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Transformers: Dark of the Moon was released June 29th, 2011 and stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Alan Tudyk, John Malkovich. The film is directed by Michael Bay.
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sorry, had a gay moment... anyways the song sucks, i think they should have gotten cannibal corpses "hammer smashed face" or slayers "world painted blood" hell i would have settled for Styx's "Mr. Roboto"... but my number one pick would absoloutely have to be Flight of the Conchords "the humans are dead"!!!
alittle sad but still good
3 years agoby @Monkey-ironFlag
@moviemaniac I know right! I asked my friends if they know the song "Wretches and Kings" and they said no, I was like "Damn guys, for real? thats the best song", and it was my favorite till I started listening to "Waiting for the End", now it's my second favorite. But you're right man, it is an awesome song
3 years agoby @frankenfateFlag
I haven't gotten a chance to hear this song yet (commenting from a school computer and I'd prefer not to have music blasting through the speakers) but I really like the songs for the other two movies. I will agree with @cerealkiller in saying that A Thousand Suns is their worst album yet, and I'll also agree with @felipe-11 in saying that The Catalyst would totally work as the theme for the last movie.
3 years agoby @movie-nutFlag
@frankenfate - Wretches and Kings is a great song. The people you know should listen to their A Thousand Sun's album. It's awesome.
3 years agoby @moviemaniac66Flag
Waiting for the end is the best song with Wretches & Kings behind it, but out of everyone I know, I'm the only one who knows that one
3 years agoby @frankenfateFlag
Linkin's last CD was gawd awful!!!!!!!!!!!
3 years agoby @nautical05Flag
Iridescent is my most favorite son in their A Thousand Suns album
But I think Waitin' for the End could also be good
3 years agoby @spongebob-boxofficepantsFlag
Wow are they terrible anymore. They used to be one of my favorites and then their Minutes To Midnight cd came out and it was all down hill from there right into the gutter.
3 years agoby @cerealkillerFlag
lame compared to the last two movies songs.....
3 years agoby @andrew-thompsonFlag
Wow, sorry guys, that was terrible.
3 years agoby @bawnian-dexeusFlag
Just play the original Transformers theme song! I've already watched two movies now and I'm starting to get really sick of hearing Linkin Park's bullsh*t songs!
3 years agoby @thehost91Flag
I really liked the Linkin Park songs in both movies, especially "What I've Done" in the first one, it matched unbelievably well with the movie and just felt epic to me. "New Divide" on T2 was awesome too, not as much as the first, but still great... but this one... as much of a LP fan that I am I just can't picture it. "The Catalyst" would have worked way better.
3 years agoby @felipe-11Flag
I could agree with you more there.
3 years agoby @themoviefanaticFlag
I would love for them to get daft punk to do it. The tron soundtrack is awesome
3 years agoby @dadarkknightFlag
i wish that they would just f*cking leave linkin park and just get steve jablonsky to just score the final scene instead of this stupid rock music bull sh*t. the final scene to all 3 films would have been much stronger with orchestrated music.
3 years agoby @tropicthunder217Flag
Great song choice! Perfect for the final movie. And love this band.. there amazing. :)
3 years agoby @cool1onlyFlag
I wish that instead of remixing a song, they wrote an original like they did with new divide for Transformers 2.
3 years agoby @moviemaniac66Flag
The song was okay
3 years agoby @thedarkknight23Flag


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- Monounsaturated fat: 7g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 2g
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We're learning more about the Affordable Care Act and how it will affect Alabamians. Earlier this week we told you some Blue Cross Blue Shield customers are crying foul after getting word rates are going up dramatically.
One of those customers is John Bunkley. He and his wife have individual coverage, and each of their premiums are doubling.
"One hundred twenty four a month I think it was, and now it's going up to like $250 or something for each of us," he said.
As Alabama's rates spike, other states are reporting dramatic drops in rates. Earlier this year, the Society of Actuaries predicted Vermont's rates, for example, to see a big drop.
Experts say this can be attributed to the fact that some states already ban underwriting, meaning sick people don't pay higher rates like they do in Alabama. Rates on average are higher, and more healthy people currently opt out of buying insurance in those states.
Now that being insured is required, more healthy people in states like Vermont are expected to buy in. Their good health and low risk bring premiums down for everyone.
The opposite is the case in Alabama.
"In Alabama, it means sick people can buy coverage at good rates," said Dr. Mike Morrisey with UAB's Lister Hill Center for Health Policy. "In Vermont it means healthy people have to participate. So they join, and that drags the average premium down."
No matter what state you're in, the Affordable Care Act will likely affect you at the doctor's office as more people seek care.
"Emergency room workers are forced to hang on to people, or try to get them to outpatient care as much as they can," said Dr. Greg Myrick with Compass Urgent Care, "which of course overloads doctors."
Myrick said the amount insurance pays out to doctors is also expected to drop.
"It's lower payments per patient, which is of course lower revenue and lower pay," he said.
That cost is passed on to patients in the form of higher bills.
Bunkley says for his family of four, it'll mean cutting back elsewhere.
"That means we're going to go out less," he said. "I'm sure a lot of other people are too, so that means businesses are going to take in less money. It's the wrong way to go."
Blue Cross Blue Shield currently insures more than 80 percent of the individual marketplace in Alabama. Dr. Morrisey says in a year or two things may ease up for customers in Alabama as more insurance companies enter the marketplace.
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Skip to 2:20 for the porn watching and self-criticism
The video above is part of a five-part documentary on Belle Knox, the Duke student turned porn star who is seemingly none too popular around these parts. I initially thought the whole thing being wrapped in the cover of "Porn ruined my life, lol jk I'm working at PornHub, no I love porn it's super feminist" was a series of odd and disingenuous tactics. But I kind of don't hate her in this. I don't think she's the sexiest woman in porn, probably not even the top 50 if we're being honest, but she rode that gimmick to more name recognition than anyone else in the industry and handled it about as well as you could hope a girl in college would approach such a bizarre situation. I personally find it to be genuinely impressive that this little non-descript Jewish chick is somehow the most popular performer on all these free porn sites, no matter how she got there. Can't knock the hustle.
Whether you find her hot or not, if this moment above didn't make it move a little, you might need to rethink your sexual preferences. Any woman who appreciates a good baby batter bath deserves some respect.
PS How great of a sales dude must the FacialAbuse site recruiter be? Hard to imagine spinning an aspiring porn chick into that being your maiden voyage but somehow that guy did it. That's a man with no need for the Glengarry Glen Ross leads for sure.
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Best Albums of 2014: July-September Edition
After getting the January-March and April-June editions exactly right, obviously had to hit you with a part 3. Check out the best albums of the last 3 months below, or head here to browse them all.
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P.P.S. Click titles to stream entire albums.
PartyNextDoor – PartyNextDoor 2
Travi$ Scott – Days Before Rodeo
Diplo – Random White Dude Be Everywhere
In Just 24 Days We Will Be Blacking Out In Worcester And Hartford; Get Ready To Get Wild
We're gearing up for two of the biggest and wildest Blackouts of the year. October 24th, we will be taking over the Palladium in Worcester, and the next day we move on to destroy the Webster Theatre in Hartford. As always, all former Smokes get in for free. Tickets will sell out, get them while you still can.
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Auburn Drops A "Can I Kick It?" Alabama Diss
So cold blooded. Dropping a viral diss track like this right in the Tide's face so long after the fact. Just as everyone is finally putting the pieces back together, got a new season with an undefeated record and a new #1 ranking to hang their hat on. And here comes War Eagle lighting a bag of poop on fire right on their doorstep just to fuck with them.
I would say it was a regular season win that happened a year ago and it's probably time to get over it, but you and I both know that's not happening.
h/t DJ
Mike Leach Says Humans Will Be Extinct In 10 Years Because Of Text Messaging
Mike Leach. Now there's a guy that got his time in the spotlight cut way too short. I mean he's still trying as hard as he can to kick shit up from way over in Washington and get his crazy stories and quotes out there, but it's just not the same. Needs to be in Texas, in the heart of it all, locking kids in storage sheds and dropping epic locker room rants and delivering savage post game pressers and mid game interviews.
No better time than a rainy Tuesday morning for a nice little trip down Mike Leach memory lane and his top 8 life moments….
1) Fat Little Girlfriends rant
2) Dating Tips
3) Long ass Baylor rant
4) Somebody took our lunch money
5) Mike Leach does the weather
6) Mike Leach the Eagle Scout and Pine Cone War soldier
7) Mike Leach says Lubbock is so savage he can't guarantee other teams won't get scalped
8) Mike Leach in Friday Night Lights
Smokesmash Matchup from Hell – Nikki from URI vs. Chaffin from ECU
Yes There Is A Taken 3…Yes It's Called "Tak3n"…And Yes The Trailer Looks AWESOME
Lot of people will say Citizen Kane is the best movie of all time. For my money it's Taken, but whatever, we'll leave that for the Roepers of the world to argue about. And yes Taken 2 was maybe one of the biggest disasters to ever hit a movie theater screen, will fully admit that. But I'm not being even 1% sarcastic when I say that Taken 3…excuse me, Tak3n…trailer looks absolutely en fuego. Like "must see on its release day" type fuego. Switched up the plot enough to keep it fresh and not stupid, added Forest Whitaker, Liam Neeson looks as badass as ever….can you say Oscar bait? I can, and it's pronounced "tayk-three-n."
PS – Need more Maggie Grace running.
Aer – Whatever We Want (Remix ft. Dizzy Wright)
Aer team up with Dizzy Wright for a fresh remix of their party smash "Whatever We Want."
Chick In Yoga Pants Humping The Shit Out Of A Pond At A Festival Seems Like An Awesome Time
Get it girl! The rail thin dude all messed up to her right seems like he's not fulfilling her needs well enough so you might as well go after a body of water in the hopes of getting a little something out of whatever MDMA-based high she might be riding out. Not necessarily the kind of girl you marry but definitely the type who'd wreck your dick better than anyone else at TomorrowWorld might, possibly literally given how uncoordinated she seems. Probably what happened to Trey Burke's periscope dick, actually.
What's the hotter move: The hair toss or the seemingly endless booty shake?
Not even sure if that's a good ass or not when the yoga pants come off but it doesn't even matter. When you've got a wobble like that, I'm all in.
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Collect your choice of gallery quality Giclée, or fine art prints custom trimmed by hand in a variety of sizes with a white border for framing.
A utensil consisting of a small, shallow, oval or round bowl on a long handle, used for eating, serving, stirring or preparing food. Nuff said. ©2012 Alex Morgan All Rights Reserved
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About a week ago I wrote on a thread about being on hold for 1 1/2 hours and finally getting my problem resolved. So they remove one of the "Opened cases for items not as described" and the 1 and only "case has closed without seller resolution". OK, great issue solved!
I then recvd a survey a couple of days later which I truthful completed. I said how horrible CS is, the reps know nothing and only give canned answers, the wait is so absurd for a professional comp., and that they were losing sellers because of their stupid defect system. I also raved about Megan the intelligent employee that was able to help me and suggested they get more like her. I gave all 1's on recommending ebay, CS service, and other items, other than Megan who I gave 10's to. Well guess what, all of a sudden the "Opened cases for items not as described" and "case has closed without seller resolution" is back on my seller dashboard.
I post this to let you know that you can not critique ebay in your honest opinion on surveys. Ebay employees can change your seller dashboard based on it. If ebay makes a change in your favor, copy your dashboard and save it so you have proof. Please do not repy to this that I should not have filled out survey that is open to debate, I know. I want Ebay to know my opinion of their service, but now I know that it can effect other aspects of my acct. I can only conclude this is to much "BIG BROTHER" and not a professional company. So I am posting as a warning to others.
Low detailed seller ratings for item as described
Opened cases for items not as described
Return Requests: items not as described
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Hello. I've got this penquins figurine that I have no idea who it was made by, or better yet, what the heck it was originally used for. The tubes in the two silver fittings seem to have a spring action if that helps. It does have a foil sticker which I have tried to research with no luck. I'm really dying to know more about these little fellows so any help is greatly appreciated. It measures a little over 5" high and is about 4 3/4" wide.
This Lenox vase is 5.75" tall x 10.5" from side to side, and 4.5" from front to back. Normally a vase is taller than it wide, so would this still be called a vase, or is this called something else? TIA!
I have boxes and boxes of glassware that need sold from an estate. I know zero zip about glassware patterns. Any help I can get in identifying some of this glassware will help greatly. Don't know whether to list it on ebay or to sell it at the garage sale.
Hoping someone can help me positively ID this bowl. It is four toed, optic panels, laced edge. Mold lines in the center of each foot, grey cut flowers and leaves, 3 3/4" tall, 7 1/2" opening. I've looked at Imperial Line 749 and 780 on the R site but no match to the blank shape although the toes and lace edge look right.
Glassies! Can anyone ID this maker and pattern green depression glass plate? thank you for any help.
I just need to know is it vintage or what it would be called. There are no stamps or anything on it. The dots on the bottom are from the camera it just has felt. And the plug is clear gold color
I have 3 of these and need to know what to call them and are they vintage.....I cannot get a good picture but can tell you what it says on the bottom
Black Starr & Frost then they are and have stamped EPNS or BPNS
Its hammered and not cleaned yet
Does anyone recognize the mark on this bell?
I need help with this Dooney and Bourke bag. The edges and trim are real leather. I like to insure legitimacy on things like this! I also need help identifying the bag, i dont know what it is called to look it up. It is small , like a clutch size...
Thanks in advance!
I have a set of 9 plates all with different flower patterns on the front. The mark on the back is a Haviland mark and the dates are 1890 and 1892 Can anyone tell me what the ES on the plate is? Initials of artist???
Can someone identify the maker of this 3-light elegant depression candlestick?
Hi! I think the blue stone could be lapis, no idea on the green and brownish stone. I think this necklace is gold plated. The pendant measures about 1 1/2 inches in total length. Thanks for any help!
I have iced teas and goblets with the same etched pattern, but may be different blank styles. The owner thought they were Fostoria Meadow Rose, but I've checked replacements site and Fostoria Crystal for America and am coming up empty for a Fostoria blank that matches these.
The iced tea stands 6 3/4" tall and has a twist stem and ripple at the base of the bowl. It has a wide straight optic. The etch ---I don't know how to describe.
The goblet stands 7 7/8" tall and has a bulbous lady leg stem and a ripple at the base. Same optic. Same etch.
The first picture shows the shape (I hope it's clear enough). The second shows the etch.
Any help is appreciated!
Thank you!
Frosted fruit three part relish with a dew drop pattern. The fruit pattern cups in on the bottom, is this considered intaglio? Measures around 8.5" across the top, 6" across the bottom and stands roughly 1" tall. Not sure if it's mid-century or newer? Any ideas? TIA!
I bought this vase from an older lady who said it was antique. I actually put it away & just found it. I'm cleaning out my butler's pantry & finding a lot of forgotten items so this will probably be the first of a few posts
The vase is approximately 8" high & about 5" across the widest point (the "arms"). There is a lot of crazing....not sure if that is actually due to the age or not. The bottom is interesting. It feels different (kind of rough), there looks like there is a "seam" in the middle & there's a dark ring around the rim. Any information would be appreciated. Please let me know if you need additional information from me. Thanks in advance for your time, help, & expertise.
It's on a monster necklace, the pendant is 7 inches long plus the bail, but it's not signed.
I checked my books and I can not find the pattern, or I need to get a stronger prescription for my contacts
It has the "R" mark, and looks old.
Please help, Thank You very much !!
good morning
Normally when I go print a shipping label, I get a $2 to $3 commercial rate discount for Priority mail (usually around 15% or so of the shipping cost), but today when I went to print a label, I was treated with this:
I'm not complaining or anything, I'm more curious than anything. I've never had anywhere near that large of a shipping discount. That is for a 25-pound Priority Mail package from Michigan to Pennsylvania.
Can I expect to continue to receive these huge discounts? Or is there some ebay promotion going on I'm not aware of?
I was thrilled to pick up this little 7 inch googly doll at a local auction, but am having trouble figuring out her maker. Most of the googly dolls I see are on chubbier toddler type bodies, but hers is more of the slender type. I don't see any markings on her other than 0. at the rim of her head. Her pate is still attached. Her eyes sleep. I read up in the Coleman volumes (where these dolls are referred to as rogue eyed dolls), and they mention Kestner, AM, K&R, and Heubach among others all as potential makers, but they all seem to be marked with mold numbers. I have a book on Heubach character dolls and figurines that shows many examples of those dolls, which definitely have a similar look, but they all seem to have markings. If anyone has any ideas, I would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
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Are you seeing grape leaves too? Any idea on the maker? I couldn't find any marks whatsoever The stone is mottled green and coveren on the back so hard to tell what it is Not plastic at least Kinda pretty but I would love elp on the kw's etc Oh, any guess as to the age?
I have a very heavy blue & tan(?) speckle bowl. It's 13" across & approx. 3" high. It's pretty shallow for the size; I'm not sure what it would have been used for. The bottom is brown/black & there is a black mark that could possibly be an F or G. Any information would be super appreciated.
It's a combination of cold paint and what looks like hand painting. The locket is a birdhouse, with a pin in an odd spot on the back. Wear it as a brooch and it's upside-down. The pinback is probably meant to keep it from swinging around. I added the chain, so that's no help. The mark at the top looks like a place a maker's badge was supposed to go, but it was never soldered on.
Hope everyone's day has a bright spot.
Vase not marked. Any help I.D. ? Thanks for your help
I have boxes and boxes of glassware that need sold from an estate. I know zero zip about glassware patterns. Any help I can get in identifying some of this glassware will help greatly. Don't know whether to list it on ebay or to sell it at the garage
I think this was silver plated at one time I'm not sure if these stones are turquoise or? they are not plastic Any info you can provide about this item is much appreciated. I think it's super cool
Hi, I have a vintage Coach bag...Its tan, dimensions: 10" Tall 9.5" wide and 3" deep. The serial number is: 0774-247...made in USA. I was hoping someone could tell me if it is authentic and the name...Thanks again ahead of time, I am including Pics.
I can't find a record of this Fenton item anywhere, or find other examples of the decoration. I found a similar iridescent color on the FentonFanatics QVC database, called Pink Chiffon Iridized, produced from 2000-2002. There are Pink Chiffon and Pink Chiffon Opalescent examples in the regular Fenton catalogs from those years, but no iridized version.
I also found the decorator's name on the FentonFanatics list. The urn has the Fenton-0 oval mark, but the years the artist was active at Fenton are not given.
Anyone have an idea? Thanks!
This seems to be an oddball item. I think I have found that the Jasmine pattern came in two different colorways. So what the heck is this? Covered dish about 4.5" square with the red colorway on one side and the blue on the other. A china shop sample?
Thank you
these beads were packed with the other 2 sets of amber beads I sold but I am not sure if these are amber? thank you for any info.they weigh 56 grams
Going thru some bins and found this still with the tag marked Styled by Jane Phalen on one side and Perfumer on the other. How were these used? Did you drape this over your neck? It was in a black drawstring bag marked Horne's and in the Horne's (department store) box.
Found a couple of beautiful pieces on my Monday morning thrift store treasure hunt, including this - bust? My first thought was that it appears to be a Peruvian indian done by a chief on peyote!
Seriously, it's beautiful, and I'm pretty sure it's suppose to be a face, but it is round and done in such a abstract way I could be wrong - I've never seen a round, ball shaped bust before.
Can anyone help me with identifying it?
PS - it measures 4" W x 5" H
I appreciate any help.
Is anyone familiar with this manufacturers mark?
Anyone know the pattern of these nappys"
I have boxes and boxes of glassware that need sold from an estate. I know zero zip about glassware patterns. Any help I can get in identifying some of this glassware will help greatly. Don't know whether to list it on ebay or to sell it at the garage
Would this be an authentic Kate Spade Wellesley Quinn tote?
I know some are boarskin..and made in Italy..but this one has a "Made in China" tag.
Also, the logo on the front is embossed..most Quinns have a logo plate on front.
Is this maybe an older bag?
Hi All,
Probably gonna say I'm crazy for not having found this one. I'm stumped on the ethcing on these cordials. I wish they had a fancier stem, that would have made it easier. Thanks for looking
The Bowl is 9" in diameter and 2 1/2" in height.
Thank you in advance.
Bought some milling bits which were advertised as being able to cut Aluminium. They actually shattered or snapped as soon as they touched aluminium, and can tell from the insides that they are really bad quality.
I opened a case with ebay, as soon as the seller emailed back asking for proof, the case was closed, but no message as to who closed it or the outcome. Simply the message "This return was completed on 26 Sep, 2014." Also no refund.
I tried to open the case again, but the message says "A return is already open for this item".
I spoke to eBay on the online chat, and they told me that there was not a case open for that item. Upon copying and pasting messages from eBay that there was a case open, I am now transferred to speak to someone else, currently position #69 with 45 minutes wait...
I will wait, but from experience it usually freezes after some time and I have to start again.
Update: 15 minutes later, still 45 minutes estimated wait.... I guess this is the "department" they transfer people to when they want to get rid of them?
I would do a chargeback but I use eBay a fair bit, and that would likely lock my PayPal account?
Since the awful changes to the summary page it not only takes 5 times as long to load the page
but the AD's at the bottom block my ability to click the "Revise" button and revise my listings without
having to go to the unsold items page.
In my info it states I made $25,071.00 in the last quarter. Really? Where and why are they hiding it?
I have a piece of art glass that I am trying to identify. Looks similar to Tiffany, but I can not find a piece of Tiffany that is curled in this way. I I thought the signature started with an N, but then thought perhaps I was looking at it upside down and maybe it is an A. Any help is so appreciated.
I am preparing to list this charger, but I'm not sure how to describe it other than "Mexican folk art charger parrot bird design". I've seen terms like "tlaquepaque", "talavera", "tonala", etc. to describe Mexican folk art....do any of these terms apply? Are there any other search terms that I can use for this plate? It measures approx 16.25" diameter and has what I assume to be the artist name on the back. Any idea on the age or region in which it was produced? Was it sold in Mexico or as a decorator piece in a US store? I've sold a few pieces of Mexican folk art recently and I think it's cool looking, so I feel like I should learn a little more about it. Thank you for any help you can offer!
11 августа приобрела 3 керамических чайничка у продавца "joan1947-2012", но на адрес по чему то посылка не пришла. На сообщения, продавец нес какую то чушь, видимо тянул время. Теперь я не знаю, что делать, прошло больше 30 дней? Продавец не отвечает ни на одно сообщение, есть какие ни будь методы воздействовать на продавца? Пожалуйста подскажите. С уважением Елена.
This Bowl measures 7.25" in diameter, 2.75" High. It was used for a flower bowl, had calcium deposits. Hand thrown, has marks wghere it was cut from the wheel. A lot of Pops in the glaze. i would think Kenutcky but the bottom is glazed. Also, the dry ring is wider than most. Do any of you have any ideas as to the maker?
I posted this on one of the other jewelry forums, but didn't get any replies on this necklace, so thought I would try on this forum.
Is there a name for the Iridescent or aurora borealis blue glass beads, that are "bumpy?"
I think I've ID'ed the blue beads, with aventurune and pink roses, as Italian aventurine wedding cake beads, but would appreciate confirmation.
The larger blue beads have foil inside, but I don't know the correct name for them.
The silvertone metal rondell spacers mimic rhinestones from a distance, but there aren't any rhinestones.
The beads are strung on a fine link chain, and toward the clasp, on either side of the clasp, there are a couple of fine wires (photo 2) that show in-between the beads.
On the push-in part of the clasp, there's an "M" with "wings" at the top, or a "W" with wings at the bottom. So far, I haven't been able to ID the mark. Anyone recognize the mark, or does it apply only to the clasp?
Newer or older? Does it need to be restrung? And, any other thoughts appreciated. Thank you.
So, I have never been subject to the payment hold before. When my ID was locked out of the boards a few weeks ago, I made a new account just for board access. Well that ID got a coupon incentive to sell, so I thought, sure, why not.
Today when I went to try and print a label using these held funds, I could not find the option anywhere. It kept trying to charge my bank account. I could change it to credit cards, but I could not divine the super secret combo of keys that would allow me to print my postage using these held funds.
Can anyone post up how to actually print a label using those funds?
Using pending funds to pay for shipping If you print shipping labels on eBay (USPS domestic or First Class international), up to $15.00 of your buyer's funds will be available immediately to cover shipping costs for any order less than $50.00.
The bowl measures 8 3/4" in diameter and 2 1/2" in height.
Cannot make out the signature.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'm aware of the Lebron Fairfax sneakers... but did Nike ever make a track jacket version? I have this bball jacket but have not listed because I can't find info on it anywhere except about the shoes. My overwhelming feeling is that this is fake. Can anyone enlighten me? Thank you!
Hi-I posted on the wrong board. Sorry about that!
I am looking for help with a pottery mark on a mid century looking piece. It is triangular and has three feet. The top has blue glaze and the pottery is red.
Thank you for your help!
I have no idea what this tool was made for. It looks like wood, but I think it may actually be dark clay or a very old and brittle plastic. The lighter residue in the grooves look like it may be clay. Any help or ideas will be appreciated.
Can anyone tell me what I have? Researching it shows it may be a 'Infant of Prague' statue, but mine seems older than a infant. It has a well made crown that comes off & has different colored rhinestones, and what looks like a globe? in his hand..
On the back bottom center it is stamped M.T.A., the the numbers 765 & a copyright symbol - I can't find that anywhere with Google - does anyone know what M.T.A. is?
I have seen the prices on these range from $20 - $200! With the nicely made crown & rhinestones, and it looking like it was hand painted, and the M.T.A. stamp - can someone tell where mine stands?
Thank you for any information!
Sorry for bad pics....could you tell me what these are they are from a collection....thanks in advance
I haven't been able to identify this dessert plate. Can anyone help me?? I got it at a small antique auction and it was supposedly made in Germany and a plate for assorted desserts. Auctioneer called it a German name, but can't remember. Thanks!!
Bottom of stand==Don't know where the green came from!
Would also appreciate any info on this one. The whole picture was too large!
The rim goes straight up on inside
Bottom of stand
Thanks so much for any info!
I am selling this antique childs sled to help a freind with cancer
i think it is from the late 1800's i paid $200. 00 for it 5 years ago
i need to know some information on this piece along with a possible value
some of the top paint has rubbed off due to wear
there is a small place were the bent wood has broken off and i do not have the piece
any help would be appreicated very much
I'm hoping someone knows which lego set or minifigs this body armor comes from - thanks
Iridescent blue nugget ? (thanks, Crow) glass beads, lampwork beads, and the center blue bead appears to have foil inside. The silvertone rondells mimic rhinestones, but there aren't any rhinestones. The beads are strung on a fine link chain, and towards the clasp, there are a couple of fine wires that show in-between the beads. On the push-in part of the clasp, there's an "M" with "wings" at the top, or a "W" with wings at the bottom. I looked for the mark, but couldn't find it.
Any information appreciated, as always.
I'm unsure what color the non-AB beads are, but they're coated with teeny, tiny brown and clear glass beads. Does anyone know the name of this type of bead? Unmarked.
Some of the teeny, tiny glass beads are worn off of the smaller beads closer to the clasp.
Hardangervidda Norway National Park Mountain Plateau Souvenir Pin measures 1 1/4" by 1 1/2" across. The back has excess shellac, otherwise in good vintage condition. Help/thoughts on material appreciated-as always!
Greetings to all! I'm hoping I'm in the Right Place at the Right Time to help ID this fabulous Ring! I've done so much research, and seems there's a lot of info to confuse me I think this is Guatemalan? And appears to be a Mayan God or Warrior. Figure is etched and cut out and band is Silver, quite ornate. To me, it almost looks Mexican? There are no hallmarks, but my jeweler did say it's Rose Gold and Silver. My acid tests it as 14k. But would love some Key Words and Info on who this might be and the Origin. Haven't seen ANYthing like it on ebay or google so far! Many Thanks!
Picked this up a while back. It is a Royal Doulton Charles Dickens figurine entitled "Alfred Jingle". It is my understanding that the older ones can fetch a pretty penny but I can not track tis particular mark down. It is marked with a simple " Royal Doulton " and the number 378. Any insigts would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
Hello All! Could someone please translate the character on this Buddha bell/ candlestick for me? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! David.
Is this real or fake? It has a newer plastic style tag on the inside that says Made in China
Any help is much appreciated.
I am hoping for some information about this. I got it from a woman who said it was in her grandparent's home for a long time.
I was wondering how the color would have been applied, if the fringe would have been a later addition, and an approximate age.
It is about 38" x 32" not counting the fringe.
Again sorry for bad pics but you may still be able to tell me what this is....thanks again
Can anyone tell me if this is an actual medal or just a decorative pin?
Attempting to clear left over inventory from store booth close down & am finding items I have no idea about so any assistance greatly appreciated,,TIA
Does anyone know what gemstones these are? Can't really find anything close so far. Thanks for your help!
Gemstone 1:
Gemstone 2: (Someone said that this is blue Jasper, but I've never heard about that and could not find it and to me, the structure does not look like Jasper at all)
Hello there, This little dish measures about 3 3/4" across and 7/8" high. It is stamped sterling and has a bronze (?) medal in the center ...
Does anyone know if this had a purpose or was it just a decorative dish? Does anyone know about these medals by Jean Dassier? Specifically, how do I tell if this was an early minting (18th century) or one of the many remakes? Probably doesn't matter with it being stuck there in the middle of a dish .... but I'm still curious. Thanks for looking and for any information that you can share.
yes, it was polished ... apparently often - at least on this side.
Because of the name and date and "Austria" written on the bottom I do not know what to make of this piece. I am not sure if it is a previous owner or artist. Also if it was made in Austria or bought there.. It stands about 3" tall. Thanks in advance for any help.
Is this Mexican pottery? Stands 4 1/4" tall and measures about 4 1/2" across.
I cannot find this mark in my research. Is anyone familiar with it? It is on a tea set with a large platter.
how would you describe this chain
i have looked through the chain sites for this design and cant find it
Hello all! I'm going to sale these doll items as lot - 2 outfits, 2 wigs, 13 shoes, 7 socks, 3 bloomer(s).Can you guys help me out with some keywords? Suggestions on listing it? TIA!
Oh boy, it's FALL! This is a wonderful time of the year---perfect for getting energized by the cool, crisp weather and getting down to work with fewer distractions. Make a point of enjoying plenty of outside time before the harsh weather arrives, but let that be a good balance to the work of getting your items out there for our buyers. This is the beginning of the heavy buying season, so get your listings ready to GO! Everyone is welcome to join us, so if you need advice, companionship, or just a place to stop and chat awhile, we're here!
We have our usual array of lucky things---we're superstitious, it seems :-D---starting with Magic Listing Dust.
A green goddess (who happens to be me for the second month in a row, but I say without modesty that I think I did a pretty good job last month) :-D
And there's George. Hmm. Now that he didn't marry any of us, we might have to vote on whether to keep him as our mascot or not. Maybe at the first of the year, we'll take a vote! Oh, I don't know---when he looks this good, he can stay.
Finally, here are some suggestions to keep the money flowing. We've culled these from years of experience and hope you'll be helped by them!
1. LIST AT LEAST ONE THING EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK! If you are like some of us here, and have another job, write things up and schedule them to launch on a daily basis.
2. LIST IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS - Try some regular auctions, auctions with Buy it Now, Fixed Price, and Fixed Price with Best Offer. Not only will you get a better idea what works for YOU, but you'll offer buyers a variety of buying options.
3. OPTIMIZE YOUR LISTINGS – By using the free Terapeak Keyword app (find it in the Applications tab), learning how to take better photos (there are free courses online), changing the keywords on your store pages regularly, changing the opening blurb in your store header regularly (web spyders love new content) and experimenting with price changes UP as well as DOWN!
4. DON'T LET YOUR UNSOLD LISTINGS LAY AROUND - Check your My eBay page and click on Unsold...get those relisted ASAP! You've already done all the work, so be sure they're viewable by buyers!
5. OPEN A STORE - If you are wondering whether you are better off with a BASIC store or a PREMIUM store, figure that if you have over 250 store items, Premium is a better buy....under 250, Basic is....this is at least a rule of thumb to get you started. Stores used to be great places to put items and keep them available year round, but with the fee changes, maybe not so much.
However, there are at least three really good reasons to have a store....listing fees are less if you have a store, your items can be separated into categories (much easier for buyers to shop), and you can run Markdown Manager sales.
6. DEAL WITH BIDDERS, BUYERS, AND ANNOYING INQUISITIVE POTENTIAL BIDDERS IN A PATIENT AND FRIENDLY WAY - Remember that it's worth money in your pocket and life is too short to have your tail in a knot. Write up that snarky reply, get a laugh at it, then hit delete. Kill 'em with kindness :-)
7. KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE! This thread is all about MAKING MONEY, that's for sure, but we feel that being supportive of our Lister Sisters and Brothers helps ALL of us. Drop in and hang out! Venting is allowed, but take it easy on the negative vibes and controversial off-topic issues such as politics and religion.
8. DON'T WORRY THAT YOU'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE POSTS - We are HUGELY talkative, but rarely say anything that's absolutely crucial. If you feel like you missed something by not reading the last 10 pages, just ask!
9. RELAX and HAVE FUN with your Ebay venture. Life is too short to be uptight and/or grumpy. Decide TODAY to BE HAPPY. Then do it! It really is that simple.
Hello. I recently found these drinking glasses and I was intrigued by the shape. They are 5 inches tall and Id swear they are heart shaped ! Any input is as always appreciated.
Hello - I picked this up at a church sale and am hoping someone could tell me something about it. I believe it is Japanese silk on silk embroidery. Perhaps Vintage? It stands about 13 1/2 inches high and the frame is 8 inches in diameter. The frame looks to have on the idea of 'dove tails' to hold it together. I think it is a clear plastic as opposed to glass but hard to tell. It appears to be well done although simple. There is some writing on it. I hope someone can translate it. Also, what would it be called? Any thoughts? Thanks - KB
I'm trying to identify the maker of this crock cookie jar. I've looked at McCoy, Hull, etc., and none seem to match the lid. Any help in steering me where to look is appreciated! I have more photos if needed.
Searched online for weeks on these, thought one of the California companies, not even sure what birds to classify these as. They stand approximately 6.5" tall and base measures about 2.25" x 1.75" TIA!
These dolls have no identification whatsoever so I'm hoping someone here can help. Whatever information would be helpful. The jester is about 8" tall. Thanks!
There is a large ring of multipe sellers selling Fake Pandora on Ebay right now. Huge amounts of it. I am a seller of genine Pandora products and it is killing buyers faith to purchase Pandora on Ebay. I called Ebay today to give them a heads up. I asked if there was a way to speak to someone and turn them on to what is going on. They told me to take the time to Report the fakes. Well tonight I went through 2000 Pandora items and 32 sellers selling the fakes! It is a ring and if someone at Ebay would just listen to me about how to spot them, I would tell them. This is hurting sellers and Ebay too by giving Ebay a reputation of selling fakes.
There are 52,000 Pandora items on Ebay! At this point, based on the indicators of what the sellers all do, I estimate that 30% of the Pandora on Ebay is fake.
I am sooooo frustrated. Why can't someone from Ebay call me so that I can help them get rid of the fakes??? Do they not care that there are fakes on their website? It is killing the legit sellers.
I am a positive guy, and no matter what we say here, I believe in buyers coming to buy from me, of course buyers, not seller! Duh!
So, my last item, a set of 6 California Creations figures had 11 watchers. Dang I said, I am going to buy me a brand new home with the proceeds of this bidding/killing I will see here.............
I listed so many things, I am tired, my arms are really tired. And I was waiting the rata tat rata tat of the cha-chin at the end of the bidding.....but no! Just the regular cha-chin, that's it! It had a bid so I expected from 11 watchers at least 4 bids.
Perhaps I listed them too high? Perhaps I am trying to recuperate my losses since the beginning of this month when not even flies stopped on my bald head?
No matter what, I thing that I bring some unusual things to this flea market I mean, this high profile selling venue. I can't complain, I am selling, but I am working as a slave. We don't figure it out until we are "there". When you sell a DVD, if no UPC number on file, you have to input it. Guess who benefits from that? The next batch of sellers and Ebay. They will just come and find the number in the system, the same way I got some for myself.
Funny, isn't it? Like they say in my country, selling the hide when we haven't spotted the deer.
eBay put a note on one of my items saying it has not had any sales in 16 months. I sell new old stock of electronic components and many items don't sell for a long period of time. I don't want eBay to micro-manage my selling, I am very experienced at selling my own things and know how long items have been listed. How do I delete this note, it is just like a note we would put in ourselves under the item but I cannot delete this one. I even made a revision to see if it would go away and it did not. It is too late to call them or I would. Can I stop this from ever happening again? I am **bleep** just because I don't need their help managing my items. #@$% they make me mad as #$^& some times
Hi, and thanks a head of time. Getting so upset. Have 51 books to sell, comes up you can only charge $4.00 for shipping. Tried the calculate shipping for Media Mail comes up to high of a price and still saids I can`t charge more then $4.OO. I see other people list a lot of books and it reads Economy shipping Media Mail and a price. How can I by pass this $4.00 shipping thing? Thanks
I really liked that. Earlier, when we logged in to ebay and made a sale, the first thing we saw was, "You need to ship 1 (2,3, etc.,) items" - and now I see this reminder to check out the Fall Seller Update.
Shall I call CS?
Basically buyer bought a hat and is not happy with it. Here is what they said. "The bottom of the bill on the hat is very poorly made and has wrinkles on it. Just looks like a defected one or just poorly made. Please either send me a new one or I will just have to leave a negative feedback which I hate doing that. Thanks!"
Sooo... He either wants a new one.. Or he threatens me with negative feedback? lol,What would you guys do? Should I ask him for pictures? I mean I inspect all the hats before for any defects. I didnt notice anything like this. But this guy is straight out asking for another one and threatening me with negative feedback. This is what gets me angry, He doesnt even mention returning the hat. He just wants another one. And ebays new policy, will only make me pay for the shipping if the claims a defective item. Scambay is becoming heaven for scammers. Should I call CS and report him? let me know.
I have alot of vintage jewelry I could list, including large lots. I am curious as to how successful vintage jewelry sellers are planning on handling the new ebay 90 day and paypal 180 day return policies. Will you continue listing the same way you do now? Will you continue to accept PP? Will you be even more descriptive to try to head of snad claims, or will you ask buyer to deduce condition themselves based on excellent and thorough photos, since so many dont read? IOWs, Will the way you describe items change (beyond an honest evaluation of any defects)?
A little info on me in case youre curious, if not feel free to skip this paragraph. When i first started selling here I had actually planned on selling here fulltime eventually. Then in 2008 with the feedback changes I changed my mind and only occassionally list here. I just became more focused on b&m selling instead. The star ratings clinched that deal, so I started selling online elsewhere, and then the defect policy further narrowed down my list of what i feel safe selling here. Now with the new "free rental" program I am sort of at a loss. I have a successful shop on another site, and am in a wonderful antique shop, but theres just certain types of jewelry and lots that sell better here. I see other sellers who sell what I have to sell are doing just fine, although many of them stuck it out, and they now have the benefit of a faithful following. Still, I am at a point where I am able to take a chance. Hearing from others who sell vintage fashion would be great.
By the way, I never use auctions anymore. I do BIN with best offer for jewelry, so that I can sort of "choose" my buyers based on experience as well as what kind of behavior they display through feedback left for sellers. But no matter how I list, I dont have a great position in search results.
INAD "Item Not as Described.."
SNAD??? Thank you for your explanation....
Hello everyone,
I think I got scammed. Here is what happened:
I sold an item recently (an instrument cluster with 120k miles on clock), item was as described, however the only problem was buyers competency before buying the item. (when you put a cluster on another car, it can show random numbers and will have a big dot near where it says how many miles there was, which means that mileage is incorrect! you can fix this by going to your automobile shop and programing it, even new clusters need to be programed). So he was disatisfied and described item as "signitificantly not as described", however it was working very well and was in tact as i've described it, so i've read the other feedbacks that he had left and alot of people were complaining that he is very abusive and leaves negative feedbacks for no reason without contacting sellers. I was afraid to get a negative feedback, because I am a new seller and feedbacks really matter, so I refunded him, because I had to answer in 3 days, or eBay would credit me, so the same day I refunded him, however he didn't send the item back, when I asked him to do so, he used hate language - "F*** u" and left a negative feedback, as i understand he is not willing to send me an item back. Is there any way that I can get the money back or a cluster back, or somehow atleast delete a feedback that he left for no reason? Please let me know how to handle this situation and what can be done? Thank you for your replies in advance!
I have all settings as stock ebay.
How many of these cards, card-sets do you get if you search for
" gmh cards of knowledge "
I get 6
and in sold items I think 2 or 3
My point being, if one guy is selling those for $5.99 then $16.00 got one at $23.00
That means the WHOLE ebay world, in the world, only 6 of these are around out of 25 million items ? then is only worth less than $20.00 ?
I think ebay is blocking piles of things, so I wonder how many you find.
Ebay let me know last month that I could list 200 items with no charge. I only have about 70 listed. Today I had 10 items listed. Suddenly I noticed they were charging me .30 for each item. I thought that I had my account set up to only ship to the USA...today I noticed that it says I ship to other countries...I don't want to do that. Also Today they have in red c. $price under my price that I put in. I don't understand this. Please help me.
Seller sold items at a super low price then 4 days later claimed error in prices then canceled all sales claiming error. Excepted payment within minutes and funds taken out of bank which were tied up for over a week. Customers not given notice until 4 days. They resolved issue by only offering a 15% discount off reg price of same item at full price.
Does this seem right? Discount equals about what other companies are offering at their discounted price. Should they honor the price item was sold for or at least give a better discount then 15% for thier error?
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Can I help you find a TEDTalk you remember watching?
Did you ever watch a TEDTalk and then forget which one it was? I can help! I just love helping people find lost TEDTalks from the sketchiest of clues.
Tell me any details you can remember. "There was a lady with a brain ..." "The guy drew a bull's-eye ..." "Silver shoes ..." and we'll puzzle it out together.
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One of the talks I am looking for is the talk that says there are studies/research showing that lack of options causes depression.
the other is one on choice... that not choosing is a choice
finally, I started a conversation on our greatest gift is our capacity to have insights.... This is a tall order... but I noticed that many Ted talks are based on insights, epiphanies and aha moments. How do I get a collection of at least 10 of these that refer directly to these words...
ps. I found the one you also quoted as a related talk - The Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight!
Thank you in anticipation
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Help! I'd Rather Eat than Have Sex!
Dani Klein Modisett: Last night, I set out a lovely meal of roast chicken, steamed broccoli, and quinoa. I don't even really know what quinoa is, but I read somewhere that it's good for me, and if it's good for me, it must be good for my husband and kids. I figured if I slapped enough butter and Parmesan cheese on it, they might even eat it. I gave myself a nice, healthy serving, not weighed out like every diet book I obsessively read tells me to, but reasonable amounts of each. I left one bite on my plate, "one bite for God," a professional dieter once told me.
I heard a little more about my husband's day, the medical bills that needed to be resubmitted to our insurance, the deadline for the soccer league that had passed the day before, and, without thinking, I ate God's bite. Then I started playing with the spoon in the overly buttered bowl of grains and decided the portion I gave myself was too meager. "Who am I? Someone from the cast of 'Oliver'?" I thought, putting an additional pile of it on my plate, fighting every impulse to lick the serving spoon. After all, I don't want to teach my kids bad habits.
"What do you think?" my husband asked me. I had no idea what he was referring to, because I didn't get enough chicken either, and that's what I was really concerned about.
"I'm sorry? What do I think of which part?" I asked, falsely implying that I had heard some of what he had said.
"Should we get a hybrid or not?"
"Oh, hybrid for sure," I said, hoping I'd remembered to replenish the supply of Healthy Choice chocolate fudge bars because I really needed one, or six. Six of them have 480 calories, and I had gone to the gym in the morning and figured if I skipped breakfast today, all would be right with my world.
What I really didn't want to do was have sex. I just didn't, and I knew he wanted to, so although I couldn't admit it then (I can never admit it then), I knew that if I ate half a chicken, a trough of salad, and six Healthy Choice bars (hopefully while watching "So You Think You Can Dance"), with any luck at all, I'd pass out in front of the TV, which is the best excuse I know of for not being intimate with my husband. Being unconscious is way better than "I have a headache," or worse, simply saying no.
There's nothing wrong with my husband, by the way. My husband is cute. It's me. I'm tired ... and I know it's the middle of summer, but I am not bikini-ready. I'm not even flannel-pajamas-lights-off ready. I have no excuse for this other than gluttony, and maybe fear of the everydayness of being married. Every day, good, bad, and ugly, I wake up and there he is! Frankly, it's terrifying.
And I don't mean to whine, because I actually really enjoy sex with my husband. It's just that sometimes, eating is better.
|Dani Klein Modisett is the mother of 2-year-old Gideon (pictured) and 6-year-old Gabriel. She is comedy writer/creator/producer of the show "Afterbirth...stories you won't read in Parents magazine." An anthology of stories from this show, published by St. Martin's Press, is now in stores everywhere.
Thank you for writing this! I thought it was just me.
You're not alone on this one. Food just tastes REALLY good.
I'm with you. I just had a cupcake with chocolate butter cream icing…and it was good for me.
I don't think this is okay. I actually think it's incredibly sad. My fiance and I have been together five years, neither of us are skinny, and we enjoy eating and enjoy our mealtimes together. Afterwards, it completes the day to be intimate with one another, whether it be cuddling on the couch, all the way through sex.
I hope you ladies are able to come to terms with the "everydayness" of being married, and you realize that it's about more than what you want.
You should be thankful that you have a husband who finds you attractive, a husband who loves you and adores you, wants to have a decent conversation with you, and is, from what I can tell, a damned good catch. He's invested in your life, and cares.
You're one of the lucky ladies. Don't take it for granted.
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There is no evidence that
Muslims committed the crime of 9/11
By Elias Davidsson [1]
10 January 2008[2]
Abstract: The United States government has alleged that 19 individuals with Arab names, deemed fanatic Muslims, hijacked four passenger planes on 11 September 2001 and crashed them in a suicide-operation that killed approximately 3,000 people. In this Report, the author shows that there is no credible evidence that these individuals boarded any of these passenger planes. For this reason, it is impossible to support the official account on 9/11. As the US government has failed to prove its accusations against the 19 alleged hijackers, the official account on 9/11 must be regarded as a lie.
The US government alleges that nineteen individuals whose names and photographs have been released by the FBI [3] had booked seats on flights AA11, AA77 (American Airlines) UA93 and UA175 (United Airlines) for that same day, boarded onto those flights, hijacked the aircraft and deliberately crashed these aircraft with passengers and crew on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and on a field in Pennsylvania.
The identities of the nineteen individuals were based, according to one account, on what were described as lucky discoveries made on 9/11 by the FBI. The first was the discovery of two pieces of luggage allegedly owned by Mohammed Atta, the lead suspect, which were not loaded onto flight AA11 at Boston Logan airport. The reason why these bags were not loaded onto the aircraft was never disclosed. According to FBI Special Agent James M. Fitzgerald, who testified at the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the connecting flight from Portland which brought Mohammed Atta and his alleged co-hijacker Abdul Aziz Alomari to Boston, had "arrived too late for the luggage to be loaded onto Flight 11'[4] According to the 9/11 Commission, however, the flight arrived on time at approximately 6:45 A.M., one hour before the scheduled departure of Flight AA11. [5] It has never been revealed who was responsible for the "mistake" that ensured that the bags would not be loaded onto the aircraft. The contents of the luggage enabled FBI agents, as claimed by them, to "swiftly unravel the mystery of who carried out the suicide attacks and what motivated them'. [6]
Among the items reportedly found in Atta's bags were: a hand-held electronic flight computer, a simulator procedures manual for Boeing 757 and 767 aircraft, a slide-rule flight calculator, a copy of the Qur'an and a handwritten testament written in Arabic.[7] According to later testimonies by former FBI agents, the luggage also contained the identities of all 19 suspects involved in the four hijackings, information on their plans, backgrounds, motives, al Qaeda connections and [a] folding knife and pepper spray. [8] According to FBI Special Agent Fitzgerald, Abdul Aziz Alomari's passport was also found in one the bags. [9]
The text of a Atta's , five-page document found in Mohamed Atta's luggage is made public. [Observer, 9/30/2001] The next day, the Independent strongly questions if the note is genuine. It points out the "note suggests an almost Christian view of what the hijackers might have felt" and is filled with "weird" comments that Muslims would never say, such as "the time of fun and waste is gone." If the note "is genuine, then the [hijackers] believed in a very exclusive version of Islam--or were surprisingly unfamiliar with their religion." [Independent, 9/29/2001] Another copy of the document was discovered in a vehicle parked by a Flight 77 hijacker at Washington's Dulles airport. A third copy of essentially the same document was found in the wreckage of Flight 93. Therefore, the letter neatly ties most of the hijackers together. [CBS News, 9/28/2001] The Guardian says, "The finds are certainly very fortunate, though some might think them a little too fortunate." [Guardian, 10/1/2001]
Other incriminating items were also swiftly found at other locations. The 9/11 Commission noted, for example, that a passport of one of the alleged hijackers, Satam Al Suqami, was found near the World Trade Center where a "passer-by picked it up and gave it to a NYPD detective shortly before the ...towers collapsed'[10]. Numerous observers found it hard to believe that such a document could make it undamaged from the pocket of a dead suspect in the burning wreckage within the building to the street and be found miraculously within minutes. A Saudi Arabian driver's license of Ahmad al-Ghamdi, another suspect, "was [also] recovered at the World Trade Center crash site'. A Toyota Corolla registered to alleged hijacker Nawaf Alhazmi was discovered at Washington's Dulles Airport on 12 September. It contained a "four-page letter written in Arabic that was identical to the one recovered from the luggage of Mohammed Atta at Logan Airport', a cashier's check made out to a flight school in Phoenix, four drawings of the cockpit of a 757 jet, a box cutter-type knife, maps of Washington and New York, and a page with notes and phone numbers. [11] In a car rented by alleged hijacker Marwan Alshehhi and discovered at Boston's Logan Airport, the FBI found an Arabic language flight manual, a pass giving access to restricted areas at the airport, documents containing a name on the passenger list of one of the flights, and the names of other suspects. The name of the flight school where Mohammed Atta and Alshehhi studied, Huffman Aviation, was also found in the car. [12] A number of documents purporting to identify the suspects of flight UA93 were reportedly found at that flight's crash site, though no aircraft wreckage was seen there and no drop of blood. [13] The incriminating items included the passport of alleged hijacker Al Ghamdi,[14] alleged hijacker Alnami's Florida Driver's License [15], his Saudi Arabian Youth Hostel Association ID card [16], a visa page from alleged hijacker Ziad Jarrah's passport [17], and a business card of Jarrah's uncle. [18] At the Pentagon crash site, a "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Student Identity Card" is discovered with alleged hijacker Majed Moqed's name on it. [19]
On September 12, 2001, the FBI was notified by a hotel owner in Deerfield Beach, Florida, that he found a box cutter left in a room left by alleged hijacker Marwan Alshehhi and two unidentified men. The owner said to have found in a nearby trash a duffel bag containing Boeing 757 manuals, three illustrated martial arts books, an 8-inch stack of East Coast flight maps, a three-ring binder full of handwritten notes, an English-German dictionary, an airplane fuel tester, and a protractor. [20]
According to another account, the identities of the alleged hijackers were determined "about two hours after the 9/11 attacks" by the US customs service who "were able to do that [after] they [had obtained] access to the flight manifests of those aircrafts". [21]
And to complete the picture, the night before 9/11, "three men spewed anti-American sentiments and talked of impeding bloodshed" in a bar at Daytona Beach, Florida. According to the manager, John Kap, of the Pink Pony and Red Eyed Jack's Sports Bar, the men said: "Wait "til tomorrow. America is going to see bloodshed." Kap said they spent $200 to $300 apiece on lap dances and drinks, paying with credit cards and then left a business card ... and a copy of the Qur'an at the bar. [22]
The amount and nature of all of that incriminating evidence suggested to a former high-level intelligence official that "[w]hatever trail was left was left deliberately for the FBI to chase."[23] In short, these men did everything they could to make sure everyone knew who they were, or more to the point, to plant incriminating evidence designed to establish the legend of 19 Muslim terrorists.
It is, however, crucial to keep in mind that the discovery of "incriminating" items or simple statements by public officials do not, by themselves, prove that particular persons boarded specific aircraft, hijacked those aircraft and crashed the aircraft at the known sites. The aforementioned findings merely represent circumstantial evidence or hearsay.
In order to prove that particular individuals actually boarded the aircraft and died at the known crash sites, at least three types of evidence could and should have been produced: Authenticated passenger lists (or flight manifests) displaying their names, identification of the suspects as they boarded the aircraft and identification of their bodily remains from the crash sites.


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I would start putting sugar in my tea for this.
Edible sugar lace!
Latte, Cappucino, Caramel Macchiato and Espresso Sweet Coffees (by ©Pacifist)
Pretty sure I've blogged this before, ohgooooood.
I really hope I get a coffee shop job again.
Look at their floppy little legs!
Drinking tea out of sweet little tea cups is bested by very few other drinking experiences.
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ee hee hee hee!
Don't play with your food (or drink) darling (via Little Doodles)


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