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On 11/23/07 I purchased a Sears 315MHz Craftsman 1/2 HP Garage Door Opener Model 139.53920D with the purple "learn" button. I bought it to replace my broken craftsman door opener which had the green learn button. However I can't get the 3 function remote from the old opener to work with the new opener. The old remote is model 139.53879.
The manual for the old opener says it is a "Security +" system and the manual for the new opener says it is compatible with all "Security +" remotes. Following the instructions that came with the new opener to reprogram the old remote, I pushed the purple "learn" button on the opener and released it and the "learn indicator light" next to it comes on, then I pushed the large button on the 3 function remote ( actually I tried all 3 buttons on the remote ) and held it till the "learn indicator light" timed out and turned off but nothing happened, also no motor light blink or click's heard. I know the programming works because I erased all codes from the motor unit memory and reprogrammed the remote that came with the new opener and it worked perfectly. Can you please explain how to program the old remote? Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank's in advance for your help,
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- Posted by don_1_2006 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 26, 07 at 18:40
I notice your opener says Security + Anti-Burglary. I have a sneaking suspicion here. Does the manual say it is compatible with all Security + or Security + Anti-Burglary? It seems the steps you took should have programmed the remotes if they were compatible. I would be talking to Sears and I sure would appreciate if you would let us know what you find. |
- Posted by thirtycoup (My Page) on Mon, Nov 26, 07 at 19:07
Yes, it look's like I will need to discuss this with Sears but I wonder what kind associate I can get to help me!! The kid that helped me find the door openers in the store didn't seem to bright!! Probably "Christmas help" - LOL Anyway, regarding your question as to the anti-burglary feature, I did a little more research in the manual and I noticed it has the following statement: Quote - NOTICE: If this Security + garage door opener is operated with a non-rolling code transmitter, the technical measure in the receiver of the garage door opener, which provides security against code theft devices, will be circumvented. The owner of the copyright in the garage door opener does not authorize the purchaser or supplier of the non-rolling code transmitter to circumvent that technical measure. - End Quote I assume that is what you are talking about? Not sure I understand all of that, I would really like to e-mail a Sears Technical Support Center but I haven't been able to find one online yet. I will let you know if I find out any new information. Thanks for your interest, |
- Posted by don_1_2006 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 27, 07 at 16:21
Something is going on. I have now seen 3 posts where someone is trying to program an older remote or keypad with the new opener and can't. A piece is missing somewhere. |
I have the exact model that "Thirtycoup" has and I am having the same problem. My wife has a remote in her car (built in) that has always worked with our older sears openers. I recently replaced the opener on my side of the garage with a newer model (139.53920D). The remote that was in the box with it works fine but my wife's remote (in her car) doesn't work with the new unit and I can't seem to get it reprogrammed. I have tried a number of things but still no success. If anyone has a solution to this problem please let me know. By the way my son-in-law recently replaced his opener with the same model and he is having the same problem. Thanks |
boxkite, Your problem is a little different. Thirtycoup was trying to program an old remote from her old opener to the new one and it is not going to work without an external reciever hooked up. The new remotes security plus or not are not going to work with different frequencies. What year is your wifes car and post the steps your using to program your wifes car. |
- Posted by BIg Q(email@example.com) onSun, Feb 13, 11 at 15:07
these posts are from 2007! It's now 2011 and I have the same issue. THe new Garage Door Opener is now Sears Model #139.53985DM. The "OLD REMOTE" is 139.53879. Same thing. Learning button is "purple", etc. But, I DID SEE SOMETHING ON THE Instruction Manual for the 53879. It says, "This remote ONLY WORKS WITH UNITS THAT HAVE A GREEN LEARNING BUTTON WITH A RED LIGHT"! You think that's the problem? The newer units with their "rolling codes" won't sync wiht the older remotes? |
- Posted by don_1_2006 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 14, 11 at 16:36
The rolling codes is not the issue. The radio frequency has been changed. |
- Posted by Bob Nichter(firstname.lastname@example.com) onWed, May 4, 11 at 12:46
Thanks Craftsman for changing the freq on security + remotes...NOT. My old remotes say security + but do not work (do not reprogram) on the new opener. |
- Posted by Kevin(email@example.com) onSun, Jul 10, 11 at 19:06
I asked the sales person at Sears and they said that you would have to buy a new 3 function remote if the numbers are not compatible with the openers. They said I could go online to find out if each are compatible with each other but I have yet to find the website to show me the compatability ability. Sears should state on the new openers that they are not compatible with older remotes before you buy. Or tell you to bring in your info on your vehicles and your old remotes and replace them for your or at least let you get something towards a trade in value. |
- Posted by chad(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSat, Jul 16, 11 at 0:45
I am having same thing but i trying to use sam remote for mine and my brothers house |
- Posted by don_1_2006 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 18, 11 at 9:37
No one knows what the "same thing" is. |
I have a Dasma garage opener model ST401.A07 dode 98361 with a Sears remote. How do I program the rmote for this opener model |
- Posted by don_1_2006 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 9, 12 at 11:05
Dasma is a manufacturers association not a manufacturer of door openers. You need to check the make and model number a little closer I think. |
I have a craftsman 139.53879 garage door opener with 2 remotes. One needed new battery, the other was still working. In trying to reprogram the one with the new battery, I erased both remotes. Now I can't get them reprogrammed, no matter what I tried. |
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Shannon Miller is the author of two books, Invested with Meaning: The Raleigh Circle in the New World (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998), and Engendering the Fall: John Milton and Seventeenth Century Women Writers (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008). Engendering the Fall explores the intertextual, and productive, connections between Paradise Lost and the writings of pamphleteers in the anti-feminist debate, women prophets during the Civil War, the poetry of Aemilia Lanyer, Lucy Hutchinson, and Mary Chudleigh, and the prose works of Margaret Cavendish and Mary Astell. The book argues that early seventeenth century writers such as Rachel Speght and Aemilia Lanyer produced texts that influenced Milton 's representation of gender hierarchy within his epic, while later writers, such as Aphra Behn, Mary Chudleigh, and Mary Astell, returned to Milton 's epic within their own poetic and philosophical works. These texts are unified by their emphasis on the narrative of the Fall and the centrality of this motif as the story which must underlie all attempts to re-imagine, and re-organize society following the English Civil War. By differently imagining the organization of both the family and the state within their writings, these writers consequently offer views of governmental organization alternate to those that become codified within John Locke's Two Treatises of Government, published at the end of the century.
Her areas of teaching and research interest span the 16th and 17th century, with essays on Thomas More's Utopia to Aphra Behn's Oronooko. Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Modern Philology, Milton Quarterly, and Studies in English Literature, as well as numerous articles in edited collections. Essays are forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of Seventeenth-Century Literature and the Cambridge Companion to John Milton's Paradise Lost.
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Bill Mercer, United States Attorney for the District of Montana, announced today that during a federal court session in Missoula on February 3, 2009, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah C. Lynch, MALIK ASHATOVICH AKISHEV, a 21-year-old citizen of Russia, pled guilty to possession and receipt of stolen money transferred in interstate commerce. Sentencing is set for May 7, 2009. He is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by the United States, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
AKISHEV is a Russian citizen who came to the United States on a J-1 work visa through a program that sponsors a summer work/travel program placing foreign citizens in entry level jobs in resort areas throughout the country.
In the summer of 2008, AKISHEV was working for a restaurant in Ennis. While working in Ennis, AKISHEV established two bank accounts in town. The first account was at First Madison Valley Bank; the second account was at Flathead Bank (dba Valley Bank).On July 11, 2008, $6,052 was electronically transferred into AKISHEV'S Madison Valley Bank Account from a Fidelity investment account held by U.H. of Oceanside California.
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Tellers at Valley Bank confirmed that AKISHEV appeared in person to withdraw the money. Shortly after the $14,000 transfer, another online transaction was entered attempting to move additional funds from R.D.'s account. However, Fidelity deleted the transaction before it could be processed.
On September 4, 2008, law enforcement discovered that AKISHEV was scheduled to depart for New York and then Moscow. Madison County Sheriff's officers arrested AKISHEV that day on local theft charges and discovered over $9,000 in cash wrapped in "Valley Bank" bands along with other evidence.
AKISHEV faces possible penalties of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan M. Archer prosecuted the case for the United States.
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The Women of Karbala
December 8, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Asghar Ali, Engineer
Women of the Ahlul Bait at the feet of Zul-Janah (the horse of Sayyidinal Hussain (kw)) who returns after the martyrdom of its rider. |
TRADITIONAL Muslim set-ups place many restrictions on women. They cannot even venture out of their homes; most are required to restrict themselves to performing household chores only. Few Muslim women take up public roles; fewer still participate in outdoor events.
All this is being done in the name of Islam by the self-styled guardians of social norms. However, if we cast a glance on the early history of Islam we find women taking part in various events alongside men. Prophet (s) Muhammad (PBUH) had from Hazrat Khadija four daughters and brought them up as model women who participated in his revolution.
Islam's was not only a spiritual but also a social revolution. It empowered women and gave them equal rights which was unthinkable at that time. Women played at best a secondary role in any civilisation in the seventh century CE. However, Islam raised their status and assigned them an equal role in all worldly affairs along with men. Many women, like Umm-i-Ammara, even took part in various battles which the Prophet (s) had to fight. In the Battle of Uhud, Umm-i-Ammara took the attack of a sword on her arm and saved the life of the Prophet (s).
Hazrat Fatima, as all Muslims agree, was indeed very close to her father, and thus Muslims highly revere her. She too was brought up by the Prophet (s) enshrining the highest values of Islam. Her sons, Imam Hasan and Husain, were equally loved. Her daughter, Hazrat Zainab, played a pivotal role in the aftermath of the battle of Karbala. Bibi Shehar Banu was the daughter of Kisra, the King of Persia who was defeated by the Muslims, and Hazrat Ali married her to his son, Husain.
Shaher Banu also faced the tragic events at Karbala very bravely and sacrificed her two sons, Ali Akbar and Ali Asghar, in the way of Allah.
It is important to note that when Imam Husain was leaving Makkah for Kufa (Iraq) in response to the letters he had received from many important citizens of Kufa to lead them in their fight against Yazid (who had usurped khilafat in violation of the condition laid down by Imam Hasan while abdicating in favour of Ameer Muawiyah), Imam Husain was advised by his well-wishers not to take his family along to Kufa.
It was feared the people of Kufa might betray him.
However, despite the risks, Imam Husain turned down the advice and took along all his family members, including women and children. He knew that the women, who included his wife, his sisters and daughters, would play a very important role even if he had to fight against Yazid's forces in or near Kufa. The people of Kufa did betray him even though they were the ones who had invited him to lead them in a fight against Yazid's tyranny.
Yazid stood for all that was against Islamic norms. Not only was his lifestyle against that of the Prophet (s) (PBUH) and his companions he also tried to destroy the institution of khilafat by introducing monarchy.
This was totally against the revolutionary spirit of the political system introduced by Islam. Husain perhaps knew, before he left for Kufa, what was in store and he deliberately took women along with him to show to the world that women could also play a role in saving the Islamic way of life.
The women of the Karbala tragedy did play a role which was no less significant than that of the male companions of the Imam.
The Imam was right: his women played a pivotal role, particularly the Imam's sister, Hazrat Zainab. After the martyrdom of Husain and his colleagues, Imam Zainul Abidin and all women and children were arrested and taken to Damascus on camelback via Kufa. Bibi Zainab, a brave and bold woman, addressed Muslims everywhere along the way, exposing Yazid and his evil actions and un-Islamic acts.
Bibi Zainab and the Imam's entire family were kept in prison in Damascus. When they were brought to Yazid's court, Zainab eloquently spoke in front of Yazid's courtiers and thoroughly exposed him. She never shied from her mission, so much so that he had to release her and the Imam's entire family. They were sent back to Madina with their security being ensured.
Syeda Zainab's role was exemplary. It showed how bold Muslim women were and how they played a key role in consolidating Islamic teachings.
Today, despite so much progress and the spread of education, so many Muslim women are suppressed. In Saudi Arabia, for example, even a woman's voice is considered 'awrah i.e. so that it should not be heard in public; and here was Zainab from the Imam's family who became a public speaker to save Islamic values.
Zainab was the eldest among the women of the Imam's family, including Imam Zainul Abidin who was very unwell at the time.
The leadership of the family thus fell to Zainab, and she proved to be more than what was expected of her. Today, women have to learn much from her example and leadership qualities. Her public role in the Karbala saga has much to teach us.
It is wrong to think, as many Muslim men do, that women are weak and cannot achieve much in the public domain. Hazrat Zainab's role is a wake-up call for those who feel that women are fit only for domestic chores and nothing beyond the confines of a house.
The writer is an Islamic scholar who heads the Centre for Study of Society & Secularism, Mumbai.
Source: The Dawn, Karachi
Profile: Imam Sayid Hassan Al-Qazwini
February 22, 2007 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Dana Inayah Cann, Muslim Media News Service (MMNS)
His mission was to follow in his forefather's footsteps and become a scholar and religious leader.
What Imam Sayid Hassan Al-Qazwini didn't realize is that his goals in life would take him to the other side of the world, to America, and captivate the minds of people from all walks of life. Whether for political leaders or for Christians, Al-Qazwini has given a better understanding of Islam in hopes of defeating the widespread misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. Al-Qazwini was born in Karbala, Iraq, in 1964, during the time of the Ba'athist regime, which was gradually brainwashing the people of Iraq.
Al-Qazwini's family, well known in Iraq and in the Muslim community for their scholarship, leadership and community service, were against the Ba'athist regime.
Al-Qazwini's father Ayahtollah Sayid Mortadha Al-Qazwini was one of the religious scholars who not only spread the word of Islam to the people of Iraq, but also opened Islamic schools and other institutions.
Since Al-Qazwini's father migrated to the United States in 1984, he has opened Islamic schools, mosques and other institutions in Los Angeles, California.
Because the Al-Qazwini family refused to side with Saddam Hussein and the Ba'athist regime, they fled Iraq and moved to Kuwait after Al-Qazwini's grandfather, Ayatollah Sayid Mohammed Sadiq Al-Qazwini, was arrested and never heard from again. During his time in Kuwait, Al-Qazwini decided to fulfill his goal as a religious leader and scholar.
As the Al-Qazwini family migrated from Kuwait to Qum, Iran, to escape Hussein's hunger for more power in his regime, Al-Qazwini joined the Islamic Seminary in 1980 and graduated in 1992.
Towards the end of 1992, Al-Qazwini moved his family to the United States where he directed the Azzahra Islamic Center founded by his father in Los Angeles, California. He also taught several Islamic fiqh and other Islamic courses during his four-year stay.
A year into his migration to America, Al-Qazwini was invited to the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan to speak during the upcoming holy month of Ramadhan.
Having a positive effect on the Muslim community in Dearborn, Al-Qazwini was invited to return a year later.
The Islamic Center, established in 1963, is the oldest Shi'a mosque in the United States.
Wanting to reach out to the younger generations of American Muslims, Al-Qazwini felt that it would be best to speak their language: English. Committed to reach his goal, Al-Qazwini devoted himself and quickly learned English and began to successfully communicate with the youth and cater to their needs.
By 1997, Al-Qazwini moved his family to Dearborn after accepting the role of scholar and religious leader at the Islamic Center of America. A year into his position, Al-Qazwini founded the Young Muslims Association (YMA), which is affiliated with the Islamic Center. The goal of the organization is to educate, promote leadership and create a place where young Muslims can actively support Islam.
Since 9/11, Al-Qazwini has been one of the most influential American Shi'a Muslim religious leaders. He has visited numerous churches, colleges and the White House. He has been invited by the State Department, the Defense Department and has conducted interviews on NPR, BBC, CNN, VOA, The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, and The New York Times, among others.
While speaking to the American public, political and religious leaders, Al-Qazwini discusses issues relating to Muslims and he also speaks out against those religious leaders who commence attacks on Islam and Prophet Muhammad (s).
When asked about the biggest hurdle facing American Muslims, Al-Qazwini believes that the major hurdle is misconceptions that non-Muslims have about Islam. Part of the problem is the American media.
"No doubt, there is bias in the media," said Al-Qazwini, describing how the media gives a negative view with images of car bombings, beheadings and the war in Iraq. "The biased media here in this country is playing a major role in promoting and pushing these misconceptions in the minds of Americans."
Al-Qazwini blames CNN for having a show with Glenn Beck who spoke negatively about Muslims, along with Fox News and the O'Reilly Factor. He also blames religious leaders Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and Franklin Graham for "once in a while inciting hatred against Islam and Muslims in this country."
"We're dealing with, I would say, a ruthless enemy that is aimed at discrediting us, at labeling all Muslims as extreme Muslims," Al-Qazwini said as he mentioned that there are also hundreds of ant-Islamic websites on the internet promoting hatred against Islam. "They brand us all as extremists so they can coax this fear and paranoia in the minds of Americans so they do not get to know us."
Al-Qazwini said that the other part of the problem for the misconceptions that non-Muslims have about Islam is Muslims themselves.
"We have not done enough to let others know us and learn more of our religion," said Al-Qazwini. "Our job is to deliver the message of Islam, to show the example of what kind of people we are. We are a people of peace. Therefore, we need to emphasize the concept of peace."
Al-Qazwini went on to say "I can challenge any person by saying that Islam is the first divine and monotheistical religion that can publicly invite the Jews and Christians to have a dialogue. It is in the Qur`an where God says:
Say: Oh people of the book! Come to common terms as between us and you: that we worship none but God; that we associate no partners with Him, nor set up any human beings as lords beside God.
If they turn away, say "Bear witness that we are submitters."
To spread the word, promote peace, and lessen the misconceptions of Islam, Al-Qazwini says that Muslims should reach out to non-Muslims who want to know about Islam. The mosques are always open for all to attend to seek education about Islam, not motivated conversion. Al-Qazwini says that it is up to Allah to convert people.
"If people don't want to go to the mosque, we can go to them," said Al-Qazwini. "In classrooms, with colleagues, or at people's homes," Muslims can teach those who want to understand Islam.
When asked if the younger generation is prepared to become religious Islamic leaders in the future, Al-Qazwini doesn't think so.
Al-Qazwini takes part of the blame with other Islamic centers that "have not done enough in preparing the new generation."
Al-Qazwini says that if the younger generation is convinced to go to the Middle East, study Islam and come back to America, people will be able to relate to them better because they were born in the same place and speaking the same language. He is willing to work for a sponsor to help a young Muslim to go to the Middle East to study Islam.
"We need to have more English-speaking imams who not only speak the language, but they understand it," said Al-Qazwini. "And, they can educate in a more adequate way with the American society."


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There are as many words as positions he can play to describe the exceptional talent of San Diego Chargers outside linebacker Melvin Ingram. Explosive, dynamic, versatile, and instinctive are just a few of them, but they were all a part of the blurry background image that was focused on one weakness in the process leading up to April's NFL Draft: short arms.
Short arms by NFL standards that is, which means that he's human and has normal arms to us normal people. However, this knocked him down during the draft because he was no Jason Pierre-Paul. JPP's 81″ arms are otherworldly, and interestingly enough he was selected only two picks earlier, but Ingram could eventually have a similar impact if he develops as expected. Judging by his first two preseason games, it appears that Ingram has quickly gotten off on the right foot by invading offensive backfields and harassing quarterbacks of all kind.
Thus far, he has one sack to his name in the preseason, but quarterbacks have felt the speed and power of Ingram's clout as he's compiled a handful of pressures in numerous ways. In week one against the Green Bay Packers, Ingram startled the left tackle after exploding forward and dipping his shoulder to execute his patented speed rush, which quickly resulted in a hit on quarterback Aaron Rodgers and a subsequent interception.
Seven days later, Ingram made his mark once again, this time against the Dallas Cowboys. However, it wasn't the speed rush that did the job, as instead it was an inside spin.
The Cowboys were prepared for the speed rush when Ingram entered the game. He lined up in the daunted five-technique, and by lining up an additional player in the backfield (a tight end), Dallas fortified their protection by having someone available who could chip Ingram back inside to the left tackle.
Here's the issue with the Cowboys' plan: Ingram saw it coming, and he was also prepared. That's why when the ball was snapped, Ingram took a step to the outside to sell a speed rush, which then slid the offensive tackle and chip blocker outside. Then he spun back to the inside, where there was no road block, by hitting the blocker with his left and subsequently right elbow.
Again, no sack, but another pressure that forced an incomplete pass by Tony Romo.
A quarter later, the Cowboys tried to match fullback Shaun Chapas, who was a part of the traditional "21″ personnel (2 backs, 1 tight end), in isolation with Ingram, who this time lined up in a nine-technique just to the right of the tight end's outside shoulder. This meant one-on-one, mano-a-mano with Chapas, and to put it mildly, it didn't go so well.
When center Harland Gunn gave the ball to quarterback Stephen McGee, Ingram exploded off the line with a quick first step and immediately looked to beat Chapas. He did this by once again using his outside foot, his left, to make it look as if he was going to take an outside path to the passer…
But he wasn't, and he didn't. Ingram's outside foot was once again part of a setup that would ultimately culminate in a free, and shorter path to the quarterback on the inside. With Chapas sliding to the outside, Ingram drove off of his firmly planted outside foot back inside and slapped the overextended blocker down as he went by and got to his prey.
The sack was the first one on Ingram's stat sheet, but it didn't mean as much as I initially thought it would because of all the pressures he created in the snaps of the previous games. Unless he becomes Anthony Spencer, Ingram's pressures should turn into sacks very soon because of his quickness off the snap, his various pass rush moves, and his supercharged motor.
And of course, his short arms, which haven't been a detriment to his game thus far.


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Subway Flooding
Dear Editor:
After reading a letter to the editor in the June 15 Queens Chronicle about subway flooding, I echo Joan Davis' sentiment about walking home.I ended up walking from the 21st Queensbridge stop to Forest Hills—about four miles. I would also like to hear an apology from the MTA regarding the lack of bus service.
What happened to any emergency plans that should have been in effect? Not only have we suffered through 9/11 and a blackout, but there was also another flooding situation in August 2004. These three situations should have led to some sort of emergency response to the floods we just experienced.
Where were the buses? Why were the extra shuttle buses that I saw on the news that night not put in place much earlier?Due to the walk home, I suffered pain in my leg the next few days, which is part of the cause of a minuscule tear in my knee that I may need surgery for.
Larry Price,
Forest Hills
Smoking Ads
Dear Editor:
As I was reading a newspaper on Sunday, I ran across a number of opinions regarding the ads about Ronaldo Martinez. He is an anti smoking advocate who speaks through a hole in his throat and these people call it disgusting and pure propaganda. Well, in my book, if that's what it takes to get more people to stop smoking, I say bravo. Then, maybe there will be one less motherless or fatherless child and that would be a good thing.
Examples: My wife quit smoking 10 years ago but now has asthma, and I quit smoking nine years ago so I would not further endanger my wife's health and I feel a lot better. We both smoked for over 25 years. I only wish more people would get the message. Yet with all the ads and information we see it still amazes me as I walk down the street why people are still smoking.
I think we should come up with more ads like Martinez has out there. Your paper should run a story pertaining to smoking with maybe Martinez by a pool, whereas he can't swim anymore, which he had loved to do but can't because of the hole in his throat from throat cancer. And to Martinez: I know some people are listening and you are truly saving lives and you truly are making a difference.
Frederick Bedell Jr.,
Stop Amnesty
Dear Editor:
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611), promoted by the Bush administration, and passed by the U.S. Senate last month is nothing but a travesty and a suicide pact for America.
In return for a few token measures to strengthen border control, designed to deceive conservatives (such as sending 6,000, mostly unarmed, National Guardsmen, with no arrest powers, to the Mexican border, and starting to build a 370 mile fence—along a Mexican border that is 2,000 miles long and is violated by 800,000 to 2 million illegal aliens a year, the Senate bill would grant amnesty and citizenship to 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens already within our country. Even worse, it would establish a "guest worker" program that would, according to congressional estimates, allow 66 million to 103 million aliens from Third World countries (who, under the terms of the Senate bill would not even be required to speak any English or have any job skills beyond the minimum wage level) to enter our country and become citizens over the next 20 years.
Such an influx of aliens would overwhelm our schools, hospitals and welfare system, greatly increasing the tax burden of our people and, at the same time, depress the salaries of American workers who would be forced to compete with alien labor for low paying jobs.
Even worse, allowing 66 million to 103 million aliens to become citizens would reduce white Americans to a minority and totally destroy the Western character of our nation. We would no longer have a common Western culture but would be well on our way to becoming a balkanized, chaotic Third World country.
Fortunately, the Senate immigration bill has yet to pass the House of Representatives and, in that, lies our hope. The House must resist all the pressures and blandishments of the Bush administration and vote down S.2611, and any other immigration bill containing amnesty or "guest worker" provisions, or the American republic we've known for 230 years may be lost forever.
John Kramer,
Forest Hills
Estate Tax
Dear Editor:
Just a few days ago our Republican Senate killed an effort to repeal the federal estate tax on multimillion dollar fortunes. When does the raping of the middle class by this Republican Congress stop? It will not stop until the voters take back their country from those who have bought it from our Republican Congress and this Republican administration.
Sounds like an old mantra but once again valid: power to the people.
George Katz,
Bush Vs. Environment
Dear Editor:
That President George Bush would even consider not raping the environment as he has done consistently as payback to his corporate money base comes as an unexpected but pleasant surprise; must be getting close to elections.
He actually plans to designate an island chain spanning nearly 1,400 miles of the Pacific northwest of Hawaii as a national monument, creating the largest protected marine reserve in the world. Let us hope this is not merely a diversionary tactic to camouflage opening up the pristine Arctic to his oil drilling cronies, our national forests to his lumber industry supporters or decimating our land by his coal gougers. Evidently, the fishing industry has been deemed to be the political sacrificial lamb. If it looks like a fish and smells like a fish, it must be fishy.
Nevertheless, it's something. Could it perhaps be a precursor to realizing what virtually all respected scientists agree: Global warming is real, a threat to all on this planet and it must be dealt with through international recognition and cooperation?Nah.
Clifton Black,
Stop And Think
Dear Editor:
The administration's mindless "stay the course" (as in Titanic) strategy in navigating through their war proves itself with each passing dayto be nothing more than a strategy to show that the war into which they manipulated our country was valid merely because we are continuing it. Certainly those who want to believe in the integrity of our country will be culpable and accept this ruse, and that is understandable especially with silly rah rah slanderous slogans like "cut and run."Perhaps if they chanted "stop and think," we would not be in the mess in which we find ourselves.
They say that setting a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq would strengthen the resolve of those opposing our presence and therefore make them stronger. What nonsense. If they were interested and paid any credence to timetables, they would have halted their attacks long ago. What better tactic than appearing to have been beaten into submission, allowing Bush to declare victory (once again) thus withdrawing our troops? Then after a short period, swarm into the country and do with it as they wish. No.They are killing us because we are there and if we stay the course, they will continue killing us.
Zack Pal,
Ethnic Identity
Dear Editor:
What constitutes a nation? A nation is much more than a line drawn on a map. It is an expression of shared principles, of a distinct culture, language and institutions, which together have the power to weld together multi ethnic groups and create a vision of national unity.
Immigrants in the past became Americans. They learned English and they gave their primary loyalty to the nation.
Our nation has cherished our freedoms which are based on following the rule of law, not on ignoring the law to suit the whims of myriad socio ethnic groups.
Can a nation that no longer values the principles that formed its sense of unity continue to exist in the face of unchecked immigration, particularly when immigrants are no longer expected to assimilate? Will large numbers of unassimilated foreign nationals eventually seek political and cultural autonomy from the United States in regions where they hold numerical superiority?
We must put a stop to the illegal immigration crisis before that crisis results in the disintegration of our country.
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I saw it. It had a sneak peak at the Disneyland ride. It looked pretty cool! And Heh.....JOHNNY DEPP! Sorry. I can't wait to see the ride! They have stuff on the premiere on MSN too.
Hi all. I didn't see this thread yet, so I thought I'd start it. Did anyone else see the premiere (red carpet) last night on E!? After everyone walked the red carpet, they got to ride the new POTC. I haven't been looking at any spoiler threads cuz I'm trying to hold out to see it for real in Oct. Well, they showed some of the new scenes last night & I couldn't stop myself from watching it. (I think I rationalized it was DL so it would be a little different)... anyway, Cap'n Jack looks incredible!!! Anyway... just wondering if anyone else saw it & what they think.
"What ARRRRGH you doing?"
"What are you doing?"
"No, What ARRRRGH you doing?"Cap'n Jack lives again!"I'll try anything once or twice, that's the kind of mouse I am"
I saw it. It had a sneak peak at the Disneyland ride. It looked pretty cool! And Heh.....JOHNNY DEPP! Sorry. I can't wait to see the ride! They have stuff on the premiere on MSN too.
~ElyseGO KNIGHTS!I'm a baby Knight! UCF '13
Go watch the official Disneyland podcast for video!
It shows snippets of Jack and Barbosa, plus imagineers in their element.
Find the podcast via iTunes.
I watched the full 2 hour plus MSN web cast of the premier. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom spent a lot of time with the crowds. If you want to skip a lot of the "fill", the real interviews start close to 2 hours into the web cast. There are some great shots of Johnny Depp meeting Jack Sparrow for the first time. That must be so awesome to be immortalized in a Disney ride! I am seriously thinking of heading down to the premier here in London. If I get pictures, you'll all get to see them!
mini-V What will you celebrate?
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my blood sugar is almost three times what it should be...so here's for a slow and painful death at a young age.
saturday i'm moving to another city...the upside is that i get three days on my own to watch movies on demand in a city where there is none of that nasty flu that's been going around..you know..the one that kills people..where i live now there's been two confirmed cases already and one on the way. upside also is getting the fuck away from my grandparents. downside is that i hate the city i'm moving to, only doing it coz i have no choice, been kicked out of my grandparent's house for the next few weeks. also on the downside is that it means i can no longer to out and have fun late, i don't know anybody, i'll be yet again all alone, i don't get along with my aunt and her family so i'll be spending as much time as humanly possible out of the house and it's one of those cities where you're just afraid to be gay. another and perhaps one of the bigger downsides is that it'll position me quite far from Guy, but then i'm considering dumping Guy anyways.
Why dump Guy? because i really like him, he's young and fresh and optimistic and idealistic and i'll totally destroy that in him like other assholes destroyed it in me...back then when i had it, when i was his age. Plus i've finally realized that i cannot go through life without friends, and i have none. by that i mean, i have nobody that i hang around with, that i go out with, that i talk to as a friend, that i do things friends do with. the point i'm making is that guy is about to receive the role of boyfriend and best friend and regular friend and mother and father, all the things i don't have, and it's not fair of me to do that to him. another reason i'm considering dumping him is that i cannot handle his close relationship with his two superman ex's, it's not natural and it's not fair on me to have to play the nice boyfriend while he goes out with them in all hours of the night, it's highly suspicious. another thing is that Guy is not capable of handling my sexual drive, in truth not many can handle it for very long, but certainly Guy isn't capable of it. Obviously i've come towards him a lot, i've really extended myself in fact, i've not pressured him for sex, and i've not slept around in what counts for me as a very long time, and trivial and shallow as it may seem to you people, it's actually a very big problem. I know it's not politically correct, certainlly here on oasis, to actually place importance on sex, but i do, sex is the physical expression of inner truths for me, and i need it in a relationship just as i need honesty, faithfulness and empathy. I wont nor should i have to sacrifice it, and i've already turned down a rather large amount of offers that i would have otherwise taken gladly, it's wearing thin.
I've also redeveloped my body-image problems, I don't feel attractive, i don't think i'm good looking or sexy. I've gained a tiny amount of weight on account of I don't drink, fuck and smoke anymore, so my appetite is back and i get less physical activity. it's not critical, i still look exactly the same, i just take it symbolically, and it's bothering me.
the very harsh criticism i get at school for my art has officially gotten to me, there's only so many personal attacks a person can hear before they start believing it, and well i've reached that point, so as a result i've lost faith in my work, i can't, i'm afraid to, touch a pencil, afraid to draw on my notepad, let alone tackle a big painting like the one Aviv commissioned from me. Feel no inspiration, not for my art, not for school, and whatever i do is purely technical and only when i have absolutely no choice. I skipped all my classes today in favour or sleeping, and i'm about 4 projects behind everyone else in all my classes, and the other students complain about me. it bothers me, this whole thing, because it used to be that, even if i feel ugly, even if i'm alone and feel like the world is a big black empty space, i had my art, and art is what im good at, i'm always good at it, but now i'm not, now i've lost the last thing i called a constant, so i'm rather in the dark now.
I keep trying to talk to my mother, i don't care about what, just a conversation, but god knows it's fucking impossible, you people probably know me better than she does, and the other way round too, i don't know who she is, and the sisters and father couldn't give two shits anyways, two years away from them they've all together just forgotten i exist, all i am is a very small dint in the bank account every month and an occasional burden on foreign relatives.
I keep putting the HIV test off, perhaps fearing the results but also just becase i haven't the time anymore, seems like i'm constantly busy but nothing ever gets done anyways.
anyway, fuck this, i'm going to watch a movie.
the responible thing to do would be to get the test.
a ferrets is a ferret, no matter how much it seems like a weasel. if only i could say the same for people.
I'm sorry. I forget how much I like you though until I read your posts. Your someone I would love to meet one day, I mean you seem so down to earth and fun the kind of person who could come up with a plan at the spur of the moment for somthing fun to do, which is the kind of freinds I need considering I never know myself. I'm sorry you have to move, can't you just get a place to yourself? It sucks that the city sucks but if you do end up giving up guy you'll find somebody there who can fill your needs. I don't see how you can't. And as for Guy I'm sorry your worried about ruining him, thats a terrible thing to have on your conchus and in a sence I can understand your reasons for dumping him, it makes sence I'm just sorry you can't find a way to make it work. I think you need to date a hooker ; ) they like sex right? But then again really I wouldn't cuz you could probably pick up all kinds of nasty things. heh oh body image. I know you have like, no motive right now but just start working out. Its sad that your slimming power is drinking, ciggs and sex though. I think you should you know, find healthier ways to lose weight. Hm I wonder how many cals you burn during sex? Intresting. And as for you art it will come back soon, just give it a couple days probably. and I know this is going to sound like the most stupidest over used phrase ever but all that matters is that YOU love your art. I'm sure its blood brillant anyway. Family can be kind of stressful at times, not sure what to tell you about that, just hang in there I guess. Hm tests, I don't blame you for not wanting to go, eventually I'll have to get my first gyno whatever test sometime this year or next and its got me pretty freeked out even though everyone says it is no big deal. Oh well, after all it is the docters, that always gets me super paranoyed. Well I'm sure will both be fine LOL
Come Josephine in my flying machine
Going up she goes up she goes
Balance yourself like a bird on a beam
In the air she goes there she goes
Up, up, a little bit higher
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Nucleo is an incredibly intriguing design team based in Italy that creates artistic furniture. Their work is eclectic in that they don't possess a framework or mould that is consistent in the aesthetics. Each piece is completely different and this is what makes it so interesting.
One thing that is consistent with their work is that it possesses artistic quality. Each piece of artistic furniture borders on the edge of an art installation and a piece of furniture—whether it is a high quality industrial table or a chair made from scrap pieces of plywood.
One of my favorite projects by Nucleo was during their 15th anniversary. They offered the public free instructions on how to create one of their tables made entirely out of LEGO.


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We are going to replace an (ancient) oil-fired boiler with a gas fired boiler for basebord hydronic heating in a 1940's Colonial in the Northeast.
Which brand would you recommend: Buderus GC124/4 SP or Weil McLain CGa-SPD? I am leaning toward the Buderus because of perceived higher European quality. But more techs may be familiar w/. the Weil McLain as well as easier sourcing of parts. The Buderus is slightly more expensisve in the pricing quotes I have received. Thanks. |
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Buderus hands down between the two. Have you looked at the Triangle Tube Prestige boiler? Much better boiler and value than both. (Cast Aluminum boiler blocks haven't proven so well, search weil mclain failures, there are many. Prestige is Stainless |
Thanks for the prompt reply. I'll check into pricing for a Triangle Tube as well. Weil-McLain really seems to be pushed - kinda like the GM or Ford of boilers. Are any of the Weil-McLain residential models gas-fired boilers cast iron? Burnham, Goodman and several other domestic brands of questionable quality have all been mentioned by local dealers/installers. Must be comfortable with the US brands.... |
Weil Mclain has a number of cast iron gas boilers. My new GV3 is one of them. I thought the CGa and CGi were, also. The Ultra is their aluminum model, and I wouldn't trust aluminum, either. Stainless sounds much more reliable than aluminum. My GV was more expensive than the CG series, but is more efficient. I also had an Outdoor Reset module added to it. Even though a cast iron boiler shouldn't run below a certain temperature, the Outdoor Rest module helps save fuel. |
Thanks - Yes on the Weil-McLain site the description of the CGa model is cast iron (not alum.). Not interested in the WM Ultra models. The stainless steel of course is superior but the Triangle Tube models seem to cost double of the cast iron Buderus or Weil-McLain. Too much Mercedes/BMW pricing for me at this time. of the US domestic brands for a gas-fired boilers (standard efficiency, atmospheric venting up a chimney)would you recommend: Weil-McLain Thanks again. |
The only reason that Triangle Tube costs more is the features, your comparing it against cast iron models. Hold it against the price of a W/M Ultra for the real sticker shock. Outdoor reset is great however on cast iron models, provisions must be made to recirc water to control block temp with minimum return temps, like 130-140. The more expensive modulating and condensing boilers love cold water, the colder the return water, the more efficient. It's not unheard of to heat your house on a mild day with 95 degree boiler water. Why heat the water up to 140-180 to satisfy mama's chill on a 55 degree day? |
Johnxyz: I've lived in a house with a Burnham, and that thing took a serious punishment and kept going. It was kept in a detached, unheated garage with a roof that leaked more than not having a roof. It heated an 850 sq ft single story house built in 1948. Both Weil-McLain and Burnham are decent products. |
Braytonak, The GV was one of the first boilers to cross over the 84-85% AFUE which put it in the condensing range. Yes W/M put a circ in the boiler to combat that but they also added a temp mix/bypass valve in conjunction with it. So feel free to dial that outdoor reset lower. Depending on how your boiler is piped, primary/secondary (which is best) you could use the boiler circ to inject heat into secondary heating loop(s) and appreciate even lower water temps. Without primary/secondary you must be careful to not cycle the boiler to much when operating in the lower temps (small trade off). I'm hoping this boiler was installed after the plexvent problem or has been upgraded since to Cat II Stainless, right? My personal take on the plexvent issue, it was brought on by improper installation, sealing, lack of support, improper cutting, and using non-UV fitings outside. Aside from that it's tough to screw up gasketed stainless pipe with clamps. |
I just looked at the Primary / Secondary concept, and this is not what my system is using. My GV was installed in October to replace the original 25 year old atmospheric boiler (of twice the BTU rating). When the boiler was operating in the 120° ~ 140° range, it was, in my opinion, short cycling. I guess this is because it's not modulating. It just spits out 70k BTU's of heat to bump the water temp and then stops. The vent used is a clamped stainless type. It's just over six months old. I've not heard of the PlexVent issue. Did they rust? Maybe when spring arrives (if that will EVER happen this year) I'll get to see how the system behaves as the weather warms in regards to short cycling, etc. |
Plexvent was a high temp plastic venting material that broke, cracked & leaked at joints. In addition when non outdoor ftgs were used outside, UV rays broke down the tee or ell and it fell off allowing the vent pipe to fall into the house thus, venting inside. Again, proper and skilled installs never had a problem with this but it wasn't as fool-proof as SS so, the advocates went after them. Primary/secondary would be something I would strongly consider for your boiler combined with the lower/wider reset curve. If you have cast iron radiation, all the more reason to better your system this way. |
So would the consesus be to buy the Buderus GC 124/4 SP gas-fired boiler over the Weil McLain CGa? Any votes for the Weil-McLain CGa? Last call - Thanks |
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Noisy and hurtling and chaotic as it is, LAST ACTION HERO doesn't slide off the rails for about 45 minutes. Early on, Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien), a mop-topped 11-year-old action-film fanatic, is seated in a grimy Times Square movie palace watching his favorite hero, the brawny Los Angeles police sergeant Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger), when he's suddenly propelled into the movie. We've seen this gimmick before, of course (in Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. and Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo), and there's no reason to think it couldn't work with Arnold. For a few minutes, it does. Transported to the back of Slater's speeding vehicle, Danny finds himself in the middle of a wildly hyperbolic chase scene. The action is so fast and exaggerated-cars flying with such cartoonish abandon, explosions so explosive- that we seem to be in for a high-trash good time.
But then a strange phenomenon sets in. Since Danny worships Slater, you'd think he'd be thrilled to find himself in the middle of one of his movies. Instead, the kid grows a bit disgruntled. Rather than going with the fantasy, he starts trying to prove to Slater that Slater is just a movie character. This twist has a peculiar -- and deadening -- effect: Instead of experiencing what it's like to be inside a Hollywood action movie, we're placed even further outside it.
Last Action Hero is a perverse spectacle: a stupid, generic slab of action bombast that keeps reminding us it's a stupid, generic slab of action bombast. It's a lead balloon of a movie, so top-heavy with self-referential cuteness that it never begins to levitate -- or even make sense -- as a fantasy. When Danny leads Slater into a Blockbuster Video store to show him a shelf full of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, you can practically hear the audience let out a collective ''Huh?'' After all, we knew Arnold was goofing on his image as a world-famous action star, but that didn't necessarily mean he was playing ''Arnold Schwarzenegger.'' By the time Arnold (I mean Jack) shows up at the New York premiere of his latest movie and says to the real Arnold, ''I don't really like you-you've given me nothing but pain'' (is this Schwarzenegger's way of telling us it's lonely at the top?), Last Action Hero has deconstructed itself to the point of insanity.
The Jack Slater film is intentionally garish nonsense -- car crashes and shootouts and a villain (Charles Dance) distinguished only by his collection of gleaming false eyes. There's a deep cynicism at work in making the film-within-a-film such a deliberate piece of junk. On some level, the creators of Last Action Hero are saying, ''Of course this is just packaged mindlessness -- that's all you dunderheads really want.'' Like Hudson Hawk, Last Action Hero makes such a strenuous show of winking at the audience (and itself) that it seems to be celebrating nothing so much as its own awfulness. In a sense, the movie's incipient commercial failure completes it aesthetically. For even if the filmmakers don't go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public, you can't say they didn't try.


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This broadside, issued by the The Mutual Protection Trading & Mining Co., announces:
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Amazon.com, Prohibition, and the three-tier system
Prohibition — the constitutional amendment that made it illegal to manufacture or sell alcohol in the U.S. — ended 76 years ago. But its legacy is still with us.
That's what I find most intriguing about the news that on-line retailer Amazon.com has killed its plan to sell wine through a business called AmazonWine. It has been running a pilot program for about a year, testing the incredibly complicated logistics involved in selling wine to 50 different states. Last week, though, it said enough was enough. The company didn't give a reason, but most people who are supposed to understand these things say Amazon couldn't solve the distribution problems.
Or, as industry consultant John Fredrikson, who knows as much about this stuff as anyone, put it: "People have no idea how complex this is, dealing with 50 different [state] governments. You wonder if a company like Amazon, which is well organized to sell just about anything, can't pull it off. But wine is different from anything else they are selling."
More about the decision and what it means after the jump:
And those distribution problems are a result of Prohibition. The political compromise that ended Prohibition allowed each state to regulate alcohol in its own way, and they have — in ways that are completely unimaginable. New Yorkers can't buy wine in grocery stores. Montgomery County, Maryland, residents can't buy wine at retailers like Cost Plus World Market, but residents of adjacent Prince George's County can.
There are not just 50 laws for 50 states, but laws that vary from county to county within states, and even — get ready for this — different laws within the same city. In Dallas, for example, I live in a wet area. Go a mile or so north, where Dallas is dry, and ordering wine on-line (to say nothing of buying it in person) is a completely different legal proposition.
It's no wonder then, that Amazon gave up. I have been writing about on-line wine sales for as long as there has been such a thing, and no one has succeeded. Virtual Vineyard failed. WineShopper.com (which Amazon invested in) failed. The first version of Wine.com failed. Even the current version of Wine.com has limited reach, with wine sales to just three dozen or so states.
So why are we still hampered by a ban that ended almost eight decades ago? Because the system of 50 laws for 50 states works best for those who have the greatest financial stake in it — independent retailers, the distributors who sell wine to all retailers, and the legislators who write the laws and get campaign contributions from the first two groups. It's called the the three-tier system, and it's the law in every state. Consumers, with some exceptions, must buy wine from retailers, which must buy from distributors, which buy from the wineries. Retailers can't buy direct from the winery (which drove warehouse giant Costco to unsuccessfully sue Washingon state) and consumers mostly can't either. The three-tier system almost makes it unwieldy at best, and impossible at worst, for on-line retailers to do business.
I don't want to get into an argument about whether the three-tier system is good or bad — there are arguments to be made on both sides. I will note, however, that wine, beer, and spirits are about the only industries that have their distribution systems mandated by law. If I want to buy a TV, I can buy it from an independent retailer, a national chain, on-line or direct from the manufacturer. So why should wine be any different from buying a TV?
The other thing to note is that distributors and independent retailers do their utmost to keep the system in place. I understand this — retailers are terrified of competing with national chains that can underprice them by buying direct, and distributors are even more terrified of losing gigantic accounts like Costco and Walmart, which would buy directly from the wineries and bypass distributors if the three-tier system didn't exist.
But I'd also argue, and I have said this to retailers and distributors, that the three-tier system is not forever. It's going to change, and probably sooner rather than later. The Supreme Court chipped away at the system in its 2005 Granholm direct shipping decision, and there are other cases making their way to the court that will further chip away at it. Independent retailers and distributors would be better off in the long run if they spent more time figuring out what they're going to do when the three-tier system ends than by fighting to keep something that is the product of a failed social movement.
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One Response to Amazon.com, Prohibition, and the three-tier system
Historically speaking, there was never a prohibition on buying a TV. Alcohol sales grew out of a nationwide ban and fear of wine beer and spirits. There were years before prohibition when the powers that be aligned to take the US dry. So when the spigots opened up, the deal was made in the way that it was. And the Constitution was amended . right or wrong, that's what they did then.
Changes are coming but not as fast as you might think or want. Logistically, this is a huge ship and there are many admirals directing which way to turn the vessel.
Independent retailers and distributorship are spending time trying to figure out how to sell their products. All this cloak and dagger stuff is more imagined than real.


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Web Girl Of The Week: Dominique Chinn
Get to know the Texas brickhouse Dominique Chinn and what her 9-to-5 is…
Age: 21
Industry Age [You know everyone has one]: I didn't know that. I'm going to stick with my real age 21-years-old.
Nationality: Native and African American
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas
Where do you rep? H-TOWN!
Height: 5'4″
Weight: 142
Website: www.DominiqueChinn.com
Twitter: I have 2 twitter pages; www.twitter.com/dominiquechinn & www.twitter.com/platinum_city
Facebook: None.
Myspace: None.
Profession: I'm an aspiring model/actress, real estate agent, currently in college majoring in franchising and co-owner of Platinum City Gentlemen's Club…9629 Bissonnet Houston, Texas 77036.
Relationship Status: Single
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Favorite Sport: Track.
Favorite Movie: American Gangster.
Favorite Artist: Too many to name.
Favorite Food: Chicken and Mash potatoes.
Astrological Sign: Leo (Queen of the Jungle).
What body part of yours attracts the most attention? My lips.
Now, what would you like people to be attracted to? My smile.
McDonald's or Burger King? McDonald's.
Sleep or sex? Sex.
Tell us a funny, but dirty joke. What did the snake tell the hole? You are too tight for me to squeeze in.
The person I would most like to meet is (Without saying Oprah, Michelle Obama and President Obama)… I would love to meet Donald Trump to give me more insight on my major in business franchising.
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What were you doing five minutes before this interview? Cooking.
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When did you know you could be a model? I knew I could become a model when I put 100% effort into my passion for modeling [Ed Note: Uh...okay].
Can we buy you a drink and if so, what kind? X-Rated or Nuvo.
Ever had a one-night stand? No.
Have you ever told a lie? Yes.
Did you just lie about having or not having a one-night stand? No [laughs].
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Doing this will get you cut… putting my life in danger.
Lights on or lights off? Lights on. I want to see facial expressions.
The biggest misconception about me is… that I look conceited.
Tell us something your parents don't know about you… I really admire you for being so strong, happy and polite at all times. But I wish you could let your guard down sometimes [Ed Note: Uh...okay]
Preferred type of underwear? Victoria's Secret lace thongs
What is the most creative thing a guy has said or done to approach you? A guy slowly walked toward me and sung his introduction line to get my attention in front of a huge crowd. It was very cute.
If you don't have a lot of money, you better have… ambition for the future to become successful in life.
**BONUS QUESTION** How did you come about co-owning a gentleman's club? The way I came across getting involved with being a co-owner of the club is I met DC7UP in Houston, and we were talking about money making businesses. Of course, everybody knows that a gentlemen's club makes really good money. It's been a really great investment and I plan on opening up a couple more pretty soon. I'm a business major in school and I'm very blessed to accomplish so much at the age of 21. I'm going to try harder and harder, no matter what, to be the best I can be. I want to have a McDonald's franchise by the age of 35.
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