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But but teh internet cry babies werent going to buy it anyways!!!!
Seriously as little faith I have in the Amazon best sellers list, I would expect a significant amount of people did place preorders after all the horrible restrictions were lifted. Still too expensive for me to consider, but its a start.
It's a weird one, when I've been looking around I've actually seen a lot of people cancelling pre-orders as well due to the loss of digital game sharing. Swings and roundabouts.


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The color gray sometimes gets a bad rap. It's too industrial, too dreary, too bland. On the contrary: Gray, which showcases a wide range of tones, serves well as either a backdrop or an accent. What's more, gray-toned hues also are a great way to get clients thinking about color.
"In general, American adults are still very fearful of intense colors," says Susan Slotkis, an interior designer in New York City. "Even though, over the past few years, we've come to embrace more saturated color, most people are more comfortable with something toned down. Gray is a great neutralizer – it makes color not so in-your-face."
It also proves to be a satisfactory alternative to traditional neutrals. "When people repaint their homes, they're thinking about creams and beiges or other neutrals that will match their existing furniture or will be flexible with whatever they incorporate in the future," says designer Darlene Molnar of Washington, D.C. "Because gray is a modern spin on neutral, it works with a lot of different colors."
Gray offers limitless potential, but it's a color that needs special handling. Done well, gray can make a striking statement; done poorly, it can give a space a heavy, even oppressive feel. "If you use a lot of gray and use it wrong, you can get a room that is very overbearing," says designer Paul Bloom of New Haven, Conn. "On the other hand, the positives of gray are strong. Gray goes from very cool to very warm options, from taupes to blue-greens. You have all sorts of choices working with one color."
Gray can play an important role in numerous design schemes. In a dramatic black-and-white theme, for instance, Slotkis says that the color "modulates the stark, contemporary motif. Black and white can be very stoic and modern, and gray offers a more moderate approach."
For his part, Bloom finds that gray, whether it's on a painted wall or a long sofa, can create separation between two spaces in a distinct yet non-jarring way. In fact, he's so intrigued with the possibilities of the hue, he designed his own line of furniture using rift white oak finished in blue-gray tones. On several occasions, Bloom has used gray to solve design challenges. In one project, his clients tasked him with breathing some life into a tall, skinny entryway. He worked with the existing oak floors, staircase and chandelier, while finding new solutions for the front door, walls and furniture. The home's co-owner is Japanese and, because of the cultural tradition of removing one's shoes upon entry, asked Bloom to create a place for them. Bloom designed and installed a stone pad adorned with gray tones and lined in absolute black granite. For the walls, Bloom used two grays (which were one step away from each other on the color chart) featuring a dry-brush faux finish. "When morning light shifts to afternoon light to late daylight, the grays change very dramatically," Bloom says. "Gray managed to weave everything together in a marvelous way."
The use of a gray-based palette presents many opportunities to introduce colors, both muted and vibrant. Gray-toned hues such as periwinkle and dusty violet (translation: mauve) are popular again in fashion and, to some degree, are working their way back into interiors, Slotkis notes. On two ends of the gray spectrum, pops of yellow and blue-violet can accent a charcoal gray or slate-toned scheme, while deeper colors such as fuchsia make a bold statement against a scheme of very pale grays.
"Why not bring in citrusy colors like lime green, bright yellow or oranges?" Molnar suggests. "They work well with gray and are a great way to modernize a room and give it a nice, clean look."
Designers venturing into the gray realm should keep a few key factors in mind. "It's important to understand the different effects that neutral gray can have versus warm or cool undertones of gray," Slotkis says. "And they all don't necessarily work well together. To achieve what your client really wants, you need to understand the subtleties of the color."
Molnar agrees: "Once you identify undertones of the gray paint, you decide if you want the color of the room to be complementary or contrasting. If the gray has a tint of green, for example, you might want to look for reds and warm colors that would offer a contrast."
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It's time to rock our with your, er, headphones out, as Motorheadphones are here for all you guitar-loving rockers.
It's an interesting concept, and one that flies in the face of rapper-endorsed 'phones: the Iron Fist headphones that Pocket-lint got to test out - in the company of Motorhead's guitarist Phil Campbell, no less - have been built from the ground up and are designed to bring the best out of guitar-laden rock tracks.
We know, we know, the name is a marketeer's dream, right? But it's more than just a clever play on words, as the Motorheadphones - at least the Iron Fist model we had a listen to - sound bloomin' excellent for the price point. They're only £129, but sound and feel like they're a cut above.
As much as they're designed for guitar music, we were particularly pleased - surprised, even - at how well these over-ears dealt with a whole variety of music. So we went in hard. System Of A Down hard for a bit of a wall-to-wall audio assault. Followed by a dash of Silverchair (from their good old days) and then to the mellower chimes of Counting Crows. Talk about testing for the right crowd, eh?
But not only did the Iron Fist 'phones sound top notch throughout that variety of rock - loud, stomping, but well separated at each frequency level and with enough guitar kick to make Jack Black squeal - they sounded, in our opinion, just as good for bass-heavy dance music too.
We loaded up S.P.Y's debut album What The Future Holds, which showed off just how deftly these Motorheadphones can handle bass, right down into the very low frequencies. We didn't expect that, but the Iron Fist sure packs a bass punch that, although not the product's centrepiece, does sit perfectly in the mix. Even with the iPod maxed out to full volume there was no crunching or distortion beyond what the tracks were supposed to sound like.
Design-wise the all-black finish is stripped back to the bare essentials. They look like tough, rocking' headphones, though the massive Motorhead emblem and logos on both earcups might be a bit much if you're not a typical fan. Cooler than Skullcandy, we'd wager, but targeted at an altogether different audience.
The box also includes both 1-metre and 2.5-metre detachable cables which are durable and woven to stop tangling.
Tough on the outside, soft and gushy on the inside - just like any rocker, really - the Iron Fist's black velvet-coated earcups are incredibly comfortable. They sit tight to the ear, but not too tight, and from the second they're on the noggin they feel great. Sound isolation, while good, isn't going to compete with closed-cup headphones, however, so external sounds can affect the listening experience a little.
The one massive gripe we have with the whole range of over-ear Motorheadphones? They're too big and aren't adjustable. Bombheads and beehive-bearing bonnets might not find that an issue, but for a wider majority it'll feel like an unforgivable design omission.
Overall though it's been a while since we've been so impressed with a pair of over-ear headphones at such a price point. Motorheadphones, from what we've seen, are seriously good - and that's irrelevant of whether you like rock music or not.
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- June 2009, I purchased an auto policy from Progressive Insurance to protect myself against accidental risks and to provide financial security, and peace of mind. Five and a half years I trusted that since I paid every payment on time and every premium, that I would be protected and treated fair when I needed them. Early September 2013, I hit a little puddle of water and it ran me into a curb, there was no body damage just areas of the wheels were hit and two arms bent, it was totally driveable. I reported the claim to Progressive shortly after and spend what seemed like an hour telling the representative that I didn't want to take my car to their hack shop repair center.
After reporting my claim. I took my car to a the quality repair facility because I had seen some of their work and I knew that it could be fixed quickly. I pick up a rental car from and thought that I was in good hands. Two days later, I received a call from Progressive stating that my car was a total loss and that I had 72 hours to return the rental car. This news was a total shock because the vehicles showed no signs of damage to the body, just the wheels and some underneath components.
Progressive also told me that the actual value of my car was $9,200 after the deductible. I asked how they determined the value of my vehicle? I was told that Progressive had done extensive research to determine my car's actual value through regional car values and J.D. power and associates. It seemed fishy to me so I asked them to send the report attached along with the estimate. I received a Mitchell vehicle valuation report. The procedures that they claimed to be "extensive" were actually from a website that only insurance companies used to quickly give a low ball report and summary of the values of vehicles.
This report used to evaluate my Infiniti sports coupe was deceptive and artificially law. Throughout the report I found multiple errors and was very concerned with precisely how these data was collected. This report is used by insurance companies in order to justify offering as little cash possible for vehicles. The report even listed the MSRP of my vehicle at $32,750 when in fact the sticker on my car was $37,240. There was no tax. The mile search range was totally off (25 miles), they told me 150 miles is the lowest range.
Reductions for condition of my car listing poor/fair. Options were missing. Inflated reductions for market adjustments, reduced value amounts for having a sunroof in multiple comparable vehicles. Also all for tires were new. The report was so off and flawed. I emailed my concerns about the report. I called them to tell him all the errors but he kept cutting me off and told me "it is what it is". I begin to feel pressured to accept what I believed was an unfair valuation of my vehicle and to total my vehicle was ridiculous.
Several days went by and I had not heard from them, so I decided to call the supervisor. I explained to them that if the real, unflawed value of my car and the correct estimate amount were applied my car would not be close to a total loss at all. I also advised them that the repair estimate was unnecessarily inflated. I also explained to them that I do not have a way of qualifying for another vehicle and I really need to have this car repaired. They told me that they revised the estimate but the actual car value could not be adjusted. She told me the car was still a total loss.
She also disregarded my concerns that the report contained errors. I then called an independent appraiser and scheduled appointment to have my car appraised based on their review, my car was worth $13,600. I emailed this report to Progressive and I called to make sure that he received the report and asked them to review the claim to see if my car could be repaired. The representative, while laughing, said "certainly not." I was shocked because I've never been treated so terrible in all my life and asked to speak with his supervisor again but he said she was not in.
Later that day, I received a call from another supervisor and I told her about the representatives conduct and the fact that it was not acceptable. I made it a point to tell her all the errors and how I had been treated. I also asked if I could get a rental car until we figure out a solution to the problem. She told me no, that once the car is declared a total loss, she would not be able to provide me with a rental car. I explained to her that that the Infiniti was the only vehicle I owned, but she did not seem concerned.
It has been over 2 to 3 month since the claim and I have not been able to talk to anyone from Progressive that was even willing to listen to me or explain the discrepancies in their numbers. I can't understand why I am stuck with no vehicle, no help, and no information. Their behavior with the insults and verbal abuse were intimidating and wrong. Progressive used scare tactics and threats of fees to urge me to act now. I asked the supervisor to place me with another adjuster but she refused.
To top it all off when I bought the policy they gave me paper that tells you all about their wonderful auto loyalty member rewards. The pamphlet says after you are insured with them for 4 years you become a diamond member, with "full large accident forgiveness" and goes on to say "This helps keep your rates from going up if you're in an accident-even if its your fault". When I asked them about it, they told me "Yeah we changed that to 5 years now." WTF! Progressive is The Worst Auto Insurance Company, I would think Twice.
ROCKPORT, TEXAS -- 7-21, hit a submerged object at full speed, hit it hard enough to shut down the motor, got it started and limped it to the dock. When I got to the dock found out that my reverse was gone. Dropped boat of at dealer to check it out. mechanic calls me 8-7 and ask me what the heck I hit {never told him I hit anything} tells me the gear case is shot {reman $2100} I call my agent and file a report. 8-8, get a call from the inspector to let me know that SHE is going out to look at my boat. 8-9, she calls me back and tells me that she is writing up an estimate for repairs and she will call be the next day.
3 days go by and no call. I call her and she won't return my calls, call my agent and he tells me that she is still working on it and she always returns calls. leave for vacation for a few days. get back home and am driving by the dealer so I stop in to see how repairs are going. they have not heard a word from my insurance. I start calling from the parking lot and no answer and no body will call me back. I finally get her to answer and she tells me her boss has my claim so I get his number and call him. The boss is looking at the pics that she took and tells me it won't be covered because its wear and tear.
I asked if they can send another person out to look at the boat for a second opinion and he tells me no. We had a polite conversation right up till the point that I asked him if he was a boat mechanic or if she was. He gets an attitude with me and tells me that the boat dealer and I are in this together trying to get a claim {first time my boat has ever been to this dealer} and that maybe my mechanic does not know what he's talking about - that's when I got an attitude.
After he hung up on me I went back inside and had a talk with the mechanic and let him know that they are denying my claim, that's when he shows me 3 other lower units that the same guy denied their claims also saying its wear and tear. One of the props had all 4 blades bent the wrong way.
As off today I have been calling them everyday and no calls back. The dealer calls me this afternoon and tells me that the brp evenrude/johnson service representative showed up at there shop for a visit they asked him to look at my lower unit and tell them what's wrong, less than 5 min he tells them that its impact damage. So I guess I will be back on the phone with these idiots tomorrow next step is for me to hire a marine surveyor with my own money. I think that a mechanic with 30 years ex. and the service representative for johnson may know what there talking about. Just my 2 cents on Progressive
Well I called them all day again yesterday and no answer. About 3:00, the boss calls me back. I ask him where do I go from here and he tells me they are done with it so I told him that they need to step up and fix the boat and that they never had a problem cashing my checks. Well here we go again with the normal wear and tear BS. He tells me that the shaft is not bent so that's why that won't cover it. Well we go round and round again then I asked him how the prop got spun of the bearing and - Wait for it - he says well that's from impact damage.
Now it just shoots out of my mouth and I had to tell him that he is a ** idiot. Then he pulls this out of his ** that the gears were not installed correct {first time I have heard this one}. I let him know that I bought the motor new and the gear case has never been opened. Anyway I told him I was hiring a marine surveyor and a lawyer and that's when he gets the attitude again and tells me to do what I need to do. Well just before we hang up I tell him that the service representative was in and looked at my motor and says its impact damage then all of a sudden he has a change of attitude. I just left it at that and hung up.
Well today I called the surveyor to find out some info. At the end of our conversation, he asked me what insurance I have so I told him and says oh so your dealing with - I not going to put there names on here but he already knew about them so maybe there is still hope. My dealer called me today to let me know that they were back in looking at the boat and wanted to know what the service tech had told them. It should not be this hard..
Well as of today I am giving up. I hired a marine surveyor to check the lower unit and Progressive hired one also. They both agreed that the damage was done from impact damage then their surveyor throws in that it "MAY" have been from more than one impact. I call my Progressive agent that I am dealing with and he tells me that its not covered because it "MIGHT" have been more than one impact. What happened to normal wear and tear, bearings installed wrong,
Anyway the next step is to hire a umpire to set down with the surveyors and what he decides is it. That's going to cost another $600 dollars. I was also informed that if he rules in my favor that they will only pay for half the repairs due to the motor being 12 years old. Well repairs are $3300, I have spent $325 on the surveyor, it will cost me another $300 on the umpire then my $500 deductible its not worth it to break even plus my boat storage that I am paying is not cheap and they want their money if the boats there are not.
Anyway I have sent this link for this post to my agent and I also attached it to the other Progressive post on this site so maybe somebody else won't go through this. Now that this is over, I won't you guys/gals that have Progressive and use your boat at the coast from Port O-Conner and south these are the 3 folks that you will be dealing with if you have a claim. These folks have lied to me at every turn the worst customer service I have every dealt with, won't call me back for days. Anyway the parts are on order and I should be back on the water soon.........
Well I just called Progressive to cancel my policy and now somebody cares, she tried hard to get me to stay, they want me to talk to somebody in charge in the claims department tomorrow that should be fun...Well it just gets better all the time, I get a call and when I answer the guy says this is Progressive and I was asked to call you{never says his name}. Well I explain the problems that I have had and start naming names and then the guy stops me and ask me "so what's your complaint" at this point I tell him to have a good day and we hang up.
I had the call on speaker so my wife could here and the whole time I am talking she is laughing at me. After I get of the phone I ask her what's so funny. She pulls a paper out that she has been keeping notes and phone numbers on and looks at the number on my phone and tells me that I was talking to the head Idiot that we have been dealing with at the coast. Anyway we had a good laugh and its over.. My brother called to cancel his policy yesterday and when they asked him why he told them about me so now that want him to talk to a regional manager today...
MAYFIELD, OHIO -- I was refinancing my Home and was told my insurance was high. I looked around for quotes, and because of the Auto Insurance was with Progressive my wife wanted to use their Bundle. Info was exchanged over the phone and I was given a policy that cancelled my existing policy. Within the month I received a letter that they had sent out an inspector who looked at the outside of the house, and based on his inspection they cancelled my insurance.
There was a 12' Lilac bush that touched my gutter, and a screw that was holding a piece of siding in place(That was there when I moved in 7 yrs ago, because I didn't put it there, and it passed the sales inspection, and three apraisals). Basically, they did not want my business, but the agent on the phone had no problem canceling my current policy. DO NOT USE PROGRESSIVE BUNDLE PRODUCT.
Hello, I have my office in a small quaint little East Texas town, it is (or was) a gorgeous old home just off the two lane highway going through town. It is a pier and beam with some of the original bodark stumps. I had just recently remodeled the gorgeous office which is a focal point while driving through town. On May 6 of 2013, a woman insured by Progressive was speeding through town and veered sharp to the right to avoid a car that had their left blinker on to turn into the apartments that I own across the two land highway.
The woman insured by Progressive was rude and upset. She had been texting and looked up to see the car stopped in front of her. The police came, we all took photos, even photos of the insured. The damage to my office building took pillars out, crashed my porch, my new Austin stone, my doors were immediately out of whack and were hard to open, the antique furnishings inside were slanting from the impact and it was clear that the foundation had shifted from various other obvious factors.
Progressive was called and they took weeks to send an adjuster out, when he finally arrived he stated that he was concerned for he had never handled an auto claim where their insured had crashed into a building. As expected from his attitude, it took weeks but the estimate came in at $2500.00 dollars and claimed that their insured had not caused all of the damage.
I threw a complete fit with Progressive and contacted the CEO. I was assured that I would be taken care of. Progressive then sent what they told me was a Texas State Licensed Engineer out to write a report. The report took weeks and my tenant and I waited and waited, we had been told not to use our building until the Engineers report was in.
After weeks of my daily emails requesting that the report be completed, the report came back with a ridiculous finding. The building was fine, according to their "Engineer", I had anticipated some type of Fraud response as I had looked Progressive up with the Texas Insurance Commission and seen that they had been fined many times and paid the fines for using unlicensed individuals to try to pay less on claims.
With this information, I looked up the Engineer, ** with Rimkus Engineering and SURE ENOUGH! ** had been sanctioned in 2002 NEVER to practice engineering in the state of Texas until he acquired his Texas PE License. ** was fined, and ** had recently been fined within months early and Rimkus Engineering hired an attorney to get him off for practicing without his Texas License.
I hired a REAL Licensed Engineer and a REAL foundation company to come in and give reports. This cost money, but I wanted a REAL answer. Sure enough, Progressive had tried to defraud me, as they had many others. I have estimates totaling way over $84,000.00 to make the repairs on my office building, not $2500.00 that Progressive wanted to pay.
To top this off, when we finally re entered my office, an armoire that had been knocked by the impact fell on top of me and pinned me down. I had to have surgery on my knee and am still enduring painful months of physical therapy. Progressive is a terrible insurance company and needs to be stopped. Everyone needs to switch insurance companies. Many innocent people are being defrauded on a daily basis.
I am going to the Texas insurance Commission, they will be fined. I am having to hire an attorney to go after Progressive. Progressive has tried to send a "Licensed Engineer". Now that they have been caught. They had their chance and Progressive has been caught red handed, ONCE AGAIN.
IDAHO -- I was rear ended from a person insured by Progressive. After a week or two of waiting for them to get back to me, they told me to take my car to Lithia Ford in Boise to get an estimate. We did only to find out that we needed to make an appointment with ONLY their own examiner to look at the car. Now it is over a month and they sent someone who was supposed to call me, the owner to meet with them to look at the car. The guy they sent out to the site where the car was left a check on the front seat for $552.28 to replace a new back bumper, fix the trunk and electric trunk opener, fix the tail pipe, replace the crushed license plate and re-paint.
I was outraged and called Todd to see how he came up with amount. I asked him if he was going to do all that work for $552.28 (Which was less than half of all the estimates we got from repair shops.) Had to ask him twice. He told me no, that he does not do repairs. I called Progressive and had them set up an appointment at the shop so I could have a qualified estimator look at the car. Then the original adjuster's supervisor called me to tell me not to bring it in and that the check amount and claim would stand.
I have already called my agent to have her switch me from Progressive on all my toys and I will spread the news about these frauds anywhere I can. We are also doing up a complaint with the Bureau of Insurance. I am not looking for a new car, just a reasonable settlement at least close to what the estimates we got from reputable shops were. DO NOT GO WITH PROGRESSIVE!!! Try Safeco or anyone else. You get what you pay for.
GLOBE, ARIZONA -- Monday night a deer jumped in front of our car and my wife couldn't avoid hitting it. It damaged the front passenger side so badly that I couldn't open the passenger door. Tuesday morning at 6:30AM I called Progressive. The assured me that they would send someone out to inspect the vehicle on Thursday. I asked, "Why not today?" Their response was "Tomorrow is a holiday". Thursday came and went, without a phone call or a representative as scheduled. I emailed my claim representative and received no response. I called and she said she didn't know anything about it, although I talked to her on Tuesday.
She called back and said that it would be a week before someone could come to look at the car. When I asked why, she said it was because I live two hours from her office. So it's not okay for Progressive (The paid service provider) to be inconvenienced for a few hours, but it is okay for me (The paying customer) to be inconvenienced a whole week without a car to drive. They are supposed to provide a rental car, which they are clearly putting off as long as they can. They didn't even give me a courtesy call to let me know they weren't showing up on their originally scheduled day.
When I complained about the week delay, she suggested I just keep driving my banged up vehicle because it was still "drivable". So what am I supposed to do, jump in and out of the window like the Dukes of Hazard? When I switched over from State Farm, Progressive promised me equal or better service. That was a lie because State Farm would never take more than a day to inspect the vehicle, would never make me wait a week for my rental car, and would never suggest I drive an unsafe, damaged vehicle.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA -- Car went in for minor front end repair from an accident; 2009 VW Jetta Wolfsburg. Came back with hood and lights all wrong. Hood seemed too long/hooded over the headlights. It appears they used non-oem, perhaps used/refurb parts. Doesn't look right. Worse, the shop they chose apparently can't properly recode a car after taking battery out either. Stereo doesn't work now, which was working when I dropped it off, but of course the stereo now not working as soon as I pick it up is all just a big coincidence. What a crock.
Please, whatever you do, do NOT take your vehicle here for any type of repair. They not only send it off to a repair shop that does a poor job, but also do not care and do not stand behind their work. My wife noticed the front end looked goofy as soon as she saw it... You're telling me their "professionals" (I use the term loosely) didn't notice what my accountant wife picked up on right away?! It's not even her car... I'll update once we get the assessment from a real shop. Plan to also send that report along with our paperwork to the Attorney General in FL. People have to be complaining about this other than just us...
The shop they sent it to isn't even registered with the BBB!!!! This is what we get from an insurance company we have been with for almost 10 years and never had a claim?! STAY AWAY FROM PROGRESSIVE SERVICE CENTERS - THEY PURPOSEFULLY TELL SHOPS TO USE NON-OEM/USED/REFURB PARTS AND COULDN'T CARE LESS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR CAR. THEY WILL ALSO STILL CHARGE YOU AS IF THE SHOP DID A TOP QUALITY REPAIR!
The guys working there are NOT repair/automotive trained personnel. They are there to do the paperwork and get the cheapest local shop to do the minimum repairs on your car while still charging you as if they are from a real dealership or autobody shop. We made this mistake by not researching it before we agreed to them "handle" our repair for us because it would be "so convenient".
We were 2+ weeks without a car, got it returned with a goofy looking front end full of crap parts and our premium stereo no longer functioning. THANK YOU PROGRESSIVE FOR SERVICE BEFITTING A LONG TIME CUSTOMER! I'D RATHER PAY MORE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAN GIVE THEM ANOTHER $1.
CALGARY, ALBERTA CANADA, ARKANSAS -- On Wednesday March 23, 2011, I visited Progressive Leasing & Auto Sales for a potential vehicle purchase. Upon arrival I met salesman **. Told him that I was looking and that I would have to get a car loan. ** told me that I could put a deposit down to hold it and if I was turned down for a loan I would get my money back immediately. So I put a deposit down of $2400.00 on their used 2004 Audi A4 1.8T AWD and he had me sign what looked like a sales agreement. ** instantly said not to worry I still would get the deposit back if I hadn't a loan.
Same day Wednesday March 23, 2011, I drove directly to my bank and applied for a car loan with **, Financial Services Rep at Royal Bank of Canada on Strathcona Blvd SW. He informed me that I may not get an approval because of my debt ratio and insufficient credit rating but he will send it into the RBC Loan Center and see what the outcome is.
On Wednesday March 30, 2011, I got a call from ** of Royal Bank of Canada to meet me regarding the loan. Upon my meeting, I was informed by ** of RBC that my application for a car loan was turned down for the reasons he mentioned in our prior meeting a week earlier and was handed the letter of the non approval. Same day March 30, 2011, I called ** of Progressive Leasing & Auto Sales and notified him that I was turned down for the car loan.
On Saturday April 2, 2011, I received a call and spoke to **. He told me to meet him at his office on Tuesday April 5,2011 to pick up my refund deposit check and I said yes I will meet him. Shortly after the call on Saturday April 2, 2011, I received another call from ** telling me that I will not be getting my refund with no explanations and hung up on me.
On Tuesday April 5, 2011, I went to Progressive to see what the calls were about. I spoke to ** and he acknowledged out loud that he did say I will get reimbursed the deposit. When a man by the name of ** stepped in and said NO I won't. I showed him my letter from the bank and asked him why, his response was "that the money was a substantial amount" then walked away.
I then left Progressive Leasing & Auto Sales and filed a complaint (April 5, 2011) with the Better Business Bureau where the officer in attendance informed me that they are supposed to return the money according to the law and handed me the letter of complaint. BEWARE OF THIS COMPANY !!
PROGRESSIVE LEASING & AUTO SALES PERSONNEL IS SHORT On CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS, LACK OF MORALS, AND IS EXCEPTIONAL WITH BROKEN PROMISES. They succeed in specializing to rob the public from their hard earned money. Go ahead and just hand over YOUR hard earned money!
Top reasons why I will never switch from USAA to Progressive. Clientele: While driving down the highway, I was struck from the rear by an inebriated unemployed Progressive driver, who was already on probation for DUI. It feels good to insure others who would be court-martialed if they behaved like this individual.
Clarity: When I call USAA, I don't have to be transferred from a National Office to a local office, and since I don't need to be transferred I don't get two different stories about the service they provide. When I call Progressive, the national office tells me that they will go wherever I need, service and inspect the car wherever I like and generally accommodate me.
But when I call the local office I am told I must go to their body shop during working hours have my car checked out. When I call the national office and ask to speak to someone higher up, they route me to another claims adjuster in the same department who also cannot help. No bureaucracy, that's why I love USAA.
Availability: When I call USAA, I am told we will be here all night to help you. My Progressive claims adjuster works only works four days per week.
Attitude: When I speak to USAA about my accident they can't wait to genuinely show concern and look out for my welfare. When I can get a hold of anyone at Progressive, I get terse responses and feigned concern. When I come to the Progressive office, the claims adjuster tells the secretary to take my paperwork and lets the secretary try to determine what is happening with my case because she is too busy to see me (though she saw doing a deliberate about face upon seeing me and calls the secretary twice to see if I have gone away yet).
When she does come to see me she tells me "You just don't know how the insurance business works." Clearly, I don't know how Progressive works, but I know how USAA does, I am treated with respect, concern and prompt service.
Responsibility: When I take the day off work to personally fetch police reports, contact sheriffs departments, rental car companies and bring needed documentation to the office, but am still told that Progressive does not have the documentation to repair my car and that I should contact my insurance company because they can work faster. USAA bends over backward to cover everything, pay out the claim and get my car into the shop though it was no fault of theirs; it consumes their time and resources and involves them unnecessarily.
Understanding and Timeliness: USAA understands when I tell them I am leaving at 5AM for pre-deployment certification training for two weeks and that I will not be able to contact them for two weeks. USAA apologizes for the service that Progressive has provided and stresses that they understand that it is not acceptable to leave my wife without transportation.
The Progressive claims adjustor tells me after an exterior examination of my car that it is not their fault that I am leaving, that the brake light on my dash must have been on before the accident and that my car should be drivable for my wife. Progressive also suggests that I should use my pre-deployment leave to fix the car. In a word USAA understands service.
CALIFORNIA -- I have been a Progressive Auto Insurance client since 2005, however since 2001, I was with Drive Insurance, which was acquired by Progressive in 2005.
9 days ago, when I was backing out from a private parking lot, I had a very mild collision with a vehicle, which was not present behind me at the time I was backing out. I checked my back thoroughly. When the tail of my vehicle was about 1/4th in the aisle, an impact with a vehicle occurred. The 3 passengers from that vehicle stated they were sitting behind me, in stopped position in their car, for approx. 20 seconds, "looking at their navigator". Had that been true, I would have seen them. Where they came from, and at what speed, remained speculative at best.
The adjuster at Progressive took my recorded statement and expressed that I was at fault, without obtaining the recorded statement from the other driver yet. Progressive's adjuster defended the other driver's position, stating they had the right of way. In my view, he disregarded that the other driver's defense lacked logic, as I would have seen a vehicle parked right behind me, on the aisle.
My theory is the other driver made their move after I began to back out, as my back was clear at the time of my motion, whereas they advanced at a speed that made their motion unpredictable. Anybody can back out when the back is clear, however, if a vehicle approaches the vehicle which is in the process of backing out, at a speed that guarantees a collision, the collision will not be preventable by the vehicle which is backing out. Accusing the one who is backing out of fault automatically, is nothing short of sloppy.
This fine detail was disregarded by the adjuster, who proposed fault on my behalf, without even having taken a statement from the other driver yet. I am very disappointed about my insurance's opinion-oriented approach to a scenario that definitely is not as simple as they scripted. Their at-fault decision against me is formed without regard to illogicalities in the development of the impact.
Progressive decided I was at fault and is increasing my insurance premium, plus giving me "points". The damage on the other driver's property was a mild dent on the front right fender. I paid insurance premiums for 5 years to Progressive, plus 5 years to Drive Insurance, which they acquired. What I paid them on premiums by now, would take care of the minor damage they wish to pay for with ease, and still leave them with excellent profit. Seems not enough.
Thus, they raise my premium amount, plus add "points". Certainly, how else would that "Progressive-Lady" in TV commercials be on air every 30 minutes nationwide, manically selling promises which sound too good to be true. If the government decides to regulate insurance companies' profit mongerism at the expense of consumers by arbitrary fault decision, I surely will be the first one to vote for that. I'll terminate my clientelship with Progressive latest at the time of premium increase. I do not recommend Progressive to anyone.
PS: They also imposed a late fee penalty on my account once "by mistake", though I always paid on time. Had I not requested correction, I would have overpaid them.


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Buckles not the easiest to get on but not to bad
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This harness is well made. It's great to use in the back seat of the car when not using a cage. The ad was misleading that is came with a seat belt tether. It's just a short had loop with a carbiner clip. I had to order the seat belt tether separately. They work great together!
There are two clip loops on the harness. The front one is on the chest and is perfect for attaching the seat belt tether. The one on the back is nice because it slides along the back. This is perfect for a leash or check cord.
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My dog is still pretty young and we were looking for a harness to walk her so she doesn't pull as much and she won't choke herself. This harness makes it alot easier to walk her, and she loves that it doesn't go on her neck. It looks pretty comfortable on her. The only thing I would say, is when I first got it, it was very confusing on figuring out how to put it on her, she sat very still for us but there are lots of different arm/leg wholes and its not the easiest to tighten and untighten the harness to get off of her everytime.
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Release Date: 1/1/1978
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Skipper® doll's long dress had a woven yellow skirt and a woven floral stripe sleeveless bodice and skirt border. Black looped braid accented the neckline and the top of the skirt's border. The dress coordinated with Barbie® doll's #2226 and Ken® doll's #2239.
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Yet Brandon just said that he, as a large collector, thinks its just great.
Foobar? Who uses foobar? Zune is the benchmark. (Though since you put it that way, if I was delusional enough to think that foobar is a good product, then the built-in might seem passable). Thankfully, I don't.
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Well they definitely need to sort out all the crashing, most 3rd party apps don't launch after the first time and just crash back to the start screen. Useless.
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Yeah, why don't we hear about the issues with a to be released OS in the general media? /s
So apparently it is Microsoft's fault that third party applications are crashing? If the crashing is so wide spread how come we don't see a media circus around it - maybe it is just your installation?
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Yeah, why don't we hear about the issues with a to be released OS in the general media? /s
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Used Win8 for a month or so, like it in general, but most of the time I find myself still using the desktop. I like the idea and design of the Metro apps, however they seem to be annoyingly slow and user-unfriendly. For example, the Mail app can take more than half a minute to launch, while the Office 2010 Outlook takes less than half the time. Also you cannot switch out of the app while waiting for it to start. For desktop apps, if the startup time of a certain app is slow, you can just launch a browser or media player or whatever during the wait. For Metro apps, if you switch out during the startup to browser the web or something, when you switch back, it will still be at the startup screen. So you need to keep staring at the whirling circles when waiting for the Metro app's slow startup. This kind of things make the Metro apps really annoying to use IMHO.
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It is for the general public? Must have missed the news...
Because the RTM is already out there and if there was a major issue then guess what - we'd be hearing about it by the early adopters.
How about you understanding what "general media" means? Who apart from techies actually knows that Win8 has hit RTM? Close to nobody!? Right, so your point was exactly what again?
How about reading the post, thinking about it and the before you even write a reply consider asking yourself whether what you're going to write makes any sense what so ever.
Posted 14 October 2012 - 21:57
Read through the posts and thought I'd give my rtm version a test and see how quickly apps start up. Using win 7 on my main desktop but win8 on my laptop (Athlon II dual core, 2.1GHz, 4Gb Ram, 64-bit, so not great), the mail app took 2 seconds, no exageration, shut it down and launched it again, as soon as I launched it quickly went back to start and launched another app (music) which took between 2 and 3 seconds. Switched back to mail and it had fully launched so multi-tasking does occur. So not sure what's occuring with your software.


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Topless TuesdayPosted: May 29, 2012 Filed under: Topless Tuesday | Tags: actor, Clive, Clive Owen, Clive Owen shirtless, Clive Owen Topless, Derailed, Duplicity, Julia Roberts, movies, topless, Topless Tuesday Leave a comment
By now you should know that Tuesdays are officially Topless…I even wrote an official memo, licked a stamp and sent it to the President. Still waiting to hear back Barack…
Anywho…without further ado.
Clive Owen
This past weekend my roommates and I watched the movie "Duplicity," starring Julia Roberts and the handsome, handsome Clive Owen. Since the actor whips his shirt off many times during the two-hour film, I decided to share the wealth and post this topless beauty on my blog!
Even though Clive is a tad older than me…23 years older to be exact…I'm not ashamed to admit that I would do questionable things if I was ever in his orbit. Don't pretend like you wouldn't either…he's from the UK for Christ's sakes. Accents get most, if not all, women every damn time…that's one of the four things I have learned from reading Cosmo month after month.
Clive's career began with television roles and on the stage. Being in the acting game since 1987, it wasn't until 1991 when Clive really turned heads with the film "Close My Eyes." The film portrayed a brother and sister who were having a love affair. If that's not a head turner…wait till you hear this gem! Clive did a full-frontal nude scene for the film…yea, that would turn my head too.
Mr. Owen has been in many films, TV shows and stage productions, but I want to highlight my favise Clive film to date…"Derailed." This was my first Clive experience and besides starring Jennifer "prettier than Angelina" Aniston, this film is the definition of the term mind blow. Since I don't want to spill the beans, I won't go into the plot at all, but after you see the film you will be derailed along with Clive and Jennifer.
Sadly, Clive has a wife in real life…her name is Sarah-Jane Fenton and they have been married since 1995. If that isn't bad enough, the couple has two daughters…Hannah and Eve.
Guess there is no hope for this bitch, but if "Derailed" tells me anything…
Clive – Call a lady!


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Enlightenment in the Cemetery: The Adams Memorial and Buddhism in 19th Century America
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Even in a city with as many monuments as Washington, D.C., the Adams Memorial is exceptional. Commissioned on the death of his wife by Henry Adams, it is one of the most widely celebrated pieces of American funerary art. Adams' wife Clover committed suicide in December 1885. The loss so shook Adams that she is […]
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I didn't see the fight yet read several articles and most scorecards had Manny winning rather lopsidedly . Arum was quoted as saying ''this is the death knell for boxing and I am going make a fortune on the rematch .''
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NICEVILLE — About 40 residents of Chardonnay Estates and White Point Village shared their complaints Thursday with the Mid-Bay Bridge Authority about noise and lighting from the connector road just east of their homes.
White Point Village resident Ellen Newton Petrus said she sometimes turns on her TV to drown out the sound of traffic. Motorists use the road all day and all night, she said, not just during peak hours.
"It sounds like I'm staying at a hotel on the interstate," Petrus said.
She said she also can tell when law officers make traffic stops because their vehicles' flashing lights shine into her house.
"If it was your home and your value and your quality of life in your home, you would know what we're talking about," Petrus said.
Earlier at the meeting, Bridge Authority Executive Director Jim Vest said a sound analyst conducted three checks near some of the homes in Chardonnay Estates. A check was done every 30 minutes, beginning at 7:18 a.m., he said. The average decibel at each check was 59.1, 61.2, and 57.9. A sound wall is recommended for an average reading above 67 decibels, Vest said.
A sound abatement study began recently and will be completed in six to eight weeks, he added. It takes the worst possible conditions: peak traffic in the year 2030 and determines the effectiveness of different types of walls to reduce the noise.
The study will not address lighting issues.
Gordon E. Fornell, the Bridge Authority's board chairman, said another meeting will be scheduled to share the results and discuss future sound abatement measures.
The Bridge Authority had included landscaping along the connector in the design plans to help shield homes,
Gail Rich of Chardonnay Estates brought a poster with photos of the landscaping overseen by the Bridge Authority. The amended design showed about 34 plants every 40 feet, Rich said. Her photos showed four plants in her yard.
"I got the impression at your (original) meeting that you would plant mature trees," Rich said. "These are shrubs."
"Twigs," someone said from the audience.
Vest said irrigation work has been completed and vegetation will continue to be planted.
"We are continuing to work on the problems," Vest said. "We hope we can keep the dialogue open."
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Sculpting over a pair of cheap (10.00 shipped) skulls that i filled with insulation foam to keep them from sagging. The eyes i'm just using sculpty since i couldn't find glass ones that looked right. i'm not sure about details but i'm adding a tongue for sure to both. the lower set of fangs in the one are going to be made of the jaw bone of the other that are cut and pieced together.
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Battle of Karbala
This painting commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad and the third imam, or leader, of the Shica Muslims. Husayn was killed by the forces of the Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683) in the desert of Karbala in central Iraq in 680 c.e. This battle emphasizes the divide between the Sunni and Shica branches of Islam; Husayn led a resistance against what the Shica Muslims believed was the Umayyads' illegitimate rule. The focus of this painting is Husayn's half brother, cAbbas, mounted on a white horse as he stabs a member of Yazid's army. Individual episodes related to the agonies suffered by Husayn and his companions leading up to and during the battle are illustrated in smaller-scale vignettes on the left. The hereafter is shown at the right, with Husayn and his companions in heaven above and their opponents in hell below.
"Coffeehouse" Paintings
Paintings such as The Battle of Karbala show how the monumental genre, developed for the Zand and Qajar courts (see paintings displayed nearby), was reinterpreted for popular audiences during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This account of Husayn's martyrdom inspired annual reenactments through ceremonial processions and the tacziya, the ritual theater of Iran. Narrative paintings served as portable backdrops, or pardas (curtains), that could be rolled up and transported from location to location, where a reciter (pardadar) would point to images as he recounted the story. As they were also presented in coffeehouses, such canvases are commonly referred to as qahvakhana, or "coffeehouse," paintings.
- Artist: Abbas Al-Musavi
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Place Made: Isfahan, Iran
- Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
- Dynasty: Qajar
- Period: Qajar
- Dimensions: 72 x 118 in., 104 lb. (182.9 x 299.7 cm, 47.17kg) (show scale)
- Signature: In Persian: "Darvish Abbas Uvaysi, Isfahan"
- Inscriptions: The name of the patron and city of production (Darvish 'Abbas Uvaysi, Isfahan) as well as the artist's name ('Abbas al-Musavi) are found in two important Persian inscriptions in the painting.
- Collections:Arts of the Islamic World
- Museum Location: This item is on view in North Gallery
- Accession Number: 2002.6
- Credit Line: Gift of K. Thomas Elghanayan in honor of Nourollah Elghanayan
- Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
- Caption: Abbas Al-Musavi. Battle of Karbala, late 19th-early 20th century. Oil on canvas, 72 x 118 in., 104 lb. (182.9 x 299.7 cm, 47.17kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of K. Thomas Elghanayan in honor of Nourollah Elghanayan, 2002.6
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- Catalogue Description: Ghahvehkhaneh or "coffeehouse" painting genre. Religious narrative painting depicting scenes from the Battle of Karbala which commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Husayn. This tragedy, which is at the core of Shi'ite belief, occurred on the tenth of the month of Muharram, A.H. 61 (October 10, A.D. 680) when Imam Husayn was killed by the Sunni caliph Yazid in the Karbala desert (70 miles from Kufa, Iraq). In the painting, the individual scenes from the battle and the life of Imam Husayn are presented from left to right, but without logical progression. The central figure of the painting is 'Abbas (Husayn's half brother and standard bearer), mounted on a white horse stabbing a member of Yazid's army. Depicted on the left are scenes from the battle showing the agonies of Husayn and his followers. On the right are scenes from Paradise including Husayn and his followers above corresponding scenes from the underworld populated by Yazid and his supporters. The expressive, charged scenes depicted in gory details with vibrant colors seek an emotional response from an audience at a ta'zieh theatrical performance, where paintings such as this one served as pardeh (curtains or portable backdrop paintings) for a reenactment of the Karbala tragedy. The name of the patron and city of production (Darvish 'Abbas Uvaysi, Isfahan) as well as the artist's name ('Abbas al-Musavi) are found in two important inscriptions in the painting.
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In Panama, the XXIV Version of the Equitation Championship was held in the Golden Castle Equitation Club located in Villa Lobos in Pedregal, with the participation of some 110 jockeys. In this important event there was also an impressive auction of Spanish thoroughbred horses, a breed that is gaining popularity in Panama.
Children, youth, and adults participated in the event, which generated more sporting competition among the jockeys and different equitation clubs in Panama. Healthy competition motivates continuous improvement and in turn benefits the entire discipline.
Panamanians are quite fond of Peruvian Paso horses, often holding competitions to show off their fine gait during the summer season (January to April).
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New Jersey Devils (24-21-13) at Washington Capitals (26-23-9), 8 p.m.
(SportsNetwork.com) - Two of the teams involved in the Eastern Conference's logjam for a playoff spot square off on Saturday night when the Washington Capitals play host to the New Jersey Devils.
Both the Caps and Devils have 61 points on the season, putting them three points behind the Philadelphia Flyers for third place in the Metropolitan Division. The 61 points is also three back of the Detroit Red Wings for eighth place in the East.
Washington is 4-2-1 in its last seven games and had to rally in the third period to best the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Thursday. The Capitals trailed by a goal heading into the frame, but Tom Wilson tied the contest 3:38 into the third and Alex Ovechkin's league-leading 40th goal of the campaign was the winner at the 7:46 mark.
Troy Brouwer added his second tally of the contest in the period to add insurance and Braden Holtby made 34 saves.
"We came out, we started winning battles and as a result we were holding the puck a little bit more -- creating some more opportunities," Brouwer said of Washington's strong third session. "Good defensive play, which led to some rushes offensively."
Ovechkin reached the 40-goal mark for the sixth time in his career and owns a 10-goal lead over Toronto's Phil Kessel for the most in the NHL.
Washington concludes a four-game homestand tonight before the league goes on break for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Caps forward Marcus Johansson found out on Friday he will be heading to Sochi, Russia to participate after getting selected to replace the injured Henrik Sedin on Team Sweden.
The Devils, meanwhile, look to record a point in a fifth consecutive game, having gone 2-0-2 over the last four. Each of their last four games have gone to overtime, including last night's 2-1 triumph over the Edmonton Oilers.
Rookie defenseman Jon Merrill scored his first career goal and it was the winner with 2:26 remaining in the bonus frame.
Michael Ryder set up the score, taking the puck away from a scrum along the right-wing boards then dishing between the circles for Merrill, who ripped a shot off the near pipe and in.
The 22-year-old Merrill had posted four assists in 30 NHL games this season before recording his first tally.
"You always dream about that kind of stuff when you're a little kid," Merrill said. "I'm sure my phone will have some texts, but I'll probably reach out to my father, first and foremost. It's good to get the first one. It's a huge win for the team, as well. That's most important."
Andrei Loktionov provided the other goal to back 19 saves from Cory Schneider for the Devils, who had failed to hold third-period leads in each of their previous three games.
Jaromir Jagr had an assist in the game, giving him 1,039 for his career. That puts him just one helper back of matching Marcel Dionne for ninth on the league's all-time list.
The Devils have won both of their earlier meetings with the Capitals this season and have taken eight of the previous 12 encounters overall.
New Jersey has won four of its last five in Washington.
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Police: Rutland raid nets $20,000 in heroinBy Brent Curtis
STAFF WRITER | March 23,2013Rutland Police seized more than 1,600 bags of heroin after a tip led them to an apartment on East Street, according to court records.
A New York man and Rutland woman were behind bars Friday as a result of the major bust, which police said resulted in the seizure of $20,000 worth of heroin and $5,700 in cash Thursday. Police said the money was collected from drug sales.
Some drug investigations can take weeks of surveillance and undercover drug purchases before arrests can be made, but the events that took place Thursday unfolded in a matter of hours.
Following a call to police from an unidentified resident, described in a police affidavit as a concerned citizen, a Rutland City officer and detective visited the ground-floor apartment at 54 East St. at 5:30 p.m.
While knocking on the front and back door, Detective Cpl. David LaChance said he detected a strong smell of marijuana coming from the apartment.
When a man later identified as Isaiah H. Bilal, 19, of Bronx, N.Y., came to the door, LaChance said he let the officers come inside and told them that he had just finished smoking marijuana.
LaChance said he could see a large stack of money and a cellophane bag filled with marijuana, which he said Bilal handed over to police. The detective said Bilal then gave police written permission to search the apartment, where hed lived for the last two months with his girlfriend, Nicole D. Smith, 39, of Rutland. Bilal said Smith rented the apartment.
LaChance said police found a paper bag filled with wadded up bills, 1,669 bags of heroin, more than $1,000 in cash on a night stand and $4,000 stacked in a closet safe.
Asked about the drugs and money, Bilal told police they belonged to Smith, who he said was selling the drugs.
Bilal also told investigators he rarely left the apartment, that Smith brought him groceries and that she was the only person he knew in the city. He also allegedly told police he received about a quarter-pound of marijuana at the apartment each week.
When Smith arrived at the apartment after 8 p.m. Thursday, police said she told them that Bilal and his brother were the heroin dealers although she allegedly told police she helped sell the drugs in exchange for bags of heroin for herself.
Police said she stated Bilal and his brother had been selling large quantities of heroin from the house a stones throw from the former Dana Recreation Center for the last two months.
In Rutland criminal court Friday, both Bilal and Smith pleaded innocent to charges of heroin trafficking which carry a potential 30-year jail sentence.
Judge Cortland Corsones set bail at $200,000 for Bilal.
It seems as if a significant drug enterprise was being run out of the apartment, Corsones said.
Prosecutors wanted a similar amount of bail for Smith, who allowed an individual to stay in her apartment knowing that he was selling heroin and receiving heroin from him, according to States Attorney Marc Brierre.
Her only employment is reflected in the charges that she attempted to sell or was selling illegal drugs, he added.
But Corsones decided that the womans ties to the area warranted a lower bail of $35,000.
Bilal and Smith remained in jail Friday night.
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Bill Quinn gives us a love letter to Sorin Oak. Catherine MacDermott tells us how the view from the red doors continues to inspire.
As told to Stacia Hernstrom MLA '05
Bill Quinn
Professor of Biology and Computer Science
Sorin Oak is healthy, stately, substantial and at least 200 years old. Probably more. There's no way to know for sure without taking a sample of the core and analyzing the ring growth. But no one wants to risk exposing it to harmful fungi or insects.
So, we guess. We extrapolate based on trees of similar size. We monitor the soil and measure the growth. We take the best care of it that we can.
What we know for sure is that year in and year out, the same things happen. In the spring, there's a burst of growth. In just a week, Sorin Oak sheds its year-old leaves and replaces them with a new flush of full-grown leaves. The tree flowers. The male parts release pollen into the wind, which fertilize the female parts. In the summer, the tree is relatively dormant. It is able to minimize water loss, thanks to the thick cuticle on the leaves and the shape of its shade-providing crown. If all goes well, those fertilized flowers turn into acorns in the fall. Some sprout into seedlings. Winter comes, along with another dormant period. Then spring arrives again.
Year after year, season after season, with student after student sitting under its branches, Sorin Oak completes this cycle. Some years, the tree thrives. Others, it just survives. But its biology is well-suited to its environment; we know that Sorin Oak is a native tree that endured on its own long before we began caring for it. It's hard to imagine, but it started as an acorn and then became a seedling in the same life cycle it now perpetuates. Its trunk grows about a half inch each year. That means even more shade for students of the next century — or two.
Catherine MacDermott
Professor of Business Communication
Buy opportunity with your attitude.
Know why you're doing your internship.
Timing! Punctuality! Be the first to arrive and the last to leave.
These are just a few of the tips that students have given other students over the years about how to succeed in their internships. I compile the list every semester and pass it out to new interns. Students consistently say that their internship experiences help them "put everything together" and give them the chance to contribute, practice and learn in a safe environment. For many, internships are also the "foot in the door" that leads to full-time employment.
Back in 1992, we were just beginning to have faculty conversations about experiential learning. (And if I recall correctly, we called it "active learning" at the time.) One representative from each school underwent training with outside experts and then returned to campus as "disciples" of experiential learning. Within a year or two, there was a strong movement toward incorporating service learning into the curriculum, and similarly, a core group of faculty members became active leaders among our schools. Lots of great training took place in those early years, which helped many of us not only see the value of experiential education, but also understand the distinctions among volunteerism, service learning and active learning.
I have loved St. Edward's ever since I first walked on campus and stood at those famous red doors overlooking the city — which in many ways represents the world for which we work so hard to prepare our students. Our mission underlies and supports all that we do. Those who come here (students, faculty and staff) are drawn to this common mission, and in that commonality, there is an environment of camaraderie, care, connection and a place to grow in our humanity.


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Final Score: Detroit 34, Dallas 30
Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - For a second straight week, the Detroit Lions
made an epic rally, this time finishing a happy homecoming for quarterback
Matthew Stafford.
It also resulted in the largest collapse in the history of the Cowboys.
Stafford threw a two-yard touchdown pass to Calvin Johnson with 1:39 remaining
in the fourth quarter, rallying Detroit from a 24-point deficit in the third
quarter for a 34-30 win over Dallas.
The Lions picked off Tony Romo three times in the second half, two resulting
in returns for touchdowns by Bobby Carpenter and Chris Houston. The last pick,
by Stephen Tulloch, led to the go-ahead score, rallying the Lions from a 27-3
The Lions (4-0), winners of eight in row going back to last season, tied their
largest come-from-behind victory. It came in similar fashion from last week,
when Detroit scored all its points after halftime, rallying from a 20-0
deficit for a 26-23 overtime win at Minnesota.
"I think we did a great job in the second half as a team," Stafford said.
"Last week the defense was getting stops and we were putting scores on the
board. This week the defense was putting scores on the board for us."
Detroit's franchise-record fifth straight road win also put the Lions 4-0 for
the first time since 1980.
Stafford, the first-overall pick in the 2009 draft who was a high school star
at Highland Park in Dallas, completed 21-of-43 passes for 240 yards with two
scores to Johnson. He was also intercepted once.
Romo ended 34-of-47 for 331 yards and three scores, but the Cowboys (2-2) gave
up 31 points in the second half.
Romo was ridiculed for what happened in the season-opener against the Jets,
when the Cowboys blew a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter and lost.
"Turnovers, it's the most important stat there is in the game," Romo said.
"You protect the ball. It's my No. 1 job. I didn't do a well enough job of
that today. For a lot of the game we did, but don't take anything away from
them. They made a play when they had to, but I shouldn't have allowed them to
have that chance."
Johnson came up with a leaping 23-yard TD pass in the end zone between safety
Barry Church and cornerback Mike Jenkins. That capped a five-play, 80-yard
drive and got the Lions within 30-24 with 13:37 remaining. Stafford completed
all four of his passes during the march for 77 yards.
The Lions killed themselves with penalties on a drive that started midway
through the last quarter, but still managed to get a Jason Hanson 51-yard
field goal with 4:22 left.
On Dallas' next play from scrimmage, Romo threw the ball to tight end Jason
Witten, but Tulloch stepped in front of the pattern and tipped the ball to
himself, giving the Lions the ball at the Cowboys' 40.
Stafford completed passes of nine and 15 yards to Johnson before Jahvid Best
ran twice for a total of 12 yards to set up a 1st-and-goal. On third down,
Stafford threw to the end zone for Brandon Pettigrew. The ball was knocked
away by cornerback Frank Walker, but he was whistled for holding. On the next
play, Stafford threw to Johnson in the right side of the end zone and he came
down with the ball in front of cornerback Terence Newman.
"We got in a hole early and had to start throwing the ball sooner than we
wanted to," Stafford said. "That's their strength is playing pass defense,
getting after the quarterback, mixing up their coverages. It took us a little
while to get settled down, but once we got moving guys had to step up and make
plays, and they did."
Romo moved the Cowboys as far as the Detroit 45, but his pass on 4th-and-20 to
Felix Jones resulted in only a seven-yard gain with four seconds left as he
inexplicably stepped out of bounds.
Laurent Robinson, replacing an injured Miles Austin, had seven catches for 116
yards for the Cowboys. Witten caught eight balls for 94 yards.
Johnson tallied eight receptions for 96 yards.
Romo's one-yard TD pass to a wide open Witten early in the third came one play
after Cowboys coach Jason Garrett lost a challenge that Kevin Ogletree scored
before being pushed out of bounds. The TD boosted Dallas to a 27-3 cushion
with 12:23 left in the quarter.
Two minutes later, Carpenter, a former Cowboy, picked off Romo, cut back to
the right and his 35-yard return gave the Lions hope, down 27-10. Carpenter
barely got into the end zone before fumbling the ball into the hands of
teammate Eric Wright.
"That play gave us the spark," Lions coach Jim Schwartz said. "It wasn't the
game-winner, it didn't turn the tide completely, but it gave us a spark and
got things going."
Dallas' next possession also ended in a pick-six. Romo forced a short pass
towards Robinson on the right side, but Houston came down with the ball and
surged down the sideline for the 56-yard score.
The Cowboys then got a reprieve on their next drive, even after a Dez Bryant
34-yard catch was overturned on a challenge because he was out of bounds. On
3rd-and-3 from the Dallas 39, Romo threw incomplete to Robinson, but Ndamukong
Suh was given a 15-yard penalty for delivering a shot to the face of Romo.
Then came a 37-yard connection to Witten, setting up Dan Bailey's 23-yard
field goal in the final minute of the quarter to set up a wild fourth.
On Detroit's fourth offensive play of the game, Stafford tried to get the ball
to Johnson on the left side of the field, but Gerald Sensabaugh stepped in
front to make the interception.
There was a question going into the game if Bryant would be active due to a
bruised quadriceps, but he paid immediate dividends following the turnover,
catching a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Detroit's defense had a big goal-line stand late in the opening quarter. The
Cowboys ate up over six minutes off the clock, but faced with a fourth down at
the one, Jones was stuffed up the middle, pinned under a pile of tacklers.
Early in the second, Robinson caught a 44-yard bomb down the middle of the
field to set up Bryant's six-yard TD catch on the left side of the field. He
caught the ball in front of Wright and fell into the end zone with 10:58 left
in the quarter.
Just over four minutes later, Bailey kicked a 41-yard field goal for a 17-0
margin before the Lions finally cracked the scoreboard when Hanson split the
uprights from 33 yards away.
Ryan Donahue's 56-yard punt sailed into the end zone for the Lions with 1:28
left until halftime, but Romo led the Cowboys into field-goal range thanks to
passes of 18 yards to Robinson, 10 to Witten and nine to Tashard Choice, who
added a 14-yard run. That set up Bailey's 35-yard field goal on the half's
final play.
Game Notes
Lions linebacker Justin Durant was inactive because of a concussion...Austin
missed his second straight game due to a hamstring injury...Sensabaugh left
the game due to a concussion...Johnson is the first player in NFL history
with at least two TD catches in each of his first four games of a season.


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Jun 2, 2009
INXT - Control the NXT from an IPHONE or IPOD
Daniel Siemer made a NXT remote for the IPHONE. It uses the same principle as my network-server which means that you can control the NXT from anywhere in the world by sending commands to a server running on a PC. Daniel wrote a server for MAC OS called OSX server. INXT can be use with either the MAC OS versrion or my Windows version. The servers are free but you need to buy the IPHONE remote though ITunes by following this link; the remote is 4.99 USD. You will find the support site here, if you need help to set up either the windows or MAC OS server. It looks really cool great job.
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- megamindstorm101 said...
thank you sooooo much. i have been wanting to do this since i bought my ipod touch. I was wondering though if you could make a full tutorial on what settings to put the NXTServer on and stuff i was confused with all the buttons and numbers. So yeah could you please explain a full tutorial on how to set up a robot to be controled with an ipod touch?
- Jun 3, 2009, 1:51:00 PM
- Falkenberg said...
Hello Mega,
I am sorry I didn't have a tutorial posted already, I was busy getting ready to go on vacation when I was wrapping up work on all the support side and some things slipped through. The support site though now has a basic tutorial up, that I shall embellish with pictures of both servers in the near future, along with more detailed directions for remote connections.
Daniel Siemer
- Jun 4, 2009, 3:10:00 AM
- Nicolas said...
Could you make a controller like that for mac?
- Jun 8, 2009, 3:53:00 AM
- Falkenberg said...
I could potentially make a version of the controller that ran on Mac, and I might do that at some point, but for the moment I am focusing on improving the iPhone application.
- Jun 9, 2009, 1:03:00 AM
- Anders Søborg said...
Nicolas you can use my windows remote on your mac. You simply run windows inside mac OS using virtual box or a similar virtual machine. I havn't tried it from mac OS, but it works in Linux. You will find my remote at http://www.norgesgade14.dk/bluetoothremote.php
- Jun 9, 2009, 2:59:00 AM
- Christian Stewart said...
There already is a mac version of this. I created it, it's fully featured and even supports running programs and voice control.
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Originally Posted by KJ PUNK
I'll third that. Angelina looks like a heroin addict. Her skin is more leathery than Hogans.
Originally Posted by Poot-Hair
I've said it before and I'll say it again; Instead of Chyna concentrating on getting back into wrestling she needs to concentrate on getting that 8 inch she-bean that she has hanging between her legs removed...
"Bring a knife to a fist fight, a gun to a knife fight, and a M134 to anything else."
WWE & TNA Underused Talent Episode #2 :http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/commun...ode-2#comments
Originally Posted by steveorton
@Siracul that has to be one of the best posts ever and the line at the end is pure gold, I'm jus sayin...
Originally Posted by Juvenile Junkie
I say old chap thats top notch
Originally Posted by The Hit Man
If CM Punk made a post on this it would have went something like this haha!
All in one post Proud !
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