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Results from Mexico City
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Liam Smith: Canelo ducked GGG massively
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Guerrero-Peralta Flash Quotes
By Miguel Maravilla Photos: Andy Samuelson/Premier Boxing Champions Robert Guerrero: "We started off the year good with the Garcia fight. I thought I won ...
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Bill Caplan joins Golden Boy
Golden Boy Promotions has announced that Hall of Fame publicist Bill Caplan, who has over 40 years of experience in boxing and sports publicity, has joined Golden Boy Promotions as a Public Relations Consultant. Caplan has worked with virtually every major fighter over the years and is known for his long-standing relationships and work with George Foreman and Oscar de la Hoya. "We are extremely excited to add Bill to our public relations team at Golden Boy Promotions," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. "He has the experience, knowledge and expertise to bring Golden Boy's public relations efforts to the next level." (more…)
WV2-Choko Presser highlights
Video: Joel A. Colón/All Star Boxing
UFC updates
GSP and Kos Turn Things Up On An All New TUF, Plus Primetime Part Two Premieres On SPIKE: Coaches Georges St-Pierre and Josh Koscheck push their teams to the limit on an all new episode of The Ultimate Fighter, plus Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez continue their collision course to UFC 121 on part two of UFC Primetime! Starting at 10pm ET/PT TONIGHT on SPIKE
Too Big For The Small Screen – See UFC 121 Live In Theaters: Brock Lesnar and Cain Velasquez collide on October 23rd in a huge heavyweight battle – experience this larger than life event LIVE on the big screen at select theaters!
Vitali Klitschko Media Workout
Shannon Briggs Media Workout
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. Speaks
WBO jr. featherweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. spoke to Fightnews.com moments after having to be separated from challenger Ivan "Choko" Hernandez after things got physical during their face-off at Wednesday's press conference in Kissimmee, Florida.
Promoter Tuto Zabala Jr. explained a bit more about the bad blood that has developed between the fighters.
Mike Jones Teleconference Quotes
By Rick Scharmberg
Hall of Fame promoters Bob Arum and Russell Peltz hosted a teleconference on Wednesday in support of highly regarded Mike "MJ" Jones (22-0, 18KOs), who will face tough Jesus Soto-Karass (24-4-3, 16 KOs) in a televised ten round bout on the Manny Pacquiao – Antonio Margarito PPV card on November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Jones is ranked in the top-5 across the board at welterweight, and is the top-rated contender in the WBA. A victory over Soto-Karass would all but guarantee Jones – the reigning NABA and NABO welterweight champ – a crack at the world title. "This fight is a big opportunity for me because millions will be watching around the world," stated Jones. "I will do my best to shine and show that I am one of the best out there." (more…)
Antonio Margarito mountain run
Story and photos by Ricardo Conde
Today Fightnews caught up with three-time world champion, the "Tijuana Tornado" Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs) for his early morning run up the mountains in Ventura County, CA in preparation for his up coming bout against seven-time world champion Manny "Pac Man" Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs). "We are alternating Margarito's runs, he runs on the track, at the beach and today in the mountains." said chief trainer Robert Garcia. "He runs non-stop, and with four weeks until the fight, Margarito is in great shape, we are right on schedule, he's exactly where we want him to be." continued Garcia. more + photos
Meza takes on Vazquez
Dominguez Boxing Promotions, Promociones Internacionales, in association with Sampson Boxing LLC, have joined forces to promote "El Gran Festival de Mexico" on Friday, Oct. 29. In the main event, super featherweights Antonio "Barrios" Meza (24-8, 16 KOs) and Cesar "Saba" Vazquez (20-0, 13 KOs) will clash in a 12-rounder. (more…)
"Windy City Fight Night 13″
Ivan Popoca and "The Polish Prince" Andrzej Fonfara will co-headline "Windy City Fight Night 13" on Friday, November 19, at the UIC Pavilion. The card, promoted by Dominic Pesoli's 8-Count Productions, will feature Chicago's most popular young prospects in separate eight-rounders.
"This card is truly the culmination of a fantastic year in boxing in Chicago. With Popoca and Fonfara in main event bouts and a sensational undercard featuring Chicago's finest young prospects, we're thrilled to bring this outstanding event to the local fight fans" said Pesoli. (more…)
Vazquez-Hernandez erupts
By Karl Freitag
The fight nearly started early during today's Wilfredo Vazquez Jr-Ivan "Choko" Hernandez press conference in Kissimmee, Florida. The fighters had to be separated during the face off for photographers and tempers are running hot for Saturday's PPV showdown. Photos and video to come.
Second chance for Aguilera
Story by Alex Dombroff
Photos by Emily Harney
Which fighter taking the ring in the main event of this Friday's ShoBox is fighting with his career on the line, at a weight he is not accustomed to, and is coming off a loss that many thought would end his career as a serious contender?
What? You didn't answer Nagy Aguilera? . . . Click here for more
Solis-Austin in Miami
Promoter Ahmet Öner has announced that heavyweight contenders Odlanier Solis and Ray Austin meet on December 17th at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. The winner will be mandatory challenger to WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. "Solis will give no chance to Austin and finally get his opportunity against Klitschko at the beginning of the year," said Öner. "He had a long wait for this possibility. We're glad that we have now, finally, have a date for the fight against Austin. Finally, Solis can prove that he's in another league than most of these old men who are hanging around at the top at the moment."
In the co-feature, King has unbeaten light heavyweight world champion Tavoris Cloud scheduled against TBA.
WBC welterweight silver champion Secuk Aydin, whom WBC champion Andre Berto was ordered to fight next, will also appear on the card. That fight was actually scheduled for late November but was postponed to next year because the parties could not agree financially.
"The offer we got for the fight was not simply good enough," said Öner. "It's also evident that Berto and his promoter Lou DiBella didn't want to fight against Selcuk. So we agreed that both can take an interim fight and then we'll negotiate once more at the beginning of the year."
The event will be promoted ARENA and Don King Productions.
Abril back in ring after 13 days
By Boxing Bob Newman
Rochester, New York welterweight Kenny Abril is quickly making up for lost time. After fifteen months out of the ring during which time he got married and served as one of Miguel Cotto's chief sparring partners, Abril returned on October 2, 2010 at Turning stone Casino winning a six round decision over Francisco Ginorio. This Friday, October 15, Abril will be back in the ring in his hometown of Rochester on the latest of promoter Ron Resnick's War at the Armory series, headlined by Willie Monroe Jr., great nephew of Philadelphia middleweight legend Willie "The Worm" Monroe who gave Marvelous Marvin Hagler his second loss back in 1976. New York State welterweight champ Abril, 10-3-1 (5 KOs) will be facing Puerto Rico's Javier Perez, 7-3, (5 KOs).
Brinkley likes his promoter!
IBF super-middleweight mandatory contender Jesse Brinkley (35-3, 22 KOs) faces IBF champion Lucian Bute (26-0, 21 KOs) this Friday in Montreal. Brinkley's rise to a world title shot may have never happened if it were not for the partnership he has built with Reno, NV based Let's Get It On Promotions.
In early 2007, Brinkley was at a low point in his career. He had lost two fights on national television and his future looked bleak. Most, including Brinkley himself, thought that his career was over. At the same time, Terry and Tommy Lane, who had taken over their father's promotional company, were looking to get started. (more…)
Cantwell begins again
When it comes to the topic of 2009, don't expect UFC light heavyweight prospect Steve Cantwell to be holding it up as a banner year in his life and career, but as he approaches his long-awaited return to the Octagon Saturday night against Stanislav Nedkov, he can safely say that 2010 has been a lot better for him . . . Click here for more by Thomas Gerbasi, UFC
Zab Judah Update
Former welterweight and junior welterweight Champion Zab Judah has taken his training to a new level in preparation for his Nov. 6th match-up with Argentine Knock Out artist Lucas Matthysse at Newark's Prudential Center. Known in boxing circles simply as "Super Judah," the 32-year old Brooklyn native has given a whole new meaning to the word "Super" in recent weeks. "I've been running Mt. Charleston every other day since I heard that Matthysse is coming to fight me on HBO in front of my hometown crowd," Judah enthused. "I am so excited about this fight. I have never been in better shape in my life. I could fight this kid right now!" (more…)
Q&A Alexander Gustaffson
With two UFC fights already under his belt, Alexander Gustafsson will look to deliver a career-defining performance in London on Saturday when he takes on veteran striker Cyrille Diabate. UFC.com's Darragh Creamer recently had the opportunity to talk to "The Mauler". . . Click here for more by Darragh Creamer, UFC
Bute/Brinkley Montreal Workout
Photo: Herby Whyne / Fightnews Canada
IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, mandatory challenger Jesse Brinkley, former WBC light heavy champ Adrian Diaconu and Omar Sheika worked out for the Montreal press today in advance of Friday's card at the Bell Centre. Click here for more photos.
Hernandez sharp in workout
Photo: All Star Boxing
Former world champion Ivan "Choko" Hernandez (27), ranked #10 by the WBC and WBO, had an open workout today in Orlando in preparation for his WBO Jr. Featherweight title challenge this Saturday night against defending champion Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. (19-0-1-16 KO's), of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, at the 10,500 seat Silver Spurs Arena of the Osceola Heritage Park in an event billed, "The Rising Son Returns," promoted All Star Boxing. Click here for more photos.
Philly card cancelled
Wednesday's boxing event at the National Guard Armory in Philadelphia has been canceled. No make-up date has been decided as of yet.
Next "Prizefighter" announced
The super featherweights get their first outing in the Prizefighter series in the next event at York Hall, Bethnal Green on November 20. The biggest name so far is 39-year-old Choi "The Mongolian Warrior" Tseveenpurev (29-4, 21 KOs) heading the initial line-up for the 15th edition of Barry Hearn's eight-man, one night tournaments live on Sky Sports. Other names are Gary Buckland (18-2, 6 KOs), Kevin O'Hara (17-6, 5 KOs) and Scott Lawton (27-6-1, 6 KOs. The rest of the lineup will be announced shortly.
Cronjie-Wilson clash Thursday
By Ray Wheatley–World of Boxing
Australian based South African heavyweight Pieter Cronjie ( 9-4, 2 KOs) will return to ring action on Thursday of a nationally televised promotion when he will clash with former Australian heavyweight champion Colin Wilson (35-26-1, 21 KOs) at the Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Cronjie came to Australia in 2007 and defeated Colin Wilson via split six round decision and since then was in the best Australian bout for 2008 losing a close decision to Alex Leapai. (more…)
Codrington, Blocus crush foes
Atlanta police officer, Jaidon Codrington (20-2, 16 KOs) who was a star on "The Contender" boxing reality series and formerly a world top 15 light heavyweight, scored a second round TKO over journeyman Jessie Davis (11-20-1, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at Metro Fitness in Altanta, Georgia. It was Codrington's first fight in nearly two years. His 2007 war with Sakio Bika is widely considered the best bout the Contender series ever produced.
In other action, former Olympian and Atlanta police officer Josue Blocus (16-2, 14 KOs), weighing in at a career high 271 pounds, destroyed journeyman heavyweight Darryl Holley (6-8, 1 KO) at 1:50 into round one. It was Blocus' first fight in three-and-a-half years. Holley, who has now dropped 8 of his last 9, was placed on an indefinite suspension pending a Commission review.
In the main event, highly regarded light heavyweight Sergey Kovalev (10-0, 9 KOs) was knocked down in round seven, but escaped with a narrow eight round split decision win over veteran upset specialist Darnell Boone (17-16-3, 7 KOs). Scores were 76-75, 76-75 for Kolalev, 76-75 for Boone.
This card was presented by Golden Girl Promotions in association with Chris Webb Promotions presents Protect & Serve Live Boxing.
Atlas fights the good fight!
Boxing trainer and ESPN2 Friday Night Fights analyst Teddy Atlas continues to fight the good fight. In his undying efforts to improve the quality of life for those in need in memory of his Good Samaritan father, every year he enlists the support of sports and entertainment celebrities to attend the annual Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation Dinner.
The "Teddy Dinner" has become one of the most anticipated galas on the Autumn New York banquet circuit and this year's 14th annual benefit is set for Thursday, November 18th, once again at the Hilton Garden Inn on Staten Island. (more…)
Wladimir Klitschko speaks
IBF/WBO/IBF world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has issued his statement on the December 11 fight with British and Commonwealth heavyweight beltholder Dereck Chisora at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany.
"I know that Dereck Chisora is a very dangerous opponent," said Wlad. "He's young, he's fast and he's a very hard puncher. My coach, Emanuel Steward, has warned me about Chisora and reminded me about the great Muhammad Ali, who lost his championship in 1978 to Leon Spinks in his eighth professional fight. I definitely will not underestimate Chisora and will prepare myself as intensely as I always do and try to give Chisora no chance. The atmosphere for all of my fights in Mannheim has been great and I will always remember the SAP Arena where I won my second world championship against Chris Byrd. That is one of the highlights of my career." (more…)
Blueprint: Bisping-Akiyama
Fresh off a big win in his last bout, Michael Bisping will attempt to take one more giant step toward returning to middleweight title contention on Saturday night when he faces Asian superstar Yoshihiro Akiyama at the O2 Arena in London, England. The Brit knows that a win over Yoshihiro likely puts him back near the top of the division—a position he held two years ago before dropping two out of three fights . . . Click here for more by Michael DiSanto, UFC
Dereck Chisora speaks
British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Dereck Chisora has commented on his IBF/WBO/IBF world title challenge against heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on December 11 in Mannheim, Germany. "Haye will not fight the Klitschkos as long as they are champions, but I'm up for the fight and will take them on," said Chisora. "The Klitschkos have ruled for too long and I can't wait to get into the ring in Germany and smash the living daylights out of Wladimir first. Vitali is waiting in the background and I'll deal with him once I've dealt with Wladimir." (more…)
Malinga-Domingo IBF eliminator
By Ron Jackson
Vusi Malinga will fight Michael Domingo of the Philippines in an IBF bantamweight title eliminator in Mafikeng on October 30. It will be the main bout of a tournament to be presented by Branco Milenkovic of Branco Sports Productions (pictured at right). Phillip Ndou, Silence Mabuza, Evans Mbamba, Jeffrey Mathebula and Isaac Hlatshwayo will also be in action. Domingo has a record of (40-14-2, 18 KOs).
It has also been confirmed that Osborne Machimana, 32, will defend his SA heavyweight title against Andre Nel, 40, in Johannesburg on December 4. This will be their third meeting. SA welterweight champion Chris van Heerden will defend his title against Boitshepo Mandawe on the same bill. The tournament will be presented by Andre Kerr of Seconds Out Promotions.
Pat Molefe of Rainbow Promotions has announced that he will present a development tournament at the Nasrec Indoor Arena near Johannesburg on October 24. The show will include eight amateur bouts. Lehlohonolo Ramagole will fight Doctor Ntsele for the vacant Gauteng flyweight title over ten rounds and Thompson Mokwana and Samkelo Fani will meet over ten rounds for the vacant Gauteng lightweight title. The tournament will be televised on SuperSport.
Mzi Mnguni of Eyethu Promotions has announced that Themba Joyi will defend his SA junior bantamweight title against Unathi Gqokoma in East London on October 31.
Montiel in motorcycle mishap
WBC bantamweight champion Fernando "Ko-chulito" Montiel (43-2-2, 33 KOs) got banged up during a fall on a motorcycle but luckily has no serious injuries. Montiel was hurt while attending a motorcycle event in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico last weekend. The plan was for "Ko-chulito" to ride around the track as a passenger on the back of a motorcycle as a special guest for the fans attending the event, however one of the curves had loose gravel and the driver of the motorcycle lost control and went into a skid. The 31-year-old Montiel suffered several scrapes on his body, the most serious on his right leg up to the shin, but fortunately no fractures. (more…)
IBF orders heavyweight box-off
By Karl Freitag
While IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight world champion Wladimir Klitschko had to search long and hard to find an opponent for his planned December 11 defense at the SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany (eventually settling on England's Dereck Chisora), wheels are already in motion to find the most deserving IBF mandatory title challenger for longtime champion.
In an innovative move that will produce some intriguing fights, IBF has ordered a four fighter box-off involving Alexander Dimitrenko, Johnathon Banks, Eddie Chambers and Jean Marc Mormeck (Dennis Boytsov was initially offered a spot in the group, but declined). Dimitrenko will face Banks and Chambers takes on Mormeck in the first round with the winners to collide in 2011. Negotiations are currently ongoing between the various camps.
Shaw inks Kayode
Gary Shaw announced the recent signing of undefeated North America Boxing Organization (NABO) cruiserweight champion and Top-10 contender Lateef "Power" Kayode to Gary Shaw Productions. The 6'2 Kayode (13-0, 12 KOs), returns to the ring on Friday, October 15, seeking his 13th consecutive knockout victory, in a 10-round rumble against one-time world title challenger Epifanio Mendoza (30-9-1, 26 KOs) of Colombia. The fight will take place at Buffalo Run Casino & Hotel in Miami, OK, on the non-televised undercard of former light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver's heavyweight debut, which will be televised live on SHOWTIME, beginning at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast.) (more…)
Klitschko-Briggs face-off
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Tornado hits Oxnard neighborhood
Photos and report by Ricardo Conde
Three-time welterweight world champion, Antonio "Tijuana Tornado" Margarito (38-6, 27 KOs) continues his preparations in Oxnard, CA for his upcoming bout against seven-time world champion and the best pound for pound fighter in the world Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs). Today Fightnews caught up with Antonio Margarito, training under the watchful eye of former junior lightweight champion, Robert Garcia, for his morning road work and workout. His early morning workout consisted of running, abdominal work and chopping at a large piece of lumber. For more details and photos click here…
Klitschko-Briggs Presser
Photos by Public Address and KMG/Dmitriy Abramov
Vitali Klitschko (40-2, 38 KOs), and Shannon Briggs (51-5, 45 KOs), participated today in a press conference. WBC Champion Klitschko and former WBO Champion Briggs will face off next Saturday at o2 World Hamburg, Germany.
Vitali Klitschko:
"I see that Briggs is in a very good shape. He is a dangerous puncher and a very strong challenger who is a former heavyweight champion. I am ready and prepared for him and I will do everything to make sure to keep my WBC title.
Shannon Briggs:
"I had the best training camp of my career. I will fight different than all the other opponents Klitschko had before me. I am not afraid to fight him and I will take his WBC belt to the US." (more…)
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Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28
Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Mark 1:21-28
Now that paper fortunes have been lost and retirement savings have fallen through the floor, the country seems to be in a mood to stone false prophets.
In the days before every district superintendent carried a cell phone, driving the charge conference circuit was a great opportunity to listen to the radio. My favorite station was NPR. More than once I found myself totally enthralled by a broadcast story. Sometimes I would pull into my own driveway but be unable to get out of the car because I was a prisoner of a story. I sat on the edge of my seat, my hand ready to turn the car key, unable to move. Maybe it was the story about the little boy caught in a moral dilemma: he needed to tell his mother the truth about a neighborhood crime, but could not betray a confidence. What would he do?


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Nice craftsmanship and a beautiful piece of furniture. Had an issue with one part, but received it from the manufacturer within 4 days of calling.
For nearly $***the quality is not there. The finish is rough, mostly particle board and I felt that it was not a solid unit based on how it had to be assembled using hardware that was not appropriate for some of the connections. Most screws were flathead where the connection should have used a round head or truss head. The bottom shelf and dividers are not solidly attached to the unit when installed. During my assembly I used additional screws and wood glue in order to achieve a more solid unit that would take some hard use. The drawer construction is not of quality for the money spent. Again for the money I recommend shopping locally and buying a unit that you can see and buy fully assembled. A positive point was that the assembly instructions were very clear.
great kitchen cart for the money. It is all wood expect for the back.
We still cannot get the drawer to work despite the video. Overall it is a good product. Glad we bought it.
Up front, anyone ordering this island needs to know that assembly will be very time consuming and involve a lot of parts. It arrives in two flat, heavy boxes and took about three hours for one person (an engineer) to assemble with a second person staying one step ahead reading instructions and organizing components. You will need to supply your own hammer and screw drivers. The directions are ok - some sections were not clear and took longer than necessary to figure out. But if you take your time and carefully read through everything first, you should be ok. Once the unit is assembled, it looks very nice - solid wood with a substantial butcher block top. So why only four stars? Despite being happy with the piece, the effort to put it together definitely weighs into this review. Also, I would have liked for the back of the unit to have the same smooth finish as the front and sides. Instead, it is more unfinished with a slightly rougher feel. Since I am using this as a breakfast bar in the center of my kitchen, the back is visible. If you will be placing this against a wall, then it won't matter. Most people will never even notice the difference but just know what to expect if you plan to keep the breakfast bar extended. If the features suit your needs and you are up for the challenge of assembling this, then you will be happy with the end result.
Does take assembly, by the BEST thing MADE IN AMERICA. Exactly what we wanted, I ended up staining it to darken it to match our kitchen cabinets. Will be putting clear over the stain for added protection. REAL wood, a little manufactured wood where not noticeable. Would recommend it, unless you don't like to assemble! Look at other makes of carts, made in Indonesia or all manufactured wood, this had a great price and shipped fast received before Christmas.
Well made of good quality materials. Easy to assemble, just follow the directions and if needed log on and watch the video. Product support only a call away and great website. This island looks wonderful. Real wood, eco friendly manufacturing right here in the USA. Worth every penny and this will be a lasting piece.
This island fits perfectly in our kitchen. We left the casters off to give it a more permanent look and our counter-height stools still fit with it. While I would have preferred the island to be deeper for more cabinet space, the description was accurate. We were missing a few screws for assembly but that was easily rectified by a trip to the hardware store. The company did provide information on how to get any missing or damaged parts, free of charge, so I did not let this affect the rating. The instructions were easy to follow, making assembly easy. The spice rack and towel bar are interchangeable so we were able to decide what side the would be on. This is a very nice piece and we will definitely buy this brand again.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Matched
- Please tell us about the quality of the product. Quality wood and materials
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? Very accurate
Our Kitchen Island arrived yesterday, my husband put It together with not much difficulty (but he is handy). Although the quality looks good, one door was broken and cracked
Love this Have a small kitchen and this is perfect.
Very nice wood kitchen island. Nice height with drop leaf adds room to walk around but room on top when opened. Husband put it together when I was at work, said it took 5 hours. The hinges were missing for the drop leaf but he called the company "Catskill Craftsman" and they were shipping them out right away (even tho it was Christmas). I had thought it would be a darker tone, but it's more of a honey beige. I really like it as I had been using a table which hurts my back, this is higher and will be less of a strain. Oh and the price was very good!!
Bought this for my brother who needed an additional prep and storage surface in his new condo's kitchen. It looks great, feels solid from what I have seen of it, and he likes it quite a bit. I have never used it and don't live with it, so don't know about craftsmanship or durability.
Sent this as a gift for daughter and son-in-law who is very handy. He worked on it for 3 days and found it was impossible to put together. They wrapped it and returned it. Overstock was excellent & reliable sending return shipping labels.
The piece itself is great. The only issue was in my own judgment as I wish that I had ordered the larger one as the storage capacity was smaller than what I had imagined.
This cabinet's description states it ships assembled. This cabinet arrived in 2 flat boxes. I refused delivery. I had previously called to confirm and was assured the body ships assembled and only the accessory parts ship separately. This price is not worth the effort to assemble such a large item. Also since it required assembly, I did not trust the durability. The description led me to believe this was a factory assembled quality product. For this price, this should not required assembly. Very disappointed. On a better note, OV Customer Service reps were very professional.
- How did the color on site compare with the actual product? Did not open package
- How accurate was the on site description of the product? Not accurate


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LAT has a story describing what a slew of others — including me — have already laid out. The OPM hack will enable China to cross-reference a bunch of databases to target our spooks. Aside from laying all that out again (which is worthwhile, because not a lot of people are still not publicly discussing that), LAT notes Russia is doing the same.
But other than that (and some false claims the US doesn't do the same, including working with contractors and "criminal" hackers) and a review of the dubiously legal Junaid Hussain drone killing, LAT includes one piece of actual news.
At least one clandestine network of American engineers and scientists who provide technical assistance to U.S. undercover operatives and agents overseas has been compromised as a result, according to two U.S. officials.
I would be unsurprised that China was rolling up actual HUMINT spies in China as a result of the OPM breach (which would explain why we'd be doing the same in response, if that's what we're doing). But the LAT says China (and/or Russia) is targeting "engineers and scientists who provide technical assistance" to spooks — one step removed from the people recruiting Chinese (or Russian) nationals to share its country's secrets.
I find that description rather curious because of the way it resembles the complaint by CIA contractor whistleblower John Reidy in an appeal of a denial of a whistleblower complaint by CIA's Inspector General. (Marisa Taylor first reported on Reidy's case.) As I extrapolated from redactions some weeks ago, it looks like Reidy reported CIA's reporting system getting hacked at least as early as 2007, but the contractors whose system got (apparently) hacked got him fired and CIA suppressed his complaints, only to have the problem get worse in the following years until CIA finally started doing something about it — with incomplete information — starting in 2010.
Reidy describes playing three roles in 2005: facilitating the dissemination of intelligence reporting to the Intelligence Community, identifying Human Intelligence (HUMINT) targets of interest for exploitation, and (because of resource shortages) handling the daily administrative functions of running a human asset. In the second of those three roles, he was "assigned the telecommunications and information operations account" (which is not surprising, because that's the kind of service SAIC provides to the intelligence community). In other words, he seems to have worked at the intersection of human assets and electronic reporting on those assets.
Whatever role he played, he described what by 2010 had become a "catastrophic intelligence failure[]" in which "upwards of 70% of our operations had been compromised." The problem appears to have arisen because "the US communications infrastructure was under siege," which sounds like CIA may have gotten hacked. At least by 2007, he had warned that several of the CIA's operations had been compromised, with some sources stopping all communications suddenly and others providing reports that were clearly false, or "atmospherics" submitted as solid reporting to fluff reporting numbers. By 2011 the government had appointed a Task Force to deal with the problem he had identified years earlier, though some on that Task Force didn't even know how long the problem had existed or that Reidy had tried to alert the CIA and Congress to the problem.
All that seems to point to the possibility that tech contractors had set up a reporting system that had been compromised by adversaries, a guess that is reinforced by his stated desire to bring a "qui tam lawsuit brought against CIA contractors for providing products whose maintenance and design are inherently flawed and yet they are still charging the government for the products." In his complaint, he describes Raytheon employees being reassigned, suggesting that contracting giant may be one of the culprits, but all three named contractors (SAIC, Raytheon, and Mantech) have had their lapses; remember that SAIC was the lead contractor that Thomas Drake and friends exposed.
Reidy's appeal makes it clear that one of the things that exacerbated this problem was overlapping jurisdiction, with a functional unit apparently taking over control from a geographic unit. While that in no way rules out China, it sounded as much like the conflict between CIA's Middle East and Counterterrorism groups that has surfaced in other areas as anything else.
The reason I raise Reidy is because — whether or not the engineers targeted as described in the LAT story are the same as the ones Reidy seems to describe — Reidy's appeal suggests the problem he described arose from contractor incompetence and cover-ups.
I guess you could say the same about the OPM hack (though it was also OPM's incompetence). Except in the earlier case, you're talking far more significant intelligence contractors — including SAIC and Raytheon, who both do a lot of cybersecurity contracting on top of their intelligence contracting — and a years-long cover up with the assistance of the agency in question.
All while assets were being exposed, apparently because of insecure computer systems.
China's hacking is a real threat to the identities of those who recruit human sources (and therefore of the human sources themselves).
But if Reidy's complaint is true, then it's not clear how much work China really needs to do to compromise these identities.
The WaPo has a good review of how postal service worker Doug Hughes managed to fly his gyrocopter onto the Capitol lawn without being spotted by the Secret Service or other security forces.
But the best part of the story cites corporate sucklings Chuck Schumer and Ron Johnson expressing dismay that the security theater draping DC didn't prevent Hughes from landing a harmless aircraft on their lawn.
On Capitol Hill, there was less concern Thursday about Hughes's message than how he delivered it — flying into the heart of the nation's capital and alighting on the Capitol lawn about 1:30 p.m. in what amounts to an airborne go-cart, powered by something like a lawn mower engine, and kept aloft by an overhead rotor and a small propeller.
"How did it happen?" Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) wondered aloud. "How did the helicopter get through? Why weren't there alarm bells that went off? Why wasn't it intercepted? Did we know about it? How far from the Capitol grounds did we know?"
Schumer, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat, added: "Just saying it's a little helicopter, or it's one person, or it was harmless, does not answer these questions. And we need to know what happened."
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said in a statement: "I am deeply concerned that someone has the ability to fly for over an hour through the most restricted airspace in our country, past the White House, and land on the lawn of the Capitol."
He added that he wants "a full accounting by all federal organizations entrusted with securing the United States from this and similar events." That Hughes was able to pull off the stunt, Johnson said, is "a reminder that the risk to America and Americans is ever present."
As Nancy Pelosi noted in comments yesterday (which were almost, but not quite, this shrill), there are reasons to want the Capitol to remain fairly open. And it is fairly open — easier to get into than an airport, for example. That makes it accessible to the thousands of local lobbying and school groups who want to see their Representatives' office.
But it also makes it permeable by lobbyists.
The big money lobbyists, of course, do far more damage to this country than a gyrocopter ever could, damage that Schumer and Johnson are enthusiastic participants in.
Which is sort of Hughes' point.
I expect more ironic symbolism from this event going forward, as a bunch of security-industry intoxicated Congressmen take as a lesson from this that they need to insulate themselves even more from the people warning about them insulating themselves form their constituents.
But as Jeremy Scahill tweeted last evening, read this piece by WaPo's Barton Gellman on malicious code insertion. This news explains recent changes by Google to YouTube once it had been disclosed to the company that exploits could be embedded in video content as CitizenLab.org explains:
"… the appliance exploits YouTube users by injecting malicious HTML-FLASH into the video stream. …"
"… the user (watching a cute cat video) is represented by the laptop, and YouTube is represented by the server farm full of digital cats. You can observe our attacker using a network injection appliance and subverting the beloved pastime of watching cute animal videos on YouTube. …"
The questions this piece shake loose are Legion, but as just as numerous are the holes. Why holes? Because the answers are ugly and complex enough that one might struggle with them. Gellman's done the best he can with nebulous material.
An interesting datapoint in the first graf of the story is timing — fall 2009.
You'll recall that Google revealed the existence of a cyber attack code named Operation Aurora in January 2010, which Google said began in mid-December 2009.
You may also recall news of a large batch of cyber attacks in July of 2009 on South Korean targets.
The U.S. military had already experienced a massive uptick in cyber attacks in 1H2009, more than double the rate of the entire previous year.
And neatly sandwiched between these waves and events is a visit by a defense contractor CloudShield Technologies engineer from California, to Munich, Germany with British-owned Gamma Group. Continue reading
You should definitely read the James Risen story describing how the head of Blackwater's operations in Iraq threatened to kill an investigator into the company's practices in the period before the Nisour Square. It definitely confirms every concern that has been raised about mercenaries generally and Blackwater specifically.
But I want to look at the frame Risen gave the story, which I suspect few will read closely.
His memo and other newly disclosed State Department documents make clear that the department was alerted to serious problems involving Blackwater and its government overseers before the Nisour Square shooting, which outraged Iraqis and deepened resentment over the United States' presence in the country.
Condoleezza Rice, then the secretary of state, named a special panel to examine the Nisour Square episode and recommend reforms, but the panel never interviewed Mr. Richter or Mr. Thomas.
Patrick Kennedy, the State Department official who led the special panel, told reporters on Oct. 23, 2007, that the panel had not found any communications from the embassy in Baghdad before the Nisour Square shooting that raised concerns about contractor conduct.
"We interviewed a large number of individuals," Mr. Kennedy said. "We did not find any, I think, significant pattern of incidents that had not — that the embassy had suppressed in any way."
The reason this is coming out — aside from the fact the government is trying to try the Nisour Square killers again — is to show that contrary to what Patrick Kennedy said after having done a review of security practices in 2007, there had been a pattern of incidents, and they had been suppressed by the Embassy.
Now consider how that reflects on the GOP's second favorite scandal, Benghazi. Not only was Kennedy the key judge about the events leading up to that event (which is normal — he's been a key player in State for a very long time; I'm beginning to believe he's State's institutional defender in the same way David Margolis was at DOJ), but the question of security oversight is important there: Blue Mountain Group appears to have done its job inadequately (and there are some sketchy things about its contract and contractors).
Benghazi is actually not a bigger scandal than that State suppressed knowledge of Blackwater's problems. But there does seem to be continuity.
Somewhere Booz Allen Hamilton Vice Chairman (and former NSA Director) Mike McConnell just said, "Ka-Ching."
As I noted, the initial manager's amendment of HR 3361 (AKA USA Freedumb Act) added compensation language to Section 215 that didn't originally exist.
(j) COMPENSATION.—The Government shall compensate, at the prevailing rate, a person for producing tangible things or providing information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with an order issued or an emergency production required under this section.
In this latest iteration, the compensation has been expanded beyond just the telecoms to anyone else who assists.
(j) COMPENSATION.—The Government shall compensate a person for reasonable expenses incurred for—
(1) producing tangible things or providing information, facilities, or assistance in accordance with an order issued with respect to an application described in subsection (b)(2)(C) or an emergency production under subsection (i) that, to comply with subsection (i)(1)(D), requires an application described in subsection (b)(2)(C); or
(2) otherwise providing technical assistance to the Government under this section or to implement the amendments made to this section by the USA FREEDOM Act.
There's reason to believe that contractors (AKA Booz!) does some of the triage work on the data currently. So one solution to that problem might be to move those Booz contractors — with their access directly to the raw data of Americans — over to Verizon and AT&T.
Because why shouldn't NSA contractors be in bed together, wallowing in all your raw data.
Glad to see this bill is improving Intelligence Contractors bottom line, even if it doesn't improve the dragnet.
The very same week the President released his breathless report on Big! Data!, the Washington Post has a story criticizing the sheer number and types of reports Congress requires from the Federal bureaucracy.
It started out with a good idea. Legislators wanted to know more about the bureaucracy working beneath them. So they turned to a tool as old as bureaucracy itself — the interoffice memo. They asked agencies to send in written reports about specific things they were doing.
Then, as happens in government, that good idea was overused until it became a bad one.
But as the numbers got bigger, Congress started to lose track. It overwhelmed itself. Today, Congress is not even sure how many of those 4,291 reports are actually turned in. And it does not try to save copies of all the ones that are.
So some agencies cheat and send in nothing. And others waste time and money sending in reports — such as the one on dog and cat fur — that simply disappear into the void.
To support its case, WaPo focuses on one report requiring Customs and Border Patrol to report on how much dog and cat fur products are being shipped into the US, which is probably a needless report (which is also probably why WaPo picked it out of the 4,291 it identified).
And WaPo — a member of the Fourth Estate that purportedly serves as a check on power — comes to this very dangerous conclusion.
The problem is that there is no system to sort the good ones from the useless ones. They all flow in together, which makes it hard for congressional staffers to spot any valuable information hidden in the flood.
First, the press is part of that system! Rather than throwing cat and dog fur, perhaps WaPo could have tried to distinguish those that were critical from those that are questionable and those that are clearly frivolous.
Moreover, it is the height of irresponsibility to absolve Congressional staffers — whose bosses are the only ones that can eliminate useless reports — of responsibility for reading the reports they get. Either the staffers must be held accountable for reading the reports, or for eliminating them. That's how you fix the system. That's why we're paying them.
Ultimately, too, I'm not sure I buy the WaPo's argument that these are useless reports. 4,291 seems like a not unreasonable amount of data for legislators to receive and read about the world's biggest (perhaps now second biggest) economy, about DOD's $526 billion budget, about the many federal benefit programs, about the expanding police state.
And if you look at the actual list (rather than WaPo's admittedly snazzy but not very informative infographic on them), many — perhaps even most — of the reports make a lot of sense.
Consider the reports listed for General Services Administration, an entity with an annual budget of $26 billion, which has the ability to effect great change as the source of enormous spending, and one that has routinely experienced significant spending scandals.
Reports 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, and 18 are simply reports Congress needs to ask for to ensure there's some visibility into the Agency, to ensure they'll be informed if GSA finds something wrong itself. Reports 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 19, and 22 measure the efficacy of efforts to use GSA's buying power to do some social good (and report 9, on ADA accessibility, involves significant legal compliance). Reports 15 and 16 address an area susceptible to graft. Reports 20 and 21 are not only key to cost-benefit analysis of how Federal employees travel, but they apparently are tied to one of GSA's most requested links. Some of these are also reports tied to an action, like buying a building. And all that amounts to less than 1 report for every $ billion American taxpayers give to GSA. If anything, there are a few more reports — that might identify obviously politicized or excessive spending, which is a persistent problem with GSA — that are missing.
Admittedly, that's just one random agency. But aside from some entities the Federal government runs itself (like American Samoa and DC) as well as some Commissions over which there have been political fights in the past I'm not seeing a whole lot of waste here — though there may be some inefficiency in how the information is requested. I might grant that in the era of big data we need to automate this — in effect, give Congress a better way to Big! Data! the bureaucracies it oversees (though that would be awfully susceptible to abuse), but I don't see a lot of information that shouldn't be required from the bureaucracy.
I'm reminded how, 2 years ago, James Clapper claimed ODNI had to produce too many reports and should be permitted to eliminate 30 of them. He tried to get rid of the annual report on how many people have security clearance (one of the few ways we can measure the ballooning secret government). He tried to get rid of reports on Department of Homeland Security's notoriously useless intelligence agency. He tried to eliminate reports on Chinese spying on the US and nuclear lab security, both persistent security issues. He tried to eliminate a report informing Congress what the privacy staffs of intelligence agencies are doing. In short, in the guise of onerous reporting, he tried to eliminate crucial oversight (as well as a paper trail that could be FOIAed) on several areas of great public concern.
Or consider this: DOD cannot pass an audit. The biggest military in the world still is not required to account for the money it spends, both to itself and Congress.
And yet a newspaper is saying we require too much reporting from the great big bureaucracy?
I don't buy it.
Here's an interesting "reform" in the RuppRoge's Fake Dragnet Fix. It pays the telecoms.
COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE.–The Government shall compensate, at the prevailing rate, an electronic communications service provider for providing records in accordance with directives issued pursuant to [their bill].
Section 215 does not include such a payment provision. And while the first two phone dragnet orders included provision for such payments, that was probably illegal.
Don't get me wrong. I'm sure the government has found some way to pay the telecoms, either through added payments for AT&T's Hemisphere program or gifts in kind. (Though given the timing of DOJ's suit against Sprint for over-billing, I do wonder whether the government is retaliating for something.) Telecoms don't spy for free, so I'm sure they've been getting paid, illegally, for the last 8 years of dragnet spying they've been doing.
But the lack of such provision in Section 215 should have limited the scope of the dragnet. It should have required that requests be so narrow no telecom was going to send big bills to the government every month. And it presumably made the telecoms (well, except for AT&T, which never met a spying request it didn't love) less willing to interpret orders from the government expansively.
The inclusion of such a compensation clause in the RuppRoge "reform" makes it even more likely this dragnet will expand with the now well-oiled willingness of the telecoms to go above and beyond the letter of the request.
Which is presumably just how the NSA wants it to be.
The NYT has a story about a mock US aircraft carrier Iran is building, its sources say, so Iran can blow it up for the propaganda value.
Iran is building a nonworking mock-up of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that United States officials say may be intended to be blown up for propaganda value.
This has set off chatter about how weird and dumb Iran is for building this giant toy boat, which US sources call the Target Barge.
But pretty soon after I started reading the article I found myself applying the phrases in it to America's F-35 program which, in many ways, is an even bigger propaganda prop. See how it looks when you swap out Iran's barge for the F-35?
Intelligence officials do not believe that the US is capable of building an actual F-35.
"Based on our observations, this is not a functioning plane; it's a large spending program built to look like an plane," said Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, across the Persian Gulf from Lockheed. "We're not sure what the US hopes to gain by building this. If it is a big propaganda piece, to what end?"
"It is not surprising that American military forces might use a variety of tactics — including military deception tactics — to strategically communicate and possibly demonstrate their resolve in air power," said a Chinese official who has closely followed the construction of the F-35.
[T]he Pentagon has taken no steps to cloak from prying Chinese hackers what it is building in pork-laden building sites across several countries. "The system is often too opaque to understand who hatched this idea, and whether it was endorsed at the highest levels," said Karim Sadjadpour, an American expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
See what I mean?
Opacity of purpose.
Failure to provide adequate security.
Probable impossibility to bring to completion.
Abundant propaganda.
I'm not all that sure what distinguishes the F-35 except the cost: Surely Iran hasn't spent the equivalent of a trillion dollars — which is what we'll spend on the F-35 when it's all said and done — to build its fake boat.
So which country is crazier: Iran, for building a fake boat, or the US for funding a never-ending jet program?
In today's HJC hearing on the NSA, there was extensive discussion about the risks of outsourcing the dragnet to the telecoms or — especially, to a third party holding all the data. It's a concern I share.
That said, not a single person at the hearing seemed to be aware of this footnote, which has been in the phone dragnet primary orders since at least last April.
5 For purposes of this Order, "National Security Agency" and "NSA personnel" are defined as any employees of the National Security Agency/Central Security Service ("NSA/CSS" or "NSA") and any other personnel engaged in Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) operations authorized pursuant to FISA if such operations are executed under the direction, authority, or control of the Director, NSA/Chief, CSS (DIRNSA).
If this language left any doubt that it permits contractors to directly query the database of every single phone-based relationship in the US, this language from Dianne Feinstein's Fake FISA Fix bill report (which aims to codify the status quo) should eliminate them.
The Committee believes that, to the greatest extent practicable, all queries conducted to the authorities established under this section should be performed by Federal employees. Nonetheless, the Committee acknowledges that it may be necessary in some cases to use contractors to perform such queries. By using the term "government personnel" the Committee does not intend to prohibit such contractor use.
Contractors already have access to the dragnet.
If it presents a security threat to have contractors from Booz Allen Hamilton or some other intelligence contractor to have direct access to the dragnet, then we need to shut the dragnet down.
Because they've already got it.
In what is sure to be some interesting book publicity, Erik Prince has gone sobbing to the WSJ about the shoddy treatment the government that paid him billions treated him. In the piece, he continues to reveal new details about some of the operations CIA paid him to do, including the kill team training first revealed in 2009.
A chief target of Mr. Prince's ire is Mr. Panetta, who in 2009 shut down the covert training operation for CIA "hit teams" that former Blackwater officials said took place on Mr. Prince's Virginia property.
The CIA had been sending officers for training at Blackwater's North Carolina training facility. But it wanted something closer to its Langley, Va., headquarters, former company officials said. So they asked Mr. Prince to build a small shooting range on his rural Virginia land.
"They needed a place that was only 35 minutes away from work," said Gary Jackson, the former Blackwater president. "Erik was OK with that, and he has the property, and we had the money." The trainings, including live-fire exercises, drew some complaints over the years from neighbors, Mr. Jackson said.
When that information became public in 2009, right after Mr. Panetta canceled the Blackwater hit-team training, the CIA director ended the company's role in maintaining the drones.
Mr. Prince said he is convinced that Mr. Panetta outed him as a CIA "asset" at a closed congressional hearing that year, adding that it was unthinkable for a CIA director to reveal the real name of a covert operative to lawmakers.
"No one was out to scapegoat anyone in the relationship with Blackwater, but there were some issues that arose that prompted a serious look at contracts with the company," said one former CIA official involved in the discussions. "There was a perception that they were trying to run some of their own operations untethered from agency oversight." [my emphasis]
Only the last bit is really new (though it is suggested in a profile of the mafia hitman involved in the program).
But remember this real point is not that Panetta outed Prince to the House Intelligence Committee, it's that he briefed these "programs" at all. According to Jan Schakowsky, under Cheney Blackwater had been working directly with the White House on counterterrorism policy (which makes sense since Cofer Black came up with that policy in the first place).
I reminded, by the way, that Barb Milkulski told John Brennan that Panetta was the only CIA Director who didn't "jerk around" the intelligence committees.
Imagine how sad Prince must be that his mercenary company beginning to do its own operations got cut off when Congress actually learned about it!


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They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Most fallen apples are rotten. This certainly is the case with the father-daughter theft duo in New Hampshire!
A father and daughter were arrested Tuesday in an alleged theft scheme in which he would shoplift items from a local store and she would return them for gift cards, police said.
Donald Long, 47, and Nicole Long, 21, were arrested in the parking lot of Home Goods.
Detectives investigating the complaint learned that Donald Long had been shoplifting items from the store since March and his daughter had been returning the items for the gift cards.
Donald Long is charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer; consolidation, a class B felony; and for endangering the welfare of a child. Donald Long had been babysitting the child at the time of the incident. Nice guy to have as your baby sitter!
Long was using the child as a shield to keep his shoplifted items hidden. Real good guy here!
According to police, the child's family was unaware of Long's alleged criminal activity.
Nicole Long would allegedly trade or sell the gift cards she obtained to other individuals at a discounted rate, police said.
Nicole Long is charged with theft by deception, a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail, plus fines. The class B felony charge that Donald Long faces is punishable by up to seven years in prison, plus fines.
Donald Long was held on $2,500 cash or surety bail and Nicole Long on $750 cash or surety bail.
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Oh Spellbound, cannot for this one! Awesome top ten. Happy 2012.
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- January 3, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Anna said...
I still haven't read the new books in Rachel Caine's series... I need to get on that haha!
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ONYX <3 <3 God, I would die to have this book now!! And Spell bound aaaa!! SO many great books! :)
- January 3, 2012 at 3:16 PM
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Pure was amazing I just finished it a few hours ago. I still need to catch up on a lot of the series books you are looking forward to.
I hope you enjoy all of these books once you get your hands on them. :)
- January 3, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- Cathy @ Abnormally Paranormal Reviews said...
I'm excited to read Tricked, too! I love The Iron Druid Chronicles.
Here's my TTT post: http://abnormallyparanormal.blogspot.com/2012/01/books-im-most-excited-to-read-in-2012.html
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I am really looking forward to The Calling.
Beth ^_^
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I'm with you on The Calling, Pure, and Onyx. I'm especially hyped for Onyx considering how fab Obsidian was!
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Plaswall Concrete Form System Franchisor Mark Taylor, CEO of Sterling Construction and Development Corporation, a company based in Manila, Philippines,promises a legitimate franchise with great potential for its franchisees.
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This allowed him to be the sole franchisee to market the panel building products throughout the United States. What at first looked like a hopeful enterprise became a financial disaster for Schurmann. He received the components of his Plaswall Manufacturing Plant in a 40-foot container without any supporting materials and was then left on his own without any training and zero phone support.
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Schurmann operated his franchise under the name of Plaswall Manufacturing & Development Inc. and spent an additional $200,000 in startup costs. In spite of working hard to recruit a team of agents and then generating over $1.7 million in business transactions for Mark Taylor in a very short amount of time, Schurmann insists that the franchisor failed to provide the promised support to his franchise operations and that Taylor then began threatening to revoke his franchise.
Later, Schurmann realized that the franchisor was assisting a Nigerian franchisee to launder money. In addition, Schurmann soon came to believe that the product itself was of inferior quality contrary to the "high standards of quality" claim in the franchise contract.
Already beginning to get suspicious, Schurmann further learned that the franchise rights he purchased were for a product that was not patented or trademarked in the United States. Schurmann resigned as Master Franchisee for the USA in July 2011 and never received hundreds of thousands of dollars in contracted commissions still owed by the franchisor.
Though Schurmann has filed complaints with various government agencies, his money has not been returned and the Plaswall Concrete Form System franchise program continues to operate with franchises at a variety of locations all across the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Africa, Australia, Ireland, Dubai, Trinidad, and many other locations.
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