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I boxed this morning.
As some of you know, Jeff and I signed ourselves up for an "Introduction to Boxing" class some time ago, just as a random thing to do. So, we got together early, and promptly ordered ourselves the breakfast of champions at a small place in Del Ray-- a bacon, egg and cheese for Teso and a sausage, egg and cheese for me. This nutritious start... it would surely bode well for an afternoon at the gym, right?
An afternoon, by the way, which was and is so beautiful that the concept of spending it in a dingy gym... was less than appealing. Jeff let me know this on the way there. I felt bad for having the idea to take a boxing course in the first place.
When we got downtown, we found a church, and no signs of any boxing ring, gym, or any such thing. Which is to say, we were confused, save for the other two people we ran into who were having the same reaction. One, mind, who was the coordinator for the event.
A woman came out of an alleyway (there's a nice sign, right?) and led us down, down, down (not really, but it's how I choose to remember it), under the church and into the bowels of Keely's Gym, in beautiful Columbia Heights. We'd only spend an hour-and-a-half in there, or thereabouts, but the scars... they'd be with us for the rest of our lives.
I keed, I keed.
Once things got started, it became clear that no one cared whether this was an introductory course or not, despite that being the main selling point of the whole shebang. Instead, several of the instructors (one of whom, a woman, bore a serious resemblance to Professor Griff, by the way) led us through a fairly intensive session of calisthenics.
Never mind that some in the class were more fit than others, that there was a certain age range at play... the instructors didn't care. "50 of this," "200 of that"... it was painful. No water breaks, no respites between sets, just... uh, pain and sweat, as Debbie Allen used to say.
Anyway, we were divided into two groups after awhile, with Jeff and I already giving one another the "this is not what we really signed up for" look.
Thankfully, though, group one got in the ring, and learned how to throw punches and combinations.
Unfortunately, Jeff and I were in group two. And what we got was a whole bunch of jump ropes and medicine balls.
After ten minutes or so of that nonsense (10 squats with medicine ball, followed by jump rope, followed by 10 squats with medicine ball, repeat), we finally got to put the (unbelievably rancid) gloves on. Whether we were really ever told how to throw a punch is... well, we may have been told, but said instructions were hard to decipher, if you know what I mean.
Be that as it may, everyone took turns throwing punches at our instructor... just basic combinations, for a minute or so apiece.
Ever thrown more than a few punches at once?
I hadn't. And as I discovered, it's more exhausting than I'd have guessed.
Which was tremendous, in and of itself. But then things took a turn, when after my second go-round or so, my long-lost friend, Mr. Hernia, decided to say hello to me.
At that point, with apologies to the parents, my first thought was something along the lines of: "fuck."
As it turns out, I was in a lot of pain... but the pain would soon go away. It wasn't like I'd torn myself a new what-have-you, or anything. But when I've had these recurrences in the past... I've always erred on the side of caution, just to be safe.
Which may explain why I resemble the Pillsbury Doughboy these days, but that's besides the point.
This, when combined with the exhaustion of the workout to that point, was more than enough for me to hang 'em up. I told Jeff what went down, and headed outside with no shame. From the look on Teso's face, I was guessing that he probably wouldn't be too far behind me... this despite the fact that I didn't want him to leave early on my account. But I'd absolutely had enough (I'm not doing the fatigue justice at this point), either way, and so again, I felt no shame in leaving, especially so that I might salvage the day.
Teso came out about 10 minutes later, struggling to breathe. Seems that, whether by virtue of my leaving early or not, the instructor gave Teso about four minutes straight, demanding crosses and uppercuts, again and again and again. Teso could barely lift his arms at the end.
Still, it was impressive, to hear Jeff tell it. While Jeff found his legit second wind, and got some kudos from the guy (who knew he was asking Teso to take it to the next level)... he promptly lost his second wind upon getting into my car.
Basically, we couldn't take no more. Jeff and I both needed a good number of minutes to even remember how to breathe properly. The drive home was, at least at first, not much fun at all.
But once we broke for the day, and after several Gatorades, a shower, and some more Gatorade, I was feeling better. That said, my body is screaming at me, right now.
I'm guessing that tomorrow will be even worse.
To treat myself, following the super-spectacular workout I'd had, I walked down the street to the party that was Clarendon Day. And while it was a good bit what I expected it to be, it was still a lot of fun (even though I was by myself). Lots of booths, lots of shopping, lots of food and drink (though I had none)... it was gorgeous out, so everyone was having a really good time.
Lots of stuff for the kids-- climbing walls, trampolines, a little pool full of boats-- almost too cute for words, at times.
Apart from all the arts and crafts, and wacky Colbert Report-themed t-shirt stands, I saw this on a wall, and it struck me as interesting, I guess:
I got myself a necklace, for no good reason, and then hit a few stores on the way home for good measure, just to treat myself to things I didn't need.
One of them was the Bose SoundDock for my iPod.
Like I said before... I'm going to be feeling it in the morning.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Howard, the Strangest Thing Has Happened Lately
Labels: The Classics
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- MyExBestFriend said...
No, you totally need the Bose SoundDock - it's awesome! The pain of the purchase will go away quickly, trust me.
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Jason was still not facing his naked friend. But he could tell she was bizarrely calm. Stupidly calm. The calm that pretty much said she didn't care, and that was bullshit because the Amanda Jason knew back home always gave a shit.
This was a conversation to be having with her though, not about her in his head.
"You know what, I'm good. Showered before I came here."
He paused.
"So you think you can find your clothes and stuff? Not gonna lie, Manda, I'm pretty uncomfortable right now."
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Race Results available at http://www.mcrrc.org/racing/2008/08turkeychase.htm
Its been about a month since I did any running. I wanted an accurate gauge of where I am currently so I signed up for the Turkey Chase 10K after visiting mcrrc.org website and noticed that they were managing the race time. I didn't really train as hard as I could've for this race. I was thinking that I'd probably do bad and it would give me motivations to train harder throughout winter.
One of the reason I wanted to run a road race was to test out my new toy. The infamous Garmin Forerunner 305. In hindsight I should've wore the heart monitor for better analysis of my race. I cannot say enough good things about this watch. The in depth analysis of each runs are incredible. Couple with the online tools provided free of charge by MotionBased.com its a steal. My race detail for the Turkey Chase 10k is available at http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/episode/view.do?episodePk.pkValue=7209947
I arrived pretty early, around 7ish. The race doesn't start until 8:30AM. It was FREEZING. I went to pickup my packet and went back out to the car to put on my bib and time chip. After a while I realize the weather wasn't gonna let up so I walked out to the tents and faced it head on. Well that and I saw that there was a Starbuck tent offering free coffee and hot chocolate. I checked out all the booths and got myself a nice Tshirt from City Sports for spinning their prize wheels. The others that went before me spinned and landed on the dreaded "pen" spot. Determined to win something better I summoned my prize wheel luck and got the shirt. I was pretty happy with myself 🙂
Its not really a race if I didn't have doubts or thoughts of quitting and why oh why for the love of god am i putting myself through this never ending torture when I could be home sleeping ? That epiphany came around mile 3, prior to that I was cruising at 8 minutes mile, thinking I got this 10k down to a science. However, what I think and reality are usually at odds with each other. I slowed down to an 8:45 – 8:50 pace. By this time a lot of people have passed me. I made a deal with myself that I would not go under an 9 minute pace. I mustered all I could and managed to finish strong, sprinting for the last half mile. In my defense it was freaking cold, and in my infinite wisdom I decided not to wear my gloves. For the first 20 minutes I couldn't even feel my hands.
My last 10k was in April of 2008. (Darcars Pike Peeks 10K) My net time was 57:09 with a pace of 9:12.
Today I ran 10k in 54:26 at 8:46 pace. A 2:43 improvement. My current goal is to run 10k in under 50 minutes.
Not quite there yet. Gotta keep training.
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HE Programme Review Case Study
A significant number of ICIFM's projects each year are to review on-going programmes and projects, either in line with the clients' gateway processes or, as often, because senior management need to know what is going on.
ICIFM's review methodology is tried and tested, designed in two phases; the first to quickly highlight areas for further investigation, the second to dig deeper in to a set of prioritised concerns from Phase 1. The aim is to be in and out of an organisation quickly, to provide a status snapshot and an assessment of a programme's likelihood of success together with recommendations for improvement where necessary. Time is of the essence, for maximum benefit the final report needs to be with our client as quickly as possible.
During 2014 one of the reviews we undertook was of a key programme at a major centre for learning in the UK. The multi-million £ programme seemed to be spinning its wheels and the executive were confused by mixed messages coming from the programme's management.
Our 5-day long review produced more than 25 essential recommendations as well as a number at a lower level of importance; to be clear, a programme is at risk while even one essential recommendation remains outstanding. In other words, the review uncovered a programme in serious trouble, and while the client had suspicions, our findings were still very shocking. The client received daily 1-2-1 updates during our review which in turn helped to guide our progress. The draft report was handed across towards the end of the last day, and then finalised three days later following a number of discussions with the client.
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Little Girl, Big Heart
Two weeks ago we sat having our Sunday night meal (my daughter, spouse and I) about the tragedy of the Alberta Fires and how awful it would be to have lost everything the way they did. I mentioned that I wanted to donate some of my own things that were never used or barely used and my daughter questioned why I didn't. I explained to her that they didn't have anywhere to put or keep things being donated and what they really needed is money to start rebuilding their lives. I didn't have any money to give myself and felt bad about it. The next day my daughter called me at work after school and asked if she could make and sell bracelets to raise money. I was doubtful of her efforts but agreed she could go to the local ball game that evening and try; she did manage to come home with a few dollars to my surprise. The next day at school she approached her principal and got full support. In the last two weeks she's made countless bracelets at home with her never ending supply of rainbow looms and colourful string. She also made goodie bags with her teacher at school. Today marked the end of her fundraising efforts with a whopping $284.38 deposited to the Red Cross Alberta Fires Appeal. When I told her that amount would be doubled by government she jumped for joy. I am so proud of her that I had to share. She's only 11 and her courage, hard work and determination has accomplished so much.


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Monster adrenalin rush
Count Canadian Cam McQueen among those who make history.
Mind you, to do it driving a Monster Truck is as unusual as it is difficult.
McQueen, who'll be bringing his newest truck, Northern Nightmare to London Saturday and Sunday for the Monster Truck Jam at Budweiser Gardens, was the first driver ever to pull off a back flip in competition.
Not bad considering it was a move he'd never practised.
"In Monster Truck, there's no such thing as practice, so no opportunity to go out and jump and get the truck set," said McQueen.
"But I'd played it over in my head a thousand times. I knew the truck had the power and it was up to me to have the (cojones) to do it."
It was Feb. 27, 2010, and the Kelowna-based driver was aboard Travis Pastrana's Nitro Circus truck in front of 72,000 fans in Jacksonville, Fla., when he pulled it off at the end of his run.
"It was unbelievable," said McQueen. "As soon as I did it I could hear the whole stadium erupt. It was incredible, something I've never experienced before and probably never will again."
Today, it's not uncommon to see the back flip performed at the larger venues, but not in the smaller confines of Budweiser Gardens, said McQueen.
"If you land upside down, it definitely hurts and it's hard on the machinery," he said. "So, it's done at the stadium shows where they have the room."
A year later, McQueen would make history again when he became the first driver to hold the lead during a full event at the World Finals in Las Vegas.
The Monster Jam at Budweiser will feature eight trucks, including McQueen's Northern Nightmare, Monster Mutt, Zombie, New Earth Authority and Iron Outlaw making their London debut, Bounty Hunter, Aftershock and Krazy Train.
The event includes ATV racing and the Galactron vs. Reptar show.
A typical Monster truck is about 12 feet tall and 12 feet wide with 1,500 horsepower motors sitting atop 66-inch tires.
McQueen, 37, is one of a handful of Canadians on the Monster Truck circuit, joining in 2008 after many years of Motocross racing and other related driving sports, such as the smaller Tough Truck demonstrations during Monster Truck intermissions.
McQueen, who is married and has two young sons, said the Monster Truck circuit takes him away from home for the first three months of the year leading up to the Monster Truck World Finals in Las Vegas in mid-March.
In 2012, McQueen debuted Northern Nightmare — the first Canadian-themed truck — and went on to win the prestigious Monster Jam Freestyle Championship in Las Vegas.
McQueen said he's not done pursuing more titles and discovering new moves. But there's more to world of Monster Truck driving than titles and making history.
"It's a real adrenalin rush, a job I enjoy going to every day," said McQueen.
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What: Monster Jam, featuring eight Monster trucks, including Canadian Cam McQueen driving Northern Nightmare.
Where: Budweiser Gardens, 99 Dundas St.
When: Saturday, 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m,; Sunday, 2 p.m. Pit Parties 10 a.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
Tickets: Childrens' tickets start from $15 and $20 for adults in advance (add $3 if purchased the day of the show) up to $55 (plus taxes and service fees). Pit Party Passes $10 (with purchase of show ticket). Tickets are available in advance or at the door by visiting the box office, calling 1-866-455-2849, or online at budweisergardens.com.


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now i understand why there should be no be changes, no seismic shifts for the unsteady foal wobbling it's way into active recovery after a handful of sober days...
i barely trotted home from rehab for 4 days before we galloped onto the american freeway system; full steam ahead for mandatory christmas fun!
depite the harmoniousness wonder our claustrophobic tin can on wheels came to be, it was the swimming with sharks desperation rising within this foal, that would trigger a feral, unbridled canter across most of the country...
getting to meetings in nevada, utah, manitoba...calling my sponsor...trying to read from the big book every night...praying...meditating...all the tools i've been trained in, but was inconsistent in implementing over the last few days...
so now i am feeling the earth split and widen. it shakes and i tremble, looking ahead to a week of family traditions now all completely foreign to me. hell, brushing my teeth is foreign to me. but living in fear sets you up to spiral down the drain. and i've already been sucked into that vortex of destruction. and the spinning obsessions and compulsive perversions you funnel through down onto dank rot bottom, are no place for a new born.
for today i am 70 days old.
and everything terrifies me.
and i feel like a complete dependent.
so, i begin simply. and surrender my fear. with a smile.
[even though at that age, it's quite possible it's only gas...]


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One of my favourite poems in the English language is Six O'Clock News by from 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard. Here it is in all its short, furious glory:
this is thi
six a clock
news thi
man said n
thi reason
a talk wia
BBC accent
iz coz yi
widny wahnt
mi ti talk
aboot thi
trooth wia
voice lik
wanna yoo
scruff. if
a toktaboot
thi trooth
lik wanna yoo
scruff yi
widny thingk
it wuz troo.
jist wanna yoo
scruff tokn.
thirza right
way ti spell
ana right way
to tok it. this
is me tokn yir
right way a
spellin. this
is ma trooth.
yooz doant no
thi trooth
yirsellz cawz
yi canny talk
right. this is
the six a clock
nyooz. belt up.
A deceptively straightforward poem, in its short clipped lines, it is a coruscating riff on the place of accent in how we define class in the English language.
Our accents place us not just geographically, but in Ireland and in Britain, socially and culturally. As a kid, I knew that you made fun of people who went to what was then still a private school, Newtown School in Waterford, by saying the name of the school in the over-exaggerated way that it was imagined those schooled there spoke: Nootaunn. This was reverse accent and language snobbery in action. Knowing for most of my life almost no one who went to the school, I had no idea if they sounded like that, or if that's how anyone who had ever gone through the gates of that famous Quaker school had ever in fact sounded. But I knew that when talking about Newtown you had to talk about Nootaunn. From early on in life, I learned that how you spoke and sounded impacted how people perceived you. Accent was a giveaway. It allowed others to place you.
When I got to college, I was acutely aware of this and so quickly adopted (and subsequently dropped) a bizarre version of the 'posh' Cork accent as a kind of defense mechanism. Language, and all its baggage – dialectical terms, accent – I was learning in college, continued to be a means of placing and defining you. It sometimes seemed inside of UCC that having the right accent, and having gone to the right school were very important things indeed. Most people probably cared a lot less about my accent and the way I said things than I did, but I was very aware that I didn't always sound like most of those around me who I met. A poem like The Six O'Clock News helps explain why that is perfectly.
My interest in poetry that took language as it was, in all its weirdness, inconsistency, malleability, that has persisted was sparked in the same years when my accent was more variable thanks to my awareness that in this new social context, among peers from different social backgrounds, my accent placed me – geographically but also socially and culturally. I got to meet some great people in those years who were interested in poetry that was experimental and innovative and playful when it came to spelling, accent, voice, dialects and more – the stuff of language that makes it most interesting. Without them I would have never heard of Tom Leonard, would never have heard or read the Six O'Clock News. Another important factor was studying English in my first year in UCC. Back then, just coming on ten years ago now – as part of First Year English, some of the course was given over to the field of linguistics. We were taught by Elizabeth Okasha. I must confess I don't remember much about the actual lectures now, but Dr. Okasha's lectures had one piece of required reading that helped to fundamentally reshape my entire understanding of the English language and was the start of a relationship with a writer which persists to this day. That required reading was The English Language by David Crystal. Although it would in time to come be replaced by The Fight for English as my favourite of Crystal's books, it was in those lectures, and through this book I first encountered his take on the language. It was one which at the time to me seemed part of the same momentous shift in how I understood what poetry was and could potentially be. But The Fight for English is the David Crystal book which I would most strongly recommend to anyone to read.
Written in the wake of the popularity of Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots, & Leaves, Crystal in The Fight for English takes on not just Truss but many who came before her (and it will stand against many grammar obsessives who have surely come in her wake) who want to fix the English language in a particular time and place and say that this way of speaking, writing and using the language is the only correct one. If it is correct, it is because these are the people who wield the power to say what is correct and incorrect in a language – they are, in other words, the powerful; those closest to the centre of power whoo can say that their accent is "neutral" or that yours or mine is "regional". The arbiters of taste and propriety since the eighteenth century. Luckily, Crystal's book by taking a long look at the development of English as a language is capable of putting such nonsense to rest. It is vital reading for anyone who understands that language is a system that like all systems can exclude and attack those who do not control its reins. The English language is forever shifting and changing. The diversity of accents, the sheer number of loan words, the dialects of it, all point to the essential truth of Crystal's book: English belongs to everyone not just self-appointed gate keepers. This truth is not one on which Crystal has ever reneged on in his writing since either, especially when you consider his book TXTNG: D GR8 DB8 which was a serious linguists early attempt to really understand what was happening in the development of text and online speech patterns, rather than dismissing them out of hand as infantile, or worse, illiterate.
The writing of poets like Tom Leonard, and the writing of linguists like David Crystal were vital in helping me understand that my accent, that the wordhoard which I inherited because of the place I was born, was an asset and not a liability. It was a rich social and cultural history in which to play, to discover and relate to my home. That goes not alone for the local but even the national. Without a book like The Fight for English, I would be ill-equipped in many conversations to argue what I always felt to be true. That language is not static. That we do have different voices, different lexicons upon which we call. That the variety to be found in English is part of what makes it so fun to learn, teach and create with. Not alone that, but by thinking about language in this way – who has access to writing it, having their voices heard on the page or through a recording devices – also has huge implications for how we understand the past and how we shape what eventually becomes history.
In the poetry of Tom Leonard, and others like him, once more the enormous condescension of posterity looms large. Such poetry is a pushback against that posterity. This is something that David Crystal's The Fight for English has taught me, and with each re-reading of it, continues to remind me of. There are few enough books that I will read in my lifetime from which I will take away so much.


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Ugggg, it started yesterday, I felt it. That annoying scratchy throat, the few sneezes...then I woke up with it. Seriously bad cold. I feel like I'm walking thru quicksand with a wet blanket on my back.
I'm sorry universe, I have no time to be sick. My patients today were literally scared of me. I had to leave a home visit before I was really done as the patient had a comprised immune system and I didn't want to get him sick. I pushed thru 3 more patients (that I saw from afar) and called the office to let them know I'd be working from home for the afternoon. I got home, made some calls, did some paperwork and texting and took a nap for an hour. I still feel like crap.
Laura's on her way home, she went to the new house after work to do a few things and I'm currently microwaving some kids' frozen dinners.
Bedtime can't come soon enough.
Sneeze, cough, sneeze, cough - repeat
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Apparently, the vulnerability can be exploited if an attacker gains access to your computer, or if you visit a malicious website using one of the affected versions of Internet Explorer.
But for an Australian Government site to suggest (albeit gently) that we ought not to use a Microsoft product? Very interesting!
Edit: I understand that Microsoft has now issued patches for this problem, including in respect of Windows XP, notwithstanding they are not now supporting it.


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His magazine, the National Review, was available in our Junior High School library—along with The New Republic, The Nation, and even American Opinion (!)—and I read it regularly, as soon as the new issue came in. Nurtured on Frank S. Meyer's essays, and Buckley's acerbic commentary, I was part and parcel of the Goldwater movement in my own small way, and I idolized the youthful and articulate Buckley, who often appeared on television. Here was an intellectual, who was, at the same time, a man of the Right: back then, an almost inconceivable phenomenon. Buckley, with his formidable erudition, and his ready wit, was a kind of intellectual father figure for me: although I never met him, he was a kind of model.
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Big J is a growing boy, and is growing far more rapidly than Big Sis did. As such, his expanding body is using every ounce of milk and every bite of solids, with little left over as 'waste'. When this is the case, he doesn't poo very often -maybe every 10 days or so. You can imagine the results when it does happen.
Well, yesterday was the lucky day. He woke up bright and early at 5:30am, and while snuggling in bed, I heard the near-forgotten sounds of rumbly intestines. I figured I'd wait a few minutes and be sure he'd gotten it all out before changing his diaper. I didn't want to be surprised on the changing table (Moms - you know what I'm talking about. No one needs to start their day off with a veritable fountain of poo). After a few minutes, I heard round 2, and thought it was safe to begin the cleansing. As to be expected, he had quite a present for me, and soiled his sleeper too. It was enough to warrant a bath, so I ran the water, rinsed him under the faucet, then plopped him in the tub. I turned around for a minute, then turned back and saw he had executed round 3 in the tub. I popped the drain, ran the water again, rinsed, and cleaned him as best I could under the running water. I got him dried and dressed and we were good to go for the day.
A few hours later he was hopping around in his jumper and he started fussing. I let him go for a few minutes not thinking much of it. Big Sis suddenly yells out "EWWWWWW - MOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!"
I look over at him, and he's got poo running down both legs, dripping onto the carpet. Clean-up the Sequel began with another rinse off, another bath, and a second set of clothes. It continued with carpet scrubbing and Jumper cleansing. And it finished with bathtub scrubbing due to the fallout from the bath and cleansing (not to mention a change of clothes for me due to residual poo runoff).
That was a lot of poo for one day. I'm sort of glad it will probably be at least a week before I have to expect it again. Ain't kids grand?
I made chocolate cream pie and key lime pie for the event on Tuesday night. Not my finest efforts. If I had known it was a contest, I would have pulled out all the stops. The chocolate cream was a first for me, and a semi-failure. It needed to be thicker & I should have used better quality chocolate. Something to work on for the future.


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Lever has to be in the straight up position for 'position control'...Use 'draft control' when ploughing...
They run from the toplink (you still NEED the rigid link) position to the hog deck or pins...You set the height you want with the chains and then lower the hydraulics all the way...The chains will keep the hog at your set height and you can still lift the hog if need be...
A tractor with draft control does not make a good mowing tractor for that reason.
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Cabbage finely chopped: 1/4 cup
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sugar: 1/2 tsp.
Green chilly sauce: 1/2 tsp
Soya sauce: ½ tsp
Tomato Sauce: 1/2 tsp Salt: to taste
5 cups water
Pressures cook the fresh corn till tender and keep some corn separately.
Grind the remaining corn with little water.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
One day shy of one month...
We moved to Utah with very very little complications....in fact, we thought we were having a complication with our car carrier (the trailer that carried our car to Utah, on the back of our big ol' moving truck)in Dillon Colorado but, it was all in our mind. Having someone from Penske meet us and give it a thorough look at only set us back an hour. I highly recommend Penske. Least expensive for a lot of cargo space. The employees were all very kind and very accommodating and very professional.
We unloaded our belongings into a storage unit, took a few days to settle into the Freitas home (we are living with Nathan's parents) and then we hitched a ride with my parents and went up to Yellowstone!
I spent 6 years of my childhood, growing up in West Yellowstone so it was a wonderful walk down memory lane. I had forgotten how much I love all the wildflowers, especially the Indian paintbrush and blue bells. And I realized that I don't consider a forest a really forest unless it's full of lodge pole pines!
We left in '89, one year after the '88 fires that left a lot of Yellowstone black and barren. I can hardly believe it's been TWENTY-ONE years, but it was cool to see the thick growth of the lodge poles. Thick as grass and only a little taller than me. It was all SO beautiful!
I even got to go to the Playmill Theater one night with my mom. We saw Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Cute. Our one souvenir is a bag of Wyoming wildflower seeds. I can't wait to have a house with a yard so I can scatter those babies everywhere.
This weekend we are going to Ferron Reservoir for a reunion with Nathan's Mother's family. All her brothers and sisters and their spouses will be there....and some cousins. We will be the only cousins representin' from the Freiti.
Then Sunday after church we head to Park City for our annual Freitas reunion...that's Nathan's parents and brother and sisters and their families. We haven't missed one yet, since we got married and I hope we never do! They are SO fun. Well, except for the time we mountain biked and I flipped over my handle bars. But, I'm 93% sure I've told that story on this blog before.
Nathan continues the job hunt. We have had some nibbles and bites but no official offers yet.
He is working part time for his dad. Cleaning the Pepsi warehouse and then they will paint it.
We are so grateful for the help of our friends in Lincoln. We have life long friends there! I hope that where ever we end up, if they find themselves in our neighborhood, they will come visit! Even now in Utah, they are welcome anytime!
We are eternally grateful for the generosity of our families. It is so nice to be close to them! Check back for the continuation of "At Last...." and pictures from Yellowstone!
We love you all!
7 comments:
- The Hungry said...
Love you too. So good to hear that every thing has gone well. And I'm happy for you all the family reunions and such. All sounds like a lot of fun.
- August 10, 2010 at 7:28 PM
- Meghan said...
I'm so happy you're back in Utah! We should visit sometime soon!!! (maybe a few weeks or so, since I'm having a baby... but SOON!) :)
- August 11, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Meghan said...
I'm so happy you're back in Utah! We should visit sometime soon!!! (maybe a few weeks or so, since I'm having a baby... but SOON!) :)
- August 11, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Julie J. said...
You are back in Utah? Why didn't you tell me?!!!
- August 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Alissa said...
Man I miss yoU!! I was driving down vine and I almost turned into your apartment complex! GOOD LUCK WITH THE JOB HUNT!!
- August 14, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Christina said...
We really miss you, but we'll be joining you in the Beehive State in 1 1/2 weeks! I really think we should meet up in Price sometime! Good luck with the continued hunt. We too love Penske. They are our favorite.
- August 16, 2010 at 9:51 PM
- Green's said...
I was just going through my comments from a couple months back, and somehow missed yours! Yes, you and nathan need to read the alchemist! It is a wonderful book when you need inspiration to reach a goal that seems out of reach. Hang in there, HF has a plan, and your prayers will be answered. I also loved your story of how you and nathan met. I was 25 when I finally got married, and I felt ancient...now 8 years later, still no babies, and feel even more ancient. But I know there is a reason for everything! Enjoy Utah, we miss it...Kentucky is a different world (but I thought the same about Lincoln and I grew to love it)!
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Okay, I am a month late with this, but bear with me:
On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln that slaves in all slaveholding states that were at war with the union would be set free on January 1, 1863. Freedmen (i.e., free blacks, usually in the northern states) in the North went to their churches in droves on December 31, 1862 to have WatchNight services, where they would "watch" for freedom.
However, the message of freedom did not reach the slaves in Galveston, Texas until June 19, 1863. To this date, the sons and daughters of former slaves in this country celebrate "Juneteenth" (as the freed slaves in Galveston came to call that special day) on annual basis. It is a huge deal here in humble Oberlin, Ohio, the center of abolitionism back in the day.
The watch words on the mouths of the freedmen in the north when they first heard the rumor that the slaves would be set free, as well as the slaves finally hearing about the Proclamation, was, "This is the Year of Jubilee!". They were referring to a passage in Leviticus 25 that spoke of debts being canceled and slaves going free. This was exciting indeed but based on poor exegesis, because verses 44-46 has God saying that it is okay for His covenant people to own slaves, but not of their fellow Hebrews, but only from amongst the gentiles. A fellow Hebrew could only be a bond servant, but would have to be set free during the Year of Jubilee.
However, this all flip flops in the New Testament where Jesus develops a new community and new people whom He calls His Church. Now, all of us who claim Jesus as Master are part of the covenant community. This means that God's original intention for Jubilee is to set everything right for everyone. There are not to be any slaves at all, and God wants all of His people to be heirs of the Kingdom, not debtors or slaves to the State.
Jubilee then is about a new kind of community based on right relationships and justice. So those former slaves actually had it right.
In a deeper sense, Jubilee is about reconciliation between God and us, and with one another. It is the dropping of barriers between Jew and Gentile, black and white, male and female, illegal immigrant and citizen. Jubile is really about the Kingdom and Jesus' Reign. This is why Jesus died, to bring us to God and to one another.
I really believe that for us to truly understand the meaning of the Kingdom and the purpose behind the very idea of Church, we must lean into what Jubilee and Pentecost are really about. If we are not reconciled in every sense of that word then we are not really being the Church that we are called to be.


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Note: I have sent this letter to BCS Board Chair Ken Moore and asked him to share it with his parent community. It has also been sent to LASD parents. I copy it here for those community members who may also be interested.
Unfortunately,the hyperlinks to various documents were not converted into the PDF document that went out, but perhaps folks will find those links here.
30 November 2012
Dear BCS Parents:
Yesterday you received a letter from Ken Moore, laying out his views relating to the BCS-LASD litigation and inviting BCS parents to contact LASD Board President Mark Goines. Given Mr. Moore's invitation for improved dialogue, I thought I would reach out to you to further explain the litigation developments, including certain points that Mr. Moore did not accurately recount.
The District is not asking to close down BCS.
Mr. Moore alleges that LASD is trying to shut down BCS. This is flat-out wrong. LASD's relationship with BCS is very simple- we provide facilities as required under Prop 39. We have no say in BCS operations or other practices. Responsibility for BCS operations and oversight lies with the SCCBOE, not with LASD.
LASD has filed a cross-complaint in the current round of litigation. In that complaint, we do call out certain issues that concern us about BCS recruiting practices, pupil management, fund raising, and other aspects of the operation that seem to be inconsistent with the concept of a public school and equality among public schools within a district. We did so after a number of parents, some of whom had applied to and/or enrolled children at BCS, came forward with troubling allegations and assertions that we believed merited raising with the Court. We have been very specific in what we requested of the Court in our cross-complaint. We do not ask for the Court to "shut down" BCS, or even ask them to order a specific change in BCS behavior. Rather, we have asked the Court to clarify LASD's legal obligations- nothing more. I understand that folks may doubt me on this, but I'd invite you to read the actual filings with the court.
On the issues BCS deemed most important to their 2012-13 complaint, they've lost all three complaints.
Mr. Moore's recent letter fails to acknowledge that LASD allocated BCS more than 11 acres this year- far more than they had in 2009-10. BCS is apparently choosing to run their program on a subset of that space, but that's a decision made by the administration and the BCS Board. Mr. Moore also complains about LASD "withholding" facilities, but of course does not acknowledge that the District exercised reasonable discretion to provide comparable space to BCS. (I wrote about this back in August, and my explanation lined up pretty much exactly with what the court eventually ruled.) It's not that LASD is acting illegally- it's just not what the BCS Board wanted to happen.
LASD acted in good faith throughout the mediation process. The parties have differing views of the outcome of the mediation. Before we even entered mediation, LASD said that any deal reached had to reflect community input and have the support of the community so that we could pass a bond. That required community input. Upon drafting a framework for discussion, LASD held a series of meetings, both large and small, to collect community input. One of the biggest surprises in that input was that the LASD parent community was willing to work very hard to pass a bond to build a new school for BCS- as long as it also meant that they might be able to keep their own school. Frankly, this is different from what I expected going into the mediation, and it was a change to the content of a possible agreement, but we explained it to the BCS Board and invited them to work with us to resolve it. The BCS Board wanted "site certainty", meaning that a possible new campus location was not something they were willing to consider. That was not supported by the broader parent community, meaning we would not be able to pass a bond. BCS wasn't willing to consider the community input, so the mediated framework fell apart.
The BCS Board has said often that they are "willing to go back to the mediated agreement", and accused LASD of reneging on that agreement. It is meaningless, though, to offer to go back to something that both parties hadn't yet agreed to. When retelling the story these days, the District's requirement to solicit and incorporate public input is being ignored. One vocal group of people seem to think the LASD Board should force through an agreement that doesn't reflect the community's wishes. The current LASD Board has openly acknowledged that prior Boards failed when they ignored the wishes of the community (in closing Bullis Purissima). To have some of those same people ask us today to once again ignore the wishes of the community is frustrating. The logical conclusion of that action would be that parents at Almond, Covington, Gardner, or Santa Rita would then be the ones forming the next charter school and suing the district again. They would complain that we've put the interests of BCS ahead of the interests of their students- something the law specifically prohibits us from doing.
In his thoughtful op-Ed piece recently published in the town Crier, BCS Board Member John Phelps noted that "[u]sing a global perspective to teach about the interconnectedness of communities and their environments, the Bullis Charter School program nurtures mutual respect, civic responsibility, and a lifelong love of learning." It is simply inconsistent with that stated mission for BCS to fail to consider the community's views.
The recent court rulings should be a wake-up call to the BCS Board.
Over the past 2 1/2 months, BCS has lost a series of court appearances- the Aug 30 motion, all three parts of the Oct 30 complaint, the fight over discovery (including sanctions for behavior the court deemed unreasonable), and a slew of procedural efforts designed to do little more than increase the cost of litigation for LASD. In response, the BCS attorney has insulted the judge, threatened to defy the order to pay sanctions, and the BCS Board has plans to appeal all three of the rulings they don't like. For all of the millions –literally, millions-of dollars spent on legal fees, the courts have ruled that the District's behavior has been correct on nearly all counts. As a result of the District's one loss at the Court of Appeal, the District changed our methodology of calculation and is in compliance with the court requirements. But Mr. Moore's suggestion that the Court of Appeal will be the salvation is unfounded, and it ignores the different facts now on the table. The ongoing litigation war waged by the BCS Board has forced LASD to be extremely careful and thorough in analyzing and applying the law. At this point, the courts have repeatedly held that we are meeting our obligations. The facts of these new cases are different, and chasing every loss to the Appellate Court is a waste of taxpayer resources and is divisive to the community.
Suing the District for exercising what the courts recognize as an exercise of our reasonable discretion as elected representatives is not a winning strategy. It will never bring healing to our community, and it won't achieve what BCS wants. BCS parents need to reach out to their Board and ask them to work cooperatively with LASD. The District needs to balance the needs of ALL students, including the 4500 that attend LASD schools. If the BCS Board can approach the discussion with that idea in mind, with an appreciation for the need to educate all public school students in our community, we'll all be much happier with the results.
I don't expect that this letter will suddenly make each of you into LASD supporters. However, Mr. Moore's letter invited parents to become informed about the facts and to dialog with the District Board about them. Clearly we have different views of the facts. How we choose to resolve those differences- in court rooms, or by working cooperatively in our community—will impact the quality of life in our community for decades to come. The LASD Board has many upcoming meetings to discuss these issues, and I encourage you to come and participate, particularly if you can do so with a mind toward working together to solve these problems. I would also urge each of you to contact Mr. Moore and the rest of the BCS Board and ask them to cease the needless litigation, and work with the LASD Board of Trustees to find solutions that our entire community can support.
My email address is email@example.com, and I welcome all constructive comments and suggestions for a path forward.
Doug Smith
Vice President, LASD Board of Trustees
Friday, November 30, 2012
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It was busy yesterday.
Morning: Went to Holland to meet with a gentlemen to discuss some work. I missed a group meeting w/N8 and Jayz. Suck. I received some "positive" feedback over that.
Lunch: D&W and Jeff Johnson. Beat into the floor. Felt great.
Afternoon: Worked at home. boxes and stuff. But the cable is hooked up. No phone yet which sucks.
Dinner: Nothing special there.
evening: 1st accountibility group meeting at my house - Gooch and Jeff. I live for these conversations. We really dig into it. It is great to connect with these guys, hear whats going on and pray.
Last night: work.
That was a packed day. Now I am headed into GH to take care of business.
Out for a while
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- Ozomatli
A year or two ago, on an episode of HBO's Sex and the City, Carrie and company were hanging out at a hot little local bar where Ozomatli was playing. Strangely enough, none of the beautiful people were dancing, which seemed even more unbelievable than the fact that Ozomatli would be the house band in such an establishment.
In real life, most people are totally incapable of holding their asses still while this band plays. The members of Ozomatli are students of such highly percussive musical styles as salsa, samba, and a host of other Latin-based rhythms. Driving and intense, Ozomatli is more serious about creating a party atmosphere than almost anyone since Parliament-Funkadelic.
And as with George Clinton's crew, Ozomatli combines political activism with passionate, joyful music. The band's latest, Embrace the Chaos, takes its title from Ozomatli's experience playing at a gathering that coincided with the Democratic National Convention in 2000. After one song by Ozomatli, police shut the event down and began dispersing the crowd with rubber bullets. This chaotic, horrifying action reinforced the band's commitment to true democratic principles. Musically, Ozomatli is expanding its horizons to match.


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SOP (Tactics) - Mission Considerations
This is the objective of a particular operation. This is usually explained to you in the Mission Briefing section. The scenario developer may have laid this out for you. However, there are still some areas that only the Element Leader can cover. It is up to him or her to decide.
In what order will multiple objectives be achieved. What is the primary goal? Do you want to rescue the hostages first? Or is it wiser to find and disarm the bombs, then worry about them? Maybe the first objective is to secure key areas. He/she could want the element to do a room-by-room search, letting the map itself act as the primary deciding factor. There are many possibilities. Only that particular commander, planning the mission can decide how to proceed with a mission.
Who are you facing? What do they look like? How are they armed and equipped? How many of them are there? What is their mode of thinking? In other words will they fight, flea, or surrender? These are some of the questions that must be answered when considering the Enemy section of planning.
Here, like everywhere in planning in Raven Shield, you have a cheat. You or someone within your team should have a degree of experience with a particular map and scenario. Try and figure out as much as possible about your enemy. The most important areas to cover are strength, whether or not they are wearing body armor, and what weapons the suspects may be carrying. These are crucial to planning. You don't want to send your team in armed with 9mm's weapons if the bad guys all have body armor.
This is more important in Raven Shield than you think. I have found many maps to have a mixture of short to medium range engagement parameters. A commander must determine possible engagement ranges. The MP5, while a great weapon, is not the best for medium to long-range engagements. In those kinds of situations you might want to employ the G36K. And if the ranges are real long, you should equip officers with scopes so they can see and determine if an individual is threatening a team.
Terrain also covers entry points and strategic points within the map. Consider the map and how it's designed. Enter where the advantage is more in your favor and gives you a greater degree of surprise.
Identifying strategic points is just as important. There are places on a map where the team will be more exposed to danger. Maps also have points where whoever controls it, controls the map. These areas, along with possible sniper positions should be noted. Plan on what to do when your team reaches these points. Identifying and properly addressing these areas can not only influence how the team clears the map, but could mean life or death.
Troops Available to You
In this area, you should consider the makeup of your team. Are they strong minded, and well trained? Will they follow orders? Can each make critical decisions in battle? Do the assaulters trust me? Have we trained a lot together? These are all very important factors, you must consider. Anyone of these questions can decide victory or defeat.
Time is usually a major factor only when a bomb is ticking. Scenario designers might also place a time frame on the mission to add to your problems. Time can affect the entire mission. You can't be real stealthy when you have to and disarm seven bombs in fifteen minutes. It can mean a change in your Rules of engagement and order of mission objectives. So always be prepared.
Tip: It is wise to train with a time frame in some missions. It helps prepare you for the real deal.
Enemy: Maybe 5-7, well armed, ready for a fight with body armor
Terrain: Short to medium, look out for 2nd floor balcony, kitchen, and might need sniper cover in living room, watch the windows
Troops Available: Eight humans
Time: No time frame.
You can add or subtract as you wish. Just make sure the Element understands what your general plan is. They don't need to know all the details. However, you do!
Also, make sure to ask your assaulters for their input. You may not be able to think of everything. Maybe an assaulter noted something about the map you forgot about. Talking the mission over with the team can be a big help. And remember, if everyone feels comfortable with the plan and commander's intent, its success is almost ensured. The best way to build that confidence is to get their insight. It also helps train future Element Leaders.
Again, planning might seem like a boring endeavor, with little gain. Just remember a team with a poor plan has a greater chance for success than a team with no plan at all
Map Consideration
Mission planning in Raven Shield is heavily influenced by the map. The Element Leader needs to know what how to interpret it, and use it to his/her advantage. Raven Shield gives you two different map modes. A ?wire frame? map to give your exact location and a ?drawing tool? map that gives you the layout of the area of which the leader and the troops can draw to one another planning of the mission.Jex.
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My dad took me to see the movie that my little girl heart could not live without and I was oh so happy. Just the two of us went to go see Grease!
Oh how I love this movie! I wanted to be Sandy and dance with Danny Zuko.
I'm not sure if he realized what he was getting himself into. Looking back, I just have to laugh. My dad is quiet and shy ~ most painfully shy. If he can get by in life without saying much, he does. (Side note: when he does talk, he's stinking hilarious.)
I was a pretty naive child. Even though I was regularly exposed to racy English humor watching Benny Hill and other such shows on PBS, I was still naive.
I know my dad must have been dying and shrinking in his seat to sit next to his 10-year old daughter during a movie with so many innuendos! Ha! Thankfully for his sake, I'm quite certain his little girl didn't understand many of the lines. I know for sure I loved the singing, dancing, and Danny Zuko.
I have been telling Greg that it's time to let the kids watch this movie. It's time for them to experience all the delightfulness that is Grease.
Last weekend we rented it and had family movie time. I snickered to myself at all the lines I knew they didn't really understand. I sang along. I even did some of the dance moves during Greased Lightening. I swooned over Danny Z. all over again.
The kids? Well, they liked it alright.
But I don't think anyone enjoyed it nearly as much as I did.
One day when they are older they will watch the movie again and look back on the first time they watched it and turn a little pink knowing they watched this movie with their parents!


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- littlegreenleaf
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- Wedding: November 2012
They've been evacuating all around us today.
They've been evacuating all around us today.
@littlegreenleaf: Where do you live? They evacuated the beaches near me and are shutting down all traffic beginning 11 pm tonight in my town! At this point I don't know what to think of this storm. . . I feel nervous, antsy, scared, anxious, and calm all at the same time. lol
@madteaparty: I don't live here anymore but the wedding is in Long Island, NY. I just feel like such an idiot for not getting wedding insurance. I thought about and was like, it's not gonna snow, what else could really possibly go wrong? :l
@littlegreenleaf: good luck with everything!!!!!
I'm upstate but definately worried. Our bestman lives in DC and has to travel up on Thursday. FI's brother/groomsman lives in Jersey city and was evacuated and he works at NY Presb. hospital and doesn't know if he'll make it and FI's daughter lives in richmond VA and is suppossed to be flying up Thurs as well and who knows if the airlines will be running on time at that point. So thats 3 people IN the weeding that we don't know about making it.
Plus we have several family members in the NJ/Wash DC/NYC area that are suppossed to be traveling up.
i really hope everyone stays safe, thats my main concern, but I want everyone to make it for the wedding too! God damn hurricane. I NEVER thought I'd be worrying about a hurricane, snow maybe but definately not this!!
Good luck and stay safe! I will be thinking about you all that have weddings this weekend!
I'm freaking out. First, November is supposed to be the driest month in Cancun yet on the weather forecast it now says chance of rain 10%. Then, half of our wedding including my family is all in Boston/New York/DC and if their flights get delayed, then there will hardly be anyone at my wedding. I'm ready to cry. I've been planning this for a year and now it's all about to be ruined.
@Sugarpug2012: Yeah, I'm pretty bummed myself. Good luck.
Same boat… I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it clears out with enough time that people can travel safely. Def a bummer though.
So flipping scary! Ironically by the time Saturday comes there's a zero percent chance of rain in the area we're getting married, but I'm concerned about lingering power outages- they're getting hit pretty hard right now. Plus we have people traveling from the north, where the storm might not be done yet… I guess in retrospect it's a good thing we don't fly out till Thursday, since by then air travel intoBaltimore should be ok. The uncertainty of all of this is crazy, I'm just so thankful we're not in a coastal town, I'm definitely keeping my fingers crossed for all the bees who are.
I am definitely freaking out. we have no power and Mystic is underwater oh did I mention I'm getting married in Mystic! I'm worried about the outages and people getting to my wedding since 90% of my guests are from out of state 🙁
Update for us- the power never turned off in the part of MD the wedding will be in. Looks like we've gotten super lucky, especially considering some of the terrible flooding in other areas. Here's hoping as many people as possible find out their fears were for nothing.
Thinking of all of you girls and hoping/praying for the best!! Stay safe!
@littlegreenleaf: How did everything turn out? Hope all is well.
@HappyBride827: I think all in all everything turned out fine. I'm definitely having some post-wedding blues, which I guess means that it was a bit of a success and fun enough for me to be nostalgic about it already. A few things went wrong though…I apologize in advance for the long list.
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Could Suzuki Kizashi get VW power?
When Volkswagen announced it was teaming up with Suzuki for some joint projects, initial talk centered around small cars for emerging markets and possibly even a spate of two-wheeled ventures. Now, the rumormill is buzzing with speculation that the Japanese automaker might be interested in securing some of Volkswagen's well-regarded powerplants for its midsize Kizashi sedan.
Prior to its tie-up with VW, Suzuki had enjoyed a partnership with General Motors that had the Japanese automaker using The General's engines and transmissions. Those contracts died off after the VW deal, and, according to Ward's, it now appears that any future engines for the Kizashi beyond the 2.4-liter DOHC four-cylinder (185 horsepower and 170 lb-feet of torque) will be sourced from Volkswagen.
Currently, there's no indication what powertrains Suzuki is interested in procuring from Volkswagen, but we'd have to guess that a V6 or possibly even a hybrid would be on the menu, if possible.
Suzuki recalling SX4 models for faulty side view mirror screws
Suzuki has recalled almost 70,000 SX4 models, including a handful built in 2007 as well as those constructed between 2008 and 2010. The recall centers around faulty screws that are used to attach the vehicles' side view mirrors. Over time, vibrations can cause the screws to loosen and the mirror may fall off. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, if that happens, a lack of visibility may lead to an accident.
While Suzuki has not yet come up with a repair schedule for the issue, the company says that replacement screws are being shipped to dealers right now, and that the problem will be taken care of free of charge. Owners can contact their local Suzuki dealer for more information. Hit the jump for the company's statement on the recall.
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When we think of production vehicles that can double as daily drivers and weekend racers, the Lotus Exige,Mazda MX-5 Miata and Porsche Boxster come to mind. They've got to be light, nimble and handle the rigors of the road along with the demands of the track. That's why we had a little chuckle when a 2010 Suzuki SX4 with "Road Race modifications" came up on our schedule for vehicles to review. When we drove the 2008 SX4 Sport, we found it to have a "sporty feel and rather quick reflexes," but the chassis had fairly low limits and we couldn't imagine the squat hatch being that much fun on track.
Still, we were curious how a hopped-up SX4 would perform, particularly in 2010 MY guise, which adds seven additional horsepower (143 to 150 hp) and a six-speed manual transmission. Suzuki has billed its new five-door as a worthy competitor to the world's best hot hatches, but can it really deliver a world-class combination of practicality and sportiness? With several days of Southern California's back roads marked down on our schedule, we aimed to find out.
Suzuki quietly updates 2011 GSX-R600 and GSX-R750
You'd be forgiven if you forgot all about the brand spankin' new motorcycles brought into the States by Suzukilast year… because there weren't any. Purse strings were pulled so tightly during the global economic collapse that the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer decided not to bring in any new models for 2010.
However, all of that is set to change for 2011, and the first major announcement from Suzuki are updates to its GSX-R600 and GSX-R750. Interestingly enough, the engines are all new but there isn't actually any more horsepower than before – 123 horses from the 600 and 148 from the 750.
Instead of more peak power, Suzuki focused all of its efforts on reducing weight, lopping off four pounds from the motor, three pounds from the exhaust and another three pounds from the aluminum frame. Add it all up and Suzuki has cut about 20 pounds from each model, with the 600 coming in at 413 pounds wet and the 750 tipping the scales at 416 pounds.
Another notable feature new for 2011 are the brakes: 310mm fully-floating front brake discs and radial-mount, four-piston Brembo monoblock calipers. Styling closely mimics that of the range-topping GSX-R1000, featuring new vertically stacked headlamps; see for yourself in our high-res image gallery below. Pricing comes in at $11,599 for the 600 and $11,999 for the 750, and full details can be found after the break.
203-mph Suzuki Kizashi stops by for coffee
Remember that 500+-horsepower Suzuki Kizashi that recently went over 200 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats? The one that Road & Track's Sam Mitani drove to a new F/BGC record of 203.720? Well, R&Tbrought it down to Cars and Coffee this weekend and we got our first up-close look at it. Color us impressed.
The exterior features a large air dam up front, Moon discs and a pair of dorsal ridges running along the roof, but other than that, the car looks pretty much stock. Sure it sits a bit lower and it is covered in decals, but it doesn't look much different from a tuner Suzuki that one might see at this weekly show. Even the engine looks relatively streetable.
Looking inside, you see much of the same – a fairly stock dash and center console, the original door panels, and even the stock steering wheel, albeit with the airbag removed. The biggest mods inside are for safety, with a single racing seat and a roll cage, plus a couple of fire-suppression tanks and a slew of switches and levers to keep everything moving smoothly. The biggest tip-off that this is something a little more special than just a tuner Kizashi is that giant parachute out back. Click below to check out our high-res gallery.


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