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I bought the black and absolutely love it!! Looks very expensive!! I feel like getting the brown now!!...
Dasein Large Studded Soft Matte Croco Satchel
Sleek and sophisticated, this women's classic shiny croco briefcase from Dasein features double rounded handles with a silvertone base. With croco texture, this spacious bag is finished with a detachable shoulder strap.
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ITEM#: 14915632Sleek and sophisticated, this women's classic shiny croco briefcase from Dasein features double rounded handles with a silvertone base. With croco texture, this spacious bag is finished with a detachable shoulder strap.
- Color options: Black/red/blue/brown, black/brown, black/blue, black/red
- Style: Briefcase
- Construction: Simulated leather construction
- Exterior: Solid faux leather, chic croco print accent
- Entry: Top zippered closure
- Hardware: Silvertone
- Lining: Fabric
- Exterior pockets: None
- Interior pockets: One (1) side zipper pocket, one (1) center zipper compartment, one (1) cell phone pouch
- Bag dimensions: 14 inches wide x 11 inches high x 4 inches deep
- Strap Drop Length: 5 inches
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Looked good
I returned this product, it was way to large, it looked smaller until I saw it in person. Also was disappointed with the quality of it, it just looked cheap to me.I ordered the orange color it was right on like on the website.Read More
Pictured is NOT what I got
The item pictured IS NOT WHAT WAS SHIPPED TO ME. Same brand name and description but when I opened the box it was an ugly canvas tote that is available in your neighborhood grocery store at the check - out. Will send this back.Read More
Love this Bag!!
I bought the black and absolutely love it!! Looks very expensive!! I feel like getting the brown now!!Read More
Was shocked to see how big this bag was. More like a suitcase!Read More
very nice purse!
the details are very pretty, bag has plenty of room, its not a huge bag, its just right.. I carry just the essentials as I get shoulder pains if a bag is too heavey.. having the long strap also included is a great feature, used it for 2 days now and have had lots of complements. easy to get into, zips just fine, no pulling or tugging at the zippers. Very well made. Totally happy. I am a purse snob, so for me to like a purse, it has to be just right, and this is!Read More
Positive - great bag
I ordered this bag in blk/ grey .This is a great bag , it looks and feel very high-end . and the hardware are beautiful for the price. this one is a winner.Read More
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Thank you for shopping with us hhbeyond. The dual shoulder straps drop length is 7.5 inches.
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Will my watch come with documentation?Every watch will come with detailed documentation stating a full watch description, serial number and model number. Being that the manufacturer's warranty has expired, you will receive a limited one-year warranty from our vendor. Will my watch be covered by a warranty, and what about post warranty service?Being that the manufacturer's warranties on these timepieces have expired, our vendor issues a one-year limited warranty on every watch. The warranty work is done by expert watchmakers who use only original manufacturers' parts and have decades of experience working with Rolex watches. After the one-year limited warranty has expired, you may continue to request service through our vendor who will service the watch when needed at industry cost prices. 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Therefore, buying a new Rolex watch is like buying a brand new car: The moment you drive it off the lot it has lost 20 to 30 percent of its value. With buying a pre-owned watch, you have effectively cut out any value depreciation and retail markup. Rolex watches hold their value over time; in most cases, a pre-owned Rolex can be resold at a price very close to your purchase price.Rolex designs don't change too often; therefore, owning a perfect condition pre-owned timepiece is as good as a new one, with no one knowing that the watch was purchased pre-owned. No one can spot a used Rolex on your wrist. With the proper care and maintenance, a Rolex lasts forever. How do I determine the age of my watch?You are guaranteed to receive a desirable modern watch with a fully automatic self-winding (or quartz movement depending on your purchase), with quickset date feature. Due to the fact that Rolex models are manufactured for a number of years, the year of your watch will be circa 1980s or 1990s. Every Rolex watch sold by Overstock.com will have its unique Rolex serial number, which determines the year of manufacture. Overstock.com and our Rolex Vendors are not affiliated with Rolex or Rolex, USA Inc., and are not an authorized Rolex dealer. Third party One-Year Warranty. Buy Pre-Owned Rolex Watches Back to Guides Directory Buy Pre-Owned Rolex Watches
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Sunday, March 29, 2015
Boomerang Turns 5, Adds New Block
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Tartakovsky Going to 3D Side
At Saturday's conclusion to the American Cinematheque's two-night tribute to Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky in Hollywood, the Star Wars: Clone Wars helmer revealed ... Continue Reading →
4Kids Ent. Gets G.I. Joe Sigma Six Exclusive
In an agreement signed with toy giant Hasbro Inc., 4Kids Ent. Inc. has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the new G.I. Joe Sigma Six animated series. Starting this September, the ... Continue Reading →
Pororo Goes Nordic with Kidz Ent.
Pororo, the curious CG penguin animated by OCON in Seoul, Korea, is bundling up to head to the land of ice and snow. Kidz Ent. has acquired all rights to the preschool property for ... Continue Reading →
Bing and Bong Blast off for MIPTV
Bing and Bong, the animated extra-terrestrial stars of the hit, short-form preschool series, Tiny Planets, have a new series coming to the marketplace. Tiny Planets producer Pepper's ... Continue Reading →


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Virtual tours of British things - Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Wembley Stadium...
The United Kingdom's Guardian newspaper launched a series of interactive panoramas of major British landmarks last week. They're not at the Google Street View level of being able to move through the space, but you can zoom in and out and pan in all directions.
So far, they've done St. Paul's Cathedral, the Glasgow School of Art and Wembley Stadium.
Seeing this got me looking for virtual tours of other British landmarks. There are some great interactive rooms from Buckingham Palace, which they call "Virtual Rooms." You can see the Grand Staircase, the Throne Room, the Blue Drawing Room and the White Drawing Room.
So, for those of you who couldn't attend the Royal Wedding, feel free to Photoshop yourself in where you deem appropriate.
What other virtual tours have you seen that you like? Let us know in the comments.
Google Guitar: Homepage logo celebrates Les Paul while letting you play guitar
Google traditionally produces what they call "Doodles" to celebrate different historical dates, transforming the Google logo into everything from a Charlie Chaplin tribute video to a playable Pac-Man game.
Today they've got a virtual stylized guitar to celebrate the 96th birthday of Les Paul. If you click on it, it will conduct a search for Les.
However, the fun part is that if you move your mouse across the strings, it strums them. You can also click the black record button at the lower right to record your musical stylings. It records 30 seconds of you playing and gives you a link to share with friends.
Here's a quick recording I made after messing around with it for a bit. Les Paul is surely rolling over in his grave.
Record one and share your recordings in the comments. You can play it here today, or find it in the archives after it's gone from the Google homepage here.
New Batman film 'The Dark Knight Rises' begins social media viral campaign
The folks behind the last Batman film, "The Dark Knight," conducted an extensive viral marketing campaign to promote the movie. They're back at it in the hype leading to the final part of the trilogy being released next year, "The Dark Knight Rises."
Through backwards audio files and a secret Twitter account, clues led to this image of villain Bane, played by actor Tom Hardy:
The latest in the puzzle could be this grainy video footage of a breakout from Gotham City's home for the criminally insane, Arkham Asylum. Rumor is that they're fan-made videos and not official, but DC Comics' official Twitter account sent out the link, helping to fuel the possibility that they're legitimate.
In the most famous DC Comics storyline involving the villain Bane, Bane broke out all of the other supervillains from Arkham Asylum to wear Batman down before breaking his back and putting him in a wheelchair. (Since it's comics, this was, of course, temporary.) Whether that remains to be how things play out in the movie is yet to be seen, but you can get a peak at a potential future in these videos.
Playing with Google Music Beta
The hot new thing online recently has been cloud music players. For those not in the know, this essentially means being able to listen to music you own over the Internet.
Amazon was first out the gate with their cloud player, followed by Google, with Apple reportedly soon to come.
While in beta, Google Music is invitation only. You can apply for your own Google Music Beta invitation here.
I just got my invite to Google Music Beta today, so here are a few initial thoughts:
- Unlike Amazon, Google is offering a nice selection of popular songs for free to get people into the service.
- One thing that allows Google to do that is that you can't download songs once they're uploaded. However, it's playable on Android phones and tablets, and you can also select songs on your device to play back later when you're offline. It also automatically caches recently played songs.
- It took a little futzing, but you can listen to music from Google Music Beta on your iPhone or iPad.
- Much like Apple's iTunes, you can create automated mixes based on one song from your collection, as well as creating traditional playlists.
- It's got a higher cap for free storage than Amazon, topping out at 20,000 songs. However, Amazon provides storage for any music bought through Amazon's MP3 store for free.
- It's also got a built in rating system to let it know which songs you like and which you don't. Unlike iTunes' 5 star system, it's a bit simpler: thumbs up or thumbs down.
- It's been a little buggier for me than Amazon's cloud player so far, with more frequent buffering issues.
- However, while very similar to Amazon's cloud player, I found the Google interface a bit easier to use.
Book I'll be reading this fall: The Office's Mindy Kaling's 'Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?'
"The Office" took an interesting approach when they started: populating the office with behind-the-scenes staffers. One of those was Mindy Kaling, who was a writer on the show and plays Kelly Kapoor.
Kaling's one of those polymaths with enough talents to make me jealous, including writing, acting, singing, producing, directing and more.
Now she's got a book filled with humorous essays. It reminds me of the smart, fun tone she set on her popular Twitter account (currently clocking in at over 1.4 million followers).
Now she's released a 24-page sneak preview of her book, which you can read below. Chapters include "Don't Peak In High School," "Best Friend Rights and Responsibilities" and "Guys Need To Do Almost Nothing To Be Great." (Her style tips for guys may have convinced me to buy my first pair of Chuck Taylors.) The book comes out November 1.


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Mingalazedi Pagoda (Burmese: မင်္ဂလာစေတီ, pronounced: [mɪ̀ɴɡəlà zèdì]; also spelt Mingalar Zedi Pagoda) is a Buddhist stupa located in Bagan, Burma. It was built in 1284 during the reign of King Narathihapate. The pagoda is one of few temples in Bagan with a full set of glazed terra cotta tiles depicting the Jataka. The pagoda was built in brick and contains several terraces leading to large pot-shaped stupa at its centre, topped by a bejewelled umbrella (hti). Mingalazedi Pagoda was built a few years before the First Burmese Empire (Pagan Kingdom) was pillaged by the Mongols.
- Pictorial Guide to Pagan. Rangoon: Ministry of Culture. 1975 [1955].
- Huang, Yunsheng (2003). "Mingalazedi (13th century)". Asian Historical Architecture. Retrieved 2006-08-12.
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Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 40th Anniversary (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Multiple versions of the horror classic are planned for its 40th Anniversary release
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Released: 16th September 2014
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In honor of 40 years of Leatherface and his family scaring the pants off of viewers, Dark Sky Films will be re-releasing Tobe Hooper's masterpiece,
The Texas Chains Saw Massacre, on Blu-ray and DVD.
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The Texas Chains Saw Massacrerose from a notorious 1974 sleeper sensation to rank as one of the greatest horror films ever made. Now, to mark the film's 40th anniversary, Dark Sky Films is presenting the digitally re-mastered masterpiece on Blu-ray for the first time in a stunning Limited Deluxe 'Black Maria Collector's Edition box set.
The Texas Chains Saw Massacreappears in an all-new 4K digital transfer and with a newly created 7.1 surround sound mix supervised by director Tobe Hooper. This release marks the only transfer of the film to go back to the original 16mm A/B rolls, the actual film that rolled through the cameras. The Limited Deluxe 'Black Maria' Edition will be released at retail in October but will be available exclusively at www.gorgon-video.com for 30 days starting September 16, 2014. Fans of the film will recognize the unique packaging as a replica of the iconic 'Black Maria' cattle truck that comes to Sally Hardesty's rescue when she's being pursued by Leatherface.
In addition to the Limited Deluxe 'Black Maria' Edition, the film will also be released as a standard DVD, Blu-ray, and DVD/Blu-ray Combo Pack on September 16 at retail outlets nationwide.
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Does anyone know who long it takes to get a dental implant and if it is near the front, do they put somethign over it so it does not look like you have a rod sticking down form your gums?
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Total process will take between 4 – 6 months. If the missing tooth is noticeable they will make you a flipper or flapper. I'm not sure of the proper term. It's a fake tooth attached to a retainer type appliance that you can take in and out.
Also there's no rod sticking out, the screw is in the gum and bone and you can't see much of it.
Later on when the screw has integrated with the bone they will add the abutment that the crown gets attached to.
Longer than a minute
The entire process can take up to several months.
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Anyone else check what the cameraman or whoever was with him said at near the end of the tape, while they are in the kitchen?
To me it sounds like 'somethingsomething' "OTHER people know I am in here..."
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You can hold back from the suffering of the world. You have free permission to do so and it is in accordance with your nature.
But perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could have avoided.
Franz Kafka
Be not simply good. Be good for something.
If you look where the sink was, there is a tile that has small squares. Near the tub and door you have the tile with the large squares. Under the toilet you have a paneling type flooring. The toilet has been raised on this black paneling type flooring. Looks to me like someone replaced the floor with paneling. I'm thinking it's that white paneling we saw outside (and the side we didn't see was probably painted black).
I just recently had my bathroom remodeled. I had dry rot in a small area of the floor. They added a plywood floor on top of the subflooring (which raised my bathroom slightly).
If you look at the picture, you see 3 slats of wood. Those were used under the sink vanity to raise it slightly and even it out with the rest of the flooring.
To sum it up, it looks like they used cheap plywood, painted it black and tried to make it look like black laminate hard wood flooring.
If you look at the following picture, you will see one of these boards on the left of the picture leaning away from the cart, it is black on one side. There are two other pieces there that are showing the white side of the board.
In all the pictures we have seen inside the house, that is the only part of the house where I see this type of wood...not to say it's not somewhere else in the house though.
Muddy water in the street; Muddy water 'round my feet... as sung by the inimitable Bessie Smith, "Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)"
As for the carpet and hole in the floor. If there was carpet LE would have taken that (especially if it was soaked) but I don't think there was any carpet there (at least once LE got there) Plus if there was carpet they would have just cut out the spot (however big) and left the rest.
I think Zahra had to paint her own room.
The black paint would take more then one coat and lots of paint. Crazy that people who move 1000 times would even paint but as April showers said ,I too believe it was her stage. I was very relieved to see Zahra's room was not a stage .
I dont think they painted her room. I believe there may have been paint arround the bathtub that came off during a clean up of evidence.
I question how the stuff was removed for the home, the furniture and everything that was not evidence without the local seeing Adam remove it? Or is it all in tht one room?
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In the Raw Video Inside Zahra's house @ 00:00 http://www.wbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13453571 (you'll have to stop it, flies by, enlarge it), there is a poster in the center of a wall in Z's bedroom:
Can anyone identify what story, tale, the illustration is from?
Blond girl is sitting on her knees in a fantasy forest setting, perhaps, rubbing her eye; tree with facial features looking on as 3 fantasy, ephemeral figures (2 male, 1 female) are extending their arms to her; perhaps; another child's face (red, puffy long sleeve) looking on at scene.
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IMO Zahra was sleeping on a metal frame, box spring, mattress combination. No headboard. This is why I think the cut out on the back wall/facing backyard of her bedroom wraps around the window and up to the left... Her head was at that end of the bed, IYKWIM.
That being said, it could work either way. Wish we knew how big Zahra's dresser was. We could get a sense of whether it was under the window that faced the neighbors' house, or under the window facing the backyard. That would help a great deal.
You can hold back from the suffering of the world. You have free permission to do so and it is in accordance with your nature.
But perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could have avoided.
Franz Kafka
Be not simply good. Be good for something.
Yes, not necessaryily sub-flooring but bare floor that should have been covered. I bet there was carpet in there (or maybe a big area rug) at one time. But I also bet that by the time LE got in there it was just like we see it now.
I first assumed that the hose in the window was from the waterbed, but I now think it was from the fish tank...
and just wondering here... where did that other mattress come from...???
They took a twin mattress and box spring out... and EB and AB have a waterbed still intact?? so what mattress were they examining in the front bedroom...?? anybody..
.. Please help Kyron come home!!
I apologize if this has been discussed already, but do we have any idea what is written on the paper stuck on the refrigerator door? It's no grocery list or any other kind of list. Looks like a body of prose written in one long paragraph, but not a letter because there's no signature. A rant or manifesto of sorts?
Muddy water in the street; Muddy water 'round my feet... as sung by the inimitable Bessie Smith, "Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)"
This situation has scared me away from renting out my house, ever. It's like the house is telling the story of what happened inside, chilling. I guess anything is possible once you hand over the keys.
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Look at the wall with the two holes punched in them. See the straight lines around the edges? This wall was previously patched!
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Taking advantage of the current red hot vintage Corvette market, Barrett-Jackson will be offering George Barris' customized 1963 second generation Corvette known as "Asteroid" during their January auction extravaganza in Scottsdale, Arizona, January 12 -19, 2014.
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Some folks might have left the police work to the professionals.
But not the owner of an Albuquerque car wash, who risked life and limb in his souped-up 2003 Corvette last Saturday to chase a bad guy who had shot police officer Matthew Hannum in the leg and then stole his cop car with the emergency lights flashing.
If you can't make up your mind whether to buy a Corvette or a Viper, then this might be the perfect car for you.
The owner of this C4 Corvette has done major body work and changed it into a 1996-2002 Viper lookalike. The owner doesn't say which year Corvette it is, but based on the dash, it looks like a 1985-89 before the interior changed in 1990.
Tonight I found a whole new genre of videos tagged with "ASMR" which is short for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. According to Wikipedia these videos are designed to "trigger a perceptual phenomenon characterized as a distinct, pleasurable tingling sensation in the head, scalp, back, or peripheral regions of the body in response to visual, auditory, olfactory, and/or cognitive stimuli".
Here's the Corvette video that was tagged ASMR – Nearly 10 minutes of a guy brushing a model C7 while you hear night noises in the background. I will say that it very relaxing to watch so there may be something to this.
Relax with a bit of brushing as I show my new 1/18 scale diecast model from Maisto, the 2014 Corvette C7. I really like the styling of this car, all the lines and everything look really cool. I also found it in a great dark red paint. Hope you don't mind the noise outside, the critters were definitely singing and I needed to keep the back door open.
Visit CorvetteVideos.TV for the best selection of hand-picked Corvette videos.
It's time for Throwback Thursday where we feature vintage photos of Corvettes. Today's selection shows a young man distracted as he's fueling up a Corvette Sting Ray.
We showed you the video teaser last week, now here is the full video from Vossen Wheels showing off their new Precision Series wheels on the 2014 Corvette Stingray.
Today is Halloween which means that you're likely either eating candy or carving a pumpkin while reading this blog post. If you haven't sliced and diced your pumpkin yet here are some cool 2014 Corvette Stingray stencils brought to you by the folks at Chevrolet.
The new Corvette Stingray is one of those cars that is just begging for customization that takes an already great car to even higher levels.
One such treatment comes to us courtesy of Michigan-based TZD, which has named it the P58 Concept.
Earlier this month, a wrecked Blade Silver C7 Corvette Stingray made headlines after a picture of the decapitated Coupe went viral. We are still unaware of what actually caused the accident, but we have learned since that the Stingray's LT1 drive train has been sold and is now at a shop in Florida.
Remember Ungrateful Girlfriend? She was the recipient of a new 2014 Corvette Stingray earlier this month and the video of her receiving the keys from her boyfriend made the rounds due to her less than enthusiastic emotional response. We understand now that she knew it was coming so hopefully she didn't mind the good-natured fun we had at her expense in our original post.
We'll she's back and more enthusiastic than ever in this new video where we see her driving her Black 2014 Corvette Stingray.


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Innovative Farm Machinery Transforms Agriculture in Bangladesh
By Anuradha Dhar/CIMMYT
A new CIMMYT book, Made in Bangladesh: Scale-appropriate machinery for agricultural resource conservation, highlights the innovative machinery that can be used with two-wheeled tractors (2WT) for sustainable farming and gives detailed technical designs to help standardize production quality, making the machines more accessible to farmers.
Agricultural mechanization in South Asia is helping conserve natural resources, improve productivity and increase profits, but many small-scale farmers have yet to benefit. Factors such as high costs and farmers' lack of access to credit make the machinery unaffordable for resource-poor farmers. However, Bangladesh leads by example and has been a hotbed of innovation, particularly with the 2WTs that are more appropriate for small-scale farmers than the four-wheel variety. Bangladesh has a strong agricultural tradition – nearly twothirds of its population works in agriculture. It has achieved near self-sufficiency in rice production and has rapidly developed its agricultural sector over the past 20 years, despite being ranked 146th on the global human development index and having roughly half the per capita income of India. Bangladesh's agriculture sector contributes 19 percent to the country's gross domestic product. This is the bright side.


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Some things work better when they are together – united and integrated. Energy certainly does.
In the UK, as one nation, our integrated, single energy market is delivering the investment, jobs and power we need. The same goes for booming oil and gas industry in the North Sea and our world leading renewables sector – both are successes in the UK, helped by the UK.
Take our oil and gas industry. The UK and Scottish governments have both agreed that the best way to maximise our north sea resources is through the Wood Review, commissioned by the UK government. The Wood Review proposals are expected to increase the potential output by between 3 to 4 billion barrels of oil and gas worth over £200 billion over the next twenty years. We are implementing the review's recommendations quickly so that Aberdeen, Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom can continue to reap the benefits in the years to come. The reforms needed will be challenging, both for government and global investors in the North Sea, but there is increasing confidence we can deliver.
The renewables sector is another successful UK energy story. Since 2010, businesses have announced over £34 billion of investment in renewables in the UK – £14 billion of which is in Scotland. That investment has the potential to support around 12,000 Scottish jobs. The UK government's vision for the world's first ever low carbon electricity market has given industry and investors the long term financial and legal frameworks they need to commit billions of pounds of investment into infrastructure projects with lifespans of over 25 years.
Even though Scotland accounts for just 10% of electricity sales, it already benefits from a disproportionate amount of support for renewable energy – 28% of the total UK-wide support for renewable generators (around £560 million). Scotland's green investments are doing well within the United Kingdom.
I am not the only voice arguing these points. The engineering giant, AMEC has recently said that independence would create uncertainty at a time that the North Sea needs billions of pounds of investment. Last month, Bob Dudley from BP also warned of the "big uncertainties" that independence brings.
The Scottish consumer could take the brunt of any changes. Currently the UK has amongst the cheapest energy bills in Europe and we are doing everything we can to keep it that way – despite all the rises in gas prices in international markets.
Independence would change this. The rest of the UK wouldn't contribute as they do now to the costs of supporting Scottish energy network investment, small-scale renewables and programmes to support remote communities. Instead those costs would fall on Scottish bill payers alone. That would add at least £38 to annual household energy bills and around £110,000 to energy costs for a medium-sized manufacturer in 2020.
Yet the increase in people's energy bills could be much worse. If the full costs of supporting large scale Scottish renewables fell to Scottish bill payers the total potential increase would rise considerably – up to £189 for households a year and £608,000 for a medium sized manufacturer in 2020.
Of course the SNP's energy script is different. But the reality is England imports more electricity from France and the Netherlands than it does from Scotland, and we're making plans to import more with new interconnectors.
Yet, above all, we want Scotland to remain part of the UK – energy will be cheaper, more secure and more green, for everyone, if we stay together. It makes no sense to risk the energy and economic progress we're making, together.
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Excellent piece…
As a witness,I can attest to the well written, factual and non-biased reportage by Ryan Briggs, bringing to light the differences on both sides of the coin.
The windows are not floor to ceiling, the sills are over 3 feet high. You cant fall out them. OSHA is there every day because the unions call them. They would fine us and make us change our practices if they were unsafe!
In addition to costing 60mm the hilton next to the reading terminal market that the hiddencity article compared to the Goldtex building also featured crane workers sleeping on the crane itself. I took a picture of this scene this morning around 1130, but I cant seem to paste it in here.
Also, I would imagine the reason there is "no protection" in the windows at that building is because the windows are not floor to ceiling. I live in the building across the street and can see into the Goldtex building, there is at least a 4 foot high concrete wall from the floor before the window opening starts.
Right on Post Brothers, thanks for cleaning up my neighborhood!
This is very well written and incredibly insightful. This is much better than any of the journalism that is being done by the major media outlets in Philadelphia. It's astounding.
As for the subject matter itself, the most telling thing is the methods being used by either side. The Post Brothers have an excellent website that uses excellent rhetoric. By "excellent", I mean it is both written well as well as being well-reasoned. Are their "facts" all true? I don't know, but they certainly seem believable. Meanwhile, the unions' "facts" seem to be concocting stories and hearsay of rumors. Many of their "arguments" are really ad hominem attacks.
And let's point out the irony of complaining about "German money" leaving Germany to build something in the United States. How would such a nationalist sentiment work in the context of the fact that so much of the money the United States federal government uses for its projects come in the form of loans from the Chinese? Would the same guy complaining about "German money" also complain about "Chinese money"?
I'm near that building almost every day. Maybe I should start taking photos of the union protesters parking on private property, urinating against peoples buildings and between cars and leaving trash on the sidewalk.
Also, this was a very well written story.
I'm going to start picketing 100% union jobs. How come it's Okay for to have 100% union, but not the other way around. Instead of an inflatable rat, I'm going to get an inflatable rubber ducky!
FANTASTIC piece. On my walk to work every morning, I see at least 3 different union protests outside active work zones…. and my walk is barely 9 blocks. This is a huge issue that's affecting any possible progress in Philly's urban blight situation, and it isn't talked about enough.
This is a great article. Well supported with some interesting facts- like most of these guys go home to the suburbs after a long day of trying to prevent development in the city.
Between Philadelphia's absurdly ineffective government, high taxes (some of which are laundered back into private developments to pay the unions), and these inflated construction costs, it is truly amazing is that the city has been growing recently all.
Wonder what the city could do if it weren't weighed down by the government/union axis?
A big part of the story is city council still says how hi whenever these guys jump- Jim Kenney shutting down the project at the unions behest using some bureaucratic pretense. He is obviously part of the problem with Philly government corruption, though hardly the only one.
Kudos to the Pestronk's for trying to make the city a better place and their courage in confronting these thugs.
Excellent article!
I particuarly appreciate this:
"Interestingly, Zuritsky's company had actually been given the opportunity to buy the Goldtex building from its previous owner. "We looked at that building, because it was offered to us, and even if they gave us building for free we couldn't make it work because we were gonna build it union," he said."
'Nuff said, I think…
I live in the neighborhood and in no way do I support the unions. Post Brothers is doing a great thing for our neighborhood and, potentially, for the City. Imagine more and more sites going non-union because of this. Imagine the extent to which this City could improve because developers can afford to be innovative and creative?
Go Post Brothers!
Other articles that I have read on this say that union work is no longer required in the suburbs due to the Valley Forge Plaza using non-unionized labor in the early 80's. Is that how it works, one large non-union development begets more non-union work? So is the Goldtex renovation the first mixed labor development of this magnitude in the city?
Yes, an excellent piece. Finally an intelligent take on a situation that no one had the guts to address.
I think political corruption is the underlying cause here….Philllie needs an overhaul!
$63 an hour? In this economy that is unheard of, the rest of us are working for 1/3 of that, sorry to not be so empathetic to your cause union workers!
Every person working on that site should be commended. They suffer jeers, degrading comments, physical threats, flattened tires, broken windshields, they get followed home, just for working an honest job for an honest wage.
Thank you for your patience.
It is appalling that the Philadelphia Inquirer, which touts itself as a voice for reform and transparency, has not run an editorial taking a position on the accusations and counter-accusations involved in this important showdown.
How easy would it be for all of the non-union guys on that job to join up with the protesting union? I hear lots of stories about how insular and closed–off unions are.
If they don't allow new members, than it's a case of hiring one shop over another and not fair pay for all.
Am I getting this right?
didn't bart blatstein foreshadow this entire process with his work in northern liberties years ago….?
also, the entire construction industry is moving in a new direction – albeit moving very slowly. this new direction involves designers, contractors, and owner/developers working closely together (even contracting all three of these parties together) and there is no voice at the table for workers other than the tired "we want huge wages but our safety record is great and we all live outside the city anyway" voice of the unions.
the unions are placing themselves outside of this game changing industry conversation and therefore they will be left behind. instead of protesting, the unions should be training a new crop of project managers and laborers in "just in time" and "lean" management and construction practices. simply stated: the unions must innovate or they will certainly die.
I'd just like to chime in with the others and say this is an excellent piece, very well-written and thought through. That should be the standard for journalism but these days it simply isn't. It's great to see it.
As to the subject of the article, since the Goldtex project seems to be moving forward despite the protests, is there an estimated completion date? Does the union have anything else they can do to stop it (I'm not advocating that the should, I am just asking if they can).
Because if not, it will mean that you can build non-union in Philadelphia, albeit with great difficulty. A bigger developer, particularly an out-of-towner who does not play Philly-ball, might see that as an encouraging sign.
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