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Sports Information:The Sports Information Office is located in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in the HPLS Modular on the west side of the Heath & Sports Center. Sports Information director Dennis Jezek, Jr., may be reached at (305) 899-3897, or via e-mail at email@example.com. Assistant SID Jim McCurdy can be reached at (305) 899-3553 and by email at email@example.com. Graduate Assistant SID Jose Paez can be reached at (305) 899-3512 or by email at email@example.com.
Media Services: Press guides, game notes, programs and cumulative statistics will be distributed before each contest. Complete statistical books will be available at the conclusion of all Barry home events. Barry's Athletic Department fax number is (305) 899-3556.
Radio Broadcasts: Phone access will be provided for up to one visiting broadcast station for basketball and volleyball. A $50.00 service fee will be charged for this use, except for Sunshine State Conference opponents with a reciprocal agreement. In addition, long distance charges will be the sole responsibility of the visiting broadcast station. No phone lines are available for baseball, soccer and softball games.
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- Availability: No more than two hours prior to game time. Locker Room will be secured for your pre-game use. The locker room will not be secured during the game so all items must be removed from the locker room with the exception of men's and women's basketball.
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Cablegram E46 WASHINGTON, 23 November 1945
London telegram 131 to Washington. [1]
OBSERVERS FOR GREEK ELECTIONS The Greek Government had approached me direct suggesting that Australia should send observers on our account quite separately from the United Kingdom. I indicated that we would do this if possible, and I now recommend that this course be followed, sending half dozen reliable observers to be taken from Australian Government or Australian Service Personnel in London or Paris.
They might include such people as Mrs. Street [2] and Mrs. York.
In view of the above we should not assign anyone to accompany the United Kingdom observers but our observers should go separately and we should inform the Greek and United Kingdom Government accordingly. [4]


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I know some of you like this stuff so I thought I would share this with you.
Feel free to pass it on as well.
I know some of you like this stuff so I thought I would share this with you.
Feel free to pass it on as well.
Here's an article from Tom Wishon that I think you'll enjoy about the accuracy of the claims made about adjustable driver heads.
Trackman included this chart in some of its presentations and thought I would share with everyone. Click on the image to see it at full size. Basically, it is a chart showing what Trackman believes will produce the greatest combination of carry and total distance based on certain factors.
Those factors are Club Speed, Angle of Attack, Ball Speed, Vertical Launch Angle and Spin. I think it is an interesting chart about real carry (distance) not what people think they do. From my experience, I can tell you that the players I teach with 120 Club Speed are rare and they flat out pound it. The next time you hear someone say they hit it 300 yards, I sure hope they have a swing that generates serious speed.
I hope this chart helps you help more people with a better driving fitting. Please consider sharing this on Facebook and Twitter, by using the buttons at the bottom of this post, or by forwarding it to anyone you think might find value in it.
Here's and excerpt from my good friend in Denmark, Martin Park's post on proper wedge fitting:
"I had a conversation in recent weeks on Twitter about fitting wedges and what was the best way to go about it. I've written below the method I use in fitting and building wedges and as you'll see, the options are extensive and cover pretty much every type of player.
I am assuming that you professionals agree with me that correctly fitted clubs will improve a golfer's game. I know this to be true, but one area I believe is often overlooked when fitting is the short game. Wedges and putters.
If we are to believe the statistics, it is estimated that around 60% of the game is played from within a hundred yards. Therefore, is it not logical that if we can improve a player's ability from this distance then we can significantly improve their score?"
The rest of the post can be read by clicking this link: Get More Wedge for your Money
In the future, I will also be reviewing a wedge fitting system created by JP Harrington and Mike Adams. JP grinds all the wedges by hand for the players specific needs. http://www.jamespatrickgolf.com/


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The MacBook Pro will apparently be receiving a major upgrade in 2012 and the most interesting new feature will apparently be a major bump in resolution to 2880 x 1800 pixels which would bring it into the range of Apple's highly touted Retina Display. The apparently well-sourced Digitimes is reporting that the new MacBook Pro will launch in the second quarter of 2012 according to supply chain sources.
The Retina Display is currently found in the iPhone 4 and 4S, and is based around the concept that the pixel density of the screen is so high that the human eye cannot distinguish individual pixels. Bring the feature to the MacBook Pro would certainly be a groundbreaking feature that would differentiate it from previous models. Unfortunately, no information was included on whether, or indeed when, Apple would be bringing Retina Display to other Macs like the MacBook Air or even the iMac.
The MacBook Pro is not the only Apple device to be rumored to be receiving a major display upgrade next year. The long-rumored iPad 3 is also expected to have a resolution bump to bring Retina Display to the iPad.
The real question is how the new Retina Display will impact the battery life of these devices? As always, there is a trade off between including fantastic new features and considering the power requirements. It will be interesting to see how Apple deals with this.


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is that any thing to be ashamed of. i am shooting the springfield 1911 range officer.
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Amendment II: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Life Member NRA Life Member NAHC Former President of the ECPT (Eifel Combat Pistol Team)
Eh, 1.5" at 5 yards is still a torso hit at 50 . But, it also depends on how quickly you were shooting, and from what position. Two 1.5" double-taps within 1 second is good even from 3 years .
I think he ment 3 yards
That is absolutely TERRIBLE!! I think you need to send me that pistol imediately before someone gets hurt.
If the pain is lacking so is the discipline... "the only 911 call I need is chambering a round" - Mr. Muller, MO car dealer
Bill NRA Life Member "Democracy is two wolves and one lamb voting what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote" Ben Franklin "The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." --Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824. ME 16:45 "It is Gods job to judge and forgive my enemy, I only arrange the meeting." Unidentified Marine


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It has transformed dating lives for thousands of singles in NY and across the world.
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Antonia Geno She is NYDC Female perspective and Online Dating coach . Charismatic and personable, Antonia has helped a number of single men and women gain power and control over their dating lives. Antonia has studied with numerous masters of personal development as well as body language experts from around the world, and has conducted many seminars which have focused on dating and relationship skills, body language, and communication. In addition, she has contributed dating and relationship articles to national and online publications including Seattle Weekly, Ezinearticles.com, and Datingish.Israel Sharev is our advanced night time and body language dating coach who will demonstrate ways to meet women in bars and clubs that you have never seen or done before. But after you've seen Israel in action, you'll hardly be able to wait until you can try out his techniques for yourself.
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'Basketball Wives' Recap: Meet The New Wife
2. Suzie Wants A Man; Evelyn Misses Chad
It's become all too clear that Basketball Wives: Miami spent a lot of its first weeks of production filming in Los Angeles. I'd normally feel a ways about that, but then again, we've all seen Basketball Wives: L.A., haven't we? Moving on, Suzie and Eve have a heart to heart themed around them both needing love, love, love, love, crazy love. Suzie started talking about her ex, rehashing everything we heard five seasons ago. I guess, girl. Anyhow, Suzie goes on to express her desire to find another man and get some beans in that oven. She says she's even decided to window shop at a sperm bank and begin price checking on deals that lead to a baby delivery. Evelyn will have none of that, telling her that she will indeed find love in due time.
Meanwhile, Evelyn says she continues to feel "spiritually connected" to Chad. And she's considering celibacy for a year. Later Evelyn stops by her mom's house – tell her happy belated birthday, y'all – to talk about the fallout of her marriage with Mama Eve and Sister Eve. I wouldn't do this, but Evelyn looked at her mama square in the eye and said the following about Chad, "That's my n***a." Actually, I kind of wish I could do this with Mama Mike, but whatever. We bond in other ways like throwing shade.
As much as I feel for Evelyn's situation, I sure hope this won't last all season. It's hard watching a woman cry, especially if she didn't put on waterproof mascara and always ends up looking like the late Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight.


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Many franchisors use the Internet to publish press releases containing information about unit performance, but you can find news articles about the company on the Web as well. If the company is public, review its SEC filings. The reports are available from most stockbrokers or can usually be obtained from the franchisor's Web site.
It's also important to understand how your franchisor's competition is performing. Robert Bond publishes a comprehensive compendium of earnings claims made by franchisors titled How Much Can I Make?(Source Book Publications). For more information, go to www.worldfranchising.com.
Investing in any franchise is an important decision, and putting together enough accurate information takes some time and effort. You should never rely on one source to make your decision, especially when so much additional information is available to you.
If you are not a sophisticated investor, seek the assistance of a franchise attorney, a consultant or an accountant. They can help you dig through the data and put together a meaningful projection for your future business. It's usually better to avoid asking for assistance from a franchise broker, as they work for the franchisor and therefore have an interest in your purchasing the franchise. Stick to independent advisors who have your interests in mind.
Michael H. Seid is managing director of Michael H. Seid & Associates, a West Hartford, Connecticut- and Troy, Michigan-based management consulting firm specializing in the franchise industry. Seid recently co-wroteFranchising for Dummies(IDG Books) with Wendy's founder Dave Thomas.


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The law of real estate (property) is also key in sports—think about all that goes into planning and building a venue like the new Yankee Stadium or Cowboys Stadium; each of these cost upwards of $1 billion to construct. The manner in which the law of real estate pertains to sports, however, is not that much different from ordinary real estate law. I don't wanna say that real estate is boring, because it's oftentimes anything but; it's just not something that I feel needs to be addressed in this blog.
Another area of law that is often overlooked in sports is antitrust, which has beleaguered professional athletes for over 100 years. So what is antitrust? The easiest way to describe it is that it functions as the law of competition—within the marketplace, that is. Antitrust laws, such as the Sherman Act prevent restraints on trade, by making it unlawful for companies to collude or conspire to fix prices of goods. So what does this have to do with sports? Collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).
The players' associations are labor unions; their primary function is to organize and to coordinate the players' efforts in dealing collectively with the owners. CBAs are designed to restrain trade in the labor market—that's their intended purpose! So why is it okay for labor unions to organize, to maximize employee wages, but it's not okay for manufacturers to do that with widgets? The short answer is, Labor Law. More specifically, the the Clayton Act (1914) and the National Labor Relations Act (1935), which the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted to exempt collective bargaining and labor disputes from antitrust laws. This is referred to as the statutory exemption. So how does this apply in the real world? Remember Maurice Clarett?
As a college sophomore, Clarett sued the NFL, alleging that the league's age/class requirement was anti-competitive, and an unlawful restraint on trade. Alan Milstein, Clarett's attorney at the time, told the NY Times: "I see Maurice's case as a league trying to make certain players, young players, who are often poor, wait on earning a living, while the NFL and colleges, either directly or indirectly, make millions off of them." U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin agreed, issuing this 71-page order that granted Clarett the right to enter the 2004 NFL Draft.
The NFL appealed the decision to the 2nd Circuit, which, in an opinion by then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor, reversed, finding that the NFL's eligibility rule fell within the scope of the "nonstatutory exemption" to the antitrust laws, regardless of the fact that the owners and players' association did not collectively bargain over the rule (2d Cir. decision pdf). Clarett's lawyers petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the the 2nd Circuit's decision, but the Court declined to hear the case (SCOTUS, cert. denied pdf). And we all remember what happened next…
But Maurice Clarett was, by no means, the first athlete to take the NFL—or any other sports league, for that matter—to the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1972, it was St. Louis Cardinals center-fielder Curt Flood, who sued the commissioner of Major League Baseball, challenging the reserve clause in his contract. Twenty years prior, it was NY Yankees' minor-league pitcher George Earl Toolson. And thirty years before that, in 1922, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote Federal Baseball, holding that professional baseball was not "interstate commerce." With a stroke of the pen, however, Congress effectively erased all of those holdings when it passed the Curt Flood Act of 1997, which removed baseball's antitrust exemption. This law also paved the way for the sharp rise in MLB player salaries over the past 15 years.
Given the history of baseball's antitrust exemption, and the fact that it was eventually repealed, it's probably only a matter of time before we see similar changes to the other professional sports leagues as well, especially in light of all the attention that the NFL is getting this year with regards to the impending expiration of its current CBA.


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[123] Utility of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) Expression by Vascular Endothelial Cells in the Differential Diagnosis of Papillary Lesions of the Breast
Timothy M D'Alfonso, Brian D Robinson. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background: The classification of papillary lesions of the breast can be challenging, even with the use of myoepithelial markers, as some papillary carcinomas may show patchy positivity for myoepithelial cells while papillomas may focally lack staining. A definitive diagnosis of papillary carcinoma in needle core biopsy (NCB) can allow for preoperative planning of a sentinel lymph node biopsy and wider surgical margins, thus potentially sparing patients a second surgical procedure. Neovascular endothelium in a variety of malignancies has been documented to express PSMA protein by immunohistochemistry (IHC). In this study, we set out to determine whether neovasculature expression of PSMA may be useful in the classification of papillary lesions of the breast, with particular focus on atypical papillary lesions in NCB samples.
Design: 50 papillary lesions of the breast consisting of 17 papillomas, 17 papillary carcinomas, and 16 tumors classified as atypical papillary lesions were identified. Cases included 20 NCB, 26 excisional biopsies, and 4 mastectomies. IHC staining with PSMA was performed on representative formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections of each case. Lesional vasculature was examined for the extent and intensity of PSMA staining. Papillary lesions with ≥ 5% of vessels staining or with 2-3+ intensity were considered positive for PSMA expression.
Results: Positive PSMA staining was seen in 5 of 19 (26%) papillomas, 5 of 10 (50%) atypical papillary lesions, and 14 of 21 (67%) papillary carcinomas (p=0.006). 12 cases were classified as atypical on NCB. Upon excision, 2 of these cases were classified as papilloma, 6 remained atypical, and 4 were diagnosed as papillary carcinoma. Neovasculature in 0 of 2 papillomas, 3 of 6 atypical papillary lesions, and 4 of 4 papillary carcinomas stained positive with PSMA on the NCB specimens. If atypical and malignant cases are grouped together, 0 of 2 benign cases stained with PSMA, whereas 7 of 10 atypical/malignant cases stained positive (specificity = 100%, sensitivity = 70%).
Conclusions: PSMA expression in neovasculature of papillary breast tumors is more frequently seen in atypical and malignant lesions compared to papillomas. Our findings suggest that PSMA may be a useful adjunct in classifying papillary breast lesions, particularly in those that are atypical on NCB. Investigation of PSMA expression in a larger series of such cases is ongoing.
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Picked up these 2010 Ride EX bindings for my K2 Turbo Dream and they are a superb combination. I love the ease of on-hill adjustment (no tools) and set-up. Only one gripe--- the bolts that attach the heel cup to the chassis constantly loosened up the first 5 times up the hill. The same thing happened to my wife's 2010 Ride VXN bindings which are the women's version. After a day of riding we'd have to crank it all back together as tightly as possible but after the next time up everything had settled again and we'd repeat the process. It seems now, however, that all has broken in and settled just fine.
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Hue Ho, lead worker at the Puyallup Fish Hatchery, corrals some of the 4,500 rainbow trout he was preparing for transport to Lake Geneva on Friday, April 18, as part of a lake-stocking effort in preparation for Opening Day of fishing season. Starting last year, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife has been stocking the lakes with larger fish.
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Looking to answer some of these questions, I visited the town of Bay St. Louis, tagging along with one of the 11 teams of architects and planners the charette dispatched to localities all along the coast. The team was headed by Bill Dennis, a Rhode Island-based planner best known for his work on Mashpee Commons, a Cape Cod strip mall that was transformed into a fauxMain Street business district. I picked Bay St. Louis because I'd heard two things about it: that, with a vibrant arts scene and a lively waterfront downtown, it had been one of the most appealing towns in the state, and, because it was so close to Katrina's second landfall, it was battered beyond recognition.
The central business district looked at best as if it had been visited by Gordon Matta-Clark, the artist famous for splitting houses in two. And at worst, well, many buildings and even entire neighborhoods were reduced to concrete foundations and rubble that covered the ground like hellish garden mulch. An old railroad depot that still stood had been turned into a city hall and relief center. Outside, I chatted with a crew from the Army Corps of Engineers. They were working on the "blue roof" project, covering the gaping holes in roofs with blue plastic tarps. The tarps were everywhere, blue Band-Aids on the landscape.
A motley group of citizens had gathered in the depot's upstairs meeting room, where poster-sized satellite photos of the town lined the walls. "We're here to help provide tools to help you get back together," Dennis said. His quiet and self-effacing style seemed to go over well. Clearly, he was not Howard Roark, the architect from The Fountainhead.
Dennis asked a set of questions that Duany had suggested the day before: "What do you love about your town?What have you lost?What have you lost that you didn't like in the first place?"
Listening to the answers, I found myself wishing that I'd come to Bay St. Louis before Katrina. Actually, I'd driven through it 20 years earlier and had been struck at the time by its somnolent beauty, which seemed very exotic to me, like something out of The Andy Griffith Show. As I drove along the Gulf Coast in the mid 1980's people actually waved to me from their porches. I'd always meant to come back.
The biggest collective loss in Bay St. Louis, most people agreed, was a restaurant called Trapani's, where locals and tourists alike went for fried green tomatoes topped with crabmeat or crawfish étouffée. "We can't have a Bay St. Louis without a Trapani's on the beach," declared city councilman Jim Thriffiley, who also mentioned that he'd personally lost more than half of his 810,000-piece baseball-card collection. Another major loss was the galleries and studios. Gwen Impson, president of the local arts association, went on at length about the monthly art parties and about Alice Moseley, a local Grandma Moses who'd died in 2004 but whose home had remained a draw for tourists. That house survived the storm; Mayor Eddie Favre's house was one of hundreds that were simply swept away. "I'm still sleeping at the fire department," he said. "I'm sleeping in the chief's office."
After the meeting, we all piled into a van for a tour of what were once Bay St. Louis's proudest neighborhoods. Along Beach Boulevard, where picture-book mansions had been nestled among live oaks, mile after mile of houses were gone. The concrete foundations that remained were spray-painted with address numbers and the occasional message: Looters, if you come again, you will be shot. Or, All is well. Thank God and State Farm.
Many people, however, had no reason to thank their insurers. Mayor Favre, talking about his own lost home, said, "The insurance companies claim the water got it before the wind." In other words, Favre, like many of his neighbors, didn't have flood insurance, so his losses may not be covered. "What some folks are talking about is just walking away," he acknowledged. So what exactly were all these architects and planners designing?Was the renewal intended for the townspeople with whom they'd spent the day or for the commercial developers who sooner or later would snap up waterfront properties as the locals ran low on resilience?
Back in Biloxi, the Bimini Bay Ballroom had been converted into a giant architecture studio, with rows of long tables and eight-foot-high bulletin boards dividing the room into work areas. After an exhausting day of disaster tourism, Dennis and many of the others went straight to work. By Friday morning, the vast atelier looked like something out of M.A.S.H. It was exciting—inspiring, even—to watch the architects and planners sketching at breakneck speed, smoothing tracing paper over zoning maps and drawing what looked like crop circles but actually indicated five-minute walking radii from proposed new town centers.


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Just replaced my 5 yr old Frigidaire dishwasher with a KUDS35FXSS kitchenAid..all the bells and whistles fully integrated..it's a beauty ..only reason for change was switched to stainless.. My old dishwasher worked great. Here's the dilemma ! This dishwasher does not clean well. It is super quiet, but silverware and glasses look awful. Called KitchenAid ..suggested running the hot water before starting, defeats the delay, use less soap and to use the hot scrub setting. Still have residue on wine glasses. Have to wash them all after taking them out. HELP.. Yes I am using liquid rinse aid.. I want my old dishwasher back... I am all for energy saving but not at the expense of clean dishes... Btw the cycle takes forever! |
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What detergent are you using? Since they removed phosphates a while back, people have experienced problems similar to yours. I would suggest trying Finish Quantum tabs - they work well and get good reviews. |
I had the same problem with my dishwasher (LG)and had a tech come out and he was kind when telling my how simple the problem was to fix. Do not use powders- buy the tablets that are sealed. The powders absorb moister and ruins the product. Don't pre wash your dishes. Since they removed phalates, they replaced them with enzymes. The enzymes need something to eat so the dirtier your dishes are the better! Also make sure your hose thats prob under your sink is high enough. Ours was too low so some of the gunk would back up. |
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Chicaque Natural Park: A walk in the clouds
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There's a natural park just 30 minutes outside of Bogotá where you can enjoy one of Colombia's most beautiful ecosystems. It's called Chicaque and it was founded in 1990 thanks to private conservation efforts. The most suprising (and saddest) fact is that only 4% of Colombia's "Andean Cloud Forest", like this one, still exists. Over the years people have destroyed it to clear land for grazing and growing potatoes.
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What sets Naturino apart from other kids' footwear brands? Its unique "sand effect" system, which helps your toddling toddlers maintain their balance and stay comfy by reproducing the sensation of walking along the beach. Produced by the Italian brand Falc, Naturino children's shoes are notable for their impeccable design and construction. Pink boots and sequined Mary Janes for girls, leather boat shoes and monkstrap oxfords for boys, and Velcro sneakers and sandals for both come with anti-bacterial insoles that are easy to remove and wash. Made for kids ages two to 12 years, Naturino is part of a family of brands that includes Falcotto (for babies ages nine to 18 months) and the adult-size label Voile Blanche.
Festive looks for a season of dressing up.
Their Saturday and Sunday plans are set with super-cute clothes and toys.
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MartyParty was recently in LA and destroyed the DoLab x Bassrush party at Dim Mak Studios during a leg of his latest tour for his album. The self-managed purple champion says "the Internet and my fan base is pretty much my direct connection to my entire business. It's all I have. I don't rely on anything else." So give him some love, and go get his latest album, "Six Shots of Jameson."
MartyParty is a nice guy. MartyParty is a beast. MartyParty will slap you in the face and you will love it:
Die Antwoord – Make A Ninja Wanna F**k (MartyParty Remix) <– handle carefully
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This music is very positive and joyful. Imagine you runnin 'over a flourishing meadow and the birds chirping. You laugh and rejoice over this moment! What a beautiful day … Piano, bells, strings and a rhythm make the sound completely.
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We've heard plenty about the new characters set to join
Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron
, but there will also be some absentees, with Tom Hiddleston confirming there will be no room for Loki in the forthcoming sequel.
] not in it," says Hiddleston. "Here's the thing: I don't think there's anything else Loki could contribute to
The Avengers
, narratively."
"Joss gave me so many wonderful things to do in that first film that we'd only be trying to repeat ourselves, and probably less well in the second one."
"When I think of all the things I loved as a child," he continues, "Hans Gruber wasn't in
Die Hard 2
. And in
Indiana Jones
, by the time he moved from the Lost Ark to the Temple of Doom, there was a whole new bad guy."
"I think keeping it fresh and new is good for
The Avengers
even though it's a shame for me. And let's face it, there's seven or eight of them as it is, and Joss is thinking about adding two more, so the screen's gonna be a busy place. But I had the time of my life on that film. It was the most fun ever."
We'd have to agree with him as to the benefits of a change in antagonist, and yet Ultron is going to have some very big boots to fill.
Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron
opens in the UK on 1 May 2015.
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When testing valves, the UI-101 performed surprising well. In my opinion, it performed as well, or better than my UE9000, and at a significant cost difference. |
Critical Valve DiagnosticsValves are a critical component to facilities, production, vehicles, ships, and more. They can be expensive to monitor and maintain. Further, valve failure causes loss product, production, and huge capital expenses for repairs. Ultrasound is a quick, effective method for testing valves. Ultrasound is used to determine operation, mechanical and electrical conditions, and indicate by-pass leaks. Downloads / DemonstrationsUltrasound Critical Valve Diagnostics AdvantagesUltrasound is fast - Contact the housing and listen, much like a stethoscope. No need for measurement - There is no need to measure, trend or compare. Get an accurate indication of the presence of a leak. CTRL UL101 AdvantagesPerformance. The signal-to-noise ratio and sensitivity to ultrasound on the UL101 is unsurpassed (up to three times more sensitive than our closest competitors). It hears leaks other devices miss. No requirement for recalibration. The UL101 is set to go at the factory and never needs to be returned for recalibration. Battery life. The UL101 uses a standard 9-volt battery that gives 45-50 hours of continuous use which translates into 4-5 months of typical use. There is no forgetting to recharge batteries after every 8-hour shift. Ease of use. The UL101 requires no decibel or other unnecessary settings that, if incorrect, would make the device less likely to detect the targeted ultrasound. Unnecessary bells and whistles only complicate the usage. With the UL101, turn it on and go. Just adjust the sensitivity to eliminate background noise with a simple volume-like knob. Application expansion. The same UL101 Receiver is used in the Air Audit Kit as well as the full kit for troubleshooting, predictive maintenance, and all of the other applications suitable for ultrasound. There is no need to purchase multiple devices. Ability to differentiate background noise from detectable ultrasound. Since the UL101 is an analog device, no "white" noise or background noise is introduced into the device because of digital meters and readouts. The methodology used on the UL101 to bring ultrasound into the human audible range is superior. With the UL101, if there is no ultrasound present you will hear nothing but silence, minimizing false positives. ProceduresPressing the tip of the solid probe (attached to the UL101 receiver) against the valve. The user can easily hear the valve functioning and determine its operating condition. When it is difficult to reach a steam trap safely, the PowerBeam 300 can be used because of its ability to enhance the distance and narrow the reception of the UL101 Receiver. Open Valve If the valve is open, you will hear the rushing gas/liquid through the valve. Closed Valve If the valve is closed, you should hear nothing. Internal By-Pass Leak If the valve is closed and you hear the hissing/rushing of liquid/gas through the headset, the valve is leaking. |


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Muggie and Candy really need a home. They are about 7-8 years old and are a bonded pair. They are friendly and loving and were only pets in their home. When their owner died our shelter was asked to help find homes for them. If you are looking for a nice pair of indoor cats, we hope you will contact us. They are spayed and vaccinated and have always lived indoors. There is no adoption fee and we have an adoption form to fill out. They need to find a home as quickly as possible.
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Great list of tools! The WordCounter tool from Ninja Essays sounds very useful for me as I do find I am fond of repeating words when I write. SmartEdit is relatively inexpensive for what it does and another tool I think I will make great use of.
Thanks for compiling this great list.
Great points Justin and thanks for reading. I agree responding and interacting with your community should be a priority and lets the community know that someone is reading, listening and cares enough to respond.
I agree with you Robert it's going to be a tough climb for Jelly but with a smart team behind them and hopefully some improvements in the service I think it could be a great source of information or at least an alternative source of information that I would turn to for niche answers.
Thank you for your comment and I was unaware of Oktopost until you mentioned it. Oktopost is definitely a tool I need to look further into as it looks like it has some interesting features to help B2Bs.
Good point about the unfollowers and combined with the follower growth should work nicely as a tracking metric. I do worry about the if you don't follow me I unfollow you mentality which may skew some results.
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Russ on Colbert Nation last night.
Here's a report from what is typically a relatively low-turnout district in Fitchburg, a city adjacent to Madison in Dane County.Same-day registrants, with a high teen-20s presence, kept three election registers busy the moment the doors opened up through mid-afternoon, with a crush expected after 5:00.If this district is at all representative of the turn-out in Madison-centered Dane County, the Republicans are in some serious trouble.The youth vote is alive and well.Word is Madison and Fitchburg are expected to exceed 80-plus turn-out.With long voting lines reported in Milwaukee, when you're watching the results pour in tonight at WTMJ, be advised that Madison wards report in last and late in Dane County.
The Cheddarsphere bloggers who supported Russ Feingold's Cheddarbomb yesterday had a pretty big success. Our ActBlue page has raised $10,221 and we have had 248 donors. This of course is just part of the entire Feingold Cheddarbomb, which included money raised directly by the Feingold campaign and many other supporters, including Chuck Schumer (who outraised us) and Al Franken.
The entire Cheddarbomb campaign raised over $435,000 from over 15,000 donors and the Wisconsin bloggers were glad to do our part. Most of yesterday our ActBlue page was the 4th most active page on ActBlue.
Good luck to Russ in the upcoming campaign, and again, we were just glad to be able to help.
Note that you can still contribute to Russ on our Cheddarbomb page, or just by filling in the widget on the right, where you can contribute to multiple different campaigns.
I'm also glad that in the process we raised some money for ActBlue.
Thank you to everyone who so generously contributed. I'd also like to thank all of the Cheddarsphere bloggers who helped to make this a success, and DailyKOS, which helped us greatly with bringing in contributions from other parts of the country. A post from Giles Goat Boy in particular brought in many contributions to Russ.
1. While Tommy may have highrollers on speed dial, his Wisconsin contacts are still on a Rolladex.
As Governor, he put in long hours appearing in every corner of the State, and was very accessible. One to one, if you were having a problem with the State bureaucracy, and the request was reasonable, he'd try and help out.His problem, now, many of those folks he helped out are now deceased, or moved to Florida.He managed the long hours for a few weeks in Iowa for his abortive Presidential run, but it was wearing him out. I don't think he can sustain it all the way to November, and Russ doesn't give much to work with on a strictly negative ad-driven campaign. Unlike his opponents in the Governor races, they won't beable to paint Feingold as a gungrabbing nannystater. (Feingold voted against renewal of the assault weapons ban, a position that synchs well with his battle against the PATRIOT ACT.)
Tommy Thompson for US Senate?
I'd like to think Tommy is more politically savvy than to take on Russ Feingold, but it's possible that, with enough encouragement and flattery from Republicans who don't like their current candidates, that he could talk himself into running this year.
One thing we know for sure: He likes to be touted. I've never known a political figure who didn't like to be mentioned for some higher office. Tommy takes it a step farther and starts the buzz himself.
There's a certain Brett Favre quality to it. At least half a dozen times since he left the governorship in 2001 -- and left Wisconsin in a deficit hole it has never been able to dig out of -- Tommy has floated the idea he might run for something. "Governor, US Senator, Mayor of Elroy," he likes to say. "Who knows?"
We can rule out mayor of Elroy, although he still owns a home there. And it's a little late for the governor's race, with Scott Walker and Mark Neumann already in, and most Tommyites already committed to one or the other.
Then there's the US Sente race, where the guy who appears to be the leading GOP candidate, multi-millionaire Terrence Wall, has only paid personal state income taxes once in the last 10 years. That could be a problem.
The Massachusetts voters have spoken, and Tommy Thompson has been listening.
What does he hear? That voters are so upset with politicians that they want a Washington, DC lobbyist to run for the US Senate in Wisconsin. He tells Politico:
In a brief interview Wednesday about the possibility of a Senate run this year, Thompson, a Republican, would only say: "I'm not saying no."
Will Tommy, who's been feeding at the corporate trough since leaving the Bush administration, actually run? Given that he's been threatening to run for something every two weeks for several years, it seems unlikely.
But people of Wisconsin might welcome a Tommy candidacy, so we could find out once and for all how much money he's been raking in and from whom, since he'd have to release all of his financial dealings.
Mostly, this seemed worth noting just to be able to post that remarkable AP photo. Stand by for another in a long series of Journal Sentinel "Tommy might run" stories tomorrow.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 23, 2009
Contact: Zach Lowe (202) 224-8657
Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
On the Obama Administration's New Policy on the State Secrets Privilege
Washington, D.C. - Today, the Obama administration released details about its new policy on invoking the state secrets privilege. Senator Russ Feingold, a cosponsor of the State Secrets Protection Act, legislation to provide guidance to federal courts considering cases in which the government has asserted the state secrets privilege, made the following statement:
"The Bush administration's approach to state secrets was wrong-headed, causing significant public distrust and potentially shielding government wrongdoing and embarrassing mistakes behind a questionable legal doctrine. While I am pleased that the Obama administration recognizes that the Bush approach was a mistake, its new policy is disappointing because it still amounts to an approach of 'just trust us.' Independent court review of the government's use of the state secrets privilege is essential. I urge the administration to work with Congress to develop legislation that sets reasonable limits on the privilege and will not be subject to change under each successive president."
"The Supreme Court plays a unique and central role in the life of our nation. Those who sit as Justices have extraordinary power over some of the most important, and most intimate, aspects of the lives of American citizens. It is therefore not surprising at all that the nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice is such a widely anticipated and widely covered event. The nine men and women who sit on the court have enormous responsibilities, and those of us tasked with voting on the confirmation of a nominee have a significant responsibility as well. I consider this one of the most consequential things I must do as a United States Senator, and I am honored and humbled to have been given this role by the people of Wisconsin.


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Hey there's nothing wrong with big women. They need love too.
extra points if there was magnifying glass in 1 hand
Just noticed this, and I know I'm late. But uh... there is no diet, and you probably have nooo idea what you're talking about. So whether you meant what you implied on purpose or not, I wouldn't bother with the subject.
A woman's wrath is worse than getting dry bummed by volcanic dildo.
And me? I only wreck shit. You don't want that to be YOUR shit, do you Ged!?
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Spiders. They scuttle, they crawl, they sit and they stare. They're not more scared of you than you are of them, for no arachnophobe has ever run up to one and tried to climb up its leg. Some will say they're misunderstood. They are of course wrong, their brains rewired by pro-arachnid propaganda like Charlotte's Web – a story which, in reality, would have had poor little Wilbur sitting under the words "MMM, BACON" as Charlotte fondled her spinerettes.
Games though take the fear to the next level, scaling it up from a black terror the size of the hand of a non-arachnophobe saying "Really? Something this little?" to monstrosities that would make Shelob a little nervous to leave the web. Cow sized killers, hungry for adventurer flesh. Huge spider gods and slimy hybrids. Often, much to the horror of RPG players especially, treated as no big deal. Skyrim. World of Warcraft. Vindictus. Just three games of many that have taken this most terror-inducing of nightmares… and decided "Sure, let's put that in the tutorial area."
Our Survey Says…
Virtual arachnophobia is a surprisingly wide-spread phenomena though, and made no better by sufferers knowing exactly how silly it is. They're just pixels on a screen. Yes. We're aware. However, that satisfying sniper shot, that sexy leading lady or gentlemen and that glorious vista from the top of the mountain are just pixels too, and if they can make us happy or impressed, there's no reason that a few hairy pixels with fangs can't trigger what psychologists refer to as an atavistic response to perceived stimulus, but most regular arachnophobes just call an "Oh shit!" moment.
The details though have never really been studied, with developers rarely sympathetic. I thought it was time to dig a little deeper though, running a survey using Google Docs and Twitter to gather up peoples' experiences. How common was the problem? What actually triggered it? Over the course of a week, I got over 50 responses. It should go without saying that we're in the realm of anonymous anecdotes rather than hard, clinical science here, but the results were still interesting. For the record, survey respondents were primarily, though not exclusively male, scattered throughout the age brackets, but with the largest set being ages 21-30.
"I was forced by a sideshow emcee to take a living tarantula in my hands, age 6. I am 42 now."
First up, was the fear of spiders actually based on a real world bad experience? The answer was generally no, with a few stories of the "I once woke up to find one on my bed" variety. A few had suffered from nightmare fuel, including "had one thrown in my face" and "was forced by a sideshow emcee to take a living tarantula in my hands, age 6. I am 42 now." On a scale of 1-10 though, of how affected they were by in-game and real-life spiders, they didn't rate their fear any stronger than the people who were simply creeped out on the existence of the eight-legged ones.
Fear of an Eight Legged Menace
Those numbers averaged at a fear rating of 4.3/10 for virtual spiders, and 5.92/10 for real ones – as you'd expect, the real variety's ability to scuttle over your face beating the virtual one's ability to take entirely too many fireballs to theirs. The survey also collected some more detailed information though, on exactly what peoples in-game responses consisted of. The response was often physical rather than merely a psychological tut of disapproval – shakes, revulsion, even pain at times.
For example: "Depends on the size and complexity; for some reason, the low-poly arachnids in Torchlight don't freak me out as much. Also depends how long it takes to kill 'em – a quick fight doesn't bother me as much as a boss battle," offered one reply. "Generally my reactions range from a brief Oh God! to cold flashes and a physical, full-body shudder."
"Even the thought of spiders will make me feel itchy, as if they're crawling over me – especially in my hair," said another. "In-game spiders will have the same effect if they're scaled appropriately small for my character (or there's a swarm of them)."
And if you don't think you're susceptible… maybe you've just not played the right game yet. Limbo, maybe. Or Skyrim. "I never really had a problem with virtual spiders until now, in fact I thought it was comical how people got creeped out by spiders in games," admitted one responder. "Then I started seeing the Skyrim spiders and realized they were really fucking bothering me. Fortunately the smaller ones go down really quick. The big ceiling droppers are another story."
Crawling to the Top
Which were the worst of the worst? Oddly, there was little consensus on that. The Frostbite Spiders of Skyrim were the most common suggestion, getting 10 votes, though that can be partially explained by them being one of the more recent examples in a mainstream game.
"I wish I could explain why – perhaps the horrid little spikes all over them? The fact you're playing in first person? The way they drop on your head? I don't know," said one respondent. "Whatever it was, they alone are the reason I'm answering this poll."
Second place went to the tarantulas from the Resident Evil series, with 7 votes. After that, things fractured. Amongst the games with more than one vote were the highly aggressive spiders of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and the 'surprise' spiders of Dragon Age 2 – their party piece being to appear in front of the camera with a loud hiss. Strangely not mentioned often was the infamous giant spider from indie game Limbo, which even managed to scare non-arachnophobes.
"It's not so much the appearance of the spider that causes me to fear it, but more not understanding its behaviour. I'm just not sure what those spidery guys and girls are up to when they crawl across my desk."
But what of the wider world? Is the fear of in-game spiders just down to a general anxiety towards creepy crawlies? Apparently not. Asked "Are there any other monster types that have caused you trouble?", almost half flat-out said no. Only two enemy types put in repeat appearances – the headcrabs of Half-Life, particularly the spider-like poison variety, and scorpions, specifically the giant Radscorpions of Fallout 3′s blasted wasteland. Another arachnid, in fact, with distinctly alien behavior from our point of view. As one responder put it, "It's not so much the appearance of the spider that causes me to fear it, but more not understanding its behavior. I'm just not sure what those spidery guys and girls are up to when they crawl across my desk."
On the Hunt
Okay, so let's dig into that a little. In games, unlike most real-life situations humans will be involved in, spiders are usually aggressive, life-threatening monsters. What if they're not – if they're more a Charlotte than a Shelob? Does that make a difference? Turns out… yes. At least, in theory, for most respondents – even if nobody could think of a perfect example to point to.
"Once you were riding the ones in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow it was slightly better as at least I knew it couldn't attack me anymore," suggested one, getting the closest. "I didn't like using the spider familiar in Neverwinter Nights (small and realistic), but didn't mind having a spider pet in World of Warcraft (oversized and cartoon-like)," said another.
That wasn't universal though, with one responder saying that she couldn't even make shape-shifting witch Morrigan in Dragon Age: Origins shift into her spider form, and more than one pointing out that 'friendly' and 'spider' are words that fit oddly well next to 'betrayal'. "It seems like the kind of creature that would turn on you as a plot point, doesn't it? It's a matter of trust…"
Hypothetically then, there's at least a chance for some common ground – though a relationship that likely needs work on both sides. What if we skip that though? Is a dead spider a good spider? Do their fangs lose their sting once smashed, or no longer a threat to a high-level character? The answer is a little surprising – most of our self-proclaimed arachnophobes said yes.
Future Shocks
What then if we're not dealing with real spiders, but robots? Many future worlds borrow arachnid designs for their robots and other technologies, including sentries and battle tanks and repair bots. They may not have the hair and the fangs, but they have the same basic silhouette, movement and are still just a collection of pixels on a screen . Do they trigger the same fear response?
Not even close.
"Robot spiders are less scary than spiders, and also way cooler. I strongly support them," declared one responder. From another: "A Robot Spider is simply a robot built in the shape of a spider. You could have a Mecha-Spider the size of a skyscraper and it wouldn't bother me." Another still: "Robot spiders aren't scary to me because in my eyes they'd lack the same predatory, ambush or trap hunter instincts of an animal or animal/demon hybrid. Nothing created by a man is going to be as scary as what comes out of Mother Nature's horror-infested womb."
"Robot spiders are less scary than spiders, and also way cooler.
I strongly support them,"
This wasn't a universal response, but it wasn't far off. A couple admitted to having an immediate 'urk' response, especially to scuttling animation, but were firmly in the minority. For most, a robot spider was nothing more than a tool – and no more a symbol of fear than the logo on Peter Parker's shirt. Says one: "I think evolution has programmed us to recognize a natural spider and be afraid of it because it's going to kill us and laugh about the fact over a mug of liquified organs."
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Robots then can probably be forgiven their inspirations, at least for the moment, and unless their designers start bolting on extra eyes and hairy epidermal layers just to mess with people. Their skittering organic brethren though remain a threat both to hardy adventurers really wishing they could sub-contract the 'spider temple of the spider god' bit of their quests, and players for whom the eight-legged ones' presence can so easily render a great game utterly unplayable.
On the PC, at least there are often options. System Shock 2, Dragon Age and Skyrim are just three games where modders have gone in and fixed the problem in various ways. In System Shock 2, that meant simply turning them invisible, silencing their hissings, and killing them as soon as they spawned. It led to a few funny moments, yes, including a trap unceremoniously turned into an empty room with now pointless vents of doom, but crucially: no bloody spiders!
Dragon Age and Skyrim modders left them in, but altered the models. For Dragon Age and its sequel, one version turned them into dogs, another into bears – though arguably that just looked as creepy as the spiders. "The animations have been intentionally mismatched," boasts the modder of the dog version. "Why? 'Cause that's how I roll." Well, quite. Skyrim modders though really went crazy, with the option to turn them into bears… or bizarre, broken-spined Spider-Man. Spider-Men, technically, since it was rare to run across just one Frostbite spider at once.
Games supporting mods tend to see "No Spider" mods very quickly after release – if not as fast as inevitable nude mods, which tend to break the land-speed record to be the first to perv things up. Despite that though, no developer has ever offered a simple "No Spiders" toggle. Indeed, they keep getting worse. The upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online too really goes out of its way to make them horrible, with spiders that devour each others' corpses, and a chance that spiders you kill will be pregnant and erupt into their vengeful young. There are also spider demons, spider infested caves, and Zenimax Online Studios hasn't officially denied that the Collector's Edition will actually be delivered by a specially trained tarantula. Admittedly, so far no-one's actually asked.
Still, while arachnophobes may not be able to get rid of their fear, at least now they can know that no, they're not alone. One day, perhaps the world will acknowledge what needs to be done, and discover a new era of skitter-free enlightenment. Failing that, there's always asking a friend to get past the icky bits, or – as many out there ultimately do – pushing past the horror, one level at a time, and being glad that at least spiders are a reasonably respectable thing to be afraid of. It could be so much worse. Imagine if it was elves. Or space marines. We'd have nothing to play…
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Richard Cobbett learned everything he needed to know from old adventures, which is why he hasn't dared cross a main road or leave the house without a newspaper and a pencil since 1992. He also writes amusing words about games, and is less cynical than he pretends. Mostly.


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Dear Ina,
I'm 25, and I'm moving to a new job, and I'm excited about it. I don't know how I'll adapt to the new culture, though. They seem to be more formal, more into real office clothes. I'm used to working in an informal, projects-based environment, where it didn't matter what I wore or what time I came in, as long as I could show results. Is it still okay for me to come in jeans, as long as I have a blazer somewhere for meeting with clients? Can I not wear make-up?
Dear Ana, Gone are the days when clothing was nothing more than body covering. Whether we like it or not, clothes have a social meaning. It conveys exclusion or inclusion. It conveys economic status. It conveys rank. Though you may disagree with it, you know that you are judged by what you wear, and that is why you are concerned.
In your first six months, you would be under scrutiny. Wouldn't you rather that your ideas were the subject of discussion and not your wardrobe? Someone once said, "Your clothes speak so loud, I couldn't hear what you're saying."
Think of your clothes as a medium of advertising your capabilities. In your new company, find out what office clothes mean. What does the rank and file wear? What do your bosses wear? What does the top lady boss wear? If they could not distinguish you from a kid out of college, you would have problems being taken seriously. You could already see this thought balloon running through their heads: "Jeans=College=Teenager…" See where it leads? It is difficult enough being young, let alone good-looking and female. The human mind likes to oversimplify things and create stereotypes. You cannot change that, but you could turn this around in your favor.
I used to dislike wearing suits. I found them "uncreative" and conservative. Wearing office clothes became fun when I started think of them as costumes and my workplace a stage. I would dress differently for different scenes – meetings with top management, team building with rank and file, presentations to prospective clients, counseling an errant employee. I had costumes for giving bad news and good news – and the shoes, accessories, and make-up to go with all these scenes. You want your clothes to say, "I'm on your side. I like being with you. I'm in the team. I can do the job very well."
Just make sure you follow-up on that message with actual action. You said you were excited by the job, then focus on that. Focus your energies on getting that job done spectacularly. Clothes are – almost –a non-issue.
(You might want to read up more on Erving Goffman's and his work on impression management and self presentation. A good starter is this page from the University of Pennsylvania: (http://www.psych.upenn.edu/courses/psych170_Fall2002/selfpres.ppt#15)
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Hey ya'll,
So i posted awhile ago about problems with my downstairs neighbors and my landlord. Well 2 months later... he is going to let me out of my lease as of April 1st. We have to pay april thought as a penalty. Which i can totally understand. I've had to do something similar before. But he informed my mom that he was keeping my deposit to cover the ad that he put in the paper. WELL he told me the ad was $60 a week and i would have to pay half of it. On my figures at $30 a week for 6 weeks(max it figured it could be in more like 5 weeks though) is $180. So that means he still owes me $340. Even if i paid the whole ad i'd still get back $160. If i'm correct i think this is illegal. Doesn't he need to send me a reason for withholding my deposit along with reciepts? I think he's trying to take avantage of me and my mom(who is the nicest person every and nevers says no). I live in michigan btw. The reason he wanted the keys back to is because he just wants to get me out of the lease because he realized i can go in at anytime i want. But of Course! I'm still paying for it and check to make sure he's not turning the heat up and leaving it on when he shows it(which he was). Sry so long
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- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Mon, Mar 27, 06 at 18:51
I think you need to contact the state agency that governs housing. Call the mayor's office, or a city councilperson's office, and ask them to tell you the name of the agency and the phone number. |
He is letting you out of your lease. Take your pick, say goodbye to your $520. deposit or make him mad and he can hold you (and your Mom) responsible for the rest of the lease. |
- Posted by naturalredhead18 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 9, 06 at 20:59
Follow up, We sent my keys back and he finally a week later sent us a form to sign saying we were out of the lease. In the form it says he keeps all moneys ( like my deposit) I think i should fight for my deposit back. Because he already signed a lease with someone else ( who has moved in) even before we recieved a lease release form. If i'm not mistaken you can't legal have 2 people in a lease with you at the same time for the same apartment. Not to mention the deposit it supposed to be only held for damages only. So if i took him to court couldn't i win b/c he illegally has 2 people in a lease? Thanks Erin |
- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Mon, Apr 10, 06 at 14:08
My advice stands--call whatever state agency governs landlord laws. There should be a city or county office. In many states, it is true that a landlord can't rent to someone else for the same period he is charging you for. He often can, however, keep money to cover the cost of the ad or perhaps other transitional expenses. How much money that is may be set by the state, so he may not have to prove to you how much *his* particular ad cost. You need to know your local or state laws. There's a Rental Housing Clinic at the Michigan State University-Detroit School of Law. Call the Building Division of the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services; 517-241-9347; they may deal only w/ mobile homes, but they can send you to the right people. And try this one, too |
Here is a link that might be useful: start w/ this PDF of tenant landlord law in Michigan
Right now in Florida, there is a bill in the State legislature to change the law and make it legal for landlords to collect from BOTH parties should the lease be broken. Now that seems greedy to me. Don't 'cha think they'd have better things to do in the Statehouse? |
- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Wed, Apr 12, 06 at 17:14
and if that law passes, what tenant would break a lease? I'd pay the rent and consider that my space--I'd keep my keys, and turn them in when the lease was up. And have lots of "friends" over in my last few months of the lease--maybe ask those friends to "loan" me money. If the landlord let someone else into that apartment, I'd be saying he was in violation of my lease, which I am paying for, and he'd have to reimburse me. |
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