a 2006 Chevrolet Impala. Even though it was out of my price range I said "what the hell" and decided to sign for the car. Exactly one week later, I experienced my first problem with the car. My check engine light had popped on and it read 'large evap leak'. I was told to brush it off and that it wasn't a big deal, by my father. But to no avail, three months later, I receive my second code, I dont remember the code itself and being that its sitting in a mechanics shop overnight, I can not check. Further more, I was told it was the Throttle Position Sensor. Which is not covered under warranty. Great. As you can imagine, I'm not making an substantial amount as an 18 y/o and having these problems are extremely inconvenient and sometimes costly to fix. I'm very disappointed in GM. With the incredible amount of people that I am currently seeing with this problem, you would think that it would be in GM's best interest to file for a recall on this part. Being that I am so young and have plenty more future car purchases in my future, it is looking like I will, I mean never be investing in a GM ever again. Apparently all I have gotten from GM is stress. Very disappointed. :mad:
gmweary Posts: 1Seems i am the latest victim of this popular GM defect that they seem unwilling to recall. Have a 2009 Impala with same problem. check engine light, then service traction control, then reduced power. Glad i got to a gas station before my car shup off doing 60mph like many others. I turned off the traction control. There is a button on the left side near headlights control, under trunk release, that turns traction control on and off. It says T/C with a slash through it. Since then the traction control warnings and reduced power messages have not come on. Check engine light still on and makes noise like a vaccum cleaner when i start it up in the morning, but vaccum noise goes away after a minute and seems to be running ok after that. Been a few weeks since initial incident. Will try looking at wires and cleaning butterfly to see if that helps. Thanks for that tip. If still no good it looks like will need new gas pedal or throttle body. Any similar stories with solutions would be appreciated.
In meantime, if this happens to you, TURN THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF! At least then you should not have to worry about car shutting off when doing 60mph on the highway. Pull over, turn traction control off, then restart car. Message should go away after that and car should run better. Torn right now between fixing car and finally just giving up and buying new car. This will be my last GM. Had enough of their sub par products. Looking at Toyata or Nissan. Finally giving up and buying foreign. This is final straw of many other problems i've had over past few years with this car. Did manage to get to 110K miles. Looked up trade in value on Edmunds. Only $505. lol. i guess they realize what a piece of crap this car too. Thanks for the help with this board. Hope others find this helpful as well.
I am having the same problem, the transmission felt like it was slipping, then as I was excel-orating to pass a slower car my check engine light came on and said "engine power reduced" I took it to auto-zone to read the problem, they said it was the gas pedal...a sensor was missing, I was told the cost of the piece is about 75 and it takes about 1 hour to fix, its not covered under the power-train as I only have 45000 miles on the car...I am having my mechanic fix it soon, has anyone else had theirs fixed and does this sound correct?
kimmi2009 Posts: 1This just happened to me. Scared me to death. I to do not have the money to pay for this issue. What have other people done to correct this without having to pat too much?
I have been in contact with chevy...the dealer is wanting to charge $160 to fix, I dont think I should have to pay for this...I had to pay 90 for Hubler Chevy in Greenwood, Indiana to tell me what I had already told them that the gas pedal needed to be replaced...this should be on a recall...I AM NOT FIXING THIS...CHEVY IS GOING TO NEED TO MAKE THIS RIGHT AND HAVE HUBLER FIX THE PROBLEM (FOR FREE) AND REIMBURSE ME MY $90...WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER ON THIS AND BE SURE THAT CHEVY TAKES THIS PROBLEM SERIOUSLY AND FIXES THE PROBLEM...ITS ONLY FAIR...I have contacted Chevy in Detroit's customer service and am expecting a call this evening from a representative...I hope he tells me what I want to hear...I will write back and tell everyone what was said.
Read #384 in in the forum for cures besides the gas pedal. You might find the gas pedal isn't the problem and the cure could be a fast and inexpensive fix.
Read #384 in in the forum for cures besides the gas pedal. You might find the gas pedal isn't the problem and the cure could be a fast and inexpensive fix.
Just wanted to follow up and make sure that you were contacted by GM Customer Service regarding your issue. If not, I can definitely look further into this for you. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.
Amber N.
GM Customer Care
tonyw24153 Posts: 1Well, reading this forum has been very informative. We have a 2009 Impala, and started to notice problems with the stabilitrak and traction control almost immediately after purchasing. I took it to the dealer, explained very clearly just when the problem presented, and asked them to check it out. They could not find the problem. I asked "did you drive it under the conditions I described?" I even told them an exact location where the car always made the "clunky thunky" noise when braking. There was more than enough gas to get them there. IT was about a 10 minute drive, if the 1 stoplight on the way happened to be red and they got behind a school bus or a tractor trailer.
No one at the dealer drove the car. They put it on the computer and said everything was normal. Is NORMAL having pedestrians look around because of the strange noise when you brake while in any incline? Even at coast speed? Hmmm . . . I don't think so.
Next, my wife started to notice what she felt was the transmission slipping. She mentioned it to me. BUT at less than 50K miles could it really be the transmission? Also, it she said that she occasionally had a real problem getting it to shift out of park.
Finally, -- when she was on the way to work and as she pulling out onto the 4 lane highway she got the traction control warning, the reduced power warning, and she called me scared to death. My wife did make it to work, and when she started the car to come home the reduced power light did not come on but the traction control warning has never disappeared.
Took it to the dealer. (I first pulled the code and got the P2138) The dealer told us it was not covered under the warranty. Wanted a RIDICULOUS price to fix. Listened to my wife complain bitterly about a car with only 60K miles having major mechanical issues.
2 months later, it happened again while on a business trip with 3 coworkers. I was driving when the reduced power light came on and the car would barely climb a hill. That's when C0242 AND P2138 codes presented. What Fun! How embarrassing! What a great advertising for GM products! I Limped into a Sheetz, cut it off for a while, and I made the mistake of clearing the codes.
Now, my wife is a better Googler than I and found this forum. I read that many many (formerly proud) owners of many multiple model year Impalas have experienced the same problem. 40 pages worth. And that is just the ones who know to complain on this web site.
I am in the position of having to wait until the code reappears before I can take back to the dealer and attempt to get coverage under warranty. The warranty should cover this. The dealer may explain the problem as a non-covered problem. However, should this car stop running on the highway and any of my family members be harmed as a result . . .
I've always been a Chevy man. Since the company seems unwilling to take serious such potentially deadly concerns , I can now understand why people who purchase Toyota or Nissan won't consider an American car. I will never, ever, ever purchase another GM Product, I will strongly discourage family members from purchasing a GM product.
One more thing. With our lovely 2009 Impala LTZ 3.9 V6, you also have to turn off the traction control if you want any hope of moving in even the lightest snow. It's kind of bass-akwards. Does anyone else have this problem?
Same problem, reduced engine power, stabiltrac, etc. My 2011 Impala has 46,000 miles. Code 2138 Pedal Position Throttle Body Sensor. Dealer wanted close to 300.00 to replace. I bought the part at the dealer for 102.00 and installed it. It was an easy install. Two bolts and plug in connector. I probably should have bought aftermarket part for less. So far (1 week) the problem has not reoccurred but I am not very optimistic. The dealer service department did not seem to care and it was all about the money. The service advisor said, "I know what the problem is but I'm not going to tell you" and then said we will scan it for $85.00. I refused his generous offer and went to a parts store that scanned for free. The part was not in stock so I bought the OE part at the dealer. Unless GM does a recall and provides a permanent fix for this problem I will never buy another GM car. My next sedan will be a Ford Fusion. I'm considering posting an ad in our local newspapers and Craigslist to determine if others in my area have had the same issue. I'm sure that there are a number of unexplained serious accidents caused by the failure of this part. We need to to get the news media involved and get the word out.
Yes, they called me 3 times and I am very satisfied with the outcome of this issue. The GM customer care person Marnie was very helpful. Thank you.
I am encouraging everyone who is aware of this problem to contact your Television Network News Consumer Investigators. I believe that the extent of the problem will not be known until this issue is made public. I'm sure that it will explain the cause of many accidents, injuries and deaths caused by GM vehicles suddenly slowing to 5 MPH on our highways and interstates. GM apparently does not want to know. I'm considering starting a Facebook page highlighting this issue. Where are the Consumer Advocates? My Impala stalled on GA400. I was fortunate to be in the right lane and coasted off the road.
Hi Sarah,
I have noticed that this issue has gone on alot with the Impala. I currently own a 2010 Impala and am having the same exact issues with the car. I have already spent $200 in deductibles trying to fix it. Is there a recall on this car? If not there needs to be. My car is experiencing jerking as well and went through fixing the sensor (accelerator) and the trans lines already because of this problem. I am really considering trading it in and not buying a GM vehicle again. Please advise on anything that I can do or if there is a recall.
Hi Jackie,
Would you mind sending me your VIN so I can check if there are any open recalls listed for your 2010 Malibu. You can message me ATTN Amber at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Amber N.
GM Customer Care
Hi Amber,
I have replied through emil last night at 9:32 pm. Just let me know if you need anything else. Thanks!


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Southern Maine folks...if I wake up on the 18th of March, it will be in Portland (dark, I know, but one should never assume).
So, I'm looking to get 20+- in that day and would rather do it down there as opposed to getting the miles in after 3 hours of driving.
Couple of questions:
1) can anyone recommend a route? multiple loops are fine with me.
2) any group runs happen down that way? Alternatively, anyone interested in meeting up with an interweb stranger for some 7:20 to 7:30 miles?
Erin go bragh!
Dei Gratia
Home Away From Home
If you google map portland and zoom in you will see back cove, there is a trail that runs around the cove next to baxter blvd, very nice paved path that is bike/run friendly. Always a good start, if you come off the cove and run the eastern promanade and then come down commercial into the old port that is always scenic and worth the trip minus the occassional slow down for a crossing car. If you cross into South portland, run shore road out to Portland head light, if you run route 77 it is part of the B2B race. Hope this helps.
"Anyone can do it in ideal conditions"- A quote from a true NE CN runner and friend.
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That's a Sunday (?). Assuming you're starting in downtown....I'd use the Eastern Trail / Back Cove trail to leave town and head north on Rt 1 to Rt 88 through Falmouth. Out and back. Basically, the ME Marathon course.
I've done my best to live the right way. I get up every morning and go to work each day. (for now)
try meeting up with Gomez's and Jeff's group..sometimes they get 5-10 guys together and run 7-7:30pace.
try meeting up with Gomez's and Jeff's group..sometimes they get 5-10 guys together and run 7-7:30pace.
Sorry, I was in Memphis last week, didn't see this. There are a lot of trail options in and out of portland if you know where to look. Back Cove, Mackworth, bird sanctuary, evergreen, etc (which are all within running distance of downtown if you are doing 20+) - if you wanted to drive you could get even more options, presumpscot, jungle run, twin brooks, pineland farms, bradbury, eastern trail, pine point, etc.
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Jamie Campbell Bower has joked that he is a "franchise whore" after signing on for both the Twilight saga and the Harry Potter series.Thanks, Joel!
The actor, who plays Caius in vampire sequel New Moon, told DS at last night's UK premiere of Public Enemies that it was "weird" experiencing the hysteria surrounding co-star Robert Pattinson.
"Rob's genuinely just a normal guy. It was weird being around it all because we couldn't go out to dinner because there would be 40 paparazzi and screaming girls waiting for Rob," he explained.
He added that the movie "looked awesome" and praised director Chris Weitz for doing "a really fantastic job".
June 30, 2009
Excellent New Moon Interview with 'Franchise Whore' Jamie Campbell Bower
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He's lovely. From his answer, I''m guessing that he didn't actually READ the Twilight series. He said he "did his research" with a little chuckle. I think that's hilarious!ReplyDelete
I absolutely LOVE his accent. I could seriously sit and listen to him all day and be quite content. :o)! He's amazing. <3 JCB!ReplyDelete
I agree Meggz- luv the accent! He's seems like he has a little ADD or just fidgety!! too cute.ReplyDelete
He has a lovely accent!Love it!I agree with you guys : Heidi Ho and Meggz.What a lovely accent he has.ReplyDelete
- SoogieJuly 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Wow when did he get so adorable??:-)ReplyDelete
- thparkleJuly 1, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Soogie, I have to agree, he is very adorable. And have to concur about the accent as well, luv it! He seems like he has his head on straight. He seems like a lovely gentlemen as well :-)ReplyDelete
Oh wow I really love his hair that way. And yaay! I can't wait for New Moon AND Harry Potter 7 now. I'll be drooling all over.. <3 Jamie!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 11, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Omg look at his smile at 0:23 soooo cute! Watch out Rob, this one is a charmer!ReplyDelete


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I have trained at Leigh Kickboxing Studio (http://www.leighkickboxing.com/) for about 8 months straight now and I guess it's time it gets a review. So here it is:
The owner and head instructor David Eckersley is a great guy, really friendly, never too busy to answer any questions you might need answering. From what I remember being told when I first joined he trained under Master A in Manchester and was an assistant instructor there before opening his own gym in Leigh.
The classes are run on an 8 week syllabus, four weeks of pad work followed by a grading day, three weeks of sparring, followed by stamina week followed by Sparring day, rinse and repeat.
Aliveness 6-8
Sparring for beginners is kept to medium contact single shot sparring with shin pads, body armour thing, sparring gloves and a kickboxing helmet.
Intensity increases as members become more proficient.
Equipment 7-9
Equipment quality ranges, all of the bags are kept firm and new there are two banana bags of differing... hardness? density? two heavy bags and two of those weird shaped bags for uppercuts and knees (you know what I mean... right? right?). Sparring gloves, bag gloves, helmets, shin protectors and body armour are there to be used and are well looked after and often replaced, though buying your own gear is encouraged. Thai pads and kick shields are often replaced and always in good condition. Also has a full ring, a multi-gym, treadmills, exercise bikes, kettlebells, medicine balls etc.
Gym Size 8
Classes never go above ten people and there is lots of room to train, even disregarding the fact that one group can always get in the ring.
Instructor/Student Ratio 9
Classes never go above ten people, head instructor teaches 99% of all classes, if not then Former IKF British and English Champion Tony Parker is teaching.
Atmosphere/Attitude 8
Everyone is great, I'm the biggest whiner, douche, lazy-ass pansy in every class by a large margin.
Striking Instruction 8
Striking instruction is great in my opinion. Constantly checked on and told what needs improvement and encouraged to compete in the sparring days with other schools often to test yourself and what you're learning.
Grappling Instruction ??
Head instructor also teaches Kudo, but I don't attend and so I cannot possibly comment.
Weapons 0
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The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mathew Sr. and Betty Post of Altus, and Henry and Agnes Butto of Dover. Sarah graduated from UCA in Conway, and is now a speech Pathologist with Language, Literacy and Learning in New Orleans, La.
The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Borengasser, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Bill Spillers. Stephen graduated from U of A in Fayetteville and Xavier University in New Orleans, La. He is now an architect with Michael Lee Studio in New Orleans.
The wedding is planned for 6:30 p.m. June 8, 2013 at St. Mary's Church in Altus, with a reception to follow at Lawrence Hall in Altus. Invitations will be sent.


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This problem ONLY happens when on Facebook, nowhere else.
When logged into Facebook, about every 30-60 seconds I get several ZoneAlarm "ID Lock Alert" popups warning me that my name is being sent -- to the same few Facebook-related addresses.
Even though I tell ZoneAlarm to "Allow" and to "Remember this setting," the popups keep coming at regular intervals, as if I hadn't told it to remember. It constantly interrupts whatever I'm doing.
Any fixes for this peculiar problem?
Thank you!
(I use ZoneAlarm Pro 8 on XP Pro SP3; both are fully updated.)
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Auto Racing in the Ozarks
Throughout the long history of auto racing in the Ozarks, many well-known NASCAR drivers have competed on area speedways. Stars such as Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Jamie McMurray, Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart and others have all raced in the Ozarks. Two stars of the early 1990s, Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki, competed at the Fairgrounds Speedway (located at the Ozarks Empire Fair and now known as Missouri Entertainment and Event Center) shortly before they began making national headlines.
On August 11, 1985, Davey Allison, son of NASCAR legend Bobby Allison, competed in an Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) event at the Fairgrounds in Springfield, Mo. Then 23 years old, the young Allison told the local newspaper he was looking forward to racing at the Fairgrounds. Davey said the track reminded him of his hometown speedway in Birmingham, Alabama: "The layout of this track is very similar. There are long straightaways, tight turns, and the kind of banking (low) that I'm used to running on." Chicago racer Bill Venturini, with his all female pit crew, won the pole for the race and led 101 laps. Bob Schacht won the race after taking the lead with just nine laps to go. Allison was penalized a lap in the pits, a penalty he thought was unfair, and finished seventh with an ill handling car. A broken generator on the team's transporter delayed his departure, and a dejected Allison told the press, "I hope my next visit here is better," though he never competed in the Ozarks again.
Wisconsin driver Alan Kulwicki started from the pole position in the final American Speed Association (ASA) at the Fairgrounds on July 14, 1984. Kulwicki maintained a large lead during the race and was enroute to an easy victory when he spun out on lap 203. Short track legend Dick Trickle won the race and Kulwicki finished second.
Allison and Kulwicki were soon competing against each other in NASCAR's elite Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup). While battling for the series championship in 1992, Allison led Kulwicki by 30 points entering the final race of the season, the Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Widely considered one of the greatest races in NASCAR history, the 1992 Hooters 500 was Richard Petty's last race and the first race for future superstar Jeff Gordon. Allison was eliminated from title contention when he crashed on lap 204 while trying to avoid Ernie Irvan's spinning car that had blown a tire. Kulwicki won the championship by just 10 points over Bill Elliott, the closest margin of victory in NASCAR history to that time.
The excitement NASCAR fans felt over the thrilling finish was soon dampened by tragedy. Just four months after winning the championship Alan Kulwicki was killed in a plane crash on April 1, 1993. The NASCAR community received another shocking loss on July 13, 1993 when Davey Allison died from injuries sustained in a helicopter crash the previous day. Though their careers were cut short, memories of their accomplishments live on and many area fans can remember when these racing legends came to Springfield, Mo.
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He was born Nov. 23, 1919, at Baum, Okla., to Little Roland and Clarcy Wigley Scruggs. The family moved to Birta in 1932, and he worked on the farm during the depression to help support his family, making $9 for 51⁄2 days. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Philippines where he was wounded. He returned home from the war on Dec. 14, 1945, having earned three Bronze Stars. He was a member of the Casa Baptist Church, where he was dedicated and supportive. He loved his church and his church family. He was a lifetime member of Woodmen of the World and worked at Gear Products Inc. for 30 years as a machinist. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife of 56 years, Alma Josephine Southern Scruggs; five brothers; and four sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Adkins Scruggs of Ola; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Wayne and Tate Scruggs of Kempt, Texas, Harold and Pamela Scruggs of Dardanelle and William Bill and Betty Scruggs of Tennessee; a host of nephews, nieces and friends, including Margaret's two sons and daughters-in-law and eight grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at the Casa Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene Tanner officiating. Burial, with military honors, will be in the Casa Cemetery under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service.
Pallbearers will be Jason Rainey, Mark King, Bryan King, Tim Ridge, Joe Adkins and Justin Culwell.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.
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Labour Force Survey, 1988
UKDA study number:2721
Series Title
Labour Force Survey Series
Principal Investigator
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division
Employment Department
Commission of the European Communities
Distributed by
UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.
August 2004 (3rd Edition)
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Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division,
Labour Force Survey, 1988
[computer file].
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2721 . Labour Force Survey, 1988
Labour Force Survey Series
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division
Employment Department
Principal Investigator:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Social Survey Division
Employment Department
Commission of the European Communities
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Prior to 1990 the depositor was Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. From 1990 the depositor is the Employment Department.
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a quarterly survey conducted in Great Britain throughout the year, in which each sampled address was called on five times at quarterly intervals, and which yielded about 15,000 responding households in every quarter
a `boost' survey in the spring quarter (March-May), which produced interviews at over 44,000 households in Great Britain and over 4,000 households in Northern Ireland
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During 1991 the survey was developed, so that from spring 1992 the data were made available quarterly, with a quarterly sample size approximately equivalent to that of the previous annual data. The
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series therefore superseded the annual LFS series, and is held at the Data Archive under GN 33246.
For the third edition of the study, the depositor supplied a re-weighted version of the data file. The re-weighting has been done to bring LFS data in line with the population estimates from the 2001 Census.
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The basic set of LFS questions sought information about household composition: i.e. for each usually resident individual member of the household, the relationship to the head of the household, sex, age, marital condition and nationality. For persons above the statutory school-leaving age information was sought about the main economic activity, any secondary economic activity, and economic activity one year previously. For unemployed persons questions were asked about the type of employment sought, duration of unemployment and method of seeking employment, previous employment status and industry and whether or not registered as unemployed at an official employment office.
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United Kingdom
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Standard Regions
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All persons normally resident in private households in the United Kingdom
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Repeated cross-sectional study
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Stratified multi-stage sample; for further details see annual reports. Until 1983 two sampling frames were used; in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, the Valuation Roll provided the basis for a sample which, in England and Wales, included all 69 metropolitan districts, and a two-stage selection from among the remaining non-metropolitan districts. In Northern Ireland wards were the primary sampling units. In Scotland, the Address File (i.e. post codes) was used as the basis for a stratified sample.From 1983 the Postoffice Address File has been used instead of the Valuation Roll in England and Wales.
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|January 17, 2013, 01:24 PM
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Just posted this on my local newpaper's comments section
Feel free to take and use whatever you want in your own paper, or letters to legislators, though you may have to change the city, population, and redo the math on how many people or parts of a people your city would produce...
People keep calling it a military style rifle. The Model LE6920 and LE6940 are both AR-15 style rifles. The LE stands for Law Enforcement. I see no reason why the general public should be barred from owning the same weapons to defend their home the police would use to rescue you from someone invading it.
The American public has long taken their cue for firearms ownership from their police and military forces. If they feel it is a viable and effective while still humane defensive weapon, the same would hold true for the general public. There are a number of reasons this is so, chief among the being if, God forbid, you have the worst day of your life and actually DO have to defend yourself these government agencies have tested the weapon to be reliable, and humane. It probably won't fail you in this critical moment, and it would be unlikely for the state to find your choice of weapon to be criminal and inhumane.
Out of all homicides nationwide, ALL rifles accounted for a minuscule fraction. The traditional bolt action hunting rifle or the evil scary black rifle. According to the FBI, of the 12,664 firearms homicides in the US last year, only 323 used a rifle. About 2 and a half percent. You realize what that means? According to the FBI there were 4.7 homicides per 100,000 people. So 2.5% of that is .012 per 100,000 people are killed with a rifle. With Seattle's population of 620,000 Seattle's measure of that statistic is 0.744 people.
Given the budget crisis facing governments at all levels, it would be incredibly irresponsible to expend money and resources criminalizing these rifles when that money could be so much better spent on "stones" that "kill" at least a whole "bird", or preferably even two or more.
Every dollar spent criminalizing something that just isn't used in crimes is a dollar we can't spend increasing the physical security at schools with fences. Not chain-link and razorwire, but certainly something aesthetically pleasing that encloses the campus.
Every dollar spent regulating these scary rifles is a dollar we can't spend on providing counseling to these kids having a hard time making the transition from kid supported by family to being on their own and making their own path in the world.
Every dollar we spend banning rifles for ridiculously immaterial features like a bayonet lug, pistol grip, or flash suppresor that provide no mechanical effect on an increased potential for criminal use and abuse is a dollar we can't spend further integrating our mental health reconds into the NICS check to keep disturbed individuals from falling through the cracks and buying guns when they shouldn't like Seung-Hui Cho at Virginia Tech
|January 17, 2013, 06:42 PM
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And here are some interesting comments from someone else...
The Framers of the US Constitution didn't write the First Amendment with cable television, Internet communications or even the telegraph in mind. Should we limit the press's freedom of speech to the movable type printing press which was the primary means of mass communication at the time of the Framers?
I don't "need" my AR any more than Rosa Parks "needed" to sit in the front of that bus. My civil rights, like Parks', are not up for negotiation!
If the world is sufficiently dangerous that the police require semi-automatic rifles with large-capacity magazines, then should not the free citizens who are sovereign over the police and who also live in the same dangerous world deserve to similarly protect themselves from it? In fact, are not the citizens -- not the police -- always the first ones who are forced to face those dangers?
|January 17, 2013, 06:45 PM
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Nice and to the point. There are some good facts in there, with your reliable data source listed. Great job.
|January 17, 2013, 06:45 PM
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Nicely done, Jim. Dandy, even!
You know I had to do that...
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|January 17, 2013, 06:49 PM
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Well done Jim. Thanks for posting.
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|January 17, 2013, 07:05 PM
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The "good enough for LE, good enough for me" will only play well in places where LE have read their Sir Robert Peel (and his "Peelian Principles"), and do not refer to citizens as "civilians" ...... as if they themselves are something else. Before anybody jumps on me as a "cop basher", go read Lawdog's treatise on the subject: http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2...re-police.html
Refute THAT, if you can, and then tell me how wrong I am.
IMO, you are either a "civilian", with civil rights, subject to the COTUS, or you are "military", and subject to the UCMJ. ..... so many in LE seem to think they are not either, and are Law unto themselves.....
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|January 17, 2013, 07:26 PM
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While I agree with the OP , aren't the Police already given access to a plethora of things that no ordinary citizen on the street will likely be afforded. The Police can get search warrants , automatic weapons , confidential arrest records and I guess explosives ? If your best argument is ,"Well the Police have it." I think that ship sailed a long time ago. Don't know if that argument really will sell to John Q. Public. I am with you all the way but have trouble wirh that particular proposition.
|January 17, 2013, 07:29 PM
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TheGolden Rule of Tool Use: "If you don't know what you are doing, DON'T."
|January 18, 2013, 11:20 AM
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And I would think a private citizen involved in the right proceedings would have access to similar tools...
Fully Automatic weapons ARE available to the general public if you REALLY want to jump through the hoops.
A real lawyer would have to jump in to confirm/deny/clarify but I would think a motion for discovery isn't too far removed from a search warrant. I suspect that if you can provide the same level of scrutiny the police would have to, a judge may order a search warrant (I assume served by the police and not John Q Public) in the case of suspected violation of that discovery ruling...
In addition to just because it is, doesn't mean it's right-
Just because the mechanism isn't widely known doesn't mean it isn't there.
For a ridiculous hypothetical, your neighboorhood bans turning a detached garage into a man cave. You do so anyway. Your neighbor sees you doing it and sues you for violating the homeowners association bylaws or whatever the hell the actual jargon involved for this sort of thing is... It's conceivable the facts of the matter would be proven by a tour of your detached garage. It's further conceivable the judge could order you to allow others access to that garage to verify its car or mancave contents given sufficient cause.
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Mobility Matters: NFC We Hardly Knew Ye
It seems like yesterday when the shouts were loud that the Near Field Communication (NFC) train was leaving the station and it was high time for credit unions to jump aboard with tap and go mobile payment strategies.
What a difference a year makes. The message now is plain: NFC can be safely ignored, for the simple reasons that neither consumers nor merchants are in a rush to adopt.
"It's a classic chicken and egg situation," said Patrick Sweeney, author of "RFID For Dummies" and an expert on NFC. "Merchants have no incentive to buy an NFC point-of-sale system because customers are not demanding it."
The promise of NFC of course is that with a properly enhanced moblle phone an on-the-go consumer can pay – for lunch at McDonald's, groceries at Whole Foods, drugs at Walgreens – with a tap of the phone on a properly set up terminal.
Think about that for a second. Americans have 30+ years of experience with mag stripe credit cards. We are good at using them. And by now just about every merchant has a terminal, or at least a Square-type dongle, so usability is closing in on 100%.
We have pretty much no experience with NFC, NFC capable terminals are few, and the success rate of tap and go attempts – at least in my personal experience – is about 50%, meaning one in two attempts succeed. The success rate with plastic cards is close to 100%.
Then there is the business problem at NFC's crux. "There are too many mouths to feed. NFC is unworkable," said Chris Gardner, an executive with mobile wallet company Paydiant.
His point: with NFC the wireless carrier, the phone maker, probably the e-wallet maker, a credit or debit card issuer, and maybe still more want slices of every NFC transaction and that puts too many companies on a collision course as they fight over fees that are not likely to expand to feed so many mouths.
A proof of how NFC has stalled is that, for now, both Google Wallet and Isis, the NFC trial mounted by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, seem to have run out of gas as point-of-sale payment technologies.
What's more, said Gardner, "Apple is nowhere near adopting NFC." When Apple shunned NFC in its latest iPhone – instead touting its own Passbook e-wallet app which lacks standard transaction functionality – many took that as a blow to the head for NFC.
Worse is that still there are no signs of interest in NFC from Cupertino. Granted, Apple is notoriously secretive – Apple experts are almost always wrong in their predictions of major product developments – but there are no rumbles in the NFC universe suggesting that a large order has been placed for NFC chips, and anything Apple planned for the next iPhone would cause seismic shocks due to the scale.
Add this up and is NFC dead? Not exactly, although very probably the shrewdest move for most credit unions is to opt to wait for the dust to settle. There is absolutely no pressure to act.
Like-minded advice comes from Ginger Schmeltzer, senior vice president, Emerging Payments at Fiserv, who wrote in an email: "NFC is an international standard and is supported by many of the major ecosystem participants in the market – organizations such as Google, AT&T, Verizon, Visa, MasterCard, and others.
"However, the key to the success of any mobile payments approach is improving the consumer and merchant experience so much that it justifies making a change in how they pay or get paid today. The key challenge faced by NFC is that it does not in and of itself transform the consumer or merchant experience.
"That combined with the other hurdles facing NFC, including getting the technology into merchants' terminals and consumers' mobile devices, indicates that it will still be some time until we see if NFC will emerge a winner in this space. In the meantime, NFC will co-exist alongside other mobile point-of-sale payment technologies like cloud-based wallets, as well as other mobile payment types like person-to-person payments."
At PayPal – which has at times been withering in its scorn for NFC ("It stands for 'Not for Consumers," said senior executive Don Kingsborough at a conference last year) – a spokesperson issued a more temperate but still unenthusiastic opinion about NFC's future: "NFC is one of the many technologies that we're watching closely; in fact, we have tested in-store NFC payments in the U.S. and in Sweden.
"However, in today's retail environment, many sellers don't have NFC-enabled POS systems and most buyers don't have NFC-enabled phones. At PayPal, we're addressing the friction points that exist in commerce today by ensuring PayPal's digital wallet works with retailers' existing POS systems and on devices that consumers already own."
And just when you are about to close the books on NFC, there is this from Jeff Miles, an executive with NXP Semiconductors, the company that invented NFC with Sony: "Just because one use case won't fly is not the death of a technology."
He added: "By the end of the year you will see 25 to 50% of smartphones with NFC. We are reaching critical mass on the phone. When that happens you will see more use cases."
Miles' bet: using NFC to pair phones, for information and file swapping, will take off. "It's easier with NFC than with Bluetooth," he said.
NFC already plays a big role in paying for mass transit in San Francisco, London, Los Angeles and other cities.
Bottom Line: As NFC shows up on more phones, it just may find its way to more uses. Including payments? There is not much optimism about that – the too many mouths problem persists -- but even that cannot be entirely ruled out at this early stage in the development of the technology.
Grab a chair and watch: the e-wallet wars will only get more brutal and, right now, it is way too early to tap winners or even the losers.


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I was on holiday in North Wales and i found a grasshopper on a rock in a marshy field behind where were staying. I just wondered of grasshoppers can be pink or if this is just an abnormality. I'll upload a pic soon.
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"Capturing Community: Fishing, Farming, and Canning in New England," an exhibit organized by graduate and certificate students in the Exhibition Planning course of the Museum Studies Program, recently opened at the Tufts University Art Gallery in the Aidekman Arts Center. The exhibit, which features the documentary photography of artist Markham Starr, tells the story of three struggling and rapidly disappearing New England livelihoods. It will run through May 22, 2011.
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David Wright has been nursing a sore left oblique throughout the World Baseball Classic, but it hasn't seemed to bother him in the games. Wright had been Team USA's best hitter prior to Thursday night, going 7-for-16 with a tournament-leading 10 RBIs, but because he had been visiting the trainer, he had been a regular on the team's injury reports. The Mets, who signed Wright to a new eight-year, $138 million contract in December, decided to act on those reports Thursday night, protecting their investment by making Wright, who took batting practice without incident, a late scratch from Team USA's lineup.
As a result, Willie Bloomquist was the starting third baseman for the U.S. in the team's toughest matchup of the tournament as it took on the undefeated Dominican Republic on Thursday night. They felt Wright's absence immediately as they loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the first inning against Dominican starter Samuel Deduno, but only managed to push across one run as Deduno got Adam Jones looking at a nasty 3-2 curveball on the inside corner.
That lone run, pushed across on a walk to Eric Hosmer, was the only run Team USA would manage in the game. The Dominican Republic answered right away with a one-out solo homer by Hanley Ramirez off R.A. Dickey in the top of the second, and that 1-1 score would remain until the top of the ninth.
In the interim, Deduno worked that curve to rack up seven strikeouts in four innings, allowing just two more baserunners after the first. Dickey gave the U.S. five innings without allowing a second run, but, as I wrote in my preview Wednesday morning, when the game got to the bullpens, the USA's pitching advantage disappeared. While Luke Gregerson, Tim Collins, and Steve Cishek comined for three scoreless innings in relief of Dickey, the D.R.'s Kelvin Herrera and Octavio Dotel combined for three perfect innings in relief of Deduno, and Pedro Strop worked around a single for a perfect eighth.
That sent the game to the top of the ninth. With no possibility of a save situation remaining, USA manager Joe Torre went to his closer, Craig Kimbrel, but Nelson Cruz hit Kimbrel's very first pitch into the right-field gap for a leadoff double and moved to third on Carlos Santana's subsequent groundout.
With one out and the go-ahead run 90 feet away, Dominican manager Tony Peña sent up Erick Aybar to pinch hit for the lone Minor Leaguer in his lineup, leftfielder Ricardo Nanita. Aybar fouled off strike one, took, ball two, then was victimized by a brutal strike call by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez on a slider that was more than a foot outside and a bit low. That put Kimbrel up in the count 1-2, but rather than try to get Aybar to fish after another outside pitch, he came back with an inside fastball. Aybar was ready for it and singled into right to plate Cruz, then stole second, allowing him to score on Jose Reyes's two-out single off Kimbrel.
Fernando Rodney worked a perfect bottom of the ninth to preserve the 3-1 win, with the final out coming down to Bloomquist's spot in the order (Shane Victorino pinch-hit and popped out in his stead). The win puts the Dominican Republic in the semifinals. The loss forces the USA to play Friday night against Puerto Rico with the winner advancing and the loser being eliminated. The probable pitchers for that game are Ryan Vogelsong and Nelson Figueroa.


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