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killing of a human being by another human being. Use as value for "manner of death" (P1196)
- For the 1990s police television series, see Homicide: Life on the Street.
Homicide refers to the act of killing another human being. Although homicide does not define an illegal act necessarily, sometimes it is used synonymously with "murder".
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- Thou shalt not kill.
- The Bible (King James Version), Deuteronomy 5:17. Alternatively translated as "You shall not murder" (New International Version); "Do not murder" (Contemporary English Version); "Thou dost not murder" (Young's Literal Translation); "Do not kill another person" (New Life Version); "Do not commit murder" (New International Reader's Version).
- Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offense of taking away that life, which is the immediate gift of the great creator; and which therefore no man can be entitled to deprive himself or another of, but in some manner either expressly commanded in, or evidently deducible from, those laws which the creator has given us; the divine laws, I mean, of either nature or revelation.
- William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769), Book IV, Chapter 14: Of Homicide.
- Murder begins where self-defense ends.
- Georg Büchner, Dantons Tod (Danton's Death) (1835) Act I.
- .....murder is not just a crime of lust or violence. It becomes possession. They are part of you … [the victim] becomes a part of you, and you [two] are forever one … and the grounds where you kill them or leave them become sacred to you, and you will always be drawn back to them.
- Ted Bundy, quoted by Bill Hagmaier. Rule, Ann (2009). The Stranger Beside Me (Paperback; updated 2009 ed.). New York: Pocket Books pages 380–96.
- Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.
- Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, "The Nonnes Preestes Tale" ("The Nun's Priest's Tale", line 15,058.
- Oh dear, I never realized what a terrible lot of explaining one has to do in a murder!
- Agatha Christie, Spider's Web (by the character Clarissa) (1956).
- Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.
- Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (by Hercule Poirot) (1920).
- It must be true that whenever a sensational murder is committed there are people who — though they are, quite properly, of no interest to law enforcers, attorneys, or newspaper reporters — weep, lie sleepless, and realize at last that their lives have been changed by a crime in which they played no part.
- Viña Delmar, The Becker Scandal, a Time Remembered (1968).
- To kill someone for committing murder is a punishment incomparably worse than the crime itself. Murder by legal sentence is immeasurably more terrible than murder by brigands.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot (1868).
- True believing Christians are sheep among wolves. ... They employ neither worldly sword nor war, since with them killing is absolutely renounced.
- Conrad Grebel, letter to Thomas Müntzer (1524), as cited in William R. Estep, The Anabaptist Story (1996), pp. 41-42
- You're not a homicidal, I checked that on your record before I came out after you. That is why I know you will join the Corps and get a great deal of pleasure out of going after the other kind of criminal who is sick, not just socially protesting. The man who can kill and enjoy it.
- Harry Harrison, in "The Stainless Steel Rat" in Astounding magazine (August 1957); Inskipp the Uncatchable, recruiting Jim diGriz (AKA The Stainless Steel Rat) into the Special Corps.
- One of television's great contributions is that it brought murder back into the home, where it belongs.
- Alfred Hitchcock, National Observer, (15 August 1966).
- Gentlemen of the Jury, the charge against the prisoner is murder, and the punishment of murder Is death ; and that simple statement is sufficient to suggest to us the awful solemnity of the occasion which brings you and me face to face.
- John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, reported in Trial of Miss Madeleine H. Smith, before the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh (1857), p. 98.
- If the masterpiece was murder, I'd major in art.
- Curtis J. Jackson, "Gatman and Robbin" (2005), The Massacre
- No one joins the murder squad who hasn't a taste for death.
- P. D. James, A Taste for Death (1986), p. 204.
- For instance, if you have by a lie hindered a man who is even now planning a murder, you are legally responsible for all the consequences. But if you have strictly adhered to the truth, public justice can find no fault with you, be the unforeseen consequence what it may. It is possible that whilst you have honestly answered Yes to the murderer's question, whether his intended victim is in the house, the latter may have gone out unobserved, and so not have come in the way of the murderer, and the deed therefore have not been done; whereas, if you lied and said he was not in the house, and he had really gone out (though unknown to you) so that the murderer met him as he went, and executed his purpose on him, then you might with justice be accused as the cause of his death. For, if you had spoken the truth as well as you knew it, perhaps the murderer while seeking for his enemy in the house might have been caught by neighbours coming up and the deed been prevented.
- Immanuel Kant, On a Supposed Right to Tell Lies from Benevolent Motives (1797).
- Through violence you may murder a liar but you can't establish truth. Through violence you may murder a hater, but you can't murder hate. Darkness cannot put out darkness. Only light can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr., "Where Do We Go From Here?" (Address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (16 August 1967).
- Vash: Thou shalt not kill,' remember?! What kind of church man are you anyway?
- Trigun, Quick Draw (April 15, 2003), written by Yōsuke Kuroda.
- Around his neck a ribbon clung,
Close to his heart a picture hung :
I saw the face — it was not mine ;
I saw, too, a small dagger shine,
A curious toy — you know the rest.
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The New Monthly Magazine (1831 part 2), 'The Convict'
- Abel the victim—Cain the homicide,
Were type and prophecy
Of times that were to be,
Thus reddened from the first life's troubled tide.
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1835 (1834), 'Hindoo and Mahommedan Buildings'
- Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
- George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life (ch. XII).
- Why should murder be so over-represented in our popular fiction, and crimes of a sexual nature so under-represented? Surely it cannot be because rape is worse than murder, and is thus deserving of a special unmentionable status. Surely, the last people to suggest that rape was worse than murder were the sensitively reared classes of the Victorian era … And yet, while it is perfectly acceptable (not to say almost mandatory) to depict violent and lethal incidents in lurid and gloating high-definition detail, this is somehow regarded as healthy and perfectly normal, and it is the considered depiction of sexual crimes that will inevitably attract uproars of the current variety.
- Alan Moore, "Superheroes a 'cultural catastrophe', says comics guru Alan Moore", Alison Flood The Guardian, January 21, 2014.
- The murder of one person is called unrighteous and incurs one death penalty. Following this argument, the murder of ten persons will be ten times as unrighteous and there should be ten death penalties; the murder of a hundred persons will be a hundred times as unrighteous and there should be a hundred death penalties. All the gentlemen of the world know that they should condemn these things, calling them unrighteous. But when it comes to the great unrighteousness of attacking states, they do not know that they should condemn it. On the contrary, they applaud it, calling it righteous.
- Mozi Book 5: Condemnation of Offensive War I
- Light Yagami: I've already covered the most viscious criminals. So now the level of atrocity is coming down. And every single one of them will die of a heart attack! Even a fool is going to notice that somebody is bumping off bad guys. I'm going to make the whole world know I'm here...that somebody is passing righteous judgement on them! And then nobody will commit crimes anymore. The world will be a better place. And while people who obviously deserve to be punished are dying of heart attacks. I'll gradually be killing off immoral; people who harass others through illness and accidents. Even that will eventually be noticed by the idiot masses. They'll realize they'll die if they don't change their ways...I'll be making this a world inhabited by people I decide are good!
- Death Note volume 1, written by Tsugumi Ohba, October 10, 2005.
- Hell of a thing killing a man... you take away all he has and all he's gonna have.
- Will Munny (Clint Eastwood), Unforgiven (1992), written by David Webb Peoples
- One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero. Princes were privileged
To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.
- Beilby Porteus, Death: A Poetical Essay (1759), line 154.
- As a social phenomenon, serial murder is only about a hundred and twenty-five years old, part of as swelling tide of interpersonal violence that has been since the middle of the nineteenth century.
- The first killer I ever studied had put bandages over the wounds of the people he stabbed after they were dead, Other killers have done the same thing.
- When bodies are assaulted or parts excised, the killer is signifying his wish to remove any vestiges of humanity from the victim.
- Robert Ressler, I Have Lived The Monster as quoted in The Munchausen Complex: Socialization of Violence and Abuse by Richard L. Matteol
- I believe too thoroughly that we create our own reality, for one thing -- an unpopular belief where violence is concerned -- but I'm convinced that the victim-to-be picks out the assailant with as much skill and craft as the murderer seeks his victim, and until we learn much more about both, we'll get nowhere battling crime. I'm not justifying murder by any means, but I'm saying that the victim wants to be murdered -- perhaps to be punished, if not by a vengeful god then by one of his fellows, and that a would-be murderer can switch in a minute and become the victim instead; and that the slayer wants to be slain.
- Jane Roberts, Psychic Politics: An Aspect Psychology Book, p. 205.
- Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god."
- Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist, 1939
- I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.
- Jean-Paul Sartre, Dirty Hands (1948), Act 5, sc. 2.
- If survival calls for the bearing of arms, bear them you must. But the most important part of the challenge is for you to find another means that does not come with the killing of your fellow man.
- Rod Serling Speech at Binghamton Community High School (1968)[specific citation needed]
- Murder most foul, as in the best it is, But this most foul, strange, and unnatural.
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, (Ghost, Act I, scene v, line 27).
- For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), (Hamlet, Act II, scene ii, line 622).
- He took my father grossly, full of bread;
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May;
And how his audit stands who knows save heaven?
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act III, scene 3, line 80.
- No place, indeed, should murder sanctuarize.
- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600-02), Act IV, scene 7, line 128.
- O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy.
- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act III, scene 1, line 254.
- Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incardine,
Making the green one red.
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, scene 2, line 60.
- Blood hath been shed ere now i' the olden time,
Ere humane statute purg'd the gentle weal;
Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd
Too terrible for the ear: the time has been,
That, when the brains were out, the man would die,
And there an end; but now they rise again,
With twenty mortal murders on their crowns,
And push us from our stools: this is more strange
Than such a murder is.
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, scene 4, line 76.
- The great King of kings
Hath in the table of his law commanded
That thou shalt do no murder: and wilt thou, then,
Spurn at his edict and fulfill a man's?
- William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act I, scene 4, line 200.
- Hiko Seijuro: Murder is the only art a swordsman may practice. No ornamental words can change that. You want to protect people with murder? You'll slaughter legions so that a few may live. Many years, long before you were born, my sword was tearing asunder the lives of men. Yes, all of those men were evil, but they were human beings first and foremost, Kenshin. The world you ardently desire to enter will not know what to do with you. It will deceive you into believing that you are saving lives even as you destroy them. You will accept these lies all the while, your hands will be stained with the worst of offenses.
- Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal, (2003) written by Masashi Sogo.
- We are concerned here only with the imposition of capital punishment for the crime of murder, and when a life has been taken deliberately by the offender, we cannot say that the punishment is invariably disproportionate to the crime. It is an extreme sanction suitable to the most extreme of crimes.
- Potter Stewart, Majority opinion in 7-2 ruling that the death penalty is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment for premeditated murder (July 2, 1976).
- This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.
- Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson, The Addams Family (1991; said by Wednesday Addams as portrayed by Christina Ricci).
- Do you not weep?
Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out.
The element of water moistens the earth,
But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.
- John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi (1612–13), Act 4, Sc. 2. By Bosola, to Ferdinand upon gazing on the dead body of the Duchess. Sometimes reported as "murder cries out".
- One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
- Edward Young, "Love of Fame", Satire vii, line 55.
- A man lusts to become a god...and there is murder. Murder upon murder upon murder. Why is the world of men nothing but murder?
- David Zindell, The Broken God (1992), p. 278.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical QuotationsEdit
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 634.
- Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer.
- Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I. Sec. I. Memb. II. Subsec. V.
- Et tu, Brute fili.
- You also, O son Brutus.
- Caesar. Words on being stabbed by Brutus, according to Suetonius. Quoted as "Et tu Brutus" and "Tu quoque Brute." True Tragedy of Richarde, Duke of York. (1600). Also found in S. Nicholson's Acolastus his Afterwitte. (1600) Caesar's Legend, in Mirror for Magistrates. (1587) Malone suggests that the Latin words appeared in the old Latin play by Richard Eedes—Epilogus Coesaris Interfecti, given at Christ Church, Oxford. (1582).
- Blood, though it sleep a time, yet never dies.
Trie gods on murtherers fix revengeful eyes.
- George Chapman, The Widow's Tears, Act V, scene IV.
- Murder may pass unpunish'd for a time,
But tardy justice will o'ertake the crime.
- John Dryden, The Cock and the Fox, line 285.
- Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.
- George Henry Lewes, Physiology of Common Life, Chapter XII.
- Neque enim lex est sequior ulla,
Quam necis artifices arte perire sua.
- Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot.
- Ovid, Ars Amatoria, I. 655.
- Cast not the clouded gem away,
Quench not the dim but living ray,—
My brother man, Beware!
With that deep voice which from the skies
Forbade the Patriarch's sacrifice.
God's angel, cries, Forbear!
- John Greenleaf Whittier, Human Sacrifice, Part VII.
- One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
- Edward Young, Love of Fame (1725-28), Satire VII, line 55.
- Killing no murder.
- Title of a tract in Harleian Miscellany, ascribed to Col. Silas Titus, recommending the murder of Cromwell.


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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code O31.30X3
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Diagnosis Code O31.30X3
Short Description: Cont preg aft elctv fetl rdct of 1 fts or more,unsp tri,fts3
Long Description: Continuing pregnancy after elective fetal reduction of one fetus or more, unspecified trimester, fetus 3
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Maternity. Age range is 12–55 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
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An abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It uses medicine or surgery to remove the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus. The procedure is done by a licensed health care professional.
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Years ago, most twins came as a surprise. Now, most women know about a multiple pregnancy early. Women with multiple pregnancies should see their health care providers more often than women who are expecting one baby. Multiple pregnancy babies have a much higher risk of being born prematurely and having a low birth weight. There is also more of a risk of disabilities. Some women have to go on bed rest to delay labor. Finally, they may deliver by C-section, especially if there are three babies or more.
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I purchased a MSD2559XEB04 side by side refrigerator in July 2011 new for $825 from a local big name home supply store. Recently, the front fascia (p/n 10286928), which is part of the User Interface, peeled off on its own. The front fascia consists of two pieces, a thicker plastic backing plate that snaps into the UI and a laminated "sticker" that is stuck to the backing plate. The "sticker" portion is the piece that fell off on its own. Since the unit is out of warranty, I decided to replace the item at my cost, however soon learned that the part was discontinued and no longer available.
I contacted Maytag directly and was told that the part was discontinued and no longer available. As an alternative, I was offered a new equivalent refrigerator at a discount as a replacement. The replacement unit was offered at $832 + $70 shipping + $46 water connection fee + tax. I insisted that they provide a better resolution, especially considering that the refrigerator was only 4 years old and that they failed to stock replacement parts. I was told there was nothing better they could offer.
Be warned, when purchasing a Maytag unit, that parts may not be available for parts that fail nor will they provide a reasonable alternative. I will certainly never purchase another Maytag product again given their potential to not stock replacement parts nor provide reasonable alternatives to alleviate a clear manufacturing quality issue. Regardless of whether the unit is in warranty, a reasonable expectation would be that parts would be available for a number of years after a new purchase. This is clearly not the case with Maytag. In summary, Maytag does not stand behind its products nor is it willing to provide reasonable resolutions for product-related quality control issues.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- 1 yr old Maytag fridge compressor failed. Sears said they would honor the warranty and could send repairman in 3-5 business days to look at it. He could then order the compressor, then the part should arrive at my house in another 3-5 business days. Once received I need to let them know when it arrived so I could wait another 3-5 business days for the installation. That is their warranty policy for refrig repair and there was nothing I could do to speed it up so my families' food would not spoil. Rotten food was not an option with a family of 5 so I called a local repairman who knew of crappy compressors in this model and fixed it the next morning.
So much for fridge warranties. The whole time I have had this fridge there's been a freezing problem. At least once a month the fridge freezes up! None of this should happen with a quality appliance. Shame on you Maytag. I will never buy anything with the Maytag name on it again. Total piece of junk!!!
BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN -- Purchased as a group of 6 MAYTAG appliances from Home Depot delivered 13 December 2004. NOVEMBER 30 2009 the Sol/Start RELAY shorted out--replace at a cost to me of $206.25. Maytag repairman said I was lucky a fire didn't start he also said that there could be other problems requiring a compressor system replacement.
February 2010--while I was not at home the DEFROST BOARD shorted out and so did the NEW RELAY causing the DEFROST to HEAT UP the inside of the FREEZER to the point that there was a PARTIAL COOKING of some of the meat I had. The kitchen was full of smoke and smelled like burning wiring. WHEN I checked the Refrig. THE inside of the freezer--side walls were SO HOT I could not hold my hand on them for a long time. I unplugged the unit and called the same repairman who came out and found that the entire system was junk.
AT first ONLY a parts replacement was authorized BUT that was later changed to a PARTS AND LABOR--100% whatever it took to FIX the unit--this came from YOUR PRODUCT SAFETY people in Washington State.
When the repairman came to fix this pile of junk. He spent 10.5 hours in my home. WE had a working unit. ONLY for about a half hour then IT stopped working. His idea is that the HEAT EXCHANGE/CAP TUBE needs to be replaced along with the EVAP unitTHIS CANNOT BE DONE as MAYTAG NEVER MADE these KEY REPAIR COMPONENTS-- in other words MAYTAG built for 6 months only and sold it for only one year a REFRIGERATOR knowing that it was defective. That's right the same components that are involved with the other recalls were used in this model too.
As has been suggested by your product safety department, "WE will PRO-RATE and REPLACE your REFRIG." This means an ADDITIONAL COST to me. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. NO consideration has been taken for the OUT OF POCKET DOLLARS at my end. Cost of prior repair, FOOD LOST --TWICEand the fact that it took almost a month and a half to get to the point that I will have to replace this refrigerator at my expense.
DOLLARS I have invested as of NOW$1500.00 WITHOUT BUYING another REFRIGERATOR at a cost of about $1500.00--for a total out of pocket of over $3000.00. UNACCEPTABLE!!!
AS I have informed your "PRODUCT SAFETY PERSON" I intend to post all of my information on every blog on the internet starting with FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, SODAHEAD and MSNBC. I intend to contact the local news stations--CBS and FOX both have a CONSUMER HOT LINE and will amend my complaint to the CONSUMER SAFETY COMMISSION and supply them with the components I have.
And contact a PRODUCT LAWYER for possible lawsuitsin addition to joining ANY CLASS ACTION SUITS I can find. CAN MAYTAG-WHIRLPOOL SURVIVE ANY MORE BAD PRESS? WE WILL SEE!!!
I may even place this junk MAYTAG REFRIGERATOR on my lawn with a 4x8 foot sign stating-- BUY MAYTAG-WHIRLPOOL AT YOUR OWN RISK--You could have your house burn down and family hurt. DEFECTIVE AND THE NAME WENT ON.
The only way MAYTAG can make this go away is to REPLACE FREE TO ME THIS JUNK. MAYTAG went out of business due to its laundry products. These defective refrigerators might just put WHIRLPOOL OUT OF BUSINESS! I'm on Social Security disability and am a DISABLED VETERAN--Vietnam--I can NOT afford this type of LOSS.
And another point I should make. I'm not a stupid person I hold an EPA FREON LIC. as I used to own AUTO REPAIR shops. I am VERY familiar with REFRIGERATION systems as your repairman found out. I also am very well versed in electronics. I also in February filed a complaint with the CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY about this.
MICHIGAN -- After reading many of the complaints concerning Maytag I had to join the discussion. I don't usually join sites but we have had nothing but trouble with our Maytag refrigerator for the 6 1/2 years we have had it and I want one more voice warning people about Maytag's lack of reliability. We have had multiple problems with our refrigerator starting from just a few months after purchasing it.
In the first year alone we had 3 service calls just on the ice maker. The problem was finally resolved when a repairman bent the wire that stops the ice from being made when the bin is full. He said it was a faulty design. After his "fix" we had no more problems with ice overflowing and messing up the maker.
Over the 2 3-year extended warranty periods with Maytag Dependability Plus (we have been informed that they are not a subsidiary of Maytag) we have had an average of 3 -4 calls per year, generally concerning the defrost mechanism which caused 3 or 4 food loss claims and repairs that could only be made after the refrigerator failed to keep food cold, not when we first noticed the ice build up occurring each time.
Finally, we discovered that the defrost problem was the direct cause of water damage to our bathroom downstairs, below the refrigerator and dishwasher. It also ruined the wall beside the refrigerator, the floor in front and beneath the refrigerator (it now has the only squeak in our 12 year old home which we built), the ceiling and walls in the downstairs bathroom, caused carpenter ants because of wet wood which incurred drilling of holes in our entire house and multiple other problems.
The runaround we experienced between Maytag and Maytag Dependability Plus telling us to let the other company know of our dissatisfaction has been long and tedious. The repairmen have generally been very helpful, even telling us how to get Maytag to respond, ie, tell them you are contacting the Attorney General (that caused the company to discontinue the conversation).
One repairman told us that they lose money servicing Maytag products as they are one of the worst companies to have to service products for. An employee for the dealer we purchased our refrigerator just told us that we should not buy Maytag if we want good service. Our G.E. and Fisher & Paykel appliances have given us very few problems and we have had excellent service. A lawyer friend told us to write to the companies with a detailed list of our grievances.
Maytag called and left a number for my husband to call back (with our son) even though I was home and could have spoken with them. It took my husband (who was at work) almost 15 minutes to find out that no one knew who he should talk to. I then called them and spent 45 minutes talking to a rep who finally offered to give us a 10% discount on our next purchase of a Maytag refrigerator if we bought it before the end of Jan. 2008.
I asked her if she felt $200.00 would be just compensation for the problems our refrigerator had caused. She said it wasn't compensation but a goodwill offer. I told her we would continue to let everyone we know what a lousy company Maytag was and what lousy products and services they provided. Our next step is contacting our representatives, attorney general, and newspapers with our story. Hopefully, we will get some compensation for the multiple problems this Maytag refrigerator has caused.
LAKES REGION, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- We bought a Maytag Model MZD2666KEB side-by-side fridge/freezer, with water and ice on the door, last November 2006. Our nightmare started in July 2007. Here we are in the middle of October and I am still have the SAME problem that started in JULY. At first the refrigerator side, of our side-by-side, started freezing all the food. We made the call to have a service call made and was told 1-1/2 weeks. We had to throw away all the frozen spoiled food and buy the minimum food that would not be ruined by the freezing for the week and a half, try that with 3 growing kids. We dealt with it.
Service guy comes and informs us that he has to order a part and it will be another 2 weeks, because of backorder, to get the part. What are you going to do? We wait the 2 weeks and no service guy. WE have to call THEM to find out, we are told, the part is backordered and it MAY be in, in a couple more weeks.
I first called the service center on July 20th, 2007, with the problem of the refrigerator freezing food. Service technician came on August 7th with the technician not repairing the problem but ordering a thermostat part. The technician returned on September 6th, 43 days from the first call, replacing the thermostat. In the 43-day period the problem of freezing was intermittent causing additional food to be spoiled.
In the meantime the fridge side is working correctly on and off. The only way we knew the problem was starting to come back again was when the water on the door would stop working. Now, we are freezing ice to put into a cooler to keep some food around (milk, eggs, mayo, etc.) By the way, have you ever seen mayonnaise or eggs after they have been frozen and thawed??
It turns out the repair guy for our area was on vacation and they didn't have anyone covering his calls. After some heated phone calls they sent out another guy who installed the part and left. Everything seams fine. A couple of weeks go by, the fridge is well stocked again and the nightmare reaches a new low. The water on the door stops working one evening, the sign of bad things coming. I go to bed with the intention of calling service in the morning. 30 days from replacing the thermostat, on Saturday, October 6th, a major problem occurred.
Next morning I go to the kitchen to make some coffee. (I don't do well without coffee in the morning.) I hear a strange sound coming from the fridge and open the door to the fridge. When I open the door to the fridge a FLOOD of water, the kind you see in cartoons, comes streaming out of the fridge flooding the kitchen, into our living room, a bedroom and into the basement. I'm talking LOTS and LOTS of water. It seems the plastic around the water filter froze and broke, so water was pouring into the inside of the appliance!
The wood flooring in the living room is buckled and popping, carpet in the bedroom is molding and the basement has an INCH of water in it with the ceiling stained and ready to fall. The strange noise I heard was water spraying into the INSIDE of the fridge. The food and water filter in the refrigerator froze, cracking the water filter and streaming water into the inside of the appliance and flooding the interior of our house. The food and water filter in the refrigerator froze, cracking the water filter and streaming water into the inside of the appliance and flooding the interior of our house. It was happening most of the night.
Of course all this happens on Saturday morning with the Service Department closed on the LONG Columbus Day weekend, so the Service Department (oxymoron) is not in until TUESDAY. The technician doesn't get here until THURSDAY orders parts and won't be back for A WEEK AND A HALF!!! Partly because parts had to be ordered and because HE WAS GOING TO BE ON VACATION FOR A WEEK. If you can top that it would make ME feel better that someone else is worse off.
I never had a Maytag refrigerator before and with all the problems would really have to be forced to buy one again. If I hadn't spent so much money on this fridge I would take it outside and set it on fire. The saga goes on.
UPDATE 10/23/07-- As the story goes... I called with Maytag directly today and spoke to a great Customer Service person and told my saga. She was very helpful and heard my story. She extended my warranty for a year and submitted my name to another department for a damage report, we'll see where that goes. As I was talking with her the service tech was here replacing about every part on the refrigerator. It seems the water problem was caused by the water filter that froze and cracked, spraying water inside the fridge causing the flood. I'm crossing my fingers to see if this repair lasts. The story goes on...
Bought an upscale refrigerator model # MFI2568AES with all the bells & whistles. When the temperature dropped the alarm never let me know until it was too late. Repairman said the best thing to do was buy a new refrigerator because of the possibility of not being able to fix the leak. Need a new refrigerator, GUESS WHO IS NOT GETTING ANOTHER MAYTAG?
Since we purchased our refrigerator, we have had one problem after the other. First, the water dispenser went then the ice dispenser. We had repairmen come out while the warranty was applicable and as well as later. Each time, in hopes that the dispenser would work, instead, would short out, usually within days. The ice maker then failed to make ice properly. Instead, we found a large leak from the ceiling on the floor below that of the kitchen.
To remedy this problem, we turned off the water supply to the fridge, only turning it on for brief periods of time...just long enough to make some ice. Then, there were times that it failed to make ice altogether. Then, we had to go to the nearest convenience store to purchase several pounds of bagged ice. The inside of the door has failed to keep its shape and could no longer support any shelving. This has necessitated the need to solicit the use of duct tape as extra support, otherwise, there were times I would open the door only to have all the contents of the door to spill out on the floor.
Over the past two years, we have found it failing to keep the food cold and the frozen foods melting as frequently as monthly. This required emptying the entire freezer into picnic coolers with ice and manually defrosting the freezer. This problem has now been occurring about every three days during the last two or three weeks along with major puddles of water on our hard wood floors which has caused discoloration, warping and stained ceilings on the floor below that of the kitchen. We had located a repair shop and parts "again" but we are now told it will take until September for the parts to be available.
We have lost our patience and faith in Maytag. Both my husband and I grew up with Maytag as a reliable product. This is why we had invested such a considerable amount of monies for such in such a product in the first place. I'm sorry, but I would no longer recommend a Maytag product again. We have refrained from going away overnight in fear of the fridge failing and more damage occurring.
Because the parts that are necessary, in hopes of being able to repair it, will take into September to secure, we found no other alternative but to purchase another appliance today... $4,000 for a 32 cu foot Samsung... Something I had no intentions on doing, but food, floor and ceiling repair can get costly, as well as the aggravation of emptying out the freezer on too frequent an occasion. "Just where has that bored Maytag appliance repairman gone to?"
We purchased a Maytag side-by side refrigerator freezer in November 2004. It lasted 5 years, with some maintenance in those years required. I recall two episodes of water line leakage that required repair. The second time, the repair was defective so I found parts and did it myself. The latest episode that was the death knell started by stepping in a puddle of water in front of the thing. Thinking water line - I looked. Nope. Seemed to be coming from ice dispenser. I emptied the ice tray, mopped up water, and checked the next morning. The freezer was defrosting. Total failure.
A&E repairman came out, diagnosed compressor failure, and ordered the part. He went through the paperwork we had and told my wife that we were covered parts and labor as failure occurred within the 5 year period. The compressor showed up a week later and a second A&E repairman a few days after that to install it. In the process of removing the old compressor, the repairman mumbled, went out to his truck, and came back several minutes later and said "I have bad news for you." He said the unit was not repairable as the refrigerant system was contaminated. Said I'd get a call from Maytag and gave me a 1-800 number to call them.
Eight days later I called Maytag (not hearing anything from them), and was told the system was NOT under warranty and they'd offer a 20% discount off the purchase price of a new system. So, what do you think a prudent man should do after reading the testimonials in my3cents? Run like the dickens from Maytag! Oh, by the way, we kept our previous refrigerator (not Maytag) in our garage. It looks horrible but runs great! It's 16 years old. Maytag dependability? Forget it!
MICHIGAN -- We moved into our first house just over two years ago and decided we needed to get a new refrigerator and did a ton of research online reading reviews etc. We found a few not so great complaints regarding Maytag, however, we took our chances (*Note - we live in a house built in the 40's, so the fridge space is small and we needed a fridge size that is smaller than normal, we didn't have many options).
Well...a little less than 12 months later (yes, luckily right before the warranty expired) our ice dispenser stopped working properly; the mini-ice door would not close properly, resulting in a lot frost in where the ice door was located (there was so much we couldn't open the freezer door, it would get stuck). So we called out the repair guy and he said he had never seen this issue before and basically had to replace the whole flap and parts. Sweet, it was fixed and cost was covered!
Well, then about 5 months later, it happened again!!!!! Ahh...got fixed yet again... Well another 6 months later and after the warranty expired (lucky us) the fridge completely STOP cooling (and just happened to be Halloween, not a great day for a house issue) So we had to remove all our perishable food and place it in a cooler (which works 100xs better than Maytag products), and move all frozen food to a family member's house 15 mins away (luckily!). We were also super lucky we found a repair company that could come out at 5 pm the next day, which happened to be a Friday!
Awesome company (Conner's Repair in Metro-Detroit). He concluded the defrost board was broken, meaning it was freezing and creating frost and then not defrosting; clogs the vents and not allowing and circulation to occur. He was SHOCKED, when he found out we only had this fridge for 2 years and said this is something that normally happens in 20 yr old fridges.
I than decided to call Maytag and nicely request a refund for the issue, and was told no due to the warranty expiring and we also didn't use a Maytag repair company; I didn't want to wait a week as I thought this was something that needed immediate attention. I also am not sure why it matters who you get to fixed your fridge. I have an invoice for proof of the issue and the repairman even said he'd call to verify the issue. I don't understand why I have to pay for something that was not properly produced, and not to mention the time out of my schedule to deal with Maytag's issues. I now know not to buy any Maytag products due to the lack quality. I guess I learned the hard way.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA -- In August of 2001 we purchased a Maytag washer/dryer and refrigerator direct from Maytag. The fridge cost about $1500, so I assumed it was a quality product. Man was I wrong! In August 2005 the fridge failed. It stopped cooling completely. We called Maytag out to fix it to the tune of about $350. I thought it was a little shady that a $1500 fridge would quit working in less than four years, but never the less it was still cheaper to have it fixed than shell out for a new one. It was crappy to have to fix a fridge that new, but not the end of the world. After it was fixed I also noted that the refrigerator side never again cooled as good as did before the initial failure.
By the way it was some type of micro-chip panel that went out. I have seen many other Maytag complaints related to computer and microchip type parts. It sounds like Maytag definitely has a problem in this area. Fast forward to August 2008, and the fridge has completely quit cooling again. Exact same problem as before. I have contacted both Maytag and the Company that fixed it the first time, A & E Factory Service, and both have pretty much told me to go pound sand. Am I being unreasonable to expect a $1500 fridge to work for more than 7 years? Or least least to not have the same problem twice within a 3 year period? I don't know. You tell me.
By the way, I also had the heating element on my Maytag dryer (purchased at the same time) go out. I was able to fix it with about 8 hours of my own time and a couple busted knuckles. That's 2 out of my 3 Maytag appliances failing within 7 years if you are keeping track. One obviously with multiple problems. I know it cliche to say, "they don't build 'em like they used to." But man is it true. My in-laws have appliances that are going on 20 years old with nary a problem. Quite a contrast to the crap they are putting out today.
Needless to say, I will not put another dime into this Maytag fridge, nor will I ever buy another Maytag/Whirlpool product. I will also make sure an tell everyone that will listen the same. Just remember if you buy a Maytag product you are rolling the dice. Please do some research on the web to see that I'm not a lone voice of discontent.


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Quality Care Symposium
November 27, 2012
An analysis of information provided by oncology practices participating in the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) showed that the practices were able to improve the quality of care provided to patients between 2006 and 2010. QOPI® is a national program designed to measure the care provided to patients so each doctor's office or treatment center that participates in the program can use that information to improve the cancer care they provide.
Among the 156 doctor's offices and treatment centers that participated in this analysis, improvements were highest in following new guidelines or the latest research, such as providing genetic testing to help choose treatment options for patients with metastatic (cancer that has spread) colorectal cancer, examining lymph nodes (tiny, bean shaped organs that help fight infection) for cancer after colorectal cancer surgery, testing for KRAS gene changes when giving treatments that target those changes, and use of the anti-nausea drug aprepitant (Emend). Use of these approaches improved from 5% to 69% over the four years included in this analysis. However, the practices that participated in this analysis did not improve care related to helping patients quit smoking and preserve fertility, showing that there is still work to be done to provide patients with the best possible care.
What this means for patients
"It is reassuring that the level of care received in oncology practices that participate in QOPI is very high and that new treatments are quickly included into practice," said lead author Michael N. Neuss, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Tennessee. Many cancer treatment centers provide high-quality cancer care. It's important to consider many things when choosing a treatment center, such as where it is located, whether they take your insurance, and how comfortable you are with the doctors and staff at the center.
Questions to Ask Your Doctor and Treatment Center Staff
- How often do you treat my specific type of cancer? How successful are those treatments?
- Do you follow the latest treatment guidelines and recommendations?
- Does this center/office participate in programs to improve the quality of patient care?
- Do you offer treatment in clinical trials?
- What types of insurance do you accept?
- What types of support services do you offer?
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Science magazine features Mines hydrates research
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 12, 2009 – Science magazine has published a paper by Colorado School of Mines doctoral graduate student Matthew Walsh, and faculty and co-directors of the Center for Hydrate Research (CHR), Carolyn Koh, E. Dendy Sloan, Amadeu Sum, and David Wu — "Microsecond Simulations of Spontaneous Methane Hydrate Nucleation and Growth."
The article was recently featured on "Science Express," the magazine's web site that highlights selected articles that will appear in upcoming print issues.
Wu explains gas hydrates as vast untapped energy reserves found in the ocean and the permafrost that are also a potential storage medium for hydrogen fuel or sequestering carbon dioxide. Hydrates currently pose the greatest challenge in the delivery of oil and gas in pipelines, which can be plugged by the formation of hydrates, he said. The Mines research reported in Science helps explain how hydrates form, and could eventually lead to ways to control their growth.
"Methane hydrates form at high pressures and low temperatures, and have an unusual crystalline structure in which water molecules form cages around individual methane molecules, " Wu said. "How such complex structures form is notoriously difficult to study since the process of nucleation is a rare random event that happens in a few nanoseconds and at a random location over a few nanometers."
Using the substantial computing power of the supercomputer Ra at Mines, researchers captured the nucleation of hydrate from methane and water by direct simulation — an achievement that has eluded researchers for more than two decades. The simulations performed corresponded to a few microseconds of experimental time, but this is more than two orders of magnitude longer than in prior studies.
This study not only revealed an intricate microscopic mechanism for hydrate formation, but also demonstrates how computational tools can transform our understanding of gas hydrate nucleation and growth — impacting how gas hydrates are managed in flow assurance, are utilized in energy storage, and are recovered as future energy resources.
"Hydrates are looming large in the energy and environment world and this groundbreaking research solves a nucleation puzzle," said John Poate, Mines vice president for Research and Technology Transfer.
The CHR at Mines has been studying gas hydrates for more than 30 years with the main goal of understanding and applying these structures in the areas of flow assurance, energy storage, and energy recovery.
This study was supported by the National Science Foundation-Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center and CBET Division, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Mines Hydrate Consortium, which is presently sponsored by BP, Champion Technologies, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, Multi-Chem Group, Nalco, Petrobras, Schlumberger, Shell, SPT Group, StatoilHydro, and Total. The simulations were carried out on facilities at the Golden Energy Computing Organization at Colorado School of Mines using resources acquired with financial assistance from the NSF and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
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The corn market is apparently set to post its third consecutive weekly loss, with slow exports and tumbling soybean prices undercutting domestic prices. However, the size of the recent decline has sparked some ideas that demand will rebound at current levels. Moreover, having the holiday season looming next week has reportedly sparked a good deal of short covering/book squaring today, thereby adding support to early-morning gains. Technicians may also be looking to buy after the nearby March contract rebounded after dipping into its early-July chart gap. March corn was up 4 3/4 cents to $7.01 1/4 and December had risen 1 1/2 cents to $6.05 1/4 in late morning trading.
January soybean futures plunged $1.06/bushel from Monday's high to Thursday's low, so few in the industry would deny the market was oversold at the end of yesterday's CBOT session. Neither could they have been particularly surprised by the Friday morning rebound as bears took profits ahead of the holiday season. Bulls can also point to talk of firming basis bids and Thursday's January contract bounce from the $14.000 level for today's early strength. The market may experience much more book squaring next week, but we would warn that there is a significant possibility that beans will resume their decline in early 2013. January beans were trading 17 1/4 cents higher at $14.26/bushel late this morning, while January soyoil was jumped 0.83 to 48.74 cents/pound and January meal posted a more sedate $4.2 advance to $431.9/ton.
Wheat prices rebounded in concert with corn and soybeans Friday morning, with short covering also playing a substantial role in the advance. Actually, the wheat market may also have gotten a boost from a statement by a major German grain trading firm indicating that U.S. wheat is most competitively priced on the international markets at this time. However, having the March CBOT contract drop below the psychologically important $8.00 level yesterday may prove a major hindrance to short-term rally attempts. That may partially explain why March CBOT wheat rose just 4 1/2 cents to $7.95/ bushel this morning, while March KCBT wheat edged just 2 1/4 cents higher to $8.46 and March MGE futures climbed only 3 cents to $8.86 3/4.
After proving unable to sustain their Wednesday breakout yesterday, cattle futures continued their slide Friday morning. We blame the choice cutout losses seen this week for a portion of the drop, but must also cite the broad commodity breakdown experienced Thursday for a portion of the ongoing slide. Traders are probably squaring up livestock positions ahead of the holiday along with similar actions in other commodities; that may be particularly true in the cattle pit, since the afternoon USDA Cattle on Feed report holds the potential to move the market substantially. February live cattle futures slipped 0.35 cents to 133.20 in early trading and April had fallen 0.50 cents to 136.90 cents/pound.
The winter storm that swept the Central Plains Thursday created substantial logistical problems for the hog and pork industry, which is a major reason prices have remained firm in late-week trading. The ultimate impact of the storm, if any, is not clear. Transportation problems could certainly tighten market-ready hog and pork supplies at this point, but they also raise the potential for a backlog of animals on farms. In addition, traders are having to balance potential year-end cash and wholesale weakness against the strong possibility that swine values will surge in early 2013. These conflicts may underlay the mixed price shifts seen this morning. February hogs were unchanged at 86.45 cents/pound just before noon, while the June contract had risen 0.17 cents to 100.52.
As has been rather routine this week, cotton futures once again followed the lead of the grain and soy complexes Friday morning, moving moderately higher in concert with them. Still, bulls were probably disappointed by the size of the rise, since cotton has held up much better than its crop counterparts lately. The fact that it has not fallen significantly below its 10-day moving average since mid-November would suggest it will soon resume its upward march. We wonder if it is also suffering from accelerated position-squaring, with bulls exiting longs at this point. March cotton rose 0.27 cents to 76.10 cents/pound by midsession, while December gained 0.07 to 78.30 cents/pound.


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Through the cafés, trains, and nighttime cities of Europe, Charles Latimer follows a twisting trail of drug-smugglers, thieves and assassins that will lead him to Dimitrios.
©1967 Eric C. Ambler; (P)1981 Recorded Books, LLC
"A most enjoyable history and geography lesson"
I first heard this story many years ago when it came out on cassette tape. I was driving across Europe, listeing to this story about an author who traveled across Europe in search of the reasons why in a dead man's life. I still enjoy listening to it today. Mr. Spencer was a good choice to narrate this story. The film, "The Mask of Dimitrios" runs pretty close to the book and I couldn't imagine better actors than Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott to play the characters as originally written by the author. Mr. Ambler's descriptions of characters are sympathetic and on the mark. Desparation, frustration, unrequited love and greed are well written. Highly recommended for those who are able to place their imaginations back in the 1930s.
I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. - Salinger ^(;,;)^
"Raymond Chandler of European espionage fiction"
It is hard not to like Eric Ambler's amateur spies. They aren't reluctant, just lucky and persistent. They seem to have seeded an entire generation of suspense novelists. Reading Ambler I see exactly what inspired le Carre, Furst, Steinhauer, etc.
Ambler has a voice and style which are matched by his ability to capture a reader's interest with characters and setting. He is like a magician that spends an elaborate amount of time carefully setting a formal table just so at the very end he can pull the cloth out -- leaving the characters shaking from the movement, but readers stuck within their own inertia.
It is hard to judge Ambler once you realize every reference point you have to judge him by contains a fragment of Ambler. He is the Raymond Chandler of European espionage fiction. The genre doesn't exist separate from the author and 'A Coffin for Dimitrios' is one of his greatest works.
"A well written neat classic adventure"
A very interesting trip through the old Europe. A detective spy novel that takes you on a trip. characters well developed, a logical plot, and satisfying ending.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, well written, great story. Narration was top not notch. If you enjoy detective novels this is one I would highly recommend.
"Among the best"
Superbly written,wonderfully narrated,Mr.Spencer has a unique
talent to hold ones attention from the introduction to conclusion
"Oldie but still a goodie"
A spy thriller that ends unexpectedly like all of Ambler's books. Highly recommend investigating this one. Keeps you busy listening.
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Associate Professor
[email protected]
Steven O. Nielsen, Ph.D.
Computational/theoretical physical chemistry
Research Group
B.S., Queens University (1996)
M.S., University of Toronto (1998): Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Toronto (2001): Chemistry
Advisor: Raymond E. Kapral
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pennsylvania (2001–05)
Advisor: Michael L. Klein
Research Description
The overarching theme of my research is the theoretical description and molecular dynamics simulation of interfaces. My primary focus is on the curvature-dependent properties of interfaces. Major projects include the peptide solubilization of carbon nanotubes, the behavior of nanoparticles in fluids and at fluid Interfaces, and the free energy of phase transformations between different lipid self-assemblies. In addition, I develop new simulation tools including multiscale modeling algorithms.
Selected Publications
Chiu, C.C.; Maher, M.C.; Dieckmann, G.R.; Nielsen, S.O. "Molecular dynamics study of a carbon nanotube binding reversible cyclic peptide", ACS Nano (2010) 4: 2539-2546.
Ranatunga, R.J.K.U.; Kalescky, R.J.B.; Chiu, C.C.; Nielsen, S.O. "Molecular dynamics simulations of surfactant functionalized nanoparticles in the vicinity of an oil/water interface", Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2010)114: 12151-12157.
Chiu, C.C.; Ranatunga, R.J.K.U.; Flores, D.T.; Pérez, D.V.; Moore, P.B.; Shinoda, W.; Nielsen, S.O. "A mean field approach for computing solid-liquid surface tension for nanoscale interfaces", Journal of Chemical Physics (2010) 132: 054706.
Nielsen, S.O.; Bulo, R.E.; Moore, P.B.; Ensing, B. "Recent progress in adaptive multiscale molecular dynamics simulations of soft matter", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2010) 12: 12401-12414.
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Al Bateen Executive, the Gulf region's first dedicated private aviation airport, reported a 30-percent increase in aircraft movements in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year. The airport is located minutes from the city center of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Mohammed Al Bulooki, the vice president and general manager of the Gulf Center for
Aviation Studies, believes the increase will continue. Al Bateen Executive (Booth No. 1635) is home to the Gulf Center for Aviation Studies, which provides the Gulf region with an ICAO-endorsed training facility.
"In 2009 there were approximately 530 private and company-owned jets operating, or on order, within the Middle East and Africa region," said Al Bulooki. "This number is expected to grow to approximately 1,190 by 2018. Al Bateen Executive is perfectly poised to support both local and international operators to achieve and service the regional and international demand."
To accommodate the expected increase in traffic, the airport has planned a number of improvements, including an upgrade to its ILS precision approach capabilities by the end of the year.
The multimillion-dollar plan also includes an upgrade to its airfield, hangar and support facilities, as well as a re-modeling of the airport lounges and terminal, and an expansion of the retail and car park. The airport also plans to build a hotel on site.
Al-Bateen is owned and operated by the Abu Dhabi Airports Company. It claims that the UAE has now surpassed Saudi Arabia in having the highest concentration of business jets in the Middle East region (with 37.8 percent of all aircraft, compared with Saudi Arabia's 34.4 percent).


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President Barack Obama's trip to Florida was originally said to center around sessions with two of golf's top teachers, Butch and his son, Claude Harmon III. It wound up including a playing lesson with the sport's biggest name.
Golf World's Tim Rosaforte reported that Obama and Tiger Woods gathered for a Sunday round at The Floridian in Palm City, Fla. Although the two have met before—Woods spoke at an event during Obama's inauguration weekend in 2009—this is the first time they played together.
"The President is arriving at The Floridian range. Awaiting is Tiger Woods and club owner Jim Crane. Historic day in golf. Their first round," Rosaforte tweeted.
After an eight-hour session with Butch Harmon on Saturday in which he played 27 holes and hit balls in the instructor's golf studio, Obama was able to coordinate a round with Woods. The two were originally supposed to play at Woods' home club, The Medalist GC some 30 minutes away in Hobe Sound, but eventually opted for The Floridian, where the president has been based all weekend.
"Just to see the interaction between the two on the range was pretty neat," said Harmon, who was on the tee. "The president said to Tiger, 'The last tournament you played was fun to watch. It's good to see you play well again.' You could tell he meant it. It just wasn't a throw-it-out compliment."
The round, which also included U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Floridian owner Jim Crane (also the owner of MLB's Houston Astros), began with Woods holing out for birdie on the first hole, and continued at a rapid clip. With all four players playing from the third tees at 6,208 yards, they made the turn in a little more than two hours. After the first 18 holes, Woods left the golf course, but Obama stayed on to play another nine. Neither Woods nor the president commented after the round.
"I like the fact he loves golf," Harmon said. "Obviously he doesn't get to play very much. He said it was a real treat for him to come here with his best friends and have a chance to play. But he counts every shot. He doesn't like gimmes. He putts everything out. He counts all his penalty shots. He thinks about all his shots before he hits them. Some people might say to the president of the United States, 'Oh, just move it.' But that's not him. He loves the game and loves the game the way it's supposed to be played."
The round with Woods is one of several high-profile rounds Obama has played since taking office. Among the 113 rounds Obama played in his first term was his well-publicized "Golf Summit" with House Speaker John Boehner in 2011; and a round with former President Bill Clinton later that summer that was said to have a role in Clinton playing a more pivotal role in the 2012 election.


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Pre-Season Positional Rankings
Top 80 Fantasy Starting Pitchers, Part One: 1-40
The Baseball Prospectus fantasy team has been rolling out its positional rankings over the past couple of weeks, and will conclude the process next week. Each team member assigned to cover a position will create an initial top 15 (more for outfielders and starting pitchers) on his own. He will then send that list to the rest of the team for discussion, at which point we will debate the rankings, both in terms of each player's specific placement and the merits on which he was included in the top 15. This back-and-forth debate will yield the final list, which will be presented by the original author with notes on the pertinent players. We encourage you to bring your opinions into the fray using the comment section below.
Here are the previous rankings lists:
Today, we leave the position players behind and move on to starting pitchers. You'll find our top 40 hurlers below, and the second set, featuring those ranked 41-80, will follow on Friday.
The comments, which follow the top 40 list, will be more detailed after the top 20, since you don't need as much insight on the relatively surefire aces around which you can build your staff in the early rounds. You will, however, want to know why you might want to let those aces get drafted early, and then build your rotation around several of the possible bargains in the second half of this batch.
To kick things off, here's the list…
Paul Sporer is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @sporer
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I'm continuing to enjoy this series. There's been some criticism of the format, but I have come to prefer the brief capsules and the commitment to an ordered list over the tiered approach. In smaller redraft leagues in particular, where "targeting" works more readily on draft day, order matters.
Mar 05, 2013 07:56 AM
Love the Beckett and Burnett rankings. Not many sites give them their due.
Mar 05, 2013 09:15 AM
Mike Bruso
In a 6x6 H2H (both W and QS count on the pitching side), keep Medlen in the 20th or Zimmermann in the 10th? Can keep up to 3 years with a 2-rd penalty per. I agree with your analysis on both.
Mar 05, 2013 09:19 AM
Any update on when your Pitching Guide will be ready for this year Paul?
Mar 05, 2013 11:24 AM
I agree with bobbygrace -- thanks Paul for the article.
Mar 05, 2013 11:53 AM
2/3 of a season Beachy doesn't get onto the list with all that run support? Weaver in '10 brought 1st round value with under 150 Ks due to his 20 Ws, could Beachy be a draft and stash and not that late?
Mar 05, 2013 19:16 PM
Having him down for 2/3rds is aggressive as everything I've seen has him coming back in late-June. Pitching is deep enough that you don't need to reach for an injury return like him or Cory Luebke this year.
Mar 05, 2013 20:07 PM
This is the most informative fantasy site I've ever used.. night and day difference compared to everything else. Even the COMMENTS are productive. Anyway, after this series is finished are y'all going to put out a master rank list with all positions? My league is in Yahoo! and the difference just in positional top 15's is significant.
Mar 06, 2013 00:45 AM
Greinke moving to the NL - 15 seems low, and PECOTA agrees with me it seems: 2.95 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 195 k's - that's a top 10 pitcher to me.
Mar 08, 2013 13:07 PM
That's fair. And I like & respect PECOTA, of course, but I wouldn't be of much value to you as an analyst if I simply made a list based on the PECOTA projections. Our personal lists and the PECOTA projections give you more than one resource to help make your conclusions.
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Bourlon Wood
The Film
Running Time
08 min 48 s
Canadian War Records Office, Ministry of Information
On September 27, the Canadian Corps assaulted Bourlon Wood and crossed the Canal du Nord, both vital objectives on the way to the liberation of the key enemy road and rail junction at Cambrai. Unusually, the Canadians attacked without a preliminary artillery barrage, the guns not firing until the attack began. Accompanied by tanks and using machine guns extensively in the assault, the Canadians smashed through the defences.
As the clip shows, there were many prisoners. The POWs streamed to the Canadian rear, some moving in large columns, others straggling in small numbers. Strikingly, there were few escorts (though some North West Mounted Police, serving as military police, can be seen. The POWs passed through villages where townsfolk (those who had not been driven out by the Germans) watched or through crowds of Canadian soldiers, waiting their turn to go into the line.
Pieces of History
German Prisoners of War
Jonathan F. Vance
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Conflict and Culture, Department of History, University of Western Ontario
The emotion of fear probably came first since the moment of capture was the most dangerous time for a prisoner. It was a reality of the First World War that the protection given to prisoners under the 1907 Hague Convention was not always observed in the front lines. Throwing aside one's rifle and yelling "Kamarad" was no guarantee that the plea for mercy would be heeded, particularly if the approaching soldier had seen his unit decimated by enemy fire. By the same token, a platoon that was weakened by casualties and struggling to hold a hard-won position sometimes could not spare a couple of infantrymen to escort prisoners to the rear areas. In such cases, soldiers implicitly understood that the safest option for their unit was to shoot the prisoners and keep it to themselves.
And then there were the rumours that circulated through both sides of no man's land about a particular battalion that never took prisoners, or about captives who were killed rather than being sent to the safety of a prison camp. A soldier who had been fired up by such stories might well wave aside his enemy's pleas and pull the trigger instead. The faces you see in these films, then, represent the lucky ones, the soldiers who actually survived to become prisoners.
We should also be aware that there did exist a degree of sympathy between soldiers. Atrocities were committed on both sides, but often the sight of a cowering enemy soldier elicited a feeling of pity in the attacking soldier. This is not the demonic Hun depicted by the propagandists, he might think; this is a man like me, with a family, perhaps a wife and children. We are both caught in a war that is not our doing; I will treat him as I hope he would treat me, with kindness and consideration.
The exhausted Canadian sharing coffee and hardtack with a captured German became a stock propaganda image, as a way to demonstrate the kindness of our Canadian boys overseas. But just because they were propagandized does not mean such situations did not take place. On the contrary, many a soldier would share with his prisoner a water bottle, a packet of rations or a cigarette, because the fact that he was a fellow soldier was now more important than the fact that he was an enemy. There is genuine good humour in the image of the captor clowning with the captive by putting on his cap and pulling a face.
Once the new prisoner made it through the moment of capture and reached relative safety, his experiences in captivity became more typical. The First World War was a very labour-intensive conflict. It was the first truly mechanized war, but much of the heavy work was still done the old-fashioned way – by tens of thousands of men digging, carrying, lifting and moving. Neither side had any scruples about using prisoners as forced labour in or directly behind the front lines. We know that German units used their POWs to dig trenches, move ammunition and carry supplies – all tasks forbidden under international law – and Canadians may well have done the same. But such scenes would never have made it onto film. Instead, a much more common image is of German soldiers acting as stretcher bearers, bringing the wounded, Canadian and German alike, to safety. For the captors, this had the advantage of freeing up infantrymen who had been temporarily co-opted as stretcher bearers – every German prisoner who could carry a stretcher meant that one Canadian could go back to the firing line. But it also had value for the prisoners themselves. Many contemporary accounts tell of new prisoners who were almost pathetically keen to prove themselves useful by helping with the wounded. Carrying a stretcher, after all, was much better than being shot.
Prisoners were also a valuable source of information. They were searched for maps, papers or anything else that could have intelligence value (or even monetary value – Canadian soldiers were known as tireless souvenir hunters, and quickly stripped any item that could be sold to non-combatant troops in the rear areas. Rifles, canteens and other military equipment were confiscated and sent to salvage dumps. Then, German-speaking officers questioned the men about their unit and the defences on their side of the line. Probably, few POWs were as helpful as some of those who were filmed (including the one who is evidently hard of hearing, likely from artillery bombardment), but the evidence suggests that prisoners were actually forthcoming with information about what was going on in their own trenches.
Finally, the symbolic significance of prisoners should not be underestimated. It was important to depict German prisoners on film because they were very visible signs of success on the battlefield. In the bloodbaths of 1916 and 1917, when success was measured in yards of pulverized earth, scenes of a few bedraggled German soldiers proved that something concrete had been achieved. The Battle of the Somme, for example, was a notorious example of horrific casualties sustained for very little territorial gain, but footage of prisoners being marched away from the battlefield in this clip at least proved that there were a few enemy infantrymen who would never again fire on Canadian soldiers.
In the open campaigns that began in the summer of 1918, prisoners became even more dramatic evidence of success. Now, it was possible to show to Canadians images of long lines of Germans soldiers captured in battle as the Canadian Expeditionary Force swept across northern France. Scenes of POWs being marched away from the battle for Bourlon Wood in 1918, often combined with pictures of rows of captured artillery pieces, confirmed to people at home that the tide had finally turned. The Allies had the Germans on the run, and such images seemed to prove that they were just as happy to surrender as fight.
Statistics on German POWs captured by Canadian troops are far from complete. We know that over 4000 were captured at Vimy Ridge in April 1917; over 5000 on August 8, 1918, the first day of the Battle of Amiens; and roughly 6000 in the three-day battle for the Drocourt-Quéant line in September 1918. But these are only three of dozens of engagements fought by the Canadian divisions, and the total number of prisoners taken may never be known. In any case, the cold statistics tell us less about the experience of captivity than these moving images. The men we see remain nameless, but their faces speak volumes about the impact of war on the individual.
Selective bibliography :
Cochet, François. "Le traitement des prisonniers de guerre en 1914-1918 : le rčgne de la réciprocité ?", in 14-18, le Magazine de la Grande Guerre, n° 23, Décembre 2003 - Janvier 2004.
Jackson, Robert. The Prisoners, 1914-18. New York: Routledge, 1989.
Morton, Desmond. Silent battle : Canadian prisoners of war in Germany, 1914-1919. Toronto : Lester Pub., 1992.
Moynihan, Michael, ed. Black Bread and Barbed Wire: Prisoners in the First World War. London: Leo Cooper, 1978.
Speed, Richard. Prisoners, Diplomats and the Great War: A Study in the Diplomacy of Captivity. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Vance, Jonathan F., ed. Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment. Denver, CO: ABC-Clio, 2000.
Vance, Jonathan F. Objects of Concern: Canadian Prisoners of War Through the Twentieth Century. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1994.
Williamson, Samuel R. and Peter Pastor, eds. Essays on World War I: Origins and Prisoners of War. NY: Brooklyn Coll, 1983.
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The Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood
On the Corps right, troops of the 10th Brigade, hugging their artillery cover, quickly crossed the canal on a two-battalion front between Inchy and Moeuvres. They overcame resistance from the Canal du Nord Line, and established them selves on Red according to schedule. The 11th and 12th Brigades, leading the 4th Division's attack on the right and left respectively, pushed forward but almost immediately met trouble from the south. Opposing General Watson's formations was the German 187th Infantry Division, with its 188th Infantry Regiment directly west of Bourlon Wood, flanked to north and south respectively by the 186th and 187th Regiments. Farther south was the dismounted 7th Cavalry Division; unused to infantry tactics they were quickly defeated. The 52nd Division, attacking on the Third Army's flank, had not achieved the same initial success as the 4th Division, and as a result the Canadian right suffered many casualties from enfilade fire.
In stiff fighting the 87th Battalion gained an entry into the southern part of Bourlon village by 9:45 a.m., and the 54th, passing through, skirted the north end of Bourlon Wood to reach the far side. The slower advance of the British troops to the south compelled the 102nd Battalion to form a defensive flank beside the Bapaume road and defeated the plan to encircle the wood from the south. This left the 54th in a pronounced salient, suffering mounting casualties. The battalion pushed on towards Fontaine-Notre-Dame, finally coming to a halt about 7:00 p.m. just west of the village, the 75th and 87th Battalions coming up on its left. Farther north the 12th Brigade also had stiff fighting throughout the day. The 85th and 38th Battalions, heavily hit by shelling and machine-gun fire during their advance, cleared their part of the Marquion trench system, allowing the 78th and 72nd Battalions to gain all but the extreme right of its Blue Line objective. It took a fresh attack mounted at 8:00 p.m. by the 78th Battalion to overcome the final pocket of resistance.
In the course of the 4th Division's operations on September 27 two subalterns had won the Victoria Cross. Lieutenant G.T. Lyall of the 102nd Battalion, and Lieutenant S.L. Honey, D.C.M., M.M., 78th Battalion, through their skilful leadership and courage in dealing with German strong points both significantly contributed to the capture of Bourlon Wood. Like many another recognition for brave deeds in the war, Lieutenant Honey's award came posthumously.
On the Corps left the 1st Division's success paid tribute to careful planning and well-directed and determined execution. Two guns of the 1st Battery C.F.A. gave the 1st Brigade a good start by moving in front of Inchy-en-Artois and firing point-blank into enemy positions along the canal. Thus aided, the 4th Battalion, having crossed the dry bed with little difficulty, was able to jump ahead to the north-east and capture its assigned portion of the Marquion Line. Here the 1st Battalion pushed through as planned and secured the Green Line in short order. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions now assumed the lead, only to be stopped by heavy fire from the embanked railway which curved north from Bourlon. With the aid of a timely flanking attack by the 72nd Battalion they overcame this resistance and swept on to the Blue Line. The action of the Commander of the 3rd Battalion's left support company, Lieutenant G.F. Kerr, M.C., M.M., in rushing single-handed a German strongpoint near the Arras-Cambrai road played an important part in the 1st Brigade's advance. Kerr, who captured four machine guns and 31 prisoners, was awarded the Victoria Cross.
The 2nd Brigade's role was to follow the 1st up to the Marquion Line and then extend to the left to capture the central portion of the Blue Line on the divisional front. By two o'clock the 7th Battalion was firm on its objective midway between Marquion and Haynecourt. During the afternoon the 5th Battalion went on to occupy Haynecourt and push patrols almost to the main Cambrai-Douai road. On the left, units of the 11th British Division passed through, headed for Epinoy. By the end of the day (September 27) patrols of the 10th Battalion-which had passed through the 5th just east of Haynecourtwere approaching the Marcoing Line, coming first to a heavy belt of uncut wire covered by enemy machine-guns. With mounting casualties the infantry cut the wire and pushed forward; but confronted by a second wire barrier, which marked the line itself, and with darkness approaching, the battalion consolidated on the east side of the Douai-Cambrai road.
On General Macdonell's left the 3rd Brigade had the important task of driving northward beyond the Canal du Nord and capturing in turn the villages of Sainslez-Marquion and Marquion, thereby freeing the eastern bank to permit crossings by the 11th Division. Leading the 3rd Brigade's advance the 14th Battalion crossed south of Sains-lez-Marquion, and swinging north behind the village, quickly captured its part of the Red Line. Four supporting tanks rendered good service in crushing wire barricades and in mopping up the village, but mechanical difficulties kept them from advancing past the Red Line. From Chapel Corner, south-east of Marquion, the German opposition, which had wavered before the initial rush of the 14th, rallied with heavy fire to stop the 13th Battalion, which was following up the initial assault. It took a joint effort by the 13th and 15th Battalions with tank assistance to clear Marquion. The 15th continued northward across the Arras road, mopping up the area east of the canal. By 2:00 p.m. it was firm at the Blue Line, just south of Sauchy-Lestrée.
Both Canadian divisions had received useful help from the tanks-each being supported by a company (of eight tanks) from the 7th Tank Battalion. The four allotted to each assaulting brigade successfully crossed the dry canal under cover of an artillery smoke-screen. Later they contributed to their own concealment by means of smoke dischargers fitted to their exhausts. During the day they gave good service in crushing wire entanglements and silencing with their fire enemy machine-gun posts. Of the sixteen tanks engaged in the first phase of the operation five fell victim to German fire.
About midday, when the 3rd Infantry Brigade had completed its assigned task of clearing the east bank of the canal, units of the 11th Division crossed at four places between Sains-lez-Marquion and the highway and moved smoothly into place on the left of the 1st Division to start the second phase of the attack. The advance to the north and north-east continued without serious interruption, and by dusk Epinoy and Oisy-le-Verger were in British hands.
Adapted and used with permission from Nicholson, G. W. L., Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1964, p.419-422.
Teaching Materials
How We View the Past
Grade Level: Secondary 9-12
Time Allowance: 45 minutes
Films: Canadians on the Western Front 1, August Offensive 2, Canadians Advance East of Arras 2, Bourlon Wood
Summary: Students consider the differing viewpoints of Germans and Canadians on World War I.
World War I generated massive changes. The Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian empires collapsed. Communism transformed Russia into the Soviet Union. Canada moved closer to being an independent nation within the British Commonwealth. Conscription deepened the French-English divide. Women gained the vote at the federal level. The value of Canada's manufacturing output equalled the value of our agricultural output. Medicine was improved. Radios and cars became common. The United States became the world's richest nation, and the League of Nations, the forerunner of the United Nations, was created. Most of these changes are indisputable. But how people interpret these changes - how they judge their meaning - varies.
Your Task:
Watch the films. You are employed by the United Nations as a historian who is developing materials to be used in schools in Germany and Canada. Your first job is to determine how each country has interpreted what has been captured on film and what is known about the war in general.
Fill in the chart using the statements below. You may place a statement on one or both sides.
a) Treaty of Versailles, 1919, was humiliating.
b) British blockade preventing food from entering Germany was inhumane.
c) German aggression made war inevitable.
d) Bombing of London by airships was a major atrocity.
e) Treaty of Versailles, 1919, was hard but fair.
f) The Kaiser abdicated; it was right to allow the new government into peace talks in Paris, 1919.
g) Both sides were equally to blame for war.
h) Canada achieved a great victory at Vimy Ridge.
i) Submarine warfare was necessary to stop the blockade.
j) The war resulted in economic advances.
k) The war resulted in economic collapse and misery.
German View
Canadian View
Deeper Analysis:
Textbooks often illustrate different viewpoints on history. Write an overview of important events in World War I that includes both German and Canadian points of view.


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January 8, 2013
The horrible sad death of Alyssa Byrne should be investigated as the stories in the newspapers are truly weird.
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A friend saw Alyssa at the Horizon later that night and hugged her and spoke to her so how and why would she be back out at the concert?
The list of questions is much more extensive, however, we shall let the investigations continue, before raising them all.
So sorry for the family of Alyssa.
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First, let us clear the air on the difference between multi-brand retail and single-brand retail. I think we need to realize that this is a redundant and politically motivated classification. The customer really cares two hoots about what kind of retail outlet it is and according to the rules of business the customer is the centre of the universe. Incidentally, this blog is also about business and management. So we treat the customer as our focal point too. Therefore, we just talk about retail and not single point, multi point, touch point, erogenous point or even sensitive point retail. Retail is about fulfilling the daily needs of the customer and not his or her premium desires. It is about need and not about want. It is also about daily and regular consumption of large volumes and little margins. It is desperately about filling of shelves as fast as the customers dislodge whatever has been stocked.
So the restriction of having not more than 51 per cent in supermarket format retail is just like asking a techie to make the car run with two wheels. If it succeeds half way, two more wheels will be sanctioned by the bureaucracy. Anyway, how does the farmer or the small mom and pop corner store benefit if a local company invests 49 per cent of equity value in a supermarket chain in India? Well, they clearly don't. Therefore, this gobbledygook of 100 minus 51 equals 49 is nothing but political jugglery.
A supermarket chain such as Wal-mart or JC Penney's will invest in India and bring in their training modules, domain knowledge and standard operating procedures. Other than that, every single station will be manned by a local citizen with a salary being paid in rupees. Slowly, these employees will learn the trade and start competitor chains of their own with venture capital or private equity infusion. Very soon, we may have Duggal Mart or Bal Mart. Hey, come up with your own name for a retail chain!
Some quarters justify the local player's presence by saying that this will guarantee that the foreign investor sticks to the knitting and does not suddenly flee the country. Well, what hinders the foreign player from wrapping up and fleeing anyway even if it is 51 per cent partner in a venture in India? Now, why would any company flee the country when their investment is yet to bear fruit in India? The reasons for holding back investment in retail are flimsy excuses, which are hurting the Indian economy badly and need to be removed (not just addressed) right now. These mis-decisions are not only hurting the consumer but the farmer as well who is a totally neglected stakeholder in this supply chain.
The farmer is the hard working horse 'Boxer' from George Orwell's Animal Farm, who will ultimately end up at the glue factory working for a wage if not killed from overwork. The customer buying daily necessities is the hapless kid who does not know what hit him or what is in store for him. So, two companies, one Indian and the other foreign have to come together like an arranged marriage just because the law says so. Indian Supreme Court had held long back in a family law decision that the "law cannot bring two people together, if they wanted to live apart." Well, why can't Indian experts on business and management clamour for a better retail environment where partners are not forced to live together because their in-laws met each other first.
Just like two aging Indian middle class people, two companies, desperately in need of the customer's companionship will compromise on quality of life and tolerate each other till kingdom come or till they meet the bluebird of happiness. Well, is this a way to conduct business, I ask you? Retail is one of those few businesses, which require investment at every level of the supply chain and every link is absolutely essential. You cannot ignore the trucker who will take delivery of the container at Vizag port and bring it to your warehouse in Kakinada so that ultimately, things are stocked up in the warehouse in Hyderabad. If a single link breaks down you will have an empty shelf. Not good.
Just as being in love is exhilarating, so is doing business with the customer when you know you are on to a good thing and your partner wants the same thing as you do. However, when you are looking for a song in your heart but your parents choose a chartered accountant for your bed, the result can be pure pain.