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Alliance OneGig Harbor, Washington U.S.A.
Alliance One - Mr. Eagan Scammers, Thieves, Untruthful, Inconsiderate, & Incompetent Gig Harbor Washington
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*UPDATE EX-employee responds: not dischargable
*Consumer Comment: WHY DID YOU PAY THEM ????
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Well, since he was very threatening to me, I began making payments EVERY SINGLE week. Sometimes $200, sometimes $100 and at the very LEAST I gave them $40 a week to show that I was committed to making payments. I made payments for well over 2 months before I FINALLY got paperwork to garnish my wages, which indicates to me that they set me up to be garnished DURING the time I was still making payments. I agree that most of the people that work there havent been there a long time (I heard that they have a huge turnover, pay bad, and are unethical) but the ones who have, stand behind the malicious, rude, and unethical practices of this company. I fully intend to file a complaint with the better business bureau and encourage anyone else with problems with them to do so as well. As far as "Mr. Eagan" - I believe his name was Jim or John....I hope he goes to sleep at night feeling good about being such an evil person and knowing how many people hate him.
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For information on health insurance provisions, see National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2015, at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2015/benefits.htm and National Compensation Survey: Health and Retirement Plan Provisions in the United States, 2015, at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/detailedprovisions/2015/ownership/private/ebbl0058.pdf. Other benefit categories in private industry Private industry employer costs for paid leave averaged $2.20 per hour worked (6.9 percent of total compensation), supplemental pay averaged $1.16 (3.6 percent), insurance benefits averaged $2.59 (8.1 percent), retirement and savings averaged $1.23 (3.8 percent), and legally required benefits averaged $2.54 (7.9 percent). (See table A and table 5.) Table A. Relative importance of employer costs for employee compensation, March 2016 Compensation Civilian Private State and local component workers industry government ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Wages and salaries 68.5% 69.7% 63.6% Benefits 31.5 30.3 36.4 Paid leave 6.9 6.9 7.2 Supplemental pay 3.1 3.6 0.8 Insurance 8.8 8.1 12.0 Health benefits 8.4 7.6 11.7 Retirement and savings 5.1 3.8 10.6 Defined benefit 3.2 1.7 9.8 Defined contribution 1.9 2.2 0.8 Legally required 7.5 7.9 5.8 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for June 2016 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data on total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefits in private industry are produced annually in the March reference period for 15 metropolitan areas. 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Skip to comments.Woman trampled by elephants was 'fearless' researcher
Posted on 01/24/2014 7:36:26 PM PST by kingattax
The young American woman trampled to death by elephants in Thailand was a "fearless" outdoor researcher who knew how to handle dangerous animals, her family said Friday.
Lily Glidden's body was found in a forest five days after she went for a walk in the Kaeng Krachan National Park and never returned, police said.
Her camera contained photos of wildlife, and investigators believe she was crushed by elephants based on the nature of her injuries.
"We believe that what happened to Lily was a result of unknowable and unusual circumstances which she must have been unable to foresee or prevent," her family said in a statement.
Glidden, who graduated from Tufts University in 2012 with a biology degree, had done work trapping wolves in the West, handling venomous snakes in Hong Kong, and counting game animals on the Serenegti plain. She spent a year in tracking and survival training at a wilderness school.
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Looks like this was incorrect. RIP.
A friend of Timothy Treadwell?
Fearless can have a downside.
>> The young American woman was a "fearless" outdoor researcher
Fearless != invincible. An important lesson.
fear is a natural survival mechanism
kind of obvious now...
I wonder why she didn't take pictures. Oh well.
Even experienced hunters armed with elephant guns aren't fearless around wild elephants. She was fearless to the extent of foolhardiness. RIP.
Righto. A 450/400 caliber Cordite rifle might have helped.
It's obviously painful losing a loved one but there seems to be a latter day trend of families rationalizing dangerous and foolish acts by claiming, to use this case as an example, the deceased 'knew what she was doing' (questionable, even doubtful) or that 'she died doing what she loved' (being trampled?).
It seems to be an offshoot of the self esteem culture in which nonstop meaningless praise is heaped on children.
She learned that elephants don't respond to "here kitty, kitty..."
Kaeng Krachan National Park IS A GUN-FREE ZONE
"Hold muh Lao Khao and watch this . . ."
She probably thought elephants to be more valuable than, or equal to, humans.
How are the elephants?
Mammals can be tough critics.
Yes. A truly fearless woman would have taken the time to get a nice shot of the final elephant foot or feet coming down to crush her. Oh well. I guess my definition of fearless and theirs is very different.
Looks like she actually did not know how to deal with dangerous animals after all.
What's the elephants' side of the story?
Karamojo Bell used a .303 and was a master of the rear quartering shot into the brain. He would stalk right into a herd and start killing the bulls left and right. It is said he was indirectly responsible for countless deaths from enraged elephants killing young colonial hunters seeking to duplicate his feats.
Fearless has downsides. Intelligence and fear are good things. Knowing what is what and when to boogie is better.
They ain't saying, but clearly it was a knock-out game posse.
Watched a body-camera vid of an African elephant being stalked by seven hunters; when it got tired of being followed & wheeled about to charge, all seven fired. The smallest rifle was a .375 H&H, the largest probably a .505 Gibbs (no double rifles). Even this huge volley failed to bring it down & the wounded elephant turned to flee but then the back of its head was an easy mark & a single .375 anchored it.
Dangerous ten-ton rats is how local villagers refer to elephants; white hunters with their guns & their cash are most welcome.
Elephant1 to Elephant2: "When are they going to fix these bumps in road, man?!"
It's never a smart thing to start annoying and making nervous and anxious large higher order animals you are eye level with like horses and elephants. They're unaccustomed to being confronted like this and as this poor woman learned only to late they'll let you know it and how.
Elephant 2. "I don't know but these stupid liberals really feel weird in between your toes. "
Sometimes you get the elephant...
Seriously, sometimes even professionals make fatal mistakes.
Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the elephant!
Fixed it.
In before shame on you, a woman is dead and you're joking!
Shot placement and knowing when to run is everything.
I thought that a domesticated and well-treated elephant was basically a useful tractor/ front-end loader.
A good shelter to hide in is recommended too.
Amy Bihel.
Evidently she did not know enough. Anyone that knows anything about wild animals , knows that you let them alone. Especially those that can kill you. And as far as trapping wolves in the West goes, there was a reason that the old timers shot wolves on sight.
Who foots the bill for these research programs and what value do the findings have to some working stiff in Houston?
There are times when it is more judicious to fear more than it is to fear less.
This was one of those times.
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The evidence would suggest otherwise.
Hold my Singha!
And little common sense wouldn't hurt.
That area can be dangerous as can elephants be when riled.
Where do elephants get flat feet?
From stamping out fearless researchers.
Asian elephants can be domesticated & have been for thousands of years. African elephants are intractable. Even Hannibal's `war elephants' were of the Asian species.
But a wild elephant is just that, no matter where it comes from. And they are not people!! I wonder how many humans have been trampled to death because their perception of elephants was based on Walt Disney productions?
Apparently Elephants must've not be included in the "dangerous animals" category...
Thanks for distinguishing the general behaviors of the two elephant varieties. I didn't know that the train-ability was different.
More valuable I think. Of course each person is different, and it is hard to make any blanket statements, but many if these so called " animal lovers" are anti social types, and they tend to have wild pets, like lions, tigers, bears, buffaloes, lizards, just to tick people off. Don't know about this one though.
What do you call pygmies in a elephant stampede?
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Can Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic -- its first touch screen mobile phone -- shape up as an iPhone 3G killer?
- Responsive software, intuitive user interface, HSDPA-capable, Wi-Fi and GPS, included 8GB microSD card, 3.5mm headphone jack
- Touch input is not consistent, resistive touch screen requires a firm press, text messaging takes some time to grasp, display is poor in sunlit environments
Bottom Line
Nokia's first touch-screen mobile phone, the 5800 XpressMusic is not an iPhone killer but it's provides a solid building block as Nokia moves into this space. This smartphone packs in plenty of features, but it falls short in terms of usability due to the resistive touch screen and an unorthodox text input method.
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The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has a fairly standard design for a touch screen device, with the display consuming most of the phones' front screen. The build is largely plastic, and our review unit had a dark brown and red finish. The handset is reasonably solid, although it doesn't feel as well built as the Apple iPhone 3G. In particular, the plastic flaps covering the SIM card and microSD slots are rather flimsy, while the slider button — which activates the keypad lock — sways from side to side when pressed.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has three physical buttons below the display (the answer, menu and end keys), as well as dedicated volume and camera buttons, the aforementioned unlock slider and a power key. Holding down the menu button brings up a the application manager, which allows you to close currently running programs. There is also a touch-sensitive button just above the display that drops down the Media Bar, providing quick access to the music player, gallery, share, video centre, and the Web browser. Pressing this button will drop down the media bar no matter what menu or application you are in — a handy feature. The display produces excellent colour and clarity and it looks superb for videos and photos. Unfortunately, it doesn't fare so well when viewed outdoors, with poor visibility in direct sunlight situations.
The user interface on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a mixed bag in terms of features and responsiveness. The interface looks impressive, the icons are well laid out and scrolling is smooth. You can customise the home screen theme to display a shortcuts bar, contacts bar or a basic screen. A contacts bar allows you to add four contacts (including a picture) onto the home screen, while the shortcuts bar provides instant access to four applications. Icons to quickly access dialler and contacts are loacted at the bottom of the screen. The built-in accelerometer rotates the screen orientation in most applications and does so without much delay or lag.
The biggest interface issue is in regard to the touch screen itself — the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic uses a resistive touch screen and not a capacitive touch screen found in devices like the Apple's iPhone 3G and HTC's Dream. This means you have to press rather firmly to make a selection, although Nokia has included a stylus to assist in use. There is also adjustable haptic feedback, with three intensity settings available. In our tests, the interface overall was responsive, but the selection of buttons is not consistent. For example, accessing shortcuts on the home screen requires just one press, but selecting the inbox in the messaging menu requires a tedious double tap.
The messaging feature is certainly usable, but it's not as efficient or effective as the iPhone 3G's on-screen keyboard. Creating a new message gives you a similar screen to many non touch-screen Nokia handsets. Pressing on the text entry section of the page takes you to a different screen, where you can choose from four text input methods — handwriting with the stylus, a mini QWERTY keyboard, a full screen QWERTY keyboard and an alphanumeric keypad with T9 support. In our tests we found a combination of the last two methods the best messaging technique, although the full QWERTY keyboard requires you to have the phone in landscape mode. Once you've entered the text on this dedicated page, tapping the tick button will take you back to the regular compose message screen. It's a slightly unorthodox message composition method overall and does take quite some time to grasp this technique.
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I am woman, hear me roar. Helen Reddy's song reached #1 on the charts in 1972. I was nine. Young enough to be influenced, according to the lyrics, that my gender had no barriers. Having a mom who owned and operated a small hair salon certainly didn't hurt either. Of course, that's not to say..read more
A pillow is like a friend… it can bring great comfort or be a pain in the neck. Sometimes folks don't realize the importance of choosing the correct pillow for proper support – the wrong one can provide discomfort throughout the night. For instance, if you sleep on your side with a very flat pillow,..read more
We've had quite a few raw material price increases from our suppliers for over the past year and we've absorbed the cost without passing it on to our customers. Many of our competitors have raised their prices a few times over the last year or so and as much as we'd like to continue to..read more
In between doing this and doing that – today I've been working on the redesign of our EcoTerra Sofa Day Bed. I love our EcoTerra and we use two of them in my family room. Comfortable, spacious, sturdy and attractive, but I also know some folks want a more "traditional" look of an upholstered sofa...read more


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Scholastic Press, Hardcover, 9780545165761, 264pp.
Publication Date: October 1, 2012
The compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos--and herself--from a violent coup.
The Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good.
When one girl has to follow her mother to her sancuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. It's her mother's passion, and she'd rather have nothing to do with it. But when revolution breaks out and their sanctuary is attacked, she must rescue the bonobos and hide in the jungle. Together, they will fight to keep safe, to eat, and to survive.
Eliot Schrefer asks readers what safety means, how one sacrifices to help others, and what it means to be human in this new compelling adventure.
"Schrefer (The Deadly Sister) shines a light on an oft-overlooked part of the world with this intense adventure set in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When Sophie, a half-American, half-Congolese 14-year-old, visits her mother at a bonobo sanctuary, her biracial origins make her feel out of place, but she finds purpose by bonding with and caring for Otto, an abused juvenile bonobo. Civil war breaks out while Sophie's mother is away, and Sophie is inadvertently trapped in a country beset by starvation, roving bands of killers, and natural hazards. To stay alive, Sophie and Otto live off the land, travel in secret, and coexist with other bonobos, while seeking escape or refuge from the chaos. Schrefer spares no detail, fully exposing the horrors of war as he chronicles Sophie's struggle for survival. This drama is clearly written from the heart, smoothly educating readers about the perilous dichotomy of the Congo and the heart-wrenching plight of the endangered bonobo, without sacrificing the intensity of the story. Sophie, meanwhile, demonstrates herself to be tenacious, resourceful, and strong, making decisions that, while not always smart, are driven by compassion. Ages 12–18. " - Publishers Weekly starred review
"[D]azzling, big-hearted…As riveting as the acting is, it's the nuanced portraits of the characters, human and ape, that make the story so deeply affecting…Otto, however, becomes the story's real protagonist. The descriptions of him are so visceral I sometimes felt I was holding a bonobo, not a book." - New York Times Book Review
Praise for The Deadly Sister
* "Well-drawn characters, realistic dialogue, and suspenseful twists and turns add to the appeal. Teens crave mystery, and this book will suit them just fine." - SLJ, starred review
"The page-turning action and the potent relationship between the two sisters will keep teens' attention right up to the final confession." - Booklist
Praise for The School for Dangerous Girls
"Teens might behave dangerously themselves to get their hands on this page-turner." —Booklist
"Gripping, violent and terrifying." —Kirkus Reviews
It was a strange and wonderful year for young adult fiction, says critic Maggie Stiefvater. Debates raged over what constituted a young adult novel versus an adult novel. This list isn't concerned with classification � it rounds up five magical books for young adults and grown-ups alike. More at NPR.org
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Aishwarya meets tragic end in Raavanan
With the film slated to hit the screens tomorrow, private screenings are been held continuously in Mumbai and Chennai as a close associate of Mani Ratnam and his wife Suhasini hosts them. There"s buzz in the air that the film has a tragic climax with the death of Ragini (Aishwarya Rai) and Veera (Vikram). Nonetheless, it has been denied by the units dismissing it as a baseless rumor.
Manirathnam is known for having different climaxes for Hindi, Telugu and Tamil versions. Remember his yesteryear film Thalapathi, The climax screened in Tamil Nadu had the Malayalam actor Mammooty shot dead while in Kerala it was the superstar Rajinikanth.


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Chair's Message
The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in New Jersey! We don't work for special interest groups, we work for the liberty and dignity of ALL New Jerseyans. We are 100% member funded and volunteer staffed. Join us today to become a member and register Libertarian!
I am happy to report our membership is exploding! We've grown over 56% so far in 2016. As a result we are receiving unprecedented media coverage including CNN and a recent interview on NBC 10 in Philadelphia.
Dissatisfaction with both establishment parties is at an all-time high. Voters are looking for candidates they can vote for, not just against. Fortunately for them a record number of Libertarian Party candidates will be on the ballot in New Jersey this November!
Our organization is not comprised of scripted career politicians. We are regular working people volunteering our time and energy so our children can live in freedom and peace. If we can do this so can you!
New Jersey property taxes, income taxes, estate taxes and inheritance taxes are all among the highest in America. Due to excessive regulations we are consistently voted the worst place to start a business. We have more people leaving New Jersey than any other state. When adjusted for cost of living 30% of New Jersey now lives in poverty. Politicians have crippled our taxpayers with over $170 billion in state debt. At $55,550 per taxpayer that's the highest in the nation.
This is unlimited government run amok. The only future for our state is to reject the corruption and hypocrisy of both establishment parties. Let's empower people instead of the politicians.
Our unprecedented growth is happening for a reason. It isn't because we have the most money or the most powerful political connections. It's because we're continuing a long tradition of New Jerseyans standing up for their rights.
Join us today. We're just getting started.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lines To W. L. While He Sang A Song To Purcell's Music - Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
While my young cheek retains its healthful hues,
And I have many friends who hold me dear;
L----! methinks, I would not often hear
Such melodies as thine, lest I should lose
All memory of the wrongs and sore distress,
For which my miserable brethren weep!
But should uncomforted misfortunes steep
My daily bread in tears and bitterness;
And if at death's dread moment I should lie,
With no beloved face at my bed-side,
To fix the last glance of my closing-eye,
Methinks, such strains, breathed by my angel-guide,
Would make me pass the cup of anguish by,
Mix with the blest, nor know that I had died!
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Fabrizio Frosini (2/25/2016 8:07:00 AM)
the great Purcell! I would have listened to that piece of Purcell's Music.. (Report) Reply
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Out of Boston comes the news that potential jurors in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with murder in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, are being asked whether they are Catholic and if they agree with Church teaching on the death penalty. If the answer to both questions is "yes," they are excluded from serving on the jury, one requirement for such service being that a juror must be willing to impose the death penalty or a life sentence with no possibility of release. Catholic reaction to this news, according to an article in USA Today, has been mixed.
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The terrorist attacks that killed 12 people at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7 have rightly been described as acts of "indescribable barbarity." They were a direct assault on the sanctity of human life and the peaceful order of democratic society. However, before we make the French cartoonists into innocent martyrs to the cause of free speech, we ought to reflect on the nature of satire. The terrorist attack has created a rush of people who defend the right of cartoonists to lampoon people's most basic beliefs and to treat nothing, absolutely nothing, as sacred.
Most of the news coverage of the new appointments to the College of Cardinals has focused on the geographic shift that can be seen in the appointments. This is fair enough as the appointment of cardinals from such Catholic hinterlands as Thailand, Myanmar and Tonga is striking. Just as striking is the fact that the archbishops of traditional centres of Catholicism, such as Turin and Venice, have been overlooked. If Pope Francis aims to have the College of Cardinals better represent the relative Catholic populations of the different regions of the globe, that will be a good thing. To this point, however, the shift in "representation" from Europe and North America to the so-called peripheries has been minimal.
As brutal as the terror attack was on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, it hardly compares in savagery with the Jan. 3 attack on several villages in northeastern Nigeria by the terrorist Boko Haram, which left as many as 2,000 people murdered. There are many "reasons" why the world's attention was riveted on Paris and not Baga, Nigeria. First, there are few journalists in the remote Baga region, Boko Haram having made it clear that it will shoot journalists first and ask questions, well, never. Second, the Nigerian conflict is an ongoing war while the Paris attack was (somewhat) out of the blue. Third, the Nigerian government is so ineffective that it barely responded to the massacre and, at this writing, the country's president, Goodluck Jonathan, still has not commented publicly on the killings.
In setting the scene for the beautiful story of the wedding feast at Cana (John 2.1-11), the evangelist writes first that the mother of Jesus was at the wedding, only then adding that Jesus and his disciples were also present. This would lead one to believe that the story is to be about the mother of Jesus – in John's Gospel, she is never called Mary – with Jesus playing a secondary role. In one sense, this is true. It is the mother of Jesus who first takes note of the fact that the wine has run out, and it is she who informs her son of this fact. In doing so, she receives what can only be interpreted as a stiff rebuke.
Pope Francis' Dec. 22 address to the Roman curia drew considerable media attention for its alleged implied criticisms of Vatican bureaucrats. The pope listed 15 "curial diseases" which weaken people's service to the Lord, sins such as thinking one is indispensable, excessive busy-ness, the "terrorism of gossip" and "the disease of a lugubrious face." Reports on the pope's address in media were headlined in ways such as the following: "Merry Christmas, you greedy gossipers" and "Francis gives Roman curia officials coal for Christmas."
While one should certainly be appalled by the findings of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee's report on CIA torture, one should not be surprised. The CIA, after all, is a spy agency charged with obtaining confidential information about possible threats to national security. That it would actively avoid and impede White House and congressional supervision about its techniques for obtaining information should also be no surprise. A spy agency needs to get information from unwilling sources, and it is disingenuous to think that such information is always obtained over a cup of coffee in a relaxed setting. When it resorts to torture, as the CIA did on numerous occasions, political oversight becomes an obstacle to carrying out the mission.
Despite widespread public opinion that people involved in politics are only in it for their own personal gain, most likely the exact opposite is true. Most candidates in provincial and federal elections stand for office with little likelihood of winning, let alone snagging a front row spot at the public trough. Those candidates are aided by scores of helpers and donors who have even less to gain – maybe some new friends or the feeling of contributing to a cause in which they believe. Nevertheless, when one gets closer to the wheels of power, a transformation often occurs.
The call for parishes to move from maintenance to "the reinvigoration of the missionary calling" is not new. But, in Canada at least, it has never been put forward with as much fervour and detail as one finds in the Canadian bishops' statement, The Missionary Dynamic of the Parish Today. (See story on Page 7.) A "profound conversion" is needed in how parishes are run and parishioners need to move beyond their comfort zones to spread the faith. Nevertheless, most parishes are not sitting idly by waiting for everything to be made right at the parousia. They are beehives of activity. Some activities might well be termed "maintenance"; many others, even if not explicitly missionary, have a mission component.
The beginning of each new year is marked in Catholic churches around the world as the feast of Mary, the holy mother of God. While this feast is generally a quiet one, its peacefulness betrays the excitement that surrounded the declaration of the Council of Ephesus in 431 that Mary is mother of God, Theotokos. The movement that led to that declaration might be seen as having begun with the Edict of Milan in 313 which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire and brought an end to the era of persecution of the Christian faith.


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Reviewed By Chris D (GRAND RAPIDS, MI) Reviewed for a 2016 Chevy Silverado —8/24/2016 9:24 PM
The tip installed nice and looks great. Hopefully it hold up but it seems well made.
Reviewed By Robert P (GREAT FALLS, MT) —8/20/2016 2:00 PM
Wasn't super easy to install. Really tight fit going on and couldn't get it all the way on-however will probably make it that much more difficult for someone to steal. The chrome has changed color after just a few hundred miles. Fist installed it matched the bumper, but now has a brown tinge to it-I am ok with that though as I have the turndown for function not looks. Seems a little pricey for what it is, but overall will keep it and run with it.
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