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Neo Contra has the dubious distinction of being the shortest game that's ever graced my PS2. Granted, I tend to prefer those 100+ hour monster games, the sort that tend to warp time and somehow cause the morning sun to rise seconds after "just popping the game in for a few seconds" after dinner. Neo Contra barely lasted until the 11 o'clock news. Four hours after first watching that opening screen, I found myself looking at the closing credits for the "good" ending, having unlocked and successfully defeated all the levels. Thinking there must be something more, I dove back in for more of that unlockable goodness. A scant few hours later, I'm sitting with a "perfect" score on all but one level. Well, at least it didn't overstay its welcome.
I've never played any of the previous Contra games, nor have I really even played any of the classic "shooter" style scrollers. So the story, such as it is, really makes very little sense to me. From what I've gathered, it's The Future, and Stuff Needs Shootin'. So "They" thaw out the super-soldier, Bill Rizer, hand him a few guns, and set him loose. The plot, thin as it is, really doesn't matter. But it is fun to shoot stuff.
Players initially have access to four missions, which can be played in any order. After completing these missions with a high enough performance rating, the subsequent missions become available. None of these missions are very lengthy, although they do have a nice mix of flavor. There are the typical "shooting stuff while running around" parts to most of the levels, which are interspersed with "shooting stuff while riding a speeding dinosaur", "shooting stuff while climbing a wall and being chased by a huge monster", and even "shooting stuff while running atop the whirling blades of a helicopter, somehow managing to avoid being pureed." Since the levels are all so short, they're quite simple to memorize, which becomes essential for getting the high performance rankings later on.
There's no collection of power-ups or weapons here. A "weapon set" is chosen at the beginning of the game, and that set will last the entire game. Each weapon set consists of two "ground level" weapons and an "above-level" weapon. The ground level weapons can be swapped out quickly and easily when the need arises, and they take care of anything that walks, rolls, or crawls around in front of Our Hero. The above-level weapon takes care of anything that's out of reach or hovering overhead. It takes a bit of practice to effectively use the various weapons of a given set, but after a short while most everything on the screen is falling in a hail of lead/flames/plasma. As for the weapons themselves, they run the gamut from mundane (machine-gun, grenade launcher, homing missiles) to the truly bizarre (drill gun, squiggly laser stream). And the weapon sets differ greatly in usefulness, too. Some are almost useless, and some are so powerful as to be almost game-breaking. In fact, once one particular weapon set is unlocked, it's laughably simple to complete the game in short order.
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Can anyone who owns some Wonk furniture comment on its durability?
I've had a Clermont credenza and a Devoe nightstand for almost a year, in the light bamboo finish. The pieces look as good as new, with no scratches or stains. The one imperfection is that the drawer mechanisms don't feel that sturdy, but they still work fine -- no squeaking or any other problem. I would buy Wonk again and have recommended them to friends.
The turnaround was also far shorter than promised, which is a rarity!
zinka, did you have to assemble the credenza? I think it looks fantastic, but I have reservations paying over $1000 for furniture that I have to put together myself!
No, as far as I know, everything Wonk makes is assembled for you. This is not Ikea-grade furniture.
I checked in a week ago and it seemed to be melmaline or wood veneer over baked particle board. It's not ikea, which is unbaked particle, thats for sure, but it's not much more than a step or two above it. I cant imagine it lasting 30 years-as like my 1950's tables, 1880's table, and 1950's danish modern stuff has , know what I mean? Plus the designs just aren't very special. Boy, am I ever picky!
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The bullets whiz by as glamorous, elegantly dressed Don Johnson careens through Miami's Art Deco district in hot pursuit of yet one more bad guy. But there's an innocent, unseen victim in that scene. Just ask Mortimer Levitt, owner of the Custom Shop, a nationwide group of 75 stores devoted to the well-fitted, well-tailored, long-sleeved, cuffed shirt: for his business, "Miami Vice" was a disaster. Although Johnson wore exquisitely tailored suits, underneath he wore silky T-shirts. A suit without a dress shirt--that didn't sit well with Levitt. In his view, it practically put the custom shirtmaker out of business.
The nature of fashion, however, is change, and with 75 million dress shirts made in the United States during the past year, it's clear that, outside Hollywood, the T-shirt-with-suit look has limited appeal. There will always be men who believe that a suit demands a fine shirt with French cuffs and those cuffs are complete only when they meet a pair of cuff links.
The little cuff link allows for an extraordinary variety of styles and materials, from the basic gold knot to diamond-studded links, from abstract designs to literal motifs. There are cuff links that trumpet hobbies, vocations and avocations, ideas, memberships and simply style. Cuff links are to men what earrings are to women: one can't have too many, and there's always another interesting pair waiting to be found.
There's not much history behind what we call the French-cuff shirt. Men's shirts, or shifts, as they were known in earlier times, went through numerous metamorphoses over the centuries, at one point covering not only the arms, but most of the hands as well. The sleeves were usually loose fitting, often ending with a flourish of ruffles in lace or linen.
In the 17th century, turned-back linen cuffs were prevalent. During the 19th century, English dandy Beau Brummell (1778-1840), whose name became synonymous with elaborate men's attire, focused on the neck cloth. This precursor to today's tie was so elaborate that a valet would work for hours until it was properly arranged. That kind of extravagance in dress is an old story: in ancient Rome more than 2,000 years ago, the simple toga was the style for both men and women and was worn by people of all classes. But those of wealth and position managed to set themselves apart by the way their togas were draped. The simple style became so complex that draping required a slave whose only job was to arrange the toga.
While cuff buttons, as they were originally called, made some earlier appearances, it was not until the Victorian era that they began to be worn universally. The 1920s were probably the height of cuff-link invention. Manufacturers created a variety of devices and designs to do one simple thing: allow a man to insert and remove his cuff links with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of security.
Cuff-link use hit a high during the 1960s. According to Arthur Gately, a senior vice president for Swank Inc.: "In the late 1960s, we were producing 12 million pairs a year." Even though these were aimed at the lowest end of the market, retailing for an average of $2.50 a pair, that adds up to a lot of men wearing French-cuff shirts. Now the firm makes 150,000 to 200,000 pairs a year.
Today's French-cuff shirt wearer is a more devoted cuff- link collector simply because he has made the decision to dress in this specific fashion. He can be seen in a variety of settings from evenings out on the town to power breakfasts at dawn. But more than anywhere else, the French-cuff shirt has always had a place in the board rooms of American corporations. Whatever the setting, the cuff link is often regarded as the only acceptable jewelry (besides a wedding ring and a watch) that a man can wear. David Wittig, a New York investment banker and cuff-link wearer, doesn't think of them as jewelry. "I don't wear jewelry," he says, though he owns about a dozen pairs of cuff links.
Wittig's passion started, he likes to say, with one pair. He spotted it in a jewelry store in Philadelphia. "I saw a pair of old Schlumberger cuff links about 10 years ago. This was before people started paying attention to Schlumberger," he says. That first pair, made by one of Tiffany's best-known designers, started him collecting. But a cuff-link collection is a static thing unless the collection can be worn and shown. "I converted to French-cuff shirts. I was only occasionally wearing French-cuff shirts before that," Wittig says. Once he donned cuff links regularly, Wittig also began to keep an eye out for other styles. His collection is modestly jeweled: a pair of gold with blue enamel, a pair by David Webb in gold and black onyx, a pair with diamonds in the middle.
The banker also inadvertently brought a Tiffany design back into production when he took in a link for repair. You know how you sometimes drop a cuff link in your driveway and run over it with your car? In this case, the driveway was at his beach house, and the link stayed there until the next week when Wittig returned. In any event, the link, a pyramid style with red and gold stripes set with a ruby, had probably been custom-made for someone, according to Tiffany. Why? Because the jeweler had never mass-produced the style with stones. Tiffany, let us remember, has its own dress code, which forbids making a diamond-set ring for a man.
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I would highly recommend this book Rifles for Africa by Gregor Woods published by Safari Press in 2002.
Gregor was born and bred in Southern Africa and has hunted in Africa for close to 50 years. His knowledge on the subject of Rifles for Africa truly is vast. (He is also the Rifle and Hunting editor of the Man - Magnum Magazine - since 1988).
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Think "poised to" is overstating the case slightly. NZ might decide to give him a swerve completely. Keen as they are on converted Saffers/Aussies, none of the imports to have made the full Black Caps sides had already played full internationals for another test nation.
Wonder who the last player to do so was, actually? Wessells would be my guess.
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He would still have to push his way past KVW, Watling, De Boorder and Tom Latham. I'd like to see one of those 4 following a top 6 of:
Rutherford (gamble but a leftie who can score big)
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Kiwi's really that desperate to cap a 31 year old Aussie looking for a couple of international games before he retires?
So dire how one can just switch countries to get a couple of games under their belt. I have no problems with the players themselves wanting to do it, I understand they want to further their careers, but it just feels wrong.
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Ronchi should make NZ's shorter format teams. Reckon he'd be a success especially at home playing on some of those smaller grounds and it wouldn't be the worst idea having an experienced campaigner like him in the team with the next World Cup obviously being in Australia.
I wouldn't pick him for Test Cricket though. He is capable, but so is Van Wyk.
Ronchi will have to score truckloads to get in the mix. He's got Ryder/Taylor/Williamson/Guptill/McCullum and probably Franklin ahead of him at this stage. Unless Brendon doesn't want the gloves, then he's a good chance - Watling isn't really a ODI option despite continued selection.
NZ do not need batsman they need a better bowling attack
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The 1994 Ford Focus was found abandoned a short time later near Newtown Estates at 32nd Street and Leonard Reid Avenue.
The two victims were not seriously hurt.
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But Spitler said it could be related to a violent home invasion Thursday evening on 53rd Street.
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INVOLTINI. This is one of my favorite recipes which I have adapted from the traditional "braciole" from Messina.
In the past, when my mother was a child in postwar Sicily, meat was expensive and available as a treat only. Stuffing the meat with bread served to stretch the portions further so to feed a large family.
The traditional recipe was made with beef and Southern cheeses like caciocavallo or provolone. Here I use our wonderful Umbrian pork, and local "guanciale", cured pork cheek. If you cannot find guanciale, use pancetta or unsmoked bacon. You can substitute Parmesan with aged provolone as long as it is not too salty.
- 450 gr (1 lb) pork loin, sliced paper-thin, beef carpaccio is a good alternative
- 2 cups seasoned bread crumbs
- 150 gr (1/3 lb) thinly sliced guanciale
- bay leaves
Preheat oven at 425 F (220 C). Pork should be sliced as thin as possible without breaking slices apart. Distribute slices over a tabletop and place a slice of guanciale over each slice of meat.
Add olive oil to the seasoned bread crumbs until they look moist but not greasy.
Distribute the bread mixture over the meat and firmly roll up each slice.
Skewer 3-4 rolls on two parallel cocktail skewers alternating meat rolls and bay leaves, so that rolls are sandwiched between bay leaves. Transfer rolls into an oiled non-stick oven proof roasting tin
Bake in the preheated oven for 20 min, turning half way trough. Switch off, cover rolls with foil and keep in the warm oven until serving.
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Taste: Hops climb on board, and spread around, clamber over the crisp, biscuity, tasty, toasty malt. Spicy stuff, and fruity, too. Little sweet, too, but not too-too. Quaffably delicious. Here's a beer you can drink, doggone it, and give you plenty of body and spicy hops. Mmmm, hmmm.
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Yep, this is from a can. A unmarked, silver 12oz can. Indeed wanted to try out their new canning line before using their own beer, so TH donated a few kegs for "testing" and one was MPLS.
A: Clear, light orange with a white head. Decent lacing.
S: Bright citrus hops and white grapes. A bit of tropical fruits. Don't really pick up anything else.
T: Interesting hop profile. Different, but in a good, refreshing way. It must be the Nelson Sauvin hops. They are juicy, bright and clean. Fairly citrusy with some sweet juicy fruits as well. A bit of pineapple. Fairly clean finish.
M: Medium to ligher body, average to lighter carbonation. Feels smooth.
O: A very tasty, hopped up pale lager. Tastes more like a pale ale, but it is much cleaner. Good drinkability.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Appearance is a light brown adobe shade in the glass, with a substantial off-white head and great retention. Fresh floral hops greet the nose. Citrus and grape aromas in particular, jump out of the glass. I don't pick up much in the way of malt or yeast.
Flavor is also all about hops. Not as tilted toward the fruit as the aroma. It's very musky and herbal - with pine, green grass and shallots coming to mind. A potent, but not sharp bitterness lingers through finish. Mouthfeel is dry, with moderate soft carbonation and a light body. Carbonation is a bit on the low side, but the result is a pretty smooth feel.
One of the many great things about Town Hall is their regular featuring of specialty/single hopped beers. This simple lager was a perfect way to showcase this hop and I was personally very impressed with this one, especially the aroma. Impressed enough to immediately place an order for some Nelson Sauvins. Always looking forward to the next Town Hall boutique hop pale ale/lager.
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08-26-2012 04:14:11 | More by GeezLynn
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look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From Town Hall: Short for Minnesota Pale Lager Style, MPLS is amply hopped with Nelson Sauvin and fermented with a lager strain for a crisp, hop-forward lager.
Had a pint at the brewpub. Yup, that's Nelson Sauvin alright. There's a big, clean juicy tangerine kick with an earthy citrus seed edge and and dry bitter finish. It's an odd hop, an interesting hop, but doesn't quite fill the potential of the beer. There could be more hops to complement the Nelson, or more malt flavor to contrast and balance. That said, it's a cool beer and worth having a pint or two. Find one and see what you think.
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|Sailing is one of the most enjoyable pastimes on the open water. The quiet and peacefulness of the water can provide a pleasant break from everyday life. However, smooth sailing requires paying careful attention to safety.
Small-Boat Sailing merit badge is an option for the National Outdoor Badge for Aquatics.
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- "Get a signed Merit Badge application from your Scoutmaster." An online, printable Word doc file version is available.
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First Aid
1a. Hypothermia - Dehydration - Heat Reactions - Motion Sickness - Cuts - Scratches - Abrasions - Contusions - Puncture Wounds - Blisters
1b. CPR
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Physcial
2. BSA Swim Test: Diving also has the feetfirst jump in - Sidestroke - Breaststroke - Trudgen Crawl - Backstroke - Swimming Turns - Floating
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See Swimming Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: Swimming & Lifesaving Merit Badge Pamphlets - Guide to Safe Scouting - Safe Swim Defense - Safety Afloat
3. Sailing Basics - Parts of a Sailboat - Nautical Terms
4. The BSA Safety Afloat policy you need is in the Small-Boat Sailing Worksheet.
5. Weather Merit Badge has resource links
6. How to Sail Video Lessons - Steering - Rigging - Knots - Much more…
7. Knots
- square (reef) knot - clove hitch - two half hitches - bowline - cleat hitch - figure-eight
- Animated Knots: Basic Scout Knots - Forty Scout knots - Special Knots - Sailing knots - Fishing knots - Folsoms Knots - Animatedknots.com - Great Animations - More Animated Knots - More great Animated Knots - Still more - Knot Videos - Basics Videos - Basics2
- Other Knot Links: Advanced knots - Ropers Knots Page - Climbing Knots - Fishing knots - Knots Index
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Aquatic-related awards
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Canoeing - Kayaking - Lifesaving - Motorboating - Rowing - Scuba Diving - Small-Boat Sailing - Swimming - Water Sports - Whitewater
- Boy Scouts ranks and awards: Second Class - First Class - BSA Lifeguard - Boardsailing BSA - Kayaking BSA - Mile Swim BSA - Scuba BSA - Snorkeling BSA - BSA Swim Test
- Venturing: Ranger Award electives: Lifesaving - Scuba - Watercraft; Sea Scout Bronze Award - Sea Scout Ranks: Apprentice - Ordinary - Able - Quartermaster
- Webelos Activity Badge: Aquanaut
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Cub Scout Swimming
Sports-related awards
- Boy Scout Merit Badges: Archery - Athletics - Climbing - Cycling - Fishing - Fly Fishing - Golf - Horsemanship - Orienteering - Rifle Shooting - Shotgun Shooting - Skating - Small-Boat Sailing - Snow Sports - Sports - Swimming - Water Sports - Whitewater
- Venturing: Sports Bronze Award - Quest Award; Ranger Award electives: Cave Exploration - Cycling - Equestrian - Fishing - Hunting - Mountaineering - COPE - Shooting Sports - Winter Sports
- Webelos Activity Badge: Aquanaut - Athlete - Sportsman
- Cub Scout Belt Loops & Pins: Archery - Badminton - Baseball - Basketball - BB-Guns - Bicycling - Bowling - Fishing - Flag Football - Golf - Gymnastics - Ice Skating - Marbles - Roller Skating - Snow Sports - Soccer - Softball - Swimming - Table Tennis - Tennis - Ultimate - Volleyball
See also
General Merit Badge information
- An Introduction to Merit Badges – how to get started, who chooses the counselor, etc.
- Merit Badge Worksheets & Requirements – with the revision dates, diagrams, charts, checklists, logs, and links you need.
- Merit Badge Application – offers online resources to let you print "Blue Cards," etc.
- Merit Badge FAQ – answers dozens of questions like: Who can be a counselor? Can requirements be added or removed?
- Merit Badges Requiring Prior Approval – Certain requirements need prior approval. Most do not. Here is the list.
- Also see: List of how many boys have earned each Merit Badge – Merit Badge policies – Merit badges required for the Eagle Scout rank – Merit Badge Days
- Additionally: List of Merit Badges by Field of Study – Merit Badge Pamphlets & Libraries
- Merit Badge Counselors must complete Youth Protection Training, file an Adult Application (and Merit Badge Counselor Information Form); and be approved by the local council. (See the Guide for Merit Badge Counselors for additional details.)
The Seaman Badge was one of the Original Merit Badges from the 1910 BSA Handbook. It was relabeled as the Seamanship Merit Badge in 1911, and retitled as Small-Boat Sailing in 1964.
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I read the first two chapters of this and was not impressed with the writing although the story of her life is very interesting. It is writing like many autobiographies of famous people who are not very good writers. It is the selection for Everybody Reads and I had to return it, it could not be renewed.
Sotomayor's story captivated me. Her internal motivation, even as she encountered obstacle after obstacle in her young life and career, was nothing short of inspiring. I was particularly invested in the early chapters about her childhood and family upbringing, though her reflections on her higher education and legal career (up to her appointment as Supreme Court Justice) are also insightful. Sotomayor's voice is grateful and honest and I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the people and events that have shaped her into who she is today-- though I was slightly disappointed that she doesn't let us in on any secrets of the Supreme Court!
As the first Hispanic & third woman appointed to the Supreme Court, Sotomayor's path from the projects in the Bronx to Princeton, then Yale is a real American success story. Written in warm, engaging style, her journey is shaped by close family members, invaluable mentors and a remarkable ability to learn from every opportunity presented to her. Inspiring read!
An excellent book. I learned so much about Sotomayors's life that I hadn't known.
This is an excellent memoir about an amazing woman. The more I learned about her early life and the various hardships she faced, the more I admired her perseverence, her determination and will to succeed in whatever she chose to do. It is clear that the integrity she lives with today began early in her life. I highly recommend this book!
"Born in a housing project in the South Bronx, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced her fair share of challenges from an early age: her father died of complications from alcoholism and she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Nevertheless, thanks to the support of her extended Puerto Rican family, she worked hard and excelled in her studies, attending Princeton and Yale before being appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York." June 2013 Biography and Memoir newsletter http://www.nextreads.com/Display2.aspx?SID=5acc8fc1-4e91-4ebe-906d-f8fc5e82a8e0&N=645920
Fascinating woman. Fascinating story. Very well written.
In August 2009, Sonia Sotomayor assumed the role of a judge in the U.S Supreme Court. She made history as the first Hispanic to occupy this privileged position. "My Beloved World is the story of Sonia's rise from her humble beginnings to this exalted position. It is a touching story of love, family loyalty, and Puerto Rican History both in Puerto Rico and America. Sonia Sotomayor despite her disadvantages made it to Princeton and Law School in Yale - at times people shot barbs at her accusing her of being a product of Affirmative Action, but her excelling in these schools are a testament to her capabilities and should be enough to silence those barbs. My Beloved World is at once a memoir and a historical story. It makes for interesting reading.
Just saw Justice Sonia Sotomayor last night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City presented by Kepler's Bookstore. She was interviewed by Belva Davis and I was really inspired by her story. Her memoir covers her youth and college years and all of the forces that came together that led to her ascent to the highest court in the nation. I haven't read her memoir yet, but cannot wait to do so..
What an incredible, brilliant woman. Child of Puerto Rican immigrants, alcoholic father, absentee mother and diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Sotomayor takes on the world bouyed by stratospheric intelligence, unbelievable work ethic and an amazing extended family!
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The other morning I was driving to work. I pulled up to a large intersection, but traffic was backed up because a fire truck was pulling into its station, so I didn't pull forward – or else I would have blocked the cross traffic if the light changed.
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Once the fire truck had pulled into it station, the woman in the Mercedes behind me honked at me to go. Traffic hadn't yet started moving yet, so I wasn't quite ready to pull forward – instead I glared at her in the review mirror for honking at me. By her arm waving and shouting "Go" I could clearly see she was p*ssed. Ha, normally I have pretty bad road rage, but this was making me laugh.
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Urban Meyer's final paycheck from Florida: $1 millionby Jason Lieser
According to a document released today by the University Athletic Association, former football coach Urban Meyer received a $1 million check from Florida as his final payment from the school.
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The money was paid as a bonus that was owed to Meyer if he completed his responsibilities for the 2010 season.
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Sound like the pipe thread die was no good or they do not know how to thread pipe did they use pre-treaded pipe at all if so are they leaking too?
I had a boiler installed almost a year ago. The house is nearly 80 years old and this is the first boiler replacement...cast iron in the old one rusted through and cracked.
The new one was installed with 1 1/4" black metal pipe. A lot of off the shelf nipples were used and a bunch of pipes were cut and threaded on site. They used a blue pipe dope, not sure which one, but I've had many leaks since the installation. The company who installed it has been back 4 or 5 times, several times taking half the new pipes apart and putting them back together with bigger wrenches. The last couple times they've used teflon tape and pipe dope but still some are leaking.
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Sound like the pipe thread die was no good or they do not know how to thread pipe did they use pre-treaded pipe at all if so are they leaking too?
Something is wrong if they develop leaks after install, especially in numerous joints.
I used the blue dope because it is more "gasket like" and more forgiving. Now I use regular grey/white dope along with tape. I have since learned to do it this way and just about never get leaks.
If they are pros then I would guess they should know how to properly dope up the threads. It may be as mentioned that the threads where bad, either on the ones they made on site or the premade....lots of pipe and fittings from CHINA.
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This set is great! I ordered the lavender colored sheet set which include a fitted sheet, flat sheet and two pillow cases. VERY soft and silky and a terrific bargain for the price! The lavender color is lovely and eye catching. I even ended up ordering another set (this one in blue) and the color was just as nice.
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I only bought the pillowcases in the king size. The sizing was very loose and after a few days of use, the seam on one of the cases also split.Poor quality and lousy stitching.
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I ordered king size pillowcases to use on back pillows of my bed. Before I use I like to wash first and was very very disappointed when the label says 100% polyester. Sure enough in the print describing the item it says polyester. Satin should be made using silk fibers. UGH
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Very thin, not heavy weight satin. The elastic bands on fitted will not hold, even when tucked under on our queen. As soon as my husband and I lay down they pop off! As soon as a cat walked across...they pop off! Ended up sleeping on bare mattress this morning as NONE of the corners stayed in place. Kept catching on nails and heels as well. Sending back. Did order extra pillowcases, which are ok.
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Fannie Maeis no longer bleeding cash, at least for now.
After devastating losses since 2008, the mortgage giant reported its second straight quarter of positive net income, even after making a $2.9 billion dividend payment to the U.S. Treasury. Fannie Mae has taken $117.1 billion from the Treasury since the fall of 2008.
Improving home prices and decreasing mortgage delinquencies have helped to boost the bottom line, but Fannie Mae's CEO Tim Mayopoulos, who took the reigns of the company earlier this summer, says he's not convinced housing is out of the woods yet.
"I think it's too early to declare a national housing recovery,"Mayopoulos said in an interview Wednesday on CNBC. "What's driving our results has been home price improvements. We are not expecting to see huge improvements going forward."
Fannie Mae reported net income of $5.1 billion in the second quarter of this year, up from $2.7 billion in the first quarter. Foreclosures, however, still weigh heavily on the balance sheet, despite the far higher quality of loans in the new book of business since 2009. 59 percent of Fannie Mae's single-family guaranty book of business as of the end of the second quarter consisted of loans it had purchased or guaranteed since the beginning of 2009.
Expectations of an improving housing market prompted Fannie Mae to reduce its future loan loss reserves to $68 billion from nearly $77 billion in the first quarter. The company notes in its report that it believes credit-related expenses will be lower in 2012 than in 2011. Mayopoulos, again, seems to hedge that somewhat.
"We are very excited about the new book of business we've been writing since the beginning of the crisis. We believe that we could be profitably going forward but it doesn't mean we will necessarily make enough every quarter to be able to cover the entire dividend payment to the Treasury," said Mayopoulos, who added that he is very comfortable with where Fannie Mae's underwriting standards are now, despite criticism from housing industry players who claim credit is too tight.
Mayopoulos expects home prices to bounce around more before finding a solid bottom, and that will in turn keep millions of borrowers, around 11 million by several recent accounts, in a negative equity position, owing more on their mortgages than their homes are currently worth. The Obama administration has been pushing hard for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to participate in the government's program that pays lenders to reduce balances on troubled loans. Last week, however, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's conservator, FHFA director Edward DeMarco, said the mortgage giants would not participate in that program.
"We are comfortable with where Director Demarco came out. We believe that we have the tools here at Fannie Mae to really help homeowners in terms of doing modifications and to help people who are in distress," Mayopoulos said.
Fannie Mae completed 35,332 loan modifications in the second quarter, down from 46,671 in the previous quarter. It also approved just over 24,000 short sales and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, up from just over 22,000 in the previous quarter. Refinances were far higher, with Fannie Mae acquiring 247,000 of those loans in the quarter.
Fannie Mae still has over 109,000 foreclosed properties on its books, despite selling more of them than they took in during the quarter. Its foreclosure rate is falling as are its loan delinquencies, but the legacy losses are still quite large. Fannie Mae has been experimenting with bulk sales of foreclosures as well as bad loans to investors.
As for the future of the mortgage giant, which along with Freddie Mac and FHA accounts for around 90 percent of all new mortgage originations, Mayopoulos said he would leave that to policy makers. Until then, he is somewhat hopeful that Fannie Mae will continue on its own path to recovery.
"We do think over the long term Fannie Mae can have strong profitability and can return a considerable amount of value to taxpayers, but over the next few quarters I think it's going to really depend on housing prices and other factors."
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