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USA Supreme Technology1500 E. Thomas Rd. Suite 104 Phoenix, Arizona U.S.A.
USA Supreme Technology, Inc Call your credit card or bank this is a SCAM. Get your money back NOW! Phillip D. Smith is an ex-con. Phoenix Arizona
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The owner Phillip Smith has a criminal record (prison). He came from Horizon Technologies and stole all of their information to make a company that peddles a Chinese car starter.... the only one that makes money is Phil and his gang of fast talking Telemarketers... The opportunity is usless with criminals running the show. I even found that the location was another Telemarketing room called E-Commerce Exposure... ran for a year and Phil took over them and a small company called electronic intertrade...
Don't deal with them if you've been burnt... call the AG or your credit card ... even the Postal Inspector if the ripped you off for advertising that they get rich on!!
Ask for real referencences or check backrounds... these are the folks that have been taking money over the phone for years... they know what to say and who to blame.
I stopped Debt relief by doing a charge back on my credit card... worked great.
Just don't deal with them ... they will always have a con answer for you!
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Oregon legislators discover that linking to nongovernment sites violates state laws
"Minn. governor offers data privacy proposals"
"States scramble to implement voting standards"
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Oregon lawmakers had their individual Web sites shut down for a week after an inquiry into whether linking to nongovernment sites violated ethics and election statutes. The Web sites went dark March 23, but state officials said they expected the pages to be back online by the end of last week.
Dave Henderson, legislative administrator of the state's Legislative Administration Committee, said lawmakers had been adding a growing number of links to external Web sites that had nothing to do with government. A 5-year-old state policy allows House and Senate legislators to link only to government sites and newspaper articles.
"We did allow members to put in links that did not necessarily conform" to that policy, including local chambers of commerce and tourism sites, Henderson said. "We finally requested the opinion from legislative counsel. That's when we got the opinion that says anything other than government sites has the potential to be in violation."
A state lawmaker, for example, whose Web site links to the site of a local Boy Scouts of America chapter might be violating ethics laws if the group employs the lawmaker's wife.
A legislator whose site has a link to a local environmental group that is sponsoring a ballot measure might be violating election laws because state funds cannot support or oppose candidates or ballot measures, Henderson said.
Pam Greenberg, a program principal at the National Conference of State Legislatures, said state legislatures' policies concerning links to external Web sites vary greatly.
"Web pages change constantly, and legislative Web sites are no exception," Greenberg said. No uniform policy or standard regarding links to external sites exists among states, she said. "Legislatures often revisit their policies to make sure that Web sites provide information that is useful, relevant and appropriate," she added.
The North Carolina General Assembly's policy permits lawmakers to have one link on their NCGA profile sites to an external Web site that the lawmaker maintains.
"The opening screen of the member-maintained Web site shall be constituent service-oriented and not of a partisan or campaign nature," the policy states. "When a site visitor accesses a link to an outside Web site, a notice of leaving the NCGA Web site is required."
In Wisconsin, policies on links permit members to add links for their individual home pages and news page to sites maintained by and for government agencies. The state does not permit any other links.
Jon Brandt, the U.S. House Administration Committee's communications director, said similar policies exist for the House. Its guidelines prohibit direct links to Web sites created or operated by a campaign or campaign-related entity, including political parties and campaign committees.
Brandt said he is unaware of any violations. "Occasionally, you'll see something that might creep up, but it's usually unintentional," he said. "The [member's] office might have a new press secretary or someone doing their Web work who [isn't] fully aware of what the guidelines are."
If violations occur, the House Ethics Committee is responsible for enforcement.
Members of the House, for example, "may not be directly linked or refer to Web sites created or operated by a campaign or any campaign-related entity including political parties and campaign committees," according to House guidelines.
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In addition, the Senate guidelines state that a senator's home page cannot be referred to or linked to from another member's site or e-mail address without authorization from that member. Any links to information not located on a Senate server must be identified as a link to a non-Senate entity.
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It's Something New Under the Stars (And Looking Up)
By HERBERT MUSCHAMP
Published: February 13, 2000
THE new Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History brings us face to face with something commensurate to our capacity for wonder. Night and day, astronomers, astrophysicists and weekend stargazers behold awesome images of the unknown. Even reading about their exploits can give a person goose bumps.
For New Yorkers who care about architecture, the wonder won't be limited to the star show. Even before the building opened, many of us were rubbing our eyes in disbelief that it exists at all. Designed by the New York firm Polshek Partnership, the planetarium is an aesthetic apparition as well as a major civic event. Is it possible that a public building of such prominence could arrive unburdened by the trappings of historical pastiche that have suffocated New York architecture in recent decades? Is it possible that an august institution like this, in a part of town notoriously hostile to change, has produced a work of architecture?
Hard to believe. Even harder to understand. Like a quasar, a black hole or a subatomic particle, the planetarium defies easy comprehension. But there it is, nonetheless: architecture, not the theme park simulation of it that has distorted the cityscape for so long like the convex lens on a rear-view mirror. Here is that rare instance where a time, a place, a function, an architect and a client (the heroic Ellen V. Futter, president of the museum) have come into perfect alignment to produce an intelligent design that will also appeal to broad public taste. It's like finding another world.
The Rose Center, on West 81st Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, replaces the Aztec Art Deco movie palace that housed the Hayden Planetarium. The demolition of that delightfully campy structure is one of this project's most welcome side effects. It has dealt a blow to the preservationist mentality that has gripped New York for 30 years to increasingly morbid effect.
Whatever your feelings about the old planetarium, you cannot accuse the new one of lacking long-term historical memory. The design is saturated with it. This is a mature modern building, a structure unafraid of revealing the deep roots from which modern architecture arose. The design's historical awareness far exceeds that of buildings that merely ape period styles.
The science museum is an Enlightenment concept. It derives from Newton's revolutionary ideas about the physical laws of the universe. In 1780-90, the French architect Etienne-Louis Boullee designed a celebrated (but unbuilt) monument to Newton that remains perhaps the greatest example of the desire to translate Enlightenment values into architectural form. ''O Newton,'' wrote Boullee, ''as by the extent of your wisdom and the sublimity of your genius you determined the shape of the earth; I have conceived the idea of enveloping you in your own discovery.''
The design was an immense sphere, supported by a tiered cylindrical base. Huge cuts in the base, inverted arches, allowed views of the sphere's lower half. A planetarium occupied the interior of the sphere. Stars were illuminated by sunlight shining through small holes in the dome. Visitors would enter through subterranean passages and emerge at a memorial to Newton built at the base. Trees were to be planted along the perimeter of the cylinder, a visual reminder that these abstract geometrical forms derive their meaning from nature, or at least the 18th century's understanding of it.
The Museum of Natural History has essentially brought Boullee's design to realization more than 200 years after it was conceived. The basics are all here -- the sphere (87 feet in diameter, contained within a 7-story, 95-foot-tall glass cube), the planetarium, the structural base, and the counterpoint between abstract geometry and organic form. In place of Newton's cenotaph, we have an extraordinary Zeiss star projector rising from the center of the planetarium. Instead of rings of trees, we have planted terraces and the nearby landscape of Central Park. Nonetheless, the design transports us to an era when physicists called themselves natural philosophers and the United States was new.
And it propels us into the architecture that emerged in the 20th century as the built version of Enlightenment thought. Boullee did not have glass, steel, electric light, air-conditioning or prefabricated construction. The aesthetic treatment of these modern materials and methods did not become commonplace until 1919, with the appearance of the New Objectivity in Germany. The pragmatic industrial vocabulary of that movement is the basic language of the planetarium and other projects designed by the Polshek office. Here, modern form is given the inflection of Wallace K. Harrison, architect of the trylon and perisphere at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Time to look at the building designed by James Stewart Polshek and Todd H. Schliemann, the principal architects. What we see on approaching the Rose Center may well be the finest example of glass curtain wall construction ever realized in the United States. Cheap glass, poor craftsmanship and the compression of individual panes by mullions and spandrels have done much to distort the image of glass architecture. Here, we see glass as the transcendent material envisioned by architects who pioneered its use in the early 20th century.


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Home Depot1236 W Southern Ave Suite 105 Tempe, Arizona U.S.A.
Home Depot, THD At-Home Services, Inc Home Depot-Roofing Install "Fiasco" Tempe Arizona
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Start date was aprox. May 6, 2008.
Completion date May 19, 2008.
HD Credit Terms were contracted as 12 Months No Interest No Payment.
I receive the first HD Statement on April 25, 2008 "Before the work even started" and they indicate that it is; 6 Months No Interest No Payment.
After many follow-up calls I made, the Credit Terms were finally corrected on my July 28, 2008 Statement.
During the Roof Install, the Installers cut a copper water pipe on the roof and created a water leak in the garage area.
After the Install, I had Three seperate Water leaks, during Three seperate rains.
Home Depot set up appointments with me to fix the water damaged drywall and the Repair people did not show up.
In October, HD was to have their "Insurance Provider" set an appointment with me for an adjuster to view the damage.
Today is November 17, 2008 - I made additional contact with the Insurance Provider and they stated "we dropped the ball"
Friday, October 31, 2008 I mail a Certified Letter to Francis Blake "Home Depot CEO" The letter was signed for on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 and I am yet to receive a response from the CEO's office.
Today- Monday, November 17, 2008 I am sending a letter to Kenneth G. Langone "Board of Directors" I will be looking forward to a timely response.
I have detailed notes with specific contacts, dates & times, but this is the simple facts.
Phoenix, Arizona
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The place is finished/furnished to high specifications with no costs spared. The apartment is fully furnished inc;, 47 inch TV with surround sound, DVD and USB player, WiFi internet, Cable TV, fully equipped kitchen (toaster, kettle, fridge freezer etc.), shower, washing machine & use of garage in the same building (if needed to store bulky items)
The apartment is set in the most central and well connected location on the Island, 2 minutes walk to the Msida Yacht Marina.
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The apartment is beautiful; the venue is very close the most important attraction of Malta and Dave is kind and. Highly recommended!
Dave was a great host and the apartment is perfectly located. I'm recommending Dave's apartment to my friends already.
Dave was a very nice host, always attentive and willing to help. Besides, the apartment was clean, very comfortable, amazing and well connected.
100% recommended!
Dave was a verry nice host. Friendly, helpfull, amusing. The apartment was nice and clean. Sharing the kitchen and bathroom with him and the other couple happend verry smoothly. We would deffenetely recomend it!
Elke & Wouter (Belgium)
We really enjoyed our week in Dave's apartment. Dave is very friendly and helpful. The apartment is modern and very clean. We would certainly like to stay in his apartment another time.
Die Wohnung ist sehr schick, bei uns war es etwas eng am ersten Tag das die beiden zur Verfügung stehende Zimmer, mit 7 (6 ich schleif auf dem Sofa)Personen belegt war. Danch ging es aber r gut. Die Klimaanlage rettete mir dann den Schlaf ohne ist es sehr heiß.
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Florida Jewish News
The Florida Jewish News was an independent weekly newspaper serving the South Florida Jewish community from 2005 through 2007.
Comprising Miami-Dade County, Palm Beach County, and Broward County, South Florida has the second-largest Jewish population in North America, now tallied at 603,000, according to studies performed by demographer Ira Sheskin of the University of Miami.
Publisher Avi Frier founded the paper in May 2005 as a free biweekly publication; the paper began publishing weekly in October 2005 and closed in October 2007.
The Florida Jewish News was a member of the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA). Publisher Avi Frier was a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
After closing the newspaper, publisher Avi Frier went back to his previous career as a corporate entertainer and comedy magician.


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Sunway Pyramid in Kuala Lumpur
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Sunway Pyramid is an impressively-themed shopping centre in the Klang Valley. Located in Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya, it is the only mall in Malaysia with an ice skating rink. Opened in 1997, the distinctive retail landmark is one of the largest shopping centres in the country.
Whether you think it is tacky or sophisticated, it is one of Malaysia's most elaborate malls, with an Egyptian-inspired giant sphinx standing guard at the entrance, a monumental pyramid-shaped main complex, pseudo-hieroglyphics decorating its exterior façade and numerous faux-Pharaoh statues. Filled with character, the mall's anchor tenants are Giant, Jusco Supermarket and Parkson Grand but its real draw is its array of independent stores.
Design & Layout
Spread across 1.7 million sq ft, Sunway Pyramid's layout is quite complex, given its recent expansion and renovation: just keep in mind that from the mall's main entrance, it extends all the way towards the front entrance of Sunway Lagoon Theme Park to the north. As long as you keep in mind that the mall is somewhat similar in design to 1Utama you will find it somewhat easy to navigate.
It is divided into two sections: the original wing and the new wing (also known as Pyramid 2 or P-2). It is only the main entrance and the stores in the old wing that boast Egyptian-design: beyond that the mall reverts back to neon lights, whitewashed walls and stores that feature their own brand of style.
The Old Wing
The main entrance leads into the ground floor of Sunway Pyramid's old wing. This floor sees many of the mall's high-end clothing boutiques: flanking the main entrance is Starbucks and Coach with Ms. Selfridge and Guess just opposite. These stores occupy prime real estate with plenty of foot traffic going past them everyday.
To the left of the main entrance is Elle, Dorothy Perkins, Arnold Palmer, Calvin Klien Jeans, Mango, Timberland and more, with Parkson Grand department store at the end. M.A.C, Charles & Keith, JASPAL, Springfield, Ripcurl, Crabtree & Evelyn, Crocs, Marks & Spencer and more are set up to the right of the main entrance. Meanwhile the lower ground floor has a concourse area that hosts temporary exhibitions, with boutiques scattered around it.
The first floor of Sunway Pyramid is pretty much aimed at teenagers. Directly above the main entrance is a sprawling Burger King outlet plus there is a variety of cool clothing stores such as DC Comics Apparel, Tropicana Life and other local boutiques.
Additionally, there is Stars Archery, an archery range, a bowling alley, and a TGIF restaurant on this level. Above this floor is the 12-screen TGV Sunway Pyramid movie theatre. Euphoria, Ministry Of Sound, one of KL's most popular nightclubs is a 10-minute walk away from Sunway Pyramid, accessible via the ground floor.
Pyramid 2 (P-2)
A newer wing called Pyramid 2 (or P-2) was added in 2007: within this area are major department stores such as Jusco, Giant Supermarket, Harvey Norman, Popular bookstore, plus a host of smaller retailers.
On the lower ground floor 2 of P-2 is Marrakesh, a Moroccan-inspired indoor 'bazaar'. But it does not feature exclusively middle eastern-themed stores; rather there is a mixture of shops like Tarbush Express and the very Chinese Chicken Rice Shop restaurant.
On the first floor of this wing is an area called the Asian Avenue: featuring retro and Goth style, it has the latest in Asian high street trends, plus some restaurants specialising in Asian food.
Restaurants & Ice Skating Rink
Pyramid Ice Rink, is on the lower ground floor of the old wing in Sunway Pyramid. Most restaurants (both high end and fast food joints) are ringed around it on the ground and first floors; you can find Wendy's, MacDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, Popeyes and more on the ground floor, while the first floor has Sushi King, Tony Romas and other restaurants.
Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa and Sunway Pyramid Tower East is accessible from Sunway Pyramid via a link bridge on the ground floor. It is easy to get to Sunway Pyramid via RapidKL buses: take U62 from Jalan Batu Tiga Lama Klang, U63 and U67 from Pasaramakota USJ 8, U76 from KL Sentral and U623 from Kelana Jaya LRT station.
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Mexican military to join drug fight
By New York Times News Service
May 23, 1995
MEXICO CITY -- Faced with a growing threat from narcotics traffickers, President Ernesto Zedillo has ordered the Mexican military to take a greater role in the anti-drug fight, including the use of air force jets to intercept planes loaded with cocaine, Mexican and U.S. officials say.The move represents an important shift in policy after years in which successive Mexican administrations, worried about tempting the military with new opportunities for corruption,...
Mexico extradites drug lords to U.S.
By New York Times News Service
January 21, 2007
MEXICO CITY -- Breaking with long-standing practice, Mexico extradited four major drug traffickers to the United States late Friday and sent a signal that the country's newly elected president, Felipe Calderon, is serious about cooperating with his northern neighbor to dismantle cartels. U.S. law enforcement officials have long complained about Mexican reluctance to hand over drug traffickers indicted in crimes north of the Rio Grande, and many drug kingpins have continued to operate their deadly networks from inside Mexican prisons, where they have been able to corrupt officials.
Police chief fatally shot in Mexico
By LOS ANGELES TIMES
June 10, 2005
MEXICO CITY - Printing shop owner Alejandro Dominguez Coello was the only man brave enough to accept the police chief's job in the violence-wracked border town of Nuevo Laredo. Six police officials have been killed there since February, and city officials had searched for weeks before hiring Dominguez. Within hours of taking office Wednesday, the new chief was killed in a hail of gunfire, presumably by drug traffickers. The ambush of Dominguez , was one of the more audacious crimes in a string of drug-related killings that have terrorized Nuevo Laredo in recent months.
What Latin Officers Can Learn from Noriega
By KENNETH E. SHARPE
December 15, 1991
Two years ago this week, a U.S. swat team of 27,000 troops invaded Panama, and arrested the chief drug lord, general and ruler, Manuel Noriega. U.S. Ambassador to Panama Deane Hinton called it "the biggest drug bust in history." The outcome of the current Noriega trial in Florida is still uncertain, but the evidence has already shown why the U.S. drug war in Latin America is condemned to failure.What has clearly emerged from the trial is how Panama's deposed leader and his military made a fortune by fighting on both sides in the drug war.General Noriega has a stack of letters from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration praising his cooperation: he helped the DEA make drug busts, confiscated a bank owned by a drug cartel and smashed a major cocaine lab. The United States was grateful for his help in spying on Cuba and aiding Nicaragua's contra exiles, and he received pay from the CIA (the U.S. government maintains it paid its man in Panama $320,000, while he claims $10 million)
Race-based searches prohibited
By Tanya Jones and Tanya Jones,Sun Staff Writer
January 5, 1995
The Maryland State Police have agreed to prohibit troopers from stopping, detaining or searching motorists simply on the basis of race under a federal court settlement approved yesterday.As part of the settlement, the state police will pay $12,500 to each of four black plaintiffs, who accused the department of violating their civil right because troopers relied on a racial profile that said most drug traffickers were black.In addition, the state will pay $45,600 in legal fees.The suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a black Washington lawyer and his family, charged the state police with targeting black motorists for stops and searches.
Mexican town is an example of an innocent casualty of the war on drugs.
By Ginger Thompson and Ginger Thompson,Mexico City Bureau
January 5, 1993
BABORIGAME, Mexico -- In Latin America's war against drugs, the armies win some battles. Drug traffickers win others. But the most consistent losers are Indian families like those who live in this remote area of the Sierra Madre mountains.What happened last October in this Indian village of mud and wood huts is being held up as an example of how badly things can go wrong. Mexican soldiers stormed the village in a "marijuana raid," terrorizing the inhabitants, destroying their homes and killing their livestock.
Mexican town is innocent casualty of war on drugs Indians were terrorized as army raid destroyed their homes and livelihoods
By Ginger Thompson and Ginger Thompson,Mexico City Bureau
January 5, 1993
BABORIGAME, Mexico -- In Latin America's war against drugs, the armies win some battles. Drug traffickers win others. But the most consistent losers are Indian families like those who live in this remote area of the Sierra Madre mountains.What happened last October in this Indian village of mud and wood huts is being held up as an example of how badly things can go wrong. Mexican soldiers stormed the village in a "marijuana raid," terrorizing the inhabitants, destroying their homes and killing their livestock.
State creates special unit to combat drug invasion
By Roger Twigg and David Simon and Roger Twigg and David Simon,Staff Writers
March 16, 1992
An interstate drug strike force has been approved by Gov. William Donald Schaefer to stop drug traffickers -- primarily from New York -- from sending teen-agers into Baltimore and other Maryland cities to set up street-level narcotics operations.The strike force is to be formally announced during the Governor's Summit on Violent Street Crime this Thursday at the Convention Center.Dr. Neil Solomon, chairman of the Governor's Drug and Alcohol Abuse Commission, said the new strike force, which is to be coordinated by state police investigators, is being organized to disrupt, intercept and dismantle any organized trafficking and to prosecute those who are arrested.
Top drug dealers get bargains on pleas Many in Colombia won't be in jail long
By Los Angeles Times
December 26, 1992
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Several of the world's top drug traffickers have finalized plea bargaining agreements allowing them to serve fewer than 10 years in jail, according to Colombian officials. The sentences stand in stark contrast to the life terms that they would likely receive if found guilty by U.S. courts.U.S. officials are deeply concerned about the negotiations, which affect, among others, three brothers who allegedly helped found the so-called Medellin cocaine cartel. The officials note that other major traffickers such as Carlos Lehder, another cartel founder, are serving life sentences in U.S. maximum security prisons.
Opium trade threatens Afghan stability again
By Mark Matthews and Mark Matthews,SUN NATIONAL STAFF
August 12, 2004
WASHINGTON - Two and a half years after the Bush administration made the eradication of Afghanistan's drug trade a high priority, poppy growing and heroin production have exploded, providing money and logistical aid to al-Qaida and other militants, bolstering Afghan warlords and threatening that nation's stability, officials and experts say. After being suppressed during the final year of Taliban rule, the drug industry has grown to the point where Afghanistan...
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