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2010 Chevy Equinox Problems
I think you should enjoy your new ford ride and contact washington with any further spare time you may have! I going to start surfing the Ford Forums in my spare time and dig up some old ford skeletons! Gotta love this nox reality forum!!
nox123 - I can't figure out if you are a troll, or need to get your head out of the sand. There are major issues with this engine. I got rid of my 2010 Nox due to unreliability and engine issues. My father's 2011 is starting to rattle and show engine trouble. And STALLING while in traffic IS a safety issue!
This is not a small sampling of cars. I'm part of another online theta platform forum, and over there both the NOX and the Terrain are being reported as having the same issues discussed here.
Your Nox is running fine, but don't dismiss those who are having touble.
Ron..no ones dismissing any GM issues...I'm simply giving my own opinon having pretty good mechanical sense for my own 2010 Nox...I still own my 2010 Nox and have had some of the same issues ie; engine, Trans Etc that have all been resolved by GM dealer for FREE incuding loaner car.
I appoligize for not caring to join your rally against one of the largest Auto Builder in the World....Being a business owner I choose to lead not follow; I will let GM Fix or Repair my car till I trade for a new nox this fall or 100K gm plan expires! I get some good information and feed back from this Edmonds forum. However I dismiss the garbage and non-sense that is nothing more than a forum realty show!
Hey, I have had a pretty good luck with my suv/truck, my business asscociate had good experience to date and a some owners I meet on road have had no safety or scary issues...GM just came out with a new policy for changing motor oil last week; makes me wonder how many with engine issues were related to owners not changing oil & filters as recomended or not even at all?
I personly know men and women that think nothing of not changing oil or maintaining their vehicals; my wife happens to be one of them!
Being a Canadian, and living a short distance from the plant where they build the Nox, I'm very loyal and partial to GM. Every car I've owned, or my parent have owned has been GM.
This is not a rally against GM, but legitimate issues with an engine that is not functioning correctly. My old 2010, my parents 2011, and now my new 2012 all are showing the same issues. This is not some over reaction, but a legitimate problem. I'm careful about my cars, as well as my parents. Every 5000km my cars get an oil change, some times sooner. This is not a case of neglect.
So..enjoy your Nox, and I am glad that you are not having issues, and having it stall in the middle of traffic. However, instead of making cynical, snide, and arrogant remarks, just stay quiet if you don't have any solutions or positive things to say. Those of us with bad engines are upset, and making ill-received comments are not helping matters.
(And yes...GM has fixed my old 2010 for free. But I've also missed a bunch of time at work, and stress about getting my car in to be fixed while trying to look after my family. I'm sure those of us with engine issues have all had to deal with juggling our schedules to deal with this.)
nox123, does yours vibrate when you're stopped at red light or at a stop sign or even just parked and go to reverse? the vibrating comes and goes.... they say that it's normal...
kbryan549 Posts: 1I have 2006 Equinox also and have had numerous problems over the last three years. If your are still sharing info, (I realize this post is two years old), I would be very interested in receiving it from you. Thanks.
Occasionally it will run little rough at an idle; i do not use ECO and vehical seens to run better; I also do not sit long in traffic with truck in drive; I idle in newtral when hanging in traffic for more that a few minites.
Interesting information: Wards Auto Magazine dated December 2009.
Oil spray reduces friction and noise in newer 4cyl Nox engines. Changing oil on regular schedule / mfg. recommendations would be imperitive to avoid friction and noise per this Wards Magazine artical 12/2009. Low oil level would shut down engine per other gm information; this is most likly caused from older broken down oil; which causes excessive friction / wear in 4cyl engine.
We would be happy to check into this situation with your Equinox further. Please contact us via email at firstname.lastname@example.com with more information ( including your name and contact information, the last 8 digits of your VIN and mileage, and a summary of the situation).
Sarah, GM Customer Service
I see that you have connected with us by phone - did you have a Service Request (71-**********) for you when you called?
Sarah, GM Customer Service
at the risk of upsetting the people here that have had problems, I think nox123 has made some good points.
I have had a number of problems with my 2010 Equinox and I am among those who have had their engine replaced. I may be fortunate in that my dealer is in a small town and their business depends on their reputation and that means they provide great service. My dealer has always taken care of me, and while I have had to talk to GM customer service on occasion, it was not because of my dealer, it was because of GM policies.
My service manager (who I respect greatly) said that he believed that the engine itself is a very good engine and the problem is due to not using a synthetic blend for motor oil, i.e. don't use the cheapest oil the dealer has, and in not changing the oil often enough (thus the programming change on the oil life "gauge")
The only time my engine knocked or stalled was when the engine was low on oil, i.e. off the dip stick, and if that is your problem, then put in some oil and get to your Chevy dealer to do the oil consumption test so you can get the engine fixed/replaced.
For those of you who think other companies don't have some of the same issues, let me share what a friend of mine encountered. He has always owned Ford pickups and he noticed that his was burning oil so he took it in. His service manager told him that was common and that he should expect it to burn a quart of oil every 3000 miles. I personally don't believe that should be the case but it does point out that GM is not alone in having defects.
Again, if you are having problems, gather the information from this forum and see your dealer (and if your dealer isn't any good, find another one or call GM directly.)
Let us know if there is anything you would like for us to check into, as well. We can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com (include your name and contact information, the last 8 digits of your VIN and mileage, and a summary of the situation).
Sarah, GM Customer Service
audionutty Posts: 19The equinox 2.4L engine failures would NOT be prevented by using synthetic oil nor by changing the oil more often. The dealer is just making that up to make it sound like it's the customers fault instead of a design flaw. I used the best FULL synthetic oil from the first oil change and changed the oil every 3000-4500 miles (not by the oil life indicator which typically had 50% left). My engine had the same oil burning problems as everyone else and had to be replaced at 38,000 miles
crkyolfrt Posts: 2,345Bingo! 5 lines but speaks volumes.
Is this 2.4 used in the Malibu. Or any other GM? Seems to me I read somewhere a couple years ago, it was built...forget..but think that it was dif from the Malibu. Do Malibu owners have this same issue? If they do..well..
I really really hate it when you get the infamous "they all do that" or "that's normal"...I could punch 'em in the mouth when I hear that...and I've never hit a person in my life. Yes, in years past before I started boycotting all the brands that insult my intelligence..country loyalty be damned if you are going to STEAL and LIE to my face.. i did have a clinched fist in my pocket a few times and a forehead vein that I'm sure was close to redecorating their service showrm.. :sick:
Very well said...Owners need to accept responsibility and just hold GM's feet to fire under 100k warranty plan. I owned a new 1990 BMW with 36K Mfg warranty and was stuck replacing the engine due to having 45000 miles and out of mfg warranty. I Feel good about having the 100k protection after following these forums. I will hold GM's feet to fire if I have any warranty issues like the ones I read about; the warranty was key when I purchased truck!
i already spoke to someone named brent from gm about this and i have a request number and everything....he was supposed to call me but he never did
If you wanted to forward us that Service Request number via email at firstname.lastname@example.com we can check to see what's happening with the file.
Sarah, GM Customer Service
esperinos Posts: 18I have just completed a little over 34000 miles on the vehicle (non-GM) that replaced my 2010 Equinox, and I have had no problems with it whatsoever. One of the things I resolved to do was to ignore the vehicle's oil life indicator. I have gotten my oil changed every 3500 to 4000 miles, regardless of whether the indicator says it is due. The "oil life" indicator on the Equinox (also found on other GM cars) is a farce. It will easily get you to go up to 9000 miles before an oil change. With our remaining 2010 Equinox (about 30000 miles), and the 2011 Cruze (which has the same Ecotec engine), the oil is being changed every 3000 miles. I think that trying to extend the interval between oil changes is penny wise, but pound foolish.
I have not heard any unusual noise from either of my remaining GM vehicles - yet. I am listening closely, and when that happens, the vehicle(s) will go back to the dealer, and I will demand a new engine (not the "fixes" which I received with my previous Nox, two in one month).
I am not saying that it is only the oil change interval that's the problem. I truly believe there is a fundamental design flaw (or manufacturing flaw) in a batch of the 4 cyl engines that were installed in the 2010, that is now declaring itself. I am not an engineer, but what I have experienced - and what I have read on this forum - means that the problem is not a one-off or a coincidence. I can imagine what a recall will cost GM, but I know what it has already cost them - the loss of any customer loyalty I had. My current GM vehicles will be cycled out sooner rather than later and will be replaced by non-GM products.
I experienced the stalling problem also, and there is no doubt this is a safety issue at highway speed. It is only a matter of time before some tragedy occurs. :lemon: :lemon: :lemon:
michelle_s Posts: 6I have been following this forum for a couple of weeks and I previously posted about an issue I had with my car stalling. GM customer service commented on one of my posts so I have been e-mailing them keeping them updated on the status of my performance issues.
Just to recap in case anyone else is having similar issues...my car stalled when I slowed to a stop. I didn't happen every time and seemed to always happen if my gas tank was at or below half full. It began to chug, spit/spatter, and eventually stalled. I described it as air being in the lines. It lost power and just died. It started back up without issue but I was fearful to take my car anywhere when the whole family was going for fear that my car would not be reliable. At this point, I've had the fuel pump, two silinoids in the cam phasers, timing chain guides and the timing chain replaced. I'm in a "wait and see" mode right now. I also know that gas was found in the oil. I do have to say that so far my dealership has been great. Communication with GM customer service through this forum has been great as well.
THEN...today I got a letter in the mail from GM advising that a software update has been introduced for the oil life monitoring system and I need to make an appt. with my dealer to get this software update. Two questions: First, am I getting this now because GM has been in contact with me over another issue (may or may not be related to the oil) or did everyone get this letter? There are issues I have with this letter. After reading MANY posts on here about people having issues with having low oil levels between oil changes, I'm thinking this is a CYA for GM. My letter says that in most cases, this update will recommend more frequent oil changes to support engine durability and overall operating costs. I change my oil every 3,000 miles not when the light comes on saying I need to change my oil. So, with that said does anyone know if my oil is going to need (or be recommended by this new software) to be changed more frequently than 3,000 miles? So basically, if you don't change your oil as often as recommended by this software (is it going to recommend changing the oil after 1,000 miles?????) then GM won't honor any warranty you have??? The letter also recommends that you check your oil level at each fuel fill. So, if you don't (who does?!?) and your oil level gets low, GM won't honor your warranty because you didn't check it frequent enough to catch the low oil level??? Clearly low oil levels are a common issue in the 2010 Equinox because people have hundreds of posts on here about that. This is GM's way of addressing the malfunction?!?!? You cannot put the design/engineering flaw back on the consumer. Figure out what is causing low oil levels and fix it!! The cost of the recall won't be nearly as costly as the loss of customers they have as a result of all of these issues. Just sayin...
Here is my story (much of which echoes what I've read from others). October, 2012: My 2010 4-cyl Nox had been running great for over 2.5 years. One day it starting to buck and stall when I was decelerating as I approached a traffic light. Foot on the gas it was fine, but when decelerating, it kept doing this, and almost stalling each time. I immediately took it to the dealer, who said that I needed new cam actuators. They also changed the oil, and the car was fine.... Until February 6, when the exact same thing happened again: bucking, near-stalling as I would decelerate. Immediately brought it back in, and they found nothing wrong, except that the oil was completely dry. COMPLETELY dry. They filled it up with oil, car was fine.
Yesterday, 5 weeks later, I turned on the car, stepped on the gas and the car would go no more than 10 mph - no revving of the engine - foot to the floor, 10 mph, no rev. Hmmmm. After about 3 minutes, it "engaged" and seemed okay after that. Came home, let it cool down, and checked the oil, which seemed to again by dry! Decided last night to drive it in today for service. Good thing, because this morning, I started it in my driveway, went back into the house to get something, came back out, got in, and before I could put my seatbelt on, it sputtered and stalled. Started right up and I drove to the dealer. Reminded my service guy of the history, and what had happened in the last 24 hours, and that I had been reading a lot about all of the oil consumption problems and people who have finally had their engine replaced. He promised he would be proactive.
My service guy called at 5pm and told me that it took a little convincing with his service manager and corporate, but that I will be getting a new engine! Inspection revealed the oil was completely dry after just 5 weeks, and that there were no leaks...Which means that the engine was the problem. Of course, after following this column (and reading the Chevy bulletin on Oil Consumption that another reader posted), I knew that this was the eventual solution. I am hoping that this truly resolves all my problems, and also hoping it helps with the horrid gas mileage (I only average 19 mpg). I actually really like my car and if the new engine solves the problem(s), then I will be happy.
So if you are having these symptoms, DO NOT DELAY. Get to your dealer and get someone on your side. Have the oil consumption test done and demand a new engine if all else fails. You just might get one, too.
mahidibal Posts: 1The air conditioner on my 2010 is not cooling and I hear a whining sound when the a/c is on. Anyone have any ideas on what it could be and how much it would cost to fix? I am not happy with my dealer's customer service and would rather take it to my local mechanic. I didn't realize all the problems people are having with their Equinox. I love my Equinox, but I won't hesitate to trade it in for another make. It has 82,000 miles on it and is a 6 cylinder.
We're glad to hear that your dealership has been able to work though this with you and we hope that the engine replacement resolves the concerns you have been having with your Equinox. Keep us posted on how everything runs after the replacement!
Sarah, GM Customer Service
We're sorry to hear that you are having this trouble with your A/C and aren't satisfied with the service at your local dealership. Let us know if there is anything you would like for us to check into, or if we can help you locate a different dealership in your area. 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).
Sarah, GM Customer Service
See my post (#1915) - my car is presently having the engine replaced because of all of these oil consumption problems (I went through 5 quarts of oil in just 5 weeks!). Hurray to my wonderful dealer as well for getting me this far.
My question to you is - how has it been since your engine was replaced? Are the problems solved? MPG any better? Anything I should be looking for or that I should keep in mind with the "new" engine? Thanks!
duetsu Posts: 36Hi - My engine was replaced about 2500 miles ago. So far so good. The mileage is getting better with each tank of gas I use - I am up to 26.7 MPG (vs 28.2 on old engine).
I DO NOT drive in the eco mode. I don't trust it.
The only instruction the dealer had was to not drive sustained highway speeds for the first 3000 miles until the car is back for its first oil change. He told me to vary highway speed between 55 and 75 MPH to break the engine in......
Presently I am not experiencing any issues with the new engine and am keeping my fingers crossed. I had a wonderful dealer also who worked with me and GM to get this resolved.
Thanks so much! My old engine gets a horrid 19.5 MPG (I do mixed highway/local, but that's just awful!). I do a fair amount of highway driving as of late, in short spurts, like 20-30 miles at a time, so will remember to ask my service guy about what your guy told you. Until I started having these problems - around 40,000 miles - I really loved the car and didn't have any problems, so I'm praying that this does the trick. Best of luck to you.
I've only driven a few hundred miles since the new engine but thus far it's running great, i.e. no knocking, stalling, etc. I use ECO mode all the time and that doesn't seem to be causing any problems either.
As far as gas mileage, we took a short road trip (150 miles) and averaged about 28 mpg so that seems reasonable with a new engine (speeds between 65-75.)
Given that this engine is in a number of GM vehicles, I'm expecting that GM has worked out the "bugs" in this engine (but if not, I have no problem "holding GM's feet to the fire" again.)
The dealer, in this case my service manager, was not trying to make it sound like it was my fault ... far from it, he doesn't try to hide stuff from me (it wouldn't work even if he tried.) This was after the engine was replaced (and he was speaking from his years of experience.)
Having said that, I'm sure GM would love to sweep this whole fiasco under the rug but with forums like this, rest assured, that won't happen.
This specific version of the Ecotec 4 cylinder is in the 2010-2011 Equinox/Terrain, a couple of Buicks and the Captiva. A different version of this engine is in the Malibu.
All of this is based on the information on Wikipedia (which I assume is at least fairly accurate.)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Family_II_engine#Ecotec_Gen_II (scroll down to the complete list of the versions of this engine and where they are used.)
jampal75 Posts: 1All doors are working okay but the rear passenger door. The power lock goes up and down but the handle on inside and outside will not open the door. I have a 2010 Chevy Equinox LTZ.


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Rays # 4 Moment in 2009: "Zorilla Meets the Renegade"
Here we go again!
Let's get this show back on the road again of the Top 5 Moments in Rays baseball in 2009. It is time now to present my personal fourth greatest moment this past season. I guess you can say I am really proud of this moment because it happened literally right in front of me. That's right, the special moment I am picking as my fourth best of the season is when Tampa Bay Rays rightfielder Ben Zobrist came over and fell over the padded partition just to the right side of my seats with a circus catch that endeared him to everyone from that moment on in 2009.
The play happened during the sixth inning of a game that the Rays had pretty much in the bag against the Oakland Athletics, and their big slugger Matt Holliday was at the plate facing Rays rookie Jeff Niemann. There were two outs in the inning, and the Rays had a comfortable 11-2 lead at that point. Niemann threw a nice slick 94 mph fastball that Holliday was able to turn on and sent a high fly ball into the rightfield corner.
Zobrist felt he had a nice bead on the ball and was concentrating on following the path of the ball and not his location on the field when he smacked into the wall just outside the Checkers Bullpen Cafe. Well, from my seat, which is right there, I could see he might not be able to get both the ball and keep his feet. But I had my camera in my hand at the time looking at that ball beginning to floating towards our seats. But I quickly glanced over and saw Zobrist was barrelling at full speed and did not even blink as he clipped the bottom of the wall with his cleats and his momentum sent him end over end into the padded area besides my seat.
Just before he hit the green padded wall near the foulpole, Zobrist firmly caught the ball and quickly clamped it deep into the webbing of his glove. As he flipped over the wall I reached down to try and keep him off the Green concrete wall just next to my seat. He hit the black padding and just looked up at me and I yelled "Throw up your glove and let the umpire call the ball!". Zobrist immediately thrust the brown glove up with the pure white ball showing firmly deep in the pocket of his mitt.
He was grinning from ear-to-ear at that moment and quickly popped back up and walked out the opened gate back onto the field. He had hit that padded wall with such extreme force that he broke the painted wood paneling on that section of the wall and tore the field-side padding at the bottom where his cleats hadcaught the fabric before hurdling over the wall.
It was an amazing catch, and set the stage for the rest of the MLB world to get to know this player Rays fans already knew and loved for his hustle and his grit. It showed the hustle and the determination of this young player do whatever he could to help his team win night after night. And I am so glad I got to have a front row seat to his "coming out" party.
The next day during the Rays Batting Practice, Zobrist came over to me at my seat and we chatted for a few seconds and I made sure to congradulate him on his "ESPN Baseball Tonight" web gem (#2). We chuckled about it all for a moment and I had an idea. I asked him if he would sign the wall portion that he cracked during the play. He looked at me for a second, then took the black Sharpie from me and signed his name to the wall. He inscribed on the wall, "Courtesy of Ben Zobrist".
I picked this as the fourth best moment of the year simply for the fact it was Zobrist's outfield defensive "coming out " moment of the season. Before that time people had considered him a utility player with mostly roots in the infield. But in 2009, Zobrist became one of those players that a team can not win without having him in the line-up. And for that reason, this moment stood out to me as the day everyone around the MLB had a reason to fall in love with the way he plays the game, even as Zorilla.
Be sure to check out each special Rays moment daily as I count down my list to Number #1. To the right of the blog, in the sidebar, you will see a heading for the "Top 5 Rays Moments of 2009" as MLB.com links to each of the special Rays moments.
I am planning on leaving those moments up for the entire off season. But if anyone really wanted to know where I sat, and if I ever got on television, this video is proof for both questions. I love sitting there to be close to the action, and to chat with the Rays Bullpen members each game. But on May 18th, during the first home game since my birthday, I got a special present from Zorilla, and a moment we will all remember in Rays history.
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cool moments. i love reflecting on the season. it was surely a down one for the Bucs but i had great times at the ballpark nonetheless
Even if the Pirates had a down year, they made some huge strides with their young team.
Some players might have been jettisoned out, but without that Andrew McCutchen, Garrett Jones and a few others would not have had their opportunities in 2009.
I read in Sports Illustrated about the player "Gift" from South Africa last night.
The opportunity the Pirates are giving that young players is tremendous, and will open the door for more to want to come here and also play baseball………….Sounds like a win….win….to me!
Rays Renegade
Wow, Cliff, what an amazing experience! Dude, you certainly have the life being able to be present for all these great moments. The fact that you have built friendly relationships with all these fellas is the coolest thing to me. Nice work.
I know I have been more than lucky over my years in sports. I will be the first to tell you that. And yes, I have bonded with a few guys both on and off the field, but I also get the thrill of seeing these events daily/nightly highlight me year, and it shows just how great it is to be a baseball fan.
I have attended games of almost every sport in my life, including powerboat racing and monster truck rallies, and this is the only sports that gets me giddy for the next bit of action.
Hopefully I will be able to bring more and more to all of you for a long, long time.
Rays Renegade
Great story and great moment. It would certainly be on my list of "bests." Very ingenious of you to suggest that he sign the wall too.
Pretty Cool… there you are clear as day in that video too! Great baseball memory!
Actually, I am still hoping to get that section of the wall for my collection.
I have consulted the right people who replace those sections, and chatted with people who run the stadium operations side of the Trop.
Hopefully someday I can get it, but it might not be any time soon knowing the slow nature of the system.
Such is life.
Rays Renegade
Yeah, I am the guy who for some reason looks like a elephant, but could have been worse……..I could have been wearing a red shirt (lol).
I still do not remember why I picked up my camera instead of my glove……….maybe some day I will remember.
Funny thing, there is this bar I sometimes hit after games, and the owner searches for me every game, but i have been in the same seat for over 11 years now.
Rays Renegade

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Author: Mizumaki-machi Homepage: http://www.geocities.jp/sakachin2/index.htm Family: MainframeEditorFamily IbmEditorFamily Platform: AIX, GCC, Linux, MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows, Android. License: Open source
This is a great ISPF editor clone, thus a member of the IbmEditorFamily. It runs in OS, DOS,OS/2,Windows, Linux and AIX. I use it in Windows XP and Linux. I think it is the only ISPF like editor than runs on all of those platforms.
It is a mature editor but as of today, 08/27/2006, it is still being actively developed.
The official release is http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA010562/ I recommend getting the version on the 'Bug Fix Version and Source Code Page' the official release site links to.
In my opinion this is a must have for the mainframers of the world who like the ISPF environment. I would also recommend it for companies who have mainframers moving to Unix like service.
My only suggestion at this point is to make the "setup" function choose 'default' as the initial font selection. Otherwise, it looks strange when first starting up.
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I just wanted to talk about my October this year. Moderators, please feel free to move if this is not in the right place.
October is Breast Cancer awareness month. For the past 14 years I have been a member of a motorcycle crew that provides safety for the walkers during these events. The Atlanta 2 Day Walk for Breast Cancer was the first weekend in October. The Susan G. Komen Walk for Breast Cancer was the third weekend in October and I took a the 2nd weekend off to attend the Barber Motorcycle Festival in Leeds, Al. I participated in the Avon 2 Day walk for Breast Cancer in Charlotte, NC for the 4th weekend. If you have any personal connection to Breast Cancer in your life you really need to think about getting involved in these walks. You get to ride you motorcycle (not that much, you'll be standing in intersections most of the time helping walkers across intersections) break most of the traffice laws ( it's ok since the LEO's know why you're there). It's hard work but the rewards you get from the walkers make it all worth while. The reason I'm posting this is that this year in Charlotte for the Avon 2 Day, they couldn't find enough motorcycles to help. We brought 9 motorcycles from Atlanta to field a crew of 14. Next year I know that the Atlanta group will not be able to send as many bikes. As I said earlier if you have a personal connection to Breast Cancer please think about signing up for the Avon 2 Day Walk in Charlotte, NC. If folks are interested I'll be glad to add links for the walks and answer any questions you may have.


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Upton is heading to Arbitration Avenue
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As I could hear the bell chimes ringing from the old church near near Williams Park in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, at high noon, you know that the echoing sound could also be heard in the Rays front office on the third floor of Tropicana Field and provided a nice musical end the team's revolving series of conversations with their remaining arbitration eligible player centerfielder B J Upton.
For it was now time for the Rays organization to regroup and prepare for their next meeting between them and Upton and his representation at his arbitration hearing. It was time for both parties to again refocus on the future where a single mediator will decide the future dent made by Upton in the Rays 2010 payroll. And at this time you can envision that there will be no winner in this round of talks, the Rays have a distinctive advantage going into this final round of discussions about Upton's possible 2010 salaries.
And I kind of thought the arbitration situation might ultimately pan out this way only a few short weeks ago. Sure there was a chance that the Rays Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman might have extended a multiple year scenario and salary figure to Upton's camp, but in reality, he was always the one player who might have been banking on going through with arbitration during the entire unfolding of the process. Upton might have been the one Rays player who thought it was his time to be heard in private about his worth to this franchise…..And now he and his representative will get that chance sometime this Spring.
And some people call this entire arbitration mess more like taking a load of your potential future earnings to Las Vegas and playing a single hand of Blackjack, but never being able to doubling down, or even slightly predict the outcome before the cards hit the table. And you have to admit it is always a crap shoot that your production numbers and potential earnings would mesh perfectly so that this process could be avoided at all costs. You end up put your total expected earnings amount up for grabs and hope that the mediator finds your figures satisfactory and in-line with your request.
But you always like your chances and gamble that the last minute paperwork to flow off that fax machine could be acceptable to you as it was the the last communication from the Rays after their team imposed high noon deadline. And because the Rays have enjoyed a stellar arbitration track record (3-0) in hearings since Stuart Sternberg took over the team, you would think the "house" has the strongest chance to win here.
The whole process is not made any easier in the fact that Friedman is getting comfortable in his Rays role in this arbitration process by using his risk managment style scenarios with pin-point percision and submitting the right collection of statistics based on comparative peer player performances to end up snatching large amounts of moolah away from you as you stare blindly at him as Friedman sits at the other end of the table.
And it is not personal, it is business, the Rays business model in fact, to secure the lowest salary rewards to fine-tune and effectively reduce payroll and give some breathing room to the organization heading into the Spring Training reporting dates. Friedman has chiseled his own path to financial victory in all three of his prior arbitration hearing over his four seasons with the Rays. And that might make it seem more like a "no-win" situation for Upton, but he is also left standing alone with a better performance based situation for a nice raise in pay than former Rays catcher Josh Paul, who fell victim in two of Friedman's four past arbitration hearings.
You would think that the Rays would consider Upton is one of the face's of their Rays 2010 team and placed somewhere front and center in a collage on the cover of the Rays Season Ticket Information folder given out in December 2009. But the funniest thing happened here in the fact that the top four pitchers in the Rays rotation grace the cover of that folder, and not long time stalwarts Carlos Pena, Carl Crawford or even the arbitration eligible B J Upton.
Upton was the only player who I realistically thought was headed to his first arbitration setting long time before the Rays team imposed deadline. And both parties might have made some headway in their negoiations with the Rays before high noon, but the deadline passed without Upton batting an eye. As most of the long time Rays fans know, since Upton has been up with the Rays at the Major League level, he has let his Major League contract be renewed automatically with a small raise every season before 2010, and Upton has not been open to public discussions about any multi-year salary extensions since the long gone era of ex-Rays General Manager Chuck LaMar reign over 5 seasons ago.
It might be a bold move, and one that might have to be calculated closely as Upton will submit his first arbitration numbers to the Rays at some point today. I think Upton will be seeking a huge increase in salary considering his 2009 $ 435,000 salary was sandwiched closely between Garza and Howell's 2009 salaries, and both could get sizeable increases for 2010. This will be the first chance for Upton to get his significant increase, and I could see him submitting a number around $ 3.5-3.75 for 2010 season.
Upton is the one member of this season's Rays arbitration class that was not going to give a local discount to the Rays, or even consider an extension before getting his first chance before an arbitration mediator this Spring. But sometimes a situation like this can back-fire on a player and it can get pretty messy if personal feeling get twisted during discussions. With some members of the Rays Republic and even the media thinking that this could finally be Upton's break-out season, this series of salary negoiations might be critical to his survival as a member of the Rays.
But then again, it could be a nice tactical situation by Upton to just see how important the team think he is to their future, and his position with the team in their future. I think his refusal to discuss his salary away from a mediator at a arbitration hearing has nothing to do with respect. But it will certainly be a war of wrds and sharp minds backed up by volumes of pages of statistics and future output projections both met and missed by Upton over the past two seasons that could decide this issue.
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aring will be that nice shiny American League Championship ring upon Upton's finger as he personally stepped it up a notch during the 2008 playoffs. But what is sure to surface is his step backwards in production after his shoulder situations in 2009, and his presumed attitude problems while playing in games. I can definitely see this hearing getting personal at times, and it might end up becoming a clear indication of the Rays hopes and Upton's future plans with the team. The Rays could go hard on the megative factors in this hearing, or just sit and wait and see if Upton toots his horn a bit too loud, then come in and crash the party.
The funny thing about arbitration hearing is it should be about the player in relationship to his contributions on and off the field to his team. And should be a showcase to shop his ability to step up and and take it to another notch for his team, which would equal a request for an increase in salary. But most of the time it is a room full of lawyers and accountants with a pile of papers arguing for or against a matter as if in ta court of law.
Upton should play a major role in the Rays success during the 2010 season. He could end up being saddled with a salary that Upton doesn't totally agree with, but still produce a stellar season and prove without a doubt he deserve some substancial coinage during his next arbitration round in 2011. But the reality of it all is that if Upton sees his arbitration salary as a Rays power play and as a way for management to control him, he could produce either a break-out season or have another bust season and possibly be gone by the July Trade deadline.
But there is always hope. The Rays thought Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett ($4 million),Rays starter Matt Garza ( $ 3.35 million) and reliever J P Howell ($ 1.8+incentives) might be all heading also towards arbitration before all three candidates agreed to contracts in the last 24 hour period. Their multiple phonecalls and faxes ended up with a series of deals that please both the players' and the Rays front office.
So the Rays last minute dealings have cut the field to one lone survivor and they no longer intend to try and convince Upton to see it their way. And with Upton basically announcing he will submit his numbers, the arbitration clock stops ticking for 2010. And with it last tick, it makes Upton the lone Ray player to step into the mediator's office during the 2010 Spring Training.
And the worst part is that all the information and all the number floating up at that meeting will have nothing to do with Upton the person, but be totally about Upton the team employee being considered for a huge fiscal upgrade. It will not be about handshakes or even hugs after winning key games, it will be about business, and that is something Friedman and his crew of fiscal mercenaries are pretty good at……..or so Upton will find out soon enough.
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Let Upton and his agent play the game. Next year, the year after, whenever… somebody will eventually pay the price for potential. Doesn't matter if it's 2012, 2013 or later, B.J. Upton will always be a good defensive outfielder that will be an average off
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rays need upton like my phils need victorino at CF/OF renagade hope the club gets him a good deal but save some 4 crawford cause hes better and a FA next yr
its a shame but money is really the only that drives these players. hopefully the dust will settle and both teams will agree on something reasonable. the pirates are going through the process with Zach Duke now. i am hoping for the best
rays need upton like my phils need victorino at CF/OF renagade hope the club gets him a good deal but save some 4 crawford cause hes better and a FA next yr
He is one of those guys you hope can live up to his potential. He has the abilities and the true baseball talent, but they have not meshed together perfectly yet.
But considering he has been adaptable over his career, you hope that this season he can bring it all to the table.
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This is one of those moments.
It is something we live with, and know that is being fixed as we speak.
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BJ has two more arbitration years after 2010, so even if he gets traded, he will have 2 more seasons of escalating salaries.
As for Carl Crawford, I hate to admit it, but if he doesn't give the Rays a "local discount" he will have a new uniform in 2011.
I hate that fact, but we are beginning to see reality here as the two parties, the Rays and Crawford's agent have not said word one about the situation.
Guess it will play out during the Spring and hopefully not during the season.
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The wild part it is it reported that the Rays and Upton might only be about $ 300,000 apart at this moment.
So basically for less than the price of a first year player at the MLB level, the Rays and Upton are headed to arbitration.
Only in America.
I would play for $10,000 (lol).
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Victorino has shown a better offensive performance than BJ Upton right now, but people forget Upton was an infielder his entire minor league career, and before he was drafted by the Rays.
But his shoulder injury/surgery before the 2009 season was not fully healed when he began to play back in the majors.
Not an excuse, but i know a shoulder situation can take a bit of power from your stroke.
But he feels healthy in 2010, so no more excuses.
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The Rays need to keep Upton Period case closed if they don't keep him and Crawford they can kiss the post-season good by for a few more years.
Wow! I would not say the post season ends if either of Crawford or Upton gets traded or injured. but their speed both on the base paths and in the field is key to any playoff options.
But the Rays also have an experienced playse like Fernando Perez in the wings, and a hot young talent named Desmond Jennings who could take over for Crawford if he leaves after the 2010 season.
Options to either player are in-house within the Rays farm system, just as leftie Jake McGee might be groomed to be the team's next great closer……….You never know.
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All owners hate arbitration. They say it's the biggest contributor to escalating salaries. The next collective bargaining session is going to be interesting to say the least.
I think you are totally right there.
I think that former MLBPA Union Chief Donald Fehr got out at the right time before the collective bargaining agreement expired.
His idiot successor, Michael Weiner is already posturing about the arbitration process, which he is pointing fingers at certain teams.
Should be a fun time when they do sit down and try and iron out an agreement…..With this bozo in power, it might take a while.
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Some LCD screens from old cell phones have gained popularity among electronic enthusiats. They are easy to interface with a microcontroller and consume very little power. Best of all they come free or at very little cost. One common problem with these screens is how to connect them to your project. They usually have very tiny contact connectors that are hard or sometimes even impossible to solder to. Here is a nice trick I learned by trial an error how to connect a Nokia LCD to your breadboard without soldering.
For this purpose you will need to search your junk box for a flex cable with the same pitch as your LCD connector. For my Nokia LCD this happens to be a 1mm pitch cable that I found in an old CD-ROM drive. Similar cables can be found in other computer equipment like printers, scanners, fax machines.


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Today, Blackmagic Design announced true 2K resolution support with Version 5.5 software for the Multibridge Extreme all-in-one bi-directional converter with PCI-Express. The Multibridge Extreme is an uncompressed video product to feature 2K, real-time 10-bit RGB playout for Apple Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X and Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 on Windows XP. T
his new software driver 5.5 for Multibridge Extreme also features 2K real-time preview for popular compositing and paint applications such as Adobe After Effects 7.0, Combustion, Shake and Photoshop. True 2K, at 23.98 and 24fps enables editors, broadcast paint and special effects professionals the ability to monitor 2K video and graphics on Dual-Link DVI-D LCD displays, such as the Apple 30" Cinema Display and the DELL 30" flat-panel display. Each individual pixel is digitally mapped pixel-for-pixel for the most color-sensitive and accurate image quality available - perfect for detailed video and film work.
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Multibridge Extreme is an all-in-one bi-directional converter featuring a new high-speed 10GBps PCI-Express connection. 25 times faster than FireWire, Multibridge Extreme's PCI-Express allows capture and playback of uncompressed video up to 2K feature film resolutions when plugged into a computer. Multibridge Extreme can be used as the highest quality audio and video converter, or as a high-end editing and compositing system for broadcast, post-production and film projects. It instantly switches between HD and SD with 4:2:2 and Dual Link 4:4:4 video quality.
Multibridge Extreme features SDI digital video, Analog Component video, 8 channels of AES/EBU digital audio, two channels of balanced professional XLR analog audio and two unbalanced audio outputs for low cost in-suite monitoring. Multibridge Extreme is available now for US$2,595 from authorized Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide.
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I need to do the following...
A positive number P is a triangular number if there exists a number n such that P=1+2+3+ +n. That is, P is the sum of the numbers from 1 to n.
For example, 6 is a triangular number as 6=1+2+3. Also, 28 is a triangular number as 28=1+2+3+4+5+6+7. However, 7 is not a triangular number. The number 20 is also not a triangular number.
Write a program that will prompt for a positive integer. After a number is entered, the program will determine and print if the number is a triangular or not. If it is triangular , also print the range of numbers that the number is the sum of. Your program will continue reading in numbers and processing them until a non-positive number is read in.
Your output should look something like (the spacing need not be exact):
Enter a positive number (<= 0 to quit): 6
The number 6 is triangular. It is the sum from 1 to 3.
Enter a positive number (<= 0 to quit): 1000
The number 1000 is not triangular.
Enter a positive number (<= 0 to quit): 8128
The number 8128 is triangular. It is the sum from 1 to 127.
Enter a positive number (<= 0 to quit): 33550336
The number 33550336 is triangular. It is the sum from 1 to 8191.
Enter a positive number (<= 0 to quit): -1
End of Processing.
So far I got this... Which is for a Perfect Number program. What parameters do I need to change in here so that I can make the above program work?
public class Triangle {
public static void main (String [] args) {
ConsoleReader console = new ConsoleReader (System.in);
int number; //Number to be calculated
int divisors; //To check sum of divisors
int sum; //Sum
int i;
while(true) {
System.out.print("Enter a positive number (<= 0 to quit): ");
number = console.readInt();
if (number <= 0)
sum = 0;
for (i = 1; i < number - 1; i = i + 1) {
if (number % i == 0)
sum = sum + i;
divisors = sum;
if (number == divisors)
System.out.println("The value " + number + " is PERFECT");
System.out.println("The number " + number + " is NOT PERFECT");
Thanks in advance!
P.S I've been browsing this site for some time now, and I must say it is the best site on programming out there! Keep up the good work guys!


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Landon Donovan is widely considered one of the most accomplished players in U.S. Soccer history and it was no surprise on Friday when he was named to the federation's all-time Best XI.
Donovan was the leading vote-getter with a total of 52 votes in a list that included such luminaries like Carlos Bocanegra, Eddie Pope, Clint Dempsey and Eric Wynalda.
The LA Galaxy forward has a total of 144 appearances for the U.S. and holds the all-time leads for goals (46) and assists (47). Due to his success with the U.S., Donovan has made a total of three FIFA World Cups in 2002, 2006 and 2010, and is expected to make his make fourth tournament next year when the U.S. head to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Donovan has 12 World Cup appearances with five goals.
The 31-year-old also had a storied career with the U.S. youth national teams as he was awarded the Golden Ball award when he helped the U.S. Under-17's to a fourth place finish at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand while also appearing in the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina with the U.S. Under-20's.
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Is it possible to submit in the same category the same animal but in various position ?
I know that this is not possible in another category (Rules, Section 5. ii) but what about inside the same category.
Kind regards,
Denis A. Jeanneret
Hi Denis,
The competition office have said that the images you describe would not be considered similar so I assume that means they could be submitted in the same category (n.b. this actually Adult Rules 5. i, not 5. ii).
Kind regards, Jonathan
Thank you Jonathan,
Kind regards, Denis.


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2.0321 Authority.Cite as [A.S.A.C. § 2.0321 ]
Under 4.1205(1)(E), the archivist is authorized to establish standards, regulations, and procedures for the reproduction and maintenance of records by micrographic, photographic, magnetic, or other processes. Reproductions made in compliance with these standards have the same force and effect as the originals would have and are treated as originals for audit, admissibility as evidence, and other similar purposes.History: Rule 14-87, eff 4 Aug 87.


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Berkman named NL Player of the Week
Slugger belts four dingers, knocks in 12 while slugging 1.136
By Alyson Footer and David Singh / MLB.com
From April 20 through Sunday, Berkman led the NL with 12 RBIs and a 1.136 slugging percentage, while tying for the NL lead with four homers and 25 total bases.
He hit .455 (10-for-22) with one double and one triple and recorded a .517 on-base percentage. On Thursday at Cincinnati, the four-time All-Star went 3-for-3, including a three-run home run and a double. The home run was the 18th of his career at Great American Ball Park, giving the Houston slugger the most for any opposing player at that stadium, which opened in 2003.
Berkman's dominance over Cincinnati is not only restricted to the team's downtown ballpark, as he boasts more career home runs (42) and more RBIs (120) against them than any active Reds opponent.
Berkman also hit two homers against St. Louis on Saturday. He recorded three multihit games and four multi-RBI games and hit safely in six of seven games en route to capturing his third career weekly award.
"It always seems like whatever kind of week you had, somebody always does something better," he said. "So to be picked is great."
Berkman edged out teammate Miguel Tejada, who hit .414 last week with one homer and seven RBIs. Arizona's Brandon Webb (2-0, 2.25 ERA, 12 strikeouts), Colorado's Garrett Atkins (.344, three homers, nine RBIs) and Philadelphia's Pat Burrell (.375, two homers, eight RBIs) were also candidates.
"We had a great week and Miggy's a great part of our success as a team," Berkman said. "For me, personally, he creates a lot of opportunities, getting on base. He's a great hitter. You're always helped by being in there with Miggy and Carlos Lee."
Bank of America, the official bank of Major League Baseball, is the presenting sponsor of the National League and American League Player of the Week Awards, which reflect Bank of America's long-standing tradition of promoting and recognizing higher standards of accomplishment. Rays pitcher James Shields won this week's AL award.
Tourneau, the world's largest watch store, will award Berkman with a luxury Swiss Timepiece, suitably engraved, in recognition of his accomplishments as Bank of America Presents the National League Player of the Week.
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. David Singh is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Anna Nicole's longtime companion and two physicians were ordered Friday to stand trial on charges of furnishing the late model with drugs.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry ruled there is enough evidence to require Howard K. Stern and doctors Khristine Eroshevich and Sandeep Kapoor to stand trial.
Stern, 40, and Drs. Sandeep Kapoor, 40, and Khristine Eroshevich, 61, were each charged with a single count of conspiracy, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. They allege that the trio conspired to furnish drugs to Smith between June 5, 2004, and Jan. 26, 2007.
Eroshevich was Smith's personal psychiatrist.
Smith, who was 39, died in Hollywood, Fla., on Feb. 8, 2007, of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs shortly after the birth of her daughter and death of her son, who also died of a drug overdose.
The criminal charges were the result of an investigation that involved not only the District Attorney's Office, but the state Attorney General's Office, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, California Medical Board and state Department of Insurance.


text: Just last night I was playing with a friend from 6-9p.m. The weather was sunny during the day and clear at night, the average temperature was around 90 degrees and humidity was awful that night. I usually play for about 3-4 hours each session but this time I could only barely reach 3 hours. I was completely soaked and every part of my body hurt the very next day. My question is if the humidity is high, do you tire more quickly? Is it because you have more difficulty sweating out because of the evaporation of sweat is being hampered by the moisture in the air?


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Gregg Allman joins a long list of legendary rock stars who have chosen to pen their autobiographies.
Pete Townsend, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Wyclef Jean, even Kenny Rogers have all recently released books, but Allman is way ahead in the game. "It's not something I decided recently," he says.
"I started keeping a journal in the early 1980s," Allman says. "The reason I kept a journal is because I've had such a wonderful life.
"Each day was another adventure," the Richmond Hill resident says. "I figured I'd write all this down."
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Allman describes himself as "getting to be an old codger sitting out on the porch" and says it was time to tell his story in his own words. "My manager said I needed to show this to somebody," he says.
In the past few years, Allman has had some major health scares. That also pushed him to tell his story now rather than wait.
The result is "My Cross to Bear," the story of the Allman Brothers Band as told by someone who lived it. "It covers my life from the early, early school days to up until the transplant," Allman says.
The book includes more than 100 photos. Allman will do a book signing Feb. 16 at the Savannah Book Festival.
For fans, the book has everything — juicy tidbits about Allman's battle with substance abuse, his completing rehab 11 times, the band's run-ins with the law and his six failed marriages, including the one to Cher.
There are tragedies — the deaths of Allman's brother, Duane, and Allman Brothers bassist Berry Oakley, plus Allman's health struggles, including his battle with hepatitis C and his eventual liver transplant.
Then there are the triumphs — jamming at Filmore East, the band's successful reunion in 1989, Allman kicking drugs and alcohol and staying clean and sober for years.
Other books about the band have told the story in one of two ways, Allman says. Either they focused on the tragedies, or they were about the band members' wild times.
None really went into depth about the members, or told the true story of the Allman Brothers Band, he says. Certainly, they never covered the fun times, and Allman was determined to put in the good as well as the bad.
"There's always something that you've overlooked or forgotten about," he says. "Writing a book seems to bring it all out."
Not that writing is easy, especially when writing about the deaths of loved ones. "Parts of it were emotional," Allman says. "That's just part of life. It was very therapeutic."
For the most part, Allman just wants readers to enjoy the book. "It's just a book for relaxation, to peek into somebody else's life," he says.
"It's the only book I ever wrote," Allman says. "It's not like I'm a writer — a songwriter, maybe."
When the author is a major songwriter who has written some of the most recognizable rock songs in history, people are bound to take notice. And Allman does impart a powerful message in his book.
"Do not mess with drugs and alcohol," he says. "If I can keep somebody else from doing it, I believe it would save their lives.
"I'm doing great," Allman says. "I've been clean and sober for 19 years. I just came off one of best the tours I've ever done, and I feel good every day."
But he's still got his rock star ways. Not long after his book's release last May, Allman, then 64, announced his engagement to Shannon Williams, 24, but no wedding has taken place.
"We're still together," he says. "With my earlier marriages, everything was fine until we tied the knot, and it seems like it went downhill from there."
Duane's death had a powerful impact on Allman, and he still grieves to this day. "I am in the midst of writing two records — one for my brother, one for me," he says.
"I have the whole month of February off, then the Allman Brothers will do the Beacon Theatre yearly thing in New York," Allman says. "We should go into the studio after that. There's never a dull moment."
What: Gregg Allman book signing
When: Noon-2 p.m. Feb. 16
Where: Telfair Square
Cost: Free; copies for signing must be purchased at the book festival's book tent
Info: savannahbookfestival.org
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The bride-elect is the daughter of Darral Green of Fayetteville and Cheryl Green of Atkins. Her grandparents are Robert and Carlene McCain of Atkins and Karl and Rose Green of Stillwater, Okla. She is a 2006 graduate of Atkins High School, a 2010 graduate of Arkansas Tech University and is a casualty claims adjuster with Shelter Insurance.
The prospective groom is the son of Arnold and Theresa Dahlstrom of Albert City, Iowa. His grandparents are the late Carl and Ruth Dahlstrom and Frank and Lucille Walter. His attended Iowa State University and is a C-130 Loadmaster in the U.S. Air Force.
The wedding is planned for 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Petit Jean Mountain. Friends and relatives are invited and invitations will be sent. A reception will follow at Petit Jean Mountain.


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I'm heading to Madison this evening and then on to Chicago with my sister and her two young boys for the weekend -- a family portait for them tonight, a train ride and a Dan Zanes concert on the schedule for tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll be meeting up with a friend, at some point, that I haven't seen in a very long time.
I've been wanting to do it for some time, and finally did for this occasion -- rented a lens from BorrowLenses.com. I couldn't wait to use it last night! This is the view down the sidewalk -- my front porch on the left -- using a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L. I'll have it for Maddy's graduation, too, before I'll have to return it. Boohoo -- both about my baby's graduation (it is truly the end of an era) and about having to send this other baby back.
Columbine in the back yard... borrowed lens. ; ) Happy weekend!


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Michael Dunn testified Tuesday, telling the jury hearing his first-degree murder trial that he saw a teenager in the SUV parked next slam what looked like a shotgun against the door, then threatened to kill him.17033346
Closing arguments will begin Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Dunn was at times emotional as he recounted the confrontation, shooting and the aftermath. After more than three and a half hours consistently testifying that he shot into the SUV in self-defense, his attorney rested their case.
"I'm going to f***ing kill you," Dunn said he heard the teenager yell at him over the loud music coming from the SUV parked next to him. He said that even though he feared for his life, he did not initially reach for the 9mm handgun he had in his glove compartment.
But he said the threats kept coming, quoting the boy as saying, "This s*** is going down now."
"Not having any doubt at all between his threats and his actions that it was a gun ... this was a clear and present danger," Dunn said he was thinking when he made the decision to pull out the handgun he has had since the early 1990s.
"I grabbed the gun and cocked and pointed it to my left," Dunn said. "I said, 'You're not going to kill me you son of a b****,' and I shot."
Dunn says he and his fiancee pulled into a spot next to an SUV where music with a "thumping" bass was playing.
He said he he could not remember how many times he fired his gun -- pointing, not aiming at his "target" in the back seat of the SUV. He said he had "tunnel vision" and didn't initially realize the vehicle was moving.
"I know they've got one weapon and at least three, four potential shooters," Dunn saying he stopped shooting when they were far enough away they no longer poised a threat.
Dunn said he was still panicked, "shaking like a leaf," and asked his fiancée to get in the car so they could "get to safety."
He said once they got back to the hotel, walked their dog and ordered a pizza, he remained "stunned and horrified" at what had happened. They went to bed around midnight, but he couldn't fall asleep. He said when he learned in a news story on his phone about 1 a.m. that there was a fatality in the incident on Southside Boulevard, he went into the bathroom and threw up.
Guided by defense attorney Cory Strolla, Dunn described the drive back to their Brevard County home the next morning. He had placed a call to a friend who was a federal law enforcement officer to get advice about how to turn himself in.
Dunn may be the defense's only witness and perhaps the most compelling testimony of the murder trial in the death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis.
After nearly 90 minutes of testimony, Assistant State Attorney John Guy began cross examination. Dunn said Davis was outside the SUV when he began firing, "at least his feet were outside" as the teenager was driving back inside the vehicle. Guy accused him of lying, contradicting some of the information he gave to Brevard County deputies the day he was arrested.
Dunn said that having only two hours of sleep, he "mis-characterized" some of the information he gave to police that day.
Dunn admitted he didn't like rap music, and said he asked for a common courtesy when he asked them nicely to turn it down, which initially they initially did; but then it became "painfully" loud.
"It was Jordan Davis that kept escalating it to the point I had to defend myself; it was life or death," Dunn said.
Guy said to Dunn: "You were being disrespected by a mouthy teenager, weren't you?"
Dunn replied: "Yes, I was."
Later, asked about how many shots he fired, Dunn said: "I consciously pulled the trigger once. Everything after that was panic. I was in shear terror."
Asked why he didn't call 911 from the store after the SUV pulled away or from the safety of the hotel, where they spent the night, Dunn said he did call police once he got back to Brevard County.
"Whether I called police that night or the next morning didn't seem, you know, it wasn't going to change it from self defense to anything else," Dunn told the prosecutor.
During nearly three hours on the stand, Dunn ever strayed from his claim of self-defense. During a short re-direct near the end of the day, Stroll asked "Were you shooting only to defend yourself?"
Dunn's reply: "Yes I was."
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Discussion in 'Former Pro Player Talk' started by guedoguedo, Feb 16, 2007.
Celeb Game, on espn now.
He said that Sampras and Laver are/were better than Federer.
Becker is just jealous. He sucks compared to all of them
Is there a transcript?
Way to go - a highly-educated post - and your tenth too. Big things await you Junior.
saw Becker play on Tennis Classics against Agassi last week. It was a davis cup match from the 90's. Would love to see Boris compete against today's stars. He hit unbelievably hard off the ground and followed his serve in against one off the all time returning greats. Because of the pressure he kept putting on players, (except on clay) I believe he could consistently beat Nadal and most other players and give Federer all he wanted most days.
Agreed. I posted a while back that with the dearth of grass court players in the world today - players that REALLY know how to play on grass - BB could come back right now and make an impact.
Some of my favorite matches were Becker/Sampras. That was a collossal match up and one of the best rivalries of all time. Epic.
Hail to Becker - he is sorely missed.
Becker was a fantastic player but I recall he did not have much luck against Sampras. He could beat everyone but not Sampras.
bad memory.
Becker did win some matches.
49 Titles and 25mill in prize money for BB.
Yea BB blows...[Sarcasm off]
I believe you are the one who is jealous.
Becker was the first superathletic tennis players. Acoording to Brad Gilbert, Becker intimidated the other players. I remembre his bleeding knees and elbows in several matches. He had great matches against Sampras. The final of the Masters Cup in Hamburg in 1996 (not sure the date) is a classic.
I had the privilege of watching his last professional single match at the Ericsson Open at Key Biscayne. Lost to Safin 7/6 6/0. In the same tournament he reached the doubles semifinals partnering with Gambill.
He was an hybrid between Safin and Nadal plus Sampras volleys.
imagine if philiopoussis trained as hard as ferrer and you get an idea of becker.
it was hannover not hamburg*
his last professional match was wimbledon 1999 vs rafter*
Totally agree. Another good example.
why is becker not someone's coach?? he would make a great coach
maybe he doesn't need the money or doesn't like to travel the globe anymore
You're right. Sorry the mistake.
Becker lost to Sampras in the final of the 1996 ATP Tour World Championships in Hannover, Germany, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4. Becker saved two match points in the fourth set and held serve 27 consecutive times until he was broken in the penultimate game. Sampras, who had lost to Becker a month earlier in a five-set final in Stuttgart, later called Becker the best indoor player he ever faced. that says enough...
I'm guessing that he never had the pleasure of getting a beat down from Federer. He retired shortly after Federer turned pro.
Becker is 4-10 lifetime against Agassi with the first 3 wins coming before 1990 or before Agassi turned 20. Considering that Becker is only 2 and a half years older than Agassi and their careers had a great deal of overlap that's a rather pathetic record, plus Agassi slacked off during stretches in the 90s. Becker could'nt handle Agassi's return and could'nt consistently hang with him from the baseline. Federer returns pretty well and could outrally Agassi. Federer handles power very well too as evidenced by his consistent success returning Roddick's serve and handling the groundstrokes of power baseliners like Gonzalez. He also has great passing shots on both sides and is a very good volleyer himself. Federer is at or near the top in both holding and breaking serve stats and that probably makes him unique among all past great champions.
Federer does everything equal or better than Becker. The only area Becker is arguably better is maybe the serve but while his serve was considered among the biggest for most of his career more players with big serves started to come out in the 90s so that Becker did'nt even have as much of an advantage anymore even on his biggest weapon. Federer has an underrated serve and was 3rd on the tour in aces last year. Federer has a much better return and return game in general. His forehand is probably the best overall and his backhand one of the best.
In short, I think Federer would win at least 8 out 10 matches against Becker if both were in their prime. It would be closer on grass or fast indoor surfaces but Federer would still have an overall edge. Federer would win almost all of the matches on medium speed hardcourt and absolutely own Becker on clay or slow hardcourt.
The weakest part of Sampras' game was his backhand and his return game overall. Sampras relied so much on his serve and volley game that he did'nt break serve often and had many close sets and matches. While Sampras won most of those matches his backhand and return game cost him a number of matches every year which made it tough for him to keep his losses in the single digits in a year unlike Federer who has done it for 3 straight years and counting. Sampras had at least a few early round exits every year and while he finished number 1 for 6 straight years he temporarily gave up the top spot a number of times during those 6 years because his points advantage was usually slim compared to Federer's stranglehold in the rankings.
Agreed. Rarely have I witnessed two players so evenly matched in skill. I really miss that period.
As much as I appreciate Federer, everyone (especially the tennis PTB/commentators/writers, et al) should admit Roger simply does not have the high level of competition faced during the McEnroe/Becker/Sampras overlapping eras. Roger has it easy with a field of laughably one-dimensonal, one-note players and a sea of never-going-to-be half-asses.
I think there's no question that Agassi was a greater player than Becker, and that the American posed particular match-up problems for the German. But we shouldn't overlook who Becker DID beat. He went 5-1 in Grand Slams against Lendl, one of the all-time baseliners; he beat Lendl at Wimbledon in 1986, 1988 and 1989, as well as at the US Open in 1989--and these were during Lendl's very best years! On the flipside, Lendl seemed to own Agassi on the big stages: he won easily in both of their Grand Slam meetings, at the US Open in 1988 and 1989. Of course, both of these matches were before Agassi really hit his stride, and he did manage to win his last two matches against Lendl in 1992 and 1993. But it's hard to say how these two would have done had they played each other in their respective primes; even harder to say how Becker would have fared against Federer. Pure, idle speculation.
One of the best matches I have ever seen. Incredibly electric atmosphere. If people haven't seen it, they should buy it on DVD. I think there's a pretty good recording out there with German commentary.
ridiculous.By your logic federer should OWN Safin, but he doesn't, it's all about the match up.
Becker also beat Lendl at the final of the australian Open. I believe it was 1991.
Yeah, it was the 1991 AO final. I didn't include it only b/c one could argue that Lendl was past his prime, whereas the other defeats came at times when he was indisputably in peak form.
Wierdly, Becker had a fairly dominant record against Edberg overall (25-10), but in the Slams, (where they surprisingly didn't play that much), Edberg was the clear winner (3-1) (Edberg won the '88 and 90' Wimbledon titles and beat Becker in the '89 French semis, and lost the '89 Wimbledon final.) He also beat Becker to win the '89 Masters. Also, a huge percentage of their matches were played indoors and Becker dominated. Of the 20 indoor matches, Becker was 15-5.)
Fed leds Safin 7-2. is that ownage?
nadal leds Fed 6-3, some folks call this ownage.
u be the judge
Becker's brain was too big. He had many off-court interests and distractions, which often resulted in his losing prior to his seeding. It wasn't surprising to see Boris flame out in the 2nd round of some random Tour event. The only player of that era that surprised you that way was Lendl, and Lendl doesn't have the natural skill, grace, and talent cocktail of Federer.
Face it - we all loved Becker, but let's agree that one of his major charms was that he never was a perma-focused automaton (sorry, but the shoe fits) like Federer.
You Federer Freaks as funny, alliteration intended...
To have an idea of how real S&Vers would attack and occasionally dismantle Federer, I refer you to the 2001 pasting (6-3, 6-1) Federer received at the hands of a late in his game Patrick Rafter. He made Federer look like a junior in that match and exposed Federer's weaknesses against a true, skilled S&Ver.
This match also showed how important for Federer's games the new, more powerful Wilson racquets are. Federer had virtually no pace from the ground or on his serve with the Sampras 85.
Boys, you've been decieved by the weakness and redundancy of today's players.
Federer would have taken many lumps from the great S&Vers of the 90s.
And if you want to see him handled by a baseliner, I refer you to the 2004 RG match against a still-recovering Kuerten.
Federer should be happy he's playing at a low-point in the men's game. His all-around skills make him next-to unbeatable against these cookie-cutter players.
Flame on, but if you have the guts, buy the match and watch your boy-idol have his azz handed to him on a silver platter. Rafter didn't do anything special, certainly nothing Becker, Edberg, Krajciek and a few others couldn't have done.
And Sampras would've done the same to him, BTW, just like he did to Safin and Roddick...
And an Agassi from '95-2000 would've been a toss-up against a Federer of today. Agassi would've have played him like Nadal and Kuerten, mentally and physically.
Becker lost to Agassi because he tried to S&V against Andre, which is Andre's strength. How many times have you seen Federer even play around with S&Ving against Agassi??? Maybe twice and he was smoked on both points. If Federer tried to S&V with Agassi he'd be lucky to take 4 out of 10.
At least Federer is smart enough to know how to attack the old man. All of it just goes to show how brilliant Sampras was.....
Tennis is a game of match-ups, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses. Other than Nadal, Federer hasn't face a player with strengths that neutralize his and take advantage of his weaknesses.
Has Federer improved? Of course. Does he still have the same weaknesses that can be exploited? DEFINITELY.
Ask Nadal if you don't believe me. And he doesn't even have a serious serve or volley, let alone chip and charge.
If you watch this match against Rafter and still think Federer is the GOAT by judging him against today's competition, especially Roddick, you're delusional.
becker had 2 issues that ruined a potentially greatER career:
1. issue with focus on career
2. stubbornness
becker had a poor record against agassi not because he played S&V. Rather, it's because he didn't play S&V. up until 1989, becker played agassi with pure serve-volley (at least on his own games) and was leading 3-0 H2H. their 1989 davis cup match was an all-time classic which fans of both becker and agassi should watch. becker won 6-7,6-7,7-6,7-5,6-3 or some thing of the sort.
from 1990, becker was not the same as he was before. he started having those distractions with women, liquor etc. on the day of the 1990 wim F against edberg, he said (in his autobiography) that he couldn't sleep till 10.30 PM. so, he took a sleeping pill with whiskey but he woke up at 4.30 while the match was still 8 hrs away. so, he took another pill with whiskey. so, when the time came to practice around 10.30, he was so groggy that he hardly did anything. he said it wasn't until the end of the second set that the effects of the drug wore off.
becker also was very stubborn right from the beginning. he used to get a kick out of beating baseliners like wilander, lendl etc. at their own game. agassi also mentioned a couple of things. in the book "winning ugly", agassi said he was often surprised about becker's strategy in rallying with him from the baseline, particularly bcos becker was a poor mover. in another interview after a match with sampras sometime in 1998-1999, agassi was asked if he feared sampras from the beginning or something of the sort. he replied in the negative. he said that becker was the guy he feared. his exact statement was "when i lost my first 3 matches against boris, i was like "how am i going to beat this guy ?". i've never felt that way about pete.".
pete also, during his Semi-final interview in the 1990 USO, said "becker had the wrong strategy. instead of trying to come to the net as soon as he can, he tried to play from the baseline against andre."
becker was a decently fast mover till 1989. due to his poor work ethics, his mobility took a serious decline from 1990 onwards and he never regained his earlier athleticism. otherwise, becker's game was good enough to beat agassi on grass and the faster HC.
his income tax case with the german government ruined his career.
also, it's ridiculous to expect federer to have the same problems that he had against s&v'ers in the past just bcos he lost to rafter in 2001.
people forget that in the same year, fed beat the greatest serve-volleyer in the open era on grass.
the whole scenario about this peak sampras vs. peak fed is absurd. Sampras will probably not be able to
play a purely S/V game against Federer, because Federer is a great
counterpuncher; he has too much firepower, defense, accuracy and
variety from the baseline. Peak Federer absolutely detests someone who
has the gall to come up to him at the net and try to force the issue
on him. He is so confident in his baseline game that he actually lures
guys into the net so that he can pass them. It's been demonstrated
time and time again.
Federer will probably force Sampras to retreat back to the baseline
and commence baseline battles, denying him to make approach shots. If
Sampras tries to force the issue by hitting big shots, Federer has the
defense to salvage him. Firstly, Sampras will almost certainly not
have as many point-ending big winners from the baseline because
Federer is so quick and has such a superior defense. Secondly, if he
does make inroads into Federer's defense in order to come to the net,
he better take into account Federer's combination of anticipation, quickness,
positioning, and the natural instinctive ability to produce
killer counterpunching shots from the baseline, something that Sampras
has never faced against anyone in his career.
Sampras used to force the issue on his own service game by dishing up
big, unreturnable serves. But even here he will be tested severely by
Federer's excellent return game. Federer doesn't return to end points (unlike agassi, who is more of a hit-hard-or-miss returner), but he returns the big serves exceedingly well, slicing them low and to the side, his floaters don't
float high above the net, so if Sampras decides to come behind his serve, he will have to be willing to play shoe-string volleys or very low volleys most of the time, and after his foray into the net, he can be very sure that Federer already has a game plan in passing him from the basline. When Sampras did the same thing against Agassi, coming to the net and forcing the issue, Agassi's replies from the baseline weren't very creative. Agassi tried to force the issue back by using brute force and hitting as hard as possible, without thinking too much about angles and spins, which reduced his accuracy and Sampras made light work of Agassi's unthinking, fight-or-flight responses most of the time. But Federer's baseline game is much more refined and well-thought-out than Agassi's, he is very confident and calm from the baseline, so the scenario will be much, much different.
there also remains the other aspect that sampras' returns are not as good as the rest of his game. so, it's not going to be easy for him to break federer either. in their only match, federer had 25 aces to sampras' 26.
I don't think he'd be a good coach at all for the same reason I don't think Mac was a good coach -- the game came too easily to him. He played on instinct, pure talent, not saying he was a dummy but he never had to think out there the way a Gilbert did.
I pretty much agree with the guy who said Federer is better than Becker in every respect except for maybe the serve. It's a bad matchup for Becker. For one, Federer wouldn't be intimidated by Becker, and Federer just has too many answers, too much variety, too much speed... etc. Becker was a great player but he never dominated his time. It's legitimate to wonder if Federer could dominate Sampras, but I don't think it's legit to wonder who would own who when it comes to Federer and Becker, or Lendl, or Agassi, and even Edberg. Yeah, maybe serve and volley would give Nadal or Roddick problems, I'm willing to entertain that. But Federer is one of the best returners I've ever seen, most certainly top 3, arguably THE very best. And his passing shots are among the best of all time as well, he stays so calm when people charge the net. You want to see how he might return and pass against Becker? Just watch the Sampras match. See what he does against the best server of all time when he was still a shaky talent, not the fully evolved tennis freak King Federer or today.
Darn... i was going to bring that up... especially the Becker/Sampras Masters in Germany right??? Super Classic, one of the best ever!:grin:
Interesting. It's the first time I heard this. Where did you hear this or get this from? I don't remember Becker beating these guys from the back court.
Your post however is right on about Becker. He had such an awesome game. I wished he lived up to his potential. I know 6 slams and being one of the greats is freaking awesome but I do believe he could have accomplished much more.
i was a big becker fan. i have a book about him, titled in english as "boris" and released in 1987 prior to the FO, that was written by his first coach, gunther bosch. it has plenty of info about becker's childhood, his training, incidents with other players, his wimbledon triumphs etc. In that he mentioned about how becker used to get a kick out of playing against wilander from the baseline, playing "artsy" tennis against mecir etc.
here are a couple of really interesting excerpts for other fans, reproduced verbatim:
"In the top ten, only the swedes are an exception. Boris feels most at home with them. Stefan Edberg, number six in the world, is possibly a kind of friend. Stefan and Boris knew each other as kids. They played in tournaments together. Until Boris was sixteen, he had never beaten Stefan. At an ATP tournament in Rosenhiem, Stefan slept in the changing rooms in a sleeping bag. Either he was broke or there were no more rooms. When Boris saw him, he asked, 'Can we help you ? Do you need anything ?'
They are definitely friends. If they meet at tournaments, they train together, and play against each other in the evenings. I'm pleased they are friends - but then again, I'm not. Stefan plays like Boris: an aggressive serve and volley player, his keenest future opponent. I have a feeling that in the struggle for the world tennis throne, the main battles are going to be between these two."
Another interesting excerpt or two:
"For all our training in the mountains of Switzerland, there is one thing we have never been able to improve to any extent: Boris's basic speed. Out of the top ten, Boris is number nine for speed. He was born that way; it's something we have to put up with."
"Noah is the player who inspires Boris. Noah is one of the top ten players in the world, has a wife, a child and a restaurant in New York. For Boris, Noah is a phenomenon because he manages to stay at the top of the world and live as well.
I like it when they train together. In training with Noah, Boris manages shots which wouldn't be out of place in a circus. And suddenly, he runs easily. Against players like Annacone or Wilkinson, his legs seem heavy and stumpy. Against Noah, he is incredibly agile, and elegant. Noah spurs him on to play like Noah himself: easily and elegantly.
This ease has to do with his masochism. Let me explain. Boris gets a kick out of beating Wilander from the baseline with high topspins. Baseline play is Wilander's weapon. Boris tries to beat him at his own game. He also tries to beat Noah with artistic tennis. Stefan Edberg, for instance, is a born serve-and-volley player. Boris just plays Stefan at his own game. Lendl's greatest weapon is his forehand. Boris doesn't play to his weaker backhand, but lets himself in for a forehand duel because he wants to show lendl that his forehand is better. He could just play to Lendl's backhand, but he doesn't. He plays to his forehand. Forehand in Wimbledon, backhand in Chicago. It's masochism: he deliberately makes things hard for himself."
Oh, and do you guys also know something else ? Becker never had a coach till he was 15. That's right, Gunther Bosch, the guy who wrote the book became Becker's coach in 1982. In fact, Becker was part of a five man team, and he was the last among them. Do you know who was the best ? It was a guy called Uli Pinner. Patrick Kunhen and Carl-Uwe-Steeb were also part of the four man team. And there was another player called Udo Riglewski.
yes, you are right. becker could have accomplished much more. here's a hint. in 1996, when becker was 29 yrs old, he beat sampras in 5 sets at Stuttgart, beat him in two tie-breaks in the YEC RR, and lost an all-time classic in the YEC Final. And 1996 YEC was sampras at his peak. After the 1994 Wim, becker got serious about the game again, hired Bollietieri temporarily, and went to make the 1995 Wim F, 1995 USO SF, 1995 YEC winner, 1996 AO winner.
Just think what he could've really achieved had he put in the same effort 3 yrs earlier ? I mean, in 1993 becker was out of the top-ten for the first time since 1985. that shows u how he neglected practice. becker was sampras before sampras: a big game and a ton of heart. too bad, he didn't have the same dedication as sampras.
Becker peaked too early. He was a child in a man's body. This explains why he won Wimbledon at 17 AND 18 and reached the SW19 finals six times. He shouldn't be judged in the same way as other players.
Becker's power, athleticism and focus back in 1985 gave the world of tennis a type of player that had not been seen before. He's one of the greats.
I really shouldn't get into it now; there may be kiddies reading! Suffice to say that Internet slang can sometimes produce dubious results ...
Very sorry to hear about your leg, BTW. Do get well.
You're a dirty man
LOL!!!...people tell me about that all the time...i actually dont kno how it came to b part of my widespread usage...but wutev...it is wut it is now...LMFAO!!...but i totally c how that can imply sumthin TOTALLY different from wut i intended...and thanks about my leg....i go to c the orthopeadic doctor on monday and i pray hell clear me to start playin again
Id like Becker's chances on an Indoor court or at Wimbledon with the speed the grass was 7 years ago.
Becker would serve and volley all day long to Federer's backhand. On a fast surface hed have a lot of success if Federer just chipped his returns.
Becker in his prime had to face::
all who won at least 3 grand slams.............
Federer has to face nadal and safin(talented but doesnt care)))
bit different guys. Thats why it is hard to say best ever.
Brugera won 2 French Opens, 1993 and 1994. He did not win three grand slams.
That's why he says Sampras was the best. If it was so difficult for him to beat him, he has to be the best; get it?
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Monday 21st October 2013Kenyans have responded with 'faith and courage' to the Westgate mall attack last month, the Archbishop told people in Nairobi
Archbishop Justin preached in Nairobi yesterday during a visit in the wake of the Westgate mall attack last month.
He was a guest of the Archbishop of Kenya, the Most Revd Eliud Wabukala.
During a sermon at All Saints Cathedral, the Archbishop said the pain endured by people had been 'very great', adding that Kenya had responded to the attack with 'faith and courage'.
The Archbishop was visiting Kenya to offer condolence and solidarity following the attack, while encouraging Archbishop Eliud and other bishops and clergy ministering around the Nairobi area.
Following his sermon Archbishop Justin had lunch with Archbishop Eliud, five Kenyan bishops and those Anglican primates who had arrived early in Nairobi for the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), which starts today.
The Archbishop was unable to attend the conference due to a prior engagement in Iceland and the baptism of Prince George in London, but has sent a video greeting.
'A new way of being together'
Preaching on Hebrews 13:1-10 and the Acts 6:1-7, the Archbishop spoke about divisions within the church.
While differences have always and will always exist, he said, the church throughout its history has failed to settle them in a way that 'points to Jesus'.
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I have exhausted every avenue in identifying this skull myself. Typing in it's description has bore no results. This skull was found by Guntersville Lake in Guntersville, Alabama. Initially I presumed it was the skull of a frog, however, due to the lack of feedback, I'm sure I am incorrect. Please help! My curiosity is killing me.
The only examples of teeth arranged anything like this I've found belong to large fish although I can't seem to narrow it down to a particular species. I looked at the Sheepshead Fish but it has big teeth at the front and there are small fang-like teeth on your photo. I hope this helps if only a little and helps you to narrow it down! I'd be interested to know what it is you've found!
I think you are very close, if not spot on, with sheephead (Drum) fish. If you look at this photo
you will see that the big teeth which are normally at the front have fallen off leaving the small fang like teeth as on the specimen here.
hello, which animal skull is this?
The teeth would suggest a pig