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PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA -- Bought a Sears furnace in 2014. Had it installed with a subcontractor by Sears. Did a very good job. October 2017 did the furnace check to ensure it functioned, and it didn't. Called Sears maintenance. Came on Oct. 30. Man from A&E came out and took the front off and told my wife he had to get a part. He left, came back in an hour and fiddled with it, while being on the phone with someone else.
After an hour he said he couldn't fix it, he had to order more parts (which never came). A couple of weeks later another tech came out and asked for the parts. He looked at the furnace and said that the part he ordered wasn't the right one anyway. He then said he was going to order parts, and they would come to the house and to call for an appointment.
In the meantime I've called 15 different people and been hung up on by multiple people. However I did find, that Sears sent all of their company except the store and contracted employees to Philippines. Couple weeks later the A&E service tech called and said that the part that was ordered was special order and wouldn't ship until at least December 1. It's December 6 and still no parts and no Heat. They did give me two small space heaters for my 2 story house. My wife called A&E and spoke to Scott the tech and when he didn't have any answers for she said she was thinking of going to the magistrate, he promptly hung up on her.
CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA -- In 2007 I purchased a Carrier Infinity furnace from Sears. Their Home Services section in Citrus Heights, California, was responsible for the installation. That was a nightmare because the actual company who does the installing was poor. The Carrier Infinity furnace they installed has had three major problems in three years. Beginning in Fall 2009, the furnace failed to heat. The problem was diagnosed as an ignition problem, and the part was replaced.
Three weeks ago the furnace once again stopped heating, although it would cycle on and just blow cool air. The days have been very cool this spring, 58 or so in the daytime, and 47 in the night, so heat was necessary. The first Sears technician who came was an employee of "A & E" which he identified as a "sister company" of Sears. In fact, this company's contractor's license is actually Sears' contractor's license and A & E has no license (in violation of state law). The technician refused to believe anything was wrong with the furnace, instead telling me the door was vibrating and causing the problem. **.
I had already had another company come out and diagnose the problem, so I had already shown him the estimate showing the parts that needed to be replaced. He would not listen to me. Needless to say, this technician was absolutely wrong, and I had no heat. The soonest Sears could come out to repair the heater was a full week later. It was a cold week. But, if I let someone else repair the heater, Sears will "void" my service agreement with them, for which I paid $775 when they installed the furnace.
A cold week later, the same technician came out, ** (he refused to give me his name or his supervisor's name so I have to use his number). This time he was rude because he knew he had made a mistake the week before. Of course he reported my furnace needed the two parts he had denied it needed a week before. He said I would have to wait another week without heat because Sears purportedly did not have the parts on hand. Now it was almost three weeks without heat and the weather had not warmed up. Needless to say I have requested that this "technician" not come back.
Last week after the rude technician left I called Sears and spent three hours on the telephone with 15 different people, two of whom hung up on me, trying to get heat sooner than a week after the repair call. I asked Sears to pay for me to move to a motel so I could be warm, and Sears refused. Sears would only allow me to buy a space heater (for my entire house???) from a Sears store and then I could submit the receipt for reimbursement.
The parts arrived on Wednesday and I called for an appointment - the soonest was today 8-12. At 11:45 I called because no technician had called or come; the response was that the technician would call me to update me. No call. At 12:45 I called again and was told this time that the technician was on his way to my house and they would have him call me. At 1:15 the technician finally called and said he was on a big job and would not get to me until 4-5 pm today.
I have missed a total of two full days of work now, have been lied to repeatedly, cheated, and left without heat for almost three weeks. When the "technician" finally comes, he will be from the unlicensed "A & E" company. Do not let Sears have anything to do with installing or repairing your furnace. Run away from Sears and their "A & E" technicians as fast as you can run. Please tell your friends - the only way to finally make Sears understand that complaints mean something is for all of us to refuse to give Sears our money.
We bought and had new furnace installed a couple yrs ago in November. First subcontractors didn't have ladders to get on roof and install new chimney liner. So they said they would order through the wall kit. Which you cannot do with an 80% efficient furnace. So 6 months went by and furnace just vented into mortar chimney. So we had mold on attic ceiling. Sub contractors returned in April the following year to install through the wall kit but seen we had roofers replacing shingles and decided to use their ladders to install chimney liner. So they vented the furnace into the chimney liner but didn't vent hot water heater into the liner.
So a couple months ago I notice mold and brown stuff all over my new paneling. But only on my paneling by chimney and that paneling is $30/sheet and I have 6 sheets ruined. Not to mention all my ceiling tile that is next to chimney. Because without the hot water heater being vented into the liner. That creates a lot of moisture/condensation which soaked through ceiling and walls.
Today I got a furnace guy to come in and vent hot water heater into the liner. But to my surprise and his.The liner is completely disintegrated and the heating/cooling man said he never seen that happen before. He said furnace venting inside liner and water heater venting on outside of liner caused all the problems. My Mom and Dad and I have always purchased Sears and they used to be good years ago. But lately they are BAD, you can't get satisfaction on local level. Management seems to play hot potato by passing the buck.
In fact I finally got Sears to replace a few windows that was thermal pane and had air leak and was sweating bad. But it took 20 yrs. to get them replaced. So if it takes Sears that long to step up and do the right thing. I will eat the cost and let the cooling/heating guy to the job. Because I have too much remodeling time and money to have it ruined because of a bad job by Sears.
My mother-in-law is 83 years young. On October 13 of this year she had Sears service her furnace in preparation for winter. During this service call the technician changed the thermostat and then declared everything ready to go.
Fast forward to December 5th.The furnace had not been functioning properly and she finally called the service center on December 6th to set up a service call. She was told they would call back. Didn't happen. December 7th another phone call and she was told they would sent someone between 1 PM and 5 PM.
Service technician showed up at 5:10 PM and after some functionary checks he declared he couldn't fix it and that they would have to send a different technician the next day. No one called from the Service Center to verify that a technician would be sent and when they were contacted about the appointment they did verify a technician would call between 10 AM and 2 PM. The technician called about 1:30 PM and explained he was in a different town and that he wouldn't be there until later in the day. He did arrive and diagnosed the problem as a bad safety switch. Had to order one and have it delivered to the house. It showed up on Friday the 10th.
The technician came out on Saturday morning around 8:30 AM and installed the switch. From the first contact with Sears until the day of repair was 6 days. The local temperature during this 6 day time frame was a High of 24o Fahrenheit and a Low of 13o Fahrenheit. Thank goodness for electric space heaters. Although you could put partial blame on the technicians, the majority of the blame for this fiasco falls squarely on the shoulders of Sears' system. They proved that their scheduling practice is more important to them than customer satisfaction. Pathetic. Make sure you direct your friends and relatives away from Sears. Find a local reliable service and stick with them.
I called Sears to schedule a repair appointment on Friday January 21, 2011 for my furnace. I was told they would be there on Saturday between 10-2 pm. The technician didn't show until 4:30 pm. When he did show he said he fixed the furnace and the heat should come on shortly. Of course, the heat didn't and we paid our 69.99 dollars for service.
We called Sears to explain the matter and they told us that we would have to wait until the following Thursday for service. We are expected to stay in a house where the outside temperature is 25 degrees during the day and 17 at night. We were told by a manager that someone would come out on Monday, but when we called again, they said Tuesday. Sears is the worst.
NEW YORK -- Beware: Anybody who is considering purchasing something from Sears - you know, the company who says "Sears, where else?"; - the company who claims "customer satisfaction guaranteed or you money back."
I offer you the following story, while quite long, and perhaps a little boring, I feel compelled to let you know about my experience with Sears, because I already told Sears that if people knew this was what they were getting going into a deal with Sears, nobody would want this, so I feel compelled to let people know what they are getting from Sears. I will just offer you my story/experience, and let you judge for yourself.
Even though parts of this story will seem a bit bizarre and even unbelievable, I assure you I have not fabricated or even exaggerated any of the story, all of this story is completely true. I would appreciate it if after reading this story you feel that others should be aware of this kind of business practice by Sears, that you forward this story to all the people you would like to make aware (or beware) as well.
In July 2001 my husband and I bought our house. The house had a very old 4 zone wood-oil combination furnace/boiler for our hot water baseboard heating system, and in the first winter we were paying for fuel delivery every 2 or 3 weeks. We decided to look into getting a more efficient furnace, so we contacted several places, among which were Economy Heating, Agway Energy Products, and Sears.
We got the lowest price from Economy Heating, but the salesman (**) from Sears insisted that Sears matches any price from competitors, and that Sears offers a service contract for 4 years at the low price of $179.00 (which included emergency service), and that if anything went wrong with our heat we could call Sears' 24 hour customer service number, and if we could also call him on his cell phone day or night (he provided us with the number) and he would make sure the problem was addressed immediately even if he had to come himself.
The salesman also insisted that Sears had the best reputation for customer satisfaction, and that they have been around for a very long time, so that we could be confident that we were buying from a company with a solid reputation for business and customer satisfaction. He even assured us that we would no longer need our service contract with Agway Energy products, because Sears offered a better service contract for a longer period of time, and for less cost. We decided, based on this information, to purchase our furnace from Sears ("where else"? - this is Sears own advertisement statement/question).
Sears matched the price from Economy Heating, which was $883.60 less than the price I was quoted from Sears. We also ordered an extension to one of the baseboard units, because it was not long enough to supply proper heat to one of the bedrooms (this is what the Sears salesperson ** told us). We signed the purchase agreement in April 2002, and Sears set up installation with their subcontractor (MBV Heating from Elmira) for May 30, 2002. The subcontractor never showed up. I called Sears, and they contacted the subcontractor (MBV Heating), and I was given another installation date of June 6, 2002.
On June 6th (the same day they were supposed to be at our house to install the furnace) MBV Heating called and canceled the appointment, stating that they had jobs that were a higher priority than ours that they needed to take care of first. MBV Heating said they would call me back to set up another appointment time, and they never called. I called MBV Heating myself, but there was no answer. I called Sears again, and they said they would contact MBV Heating, and have them call me. MBV Heating still never called me.
Sears called me a few days later as a follow up, and I informed them that MBV Heating had still not called, and I still had no appointment for installation of our furnace. Sears contacted MBV Heating, and found out that they had set up another appointment time for June 25, 2002, but failed to let me know about the appointment. MBV Heating did finally show up on June 25, 2002, but did not have the correct parts for the baseboard extension that we ordered. They said they would order the parts, and call me when they came in.
I did not get another appointment from MBV Heating to install the baseboard extension until August 2002 (the parts had been in for weeks, and they never called me to set up the appointment). When they installed the baseboard extension they also had to bleed the water lines because they got air in the line when they installed the furnace. They installed the baseboard extension, but failed to install one of the connectors for the baseboard cover. I called MBV Heating the same day they were here in August, and they said they would mail me the part.
I called Sears again on September 3, 2002, and told them I still had not received the cover connector from MBV Heating. They said they would contact MBV Heating and have them call me. MBV Heating never called me. On September 10, 2002 I called Sears again, and told them I was still waiting for the cover connector, and I still had not heard from MBV Heating. Sears contacted MBV Heating, and called me back and told me that MBV Heating stated that they would mail the part that day. I finally received the cover connector at the end of September (5 months after we purchased the furnace and baseboard extension from Sears).
In November 2002 I had a baby 3 months premature who only weighed 2 pounds 9 ounces at birth, and had to stay in the hospital for 3 months after his birth. He was scheduled to come home on January 28, 2003. At the end of January 2003 just prior to his scheduled discharge date our heat in the zone for the bedrooms stopped working, and I called Sears. They said that the furnace was under warranty within the first year with the installer, but that the installer MBV Heating had gone out of business. They said they would find out who was taking over for MBV heating, and call me back.
I called again and informed them that I had a premature baby coming home from the hospital on January 28, 2003, and that I could not be without heat for his bedroom. They were not accommodating. I called our salesperson ** (the one that said we could call night or day, and he would get the problem resolved immediately), but there was no answer. I left a message on his voice mail, but there was no response. I called Sears again, and still did not get anybody to help.
I called ** voice mail again and left a message that if somebody did not come to resolve the problem with our heat that day that I wanted them to come and uninstall the furnace and I wanted my money back, since I would not be satisfied ("customer satisfaction guaranteed or your money back" - this is Sears own advertisement statement). They did send somebody that day, and the technician told me that the pipes were frozen and there was nothing they could do (apparently Sears does not install antifreeze in the lines when they install a furnace with hot water heat - something that is apparently unique to Sears, because everybody else I called does install antifreeze).
The technician told me that I had to have the heat on all the time in order to prevent this (I did not understand the efficiency in that, but followed his instructions, and when the pipes thawed out kept the window open in the room with the thermostat so that the heat would remain on all the time). The pipes eventually thawed out (thank goodness the pipes did not burst, as they are all enclosed in a finished ceiling), and I did not have a problem for the rest of the winter, as I had kept the window open for the entire winter. This year on Wednesday January 14, 2004 the heat for the bedroom zone stopped working again.
The pipes in the bedroom zone were frozen again, despite the fact that I had the window open to keep the heat on. I believe this was because the temperature was below zero, and with the wind chill factor in some areas the temperature was estimated at 50 degrees below zero. My children did not even have school because school officials were told that it was not safe for people to be outside for more than 15 minutes or their skin would begin freezing. I called Sears, and they said they would send a technician. The technician called me on Friday January 16th, and told me there was nothing he could do, and did not come.
I called Sears and asked them about antifreeze for the hot water heat pipes, and Sears told me that they do not do anything with antifreeze, and I would have to call a plumber. I called Agway Energy Products (our fuel oil supplier) and they said they could put antifreeze in the system, and I called Economy Heating, and they said they too could put antifreeze in the system, but both said that the system had to be thawed out before anything could be done in that regard. I got out the 2 electric heaters I had for 2 of the bedrooms (the 2 yr old's bedroom, and the 1 yr old's bedroom) and had the 2 older boys sleep in the den where there was heat still.
I proceeded to tie tarps around the outside of the house on the high end, and packed snow up against the foundation of the house on the low end to keep the wind away from the house. I put 2 kerosene heaters in the garage (an unheated garage attached to the underneath of the house), and I also put a kerosene heater next to the house directly across from where it appeared the pipe met the outside wall of the house to begin feeding through the outside wall, and by the end of that day Monday January 19, 2004 the pipes thawed out again (and thank goodness still did not burst).
Before I could get somebody to our house to put the antifreeze in the system, on Tuesday morning January 20, 2004 all of the heat in the entire house stopped working. I called Sears again. I told them I had no heat in the entire house, and it was 7 degrees outside. They said they would send a technician on Friday January 23, 2004 to inspect the problem. I said "What do you mean on Friday? That's 4 days away. I have 4 children, 2 of them babies, 1 of which was born 3 months premature. I can't wait until Friday to have heat, it's 7 degrees outside!"
Sears said they would try to contact their routing department and see if they could get somebody out to my house sooner. I said "What do you mean sooner, aren't you coming today?" Sears said "No, it won't be today, possibly tomorrow." I asked them what I was supposed to do in the meantime, and they said if it was within my means they would suggest I get a hotel until then. I asked Sears if they were going to pay for a hotel for my family of 6, and they said "No, your warranty does not cover that."
I told Sears that all of this just didn't sound right to me. Sears said "That is all we can do. Somebody will be in contact with you. Thank you for choosing Sears, we appreciate your business." I said "Yes, I can tell." I asked to speak to a supervisor, and they transferred me to ** who told me she was a supervisor. I told her the story, and that I just got the pipes thawed out on Monday, and if I left them without hot water for over 24 hours that they would freeze again, and perhaps burst all over my house, and then I would have extensive water damage. ** from Sears said if that happens then I should contact my home owner's insurance.
I asked ** at Sears if I could have somebody else come and repair the problem because my fuel supplier has emergency service and could have somebody here within the hour, and ** at Sears said if I had anybody else work on the furnace then that would void my warranty with Sears. I also said to Sears "As you say these words out loud, does this even sound reasonable to you?"
I told them that I was going to contact the Attorney General's office, stating that we were supposed to have a service contract with Sears, to which Sears responded that the contract states that they will come and fix the problem, it just doesn't say when they will come, so they are still abiding by their contract (despite the emergency service I had when we purchased the service contract, and later found out that Sears has changed their policy as of last winter, and redefined emergency service to mean next day' instead of same day' - this policy was redefined after we purchased the contract).
I told Sears that if people knew ahead of time that this is the service they would get from Sears going into the deal, that nobody would want this. I told Sears that I have purchased many products from Sears (stove, refrigerator, garage door opener, furnace - just to name a few), and that I always thought that Sears stood behind their products and service, and that they had a good reputation for customer satisfaction (as our salesperson even insisted), but that in light of this experience I would not buy another product from Sears. ** from Sears said "I'm sorry you feel that way, that is all we can do."
I called my salesperson ** (you remember, the guy who said we could call day or night and he would make sure the problem gets resolved even if he has to come himself - the one who never called me back last year - the one who assured us that we didn't need our service contract with Agway Energy Products anymore because Sears was offering us a 4 yr service contract at a better price - the one who gave us his cell phone number so he could be reached anytime night or day) - the person who answered the cell phone number he gave us said "** has not had this number for over 6 months."
I called Sears again and asked for ** voice mail, and left a message asking him to call me. He did not call me back. I called Sears again and asked them for ** cell phone number, and Sears said "We are not allowed to give that information out." I called Sears again and said "Doesn't Sears have a satisfaction guaranteed, or your money back' policy?" Sears said "Yes." I said "I want my money back, I'm not satisfied." Sears asked if I was referring to the service contract, and I said I was referring to everything. Sears said "I doubt you will get your money back for the furnace, you purchased the furnace in April of 2001.
I said "We did not purchase the furnace in April of 2001." Sears said "That is the date on this contract." I said "We did not purchase this furnace in April 2001 because we did not even purchase this house until July of 2001, and we certainly did not purchase a furnace for a house we didn't even own." Sears said my service contract was scheduled to expire in 2005, and I said that we had a 4 year contract, and Sears asked where I was getting this information, and I told them it was on the contract. Sears tried to look this information up, but said that for the price we paid it looked like we only had a 3 year contract.
I said the reason the price was so low was because Sears had to match the price of another company that had given us a quote $883.60 cheaper than Sears. Sears asked me to fax them a copy of the purchase agreement in order to prove that we bought our furnace in 2002 and not 2001, and that we also purchased a 4 year service contract, and Sears said they would call me when they received the fax, and had the problem resolved. I sent the fax within 10 minutes, and nobody ever called me back. Anyway, I went down to the furnace the same day (Tuesday January 20, 2004) and tried to press the reset button, and nothing happened.
I tried to look around for any other potential solutions, and found a box on the wall, which when I opened I saw a fuse inside that appeared to have been blown. I took all 4 children to the hardware store, and purchased new fuses, and put a new one in the box, and the heat began working - all except in the zone for the basement. I tested the thermostat, and there was power, and the furnace did kick on when I turned this thermostat up. I felt the pipes, and they were cold from the water circulator on, and I knew they were not frozen because it is the only zone in the system that is entirely within inside walls in the middle of the house.
I thought perhaps the circulating pump was bad. The Sears technician called the next day for directions to our house. I gave him directions, and told him that in my opinion I felt we needed a new circulating pump. He said he would look at it when he got here. He arrived at about 9:30 am, and said we had air in the lines that was blocking the water from circulating through the pipes, and that is why it was not working. I asked him how he knew the circulating pump was working, and he said "It's working, I can hear it working."
I explained the whole story about my experience with Sears until that point, to which he responded "I don't know, you'll have to call Sears, they have all new management over there." He spent almost 2 hours draining water out of the system to try to get the air out, and it still was not working. After over 2 hours he took the cover off the circulating pump and said I don't think this thing is working, you need a new circulating pump. He then said Sears doesn't cover this under your warranty because it is not part of the furnace, and Sears does not do plumbing work, you'll have to call a plumber.
He said he had paper work to do out in his van, and he would be right back. 20 minutes later he came back and said I can't give you a paper showing I was here because my printer isn't working. I asked him if he was going to mail me one, and he said "well, you're in the computer." I said I wanted something in writing. He said "I don't know if they will mail you something, but you're in the computer." I called Agway, and ordered a service contract with them (since they actually provide service), and ordered antifreeze for the lines, and told them I needed a new circulating pump.
They said they could repair the circulating pump the same day, but I got $140.00 discount to have all the work done at the same time, and since the antifreeze could not be done until Monday January 26, 2004 I decided to wait until then to have everything done at once, and save the $140.00. Later that day the heat in the whole house stopped working again, and I went to the furnace again. I felt the pipes, and they were ice cold. I called Sears again, and they said they would send somebody the next day. They said sorry you are having trouble with your heat, but that is all we can do.
I said I had heat in all but one zone until the technician was here, now I do not have any, and do not have hot water either. I told them I did not want the same technician, because it took him over 2 hours to find out something that I already told him before he even came into the house. I told Sears once again that if I let my pipes stay cold all night that they would freeze, and possibly burst all over the house. Again they referred me to my home owner's insurance.
I called my home owner's insurance agent, and told them that Sears wants them to pay for water damage as a result of my pipes bursting due to being frozen because the system was without hot water until Sears could get somebody to my house to fix it, and my insurance agent told me that home owner's insurance would not pay for damage as a result of a problem that I knew existed, and did not do everything within my power to resolve (meaning that I would have to get whomever I could that would come and take care of the problem with the heat the soonest - this certainly wasn't Sears).
However, in order to stay within the guidelines of my home owner's insurance policy, this would void my warranty with Sears. I called Sears again and asked them what I would have to do to find out about getting my money back, because I was not satisfied. Sears gave me another number to call. I called that number, and that person gave me another number to call. I called that number, and I was told I would have to talk to the technician who came the next day, and ask him about how to get my money back. I turned all the heat up to 90 degrees, and turned the hot water faucets on, and the heat began to work again.
I later found out that the technician had drained so much water out of the system that the water pressure safety valve had shut the system down. When the pressure built back up, the system had come on again, but there was obviously now a lot of air in the line, because whenever new water enters the system, air comes in with it since there is oxygen in the water, and also the pipes were gurgling very loudly, and I could hear the water running through all the pipes. On Thursday January 22, 2004 at 8:42 am I received a call from another Service technician.
He told me that since I was having antifreeze added to the system in a few days anyway that I might as well wait until then to get the air out of the system, since they have to flush the lines anyway to put the antifreeze in. The technician did not come. I did not find out about how to get my money back, but the technician did tell me that if this happened again that I should have whomever I could get to come immediately to fix the problem, and send Sears the bill, and if they did not pay I could get a lawyer, and a judge would probably make them pay, but that that was just his opinion, and he could not guarantee it.
He also told me that Sears discontinued emergency service last winter (obviously after we purchased our furnace and service contract), and that he knew there was going to be problems when they did that. I asked him how they can cancel something in the middle of our contract like that, and he said he didn't know. Finally on Thursday January 22, 2004 at 9:46 am I received a call from the previously elusive salesperson **.
He said he was calling in response to my voice mail, and sorry it took him so long to get back to me, but that he had been out of town for a few days, and that he wasn't even in the Southern Tier area anymore, that he was now in the Niagara Falls area. I explained the whole story to him, and he said he couldn't believe that is the service I got from Sears, and that it sounded bizarre, and didn't make sense to him. He said it sounded like I was getting the run around.
He took the names of the people I talked to, and said he would be giving management a call, and that somebody would be in touch with me (we'll see). I told him that if people knew this is the service they would get from Sears going into a deal, that nobody would want this, and he agreed, and said somebody would be in contact with me.
Anyway, that is my story. Now when Sears asks me "Sears, where else?" - trust me, my answer is "Anyplace else but Sears."
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN -- I had a few estimates. I tried Sears. Very pushy people, they tried to get me to sign right away. I told them "no, I would have to wait until my husband got home from work". He said "well, you can call him and if he wants to talk to me I will talk to him", very pushy. I told him "no", if they can't wait for a few hours then too bad. They're very expensive and I will never go to Sears for anything.
MILWAUKEE, WYOMING -- Customer Service Sucks!!! We got a Kenmore furnace from Sears. The next day there was a gas leak from someone moving our carelessly moving our dryer and let a ladder fell on the gas line, connecting to the dryer. We still have wood chips in our washer from them drilling in the ceiling! It has been over 2 months and we are still trying to get issues resolved.
NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA -- I needed a new heater for my house since the old one was 54 years old. I contacted Sears for a free estimate and figured they would stand behind their work. The Salesman (**) came over to give us the estimate. He kept saying that Sears is about customer satisfaction. He gave us an estimate for the heater and AC coil in case we upgrade. The estimate was for a Carrier heater, or so we thought. Also part to the estimate was to run return duct work. The original system had an open return system. The registers were there but not connected back to the heater.
Now the fun begins. The installer comes out to look at the job. He tells me that he will be unable to run all the returns and wants to cut a large hole in my living room so he can get enough air back to the furnace. We tell him no that he needs to find a way to get it done. We went back and forth with the salesman and the installer for a week and finally on the day of installation the installer agreed to do it the way the salesman promised.
Now the heater is installed and the installer informs me he has to come back the next day to finish running the return duct work. We look at the furnace and there is a big Kenmore logo on it. We were promised a Carrier.
After arguing with the sales manager it turns out that our salesman ** told us we were getting a Carrier but on the contract and order form put the serial numbers for a Kenmore. He also forgot to charge us for the burner. They admit they made a mistake but tell us if we want the Carrier we will have to pay an additional $1,100. If we keep the Kenmore they will knock $250 off the price. We have contacted customer service and it appears they may be on our side. We will see how this one turns out.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- My mother who is 78 legally blind, quite handicapped (crippled) bought a new furnace a/c and extended warranty for her home from Sears. Well it's really cold here right now (just like last year) and her furnace is out again… 3 times last year, already this year. The first appointment she can get is 7 SEVEN days away. So this 78 year old blind, crippled lady is going to be without heat for SEVEN days. If she has the furnace worked on by someone else it voids her warranty.
What a scam. How can they rip old people off like this? I guess their bottom line is much more important than integrity? I hope the people who came up with this "service" plan get the same kind of service… would serve them right. My 78 year old mother sits without heat for seven days. The Repair would not even be necessary if they would have used a quality part to repair it last year. (Same problem different year) Sears sucks...


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Stockton, CA
James A. Lovelace
Sept. 8, 1946 - Sept. 7, 2013
James A. Lovelace passed away on September 7, 2013 in Stockton at the age of 66. Born September
8, 1946 in French Camp to Alvin and Myrtle
Lovelace, he was a life long resident of San
Joaquin County.
Jim was a man of many talents and trades. Over the years he worked in a variety of industries ranging from installing air conditioning/heating systems, being a life-long automotive mechanic and ultimately retiring as a plumber.
He was an avid hunter who passed that passion on to his children and other family members. In his later years, Jim enjoyed working on, building motorcycles and teaching others to do the same. His latest and most precious hobby was watching his daughter
Maryanne play softball.
He is preceded in death by his father, Alvin Lovelace and grandson Casee Lee Stewart. James is
survived by his mother Myrtle
Lovelace of Stockton, Children: James Lovelace (Debbie) of CO, Tammy Jones (GoGo) of AR, Stacy Lovelace of Lathrop,
Michael Lovelace (Jacqui) of WA,
Maryanne Peluso Lovelace of Stockton, 7 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, and siblings: Eva Hillaker of Galt, Ethel Lovelace of FL, Ronald Lovelace of Susanville, Mark Lovelace of Stockton, and Jeff Lovelace of Stockton.
Visitation will take place from 4 - 8 p.m. on Wednesday September 11th and Thursday September 12th at Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home, 831 Industrial Way in Lodi. A Funeral will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Friday September, 13th at First Baptist Church, 3535 N. Eldorado St. in Stockton, followed by a Burial at Cherokee Memorial Park on Harney Ln. and Hwy 99 in Lodi. Please sign
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It's official: Washington, D.C.'s college football bowl game - formerly known as the Eagle Bank Game - has been renamed "The Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman," and the charitable beneficiary is the USO!
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"Since its inception, the mission of our Bowl Committee team is to support the efforts of our servicemen and servicewomen defending our country both at home and abroad, and to enhance our wonderful Washington, D.C. communities," said bowl chairman Jeffrey S. Fried.
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Check out the video below from Military.com, featuring interviews with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty, Sports Anchor James Brown, and more. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, Ticketmaster.com or by calling 202-785-BOWL. We'll see YOU at the game!
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CHICAGO (AP) — Since the heyday of the city's machine politics, punching a straight Democratic ticket on Election Day has been as dependable a Chicago tradition as hot dogs without ketchup and the Cubs breaking their fans' hearts.
But this November, the automatic vote is turning out to be a little too dependable for the state's Democratic leaders.
The feared victory Tuesday of a former state lawmaker indicted on federal bribery charges has top Democrats scrambling to defeat one of their own. They've hand-picked a rival candidate, set up a separate "independent" political party for him and deployed their precinct operations in an effort to avoid embarrassment for a party and state already suffering from a reputation for corruption.
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, routinely his party's top vote-getter, has been leading the campaign this fall against indicted former state Rep. Derrick Smith, a fellow Democrat he once mentored.
"It's ugly for this district, it's ugly for this city and it's ugly for this state," White said. "I don't want that to be a part of my legacy."
Polls show that Smith is ahead in the district and that his party allies' efforts to defeat him may not be enough. History also shows how tough that can be, and not just in Chicago.
Across the country, in areas where either Democrats or Republicans are firmly entrenched, many a politician has weathered legal or personal issues to win re-election thanks to party loyalty. But the reliability of the vote has been especially stubborn in Chicago, where the confluence of votes, interests and rewards — perfected under Mayor Richard J. Daley half a century ago — has helped keep Democrats in power in both the city and state, regardless of the graft that sometimes accompanies it.
In many cases, party loyalty is mixed with personal loyalty or loyalty to a cause. But in Smith's case, Democratic leaders allege it's based almost solely on the party affiliation next to his name on the ballot. The little-known legislator was named to his post to fill a vacancy only last year, seldom making headlines before the FBI arrested him for allegedly taking a $7,000 bribe to write a grant recommendation for an early childhood education center.
He has pleaded not guilty but his House colleagues voted 100-6 last spring to kick him out, making him the first lawmaker expelled in more than a century. That didn't erase his name from the ballot, however, and he will retake his seat in Springfield if elected, only to risk losing it again if he is convicted.
In Illinois' 10th legislative district — where one ward voted 98 percent for Barack Obama, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Illinois, in the 2008 presidential race — enthusiasm for the president could be a considerable help to Smith.
For the most faithful voters to abandon their party, a candidate's actions must be egregious enough for them to "take off their blinders," said Paul Goren, an associate professor of political science with the University of Minnesota's Center for the Study of Political Psychology.
"Violations that might be considered heinous in places like Minnesota, which is known for good government, may not be as outrageous in that neck of the woods," Goren said.
Last week, White, a grandfatherly figure known for sponsoring a famous tumbling club, cut a radio ad for the party's new chosen candidate, Lance Tyson, urging voters not to let the "disgraced" Smith "hide behind party labels." The Democrats have plastered neighborhoods with posters bearing the words "WANTED" and "BEWARE" above Smith's photo.
Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn also spoke out, acknowledging that Smith "has a very strong line on the ballot."
But many observers who understand voting loyalty in Chicago think party leaders may have waited too long to act.
"(The party) could have deluged the electorate for months," said Delmarie Cobb, a veteran Democratic consultant. "But to try to do this now, it's going to be very tough."
Smith was unavailable for comment. His attorney, Victor Henderson, said he is appalled that lawmakers haven't considered Smith innocent until proven guilty. He called what the party is doing "reminiscent of plantation politics."
"They want people they can control," he said.
The Smith saga is full of unique Chicago twists. Despite the allegations, Smith, who is black, won 77 percent of the primary vote in his impoverished West Side district, defeating a white former Republican activist also running as a Democrat. Only then did Democratic leaders move to expel him from the legislature.
In May, the district's Democratic party committeemen chose Tyson, a one-time aide to former Chicago Mayor Daley and former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, to oppose Smith.
Now even Tyson acknowledges he trails dramatically in the race. After two mass mailings and weeks of walking precincts, he was still getting only 38 percent in his own campaign's polling.
As he knocks on doors in the district, Tyson recites the allegations against Smith over and over for voters. He said Smith is counting on their ignorance.
"(If not) for low information, and people not knowing, there's no way he's going to win," Tyson said.
But a number of residents say they are skeptical of the federal bribery charges and the "new guy" party leaders are suddenly supporting. Many said they were sticking with the familiar.
"I just vote Democrat all the way across. Whoever's there, I give them a chance," said Percy Winfields, 74, a resident of an apartment complex that caters to seniors.
Besides, Winfields said, Smith showed up before Christmas last year and delivered on a promise to provide turkeys to the tenants for the holiday.
"He didn't lie," the retired truck driver said. "That's a plus right there, especially when he's feeding you."


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Gilmanton library may shut down if it doesn't get fundingBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
December 08. 2013 9:24PM
GILMANTON — Having stayed open through 2013, thanks to donations, the Gilmanton Year-Round Library Association will once again bring a funding request to voters in March.
If voters don't approve the funding request this time, they probably won't be asked again, said library association Treasurer Fred Buchholz.
"We don't want to face this, but if the town doesn't vote for the library this time, we're probably going to have to close down," Buchholz said.
This summer, the association announced it had raised enough money to keep its doors open at least until February, thanks to several fundraising events and several small and large private contributions from residents.
The privately owned library, one of three libraries in town, but the only one running year-round, opened in 2009 and sought financial support from the voters at Town Meeting that year. Voters said no.
But each year after — until 2013 — residents at town meetings approved warrant articles for its yearly funding request of $45,000, which supports its yearly $70,500 budget.However, at the town's first elections in the SB2 format earlier this year, voters defeated the library's funding for 2013 by a vote of 401-322.Buchholz said SB2 was likely "the big wrinkle" that kept the library funding from passing in March.
"We can't blame the stay-at-home moms or people who weren't used to the SB2 system," he said.
Since last March, a library staffer has been comparing the town voting list to the library member list.
"We found that half of the library patrons who were registered to vote didn't vote," he said. "We needed to get an understanding of why this didn't pass, and that appears to be it."
This year, the association will seek $50,500, a little more than last year, "because we got a little behind. After all the donations, we still needed more to pay the bills," he said. The association will make its plea again in the weeks ahead.
"We're going to be calling every (library) patron and ask them to vote," Buchholz said. "We'll be calling everyone except people we know who wouldn't vote for us."


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ALABAMA -- One Day a Bellsouth telemarketer calls me and begs me to come back to BellSouth. I must have been having a dumb moment. She tells me that the phone service is only $16.50. I tell her that never has my phone cost $16.50 using BellSouth and that it is always closer to $35+ with all their (take advantage of you fees). But she insists that there are no hidden fees and that phone service is only $16.50 with minimal state and federal fees.
So then I get the bill. Here comes the fun. Phone service is $ 16.50, however there are two charges that are not fees. The $6.50 (FCC authorized Charge for network access) is a mandatory charge for every phone in the country. So my phone service was going to cost me $23 without fees. The customer service person I reach tells me that in theory BellSouth only charges me 16.50, but the government charges the other 6.50 so they can advertise phone service at 16.50.
Advertise a shoe at $50. Then when someone takes it to the register, tell him or her that the laces are $10. See my point. I also was charged for caller ID and call waiting when they were offered to me as a promotion. The customer service agent tells me that if it was offered to me then BellSouth does not enforce it unless I call in and ask for the offer that was given to me. Make any sense. I have to call in and ask for the offer that was offered to me in order to get it. Still sounds fishy.
There is also a $2.95 charge for using a long distance carrier in general. I get this taken off because I use a cell phone for that. Cost of changing coverage the next month $2.75. So the telemarketer pulled one over my eyes. Then they offer me this great deal on DSL. I again agree. The woman says BellSouth will send me everything I need just to plug and play.
So I call 3 days later to check on the status on my stuff. They ask me how I want to pay for my cable modem, which will cost $75. I tell them that I was told it would be sent to me without cost. BellSouth tells me that offer has expired but they will send me the modem, then bill me for it, and then send me a rebate form (for an expired promotion). I cancel the whole DSL deal.
The high-speed she offered was not even available in my area, which was not told to me until after I canceled and someone called to ask why I canceled. Bill me first then tell me that the service is not available. Someone I know has DSL with Bellsouth. The connection should run at 6MBps. However, Bellsouth caps this connection at exactly 6MBps. The only way you run at that speed is if all the variables and connections are perfect. Chance of this is next to none.
My current provider charges me for 7MBps. However, they understand that in order to guarantee this connection they must cap it off at 7.5MBps. So mine runs at about 7.2MBps most of the time. How many people pay all these charges without question? BellSouth has to be making a killing.
ST AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA -- If you compete with the big boys, you get hurt in the end. IF you have telephone service with another company besides BellSouth, Bell agrees that they will maintain the phone line up to the customer NID (Network Interface Devise - aka Dmarc). Now if you call your provider and complain about noise on the line for example, then that company in turn calls BS services for a fast line test. 9 times out of ten they will say the issue is INSIDE the home and that the CLEC must send out a tech to get it fixed or the customer must hire a 3rd party to fix the issue if the CLEC does not provide that service.
Guess what happens when that 3rd part goes out there or the CLEC's tech gets to that customers home? The issue is on the Bell side, and the process must start again from the beginning. This time, you have ammo and tell the BS rep that you have tested the customer's lines and all's well there. Then up to 24 hours later (normally within 18 hours), a Bell tech will arrive and the issue suddenly goes away. So what happened to the CLEC who has to pay the tech to go out there or the customer who had to pay a 3rd party tech to find out there was no inside issue? Well, they are out of luck it seems.
However, the same is not true for BellSouth. IF a BellSouth tech heads out to a home and the issue is not on the Bell side, you get hit with a $80.00 fee. CLEC's and homeowners cannot return the favor however when Bell pulls the same stunt.
True Story: I work for a CLEC. My home phone is with my workplace of course, and one day I had static on the line. I check at the NID of course and hear static there. So we call it in the BS. While I am away a tech comes to my home, then leaves a note saying "Problem on the inside". I check the NID when I get home and it's clear. Fine, great. A common stealth fix, or the static was possibly caused by other means on the Bell end. Since I work for my phone company I get to peek at the bills BS sends (this will be a different rant entirely) us.
Lo and behold, there is an $80.00 fee for line service on my line. Seems that the Tech decided I wasted his time and charged not me, but the CLEC. We are fighting this of course. Yeah, its only $80.00 but just how many of these similar issues are there? SO I am starting to dig around... What it boils down to is this: If Bell visits a customer and they are not needed, they are charged $80.00. Fine. No probs with that - the techs time is worth something, right?
Now if Bell says it's not on their end and you go around checking and sure enough, it is their fault. Yo cannot bill Bell back for the same thing they bill you for. Rather one-sided if you ask me. Then again, being a monopoly must be nice. Rant off.
DELCO, NORTH CAROLINA -- Note: Masked Mrs. Miles -- it doesn't look like it is an expression used.
I ordered a wireless Aircard for my laptop computer so I could take my computer anywhere I went. When I received it in the mail I hooked it up to my computer. I couldn't get a signal. I called customer service and the guy told me the closest tower was in Atlanta, GA. Kind Mrs. ** was just worried about selling me the Aircard. After I agreed to the 24 month contract, and not telling me beforehand that I would have problems with the signal. Anyway I tried to stick it out with the card but every time I inserted the card the computer kept wanting me to dial up when I was already on line with AT&T's internet service.
Every time I got on the internet with them using their Aircard I wouldn't have a good signal and my computer didn't know whether to dial up or it would go offline. With the Aircard you can't use the BellSouth or AT&T internet webpage, "don't know why".
I had to go with internet explorer or Yahoo. I had enough and I called customer service and told them that I wasn't happy at all with the Aircard or service, and that I rather go back with my old DSL. They said I had to pay 175.00 to get out of the contract, or let someone else take it over. I got a bill a few days later saying I owed 279.00 just for the wireless service. There were a lot of HIDDEN FEES that were were ** and I wasn't told about. That really disappointed me. I also wasn't aware that the Aircard was like a cellular phone. I had a bunch of features on the Aircard I didn't need.
AT&T needs to get their ** together and stop ripping people off. Especially customers who have been with them for years with their home phone service. If you're not happy with a product, you should be able to return it without being screwed.
OAKWOOD, GEORGIA -- Last October, my husband and I signed up for the $99 a month deal with BellSouth, which was to include phone, internet, and DirecTV, all for $99 per month. We have yet to receive a bill for $99, all of our statements have been at LEAST $130 plus a separate bill for $33 for DirecTV. When I called about it, I was initially told it was to cover all of the "set up" costs involved (which we were told nothing about when we signed up) so I agreed to pay it, and they explained the high bills would stop within a couple of months.
The bills never came down, and my neither me nor my husband ever used the landline we had installed, so we know it wasn't long distance charges. We then moved 20 mins away and I initially decided to cutoff our service with BellSouth. They talked me into staying with them by offering to send me gift cards and move my service for free.
Now it gets good. After we moved, I received a bill for $180. When I called, they explained I had some charges remaining from my old residence that needed to be paid in addition to fees for switching my number. But they just told me they'd move my service for free??? My credit isn't that great in the first place, and I didn't want it ruined anymore, so I paid it and asked them to confirm that I was done paying the bill at my old residence, and they said yes.
Now I have a bill for $300! This time my husband called and they told him that since we moved, they have a policy to charge one month in advance plus we have some charges at the old residence. He also asked what happened to the $99 per month deal promised in the first place, and they explained that we have all these added "extras" we are paying for. He asked like what, and they said all of these things like caller ID, call waiting, forwarding, voice mail, etc...plus we have the most expensive internet plan.
We were furious!!! We never asked for any of those things, but were under the impression they were covered in the $99 month deal. So now they have cut off our service because we can't afford that much money and to top it off, we never saw this $99 month deal we were promised. Beware of this company and avoid them if you can!
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE -- BellSouth said they'd install my service on July 13, and that I didn't need to be home. But I have gotten bad information from companies before, so I made sure I was home. The installer didn't show up, but told the BellSouth folks he did, tried to call and knocked on the door - and got no answer. What a liar. I was home, all day, got no call and no one knocked on the door. So now I get to wait another week for BellSouth to come out.
Bitter irony moment: The same day the installer was supposed to show up, I got a letter from Joseph B. Schultz, VP for marketing, thanking me for choosing BellSouth. Well, believe me, if I had other choices, I'd certainly exercise them. BELLSOUTH SUCKS.
I have paid for BellSouth's inside wiring maintenance plan since 2001. One of my phone jacks was not working, so I contacted them via internet about needing service. Their answer? "Go to the box outside and see if all the wires are connected"! Duh! I looked and cannot tell -- I'm just a dumb female anyway!! When I contacted them again -- same answer. They never even read the whole email and I am still a jack short.


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New agricultural law center created
A new Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation has been established at Iowa State. The center addresses a need for expertise in agricultural decisions that are an increasingly shaped by legal and tax issues.
McCarney to step down after season
Dan McCarney, the longest-tenured and winningest coach in ISU history, has decided to step down as head football coach. McCarney made the announcement jointly with director of athletics Jamie Pollard Nov. 8.
ISU forensic statisticians hunting for hidden messages
Two Iowa State mathematicians have developed software that will detect secret files in seemingly innocent digital images. Jennifer Davidson and Cliff Bergman, both professors in the math department, are fine-tuning the artificial neural net (ANN). When plopped into a computer, the ANN will work like radar that culls out suspicious images.
An old discovery could boost ethanol production from plant fiber
A discovery some 40 years ago is showing promise as a chemical pre-treatment that breaks down plant fiber. That could release the simple sugars in corn stalks or switchgrass so they can be fermented into ethanol. And that could add value to Iowa's crops or the fibrous co-products of ethanol production.
Holiday recording features Simon Estes
A recently released CD, "Holiday Classics With Simon Estes," features the internally acclaimed bass-baritone along with two ISU groups -- ISU Wind Ensemble and the Ames Piano Quartet. Estes is the F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Iowa State.
ISU taking lead on virtual career fair trend for Southwest MBA Alliance
Mark Peterson, director of MBA graduate career services in ISU's College of Business, is managing the software being used this year for the second annual Southeast MBA Alliance Virtual Career Fair from November 6-20.
ISU coordinating statewide Pappajohn new venture business plan competition
Officials from Iowa State's Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship are coordinating the statewide 2007 Pappajohn New Venture Business Plan Competition. The competition is open to any Iowa university or college student/team with an interest in starting a business.
Accrediting team notes 'noteworthy progress'
Iowa State's accreditation was continued recently by the Higher Learning Commission. An external review team noted that despite many challenges, "the university has made noteworthy progress in increasing the quality of its programs and services, responsiveness to various constituencies, student retention and graduation rates, fund raising and funded research, among others." The next comprehensive evaluation is scheduled for 2015-16.
ABC correspondent Lynn Sherr is fall Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics
A correspondent on ABC's Newsmagazine "20/20," Sherr will deliver a free, public presentation titled "Outside the Box: Women, Politics and Media" at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union.
Summit to generate recommendations for keeping Iowa a leader in biorenewables
"A Call to Action Summit: Ensuring Iowa's Leadership in the Bioeconomy" will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in Iowa State University's Scheman Building. Registration is required and there is a $25 fee.
Memorial Union schedules ceremony to honor ISU's fallen in Iraq
Iowa State's Memorial Union has scheduled a ceremony for 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, to honor the university's two Iraq casualties. The pre-Veterans Day ceremony will begin in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union, then move to Gold Star Hall. A reception for the families will follow the ceremony. The public is invited.
Webcast, mini-conference on ethanol Nov. 13
Experts will offer a variety of perspectives on the corn-based ethanol industry in Iowa in a statewide webcast and mini-conference Nov. 13. The conference is sponsored by the ISU economics department.
Lee Harris
After accident, student vows 'Forever is not an option'
ISU sophomore Lee Harris, who was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident a year ago, maintains his busy pre-accident routine while raising funds for experimental surgery.
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Divorced women have poorer health
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Women who divorce may lose some of their good health, according to a study at Iowa State University.
Viral videos as the new attack ads
YouTube can carry candidates' messages, or record their lesser moments for posterity. University Professor of Political Science Steffen Schmidt discusses YouTube's effect in next week's election in CNBC's "On the Money."
Nothing 2 LOL about
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Text messaging has advantages and drawbacks, but the technology has a "power we have not earned and don't yet know how to use," says Michael Bugeja, director of ISU's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication.
Yield of dreams
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Pat Schnable and the Plant Sciences Institute are featured in Successful Farming magazine's October cover story, "Yield of dreams," about groundbreaking crop technology in the works. Research by Schnable and others to sequence the corn genome is key. It will enable scientists to speed development of varieties with desired traits, like drought resistence and cold tolerance, so that agricultural productivity can keep pace with increasing demand for food and fuel.


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Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan doing fine financially
Recent stories in the national and local media about changes at Girl Scouts of the USA take a broad-brush approach which has left many volunteers and loyal supporters of Girl Scout councils throughout the United States questioning the organization's future.
As Board Chair of the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Board of Trustees, I want to reiterate to our girls, supporters and volunteers that we are financially healthy and have no plans to close our camps. In fact, we are operating resident camp this year at our two camps located in the northernmost part of our 34-county service area to better serve our girls who live there. These camps had been operating as troop and family camps only. We are also in the midst of seeking out funding and volunteers to help us implement improvements to all of our properties.
The end goal of GSUSA's transformational efforts is to help it better align its resources to its national strategic priorities and enable the national movement to be more agile and customer-focused.
While the news stories provide accurate descriptions about changes at the national level, they fail to capture the ongoing success stories at local councils including Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan. I want to assure you that Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan's financial position remains strong as does our physical presence in the communities our girls call home.
Our camps have experienced an increase of 36.5 percent in the number of total participants this year compared to the same time last year. Our resident camps are up eight percent; our Troop/Family program increased 37.5 percent; and attendance at our Day Camps is up 94 percent.
We are 86 percent of the way to achieving our girl membership goal and our adult membership goal is at 90 percent.
Additionally, we have reached 93.5 percent of our goal for cookie sales.
Clearly, events at our national organization are not affecting our continued growth in key areas like camp, membership and cookie sales.
Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan has a great deal to be proud of. The programming and services we provide are positioning our girls to take on leadership roles in all areas of their lives.
I invite you to join with us as we enter our second century of building girls of courage, confidence and character who will make the world a better place.
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Metallica's Kirk Hammett Reveals 'Too Much Horror Business' Book Signing Appearances
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is looking to scare up some extra business for his new book, 'Too Much Horror Business,' and will hit the road for a series of book signings next month.
The guitar great has amassed a "monster" collection of horror memorabilia over the years and had a chance to share some of his favorite items in 'Kirk's Crypt' during Metallica's Orion Music + More Festival earlier this year.
Hammett's next way of sharing is through this new, stunning, 228-page hardback coffee table book, which is due Oct. 1. It contains over 300 full color images from Hammett's private collection and exclusive set photography by Mark Leialoha and Joe Gibbs.
"This is my gift to all the other horror nerds out there who are just like me," says Hammett, "It's been made with great love for all the many characters and movies which guided me through childhood, into adulthood and which still keep me on track today."
Also included in the book are conversations with writer Steffan Chirazi covering the importance of collecting in the guitarist's life.
Hammett's book tour begins Oct. 11 at New York City's Barnes & Noble Tribeca Store. See the full itinerary for the run below.
Kirk Hammett's 'Too Much Horror Business' Book Tour:
10/11 — New York, N.Y. — Barnes & Noble Tribeca Store
10/13 — New York, N.Y. — Comic Con Abrams Book Booth & Tokyo Toys Booth
10/25 — Los Angeles, Calif. — Barnes & Noble at the Grove
10/26 — Burbank, Calif. — Monsterpalooza
10/27 — New York, N.Y. — Chiller Theater
11/20 — San Francisco, Calif. — Books Inc. at Opera Plaza


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Location: Tellico Plains, TN, USA
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Wild Hog Hunting:
Cherokee County in southwestern North Carolina and southeastern Tennessee supports a
healthy population of wild boar. Average weight can run anywhere from 150 to 200+ pounds of pure dog cutting plunder. Most of our wild boar are pure wild
Russian hogs which were introduced into Graham County, NC in 1908 and have become well established throughout the area.
Black Bear Hunting:
Black bear is abundant in the Nantahala Game Lands in Cherokee County as well as the Tellico Ranger District in southeastern Tennessee. The area that we hunt is surrounded by 3 bear preserves and the Smoky Mountains. Recently we have experienced a large migration of bear into our area due to poor mast in the Smokies.
White-Tail Deer Hunting :
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Agency's 1996-97 Harvest Report for White-Tailed Deer indicated that there were 116,664 deer harvested through out the state. A detailed breakdown per county can be found on page 55 of the 1997-98 Regulations Digest. Both North Carolina and Tennessee offers a good population of deer. Dogs aren't allowed to hunt deer in either state but there are some good areas for still
hunting along the many game trails here.
Both Tennessee and North Carolina offer a spring turkey season each year. Upcoming season for North Carolina is April 11 through May 9, 1999. Tennessee dates are April 3 through May 7, 1999.
The wild turkey is our largest game bird with gobblers frequently reaching weights of over twenty pounds. Wild turkey, cautious by nature can be a real challenge for the serious hunter. Experience, patience and a good turkey caller can help bag your spring gobbler. Turkey is considered a big game animail in both Tennessee as well as North Carolina.
For more information about hunting in this area please see my homepage at http://www.angelfire.com/tn/farner/index.html or email [email protected]
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New Logo/Slogan for Missouri WIC: The State WIC Office needs your help. We are looking for a new logo/slogan to promote the Missouri WIC program. Why are we asking now? As most of you know, we are working to develop e-Learning and implement EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) so this would be a good time to do it. So please help us update our image! In future WIC Updates, we will have additional information and instructions on how to submit your ideas, but we'd like you to start thinking about it now. We'd like to have as many ideas as possible. Ideas, images, and suggestions are welcome from any source: local WIC agencies, participants, WIC retailers, or others. Get thinking and be creative!
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Do old vines make better wines?
Wine's capacity for aging is well documented. Birthday card salutations like to suggest that people aren't growing up, they're maturing like fine wine. Novelty T-shirts come emblazoned with the message 'I'm not getting older. I'm getting better.'
But what about grape vines?
A number of wines, more often than not bottles of red, are marketed as being the product of old vines, Vieilles Vignes or Vigne Vecchie, depending on the country of origin. Does that make them better?
Winemakers will be the first to tell you that their job requires patience. When you plant a new vineyard, it's three years until your first crop and longer still before those vines perform at their best.
Parallels are often drawn to children. The early years involve lots of care and attention. By age 10 or so, vines have established root systems and are stronger to cope with their environment on their own.
Wine made from older vines have long been praised as having more character than that from younger vines, which tend to offer more overt fruit flavours. You can make good wine from young vineyards; they just take more work.
The problem for consumers is there's no regulations for classifying old vines. It's up to the producer to decide what "old vines" means to them.
In the case of the Vieilles Vignes Pinot Noir from Burgundy reviewed today, the winery reports that the vineyards employed were between 25 and 35 years of age, which typically yields less and more concentrated fruit than more vigorous younger vines. In Burgundy, winemaking convention suggests that a vine enters its prime of life at 25 to 30 years of age.
The measuring stick for Old Vine Zinfandel producers in California is typically 35 years and up. Quality producers want to see that barrier pushed to 50 years and older but have been unable to reach consensus.
Meanwhile, progressive growers in Barossa, Australia, where many of the world's oldest Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah (Shiraz) vines are located, have established an Old Vine charter that states vines 35 years and older can be labelled Barossa Old Vines. Seventy-year-old vines are identified as Survivor Vines, 100-year-olds are Centenarian Vines and 125-year-olds are Ancestor Vines in this voluntary code.
The world of wine is rife with manipulation and marketing smoke and mirrors. Old vines' wines aren't necessarily better, but they offer an interesting prospect to wine lovers who want to think about where the wine they are enjoying comes from and how they were made.
Wines of the Week:
*** Albert Bichot 2011 Vieilles Vignes Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Burgundy, France
Made in a dry style, this layered and refreshing red wine showcases cranberry/cherry flavours. A seriously good match for the traditional Thanksgiving dinner spread, this would also work nicely with mushroom pasta, duck or lamb dishes. Serve slightly chilled for best effect.
***1/2 Bouchard Père & Fils 2012 Bourgogne Pinot Noir
Burgundy, France
This dry red is a good introduction to the understated personality of Pinot Noir from Burgundy. Offering a mix of red fruit, black pepper and earthy aromas, this lighter-bodied wine boasts good concentration and structure that suggests its best enjoyment would be with a meal. Think roast poultry or summer salads.


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Hey, what's up everyone? I'm not sure if this is in the right forum or not so please forgive me if its not. I just installed Microsoft Exchange 2000 on my Win 2K server and I'm having a problem, already!!. Everytime I open up the Microsoft Exchange Administrator and I try to connect to my server, i get this error message:
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The Offering was underwritten by a syndicate of underwriters co-led by TD Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. and included CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Raymond James Ltd. and Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
The REIT used the proceeds of the Offering to acquire a portfolio of 27 income-producing properties located in Manitoba (eighteen properties), Alberta (four properties), Saskatchewan (two properties), Ontario (two properties) and the Northwest Territories (one property) from Huntingdon Capital Corp. ("Huntingdon"). Huntingdon retained an approximate 30% (or an approximate 27% interest in the REIT if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full) interest in the REIT (on a fully exchanged basis) through the ownership of Class B limited partnership units of a subsidiary of the REIT, which are economically equivalent to (subject to certain adjustments), and exchangeable for, trust units of the REIT.
The REIT has granted to the underwriters of the Offering an option (the "Over-Allotment Option"), exercisable at any time up to 30 days following closing of the Offering to purchase (i) up to an additional 882,000 Offered Units (the "Additional Offered Units") at a price of $10.00 per Additional Offered Unit, (ii) up to an additional 882,000 Trust Units (the "Additional Trust Units") at a price of $9.89 per Additional Trust Unit, (iii) up to an additional 220,500 Warrants (the "Additional Warrants") at a price of $0.44 per Additional Warrant, or (iv) any combination of Additional Trust Units and/or Additional Warrants so long as the aggregate number of Additional Trust Units and Additional Warrants which may be issued under the Over-Allotment Option does not exceed 15% of the aggregate number of such securities sold pursuant to the Offering, to cover over-allotments, if any, and for market stabilization purposes. If the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full, the gross proceeds of the Offering will be $67,620,000.
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I just got a book about linux and it keeps talking about IDE/EIDE AND SCSI. Does anyone know what they are? I think they have something to do with hardware, but i'm not sure.
You got to be kidding right?, I can't believe you dare to read a book and don't even know that. Have you ever seen a computer from inside??. Well, I shouldn't blame you, at least you are trying to learn.
IDE stands for Integrated Drive Electronics, is the conector from the motherboard to some devices, most commonly, hard disks and cd-roms (cd-rws, dvd-rws, etc). EIDE is the extended version, in other words, faster. That is the most common this days.
SCSI stands for Small Computer System Interface. It is basically the same thing, in different format. It was developed by Apple, and it supports up to 15 devices per controlller. You can plug several kind of devices, hard disks and cd-roms are the most common.
Now do yourself a favor, go to www.whatis.com and look for a more technical answer!.
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Umm... thanks.... I think
I don't think you should hesitate to thank Oso at all. He answered your question. His surprise is that the question is extremely basic for the level of computer user normally associated with this site.
However, many people who have used computers have not played with the hardware much. If you open your case you will notice a cable going to your hard drive. If your hard drive is a standard drive then it is EIDE (unless it is very old in which case it might be IDE). There are two EIDE connectors on most motherboards (connector 0 and 1). They can support two devices each, a master and a slave. So your computer can initially support 4 IDE devices.
You can add cards that give you more IDE ports for more devices.
SCSI is also a device controller but it can support 7 or 15 depending on the type of SCSI controller you have.
IDE advantages are cheaper devices, decent performance, easy to set up and use, almost always integrated into the motherboard (no extra cards to buy).
IDE disadvantages Fewer Devices
SCSI advantages: More devices, higher data rates, better data utilization
SCSI disadvantages: More expensive devices, Usually not integrated into the motherboard, steeper learning curve to set up.
Hope this helps clarify a bit.
For my home system I use IDE due to price and because performance is not critical. At work we use SCSI since cost is less important than performance. If you are going to use SCSI make sure to set up your LUNs (check Whatis.com) correctly. Also you should realize that *nix usually is happier if certain devices use certain lun numbers.
BTW, SCSI is much easier to set up now than it was in the past. Like many things they have worked to become much more user friendly. My recommendation though is that if you are going to purchase a SCSI interface card get a well known one like Adaptec. It simplifies its integration with OS's like Linux. Personally I wouldn't buy one that wasn't Adaptec but I am prejudiced by past problems.
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[shadow]Firts of all the fact that SCSI is not integrated into the system is not a disadvantages. [/shadow] The fact is, it is much better for performance to buy and install separate SCSI controller such as Adaptec. Also most home user will not have nor run SCSI devices because cost to perfomance doesnt justify, unless you got rich lil man or if you have connections. Personally I have a SCSI HardDrive and SCSI CD-Rom and no I am not rich I got friends in good places, got a free controller and free drives. Nevertheless SCSI is a lot better A LOT BETTER AND FASTER then EIDE. But also costs more. Up to date if I am correct
EIDE = 133Mbps and SCSI is 320Mbps speed wise, so you can see the big difference. To big companies the cost is justifiable thats why they usually run SCSI in Servers or Workstations, rarely on user desktops.
EIDE on the the hand is cheaper and still fast enough for your everyday needs. Even under heavy loads. Since most home users can't possibly run heave apps you dont need anything higher then EIDE. I stress my systems at times slowing them down to a crawl even though they are all overclocked. Even my Overclocked AMD 1600+ ( Which Runs at 1800+ speed after OC) comes to a crawl sometimes EIDE is hard drive is able to handle the load. But a plus of this system is that it runs both EIDE and SCSI. My OS runs of SCSI and all apps stored on the EIDE. That helps at times. And this is good for technicians or people who do everything themselves on their pc's. Pc with SCSI is much easier to format then EIDE. In your case I bet you, you run EIDE depending on the age of your system is could be ATA 33/66/100/133. Respectively. [gloworange]HOPE THIS ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.[/gloworange]
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There is also a book that I have been reading a while back called" Pc 's for dummies", don't be offended by the words because it is called that for the simple reason that we are starting from scratch and they assume we don't know anything about Pc's.Believe me it describes everything you want to know in a simple understandable language.They have also brought out many other versions I believe which tackles issues on networking,security,hardware and sofware.
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A Morehead State University sophomore has been fatally shot and her boyfriend has surrendered to police.
WLEX-TV in Lexington reported the Rowan County coroner confirmed 21-year-old Cassandra Owens died of multiple gunshot wounds Wednesday.
Police have charged 26-year-old Casey Shay with killing her. Shay turned himself in at the Rowan County Detention Center on Thursday afternoon.
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This year, is a little different at our house. It's in shambles, because my husband is replacing our tired and worn out living room/dining room carpet with new wood flooring. So, I'm holed up in our Master Bedroom with my laptop and an elderly Feline (who is feeling a little out of sorts with all the banging and dust).
Sam's blog for some time, and when she shared her twist on a classic Italian-- as Georgia Caprese Salad -- I became obsessed with wanting to make it.
If you've never had a classic Italian Caprese Salad, it's made with sun-ripened tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese and fresh basil. The flavors of summer!
here. Thanks, Sam!
Tomorrow, the house will be filled with the aroma of fresh paint. Hopefully, by Sunday, the new floors will be finished and I can put the house back together again. I owe my husband some special recipes, and I'm happy to do it as a special "thank you". He's doing the work, pretty much, by himself. I'm a lucky woman!


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AUBURN – The Auburn Tigers held a 90-minute officiated scrimmage under sunny skies Saturday morning at Jordan-Hare Stadium, wrapping up the third week of football spring drills.
It was Auburn's 10th practice of the spring.
"We had an 86-play scrimmage today, moving the ball in different situations and mixing and matching personnel," Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn said afterward.
"We're learning more every time out there; our coaches are going to have a lot of situations with different guys to evaluate.
"Corey Grant made some good runs; that's what stood out to me. He's a hard worker and does a lot of dirty work. Any time you've got a guy who can run, you can do some different things. "We were almost 50-50 run-pass today; that was set up that way to evaluate both aspects. We're getting better.
"I'm more concerned about our attitude, our work ethic, our approach, how we respond to adversity and success. The Xs and Os after spring -- we'll be able to settle in and concentrate on Xs and Os, but big picture, I'm more interested in our team chemistry and how we react to certain situations. I'd say we're improving."
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The Highlands is an exclusive area in Breckenridge that borders the Breckenridge Golf Course and surrounding area. The area is very beautiful with rolling hills, awesome views of Breckenridge Ski Resort, golf course views and mountain views. There are over 250 homes within the 13 subdivisions of the Highlands. The homes vary in size from 2,733 square feet up to 7,949 square feet. These are all custom homes that sit on at least a half an acre or more.
In the past, it was unheard of to buy a home in the Highlands for under $1 million. The price per square foot was also much higher than it is today. There are currently 30 homes for sale in the Highlands and the average price is $368 per square foot.
The first best buy featured is located across from the third hole at the Breckenridge Golf Course. The 2,733-square-foot home features four bedrooms and four baths, with two of the bedrooms as master suites. When you walk into the house, it has a nice flowing open floor plan leading you to the living room, dining area and magnificent chef's kitchen. There are two fireplaces, one located in the master suite and the other in the living room.
This beautiful home sits on a sunny half-acre corner lot. This best buy was built in 1997 and is $281 per square foot. Kathy Kristina at Breckenridge Real Estate Kompany offers this property for $768,000.
The second best buy is a large, 3,914-square-foot home with floor-to-ceiling windows everywhere to enjoy the beautiful mountain views. This home has four bedrooms and three baths with a bonus caretaker apartment above the garage. The home features a large gourmet kitchen and cathedral ceilings. The home sits on 1 acre and is on a very sunny lot. This home was built in 2002 and is currently listed at $217 a square foot. This is a short sale. Daniel Webster Johnson of Resort Brokers offers the property at $849,000.
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Holy crap, the year's half over. I better get back to making blos, huh?
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Including me. Yup, I'm gonna have a story in it. So go look the KickStarter, check out the previews of some of the stories that'll be in the book and, if you like it, consider backing the book!
Now, convention stuff. Last year I skipped Comic-Con in San Diego. This year, however, I'll be in Blind Ferret's booth at
Comic-Con International
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