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OPI Suzi & The Lifeguard
Average Rating 3.9/5 |
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I am quite disappointed with Suzi & The Lifeguard. This color is cool shimmery pink but the application is awful. It's too sheer the first 2 coats and even after 3, the finish is not even. May be may skin tone is too warm, this color is way too cool for my skin tone. The frosty finish isn't my cup of tea neither. I think this polish is from the South Beach Collection. I like most other colors in that collection but sorry to say, not Suzi & The Lifeguard. I don't see I will reach for this color very often that's why I won't repurchase. But if you want a clean nail polish to go for work or to go out shopping, this is a nice color to have. I will prefer on fingers than toes as I don't think it will come out well in pedicure.


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Selectmen's resignation at surprise in Milton
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
MILTON — Much to the board of selectmen's surprise, Selectman Bob Bridges announced his resignation during the nonpublic session of Monday night's selectmen meeting. His resignation is effective immediately.
"He was very meticulous and very thorough in investigating things and making sure he had all the facts," selectman Tom Gray said. That's one thing we're going to miss." |

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Scouts Have Patches — Lumberjanes Announce Badges, Sales Growth
- Posted by Johanna on July 4, 2014 at 10:12 am
- Category: Comic News
Lumberjanes is quite the success story, going from a limited-series run to an ongoing due to demand. Plus, issue #4, out July 9, has had orders greater than those for the first issue, demonstrating rare sales growth. Here's the cover for that issue by Noelle Stevenson, emphasizing the scouting background of the story. The series is written by Grace Ellis and Stevenson and illustrated by Brooke Allen.
To commemorate the series — and tie into the theme — Boom! has announced that they will be selling a set of iron-on Lumberjanes Scout Patches at the San Diego Comic-Con later this month. Most of the badges have featured in the comic already, with the exception of the top left CON-Quistador Badge. All of the embroidered patches were designed by Kate Leth.
The other patches represent:
- Up All Night Badge — Awarded for staying awake all night and up out of your bed after lights out
- Pungeon Master Badge — Awarded for being exceptionally pun-ny
- Naval Gauging Badge — Awarded for proficiency in canoeing… and of course, for successfully navigating monster-infested waters
The set can be bought for $20 at Boom!'s convention booth. The badges will be for sale at Boom!'s website later.
Update: The badge set can now be ordered online.
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They're Angry 'Cause They Have To Watch The Game
By Perry Michael Simon on February 4, 2011
You love Angry Birds. You hate football. Too bad; you're going to want to watch the Super Bowl anyway.
Here's why: We've told you about the new Angry Birds Rio game based on the new animated movie Rio, and there's going to be a commercial for the movie on the Super Bowl telecast. And in that commercial, reports Ad Age, there'll be a code. That code will open a special level in the original Angry Birds game, and when you complete that level, you get the chance to enter a sweepstakes with a grand prize of a trip to Newark, where… no, actually, if you win the sweepstakes, you'll go to Rio for the movie premiere on March 22nd. Oh, and they're making you work for it: You'll have to watch the commercial back frame-by-frame to get the embedded code.
Or you can wait a few minutes until someone else does the work and posts the code on every gaming website and Twitter. Your choice. But if you like to do it yourself, watch the game and get your DVR ready.
HT: Advertising Age
That's pure cheese. Really, Angry Birds people? You have to frame-by-frame it? Piss off. Just show the code during your commercial. Oh, and the commercial had better be goddamned funny.
i LOVE FOOTBALL, but I hate the packers and the steelers but most of all I dont want big ben to win another ring so I guess go pack go
Frame by frame? That's dumb as hell. You know, quite a lot of us still don't have DVRs. I have almost everything but that, because I can just download anything I miss for free on The Internets.
I'll definitely let someone else do the dirty work for me. I'm glad I only have the free versions of Angry Birds, for now. I won't even get a real job, no way I'm gonna work for something like this.
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Dodder is a parasitic weed that "literally sucks the vigor and life" out of alfalfa, says Steve Orloff, University of California farm advisor. It emerges as a rootless shoot and must attach itself to a suitable host within a few days or it dies.
California alfalfa growers will want to act soon to control outbreaks of dodder, a troublesome parasitic weed, says Steve Orloff, farm advisor with University of California (UC) Extension.
Initial emergence can be as early as early March in the state's San Joaquin Valley, although dodder is typically not observed in many parts of California until early summer. Treat fields now with pre-emergence dinitroaniline herbicides like Treflan or Prowl, recommends Orloff in a recent post on the UC Forage & News Blog. To be effective, the herbicides must be incorporated with irrigation or rain (ideally ½" of rain) before dodder emerges.
"The key to effective dodder control is not to allow any seed production," Orloff says. Dodder plants that escape a pre-emergence treatment should be controlled before they flower (beginning in June through August) and set seed by spot-treating with Pursuit or by flaming.
In Roundup Ready alfalfa, Roundup can effectively control dodder, Orloff says. "Depending on the infestation level and the timing of treatment, a sequential application of Roundup might be needed rather than a single application for complete control. However, using this tool, nearly 100% dodder control is feasible."


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What can a Windows 2000 SP2 workstation that isn't a domain member do? It can print; or at least it believes that it can print. Jet-Direct [aka "socket"] printing has been around since man-kind started to replace RS-232 multiplexors and access-servers with packet switched networks. Of course, with socket printing, the client never really knows what happens on the other end - it just dumps data down the hole and assumes everything proceeds from there.
Enter the new coils.workflow.9100 component that provides a socket listener for accepting TCP data streams into work-flow messages. Just as the client is oblivious to what happens when it pours a 'print job' into a socket the coils.workflow.9100 is just as unconcerned as to what that client expects to happen. The upside is that once the data is successfully transitioned into a work-flow engine - anything is possible.
The first step to using the coils.workflow.9100 component to receive your data stream is to configure the interface it listens to. For security reasons, unless otherwise configured, it listens only to the IPv4 loopback interface. To change this we must change the Coils9100ListenAddress default - by setting this to an IP address the component can be set to listen to just that address, otherwise by setting it to an empty string the component will listen on all interfaces:
$ coils-server-config --directive=Coils9100ListenAddress --value='' Setting the component to listen on all addresses/interfaces. Don't forget to also adjust any related firewall and/or network policy rules that much block the connection or traffic.
Now send a termination signal (signal 15) to the coils.workflow.9100 component and when it restarts it will be listening on all interfaces.
Now on that Windows 2000 SP2 workstation we use the Microsoft "Add Printer" wizard to add a new "Local" printer connected to a new port of type "Standard TCP/IP Port". The IP address of the "TCP/IP Printer Port" is "coils.example.com" (the host name of your Coils server); the "Port Name" can be any string value you prefer. Microsoft Windows will be unable to identify our new "device" (possibly because it doesn't exist?) so when prompted for "Additional Port Information" select the standard type "Generic Network Card". Now that the port is created a printer driver must be assigned. Select manufacurer "Generic" and printer model "Generc / Text Only".
Next the printer just be named. Since you are creating the printer to connect to an OIE workflow named "CiscoLoadTester" you will choose to name the printer "OIE:CiscoLoadTester". Nice and obvious. Now just click through the remaining dialog panes and the printer is setup. You can now print jobs to the workflow engine!
But, wait, there's a problem. You have many routes defined - how will OIE know to which route it should deliver the data it receives on the raw socket? It is just a socket connection after all. To solve this problem there are two options.
The first option, if the device has a static IP and will only be submitting data to this route, is to set the {http://www.opengroupware.us/oie}clientNetworkAddress property on the route you want to received the data. If that property is set all connections from the matching network [IP] address will be routed to the route bearing that property. That is simple but then only one [actually two] clients can submit data to the route, that client can only ever use that one route, and if the client's IP address changes someone has to remember to update the property value.
The second option, and probably the better one in this case, is to define a stream preamble. A stream preamble is a string of characters at the beginning of the data stream that the coils.workflow.9100 component will detect and use to route the contents of the stream. For many applications it isn't possible, or at least not easy, to inject a preamble into the stream. But since you are using a Microsoft Windows 2000 [or XP, Vista, 7] workstation with a Generic Text printer adding a preamble is simple. Select the printer in the system's "Printers" dialog, right click and select "Properties". Then under the "Printer Commands" tab in the "Begin Print Job" field enter the text "::{Workflow:CiscoLoadTester}::". This string will be sent at the beginning of every job queued to the printer. The coils.workflow.9100 will detect the string "::{Workflow:routeName}::" and attempt to use the specified route. This preamble will be removed from the stream and the OIE work-flow engine will only receive the remaining contents.
Now when the user finishes generated a report from that enourmous and expensive industrial device that provides only limited network integration - they just print that text file to the "OIE:CiscoLoadTester" printer and the data magically propogates through the rest of the system and to the appropriate applications.
When the component sees your stream preamble it will make a log entry like:
INFO:coils.workflow.9100:Stream preamble specified route named "CiscoLoadTester".If you don't see that then something is wrong with your setup [possibly after entering the string to the "Begin Print Job" field you didn't hit the dialog's "Apply" button?
INFO:coils.workflow.9100:Paired stream to route "CiscoLoadTester" via preamble.
Log sample from coils.log when a route is matched via the preamble.
When there is a connection which the component can't match to a work-flow route you'll see log entries like:
DEBUG:coils.workflow.9100:Incoming connection from ('192.168.21.178', 1134)In order to be as helpful as possible the coils.workflow.9100 component will still store the contents of the stream in a server-side attachment in case that data was valuable [it won't be lost] and send an e-mail message to the address you configured via the AdministrativeEMailAddress default. This allows you to catch if someone or something is attempting to stream data to OIE but OIE can't determine what it should be doing with that data.
DEBUG:coils.workflow.9100:Maximum connection transfer is 4294967296b
INFO:coils.workflow.9100:Processing stream from "192.168.21.178"
INFO:coils.workflow.9100:No matching route found for inbound 9100 connection
DEBUG:coils.workflow.9100:Closing connection from ('192.168.21.178', 1134)
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Big Brother's Sara McLean has told fellow housemate Chris James that of everyone in the house, she is most attracted to him.
The model from Edinburgh called the doorman "cute" as the pair shared an intimate moment earlier this afternoon.
She said: "You're so cute. We were saying the other day that out of all the boys in here it's your physique we like the best. I like a bit of meat."
Chris responded: "Some girls really do like Mr Ripped, some girls like a manly man."
Caroline Wharram added: "I like skinny physiques... yours would appeal to me about as much as Luke S's would."
Meanwhile, Chris has been chatting to Luke Anderson and Scott Mason about his fellow housemates and is already annoyed by Luke Scrase and Arron Lowe.
Speaking about Luke S, he said: "You know what, he don't like me. Or Benedict. He wants to be the alpha male. 'I am the alpha male and I am the ruler'.
"He's a sly one. Trust me, yeah. I'm a doorman, I read people, yeah."
He continued: "There's three guys I've met tonight I've liked and I can add you two to that as well.
"I'm not too sure or convinced about Arron. He's very cocky. He hasn't tried to speak to me once. Every time I go to speak to him, he speaks to me, but he's never come over to speak to me once.
"The other guy [Luke S] is always standing over people, talking down on people, which you can see is alpha male."
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Sunday, March 21
Philips Arena
Attendance: 18,729
Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Al Horford scored six of his 22 points in overtime and secured a game-high 18 rebounds to lead the Hawks over the Spurs, 119-114, at Philips Arena.
Marvin Williams had 26 points and nine boards, while Joe Johnson came up with 20 points and 13 assists as Atlanta snapped a seven-game losing streak to San Antonio with its sixth straight home win.
Jamal Crawford added 19 points and Josh Smith 13 with seven rebounds and five assists for the Hawks, who claimed their fifth win in the last six games.
"Playing Charlotte and San Antonio back-to-back, it gives us a great feel on what the playoffs are going to be like," said Horford, whose Hawks needed OT to top the Bobcats on Friday. "Those are two playoff teams that play real well defensively. We really had to be on point tonight."
Manu Ginobili was 12-of-26 from the field for 38 points and added six assists for the Spurs, who had won five of six coming in. Tim Duncan posted 29 points and 13 rebounds, while Richard Jefferson kicked in 12 and eight.
San Antonio last tasted defeat to these Hawks on December 10, 2005 in Atlanta.
It was a one-possession game entering the fourth quarter and Atlanta was able to retain its slim advantage until Matt Bonner dropped in a three for a 94-93 Spurs lead with five minutes to play.
Things remained tight heading into the final moments of regulation as Duncan converted two free throws for a 101-97 lead only to see the Hawks tie things up on a Horford bucket and two at the line from Smith with 2:13 left.
Bonner came back with a turnaround jumper and Ginobili re-established a four- point game with two free throws, but again Atlanta had the answer, this time on a Johnson runner and Horford's putback with 52.3 on the clock.
Ginobili drove to the hoop for a scoop layup that was too strong, and the Hawks held for a final shot with time winding down. Johnson had two good looks at a winning basket, but couldn't get a fadeaway jump shot to fall, then rimmed out another jumper just before the horn.
Horford rose up to knock down his second field goal of the extra session and establish a 115-111 Hawks lead with 35.9 remaining. He came back with two important free throws following a missed three by George Hill to essentially seal the win up six with 13.9 ticks to go.
"Heartbreaking, we know we have a really tough stretch coming. We made a huge effort to stay in the game and have the opportunity to win it, and we couldn't finish it," said Ginobili, whose Spurs will face the Thunder, Lakers, Cavs and Celtics over the next four games.
San Antonio held a 33-22 lead after the opening period but found themselves behind by two, 53-51, at halftime after the Hawks put together a 17-5 run to tie the game at 47-all on a Horford basket nearing the end of the first half.
Atlanta headed to the fourth with a narrow 81-78 edge following a tightly contested third.
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"Consistent high speed, consistent good service, consistent high approval rating, real referral credits"
"24h to 120h delay to provision customer-owned modem if previous ISP doesn't release modem on-time. Not Start's fault!"
"Best ISP I've had to date. Highly recommended. Better than Rogers, Bell and Teksavvy"
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Saving hundreds of dollars per year, receiving higher quality of service, and being treated with respect - these pro "features" are not available from incumbents service providers.
Signed on for Start's VOIP home phone service last week. Looking forward to saving more money. Total time in the phone queue waiting for a customer service professional: less than 1 minute.
Here's a quick cost comparison and 6-month dslreports.com / broadbandreports.com rating of Bell, Rogers, Teksavvy and Start high-speed internet, for what I figure is the most popular speed tier. (Note, prices are after any promotions expire - the regular price, not including rental fees, installation fees, administration fees, not part of a bundle, etc.)
Bell Canada: 50/10/175 $94.95 Rating: 59%
Rogers Communications: 60/10/320 $84.99 Rating: 62%
Teksavvy: 60/10/300 $69.95 Rating: 80%
Start Communications: 60/10/300 $65.00 Rating: 97%
Why would anyone want to pay for the highest service with the lowest monthly bandwidth caps, and the lowest overall rating?
I know where I want to be.... the lowest price with decent speed and the highest overall rating.
Note the ISP ratings appears to correspond nicely with the price, monthly cap and speed.
Been with Start for over a year, and the service is still going strong, reliable and fast, with much less downtime than I ever had with Rogers and Teksavvy. Great value, and great service.
Rogers latest tv ads say "only ISP certified for consistent speeds". Yeah, right. Just before I left Rogers, my speeds were all over the place. My jump from Rogers to Teksavvy, and finally to Start Communications gave increasing amounts of consistency. Start has been the most consistent.
My Start internet service is still humming along. It's simply fantastic. This is the internet my previous ISP's were unable to deliver.
Our 45/4 connection continues to deliver decent speeds. Speedtest.net testing hits 45/3.82 minimum, and I've hit over 100 down with speedboost. Start's performance is better than I expected. It has been more reliable than Rogers, and more reliable than Teksavvy.
Trust me, the $5 more it costs with Start is worth every penny.
I have had consistent, fast service, with almost no problems. The one thing I definitely notice in switching to Start was that they don't play the blame card as much as other ISP's. My previous ISP seemed to always be blaming Rogers for something. I do not regret my switch to Start, and highly recommend Start to anyone wanting fast, consistent internet, from a company which consistently receives top marks by customers.
Even with Teksavvy offering the same speed tier for $5 less than Start (in June/July for Ottawa), I would not return to Teksavvy. I would gladly pay more. Start Communications is an internet service provider that matches the level of end-to-end service quality I give my own customers.
Downstream and upstream speeds have been fairly consistent. The service hasn't had any real issues. I think we had a power fluctuation which caused my modem to barf, so I will watch to see if it happens again. It has only ever done this once, so if it doesn't happen again, it's an anomaly.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with Start Communications.
So far, my connection appears stable, and speeds have been reasonably consistent. Each time I have tested my speed, I've hit no less than 44Mbps down, and 3.89Mbps up, except on my furthest wireless machine, which tops out around 40Mbps down (limitations of wireless technology and distance covered).
I'm pretty happy with the speeds. The before-connection questions I asked led to a smooth and problem-free reconfiguration of my mail server.
I'm still evaluating, and cannot comment on connection reliability until I have a few more weeks under the belt.
Thank you Start for making the jump to aggregated POI's, offering fast speeds at reasonable prices, and not making me wait 30-45 minutes in a phone queue.
Shortly after 10am today, my connection came roaring to life. Initial speed test:
>45Mbit down (w/ speedboost)
3.89Mbit up
Will be testing the connection over the next few weeks, then will update my ratings accordingly.
The length of time I had to wait for the connection to come online will certainly deter my friends from switching. I was lucky, I tethered to my cellphone, so I didn't lose any time, other than knocking my email server offline.
Corrected my primary and alternate numbers. In the event of connection problems, they will attempt to call my cellphone first.
Customers owning their own modems and switching providers, in conjunction with iISP's such as Teksavvy which hold on to the modem registration right up to the last possible minute are a leading cause of delays, and is something Start is trying to resolve.
Best possible way for customers to handle this: terminate your old ISP on one day, and start your new ISP on the next day.
Wife retrieved our voicemails from our VOIP this morning. Turns out two different employees from Start have been trying to inform us that our service should now be online. Obvious fail, since VOIP not working. Ensure the primary number is actually a number someone can contact you at when the connection is not working. They didn't once try calling my alternate number. One of them mentioned emails they are sending me are bouncing back, which makes sense under the circumstances - my email server is still waiting for the connection to start working.
Have to call Start back at 10am (when they open) to get them looking into things. This will add another 24-48hrs. Let's see, start date: 2/7/2013, today is 2/10/2013. 4 days without service.
I am reducing the points awarded for install co-ordination.
As of 12pm today, the modem has not been provisioned.
The modem was unprovisioned from Teksavvy sometime after 2am on February 8th 2013, which is actually the day after my cancelation date.
Had to call Start back to get the provisioning request resubmitted on 2/8/2013, and I believe I was told it could take up to 24hrs (maybe I misheard and the rep said 48hrs?).
During a later call, was told it could take longer. Apparently, customer-owned modems are more problematic to provision, and can take additional time. I was not originally informed of this, but have since been brought up-to-speed. In addition, Teksavvy can take longer to release a modem, as per their terms of service (must go check for myself).
I usually tell people to be prepared for it to take up to 7 days, so we're still in the ballpark. Not happy about the delay, but right now, I'm focusing on getting back online.
It's important to note, I can only review the install co-ordination at this time, which is why the rating appears low.
CRTC has ruled, CNOC members do not get the new speed tiers Rogers is offering, so long as they are using the disaggregated POI model. Disaggregated model is being phased out, and service will end November 15th 2013. Start has the faster speed tiers, because they use the aggregated POI model.
Just received my first invoice showing my prepayment for first months service, so my account shows a credit for $67.74. It also shows a $25 credit for a referral I made. So far, I am satisfied with Start, and my service hasn't even officially begun. If the 6 month rating for Start holds true, my satisfaction will reach new heights.
My previous iISP had a referral program too, but I never saw a single credit. Instead, I was going to have to gather the information of everyone who signed up to them on account of my recommendation. A task that was going to prove to be time consuming, and might prove difficult for at least one friend, as I had to kick him to the curb for being an insensitive dick. The lack of referral credit is not what caused me to drop my previous iISP.
Is it February 7th yet? No? Damn.
Signed up with Start Communications last week. Provision date is Feb 7th 2013. Switching from Teksavvy to Start.
I ordered the Pro Cable Internet package, 45Mbps download, 4Mbps upload, 350GB/mo cap. My old service was maxed out at 28Mbps/1Mbps/300GB.
Made the switch for several reasons:
1. No install fee since I already had active cable high-speed internet service.
2. Access to Roger's new speed tiers with higher upstream speeds up to 4Mbps. This is due to Start's aggregated POI with Rogers. Some other iISP's haven't made the switch to aggregated POI's, are still on non-aggregated POI's, thus don't have access to higher speeds.
3. Reasonable price.
4. 97% rating, seems fairly consistent, iISP seems attentive.
Will update this review as I evaluate the service.
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Start Problems from the Start
Just emailed Start this message:
"Help !!
Got cable package installed and it is awful.
Got 20Mbps package and can't stream a movie (whether through Wifi or connected directly to modem) without buffering every few seconds.
Tried different movies on different sites.
Tried different wireless routers and tried connected directly to modem.
Download speeds ridiculously slow through Wifi and connected directly to modem.
Tried different files through torrent, through direct download.
No matter what time of day or night.
Really need fixed right away.
Otherwise, unfortunately makes no sense continuing with service at this rate, because not getting to do anything I use internet for."
Little bit frustrated right now just because I had high expectations of internet service but will keep updated re: how / if Start fixes issues. Want to give them a chance. Maybe they can simply fix and make me happy.
2013-Feb-2 9:41 am: ·
Start Problems from the Start
Update: 20-something minutes to download Roboscan free antivirus (approx 140MB) from official Roboscan site. Doubly frustrated.
2013-Feb-2 12:43 pm: ·
London, ON
Re: Start Problems from the Start
Sorry to hear you have problems but I'm not sure why you would scream this from the top of every mountain as per your identical post on dslr, Facebook and reviews without so much as contacting us for support first? Not really fair is it to be posting negative reviews without giving us a chance to address your problem? We ended up calling you after having to ask for your number on Facebook and I see from the notes that you are getting full speeds without your router in the mix but nonetheless are trying to assist you with your router speed problems. You don't need to try and blanket shame us into helping, we are happy to be helpful and you just need to call or email us when you need support.
2013-Feb-2 2:09 pm: ·
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To above post, not sure what screaming from top of every mountain and blanket shame means. But last time I checked internet was open forum for exercising freely and openly thoughts and opinions. Being honest and open, so hope you don't have a prob re being honest and open. Or with being highly frustrated re: circumstances. And did speak to tech before posting. Don't appreciate the "blanket shame us" etc comments (as a customer or otherwise) because its implying that that was my intention which is not at all the case.
However, back to issue update, spoke to Start tech agent yesterday (and don't want to give name because I'm always mindful of privacy) and we dealt with issue for almost 2 hours on the phone. And I came out of conversation thinking that that was possibly the best customer service I ever received (that I can recall at this point). Tech agent was so helpful in trying to sort out issue and whatever problem came up, trying to figure it out. Also, he kept saying thank you for your patience all the time which I really appreciated. And it really helped ease the frustration I was feeling re the issue. And, at the end of it, I was able to stream a movie last night. So I'll try it again over the week etc and see if it continues to be good. Bottom line: what that tech agent did (his superb customer service) really smoothed things over for me and made me a much happier customer.
2013-Feb-3 12:21 pm: ·
I have issues with them too & although I will say that I do like their internet speed a lot, I don't know if it justifys me staying with them or going elsewhere, but.... I am fed up with the terrible Customer Sercvice from Billing!!!! Tech is okay cant really complain there, but for a business with 10- people they certainily have no idea what is going on with my account half the time!
No one has a clue what is going on in Billing, billed 2 times for the same service :S, Yet they justify it, it ridiculas. Kinda pissess me off
2013-Feb-4 8:45 am: ·
Nepean, ON
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Re: Start Problems from the Start
You are posting in the wrong place dude. This is my review. Sounds like you either need to post your own review, or seek help in the forums or through Start's tech support.
There's no sense complaining about it here. I can't help you.
Sorry to hear you're frustrated. I'm sure with a bit of work dealing with the right people, your connection will get diagnosed and brought ship shape.
2013-Feb-3 10:24 pm: ·
Cogeco Cable
Anyone that uses the name anonymous and then changes to a different user is highly suspect. And, if you have been mouthing off on other forums about the same thing and not calling Start or responding to their attempts to help you, then maybe Start is not for you. Have you tried iKtel? www.iktel.ca
2013-Feb-4 3:44 pm: ·
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Re: SicknTired Id understand your frustration. To give my fair opinion, if Start can sort out (the obviously important) issue of billing, then they do have pros to them. So you may want to consider that and weigh options. I read reviews on DSL Reports and Canadian ISP forums on all / most companies and that helped me a lot because I felt people were fair and honest (good or bad). Actually, thats how I found out about Start in the first place. Do hope your issue gets resolved.
Re: WiMax Anyone that uses the name anonymous and then changes to a different user is highly suspect. And, if you have been mouthing off on other forums about the same thing and not calling Start or responding to their attempts to help you, then maybe Start is not for you. Have you tried iKtel? www.iktel.ca
>>>> Is Wi your first name, and is Max your last? And whats your phone number and email address? Just to connect the dots, what makes WiMax any less anonymous than the username Anonymous or any other username?
>>>> And are you sure I didnt try calling Start before posting or respond to Starts attempts to help? Are you really sure about that? Maybe I did. Maybe I didnt. But you have no clue, right?
>>>> Also, do you know what the other forums are? Could it have been a private facebook message to Start Communications vs a wall post? Or could it have been front page news in the Toronto Star? Maybe it was. Maybe it wasn't. But you have no clue, right?
>>>> And re: mouthing off, seriously now have you seen your ikTel Networks book / novel review lately? The one that has 6 updates to the post including and I quote This company gets nothing right. Yet another failed promise. UPDATE 29Jan13 UPDATE 28Sep12 UPDATE 26Sep12 9am UPDATE 25Sep12 UPDATE 26Aug12 UPDATE 10Mar12
So come on now, be fair.
In any event, would just like to request for all to stop posting to this. This is my last post here. Just because Tristan indicated this is his post and he is quite right. Didnt mean to post here initially. A mistake. New at posting / open forums.
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Just wondering why, in your review, you criticize the delay that was caused by using the modem you were bringing from TekSavvy, but then mention that it was TekSavvy who does not release the modem MAC until the last possible moment.
You also mentioned that the delay you endured would deter your friends from switching. Why would this very isolated (based on the 97%+ approval rate of this ISP) deter a switch?
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Hi Coaxguy.
I told Teksavvy to push the request through, to not leave it, but the CSR didn't seem to understand. As a result, the modem remained locked to an account longer than it was supposed to, possibly into late Feb 8th or early Feb 9th. When Start tried to get Rogers to provision the modem I own on Feb 7th, they couldn't. Considering requests take time, and the defacto response is 24 to 48hrs, timing is kinda important. Same-day turned into next day, turned into the next day, turned into the next day.
My friends are not as patient as I. Not all my friends would be deterred however, but some certainly will.
I have compiled a nice little doc my friends, family and associates can have to explain the process (for cable), including potential delays. I always tell people, do the switch-over at a time when you don't need the internet for about a week.
Let's face it, you and I check dslreports.com, but not everyone will. I do tell people Start has a 97% rating. My friends whom followed my progress on facebook, and noticed I wasn't posting as much as I usually do, will stop and think if they want the delays or potential frustration. Sure, it took longer than it should have. I have tried to explain why, and that it should happen same-day usually, and that the gains are worth the pains. In the end, some people will choose to steer clear, when someone they know experiences delays.
Start is trying to work this out because it's an ongoing concern for them. They are genuinely interested in providing a smooth transition for everyone who want to switch providers
So far, I think Start has done a great job, and my rating for install coordination and pre-sales information reflects the fact that they are still working out the kinks, and still have room to improve.
I think customers need to be better armed with more information.
2013-Feb-10 10:29 pm: ·
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Re: Unrealistic expectations
I can totally see your point. I know my house hold relies on the internet heavily for work, entertainment and communications, so I can see your frustration with the 4+ day absence.
In the long run after reading your reply I can understand the rating now. Hope it's smooth sailing here on out. I've got 2 family members and a buddy switched over and it's been perfect for them in terms of line quality and reliability.
2013-Feb-11 12:30 am: ·
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Re: Unrealistic expectations
So far, very happy with the speeds. Watched Netflix Super-HD stream yesterday with not so much as a single hiccup.
2013-Feb-11 5:13 pm: ·
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Start is doing what others can not
Extremely helpful service from the customer service representatives. The CSR was able to explain and discuss very technical aspects of the service in question and was able to still provide the down to Earth service that made me come away from the call with the only decision I could make; go with Start.
It seems that Start expands after they have figured out the pros/cons and worked out any relationships with Rogers/Bell. This shows and it also happens that I'm paying the same that I was for 28/1 cable - heavily congested for 25/10 and just about no congestion.
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None of the 'Breaking Dawn' stars received individual nominations this year! Could their reign over the MTV Movie Awards really be over?
I think we can all agree that after four blockbuster installments, The Twilight Saga's trinity of stars are practically MTV Movie Award staples. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's awkward kiss back in 2010, as well as Rob's equally awkward (but also kind of hot) kiss with Taylor Lautner in 2011, are the stuff of legends — so why were the Twilight trinity totally snubbed this year?
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Breaking Dawn, Part 1 received a dismal two nominations — none of the actors received individual nods, aside from "Best Kiss" — while its big-screen rival The Hunger Games received eight nominations, including individual awards for Josh Hutcherson, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Elizabeth Banks.
We love The Hunger Games, so we don't disagree with any of its recognition on this list, but we have to say we're kind of stunned at some of the actors, actresses and movies that MTV ranked higher than Breaking Dawn this year. Channing Tatum over Rob? Emma Stone over Kristen? Both were fine in their respective movies, but given that MTV's audience is still obsessed with all things Twilight, we're really surprised they weren't shown more love.
The Twilight Saga is huge, like epically huge, and Breaking Dawn was its biggest installment yet. Do you think Rob, Kristen and Taylor deserved to be nominated — or is it time for other stars to get their chance to shine? Cast your vote below, then hit up the comments section to talk this thing out.
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They weren't robbed. They didn't deserve to be up for Best Female or Best Male lead roles at all when compared to the performances given by the other actors and actresses up there. They're performances in Breaking Dawn (as well as in all the other Twiilight movies) were mediocre at best compared to some of the other work they've done. The only reason they've won before is because of the Twilight mania and Twi-hards constantly revoting,
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in mtvs defense I think twilight didnt get nominatted for much to give other movies time to shine cause next year ITS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT TWILIGHT CAUSE ITS THE LAST MOVIE and the hunger games cast deserve to win just like the first twilight movie got there moment and win.the hunger games deserve the same and for me a fan of both movie series am glad just like the first twilight movie the hunger games will get these awards josh deserves that award as much.as rob did for the first twilight :) that aside I hope we finally get that romantic kiss from rob&kristen this year when they win best kiss and next year for the last twilight movie when they win best kiss they just full on makeout ^_^ kristen&robert are the HOTTEST AND MOST FAMOUS COUPLE IN HOLLYWOOD AND NOT EVEN THE HUNGER GAMES CAN TAKE THAT AWAY AND WHILE WE HAVE 5 movies to love the hunger games has 3 movies cause I dont see them making the third last book in to a 2 part movie.also I CANTCANT WAIT FOR SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN :) LOVE KRISTEN STEWART LOVE ROBERT PATTINSON ^_^ love that there so down to earth when there so famous
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When u put it this way I agrree BUT mtv knows the twi-hards and know not for a second The Hunger games would win anything ……Twilight went up for only 2 awards and we got both thats just to show how Twi-hards are so loyal….I made sure i voted every day till…MTV better not mess with us next year and give twilight respect to go out with a BANG!!!!oh i like the hunger games too:D but my <3 is TWILIGHT
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Twilight dominates the MTV awards every year so the world isn't going to end since they didn't get the same power this year. Let other movies have a chance. Personally speaking, 2011 MTV awards I was tired of watching the twilight actors heading to the stage every 5 minutes. I love Twilight but be reasonable people.
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I am just waiting for this so called mtv awards show to be over and hope the two categories for BD and Best kiss are won by Twilight. It will be ironic if R/K aren't there because they are too busy promoting their other movies that are coming out. BTW, they will be getting ready for a more prestigious awards gathering…..CANNES.
mtv who??? Not watching, because I'm not going to help pay for their sponsorship (commercials).
Posted at 5:29 PM on May 5, 2012
I can't stand Emma Stone,She was ok in Harry Potter, but as a person, I can't stand her, she gives a air about her like she is better than most,ppl like that just erk me….I don't find her pretty, not even cute, just average…I still don't like her.Kristen Stewart needs to slap her,If Emma has a chance she will be all over Robert.
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omg,you fans really need to chill already.your more upset with this than rob and kris.they were not robbed,nor was the twi saga discriminated gainst.ro and kris both have a few of the golden popcorns,as does tay and ash.so please,
for the love of god would you allsto bsahing the other movies,mainly THG (not HG) and namecalling those actors.it
just makes you all seem petty and childish and silly.
besides,if r/k win best kiss,it's not like they are going
to finally give you all the big kiss yu've been waiting for.
as i said,rob and kris ar perfectly fine with it.and yes,i
know this for a fact.believe me or don't believe me.won't
change the fact that i actually know them.
look at it this way,you all loved and paised mtv when the twi movies were up for almost everythig and winning a lot.
but now you are cursing and bashing mtv over 2 noms.
and by all means,don't watch the awards show.i'm pretty sure that they will be ok w/out you all.
and to think i actually was expecting you all to be mature
about this.but i guess i expected too much.
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It's not about being a faithful Twilight fan or a faithful Rob or Kristen fan…it's about what is HOT and yes that would be Rob and Kristen together smoldering up the big screen effortlessly the way they do. MTV you really do s-ck big time. To all those who have posted against how wonderful HG is I say thank you. HG is pathetic. No chemistry there at all. Just a huge reason to not watch MTV thank you.
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The big news in Barcelona on Friday morning was that BAR will not compete this weekend, nor in Monaco, as they have been unable to find a court to hear their case for an injunction against the FIA Court of Appeals two-race ban, issued on Thursday.
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Last month the EDP launched its Ambulance Watch campaign, and urged readers to have their say on the East of England Ambulance Service Trust.
More than 220 people responded and told us of their concerns, which included reports of waits of up to 14 hours for an ambulance and waits of up to three hours in ambulances outside A&E departments.
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Many of those who told us about their cases were those who had had heart attacks or strokes, which are two of the most urgent clinical call-outs that the service receives and which will certainly override most other calls.
And the care provided by the ambulance service's staff was also rated very highly.
But other experiences highlighted unacceptably long waits for people who may not have had immediately life-threatening conditions, but were still gravely ill, such as elderly people who had fallen and broken a hip and were subsequently left lying where they fell for hours.
Readers responded in a variety of ways, either by filling in our survey online, cutting out and sending in the survey form we printed in the paper, or sending us emails about their experiences.
It is clear that many of the respondents felt strongly about the service, and views were very much polarised between those who felt it provided a fantastic and "flawless" service and others who felt let down by poor rural response times and long waits for ambulances to take patients to hospital.
Here are some of the results:
• The EDP asked: If you were transported to hospital, how long did you wait in the ambulance before being handed over to hospital staff?
The knock-on effect on EEAST operations due to ambulances backing up outside hospital A&Es has been a well-publicised problem over the past year, with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital highlighted as one of the poorest performing hospitals in the region in terms of the amount of time it takes for ambulances taking patients there to be able to return to duty.
The "appalling waste of money and resources" when crews have to wait outside A&E departments for a bed or staff to become available for their patient was also high on the list for readers.
Two respondents said they felt the new Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital had been built in the wrong location to serve north Norfolk and that it was not large enough, leading to problems with bed availability and therefore ambulance turnaround times.
Patients who were taken to hospital by ambulance and had to wait to be handed over to A&E staff, told us they spent three hours at the most, with 24 of the 53 respondents saying they had no wait, or waited less than 15 minutes.
Where a time was given between two times, or as "more than" a certain time, we used the lowest figure given.
A total of 16 people told us of waits of more than two hours.
The average time spent waiting to be handed over to A&E staff was 58 minutes.
• Do you have any concerns about the East of England Ambulance Service? If so, what is your main concern?
Readers highlighted a whole range of issues they would like to see addressed by the ambulance service.
Respondents said they were as frustrated as the frontline staff who attend calls in rapid response vehicles and experience long waits for back-up ambulances to transport a patient to hospital.
Many readers felt there was a shortage of frontline staff and vehicles, and said a rapid response vehicle instead of an ambulance was not always the answer.
"If an ambulance was required in the first place, there is inevitably going to be a delay in receiving hospital treatment," wrote one reader.
There were also concerns about the use of private ambulance services, and the level of weekend cover.
Others felt the shortfalls in geographical cover and the number of ambulances had led to ambulances being sent to emergencies a long way away, with one reader saying they had an ambulance from Cambridgeshire sent to them in south Norfolk.
A handful raised worries about crews' satellite navigation systems being unable to correctly find some very rural addresses in Norfolk, particularly in Stockton and Wells-next-the-Sea, while another reader said crews are repeatedly sent into one end of King Street in Thetford only to find that part of it is pedestrianised and they have a long trip around to get to the other end.
Some readers said they did not have confidence in the way that calls are handled and prioritised.
However, a few respondents were keen to point out that they felt the public no longer understands when an ambulance should and should not be called, so the service was having to deal with inappropriate cases.
Concerns were also raised about the influx of holidaymakers adding pressure on an already busy service.
Non-emergency hospital transport services were also criticised, with some patients feeling organisers of this service do not give the crews sufficient time for journeys and others feeling it is inappropriate for this service to be using the same vehicles as for emergencies.
• Did you experience a wait for an ambulance to transport you to hospital, and if so how long was that wait?
Clearly our respondents would have been more likely to get in touch with us following a poor experience, and that seemed to be the case when we crunched the numbers on how long they told us they had waited for ambulances.
Waits for an ambulance ranged from 14 hours to barely any wait at all.
There were 74 responses where a time for a wait was given.
Where a time was given between two times, or as "more than" a certain time, we used the lowest figure given.
Of the 74 respondents, 40 said they waited more than two hours, while 23 waited more than four hours.
Six said they waited less than 10 minutes.
The average time spent waiting for an ambulance was exactly three hours.
• What do you think the ambulance service does well?
The front-line staff employed by the ambulance service and the care they provide was top of the list for people responding to this question in our survey.
They were described as "very calming and professional people" who are "very well trained to deal with people that may be agitated and hurt".
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what? no comment from norman lamb? i guess he still thinks he's saving the ambulance service while voting for their cuts at the same time?
Thursday, November 29, 2012
"it is inappropriate for this service (non emergency) to be using the same vehicles as for emergencies". The vehicles used by the non emergency side of the service are completely different to emergency ambulances-they are effectively minibuses with spaces to fit wheelchairs, and some with stretchers on board. They are, during busy periods, used to convey non critical patients to hospital, in order to leave 'proper' ambulances to deal with more serious calls, but on the whole they are only used for transporting patients to and from routine appointments.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
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Given Name: Angel Manuel Gonzalez
Born: Reo Piedras, , Puerto Rico, in 1981
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Third Base
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Major League Games: 91
Primary Team: Cleveland Indians
Played For
Chicago White Sox (2007)
Cleveland Indians (2008)
Florida Marlins (2009)
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Associate Professor
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Humanities Division
University Center, Room 241
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Dr. Robert Macieski joined UNH Manchester in 1994. Prior to coming to UNH he taught at Boston College, the University of RI, Wheaton College, Bryant College, RI Institute for Labor Studies and Research, Bulmershe College in England, and Bridgewater State College. Dr. Macieski said he joined the UNH community because, as he put it, "UNH was the perfect fit with my interest in industrial history, immigration, and urban history. I was seeking employment at a land grant university in UNH New England where I could engage the community with my research through public history projects."
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- HIST 405 Early American History;
- HIST 406 History of Modern America
- HIST 410 American Civilization
- HIST 500 Introduction to Historical Thinking
- HIST 506 African American History
- HIST 520 Vietnam War
- HIST 595 American Immigration History
- HIST 595 The Sixties
- HIST 595, Urban America
- HIST 600, Memory and Imagination
- HIST 612 Emergence of Industrial America
- HIST 615 Twentieth Century America, Progressives to New Deal
- HIST 616 Twentieth Century America
- HIST 624 Modern American Social History
- HIST 670/870 Historical Thinking for Teachers
- HIST 690 Introduction to Public History
- HIST 771/871 Introduction to Museum Studies
- HIST 797 History Colloquium.
- New Hampshire Fulbright Association, Board of Directors, Vice-President, (since June 2005)
- Manchester Historic Association, Trustee, May 2005
- Appointed by Governor to the New Hampshire Historic Resources Commission (since September 2004)
- New Hampshire Historical Society, Interpretation Committee, (since February 2003)
- American Historical Association
- Organization of American Historians
- American Studies Association
- New England American Studies Association
- National Council on Public History
- Labor and Working Class History Association
- Fulbright Scholar, Nikoley Sivachev Distinguished Chair in American History, Moscow State University (2003-2004)
- Roland O'Neal Professor (UNH, 1999-2002)
- Graduate School Summer Fellowship (UNH, 1998)
- Teaching Excellence Award (UNH Manchester, 1998)
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- Food: at least a three-day supply of nonperishable food, plus a can opener
- Food and water for your pets, extra leashes
- Pocket Knife
- Flash Light and extra batteries
- First-aid kit
- A whistle to signal for help
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- Fire extinguisher
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- Camp stove or barbecue to cook on outdoors (store fuel out of the reach of children)
- Waterproof, heavy-duty plastic bags for waste disposal
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