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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering handing over New Yorks Southern Tier to the oil and gas industry as sacrifice zones for fracking, an extremely dangerous form of natural gas extraction. This is truly concerning, as the Southern Tier is full of agricultural lands used to produce foods that end up on our plate every day.
Already struggling Southern Tier farmers whose livelihoods depend on the health of the land face especially stark choices when it comes to fracking. Gas companies offer the misleading promise of gas royalty payments and minimal ecological impact. However, fracking is risky and there is much at stake. There are over 5,000 dairy farms in New York and dairy is New Yorks largest contributor to the agricultural economy, generating $1.7 billion in 2009. Even nationally, New York ranks first in cottage cheese production and third in other cheeses.
But according to new research from Penn State University, gas drilling reduces agricultural activity in the areas where it happens. The research states that areas of Pennsylvania with 150 or more Marcellus Shale gas wells have seen an average decrease in milk production of 18.5 percent from 2007 to 2010, whereas the areas without active gas drilling increased milk production about 1 percent. Lack of production means less farm jobs, which is unthinkable when every new farm job in New York creates 1.24 new jobs in the community. The figures just dont add up, and Cuomo should not be sacrificing such a vital part of our economy to gas drillers.
Toxic fracking chemical spills can impact the livestock that we eat, too, as we saw last September in Pennsylvania, where 28 beef cattle encountered fracking fluid that seeped out of a holding pond. Those cows gave birth to 11 calves the following spring, only three of which survived. Such alarming scenarios have been repeated throughout the nation. The National Residue Program, which monitors known chemical residues, is missing key heavy metals and chemicals to adequately inspect our meat, poultry, and eggs.
New York is a national leader in a variety of agricultural products, and about 25 percent of the states land area is used for food production. This space may end up being shared with thousands of air polluting drill rigs, and could also be affected by soil contamination from leaks, flares, explosions, fires and experimental waste disposal methods. Southern Tier products could see a lack of consumer confidence in the safety of food as news of contamination spreads, furthering economic devastation.
Cuomo is using the economic hardships of Southern Tier farmers as leverage to open the area to drilling. This is manipulative and shortsighted, and puts New Yorks food supply and agricultural economy in the hands of gas drillers. The truth is that fracking would mean a further loss of productivity to important state industries and devalued property, and thats a burden that farmers should not have to face.
Yelda works at Food & Water Watch, a nonprofit consumer organization that works for clean water and safe food.


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Shelby Township man accused of DUI crash that killed 2 children has preliminary exam
David Leslie Lamberson faces charges for drunk driving crash that killed 2 children
Published On: Sep 06 2012 05:18:40 AM EDT Updated On: Sep 06 2012 05:36:54 PM EDT
David Leslie Lamberson, the man accused of driving while drunk and causing a crash that killed two children in Detroit had his preliminary exam on Wednesday.
Lamberson, 62, of Shelby Township is charged with second-degree murder, operating under the influence of alcohol causing death, and reckless driving.
Lavale Harvey age 2 and his 8-year-old sister Alana Lee were riding in a car with their mother when the crash happened near Seven Mile Road and Hoover Road on Jan. 8th.
Witnesses said Lamberson crossed onto the wrong side of Hoover and hit the family's vehicle head-on.
Neighbors helped pull the victims from the car but only the mother survived the accident.

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When Andrea asked me to be part of A Very Go To Christmas I knew exactly which of the Go To Patterns I wanted to make. Again. I know, you're thinking why in the world wouldn't you go for another of the great patterns available and sew something new. But after making this one, I just couldn't help myself. I had to make another Maxwell Top.
I love all of the details of this darling boy shirt. This time around I went with a solid navy Kona cotton with a navy gingham for the back yoke, front pockets and tab. Each time I sew this pattern, I'm amazed at how easy Shwin Designs makes it to sew a yoke.
I went with snaps this time around and kept the buttons for accents on the sleeves and front tabs.
The directions for this pattern are very clear and while the first time around I was thrilled to find the ladies had put together this video to help clarify the front facing directions, I found I didn't need them this time around. I was able to whip this baby up in about an hour and most of that was time spent making sure all of the little details were spot on.
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These Libertarian monsters want CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT YOUR AN EVIL GLOBALST.
I know...over the top, but it's not as far from the truth as it seems.
God, I'd like to send these Libertarian monsters back to the hole they climbed out of.
I was brought up by a single parent mother. They'd make her life a living hell. WELL LET ME TELL YOU YOU LIBERTARIAN BLEEPS, SHE BROUGHT UP FOUR KIDS AND STRUGGLED TO DO THAT ON THE PITTANCE THE UK GOVERNMENT GAVE HER.


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Voters report problems with long lines, confusion over voter ID law
Long voting lines and confusion with the voter ID law caused grumbling across the state as voters headed to the polls Tuesday.
Claims of harassment outside a Homestead polling place and a malfunctioning machine in Perry County grabbed the most attention. But officials said no problems were widespread.
Allegheny County officials received a complaint shortly before 10 a.m. that Republicans outside a polling location on Maple Street in Homestead were stopping people outside the polls and asking for identification.
Common Pleas Judge Guido A. DeAngelis ordered the questioning to stop, saying such actions by partisans "could have a chilling effect" on voting.
Kathleen Goldman, a lawyer for the Republican Party, said anyone who was causing trouble might have been a Republican, but was not affiliated or sanctioned by the party.
Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning said the only people permitted to ask for ID are the poll workers inside the voting locations.
Workers will ask for photo ID, but voters need not show identification for this year's election.
Voters have complained that some poll workers are enforcing the state's voter ID law.
Daniel Seidling, a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant from Monroeville, said a poll worker at the No. 6 Fire Hall in Monroeville would not accept his government-issued military ID and required him to produce his driver's license before allowing him to vote.
"It was ridiculous," Seidling said.
Vic Walczak, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, said his group, working with Election Protection, a nonprofit voting rights group, fielded 225 complaints as of 2 p.m.
Walczak said the number of complaints were "way up" from 2008.
He expected more complaints this year because of "the way the voter ID law was ultimately resolved was an invitation to confusion and problems."
Election officials in Central Pennsylvania fixed a malfunctioning voting machine that was the subject of a viral Election Day Internet video, the Perry County chief clerk said.
Millerstown had a machine that registered votes for Mitt Romney that were intended for President Barack Obama, as shown on a YouTube video. County officials got a call about the machine just after 9 a.m., canceled and fixed the incorrect vote and recalibrated the machine, Chief Clerk Kathy Burkholder said.
"It was a one-time thing so far," she said.
Some University of Pittsburgh students had to cast provisional ballots because their polling stations were moved.
By 2 p.m., nearly 20 students who tried to vote at the William Pitt Union could not vote at the regular polls, according to poll worker Anne Morrice.
"People are really upset. One girl was crying," Morrice said.
Michael Garofoli, of Election Protection, said the confusion over where to vote caused "a couple snafus." He said offering provisional ballots was not an ideal solution.
Typically, the county department of elections provides poll workers with supplemental lists that are updated throughout the day regarding voter information, Garofoli said. By late afternoon, university officials obtained the supplemental list and provided it to poll workers, said Ryan Mulson, campus organizer of the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group. That coupled with a lighter early evening turnout helped calm some of the day's earlier problems, he said.
Poll workers documented each problem and plan to investigate them over the next 10 days, Morrice said.
Most students voting Tuesday reported no problems at the polls. First-time voter Sarah Barnes, 20, a junior psychology major, said she saw signs posted in the student union telling people where to vote.
"This is a really important election to a lot of college students," she said. "I'd be mad."
Manning also signed an order sending sheriff's deputies to the polling location inside the Millvale Recreation Center for reports of threats to poll workers.
"There are 1,319 polling places in Allegheny County each one of them is run by their own judge of elections," said Allegheny County Solicitor Andrew F. Szefi. "They're trained to be consistent, but the degree to which they enforce that training can be difficult to monitor. Certainly, if voters encounter any problems we encourage them to contact elections court directly."
"They're doing a difficult job on an essentially volunteer basis and we encourage people to be patient and cooperative," Szefi said.
Szefi said the judge of elections in McCandless told him there was an argument between a Republican and Democratic poll watcher at a polling station on Perry Highway and that the tires were slashed on a vehicle in the parking lot of that polling station.
Lines at St. Brendan's Episcopal Church on McAleer Road in Franklin Park stretched well into the parking lot by 9:30 a.m., prompting almost a two hour wait to vote. Lisa Self, and her daughter Shelby, 7, said she waited an hour and a half to vote Tuesday morning to cast her vote at the Collier Municipal
Dave Bechtel said he's lived there for 15 years and has never seen anything like it.
"There's only one person in there taking names. They have eight machines and no more than three or four of them were in use at any one time," he said.
But not everyone was frustrated.
"This is outstanding. This is the way it always should be. I've never seen it this way," said Chuck Foley, who has lived in the district for 21 years.
Foley and Bechtel said they are both Mitt Romney supporters. Self said she voted for Barack Obama.
Collier Police Chief Tom Devin was directing traffic outside the polling station and said he saw many people pull up outside and turn away when they saw the line.
"I guess it's more than they can take," he said.
Amy Martin, 37, said poll workers asked her to show ID before she voted at the Beaver fire station, but she didn't mind.
"I think it's a good idea," said Martin, who voted straight Republican, in part, because she wants to see Obama's health care plan repealed.
Jane and Bill Elliott also were asked to show ID in Beaver. Jane Elliott said she questioned poll workers, but showed her ID anyway.
"I didn't have a problem with it, except my picture is so bad," Jane Elliott, 74, said.
Problems might crop up at the Elliotts' dinner table. Bill Elliott, 86, voted for Romney and grimaced when hearing his wife tell a Trib reporter that she voted for Obama.
Both are Republicans, but Jane Elliott said, "I'm more liberal than he is."
Although brisk throughout the morning, voting at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill slowed to a trickle by midafternoon.
Mike Goode, 41, a Pittsburgh Public Schools elementary teacher said it wasn't the candidates as much as the privilege of voting that drew him to the polls.
"I'm just happy to be voting. Most of the world doesn't get a chance to vote," Goode said.
Outside the polling station a disappointed Krystal McCoy held a sign that read "Support Israel, Fire Obama." McCoy, 24, of Moon said she had been ordered off the center property because of her sign.
David Duncan, a constable who identified himself as the majority inspector of elections for the precinct, said he took issue with that.
"I don't care who was offended. This is a free speech issue," he said, as McCoy stood on the street waiting for a ride.
Devin said in most presidential election years the turnout is very heavy in Collier.
Elections department directors in Washington and Butler counties reported minor problems they say accompany any presidential elections.
Larry Spahr in Washington said most issues boil down to uninformed voters.
"People are not registered to vote or change their address and don't inform the office," he said.
Voter ID laws caused some confusion, but department officials worked to resolve those quickly, he said.
"Some precincts had signs indicating they had to ask people for ID. We asked them to modify them so there'd be no confusion," he said, saying problems were reported in North Strabane and Washington.
Shari Brewer in Butler said poll workers were requesting ID but not requiring it. Even that upset some voters, she said.
"Some people are confused," she said.
Bob Gaylik, 55, of Crescent said his biggest issue on Election Day was to support candidates favorable toward labor unions. He said party affiliation wasn't a factor in his decisions.
In addition to President Obama, Gaylik said he voted for Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. , Republican state Sen. Elder Vogel Jr. and Democratic state Rep. Robert Matzie among others. Vogel and Matzie are from Beaver County.
"I'm voting union," said Gaylik, who retired after 33 years in the Air Force and works as a custodian at Robert Morris University. "I was an ex-steelworker, too, and I just like people who are union friendly."
Election officials at the Crescent Municipal Building where Gaylik cast his ballot were asking voters to voluntarily show identiication. Gaylik said he willingly showed his.
"I don't see any problem with providing identification," he said.
At polling places throughout Westmoreland County, most voters had their IDs ready to show poll workers. Signs posted at a few precincts let voters know they would be asked for ID, but it was not required to vote.
Some poll workers said it streamlined the process of checking in voters and writing their names in books.
"They have their IDs ready, and we can actually get them in the booth faster," said Michael Klunk, judge of elections at the Unity Township precinct at SonRise Church.
At Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church in Murrysville, Obama campaign poll watcher Paula Yablonsky said that most voters handed over their IDs voluntarily.
"I'm very surprised they have their IDs out and ready," she said. "They know they don't have to show it. I haven't heard of anyone getting yelled at for saying no."
In Philadelphia, the Republican Party said dozens of legally credentialed minority voting inspectors were removed from polling places, reports being looked into by investigators with the District Attorney's office.
State GOP Chairman Rob Gleason said 75 Republican election workers were prohibited from accessing polling places in the heavily Democratic city, prompting the party to seek a court order. The incidents, Gleason said, ranged from judges of elections refusing to seat minority inspectors to reports of Democrats saying "No Republicans will be allowed in the polling place."
Tasha Jamerson, a spokeswoman for District Attorney Seth Williams, said the office is investigating a series of complaints regarding such minority voting inspectors. She did not have specifics on what kinds of complaints there were about the minority voting inspectors, but said the office was fielding a higher volume of complaints than normal.
Gotaskie, the Democratic Party lawyer, said he didn't believe the numerous complaints were because the race was expected to be close.
"Everyone recognizes this is an important election ... Presidential elections are important. They matter to people and people take them very seriously," Gotaakie said. "When we wake up tomorrow, whoever wins, the American Democracy will survive."
The Committee of Seventy, an election watchdog group, also says it's dealing with issues of Republican inspectors being denied access to polling places in the city. The group said authorities were dealing with "a host" of minority inspectors being denied access to their polling places in Philadelphia.
The group also reported there were "You need a photo ID to vote" signs at a number of polling places in the city; it asked election judges to remove the signs immediately.
Voters who encounter irregularities at the polls can report them by calling 412-350-5466 or 877-868-3772.
The Associated Press and staff writers Debra Erdley, Tom Fontaine, Tim Puko and Rachel Weaver contributed to this report. Adam Brandolph is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-391-9027 or email@example.com.
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|seamus.bradley says:
I use Trello.com for organising my projects, I'd love to see interaction between Trello and RTM. I've just realised that what I'd really like is "export this task to RTM" which is more a trello feature request than an RTM one… But I can imagine it would be nice to go the other way too: export to trello list...
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|sn3akyp3t3 says:
I just joined Trello after viewing this request. It looks like a fast growing app despite its simplicity. Due to budget constraints at my workplace I will be suggesting Trello to my boss for project managment. As of Dec 13th their Twitter account mentioned an API will be available soon for data export. I hope that RTM and Trello appreciate the potential for 2 way communication for optimal productivity.
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|tariqrazzaq says:
Trello is a really simple, easy to use, visible application.
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|phaedrus1313 says:
Hi tariqrazzaq,
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|gijswijs says:
I would like to see this integration also. I think it would be nice to sync Trello lists with tags in RTM. Give each list in trello a unique tag in RTM. If you would drag a card from one list to another in trello, it would have to change the tag in RTM. The other way around would work also: If I change a tag in RTM, the item would move to another list in Trello.
Posted 3 years ago
|slimbolala says:
I have a long backlog of tasks, etc. captured in RTM, and it's serves those purposes excellently. But I'm finding that for my right-now stuff, and particularly stuff that's collaborative with other team members, the visual and team-centric aspects of Trello are very nice. So what I personally would love to see would be an integration that allowed me, say, to "feed" RTM items into Trello, export them into, api-to-api, Trello cards. Something like that.
Posted 3 years ago
|brookwarner says:
I'd love to use Trello to visualize my RTM lists : "inbox" (backlog), "personal", "work", "next", "urgent" etc. I would do something like: use the RTM API to GET all tasks, priorities, tags, due dates, presumably populate a database somehow, and then send these items to the Trello API. Due date = due date, list = board, tags = labels, priority = position. Iteration 2 would then be to make it sync 2-ways, so when I move a trello card from one list to another, it updates RTM
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|phoebos says:
If no integration is planned, then RTM would be great if it could integrate some cool features for project planning.
Posted 3 years ago
|rhyswynne says:
Hi All,
Posted 2 years ago
|isasgeir says:
It has been difficult to use RTM for project management - Trello is like a fresh air in that respect. RTM - Trello interconnectivity would be great.
Posted 2 years ago
|thisjones says:
Agreed, I am loving Trello for project management and wish there was some way to use both great systems at the same time.
Posted 2 years ago
|dreyjor says:
I'm agree too. RTM is perfect as personal productivity tool, but for project management Trello is fantastic. Integration please!
Posted 2 years ago
|dave3141 says:
We use Trello at work for project management, and I use RTM as my personal productivity tool. Integration between these two would be great, and would make it much easier for me to argue that my whole team should be using RTM!
Posted 2 years ago
|mixali says:
1) It is possible to "export" / read Trello tasks from a Board as .ics, (and add this calendar to see it in Google Calendar or Outlook, i.e.). - I was trying to find a IFTTT formula to add them to RTM via Email but IFTTT only reads the calendars owned.
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|alfredo.dimaunahan says:
i just tried trello a few days ago and i'm loving it. i would love to see this integration in action. here are couple of use cases that i need:
Posted 1 year ago
|jebeaudoin says:
Two-way integration between RTM & Trello would be awesome. Please make it so!
Posted 1 year ago
|valdar729 says:
Any planned integration between the systems? We use trello for project management and keeping my person tasks in sync with it is a manual chore right now.
Posted 1 year ago
|kuipers.hans says:
please make a two-way integration between RTM & Trello. i think it is enough if trello automatically creates rim tasks if there is a due date. And creating recurring tasks in RTM will automatically create a trello card (triggers on a TRELLO tag)
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Leah and Clarence Jaeger, with their daughter Kay Jaeger, center, take in the Healing Field Flags of Remembrance display near The Avenue Saturday. Mr. Jaeger is an Army veteran of the Korean War.
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Maxwell challenged about 100 visitors attending opening ceremonies of the Exchange Club's Healing Field Flags of Remembrance on Saturday to think along those lines while viewing the 860 flags and the names of military heroes attached to them.
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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, left, talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at Okinawa Prefectural Government on Feb. 12 in Naha, Okinawa . Kennedy has made her first visit to the southernmost island of Okinawa, hoping to get support for a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military base. (Kyodo News / via AP)
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NAHA, JAPAN — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy has made her first visit to the southernmost island of Okinawa, hoping to get support for a contentious plan to relocate a U.S. military base.
She met Wednesday morning with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima, who expressed hopes they could work together on the base problem.
There are various problems and tasks such as crimes, accidents as well as environmental issues and so on, he told Kennedy.
We would like to seek and urge your help so as to resolve the issue fundamentally and to reduce our burden of having US bases.
Earlier, Kennedy offered flowers at the National War Dead Peace Mausoleum, which honors people who died during the closing of World War II.
Nakaima supports the relocation of Futenma air station to the Henoko district of Nago, but many others are opposed, including Nagos mayor.
The plan is backed by the U.S. government. Half of the 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan are on Okinawa, which takes up less than 1 percent of Japanese territory.
Many Okinawans want Futenma closed and moved completely off the island.
Kennedy, who has drawn much attention as a celebrity since arriving last year, will visit a castle and a high school and attend an evening reception before departing Thursday.
More than 300 people rallied ahead of her arrival late Tuesday to protest the base relocation plans, waving signs that said No base.
We as Okinawan people gave our answer many, many times that we dont want maritime bases here, said 47-year-old English teacher Kazue Nakamura-Huber.
The U.S. has proposed a broad plan to consolidate and reduce its troop presence in Okinawa, including a 1996 agreement to move the Marines Corps Futenma air station to Henoko.
Twelve-year-old Wakana Toguchi said she hoped to show Kennedy the relocation site.
And I must tell her not to build the base, she said.
Associated Press writers Mari Yamaguchi, Yuri Kageyama and Kaori Hitomi in Tokyo contributed to this report.
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For some, energy conservation is about saving the environment. Although she sees that as an important part of her job, for Boone County Schools energy manager Cathy Reed it's all about saving money.
"$966,000 and counting," to be exact, she said. That's how much energy conservation has saved the school district so far.
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This is the setting young Pastor Kyle found himself in, fresh out of the seminary; green, idealistic, and zealous. Wanting to have a fantastic missions emphasis at his first church, what could be better than having an actual missionary come speak? A missionary who had directly benefited from US dollars sent overseas?
So Kyle invited one of his peers to be the special missionary speaker. He was a young man who had been raised in Africa by missionary parents, would soon be graduating with a missiology degree of his own, and would be returning to African soil to continue the good work. But there was a problem. Kyle's friend was an African. No person of color had ever stood in the pulpit of this Texas Baptist church.
Kyle pressed on with youthful enthusiasm, however, breaking new ground. On the appointed day the young African missionary arrived and spoke with passion and love for his continent. Largely, he was received well by the congregation, but a couple of folks did walk out. When Kyle later visited one of the protestors, she met him on the porch with a shotgun and a few choice words.
Then one night at a church business meeting a man stood and said, "I'm tired of this preacher talking about race all the time, and I'm fixin' to whip his ass." Pastor Kyle said later, "At first the people got more upset that he said 'ass' in church, than the fact that he was going to whip me!" But here the guy came, climbing over the pews like scaling a ladder toward Kyle. Just as he got to him, four big men intervened and said, "If you're going to whip the preacher…take it outside."
Like something from a Hollywood script, the entire congregation spilt outside and gathered in a circle to see the prize fight. Kyle had no idea what to do – he was young and fit – but he didn't think it was right to whip a parishioner at a church business meeting. But again, just as the first punch was about to be thrown, those same men intervened: "If you're going to whip the preacher," they said, "you'll have to start with us." The man backed down, never to return.
When Kyle returned to that church many years later for an anniversary service, to his jaw-dropping astonishment, half the congregation was African-American! "How could this be?" he asked a number of the "old-timers" still around from the younger days.
One man answered, "Well, preacher, after you left, the neighborhood around us began to change. And we had a decision to make: Dig in, move away, or open our doors to our neighbors. Thanks to what you taught us, we opened our doors." Kyle's few years at that little church in the Texas pines as an inexperienced, didn't-know-any-better-than-to-try seminarian had really made a difference in the lives of the community.
While there is often no room in our religious structures, churches, denominations, or in our hearts for those who are different than us – due to race, gender, nationality, legal status, sexuality or what have you – God has plenty of room in his house and in his heart for all of these, with a far-reaching, outrageous grace that can replace bigotries and prejudices with acceptance and hospitality.
This doesn't mean we won't have to fight fiercely for what is right – even fight the intolerance inside of us – ultimately, we are our own worst enemies. But fight we must; not with clenched fists and angry words, taking up the weapons of the hateful. No, we fight with love, humility, grace, and justice. To contest otherwise, is to be defeated before the fighting ever begins.
Ronnie McBrayer is a syndicated columnist, pastor, and author of multiple books. You can read more and receive regular e-columns in your inbox at www.ronniemcbrayer.me.
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As I sat inside the lobby of our local Subway this afternoon eating lunch, I happened to look down at the napkin and tray liner. Both items list the amount of calories and fat contained in each of their "Fresh Fit" sub sandwiches. They have eight sandwiches listed. I usually alternate between two or three of them in order to change things up, and to keep my taste buds from being stuck in a rut.
The basis of my complaint began when I then looked at the $5 footlong special that Subway is infamous for in their commercials, ads, and jingles. Only two out of the eight subs on the Fresh Fit menu are also $5 footlong specials. The other six healthy subs range from $5.75 to $7.00! The majority of the $5 footlong specials are also the ones that are considerably higher in calories and fat content. The other subs include: Meatball, Pizza Sub, Cold Cut, Spicy Italian, and the BLT.
So it makes me wonder why in the world a company that pretends to care about their customer's health, by gearing all their advertising towards a healthy lifestyle, would make the fattening and unhealthy foods cheaper than the healthy food that is good for you?
Fear not...they are not alone in this finger pointing criticism. Notice all the other fast food establishments, i.e. McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, etc...all have their $.99 value menu boards chalked full of heart cloggers. But I can excuse those other restaurants from this complaint, because they never came across as trying to be the poster child for healthy eating. But that is exactly what Subway tries to portray. So if they want to promote "Eat Fresh" and lose weight, ala Jared, then they should make the $5 footlong specials coincide with the Fresh Fit menu items. That only stands to reason.
By not doing so, that only leads me to believe that they are no different than any other company out there...they're just in it to make a buck, the best way they know how. You want to talk about taking the "Subway Challenge"...here's my challenge for Subway...make all your Fresh Fit subs $5 footlongs! There's a challenge for ya'! Your wallet is at the forefront of their mind, and your health is just an afterthought. Don't let any amount of cheap ads, catchy jingles, or weight loss spokesperson try and convince you otherwise.
CRESCENT COTY, CALIFORNIA -- On June 8, 2014, my wife of 21 years, **, and I had ridden our motorcycle to Grants Pass, Oregon to have dinner with some friends before I went in for a liver cancer tumor removal surgery the following week in SF. Because of dietary needs we usually carry our food and/or stop at Subway Sandwiches establishments when traveling because their advertisements and nutrient charts encourage health conscious persons, and/or, persons with health conditions, to patronize their establishments.
On our return trip, June 9, 2014 at approximately 3:30 p.m. we stopped for a needed meal at a Subway in Crescent City, CA. ** went in to order sandwiches while I removed cold weather gear from the old Harley Davidson motorcycle, which we parked directly in front of the store. I laid our coats etc in our booth, took a bite of my sandwich, and then headed for the restroom with an urgent (diabetic) need to urinate. When I got down the hall there was a handwritten note on the door "out of order" and get key from counter person.
No one was at the counter so I said hello excuse me loudly until the young man came out of the back. I told him I had a medical condition and needed to use a restroom whereas he told me the restroom is out of order. I asked if I could use whatever facility he used because I am diabetic and I'm not going to stand here and [snip] my pants. I told him by law they have to have a restroom or post it where the customers can see before they make their purchase. He said "I only work here"! I told him "You ought to take some initiative". He said "I'm calling the cops", I said "call the cops you little twerp". I was wetting my pants some and went outside around the corner and finished.
When I returned ** was out by the bike. I said what are you doing out here. She said he kicked us out. I asked her did he tell you to leave and she said no. I said he did not tell me to leave either and we bought sandwiches. I got my hand sanitizer off the bike and we went back in and sat down and started eating our sandwiches. This was when ** told me of the initial attitude she had received from a female counter person when she first started the ordering process. It did seem that they did not really want our business and treated us like we were trash.
I am 62 and a 30+yr CA State Park WKR I employee (retired), and my wife ** has been a small business owner for 21+yrs. As we were eating our sandwiches a Crescent City PD officer came in and talked with the kid at the counter (**). I Placed my CDL and CCWP (though I was not carrying my firearm) on the table. He came over to get our story. After, he went back over and talked to the kid again he came back and said the kid wants us to leave and they reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. **, the counter person was very reluctant to give us his name. The officer told him we have the right to know the name of the person that was having us removed.
The officer gave us ** (removed) name and we left. As we were getting our coats and helmets on, another CCPD car arrived. What a waste of obviously much needed local resources. We rode to the beach to finish eating our sandwiches and let my pants dry completely. After arriving home I called Subways Corporate office and they said there is nothing they can do because the stores are independently owned.
I called and talked to the manager of the 3 Crescent City Subways, **. She apologized for the employee's behavior and stated that she had directed them to call her under such circumstances because she is just two minutes away. She also stated that she had told them, prior to our incident, that if someone was in dire need of the restroom, to warn them of a damp floor and let them use it. She said it was a leaky sink. For this reason I maintain the counter persons mean humiliating demeanor was because we were motorcyclists, and/or he was not allowing use of the facilities to eliminate the need to clean the restroom.
The cause of restroom closure was indeed a leaky sink, which was confirmed by the owner, ** who called me a while after I discussed the incident via phone with manager **. I asked owner ** to please send me a letter outlining a resolve that would appease my wife and I. Considering a discriminating attitude against motorcyclists, humiliating a person with a documented history of serious debilitating medical conditions that must be kept under control, and considering the embarrassment of wetting myself, and considering the embarrassment of being legitimate responsible law abiding citizens evicted from a very visible business with law enforcement presence.
The letter we received from owner, **, certainly did not appease either ** or myself. These acts (with exception of the CCPD officers) were all carried out in a most definite mean spirited manner. Even an untrained, non-prejudiced employee would know right from wrong in these circumstances. No business has the right to degrade and humiliate a person in such a manner. As per paragraph 2 of owner ** June 13, 2014 letter of apology, ongoing staff training obviously is not a forceful enough motivational tool and they "certainly dropped the ball the day you (we) were in the Crescent City store".
I, **, demand an immediate (by August 15, 2014) agreeable resolve of this matter or we will be forced to seek the maximum award through small claims court to resolve any and all damages and/or claims incurred in the incident at a Crescent City Subway, owned by **, on June 9, 2014. We swear, under penalty of perjury, that the statements and claims contained herein are true and correct to the best of our recollection. Gift certificates will be returned.
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA -- I ordered online 4 sandwiches, a foot long meatball marinara, a half chicken ranch cheese melt, half tuna salad and half Italian BMT. As you can see from pictures, the meatball was a half and the chicken ranch cheese melt had no lettuce, tomato or cheese so no melt, just a dry roll w/ two strips bacon and 6 pathetic pieces of chicken. When I called back they would not answer phone ten minutes before closing. When I complained to admin staff, got no response. It has been two days, nothing from the local restaurant or Subway anywhere. They are aware because I sent them the attached pictures.
SENECA, SOUTH CAROLINA -- Really looked forward to trying this sub. I love pastrami. The pics showed a nicely sliced sandwich. Looked great, but what we got looked more like the cut off fat and waste scraps that the butcher usually throws out. There were no slices to it. It was hard to eat for have to pull out the fat and non chewable waste in each bite. There didn't seem to be hardly any quality meat to it. Has Subway got so greedy that they are buying scraps from butcher shops and passing them off as food? You got me on this one but for now on I'm going elsewhere
DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA -- On December 29, 2012, I visited one of your establishments at 50 SE 20th Avenue in Deerfield Beach, Florida, at approximately 3:10 P.M. I ordered a double chicken salad. Once I sat down, I discovered the chicken had been warmed up, which melted the cheese, and there was too much salad dressing for my liking. So, I approached the cash register where I told the gentleman the issues and that the salad would have to be remade.
He didn't even address me and turned immediately to the girl next to him making subs and told her the situation. She then told the girl who made the salad at which point I heard, "She didn't tell me she didn't want the chicken warmed up." My first question to you is, why do I need to tell her? Shouldn't she be asking the customer their preference in the first place?
The manager of this location, whose name I cannot reveal, as he would not divulge this information, so for all intents and purposes, he will be named **, heard the commotion and asked what the issue was, addressing me in a very unfavorable manner. He completely dismissed the issue at hand and simply stated, "This is a Subway policy and the chicken has to leave our hands to the customer hot." How this pertains to having the salad remade, I'm not quite sure.
** then turned away and continued making incoming customers' subs. After a few minutes of being ignored, I spoke up and asked the cashier if they were planning on remaking the salad or to just ignore me, their customer, all day. ** began a shouting match with me, telling me that he told me to wait while they served other customers and said to me, "You're a rude person and I don't deal with rude people. I told you to wait, so why don't you go home and get some training on how to be nice." This was quite hurtful and disappointing to hear.
As someone who worked in the service industry for more than a decade, I'm sure you know as well as I that you never talk to a customer or client like that, even if they are in the wrong. His job was to defuse the situation and fix the issue. All he had to say to calm the situation down was, "Sorry about that. We'll get your salad remade once we clear up this line of other customers."
It would have been that simple, but he continued to belittle me and behave condescendingly in front of the other patrons by first offering me a refund and then refusing to give me a refund stating that he does not "take commands from rude people or give refunds to rude people." ** got so frustrated that he threw out my salad and even told me leave.
He then ignored me, even after I asked, "Are you giving me a refund or are you remaking my salad?" He said NOTHING and continued to cash out other customers UNTIL he found out my boyfriend was recording the situation on his smartphone, a video I would be more than happy to share if you would like a copy. Only THEN did he give me back my money and even said, "Thank you."
I am completely shocked at the way this manager handled the situation. When a customer comes to you with a problem, regardless of their demeanor or attitude, your job as a manager and a leader is to be objective and to help the customer. I am told by this manager that I need training to be less rude, so after hearing (and potentially viewing) what transpired, what, in your opinion, would this manager need? I am absolutely disgusted with this situation; I have never been spoken to like that, thrown out of a restaurant, and embarrassed like this. This was completely the wrong way to deal with a customer.
If someone has an issue with a product you are offering, does this entitle them to speak to a customer like this? I can only imagine the repercussion this had on the customers around us as well as his staff. Every other customer in the restaurant was looking at us with their jaws dropped. If this is the poor attitude ** portrays on how he handles this type of situation, his employees will only learn this destructive behaviour. If you are looking to hire motivated people, as your website states, you definitely have a manager working at this location who is motivated to lose customers, which is no way for a leader to act.
I've always been satisfied with the service and food at Subway, but after this interaction, please be assured that I will be retracting my future patronage from any Subway restaurants, as this experience has understandably turned me off. After weeks of contact with head office, I finally heard back from the district manager who sent me a one-line email stating that he was sorry and welcomed me back at any time.
This less-than-acceptable reply prompted me to email him back and ask for a better resolution and he never answered both emails I sent him. I finally had head office contact the owner who supposedly said the employee was laid off for a week and retrained and that I was invited back for a free meal. Being from Canada, I can't imagine how I would take advantage of this offer, but the owner and head office never answered me on that either. That's some award-winning customer service!
FAIRVIEW ROAD/ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA -- Ellenwood, GA Subway - Kroger Shopping Center/Fairview Road. On Monday May 7, 2012 at 11:45 AM I visited the Subway Sandwich Shop with the intent to order two sandwiches. The attendant was very rude, first of all. I asked for the sandwich special of the day, which was turkey and ham. I ordered 2 six inch turkey and ham specials on flat bread. He informed me that they did not have flat bread. I then ordered the Italian herbs and cheese bread.
He started making the sandwiches. He put the meat and cheese on the sandwich, at that time another customer entered the store and proceeded to the line. The attendant immediately stopped fixing my sandwich and greeted the man and asked him what he would have. The white male customer asked "what is the special for today. He completed his sandwich and rung him up, then came back to ask me what else I wanted on my sandwich.
I asked him if he could explain his technique, as to why he stopped fixing my sandwich and completed the man's order behind me. He told me that his manager told him "in his language" to complete his order first. At that point another man came from the back and told me that he knew the gentlemen, and he told him to go ahead and fix his sandwich. I asked why, they did not have a reasonable explanation.
He then asked me in a very rude disposition, "Do you want the sandwich or not" I told him that under those circumstances I choose not to spend my money at his business. He then loudly said to me, while waving his hands in the air, and being very irate. "No Come. No Come Back!!!" I said "excuse me, you don't have to worry about me revisiting your business and spending my money here." He then waved his hand in a sweeping manner and yelled, "Get Out, and don't come back here." I then exited the door to avoid any further confrontation and humiliation.
It is extremely unprofessional, and humiliating to be treated this way in a reputable establishment. I have never experienced such rudeness, and to be told not to come back to an establishment because of questioning discriminatory practices. Subway is known for a reputation with kind and professional service. I regularly visit the Subway locations and have always been treated with professionalism. I along with my co-worker 360 plus, employees visit Subway almost every day for lunch. The staff there are always courteous, quick, clean, and professional. (Moreland Avenue - next to Aldi and CVS)
I have never in my life been put out of an establishment. When I chose not to buy the sandwich, after he chose to disregard me as a paying customer, by stopping in the middle of my order, and servicing the white male customer, which came in after me. Then, after checking him out, with the same gloves, he proceeded to complete my sandwich. This type of practice is no longer acceptable in the US, and there must be some type of corrective action taken when an establishment chooses to attempt to keep it alive.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- Every time our family goes to Subway, we would always have problems with the service or the food, whether it was burnt bread, the complete opposite of what we ordered, bad employee tempers, or even SCAMS. A while back when we went, they tried pestering us to eat the burnt bread since they "spent so much time and put so much effort into it."
We would politely ask for a new one, because there was no way that we would pay for burnt food. The employee serving us got mad and started to raise his voice. He claims that he was very busy that there was a long line behind us, but when I looked back, there was no one in that line except for us... He started to yell louder and louder and we had to go out of the store since he looked like he was about to throw punches. Another time was when we wanted to order everything EXCEPT for the spicy toppings, since we weren't used to it. They said okay, and started to put EVERYTHING on it, including the spicy toppings, and made a big fuss over it.
One time, we were short on cash, and we didn't really have enough money. The employee didn't tell us the price, since he didn't type it into the cashier machine yet. All he said was that our order costs more than $18, and we only had $15. He said that "it's alright. We'll just take the money. Thank you, good-bye." It was strange that he would be nice and give us $3 off. We were in a rush and we thought we were lucky, that is, until we got home. We recalculated and it turns out that the meal was supposed to cost under $13, a price that we could afford. The amount of money that we lost, the $2 or so, did not matter much, but the employee lied to us about the price.
A few days ago, on Saturday, May 4, 2013, we were once again in a rush since it was near closing time. The food was expensive in Baltimore, and we weren't used to being there. We went in Subway and they ran out of basically everything. We still took our orders, and the employees were somewhat nice. They just didn't understand us and did the subs their own way.
There was nothing left for me to order, except for teriyaki, and when it came out of the oven, they asked what toppings I would like. I said that I wanted "everything EXCEPT spicy," and they interrupted me and ignored me by talking with the other employees. When they were finished talking to each other, all they put on the sub was tomatoes that were not ripened as I had hoped.
They also asked me about any dressing I liked. Whenever I wanted to ask them nicely about adding more of the toppings, they would act like they were not paying attention, being too busy making my sub. I did not lose my temper or mind unlike some of the previous employees; I am very patient. Anyway, they already stored all the dressings away so I asked what kind of dressing they had.
Once again, they did NOT even reply, and they started to put a variety of dressings on my sub. When they were done, I asked what dressings they were, because I was pretty sure I didn't order any dressings on my sub yet. They said it was "Teriyaki Dressing" and that it was actually called "Sweet Onion Dressing." I wanted to complain that I didn't ask them to put sweet onion dressing on my food, since I did not like sweet onions at all, or even sweet onions on teriyaki.
My parents told me that it was fine and how I should not complain. I decided not to complain, since the employee was very happy and smiling. After I paid for my sub, I started to eat it and it tasted very awful. It was sweet, but it tasted weird. I started to feel sick and my parents tried it and they hated it as well. That night, we had major stomach ache and we felt very sick.
I don't know how the management could be so poor in the customer service and the food. I do not plan ongoing to Subway anymore. I have been very patient all this time, but the service and food did not improve, but instead, it is getting worse every-time we visit.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI -- This is going to be another long one, written by another Subway employee who agrees with the previous review. However, I will be mending the previous review just a bit and adding my own complaints against the customers. Know what you're ordering. There are several signs up and available for the customer's education at the beginning of the line at every Subway. I say "every Subway" because every Subway is exactly the same, aside from minor differences. Y'know those panels that show are menu and the order they are in?
The same in California as they are here in Missouri (except for the optional one). Anyway, the prime example in this complain is cheese. At my location there are five cheeses. White American, Provolone, Pepperjack, Shredded Monterey Cheddar and Mozzarella. We do not have Swiss, and all of our cheeses are white. There is also a sign, conveniently blocking the cheeses that show what kind we have. Do not say "the white cheese", or "provel" (Provolone and Provel are different, believe me. Provel was created in St. Louis).
Lists. Holy crap, don't bring in a list of sandwiches in the middle of a lunch or dinner rush. That's completely rude to the people working and the other customers behind you. If I have to make you nine footlongs, and there are nine people behind you with one footlong order a piece, then it's taking me twice as long to get the customers out of the store and get on with the rest of my job. If you need that many sandwiches, call in early. We will be more than happy to make the sandwiches during a slow time that while we're getting swamped.
Call-ins. Like I said above, call in during slow times. Y'know, not lunch or dinner time, and give me your order. We don't mind, really. However, don't expect us to answer the phone when we have a line to the door and write down your entire order, try to make it around the other employees, and have it ready in ten minutes - it's not going to happen.
Keep your kids in line! We are employees of Subway, most of which get paid minimum wage and don't want to babysit! I literally had a mother watch her children tear apart the soda area, and throw straws at me. I refused her service, had a complain filed against me, lied about, and she was given free stuff. I was a given a free write-up. Thanks!
Don't get mad at me for anything out of my control. The commercials and advertisements clearly state that "Premium and Double-stacked Subs are not included in the $5 Footlongs," yet people still get mad when I tell them (at the meat section) that they are excluded. My fault? Not at all. Blame Subway. It's not as if I'm waiting until they pay in order to tell them this information. I tell them before they order the sandwich, so hold your anger in or you will be treated like you're stupid - I promise.
We do things according to Subway standards or else we get fired. True, each employee has their own little thing they do (for me, I put more than six olives on every sandwich). Why? Because most of us understand and know that customers want things a little different. If you expect me to put a handful of green peppers on your sandwich, I'm not going to.
Only six are supposed to be on a footlong. If you request more, I will put more on there. Coupons! Believe it, or not, but Subway puts coupons out and doesn't tell the franchise owners. I'm a manager, I know this. We have coupons on the computer, but most of the time we have to wing it and do price-overrides or corrections. It may take a little longer, but I promise you, we are doing everything in our power to provide the best service possible.
Don't come in after close. Ugh! If we close at the nine, then that's it. Don't come in and expect to be treated nicely or even served. I have turned down customers for coming in late. The hours are clearly posted and we have a GIANT neon light in our window proclaiming our open status. Also, don't get mad at us if the door is long. Knocking will not get you anywhere. Oh! And if we do open the door when you knock because it's locked don't ask if we're open - it's pretty obvious.
Last, don't lie. We keep track of any messed-up orders and know when people are due for a sandwich (which is rare because Subway mandates that no free food should be given out under any circumstances regardless of severity and that the custom must contact the owner in order to receive a coupon which can then be redeemed at the same store of service). I had a guy come in about a month ago, order four footlong feasts and try to get them free.
One of my employees called me and I was forced to come up and explain to the guy that I was the only male manager on duty on Saturday between the hours of 8 A.M. and 4 P.M. (He tried to tell me he called in about it at noon, when we don't answer the phone, and talked to a male manager - me). He asked me if I was calling him a liar and I said yes. I gave him the corporate complaint hotline number and never received a complaint from him.
The point is, nobody wants to work at Subway, and we are in fact human beings. I understand it is frustrating to be treated poorly, but really... we also feel the same way. We don't like being treated like trash, the same as you. So, get over it, come in, order and leave so that we can do our jobs.
First of all, let me tell you a little about me! I'm an over-the-road truck driver I don't make a lot of money and have to live on a budget while on the road. That is why I used to eat at Subway! I don't anymore, and let me tell you why! I stopped at the Subway in the Pilot Truck-Stop in Clear Lake IA. On 07/07/2010 at 8:00 pm and ordered a Foot Long Tunafish on white with extra cheese, price was 5.99. I gave the clerk a 20.00 dollar bill to which the clerk gave me change for a 10.00 dollar bill (4.01). When I called the clerk on his mistake, he said I only gave him a Ten (10.00).
An argument ensued. The bottom line is he gave me the manager's phone number, who I called immediately and left a message! The manager called me back the next day and said that indeed the clerk had made a mistake and when counting out the register they found my Ten (10.00) dollars. She said she would send me my Ten (10.00) dollars, so I gave her my address. After two weeks I called her back and told her I hadn't received my money yet! She said she would resend the money. It is now 09/10/2010 and have yet to receive my money. This is why I will never eat at Subway ever again!!!
I have been a Subway employee for over a year now. I am prior service military and very good at what I do. I have regular customers that come in to my store everyday and enjoy their sandwich but I must say all these complaints I am reading make me laugh. Some of you speak about the employees like we are dogs. I am not saying that everyone is perfect but this is a shame.
When you come in to the store I am required to greet you within 3 seconds. This is not an option for me. So when I take the time to say "Welcome to Subway" or "hey how are you?" Be respectful and say hello. Don't just come up to the counter and say "I WANT A..." I was taught manners and I am sure that at some point you have run across them as well.
Your home girl can wait five seconds for you to order a sub. I had a lady one time tell me "excuse me I'm talking" when I asked her what kind of cheese she wanted on her sub. I didn't come to your car and ask you what you wanted, you came in to me and stepped up to my line. I had a no cell phone sign on my line. Corporate made me take it down. But when it was still up some of you would read it to your friend on the phone.
This is a made to order sandwich. I need your full attention. When you ask me for something on your sub paying half attention and I put it on there don't scream at me because you asked for it. And if I were to pull out my phone while making your sub you might get offended because I am not doing my job properly.
If you speak to me like I'm a dog, my customer service will lack at some point. I don't come to your work and be completely rude to you and ask for you to take it. I'm human and I expect to be treated with respect. Everyone has a bad day. I'll try and make it better if you don't treat me like gum stuck to your shoe.
If you want extra veggies... ASK! It is free of charge. Subway says I am to put 6 olives on your footlong. If you ask for more I can put more. It is much easier for me to put more on than it is for me to take it off. This stands for dressing as well. Without throwing away product I cannot take it off. Ask and you shall receive.
Bashing employees... Believe it or not what we do is based on what our higher power tells us to do. We are not incompetent. However when a manager is standing over my shoulder I am not willing to lose my job. Just as you are to your job. My job pays my bills.
During tax season when we do our special buy one get one don't ask me why we are out of bread. We are able to bake 24 pieces of bread at a time. Do the math. When I have a line hanging out my door it is impossible for me to keep bread flowing. And if I bake before the day you'll complain it is hard. Come on now. The person who designed this is a guy sitting at a desk somewhere who has never made a sub in his life. Don't get mad at me for trying to carry out his wishes. Everyone has something that is not so great about their job. We are not all in food but I had plenty of complaints about the military as well. Be civil to me and I shall be civil to you.
Please read the menu before asking me where the $5.00 subs are. They are right in front of you. The don't tell me what my menu says. Turkey is not a 5 dollar sub no matter how many times you tell me it is. If you read the menu while making your selection this saves you and I the argument at the register when you tell me no turkey is 5.00. I then have to go back to the sign and show you.
I love a lot of my customers but I have had some really unreasonable requests in my time. My job is not what keeps me coming back to work. It is the people that I share a bond with. I do not enjoy the behind the scenes work of scrubbing on my hands and knees because Subway says our stores are to be immaculate at all times. I have customers that tell me how clean my store is. They see how hard my coworkers and I try to keep up. I have customers tell me all the time how clean my store is. You just have to find the right one and stick with it. We will take care of you if you take care of us!!!


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Juts, the K/D is very important for have shootgun.
You can make 10k kill easy on buried and 0 death, it's legit, and lot of people make this, but there are so bad on Origins... no skill.
Not true - 500,000 kills and 2500 downs and still no shotguns. Ranking is glitched and severely Bs. I understand why people get mad
Got to be his revives. He has almost as many revives as downs. That is pretty hard to do. I think my revives are half my downs. Maybe that is why it keeps putting me in the kids games, it wants me to revive more. I never buy quickrevive in Town as it cuts out one of the other perks.
Rank is not determined by anything other than rounds and downs. My one friend has the knife and he has only played custom games. He got the knife by getting to 40 back to back . It definite throws KD out because his is 25 and he hasn't played since he got the knife. No stat helps you rank up. Th. Reason everyone ranks up at different " levels" is just that. Stats are there for peice of mind but to rank up it's based off rounds and downs.
personally i always buy quick revive double tap jug and speed cola but on town u can use tomb stone to down urself and get stamina up and another tomb stone to get all the perks.
What's this KD? I should be ranked up, but I don't know. I used to be the skull with the knife, now I'm just the skull.
Kills: Between 69,000 and 70,000
Downs: Between 790 and 800
I'm still not ranked up, and I'm pretty sure I should be. I'm not absolutely sure that I should be, but I think I should.
I got 233,866 kills and 1037 downs thats 225 K/D.
14334 headshots, 2219 grenade kills, 1127 perks, 773 doors, 1314 miles.
1006845 bullets fired and a shot accuracy of 5.23.
Guess what? I dont have shotguns! ... But saying that i did get my knife on 70 K/D.
Also i have my blue eyes from playing 5 days in a row so nobody give me that excuse you need blue eyes first to rank up. My theory to the ranking system is that there is a different requirement for each rank.
Crossbones - 1000 kills
Skull - 20 K/D
Knife - K/D between 70 and 90 (varies according to other stats)
Shotsguns - I have no ******* idea, like i said my stats great, my ratio is above 200, my eyes are blue, so what else can it be it has me puzzled.
All my friends had to get 12000 kills before they got the knife
I got shotguns at 17000 kills with 30 downs 100 revives!
Yes, you have to have a certain number of kills for each level. The knife is only around 12000 but the guns are higher....I don't have that yet but I have 18,000, 24,000 etc. The knife is a KD of 72. In fact, I literally was close, went to a custom game, killed 500 zombies, exited without dieing and poof I had the knife. I did the calculation afterwards and I was 72.124.
Its really a stupid system though. Because I typically kill on average 500-700 zombies at this point without dieing and last time I played I went to 1700 before dieing and I was the last one so the game ended. It is stupid because I let my daughter play on my account at first and she thought it was fun to die. I also was dieing right and left at first. So at this point, I could kill 1000 zombies everytime I play without dieing and it still would take me about 3 years of playing to get to shotguns. When I play currently, I out do all the other knifes and most of the shotgun people I play with when I look at my kills during the game to their kills. So therefore, I call it at stupid system. It really should only be looking back say for the last 24,000 kills and not your lifetime stats and in that case, you should be able to go backwards as well because the stats would be more real time. I'm a programmer and I would call the programmer who came up with this particular algorithm a dummy.
It has nothing to do with rounds. Nothing to do with revives. Nothing to do with custom or real games. Nothing to do with anything but k/d ratio and a "MINIMUM" number of kills required for each level. Also, I believe once you are at a level, you are there for ever...so you could start sucking really bad so your K/D goes back below the threshold and it still maintains your rank. It is a system that encourages people to rage quit.


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We all tell stories of one kind or another all the time. And even storytellers don't craft their response to a casual, "How was your day?"
Still, if you're looking to tell a story that you hope will have impact on its audience, whether it's your child, your parents, your workmates or an audience of strangers gathered in a bar to hear stories, the lessons of the Moth include these:
? A story is not just a series of events. In Moth-speak, this is called an "and-then story," e.g. "And then I did this ... And then I did that ... And then ... And then ... And then." Include some reflection among the events. How did you feel? What were you thinking as this was happening? Give your listeners a taste of your inner as well as outer responses, especially if those two were in conflict. Inner conflict is the fuel of many a good story.
? A story renders something important. This is usually a moment of realization, a shift from passive to active or the process of letting go of a long-held fear or belief. If you're the same at the end of the story as you were at the beginning, it's not going to be as compelling as a story in which you experienced some kind of internal change in perspective.
? A story is finite. A good storyteller doesn't cram every thought, joke or detail into a single story. It's better if you just try to tell one story at a time and include just enough detail so the audience can picture the scene, but otherwise keep it as brief as you can. The Moth is very specific about its parameters - 5 minutes at StorySLAMs and 10 tellers, no matter how many show up. Senior producer Jenifer Hixson said going longer "begins to deflate the evening at some point. No matter how great the story might be, when people (in the audience) are spent, they are spent."
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Michaud said he's been getting requests from Democrats, Republicans and independents asking him to run for governor, and he said the exploratory committee "will better gauge the depth of support." As part of the effort, he's launching a website, www.Michaud2014.com .
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"Recording Callers"
March 10, 2011
Ask The Attorney
In our latest "Fresh Content" feature, we ask attorney Communications Law attorney John Garziglia about a sticky situation in the studio. It canhappen to any station at any time and probably has happened to you. What should you do when one of your employees records a listener without telling him or her first that the recording device is on.
RI: I just walked in to the studio and realized that my morning man (highest ratings in the market) recorded a listener and played it back on the air. He did not tell the caller he was recording and there was no contest running. The caller is not complaining. In fact nobody is. However, I am the GM and I saw it all happen.
JG: Let's assume here that this was not a request line caller or a call-in show. Rather, this was just a bit that was being done with a listener the morning man called, or a listener who called the station. The listener had no idea the call would be broadcast.
So, upon finding this out, as GM restrain yourself from expressing yourself with words such as #@!* and $%@#&% (since there are microphones around and in a broadcast station one never knows for absolute certainty that microphones are off), and ask your morning personality and anyone else on your station staff who might likewise do this (including your news staff) to join you for a refresher course on the relevant FCC rule. The FCC rule is Section 73.1206 which prohibits putting callers on the air or recording them for later broadcast without informing them of the intention to broadcast the conversation.
The FCC has emphasized time and again that the caller must FIRST be informed he or she will be put on the air, prior to going on the air, or prior to rolling tape. Rolling tape first, and then asking a listener if a call can be broadcast, is a violation of the FCC's rule.
News people can be particular egregious in a violation of this rule as starting out a conversation with "I am recording this conversation for possible later broadcast" is often a conversation killer. Yet, the rule is what it is, and getting actualities first, and then asking the called party if parts of the conversation can be broadcast, is a violation of the FCC's rule. Remarkably, however, it is not often that news people are tagged with this violation.
Rather, the violator who is pursued by the FCC is often a snarky radio personality who, as part of a bit, calls someone and makes a fool of them, or calls the competition and scores with a fake phone call. It is for these calls that station personnel must be especially careful to clearly state prior to putting someone on the air that the call is being broadcast, or prior to rolling tape that the call is being recorded for possible future broadcast. While any call in violation of the rule can result in an FCC fine, it usually takes a complaint filed with the FCC to set the FCC's enforcement processes in motion.
The exception to all of this is where the caller or called party is aware or may presume from the circumstances of the conversation that the call is likely to be broadcast. This exception covers call-in shows, station contests and request-line calls to telephone numbers dedicated for these purposes.
Also, while the FCC rule recognizes no difference, it is less likely that a CALLER to a radio station will file an FCC complaint than will a person CALLED by a radio station out of the blue. Unless the listener has a reason to be unhappy about what was broadcast, it is likely that nothing will come of it even though there was possibly a violation of the FCC's rule requiring advance notice to broadcast, or to record a telephone conversation for later broadcast.
Back to the question above, if the caller called a request line number that is given out over the air where certain calls are routinely put on the air, it is arguable that the morning man did nothing wrong and there was no obligation to inform the listener in advance. But, where there is a doubt, the caller should be informed.
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STATE COLLEGE -- The ideal picture of how a leader leaves the field is a matter of opinion. Some may picture him on his teammates' shoulders or jogging off a field with the championship, wagging an outstretched index finger in the universal sign for No. 1.
No one wants to see a leader carted off, injured and perhaps finished for the season.
Yet that heartbreaking scenario might have played out in front of Penn State fans Saturday, in the Lions' 45-22 victory against Indiana.
Fifth-year senior linebacker Mike Mauti rode off the field, not on someone's shoulders, but on a motorized cart.
Not uplifting, it was no-less fitting. After all, Mauti always seemed to play every down as if it was his last. Full-throttle, and straight ahead; no excuses, no letdown. Even after suffering two severe knee injuries he seemed to put his team first, as if his effort and the potential to risk injury was worth the collective goal of the team.
When he went down in the first quarter, it seemed as if everyone watching wanted to wish this knee injury onto someone else -- anybody but Mauti.
And as silence enveloped Beaver Stadium, the reason for the hush was simple. Mauti has already missed almost two entire seasons at Penn State because of knee injuries. And after a tumultuous offseason, in which he pleaded "one man" didn't build this program, and one man -- "sure as hell" -- wouldn't tear it apart, Mauti emerged as a straight-talking, unapologetic leader on and off the field. Even people who didn't follow Penn State or college football asked about the big, stringy-haired kid who stood up in front of the cameras.
"The same kind of Mauti you see (interacting) with the media is the same kind of Mauti you see in the locker room," Penn State's Stephen Obeng-Agyapong said. "He's a leader. He speaks his mind."
Mauti had already survived a difficult four seasons at Penn State before the 2012 season started. A torn ACL in his right knee wiped out his entire 2009 season, and a torn ACL in his left knee wiped out all but the first four games of last season. Despite all of that, and the NCAA sanctions imposed in August, it looked like he would finally reach the NFL Draft whole.
But his season and collegiate career (just one final game remains on Penn State's schedule) appear to be in doubt after Indiana running back D'Angelo Roberts laid his helmet into Mauti's left knee -- the one with a large, bulky brace. Pictures appeared to confirm it was an illegal chop block, since Mauti had engaged with Indiana lineman Collin Rahrig when Roberts hit Mauti low; a textbook high/low block combination. Officials didn't throw a flag.
"The things he's been through --- with both of his knees --- he just doesn't want that to happen again," said Penn State's Jordan Hill, who stayed with Mauti while the Lion's medical staff examined him on the field. "It was like a moment of shock, of like here we go again."
Unable to walk off the field, he hopped onto the cart, his hands up at his helmet. Fans responded with a standing ovation, and every Penn State player walked onto the field as he rode off.
"He's not only one of my teammates, he's one of my close friends," Hill said. "The whole senior class, we consider ourselves brothers because of everything we've been through. It's a unique situation. You've got to be there for each other."
If that was his final play, and no one seemed willing or able to comment on his injury after the game, Mauti left like a hero. Asked if anyone else on the team would have received that type of reaction from his teammates, Hill explained.
"You know he's our leader," Hill said. "We knew we had to be there for him."
Since he's a senior, it could have been Mauti's last play as a Nittany Lion. Should Penn State and Mauti pursue it, the linebacker could petition the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility. The NCAA permits athletes a sixth-year of eligibility if they lose two seasons because of circumstances outside an institution's control (i.e. injuries or death of a family member).
Although Mauti has not missed two entire seasons (he played in four games in 2011), there appears some precedent for players receiving a sixth season despite appearing in some games in one of those lost seasons. Maryland's Richard Taylor received a sixth year after he missed all of 2007 and most of 2008 (appearing in three games) with knee injuries.
But that will be a question Mauti and his family need to answer. Will he be better off trying to come back to Penn State before entering the draft? And would he want to return for another season? He already earned his first undergraduate degree in Dec. 2011 and has started work on his second degree in labor and employment relations.
Back on the field for the end of the game, Mauti sat on the sidelines in warmups and no pads, his left leg propped up on a table. On crutches, he joined his teammates' to sing Penn State's alma mater. Coaches often say it's easy to spot a leader. In this case, everyone in the stands spotted one.
Before the Blue Band played the first notes of the alma mater, the student section began to chant: "Mich-ael Mau-ti!"
It might not have been an ideal end, but it seemed fitting. Here was a player that put the team in front of himself, and here was a student body recognizing that effort.
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