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|May 23, 2006, 11:15 AM
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Neck turning Brass - question
When neck turning brass, how far is too far?, do you turn the neck until the neck is all shaved evenly (all shiney new brass), I tried a few test shells last night and noticed that there were still a few small places that were not touched by the cutter, and wasn't sure how far was too far when trimming the necks
|May 23, 2006, 11:22 AM
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Are you talking about shaving the neck to reduce the overall length and square the case mouth, or are you talking about shaving the neck around its circumference to provide proper chamber clearance when a round is seated?
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|May 23, 2006, 11:41 AM
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I'm refering to shaving the thickness of the brass in the neck area, to make sure that the thickness of the neck is uniform. This improves the bullets contricity when seated in the shell amoung other things
|May 23, 2006, 05:02 PM
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When I set the neck turner (Forester) up I start by getting the cutter set so it has cut at least 1/2 to 3/4 around the neck. This has worked very well for me. Usually gets neck concentricity down under .004" (close enough for service rifle ) It is possible to take off too much, be careful I have trashed a few cases.
|May 23, 2006, 06:51 PM
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The acknowledged wisdom is to set your cutter to just turn roughly half way round the neck, this leaves it still thick enough to properly grip the bullet when standard dies are used. If you set it like this it will do for all cases of the same make. If you take off more the std dies will not provide enough grip to keep the bullet in place particularly if you put several rounds in the mag, each time you fire it will push the bullet back into the case, causing various problems like high pressure etc. Match shooters use special dies to suit the amount the turn off and ususally are only loading one round at a time. I do mine as above when the case is new and leave it at that and get good accuracy from it.
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|May 23, 2006, 11:32 PM
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neck turning
Once you have checked your brass for concentricity, and found it to be off, the next check on the neck is to check the neck walll thickness. If the neck is thicker on one side, make a mark on the shoulder there with a felt pen. You now set your neck turning tool to gently but firmly touch the neck on that low side. After cutting, check the thickness again. If you have set your tool correctly, you should be done. You may see spots that have not been cut on the low side.
Turning the neck without checking the actual thickness of the neck wall is not going to help a lot if you don't know how much to take off and where. Also, neck turning does nothing at all to help if the neck is just cockeyed due to the brass not shrinking back uniformly after firing.
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|May 23, 2006, 11:34 PM
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oops I meant to say to set your neck turning tool on the marked (THINNER) side of the case, taking care not to shave the shoulder.
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|May 24, 2006, 12:14 AM
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I turn 2/3 of the neck for thickness. The case then goes into a neck-ream die and I ream the inside, thereby forming the perfect neck without any internal or external flaws. Subsequent doughnouts are easily removed by reaming the neck in the die, and the die FL sizes too.
You can buy Norma brass or Lapua for alot more. My dies have paid for themselves several times over.
|May 24, 2006, 03:35 AM
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A tube thickness micrometer should be used to check case neck thickness, when there are variations it's usally through out the whole case. A bench rest shooter would toss the brass, but they scrutinize the best of brass culling for a few grains of difference in weight. When working up loads I will index the cases, so that the case is orientated one way from sizing to firing.
|May 26, 2006, 03:10 PM
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neck turning
I used to toss any brass that was too thick on one side until a friend mentioned that he had done a side by side test of .30-06 brass that he'd turned and brass that had not needed turning. All the brass was identical in size and weight. (within .002" head to shoulder and neck length, and .5 grains in weight) He said he'd found no significant difference in 10 rounds of each.
I had to save up brass to get that many out of thickness and that close in weight, but eventually I was able to duplicate his experiment. Now I shoot the cases I have neck turned as fouling shots, but if I were hunting or not competing, I would have no problem using those cases just like the others.
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having said that, what is the step for building with gcc4 and powerpc?
From the haiku source folder it would be something like: mkdir generated-ppc cd generated-ppc ../configure --build-cross-tools-gcc4 ppc ../../buildtools/ jam -q haiku-imageAt r26905 it then builds until openpic.o, same issue Duane mentioned on IRC.
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Protesters dragged away the bodies of three people from sidewalks - shot by army snipers, they claim - as soldiers blocked major roads and pinned up notices of a "Live Firing Zone."
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Army snipers were perched with high-powered rifles atop tall buildings, viewing the action below through telescopic sights. Thick black smoke billowed from tires set ablaze by demonstrators as gunfire rang out.
The spiraling violence has raised concerns of sustained, widespread chaos in Thailand - a key U.S. ally and Southeast Asia's most popular tourist destination that promotes its easygoing culture as the "Land of Smiles."
"The situation right now is getting close to a civil war each minute," Jatuporn Prompan, a protest leader, told reporters.
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Since Thursday, the once-bustling commercial and shopping district has become a war zone with Red Shirt protesters firing weapons, throwing homemade explosives, and hurling rocks at troops firing live ammunition and rubber bullets.
The violence ignited after the army started forming a cordon around the protesters' encampment and a sniper shot and gravely wounded a rogue general reputed to be the Red Shirts' military adviser.
At least 24 people have been killed and more than 194 wounded since Thursday. Previous violence since the protest began in mid-March caused 29 deaths and injured 1,640.
This is the most prolonged and deadliest bout of political violence that Thailand has faced in decades despite having a history of coups - 18 since it became a constitutional monarchy in 1932.
The protesters have occupied a tire-and-bamboo-spike barricaded, 1-square-mile (3-square-kilometer) zone in one of the capital's ritziest areas, Rajprasong, for about two months to push their demands for Abhisit to resign immediately, dissolve Parliament and call new elections.
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The author of the Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie, has said he is delighted to be free.
He told BBC News: "I already feel the shreds of the fatwa flying away as if they were dust."
Later, at a news conference, he paid tribute to the book's Japanese translator who was stabbed to death.
He also mentioned the Italian translator, who was knifed, and the "distinguished Norwegian publisher who suffered an assassination attempt".
He added: "I would like to say that I am sorrowful for all the people who have died in demonstrations against The Satanic Verses, particularly in the subcontinent - indeed I feel in many cases they did not even know what they were demonstrating against."
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Mr Rushdie praised the work of the UK Government and said he had come to learn that freedom of speech is worth fighting for.
"I am very grateful to the British Government which seems to have negotiated very toughly and at great length - I must say I did not know it was going on."
But British officials said they did not imagine that the novelist would be walking up and down Oxford Street in central London.
Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said: "These assurances should make possible a much more constructive relationship between the United Kingdom, and I believe the European Union, with Iran and the opening of a new chapter in our relations."
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The author has been living under police protection since 1989 when Iran's late spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, a religious edict, calling for him to be killed.
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LAKE PARK - The Lake Park-Audubon football team is entering new territory after qualifying for the Class 1A state playoffs for the first time in the cooperative's history, but neither of the two communities are strangers to the state football playoffs.
There was quite the rivalry between the Lake Park Parkers and the Audubon Zephyrs during the days of the Nine-Man Agassiz Valley Conference.
Each time the Parkers and Zephyrs met, it was sure to be a close game and back in the mid to late 1970s, it possibly meant a trip to the state playoffs.
"It was a close rivalry," said former Lake Park head coach Mike Levin. "It was very intense for the players, coaches and fans. There was a lot of shenanigans going on pre-Homecoming games those days. The games were always tough, too."
That proved to be the case in the 1975 matchup between the two teams, as both squads were perched atop the conference standings.
That year, Audubon made a habit of coming from behind, and it started with a 32-30 win over Lake Park after trailing 30-20.
The Zephyrs scored a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter, which included a 30-yard scoring pass from QB Danny Kohler to Brad Krueger, followed by a Krueger three-yard plunge with just ticks left in the game.
"We played a lot of close games that year," said Detroit Lakes head football coach Flint Motschenbacher, who was a senior lineman for Audubon in 1975. "We had a good offense and good skill people and a balanced team."
That win proved to be very key in Audubon's bid for its first-ever state berth. The state playoff system started only a few years before, and only four teams would qualify from each class (five classes, including Nine-Man) based on computer rankings.
Audubon lost to Rothsay late in the season, thus pulling Lake Park into a tie in the conference, with each having a 7-1 record.
But the head-to-head win by Audubon was the tiebreaker, thus propelling the Zephyrs to the conference championship against the North's Ada-Borup.
"Every year, the conference was tough and beating Lake Park that year gave us the tiebreaker," said then-Audubon running back Dean Eilertson, who now resides in DL. "The rivalry with Lake Park was a big deal. (Audubon) head coach Joe Silovich would build it up during the week of practice.
"He always said, 'Be tougher and hit harder.'"
The conference championship against Ada-Borup was a dogfight, as well, with the Zephyrs winning a hard-fought 36-32 game.
Krueger had four TDs in the game, while Eilertson had a 10-yard TD run.
"That was a battle royal," Eilertson recalled. "Even at the end of the game, there was a huge fight in the stands (among the fans)."
The win was good enough to tip the Zephyrs into the top four computer rankings, setting up a state semifinal tilt against Laporte, which was held on what is now Mollberg Field in Detroit Lakes.
Even though the state playoffs were a relatively new thing, the town of Audubon was still in a lather.
"We would be watching the rankings every week," Motschenbacher said. "It was a fun year."
The next Zephyr comeback came against Laporte in a wild ending for a 44-40 win for Audubon, which scored 28 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to erase a 30-16 deficit.
The winning score by Audubon came on a seven-yard pass from Kohler to tight end Chuck Svare, with only six seconds left to play.
Laporte looked to have sealed the victory with a touchdown with just 36 seconds left to play, to take a 40-36 lead.
But the Zephyrs marched 50 yards on four passing plays, including a 20-yarder to Eilertson, a 14-yarder to Krueger and another seven-yarder to Krueger to set up Audubon on the seven, and that resulted in the game-winning pass to Svare.
Mike Tomlinson hauled in the two-point conversion pass from Kohler for the 44-40 capper.
Krueger finished the game with 112 yards, while Kohler had 255 yards passing on an 18-32 night, with three touchdown passes.
"That last play was a very well-executed play," Eilertson said. "We faked the dive and Svare broke open in the corner of the end zone."
Motschenbacher said that comeback was the obvious highlight of the year.
"We did what we had to do to win," Motschenbacher said. "We didn't like losing."
The state championship game against Ruthton in Cottonwood didn't go as well, as the Vikings shot off to a 28-6 lead and eventually, the 42-20 win.
"My worst memory in that game was I dropped a pass which would have gone for a touchdown," Eilertson said with a laugh. "But finishing second out of 64 nine-man teams at the time, was a pretty good finish."
For the Parkers that year, it was a bittersweet season. They finished 7-1, along with Audubon. They outscored their opponents by a 260-160 margin, while outgaining them 2,295-1,340 yards.
Lake Park running back Joel Mattson was honored as an all-state selection after gaining 1,014 yards on the ground.
"It was a nice season, but we lost to Audubon and lost the tiebreaker," Levin said. "That could have been us playing in the state championship."
In 1977, the Parkers again were co-champions, this time with Hillcrest, who also won the tiebreaker and went on to finish as state-runners up that year.
But finally in 1979, Lake Park got their just due.
The Parkers clinched the South Agassiz Valley title with a 16-0 win over Rothsay, which was undefeated 6-0 at the time.
The overall conference title was sealed with a 38-12 win over Mount St. Benedict of Crookston, with running back and all-state selection Bob Michaelson scoring twice, including a 55-yard interception return.
"We had a lot of good players that year, we were well-rounded," Levin said.
It was the first year the state was lengthened to three rounds, with the Parkers facing McIntosh-Winger in the quarterfinals, which was played in Lake Park.
"There was a lot of excitement in the town," Levin said of his team making the state. "I just remembered trying to tone down the guys and remind them they are here to play a football game."
Unfortunately, the state run was short-lived, with a 16-12 loss to McIntosh-Winger. Highlights included Michaelson running back a 50-yard punt return and Doug Kappes scoring on a one-yard rushing play for LP's only score.
Now, almost 30 years from the Lake Park state berth and 33 years from Audubon's trip to the state championship game, the two communities are sharing that same state feeling.
"I give a lot of credit to the LP-A coaches and kids to get as far as they have," said Motschenbacher, who has been a part of four state championship teams in DL. "Hopefully they can finish it off now."
Levin said he saw that team unity early this fall, when the players came out for a golfing function at his Green Valley Golf Course in Lake Park.
"They worked together as a team, and that's where I saw it already," Levin said. "If they can stick together and keep it simple and just go out and play football, they will be just fine."
Yes, the feeling of playing in the state football playoffs may be a little familiar for Lake Park and Audubon --now together -- but that electricity has now been turned up twofold as the Raiders try and push forward to the Class 1A state championship.


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While the ratings for CBS's coverage of The Masters were off substantially from last year — down -16% in household rating (8.0/19 share vs. 9.5/20), worst final round since 2004 — the sudden-death overrun gave a lift to "60 Minutes." The show was Sunday's top primetime program in total viewers drawing 11.73 million, and won its time period in the two younger demos: A25-54 (3.3/09) and A18-49 (2.2/07).
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When the Detroit Tigers open the American League Division Series on Friday against the New York Yankees, they will give the ball to Justin Verlander, their ace who eviscerated the American League all season. He lost his first start after the All-Star break but never lost again, compiling a season as dominant as his 24-5 record sounds.
He led the American League in wins, ERA, strikeouts, innings pitched, WHIP and more. He is a lock to win the AL Cy Young award, his MVP candidacy gained steam as the Tigers ran away with the AL Central and he had a handful of starts good enough to suggest he isn't just the best pitcher in the game but also the best player, period.
But as great as Verlander's regular season was, there remains this question: Will he be able to keep his cool under immense pressure? He is a proud, cocky, intense pitcher, an old-school and aggressive attack dog who likes to challenge hitters, bark at umpires and yap at the opposing bench. The biggest knock against him throughout his career has been that he has a tendency to give in to that competitive nature at the expense of his composure.
While his new-this-year ability to manage his emotions was the key to his incredible performance, he hasn't faced any pressure like he will face in Yankee Stadium. It is one thing for Verlander to keep his cool in the regular season; it is another to do so in the postseason.
For all the talk about his new attitude—and it has been a real and visible improvement—Verlander hasn't stopped being fiery and competitive. He still gets mad, he just gets over it faster and doesn't let it change what he is doing on the mound. His disdain for bunters, in particular, remains acute.
"Nolan Ryan is my idol, he's the guy I emulate, the guy I love to watch. He didn't like guys bunting on him," Verlander says. "I feel like it's a cheap way to earn a base hit. I'm happy when our guys do it, and I'm mad when the other guys do it."
Opponents know it makes him mad, and they previously used it against him. The fact that it won't work anymore shows his development. "We used to try to irritate him," Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire says. "As of this year, and even into last year, he kind of quit getting pissed at us, which we don't like. He just pitches now."
Verlander is the best pitcher in the American League, if not all of baseball, because he has stopped getting mad about the silly things, and he has stopped trying to strike out everybody.
"This year I feel like I've just found myself to be more mentally prepared and physically prepared," he says. "The combination of that has led to what's going on now."
What's going on now is one of the most dominant pitching performances in recent history. He does it with the most complete array of pitches in the game. In addition to the best fastball in baseball, Verlander throws a curve that for a microsecond looks like a fastball headed straight for a righthanded hitter's cheekbone—that explains all the jelly legs. He also throws a when-is-it-going-to-get-here changeup and a slicing-out-of-the-zone slider.
What has taken Verlander from good to great this season is how his four pitches interact, how he uses each one to set up any of the other three. Remember those Choose your Own Adventure books? That's how Verlander, who calls his own game, pitches now. The outcome of one pitch determines what he'll throw next. He always thinks a few pitches ahead, and he assumes that the pitches in between will be swings and misses. There's a reason opposing batters try to bunt against him: They can't hit him with real swings.
The fastball holds his whole game together, and Verlander has the unique ability to—tra-la-la—throw it 95 for the first five innings—dum-de-dum—98 for the next two and—WHOOSH! —100 for the final two.
The way he uses his fastball Friday will reveal how in control of his emotions Verlander is. If he hits the high 90s or 100 in the first inning, he is amped up, and not in a good way. If he keeps it in the low- to mid-90s, he is fine. And the Yankees will not be.


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The following is an excerpt from the book All Over The Map: True Heroes of Texas Music (UT Press), which will be released on Friday, November 18, at AllGood Café from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There, the Dallas Observer's Robert Wilonsky will host a Q & A session, and the Calvin Russell Band and K.M. Williams will perform salutes to musicians featured in the book.
At first Jimmie Vaughan seems a little overwhelmed by the question, as if he's an Olympic swimmer who's just been asked to describe the role of water in his sport.
"How significant was T-Bone Walker to the evolution of the blues?" he repeats the question. "Well," he says after a long pause, raising his index finger. "You look back at everyone who's ever stood in front of a band playing the guitar, and it all traces back to one man. T-Bone Walker was the first person to ever play blues on an electric guitar: How significant is that?"
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But Vaughan knows Walker's contributions go deeper than having access to new technology. Leaving it at that is like lauding a brilliant author for being the first to write a book using a word processor.
"T-Bone created a whole new language for the guitar," says Vaughan, whose concise leads and impeccable sense of swing and rhythm show that his guitar speaks T-Bone fluently. He reaches for his 1951 Gibson hollow-body electric on the couch in his manager's office; axe in hands, he seems more comfortable talking about Walker, whose work in the 1940s was as major a musical influence as Texas has produced. Vaughan starts playing riffs you've heard on records by the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton and Vaughan's former Fabulous Thunderbirds, and the conversation comes alive.
"You've heard this one a hundred times before," he says, playing the driving intro to "The Crawl," a T-Bird mainstay. "That's a T-Bone lick. Here's another," he says, strumming the harmonic chords that open Walker's most enduring composition, "Call It Stormy Monday." Vaughan then hits a note and sustains it with a finger wiggle à la B.B. King, performs a jazz-billy run like the ones Scotty Moore used to play with Elvis Presley, executes the bent-note double stops identified with Chuck Berry, then apes the choppy rhythms of nascent funk guitarist Jimmy Nolen of James Brown's band.
These licks all started with Walker, who was born in Linden and raised in Dallas. The electric guitar has been the defining instrument of the past 50 years, and T-Bone Walker was the first guitar hero.
"You know how everyone was blown away when they first heard Jimi Hendrix?" Vaughan asks. "Well, imagine what it must've been like to hear T-Bone for the first time, when those riffs were brand new." Hendrix had contemporaries who were doing amazing things--Clapton, Jeff Beck, Link Wray, Buddy Guy--but before T-Bone there was no such thing as electric blues. He was the template for so many great guitarists who would follow.
Like Louis Armstrong, perhaps his only rival in terms of American musical innovation, Walker was a born entertainer who delivered flash with feeling. A former vaudeville dancer who shared stages with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, among others, Walker had the nimble feet to match his hands. A razor-sharp dresser and silky smooth vocalist, he epitomized the slick uptown sophisticate. He held his guitar like a baby, perpendicular to his body, and caressed the strings on slower numbers. But his blond, hollow-bodied Gibson would suddenly transform into an acrobatic instrument as T-Bone played it behind his head while doing splits.
Unfortunately, there's almost no film footage of Walker in his post-war prime. But witnesses have described an insatiable showman who bridged Cab Calloway's wild-eyed swing with Chuck Berry's propulsive strolls and Hendrix's histrionics. T-Bone did almost everything Jimi did later--from exploiting feedback to playing with his teeth--but stopped at setting his guitar on fire. (An inveterate gambler, T-Bone didn't want to blow his stake on replacements.)
But T-Bone remains a woefully overlooked figure in the history of popular music. Such Chicago bluesmen as Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf are bigger icons. B.B. King has made a healthy living from the bag of tricks he learned from Walker's early recordings. And the Martin Scorsese-produced six-part documentary, The Blues, made only passing mention of the genre's most important guitarist.
"It's impossible to spend an hour in a blues club and not hear a dozen T-Bone inventions," says Vaughan. "And half the players have no idea who they're copying."
Vaughan found out about Walker in the early '60s the same way he found out about all his heroes: by tracing backwards. "I heard 'Hideaway' on the radio and bought a Freddie King record. And on the back of the record it said that he was influenced by T-Bone Walker, so I went out and got a T-Bone record."
A 12-year-old Vaughan flipped for Walker instantly, then was amazed to find out, months later, that the guitar god was from the same Oak Cliff neighborhood that the Vaughans lived in. Walker had moved to L.A. in 1935, at age 25, but he'd visit Dallas often.
One evening in the mid-'60s, Vaughan met his idol at the Empire Ballroom on Hall Street. "He wasn't even on the bill. It was B.B. King, Freddie King and Little Milton, but T-Bone had showed up to sit in on organ," Vaughan recalls, with a giddiness that seems to never have subsided. "He was dressed to the nines, as always, and I said, 'Man, you're T-Bone Walker! I love your records.'" The legend made the kid's day, talking to him for about ten minutes.
Vaughan would see T-Bone several times over the years, until the great pioneer suffered a stroke on New Year's Eve 1974 and died of bronchial pneumonia three months later. "He could hit a note like this," Vaughan says, striking the bottom string, "and sustain it, and the women would fly out of their seats. He was the first guy who could do that."
Aaron Thibeaux Walker grew up around music. His mother, Movelia, picked the guitar and sang the blues, and his stepfather, Marco Washington, played a variety of stringed instruments. A regular guest at the family's house was country blues great Blind Lemon Jefferson, who enlisted an 8-year-old T-Bone as his "lead boy" to guide him from juke joints to street corners in Deep Ellum.
"He had a jazz player's instincts, but he was brought up in the blues," Vaughan says.
Though he made more tip money as a dancer while touring the South in medicine shows, his music career began before even turning 20, when he played banjo and guitar with the Cab Calloway orchestra for a week--the gig was first prize in a talent contest--which led to a record deal with Columbia in 1929. But T-Bone, sounding like a pale imitation of blues crooner Leroy Carr, hadn't yet found his identity when he recorded "Trinity River Blues" and "Wichita Falls." The 78 didn't make much noise outside of Dallas.
In the early '30s, Walker had a street act with Charlie Christian, an ex-Dallasite living in Oklahoma City, who would be immortalized as jazz's first great electric guitarist. Let that settle in: The two greatest guitar pioneers of the 20th century were a pair of Texans who played together for tips on street corners in Oklahoma City. But after being prodded by friends to relocate to L.A. for more musical opportunities, Walker left his musical partner, his wife and everything else behind in late '35 and took off on Route 66.
His first gig on the vaunted Central Avenue of black nightclubs was as a dancer and emcee with Big Jim Wynn's band. But even though he wasn't playing guitar onstage, Walker was tinkering with amplification techniques. Hugh Gregory's Roadhouse Blues book, which meticulously explores the roots of Stevie Ray Vaughan, quotes Wynn as saying that Walker "had a funny little box ...a contraption he'd made himself."
It wasn't until July 1942, however, that Walker played electric guitar on a record. Hired as a rhythm player for a session by Freddie Slack, Walker was given two spotlight turns on "Mean Old World" and "I Got a Break Baby." When Walker's crisply pronounced notes interspersed with trumpet-like slurs and whelps, the guitar lost its secondary status.
Before Walker, the blues was a solo acoustic form. With amplification bringing the guitar up front, no longer to be drowned out by horns or drums, T-Bone laid the full-band framework that would rule R&B in the post-war decade and eventually spin off into the rock 'n' roll combo.
1947-'48 would prove to be Walker's landmark period. After signing with the Black & White label, led by "music first" mogul Ralph Bass, Walker and his topflight band recorded more than 50 titles in 18 months, ranging from the raucous "T-Bone Boogie" to the pop ballad "I'm Still in Love With You" to the slow blues classic "Call It Stormy Monday."
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Fifteen years later, a 12-year-old white kid, sitting in his bedroom in T-Bone's old neighborhood, was trying to make Walker's riffs part of his own musical lexicon. "I'd try to get into his head when I listened to his records," Jimmie Vaughan says. "I'd wonder, 'How did he get from here,' " he says, strumming a series of repetitive chords, " 'to here,'" a jazz-inflected arpeggio.
The riffs Walker invented have become clichés, pounded into the ground by players who think they're copying Duke Robillard. Walker's innovations are so dyed into the blues/rock fabric that it's hard to believe that this music was once revolutionary.
But Jimmie Vaughan still remembers how he felt when he first heard T-Bone. "I told myself that that's what I wanted to do with my life," Vaughan says. "(Hearing T-Bone) pretty much ruined any chance that I'd end up with a responsible job."
As he turns his Gibson ES150 on its side, so the strings are perpendicular to his body, Vaughan plays another favorite lick by his hero. "Hear that tone?" he says. Indeed, the notes resonate fuller. "That's why he played the guitar like this. Amazing, huh?" He's no longer in his bedroom, but in his manager's office. And he's still trying to get inside T-Bone's musical mind.


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Development of a Non-Invasive DNA Methylation-Based Assay System for the Risk Assessment of Urothelial Carcinoma
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Bladder cancer ranks the ninth in worldwide cancer incidence. Approximate 90% of bladder cancer is the malignancy of urothelium tissues, the urothelial cancer (UC). The mortality of bladder cancer is mainly due to recurrence and metastasis. Unfortunately, the currently available cytology or cystoscopy examination is of limited value because of low sensitivity of early disease. New biomarkers as well as detection technology are thus required to improve early diagnosis. By the aid of quantitative methylation-specific PCR (QMSP), which allows detecting tumor-derived DNA from tissues and body fluids, DNA methylation-based assay is thus developing for early detection and prognosis.
The goal of this proposed project is to develop a panel of DNA-methylation based biomarkers for UC diagnosis, prognosis, and prediction of responses to therapy (especially the recurrence, invasion, survival, and responses to therapeutic agents). Although numerous studies have investigated the aberrant promoter hypermethylation in bladder cancers or UC, inconsistent results are observed. DNA hypermethylation determination may rely on not only the conditions of QMSP, but also the biopsy specimens of different race, environmental expose factors, and regional variation. We thus need to profile the DNA methylation pattern of UC patients in Taiwan to establish a panel of potential prediction biomarkers for local patients.
|Bladder Cancer
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|Development of a Non-Invasive DNA Methylation-Based Assay System for the Risk Assessment of Urothelial Carcinoma
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|August 2008
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|HUNG-YI CHIOU, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Yeong-Shiau Pu, MD
|Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital
|Principal Investigator:
|Te-Chang Lee, PhD
|Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
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|Yeong-Shiau Pu, Department of Urology / National Taiwan University Hospital
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I have a few DVDs that won't play correctly on my Sony Bravia. I get a message "Unsuported signal. Check output device". I can see on my DVD player that the DVD is actually playing, as the timer is advancing. I can also hear the audio through the Sony.
The DVD plays perfectly on my PC.
Any idea how to fix this? Can I copy the DVD to another format or something?
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PAL dvds?
Commercial dvds?
PAL vs. NTSC?
It's a commercial DVD and I think says "Pal Region 2" on it in tiny, tiny print. Does that mean it's not intended to be played in the US? Can I make a copy in a different format?
What kind of video files(if any) can your TV play? and how can you play(input them to the TV) them(USB stick, etc etc)?
A straight DVD to DVD - PAL to NTSC conversion is NOT for the faint hearted. There are quick and dirty methods that work, but you will not have any menus and quality will suffer.
Of all the North American TV brands, Sony is the most finicky at playing anything but straight-up commercial Region1 NTSC material. Sony Bravias will randomly play or refuse to play "deviant" videos for any number of reasons: connection (HDMI succeeds more often than component or composite), region code (PAL Code 0 dvds will usually display on a Sony via HDMI from a Pioneer, Region 2 will not of course), format specifics of the video, etc. Sonys are even worse at playing files via their USB ports: forget it (my Sonys won't even play NTSC via USB, while my Samsungs will play absolutely anything no matter how screwy the file).
There is also an overall HDMI issue that afflicts all Sony Bravias: they frequently drop connection to audio or video or both, esp if you have multiple HDMI devices connected to the TV and switch between them often. Most common Sony HDMI glitch is lost audio, the only way to restore it is shut down the TV and the device, turn the device back on, then turn the TV back on. Ditto if iyour Bravia refuses to show video.
If you're only having this problem with one or two DVDs that are labeled PAL Region 2, it is a combination of your player and the TV not liking the region. I use clone software to make a backup DVD stripped of region (PAL Region 0). This can be done with DVDFab, DVDshrink or CloneDVD/AnyDVD. Most disc players with HDMI will send a usable signal to most "NTSC" HDTVs from a PAL disc as long as the disc is Region 0.
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As for this particular problem, as it's only happening with a very few DVDs, and they're either Pal discs (just 1), or pirated discs bought on vacation in the Philippines for practically nothing, I'm going to wave the white flag and not go to war. Just not worth it.
Thanks again for your help!
Last edited by orsetto; 8th Apr 2014 at 18:22.
My bravia has none of the issues orsetto pointed out,i doubt he has ever tried a sony bravia.I think,therefore i am a hamster.
Heck54 is correct, your TV doesn't care about region codes but your player does.
As for a solution, I would use AnyDVD + Handbrake to convert to MP4*. You can then stream the video or load it on a USB drive, I use WMP12 to stream my movies to my Sony devices. If your Pioneer doesn't have a USB port or is not Wi-Fi enabled then you have to convert the DVD to NTSC which is a PITA. Final solution is to connect your PC to your TV.
* I recommend MP4 because all devices support it, some don't support MKV.
Last edited by MOVIEGEEK; 8th Apr 2014 at 21:39.
i have sony bravia too, i only try streaming of my computer to bravia tv, and until now all is fine, .ts, mp4 works perfectly.
FYI, wiseass, I own a KDL-32EX500 and KDL-40BX420. I've got friends and relatives with various Sonys made over the past six years. All exhibit issues with HDMI. They aren't dealbreaker issues, it isn't a constant problem, but it happens often enough to notice. Other makes have similar issues to a greater or lesser degree. The Sonys nonetheless have a known rep for losing HDMI connections when switching inputs or sometimes just speed-searching a DVD or BD you lose the audio until you reboot both devices. When it started happening, I looked online and many owners reported it, also confirmed by anyone I know who has one. It is alarming until you discover other owners experience it and its just a design hiccup: otherwise you might think the set is dying. It can be reassuring to know others have the same issue: it helps you decide whether you can relax, or whether yours needs repair.
Every brand or model series has quirks. My Samsung plays any conceivable video file from a thumb drive, my Sonys refuse to recognize many video files: they list the files but declare them to be unsupported (AVI, MP4, MKV, PAL, NTSC, whatever). JPEGs and MP3s no problem, just won't play most videos from a USB stick. But the Sonys have more subtle realistic color, so I work around their file pickyness by using a media player. It is what it is. My Panasonic is the same way: connect a dedicated media player or don't bother with video files. Nothing new there: the number one complaint about TVs is "it won't play all my random videos from a USB thumb drive."
The rest of you blowing smoke up my ass about region codes, chill FFS: I was referring to Maldez' combination of disc player, particular PAL disc, its possible region code, and the TV not communicating together- not claiming his TV on its own did not like the region, but his player blanking the signal because of the region. Some Pioneer players behave confusingly: instead of throwing up a region restriction alert, they go thru the motions of playing the region-restricted disc, and you get sound but no picture on the TV. This can mislead non-geeks to think their TV is the problem.
Last edited by orsetto; 9th Apr 2014 at 14:36.
Just chill out,nobody is badmouthing you,i do service calls and never have issues with sony bravia tvs,some people i know have issues with samsung so it goes both ways.I think,therefore i am a hamster.
I've been in "PAL Territory" for over 10 years now after growing up in NTSC-Land(I'm almost 50 now).....I sure don't miss all of this PAL/NTSC nonsense. Me, my region free Toshiba DVD player, and my LG and Philips LCD televisions that have yet to be stumped by any "normal" video file I've slapped onto a USB stick are happy campers.
According to the manual you can set some values for the HDMI output such as resolution. Check if the HDMI resolution/timing/color etc. is on Auto. If it is, try setting it to the optimal settings for your region, 1080 60Hz. If it's set, try the DVD again. Hopefully the DVD player will convert/scale the output creating a compatible signal. I guess now it's selecting an PAL-ish resolution/Hz and your TV doesn't seem to like that.
Thx....the "HDMI Out" options on the Pioneer are:
AUTO (which it is currently set to)
Any idea which one I should try?
That looks like audio. Is there a video section with HDMI options? I would expect 480/576/720/1080 options.
There's an awful lot of blather going on here with some useful information, some not so useful, yet nobody seems to have cut to the heart of the matter.
The OP needs to get a converting DVD player that can change regions. Set it to region 2 and NTSC output for the region 2 PAL DVDs and he's fixed. The Philippines DVDs are another story. The Philippines is an NTSC country but on the black market the DVDs themselves could be anything. Setting the region to 0 and forcing NTSC output should solve that problem too.
PCs don't have PAL vs. NTSC issues and depending on the playback software you use, they may not check region codes, which is why your DVDs work on a PC.
Many websites state that the player is region free. The manual says that if it's still an incompatible region the player will display "Incompatible disc region number Can't play disc". IMHO enforcing an output resolution should cause the player to scale/convert the video to a compatible signal.
For the topic starter, if you download the manual, check page 39, "Video Output Settings".
What about using this free DVD Converter software ......could that take a PAL disc and convert it to NTSC?....http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-DVD-Converter.htm#.U0c5ZFeAmtI
Maldez - Yes it is possible to convert from PAL DVD to NTSC DVD, but my general rule is that if you have to do this more than 2 times, you are idiot. The ONLY sane solution is to get a converting region free DVD player rather than having to do this kind of conversion from PAL to NTSC a bunch of times. You will lose quality AND menus when you do this kind of conversion. Your player may be region free and the issue may be that the video output by default is set to ANY or MULTI and it needs to be NTSC. You really need to look into that as if I am right, it should solve your problem to set the video output to NTSC.
Thx. Can you recommend a "converting region free DVD player" ? Here's a Pioneer I saw on Amazon that looks interesting.....http://www.amazon.com/New-Pioneer-DV-420K-Upconverting/dp/B002CO6GUK/ref=sr_1_12?s=ele...mi+region+free
I'd ready to grab this Pioneer All Region DVD player (http://www.amazon.com/New-Pioneer-DV-420K-Upconverting/dp/B002CO6GUK/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) but there's one negative review that has me a little worried.
This review is from: New Pioneer DV 420K - All Region Free Multi System / Multi Region 1080p DVD Player with HDMI Upconverting & USB (Electronics)
The description on this item is "Multi Region Code Zone Free" which states it will play any DVD with any region code; however, what it doesn't explain is that you have to pick the "ONE" region code you want this to be able to play. It WILL NOT play "ALL" regions. This information is misleading and when I received the product, it was for Region #4 ONLY. I contacted the company and was informed that this only plays 1 region and you have to specify when ordering which region you want. When I placed the order, there wasn't any type of option or information stating that you had to pick the region you wanted.
But I think the guy is probably a moron, because what he's saying sounds absurd and no other reviewer had the same problem.
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In 2003, several federal and state lawsuits alleged that Toyota (and other large automakers) conspired with CADA to prevent virtually identical new cars from being exported to the United States from Canada. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say the prevention or hindrance of trade ultimately led to higher prices in the U.S. by denying consumers access to potentially cheaper cars from Canada. We're still unclear if these were decontented versions of the models tailored specifically for Canada where car prices are generally higher, currency fluctuations or other factors. You can read the details here.
Other automakers were named in the lawsuit, but they either filed bankruptcy protection (GM and Chrysler), or their federal cases were dismissed. Toyota and CADA denied any wrongdoing but settled the case for an estimated $37 million.
Some of that money is up for grabs to anyone who bought or leased any retail vehicle between Jan. 1, 2001, and April 30, 2003, from the automotive brands listed at the bottom of the post and only if you live in the following states listed at the bottom. (Like any civil settlement, there is a litany of reasons why you still might not be eligible, so please read the fine print.)
How much could you get? The lawyers who litigated the cases say they have collectively spent some $40 million but have agreed to take only 30% of the combined settlement. The 46 plaintiffs, who took time out of their lives to help litigate the lawsuit, will each get $750. The plaintiffs also tentatively agreed to donate up to $1 million of the proceeds to a non-profit group or governmental agency. If 10% of eligible claimants file for a payment, the administration costs alone could exceed $1 million.
The bottom line is that you probably wouldn't get much. In fact, if your share of the settlement is less than $5, you won't get anything at all.
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by Tyler Craig | January 15, 2013 6:15 am
One industry that has been leading the charge higher in recent days has been automobiles. The Dow Jones US Automobiles Index has surged more than 21% in the past month alone. Amid this sea of optimism, both Ford (NYSE:F[1]) and General Motors (NYSE:GM[2]) have risen to new 52-week highs on heavy trading volume.
Of course, with some auto stocks having already rallied 20%-plus since mid-December, many traders might think they've missed the boat. I don't doubt there will be more upside — particularly if the broader bull market in stocks continues — but it's certainly easy to agree autos look a bit extended here. Fortunately, a few sympathy plays might provide better risk-reward opportunities.
The fate of steel stocks has been strongly intertwined with the auto industry. When you think about it it, such a strong correlation shouldn't be all that surprising — after all, steel is one of the biggest inputs to vehicle production.
Click to Enlarge As shown in the accompanying chart, the Market Vectors Steel Index Fund (NYSE:SLX[3]) has moved in lockstep with the US Automobiles Index. The correlation study included at the bottom of the chart shows both indices currently boast a positive correlation of 0.78.
Perhaps the most notable development of late is the magnitude of the rise in autos vs. steel stocks. Though SLX has participated in the bullish run these past few months, it has lagged the Automobile Index by a fair amount. Traders who believe SLX is due to catch up to the autos' performance might consider some bullish plays in the steel space.
Unfortunately, while SLX is a great proxy for the broader steel industry, it's far from the best trading vehicle — particularly for options traders. Though options are listed on SLX, they are very inactive and possess wide bid/ask spreads. Instead, I'd suggest looking to individual steel companies.
Click to Enlarge Of the bunch, Nucor (NYSE:NUE[4]) is one of the better-looking steel stocks right now. It's in the midst of a strong uptrend and is a stone's throw away from breaking out to new multiyear highs over resistance at $46.
Traders looking for a sustained breakout in NUE could buy the April 45-47 bull call spread. To initiate the position, buy the Apr 45 call while selling the Apr 47 call for 95 cents or better. The max risk is limited to the initial 95 cents paid and will be incurred if NUE sits below $45 at April expiration. The max reward is limited to $1.05 and will be captured if NUE rises above $47 by expiration.
As of this writing, Tyler Craig did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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Complaint Review: Ripoff Report | Swiss America trading company
- Swiss America trading company
2342 Tatum Blvd. Phoenix, Arizona 85323
United States of America
- Phone: 800 289 2646
- Web: swissamerica.com
- Category: Financial Services
Swiss America REVIEW: Swiss America's executive team and employees are committed to customer satisfaction. Swiss America Trading Corporation approach to business focuses on providing the highest customer satisfaction in the industry. Phoenix, Arizona
*UPDATE: Swiss America pledges their commitment to always improving their operations by joining Ripoff Report's Corporate Advocacy, Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program. A program that benefits the consumer by increasing their confidence when doing business with a member business. Swiss America is recognized by Ripoff Report Verified™ as a safe business service.
EDitor's UPDATE: Positive rating and recognition has been given to Swiss America for its commitment to excellence in customer service.
Ripoff Report's discussions with Swiss America have uncovered an ongoing commitment by the company to total client satisfaction. This means that clients can expect that the company will work towards finding a mutually satisfactory resolution to any complaints or concerns. Swiss America listens carefully to client concerns and sees them as an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and become more efficient as a company in the services offered and the support for those services.
Swiss America's CEO, Mr. Dean Heskin, has informed us that his personal philosophy is that his clients are a precious resource. As a successful businessman, Mr. Heskin feels it is critical to listen to his clients and respond properly. By always putting his customers first, Mr. Heskin hopes to maintain Swiss America as a successful enterprise both now and for many years to come.
Another top executive of the company told Ripoff Report that Mr. Heskin's personal business philosophy is based on the premise that "strives to add value in its services as they understand that a successful business model is based on value-added services, and client care". Swiss America's mission statement says it all: "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." Some of the other things Ripoff Report learned in the course of its review is that typical customer feedback reads: "Swiss America (and Mr. Heskin) truly communicate all aspects of the job in a timely and effective manner. We are very pleased with the responsiveness that he and his employees show us. They are serious about meeting commitments, and deliver on all their promises.
The information provided in this report below is based on comments made by CEO Dean Heskin during an onsite inspection held by a third party verification company with no biases toward Swiss America Trading Corporation.
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Swiss America Trading Corporation has no direct relationship with the US Mint, although they are not precluded from dealing with the mint. Most of their involvement with the mint is done through their suppliers.
When buying and reselling gold and other precious metals, their company practices a standard process. First, they utilize radio, television, internet, and print ads to advertise. After a potential customer contacts them, they look at the materials that they offer and determine if they want to become involved in the market. If a customer decides to work with their company, they are assigned to a representative. Over the phone they will secure the product with the trader and representative, verifying name, address, product price, date and time etc. During this process they also cover their company's disclosure in terms of market risks and costs. Throughout this process, clients are allowed to maintain contact with their representative, by email or phone. They also have online access to see the value of their product whenever they want. Clients also have the choice of receiving e-newsletters or print newsletters to update them on new information.
"During the onsite interview CEO Dean Heskin was asked to describe their target market consumer and the overall mission for the company: "That's the same as our previous 30 years. Our clientele tends to be conservative; we don't push this as a "get rich quick" type of endeavor. Most of our customers are purchasing our products as a means of better diversifying their wealth. This means that a portion of their money may be in land, a portion in stocks and bonds, a portion in tangible wealth, such as gold or silver, and a portion in cash. Overall, our mission is to present people with the concept of being diversified in their holdings."
In order to keep their end consumers educated, Swiss America Trading supplies them with plenty of information prior to them becoming involved in the market. Their chairman and founder of the company is co-author of five books pertaining to different aspects of the economy and financial markets. He is a frequently featured speaker on Fox News as well as a plethora of radio shows. They have been able to provide their clients with a vast amount of information through the things they have done with the establishment of the NCA (Numismatic Consumer Alliance) and their involvement with different industry affiliates.
The common complaints typically center on market performance
Mr. Heskin was asked to discuss the common complaints that their company receives and describe the standard practices they use to resolve these issues: "The common complaints typically center on market performance, meaning that a person's investment in the market went up or down, and it might not have been as much as they would have liked it to. These are the vast majority of our complaints. The good thing is that we have a very thorough and specific process that anyone must go through before purchasing. It is disclosed that there are risks due to the fact that this is a market and it does fluctuate. Typically, the majority of those complaints are resolved, often by sending them an audio copy of their agreement in which they have acknowledged that there is a risk involved in entering this market."
When asked what were some internal process and procedures that need improvement within their company, Mr. Heskin replied, "Thankfully, that's a tough, actually odd question because it implies that there are problems. If we have recognized any problems then we have probably already fixed them or are well on our way to fixing them. In the last few years we have incorporated our verbal lock into our customer agreement that contains all of the various disclosures, as well as expands on much we are trying to make sure clients know what they are getting involved with before entering into the market. We work on an internal basis and take all the necessary security measures. We want to preemptively make sure that we are more proactive in seeing any problems or issues. We have weekly staff meetings where we review various processes, issues, policies, and procedures to make sure everybody is on the same page and if there are any little holes, we get them plugged up."
Swiss America Trading Corporation is the largest, most comprehensive dealer of their kind. In order to maintain a competitive edge they give customers free online access to their portfolios, the continuously educate the consumer about market trends, and are actively involved in their community. They also implement a competitive buy back policy. They have always made keeping people informed and educated as the forefront for their business.
In addition, Mr. Heskin was asked to address specific complaints made on Ripoff Report about end consumers being overcharged and what was done to resolve this issue: "Well, first off in terms of being overcharged for a coin, the individual who made that complaint was not complaining about being overcharged, she was complaining about the coins that she did not make money on. In terms of how we settle such issues, we will offer them their money back or offer a reduced cost in what they will get back. In other words, we'll eat half the cost.
From our vantage point, this is often difficult for us because we tell clients from the beginning what the risks are. We explain to them the prices and what the cost is to buy and sell, we also publish it online. We couldn't be any clearer on these points. If necessary, we will perhaps give them their money back or give them a discount just in the interest of making things right. However, sometimes we deal with unreasonable people, it just happens."
Swiss America Trading Corp is pleased to be a part of Ripoff Reports Corporate Advocacy Business Remediation and Customer Satisfaction Program. They are fully supportive of any entity that stands up and represents the consumer to make sure they are protected. They are in full support of ensuring people are not getting ripped off. They appreciate the advocacy aspect of this program because that is what they have tried to implement within their business for the last 30 years. If there is an issue or a problem, they want to ensure that it is addressed. If something is wrong, they want to make it right and they believe Ripoff Report gives them the platform to do that.
"I have seen Mr. Heskin take personal interest in the ongoing improvement of the overall experience for the customer. With his background in finance and years of experience in assisting thousands of families in their financial decision making, I know that he has only the betterment of the customer in mind. It always gives me great pleasure to go back to our customers & know that they have been provided the best quality service at the best quality price." ~The Director of Administration
Swiss America takes employee satisfaction seriously as well. Employee feedback and surveys reveal comments such as this: "Swiss America provides a very positive environment to work. Opportunities for suggestions and improvements are encouraged. Mr. Heskin is truly concerned about our contribution to the company and providing growth opportunities for us. He takes the time to listen and communicate with employees and customers." Ripoff Report was pleased to learn that Swiss America's past and current approach to business is focused on its pledge to total commitment towards client and employee satisfaction.
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Swiss America recognizes that complaints posted on Ripoff Report (whether true or not) are issues that need to be addressed, not ignored. If handled correctly, complaints can be valuable learning opportunities. With the feedback generated by Ripoff Report's review, Swiss America has made organizational changes allowing its clients and employees a more streamlined approach to problem resolution and a commitment to a great client experience.
In summary, after our investigation, which included discussions with Mr. Heskin and many of his past and current associates, Ripoff Report is convinced that Swiss America is committed to quality delivery of services resulting in total client satisfaction.
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Swiss America trading company steve carnow and larry scott Please dont ruin your life by doing business with Swiss America InternetUnfortunately I have multiple complaints against the fraudulent company, Swiss America of Phoenix, Arizona. Last week I submitted a complaint to the BBB of Phoenix, Arizona about their fraudulent practices. Today I received the most frightening, disgusting and harassing phonecall from Steve Carnow, representing Swiss America. As a woman I was shocked and frightened at his anger at my submitting this complaint. I told him to never call me again.
Please beware of this fraudulent company. Your financial life will be in jeopardy. They will lie and make promises and assure you they will manage your portfolio and then never do, wont return phone calls in a timely manner and even when you want to sell some items in your portfolio they will talk you out of it to your detriment. Please run like the wind away from this company.
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