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Technology can both ignite and combat human trafficking. Research teams worldwide, like Mark Latonero's at the Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy at the University of Southern California, are working to develop technologies to fight human trafficking and abolish modern-day slavery. Latonero, research director and deputy managing director at the Annenberg Center, and his colleagues at the USC Information Sciences Instituteare developing technologies that disrupt the social dynamics of the trafficking trade and are creating technological platforms that leverage real-time data to provide actionable information for counter-trafficking efforts. He and his team recently produced two major reports on human trafficking online, Human Trafficking Online: The Role of Social Networking Sites and Online Classifieds and Technology and Human Trafficking: The Rise of Mobile and the Diffusion of Technology-Facilitated Trafficking.
In a recent interview with me, Latonero explained the negative and positive affects technology has on human trafficking, how real-time data can be used to track and identify victims, and how this data might be able to help prosecute those who buy and sell victims of sexual exploitation.
Melissa Grace Hoon for Abolish Slavery Coalition: What is technology's role in human trafficking today?
Mark Latonero: In modern society that we live in today, we find that it is increasingly the case that much of our social lives are being mediated or facilitated in an online environment, or through technology with the use of mobile phones, online websites, etc. Specifically speaking of activities involving human rights issues such as human trafficking, a computer or network of computers or devices bring us into the middle of big social issues. Technology can help in organizing protests and in raising awareness to help combat issues like human trafficking. Computers or networks of computers are in the middle of the greatest human rights issues of our day. Technology brings a new dimension to human rights issues with both positive and negative aspects.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: What negative affect does technology have on human trafficking?
Mark Latonero: Negative aspects include online networks that press upon human trafficking issues, specifically in that anyone can sell anything online to a huge audience that they've never had before across great geographies and transcending boundaries. The ability to connect with a group of people and have an audience is a fascinating thing. In regards to human trafficking online, we have these sections that deal with commercial sex, like escorts. What we've found is that some of these ads are in fact human trafficking, defined as the sexual exploitation of coerced individuals or of children under the age of 18. The online universe is exacerbating the ability for pimps and traffickers to advertise across time and space, and distance and boundaries.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: What positive affect does technology have on human trafficking?
Mark Latonero: The positive side is the visibility that technology produces. Any soliciting site, producing good or bad activity – whether through the sale of furniture or concert tickets, or sexual exploitation – makes such activity visible. Visibility is arguably the most important aspect to consider when talking about human trafficking and online networks.Visibility gives many people the chance to see what's being talked about and what's being sold, giving researchers and law enforcement a window into something we've never before seen in real-time. Visibility can also be viewed negatively, because it can expose and sell more victims across a greater geography. Ultimately, we look at visibility and see the social dynamics of sexual exploitation unfold.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: How can real-time data produce actionable information, or prosecutory evidence, for counter-trafficking efforts?
Mark Latonero:Buying and selling victims of human trafficking online leaves a trace, historical record or digital fingerprint. We collect those traces as data. We store it and monitor it, and now we have a big dataset of the potential exploitation of human beings, which we've never had before. You can imagine what it'd be like without computers to collect data like this. Prior to the use of technology in human trafficking, the buying and selling of victims was an invisible and clandestine activity. Now we are using advanced computer techniques that anyone with a computer actually has the ability to also use. Initially, we were dealing with big, unorganized data with a bunch of photographs, phone numbers and text. We take these analytics and data, and analyze in terms of location and time by extracting certain language used in human trafficking posts to get an idea of where these posts are coming from. For the first time, something that was once invisible is now visible. This visibility is directly placed into the hands of experts and professionals who are able to help human trafficking victims.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: How has the data you've collected helped determine who human trafficking victims are, who is buying and selling victims, and the location of exploitation?
Mark Latonero: When we refer to social dynamics in terms of technology and human trafficking, we are largely talking about the recruitment, advertisement and control over the victims, which is what we call the "push-and-pull" factor. We can start looking at these advertising approaches to determine social dynamics of victims, such as race, ethnicity, gender, age and geographic location. For example, we can look in Orange County and see which areas are broken down with certain ethnicities and the price point of the victims. We then begin to understand the business aspects of the human trafficking industry, which helps us understand a variety of things regarding social dynamics, including how individuals are being priced, and the phone number and name attached to people. This information helps track movement. For example, if a victim was trafficked from San Diego to Los Angeles to Las Vegas to San Francisco, those trying to identify and rescue this victim can more easily track her exact location, making human trafficking visible.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: Who has access to this data?
Mark Latonero: Both data and access to the data is valuable for professionals, such as law enforcement and NGOs, who are active in anti-trafficking for investigatory purposes. All or most of our data is collected from public sites. We are just now figuring out how to build the database to a point where it will be most useful to investigators. We know it can be useful for groups or individuals such as law enforcement and NGOs to track victims, who, for example, were in a shelter but then left. It is our hope that our technologies will be useful for law enforcement and others who have a pressing need to locate or track a potential victim in order to find the best way to help them. Because human trafficking does not respect borders and boundaries, it is our hope that our technologies and other technologies like ours will be used locally, and at state, national and international levels. Technology has made human trafficking even more porous in not respecting boundaries and also more fluid in many ways. Given that human trafficking traverses global boundaries, we hope these technologies will be used by many different people in many different geographies in order to combat this crime – a crime that does not respect jurisdiction and flows all over. It would help to be used across traditional boundaries and shared amongst various groups of people who can help.
Also, we are very careful in handling this data. There is only a subset of what we're collecting; there is a lot of other information out there that is not relevant to us concerning the commercial sexualizaiton of children. We are careful to protect and not exploit people's information. The flip-side of collecting this data is that there are other human rights to consider, such as privacy rights. We wouldn't want data to be used in any way to encroach on people's civil liberties.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: How did this project come into fruition?
Mark Latonero: We wanted to help make lives better for people who are of the most vulnerable population – specifically, children who are sexually exploited through human trafficking. We wanted to study technology and the cause-and-effect of its social dynamics regarding human trafficking. This project combines those two goals – through studying technology's role in human trafficking, hopefully we'll succeed in improving the lives of children and others who have been victims of sexual exploitation.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: Who are you collaborating with on this project?
Mark Latonero: This project was originally developed in 2010 in coordination with the U.S. Department of State. The U.S. Department of State had a pressing interest in the use of technology with trafficking in persons. We are also working with the Office of Innovation, California's Office of the Attorney General, NGOs, federal law enforcement and others who feel as strongly as we do about what can be done to combat sex trafficking. One of our first meetings that convened around this topic at this level brought in multi-sector approaches, including U.S. government, academics, NGOs, technologists and advocates against human trafficking, which merged the private sector and tech sector. By bringing these folks together, we saw a great need for something like the development of these technologies, and we saw that there was a huge gap in information and technology concerning human trafficking. We saw a connect in consumer behavior strategies and our techniques with data analytics, which proved how human rights and technologies wrap together and essentially are dealing with the same thing – sex trafficking. Now we can essentially disrupt sex trafficking activity. Now, two-and-a-half years after our first meeting concerning this project, we have formed partnerships and collaborations with private sectors, such as Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, and government agencies and groups, such as the California's Attorney General's Office and federal law enforcement.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: What breakthroughs has this project seen thus far?
Mark Latonero: Our multi-sector meetings are evidence themselves of a breakthrough in this project. These meetings bring people together at federal and state levels. This multi-sector collaboration is the key way to get people to work together on this. For instance, these meetings bring tech firms into the room that had never even heard of sex trafficking. Crime is happening with the use of their technologies so they're interested in what's going on. These meetings include human trafficking experts and the people behind the tech businesses. All of these people alike want to understand what they can do to combat this crime.
Abolish Slavery Coalition: What challenges has the project faced?
Mark Latonero: The key challenges that this project needs has faced are social challenges, moreso than technological challenges.For instance, human trafficking facilitated by technologies move victims from state to state and region to region. We have technologies that track that movement, but to get officials from different areas to coordinate information about potential victims is a huge challenge concerning different laws and so forth. Not everyone is accustomed to prosecuting under human trafficking laws, even at the federal and state levels. Integrating NGOs and all the other folks who want to help combat this crime is a huge challenge. Also, coordinating these groups with the incorporation of technology is a challenge in itself.
About the Author
Melissa Grace Hoon is the Managing Editor for the Abolish Slavery Coalition. She is a victim advocate and a human rights journalist with a Master's degree in American studies where she focused on slavery, gendered violence and victimization. She is a freelance reporter for the Orange County Register and volunteers with the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force.


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ok im a new guy been reading alot on 781s im building a 79' 454 looking for a good setup on my 85'swb its gonna be a weekend show off .my run the strip few times.( its got comp lifter n cam package 292/550.im lookun to build a dependable street motor and i live across from drag strip .im needing info on rebuilding my heads but not lookin to replace my bottom end.was thinkin of uping the valve size like i read but dont want to over do it
.im 26 this is my first build.:drool: i need to know what to tell the shop to do to the heads. please help:confused:
If you do a little porting on the exhaust side,bowl work and install 2.19 intakes and 1.88 exhaust valves you will make very good power.This is not over doing anything. I did similar work to my oval heads when I had my 1980 Camaro. worth the money
ok, cool i live se of dallas any good shop u recomend?
Here is basic for big valve 049-781 heads.
Clean, check for cracks/warp.
Check valve guides for wear. If worn, repair with bronze liners.
Shorten guides and cut for performance seals.
Serdi cut intake seats for 2.19 valves.
Bowl hog to blend.
Serdi cut exhaust seats for 1.88 valve.
Bowl hog to blend.
two angles on valves
Install rotator eliminators.
Install valve seals.
10 degree +.100 retainers
Set springs to spec height.
I just did six of these heads for inventory last week.
For economy sake. Comp Products has a good price for aftermkt seals and a special on valves on the broom sheet.
Good prices on springs.
I bought hundreds of stock length stainless 2.19 and 1.88 valves. On a deal, several years ago. If you can buy +.100 valves reasonable, use them rather than the +.100 retainers. These heads, stock, have short valve springs.
If a mild cam with single springs. You can save money by not cutting guides and use 455 Buick valve seals. Also TSC stores sell a gold colored 5/8" washer in bulk hardware. That, when used in pairs, work good as rotator eliminator.
Heep guide to valve stem reasonably tight. Loose guides along with large valve heads= dropped valves. A historic BBC problem.
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I know you said you don't want to replace your bottom end. But the chambers on the 781 heads are at least 118cc. So it would be nice to know if the pistons are flat top or domed. For an example KB pistons have three different size domes -12cc, -25.5cc and -43cc. With the 781 heads you would need a -12cc dome to have a 9.173 compression ratio which would be ideal with pump gas. The compression ratio with a flat top piston would be 8.233 a little on the low side.
well im not sure of miles on it i believe its stock pistons i guess they r flat top they have s mall circle in the center. i have a set of luntine:confused:double springd that i got with all of the parts. how do i know if the springs r the rite ones to use?
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I am sorry but you have a set of dished pistons in the bottom end. If you were to use the 781 heads you would have a compression ratio of 7.487. With this setup you will need to use a RV cam. Something like X4 254H. You will have good low end and mid-range power. The engine would have around 369 hp @ 4500 rpms and 510 lbs torque @ 2500 rpms. This will be fine for shows but not the track. BTW it would be your best interest to sell all the COMP .550/292 camshaft parts.
have n second thoughts on the bb .im running a 87'block n heads now its a 355 im really thinking about just makin it tbi or tpi (i love the throttle response) its fresh maybe 2k miles on motor. its got comp cam n lifter setup.I have never been a fan of carb.im runnin a 750 holley double pumper was told its to much for my motor ??? can i make close to 500hp with the sb? whats better tpi/tbi??
big difference between a 500 hp 355 and a 500 hp 460
yes you can make 500 hp
so whats better tpi/tbi?
when u say diff u talkin ft lbs
and waight. i got 355 and 454 not 460
only reason for second guess n is 355 is fresh and is alot less weight.yes what more could it take to make near 500hp? :confused:
one more stupid ?? the 87' heads on the small block that have the valve covers that mount with bolts in center of the covers .. r they considered vortec heads???
the 454 bored 030 is 460
a 500 HP 454 would be a mild build that revs 5800 to 6000 RPM making over 500 pounds torque. A 350 would need closer to 6800 rpm to make 500 hp and would require cylinder heads that flow 280 cfm, a roller cam(rough idle) big carb or modified fuel injection. The 350 would be a beast and expensive to build with moderate street manners. the torque would likely be 50-70 pounds less.
If you raced the engines against each other the performance would be close with a slight edge most likely to the 454.The small block 350 would need more gear to be close in performance.The small block is a lot lighter and easier to fit an engine bay,if that matters.
I use a small block for weight savings and handling.
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Alkermes (ALKS) has made an impressive comeback, thanks to the new products and expertise that came with last year's merger with Elan Drug Technologies
There's nothing like the launch of a blockbuster drug to fuel a biotech outfit's growth engine.
Add to that an emerging product pipeline and a transformational merger and you have the prescription that's helping to nurse Alkermes back to health.
The biopharma company has made an impressive comeback from its unprofitable years, thanks to the new products and expertise that came with last year's merger with Elan Drug Technologies, the drug formulation and manufacturing arm of Elan Corp (ELN).
After operating in the red the past three years, Alkermes kicked off fiscal 2013 with a blowout first quarter. Earnings soared 875% to 39 cents a share, smashing views. Sales climbed 146% to $152.2 million, reflecting the expansion of its product portfolio resulting from the merger.
Alkermes paid roughly $1 billion for Elan in a stock and cash deal that closed Sept. 16, 2011. The newly formed company is headquartered in Elan's home base in Dublin, Ireland, where it reaps a tax advantage. Its R&D center is in Alkermes' pre-merger base of Waltham, Mass.
The deal vaulted Alkermes' annual revenue from $180 million pre-merger to $500 million, estimates Cowen and Co. analyst Anant Padmanabhan.
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"It was a transformational deal," said Padmanabhan. "EDT diversifies Alkermes revenue base, adds broad drug formulation and technology manufacturing capabilities, brings tax benefits and catapults Alkermes to a midsize cash generating biopharma company."
Alkermes develops innovative treatments for major clinical conditions with a focus on central nervous system disorders, such as schizophrenia, addiction and depression. The combined company has a diversified portfolio of more than 20 commercial drug products and a large pipeline of candidates.
Alkermes expects near-term growth to be driven by five key products: Risperdal Consta, Invega Sustenna/Xeplion, Ampyra/Fampyra, Vivitrol and Bydureon. Almost all of these products are early in their commercial life with long patent protection, said CEO Richard Pops at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Sept. 11.
Elan added two of the five key products, Invega Sustenna for the treatment of schizophrenia and Ampyra for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
The addition of Invega Sustenna to Alkermes' portfolio was especially important, says Padmanabhan. Invega Sustenna is marketed by Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ) Janssen Pharmaceuticals. Janssen also markets Risperdal Consta for schizophrenia and bipolar 1 disorder, a key product made by Alkermes prior to the merger.
Padmanabhan says prior to the deal with Elan, there had been speculation as to whether Johnson & Johnson would move patients from Risperdal Consta to Invega Sustenna, which is a newer drug. If that happened, Alkermes'royalty revenue from Risperdal Consta would contract.
Padmanabhan says now that the two drugs are under the same corporate umbrella, that risk is gone.
"What's even better is that combined, these two long-acting drugs for schizophrenia are growing at double-digit rates," he adds. "Together, they're actually growing the market and more people are taking long-acting schizophrenia medication."
Risperdal Consta and Invega Sustenna are Alkermes' biggest top-line contributors. In the first quarter, Alkermes posted manufacturing and royalty revenue of $47.9 million from the two drugs. Their combined end-market sales were $550 million, up more than 14% from a year earlier.
Padmanabhan says Risperdal Consta and Invega Sustenna also generate the most profits for Alkermes and should continue to do so.
But Alkermes is not a one-trick pony. Soon after the merger closed, Alkermes' business got another lift with the launch of a potential blockbuster. In January, Bydureon, a drug Alkermes developed before the deal, was approved by the FDA. Bydureon, the only once-weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes, is marketed through an alliance between Bristol-Myers Squibb's (BMY) Amylin Pharmaceuticals subsidiary and AstraZeneca (AZN).
"Bydureon will become very important in the next two or three years," said Padmanabhan.
His optimism comes a few weeks after Bristol-Myers paid $7 billion for Amylin.
"Now that Bristol-Meyers and AstraZeneca are marketing Bydureon, there's much more marketing muscle behind it," said Padmanabhan. "Bydureon has the potential to be much more than the $1 billion in peak sales Wall Street had anticipated. Given Bristol-Myers paid $7 billion for Amylin, and Bydureon is its most important product, they have to make it a success. And Alkermes is the silent beneficiary."
Alkermes gets an 8% royalty on Bydureon's end market sales.
Padmanabhan says Bristol-Myers' valuation of Amylin suggests Bristol-Myers believes that Bydureon could easily be over $1.5 billion in peak sales.
Alkermes officials are also upbeat about Bristol-Myers and AstraZeneca marketing Bydureon.
International Footprint
"Bristol-Myers and AstraZeneca will bring significant scale to Bydureon by deploying additional primary care resources and leveraging their international footprint and experience in markets outside the U.S.," said Pops on the first-quarter conference call.
Bydureon is still early in its commercial life, he adds, has a long patent life, and new dosage forms based on Alkermes' technology are under development.
In the last quarter, Alkermes' entire portfolio did well, says Padmanabhan.
That includes Vivitrol, developed, manufactured and marketed by Alkermes. Vivitrol was a part of Alkermes' portfolio before the merger.
Vivitrol's first quarter net sales were $12.4 million, up 28% from a year earlier. It was the product's 12th straight quarter of sales growth.
The buck doesn't start with Alkermes' current portfolio. It has a number of drugs in development. Among them is ALKS 9070, Alkermes' proprietary long-acting injectable drug for the treatment of schizophrenia. It's in a phase 3 clinical trial. Alkermes expects to see the results of the trial in 2013.
Padmanabhan says ALKS 9070 could be worth $500 million plus in peak sales.
Followers expect Alkermes to continue on the comeback trail. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters see full-year fiscal 2013 earnings rising 231% to 76 cents a share. They forecast a 25% increase in 2014 and a 43% pop in 2015.


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text: R.L. (ARLIN) GEYER has been a computer network manager, a high school English teacher, and a competitive windsurfer, but he's always been a photographer. He currently photographs exclusively with digital media and teaches Photoshop at Warren Wilson College in western North Carolina. He also does some event photography and digital image restoration and manipulation. He says, "As a photographer and as a person I am traveling. Sometimes I feel that I am following a path, and sometimes I am in untracked wilderness. Regardless, I have no destination in mind."


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Ingeborg Baehr Hirschhorn's immigration story did not start out like the stories of the generation before her, immigrants who came to America from grinding poverty.
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Ellen sounds like such a remarkable lady. She is so right! If only every one in our community thought like her. She is right, people need to be more open minded and see why and how people got to where they are. GO ELLEN!!!
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What would it take to transform the whole country's electric grid—to shut down all of its old power plants, and move to a system that generates electricity exclusively from renewable resources? Well, that's exactly what Germany's trying to do—not decades from now…but now. Correspondent Rick Karr reports on how German political parties of every stripe are now backing a plan that is expected to nearly end that country's use of fossil fuels by 2050.
Below, Karr sits down with German environmental economist Claudia Kemfert, who heads the department of energy, transportation and environment at the German Institute for Economic Research, to discuss Germany's Energiewende:
Literally, the word Energiewende means "energy turn," and it describes the country's bold plan to shift from nuclear and fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.
According to The Economist, the Energiewende was "dreamed up in the 1980s, became policy in 2000 and sped up after the Fukushima disaster in March 2011."
Following Fukushima, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed Germany's pledge to Energiewende, but insisted the country's targets be met without the use of nuclear power. Germany's goal now stands at 65 percent renewables on the grid by 2040 and 80 percent—the most the country believes it can achieve with existing technology—by 2050.
"The German public strongly supports renewable energy," Kemfert said. "They strongly support the Energiewende and this is why our politicians react, and this is why German consumers are willing to pay more for electricity."


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"The greatest" hip hop producer's work translated for a 60-piece orchestra.
Louis Pattison 2011
Timeless is the sort of sumptuous project that confirms hip hop is very much into its middle age. Presented as homage to "the composers and the arrangers who have influenced the genre in the most literal and profound way", this CD and DVD set showcases the late J Dilla's compositional skills – others feature the works of Mulatu Astatke and Arthur Verocai. No Soulja Boy here, then.
While Astatke's music is made for the big-band treatment, Suite for Ma Dukes is a more uncertain exercise. Since his death in 2006, the stoned, off-beat hip hop productions that James 'J Dilla' Yancey crafted for the likes of De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and Common have been elevated to almost mythic status. Recreating such characterful beats with 60-piece orchestra could feel like an exercise in futility.
Still, composer and arranger Miguel Atwood-Ferguson approaches the songs with a drive and passion of his own, and the likes of Slum Village's Welcome 2 Detroit and Hoc n Pucky get a stately sort of makeover with clarinets, brass and a full string section.
With Dilla still very much at the forefront of the hip hop scene, with anniversary nights planned for what would have been his 37th birthday in February, Suites for Ma Dukes both celebrates his work, illustrating just how it's endured, and how well it can be translated into a wholly different musical language. "The greatest," is simply how Common remembers him, and it's easy to hear why.


text: Located just a 5-minute walk from Uruapan City Centre, this bright hotel features free Wi-Fi, views of the city and a shared patio. Posada Morelos is a 15-minute drive from the airport. The spacious rooms at this property feature Mexican-style décor, a cable TV and tile floors. Some boast a private balcony with city views. Guests at this hotel will find a sandwich shop and taco restaurant within 1 km, and other dining options can be found within a 10-minute walk. Eduardo Ruiz National Park, which offers waterfalls and hiking, is a 15-minute walk from Posasda Morelos. Paricutin Volcano is only a 30-minute drive away. Uruapan's Central Bus Station is 3.1 miles from this property.


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text: Hello all...newbie here, just wanted to introduce myself. I recently purchased a 1989 Suburban 1500 4x4 with 90,000 miles on it. Body and interior are pretty damn nice considering the age. Price was right too (1500 bucks). All it needed was a tune up. My wife recently wrecked our '99 Yukon with all 3 kids in the vehicle. Nobody was hurt (thank god), but it put me in the market for new (old) truck. I also have an '86 3/4 ton Suburban. With gas prices being what they are in my neck of the woods, its currently "retired". Great tow vehicle though, that 454 gets the job done. At any rate...I'm sure I will be needing all kinds of advice/tech help, and I have been a lurker here for awhile. Cheers:glasses:


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MELBOURNE, Australia - Simona Halep will contest her first Grand Slam quarterfinal against Dominika Cibulkova, and Victoria Azarenka seeks to continue her dominance versus Agnieszka Radwanska at the Australian Open on Wednesday.
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[11] Simona Halep (ROU #11) vs. [20] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK #24)
Head-to-head: Cibulkova leads 2-1
Any speculation that Simona Halep's superb play in International and Premier-level events in 2013 wouldn't carry over to Grand Slams has been put to rest this fortnight. She comes into her first quarterfinal at a major fresh off her sixth Top 10 win, having beaten No.8 Jelena Jankovic in the fourth round and having been assured of becoming the first Romanian in the Top 10 since Irina Spirlea in September 1998. She is also the first Romanian to get this far at the Australian Open since Spirlea in 1997 and if she can go one round further with a triumph over Dominika Cibulkova, she would be the tournament's first Romanian semifinalist.
"I've played her before and know it will be a tough match," Halep said of Cibulkova. "She moves very well and gets a lot of balls back. I have to be prepared to run a lot and defend a lot. I also have to be aggressive and just enjoy the quarterfinals because is the first time I've gotten this far in my life. I am happy to be there."
Cibulkova, coming off her 11th Top 5 win over Maria Sharapova, is looking to improve her 1-3 Grand Slam quarterfinal record and to match her best outing at a major - a semifinal run at the 2009 French Open. She is the first Slovakian Australian Open quarterfinalist since Daniela Hantuchova in 2008.
[2] Victoria Azarenka (BLR #2) vs. [5] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL #5)
Head-to-head: Azarenka leads 12-3
If Victoria Azarenka's latest match with Agnieszka Radwanska plays out like their recent encounters, she has to like her chances. She has won seven straight matches in the series and 12 straight sets, having not even lost more than four games in any of those sets. Her defeat of Sloane Stephens in the fourth round improved the two-time defending champion to 32-6 at the Australian Open and was her 18th straight win here. The Belarusian is in fine form this fortnight, as she is the only player left yet to surrender a set.
Radwanska is no stranger to Australian Open quarterfinals, but is still looking for her first win, as she's 0-4 in that round here and 2-7 in all Grand Slams. She is coming off her most one-sided match of the fortnight, a 61 63 victory over Garbiñe Muguruza that put her into her seventh quarterfinal in the last nine majors. If she is able to end her skid against Azarenka, it would be her fifth win over a Top 2 foe.
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I watched an a programme about an Australian vet on television last night, there was a lovely dog that had been hit by a car, its injuries were so bad it had to be put to sleep. He was so gentle & kind with it ,during tests ,then at the end it was shown how the poor dog got hurt, she had been taken for a walk with a family friend & tied up briefly out side a store , CCTV cameras show a man come along , take the lead off the dog & walk away with the lead & the poor dog run off, The vet was furious & upset that for the small price of a lead a beautiful animal was badly hurt & lost her life.I was in tears
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text: I needed a slash symbol for my vintage 1977 Everhot slotted brand letter holder. I had read that Brandnew had taken over the closed Everhot line. After I emailed their customer service, Scott Swanson from Brandnew took the time to call me and promptly ship me the little part I needed. They no longer supply the 3/4" letters, but the 1" they have will fit my 34 year old holder. I don't think the one inch high slash between the 3/4" high numerals will bother my bees. Great customer service.


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Where the heck are the regs that always post here.
Whats up, where are all the long time posters in the body exterior forum been hiding. I've only seen Barry, Brian,Jim and Roger post a few times lately, and alot of the others seem to be kinda quiet lately, Like Badbob, BK, mrclean,bee, and randy I haven't seen post or must have missed it. You guys aren't trapped out in the garage under a car are you? or are you ignoring everyone or being punished and have your privileges taken away?
I don't know, I have been wondering that myself.
Apparently Randy Ferguson has jumped ship and taken a few members with him to a site dedicated to the SPI paint line.
I can only speak for myself, I backed off because when we post we were dragging problems with us and there is no need to waste everyone else's time with that crap.
Ohh, okay. That sucks cause I really like to hear what others who have been here for awhile have to say on different topics. Also lets me know when if I happen to be giving bad advice. There are a lot of new people on here lately, but many I don't feel I know yet.
I have took a little hiatus for a bit too.. the forum has been moving a little slower then usual. prolly due to this wonderful weather that comes this time of year
I don't know shemp anyway so who cares what I have to say or someone else gets credit for my insite.
Actually,With the weather being so mild this winter,I've had paint work to do after work and being that I'm SO addicted to airbrushing now, I spend what time I have online at the AB forums trying to learn MORE about IT.
I check in most everyday but it's the "usual" "How much to paint my car","What primer do I use?" stuff and such so I just cruse on.
Thanks for askin though.
Yeah, I'll agree with you there bee, seems like a lot of the similar topics lately that have been answered so many times before, which a search could get the answers to. Ohh well. Glad to see you guys are still lurking around here occasionally anyways. I know what you mean about the weather bee. Friday it was 50 here, unheard of in WI in Jan, and managed to get an oil and filter change done, but suppose to be some snow coming soon. Can't wait for spring. I've been watching for and iwata hpc airbrush to show up at the right price, would like to start dabbling with an airbrush a little. Do they have any support groups for your airbrush addiction, hi My name is Bee and I am an airbrushaholic. Its been a few hours since I last touched an airbrush.
Do yourself a BIG favor and get the Iwata Revolution 4500 from Dixie Art or Coast.
It's the SAME as the HP-C or 9500,whatever they are calling it now and it COMES with solvent PROOF rings & seals where as the orginal HP-C only has solvent RESISTANT.Also has the .5 needle. The only other difference is it doesen't come with the body cut out for the needle. I got one 3 weeks ago and I just love it for the bigger stuff. It's like $65.00 compaired to almost $100 for the HP-C.
I got a Hi-Line HP-CH as well with a .3 or.35,don't remember off hand but it's great for detail and has the MAC air controll valve which is the SHEMP for controll. It's kinda high in price but it's a great all around brush.
Thanks for the tips Bee. I've been looking to get a good all around brush, one that is pretty good for detail work also. Would like to get a decent one starting out, but don't want to spend an arm and a leg. The cheapest hp-c I found was just over 100 shipped, been watching them on ebay, but they were going for more then that on there. The paasches and badgers seem more affordable, but seems like iwatas are preferred. I'll have to keep what you suggested in mind. Probably won't get a real lot of use starting out, I am not in a real hurry but one is definitley on my list of tools to buy. Lots of things I'd like to buy if cash came easy.
The forum recently was a little stale in my opinion, I've been working more hours than normal and getting a little cabin fever. I always stop in and see what's going on, if it's interesting I'll jump in but lately just repeats of past topics it seems. It must be the time of year, other forums I've been at seem the same. We need some new interesting stuff. Bob
Ok Bob, I am looking for a place that manufacturers cans like juice cans, soup cans, that sort of thing. I want to buy these cans sealed up, with nothing inside. I also want a place that makes labels. Do you have any ideas where I can get these?
No, I am not kidding.
Yea, people get busy and get away for a while.
I've been real slow here at work so I've had time to post,
on the weekdays anyway.
As soon as we get busy I'll probably be on here less.
BK went out and got a job, thet's why he's not here as much.
I think he's going to try "working" for a living.
Thet's a new concept for the "kid" (LOL)
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When using the Sky Go Anytime functionality of the Go website you will be presented with the option to download content you are about to watch. This is where the Go Desktop comes in: it is an offline client for organising and playing all stored programming.
Typically offline clients are more fully featured than their online equivalents, but here the opposite is true. Sky Go Desktop is nothing but a download and playback tool, even the downloads themselves have to be found and initiated from the Go website. There are perks to this approach, however, since downloads can be sent to a computer remotely. For example you can log into the website at work and start content downloading at home (as long as it is switched on with Desktop Go installed).
All content is laced with DRM which means it carries a 30 day expiry date. Some content can be purchased to keep permanently, but again the same problem which plagues the website causes problems on the desktop. For downloaded content the quality simply isn't good enough. Granted it is less pixelated than streamed channels, but when viewed full screen it remains poor. This is most noticeable during scenes with low light which become almost impossible to follow. This is a shame because, like the web player, the concept is good and the layout intuitive. Sky has messed up what is arguably the easy part.
'Sky Go iPhone & iPad apps
Both the Sky Go website and desktop apps suffer from poor quality video so you'd think that would spell doom for mobile devices. Surprisingly the opposite is true. Because the displays on phones are smaller and with more tightly packed pixels the footage can actually look pretty sharp. In particular the Retina display on the iPhone app is beautifully accounted for and a high speed WiFi connection sees video delivered in a pixel density that matches anything you'll see from HD video on a TV. The iPad also stands up well. Its larger screen means you lose some of the sharpness, but it still puts web and desktop clients to shame.
Better still both apps keep the best parts of their fellow clients meaning layout is slick and intuitive and the iPad in particular makes great use of the extra screen size to enable channel surfing and viewing simultaneously. The downside is both apps have a more limited channel selection than the Sky Go website with just 11 channels available. That said for Sky subscribers they are the crucial ones: all four Sky Sports channels, Sky Sports News, ESPN, Sky News and Sky Movies Premiere, Showcase, Action and Family. As with the website and desktop clients Sky promises more channels will be added soon.
For a service called 'Sky Go' it is in some ways fitting the most mobile apps are the best implemented. Yes you will need a WiFi connection for the best screen quality, but the service automatically balances quality and speed so even a mediocre 3G signal (180kbps – 1400kbps recommended) can receive a stream. Of course you will have to watch your data allowance this way and, it should go without saying, EDGE and GPRS signals stand no chance.
I wonder if they have fixed the streaming consistency.
I used to have the Sky Mobile TV app for a £6 per month subscription, which actually would have been a bargain given I did not have to subscribe to sky sports on my TV package to do this. Effectively I got all sports channels including ESPN for £6 per month provided I watched on my iphone. This would have been perfect except that any half popular football match used to freeze for regularly for 30 second intervals presumably due to over subscription of the service. If they have not fixed this issue then it is useless for watching popular live sport.
Seems to have some teething problems, signed up to sky go, downloaded the application. But can not find any free programs, keeps asking me to buy a program or subscribe to sky!
I think I must have misunderstood, the app is free but i still need to have some sort of sky subscription to download. You show devil in one screenshot as downloading, if i go to devil on sky go i get the option to link an existing sky subscription or buy a sky subscription.
I'm a little confused at your confusion Gary. There is a full section explaining pricing. You need to be a Sky subscriber who subscribes to Sky Sports 1 & 2 to get access to the app for free otherwise there are costs involved.
IMHO: This will never be a runaway success with non-Sky subscribers until they have reasonable pay-per-view or online-only subs pricing. Stack 'em high, sell 'em cheap is the way to go. I would likely watch a ton of sports/sky programs for 1-2 pound a pop - i.e. they need to target the no-brainer price range (as per, for example, the majority of android apps).
Disappointing - the new Sky Go service isn't available on Android devices, and, although you can download it to an iPod Touch, it won't work (not compatible), so it has a more restricted availability than the Sky Mobile TV it supersedes... kind of a backward step. Why not just stop charging for Sky Mobile TV instead?
Multi-platform support isn't rocket science these days, it's pretty much expected - this limited launch really doesn't inspire confidence.
It's rubbish. HD is standard now, they're too ignorant to make it happen.
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Hi!! I'm new but a little bird told me ya'll have classes here ,Once a Month as well as the Block of the Month. Will be watching to see. Hope for something EASY!!!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Hi!! I'm new but a little bird told me ya'll have classes here ,Once a Month as well as the Block of the Month. Will be watching to see. Hope for something EASY!!!!
Hello and Welcome! The little bird was right, this is a wonderful group of quilting folk who do have block pattern challenges twice a month and the occasional class in Chat. The directions are also here on the Message Board, so if you'd like you can check out the past months and try a block or two. Click on "Block of the Month" from the main page and check it out. If you post a picture, it'll appear as a new message and we'll all get to see.
Things may have settled down a bit with the holidays...but keep watching! You'll be as inspired as I am, I'm sure. Everybody's so creative and helpful here.
"Hooray!" for the power being back on and hope it stays on for you!
Hello & welcome. You've picked the best group to join. Everyone here is soooo friendly and helpful. I haven't taken any of the classes yet, but hope to sometime soon.
Is there a place where we can watch for an announcement of when the next class will be?
Hi Icesnow quilter!
Sounds like you are living in my territory ,had snow since the first week in Dec.Nice to be able to settle in and just sew or quilt though
each chat leader decides independently if and when to do a class. if a leader decides to give a class and lets me know by pm, i'll be glad to post an announcement in the blue chat schedule notice at the top of "Main".
i will do one in on either the 20th or 27th of January. i'd like to see a "show of hands" to help me decide which date. would also be happy to hear some suggestions. you guys know how dangerous it can be to let me make up my own mind. :wink:
Yes it is dangerous but we trust you with our lives
Something I haven't had the nerve to try yet that I would love to see a class about is sewing curved seams...like the drunkards path. But that's just me. :D
I don't have a work schedule that far in advance, but I think Jan 27, 08 would be the best date for me. Any subject will be GREAT.
I vote for the 20th. That way I can focus on something fun!!!! Happy :wink: :hunf: :XD: - what does this one mean?


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Most parents thought that it was important to learn arithmetic and reading, so they sent children to school starting at the age of 6. Many teachers used prayers and rhymes to practice reading. The teacher would recite a prayer or rhyme to the students and they would have to repeat it back. Most of the learning was through memorization. Many Colonial teachers were strict. If a question was answered incorrectly, the student had to sit in a corner wearing a dunce cap.
Wilmore, Kathy (2000). A Day in the life of a colonial schoolteacher. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
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The experience of Jonny Flynn in Italian Serie A with Orlandina Basket is over. The former NBA point guard has played just two games in October averaging 6.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists before getting injured.
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Orlandina Basket, newcomer team in Serie A, announced the signing of the former NBA point-guard Jonny Flynn. The player has already passed the medical tests and will be introduced to the press next Monday.
Sportando: Jonny Flynn could be the new guard of Orlandina Basket of Italian Serie A according to sources
The experience in China of Jonny Flynn is already over, according to Evan Wang. The former NBA player left Sichuan due to an injury.
Jonny Flynn, the No. 6 pick in the 2009 NBA draft, is headed to a pro team in China, according to his high school coach. Sal Constantino, the head coach at Niagara Falls High School, said Friday that Flynn, who played at Syracuse University from 2007 to 2009, has signed to play for the Sichuan Blue Whales in China's professional basketball league. Flynn's decision to head to China was first reported on twitter by @HomeBaseBuffalo. "He's going to go play in China," Constantino said. "In fact, I think he's leaving this weekend."


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Workshop: Multiple Exposures with the La Sardina2013-06-26 Share Tweet
Did you know the La Sardina has an easy little switch for multiple exposures? This wide-angled beast has got a lot working with it! Come out to our workshop and we'll show you not only how to use the MX switch on the La Sardina, but teach you how to master the art of multiple exposures!
Multiple exposures are one of the coolest features of analogue cameras. With the La Sardina, you can take full advantage of its amazing "MX" switch, which allows you to take as many exposures as you like! Come on over and we'll show you how to take the most amazing photos with this camera. If you've got one already, come and get free film! If you need to borrow a camera, don't fret! It's $10 for adults, and $7 for students with a valid ID.
What: Long Nights and Long Exposures
Camera, Film, or Accessory: La Sardina
Technique or Tipster: You'll learn how to properly take multiple exposures!
When: Saturday, November 14th at 2pm
Where: Lomography Gallery Store Chicago
Cost: $10 or $7 with a current student ID
The workshop will begin at our Lomography Gallery Store Chicago in Wicker Park on Saturday, November 3rd at 7pm. Admission includes an informative lecture, a loaner camera, and a roll of film. See you there!
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Aus 65 Designs von 26 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Mattress Dealzz
We are a mattress retailer operating in the Utah market. Our focus is being the low price leader, offering quality products with superior service. Our philosophy is "every budget deserves their ZZZ's". Every customer counts no matter how inexpensive the bed is. We are known for our sign walkers, balloon displayes inside and outside and sandwich boards. Our color scheme is red, blue, and yellow. Our store display has a warehouse feel. Our retail straegy is to provide a clean friendly environment where cutomers want to shop and buy. We are a family owned and operated business.
Our target audience is low to medium income families. Our producy price points range from promotional to mid-range.
Utilize our three colors (red, yellow and blue). We are open to a possible cartoon feel and we want to include "No matter your budget, you deserve your ZZZ's". Image of a mattress is optional.


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FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Wednesday, October 27, 2004
The Hudson Valley Community College volleyball team had its season come to a close with a 3-0 (30-17, 30-19, 30-19) loss at Adirondack Community College in the opening round of the Region III tournament on Wednesday.
Hudson Valley finished the season with a 9-9 record – its best since 1996.
Sophomore Rachel Bishop (Red Hook/Red Hook High School) had four kills and 20 digs to lead Hudson Valley. Sophomore Jessalyn Hotaling (Coeymans Hollow/Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School) finished with 15 assists and six service aces.


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Australian Geographic IT manager Dominic McDonald believes the new ADSL network linking the 60 stores saves money and time while providing extra support to staff. Photo: Stephen Baccon
Dominic McDonald always wished for a private network to link Australian Geographic's 60stores, call centre and back office but he didn't have the budget required to install such large remote infrastructure.
As IT manager of a national retail chain spread over a number of shopping centres, MrMcDonald wanted the stores to have the same facilities most office workers take for granted: interconnected PCs, central servers, email, fast internet access and an intranet.
"In a retail environment it is not the usual. Some retailers don't even give their stores email (access)," Mr McDonald says.
He also wanted a cheaper and faster Eftpos settlement system to replace the dial-up connection that tied up one of each shop's three phone lines every time a sale took place.
Now a managed voice and data network over internet protocol (IP) using ADSL broadband is on the way to delivering all his wishes and a few extra bonuses.
"ADSL has given us email, voice over IP and (a network to send) all store data - like price changes and sales - to and from the head office. Every morning we get all stock holdings and changes, so we know by lunchtime how the stores are trading. With dial-up we couldn't do that," he says, adding that retailers usually synchronise their point-of-sale system overnight.
The new network supplied by Cisco Systems includes 150IP phones plus ADSL broadband routers for the stores, head office, warehouse and the 10-person call centre responsible for the Australian Geographic subscription service.
It is managed by IPSystems, which also provides the 60ADSL connections over the Telstra-owned lines, a 10Mbps Ethernet connection to the head office in Sydney's Northern Beaches and a 2Mbps fibre-optic connection from head-office to warehouse.
It replaced the chain's PABX and 60standard phone lines used for Eftpos - each store still has two other lines for phone calls and back-up in case the ADSL connection falters.
Mr McDonald wanted a fibre-optic network but says fibre already installed in shopping centres is used only to provide voice calls to large retailers such as Target and Kmart. He has been fighting to have the lines made available to others but price negotiations are stalled. "We bought the best ADSL service we could buy but it's still over copper, not fibre. We need the dial-up lines in case of emergency. With fibre, there'll be no back-up needed," he says.
But he is happy with the reduction in merchant fees achieved by aggregating Eftpos transactions at head-office before transmitting them to the banks, whose charges include the reverse-calls. While not revealing exact figures, MrMcDonald says merchant fees have more than halved since the network was installed, producing enough savings to pay for the new infrastructure.
The chain is saving on internal calls - free on the IP network - on outgoing local calls charged at 11cents and on incoming calls to its 1300number now routed over IP. There are savings in technical support staff, travel and training too.
"I pay a premium for the managed network but I don't have to employ a network specialist. And I don't have a PABX any more. I use theirs (IP Systems)," he says.
"From a support perspective, because the stores are on the network, we are able to fix problems and are always able to collect money from the customer because we can log-in in real time to resolve issues. We don't need to send someone (to fix a problem)."
With the roll-out to all stores completed, MrMcDonald will concentrate on integrating the newly acquired 20-store Socrates retail chain into the network. Later, there will be web-based staff training and possibly in-store kiosks to deliver environmental and scientific content to customers.
"We didn't realise we could deliver online training to the stores. (The possibility) just blows us away," he says.
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Problem: no data and voice network between stores; dial-up connection for Eftpos payments and sales reporting; no intranet; expensive telecommunications bills, with three phone lines in each store for phone and dial-up needs.
Process: a voice and data network by Cisco Systems and IP Systems over ADSL now connects all stores, call centre and offices and allows consolidation of Eftpos transactions. It replaced the chains PABX and 60 phone lines; reduced merchant fees by half.
Possibilities: IT department can tap into any stores computer to remotely fix problems and install updates; intranet; online product training; internal and external telecommunications cost savings.
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Ben Franklin may have been a wise founding father, but he completely underestimated Congress in the 21st century when he wrote, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
If he had the ability of foresight, he would have said, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and student loans."
As an obligation that is impossible to escape, nothing is quite as tenacious as student loans. Even with taxes, a statute of limitation requires collection efforts to begin within a certain time or the creditor loses the legal right to collect. But there is no statute of limitations on student loans — the loan will follow you from being a senior in college to being a senior in the rest home.
In bankruptcy, after a certain time period, even income tax can be discharged or wiped out. Criminal fines can't be wiped out in bankruptcy — and neither can student loans.
The only exception for student loans in bankruptcy is if you are able to make a showing of undue hardship. In order to understand what is meant by undue hardship, let me tell you a story:
Doug was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 9. He grew up, went to college and earned a bachelor's degree in sociology, working part time while going to school. He got a job right out of college in 2005. Over the course of his education, he took out a little over $30,000 in student loans. So far, the classic Great American College Student Story, right?
Doug's job only paid him a little over $12,000 a year. Within a year of getting his job, he started to have vision problems related to his diabetes. For the next two years, Doug underwent surgeries and dialysis for his health problems, culminating in a kidney and pancreas transplant in 2008.
The result of these surgeries left Doug legally blind, with his right eye replaced by a prosthetic. Doug's family lives in rural Ohio, where his sister and father care for him. He does not have access to public transportation and has only a small disability income at the age of 31.
Doug's circumstances are not undue hardship. He still needs to pay his student loans according to the 2010 bankruptcy court decision, where I got the facts for Doug's story. See, In re Wallace, 443 B.R. 781 (2010).
Not all is completely lost if you owe student loans and are having a hard time paying them back. A couple of websites that have very valuable information are the National Consumer Law Center's sponsored website, www.studentloanborrowerassistance.org, and the U.S. government website on student loans, www.myeddebt.com. Good legal counsel can also help.
Not only are student loans almost impossible to escape, government-backed student loan collectors can garnish without suing you, intercept tax refunds, garnish Social Security benefits and revoke professional licensing. To steal a quote from Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor and current candidate for the U. S. Senate in Massachusetts, "Student-loan debt collectors have powers that would make a mobster envious."
As a society, we profess to value education and the contributions it brings to society as a whole. But when it comes to paying for that education, the focus is entirely on the student, regardless of any actual benefit bestowed by the education or of the life circumstances of the student. Student loans guarantee only one type of higher education: the higher education of the student loan debt slave.
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This company is overcharging and their customer representative claims they do ACTUAL meter readings. Well, they DO NOT!!!
Duke Energy please find a decent , educated person to handle your business because ghetto customer service is not what this coutnry is about.
My meter is in the garage and you have to come thru my front door, then thru my house to get to the meter. Well, this customer service representative CLAIMS they do ACTUAL meter readings by going from house to house. I told her that is not correct. She started to get annoyed because I got her cornered. My meter is in my garage not outside.
Ever since I moved in here, December that is , not once someone from Duke Energy came to read the meter.
So I got almost the same bill for the two months in a row... now, you tell me how is that possible when I had only AC run in my office that is about 500 sf - if that.... coffee pot. This is commercial property and just to cool off 500 sf and have a cup of coffee they send the bill of $286.... That's amazing....
For the previous month it was about the same the difference was I had other AC on as well plus 2 fridges on...
So I spend less but get charged almost the same??? Guess I'm retarded now.
From December to May it was only $75 PLUS I had a fridge here too.
Guesstimation is not accepted Duke Energy. Estimation is your actual reading. This is FRAUD and should be reported.
They chose the wrong person to mess with.
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I,have 15 years experience on my country ,I like work with childrens..and I hope to be teacher in this country while I want nanny job ..im studing English .im prepared for to apply learning activities for your kids,reading counting,drawing painting etc...
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