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Millenializing Gen-X, Gen-Y and those Gosh-Darn Baby Boomers: Achieving New Media Access for Older GenerationsPosted: September 30, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
The important aspect to understand about new media techniques is that we as pre-millennials do not realize the extent those who do not use social media. Because of our deep – and boy do I mean deep – immersion into the vast waters of social media, we forget that not everyone is as savvy as we are. We, then, must strive to give said strangers an equal opportunity for friendship with this important lifestyle.
To achieve this, we must understand that many people do not have the skills. Some may be scared of the unknown, some may use it for personal gain but find no other need. We need to curb these philosophies and create a new schema. Thus, by using more offline techniques intertwined with new media techniques, we can help create better associations and understandings. This will then allow for those to ease into their feared abyss. Offline technology is comfortable for those who do not have the skills. Online is not. By merging the two mentalities, we can create a new comfort level for these individuals. Although it is tougher to reach this market, we must increase our coalition connections because this is their specialty. Older generations are a part of groups and other face-to-face programs. By connecting with these groups – even if loosely associated with our own – will allow for others to know more and attempt to join the new fields.
This is not easy. Thus, we must teach and show and foster growth. This then can be utilized to help gain an audience that does not only have the skills, but also those who do not have the access. By using the offline media techniques, we can teach and show those who THINK they do not have access actually do have access – and a lot of it. It is this unknown that stops these users. Thus, similar to those who do not have the skills, we must teach and show and foster growth by attempting to showcase the possibilities that exist in different communities. Whether it is by hosting learning groups or just showcasing the access hotspots, it is possible that these who have no access will find access.
In this time, the skills and access for new media is everywhere. We are swimming in an ocean of media, however, we must take the time to empathize and forget that we are not the only ones treading water: that there are many drowning in that ocean. We must throw out our lifesaver and teach these novices the skills, knowledge and information that we possess. Only by doing that can we grow as an organization.
Late Tech Adapters Might Actually Get a Better DealPosted: September 30, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Higgatai mentions that "[college] students of lower socioeconomic status, women, students of Hispanic origin, and African Americans exhibit lower levels of Web know-how than others." The statement is important because as we are thinking about how to best serve the South Madison community and business sector, we must not forget that many of those individuals living and working within that community are directly labeled as at least one of the aforementioned groups.
Once one realizes that the participation of an audience, or lack thereof, stems from an inability to participate, whether caused by lack of resources or education, it is easier to find a solution.
While the gap in accessibility (internet access) and equipment (smartphone/tablet/PC) is a bit harder to overcome, by introducing individuals to the World Wide Web and giving them the tools to interact within it, we might be able to grow the overall participation of the community. The fact that some things might be relatively new to many of the individuals who we would want to engage might even work to our advantage because it allows us to bring newcomers into platforms that are basically fully developed (Facebook and Twitter for example will probably not be changing their basic function anytime soon) and thus one is able to not only interact with the already large user base, but they also avoid any "growing pains" that some early adapters must deal with during the early development pages of any given site.
I believe that this is a large advantage because we would be able to show both how a social media site works and give proof of the positives effects that they have already had on countless other individuals/organizations. This might make it easier to convince newcomers to experimenting with the medium.
This leads to how we might motivate users. I believe that if we can effectively convey the distinct advantages of social media, for example, while also providing the necessary tools to utilize the technology in their setting we can convince them to make technology a growing part of their lives/business while continuing to use it to connect themselves with those outside of their immediate community.
We've discussed how college students at the University of Madison and their reluctance to visit the South Madison area serve a crucial role in the current status quo. Yet, these are the same students that often throw caution to the wind as they walk home alone at 2am after a party. To me that's indicative of a willingness to try things they might enjoy, even if there is a possibility of danger. While I've come to learn that the South Madison community actually doesn't really deserve the stereotype for being a "dangerous part of town", I think that sentiment is still held by many. Yet, it is obviously one that can be overcome and I think that by more closely engaging the student community through technology and social media sites, we might be able to at least reduce the amount of people staying away from the neighborhood simply because they think it might be dangerous.
One way to do this is to showcase the unique people and places in South Madison through images and videos (produced by/for South Madison community members) so that students see and feel how safe and welcoming the community actually is.
It seems difficult to try and enter a foreign community with ideas that one might think would solve their problems without first trying to live in their shoes. Yet, by showing them not only why, but how new communication technologies could personally help their goals I think we can more effectively teach and motivate South Madison community members.
Blog Post #5 – Access, Skills and MotivationsPosted: September 30, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 Comments
Now that I have learned a little more about South Madison, I can see obvious places where human motivations, skills and knowledge may pose challenges for us as we try to adopt new communication technologies in the area. As Stroud (2011) points out in the second chapter of his book Politics in News Choice, people are less likely to embrace mass communication media if the people around them aren't using it. I think this idea is very telling when it comes to thinking through the technological limitations in knowledge, skills and motivations in South Madison.
Many people in South Madison don't have knowledge of new technologies (such as social media) and therefore would never see advertisements for events such as our scavenger hunt on any of these platforms. Without the knowledge of these platforms as a base, they won't be able to build the skills needed to maintain their own websites. I see this as being a major hurdle for many business owners. I find out about a lot of restaurant deals on Facebook and Twitter. Being in a college town and not having a presence on these two handles in particular would be very detrimental to sales. Finally, I see this lack of knowledge and skills as a direct link to having no motivation. In application of Stroud's idea, if most people in the South Madison area aren't interested in social media and other new technologies, there is no motivation for residents (such as these restaurant owners) to invest their time and energy in learning the skills to use the media.
Although I'm not sure how much direct improvement we can achieve in the areas of knowledge and skill, I think we could be incredibly influential on the motivation of the South Madison residents to use new technologies. College students love connecting to people online. If we can drive enough college students into these restaurants, it may motivate the restaurant owners to get involved with social media so they can interact with this group of customers. While we work with South Madison business owners, I think it will be important to talk to them about social media and even show them some of the work we are doing to promote ourselves and their businesses on our website and social media handles. While this may not be enough to give them new technology skills, it will at least give them some knowledge about the platforms and hopefully make them a little less intimidating.
In his 2010 study Digital Na(t)ives? Variation in Internet Skills and Uses among Members of the "Net Generation" Higgatai discovered that "Students of lower socioeconomic status, women, students of Hispanic origin, and African Americans exhibit lower levels of Web know-how than others." Although his study was specifically on college students, these demographics fit many South Madison residents of all ages. While we encourage the residents to use social media, I think it will be important to advertise our events and ourselves in non-technological ways as well. If we are able to get their attention through posters and personal conversations, we may be able to use these methods of promotion to drive them to our site, therefore reaching all South Madison residents, including those who are less tech-savvy.
Blog Post 3: Technology for CommunityPosted: September 29, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment
After spending simply one day in South Madison at the Celebrate South Madison festival, I had so many thoughts and ideas running through my head. I plan on spending more time in that area to help spark ideas about what we can do in the future to form a bridging connection in that area.
At this festival, there were not many food vendors, and especially not the ethnic food vendors we plan on working with throughout this course. The food vendors included Pizza Hut, JD's, Famous Dave's, and one stand from the South Madison farmers market. I was pretty disappointed by this turnout, and hopefully we will be able to get in touch with the ethnic food vendors for future events. Our class needs to start going out to these restaurants and form relationships with the owners and customers to get them more involved in the community. Also, if we promote the restaurants and give directions on our website, it will be more accessible to get to. We need to emphasize that these restaurants are not expensive, which will definitely give people more of an initiative to try them out.
Many of the residents I spoke with made it very clear that they did not have high enough incomes to go out to eat, but if we explained that these restaurants are not expensive maybe they will give them a try. The people I spoke to about their lack of food and wealth also said they were not active on social media. They explained that they either don't have access to these technologies or they do not know how to use them. We can post on social media daily, but if the residents do not know how to use social media it defeats our purposes. If we established a workshop to help these people understand how to use social media and also notify them of the public resources that are available, that would be one of the first steps to get people involved. Since many of these people do not know how to use social media and are not following our website because of this disadvantage, we should directly and physically go to them to assist them, because if we simply advertise our events and activities on social media many people will not be notified. Many of the residents in South Madison are economically underdeveloped and ethnically diverse. We need to continue brainstorming to help get these people into a bridging community, and part of this can be by establishing them on social media.
I think it is great that there are many organizations and groups trying to assist in the forming of a community in South Madison. Our class should definitely speak with the different groups and see how we all can work together to create an event or workshop for the residents of South Madison. If we can work together with other organizations, it can prove to the people of South Madison that they can bridge together, too. As Miller explains in Chapter One of The nonprofit marketing guide, nobody wants to feel like someone, especially a charity or group of people, is trying to trick or cheat them. There have been so many initiatives to try and "help" the people in South Madison, and I hope they do not feel like guinea pigs part of a new experiment. We need to offer opportunities and have constant back-and-forth dialogues with residents over time. Miller also explains that non-profits fail when the audience is poorly defined because of a generic message. We need to figure out exactly what our main goal is and how we want our efforts to be shown by the end of this course. If we combine our efforts with other organizations, it might not seem like we are all trying to "help" the people in this area. It will seem like we are all combining our efforts to form and bridge a better community.
Our guest speaker from the South Metropolitan Planning Council, Sheri, seems passionate and knowledgeable about the efforts to bring together this community. She talked about how they have been partnering up with other organizations, such as the Wisconsin Women Business Initiative Corporation to help encourage women to open up their own businesses. She explained how the SMPC really takes the community members' ideas into consideration, which I really appreciate. It shows how they are truly striving to better the community. She also mentioned that they are trying to form a presence on social media and have been developing their Facebook page. With the use of Facebook comes the need for media literate community members. We should help with these. With the use of Facebook comes the need for media literate community members. We should help with these media literacy opportunities in the South Madison area by helping to create a social media workshop that targets community organizers. After these people are comfortable using social media, they will hopefully allow children to use social media. If we continue using social media in a positive way and show the positive outcomes of social media techniques, the community will be able to increase their knowledge. Rather than having children become introduced to negative and dangerous forms of media on their own, we can show them the positive ways to use social media. At the festival I noticed that the people were very family-oriented and many people talked to me about their children. It is important that we incorporate the safety of their children using social media into any workshop. On our website we should continually post events, articles, and many pictures of food. Our website should serve as a gathering place to bring people to South Madison and start a bridging community.
Blog #4 – Community Engagement and Collective ActionPosted: September 27, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 3 Comments
Based on my field observation, a "social dilemma" I observed in the South Madison community was the lack of attendance at the Celebrate South Madison festival. There were many open seats at the performance stage and the information booths we're moderately attended at best. Even with the exposure of a clear view of South Park Street, few drivers pulled off the road to join in. To me, this was a missed opportunity for many of the residents of South Madison to come together to not only do something overwhelmingly positive but to also show the rest of Madison that the community is better than the news would lead you to believe and perhaps, for some, leads them to believe about themselves. If even the residents of South Madison view themselves negatively– as poor, as delinquents, as those undeserving of something better– then why would they come to an event like this? Perhaps it would be a reminder of what they perceive that they are not– good and worthy of celebration.
Clay Shirky wrote, "social tools don't create collective action–they merely remove the obstacles to it." (p 159). I think for South Madison residents, the use of social media could remove the barrier of their ability to define their own identity instead of someone else doing it for them– namely, the news. When at Celebrate South Madison I did see a determination among the residents to tell others that their neighborhood is better than the news says it is. Because of this I think the use of blogs, being low cost and accessible at a library, could enable these residents, these positive opinion leaders, to write their own narrative to share with the world. They could share their stories via their social networks, on Facebook, Twitter, etc., and start to change the way their neighborhood is received.
It sounds easy enough– so why, you might ask, don't the residents just simply start writing and sharing their stories? Well, Shirky also points out, "Revolution doesn't happen when society adopts new technologies–it happens when society adopts new behaviors." (p 160). The key here is that the desire isn't behind such a move as this. There could be many reasons why: perceived lack of power, lack of interested readers, etc. Because of this I think it's all the more important that our class is careful to weave offline and online components to our campaign to encourage a transition to online media for community organization. One thing we could do that might affect the Celebrate South Madison festival directly would be to help put together more social media advertisements of the event. According to Facebook, the Celebrate South Madison "event" was created only 3 days before the big day. That's hardly any time at all to advertise and let the word spread through social networks about the event. Perhaps could work with South Madison community and opinion leader to create their own content to advertise the event and put it online. That way the advertisements are genuine, local to the community, and would show other community members that social media can be used by South Madison locals to organize and communicate. Hopefully from there, participating UW Madison organizations would create social media advertisements as part of that campaign (but not run the campaign) to help build a bridge between UW Madison students and South Madison residents for this event. From there, we could enable the communities to build relationships and empower each each other through our shared involvement.
Blog Post 4: Community Engagement and Collective ActionPosted: September 23, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment
Based off of my observations and conversations from Celebrate South Madison, the main case that exemplifies "social dilemma" is the lack of involvement in community events. Honestly, I believe that it is because of a lack of knowledge of these events. A way that this can be fixed is by members of South Madison joining online communities through social media platforms to get informed about all of the opportunities and events that are happening in the area. This brings up the bigger problem: many residents of South Madison do not have social media accounts. The main reasons are because they are afraid, don't know many people who have accounts, and don't know how they work.
First of all, we need to show community members of South Madison that social media website are not scary and bad. Negative situations, however rare, that have arisen from social media are widely publicized and this frightens people. We need to take this as an opportunity to teach the South Madison residents about the positives that different platforms have to offer. It's kind of an unconscious social dilemma – they aren't participating in community building events and organizations to better the community because they don't know about them. In addition, since not many people in the community are active on social media, it isn't as attractive to sign up. When a bunch of people in your social circle participate in something, you are more compelled to join in. Therefore, we need to get the opinion leaders of the community involved on social media sites and hope that this creates an information cascade. Once a few people get an account, that will cause several others to, and eventually a majority of the people will have accounts. Just think, if your friends didn't have a Facebook, would you? Probably not. Finally, we need to teach the community members about how easy it is to have a social media account and use it. Once we're able to overcome these hurdles, we can begin to solve the problem of the social dilemma happening in South Madison.
Many people that I talked to were in love with the idea of our campaign to build community in South Madison. By making the abundant opportunities widely known, I'm confident that more people will get involved. The first step if just getting them all connected through social media so that they can readily find out about community organizations and upcoming events. From my experience, social media lessens the social dilemma. For example, I am a part of the "Concerned Citizens of New Berlin" Facebook group. Many residents of New Berlin use this as an outlet to advertise fundraising events, community activities and updates, as well as share general information about our town. Being able to log into Facebook and learn about a multitude of events and happenings in your town makes it a lot easier to get involved and help out. In fact, a few days ago, a woman posted about her bike getting stolen from her garage with a brief description of it and several members offered help and shared the post to warn their friends and neighbors about it.


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The economy was big stuff, and it was time for the big boys. It turned into Cameron v Brown. Clegg peaked too early in the debates, and he struggles with some of his policies. He could have done with Vince sitting on his shoulder.
It's the economy stupid. Everyone knows that some nasty cuts are coming after next Thursday. All three leaders were put on the spot. All three said they were going to be "frank" and then danced around specifics. You can't blame them. There is an election next week.
David Cameron, in need of a strong performance, got off to a confident start and built on it. He probably came out on top. It's not clear he has done enough to seal the deal but he came closer than he has in the last two debates. Brown's attack on inheritance tax was repetitive but hits home.
Gordon Brown, one-time Iron Chancellor, is convinced everyone else is wrong on the economy. He tackled the 'bigotgate' episode head-on, saying it was an example of how he doesn't always get the job of PM right. But, he said, he did know how to run the economy. Tory spin doctors quickly claimed this was the "first joke of the night".
He slammed the "same old Conservative party of the 1980s and 1990s" – a charge which will sting in the Westcountry.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg again made his plea for politicians to "work together… to be open and straight about how big the black hole is". Fat chance. This is a fight to the death, a fight in which he was in danger of looking like a spectator.
These debates have been game changers. Not just for the three men at the podiums – and Mr Clegg remains the greatest beneficiary – but for the electorate as a whole.
Of course there is still apathy, trust remains low and anger still fizzes over expenses and immigration.
But after years of politicians complaining that their words are twisted by us nasty hacks, these debates have been a platform for them to set out their stall. The claim that all the parties are the same has subsided. Real differences have emerged over Trident, voting reform and, tonight, the economy.
Go back to your constituencies and prepare for (a) government.
YouGov/Sun: Cameron 41%, Clegg 32%, Brown 25%
ComRes: Cameron 35%, Clegg 33%, Brown 26%
Angus Reid: Cameron 36%, Clegg 31%, Brown 23%
Moment of the Night:
Michael Gove on Sky tells Charlie Whelan he may be out of a job next week and Tories would help him "quickly out of welfare and into work". Brilliant.
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Leader's debate - a verdict, of sorts
2 comments:
- Anonymous29 April 2010 at 22:10
Cameron won. Clegg was floored on immigration and never got up. Brown looked cadaverish and never laid a glove on a feisty and sharp Cameron.ReplyDelete
- Mike Jecks29 April 2010 at 22:13
A fair report, matey. One comment, though - if folks thought the Tories were bad for us here in the West Country, it'd be a pretty blind fellow who looked at the breaking away of Exeter from Devon County (to save Ben Bradshaw's arse), or who looked at the new laws against farming since foot & mouth etc, or who looked at how dairy is collapsing under Labour, or how new houses are being thrown up in Okehampton and elsewhere to house people without jobs in areas with low unemployment - in short, they'd be blinkered cretins to support Labour.ReplyDelete
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I do not think the different style of weights you have on the tires can adversely affect the handling. At high speed if tire balance was the source of your instability problem you would also note a pretty serious vibration.
I also wonder how the steering box can be causing your car to handle improperly at higher speed as you have not described a steering play issue at any speed. Typically play in the steering box is apparent at all speeds, and can be checked with the car in the driveway. Have someone turn the wheel while you watch the input shaft move and compare its motion with that of the steering arm on the output side. If there is a big "delay" while the input shaft turns to take up slop in the steering box before the output arm starts to move, then the box is loose. I have had good luck improving this condition on my older cars by flushing the power steering system and putting in a new filter, then tightening up the steering box with the adjustment nut on the top.
As was noted in the earlier posts in this thread, high speed instability is not a characteristic of Mercedes-Benz automobiles. In fact the opposite is true, it is one of the pleasures of driving one of these cars. So if you are experiencing a loss of high speed stability there is probably a suspension system problem. I would start looking at the shocks, as when they begin to degrade the tires and the suspension system are not held in the design location for the typical loads they encounter. The next thing would be bushings and other rubber parts as they degrade and loose the ability to constrain the motion of the wheels under loads. And out of balance tires can bring out the worst of all these by swinging the tire off the ground at high speeds. This is usually apparent though as the car will vibrate.
Replacing the steering box, especially at the price you were quoted, is not where I would start this quest. Jim
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)
Thanks for the info. After reviewing the previous owner's service records, I think you might be right. Two years and 30,000 miles ago, the previous owner changed the shock absorbers. Shortly thereafter he took it in to have the front suspension check, I guess it was vibrating. The mechanic thought that it was belt separation?-- due to bad shocks? He had the front tires replaced. When I took it in for a for a pre-purchase inspection, everything checked out except the gearbox, which at the time they thought it only needed to be adjusted.
A few months ago, I did have the steering gearbox adjusted a few months ago by the dealer. It really did not help much. My problem starts about 60 mph when the car seems to be "blown about". On a day when there is a small amount of wind, the car seems as it is floating left and right-not the most comforting feeling. The instability is more lateral than fore/aft. I thought that it was more steering... Sometimes when I drive over bumpy roads, (20 mph) I hear a small "squeak" when the vehicle hits a bump. It seems to come from the passenger's side front tire area. Could this be the cause of my problem?
The car has a delayed response in turning. Although, I have not checked the input and output shafts--I will do that soon. During extreme turning positions (U turns, roundabouts, ect) I can feel the "excessive play at the left and right 'full' turn positions" The more I turn the wheel the less the car seems to turn. I rarely need to make utilize the full turn radius of my car... so this is not a concern for me.
After searching the archives I came across this Can't cure your loose wandering steering problem, read this! although my 190e 2.6 is a not exactly a 280 does it have of these?
The belt separation that was noted by the mechanic is the circumferential belt that forms part of the tire internal structure. When this structural element loses its bond to the adjacent structural elements the tire expands due to centrifugal loading at high speeds in an uneven fashion, making the tire go out of round. This is a characteristic of a poorly designed and manufactured tire in my opinion, caused by the engineering approach favoring lighter weight over robustness, or using new, unproven manufacturing methods. When this happens it is approximately the equivalent of a metal fatigue failure, except it is in the complex structural composite of a tire. Anyway, I do not use Pirelli tires anymore as I found them unusually prone to this kind of failure. My 1986 190E 2.3-16 came with Pirelli P600's (Z rated) and they suffered a belt separation within a year and 12,000 miles. I spent quite a bit of time at 80 mph and higher, which made the condition intolerable. The tires would balance ok on a machine in a shop where they may spin at 35 to 45 mph, but on the car at 70 they would start to shake. After trying a number of brands and performance levels of tires, I have settled on Michelin Pilot XGT-4 types in an appropriate speed rating for each car (H, V or Z) and have never had this kind of problem again.
Back to your problem. You do have the same kinds, or equivalent parts in your steering as the 280. And I have changed a number of these bits and parts before to correct play in the steering. The difference between play and floating however is probably the key to figuring out what your problem is.
With the car running and the emergency brake on, or the transmission in Park, set the wheels in the straight ahead position. Then turn the wheel one direction until you feel resistance, and back the other way until you feel resistance. In a car with a tight steering box and linkage, this should be approximately one quarter to half an inch of circumferential travel. Mercedes allows up to an inch before they consider the play excessive.
With the alignment within specs, and properly functioning shocks, play in the steering is readily distinguished from the floating issue. The car will still track in a straight line, you just have a no "on-center" feel with excessive play. When you go through the inch of play, it almost feels like the steering wheel is not connected to anything. Once you take up the play though, the steering should feel quite normal, until you get into a cross wind or a change of road camber that requires that you quickly turn in the other direction and go through the dead zone again. This condition is apparent at all speeds. Is this one of your problems? To see if it is in the steering box or the rest of the steering links, you need to check the steering wheel motion into the box vs. the steering arm motion coming out of the box. There should be only a few degrees of free rotation of the steering wheel input shaft before the output starts to move.
I am not familiar with the action you describe as you get to the end of the extreme left or right turning capability of the car. I have never experienced such a condition, or I may be misunderstanding what you meant. I believe you are saying the rate of steering response to turning the wheel lessens as you approach the end of travel in each direction. I do not think this is built into the geometry of the steering system, so if it is happening, it might be related to the power steering pump performance. Dirty fluid can clog the filter, starve the pump, and, until you turn the wheel fast you will not notice the effects. The filter and fluid should be changed/flushed before you attempt to adjust the steering box.
The causes of floating as I have experienced it are related to a combination of misalignment, tire unbalance, weak shock absorbers, and worn steering hardware that maintains the correct geometrical relationship of the front wheels as they are steered through the turn. A good inspection by an alignment specialist should uncover any of these issues. If you have worn steering links and bushings, or rear links and bushings, you will not be able to align the car and get repeatable measurements. A good technician will examine the front end before he starts the job, and will take readings after turning the wheel each way before tackling the adjustment features with a wrench.
Sorry to be so long winded, but my 190E 2.3-16 has over 200,000 miles, and with regular power steering fluid/filter changes, and two sets of front shocks (the first ones were under warranty from the dealer in Germany) the steering is wonderfully tight and the car fun to drive. Jim
1986 Euro 190E 2.3-16 (291,000 miles),
1998 E300D TurboDiesel, 231,000 miles -purchased with 45,000,
1988 300E 5-speed 252,000 miles,
1983 240D 4-speed, purchased w/136,000, now with 222,000 miles.
2009 ML320CDI Bluetec, 89,000 miles
1971 220D (250,000 miles plus, sold to father-in-law),
1975 240D (245,000 miles - died of body rot),
1991 350SD (176,560 miles, weakest Benz I have owned),
1999 C230 Sport (45,400 miles),
1982 240D (321,000 miles, put to sleep)
This is exactly how my old 87 300E felt when the various links in the rear suspension wore out. Parts are over $300 in the Fast Lane, probably $450 at the dealer for all 4 links and kits on both sides. I believe that labor was over $600. If you're handy, it might turn out to be a DIY job.
Bob Johnston
Comand/Nav/Bluetooth/Ipod added
(Oh man, this car is sooooo fast.)
I second what Bob just wrote.
Do a search on this forum for "Floating 300E", thrust arms, etc. (the various rear suspension pieces back there) and you'll find a wealth of information which will likely relate directly to your particular set of symptoms.
The first time my 300E sidestepped on an off-ramp which I entered hot scared the physiological waste out of me. Until I had the problem cured, it was the last time I went into a corner with any real speed.
2003 Dodge Durango SLT
2002 BMW E39 530i Sport
1988 Mercedes 300TE
2003 Chevrolet Suburban
Hey there,
My 1987 300tdt (w124) has same high speed "floating" on highway. My local mechanic is going to replace control arm bushings and the front ball joints and tie rods due to bad wear.
Hopefully this should help.
Thanks for all the info!! I did set up a service on Monday with a local independent Mercedes mechanic to have the problem looked at. He wants to first do an alignment and then check the suspension parts. I have a good feeling about this. He feels that the problem might be coming from the rear of the car... contrary to the front, which is what I had previously thought. I will keep you posted. Thanks!
Just to throw a wrench in the works, I have fixed numerous problem cars (cars aligned and worked on numerous places), that had their steering boxes tightened to tight. It causes a wandering sensation as you are constantly correcting that which the car should do itself. Improperly installed ball joints will do similar.
I mention this because you said the box was adjusted. It is very hard to adjust a box on the car and it should only be done by someone with gobs of experience. If you hadn't mentioned that I would have went with all the other good input about the rear links.
If you have the box problem it can get by a lot of people. If you mention the possibility it should be easy for them to verify as they do the alignment.
Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
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First, thanks for the help! I got my car back from the shop and I am pleased to say that it's fixed! It's a wonderful little Benz! On Monday the shop checked out the car's suspension and and found two things wrong: 1. The wheel bearing needed to be adjusted. 2. The idler arm bushings needed to be replaced. They adjusted the wheel bearing on Monday, but they didn't have the kit so they had to order that. Tuesday, I drove the car and I could tell that it felt better, but the "floating" was still there. After the kit arrived they replaced those as well. That cured the problem. The cost for the bushing kit was around $42.00 with the labour (including the wheel bearing adjustment) was around $93.00.
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Hi All,
I recently purchased a Spyder4 Pro to match the colors of my television, my girlfriends laptop and my own laptop.
We edited both some photos and they didn't look the same on other screens, but after calibration the screens still look very different. See the photo below.
I do know that all LCD panels have different charateristics so they're never exactly the same, but I didn't expect such a difference.
I calibrated all the screens with the same configuration:
Gamma: 2.2
White point: Native
Brightness: 120
Did I do something wrong or was it to easy to think that buying a calibration tool would solve the problem.
Hopefully someone can help me with this because I'm very new to calibration of monitors.
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A report has been published today by Water UK (13 September) which shows the national risk of drought across England and Wales is significant and growing.
The group which led the work comprised of water companies, regulators and government representatives across England and Wales and was independently peer reviewed by a panel of academic experts.
The Water UK Long Term Water Resources Planning Framework highlights a significant and growing risk of severe drought impacts, arising from climate change, population growth and environmental drivers.
The report advises that immediate action can offer a significant reduction of the potential risks of drought, and that the costs of these measures are relatively moderate against the significant expected benefits. It also suggests a twin-track approach to improve levels of resilience, with supply enhancement alongside demand management initiatives.
The level of population growth is set to be very high in the East compared to other areas of the country, and with levels of annual rainfall that are comparable with Jerusalem and a third of the landmass below sea level, the potential impacts of drought could be much worse in this region.
Jean Spencer, Regulation Director at Anglian Water, chaired the Water UK Steering Group and also is a member of the WRE Leadership group. The WRE project will be closely aligned with the Water UK work, looking at its findings at a local level and bringing partners together to find collaborative solutions to the region's challenges.


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The Concertgebouw is easily accessible.
Route from E40 Brussels-Ostend or the E403 Lille-Kortrijk-Bruges:
Take exit 8 to Bruges and stay on the N31.
Take the exit 'Brugge Centrum – Waggelwater – AZ Sint-Jan' and go straight along the Bevrijdingslaan.
At the third set of traffic lights after about 200 metres drive into the underground car park 'Centrum-Zand'.
Centrum-Zand (under the Concertgebouw, GPS 51° 12′ 23″ NB & 03° 13′ 00″ OL), 24 / 24 hours open, max. €2.50 from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am.
Centrum-Station (next to the NMBS-station): max. €0.70/hour and €3.50/day, free bus with your parking ticket.
View the timetable on the NMBS website.
Walking from the Bruges train station
Cross the station square and the road and follow the walking path to the left through the Albertpark (10 min. walk).
Bus (at the Bruges station)
There is a bus to the city centre every five minutes (stop next to the Concertgebouw) and until 11:10 pm – in some cases even later – you can take the Avondlijn from the Concertgebouw to the residential areas around Bruges (more info on the De Lijn website).
Bike parking Centrum-Zand (level -1 via the pavilion for the Parking Centrum-Zand – ask for your access badge here).
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From the Bungle Bungle bungles in Purnululu Nat'l Park (shown on the right on the map above) we headed north to Kununurra, to provision for the traverse of the Gibb River Road, a 660 km gravel road through the heart of the Kimberly region (shown in red on the map). The Kimberly is Western Australia's remote northern region, home of huge (1,000,000+ acres) cattle stations, beautiful gorges and national parks, terrific Aboriginal rock art, great coastlines, and some of the best swimming holes anywhere! The road, though gravel, is mostly in fairly good shape, and hardly required 4 wheel drive. Some of the side excursions, well, a bit of a different story!
|One of many stream crossings.....no drama, mate!
Leaving Kununurra, our first stop was El Questro Wilderness Park. We found this "theme park" wilderness experience to be a bloody bore, charging high fees for everything from tours, camping, and restaurants and beer, to trashy Chinese-made "genuine Outback souvenirs". We called the highly overrated tourist park "El Cost-o", and, especially after our terrific wilderness experiences on the Canning Stock Route and Bungle Bungles, was a big disappointment.
The entire Gibb River Road trip itself required quite a mental adjustment. The Kimberly, and the GRR, is a huge tourist destination for hordes of Australians. They come from all over the country for this major trip, sort of like Yellowstone National Park in the US. We had gotten spoiled by the deep wilderness and day after day of no human contact as we drove the Canning. We were now on a primary tourist circuit, and camping was mostly restricted to private campgrounds. The Gibb used to be a rugged 4x4 adventure, but today it is fairly accessible to camper trailers towed by a moderate 4wd family car. Though the areas were beautiful and perhaps somewhat remote, it really took a while to get used to the people all around us.
Leaving the Gibb River Road we headed 270 km north on a more rugged side road toward the Aboriginal settlement of Kalumburu, the most northernmost settlement in Western Australia (14 degrees S. latitude). The Aboriginal corporation charges a $50 permit fee to visit their area, but we had heard that "Honeymoon Beach" offered great camping, and were eager to put our feet into the crocodile infested Indian Ocean for the first time. Unfortunately, Honeymoon Beach was anything but, at least for those without their own boat. Though on a beautiful beach site, the run down, $30/night campground is mostly a fishing camp, and without a boat, there was little else to do.
|View from our tent site, our first of the Indian Ocean
|Cindi holds court with Tasmanian friends Merve and Trudy under the shade of a Boab tree.
Mitchell River National Park
From Kalumburu we headed for Mitchell River National Park, located up another 4wd track branching off from the Gibb/Kalumburu road. The main attraction, Mitchell Falls, is an easy 3 km hike from the campground.
Mitchell Falls (Punamii-unpuu) itself is a beautiful 4 tiered waterfall, having great cultural and spiritual significance to the original inhabitants of the area, the Wunambal people. Though quite spectacular now, our visit to this area is during the dry season, and we can imagine what the falls must be like during "the wet".
|1-meter long monitor lizard passed on the trail up to the falls.
|Our chariot awaits!
|4 tiers of the falls as seen from the air.
Aboriginal Rock Art
The entire Kimberly region, and the Mitchell River Plateau in particular, is rich in early Aboriginal rock painting. Some of the art is quite accessible showing up in a guidebook to the area, other "galleries" require a bit of an Indiana Jones approach to explore, hiking and poking around likely rock outcroppings. We got into the hunt, and over a few days found many of the ochre paintings, some of them amazingly well preserved. While it has been difficult to accurately date the Aboriginal artwork (evidence shows that the Aborigines first appeared in Australia nearly 50,000 years ago), one rock painting was shown to be at least 17,500 years old. It was dated by carbon dating a wasp nest which had grown over part of the painting, which was found to be of that age.
Here are some of the better samples we found throughout the area.
|Painters from later eras often painted over previous works.....as though they didn't have enough rocks!!!
|Cindi goes Indy Jones looking for the ancient bones we knew were in the area.....
|And here they are, in an ancient burial crypt.
|A painting of an echidna anteater is on the left
|Cindi again in true Indy style!
|Wanjina paintings, representing ancestral beings or spirits
|Friend Merve and Cindi looking for more artwork
|Ancient painter with a sense of humor.....note the hand print painted up the nose!!!
Manning Gorge
Bell Gorge
Windjana Gorge National Park
After all of this gorging out on swimming holes for several days, we were ready for something a bit different. People told us about yet another gorge, called Windjana Gorge National Park. Supposedly the swimming was no good, because the river was inhabited by hundreds of freshwater crocodiles!!! Now we're talking!!!
|Crocs waiting for their next meal to swim by.....
Here's a bit of video from the show.....
Finally we finished up the Gibb River Road at Derby. In the past, the GRR was considered very remote, just a gravel connector linking these huge cattle stations and a couple of Aboriginal communities to the outside world. Though still a gravel road, the trip now is one of the main highlights of the northern Australian tourist and gray nomad migration routes. Even with all of the camper trailers and caravans, it was still a fine tour, with all of the ties to the indigenous culture of the region, not to mention the fantastic swimming holes. We had a great time!!!
Next up.....Broome and Cape Leveque.......


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Carolina, which was led by quarterback Cam Newton (254 passing yards, four touchdowns, 120.4 passer rating, 95 yards rushing) totaled 548 yards. The Panthers' rushing total threatened Miami's franchise record of 341 yards.
Cam Newton threw four touchdown passes and the Carolina Panthers pounded the Miami Dolphins in a 45-21 victory on Monday at Bank of America Stadium. That formula worked to perfection on Monday and is what the Panthers have been doing during their three-game winning streak.
The Panthers, who have already won more games than they did all of last season, will have a bye next week before returning to play November 26 against the Jets. However, that momentum didn't carry over, as Cutler had a vintage "Jay Cutler moment" with an overaggressive and unnecessary interception to Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly with 41 seconds left in the first half that took all the energy out of the Dolphins. That opened the floodgates as the Panthers scored touchdowns on five straight drives.
The Panthers (7-3) turned in perhaps their most complete game of the season with a balanced offense and stifling defense, albeit against the NFL's worst attack. The teams combined for three points, 106 yards, three penalties and three punts in the first quarter. Newton trails only Peyton Manning and Matt Ryan in that category.
Panthers rookie running back Christian McCaffrey scored on a run and a reception and wide receiver Devin Funchess caught two touchdown passes, the last a 32-yarder from Newton with 8:20 remaining. Center Tyler Larsen suffered a foot injury but returned to the game.
Panthers: Visit the Jets on November 26 after a bye.
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Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience World Tour is coming to New Zealand not once, or twice, but three times. Due to the two concerts selling extremely well, Timberlake has decided to add a third show. It's being reported that the official New Zealand dates for Timberlake's The 20/20 World Tourwill happen on October 15, October 12, and October 13.
The "Mirrors" singer plans to play his three shows at Vector Arena, which is the very same venue he managed to sell out back in 2007. Back then the singer brought his FutureSex/LoveSounds tour for three sold out nights. At the time, the show received rave reviews, and if prior reviews of his 20/20 Experience are any indication, it looks like Justin Timberlake may score some more positive reviews in Auckland.
The Australian leg of The 20/20 Experience starts off in Melbourne for two nights on September 18, and his following stops are in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, and will finish it off with Perth on October 9 before heading to Auckland. For those who live in New Zealand, tickets go on sale for the shows on April 11 at 10 a.m. for the general public. For those who are members to Timberlake's Tennessee Kids fan club tickets will be on sale on April 8. This also includes MasterCard holders as well.
It's been a pretty exciting tour with some memorable off the cuff moments for Timberlake. A few months ago Timberlake was involved in a middle finger stand-off with the crowd during a stop in Philadelphia after someone in the front row decided to get his attention by giving him the middle finger. Deciding to make the most of the moment Timberlake gave the concert goer the middle finger, which then promptly turned into a "bird-off" with everyone else.
Another incident saw Timberlake getting groped by a concert goer during his show. At the time the "SexyBack" singer was singing his song "Cabaret" in the middle of the VIP section of the concert. An unidentified concert goer decided to grope the singer's backside. Always the consummate professional, Timberlake flipped the stranger's hand off while dancing.
Recently Timberlake found himself in the middle of a very personal announcement during a London show. As previously reported, Justin toasted the "new baby." His announcement was misunderstood by the audience, who thought Timberlake was confirming the baby rumors that he and Jessica Biel were expecting. Fortunately the singer was quick to squash any news items that might come out of the announcement by clarifying that he was talking about the royal baby George. "George, you motherf—-rs," Timberlake said, as the crowd went wild.
The 20/20 Experience World Tour wraps up in Auckland on October 13, 2014.
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Recently, Walgreens announced the launch of its Center for Health & Wellbeing Research, a website that features more than 50 Walgreens outcomes studies completed over the past six years. Areas of research include access to care and patient experience, adherence and clinical outcomes, digital health and member engagement, health care costs, HIV and specialty pharmacy, vaccinations and more.
We're told that visitors to the site will find summaries, links and original documents related to company research reports and studies that have been published in peer-reviewed medical and health care publications, as well as presented at scientific and industry conferences.
"We are thrilled to be unveiling the Walgreens Center for Health & Wellbeing Research," said Harry Leider, M.D., chief medical officer and group vice president for Walgreens. "Our goal is, through scientific research, to help improve patient care and outcomes while lowering health care costs. We are dedicated to providing value to health care on a national scale and the Walgreens Center for Health & Wellbeing Research will showcase the work we are doing every day to advance that mission."
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed was all praise for his team for staging a dramatic comeback after the loss to India in the league stage. "They outplayed us. They were more intense and passionate on the day". "We can be very proud of that as a unit and we leave here with our heads held high because we understand the kind of expectations and pressures we face as a team". Zaman and Azhar attacked the Indian bowlers from the word go and played fearless yet sensible cricket in the high-intensity clash against their arch-rivals. Now, we are champions.
Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed (L) celebrates with teammates after taking the final catch, confirming their victory over India after the ICC Champions Trophy final cricket match between India and Pakistan at The Oval in London on June 18, 2017.
But Pakistan collapse to 162 for seven before an unbroken stand of 75 between skipper Sarfraz (61 not out) and Mohammad Amir (28 not out) sees them win what is a virtual quarter-final.
The momentum remained with Pakistan as Mohammad Hafeez pummelled three sixes and four fours, putting on an unbroken 71 with Imad Wasim (25no) who enjoyed a remarkable slice of luck when a delivery from Bumrah bounced forcefully off his wicket without dislodging a bail.
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The Indian captain conceded that they needed to check the extras, 13 wides and three no balls.
Asked if Pakistan's victory was a big moment for the region, he said: "I congratulated them in the post-match".
Pakistan coach Micky Arthur said: "It's been an up and down ride but the whole group kept believing". After that, it was hard for India to come back into the game. We wanted to be a lot more consistent.
"We've got two years until 2019 [World Cup] now, we've got the monkey off our back in terms of qualifying, we've got enough points now that we'll not have to go through the qualifying stages, which for us was really important".
He heard the ball pouched behind him and knew he was dismissed before he'd really got started in the biggest cricket match of his life on Sunday. "I think that's the only analysis a person needs to do and nothing more", the captain said. They took the game on.


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December 6, 2017
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Baseball season is coming up soon, and the team is preparing for tryouts in January.
"I have a good feeling about this baseball season," sophomore Ethan Stiff said. "Everyone on the team is getting ready for this season by coming to the weight room every day and giving it their all."
Most of the sophomores on the team are taking this season seriously. Going to work out every day of the week and practice on batting and throwing.
"Practicing with the team has been an experience to remember," Stiff said "Getting to work with them helps with building trust and communication with each other. Those are two most important skills when it comes to baseball."
With the season approaching, they have to prepare for what is ahead and build team chemistry.
"The bond with us is strong and is getting stronger by the day," sophomore Azure Allen said. "The greatest thing in baseball is getting to build these bonds with each other. This will further help with winning more games."


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Sunshine on a Rainy Day by Bryony Fraser
Published: 8th September 2016
Publisher: Avon
Pages: 400
Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Rating: 4/5
BlurbIt's Zoe and Jack's first wedding anniversary party. They've got an announcement! They're getting divorced.
Marriage isn't for everyone – something that Zoe and Jack discovered only after they'd walked down the aisle. Bad timing, huh?
So now they're stuck together in their once harmonious marital home, neither one of them willing to move out of their lovely house.
With Zoe's three sisters always wanting a say, and Jack's best friend trying his best to fix things between them, misunderstandings arise. Tempers flare. 'Accidents' happen…
Zoe and Jack are going to be lucky if they're still alive when the twelve months are up. But maybe things aren't quite as final as they seem?
As soon as I read the blurb for this book I really wanted to read it as it sounded refreshingly different to the get married, live happily ever after storyline. In Sunshine on a Rainy Day Bryony Fraser as knocked this idea on its head and given us a story of matrimonial disaster.
Sunshine on a Rainy Day starts with Jack and Zoe announcing on their first wedding anniversary that they're getting a divorce. We're then taken back through the previous twelve months to relive their nightmare year of being married and find out exactly what went so wrong with these two people who were so in love. As we follow Jack and Zoe through their wedding and first year of marriage we are also given flashbacks of how these two met and how their relationship has developed over the last seven years, which was a brilliant way of storytelling as you could see those pivotal moments which had affected their feelings towards marriage.
Despite wanting to love this book I had one major problem with it, Zoe. I just didn't like her at all. I really couldn't get my head round why getting married changed her so much. Before the wedding she seemed a kind caring and devoted girlfriend who would do anything for Jack. After she became like a spoilt child when they don't get their own way, moaning at Jack for everything, picking fights over silly things and always assuming he's wrong without ever giving him chance to speak. I felt a bit like Jack and wondered where has his lovely Zoe gone and why. From the flashbacks I can kind of understand where she was coming from but I felt so sad for Jack that she never seemed to give their marriage a chance to work.
Apart from Zoe this is a really good read. Jack is such a lovely guy and totally someone I think most of us would enjoy being married to as he was so kind and considerate to Zoe even when she was being ridiculous. I also loved the other characters in the book, Zoe's sisters and their own little dramas, but my favourite had to be Liz and her plan of dating a guy she hated so she'd appreciate the next guy more was so funny.
The pace of this book is quite fast and even though I kept putting it down as Zoe irritated me I found myself sneaking a couple of chapters when I got a chance as I kept wanting to see what would happen next and after a couple of days I was finished.
With this book I felt a wide range of emotions, I laughed, I cried and I got mad. It is a book of love, friendship, family and above all following your instincts when something doesn't feel right. I enjoyed it and am looking forward to seeing what Bryony Fraser comes up with next.
Thank you to Avon and Netgalley for this review copy.


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Yes, after nearly three months without writing anything on here I am back with a refreshed mind and itching fingers that are burning to spill out my thoughts – and ironically just in time for the new year. Why the sudden return to writing with simplistic fonts on a visual screen? Well over the last couple of months, I have gone through a dramatic shift in lifestyle. It sounds cliche i know but hear me out. I have always been someone who believes in equality, coming from a family that was largely just females, I grew up as an independent female who even from the young age of twelve and thirteen knew what feminism and equality was and knew that it was something that I believed in strongly and would defend till my last day. And considerably over this last year, where everything has gone down the drain, this side of me has arisen more and began to realize more as well.
However, I've noticed rather shamefully that despite preaching that I have these beliefs – i am doing nothing to stand behind them. Nothing at all. I think what really shook me up and started to spur me into action was when I questioned my reading habits. When i asked myself – when was the last time I read a book that had a poc character? A lgbtqia+ character? A character with disabilities? I asked myself this and then looked up to my bookcase in revolt. I always thought myself as a diverse reader, a reader who has always read books full of empowerment and diversity. Ha. The only diversity in the books I own is that most of the main characters are female – oh white straight females that is. Not only that, I have also realized how problematic and racist my favorite books are and the scary thing is was that even after rereading all these books what three? four? five times, I had not noticed it.
And that made me realize how little diversity I have in my world – not in just what I read, but also watch, follow, idolize. And that then made me realize how much I need to change my ways. I need to start doing something rather then just stating, oh yes I'm this and this. Even though its something small, I am starting with reading diverse books, not only that, but #ownvoices and also make sure that my research for my book is solid and realistic – and not inaccurate.
With this fresh new intake on my lifestyle, I decided to go back to blogging and absorb myself in whirling words and thoughts again. The blog posts i will be posting may not always be so structured as last time with solid tbrs and reviews every week. I will do those of course – but I would like to come to this place as something more personal. A little corner for me to spill out random words and angry vents, like a small diary in a way, but of course open for discussion. Well thats that i suppose, I never know how to finish these posts off….
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Jordon Forster believes another Championship side will join Hibs in winning promotion to the Premiership – but he doesn't know which one it will be.
While the Easter Road outfit will go up automatically having taken the title, Falkirk, Dundee United and Morton face the lottery of the play-offs with all three hoping to win the right to do battle with the top flight's second bottom club for a place in the Premiership.
Hibs were the first team to be relegated via the play-offs, losing in a dramatic penalty shoot-out to Hamilton and so begin a three-year stay in the second tier of Scottish football.
In each of the following two years the Premiership teams have prevailed, Motherwell defeating Rangers and then Kilmarnock fending off the Bairns who had, in succession, ended Hibs' own promotion hopes.
As things stand today, Inverness Caley look all but doomed to automatic relegation, seven points adrift of Motherwell and Hamilton at the foot of the Premiership with Dundee a further point better off.
But Forster predicted the Premiership club that ends up in the play-off place will find themselves making the drop.
He said: "You've seen it with us, how hard the play-offs are. I think there will be two Championship teams going up. I won't say who the second team will be. Us and someone else."
Meanwhile, illness could rob top scorer Jason Cummings of the chance of matching last season's tally of 25 goals. The striker has netted 23 times so far and will be desperate to play in today's final match against St Mirren hoping to add at least another two to that total.
But he missed much of this week's training and although he reported back to East Mains on Thursday to be checked over by the club doctor, boss Neil Lennon is likely to make a late decision on the 21-year-old's fitness.


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SOUTH PASADENA – Police are seeking a man who followed a woman off a Metro Gold Line train, then sexually assaulted her late Thursday.
The incident was reported just after 11 p.m. on Meridian Avenue at El Centro Street, South Pasadena police Officer Juan Salcido said.
A woman in her late 30s got off a train at the Mission Station and a man who was travelling with a bicycle followed her off, the officer said.
The man came up behind the woman on the bicycle and groped the woman's lower body, police said. She pushed him off, and the attacker rode away.
The woman was not injured.
Police described the attacker as a Latino man in his early- to mid-20s, with black hair. He wore a white tank top and black pants.
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If you have any interest in comic strips at all, do yourself a favor, take a few minutes and read Bill Watterson's review of the new Charles Schulz biography from the Wall Street Journal. First of all, it may pique your curiosity like it did mine and make you want to read the book.
More than that, it's interesting to me because of what it is. I am generally fascinated to hear or read artists discussing other artists. Publicity interviews with guys like Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese where they're just plugging their latest movie are usually dull, rote affairs. But in-depth discussions with them, the times the interviewer is able to get them waxing rhapsodic about Billy Wilder or John Ford, that's pure gold. Such a discussion allows you to see the films of both Spielberg and Ford in a new light.
And so it is here. Watterson is, of course, the creator of "Calvin and Hobbes," widely considered the best comic strip of its era. In the WSJ piece, Watterson makes it quite clear that he is one of the legion of cartoonists who learned any number of important lessons about the art simply by absorbing "Peanuts" as a kid. That "Peanuts" was influential goes without saying, but the direct influence of Schulz on Watterson becomes clear when Watterson explains it and gives you the opportunity to think about it. Look at that "Peanuts" strip above - could it not just as easily be Calvin (in a more sour mood, perhaps, than Charlie Brown) delivering the line in panel 2, and Hobbes, in some ways the comics page's philosophical heir to Linus van Pelt, delivering the line in panel 4?
The piece is also interesting for what it does not say. Obviously, this is a book review, so Watterson has to limit his editorializing. He is, however, able to slip in a few things between the lines. There is a certain wistful sadness lurking in there, but Watterson, who famously battled with his syndicate over licensing rights to "Calvin and Hobbes," is not able to say explicitly how he feels about the role of "Peanuts" as the progenitor of every "Dilbert" doll, every "Far Side" calendar and coffee mug and every single awful, soul-sucking "Garfield" poster with which awful middle school teachers wallpaper their classrooms.
Still, the admiration Watterson continues to feel for Schulz's work shines through. I'd love to read more from popular cartoonists of the present discussing, in greater depth, the work of popular cartoonists of the past.


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Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Crunch forward Tye McGinn spent all of last season in the NHL, skating with San Jose and Arizona.
He's barely sniffed that level this year, but he's put his time back in the AHL to good use by showing why he was a player of that top-level caliber in the first place.
McGinn has spent the last month in New Year's Eve mode, sending out December with a noisy bang. He has eight goals in the month, but more impressively has tallied seven in his last seven games.
That includes twice scoring two goals in games at Hershey, on Dec. 20 and then again Tuesday. Overall, he's tied for the Crunch lead with 11 markers this season.
"I'm just getting to the net. That's where the puck goes in," McGinn said Thursday morning, before his team left for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. "I'm just trying to shoot everything that I can."
And the last time he was successful enough at that to score seven times in seven games?
"Maybe mite hockey? I don't know. I can't really remember," said McGinn, 25.
The key thing that's lodged in the 6-foot-3, 205-pound McGinn's memory is his 2014-15 season. He played in 33 games for San Jose, posting a goal and four helpers, and 18 with Arizona (1-1).
He signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent last summer with the understandable expectation of continuing that NHL run with the Lightning. But so far he has just a pair of games with that club this season.
"I was up there the whole year, but I didn't really play too much," McGinn said of last season. "So it's kind of good to get down here and play a lot of minutes and re-establish myself as a player. I'm not looking at it (that he's an NHLer) like that at all."
To McGinn's credit, he's attacked his AHL challenge much like he did during his last season in the minors, with Adirondack in 2013-14. That year he chipped in with 20 goals and 35 points, career-best numbers that could be toppled this season.
And despite an extended return to the minors, Crunch coach Rob Zettler said he's seen "nothing but professionalism" from McGinn.
"He makes NHL plays," Zettler said. "He's big, strong. He's able to shield and protect pucks, and that's what NHL players do. They hang onto pucks and make plays. Some of our young guys can take a page out of his book and learn from some of the things that he does out there.
"Some guys would take it the wrong way after being in the NHL for a year. Not Tye. He comes to work every day, plays hard and he's reaping the benefits and rewards. He'll get another chance up there. He's just got to keep with it."
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