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It is very interesting timing. Last week I had this comic set to post, but then stories on Spirit Airlines increasing their fees and Ryanair announcing child-free flights popped up and I haven't been able to post this until today. These are probably two of the most aggressive ultra low cost carriers and I think this post speaks to why these airlines can be so successful. These are the airlines who provide rock bottom prices and a… well, unique level of service. Time and time again, people do not seem to not get the connection between the price and amenities available during flight. My creative side decided to make a little comic strip showing the five stages of flying an ultra low cost carrier (click on any image for larger view):
Stage One: The Search
There are many out there who could care less about what airline they fly on — all they care about is price. They remember flying from Los Angeles to Topeka in 1996 for $79.00 round trip and refuse to pay more than that ever again. They will check every airline site possible, spending hours, maybe even days trying to find the best deal possible. Then, amazingly they find one airline with prices way less than their competitors. Why is it so much cheaper? Who the heck cares… for that price, you are willing to fly in a cardboard box in the cargo hold. After getting your ticket, you gloat to as many as you can on how much you saved. You title yourself the "Airline Fare Master."
Stage Two: Checking In and Getting Shocked
While basking in your great deal, you were blind to the fact that the airline's website clearly states there are bag and other fees. When getting to the airport, you feel you have been tricked, "How dare they charge me for my bag!" You feel it appropriate to blame the gate agent for your mistake. You start to do the math in your head. You are okay. Even with these bag fees, your amazing deal is still beating the next cheapest priced airline. But you start thinking maybe this wasn't the best choice.
Stage Three: I have to pay for what?
Once on board, you realize your legroom isn't too great. Your seat might not recline and there is no in-flight entertainment. And what is this? You have to pay for food? The outrage! While you are certain you have reached the fifth level of hell, you continue to tell yourself about your amazing deal you got. I mean, the flight is only a few hours, right? It is easy to forget you told yourself you were willing to fly in a cardboard box for that price.
Stage Four: Swearing the airline off forever
Once arriving, you make it clear to everyone that you did not have a good flight. "Well, I have never been treated so poorly in my life, they are the worst airline ever." You state you would have been better taking a covered wagon in the middle of winter (who cares it would have taken you six months and you probably would have died). You swear up and down that you will never, ever fly that horrid airline ever again.
Stage Five: And repeat
The next time you fly, you are back to searching for the best deal. You remember only paying $79.00 this one time and you have it in your mind you aren't going to pay a penny more. "Why the heck are airline tickets so expensive?" Then you find it. That gem among the rough. Tickets for $79.00. Boo ya! Now time to repeat the cycle.
Ultra low cost carriers can be a great option. They can provide you fast and safe transportation, the cheapest way possible. If you only care about getting your body from one place to another, without frills or high expectation of service, you cannot beat an ultra low-cost carrier. It is about being an informed customer and doing the math to make sure you are choosing the right airline.
I don't walk into McDonald's expecting a delicious meal. I expect to get a cheap meal and mediocre service. Why would a passenger pay for an ultra low cost airline and expect MGM Grand Air level of service? I am not sure, but as long as people keep demanding the lowest fares possible with no regard to service, more airlines will step up and accommodate. In the end, you are the one able to control the level of service you receive while flying.
Well done, sir. Oh so well done.
Bravo. Oh so funny. Oh so true.
I haven't flown a low cost airline since the 80's on People's Express. You paid for your ticket while you were sitting in your seat. I think we only flew it once EWR to MCO but it was quite an experience. Even had to fly out of a different terminal in Newark. You paid for everything (just like today ha ha ha).
You are a better reporter than this. Please do your homework in the future.
You make a deep, deep mistake when you paint the many thousands of people who complain about one particular airline with too broad a brush. Yes, it is true that many complainers are simply frustrated with rude service, semi-hidden fees and constantly delayed flights.
But there are others who have been the victim of "unfair and deceptive practices" as defined by and charged by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
For those who are willing to put up with a little inconvenience to save a few dollars, I wish them well. But you shame yourself when you don't take the time to learn that some "complainers" are more concerned with the violation of basic business ethics than a rude flight attendant.
If you really do care to educate yourself this matter, you should start with the U.S. DOT's consent order from 18 months ago: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=DOT-OST-2009-0001-0024
Then do a just a tiny bit more digging and you'll find that the very unfair and deceptive practices they were fined for just 18 months ago persist to this day.
I know you're better than this, David. Get it right in the future.
Trying to refute a generalization with a specific examples just proves there are exceptions, not that the generalization isn't true. You're better than this, Jeff. Get it right in the future.
I'm sorry, Dan, would you like enough specific examples to prove a trend? Did you not bother to download the document I referenced in my note above? I would ask that you do your homework before publicly embarrassing yourself, Dan. Once again, if you care to have an actual adult discussion, begin here with the U.S. DOT finding enough proof of their breaking industry rules to fine Spirit Airlines for repeatedly engaging in "unfair and deceptive practices." Do you believe that the U.S. DOT is just refuting a generalization? Really, read it before responding. If you actually do, you will be surprised at what you learn:
Then, if you'd like more documentation, check the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Of ALL of the U.S. airlines flying today, INCLUDING other budget carriers, why do you think it could be that Spirit Airlines has a complaint rate MORE THAN SEVEN TIMES any other airline? Do you believe that there are just seven times the exceptions on Spirit Airlines as on any other airline, Dan?
Seriously, Dan, I have already provided most of the information you need to have an informed discussion. And I could provide further documentation if I felt you were trying to do anything other than wade into a topic you haven't researched. After you do the research, if you need further documentation, let me know. Show me that YOU are better than that, Dan …
Just because you say I'm publicly embarrassed doesn't make it so. Just like you pointing to one airline, Spirit, and saying that the generalization made in the original article is somehow invalidated because one airline is bad. My ENTIRE, very curt previous post was to address the fact that you're pointing to small examples (a single airline is a small example in a sea of airlines) and trying to disprove a generalization. Basically proving that you don't understand the simple concept that exceptions don't disprove a generalization that is true (or even conjecture). It's like you read what I said and tried to prove it wrong by doing EXACTLY the wrong thing. Brilliant.
Your bias and anger blind you.
Ah! My apologies, Dan. We were on two completely different pages here. If our disagreement is that you think I was painting ALL discount airlines with a broad brush, then let me be clear: I was only talking about Spirit. And in fact, I am the first to agree that Spirit is completely different than any other airline, or any other budget airline.
I thought when you mentioned generalities you were saying that I was taking one episode on Spirit and expanding that to damn that whole airline. I wasn't and I have proof. To say that was my point would have been ignorant. However, to say that you can't holds Spirit's actions against other airlines is something I would completely agree with. I have flown many budget airlines and I have no complaint with any of them. Nor did I mean to imply that I did in anything I have written on this site.
There is context to what I wrote that you probably missed. In the past, on this site, David and I have discussed Spirit Airlines, and this article was referenced on Twitter as a defense of Spirit. While I don't forgive the actions of Spirit, I certainly don't have any complaint with any other airlines. If you thought that was my point, I hope I have cleared that up.
I switched to United mainly for Economy Plus leg room. Fortunately they matched my status with AA so I don't pay for bags, I get to go through the First class security line when available and usually get to board Group 1. I usually compare their price against what the other low prices are but they are usually within $0-$50 of what Southwest charges. To me its totally worth it. I get an assigned seat and often times get to fly a wide body plane. I guess what I am saying is, you get what you pay for.
Thank you for your clarification, David. It is appreciated. As an experienced business traveler, I have had minor problems of some sort on just about every airline. Those I don't complain about. I just chalk it up to the things that happen in travel and in business. I have only encountered ONE airline — Spirit Airlines — that so repeatedly, gleefully and unapologetically flaunts the regulations laid down by the DOT.
I take deep offense at anyone who would equate a group of people pointing out a business that repeatedly breaks the regulations of their industry to someone complaining about not having enough leg room. But I do appreciate you clarifying your article here.
UPDATE: After a month of fighting Spirit Airlines at every level I could (through my credit card company, the Better Business Bureau, the Florida Attorney General, the U.S. DOT and all of the social media) I was finally given a complete refund of the disputed fair. One very nice woman in their accounting department, the first one to offer anything other than derision, took care of everything and now I'm happy. The war is over. Thank you for your forum, David.
If any of you have read the complaint against "Spirit". It has nothing too do with the topics in this post.
Spirit explains there fees and concept on there website in advance but the flying public want more than what they pay for.
If you want AA or Jet Blue then dont fly Spirit.
The DOT fined Spirit for luggage issues and there check in process.
There is nothing in the DOT complaint about bag fees, leg room and Spirit's rude staff.
Actually, T.J. if you read page 2 of the complaint against Spirit, the section "Denied Boarding Compensation" it describes exactly the situation I, and others, have experienced. Follow me, if you will, to footnote 1 of that section where it states, and I quote:
"It is important to note that the Department has long held that 'it is an unfair and deceptive practice under 49 U.S.C., section 41712 for a carrier to declare passengers to be late check-ins when they are prevented from formally presenting their tickets at the ticket counter or boarding gate due to the length of the lines of people waiting to check in.' … It is within the carrier's power to modify its check-in deadlines to reflect the length of its check-in lines and duration of its check-in procedures."
If this were a simple case of feeling cramped or discovering hidden fees because I didn't read the fine print, I would take it upon myself as being an uninformed consumer. In this case I, followed all of their policies and found myself turned away with nothing. The consent order describes exactly what I went through, and they described it 18 months before I experienced it. I can only assume their consent order was in response to similar experiences.
As I just wrote above, after fighting this at all levels, the dispute has now been settled to my satisfaction.
In general I don't think that people who fly with a low cost carrier actually expect something magical; they just want to get to where they're going without a genuinely negative experience. If you fly with them and adhere to the rules, then good for you, but for those instances where things go wrong it turns into a nightmare and it's their rigid inflexibility on matters of lost/forgotten documentation and excess baggage weight that give them a bad name. Mistakes happen, but the penalties for human error with an LCC are too often disproportionate. Continuing to perpetuate the notion that passengers who fly with them are simply brainless, unruly children with no long-term memory is a bit disingenuous.
No-one seems to have any actual stats on repeat fliers for airlines like Ryanair and Sprint who hate the service but keep flying with them; regardless of this the common myth carries on that everyone just gets back on board because they only care about price.
Simply boiling the argument down to "you get what you pay for" needs to stop. I agree that paying next to nothing absolutely *does not* entitle you to the same level of service as a five star airline, but similarly it certainly isn't carte blanche for airlines to treat their customers poorly as in the linked story below.
Why is there so much rage against David here? It's a comic, and every time an airline raises a fee by more than $0.00 or adds a fee at all there is total coverage in the media and outrage from commentators and consumer groups, so it is an accurate depiction of what happens often. Sure, most people aren't outraged over getting terrible service on a terrible airline like Southwest, but there are the people who expect a United First experience in a Southwest 737 that may or may not have a rapid decompression at some point during the flight, and those are the people this comic is based on.
LOL, But what you describe isn't only Ultra Low Cost carriers, It's American, Delta, USAir, CoUnited, and all the legacy carriers. It's interesting that the US King of Discount Carriers – Southwest- has FEWER fees than any of the rest! Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm………………………….
I agree to 99%… The remaining 1% says that when I enter McDonald's, besides mediocre service, I often receive DELICIOUS CHEAP meals… I can pay $150 for a meal in a nice restaurant, but probably enjoy the same with $5 in McDonald's.


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The winter finale for CBS's freshman series "Limitless" aired on Tuesday and now that 11 episodes have graced the small-screen, it's pretty safe to point out that the series is pretty much a watered-down version of "Chuck".
The NBC series starring Zachary Levi ended its five season run in 2012 and since then, there's been a hole on television entertainment.
While many pointed to CBS's "Limitless" as another Sherlock Holmes-style program — joining the likes of "Sherlock" and "Elementary" in the fray — there's a better comparison to take into consideration and it's to the wonderful little series mentioned above.
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Sure, there are many geeky television programs available for viewing nowadays but not many that present a geeky antihero in a fun crime-fighting role. But wait, here is one! All that being said, here are the five ways "Limitless" is really "Chuck"-lite.
One thing Brian Finch (Jake McDorman) and Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) have in common, upon first glance, is their overt slacker nature. When is premiered in 2007 on NBC, audiences were introduced to "Chuck," who was simply an unmotivated comic book geek that made a living as the head of the Buy More's "Nerd Herd." He and his best friend Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez) would easily prefer to hang out and watch "Tron" or play video games than do much of anything to save the world.
Not as nerdy is Brian Finch, a more accessible type of slacker who is introduced at the beginning of "Limitless" as an unmotivated musician who consistently relies on his family for financial support. Sure, it's not as fun of a premise as "Chuck" but this is CBS and risks taken at this network don't happen as often. But, they do happen.
One fateful day, Finch happens upon an old friend who slips him a pill known commonly as "NZT." It's this little thing that opens up a world of unlimited possibilities as our hero suddenly can access every part of his brain. Learning skills he never dreamed he could learn, the abilities he gains makes him almost a super hero … but for a limited time. Let's not forget those horrible withdrawal symptoms, either.
It may not be the Intersect — the super computer Chuck unknowingly uploads into his brain — but the outcome is similar. Like Bartowsi, Finch is now able to learn skills and solve problems in a manner normal people cannot. Again … almost a super hero.
Part of the ongoing story in "Chuck" are Bartowski's handlers Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) and John Casey (Adam Baldwin). Sarah is CIA and Casey is assigned by the NSA but together they help to keep the asset alive while slowly learning to care for him, developing an odd sort of family.
While there's more undercover work featured in the NBC series — Sarah pretends to be Chuck's girlfriend, Casey becomes a Buy More employee — the dynamic isn't that much different than Brian's FBI handlers on "Limitless."
While these agents are definitely more "by the book," the situations they find themselves in aren't as quirky as they were on "Chuck" but CBS has delivered its own interesting narrative by giving the audience a peek into Finch's mind and the dude has some very odd visions.
Remember how Sarah pretended to be Chuck's girlfriend? Well, surprise … they fell in love. That relationship dynamic helped add multiple layers to the story presented in the show's five seasons. There was uncomfortable comedy, riveting drama, and unfortunate heartbreak … and that's just referring to this relationship.
"Limitless" is already working on multiple levels as a weekly procedural and the rapport Finch has with Agent Rebecca Harris is leading many to wonder when — not if — they will eventually hook up. Go rewatch that "Ferris Bueller" themed episode and try and disagree!
Speaking of "Ferris Bueller," one thing the CBS series has made a habit of is bringing Finch's tastes and perspectives to the forefront. The audience consistently gets a good view of his pop culture savvy and this not only appeals to a specific "Big Bang Theory" demographic, it's reminiscent of "Chuck."
Just rewatch any number of episodes from the NBC series and you'll get a peek inside Bartowski's bedroom which features memorabilia from San Diego Comic-Con and "Tron." And if that isn't good enough for you, things get even geekier in the pilot when Bartowski and Grimes share a subtle "Batman" joke as Sarah's character is first introduced.
"Limitless" will return with new episodes in Spring, 2016 on CBS.

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MECHANICSBURG -- Cathedral Prep broke even in two games Saturday and finished sixth at the boys state water polo championships, held at Cumberland Valley High School.
The fifth-seeded Ramblers, who finished the season 13-14, needed a 14-13 overtime win over LaSalle in a second-round game to reach the fifth-place game. There, Prep fell 18-14 to Wissahickon.
In the first game of the day, Zach Miller -- who led the Ramblers with five goals -- scored with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score at 13-13 and send the game into overtime.
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In the battle for sixth place, Bauman scored six goals, Miller added four and Marin contributed two. Bretz and Riley each scored once.
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We hear story after story after story of moms who are shamed for breastfeeding in public, often in restaurants. Now one nursing mom, Jackie Johnson-Smith, has had the exact opposite experience in an Iowa pizza parlor.
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I have breastfed three children... I have breastfed them in countless of places both pleasant and unpleasant, discreetly and out in the open. I have gotten many looks and stares, but tonight erases any negativity I have ever received. I ate at Fongs for the first time tonight. Having a fussy baby I nursed him for awhile in the booth and eventually left the table early as to not disrupt the restaurant. The waitress gave this receipt to my husband. I was speechless and emotional. Although I don't need a pat on the back for feeding my child, it sure felt amazing. It is amazing how we women can make each other feel when we empower each other.
According to KCCI 8 News in Des Moines, waitress Bodi Kinney is the woman behind the note on Johnson-Smith's bill. "We need to come together and support each other when it comes to nursing our children," Kinney told the news station in an interview.
Clearly, others agree. As of Thursday morning, the receipt had been shared over 2,000 times on Facebook. This comes on the heels of Hollie McNish's incredible defense of breastfeeding in public that went mega-viral. Yes, folks, it looks like we might finally be getting used to this.
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down $1.57 maybe longs don't understand the game. You want the stock to go up, not down.
Longs normally care about value. salesforce gave away 3 million shares last quarter. ouch. they lost $1.55 per share. ouch. The loses are getting larger. ouch.
None of this sounds like long term investing to me. Sounds like you play a short term bounce. Bounce is over and now it will move down over the next 3 months. Next quarter will be worse. Might get a short bump, then dowm more.
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Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is seriously considering the possibility of a fight between Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23KOs) and the winner of the upcoming welterweight clash between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, which takes place on December 8th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The real target, in terms of action, is Pacquiao vs. Rios. Even if Pacquiao is defeated in December, a fight with Rios could still be made.
"Pacquiao and Rios would be an unbelievably huge draw because people would know that they would see crazy, wild action," Arum said.
Rios is willing to fight Pacquiao at any weight between 140 and 147-pounds, says Arum. Rios returned to the ring on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California - and he stopped Mike Alvarado in the seventh round of a classic back and forth war.
"Obviously I would have to first talk with Pacquiao and Marquez but I would think that it would be a big possibility [for Rios to fight the winner] - and if we can't do it than maybe we'll do a rematch [with Alvarado]," Arum said.
There will be pressure to proceed in a different direction, Arum admits. Fans are already demanding a rematch between Rios and Alvarado - but staging an immediate rematch is a risky business move when a major fight with Pacquiao or Marquez is hanging in the balance. Pacquiao has a tentative date of April 20th for his next fight.
"Yeah there is pressure [to do a Rios-Alvarado rematch], but obviously boxing is a business. And if there is a possibility of Rios fighting Pacquiao or Marquez for really bonanza money, how can you take the risk by putting him in with Alvarado again where he may lose out on that payday," Arum said.
And, Arum is not ruling out the possibility of a fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the first half of 2013. If Mayweather comes to the table, then he is the first priority above anything else.
"Mayweather is always the first choice. These stupid assh**es that say I'm standing in the way of that fight....what are they talking about?," Arum said.
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As with cholesterol, when it comes to fat, there's a good kind and a bad kind. And UC Berkeley scientists recently discovered how to engineer the growth and expansion of energy-burning "good" fat. This led to findings that such fat actually helped to reduce weight gain and lower blood glucose levels in mice. A study published in the August issue of the journal Diabetes may eventually lead to new approaches to combating obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders.
The Berkeley researchers used a specifically tailored hydrogel to "scaffold" and control an implant containing stem cells, in order to form a functional brown-fat-like tissue. While white fat stores excess energy and is associated with obesity, brown fat serves as a heat generator, burning calories as it does its job.
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Studies have also shown that cold temperatures can bump up activity in brown fat. Stahl notes, however, that the exposure to cold often leads to increases in food intake as well—potentially negating any calorie-burning benefits from brown-fat activity.
"What's truly exciting about this system is its potential to provide plentiful supplies of brown fat for therapeutic purposes," says study lead author Kevin Tharp, an NST PhD student. "The implant is made from the stem cells that reside in white fat, which could be made from tissue obtained through liposuction."


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Anyone for stompy, shooty mechanised destruction with strategical leanings and a bit of Kinect mixed in to boot? Then you'll be wanting Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, which has today been tagged with a release date, and given a bunch of new screenshots and a pair of videos.
There's a trailer telling the story of Steel Battalion's central protagonist, Sergeant Powers, and his platoon who it's hoped you'll be able to develop an emotional connection with using the power of Kinect. Erm... ok, then. Piloting your Vertical Tank, you'll experience the war outside and inside your VT, using Kinect to help launch your strategies.
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This part works with the following brands: Whirlpool, Admiral, Estate, Inglis, Kenmore, KitchenAid, Roper, Maytag, Crosley, Jenn-Air, Hardwick, Magic Chef, Amana, Caloric & Glenwood.
This part fixes the following symptoms:
Make sure to unplug the power cord.Pry the front,top of the dryer up with a screw driver. Carefully disconnect 3 wires and remember where they go, top right. Remove 1 top bolt on each side of the front cover, inside.Pull up slightly and towards towards you to remove the front cover. Disconnect the light wires if applicable and remember where they go from the front drum support. Remove 4 bolts on the front drum mount cover; the lint catcher will come off with it. If needed, pull up and towards you on the drum to lower the it off of the guide rollers to allow slack in the belt. Reach under the drum, raise the idler lever, slide belt from under the idler lever pulley, remove the belt from the the motor shaft. Carefully remove the drum. A 7/16 wrench and ratchet can be used to remove the idler lever from the mount. Remove idler lever from the spring. Reverse these steps for installation of the new idler lever. For installing the belt, actually fold the belt and put it under the idler pulley and back onto the motor shaft. The idler lever should sit on top of the belt when on properly. Make sure the belt is lined with the wear area of the dryer drum. Roll the drum manually, counter clockwise several times to help insure belt alignment before reconnecting the wires and re-installing the front cover and top. A belt replacement will not require removal of the drum.
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After the dryer was opened up I took off the belt and removed the drum. To get the Idler Lever off I used a wrench to get the back of the bolt and loosened it with the socket. Then I placed the spring somewhere I wouldn't loose it while I bolted the new idler lever down. The spring stretched from the bottom to the new leveler with a little effort.
removed the dryer drum and replaced the idler lever and put the new belt on.
Used spackle knife to pop clips on top of dryer. Raised lid of dryer to expose belt. Next used nut driver to disassembly screws from front door and then base ( bag them. Labeled bag and marked inside of dryer with corresponding number to match hardware) disassembled dryer door latch switch and marked red + and white no marking. ( Middle connection not used) removed dryer clean out screen and then removed dryer face next removed dryer blower cover no hardware ( just lift upwards see side clips) opened up side of dryer to gain more access (spread apart manually) removed belt and marked where belt was on tumbler postion with permanent marker used 2 car hold down cords to hold drum in place with back of dryer next removed belt from idler (note to make a drawing so that you know how to wrap this around the idler otherwise the belt will appear to be too large. Remember to reconnect spring. Next step was to removed drum rollers. . . This required a retaining ring pliers cost about $15. I replaced the snap retaining rings. This was easy but requires that you pull the drum forward about 4 inches to position. Next replaced belt and reassembled. Project was a success and runs like new. . . . Saved me $129 service call plus $65 parts without maytag mark-up plus additional labor for the job $130. My cost $65 + $15 tool (retaining ring pliers) $80 versus $259 + ( $65 *50%)ark up on parts) $80 versus $356 -- thanks parts select for saving me $276 during the christmas holiday.
I found a shrieking noise repair on this website, followed their instructions (winging it a bit) and was able to fix my dryer for the price of those parts - excellent!!! As the other instructions said, mark EVERY wire.I have additional instructions - MARK EVERY SCREW you remove. I had 4 extras when I was finished and now I'm a bit worried about where they belong :)
Followed the directions from a repair noted on the webiste. It was easy to follow. Thanks for the help!
I pried open the top of the dryer with a screwdriver. i took digital pictures (for reference)of 3 sets of wires needing to be unplugged during repair. I removed 6 nut screws to get to the repair. took the barrel out, replaced the pully wheel and belt paying attention to how they were originally. The pully was a little awkward to take off and put on, but not bad. My dryer purrs now. yahoooo!
lift the top took out 6 screws out ramoved front and drum out. vacaum every thing out replace idler and belt.easy to do.
Removed top and front of dryer. Released drive belt tension. Removed drum. Removed nut on belt tension idler lever/roller and replaced with new unit. Removed and replaced drum rollers. Reassembled dryer. Dried them clothes.
Video online was very instructive...only difference was I unmounted the motor mount plate from the bottom to get to the idler lever easier.
Was very simple after watching the repair video provided o you site. Went exactly as described. Will deffinately use your parts again and will highly recomend it to anyone else who needs parts.
Parts arrived on time as usual. Disassembled dryer and put all parts on. A small pair of snap ring pliers for rremoving the shaft snap ring and wheel of idler woud be beneficial. I did it by removing the entire idler. Hardest part was getting nut back on idler bolt. Nut goes behind mounting bracket for motor and is blocked by dryer exhaust on one side and frame of dryer on other. Used long reach needle nost to hold nut until bolt started into nut. Reassembled dryer and ran like brand new... no more squeaky!!
My first time to perforn this type of repair. I completely disassembled the dryer and repaired in less than an hour. Saved much money.
I had to punch out the disc on the right side and remove the exaust pipe so I could get my hands in to remove the broken pulley assembly. Then put the new one on tightened the nut and bolt. Put the spring back on and the belt. Added a bit of grease. Put the exhaust back on. Plugged it in and I was done. The most difficult thing was finding the part on my phone screen since my pc is on the fritz. Once I got the proper definition of what I was looking for it was easy.
I unplugged the power started taking the housing apart it was all exploratory to me as it has been many years since I worked on one. Pry the top front up with a screw driver remove two screws at the top front and two hold down brackets at the top rear flip the top onto some boxes stacked up in back of the dryer. took digital pictures of 2 sets of wires in the front and disconnected them pulled the front panel up off the 2 holding clips swung it out to the right . Removed the 4 screws holding the hub on and removed it slid the drum off the felt pad ( after I put an arrow on it with a marker) and out of the housing. Now comes my dilemma the idler lever shaft was totally screwed up and the belt was laying on the floor of the dryer housing so I had know reference to how the new one should look or the pattern of the belt. I ordered the new pulley from part select .com but it would not take my credit card so I called their 888 # it turned out their service is out of canada and my card was not good out of the states so I used a different visa I received the part in 1 day however it does not come with any directions so I referred to other repair stories on their website but everyone their had their old ones in tact to refer to. I put it back on as best as I could figure but the belt pattern was my new problem every way I tried the belt was to loose I figured the belt must have streched I measured it and it seemed a little long so I ordered a new one again the part came in 1 day. But again no directions came with it. I went back to the partselect.com hoping to find a diagram but no luck there. I found another website with six diagrams to choose from picked the one that seemed most logically to work. I put it all back together and it works. It makes a repetitive clunking noise like it has a half a pair of sneakers in it but it seems to run alright. Its only 2 years old and my freinds told me buy a Maytag and I won't need the extended warranty Yeah right Live and learn
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The battle between USC Upstate and Coastal Georgia didn't turn out to be much of a battle at all as Coastal Georgia was handed an 85-55 defeat on Sunday at G. B. Hodge Center.
USC Upstate got 17 points from Torrey Craig and another 15 points from Ricardo Glenn. Jodd Maxey contributed 5 assists, while Ricardo Glenn cleaned the glass with 12 rebounds.
Coastal Georgia got 15 points from Kentorey Johnson in a losing cause and another 13 points from P.J. Reason. Ryan Vines contributed 5 assists for them, while Kentorey Johnson had 10 rebounds.
USC Upstate led at halftime, 52-22.
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Asymmetries, causality and correlation between FTSE100 spot and futures: A DCC-TGARCH-M analysis
We use DCC-TGARCH-M to study asymmetries in the conditional variance in FTSE100 spot and futures returns before and after cost-reducing market microstructure changes on the London Stock Exchange and the London International Financial Futures Exchange. We find bidirectional causality-in-mean and that negative shocks have a larger impact on the conditional variances than positive shocks. There is little evidence of causality-in-variance. The results support a risk premium explanation of asymmetric volatility before the microstructure changes; afterwards, there is evidence of a risk premium effect in futures but a momentum effect in spot. Following the microstructure changes, the speed at which the markets absorbed news increased, as did the asymmetric volatility effect of bad news. We also document regular temporary declines in the conditional correlations following contract expiration. This is consistent with the increased uncertainty following expiration, when investors' attention switches to the next near contract, and the no-arbitrage linkage between spot and futures is temporarily reduced.
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Volume (Year): 24 (2012)
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Join GRD at Vitale's on Saturday Night After the Neon Vibe 5k for Delicious Food [Video]
Saturday night is the Neon Vibe 5k at Fifth Third Ballpark, with glow-in-the-dark paint, glowsticks, and an after party! What could be better than an after party, right? We'll all head to Vitale's Sports Bar in Comstock Park for some great food, drinks, music, and more glow-in-the-dark fun.
Today, Vitale's stopped by with some of their new menu items, including some amazing pasta. Pasta is a weakness of mine, I love it. Their Linguine Fruiti De Mare has clams, mussels, and shrimp in a spicy white wine marinara, and is fantastic!


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Week 3 Pick'em Winners: kstone won spread hitting 11 of 16. fitantitans won normal hitting 10 of 16. Week 4 Pick'em will be up by Wednesday evening.
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LinkWayS2 - Latest Advance in Mesh Satellite Networking
LinkWayS2, the mesh IP satellite communication modem system for the U.S. Department of Defense, has proven itself over many years of fielded service to be the most flexible and capable mesh Multi-Frequency Time-Division Multiple Access (MF-TDMA) modem available for net-centric warfare. LinkWayS2 is currently used in the Army's War-fighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program, the Marine's Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) program and a number of other government programs. The latest development in the LinkWayS2 system take the IP network platform to a new level of performance, with improvements in efficiency, data handling capacity, and security, bringing even more capability to LinkWayS2-based SATCOM terminals.


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Young Lawyers Division President 2015-2016
I am so honored to serve as President of the Young Lawyers Division for the the 2015-2016 year and am excited about events and programs that we have planned in the upcoming year. This year's Young Lawyers Division activities began with the swearing in of newly-elected officers during The Mississippi Bar's Annual Convention in July. Shortly after the new officers were sworn in, a contingent from our division attended the ABA's Annual Meeting in Chicago. I am pleased to announce that during the convention, the Jackson Young Lawyer's Division received an award of excellence for its achievement with its newsletter as well as its public service project -- congratulations to JYL for both honors. Also, one of our very own YLD members, Carlyn Hicks, was awarded the Child Advocacy Award during the convention— congratulations to Carlyn for such an amazing honor.
On September 24, 2015, the Fall Admissions Ceremony was held at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson. The Bar Admissions Committee, led by Matt Williams, organized the admissions ceremony for the 110 newly admitted members.
This year, our public service committee will focus on two programs -- Wills for Heroes and Lawyers in the Library. The Wills for Heroes program is chaired by Mimi Arthur. Wills for Heroes is a program which offers free Wills, Advanced Healthcare Directives and Powers of Attorney for first responders across Mississippi. Hunter Aikens is leading the charge in the Lawyers in the Library program. During the program, volunteer attorneys meet with individuals one- on-one and help to guide them on their legal concerns.
Under the leadership of Clarence Webster, Chair of the Seminars Committee, the CLE series "Practice in a Flash: Litigation 101 Series" will continue this year. This series is geared towards young lawyers and led by young lawyers and covers the steps of the litigation process from the beginning to end with sessions on case investigation and evaluation; depositions and discovery; mediation and negotiation; trial; appeals; and ethics and civility. This year we will have the inaugural Deposition Academy on November 12-13, 2015, at the Mississippi Bar Center. The two day program will consist of one day of instruction and one day of mock depositions, during which program attendees will observe accomplished litigators conduct the deposition examination of a Rule 30(b)(6) witness, a party, and an expert witness. The deposition academy has been tailored to provide young lawyers practical and strategic skills and tools for conducting successful depositions of various parties and witnesses by learning from, and observing the deposition techniques of, seasoned trial attorneys. To ensure that each attendee is provided with the optimal learning experience, program participation is limited to 40 registrants. For additional information and to sign up, please contact Rene Garner at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Last year, our YLD adopted the newest public service project of the ABA's Young Lawyers Division, entitled "Project Street Youth." In bringing this project to Mississippi, we created a committee to deal with issues facing the homeless youth in the State of Mississippi. Carlyn Hicks created a program in which our young lawyers can participate in clinics across Mississippi designed to help our homeless youth deal with the problems that they face on a daily basis.
Carlyn will continue to lead the charge on this project again this year. Another committee, the Child Advocacy Committee, under the leadership of past president Jennie Eichelberger, is focuses on the service project "Bullyproof." We hope to create a video and educational program to best assist children in Mississippi in the issuing with bullying they face on a daily basis.
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Moreover, Idaho recently announced the largest capital campaign in the history of the University and the state of Idaho, yet no provisions were included to either expand the football stadium or build an Events Center that would become the home of Vandal basketball – both of which are in the University's current Master Facilities Plan, and are at the head of discussions whenever realignment is discussed.
We recently met with University of Idaho Athletics Director Dr. Rob Spear in his office inside the ever-changing Kibbie Dome, and he spoke very openly about topics concerning Facilities, Conference Realignment, and Scheduling. It was a very candid discussion, and we thank Dr. Spear for granting us this view into his program, the issues confronting him today and the various plans being considered to expand and grow Vandal athletics.
PAT HAUGE: From a facilities standpoint, have there been any updates from the last time we talked a month or so ago? Is there anything you want to share or can share regarding the dome expansion that we highlighted on our front page?
ROB SPEAR: "I really don't have anything new to share on that project at this time."
PH: In your last interview with us you stated that the University of Idaho needed to build a basketball facility, and you shared with us a concept to potentially expand the dome seating for football. These ideas have been shared by you and President Nellis with other conferences during this latest round of realignment. However, there are no plans or statements of an Events Center in the current capital campaign literature. Can you explain this discrepancy for our readers, so they can understand why we're saying we're going to do this, but we're not outwardly appearing to be doing anything toward that?
RS: "In order for those facilities to move forward they have to be on the University six-year plan, and as of today they are not on the University six-year plan.
"However, I have been encouraged by the decision of President Nellis to get the Events Center on the six-year plan starting in July, when that material is collected and presented to the State Board of Education in August for approval."
PH: Wow! That's a really big step toward getting that facility built.
RS: "It is. Now we just need to take it a step further. We have all the plans in the world out there. We just need to now put them in action."
PH: Can you talk a little bit about what being on the six-year plan means? Is that a solid commitment to get that project done in the next six years?
RS: "This is a State Board of Education (SBOE) requirement that was implemented last year. Evidently the SBOE has felt like too many projects have come forward, ready for the design phase, and that was the first time the SBOE had seen the project."
PH: Could the dome expansion for football fall into the six-year plan as well?
RS: "Yes."
EVENTS CENTER PROPOSAL: Above is one of the concepts Idaho is considering for the Events Center. This is a view from the north lawn, looking south at the events center (note the Dome in the background). To the far left is the new weightroom.
PH: Can you talk a little bit about what impact the loss of Karl Benson as a full-time commissioner for the WAC had on the WAC's ability to navigate the conference realignment? Did not having a commissioner involved affect anything that transpired with the losses that we've had?
RS: "I don't know if having a full-time commissioner would have made a difference in the latest defections, but it has impacted our ability to strategize and move forward. The presidents of the board have done a great job. They've hired an independent consultant to help them with membership ideas and put together some plans, but when you don't have a full-time commissioner certainly that impacts your ability to move forward."
PH: Does that affect financial deals like TV contracts, advertising, and items like that?
RS: "Well, the TV deal is basically set for this upcoming year, but it is certainly something that will have to be re-negotiated or re-bid out in the future."
PH: Have Utah State, Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Texas San Antonio and San Jose State officially left the conference yet?
RS: "They have given notification that they are leaving. I haven't seen anything in writing. I'm just assuming that the conference has received their notices."
PH: But they were all offered by the other leagues and that process is underway?
RS: "Yes."
PH: Can you talk about the various options the WAC is considering to rebuild the conference? I know you can't get into the details, but can you give us a high-level view of what you're looking at there, or what the league is looking at?
RS: "The presidents have been meeting and trying to determine a strategy for the future. I think the first question that needs to be asked is, 'Is the WAC going to try to be a football conference, or are they going to rebuild as a basketball conference?' I don't think that decision has been made."
PH: And that decision affects who you rebuild with…
RS: "Oh, I think so. The problem forever out west has been the lack of FBS schools, and really the lack of FCS playing football institutions out west that have positioned themselves to move up and play FBS football. That is a concern of all of ours."
PH: Is the WAC talking with any FCS football playing schools about moving up to the WAC, or are the discussions focused on whether to remain an FBS league or not?
RS: "Well, I think we're still trying to determine what our future is going to be as a conference, and what we want to be, before we even get into looking at FCS schools to invite."
PH: Have you received interest from any schools about joining the WAC?
RS: "We've gotten moderate interest from some schools. Certainly we've had a lot of interest from some non-football schools wanting to be in the Western Athletic Conference."
PH: Is Boise State still set to move into the conference in 2013, or have they announced any plans to not join the WAC?
RS: "I know the decision was made for them to come into our league starting in 2013 for all sports, but I know what you know, and what we read in the newspapers, and it sounds like Boise State is exploring other opportunities like the Big West Conference."
PH: Can you talk about the committee that has been formed to search for a new commissioner and how that is coming along?
RS: "We haven't even started searching for a new commissioner, and I don't think that will even start until the WAC determines what kind of a league it's going to be. Then they will start a commissioner search."
PH: Obviously your department is looking for the best fit for the school and Idaho's athletic programs. Can you talk about President Nellis' role and involvement in working with you to navigate Idaho through the conference realignment process?
RS: "Well, we're working together on it. He is representing us on the WAC board. He is viewed as a leader on that WAC board, and we consult weekly - if not daily - on ideas and ways to reposition the University in the Western Athletic Conference, and in other conferences as well."
PH: Just to clarify for our readers, what roles outside of the U of I do both you and President Nellis serve?
RS: "President Nellis is on the WAC board which is made up of all the presidents of the WAC schools. He is also on the BCS oversight committee. I serve on one of the top two committees in the NCAA: The legislative council. The legislative council is responsible for reviewing all new legislation and changes to existing legislation that are coming through the NCAA governance structure. I also sit on the NCAA basketball issues committee."
PH: You've been very clear in recent interviews that Idaho has four immediate options with the top three options being some form of FBS status for the foreseeable future which includes independence while conference realignment continues…is President Nellis on board with this viewpoint? I he committed to Idaho competing at the FBS level?
RS: "Yes."
PH: Can you weigh the various factors that are leading you to push Idaho to maintaining its FBS status?
RS: "Well, I think everybody is anticipating a total restructure in two years after the current BCS agreement expires and a new one is put into place. Accordingly, we want to be positioned as a university that lands in that second tier, because I think everything that has transpired as of late is a clear indication that you're going to see separation of the big schools.
"There have been some media reports out there where they no longer refer to them as the Big Six, they refer to them as the Big Five. Basically the Big East is not even considered as a major player anymore; so you're looking at the Pac 12, The Big 10, the Big 12, the ACC and the SEC. Now with separate agreements between the PAC-12/Big 10 and the SEC/Big 12, one could assume that there is momentum for four super conferences. And those conferences, I think, are going to break away and form their own structure. I think it's already in place with the $2,000 stipend that circumvented the entire governance process, which is being put in place to take care of the big schools. I also think the $2,000 stipend is not going to stay at $2,000. It's going to escalate over the years, and it's allowing the big schools to do whatever they want, to a certain extent.
"I can tell you from being on the NCAA legislative council that there used to be some recognition of the financial impact of a piece of legislation. That is no longer the case."
PH: The impact across all NCAA programs, right?
RS: "Right. Instead the NCAA has taken the approach of, 'if you can't afford it, don't do it, but we're not going to hold the schools back that can afford it.' So, I think you're seeing this separation now that's going to occur.
"So one, I want to keep the University of Idaho at the table when that separation happens. I think it's important to be an FBS school when that happens, because I think -- and of course this is my opinion – I think you'll see some restructuring, and I think you'll see some of those FCS schools take a step forward. (Since we talked Old Dominion is moving into CUSA with a 19,800 seat stadium.) I want to make sure the University of Idaho is in the right place and we get in the right western league that makes a lot of geographic sense for the future.
"The other thing I think is important to realize [at the University of Idaho] about FBS is we have a marketing contract and an apparel contract (Nike) that we need to protect and thoroughly understand the impact of not being FBS."
PH: When Idaho played 1AA football about 20 years ago the operating expenses were funded by many sources, including a subsidy from the U of I administration. How much would that subsidy be in 2013? Is there any way you can gauge that?
RS: "Well, that is stipulated by the State Board of Education, who impose caps on how much institutional money and how much student money can be put into athletic programs. So those are already in place, and they would not change in my opinion whatever league we were in." This continues to be one of the many funding challenges we have. Personally I don't think you should have caps. Let the Institution decide how much money to spend on athletics."
PH: Would it be easier - financially - to be in FCS? It seems like Idaho would be willingly cutting themselves off from a lot of revenue sources by moving to FCS.
RS: "It's a great question, because I think right now the WAC's conference revenue has been impacted so significantly, and the conference dues that we pay have not changed at all. They're still at the same level as when we were getting over $1 million in conference revenue. You could make the argument that you are not going to lose that much revenue from a conference standpoint by playing at the FCS level.
"Now, where you will lose the potential for revenue is from game guarantees. I think those game guarantees when we go play at a BCS team, like LSU this year, where we are going to earn $925,000 this year, you might get $400,000 or $450,000 if you were an FCS school."
PH: Plus, as an FCS school, there probably is no way you will ever get a Washington State, or Wyoming, or Colorado State, or any other FBS program to play in Moscow.
RS: "Probably not. The other thing, going back to your question about the impact of FBS, I did this analysis a while ago. There are 51 original land grant institutions; 49 of them play Division I athletics; 42 of the 49 play FBS football, and I think from an institution standpoint - if you are an original land grant institution - I think you want to play with the big schools or be part of that, be at that table."
PH: Do you think, then, that there is a responsibility to expand the program to be consistent with our land grant peers? At some point many of our peers have come to the conclusion that they needed to expand their stadium to be legitimate in their conference. At Idaho, does that factor in? No matter what Idaho chooses to do from a conference affiliation standpoint, is it your opinion that expanding the football stadium at some point is a must-do thing?
RS: "It is, in my opinion, and some of the plans showcased show how we could get it to 23,000 and eventually to 27,000 seats. In my opinion right now those are good numbers. I think anything over 20,000 is a good number and one that appears to be the threshold. You know, it's interesting. I've heard that South Dakota State is talking about building a new outdoor stadium that's going to have 22,500 seats. A lot of schools are looking at building 20,000-plus seat stadiums – nothing significantly bigger. A lot has to depend on your demographics, but I think over 20,000 is a good number."
PH: Can you talk about what is the importance of the July 1st date is, and what it means to Idaho and the WAC?
RS: "July 1 is usually a date that is written in the conference bylaws that say if you are going to make a decision to leave a conference, you have to notify the conference that you are in by July 1 that you are leaving. If you don't notify by July 1 you are automatically in for the next year, which would be the following July 1. So let's take, for example, Utah State. They notified us – assuming they did – they are leaving, and they notified the WAC before July 1. Had they waited until after July 1, they would have been in the league in 2013."
PH: Are you expecting any more surprising realignment announcements nationally between now and July 1st?
RS: "Nothing would surprise me. I don't think this reshuffling is done. We talked about the separation that is occurring – that I think is going to occur and is occurring. I think more schools are going to make decisions about where they want to be. It could be some Big East schools, and now you're hearing Florida State being interested in the Big XII. You're hearing a lot of different things happening. I also think that with the Big XII hiring a new commissioner you're going to see them go back to 12 teams. The Big 10 has been sitting on the sidelines. They have what people would say is the most innovative commissioner out there in Jim Delaney, and people are expecting him to do something at some point in time.
"So I think what you're seeing is a situation where you might have four/five leagues of 14 to 16 teams in the future, and the rest of it falls out. So those dominoes will continue to happen. There are rumors the Big XII may also be looking at BYU. They're rumored to be looking at Cincinnati and Louisville. If you look at Cincinnati and Louisville, or even the ACC, any of those movements, this is going to create another domino, and where are those dominos going to fall? I don't think this is over at all.
"I think there is going to continue to be more of it, and that's why the University of Idaho needs to be positioned in two years when maybe you have clear separation and you have the reformation of new leagues in this potential second tier. We need to be there and be ready."
PH: If the Pac 12 went to 14 or 16 teams, who would you see joining their conference?
RS: "That's another good question. I have no idea who they'd look at. I think that it would be a quality research academic institution. I think that all the schools that are in that league meet that criteria, and I think the presidents of those schools would be very interested in making sure whoever they brought in would fit that mold."
PH: Is a merger between conference USA and Mountain West still likely in your opinion?
RS: "That's done. It's not happening, which is why the Mountain West went ahead and took Utah State and San Jose State, and Conference-USA took Louisiana Tech and North Texas, and I believe North Carolina Charlotte and Florida International. And C-USA just recently announced that Old Dominion was joining their league; so now they're at 14."
PH: There's been mention in the past few weeks about the remaining WAC FBS schools joining the Sun Belt or MAC for football only, or some other arrangement. Can you talk about that?
RS: "It's a scenario that we have to look at and something we're reviewing. It's like putting together a big 1,000 piece puzzle, and nothing is going together yet until some more movement happens. Now, I think the other day, in my opinion, we have one corner in place which will allow us to be strategic in how we move forward. There are still a lot of moving parts and some creative thinking going on. There are some unique possibilities out there that I think would be very attractive for the University of Idaho in the long-term and in the immediate short-term."
PH: Is there anything Idaho's alumni or boosters can do to get some immediate relief or assistance to achieving your FBS goals for Vandal athletics?
RS: "We need to continue supporting our VSF and our scholarships. Those are critical as we move forward, and they are very critical as we maintain our 16 sports just as one of the FBS requirements. To be able to cover all those scholarships required of those 16 sports."
PH: And season tickets?
RS: "Attendance is something that they look at. It was our marketed issue, absolutely, but announced attendance, that was a concern as well."


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