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ISO 24613:2008, Language resource management - Lexical markup framework (LMF), is the ISO International Organization for Standardization ISO/TC37 standard for natural language processing (NLP) and machine-readable dictionary (MRD) lexicons. The scope is standardization of principles and methods relating to language resources in the contexts of multilingual communication and cultural diversity.
Objectives of LMFEdit
The goals of LMF are to provide a common model for the creation and use of lexical resources, to manage the exchange of data between and among these resources, and to enable the merging of large number of individual electronic resources to form extensive global electronic resources.
Types of individual instantiations of LMF can include monolingual, bilingual or multilingual lexical resources. The same specifications are to be used for both small and large lexicons, for both simple and complex lexicons, for both written and spoken lexical representations. The descriptions range from morphology, syntax, computational semantics to computer-assisted translation. The covered languages are not restricted to European languages but cover all natural languages. The range of targeted NLP applications is not restricted. LMF is able to represent most lexicons, including WordNet, EDR and PAROLE lexicons.
History of LMFEdit
In the past, lexicon standardization has been studied and developed by a series of projects like GENELEX, EDR, EAGLES, MULTEXT, PAROLE, SIMPLE and ISLE. Then, the ISO/TC37 National delegations decided to address standards dedicated to NLP and lexicon representation. The work on LMF started in Summer 2003 by a new work item proposal issued by the US delegation. In Fall 2003, the French delegation issued a technical proposition for a data model dedicated to NLP lexicons. In early 2004, the ISO/TC37 committee decided to form a common ISO project with Nicoletta Calzolari (CNR-ILC Italy) as convenor and Gil Francopoulo (Tagmatica France) and Monte George (ANSI USA) as editors. The first step in developing LMF was to design an overall framework based on the general features of existing lexicons and to develop a consistent terminology to describe the components of those lexicons. The next step was the actual design of a comprehensive model that best represented all of the lexicons in detail. A large panel of 60 experts contributed a wide range of requirements for LMF that covered many types of NLP lexicons. The editors of LMF worked closely with the panel of experts to identify the best solutions and reach a consensus on the design of LMF. Special attention was paid to the morphology in order to provide powerful mechanisms for handling problems in several languages that were known as difficult to handle. 13 versions have been written, dispatched (to the National nominated experts), commented and discussed during various ISO technical meetings. After five years of work, including numerous face-to-face meetings and e-mail exchanges, the editors arrived at a coherent UML model. In conclusion, LMF should be considered a synthesis of the state of the art in NLP lexicon field.
Current stageEdit
The ISO number is 24613. The LMF specification has been published officially as an International Standard on 17 November 2008.
LMF as one of the members of the ISO/TC37 family of standardsEdit
The ISO/TC37 standards are currently elaborated as high level specifications and deal with word segmentation (ISO 24614), annotations (ISO 24611 aka MAF, ISO 24612 aka LAF, ISO 24615 aka SynAF, and ISO 24617-1 aka SemAF/Time), feature structures (ISO 24610), multimedia containers (ISO 24616 aka MLIF), and lexicons (ISO 24613). These standards are based on low level specifications dedicated to constants, namely data categories (revision of ISO 12620), language codes (ISO 639), scripts codes (ISO 15924), country codes (ISO 3166) and Unicode (ISO 10646).
The two level organization forms a coherent family of standards with the following common and simple rules:
- the high level specification provides structural elements that are adorned by the standardized constants;
- the low level specifications provide standardized constants as metadata.
Key standards used by LMFEdit
The linguistics constants like /feminine/ or /transitive/ are not defined within LMF but are recorded in the Data Category Registry (DCR) that is maintained as a global resource by ISO/TC37 in compliance with ISO/IEC 11179-3:2003 [1]. And these constants are used to adorn the high level structural elements.
The LMF specification complies with the modeling principles of Unified Modeling Language (UML) as defined by Object Management Group (OMG). The structure is specified by means of UML class diagrams. The examples are presented by means of UML instance (or object) diagrams.
An XML DTD is given in an annex of the LMF document.
Model structureEdit
LMF is composed of the following components:
- The core package which is the structural skeleton which describes the basic hierarchy of information in a lexical entry.
- Extensions of the core package which are expressed in a framework that describes the reuse of the core components in conjunction with the additional components required for a specific lexical resource.
The extensions are specifically dedicated to morphology, MRD, NLP syntax, NLP semantics, NLP multilingual notations, NLP morphological patterns, multiword expression patterns, and constraint expression patterns.
A tiny exampleEdit
In the following example, the lexical entry is associated with a lemma clergyman and two inflected forms clergyman and clergymen. The language coding is set for the whole lexical resource. The language value is set for the whole lexicon as shown in the following UML instance diagram.
The elements Lexical Resource, Global Information, Lexicon, Lexical Entry, Lemma, and Word Form define the structure of the lexicon. They are specified within the LMF document. On the contrary, languageCoding, language, partOfSpeech, commonNoun, writtenForm, grammaticalNumber, singular, plural are data categories that are taken from the Data Category Registry. These marks adorn the structure. The values ISO 639-3, clergyman, clergymen are plain character strings. The value eng is taken from the list of languages as defined by ISO 639-3.
With some additional information like dtdVersion and feat, the same data can be expressed by the following XML fragment:
<LexicalResource dtdVersion="15"> <GlobalInformation> <feat att="languageCoding" val="ISO 639-3"/> </GlobalInformation> <Lexicon> <feat att="language" val="eng"/> <LexicalEntry> <feat att="partOfSpeech" val="commonNoun"/> <Lemma> <feat att="writtenForm" val="clergyman"/> </Lemma> <WordForm> <feat att="writtenForm" val="clergyman"/> <feat att="grammaticalNumber" val="singular"/> </WordForm> <WordForm> <feat att="writtenForm" val="clergymen"/> <feat att="grammaticalNumber" val="plural"/> </WordForm> </LexicalEntry> </Lexicon> </LexicalResource>
This example is rather simple, while LMF can represent much more complex linguistic descriptions the XML tagging is correspondingly complex.
External links Edit
Related web sitesEdit
Some recent scientific communications about LMFEdit
- Gesellschaft für linguistische Datenverarbeitung GLDV-2007/Tübingen: Lexical Markup Framework ISO standard for semantic information in NLP lexicons [2]
- Language Resources and Evaluation LREC-2006/Genoa: Lexical Markup Framework (LMF) [3]
- Language Resources and Evaluation LREC-2006/Genoa: The relevance of standards for research infrastructures [4]
See alsoEdit
- Computational lexicology
- Lexical semantics
- Morphology (linguistics) for explanations concerning paradigms and morphosyntax
- Machine translation for a presentation of the different types of multilingual notations (see section Approaches)
- Morphological pattern for the difference between a paradigm and a paradigm pattern
- WordNet for a presentation of the most famous semantic lexicon for the English language
- Universal Terminology eXchange (UTX) for a user-oriented, alternative format for machine-readable dictionaries
- Universal Networking Language
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This is an 'artist's book', which simply means that it is a collection of images that have emerged as an artist attempts to make sense of the experience of the 'Life of One Soul'.
Within this book you will see drawings that have emerged as the artist takes the time to attend to that which calls her attention and these images become an invitation to consider the seasons of our own soul journey.
In paying attention to the regular practice of drawing broken shell, Libby Byrne invites us to explore the light and shade, the depth and surface, the curves and brittle edges and so be drawn into the shell and beyond that, into the creative energies of the Spirit. Libby then engages us in the images by drawing our attention to words of inspiration and wisdom that have been markers on her own journey.
Allow the images to speak to your experience, and enjoy the moments of reverie that you pass through. In doing so be open to allowing the creative voice of the Spirit to speak and encourage you upon your own journey.
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- Category Religion & Spirituality
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Google adds Mount Fuji to Street View, now scale the slopes from your desk
Today, Google has announced that it has added Japan's tallest mountain to its list of places you can visit using the company's Street View service. Yes, that's right, arm chair mountain climbers are now able to scale the heights of Fuji while never leaving the comfort of their air-conditioned office.
The addition of Mount Fuji to Google Street View comes shortly after the mountain was named an official World Heritage Site by UNESCO earlier this year. Officials expect record numbers of climbers to visit the mountain this year and Google agreed to help prepare those climbers by expanding its growing collection of panoramic imagery available in Street View.
Setsuo Murai, head of Geo Partnerships for Google Japan, wrote on the company's official blog:
The Street View collection covers the highly popular Yoshida trail that takes hikers up the mountain, the full walk around the crater at the top, and the quick zigzag descent. We hope these 14,000 panos of new imagery will give climbers a sense of the terrain to expect under their feet - especially all the night-time climbers who shuffle up in the dark to see the sunrise at the crack of dawn.
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New research has the potential to boost GPS accuracy by an astounding 90%
A team of Spanish researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have developed new technology that is capable of increasing GPS enabled devices accuracy by as much as 90 percent. The new system could be installed in car and smartphone GPS circuits for very little cost, too.
The team's findings were posted on the UC3M website, which explains that the team has been able to improve GPS precision by combining readings from several different sensors. The advance in precision is achieved by combining GPS signal with accelerometers and gyroscopes to better reduce the margin of error in location awareness.
This new technology has the potential to reduce the margin of error from 50 meters in urban areas to as little as two meters. Rural accuracy would also improve from about 15 meters to around two meters as well.
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GPS error leads woman to drive 900 miles, versus her 90 mile trip
We'll put this in the bin of 'how the hell did that happen', but a 67-year-old woman has driven for 900 miles over a two-day period thanks to a GPS error, as well as her total lack of attention. The kicker? Her destination was just 90 miles away.
Sabine Moreau had planned to pick up her friend at a train station in Brussels, with her first step of the trip leaving her home town of Hainaut, Erquelinnes, Belgium. The train station was 93 miles north of her home town, so the GPS gets flicked on and directs her... south, instead of north. She listened to the GPS and started her turn-by-turn navigation trip down to Zagreb, Croatia.
What should've been a couple of hours in the car turned into a multi-day trip including gas stops, sleeping on the side of the road for a couple of hours and even a minor car accident. This all happened while she was none the wiser, where she has said:
I was distracted, so I kept driving. I saw all kinds of traffic signs, first in French, then German and finally in Croatian, but I kept driving because I was distracted. Suddenly I appeared in Zagreb and I realized I wasn't in Belgium anymore.
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Microsoft updates Bing Maps with 215TB of high-resolution imagery
Microsoft have just updated Bing Maps, which now includes 215TB of high-resolution imagery covering most of the United States, as well as key locations within Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Tokyo. These new pictures, named Bird's Eye, were captured at a 45-degree angle to provide increased detail of buildings and landmarks.
Over on the Bing Maps blog, they point out that the new photos in the update cover over 230,000 square kilometers, and are made up from more than 1.1 million files. Bing Maps now covers a total of 1,388,593 square kilometers, which is good for 302TB of data. Bird's Eye maps use three different kinds of data. The first is native Bird's Eye scenes using photos captured at 45-degree angles. There's also Bird's Eye Oblique Mosaics, which are a group of aerial photos that have been stitched together.
The final type of data uses top-down photography that is projected onto a digital terrain or landscape, again, at a 45-degree angle. This is used to showcase topological depth perception when traditional aerial photography just isn't feasible.
Ever wanted to explore the Antarctic? Well, now you can thanks to Google Maps and Street View
Google have announced that their Street View team have been snapping a tonne of 360-degree imagery of notable locations in Antarctica, with some of this work being posted to the World Wonders Project website. Featured destinations include the South Pole Telescope, Shackleton's hut, Scott's hut, Cape Royds Adelie Penguin Rookery and the Ceremonial South Pole.
Google had already posted static photography imagery that was taken from Antarctica to Google Maps, back in 2010. But, these new photos combine high-resolution, panoramic imagery with the same camera panning, rotation and zooming features that people expect, and use from Google's Street View service. Google worked with the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center and the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust to bring these pictures to our screens.
The search giant claims that its altruistic goal is to provide scientists and students with the most accurate high-resolution data available for historic and notable locations in Antarctica. In order to snap these amazing shots, Google used portable cameras with fish-eye lenses, which is the type of equipment usually used for capturing virtual tours for real-estate agencies, and others. Usually Google would use trikes or vehicles mounted with 3D imaging systems.
Continue reading 'Ever wanted to explore the Antarctic? Well, now you can thanks to Google Maps and Street View' (full post)
BAE Systems develops GPS alternative, enter Navsop
All around the world, GPS is used by consumers, businesses, and everyone in between. Its used from simple a-to-b navigation from your phone, or car, and for industries like aviation, shipping, and many, many more.
The EU commission has estimated that from these various industries, that over £640 billion of the EU economy is reliant on GPS technology. Knowing this has created financial incentives and funding for alternative GPS technologies, which would be utilised in the event of natural causes such as a solar flare, or man-made causes such as a EMP bomb, war, or similar.
This is where UK defence firm, BAE Systems, has a possible solution: Navsop (Navigation Via Signals of Opportunity). Navsop relies on wireless signals from large comms networks, such as TV, mobile and radio antennas, which then determine locations based on direction and signal strength, with some of the frequencies capable of penetrating walls for indoor use.
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Google Maps adds traffic conditions for 7 new countries, and more
Google Maps with traffic conditions is a great idea, especially if you're trying to get from A to B during rush-hour. But, the feature hasn't been made available across the world. Today, the team at Google Maps have made it available in 7 more counties: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Mexico, Peru, Romania and South Africa.
The Maps team have also improved the traffic conditions feature, as well as added more roads in 19 counties and regions: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the UK. The Maps team has said:
For our new users, you can check traffic conditions by visiting maps.google.com and clicking on the traffic layer in the widget on the upper right-hand side of the map. This useful traffic information is also available on Google Maps for Mobile devices and Google Maps Navigation.
If the roads you are traveling do not yet show traffic information, don't despair. You can help your fellow drivers and improve traffic data by using Google Navigation or Google Maps for Mobile while traveling.
We hope the traffic feature in Google Maps will help more users around the globe to save time and patience by planning their trips accordingly.
Google's Street View arrives in Israel on April 22
Google are poised to launch their Street View service in Israel on April 22, where they've collected insane amounts of images from a number of major citiies, including the country's famous Dead Sea. The launch event is said to take place this Sunday, with a number of government officials set to join in on the unveiling, according to a report from Globes.
Authorities gave the green light to proceed with capturing images of the country on camera eight months ago, with the launch finally happening, this is a quick turn around of events. Street View Israel will include images of the streets of Jerusalem, Tal Aviv, Haifa, and other locations in the country including the Dead Sea, Kinneret (Israel's largest fresh water lake), and historic cities Nazareth and Mitzpe Ramon.
Negotiations with Israeli authorities took three months to conclude, with Israeli newspaper Haaretz reporting that authorities wanted guarantees that Google had an efficient and reliable way for residents to blur out personal information, including number plates and homes before the images for Street View were published online. On top of this, Google are required to manage any litigation resulting from the Street View servie in Israel, rather than in the US.
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Google launches Street View in Thailand
Google started a local presence within Thailand back in September, but have only just launched their Street View service over the weekend, with street level images now available in and around several Thai cities.
Google only days ago unleashed their virtual tour of the Amazon, but now Google users can check out the street level views of Bangkok, Chiang Mai and the island of Phuket. Google's service is set to bust out of those boundaries, though, where it will include six more Thai cities, as well as Thailand's World Heritage cities.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand is also inviting people to nominate places or landmarks to appear in Google Street View. Thai tourist authorities are hoping to increase tourism with the new service, where they want to try and emulate the increased tourism that Pompeii, Italy experienced after rolling out Google Street View.
Microsoft's latest patent, walking directions that avoid crime-ridden neighborhoods
Microsoft have issued a patent, which is actually quite interesting. It's dubbed "pedestrian route production", which is known to us simple folk as walking directions, and it will automatically adjust the route for the unique conditions encountered by a person going from place to place on foot.
One of its unique features would help pedestrians navigate around, and not through, "unsafe neighborhoods", with the system taking into account violent crime data. The patent states that the system could "construct a direction set that allows the user to take paths that take him to his home in a quickest amount of time while keeping the user relatively safe (e.g., taking the user through neighborhoods with violent crime statistics below a certain threshold)."
The system would also be capable of taking into account user tolerance for unsafe neighborhoods based on past behavior, such as whether the person has "historically cared about safe neighborhoods."
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RESIDENTS in Clacton will be given the chance to question council bosses next week.
Tendring Council's cabinet members will be taking part in the Question Time event at St James Church Hall, in Tower Road, next Tuesday, March 5.
The initiative has already taken place in Holland-on-Sea and Harwich.
Council leader Peter Halliday said: "We have had more than 40 residents turn out for each of the previous two Question Times and we are hoping for a similar audience next week.
"It has been a very interesting exercise and I feel it has worked well by going out into the community – rather than expecting residents to come to us.
"I am sure that people in Clacton will have plenty of subjects they want to raise with us."
Other meetings, which all take place from 7pm to 9pm, are planned for Homelands Free Church Hall, in Walton, on March 12, Colne Community School, in Brightlingsea, on May 8, and the Venture Centre, in Lawford, on May 29.
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Limiting these activities for the sake of keeping the Earth green, however, is rarely easy. Short-term emergencies caused by poverty and hunger often outweigh the longer-term demands of conservation in the political balance. In areas like Brazil and Indonesia, land is being stripped of its commercially valuable hardwood by powerful multinational business interests, often in collaboration with government officials.
Without a doubt, the cooperation of government and industry, along with efforts to mitigate the poverty that helps drive the destruction, are needed. Some advocate political activism and green consumerismbuying such products as recycled paper and boycotting others, such as hardwoods and hamburgers originating from ranches operating on land that once was rain forest.
Underlying such solutions is perhaps the most important first step toward halting the destruction of Earths forests and other green areas: heightening public awareness. Until more people know about the threats, the trees will continue to fall.


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Kellogg stock (K) has gained some steam after news that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) may be picking them up.
Buffett already announced to shareholders earlier this month that he's looking for a large company to takeover — and insiders are betting that Kellogg is just that company.
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Options volume jumped last month and the cost of bullish contracts is the highest since 2007 relative to bearish ones, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Among the 10 options with the highest ownership, seven were bullish. The shares have climbed 18 percent since the start of February as traders bet the maker of Corn Flakes and Pop Tarts would be acquired.
…Traders own more Kellogg bullish options than bearish ones. The number of outstanding calls more than doubled since the end of March to 64,450 contracts on May 9. That compared with a 62 percent increase to 40,494 for puts, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"The reason there would be interest for Buffett is that it's a basic business," Yarbrough, an analyst covering consumer stocks for Edward Jones, told Bloomberg News. "It's a very consistent business. It's decent in bad times, it's decent in good times. It generates a lot of cash flow, and they like that."
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New York is a city defined by its skyline. Skyscrapers made of steel and concrete stretch the imagination and buildings like the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building are recognizable the world over. No trip to NYC would be complete without at least a few moments spent taking in the grandeur of the Manhattan cityscape and there aren't many better places to do so than from the following three spots.
We've already mentioned the Empire State Building and it truly is the city's most iconic skyscraper. It's a rite of passage for tourists to make the trip to the building's 86th floor observation deck for bragging rights and the stunning views of Midtown. Tickets start at $25 for adults, but the fast pass that allows visitors to skip the elevator lines costs a whopping $50.
For another iconic, but free, view of the New York skyline take a ride on the Staten Island Ferry. Departing from Lower Manhattan, this ferry makes the 25-minute ride to Staten Island, passing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, all the while providing excellent views of the Lower Manhattan skyline.
Switching things up a bit head over to Brooklyn's trendy Williamsburg neighborhood to check out the Ides Bar at the Wythe Hotel. Patrons are treated to fantastic views of the Manhattan skyline and surrounding Brooklyn/Queens boroughs from the rooftop of this fashionable bar. Have a drink and take it all in as Manhattan stretches out before your eyes from across the East River.
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So I don't know.
Up until you said that, I just "assumed" that the failure mode was thus:
0. Bearing is lubricated with thick grease which is designed to stay inside the race and stick to the balls
1. Power steering fluid slowly seeps out of the hose connection and collects on a bend, where it eventually, and slowly drips on the bearing, like a Guantanamo-Bay water torture ... very slowly solubilizing and dissolving a bit of the thick grease (each seeping drip being perhaps an hour or five apart)
2. This solubilizing and slowly washing away of the packed-in grease happens slow drip by slow drip (maybe three or five drips in a day?) so it takes a year or two to completely wash away the grease
3. Over time, the grease is gone (so the theory goes) and all that is left is a bearing lubricated by one to three drips of power steering fluid in a day.
But, this is OT, so, I'll start a thread asking how we could PROVE this (or not) in the next alternator replacement.
-> E39 (1997 - 2003) > How can we prove a PSF leak is or is not causing E39 alternator bearings to run dry?
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Last edited by bluebee; 09-26-2012 at 05:06 AM. Reason: Added link to the new thread.
UPDATE on Progress
Okay, here is the plan. Ordered the regulator since it is cheap (relatively) and will try that as soon as it comes in. Have the full rebuilt alternator waiting at the local parts store just in case.
Pulled the airbox (what a bear to get off the throttle body end!) and the PS reservoir. Lots of seepage from the reservoir and the alternator has a lot of goop on it from the leakage.
Tested the + on the alt and it was good. Pulled the plug and tested that with key on, and it was good.
I can now see how I could POSSIBLY get the alt off if I had to, but think you're right that it would be better the longer way.
Did look at the cooling system. Everything looks shiny and new, so think I am good there.
HERE is something strange (I think). When I pulled the airbox out, I found a spare electrical part laying in that area, hooked up to a loom. Not sure what it is or where it belongs. Can anyone tell me what this is and where it is supposed to reside?
Hate to have odd items rolling around the engine bay!
I can now see that the hose change for the 2 PS reservoir hoses should be okay, assuming I can figure out the attachments at the cooling coil and the pump ends. Not sure how those attach.
But, so far, so good thanks to the help here!
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CAUTION: You need to handle all the airbox components and tubes carefully. 10 year old rubber gets brittle and can crack when stressed. The result is an airleak and a lean air condition and code.
Read the BMW part # on that thing.
Go to RealOEM.com and do the part # search.
Offhand that looks like a sensor plug-box that fits onto the driver's side of the radiator. I forget what it is ....
post #66 and post #107 and especially post #146 of the aforementioned reference, right?
I must have asked (and the guys answered) every alternator-removal question there is!
Even the key steps missed in that writeup were added back later, as an 'idealized' DIY!
To the OP - this is my lower boot. Notice the little tiny series of cracks in the (hidden underside) 'thumb' of that boot?
Those tiny cracks caused me lean-misfire grief for a year before I found them with a smoke test!
- Cooling system date stickers & radiator date codes & markings (1) (2)
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- DIYs to replace the power steering hoses (1) (2) (3) (4) (5).
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+1,000,000 for the AUC smell sensor.
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Problems resolved (I hope). Thanks for all the help.
Only needed to replace the regulator, not the entire alternator. Works fine now. Tip for others. Need a short/stubby Phillips to get bottom screw out of back. No need to remove the alt.
Replaced power steering reservoir and attached hoses (2). No real problems other than messy.
Got the air box back on. Looks like it may be fairly new since no real distressed areas or cracks. Looks very clean other than intake.
Smell sensor went back where it was supposed to go.
Found label on bottom of radiator when removing underpan. Behr dated 9-12, so my feeling that the entire cooling system has been replaced looks valid. All hoses, couplers, parts look squeaky clean and new, so think I am good for awhile.
Cannot see any date on the battery. Not sure how old. Holds a charge okay, but eye is not green, didnt top out when I had a trickle charger/tender on it during repairs. Thinking I will get a new one just to be sure.
Felt good to be driving it again. Again, thanks to all who helped on this.
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Last edited by neilw; 09-30-2012 at 07:44 PM.
I don't know your mileage, but consider rebuilding it soon.
You just need to replace both bearings.
Since you already have a brand new VR.
This should be good for another 150K miles.
Well, thought this problem was solved. Had replaced the regulator and a new battery. Not so lucky. Everything worked fine since I finished about a month ago. Needed to go to major metro 450 miles away to have a good indy shop do my torque converter change-out. They did that, but also found that my water pump had a minor leak as did the brand new Behr radiator, so they changed those plus the tensioner pulleys.
All was fine. Had a great trip. Car ran great. Yesterday did a 200 mile commute to work with no problems. This morning after a short 10 mile drive, went to start the car and got the Battery Light again. 11.4-11.6 volts while running, but 12.4-6 when not running. Decided to drive home to my now well used garage 10 miles away. Voltage stayed at about 11.4 for most all the trip until the very end when it started to bounce up to 12.5 and occasionally 13.5. Did not correspond to high RPMs, so did not seem to correlate to a belt slippage.
Wondering now if I got a bad regulator? I will, of course, check the belt tension because of the new pulleys, and check the connector on the back of the alternator. Can't imagine that anything else in the alternator can cause it to not charge other than the regulator. Also don't think it can be a loose connection somewhere since it has not acted up in a 1,000+ miles of driving until today when it failed outright. A bit strange about how it did start to work somewhat at the tail end of the drive back home, though.
Have a new regulator coming fedex overnight, but open to ideas on anything else this might be.
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2010 535xi
Question on Regulator Reliability
Okay, replaced the regulator for the second time within 1k miles with another new Bosch unit. Does anyone know if these can fail that quickly (factory defect, etc.), or do I need to be looking for some other problem that may have caused the regulator to fail so soon? Now puts out steady 13.5v at night with everything going except the a/c. New battery still tests good.
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I replaced my alternator 2 days ago for the first time (so I had no previous knowledge or experience in doimg so)... it took 2 hours. I did NOT remove the fan shroud. I would just carefully position the ratchet and use a long cheater pipe so I didn't need to have my hands in there. It was a piece O cake ! I think the hardest part was removing the pully off the old alternator. Good luck!
P.S.: the copper part to the left - it has the 2 slip rings for the the 2 brushes. Similar on your alt:
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Last edited by doru; 11-05-2012 at 11:53 AM.
Does anyone know if you can test the VR once it has been removed to see if it is any good? That might tell me if the VR was bad or if the slip ring is just dirty and now works because it has reseated with a new one.
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I'm gonna! I've got the brake pads for this too and I had a replacement piece for the top made that is one layer of black vinyl with clear under it so it can roll up and you have a clear vinyl sunroof!!!
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Best 5 Couscous Recipesby Maria Russo in Recipes, March 5th, 2014
When you've nearly had your fill of rice, potatoes and pasta at the dinner table, try introducing another go-to side dish to round out the meal: couscous. A kind of ground pasta that's easily prepared by boiling, like rice and noodles, couscous comes in two general varieties — Moroccan, which features tiny and coarse granules, and Israeli, boasting smooth, pearl-size rounds — and can be beefed up with whatever ingredients you happen to have on hand. While couscous salads are simple to make and can often be served cold, hot or at room temperature, couscous is filling enough to shine as the main dish too. Check out Food Network's top-five couscous recipes below to find classic and creative interpretations of this endlessly versatile staple.
5. Sweet and Sour Couscous-Stuffed Peppers — Traditional rice gets swapped out of this flavor-packed recipe and replaced with whole-wheat couscous for a better-for-you supper, finished with a sprinkle of Asiago cheese for a gooey topping.
4. Israeli Couscous and Tuna Salad — Boasting the fresh flavors of capers, lemon and olives, Ina's mayonnaise-free tuna salad is made especially hearty with the help of pearl couscous.


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In her new comedy special film ¡Viva America! renowned actress/comedian/writer Maria Costa (whom critics have compared to the likes of a Latina Lucille Ball, Richard Pryor and Lily Tomlin) portrays an array of hilarious, thought provoking characters whose lives are profoundly affected by immigration in the U.S.
Reflecting on her experiences growing up in the ethnically diverse area of Southwest Detroit and being born into a family of Hungarian and Cuban immigrants, Costa transforms herself into an outrageous line up of comic personas. From a boisterous Latino immigrant to a conservative Southern politician, Maria brilliantly captures the multicultural voice of today's America.
Costa, whose Cuban fire has also spread to roles in several television shows like Ugly Betty and Strong Medicine, is joined by a premier supporting cast from TV's hottest shows. The comedy special also features sizzling performances from some of Latin music's most highly regarded artists and is directed by Rick Najera (Nothing Like the Holidays, Mad TV, In Living Color).
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Nicisha Johnson has no regrets about leaving the Brandon University Bobcats even though she is no longer a starter for a Canada West women's basketball team.
Johnson played three years with the Bobcats before deciding to jump to the rival Regina Cougars last season, which she had to sit out. She returned to the hard-court this season with limited minutes, but believes the move has been worth it. After all, the third-ranked Cougars (18-3) offer her something the Bobcats (0-21) could not: A winning program and a chance to play at nationals, which the Cougars are hosting in March.
"Everything's going our way right now," said Johnson, who helped Brandon total a 4-62 record in her three seasons with the Bobcats. "I'm happy about the move. The team's good. We have good team chemistry."
This season, Johnson has averaged 7.8 minutes of court time, 3.1 points and 3.9 rebounds per game for the Cougars. She beat all those numbers on Friday as she put up six points and nine rebounds in 14 minutes of work as the Cougars beat the host Bobcats 71-38 at the Healthy Living Centre.
Michelle Clark led Regina's attack with 13 points and Lindsay Ledingham added 12.
Jaynell Gillett had eight points and 10 rebounds for BU, while Alanna Johnston added nine points. Her sister Aimee scored eight points.
Johnson wasn't sure how the Brandon crowd would react to her return to the Wheat City, but she's enjoying the trip.
"At first, it was like how are people going to take it that I peaced out and left, but it's exciting," she said. "It's nice to see the new gym. I feel like I helped design it in some of my classes and stuff like that. It was really exciting."
In the men's game, Ilarion Bonhomme notched 14 points and 12 rebounds as the Bobcats (6-15) earned a 68-54 win over the Cougars (6-15). Jordan Reaves and Turell Scott both scored 13 points and a double-double of their own. Brandon native Sterling Nostedt scored six points for Regina.
The Bobcats conclude their season against the Cougars today (women at 5 p.m., men's game at 7 p.m.).
The Bobcats men's volleyball team drew first blood in its best-of-three Canada West quarter-final late Friday night with a 3-2 (25-22, 18-25, 20-25, 25-19, 17-15) win over the host Saskatchewan Huskies. Statistics were not immediately available from the source.
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President George Bush could build an awesome multilateral coalition for going to war with Saddam Hussein, but he didn�t know the price of milk. That was the story of the 1992 presidential campaign, in which Bill Clinton sold himself to America as a candidate focused exclusively on domestic policy.
Seven years later, however, Clinton has just roasted President Bush�s party as hostages to a "new isolationism," the Senate�s rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty having dealt a serious blow to the very global U.S. leadership that Bush had prized. It was a strange moment, which spoke volumes about the fate of U.S. foreign policy � and the role in it of the presidency � in the years since the Cold War.
Washington�s allies around the world looked on in horror as the Senate shot down the painstakingly negotiated centerpiece of four decades of international efforts to put an end to the live testing of nuclear weapons. Besides their immediate concern over Washington�s seeming abdication of its leadership role on nuclear nonproliferation, the international community was plainly shocked at the apparent unraveling of executive power in the U.S. After all, whom could you deal with in Washington if the legislature could so cavalierly slap down the President?
"The Senate vote makes us look bad with both allies and adversaries, weakening our position for dealing with all of them," says TIME Washington correspondent Massimo Calabresi. "It calls into question our credibility in negotiating treaties and other foreign policy initiatives, and raises doubts about whether the U.S. is capable of providing leadership." Following the CTBT defeat, the President came out swinging, telling the world that he was engaged in a titanic struggle with "isolationist" Republicans, and that he planned to prevail. That was unlikely to reassure Washington�s friends abroad; the fact that the Senate debacle occurred when partisan skirmishing created a momentum that even Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott was unable to stop suggested that there was chaos in the wheelhouse of the world�s last superpower.


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Earlier today, American political satirist and video game developer Noel Proulx released a comic strip that will surely end up getting talked about in the next few days, depicting Islam's prophet Muhammad in an interview regarding the death of Osama Bin Laden. The comic strip shows a bearded Muhammad with a halo surrounding his head, commenting that Osama Bin Laden will not be getting his seventy-two virgins, instead receiving seventy-two "Tauren," a character race in the popular online game World of Warcraft, which are essentially bipedal "cow people." Here is a link to the comic strip.
The comic strip, released on Proulx's website Excuse the News, shows Muhammad twice in an Egypt-like setting, with his full body and face displayed. Islamic law demands that imagery of the Prophet Muhammad should never be depicted by anyone. In 2005, Denmark's newspaper Jyllands-Posten released a political cartoon depicting Muhammad, which led to numerous protests and even death threats. More recently, the Comedy Central show South Park depicted Muhammad wearing a bear costume in an attempt to take a stab at censorship in the media, which resulted in their network heavily censoring the following episode by beeping out a majority of the content. The South Park episode also brought about death threats and other protest.
I'm treading on this story carefully because Noel Proulx happens to be a friend of mine, who contacted me on May 5th to say that he might have a breaking news story for me, but not going into details as to what that story pertained to. I found out moments before beginning this article that he had graphically depicted the Prophet Muhammad in his comic strip on his website, a site that I have contributed to in the past. Asking Mr. Proulx why he decided to depict a graphic image of Muhammad in his comic strip, he replied "I didn't so much `decide' to use him, it came about naturally in development of the strip. I did make a decision not to self-censor or avoid the subject out of fear. The point was not to make fun of Muhammad, [but] he is used to deliver the Bin Laden insult. I guess in short I wanted to step where people are afraid to step."
Noel Proulx's comic strip hasn't yet gotten national attention, and there's a chance it might not. It doesn't depict the Prophet Muhammad in an offense way, beyond merely depicting him in the first place. Will this comic strip result in protests and hostility? Or will all of the recent developments throughout the Muslim world inspire a calmer reaction to the strip? I suppose only time, and 1.5 billion Muslims throughout the world, will tell.


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Roasted Corn Salsa
Hello All,
Just a quick little recipe I wanted to share before I leave tomorrow morning. The Southwest has already started inspiring me. Also needing to use the last items I had in the fridge. I made a super yummy corn salsa. You can eat this with anything; with chips, in tacos, on fish or meat,on eggs, whatever your heart desires. Sweet corn is in season now and what a better time to fire up the grill and make this super easy, bright and refreshing salsa.
5 ears of sweet corn
1/2 of a red onion
1 bunch of cilantro
2 limes
olive oil
sea salt & pepper
Remove husks from corn and lightly coat in olive oil. Cook on the grill or on the stovetop right over the flames. Turning to char the corn. Meanwhile dice half of one red onion and cilantro. Put ingredients in a bowl and add the juice of 2 limes. Mix in a little olive oil and sea salt. When corn is cool gently use your knife to slide down the sides of the corn. Add the corn to the mix and toss. You could add jalapenos if you want it spicy. Add a pinch of cumin and adjust seasoning if needed.
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I love grilled corn anything and this looks wonderful for summer. Safe travels!ReplyDelete
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Yummm this looks so amazing!! xoReplyDelete
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I can't get enough of Colorado sweet corn right now...great reason to make this salsa! Have so much fun on your travels!ReplyDelete
Delicioso, mmmmmmReplyDelete
Oh, how delicious. :-) I haven't had good sweet corn yet this year and this would be the perfect recipe to try it out in.ReplyDelete
Great recipe. I will definitely make it this weekend! Enjoy your holiday, Nicole!ReplyDelete
That looks so good – yummy! Now I'm also longing for blue tortilla chips; haven't eaten those since 2009. Not the easiest to find in Europe.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your holiday ;-)
This is one of my favorite ways to eat salsa. Been loving roasted corn and the simple, easy throw of ingredients makes it super light and gorgeous (especially with the purple onions).ReplyDelete


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Some people seeking financial advice are being drowned in paperwork, with lawyers pushing financial advisers to include minuscule and irrelevant details in explanations that consumers are now legally entitled to, the chairman of the corporate watchdog said on Friday.
The new chief of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Jeff Lucy, told a Melbourne luncheon, hosted by the Securities Institute and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, that neither ASIC nor the Howard Government was satisfied that financial advisers were providing advice "at the right level of conciseness".
"We've been meeting stakeholder groups, we've been making our views very clear," he said. "We think that what's out there in the market is a significant overkill of what's really required."
He said financial planners were relying on legal advice that suggested nothing be left out of product disclosure statements, which provide details on individual investment opportunities, and statements of advice, which are framed in line with the financial needs of individual investors.
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I haven't made Jism 2 for 100 crore club: Pooja Bhatt
Director Pooja Bhatt is on cloud eleven after the success of Sunny Leone starrer Jism 2. The director is glad that film has broken records of other blockbusters from the Bhatt stable - Murder 2 and Jannat 2. Parmita Uniyal reports.bollywood Updated: Aug 07, 2012 17:46 IST
Director Pooja Bhatt is on cloud eleven after the success of Sunny Leone starrer Jism 2. The director is glad that film has broken records of other blockbusters from the Bhatt stable - Murder 2 and Jannat 2.
'Outstanding business'
A film which was made in 7 crores doing business of 21 crores, that too in Ramzan and without any major stars is outstanding to say the least.
'Bigger hit than Murder 2 and Jannat 2'
Jism 2 has broken sale records of even Murder 2 and Jannat 2 in Punjab, UP and Delhi with regards to first weekend sales. And Murder 2 and Jannat 2 were two of the biggest hits to have come out of the Bhatt stable! Champagne popping at my end!
'What 100 crore club? We Bhatts have our own club'
With regard to entering the 100 crore club, I don't make movies for 40-60 crores plus that give me a turnover of 100 crores. I make films for 7 crores plus that do a turnover of between 25-50 crores. They can keep their club. We Bhatts rule our own!
"Started with a bang on Thursday [previews; Raksha Bandhan holiday] and Friday, but slipped considerably on Saturday itself. Though most films witness a decline in business on Saturday, the fall in this case was alarming. The film, however, was better on Sunday, but lower than Friday, which, again, comes as a surprise, since most films fare the best on Sundays," trade expert Taran Adarsh wrote for Bollywood Hungama.
"Yet, thanks to the total accumulated on Thursday + Friday, the overall figure looks quite good. Collected approx Rs 20 cr to Rs 21 cr nett in its opening weekend, inclusive of Thursday previews," added Adarsh.
Sunny Leone's Jism 2 rakes in moolah
Sunny Leone's Bollywood debut Jism 2 has succeeded to woo the box office despite a weak script and slow pace. It's Leone magic all the way, as the film made on a budget of Rs 6-7 crore, has collected Rs 21 crore nett on its opening weekend. FULL STORY


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When I first Ms. Framm regarding my workman's comp case, I had no idea what to expect. Ms. Framm gave me very clear expectations and time frames. It was a very unique and difficult case and the other side did a lot of bullying. Rhonda stood up for me time and time again. She gave me a voice, supported me and helped me in ways that go far beyond what an attorney "needs" to do for a client. She fought for me during the many hearings and decisions that had to be made. Her office staff, specifically Katrina were fantastic. They were always there to clarify, answer questions and give me the "next steps". I am very thankful for everything they have done and would recommend her office to anyone in need of a tough attorney that won't back down to the big organizations.
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This was the worst experience I had of someone that was supposed to be working in my behalf. I trusted Ms Framm, so I signed a form without completely reading it. This form was her retainer form. Yes, completely my fault. I've learned from this experience to never assume...even if that person outwardly appears to have your best interest and is representing you. We went over every legal document verbally and concisely. Great prep, Ms Framm. Yet the retainer form that was slid to me was given no verbal explanation. Why should it. Attorneys are by-law to only charge 33%.This is what I thought. Wrong! I never batted an eye and just went on and signed it. Yes, again my dumb fault. I just figured there was no need to read another exhausting document. After the trail and having been issued my minuscule portion of the award check, she informed me that when a case goes to court, the percentage does indeed increase. Ok... but her percentage turned out to be 50%. That did not include her transportation to and from court, parking, office supplies, hours doing this and that. She even charged me for every document to be copied, at .40, from her office copy machine. Had I known that I was being charge for that practically 1 foot stack high of copied documents, ahead of time... After receiving my piece of cut up award and storming out of her office, I did a little research. I polled others who had similar cases as mine, along with many web researches. I found not one personal acquaintance or testimonies or blog posted on the web that revealed their attorney charge them 50%; on top of miscellaneous fees. I did see ONE, where as an attorney charged their client 40%. Not one, from my research did I come across an attorney that charge a 50% retainer.
Initially, I planned to just take my lose. But, more and more I felt that others should be warned to be very much on-guard of this outwardly adorable, smiling attorney and others like her. Read everything! Take nothing for granted!
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A shocking video of a Malaysian woman beating her toddler baby, has emerged on social media sites provoking an outrage from people on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
The video is brutally disturbing and contains graphic material and could offend any one because of the depressing content of it.
In the video, a 19 year old woman is seen hitting her small, 8-month-old baby continuously, first with a pillow then resorting to slapping, kicking and pinching. As the baby cries and tries to reach its mother she keeps pushing it away by hitting kicking and slapping it in the face.
The person making the video who was a friend of the mother, claims that she recorded the evidence in order to lodge a complaint to the police.
According to sources, the battered baby has been moved to foster care, whereas the mother and the woman making the video have been sentenced to jail by the Malaysian police, for only 18 months. The fate of the baby is still unclear.