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I also think that it could happen in a crate, especially if the dog has started having some separation issues.
I cannot imagine a board/train facility having their charges running together in any manner that they may connect in a dog fight, though there are strange doggy day-care situations where they do run together. Evenso, one has to be practically inhuman to never fail in securing a gate. Why, this morning, when I had Joy in Far Field and the girls and I were getting Jenna's water, I looked out in the yard, and Joy was running back along the back fence and another dog was running alongside on the outside. Darn, it's Karma! She was in Near Field. I have forgotten to secure the gate when I brought in the last bag of dog food. She slipped right out and was having a good time.
With dogs that don't know each other, or with bitches who do, a fight can happen in milliseconds.
Did you pay for the vet bill too? Because, if the kennel picked up the tab on that, I think I would probably let it go, and if you are not thrilled with the training, I might go elsewhere for boarding in the future.
If you got stung with the vet bill too, well, I think that's pretty crappy. I mean, if the dog became ill, while in boarding, and it may not have been due to a slip up of some sort, I would expect to pay the vet. But if the dog gets injured, whether due to the equipment or another dog, I would expect the people who are being paid to keep the dog safe would pay that.
If they did, while it doesn't make things wonderful, it is true that poo happens when you are talking about living creatures.
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If I may offer my humble opinion...first thing I would do is say the (abbreviated) Serenity Prayer. (fake it your a non-believer) Stuff does happen !
I would advise you not to talk to the owner but send a letter. That way you can sit down and write out exactly what you want, in the order you want and not second guess yourself afterwards.
You could end you letter:
You may reach me at 1-215-555-1212 if you would like to discuss this personally.
If he / she response to your request, you will know what type of person he /she is. And from there you can make a decision on ever going back there.
And I also would like to say, you did the best thing in just paying and leaving.
|I do understand the initial frustration and me being a super paranoid person I would think the worst. I like the point made of finding out where the dog was when the injury was found. That would probably answer a lot of questions without seeming accusatory or aggressive. Also the point of contacting the vet that cared for your dog at the time. Please let us know if you are able to catch anything and definitely watch for signs of infection since we all know our dogs like to stick their noses into a lot of different places.
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Thanks everyone for the feedback. It does make sense now and it probably fast but the dogs must have been very aggressive and growling before that happens.
My two male dogs don't give a lot of warning or noise. Sometimes all it takes is for the older one to show his teeth.
Today I heard one very quiet growl and knew they were going to fight. By the time I turned around they were at it. Thankfully the dogs did not injure each other. The only one who has ever got injured was me.
If my dog was injured like that at a boarding place I would be livid!
yes a crate can do that kind of damage.
this looks like an abrasion injury, a wire coming loose and giving a scratch.
is your dog crate trained?
|It's hard to assume what happened. Am I clear that they have not answered you as to where the dog was when they noticed the injury? That would have bled quite a bit and is not a "scratch" as described. You might consider getting the name of the vet who took care of her during this incident. Ask what their opinion is on the wound, how did they treat it, etc. to get a better clue if the boarding facility is not being forth-coming about what exactly happened.
|I work at a boarding kennel as a groomer, I've seem dogs tear up their noses and lips chewing on doors and chain link, also had one catch a lip and side of the nose on the side of the water buckets , it was stuck and ripped it up pretty good until kennel staff got to it. Once had a older golden pull out a canine tooth chewing on chain link. Had a cocker have his entire mouth stuck on a cage door, had to take the door off to unstuck that one. (he had been chewing on it to get out)
I agree with the others, looks more like a dog fight wound.
Re your point # 2, On the top of her nose there are two smaller wounds that look to be spaced just right for having been made by another dog's teeth to me?
Things happen, dogs can be fast and unpredictable. Having said that I would rethink using this facility in the future.
If it were my dog that wound goes just enough over the line of tolerance for benefit of the doubt.....I wouldn't be comfortable leaving my dog there because A) it's not a small scratch as they told you B) your dog's behavior upon going to pick her up C) no clear answers to your qustions (your point #4)
|Thanks everyone for the feedback. It does make sense now and it probably fast but the dogs must have been very aggressive and growling before that happens. I think its preventable and they should had look after the dogs better. I will be speaking to the owner and make sure this doesn't happen with other dogs.
|looks like a puncture wound to me. if it was from another dog, it could have happened in lest than a second so the handler may have been very reactive to prevent further injury. i would also examine the crate. either way sounds like the place did what they should have.
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Andre Santos expects to have a relaxed summer, and that's just the way he wants it.
Last July the full back starred for Brazil at the Copa America, where Brazil were knocked out in the quarter-finals, before returning to Turkey to prepare for the new season with Fenerbahce. Then, on the final day of the transfer window, Andre sealed his move to Arsenal to complete a hectic summer.
This year he's hoping for an altogether more straightforward preparation to the new season.
"Brazil will play a few friendly matches, but I don't expect to get picked," Santos told the Official Matchday Programme, "because they will use the players going to the Olympics. The coach will want to prepare for that tournament, so I don't blame him for that.
"Anyway, last season I played at the Copa America and didn't have a proper pre-season because of that so I don't mind having a holiday this summer.
"I need a proper preparation with Arsenal. Last year was crazy with the Copa America and I then had my transfer, so this year I want it to be more relaxed, a more regular start to the season - the opposite of last year!"
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By Rob Kelly
Arsène Wenger has hailed his side's defensive improvement after they claimed a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Wigan on Saturday.
Arsenal were put under real pressure by Roberto Martinez's side after taking the lead through Mikel Arteta's penalty, but held on for a vital three points.
Wenger was delighted with the resilience his side showed, and believes it augers well for the rest of the campaign.
"You could see that defensively we are getting better as a unit, as a team," he told Arsenal Player. "That is one of the positives of the day.
"We won the game in the end because we really wanted the points but we were hanging on a bit in the last 30 minutes. I am very happy that we made it in the end but we were on the ropes a bit.
"We made a demonstration offensively against Reading [when we won 5-2], but here it was more of a demonstration of defensive efficiency. I hope in the next game that we can produce the two together."
Arsenal have risen up to fourth in the table after three successive victories, and Wenger is confident his side can maintain their good form.
"As soon as you are consistent in this league, you can climb up [the table] very quickly," he said. "Everybody is good, but it is difficult to be consistent and once you manage it, you climb very quickly. That is what we want to focus on."
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Oh this just makes me happy :) I can imagine how much easier it is to find those little things now. Great idea!ReplyDelete
So cute! :-) And such a great idea! :-) I normally just do zip locks or little tupperwares with the little things in them! :-0ReplyDelete
I have fallen into the "bag trap" too. Mostly, though, I use baskets or small containers to organize my little things.ReplyDelete
I'm so jealous of your label maker. I so need one of those...yesterday. I love the feeling of a newly organized space!ReplyDelete
You know, the labels made me smile too. I am thinking of things I can organise just so I can get myself some pretty labels too :)ReplyDelete
I have something similar in my laundry room and it works well for lightbulbs, batterie, etc. I'm not organized to actually label it, lol. I'm sure it would help when the boys are tearing the drawers apart looking for batteries for their xbox remotes!ReplyDelete
This post couldn't come at a better time. I could be called the "bag lady" I am a big believer in using ziplocks to store things, but I agree it ends up being a jumbled mess. This looks awesome! Nice work!ReplyDelete
I corral all extra hanging screws, felt pads etc. in one one container along with a ruler, leveler and small hammer..you carry it around like a briefcase and it works great!! Just curious though....if you only have X amount of doors in your home and most likely they all already have door stoppers then why would you keep an extra stash of them? It's not like you will be adding more doors to your home right?ReplyDeleteReplies
Ha! Great question- those are door stops we've removed because when my son was small, he was always playing with them or trying to chew on them so we took a few off and haven't put them back. I wanted to keep them for if/when we do want to.Delete
Great job making all that miscellaneous look so pretty! :)ReplyDelete
That's so smart. Ziplocs are my go-to organizing solution too but they can easily get out of hand.ReplyDelete
Great idea. I love the idea of printing out clear labels and putting them on the brightly colored ones. I never even thought of that. I have to have all of that little stuff organized, too. Well done and I love all of the Valentine projects on your sidebar.ReplyDelete
I'm loving that pop of color from the Martha labels. She really has a fabulous line.ReplyDelete
I really need to get some of those because I have the bag syndrome too! It always drives me nuts when I actually have to find something!ReplyDelete
I love that you put your clear labels onto pretty ones. Definitely using that idea on something around my house!ReplyDelete
This is such a good idea! I need to work on my organization for smaller things around the house.ReplyDelete
I bought a dozen wide mouth mason canning jars to organize my odds & ends!ReplyDelete
WOW! What a great idea!!! I have all these little items in a large basket in my pantry.... I can never find them. Thank you sharing this! I would have never thought of that!!ReplyDelete
I used to be organized in our old house, but after moving 2 years ago nothing has a place. It is all in plastic bags in different drawers. My husband would love for me to get the small stuff organized. Thanks for the idea!ReplyDelete
Love this post! I use those MS labels as well! I've already bought two packs because there is so much to use them for. And then we recently got a label maker, so they really get used. Now if they could just keep putting the MS products on Clearance...ReplyDelete
The Container Store always comes to the rescue! This is a genius solution to our kitchen junk drawer that houses many of items you organized. Thanks for the tip.ReplyDelete
Love how you took all the stuff from the plastic ziplocs and into those little storage chest. I have some of them for office supplies and want to buy more after seeing yours tonight. Thanks for sharing your ideas.ReplyDelete


text: NEA teacher leaders recommend overhaul of evaluation and accountability WASHINGTON—Signaling a commitment to a new, prestigious profession of teaching, the National Education Association called on its members to set a course to overhaul teacher evaluation and accountability and advance student learning. Based on recommendations of a workgroup of NEA leaders convened by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel this spring, the NEA Board of Directors has approved for final action a policy statement that revamps teacher evaluation and accountability. The statement reflects the first broad endorsement by NEA of the need for evaluation and accountability reform. Delegates to the 2011 Representative Assembly, NEA's highest policy-making body, will vote on the statement in July. "As more states and districts seek to improve teacher evaluation, the risk is that reform is done to teachers rather than with them," said Van Roekel. "This policy statement on Teacher Evaluation and Accountability was written by and for teachers while heeding other expertise. It outlines a system to help teachers improve instruction and meet students' needs. It offers sweeping changes to build a true profession of teaching focused on high expectations. This is what our members want from NEA – and we answered with a fresh vision for the teaching profession grounded in ideas that are realistic, doable, and will ensure that every student has access to a high quality teacher." The NEA policy statement reaffirms that tenure – or career status – should not be automatic, but earned. It states that career status should reflect that a teacher has met or exceeded standards in his or her practice. And it recognizes that if a teacher fails to meet expectations, after being given a reasonable opportunity to improve, that he or she should be counseled out of the profession or be subject to a swift and fair dismissal process. Many teacher evaluation and accountability systems are in need of reform. The policy statement recognizes that creating robust systems requires the involvement of many stakeholders, and affirms that all teachers are responsible for providing students with a high quality education and continuously enhancing their practice. It also states that teachers have the responsibility to stay current in subject matter and pedagogy to ensure that they can provide students the best instruction possible. In addition, the policy statement calls for regular evaluations of all teachers based on multiple indicators of student learning and growth. And the statement supports the limited use of standardized tests in such evaluations if the tests are valid, reliable and high quality measures of student learning and growth. Further highlights of the policy statement include: A call for high quality teacher evaluation systems that provide regular, comprehensive, meaningful and fair evaluations by trained evaluators, based on multiple indicators, including teacher practice, teacher growth, and contributions to student learning. Evaluation systems should be adequately funded and staffed. Such systems should provide teachers with ongoing feedback on their practice and the time for the collaboration so critical to identifying, and correcting, instructional difficulties. A call for high quality teacher accountability systems that recognize the responsibilities of all teachers to provide high quality instruction and to continually update their knowledge and skills. Such systems should hold all teachers accountable for meeting the standards of the teaching profession and provide teachers with the tools they need to do so, including notice and a limited period of time in which to remedy any deficiencies identified in a teacher's practice. "These are not easy topics, and we know that our leaders and members will discuss them carefully this summer at our Annual Meeting. They deserve that discussion, because their voices have been silenced by too many policymakers in too many states," said Van Roekel. "The time is right to take back our profession, and we believe that our members will be eager to seize the opportunity to change the conversation from how to shortcut quality to how to make teaching and public schools extraordinary for our students." --NEA Media Release Subscribe to MTA News Headlines by Email


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The way those involved in the game have to deal with immediate interviews with passions still running so high is something I have mentioned before. The Kevin Keegan interview from a few years back springs to mind but considering how many players, managers and coaches are faced with interrogation so soon after matches finish, I find it absolutely amazing that such a scene is not witnessed on a regular basis!
This can only be supported I feel by the way we feel as fans in the build up, during and after games. With a number of the accompanying emotions over the last couple of weeks it is this reason alone as to why I have taken a couple of days before compiling my latest thoughts.
The one thing the players rarely get to experience is what it is like to be a travelling fan, the efforts to make the games, the banter between supporters and the whole 'in the stands' scenario.
Having done this week-in week-out for decades now I believe I am in a position to bring up situations that make even me scratch my head.
Our travelling support up at Old Trafford was simply fantastic on one hand but completely mystifying on another. With things not going our way for the fourth time in a couple of weeks the 9,000 Gooners completely outsang our hosts, many of your e-mails confirming we sounded loud and proud on the TV.
My next point is aimed very much at a minority of our great fans. It is not an accusation, just my opinion, but those involved will know if it includes them.
This has arguably been one of the most frustrating and disappointing couple of weeks in our history. Defeats in crucial matches obviously being the No 1 factor but getting so close, some quite dreadful refereeing decisions and yet more lengthy injuries to key players at such important times all make up the overall package.
Deep down we all know we are in this together and we all definitely want the same thing. We all have our own opinions about decisions made on and off the pitch, the way we play and how games progress. All of those have an element of right and wrong. That is what makes the sport we all love so great.
For me however, there is one aspect of the support we give as fans I just do not get. With time running out on Saturday and our exit from the FA Cup looking increasingly likely, there were Gooners around me that started to boo one or two of our players.
I rarely get angry, I'm just not that type of bloke but when I hear that it gets under my skin. Of course I accept the argument that when a fan pays huge amounts of money to attend games he should be able to vent his frustration in the way he sees fit. When we all want the team to win however, I simply do not understand how this helps in any way whatsoever.
Please let me emphasise here that generally the support was magnificent on the day as I mentioned above and these occasions happen rarely. I just wish those of us Gooners who have been guilty of this were to think about if it really helps.
Whatever has happened over the last couple of weeks we head to The Hawthorns on Saturday second in the Premier League and fighting for the title.
As a fan, just like each and every one of you, all I want from the day is three points.
We can help. Of that there is no doubt.
Come on you mighty reds.
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Th e Politic s o f Medicin e
John McKnight
Attempts to reform health services in the U.S. have not resulted in better health — they have furthered the dependence of people on experts, and served to perpetuate the myth that technology can cure all problems. Good health cannot be achieved until the practice of medicine is divorced from the political function of the medical empire.
The United States was once known as a consumer society because of our predilection for defining life as the use of goods and services. But during the past decade v/e have become a society that lives by consuming crises. We have ingested such unpalatables as civil rights, overpopulation, Watergate, energy shortages, inflation and recession. The popular impression is that in the face of crisis we will digest — i f not overcome. There is, however, one crisis that has been with us for a generation, and we still cannot seem to get i t down. I t is popularly known as the 'health care crisis'.
There is something refreshing about a nonconsumable crisis. I t demonstrates the limits of American ingenuity and ensures some continuity in American life. Grandparents, parents and children can join in common cause as they reflect upon and complain about their continuing health care problems.
There are compelling reasons why the 'health care' crisis has not been consumed. The principal reason is that its consumption would contribute to a revolutionary crisis in American politics. The applicability of this proposition may be peculiarly American. I f i t applies to other developed societies of the capitalist or socialist world, invidious comparisons are left to the reader.
Prescriptions for Reform
The chronic American 'health care crisis' has created an impressive array of palliative reforms. Each ineffective remedy has produced a new prescription. At least six therapies have been administered:
1. The effort to ensure equal access to medical care. The government has outlawed racial discrimination, supported all manner of programs to increase the number of 'health workers', created incentives for doctors to practice in underdoctored areas and supported regulatory systems to allocate hospital beds in relationship to 'medical need'. 112
2. The focus on improving the quality of health care. Increased professionalization and professional review processes have received the support of the state and of many modernized medical practitioners.
3. An attempt to deal with costs. Comprehensive prepaid systems, health maintenance organizations, Medicare, Medicaid and the proposal for a National Health Insurance program represent efforts to conquer the medical system's growing capacity to consume the gross national product.
4. The effort to involve 'health consumers' in the system. Here, the government and the medical industry are gradually enabling non-professionals to participate in the decision-making processes of the system. Laypeople are given seats in medical congresses where they may vote on the future policies of the system.
5. The increasing concern over ethical issues posed by modern medicine. Organ transplants, abortion, and life-extension technologies provide new crises and new public and professional policies.
6. The preventive health care movement. This reform provides policy alternatives designed to 'get at the root of the problem.' I t calls for continuing checkups, computerized screening systems and medical outreach plans tied to public education programs that will enable more people to use the system.
Although these reform efforts have consumed the resources and energies of Americans for more than a generation, the work of Dubos, Fuchs, Illich et al. demonstrates that the recent growth of modern medicine has had very little positive effect upon the health of the American people, insofar as health is measured by morbidity and mortality rates. In the face of the mounting evidence that modernized medicine is irrelevant as a determinant of health, we have responded with phenomenal new investments in medicine. Since 1965, the growth rate for total medical care expenditures has averaged more than 10 per cent a year. The nation's medical care bill has increased from $30 billion in 1965 to $94 billion in 1973 — a figure representing 7.7 per cent of the gross national product.
Medicine's Hegemony
Since these soaring investments in medicine appear to have so little effect upon our health, the basic question is not 'How can we reform medicine?' but 'Why do we invest so heavily in its reform?' The answer may lie in the very fact that the reform increases the hegemony of the therapeutic ideology.
Consider the predictably hegemonic outcomes of the six American reforms.
1. Achieving equal access serves to confirm the value of medicine by broadening the clientele and establishing the legal premise that the right to consume medical service is the central 'health' issue. 'Progressive' litigation seeks to establish 'the right to treatment.'
2. The guarantee of quality care serves to intensify popular belief that health-care professionals know what care is. The critical issue is to force or entice the professionals to produce 'it' . 3. Cost-control ensures not our health but a rationalized guarantee of the medical system's income. The central issue is how to extend the system while lowering or stabilizing the price.
4. Consumer participation co-opts potentially disruptive citizens by providing participation in medicine as a substitute for political action that might affect the critical determinants of physiological il l health.
5. Ethical 'reform' could limit medical hegemony by concluding that such issues as abortion and life extension are not medical prerogatives. However, medical professionals have co-opted theologians and clergy by expanding their trade and becoming the guiding counselors for appropriate decisions regarding these problems. 1
6. 'Preventive' medical care systems can make every person a client each day of his life. Medicalized prevention tells us that we need the medical system precisely because we do not perceive a need.
Each reform, therefore, represents a new opportunity for the medical system to expand its influence, scale and control. I t is no wonder that the reform efforts are often generated by medical interests. Indeed, should the American people come to believe that health is basically a political affair and abandon the medicalized reform efforts, the medical system would deflate like a great balloon pricked by the common sense of citizens. The system needs the hot air of reform i f i t is to continue to inflate.
The System's Political Functions
Despite the utility of reform as an essential process to promote the growth of medicine, i t would be totally inaccurate to suggest that medical reform is basically a self-serving mechanism of the medical industry. Its 'nonmedical', political effects are now its most important function. Indeed, the reason the 'health care crisis' is so nonconsumable is that we cannot afford to digest i t because its functions are so critical to the maintenance of the status quo. The political functions of the system are numerous:
First, in any economy that becomes capital-intensive, means of distributing income are needed in order to create new markets and to forestall disruptive unemployment. 'Service' systems rationalize alternative means of income distribution. The expansion of the medical system is, in most modernized societies, a primary means of providing income and markets disguised as help.
Second, expanding medical systems require the manufacture of need. As each new need is created, citizens have an increased sense of deficiency and dependence. Indeed, an essential function of professional medical training is to increase the capacity of the trainee to define his or her neighbor as deficient while reducing the capacity of the neighbor to cope.
Third, as physiological health remains stable or diminishes while medical resources increase, political energies are increasingly consumed in the effort to reform the medical system. Next to inflation and recession, 'health' insurance is still the major domestic issue on the U.S. political agenda. The consumption of politics through medical reform is a central function of the 'crisis'. New Ecologist No. 4 July/Aug 1978
Fourth, in many countries current research demonstrates that increasing numbers of people use the medical system for reasons that doctors say are not physiologically based. In the U.S., well over half the 'patients' are classified by doctors as not having physiological problems. When doctors are asked why these people visit them, they identify a series of cultural, social and economic problems. Therefore, their medical 'care' is, by the doctor's own definition, a placebo for that action that could address the cultural, social, economic and political causes of the malady.
Fifth, the growth of medical hegemony provides the training ground for popular acceptance of expertise. As public belief in the need for medically defined service expands, the people act less as citizens. They are more accurately defined as clients. Clients are people who believe that they are going to be better because someone else knows better. In the U.S. this training in 'clientage' contributed to support for the Vietnam war. Having been trained by professional servicers to believe in professional expertise, American clients waged war by putting their faith in 'systems analysts', 'international relations experts' and 'management authorities'. They were given prescriptions for the problem coded in terms of body counts, minilistening devices, herbicides and missions. Prepared for professional dependence, they accepted the diagnosis and prescription of a new breed of war-making professionals.
Sixth, the growth-oriented medical system trains people to accept inequity as the price of progress. Indeed, issues of equity and justice can be most effectively co-opted by the belief that the next professionaltechnological breakthrough will bring health to everyone i f we will only invest our resources in professional 'help'. This 'research and development' argument has been a magnificent mechanism to ensure regressive use of efficacious medical resources while preparing people to accept the generalized proposition that inequity is the price of progress.
Seventh, the most important political role of a growth-oriented medical system is its capacity to obliterate any remnant cultural sense of the limits of a technological society. Communicating its commitment to the death of death, the medical system, by its growth, affirms a world view that places ultimate value in development, exploitation and conquest. In a society that is decaying because of the unlimited growth of technology and technique, medicine's primary political function is to obscure the cause of our dying.
Reasserting the Possibility of Politics
Viewed in these terms, the essential function of medicine is the medicalization of politics through the propagation of a therapeutic ideology. This ideology, stripped of its mystifying symbols, is a simple triadic credo: (1) The basic problem is you, (2) the resolution of your problem is my professional control, and (3) my control is your help. The essence of the medical ideology is its capacity to hide control behind the magic cloak of therapeutic help. The power of this mystification is so great that the therapeutic ideology is being


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Tracy & Ryan
August 17
Riverhead, New York
Q & A with the Bride:
What was the one thing about your venue that made you know it was the one?
We love all of the charm that the North Fork of Long Island has to offer – the old barns, farmland, and of course the wineries! So we knew we wanted our wedding guests to experience all of that. We looked at a few different wineries on the North Fork, but what made Martha Clara so perfect and unique was their big old barn where we had our reception.
Which details from your wedding were your favorites?
We had our ceremony and cocktail hour outdoors at Martha Clara, and since it was a beautiful day, the horses were hanging out in the field. One of them actually came right up to the fence looking for food! It was so cool to have them as part of our "backdrop."
Our florist, Becky Jens from Moments in Time Floral Design hung these really cool paper lanterns inside the barn above the dance floor. When the sun went down, it really helped to get the party started!
Instead of handing out wedding programs, we made a large chalkboard with the details of the wedding party written on it, and propped it against a fence so guests can read it as they entered the ceremony space. Not only did we save paper, but I think it added a unique touch and a rustic feel to our event.
If you could offer one piece of advice for other couples planning their wedding, what would it be?
We had about 20 months to plan and organize our wedding, and we felt that this gave us an opportunity to just enjoy being engaged and take our time with planning the wedding. We were able to focus on all the little details that we felt made our event unique.


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Fede wrote:Ok, I have to ask.
What is it?
Mawkish1983 wrote:I've asked this in the wrong section haven't I? :s sorry. Could this be moved to the 'suggestions' section?
Also, would including an RSS feed be possible or am I dreaming?
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Apricot Pistachio Granola From 'Whole-Grain Mornings'
Granola was the object of my first breakfast obsession (since then, it has been a rotating cast of oatmeal, toast, and muesli). My mom would make giant batches of honey, almond, and sesame granola every few months, pulling out the giant roasting pan and spending hours near the stove, stirring, as the cereal transformed from dry oats into a sweet, toasty treat. I'd eat it for breakfast with yogurt every morning throughout high school. I've since learned to make granola myself, falling in and out of love with various recipes.
Megan Gordon's apricot pistachio granola from her new cookbook, Whole-Grain Mornings, is a version of one of her company's best-sellers. She coats oats, pepitas, sunflower seeds, pistachios, and sesame seeds with a sweet and savory mix of olive oil and maple syrup. A flurry of ground cardamom adds a floral note and a final sprinkle of dried apricots and crystalized ginger adds sweetness and a touch of heat. Gordon doesn't use any tricks to cook the granola; she just lets it roast low and slow until golden and crisp. The end result is simply a great granola, worthy of a new breakfast obsession.
Why I picked this recipe: I couldn't cook through Gordon's book without trying at least one of her granolas.
What worked: I loved the combination of savory pistachios, sweet apricots, spicy ginger, and floral cardamom.
What didn't: My oven is finicky and doesn't hold a consistent temperature, and I found that I needed to cook the granola about 15 minutes longer to get it to crisp up.
Suggested tweaks: If you'd like for your granola to form clusters, don't stir while the granola is cooking and cooling. Instead, be sure to pat the granola mixture firmly into the pan to ensure that it cooks evenly. Once the granola is cool, break it apart into pieces for storage.
Reprinted with permission from Whole Grain Mornings: New Breakfast Recipes to Span the Seasons by Megan Gordon. Copyright 2013. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House. All rights reserved. Available wherever books are sold.
- Yield:Makes about 8 cups
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:50 minutes, plus cooling time
- 3 cups / 300 g rolled oats
- 1 cup / 130 g raw pistachios, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup / 130 g raw pepitas
- 1/2 cup / 60 g raw sesame seeds
- 1/2 cup / 60 g raw sunflower seeds
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup / 120 ml extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup / 120 ml maple syrup
- 1/2 cup / 75 g finely chopped dried apricots (about 10 dried apricots)
- 1/4 cup / 25 g diced crystallized ginger
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
In a large bowl, stir together the oats, pistachios, pepitas, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, salt, cinnamon, and cardamom.
Add the vanilla, olive oil, and maple syrup and stir to combine. I use my hands at this point so that all of the wet and dry ingredients are evenly mixed together. Turn the mixture out onto the prepared baking sheet and spread in an even layer.
Bake until fragrant and golden brown, 35 to 40 minutes. Stir every 15 to 20 minutes to ensure the granola bakes evenly. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet. If the granola doesn't seem as toasty and crunchy as you'd like, it will firm up considerably as it cools. Stir in the apricots and crystallized ginger once the granola has cooled. Store in an airtight container for 3 to 4 weeks or refrigerate for up to 6 weeks (if refrigerating, keep the apricots in a separate sealed bag and add them as you enjoy your granola so they don't become hard and dry.


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APEX Gun Parts now carries a full range of Manticore Arms Products!
Follow this link to the Manticore Arms Products category on the APEX web site::
Manticore Arms was formed in 2010 when it was recognized there was a need in the firearms community for an improved charging handle for the Steyr AUG and MSAR series of rifles. They are a design firm that takes ideas for firearms related products from concept to market.
Manticore Arms develops original, forward thinking products for the firearms community. Every product they develop must adhere to three principles for it to be considered in the product line:
Every product is initally conceived to either fill a need where a product does not already exist, or to improve the function of an existing product. Multiple initial concepts are developed on paper and then brought to life in model and prototype form. Independent reviewers are allowed to test their prototypes and give feedback, and the products are refined. Only after they are satisfied that the product offers something not available or that it improves on the function of an existing product will it move forward into production.
It is easy to make a product that works, but even the most spartan shooter wants his rifle to look good. All products are designed to have visual appeal which often has its own synergy with function- smooth lines and refined design not only make a product have visual appeal, but also can improve ergonomics and make a product that will not snag or hang up on your gear. Ultimately, the appearance of their products reflects on their design sensibilites, and if your rifle looks good, they look good.
It is easy to design a product that works and that looks good, but at the end of the day, if it is not affordable, no one is going to use it. When developing products they ask independent reviewers what they think the market price of the products should be, and almost always the price point comes in below what they expect. Every product is analyzed from a manufacturing standpoint to improve the efficiency of production. In the end, they want you to get more performance for less cost.
The mission is to develop original, durable, functional, appealing, affordable products that meet your needs in a way you never have thought of, all while providing excellent customer service.
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Actuated Wingsuits
By building on existing wingsuit technology we seek to create an actuated wingsuit that can be actively controlled by the flyer, allowing individuals to take off and land at will, to gain altitude, even to perch, while preserving the intimacy of wingsuit flight.
A 15 x 15 x 15 cm cube that can jump up and balance on a corner, using reaction wheels mounted on three of its faces.
Distributed Flight Array
A flying platform consisting of multiple autonomous single propeller vehicles that are able to drive, dock with their peers, and fly in a coordinated fashion.
Flying Machine Arena
An indoor space built specifically for autonomous systems research. Current projects focus on control, high-precision maneuvers, high-precision flight, physical interaction, and novel sensing modalities.


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I learned the other day from a friend that taggers—the spray paint kind, not the online variety—are often quite predictable. If you look at a map of the locations where they tag, you'll often found a common radial pattern of increasing density of their tags. The closer to the center of that circle is the general vicinity or even the very house that the tagger lives in.
Applying some social computing to the idea, I could see a useful mass collaboration social experience, where the task is to allow anyone to submit smartphone photos with GPS locations of where they see a tag. You can then plot this on a geo-map and over time create a result of frequency of occurrence. Social sites like Brightkite and Foursquare that let you share your location prove that it's quite possible to create such a map.
So, there's a possible project that can apply to any location
really, with the help of any willing citizens. There are some practical issues:
identifying the actual tag signs from different taggers, collecting enough data
for useful information, and cooperating with the police to utilize this
information. However, these are not insurmountable and it would help the community
in general.


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alright finally someone puts some stickers UP! Caspa is the man.
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Photos of the upcoming iPad mini have been posted online, seemingly confirming once and for all that the smaller iPad does exist.
Invitations to the iPad mini launch event are expected to start flying out tomorrow, but today's latest leak reveals a handful of things about the smaller-form iPad. Sonny Dickson has posted photos of what appears to be the iPad mini on Twitter.
The leak doesn't reveal anything eye-opening and new, but does reinforce many of the recent rumours surrounding the iPad mini. First, it has an anodised aluminium rear with a cut-out for the main camera sensor. It also has dual speaker outlets on its bottom edge, punched right into the aluminium body - as seen in the iPad "3".
The most interesting hint in these photos, though, is that there will be a 32GB model of the iPad mini. A "32GB" marker is clearly etched just under the iPad logo on the rear. As expected, the iPad mini appears to use the Lightning port introduced with the iPhone 5.
Apple's iPad mini launch event is expected to take place on 17 October, which we'll know for sure with 24 hours and change if the rumour that invitations will be sent out tomorrow is true.
The iPad mini has been pegged as Apple's backlash against small, low-cost tablets like the Google Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. What these photos don't reveal is whether the iPad mini will land in the same price territory as these top 7in tablets. DigiTimes writes that the tablet will sell for between $249 and $299, suggesting it'll get pretty close.
Other long-rumoured iPad mini specs include its 7.85in screen, that it will use a dual-core processor and feature the same screen resolution as the iPad 2 - 1,024 x 768 pixels.
If the iPad mini is unveiled on 17 October, you can expect it to go on sale before the first few days of November are done. Its timing is primed for the Christmas rush. But would you buy a loved one a £200 iPad mini? Let us know if you would in the comments.


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Discussion in 'Fantasy Sports Central' started by MotownPride, Sep 26, 2013.
Congrats to MCPG, whoever that is. Superb tatering over the last few days
Looks like I'm bowing out as well for the year. Great match up last week - I didn't really let myself down in any categories except maybe breaking the 100 mark in turnovers (but I stress it's a category I've lost all year). Winless just pulled out a brilliant week, keyed by Curry's matchup clinching performance last night. To the extent that you take his numbers out; I go through! Tough loss. Well played all! It's going to be a LONG seven months until we renew our battles! Catch you all then!
Not that it's very exciting but you and I are still playing for bronze. I noticed your lineup isn't set.
Thanks mate, you're a stand up guy. Line up now set.
Love to hear you talking trash like that, Rocastle!!
Your team scared me the most heading into the playoffs. Was pretty sure you and I would end up in the finals. Not to be for either of us. It will be an honor to play you for the last medal
Well played matchup. I got the win despite Pau Gasol sitting out the whole week. I am going to have my hands full this week. See ya next season Rocastle.
Trash talk just ain't what it used to be eh... The Bad Boys are turning in their graves!
watching MCPG (so who is this now?? I only remember him for trading me an injured player at the beginning of the season :D ) picking and dropping players I have to say that I will adopt this strategy next season. It really seems to work out fine (in particular since I lost because he picked up Dalembert at the right time since his 7 blocks in one game made the decisive difference).
Drath Tater first used this strategy many years ago. In fact, we call this excessive daily adding and dropping "Tatering" because of Drath. Some feel this is a wise strategy while others think it is too excessive. In any case, it is legal under the rules. One strategy for discouraging it is to reduce the number of moves allowed per season (say you reduce it from 100 to 50). Anyways, congrats to both of you for making the finals.
I remember being 'Tatered' in my first ever fantasy league season in the final. We both agreed later that I had the better team but he won with strategy. Being my first season I didn't even think of it. Motown instigated a weekly add limit which works IMO. I thought I would also mention that the daily waiver system I trialled this season in another league was pretty successful. Advanced - Fantasy Basketball 2013-2014 | Page 4 | Detroit Pistons Forum
I didn't mean to suggest that it is immoral or illegal; after all, it shows that you can be quite successful with a good strategy in the playoffs even if your roster may not be the strongest. I really didn't expect MCPG to succeed after he dropped players like Pekovic or Terrence Jones during the first round against my squad. He/She proved me wrong.
I don't mind tatering...whatever it takes. Unlimited roster moves is fine with me. What I don't like is the prospect of someone winning that has never posted on this forum, to the best of my knowledge. I've run bracket pools here and on an MSU forum for years. The pools are more fun when everyone knows who is who.
We have someone in this league that no one knows who they are? We never had a hard and fast rule about this, but I have always encouraged GMs that fantasy teams should only include PF.com members. There seems to me to be little value in letting anyone play in our leagues without participating in the community at large. So ... who is this person?
I think it is one of Motown's friends?
Sorry about the late response. @MCPG is a member. He joined back in 2010 but said that his account wasn't working. He goes on PF.com all the time, checks the threads and reads the fantasy postings. He just hasn't been proactive in fixing his ID. He sent me a message today saying that he read the post about him not communicating on the thread and that he was going to create a new account and post so he could make his presence known. You are all right though. He should have interacted more and he acknowledges that.
Thanks. I have no problem with the dude winning a league. Just want to make sure it's PF people winning PF leagues.
What up league!! I actually registered to PF back in Oct/2005........but the rigors of single-parenthood, 3 kids, full-time job, and part-time student and a few other fantasy leagues keep a dude pretty busy. I read your posts all the time though, and I look to this site for valuable Pistons info! This has been a pretty cool season (especially for MCPG) but it's interesting that I've been in this league the past 2 years--finishing 8th and 5th respectively in 2012 & 2013--yet NOW everybody is asking abt MCPG! Guess that's what making it to the finals does for you. I'll do my best to be more active in the forum, while also continuing to be a competitive maniac with one goal in mind every fantasy season: That 'Ship baby!! big shout out to armygirl who has prolly been my fav poster over the years..........woulda been too easy to give that distinction to @MotownPride - that's my bro.
Congrats dude!
This was a great fun season in the league. Quite the welcome relief during this abysmal Piston season. Thanks everyone!
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Happy Monday!
I am super excited about today's post for two reasons. One: these little cakes are the realization of a flavor combination I've been obsessing over for about a year now. Two: It's November, which means I (along with a bunch of other amazing bloggers) am once again teaming up with Vermont Creamery to bring you some tasty crème fraîche recipes and a giveaway! And this year's giveaway is AWESOME, you guys. It includes:
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LinkedIn was established in 2003 to connect professionals around the world. Today, the online professional networking site includes more than 160 million members. You may be thinking, why do I need a website to keep track of my colleagues when I've got my trusty rolodex of cards or email contact list? One reason: People are no longer staying with the same employer for very long. Unless you're sent new contact information every time someone gets a new job, it's easy to lose track of those valuable contacts. And a good business network takes years to cultivate; you don't want to lose those connections just because they move into another position.
Linkedin features
Profiles. One of the most valuable components of LinkedIn is the profile feature. Because people who join can fill their profile with a photo and information about their experience, expertise, background, former employers, and interests, it's a great place to learn about or review your contacts' work-related details. This is useful when reconnnecting. But it's also helpful for people trying to expand their network. And the next time you see someone at a public works event and can't remember exactly where they work or what they do, you can look up their LinkedIn profile for a quick review on your smartphone!
Groups. Members can create and manage their own groups. These groups can represent interests, professions, companies, and many other topics. Managers can add others to help manage the group, and can establish the group as public, open to anyone, or private (membership-only by invitation or approval after a request to join has been accepted). Groups are great for encouraging open discussion, getting answers to questions, or just keeping track of what's going on in that specific area. You can access discussions on the site or have summaries of each discussion emailed to you daily.
Q&As. While groups are great for tapping into the collective mind of members, there's also a question-and-answer feature. Anyone can ask a question, and anyone can answer. While this feature is useful for those looking for information, others providing answers can use it to help establish their expertise in that subject.
Jobs. If you're looking for a new job, you can check postings using the site's search function. Or you can have LinkedIn send you regular job postings you might be interested in based on your profile.
Let's join this thing!
First, go to www.linkedin.comyfvdfdzdrbywwacuw. Your screen should look similar to the image at right. Just fill in your first name, last name, email, and choose a password. Then click the "Join Now" button.
Edit your profile. Your main page should have a horizontal menu at the top — this is your route to other areas in LinkedIn. Once you're in, one of the first tasks to complete is your profile. Click on "Profile" in this menu to reveal the drop-down menu and choose "Edit Profile." This takes you to your profile screen. The layout is similar to that of a resume, offering you places to input your work experience and education. Don't worry about being too detailed — you can always add information later.
Group up. The next step is to find at least one group to join. Click on "Groups" at the top of your screen. This brings up a drop-down with several choices; click "Groups Directory." This takes you to a screen showing featured groups. And look, over there on the left, LinkedIn has placed a search window to help you find applicable groups. I tried "transportation" and got 2,501 results! A search for "public works magazine" takes you to the Public Works' group.
Once you find a group that looks good, go ahead and click the "Join Group" button. Some groups require approval to join, so you might have to wait for access. Some groups are open and allow anyone to view and comment on their discussions . You can join up to 50 groups.
You can receive summaries of the group discussions in your email, and then go to the site to read the information and provide comments. But not everyone wants more email. Fortunately, you can manage your group notifications in settings. Just hover over your name in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and click "Settings" from the drop-down menu. In your settings page, click "Groups, Companies, & Applications" in the menu on the bottom left, then click "Set the frequency of group digest emails." You can choose from "No Email," "Weekly Digest Email," or "Daily Digest Email."
Connect and network. The last step is connecting to someone. Begin by searching for someone you know, who you think might be on LinkedIn. Go to the main page and type in their name in the search box at the upper right corner. There's also an advanced search available that allows you to search for people using key words and location. If you cannot find anyone, you can certainly connect to me. Just choose the option to add a message to your invitation, and mention that you've read the Public Works article and would like to connect. Once you connect with your colleagues, you can send them messages through LinkedIn or provide recommendations for each other.
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Young, Feminist and Hungry: An Insider's Perspective On Body Image
As a teenage girl, I'm constantly haunted by social and cultural standards that dictate harmful and confusing messages, like that a low weight is correlated with beauty, that you need to be thin to be desirable, and that young women not only individually need to be thin but should attack those who don't live up to these standards.
I started to experience issues related to weight and beauty at around the age of 9-10. Most people point to the media as the culprit for these messages and while it certainly plays a part, I actually don't remember watching shows that portrayed only (or, at least, mainly) thin actresses the way they seem to now. In fact, I remember these shows featuring actresses who would be considered "normal" (which would now …


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Parents Bullying Their Child to Lose Weight
Weve all read about, maybe even experienced it ourselves, children being teased, harassed and bullied if they are overweight. The heavier the child, the more intense the negative trifecta becomes. This topic often comes up when discussing classmate and peer bullying, but a new study also looks at obese or overweight children who feel bullied by adults in authority (coaches, gym instructors, teachers,) and their own parents.
Researchers from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, gave 350 teens that had enrolled in two national weight loss camps, questionnaires to fill out. The teens were questioned about weight-based victimization including duration, location where the abuse occurred, who the perpetrators were and what kind of abuse they suffered.
Not surprisingly, results showed that a high percentage of bullying and teasing occurred at school (64%.) Most participants reported weight-based victimization for at least one year (78%) and 36% were teased and or bullied for 5 years.
The teens also noted who was responsible for the bullying. 92% said peers (classmates) and friends (70%.) Then the groups switched to the adults in their lives. PE teachers / sport coaches came in at 42%, followed by parents at 37% and teachers at 27%.
The types of teasing and or bullying were verbal teasing (75-88%), relational victimization (74-82%), cyber-bullying (59-61%) and physical aggression (33%-61%.)
Looking at these statistics, the saddest one of all is parents at 37 percent.
What we see most often from parents is teasing in the form of verbal comments, says Rebecca M. Puhl PhD, the studys lead author.
Some of the remarks made to teens about their weight come from well-meaning parents who are actually trying to encourage their child to lose the extra pounds. But other studies have shown " and former teens who are now adults can verify " that teasing, harassing and bullying by parents and relatives can lead to eating disorders and psychological problems such as disordered eating (bulimia, anorexia), use of laxatives and other dangerous weight-control practices (extreme exercising), as well as depression.
Puhl advises adults to lend a supportive hand to overweight children, especially those who are already suffering from bullying at school and by friends.
She and other experts agree that overweight children need supportive, not punitive, guidance. Dont blame your child for his weight. Dinner-table comments like, Do you really need another piece of bread? will make your child feel badly about himself, which will undermine his efforts toward health.
Powerful biological forces maintain weight differentially in people, explains Dan Kirschenbaum, president of Wellspring, an organization that runs weight-loss camps and boarding schools. Some people find it more difficult to lose weight because of their genetics. This applies not only to adults, but children too. It is going to require more effort and a change in how weight loss is perceived. Losing weight to fit in or to try and copy an unrealistic body type is eventually doomed to fail. Losing weight to be healthier has a much better chance of succeeding.
Tying nutrition and health to weight is a more realistic approach. You may not achieve the current ideal, but you will feel better and be able to be more active.
Puhl and several other experts offer parents an outline of dos and donts for helping their overweight or obese children in losing weight.
- Dont engage in fat talk, complaining about weight and appearance, whether its your own, your childs or a celebritys. Saying My thighs are so huge! teaches your child its acceptable to disparage herself or himself and puts way too much emphasis on appearance, says Puhl.
- Dont promise your child that if only he or she loses weight, the bullying or teasing will stop. Another published study showed that the stigma around obesity often persists even after someone loses weight.
- Dont treat your child as if he or she has " or is " a problem that needs remedying. This will make him feel flawed and inferior, says Ellyn Satter, a dietitian and therapist in Madison, Wis., and author of Your Childs Weight: Helping Without Harming. Do focus on a childs other good qualities, and encourage traits like common sense, character and problem-solving skills.
- Dont ignore or dismiss bullying. If you suspect or know your teen is being stigmatized, talk to her or him about it. Questions as simple as Who did you sit with at lunch? can open a dialogue and help determine if she has allies or support at school, says Puhl.
- Do explore your own biases around weight. If parents can get past their own inner bigot and be accepting and supportive, they can be of great help to children, says Ms. Satter. Ive seen kids with that secure foundation come up with their own effective solutions to the teasing.
- Do focus on health, not weight. Promote a healthy environment for everyone in the home, says Puhl, not just the child who is overweight. Serve delicious, well-balanced meals, and encourage everyone in the family to be active in ways they enjoy. Emphasize the value of healthy behaviors rather than looks.
- Do speak directly and matter-of-factly about your childs weight if he or she asks. Dont try to avoid the issue with euphemisms like stocky or solid, says Ms. Satter. Instead, she advises, tell the truth but re-frame the issue, saying something like Yes, you do have fat on your body. Why, do people tease you about it? Children are looking for information and guidance. You can neutralize a message thats often meant in a derogatory way, she says.
Some parents may believe that tough love is the answer. They may have been overweight when they were young, or are overweight now, and do not want their child to experience what theyve been through. So they remind their child constantly about their weight. Tough love is very subjective. What I may think is tough love, may be perceived as abuse by the person I practice it on. Adults are one thing, but children may simply not have the life experience to put it in perspective. Even teens " who often think they already know everything - are dependent on adults to guide them in the right direction.
Childhood obesity is a health problem that can be reduced through family understanding, healthy and nutritious meals and shared activities. Nagging, trickery and bullying doesnt accomplish anything positive.
The study was published in the journal Pediatrics.
Sources: Harriet Brown " New York Times
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/feeling-bullied-by-parents-about weight/?ref=health


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|Wow awesome guys. I really appreciate all the help. I'll keep you informed!
|OK so I got curious on pricing and checked online - for fordparts.com for a 2005 Ford Focus zx4 (you need to put in your VIN to get an accurate part#) the cost is anywhere from $150-$100 for what they call the 'engine mount isolator' and for the transmission mount the cost is $40 from Oreilly and for the dogbone torque strut the cost is $30 from autozone, for comparisons sake. You could always check around online and print out the best price for the Ford part then take it into the parts dept of your local Ford dealer and if their price is higher, pull out the printout and ask if they would match the price. If you do go with fordparts.com then set your profile to select dealer to someone like Village Ford which buys advertising space on focusfanatics.com, that kicks them a spifff back I think...
|X's 3, the mounts are very easy, almost as easy as changing a air filter. $200.00 dollars for less than an hrs worth of work is highway robbery.
X2 to everything he says.
$200 to change those mounts is simply ridiculous, one who knows how to do it can do all 3 in 45 min. with no rushing at all.
You can do the passenger one alone if you want, that one often gets most of the vibration stopped.
WhySsoSseriouss, I would encourage you to do the mount replacement, it is really easy. Here's a quick synopsis for the passenger mount on a Zetec so you can see how easy it is (I just did a head replacement on one of mine so I had the mount out)
Put floor jack under crossmember of car and raise it and put jackstands under car once tires have cleared it. It's not necessary to get the car way up there, just get the front car body on jackstands and off the tires to prevent the suspension from chasing the mount up when you pull the mount.
open hood, remove 1 bolt holding coolant overflow tank, unclip tank and move it aside, unclip power steering fluid tank and move it aside.
Put jack under oil pan with block of wood in between jack and pan. Start to raise engine just a quarter inch or so, just enough to put the weight on the jack. Don't raise it further, yet.
Unbolt 3 bolts connecting mount to body. Raise jack more and you will see mount starting to come up off body. Unbolt mount from engine. Bolt new mount on engine. Thread in bolts to body through mount a few turns. Lower jack. Tighten bolts.
You will need a collection of 1/2 sockets, socket extensons, a breaker bar, a torque wrench (not absolutely required but you should get in the habit of using it, and a beam-style wrench is the best for the occassional DIYer since they almost never lose calibration) and it is also helpful to get a small torx socket set (Sears has one) in case the mount engine studs decide to unscrew from the engine. (not the male torx, the female torx sockets)
You will need to grab onto the engine and heave it forward just a tad to get the mount holes to line up while it's on the jack.
The same principle is used for the drivers side mount (it's under the battery tray and air intake box)
Removing the passenger mount is almost a requirement for doing a timing belt inspection/change, and for removing and replacing the alternator (you can do that without removing the mount actually but doing so gives more access)
If you have just started to do your own work on your cars then the tooling needed to do all this is going to probably cost you around $200 - but it's probably some of the most commonly used tooling for working on your car.
A bit of advice on buying the floor jack and the jackstands.
Do not buy the little $25 floor jack. Get the great big hurking expensive one. If you go new Harbor Freight sells one they call Low Profile/High Lift - I don't have any experience with that specific one, but you want one like it. My floor jack I bought years ago and it has NASCAR plastered all over it, it's completely made out of steel, weighs a ton, and is big. You may be able to find a used one. The jack may work with the Focus for this job but you will end up throwing it away later on when you get sick of dealing with it.
As for jackstands, the small jackstands with the 16" max lift are another buy that you will regret. Get jackstands with at least 24" lift (Harbor Freight calls these 6 ton stands) If you find a set of smaller ones for $5 a jack at a garage sale don't turn your nose up at them as they can always come in handy, but you will end up getting the larger ones eventually.
The all-aluminum jackstands and floor jacks I've seen on sale these days are very tempting - I might consider them if I didn't already have them - but the all steel ones are cheaper and work just as well.
Look on craigslist.org for used tools. There are also a few used tool vendors in the larger cities. I have one near me that has bins of sockets for example. Spending a couple hours digging through the bins to assemble a set of Craftsman sockets is not an unenjoyable way to spend a Saturday. But Sears also loves to put this stuff on sale all the time.
I took it by a mechanics place and he popped the hood and kinda humped my car and the engine swayed and he said that he would start by replacing all 3 motor mounts and the tranny mounts. When priced he said for all OEM Ford parts it'd be 262$ and change then around another 200$ for labor. So looking at over 400$ for a MAYBE fix just hasn't settled very well with me and no one has seemed to be able to give me a solid answer on identifying the issue.
@Tmittelstaedt Drowning out the sound of the vibration doesn't really bother me it's the feeling of it and the sound of other shit rattling. Like the glasses in the glass case on the roof or bottled water in the door cup holders. Or the fact that when looking into the rear view mirror the cars behind me have big rectangular headlights instead of 2 circles.
@Whynothink & Amc I've just started to do my own work on cars. I never grew up around it so I tried teaching myself alot of stuff I did to my Honda. So i'm not all that well acquainted with how to do some stuff. But i'll see if I can't find any videos and go about trying to inspect the mounts myself and take pictures and head back here to see if anything can be decided.
Thank you everyone
|One thing I've found is that if car has hit anything head on that stopped it fairly violently, even if no real damage done, or if car say jumped curb or a median on the pass side, then you probably have torn the bottom of the pass side mount. There is no real support on that engine side and that mount tears easily when engine weight continues going forward from inertia. I note that many Japanese cars have a front/rear restraint link at that point to stop that, here, they don't care.
Yes, sometimes they break like that, I always carefully run my hand around the bottom to feel it. Many others break inside though to not be obvious, the metering plate either comes loose or breaks. The aftermarket commonly uses a rivet to fasten it, that rivet comes loose and mount quits absorbing vibration. There is no need to determine if it is broken, only a deaf person cannot tell as it will rattle like hel-. Irrelevant again as you change that one first anyway first anyway........
' He's got no choice but to replace all 3 - and cross his fingers and hope that solves the problem.'
Well, yeah, if you don't read I guess you'd have to do that. I posted the most likely one to go, and ways to separate all three from each other, ADD is not my fault...........just holding the engine in the bay is by far not all these mounts do. The vibration is FELT, past hearing when bad enough, no stereo even $500 one is going to mask that.
I have bought Anchor mounts since the eighties, they have the market choked apparently. They VERY often are substandard even when brand new, the pass side ones have the top plate lightly pressed into place to let mount explode in as little as 2-3 months. Garbage.
Duratec front mounts don't look like that, but close. I forgot what mine looks like because I've had VF mounts for so long.
We have had issues with aftermarket mounts. About 1 in 3 will work. There is only one aftermarket manufacturer to my knowledge- Anchor. I have also seen where Anchor has the part numbers mixed up for AT vs MT. So be sure to take a phone pic of your mount from as many angles as you can before you get there if you can't take the old mount with you.
This is one of those things that we encourage people to DIY. This car has 3 mounts. There is the front (pass side) mount, the Transmission (rear, driver side) mount, and the lower dog-bone (torque-strut) mount. With high mileage, all 3 could be bad. All 3 of mine were bad at 120k when I changed to polyurethane mounts. Poly mounts are more expensive, not hydraulic, race-only, but will most likely not need to be replaced again. There is some vibration at idle with these mounts- it doesn't bother me, and it's less than it vibrated with bad mounts.
The Motorcraft part for the front mount is what most people recommend. Polyurethane inserts are available for the torque strut mount for about $20, but you have to cut out or press out the old rubber. The Motorcraft part for the torque-strut mount gives you a new aluminum bracket if yours is broken- and it costs around $80. The rear transmission mount is solid rubber, and I've not heard of anyone having a problem with the Anchor part for this mount or the torque-strut mount.
1) take pics or remove your front mount before you buy a replacement. Make sure you get the right part
2) It is recommended to replace all 3 mounts if mileage is high because a single new mount helps a nearly bad mount fail much quicker.
3) If the lower bracket is cracked- get the Motorcraft lower mount.
4) Poly mounts cost $450 for all 3, but your car vibrates like a Harley at stoplights. Chicks dig it.
Yes, an engine that is not running right will add to the vibration. I don't think there is anything wrong with suggesting a tune-up: clean/re-gap plugs (change if needed), coil boots (80k+), MAF cleaning, air filter check (read OM)- replace if needed, and the fuel filter (25k service life).
Here is a pic of a bad mount. As you can see the rubber is squished down (doesn't always but this was how mine was), but the rubber also separates from the metal allowing the fluid in them to seep and leak out. Without the fluid in there to dampen the vibrations it will cause the car to vibrate. This is the one of the number 1 causes to most vibration problems. You can't see the problem till you take the mount off and look at it. You can however feel it if you stick you hand under the mount and feel if the rubber is separated from the metal of the mount. Like AMC said go for a ford mount the aftermarket ones fail much quicker.
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Location: Foreign Animal Disease ResearchTitle: Heterogeneity in the antibody response to foot-and-mouth disease primo-vaccinated calves Author
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|Brito, Barbara
|Perez, Andres
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|Pega, Juan
|Rodriguez, Luis
|Borca, Manuel
|Perez-filgueira, Mariano
Submitted to: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/9/2013
Publication Date: 7/30/2013
Citation: Di Giacomo, S., Brito, B.P., Perez, A.M., Bucafusco, D., Pega, J., Rodriguez, L.L., Borca, M.V., Perez-Filgueira, M. 2013. Heterogeneity in the antibody response to foot-and-mouth disease primo-vaccinated calves. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. DOI:10.1111/tbed.12130. Interpretive Summary: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is an economically important viral disease of cattle and presents a major constraint to international trade of livestock and associated products. FMD vaccines are routinely used as effective control tools in large regions worldwide and to limit outbreaks during epidemics. Protection in cattle largely relates to the ability of vaccination to induce antibodies that can neutralize the virus and prevent its spread. Although there have been reports of cattle responding differently to vaccination, few studies have been done to determine the influence of the animal genetic background on their ability to respond to vaccination. Here investigated if the level of antibody response to FMD vaccination in cattle of different genetic lineages was related to their genetic background (breed of the parental sire). The analysis of 377 previously unvaccinated cattle showed lower immune responses in steers derived from Jersey sires compared to those derived from Holstein sires. This information is important to take into account during the implementation of vaccination programs to control FMD.
Technical Abstract: Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is the most economically important viral disease of wild and domesticated biungulate species and presents a major constraint to international trade of livestock and their associated products. FMD vaccines are routinely used as effective control tools in large regions worldwide and to limit outbreaks during epidemics. Commercial formulations include whole inactivated viral particles as vaccine antigens and protection in cattle has been largely correlated to the induction of neutralizing antibodies. Genetic control of cattle immune adaptive responses has been demonstrated for peptide antigens derived from FMD virus (FMDV) structural proteins. To date, no data has been published regarding the influence of genetics on specific responses to structurally complex FMDV antigens. The aim of this work was to study the association between the antibody response induced in steers after FMDV primary vaccination using commercial vaccines, and the sire's breed as indicative of genetic-borne variation in the response.


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The beauty of Theravada is that when we stumble on the path, we can always pick ourselves back up and start again in this moment - mindfulness. There are 4 types of mindfulness (satipatthana):
1. on the body
2. on the feelings
3. on the mind
4. on the true nature of things.
It is best to start with #1 - specifically with breath awareness. This may also be the most beneficial way to dissolve lung.
- seek a secluded, quiet space
- sit down, quiet the mind.
- cross your legs
- keep your body erect
- bring your attention to your breath as it naturally moves in and out the nostrils. Note the sensation at the tip of the nostrils as the breath moves in and out.
Then, inhale slowly and deeply, filling first the lower abdomen, then the middle abdomen, then the lungs - gently until the collar bones rise slightly. Hold the breath there for a count of 5, then gently, slowly, release the breath in the opposite order - first the lungs, then the middle abdomen, then the lower abdomen.
Pause, and repeat the process, - 5 times (beginner), 10 times (intermediate) and 20 times (when 10 times is comfortable).. Never strain. If you have feelings of light-headness, return the attention to normal breathing - observing the sensations at the tip of the nostrils.
When finished, sit and observe the quieting effect on the mind.
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Arsène Wenger believes that Laurent Koscielny has developed into one of the best centre backs in the Premier League.
The French international has been in superb form this season and has earned a string of plaudits for his consistency at the heart of the defence.
Wenger heard about Koscielny's potential some time ago and says he immediately saw that the 26-year-old had the talent to cut it at the highest level.
"[We found him] in France of course, from a smaller team. But you could see that there was something special there," the manager told Arsenal Player.
"He played at Lorient but first he played with a friend of mine in Tours, who talked to me about him when he played in the second division. Then of course we monitored him with our scouts.
"I believe that last year you could already see the potential but he did not have that dominance in the duels that he has found this season.
"That makes him, I personally believe, one of the top-class central defenders in the Premier League."
See the full interview with Wenger on Arsenal Player.