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Leftism's Wonderful Absurdity
When the important issues of our times are up for debate, a black woman and a white gay are arguing on CNN over whether white gays should act like black women.
When the important issues of our times are up for debate, a black woman and a white gay are arguing on CNN over whether white gays should act like black women.
Begich co-sponsors bill to block Supreme Court's intent while GOP challengers line up in favor of ruling. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
What are the genuine reasons why the FBI and NSA want to keep an eye on these men?
Let's hope we see a lot less of these fantasy species in future shows and movies.
"Sen. Kirk, open your heart."
In the 1940s, patriotic films meant to rally the nation competed for attention with escapist fare and wonderfully felt nostalgia, but some of the best films of the decade are the uncharacteristically dark ones that were far ahead of their time. Also check out picks for the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and the 2000s.
From administrative leave to harassment and humiliation.
Administration officials consider getting into bed with the dictator even as former ambassador warns they don't understand the alliance.
Cloward-Piven Everywhere: A rare concurrence amongst a diverse group of pundits.
White House says Obama cares because he called Bibi.
And why we long to have a president with a chest.
Who's to say that sex, and/or marriage, between consenting members of a nuclear family is impermissible under law?
The Arab world is disintegrating all around Israel's borders.
Yep, a Wendy Davis Onesie for Babies. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
Vowed to "not give the president a blank check" on emergency immigration request.
Maybe it's time for a different approach. How about just...winning?
"What is President Obama going to do to secure Sergeant Tahmooressi's release?" senator asks State Department official.
Philip Gordon's comments are an obscenity.
Brat criticizes the administration's "narcissism" for suggesting that Israel should be at the negotiating table with Abbas while the missiles rain down.
"There's nothing that is taking place down there that I am not intimately aware of and briefed on... This isn't theater."
Many people on the right think Obama is an Evil Leftist Genius. Not me. I think he is a hapless putz.
Would ban employers from refusing to provide any facet of healthcare coverage "guaranteed" by Obamacare.
Border mess is a "disaster of Obama's own making."
A mother whose home was just struck tells PJ Media her experience.
The hustler. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
The Jewish state's real, behind-the-scenes role.
Grassley says legislation under consideration "seems to create only a fig leaf of protection for legitimate voter ID laws."
Free societies can no longer afford the ambivalent approach. Israel should smash Hamas.
It's OK to oppose the president. Just don't do it too intensely if you want to avoid the racist tag.
The Iron Dome can't shoot down what they're firing at us.
One of my friends had a lousy week. Here are my answers to her request for viewing suggestions.
Time magazine decries "Obama's Orwellian State," while its former parent company fundraises for him.
Illegal alien advocates ready legal action against the government.
Republicans said Lerner's response suggests that she had something to hide.
It's very, very good stuff.
You might be surprised by all the great options!
The way he departed was lousy. His return, classy and mature.
"This is plain and simple the dark side of the NCAA," says one former collegiate football player now in Congress.
The second thrilling episode in the rebooted Apes saga shows how big budget summer sci-fi should be done.
Bibi, it's up to you; this is Western civilization's last stand.
Maness gets help from Palin, but isn't faring well in the polls vs. GOP Rep. Cassidy. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)
The South has a long history of ingenuity and bright ideas.
Jail time.
Obama: "You hear some of them -- 'sue him,' 'impeach him.' Really? Really? For what? You're going to sue me for doing my job?"
Sherman called the Hamas offensive launched against Israel "open season on those of the Jewish faith."
What's so funny?
A battlefield snapshot of the MSM's daily war with reality.
Your tax dollars at work.
Sherrod has served a subpoena on me, to testify in her litigation with Andrew Breitbart's widow.
Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and Nora Ephron walk into a movie theater...
Carefully said that a decision by Obama to visit the border "wouldn't hurt."
Hard at play.
Confronting the disinformation campaign in the War on Women.
My heart goes out to Jeffrey Scudder, who was thrown out of the CIA after trying to get some documents declassified.
That weekly brisk walk with a buddy isn't giving you the muscle mass to stave off health problems.
But even lawmakers on the Hill get Abdullah's point, with one senator noting "all of the irregularities seem to favor one candidate."
Coalition on the right pushes back against "establishment" Republican candidate in the N.H. Senate race. (For complete 2014 midterm coverage, get your campaign fix on The Grid.)


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Roethlisberger has partially torn rotator cuff
Ben Roethlisberger disclosed to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he has a partially torn rotator cuff, but he downplayed the injury.
Steelers sign WR Brown to five-year extension
The Steelers signed WR Antonio Brown to a five-year contract extension through the 2017 season, the team confirmed Friday afternoon.
Steelers GM Colbert addresses Wallace's contract situation
Steelers GM Kevin Colbert talked to reporters Thursday about the ongoing contract situation with WR Mike Wallace.
Lions add OT Scott
The Lions signed former Steelers OT Jonathan Scott on Tuesday and released OT Johnny Culbreath.
Odds say AFC North looks like two-horse race
PFW's Mike Wilkening takes a look at how a pair of notable Nevada sportsbooks have assessed the AFC North entering 2012.
Steelers sign Tomlin to three-year extension
The Steelers signed head coach Mike Tomlin to a three-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday.
Steelers sign first-round OG DeCastro
The Steelers signed first-round OG David DeCastro to a four-year deal.
Starks' return gives Steelers another option at left tackle
If Max Starks is at full strength, he's likely to be no worse than an experienced backup for rookie Mike Adams at left tackle.
Steelers cut OT Scott
The Steelers released OT Jonathan Scott on Thursday. Scott played in 12 games with five starts for Pittsburgh last season.
Steelers re-sign OT Starks
The Steelers re-signed veteran OT Max Starks to a one-year deal on Tuesday.
AFC North training-camp reports
Pro Football Weekly's preview of what to expect from the Ravens, Bengals, Browns and Steelers in training camp.
Clay aims to stick with Steelers
Steelers RB John Clay's NFL career started with a highlight-reel moment. Now, he's trying to stick on the roster for the longer term.
Steelers LB Foote claims he is fraud victim
Steelers LB Larry Foote claims he is the victim of a scheme to defraud him out of more than $400,000.
Steelers release former Pitt LB Lindsey
The Steelers have waived former Pitt LB Brandon Lindsey and signed former LSU LB Ryan Baker.
Roethlisberger, Flacco capable of delivering more
Joe Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger are capable of big seasons — and each QB's team may need that to stay among the AFC elite.
Police are investigating the reported theft of four guns worth $1,700 from a truck owned by Wilson.||||||| Charlotte-Mecklenburg says in a report that Wilson reported robbers broke into his F250 truck. He says they stole a FN 57 handgun, a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun, a Glock 23, and a Smith and Wesson Body Guard 380. Wilson says he discovered the break-in while driving after stopping at store parking lot near Northlake Mall on Monday.
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The game originated in 1940 and was played at Municipal Stadium in Baltimore, Md. This year's game was played in Harvard Stadium, on Friday, May 25.
Delia capped off an incredible career at Springfield as he garnered his fourth-straight first-team all-conference honor this season as a leader of the Pride's midfield. The Wading River, N.Y. product totaled 51 points during his senior campaign, handing out 26 assists to go along with 25 goals. Delia finishes his career ranked 11th in program history in career assists (83) and 14th in total points (156).
A native of Mamaroneck, N.Y., Ferguson continued to be a strong offensive weapon on Springfield's first midfield line. This season, he led the team with 39 goals while producing 52 points. He also added 32 ground balls and had eight games with at least three points, including a five-goal effort in the NCAA Championship first round versus Stevens.


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Joplin elementary-school pupils got an important anti-bullying lesson on Tuesday.
The Teen Nation Tour, promoted by Wilson Star Entertainment, brings young recording artists to schools to perform and talk to students about bullying prevention and anti-bullying efforts. The tour visited Eastmorland Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon and was scheduled to visit a handful of other Joplin schools today before leaving the area.
Chris McWilliams, Eastmorland's counselor, said tour organizers called her a few months ago and asked if they could perform at the school for free.
"I think it's fantastic," she said of the overall performance of the young singers. "The students are totally engaged in their music, and they're hearing their message."
That message coincides perfectly with the anti-bullying club that McWilliams started at the school last year. The club is open to fourth- and fifth-graders to help give them the tools they need to deal with bullying situations.
"Too many times, adults will say, 'Kids will be kids,' but it goes beyond that," she said. "It's mean. I think when we give them strategies (to cope with it), they feel empowered. I'm hoping that I'm instilling those life skills of self-advocacy."
Fifth-grader Colton Richardson said he loved the assembly, particularly the concert-like atmosphere with the performers.
"You got to dance, you got to jump around, you got to get autographs" of the singers, he said.
But the take-away message wasn't lost in the shuffle of music for Colton, who said he learned how to deal with instances of bullying.
"It teaches you to stand up against bullying, to go tell a teacher, a principal, a trusted adult, a parent, and get them to go take care of the problem," he said.
Fifth-grader Reece Schroer also said she enjoyed the show. Sitting in the back with her friends, Reece spent most of the assembly dancing, singing, jumping up and down, and waving her arms in the air in time with the music.
"They all had beautiful voices, and I liked how they made it into a dance party and they put meaning into it," she said.
She, too, said she learned something from the singers' stories.
"You've got to speak up for kids that are being bullied and if you're being bullied," she said.
Katie Akin, a 14-year-old from Atlanta, was one of the tour's seven performers. She said the tour is an opportunity for her to share her passion for singing and also to share her own experiences with bullying.
"I've been bullied in the past, since elementary school, and it got worse in middle school," she said. "(The tour) teaches kids what to do if they're in a bullying situation or if they're a bystander."
Another performer, 15-year-old Katie Steel from south Florida, said she joined the tour because she loves singing and because she wanted to spread the word to children about bullying and how to deal with it.
"I perform motivational songs and talk to them," she said. "Bullying is something that's been part of my life. I was made fun of because I was short, and I've had family and friends who have been bullied."
Although it was Steel's first time in Joplin, her connection with the city goes back a few years. After the May 2011 tornado, Steel — a seventh-grader at the time — organized a drive at her school to collect canned goods, school supplies and other items to donate to relief and recovery efforts in Joplin.
"When I heard that Joplin was one of the places on the tour, I was really excited," she said.
About 28 percent of students in grades 6-12 experience bullying, according to the National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics.


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Bangalore, Nov 29 : Establishment of Swami Vivekananda Youth Empowerment Corporation (SWAYEM) under the Companies Act has been recommended in the Karnataka Youth Policy prepared by State Youth Services and Sports and Karnataka Knowledge Commission.
In the Policy submitted to the Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar here today, it was stated that the Corporation shall act as a 'Think-tank on youth related ideas and initiatives, implement youth-oriented programs and coordinate the activities of the different departments involved in the implementation of the Youth Policy in collaboration with the Department of Youth Services and Sports.
Review and monitor the implementation of Youth Policy schemes as provided for in the budget, establishment of linkages and liaison with other governments, bodies, agencies, institutes both nationally and internationally for the benefit of youth are other features of the policy, The Youth Policy calls for the separate comprehensive Sports Policy. It recommended to constitution of a Task Force to ensure acceptance of the policy by the Government and commence its implementation in a project mode.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said his government was committed to encourage youth and has earmarked Rs 4534 Crore for development activities from various departments. Besides Rs 25 crore has been released for preparation of the Youth Policy and its implementation. 'There are 1.90 crore youth in the State and it was aimed to encourage them to get moulded as good citizen of the state and the country,' he added. The Youth Policy was presented by Steering Committee Chairman Girish Patel in the presence of Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports M P Appachu Ranjan among others.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican said Friday that President Barack Obama's multibillion-dollar emergency request for the border is too big to get through the House, as a growing number of Democrats rejected policy changes Republicans are demanding as their price for approving any money.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurdish security forces took over two major oil fields outside the disputed northern city of Kirkuk before dawn Friday and said they would use some of the production for domestic purposes, further widening a split with the central government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — If LeBron James was going to win another NBA title, heal broken hearts and continue building his legacy, he knew there was only one place to go.
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Today marks the 6 month anniversary of the last (and only) time I missed a movie since I began Horror Movie A Day. With the occasional double feature, that makes somewhere around 200 horror movies I have more or less watched in a row. Needless to say, the term 'desensitized' is pretty appropriate. So how did movie #201ish, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, endear itself to me? Did it stick out in a way that I can actually write a review without having to check my notes to remember what it was about? Fuckin A YES it did.
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Wondering what to do with yourself this weekend? Don't dismay: check out today's Weekend Spotlight:
Our pick for today: Classical Brunch
- When: 11:30 a.m. Sunday
- Where: The Community House
- Cost: $25
- Why Go: The Community House's Classical Brunch series returns this weekend with a performance by young violinist Benjamin Beilman perfoming duos with Robert deMaine, principal cellist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and artistic director for the Classical Brunch series.
Beilman, an Ann Arbor native, is a recipient of both a 2012 Avery Fisher Career Grant and a 2012 London Music Masters Award. Beilman and deMaine will perform duos by Ravel, Kodaly and Handel-Halvorsen.
The morning, presented in collaboration with WRCJ-FM 90.9, includes brunch. The six-part series continues next on Feb. 17.
Also happening this weekend:
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs to Host Open House Sunday
Come back to Birmingham Patch on Wednesday for more weekend things to do in our Weekend Spotlight, or visit our events calendar.


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Helping Hands Lead the Way
Volunteers use real-life experience with business hopefuls
Experience in the business world pays off, especially when prospective business owners have questions about the necessary first steps. The Texas chapters of SCORE, a national organization that assists small businesses, help provide those answers.
"SCORE's business is delivering experience because the majority of our counselors are retired business people and entrepreneurs," says Carter Crews, chairman of the San Antonio SCORE chapter.
SCORE mentors do most of their work helping with the basics of a business — developing a business plan, marketing strategies, funding possibilities and, perhaps, the most important question of all.
"We ask them, 'Are you sure you want to do this?'" says Don Schenkel, SCORE's chapter chair in Lubbock. "When some people realize they don't just get a check, but have to do some soul searching on why they think they'll succeed, they change their minds."
Schenkel sold his California business to retire to Texas. As a SCORE mentor, when the business plans, people and ideas do fall into place, he says, it's very rewarding.
"It's almost like a teacher/student relationship," he says. "It's very gratifying to know that once the requirements have been stated, the owner took them seriously and satisfied the ones who can actually help them get their business going."
Ernest Martinez met Schenkel at one of several Lubbock-area workshops he attended. Martinez planned to buy a local transportation business. But even with more than 20 years of experience working in the industry, including several years at the company he now has acquired, Martinez was surprised with some of the things he learned about ownership.
"Don Schenkel and SCORE helped me with my business plan, introduced me to an attorney who helped me with some of the ownership legalities as well as an advisor who gave me some financial perspective on the business."
— Ernest Martinez, Lubbock small business owner
"Don and SCORE helped me with my business plan, introduced me to an attorney who helped me with some of the ownership legalities as well as an advisor who gave me some financial perspective on the business," Martinez says. "A lot of it, I'd never even thought about. I'd absolutely recommend contacting SCORE to anyone interested in getting started in a business." TR
Score some business advice, information about online workshops, or find local SCORE chapters.
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Gathering experienced business professionals, pooling their invaluable experience and passing it on to new business owners is at the core of SCORE's mission.
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"The variety of experience that our mentors have really is what we bring to the public," says Carter Crews, chairman of SCORE's San Antonio chapter.
Funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, SCORE has recruited more than 13,000 volunteer mentors across the country to counsel prospective business owners.
At the local level, local SCORE chapters assist business hopefuls by helping with marketing strategies, conducting industry roundtable discussions and one-on-one counseling sessions and even mentoring by email.
Ultimately, matching the entrepreneur with the resources to succeed in business is what it's about, Crews says.
"It's up to the individual to do the work and see it through," he says. "As a mentor, it's gratifying to see them succeed and to know that you had a hand in helping get someone where they wanted to go."
Texas SCORE Chapters are located across the state. Many offer online business tools and contact information and can be found through SCORE's website.


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Just as all languages evolve, Japanese has evolved over the past 2000 or so years into a series of dialects. The difference between each dialect is much less pronounced than with languages such as Chinese, but the variation is arguably a little more than the various dialects of English. Dialects take time to evolve.
The history of Japanese settlement has been such that the language slowly spread over the course of around 1000 years from the western parts of Japan to the east and north as the Japanese speaking ethnic group gradually conquered the archipelago and established what we now know as Japan. As a result areas of Japan such as the northern island of Hokkaido have a much briefer history of settlement by Japanese speakers than say Kansai or Kyushu. Over this long period of time, Japanese evolved into regional dialects. This process was accelerated, as it has been in many other countries, by:
After more than 100 years of more or less constant civil war and upheaval, the enforcement by the Tokugawa Shoguns of a long peace meant the re-establishment of transport links and an increase in trade. The movement of the capital to a new location (a former fishing village on what is now known as Tokyo Bay was quickly transformed into one of the world's largest cities) meant a dramatic increase in traffic along the main arterial road - the Tokaido - which naturally runs through Okazaki just below the castle. The increased trade meant that new words and vocabulary spread further and more quickly than before.
The main impact though was that with the movement of large numbers of Mikawa warriors and Tokugawa clan members into positions of power (both in the new capital known as Edo and in strategic points around the country) there was a greater amount of centralization than previously encountered in Japan. The Mikawa dialect became the base for the language used by the military government in Edo, and all who had dealings with it. To prevent rebellions, the Tokugawa shogunate maintained a policy whereby the various regional lords (daimyo) had to spend a significant period of time in Edo each year, maintain houses and servants, and leave their families in Edo as hostages when returning to their fiefs. The result was that many of the words, phrases and pronunciations used in the Mikawa were widely transmitted. It was these systems that unintentionally began the systemization of a standard dialect - at least amongst the ruling class, much as strong central government from Paris in France had a similar impact on linguistic variation in regional France.
However, the feudal social system in place during the Edo period, and the difficulty of travelling long distances also meant that dialects persisted (as they still do of course). It was only with the advent of genuine mass-media that the 'standard dialect' - that by the Meiji period (after 1868) was spoken by government officials, the educated, and people in frequent contact with both - could be diffused widely. It was written Japanese which was standardized quickest - due mainly to the role of printing presses, newspapers and publishing. Textbooks, curriculum and testing procedures became standardized. The spoken language has also changed dramatically; the role of nationwide broadcasting, mass media, easier intra-country travel etc has diffused the 'standard dialect', officially known as 'hyoujungo' ("hyoujun" meaning standard, "go" meaning language). Linguistic variation is increasingly based more on generational than regional influences, though the later does continue to some extent particularly in regions such as Kansai, Kyushu, Shikoku and Tohoku.
In modern day Japan all young people are taught in hyoujungo and use it almost universally in schools and workplaces - at least if others are also using it. Many older people still use the dialects only, though can usually understand hyoujungo without trouble.
At Yamasa (as with all schools) you will be taught in hyoujungo. If you homestay you will find that almost without exception, family members will speak hyoujungo. In this regard, a homestay in Okazaki City is probably more beneficial than a similar stay in a Kansai dialect speaking area. As a foreigner learning Japanese it is usually best to learn the hyoujungo first, and then study dialect variations later as hyoujungo is the dialect that will help you in your future studies or career. However, this does not mean that you should ignore dialects or regional differences in Japan's language, food, customs and culture. A Kansai dialect speaker in Kyoto is just as Japanese as a Hiroshima dialect speaker in Iwakuni. It is these differences that enrich Japan's culture. And appreciating the regional variety will leave you with a better understanding of Japan.
Examples of dialect
The hyoujungo "kirei desu ne" (meaning = isn't it pretty) can vary in the everyday speech of Japanese depending on the region they live in. In the Kansai dialect it would often be rendered "kirei ya na". The Kansai dialect covers most of Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Wakayama and Mie. The same "kirei desu ne" in Hiroshima dialect is "kirei nakatta ne" - interesting because "nakatta" is usually used as a negative in hyoujungo.
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Iranian sailors rescued in Sea of Oman return home
A photo taken from the US Navy's USS James E. Williams destroyer shows a burning Iranian-flagged wooden boat in the Sea of Oman on August 8, 2012.
He added that there had been two Pakistani sailors in addition to eight Iranians on the boat.
Meanwhile, Spokesman for the US Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet Lieutenant Greg Raelson says the crew members of the Iranian boat were rescued and taken aboard the US Navy's USS James E. Williams destroyer.
In late May, the Iranian Navy saved an American-flagged cargo ship that was being attacked by pirates in the Sea of Oman.
Senior director of marketing at Maersk Line – the vessel's owner – Kevin Speers also said the Iranian Navy was the first to respond to the initial distress call from the Maersk Texas.


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Massachusetts based Mzinga, maker of white label social media platforms, announced today that it is acquiring another Massachusetts based maker of white label social media platforms ( Prospero). I heard about it on Twitter before I read it in all the obvious tech blog places. But what I like most about this announcement are some of the DNA of both companies that are coming together.
For instance, I'm happy that a social media company has actual evidence that THEY use social media. Besides meeting Aaron Strout at various social breakfasts, he twitters, he blogs in a few places, and there are more bloggers prominently displayed on the company site.
Further, they're going to field Q&A on Twitter. How cool is that? Gimmick? No! The kind of people who care about social media will have an account and be in that space, so it's the perfect place to hold such an announcement Q&A (though the between-question chatter might make it tricky to see everything).
I didn't know Prospero's people as well, except maybe for Colin Browning, but I think they're going to the right place. If you compare features on each company's website design (just as one facet), I think they're merging in the right direction.
So, congrats to Mzinga, and to the merging of Prospero. Congrats to the customer bases, who will take advantage of these various technologies, and if you want to read more about how Mzinga and Prospero used social media behind the scenes, check out Colin Browning's blog post on it.
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chdabren Posts: 16I don't know if this information will help you, seeing as how u had this concern back in January, but .....did anyone bother to check to see if you had any excessive brake rotor runout? did they check your tie rods (outer and inner)? Did anyone check your rims to see if they were bent? How about too much runout in your front hubs? You mentioned you got new tires so I really doubt the problem is in your tires. You can however, have a bad rim. You say the vibration goes away the faster you go. This is because of centrifugal force. Newton's law. I'd have the entire suspension looked at...CLOSELY....and have the brake rotors measured for runout as well as the front hubs. Also, have the rear suspension looked at for a possible bent traction (panhard) bar. Good luck if you haven't had it fixed yet.
mattdurm Posts: 2I caught your reply researching the same problem in my '03 GC SE. I have had vibration since putting new tires on this summer and just had rebalance for 2nd time and still have vibration. The vibration is noticable at about 40mph and then gets worse at 60mph. It is obviously not the tires and I do have a damaged rim. Mechanic said rim was not the problem and when I described it to him he thought it was something in front end. No. It is definetly in the rear and shakes pretty good. I have drums in the rear that need serviced. Could the drum brakes cause some kind of vibration? My kids will be disappointed if I can get it fixed because they won't be able to play the "uhhhhhhhhhhhh--h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h" game anymore. I can live without it. Thanks for any advice.
phxmotor Posts: 9This is true for all front wheel drive cars:
At this milage it is very likely the wheel bearing. A shop loves this because it turns out very costly UNLESS you do this: Replace the entire "spindle"* with one from a decent wrecking yard. It is a lot smarter than having a new bearing pressed into the old spindle.
* The "spindle" is the big heavy steel piece the driveshaft passes thru... it also has the shock-strut bolted to the top of it... it also has the suspension bolted to the bottom of it... it also has the steering "tie-rod" bolted to the side of it... believe it or not: replacing it is no big deal... 1-2 hrs max.
How to tell if yours is worn out? Raise the offending wheel like you are going to change the tire... grab the top of the tire and pull and push... is there any "play" at all?
There shouldn't be. (maybe a tiny tiny bit) But a bad wheel bearing also makes noise when it is off the ground and is being spun anround w/ the transmission in neutral. A good one makes almost no sound.
I do this all the time w/ vehicles w/ this amount of miles... and I always get another 10 years of use.
Don't start replacing a lot of things just because the shop says: "we're in there anyway". When you need a new bearing, a used spindle is the way to go.
They all wear out at about this many miles... it's normal.
harpitect Posts: 4It's over a year since you posted this question, but the problem is common, so information will help others.
I just had this work done on my '01 GC. Cost of the sway bar links and bushings, done at a tire store, was about $235. That's a lot less than the dealer quoted you.
Yikes, $235 for swaybar bushings? Geez, I just replaced the bushings on our 2003 DGC ES with the blue NAPA bushings, which only cost $11. I crawled underneath, four bolts on one side, two on the other and the job was done. I cannot believe that your mechanic charged you over $200 for labor for such an easy job. :confuse:
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Hmmm, $175 for parts.
The MSRP price for the OEM swaybar bushings is $4.95 per side, so $9.90. Okay, I guess that means that they did the swaybar end links as well (sometimes necessary, sometimes not), and they have an MSRP of $43.00 per side (for the OEM parts), so another $86.00. That brings our running total to $95.90, still a far cry from $175. I'm really trying to figure out what else they could have done to your van to bring the total up another $79.10.
Any ideas?
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I own a GV 3,3 -93 and have that annoying problem.Changed just about
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At the risk of being a complete fool.. is stabilizer bar and swaybar the same thing??
I'm trying to order new bushings to get rid of this problem.
Everyone here mentions swaybar, and my Haynes manual doesn't use that term at all in the front suspension.It uses the expression: stabilizer bar. I'm confused.
Hope someone is able to help ;o)
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xwesx Fairbanks, AlaskaPosts: 8,391Well, now I am at risk of being a complete fool, but since I am used to that, I will go out on a limb and say that yes, they are the same thing. At least, I have always interpreted them interchangeably.
Although, I generally hear the term "stabilizer bar" used in conjunction with performance modifications wherein someone will install a strut tower stabilizer bar. Both those and the commonly used sway bars serve to reduce the body roll (and thus "stabilize") of the vehicle.
muggelberg Posts: 19Does anyone have a general idea how long it takes to change the sway bar bushing on a 2001 caravan?? It was done at a local shop 3 years ago, prior to me taking ownership..I believe it cost my sister about 150.00 to do it. I'm going to try it myself as I have the garage and tools to do it.. I believe it's ten or so bolts to the frame pan and then the sway bar bolts....
I'm thinking that it took me less than an hour and a half to do both sides.
Roll'er up on the ramps, crawl underneath, unbolt and move the servo unit under the left side swaybar bushing (three bolts IIRC), unbolt and remove both bushing covers, pull the old ones off, open up and slide the new ones on, replace the covers and the servo and you're done.
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Today I have two updates I'd like to share with you: beta apps no longer have an expiration date, and the Windows Phone Dev Center app has a new "markets" view.
As many of you know, you can submit a beta app to Windows Phone Dev Center to help you test before you submit your app to the public catalog in the Windows Phone Store. Beta apps have a few special properties:
We've spoken with many of our developers to learn more about how they use beta apps. Many indicate that they want to maintain multiple "update trains" for their apps: one for the public app that's available to everyone in the Store, and another for the beta app that's frequently updated and tested by a community of specific users. Developers use the beta app (or in some cases multiple beta apps) to test out their latest and greatest version, discover bugs, and determine when an updated app is ready for the general public. When they have a version that's ready, they release it by submitting it as an update to their public app.
With this usage pattern, we learned that the 90-day expiration for beta apps got in the way. Every 90 days developers would need to submit a new beta app and send the new link out to all of their beta testers. But, no longer. Here's what you'll see on the app info page when you create a new beta app:
Existing beta apps that have already been created in Dev Center will still expire after 90 days, even if they are updated. However, from this point forward, newly created beta apps will not expire and developers can keep updating them as frequently as they like. We hope this change makes the beta app feature more useful for you. For more thoughts about how to test your apps, please see Bernardo Zamora's recent post, Options for testing and publishing Windows Phone apps.
The Dev Center app makes it easier than ever to see how your app is doing in each of the markets where it's offered. Now, when you tap one of your apps to see how it's doing, you'll find a new "markets" page that provides a per-market breakdown of downloads, ratings, and reviews. You can sort by any of these statistics to learn more about how your app is doing around the world.
We're continuing to evolve the Dev Center and we hope that you find these changes valuable. As always, please keep sharing your feedback to help influence our priorities; the Windows Phone Dev Center UserVoice forum is the best way to do that. Thanks for continuing to write great apps for Windows Phone!
@bzamora: exactly this error is not due xap files, because the same xap file before the "event" takes place, it works perfectly on all devices wp7 & wp8, after the change and upload again (since expired), it occurs only error on wp7 device
@bzamora [MSFT] : I have opened a ticket but i have received a stupid response :(
"Hello Christophe,
I understand you are beta testing your "Smartphone France Beta" app, but you have noticed that the WP7 version is crashing, but this is not occurring when using the emulator in Visual Studio. We often recommend that developers test their app as a beta since it may behave differently once it has been processed by the store if the app capabilities have not been properly declared, for example.
The following blog post should help you understand the common reasons your app may fail to launch:
App fails to launch: blogs.msdn.com/.../your-published-windows-phone-7-8-application-fails-to-run.aspx
Another thing to consider is checking for any unhandled exceptions. The following article should provide some insight into that:
If you need any technical support, I recommend posting on the forums or opening a case with our technical support team. Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to your response.
Ticket number : SRX1226527535ID
@bzamora - To be more specific, the same WP7 app crashes on a WP7.5 device but runs fine on WP8 device when downloaded from Beta. The same app runs fine on both devices when downloaded from the normal marketplace.
@bzamora - The support ticket raising processing states that there will be a charge. I just want to tell Microsoft that there is a bug with the new Beta apps system that now makes WP7 apps crash. Is there a way to do that without going through a chargeable process?
@cordoweb: By the same problems plus the recently very busy so I ask you this error for MS feedback for me
@bzamora [MSFT]: Error occurs with all applications that support for wp7 device, not just a specific application of all.
p/s: sorry for my english not good
@cordoweb and @brazil88, please submit a support ticket (in Dev Center), including the App ID that is having this problem, and include in the support ticket a notice to share this info with Bernardo Zamora (Microsoft employee) to help debug the problem.
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Same problem for me !
WP8 version is OK but WP7 version crash after Windows Phone Store download :(
why when event "Beta app no longer expire" start, all wp7 devices can't not use beta app: download and install ok but when click to access, it crash and out.
The markets feature looks the same as my app App Spotlights! www.windowsphone.com/.../33695cc5-1f28-40f1-b5d3-e7f06f74820e


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Moving on up: Rumor has it Michael's On East (1212 East Ave. S., 366-0007) is going to take over the space formally occupied by Sassy's Hair Salon and plans to transform it into an additional Michael's Wine Cellar/Michael's On East private dining room that will accommodate about 100 people.
Bang for your buck: If you love grabbing a fresh lunch from Morton's Gourmet Market (1924 S. Osprey Ave., 955-9856), you are not alone, because the crowds tend to take over about noon. However, on a recent trip for lunch, we skipped the line at the salad bar and were beckoned by the piping-hot pizza bar. A large slice of pizza, paired with a bottle of water, proved to be affordable (under $5!) and a hearty lunch option.
Fixating on the fixtures: While dining at neighborhood restaurant The Lazy Lobster (7602 N. Lockwood Ridge Road, 351-5515), the conversation centered on the bar. But this is no ordinary bar — it's an aquarium bar. That's right, you eat on top of swimming fish, which is quite amusing — even for the adults. So, next time you have to wait for a table (because this place is always packed), just have a seat at the bar and you'll have front-row seats for all the action. And business is so busy at Lazy Lobster's Longboat Key location (5350 Gulf of Mexico Drive, 383-0440), reservations are recommended at least five days in advance.
dish of the week … goes to Fleming's Prime Steakhouse's (2001 Siesta Drive, 358-9463) lobster dynamite bites ($13.95). Wow, these little bites are fantastic — sweet and spicy in every bite. Chef Charles Flint created this dish, which offers plenty to share and is only featured at the Sarasota location. It's also a great dish to be "in the know" about, because it is not on the menu, but is a nightly special — "special" is right.
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It might not be too late to find a superintendent to replace former Bellevue Superintendent Amalia Cudeiro, says a search firm hired Wednesday night by the Bellevue School District.
McPherson and Jacobson consultants Mike Boring and Al Cohen, former school administrators in Washington, described a timeline that includes advertising for the position starting today, and bringing finalists to the district for interviews by May.
The group's contract with the district is for $26,000, not including expenses, and will be until the board hires the district, Cohen said.
Cohen, who has been an educator at Seattle, Northshore, Clover Park and Olympia, said that the group's searches have never extended into two years.
"If we extend into two years, you're getting a special deal," Cohen told the board.
The group, which has searched for superintendents for districts nationally and in Washington state, also plans to recruit candidates to add to the current pool of 13 applicants, which is something that board president Paul Mills said was exciting.
"Their enthusiasm is infectious, and they want to work with us," he said.
The board hired the search firm after -- Enfield took the top job at Highline School District before she was brought to interview in Bellevue.
Board members discussed a fast track interview process for Enfield, who had been one of the finalists in the Bellevue job when Cudeiro was hired in 2009, because she was being recruited by Highline.
The three board members on the board in 2009, Paul Mills, Chris Marks and Mike Murphy, pushed for an accelerated interview process with Enfield, while the two newest board members, Christine Chew and Steve McConnell, called for caution, . They said that the community's priorities had changed significantly since 2009 and that a fair and transparent hiring process should take precedence, even if that meant losing Enfield as a candidate.
Cudeiro , citing the need to tend to her mother's terminal illness.
The search firm that worked with the Bellevue district during the last search that resulted in the hiring of Cudeiro, Hazzard, Young, Attea and Associates, opted not to work with Bellevue this time, Mills said, because of time constraints and because of what the HYA principle descibed as "trust issues" among the board members, Mills said.
"That is her opinion," Mills added.
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East End Foods, a British company, has clinched contracts worth around £60,000 to export Indian spices back to India.
The Birmingham-based company bagged these deals during Prime Minister David Cameron's trade mission to India in February this year.
"The fast-growing middle classes in India are prepared to pay for quality and spices, which are unadulterated. Adulteration of ingredients and food products is a major problem in certain areas of the country. There is also considerable kudos among the better-off in Indian society in buying into 'Brand Britain'," Jason Wouhra, a director of East End Foods, told Birmingham Mail.
"At the moment, we have contracts with shops, hotels and restaurants in places such as Delhi and the Punjab. But we can see a huge market potential to expand massively. This is only the beginning," he said.
Two executives from the company had travelled with Cameron's biggest-ever UK trade delegation to sign the contracts in India.
The British Prime Minister has set a target of doubling trade with India by 2015 and has pegged small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) such as East End Foods as the key to achieving that growth.
Mr. Wouhra, who was recently appointed chairman of the business group, Institute of Directors West Midlands, believes innovation can bring the Midlands, and Britain, out of recession.
East End Foods, which supplies to 80 per cent of independently owned Indian food shops in Britain and many of the supermarket chains, was set up in Wolverhampton 40 years ago by his family, originally from New Delhi.
The company's main premises are now located in West Bromwich and a cash-and-carry warehouse at Aston Cross in Birmingham.
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This is in response to a Your View letter published Sunday, by Ruth Johnson of St. Peter. The title of her short letter is "Amendments out of step with Minnesotans."
It is irritating to read comments (or hear them on TV) by liberals who are always so smart that they know everything and what is best for everyone, in their opinion.
Johnson obviously ignores the fact that many Minnesotans have the opposite view of hers. How did the amendments 1 and 2 get drafted and placed on the ballot? By other concerned citizens who want to protect our voting system from fraud.
Anyone who wants to do so can get an ID card. We need them for a driver's license, a bank account, to get into Attorney General Eric HolderÕs meetings, and the list goes on.
Please note that many caring citizens and, even among good friends, there are differing opinions on so many different thoughts.
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He may be traveling in Thailand, but Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is still answering questions about the David Petraus scandal.
Panetta said today he knows of no other senior U.S. military officers linked to the scandal that has engulfed the former CIA director.
Panetta said he retains confidence in General John Allen, the U.S. Commander in Afghanistan, despite Allen's link to emails from two women connected to the Petraeus scandal.
But the secretary expects a full investigation into the facts.
The FBI apparently did not tell The White House about Petraeus' affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell until the day after the election, even though agents knew about it about a month earlier.
FBI agents continue to investigate the classified documents found in the computer of Petraeus' mistress, Paula Broadwell.
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The Westborough Seventh-Grade Rangers were defeated by Milford, 42-12, in the first round of the Central Mass. American Youth Football Conference playoffs at Milford's Fino Field on Wednesday night, Westborough head coach Brian Moran said today.
The Rangers were the first Westborough Youth Football seventh-grade team in recent years to reach the playoffs, Moran said.
Meanwhile, the Westborough Youth Football Mighty Mites, featuring second- and third-graders, will play in the Central Mass AYF Mighty Mite Bowl at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Millbury's Windle Field, Moran said.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children.


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disease categories, identified through a detailed planning process, are
solicited by the NHLBI in response to an RFA with set aside funds. Each SCOR
program is developed to assure interactions between basic and clinical
scientists in order to enhance transfer of fundamental research findings to the
clinical setting, as well as to identify now research directions.
Therefore, each SCOR grant application and award must include research
involving human patients/subjects in addition to basic research projects that
relate to the clinical for-us. Generally, a SCOR grant contains 4-6
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contain one or more core units that support the research projects. A SCOR
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total of 10 years of support for a given SCOR program.
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that involve institutions other than the grantee institution, that is,
consortium arrangements. However, these activities must be included in
the SCOR application itself so that the primary review group, the NHLBI
Advisory Council and the Institute can evaluate the proposed interactions of
the participants and the integration of the consortium project(s) with those of
the parent institution. To conserve the special features of a SCOR grant,
it is the responsibility of the applicant to describe, and the review groups to
evaluate, how the synergism and cohesiveness will be provided when projects are
located outside the group located at the parent institution.
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Investigators who are considering leaving the SCOR grant institution are
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The following YouTube clip is Part 4 from a recent lecture Lester Brown gave on Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization and will take you into the heart of the Plan B message. The presentation was to the Chemical Society of Washington on May 8, 2008.
Lester, who is President of the Earth Policy Institute, talks about the need to cut global carbon emissions by 80% by 2020, creating huge new industries and new jobs. Just by changing our light bulbs we could close 750 coal fired plants worldwide.
He says we can cut emissions this far for less effort than the mobilisation required for WWII!
Published in Economy, Work, & Welfare | Environment & Resource Management | Video by frog on Sun, March 8th, 2009
Tags: climate change, earth policy institute, emissions, energy, LEster Brown, politics


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Alexander Laskin
Assistant professor of public relations
Department of Public Relations, School of Communications
Introduction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIzeJL8lx7k
Relationship Between Math Apprehension and Curricular Choices of Communication Students: An Experiment (2010 Project)
To establish a causal relationship between math apprehension and curricula choice of communication students, we developed an experimental research design, where the independent variable was math apprehension and the dependent variables were students' curricular and professional choices.
The project was conducted with Hilary Fussell Sisco.
Risk framing effects on students' learning (2011 project)
An issue I would like to study is risk framing and its influence on students' learning. Much research was conducted in psychology, advertising, marketing, and related disciplines on framing various choices facing people - specifically, framing of risk in such a choice. In my research I would like to advance this area of research into the student learning environment and the area of student engagement. For example, I can see if students would be more likely to engage in class discussion if presented with a negative frame, "Lack of participation in class discussion will lead to a grade reduction" than if presented with a positive frame, "Students who actively participate in class discussions will improve their grade." In addition, I would like to see the effect of risk framing on other components of learning - such as calling attention to specific information or skills.
Conference Presentations
- Laskin, A. and Fussell Sisco, H. 2010. The Causal Relationship between Math Apprehension and Curricular Choices among Communication Students: An Experiment. Public Relations Society of America Educators Academy, Washington, D.C., October, 2010. View the conference program (PDF)
- Laskin, A. 2011. Education and Professionalization of Investor Relations Officers. Association for Business Communication Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October, 2011.
Conferences Attended with SoTL Faculty Scholar Support
- Association for Business Communication Annual Convention, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Post-Conference Workshop.


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Poets use many tools in writing. Rhyme is a tool used in poetry. It is where the poet uses two words with the same ending sound, this makes the poem easier to understand and more entertaining for the reader. This is just one example of the tools that poets use in poetry. Some examples are: The Cat in the Hat and Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest.
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