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I've seen several folks from the old forums already, and no doubt some names might change, so (as you sign up on the new forums) post here so we know you've joined us.
I've seen several folks from the old forums already, and no doubt some names might change, so (as you sign up on the new forums) post here so we know you've joined us.
That's my jacket!
You can all let out that sigh of relief--I have decided to bless this forum with my presense.
You might remember me as Size-18 Kenobi from way back when the other forums still ran rampant.
due to my screen name being 16 charcters in length, jt announces that 20 characters is now the max. sheeesh, anyway, hopefully my screen name of the past 4 years good shot jansen will be returned to me.
but i am here
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
El Chuxter. I thought I recognized your foul stench when we were brought onboard!
well, no doubt you recoginse me. Somebody already signed up with the names master jedi, Master Jedi, and master jedi (2). I don't know if that's just a big joke or what but I'm still the same old master jedi.
I have been going by this name for about 2 1/2 years through 3 upgrades of the forums but, glad to still be here.
I have the same problem as good shot jansen with the huge name 'Mandalorian Candidat' so I had to truncate it to just 'The Candidate'.
JT gave me the good news that we'll get up to 20 characters and name replacing will occur some time next week if you let him know you need your name changed without having to relog in. Hopefully they'll be a little more generous and go to 21 so I can get my e back.
"I'm just a YES man trying to make my way in the universe." - Jango McCallum
"Good dialogue and smooth editing are no match for a good YES man by your side, kid." - George Lucas
[COLOR=orange-red]EMPEROR JARGO[/COLOR] at your service
Seeing as we all get a new start here with these spanky new forums, I thought it was time I revealed my true identity. You may bow as you gawp...... No - seriously, I mean it!
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I failed to heed my Jedi training and registered as B-CJ the Third. I thought (greed IS along the path to the Dark Side) I'd lose all my post totals if I'd have used simply "Bel-Cam Jos." And I can't get my signature to show. Now I know it's not that great, but c'mon New Forums!
Trying sig line again, sir.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Hello all. Glad you could make it.
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WARRINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA -- Rep came out from Home Depot to gives us a quote on a new roof. He measured the around the house, but never got on the roof to check it out. He then proceeded to write up an estimate (total time spend doing all of the above was 7 minutes). He then gave us a price, which included 15% off if we agreed to have them do the work and sign the paperwork right then. The price was over $15,000 with the 15% discount. No mistakes. The number was over $15,000. I replied firmly, "Thank you for your time". He then asked what I thought a roof would cost and I stated that was between me and the individual.
Bottom line, I know that a roof in my area runs between 5,000 and 7,000 because I did my homework and I had worked in the real estate industry for years. We hired a company that offered the same roofing material and services Home Depot offered (minus 25 yrs on labor, our guy was 10 yrs on labor) for $6300. DO YOUR HOMEWORK!! I don't be taken advantage!
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON -- BUYER BEWARE!!! I had my roof replaced by Home Depot. They did an excellent job on the roof, and they were neat and friendly. My BIG problem is with the paperless method of doing business. I received my "receipt" through email, which I have no problem with. But then I missed a VERY important part of that email, which is that somehow the color of the roof was changed! I saw the money part and thought that was what I needed to review (wouldn't you)? I never dreamed that the color would not be what I ordered.
The blame falls on me because I did not catch the error until the roof was put on, and there was no hard copy showing my selection. I'm VERY UNHAPPY that my roof isn't the color I had expected. If you use the Home Depot for installation, review EVERY INCH of your contract!!!
TOPEKA, KANSAS -- I went in the store with my 3-year old son & wife. When I first came in, the guy at the front door offered his help and took me directly to the item. I went to meet up with my wife who took our son to the restroom. We decided to get an extender as well and walked the store looking for the item. After a time we asked for help at the front of the store and were told to go to the back of the store.
We couldn't find the item and asked an associate for help. He said we should be able to find it based in his directions alone and refused to take us to the item. Eventually a customer who heard us asking for help took us to the very corner of the store where the item was. That's pretty bad although the customer service received seems to average out.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- I purchased a roof for my home from Home Depot in April 2011 and have been fighting since to have it properly installed. I paid with my Home Depot credit card. During one of my many calls to the customer service department, I was asked if I wanted to dispute the charge. I agreed it was worth disputing and that my roof (still to this day) is not satisfactorily installed. The dispute was opened on May 9th, 2012.
The dispute was finalized in my favor and $12,110.00 was provisionally credited to my account on September 9th, 2012 with a note that if further "significant evidence" was found that the amount would be reapplied to my account. I called the customer service and asked what "significant evidence" would entail and how much more investigation would there be. I asked these questions as $12,110.00 is a lot of money and with the initial letter opening the dispute claimed that the initial investigation could take up to 60 days, and by the time I received the letter stating that the charge had been reversed was 128 days, double what was quoted.
I was told that it was closed and no further investigation would be completed. However, around October 1st, 2012 I received a phone call from the Phoenix office asking if someone could come down and inspect the roof and make sure that everything was taken care of. On October 6th, 2012 a gentleman came down to my house and instead of getting out a ladder to get on the roof, he pulled out some paperwork. He explained that this form was a copy of a previous form that I had signed and that the person who had the form in Atlanta "had died" and because they "had died, no one can find the paperwork that was originally signed."
Reviewing the paperwork, I noted that the form was a Customer Service Order form and stated that the work to be completed was to fix some exposed nails, torn shingles, and repaint the metal trims and that those specific items were completed. It also states that the balance remaining was $0.00.
With the suspicious circumstances surrounding this, I asked the gentleman if this had anything to do with the disputed charge. I was told that it had nothing to do with the charges and that it was only replacing a lost form. I reluctantly signed the form, the gentleman never did go on top of the roof and he left. Several weeks later I received a letter dated October 18th stating that the $12,110.00 has been reapplied to my account and that "Additional information has been received that provided significant evidence for the amount to be reapplied to your account." Attached to the letter was a faxed copy of the form I signed on October 6th, 2012.
This was clearly a scam to trick me into signing a form stating that the roof had been satisfactorily completed in an attempt to defraud me of the amount that was returned to me. This is obviously a bait-and-switch, which is an illegal practice in the United States. I am writing for corrective action in returning the credit of $12,110.00 back to my account. Home Depot cheated me out of a properly installed roof, and then scammed me into paying for it after the disputed charges were dropped from my account. Permanently re-credit the $12,110 back to my account, zeroing my balance.
I felt compelled to chime in responding to another post I saw about Home Depot's window program. A gal had been in the store pricing windows and ultimately agreed to an appointment with a salesman in her home at the behest of the store associate. She was miffed to find that the 'Home Services' salesman had different windows to offer than the store millworks department.
As a THD At Home Services, Inc. salesman, I deal with similar frustrations daily. The Home Depot has two distinct programs for replacement windows. One that offers a wide array of products and prices for 'do-it-yourself' projects and another that entails a turnkey replacement of existing windows (or roofing, siding or seamless gutters). My personal preference is to have my associates in the store 'spread the word' about our installed services and to offer an in-home appointment with someone like myself - a well trained sales consultant.
In the home, we offer the same basic tenets that have grown The Home Depot into the world's second largest retailer. These are Convenience, Selection, and unbeatable customer service. If, after an in-depth consultation and quote, the customer does not desire to use the 'At Home Services' program, a good sales consultant will happily refer the customer back to the store to learn about window pricing that is exclusive of installation, delivery, installation warranty, ancillary products necessary for installation, disposal, clean up, and the peace of mind that comes from using the nation's largest home improvement retailer and the nation's largest replacement window contractor - The Home Depot.
I realize I may sound like an orange-blooded cheerleader for my employer, but as a 27 year veteran of the remodeling industry, I can say that there is very real value in using The Home Depot's installed services. Issues can and will arise in any remodeling project. I have witnessed my company 'making things right' when 'Chuck in a Truck' may not have been able to.
The Home Depot organized the 'At Home Services' division in response to customer demand about 8 years ago. Prior to that time, customers with larger projects than they cared to attempt by themselves were sold the necessary products off our shelves and referred to installation contractors who could install the store-bought products. If there was a problem with the installation, the customer had to contact the independent installer. This arrangement was flawed as The Home Depot lacked quality control on the installation side.
No matter how unrelated to us, a third party installer could tarnish the impeccable reputation that The Home Depot has earned. Nowadays, a customer that contracts with The Home Depot for replacement windows enjoys the peace of mind of having every aspect of the project backed by The Home Depot.
The Home Depot's prices are generally in line with the local market. This alignment is carefully monitored by individual 'Program Merchants' that are assigned to their respective trades. One cannot easily compare windows off the shelf to windows that are installed. It would be like comparing apples to those yellowish, odd little fruit that slices up in the shape of a star. The company's challenge is to raise awareness of their 'At Home Services' division.
Through the program, customers can have a huge array of products installed for them - as well as have electrical, plumbing, and HVAC services performed for them. Requests for quotes can be made online (www.homedepot.com), in the store, or by calling 1-800-HomeDepot. The 'At Home Services' division often has fantastic discount programs as well. I am currently able to offer my customers 10% off of the bottom line on premium installed roofing, siding, windows, seamless gutters, home insulation and storm protection systems.
We also have roofing, windows and home insulation that qualify for the Economic Stimulus Tax Credit of up to $1500. This is a true tax credit, not a deduction from one's income - real money to offset the costs of installing energy efficient products in the home. Through our occasional credit promotions, folks using the Home Depot Credit Card can have energy efficient products installed at a 10% discount and have their tax credit money before the project is due for payment.
This is possible as the company occasionally allows 12 months 'same as cash' - no payment / no interest for 12 months. The company also has other financing options that help make larger projects very affordable to folks with good credit. I hear very often after a consultation that the customer learned a great deal about the project they are considering by having me offer a consultation and quote.
That's a free education folks - whether or not you buy from The Home Depot. 'Pete in a Pickup' may scribble a dollar amount on the back of his tattered business card. Your At Home Services Sales Consultant will give a thorough presentation of our wares and field all questions with superb product and industry knowledge. The note I'll close with is this: The estimate is free - It costs one nothing but 60-90 minutes in the comfort of their own home to learn about great products, services and financing options.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- On March 16, 2009 we had purchased jobs for roofing and insulation for our home at the address above by R (cannot use his real name on this website), a Sales Consultant at the THD At-Home Services from Bitter Lake/Seattle address, among other Home Depots around town. He's described as a weird old man with a mustache from the 1900s that curled up at the ends who proclaims he worked with the government in the past and that he was a former home inspector. He said he spoke several languages, but his Cantonese was pretty awful.
Because of Home Depot's reputation for good service at their stores, we decided to trust him and hire Home Depot for our home improvement project. They presented themselves above all roofing companies, promising a lot for a fair price. However, our decision directed us toward the wrong path. Unethical practices from the sales department and billing/accounting by Home Depot revealed the truth.
My brother and I spoke to sales consultant during the estimation on March 16th about the work that we are hiring the Home Depot to do. We stated that we were concerned about our roof, which is 20 years old. Recently a leaking from the flashing near the range hood area in the kitchen has occurred, creating a water stain on the wall. There was also a mold problem in the attic space, but after inspection during the estimation, R concluded it was mildew.
During the estimation/consultation, the sales consultant had promised things that were basically lies. For one, R said that the Home Depots hiring process goes through a rigorous process, background check and drug test. This made me believe that the roof workers were employees of Home Depot. This is further from the truth; the company hired an outside source, Golden Seal Roofing, probably the highest bidder for this project. This wasn't revealed until the roofing company came knocking on my door to start reroofing.
The sales consultant lead us to believe there was a law made in 2006 which is illegal for King County homeowners to place new roofing material on top of old material. He also persuaded me to tell my father, who doesn't understand English very well, that it was completely illegal. After things started to unravel, I further researched this so called fact; I discovered there is no such law that states this.
The King County law says that if it is over three layers, it's restricted; however layering new shingles on top of old is fine as long as it abides to this rule. ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK THE INFORMATION ANY SALES PERSON TELLS YOU BEFORE SIGNING A CHECK, EVEN IF THEY ARE FROM A COMPANY YOU THINK IS RELIABLE.
The sales consultant then continued to talk about ventilation during the consultation. My brother and I were concerned about proper ventilation, especially since there is a mildew problem in the attic. Also, we explained that our ventilation holes on the front and back of the house were blocked with wood because of the birds around our neighborhood nesting inside. He said that those would be taken out for better ventilation and small screen netting would be needed to keep the birds out. None of this was done. I have yet to get a response from the sales consultant regarding this issue after emailing him.
We asked if the wood under the shingles would be replaced due to the dampness and mildew from the Northwest weather and also deterioration because of the age. Among the many lies during our consultation, he said they would replace the OSB with plywood. This was not done either.
After the roof was installed, during our own inspection, to our shock, many of the promises made were not completed. When I spoke to him over the phone on March 23, 3009 in the evening (the same day the roof was installed), he said that replacing the OSB with plywood was what we agreed on. I assumed this would be corrected immediately.
The next day on March 24, 2009, he came by the house two hours late and started retracting what was said. He basically backtracked what we agreed upon during our initial consultation and finally gave me the warranty information. The warranty on the paper says the first 12 years are non-prorated, but he tells me this is actually 20 years. After reading many complaints against Home Depot roofing, I'm beginning to believe how Home Depot does not honor this contract.
During our conversation, the sales consultant said he spoke with the project manager the night I called. The project manager said that only the area where the ventilation shaft for the kitchen's stove top hood needed the plywood. The sales consultant started to say that they had to keep the cost down by not replacing the old OSB for plywood. Again, this is all new information after the fact the roof was done.
The sales consultant finally showed me our itemization – approx $ 6,500.00 which was bundled into Timberline roofing material and cost of labor, this never included the cost of plywood. He further continued to say that the OSB wood we have on the roof did not have a problem and it was strong enough to hold in the nails. None of this was revealed during the consultation.
He then proceeded to rant on how mold and mildew will fall off the OSB board in the attic once there is proper ventilation. Again this was new information never presented prior to me signing a check. He also backtracked and said that if the roof did need new plywood, he would have come out and checked out the roof himself and would have given me a higher estimate. This guy was unbelievably deceitful.
I naively assumed this was all included in the materials and labor cost, since the total cost was so high. When he finally showed me his paperwork, the material and labor costs was bundled up together under the category Timberline. They still have yet to give me a proper itemization with the breakdown in actual cost, including materials, labor, material removal, and many other fees.
The sales consultant also recounted that the itemization could have been made if the customer asked. The lame itemization that bundled everything together under the name Timberline would not have given me what I wanted. When I asked by email for the itemization on March 18, 2009, he called me at home, asked me why I was even asking and told me he couldn't give me one and said that the estimate is 60% for materials and 40% in labor.
If you broke it down, it cost approx. $3900.00 for the Timberline roofing materials and $2,600.00 for labor cost. Additionally, he charged $1,100.00 for exhaust ridge vent and flashings for chimney and drip edge. Truthfully, Home Depot had charged me over 100%+ the amount it would have cost me to have the roof professionally done.
Home Depot has continues to give me wrong information and is completely unprofessional during the roofing process. On March 18, 2009, Wednesday, Home Depot Services called and spoke to my brother. The person said that the project manager will meet with me in the next morning to re-measure and they will start Monday to reroof.
When the project manager came the next day to re-measure, he said that the roofing company will call to schedule when a good time to reroof would be when I tried to confirm if it was Monday. He didn't know when they would come. No one called to confirm.
Monday morning comes along and I hear a knock at 9 am and roofing company showed up. I spoke to the owner of Golden Seal Roofing asked why they didn't call to confirm. His answer was "Why?" They started at 9 am and finally ended work at 2 pm, which totaled 5 hours of work for $2,600.00 for labor cost.
Lies after lies, the sale consultant's presentation included how Home Depot purchases large amounts to keep the cost low for consumers, but in all honesty they over price everything and outsource the work. We have decided to cancel the insulation job, calling the THD At-Home Services in Renton to do this. They charged us a 25% cancellation fee because they have already purchased the insulation material. The cancellation fee totaled approximately $400.00, outrageous! After realizing how deceitful and money hungry Home Depot is, they have lost our family as long time customers.
Had we known how unethical Home Depot is with their business practices, we would have never contracted Home Depot for any of the services. Always cross check information and never ever buy a roof from Home Depot or any other services they provide.
A Home Depot roofing salesman came to my parent's home yesterday, 09/02/2011. I sat in the other room as the salesman spoke with my elderly parents, 92 and 85. My parents did not sign a contract with the representative after I convinced them to get other quotes.
The long and short of it is that the guy was a con-man. He spoke of peace of mind, the reputation of The Home Depot, the large number of shady, non-licensed roofing contractors in the state of RI, etc. He had a binder filled with the names of non-licensed companies in the state of Rhode Island. He also spoke of being a family man, his church and his parents.
He quoted $14,000 to re-roof my parent's house. Knowing that the price should be in the $400 a square neighborhood I was shocked when I heard the $14,000 figure, getting up and going into the other room to join them. (I try and give my parents a sense of self-reliance.) The roof is 15 square. The price should have been in the $6000 range. I said nothing about the price to the salesman, just made sure they did not sign a contract.
The salesman realized he was not going to make a sale at $14,000 so he lowered the price by $800, saying that he would give them the Architectural Grade shingle for the same price as the, "entry," shingle, saving them $800. The two types of shingles are the same price, he simply raised the price on one to discount later in the pitch. Still sensing no sale, he offered a 10% senior discount and 12 months interest free, along with a great deal on the HD credit card. The sales representative would not leave the written quote unless they signed that day.
Reading other similar Home Depot roofing reviews, many as far back as 2003, it is obvious that these very shady sales practices have been going on for a very long time. It is hard to imagine that HD is not aware of what is going on, if not outright encouraging such behavior. Stealing is bad, we all agree, but preying on the elderly doesn't get much lower.
WASHINGTON -- We recently had a new - high quality roof installed on our house. We were promised that a Project Manager would come and review the work that was being done - and then get up on our roof to inspect it to make sure it was installed correctly! That never happened!
We recently had some rain (yes - we live in WA State!). My husband found that water was running down onto our furnace coming out of a vent. I immediately called the Home Depot Store in our area to let them know our roof was leaking. They found an Installation Manager who would come out and take a look. When he arrived - he looked up from the street and told us that the flashing was too small. He then said that he would have someone come out the next day to fix it - that he was too old to get up on the roof.
Well, the next day came and went - no roofer. WE called him back and he told us that the roofer had to go to a town about 45 minutes away to pick up the parts needed to fix this. Then - it was another few days before he showed up - only to come when no one was home - no call to let us know he was coming. He left a note - that was found in our bushes stating that he was there - and that he had fixed the problem! When my husband got home that day - he immediately could tell that nothing had been done! Same flashing - same problem!
Fast forward 2 weeks later - still no repair - even though we have been called - apologized to - and yet - NOTHING has been done! Today a couple roofers came out when I was home alone - stated that we didn't need a smaller flashing - that he screwed the pipe in tight - and put some sealer on the joints! When my husband got home - he was livid! They had put black tar all over the flashing - and told me it was fixed! What a joke!
We called the store manager - and he wasn't in! We talked to the Asst. Manager and he told us basically he could send them an e-mail - WE could do that! He told us - he can't "make them" come out if they don't want to! We are so upset - and have made the decision to take our business elsewhere!
MEDFORD, MARYLAND -- When I realized my roof needed to be repaired, I had several estimates, including Home Depot. Home Depot was the most expensive but they were willing to start within a week and showed up on time to give the estimate. The estimate seemed comprehensive and detailed. The installers showed up on time and cleaned up the majority of the debris. They did leave some leftover wood and shingles hidden behind the garage. They replaced my wooden gutter with new aluminum. When I asked them about the new gutters being larger than the wood ones, they said there was no problem. To my dismay, they cut off all the rafter tails (an architectural element of my historic Craftsman home).
Several months later, after a big rainstorm, the roof leaked and a big hole appeared in my living room leaking water. To make a long story shorter, there have been repeated leaks in the same spot. The installer has returned for the 5th time, and "discovered" that some areas of the roof were not shingled. Additional leaks and disintegration of interior walls have occurred. I requested that the installer repair the plaster ceiling. After I requested him to re-plaster the ceiling the installer's solution was to put drywall tape & mud on the cracks and paint.
Now I have a network of 6 inch seams and bumps. They did not even sand the joint compound. In the meantime, the roof was not angled properly and now drains off the end of each roof down a remaining rafter tail which is now rotted. I asked for flashing to be installed to redirect the water. After the 4th request, drip edge was inserted under the shingles, which partially fixes the problem but is unsightly.
The process of making a claim is also very convoluted - first call GAF and get a claim number, they call Home Depot and you get another claim number for the problems with installation. If there is resulting damage, you get another claim number and customer service person to remedy the damage. 2 years after installation, I now have a damaged ceiling in the living room, the bedroom, new damage in the dining room, and several rotted rafter tails.
Home Depot does not feel they are liable to fix the wet wood in the attic or replace the rotted wood. My advice is Home Depot is overpriced and their installers are not professional. During one repair session, I found the installers turning over boxes and emptying donation plastic bags to use for their trash.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA -- While I must say the new roof on my house passed city inspection and seems to be just fine, I do have a problem with the workers, who on the last day, just before leaving, decided to strip all but one of the green fruits from my mandarin orange sapling. They did not even bother to pick them properly, merely yanking the fruit off, leaving pieces of skin attached to the stem, which could have broken the fragile trunk. Thank God I had the tree staked or it would have been broken in half for sure.
I had locked the gates the night before, got up early to unlock them. At that time the fruit was on the tree...I know, because it is on my way to the gate and the stark white of the remaining skins would have caught my eye. When I brought it up, the worker's supervisor ** stated, "Did you SEE them do it?" Hello, I'm the victim, not you. The fruit was there in the morning and after the last guy left it was gone.
**, having called the workers, said they had not used the back gate even, which was not true as I had seen some of them go out, including one who was sweeping the walk just inside the gate. I was told my car in the driveway would be locked up that night for me, though around 9 P.M. I went to check and it was unlocked and the back gate left wide open.
After you take care of a little sapling tree for a year is it so wrong to be upset at having the fruit thoughtlessly stolen? The fruit wasn't even ripe! Just don't turn your back on these guys. If they'll steal when they're outside, I can't imagine what they'd do in your house!


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LiverKick.com Podcast Vol. 22: GLORY Middleweight Champion Joe Schilling
- Written by Dave Walsh
Ha! Just when you thought you were done having to listen to me (@dvewlsh / @LiverKickdotcom) ramble on about Kickboxing, you were wrong. This time I'm joined by a very special guest by the way of GLORY 10 Middleweight Champion Joe Schilling as we discuss his big victory at GLORY 10 as well as how he felt going into the tournament and how his life has changed after it. Joe also weighs in on the GLORY 11 card coming up this week and that his next fight will be at GLORY 12 New York.
Don't forget to check Joe out on Facebook, Twitter and to keep tabs on Can't Stop Crazy.
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Sometimes a Snake is Just a Snake
There are a lot of critters in our area, but there is just something otherworldly about encountering a snake in the wild. It's very difficult to describe the feeling, but it's so distinct that it may be one of those things that's hardwired into us. It's almost as if time stands still and you suddenly hear the theme from Jaws in your head.
I'm no Crocodile Hunter, but there is also something mesmerizing about a dangerous snake. I slammed on the brakes so I could get a better look at the old boy, but he hissed and slinked away into the brush. That's one thing about a snake. There's something about them that makes them appear permanently hissed off, almost bitter -- perhaps about having no legs and having to slither around on their belly. They could almost serve as the symbol of envy, because they seem so mean-spirited, almost as if they'd bite you just for the hell of it. And the way they eat -- like the envious person, it's not for pleasure, but just to greedily incorporate the object as quickly as possible. They don't chew, they just swallow and it's gone. Where's the pleasure in that, Rosie?
As I continued my ride, it made me think about Genesis, and why the writer was inspired to choose the symbol of a serpent, or snake, for the Tempter, the Father of Lies, and the author of man's fall. The serpent was said to be the most cunning of God's creatures. Other translations use the words crafty, clever, subtle, shrewd, sneaky, and "more able to fool others." Interestingly, one of the alternate translations for "snake" is "French diplomat."
Thus, although man is ultimately responsible for his own fall, nevertheless, it seems that there is something "impure," so to speak, that precedes the fall -- not just the clever and cunning snake, but more importantly, our attraction to him. For "cleverness," "craftiness," "shrewdness" -- these are all faux forms of intelligence, and substitutes for wisdom. When someone says that a Bill Clinton or Bill Maher are "intelligent," I scoff, for it is an abuse of the term. If intelligence does not lead to wisdom, truth, and prudence, then it does not deserve the name "intelligence."
If you want to see how intelligent Bill Maher actually is, you must ignore the clever jokes written by others and read what his mind is actually capable of producing on its own. In this regard, his blog entries at huffingtonpost are embarrassingly clumsy, trite and childlike. Likewise, in order to assess Bill Clinton, we must ignore his sliver-tongued charisma and read his actual thoughts. I think you will agree that they are technically unreadable as a result of their soporific blandness. In other words, they are so vacuous they put you to sleep. But most politicians fall into this category: clever and calculating as opposed to wise or deep. Hillary almost looks as if she is hypnotizing herself when she speaks. Her eyes are dead, almost like a reptile.
I cannot even imagine living that way, for it goes well beyond speaking untruth. Rather, the entire being is a lie -- a false self, or "as if" personality. The personality becomes an object from which one detaches and observes from the outside. Intuitive souls always gained this impression of President Clinton -- that whatever the situation, he was, like the rest of us, observing himself from the outside, playing a role -- now tough, now compassionate, now outraged, but always in a detached and calculating way. His presidency was a narcissistic performance in which one part observed and enjoyed the other part, in the same way the parent adoringly observes the child (for this is where the roots of this pathology lay).
Not to get all French linguist on you, but if we think of the snake as a signifier, what does it signify, and where is the signified today? Where is it hiding, slithering around in the psychic underbrush, below the reach of contemporary language? If we were to write the Bible today, what symbol might we use for the signified -- or in Bion's terms, what semantic "container" for the perennial content? For if we don't have a name or a symbol for it, it will be as if we are blind to things that are right in back of our eyes.
I think without question we would use the symbol "lawyer" or "professor." Obviously there are many good and decent lawyers -- including, of course, some who read this blog -- which should give them all the more concern that we can so easily replace "serpent" with "John Edwards" in Genesis 3 and not miss any of the meaning. When I was a kit, my image of a lawyer was Atticus Finch. How, in the course of one generation of vipers, do we go from Atticus Finch to such oily scoundrels as Johnny Cochran, John Edwards, and Bill Clinton?
First of all, Atticus Finch wasn't real, but a literary creation and a symbol. Nevertheless, what he symbolized was important, for ideals are always important, as they serve as guiding stars that draw us to our better selves. And less than fifty years ago, one could, without irony, employ a lawyer as a symbol of the anti-snake -- a finch, or creature of the air, the higher planes; which is to say, the opposite of the snake, who can never leave the earth plane.
According to Wikipedia, Atticus is the "embodiment of quiet, intelligent strength and conscience." One of his most memorable lines is, "If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it." But you can only do that from the "air," not the ground. No one has less perspective than the snake, the horizontal personified.
Atticus is the diametrical opposite of the clever narcissist. The narcihisstic snake is the embodiment of the cold and ruthless absence of empathy. Not only do they not "climb inside your skin," but they shed their own, which has always been a demonic symbol of immortality. It is not the true immortality, but a faux form, in that it symbolically substitutes a sort of willed "self birth" as opposed to surrender and resurrection. If you don't believe me, just look at how many times Hillary Clinton has already sloughed off her skin in the past four years. For example, she was a much more passionate and articulate advocate than George Bush for going to war with Saddam. What happened to that Hillary? A LexisNexis search will reveal the trail of dead skin.
But I didn't intend this to be an exercise in lawyer bashing. Rather, I wanted it to be an exercise in leftist professor bashing. As a matter of fact, it was a good lawyer who sent me the following link to a fascinating article that does a good job of explaining -- for the 100th time -- why I think the left is so very dangerous -- why they are the embodiment of the cunning snake in the garden.
Pay particular attention to the axioms of the "suicide thinker" of the left, who complements the "suicide bomber" of Islam, for the latter could not flourish in the absence of the former:
--There is no truth, only competing agendas.
--All Western (and especially American) claims to moral superiority over Communism/Fascism/Islam are vitiated by the West's history of racism and colonialism.
--There are no objective standards by which we may judge one culture to be better than another. Anyone who claims that there are such standards is an evil oppressor.
--The prosperity of the West is built on ruthless exploitation of the Third World; therefore Westerners actually deserve to be impoverished and miserable.
--Crime is the fault of society, not the individual criminal. Poor criminals are entitled to what they take. Submitting to criminal predation is more virtuous than resisting it.
--The poor are victims. Criminals are victims. And only victims are virtuous. Therefore only the poor and criminals are virtuous. (Rich people can borrow some virtue by identifying with poor people and criminals.)
--For a virtuous person, violence and war are never justified. It is always better to be a victim than to fight, or even to defend oneself. But 'oppressed' people are allowed to use violence anyway; they are merely reflecting the evil of their oppressors.
--When confronted with terror, the only moral course for a Westerner is to apologize for past sins, understand the terrorist's point of view, and make concessions.
Now folks, I went to college. I have seen the snake up close and personal. Just as on my bike ride yesterday, I was mesmerized by the snake. Believe it or not, there was a time that I believed each and every one of these items on the snake's agenda.
Wait a minute, I'm reading them again.
Yup. I believed every one of them, some more implicitly than explicitly, but nevertheless, I more or less believed these things to be true.
Now obviously, all of these ideas are warped, twisted, and unnatural. No innocent person could ever spontaneously come up with these perversions. No one can believe these things unless they are placed there by an outside influence, or leftist reptool. Nevertheless, as in Genesis, the snake can have no influence over us unless there is something in man that is drawn to the dark, lower world of the snake.
Now, I wonder. Is there something analogous in the soul to that eery and otherworldly feeling of happening upon a snake in the wild? In a way, it is a sort of "high," for it does take you out of the ordinary, into a sort of thrilling and dangerous existential space. It certainly isn't boring.
Could leftism represent the dizzying thrill of the fall? After all, falling is a thrill, at least until you hit bottom, just as -- no disrespect intended here -- being the Crocodile Hunter was a thrill until he hit a stingray, and being a Euro-socialist will be a thrill until their experiment against reality is conquered by Islam.
You don't learn anything useful in a liberal education at an elite university -- nothing that you won't have to later unlearn. But what a thrill to fall so far in just four years!
A soulful lesson in snakes (apologies to George D).


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Not if market doesn't bear it
Bushrod told the #Saints he wanted a contract larger than that of Jahri Evans
McKinnie is a solid option but I saw somewhere he's not giving discounts either.
No major surprise here, but soon-to-be unrestricted free agents tackle Jermon Bushrod and quarterback Chase Daniel have received the most chatter Tuesday morning with some interesting dollar amounts being tossed around through the media.
In another non-surprise, Bushrod is being connected to the Bears once free agency opens this afternoon. What was a surprise was that Bushrod reportedly is asking for Jahri Evans-type money. Evans signed a seven-year deal in 2010 which could max out around $57 million. Bushrod quickly denied the report via Twitter.
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Free agent LT Jermon Bushrod is shooting down rumors that he's seeking "Jahri Evans money."
He better, because he won't get it. Part of a somewhat soft offensive tackle market, Bushrod is unlikely to approach the seven-year, $56.7 million contract teammate Evans received in New Orleans. Bushrod turns 29 before the season. We'd anticipate something more along the lines of $30 million across five years
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A lot of familiar faces are back. Sept. 18, can't wait!!!
A lot of familiar faces are back. Sept. 18, can't wait!!!
Good establishing ep. It's hard to remember some of the returning contestants. But, after 27 seasons, and with 18 - 20 contestants per season, that's over 400 folks who've competed. The figure might be a little higher but I'm averaging in people like Rupert who've played repeated times.
You'd think, after 13 years, Gervase would learn to swim a little. Noooooooooo. And his little victory rant at the end sealed it for his niece, Marissa.
Poor Rupert. If he hadn't rushed and stacked a little better, he might've won. Might.
Colton's already on my nerves. He needs to go real soon.
The Drama Queen is gone, and he was faking it!!!! Now I can enjoy the show.
Last week, the Drama Queen. This week, King Brad. Let's face it: Brad had to be knocked off his throne. And he was seriously knocked for a loop when Caleb announced his intentions at tribal, and the air in Brad's balloon was sucked out. Just from the expressions on the other tribe members' faces you could see they were switching their votes.
Next week will be interesting. If Monica is allowed to replace him at the immunity challenge, and Brad goes to the vets tribe, will the vets be willing to throw a challenge and send Brad back to immunity island?
Everytime I see the Redemption arena, I think of the Chuck Norris movie, the Octagon. It took me a while to figure it out, but yep good old CN comes through.
Interesting that the redemption segment is gonna continue after the merge.
Some good players are gone. Candace and John played hard. Not gonna miss Brad. Laura B. talked too much. She wanted to be liked and honest and that got her voted off.
Next week looks good. The poo hits the fan!!!
Hey OC, sorry been gone a while. :P
This season took a few episodes to get me really into it...wasn't feeling it at first. It's gotten a lot better though!
Can't believe the women didn't get rid of Vytas...bad move on their part, and Laura B was a dope.
Saw this, and it's very sad news.
You'll be sorry, Pee-Wee Herman!
Thanks for bringing that to my attention, DQ. I hadn't heard about BB's passing. The cast photo that was included with the story wasn't the right one.
Well, not surprised that Aras, Vytas and Tina are at Redemption together. Vytas and Tina were talking waaaay too much at tribal, and Aras and Tina are past winners.
I do think Monica's days are numbered.
When it was known the stone draw would be between Tyson, Ciera and Katie, it was obvious Katie would be the one to go. But the look on Tyson's face when everything he'd worked hard to build was starting to crumble was priceless. Ciera made a big move, but it was a couple of weeks too late. What Hayden said was true: anyone sitting next to Tyson in the finals is playing for second.
You gotta love editing. The producers wanted you to think Monica was going to turn but nooooooo. Hayden really worked it to stay. Can't blame him.
Going into the finals, Tyson does have the best chance to win...again. Should've got rid of him weeks ago.


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Paderewska, Maria (sister). Paderewski's telegram on her behalf to Maxim Litvinov, 1936
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Institut de France, Paris, 1926
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Unidentified. Includes a letter to a Norwegian journalist, 1924?
Aballi, Sanchez, n.d.
Adamowski, Antoinette and Joseph, 1923-1929
Adamowski, Gertrude and Tim, 1925-1929
Adatci, Count, 1924
Addor, Barbey, 1934
Aikins, James A. M., Sir, 1924
Albert I, King of the Belgians, and Queen Elisabeth, 1929-1940. Includes letter from Court Marshall regarding the Queen's intercession with Berlin to facilitate Prince Ladislas Radziwill's departure from German-occupied Poland
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Amster, Marc, 1935
Astor, John Jacob, n.d.
Association of Polish Students, University of Madison, Wisconsin, 1929
Bank Zwiazku Spolek Zarobkowych, 1924
Bannister, L. Ward (Mile High Club, Denver), 1923-1926
Barthelemy, A. (Union League Club, Chicago), n.d.
Beck, James M., 1925
Beck, Louise C., 1924
Behmeyer, L. E., 1924
Benes, Edvard, 1935
Benham, W. B. (University Club, Dunedin), 1927
Berthelot, Philippe, 1921-1928
Besson, Bishop, 1926
Blazejowski, Boleslaw, 1935
Bliss, Anna B., 1924-1926
Blodgett, Eleanor, 1921-1929
Blondel, Albert, 1924-1934
Bojnowski, L., 1941
Bok, Edward W., n.d.
Borchard, Mr., 1928
Borglum, Gutson, 1929
Bourn, Agnes and William, 1923-1926
Bratianu, Elise and Jean, 1924-1927
Burbank, Luther, 1921
Burnham, Hubert, n.d.
Burton, Theodore E., 1928
Call, Mr., 1928
Cambridge University (Dr. Seward, Dr. Stewart), 1926
Car, Mr., 1921
Cartier, Baron de, 1925
Carton de Wiart, Adrien, 1926
Cazalet, Victor A., 1925
Chabrie, Robert (Journal des Debats),1929
Chlapowski, De, 1925-1929
Chlusewicz, Colonel, 1927
Ciechanowski, Jan, 1923-1941
Cieplak, Archbishop, 1925
Clauzel, Count, 1926-1934
Clay, P. T. (Sherman and Clay), 1923-1926
Coffey, Herbert V., n.d.
Columbia University (Murray Butler, Frank D. Fackenthal, Levering Tyson), 1921-1922
Comite International pour le Placement des Intellectuels Emigres, 1933
Condon, Robert E., n.d.
Congres General de l'Enfant, Polish Committee (Witold Chodzko, M. Gromski), 1925
Coolidge, Calvin, 1924
Corboult, Miss, 1934
Cumming, Joseph M., n.d.
Czartoryski, Witold, 1923
Daily Mail, n.d.
Daladier, Edouard, n.d.
Damrosch, Walter, 1923-1935
Daniels, John (English Speaking Union), 1928
Daniels, Josephus, 1923
Davis, Norman H., 1926?
Deering, Frank and Mrs., 1924-1926
Deschamps, Eugenie, 1928-1929
Dobrzycki, Rector, 1925
Doret, Gustave, 1934-1936
Downes, Olin and Marion A. (Boston Sunday Post),1923-1932
Drobinski, I., Mrs., 1923
Drummond, Eric, 1929
Dubowski, Ignacy, 1928
Duer, Sophie Lawrence, 1939
Dunham, Josephine and Theodore, 1925-1929
Dworzak, J., 1922
Dydejczyk, 1924
Dziennik, Edmund A., 1928
Eames, Henry Purmort, 1926
Echo de Paris, L', 1933
Eden, Anthony, 1936
Emerson, Mary Hopkins, 1936
Encyclopedia, 1926. Includes letter to unidentified minister regarding Wydzial Narodowy Polski w Ameryce
Engles, George, 1923-1929
Farnell, Mrs., n.d.
Ferrell, Garland (Wichita Daily Eagle),1923
Fisher, Harold H., 1927
Fisher, Herbert (Oxford University), 1928
Flagler, Anne Lamont, 1923
Foch, Ferdinand, 1920-1928
France Pologne, 1923
Fronczak, F. E., 1924
Fuchs, Helene, 1922
Fulcher, Maurice, 1923
Gabrilovitch, Mr., 1926. Relates to Theodor Leschetizky
Gandhi, Mohandas, 1939. Includes a transcript of a statement by Gandhi on Poland
Garbarek, Feliks, 1926
Garfield, H. A., 1926
Gasiorowski, W. (Kolegium Zwiazku Narodowego Polskiego), 1926
Gaspari, Cardinal, 1922
Gibson, Hugh and Ines, n.d.
Gilchrist, H. L., 1933
Giraudoux, Jean, 1940
Glasgow, Lord Provost of, 1925
Golde, Edith Sullivan, n.d.
Goral, B. X., 1922
Gorzynski, Monsignor, 1925
Graham, Ronald, Sir, 1925
Grappin, Henri, 1926
Gregory, D. J., 1925
Gronkowski, Reverend, n.d.
Grudzinski, Ludwik, 1925-1928
Gryncewicz, Joseph, n.d.
Haig, Douglas, Sir, 1925
Haiman, Mieczyslaw (Polish Roman Catholic Union of America), 1940
Halecki, O., 1940
Haller, Joseph, 1923
Hamilton, Ian, 1925
Hanotaux, Gabriel, 1929-1940
Hartwell, Dr. and Mrs., n.d.
Harvard University (Thomas W. Lamont, A. Lawrence Lowell), 1926
Hauke-Nowak, n.d.
Hedinger, 1924-1929
Hempel, General and Mrs., 1929
Hemphill, William, 1924
Hlond, August, 1939
Holiday, W. R., n.d.
Hood, C. H. (Minneapolis Club), n.d.
Horodyski, J., 1925-1941
House, Edward M., 1923-1931
Houston, Herbert, n.d.
Hovart, Izabella, 1928
Howard, Esme, Sir, 1925
Hrehorowiczowa, n.d.
Hymans, Paul, 1940
Iwanowski, S., 1924
Jeffries, Joseph M. N., 1926
Jentys, Tadeusz, 1924-1934
Jezierski, Norbert, 1927
Jusserand, Jean Jules, 1921-1922
Kaczynski, Monsignor, 1929-1941
Kamienski, B. S., 1921-1923
Karszo-Siedlewski, Tadeusz, 1936
Kazimierczak, Andrzej, 1926
King, Bradley, 1921
Klarkowska, Anna, n.d.
Klobukowski, A., 1919
Kolszewscy, 1921
Korfanty, Wojciech, 1924-1937
Koscisz, Jozef, 1936
Koskowski, Boleslaw, 1929
Kossak, n.d.
Kotarbinski, Jozef and Lucyna, 1924
Kraczkowski, Jan P., n.d.
Kubicki, Franciszek, 1939
Kulisz, K., 1928
Kwapiszewski, Michal, 1920-1941
Lambert, Alexander, 1929
Landau, Rom, 1934
Lansing, Robert, 1921
Lar, George, 1940
Lasocki, Zygmunt, 1925
Laudon, Sir, n.d.
Laurence, Sister, 1922
Lazare-Levy, 1935
Lempke, Herman, 1921
Le Pan, A., 1922
Leroy, Maxime, 1935. Relates to Francis Plante
Letellier, Henri (Le Journal), 1925
Lewandowski, E. P., 1936
Leygues, Georges, 1929-1933
Lhevinne, Joseph, 1922
Liga Morska i Kolonjalna, 1935
Lloyd George, David, 1920-1935
Lopot, Professor, 1936
Loucheur, Louis, 1929
Lubomirski, Prince, 1920
MacAdoo, W. G., 1923-1926
McCormick, Chauncey, 1924
Mangeot, Mr. (Monde Musical),1923-1930
Marlborough, Duchess of, 1928
Mason, Madeleine Manheim, n.d.
Messmer, Sebastian, 1921?
Meyer, Eugene, Mrs., n.d.
Mickiewicz, Marie, 1921
Mikolajczyk, Stanislaw, 1940
Milaszewska, Wanda, 1935
Mizerski, Stanislaw (Towarzystwo Uczestnikow Powstania Wielkopolskiego), ca. 1925
Modzelewski, J., 1927
Morgenthau, Henry, 1921-1932
Morning Post (London), 1926
Moscicki, Ignacy, 1935
Moton, R. R. (Tuskegee Institute), 1923
Motta, Giuseppe, n.d.
Muhlstein, n.d.
Mullaney, B. J., 1928
Muret, Henri, 1925
Musaceous, 1923-1926
Musikurchs, 1924-1928
Mussolini, Benito, 1925-1939
Nansen, Mr. and Mrs., 1921. Includes list of Polish refugees in India
Napieralska, Emily (Polish Day Committee), 1925-1934
Nelson, Congressman, 1928
New York Times, 1935
New York Tribune, 1923-1925
Niewiadomski, Stanislaw, 1927-1929
Northcliffe, Lady, n.d.
Nossig, Alfred and Mrs., 1925-1936
Noulens, J., 1919-1939
Noussane, Henri de, 1925
Nowicki, Consul, 1920
O'Donnell, James, 1929
Olchowicz, Konrad, 1929-1935
Opienski, Henryk, 1921-1924
Oraczewski, Monsignor, 1923. Includes letters to Mr. and Mrs. von Moschzisker and others relating to Oraczewski
Orlowski, Jozef K., 1921-1935
Owens, Mayor, 1941
Perlowski, 1926?
Pernod, Maurice and Mrs., 1925
Petain, Henri Philippe, 1939-1940
Phillips, Charles Joseph, 1921-1923
Piekarski, Felix A., ca. 1925
Pierne, Gabriel, 1923
Pilet-Golaz, Marcel, 1940
Pizzardo, Monsignor, 1929
Plante, Francis, 1924-1929
Polignac, Marquis de, 1924
Polish American Congress (B. Celichowski), 1925-1926
Polish Army Veterans Association (Dziob; S. Z. Stachowicz), n.d.
Polish Falcons of America (F. J. Klosowicz, Teofil A. Starzynski), 1926-1941
Polk, Frank L., 1923
Poniatowski, Andre, 1933
Ponzone, Count, n.d.
Popiel, Adam, n.d.
Posner, Stanislas, 1929
Pourtales, Guy de, 1929-1934
Przezdziecki, Henryk, 1931-1935
Rabska, Wladyslawowa, 1925
Raczkiewicz, Wladyslaw, 1941
Raczynski, Edward, 1925
Ratajski, Cyryl, 1924-1934
Rawlings, Bernard, 1925
Renie, Henriette, 1936
Reymond, Arnold, 1940
Reyntiens, Alice, n.d.
Rhode, Paul P., 1922-1929
Robinson, Mrs., 1921?
Rond, General le, 1925
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1939-1940. Includes letter relating to the Polish Red Cross in Vichy France
Rosenthal, Manzycy, 1935
Rosset, Miss, 1934
Rothermere, Lord, 1932
Draft of letter to Rubinstein, Arthur, 1926
Ruiz, Eduardo, 1921
Rybnik (Poland). City Council, 1936
Rzeczpospolita, 1924. Correspondence regarding the financing of the newspaper. Includes a letter from Wydzial Narodowy Polski w Ameryce
Sands, Robert Cornell (Strollers University Club), 1925
Sarolea, Charles, 1933
Satterlee, Herbert and Mrs., 1921 or 1922
Sauerwein (Le Matin?), n.d.
Sawicki, Joseph F., 1923-1926
Schaad, Herman, 1929
Schaw, Henry H., 1922
Schelling, Ernest and Lucy, 1921-1940. Includes letter of Peggy Schelling
Schrembs, Joseph, 1923
Sears, Sarah, 1929. Includes a telegram also addressed to Mrs. Bradley
Seyda, Marjan, 1920
Seymour, Professor, n.d. Relates to Colonel House's papers
Sforza, Carlo, 1933
Sikorski, Wladyslaw, 1926-1941
Sinclair, Upton, 1941. Includes a reprint of an address by Sinclair, "To The Conquered Peoples of Europe"
Siwinski, G. W., 1925
Skirmunt, K., 1925-1939
Skolimowski, 1929
Skrzynski, Aleksander, n.d.
Smulski, Jan F. and Mrs., 1921?-1928
Sobanski, Wladyslaw, 1923-1940. Includes correspondence with Piotr Drzewiecki and Prince Sapieha, and memoranda on conditions in occupied Poland
Sokal, Mr. and Mrs., 1929
Southam, Herbert, n.d.
Speyer, James, 1923-1936
Sroczynski, n.d.
Stapp, Philipp B., 1926-1927
Starzynski, Stefan, 1936
Steinway family, 1924-1929. Includes correspondence with Edwin B. Orcutt
Stojowski, Mr. and Mrs., 1922-1925
Stowarzyszenie Kupcow Polskich w Stanach Zjednoczonych, 1941
Strakacz, Sylwin, 1924-1926
Stronski, Stanislaw, 1923-1924
Swiecicki, J.? A., n.d.
Szajnert, Juliusz, 1921 or 1922
Szaniawski, A. F., 1925
Szlagowski, Antoni, 1929
Szopinski, D., 1928
Szyller, Mr., 1924
Tadlewski, 1929
Tardieu, Andre, n.d.
Tavern Club (Boston), n.d.
Tedeschini, Monsignor, n.d.
Teodorowicz, Archbishop, n.d.
Times, The (Los Angeles), 1922
Titulescu, N., 1925
Tomkowski, 1941
Tremaine, Mr. (Aeolian Company), 1929
Treowen, Lord, 1925
Tucker, Mona House, 1923
Tymieniecki, Bishop, 1931
University of Glasgow (Mr. Bayne; Sir Donald MacAlister; G. Milligan), 1925-1934. Includes letter to Hugh Ryan
University of Poznan, 1936
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (Krakow) (Zdzislaw Jachimecki; Rostworowski), 1925
Urchs, Emma and Ernest, 1923-1928
Usher, Mr., 1926
Valloben? 1934
Vallotton, Henry, 1935-1940
Van der Stucken, Frank, 1928
Vanderbilt, George, Mrs., 1923
Vaulx, Foulon de, Mrs., 1924?-1926
Vaxelaire, Max, 1940
Vendome, Duchesse de, 1939
Venizelos, Eleutherios,1921-1928
Wade, H. H., 1939
Walcott, Frederick, 1928
Wander, Eugene, 1923-1925
Warszawskie Towarzystwo Muzyczne, 1894
Wedel, Baron de, 1925
Weld, George Francis, 1922
Weygand, Maxime, 1920-1940
Wiadomosci Literackie, 1935
Wieckowski, Jan, n.d.
Wieniawski, Adam, 1925
Wilcox, Captain, 1925
Wilson, Woodrow and Mrs., 1914-1924
Witkowski, Edward S., 1935-1936
Witos, Wincenty, 1936
Wojtalewicz, Reverend, 1922-1923
Wolowska, H. B., 1941
Woods, Arthur and Helen, n.d.
World, The (New York), 1923
Wroblewski, A., 1923-1924
Wurzburger, Alexander, 1924
Zaleski, August, 1939
Zamoyski, Adam, 1924-1928?
Zawadzki, Wladyslaw, 1927?
Zeissler, Fannie, 1925
Zgorzelscy, Jozef and Maria, 1935
Zjednoczenie Polskie Rzymsko Katolickie (Stanley Adamkiewicz; Stefanowicz), 1924?-1926
Zulonga, Ignacio, n.d.
Zwiazek Narodowy Polski (M. Blenski, J. Magdziarz Skarbnik, Kazimierz Zychlinski), 1921-1924
Zwiazek Ziemian Powiatu Wegrowskiego, 1929
Zychlinska, Mrs., 1934
Untitled essays and notes, including on the history of Polish merchants, Polish politics, literature, and jazz, n.d. Includes dedication on funeral wreath for Mr. Venizelos. Holograph (in Polish, French, and English)
Message from Riond-Bosson, Switzerland, to Polish Americans, n.d. Typescript (in Polish)
Message from Rochester, New York, to volunteer officers and soldiers of the Polish Army in the United States, n.d. Typescript (in Polish)
Message upon the anniversary of the Wielkopolskie uprising, n.d. Typescript telegram (in Polish)
Speech, Geneva, Switzerland, n.d. Holograph (in French)
Speech honoring Jan Ciechanowski, France, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech on the occasion of the unveiling of the John Ruskin Monument, Chamonix, France, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in French and English)
Speech, Polish Sejm, n.d. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of the towns of Vevey and Morges, Switzerland, n.d. Holograph (in French)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of the town of Tolochanaz, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in French)
Speech, Venice City Hall, n.d. Holograph and typescript (in French)
Speeches upon conferring, on behalf of the President of Poland, Polish decorations on Americans and Polish Americans, Chicago and New York, n.d. Includes correspondence and lists. Holograph and typescript (in Polish and English)
"Tempo Rubato," n.d. Holograph (in English)
Message to Polish Merchants' Convention, Krakow, Poland, 1910? Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Chopin Centenary Festival, Lvov, Poland, 1910 October 23. Holograph and printed copy (in Polish) and printed copy of English translation by Laurence Alma Tadema
Speech to Polish Americans, 1915 May 27. Holograph (in Polish)
"Poland: Past and Present," speech, Polish Benefit Concert, Chicago, Illinois, 1916 February 5. Printed copy
Speech after the Act of 1916 November 5. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech upon the death of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Chicago, Illinois, 1916 November 27. Printed copy (in Polish)
"Remarks on Poland," speech, Teachers' College, Columbia University, New York City, 1917 May. Printed copy
Speech, Polish Army in the United States, 1917 October 6. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Liga Narodow, Geneva, Switzerland, 1919? Typescript (in French)
Speech, opening meeting of the Polish Council of Ministers, Warsaw, Poland, 1919 January 14. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, third meeting of the Polish Constituent Sejm, 1919 February 2. Typescript (in Polish)
Speeches, 10th, 18th, 40th, 81st, and 97th sessions of the Polish Sejm, 1919 March 5 - November 12. Printed copy of official record (in Polish)
Speeches, 9th session of the Council of the League of Nations, Paris, 1920 September 16-20. Printed copy of official record (in French and English)
Speeches, 11th session of the Council of the League of Nations, Paris, 1920 November 14 - December 18. Printed copy of official record (in French and English)
Speeches, 5th, 13th, 15th, and 27th plenary meetings of the League of Nations, Paris, 1920 November 17 - December 16. Typescript excerpts of minutes (in French and English)
Speech, Century Club, Boston, 1921? Holograph and typescript (in English)
Speech, Chicago, Illinois, 1922? Holograph (in Polish)
Tribute to Pope Pius XI after his accession to the pontifical throne, 1922 February 8. Typescript statement from Paso Robles to the United Press (in English)
Speech, Woodrow Wilson memorial, 1924 March? Holograph (in English)
Speech on the occasion of the transfer of Henryk Sienkiewicz's ashes to Poland, Vevey, Switzerland, 1924 October 24. Printed copy (in French)
Notes on Polish politics, 1924 November. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Poznan High School, 1924 November. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech, Poznan University, Poland, 1924 November. Holograph, typescript, and correspondence (in Polish)
Speech, reception given by President and Mrs. Cyryl Ratajski, Poznan, 1924 November. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of Poznan, Poland, 1924 November. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech, Poznan City Hall, 1924 November 24. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech at Katowice railroad station en route to Poznan, 1925. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Speech, League of Nations banquet, Geneva, Switzerland, 1925. Holograph (in French)
Speech, Polish delegation to the League of Nations banquet, Geneva, 1925. Holograph (in French)
Speech upon receiving the honorary citizenship of Lausanne, Switzerland, 1925. Holograph (in French)
Speech, London Press Club, 1925 July 13. Holograph, typescript, and correspondence (in English)
Speech, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1926. Holograph (in Polish)
Speech, Conseil Communal de Morges, Switzerland, 1926. Holograph and typescript (in French)
Speech, 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, Paris, 1926 July. Holograph (in English)
Message to the Polish Association in Sydney, Australia, 1927 April 15. Holograph, typescript, and correspondence (in Polish)
Speech, American Legion, 1928. Holograph and typescript (in English)
Speech commemorating Jan F. Smulski, Chicago, Illinois, 1928. Holograph and typescript (in Polish and English)
Speech, Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City, 1928 May 16. Holograph and typescript (in English)
Open letter to Senator Borah, 1931 November 30. Typescript (in English)
"Poland and Peace," speech broadcast by NBC, American Polish Chamber of Commerce, Civic Forum, and Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, 1932 May 18. Holograph, typescript, and printed copy (in English) and printed copy of French translation. Includes invitation from the Council on Foreign Relations
"Poland's So-Called Corridor," Foreign Affairs, 1933 April. Printed copy
Preface to Charlotte Kellogg, Mrs. Jadwiga, Queen of Poland, 1933. Holograph and correspondence with Charlotte Kellogg
Introduction to the home publication of Colonel Snively's letters to his family during World War I, 1933 November? Holograph, typescript, and correspondence with Marjorie K. Snively
Speech honoring Bishop Besson, Riond-Bosson, Switzerland, 1934 June 10. Holograph (in French)
Speech honoring the Marquis de St. Paul, French Embassy, Bern, Switzerland, 1934 August 14. Holograph (in French)
Speech honoring Anna de Noailles, Evian, France, 1935 August 25. Holograph
Statement sent to the editor of a Polish publication asking him not to make a fuss over his birthday, 1935 September 30. Typescript (in Polish)
Two essays or letters on Silesia, 1936. Holograph (one in Polish and one in English)
Essay on Polish internal politics, 1937 August 26. Typescript (in Polish)
Message from Riond-Bosson to the Polish Democratic Christian Congress and the National Workers Party, 1937 October 3. Typescript (in Polish)
The Paderewski Memoirs (with Mary Lawton), 1938. Holograph fragment and correspondence with Mary Lawton
Statement in response to Jozef Beck's speech regarding German demands, 1939. Typescript (in Polish)
Statement on Danzig, 1939 August. Typescript and correspondence with Associated Press (in French)
Message to the American people, 1939 August 30. Typescript (in English)
Message to Polish emigres in France, 1939 September. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Message to Polish Americans, 1939 September. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the Swiss people, 1939 September 23. Typescript (in French)
Message to Polish emigres in France, 1939 October 18. Holograph and typescript (in Polish)
Message to Wrarus Polski (Polish veterans organization), 1939 December 31. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the American people, NBC Radio, 1940 April 16. Typescript (in English and Polish)
Message to the French people, Radio Francaise, 1940 May 3. Typescript (in French and Polish)
Message to Poles in Poland, 1940 May 31. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the soldiers of the Polish Army's 2nd Division, interned in Switzerland, 1940 August 22. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to the Swiss people upon departure for the United States, 1940 September 12. Typescript (in French)
Statement aboard S.S. Excambion upon arrival in New York, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in English)
Message to Polish Americans, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in Polish). Includes typescript of publication in Dziennik Zwiazkowy, Chicago, 1940 November 7
Message to the American people, 1940 November 6. Holograph and typescript (in English)
Message to the British people, Reuter's, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in English). Includes typescript of Polish translation published in Dziennik Zwiazkowy,Chicago, 1940 November 19
Radio broadcast upon his 80th birthday, asking for contributions to the Paderewski Testimonial Fund, 1940 November 6. Typescript (in English)
Discussion with Marshall E. Dimock (Immigration and Naturalization Service), CBS Radio, 1940 December 8. Typescript (in English)
Message to Polish Americans, 1940 December 25 (first page missing). Typescript (in Polish)
Message to veterans of the Polish Army in the United States, 1941 March 28. Typescript (in Polish)
Message to be read by Sylwin Strakacz, Zjazd Homiletyczny, Detroit, Michigan, 1941 April 21. Typescript (in Polish)
Speech, Polish Veterans Association Convention, Oak Ridge, New Jersey, 1941 June 22. Typescript (in Polish)
Gdansk. Curicken, Rheinhold, Beschreibung der Stadt Danzig, 1687. Contains annotations through 1842 by subsequent mayors of Danzig
Jakobkiewicz, Joseph. Paderewski's letter of recommendation, 1921
Kazimierz III, King of Poland, 1310-1390. Vatican certificate authenticating bones of Casimir the Great, 1905 (in Latin)
Korfanty, Wojciech. Printed eulogy by Izydor Modelski and J. Malinowski, 1939
Kwapiszewski, Michal. Paderewski's letter of recommendation, 1935
Modjeska, Helena
Drawings of stage costumes for Modjeska by W. T. Benda, annotated by Modjeska, 1899
Bound notebook containing text of Acts III and IV of Adrienne Lecouvreur in Modjeska's handwriting, n.d.
Miscellany holograph items and clippings, 1871-1890?
Noailles, Anna de. Correspondence of Paderewski with various relatives of the Countess, including Constantin Bracoveanu, and others relating to the commemorative ceremony in Evian, 1935; with the Syndic of Vevey relating to another commemorative ceremony, 1936; and with the Societe des Amis et Admirateurs d'Anna de Noailles, 1935
Paderewski Testimonial Fund. Newsletters, press releases, and correspondence, including between Paderewski and Charlotte Kellogg, 1940-1941. Includes correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Polish Falcons of America, and Rada Polonii Amerykanskiej
Prisoners of war - Poland. Correspondence of Paderewski with Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland, and with General Prugar-Kettling, General Henri Guisan, and Colonel Henry Vallotton, 1940
Pro Polonia. Newsletters and appeal, 1939-1942 (in French); and correspondence of Paderewski regarding contributions, including with Mrs. Foch, 1939-1940. Includes appeal by Aide Suisse aux Prisonniers de Guerre Polonais
Rada Polonii Amerykanskiej. Correspondence of Paderewski, including with Francis X. Swietlik, 1940-1941; letter from Maurice Pate to Swietlik, 1941; and diplomatic correspondence, 1941 (in Polish)
Sikorski, Wladyslaw. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes, speeches, 1940-1941 (in English and Polish). Includes transcript of discussion with Sumner Welles
Strakacz, Sylwin. Correspondence
General, 1941-1948
Sikorski, Wladyslaw, 1936-1939. Includes a letter from Strakacz to Marshal Gamelin
Tadema, Laurence Alma. Letters to Antonina Wilkonska, 1926-1939
United States - Foreign relations - Poland. Radiogram from Robert Lansing to Paderewski communicating de iure recognition of Poland by the United States, 1919 January 26; and holograph letter from Paderewski to Lansing, n.d.
Charcoal drawing of Paderewski's head and shoulders by W. T. Benda
MEMORABILIA, n.d.
Bust of Paderewski, and paperweight with his head in relief
One album containing 83 prints and 4 postcards depicting Paderewski at various events and others, including Mr. and Mrs. Bagniewski, Jan Ciechanowski, King George VI, Mr. and Mrs. Gutowski, Monsignor Kaczynski, I. Kollupajlo-La Grange, Tommy Majewski, Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, Lily Pons, Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Eleanor Roosevelt, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Minister Stanczyk, Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, Aniela Strakacz, Sylwin Strakacz, Tadeusz Styka, Francis X. Swietlik, A. Syski, Antonina Wilkonska, Mr. and Mrs. Witkowski, and Adam Zamoyski, 1923-1941, and scenes from his funeral at Arlington Cemetery, 1941 July 6. Includes prints depicting busts of Paderewski by Malvina Hoffman and N. Tregor
1 print depicting a portrait of Paderewski by Tadeusz Styka, 1939; 1 print depicting Paderewski with Wladyslaw Sikorski, 1941; 1 print and 2 postcards depicting lodgings of Polish soldiers interned in Switzerland during World War II, with Paderewski's portrait hung on the walls; and 2 miscellany prints, n.d.
30 prints depicting atrocities committed in Poland during World War II; 6 prints depicting Polish children being fed by the Commission for Polish Relief, Winter 1940-1941; 2 prints depicting Polish soldiers, including one being decorated by General Sikorski with the Virtuti Militari order, n.d.


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The first details of Nvidia's next-generation Tegra 4 processor, known as Wayne, have emerged, and if they turn out to be genuine, the mobile chip will provide some serious competition to the likes of Qualcomm and Samsung.
According to the specs listed on a leaked slide posted to the Chinese language forum Chiphell, Nvidia's latest quadcore chipset will be paired with a whopping 72 GPU cores and its mobile security provisions will receive a significant boost. In addition, the graphic suggests that the chip will be built using 4-PLUS-1 architecture like its Tegra 3 predecessor, and will be compatible with 2560×1600 displays, used on new 4K TVs.
SlashGear seems to believe that the Tegra 4 will come packing four ARM A15 cores to carry the workload, although the slide itself doesn't specify which core will be used. What it does show however, is that these will work in tandem with a fifth 'power-saver' core, which will keep things ticking over when the device is in idle mode, allowing the main CPU to rest and conserve the battery juice somewhat.
In any case, it's the enhanced graphics that look to be the real selling point of the Tegra 4. Nvidia has added six times the number of GPU cores as we saw in the Tegra 3, which is more than to do justice to the 4K TVs that we've seen so far.
Other tidbits from the leak show an array of security features added to the chip, including HDCP, h/w DRM and SecureBoot, plus a high-performing image chip and support for Dual-channel DDR3L memory and USB 3.0.
The "Wayne" codename was revealed by Nvidia way back in 2011, at the time that it was talking up its predecessor Tegra 3 ahead of that chip's launch. It said that the chip would eventually be followed by chips codenamed "Logan" and "Stark", the monikers having been stolen from superhero characters.
We can't be certain that the slide is an authentic one – it wouldn't be the first time that misleading information has come out of China, but the specs do tally with previous rumors that have surfaced about Tegra 4. In any case, we can expect to find out the truth next month when the chip makes its debut at the CES.


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Dr Arun Chandavarkar is now the Chief Executive Officer and Joint Managing Director of Biocon
Bangalore: India's leading biotech conglomerate Biocon records 16% revenue growth in FY14. The companies revenues for the period April 2013-March 2014 stood at ₹ 2,933 crore with an of EBITDA ₹743 crore. The PAT for the period was ₹ 414 crore.
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The BSA's response to the Oregon Supreme Courts recent decision on ineligible Volunteer files.
There should never be a cover up, and we want those that are sick enough to engage in this activity to be punished severely. Further, we don't want them in our organization. If we can screen them out early.. then let's get them out or not let them in.
God help the sick bastard that try's to hurt a Scout in my Troop.
A Scout is brave.. he is even more brave when he knows he can trust his leaders to tell when things are wrong. A Scout is also brave enough to stand firm on policy and say no to those that fail to live the values that we promote.
I'm glad that those of us in the BSA take this more serious than our Supreme Court. Arrgh!
OK.. so directly from the BSA website here are the facts about the ineligible volunteer files.
Know the Facts: BSA Ineligible Volunteer Files
The Boy Scouts of America refuses to compromise on the safety of our youth. As part of our comprehensive screening and youth protection efforts, prompt reporting of inappropriate conduct with youth is required of all Scout leaders. The BSA records such allegations in the Ineligible Volunteer Files—whether or not the adults involved were Scout leaders or the youth involved were Scouts. By being proactive and acting upon many kinds of information—including tips and hearsay that cannot be proven in a court of law—the BSA has successfully kept dangerous or potentially dangerous individuals, as well as inappropriate role models, out of our organization.
Scouts are safer because of the Ineligible Volunteer Files. Recent efforts have sought to make the files public and suggest that the BSA is trying to hide something by maintaining their confidentiality. That is far from the truth. The following provides additional information about how they help protect our members, and why their confidentiality is important.
- The Ineligible Volunteer Files are an important part of the BSA's comprehensive focus on youth protection. Youth protection is of paramount importance to the BSA. Accordingly, the BSA developed a three-pronged youth protection program, including local and national screening of adult volunteers, education and training, and clear policies to protect youth members. The Ineligible Volunteer Files are used as part of the national registration process that follows a leader's selection by the local chartered organization, prior to granting membership.
- The use of the files at the time of application is a long-standing and well-documented process. While the records maintained by the BSA are confidential, their existence is a well-known component of Scouting's registration process. Their use has been referenced as far back as the 1930s in books, Scout publications, and news articles.
- The files provide an added layer of protection to criminal background checks. Today, any adult who wants to join Scouting must pass a criminal background check, but the BSA began collecting information on those ineligible to be volunteers well before computers and other electronic databases were available. The process that exists today is much the same as it was then and has proven to be effective in keeping potentially dangerous or inappropriate individuals out of Scouting. It is actually very simple: The Ineligible Volunteer Files links a name with information that led the BSA to determine that the individual was not suitable to lead youth. As part of the membership application process, the names of adult applicants approved by local chartered organizations are cross-referenced with the names included in the Ineligible Volunteer Files. If the individual appears in the files, he or she is not permitted to join Scouting.
- Files are updated any time a determination is made that an individual should not serve. Scouting policies require prompt reporting of any inappropriate conduct with youth, whether in a Scout unit or in the larger community. Whenever the BSA receives such a report from the local community, the national organization creates a record, whether or not the adults were Scout leaders and whether or not the youth involved were Scouts. In some instances, the allegations cannot be proven to the degree required by a criminal court, but the person is still banned from Scouting. Centralizing this information helps the BSA act more quickly (on suspicion alone in some instances) to identify and keep out persons who have been determined to be ineligible to serve as volunteer leaders.
- The sole purpose of the files is to prevent those deemed ineligible from registering as Scout leaders. The Ineligible Volunteer Files maintained by the BSA have always served solely as a barrier to entry preventing those who are ineligible to serve as Scout leaders from joining or rejoining Scouting. Suggesting that they would provide any greater insight from a research perspective reflects a misunderstanding of the purpose and content of the files. The BSA believes—and independent, third-party experts have confirmed—there is nothing in the files that would further the research field or help develop a profile to prevent abuse.
- The confidentiality of the Ineligible Volunteer Files encourages prompt reporting. BSA members are instructed to report any suspicion of abuse to local authorities and Scout executives, but BSA has always believed that victims and their families have the right to choose for themselves whether to share their stories publicly. People are more likely to come forward to report real or perceived misconduct if they can do so confidentially.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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Posted March 12, 2012; 01:40 p.m.
Name: Omelan Stryzak
Position: Lecture demonstration specialist in the Department of Physics. Conceptualizing and presenting demonstrations of physics principles in class. Recording demonstrations and posting them online. Helping professors with research design. Working on Web development and database management.
Quote: "As someone with an engineering background, I love when I can create something new or create that 'Aha!' moment for a student. I help them understand things in real life — how high voltage works, what kind of energy is induced when you drop something. I'm always on my feet, moving around, but it's a small price to pay for the variety. I love the interactions with professors, too — we're always trying to produce something cutting-edge."
Other interests: Off-road cycling. Writing code. Spending time with his significant other.


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Bart Nabbe
doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-45, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 2005
|Since typical mobile robotic vehicles have mobility sensors (such as LADAR or stereo) that can only acquire data up to a few tens of meters, a navigation system has no knowledge about the world beyond this sensing horizon. As a result, path planners that rely only on this knowledge to compute paths are unable to anticipate obstacles sufficiently early and has no choice than to plan inefficient paths that trace obstacle boundaries. To alleviate this problem, We present an opportunistic navigation and view planning strategy that incorporates look-ahead sensing of possible obstacle configurations.
This planning strategy is based on a "what-if" analysis of hypothetical future configurations of the environment. Candidate vantage positions are evaluated based on their ability of observing anticipated obstacles. These vantage positions identified by this forward-simulation framework are used by the planner as intermediate waypoints.
The validity of the strategy is supported by results from simulations as well as field experiments with a real robotic platform. These results also show that opportunistically significant reduction in path length can be achieved by using this framework.
Associated Center(s) / Consortia:
Vision and Autonomous Systems Center
Number of pages: 124
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|Bart Nabbe, "Extending the Path-planning Horizon," doctoral dissertation, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-05-45, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 2005
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school = "Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University",
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address= "Pittsburgh, PA",
|The Robotics Institute is part of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.
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Alternate name: New England Lobster
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Description The American lobster, Homarus americanus, is a species of lobster found on the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey. Within North America, it is also known as the northern lobster or Maine lobster. It can reach a body length of 64 cm (25 in), and a mass of over 20 kilograms (44 lb), making it the heaviest crustacean in the world. Its closest relative is the European lobster Homarus gammarus, which can be distinguished by its coloration and the lack of spines on the underside of the rostrum. American lobsters are usually bluish green to brown with red spines, but a number of color variations have been observed.
Homarus americanus is distributed along the Atlantic coast of North America, from Labrador in the north to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the south. South of New Jersey, the species is uncommon, and landings in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina usually make up less than 0.1% of all landings. A fossil claw assigned to Homarus americanus was found at Nantucket, dating from the Pleistocene.
Warning This lobster can deliver a painful pinch with either of its large front pincers.
Habitat Rocks, Ocean or bay shallows, Open ocean.
Range Eastern Canada, New England, Mid-Atlantic.


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DO YOU LIKE THE NEW WAY OF COLORING CALLED MELTING???I do. I have yet to try it at school and I have yet to trust someone to try it on me, but I've googled it and even saw it on someone for the first time in real life at a baseball game the other day. Didn't love the colors she choose, but still loved the look.
The objective/idea is to have it darker near the roots and gradually get lighter on the ends. Your hair does that naturally with sun exposure, but to make it into an artistic expression... LOVE IT!
Here are a few examples of what I am talking about:
This one is very dramatic!!! It can be done way more subtly. But this one shows very well what I mean by dark at the scalp and gradually getting lighter at the ends.
Drew Barrymore does this style. I think it is just beautiful on her. Still this is kind of dramatic too. But I think this is just the amount of melting you want because it makes you notice the style and not just think she hasn't been maintaining her color.
Julia Roberts does it too--- I think! Looking at this photo it looks like it has been melted, but hers is the least dramatic. Hers may very well be sun exposure fading on the ends, but I honestly don't think so. I think this is just a less dramatic melting effect.
So this is a cool trend actually. You can go dramatic or you can stay very subtle too. So I want to know what you guys think of it? I may just let someone do this at school for me. I did last week get a bright red panel in the back of my hair in my shadow box area. But I think this is really what I want to try.


text: Denarau Island is located off the western side of Viti Levu, well-known for its year-round blue skies. The region's ultimate sports complex can be found on Denarau Island. An 18-hole championship golf course and a 10-court tennis center are both housed within the complex itself, and the island abounds with leisure opportunities, including diving and other water activities.