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MIAMI COUNTY - Miami County deputies were dispatched to the intersection of State Route 66 and Miami-Shelby Road at 4:57 a.m., Thursday, on the report of an injury crash involving a motorcycle.
The operator of the 2001 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Joseph S. Stanley, age 24, of 1718 Amherst St., Piqua, was found deceased from injuries sustained in the crash. The operator of the 2008 Ford F-150 pick-up truck, James E. Westfall Jr., age 58, of 318 Taylor St., Bradford, was not injured but was transported to the hospital by medic complaining of chest pains. Miami County crash re-constructionists responded to process the scene and investigate the crash.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the Ford pick-up truck was traveling eastbound on Miami-Shelby Road and had stopped for a stop sign at the intersection of State Route 66. The Ford pick-up truck then proceeded eastbound into the intersection and into the path of the 2001 Harley-Davidson motorcycle which was northbound on State Route 66.
Stanley was not wearing a motorcycle helmet. Westfall was wearing a seatbelt. Speed does not appear to be a factor. Dr. Huffman, Miami County Coroner, ordered Mr. Stanley's remains to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for autopsy. The crash remains under investigation.


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The Good
GIT is Good Quality (not stale)
Very good price
The Bad
It was a tester
My Verdict
Poor People Take What Deals We Get; Good Buy
If you have purchased fragrances from eBay, please post your feedback here. Try to include a link to the actual seller if possible. I know eBay has their own feedback system, but Basenoters are more likely to pick up on fake fragrances compared to the general public.
If you're a member of Basenotes, feel free to mention yourself.
Please post only information and feedback about eBay sellers here. If you have any questions or want to say something off-topic, please start a new thread. Thanks.
The Good
GIT is Good Quality (not stale)
Very good price
The Bad
It was a tester
My Verdict
Poor People Take What Deals We Get; Good Buy
Last edited by steveharrisonmc; 9th December 2006 at 03:59 AM.
http://stores.ebay.com/Perfume-To-Go AKA allshewants
Shipped fast, good packaging. No problems with the transaction.
Tester and retail were clearly labeled in ads. Creed had arabic writing.
I'm having a problem with seller Legacy170 of Legacy Perfumes Plus. I can't proove it of course. Will probably have to eat the $100. I think the bottle I got was heat damaged or old or both. I am trying to get him to honor his money back offer on his website but it says it must be unused. It's a problem that will keep me off Ebay for a while, if nothing else.
Fashion Scents
I recently purchased Marc Jacobs - Marc Jacobs and Hugo Boss - Hugo (5oz tester, w/ original cap and bottle, also came in original box labelled tester) from this store. Both were genuine, as described and excellent deals. They shipped them out within 48 hours as well. Overall 10/10.
High Trends
I purchased a couple more from these guys, and received my package as promised by FedEx tracking service. Their shipping deals are the best, $6.95 for the first item and then ONLY $1 each additional item. So you could buy 10 gift sets and only pay $16 in shipping. Some of their deals are amazing too. High trends is #1 in my ebay frag list.
I had a dreadful experience with Legacy170 on Ebay.He admitted, after the fact, Violette Precieuse is 5 years old. Of course he won't refund my money just because it smells like turpentine. $123.00 down the drain.
I have had very good luck buying samples and decants from Fragrant Fripperies. Very nice and always extra samples.
I just purchased from 4realdiscount. *4realdiscount has a fragrance store on eBay. The order shipped quickly and I am happy with what I got. *So I just placed another order.
I guess I should mention what I ordered. I ordered 20 sample vials of Guess Men (the kind that come on the cardboard backer). This is a 1991 vintage fragrance, and it seems to be in good condition.
Seller: bjoviatt
Screwed me over and only sent the aftershave when I ordered aftershave and cologne.
The seller was You Smell Marvelous:
Service and product are absolutely top-notch, payment to my door in less than 2 days. Plus each decant was presented very nicely with some free samples. Highly recommended.
Received my order very quickly. Too bad both fragrances are fakes. The Escada Ibiza Hippie was detectable to me almost immediately--the rim of the bottle gave it away. The Lacoste Touch of Pink is a better fake but the juice gives it away.
Very disappointed. Emailed seller and informed them I would be returning the items.
update: returned items and they gave me full refund. am going to email them to ask that they pay the return shipping costs as well.
violetta1616 / Violett Fragrances
After I won the item for aprx $18 including her shipping and handling charges, seller reported item as 'Broken or Stolen' to circumvent eBay's Reserve Fee Policy.eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - Item 5627008648 : VETIVER BY GUERLAIN SET 3 PIECE FOR MEN
4.2 EDT +2.5 Shower Gel +1.7 Deodorant
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:48:07 -0700
She had over a dozen identical items in her store.
eBay did nothing to correct situation. *And somehow she maintains a 99.9% satisfaction rate.
seller is playdaniel.
Both mentioned above but I have had several great transactions with Fragrant Fripperies and You Smell Marvelous on ebay. AAA+++ all the way... and always extra samples... which is dangerous and lovely at the same time. *8-)
Bel Respiro, I adore you... but my heart belongs to another.
I just stick with high volume sellers on ebay and I buy only from those with whom I've carried out transactions in the past. I don't mind an extra $2-$3 to ensure the authenticity of the fragrance.
Hi All,
I had a bad experiance with aroma*aura. Won a 4oz bottle of GIT. When it came there was no date on the back of the box. The juice was way off as if it had gone bad or the oils had seperated. Even though the listing said all sales final he agreed to take the bottle back and refund my money after being somewhat verbally abusive in his e-mail to me. I sent it back but sent it requiring his signature so he couldn't say he never recieved it therefore no refund. He kept saying he would pick it up at the post office but as far as I know he never did. He did refund my money but it took alot of constant non angry neutral language e-mail on my part to cagole him into completing our transaction. As far as I know the fragarence will be returned to me by the postoffice if it goes unclaimed. Got my refund so I left posative post with just a thankyou on it.
For sale post
" I wanna have my kicks before the whole s--t house goes up in flames"
Quote from Jim Morrison
The Doors
I'm sorry, but I don't really understand why you left a positive. eBay's feedback is there to alert other buyers to such things as a seller peddling fake perfume.Originally Posted by docpsycho
I have had several very positive experiences on ebay with the following sellers:
lisalaw - great selection, most notably: Lutens, Malle, Tonatto, Aqaba, Different Company, Il Profumo, Mecheri, Les Nereides, Mazzolari, Micallef, and many others. Very good email communication, advice, free samples with order, and fast shipping.
dbash1 - great prices on Tonatto and Carthusia, fast shipping. Apparently had a store and is now selling off stock.
786hoodas - terrible name, but great selection of Creed, almost every one of them. Fast shipping, generous sample vials, about the same size as the ones from Creed.
Excellent to do business with are Terrie's Temptations, Pinks Pharm and Fragrant Fripperies. Of course, Dragonfly Scent Me... All highly recommended!
Avoid at all cost DONICA'S TREASURES. She sold me a rancid Aimez Moi, smells like spoiled maple syrup. She didn't even bother to wipe the grime off the bottle before she sent out.
Last edited by tinker424; 16th August 2006 at 10:19 PM.
I too have purchased from ASW = All She Wants & Fashion Scents/Fragrance Alley with successful outcomes.
Out of the two, I prefer ASW a bit more as the item prices are a smidge better, but shipping costs are essentially the same for both.
Anyone ever dealt with FragranceExpress on eBay?
I also wanted to attest to "You Smell Marvelous" as a great E-Bay vendor. Like a previous poster stated, payment to door in 2 days. I payed once on a Saturday and the decant got to me on Monday. Granted, I only live about 250 miles from her, but the fact she went to the post office on a Saturday is impressive. Nothing but professional. Oh, and the juice was top-notch
Just thought I'd chime in and second robyogi's positive experiences, from the point of view of someone in the UK ordering from across the proverbial.Originally Posted by robyogi
Lisalaw not only sent me the L'Artisan decants I bought, but also four sample vials - including both of the gorgeous Ormonde Jayne men's fragrances. The best communication from my favourite eBayer to date. Glass atomizers - and samples! - were beautifully packaged, and delivery took about a week.
786hoodas - I'm far from an expert, but the Creed decants I ordered seemed genuine [good longevity, similar notes in the drydowns], and he threw in a complimentary 2ml vial of Santal [the incredibly sweet Joopalike]. Not quite as well presented as Lisalaw's fragrances [slimline plastic atomizers - which are actually more practical for discrete re-squirts now I think about it]; delivery again took about a week.
Also: roly_hippo - A UK eBayer, who delivered a nicely-priced Acqua di Parma 100ml within 48 hours. If it's a fake, it's the best one I've ever seen or sniffed. No-nonsense and fast; smashing!
All good so far, then
EBay Seller DiscountPerfumes
I just purchased two bottles of Bond No. 9 from these folks, with more than a little trepidation.
As it turned out, my fears were TOTALLY UNWARRANTED! Not a lot of communication, but very efficient seller.
My buying experience was tremendous! The prices were FANTASTIC, and they shipped USPS Priority to me IMMEDIATELY (cross-country in 2 days).
I received two FACTORY-COMPLETE, sealed bottles of Bond, in their wonderful bottles, in their wonderful BOXES, in individual bags, packed beautifully.
I would not hesitate to purchase from them again. They will be my Bond No. 9 dealer for all future purchases, unless some bests them.
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NoNonScents!! Getting Ready to Retire....
lisalaw is cool
offers samples on complete comme range for like $65 37 samples! pretty cool...
carries lots of other stuff and decants
My favorite Ebay seller is lisalaw. she is awesome. Such a nice lady and her service is amazing.
DrBubba: I have dealt with FragranceExpress and I was very happy with them. I actually found one of their items on www.ubid.com cheaper than on ebay.
WANTED buy/swap: Creed "Acier Aluminum" , L'Occitane "Eav des Bavx", Comme Des Garcons stuff especially "Dry Clean"
Current Top 10: TM Cologne, Mark Birley, Dzing, Vetiver Extraordinaire, Geir, Divine's "L'Homme de Coeur", Penhaligons 'Endymion",
Creed Original Vetiver, Diptique Tam Dao, Hugo Boss "Spirit"
Has anyone dealt with ebay seller bddllc?
I bought a bottle of new Chanel COCO edp from this seller before noticing the feedback, which listed more than several accusations of fake perfumes (and a fake Coach wallet). His feedback approval is 96 %.
When I got my bottle it was hard to tell if it was fake. There were a few anomalies, but not much more than you'd expect (1. the black and gold foil label on the neck was loose and coming off. It turns out there were accidentally 2 neck labels put on, and the top one was ungluing 2. the label on the front of the bottle wasn't centered well).
I don't have another sample to compare it to, but because of my concern over it, while it seems to smell fairly close to COCO, it doesn't seem as rich or deep as I remember my sample being (which the edp should be). But you know how difficult it is to tell when a fragrance is *fairly* close. Are fakes usually pretty obvious? I can't say I'm real excited about the spray I got, and I remember how rich and full the sample was. Am I imagining things?
Any thoughts on this seller? Anybody use him ? I haven't left any feedback or contacted him yet about my bottle.
don't forget to check the negative feedback using:
some sellers recommended here have a LOT of uncappy hampers on their wake!
Anyone bought from theperfumeshack before?
I accidentally bought two bottles of the same thing from Tiffluvsderek, and rather than saying "Your bad, pay up", she accomodated my goof and resold the second bottle. A really really nice lady too. You can definatly buy with confidence!
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Wow, I did buy something from Violetta, and it went fine. She did seem fairly aggressive, to be sure, and began sending some spam after the sale.Originally Posted by veronica
I have also run into this 'Broken or Stolen' tactic of cancelling a sale from another vendor, when I was trying to buy Live Jazz. A fishy move, indeed.
I've also noticed that some vendors negotiate away negative feedback ("mutally agreed..") - I assume they've done a refund, sent something extra, or something like that. This may be an OK vendor, but when I see a lot of these, I'd wonder. I tend to think this is usually "weasel wording" in the listing that caused a misunderstanding.
I must be the poster child for Ebay... I've built most of my collection from it, and have had few problems, knock on formica. I was going to trot out my list of fave vendors, but I see that all of them have at least some bad feedback, so I guess I'm leading a charmed life.
Instead, I'll list some things I do, in case they may be helpful to you (some will seem obvious, no doubt):
I tend to read every word of a listing like a lawyer, and look for highest feedback. I also read the feedback itself - sometimes it's surprising what you find even in people with high feedback. Sometimes the one bad thing out of 400 good ones will be enough to give you pause! Yes, it takes a little longer.
Another idea... when I'm not sure about a vendor, I'll often ask them a question, even if I don't really have one - I'm simply trying to get the vendor talking to assess their responsiveness, personality, attitude, etc. For instance, if you ask something that would normally elicit a detailed reply, and they give you a 2-word brusque answer, that's one warning sign. A good answer is no guarantee, but it gives me more confidence.
I could be wrong, but I think that our colleagues in non-U.S. nations seem to be having more trouble with Ebay. I would guess that international shipping adds layers of complexity that may tend to cause more problems. Sadly, no suggestion there.
Having said that, I've slowed down in my Ebay buying - I now have everything good that's cheap. I guess my timing is good, what with Ebay complaints on the rise, big time.
Caveat Emptor!
Fragrant fripperies and dragonfly scent me, and I'll add mikvic who I recently shopped with. There are a few more, I just wish I could remember all the fine ebay'ers who have sold me nice things. I don't shop there a whole lot, but from time to time, I get on there and do some buying. Some were definitely bad, but there is some good advice here and, like you all, I learned to read between the lines on feedback, etc. Most of the time I use online discount stores for full sizes, but not always.
Edit: Got my scent from pumpkinred, two weeks later, yeah! First time an ebay seller was thrown off who actually followed through and sent me the item I paid for. She/he did seem good, excellent feedback and all.
Last edited by beachroses; 25th September 2006 at 05:15 PM.
pumpkinred was my first experience on ebay and not a good one. Shipped very slowly, listed me as non-paying even though the problem was hers in that I had paid, but she got kicked off and therefore wasn't checking her paypal, and then never sent the items that I paid for. I never recieved any strikes as a result of this but have alerts in my mailbox that I can't get rid of because action is required and she can't/won't respond. Grrr... This of course causes me no problems, but irritates me.
Great experiences with Serendipity Scents, Dragonfly Scent Me, and a seller called gemmaeden. She currently has nothing for sale, and did ship a little slowly but the product (ten SL's) was top notch, she has great communication, great packaging, and is obviously a kindred spirit of the perfume obsessed.
I also just ordered from mikvik and am awaiting my items. Glad to hear positives from fellow members.
Just confirming since the last fake creed post. Bisys00 on ebay is selling fakes.. and they are horrible... I got my himalaya today and you could tell that they are spray painting the bottles.. The bottle feels sticky like some cheap spray paint.. The box doesnt has the embossed logos on them the spray nozzle looks like tin foil and has a horrible creed logo on it.. Basically everything that we have discovered with the fake creeds. I mean its so bad I can still smell the paint. I have contacted bisys for a refund and am notifying ebay that he is selling knockoffs.. talk about ghetto.. if anyone else has bought from bysis i would suggest submitting a complaint the guideline is as follows
If the product you are selling bears the name or logo of a company, but it wasn't made or endorsed by that company, don't list it on eBay.
What's the juice? Paco Rabanne XS?
I don't trust any seller with private feedback as a rule. Why would you ever enable that except to be shady?
I hate to support you making this thread but...
I had a HORRIBLE experience with that seller that I posted about a few months ago. I'm a nice guy, but I felt like this guy had really wronged me. I gave him tons of second chances just to make sure that he was really as bad of a seller as I thought... well he was. I wrote the most scathing review that I could conjure up. That is why he hides his reviews now. I would say never buy from someone who hides their reviews.
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make sure to post about it here:
Just confirming since the last fake creed post. Bisys00 on ebay is selling fakes.. and they are horrible... I got my silver mountain water today and you could tell that they are spray painting the bottles.. The bottle feels sticky like some cheap spray paint.. The box doesnt has the embossed logos on them the spray nozzle looks like tin foil and has a horrible creed logo on it.. Basically everything that we have discovered with the fake creeds the cap is one piece solid silver with the crest in the middle all one piece. I mean its so bad I can still smell the paint. I have contacted bisys for a refund and am notifying ebay that he is selling knockoffs.. talk about ghetto.. if anyone else has bought from bysis i would suggest submitting a complaint the guideline is as follows
If the product you are selling bears the name or logo of a company, but it wasn't made or endorsed by that company, don't list it on eBay.
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Totally agree ...Originally Posted by Bizzolt
I never could understand why ebay even HAS this option. What possible reason could an honest merchant need it for? I thought the whole premise of ebay was an open and honest relationship between merchant and potential customer.
I would NEVER buy anything from someone with private feedback no matter how cheap it was.
Well the reason why ebay perhaps allows people to hide there feedback is because some BUYERS would not want their purchases to be tracked & there is no way of as of now to separate the buyers feedback from the sellers feedback...i remember this seller from ireland who sold me a fake bottle of ADG & Platinum egoiste...i left negative feedback for him and the next day he changed his feedback to private and until a few days ago he still was selling the same perfumes to gullible buyers...Originally Posted by ziffy321
For your information though ebay has stopped sellers from selling stuff if they choose to hide their feedback...they can be buyers on that id but not sellers...i read this yesterday on ebay australia....
I don't buy anything from sellers who hide their feedbacks. I see no point in it unless they're trying to hide something bad.
Buyers who don't want their purchases tracked shouldn't even be purchasing things over the internet where it takes down your identity, your location, your credit card, etc.
There is NO SENSE in being able to hide feedback.
Yup bisys00 is a total fake...i bought my GIT from him. I sent it back with delivery confirmation. He hasn't refunded me as yet. I left negative feedback for him...and i'm about to file a complaint as well.
I'm so glad that I got a real bottle from scentiments.com.
I only just saw someone hiding feedback for the first time it's like 'giant red flag'. . . but a lot of people dont' even look. . .
I have an interesting story some ebay entity called cosmeticlots had something like 8000 transactions and a lot of negative feedback that was quite recent. I didn't check, I immediately did a buy it now on 2 cheap bottles (9.95 ea) then ebay said the items were removed, and the seller is now a former seller. strange thing is there is a cosmeticlots 2 operation out of the same area... and I tried contacting that one, really wanted to give them a chance, cause what I wanted was so cheap. .. but that person has not gotten back to me. . .
had a few good ones and one not so good
I got live jazz and Versace Man Eau Fraîche used buy it now and paid on Friday night they arrived on Monday morning. Good quality and fast shipping the only bad thing is that the person that makes the listing has some problems with font sizes, also I get the impression that English is not the persons primary language, when I ask a question the response did answer it but it in a round about way. 9/10
I got Versace man and Ultraviolet fast shipping I cant think of any thing that went wrong with it. 10/10
The only bad experience that I had was with
the person is new to ebay and has a low fedback but i took a chance
I got angle A for men in the metal flask at an incredible price the only problem was that it was a tester and was not listed as a tester in the listing. It was not a huge problem because I paid a incredible price.
I can't recommend 'theimportsguy' or his store The European Imports Store. I ordered a bottle of Coriandre that was called in the headline "New". In the text he explained it wasn't new - only a few samples had been taken. The picture was of a bottle 2/3 or 3/4 full, but the text said the picture wasn't of the bottle being sold, that the bottle up for bid was full.
All this should have been a clue, but I really wanted that bottle of Coriandre. When it came, the box had very old imbedded dirt on it and an old Mexican shipping label on the bottom! The fragrance had turned and didn't have the strength of the decant I got from Ladylonestar. I'm not confident it hadn't *actually* been the bottle pictured in the auction, but was merely topped off with something (Vodka?).
When I sent an email inquiring about sending the fragrance back, he said he was liquidating the stock of his parent's old store from Mexico, which is where the fragrance came from. He did offer to refund the cost of the perfume but not the shipping (for either the first shipment or sending it back), and questioned whether I knew what real authentic vintage Coriandre smelled like. It was going to end up costing me the price of a new bottle with little to show for it.
I'd never left a negative for an ebay seller, so agonized over it for two weeks before leaving it. He sent me an angry email, asking why I would do such a thing. When I explained my reasons, he said he sold too many fragrances to change all the headings from 'New' to 'Used' and wasn't a fragrance expert to know whether it had turned or not.
I told him he just needed to be upfront about where the merchandise comes from and it's age and condition, so the buyer can choose for himself whether to bid. He replied that with so much merchandise it's hard to be thorough...
I notice he's now being more careful in his explanations, but I would be cautious with this seller, as I felt he knew what he was selling. He's offering a lot of vintage perfume, some of it used, so it would be wise to PM him before bidding inquiring about their condition. He said I should have done so with him before I bid on Coriandre.
So this seller is 'Buyer Beware'.
LisaLaw, You Smell Marvelous, Dragonfly00, Fragrant Fripperies; ::thisbe::, scents_heaven, and HarryNY_04 have all proved reliable for me. I have multiple ordered with several of them. Each is a speedy shipper; You Smell Marvelous gets the prize for most elegant presentation
-- "A fool would know that with tweeds one wears gold, and that with evening clothes one wears platinum."
The Duchess of Windsor
-- "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."
The Duke of Windsor "
I got burned (for some reason I thought I would on this one) on a bottle of GIT by ssr1512. He had 100% positive feedback, so I took a shot.
The bottle is glossy black, the sprayer is too short, the spray housing is silver instead of black, the box says "Green Frich Tweed", etc. etc.
I've dropped him a note.
I'll update the thread when (if) I hear back from him.
UPDATE: It turns out this guy bought these from, guess who....bisys00! Sid responded to me within MINUTES of my initial email, explaining that he got these from bisys and didn't like them so he just wanted to get rid of them. He's refunding me in full.
I invited him to join Basenotes, as it seems like he's into colognes to some degree (he's sold several on eBay) and I'm also sending him a REAL sample of GIT so he knows what he's missing.
All is well!
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eBay WILL NOT police their site and crack down on those who sell counterfeit items. Nor will they adjust retaliatory and totally false negative feedback placed by sellers of counterfeits such as bisyss00. Forget eBay and their "Buyer Protection"--that is just a PR ploy to make them appear as though they are policing their site. They are not and are all about making $$ from sellers without much care as to their ethics.
So, I notified the American distributor of Creed products, the NYC police agency in charge of busting counterfeit sellers and the FBI just in case they want to make a purchase undercover and 'sting' sellers of counterfeits such as bisyss00. How do I know bisyss00 is a seller of counterfeit Creed? He sent me one (Green Frich Tweed) in place of the Creed Green Irish Tweed he had offered on eBay.
I am not done yet. I am going to make this a project for a year or so, in my spare time.
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
Thanks for doing that KBE. You are doing a service to us all. Please keep us informed to developments or replies from any agencies.Originally Posted by kbe
"Dont try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out. - Henri Matisse.
"Wear R de Capucci" - Hirch Duckfinder
Sorry if this is repeat info, but I noticed this guy on Ebay selling the same GIT with "Green Frish Tweed" on the box. The seller is "double_value" and when the buyer, who is apparently Canadian, left a negative feedback, this guy claimed that that's how it's labeled in the U.S. Hah! Amazing what these guys think [and probably do] get away with.
Fake Creed on eBay??? Shocking!!
.. also, Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
Originally Posted by Cognoscento
You make a good suggestion here. Think about it! when you go into a boutique to seek out new fragrances, you have this interaction with someone eye-to-eye and you get a 'sense' about the person. There's something in this suggestion to getting something from the seller up-front.
Another great suggestion earlier, is to go to toolhaus . org and see in a condensed form all the negative feedback on a seller. Wow. I took a look at those posted for a few of the sellers mentioned in this thread. The vulgar retorts from sellers with negative feedback was enough to keep me out of their stores. I don't care if they have a billion positives....
I have purchased from Dragonfly Scent Me and Fragrant Fripperies on eBay. Both are EXCELLENT! They have fast shipping, authentic items, and their decants are packaged beautifully. Plus they always include a sample or two. Highly recommended.
Update on eBay Seller "Bisyss00"
(Delivers fake Creed when advertising original):
This theif is no longer listed as a member of eBay but I would bet the farm this counterfeit scent seller has just changed identities on eBay and is selling the same trash as 'original' Creed and so on. Ebay will not do a thing. Period. It is 'Buyer Beware' on that site until enough members complain, I guess. Maybe not even then.
---beware of any Creed/other high end scents being sold very cheaply and with a NY address w/seller only taking credit cards--no PayPal etc.
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
I just made my 4th purchase from them. VERY fast shipping, free if over $50.00, good pricing/inventory and sealed and/or authentic testers. I will continue to buy from them and can recommend them to Basenoters.
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
They are in the same warehouse as Scentiments and they supply Perfumania. I have been there. Good guys!
Founder- Cosa Nosetra
Did you know that it's possible for sellers to change the listing after the sale to conceal fraud?
well, it is, the rep I just chatted with told me if happens often, "especially from overseas"
if you are ordering something that could have been knocked off, I suggest downloading the page for your records!
Seller double_value is amazingly rude and offensive. If you have a good transaction, that's all well and good. But if there's a problem, expect to have him attack you and be very very nasty. You can find his negative feedback here at toolhaus.org; some of the buyers have claimed that his colognes are fakes and/or adulterated.
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I have made many purchases from Meidy on ebay, basically mainstream things, Guerlains, Carons and I bought two bottles of Libertine from him when I discovered it was D/Cd. Fast shipping and utterly reliable. Prices are good too
I just started shopping Ebay for scents, but so far my experience has been good.
all FAST delivery, excellent fragrances, good communication and extra samples.
I've been planning on ordering from mikvic too, good to see some positive reviews on that one.
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Wow, that takes me back to my mid teens except I was using 3.1. To think back then I used to wonder how things would improve. I do remember wishing that the graphics on my dads 386 dx 25 were not up to my Amiga though!
Hello John, As you have been able to install win 3.11 I wonder if you ever encountered the following error. Fault outside of MS-DOS Extender. EC=0000 CS=02EF IP=983E AX=AA14 BX=0000 CX=5E00 DX=005A SI=0007 DI=CEE0 BP=0912 DS=02E7 ES=02DF SS=027F SP=01F4 This error shows itself during the installation of W3.11 while loading the second disk (yes I am still in the possesion of the original disks). I run virtual PC on several WINXP boxes and the error shows on all of them. The same happens when I try to install Win 3.1. Any ideas? Thanks Evert
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Hmmm... I never had that problem with Windows For Workgroups or Windows 3.1 under Virtual PC. Both of them installed with no problems. Maybe it has something to do with the version of DOS you're using in the virtual machine that you're using to install Windows on. I've used both PC-DOS 6.1 and MS-DOS 6.0.
No I did not. I already had VPC installed on my test machine with a WFW 3.11 virtual machine configured, so I just went from there. We've got a copy of VMWare somewhere, so it might be worth trying. I'm not sure off the top of my head what their choices are for emulated hardware, but it's gotta be better than what Microsoft is using. Microsoft bought VPC, it didn't develop it from scratch, so it's not too surprising that it doesn't support all MS OSes that well.
Never mind VMWare - I run Windows 3.11 on DOSBox with no problems. I'd like to hear if somenoe has had success with VirtualBox too...
John, the sites you chose (specifically for the sound driver) are there but there's no link to download the driver. VPC 2007 is very picky about the sound driver and I can't seem to get it working. Can you help me with the correct sound driver?
Why would one want to do this? I've not used Windows 3.1 since the Millenium was supposed to have ended the world as we knew it. I certainly cannot use it mow because I've just thrown the discs away (all 24 of them). I'm moving house. It's amazing the things that one accummulates during fifteen years in one place, but that's another irrelevant story.
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LORETTO, P.A. - The Pfeiffer University men's volleyball team saw their three game win streak come to an end on Friday night, as they fell to St. Francis in a non-conference road matchup. Both teams were 3-3 coming into he matchup and with the loss the Falcons fall just below .500 to 3-4. St. Francis improves to 4-3 with the victory. The match was about as close as it gets, with games scores of 23-25, 21-25, 27-25, and 21-25.
The Falcons were again led by sophomore Sonny Hirini who finished with 18 kills and extended his streak to seven straight games in the double-figure kill column. On offense Hirini got help from sophomore Fabio Diniz and junior Michael Brewer who each chipped in nine and eight kills respectively. Junior David Specian racked up a game-high 43 assists, and on the defensive side of the ball, junior Kyle Landrigan led all players with eight digs.
After surrendering the first two games to St. Francis, the Falcons made a statement in game three with a 27-25 triumph. Game four was hard-fought and extremely close with a total of 11 ties and three lead changes. The Falcons actually led for a large portion of the fourth frame, holding the top spot from the time they scored their 12th point until St. Francis tied the score at 21 apiece. St. Francis got five straight serves from Ray Frazer to snag game four from the Falcons, 25-21.
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Good game, bad end but they show really nice things tonight. Hope they'll play hard all season ! Especially Aminu !!!
Good game, bad end but they show really nice things tonight. Hope they'll play hard all season ! Especially Aminu !!!
"I go so hard, I go so mean... I'm so NEW ORLEANS" - Lil' Wayne"We not stopping at no stores man ! We staying on the gas !" - Tyreke Evans
Gravy had 13 assists. Way to go Gravy.
We did better on ft % tonight. I'd still like them to have less turnovers but tonight we actually had less turnovers than the opposing team. With as many ft's as they missed we should've won this game. Sucks.
Went even on the rebounding.
I don't care if this was a loss... this game was pretty amazing and fun to watch. Aminu went bananas! I doubt he can play at that level offensively every night, but his defense was great! Brow looks awesome... and Vasquez was dishing some pretty sick dimes!
I really hope....... you know.... that fox sp...... sports can.... can you know.......... get their **** together.
Edit: Commentators, not the channel as a whole.
Also, we gotta do better in the 3rd quarters. Can't keep coming out lackadasical in the 3rd.
I really enjoyed Aminu tonight. I hope this game got his confidence up because he looked good tonight.
This was a very fun game to watch.
Can't wait to see the advanced box scores tomorrow.
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Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
That play where we over committed on help defense allowing Parker to hit that deep 3 to take the lead was the difference imo.
Hornets showed signs of promise. They played well, but the Spurs experienced showed in the final minutes.
Really fun game. But we need Gordon on this late game tipe of situations.
if it's true that him missing is not injury related and he really doesn't want to play with this team, it really boggles me. And makes me kinda mad. This is a nice group that would thrive with him.
Jason smith needs more mins. Monty needs to run more sets involving Anderson/smith/Davis.
Rivers was struggling but he will figure it out, he needs to calm down and get his shot going!! He needs to watch tape of Stephan curry!
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Mason played well tonight but a guy like him can't be playing that much, especially the majority of the 4th. GORDON HURRY UP
I thought Monty brought in Lopez too late in the game. Sticking with Davis and Anderson in the front court allowed Duncan to dominate too long late in the 4th.
It would be great if Davis can lead all rookies in rebounding so he has a chance at ROY. If he's rebounding, it gives us a better chance at winning. I think he should've played at least 32 minutes tonight. He did well in his time tonight though.
In hindsight, Miller should've been out there shooting more instead of Mason...
I was lucky to watch the game, as I still dont have power from the recent storm. I watched the game at my cousins apartment who had power.
Anyway I LOVED what I saw from Davis, Aminu and Smith. Wanna see Aminu play like this every game.
Rivers better pick his **** up though. I was real disappponted in him.
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DUE WEST, S.C. - Visiting Pfeiffer University got a complete game out of senior starter Bryan Tuttle and used a six-run third inning to score an 11-4 victory over host Erskine in Conference Carolinas baseball action on Friday afternoon. The victory sends the Falcons to 4-12 overall, 1-1 in league play while the Fleet fall to 10-5, 1-2.
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King said the past five years have been the greatest for economic development in the city, but the catalyst took place the same year he became director.
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Kinston Mayor B.J. Murphy was the director of Pride from 2003 until 2005. He said the organization has been prominent over the past few years and has a bright future.
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Laura Lee Sylvester, president of the chamber, said both organizations have done and will continue to do plenty of work together on various committees and projects.
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With Herritage Street looking more vibrant, King said he wants to shift the focus toward Queen Street and the real estate aspect with its empty storefronts.
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King said some projects have been in the works.
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|SALSIBURY, NC -- Catawba downed visiting Pfeiffer in three games in volleyball action on Saturday afternoon. The Catawba Indians won by the scores of 30-25, 30-19 and 30-23. The Lady Indians improve to 15-3, while Pfeiffer falls to 10-6.
Catawba led for most of game one and pulled out to a 24-17 edge after a pair of kills by Mai Zoua Lo . Pfeiffer would rally, scoring four straight points, including an ace from Morgan Liebert, but Catawba held at least a three-point edge the rest of the way.
The Lady Indians took an early 10-6 lead in the second game and would build its edge to 24-11 following a 9-2 run.
Pfeiffer stayed close most of the final game, pulling within 18-16 on an ace by Petra Ljubicic. Leading 23-20, Catawba got a kill and an ace from Henderson to go up 25-20 and went on to end the game.
Lauren Elmore (Chapel Hill, NC) led Pfeiffer with 13 kills. Morgan Liebert added 32 assists and 10 digs.
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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To detect and monitor muscle damage; to help diagnose conditions associated with muscle damage; sometimes to help determine if you have had a heart attack, although for heart attack detection, this test has been largely replaced by troponin
When to Get Tested?
When you have muscle weakness, muscle aches, and/or dark urine and your health practitioner suspects muscle damage; sometimes to monitor for muscle injury resolution or persistence; sometimes to detect ongoing or additional heart damage after a heart attack
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
Test Preparation Needed?
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
This test measures the amount of creatine kinase (CK) in the blood. Creatine kinase is an enzyme found in the heart, brain, skeletal muscle, and other tissues. Increased amounts of CK are released into the blood when there is muscle damage.
The small amount of CK that is normally in the blood comes primarily from skeletal muscles. Any condition that causes muscle damage and/or interferes with muscle energy production or use can cause an increase in CK. For example, inflammation of muscles, called myositis, can increase CK. Rhabdomyolysis, a breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue, is associated with significantly elevated levels of CK.
Rhabdomyolysis and increased CK may be seen with, for example:
- Crush and compression muscle injuries, trauma, burns, and electrocution
- Prolonged surgeries
- Seizures
- Intense physical exertion, especially in heat and humidity and when dehydrated
- Infections – viral (such as influenza and HIV), bacterial, fungal, and parasitic (such as malaria)
- A blood clot (thrombosis) blocking the flow of blood
- Any drug or toxin that interferes with muscle energy production or increases energy requirements
Damage to muscles, such as the heart damage that occurs during a heart attack, can cause increased CK levels within a few hours. Levels peak within 12 to 24 hours and then return to normal within 2 to 4 days. If additional damage occurs or it is ongoing, then CK levels may stay elevated. This fact makes the CK test potentially useful for monitoring for continuing heart or other muscle damage.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is taken by needle from the arm.
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Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
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Zieve, D. (Updated 2012 September 14). Creatine phosphokinase test. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003503.htm. Accessed December 2012.
Junpaparp, P. et. al. (Updated 2012 November 28). Creatine Kinase. Medscape Reference [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2074023-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed December 2012.
Schreiber, D. and Miller, S. (Updated 2011 March 29). Use of Cardiac Markers in the Emergency Department. [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/811905-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed December 2012.
(© 1995-2012). Creatine Kinase (CK), Serum. Mayo Clinic Mayo Medical Laboratories [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/8336 through http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com. Accessed December 2012.
Lehman, C. and Meikle, A. (Updated 2012 November). Ischemic Heart Disease. ARUP Consult [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.arupconsult.com/Topics/IHD.html?client_ID=LTD through http://www.arupconsult.com. Accessed December 2012.
Pagana, K. D. & Pagana, T. J. (© 2011). Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 10th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO. Pp 322-325.
Clarke, W., Editor (© 2011). Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry 2nd Edition: AACC Press, Washington, DC. Pp 300-303.
McPherson, R. and Pincus, M. (© 2011). Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods 22nd Edition: Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. Pp 439-440.
Dugdale, D. (Updated 2011 September 19). Rhabdomyolysis. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000473.htm. Accessed January 2013.
Bethel, C. (Updated 2012 March 9) Myopathies. Medscape Reference [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/759487-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed January 2013.
Do, T. (Updated 2012 September 21). Muscular Dystrophy. Medscape Reference [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1259041-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed January 2013.
Eyal Muscal, E. and Morales DeGuzman, M. (Updated 2012 June 22). Rhabdomyolysis. Medscape Reference [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1007814-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed January 2013.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NINDS Kennedy's Disease Information Page. Available online at http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/kennedys/kennedys.htm through http://www.ninds.nih.gov. Accessed November 2014.
Barkhaus, PE et al. Kennedy Disease Workup. Medscape. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1172604-workup through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed November 2014.
Better Health Channel. Kennedy's disease. Available online at http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Kennedy's_disease through http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au. Accessed November 2014.
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Thomas, Clayton L., Editor (1997). Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA [18th Edition].
Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (2001). Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 5th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO.
Wu, A. (2006). Tietz Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, Fourth Edition. Saunders Elsevier, St. Louis, Missouri. Pp. 306-309.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: CPK. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003503.htm. Accessed February 2009.


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SPOKANE, Wash. - The Gonzaga University women's basketball team revenged its only loss of the West Coast Conference season with a 69-54 victory over Saint Mary's College Thursday night in front of a sold out crowd at the McCarthey Athletic Center. The victory allowed the first-place Bulldogs to move to 11-1 in league and gain a two-game lead on the second-place Gaels who are now 8-3 in conference.
"I thought we did a great job tonight," explained Gonzaga head coach Kelly Graves after his team gutted out the 15-point victory. "Saint Mary's came in with an RPI of 34. They are legit. That was a good team and that was a good win for us."
The victory was not only important in the league standings but it did indeed revenge the Bulldogs (21-5, 11-1 WCC) only setback in WCC play. The Gaels (16-7, 8-3 WCC) defeated the Zags three games into the league season by the score of 54-51. In that game, Gonzaga shot a dismal 29.2 percent from the field and went to the line only six times.
In Thursday's game, the Bulldogs shot much better, hitting 46.4 percent (26-of-56) from the floor and were able to drain 12-of-16 from the charity stripe.
Gonzaga's defense was also on point all game long. The Bulldogs forced the Gaels to turn the ball over 26 times - the third most turnovers by SMC in a game all season and second most in a WCC contest - and were credited with 17 steals. More impressive was the Zags scoring 30 points of the Gaels miscues, including 22 in the all-important first half.
"Defense usually wins most of our games because we have been offensively challenged a good portion of the year," said Graves. "Defense is what this team has taken to heart and it always bodes well for us."
Three Gonzaga players registered four or more steals in the game, including senior Taelor Karr who finished with five, which resulted in four buckets.
Junior Jazmine Redmon not only added four steals but held the conference's leading scorer to just seven points. SMC's Jackie Nared entered into the game averaging 17.9 points per game, but Redmon's stifling defense allowed her to only hit 3-of-11 from the field and forced her to turn the ball over a game-high six times.
"Jazmine does not get a lot of credit sometimes but she did a fantastic job on [Jackie] Nared," explained Graves of his point guard. "Nared was averaging just below 18 points a game and did not reach double-digits for only the third time this season. It was a team effort but it definitely started with Jazmine."
It was Redmon who helped Gonzaga to their 36-24 halftime time advantage. The Spokane native led all scorers in the opening 20 minutes with nine points, hitting 4-of-5 from the field. Her only 3-pointer of the first half allowed the Bulldogs to capture at 20-12 advantage with 9:00 left in the half and forced Saint Mary's to call a timeout.
The Gaels did cut the Bulldogs lead to 22-18 with 6:13 remaining after Nared scored a layup; her only points of the half.
Gonzaga's posts stopped the Saint Mary's push and allowed the home team to go into the locker room up by 12. The combination of junior Stephanie Golden, redshirt freshman Shelby Cheslek, freshman Kiara Kudron and sophomore Sunny Greinacher accounted for nine of the Zags final 14 points.
The closest Saint Mary's got to Gonzaga in the final half was eight points at 51-43 with 11:08 left in the game.
A free throw by Kudron followed by a lay-in by Golden moved the Bulldogs lead back above double-digits for good.
The Zags largest lead was the 15-point advantage they ended the game with. Freshman forward Chelsea Waters gave GU the edge with a layup with 15 seconds left on the clock.
Three players ended the game in double-figures for Gonzaga. Golden registered a game-high 13 points, while Redmon chipped in 12 and Greinacher had 10.
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The Fortress programming language has some very powerful features. Guy Steele's slides here (slide 52 onwards) illustrate some of its features including how to split a sentence into words in parallel.
Here we look at some ways to use Groovy and GPars to solve that problem.
First we can write an imperative sequential version:
And test it as follows:
Now, we can ask ourselves a question. Is this solution in its current form easy to turn into a parallel solution? The answer is NO. Each step in our loop relies on the result from the previous step. So, if I split the sentence into say two pieces, and I am processing the start of the second piece, I don't know whether a character or space finished the previous piece. I.e. the order in which I process information is important in the current algorithm and to make it work easily in parallel, we need to refactor the algorithm into some equivalent one where the order is no longer important. Technically we require that the algorithm is associative. The figure below shows what we mean.
If we have three things to calculate, it doesn't matter if we do the first two first or the last two first.
Another useful property that would be good for our algorithm to have is left and right identity ("zero") elements.
This property allows us to break our data up into pieces and (if needed) substitute a ZERO element at one or the other end, i.e. our algorithm will play nicely at the boundary points. Basically we can turn this:
into this:
Technically, combining associativity with left and right identity gives us a monoid. The details aren't important here but basically algorithms with such properties can be easily made parallel. This is exactly what we want when using techniques such as map/reduce or divide and conquer as part of our solution.
So getting back to word splitting we need to change the algorithm to remember the boundary conditions. To do that we will create a little domain for remembering "chunks" and "segments" of partial results. Here is one way to code that solution (and credit goes to Guy Steele's article for devising this domain):
We'll have more to say about these classes later but basically we have plus ("+") methods for adding
Segments and
Chunks, a
ZERO identity element and a
flatten method which takes our
Chunk or
Segment and converts it into a list of words.
Guy Steele's slides show using this domain in more detail. Here is a summary snapshot to illustrate the main idea.
Now we are ready to write a slightly more functional flavored sequential solution:
And test it as follows:
More importantly, because of the properties of the classes in our domain, we are ready to write some parallel solutions. Before doing that, let's take a slight diversion to illustrate how we might further check some of our algorithm's properties. We'll use the Java port of quickcheck:
This produces the output:
200 tests
and gives me confidence that my algorithm is a monoid. The above showed that
Segments have left and right identity elements for "+" (in fact both
Check.ZERO and
Segment.ZERO work). If we wanted to, we could have additional checks for the associativity piece or for properties of
What have we achieved? Well, now we are in a position to write some parallel versions of our algorithm. Many have a common strategy and that is to divide the input into sections. Typically the division stops once the sections reach a certain granularity of size. As a general rule, if we divide past a certain level of granularity, then the overheads associated with setting up the parallelism out weigh the parallelism gains.
Here's one version which uses an old school concurrent hash map. This version divides the input sentence into 4 pieces and solves each piece in a separate thread, storing the results into a concurrent hash map.
And test it using this code:
Alternatively, I can use GPars and not have to deal with as much explicit synchronization.
Firstly, we'll look at a map reduce version. It is comprised of a partition part which splits the data up - in our case into 4 pieces. Then the map part runs our serial solution for each piece - notice that the mapping is independent and can be run completely in parallel. For the reduce part we will use our "+" monoid. Here is the code:
The previous example used an explicit reduce to make that part of our solution obvious but we can also simplify a bit more using the built-in sum reduction:
As an alternative, we can use the fork/join capabilities which are available in Java 7 (or the JSR166y library - this library is typically bundled with GPars):
Alternatively, we can use GPars' dataflow capabilities. With dataflow we write expressions which declaratively express the relationships in our data. In our case the pieces must be summed (using our "+" monoid) once they have been calculated:
Finally, we can create a parallel array version. This version (as currently written) doesn't limit the amount of parallelism to some granularity level, instead it follows the same approach as our functional sequential version but just replaces inject with collectParallel which will automatically perform its steps in parallel. Here is the code:
Just as one final example, here is a variation of our original ConcurrentHashMap version but making use of GPars agents to guard a non-concurrent HashMap.
Here, the agent acts as a synchronization layer between our code and the standard LinkedHashMap (the default map for Groovy). This offers no particular advantage over ConcurrentHashMap but illustrates how agents work in general. We supply the agent with code to run and it runs that code after performing the necessary synchronization.


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