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SARASOTA, FLORIDA -- I booked a tour for my family and myself, paid for 4 people plus an optional Grand Canyon Train tour. This tour was from Oct. 5th-Oct 12th, right at the beginning there were problems. I dealt with ** at the Summerfield office, what a case she is, doesn't know anything but to take your money. The whole experience was a nightmare and a rip-off of false advertising and a scam.
We were to go to the Albuquerque Balloon Fest, then stop at the Petrified National Forest, Grand Canyon, and on to Las Vegas. The balloon fest was cancelled the day we went and the tour company had no back-up schedule to go the next day even though we were still there. We had to find our own way back and pay extra to see what we already paid for. Everything was rush, rush and you had no time to walk around and see other things.
The hotel they put us in was doing renovations and we were supposed to have a handicap room and it was not done, in fact the room was the farthest from an elevator and exit. Also, there was no safe place for eating. Then we left there and did a quick drive-through of the Petrified National Forest. That night we were put up in a hotel outside of Williams to go to the Grand Canyon the next day, instead of putting us in a hotel in town where we could sight see and make use of the trip. The only place to eat was Denny's and they only had 2 people serving so that was another nightmare.
We were expecting the Grand Canyon Train to take us around and through the Grand Canyon, well that was a rip-off, because the only Grand Canyon you see with that train is in the name of the train. They charged us more through the tour company than the actual tickets cost and you saw NOTHING. Because we paid extra for a no nothing train ride when we got to the Grand Canyon we only had 40 mins. and no time to take the free shuttle to other spots of the Grand Canyon.
To get to the Canyon view point from the train required walking and steps, well my mother was handicap and there was no wheelchair for her when we got off the train, it took all she had to try to make it where we had to go and then less time to look. The tour guide was no tour guide, she didn't help with handicap at all, she gave no information during the bus travels, and was not around when you needed her.
The hotel in Las Vegas that was supposed to be handicap was far from anything and meant she couldn't leave the room because it was far from an elevator and exit. They put us in the dumpy, far away from everything Riviera to save their expenses but of course still charged us a fortune. We had to keep paying bus fare to try to get to anything on the strip and then it rained and flooded the couple of days we were there. Then the flight home was another disaster and they put us on an airline where you had to pay for every checked bag and they had nothing ready for handicap assistance like they were supposed to.
The shuttle from the hotel to the airport was an hour late, for a 7:00 am flight we were told to be outside with our bags at 4:20 am, the shuttle didn't get there until 5:15 am. The trip was told to be 8 days and 7 nights, but that also was not true because day one you fly out late and get in with no time to see anything and the last day they booked us out so early that again another you saw nothing except an airplane all day long.
I have taken many tours with other agencies and this is the worst I have ever dealt with and been through.. Everybody I talked to that took this tour was very pissed also and said they were writing complaints and never going with this company again. There are so many more bad things about this company, but I only have so much time and every time I think about it I get more **. The owner of the company claims there are not complaints or bad things about the company but that shows he doesn't have a clue or doesn't want to deal with all the problems. I would not recommend this company to even an enemy it's that bad.
BEWARE DON'T TRAVEL WITH THEM YOU'LL DEEPLY REGRET IT. I wrote a complaint to the owner and told him I wanted a refund, of course I haven't heard a thing, so I'm trying to warn everybody I can. I'm also going to send a complaint to the BBB, they need to be shut down now.
SARASOTA, FLORIDA -- After a bad mis-communication experience with ** at LEGENDARY JOURNEYS our friends sent us an email with new quotes for us to join them to Australia. We are now, again, getting her sly tricks with the "check/cash discount" figures.
A month ago we almost booked this trip with our friends but canceled the last day when Ms ** told us a different trip price than we had discussed. She said she didn't realize we wanted the WHOLE trip with our friends and that the price was $2300 per person more! Wow! This after I had been talking with her for a week about every aspect of the trip. We have never traveled with an agent or cruised before and although our friends booked months previous, Ms ** quote to us was similar. Additionally, it occurred to us that the industry was struggling this spring with two cruise liner mishaps in the news. We thought our quote was good. WE DID NOT GET IT IN WRITING FROM HER. OOPS.
So now we are back to booking based on the figures in our friend's email from his conversation with Ms **--AND CONFIRMED over the phone by my husband before giving her his credit card number. Oops. Not in writing again from her. Now she is adding the $100 ($200 dbl) cash discount to the cabin price which she quoted before the discount. She, and her math, and explanations circle how we (our friends and us) misunderstood the discount. She always quoted all the items and lastly, the discount. It was always separate, though now she seems to think we don't understand that she is changing the cabin/cruise price.
What a run-a-round! Don't know how the rest of the company is, our friends say it is OK, but don't anyone deal with this agent. And get your quotes in writing. Of course that is basic. :-(
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA -- LEGENDARY JOURNEYS. All their fliers state "From $xxx per person per day INCLUDING all taxes and fees!" About 4 months before the trip was to depart Legendary Journeys offered lots of options like trip excursions, hotel location, buddy charge (same hotel and air). All this should have been made available when we paid a deposit for the trip. Even though about 19 signed up together we were not a group according to our agent, but lo and behold those people were listed on my invoice as additional traveling companions.
Pre Trip Concerns: 1. Trip Insurance (refund due) - On May 17, 2007 our agent sent an email instructing me to complete the attached forms and mail them back with a check for trip insurance if I wished to purchase it. Which I did not. When the Final Invoice came I paid it. I later found that Legendary Journey put the charge for trip insurance on the invoice. When I called and asked for a refund I was told there would be a $100 charge and I would only get a $380 refund from the $480 charge for trip insurance. There was never another communication between me and Legendary Journeys concerning trip insurance and when I called about the charge.
Bus transportation. - Free Bus to ship we were told and on the invoice says Boca Raton (I-95) where in actuality it was SW 10th Street in Deerfield Beach which is in the next county and the travel documents that we got 5 days before we left said pick-up would be at 8 am for a 50 mile trip and that people could not board the ship before 1 pm. A 4 hour wait in the Florida sun.
Hotel Switch - Approximately 3 weeks before the trip I tried to find out if I was in the same hotel as my in-laws as my father in-law fell. I wanted to be closer to them if they needed help so I asked if we were in the same hotel. I kept getting "hotels had not yet been finalized" from our agent. I called again and again she was out sick but the person who I spoke to gave me the information and I found out that we were not in the same hotel.
So I called asked if we could switch but I was told that I had not paid the $49/pp so it could not be done. I asked if anyone cancelled their trip that was staying at the Hotel Byron where my in-laws were staying, I was denied that information as it was confidential. I asked if I could get a list of people who were staying at the Hotel Byron so I could offer a financial incentive to someone to switch hotels but I was told that the lists were confidential (that turned out to be a lie as lists of people and their hotels were publicly posted on the Lido deck for all passengers to see).
About 10 days before we set sail I called the Hotel Byron directly to see if they had availability to which they replied "only singles". A day or two later I get a call from someone at Legendary Journeys saying that they heard my concerns from the travel agent and they wanted to see if they could help. I told them I called the Hotel a day earlier and was told they only had singles but maybe he had more pull then me. He told me that before he made the call I had to agree to a $99/pp charge. I agreed and I got a call less than 30 minutes later that he was able to get us a room. Hummmm. I have the phone call on tape as well as emails to substantiate this.
City Center (Refund due) - About 4 months before the sail date and were told that it was advisable to be in City Center to be closer to downtown or we might far enough away from everything it might take a taxi to get everywhere and that could be expensive, the charge would $129/pp. It turns out that our hotel was not in City Center as were most of the hotels that were selected by Legendary Journeys.
Fuel Surcharge (refund due?) - Everyone paid this which was refunded to everyone. Question is how long long did Legendary Journeys have the money in an escrow account before Carnival Cruise Line was paid. If this is the case why is Legendary Journeys not refunding the interest that was accrued in escrow?
Excursions - Bad trips: 1. April 29th Dutch/French St. Maarten. Supposed to be a tour of both sides of the Island the we only did half as we were told by our driver that due to Carnival the shops would closed. You would think that a tour company would know that in advance.
We were dropped off about 10:30 am and were told to be back at 2:15 pm at the same spot to be picked up and we were on our own till then, no tour guide. The shops in the town closed at 1 pm for siesta and the only other tourist venue was a castle/fortress to visit (additional cost to enter). When we were picked up we were driven to Forte dei Marmi we got there at 3 pm, we told to be back at 4:30 to be taken back to the ship also, we were told we were on our own again. No tourist venues here and the shops were closed until 4 pm for siesta.
When I got home I did a search and found this but was not offered by Legendary Journeys: "From Lerici, you can take boats across the gulf to the Cinque Terre, five villages strung along the coast north of Portovenere. A leisurely
walk between two or more of the villages along the footpath which connects them will provide some absolutely breathtaking views of the sea and the surrounding mountains."
If you do an internet search for these cities and select things to do you get " NO THINGS TO DO LISTED." Carnival Cruise lines did arrange alternate transportation to Cinque Terre but not Legendary Journeys. Also, I am sure that Legendary Journeys got a refund for the train ride part of the excursion.
May 10th Vatican City, Sistine Chapel & Rome Orientation Tour. We did the Vatican and Sistine Chapel after lunch we got on the bus for orientation tour of historic Rome including the Forum and Colosseum. What this consisted of was a drive by of the just the Colosseum we did not go by the Forum. According to Webster's the definition of tour is: "a journey for business, pleasure, or education often involving a series of stops and ending at a point."
May 12th Best of Pisa/ Enchanting Lucca. In Pisa when we were on the tour of the Cathedral, the Bapistery, the Leaning Tower & the Monumental Cemetery we were charged admission to the Cathredral. Next you will visit Piazza dei Cavalieri, which in the Middle Ages was the political and commercial center of Pisa. We never made it there.
Discrepancies in LJ's Brochures. Between mint (#1) one to select excursions which was sent in about 4 months before we departed and the one given in our state room yellow (#2) 1. #1 It is impossible to purchase these tours from ANY Legendary Journeys Representative WHILE ON THE SHIP. This is your only notice of the limited sightseeing available. #2 They list the excursions and the amount of spaces left for each one.
#1 Legendary Journeys designs all tours primarily for seniors, you may expect moderate to normal amounts of walking on some excursions. #2 Parking at the Vatican requires significant amount of walking to the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica as vehicles are not allowed in proximity to the museums. This is false as buses were dropping off tours right in front.
#1 All Guests will be off the ship by 7 am. It was a nightmare for example when giving instructions for debarkation the cruise director said sorry that he had to use "L" word. 4. #1 Allowed 1 Carry-on bag and 1 checked bag. #2 Allowed 1 Overnight bag and 1 checked bag. If you had an extra bag Legendary Journeys wanted an extra $39 it was waived for me after I pointed out the discrepancy, but about other people, I do not know.
#2 Please remember that Legendary Journeys will be the ONLY company offering any tour options in Montecatini. This is false as we visited the tourist bureau 100 yards from city hall on Via Verde where tours were available. 6. #1 Describes the trip to Venice. #2 Urgent notes Regarding Venice Tour - long ride 4-5 hrs each way. I wonder if anyone got a refund.
SARASOTALARGO, FLORIDA -- The trip wasn't bad, we just had a problem with the write up on the flier. Such as "after breakfast we will all meet...." Breakfast wasn't at a restaurant or at the Killington Resort it was what we made in the condo. On the way to the "Resort" (which was a condo near the resort) the tour guide gave us $35.00 each to go grocery shopping for food we had to prepare in our condo. We were also told we would have a tour then the next day would be a leisure day so we could relax and rest up for the next day to sit on the bus for 3 hours to go to the next touring destination.
My husband has an illness that he needed the resting day before the next trip day. We read that on the flier and we felt we could do this trip. When we got on the bus the tour guide said she was changing this around and we would be touring three days in a row. If we went on the weekend it would be to busy to get the bus in and out. There would also be double the amount of people there so it would be to congested to tour around. If we would have known that we wouldn't have taken the tour, because of my husband's health problem.
My advice to anyone booking with Legendary Journeys ask questions about everything, like "are you making your own breakfast or eating in a restaurant?" What is the name and address of the resort they say you are staying at, will the tours be as stated or will the tour guide have the option to change it around. Over all the trip was enjoyable, just be careful about the wording and phrasing they write on the FLYER DESCRIBING THE ITINERARY OF THE TRIP.
VILLAGES, FLORIDA -- I have to admit, we were impulsive in booking the cruise from Sydney to Hawaii with a group of friends, who actually originated and advised us to book with "LJ" who was marketing it as discounted rate for groups! This blunder was committed in April 2012 when we deposited $3,000.00 for a cruise we would take in April 2013! Yes, I know, we were fools to have let LJ sit on our money for a WHOLE YEAR! But then there is always first time for everything, right?
This was our first and last time to be scammed by LJ. Also, to top their scamming, LJ 'Reservation Agent' informs us since we are on the east coast, we have to pay $300.00 each for flying from NY! Stupid us! We did. After this absolutely no communication from so called 'Reservation Agent' for 9 months and year 2012 is gone. Come January 2013 we are supposed to pay balance for the cruise - guess what? No reminder or call/email from this scuzzbucket of 'reservation agent' - we still did the right thing and paid balance and called him up to get further details about flights/hotel etc. of which he provided none.
It went on back and forth till end of March 2013 when Royal Caribbean emailed us with confirmation no. and 'check in' online since we cruise with them often. So now we emailed this LJ idiot again about flights etc. Turns out LJ air dept. had booked us on outlandish routes! How about on return from Hawaii, we had to wait 11 hours at Honolulu airport to catch a flight to SEATTLE and next day from Seattle to New York!! So it took us 2 days to fly within US! Upon questioning his answer was "he doesn't do the air reservation and for additional 600.00 he can have the flight changed to direct flight!!!" Say what?? We already paid $600.00 in 2012 as penalty for flying from NY!
Then, he had no clue as to what hotel we would be staying in Sydney till seven days prior to our departure of April 14, 2013! I must have called him relentlessly so many times and he had the nerve to threaten to hang up on my husband because he was angry about ** asking for additional 600.00 while American Airlines was ready to change our flight for half that price! This company should not be in Travel Business. They are nothing but extremely incompetent, rude, ignorant bunch of scammers and the owner is the head scammer. All I have to say to my fellow senior travelers: "Beware of Legendary Journeys - you have been warned". Thank you.
LARGO, FLORIDA -- We dealt with Legendary Journeys in Largo, Fl. and had no problems at all. We made a deposit and continued to pay until we have completely paid for the trip. They made all arrangements, we left from Tampa International Airport, flew into Munich, 3 or 4 people had lost luggage. We were met by a tour director who gathered everyone together, we rode on a beautiful bus to Seefeld, the hotel was quaint and very nice. Legendary Journeys worked with the airline to get the luggage for those people and saw that it was delivered to the hotel in Seefeld by the next day. The hotel staff was great, we did not have a great selection on the food but it was just fine.
I had already figured from the great price we had that there would be some compensations, but a full European breakfast with several juices, etc and dinner with 2 selections for the main course again was fine with me.. each night the salad bar was full. Our rooms were clean, lobby clean, etc. We really liked ** our tour guide, she had a quirky sense of humor and was quite knowledgeable.. No problems on our trip.
SARASOTA, FLORIDA -- We just returned from the Cruise/Rail tour from New York to Quebec, and then back to NY via Montreal. Legendary Journeys promised better land excursions and better prices than if booked with the cruise - not true - excursions were often less with the cruise, and went to better places and had better times. One shore excursion was done by a "city" bus - and the guide said he had no idea where he was supposed to take us! We jumbled off, jammed into our uncomfortable seats, some facing BACKWARDS, while the cruise line shore excursion folks boarded their nice, plush, good visibility coaches. Typical of whole tour.
LJ did not account for time changes, and we only accidentally found our Green Gables tour bus as we were heading for a nice lunch on shore, thinking we had an hour to kill. At least 4 booked passengers missed this tour. (The cruise ship, MSC Poesia, was very nice BTW).
To top it off, we were promised airport transport from our included hotel in NY at the end. Well, LJ booked all our flights, and then put us in a hotel next to LaGuardia - we were booked out of JFK. The hotel, when we asked for our transport to JFK (as LJ directed us to do) said, "we only provide for LaGuardia." So we got up at 4:45 AM to get and PAY for a taxi to JFK. We were stupid for not checking this site before we booked, and we will never book with them again. BEWARE!
SARASOTA, FLORIDA -- We booked an "escorted" Alaska land and see trip for 16 days, with them to meet us in Anchorage and escort us by "bus" to three other land destinations and finally to the Norwegian Star for a one-week cruise. When we got to the airport it became evident that there was no escort. We identified a passenger van with a luggage carrier and the other 10 people who had signed up. The carrier was too small for all our luggage and the van was really too small for all of us. We rode cramped together with our luggage for 8 hours to Denali.
All 12 of us were calling and emailing asking where the guide was, but we got no response and the whole trip we were forced to figure out where to find our transportation, what excursions were available online, book them ourselves, get ourselves to the excursion, etc. All they actually did is book hotels and reserve the already free transportation available through hotels and airports.
Everyone was so disappointed and some were pretty angry. To date, though all of us have written long emails, no one has received an apology (other than a form letter which was so general as to be meaningless). My husband is visually impaired and we really needed an escort. Lucky for us, the other people in our group were very travel savvy and we all pitched in to help each other. No thanks to Legendary Journeys.
SUMMERFIELD, FLORIDA -- I will never deal with this company ever again. They have disappointed me for three cruises. And every time, they have never taken the brunt.. I have. Because I am "Leader." There is no one on the ship to take flak. When we arrive in port, there is no one to greet us or direct us.
I have booked three very lucrative cruises with this company. The manager at the Summerfield office doesn't give a hoot about who is organizing the cruise. She should because we are paying her proverbial salary. She has absolutely no respect. Too bad because I had BIG groups and I will never book with them again. Horrible bus drivers that have no clue where they are going. If I am bringing 60 people I want preferential treatment. THERE IS NONE. I AM NON-EXISTENT. Therefore, I will NEVER use Legendary Journeys again. I will bad-mouth them whenever I can. I will bad mouth them through the Villages as often as I can.
SARASOTA, FLORIDA -- The hotels chosen were described as "first class". The rooms were dark and noisy and had serious plumbing issues. The included breakfasts were only available if you were in the breakfast room before 7am (a fact not mentioned to those of us on the tour) The guide failed to mention many of the pertinent fact to insure a pleasant experience, for example she never mentioned to the bus of 50 people that we should check the board in the hotel lobby for updates to times and places for our group to meet.
Our tour bus could not park on the streets of the French Quarter so we had to have our luggage unloaded on Canal Street and each passenger had to drag our luggage a half a block down the street to the hotel. The meals that were include during our bus rides to and from New Orleans were at places that were ill-equipped to handle an influx of so many people and the food was definitely NOT first class. I would never go on a tour with Legendary Journeys again.


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Yes, the Giants overpaid for Rolle. The thought of him being the highest-paid safety in the league is comical. But the fact remains that he's a significant upgrade over Michael Johnson and will give the Giants a very solid duo at safety between him and fellow Hurricane Kenny Phillips. The Giants are taking a "win now" approach and you have to give them credit for addressing a need with the best player on the market.
9. Falcons sign Dunta Robinson
The Falcons may have overpaid for a player who's effort comes as goes throughout the season, but there's no denying that Robinson has the talent to be an elite cornerback. Robinson will give you headaches, but ultimately when it matters most he'll step up his game. He was playing at an elite level down the stretch this past season as Houston climbed back into the wild card race and he'll do the same in Atlanta as they figure to be in the playoff hunt once again.
8. Patriots re-sign Vince Wilfork
Its not a sexy pick to have a player re-signing on this list, I know, but this is one of the most important moves nonetheless. Wilfork is the anchor of the Patriots defense. They're in a mini rebuilding mode on that side of the ball this offseason and losing Wilfork would have set them back even further.
7. Chiefs sign Thomas Jones
If the Chiefs were expected to be a contender in 2010 this move would have ranked even higher. Jones isn't capable of carrying the load throughout the season, but he can still be effective in spurts. Jones and Jamaal Charles give the Chiefs an impressive duo at running back which should allow them to control the ball and help open things up in the passing game for Matt Cassel.
6. Broncos sign Jamal Williams, Justin Bannan, Jarvis Green
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Im convinced head is recording with korn.
Another interview asked head the question his response was very cryptic. "Anything is possible, I mean we are..uhh anything is possible" lol. not the exact quote but pretty much the same. He actually began to say something than cut himself off. Now with all the pictures especially the most recent head put up of him chilling with fieldy next to his car. Im convinced there not going to announce it until the album is finished but to me its a done deal. To many hints and if you really think about it, why would korn record an album without him when he is goin to be playing the tour to follow? That would def be weird korn pushing music they did without head,at the same time there trying to promote him being back? And we all know korn are recording right now, all of heads pics of him hanging with the band. You think he would just be there hanging with the band while there recording and do nothing? Plus this might be stretching it but I swear there was a pic of head not to long ago with him and the guys, and head is holding a bottle of fiji spring water. A week ago korn released a pic from the studio with a bottle of fiji water just chilling in the middle. Clue? Its obvious something is going on. Mark my words...head is on the new album and once there ready they will announce it,and people will go apeshit.
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Re: Im convinced head is recording with korn.
I just wanna,see KORN in Bakersfield or Fresno Cali....they are in Ohio then Oklahoma then off to Europe...:(
Re: Im convinced head is recording with korn.
I hope that he is on the new album. It would make my year.
Does it make me bad??
Re: Im convinced head is recording with korn.
you and me both!.. i was in the "mosh pit" for heads first show back 2 weeks ago.. they played like 25 songs and didn't stop playing until like 12:30 at nite!.. it sounded like they Never lost a step.. i better see all you Korn Kids in that PIT!! LoL
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That's probably going to be your best bet, it doesn't need a central server and maintains the contact list by itself.
At work we all use iChat with Bonjour (Macs). I know some on Windows avoid Bonjour like the plague but for a OSX/Windows network, Bonjour + Miranda looks pretty workable.
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BARROW AFC will play Championship leaders Cardiff City at home in a mouthwatering Bluebirds versus Bluebirds FA Cup clash – if they beat Macclesfield Town in the second round.
The tie between Barrow or Macclesfield and Cardiff has, however, been snubbed for live TV coverage.
The five third round games chosen for live coverage are: ITV: Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United, West Ham United v Manchester United; ESPN: Swansea City v Arsenal, Lincoln City or Mansfield Town v Liverpool, Cheltenham Town or Hereford United v Everton.
Each club who are screened live will receive a £135,850 broadcast fee.
Sunday's third round draw means the Blue Square Bet Premier rivals know exactly what is at stake ahead of their rearranged clash at Holker Street on Tuesday, December 11.
The pair had been set to lock horns on Saturday, but match referee Eddie Ilderton called the game off less than two hours before kick-off because of a frozen pitch (see left).
Barrow assistant manager Ashley Hoskin said: "First things first we have to get through against Macclesfield in what will be a very difficult game.
"If we can do that then, yes, we have a home draw against one of the biggest clubs in the Championship. "It's a great incentive for everyone."
FA Cup winners in 1927 and runners-up in 1925 and 2008, Welsh big boys Cardiff – who like Barrow are nicknamed the Bluebirds – sit top of the Championship after yesterday's 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday and are gunning for promotion to the Premier League.
They are managed by former Norwich City and Scotland defender Malky Mackay and their star player is former Manchester City and Liverpool forward Craig Bellamy.
All FA Cup third round ties are due to be played over the weekend of January 5 and 6, with winning clubs each receiving £67,500 in prize money.
Barrow – who have never been drawn at home at this stage of the competition since they became a non-league club – last made it to the third round in 2010.
Then, they landed a plum tie at Premier League outfit Sunderland after a replay victory over Oxford United – just one season after going to Middlesbrough at the competition's same stage.
AFC chairman Brian Keen said: "A potential home tie against Cardiff is a fantastic incentive.
"If we can get past Macclesfield it will set up the biggest game at Holker Street for many years."
Reflecting on the disappointment of Saturday's postponement, which was brought about due to a small section of the pitch beneath the Popular Side that the referee deemed unplayable, Keen added: "I think the referee was the only man at the ground who was against the game going ahead.
"Both sets of managers, players and club officials were happy to play.
"There was nothing wrong with the pitch.
"It is going to cost us in terms of money, including lost revenue."
Hoskin said: "Everyone who was there on Saturday wanted the game on. It was quite strange that the referee didn't want to consult the managers or the players.
"It does, however, now mean another home cup game for us under the floodlights and we know how special and magical those nights at Holker Street can be."
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barrow have said people who purchase tickets for the Macclesfield game will be more than a priority than cardiff if we progress. so season ticket holders first, then people with tickets from second round then general public. Thats whats happening..... that may eb a tactic they have used to make more revenue... anyone else made to understand this?
@ Greg Rose,
i dont think any of the 500 or so regular supporters will struggle to get a ticket mate.
whats the capacity, 5000??
it will never get filled, AFC wont beat macclesfield so to dream of playing Cardiff is just a dream,
i dont mind paying £15 to watch the raiders as they are entertaining.
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It is quite astounding to think, that this is a seed company which was formed only 14 years after Captain James Cook and astronomer Charles Green observed the transit of Mercury at Te Whanganui-a-hei (Mercury Bay), on the Coromandel Peninsula. An astute Sea Captain who ensured his crew had fresh vegetables daily to avoid the dreaded scurvy.
For more than 231 years, Franchi has been top of mind for discerning kitchen gardeners, and more recently high profile chefs throughout the world by offering their range of original varieties ( heirloom), some dating back to the 17th and 18th century selected for superior taste rather than homogenised characteristics.
The diet of many New Zealanders has been influenced through accessibility to global travel and the discovery of fresh flavoursome Italian produce found in the many farmers markets and regional ristorante. Freshness and simplicity will always remain the two great qualities of Italian cooking. Most food and wine travellers 'in the know' understand the importance of regional Italian cooking and we will endeavour to accommodate with regional varieties to inspire your cooking.
The range represented here is but a fraction of what is available from Franchi, with each new shipment we import more seed varieties. Every varietal is chosen for flavour and suitability to New Zealand's varying climate so we are not about having the largest range on offer - only the very best seeds that can be grown sucessfully for both flavour and texture .
All the seeds are packed at Franchi in Bergamo, Northern Italy and not sent as bulk seed to New Zealand for re-packing. This is paramount in ensuring the integrity and purity of the Franchi brand is maintained.
The larger than normal stylish Franchi packets contain a very generous quantity of seed. In most cases more than 3 times that of many seed companies globally. This high seed quantity is normal for Europe. Most are double-sealed for freshness and the 3-year use by date ensures excellent value for money.All prices are GST inclusive.
Seeds on this site can only be sent within New Zealand.
know the origin of your seeds.
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Every once in a while I pre-soak/shrink my batting…and since I get a lot of questions about it I thought I'd answer it in a quick post.
I usually don't pre-wash my batting unless I'm concerned about shrinkage in the final quilt or I'm using a Chenille backing, as was the case this time. I like the crinkly look of a washed quilt, and even with pre-shrinking I've found that my quilts still shrink a bit. Out of the package batting is also thinner and way easier to work with/fit under my sewing machine foot, so that's another main reason I usually don't.
When I do pre-soak …I cut my batting at least 4" larger than my quilt top around all sides (if I'm quilting it myself). Then I stick it in my washer in hot water and let it soak for the day or overnight. I use a tiny bit of detergent, or you can use a product like this made for soaking.
After it's soaked at least 5 hours or so I spin cycle the batting in the washer (don't agitate it though!) to remove the water. Then I throw it in the dryer on low just as I would with any delicates. Because it dries fast, I check it often and take it out right when it's dry so it's not bouncing around in there needlessly getting too hot.
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A friend of mine has a developer (possibly the "mad genius" type) that has built a substantial system on which their small business is critically dependent. They'd like to get away from their current guy and replace him with someone more reliable, but the question comes up of how to know that the person they replace him with is a competent developer himself. As a developer, I know what questions I would ask and how to interpret the responses, but how would you advise a company void of development background to go about identifying the ones who know their stuff?
closed as off-topic by enderland, durron597, MichaelT, GlenH7, Snowman Jun 22 at 3:07
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Hire someone they know and trust (like you) to do a technical interview. It makes sense to also have this "mad genius" interview the potential developer since he knows the system best, but you have to be careful that he doesn't try to weed out people who won't be obedient to him.
Beware that if it is a codgy system (which it likely is, having been created and maintained by one person for so long), most self-respecting developers will avoid it like the plague. They will need to make an offer compelling enough to attract the decent developers and avoid that (both financially and by offering control over their work).
I've seen this "in the wild" and the guy at the top kept hiring people who would never question them and if they did he would just play political games until they were out. I don't envy them in this.
You should do two interview, one of them being technical and done by a programmer.
In my opinion, screening questions should be provided by someone who knows programming. Questions leveled at the type of programmer you are looking for (like what is inheritance for beginning level programmers,etc)
The interviewer would be provided with correct answers (and variants) to these questions. After a candidate makes it through this screening process (and meets their other requirements) then a qualified programmer would have to do a second interview.
I suppose you could by-pass the second (programmer led) interview if the supplied questions were very comprehensive but you are taking a big risk there. In my opinion there is no real way around having someone qualified do an interview. The best hope is to limit the amount of hopeless candidates that person has to see.


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Back in the Jan. '09 Shop Talk, I listed a few of my personal misadventures and even inquired about a few of your own. I have to say, all of the emails were great. Most made us laugh, while a few made us cringe from the descriptive details. Here are a few we've selected to share with everyone, and if you included your address, expect your CHP plate in the mail shortly. The rest of you, keep them coming.
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My first real car was an '85 Firebird. It started as a bare-bones 140hp 305 five-speed combo, and after a few years and a few combinations it was sporting a decent 357 SBC backed by a TH-400 with a nice loose converter. This was my college ride, and though it was rough and aging, it was a blast to drive! However, it suffered from a hard-to-trace drivability problem. The car ran great, but I could never seem to get the jetting quite right. It was equipped with an Edelbrock 750-cfm carb, and jetting changes necessitated removing the top of the carb to access the jets at the bottom of the float bowls.
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It's Time to Kill the Debt Ceiling
There are a number of strange aspects to the negotiation/maneuvering/posturing now taking place between the White House and congressional Republicans about the Austerity Trap (a.k.a. fiscal cliff), but one that hasn't gotten much attention is the disagreement over the debt ceiling. As part of their initial offer, the White House included something I and other people have been advocating for some time: Just get rid of the debt ceiling altogether. The Republicans, particularly in the House, don't seem to be interested. But we should take a good look at how crazy their position on this issue is.
In an ordinary negotiation, each side has things it wants, while it dislikes some or all of the things the other side wants. A union wants higher wages for its workers, while the company doesn't want to pay the higher wages. You'd rather have your partner do the laundry while you do the dishes, but your partner doesn't like doing the laundry either. The White House wants to increase taxes on the wealthy, which Republicans don't like, while Republicans want cuts to social programs, which the White House doesn't like.
But the debt ceiling is something entirely different. In this case, what Republicans want is the ability to plunge the country into a financial catastrophe, making life miserable for who knows how many Americans. That's what they want. Seriously. You might say, well, all they actually want is the ability to threaten to plunge the country into a financial catastrophe so they can extract concessions, but the threat would be meaningless unless they were willing to follow through on it. So if you wanted to be generous, you could say that what Republicans want in this particular aspect of the negotiation is to maintain their ability to credibly threaten to plunge the country into financial catastrophe.
If the debt ceiling were still what it used to be—nothing more than an opportunity, once a year or so, for the opposition party to give speeches on the floor decrying the majority's profligate ways, followed by a pro forma vote to raise it—then they wouldn't care about maintaining it. They want to keep it because the threat of economic calamity is a weapon they can use to extort policy concessions they wouldn't be able to get otherwise. Grover Norquist even suggested we should have a hostage crisis every month.
In the public part of these negotiations, each side will be making the case for why the things it wants are good and why the things the other side wants are bad. But so far I haven't seen Republicans forced to explain why the debt ceiling is a good thing to have. They might argue that doing away with it once and for all takes power away from Congress and gives it to the president, but that's not true. Congress already has all the power over spending, so it decides whether we're going to need to borrow more money or not. The debt ceiling just makes them take an extra vote on a budget they've already set.
Imagine that you went in to negotiate for a higher salary, and your boss said, "Before we start, you should know that I'm reserving the right to hold a gun to your daughter's head and threaten to kill her if I don't get what I want out of this negotiation. But don't worry—the possibility that I might kill her will really get everyone focused and produce good results for all of us in the end." That's a bit of an extreme analogy—but only a bit.
Eliminating the debt ceiling once and for all may seem like a secondary part of these negotiations, but Democrats really should push it to the forefront. Make Republicans defend the hostage-taking that they did in 2011 and the fact that they want the ability to do it again when it suits them. Maybe then we can finally slay this beast.
Wed, 2012-12-05 09:07
Tom Genin
Wed, 2012-12-05 10:01
Wed, 2012-12-05 10:19
Wow, the depth of stupidity show by the author of this article is astonishing. Does the notion of "checks and balances" mean anything?
The complete an utter lack of understanding of how the US government was laid out by our founding fathers is utterly shocking. Its clear the younger generations have really not been educated and really do not appreciate why these ideas are so valuable.
With the likes of these people, we are destined to repeat the unfortunate parts of history including having tyrants and autocrats for leaders. This is what the price of a stupid electorate is.
Wed, 2012-12-05 12:22
Wed, 2012-12-05 12:40
Have the posters who claim that this proposal would undermine "checks and balances" have no understanding of the constitutional system? Congress's power exists because they alone can appropriate money. The absurdity of our current system lies in the fact that they pass a budget which is in deficit and then get to decry the fact that the budget they've passed increases the debt! It is asinine. Congress, not the President has the power in matters of spending and taxation. How exactly then do folks believe the GOP speaker when he says spending is Obama's fault?!
Wed, 2012-12-05 12:55
The current GOP House has proven itself to be wildly irresponsible. Their Tea Party representatives apparently believe that compromise is a dirty word, that paying for money that you already borrowed is bad fiscal policy, and that playing Russian roulette with the world's economy is good politics. So yeah, considering the reality of who we elect to represent us, then we definitely need to limit their self-destructive power. That's a true check and balance if you ask me.
Wed, 2012-12-05 13:39
Hilarious--utterly hilarious. Your column drips with that particularly grating combination of scorn and ignorance. I would like to inform you that there are some people in Congress (not a majority, and not all Republicans) that believe that we should NOT raise the debt ceiling.
It's not time to kill the debt ceiling, it's time to kill budgets that spend more than revenues generate. Oh wait, we can't kill a budget because the democratically controlled senate has not passed a budget in four years. But baseline budgeting (aka Budget Control Act of 1974) means we have automatic spending increases, year after year. So the debt ceiling is the only brake we have against the runaway freight train of Democratic largess and fiscal fantasy. So sorry that a tiny minority in the House is attempting to exercise common sense.
But don't worry, you won't really lose, since our republican/tea party/conservative reps are too weak to stop the madness. So all you really get is a delay, and maybe have to make a few concessions in exchange for your power to relegate our once great nation to banana republic status. But don't ask us to feel sympathy for you when you complain that our descent to unprecedented (literally-never in the world seen before) debt-to-GPD ratios has been slowed by those weak and mushy Republicans who--by golly--outta give up their last wisp of negotiating leverage, according to this editorial piece de resistance.
Thu, 2012-12-06 10:30
Yeh I was wondering what a "comment troll" is? Is that somebody who reads your idiotic articles and feels the need to make a comment about just how idiotic they are?
I'm pretty sure people who have absolutely no concept of the real-life consequences of runaway public debt should refrain from writing articles that show just how ignorant they really are to reality. This article reads like a middle school paper from a middle school mind.
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