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Page 10 of Verizon Wireless reviews and ratings
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- 1.0 overall
counting the minutes until I can changeBy Andi Cimbura, posted: Jun 13I have complained to Verizon many times about the lack of service at my home, I am 4 miles from downtown Denver. If I can get 2 bars, I'm lucky. usually just one. I will be switching back to T-mobile as soon as I can. Verizon isn't worth half of what I am paying.
- 3.3 overall
Insurance a waste of money!!!!By Tim McNeely, posted: Jun 13My phone that I have taken good care of for over 2 years now went belly up. Getting a bootloader D0.11 error. I take it into Verizon and they tell me that I dont have the extended warrenty that nothing they can do for me. I asked about the insurance and was told that this covers the phone being stolen, dropped and broke, etc etc, not a manufacture issue. Told that would be a $99.00 charge to fix it. Only other option is to get a new phone and pay a activation fee along with another 2 year contract. My response was then I should have thrown it down on the ground before walking into the store and would have been covered. To this they had no real response outside of the we can send it in but being a weekend would be Tue or Wed before have it back and would still be the $99.00 charge. Have been with them for over 10 years now and never once had a problem with them (outside of my phone does not get a good reception in my house) when I do have a issue this is the treatment I get.
- 2.3 overall
To busy to give good cusomer service?By Susan Lopez, posted: Jun 13So my daughters Iphone was manufactured covered for buttons that weren't working correctly. Verizon sends out a new phone and we were to send the broken one back. She drops the phone while packing it up, broke the screen, but sent it off to Verizon anyway. Verizon emails me to tell me the phone is not in stated condition and therefore will charge me $299.00 and will not return my phone. WHAT?? Why would I not be given the option to have my phone returned and fix myself or pay $299.00. The Supervisor informs me that they had to stop their production line of returned phones to take several pictures to document the condition and send an email, but could not take the time to give me that option because they have so many other returns that they can't take the time to do that. Again..WHAT? So even though I have insurance and could have turned the phone in and paid $160.00 to replace the phone, Verizon feels its their decision to make and charge me twice as much because they can't take the time to pull the phone aside and give me the option, because their just to busy!! I suggested that they charge me what the insurance deductible would be, but NOPE!! Thanks for that great customer service, can't wait to renew my contract...NOT!!
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Service ProblemsBy Monte Murphy, posted: May 13Cruddy phone service, cruddy customer service. Can't get out of my contract. Been a customer for 13 years, but quitting them when contract is up and never, ever will go back. No excuse for the way they treat people.
- 1.0 overall
Verizon sucks Waste of everything, Worst customer serviceBy Trevor Hall, posted: May 13Droid X the most POS Phone on the market, bought it when it first came out spent $300 bucks on it. Had problems since then, ended up getting a replacement recently and it sucked just as bad, i should have just burnt the $50 i spent. I call Verizon to turn off my service at this point i was too annoyed and frustrated with the phone to even keep the service. The first representative i talked to said that instead of turning off my service she could send me a new phone ( with a new 24 month contract) and keep my service connected. That was a good option for me and i was going to accept the offer, While on hold waiting for the Representative to get back my phone decided it would restart. I spent the next two days trying to get my phone to hold enough charge to where it would turn on. Finally call Verizon back and the new representative tells me that i need to pay a $50 fee to even get a replacement phone and then the phone i can get is one i don't even want. On top of that i called Verizon this morning and they are so stingy that the representative told me they would have to charge me for it (TODAY) because i didn't cancel my account, when i explained to the lady i had called a few days earlier and my phone ( the reason i am calling in the first place) shut off and wouldn't turn back on for 2 days, she said oh well we have to charge you for today.. So let me get this right Verizon would rather me cancel my service and stop paying you guys monthly when i have been a customer for over 7 years. Well shows just how incompetent and unqualified Verizon customer service is and just how much they care about veterans that only get monthly disability. You try to portray yourself as a family oriented company but you fail to uphold basic customer service standards... i see the real Verizon and i will post this exact statement on every review board, Facebook,twitter and anything else i can get the public to read in order to further my opinion of Verizon and share my experience with potential customers (suckers). sincerely pissed off 7 year customer who cut his service today over Verizon making a non-sensical $50 one time fee. Edit - And they deleted my first review i guess it was just to blunt and honest for them
- 1.7 overall
Nothing but a SCAMBy sharon adeh, posted: May 13I have been giving Verizon business for 12 YEARS, and when I called to make a change to my plan by adding another line (basically give them MORE business), they literally told me my bill would be doubled!!! I am paying for services I don't even use, so when I asked to at least get a different plan that charged more more fairly for what I DO use, they couldn't offer me anything!! I have been of the phone for OVER AN HOUR to get NOTHING! I asked to cancel my plan and move my business elsewhere, and they said they would charge me $200 simply for not being able to make me happy! STAY AWAY FROM VERIZON! TAKE YOUR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE, DON'T BE AN IDIOT LIKE ME, PEOPLE! Stay FARRRR away!
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Waste of moneyBy Brie Mandarino, posted: May 13My fiance and i signed a 2-year agreement in December of 2011 with brand new phones. Our monthly bill was $180, which we soon changed to the share everything plan but they were still charging us $165; every month they would tell us we were going over in our data, but when we would check it ourselves on our phones or by going in to a store we were fine, but yet they would still charge us for it. Our phones didn't even last the year before they started dying out, but they wouldn't let us purchase new ones for anything less than $250. Then we moved to Taylor Mill and couldn't even get service in our own home. So now that we've cancelled our service 8 months early, they are trying to charge us $450 PER PHONE!!! Our contract clearly states that they can charge us UP TO $350 PER ACCOUNT, definitely not $450 and definitely not per phone. Signing a contract with Verizon was nothing but a constant hassle and rip-off. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
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O(h) H(eck) N(aw)By Teresa Reams-Raynor, posted: May 13I hope yall actually read these reviews & take our personal experience into consideration. I'm so happy that I didnt' get my wireless internet & my laptop from Verizon, What they were charging me, I would've still owed them 1 of my arms & both legs! I got both for soooooo much cheaper, same service & everything is working so great. So hope you all do research into places before spending all of your money.
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RIP OFFBy Toade, posted: May 13I have been a customer for four years. I have monitored my contract end date, because everytime I upgrade, the plan I have is OF COURSE no longer available; the new plans have less minutes, or less data, etc. AND COST MORE. The day was approaching so I switched to Straight Talk. All is GREAT! After making sure contacts changed over and notified, I call Verizon to cancel service. ONLY TO FIND OUT THE CONTRACT END DATE IS NOW END OF THIS MONTH!?!?!?! AND even if they still showed contract end date was last month, and it is now the second day of the following month, I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH!!!!!! FOR TWO DAYS OF SERVICE!!! They will not waive this month, and will charge me $120 each for my two phones to cancel today, because the contract end date is now different than last week. If you go with Verizon, coverage is great, but you will feel it in the wallet for sure. Prepare to grab your ankles....
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Verizon is just like the other 3By Jerryz, posted: Apr 13I have used Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile over the past 12 years. Look at all the complaints for the 4 companies on this website. All 4 lack great customer service, They all have service problems at one point or another, they are all after more and more money and if we switch, well, they get more money. If people are getting great service, they love their company. All 4 companies have those people. If people are not getting great service, they hate their company. All 4 companies have those people as well. What we have failed to learn is that we created these monsters because we want more and more, faster and faster, now, now, now. These companies don't care because as soon as you drop service and switch, someone is switching back to one of the other 3. It is a cycle and they are all in it together. Think about it. If you owned one of these companies, wouldn't you fix the billing issues, the customer care issues, the phone issues, give discounts to your loyal customers etc.etc. These companies just don't care because if they don't get the money from me or you they will get it from someone else. It is estimated there are almost 300 million devices with contracts with these 4 companies at an average of $80 per line. That is over $24 BILLION per month collectively. THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T CARE, PERIOD. If each customer kept their current provider but found a way to reduce services by about $20 per month per device, it would take from their pockets approximately 6 BILLION $$ per month collectively. Think that would open their eyes and make them change. We should try it.


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With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as uncomfortable as possible for Gov. Rick Snyder and his Republican allies while laying the groundwork to seek payback at the polls.
Shell-shocked opponents of the laws spent the weekend mapping strategy for protests and acts of civil disobedience, while acknowledging the cold reality that Republican majorities in both the House and Senate cannot be stopped — or even delayed for long by parliamentary maneuvers. Leaders vowed to resist to the end, and then set their sights on winning control of the Legislature and defeating Snyder when he seeks re-election in 2014.
"They've awakened a sleeping giant," United Auto Workers President Bob King told The Associated Press on Saturday at a Detroit-area union hall, where about 200 activists were attending a planning session. "Not just union members. A lot of regular citizens, nonunion households, realize this is a negative thing."
Right-to-work laws prohibit requiring employees to join a union or pay fees similar to union dues as a condition of employment.
Supporters say it's about freedom of association for workers and a better business climate. Critics contend the real intent is to bleed unions of money and bargaining power.
Hundreds of chanting, whistle-blowing demonstrators thronged the state Capitol last week as bills were introduced and approved hours later, without the usual committee hearings allowing for public comment. Even more protesters are expected Tuesday, when the two chambers may reconcile wording differences and send final versions to Snyder, who now pledges to sign them after saying repeatedly since his 2010 election the issue wasn't "on my agenda."
Republicans are betting any political damage will be short-lived. During a news conference with GOP leaders last week announcing their intent to press ahead with right-to-work measures, Snyder urged labor to accept the inevitable and focus on showing workers why union representation is in their best interest.
"Let's move forward; let's get a conclusion; let's get an answer and get something done so we can move on to other important issues in our state," he said.
On that point, at least, the governor won't get his way. Unions and their Democratic allies say this means war.
Allowing employees to opt out of financially supporting unions while enjoying the same wages and benefits as members undermines the foundation of organized labor, they contend. A UAW bulletin described it as "the worst anti-worker legislation Michigan has ever seen."
"You will forever remember the day when you thought you could conquer labor," Sen. Coleman Young II, a Detroit Democrat and son of the city's fiery late mayor, boomed during floor debate Thursday. "Be prepared to engage in the fight of your life."
But for all the defiant rhetoric, the opposition faces tough odds.
State law forbids repealing spending bills through referendums, and Republicans made the right-to-work measures immune by attaching a $1 million appropriation. So the only apparent way to nullify the policy, once enacted, will be to seize statehouse control through the ballot box.
Even after losing five House seats in November, Republicans will retain majorities in both chambers for the next two years — during which time they expect voter attention to turn to other topics. They redrew district lines in their favor after the 2010 Census, boosting their long-term prospects.
Also, as Snyder noted, fewer than 20 percent of Michigan workers are union members. Organized labor rolls and influence have declined in recent years, emboldening Republicans to challenge unions even in their historic Rust Belt stronghold.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived a recall attempt after curtailing collective bargaining for most public employees. After Indiana enacted a right-to-work law this year, voters in November gave Republicans a legislative majority so large they can conduct business without any Democrats present. Snyder and GOP lawmakers already had chipped away at Michigan union rights, even forbidding school districts from deducting dues from teachers' paychecks.
Another problem for opponents: Right-to-work has considerable voter support. A statewide phone survey of 600 likely voters conducted in late November by the Lansing firm EPIC-MRA found 54 percent favored the idea while just 40 percent opposed it, although they were evenly divided when asked whether Michigan should become the 24th state with such laws. The margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.
So this is the American way? You lose an election and immediately vow revenge, civil disobedience and endless fighting? Is this really what our nation is all about?
When Republicans lose we don't throw temper tantrums, but the entitled know of nothing else if they don't get their way.
Note: The "right to work" states in general are the poorest states in the country.
As the National Institute for Labor Relations Research pointed out in a fact sheet published last month, in 2011 the cost of living in states where forced union dues are permitted was nearly 20% higher than in Right to Work states.
1. Percentage Growth in Non-Farm Private Sector Employees (1995-2005)
a. Right to Work States: 12.9%
b. Non-right to Work States: 6.0%
2. Average Poverty Rate-Adjusted for Cost of Living (2002-2004)
a. Right to Work States: 8.5%
b. Non-right to Work States: 10.1%
3. Percentage Growth in Patents Annually Granted (1995-2005)
a. Right to Work States: 33.0%
b. Non-right to Work States: 11.0%
4. Percentage Growth in Real Personal Income (1995-2005)
a. Right to Work States: 26.0%
b. Non-right to Work States: 19.0%
5. Percentage Growth in Number of People Covered by Employment Based Private Health Insurance (1995-2005):
a. Right to Work States: 8.5%
b. Non-right to Work States: 0.7%
In general cambilge that statement is malarky.
dog....I provided links with numbers and facts....in general you did not so maybe you should stay silent.
Union ranks in this country have been declining for years.
If they were as beneficial as the left leaning claim, one would think that union membership would be increasing.
Organized management will always look out for the workers, jsut ask any Wal-Mart employee.
cambilge lets agree to disagree. I will stay silent and you can go back to school and learn how to do research and read.
So being in the union guarantees that you hold your job, like the Chrysler workers that were caught drinking and smoking pot during lunch? I'm sure there are people out there that would do those jobs and not have to drink and smoke pot while working OR have to belong to a union.
dog....I'm the one that did the research and provided the links you failed to read. Here they are again. You have to click on them so they will open, then you can have someone read them to you. Ask your your grandkids, they'll show you how.
While I disagree with you if you feel someone like myself doesn't deserve a living wage, health benefits and a pension, I totally agree with your right to work for substandard wages and benefits. My way has been working fine for me. :-)
"They've awakened a sleeping giant," said King. More like they've aggravated a dormant but festering pustule. This isn't an attack on unions, it's the promotion of freedom. Michigan and Ohio unions will now be motivated to do what they do best: Not work, but cause a disturbance.
Maybe they DID finally" waken up a sleeping giant"-- all of the people putting up with bullying of the unions. Where in the constitution does it say you have to belong to a union to get/hold a job. Another example of a minority (unions) trying to force something on the majority (non union workers).
Everybody knows that anyone with fingers to type can change information on wikipedia pages...right? Not sure why people continue to cite information from that website..
thebeesknees....I notice you didn't provide a link that disputes those numbers. I know those figures are true and so do you.
Be afraid union member.... Be very afraid...your extinction has begun
Ohhh Sparky,
Those union members are almost shaking in their boots. Keyword: ALMOST.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against that idiot Governor Walker in Wisconsin who tried to take away collective bargaining rights from union workers. The courts have ruled that workers have the right to form a union and an integral part of a union is the right to collectively bargain. THE END! Because a state is a right to work state doesn't mean that they can ban unions. The courts have ruled otherwise. It's the ones who try to get in the way of people earning a living wage that need to worry about their own well being and history has shown us just that. Unions are the reason we have a middle class and anyone who thinks otherwise is IGNORANT of the FACTS. Unions (organized labor) have brought you the weekend, holiday pay, vacations and benefits, while preventing outsourcing. Organized management has done everything they can to take those benefits away while companies enjoy record profits, ship jobs overseas and set up bogus tax evading offshore headquarters. Blame the unions all you want, but as union membership has declined over the past 20+ years, so has the middle class. Coincidence?, I think NOT!! I think the courts will overrule the Michigan law that says you can choose to not pay union dues if you do not want to. I can't avoid paying taxes because I don't want to. The people who vote in a union are acting in a democratic fashion and therefore if they vote in a union, everyone will pay dues and if they do not vote in a union, then no one will pay dues.
Ohhhh island mike.... You're right that workers have the right to form a union. Now, however, this is the good part here so stay with me, workers can't be FORCED to join a union as a condition of employment meaning they now have rights too....FACT. Have you ever thought that the needy, entitled middle class has declined because, well, they're needy and entitled, just like unions, and the majority of Americans are tired of the whining and pampering? Anyone who thinks otherwise is IGNORANT of the FACTS.
Island Mike needs to find a way to get off of that island. Like Sparky says under the "right to work" worker do NOT have to join a union to hold their jobs, they have a choice, what's wrong with that? Are you against freeedom of choice.
So you people think that non-union workers (Wal-Mart employees) have a better chance of being middle -class citizens than union workers (such as UAW employees)?
Unions created the middle-class and with their declining membership, the middle class has shrunk along with the decline.
Islandmike..thanks for stating the obvious....entitled middle class workers are on the decline because America is tired of dealing with them...at least Walmart workers work when they're told and do what they're told...without bullying and protesting..unions are passé ...face it.
Wal-Mart workers do NOT work for a living wage. I guess their ENTITLED executives with their tax loopholes and stock options are the real backbone to the company. God knows how hard they really work.
The unions will re-emerge as organized management gets more and more greedy, that is how unions became so powerful in the first place. The people of Michigan did NOT vote to to make it a right to work state and the unions will do everything in their power, whether legal or not to vote the lawmakers out and protect the unions. Companies such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot have both lost class action lawsuits for violating the FLSA for everything from lunch break violations to discriminatory practices against women. The unions are the reason we have a USDOL and the FLSA. I guess you think workers should be treated as slaves.
Workers should be treated with respect and workers should respect their employer. Thug unions don't do that. Their only tactic when their entitled way of life is threatened is to bully and strike. Bunch of insecure people who have to rely on their employment being insured by a thug union because individually they're most likely no better than the Wal Mart employee you so despise and disrespect. Oh and by the way, last time I checked, these entitled executives deserve their compensation for climbing the corporate ladder even more than thugs who bully their way to theirs.
Explain to me how a person making $12 an hour with no benefits is suppose to earn a living?
Island, You give up cigarettes,tattoos and fancy data plans and you look for a better paying job. Told you that you wouldn't understand. I'm right again. This is what I posted a couple of weeks ago. Obviously you ignore answers you don't like and move on to a new post with the same old questions. Do you want the minimum wage to be $20.00 an hour? Would that be a livable wage? Would a skilled or educated person also make $20.00 an hour? Explain to me.
You couldn't answer the question.
Island, everyone understands, except you apparantly, that jobs in the retail sector, ie your beloved Walmart, are and have been jobs for individuals to provide supplemental income in a two income household, jobs for people to work as a second job so they can maximize their income potential, or jobs for the young to earn income for college for example. Manager positions in retail is where the livable wages are and that takes some sort of education or experience to achieve, unlike union jobs.
first of all most Union Tradesmen/Craftsmen go from 4 to 6 yrs. in a apprenticeship program then if all classes are passed, become a Journeymen. So the part about education is wrong, but since you never heard it on fox I see why YOU
don't and won't know about it. But in the real world, and not the one you watch on MTV, we, that is the Union Craftsmen are the most trained in the Industry.
The problem is the republicans want the kids coming up today to have the mind set of "Just Be Thankful You Have A Job, Slaves had jobs. Myself as a Union worker just hopes that my kids just MIGHT have a shot like I did, to be what is called THE MIDDLE CLASS. Remember back when Youngstown was booming, you could work at the Steel Mills and you could rise a family on one income. Remember when the most a bank would loan you on a car was only 36 months...now it is 60 months, the cars didn't go up that high... the wages just HAVEN'T WENT UP ON THE SAME PACE.So next time you rip on Unions, ask a Union member what it is like to HAVE A REAL PENSION, AND TO RETIRE IN DIGNITY...not a 401k, put your track shoes on and get ready to have a race to a 3TH. World Type of Living. Have a Great Day My Friend.
Tv..you are just as angry and insulting as island..must be part of the bully tactic the union teaches you. You go ahead a aspire to stay middle class and make sure you convince your kids that's as good as it will get for them too. You settled for mediocrity and you hope your kids do too. Also, I guess only union people can retire with dignity in your opinion? Dignity is a synonym of respect and respect is something that union members show ONLY to other union members, not to the real world that puts them to work. Anyway, keep up the good parenting and have a great day my friend.
The Union placed a referendum on the ballot to change the Michigan Constitution that would mandate all companies would be Union shops, Gov. Snyder pleaded with them, not to do it.
Union went ahead but lost by a big margin this past election. That's what caused the the 'right to work' law.. The power hungry thugs that run the Union caused this issue to surface.. The people said NO to the union over reach of power,
I look up to and support the trade unions and not the shop unions. In the trades you work out of the hall on as needed basis. The employer is not obligated to keep under preformers. if they do not preform, get rid of them and send them back to the hall and get some one who preforms. That way, you get the best of the best for your operations. That is not the case for shop and public unions. If all unions operated like the trades, we would have a great union work force and kick butt but the shop unions do not work this way. That is why I am right to work!!
Do you know that Ohio and MI are both "at will" states? Do you know what that means? It means you can be fired for ANY reason. Sure, when you're unemployed you can hire an atty. and fight the injustice, but most folks don't do that. So… should we pay taxes??? I like clean H2O and public schools and cops and the firefighters are nice too, especially when your house is on fire, so I'm ok with paying taxes. If you have a job with a labor agreement that provides you with a profit sharing, and the right to a grievance process if you get fired just because, or the healthcare, or the retirement, or the seniority rights, but you don't want to pay?? Are you kidding me?? These things are negotiated, not given. And the non-union shops that have all these things, it's because a UNION fought for them. Freeloaders are even worse than scabs. Right to work sounds good, but it is not.
Faith: Sounds like the 47% who don't pay taxes but get all the benefits for not working, plus many get Treasury checks in the mail--for not working.
Sparky, it isn't about being angry. It is about knowing the facts about rtw and not what Fox news and the republicans want to spoon feed their listeners. Spark, look up Vance Muse, more to rtw then most know.
Also take a look at George Romney and
the Automobile Manufacturer's Association. This sickness has been a-
round for a long time.Have a Great Day My Friend.
Tv...to you..and to you only i guess your points make sense..good for you..RTW mean RTW..enough said my friend..unions cant bully it..meanwhile, you, being a self proclaimed skilled craftsmen middle class person who is the only one who knows how to retire with dignity can surely clarify this ..if your middle class is so strong, and so proud, then why must the "wealthy" be taxed to elevate you and you're middle class to have a "fair shot" ( your presidents quote)? Sounds like to me..and most of the world, your skills (in the middle class, example only you ) couldn't quite cut it. You are bitter and angry that you have mid middle class peaked and want everyone else, working that is, to elevate you. I know and am friends with people of all working classes who don't share you're selfish, needy outlook. However, to you and your know it all's at your local union hall, you are all that. Don't worry tv, I and my wife, and all our educated and hard working friends are working hard to make sure you get your fair share..and btw I am having a great day my dependent little friend despite having to support you. Make sure you, in you're part of middle class ,who are owed something, according to you and Obama, get whatever they want for Christmas, with our money..signed Mr and Mrs. Sparky Santa..
Borylie you hit it right on the head!! Do you mean actually put in sweat equity into bettering yourself and getting a better job, thats so old fashioned (LOL) Some people will never get it, I think someone said about 47% of them. Its not easy folks if it was everyone would be rich, you can do well if you WORK at it . Remember this equation:NOTHING IN = NOTHING OUT
Island,I'd like to EXPLAIN PLEASE,but I'm afraid you just wouldn't understand. But briefly again I'll try. Unless you want a communist country where everybody makes the same wage,drives same type of car,same housing,minimal health care,etc.,then you must accept that in our country,a free capitalist society,we're going to have top earners all the way down to people who earn very little. There's safety nets for the needy,but for those that work you must reach certain levels to get to certain rewards. For example,a young student goes to school everyday,does the homework,graduates and goes to a higher learning or learns a trade. Chances are this person with a good attitude,work habits and wanting to succeed,will and probably earn good money someday. It's normally a process. On the other hand you have a student who misses school,doesn't do the homework,develops bad habits,makes the wrong decisions and now has to find any job willing to take such a person. If they find the employer willing to take that chance,it's now up to the person to take advantage,go to work everyday,go above and beyond what's expected and be in line for the promotion or go elsewhere with a good resume.
If everybody in the country graduated from Harvard,we'd still need ditch diggers and dish washers. The talented,ambitious and those motivated will rise to the top and the rest will find their spot in the earnings chain. Island,it's just the way it is,most of us don't want to be like everyone else. This is the union way,everybody makes the same amount regardless if your the best worker or the worst.
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The American taxpayers stand to lose billions as General Motors today announced a plan to buy back 40 percent of the company owned by the federal government.
"The Detroit automaker said it will purchase 200 million shares of GM stock held by Treasury for $5.5 billion — or $27.50 per share — nearly $2 above the stock's closing price on Tuesday," the Detroit News reports.
However, the break even price — the price that GM would need to pay for each share in order to pay back the money the government put in to the company —was $53 a share. That number has now risen dramatically.
"As a result of GM's buy back, the government has recovered about $28.6 billion of its $49.5 billion GM bailout, which means it will most likely lose billions when selling its remaining shares," MLive.com reports.
Who's going to foot the bill for the loss? The American taxpayers, of course.
Sparky, I will not try to help you understand rtw...for less.If you are ever interested in really reading up on the facts, then you might be able to see how facts and not low handed insults are the way to learn about an issue.
May you and yours have a Nice Christmas.
PS, I always pay my way. Once again
Merry Christmas / Happy New Year!
Tvukovich...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours as well. Have a safe and happy holiday season.
I never worked under a Union...so I can't understand what all the hoopla is about.


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Hot or Not? Cluster Chandelier by James Plumb
Design duo James Plumb created this chandelier of many mismatched lampshades in vintage fabrics. The lamps are suspended by hand-dyed silk flex. Do you like the effect? Survey below the jump.
James Plumb uses discarded antiques to make assemblages, lighting ("luminairs") and interiors.
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not my style, but this could be pulled off in the right home...
visually interesting but then I think of my cabin with the same ceiling and I think of dust and spider webs.
I am a fan of clusters. I like how these look lit up, but what are they like in the light of day...I hope it is not a little like "grandma has lost it and stuck all her lamps on the ceiling" :) Love you grandma! :)
I just spotted these in anthropology and they seem to look great both day and night:
And this is a cluster, but not yet a light, but I think would be really cool if turned into one:
i love clustered chandeliers. mamacita restaurant here in s.f. has clustered chandeliers with large rusted metal lights - can make a great effect when the right materials are used in a space.
omg i love it. i love it ferociously.
This is really cool looking- I probably couldn't make it work in my own space- but it would be a fun, cheap project to try!
Very well done IMO.
Pretty. But what does it look like when you turn off the lamp? Probably like a dusty old thrift store rack of used lamp shades.
as soon as I saw this photo I thought of Alice in Wonderland for some reason - and I love it.
What a mess.
STH - I agree.
This looks good in contrast to such darkness (as in the picture), but would be strange in a more lit room (with too much of the wires showing).
very a la Alice in Wonderland! this would go great with a carousel banner that I found last week at the antique flea market!
love it.
I do like cluster chandis but not so sure about the lampshades (saw the cutest cluster teacup chandi though!)
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Beautiful, but it would definitely have to be in the right home.
Whimsically elegant.


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Amalfi is a beautiful town located on the spectacular Amalfi coast around 40 km southeast of Naples. As with the majority of towns along the coast, Amalfi attracts mostly day-trippers and as a result does not have a huge amount of hotels. Those, which it does have, will be very difficult to get a place in the summer months. It is advisable to stay in Naples and head over to the coastal town for the day.
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- auntie bbMarch 02, 2011
Ha that's pretty funny with the ufc guys and don't worry I don't think I want you to post a blog just about me...unless it was about my nephews :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 02, 2011
Ha! Did you see how plastic Bruce Buffer looked? =) no thanks! And yes, very exciting. Our kids will have so much fun together!!!ReplyDelete
- auntie Rachel
- AnonymousMarch 02, 2011
Hahahaha!! Laugh out loud with the UFC stuff!! OMGosh (snort) BARF!! Anyway, loved it!!ReplyDelete
Congrats to your sister!! YAY for twins! :)ReplyDelete
Congratulations! Wow, twins!ReplyDelete
oh my goodness, your baby is sooooo effing cute!! That pic of your sis (i think it's your sis and not you) holding him in the chair is beyond presh. You and your sis look so much alike.ReplyDelete
HAHA! I saw that pic of her with the old dude and I was like wow. You so funny!!
And when my nephew spends the night he wakes up earlier than my liking. I can hear him on the monitor and I let him play in the room until he finally starts in with "Aunnnnntttt Lindseeeeey, oh Aunnnntttt LINDDDSEY!!" I've already told my mom when I have babies, I hope they sleep all the time. I know impossible, but I don't know how I'll give up my naps. I guessssssssss my kids will be worth it. I don't know how you mammas do it. Hardest job ever.
Congrats so your sister and all of you on the exciting news about her being pregnant with twins! How exciting, double everything, double the love, double the joy, double the diapers, double the whipes...you get the picture! oops , WIPES** not whips. ha!ReplyDelete
Well, I was looking for an email button but i couldn't find it, soI shall post here, if its okay!
Just because, I was VERY unaware and UNINFORMED about it, and what happened to me, and others I have come across to have met, I promised my sweet baby girl Naomi, that I will continue to put out awareness out there. Its just the only way.
I had severe preeclampsia that had me deliver my firstborn daughter at 28 weeks, emergency c section. Unfornately, that is the "cure" as of now for preeclampsia-delivery. If mother or baby or both are in jeoprardy. It is characterized by high blood pressure, protein in the urine, swelling, sudden weight gain, brisk reflexes, headaches, all all some of the symptoms, yet also can be known as "regualr symptoms". I am not at all trying to scare ANYONE just INFORMING. My ob never informed me of this, and, I just have come acorss too many stories, and if I can do anything, its to inform.
Please check out preeclampsia.org and learn about it if not for you for your sister. I TELL EVERYONE, well everyone of my pregnant friends, I just have to get it out there.
Sadly and very tragically, my daughter, Naomi Hope, lived 35 days in the NICU and passed away June 1, 2009. She is my forever angel.
I did go on to have her sweet little sister, Sadie Marie, born at 34w6days, I did have preeclampsia again, but luckily, I was able to go much farther.
Congrats again to your beautiful sister! Cant wait to see updates on her pregnancy! (Hopefully she allows you to keep us updated! ) I loveeee reading about pregnancies!
Super Sweet! My husband and I are high school sweethearts and he too joined the military right out of high school but quiet a few years earlier (humph about 5 years earlier, I know I know I am dating myself) but I can totally grasp the time apart your sis and her man went through. In the first 8 years of our marriage we had only really spend about 4 of it together collectively. Craziness huh? we are both crazy I guess that is how it works though! Super awesome she is having twins!!ReplyDelete
How exciting, yet scary, from the ultrasound it looks like she is about as far along as i was when i found out i was having twins. The best advice i ever got was, "Don't take anyones advice". If that makes sence;)ReplyDelete
you're hilarious, this was great, loved it. You totally got me with the UFC fighters!!ReplyDelete
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I have a VERY different opinion about the way Quartz renders fonts. Quite frankly it's a fuzzy eyesore. I STILL think that most fonts looked better and were less strain on the eyes under Mac OS 9.x.
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Mac OS X Font rendering - phenomenal? Hardly!
2003-11-13 00:15:33 anonymous2 [View]
not being able to turn off anti aliasing is stupid. i am a designer and i need to a screenshot of a user interface with the text aliased... but that is impossible. sometimes i wonder if the people at apple use their damn operating system.
Mac OS X Font rendering can be crappy too!
2003-11-04 19:03:09 anonymous2 [View]
I know I'm replying to a message that is a couple weeks old, but no one mentioned Tinkertool. I'm surprised you haven't discovered it. Tinkertool allows you to turn off anti-aliasing. It even (used to ?) lets you turn off font smoothing in Cocoa programs.
I think it's silly to talk about how much better some "other" system's crappy fonts are before doing some simple web research. OS X fonts can look just as crappy, if not crappier--if that's what you want.
Mac OS X Font rendering can be crappy too!
2003-11-25 08:54:25 anonymous2 [View]
Tinkertool's site says the fonts cannot be adjusted in v10.2 and v10.3
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Definitly a case of different strokes for different folks. I hate looking at not anti-aliased fonts. Turning off font smoothing is one thing that can be done. Another is to tweak the Font Smoothing Style so that you can control the algorithm a bit.
One thing you might try is to tweak your defaults. Try:
defaults write -g AppleAntiAliasingThreshold 128
where 128 is the point size you want. Log out and back in (a required step) and you should have non aliased fonts.
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I admit my newbie status to System X -- can someone tell me how to change defaults


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Pronunciation: /pʌŋ(k)ˈtɪlɪəs /
Showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour: he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests
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- A punctilious listing of every detail produces prose that is prolix.
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meticulous, conscientious, careful, diligent, attentive, ultra-careful, scrupulous, painstaking, exact, precise, accurate, correct, thorough, studious, rigorous, mathematical, detailed, perfectionist, methodical, particular, religious, strict; fussy, fastidious, hair-splitting, finicky, finical, demanding, exacting, pedantic
informal nitpicking, pernickety
North American informal persnickety
mid 17th century: from French pointilleux, from pointille, from Italian puntiglio (see punctilio).
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- If government in our representative democracy is supposed to respond to people's stated concerns, then government punctiliousness about privacy might actually be exceeding the public's demands.
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It's a case of beauty and the beast—a story playing out in neighborhoods across the country. Having an abandoned house nearby is ugly to look at, but that's not all.
Kevin Berschinski says that one rundown house has opened a door to crime in his Los Angeles neighborhood."The house being abandoned has drawn prostitution activity to the side of the house," says Berschinski. "We had a drive-by shooting in a neighboring house here that I think is related to this particular tagging on this house and needless to say, it's a huge distress on the neighborhood."One of the biggest reasons for vacant houses is the increase in foreclosures since 2008. Attorney Scott Fisher says neighbors left with a foreclosed or abandoned house on their street face real challenges."There is no property owner there, so you have to locate the lender who is now the owner of the property," says Fisher. "The lender, as the owner, has some obligations to take care of the property as the homeowner." It's not just an issue of foreclosures. Sometimes an elderly or financially-strapped neighbor simply can't maintain their home. And the house on Berschinski's street is in limbo—the owner died, leaving the property entangled in probate.
Mollie Adams worries how the house reflects on the entire neighborhood."Are there many houses like this?" asks Adams. "That's the first thing I would say if I didn't live on this block or know anything about this neighborhood and somebody showed me this house. I wouldn't get a good feeling right away."
"When I see this house it makes me angry," adds Berschinski. "When a property is overgrown and you have weeds and it's ill-maintained, people throw trash on top of trash. They take it as a sign to throw their own trash on it and it becomes a bigger mess very quickly."Attorney Fisher says a rundown house can also significantly lower home values. "Studies have shown that in neighborhoods where a property owner has failed to maintain their property, that there is a reduction in property value of up to 20 percent," says Fisher.If you're dealing with an empty run-down house in your neighborhood, Fisher recommends taking the following steps:
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- Hadar Cohen
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Is the heart overlooked when it comes to intelligence?
The center of the nervous system, the brain, has been popularly defined as the fundamental core of intellectual activity. Yet, in my Bioelectricity class with Professor Nina Tandon, we learned about recent research suggesting that information processing in the body may in fact be more distributed.
For example, there is increasing evidence suggesting that the cardioelectromagenetic field can actually affect human beings in close proximity.These signals are stronger in amplitude when in direct contact, but are still detectable up to several feet away from the source. Through these interactions, the heart transfers energies between human beings. The heart can therefore be characterized as the engine for distributing and controlling energy of the human body.
These extraordinary results illustrate that the heart is not only responsible for blood regulations, but is also a very powerful intelligence system.
This made me wonder, could intelligence be distributed through the body in ways we might not expect? Could this information sent to the brain perhaps even influence emotional states? Or provide insight into some of the unexplained links between "mental" and "bodily" diseases (eg Alzheimer's and cardiac disease etc)?
See: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547419/
and http://books.google.com/books?id=pvkpdNHhI6cC for more details
Given that the heart and other organs are frequently excluded from the
intellectual discussion, I would like to ask the Ted community, how do
these new findings affect how we view intelligence? How will our
interactions with each other differ if we view more of our bodies as
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Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. That is amazing that you have been analyzing Electo-Cardiogram Signatures of the heart for so long! I would love to hear more about your findings.
I tend to agree with you on "our collective ignorance". I found that our society is actually quite fearful of engaging in ideas they don't believe in or agree with. I like to think of the mind as a completely boundless creation. Because of this, I do not think any idea is "off-limits". It is important to learn how to appreciate thoughts, even if they do not coincide with your individual beliefs. Only through this analytical system of understanding can one truly develop insight.
The Primer Lesson from Cern seems beyond fascinating, I will be sure to watch it in the near future. It is quite astounding how recent these discoveries are. I really appreciate all this information!
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Following the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling, Republicans — including Mitt Romney — have vigorously insisted that the Affordable Care Act is a tax on the American people. But instead of being a tax increase, Obamacare will provide millions of families with large tax credits to make health care more affordable. Only about 1 percent of Americans who could afford health care but don't buy coverage would have to pay the tax, and the penalty would only be an average of $600. The Center for American Progress shows how Obamacare is actually a major tax cut for many families:
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[T]he business is run by men. Although the interesting thing is, so many studio heads are women. So many of these women have bought into the male mindset. They don't care about whether they think women are funny, it's like the John Maynard Keynes thing, it's about the beauty pageant. You pick not who you think is the most beautiful, but who you think most people will think is most beautiful. So that's what they are doing… I think we are getting to a winter of disconte. When they notice something authentic, that is starting to pay off.
That's why when six years ago Judd Apatow made the 40 Year Old Virgin, it felt different. Now it doesn't feel different. But with this, it's women doing what he did six years ago in a way. It's like, holy crap, it's weird, it's different and I love it. And I think what has to happen is that we need to go see that movie. We need to make it make a hundred million dollars.
Now they'll take away the wrong lesson — just put chicks in there talking about vaginas, instead of funny, really funny smart chicks doing it, working as hard as they did to make a great movie.
But it's a systemic change from the bottom up, where you vote for a movie for going to see it.
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On Friday evening, NASA's Minotaur V rocket blasted off from its launchpad at a spaceport in Virginia, carrying the LADEE spacecraft on the first leg of its trip from Earth to the moon. The scene that resulted was fiery. It was inspiring. It was epic.
It was also, however, not without its casualties.
The picture above, captured on Friday by one of the remote cameras NASA had set up for the big launch, captured a creature that found itself, alas, caught in the crossfire of humanity's drive to explore: a frog. A very unfortunate frog. Launch pads, you see, are generally built near marshes and ponds whose water can absorb the flames of a rocket's ignition. And this little guy was in the wrong place at the very, very wrong time.
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Well, now, this is an interesting combination. A co-write between Kenny Chesney and Scooter Carusoe (who wrote Chesney's "Anything but Mine" and "Better as a Memory," two of my favorite songs of his), and it's recorded by relative newcomer David Nail. Fresh off his breakthrough hit "Red Light" (which, after its 45-week run, I still have yet to grow tired of), Nail needs another great song to back it up.
Why is it a great song? Well, ignore the name Kenny Chesney if that's detracting you. This is more "I Go Back" and less "Out Last Night." It opens with evocative details about a hometown: storefronts, gas pumps, street lights, and then progresses into hometown bleachers, feet hanging off tailgates, gym floors, high school graduation, et cetera. While the specifics of each are only hinted at, there's still enough present to paint a convincing picture and give the feeling that Nail is really sharing his memories. While the song is a bit overproduced (it could easily have done without the strings), Nail delivers the song powerfully and soulfully, going full-throttle in particular on the chorus but never over-singing. It is definitely a better fit for his voice than for Chesney's flat, narrow range.
Perhaps the only thing that would keep this song from being a big hit is its length. Not too many newcomers have made themselves known with five-minute songs [Editor's note: The radio edit is 4:15]. Even so, it's very well-written and well-sung, it's distinctive, and at the same time, it's a fairly common country song topic. Compounded with the recent success of "Red Light," there's no way "Turning Home" can miss.
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Everyday Pain Relief: Asthma
Many common over-the-counter pain relief drugs can cause harmful side effects, such as breathing problems, for those with asthma. Here's what you need to know.
By R. Morgan Griffin
Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson
If you have asthma, you most likely work hard to avoid triggers. You shut the windows when the air is thick with pollen. You steer clear of homes with pets. You banish smokers to your front porch.
But did you know that a potentially serious asthma trigger might be sitting in your medicine cabinet right now?
The culprit is aspirin, that trusted wonder drug, along with other common over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers. These are medicines we use without thinking twice. But in one in five people with asthma, these drugs can make symptoms worsen. They can even cause dangerous or even fatal reactions.
"It happens a lot more than people realize," says Phillip E. Korenblat, MD, spokesman for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. "If you went to any ER right now, you'd be likely to see people with asthma who were there because of a bad reaction to these drugs."
The problem doesn't end with OTC painkillers. In fact, many remedies for colds, sinus problems, and even indigestion contain the same potentially dangerous ingredients.
So before you grab a bottle of pain reliever for that headache, you need to learn some dos and don'ts.
How Do Pain-Relief Drugs Work?
In a certain way, all pain is in your head. When we feel pain, it's the result of an electrical signal being sent from the nerves in a part of your body to your brain.
But the whole process isn't electrical. When tissue is injured (by a sprained ankle, for instance), the cells release certain chemicals. These chemicals cause inflammation and amplify the electrical signal coming from the nerves. As a result, they increase the pain you feel.
Painkillers work by blocking the effects of these pain chemicals. The problem is that you can't focus most pain relievers specifically on your headache or bad back. Instead, it travels through your whole body. This can cause some unexpected side effects.
What Are the Risks for People with Asthma?
If you have asthma, painkillers called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can be risky. They include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and ketoprofen, the active ingredients in medicines like Bufferin, Advil, and Aleve.
Other pain relievers are potentially less dangerous. Acetaminophen -- the active ingredient in Tylenol -- works differently. It poses a much lower risk of problems for people with asthma, although like any drug, it does have side effects of its own. You shouldn't take any over-the-counter painkiller for more than 10 days without your health care provider's approval.
Why are people with asthma at special risk from NSAIDs? Experts aren't sure of the exact cause, but it seems that these medicines can trigger a dangerous immune response. People who are older and who have more severe asthma may be more sensitive to these drugs.
Symptoms include a cough, runny nose, shortness of breath, and wheezing. In some people, these medicines can also cause swelling of the face or hives. If you have any reaction, get help right away.
"One problem is that people may not realize the connection between asthma and a painkiller," Korenblat tells WebMD. "It can take up to two hours for the medicine to cause the effect, so you may not see the link."
In general, it's best for people with asthma to avoid NSAIDs. And people with asthma who also have sinus problems or nasal polyps -- swollen tissue that grows from the sinuses into the nasal passages -- should not use any NSAIDs, says Korenblat. "The risks of using these medicines are much higher for them."
Asthma treatments may help. Korenblat says the asthma medicines Singulair and Accolate may partially protect people from bad reactions to NSAIDs. Some doctors "desensitize" people to NSAIDs by giving them small doses and gradually increasing them over time. Eventually, your body may be better able to tolerate the NSAID and won't have such a dangerous reaction. However, this process must be done in a medical setting, since even tiny amounts of these drugs can trigger a dangerous asthma attack.
So what's a person with asthma and an aching back to do? "I tell my patients with asthma that if they have a choice, they should take acetaminophen, such as Tylenol," says Korenblat. "If they have to take an NSAID, I just tell them to be careful and watch for problems."