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If investors and managers should have learned anything from the turbulence both in markets and in the real economy in recent years, it's that there is no substitute for real value creation. Financial engineering, excessive leverage, the idea during inflated boom times that somehow the old rules of economics no longer apply—these are the misconceptions upon which the value of companies are eroded and entire economies become inefficient. Conversely, real value creation builds stronger companies, economies, and societies.
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lanius wrote:
I have the last question - in the case of any future upgrade (i.e. to version 2.4) do you think that it will work smoothly?
if you use automatic update you don't have a problem ;-)
Can you pass topic is resolved (link in the first post
It is working!!!!
Thanks a lot!!!
I have the last question - in the case of any future upgrade (i.e. to version 2.4) do you think that it will work smoothly?
Thanks again, you are great!
It's ok now?
Tnank you.
I did it.
Unfortunately after this change my Piwigo gallery needed to make upgrade (from 1.7 to 2.3.3) - automatically!
After this upgrade I have the same situation as previously - no virtual database!!!
And everything was restarted (it looks as after new instalation).
Do you have any idea about solution of this situation?
on your there're table to new installation with piwigo as prefixe and old installation with phpwebgallery as prefixe
By FTP can you go to local/config
edit database.inc.php
and remplace $prefixeTable = 'piwigo_'; by $prefixeTable = 'phpwebgallery_';
I send you database for 2.3.3 by e-mail
Go to database
import the database
I sent it.
Any help I really appreciate!
can you give me by email you backup to test local update?
I tried to use upgrade procedure but without success :-(
It is really no way to extract data about virtual galleries (albums) and name of photos from database.sgl??
I made it preciously during years and it could be really tedious work!!!
Oh... it§ silly. I really made automatic upgrade. However, according to procedure I had sql file so maybe some data can be retrieved? In this file I see many information about name of photos and virtual galleries.
Hi lanius,
Actually it seems you didn't "upgrade" to Piwigo 2.3.3 but you made a fresh new install. The only thing you retrieved in the "galleries" directory and that's not enough (your lose all what's inside the database)
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I made it. Unfortunately I change (by my mistake) password. Do you need to send it to you?
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What a trash game. This is the buggiest game I have ever seen!! I tried to get help from Tech support, LOL what a joke. I have tried in vain to get in contact with Stardock sales to get a refund. I have had 1 reply from Tech Support then nothing. This company is nothing but a bunch of thieves.
Out of curiosity, did you wait more than five minutes?
When I had trouble paying for a game, I got to talk with Stardock ppl on irc and got help. No problem for me.
I have been trying to get Tech Support since Nov 26. They replied once then nothing.
i once ordered a game from another company... sent it back (paid for shipping) because they sent me the wrong version. i've never heard back from them no matter how many times i tried to contact them... so they got my money for the original game i purchased and i lost money shipping the wrong version they sent me back... now that's a bad company!
I like the game. Although, it is a bit of a lemon, so I can understand your complaints. I once turned in Bethesda for not answering my complaints to the Better Business Bureau. Bethesda was calling me in a couple weeks after that. It's an option.
Developers post all the time on the forum, and most of us have had good customer experiences with Stardock. I'm sure if you post more specifics about your problem (in the support area) you will get help, and probably a developer reply. However, if you are interested in getting a refund, you should contact email@example.com, and they usually get back to you really quickly.
However, if you post/e-mail inflammatory comments like "Elemental is junk" then you will probably be ignored. Instead try to post *calmly* about the issues you are having, and I'm sure you'll have a good experience here. Remember they are people just like you and I, and like to be treated politely, they aren't trying to rip you off, or take your money. they want to provide a good game experience in trade for your money.
Best of luck to you.
Did you email them or use a contact form or what? Also November 26th was Black Friday and a holiday weekend, so they may have had an increase in technical support requests due to Elemental being sold in retail stores.
You claim in your last attempt at posting (http://forums.elementalgame.com/401140) that you got ahold of tech support, they helped you, and now your game won't load. You demanded a refund previously and Stardock told you to speak with sales, but now you're complaining about tech support again.
Also, after saying it won't load at all, you went on to say "Do you get those error messages every 5 minutes or so. This broken game crashes and freezes that much." So your game was suddenly loading but then crashing every five minutes.
You stated that you downloaded the latest 'so called patch' (In your words), and Stardock responded with:
That is something you will need to discuss with sales/support. We cannot authorize or provide refunds via the forums. Please note though that the latest update is the 1.1 beta, which is provided for testing purposes. If you're not interested in testing, you may find it less frustrating to stick with the 1.09 release version for the time being.
Did you uninstall and go back to the 1.09 release and drop the beta? Or are you just trolling?
This has a fishy smell to it.
RE OP: The guys downstairs are toiling away at their support tickets, I assure you. You'll be getting a response soon.
There are a few things to keep in mind:
1) We're still taking care of the Thanksgiving backlog, so there may be some delay in our response. Please be patient, we will get back to you.
2) When you send us an email, it resets the "Last Activity" on the ticket, which is what our system uses to order the tickets. This means every time you send us an email, your ticket gets moved to the end of the queue. To prevent delays, try to avoid multiple emails.
3) I understand you're frustrated, but calling us thieves is not the way to go about this. Please keep things civil.
I've responded to your ticket, so you should already have a response.
OK, no smell.
I don't smell fish, more like a dirty diaper. People rage so quickly over such minor things. No perspective.
OP's words are harsh and uncalled for, but this is not the first time someone has talked about Stardock's response time either. Fans will tell new comers to sit back, relax or even lash out at those who are lashing out, but that doesn't change the fact that initial experience for the OP from Stardock was a bad one.
Yeah, but he tried to contact them over a holiday weekend. You can't expect a lightning quick response. And it was in the middle of said weekend, so there were already days worth of emails to go through. Normally I find SD's response time to be pretty good, but then, I try to avoid contacting them on weekends, holidays, etc.
Regardless of homeyulmie's issues, creating a thread like this does nothing other than make himself look immature and really begs the question "why would anyone want to help him?"Voicing concenrs is a valuable and essential part of customer feedback. Posting "Elemental is Junk" is simply not needed, and reeks of a spoilt brat used to his Call of Duty titles requring nothing more than a credit card and a heart beat to operate.
Or he is someone that paid 50$ for a game and then was ignored when trying to get support, and became upset. I get it, even if I don't agree with it.
Let's just label him an anti-Semitic communist terrorist fascist neo-nazi traitor and call for his assassination. That I think, is the most impartial and fair way to deal with this. We just have to try to remain neutral and unbiased when labelling people for the purpose of defamation and discrediting.
I disagree with what you have said,
and therefore I hate you and want you dead.
Your communist rhetoric fills me with dread,
you sour my milk, and mouldy my bread.
Your terrorist trolling must be put to bed,
the answer is only to fill you with lead.
Now we can all have pizza and drinks.
But really, I can only seriously and hypocritically say that only the devs, mods, and support staff should have responded to this thread, and then only through pm or support orientated emails. It should otherwise have been completely ignored by everyone else, and either locked or deleted. Not that real issues are not valid complaints, it's only that the end seems to be invalidated by the means.
well, 50$ for support is very cheap... same in the open source world ( linux ), support is something expensive ( both for the customer and the software creator )...
Seem that homeyulmie wish a premium support like the from redhat ( https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/production/sla.html )... 24/24 houes, 7 on 7 days... it is possible but at a high tag price... between 1000$ and 3000$ by year...
In case of game, the support team is usually short manned and delay are more long... like everything, you have what you pay for...
Agree that Elemental is somehow unfinished... like the majority of game released the last few years... but support is something that Stardock was always good at it... sometime with long delay but a polite communication usually resolve everything...
In fact, these topic is a good example of the Stardock support... topic was started the 7/12 at 2:43 ... less that one hour after, a dev and a support guy have reply... in the open source software, it is equivalent to a premium support... and this for only 50$ !!!
My point is that people need to be happy to have a support like these from Stardock, specially when related to the low price of a game software...
And it's been just about two weeks. If they don't have the staffing level to respond within two weeks after Thanksgiving, they need to hire more staff.
This is certainly a poor thread title, but there's a legitimate issue buried in there.
I think a better topic could been used for this.
What game and what company is that?
Really curious to find out ^^
Doesn't matter how much staff they have... If you spam support you will not get your ticket worked until you complain in a public thread like this. Patience would have been a better course of action IMO.
That's not a brilliant system is it..? And hardly something you can expect the customer to have any knowledge about.


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Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter and does not include the Sundays during that time period.
The Rev. Greg Lund of Westminster Presbyterian Church says Ash Wednesday cements the Lent season but is very important as a time for Christians to get honest with God.
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LOL at DeMarr Johnson participating in 2000 Rookie all star game & 2001 Rookie all star game.
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Hornets Report Sim League presents...
2005-06 Season Record: 51-31 - 3rd Seed of Eastern Conference
Starting 5: C Tyson Chandler | PF Brian Grant | SF Corliss Williamson | SG Mike Miller | PG Gilbert Arenas
Key Reserves: Scot Pollard | Channing Frye | James Thomas | John Salmons | Tony Allen | Milt Palacio
LOL at DeMarr Johnson participating in 2000 Rookie all star game & 2001 Rookie all star game.
Probably as a Rookie, and then as a Sophmore
Mod over at reddit.com/r/NOLAPelicans
HR Sim League Boston Celtics - 2002 World Champions
PG: Sam Cassell, Steve Blake
SG: Grant Hill, Michael Dickerson
SF: Josh Childress, Jamie Feick
PF: Chris Webber, Jamie Feick, Jason Maxiell
C: Shaquille O'Neal, John Amaechi
Shaq didn't even make the all-star bench
His numbers have gone down quite a bit since you added a surrounding team lol, but he's still the best 5 in the game.
I am willing to trade 2 2nd rounders for 5 points.
HR Sim League Orlando Magic
PG: Luke Ridnour, Delonte West, Greg Minor
SG: Andre Iguodala, Mickael Pietrus
SF: Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Boris Diaw
PF: Charlie Villanueva, Ian Mahinimi, Amir Johnson
C: Eddy Curry, Mamadou Ndiaye, Adam Parada
I'm willing to trade 2 seocnd rounders for 2 points.
Mark Jackson and 4 points on the block for a first rounder.
Tim Hardaway and Robinson may be available as well.
Last edited by BeeBall Reasons; 08-09-2012 at 02:51 PM.
HR SIM LEAGUE SEATTLE SUPERSONICS 2005-2006Eye ******* depth charts since year 2000
Pg: Chris Paul Sg: Ray Allen Sf: Adrian Griffin Pf: Dirk Nowitzki C: Soumaila Samake
Pg: Steve Nash Sg: Manu Ginobili Sf: Nicolas Batum Pf: Paul Millsap C: Tim Duncan
screw it, how about one pick for 2 points.
Players that have missed 10 or more days for me:
Robinson (twice)
not a fun season so far. I'm pushing trades before I've seen my team healthy. That has me worried.
LOL, i think during the lul between sims everyone gets ants in their pants and wants to make trades. I'm guilty as charged. lol
And you are absolutely right about NBA2K transactions LOL
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Ancient footprints found in peat at Borth Beach
Posted 17 March 2012 - 12:44
This morning at low tide I visited the site with Dr Bates and we found a superb new human footprint. They are not sharp - think of prints made in boggy sections of hill-footpaths. Photographed this, the footprints of cattle, a post-hole, a burnt stone horizon, a large fallen oak cut for tree-ring analysis and so on. It's fascinating stuff though it takes a little while to get your eye in. Sadly, if it remains exposed like this, wave action will severely erode it, so it's vitally important that as much is recorded as possible now. It's aroused much local interest: they are well aware that sea-levels can and do change what with the submerged forest and the new sea-defences, countering the effects of future sea-level rise being one reason for the latter. Photos to follow in a day or three.
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 16:03
Those are some terribly flat feet, not the feet of a hunter/gatherer. Looks to be an example of farming or within the last 8ky. Any C14 for dating done? Did not see any references wrt time frame...
Posted 17 March 2012 - 17:09
Cheers - John
Edit - the basal peat on which the old forest stood is 6500 BP. That being late Neolithic, and at a time when the coast was some distance to the west.
Posted 18 March 2012 - 10:56
1) lower peat-bed with burnt stone fragments embedded
2) sampling-trench with lower peat (with burnt stone fragments near top) overlain by salt-marsh clay with a thin upper peat on top
3) general view of the area with the footprints
4) human footprint: note that the peat has now hardened over the millennia so that boots hardly make the slightest impression
5) hoofprint - bovine
6) detail of salt-marsh clay with plant fragments
7) fallen oak, direction of fall SW-NE in common with the majority of fallen trees in this deposit indicative of prevailing SWerly storm winds at the time. The cutting was done in 1970 for tree-ring analysis and dating, with a second cut taken recently for the same purposes. The trees all grew in the lower peat, the base of which dates back to 6500 y BP.
Cheers - John
Posted 18 March 2012 - 18:24
The local raised mire had a trackway of similar age found - constructed with pine branches - but there is no knowing what kind of other archaeological evidence the peat mining companies discarded whilst strip mining was in progress.
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Posted 19 March 2012 - 16:23
To me the most interesting is the idea of a hard bottomed clad foot. Most early versions were little more then hide sacks stuffed with fur.
It was not till between 3-5kya that grass weaved insoles started showing up in Europe. In South America the Andies mummified children did not show a hard soled foot covering even as late as 1200ya. (Many would suggest that is related to the ceremonial nature of their clothing.)
If we look at the Alps "Ice Man", whatever the name they call him now, clearly had woven grass soles. It really was not till tanned and toughened rawhide was widely available that a true "hard sole" shoe was created roughly 800-600ya, wood would not have worked for most hard surfaces. For one wood insoles would have worn the hide binding prematurely; as to others, a wood sole on a hard surface would either be too slippery or inflexible making walking long distances difficult. To see these examples you provided us with suggesting little arch, really should suggest that a different shodding of ones feet would be used based on the environment.
(IE: Wooden soles in the mucky mires of the Netherlands. Wonder if that style was not the reason for the lack of the usual arch we see in earlier examples. After all, just because we use different resources today does not mean an equivalent technique/application did not exist prior...)
Posted 20 March 2012 - 06:02
Cheers - John
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Cheers - John
Hey John,
Concur, if the peat being removed were for farming. My thoughts are where these prints were made mining dried peat and the oxen prints could be related to hauling of Winter/cooking fuel...
That there does not appear to be tracks where traces were drug or wheels would suggest a form of "Saddle Bag" due to a swampy terrain. These prints may have been made by early peat miners...,
I guess it depends on the direction of travel. Looking at your original image would not support that thought. Based on your personal observation, was the coincidence of prints suggestion random direction or do they suggest a similar direction, of travel...?
Posted 20 March 2012 - 15:00
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 16:41
Thanks for the clarification, kind of reminds me of playing 3D Chess. One track at a higher plane crossing a track at a lower plane...
Though we do need to keep in mind that 4kya the Ocean would still have been about 40 meters lower then present. With that the idea of a salt marsh is unlikely unless you have saline crystal in the minerals you have sampled...
By the same token if there were high levels of H2SO there should be low levels of iron as most Fe/FeO would have been consumed unless the bacterium were anarobic leading to high FeSO traces in the samples that were made. Have you seen a Spectro-Analysis of the samples?
Posted 20 March 2012 - 17:03
You can see that the slope-break was ca. 7500 years BP.
WRT iron sulphides, I remember chatting to a fellow postgrad years ago (yes, it was that long ago) who was looking at their formation in present-day estuarine deposits. They do seem to form very easily if the conditions are reducing in nature. Might be why in Jurassic clay sequences the pyritised ammonites are 3D whilst those which are not are plain flat? That would suggest the pyritisation to be early in the compaction/diagenesis process, before too much loading from above from successive sediment layers.
Cheers - John
Posted 21 March 2012 - 12:51
First, the melt rate could not have occurred at 17-10kya as over 200 quitillion tons of ice covered 2/3rds of the globe, sorry the graph is simply a misnomer by clear logic. As to land height in relation to the sea level it appears that a more pronnounced equitorial bulge was likely; but, unlikely to have exceeded 0.1% of the radius.
Secondly, in a reducing (acidification/hydrogenation) environment high in H2SO, the hydrogenation of the CaCO3 would have rendered the shell material to a near rubbery consistency. Hence, easily squashed and spread out like a pancake, without the need for sediment compaction, prior to entombment.
What is the basis of the evidence you have supplied, it makes no sense to me in light of simple scientific principles... Of course, for me to be 180 deg. off on a subject is nothing new...
Posted 21 March 2012 - 14:09
WRT sea-level rise, see the following:
Fleming, Kevin, Paul Johnston, Dan Zwartz, Yusuke Yokoyama, Kurt Lambeck and John Chappell (1998). "Refining the eustatic sea-level curve since the Last Glacial Maximum using far- and intermediate-field sites". Earth and Planetary Science Letters 163 (1-4): 327-342. doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00198-8
WRT pyritisation, I've seen enough evidence in the field! Often non-pyritised flattened or unflattened ammonites in claystone sequences retain the original aragonite of their shells. Pyrite pseudomorphing the inside of an ammonite shell, body, shell and all, would make it very resistant to squishing. I have 3D pyritised graptolites and orthocone nautiloids from the L Silurian of this part of the world, similarly preserved in great detail.
Cheers - John
Posted 21 March 2012 - 15:49
If I recall correctly in 2007 we had a discussion that included Andre and several others here where we discussed the differences in sea levels with the over riding theme that heights were different then recently suggested. Matter of fact, I recall Dr. Schmidt and folks at RealClimate.org entertaining quite a long discussion on this issue, The papers referenced took a closer look at the Earths crust isoplasicity (isostatic compression) and eustatic displacement. The discussion even advanced to a discussion wrt the "farallon" plate and the issue of mid-continential plate faults... The end result being a discussion wrt Caribbean tectonic activity... Was there not a paper a few years ago discussing the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and why the lateral or latitudnal boundary occured nearer the poles rather then the Equatoial region?
As for the Amonites, my wife has several examples as well. Where the issue of "soft" versus "hard" shell really appears is in the surrounding matrix. Hers are clearly in a algae rich sediment and likely alive at the time of entombment. The 3D versions I have seen were in a silt/clay-sandstone/maural matrix with very little suggestion of a high H2SO environment. Most samples in this case were silt filled and well preserved, except were the surrounding sedimentry matrix displayed either displacement or fracturing.
So again I am sorry no papers to confound your suggested evidence; however, my personal field work does not appear to agree. Have you seen any work that may be more recent...?
Posted 21 March 2012 - 18:13
Quick response, as things to do, but two other lines of evidence WRT Cardigan Bay. Firstly, peat dredged from the seabed under 18.5 m of water gave a radiocarbon date of 8740+/- 100 YBP. Second, the main river-valleys hereabouts are filled with postglacial alluvial sediments to a depth of 40m below sea-level. This was a big problem that thwarted the 19th Century Plan A of sending the Cambrian Coast railway-line across the major estuaries: they couldn't cross the Dyfi because even tens of metres down it was all gloop! Hence the Glandyfi Junction station, several miles inland.
Cheers - John
Posted 21 March 2012 - 18:44
Cheers - John
Posted 21 March 2012 - 23:22
John Mason, on 21 March 2012 - 18:13, said:
Quick response, as things to do, but two other lines of evidence WRT Cardigan Bay. Firstly, peat dredged from the seabed under 18.5 m of water gave a radiocarbon date of 8740+/- 100 YBP. Second, the main river-valleys hereabouts are filled with postglacial alluvial sediments to a depth of 40m below sea-level. This was a big problem that thwarted the 19th Century Plan A of sending the Cambrian Coast railway-line across the major estuaries: they couldn't cross the Dyfi because even tens of metres down it was all gloop! Hence the Glandyfi Junction station, several miles inland.
Cheers - John
Hey John,
Was well aware of this, an example can be seen near Bristol as well. On the East coast the "Night of the Great Rail Disaster", appeared to have been rooted in a similar problem. A gloppy channel to about 20 meters, a great sandstone base to 40 meters, had they dropped the core another 20 meters they would have found another 60 meters of glop to sandstone and eventually bedrock. Instead they decided to "float" piers of amalgam and concrete. A strong blow, a rushing flow, and 2000 tons of steel and 200 saints are buried under 30 meters of water.
Similar issues can be seen near most river mouths, the most famous examples, the Nile and the Amazon. The issue of sea level does remain, we really do not know if the Med. or Black Sea filled due to the △ in MSL or the subsistence of the land. For instance how much has the Med. basin risen due to the Africian Plate overtopping the European and how much has it fallen due to glacerial recession?
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The best scent is the fragrance of "clean". No food odors, no plug-ins, no sprays. Just clean. | ||||
Jewell, I have to agree with you. Although I find the scent of cookies or bread baking, or some candles or potpourri appealing, some people don't. Plug in's can become overpowering and really turn off a prospective buyer. THen there are the allergies - people can be allergic to the darndest things and you sure don't want a qualified, interested buyer having to look thru the house while they're sneezing their head off or wiping streaming eyes - or having to turn around and leave the home before they're past the foyer. You just never know, so I'd err on the side of caution and present a spotlessly clean and fresh home - no fragrances, no fresheners, no animals - just clean. Suzanne www.PersonalStyleInteriors.com | ||||
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When I first viewed a house that I eventually bought, it smelled of apples and cinnamon. I loved it! It was in the middle of January, and was just right for winter. However, scents can be a turnoff. I once looked at a house in the middle of July, and they had many scented candles burning throughout. Wrong season and time of day for candles. It was over-powering, and I couldn't wait to leave! When I sold my house, I used a plug-in that smelled like starchy linen. | ||||
A plain ol' clean smell would be best, but if you want to make it smell like something, make sure it's something natural -- baking bread or cookies -- rather than a chemical scent (air freshener, etc.) as many people are sensitive to those. Plus, as a buyer, I'd be sort of suspicious of a place that had a strong artificial fragrance -- I'd wonder if it was masking an underlying odor. | ||||
Just a clean smell. Nothing artificial. Lots of people are allegic to scents. | ||||
We were selling our home in the snowy season and snow it did, all winter. I had bread baking in the oven with the first visitors and that was all they talked about. When we sold our home that was the same couple who talked about the bread smell and they talked about it again at the final walk through as the new buyers. | ||||
The best aroma for me after clean smell, has to be pricing. | ||||
Personally, I think anyone looking to buy a log home, should be just fine (read thrilled) with the natural "log/wood scent". | ||||
I was going to start a post about funny stories that happened in the quest to get buyers but when I saw this post, I thought I would share the story here instead. Sometime last year, there was a post that said freshly-baked Townhouse oatmeal raisin cookies was the best scent to have when selling a house. We had just put our house on the market then so I went out and bought some. We got a call that someone was coming to see the house in a little while so we put in 1/2 the package of cookie dough and turned on the toaster oven. In the haste to get my young son ready so we could get out before the prospective buyer and agent showed up, DH thought I was watching the toaster, I thought he was. Needless to say, the cookies burnt. Good thing we had a house fan to get rid of the smell of the burnt cookies. Next time there was a showing, I specifically told DH when to take out the cookies. Instead of listening to me and actually take the cookies out of the toaster oven. He turned off the toaster oven. The cookies of course continued to bake in the hot oven - and of course burnt again. Luckily we could laugh at ourselves. It is funny now but not funny then trying to get the smell of burnt cookies out of a house and you know potential buyers are on the way. Thank God for the house fan. So, I saw forget them there cookies!! Febreeze airfresher, a small amount, works like a charm (I like the blue container than the peach). I like just enough to spell clean but not seem like, oh they just sprayed airfreshener. We always made sure the house was well aired out. The fresh air is great at getting rid of odors. | ||||
I have told this recently but I will repeat how the best laid plans go astray. Our house is for sale and showings are few and far between. I knew over the week-end that my house would be shown on Monday morning. I cleaned and cleaned: it sparkled and smelled clean. I ran out to go to work leaving DH to do the last thing or two and load the dogs to take them away. It was misting outside (we hadn't had measureable rain since early January) and my dogs were outside. I went out the door to work, the dogs ran in (through their dog door) and shook. Two days of cleaning gone. The house smelled of dog and had doggie prints on the hardwood. Needless to say we didn't get that sale and we still did not get measureable rain. (I think the use of Febreeze would have been in order for thisinstance.) | ||||
Josie's comment about a sink full of lysol reminded me of a friend who would always fill her sink with lysol before her MIL would come over so her MIL would think she had been cleaning. If for some reason you do have to use sprays or candles, I think the "linen" and "breeze" type scents are better than floral or citrus scents. A bit of an aside...my cats' litter boxes are down in the basement (which is finished on one side). I've been experimenting with different ways to reduce the smells (like trying different litter, air purifiers)...About two weeks ago, I stained the stair railing and that scent totally overpowered the bad kitty smells for over a week. Now I'm thinking maybe I should stain the railing every week or so - or least get a rag and dip it in the stain and leave it in the trash can down there while the house is on the market. LOL. Not really - but it is a thought. | ||||
The last couple of houses we sold, I made Chocolate-Chip Cookies (30 minutes before the buyers came to view the house), and left them on the counter with a note that read: "Help Yourself" While I had to clean up the cookie crumbs on the floor, we got full-price offers both times! Nothing says "Welcome Home" like warm, fresh cookies. This message has been edited. Last edited by: lavern2, | ||||
Good story - but seriously, Arm & Hammer litter deodorant works well and has a nice scent - at least until a kitty who won't bury goes in there and makes a "deposit." :-) | ||||
A clean house will definitely give your house an beautiful look but the aroma must be blissful and refreshing. You may try an incense, it will give you an aromatic and refreshing fragrance which can enhance the visitor's mood. | ||||
Because most commercial products contain chemicals- including Fabreeze, "air freshners", scented candles - remember many folk are allergic to chemicals. It's "safer" to place a small bowl of baking soda in each room (baking soda is cheap and it aborbs odors); another option is to place a bowl of not overly sweet flower petals in guest room. Cinnammon, cloves, a vanilla bean, freshly brewed fragrant tea or coffee evoke "welcome". in common rooms put a drop of essential oil on light bulbs before turning on the lamps. IMO savvy buyers question ANY scent (odor) that permeates a houseThis message has been edited. Last edited by: tessa89, | ||||
briankkatz, Incense is incense and available nearly everywhere in lots of scents (and there are many who think it stinks). Posting on old threads does not negate you from the "advertising" ban on these boards. You ! | ||||
Best aroma? Hands down, no aroma/smell at all! Forget all the cutesy things like baking bread, cookies, lighting candles or whatever. Present a house that is clean from the floor boards up, down and all around; uncluttered, windows shining; appliances spotless (even if you plan to take them with you); beds neatly made, closets nice; bathrooms immaculate - THAT is what is going to make someone BUY YOUR HOME! | ||||
Often times, I work with buyers who are on a weekend buying trip. They are focused on buying a home before they leave Tampa Bay for the airport for the long trip home. The itinerary is pre-planned and they how exactly what they are going to see per the listings chosen, so we cram houses into the schedule. Buyers have their own copies of the listings and often times, I have chuckled to myself when they are making notes to remember which house is which. House that smelled like bleach, like dog, like cookie dough are some of their descriptions..right there in the list they are making of amenities. In our conversations, same reference. I found it interesting that smell gave association to the property. So, the point being, smell sells - sometimes and maybe better than "no smell"! | ||||
I have to go with fresh baked bread! Whether You Think You Can Or You Think You Can't..... You're Right - Henry Ford | ||||
If I walked into a house and smelled these "perfumes," my instant thought would be: "What are they hiding?" I would begin to wonder about pet smells, mold, rot or other issues that might be being disguised. Even if there were no such negative issues, not everyone finds these "perfumes" pleasant. For example, the smell of cinnamon and cloves make me gag, though some people may love them. Fake vanilla (such as found in vanilla "flavored" coffee) gives me an instant headache. Bottom line: do you want to run the risk of turning off a potential buyer--especially in a bad market? IMO--I agree with what some others have said: no fake smells--just clean and fresh. No one will ever be turned off by that. Just my $0.02. | ||||
That reminded me of when I bought my house here in Austin - I'd flown in, was staying with my realtor and we had about 30 houses on "the list". Five years later we still laugh about the "stinky house" that we walked into, looked at each other and turned around and walked right back out. | ||||
A salesperson at a kitchen supply store in the mall told me that when they want to draw a crowd they saute onions. | ||||
It's more important what you don't smell - cigarette smoke - animals - dust - mildew - stinky fragrances - heavy cooking odors Best to smell fresh air ...or maybe some bread baking. | ||||
Draws me into Williams-Sonoma every time! | ||||
That's really interesting about the onions...I was looking at some Bed & Breakfast reviews and the only negative was "onion smells every morning!!!" Another note about onions is that when I was getting a beauty treatment recently, some of the staff were eating (smelled like onion-y Taco Bell) and that was nauseating because I like to smell 'pretty/girly' aromas when I'm getting beautified. | ||||
I dislike incense, it makes me sneeze. Also onions are a turn off for many people. Keep it clean and neat. Only time I used a candle was in the winter and I couldn't air out the house (which was vacant). So many people have allergies and dislike certain smells. | ||||
When my son & wife found themselves in a very small house with 3 kids under 18 months; they listed and planned for an open-house. This trick seemed to work for them. They had a large travel trailor parked next to their house and took the kids to grandma then filled the trailor with car seats, baby swings toys, etc. etc.; literally, 3 of everything! They cleaned house top to bottom, opened windows. removed all magazines, clutter, everything from countertops etc.to the trailor everything sparkled...a vase of fresh flowers on the kitchen table. The first people through made a full offer, no conditions. They moved the baby paraphenalis back in until they moved out. No pets and well-kept shrubs and flower beds helped too. Not looking to sell now; I KNOW, I would have to probably pack up 80% of my collectibles, art etc. and maybe rent short-term a facility to store stuff....because no matter how great one's interior decor...it is NOT what others might like...also, I'd paint everything builder beige and rip out all my carpeting. Most can't forsee what a few cosmetic changes will make to a house...so give them a blank slate. | ||||
I am very sensitive to scents. I hate going into candle stores or places with strong smells. Add my vote for clean. One of my listings is a second home. To prep it for showings I will stop in open all the windows and take a Clorox wipe to the counters, bathroom sinks, etc and then take some furniture polish and run a cloth over the tables. It give sa fresh clean scent without being perfumy or seem like it is covering anything. If you're getting frequent showings use a diffuser with a light scent or a basket of potpourri. Not over powering, but fresh. REL - My out of town clients are the same - we have the house with the ugly sofa, the house with the orange kitchen, the house with the wall paper, the smelly house, etc. | ||||
Might be repeating myself, but I am a big fan of "no smell" also known as simply "clean." Personally, I don't care for floral/perfume scents/artificial disfusers of whatever scent and think the "old cookie/bread" scent reeks of desperation so what would sell me? CLEAN-NO SMELL! Just my 2 cents worth.... | ||||
Open all the doors and windows for a while and then the house will be odor free, oh and put your pets outside along with any of their bedding etc. | ||||
I vote for the clean smell. I don't have much of a sense of smell left, but usually, when someone has alot of candles burning, it has turned out that they were trying to hide a mildewy odor. Now, in my brain, when I go to look at houses, I'm assuming they are trying to hide something and it turns me off. Also, my husband is overly sensitive to candles, so he starts sneezing the minute we go into a place that has them going. As for baking, I'd be the same as previous poster - I know I'd burn it.... . Clean always trumps I think.. I use Febreze, but I use it and then vacuum. For personal use - I used to love candles, so I'm going to try some soy ones and see if my husband can tolerate them better. For open houses - no way.... | ||||
Aroma? maybe a hint of freshly laundered sundried cotton linens. maybe maybe choc chip cookies. Never commercially produced scents! Too many folk are allergic to anything chemical. Many scented candles are cloyingly sweet & IMO fake pine stinks! Although I like eucaliptus, it sends DD running for the exit. If you must use something to mask odors, use a natural product....freshly grated lemon peel, or a crushed herb: maybe lavender, or mint, or basil | ||||
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The Indians today recalled LHP ZACH JACKSON from AAA Columbus and optioned LHP RICH RUNDLES to Columbus.
Jackson will start tonight vs. the Rays. Zach opened the season on the Major League roster and made his debut in relief at Texas on April 9 (4.0IP, 4H, 2R/ER, 0BB, 6K), which is still a season-high by Tribe reliever in IP and strikeouts. He was later optioned to AAA Columbus on April 22.
His first 3 appearances at Triple A came in relief (4.1IP, 6H, 5ER) before going 3-1 w/a 1.42 ERA (19.0IP, 16H, 3ER, 5BB, 12K, .235AVG) in 4 May starts for the Clippers, winning his last 3 starts (16.0IP, 9H, 1ER). Overall at Columbus he has gone 3-2 w/a 3.09 ERA in 7 games/4 starts (23.1IP, 22H, 8ER, 8BB, 13K, 2HR). He wears #57.


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Theoretically, losing in rebounds and defense in SB is outweighed by higher scoring. WHERE IS THAT HIGH SCORING IN OUR SB??? Are you aware that PLAYMAKER ( his role is to make plays first, scoring is secondary) Billups scores more per game than SHOOTING GUARD (his primary role is to shoot ) Iverson!?!?!
Are you aware that Chauncey has free reign over the Nuggets and Allen not so much with the Pistons? Do you really want to compare the two when it's apples versus apples, because you don't need to look any further than last year.
I am sitting here in awe that Jason Maxiel was taken out of the game and that we went back to the pair of Sheed/Dyess. He was the only one playing that pick and roll with Paul successfully. Seriously i have no words. I'm going to try to focus on some positive. That 3rd quarter was a thing of beauty offensively. We had the return of floor spacing and execution!! That was the Rip i know and love. Beautiful passing and making shots; Sticking to his strength and creating off the screens. He did a good job on his man for the most part. AI really needed to calm down. He was having a meltdown, and at that point in the game he was needed on the floor. His defense was a mixed bag this game. He did OK in the 1st and then it was downhill from there. The main problem is it seems there's always someone having to shadow his man or a switch that screws things up. However, in the 4th with Max, he would have been effective enough that hopefully his contributions on offense would make up for it. And he was really making the effort to stick to Paul. That drive to the basket was beautiful. I want to see more of that from him instead of those shots from the middle of the floor. On the downside, the floor spacing went to hell again with him on the floor. I don't know why it looks so crowded. When Stuck came back, he deferred again. I'm beginning to think it's not by design and just him. Although i'm not going to entirely blame him for his defense on CP. While it wasn't great, the fact that Dice was the other defender caused most of the trouble. Like AI, he would have held his own if Max was the one playing it with him. The game was uneven as a whole in LARGE part due to our ridiculous line-ups. The encouraging part is that Rip/AI didn't look half bad for part of the 4th. The discouraging part is that 3rd quarter looked much better. It was a replica (IMO, a better one) of when Rip was out. It's awful that it comes to the point that when one of our SG's get injured it's better for the team. And why can't we ever try Amir/Max together ? Is there a law against it? It looks like Stuck might be coming back to earth a little bit. Very little AA this game. IMO, there were two stretches he should have been on CP3. Unfortunately, it semes the AA/win correlation is stronger than all other things LOL. Overall, there was no shortage of effort in the least and we still lost. The personnel is being used incorrectly and if it was there's still a chance it might not work. It's almost All-Star break. I think i ran out of positive half way through the post.
Why AI was brought here??? score, score,and yes, more score. Since he is below average on D, only scoring can justify is playing time. AI has never had any other role than scoring, yeah, coaches have tried him as playmaker but he is not that type. AI should score ESPECIALLY in SB because of MC has explained that SB is only there for maximizing scoring effort from two SGs, SF and half PG THEY ARE PLAYING SB ONLY BECAUSE OF AI.
If we account for possessions per game/pace, i wonder what how the difference in scoring really breaks down to be between last year's Nuggets and last year's Pistons. Is it really who has free reign?
Well we are officially an also-ran-middle-of-the-pac-team that will be lucky to get the 7th seed. We can hope that a key trade could make us stronger to possibly pull a first round upset.. Five losses in a row now and coincidentally five since Sheed came back and 4 since the grim ripper came back leading the small ball. I only saw the 4th quarter, so cannot comment on how the boys look like they had probably their best scoring third qtr in awhile...but then the dredded 4th qtr collapse again. Can't score and can't stop anybody in the fourth. What the heck has happen to our free throw game this past week?? Not only can we get to the line, but we can make them when we get there?? 3-11 last night 5-13 tonight? Stuckey never got to the line in either game??? In addition to the 9-0 run that was given up to start the 4th, the key to this loss may have been the spot where AI lazilly walked the ball up the floor and was called with a 8 second violation with score tied 81-81...after that AI argued and was taken out of the game and we crumpled on the offensive end with Rip missing a jumper from the side instead of driving and then three straight three point shots by Tay, Sheed and Sheed. I have not been on my computer today, but have there been any soundbites from Joe regarding how he thinks we are doing?? Did he give MC the proverbial vote of confidence so he can be out of here in the next 10 days??? Since I kind of expected a loss I am actually more upset about the Buckeyes upsetting Michiigan at Crisler arena tonight then this Piston loss.
Apparently, he wasn't brought here to score, score, and yes, more score because the offense isn't designed to do that. Detroit's insistence on having everyone shoot the same amount of shots, give or take a few, does not lend itself to a scorer. Unless the scorer is the PG and the ball starts in his hands at the beginning of the play. That's how you get a certain #3 putting up 40 and 38 point games in a weeks time. Not even the top three point shooter of all time regularly gets 30 points on 10 shots. He's averaging 15 shots a game. That breaks down to under four shots a quarter. The offense isn't designed for him (or anyone else) to get many trips to the free throw line either. This isn't an offense that places scoring as a high priority, so there shouldn't be much shock over the lack of scoring. All I know is the last time I merely glanced at the numbers, every Nugget from last year has had a drop in shooting % and points per game. Carmelo is shooting a career low in %. This is with the great Chauncey running the show. 19 shots a game to go along with 10 trips to the line go a long way in dropping 26 ppg. Having the ball in your hands enough to take 19 shots along with 10 FTAs and 7 assists go a long way in looking like a guy that will never age versus one that "suddenly seems to have lost a step." Free reign A.I. versus Deferring A.I. is something that Michael Curry will have to decide that he wants. Along with many other things.
Star Jones , that exactly is the problem: AI needs may touches to be effective. Pistons style - everyone gets only small share - is not for AI and he is not capable of changing his style, I'm afraid.
I'm not sure how you can say that. During the win streak, he was playing as a complimentary player no problem. The problem tonight, is the same problem as yesterday, same problem Wednesday last. We have one too many small players, and we insist upon playing an unbalanced lineup. People get ticked off in the fourth, but we used to beat teams in the 2nd and 3rd too you know. Just gotta keep the heat on Curry and hope he adjusts.
He is and was effective in the sense that his presence on the floor allows Rodney and Tayshaun to become unbelievably effective. Earlier in the season, when he was practically frozen out of the offense, the team was essentially playing four on five. As he became more included, Rodney's amount of open shots increased and the distance that his defender was normally found to be, also increased because they were trying to double up on Allen. Same with Tayshaun. Let me know when Richard draws a consistent double team with the starters. Heck, the starters looked as if they barely wanted to set screens for Richard in the first quarter. I will be very interested to see what happens to Rodney's shooting % next year if Allen isn't in Detroit. I've found that it's real easy for teammates to pout and complain when they have to play with Allen, but very few of them come back and admit just how much easier it was when he's gone. You won't see many other Pistons making Kwame Brown look functional.
during winning streak AI took avg 18 shots and made 40% of those. and most of his shots were pure individual effort: typical AI.
Yeah, and we won games. First, I would like to go back to winning, so we can argue about pointless stuff like shooting %s and FGA.
There's a difference between an elite scorer and a high volume scorer. Unfortunately, AI's beginning to look like the latter. You shouldn't need the offense to be designed around you or have to take a majority of the shots on your team to put up numbers if you're supposed to be that talented. His shooting % has always been below par even in DEN. It's a troubling sign. There are games where he takes a high number of shots (like he did during the time we had alot of injured players) and he puts up points because of that but he's still shooting a bad %. It's taking him too many shots to get to a certain number. I don't expect him to shoot 5-10 every night or 50%. That's just too much to ask of any player, but he needs to be more efficient. I could care less if he takes 16-18 shots a game if he's not going 6-16. In terms of Stuckey, it is easier for him to "get his" b/c he plays PG, but at the same time he can play PG. Letting AI initiate the offense constantly isn't an option. IMO, it's just a bad fit all around. I do agree with you that at times he's not put into a position that plays to his strenghts in terms of some of the plays that we run for Rip being run for him, etc. but alot of those jump shots he's taking he's settling for. I want to believe that he chooses not go to the rim as much and not that can't do it anymore. The main point is i don't think there's shock at his lack of scoring, but since we are not winning and his defense is lacking, some people are at least expecting him to make up for that offensively especially when like rax mentioned in large part this line-up change is for him. And i'm not really sure how you design an offense around AI. In past years that just seems to be letting him just shoot to his heart's content while surrounding him with defenders. That won't work here. ---------------- The Nuggets were until recently playing games that were lower scoring and much slower than previous years. As for Carmelo hasn't he been injured all year? I'll reserve judgement on that b/c i could've have sworn he was playing with some elbow/wrist problem. I don't think you can compare CB/AI in terms of how much they are scoring. But if you were there are two problems with that; Chauncey scored alot in DET too, and he wasn't dominating the team's offense in terms of # of shots. And i have to double check but i don't think he's averaging all that many more shots as AI in DEN either. Looking at their game logs, it seems like there are outliers that really muck up the avg number. You could argue that CB has free reign to dictate his shots, but he can play PG. AI is not a PG. So i'm not sure what the solution would be short of having 2 of our best offensive players get injured and surrounding him by non scorers. That's not a very successful long term strategy.
We won because of AI was AI( it was 1 of many reasons why they won, of course) not Rip's half-clone, what he has to be now.
You're right. Even though he has been first team all NBA as a PG, and played PG most of his career, traded for a PG, from a team where he was playing PG, led a US Olympic team as the PG, and is one of the all time leaders in assists, which is usually a stat dominated by PGs, he's not a PG. Hey look,
He can play the PG position but a lot of times it does not even look like we have good plays to run. Anyone else notice how our offense has no execution what so ever?
He played next to Eric Snow in PHI at SG when they were successful, and Anthony Carter played PG in DEN while AI played SG again. Both moves had to be made because AI couldn't run the team which is kinda a crucial part of being a point guard. AI was not playing PG when we traded for him. AI started at PG here and Stuck had to be put in the line-up b/c he couldn't do it. I'm seeing a recurring theme here. And it has nothing to do with flying pigs.


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