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MICHIGAN -- This started the middle of July 2016. I have called Ford consumer affairs dept. for the past five months with absolutely no help on getting the passenger side airbag replaced that "can cause death or serious injury if deployed". I have been getting the same runaround with the answer the chance of death is remote. My answer is "REALLY". So if it does happen then what? Can't sell the car, can't have a passenger.
Had a Honda CRV, same problem. 30 days from airbag recall notification airbag was replaced plus prior to airbag replacement was given a rental car at no charge for the 30 days. Was advised by Honda not to drive the CRV until airbag was replaced. I asked Ford customer service what happens if someone dies. Not much of an answer was given. Still waiting for airbag.
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- I leased a vehicle through Ford in 2005 - This would be my 2nd vehicle with Ford. I have excellent credit. NEVER paid late. They always received their $430.00 every month. Mind you the payment was $429. and some change. I decided this year not to renew my lease with Ford. My first reason - they send these letters, you know, come out of your lease early, they get you in the dealership and tacks the months that they claim they are paying off in your new lease. Well this is not helping me! Plus the fact their cars are just plain janes.
I decided to go with Hyundai and I must say I choose the Veracruz Limited fully loaded same price as my ford and guess what! A 2 year lease! I left my vehicle with Hyundai. I was told they could turn it in. I would get a lease bill at the end, which I did. In the mean time I owed for 3 payments. I had just paid 1 payment of $430.00 on the 22nd of Feb which was actually my normal payment. I got the new car on the 23rd and I made a payment to Ford on the 4 of March for the remainder which was like $1298.00. End of story.
In the mean time I went on their site and was locked out of my account, could not make any payments with them or see anything. Thank God I made the $1298 payment when I did before they locked my account. I set that up electronically with FORD and it was taken out of my bank account. I kept getting calls that they did not get the $1298.00 finally after the 3rd day. I had to call and was notified that they received my money.
Well guess what Ford decides to make changes to my credit to read Termination lease early and still had the balance of 1298 out there. Which to me look like I ended the lease and owes them $1298 (even though I paid this). This change to my credit was made on 3/5. I called them and they told me because I ended my lease 3 months early my lease was to end in July - they had to make the change.
OK when I got the lease in 2005 with Ford, I got that lease 6 months early, nothing happened to my credit. Could it be because I went from a FORD to a FORD or now because I went from a FORD to a HYUNDAI and someone got their tail in a spin! This even gets better. I got the review from the lease. This is where they go over your vehicle very good.
Now I was told turn in the vehicle, let them look it over and anything you owe you have 30 days to pay. I got the letter (mind you all this I can back up). The car was in normal wear and tear condition. Over mileage was 294.00 which this include 36 dollars and something cents in tax fees. I was told I had 30 days to pay. I received this letter on 3/14/08. I am not being called at home 3/11 by Ford about the 294 even though the letter clearly states 30 days to pay. I have paid these people faithfully for 3 years. 294.00 is not going to ruin my credit! But you can best believe this! THEY HAVE LOST ME FOR LIFE. I AM DONE WITH THEM!
Now I know why they will eventually go out of business. Now I know why Hyundai, Toyota, and even Kia does better than them. I am done with them! My concern is not about who sold more cars, however putting out a better product to me is a better in the long run, and as a consumer HOW I AM TREATED!!!! I always went with ford because a sister in law of mine was a big wig in Philly then in Detroit. That why I ended up leasing with them all the time.
My point is If you don't continue with them you lose out.. I paid every cent, terminated early, so what? I should have kept the vehicle the additional 3 months. It is called lease termination yes, but PAID IN FULL not lease termination owing 1298.00. That is my point!! I might as well parked the car in my driveway.
At least I thought I was doing the appropriate thing. It is not about having facts right. It is about the customer and treating the customer right so you can come back. Why I want to tack 3 or 2 months let alone 1 year worth of payments on to the next lease and pay them interest.. That don't make sense to me. I wanted to pay what I owed and be done. I appreciate the responses!
BUFFALO, MINNESOTA -- I am a loyal Ford man and so is my family. Lately my trucks have been worthless and Ford will not stand behind their workmanship. I bought 2 Black f 350 trucks in 2002. Right away I had paint peel on my drivers door on the Ext. cab. Ford painted it and told me that it was just that door and the rest of the truck would be fine.
After the warranty was up, my paint started peeling on the passenger door. Ford would not stand behind it so I got rid of the truck. My other 2002 Regular cab showed signs of peeling at 24,695 miles. The whole truck needed to be painted. Because I was past three years, they would not repair it. After fighting with them for a few months, they said they would paint it but I had to pay $700. What do you do? So they painted it and I paid them $700.
Now the truck has 50,000 miles and the tranny goes out. Ford still will not help me. So out of my pocket goes $3000. Now the oil pan has rusted out on my 7.3 diesel engine. I am past the 5 year 100,000 mile warranty. I asked the dealer if they would call and check with Ford to see if they would help. He said he knew that Ford wouldn't do anything so he wouldn't even bother calling them. They want $2100 to replace the oil pan. This is a joke. It is costing me a fortune to keep this thing running.
I have never had an oil pan rust out on anything in my life. I drive a 1987 ford ranger with everything original and it runs like a top. My dad has a 1986 F150 with all original equipment and it runs awesome to. Why can't they build this stuff better or stand behind the workmanship?
I leased a 2009 Ford Flex. Everything was fine and no late payments were made. In October 2009 I became totally disabled but still made my payments. In March of 2010 I called Ford Credit and asked for a three month payment deferral to be paid at the end of the lease. They informed me a two month extension was available but stated that to qualify for relief from April and may payments I would need to make a payment [go figure]. The cost of the extension would be an additional 221$, and they would put two payments on the end of the lease. Cost of two payments? 700$ .Cost of extension? 551$. They know how to get you when you're down.
I eventually fell two payments behind and the phone calls became incessant. Very much not the Ford your father owned. Finally in 2011 I started to get back on my feet. I sent them 800$ to cover that years apr-may payment. A month later I sent them 1400$ to cover June-July payments plus 166$ late fees plus 221$ extension fee. What they did against my request was made payments through September leaving late fees to accrue and non-payment of extension to damage my credit with them.
Now if I want to lease from them again in six months OR buy out in six months my interest rate with either will be prohibitive. I just got off the phone with Ford Credit and after about 1 hour and two different, no three different agents, the first one hung up. I was dragged around in a circle with them telling me what I should have done and me telling them that was what I was trying to do and them telling me IF I had done what I was trying to do we wouldn't have a problem.
Keep in mind the reason they paid two payments forward was to protect me from missing payments that were not due yet. Sept.2011 my statement declared no payment was due and currently there were no charges on my account. Now today my Oct. statement arrived with the payment plus 166$ in late fees and 221$ in ext fees.
What Ford Credit will do is once they realize you are a repeat lessor they will systematically manipulate your billing to damage your credit, incur late fees and have you believe it is your fault. Don't believe it. It's not you. At the end of my phone conversation I asked ** to stop talking about it, I had a solution. I would simply return my Ford Flex at term and not buy from Ford anymore. That won't be too difficult. By the way, my Lincoln was built in Mexico and most of my Flex was built in Canada.
Ford was able to QUICKLY bury media reports of a court case that they lost in 2001. The court disposition was that Ford was to reimburse current AND FORMER Ford owners, whose cars had DOCUMENTED repairs related to this problem. It was an ignition module, that failed when hot, and left NO diagnostic clue in the car's computer. That in itself was a free ticket to the dealers to clean out your wallet. I had one of these vehicles - a 1995 Ford. I had ALL records for failed repairs, etc., etc., etc. Total losses to me were almost $3,000, DOCUMENTED.
Ford played dumb, and one day I heard about the court case closing, and they lost. By the time I got home, Ford already had the story off of the National Public Radio website, which carries stories for at least until the next day. I had to go to the radio station to get the press release. Ford still played dumb, all the way to corporate offices. "What court case?" they said? I took my business-vehicle Ford to the dealer, left it, told them about the failed part, and the court case. I went to the Chevy dealer and bought a new Chevy. A week later, I picked up my Ford. The next day, it broke down.
I wrote Ford Motor Credit, and said to come get my Ford - no more payments for you, with breach of contract. 3 months later, they came to get it, and entered a INVOLUNTARY repossession on my credit record. If they had had a case, it WOULD have been VOLUNTARY repo, but that didn't matter to them. They had no case anyway, since they had LOST the court case!!! And they went through my dad to find me, even tho' I told them where to get it. They shouldn't have done that, because I then told my dad why his Ford-equipped motor home shut down when hot.
Wall Street said this might bring Ford to its' end. It was supposed to really hurt them. Fortunately for them, the web was in its' infancy, and 'viral' stuff didn't happen like it does now. Supposedly, you were to get $186 if you had any records for this problem (I have LOTS more). I don't know if that applied only to CA residents tho'. Supposedly, law firms in 5 other stated are (were) assembling the same case against Ford, pending a federal case. Google 'TFI Settlement'. Do you have any receipts for service on Ford vehicles???
I owe two ford explorer's. One is a 01' model and the other is a 05' model. Both have the 4.0 motors. Not two long ago the belt on the 05' started to make some squalling noise. So being a little knowledgeable about car's. I bought a new serpentine belt & replaced it. The new belt did quiet it some but did not get rid of the noise. So the next step was to call a friend of mine that works for ford (In the service dept.) and ask him what he thought. He told me that the Harmonic Balancer pulley was defective. He began to explain that the center of the pulley is made of plastic and the outer ring is metal.
Over time the metal separates from the plastic and the serpentine belt would slip down on to the plastic part of the pulley and the metal ring slides back closer to the motor. So I asked sense this is a defective product ford would fix it at no cost to me. NO was the response. So my next question was how much is it going to cost. 550.00 dollars. So then I told him I would have to wait to get it fixed b/c I do not have that kind of money. He then told me not to drive it until it was fixed b/c they had a ford ranger with the same type of motor and that the pulley came off and went through the radiator, & it cost him over 1300.00 dollars to fix it.
So I paid, but not before I called ford to ask them about the problem with all of the 4.0 motor's. They said it was the first that they had heard about the problem,& they were not responsible. So then I called six different dealership in the area and asked them if they have been fixing any problems like mine. Every one of them said that they were fixing at least two a week and that it was all of the 4.0L. That sounds like it should be a recall to me. What do you think. I hope this will help some people decide not to buy a FORD.
Ever since I can remember my Dad has had a Ford. Growing up it was always Mustangs, and Power strokes in my family.. As a matter of fact my first truck was a hand me down '97 Powerstroke, and I absolutely loved it. A few years ago my Dad started saving money to buy a new Ford truck. It took several years, but he finally saved up enough money to get the truck he wanted.
He bought a 2008 Ford F-450 for around 60K. Needless to say he was very happy that he had finally achieved his goal of buying the new truck of his dreams. That was fairly short lived when he found out that it gets about 10 miles to the gallon highway, and around 6 MPG while pulling a trailer.
Also, while pulling an empty trailer on a two hour highway drive a horrible sound started coming from the transmission housing area, then a over heating warning came up on the screen. When returning with a loaded trailer we went 50 MPH all the way home out of fear that the thing was about to blow up!!!! The next hit was the electrical problems.. At 25,000 miles one of the blinkers went out, then it started beeping every time you hit the brakes because "Trailer Brake Fault" when we weren't even pulling a trailer!!!
All of this has happened in the last two months with 27,000 miles on the truck. It has become a weekly chore to take the truck to the local Ford shop, and try to get them to fix the problems. When I took the truck in for the Transmission noise the guy at the Ford shop told me "Oh, yeah these 450's have a lot of gear noise.. That's normal, when they get hot" and they did not fix anything!!! The 20 plus years that my Father has been loyal, and bragging about Ford have now come to an end because of the overall disappointment with the vehicle, and the service that Ford has provided.
I have a 2006 F550 Diesel w/ 26K miles and 5 months out of warranty. Brought it to dealer and was told the fuel tank was delaminating from the diesel we were using. Needs new pump, fuel lines, injectors blown out and cleaned..$2500. We have been using the same 2 stations for 10 years and have 2 other, older Ford trucks and no problems. This truck is only 3 years old.
I called Ford and they said they knew of it happening on trucks and blame it on the fueling stations. (Like we all fuel up at the same place) But it was up to the dealer to credit or not credit the repair. Very rude people on the phone at complaint department. When I asked to speak to a supervisor I was told, "This is as far as you will get on this call." Ford Motor Corp will do nothing. My dealer took off $800 for the $2500 repair, but it is not his fault. His dealership did not build the trucks. I was told that it has been happening so much that if he was to fix everyone at no charge he would be out of business. This is clearly a defect and safety issue and FORD will not acknowledge it.
I was driving at 40mph w/ a trailer when my truck bogged and died and would not start. There was no shoulder to pull over on. I had to get another truck to move trailer then to move truck. Traffic was backed up for a mile. It is a Safety issue and everyone needs to contact the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) http://www.nhtsa/. dot.gov/ and call up to file a complaint. The phone # is (888) 327-4236. These are the people who would make Ford recall the tanks due to a safety problem.
ST PAUL, MINNESOTA -- I should have known better than to buy another one of your wretched vehicles! I was burnt on the previous bucket of bolts (2001 Ford Explorer) you turned out of the assembly line and dared to call a vehicle. I thought maybe I would give you another chance. So I replaced it with another one of your products called the ford free star. I actually bought this car off of a Nissan Dealership. I was just over the my previous ford inflicted injury (Transmission failure ie $2300) when the dealer showed me my new 2004 Ford Freestar. I of course bought it reluctantly anticipating catastrophic failure! When It didn't actually come I was quite surprised.
It has actually held up well so far. I thought maybe this is the one! That is until I washed it and found that the paint on my roof is peeling away from the top. I plan on calling Ford to see what they can do about this. But from reading hundreds of other posts it does not sound promising. I'd like to think that may be with some of the bail out money that you will receive, you will bail out your poor quality Craftsmanship and fix my roof.
It is problems with your craftsmanship (mainly poorly made transmissions) and cars that do not live up to there EPA estimated mileage (my Freestar is getting 16-20 not 22-24) that is going to bankrupt you people if you do not do something about it. If you bother to read other peoples reviews on your vehicles you will find thousands of disappointed consumers. So please, for the sake of the economy and the American auto maker, take this serious. Otherwise call your vehicle what they should really be called... Take mine for example, I call it the ford 3 stars, Meaning it got three out of ten stars.
I own 2002 Ford Ranger Edge with 70,000 km. I was very dedicated to all the required oil changes and any other services the truck required. The truck was never driven hard and I must say it was driven more by my wife than myself. We recently drove out to the city to go shopping {about 100km}. We parked the truck and did our shopping. We then got back in the truck and I started it up and there was a bang and it stalled. I then tried it again and it was making such a racket. I turned it off.
To make a long story short I got it towed home to our Garage and found out the engine was blown. I phoned Ford of Canada and asked if there was any other complaints about the 4.0 L engine and they told me no. They basically told me that the warranty had run out and that there was nothing they could do for me. I find it very odd that there was no oil pressure problem, no oil light signal came on, no warning whatsoever of engine failure. It makes me think that something broke inside the engine and if I'm the first to complain about it then there must have been a default in this motor.
A motor should last a lot longer than 70,000 km. I do hope Ford will look into this problem a little further. I am willing to send them the motor if they don't believe me. I am 56 years old and have owned a lot of Fords. {In fact I have a 2004 f150 FX4 in my driveway.} This is going to cost me about 3 to 4 thousand dollars and feel that Ford of Canada is responsible, for if not all of the cost at least some of it. Thanks.


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When former Mayor James Hahn vowed Los Angeles would stop killing unwanted pets within five years, it was written off as a feel-good pledge.
Nearly a decade later, city animal shelters are poised for their first month of not killing adoptable dogs and cats, city officials and animal welfare supporters say.
"So far so good," said Francis Battista, founder of the Best Friends Animal Society, which runs the city's Northeast Valley shelter in Mission Hills. "It's very hopeful, and we're very excited about it."
If the current No-Kill December campaign by the city, animal welfare groups and celebrities is successful, Los Angeles shelters would have found homes for thousands of dogs and cats - or 90 percent of incoming pets.
The remaining animals would be considered either too sick or too dangerous to adopt.
As of December 16 - the last date numbers were available - the city had taken in 1,951 dogs and cats, and euthanized 313, a save rate of 84 percent. A 90-percent save rate is considered by animal welfare groups to be "no-kill" - with 10 percent of untreatable animals put down.
Last December, the city took in 3,632 dogs and cats, and killed 1,017, for a save rate of 72 percent.
Over the entire fiscal year 2011-12, the city took in 57,000 pets, and put down 22,000 - for a save rate of 62 percent. The city, in documenting euthanasia, does not separate treatable or untreatable pets.
Now Los Angeles and its animal welfare supporters are praying for a municipal Christmas miracle.
"The city shelters are onboard for the December no-kill push," said General Manager Brenda Barnette, of Los Angeles Animal Services, in a statement. "We are asking the community of Los Angeles and the rescue community help us achieve this goal.
"What better holiday gift than a new home of their own and a new chance at life for our amazing companion animals?"
Barnette was unavailable for comment Monday.
It was more than a decade ago that city shelters became the target of animal activists bent on halting the euthanasia of unwanted pets. At its peak, Los Angeles once killed 50,000 dogs and cats a year.
It was Hahn who, flanked by protesters and the barking of condemned dogs at the South Los Angeles shelter, announced in August 2003 plans to stop euthanizing adoptable animals within five years. At the time, 30,000 animals a year were put down.
Since then, Animal Services has had a revolving door of general managers, each with a so-called no-kill mission. And since then, each has been attacked by activists saying the goal wasn't being met fast enough. And that euthanasia in recent years was rising.
Barnette, the fifth general manager in a decade, was hired in 2010.
Supporters of the No-Kill December campaign credit large billboards by the No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) coalition, which includes the city, Best Friends and more than 50 animal welfare groups.
They also credit more than 50 celebrities, including Ellen DeGeneres, Sophia Bush and Alyssa Milano, who have implored Angelenos to adopt shelter pets.
Through October, Los Angeles saved 3,800 shelter animals, said Battista, who also serves as president of No-Kill L.A., which well surpassed the Best Friends' goal.
Since it assumed management of the Mission Hills shelter a year ago, Best Friends has found homes for 3,000 shelter animals, many sent on so-called Pup My Ride transports to the Pacific Northwest, he said. The city also ships about 240 dogs a year to the Seattle Humane Society.
Best Friends Animal Society, based in Utah, has spent nearly $1 million to fund NKLA, which includes $450,000 in adoption incentives, and $500,000 for spay/neuter services in poor areas. Another $3 million has been spent in Los Angeles.
A "12 Pets of Christmas" promotion, by the Found Animals Foundation, also lowered the cost of shelter adoptions for harder-to-adopt pets, such as older animals.

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Perfect low glycemic sugar for my baking needs
I've recently started using this by making a syrup out of it to use in recipes that call for either honey or agave nectar, and it works beautifully as an alternative to those: 1 1/4 c. palm sugar 1/2 c. water Bring to boil on medium heat stirring to dissolve sugar. Stop stirring and continue to boil for 3 minutes. It will thicken up as it cools.
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Not Good for me.
Posted by 4613142442863848488 on Jun 09, 2012 | Verified Purchase
Although I have a yeast allergy and I am also wheat, gluten, dairy, soya and corn intolerant, I was told this was suitable for me, so bought it. However, I forgot to say when enquiring about this product that I had candida. So used it and loved it, but it didn't love me. Rang the Company and they told me this particular coconut sugar is not suitable, if you have candida. So a bit of a waste of money for me on my economic budget, I'm afraid to report. However, I know some palm or coconut sugar, whatever you want to call it is suitable for those with Candida, but not this one.
Perfect low glycemic sugar for my baking needs
Posted by Reviewer1880295 on Jan 25, 2010 | Verified Purchase
I've recently started using this by making a syrup out of it to use in recipes that call for either honey or agave nectar, and it works beautifully as an alternative to those: 1 1/4 c. palm sugar 1/2 c. water Bring to boil on medium heat stirring to dissolve sugar. Stop stirring and continue to boil for 3 minutes. It will thicken up as it cools.
Nature`s own pure, sweet, delicious "sugar"
Posted by Reviewer2124231 on Apr 07, 2011 | Verified Purchase
Great taste, very affordable, and much better to use than other sweeteners. Here in Norway this product costs about $37. But thanks to iHerb i can now replace all of my white sugar with this healthier "sugar", without having to think of the cost. Will buy again and again and again and again!! But they should really call this "Coconut Flower Nectar" (or something like that. People are easily scared by the sugar name)
Too good!
Posted by Reviewer3060686 on Feb 20, 2012 | Verified Purchase
Beware, because this palm sugar is dangerously good! Ok, joking aside I can still say that this beats any other brown /organic sugar I have ever tried. It has replaced honey as my preferred sweetener because of its delicate taste and not to mention the benefit of the minerals etc it contains. Knowing that this is fair-trade and helping families to an income makes it taste even sweeter to me... Try it in your warm cocoa- simply too good !
Good substitute for baking, but...
Posted by Reviewer3100533 on Apr 09, 2012 | Verified Purchase
...not very good as substitute for sweetener to coffee and teas. It significantly changes the taste of the hot beverage. I'll have to look for another natural sugar substitute for my drinks :(
Great taste and low GI
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My husband loves it! He would only eat cane sugar before but now I have him successfully converted to this lower GI sweetener.
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kudos to iherb for carrying palm sugar, wonderfully good in all my baking, etc. Can be used in same ratio as table sugar. Has a glycemic index of only 35 & a lot of nutrient value, especially minerals! I'll be using this as my main sugar substitute from now on.
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Lights, camera, action! We are gearing up for the third annual Cecilwood (TM): A Festival of Short Films and we want YOU to showcase your directorial talents. Submit a film that's under five minutes in length to the Elkton Central Library by May 1st and you could win a $100 Visa card!
We know how creative Cecil County teens and adults can be because of the many wonderful Cecilwood submissions we've gotten over the past few years. From documentaries and Public Service Announcements to original comedies and dramas, our panel of judges have been wowed and we're eager to see what films are entered this year.
And this competition is not just for adults — anyone age ten and up can submit a film. Take a look at our requirements and forms here and show us your most creative work this spring.
Whether you're competing or not, don't miss the final awards ceremony. Join us for an afternoon of popcorn and original films at Cecil County's version of the Academy Awards — Saturday, May 19th at 1 PM — we'll show the best submissions and present awards to the top three films in the teen and adult categories.
And all you movie aficionados out there, tell us — why do you love film?
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Freddie Mercury tribute concert DVD gets release date
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A remastered edition of Freddie Mercury's star-studded 1992 tribute concert is set for release on September 3rd.
The new DVD and Blu-ray package features expanded material from the concert hosted by the surviving Queen members in April 1992, months after the singer's death.
Musicians like Robert Plant, David Bowie, George Michael, Annie Lennox and Elton John sang in Mercury's place. Two more discs will be included in the new package. One will feature previously unreleased footage of the concerts opening acts, Metallica, Guns N' Roses and Def Leppard. The third is a 60-minute documentary on the memorable benefit show, including footage and photos from rehearsals.
Proceeds from the sales go towards the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which helps fight AIDS worldwide. The September 3rd release date is two days before what would have been Mercury's 67th birthday.
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U.S Congresswoman Jane Harman Cordially Invites You to Attend a Film Screening and Discussion on:The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
There will be a screening of the 45-minute docudrama "Last Best Chance", followed by a panel of experts discussing the threat posed to our communities by what the 9/11 Commission called "loose nukes."
Screening locations:West Los Angeles/LAX ScreeningTuesday, October 24, 20066:00 PM to 8:30 PMIMAN Cultural Center3376 Motor AvenueLos Angeles, CA 90034Co-sponsored by LA Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
Port of Los Angeles ScreeningWednesday, October 25, 20066:00 PM to 8:30 PMLA Harbor Commission Board Room425 South Palos Verdes StreetSan Pedro, CA 90731Co-sponsored by LA Councilmember Janice Hahn
Please RSVP by contacting Trevor Ash at (310) 643-3636 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Last month, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and FOS11 launched a joint public education initiative to raise awareness about the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and materials so citizens can help reduce these threats. This is project includes activities such as: national screenings and discussions of the docudrama "Last Best Chance" (www.lastbestchance.org), the release of three Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to more than 1,200 television stations nationwide; the launch of the www.saferworld.org website for comprehensive information on how Americans can make the country safer and more secure, and public meetings to discuss the threat and prevention of nuclear terrorism.


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Image size = 4 x 4 inches.
Artwork comes with an 8 x 10 acid-free mat (Note: Photos of matted and framed art are shown for style only. You will receive the Wall Jewel shown in the main image, matted. Picture frame is not included).
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please read what a forums purpose is. This subforum is clearly not for asking questions on how to do something.
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Hello All....
I am trying to install BT4 onto an old Dell D505. I burned the .iso to a DVD. When trying to copy any of the files over to my boot folder, I get something similar to the following:
cp: Cannont access 'bin/' : Input/output Error
Does this have to do with either the DVD or the disc drive? or am I completely off?
Either way, can someone point me to some reading on how to correct this issue?
please read what a forums purpose is. This subforum is clearly not for asking questions on how to do something.
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he must be using bt4 beta muts guide wont help him until he installs pre-final
D-Day 2012 fact or fiction
I was wondering if it was because I have been using Beta. I started the download for pre-final and will try that tonight.
However, just fyi in case anyone is searching this. I found a similar problem in the Ubuntu forums. This issue could be caused by a scratched up CD, dust on the lens or a defected disc drive, or bad sectors on the hard drive.
I did a few things...
Cleaned the DVD (it was recommended to rub some toothpaste over it, I just rubbed it on a monitor cloth)
Cleaned off the lens
Ran a HD utility to clean up the HD.
That seemed to work as I was successfully able to copy the files over. I have run into a new problem:
Kernel out of sync - init could not be found. (Not the exact words as I am away from my computer but thought I would reply to this thread since people were kind enough to reply to me.)
I have not had time to research the newest error but will do so. This thread can be considered solved though.
Thank you.
The Pre-Final release installed with no problems.
I guess the fact I was using beta was having issues with this old computer. To be expected with Beta I guess. Thanks.


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WATCH: Ska cover of Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball'
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Just when you thought you'd heard plenty of Miley Cyrus covers, another one shows up on the web and blows your mind. This one comes via Facebook video from funky band Beebs and Her Money Makers.
Check out Beebs and Her Money Makers (a.k.a. BaHMM) performing a ska rendition of Miley's latest hit, "Wrecking Ball."


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"To come here and lose 5-0 when we know everything was on the line, our whole season, it's very disappointing. It's hard to swallow."
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Johnston after a rout to the New York Red Bulls, MLS's worst team of 2009, ended the Toronto's hopes of reaching the playoffs for the first time in its three-year history. (Toronto Star)


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WATCH: Phaedra Parks FINALLY speaks ... is she over 'RHOA?'
Phaedra Parks has stayed pretty quiet ever since her husband, Apollo Nida, was arrested a few months back.
Now, the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star has resurfaced for Kandi Burruss' wedding festivities and she's speaking out about the drama on her hit show.
"Textgate happened in 2012; it's 2014 and they are still trying to run that storyline," she told Good Day Atlanta. "Unlike some of the other ladies, my life is very full. So, I don't have to talk about something from two years ago and obsess with foolery."
According to Phaedra, she's too busy raising her sons and managing her multiple businesses to pay attention to all the gossip surrounding her marriage.
"At the end of the day, I'm a mom first," she said. "I love my two sons; they're just my angels."
The attorney says she has kept a low profile for a reason.
"A lot of times we're divulging too much information about everything. You go somewhere and people are telling you about their very intimate surgical procedures," she said. "I don't want to know that you've had things removed, you've had things added. It's just certain things that should be a secret. I just don't want to hear about all that stuff."
She also explained how she has maintained her composure after numerous insults from Kenya Moore.
"A true Southern Belle can do everything: She's smart. She's witty. She's very creative and she's very resourceful. I think being a lady is definitely a lost art, but of course being on my show we see very bad behavior with social media and all of the Twitter trolls and being mean. It seems to be more fashionable for ladies to be mean more so than nice," she said.
"I just thought it would be refreshing to talk about being a lady and going back to some of the core values we used to really admire, we used to aspire to."
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Discussion in 'Off-topic Zone' started by Sam I Am, Oct 19, 2011.
Mess with the bull, you get the horns!
Time laps image. At least you know where to do your equatorial mount's polar alignment now.
Japaneses Army helping kids cross a stream during a flood last year.
The guy with the basketball is 6'2 :laugh2:
A team using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most powerful millimetre/submillimetre telescope in the world, has discovered a surprising spiral structure in the gas around the red giant star R Sculptoris. This means that there is probably a previously unseen companion star orbiting the star. The astronomers were also surprised to find that far more material than expected had been ejected by the red giant.
Extreme pumpkin carving
Large light pollution map of the world. Click it to see the full size.
It would be really cool if there was an Android live wallpaper like this.
I see my back patio light on, .. I must be letting my dog out.
Sure would!
And who knew Pluto was SO FAST!
Is it just me or is Earth disproportionately large?
Same size as Jupiter. :laugh2:
Your avatar is hilarious.
A green priest? I don't get it.
It's his normal avatar, only zombafied.
One man's trash is another crab's home.
A panoramic shot of the hills outside of the Gale Crator on Mars. (click to view larger image)
Ha! Look at all their faces as the foul ball flies past.
That is one awesome pile of bacon!
That was funny no lie
Sometimes you is the bug, and sometimes you is the windsheild.
Me looking at that picture of bacon is like the teenage girls at the Ed Sullivan show when the Beatles were on stage lol
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The U.S. Senate today voted to filibuster the nomination of Chuck Hagel to serve as Barack Obama's defense chief.
The DFA campaign urges members to ask Democrats to strip any filibuster proponents of their chairmanships.
Senate Democrats failed in their effort to end a filibuster on a bill that would raise minimum wage to $10.10 on Wednesday.
I was so proud of him, to see him in that 21-hour filibuster, that gave me great hope.
Rush Limbaugh compared Democrat-led filibuster reform to rape on his radio show on Friday.
Even "filibuster," the name of our next camp, elicited no remark from me.
The poor man no longer left the house, for fear of saluting a filibuster.
After some moments of silence he asked the captain, "Who is this man, this filibuster whom they term the Whirlwind?"
Had he failed, he would have been stigmatized as a filibuster.
Sometimes I pretended that she was an American man-of-war, and sometimes a filibuster escaping from an American man-of-war.
1580s, flibutor "pirate," probably ultimately from Dutch vrijbuiter "freebooter," a word which used of pirates in the West Indies in Spanish (filibustero) and French (flibustier) forms, either or both of which gave the word to American English (see freebooter).
Used 1850s and '60s of lawless adventurers from the U.S. who tried to overthrow Central American governments. The legislative sense is not in Bartlett (1859) and seems not to have been in use in U.S. legislative writing before 1865. Probably the extension in sense is because obstructionist legislators "pirated" debate or overthrew the usual order of authority. Not technically restricted to U.S. Senate, but that's where the strategy works best.
1853 in both the freebooting and the legislative senses, from filibuster (n.). Related: Filibustered; filibustering.
1853 in both the freebooting and the legislative senses, from filibuster (n.). Related: Filibustered; filibustering.


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Our Dearest Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Bless! The Lord!
The leaves have begun to turn to their bright colors, and the temperatures have begun to drop at night, and Fall is upon us here in Southwestern Wisconsin. The end of the growing season is joined with the beginning of the Church year each September, for new growth can only happen with the clearing away of what has finished yielding its fruit in due season. Just as the liturgical day begins at sunset, so the new year begins with the ebbing of last year's life leading to Winter and then Spring, when life will reappear anew.
Changes in the seasons help us realize that life is changing, and this is more noticeable when we can see more visible differences around us. We can use this change to begin to wrap up this last year's efforts outwardly and inwardly, and renew our commitment to bring forth the new growth that after a winter's hibernation can spring forth at Pascha, the time of true rebirth. It takes sound preparation to bring forth this new life in abundance.
Here at the Skete, Mission, and Convent we have been Fall cleaning up which covers all of our outdoor grounds, our storage sheds, our walkways and lean-to's, our final roof repairs, our indoor sorting and cleaning, and then rechecking our door and window sealing for the coming cold weather ahead. It is wonderful to have things increasingly so clean and in order, as outward order can beget inward order. As the days change to become shorter, the evenings, nights and mornings become longer, with more time for prayer and interior reflection. It is a good time to stand back and think about what has happened and what will happen soon.
In taking stock we are also looking at our planning for the coming year in projects, spiritual endeavors, and financial budgeting. There are still a few projects that will have to happen before the snows fly. The last roof repairs have to be made on the back part of the office which needs a coat of roof sealant. We were able to finish the replacement of the front part of that roof just about two weeks ago. There are a few spots to recoat on a few of the buildings where some small leaks have appeared after their entire roofs were recoated, in all eleven roofs this year. The Convent roof needs to have its shingles removed and replaced as the shingles are already over 25 years old.
The wood boiler for the Common Monastic Building needs its wood cut, as also the wood for each monastic cell. Earlier this year we were given the generous donation of a gas powered wood splitter, which will make that part of the preparations for laying up this year's wood much easier. A dear neighbor and friend has recently offered us many trees on her land if we will just come and cut them down. Our work force is very limited here, so we are hoping that we can find an able-bodied work crew to volunteer some time and muscle to help us cut, move, split, and store our winter's supply of wood for this year.
From the outward activities there are always underneath, spiritual activities that nourish us in every season. There are many Fall feasts and celebrations each year, including the Church New Year, the Birth of the Theotokos, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary, and the commemorations of many saints including St. Sergius of Radonezh, St. John the Theologian, the Apostle Thomas, St. James the son of Aphaeus, the 14 Holy Elders of Optina, St. Martin of Tours, and the Apostle Luke. As we move through the liturgical seasons, they enrich our heart and understanding as we are touched by the feasts of each season, and the Holy People who can move our spirits Godwards.
This is our fourth email and direct mail sent to you this year of a newsletter and donation appeal. Our last appeal was helpful, but overall our donations this year are still down 39% from last year (which was tight), and September is now 25% below last year. With the current recession, only 5% of the people that we mailed our last donor appeal responded with a donation. Over 7% responded from our Lenten appeal. We hope that more will answer this time with whatever they can reasonably afford. The widow's mite was the most praised gift in history.
Looking at our needs for this Fall, there are two particular things that are of most concern. The first is our need for newer vehicles than our old ones, which have been well used for many years, and our second is just for daily sustenance and care. First things first: our older 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan (the longer van body) is now 15 years old and has 229,000 miles on it and is just worn out with rusting doors and back hatch. It has seen its active service and needs to be retired soon. Our second van is a 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan (which was a gift seven years ago) is now 13 years old and has 173,000 miles on it, and although relatively younger, it has a major and expensive structural support problem that requires it be retired quickly. The particular configuration of long body vans works best for our needs here at the Skete.
If you or anyone that you know has a van that they are thinking of trading in while purchasing something newer, and it is in decent running shape and not older than about a 2002, and would consider donating to a worthy cause, we would be most pleased to accept such a generous gift. As I mentioned above, our last van was such a gift and we have always prayed for the kind hearted family that gave us this most welcome gift. We also have a twenty year old 1991 Ford F250 full length 4 x 4 truck that is rusting through in many places that needs to be replaced. We might be able to get through the winter on that if nothing else on it breaks down. A replacement needs to be hefty enough to pull a trailer with equipment on it, and take firewood.
If you don't have such a vehicle or know a neighbor who might have one (that was the case with the family who gave us the last van), then please consider a monetary donation to us for some way to travel safely this winter. It would be a great blessing to us. Thank you.
The second concern for daily sustenance and care has been a challenge this year, and so far we have been able to just get by. Everyone is stretched in these economic times, but we can always give a little to those in greater need. For this we need your financial help and also your prayerful help. What is best for us is if many people give something regularly, even if it is small. For those who can, more is greatly appreciated, and one time gifts can often get us into the next season.
Prayer, of course, is the greatest gift, and, according to St. Paul, should precede every act in every place. This is something each one of us can do with some attention and awareness of the needs of those around us. When we pray, we draw near to Christ, Who is full of mercy and strength. As we draw near Him, the fullness of His mercy overflows us, and we become more merciful ourselves, for like a mighty underground river this mercy enlivens and sustains the whole world even in difficult times. Let us pray for one another that we are all strengthened to the seeking of good things, the patience to do them, and the wisdom to give the glory to God, Who is Goodness Itself.
May the blessings of God come to you in this Fall season, with the energy and strength to get what is needful done. May you and your loved one, neighbors and friends, go inward too, for the Blessed Kingdom of God is within and always present if we can turn to Christ humbly with love to show us the door. May all of the Feasts and Saints of this season bless us all, so that we enter into the Heavenly mind of Christ, Who in a sense left Heaven to come and be with us on earth.
God bless you and keep you in His Holy Name,
Your Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
The monastics of St. Isaac of Syria Skete and the Convent of St. Silouan, and the community at St. Nicholas Church
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Am I the only one who scored it for Koscheck?
I thought he won round one and round three quite convincingly!
I think he was robbed
Am I the only one who scored it for Koscheck?
I thought he won round one and round three quite convincingly!
I think he was robbed
Maybe the worst 2-0 MMA fighter in history. @jimbojitsusbg granitecitygrappling.com
Yea i thought Koscheck done enough to get the decision aswell, but it was a close fight to score. Id like to see a Koscheck vs Sanchez rematch again
i agree, i had koscheck winning rounds 1 and 3... would maybe have to watch the first again
it was close enough that i don't think it was a 'robbery', but i was fully expecting kos to get the nod
The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.
Nope... I scored it 2-1 Hendricks!
Baroni - "I'm the man, the fucking man, the best ever, ever"
Wasnt a robbery but could of gone either way.... koscheck does utilise the eye poke better than anyone else in MMA tho!
I thought kos took it
Kris Edwards,www.groundandpound.de/mma/rankings/european-top-ten/bantamgewicht-135lb-61kg/
I though Kos took it tbh.
If you love fighting you can never really lose!!!!!
I had Kos as the winner but I can't articulate why exactly. It's just how I felt at the final bell but I'll have to watch it again now just to see.
I had it for Hendricks, landed more clean shots. Close fight though. Kos needs to vary his striking more, there were periods where he was just throwing right hands and nothing else.
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Spring's Key Pieces for Day and Night
Candice loves colors and prints, but her closet was full of tops and skirts that couldn't be mixed and matched, and dresses she'd worn only once. It had basically become a jam-packed Technicolor abyss with no rhyme or reason.
Candice wears: Vena Cava dress; J.Crew cardigan; Hue tights; Emporio Armani heels; Cynthia Jones Jewelry bangle; her own Cartier watch, ring; Jérôme Dreyfuss bag.
First I wanted to conquer Candice's impulsive buying by showing how her personal style could be embraced but in a more practical way. We balanced her colors and prints with a host of other go-to staples: a dark skirt, khaki pants, a striped top, a bouclé jacket, and that classic, timeless, effortless, all-occasion trench. These items are still texture- and tone-rich but easy to pair with other pieces in her closet. Then it was on to organization and some quick tips for the busy mom: Arrange similar items together and by length; buy the mandatory labeling stickers, drawers, and bins; keep clothes with self-belts tied so you won't lose them. Also, as with Candice's armoire, less mess means more places to hang tomorrow's outfit. The ultimate morning time-saver.
Candice wears: Banana Republic trench coat; Dolce & Gabbana shirt; Armani Exchange jeans; Dries Van Noten heels; her own Cartier ring; Coach bag
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Global Reach Internet Productions in Ames, Iowa has acquired Mission Creative in Dubuque.
Global Reach Internet Productions in Ames, Iowa has acquired Mission Creative in Dubuque.
Do you ever see that funny looking little box with all the lines in all directions built inside a square? Kind of reminds you of a bar code, right? Well it is a two- dimensional barcode, but it probably won't help you check out at a grocery store unless you have a smart phone.
Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium will let the creatures of the night take over this summer.
The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium is going dark this summer, but don't worry –- it's only so the bats feel more at home.
Vampire bats, frog-eyed geckos, emperor scorpions, flashlight fish and other creatures of the night form the basis of "In the Dark," the next exhibit at the river museum.
The exhibit opens Sunday, June 5, and replaces "Women & Spirit:
Catholic Sisters in America" in the second-floor Norman Changing Gallery
of the river museum's William Woodward Mississippi River Center.
Read the full article about "In the Dark" on TH Online.
Adjusted gross revenue increases at Diamond Jo and Mystique.
After a few difficult months, Mystique Casino experienced stronger business levels in March.
In fact, all of the gambling markets in Iowa experienced growth last month, according to Jesús Aviles, president and CEO of Mystique Casino & Dubuque Greyhound Park.
Read the full article about Mystique Casino on TH Online.
Mission Creative's work won 26 awards at 2010 ADDYS, held locally on Friday February 25, 2011, including ten Gold, and eight Silver ADDYs. Work created for MC clients was further recognized by receipt of eight of the Final Fifteen awards. In addition, the firm received the Best of Show ADDY® award for design and development of a public service, mixed-media campaign for Dubuque 2.0, located in Dubuque, Iowa. The Final Fifteen and Best of Show winners will advance to competition at the American Advertising Federation's 9th District level.
The new creative director of Mission Creative carries the family trait of moving around, but with a twist.
At Mission Creative, Leon develops creative strategy and concepts for TV, radio, print and everything in between. Mission Creative and the Telegraph Herald are divisions of Woodward Communications Inc.
"I've found, what I've really kind of enjoyed is working at a smaller agency, at a smaller creative department and really kind of shaping it, developing it and really making a difference," he said.
Read the full article about Mike Leon on TH Online.
You'll soon be able to enjoy a cup of Joe crafted from a blend from Dubuque's Verena Street Coffee Co.
The river museum is introducing a technology called QR codes into its marketing efforts, with an eye toward expanded use throughout the Port of Dubuque facility.
After a close race to gain 'likes' on Facebook, marketing directors at river museum and Blank Park Zoo are performing 'dirty jobs.
It looked like the scene from a horror movie.
Ryan Bickel, marketing director for Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo, thrust his hands into a writhing mulch pile to pluck out thumb-sized cockroaches that had burrowed their way deep inside.
"I think one almost got in your hair," said John Sutter, marketing director of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, as his counterpart dug deeper into the mulch for the frantically scurrying insects.
About 20,000 people pedaled into the Port of Dubuque to end
RAGBRAI, and
many of them are thinking about coming back for a less strenuous visit.
Keith Rahe, director of the Dubuque Convention and Visitors Bureau,
the Dubuque City Council Monday night that 2,500 more visitor guides
were requested from June through September 2010 than during the same
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The Dubuque Area received six awards today at the Iowa Tourism Conference, October 21 in Burlington, Iowa. Of the 21 awards presented for throughout the state, the Dubuque area was proudly awarded:
The Dubuque Convention & Visitors Bureau
The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
"These organizations and individuals are incredible ambassadors for Iowa's tourism industry," said Iowa Tourism Office Manager Shawna Lode. "It is great to see them receive acknowledgement for their efforts."
The annual three-day conference, sponsored by the Iowa Tourism Office and Travel Federation of Iowa, brings together more than 200 industry representatives from across the state to network, attend educational sessions and discuss emerging industry trends.
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I live in a small-yet-growing town outside of orlando fl., just a toy tho... been sketchin an shit, hope to start painting over the summer. Anybody got any advice, post it please
I live in a small-yet-growing town outside of orlando fl., just a toy tho... been sketchin an shit, hope to start painting over the summer. Anybody got any advice, post it please
I live in a small town in Kentucky. there aint much of a seen here, just peaple paintin shit like "bill was here". me and my friends are the only real writers but were toys. <_<
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^^Same here dude. I can't wait till I get together enought money to get into the city. Parents are makin wait three more years till I'm 18 so that gives me plenty of time to make some money.
^^Same here dude. I can't wait till I get together enought money to get into the city. Parents are makin wait three more years till I'm 18 so that gives me plenty of time to make some money.
yeah even though san jose is the 10th biggest city in the country i still think the only gud shit here is out when i go camping in the footie hills

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i live like 4 miles from my house
true story.

Small mormon towns are the worst... everybody kkows everybody... and my boys live in one and on the weekend we went bombing, and there were cops, narcs, and people watchin' us... even at like 2 in the morning... When we tore that place a new one and called it a night... it felt good to know we were the only writers there... cept for the rebels who put thug on the walls everywhere... that's not even graf... we did a burner last month and they went over it with chrome kinda paint... it felt bad... it really hurt... then jus last week the wall got paint over to a shit brown color... we bombed that jus 2 days ago... wonder how long it will stay.
yea i live in da shwa (Oshawa) Ive only seen one throwup in town and 3 tags. So Im pretty much safe
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yeah same here it sucks, but i get my drivers liense this septmeber (hopefully) so i can just go to cities and get up there...

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MindGem: Sep 17 2006, 04:57 PM
i still havent run out of one sharpie magnum and ive done like 200 tags

EXACT same thing happened to me when i lived down in the river for a while, paints a bitch to get and everyone flips. but the wierd thing was that was the most drugged out, crimed out town ever! small towns are wierd that way though.
that makes me nervous.....i too live in a small town/small state close to south dakota. and i just painted on the bridge recently, i think im gunna get down there and paint over it before somethin happens though.Originally posted by C3ZR ONE@Jan 24 2006, 07:10 PM
Good way to get nicked. The smaller the town, the more avid they are to find you. I speak from experience. Busted in 93. I wrote in Seattle, nobody gave a fuck. Then I wrote here and there in a small town outside of Seattle and got hit up immediately. Now I'm In South Dakota. There's only 3 of us. I only do stickers, stencils, and freights. Let the other 2 catch the heat...
what was your penalty?
i live in the burbs...not much graff, a few writers and some gang shit, ive seen some good handstyles here though...more graff is popping up, im glad to see it happening
yeah. i dont live in a small town. not a city, but not a small one. population of like 82,000 or somthing around there. but the only writers i know of in my town are me, my friend down the street (hes cool but only does stencils really anymore), and some other kid storm who i dont know.
my only advice to people who live in small towns...go to the towns next to you. if you hit them up theyll be loooking within thier own town for someone... they wont suspect you.....as much..... i live in a fairly big town, but i stilll dont do shit within a mile of my house.
you have good acess to trains and you are saying that it sucks i have no acces to anything but street signs and electrical boxes so yea that sucks badOriginally posted by ZeNiTh@Jun 6 2006, 11:04 AM
dude my small town has 1000 people, coffee shop, hotel, aba. train depot.. wit old trains in surplus. Trains are my only option, mostly houses here. Now tell me does your town suck this bad? Doubt it!
small town in jersey ther is some graffiti but just not that much im still trying to find writers from 973 any writers ther pm
Riverhead in new york man nobody actually paints everyone just writes,but since me and my bra ish are going out alot some other people are or atleast "trying" to


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Africa's most dangerous alpha male: the hippopotamus.
He's big—males can weigh over 4,000 pounds.
He's fast—that bulky body can reach speeds of 30 miles per hour.
He's fierce.
Hippos have been known to kill people, even though they're vegetarians.
Very territorial vegetarians.
Dominant hippo bulls usually preside over a territory that includes a pod of females.
This old male is king of this stretch of the river...and has the battle scars to prove it.
But a young bachelor is ready to stage a coup.
And he gets right to the point...biting off the old male's tail.
Hippo teeth are formidable weapons.
The four tusk-like canines can grow up to a foot long, and they're razor-sharp.
Those jaws can open four feet wide, and snap closed with a bite force of almost one ton, enough to crush a crocodile...or take out a powerboat.
Add to that a 500-pound head and it's like facing off with a very angry armored tank.
Already injured, the senior doesn't even try to overcome his attacker.
For 45 minutes, the young male continues his assault.
He only stops when the old leader submits to his rule, allowing him to mount him in a show of dominance.
It's the ultimate defeat.
The old warrior has lost his tail...and his mates.
The new king of the river opens wide to proclaim his victory.
Then he bombs his new territory with feces.
The old alpha male slinks off in defeat.
He may have lost the battle, but to other predators, he's still the king.