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Complaint Review: Ford Motor Company, Town Square Ford Lincolnton, NC
Ford Motor Company, Town Square Ford Lincolnton, NC1129 E Main St Boger City, North Carolina U.S.A.
Ford Motor Company, Town Square Ford Lincolnton, NC Ford sold me a LEMON and denies it and won't help me get out of this piece of crap car Ripoff Boger City North Carolina
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My problems started 2 weeks after I bought my car, it started to cut off on me, when I took it in to Town Square they said they couldn't get it to do it for them, so they did nothing to it. Couple weeks later it's still cutting off as I come to a stop, so I took it to the Ford place in Kings Mtn. The guy there told me that it was 2 quarts low on transmission fluid. it's a brand new car how can it be low on transmission fluid. He told me they probably let me drive it off the lot like that.
When I called Town Square and told them what Kings Mtn said, they didn't care. Couple months later my car begin to violently change gears (it's an automatic), when it would go into gear it would jerk. My dad rode with me one day, when it did it he thought we got rear ended because it jerked so hard. When I took it in to Town Square, again they drove it and said they couldn't get it to do it for them.
Long story short, I've had transmission fluid put in twice, PCV valve replaced, new spark plugs, and some other parts replaced on the transmission. I have all documentation of all the service performed on it. The car's transmission has been worked on 6 times in 1 1/2 years, yet Ford says it's not a lemon. In NC the lemon law states 4 unsuccessful attempts in 2 years on a new car. I believe I meet that standard.
I have called their STUPID Customer Relationship Line, can you say waste of time. I've called then 22 times, all they ever say is they apologize for the inconvience and will forward my message to the regional Ford Representative and they will contact me. HAHAHAHA, I never heard from anyone. I have emailed them, threatening to take them to court unless they take my car back and refund my money or give me a new car=nothing. I worked with the owner of Town Square for a while, Cornelius Willingham, pitiful display of an owner. He would tell me to find a car and he would get me in it, however, not on the Lemon Law stipulations. I'm not supposed to give anything out of pocket, it's supposed to be an even trade, they can't even run my credit again, it would be the same payment and everything.
He wants to run my credit again, wants money down, blah, blah, blah. What it is, I owe approx. $10,000 on my car, but it's only worth about $5,000. If he took my car back he would loose money and he doesn't want to swallow that.
I just want everyone to know that FORD SUCKS!!!!!
Everything aobut them sucks. They say their number one priority is customer satisfaction, well thid customer is not satisfied nor have I ever been satisfied with them, but they could care less, they already have my money.
Do not buy a Ford, do not even buy a car off a Ford Dealership lot, even if it's a Toyota. I will not ever give Ford 1 cent of my money again. I work in a major hospital and I have assured Ford that I will let every patient that I come across not to buy a Ford and to stay away from them.
I have emailed the media around town, called several attorneys, emailed the CEO of Ford, no one will help me.
If anyone would like further information on my complaint, such as times, dates, names, service reprots, copies of the emails, etc; please email me and I can get a little more detailed about my situation. Also, if you have had a similar experience with a new Focus (I've read some of your reports about 2000 Focus, but nothing newer than that), please feel free to contact me. I have a WHOLE lot more to tell.
By the way, if I haven't already said: FORD SUCKS!!!
Gastonia, North Carolina
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Your State Doesn't Have a "Lemon Law"?
AUTHOR: Joe - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, March 07, 2009POSTED: Saturday, March 07, 2009
Of course, you might not want to own a Ford dealership right now.
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Update on Chrissy 's Focus
AUTHOR: Cornelius - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, March 06, 2009POSTED: Friday, March 06, 2009
As a goodwill gesture Ford Motor Company will repurchase her vehicle for the $10,000 she owes, plus provide her with $2,000 in downpayment assistance toward the purchase of another brand of automobile. Regretably, we will not be able to help her obtain financing, as most banks tend to avoid people with 400 beacon scores and a criminal history of solicitation. We will however offer contact information for a number of "buy-here" "pay-here" lots that are comfortable dealing with her kind. Again, we wish Chrissy well with her future transportation needs, and hope she is able to overcome her addictions and legal problems. We feel it would be best however that she "darken someone elses door" and for that reason we make this offer. To take advantage of this offer, she should visit our dealership upon completion of her latest debt to society.
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AUTHOR: Cornelius - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, May 24, 2005POSTED: Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Both the NC Lemon Law and the Ford Dispute Settlement Board are designed to protect consumers with "real" vehicle concerns. In this case, we have a "Friction Problem". Her payment book is rubbing up against her wallet.
Chrissy says she owes $10,000 on a car worth $5,000. But she didn't tell you about the $3,500 in unrepaired collision damage or the insurance money that's already been collected and spent. She also didn't mention she's "upside down" because of high mileage, 41K in two years, and the interest rate her credit history earned her.
In 41,000 miles her car has visited our service department 4 times. Not an unreasonable number of visits, in fact someone maintaining their vehicle properly, should have visited twelve (12) times over that period.
During her visits she mentioned her car occasionally shifts hard, however she nor our technicians were able to duplicate it. Our computers found no trace of malfunction. We learned later she had also visited two other Ford dealerships, who were similarly unable to duplicate the problem. During that period the only thing we ever found was a minor transmission fluid leak, which we repaired at no-charge.
We explained that every unfamilar noise or movement does not indicate a larger issue and that on-board diagnositics resolve many problems as they occur. In any event, Ford provides a 5 year-100,000 mile warranty, as an assurance the vehicle is reliable.
In our materialistic society, it's difficult to appreciate what you have and it's frustrating when you'd rather be driving an SUV, but economics dictated a Focus.
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Funds were sent and to date there has been no card and no response from Lisa Morgan.
Throughout the process, I kept getting updates as to all systems are go. Then I was told that the card was in the mail on 21 August 09; and on 26 August I informed her that the card had not been received. And since then, there has been no response to my request for a refund which was stated in the agreement that we both signed. I sent a certified letter requesting a refund and also have sent several emails as well as made numerous phone calls. All to no avail. No response, no followup or anything.
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Single mom Dee Dee Ford's brain circuitry is overloaded with details, from voicemail, computer and bank account passwords to where she stowed her ATM card, eyeglasses and car keys. Though friends marvel at the 48-year-old woman's recall of details from decades past, her short-term memory often lapses as she juggles a commute to work in Sonoma, Calif., her daughter's school and sporting events, and her own volunteer and social demands.
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"I look ridiculous, but at least I know where my glasses are," she laughed. "I don't have to tear my car apart."
Ford falls into that 45- to 60-year-old range when, according to researchers, adults' busyness peaks -- about 20 years after their memory has begun to slip.
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Bernstein, a neurologist in Santa Rosa, Calif., compares age-related loss of brain cells and cognitive function to a computer that locks up.
"The hard drive just takes a little longer to reboot," he said. "We haven't lost it; there's just a little delay in retrieving it."
Speed of processing information and the ability to avoid distractions also begin to decline by our late 20s, said National Institute on Aging researcher Jeffrey Elias. So "we are all more prone to interference," and the word-association tricks once used to recall grocery lists or to-do's won't come to mind so spontaneously.
"By the 40s, the multitasking you used to love on your job when you were in your 20s and 30s is just getting to be a little too much," Elias said.
By our late 50s or 60s, brain atrophy or shrinkage can be detected on a brain scan, said Dr. Gary Small, a psychiatrist at University of California Los Angeles. "And when cells shrink," he said, "they don't function as well."
But without a loss of executive function -- the skills to sequence, organize, plan and monitor your own behavior -- failing memory would not signal dementia, Small and other experts agreed.
"Normal is being able to carry on your daily activities without impairment," said Bernstein.
At the University of Illinois, Park led a study of 350 adults, ranging in age from their 20s to 90s, tracking their memory losses across the lifespan. "The changes are subtle and small: They accrue over a period of many years," Park noted.
To distinguish between normal aging and Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, health professionals rely on family histories, brain scans, medical exams, lab work, cognitive testing and a comparison of current functioning versus prior functioning.
Slowing the decline
Advancing age and a genetic risk of dementia are irreversible. But many conditions that may impair the memory can be reversed or treated, including:
n Stress, anxiety and depression: "The 40-year-old who thinks they have Alzheimer's is unlikely to have Alzheimer's, but they're very likely to have depression," Bernstein said. "The symptoms mimic each other."
Kramer documented improvements in the walkers in memory, attention and their ability to multitask after six months on the aerobic regimen.
Memory 'Boot Camp'
At UCLA, Small promotes a 14-day memory "boot camp," combining mental stimulation, physical conditioning, a healthful diet and stress reduction. Michele Rubin, a 47-year-old former pharmacist from Beverly Hills, adopted the two-week regimen and improved one memory test score to the average typical of a 25-year-old, Small said.
Concerned about slowing recall and forgetfulness about things her family members had told her, the mother of three embraced Small's recommendations.
She began eating foods rich in antioxidants and fish containing omega-3 fatty acids, started a cardiovascular workout at her gym, afforded herself the luxury of nonfiction reading and jumped back into mentally taxing pursuits she'd avoided in her busy life, such as helping her kids with science and math homework.
"Just defining what normal, age-related memory loss is was really helpful for me," Rubin recalled, "so I didn't feel like, 'Oh, my God, I'm having early signs (of dementia).' Everybody has these symptoms."
At the University of Illinois, Park has tested how learning new skills -- quilting and digital photography -- influenced the cognitive function of volunteers aged 65 to 80 who previously were relatively inactive or stayed at home.
For eight to 10 weeks, the volunteers engaged in 15 hours each week of either the photography or quilting, and Park said the results from small, pilot studies showed promise. "It would suggest that staying engaged across the lifetime might genuinely improve your cognition," she said.
Park plans a much larger trial to test the effects of such stimuli.
"We know what to do to have a healthy heart," she said, "and we're starting to learn what to do to have a healthy mind."
Katy Hillenmeyer writes for The Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, Calif.
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12 columns in Cergy (near Paris - France)
12 columns in Cergy (near Paris - France)
I love this one too...
Beautifull image, such a straight concept.
Good work...
Good work...
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Cé votre métier ??
parce ke si cé une passion vous la vivé vraiment a fond!!
pas du tout mon métier... je fais des photos avec mon âme et avec passion
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An extremely well framed and striking image; both inwardly and outwardly energetic, and frighteningly, frighteningly impressive. I definately feel they are like Sentinels watching over mankind, glorified their sense of overpowering and immovable majesty, commanding in their silent and all-conquering judgement of fear and delievering in their overwhelming yet impassive dominance. +Fav
OMG I the angle...wonderful.
really stylish photo man...all the architecture pics r great.
Belle impression futuriste.
Wonderful use of angle and color.
this one is great too
oooh i love the angle in this one too!! and the color of the sky is super!!!! awesome stuff
suburb lighting and composure, excellent. very well done on this shot :0)
thats amazing. love it!
you just have the talent! i'm so amused...
pretty cool capture ... nice work dude
I just love how it directs the eye to the corner where the light is... great job!
This is so good. Such an imposing and powerful image. Awesome photo France!
looks like a modern day stonehedge
very kewl though
i like the angle of the pic
and the color gives it an alter world kinda feel
very kewls
very kewl though
i like the angle of the pic
and the color gives it an alter world kinda feel
very kewls
very very powerful image. the warm colors give a strange mood... but i like the contrast and the composition is just great...
the position of the sun is magic
the warm color gives him an excellent touch, I love the composition
the warm color gives him an excellent touch, I love the composition
Excellent capture here. I prefer this over the B&W version, as the color adds a little more life to the photo. It definitely captures the idea of growing industrialism and whatnot. Great work!
oh wow! this is really incredible!
Excellent graphic presentation. Well done!
I like it more on color!! Great work!
love the tones! so beautiful
lovely capture bro
I miss you alot
I miss you alot
You are really, really good m8
I love the color in this. The muddy-orange has a such a warm but barren feel to it. It seems to convery alot of soulful emotion. I think it accomplishes this better than does its black and white counter-part. However, I like that image as well. I do prefer the framing/composition of this piece to the other. Placing the tallest cylinder on the diagonal of this work makes it a very strong focal point and holds the viewer's attention.
Soooooo coooolllll, amazing feeling dude instant !!!!!
i lie this version a lot better than the black and white one. it gives more warmth and emotion than the black and white one
nice work, i like the orange a lot and the towers are cool too. not a fav of yours, but still love it!
Nice color of the sky. I love simple shots like this.
Trop fort, j'habite juste a coté de cergy le haut/cergy st christophe, et donc je passe tout le temps par les 12 colonnes...
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Let's see....Wily 5. For the first part, really you HAVE to take your time and shoot all the moles that are close to hitting you. Use the Water Shield as much as you can to help out, or anything else that's not the Chill Spike. Once you get to the second part with the moles, if you're quick AND take the upper path, you CAN walk through the rest of the stage without taking a hit. For Wily, I recommend pausing the game as soon as Wily appears, find out which of them is the real one and plan accordingly. If he appears on either side and is going to do the energy ball thing, pause as soon as the energy ball appears and again, plan accordingly. By jumping really high with the low gravity, you will hopefully get about 4 Chill Spikes in per appearance. If he's not doing the energy ball thing, only take a shot if you've got a good chance or if he sneezes. The 5 little spark balls move pretty slowly on Easy, so you should be able to dodge those decently. But again, pause LOTS to think of your next move.
Good Luck!
Yeah, I figured out what to me was a guaranteed way to dodge the homing balls. I got about a block away from the far side from where they were coming from, and jumped about halfway up for the first ball. The jump was timed so that as I was coming down the second homing ball was going towards the peak of my jump. Repeated that, and never got hit.
Overall mr. perfect wasn't THAT bad, just took a lot of time spent in challenge mode memorizing patterns and learning tricks to kill enemies faster / safely.
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I just had my site converted to a wordpress site so it would be easier to make changes. But the site loads very slowly on my computer and on some other people's computers but some tell me it loads fine.
I have a pretty new and fast computer and other sites load just fine.
Can someone help me diagnose this. The person who created it does not know how to fix it. She used DBCache.
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Pope Benedict's Ex-Butler Gets 18 Months In Jail For Stealing Secret Documents
06.10.2012 [Business Insider] - Gianluigi Nuzzi, the Italian journalist to whom Gabriele has admitted passing the documents, called the butler "courageous" and said he wants an inquiry into the allegations in the papers and not into how they were leaked. The documents published in
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Ok, so using the Thematic framework, I've created a child theme and got everything working except the featured images.
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Hey, my website is http://www.whereismymuse.com I want the feature image to show in the slider only and the headline text to show on the thumbnails, I just can't figure out how to do this any help would be great.
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Posted 13 June 2012 - 12:47 PM
On that note i think that MOC'ing a ship seems to me the hardest type of MOC and i am truly in awe of how you guys design and build these ships. I am amazed when i see your new ideas on every ship and it leaves me speechless
Posted 14 June 2012 - 09:08 PM
natesroom, on 13 June 2012 - 12:47 PM, said:
On that note i think that MOC'ing a ship seems to me the hardest type of MOC and i am truly in awe of how you guys design and build these ships. I am amazed when i see your new ideas on every ship and it leaves me speechless
I was hoping those here that MOC both would be able to comment on whether or not it was any harder then MOC a building or castle.
Posted 14 June 2012 - 10:20 PM
The hardest MOC in my opinion are mocs I don't like to build, ships are my favourites, I enjoy making them and that makes it easier to come up with something decent.
Since you are comparing with castles I have to say, I haven't been able to make a decent castle yet, I find them harder to build than ships
Posted 14 June 2012 - 11:49 PM
Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:36 AM
My dad always says "Nothing is hard once you've done it" it's just experimenting with what works and what doesn't
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:39 AM
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 12:51 PM
RocketSeason, on 15 June 2012 - 01:39 AM, said:
I agree with this, mostly. For me, Lego was designed to build houses and castles and structures of sorts, not complex curving shapes. In my AFOL life I've mainly built ships but always admire people who build things that at first glance are not apparently Lego. I think any MOC that accomplishes this was difficult to build and separates a good MOCer from an average one. Attention to detail, research, and innovative techniques are not required to build a ship, but it is required to build a good ship. I think the same can be said about most outstanding MOC's.
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:48 PM
All of the above is a bit beyond me i.e. too complicated for me.
A castle is indeed easier (no disrespect to castle MOCers).
Alternatively you may want to get a LEGO ship e.g. Queen Anne's Revenge or the Black Pearl and use the ship as a start to MOC the interior and deck instead of brick-building a ship's hull from scratch.
Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:51 PM
Building a castle or a village is very parts consuming because it is hard to get a natural look; if you just pile out bricks it won't really seem natural, you must integrate plants and create textures.
Shipbuilding aims at another target. What is hard there is to reproduce faithfully the ship's lines: the curves, the tumblehome, the sheer, the prow and stern. It involves trying to recreate curved surfaces with square bricks.
Both are incredibly detailed. Often shipbuilding is accompanied by an obsession for historical accuracy and usually custom production, such as sails and rigging: it isn't as much as a free build, as a castle or so; that too requires time. None can said to be "harder", each being different and having its own style.
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 02:40 PM
i build in diffent themes, but mostly ships, the whole challence with a ship, is that you have to stuff so much as you can into it, without its looking odd, it has to look elegant, and smooth, so yes, i think its harder to build a ship than a castle, because of the restricted base, i know you can build your own hull, but you still have no more room than that,
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 03:35 PM
Posted 15 June 2012 - 06:40 PM
Not to mention your stock of bricks. I never tried to built a castle as I didn't have the bricks, but I did build cliffs and rocks. On a certain moment I had collected enough of these to build land-based MOCs, especially castle themed ones.
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 07:51 PM
I think this is an important point that has not yet been mentioned: rigging and sailmaking regularly takes more than half of the time that's needed to build a ship (though only a small portion of the costs) and also a great deal of skill and creativity, but it's strictly speaking not building Lego.
Why do I think building ships is so difficult? Well I guess it's a number of factors:
- There are curves everywhere (in 3 dimensions) and we all know that bricks are straight.
- Ornaments on historic ships can be very elaborate and are often impossible to make with lego. You can try and imitate the overall impression, but it's quite tricky.
- There isn't much space: sailing ships have always been cramped and putting all of that detail into a MOC is impossible; even in minifigure scale, so you end up with a fraction of it that's still difficult to make.
- The rigging makes it difficult to make your ship modular, the only viable options are to make either the sides or topdeck removable both of which compromises the rigging and build quality in some way.
- Even Minifigure Illusion Scale (=prefab) ships are rather large compared to other MOCs which incresases construction time and also costs. No true minifigure scale ship has ever been finished, but Captain Blackmoor comes closer every other day.
- For building ships you need many specialised parts, which further drives both build time and costs.
- You'll also need a ton of very specialised techniques that can't possibly be all invented by one person, so one way or another you'll have to copy some from others before adding your own touch (in the past I've tried keeping track of credit, but given it up by now due to lack of interest ).
- Then there's the rigging thing; take Vesta as an extreme example and you'll immediately know that that's hard.
- The same applys to sails.
Of course for instance building vehicles in Minifigure scale or with integrated technic functions is also a very hard discilpine that I have great respect for, but you don't have that rigging madness.
I also have to agree with Captain Blackmoor that a lot depends on the amount of detail you want to achieve, however a mediocre ship looks like a house with masts while a mediocre castle still looks like a castle.
By the way, I'm currently into the rigging process on 8 ships
More on that later.
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Posted 15 June 2012 - 09:54 PM
in my Golden Whale, i have RC cannons and hatches, and RC light, in a rather large beautiful ship,
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 09:34 PM
Ships to me are the easiest to make (and not just sailing ships), but that is also because I know quite a bit about them and they have been my favourite subject for more then 20 years now.
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Posted 28 June 2012 - 10:29 PM
Depends on grade of detail.
There are the "easy" ways (huge hull parts for ships and the wall sections for the castle) and the "insane" way (brick built hull and "real" proportions in minifig scale / round towers and details like from a tiny sculpteur)
Best would be to try out ^.^
Posted 29 June 2012 - 10:04 PM
So it's not that it's hard, you just need enough bricks, or know how to use what you got.
Personally, I think castles are the hardest, anyone can build a plain castle, it takes skill to make one that stands out from the crowd.
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Posted: 03/30/2011 - Those who enjoy riding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) will soon have a place to ride in Lafayette County for a few months before the start of hunting season.
Updated: 03/31/2011 - A violent scuffle between a Midway homeowner and the city's fire chief ends with a trip to the hospital for the homeowner.
Posted: 03/30/2011 - Things are beginning to look a little different at the Thomas County library.
Posted: 03/29/2011 - Farm Share is working with PeaceJam organizers and Rickards High School students to provide about 42,000 pounds of nutritious food to disadvantaged families on Saturday, April 2, 2:00-3:30 p.m., at Rickards High School.
Posted: 03/29/2011 - The Tallahassee Chapter of Ducks Unlimited was recently named one of DU's Top 100 Chapters.
Posted: 03/29/2011 - Thomas County emergency responders are getting a little help in the CPR department.
Updated: 03/29/2011 - The Glass Ceiling Award is presented to women who have excelled and shattered the glass ceiling in professions which are mostly dominated by men.
Posted: 03/29/2011 - Winn-Dixie will be hosting a management position job fair on March 30.
Updated: 03/30/2011 - Wheels are turning this year as "Rescue Ride", a program created by LCHS and funded by the PEDIGREE Foundation, rescues dogs from shelters in North Florida and South Georgia and transports them to adoption programs in Central Florida.
Posted: 03/29/2011 - Tallahassee will roll out the garnet and gold carpet for the three day event, being held Thursday, April 14 through Saturday, April 16 and will give FSU football fans everywhere the chance to show their Seminole pride in advance of the 2011 season.
Posted: 04/01/2011 - Spring is in full bloom in the Capital City and what better way to celebrate than with a festival and parade? Springtime Tallahassee kicks off on April 2nd.
Updated: 03/29/2011 - More than one thousand people from across Florida fill the courthouse lawn in Leon County on March 29. Protesters say they are fighting for Florida's Future.
Posted: 03/29/2011 - Members of the Leon County Board of County Commissioners have been invited to attend a community meeting requested by citizens who live in the Ft. Braden area, to discuss Blountstown Highway (Highway 20) road safety and other issues.
Updated: 03/28/2011 - Almost 100 Thomas County properties will be up on the auctioner's block if their taxes aren't paid off by next week (4/5).
Updated: 03/28/2011 - All of the Grady County Schools are already making plans to improve in 2012.
Updated: 03/28/2011 - A team of cyclists traveled throughout Florida to ride a message home: "Survive the Drive". In this case, home was 600 miles away at the State Capitol.
Posted: 03/28/2011 - The City of Tallahassee's Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs Department will host a morning filled with exciting sports challenges and events to celebrate the start of the 2011 youth softball and baseball seasons.
Updated: 03/28/2011 - A Thomasville Plantation unveiled a collection of historic paintings today.
Posted: 03/26/2011 - Despite the rain earlier today (3/26) the show went on as planned for the 2010 Red Cross Gala.
Updated: 03/28/2011 - A star NFL player spends the day (3/26) encouraging responsible dog ownership, all for a good cause.
Updated: 03/28/2011 - One organization is giving residents a chance to learn how to protect themselves against foreclosure fraud.
Posted: 03/26/2011 - The City of Thomasville helped residents take care of some spring cleaning today (3/26).
Posted: 03/26/2011 - Frisbees whizzed across Thomasville this morning (3/26) for a good cause.
Posted: 03/26/2011 - A Tallahassee-based organization traveled to the Peach State yesterday (3/26) to honor a man who paid the ultimate price for his country.


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Helene Pierson, executive director of the Heart of Camden, will receive a "Drum Major for Justice Award" at a tribute service honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
WHAT: Helene Pierson, executive director of the Heart of Camden, will receive a "Drum Major for Justice Award" at a tribute service honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She is part of the community group Camden: Stop the Trauma, Violence and Murder. She has been an advocate against violence and an activist in South Camden where she has worked tirelessly to improve the neighborhood.
The theme for the service is "Moving Forward: Leaning on Justice, Hope and Democracy." The service coincides with the inauguration of President Barack Obama, and several chapter members plan to travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the celebration. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Burlington-Camden Alumni Chapter, is a co-sponsor of the service.
"As we honor the legacy and work of Dr. King, President Obama will be sworn in for a second term, as the country's first black President," said AKA Chapter President Melanie L. Burney. "This is a wonderful way to celebrate the progress this nation has made. But lest we forget, the struggle is not over and we cannot rest until Dr. King's dream is fully recognized."
In keeping with their tradition of service, sorority members will donate canned goods and help bag food for senior members of St. John Baptist Church, recognition that the King holiday is "A day on, not a day off."
The Rev. Tynisha Camae Drennon, pastor of the Campbell AME Church in Woodbury, N.J., will deliver the keynote address. She is the first female preacher selected to give the address.
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Prosecutors told the jury in closing arguments they wanted them to hold the four officials accountable for their actions and how they spent taxpayer's money.
U.S. Attorney Ken Taylor accused Knott County Judge-Executive Randy Thompson of using hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars as a campaign fund to influence the election.
He argued black-topping and bridge repairs increased five times the normal amount the months before the November 2006 election and argued work stopped after election day. He claimed pavers kept bad records on purpose and argued officials knew illegal activity was happening and did nothing about it.
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Prosecutors repeated their argument that not everyone who needed help got it.
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Look at it chronicle live by Farmers Insurance I am Jim -- more. And we got the panelists here to talk about Manny Ramirez someone well under forties it's in my left she's also the -- beat writer that is -- Lester what a good way to start our spring training coverage. Yeah you know this isn't really surprised that it's still big news it's Manny Ramirez -- you know mania Landon Manny being Manny and I think it's he's gonna create some interest -- this team and there wasn't necessarily going to be a lot of national attention paid the -- this year now. Many creates. A lot of interest and more Mike glowing introduction of the under forty is softer they'll go to the greatest they're good. -- -- radical entire Soccer City parents are better at CSN Bay Area back up a race all I can hopefully get up what do way to make history here with chronicle live on the road spring training why Manny Ramirez for the -- now -- 'cause they couldn't get Jeremy Lin. -- up up up the look it's one of those classic Billy -- deals it's the low risk high reward thing where. If Manny. Does well then -- a genius debated as poorly while Manny was done and we already knew he was done so it really is I mean there's not much risk involved here. It's half a million dollars per guy's gonna play a hundred games if they don't it doesn't strike lightning they don't trade him at the trade deadline. So I mean it's really in terms of impact on the a's long term it's negligible but for the moment this season said it but. So last year go back to his year he was one for seventeen with Tampa Bay he retires on April early in April. And so the court I believe April -- he retires but then he decides to un retire or ask for reinstatement -- this -- -- -- all this -- When he apply for reinstatement Terry in the winter meetings and the decision was made to reduce his suspension from the hundreds of fifty games. He'll be eligible play in the spring training games he can play an exhibition games in Japan obviously not the two regular season games. And then he can go to extended spring training to the it's getting really good long look at him and the disagree with one thing that -- said there is some risk to this. The a's wanted to get another ideas their rebuilding. They wanted to get a look at some of their younger hitting prospects guys that could be here for a long time. And they're not can get nearly as much time to look at those guys certainly did his thing. Those first fifty games -- -- they -- some of those guys out there and get a look but you know the impression was that we're getting was it was gonna want to be assessment than Johnny knows and that spot. But what I'm gonna guess that is if they went to the trouble signing mean. Maybe they didn't like what they have. Because at some point you've got to. Conclude that they're gonna do this they must feel that there's a need for me any in their line up that the guys they already don't have can't fill. It doesn't make any sense otherwise I mean if they really like those other guys there's no need for Manny at all. Buzz or no -- but the fact is they signed them because they feel that he fits a need to -- clearly can't. Can't deal with right now it seems to me. And Susan is there some to be said even if you're gonna go as the a's do with the rebuild. Don't you like to have a guy who's been through the wars before who young guys can learn from well yeah and especially with bringing in -- and -- -- this the Cuban star who speaks at a virtually no English and has never played. Pro ball the United States having some unlike Manny Ramirez who is bilingual has seen at all. Has played here for a long long time I think that'll be good for says that does not people might look at and go -- crazy Manny Ramirez as a mentor for young player. But he's a great hitter and his work ethic is off the chart senseless people always say everyone I know. That has ever played with Manny says you would not believe his work ethic so I think that's probably a good thing for young player likes us the -- to see especially from a of fellow Latin player. Is he still looked at as a great hitter or someone who has an asterisk because maybe there was -- enhancement. By some outside interest and have an unusual drug test at one point. Well I mean he's looked. He's always gonna -- the masters for people wanna put it there. The only troublesome thing for me is that he was awful and camped just it looked like he was done. So this is a bigger question mark than it would have been -- say they've signed him in the spring of 2011. Because he'd been coming off. You know Goodyear after Goodyear after Goodyear to Goodyear temple was a disaster form so this is in some ways what he's got to do to remake himself as a baseball player per season after they get that. Long look at him before it's ready to put him on the roster not want you to project. What is he in an Oakland a's uniform position wise and where is he in the order. -- only DH and only the cleanup hitter I mean you're only adding him. To be a threat in the lineup they don't have much power Jonny Gomes is their guy with the most power so the middle of the order you concede just from a baseball standpoint paid. May be having this that will help these other young guys so from that simply makes sense if he has anything left and he actually started off in Tampa last spring pretty well and it was during the season when there was parity -- idea. That the drug test was coming up a lot of scouts I talked to said he looked like he'd given up at that point so. Mix on how he was looking last year in Tampa good during the spring not so -- once those rumblings of the drug test came out. If you end up getting numbers like he got out of Hideki Matsui last year after the all star break you've got to be doing cartwheels right rent -- -- gives you that you got to be excited. Well yeah but if he gives you the numbers and Matsui gave him for the all star break. You've got to be depressed I mean that's the thing he's he's a complete. Mystery. To everybody and I don't care you know how much Billy scouted him. I don't care how many people saw him you know from the moment that he -- to suspension and did all that we don't know if this is Manny Ramirez anymore. We know it's a guy with his name but we're not sure if that's the -- your mirrors of five years ago one year ago six weeks ago we had no idea. Do we know season after the reinstatement. For Manny who called whom first was Billy on the phone to them or work. -- man he's represented represented its calling around. You know I do not know for sure but I know the a's did wanna add another bat so -- talked to Ramirez they were still talking a little bit -- Hideki Matsui they talked to Johnny Damon. I think they put in a called Vladimir Guerrero so. They wanted to add about my guesses and you know somebody calls somebody for -- it doesn't matter the a's are looking. If it's a disaster and he's -- no 95 hitter like he was in Tampa. They still got word of mouth they still got some attention is at the worst thing in the world food an a's team that has not been a playoff team since 2000 that haven't been a winning team since 2006. Well no could he hit so 95 it's a disastrous miscalculation because. You stacking up against all the other guys like Manny that they signed since 06. That turned out not to do well piazza. Again Kendall was never very good he was he was 05 -- Giambi -- par. Thumb its its the latest in a long string of guys like that and it's for. If he's -- 95 it means that Billy once again has cast his lot with a guy who's done and that means -- may -- his eye for talent is a little bit jaded. When they brought in Matsui year ago a lot of attention a lot of the positive from the Asian media. Now you've got man ram coming -- are you expecting the circus on an everyday basis he's coming in later in the week. If this is a bigger market if Oakland was an -- -- say yes but I think this'll kind of blow over quickly because you know -- the a's go under the radar even in. The market that we're in the answer under the radar. To mean Manny it's you spend so the whole thing has gone over so much and he's he's a little bit of a chameleon that's fascinating. But I think the national media will come in for a day and then probably leaving out. Susan's luster thanks for coming all the way over here helping us out in this big story you're the first one to get it last week. And on Tuesday all -- all the time you're there with a -- as well we'll have Bob Melvin. And more excited now absolutely no I'll have a better production tomorrow have a break you stick around I'm not as excited about that.
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And it's with great excitement and given the crowd here today greater Simon will we announced via. Signing of Hideki Matsui to a one year contract. Most of the people this rumor familiar with this. His work the last few years with the Yankees
We're very honored and pleased to be joined by Hideki Matsui and his interpreter read downstairs and gentlemen. How much relief was it for you executive finally get this over with it took
Matsui talks about hitting his first walk-off home run as a member of the A's.
It's time to get the kinks out. I think we're just trying to improve every time in the pre season every game from one Matsui is probably the biggest since you wanna see improvement. You know you want take care of the ball a little more that we need
That. I we're we're different personalities. He's he's fiery. Bryan has an edge you don't know it's it's Matsui is an. You know anything he's he can emotional he's all about winning and now. You know he's yeah. He's there he
I had the opportunity to. Play against him more numerous occasions the same division. And it became the very rival between Matsui and I tell you what one thing that's you know you wanna get out of is a 110% because of the score because of the situation
Come to several players that comes up to my mind person I received email from my nature. And also. Former teammate of mine Matsui . Play for the next several years ago and also hockey you tomorrow. There little thing infielders that. Made an appearance
You know we wanna go to go with the ball and emphasize that it may cause me to chase down so I schedule Moshood to a great job this week of he knows. The paranoid breaking well over every Simone was Thomas played him just Matsui Lucic.
of and knocks the rust off so to speak from the days often. Those guys came ran hard and This week is a big win for us and Matsui no news from there are today. No we're known as anonymous who aren't there lists actually have on tournament the you know
don't matter 20082 endorsements would matter. Oprah for Obama. And that Colin how other than that you know most of Doris Matsui discount let's. I think it struck I think they are sort of again you know and when you're looking at daddies get political
young guy is he's such a talk about that Colin cap predicted how it affects the offense on the very next play when it Alex Matsui through an interception in the end zone so. They dialed back the amount of plays for cap for next. They decided exists stick
been. A hard time in China. Give it just in his game you know coming. Am focused that's it you know defensive there in. Matsui season united and I had a very good team do you see this little smile my. Marmol was just a lot of defenders and a lot of other
knows how to make adjustments you know Michael little lineup once put. The second time really pretty strong through it and Matsui Davis made the adjustments and I think we got on the fastball more laid off the off skewed. And this thing the most important
for Japan. For the players are greeted warmly at Tokyo's everyday air. Our free experience them and that's kind of what Matsui went through every their rosters so it's kind of gives me the working well. I guess that's that's kind of what you expected
getting numbers like he got out of Hideki Matsui last year after the all star break ..... if he gives you the numbers and Matsui gave him for the all star break ..... were still talking a little bit Hideki Matsui they talked to Johnny Damon. I
want that person yesterday. Good or Chris DiMarco two and You kind of happened in Chicago just keeps going on and never gets Matsui but you know take when We've had a lot of hard work out there and then you know our specialty accurately if a couple of points
Matsui waiting for us downstairs along with the interpreter Roger talent we appreciate you guys stopping by and a gentleman that He
Bob Melvin talks about Hideki Matsui's three double game and sweeping the Mariners
Melvin thinks Moscoso got better as the game progressed, and calls Matsui's double the hit of the game.
in the game. In baseball the game beat the Blue Jays 103 north of the border the Green and gold got a big game from Hideki Matsui who went four for six and two wins and two runs meanwhile. On the mound Guillermo Moscoso and picked up his fifth
coliseum king Felix struck out nine in Casper Wells his first home run. As a member of the one bright spot for the Hideki Matsui went through before He raised his season average to shoot 64. Christmas there's not a gridiron where both 49ers
in today felt a little better yesterday. For them. Yeah I don't think we're quite there it was. Was to play in. Club Matsui and Willingham isn't just a precautionary thing I'm in the Willingham said last night that is Phillies pretty good so just
thirteen runs on seventeen hits in a blowout of Tampa Bay Oakland what a spot in the fourth against James Shields homers by. That Matsui and Ryan Sweeney Trevor Cahill did the rest scattering four hits over seven. Third. Big lineup for you coming up later today


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"It is just awful what is happening in Haiti. I"ve seen some of it on the TV and it"s so sad," the Mirror quoted Boyle, 48, as saying. She added: "To be asked to do this with all these talented singers is just great, it"s such an honour. It would be lovely to meet Rod Stewart, being a fellow Scot."


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LOS ANGELES (AP) - It turns out that you may not have to pay more for premium cable channels, in order to see some of the best that TV has to offer -- at least judging by this year's Emmy nominees.
The basic-cable series "Damages" and "Mad Men" are each nominated for best series. And Glenn Close, a star of "Damages," is up for an acting Emmy.
She says the growing strength of basic cable has "changed the landscape of television."
Sally Field, of ABC's "Brothers and Sisters," is also up for the lead drama actress Emmy. In her words, "It never gets old. I do, but it doesn't."
America Ferrera of ABC's "Ugly Betty" is among the actresses in the best comedy series category. She says she tried to be nonchalant, but calls it "exciting" to get a nomination.
The Emmy Awards ceremony will be held September 21st and broadcast on ABC.
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