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Dance Dreams Digital
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Bonnie Barr (F.B.A.T.D)
Bonnie has spent her life involved in dance and was awarded not 1 but 3 prestigious Carl Alan Awards, closely followed by the Classiques Award for Services to Dance. She has choreographed routines for the Film Industry, T.V. and variety shows lectured all over the U.K. and abroad. Bonnie is an examiner of the B.A.T.D. and delegate on The British Dance Council for The B.A.T.D. She has trained World and British Champions in the freestyle branches and is more than happy to pass on her expertise in dance to her Dancedreams pupils. Her creative ability for new and exciting ideas has been a huge asset to our Commercial teams.
Sharron Barr (M.B.A.T.D)
Before becoming a full-time dance teacher, Sharon started her career as a nurse, however after living in Canada for a few years the lure and love of the family business brought her back to the fold. She has been involved in various T.V. productions and has appeared on the original Come Dancing series alongside Bonnie. Sharon is also in charge of our teacher training courses, her expertise lies within the Theatre branches although her roots are through her Ballroom and Latin-American training which she still shares a huge passion for. She thrives on technique & is a total perfectionist in all classes, especially Commercial & Stage.
Ashleigh Barr (M.B.A.T.D)
Ashleigh is Sharon's daughter and has danced since she could walk. She has a super knowledge in all branches of dance, her cheography skills are in high demand and she travels all over the country doing workshops and lectures. Ashleigh spent a season in New York studying dance in Broadway and secured a wealth of knowledge from this. In recent years Ashleigh was awarded 'Young Teacher of Year Award' from the A.D.F.P and the very prestigious Carl Alan Award for 'Freestyle Teacher of The Year'. She is heavily involved in the Commercial side of teaching and just lives for her pupils. She always takes that step beyond the call of duty as a designer for most of our outfits and a super make-up & hair artist.
Hayley Johnston (A.B.A.T.D)
Hayley is Bonnie's daughter and started dancing at Dancedreams at 18 months old. Hayley received her BATD teaching qualification in 2014 and then went onto train at Laine Theatre Arts & The Urdang Academy in London gaining a 1st class Honours Degree and pursuing her lifelong dream & career in Musical Theatre. Whenever Hayley has time off from performing, she enjoys nothing better than coming back to Dancedreams to teach and passes on her wealth of knowledge from the industry.
Courtney McClure (A.B.A.T.D)
Courtney is Sharon's middle daughter and has been performing since she was one. She has trained in all branches of dance and is extremely passionate, bringing great enthusiasm to all of our classes. Courtney went onto University where she achieved a BSc Honours Degree in Sports Coaching and is currently undertaking a course in Neuro-Linguistics Programming which will further benefit the development of our pupils in training.
Carly McClure (A.B.A.T.D)
Carly is Sharon's youngest daughter and has been dancing since she could walk. Carly excelled in her competitive years winning numerous titles and since 2014 has become a valued member of our teaching staff.
Kourtney Lee (A.B.A.T.D)
Kourtney started dancing at age 5 and after an extremely successful competitive career in dance, she has moved on to join the teaching staff at Dancedreams. As a homegrown pupil, Kourtney has trained in all branches of dance and understands completely how we nurture and progress our students. She has amazing energy and her passion for dance is clearly shown through her teaching.
Ashley Bradley (A.B.A.T.D)
Ashley is a valuable member of our teaching staff. Ashley has also had a successful freestyle competitive career and trained in the theatre branches before turning professional with Dancedreams. She is a very popular teacher with our pupils & parents alike. She is in big demand when it comes to her individual style & flare, she is passionate about all styles of dance.
Danielle Miller (A.B.A.T.D)
Danielle joined Dancedreams as a pupil age 6. She worked her way through the ranks and was a dedicated dancer who was also a member of our senior commercial team. She qualified and went on to become a teacher in 2014 and is now a very valued member of the Falkirk & Bainsford teaching staff.
Rachel Henderson (A.B.A.T.D)
Rachel fell in love with dancing when she joined Dancedreams over 10 years ago. Since then, she has trained in all styles of dance and qualified as a dance teacher in 2019. Rachel has a passion for dance and loves working with children at all ages, watching them flourish to become talented, enthusiastic individuals. At the moment, Rachel is also working towards achieving a BA Honours degree in Business and Management however still holds the same dedication to dance as she did all those years ago.
Shannon Higgins
Shannon first started ballet as an associate of Scottish Ballet working her way up from Junior to Mid and finally Senior Associates. She also danced with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on the Junior course before receiving the Veronica Bruce Memorial Dance Trust scholarship to train professionally on the theatre dance degree course at London Studio Centre, specialising in classical ballet. Whilst in full time training, Shannon performed in LSC'S Dance Overture at Wimbledon Theatre for two consecutive years and then joined Images Ballet Company in her final year to tour the UK. She worked with various established choreographers, completing the tour at the prestigious Sadler's Wells in London. Since graduating with a first-class BA (Hons) degree, Shannon has become a qualified STOTT Pilates instructor and enjoys the relationship of applying Pilates to ballet technique.
www.dancedreams.co.uk
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The killer app for home automation?
Following a trial run in the homes of 10,000 of its customers, British Gas has now launched its home-automation play: the Remote Heating Control, which will set you back £150. But for kit-provider AlertMe, the RHC could be more Trojan Horse than money-saving tech.
The Remote Heating product connects wirelessly to the thermostat of the house, plugging into the home's existing broadband, which allows the forgetful office worker to switch off the heating from a web browser (potently saving £140 a year, we're told), assuming the worker isn't too forgetful. But for AlertMe, which provides the kit, this is the killer application which will take home automation out of the uber-geek's shed and into the mainstream.
AlertMe's product, which British Gas will be selling for £229 including installation (that £150 figure is only up for grabs when bundled with new central heating), is a Zigbee hub which can communicate with a wide variety of home-automation kit. AlertMe's plan is to up-sell those British Gas customers on automatic door locks, smoke alarms and window sensors – all controlled from the hub and via AlertMe's cloud.
The company is using the same strategy in the USA, having signed a deal with Lowes in January. Lowes (a DIY chain) used to sell a range of home-automation products, but now only sells AlertMe's hub (rebranded "Iris" and with Z-Wave instead of 868MHz) along with motion detectors, light switches and so forth. It also sells pre-defined starter kits covering "Comfort & Control" and "Safe & Secure" to get customers buying in to the home automation concept.
Home automation is nothing new – the closing curtains, dimming lights and an automatic turntable primed with Barry White have been a staple of the comedy geek since the '70s – but despite the availability of kit conforming to X10 and Z-Wave standards, the market has never taken off. One might suggest that this is because home automation isn't something people want, but not according to AlertMe.
The company likes to compare homes to phones, pointing out that no one asked for mobile phone apps and that standards have driven phone handsets into applications never imagined. AlertMe has some APIs for its cloud, and reckons once people start deploying the kit then creative applications will drive adoption.


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Is Emma Thompson Joining Emma Stone in Disney's Cruella?
May 15, 2019 Stephanie Coats Cinemas
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Disney may be looking to double up on the number of Emmas in their upcoming film Cruella. Emma Thompson is reportedly in talks to star in the film alongside Emma Stone, who will play the titular character, Cruella de Vil.
In their ongoing effort to remake many of their classic animated films into live-action adaptations, Disney has been working on Cruella since 2013. It's not the first time the character has been portrayed in a live-action film. Glenn Close memorably portrayed the villain in the 1996 101 Dalmatians.
Thompson has become a familiar face/voice in Disney's films in the past few years. After starring as P.L. Travers, author of Mary Poppins, opposite Tom Hanks' Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks, she played Mrs. Potts in the 2017 live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. Variety first reported the news that Thompson is in talks to star in Cruella.
Details on Cruella remain sparse at the moment. We do know that Craig Gillespie, director of I, Tonya, is at the helm. Previous reports stated the film would be set in the 80s and have a "punk vibe". It's possible Cruella could be a film similar to Maleficent where a classic villain is giving a softer, more sympathetic backstory to explain her wicked behavior. Could Thompson portray a later version of Cruella? Or maybe she's a mentor to Stone's Cruella?
Perhaps the most important question is whether anything in Cruella could live up to the truly iconic depiction of Cruella de Vil in Disney's 1961 101 Dalmatians. She does have the best theme song after all.
Cruella is scheduled to release on December 23, 2020.
Stephanie Coats
Stephanie Coats is the Lead Events Editor at 4 Your Excitement. She has a B.A. from Hope International University and an undying passion for all things geeky. In addition to 4YE, she also writes for TheFlickcast.com, FlickDirect.com and works full-time as a communications coordinator.
You can follow her on Twitter for nerdy posts about Doctor Who, Agent Carter, Agents of SHIELD, Harry Potter and more.
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While popular belief holds that teens use electronic cigarettes as a substitute for cigarettes, it may in fact be a new habit for those who didn't smoke in the first place.
A new study by the University of Southern California found that the percentage of students who reported smoking or vaping has increased from previous years. In 2014, 14 percent of 12th-graders reported having used cigarettes or E-cigarettes within the past 30 days. In 2004, prior to the release of electronic cigarettes, only around 9 percent of surveyed students within the same age group reported smoking.
The study, published in Pediatrics, was conducted on 5,490 high school juniors and seniors in Southern California. According to the study, in 2011 only about 1.5 percent of students revealed having vaped in the past 30 days; in 2015, this number was up to around 16 percent.
E-cigarettes, which are battery-powered devices, vaporize liquids that can contain flavorings, chemicals, and nicotine. The user then inhales the vapors, a process otherwise known as vaping.
Researchers said they saw a downward trend in cigarette use from 1995 to 2004, but no further decrease in 2014.
"The combined e-cigarette and cigarette use in 2014 far exceeded what we would have expected if teens were simply substituting cigarettes with e-cigarettes," lead study author, Jessica Barrington-Trimis, a postdoctoral scholar research associate in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, said in a press release. "The data suggest that at least some of the teens who are vaping would not have smoked cigarettes."
A separate study published in June by Barrington-Trimis and her team at USC asserts that teens who experiment with e-cigarettes are six times more likely to try normal cigarettes than teens who have never vaped.
Researchers also worry about potential nicotine addiction in young who are vaping. While some electronic liquid providers state that their products do not contain nicotine, the electronic cigarette industry has not been thoroughly regulated. However, the United States Food and Drug Administration released new plans to regulate tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, last May.
"Because e-cigarettes are perceived as less harmful and less dangerous than combustible cigarettes, another concern is that teens may be introduced to nicotine use via e-cigarettes," Barrington-Trimis said in the news release. "In California, where smoking rates are among the lowest in the country, the increase in vaping, possibly followed by increases in smoking, could erode the progress that has been made over the last several decades in tobacco control."
Tobacco use is currently the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States, with approximately 480,000 deaths annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


ISIS released a new (?) audio recording from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Thursday. Baghdadi, assuming it was really him, offered the usual "keep fighting" pablum that these messages always include, but the real reason anybody listens to these things is in order to gain some clues into whether or not the guy is still alive. Baghdadi, again assuming it was him, apparently referred to the battle of Mosul, which is recent-ish, and to North Korean threats against Japan and the US, also recent-ish. None of it seems to conclusively indicate that he recorded the message within the past few days or even weeks, except possibly for a reference he made to fighting in Syria's Hama province. There has been renewed fighting in Hama just in the past couple of weeks.
At least seven Iraqi soldiers were killed on Wednesday in fighting near Ramadi. ISIS fighters attacked several military positions outside the city using suicide bombers and mortars, but were eventually driven back after a lengthy battle. At least 16 ISIS fighters were also killed.
Human Rights Watch is accusing fighters from the Badr Organization, one of the largest of the Popular Mobilization militias, of unlawfully detaining and torturing male villagers outside of Hawijah. Badr denies the charges but does allow that it arrests people it "suspects" of being "terrorists." There's a lot of wiggle room in there. Badr, one of the largest of the PMU constituent forces, is alleged to have considerable influence over the interior ministry, whose Rapid Response force was found to have committed multiple human rights violations during the Mosul campaign.
Even then the premier was being pushed hard to take stronger action by Arab politicians and parties. Abadi gave the KRG three days to hand over control of its airports and border crossings with Turkey, Syria and Iran. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority sent notices to airlines that international flights to Irbil and Sulaimaniya were suspended. Some companies said they would comply, while others would not. A parliamentarian (MP) from the Supreme Council's Citizen Bloc called for the Speaker of Parliament Sailm al-Jabouri to remove all the Kurdish deputies that voted in the referendum. Another MP said that the second deputy speaker of parliament Aram Sheikh Mohammed should be dismissed for the same reason. Legislators also demanded Abadi take all measures to ensure the unity of Iraq including asserting control over the disputed territories, removing the governor of Kirkuk, asking countries to close their consulates in Kurdistan, and even arresting Kurdish officials who were responsible for the referendum. Finally, Kataibh Hezbollah compared President Barzani to Islamic State leader Baghdadi saying he would be dealt with the same way that the Islamic State was. During the run up and after the referendum, this is the type of rhetoric that has been coming out from both sides. Arab MPs are calling for all types of actions to assert control over Kurdistan so that it cannot break away. Almost all of this is just words as no one really wants a confrontation that might escalate into violence. The Kurds are a favorite target of many Arab parties however, so this will likely continue for the foreseeable future.
Meanwhile, all international flights directly into Iraqi Kurdistan are scheduled to end as of Friday. Small wonder that Barzani's foreign minister, Falah Mustafa Bakir said Thursday that "There is always the carrot and the stick. But they have forgotten about the carrot. They know only the stick." By "they" he meant Baghdad, but he might as well have been talking about Turkey, which is still threatening to close its border with Iraqi Kurdistan, a move that would be very damaging to the Kurdish economy. Kirkuk remains on edge, and I'm sure you'd find similar sentiments expressed by, say, Yazidis in Sinjar to those you find being expressed by non-Kurds in Kirkuk in that article.
United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura has scheduled a new round of Syrian peace talks "in about a month," which is good because all complex international negotiations should follow a "eh, whenever everybody's free" style of scheduling. De Mistura wants the talks to happen no later than early November. He seems intent this time around on extending the Astana talks' localized ceasefire plan into a nationwide ceasefire, but with ISIS and the Artist Formerly Known As Nusra still active combatants I find it hard to see how that could happen.
The Syrian army is close to fully surrounding the ISIS-controlled parts of the city of Deir Ezzor, which would be a 180 turnaround from the several years during which ISIS was surrounding and besieging the government-held parts of that city. However, ISIS attacked the village of Shola on Thursday, and it's not clear yet how that's shaken out but if they were able to capture the city that would cut the main highway running from Damascus to Deir Ezzor and would make the Syrian army divert forces to retake the area.
In a bit over a week since Russian and Syrian aircraft resumed their bombing campaign in Idlib province, in response to rebel advances in northern Hama province, Syrian Civil Defense says they've killed at least 150 civilians. The Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday denied the accusation and insisted that it only strikes military targets and never bombs residential areas. Say, just like America!
There is a bill that appears to be gaining steam in the House of Representatives that would force the Trump administration to yank all American forces out of Yemen unless and until Congress authorizes a mission there. It's an extreme long shot to actually pass, because Congress is terrified of reasserting itself when it comes to foreign policy, but it is a sign that the Yemen atrocity, and America's role in causing it, is starting to lose support in Washington.
On the other hand, there will be no investigation into Saudi war crimes coming out of the United Nations human rights council. A push for one, led by the Netherlands and Canada, was quashed after the Saudis threatened to do terrible things to any country that voted for it.
Turkish airstrikes reportedly killed 13 PKK fighters in northern Iraq on Thursday.
The Turkish government is now openly tying the fate of an American pastor named Andrew Brunson to the US decision whether or not to extradite Fethullah Gülen. Brunson, who used to lead a church in Izmir, was arrested in October for–what else?–alleged ties to Gülen's organization. Now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Ankara will return him to the US if Gülen is extradited to Turkey. This is so blatant, even for Erdoğan, that part of me wonders if it's not proof that Turkey really doesn't want Gülen back. Erdoğan has to know that publicly trying to blackmail Washington is going to make it harder for the Trump administration to do this deal–if they really wanted to effect a trade they would have made the offer quietly. My view on this has been that Gülen is far more valuable to Erdoğan as the mysterious evil mastermind-in-exile than he would be standing trial, particularly if Gülen decided to avail himself of that opportunity to air some of Erdoğan's dirty laundry in public.
Israeli leaders' main concern is the Tanzim being coopted to join in a round of violence against Israel. Recent years have seen relative peace and quiet in the West Bank (with the exception of the individual terror wave that erupted in September 2015). This quiet is attributed to the work of the Palestinian security apparatuses and the Tanzim being removed from the equation. One order from the leadership in Ramallah, however, could rouse it. This is the most disturbing scenario and cause for concern for Israel in the coming period. The higher-ups in military intelligence and in the Palestinian General Security Services admit that this is not a "reasonable" scenario, but one that is called in Israel an "extreme" scenario. "Extreme" scenarios in the Middle East, however, have a propensity to materialize at the worst possible time.
Fortunately for the Israelis, of course, US ambassador and settlement financier David Friedman remains on the job. One of Friedman's talents appears to be that he can say things so absurd and/or provocative that even the rest of the Trump administration has to distance itself from them–always an excellent trait to have in an ambassador. On Thursday, the State Department had to disassociate itself from a recent interview in which Friedman said that Israel only controls two percent of the West Bank (he's off by a mere 58 percent) and that it was the "expectation" of the UN resolution that ended the 1967 Six Day War that Israel should retain parts of the territories it occupied (yeah, no, sorry). The first thing merely contradicts objective reality, the second contradicts decades of US policy, and that's the part the State Department had to repudiate.
The one thing Gaza has always had going for it, despite being choked off, starved, and periodically bombed to smithereens by Israel, is that it had a nice long beach. Fortunately that's been ruined. The Palestinian Authority's decision to cut off Gaza's electricity has left it unable to treat its sewage, which is being piped untreated right out into the Mediterranean Sea. The problem is now affecting Israeli beaches and it's already seriously crippled Gaza's fishing industry, since most people don't trust what's coming out of the water even if the fishermen do, as they claim, sail out past the polluted area to catch their fish.
The Egyptian air force says it struck a ten-vehicle convoy trying to enter Egypt from Libya on Thursday. The convoy allegedly carried weapons and ammunition.
But it will be impossible to place restrictions on enthusiasm among Saudi women. Conversations with women across the kingdom on Wednesday revealed a mix of disbelief and euphoria rarely matched in their lifetimes.
Saudi women celebrating the decision aren't just thrilled about the possibility of sitting behind the wheel but of what this signals about how the political winds in Saudi Arabia have changed.
I still don't want to be a downer on this story, but when Dickinson talks about "restrictions" she's referring to the fact that when women are turned loose on Saudi streets next summer it will almost certainly come with a host of conditions, involving things like what times of day women are allowed to drive. Developing those restrictions is part of the reason why the decree doesn't go into effect for almost a year.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif threatened on Thursday, in an interview with Al Jazeera, that Iran might withdraw from the nuclear deal if the Trump administration does so first. Zarif is trying to scare the other members of the P5+1 into leaning on Washington to keep the deal in place, but it's unlikely any of those countries is going to be able to sway Donald Trump away from decertifying the agreement next month. It's not clear, however, that there's a real appetite in Congress for reimposing sanctions (i.e., withdrawing from the deal)–there's certainly less of one than I would have thought, judging from this Weekly Standard (I know) piece. But I think Zarif is bluffing here, because it would still be in Iran's interests to try to make the agreement work with the other five parties. The US is powerful enough to impose sanctions that would make it impossible for anyone to do business with Iran, but unless/until it did that I would expect Tehran would try to stick it out.


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Home » TV & Movies » Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo Add Children's Book to Their List of Post-'Counting On' Projects
Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo Add Children's Book to Their List of Post-'Counting On' Projects
As the sixth child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, Jinger Duggar spent her youth in the public eye. Jinger was just 10 when her now-famous family began filming for their first TLC special in 2004, before landing their own show, 19 Kids and Counting. Shortly after the cancellation of 19 Kids and Counting, the older Duggar children, including Jinger, were given the opportunity to film for a series called Counting On. Sadly, yet another Josh Duggar scandal once led to TLC canceling the family's reality show. Now that Counting On has been canceled, Jinger and her husband Jeremy Vuolo have been taking on numerous projects and distancing themselves from the rest of the Duggar family. Read on to discover how Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo have been navigating life throughout this post-TLC era — including an upcoming children's book.
Here's how the Vuolos have navigated the cancelation of 'Counting On'
Jinger Duggar married Jeremy Vuolo on Nov. 5, 2016. The wedding between the pair was even featured in two episodes of Counting On. Since tying the knot a little over five years ago, the couple has welcomed two daughters into the world. Jinger gave birth to her first child, Felicity Nicole Vuolo, on July 19, 2018. Two years later, Evangeline Jo Vuolo joined the family on Nov. 22, 2020.
As a former pro goalkeeper in the MLS, Vuolo was quite different from any of the other sons-in-law to marry into the Duggar family. And unlike some of the Duggar children's spouses, Vuolo had experienced earning income outside of reality TV money before marrying into the family.
While the TLC paycheck from Counting On was certainly nice for Jinger and Jeremy, especially considering they reside in Los Angeles, with their previous experiences, it has not been difficult for the couple to come up with other sources of income and provide for their family since the show's cancelation.
Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo have written a children's book
One of Jinger Duggar and Jeremy Vuolo's latest money-making projects has been focused on creating a children's book. According to People Magazine, the Vuolos' book is scheduled to release in August 2022 with the title, You Can Shine So Bright! Jinger first revealed this new project to her 1.4 million-plus Instagram followers on Nov. 1, 2021.
The Vuolo's worked with illustrator Naomi C. Robinson to make their children's book really come to life. Jinger is especially ecstatic about how the book has come together and has shared that both of her girls love it.
In her Instagram post about the book's release, Jinger wrote, "Felicity loves hearing about all the different characters, and Evy Jo loves the pictures. Having the opportunity to write this book for our girls, and for children all over the world, has been so fun, and a dream come true."
At the same time, they've been distancing themselves from the Duggars
Along with their children's book, Jinger and Jeremy have been taking on numerous other projects since the cancelation of Counting On. In May 2021, the couple released their memoir, The Hope We Hold: Finding Peace in the Promises of God. In addition to this book release, the Vuolo's have been partaking in numerous paid speaking engagements, selling cameos to fans, and earning money through sponsored posts on social media.
Along with these endeavors, Jeremy has also been studying at The Master's Seminary for the last several years. With his schooling through the seminary, Jeremy will likely continue to work in ministry and make a living and career out of being a pastor. With all the chaos and legal trouble back in Arkansas, finding ministry opportunities in Los Angeles might not be a bad idea for the Vuolo family moving forward.
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This is a list of the TMOMs Executive Board and Chair Positions for the August 2017 to July 2018 membership year. If you need to contact them directly, please login into BigTent to view the Members Only page. You may also email a few of the members by clicking on their name below.
Official Representative of TMOMs on all levels.
Has general supervision of the affairs of TMOMs.
Presides at all TMOMs meetings.
Assumes duties of President in the absense or inability of the President to serve.
Assists the President as required.
Responsible for all fundraising efforts.
Officer in charge of fundraising committee.
Keeps a true account of all receipts and disbursements.
Provides a monthly accounting statement to the board.
Responsible for collection and disbursement of all TMOM funds.
Member of the fundraising committee.
Maintains a record of the proceedings of all meetings of TMOMs.
Conducts the correspondence of TMOMs as requested by the President.
Acts as Parliamentarian at meetings.
Ensures that new members feel welcome to the club.
Maintains current membership data on TMOMs members in good standing.
Collects dues and submits them to the Treasurer.
Provides required membership information to officers of the club as needed.
Previous TMOMs President in good standing.
Serves to advise the current President.
TMOMs liaison between the Multiples of America (MOA) and OMOMs.
Keeps TMOMs advised of pertinent information pertaining to TMOMs on a State and National level.
Submits membership listings and dues to OMOMs and MOA.
Helps to publicize the club and club functions.
Prepares media releases which look professional are informative, invites the media to special club events and sends out contact information for the club to libraries, Chamber of Commerce, day care centers and hospitals, and updates them yearly.
Assign a mentor member to all new members.
Ensure that all new members are acknowledged and find the support they need.
Plans social activities for TMOM's and their families that provide an opportunity to share advice, receive support and make friendships.
Coordinates the use of all club technology.
The mission of the Fundraising Committee is to raise funds which allow TMOM's to accomplish its stated mission and goals and support by material and financial gains to assist in the rearing of multiples and their families.


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Swede is a very easy vegetable to grow and ideal for the gardener just starting off. It crops over a very large time and are often left in the soil throughout winter. The swede is a sweeter and milder flavoured crop than some other crops like parsnip or turnip. They naturally originate from the country of their naming. We also know them as rutabagas.
Do not confuse with turnips but they do have several advantages over this particular vegetable. For a start, they crop late in the season and the vegetable is capable of withstanding hard frosts.
Swedes prefer a medium soil which contains lots of nutrients although they will be happy growing in most soil types. They are unfortunately prone to club root so make sure the soil is not too acidic. Acid soils encourage club root. The ideal pH for swedes is somewhere between 7.0 and 7.4. If the soil is short of nutrients then add some well-rotted manure a month or so prior to sowing seed. If manure is not available then add a long lasting fertiliser such as bone meal or similar.
Swedes don't like being waterlogged. If your soil is not free draining then either dig in some well-rotted compost or grow them on a ridge so that the water drains away.
The best time to sow swede in most areas is mid-May to mid-June but if your area is warm delay sowing to mid-July.
Make a hole with a dibber or suitable stick (A piece of an old broom handle is ideal). Place the seedling plug in the hole and firm gently around the roots, water well. They should be planted slightly deeper than they grew in the seed bed.
The seedlings will take about 10 days to emerge. Thin the seedlings out to about 25cm (10in) apart. Keep them well-watered and well-weeded and you should have no problems.
Aphids Curled leaves and twisted stems with lots of green black or bluish insects on the leaves and stems.
Swede cv. Gowrie is a purple skinned variety that offers excellent disease resistance. It's good colour and flesh texture make this ideal for culinary uses. Gowrie is Powdery Mildew and Club Root resistant. Purchase seeds of variety Gowrie from here.
Swede cv. Invitation is a nice root to grow, full of vitamins and minerals. Purchase seeds of the variety Invitation here.


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OAKS, Pa., Feb. 21, 2018 – SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) has been selected by Drexel University's LeBow College of Business as February's "Corporate Partner of the Month," highlighting an ongoing partnership that supports executive education, experiential learning, research collaboration, and talent acquisition. SEI executives and experts are hosting and participating in a variety of events this month to encourage future leaders.
SEI challenges Datathon participants to build a chatbot that will answer the most frequently asked questions during the recruitment process for the company's summer internship program.
SEI hosts "Collaborate to Innovate," bringing Drexel Dragons together for an evening of networking and inspiration.
SEI sets up shop in LeBow's lobby to recruit students for summer internship opportunities.
Students enjoy a tour of SEI's campus, featuring artwork from the West Collection.
For more information about the above events, visit Lebow College's website.
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WORK180Jan 14, 2021
Lucy Taylor counts her mother as someone who positively influenced her to reach her potential and be the best she can be. She is currently the HR Business Partner and responsible for a team who support and advise over 1300 engineers. It's also been her most challenging yet thrilling role to date — and she has never been prouder of her career journey at Northern Trains. In our chat, Lucy shares the importance of role models and also a moving story about supporting the team following a national tragedy.
From education to engineers
As the HR Business Partner for Northern, Lucy is responsible for leading a team of four HR professionals and partnering with the engineering function, leading all the people related matters. This ranges from recruitment to talent and succession planning, coaching leaders and providing timely employment law advice.
Lucy progressed quickly in her career at Northern, starting as an HR advisor then business partnering for the Central Region to now, looking after the big engineering function. Even though it was a lateral move, it has been her biggest, busiest and most exciting role to date.
At Northern, the engineering function is made up of around 1300 employees, including engineers, semi-skilled engineers and the cleaning staff on the trains. It is certainly a dynamic and diverse bunch across four major cities and satellite sites across the North of England.
The nature of their trade is that they're problem solvers. They work on their own initiative and to solve problems how they see fit. The style of engaging their teams can be very different dependent on the individual. A lot of our managers started as engineers, some even started as an apprentice. Our roles within HR are there to keep them on track and support them with anything people related.
To develop their leadership capabilities, the leadership teams are being offered leadership courses, to help develop them into the best leaders they can be.
Before joining Northern, Lucy was working in the education sector and says she came to Northern completely by chance.
"I completed a degree in Sociology, and was unsure of what career to take. I got an admin role supporting in Children's Centres, progressing to managing a team of data analysts. I decided I had an interest in moving to HR and completed my CIPD Level 7 and moved to my first true 'HR' role in an HR Consultancy working for not-for-profit organisations. I moved to work in education supporting primary and secondary schools and then moved to the Railway and became hooked with the fast-paced, ever-changing environment."
Lucy laughs as she reflects on when she first started working at Northern.
"Going from working in schools to here was like from one extreme to another — schools were women dominated, and here, there were more men and not as many strong women around — but we are doing a lot to get the balance right."
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Lucy is passionate about promoting diversity at work, in particular, getting more women into rail and engineering. Northern brings in 16 apprentices every year and is intentional about encouraging more women in the industry.
We want a diverse workforce, but somehow society has led people to believe that engineering is not for women. We need people to challenge perceptions and not encourage stereotypes.
Being proactive and talking to students early on about career choices is a strategy Lucy and the HR team has worked well for Northern.
"We recognise that it is difficult, so a tactic is to start early and get into schools to promote rail and engineering as a great career choice. Pre-COVID, we partnered with a Muslim Girls school, we took the students on a special tour of our new trains. They got to ride on the train as well as visit the Engineering Depot to see how the trains got fixed. Some of them had never been on a train before, they enjoyed it. At the end of the tour, they really enjoyed it and wanted to consider engineering as a career."
United through adversity
A significant moment in Lucy's career where she will never forget was supporting the Central Region team following the aftermath of the terrorist attack in the Manchester Arena back in 2017.
"The staff were the first responders, and they were so brave. We checked the staff list to make sure everyone was safe. There was on-site counselling and one-on-one site support. Once things had settled down, getting staff to return to work was about getting them to re-familiarise with the environment. Putting our colleagues first, it was about ensuring the team were ready and felt supported, it was important that there was no pressure and we continued to support all the way through. They all came back to work, which is a credit to them and are still supporting each other now. The response to that incident really brought home the 'railway family' at Northern, everyone pulled together to support one another and it created a bond that you don't get anywhere else. That's true Northern pulling together and supporting one another when it really matters —it's part of your memory forever."
Lucy describes the culture at Northern as a railway family.
"It's a great industry to work in. Wherever you go, you are welcomed, that's what I like the most, I like the people I work with. It's a flexible place to work with lots of variety, projects and opportunities to learn new things. It's also a fast-paced and changing environment."
Great mentors and role models played a huge role in Lucy's career success.
I have been lucky to have great mentors. My mum was a feminist, and she was the breadwinner and I've been lucky to have strong female role models and mentors around me to give me coaching and advice when I needed it. The encouragement that you can be a woman and have a successful career even in a male dominated environment.
Outside of work, Lucy is enjoying her new house after months and months of renovation. The pandemic certainly made things more difficult to complete, but she is proud to have a new place to call home.
"It was a full-time job renovating! I bought the house pre-COVID. I would work throughout the day and then we would go to the house after work and on a weekend. It was testing at times, but worth it. We love it and it's a lovely reminder every day that hard work does payoff and not to quit."
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The forks in a motorcycle are pretty much the worst designed suspension system available in a vehicle today - apart from the "springer" front end, perhaps. However...they are the only option available. People have tried creating front swingarms, inboard suspension, and other inventions, but nothing works as well or is as relatively simple as the telescopic fork suspension.
On our rear suspension, the swingarm and its pivot bearings bear the brunt of longitudinal (acceleration, deceleration, hitting a pothole, etc.) and lateral (cornering, wind gusts) forces. The rear shocks have one job only: to provide support and damping for the suspension. The only forces the shocks see are direct up-and-down.
The front suspension is completely different. Our front forks not only have to provide support and damping, they have to handle every other force we throw at them - and by far braking is the most brutal force. Under heavy braking, the front forks must be able to handle in excess of a thousand pounds of longitudinal force, while at the same time easily sliding up and down to absorb bumps - and to provide the suspension required against the diving force created by the braking. So it's really a miracle that the forks work as well as they do.
The above image is the basic layout of our front suspension system. Inside the forks are a set of one or more springs that provide the support to hold the bike up and cushion against impacts. The upper, or fixed forks, are a set of smooth, chrome-plated cylinders that slide up and down inside of the lower forks, or hydraulic chambers. The forks are filled with a thick oil. This oil is forced through small holes when the fork is compressed. This limits the speed at which the fork can be compressed, and also the speed at which the spring can expand the fork. This is called damping.
There are also bushings in the fork. These are teflon-coated sliders inside the fork that allow the fork to handle very strong forces and yet still slide up and down. Lastly, at the top of it all is an oil seal, whose job is to keep the oil inside the fork.
1. To begin, the procedure, the motorcycle needs to be lifted so that the front wheel is in the air. To do this, I use a motorcycle lift, positioned so that it is lifting the motorcycle frame. If you don't have a motorcycle lift, you can leave the motorcycle on the center stand and put a standard automotive trolley jack under the engine block, near the front of the bike. This will lift the front wheel into the air. Be careful when working with the bike this way, as it is not as stable as it normally is!
2. Lifting a heavy bike like a Goldwing with a bike lift can make it somewhat wobbly and unstable. For safety's sake, always strap down your bike when it is on a bike lift.
3. When lifting the bike on the lift, it can become slightly unstable in the longitudinal axis. Once the bike is lifted, I slide some pieces of wood under the rear wheel, then gently lower the bike until the rear wheel touches the wood. This stabilizes the bike and keeps it from rocking from end to end while you work.
4. Once the bike is lifted, the front wheel will be several inches in the air.
5. Pull the rear of the front fender cover to release the post from its grommet. Carefully release the two tabs from the front of the cover (next to the fork) - these tabs are easily broken, so be careful! Remove the cover. Repeat on the other side of the wheel.
6. Remove the allen bolt holding the top of the wheel cover. You may have aftermarket accessories such as the wiring and light bracket shown in this picture. If that is the case, keep in mind how they fasten, so that you can refasten them when reassembling.
7. Remove the two allen bolts from the bottom of the wheel cover.
8. Note that the two allen bolts on the bottom of the wheel cover have a collar - don't lose the collar!
9. Remove the wheel cover. Repeat the process on the other side of the wheel.
10. Note the brake line stabilization bracket that goes on top of the wheel cover. The top allen bolt goes through both of these brackets, then through the wheel cover, then screws into the fork. There are two brackets on each side, and both of them are stamped "L" or "R" to identify which side of the wheel they are from. The two brackets on each side link together at the back, go around the brake line, and then go together at the front, where they are fastened, along with the wheel cover, into the fork. The inside bracket has a small flange that fits into the hole in the plastic rotor cover.
Helpful note: When removing the left caliper, remove the LOWER bolt first, then the upper bolt. On the right caliper, remove the UPPER bolt first, then the lower bolt. When installing, do the reverse. This prevents the calipers from rotating when trying to remove/install them.
13. Pull each caliper back off the brake rotor, and then away from the wheel. Once the calipers have been removed from the wheel, do NOT depress either the brake lever or brake pedal, as this will move the pistons out, and you will not be able to fit the calipers back over the brake rotors.
14. Using a bungee, rope or wire, hang the caliper so that it is not suspended using the brake line.
15. Using a Philips screwdriver, remove the screw holding the speedometer cable into the speedometer drive.
16. Pull the speedometer cable rearward out of the speedometer drive.
17. Remove the two allen bolts holding the plastic fork protector in place.
18. Remove the fork protector. This protector helps keep dirt off the forks, to prolong the life the oil seal.
19. Using a 22mm socket, loosen the axle bolt on the right side of the wheel.
20. Remove the axle bolt from the axle.
21. Loosen the axle pinch bolts on both sides of the wheel.
22. Remove the axle pinch bolts and the rotor cover brackets.
23. Looking at the right side of the wheel, you can see the end of the axle now that the axle bolt has been removed. This axle needs to be pushed out the left side of the wheel. Using a socket extension or small piece of pipe is a simple way of pushing the axle out. You should use something that is smaller than the opening, but larger than the axle itself, so that it will push on the end of the axle, and not damage the threads inside.
24. A couple strikes with a hammer will push the axle through the right fork leg.
25. Once the axle has been pushed a couple of inches, it will easily pull out, releasing the wheel. If there is resistance, it is the weight of the wheel itself binding the axle. Lift the wheel slightly while pulling the axle out.
26. Set the axle down where it will not get dirty, and roll the wheel out from between the forks.
27. Pull the spacer free from the left hub of the wheel. Pull it free, so that it can be cleaned. Now is a good time to check the wheel bearings. They should turn smoothly, with no lateral play.
28. The speedometer drive is press-fitted into the right hub of the wheel - pull it free, so that it can be cleaned.
29. Roll the wheel free of the forks. NEVER lay the wheel down on the brake rotor - this can damage the rotors, and they are very expensive to replace. To set the wheel aside, lean it up against a wall so that only the rubber tire touches both the wall and the ground. Or, set a couple 4x4 blocks of wood on the floor at approximately the diameter of the wheel, and set the tire down on the blocks, so that the brake rotor goes between them.
30. Remove the four bolts fastening the two forks to the fender. In this picture the bike has a SuperBrace installed - your bike may or may not have a fork brace (this is an aftermarket item).
31. If you have a fork brace, pull it upward to remove, as in this picture.
32. The bracket on the inside of the fenders may fall free, or you may have to pull it out, depending on how dirty the insides of the fenders are. This bracket is where the four bolts from the forks (or fork brace) screw into.
33. Remove the 10mm bolts from either side of the forks. Support the rear of the fender while doing this.
34. Gently remove the rear of the fender.
35. Remove the 10mm bolts from the front of the forks. Support the front of the fender while doing this.
36. Gently remove the front of the fender.
37. You will now have the two forks hanging, unsupported.
38. Put a drain pan under the forks to catch the fork oil.
39. Note that once the forks are unsupported, they can rotate (relatively) freely. The only thing that keeps them aligned with one another is the brace and the axle.
40. Using a hex driver, push it up into the bottom of the fork.
41. Inside the fork as shown is the drain screw. Push the driver into the drain screw and remove the drain screw.
42. If the fork rotates, preventing you from removing the drain screw, push the axle through the left fork, and partially into the right fork. This will prevent the right fork from rotating while you unscrew the drain screw.
43. Once removed, the fork will begin to drain.
44. The same technique can be used for the left fork. Insert the axle partially into the INSIDE of the fork, and brace it against the front of the left fork while unscrewing the drain screw.
45. This bike had regular fork oil in the right fork (see above) and automotive ATF (automatic transmission fluid), which is red, in the left fork. ATF is an acceptable substitute for fork oil.
46. The drain screws have copper crush washers used to ensure a seal. If the copper washer is not there, make sure it isn't still stuck up in the fork. Honda specifies that these washers should be replaced at every fork oil change - but the only place I have found these washers to be available is from Honda, and I rarely actually change them.
Leave the drain screws out, and allow the forks to drain.
47. Remove the handlebar bridge by gently lifting the back posts from the rubber grommets, then gently pulling the front tabs free.
48. Remove the inner fairing covers by starting with the tabs at the back, then working around to the front.
49. Gently pull each cover free and set aside.
50. Unscrew the fork cap covers and set aside.
51. If you have an SE, you will have a schraeder valve in the top of your fork. Aspencades have a female hex fitting instead.
52. Using a deep socket, remove the schraeder valve.
53. Using a wrench, loosen each of the pinch bolts on the top of the triple tree.
54. Using a hex driver, loosen both hex bolts on each fork.
55. Pull the fork down and free of the bike.
56. Set the forks down somewhere clean - remember, you don't want any dirt or grit on those fork tubes!
57. Next, we are going to remove the springs from the fork. This step can be dangerous, as there is a tremendous amount of force with the springs compressed inside. Do NOT attempt to remove the fork cap without a tool of some kind. Several things will happen: The cap's threads will let go when it is ALMOST out, tearing out the threads on the cap and/or the fork tube, the cap will shoot across the room with great force, and lastly you can be seriously injured.
If you visit the Cyclemax OEM Parts section and type in the part number of the tool, it will come up with the item and price.
58. The tool has a reversible driver on the end of the threaded rod, which can be reversed by pulling it off the rod and pushing it back on the way you require.
59. For SE's, install the driver with the large end down, as shown in the picture. For Aspencades, reverse the driver so the small end is down.
60. Place the tool over the top of the fork tube so that the very top of the tube is even with the bottom of the tool's opening. Tighten the pinch bolt.
61. Wind the threaded rod downward making sure that the driver is lined up with the fork cap.
62. After it is engaged, continue winding it down until resistance is felt. Do not tighten.
63. Use a wrench to turn the driver, which loosens the fork cap.
64. After each 1/4 turn of the driver, loosen the threaded rod slightly. The idea is that the threaded rod of the tool will maintain the pressure against the spring, so that the threads of the cap and in the tube are not under any pressure as it is removed.
65. At this point, the cap's threads are no longer engaged, and the threaded rod can be wound back to relieve the spring's pressure.
66. Continue to wind the threaded rod out until all pressure is released from the spring.
67. Once pressure is released, loosen the pinch bolt on the tool and remove the tool from the fork. You can see how much the spring was compressed into the fork!
68. The threads on the fork cap are quite fine, and had it been unscrewed without the tool, the tremendous pressure from the spring would have torn the last couple threads out as it was unscrewed. Note the O-ring on the fork cap to maintain a seal.
69. Pull the spring from the fork tube and set it aside somewhere where it will not get dirty. Some bikes will have multiple springs with spacers and washers. If this is the case with your bike, take note of which order they come out, so that you can reassemble them in the same way. Or better yet, replace the springs with a set of Progressive fork springs, which will improve the ride of your bike immeasurably!
70. Using a screwdriver, very gently pry up the dust cap on the top of the lower fork.
71. Pull the dust cap up and off the fork tube. Discard the dust cap.
72. Looking down the top of the fork, you will be able to see the locking ring. This is what prevents the oil seal from being pushed out of the fork. It sits inside a slot on the inside of the fork tube.
73. Using a small screwdriver, very carefully hook one of the indentations of the locking ring near the end, and pull it up and out of the fork. Be VERY CAREFUL when doing this not to scratch the fork tube! Any scratches on the fork tube will quickly cause oil seal failure once reassembled. If you're worried, you can try using a plastic pick or other plastic tool for this step.
74. Pull the locking ring up and off the fork. Keep this item, as it will be reinstalled.
75. While holding the fork lower securely, slam the fork tube vigorously up and out of the fork lower several times. You will see it start to drive the oil seal out of the fork.
76. Here the oil seal has been driven out of the fork lower.
77. Pull the entire fork tube out of the fork lower. This is what you will see, in the correct order. Gently pull everything except for the slider bushing up and off the fork tube.
78. With a screwdriver, gently pry apart the slider bushing. It is very thin, and not hard to pry apart.
79. While spread, pull the bushing off the bottom of the fork tube.
80. Another view of the parts as removed from the fork tube. Before installing new parts, clean the fork tube of any foreign material (brake cleaner works well for this) and wipe it completely clean. Next, coat it with a layer of fork oil.
81. Here are the old bushings from this fork. Note how the guide bushing is worn, and the teflon is worn and scratched on the slider bushing.
82. In comparison, here are the new bushings.
83. Lightly coat the new slider bushing and the fork tube with fork oil, and very gently slip it over the end of the fork into the slots in which it fits. Coat the new guide bushing with fork oil and slide it down the length of the fork tube next to the slider bushing.
84. Looking closely, the back-up ring is chamfered on one side - the edges on one side are rounded (chamfered), while the edges on the other side are much sharper. Slide the back-up ring down the fork tube with the chamfered side toward the slider bushing and the sharper side toward the oil seal.
85. Looking at the oil seal, it is tough to tell which is the top and which is the bottom. To help you identify which is which, this is the top of the oil seal, which faces the dust cap.
86. This is the bottom of the oil seal, which faces down toward the back-up ring. It has a deeper ridge inside it.
87. Generously coat the fork tube with fork oil. If the top of the fork tube (where the cap screws in) has any burrs, wrap the top in electrical tape before installing the oil seal. Any damage to the inside of the oil seal will cause leaks!
88. Generously coat the inside of the oil seal with fork oil and slide it onto the fork tube.
89. Spray out the inside of the lower fork with a solvent to remove any existing used fork oil. Brake cleaner works well. Make sure the top inside of the lower fork is clean, so that the dust cap seals properly.
90. Pour fork oil down the sides of the lower fork to coat it, as well as wash out any residual solvent.
91. Carefully insert the fork tube down into the lower fork as far as it will go.
92. To drive the oil seal into place, I use this Motion Pro Fork Seal Driver - a fantastic tool. However, you can do the same job with an appropriately-sized piece of PVC pipe.
93. Slam down onto the oil seal to drive it into place.
94. Carefully insert the lock ring into place, pushing it down until it snaps into its slot.
95. Coat the inside of the dust cap with fork oil and slide it down the fork tube. Press it into place so that it seals correctly.
96. Temporarily insert the spring into the fork tube.
97. Invert the fork and rest it on the spring as shown. This keeps the piston pressed up against the bottom end of the fork so that the drain screw can be inserted.
98. Insert and tighten the drain screw.
99. You can partially insert the axle into the fork in order to give you sufficient torque to properly tighten the fork screw.
101. With the fork upright and the SPRING REMOVED, push the fork tube down into the fork lower as far as it will go.
102. Pour fork oil into the tube until it is approximately the correct depth. Slowly pump the fork tube up and down as far as it will go in each direction at least ten times to remove all air from the fork lower.
103. Using the dipstick, make sure the fork oil reaches exactly the end of the dipstick. If not enough, add oil until it reaches the dipstick. If overfilled, use the syringe to siphon off small amounts of fluid.
104. Insert the spring (and spacers, if used) into the fork, and place the fork cap on top of the spring.
105. Place the fork spring tool onto the cap and make sure the driver properly engages the fork cap.
106. Retract the threaded rod all the way, then compress the spring enough to install the tool onto the tube. Tighten the pinch bolt.
107. Wind the threaded rod down, compressing the spring, until you feel SLIGHT pressure. At this point, begin using a wrench on the driver to screw the fork cap in place. After every 1/4 turn, screw the threaded rod in slightly, to ensure the spring pressure remains on the threaded rod, and not on the fork cap threads.
108. Once the cap is fully threaded, remove the fork spring tool. Do not torque the fork cap at this time.
109. Temporarily install the schraeder valves (finger tight) to prevent leakage during installation.
110. Push the fork tubes up into the triple tree. The fork caps should be level with the top of the top triple tree. Torque the upper pinch bolts to 8 ft-lb.
111. Tighten the lower pinch bolts to 40 ft-lb. Now that the pinch bolts are tight, remove the schraeder valve and torque the fork cap to 17 ft-lb.
112. Reinsert the schraeder valve and snug it (not too) tight.
113. Reinstall the fork cap covers.
114. Reinstall the fairing inner covers, starting at the top and working down around the bottom and then the inside.
115. Reinstall the handlebar bridge, inserting the tabs first, then the posts into their grommets.
116. Rotate the forks so that they are facing correctly.
117. Replace the fender front, and bolt it into place.
118. Replace the fender back, and bolt it into place. Thread the speedometer cable through the hole on the left side of the rear of the fender back.
119. If you have a fork brace, push it into position now.
119. Push the fender bracket into place, and hold it in position.
120. While holding the bracket in place below, tighten the forks (and fork brace, if installed) into place.
121. Install and tighten the fork protector into place.
122. A minute or two with some brake cleaner and a shop cloth will remove the dirt and grime from the speedometer drive. Pack the inside of the speedometer drive with grease.
123. Note that on the inside of the right fork, there is a tab. This tab engages a tab on the speedometer drive, to prevent it from rotating with the wheel.
124. Here is the tab on the speedometer drive.
125. When the wheel is reinstalled, the speedometer drive must be rotated so that the two tabs are butted up against one another as shown.
126. Clean the axle, and coat it with a thin coating of grease.
127. After cleaning the spacer, reinsert it into the right wheel hub. Pack the dust seal lip with grease.
128. Coat the speedometer gear drive in the hub with grease, then insert the speedometer gear drive.
129. Roll the wheel between the forks and push the axle in from the left side. Tap the axle into the fork until it is fully seated.
130. Rotate the speedometer drive so that its tab is against the fork tab as shown.
131. Install the rotor cover brackets and pinch bolts. Snug, but do not tighten the pinch bolts on both forks. This is to help prevent the axle from rotating when the axle bolt is tightened.
132. Insert the axle bolt and thread it in by hand to ensure the threads are not crossed.
133. Using a torque wrench, tighten the axle bolt to 65 ft-lb. If the axle rotates, preventing the tightening of the axle bolt, insert a screwdriver into the hole that passes through the axle on the left side of the wheel, and use it to prevent the rotating of the axle.
134. Once the axle bolt is properly torqued, tighten each pinch bolt. Torque the pinch bolts to 16 ft-lb.
135. Using brake cleaner, fully clean the brake calipers, pads and rotors to remove any grease or oil residue.
136. The caliper mounting bolts need to have high-temperature brake lubricant applied.
137. Apply the lubricant to the non-threaded portion of the bolts.
138. Making sure the brake pads straddle the brake rotor, slide the caliper into place. Start the bolts in by hand, then finish using a torque wrench. The top caliper bolt is torqued to 17 ft-lb, the bottom caliper bolt is torqued to 9 ft-lb. Repeat the process with the other caliper.
139. The speedometer cable has a slotted end that rotates within the cable.
140. The speedometer drive has a flat drive that rotates with the front wheel.
141. Rotate the front wheel so that the drive rotates and properly engages the slot in the cable. Push the cable fully into the drive until the bottom screw retainer butts up against the drive.
142. Replace and snug the screw in the speedometer drive. This screw is tough to get exactly right - too tight, and the plastic screw retainer will split, causing the cable to back out of the drive when under way. Not tight enough, and the screw will back out and fall out, causing the cable to back out of the drive when under way. I used blue Loctite on this screw to encourage it to remain within the drive, without having to tighten it too much. Don't use the screw to pull the cable into place - make sure it is fully inserted before you tighten the screw.
143. Place the two brake line stabilization brackets around the brake line and link them together. Make sure you get the correct brackets on the correct sides.
144. Fit the wheel cover into place, making sure it fits under the brackets, and that the flange of the back bracket fits into the hole of the wheel cover. The back of the wheel cover also needs to fit into the back of the wheel fender. Screw the top bolt into place, but do not tighten.
145. Replace the two bottom bolts - don't forget to use their collars. Tighten these bolts, then tighten the top bolt.
146. Fit the two tabs at the front of the front fender cover into the back of the front fender, then push the rear of the front fender cover into place, inserting its post into its grommet.
Again very clear pictures and instructions, thanks for this- won't need it yet, but like all the other "How To" articles, It will be helpful someday. I have printed all the articles and keep the copies in a ring binder for future reference.
It's hard to say - I was actually doing several procedures at once, which weren't represented in this pictorial. So...I'd say, if I was JUST doing the front forks, and not taking pictures, I could probably have it done in two hours or so.
Are you running the progressive springs and if so, do they have a specific top or bottom orientation? You also said that they will greatly improve your ride. What difference did you or will you notice?
Fiberthree wrote: Are you running the progressive springs and if so, do they have a specific top or bottom orientation? You also said that they will greatly improve your ride. What difference did you or will you notice?
I installed progressive springs as part of this process (if you look closely, you'll see the old springs I took out look different than the springs I put in). Progressive says it doesn't matter which way you put the springs in, but they will make a bit less noise if you put them in with the more tightly-wound springs down at the bottom.
Everyone I've ever heard that put these springs in their front end professes that it improves handling greatly. I'll know more once I get the chance to try them out!
I know how that goes. It seem like they are trying to justify the purchace. There was a discussion on another board in regards to a specific brand of oil where one rider claimed his bike had more horsepower after he switched to this cetain brand. It would be interesting to hear back from you about the springs. I value your opinion primarily because your DIY articles are easily understood by beginers and show that you have a keen knowledge of the Goldwing.
I'm not keen on spending money just to say I have something new, but I've read enough positive comments (and not a single negative) to get me to spend the $78. I'm also putting a set of Progressive shocks on the rear, simply because I put a set on my 1100 when I had one of the originals fail, and the difference (improvement) was so eye-popping that I can't think that it will have at least a similar effect on my 1500.
When you reinstall the schrader valves, do you need to add air? If not, what is the point of the schrader valves?
This is an excellent how to article and I appreciate how much effort you put into all of them.
Thorgot wrote: Forgive me if this is a silly question.
The schraeder valves are for adding air, and it is covered in your owners manual. It depends on the load you are carrying. It is only a few PSI, so you will want to use a very low volume bicycle pump or similar to pump it up, to avoid the risk of blowing out the seals. When checking the air pressure, remember that with such a small volume of air, losing a tiny bit when checking the pressure can and will alter the actual pressure in the forks.
That said, if you are installing Progressive springs, as I did here, they recommend that with their springs installed, you run the forks at 0 psi (no pressure), and that's what I run mine at.
Just read your article on rebuilding front forks, and really enjoyed it. Well written and informative. I just bought 2 1982 wings- 1 interstate, and 1 aspencade, and think (hope) the process will be similar (I'm making 1 bike out of 2). The wing isn't my normal type of ride, but here in BC a collector plate means insurance for 10% of normal cost, my kid's working/ living in L.A. and the wing's a great bike to boot down for a visit (and I don't have to worry so much about parking at hotels with a 30 year old wing). If you ever need a break from winter weather, come visit me in Victoria (we got no snow this year at all, and I really needn't have bothered blowing out the sprinkler system). My daily rides are: 1000 V-strom (going on the block soon), and an MT 01 Yamaha (a torque monster designed as a sport bike for old farts who no longer want to hump a football).
I have a 1983 GL1100A for the most part will this tutorial work for that bike or are there some major differences I should be aware of.
Chiefho70 wrote: I have a 1983 GL1100A for the most part will this tutorial work for that bike or are there some major differences I should be aware of.
For the most part, it's the same. The fork legs come out of the triple tree the same way, they come apart virtually the same way.
EXCELLENT, details where needed and the explanations along with the pictures were short and on the money.
"Fight until hell freezes over, then fight on the ice"
I just followed this procedure for my 1983 Interstate and it turned out great.
I purchased the special tool for removing the fork caps. My tubes area 39 mm and the tool was a bit loose so I used a section of bicycle inner tube to take up the slack and that worked fine.
I used Racetech springs and cartridge emulators to replace the worn out springs. I also put Progressive 412 Heavy Duty rear shocks on to replace the original air shocks which were shot.
The positive difference in handling was stunning. I feel so much safer when braking and the ride quality is unbelievable!
Hi are the seals and bush's the same size for all years? I have seen them advertised for all years and then some adverts have them for specific years.
Awesome! Very detailed. And I was going to use the tech manual. Ha!. Not now. Thanks.
In your DIY about rebuilding the front forks, you didn't look in to the anti-dive units. Wouldn't this require overhaul while your there. I am in the process of rebuilding the forks on my Wing Ding.
Trace Wallace wrote: In your DIY about rebuilding the front forks, you didn't look in to the anti-dive units. Wouldn't this require overhaul while your there. I am in the process of rebuilding the forks on my Wing Ding.
I didn't rebuild my anti-dive units, you're correct. Mine are operating correctly, so I didn't feel the need to tear them open (however I did open and inspect one just to be sure) - that said, I may do so in the future.
Awesome tutorial you got there, very helpful.
At the moment, I'm demounting the front forks of my Goldwing GL1200 Interstate out of 1986. Do you have any clue how long the oil dipstick should be?
Okay, I just went to my local dealer to buy some new oil seals, and asked how much oil they should contain. For a GL1200 out of '86 you should add 35CL, or 350ML oil into the forks.
Anyways, thanks for making this topic, it helped me out a lot.
Thanks for an awesome how-to. If I didn't know better, I would think that you have written tech orders for the Air Force. I really appreciated the detail provided, felt like I had done the task several times before because of that detail.
I just started the process of doing my forks.(viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24304 )..just removed the forks from the bike and was planning to take to a shop and hand them off (not having the proper tool). Another member showed his homemade tool made from 2x4's and threaded rod....so I have decided to try this approach.
This looks simple enough and should save a substansial amount of cash..not having to give it to a shop. But otherwise I will be following the DYI for the forks!!
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650 Trump. 450 CB, 400 Suzi dirt & street, 2 or 3 360 Enduro Yamaha's, 400 TM Yamaha (dirt only), 350 Kaw, 125 Enduro Yamaha, even had an 106 Allstate when I was real young, Sears sold them about 50 yrs ago. Do I really need to list the rest?
The left fork seal started leaking on my (new to me) 84 1200A Aspy. I have had the tubes apart on dirt bikes but never on anything this big. So I read this post (and the clymer manual) to get an idea of the work involved. Looks about the same except for the tube caps. You show a tool for them and even give the part# and that you got it from Cyclemax. I tried to find the tool several times using the part # on Cyclemax website, but couldn't.
I called a Honda shop close to me and they said they have the parts so I went to get them, of course, they only had the seals and the lower bushings, they also showed that the upper tubes have 2 bushings on them, I looked in the clymer manual and it also shows 2 bushings on the tube, so I ordered them. While there I ask about a tool for the cap bolt and they didn't know what I was talking about. They said they just put pressure on their socket wrench when removing/replacing the bolt, the Clymer book said about the same. Now I'm not sure which way to go. I sure don't want to damage the threads. HELP !!!
These Honda dealers must really hate that these things last so long. The guys at the shop kept asking me if I really wanted to spend money on a 30 yr old bike. He said, "It's 30 yrs old, how much are you going to ride it?" I told him I just bought it. It had 53000 mi on it when I got it and now it has 56000 mi, and I hope to be riding it for a long time. He just mumbled something under his breath and rang up the parts.
No matter where you go, there you are. It's not the destination that matters. Getting there safe does.
Evilrick wrote: The left fork seal started leaking on my (new to me) 84 1200A Aspy. I have had the tubes apart on dirt bikes but never on anything this big. So I read this post (and the clymer manual) to get an idea of the work involved. Looks about the same except for the tube caps. You show a tool for them and even give the part# and that you got it from Cyclemax. I tried to find the tool several times using the part # on Cyclemax website, but couldn't.
I haven't removed the fork caps on a 1200, so I can't say if you can or cannot remove the caps by hand. I know on the 1800 they are under considerably less pressure, and can be easily removed by hand. The caps on a 1500 are under tremendous pressure and definitely need a tool to remove them.
Update on my 1200 front forks..
So I got all the parts and tools together for the rebuild of the forks including the new springs. Since I was doing this in a friends garage, and he has projects that he needs the garage for, I had only the weekend to get this done. My main concern was the springs. I went with the manual and used only a ratchet & socket for the cap screw, no special tools. While they do have a lot of pressure on them, they came out without problems. No problems getting the tubes apart. That's when things went bad. Not with the forks or tubes, the problem was the Honda shop gave me the wrong bushings. Not even close, measured everything with a dial caliper just to make sure they wouldn't fit.
As I said, my friend needed his garage so I couldn't wait for new parts to get ordered and sent to me. Took a long look at the old bushings, looked very good (the coatings looked almost as smooth as on the new bushings decided to put it back together, (not much choice). So the fork rebuild ended up as just a seal and spring replacement. I've ridden the bike about 30 miles (coming home) and so far everything looks OK, outside of the tubes are dry of oil and the bike has a new feel, (solid).
Next project = getting my money back from Honda for the bushings that I couldn't use because they are the wrong ones. Will probably be harder than changing the seals. Hopefully these photos will speed up the process.


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South Australia's Police Commissioner has rushed to help a Salvation Army volunteer, who collapsed metres from where he was holding a press conference.
Grant Stevens was answering questions on a range of matters, when the man fell and hit his head outside the ABC building in Collinswood, Adelaide, around 8.45 this morning.
"He has a very nasty gash on his head as a result of walking into the door frame, but I think he'll be OK," Commissioner Stevens said.
South Australia Police Commissioner Grant Stevens was involved in a first-aid situation at a press conference. (9news)
A Salvation Army volunteer fell and hit his head, prompting a rush of responders. (9news)
"I can't say it's part and parcel with my job these days, but certainly police officers come across these things on a very regular basis.
"Police are usually the first on scene for most incidents and have to maintain a person's welfare until ambulance services arrive, so it's a big part of a police officer's job."
The Commissioner said the man was already being well looked after by other bystanders when he arrived to offer assistance.
Commissioner Stevens said the man had suffered a "very nasty" gash on his head. (9news)
"I'm not sure I was that much help," the Commissioner said.
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