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~ My Sweet Little Chuckie ~
Though I must leave you behind me,
This poem will tell you where you always can find me.
When a gentle wind blows, that's my hand on your face.
And when the tree gives you shade, that's my sheltering embrace.
When the sun gives you freckles, that's me tickling my boy.
When the rain wets your hair, those are my tears of joy.
When the long grass enfolds you, that's me holding you tight.
When the Whippoorwill sings, that's me whispering, "Night,night".
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» East Bay Vegan Drinks is TONIGHT!
Holler at your people in Oakland! Maybe Too $hort will show up and drop his new album on us? Is that correct terminology? Does he even have an album coming out? The correct answers are: YES; and, IF IT'S TOO $HORT THEN YES. That fool drops his last album every two weeks. What can I say? The guy is prolific. We have a lot in common that way. And no other way.
See you tonight at 6:30 at Room 389!
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East Bay Vegan Drinks is TONIGHT! »
If you live in the East Bay and never come to San Francisco because you're lame (that's me now too!), you might want to head to Berkeley for Vegan Drinks TONIGHT! It's at the Beta Lounge in Berkeley and starts at 6:30 p.m. I've never been to the Beta Lounge so I can't tell you if it's the best or the worst but LIVE A LITTLE WHY DON'T YOU.
Oh also, join their Facebook group for updates because sometimes we're lax about promoting this event and it needs to blow up and get huge like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man LADIES AM I RIGHT!?
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East Bay vegan drinks, Keep's sample sale, foie gras vs. puppies, 'anus-grade pork,' SF vegan bakesale and more in this week's link-o-rama! »
Tonight, Friday Dec. 4 at 7 in Palo Alto: A screening of Food, Inc. at World Centric, 2121 Staunton Ct. Following the film is a speaker, Stanford student and eco-documentary filmmaker Matt Harnack, who will also show his own 20-minute film, Fossil Fuel Free Film. This event is free, though donations are requested to cover the cost of film and speakers. Seating capacity is about 70 people; arrive early to ensure that you will get a seat. Please feel free to bring food/drinks to share and a cushion as there are a few metal chairs.
Tomorrow, Saturday Dec. 5: the SF Vegan Bakesale, take three! Get over to Ike's (3506 16th St. at Sanchez Street) between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. with a lot of cash, there'll be tons and tons of baked goods, AND bunnies! BUNNIES.
Hey LA vegans: Keep is having a sample sale this weekend! From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday Dec. 4 and 5 at Keep headquarters, 418a Bamboo Lane in Los Angeles. Up to 60 percent off select styles, I AM SO JEALOUS, Keep makes amazing shoes.
A ramen truck in Hayes Valley? Opening this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., on the corner of Laguna and Hayes Streets? That appears to offer a vegan option (unconfirmed at press time)? Get out of my dreams and into my mouth. That joke is not funny, but I remain entirely serious.
Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Fort Mason Center, Building C: an Animal People Party, consisting of a white elephant sale and vegan potluck, to benefit Animal Switchboard! Not a lot of details here, except that it runs from 1 to 4 p.m. in room 260. Probably contacting Animal Switchboard would be the best way to get further information.
Miss Vegan Drinks? Of course you do! Thank goodness for the East Bay, who've been doing their thing on Tuesdays and want to see you at their next meeting! Mix and mingle on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kona Club, at 4401 Piedmont Ave. at Pleasant Valley Avenue in Oakland! Details here.
Win a pound of Allison's Gourmet vegan fudge! Enter before midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 8, on VegWeb (run by Vegansaurus' Laura!)
According to Salon, the Humane Society of the United States has to make a choice: either it works to shut down foie gras farms, or it protects puppies from abuse. Can't do both!
So tell us, Mr. Henry, "why can't people live in harmony with animals without resorting to the barbarism of slaughter?" Answer: it takes too long to cook vegetables. No, really.
Adorable video: mad bunny attacks keys!
OMG RAGE: Fast food makes you fat so everyone should eat like Alice Waters, DUH! Lord save us from these simplistic dichotomies. The world is not black and white!
In Indiana and Minnesota, 24 slaughterhouse workers were sickened with "a variety of neurological and physical illnesses" from inhaling a mist of pig brains. Very, seriously sickened. Bacon is so awesome!!
Animal Place has new bunnies, a chance to win a Daisy Wares gift basket, tips on photographing pigs, and an ode to Arturo the chicken. Half the proceeds from the Worldwide Vegan Bakesale, San Francisco chapter went to Animal Place; they're the greatest!
Not the greatest, at all: Brookestone's Frog-o-Sphere's. PETA2 is all over it.
Colleges are expanding their veg options! Humboldt State is currently sampling pumpkin ravioli and taquitos; the University of Houston offers falafel, pizza, and tacos.
King of the Greens Al Gore FINALLY acknowledges the impact factory farming has on the environment.
MORE RAGE: this program proposed by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture called "Meat the Need," which would give people extra food stamps specifically for purchasing meat and dairy products. Why? Because people are buying less meat and dairy. So obviously THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM!! And the most logical solution is to FORCE POOR PEOPLE TO BUY MORE ANIMAL PRODUCTS!!!
And speaking of angry fucking vegans, PETA and the Animal Defense League are now "domestic special interest terrorists," according to the USDA. No, really. Really for really for real.
Hey have you checked out the discussion going on in Laura's post about Mission Street Food's dead-pig-ful Food Not Bombs benefit?
SF Food Wars gets a little feature in the New York Times! And friends-of-Vegansaurus Fat Bottom Bakery's award-winning! vegan mac-n-cheese gets a mention in the very second sentence. World domination is coming, I can taste it.
So Charles Phan "is in talks with San Francisco city officials about turning empty lots into street-food hubs similar to the popular Singapore hawker centers," is he? Um YES PLEASE, I will never leave. Because I will have eaten all the vegan food available and become TOO FAT TO MOVE.
So that lab-grown pig meat that tastes "soggy"? Jon Stewart reminds us that it's still five years away from being "anus-grade pork." Ugh times a million, and also, groooossssssss.
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JSF mania, regal vegan dining, tons of recipes, horrible tragedy and more in this week's (bipolar) link-o-rama! »
TODAY! That's Friday, Nov. 6: Jonathan Safran Foer is having a book signing at UC Berkeley at 7 p.m. in the Multicultural Center! Woo!!
On Sunday, Nov. 8 at noon King of Ughs David Chang and Ubuntu's vegetarian betrayer Jeremy Fox will appear in conversation with each other at Omnivore Books (3885 Cesar Chavez St. at Church Street). New York Times columnist (and co-author of His Majesty of Shut Up, David Chang's new book) Peter Meehan will moderate.
JSF makes a modern Modest Proposal to omnivores: how about some delicious dog? One of your Vegansaurs' first solid foods was dog soup. This was not a major factor in his/her decision to go vegan (GUESS WHOSE), as it only happened once, during toddlerhood; the point is, duh, all meat is equally reprehensible.
This one time, in August, Emperor David Chang of Saying Idiotic Things made a vegetarian meal, at the behest of the James Beard Foundation. Color Vegansaurus unimpressed; we've had at least as fancy at Brassica.
Miss Vegan Drinks? Of course you do! Thank goodness for the East Bay, who've been doing their thing on non-holiday Tuesdays and want to see you at their next meeting! Mix and mingle on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kona Club, at 4401 Piedmont Ave. at Pleasant Valley Avenue in Oakland! Details here.
Hey, Science: "Because such monkey torture will not lead to improved human health, you don't need to be an animal rights advocate to wonder if an ethical cost-benefit analysis might conclude that the ends don't justify the means."
Nicolette Hahn Niman doesn't want you to blame her ranch for the environmental problems caused by raising animals for food; after all, she says, "Singling out meat is misleading and unhelpful, especially since few people are likely to entirely abandon animal-based foods." And anyway, "avoiding soy from deforested croplands may be more difficult…. Brazilian soy is common (and unlabeled) in tofu and soymilk sold in American supermarkets," so shut up and eat your Bill-Niman-de-and-renounced "happy" beef, already. JESUS LADY.
Adult Dungeness crabs are few and far between for the second consecutive year, but that won't stop most fishermen from going out to catch as many as they (legally) can. Fishing in a "down" season makes perfect sense, hooray people.
CHOW honors local hero Bryant Terry and Queen of Vegetables Deborah Madison in its first annual awards, the CHOW 13. Too bad they have to tell us how much they looooove Ryan "literally all of the pig" Farr as well, boo.
Congratulations to friend-of-Vegansaurus Celine of Have Cake, Will Travel: her very first cookbook is out today!
For reasons as yet unknown, all the female spectacled bears in the Leipzig (Germany) Zoo have lost nearly all of their hair. They look incredibly pathetic without their usual "fluffy dark brown" fur coats.
Oh delicious, sumptuous, vegan cuisine literally good enough for the Queen: a luncheon at Windsor Castle, part of a "Celebration of Faiths and the Environment," satisfied all the participants' dietary requirements by eliminating all animal products from the menu! An "autumnal roasted pear salad" with "deeply savory…toasted [Kentish] cobnuts"? Yes, please!
Yobie Benjamin analyzes the most recent reviews of and data on San Francisco's public school lunches, and determines that, duh, it can be done better, for cheaper. The notable part here is that he includes veg options in his price breakdowns. It's not more expensive to eat vegan! OK?!!
How revolting: a guy in Cleveland had very poorly hidden the bodies of six women—who had been raped and murdered—"in and around" his house, which is next door to a sausage factory, which some people blamed for the stench. Rotting carcasses stink, be they human or other animal.
In fucked-up and depressing animal news, there's still one organization associated with the veal calf slaughterhouse exposé that apparently supports the obscene treatment of those baby cows. Unregulated free markets always arrive at the best solutions, right?
The SF Bay Guardian makes a giant effort and reviews Greens. Revelation: it still makes good food. Your omnivorous friends will not complain (too much) about being denied their meat for one meal. Like we were saying, a new restaurant critic with some imagination re: veg food, please.
Our pals at CSA Delivery blog have been killing it with their vegan recipes lately: dolmas with caramelized leek hummus; chard and chickpea burgers with quick pickled veggies; vegetable curry; soft chili tofu. UGH SO HUNGRY.
On Saturday, Nov. 21, friends-of-Vegansaurus Farm Sanctuary are hosting a Celebration for the Turkeys dinner, "designed" by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau! Tickets cost $75 for adults and $35 for children, and are on sale now. Unless you are also a famous vegan cookbook author, this is guaranteed to be a lot tastier than your Thanksgiving dinner, so you might as well go. Plus it supports farm animals, instead of crazy relatives who drink too much/not enough; a pig will never ask you when you're going to give it grandchildren or if you've put on weight.
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East Bay Vegan Drinks is TONIGHT! »
East Bay Vegan Drinks is at Lake Chalet in Oakland tonight from 6:30p-8:30p. Meet on The Dock so you can mingle outdoors (although this might change as it's currently raining like a motherfucker (no idea what that means but GIIIIIRRRRRRLLLL, it is scurry out there).
Looks like there are a couple vegan options on the menu (a vegan pot pie!?) but I can't link it here because they put their menu in PDF and homie don't play that. I'd be prepared to come on an empty stomach and leave on an empty stomach, sloshed.
You are welcome (and encouraged) to bring announcements, event flyers, business cards and any anything else you can think of to optimize your networking experience. Girl, you better work it.
Also, if anyone is going, can you puh-leaz make an announcement about SF Vegan Bakesale? It's THIS SATURDAY!!!
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NOW Foundation Brings Feminist Voices to the Web, Engages Women Online
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At the 2008 National Conference, NOW Foundation staff helped local leaders get online with one-on-one coaching.
Women's rights activists are mobilizing online like never ever before. From social networking (like Love Your Body on Facebook) to Kim Gandy Twittering, NOW Foundation is cultivating feminist voices on the web.
The current "version" of the Internet is commonly referred to as Web 2.0, and it's all about being social. What separates this version from its predecessor is its focus on using web technology to connect people dynamically. Before, only a savvy few could create a website. Now, just about anyone can create an online presence without any programming skills.
But that's not all. Not only can everyone be online, but they can connect with others at the click of a mouse.
Through MySpace and Facebook, two popular networking sites, NOW and NOW Foundation are connecting with people where they are, educating them about the issues, and encouraging them to take action both online and offline. Once people are connected through these social networks, they can share pictures and videos, organize meetings, form friendships, and, yes, make their feminist voices heard.
We're also helping activists and chapters utilize these new tools. At the National Conference in July, staff members and interns organized an Internet Café for local leaders and attendees from around the country -- some with very little web experience -- and helped guide them in creating their own online presence on the spot!
Blogs are another useful tool. For many people, blogging goes beyond creating an online diary to connecting with the greater community or "blogosphere." A blog is an online self-publication, much like a journal, and is as simple as using a word processor. Simplicity is what makes blogs accessible, and the people who write them are what make them powerful. This blogging community could be described as grassroots journalism, working at the speed of broadband to research and bring to light the issues and opinions of the day or even the moment. Often the blogosphere cracks a story before traditional media outlets, and mainstream media are taking notice -- just one reason why we need more voices to join the online feminist dialogue.
Taking blogging to the next level, NOW and NOW Foundation President Kim Gandy can now be found on a micro-blogging site known as Twitter. A micro-blog entry is barely a sentence long, and its small size makes it flexible across different mediums -- including cell phones. It's true, now you can carry NOW and the Foundation in your pocket!
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Almost three years ago, I was living on a farm with my canine parents and siblings when my human mom and dad came to get me. They brought me to the city where I live now.
My life is so much different from the farm. There are so many interesting sights, sounds, smells and new things to learn.
First, I learned to behave in the house and the car, and then, I went to school to learn to get along and play with my peers. The most favorite thing I am learning to do is to be a therapy dog!
I have been to many places with my human mom and dad, including the dogfest, dog swims, dog parties, a fundraiser and once I went to a restaurant so I could learn good etiquette.
Although all those places were interesting, my favorite place to visit is the Kahl Home in Davenport. I love to visit the residents there. Kahl Home has recently moved to a new location, so I have had to learn my way around all over again, but I don't mind because the residents are so wonderful.
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I have not saved lives, but I love to make people smile and think I do a pretty good job of that.
I know the residents love me because one resident even wrote a poem about me. Her name is Harriet "Cozie" Schulz Dias. The poem she wrote is so wonderful and meant so much to me that I wanted to share it with all of you.
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Indianapolis - In a major development in a story the 13 Investigates team first reported in 1998, the family of Ruth Lilly wants the court to give them supervision over all of her affairs. Ruth Lilly is the sole surviving great-grandchild of Eli Lilly. Her relatives say she is now both physically and mentally incapacitated.
The petition by her nieces and nephews for a personal guardianship over Ruth Lilly is only the latest chapter in a long legal saga for the 90-year-old pharmaceutical heiress.
One of the wealthiest women in the world, she has lived a reclusive life marred by both physical and mental ailments that kept her in and out of hospitals for years and, since 1981, under court supervision for the handling of her financial affairs.
Pictures from a 1998 Eyewitness News investigation showed a frail Lilly who sources said had only limited awareness of her circumstances at the time. The investigation documented questionable spending for things like lavish overseas trips for large groups.
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Earlier this year, Eyewitness News learned, a planned trip to the west coast was canceled at the last minute because Lilly fell ill and was hospitalized.
Now, her six nieces and nephews say she has deteriorated both mentally and physically. In a filing in Marion County probate court, they said: "She is incapable of making personal and medical decisions and would best be served by a personal guardianship."
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Ewbank has signed a consent to the petition on Lilly's behalf, saying she doesn't agree with all of its contentions but authorized it anyway because of her age and health. A hearing is scheduled in August.


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SPOKANE, Wash.--The National Association of Music Teachers honored a local musician from Lewis and Clark High School.
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His song "Serenade" won him a $2,000 cash prize. Soileau will get to play his piece at a recital in Chicago in March.


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January 30, 2014
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Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking of At-Risk Youth During Super Bowl
WASHINGTON—Statement by leaders of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Football League Players Association on sex trafficking of at-risk youth during the Super Bowl.
"The despicable reality is that people prey on at-risk youth every day of the year, but there is additional concern about the problem at huge, crowded events like the Super Bowl. Human sex trafficking is a not-so-hidden crime that exploits the most vulnerable. The AFT and the NFLPA call on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and law enforcement and social service agencies in the New Jersey-New York area and throughout the I-95 corridor, to be especially vigilant so that everyone attending the Super Bowl is safe and well-protected. Raising community awareness of this devastating crime throughout the year is a joint responsibility of public officials, schools, community organizations and law enforcement," said Randi Weingarten, AFT president, and DeMaurice Smith, NFLPA executive director.
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Thieves stole puppies worth thousands of dollars from a north Dallas pet store early Friday morning.
The burglary happened at about 3 a.m. at the Petland on Preston Road near Forest Lane.
Two men wearing hoodies broke in the front door and raided the kennels, taking Boston terriers, a Yorkie and a Shih Tzu. They left other dogs like a Dachshund behind.
General manager Chris Brauer said each of the eight stolen puppies was worth more than $1,000.
"Obviously they are not looking out for the wellbeing of the puppies. They're looking to sell to someone looking for a holiday present," he said.
Brauer is now hoping someone will call police if they come across a suspicious seller.
Less than two months ago expensive puppies were taken from other Petland stores in Frisco and Plano.
Police arrested 27-year-old Darrell Ramirez for the crimes and he is still in the Collin County jail. But his accomplice was never caught.
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This made my morning! Cannot wait to see this film.
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A still from "Lawless" or the movie formerly known as "Wettest Country in the World," starring Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf is definitely at the top of my must see list. It will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this May.
The cast is so exciting. Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, and Gary Oldman. I'm especially excited to see Dane Dehaan and Jason Clarke- two actors who have multiple movies coming out in the next year that look promising. Clarke has Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" and "The Great Gatsby" ahead, while Dehaan follows "Lawless" with "Kill Your Darlings" (or the movie I'm already completely obsessed with).
Here's the plot summary for "Lawless"
"Gangster meets Western in LAWLESS, the true story of the freewheelin' Bondurant brothers, bootlegging siblings taking the law into their own hands. This is the story of the rural hard-men that created the big city gangsters. Brazen and fearless, these young rebel brothers helped build the American Dream in this exuberant tale of what was to become crime's first major gold rush. The youngest brother, JACK (Shia LaBeouf), fancies himself the next Al Capone; he dreams of sharp suits, guns, girls and fast cars, no matter the cost. Ambitious and impulsive, he takes the family's small-scale moonshining operation to the big leagues, to impress the gorgeous but off-limits Amish girl, BERTHA (Mia Wasikowska). The middle brother, HOWARD (Jason Clarke), is the brawling muscle – loyal but reckless – never one to turn down a taste of white lightning. And eldest brother, FORREST (Tom Hardy), reluctantly accepts the changing times with grace and grit, leading the family with strength of character and silent determination against the beginnings of corporate greed. An enigmatic and stunning MAGGIE (Jessica Chastain) comes to town with a hidden past, igniting his passion and almost saving him in the process. As the Bondurants' legend grows, so too does the danger, and it's not long before the brothers must face the consequences of their transgressions, or rewrite the myth and the law themselves."


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After teasing us with last December's '90s house-leaning Jessie Ware pair-up "Aaliyah" (which, it turns out, I posted on this site exactly one year ago today — crazy), the equally retro "What Love Is Made Of," the similarly 1991-esque "5AM" and moody synth ballad "Crying For No Reason," solid details on Katy B's sophomore LP have finally made their way online. The 24-year-old Londoner's sophomore LP is scheduled to finally see the light of day on February 3, 2004, nearly three years after her debut On A Mission arrived.
"That first album had a certain innocence about it. I think this album has a bit more experience," says Katy in a press release, as quoted by PopJustice. My relationships have got more serious, I've moved out of my parents' house, I'm dealing with issues on my own. My friends are all going through that transition as well – those questions you ask of yourself as an adult."
It should be noted that the February 3 release date for Little Red is for the UK. While "What Love Is Made Of" and "5 AM" are available on US iTunes, so far there's no word of a domestic release for the album.
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General works
Overviews of the history, geography, and people of Hungary and its social, economic, and cultural life are provided by Stephen R. Burant (ed.), Hungary: A Country Study, 2nd ed. (1990); Ferenc Erdei (ed.), Information Hungary (1968), for the communist era; and Éva Molnár (ed.), Hungary: Essential Facts, Figures, and Pictures (1995), for the postcommunist era. Various aspects of geography are treated by Márton Pécsi and Béla Sárfalvi, The Geography of Hungary (1964); Márton Pécsi, Geomorphological Regions of Hungary (1970); and Tivadar Bernát (ed.), An Economic Geography of Hungary, 2nd ed. (1989).
Special topics
Special topics are considered in Lóránt Czigány, The Oxford History of Hungarian Literature from the Earliest Times to the Present (1984); Albert Tezla, Hungarian Authors: A Bibliographical Handbook (1970); Graham Petrie, History Must Answer to Man: The Contemporary Hungarian Cinema (1978); Francis S. Wagner, Hungarian Contribution to World Civilization, 2nd ed. (1991); Elemér Bakó, Guide to Hungarian Studies, 2 vol. (1973); S.B. Várdy, Clio's Art in Hungary and in Hungarian-America (1985); and András Gerö and János Poór (eds.), Budapest: A History from Its Beginnings to 1998, trans. from Hungarian (1997).
The Hungarian diaspora
Hungarians in the surrounding states are profiled in Ferenc Glatz, Minorities in East-Central Europe (1993); Béla Köpeczi (ed.), History of Transylvania, 3 vol. (2001–02); Stephen Borsody (ed.), The Hungarians: A Divided Nation (1988); Raphael Vágó, The Grandchildren of Trianon: Hungary and the Hungarian Minority in the Communist States (1989); László Szarka (ed.), Hungary and the Hungarian Minorities, trans. from Hungarian (2004); Sándor Bíró, The Nationalities Problem in Transylvania, 1867–1940: A Social History of the Romanian Minority Under Hungarian Rule, 1967–1918, and of the Hungarian Minority Under Romanian Rule, 1918–1940 (1992; originally published in Hungarian, 1989); Rudolf Joó and Andrew Ludányi (eds.), The Hungarian Minority's Situation in Ceausescu's Romania (1994); Kálmán Janics, Czechoslovak Policy and the Hungarian Minority, 1945–1948 (1982); and Elemér Bakó and William Sólyom-Fekete, Hungarians in Rumania and Transylvania: A Bibliographical List of Publications in Hungarian and West European Languages (1969). Hungarians in North America are the subject of Julianna Puskás, From Hungary to the United States, 1880–1914 (1982), and Ties That Bind, Ties That Divide: 100 Years of Hungarian Experience in the United States, trans. from Hungarian (2000); S.B. Várdy, The Hungarian-Americans, 2nd ed. (2001); and N.F. Dreisziger et al., Struggle and Hope: The Hungarian-Canadian Experience (1982).
General works
Overviews of Hungarian history include C.A. Macartney, Hungary, a Short History (1962); Peter F. Sugar, Péter Hanák, and Tibor Frank (eds.), A History of Hungary (1990); Stephen Sisa, The Spirit of Hungary, 4th ed. (1999); László Kontler, Millennium in Central Europe: A History of Hungary (1999; reissued as A History of Hungary: Millennium in Central Europe, 2002); and Paul Lendvai, The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat (2003; originally published in German, 1999). Useful historical atlases include Paul Robert Magocsi, Historical Atlas of Central Europe, rev. and expanded ed. (2002); and Dennis P. Hupchick and Harold E. Cox, Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe (1996). Other useful historical references include S.B. Várdy, Historical Dictionary of Hungary, 2nd ed. (1997), and Modern Hungarian Historiography (1976).
Middle Ages and early modern period
Medieval and early modern Hungarian history are covered in C.A. Macartney, The Magyars in the Ninth Century (1930, reprinted 1968), and Studies on Early Hungarian and Pontic History (1998); Imre Boba, Nomads, Northmen, and Slavs: Eastern Europe in the Ninth Century (1967); Charles R. Bowlus, Franks, Moravians, and Magyars, 788–907 (1995); Péter Püspöki-Nagy, On the Location of Great Moravia (1982); Pál Engel, The Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 (2005); Zoltán J. Kosztolnyik, From Coloman the Learned to Béla III, 1095–1196 (1987); Ferenc Makk, The Árpáds and the Comneni: Political Relations Between Hungary and Byzantium in the 12th Century (1989); Erik Fügedi, Castle and Society in Medieval Hungary, 1000–1437 (1986), and Kings, Bishops, Nobles, and Burghers in Medieval Hungary (1986); S.B. Várdy, G. Grosschmid, and L.S. Domonkos (eds.), Louis the Great, King of Hungary and Poland (1996); Joseph L. Held, Hunyadi: Legend and Reality (1985); Lajos Gerevich (ed.), Towns in Medieval Hungary (1991); Domokos Varga, Hungary in Greatness and Decline: The 14th and 15th Centuries (1982; originally published in Hungarian, 1970); Klára Hegyi and Vera Zimányi, The Ottoman Empire in Europe (1989; originally published in Hungarian, 1986); and Géza Perjés, The Fall of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary: Mohács 1526–Buda 1541 (1989).
18th and 19th centuries
The 18th and 19th centuries are treated in the following works: C.A. Macartney, The Habsburg Empire, 1790–1918 (1969); Domokos G. Kosáry, Culture and Society in Eighteenth Century Hungary (1987); Béla K. Király, Hungary in the Late Eighteenth Century (1969); S.B. Várdy and A.H. Várdy (eds.), Triumph in Adversity: Studies in Hungarian Civilization (1988); George Barany, Stephen Széchenyi and the Awakening of Hungarian Nationalism, 1791–1841 (1968); János Mazsu, The Social History of the Hungarian Intelligentsia, 1825–1914, trans. from Hungarian (1997); István Deák, The Lawful Revolution: Louis Kossuth and the Hungarians, 1848–1849 (1979); Béla K. Király, Ferenc Deák (1975); Paul Bödy, Joseph Eötvös and the Modernization of Hungary, 1840–1870, 2nd ed. (1985); Anthony E. Sokol, The Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy (1968); István Deák, Beyond Nationalism: A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer Corps, 1848–1918 (1990); Evolution of the Hungarian Economy 1848–1998, 3 vol. (2000–01); Jörg K. Hoensch, A History of Modern Hungary, 1867–1994, 2nd ed. (1996; originally published in German, 1984); András Gerö, The Hungarian Parliament, 1867–1918: A Mirage of Power, trans. from Hungarian (1997); John Lukács, Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture (1988); Gábor Gyáni, Identity and Urban Experience: Fin-de-Siècle Budapest, trans. from Hungarian (2004); Gabor Vermes, István Tisza: The Liberal Vision and Conservative Statecraft of a Magyar Nationalist (1985); S.B. Várdy and A.H. Várdy, The Austro-Hungarian Mind (1989); András Gerö, Emperor Francis Joseph: King of the Hungarians (2001; originally published in Hungarian, 1988); and Ferenc Glatz (ed.), Hungarians and Their Neighbors in Modern Times (1995).
From World War I through World War II
The interwar period is considered in Ignác Romsics, Hungary in the Twentieth Century (1999); C.A. Macartney, Hungary and Her Successors: The Treaty of Trianon and Its Consequences, 1919–1937, 2nd ed. (1968); Miklós Molnár, From Béla Kun to János Kádár: Seventy Years of Hungarian Communism (1990); Béla K. Király, P. Pastor, and I. Sanders (eds.), Essays on World War I: A Case Study of Trianon (1982); Ignác Romsics, The Dismantling of Historic Hungary: The Peace Treaty of Trianon, 1920 (2002; originally published in Hungarian, 2001); István Mócsy, The Effects of World War I: The Uprooted: Hungarian Refugees and Their Impact on Hungary's Domestic Politics, 1918–1921 (1983); Ignác Romsics, István Bethlen: A Great Conservative Statesmen of Hungary, 1874–1946 (1995); Zsuzsa L. Nagy, The Liberal Opposition in Hungary, 1919–1945 (1983); György Péteri, Global Monetary Regime and National Central Banking: The Case of Hungary, 1921–1929, trans. from Hungarian (2002); György Réti, Hungarian-Italian Relations in the Shadow of Hitler's Germany, 1933–1940 (2003; originally published in Hungarian, 1998); Mario D. Fenyo, Hitler, Horthy, and Hungary: German-Hungarian Relations, 1941–1944 (1972); Thomas Sakmyster, Hungary's Admiral on Horseback: Miklós Horthy, 1918–1944 (1994); Thomas Spira, German-Hungarian Relations and the Swabian Problem: From Károlyi to Gömbös, 1919–1936 (1977); Gyula Juhász, Hungarian Foreign Policy, 1919–1945 (1979); Thomas Sakmyster, Hungary, the Great Powers, and the Danubian Crisis, 1936–1939 (1980); John F. Montgomery, Hungary: The Unwilling Satellite (1947, reprinted 1993); Gordon Brook-Shepherd, Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto von Habsburg (2003); and Randolph L. Braham, The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary, 2nd ed., 2 vol. (1994).
Communist Hungary and beyond
The period since World War II is treated in László Borhi, Hungary and the Cold War, 1945–1956 (2004); S.B. Várdy, T. Hunt Tooley, and A.H. Várdy (eds.), Ethnic Cleansing in 20th-Century Europe (2003); Charles Gati, Hungary and the Soviet Bloc (1986); S.B. Várdy and A.H. Várdy, Stalin's Gulag: The Hungarian Experience (2007); Ivan T. Berend, Hungarian Economic Reforms 1953–1988 (1990); Béla K. Király, B. Lotze, and N.F. Dreisziger (eds.), The First War Between Socialist States: The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and Its Impact (1984); Charles Gati, Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt (2006); Lee Congdon, Béla K. Király, and Károly Nagy (eds.), 1956: The Hungarian Revolution and War for Independence, trans. from Hungarian (2006); Roger Gough, A Good Comrade: János Kádár, Communism, and Hungary (2006); Géza Kilényi and Vanda Lamm (eds.), Democratic Changes in Hungary (1990); Béla K. Király and András Bozóki (eds.), Lawful Revolution in Hungary, 1989–94 (1995); and Rudolf L. Tökés, Hungary's Negotiated Revolution (1996).


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State Police have released the identity of the man who's body was found in the bay Thursday by a group of tourists.
The man has been identified as 61-year-old Norman Remsen, of Marmora, Upper Township. Remsen's body was found just after noon Thursday in the bay near 43rd Street. Police say next of kin has been notified. Friends of Remsen tell NBC 40 News that he worked as a carpenter, but his true passion was playing the blues guitar. Remsen is seen in photos sent in by his friend Bob Gollihur playing a show a few months back.
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Gerard goes to the party and see's Bert. Nuff said ;]
"Hey, gorgeous!" Bert shouted, jumping out from around the corner. I clutched my heart dramatically.
"Bert. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?"
"Well… it might be easier to fuck you when you're dead." I gave Bert a disgusted look and started walking quickly down the empty corridor.
"Gerard, wait?" shouted Bert, running after me. He caught up and linked his arm in mine, holding it so I couldn't get away.
"You coming to the party?"
"That's a yes then?"
"It's a maybe but it'll be a no if you don't shut up!" he laughed loudly and kissed me on the cheek.
"I'll see you there." he said, waving and turning left out the large wooden doors. I turned right and made my way home.
It only took ten minutes maximum for me to get home. Mikey would be at home, my parents wouldn't. My parents didn't like Mikey and I going to parties. They said that the only thing both of us do is smoke, drink and take drugs. I smoked, drank and took drugs. But Mikey doesn't. That's no the point. Mikey still get's told off for doing it when he doesn't. I texted Mikey quickly.
You going to the party tonight?
Are mom and dad home?
I shoved my phone back into my pocket and got out my iPod but before I could start any songs my phone rang. I fumbled in my pocket until I found it. 'Mikey' showed on the screen.
"Hey, Mikes."
"Hey, err… mom and dad aren't home, they called to say they were going to be visiting Grandma for a couple of days."
"Dad as well?"
"Well, fair enough. Are you going to the party?"
"I guess so. I have nothing else to do tonight, right?"
"Right." I smiled although he couldn't see me.
"Yeah, when're you going to be home?"
"Soon. Hang on." I changed my phone to the other hand and pulled my band strap back up. "I'm almost home, just turning the corner."
"Okay, see you in a minute then."
"Bye." I shut the phone and placed it back in my pocket. Picking up the speed a little as I neared my house. I put the key in the lock and opened the door.
"Mikey, I'm home." I called upstairs, kicking my shoes off and dumping my bag on the floor before heading towards the kitchen.
Mikey entered the room behind me and poked me in the ribs. I screamed and hit him playfully.
"What're you wearing tonight?" he asked.
"God Mikey, I don't know. I don't plan my outfits… I'm not a girl!"
"You're close enough to a girl…"
"Ha ha. Aren't you funny?" I replied, sarcastically.
"Yes. Yes I am actually." he laughed. I shook my head at him and went upstairs, picking my bag up on the way. I entered my room and threw the bag at the foot of my bed.
I opened my wardrobe, trying to decide what to wear. Jeans, black shirt… the usual. I took off my school shirt, dropping it on the floor, it was going to need a wash anyway. I pulled out my over worn black shirt and put it on. I pulled down my trousers and stepped out of them, leaving them on the floor as well. I sat on my bed, taking my black skinny jeans with me. I pushed one leg through them the other, pulling them up and doing the bottom up. I attached my studded belt and did it up before looking in a mirror.
As usual, my black hair stuck out in every direction. I tried smoothing it down with my hands. Not working.
"Mikey!" I shouted from my room. I heard him shout something back but didn't hear it properly. He came running up the stairs and flung my door open wearing only a towel round his waist.
"Can you sort my hair out?" I asked sheepishly.
"Can I get dressed?"
"Okay, give me five minutes." I waited impatiently for about three minutes before,
"Mikey! Hurry up!" I screamed. He opened my door loudly in just trousers.
"Can't you wait just five minutes?"
"Obviously." he said looking un-amused. "What do you want me to do to it?" he asked, moving me to sit on the floor leaning against the bed. He sat behind my on the bed.
"I don't know… anything."
"Helpful." he laughed.
"Very." I smiled up at him.
"You do realise, this is what girls do?"
"Yeah… I like it." I giggled. Mikey sighed and started attacking my hair with a brush. Once it was possible to drag the brush through my hair without it ripping any strands out he stood up and looked at me.
"Is that it?"
"Yeah…" I grinned.
"You just wanted me to brush your hair?"
"You lazy fucker." he laughed.
"Thanks. Go put a shirt on and we can leave."
"Alright, Alright…"
I found my eyeliner kicking around on the floor, picking it up and walking to the mirror I quickly applied a thick line under my eye and dropped it carelessly on my desk.
"Gerard! Are you ready?" asked Mikey from outside my room.
"Yeah, one minute…" I replied, fluffing my hair slightly and walking out the room.
"You touched your hair." he commented.
"No." I laughed.
"Sure… let's go?"
"Yup." I smiled, walking down stairs behind Mikey and picking up my keys on the way.
We got in my car and I started the engine.
"Seat belt Mikes." I said. He sighed loudly but did the seat belt up anyway.
It took about fifteen minutes to drive to the hosts' house. The host being Kat. Probably one of the most popular, beautiful, friendly girls in the school. She was stunning. Even from a gay persons point of view. Mikey says she's "fit" so do most of the guys. Unlucky for the guys, Kat was taken by another guy called Zacky Vengeance. He, in my opinion, was incredibly good looking.
I parked the car on the side of the road and we both got out. Mikey soon found some of his friends, including Ray and Bob. I walked by myself to the front door, I knocked loudly. The door swung open, music blasting out. Kat had answered the door. As always, she looked beautiful. She had pale skin but it suited her. Her hair was sticking up, much like mine was earlier, but unlike mine, hers looked nice. It was long dark purple with blond coon tails, but on top with really short layers so it could be "volumised". Her clothes. Bright, they always were. She was wearing short shorts over her short, skinny legs and a vest top the hugged her tiny waist.
"Hey, Gee." she smiled, hugging me and only coming up to my chest. "Bert's been waiting for you!"
"Horray?" I said sarcastically.
"Be nice." she laughed. I smiled and let her lead me to the back of the house. "Bert!" she shouted. He turned round and grinned, waving at me. I had the urge to just run out the room and out the house but I think Kat sensed it and held tightly onto my wrist.
"Gerard!" he shouted, hugging me and kissing my cheek. He took my hand and led me upstairs instantly. We entered one of the bedrooms and Bert backed me onto the bed.
"Shut up. Just give me this night? To do what I want?" In all seriousness, I did still like Bert. Just not enough to have sex. Kissing? Sure. What's the harm in that? I kissed his cheek lightly, he didn't need any more encouragement before pressing his lips hard on mine, he pulled his head back and smiled then put his hand on the back of my head pulling me into the kiss. His other hand found mine and he picked it up putting it over his shoulder. He took my other hand and put it over his other shoulder. His tongue brushed against my lips, his mouth had been open though out the whole kiss but now I guess he wanted more. I opened my mouth slightly. His tongue grazed my lips again, and he found the gap. His tongue slipped through my lips and explored every little part of my mouth. I tried to keep my tongue out the way of his but he managed to find it and almost pin it down. Bert took a step back and looked at me. He smiled then pressed another kiss onto my lips. We lay back on the bed next to each other. That was enough for now. I wrapped my arms around Bert's waist and closed my eyes.
Tomorrow, my detention.


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I think i should fire my contractor, but don't know how to protect myself.
December 1, 2010
I want to fire my contractor, who is doing a sloppy and unsatisfactory job of renovating my bathroom. I've never been a situation like this before (of hiring someone to do work on my home, and also of firing somebody) and could use some advice from people who have been through this process on whether or not i should fire him, and if i should, how to go about it with minimal collateral damage.
I own a condo in a 30 year old building. Because it's a concrete box, this means that the walls and floors are perfectly flat and square. Ergo, there should be minimal problems. This has not been the case.
Here's an incomplete list :
- He installed the tiles on my floor so unevenly that you can practically trip over some of them, and they aren't evenly spaced (he said he'd re-do them, but i'm not that confident in his abilities)
- He built a little wall niche beside my sink that isn't even square (the bottom is 1/2 inch narrower than the top.)
- His assistant did the plumbing for the new tub/shower, and because he hasn't put on the wall yet, i can tell it's leaking (which would have caused major water damage later on, had i not pointed it out to him.)
- He totally scratched up the seat lid of my brand new toilet, by using it as a table when he needed to set down his tools
- He has insisted that i have an unresolvable problem with my sink/vanity (which is european, and requires a bit of finicky work to get it to fit the canadian plumbing set up). I had a plumber look at it, who advised on a solution, saying that it was a simple thing my contractor could do. When i sent him an email about it (along with a list of the above problems) the only reply i got was "ask the plumber to do it". (which, of course, is an added cost to me.)
- My new tub is mounted on these wood blocks, which are supposed to be cemented to the floor and to the tub, but they aren't affixed at all - the tub is just sitting on them, and i can sort of nudge the blocks with my feet. He's already caulked the edge of the tub, which makes me think he's not planning on fixing this problem.
I am losing confidence in his ability to fix these problems, mostly because i feel a competent contractor wouldn't have created this long a list of problems to begin with. There is a substantial amount of drywall/finishing work that needs to be done as well, and that requires a pretty good eye for detail.
An important detail: we do not have a contract. We have a series of emails listing the work and providing a quote and agreeing to the quote. That's it. He quoted me $2k for materials (of which i guesstimate he's spent about $1k), and $3k for labour. I've only paid him the 2k. I've also spent a lot of money on things like scratched up toilets. In total, it should be about $12000 for the whole reno. (Although now it'll be more, because i have decided to have someone else do the tiling, and i need to pay a plumber to do the sink/vanity work. )
So, my question to you, Mefites:
1) Should i fire him? Or should i simply get these other tradespeople to do those sub-jobs and hound him about fixing the rest? If i don't fire him, how can i make him do a better job?
2) If i fire him, how much should i be paying him? He's spent a total of about 4 full time days at my place.
3) If i fire him, what do i need to worry about from a legal/financial perspective?
4)If i fire him, how do i go about it? I'm nervous.
5) If i fire him, how easy will it be to find someone else to finish this 30% done job?
This has all been a bit of a nightmare. Thanks in advance for your help.
(Oh, also: I'm in downtown toronto. If you have recos for someone for me to hire to complete the job, i'm open to them!)
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1) Yes. Items 1,2,3, and 6 are entirely unacceptable for even an average handyman, let alone someone who calls themselves a contractor. The bit with the sink and the scratched toilet seat are unfortunate, but not to the level of the others.
2) Pay him for materials, assuming he provides receipts. Come to an agreement with him on labor.
3) No opinion, not familiar with Canada.
4) No opinion.
5) Your job is most likely -10% done. Anyone you hire will first have to undo his shoddy work. This type of thing happens all the time, they will be used to it.
posted by
on December 1, 2010 [
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1. Lawyer up..
2. Fire him, do not pay
3. do not 2 first
posted by
on December 1, 2010
Yes! Fire him, he's an idiot. If he can't make something plumb, level, and square, and didn't even bother to check that his subordinate's work was leaking, he's a lousy contractor. Also, you have to live with the results and it sounds like it would drive. You. Nuts.
Let him submit a bill for what he's done and pay it. If it's exorbitant, argue it with him,
but do pay
for what he's done.
Note that unpaid contractors can, if they're sufficiently motivated, but liens against property, but I think it's much harder to do so on a cosmetic remodel. Also, just to make an offensive generalization, a great bulk of contractors are stoners and more likely to talk shit about you to their friends - whom you'll never cross paths with - than get themselves organized enough to do all the legwork required for a lien for a couple thousand bucks.
To fire him, just call him up and tell him what you said here. Tell him his work is sloppy, subpar, unprofessional, and you have no hope that you'll be happy with the results. Remember, YOU LIVE THERE, you have to look at that bathroom every day. He'll probably just say okay; if he begs to keep the job make him promise to freakin' do it right.
If you're willing to pay a reasonable rate, you should have no problem getting another contractor. It's still a remodel, remember, and all remodels require a little demo. Your next contractor won't mind it's been badly started because it makes no difference to him.
Good luck with your bathroom!
posted by
on December 1, 2010
3.FIRE Him (assuming it's a him)
posted by
on December 1, 2010
I can speak to #5: it might be very difficult to find someone good who is willing to finish the job. I had to find a replacement after the first contractor tore up a bathroom, got about 25% in and then didn't return for 5 months. Every contractor I spoke with after that, and I called several dozen, didn't want to take on the project because they didn't want to be held liable for the crappy work that had been done before. This was despite my offering plenty of money ($15K over estimate) and offering to sign a contract swearing I wouldn't hold the new guys liable for anything.
It took *10 months* to find someone who would finish the job and that was only because he was a former employee of the first firm who had left in disgust over shoddy workmanship and because his mother talked him into it after I burst into tears in her front yard while talking about the whole trainwreck.
So, the advice I offer is get a second contractor in there to look at the work and get him to agree, in writing, to finish the job before you fire the first guy.
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- Don't let the first guy do one more bit of work because it is true that most/all will need to be re-done.
- Don't close up the walls because leaky pipes and seals around tubs/toilets/etc = mold and water damage
- Photograph and document shoddy workmanship
Your problem here is that anything this fellow "fixes" may be worse than what was already done. He's in over his head skill-wise. Consulting a lawyer about how to ditch this fellow might not be a bad thing. I've had to redo stuff on jobs and never run into the problem Jamaro had, so I can't speak to that advice.
Is this guy licensed? Nth that the work is super shoddy, even for a handyman. Also, NEVER NEVER NEVER let anyone but licensed plumber near your pipes. I follow this rule for electrical work beyond light fixture installations, too, because the cost/risk/danger/headache down the road is just not worth it.
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If he can't make something plumb, level, and square
You don't even need to go that far. There's no excuse for unevenly spaced tiles. A bag of plastic spacers - which can be re-used - are cheap. If you're too cheap for the one time investment of $7 you can use tile scraps on-edge.
The degree of wrongness you describe is almost unbelievable in a professional, though "unbelievable" is somewhat strong considering just how much awful work is done.
Personally I'd say you should get a locksmith to re-key your door (assuming you've left him with a key in the past, or even just unsupervised) and deal with the consequences down the road. However you should consult someone up on Canada's laws on contracts and the like.
I'd do it on the phone, after the re-keying, and state simply that the quality of his work is unacceptable and you will no longer need his services. Don't get into a debate over the quality of the work, just fire him, make it clear you won't be paying a penny more. No sensible contractor does very much unpaid work without getting the next installment. If he did then you're doing him a favor and teaching him a lesson. However I think $1k for 4 days of work that's crappier than an untrained teenager can do is more than fair.
If you want to be on TV you could contact the
Holmes on Home
s people - this is right up their alley and they seem to do most of their shooting in the Toronto area.
As far as getting someone to re-do the work I don't think you're going to have too much trouble finding someone. Mind you, that's because a lot of your materials are now trash. Those tiles will all have to come up and the mortar chipped away. That is dirty and knee-paining work but it's not hard. Your badly done wall also will probably come down w/o a big issue. So you're going to pay to get some of this removed but it's not really any different than if you were hiring someone to do some demolition before refurbishing.
Sorry for your experience. It's a horrible feeling of violation to have someone come into your home, take your money, and make a big mess of things. Make sure you check references for your next contractor.
posted by
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Yes, this is sucky. You just suck it up, and realize that it will only get more sucky if you don't get him out of your house. My Bad Builder story involves the BF of a friend, alcohol, and hitting on me. Then having No Kitchen for 3 more months. I guess you just have budget in some suck.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
Joining in the chorus to fire him. (Did you get references? If so, go ahead and call them and ask about his work, neutrally, without mentioning the mess you're in. I bet you won't be surprised.)
Is he working tomorrow? When he arrives, intercept him before he gets to work. If he's not there on time, call him and tell him you need to speak with him immediately. You're unsatisfied with his work, and his services are no longer required.
If he has left any of his own possessions at your place, collect them together, he needs to make an appointment to pick them up. If he has a key, he can return it at that time, but change the locks anyway.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
Fire him, but do it in a very matter of fact and unemotional way. Try to avoid namecalling (like saying the work is "sloppy" or that he is "unprofessional") and instead merely state that the work is not the standard you were expecting and that, regrettably, you want to choose to find someone else to complete the work.
Why? Because it's not worth the hassle if the guy feels slighted or offended by your approach. Getting fired from a job can be a real ego bash for some people and they might feel compelled to sabotage the work or otherwise engage in passive aggressive behaviors that will ruin your day. Try to keep it clean, thank him for his work so far, and dismiss him from the job while not lying about the quality of the work (so he has no room to later claim you never told him this).
posted by
on December 1, 2010 [
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- Yes, fire him. On top of the problems you mention, there could be more. When a non-professional can see smoke, there's usually a pretty big fire.
- Find out if your contractor is
. Call that number and see if they can advise you about letting this contractor go.
- Read the
Construction Lien Act
to get a sense of whether your contractor can file a lien (especially if he is not licensed).
- Google things like "construction contractor law toronto" and "homeowner contractor law toronto" and "construction defect lawyer toronto" and make a list of five attorneys. IANAL and you should consult one.
- Around 9 am start dialing through your list of names. When you reach someone, explain your situation and ask if they think you need an attorney to fire this contractor. Would they want to be that attorney? What would it cost? Be a sympathetic person and seem concerned about money.
- Then tell your contractor that you do not want their services any more and that you would like to terminate the business arrangement.
- Be fair but tough in the negotiations about what to pay. As noted above, you'll have to tear out some of what has been done, adding to your costs. But if you do get into a construction dispute, it will be extremely costly.
- Put the termination note in writing and maybe make them sign a lien release as a condition of payment.
- Next time write a contract! Etc.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
I am contractor. The work you describe is pretty bad. It sounds like he deserves to be fired.
The only thing he can do is file a lien. If he does that, you will get a certified letter in the mail, and you can get a lawyer then. Keep any receipts now, settle up with him fairly, and take pictures of his work.
You shouldnt have any problem finding someone else. Contractors are hurting in this economy. But I will tell you, sometimes it costs more to correct a problem then it does to start from scratch. For example, you will basically have to pay for a new tile floor, but now you will also have to pay for the old one to be taken up.
And if you want good work, you should use someone with a license. It will cost a bit more, but the work is much more likely to be professional. Better to do a little less, and have it done right.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
What does your estimate say on a timeframe? I would base anything you owe him on how many days you have left in the quote. If the timeframe isn't halfway through and you say you don't want him back, he's got almost half your money and will probably be more interested in walking than finishing the job to get the full amount of the agreement.
Be polite but firm when you terminate your agreement, as contractors, tradespeople etc. do have their own social network and you wouldn't want to be labeled as a "bad job" yourself. It would be hard to find a contractor if he told all his buddies to avoid you! I have seen this happen in a small community where no one was willing to work on the job locally because there had been a fight over pay between the homeowner and the contractor. The homeowner ended up having to get people from out of town.
I would have a friend on hand when he comes to pick up anything he has remaining at your place. Not that anything would happen, but for your own peace of mind.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
It would be hard to find a contractor if he told all his buddies to avoid you!
No. Most Contractors take pride in their work. Shoddy contractors are not really firmly nailed into the network.
There is a fair bit of Re-Fix work here, which is always pretty expensive.
But I am sometimes annoyed when Mike Holmes implies that all contractors are shoddy, and he addresses the worst case scenarios, with rather expensive solutions.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
Yes, fire him. Cut your losses, stop bleeding money. Fire him in writing immediately. Be prepared that he may lien your condo for the $1000, though it is scarcely worth the court costs.
If you want to be on TV you could contact the Holmes on Homes people - this is right up their alley and they seem to do most of their shooting in the Toronto area.
Mike Holmes is now helping people screwed by home inspectors, and this job would be too small anyway.
posted by
on December 1, 2010
Thanks for all of your help, everyone. Your feedback gave me the confidence to fire my contractor the morning after this post, and since then I've felt nothing but relief. (Although now we're dickering about money - he'd like more, i don't want to give him any. It's going to cost me a signficant amount of cash to repair the damage he's caused.)
The amount he wants is fairly small - $1000. But considering its going to cost $1200 to have someone rip out the marble tiles he poorly installed, i feel that I shouldn't be giving him a cent. (If i was going to be a dick and be all lawyer-y about it, I'd probably be suing him.)
So now i just need to decide if its worth the battle of wills or if i should just accept that i'll have to pay anyways!
posted by
on December 4, 2010
The amount he wants is fairly small - $1000. But considering its going to cost $1200 to have someone rip out the marble tiles he poorly installed, i feel that I shouldn't be giving him a cent.
Offer him $300, let him counter with $500, settle for $400, and kiss the jerk goodbye.
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on December 4, 2010
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