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Moore, a native of Flint, Mich., sister city of Hamilton, was commenting on the speculation that the Maple Leafs were employing some sort of veto power to disallow the bankrupt Phoenix Coyote franchise to relocate to hockey-mad Southern Ontario. "[The Leafs]should believe in democracy, and they should believe in fair play and competition - it's about sports for Christ's sake."
The latest documentary from the hurly burly provocateur rails against the "evils" of capitalism, which is a popular economic system he suspects has wrecked the "national sport of Canada" as well. "You've allowed a piece of your soul to be ripped out and made into a commodity," the left-winger Moore said, referring to the 1996 relocation of the Winnipeg Jets to Phoenix. "I can't believe you've allowed any Canadian hockey team to be bought and taken to a place where there's palm trees." Staff 2 p.m.
Tom Ford's film A Single Man, which is also screening at TIFF, picked up two awards at the Venice Film Festival: the best actor award (for Colin Firth) and the Queer Golden Lion (an unofficial award, independent of the festival, for the best gay-themed movie). The film's writer, David Scearce, from Burlington, Ont., reacted to the news in an e-mail from Italy: "Seeing the film premiere at Venice was an incredible experience," he wrote. "When you're close to the material, it can be difficult to see it objectively. Yet, when the end credits began to roll, the crowd gave it a very sincere and long standing ovation. To now return for the North American premiere of my first film feels like quite a homecoming, indeed." Also in Venice, Lebanon, an Israeli film that recounts Israel's 1982 invasion of the Middle East country through the eyes of four soldiers in a tank, picked up the Golden Lion (for best film). It is also screening during TIFF. Iranian filmmaker and photographer Shirin Neshat snared the Silver Lion for best director for her feature debut Zanan Bedone Mardan ( Women Without Men), also a part of TIFF. Staff 3 p.m.
"Did you see Brian De Palma in the audience for my film?" The question bubbles up in a boyishly excited rush, which both charms and surprises me. That's because the questioner is French director Gaspar Noé, the last guy you'd expect to give a tinker's damn about the audience or anybody in it. His approach to filmmaking, in Irreversible and now again in Enter the Void, is, well, combative, assaulting us with triple-barrelled bursts of brutal imagery and fractured time-frames and kaleidoscopic effects. All sighted through his talented eye, the result is riveting to some and revolting to others. People get mesmerized by his movies, people walk out of his movies, and Noé has always seemed delighted with either reaction. Clearly, though, this is an exception: He wants Brian De Palma to have been there, and he really wants Brian De Palma to have stayed.
So Noé continues in the same bubbly rush: "Someone told me he was in the audience yesterday. At the press and industry screening. So I rushed over and looked at the seats but I couldn't see him." A pause, then he repeats: "Did you see Brian De Palma in the audience for my film?"
Okay, I was there, the theatre was maybe half-filled, and, since poor Noé seems on the cusp of imploring, I'd love to give him the right answer. But. "Um, sorry, I did not see Brian De Palma in the audience. But I was looking up, not around, and I've heard that De Palma, even when he doesn't have a film at the fest, has a history of coming to Toronto anyway just to watch lots of movies, so, you know, maybe he was there."
Noé, who spent several years raising the money for Enter the Void and two more years shooting and editing it and who doesn't yet have a North American distributor for his prodigious labour of love, tries to take heart from that "maybe." And who can blame him?
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Elgin Theatre. Flashes light up the red carpet as the Coen brothers arrive for the premiere of their film A Serious Man, but they bypass the press and zoom inside, followed soon after by the actress Tilda Swinton, looking soigné in a sheer black dress and cropped blonde hair. TIFF co-director Cameron Bailey reminds the audience that the Coens brought their first film, Blood Simple, to TIFF 25 years ago, and that last year they were here with Burn After Reading, which co-starred Swinton. (Their next picture reportedly will be a remake of True Grit starring Jeff Bridges, who played the title character in their 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski.) Joel Coen (the hairier one) mumbles into the mike, "We do have a long association with TIFF and we're happy about that." Ethan (the shorter one) whispers introductions to the cast, including Richard Kind and the appealing new star Michael Stuhlbarg. Someone in the audience shouts out, "Louder!" but it's too late - the elusive Coens have evaporated. True to form, they do not return for a Q&A. Staff Sunday, 11:30 a.m.Report Typo/Error
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Do I legally have the right NOT to allow my ex husband to see our children, though we have joint custody? He is relentlessly mentally hostile, disrespects my wishes (like showing up at my residence unannounced and refusing to set a consistent schedule), picking fights with me and involving the children in our issues, while using them as a way to "get back at me" and trying to turn them against me.
Also, if he is not allowed to see them because of his negative behavior will he STILL be required to pay child support? Do I have the right to move them out of state because of his harassment? I live in Florida and POSSIBLY want to relocate to Georgia. Please help. Thank you.
No, you absolutely do not have the right to withhold contact between your children and ex-husband. If he is being abusive and showing up unannounced at your home at times when he is not scheduled to pick up the children, you can contact your local police department and/or refuse to allow him in the home. If your ex-husband is not complying with the present Court Order, you have legal recourse and can file a Motion for Contempt.
Your children need both of their parents and your ex-husband has been awarded joint custody of your children, that includes the right to be a part of all major decisions involving your children as well as the right to exercise his timesharing.
Furthermore, if you wish to relocate to Georgia, there is a statutory procedure that must be followed, including the filing of a Petition to Relocate and allowing your ex-husband an opportunity to object.
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Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Lucene-hadoop Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by SameerParanjpye: http://wiki.apache.org/lucene-hadoop/GettingStartedWithHadoop ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ = Downloading and installing Hadoop = - Hadoop can be downloaded from [http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/hadoop/ here]. You may also + Hadoop can be downloaded from [http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lucene/hadoop/ here]. You may also - download a nightly build from [http://cvs.apache.org/dist/lucene/hadoop/nightly/ here] or check out the + download a nightly build from [http://cvs.apache.org/dist/lucene/hadoop/nightly/ here] or check out the - code from [http://lucene.apache.org/hadoop/version_control.html subversion] and build it with + code from [http://lucene.apache.org/hadoop/version_control.html subversion] and build it with [http://ant.apache.org Ant]. Select a directory to install Hadoop under (let's call it ''hadoop-install'') and untar the tarball in that directory. If you downloaded version ''<ver>'' of Hadoop, untarring will - create a directory called ''hadoop-<ver>'' in the ''hadoop-install'' directory. All scripts and tools + create a directory called ''hadoop-<ver>'' in the ''hadoop-install'' directory. All scripts and tools used to run Hadoop will be present in the directory ''hadoop-<ver>/bin''. All configuration files for Hadoop will be present in the directory ''hadoop-<ver>/conf''. These directories will subsequently be referred to as ''hadoop/bin'' and ''hadoop/conf'' respectively in this document. @@ -36, +36 @@ More details on configuration can be found on the HowToConfigure page. + == Setting up Hadoop on a single node == - = Starting Hadoop using Hadoop scripts = - This section explains how to set up a Hadoop cluster running Hadoop DFS and Hadoop Mapreduce. The startup scripts are in hadoop/bin. The file that contains all the slave nodes that would join the DFS and map reduce cluster is the slaves file in hadoop/conf. Edit the slaves file to add nodes to your cluster. You need to edit the slaves file only on the machines you plan to run the Jobtracker and Namenode on. In case you want to run a single node cluster you do not have to edit the slaves file. Next edit the file hadoop-env.sh in the hadoop/conf directory. Make sure JAVA_HOME is set correctly. You can change the other environment variables as per your requirements. HADOOP_HOME is automatically determined depending on where you run your hadoop scripts from. + This section describes how to get started by setting up a Hadoop cluster on a single node. The setup described here is an HDFS instance with a namenode and a single datanode and a Map/Reduce cluster with a jobtracker and a single tasktracker. The configuration procedures described in Basic Configuration are just as applicable for larger clusters. + === Basic Configuration === - == Environment Variables == - * The only environment variable that you may need to specify is HADOOP_CONF_DIR. Set this variable to your configure directory which contains hadoop-site.xml, hadoop-env.sh and the slaves file. Set this environment variable on all the machines you plan to run Hadoop on. In case you are running bash, you can set it in .bashrc and in case of csh set it in .cshrc. For more information on how to configure Hadoop, take a look at HowToConfigure section. - * You can get rid of this environment variable by specifying the configure directory as a --config option for the scripts. All the hadoop scripts take a --config argument which is the configure directory. - == Configuration Parameters == - * Change hadoop-site.xml in the configure directory to change the default properties. Take a look at hadoop-default.xml to see how to add properties to hadoop-site.xml. The properties that you would mostly change are the ports and hosts for Namenode and Jobtracker. You should propagate these changes to all the nodes in your cluster. - + Take a pass at putting together basic configuration settings for your cluster. Some of the settings that follow are required, others are recommended for more straightforward and predictable operation. + + * '''Hadoop Environment Settings''' - Make sure JAVA_HOME is set in ''hadoop-env.sh'' and points to the Java installation you intend to use. You can set other environment variables in ''hadoop-env.sh'' to suit your requirments. Some of the default settings refer to the variable HADOOP_HOME. The value of HADOOP_HOME is automatically inferred from the location of the startup scripts. HADOOP_HOME is the parent directory of the ''bin'' directory that holds the Hadoop scripts. So, if the scripts are in ''/foo/bar/hadoop-install/hadoop-<ver>/bin'', then HADOOP_HOME is ''/foo/bar/hadoop-install/hadoop-<ver>''. + + * '''Jobtracker and Namenode settings''' - Figure out where to run your namenode and jobtracker. Set the variable ''fs.default.name'' to the Namenodes intended host:port. Set the variable ''mapred.job.tracker'' to the jobtrackers intended host:port. These setting should be in ''hadoop-site.xml''. You may also want to set one or more of the following ports (also in ''hadoop-site.xml''): + * dfs.datanode.port + * dfs.info.port + * mapred.job.tracker.info.port + * mapred.task.tracker.ouput.port + * mapred.task.tracker.report.port + + * '''Data Path Settings''' - Figure out where your data goes. This includes settings for where the namenode stores the namespace checkpoint and the edits log, where the datanodes store filesystem blocks, storage locations for Map/Reduce intermediate output and temporary storage for the HDFS client. The default values for these paths point to various locations in ''/tmp''. While this might be ok for a single node installation for larger clusters, storing data in ''/tmp'' is not an option. These settings must also be in ''hadoop-site.xml''. It is important for these settings to be present in ''hadoop-site.xml'' because they can otherwise be overridden by client configuration settings in Map/Reduce jobs. Set the following variables to appropriate values: + * dfs.name.dir + * dfs.data.dir + * dfs.client.buffer.dir + * mapred.local.dir + == Formatting the Namenode == * You are required to format the Namenode for your first installation. This is true only for your first installation. Do not format a Namenode which was already running Hadoop. It will clear up your DFS. Run bin/hadoop namenode -format to format your Namenode. @@ -57, +69 @@ === Starting up a real cluster === * After formatting the namenode run bin/start-dfs.sh on the Namenode. This will bring up the dfs with Namenode running on the machine you ran the command on and Datanodes on the machines listed in the slaves file mentioned above. - * Run bin/start-mapred.sh on the machine you plan to run the Jobtracker on. This will bring up the map reduce cluster with Jobtracker running on the machine you ran the command on and Tasktrackers running on machines listed in the slaves file. + * Run bin/start-mapred.sh on the machine you plan to run the Jobtracker on. This will bring up the map reduce cluster with Jobtracker running on the machine you ran the command on and Tasktrackers running on machines listed in the slaves file. * In case you have not set the HADOOP_CONF_DIR variable, you can use bin/start-mapred.sh (bin/start-dfs.sh) --config configure_directory. * Try executing bin/hadoop dfs -lsr / to see if it is working.
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|Bruce A. Fogelson
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The present application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/483,579, entitled BUILDERS ON-LINE ASSISTANT, filed on Jan. 14, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,076,455.
The invention relates to the construction industry and more particularly to methods of coordinating, displaying, processing and expediting selection processes of building options. The home-building business is used as a primary illustration, but this invention also applies to commercial, office, and other construction and renovation. Architects, designers, and renovators may find this invention useful, in addition to builders.
Construction is a very detail-oriented industry. Often a buyer or end-user (henceforth collectively referred to as "customer") and seller, builder, installer, or general contractor (henceforth collectively referred to as "builder") will meet many times to explore, select and negotiate overall scope and terms of a construction project. Often the only basis that a builder may have for quoting a price is a vague list or set of architectural drawings (layouts) and a general "sense" of what customers desire. In such cases, the builder may estimate the cost of "fitting out" a building based upon past experience or upon local trade craft for "typical" or "standards".
In the case of residential construction, a myriad of standard or above standard choices faces the customer once a contract has been signed. Often a builder will provide a number of options with regard to overall house design and functionality. Some options may relate to room and/or kitchen layout. A number of mechanical/system options, such as heating and cooling, may also be provided. Changes to a plan's electrical and plumbing systems, basement (either finished or unfinished), or garages may be available. Each option (or package of options) usually has its own advantages and disadvantages that may appeal to one customer over another.
Once the overall layout and functionality of a house is complete, the selection process may become even more involved. Design preferences such as floor coverings must be selected, kitchen and bathroom designs must be finalized. The customer must decide what color to paint the walls or whether wallpaper is a better choice.
The finalization of kitchen design is an especially complex process of integrating the various parts of design, products and "hook-up" of water, mechanical systesm, electric services, and other systems. Kitchen cabinets must be selected from any of a number of confusingly similar quantity, quality and feature options. Countertops, sinks and faucets must be coordinated to fit and function. Provision must be made for built-in appliances. Water, sewer and electric connections must be considered for each option. After cabinets have been selected, appliances may be ordered to conform to the overall design, or visa versa.
Bathroom choices are equally complex. Fixtures such as sinks, toilets, tubs and faucets must be selected. If the bathroom is to be tiled, then a type and color(s) must be selected to conform to the other choices.
Usually a builder provides an allowance for each option. The cheapest (or most popular) option may be included in the overall construction price. Where another option is selected, the customer may incur an additional charge or receive credit against the construction price, which must be included in calculations regarding credit, product installations and profit. The cost of labor expended in making design changes and installing options is another variable builders consider when pricing materials and substitutions, or offering credits.
While builders and customers may painstakingly track the customer selection process, the process requires countless hours spent presenting options and recording customer choices. Additional time is wasted relaying these various, interrelated choices to sub-contractors, vendors, distributors, manufacturers, purchasing managers, and job site personnel (henceforth collectively referred to as "trades"). Further, no true "retail" outlet exists for these options, essentially sub-trade industry products (i.e., faucets are available at plumbing supply showrooms, doors and trim at lumber yards, appliances at appliance stores). New construction products frequently vary from similar renovation products. Likewise, varied industry and non-trade pricing and discounts apply to these industry products.
Where the customer and builder have busy schedules, choices are often not made in a timely manner. Further, the Statute of Frauds requires a written note or memorandum (e.g., a signed contract, change order, etc.). Accordingly, a need exists for a means of facilitating the presentation and documentation process of products, services and processes of the construction industry.
A method and apparatus are provided for servicing a customer of a builder by a third-party website provider The method includes the steps of providing a website by the third-party website provider for use by the customer in selecting product options for product offerings provided by the builder or trades, receiving from the customer through the website a selection of an option of the options provided by the builder or trades and collecting a fee or commission based upon the received selection made by the customer and/or an advertising revenue for the "pass through" of options at such point of purchase.
Appendix I is a series of screens that a customer may view in succession.
Appendix II is a data model flow-chart of the system of
Appendix III is a series of slides detailing the merits of the system of
The market for the system provided herein is, for example, the over 65,000 builder-members of the Home Builders Association, over 100,000 U.S. builders, the over 1,600,000 new-home starts per year or the millions of re-sale homes which need home improvements. An average new home price of about $200,000 provides a general market volume of over $300,000,000,000. The "secondary" product market of new-home upgrades or selections, referred to as "standards and extras," averages $20,000 per home. Typically, some selections are referred to as standards and offered at no additional cost such as predefined grades of carpet, counter tops, cabinet, and some basic fixture colors. Standards are generally base grade and thus extras become a significant cost to customers and a profit center to builders and trades. These secondary extras often run from 1% to 20% or more of the original house price. This sub-market (at even 10% of the overall market) amounts to $30,000,000,000.
It is not unreasonable to state that one of the most frustrating parts of the buyer/builder/trades relationship is: 1) the standards and extras selection process and 2) the contract, supply, and administration process. Standards are standard options provided at no additional cost by the builder. Extras are at extra cost. The standards and extras selection process has no industry standards. Furthermore, customers, (who feel stressed by the purchase anyway) often feel as though they are a "captive market" to their builder's pricing and selections, since they have no other "market" or source for shopping or comparing.
Likewise, builders (already at the mercy of the trades and having enough difficulty coordinating the overall process of home construction on a fixed schedule) have trouble translating their customer's "dream home" into product, pricing and coordination. This is particularly difficult due to the broadly varied products to select and coordinate deliver from since no "hub" exists from which both builder and customer can both select products. In fact, many products have no retail availability except from trade to builder, or consist of labor-only field changes.
Customers are often restricted to builders' job-site show rooms and sales centers (if any) and builders' sales people. The show rooms and sales centers often have limited product information, limited hours, and offer little assistance in "shopping" outside their builders' showroom. Often customers want to see standard options and extras before signing the home buying contract, which builders view as difficult and a waste of time until the larger contract is executed. This leads them to the builders' selections center, that is often ill-kept and not well "merchandised". Most builders build the selections center as a small part of a temporary sales office located on-site, or simply maintain a library of industry catalogs and brochures.
The contract process can be just as hard on both customer and builder. There is no standard contract (unlike the typical local realtor contracts for existing homes). Customer and builder often rely on lawyers to negotiate both broad and fine points from scratch. Once executed, the complex language in the contracts is normally intimidating rather than serving as a help in instructing the customer on how to proceed toward options selections and closing. Often the contracts are burdened by references to such disasters (e.g., fire, flood, strikes, etc.) as to discourage the customer from executing the contract.
Builder's brochures (or web sites) offer such sales messages to customers as to: 1) the home fagade and layout; 2) the location and 3) the builder. However, they do not do much to address the standards/extras product selections or the contract. These are left as subsequent hurdles. Builders spend thousands on sales centers whose primary focus is, again, the home design, layout, fagade, lot, room dimensions, the location and the builder. The only other place customers can look at products is a local retailer (e.g., Sears, Best Buy, Home Depot, etc.). However, the local retailer is not focused on sales to the trades and not to the customer-builder relationship. Retail product lines also differ from products used in renovations.
The system 12 of
A builder 26 may maintain one or more webpages 34 on a first website 16 for the benefit of customers 22, 24. The various screens of the webpages 34 may include product offerings relating to many different product spaces as well as standards and options available to buyers (e.g., customers 22, 24). The webpages 34 may also include product offering contracts that may be downloaded by customers 22, 24.
As used herein, a product space is the physical space within which the product is to be installed. A product offering includes the product as well as the installation of the product in its product space. In the context of new home construction, the product space may be a bathroom, a bedroom or the lot where a house (the product) is to be built.
Further, a product offering on the first website 16 may be a mix and match of various levels of product offerings. For example, a first builder 26 ("A") may have a product offering that may be an integration of the various product offerings which are together commonly referred to as a home.
A second builder 26 ("B") may specialize in a particular type of bathroom. The second builder B (on a first level) may be a subcontractor of the first builder A. A bathroom by B may be included by A in A's overall product offering. As such, a bathroom by B is one of A's product offerings. However, A and B may both maintain webpages 34 on the builders' website 16. In fact, A and B may have webpages customized by each builder 26 for the precise needs of the product offering of the builder 26.
The invention's maintenance of separate webpages 34 for A and B benefit both A and B. For example, if A includes B as a product offering, then A may simply list B as a product offering, linking to B's website to allow a customer 22, 24 to obtain information about the offering. Further, the customer 22, 24 may also want to visit builder C and D to view other product offerings for bathrooms.
The second website 14 may be accessed primarily by customers 22, 24. Customers 22, 24 may open password protected, personal webpages 32 based upon a request transmitted to the CPU 12. The webpage 32 may be used to display information contained within a customer file 42 stored in the database 11. The file 42 may be used by a customer 22, 24 as a personal repository of information from the builder's website 16 either as a potential or as an actual customer of the builder 26. Customers 22, 24 may continue to use the file 42 for personal information even after a sale closes.
The third website 18 may be marketed to the general public and may be accessed by any customer 22, 24 or member of the general public. The third website 18 may be designed similar to a retail store for on-line purchases and project coordination of builder-rehabber products. The third website 18 is intended to feature projects and pricing directed to capital improvements. As such, the third website 18 provides a retail-catalog showroom for manufacturers' (trades') products in a way that will be discussed below in more detail.
Product offerings may be created in any of a number of ways. A builder and customer may sit down and negotiate the terms of a product offering agreement. The product offering agreement may specify an overall product offering (e.g., a house) with many included product offerings (e.g., a kitchen, two bathrooms, etc.).
At least some of the included product offerings (hereinafter referred to simply as "product offerings") may include choices that must be made by the customer 22, 24. In the case where the product offering is a bathroom, the standard options may be a choice between two types of sinks from a particular manufacturer. Alternatively, the term "standard options" may refer to an allowance (i.e., in dollars) which the builder will allow the customer 22, 24 to spend for purchase of the product associated with the product offering.
Under the illustrated embodiment, each product offering is associated with a category space. In some cases a category space may include several product offerings. For example, in the context of a home, a category space may be a bathroom. One product offering associated with the bathroom may be a sink, another may be faucets on the sink, a third may be a toilet or a tub. Other product offerings may be the color or type of paint that may be applied to the walls or whether tile is installed on the floor.
Under an illustrated embodiment of the invention, each category space is associated with one or more pages of a virtual showroom. Within the showroom, the standard options and extras options may be displayed, either as text or under a pictorial format.
The database (DB) 11 is provided with specific information with regard to the products contained within each product offering. The CPU 12 and DB 11 interact to form a relational database that is able to select categories based upon a category space. A menu associated with the virtual showroom allows the CPU 12 to select and organize category cells matching product with category spaces and "drill down" to the essential information for decision making. The menu also allows the CPU 12 to verify selected products' compatibility, and to assess selected products' installation details.
Alternatively, the CPU 12 may organize the category cells based upon brand identity (i.e., the name of the manufacture) or based upon stylistic groups (i.e., a Martha Stewart collection). Organization of cells may be altered by the customer 22, 24 based upon entry or selection of key words within an interactive window associated with particular segments of the virtual showroom.
Where a product has been identified in advance by the builder 26, a category cell may include the identified product as a standard option. The category cell may contain other standard options as well as extras options. Where no product has been identified (i.e., the contractor has given the customer an allowance for purchase of a product), the category cell may include hyperlinks to a website 38 of a manufacturer 30 who offers products which fall within the category cell, or may simply calculate a credit for no product selection.
To simplify selection of product offerings, a builder 26 may maintain a list of standard product offerings on his website 16 or on the system's 12 website. Information about standard product offerings may be accessed by customers 22, 24 to purchase a product offering or to simply comparison shop among builders 26. Builders 26 and new homes associations will be able to co-brand or cooperatively advertise their services in conjunction with this information.
Following is a detailed example of a product offering set in the context of a home purchase. While the detailed example is set into the context of home buying, it should be understood that a product offering may be made in commercial, office, retail, or any other specialty construction. Further, such a product offering may be set in any context involving the transfer of goods in conjunction with interrelated services.
The customer 22, 24 may access the information of webpage 34 of the builder 26 using several different routes. As a first route, the customer 22, 24 may enter the builder's website 16 through the front door (directly from the customer 22, 24 to the website 16 through the Internet 20) and view product information and options. The steps of logging-in under this process may be better understood by reference to the left side of
Alternatively, the customer 22, 24 may access the webpage 34 of the builder through another door (i.e., the back door). Accessing the builder's webpage 34 through the back door is accomplished through the customers' website 14. Reference may be made to
If the customer is a new user, then he may be asked for a name or other identifying indicia. The user may also be asked to select and use a password. Further, as shown in
The customer 22, 24 may locate the webpage 34 of the builder 26 through a local directory of builders offered through the website 14. Upon locating the webpage 34 of the builder 26, the customer 22, 24 may review and store information from the builder within the customer's file 42.
If a customer 22, 24 has not already requested a personal webpage 32, a webpage 32 may be opened once the customer has reached agreement with the builder 26 as shown in
If the customer 22, 24 had already opened his own webpage 32, then the customer 22, 24 may already have downloaded information (
Using the webpage 32, the customer 22, 24 may view and select standard options and extras for his particular choice of homes, which may be stored in the customer file 42. As the customer 22, 24 selects standard options and extras through his webpage 32, the builder 26 may review those selections through his website 16, if he has been given access to the customer file 42. Alternatively, the customer 22, 24 may e-mail a file containing one or more selections to the builder 26.
Under the illustrated embodiment, an owner of the third-party website provider 12 may receive a fee or commission for processing the selections of each customer 22, 24. The commission may be a flat fee, a percentage of purchases, or third-party revenues, such as advertising or data sales. The details, scope and situations giving rise to a commission will be discussed in greater detail below.
Upon activation of a softkey (e.g., 66) of
Also shown in
Selection of options 88 causes a price window 90 to change based upon the number of options selected. The price shown in price window 90 may be exclusive of the cost of the lot. To select a lot, the customer 22, 24 may activate a select lot key 92.
Upon activating a select lot key 92, the webpage 110 of
Upon identifying a suitable lot by activating a softkey 114, 116, 118, the customer 22, 24 may activate a return key 120. Activation of the return key 120 may take the customer 22, 24 back to the previous webpage 78.
By returning to the previous webpage 78, the selected lot may now be identified in a lot window 92 along with a legal description of the lot in another window 94. The total cost of the house may now be displayed in a total price window 95.
Upon reviewing the details the customer 22, 24 may now accept the purchase by activating the purchase softkey 98. In response, the purchase offer webpage 122 of
A buyer's window 132 is presented for entry of identifying information about the customer 22, 24. Within the buyer's window 132, the customer 22, 24 enters his name in a name window 142, address in an address window 144 and telephone number in a phone window 146. The customer 22, 24 is also provided with a credit reference window 148 for entry of credit references as well as an e-mail window 150 for entry of an e-mail address.
A customer file identifier window 152 is also provided in the case where the customer 22, 24 accesses the builder's webpage 34 through the customer's website 14 and has already established a customer file 42. The identifier of the customer file 42 may be automatically inserted into the identifier window 152 by the CPU 12.
Included on the purchase offer webpage 122 is a required deposit window 134 showing the deposit required to close the deal. Also included is a window 136 where the customer 22, 24 may enter a method of deposit payment.
Once the customer 22, 24 has entered his personal information, the customer 22, 24 may activate a print softkey 138 to print a copy of the product offering contract 122. The information entered into the various boxes 124, 126, 128 130, 132, 134, 146 may be incorporated into the appropriate fields of a real estate contract or contract amendment for upgrades that the customer 22, 24 may sign and forward to the builder 26. A second, submit purchase offer softkey 140 is also provided to submit an unsigned copy of the offer to the builder. Additional output forms can be generated in support of the processing of the building order, such as a jobsite copy, purchase order, lender information, etc.
In conjunction with the product offering contract, the system 10 may include a forms library to provide a variety of related forms 418 and services 420 (
The builder 26 may access offers through a second webpage 35 of the builder's website 16. Upon accessing the webpage 35, the screen 142 of
Upon entry of a name and password (and verification by the CPU 12), the CPU 12 may present the builder 26 with a menu webpage 150 (
Within the purchase offers webpage 160, the builder 26 may select purchase offer #1 162 for review. In response, a summary page 170 of
Upon acceptance of an offer, the CPU 12 first checks to see if the customer 22, 24 has a customer file 42. If the customer 22, 24 does not, the CPU 12 opens a file 42 for the customer 22, 24. In addition, the CPU 12 retrieves a features and options list from the builder's file 44 and transfers the features and options list to the customers file 42. Each entry of the features and options list has a field that relates the feature and option to a product space. The features and options list represents a list of choices that a customer 22, 24 may have in the construction of the purchased home.
For example, the features and options list may include options for standard features and extras. Standard features options may include fixtures that may be selected at no extra cost. Extras options may be options that may available among the upgrades that may have previously selected or may now be added. Extras options may be unique, or may replace standards features.
As a final step, the CPU 12 may compose an e-mail (or printed) message to the customer 22, 24 announcing acceptance of the offer. If the customer 22, 24 did not previously have a customer file 42, the e-mail message may identify the file and provide instructions for accessing the file 42 through the customer's website 14. The message may also include general instructions as to the types of selections that the new home buyer may need to make, and procedures and due dates for making selections.
The e-mail may also include instructions as to how to transfer selections to the builder 26. The customer 22, 24 may be given the option of sharing a password with the builder, allowing the builder 26 to access the customer's file 42. Alternately, the customer 22, 24 is given the options and instructions of how to e-mail selections to the builder 26.
Following the instructions of the e-mail, the customer 22, 24 may access the customer's website 14 and be presented with the virtual showroom options webpage 180 of
If the customer 22, 24 were to activate the kitchen softkey 182 of
As a first step, the customer 22, 24 may activate a "view kitchen" softkey 211. In response, a graphical image (
Alternatively, the customer 22, 24 may wish to view a kitchen layout. To view a layout, the customer 22, 24 may activate a layout softkey 213. Upon activation of the layout softkey 213, the customer 22, 24 may be presented with an overhead view (
After viewing the kitchen, the customer 22, 24 may proceed with the selection of standards and extras. For example, the customer 22, 24 may determine that carpeting may be the best choice of a floor covering for his kitchen. Accordingly, the customer 22, 24 may press the carpet softkey 214.
In response, the customer 22, 24 may be taken to the carpet selection screen 226 (
Alternatively, the customer 22, 24 may select a better carpet 240 also offered by the builder 26. As shown, the better carpet 240 may be offered at a price adder 242.
As a further alternative, the customer 22, 24 may choose to select a product offering of a customer wood floor 249 by another contractor. In this case, a different price adder 251 would be included.
As shown in
If the customer 22, 24 had selected carpet from the second supplier 234, then the customer 22, 24 may select other colors based upon other softkeys 236, 238. Similarly, if the customer 22, 24 were to select the optional carpet 240 at added cost, then he may select available colors by activation of related softkeys 244, 246.
The system 12 may further suggest related (but not required) products and upgrades to customers 22, 24. For example, if a customer 22, 24 selects a wood floor 249, the system could suggest a throw rug.
If the customer 22, 24 were not happy with the standard options, the customer 22, 24 may activate hyperlinks 248, 250 to other suppliers (i.e., manufacturers 30) not associated with the builder 26. Purchase of carpet from the other suppliers through hyperlinks 248, 250 may be accomplished using methods well-known in the art.
In another alternative, the customer 22, 24 may choose to select a brand name 223 or stylistic group 224, before making other selections on screen 210. In this case, the manufacturers of
For example, the customer 22, 24 may first activate the selection of "refrigerator" from the appliances list of
Upon activation of the search key 312, the screen 320 (
Activating the more info key 322 may take the customer 22, 24 to the more info screen 330 (
As an alternative, one of the search results of screen 320 may have been a hyperlink 328 to the refrigerator manufacturer Sub-Zero. Activation of that hyperlink may take the customer to screen 340 (
Further, research may indicate that buyers of a particular product or stylistic group (e.g., the Martha Stewart Collection, or traditional wood trim) are more likely to purchase other related household items (e.g., baskets, floral patterns, etc.). Accordingly, selection of the identified products may also trigger a window asking the customer 22, 24 if he/she also wants to purchase the related item as part of an upselling opportunity.
In another alternative, the customer 22, 24 may activate an information softkey 221 and be taken to the screen 225 of
It should be understood that the CPU 12 of the system 12 tracks use of the hyperlinks 248, 250 and charges a fee or commission on any views and/or purchases based upon the use of such hyperlinks 248, 250. Such commission may be charged to the hyperlink destination (e.g., the manufacturer 30), based upon any sale made by the builder 26 or his sub-contractors of the manufacturer's 30 products to the customer 22, 24.
Returning now to
Once options are selected for the kitchen, the customer 22, 24 may return to the menu 180 in
Once the customer 22, 24 has completed his selections from the features and options list, the customer 22, 24 may activate a selection complete softkey 206. A deposit window 454 (
The CPU 12 may verify and track selections made by the customer 22, 24. The CPU 12 also may collect data regarding selections made by the customer 22, 24, to track buying trends. The buying trends may be collected into a buying trends database. Buying trends data that may be collected includes, but is not limited to, product views, partial selections, final selections, and demographics.
As an aid to completing the selection of options, a number of reminder features are offered by the system 10. For example, during feature selection from appropriate portion of the showroom (e.g., screen 330,
To review the selection status ledger, the customer 22, 24 may activate a softkey of selections to be made 344 or selection deadlines 346. Upon activation of the selections to be made softkey 344, the customer 22, 24 may be taken to the screen 350 of
Shown along the left margin of screen 350 is a graphical status indicator 352 of the selection status. The graphical status indicator 352 may be used as a shortcut into the showroom for unselected product offerings.
For example, the customer 22, 24 may note from the status ledger 350 that the den was not complete. In response, the customer 22, 24 may select the den 354 and be taken to screen 360 of
On screen 360, the den may be highlighted in the left margin 352 as a current location. Further, an indicator 372 may be provided of the feature space to which the selection is to be directed. The screen 360 may also list three options 362, 364, 366, 370. An icon of a product, or a camera 368 may be selected for a pictorial view of each option. A selection date 376 may be provided as a deadline for making a selection for the den.
If the customer should select the first option 370 for oak plank for the floor, a current selection column will show an icon or an "x" in the "yes" column. The customer 22, 24 may complete the selection by activating the "final selection done" button 374.
Returning to the status ledger 350, the customer 22, 24 may then go to the kitchen to make other selections in this feature space. The customer 22, 24 may go to the kitchen by activating the kitchen icon 354 in the left margin.
In response, the customer 22, 24 may be taken the screen 380 (
After making a selection with regard to the counters, the customer 22, 24 may select cabinets 384 for another set of options shown on screen 390 of
Once the customer 22, 24 has completed set of selections for the kitchen, the customer 22, 24 may activate the final selection done button 374. Upon activating a final selection button 374, the customer 22, 24 may be taken to a selections summary screen 410 (
Upon reviewing the list 416, the customer 22, 24 may return to selecting items by activating the see selections to made button 344 or see selections by date 346. Alternatively, the customer 22, 24 may send a list of selected items to the builder 26 by activating a message button 412.
Based upon the options list the CPU 12 may compose a number of e-mails to the suppliers 27, 28 of the builder 26 for purposes of placing orders for selected product. One e-mail may be to one or more appliance suppliers 27, 28 for selected appliances. Another e-mail may be a carpet supplier 27, 28. A third e-mail may be to a paint supplier. Another e-mail may be to a mechanical supplier 27, 28 for furnaces and air conditions. Included within each of these e-mails may be a request for an updated price quote as well as a lead time for delivery.
Based upon the response to the request for lead times, the builder 26 may adopt a construction schedule based upon a requested completion date 135 (
Based upon the entries within the construction schedule, the CPU 12 may identify options which have not been made by the customer 22, 24. Upon identifying those selections not made by the customer, the CPU 12 may notify the builder 26 and customer 22, 24, by e-mail or otherwise of dates and acts necessary to conform to the construction schedule.
As an alternative to automatically forwarding orders to suppliers, the system 10 or the builder 26 may group orders for purposes of obtaining volume discounts. In order to group orders, the builder 26 may also periodically print out the grouped orders and physically send the grouped order to a supplier 27, 28 or the system 10 may transmit the grouped orders by e-mail or fax.
Using the builder's terminal 26, the builder may periodically review the construction schedule. Based upon the review, the builder 26 or the system 10 may send messages to the customer 22, 24 reminding the customer 22, 24 of deadlines for making selections.
Under another alternate illustrated embodiment, a third website 18 may be provided for a broader array of customers. In this context, a customer may be the originally defined customers 22, 24 as well as the builder 26 or suppliers 27, 28. As each customer 22, 24, 26, 27, 28 accesses the website 18, the webpage 260 may be presented to the customer (
Activation of a softkey (e.g., 262) may take the customer to a furnaces webpage 278 showing a number of furnace options. (
Upon reaching the appropriate webpage, a customer may fill his shopping cart with selected merchandise. As used herein, a "shopping cart" is simply file and information gathering and ordering software residing in a terminal of the customer 22, 24, 26, 27, 28 which retains product information of selected merchandise. Upon activation of a softkey on the shopping cart, the ordering software functions to transmit ordering information to the appropriate manufacturer or supplier.
As above, the owner of the system 12 may receive a fee or commission on any views or purchases made based upon activation of a selected hyperlink. Further, the owner of the system 12 may receive fees or commissions based upon advertising displayed on the webpages 278 of the product categories.
Under another alternate illustrated embodiment of the invention, a builder 26 and designer (e.g., supplier 27, 28) may use the builder's website 16 for designing and developing building drawings (e.g., a kitchen design). Under the embodiment, either party may propose and create a preliminary design concept using an appropriate graphics software package (e.g., Visio) and save the design in a design file. Once a design file has been created, it may be e-mailed to the other party. The other party, using the same graphics package, may mark the file up or modify the design and e-mail the file back to the other party. Once both parties agree to the design, the builder 26 may convert the graphics file to a webpage using a simple graphics conversion process (e.g., printing out the Visio design file and scanning the printout to obtain a html graphics display that may be mounted on the builder's webpage 34). The new design may then become the basis of new or additional product offerings of the builder 26.
As a further embodiment of the invention, the designer may also develop and attach specification sheets to each design drawing of the Visio file. The specification sheets may be used to specify product(s)/product offerings to be used in the product spaces of the design.
Upon converting each design drawing to a html file for display on a webpage 34, the builder 26 may also associate one or more design spaces with each design drawing. Product(s)/product offerings from the specification sheets of the drawing may then be associated with each design space and incorporated into the features and options list for the design space.
Under another illustrated embodiment of the invention, file transfer among builders, suppliers and manufactures may be standardized to a common file format (e.g., XML). Under the embodiment, the file creator follows a predetermined format for creation of the file. For example, a product identifier may be placed in a first field. The product identifier may be one or more alphanumeric characters which identifies the product as a refrigerator or a bathroom faucet. The product identifier may also be used for product offerings.
An identifier of an originator may be placed in a second field. A product number (model number and serial number, if a manufacturer) may be placed in a third field. Any graphics associated with the product may be placed in further fields.
Under the embodiment, the receiver of such an XML file may be able to universally interpret the file based upon file content. The product type identifies the types of suppliers of such products. The identifer of the originator allows the recipient to read local source files to determine the types of model number and serial numbers used by the originator, and, ultimately to interpret model and serial numbers included within the remainder of the XML file.
By using the common, or coordinated file formats, builders 26, suppliers 27, 28 and manufactures 30, 31 may exchange information without advance knowledge of the source or format of the file. Orders and order confirmations may be exchanged without the intervention of ordering clerks or project schedulers.
As an additional embodiment of the invention, web tools 458 (
As a further embodiment of the invention, the system 10 may include collecting up-front access, semi-custom web design, and data service fees or commissions from builders 26.
A specific embodiment of a method and apparatus for servicing a customer of a builder according to the present invention has been described for the purpose of illustrating the manner in which the invention is made and used. It should be understood that the implementation of other variations and modifications of the invention and its various aspects will be apparent to one skilled in the art, and that the invention is not limited by the specific embodiments described. Therefore, it is contemplated to cover the present invention and any and all modifications, variations, or equivalents that fall within the true spirit and scope of the basic underlying principles disclosed and claimed herein.
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NAIROBI (dpa) – Fidel Castro Odinga, the son of former Kenyan prime minister and current opposition leader Raila Odinga, was found dead at home early Sunday, his family said.
Odinga and his wife Ida announced the death of his son at age 41 shortly after police opened an investigation into his death, which occurred under unclear circumstances.
"It is with profound sorrow that my wife Ida and I announce the untimely passing of our eldest son Fidel Castro Odinga," the former Prime Minister said in a tweet.
He was found dead Sunday morning at his home in Nairobi's upscale neighbourhood of Karen.
Fidel, a politician and business executive who mostly concentrated on running the family businesses, was the grandson of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's first vice president who died in 1994 after leading the opposition against founding president Jomo Kenyatta.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said the death had robbed Kenya of a youthful man with a bright future.
A group of about 30 youths marched to Fidel's home waving twigs – a mourning custom in the East African country – and demanding to know who had killed him, The Daily Nation newspaper reported online.
Riot police were deployed along Ngong Road that leads to Karen to control the crowds that included people from Nairobi's Kibera neighbourhood.
The government's chief pathologist, Jensen Oduor, and the director of the criminal investigations department, Ndegwa Muhoro, visited Odinga's home to open the investigation.
Police pathologists planned to conduct a postmortem on the body on Monday.


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Neil MacGregor, 61, the director of the British Museum, will control a budget of £3 million to increase the profile of the nation's galleries and museums around the world.
British art experts will visit their overseas counterparts as part of the World Collections project and offer advice on the latest display and preservation techniques.
The Government believes the project can be used to forge links with countries where political relations are strained - Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan are likely to be involved. British experts are expected to fly out to Sudan as well to help archaeologists from Khartoum exhibit pottery and fabrics from the upper Nile region.
Mr MacGregor said: "Museums can reach very large numbers and the contacts go on despite political ups and downs."
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Comfort Inn Lebanon Valley-Ft. Indiantown Gap
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Comfort Inn Lebanon Valley-Ft. Indiantown Gap
About the Hotel
Property Location
Located in Jonestown, Comfort Inn Lebanon Valley-Ft. Indiantown Gap is close to Hideaway Hills Farm and Swatara State Park. This hotel is within the vicinity of Monroe Valley Golf Club and Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard Training Center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 50 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and microwaves, as well as phones with free local calls.
Enjoy recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in a common area.
Satisfy your appetite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 50
- Luggage storage
- Television in common areas
- Smoke-free property
- Free WiFi
- Roll-in shower
- Free breakfast
- Business center
- Elevator/lift
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Express check-out
- Free self parking
- Outdoor pool
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Number of floors - 3
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- In-room accessibility
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Accessible bathroom
Room Facilities
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Cable TV service
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Refrigerator
- Iron/ironing board
- Microwave
- Flat-panel TV
- Air conditioning
- Premium bedding
- Free local calls
- Premium TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
Hotel Policy
Know Before You Go
- Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per night
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 15.00 per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 15.00 per stay
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.Show all hotel policy Show less hotel policy


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Tiger Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis sp. "Tiger") - Tank-Raised!
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The Tiger Shrimp (Caridina cantonensis sp. "Tiger") is a very popular dwarf shrimp. It is slightly more sensitive than many of the Neocaridina dwarf shrimp, but is certainly not difficult to keep and is a great option for dedicated aquarists who are looking to try something new. These shrimp feature translucent golden- or white-colored bodies that are speckled with shimmering, opaque gold dots. The most concentrated yellow/gold coloration is often at its head and tail, and the entire body is adorned with black stripes.
Another great characteristic of the Tiger Shrimp is that it will not interbreed with Neocaridina dwarf shrimp, so it will not compromise the genetics of breeding colonies of shrimp such as Cherry, Blue Velvet, Neon Yellow, Orange, Black/Blue Diamond, Chocolate, Snowball, and Rili shrimp.
This shrimp is a scavenger and is very useful in planted and nano aquariums. The bulk of its diet is biofilm, algae, and decaying plant matter so it will work diligently to clean up the waste in any aquarium. It feeds constantly, so it displays constant activity. In a less mature aquarium, it should be fed high quality flake and mini pellet dry foods with high algae/spirulina/plant content.
- High quality coloration; great companion colony to Neocaridina shrimp
- Completely peaceful with all non-aggressive tankmates
- Safe with all plants
- Excellent scavenger
- Temperature: 64° - 84° F (17.8° - 28.8° C)
- pH: 6.5 - 7.5
- KH: 0 - 10 dKH
- Minimum tank size: 2 gallons
- Diet: Scavenger that feeds continually. Requires very little feeding in a well-established aquarium containing algae, biofilm, or decaying plant matter. In less mature aquariums, high quality dry foods with high plant content can be fed multiple times daily
- Social behavior: Peaceful. A small group can continually replenish and grow its population
- Origin: Tank-raised in and indigenous to Taiwan
- Average adult size: 1 - 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm)
- Average purchase size: 1/2 - 1 inch (1.3 - 2.5 cm)


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Car Park Hotels UK
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Welcome to the home page of "The Car Park Hotels" WebSite
What is one of your worst holiday nightmares ?
You book your hard earned holiday, the hotel assures you they have adequate parking on site.
When you arrive the hotel car park is full, double yellow lines outside the hotel as far as the eye can see.
You find the nearest municipal car park is 800 yards away no overnight stay, maximum stay 4 hours, for which you need a second mortgage.
You count the hotel car park spaces = 28. The hotel has 68 rooms !!!
This is why so many happy guests are booking their holidays with us.


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Dish, Dish TV, or Dish Network Won't change my due date unless bill is ZERO . They bill before the bill is paid so the bill is never Zero unless you pay ahead. charging a late fee because they won't change my payment date. Originally had full month to change bill. They changed system and now are charging late fee. Littleton Colorado
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I originally asked Dish network for the due date of my bill to be the 28th of each and every month because I'm on disability and get two checks pr month. They could not give me the date at that time that I wanted...However told me that I had 30 full days to pay the bill WITHOUT a late fee. I called back 3 times and spoke to 3 different people to assure what I was hearing was correct. All 3 gave me the same info.... 30 days in full to pay without a late fee.
Well, all of the sudden I started getting higher and higher bills. I called and they had started charging me a late fee. I have called numerous customer service reps and they will wave the late fee but all tell me different info on how to get the due date changed. Originally it was told to me (their system bills everyone at the same time and they were not set up to change a due date). Now I'm being told that the system has changed and now I will get a late fee if I don't pay by approximatley the 14th of the month! I have called numerous times trying to simply get them to change my due date to the 28th. They won't change it unless the balance is ZERO!!! Problem is the balance is NEVER ZERO !!! Because THEY BILL BEFORE they receive my check every month !
I can't get this resolved by customer service or their supervisors. They will not give me anyone higher up to speak to nor will they give me a direct name to contact in written form. They tell me they don't know their names. I did write a complaint on a website they gave me over a week ago with NO REPLEY !
Therefore, I continue to get late fee's every month and must call them every month and spend hours on the phone with them. My concern is that this may be going against my credit and eventually they will no longer wave the fee. Then I'm STUCK in a 2 year contract !!!
The company has found a CHEAP way to RIP OFF their customers such as myself !!!!!
Thank you,
Linda M. Hern
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Does the 2 year contract you signed with them say you have 30 days past the due date to pay without penalty? Didn't think so. That would make your next payment due the following day.
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Ls1/sm-465 and Novak hyd slave, what headers?
What kind of headers can I run? I can get a set of edelbrock shorty headers for a late model truck. Will they work with the slave setting where it does.
Also, for my next question. If i have to use block huggers, What motor mounts to use without interfering with the block hugger headers. Trans dapt? AA headers say they are made for truck shorties and interfere with car headers but do they work with block huggers. Novak cost more but may have to use them.
(P/N 717043) | Advance Adapters
The link above is headers from advanced adapters they are 230 bucks with a nickel plating
(P/N 713088) | Advance Adapters
And the link abovethis is 120 dollar engine mounts they sell as well.
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Ramada Williams Lake
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Day 8 CWVI - Anahim Lake to Williams Lake
... the top of the cliff rock. The temperature dropped as we became more exposed to the open cliff face. We then walked along to Hotnarko Falls. Unfortunately there was not a lot of water flowing, however I could imagine it would be quite spectacular in the spring as the snow melts and comes rushing down the mountain. It was a very interesting walk and the views were incredible.
We headed back to the lodge, ...
Travelling west!
... Prince George, where we stopped for coffee on 7th July and stopped again today. Our day had been lakes, rivers, pine forests and low mountains today. Lovely travel day. Camp at McLeese Lake. Our first "full" campsite (we got the last but one spot) in a busy site on the banks of a lake. Our neighbours had two very barky/yappy dogs that woke us up too ...
Bills Pond
We are still waiting for the part to arrive from Victoria. Isn't that crazy?
But you know all about waiting for parts Brenda.
However, Williams Lake isn't the worst place to be broken down in.
Yesterday we walked to this nice Bird sanctuary island and biked around the area today.
Hope that the part will be here tomorrow.
Road to Williams Lake
... t do it justice. We had 3 car sick, Madison, Buster and Harry....
There were some serious purple knuckles on the trip with an extremely winding road. 88km of winding road through the Rockies which took us over 2 hours. Luckily no vomit! Harry just lay on the floor and when we stopped he jumped out of Rosie and his legs collapsed. Very funny.
Talk soon
Day 30 Williams Lake to Prince George
... to the Irish Pub to eat, there was the most friendly part owner who spent quite a long time talking to us. Then when we got ready to pay our bill, he wouldn't take money. For dessert we walked up to DQ, the most popular place on town, for my hot fudge sundae, a disappointment. The streets seem to roll up very early here. Also most of the businesses are banks and financial offices. Have seen very few, actually no, real estate offices or ...