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eBay Open Letter to eBay san jose, California
*Consumer Suggestion: Email is the best option for communicating with Ebay
*Consumer Comment: Yea, you are being kind of a cry baby..
*Author of original report: Response from Leo Tolstoy
*Consumer Comment: Need a tissue, crybaby?
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Open Letter to eBay (a cautionary tale) I have been a long time eBay user, a loyal customer and seller, advocate, cheerleader, and even a shareholder of the company stock - but my most recent experience has forever changed my opinion of this company.
My journey to resolve a 2-minute simple situation took me deep into the bowels of eBays indifferent and arrogant customer service department, tumbling down a black hole I found myself in the pit of customer service hell, snarled for weeks in their labyrinth I was flushed out the other end of this mind-numbing experience having wasted countless of hours of my time, only to find myself no closer to a resolution, convinced this company couldnt give a d**n about me or any of their customers for that matter, and worse, I am certain this was their objective all along!
Short story: I sold an item to a buyer that ended up in dispute. eBay settled the dispute in my favor, yet the buyer was still able to leave negative retaliatory feedback, even though his stated claim was fraudulent. My question (and request), is it possible to have this erroneous feedback removed? Much abbreviated G rated history of events:
Over the course of three (3) weeks I have spent no less than 30+ hrs on hold.
I have spoken to 22 different customer service representatives and had 6 separate chat sessions.
Each representative required that rehash and re-explain in exhaustive detail, ad nauseam, the same points over and over again (22 + 6 = 28 times) because they keep NO record of your previous call/transcript.
After each lengthy explanation, every rep told me they did not have the authority to help me with this matter, but assured me this would be taken care of, and transferred me to the Trust and Safety dept (who do have the authority) where
Each time I was promptly disconnected or rang busy (19 times).
Each time I was told that if I get disconnected they would call me back. Im still waiting for those 19 callbacks.
Start over again.
On 3 occasions the transferred call actually made it through (yay!) to Trust and Safety where I was able to explain the circumstances to a live human, only to be put on hold so they could look into it, and then I got disconnected again.
The End!
My initial thought was that my experience was the result of complete unmitigated incompetence, which is almost tolerable. But after three weeks of exhaustive effort and numerous conversations with these staffers, I am convinced I was on the receiving end of a malicious and insidious strategy at eBay to throw up so many unbearable, herculean, and painful obstacles that you get worn out, ground down, and just go away bewildered.
However, there is no way anyone can justify and explain-away the experience described above with a just lack of training or simple ignorance in customer service department. This was mean-spirited, arrogant, and disrespectful. The fact that everyone in this department at eBay was on the same page exposes eBays leadership, the intent of their customer service scheme, and their total lack of regard for those who, in the end, pay their salaries.
This has been, without equivocation, the absolute worst customer experience I have ever encountered. eBay makes the airlines industry look like five-star JD Power customer service rock-stars! As a consumer: It is unacceptable for any company to treat their paying customers with this level of disdain, disrespect, and lack of regard. I have never encountered this level of unaccountability, ignorance, and indifference at any company I have ever done business with. Thankfully, there are many other retail-auction options, so I will vote with my two feet, and take my business elsewhere. As a shareholder: A strategy that centers on giving your customers the proverbial stiff-arm and middle finger is not a sound, ethical, or long-term sustainable business strategy (This also in part explains why my investment has been in the tank for years). A multi-billion dollar company can fly blind for a long time (maybe years) with incompetent pilots, a dysfunctional flight plan, and a broken autopilot, but eventually this vessel will meet the side of a mountain and crash, it is inevitable. As a shareholder I have seen enough to know my investment is not in capable nor ethical hands, so I have sold my entire long term equity position in this company, and will take my money elsewhere. Of course I tried to tell my tale of whoa to someone higher up at eBay, but I was on hold for hours, hung up on, disconnected, etc. etc. This was not meant to be a rant that falls on the trash-heap along with millions of other unanswered complaints, rather I hope this ends up in the hands of someone at eBay that actually gives a d**n about the company and their customers, and becomes a wake up call for this once great business.
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#1 Consumer Suggestion
Email is the best option for communicating with Ebay
AUTHOR: Steve - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, November 10, 2010POSTED: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The OP is absolutely correct about Ebay "customer service". It is, in fact, HORRIBLE at best.
Ebay has gotten too big, and with that comes arrogance. They have a SEVERE "take it or leave it" attitude.
I have had the same exact experience trying to get something settled over the phone with Ebay.
EMAIL is the best option for communicationg with Ebay "customer service".
A suggestion for the OP. Post your entire story about this Ebay buyer here, including all of his contact info and User Id so others can be sure to add him to the blocked bidders list.
I have done this in the past and it works.
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#2 Consumer Comment
Yea, you are being kind of a cry baby..
AUTHOR: Ronny g - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
It especially bothered me because I ship really fast even at great inconvenience living in a hell hole such as greater L.A...and the fact that I offer free shipping 100% of the time.
what I was told..is that they have no control over these ratings..as it is "MY" customers who decide this..not them.
But looking at my competitors ratings...I am doing much better. So I took a dep breath..and realized it is a level playing field. Am I happy that a buyer who decided to screw with my perfect shippping time and free shipping had reported to eBAy that I was not perfect frudulantly and eBay will do NOTHING about it? No...I am not happy.
But I continue to do business and no one has questioned the small piece of the star that is cut off and I was perfect in shipping time and do not charge.
Unfortunately for us ethical sellers we are at the mercy of what the buyers decide to leave as a feedback..but eBay is not going to decide who can say what.
In the OP's case..I can understand the frustration..but you are allowed to leave a follow up to the negative feedback. Just do that. If you clearly show a history of ethical selling, any buyer with any sense will see the buyer who left you that feedback was just a disgruntled bung..and if the buyer is not capable of deciphering a legit report from a bung..do you really need that type of buyer?
Pick yourself up by your bootstraps..and forge ahead.
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#3 Author of original report
Response from Leo Tolstoy
AUTHOR: Goshopping - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
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#4 Consumer Comment
Need a tissue, crybaby?
AUTHOR: coast - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
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#5 Consumer Comment
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AUTHOR: Edgeman - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, November 09, 2010
OP: Your problem is with the buyer who left the feedback. eBay typically does not remove feedback I had a seller leave a false positive and write a nasty remark in my profile. It happens. Don't make a bigger deal out of it than it really is.
Most people don't read another person's individual feedback ratings. Usually they glance at the feedback score and as long as the positives are 98% and above (give or take a point) the buyer will usually proceed without looking at individual feedback. People are smart enough to realize that most sellers will see the occasional bad apple. So long as your profile isn't overfilled with negative feedback you'll be ok.
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I don't believe Adam Lanza killed anyone. I think the secret government that really runs this country - the one that controls the CIA, NSA and other secret police - has a team or teams of professional, organized killers - death squads, if you will, that go to different places and handle situations or create scenarios, such as the Sikh shooting, Aurora, probably Arizona, and now the Sandy Hook school. I think this team or teams of paid assassins probably work in a group of 3 and that they are paid to, and possibly dedicated to, promoting a certain agenda in the US - the culmination of which is a Police State. To do this, they have to get rid of the guns, of course.
I think this team (or some handler for them) ID's likely patsy's to leave behind at the scene of a kiling to absorb the blame. They have things they look for such as picking young, white middle or upper middle class males, with few apparent friends or immediate social connections - if they appear odd or disturbed, even better.
I think this team infiltrated Adam Lanza's house, killed his mother, probably killed him there, put him in the outfit, and then went to the school, started the massacre, and then dumped his body in the classroom. They did a fairly sloppy job this time, but that doesn't matter as they are looking for the biggest emotional impact. This is why virtually all the victims at Sandyhook are dead, rather than injured as many were shot more than once, and shot with a rifle, apparently....which was left in the car. This was to leave no witnesses of the actual killing who might be able to confirm more than one gunman at any point.
To those of you who say this is impossible....hit teams like this have existed all over the world in many countries and many times, under corrupt and evil governments. It's not unusual. You just don't want to....BELIEVE....it could happen here. That's what stops you from even considering the idea.
After all, what is more likely - that a team of dedicated professional killers exists that works to fulfill an agenda of the secret government.....or that some developmentally disabled geek in Mom's basement, was able to get and effectively use a cache of varied weapons and gear like body armor and kill so many people with no prior training or experience?
Again think....how do we know that a serial killer exists? It's because a pattern of behavior emerges in the deaths of people. Well, don't we have a pattern here in all these mass killings. Aren't there a lot of similarities and the same unanswered questions?
There is NO PROOF that Adam Lanza killed ANYONE. I think he's just another Lee Harvey Oswald. There have been too many of these.
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A perfect weekend in a perfect cottage for all our family to celebrate my big birthday (75) Thank you
Beautiful palce, evreything has been thought out well, Would recommend to anyone
good place to visit, quiet, calm, nice scenery, would recommend to people
Wonderful cottage, wonderful venue with wonderful company. Happy Birthday Dad
A truly memorable week Thank you so much for a special place to celebrate my 60th
We all enjoyed our stay in this lovely cottage. We were always warm and cosy, We enjoyed days out and about although we had 80mph winds but to come back to the comfort of Hoopers was lovely.The welcome we received was much appreciated, Thank you
We enjoyed surfing and palying on the beach (age 7) Lovely holiday Thank you
A wonderful weekend away in beautiful setting, celebrating Mums 60th Happy Birthday
Wr have really enjoyed stay at Hoopers Cottage, We had many laughs sitting round the table in the wonderful kitchen, The weather was variable but we have made the most if the dry times.A very well equipped cottage. very good for relaxing. Had a bit of trouble with the main ovennot getting hot enough and the water was very hot but i would recommend this cottage to family and friends. Lovely
We had a wonderful week walking on the Coastal Path, enjoying the views and wildflowers and spotting seals, porpoises, choughs and kites. The cottage has been very comfortable and convenient base. We have relaxed over breakfast in the garden through to some great suppers at the kitchen table. Thank you
We had a lovely time here! With all of the amazing beaches, we recommend, St Brides, Marloes, West Dale, We loved the Lobster pot Inn at Marloes, fantastic food, snooker table and free wifi we will be back! We found the wet room really useful after beach swimming, also after kayaking in Dale. It was Dads birthday he really enjoyed every minute bye bye
Had an absolutly brilliant new year with best company , missed them lots when they left, however we had some fanastic days, going along the coast to St Davids.good coastal walk to Broad Haven, 3 hours with gulls, lapwings,buzzard, ravens and oystercatchers. Fab day!
Great house and company will remember for along time .Thanks to everyone
Cottage terrific, what a way to see new year in with the best company in the world in a fantastic part of the world. Now back to reality!
omg!!ehat a fabulous few days, area was as beautiful as the cottage. Lovely was to see the old year out and the new one in with our very dear friends-dont want to leave
terrific hols. great cottage
Soopa , Soopa time
anothet lovely stay at Hoopers. The weather was kind to us and we visited all our favourite places. excellent meal at The Clock House in marloes.As always our holiday was far too short
Thank you very much indeed for making us all so welcome at your three cottages last week.We had a very happy family gathering and everyone really appreciated you cottages, the beautiful country setting with the playground in the field. The very comfortable and well equipped accomodation and most importantly your very warm and helpful welcome to everyone. We have very happy memories of our weeks holiday. Thank you again!
A great week-we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and fallen in love with Hoopers Cottage.We will be back
Fantastic space for a family.Great kitchen.Lovely holiday in favourite family spot of Pembrokeshire.Thank you
Lovely atmosphere in this house-wonderful spot.See you soon
Wonderful, this is our dream house and location.The cottage is stunning we all had a lovely week-will be back
Ate too much, but had wonderful Christmas and lovely stay.Highly recommended. Thank you
Gorgeous cottage, fully rested and walked! looking forward to a return trip.


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Videogame Crackdown
Federal regulators say large national retailers like Wal-Mart Stores are getting better at preventing minors from buying videogames intended for adults only, but local and regional retailers are lagging behind. Forty-two percent of the children in the Federal Trade Commission's nationwide undercover shop were able to purchase videogames rated "M" for mature without a parent, down from 69% in 2003. Only 35% of the agency's secret shoppers at national retailers were able to buy the games, the agency said.
Although the reduced mature-game sales to minors have heartened many in the game industry — several of whom are vehemently opposed to state efforts to regulate sales or impose civil penalties on those who do — youngsters are still able to purchase "M" games. Four states — Michigan, Illinois, California and Washington — have passed laws prohibiting sales to minors, but each have been blocked on constitutional grounds. –Joi Preciphs


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The Warehouse Presents A Christmas Story
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Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility Tours
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Did You Remember To Turn Back The Clock?
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56th Annual Central Washington Artists' Exhibition
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Marlo Furniture Refusal to honor warranty, poorly made furniture, inept phone operator, rude manager Laurel Maryland
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I called the customer service line and an operator answered I explained the problem to her. She took my name and phone number and put me on hold. After 3 or 4 minutes she came back and asked me which piece had lost a leg. I told her the ottoman, the chair and the sofa.
She put me on hold again for 3 or 4 minutes. She came back and said that my warranty specified that I had to report the damage within 5 days. I told her that it had happened two days previous. (Which was true in the case of the sofa) She put me on hold again.
After 5 minutes she came back and said the supervisor said that she would not be sending a technician out. I told her that I didn't want new furniture I just wanted the legs put back on. The furniture wasn't even a year old. She said nothing. I asked to speak to the supervisor. She said she'd take my name and number and have her call me back. (She already had this information) I gave it to her again. It's been 5 days and I have yet to hear from her.
My furniture has been in my home for 10 months. The screws that hold the legs on are falling out at a rapid rate. I am done with Marlo. If you purchase furniture from these people dont waste your money on the extended warranty. They will look for every loophole there is not to honor it. I am not going from just my experience- I have heard other horror stories. Customer service
at Marlo Furnitur ends when you sign your name on that bottom line.
Bowie, Maryland
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Send the #FreedomFlotilla to SyriaSunday, June 28th, 2015
I was thinking, what's the most productive way Israel could handle this latest Hamas supporting flotilla to Gaza.
Presumably the IDF will simply bring them to Ashdod, where they'll then be allowed into Gaza (assuming they're allowed into Israel) via one of the open land crossings that ships in humanitarian supplies every single day.
But that's not really the most effective use of these anti-Israel activists who must love their Islamic terrorists.
With so much killing and misery in the region, there are far better places the flotilla could go.
Obviously We could send them to a beach in Tunisia and ask them to help the tourists hoping to escape the Islamic terrorists, but the tourists might be on wrong side of their equation.
We could send them to the Sinai, and they can enter Gaza through Egypt's border. Oops. Egypt like to keep it closed because of the Gazan terrorism.
So the best move would be to send them to Syria. There they can select whichever Islamic group they want to help… Hezbollah, ISIS, Al Qaida, all of them even… there's so many to choose from over there.
And with a few hundred thousand Syrians dead, the flotilla fools won't even have to look like the hypocrites and anti-Semites they are.JoeSettler


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Chattambinadu slated to be a Christmas release
Lakshmi Rai, Siddique, Manoj K Jayan, Vijayraghavan, Salimkumar, Cochin Haneefa, Vijayaraghavan, Suraj Venjaramoodu, T G Ravi, Shivaji Guruvayoor, Mydhili and Meenakshi are others who play a prominent role in this movie. The superstar will come across in this movie with a clean shaven look and clad in white attire evocative of a Crorepati Goonda leader Veerendra Mallayya from a township of Karnataka. Produced by Naushad and Anto Joseph, Chattambinadu will be released by Mammootty"s Playhouse.


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On Thursday, August 4th, I traveled to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts to watch a New England Patriots training camp practice for the first time this season. It was a beautiful afternoon to view a practice, for the weather was sunny and mild, simply perfect conditions for spending the day outside watching the players work hard in preparation for the upcoming NFL season. While the players did not engage in full-contact drills during this practice, the players were in full pads, and this practice was significant in that it was the first this year in which newly-signed veteran free agents could practice on the field.
The main attraction for fans at Patriots training camp is always starting quarterback Tom Brady, and he did not disappoint, looking as sharp as ever passing the ball. That is to be expected from the reigning NFL MVP, so that is not very noteworthy.
However, the performance of the Patriots' two backup quarterbacks really caught my eye.
Brian Hoyer continues to develop very well with the Patriots, and he looked better yesterday than I had ever seen him before. In his collegiate days, Hoyer never caught my eye as a passer with particular arm strength or the ability to throw a deep ball. On this day, Hoyer put his deep-strike ability on display. On one instance, Hoyer delivered an absolutely perfect deep ball from midfield, placing it absolutely pinpoint in the left rear corner of the end zone where wide receiver Matthew Slater made the over-the-shoulder catch on a throw that did not give the covering cornerback a chance.
However, I am not basing my evaluation of Hoyer's practice on simply one throw; consistently, Hoyer's passes were on target, as he showed his ability to beat coverages with accurate throws, and his good arm and release. One area he did struggle in was throwing outside of the pocket, as his accuracy was clearly diminished throwing on the run. But as a pocket passer, Hoyer is impressive to watch and has to be one of the NFL's better backup quarterbacks.
The third-string quarterback for the New England Patriots this year will be rookie Ryan Mallett. I saw what I was expecting to see out of Mallett on this day. He showed off his fantastic arm, but unfortunately, he showed it off a little too much.
What makes Tom Brady such a tremendous quarterback is his ability to put the perfect touch on the ball and make all of the intermediate throws look easy. Mallett's play is very rough in those areas of his game, and it showed in practice. When throwing passes to receivers that were 15 to 20 yards ahead, Mallett often threw the ball with too much velocity, leaving it out of reach for his wide receiver. Developing touch on those intermediate throws is going to be a make-or-break factor in whether or not Mallett can succeed as an NFL quarterback. Another area in which Mallett struggled, as was illustrated throughout his collegiate career, was making decisions under pressure. I saw Mallett make a few throws in this practice that had me shaking my head, saying "Where was he going with that throw?" Mallett is going to have to cut those mistakes out of his game if he has a future as an actual playing quarterback in the National Football League, for those mistakes often lead to costly interceptions.
One rookie who caught my eye for all the right reasons was running back Stevan Ridley.
In terms of pure measurables, Ridley lacks speed, but it did not show in practice. While it is hard to judge a running back when running through a defense in a non-full contact practice, Ridley displayed that he plays as fast as he can run, and that he has the skills to be a very solid power back for the New England Patriots. Ridley was coming off the snap quickly, and really showed some "oomph" as he popped through defenders a few times in this practice. Ridley comes to the Patriots off of a prodcutive collegiate career, and if he can run the way he did in practice against actual NFL defenses, he is going to be a great addition to the Patriots' backfield.
As for the Patriots' other rookie running back, Shane Vereen, he did not practice due to injury, which is certainly a disappointing setback for the young player, who could use all of this limited amount of practice time that he can get in preparation for the season. Hopefully Vereen will be able to get back to practice very soon.
While Tom Brady is the main attraction for the fans, the other headliner who the patrons came to see was newly acquired wide receiver Chad Ochocinco.
Ochocinco made a big impression, clearly showing up as the most athletic wideout in practice, and often using his speed to take the top off the coverage and get open. However, Ochocinco looked scarily too much like Braylon Edwards in this practice. While Ochocinco made some beautiful grabs, especially on some tough out routes, he also dropped some very easy balls. The worst instance came when Chad completely got ahead of the entire defense with a five-yard cushion for what would have been an easy touchdown in an actual game; except that while Brady delivered an absolutely perfect ball right on his hands, Ochocinco completely dropped it. Ochocinco showed his ability to be a big playmaker for the Patriots this season, but he will need to get more consistent with his catching in time for the start of the season.
Tyree Barnes made the best catch of the day during the deep ball portion of the practice, making an absolutely brilliant diving snag in the end zone on a deep throw by Hoyer. Surprisingly, rookie wideout Jeremy Ross was very impressive. Ross, who has been noted for his kick return abilities, did not line up much at kick returner in this practice. He displayed great hands, and the ability to make tough grabs along the sideline, which he did multiple times in front of the bleachers where I was sitting.
As for the kick return game, Julian Edelman looked great in both capacities, as a kick returner and punt returner in this practice. He should be in line to play both roles this season. Assuming Edelman does so, the aforementioned Ross is in a tough position to make the team, although given how impressive he was in this practice, I would not rule him out. He will be heavily in competition with Brandon Tate and Taylor Price for what is likely to be only one roster spot between the three at the wide receiver position.
In the training camp setting, tight end Rob Gronkowski is always an impressive player to watch. His sheer size is impressive, and as always, he put his great hands on display in this practice. Gronkowski caught everything that came his way, including a couple of difficult catches while tightly covered by linebackers in various drills.
The Patriots' other second-year tight end, Aaron Hernandez, did not have nearly as strong of a practice. Like Ochocinco, Hernandez really struggled with catching the ball consistently in this practice; in a blitz pickup drill which dealt exclusively with short passes, Aaron dropped at least three passes. Hernandez very rarely drops the ball in gameplay, so this was likely a sign of post-lockout rust that he will have to work out in time for the start of the season. But either way, it was a disturbingly tough day for the second-year tight end.
As for the Patriots' rookie tight ends, rookie Lee Smith looked good in blocking drills and also showed good hands when he was thrown to. Smith should make for a very good replacement in Alge Crumpler's role as blocking tight end from last season. Will Yeatman looked much too slow going out for passes in this practice, and with that hampering lack of speed, it is hard to believe he would make the roster.
As a fan, it is admittedly very difficult to keep a close eye on the linemen at a training camp practice. Since the skill players are obviously the main attraction for fans, they typically conduct their portions of practice on the near field to the fan bleachers, while the linemen practice on the far field, making it difficult to watch their drills. During the scrimmage I did not pay real close attention to the linemen (I will try to do better with this next practice I attend), but I did get a few observations.
Significant to this practice is that rookie offensive tackle Nate Solder signed shortly beforehand, allowing him to step on the practice field with his team for the first time.
Recently re-signed left tackle Matt Light did not practice, so Solder got a significant number of reps at left tackle, with regular right tackle Sebastian Vollmer getting the rest of reps as first-team left tackle. In this practice, Solder looked like a newbie who had not practiced yet with the team; although he showed potential, his technique was sloppy, and it definitely looks like it is for the best that Light has been brought back to start at left tackle this year. Solder can then spend the season as a backup, developing with offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia.
On the defensive line, the main attraction was another big-name player the Patriots recently acquired in a trade, defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.
The battle of the day to watch in the trenches was when Haynesworth lined up across from the NFL's best guard, Logan Mankins. Haynesworth really held his own against Mankins, and was often able to have his way by driving Mankins back. Against Mankins, who may be the strongest lineman in the National Football League, Haynesworth showed he still has the strength and skill to be a dominant force at defensive tackle, if he wants to be.
One factor that interested me was how the Patriots mixed up the rotations between defensive formations and personnel. The Patriots ran the majority of their defense in the four-man front, with nose tackle Vince Wilfork a staple on first-team reps, and with Haynesworth and Mike Wright splitting reps in the interior line spot next to Wilfork, with both doing a good job of generating interior pressure inside.
Interestingly, although they are typically inside linebackers when the New England Patriots use a 3-4 defensive front, both Jerod Mayo and Gary Guyton received heavy repetitions at outside linebacker, with Brandon Spikes lining up in the middle as the Patriots used the four-man front heavily.
Even in a new position, Mayo stood out.
He showed an ability to bring heat on the blitz from the outside and made it clear that no matter where he lines up, he will be an all-around force, both as a run stopper and on passing downs. Clearly, the weakness of the Patriots' defense comes in their ability to generate a pass rush, especially at defensive end. One factor that hurt them in that capacity in this practice was the absence of the team's top pass rusher, Rob Ninkovich. (Additionally, the Patriots signed another pass-rushing defensive end, Mark Anderson, who will hopefully help the team bring heat on opposing quarterbacks.)
Among the players who lined up at defensive end over the course of the practice, none stood out to me.
Second-year cornerback Devin McCourty, coming off of a tremendous rookie season, looked terrific in this practice. Regardless of whether he went up against Ochocinco, Deion Branch or any other receiver, McCourty consistently shut them down, not allowing them to get open.
Also very impressive in this practice was Kyle Arrington, who spent most of last year as the team's second cornerback. Arrington continues to prove that he is a talented and underrated cornerback. While Arrington may not be the shutdown cornerback McCourty is, he is a very steady defensive back who can capitalize on mistakes to create turnovers, and very rarely makes mistakes of his own in coverage. He looked very good in this practice and I think he at least deserves to be the team's third cornerback.
Leigh Bodden looked ready to take back the second cornerback spot, as he appeared to be fully recovered from injury and looked very impressive in coverage in this practice.
However, while the Patriots' three top cornerbacks looked very impressive, one disappointment came in the form of second-round pick Ras-I Dowling, who appears to be off on the wrong foot to the start of his NFL career. After an injury-prone collegiate career, Dowling is already injured, and he was not on the field in this practice.
Also disappointing in this practice was the performance of the Patriots' starting safeties, Brandon Meriweather and Patrick Chung. Both safeties struggled last season in pass coverage, and this trend seemed to continue in this practice. On this day it was especially noticeable with Chung, who seemed to struggle to cover wide receivers and tight ends going at him up the middle. For the Patriots' pass defense to improve, it is really important for these two safeties to improve upon their pass coverage abilities.
As a final note, placekicker Stephen Gostkowski did not participate in this practice. Rookie kicker Chris Koepplin, who is in for training camp purposes only, handled placekicking duties in this practice; he did not look bad at all, but he certainly is not quite Gostkowski.
Hope you all enjoyed these impressions from Patriots training camp practice, and I certainly intend on attending another practice or two before training camp is over, and writing about my impressions once again!


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Joseph Childress
Position: HB-FB-FL
6-0, 202lb (183cm, 91kg)
Born: October 26, 1933 in Robertsdale, AL
Died: May 5, 1986 in Houston, TX
College: Auburn
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 22 (4371st overall since 1960)
High School: Robertsdale (AL)
Draft: Chicago Cardinals in the 1st round (7th overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.
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Man accused of raping two girls under the age of 10UPDATED 1:02 AM EDT Jun 14, 2014
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said Henry Dove, 76, raped a 6-year-old girl and 8-year-old girl.Video Transcript
this for all their life. They'll have counseling but they'll never forget what happened to them") JUST AN UNTHINKABLE CRIME! A 76- YEAR OLD MAN... IS ACCUSED OF RAPING TWO YOUNG GIRLS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIMS ARE AGES 6 AND 8. WLWT NEWS 5'S JACKIE CONGEDO TELLS US WHY A NEIGHBOR ISN'T SURPRISED. (SHARI READER/ NEIGHBOR) ( he would come out he would always raise his hand and say hi or something. they were pretty quiet) BUT SHARI READER SAYS- SHE WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN SHE HEARD HER NEIGHBOR- 76 YEAR OLD HENRY DOVE... WAS INDICTED ON SIX COUNTS OF RAPE--- THE VICTIMS... INVESTIGATORS SAY... TWO OF HIS RELATIVES- 6 AND 8 YEAR OLD LITTLE GIRLS. (SHARI READER/ NEIGHBOR) ( we've lived her since 1977 and i have a much younger sister and she would tell me that he had stuff on his computer that wasn't right) ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS... INVESTIGATORS SEARCHED HIS HOME IN MAY- (SHARI READER/ NEIGHBOR) ( was just carrying out bags and bags of stuff out of the house and said that he came out in cuffs and i'm like well i know that that was all about) COURT DOCUMENTS LIST- HARD DRIVES...EVEN A SPY PEN CAMERA THAT POLICE CONFISCATED. AND ACCORDING TO THIS FEDERAL COMPLAINT.. DOVE ADMITTED SHARING CHILD PORN ONLINE... AND ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS- HE'D MOLESTED HIS TWO YOUNG FAMILY MEMBERS. (SHARI READER/ NEIGHBOR) ( this is a person that they should have been able to trust) (SHARI READER/ NEIGHBOR) ( just gotta pray for them all the time because it's never over for them) DOVE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN BUTLER COUNTY ON THE FEDERAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES.
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Dear Advisors and Delegates,
It is my esteemed pleasure as Secretary-General to invite you all to the thirteenth annual Gator Model United Nations conference. To be held from January 29th to January 31st on the University of Florida campus, GatorMUN is one of the region's largest and most competitive high school Model United Nations conferences. During these three days it is the goal of our staffers and committee directors to challenge the delegates with difficult, controversial topics and watch them collaborate to produce unique, innovative solutions to many of the issues that plague our world today...
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Taking the power of mentoring to female professionals in Vietnam
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Program gives incoming business school students a headstart on credits, connections, college life
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Business Insight: What the G20 leaders need to do
Professor Farok Contractor, who teaches international business, said communication and coordination will be key tasks for leaders from the 20 most powerful economies in the world as they contemplate new policies in Hangzhou, China, in early September. More ›
Milestone anniversary inspires a special weekend of Big Ten football, a talk by CEO Steve Forbes and more
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Executive Education program focuses on customer experience strategy
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Lean Startup coming from Wall Street to Rockafeller Road
The New Jersey Small Business Development Center at Rutgers University – New Brunswick will be piloting a Lean Startup program for small businesses and startups in five sessions. Beginning Thursday, August 18, and continuing for the following four Thursdays, with sessions from 1-4 p.m. taking place at Rutgers Business School, Livingston Campus, 100 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway. More ›
Helpful Executive-in-Reach Glenn Myers recommends aligning passions with career opportunities
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MBA alumnus is all business at CNBC, but a long-shelved script reveals his more creative side
In his early days at CNN, David Spiegel, Rutgers MBA '14, spent weekends with his composer brother working on a musical, a "passion project," that he called Camp Rolling Hills. Eventually, the script was finished by Spiegel's brother, Adam, a New York City-based composer and lyricist, and author Stacy Davidowitz. The musical will be performed six times this week by Center State Theatre Company as part of the New York Musical Festival. More ›
This summer camp is all business
"We open up their ideas about college, studying business, and the range of career possibilities," said Senior Associate Dean Martin Markowitz. "Most of the students have vague notions of what accountants or financial advisers do. It was an entirely new world when we took them to an information technology company where executives explained IT supply chain management." More ›
A magnet for drawing tech startups to Newark is tucked within the floors of Rutgers Business School
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Improving health care access, lowering costs through telemedicine
Ann Bagchi, a registered nurse and instructor at the School of Nursing, will be bringing the telemedicine technology to 10 patients residing in Newark public housing developments where access to health care has been limited. More ›
MBA alumna played a role in making movie about women on Wall Street
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How to blow a curious high school student's mind? Explain everything that goes into delivering a package to the doorstep
For a second year, Rutgers Business School and its Department of Supply Chain Management invited a group of high-performing Newark area students to participate in a program that teaches them how products get to stores and how goods move around the world. For many of the students, the program offers a first glimpse of college, raises the first possibility of attending a business school and plants the seed for a possible career in supply chain management. More ›
Classrooms named to honor Professor Farrokh Langdana and distinguished alumnus Robert E. Campbell
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Phi Beta Lambda members scoop up awards at national conference
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Philip Shaak, a giant behind the "powerhouse" Executive MBA program
Professor Farrokh Langdana, the current EMBA director, said he and Assistant Dean Kathleen Connelly Harmon often told Professor Philip Shaak that the Rutgers Executive MBA Program has been able to garner so many global rankings because it was built "on the shoulders of giants." More ›
State lawmakers come through with funding for New Jersey's network of Small Business Development Centers
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Rutgers supply chain management program is ranked among Top 5 in North America
The ranking reflects an improvement of four spots, up from No. 9 in 2014. More ›
Rutgers Business School poised to expand executive education programs in Singapore and Southeast Asia
"We are confident that Stephanie will catapult Rutgers Business School's position in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia given her stellar background as an educator, her wealth of cutting-edge business experience and her intimate knowledge of the local executive education marketplace," said Joseph Schaffer, associate dean of Rutgers Business School Executive Education. More ›
Elegant pep rally creates momentum for a special celebration of RU's 250th anniversary
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The Board's role is to provide leadership and strategic direction, define control mechanisms and supervise the overall management of our activities.
Board member biographies
Andy Briscoe (Chairman)
During an extensive and successful career in the financial services sector Andy has chaired and served on the boards of a broad range of companies. His professional experience ranges from insurance and credit cards to private equity, and includes managing directorships with Centrica and The AA as well as spells at American Express and BUPA. He is currently chairman of the Policy Shop and a trustee of his local Citizens Advice Bureau, where he also volunteers. Andy assumed the chairmanship on 27 September 2013.
Caroline Fawcett
Caroline is a specialist in customer service and excellence and bringing customers to the heart of organisations. She's been the customer experience director and marketing director at Legal & General, customer director at the Rural Payments Agency, and has held positions as Serco, Essex County Council and the Care Quality Commission. She also has significant experience of the financial services sector – as well as her positions at Legal & General, she's a non-executive director on the board of Co-Operative General Insurance and at OneFamily (formerly Engage Mutual Assurance and Family Investments). Caroline was appointed on 1 April 2015 for a three-year term.
Caroline Rookes (Chief Executive)
Caroline was appointed as Chief Executive of the Money Advice Service on 1 February 2013. During a distinguished career in the Civil Service, recognised with a CBE in 2010, she has overseen a number of major developments to improve people's personal finances. These include the introduction of automatic enrolment (the new duty on employers to enrol their staff automatically into a pension), the new NEST pension scheme, changes to private pension legislation and regulation, reviews of welfare benefits, and simplification of the pension tax regime. Caroline was reappointed on 1 February 2016 for a further three year term.
Christopher Morson
Christopher has held a number of senior roles in the finance sector, and he is currently also a Non-Executive Director of the DVLA. Previous roles have included: Digital Director, Virgin Money; Managing Director of Digital, RBS/NatWest: Director, Strategy, Retail Direct Division RBS, Managing Director of a consumer finance businesses in the EU and Director, Operations of RBS Cards. He has been instrumental in the introduction of mobile banking apps into the UK and the development of a number of innovations in banking. In the early nineties during a period as a senior consultant with Price Waterhouse Management, Christopher project managed a number of high profile commercial television finance propositions. Other industry exposure at that time included Card Processing, utilities and fine chemicals. Christopher was appointed on 1 April 2015 for a three-year term.
David Haigh (UK Financial Capability Director)
David was appointed as UK Financial Capability Director on 1 June 2015. He is responsible for developing a Strategy to harness collective impact and drive improvements in the way people manage their money. He has held a variety of senior strategic policy and leadership roles over the last decade, and was the Commercial Director at the Department for Health, responsible for developing a programme to improve the efficiency of the NHS. David spent two years working in the Australian Treasury, leading the team in delivering the Budget and setting up the Clean Energy Investment Corporation. He also worked at the Department for Work and Pensions where he led the policy and legislation to deliver automatic enrolment into pension schemes.
John Penberthy-Smith (Customer Director)
John was appointed Customer Director for the Money Advice Service on 1 June 2015. He is passionate about being an advocate for consumers, ensuring that they have access to free and impartial information and guidance which will really make a difference to their lives and aspirations. His role is to ensure that the customer is at the heart of everything the Money Advice Service does, from creating new and engaging content to developing marketing strategy. His aim is to stay ahead of the latest trends to ensure that information and content is delivered in the most relevant and accessible way possible.
John has held senior commercial roles at Vodafone, 3 Mobile and Eircom. He also draws from his extensive work as a strategic consultant with a range of organisations, who he has helped to improve their business performance and develop delivery of multi-channel strategies.
Jonathan Douglas
Jonathan's career has centred on learning, initially through libraries and since 2007 as Chief Executive of the National Literacy Trust (NLT). He was previously Head of Policy Development at the Museum and Libraries Archives Council and also Adviser at the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals. He has been on the boards of several charities relating to learning and access and literature. Jonathan was appointed 3 January 2011 for a two-year term, in January 2016 his term was renewed for another two years.
Michael Dailly
Michael is the Director of the Govan Law Centre in Glasgow. This is a not-for-profit advice centre, helping people at the sharp end who are having to cope with financial disputes, including credit repayments and mortgage repossessions. He has also been a member of one of the Service's key stakeholder groups, the Financial Services Consumer Panel. Michael was appointed on 1 April 2015 for a three-year term.
Nicola Bruce
Nicola is an experienced strategist with a background in non-standard financial services. She was formerly Director of Strategy at Albermarle & Bond, one of the UK's leading pawn brokers and non-standard lenders, and Director of Strategy & Business Development at De La Rue plc, the banknote and security printer. Prior to this, Nicola was a partner at The Monitor Company where she led strategy development and consumer research projects for financial services and consumer goods companies. Nicola was appointed on 1 April 2015 for a three-year term.
Richard Hughes
Richard spent the first ten years of his career as a Civil Servant, working in the Home Office, Prison Service and Cabinet Office. Since 2001 he has worked in public sector consulting for PA Consulting and Capgemini, specialising in strategy, business change and performance improvement. He also had a stint leading business development in Justice for Working Links, a provider of services to support the unemployed into work and the rehabilitation of offenders. He is currently a member of PA Consulting's Government and Public Services team, focusing on public service reform. Richard was appointed 3 January 2011 for a two-year term, in January 2016 his term was renewed for another two years.
Robert Skinner
Robert is the Chief Executive of the Lending Standards Board. Prior to this he spent three years as Director General of the Money Advice Trust, a charity that provides advice to over-indebted individuals, via National Debtline and training and support to money advisers. Robert's earlier career was spent working for Barclays Bank where he held a number of senior roles in Large Corporate, International and Retail banking. He was appointed 1 February 2012 for a three-year term, in January 2015 he was reappointed for a further three year term.
Stephen Locke
Stephen began his career at HMT then spent 15 years at Which?, where he was Director of Research and Policy. Latterly he joined the ITC as Director of Advertising and Sponsorship, helping to establish its successor body Ofcom before setting up as an independent consultant on regulation and consumer issues. Up to 31 March 2014, he was Vice Chair of Consumer Futures and a Board Member of the Payments Council. He is currently Chair of London TravelWatch, a Board Member of Transport Focus (formerly Passenger Focus), Chair of the Payment Systems Regulator Panel and Chair of the Advertising Advisory Committee which advises advertising regulators on TV and radio advertising rules. Stephen was appointed on 3 January 2011 for a three-year term, in January 2014 his term was extended for another 6 months until July 2014, and in May 2014 his term was renewed for another three years.
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Because he was raised on Team McLaren and knows nothing else, of course he is confident. He knows the car and the team from the inside out. He has had McLaren as a support system since he was 9 years old. He could probably drive it with his eyes closed. Remove him from McLaren and put him in a Super Augri and see what happens. He may still end up on the poduim, but who knows, we have nothing to compare recent history to. Give the boy time.Also, one of the references that I made, "driving the car until the wheels crumbled", was Kimi Raikkonen. So, yes those drivers do exist. It is just too soon to tell if the Lewis is one of them. I have been eagerly awaiting his arrival to F1 as a fan of 20 years and as black woman. Yes, I mentioned the taboo word. And even though I think that he is fantastic, I think everyone is putting the cart before the horse, because McLaren has not shown enough reliablity of late for him to be World Champion. No dreams here.


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My DD is 7wks old. Last week I established a bedtime routine of bath, swaddle, bf, book starting at 6:30 because eventually I want her asleep by 7pm. When we do this, I can tell that she's starting to get the hint, and she starts to nod off, but she ALWAYS fights sleep, jolts herself fully awake, and stays awake until midnight, which is the time she's always gone to sleep since birth. But she's definitly tired by 6:30/7.
Do you think she'll fall into the 7pm bedtime as she gets a little older, or should I start her routine later to be more in line with her natural schedule and gradually move it up? I know she's too young for real sleep training. Any advice would be appreciated.
A few more details: Naps are frequent but still erratic. There's usually only 5-6hrs of nighttime sleep with a feeding in the middle--not nearly long enough.


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Definition of affronté in English:
(also affronty /əˈfrəntē/)
adjective[predicative or postpositive] Heraldry
(Especially of an animal's head) facing the observer.
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- The Viking helms and the chapel-de-fer are affronty by default; all other helms face dexter by default.
- The helm may be displayed either affronty or in profile, whichever better displays the crest.
- We have returned submissions of animals rampant affronty for exactly this reason; barring evidence of sejant erect affronty being depicted in this manner, we must return this for a redraw.
Mid 16th century (as affronty): French, past participle of affronter 'to face'.
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Jury Splits Verdict in Duke Energy Environmental Case | Facility Executive - Creating Intelligent Buildings
In this case, the EPA alleged that Cinergy, which merged with Duke Energy in 2006, undertook six power plant upgrades in Indiana and Ohio without installing modern pollution controls.
Jury Splits Verdict in Duke Energy Environmental Case
Last month (May 2009), a jury in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruled in favor of Duke Energy on four of six projects involved in a lawsuit affecting the company's Midwest power plants. The jury ruled against the company on two Indiana projects.
The litigation stems from an effort that began in 1999, when the EPA filed a number of environmental enforcement actions across the utility industry. In this case, the EPA alleged that Cinergy, which merged with Duke Energy in 2006, undertook six power plant upgrades in Indiana and Ohio without installing modern pollution controls. The government alleged that the company's work did not qualify as routine maintenance and that Cinergy should have predicted that the projects would increase emissions at the plants.
The jury found in favor of the company for three projects at its Gibson plant near Princeton, IN, and Beckjord Station in New Richmond, OH, and one project at its Gallagher Station in New Albany, IN. The jury ruled against two other Gallagher projects.
"We are pleased that after nearly 10 years of litigation, the company's position has been vindicated on the vast majority of the projects about which the government originally complained," said Marc Manly, Duke Energy's chief legal officer. "Our employees performed work that was commonly undertaken in our industry to maintain the capability of our facilities to deliver reliable and affordable power to our customers.
"Although this litigation involves a particular technical issue, what's important is that between 1998 and 2010, Duke Energy will have invested nearly $5 billion across the five states we serve to substantially reduce our emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and other pollutants from our coal-based power plants," Manly said. "The net result of these investments will be a reduction of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions by approximately 70 percent across Duke Energy's five-state service area by 2010."
Duke Energy is the third largest electric power holding company in the United States, based on kilowatt-hour sales. Its regulated utility operations serve approximately 4 million customers located in five states – North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky – representing a population of approximately 11 million people. Duke Energy's commercial power and international business segments operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a growing portfolio of renewable energy assets in the United States.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 500 company traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about the company is available on the Internet at: .
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$5 Billion to attempt clean coal . . . between the cost of the plant, harvesting and processing the coal; then add in the cost of "cleaning" emmissions and the societal cost of "acceptable levels" of emmissions . . . wouldn't it be less expensive (financially, socially and environmentally) to put solar, geothermal, micro-CHP into the homes of the 4 million customers they are supplying??? Oh yea, and maybe we can save some workers from the coal mines and get them real jobs. Doing what you've always done and expecting different results . . . isn't that the definition of insanity?
It's time to get these companies off of coal and onto natural gas, "the clean burning fuel".
It has just been reported that our natural gas inventories have just increased by 35%. That is many years worth! Natural gas prices are low. It's time the government steps in and legislates these companies to convert. Natural gas if desired and designed for can be used to 90% energy efficiency. A lot more efficient than the dirty 35% they are operating at currently.


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I started a thread sometime back on this topic, however, I have since lost it (Why hasn't someome made me write a search feature for PT yet!!! j/k I know you have asked and asked), and secondly I managed to drown myself in work so never actualy got out of my own front door.
Well, things have changed. Two days ago I quit my new job in london, have saved up some pennies and in two weeks am planning on leaving England on my travels.
My first intentions were to visit Rednell, but at this moment it's not convenient until January, so... anyone else who is not in the UK that I know, fancy being visited, housing me for a week or so* :D I'm clean, good sense of humour and can cook, so, it's not all bad.
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Definition of guaiacol in English:
An oily yellow liquid with a penetrating odor, obtained by distilling wood tar or guaiac, used as a flavoring and an expectorant.
- Alternative name: o-methoxyphenol; chemical formula: HOC6H4OCH3.
Example sentences
- The two main synthetic sources of synthetic vanillin are from guaiacol (chemical industry) and from lignin (paper industry).
- Glyceryl ether of guaiacol, commonly known as guaifenesin, is present in multiple cough and cold preparations.
- Its synthetic counterpart, made from guaiacol or eugenol, is used in artificial vanillas.
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