text: Independence Day. Description: A short story in commoration of our independence Codes: MF cons cheat ------- I am sitting here in my cell awaiting the guards to take me down the long corridor for my execution by lethal injection. It seems that I couldn't convince a jury of twelve of my peers that I was justified in killing four people on July 4th five years ago. I've had my last meal and the padre has already blessed my soul and prayed for me. But I really don't give a good Damn. I was right in what I did and if I have to die to make things right then so be it. Maybe it will end my misery too. I'm sure you would like to know what this is all about, right? We let me start about ten years ago. My name is Billy Bob Sherman, Yeah I know who in their right mind names their kids such names, well my parents had a sense of humor, but it was skewed a little. Anyway, I was 22 at the time and was due to graduate from college with highest honors, actually fifth in my class of 984 graduates. When I was tested in high school my IQ was 142. So you say how come I took four years to graduate college if I was so smart, well I graduated with three degrees, that's how come it took all four years. I did all that studying for those three degrees, plus had my football career. I was the middle linebacker for our Bobcat team. In college I stood 6'-1 and weighted 205 I could run like the wind and hit like a tank. I think that is why my nickname was Tank like Sherman Tank. Only I was known as Tank Sherman. Anyway in my last year I met a girl that changed my life. She was Mary Lou Singer, 5-3, 98lbs of pure unadulterated sex goddess. Mary Lou could give hardons to brass statues. She was a walking, talking wet dream and somehow she decided that I was going to go somewhere and she latched on to me and wouldn't let go. Not that I was complaining mind you. But besides all the outside glamour, Mary Lou was smart too. She was only two spots below me in the class standings. We met in February just before Valentine's Day as I was going into the library and she was coming out. Someone said something to me and I turned around and she bumped into me about five feet from the door. She of course crashed to the ground and all her books and papers scattered. I on the other hand had only felt a slight jar and that was it. I heard, "Oh shit!" and turned back around to see this vision of loveliness sprawled on the ground amidst books and papers blowing in the slight breeze. I immediately knelt down and started grabbing papers and books with a giant paw and offering a hand out to the angel to help her get up. "Are you alright Miss? I'm sorry if I knocked you down. I heard someone call my name behind me and turned to see who it was and I..." That was as far as I got in my apology when I met those emerald green orbs that sucked my life and soul right out of me and into them. I was frozen in that spot, captured by the gaze of that redheaded pixie on the ground. I think she had a somewhat similar experience as neither of us moved. Someone else came up the library steps and was trying to help us, and until Bubba Harkins slapped me on the back I hadn't moved and I don't think Mary Lou did either. Bubba had come out of the library's other door and had seen what happened and was trying to help. Bubba knew that I had sworn off girls so that I could get as much education as I could because I needed that to get out of my home life. My home town was Wimberley, Texas it is a small town southwest of Austin and northwest of San Marcos. It is kind of a touristy town with its weekend markets and art galleries. But there is nothing for me there. My parents died in a car crash during my second year in college and my aunt is an unmarried spinster who is some thirty years older than me. At my twenty she was fifty-two but looked and acted as though she was in her eighty's and so set in her ways that she was determined that I would be raised by the values she got from her parents who were Quakers. She disavowed modern appliances and had no electricity in her home outside of town. She didn't have a telephone either. If she had had her way, I would not have finished school, I was needed to farm her twenty acres because she was getting to the point she could no longer manage the farm by herself. I let her know in no uncertain terms that I was an adult and that she would not be running my life, however she got it in her head that since my parents will had stipulated that she was to be my guardian upon their death then she would rule my life for me. I tried to explain to her that once I attained majority age, she no longer had that control over me legally. It didn't work, I had to get a court order for her to cease and desist. I guess that was the last straw, because two weeks after the court hearing, she died in her sleep. I had come home for a weekend to my family home to see if there was any interest in selling my home since I was at school all the time. I decided to check in with my Aunt Mildred. She didn't answer my call to her when I drove into her driveway. I first looked around the farm and I saw nobody, I then checked the house and found her in bed and cold. I called 911 and told them I needed the sheriff and the county coroner as I found my aunt dead in her bed. That took forever to get taken care of so now I had a house in town and a 20 acre farm and no relatives. I never knew my father's family. I think there was some bad blood concerning him marrying my mother who was seven years older than him. I really don't know any more about that. Anyway, I had no home life to speak of so I was on my own. Okay, back to that day outside the library. Once Mary Lou and I met I asked her if she would like to have a coffee or coke to make sure I hadn't hurt her. She said she would love to sit and talk. We walked down the hill from the library and sat and talked and got to know each other. I couldn't believe that we sat there and talked for almost four hours. Thank God it was a Saturday and we had no classes. After that meeting we saw each other many times on campus and I finally asked her for a date a couple of weeks later. I checked around and from what I could find out about her, she had dated quite a few guys, but they never lasted long. I finally found one guy that she had dated that I knew, Jerry Hansen, one of our strong safeties. I asked why he broke up with her or was it the other way around. "Tank, she and I had a great time for a while, a couple of months, but then it seemed that she and I were into different things. I wanted a more long term relationship and she didn't so we broke up. I guess we decided that we were just not right for each other, but I wish you luck." That was it, he never told me the real reason they broke up, but I'll get into that later. So we dated until I graduated as she was still a junior and I went to Houston to find a job. I had bachelor degrees in business management, computer systems and electrical engineering and had gotten offers from several companies. During the first couple of months after school I was interviewing at several companies and one stood out from the rest. It was a company located in Tomball, Texas, about 35 miles north-northwest of Houston off IH-45. The benefits were great, the place was a small town, and a bedroom community for Houston. The population was just over nine thousand people. I found a nice apartment and settled in to make my mark in the world. I did get to visit with Mary Lou and on weekends when I wasn't working and on some holidays. But my main interest was getting started in saving for a future, be it with Mary Lou or someone else. Long distance relationships don't really work very well and ours fizzled out after Christmas that first year. I didn't hear from her again for quite a while. I threw myself into my job and advanced fairly rapidly. I was actually a supervisor in our IT center the next time I heard from Mary Lou. It was two years after she graduated that I got an e-mail from her asking me if I knew of any jobs in my area. Her degree was in public relations, mass media. So I let her know I would look around and see what I could find for her. We didn't have anything at our company, but I did find something in The Woodlands. Yeah that is the name of the master planned community. It really isn't a town as such but a CDP (Census-Designated-Place). All it really means is that the place hasn't been incorporated as a town. Anyway there were two or three companies that were looking for someone with her qualifications so I sent her the information and she said thanks. That was for it almost another three months. It was late (about nine) one Friday night when my doorbell rang. I was dressed in running shorts and a worn out tee shirt. I had just come in from my run and was getting ready for a shower. I opened the door expecting one of my co-workers who ran with me and lived in the complex. Boy was I surprised to see Mary Lou standing outside my door. I stood there in awe. If anything Mary Lou was even more beautiful than ever before, but a lot of that might be wishful thinking. "Can I come in or are you going to stand there and catch flies all night?" She said. "Em ... ah ... sure come on in. I was just headed for a shower, I ah ... just got back from my run. Make yourself to home. There's coke in the fridge or Gatorade or water. I'll be right back." And I mumbled "Damn she looks good enough to eat," as I stumbled my way to the bedroom and then on into the bathroom. I had grabbed some different shorts and planned to take a very quick shower, but someone else had other plans. I was quickly washing my chest when a pair of small arms reached around my stomach and started rubbing all across my abs and then heading south for something else. Now Mary Lou and I had had sex before we broke up but only about five times, each time was heavenly, but nothing to write home about. I had had sex with some other girls in college and some were enthusiastic and some were just duds, they laid there and expected you to do everything. Now Mary Lou was of the enthusiastic variety. I learned a lot from her regarding how to turn a woman on and what they would and wouldn't like. Even thought we only got together about five times, we actually fucked maybe fifteen times all told. Once was not enough for Mary Lou and certainly not enough for me either, but I did appreciate the rest between get togethers. My mama didn't raise no fool and I was always plenty prepared when we got together so there was no possibility of disease or pregnancy with me. But lately things were a little dry as far as my love life was concerned so when she started rubbing on my cock, it didn't take long to paint the walls with some of my essence. We rapidly adjourned to the bed room where we had some really great make-up sex, or maybe it was 'damn I'm sure glad to see you again' sex. Anyway to make a long story shorter, Mary Lou had found a job in The Woodlands and needed a place to stay and since we used to be an item, I let her and six months later we married. Eighteen months later I got a big promotion and so did Mary Lou, so we looked for a house and found a ten year old home in a nice subdivision about half way between our work places. Things looked good for quite a while and then five years ago on the 4th, we were hosting a barbeque and Mary Lou had forgotten to get enough beer, ice and chips and we needed another bag of charcoal, so I was sent down to the HEB in Tomball for more. I remembered a convenience store a couple of miles away that would have everything we needed and so I went there instead of the HEB twelve miles away. If I had gone to the HEB I would be gone close to an hour, but this trip I was back in fifteen minutes. I pulled into the drive and put the beer, cokes and ice in the coolers in the garage and headed into the house with the chips and dip. It was funny that in the back yard there were a couple of the wives, but no Mary Lou and no guys. I figured the guys were watching the big TV in the den. Nope not there either then I heard a voice that I will never forget. It was Jim Harrison, my neighbor on the right side of us saying, "Fuck em good Mary Lou, cause I'm next." I stopped dead in my tracks and could not believe what I had just heard. I immediately got angry, then I got really MAD and then I got revenge. I marched right back down to the den and into the closet and pulled out my M1911A1 and slid the magazine in and charged the weapon. I calmly walked back down the hall and opened the bedroom door and saw my wife on her back with Len from next door plowing her pussy, Jim was in her mouth and Henry was getting a hand job next to the bed. I lost it completely then. I put two holes in each of the bastards that were fucking my wife and then put the last one into her head. Each guy had two new holes in their chest and were bleeding all over my dead wife. I just stood there in shock and with the gun pointed at Mary Lou and still trying to pull the trigger. Barbara, Jim's wife was the first to get to me and saw the carnage and went over and kicked Jim in the balls saying, "Serves you right you bastard. That's the very last time you cheat on me." Karen, Len's wife and Shirley, Henry's wife came in and both vomited violently and left for the other bathroom. Barbara held my hand and said, "Billy, put the gun down, you got all the slimy bastards and that cheating bitch too. Just drop the gun and go sit in your chair, I'll get you a beer, okay Billy?" I seemed in a trance as I dropped the gun and turned and went to my recliner in the living room. I sat down and just stared ahead. I was dead to the world. Later Barb gave me a beer and had me recline and drink my beer. She called 911 and the sheriff and they were out there in a little while. I just sat there in that chair oblivious to the world around me. My world ended when I heard Jim talking, well maybe it was when I opened that door and knew for sure what was happening. Needless to say I was arrested and charged with four counts of murder one and taken off to jail. I sat in one jail or another first the sheriff's jailhouse and then I was moved the big Harris County facility. Everyone knew I was guilty, but the trial took another two years to come around. I pled guilty and my lawyer said it was no contest due to mental instability. No one bought that. The trial took all of one day and then sentencing was another day. I got the death penalty which in Texas is lethal injection. My appeal was a moot point and my death was scheduled for July 4th, 2012, at eight pm. So there is my story, I loved and lost and then I lost my head and my life. I should have never opened that door that night I came back from that run. If I'd have been a little faster running I'd have been in the shower and she would have gone away. She said I was her last hope to find a friend. I wish I wasn't. ------- The End


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What is Polonius's primary concern about Ophelia's relationship with Hamlet?
That Hamlet does not truly love Ophelia and will reject her after taking advantage of her.
That Hamlet cannot marry her, even though he loves her, because she is not royalty.
That Ophelia has not been chaste and her relations with Hamlet will besmirch her honor.
That Ophelia is naive and inexperienced, and that when the relationship inevitably ends, it will reflect poorly on him (Polonius).
That Ophelia has not received permission from him to spend time with Hamlet, and her secrecy troubles him (Polonius).

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Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23
Our concept of time is a little, ah, juvenile.
We talk about 'this time last year' and 'four years ago today.'
As if time were stacked in neat layers, each moment of each day of each year bundled into orderly sheafs that allow us to page back and forth.
But time is slippery.
Our clocks and calendars give us some sense of control over its unctuous surfaces, self-help books extolling methods for capturing time's elusiveness and bending it to our agendas, goals and dreams.
But time follows its own beat, its frame stretching languorously into the mists at either pole. It needs no container. It needs no definition.
But we do.
And we long for ways to release us from the past.
And we long for ways to forge a new future.
There is a tool out there, a device that can erase yesterday's debt and write new vision in tomorrow's box. It's the only time management appliance that promises real results.
And that would be grace.
As He crafted our inner beings, our Father knew that we would be battling time through our confinement in this gravity. He knew that we would be haunted by the pages of the calendar that had already been flipped over. He knew that we would fret over the future pages yet to be turned.
And so He came up with this notion of grace.
A washing of time's tread. An emancipation from errant epochs.
We need this concept of a New Year. It's purely conceptual, of course. We continue on the rotation of the planet, whether we see it as a new chapter or not.
But the concept serves us well.
A chance to start over. A marker to redefine the path.
And lighting the way is grace.
The ultimate time management tool.
That we don't even have to know how to operate. That we simply accept.
Happy New Year.


text: REGIONAL AND SOCIAL DIALECTS by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen 42 1 Language vs. Dialect "A language is a dialect with an army and a navy." (Smith & Wilhelm 49) Speakers of different dialects may have difficulty understanding each other, but speakers of different languages can't understand each other at all. Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Icelandic are different dialects. Mandarin, Cantonese and seven other varieties of "Chinese" are different languages. SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA # 1: NEW ENGLAND NAMES • • • • • • • • • • New England Plymouth Rock New York New Jersey Cambridge, Massachusetts Boston Celtics (Irish) New Amsterdam (Dutch) Harlem New York Knickerbockers Dutch West Indies 42 3 EASTERN U.S. DIALECTS (Marckwardt and Dillard 280) 42 4 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA # 2: PENNSYLVANIA NAMES • William Penn • Pennsylvania Dutch (Deutch) • "thee" "thy," "thine" and "thou" 42 5 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA # 2: SOUTHERN NAMES IN DELMARVIA • Jamestown, Virginia • Williamsburg, Virginia • The Slave Trade: Charleston, South Carolina; Liverpool, England; and Sierra Leon, West Africa • Pidgins and Creoles resulting from "Maritime English") • The development of black English as a pidgin 42 6 SETTLEMENT OF AMERICA # 3: THE CUMBERLAND PASS • Scottish and Irish settlements in the South • Irish story tellers (the Jack tales like "Jack and the Beanstalk") 42 7 NORTHERN, MIDLAND & SOUTHERN EXPANSION WESTWARD (Shuy 294) 42 8 PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES • Greasy • With • spoon (noon) • Creek • Roof • However, wash is not so much regional as rural. 42 9 PHONOGICAL DISTINCTIONS THAT ARE BECOMING LOST • cot-caught • witch-which • mourning – morning • However, pin-pen is remaining stable. (Fromkin Rodman Hyams 413) 42 10 NEW ENGLAND PHONOLOGY • lot (New England) • park the car; Cuba-r-is • merry – marry – Mary • calf (pass, path, dance) • Brooklyn: dis, dat, dese, dose, dem 42 11 The Southern Dialect • "The South, because of its rural, isolated past, boasts a diversity of dialects, from Appalachian twangs in several states, to Elizabethan lilts in Virginia, to Cajun accents in Louisiana, to Africaninfluenced Gullah accents on the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina." • "One accent that has been all but wiped out is the slow juleps-in-the-moonlight drawl favored by Hollywood portrayals of the South. To find that socalled plantation accent in most parts of the region nowadays requires a trip to the video store." (Collins & Wyatt [2009]: 333-334) 42 12 The Plantation Drawl vs. Appalachian Speech • "Even as the stereotypical southern accent gets rarer, other speech patterns take its place, and they're not any less southern." • "The Upland South accent, a faster-paced dialect native to the Appalachian mountains, is said to be spreading just as fast as the plantation drawl disappears." (Collins & Wyatt [2009]: 334) 42 13 Walt Wolfram on Southern Speech • Walt Wolfram says that "the vowel shift where one-syllable words like "air" come out in two syllables, "ay-ah" is certainly vanishing." • "Other aspects—such as double-modal constructions like "might could"—are still pervasive." (Collins & Wyatt [2009]: 335) 42 14 Roy Blount Jr. on Southern Speech • Roy Blount Jr. said, "My father, who was a surely intelligent man, would say 'cain't,' He wouldn't say 'can't.' And, 'There ain't no way, just there ain't no way.' You don't want to say, 'There isn't any way.' That just spoils the whole thing." • "I just think that there's a certain eloquence in southern vernacular that I wouldn't want to lose touch with…you ought to sound like where you come from." • "There are still plenty of professions that thrive on a good southern twang—from preachers to football coaches to a certain breed of courtroom litigators." (Collins & Wyatt [2009]: 335) 42 15 SOUTHERN PHONOLOGY • Mrs. • hog (frog, dog, Deputy Dog) • south => souf • during => doin', and going => gon • help => hep • test => tes • ring => rang • boy => boah • car => cah • POlice 42 16 SOUTHERN VOCABULARY • chitlins and grits • to buy a pig in a poke • "Carry me Back to Old Virginie" 42 17 CALIFORNIA VALLEY-GIRL & SURFER-DUDE SPEECH • Rising Inflections (like Australian English) • Animated Body Language (like sticking a finger down the throat) • Specialized Vocabulary (like "dude", esp. relating to shopping malls, the beach, and personality types) 42 18 CANADIAN PHONOLOGY • out and about the house • schedule • Canadian -eh 42 19 VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES • What do you fry your eggs in? • creeper, fryer, frying pan, fry pan, skillet, or spider • What do you call a soft drink? • coke, pop, soda, soda pop, or tonic? • What do you call a long sandwich containing salami etc.? • hero, submarine, hoagy, grinder or poorboy 42 20 • What do you drink water out of? • drinking fountain, cooler, bubbler or geyser • How do you get something from one place to another? • take, carry, or tote • What do you carry things in? • a bag, a sack, or a poke • How do you speculate? • ponder, reckon, guess, figure, figger, suspect, imagine 42 21 BRITISH-AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION DIFFERENCES • calf, bath, pass, aunt • learn, fork, core, brother • carry, very • secretary, stationery, territory, dictionary, laboratory, necessary, missionary • either, neither, potato, tomato • clerk, schedule • captain, bottle (glottals [in Cockney]) 42 22 BRITISH-AMERICAN VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES • girl, cop, hood (of a car), trunk (of a car), suspenders, apartment, elevator, truck, wig, gasoline, bar, line, monkey wrench, television, flashlight, subway • bird, bobby, bonnet, boot, braces, flat, lift, lorry, peruque, petrol, pub, queue, spanner, tele, torch, tube 42 23 BRITISH-AMERICAN STRESS DIFFERENCES • Aluminum • Applicable • Cigarette • Formidable • Kilometer • Laboratory • Secretary (Fromkin Rodman Hyams 413) 42 24 BRITISH-AMERICAN SPELLING DIFFERENCES • Cheque • centre, theatre • colour, honour • defence, offence • labelled, travelled • Pyjamas • tyre 42 25 BRITISH EXPRESSIONS TO WATCH OUT FOR • fag or faggot (wood for the fireplace, or cigarette) • soliciter (lawyer) • to knock someone up (wake them up in the morning) 42 26 COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG • apples and pears (stairs) • Aristotle (bottle) • pig's ear (beer) • Mother Hubbard (cupboard) • plates and dishes (Mrs.) 42 27 GRAMMAR DIFFERENCES • Double Modals: might could • Negative Modals: hadn't ought • Strange Past Participles: larnt • Strange Possessive Pronouns: yourn, hisn, hern, ourn, theirn • Strange Prepositions: a quarter before eight • Strange Conjunctions: unless => without, lessen, thouten • Strange Adverbs: anywheres, nowheres 42 28 SOCIALLY–VARIABLE LINGUISTIC RULES • Minimal Pairs • Word Lists • Reading Style • Careful Speech • Casual Speech (William Labov's Observation) 42 29 FIVE DEGREES OF FORMALITY • Frozen: Prissy Text Book • Formal: Most Text Books • Consultative: Conversations among Strangers or Large Groups • Casual: Conversations among Close Friends • Intimate: Conversations among Family Members or Lovers Martin Joos The Five Clocks: 42 30 HUMOROUS EXAMPLES OF REGIONAL DIALECTS 42 31 BORSHT BELT HUMOR • The Borsht Belt was a chain of hotels in the mountains near New York. • These hotels provided entertainment from their guests, most of whom were Jewish vacationers from New York City. 42 32 DOWN-EAST YANKEE HUMOR • This humor is taciturn and reluctant. • There is a story about Calvin Coolidge. He was seated next to a woman at an official White House function. She leaned toward him and confided that someone had bet her that she couldn't make him say three words. • He responded, "You lose." (Nilsen & Nilsen 251) 42 33 • While southern and western humor is filled with grammatical errors, New England humor is shown through the use of archaic or old-fashioned words like "clumb," "tonk," or "holp." • They make the character sound quaint rather than ignorant. (Nilsen & Nilsen 251) 42 34 MINNESOTA & LAKE WOBEGON HUMOR • In Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon, "all the women are strong, all the men are goodlooking and all the children are above average." • Tourists in the upper Midwest can find the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp. They can find his mail box, and can climb the ladder to drop in their letters. 42 35 • As they travel the roads in Minnesota tourists will also find a huge ear of corn mounted on a water tower, a Jolly Green Giant, an oversized snowman, a huge Uncle Sam, and the "World's Biggest Revolver." • Each state of the upper Midwest has its own share of roadside attractions. (Nilsen & Nilsen 251) 42 36 SOUTHERN HUMOR • "A radio comedian once remarked that 'the MasonDixon line is the dividing line between you-all and youse-guys." (Fromkin Rodman Hyams 412) • People from Alabama feel particularly picked on because they have become the butt of jokes made by talk show hosts, disc jockeys, newspaper cartoonists, columnists and such TV personalities as Conan O'Brien, Bill Maher, and Jon Stewart. (Nilsen & Nilsen 253) 42 37 • Wayne Flynt, a history professor at Alabama's Auburn University explained that this is because of Alabama's trying to "invent a world consistent with our ideals, and it's a world that doesn't exist anymore. We're trying to squeeze rural values into an urban world." (Nilsen & Nilsen 253) 42 38 WESTERN FRONTIER HUMOR • The frontier humor of the American West or of Australia tends to be exaggerated: • He is so stingy that he sits in the shade of the hackberry tree to save the shade of the porch. • His feet are so big that he has to put his pants on over his head. • His teeth stick out so far that he can eat a pumpkin through a rail fence. 42 39 • When Slue-Foot Sue married Pecos Bill, Sue insisted on riding his horse, Widow-Maker. • Widow-Maker bucked her off and she bounced so high on her spring bustle that she orbited the moon and they had to throw jerky to her to keep her from starving to death. • When Pecos Bill died, they marked his grave site with, "Here lies Pecos Bill. He always lied and always will. He once lied loud. He now lies still." (Nilsen & Nilsen 128) 42 40 • Joe Barnes was "sired by a yoke of cattle, suckled by a shebear and had three sets of teeth and gums for another set." • Nimrod Wildfire was "a touch of the airthquake. He had the prettiest sister, the fattest horse, and the ugliest dog in the district." • Wirt Staples has "a shadow that can wilt grass, breath that can poison mosquitoes, and a yell that can break windows. • Mike Fink was "a Salt River roarer, a ring-tailed squealer, half wild horse and half cock-eyed alligator and the rest crooked snags and red-hot snappin' turtle." 42 41 WESTERN COUNTRY HUMOR • Country humor is associated with the "Corn Belt," and is therefore sometimes called "corny." • In The Henry Holt Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Robert Hendrickson said, "Corn came to be known as what farmers feed pigs and comedians feed farmers." (Nilsen & Nilsen 250) 42 42 • Jim Garry of Big Horn, Wyoming says that farmers and ranchers are subject to three uncontrollable forces: the weather, the bank, and the government. • Therefore, their humor tends to be fatalistic, even though the details change from region to region. It could be based on blizzards, floods or droughts. • Garry tells about a guy smiling as he walks away from a bank. The guy says, "I've won! There's no way I'll live long enough to have to pay this note off." (Nilsen & Nilsen 250) 42 43 • Marvin Koller described rural humor as "down-to-earth" as when a small Oklahoma town each summer sponsors a "cow chip" throwing contest, and a rural Ohio town has a "chicken-flying" contest to measure how far a hen will fly when released from her coop. In Vermillion Ohio there is a "wooly bear" festival to celebrate the amount of "fur" or "fuzz" on brown and black caterpillars. • This last festival is designed to predict whether the coming winter will be severe or mild. (Nilsen & Nilsen 251) 42 44 • In the 1940s, country singer and comedian Judy Canova was Republic Studio's top female star. Her show foreshadowed Hee Haw and she wore clodhopper shoes and carried a cardboard suitcase. Her hair was braided into pigtails. • During the 1950s, there was the National Barn Dance featuring Homer and Jethro. Homer played a guitar and Jethro a mandolin, and both would crack jokes and then say, "Oooh, that's corny!" • This phrase later became part of an advertising campaign for cornflakes. (Nilsen & Nilsen 252) 42 45 • Cousin Minnie Pearl was a favorite on Hee Haw. She told corny jokes, wore a straw hat with a price tag hanging down, and greeted the audience with, "How-deeee! I'm just so proud to be here!" • Hee Haw, and The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee were the roots of today's country music industry. Earlier, the Old Southwest had been settled by Scottish and Irish immigrants who had come through the Cumberland Pass and settled in the Ozarks. (Nilsen & Nilsen 252) 42 46 • !A nasal twang that imitates the sound of a guitar has long been a feature of country and Western singing, and CB radio. There has also long been a tradition of "moonshine" humor, as can be seen in these book titles by Lewis Grizzard: • The Shoes I Bought and Paid For are Walking Out on Me • My Daddy was a Pistol, and I'm a Son of a Gun • If You Want to Keep the Beer Real Cold, Put it Next to My Ex-Wife's Heart 42 47 • !Drop-Kick Me, Jesus, Through the Goal Posts of Life. • Don't Cry Down My Back, Baby, You Might Rust My Spurs • My Wife Ran Off with My Best Friend, and I Miss Him • She Stepped on my Heart and Stomped that Sucker Flat • Jeff Foxworthy and other redneck comedians on the Comedy Channel continue this tradition. (Nilsen & Nilsen 252) 42 48 • !!Between 1910 and 1920, one-third of all Americans lived on farms, but by the late 1990s fewer than 2 percent did. • In a 1997 Wall Street Journal article, Cynthia Crossen wrote, "The record shows the evolution of a people from innocent, hopeful, rural and God-fearing to plugged-in, ironic, inward-looking and dripping with ennui." (Nilsen & Nilsen 250) 42 49 !!!REGIONAL & SOCIAL DIALECTS WEB SITE: *American Dialect Society: http://americandialect.org/ *Yankee-Dixie Quiz: http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligence rreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html 42 50 References # 1: Blount, Roy. Roy Blount's Book of Southern Humor. New York, NY: W. W. Norton, 1994. Clark, Virginia, Paul Eschholz, and Alfred Rosa. Language: Readings in Language and Culture, 6th Edition. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Collins, Jeffrey, and Kristen Wyatt." "Whither the Southern Accent?" (Eschholz, Rosa & Clark [2009]: 333-335. Eschholz, Paul, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers, 10th Edition. New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. Fromkin, Victoria, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams. An Introduction to Language, 8th Edition. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. Koller, Marvin R. Humor and Society: Explorations in the Sociology of Humor. Houston, TX: Cap and Gown Press, 1988. 42 51 References # 2: Labov, William. "The Study of Nonstandard English" (Clark, Eschholz & Rosa [1998]: 313-320). Leary, James P., ed. Midwestern Folk Humor. 1991. Mey, Jacob L. Pragmatics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2001. Nilsen, Alleen Pace. "Labels of Primary Potency." Living Language. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1999, 145-194. Nilsen, Alleen Pace, and Don L. F. Nilsen. Encyclopedia of 20th Century American Humor. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2000. 42 52 References # 3: Marckwardt, Albert, and J. L. Dillard. "Social and Regional Variation" (Clark, Eschholz & Rosa [1998]: 277-291). Raskin, Victor, ed. The Primer of Humor Research. New York, NY: Mouton de Gruyter, 2008. Roberts, Paul. "Speech Communities" (Clark, Eschholz & Rosa [1998]: 267-276) Shuy, Roger. "Dialects: How They Differ" (Clark, Eschholz & Rosa [1998]: 292-312) . Smith, Michael W., and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm. Getting It Right: Fresh Approaches to Teaching Grammar, Usage, and Correctness. New York, NY: Scholastic, 2007. Sonnichsen, C. L. The Laughing West: Humorous Western Fiction, Past and Present. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1988. Winter, Anne. "Graffiti as Social Discourse." in Living Language. Ed. Alleen Pace Nilsen. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1999, 106-111. 42 53


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Fusconi E., Pala V., Riboli E., Vineis P., Sacerdote C., Del Pezzo M., Santucci de Magistris M., Palli D., Masala G., Sieri S., Foggetti C.E., Giurdanella M.C., Tumino R., Krogh V.Tumori; 2003; 89(6): 624-635
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Fatty acid levels in plasma phospholipids were related to food intake over the previous year as estimated by semiquantitative food frequency questionnaires compiled by 280 men and 246 women from the EPIC centers of Varese, Turin, Florence and Ragusa (Italy). Fatty acid content was determined by gas chromatography and analyzed in relation to age, sex and center. The most important finding was that plasma monounsaturated fatty acid levels, mainly oleic acid, were associated with olive oil consumption (r = 0.28 men, r = 0.19 women, both P <0.01). To our knowledge, this is the first time that these non-essential plasma fatty acids have been related to their dietary source in a population eating a varied and freely chosen diet. We confirmed that long-chain n-3 fatty acids in plasma phospholipids are associated with fish consumption and that odd chain 15 : 0 and 17 : 0 fatty acid levels are associated with dairy products and pizza-with-mozzarella consumption. N-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid levels reflected dietary intake of seed oils, mayonnaise and biscuits. Alcohol intake was positively associated with palmitic and palmitoleic acid and negatively associated with linoleic acid. These associations suggest indirect relations between alcohol consumption and other features of diet, and also that ethanol has an effect on fat metabolism. We found numerous indirect relationships (ie, not due to dietary consumption of food sources of the fatty acids) between plasma fatty acids and diet, which we propose as due to the influence of complex life-style factors
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AIM: This evaluation aims to describe the quantity and quality of dietary fat, carbohydrate and fiber intake in both German cohorts participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). METHODS: Estimates are based on standardized computer-guided 24-hour dietary recalls from 1,078 women and 1,013 men in Heidelberg and 898 women and 1,032 men in Potsdam. In a subsample, plasma phospholipid (PL) fatty acids were analyzed as well. RESULTS: Adjusted mean dietary intake estimates demonstrated that the contribution of fat as well as n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to the total daily energy intake was higher in both women and men of EPIC-Potsdam compared to EPIC-Heidelberg. Surprisingly, the dietary n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio was lower in the Potsdam cohort. These results were confirmed by means of the PL fatty acid pattern. Besides the higher contribution of polysaccharides to total energy intake in EPIC-Heidelberg, women of the Heidelberg cohort revealed a significantly lower contribution of mono- and disaccharides (sucrose) to total energy intake. Although total fiber intake data were similar in both cohorts, analysis by food groups showed differences in dietary fiber intake originating from the food groups cereals, fruits and potatoes. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate distinct differences in the dietary fat, carbohydrate and fiber intake between both German EPIC cohorts, which contribute to the exposure variation in the whole of EPIC
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Russell Targ is a physicist and author who was a pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications, and was co-founder of the Stanford Research Institute's (SRI) investigation into psychic abilities in the 1970s and 1980s. His work with SRI in what was a new area, called remote viewing, has been widely published. His research was eventually CIA-funded and he was also tasked to train an army core of remote-viewers.
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Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
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Can you believe 10 years have gone by!?
We hope you will join us for our 10th reunion in Cambridge over Memorial Day weekend!
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thursday may 25
Afternoon Exercises
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Friday may 26
Panel Discussions with Classmates
"The Political Challenges of our Generation"
Eric Lesser
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Christine Mikolajuk
Alexander Wolitzky
Michelle Wu
"Lives in the Arts & Humanities"
Mary Birnbaum
Thomas DePrima
Nicole Ledoux
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Oludamini Ogunnaike
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Andrew Bestwick
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'07 Throwback Party in Annenberg
"Tastes of Harvard Square" Buffet Dinner
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In a Flash
by taitofan
Disclaimer: Seeing as Won and Rick never did get married, it's safe to say that I don't own Harvest Moon.
Author's Note: Here's the first part of a project I might do sooner or later. There are five sets of fifty themes each. I write one sentence per theme and voila, a new WonxRick fic comprised multiple mini drabbles. None of these are related, though a couple refer to my other WonxRick series, Events of the Heart. It's not required that you read that to understand this, though it might give you an idea on why exactly I think these two are soul mates. Well, potentially four more after this, so please tell me what you think!
1sentence challenge: theme set Alpha
Flames do nothing but make me laugh, although I'll listen to any CC you have. Please read, review, and enjoy! Finished 09-01-06
01. Comfort
Won had never comforted anyone who was in mourning over their favorite chicken—nor had he ever thought he'd have to—but for Rick he was willing to do just about anything.
02. Kiss
Rick normally would have gotten upset if Won kissed him so thoroughly in public as he was now, but the look on Kai's face made him abandon his social inhibitions and enjoy the moment.
03. Soft
Won ran his fingers through Rick's soft blond hair, fully enjoying the deep blush that settled on the younger man's cheeks.
04. Pain
Rick wasn't sure what pained him more, the fact that Won had brushed him off for Karen, or the knowledge at the exact moment that he'd fallen for the conman.
05. Potatoes
Cruel or not, Rick couldn't help but laugh after Jack left without buying anything—he'd wanted potato seeds, which the Asian man didn't carry—because Won's attempted pouting was just too funny.
06. Rain
Won didn't know why Rick would walk through the pouring rain just to visit him; Rick didn't know why Won hadn't figured it out yet.
07. Chocolate
Won gratefully accepted the chocolate from Rick even though he really didn't like it—it was Winter Thanksgiving after all.
08. Happiness
Won's happiness usually came in the form of money and valuables, but sometimes it was as simple as a blond fiery-tempered young man smiling at him.
09. Telephone
It was at times like this, when the storms made it too dangerous to go outside and there was no way to talk to his lover all the way at the Poultry Farm, that Won wished the inn wasn't the only place in Mineral Town that had a telephone.
10. Ears
The day Rick realized that he was the only one who knew that Won's left ear twitched ever-so slightly when he was lying was the day he knew he wanted to grow old with this man.
11. Name
Rick had always thought his name was boring, but when Won was murmuring it with that obvious undertone of lust, he was inclined to change his mind.
12. Sensual
Although most people might not consider eating an apple sensual, Rick took one look at his lover doing just that and begged to differ.
13. Death
Won was no stranger to losing loved ones, and he had no problems letting Rick cry on his shoulder when a weasel killed half of the chickens on the Poultry Farm.
14. Sex
Rick bit his lip to keep from crying out as Won murmured gentle words to help his lover through the hardest part of their first time together.
15. Touch
Little touches here and there made Zack wonder what exactly was going on between his roommate and Lillia's son…
16. Weakness
He might have been a greedy conman, but one look from those pretty blue eyes always proved to be Won's weakness—and Rick's way to get anything he desired.
17. Tears
Rick refused to let the tears fall after his latest fight with Kai and Popuri until he was safely in Won's waiting arms.
18. Speed
Rick zipped around Zack's small house like a rabbit on speed, and Won swore he'd never let the younger man eat anything with "chocolate" in its name over there ever again.
19. Wind
The wind was whipping and gave Rick the appearance of someone who'd just been engaged in certain activities, and it took all of Won's willpower not to jump his lover the moment he walked through the door.
20. Freedom
At one point in his life, he envied Kai's freedom to go wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted, but these days he couldn't imagine going anywhere that his Asian lover wasn't.
21. Life
Won didn't even roll his eyes anymore when Rick started going on about the wonders of life—after all, his lover did this every time an egg hatched.
22. Jealousy
Won realized that it was just a tad bit silly to be jealous of a chicken, but when those damn things started getting more of Rick's time than he was…
23. Hands
Won's hands were extremely fast and nimble when they had something important to do, such as ridding Rick of all those pesky clothes.
24. Taste
Popuri, trying to make polite conversation, asked Won what his favorite flavor was and immediately flushed when he said "Rick."
25. Devotion
Devotion, in Rick's eyes, was staying with a guy that over half the town thought was a total crook—especially when they were probably right.
26. Forever
Won presented him with a blue feather and asked if he'd stay by his side forever—what could Rick do but say yes?
27. Blood
Won couldn't help the trickle of blood that ran from his nose at the sight of Rick going about his daily chores without a shirt on.
28. Sickness
Spring was always the season for love sickness in Mineral Town, but Rick had never experienced it until the year Won moved in.
29. Melody
The beautiful melodies from the Music Festival went more or less unnoticed by Rick, seeing as he still wasn't over the fact that Won had agreed to go with him.
30. Star
Won readily accepted his blushing boyfriend's invitation for dinner during the Starry Night Festival.
31. Home
Rick loved his home, really he did, but there were some days he seriously considered moving into Zack's cramped house just to be with Won and away from his sister.
32. Confusion
There was a bit of confusion the day Karen caught Won and Rick making out in the former's shop, but she was quickly giving her congratulations—"It's about time you got a boyfriend Rick!"
33. Fear
These days, Rick's biggest fear was that Won would grow tired of Mineral Town and leave him behind.
34. Lightning/Thunder
Outside the thunder boomed and the lightning struck, but inside, Rick was safe and warm within his Asian lover's embrace.
35. Bonds
Rick tugged half-heartily at the bonds keeping him tied to the bed, if only to give Won a good show.
36. Market
Won wasn't above groping his lover in public to prove that the blond was off the market.
37. Technology
Mineral Town certainly wasn't known for its innovative technology, but Won was willing to spend every penny he had to buy things for the Poultry Farm that would give his lover more free time.
38. Gift
Won didn't like eggs and Rick didn't like apples, but it was okay, because they could give them to each other as gifts instead.
39. Smile
Seeing Rick smile like that made going through the hassle of getting spa boiled eggs all worthwhile.
40. Innocence
Won had lost his innocence when Rick was just a child and it wasn't a big deal, but somehow, Rick's offering to him of that very same thing made him feel things he'd never felt before.
41. Completion
Rick reached completion with Won inside of him and said man's name on his lips.
42. Clouds
Rick ignored the angry black clouds overhead as he quickly made his way across the beach to his lover's shop.
43. Sky
The sky was clear today, but Rick still hurried across the beach, eager to see Won.
44. Heaven
Rick knew that he'd found heaven on earth the day that Won kissed him for the first time.
45. Hell
If loving another man would send them to hell, than Won and Rick welcomed the fire and brimstone.
46. Sun
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Nov 14, 2012 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- For his work with the Holy Family Hospital in Bethlehem, former U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond has been honored by the Order of Malta -- a Roman Catholic group found almost 1,000 years ago in the midst of the Crusades and the oldest surviving order of chivalry.
The hospital is the only care facility in the war-torn West Bank designed for women and children in that area and treats more than 400 infants in its neonatal care unit. Bond connected the hospital with the U.S. Agency for International Development, which provided the facility with a $6.5 million grant.
Bond said, "... the real honor is due to the Order of Malta and the Holy Family Hospital staff who provide quality health care to mothers and babies in the West Bank and who have created a beacon of hope in this conflict-stricken region." The award was bestowed upon the Bonds on Tuesday at the downtown STL law offices of Thompson Coburn, where Bond is a partner.
To be specific, Kit Bond received the order's highest recognition of laypeople -- the Cross of Grand Officer "Pro Merito Melitensi" of the Order of Malta. The order was founded in 1048 and is officially known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta.
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A beautiful, move-in ready home near schools, walking path, bike trail. The home has been freshly painted in decorator colors and has brand new carpeting and flooring. The spacious and bright living room flows nicely into the formal dining room. The kitchen has great work space, plenty of cabinets, dining area and sliders to the expansive deck and large yard. The family room with fireplace is just off of the kitchen. Imagine this space as the center for easy summer entertaining or holiday gatherings. There is also an updated half bath. The large master suite is a retreat with vaulted ceiling, decorative windows, walk-in closet and bath with marble floors. Two good-sized bedrooms and family bath complete the upper level. The daylight basement can be finished to add space to this great home.
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- Address
- 7297 Leawood Street
- City
- Portage
- Zip
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- County
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- Township
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- Possession
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- Total Finished SqFt
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- Above Grade SqFt
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- Sewer
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- Year Built
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- Taxes
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- the videoarbitraje opens in the Mundialito not without controversy.
- Debate: should be applied to football to correct errors or distorts its essence?
- For years, many sports use the technology to debug failures.
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imagine football without controversies that cause the off-game "by a shoulder', the 'piscinazos' which swallows the referee or the phantom goals? That reality is closer every day.
football is a sport of customs and costs that take changes. Not in vain, is one of the few who resist the use of technology . And, when you use it, do so without controversy. Sport King has such a component of passion cool technology just does not convince.
However, something is changing. A couple of years, in the world of Brazil, made his debut Hawk Eye which is already used in the premiere. It was the FIFA decision, and also had controversy because it clashed with the tendency of Platini and UEFA, supporters of the goal judges. A automatic detector of goals, formed by 14 cameras, installed in the goals goal line, which made its function at the start of the tournament: the cameras 'saw' the phantom goal by Benzema in the Francia-Honduras and the referee received a notice on your watch.
In this world of clubs has been given one further step, the videoarbitraje or VAR (video Assistant Referee). The application of the video referee moves was tested for the first time… with many doubts. Up to two times applied in the Japanese tournament and both in the semifinals. One, to impose a penalty in favor of the Khasima which had not seen in the first instance the referee and the other to validate a goal from Christian anything clear as possible out of the game. Both after the game for a few minutes and to the astonishment of the players.
They are precisely the most critical of the system. "It is a new invention which, to be honest, I hope that does not continue because for me it is not soccer and do not like." The first impression is not good ", said the Croat Luka Modric. Zinedine Zidane also said that "need to be improved, it creates confusion". However, the President of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, dndio the use of instant replay despite criticism, as "extremely positive" results.
May only be question of "patience", said the Madrid coach, but football is ready to rearbitrar the moves? "I think so", says José Antonio Martín Peton representative and commentator. "It is said that football is a sport I prefer to be a bit slower and more just". The agent believes go against conventional wisdom, but explains its position as follows: " maybe Atletico Madrid had a Champions because not they got a goal in offside by 95 centimeters ".
According to Petone, technology is eventually installed in football. It has not done so far by fear of changes. "The man tends to conserve what has in all aspects in life. And is not only to keep the history, but to make history to make everything better ".
"are not going to stop the party by a move in the middle of the field, but when it is a goal or a definitive move ". And that does not kill the essence of soccer? "What is going. Football has force by itself, nothing is going to change that."
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as football, other disciplines 'pulled' technology for already improve the spectacle, debug the margin of error or the safety . In all, the technique became a day and installed more or less permanently. How to use these advances in other sports? Happen will the same with this new system in football?
Tennis. eye of Hawk. is used to decide on dubious balls. The computer system generates an image of the trajectory of the ball that can be used by the judges of Chair. In addition, Hawk-Eye has the attraction of creating excitement in the public, as viewers can follow the trajectory of the ball as if it were a repetition. It was used for the first time at the US Open in 2006.
Basketball. Instant Replay. two years ago, the NBA entered a CCTV to assist the referee in doubt as points on a basket, failures or possession.
Baseball. most played polemics. a sport accustomed to the use of technology – it has been doing since 2008, lived in 2014 its biggest revolution in this respect: the MLB, the leagues of professional baseball's highest level of the United States, increased the number of moves affected by repetition and also gave the power to use a review by party coaches.
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Recently made my first transaction with DHGate. Here are my two cents to those who are weighing in on shopping with them.
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DHGate web site upload evidence feature doesn't work as expected. I had hard time uploading my evidence from day one. I tried sending evidence via chat window and the agent has accepted it but they have no ability to publish it back to the web site so it can be seen by all parties. It took me almost two weeks to get to the version of internet browser which finally took my evidence.
DHGate has ignored and neglected my evidence which undoubtedly proves seller's deception and never stood up to their promise to protect me as a customer. Instead they simply put the entire burden and risk of return on the customer. What is the point of the evidence if it doesn't make any difference may I ask?
DHGate has procrastinated my dispute resolution for almost two months. Then they suddenly gave me two days to choose from two very unreasonable options - partial refund or ship item back at customer's expense. DHGate requires customer to pay return shipping and then give them fussy promise that you will get your money back. They use all means to persuade customer to give in and accept a partial refund rather then return product and get full refund and explain how that full refund will make its way back to customer's bank account. None of the refund policies comprehensively state that. In my case the return shipment was very expensive and I wanted it back to my bank immediately instead of having it stuck with DHGate account as an in-store credit. DHGate customer service didn't respond in timely fashion to any of my numerous inquiries and had never clarified how exactly my refund will work with my credit card bank account for the return shipment. Who wants to get stuck with $200 of in-store credit with such painful first time experience?
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This was my first and last business with DHGate. I strongly discourage others from doing business with them going forward. I should have done better research back in time before shopping with DHGate. I found many dissatisfied customers complaining about their negative DHGate experience without remedy. It feels like DHGate is on the track of switch and bait tactics with their customers via virtually non-existent customer protection and misleading policies.
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They are just fraudsters, and the people who run Dhgate are just as bad as the sellers. I have been in contact with paypal and other merchant websites. I have asked quite a few reputable people their opinions on Dhgate and sites similar to Dhgate like Alibaba. Most people say run the other way.
I also talked to a dude, who you can talk to yourselves if you like, just go to his webpage by googling him and send him an email. His name is Moses O Hara.
He worked with Dhgate on a few projects and helped them with their website in 2010 and some in 2011. According to him, CEO Diane Wang was once kicked out of Korea for lying about products and saying they were authentic when they weren't. She also was apparently trying to smuggle large quantities of different things in and she did not even have proper korean visas.
He said when meeting her she seemed charming but he said it was obvious she did not care about others as she claims she does. He said just go look at Dhgate reviews and you will see what he is talking about. He said Dhgate staff run in a tight circle at the top and they do not like people who cannot speak mandarin chinese. He said since he didnt speak mandarin chinese, they treated him a lot differently and it was unfair. He said sometimes they also made unusual requests that made him uncomfortable.
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We dropped off the interstate for a quick bite and drink it it was very good. Nice coffee and the soup and grilled cheese was very good.
We went here for lunch and we loved it! The staff was incredibly nice and it was clean. Even though there was only one worker that we know of at the time because of the storm and three groups of people waiting for food, we still got our meals in a short amount of time. I got falafel pita with... More
The food was very fresh! All the signature dishes sounded good, made it hard to decide, but the 2 we picked were good. I had the sweet potato burger, lots of flavor but could've used more toppings on the burger cuz so good & side Brussel sprouts were the bomb. Cute shop, good coffee & lounge atmosphere & nice to... More
If you want something tasty, your search is over! The eclectic menu has something for everyone! I like to try something different every time I go. Friendly atmosphere and guest musicians are often invited to play.
Comfortable, store front, informal. Tables, couches, WiFi. We enjoyed the atmosphere, the salad and the mac and cheese. We found it a warm, inviting place for lunch that was easy on our budget. Good value. We recommend it.
Caesar salad with chicken first came without chicken and was just a pile of dark green shredded lettuce leaves on a plate with the smallest amount of dried Parmesan powder. When the chicken finally arrived, it was so dry on the outside, it was crunchy. Chicken gyro had the same quality of chicken in it, if not worse. My side... More
Hi DagersD, Thank you for your review - this feedback is very important for improvement. Our roasted chicken should never be roasted so much so that it was dry to bite, and though we chop fresh romaine at the time of the creation of the salad it definitely shouldn't just look like a pile of lettuce leaves. Your experience is... More
Friendly staff, multiple food options from sandwiches to full entrees and pricing in line with a tourist area. Good job peeps!
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We were in for breakfast. Large homemade cinnamon buns were great, but the pumpkin muffins also looked tempting and very large. The baked goods all looked home made. We also had a breakfast wrap that was ok. The warm wilted greens did not contribute to the egg and roasted pepper. However, I wish I had been here for lunch. Duck... More
Hi Caperelli, Thank you for your review and stopping in for breakfast - and the detailed feedback on the wrap. We are actually working behind the scenes to build a new breakfast menu that we'll be unveiling in mid October to rival our lunch menu. So whether you make it back in time for lunch or breakfast you'll be able... More
I hate giving bad reviews. But when you work in the service industry you should at least acknowledge people and smile at them. When I placed my order the gentlemen kept looking down and when I asked for almond milk he responded with "We don't have any". That was it. Didn't look at me or offer a solution. So I... More
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I only provide bad reviews when they are truly deserved. My girlfriend and I received completely unfriendly service from a stone faces gentleman here while traveling in the White Mountains. Not a smile....not a hello......we very much felt like a bother. We did however witness this same gentleman provide excellent and friendly service to an older couple behind us that... More
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Bedroom/s: 7
Floor space: 195 m²
Next village/town: Center Loja in approx. 17 km, Granada in approx. 50 km, Ventorros de San José in approx. 2 km
Number of persons: 15
Pet: Pet allowed
Pool, private use
Room/s: 9.5
Type of property: Property on a manor, property composed of main house and outbuilding
Detailed description
Equipment: washing machine; electric heating.
Feature: Property on a manor (2 building(s) in total).
Furnishing: holiday standard, rustic.
property composed of main house and outbuilding, 15 people, 9.5 room/s, 7 bedroom/s, 3 bathroom/s, approx. 195 m², 2 floor/s.
Room layout
Bedroom 1: (ground floor): double bed.
Bedroom 2: (ground floor): 2 x single bed.
Bedroom 3: (ground floor): single bed. Additional information: direct access to bedroom no 4.
Bedroom 4: (ground floor): 2 x single bed.
Bedroom 5: (floor 1): double bed.
Bedroom 6: (floor 1): double bed.
Bedroom 7: (floor 1): 2 x single bed.
Dining area: in the living room, (ground floor).
Dining area 2: in the living room, (floor 1).
Dining area 3: in the living room, (outbuilding).
Kitchen: Kitchen/ cooking equipment: 3 gas rings, refrigerator. separate (ground floor).
Kitchenette 3: Kitchen/ cooking equipment: 2 electric plates, refrigerator. in the living room (outbuilding).
Little kitchen 2: Kitchen/ cooking equipment: 2 electric plates, refrigerator. separate (floor 1).
Living room: (ground floor): furniture suite, fireplace (open), exit to terrace. From the living room stairs to upper levels.
Living room 2: (floor 1): furniture suite, fireplace (open).
Living room/bed room 3: (outbuilding): double sofa bed.
Sanitary 1: (ground floor): bath, WC.
Sanitary 2: (floor 1): shower, WC.
Sanitary 3: (outbuilding): shower, WC.
Access/parking: gravel road, approx. 50 m. parking on the estate.
Estate: (private use): approx. 800 m², closed plot, lawn, fruit trees.
Outdoor facilities: (private use): terrace, furnishing provided.
Pool: (private use): 9.0 x 4.0 m, 15.03.17-30.10.17. Pool area: tiled, 5 deck chairs (depending on availability), sunshade.
Situation: in the hamlet Ventorros de San José, rural, solitary, altitude 800 m.
Arrival: Airport Granada in approx. 60 km
Next village/town: Center Loja in approx. 17 km, Granada in approx. 50 km, Ventorros de San José in approx. 2 km
Shopping: Next shopping possibility in approx. 2 km
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