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I'm Upset-dishonest Deceptive Company!
Long post, well worth the read! 15sq roof
Diogenes, is said to have searched for a honest man with a lantern. I searched for a honest roofing firm to do my roof. Indeed I thought I found them. I found them in the Fairfield County Gazette . Big full page ad. $700 off any complete job (over $5000). Fair enough. I had the manager out and he looked at it the job, he told me he would send a proposal. This is a full tear off of one layer of 3 tab. I told him I wanted a 50yr shingle w/ice & water at eves, rakes, and ridge and all projections which just amounts to a skylight a bath vent & bath exhaust. New ridge vent to replace the old. Starters at eves and rakes. His proposal came in the mail. Fixed labor $1945 and estimated material at $2810. As you can see that does not add up to $5000 but the proposal stated all discounts included and in his own hand he wrote saving $700 and circled it. I had him come up to the house with the contract and we filled it out I showed him my price quotes for all materials came out considerably less than his. He assured me that his actual material cost would be lower and he would tell me before the work started and if not satisfied I could cancel. When the manager and I added the labor numbers they did not add up. That is to say based on what the roofer below told me...$1945-$1100 is $845, so where is the $700 saving. It was then that the manager told me that I don't get that because the job is not over $5000. So I signed and he left, now after the fact, looking at the proposal is when 2 and 2 have really come together. I will be charitable and simply call it deception on their part. They would not disclose the scheme until pressed on the issue.
The night before I spoke with a roofer who I had called days before but was late in getting back to me . I explained what I wanted and asked him what he would charge if I stripped off the old roof and made for a clean surface for him to work with. The answer was $1100 if it was 15sq simple roof.
Perception is the rule and my perception is that I have been victomized. I am confident after watching this board that all of you that give sage advice to those who seek it and would never intentionally do the wrong thing or try to leverage a situation to your favor.
Thanks for listening to my rant. I don't get hurt here because I have 3 days to cancel out.
Last edited by Docfletcher; 08-07-2007 at 07:04 PM.
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Most states have a 3-day right to rescind (cancel the contract) Rescission may be the proper remedy. It may even say that in fine print somewhere on your contract. I am not sure you are being dealt with dishonestly. I can also not say that your contractor is honest. Your contractor could probably be more open with you about how they are charging. They may just be a poor communicator. I like an informed client. I have no trouble explaining that I mark up my materials and figure a portion of my overhead into every contract. It is a cost of doing business. There are more costs involved in a project than just time and materials. Many contractors will simplify their billing into these two categories however. I am sure you expect to pay more than just the actual cost of the materials and the wages of those installing them. The question is one of value. Is $4755 a reasonable price to pay for the removal and replacement of your roof. Make sure you are comparing apples to apples when you evaluate your proposals. Even discuss material differences with your contractors to understand what you are paying for.
If you have a proposal to do the job at a lower cost and are able to rescind your current contract you may want to consider it. I do not ever want a client that feels manipulated. I would much rather have a client that tell their friends that I was higher priced but worth every penny.
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I agree with you in principle. The labor quote $1945 to remove and replace is not a bad deal. The problem I have with it is simply that on the proposal he states that $1945 is the amount after subtracting $700 from what the labor would have been $1945 plus $700 = $2645. Then told that there was no discount after all. That said what is the going rate to remove and replace per sq, labor only? After all is said and done the total cost on this roof will be $4500. .
Last edited by Docfletcher; 08-07-2007 at 06:57 PM.
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Possibly, one point you are still not considering, is that the contractor is selling you a completed roofing project, not 15 squares of shingle material and the cheapest price you can find on the internet to have them removed and then the new shingles installed.
That being said, the 3 day right of recission law is a federal law which all contractors who provide in home sales must point out in very strict accordance with the guidelines set by the governing body who regulates the conformance to the regulations in your area.
I presume that you had the opportunity to speak with several contractors prior to signing a contract with the one you seem to be upset with. If you did not take due diligence and properly compare all of the quotes presented to you, that is your fault.
Every home owner should always interview each and every contractor prior to making such a substantial investment in their roofing product, which is supposed to last a minimum of 30 years as the protection of all of your familys treasured possessions.
Here is some good, but verbose information on how to select a contractor and what questions you should be asking them.
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Forget the materials. They have to do with nothing.
It is simply a matter of telling me on the proposal that the labor total is $1945
after a $700 labor discount is applied. Even though the job was not making the $5000 (was $4755) he was giving the discount.
So I have him come to the house do the contract. Once he is at my house I find out there is no $700 discount. I don't make the $5000 grand minimum. The $1945 is the regular labor rate. It was not till after he left that I re-read the proposal. I say he knew he was not going to discount the labor but he deliberately put it on the proposal to suck me in. It's not about the money,
it's about deceit.
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+ $700
And you were given a discount of $700 on the complete job.
Is it possible there was a miscommunication when you had your contractor over to review the proposal? Maby he thought you were seeking an additional $700 discount and did not realize he had already given you one since your job was now below his $5000 limit.
There are dishonest and sneaky contractors out there as much as in any other profession. Maby this actually is his sales tactic. I tend to expect the best of people. As a general rule people will meet your expectations. Have another conversation with him, show him what he wrote, and let him explain it. Let him know how you feel about the situation. Possibly this is not a project you should do together.
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No. Proposal was for 1945 fixed labor cost after $700 discount applied.
As it turns out there is no discount, 1945 is the regular labor rate to remove and replace a roof like mine says the roofer who did the proposal.
Material costs were just a estimate based on what materials I wanted. For example if I wanted grace instead of weatherwatch. Don't let the materials distract you.
I'm not saying 1945 is not a good price to remove and replace 15 sq of roofing. It may be or it may not be. I don't know the going rate for that. I guess I should make it my business to know. What I do know is that was presented as a great deal of $700 off the regular labor rate. There was no discount on materials, although he said he gets better prices than I can.
Materials as he put it are at the market rate. I need to get a written list of exactly what products he is going to use as per my request. That way he can't substitute anything.
Thats why I had him come back to the house so quick. I was to hasty. Anxious to save $700 in labor.
I may still go with the deal. He said the job would end up $4500 or below for everything. That don't sound to bad. Or I may strip the roof with my son. Buy my own materials. Rent my own dumpster. Then have a roofer I know right here in town put it on for $1100 LOL
Thank you for your reply. I'll be sure to post all the gory details.
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I think if you are not comfortable with the way he carry out the business, just don't use him.... like many things, if a little thing being dishonest, others could come later... the issue is really you already not too happy with him... this is not a good sign... not really the money part...I personally do not like verbal promises like "actual will cost less at the end"..etc... those are smoke more than anything... and I bet it won't...
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If you can add a few options to boost their regular price up $500 to a total of $5000, won't you save $200 over the $4500 they quoted you?
$5000 - $700 = $4300.
I tear things down and build them up.
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I spoke with him by phone. I explained my beef. He said he never wrote the $700 discount, that it must have been one of the other 2 managers or the secretarys in the office.
I had him come up to get his sign and refund the deposit. I showed him the proposal paper work and asked if he wrote it. No anser. He simply said "good luck to you".
Actually $1945 to remove and replace 15 or 16 square of shingles is probably not a bad deal. It's just that thier were to many smoke signals and alot of it was vaque.
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That is a really good price in my area. Be careful with people who do side work, unless you personally know him. In my experience, they will cut a lot of corners because they do not have any outside pressure from a company. The only thing that makes sure they do a good job is their reputation. I don't know a lot of side work people that care about that too much unless they plan on opening their own business soon. I'm not saying everyone is like that, but I have met a lot who are.
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good move...
good move... I don't like people kind of lieing even little ones...
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Well, looks like my new roofer gets the job. He is a pro and does it for a living. Has for many years. Says he will tear of the 16 SQ for $500 and put down the 16sq of shingles for $1200. Thats a better deal than the last guy by $245 and I can rent my own 8 yard dumpster and save a few bucks there as well.
He says they put 6 nails in each shingle. I guess thats good. Sounds like overkill to me though.
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This whole thread is a bad deal. first off any contractor who has these discount adds is shaddy to begin with, Nothing in life is free. secondly, an add like that only attracts bottom feeder type custumers who care more for price than value, custumers I wouldnt want. third, material cost is proprietory information I dont tell my custumers material cost, no good reason why. I am looking for a good honest custumer just like they should be looking for a good honest contractor. For the price stated the guy is a jackelag for sure.Good luck you may need it.
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Gee, right after I complimented your great looking
website it would appear you wish to bash me as a bottom feeder type.
Dear Roofer Jim,
Look, I'm not looking for trouble here so suffice it for me to say you don't know what your talking about. Surly not all roofing companies that advertise a sale are shady. Indeed, most are not. It is simply a way through marketing to attract new business. Nothing wrong in that. Most businesses do it.
Smart consumers on the other hand are market driven.
They cause businesses to compete. That's one way costs stay in check. In most business if you can't find a way to compete with your competitors you go out of business.
Value and price go hand in hand, we all use these tools to cut the best deal. Knowing through research what the material actually costs prevents being overcharged. By the way were you ever overcharged for something that you thought was a good price? How did you feel after you found out?
You don't even know this roofer I selected yet you insinuate he's a jakelag, (Whatever that is). Not something I would expect
a professional like you to say, Jim.
I hope you don't think of me as some sort of bottom feeder. By the way, why don't you come down and quote my roof. Maybe you can beat my roofers price.
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What really impressed me then and now is how appreciative Brian May is of the fans, the countless deejays, and journalists for supporting Queen's efforts over the years. Brian would later suffer a broken marriage, separation of his kids, and the passing of both parents, but nothing short of the untimely death of Freddie Mercury on this date (24th) in 1991 could silence the original band. And even that wasn't permanent. –Redbeard


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The Ballina cricket club with its own clubhouse and Major sponsor - The Slipway has two great venues for club socialising and takes great advantage of these venues for regular social events.
The club also undertakes regular yearly trips to the test match played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane, where club members have an enjoyable weekend of socialising and watching cricket.
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I have sad news to report tonight. I took Yukiko to the emergency vet - she let out a yelp then she couldn't stand. On the drive to the vet she began to throw up blood and bile. I spoke with the vet and it is bad. Liver tests were up or off the charts, she had pancreatitis, white cell count low, in shock, dehydrated, colon distended, 106 fever, and oncologist looked at x-rays and suspected bone cancer in her chest. I made the decision to have her put to sleep. Both the vet and I agreed that she was suffering. RIP Yukiko, my sweet fluffy malamute gal.
Yukiko is feeling better after her visit to the vet a few days ago. She is on medication for the next week or so.
Vet visit for Yukiko - without going into detail since it is rather gross - she couldn't poop. Vet had to anesthetize her and give her an enema. He said it looked like she had chewed up a 2x4... lots of splinters etc. @.@ She is fine now, but drowsy. Hope she feels better soon! Poor pup.
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Despite its name, this bustling Chicago tourist destination is
as good as gold. With a thriving culture enhanced by world-class
gospel, jazz and blues talent, Bronzeville is a cultural mecca and
an easy day trip, even for little legs. The home of such greats as
Gwendolyn Brooks, Louis Armstrong and Bessie Coleman, the
neighbhorhood is now booming with community-based revitalization
that highlights its rich history. If you have extra time (or
extremely energetic kids), consider hopping over to Bridgeport,
Bronzeville's westward neighbor and home of all things White
for Little Feet
Bronzeville for Little Feet in a larger map
Start your day here, where you'll learn tidbits that will come
in handy and help provide context for the rest of yout tour.
Founded in 1961 by area educators, this intimate museum is named
after Jean Baptist Pointe DuSable, the first permanent settler in
Pick up a treasure hunt map at the entrance desk: kids can
search the galleries forf fun facts about art and history. Reward
your kids with a miniature carved wooden animal from Africa ($1) or
something from a great selection of children's literature at the
Trading Post, the museum store. Check online to reserve your spot
in an array of family educational programs offered throughout the
year: family theater and storytelling, drumming and dance classes
and a penny cinema.
Pack a picnic to enjoy on the grassy fields of Washington Park,
adjacent to the DuSable Museum. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted,
there are few spaces more entwined with Chicago history than
Washington Park, from its prime role in the Columbian Exposition to
its role as the proposed site of many of the Olympic buildings.
Wander to the park's southern edge, along the Midway Plaisance, and
check out the beautiful Fountain of Time, a magical marine tribute
to the city.
If you didn't parck, we recommend hopping on over to Soul
Vegetarian (205 E. 75th St., 773-224-0104), for collard
greens, cornbread, BBQ and mouthwatering cakes - all
Take a walk down Martin Luther King Drive, from 24th to 35th
streets, where you'll see examples of outstanding Chicago-style
architecture and 96 shiny plaques representing important African
Americans who have made a significant contribution to the
Bronzeville area. Start at 24th Street with Alison Saar's Monument to the Great Northern
Migration statue (Martin Luther King Drive at 24th
Street) and work your way down to 35th Street, where you'll
find Gregg LeFevre's 14-foot bronze map of the neighborhood's
history and the Victory Monument for the Eighth Regiment statue, at
35th and King Drive, which honors African American former military
Hang a right on 35th and take a short book-browsing break at the
Chicago Bee Library (3647 S. State St., 312-747-6872),
housed in the historic Art Deco Chicago Bee Building, once the home
to a thriving Bronzeville newspaper.
Consider visiting Bronzeville on a Sunday, when you can tie in a
pit stop to the Bronzeville Community Market (4400 Cottage
Grove, just north of 47th Street, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunda, June
15-Oct. 31), where you'll find fruits and veggies, gourmet
foods and health, wellness and beauty products. Support local
farmers and businesses by gathering goods for your lunchtime picnic
in Washington Park.
On the southern edge of Bronzeville, this museum isn't walkable
from some of the other spots we recommended, but it's worth the
visit. Its focus is on raising healthier kids in an area of the
city with some of the sickest kids. Choose from three tours: one on
the journey of African-Americans from Africa to Chicago, one on
healthy eating and the food industry and a tour of Bronzeville
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Sheriff Kenny Furlong said gunfire was exchanged after officers arrived at the home on North fall Street shortly before 3 a.m.
Deputy Josh Stagliano was hit by a bullet on his left wrist and underwent surgery, Furlong said.
"The officer is doing well," the sheriff said, "and we do expect him to recover."
Stagliano, 27, has been with the department for five years.
Furlong said two of three people in the house at the time of the shooting were arrested.
Lillian Meyer and Mark Fiddler were booked on unspecified charges.
A third person in the home was questioned and released, Furlong said.
Because of the shooting, the Nevada Department of Public Safety was brought in to handle the investigation, the sheriff's office said.
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Quick Pickling
As the summer season for vegetables reaches its peak it becomes harder and harder to find recipes for the wave of tomatoes, followed by zucchini, and then followed by eggplant. In some cases you forget to look closely under the plants and over night a cute little zucchini morphs into a gigantic relatively flavorless squash. And with all your hard composting, planting and mulching at stake you really do not have the heart to give up and toss the freakish excesses of the vegetable garden into the compost pile.
This year not wanting to turn on the oven or cook over the stove I have also given over to the uses of kitchen chemistry to salvage the larger versions of the vegetables. Kitchen chemistry of course involves the use of pickling, although not with the intention of saving food for the winter, but with the intention of creating something edible out of something relatively tasteless. It involves thinly slicing vegetables and then soaking them in a pickling solution for a brief period of time before serving them as a side dish or condiment.
The key to success is the correct ratio of vinegar to sugar, and the selection of the pickling spices. I find the spices labeled "Pickling Spices" in the grocery store can work their magic over a long period of time. But in the short span of a few hours they can be downright overwhelming, and, too pickle-like. After all we are not using cucumbers necessarily but things that you would be more accustomed to sauté, or use in a red sauce. So the "Quick Pickle" requires something a bit more subtle. In my case I found a bit of caraway seed and fennel seed work just perfectly. As to what you choose to pickle I have come to the conclusion that necessity is greater than the influence of taste. Eggplant and zucchini work just as well as cucumber or carrot. Incredibly thin slices are important with the heartier zucchini and eggplant than with the cucumber or onion. You may want to invest in a mandolin or lose the tops of your fingers. So I offer my recipe for general purposes. What you choose to include is up to you. You really cannot go wrong.
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He dumped out the last dregs like mould from a pot-bound flower-pot.
Take care not to have them pot-bound while in growth, but do not over-pot when bloom is wanted.
When you have to do this you usually find that the plant has been pot-bound, and is a mass of fibrous roots.
If they afterwards get at all pot-bound, weak manure should be applied.
The loss of foliage may come from lack of moisture in the soil, or the roots of the plant may be pot-bound.
That your children shall be scoffed at by the alien as useless outside their own pot-bound provinces.
It was felt by our country that the United States must own the west coast or be pot-bound later on.
You need a different soil—get out of here before you get pot-bound.
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Napolitano: NY Sitting on $275M in Security Funding
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Members of New York's Congressional delegation blasted the Obama administration this week for cutting city security funding, but Washington says hundreds of millions already sent to the region remains unspent.
In a letter from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to Rep. Peter King obtained by WNYC, Napolitano said that, between 2006 and 2009, $275 million has remained unspent for city port and transit security.
"We are concerned, however, that more than $275 million dollars in Federal funding for New York City's port and transit security since 2006 has not yet been drawn down. In fact, New York has yet to draw down on any of the transit funding it received last year," Napolitano wrote. "Given the sense of urgency we all feel, we are focused on working closely with Congress and our state and local partners to ensure these funds are put to work quickly to address important security needs in New York City and throughout the State."
Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a statement saying that tens of millions of dollars in pending homeland security grants to New York City are hung up waiting for FEMA approval, something DHS confirmed was a problem. None of the unspent money is under direct city control but is passed through the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Port Authority. Neither agency responded for the record.
In a statement, Gov. David Paterson said the funding fight needs to be settled. "The safety of New Yorkers, and all Americans, is too important to be clouded by a public squabble between government agencies and officials," Paterson said. "I am calling on federal officials to work with the New York Congressional Delegation, my Office of Homeland Security and the Mayor's Office to come to a mutual resolution on this dispute."
The dispute began earlier this week, when local lawmakers including King and Sen. Charles Schumer criticized what they said was a planned 27 percent cut in security funding for New York City from the Department of Homeland Security.
The Obama administration countered that anti-terror funding budgeted for New York would actually increase when $100 million in federal stimulus money was included. The administration says total funding for security initiatives is set to be $245 million, a 14 percent net increase over the previous year's budget.
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A bang or a wimper? Thats the question mark at the end of anything. The anticipation was that, with Maticevski as the closing show, VAMFF 2012 would go out with a bang.
Look one seemed to confirm it in a heartbeat. Any expectation of frills and soft femininity were crushed under the sharp heel of a gilt-faced warrioress. "Skimpy" sounds like a dirty word, but it wasn't when Maticevski's hand was the one applying it. On this runway skimpy cuts and sheer fabrics were synonymous with a kind of tribal-esque fierceness.
The fierceness of those first all-black looks subsided as the show marched on, however. Black gave way to white and nude and silvery silk. The primitive undercurrent remained, though, fabrics often draping strategically as if hanging by a mere thread; almost as though constructed in a time before complex fastenings, and indeed underwear, existed. These were the most beautiful to view on a runway – just fabric hanging carelessly from perfect forms – even if also the least practical.
The most structured pieces felt the most underwater-inspired; those frilled and sequined pieces we previewed the night before that conjured mental associations of mermaids and stingrays and sea anemones. The detail, too, got thicker and heavier and more impressive with each outfit.
Maticevski's show could have been more tightly curated in order to keep up the energy and wow factor that exploded onto the runway when it opened. But while the embellished, appliquéd, voluminous pieces were a different kind of impressive to those initial barely-there numbers, each was a decibel that contributed to the loudness of the finishing bang.
You can see all of the Toni Maticevski autumn / winter 2012 runway collection by clicking on a thumbnail on the left. From there you can browse through each of the pictures from the fashion show.
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China stocks close slightly lower after paring sharp losses
SHANGHAI Jan 27 (Reuters) - China stocks recovered much of their earlier losses by the end of a volatile session on Wednesday, ending slightly lower.
The CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen fell 0.3 percent, to 2,930.35, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.5 percent, to 2,735.56 points.
At one point, the SSEC index was down 3.0 percent and the CSI300 was 2.4 percent lower. (Reporting by the Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Richard Borsuk)
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As an undergraduate, I majored in politics while receiving certificates in Latin American studies and political economy. For my senior thesis, I traveled to Brazil to research the Zero Hunger Program and agrarian reforms. Following college, I worked at The Food Project, a Boston-based non-profit that works with young people in sustainable agriculture.
In graduate school, I concentrated in development economics while also studying environmental economics and policy. My dissertation evaluates a recent land reform and a conditional cash transfer program in Brazil while focusing on the various causes of poverty. In addition, I work with a team that is utilizing experimental economics to evaluate the relationship between risk, ambiguity, learning, and the adoption of new technologies.


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I spoke with a guy today who ran engines for the Navy on air craft carriers. He knew a great deal about lubricants and of course synthetics. According to him if you are not using 5w (or 0W)-20w on newer engines, which spec that viscosity, you may be doing some damage at start-up; which is when the majority of wear happens in an engine.
Even though Mobil 1 is a superior oil, the right viscosity is necessary for these newer, tighter engines.
So, what visc Mobil 1 were you using!
Now even though a 5w-20 and 5w30 have the same low number, indicating they should provide the same lubrication when cold, this is apparently not the case. It actually takes longer for the 5w-30 to start lubing the top of your engine.
By using Mobil 1 5w-30w I thought I was providing better lubrication at the high temps as well, but the 20w is sufficient and at a lower viscosity lengthens the life of the engine, provides better mpg and lower emissions.
So here is the kicker. I switched to a 5w-20 organic oil today ( I can't locate the 0w-20 Mobil 1 in my area and neither Castrol, Penzoil or Valvoline make a sny in 5w-20-yet, though they are in development) and guess what?-I think my engine runs quieter! This may be all in my mind, but you know, I think it is quieter!
So, if you were using Mobil 1 5w-30, I think you are making the right decision going back to OEM specs.
BTW, if you were using the Mobil 1 oil filter, that could be a problem as well. Apparently it does not have an anti-drain back valve and the position of the filter on the Zetec definately requies one. This fact alone would cause more wear at start up than the wrong visc oil.
So, I'll probably run a syn in the future but will be sticking with a 5w-20 weight oil.
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The process by which a person's efforts are energized, directed and sustained toward attaining a goal.
Maslow's theory that there is a hierarchy of five human needs:
The assumption that empoyees dislike work, are lazy, avoid responsibility, and must be coerced to work.
The assumption that employees are creative, enjoy work, seek responsibility, and can exercise self-direction.
Herzberg's motivation theory, which proposes that intrinsic factors are related to job satisfaction and motivation, whereas extrinsic factors are associated with job dissatisfaction.
Factors that elliminate job dissatisfaction but do not motivate.
Intrinsic factors that have to do with the job itself and serve to motivate individuals.
McClelland's theory, which says that three acquired (not innate) needs - achievement, power and affiliation - are major motives at work.
The drive to succeed and excel in relation to a set of standards.
The need to make others behave in a way that they would not have behaved otherwise.
The desire for friendly and close interpersonal relationships.
The proposition that specific goals, when accepted, result in higher performance than do easy goals.
An individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a task.
The way tasks are combined to form complete jobs.
A framework for analyzing and designing jobs thatidentifies five core job dimensions, their interrelationships and their impact on outcomes.
The verticle expansion of a job by adding planning and evaluation responsibilities.
The theory that an employee compares his or her job's input-outcomes ratio with that of relevent others and then corrects any inequity.
The persons, systems or selves against which individuals compare themselves to assess equity.
Perceived fairness of the amount and allocation of rewards among individuals.
Perceived fairness of the process used to determine the distribution of rewards.
The theory that an individual tends to act in a certain way, based on the expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and on the attractiveness of that outcome to the individual.
A workweek in which employees work longer hours per day but fewer days per week.
A scheduling system in which employees are required to work a certain number of hours per week but are free, within limits, to vary the hours of work.
When two or more people split (share) a full-time job.
A job approach in which employees work at home but are linked by technology to the workplace.
A motivational approach in which an organization's financial statements (the "books") are shared with all employees.
Programs that consist of personal attention and expressions of interest, approval and appreciation for a job well done.
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Gray Days, Colorful mind. Texas.
Lingering here at "The Oasis" will do this. "This" meaning erasing clocks, calendars, any source of outside interference with our lives. A Heaven of tranquility and ecstasy and more, so much more it becomes harder and harder to describe what these millions of acres laid out ahead of us bring on day in and day out. Some of the past days have been hot, some have been covered with a ceiling of dark clouds, a cold front made it's way for a couple days and too quickly found the exit door, night time riding or daytime, nothing has stopped us from doing so, including a video of a bit longer nature. Winter is not yet upon us, not yet, this part of the Country seems to avoid it for as long as possible. Regardless of it all, today, as this little screen passes on images of the brutality with which Mother Nature has punched the East Coast I start thinking about such unfairness of the devastation. Cost of lives, homes, businesses, health for so many of the elderly, it is all very much so on a speechless path trying to wish everyone affected a speedy recovery. Wishing. Life has it's twists and turns of too many. Doesn't it?
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Baroness Nicholson was elected a Conservative Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon, in 1987, and was vice-chairman between 1983 and 1987. She defected to the Liberal Democrats in 1995. She was made a life peer as Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, of Winterbourne, in the Royal County of Berkshire in 1997.
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As a member of the House of Lords, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne makes frequent contributions to Parliamentary deliberations on a wide range of subjects, including foreign affairs, the Islamic world, human rights, refugees and displaced people, poverty reduction, freedom of information, intellectual property, education, health and information technology.
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Baroness Nicholson is a member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Security and Defence Assembly (also known as the Western European Union).
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Compare spontaneous generation and biogenesis?
Why did the theory of spontaneous generation change?
Spontaneous generation is known as abiogenesis, which is life arising from non-living material. However, this was refuted by Louis Pasteur who proved that living things ar…ise from other living things.
What is another name for spontaneous generation?
Another name for Spontaneous Generation is "abiogenesis", meaning that life comes from non-life.
What is the difference between a biogenesis and a spontaneous generation?
bogenisis-theory that living things come only from other living things . spontaneous generation-idea that living things come from nonliving things.
What is the difference between spontanious generation and biogenesis?
biogenesis is the theory that living things come only from other living things and spontanious generation is the idea that living things come from nonliving things. ----------…------------------------------- biogenesis and abiogenesis and spontaneous generation are the same "theory". Now it's called "chemical evolution". Life arose from dead material (rock). They still believe if you throw a pile of cclothes in a closet, mice will come into existence
Compare and contrast spontaneous generation with biogenesis?
biogenesis is the matter of when living things come from other living things and spontaneous generation is when living things come from nonliving things
Concept of spontaneous generation?
Spontaneous generation means that living things came from inanimate objects. Like frogs and toads came from mud, mice came from putting rice and dirty clothes in a box, dead t…hings made flies, etc.
Who disproved spontaneous generation theory?
Louis Pasteur
Who disapproved the theory of the spontaneous generation?
Fransisco Redi
What are contrast spontaneous generation and biogenesis?
Spontaneous generation is when organisms created by matter... for example old rotten food creating larvas and flies. biogenesis is the organisms created by other …living creatures like flies reproducing to create larvas
Who disproved spontaneous generation?
Louis Pasteur
What are Spontaneous Generation?
Aristotle came up with the hypothesis that living things could be created from inanimate objects. It was a theory of the origin of life before it was proven wrong.
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Why did they believe in spontaneous generation?
> They didnt know better Prior to there invention of the microscope around 1600, there were no instruments capable of detecting single-cell organisms. Francisco Redi's experim…ents, published in 1668, are considered the first steps in refuting spontaneous generation.
What is the idea called a spontaneous generation?
A spontaneou generation is the idea that organisms originate directly from nonliving matter
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What are some examples of spontaneous generation?
a snake coming from horse hair is one
Who refuted spontaneous generation?
It was Louis Pasteur who refuted the theory of spontaneous generation. Pasteur was a French scientist who lived from 1822 to 1895.
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How are biogenesis and spontaneous generation related?
Spontaneous generation is only slightly related to biogenesis. Spontaneous generation proposed it was possible for organisms to reproduce without any form of sexual or ase…xual activity. This is an obsolete line of scientific hypothesis. Biogenesis proposes some sort of sexual activity is required for cellular organisms to reproduce.


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We're not totally surprised that 'The Hill' star Heidi Montag posed in the latest issue of Playboy magazine. Heidi Montag and her husband Spencer Pratt proudly unveiled an advanced issue of the magazine during a special screening of 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' in LA a couple of days ago. A muddied up Heidi Montag is gracing the cover of the September 2009 issue of Playboy and indeed fans would definitely want to take a glimpse at some of those Heidi Montag Playboy pictures. But here's the catch, Heidi did not bare it all in this recent issue of Playboy, so to those fans who are hoping to watch Heidi Montag without anything on would probably be very disappointed.
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Dampak kebijakan fiskal daerah terhadap kemiskinan di Indonesia pada masa desentralisasi fiskal
Muslianti, Dwi
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Local government spending has been increasing from year to year during decentralization era, which the largest proportion derives from central government. Nevertheles, the economic performance, mainly poverty decrease very slowly, far from the government target in 2009. Therefore, this research has aim 1) to determine the dynamic of local fiscal, output and poverty, 2) to determine factors that affect fiscal policy, output and poverty, 3) to analyze the impact of fiscal policy on output and poverty. This study uses simultaneous equations model (SEM) to identify the factors that affect local government revenues and spending and their impact on fiscal and economic performance of regions. The result shows that government revenue is affected by GDRP, fiscal gap, and population. Government spending is affected by GDRP, revenue, and spending the previous year. Increased government revenues and spending has a positive impact on economic performance and negatif impact on poverty. Combination of spending on education and health, and agriculture provides the greatest impact to decrease poverty.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Vol Network's "Big Orange Hotline" radio show debuts for the 2012 season Monday, August 27 at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT across the state of Tennessee live from the patio at Dead End Barbecue restaurant on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville. The Vol Network's Bob Kesling and former Vol and NFL quarterback Pat Ryan team up for their sixth season together. "Big Orange Hotline" is a one-hour, prime time Tennessee football preview and review show presented by Dead End Barbecue and Miller Lite.
Monday's show will feature calls and questions from fans, interviews with Tennessee players and coaches, an interview with Dead End's George Ewart, who will be representing Tennessee in a barbecue competition in Atlanta prior to the UT-NC State game next week, and a scouting report on NC State from the Wolfpack's play-by-play announcer Gary Hahn.
"Big Orange Hotline" on Monday nights compliments its sister show "Vol Calls", which features University of Tennessee Head Football Coach Derek Dooley on Wednesday nights during football season. Fans can call in and ask questions by dialing 1-800-688-8657 or Tennessee Verizon customers can dial # TENN. Fans are encouraged to check their local listings for a Vol Network affiliate in the area carrying "Big Orange Hotline". The show can also be heard online at utsports.com.
Dead End BBQ is an award-winning unique American neighborhood barbecue restaurant located conveniently to the UT campus and West Knoxville at 3611 Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville. More information and directions can be found at www.deadendbbq.com.
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72 350 w/ HEI won't start
I have a 72 GMC p/u with a 350, standard trans. I recently put an HEI distibutor with new coil, 8.5mm wire, new plugs (.06 gap), and timing at 16 btc. It has an edel. 625 carb, new about about 12000 miles an 16 months ago. Before this new distributor, I had another HEI distibutor in it I got from a junk yard...the truck ran just fine until the bushings in the old distributor went south on me, necessitating a new distributor. The truck ran great for about 150 miles after this new distributor swap, but this morning I was stopped at a stop light, the engined surged twice, and then died, and wouldn't start. It will crank and crank, but won't start. There is fuel into the carb, and good spark to the plugs. The plugs don't appear wet from fuel, and there is not a gassy smell on the engine dipstick. I am unfamiliar with HEI, but could the ignition module or coil be bad (I got them from NAPA), or could it be something else? Would the fusable link cause this sort of problem?
Thanks in advance.
Since you have spark, I would suspect fuel. Can you look down the carb throat and see gas squirt when you open the throttle? Try and pur a small amount of gas down the carb and see if it will run.
If the module were to go bad than no spark would be seen. The module tells the coil when to fire the plugs.
Run a compression check on a few cylinders to verify the timing chain has broken/slipped. Crank it over with a timing light hooked up to verify the distributor is rotating with the cam.(sheared dist. gear).
72 GMC distributor connection
I see your submission was made some time ago so you may have already solved this. For every one else: Most GM's built in "73" and before had Breaker points. The positive DC supply for the coil had a ballast resistance that reduced voltage to the coil and I assume this was the wire you used to supply DC to the HEI distributor. In most cases, there is no physical ballast resistor to be found--the resistance is in the wire. The second wire that connects to the coil of older GM's is from the solenoid on the starter. This conductor is standard wire and has no resistance added. It supplies the full 12 volts at high current while starting--when the engine is running, no voltage is found because the solenoid opens the internal switch to this conductor. The possible consequences of using the wire with the ballast resistace is to reduce the voltage to the coil and distributor ( which is fine for a breaker point type system. What it does to an HEI distributor is to starve it of voltage causing it to draw more current so that it will overheat and eventually destoy one of the components in the trigger module. Route a new wire from the fuse block (switched) and connect it to the HEI
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I just picked up a 14 wrx dgm hatch which had added options. So the put all the new stock items back in the boxes.
I have the following items:
1. Oem rear view mirror
2. Oem headlight stalk (non-fogs)
3. Oem non-fog plates for dark gray metallic
4. Oem shift assembly for wrx
5. Oem carpet floor mats
I do not know what other cars they will fit other than mine so I apologize in advance if I don't have the answer to a potential question.
Again, these items are new, unused, and were boxed up by the distributor when they did the upgrades.
As far as pricing, I'm new to Subaru so I'm still in the process of investigating what all this stuff goes for new from the online parts stores. So in the meantime, if you need something on my list, send me a pm to make a reasonable offer.
I do paypal only and will be shipping from NY. (Local pickup will save you a few bucks obviously)
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Gator Nation Adds 3 Swimmers To US 2012 Olympic Team
Published June 26th, 2012
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With Ryan Lochte taking the first of several anticipated showdowns versus Michael Phelps, a trio of current and former University of Florida swimmers qualified to swim in the 2012 Summer Olympics on day 1 of the United States Olympic Swim trials in Omaha, Ne. Lochte started the night with a 400 IM win over Phelps- winning in 4:07:06 and handing Phelps his first defeat at the US Swim trials since 2004. Current Gator Elizabeth Beisel also punched her ticket to London, swimming a personal record 4:31.74 to win the women's 400 IM and send Beisel to her second summer games. Rounding out the big night for Gator Nation, Conor Dwyer qualified for his first Olympics, finishing 2nd in the men's 400 Freestyle.
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The 54th Assembly campaign contribution breakdown: Where have all the in-district donors gone?
We've posted before about the financial dealings in the 54th Assembly District in Brooklyn. The three candidates are all pulling money from their networks of donors, and we had been asked--sometimes sarcastically--when we'd breakdown the donations to see, mostly, who had done the most fundraising in district.
Well, folks, ask and you shall receive is our mantra over at the Empire blog. Thanks to the map wizardry of WNYC's John Keefe, we've been able to break down the data from the Board of Election to paint a fiscal picture of where the candidates are getting their support.
First, some background and general info. What you're looking at are the donors to each campaign, not the individual donations. Looking at the number of unique donors is a better measure than total number of donations. The individual donors were then tagged to the map using their address information. Some of the addresses didn't compute, meaning a small percentage -- less than two percent -- aren't present on the map. Corporate, PAC and other group donations were combined with individuals in all averages and tallies.
Here are the raw numbers:
The first thing you notice is that, despite calls from a number of quarters for a breakdown of in-district donations, the truth is not one candidate managed to get into double digits when it comes to either total donations, or the percentage of money raised.
That being said, the Towns and Gonzalez campaigns have the highest totals, respectively. In truth, these ridiculously low in-district numbers shouldn't be surprising. The area we're talking about is a poor one, and raising tens of thousands of dollars in-district would have been a tall feet.
Still, no one can really claim to be pulling their support--at least financially--directly from the people they represent.
What's interesting about the map below is how close to home the candidates ended up raising money. Take a look for yourself and let us know what you think.


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Deep water aerobics is an enjoyable way to slim down and shape up! Spend forty-five minutes using the natural resistance of water to improve muscle tone, cardiovascular fitness and flexibility. Twenty minutes is equivalent to two hours of walking on land, burning up to 480 calories per hour. You do not need to know how to swim, but must be comfortable in deep water.
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"Power does corrupt, and both political and religious leaders have been regularly seduced by it." Jim Wallis (God's Politics)
Why Polygamy is and always will be Wrong:
- Young girls dreams are almost always consumed with marrying the man of her dreams that will love only her. This is her whole life. Women tend to care about this exclusive romantic relationship way more than men, who are more interested in sex and variety.
- The established needs of women are impossible to be met in a polygamist marriage. These needs include: ongoing affection, conversation, honesty and openness, financial support and help with the kids and the house.
- In all polygamous cultures, women have extremely low status. All must obey their husbands. Almost none get to choose who they marry, and many are married against their will too much older men. Thus, despite the polygamists' arguments, polygamy is not about rights: it's about the power over and control of one group by another.
- Polygamy is almost never polyandry. It's not about women's freedom to choose who they marry or how many spouses they have: it's about women being owned by men.
- Most "families" in polygamous situations are poor. The men in these "families" cannot financially support all the women and children, and the women are generally not permitted the freedom to choose a career and work outside the family.
- The media has shown some polygamous women claiming that they are happy in their multiple marriages. But these statements have to be viewed carefully. According to the religion of these cultures, women are only permitted into heaven by permission of their "husband" or by being a polygamist. Sometimes, women in these cultures are afraid to reveal their true thoughts and feelings or to jeopardize their fragile status. Meanwhile, many women who have left these polygamous situations describe the complete subjugation they had to endure.
- Legalized polygamy would reduce women's rights. Moreover, they would raise their families of children to believe that they must follow the same path into heaven, which would further add to the anti-women voting pool. In a short period of time, 200 years of struggle for women's rights would vanish.
- Marriage is a partnership and a relationship. Polygamy turns marriage into a cattle drive.
- Most plural wives have no legal protection during or after the marriage. The reason is that most polygamist men have one legal wife and the subsequent wives are "spiritual wives" – they are not legally married. When a spiritual marriage ends before the husband's death, a spiritual wife has no claim to spousal support or equitable distribution of marital property. Spiritual wives are also not entitled to an intestate or elective share of the husband's estate, or any of the legal benefits of marriage, including Social Security survivor benefits.
- Most people agree that countries that practice polygamy live in an oppressive, abusive society with fanatical, religious men- especially when they marry young girls to older men. Joseph Smith did the same thing.
- Polygamist societies have created a way to stay in good standing with the church and society, while cheating on your spouse. Basically, if you get tired of your current wife you don't need to go through the hassle of a divorce, or the consequences of being called a cheater. You can have your cake and eat it too. Most men I know that cheat, don't want to get divorced with their current wife- they want to have both- so this polygamist thing works out very well for men. Some people argue that men don't want more than one wife to deal with, but when I bring up the idea of polygamy to young men it is always met with a favorable response. Also, if the woman was giving him a hard time he could just leave and go to one of his wives who was not giving him a hard time.
- Polygamy is upheld in Muslim countries because Mohammed had several wives, which is the same thing Mormons do to uphold polygamy in their history because Abraham, etc. had several wives. The recording of historical acts, including instances of polygamy, is not necessarily an endorsement of it by God. The Bible records both good and bad actions of people, even people considered to be righteous. The fact that David and Solomon had several wives and that it's in the Bible doesn't automatically imply that God was pleased by it. Monogamy is first mentioned in Genesis 2:24 – it was God's intention from the beginning. While God did allow polygamy for a time, it was probably for the same reason as his allowance of divorce: "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning" (Mt 19:8). It was a sexist cultural behavior.
- When women/girls have sex with men because they have been led to believe (psychological abuse) it is their moral obligation- or their way into heaven- and not because they want to or because it is based on love- or mutual desire- it is sexual abuse.
- Polygamist wives have the worst of all worlds. They end up being single parents, with lots of children (usually because birth control is forbidden), no help, little money and no mutual love or support. In some ways it is akin to living in a third world country.
- Some may say the women have the support of their other wives, but jealousy would stand in the way of this support. I wouldn't want to become good friends with my husband's new hot teenage wife especially when she didn't have any kids yet. There would inevitably be favorites. It couldn't be helped. This would cause a lot of bad feelings between the women. It would be a constant game of comparisons. Also the kids would be compared against each other. The whole concept in practice is psychologically abusive.
- Therefore I conclude, Polygamy is wrong and does not work. Nor will it ever work.
When I ask other Mormon women if they would stay in the church if Polygamy was brought back they almost always say no, but then I say, if you die early and your husband remarries in the temple you will be forced to practice polygamy in heaven. This is usually met with silence and blank stares or "He better not!" Statistically, he will.
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PNC Bank Robbery: $25,000 reward offered
PNC Bank is offering a $25,000.00 REWARD for the arrest and conviction of the suspects involved in the bank robbery that occurred on 6/24/11, at Golfside and Clark in Ypsilanti Township
If you have any information regarding this case please contact Detective Sinks 734-973-4874, or Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office confidential tip line number 734-973-7711, or Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 1-800-SPEAKUP (1-800-773-2587).
On 6/24/2011 at approximately 11:30 am, WCSO Deputies were dispatched to the PNC Bank located at Golfside and Clark in Ypsilanti Township for a Bank Robbery that had just taken place. It was reported that two suspects entered the bank and took an undisclosed amount of money. No one was injured, and this investigation is ongoing
If you have any information leading to the capture of those responsible for this crime you will be rewarded $25,000.


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NTP Swim Clinic #1
DC Triathlon Club
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM (EST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Join the NTP Co-Leaders, DC Tri Masters Swim Coaches, and Sarah Thorpe (former Australian National Open Swimming Champion and member of the Australian Open Swimming Team) for a swim clinic that will go through the basics and techniques of swimming. The clinic will also go over a few drills for you to work on when you are swimming by on your own.
There will be 30 minutes of on-deck instruction followed by an hour of in-water work. Please be dressed in your swimming suits for the on-deck intructions.
The pool is located within UDC's sports complex at 4200 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008. It's labeled "Building 47" (a.k.a. the "physical activities center") on Google maps. The closest entrance to the pool is located on Yuma Street, above the tennis courts. Follow the stairs up to the building entrance. If arriving by metro, the closest station is just 3 blocks away (Van Ness/UDC) on the red line. If arriving by car, there is metered parking immediately outside Building 47 and ample, free neighborhood parking within walking distance from the pool (zoned for 3-hr visitor's parking).
The main entrance to UDC's sports complex (Building 47), must remain locked at all times. From 6:55AM until 7:10 AM, one of the coaches or co-leads will be at the door to let program participants inside. After8:10 AM, please call (202) 695-3720 to reach the coaches on deck. This is a central phone line that all our coaches receive.
Please sign up for ONE clinic only in order to give all NTP participants an opportunity to attend.
When & Where
UDC Natatorium - Building 47
4200 Connecticut Avenue Northwest
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM (EST)
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Even before your HTC One has arrived, HTC Get Started will show you on your computer screen exactly how certain wallpaper will look on the 4.7 inch panel on the unit. Half your work will already be done by the time the phone arrives on your doorstep. For many, this will be a big help in setting up the HTC One while those who don't mind getting their fingernails dirty can always do things the old fashioned way, and take care of business on the phone itself.
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The European Poker Tour Vienna Main Event is now down to the final 50 players after Day 3 saw the field cut down in size to that number the 189 players that started the day. Each of those players had to survive another long day at the felt and will now be happy to be established firmly into the money.
The player that has the chip lead going into Day 4 is Pablo Gordillo after a great day at the tables brought him 2,111,000 in chips. There are still plenty of players that are capable of challenging him though, especially the likes of notable players Jude Ainsworth and PokerStars Team Pros Johnny Lodden and Marcel Luske.
With the bubble being past on Day 3 there was always going to be notable players that would fall either side of it. For those that did make the money but fell there were Full Tilt Poker Professionals Gus Hansen, Viktor Blom and PokerStars Team Pros Bertrand Grospellier, Alexander Kravchenko and Marc-Andre Ladouceur.
Very bad news – out in 71st – All-In on the flop holding TT with a flush draw vs QQ no flush draw – no help 🙁
— Gus Hansen (@GusHansen) March 26, 2014
Got it in drawing dead#AskElkY for my last 24 bbs with AJdd on J457ss vs spewy player but he ended up having the 44. #sosick #EPTVienna
— Bertrand Grospellier (@elkypoker) March 26, 2014
Day 4 will commence at 12pm local time today and it will be followed by the start of the High Roller which starts with Day 1 just an hour later. We will have reports on both events tomorrow so make sure you bookmark us and come back for them.
The Current Top Ten
1st) Pablo Gordillo – 2,111,000
2nd) Anatoly Filatov – 1,500,000
3rd) Timo Pfutzenreuter – 1,065,000
4th) Simeon Naydenov – 1,040,000
5th) Miltiadis Kyriakides – 1,034,000
6th) Wilfried Sigmund Harig – 1,005,000
7th) Miroslav Alilovic – 990,000
8th) Roman Korenev – 966,000
9th) Adrian Bussman – 930,000
10th) Artem Metalidi – 815,000


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Re: Getting stylized text with a palette button
On 25 Apr 2001 19:43:09 -0400, Raul Martinez <rmartinez at vrinc.com>
> I would like to define a palette with buttons that produce stylized text
> in a notebook Text cell. The following is a specific example. While in
> a Text cell, I want to click a button that produces the symbol x[n] in
> Times font and with the x and n in italics.
> So I produced a palette with a single button containing x[n] with the
> Times font and the desired italics. The results are puzzling. When I
> click the button while in a Text cell I get x[n] in plain Courier font.
> But I get the x[n] I want when I click the button while in an Input
> cell. Changing the Input cell to a Text cell causes x[n] to change from
> Times/italics to Courier/plain, which is of course the same result I get
> by starting in a Text cell.
Here is button that will accomplish what you desire.
StyleBox[RowBox[{"x", "[", "n", "]"}], "TR"],
ButtonEvaluator -> None,
ButtonFunction :> (NotebookWrite[FrontEnd`InputNotebook[], #2] &),
ButtonData ->
BoxData[FormBox[RowBox[{"x", "[", "n", "]"}], TraditionalForm]]
] // DisplayForm
Some things to note about this approach:
1) We use a TraditionalForm FormBox wrapper around the content to
obtain italicized single letters. This is because the TraditionalForm
format type is has the option setting SingleLetterItalics -> True.
2) The "TR" is one of many inline styles that can be used to force the
choice of a font. Here, we use it to set the "x" and "n" in the
button contents in Times-Roman.
3) The ButtonData option has a complete cell. The use of an inline
cell prevents the formatting from being stripped out when pasted in a
text edit cell.
P.J. Hinton
User Interface Programmer paulh at wolfram.com
Wolfram Research, Inc.


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Ultimate Antarctica & Patagonia Dispatch
December 10, 2013 en route to Valparaíso, Chile
Last day at sea aboard Quest, we feel sad with the idea of disembarking tomorrow in Valparaiso our last port.
In the morning the Expedition Staff were on the outer decks in search of whales and seabirds and in the observation lounge with charts to provide us with to position of the ship.
We share an afternoon conversation with the Professor David Walton and Geoff Devito our Port expert. They gave us a very interesting lecture in relation to the "Beginnings and the End: Origins of the Falklands Conflict and Valparaíso Our Final Port". David discussed the circumstances that led up to the 1980's British and Argentine conflict in the Falklands while Geoff shared a history of Valparaíso with hints on the best ways to enjoy our final port as well as highlights of Santiago. Valparaíso means "Paradise Valley" and this city draped across the coastal hills above a secure harbor must have looked like Paradise to travelers arriving by sea after an often-terrifying rounding of Cape Horn. Many understandably vowed never to set foot on a ship again, and settled here for good. Aside from its maritime importance, it is a university town, and has a long history as a fertile center for the arts. The Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda maintained a home here, which is now a museum overlooking the sea. In the valleys between Valparaíso and Santiago lie many of Chile's fine vineyards and wineries.
Later, Dr. Roger Hewitt talked about "The Antarctic krill fishery - defining an ecosystem approach to management" How do you manage a fishery when you don't know the size of the population, how long individuals live, how fast they reproduce and how many are eaten by natural predators? He described the visionary concepts contained in the international agreement established to conserve the living resources of the Southern Ocean, how these concepts were translated into a practical management scheme, and how the scheme can adapt to new information.
At night we enjoyed dinner, some of us were at The Colonnade and some others at The Restaurant.
Dr. Mariano Albano, Lecturer
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