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I don't know anything about them but, here is the link to the Unc Mike's site so that members can have a look-see.
Uncle Mike's - Reinforced Instructor's Belt
This is a discussion on Uncle Mike's Instructor's Belts within the Related Gear & Equipment forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Anyone have first hand experience with them? Thanks....
Anyone have first hand experience with them?
I don't know anything about them but, here is the link to the Unc Mike's site so that members can have a look-see.
Uncle Mike's - Reinforced Instructor's Belt
I got one a couple of years ago and wear it every day, even when I'm not carrying. I find the slip buckle and the velcroed segment very convenient and easy to use. Sturdy yet flexible material that provides support w/o "strangling" my waist, and is ideal for a IWB holster. I recommend it.
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I wear a Wilderness Instructor 5 stitch (same concept) daily and love it. http://store.thewilderness.com/produ...5j6d3a22cuobg2
I had one that I gave away. It worked reasonably well for IWB. It had a poly insert but was much thinner than a Wilderness CSM. The buckle didn't grab the belt like a Wilderness belt. That made tucking the end through the loop tough without losing tension. The stitching on the velcro started unravelling quickly although not to the point of losing the velcro.
For a few bucks more, I'd go with the Galco version but for a couple dollars more than that, Wilderness 5 stitch is the way to go. The UM is usable but is no where near the quality of the Wilderness or even the Galco.
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I wear one with an OWB holster with a commander 1911,It carries the gun well
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I have a beltman 1 1/4 for dressier occasions. I just want a everyday, beater belt.
I have both an Uncle Mike's and a Wilderness belt and although I prefer the Wilderness belt, I do wear both. So far both are holding up well but I can see that the Uncle Mike's is not quite as well made as the Wilderness. Not as dressy as my Beltman leather belt but very good with jeans or even hiking shorts.
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Did anyone mention Wilderness;)
retsup, how do the sizes of the belts match up to your regular pant size?
I have a Wilderness one. I like it much better for everyday wear than leather. I have a nice elephant leather one but I always seem to grab the Wilderness. Funerals and stuff I wear the Leather.


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Northwestern taking next step in football reinvention vs. Ohio State
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Big Ten media members repeatedly asked the same question, and Pat Fitzgerald's response never changed. "What are your expectations this season?" reporters inquired at conference media days in July. "The expectation is to win championships," Northwestern's coach replied time and again. Just a few years ago, the thought of the Wildcats winning a Big Ten championship would have seemed far-fetched. But as No. 16 Northwestern prepares to host No. 4 Ohio State at Ryan Field on Saturday night, it feels like a distinct possibility.
In the preseason, Northwestern was viewed as one of a handful of contenders in a crowded Big Ten Legends Division. Most pundits picked the Wildcats to finish third or fourth, behind Nebraska, Michigan and, in some instances, Michigan State. Yet as the calendar turns to October -- and both the Huskers and Wolverines evinced major flaws against lowly competition -- the race appears to have a new frontrunner.
Northwestern is 4-0 and with wins over Cal, Syracuse, Western Michigan and Maine. No one would mistake the Wildcats for a national title threat, but they've done enough over their first four games to make this week's matchup with the unbeaten Buckeyes appointment viewing.
"I'm not going to lie, this is a game I circled on my schedule," quarterback Kain Colter said on Monday. "They're a great program, great tradition. I guess we get to match ourselves up and see where we're at."
That statement rings true in more ways than one. The defense, led by senior defensive end Tyler Scott, will be asked to shut down an explosive Ohio State attack fronted by quarterback Braxton Miller. Junior safety Ibraheim Campbell, who ranks second in the Big Ten with three interceptions, and middle linebacker Damien Proby, who has emerged as one of the most reliable, least heralded defenders in the league, will look to help slow a Buckeyes' offense that's currently averaging more than 500 yards per game.
MANDEL: Week 6 college football picks -- Ohio State-Northwestern, Washington-Stanford, more
On the other side of the ball, coordinator Mick McCall will look to maximize production out of one the most versatile attacks in the conference. Northwestern features an aberrantly successful two-quarterback system and a dynamic ground game. The latter could be even more dangerous now that senior running back Venric Mark, an All-America punt returner and second-team All-Big Ten running back in 2012 who has sat out most of this season with a lower-body injury, is set to return. With Colter under center (quarterback "1B" Trevor Siemian is used more often on long passing plays), Mark thrived in the zone read last season. He'll look to reprise that role on Saturday. "I got my mojo back," Mark said after practice on Tuesday.
Then there's the fan base. Northwestern exceeded its modern-era record for season ticket sales this season and is on pace to double the number of tickets sold in 2009, one year before athletic director Jim Phillips spearheaded the launch of the "Chicago's Big Ten Team" marketing campaign. The Wildcats' student support group, Wildside, has witnessed a surge of interest over the past 12 months and recently unveiled a student tailgate called "Fitzerland." Most notably, ESPN's College GameDay will air live from Evanston on Saturday morning, marking the first time college football's premier pregame show has visited Northwestern's campus since 1995 (GameDay broadcast from Wrigley Field for the Northwestern-Illinois rivalry game in 2010).
Students across campus are buzzing about the game. The athletic department has even chipped in. The atmosphere is unlike anything Northwestern's players have previously experienced.
"Everyone texts you, you see the tweets," junior wide receiver Tony Jones said. "Even just walking around on campus, everyone is just so excited about this game."
Still, for most of the past half-century, beating Ohio State has been close to impossible for Northwestern. The Buckeyes are 59-14-1 all-time against the Wildcats, and they've defeated Northwestern in 33 of their last 35 meetings -- including 23 wins by 20 points or more -- dating back to 1964.
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The teams' last matchup came on Nov. 8, 2008, a 45-10 Ohio State rout in Evanston. Scott, now the Big Ten's co-leader in sacks, was sitting in the bleachers that day as a prospect. "That's when I received my full scholarship -- my offer," said Scott, a Warren, Ohio, native. "It was a bittersweet day, growing up [a Buckeyes fan], but I was excited for the opportunity."
Things have drastically changed since then. Before 2008, Northwestern had registered just four winning seasons since 1971. It has now accomplished that feat in four of the past five years and gone to a school-record five consecutive bowl games, including winning its first bowl game since 1949 in the 2013 Gator Bowl.
"Our vision was to come in here and basically change the program around," said senior receiver Rashad Lawrence. "Build off what the older guys were building off of, take what they taught and keep it going, make everyone proud back home -- just prove to the country that Northwestern can be an elite team."
Echoed former Northwestern coach Gary Barnett, a game analyst for the Sports USA Radio Network, who will call Saturday night's game: "I don't think there's any question. I think [former coach] Randy Walker took [the talent] to another level, and I think Pat has done an even better job that that. From a talent standpoint, they should be in the position every year to be a team that competes and finishes in the top third of that conference."
Bringing in better recruits is one part of the equation, but Northwestern's steady transformation from mid-tier Big Ten outfit into viable conference contender -- a team that's widely regarded as Ohio State's biggest obstacle (before the Michigan game in November) to a second consecutive undefeated regular season -- can't be explained so simply. Last year, the university's board of trustees approved fundraising for a $220 million lakefront athletic facility. Fitzgerald, who rebuffed overtures about Michigan's head-coaching vacancy after the 2010 season, was rewarded with a 10-year contract extension through 2020 that increased his salary to roughly $2.2 million in 2011. According to data obtained by USA Today, that makes Fitzgerald Northwestern's highest-paid employee.
ELLIS: Saturday storylines -- Maryland tops list of teams with something to prove
Then there's the uptick in local support. When Northwestern steps under the lights on Saturday night, Wildcats fans will be well represented in the Ryan Field bleachers. While there will be plenty of Ohio State fans in attendance, athletic department officials project a 70-30 split between Wildcats and Buckeyes supporters. Whereas in previous years opposing Big Ten contingents would snatch up tickets on the secondary market and turn Ryan Field into a "neutral-field advantage" -- at last season's home game against Nebraska, there were so many screaming Huskers fans that Northwestern quarterbacks were forced to use a soft count in the second half -- that shouldn't be the case in 2013 thanks to a change in the school's season ticket policy.
Onlookers will be interested to see whether Northwestern's early-season buzz is warranted. A win would likely vault the Wildcats into the top 10 of the polls and confirm their status as a Big Ten championship contender. A loss, fair or not, might lead many to wonder whether Northwestern is overrated.
"What would occur if they lose, naturally, is that people would say, 'Well I guess it's the same old Northwestern,'" said Dave Eanet, the play-by-play voice of Northwestern football for WGN Radio in Chicago since 1996. "I don't think that's accurate, but I think that's how a lot of people would look at it."
This is the perception that Northwestern continues to combat. Longtime fans know it; they remember how national observers perceived the Wildcats team that went to the Rose Bowl after 1995 season, three years before posting consecutive three-win seasons. "I think in '95, they [Northwestern] were seen as a fluke," Eanet said. "They were seen as a great story, but that was a program that not too long before had lost 34 games in a row."
Northwestern is slowly remaking its image from an academic-minded school that can't consistently win big-time football games. A victory over Ohio State on Saturday would accelerate that shift -- and help Fitzgerald tug the Wildcats closer to his goal of winning a Big Ten title.
"They got athletes all over the board, and they're really well coached," said Colter, "but I feel like we've got athletes that can match up and we're really well coached. It's going to be a good challenge, and something I'm looking forward to."

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Plant Herbs and Onions With Roses
Herbs, onions and roses fill the cottage-style entrance of the One Acre Garden at P. Allen Smith's Garden Home Retreat. Many herbs (including rosemary, thyme, basil and lavender) and members of the onion family (chives, onions, garlic) are celebrated companions for roses because they repel common rose pests.
Cover an Arbor With Edible Vines
Think beyond the basic flowering vines for an eye-catching and edible arbor or trellis. Here, a simple metal arbor serves as a trellis for sprawling tomato and bean vines in a lush landscape.
Mix Non-Edible Annuals Into an Edible Garden
Incorporating non-edibles into an edible garden elevates the design and moves it beyond just function. Lush coleus planted in a formal urn provides a striking, colorful focal point along a vegetable garden path.
Choose Plants for Color and Form
Just as in any landscape design, plant selection comes down to color and form, as well as suitability to the site conditions. This colorful garden border includes red salvia, marigolds and edible Swiss chard. The chard provides big, bold texture and lots of bright green color.
Use Plants in Masse
A path border garden is planted with large sweeps of colorful coleus and Swiss chard. Cold-tolerant chard is a great choice for fall and spring garden designs, and it can last through winter in areas where the season is mild. A biennial, chard will bloom in the second year after planting.
Plant Nasturtium Along a Path
An edible annual, nasturtium rambles alongside this garden path and provides pops of bright color.
Combine Edible Flowers With Vegetables
Here, orange nasturtium blooms against green lettuce and purple amaranth foliage in an edible border garden.
Nasturtium in a Summer Salad
Picked fresh from the landscape or garden, nasturtium blooms and leaves can be used in summer salads. Nasturtium leaves also make a tasty substitute for basil in pesto.
Let Greens Bloom
When the weather heats up and edible greens, such as mustard or arugula, go to seed, leave them in the landscape to bear beautiful, delicate flowers. Here, mustard blooms in the backdrop of an herb and flower bed.
Use Strawberry as a Groundcover
Spreading strawberry plants can be used as a perennial groundcover in the landscape, and the fresh strawberries are a welcome harvest for a home gardener. Clip some runners to keep the plants healthy and producing berries.
Consider Fruit Trees
A blooming crabapple tree bursts with fresh spring color on P. Allen Smith's Arkansas farm, and signals expectation of the tart summer fruits. Other fruit trees that are beautiful landscape specimens include plum, peach, fig and apple, and citrus in the warmest climates.
Grow Fruit Trees in Espalier Form
A peach tree is being trained in an espalier form at the Garden Home Retreat. Espalier is an ancient technique for training trees, often fruit trees, into interesting and architectural shapes.


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The little fellow is Jesus,he goes fishing with his grandfather in the Caribbean every day.
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* Below-forecast GDP read eases stimulus concerns
* Mining stocks under pressure as gold tumbles
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* Indexes up: Dow 0.6 pct, S&P 0.5 pct, Nasdaq 0.6 pct
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NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced for a second straight day on Wednesday as a weak reading on economic growth had the effect of easing concerns that the Federal Reserve would soon begin to lessen its stimulus.
The economy grew 1.8 percent in the first quarter, according to the final read on gross domestic product, well below expectations for 2.4 percent growth.
While the data is backward-looking and covers a period when the economy was impacted by government sequestration, analysts said it could weigh on the Fed as it considers whether the economy is strong enough for it to start scaling back its monetary stimulus.
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Every eight weeks, Stephen MacDonald's world used to fall apart. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, a progressive muscle wasting condition, the former welder would be admitted to hospital with life-threatening complications. His wife, Hilary, was in despair as she struggled to explain his sudden absences to their two young sons, Adam and Tom, who wondered if they would see their dad again.
Today, the family's life has been turned around following the introduction of a radical care management system in Devon, whereby people with long-term health conditions are now being supported by fully integrated teams of health and social care staff, eager to promote individualised care. For 54-year old MacDonald, this has meant a stabilisation in his condition and an end to emergency trips to hospital.
Figures from a pilot of the scheme suggest this new way of working could reduce the number of unplanned hospital admissions by 3.5%, cut GP consultations by 60%, reduce GP spending by 5%, and increase patient satisfaction.
"People are more aware of their needs and want a say in how they are met," says David Johnstone, executive director of Devon's adult and community services. "Last year, after running two pilot schemes, we decided to transform care management by making it simpler, user-led and more effective and less costly. We want to give people what they really want. In the past, there were too many forms needing too many authorisations."
Changes have been made at every stage of the care pathway, and the introduction of electronic records helps speeds the process. Telephone assessments are carried out on people's needs by a team of advisers working for the council's new service, Care Direct Plus. Calls take between 20 and 30 minutes, and 75% of requests are dealt with within 48 hours by trained social care staff, who, backed by social workers, see things through from start to finish.
Demands for disability aids are high, and a new rapid service guarantees that almost nine in 10 people receive equipment within five working days, compared with up to 16 weeks previously.
High-risk cases are referred to the integrated complex care teams, covering 16 areas across Devon and linked to clusters of GPs. Assessments are carried out by a community matron, who works alongside a social worker, physiotherapist, community psychiatric nurse, occupational therapist and a domiciliary pharmacist. This concentration of staff allows the focus to switch to early intervention and helps prevent a crisis for people with complex needs.
Targets are now being set for each team to reduce the amount of unplanned hospital admissions over the next few months. But MacDonald says the new way of joint working has already had an impact. "At one point, I felt life wasn't worth living. No one knew how bad things were. Now my life has changed radically."


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e did manage to get our passports sent to the consulate in time to avoid the new $82 fee for having additional visa pages added. Yay! It took about a week for them to turn around. It appears that they sew the new pages to a piece of tape, and then tape them into the passport. You can see the sewing and tape in the photos here (click to enlarge). The quote on the stitched pages is kind of appropriate - I wonder if they did that on purpose.
It's nice, but I can't help thinking it doesn't look like $82 worth of materials and effort. They don't even pay for postage - you have to include a self-addressed stamped envelope (unless they've changed that since the fee change).
In other news, I just clicked on an article someone posted on Facebook tonight and in the sideline of the article saw this headline: "America, There Is a Better Way: It's Called Germany".
I'm not prepared to make a comment on it yet as I'm still reading it, but wanted to put it up right away because regardless of the lean or content I figure plenty of people who read this blog might be interested in checking it out based on the title alone.


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16 RV Parks near Camanche, Iowa
Fulton, Illinois 7.71 miles NE
Hillsdale, Illinois 12.45 miles SE
Port Byron, Illinois 13.27 miles SW
3942 291st St Camanche, Iowa 52730 (map) | (563) 259-1876
Sites: 70 | Latest Rate: $19.00 | 3 Reviews
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Jul 2015 - $19.00
A great campground right on the river, with a lot of things to do. Great fishing, has boat slips (docks?) if you have a boat (I do not), and you can rent boats or paddle boats. Right next to the Eco Tourism center, which has lots of neat things going on.
Avoid when raining, as the entire campground turns into a big mud puddle. Also can be very buggy. - David Johnson
May 2009 - $15.00
We had a pretty decent stay. My only complaint was the cold water in the shower. Taking a shower on a 45* morning and only having lukewarm water was not pleasant. - User781
Sep 2007 - $15.00
This is a county park. It is on a backwater of the Mississippi River. It is a marina in addition to being a campground. The marina business was very busy during our stay. We stayed in site #65 right on the water. Due to the slow-moving water, there were lots of mosquitoes, so staying outside was a challenge. We wanted to stay in a place right on the Mississippi and we couldn't tell about this place looking at the map. Sites are electric only. There are lots of trees so maneuvering a big rig would be problematic. Bargain price. The showers are a long hike from many of the campsites so we didn't try them. There are pit toilets scattered around and we didn't try them either. In the future, we'd plan a little better and choose another campground. It seemed like mostly locals were staying there. - NancyB
9th Avenue North Clinton, Iowa 52732 (map) | (563) 243-1260
Sites: 30 | Latest Rate: $20.00 | 3 Reviews
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Oct 2016 - $20.00
We spent most of the summer of 2016 at the CRVP. This is a City owned park leased to the Candlelight Restaurant & Marina. The Office is located below the Candlelight Restaurant at 511 Riverview Drive, city of Clinton. We have traveled 9 states and stayed at over 30 parks. This is a clean park with above average facilities. The WiFi is satisfactory when the Park is not full; however, become limited when more people are accessing the service. The restrooms are public and owned by the City. Sometimes, the bathhouses are clean and well stocked and other times needing attention - 50/50 rating. The trains are loud in the middle of the night and often sound the horns at all crossing downtown. We adjusted to them over time. Central dump station at the entrance of park. - FT Newbie
Aug 2014 - $20.00
This is a great place for a night or two....very clean and neat. It's right in the city and is next to their minor league ballpark and a marina. Sites are all pave & level, with nice grass around. We never saw a camp host...just picked a site and put our $20 in a slot. There is a train track right beside it, and several trains went by in the night and blew their horns at the crossing. They woke is up, but we went right back to sleep. There's lots of fast food within walking distance. There was a good WiFi signal from the marina which requires an access code, and the entry screen said that paying campers could get a voucher from the marina. I guess it was free. We had a good Verizon signal, so used my phone to tether. We didn't use the shower, but I looked in and they were not fancy, but very functional. Don't know about the hot water or shower heads. - mom2wildlife
Aug 2011 - $16.00
A great find in the Clinton, Iowa area. This worked well for us while visiting family. It is well located, clean and neat. We would stay here again. - CaptainNemo
12928 Route 84 N Port Byron, Illinois 61275 (map) | (309) 523-2168
Sites: 158 | Latest Rate: $20.00 | 3 Reviews
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Sep 2016 - $20.00
This park is mostly all seasonal campers. It's located right on the river in a picturesque setting. We called ahead and the staff said they had 2 pull-thru sites. When we arrived we were greeted by unprofessional and poorly dressed staff person. After looking at the supposedly pull-thru sites we decided not to stay. The sites are small, low, poorly maintained and not pull-thru. Would not ever go back. - fratney51
Aug 2013 - $25.00
Picturesque park on the Mississippi. Our site was 50 yards from the river. Beautiful wooded campground with grass sites. A cabin is available to rent, also. The manager is always helpful and friendly. There is a boat ramp and pier on the premises, too. This was our third time there and we always enjoy it. - Bill from Kenosha
Jul 2012 - $22.00
We stayed here in order to go to Antique Archeology in Le Claire IA ... across the Mississippi River. Great campground...very friendly lady in the office. Beautiful full view of the river. Had great antenna TV reception. Good cell phone cell service. Boat launch and fishing pier. I would definitely stay here again! - murphyhupp
Potter Road Thomson, Illinois 61285 (map) | (815) 259-3628
Sites: 81 | Latest Rate: $10.00 | 19 Reviews
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Aug 2016 - $10.00
Nice, lovely park on the shores of the Mississippi River. Interior roads were a bit narrow, and our site was a SLIGHT bit hard to back into, but not a problem. Liked the location and the number of hiking & biking trails. I would make this campground a destination stay. - be rob
Jun 2016 - $10.00
We have camped here numerous times. Many sites have views of the Mississippi river or the lagoon. It was nesting season for the box turtles while we were there this time and it was very interesting as they had a team of college students observing and recording the nests. Our site was paved and easy to back into. It was quite shady, though close to woods, so in some circumstances it can be quite buggy. We enjoy this park because it is close to a bike path, you can fish and boat on the river and it is an enjoyable park to walk the dogs and observe the river. It is a popular and reasonably well maintained park, which we find most of COE parks to be. - JonesAussies
Sep 2015 - $20.00
We stayed here for 2 nights. We were right on the Mississippi River. Nice level concrete pads. Ours was a little tight to get into as the roads are one-way and pretty narrow. The mosquitos were thick, but you really have to expect that. Very well kept. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel. - jacknpeg
18850 270th St Eldridge, Iowa 52748 (map) | (563) 285-9656
Sites: 350 | Latest Rate: $22.00 | 13 Reviews
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Sep 2016 - $22.00
Beautiful park. Lots of areas in which to walk. Sites are paved, with an area for a second vehicle. The sites are large; all are back-ins. Reservations are not accepted. The gates close at 10:30. You can get out, but cannot get back in. - oldbluejay
Aug 2016 - $23.00
This is a lovely park and the entire thing is huge. On our visit just before Labor Day, the Bald Eagle campground was filled up totally. I think that is because of the full hookups. It sure makes it nice to have a place on the road to take care of everything. The other campgrounds were totally empty so there is always lots of spots with water and electricity. We loved the high and dry paved spot. It has rained for days so we really enjoyed that.
We were in 337 next to the bathhouse parking lot and we got great public internet. Our satellite came in great here: lots of wide open sky. Even over the air channels came in pretty well.
Sure wish we were staying longer; this is a great place to ride bikes and explore, rest and recharge. - Djinfl
May 2016 - $23.00
Another gem that we have to share, but hate to in hopes that it's not overtaken! Well maintained, lots of room between sites, great rates. Biking, hiking, lakes, pool, golf course (not our thing now but a nice looking course.) Going to extend here a few days for sure. It is so nice that we saw several local folks pull in today, set their campers up, then call their friends to tell them to get out here, then leave. They do this to secure their site for the weekend as this is first come, first served. No reservations. All the staff are awesome, and a lot of ranger presence. Fires allowed in the pits provided. There are four campgrounds here, but Bald Eagle is the one we are in and the only full hookup campground. There is one other one that has electric and water, but would be hard to get level with a motor home or larger fifth wheel. - Ron and Terri
114 1st St # 118 Charlotte, Iowa 52731 (map) |
Sites: 11 | Latest Rate: $15.00 | 1 Reviews
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May 2011 - $15.00
Great new little campground located in the middle of Charlotte, Iowa. Two small creeks border the west and north sides of the campground in the city park. You do not even really know you are in town. Park has all the things a family needs for a quick weekend getaway. A nature trail also surrounds the camping area for real neat walks. Showers are going to be added this summer. Full hookups with water, sewer, electric for $15 a night. Can't beat it! - Lorimar
1201 State Ave Hampton, Illinois 61256 (map) | (309) 496-2620
Sites: 85 | Latest Rate: $17.00 | 7 Reviews
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Apr 2017 - $17.00
April 12, 13- Wednesday, Thursday We stayed at Illiniwek Forest Preserve situated right on the Mississippi River in Hampton, Illinois. This park is near Rock Island, IL. Camping is from April 1 - Oct 31. The office is not open until 4pm to 10 pm in early April and we were told to set up, pick a site and check in at the office when it is open. There 60 campsites with water and electric, two older shower houses that you need a key for, a dump station, playground, boat launch, hiking and biking trails, a picnic shelter which can be rented. If one wants to dry camp or tent there are 25 sites and 17 are right on the river. All the sites have a view of the river and if you want to fish you can catch your dinner (license needed). The campground is close to the John Deere sites and Rock Island. This campground is first come and we would return to camp here. The bike trail runs through the campground and it is a good one biking along the Mississippi River. They did give us a senior rate for $17 a night. Great stay. - gsnakehill
Sep 2016 - $16.00
A pleasant surprise on the Mississippi River...gravel sites are a little narrow and all back-in but there is plenty of open space so it didn't feel cramped. The check-in process is interesting...go find an open site & then come back to the office after 4:00PM & fill out the papers. We will stay here next trip. - BillGr
May 2012 - $14.00
Wonderful, well kept campground on Mississippi River. Sites are a bit small, but it wasn't crowded so every other site left plenty of space. This time of year it is heavy with fish flies; be ready to have a campfire to keep them away. Very nice bike path runs through the campground which you can ride for 10 to 20 miles in either direction. Nice location, we would stay here again for a weekend. - lc47
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We stayed here for two nights on a shakedown cruise on our "new" 2004 motorhome. We had one of two pull through sites. It was easy to get in and out of and the electrical was easy to reach.
Most of the sites are nicely shaded although there is a more open area on a cul de sac with a small playground area. It's a nice campground with many nice sized dry level sites. - Charlie K
May 2014 - $20.00
This used to be a great park but has gone down hill a lot. Electrical service at sites is dated and very under-powered. There were 6 sites fed by one 80 amp breaker and the Rangers comments were "shut off your A/C". We moved to a 50 amp site in another area and our EMS showed one leg at 122 volts, the other at 115! Stayed here over Memorial day for 14 days and saw NO meaningful security except for the county sheriff deputy drove through 2 times! The Ranger was off for the weekend so only the volunteers were available. Loud cars drove through all night! We had reservations for later in summer and have already cancelled them. Gnats are very numerous, you will need a LOT of bug spray to sit around a campfire here! - Fulltimer5
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Beautiful park. Very woodsy and scenic. Nice lake for fishing and birdwatching. Campgrounds were deserted during our visit. Camp hosts are very nice and helpful. Fantastic covered bridge that had us worried our rid would not be able to use, but it was no problem. Most of the sites are wooded but there is a small loop of open sites near the playground. Restaurant and concessions will open mid April. Be sure to stock up in the small town of Morrison if you need anything. There are plenty of horse trails which you can use. Wish it had water or sewer but there is a dump site. Will be sure to visit again. - redshoe
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Very nice COE Park. Great price. Concrete long pad for our 40' MH. Back- in but room for Toad. Site 28. I pulled into another long site, camp hosts were off duty then . The site post showed no reservation for that night. I call government phone number listed. I was told the site was reserved for that night so move to another site. I paid the camp host later and told them about the site change. They said that first site was not reserved for that night . The on site management seems to have a better idea about the campground than the government reservation phone system. We stayed one night. We would return. Camp hosts were nice. 50 amp service. We did not have need for other amenities Close to Interstate Hwy. but quiet. - JAWS
Aug 2016 - $10.00
Found an open space large enough for us: very nice. Lots are spacious and offer some shade. Site surface was a concrete pad, featuring a fire ring and picnic table. Friendly staff and very helpful.
Ranger came by and told us rain is expected: not leave our carpet and items out. Might flash flood and it will all wash away. We are safe but our items may wash away. - D'art campizard
Jul 2016 - $10.00
Spent one night here. Very nice COE park right on the Mississippi River. Price reflects Senior Pass Discount. Sure was cement, level but close to the road. Site was not long enough for us to park our Jeep on but there was extra parking spaces right across from our site. Electric hookup only.
Park rangers made passes through frequently and were available for questions when the park kiosk was closed. Some sites have a view of the river. Lots of mature trees. - Darcan
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We camped here for a month and loved it. We were parked at the end of the row so had plenty of space. So nice to not be in the middle of retail madness yet only 20 minutes to the grocery and mall. We were here before the peak season began and enjoyed the quiet atmosphere. Super friendly staff and helpful with any needs. Plaza has a great laundry, gym, and game room along with many other cool things. Very clean showers and restrooms. Roads and sites are paved which is perfect for rollerblading and biking. Also, has a nice playground for the kids to enjoy. Beautiful view of the lake. Hopefully, we are back in the area. Would love to stay again. - Sarina Thomas
Sep 2015 - $50.00
This gated park was very clean and was easy to maneuver around with a large rig. The office staff was super friendly, as were the people who worked on the grounds. We stayed here for several weeks during August and September, and chose this particular place because of all the amenities and activities it listed online. We arrived on a weekend and there was a ton going on and we thought it was perfect. But then on Monday we found out that everything is closed during the week. The snack bar and store opened on Friday night and closed on Sunday afternoon, and the hours on those days were quite limited. From Sunday afternoon to Friday afternoon it was like a ghost town, which is something the kids and I did not enjoy. There are many, many insects, especially mosquitos and flies, which made it almost impossible to sit or play outside after 5 pm. And if you need anything, it is a thirty minute ride to the nearest grocery store. If you have kids, this is a great place for a weekend stay, but not an extended one. We camped here in a fifth wheel. - NomadFamily
Aug 2015 - $1.00
Thank god for Coast to Coast or we would not have stayed here for $72 a night. Nothing here worth that much money. The grounds are very well kept but the staff can not keep up with the trash that some day use people leave behind. The internet is fair at best even in the Plaza where they day the have free internet. If you can get connected you are doing good. The sites are narrow with a grassy area in between you and the other campers. The lake is pretty if you look past the over growth of algae that is growing on all of the ponds and the large lake. We were in a 31 ft motor home with a 20 ft tow, the site was very large and could handle us. Nice park but if it was not for Coast to Coast I would not stay here. - Walter Pfiitze


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A fragile life down on farm
They're deep into the marsh grass now, mowing spots that haven't been dry for 25 years.
"The ground is that hard," said Scott Peterson, who works on a decent-sized dairy farm in drought-ravaged Berlin.
It's a troubling irony for farmers worried about feed all across the southern half of Wisconsin. There's solid earth even in the old marshlands that have been wet since another generation tilled the fields. But if the rain doesn't come soon, a lot of the farms, the smaller ones at least, could sink for good.
They're not quitting yet.
"Not quite yet," said Richard Albright, who had a nice farm himself until the last big drought in 1988 and now runs a trucking firm out of Omro. "But they're wondering what to do."
The drought has gone on so long now in some places that there's no more hay coming up. And at $17 per hundredweight, milk prices haven't been all that great, either. So that's two things that need to rise up. And if they don't?
The dairy farmers "are going to say, 'The hell with it'," said Albright, who hauls livestock to auction. "I think they will. The small guys will. The big guys are geared up still for half a year."
Albright was standing near his truck outside the Equity livestock cooperative in Lomira shortly before an auction. The farmers and the truckers with their pickups and their trailers were lined up 15 deep, about normal.
But if the rains don't come soon, and the cows start running out of local feed, the trucks full of animals being moved off the smaller farms will be lined up all the way down Industrial Drive to Highway 49. The farmers are going to have to start selling just like Albright did 24 years ago.
"That was the last bad one we had," said the 68-year-old. "Took everyone's feed."
"It don't rain in a week and a half," Albright told me, "you stop back here then and I'll tell you how bad the farmers are crying."
There are still well over 70,000 farms in this state. Debt levels are generally low in comparison to the farm crisis days of the early 1980s, and 2011 was a record year for many of them, especially grain producers.
Wisconsin is a big place and some farmers still wake to verdant, green fields. But others hardly sleep at all. Droughts are capricious things. For once, it's the north that is flourishing while the south suffers. Ellis Kahn has farms in both Kewaskum in the southeastern part of the state, and in Rusk County in the northwest. Rusk, he said, "is beautiful. They get rain every two, three days." It's different in southern Wisconsin and Iowa.
Kahn has faith in the perseverance of even the smallest farms.
"The smaller guy especially is very conservative," said Kahn, waiting, too, for the auction. "My dad used to say they'll hold on to a buffalo (nickel) till it screams."
Folks, though, can't hold on forever. Some farmers in Illinois are already mowing over their corn fields. In Wisconsin's Marquette County, the most recent crop report was one line: "Everything without irrigation looks dead." There is a frightening fragility to life on the farm.
As the farmers and truckers pulled into the cooperative, there was a sign that directed the guys with cattle and calves to the left, sheep and goats straight ahead. Another week without rain, and not just scattered showers, and there'll be all sorts of people following those signs. Right now, they're just looking for a sign from above.
"Keep praying for rain," said Peterson. "Show up at the prayer meetings with an umbrella."
"That's all we can do."
Pray while pinching hard on the buffaloes and moving deep into the marsh grass. Till that, too, is gone.
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Bengaluru, Jan 10: The Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan said on Saturday that the Indian Navy has become a Builders' Navy from a Buyers' Navy. "Not a single ship or a submarine is on order any more abroad. Future warships will be built in India," he said during the Second Admiral R L Pereira Memorial Lecture in city.
"In Navy we believe that every ship has a soul. Every ship reflects the personality of the captain. Salt in our blood, sweat and tears same as the salt in the sea," Admiral Dhowan said. He termed Admiral Pereira as a great leader and charismatic person.
Admiral Pereira was India's 9th Navy Chief and served from 1979 to 1982. The talk was organized by the Navy Foundation, Bengaluru Chapter in association with Bharat Electronics Ltd.
Maritime patrol stepped up
The Navy Chief said that the maritime patrol along India's coastline has been stepped up to ward-off any possible threats. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the 2nd Admiral R L Pereira Memorial Lecture in city, the Admiral said India's maritime interests will be backed by '24x7 surveillance' by the Indian Navy.
"As part of the increased security measures in the last few months, we have deployed warships and UAVs," the Navy Chief said. He refused to comment on the ongoing sea trials by INS Arihant.
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Admiral Dhowan met with the Naval LCA team from Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and congratulated them for the recent successful NP-1 trials in Goa. The NLCA had its maiden flight from the Shore-Based Test Facility (SBTF) in Goa, thereby crossing a critical milestone.
The Navy Chief also interacted with Cmde C D Balaji (Retd) Project Director LCA (Navy) and Commodore Jaideep Maolankar, the pilot who undertook the historic ski-jump take-off from SBTF. Later speaking to OneIndia, Cmde Balaji (Retd) said that the second prototype of NLCA (NP-2) will soon have its maiden flight.
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October 25, 2007. Met a salesmen by the name of Marc Cajigal at Companies Incorporated in Valencia with my business partner Damon. I informed Marc about my desire to obtain a business loan in order to pay off debts and finish construction on my rental property located in West Hills, CA. I told him that I was looking for approximately a $250,000 to $300,000 loan. He informed me that the best way to get a type of loan like this was to obtain a aged corporation which Companies Inc. sold. He informed me that in order to obtain the kind of loan that I was looking for, I would have to purchase a corporation that was at least three years old. I asked how much a three year old corporation would cost and he informed me that it was in the $2,500-$3,000 range. We then started talking about a corporation that Companies Inc. had for sale. The cost for this company for sale was approximately $2,600. I told him that I was interested in purchasing this aged company and asked what the process was to get a loan for this it. Mr. Cajigal informed me that in order to get the kind of loan I was looking for, I would also have to purchase their ELITE CREDIT PROGRAM which handled the entire process for me including setting up trade references and setting up credit lines. The cost for this service was $4,000. I agreed to do this and set up another meeting for November.
November 9, 2007. Met Marc Cajigal again at Companies Inc. in Valencia. Once again Mr. Cajigal assured me that obtaining a loan in the $250,000-$300,000 range was in his words no problem. On that day, I purchased the aged company for approximately $2,600 on my credit card. I then asked him about the ELITE CREDIT PROGRAM and he told me someone from his office would call me regarding the details on how to pay for it and set it up.
December 13, 2007. Received an email from Marc Cajigal which I had to sign in order for my credit card to be charged the $4,000 for the ELITE CREDIT PROGRAM
December 17, 2007. Someone from Direct Credit Advantage named Emily Bush called me and sent me an e-mail letting me know that they were going to be handling the credit establishment for me as part of the ELITE CREDIT PROGRAM. She told me that they work with Companies Inc. all the time and that I had nothing to worry about. They emailed me a Welcome Packet which laid out what I now had to do to expedite the process which included information on how to set up the trade references myself! This went directly against what Mr. Cajigal told me. Confused and desperate, I decided to research this.
January 7, 2008. After a few weeks of seeking out trade references that Direct Credit Advantage supplied me (many of which did not work or were out of business), I faxed over what I had come up with. Again, I was not happy that I had to do the leg work on something that was promised to me, but I did it anyway. I then called over to Emily Bush to make sure she got my completion of the Welcome Packet. She told me that in a few weeks time I should have a DUNS number from Dunn and Bradstreet as well as a Paydex score and at that point I could start applying for loans.
January 30, 2008. Getting frustrated now because I have not heard anything from Direct Credit Advantage (DCA) about my profile. I am starting to wonder just what I paid $7,000 for. I call over to DCA to find out what is going on and spoke to one of their managers named Chris. He told me everything was fine and even told me he had a few more trade references he could attach to my profile to make it look more attractive. I again asked him about getting going on a loan because the real estate market was starting to change and I really needed to move on fixing up my rental property. He told me that everything would be fine and that someone would get back to me shortly.
February 14, 2008. After two weeks I receive an e-mail from Emily Bush regarding some lenders. I contacted some of the lenders she provided in the email who informed me that they didnt deal with companies that were less that 5 years old!! My company was only 3 years old. A couple of the lenders informed me that my newly purchased company had a cloud over it and could not receive financing!!
February 20, 2008. I receive a call from my friend Gene who also purchased a aged corporation from Companies Inc. after my reccomendation. He informed me that he was having problems getting a loan with his company as well. Both Gene and I then call over to DCA to find out what is going on. I spoke to a gentleman named Sarkus, the president of DCA, who informed me that my company and Genes company were purchased by Companies Inc. years ago under the Registered Agent name Presidential Services Inc which Dunn and Bradstreet had red flagged as a high risk before they were even sold to us. Thus, any loan that was attempted with these companies would be rejected. Sarkus also told me that they are now in a lawsuit with Companies Inc and that they could not be trusted. Sarkus informs then me that I should ask for my money back from Companies Inc. and to purchase a new company with DCA with a new registered agent. This same week I find out that Marc Cajigal, the gentleman who had originally sold me on this entire Business credit financing process, has been fired by Companies Inc and now works for Direct Credit Advantage!!! I spoke with Marc, and he informed me that Companies Inc is in turmoil and that I should now only deal directly with DCA. At this point I really do not know who to trust or who to believe.
February 21, 2008. I call over to Companies Inc. to get their side of the story. I spoke to a gentleman by the name of Jeff Ray who is one of the mangers. He told me that nothing was wrong and that everything is being handled. I informed him that as long as Presidential Services was attached to the corporation I purchased, I would have difficulty obtaining a loan. He again said that everything would be fine. When I asked him about the $4,000 I spent for the ELITE CREDIT PROGRAM, he told me that Companies Inc. would be taking over my account from here on out and that I should no longer speak with DCA!
February 25, 2008. I receive a letter from the Secretary of State that my company has changed Registered Agents from something called Presidential Services to a subsidiary of Companies Inc., Registered Agents of America. Something is not right in Denmark.
February 27, 2008. I receive an email from Jeff Ray with a brand new credit establishment welcome package application which basically lets me know that I now have to start from scratch with new trade references! I attempt to use a new list of trade references that Companies Inc. provided me, and the majority of them did not work. Again, I kept thinking that all of this work was supposed to be done for me. What did I spend $7,000 for? Why was I running all over town when Companies Inc. promised me these trade lines would be established for me? What I was doing is not what I was promised. At this point I am now furious! Months have passed and the real estate market has changed, my adjustable rate mortgage came in on my rental property and I am now at the mercy of Companies Inc. I am now buried financially and am forced to place my rental property in West Hills up for a short sale.
March 3, 2008. I speak to a gal named Brenda from Companies Inc. who tells me that she will be handling everything for me from here on out. She apologizes profusely for the handling of my account and once again I am promised that everything will be handled for me including setting me up in a new program they had where aged trade lines and references were already set-up and that I should check back in a few weeks to find out the status. I tell Brenda that unfortunately the window of opportunity for me to obtain a loan has passed because of Companies Inc and DCAs mishandling of my account and that I would have to wait. She informs me that she will still work on my account.
May 1, 2008. I havent heard from Companies Inc for two months. I call over to the office to find out what is going on with my account. They tell me someone will get back to me. No one did.
May 3-5, 2008. I attempt to call Companies Inc over the next few days, but their lines are busy.
June 2008- May 2009. My credit ruined because of financial difficulty and having to short sale my rental property, I spent the rest of the year settling debts and trying to repair my credit rating knowing that in order for me to obtain a business loan now that it would have to be personally guaranteed against my own credit score.
May 11, 2009. After working on my credit score, I decide to do some research on my company to see if anything Brenda had promised over the year had been done. Nothing! Not one trade line and no credit establishment. I then decide to make a trip to Companies Inc. to confront Jeff Ray in person and demand my money back. I informed him that Companies Inc. did not live up to their promises and that I am extremely unsatisfied. I told him that I just wanted my $7,000 back. Jeff then brings in one of the CEOs named Matt. Again, I explain the situation and that I that I think it was highly unfair to treat customers this way and that I thought I got caught up in their drama. I reminded him of their websites 100% money back customer satisfaction guarantee in which they promise that this process would be set-up quickly and accurately or your money back, neither of which happened. I told them that I did not want to make an issue out of this, but to just return my money to me. Matt attempted to try and get me to complete the credit establishment program, at which point I informed him that I no longer trusted the integrity of the company and that I just wanted my money back. He said he understood and that he would have to talk to the other CEO, Kevin Wessell.
May 13, 2009. I call over to Jeff Ray to find out the status of my refund. He transfers me over to the CEO Matt. Matt then informs me that he spoke to the other CEO and says all of the money has been paid out. I said to him, Well, what does that have to do with me? Nothing has been done on my account that was promised to me. He then offers me $250!! He then says, but if youd like to continue with your credit establishment we could do that. I then remind him of his companys 100% money back customer satisfaction guarantee, and he replies, We tried to work with you but you did not return phone calls and you missed meetings. Needless to say I was FURIOUS and could tell where this was now leading. I informed him that if I do not receive my money back by the end of the day that there would be a legal issue. He said, Thats fine then. Two weeks later I filed a small claims case against Companies Incorporated in the amount of $7,000
October 19,2009.I show up for my case in Small Claims Court in Santa Clarita, CA. Kevin Wessell shows up on behalf of Companies Incorporated. The judge, as is customary, encourages all parties that showed up for hearings that day to try and come to a settlement outside the courtroom before any hearing takes place. I step outside with Mr. Wessel who to my amazement is still completely defiant. I tell him that he is not going to win this case because I had substantial evidence against him with my dealings with their subsidiary Direct Credit Advantage. Again, I reminded him of the 100% money back guarantee which stated that my company would be established quickly and accurately or your money back and even showed him a printout from HIS website. He says, Well, you didnt return phone calls and you didnt complete your welcome package, but if you would like to complete the process we could do that. Otherwise, well just hear what the judge has to say. I say to him, Are you f-ing kidding me?! This is how you treat your customers? You are actually willing to go into this courtroom to FIGHT to keep my money?! He says, Yes. The case begins in court, I show the judge the email exchanges between me and DCA which PROVE I was attempting to do my part including the completed welcome package, I describe the complete debacle regarding the cloud over my registered agent, I express my displeasure, I show the 100% money back guarantee. Mr. Wessell then completely LIES to the judge stating that I missed numerous meeting and didnt return phone calls. Again, I kept looking at this a-hole in court fighting to keep my money!!! The jude ruled in my favor however there were some non-refundable expenses with DCA so I came to an agreement in the amount of $3,900. Outside the courthouse, I tell Kevin that we didnt have to go through all of this if he would have just refunded my money like I wanted months ago. He said he was sorry I wasnt satisfied with the process.
November 4, 2009. I call over to Kevin Wessells office at Companies Incorporated to see about the status of my refund. They put me on hold forever and then finally connect me with Matt Mitchell. I ask him whats the status of my refund. He replies, we are filing an appeal on the case. I was in shock! I compromised in court to the tune of $3,900 instead of the $7,000 and these mother f-ers are still fighting to keep my money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have not received my appeal papers yet, so this story still does not have an ending. But I did find it very interesting that the Companies Incorporated web site no longer displays the 100% Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee, but rather something that says your satisfaction is guaranteed but nothing about GETTING YOUR MONEY BACK! But the moral here is that Companies Incorporated CANNOT BE TRUSTED. I implore any of you who are thinking of buying an aged corporation to NOT do business with these people. They are liars and thieves who hide themselves behind the protection of Limited Liability companies. I got suckered and sweet talked into believing that if I purchased an aged corporation with this elite credit program that everything would be handled for me. Well if something sounds too good to be true, then it usually is. Dont trust all companies just because they may reside in a marble building or have a very slick looking website. It could become a VERY expensive mistake if you dont do the research. Please dont make the same mistake I did.
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SUBMITTED: Friday, December 25, 2009POSTED: Friday, December 25, 2009
We and the customer are at peace and all is well. We just feel it is important to address allegations and tell the other side of the story.
The scam artist and thieves comment on this post is
absolutely false uncalled for. Scam artists trick people into paying money.
This obviously did not happen because the customer ordered service, signed an agreement
to cooperate, but did not end up cooperating with us on the fulfillment, as you
will see. Thieves steal money from people, but we gave the customer a refund. So,
the title to this post was a malicious attempt to injure our company and my
boss without justification. If you look at the facts it is quite obvious that
these allegations do not hold up.
My boss is one of the most honorable, honest people
that I know and our company is very committed to customer satisfaction. Moreover, we have thousands of customers and a sizable sales staff and my boss had not spoken with the customer until two years after the original purchase.
In subsequent conversations with the customer, he called our office and said he was sorry for putting this post on this website and tried to remove it. But the people who own this website have a policy that they do not remove postings. The customer later told us that he feels we are an honest company but he was not happy with the third-party company that was originally involved. He felt like he wanted to strike out at us and my boss after he mistakenly thought we were going to appeal a frivolous small claims case that he had filed.
Here is the scene of events:
1. The customer signed an agreement to cooperate with us in fulfilling his service.
2. Back on the date the order was placed, a third party company (which we no longer utilize) participated in fulfilling business credit orders.
3. The customer was not satisfied with the third-party company.
4. As soon as we heard this, we offered to complete the process in-house. We committed to covering the extra expenses. The customer had agreed in writing by signing our agreement.
5. We spent more money to fulfill the order.
6. Our corporate credit builder program is a very deliberate, step-by-step program and we are successful in building a business credit score if the customer follows our instructions. I would estimate that we have a 99% customer satisfaction rate with this service.
7. After we spent the extra funds to complete the process, the customer did not cooperate with us in taking the steps we needed in order to complete his order. Our fulfillment personnel showed the written notes where the customer set appointments to come into our office on more than one occasion and did not appear, did not return telephone calls, and did not return the documents we needed.
8. Several months later, the customer called our office and said the reason he wasnt cooperating with us is that he changed his mind. He did not want us to complete the process but wanted a refund.
9. He then let the secret out - he was originally trying to use our program to raise funds to make up the back payments on a pending foreclosure but the foreclosure had already taken place.
10. Our staff members offered a refund of the amount paid less the costs expended. The customer refused.
11. As you could see if you checked the public records, the customer filed a Small Claims case but did not show up to the court (just like he did not show up to several of his appointments with us).
12. He then filed second Small Claims case and did show up on October 19, 2009.
13. October 19, 2009 was the first time my boss had ever personally spoken to the customer, so the personal attack the customer launched this forum is baseless. My boss is extremely honest and ethical.
14. In the Small Claims case my boss again offered a refund less our costs, as stated in our written agreement. The Small Claims judge agreed that since the customer asked us to fulfill the order then changed his mind, that we were entitled to be reimbursed for our expenses, and that our offer of a refund less our costs was more than generous. So, the judge agreed to our original offer to the customer before the customer filed his frivolous case.
15. So, his claim that the judge ruled in his favor is untrue. The judge simply agreed to our original suggestion of a refund of the amount paid less costs incurred.
16. The customers claim that we filed an appeal in the case is untrue. The judge simply did not include one of the expenses we incurred and we were making this request to the court.
17. As stated above, the scam artist and thieves comment on this post is absolutely false and uncalled for. Scam artists trick people into paying money. This did not happen because the customer asked us to provide a service, signed an agreement, but did not cooperate with the fulfillment. Thieves steal money from people, but we gave a refund. We are in discussions with our legal counsel as to the appropriate response to these false allegations. The customer came into our office and was paid his refund check, as agreed. We care deeply about our customers and are very conscientious about customer satisfaction.
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Glee-A Fresh Start:Rory Flanagan StoryMature
Christina is the new girl at McKinley high with a dark past and plans to keep this past hidden. However, it seems her past will be difficult to be kept buried when she meets Irish Crooner Rory Flanagan, and starts to fall for him.
Christina's Point of View:
It had been a difficult couple of years for me. I was what people would describe as a wild child. When you have everything, you just don't know what to do with yourself. You could basically get away with murder. This time two years ago, I had everything a girl could've wanted. All the parts in the lead plays, captain of the cheerleading squad, hottest guy in school, all the money I could ever want and then boom!
All that disappeared.
The first blow was when I got up the duff by my boyfriend. His name was Tom and at the time I thought he was the sort of guy you could depend on, the sort of guy you'd marry. However, the moment he realised I was preggers, he broke up with me. Flat out broke up. He was just some dumb jock, I realise that now. I couldn't go through with raising a child alone so aborted it. It seemed to be the only option. After that I had a downward spiral of depression, only to be kicked off the cheerleading squad because I simply wouldn't practice and I slept with a lot of guys. I'd have about two a week. I got too interested in doing bad things, which inevitably ended up with me getting expelled.
And on top of all that, my Dad lost everything through gambling. I had nothing. We moved from our mansion to some smelly, dingy flat and I finally found a school that would take me.
McKinley High school. It was a fresh start. At my old school, from the click of a finger I went from having everything to absolutely nothing. Hopefully this time will be different…
My first day made me feel very apprehensive, the way jocks would be fist bumping each other and talking about football. Cheerleaders would stand around looking pretty, talking about their next practice. As I walked on I got stares off several people, including some guy with an afro and glasses. Something told me that I was so low on the food chain here that even nerds looked down on me.
So many thoughts were running through my mind, was I dressed badly, or not? Was I going around unnoticed? How would I make friends? The plan was to stay quiet, stay completely and utterly quiet and everything would be ok.
Of course, this is my life and that was never going to happen. As I continued to walk along the corridor I saw some jocks shoving this boy into a locker. They were laughing and the brunette boy was covered in blue liquid as if a drink had been spilt on him. Even when I'd been popular I'd never liked the idea of bullying, I actually repulsed it when people did that. I clenched my fists and walked over to them. "Oi! Leave him alone." I warned them, they turned around slowly, as if they were wary about who that was coming from.
And then they saw me. "Oh, you need to get defended by a girl!" They laugh at the boy, who's still struggling to catch their breath. "Well, welcome to loserville!" The jock said to me and the next thing I know I'm having this cold drink thrown in my face. Slushie! As it hit me I felt my whole body just freeze and for what felt like an eternity, I just stood there in shock. I had a whole new kind of brain freeze, which was in no way pleasant. "Are you alright?" The boy asked in this thick heavy accent and I didn't answer instead I just gasped out loud and stormed off to the nearest bathroom.
Whilst in the bathroom, I saw the green liquid all over me. It had gotten on my clothes, underneath my clothes, in my face, in my hair. And I knew, after I'd attempt to wash this off it would go all sticky and I'd feel disgusting. Despite this, I washed it out of my hair slowly in the ridiculously small sinks and tried to get as much slushie out of my bra as possible. Approximately halfway through the bell went and I had to move quickly because the last thing I needed was to be late for my first lesson.
My legs carried me to some English class with some female teacher I didn't know the name of yet. I sat in a seat next to this blond girl who seemed nice enough. The Teacher stood at the front of the class trying to explain something I wasn't quite sure of. Another thing in my past, I flunked all my lessons. "So does anyone know what a paradigm is?" The girl next to me put her hand up, she must be bright for a cheerleader I thought. "Yes, Brittany." The Teacher said.
"A flying balloon that carries people."
"That's when you paraglide Brittany."
"Isn't that the same thing?" Brittany responded and suddenly I took back my thought, maybe she isn't clever after all. "Ok." The Teacher began. "Go to page five in your books and read up on linguistics and maybe that will help you with the word paradigms."
I pulled out the English book I had got when I transferred here and started reading page five. Brittany leaned in closed to me. "I don't get it, how is reading about my cat going to help me learn?" She asked and I looked at her and then saw she was reading something that looked like her very own diary. "She meant the English book." I replied.
"Well, she said your book, this is my book."
"Do you have an English book with you?" I offered.
"What is it?" I showed her the front cover of my book and she looked at it puzzled.
"No, I saw the word linguistics which sounded like math and I don't like math, so I gave it to my cat and now my cat won't give it back."
"You can share with me." I smile and she returns my smile and looks at the book too. Something told me this was going to be a long lesson.
That was something that turned out to be right. As we were reading through the book Brittany asked: "So, are you gay?"
"Umm… No."
"Oh." She responded. "That's a shame."
"It is?" I asked.
"Yeah, I've kissed all the boys in this school and approximately half the girls, you could've been another to add to the list."
"Maybe not. I'm happy being all straight."
"Oh…" Brittany paused. "How can you be straight when you've got curves?" She asked and in that moment the bell rang, much to my sort of relief. She was nice, but strange.
She walked on ahead of me whilst I walked through the corridors trying to get to my next class. Spanish with Mr Schuster, that was a funny name, it reminded me of a shoe. So far the day was going well, apart from the whole slushie in the face, but that can be put behind me. "It's her!" I heard someone call out. "The slushie girl that saved me." I looked up to see the boy that was shoved into the lockers earlier and next to him was this tall guy with brown hair. They both walked up to me. "Thank you ever so much for earlier. I owe you my life!" The Irish dude said enthusiastically.
"Ok, don't get too emotional." I grinned.
"Will you be my friend?" He asked.
"Keep it cool." His tall friend whispered to him and turned to me. "I'm Finn, by the way."
"It's very nice to meet you." I respond and shake his hand, only for a girl to go over to his side in the middle of the handshake. "Excuse me, I'd appreciate it if you didn't touch my very talented co star." She warned me and dragged Finn away, only to leave me with the Irish guy. "So what's your name?" He asks me.
"Christina." I respond.
"Hi, I'm Rory Flanagan."
"It's nice to meet you." I smile.
"So, Christina… That's got to be Irish right?"
"I don't think so."
"Hey! Everyone has a bit of Irish in them." He grins and asks: "So what do you have now?"
"Spanish with Mr Schuster." I respond.
"Hey, me too. Hi five." Rory calls out and holds his hand out, waiting for me to do something, I stare at him confused. "Umm… Traditionally, you slap my hand."
"Oh." I say and bat the top of his hand with mine and he furrows his eyebrows before walking by my side to Spanish.
On the way there he's asking me all sort of questions about my past which makes me feel worried about not letting everything out the bag. "So, what was you like at your old school?"
"I was very popular, cheerleader and everything."
"Hey, maybe you should tryout for the cheerleader team here."
"I don't know." I sigh.
"Well, some of the cheerleaders aren't very nice, but I think you'd be very different."
"Thank you. I'll think about it."
"So, if you were so popular why do you seem clueless about school?" Rory wonders.
"Just had a rough time of it lately and this school is different."
"It's different alright, some of the girls think I'm a Leprechaun." I laughed upon hearing him say that.
Moments later silence was beseeched upon us and Rory was quietly singing Somewhere Beyond The Sea quietly to himself. "Somewhere beyond the sea, somewhere waiting for me, my lover stands on golden sands." He sang and I grinned and looked at him and started singing along with him. "And watches the ship that goes sailing. It's far beyond a doubt, my heart will leave me there, leave me there soon."
We were singing along in perfect unison and for the first time today I felt like I belonged. "And we'll meet, I know we'll meet beyond the shore." Rory turned to me and winked: "We'll kiss just as before…" And before I was completely taken in by the song, we both were shoved into the lockers by a tall woman in a tracksuit. "This will not stand!" She yelled and turned to us, as we were against the locker: "And shut up!" She stormed off and I turned to Damian. "She's a strange student."
"Actually she's a teacher."
"Your kidding? Were not only bullied by the kids, but the teacher too?"
"Yeah, but you get used to it. Whenever she's in a blue tracksuit I just picture her as a smurf then it's not so bad."
A lot of laughter left my mouth and Rory stood up properly and reached his hand out to me and I took hold of it and he helped me up. Finally, we reached Spanish and Rory said I could sit in the seat next to him. I sat next to him and thought it was a far cry from the Brittany lesson earlier. In front of us was Finn and that rude girl from earlier. And on the table next to us was Brittany and some girl with dark hair who I think was called Santana. "Hey, it's the Professor." Brittany smiled at me.
"The Professor?" I asked and the Santana girl started talking to her.
"Look, Brittany, just because she shared a book with you in English doesn't make her a Professor."
"I see you've already made friends." Rory states to me.
"Completely by accident." I paused. "So what's an Irish guy like you doing in America?"
"Just an exchange student, that's all."
"Where are you living?"
"I'm living with Brittany."
"Oh, that must be interesting…" I say.
"It's ok. I do miss home though."
"Oi, you two stop talking." Mr Schuster said to us and I smiled at him and let the rest of the lesson drag on about the days of the week and the months of the year.
The brunette girl in front of me kept putting her hand up to every question, she always knew the right answer and seemed proud to say it. I could tell at first Mr Schuster was happy to let her answer, but towards the end of the lesson he got reluctant to let her talk. And by the end of the lesson, it was just another name I'd learned. Rachel. Stay clear of her at all costs, I thought.
The bell rang and Rory and I walked out of the lesson only for Brittany and Santana to pull me to one side. "We'll talk later!" Rory called to me, I didn't have time to reply because Santana and Brittany were cutting to the chase. "Ok, Brittany seems to have a weird obsession with you, so how would you like to tryout for the cheerios?" Before I could answer, Brittany was staring at me as though there was a fish in her mouth and said: "Can you be my Mum?"
"No." I told Brittany and turned to Santana. "I don't know."
"Come on, all that muck on your top means you got slushie all over you this morning, you want that to stop then join." Before I could answer she started getting all argumentative and bitchy. "Look, since you've attracted the attention of Brittany here means I'm not your biggest fan at the moment, so if you want to live through the rest of your school life then you'd better join, ok?"
"Ok, I'll join." I sigh.
"Great. Three in the auditorium, don't be late."
Both Santana and Brittany walked off together and I was suddenly alone in the hallway, not sure about what I was doing. Only for a guy with a Mohawk to walk past me. "What's up newbie?" He asked as he walks past.
"Umm…Nothing." I replied and he just carried on walking whilst I tried to make my way to the lunch hall. I got some chips from the cafeteria and really didn't like the look of them, it all looked so much like prisoner food. Either way I grabbed it and tried to find somewhere to sit.
Despite the fact I had an audition for Cheerios, it was going to be difficult to climb up the food chain. Cheerleaders turned me away, football players turned me away. That's when I saw Rory with a smile on his face waving me over. As I made my way to him, there was another table near there's which had Santana and Brittany on it and some other cheerleader. They smiled my way and I had a choice in that moment. Become popular, get back at the top of the pyramid and this time, things will be different. Or I join Rory and some guy that looks gay, as well as Finn and that outrageously annoying girl with dark hair. One choice leads to me being one of the most popular girls in school. The other gets me noticed and hated.
So I made a decision and sat with Santana, Brittany and the blond girl. I was fortunate enough to be given the chance to be in the Cheerios, so I wasn't about to let that pass. I looked over at the other table where Rory was sitting and looking down at some dodgy pie. He seemed upset. It had to be done though. "Hi, I'm Quinn Fabray." The blond girl smiled. "So I heard your auditioning, you any good?"
"I was captain at my old school."
"Well, that sounds promising." She states and turns around to look at that Finn and Rachel. "God, how can he stand to be with her." She says in an aggravated voice.
"Well, she didn't get pregnant by another guy." Brittany told her dumbfounded.
"Shut up Brittany!" She complained annoyed and I looked at Quinn in surprise.
"You were pregnant?" I asked.
"Yeah, long time ago, but how do I get him back?" She sighed and despite her manipulative ways, I felt a connection with this girl, we both had everything and both had been pregnant.
Suddenly the guy with the Mohawk came and sat next to us. "Hey, what's up MILF?" He asked Quinn.
"Umm… Did I ask you to sit here?" He just flashed her a smile and dug into his horrible cafeteria food. He turned to me. "Your looking fine." I suddenly blushed, unable to say anything. "I'm Puck by the way."
"Christina." I responded.
"How would you like to go out on a date?"
"Really? Now?" Quinn asked Puck annoyed, he rolled his eyes and left the table, only for Santana and Quinn to be staring at me.
They both had smiles on their faces. "You should go out with Puck." Santana grinned.
"No, he seems like a douche bag." I replied putting a chip into my mouth.
"Hey…" Quinn began. "If you date him it'll get him off my back which means I'll have time to get back with Finn."
"What? You dated Puck?" I asked.
"She's not the only one." Santana grinned. "But I don't care anymore as it's me and Brittany."
Brittany smiled back at Santana, but then said: "I have kissed Puck. He's a good kisser."
"Think what he'll do for you reputation." Quinn smiled.
"Ok, if he asks me again, I'll say yes." I conceded.
Unfortunately, he was the last man I was interested in, the bad boy image thing just didn't do it for me anymore. Especially since the last boyfriend I had that was like that knocked me up. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to go out with him to boost my reputation that way there'll be less slushie facials. However, it had only been half a day and across on the other table was another boy I quite liked. And that was the guy that had pulled himself out of his slump and was laughing and joking with everyone. Rory Flanagan. I caught his eye for one moment and we stared at each from afar, before I quickly looked away.
He was cute, I'll give him that and the singing in the hallway was fun, but I needed to get my old life back, before everything bad happened. Maybe that would push him away, but it was for the greater good. I took another quick look at him and just thought of what I was going to do would screw up my one and only chance with him. It had to be done though. I would not stop until I was popular again…


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Food~ Mexican, Italian, Middle Eastern, Indian, etc most anything except seafood. I know, I know, but I just can't do it.
Shows~ Arrow, Flash, Agents of Shield, Burn Notice, Sherlock, Firefly, Dexter, Walking Dead and documentaries (though it does depend on what I am learning about, some are more interesting than others)
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Characterization of hemoglobin Burke [β107 (G9) Gly→Arg]
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- Turner, J.W., Jones, R.T., Brimhall, B. et al. Biochem Genet (1976) 14: 577. doi:10.1007/BF00485836
Hb Burke [β107 (G9) Gly→Arg] was discovered in a young woman with hemolytic anemia. A substitution in this position has not been previously reported either in the human β-chain or in any of the animal β-chains so far sequenced. The abnormal hemoglobin shows heat instability and a lowered oxygen affinity. The substitution of a large charged arginine residue for the small glycine residue in the G helix next to a heme contact (Leu-106) may be responsible for these effects. Hb Burke is compared with five other hemoglobins having Gly-Arg substitutions in other parts of the molecule.
Key wordsHb Burke variant hemoglobin unstable hemoglobin
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