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The Oakland City Council has unanimously approved $300,000 for a safe parking program for homeless Oaklanders through the Interfaith Council of Alameda County.
Rev. Ken Chambers, founder of the Interfaith Council, has been working with the city to develop the program using church parking lots.
"I thank the Interfaith Council, and the many congregations themselves, who have stepped up, and offered to use their properties for solutions like safe parking spaces for homeless people who are living in vehicles," said Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, who called for this assistance in April.
"By creating safe parking spaces, and ultimately, tiny homes and more, in partnership with our congregations, with access to toilets, water, services and more, we can help remedy this crisis, and help people get into better situations," said Kaplan.
West Side Missionary Baptist Church and four other West Oakland churches have offered their lots, and will use the funding to ensure that the lots offer sufficient safety for people living in their cars, like fencing and night lights, as well as porta-potties and wash stations. "We have to be sure we actually have a safe environment before we fill the lots," said Rev. Chambers.
Churches that offer their parking lots will receive funding to hire a car park coordinator ($20,000-$25,000 a year). The program will provide the safety measures, bathrooms, and other services.
Rev. Chambers said the program is meant to be a temporary, emergency solution to protect those who sleep in their cars and provide them with wraparound services, including weekly shower services by Dignity on Wheels, counseling, referrals, and other human services to help them into transitional or permanent housing.
Those who utilize the car park will be able to stay as long as they need, and will have to agree to a set of rules, including remaining inside the lot from 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. without visitors.
West Side Missionary already hosts two tiny homes built by Laney College's Carpentry Department in its parking lot, housing two Laney athletes, a third to come. Each of these students will receive a $100 stipend for eight volunteer hours per month, each, of cleaning and maintaining the car park.
While there is no comprehensive count of homeless people living in cars in Oakland, a 2017 EveryoneCounts survey reports 8 percent of the 457 homeless people surveyed sleep in their non-RV vehicle (the car park will not host RVs).
The total number of homeless people in Oakland is estimated to have surpassed the last count of 2,761, suggesting that at least 200 people in Oakland live in their cars. Rev. Chambers thinks it could be twice that, maybe more.
The City of Oakland has registered 36 people who live in their cars who have reached out to health and human services.
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Thos fantastic people at Epiphone are treating us with another giveaway for April. On offer this time is a rather nice looking Joe Bonamassa ES-355 and all you need to do to win is enter your email. Easy!
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Go digital or go home
Perhaps the most instructive insight gleaned from the report is that more and more businesses are going digital. According to the report, this "is driven in part by the growing number of connected consumers, the expansion of mobile telephony and higher rate of mobile broadband adoption".
Still in doubt? Here are a few stats to buttress that:
- 91.8 million Nigerians (47.9% of the total population) are online as at December 2016 (Nigerian Communications Commission).
- Nigeria is No. 7 on the list of countries with most internet users ahead of Britain and Germany. (Internet Live Stats).
- Between 2011 and 2016, smartphone users in Nigeria increased from 4 million to 15.5 million (Internet Live Stats).
- Mobile accounts for 76% of internet traffic in Nigeria (Twinpine Mobile Trends Report 2016).
So what does this mean for businesses in Nigeria? Two things:
1. Many of your existing and potential customers are moving online. Hence it is important for you as a business to go where your audience is and engage with them with the right messaging. You cannot afford to continue to do business the old way. Go ahead and offer your services, products and even customer support online. With the ability to directly engage with your customers, you can collect real time data and gain valuable insights that will help you serve them better.
2. If you're a marketing agency, this is the time to include digital marketing and social media management in your offerings. According to the Nigeria PR Report 2016, "…digital/social media marketing is the most offered service. Over 75% of respondents confirm digital marketing as a priority for clients".
The report further ascribed client's preference for digital/social media marketing over traditional media to "…the ease of measuring digital results…calculating reach, impressions and engagement of social media and online platforms is very possible and the numbers are considered more accurate than that of traditional media".
So, if you're going to succeed in the Nigerian business environment in the 21st century, you either go digital or you can as well close shop.
Even in Nigeria, the Customer is ALWAYS right
You've probably heard this a million times. You may even have barked it out a couple of times to your staff or over the phone to a customer care agent. But don't take it for granted because even in Nigeria, as peculiar as we may think we are, that statement is a Biblical truth.
Businesses thrive because of customers. Unless you have a sales funnel that consistently fetches you paying customers, your business may shut down before it even gets started. In Nigeria, customers are the body, life and soul of your business.
Three things stand out in this regard:
1. Clients are very conservative with their budgets
The Report seem to confirm what we already know about client behavior in Nigeria. Someone once remarked that a typical Nigerian client gives you "a bungalow budget to implement a skyscraper project."
According to the report, the biggest threat to PR practice in Nigeria (and by extension, other industries) is "…the clients' unwillingness to commit sufficient funds to projects…"
Takeaway: Prepare to improvise and deliver great work on very small budgets if you want to succeed in business in Nigeria.
2. Retainership arrangements are rare.
According to the report, it would appear that clients in this part of the world are more favorably disposed to project-based contracts and very few are willing to commit to long-term relationships, that is retainership.
The report succinctly puts it thus: "More than half of PR agencies surveyed (54.72%) manage less than 10 active clients, with only 24.53% confirming that they have over 20 active clients. Agency respondents note that project-based jobs surpass retainership arrangements."
Takeaway: Nigerian clients prefer project-based contracts, but don't be too shy to push for retainership. Your success rate here will likely depend on a number of factors including good client relationship, quality work and a unique value proposition.
3. Go where the money is
Depending on your industry, the big money spenders in Nigeria are in Banking and Telecommunication. For the PR industry, the report indicated that "…Banking and Finance proved to be the predominant income source for the PR industry in 2016, closely followed by Marketing & Communications sectors. However, FMCGs, telecommunication companies and government (public sector) are ranked high in terms of remuneration."
Takeaway: find the biggest spending clients in the industry you serve and offer them the kind of value they will not easily find elsewhere. While it is tempting to go after everyone, you will do better if you concentrate a lot more on your ideal clients, who in this case, are those willing to offer the biggest buck for a bang (sorry I tweaked that)!
Running a business in Nigeria is not a walk in the park, but with valuable information and the application of same, your entrepreneurial journey will not be a travel through the wilderness either.
Businesses in Nigeria face untypical challenges like epileptic power supply, and are also not immune to regular problems of finding quality people to help grow their companies.
The Nigeria PR Report 2016 revealed that recruitment is a major challenge for companies with more than 26% of respondents admitting that "…recruitment of quality PR staff is the greatest factor decimating any gains made by Nigeria's PR industry."
So there you have it. If you provide marketing and advertising services or run a business in Nigeria, these four key insights will certainly help you a better-informed decision in your business.
Gbenga Joseph Sogbaike is based in Nigeria and is the founder of Time&Ink Creative Digital Agency. He helps budding entrepreneurs and growth companies significantly improve their business outcomes through effective content marketing – Bizcommunity


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LOUIS Ross (@LouisRoss67) returns to cast his eye over the Week 3 NFL prices.
Week 2 in he National Football League was something else wasn't it? The general consensus amongst the experts in America was it was the toughest week to call in 30 years. That is relevant because we may all need to change some of the views we held going into the new season.
The Colts are in no position to challenge anyone whilst Andrew Luck continues to turn the ball over. Tom Brady is on a mission in New England. Philly are a complete bust and the Jacksonville Jaguars may only be the 29th worst team in football. The only constant? My Chicago Bears are even worse than forecast. On to Week 3…
Pittsburgh Steelers @ St Louis Rams | Sunday 18:00
The Steelers were my tip for the AFC and I have seen nothing to change that view. True, they lost on opening night at New England but there was plenty to like in that loss.
Playing for a second week without the best WR/RB combo around, they demolished the 49ers in Week 2. LeVeon Bell returns to the backfield this week and that should be the key to this contest.
Despite me putting up the Rams defence as the best in football, they actually rank 30th against the run. Allowing an average of 153 yards per game on the ground. They now face the best running back of 2014.
The Pittsburgh defence is always a worry, but this team have an element of Kevin Keegan's Newcastle team about them. The opposition can do what they like, we will simply score more. Potentially the best offence of the past decade, I will take them on at +1 on the handicap.
Atlanta Falcons @ Dallas Cowboys | Sunday 18:00
The Cowboys somehow arrive here 2-0. That's the same Dallas team that lost Dez Bryant in Week 1 and more concerning, Tony Romo in Week 2.
I was actually impressed with the win in Philly but then you have to take into account just how useless the Eagles were on Offence. The Dallas offensive line did a magnificent job (almost) protecting their quarterback. Now 'America's Team' will be led by Branden Weeden.
I know we have had an incredibly unpredictable start to this season, but excuse me if I oppose Dallas every week, if for no other reason than they are led by Weeden.
Atlanta has had a reasonably solid start. Matt Ryan led them to a 4th Quarter comeback against the Giants last week, who were themselves impressive against Wasington on Thursday night.
Julio Jones will take some stopping and although Tevin Coleman misses out through injury, Devonta Freeman is an adequate back up. Jones has a pair of TDs and 276 yards through two games and is in my Fantasy team this week. I see a fairly routine 10 point win here and am very happy with line a Atlanta -1.
Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Jets | Sunday 18:00
If Pittsburgh and their 'We score more than you' approach is Kevin Keegan's Newcastle, then the Eagles are Newcastle in Keegan's second spell. Nothing, and I mean nothing is working.
DeMarco Murray who was unstoppable in Dallas last year can barely get the ball back to the line of scrimmage. He averages an incredible (not in a good way) 0.5 yards per carry in 2015.
The Eagles gave up LeSean McCoy & Jeremy Maclin this off season and boy have they paid a price. The vaunted Chip Kelly offence just isn't working. Neither is the defence or special teams and the play calling is not exactly top notch either.
Normally those words would apply to the Jets but from absolutely nowhere, they have found an offence. When Geno Smith had his jaw broken by a team mate in training camp and was replaced by Ryan Fitzpatrick, you could hear the groans from this side of the Atlantic.
Fitz is with his fourth team in four years, never a good sign, but he seems to be just what this team needs right now. Eric Decker is suddenly free from Double Teams now he has Brandon Marshall taking the saftey's eye. Ivory is doing a fine job in the backfield and getting Darrel Revis back at corner has reinvigorated the franchise.
Many better wideouts than what Philly have, will be taking a break on 'Revis Island'. Jets -2? Yes please.
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Pittsburgh Steelers @ St Louis Rams – Pittsburgh +1 (10/11 Paddy Power)
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Due to coronavirus, the Nature Centres and other customer service points, reservable and rental huts and other services provided by Metsähallitus have been closed. Some services of other companies are also closed. Read further information here.
There are two national parks in the vicinity of Tampere, Seitseminen and Helvetinjärvi, where you can go hiking for a couple of hours or exploring for a couple of days – find out more about the national parks in our article. There are other possibilities for taking a hike in the nature around Tampere, and you don't even have to go too far!
The newest addition to the outdoor areas in Tampere is the Kintulammi outdoors area. Kintulammi is located about 20 km from Tampere centre, in the Teisko area. Altogether, there are some 15 km of nature trails, duckboards, lean-to's and campfire sites as well as all new signposts and info boards. You can read more about Kintulammi here.
Located in Tampere, between the districts Atala, Kumpula and Risso, the Halimasjärvi nature reserve area is a nice place for the whole family to spend time outdoors. Best place to walk in and enjoy the nature is on the trail following the Halimasjärvi lake. Part of the trail has newly built duckboards keeping the feet dry. You might also spot a regular guest on the lake, the nesting couple of red-throated diver (please remember to give them space and silence). The area is easy to reach with the local bus to Atala: the closest bus stop is on the cerossing of Nikinväylä and Sompakatu, and from the end of Sompakatu there is a trail to the nature trail. You can find the map of Halimasjärvi here (in Finnish).
About 20 kilometers from Tampere, in Lempäälä, there's a nature trail suitable for longer hikes: the Birgitta Trail is a circular route in beautiful lake and forest scenery. There's about 50 kilometers of marked paths along the way, and in 2006 Birgitta Trail was voted the nature destination of the year. Birgitta Trail offers a diverse terrain as well as campfire sites and huts. Some parts of the trail goes near residential areas, so it's fairly easy to reach the Trail with public transport. Along the route there's for example the magnificent Kirskaanniemi cape, close to the bus route to Vuores (2 km walk from the bus stop). From the road, there's a wide path leading up to the cape, where you'll find several campfire sites, hut and outhouse, all in a proper vantage point on the shore of the lovely lake. Find out more about the Birgitta Trail in here.
In Kangasala, also some 20 kilometers from Tampere, there's the 60 kilometre long Kaarinanpolku trail, which is connected to Birgitta trail so with these two combined, you can even spend a whole weekend hiking! The trails are marked in the terrain and the sceneries vary from forest to lake, and there are campfire sites and huts along the way too. You can print the map of the trail (in Finnish) from here.
Rapolanharju ridge is located in Valkeakoski, the neighbouring town of Tampere. Rapolanharju is a part of the national landscape of Vanajavesi lake and the historical area of Sääksmäki and Tarttila. In addition to the largest ancient hill fort remains, there are also relics of pre-historical dwellings, burial grounds, sacrificial stones and an ancient field. From the ridge, there's a magnificent view over the Vanajavesi lake as well as the medieval Sääksmäki church, Voipaala mansion and Rapola mansion located nearby. The different elements of the scenery form a unique, layered, cultural entity from the pre-historic to the modern times. There are marked routes around the hill area, depicting a story about all the fascinating pre-historic cultural heritage that the Rapolanharju area offers. The nature trails and ancient routes are 1,6 km and 6 km long. The paths are marked with signposts. You can read more about the area in here.
Between Kangasala and the neighbouring town Pälkäne, there's one of the Southern Finland's vastest connected forest areas, Laipanmaa. Laipanmaa covers altogether an area of 15 000 hectares, and there are various marked trails, campfire sites, huts and outhouses. You can hike from Kangasala all the way to Sappee on this trail network. You can find the map of the area (in Finnish) from here.
Just outside Orivesi, some 45 kilometers from Tampere, there's the lovely Pukala forest area. Pukala is reached easiest with a car, but there are trains and buses going to Orivesi centre, some 12 kilometers from the forest area. The area is maintained by the Finnish State's Metsähallitus. The area is a quiet area with a clear-water and deep Pukala lake as a centre of the area. Pukala is ideal for fishing or berry and mushroom picking, and there are also several campfire sites there. There's a fire pit and a hut by the lake Pukala, and if you cross the lovely bridge from the shore, you'll find yourself in a picturesque little island with a campfire site and table with seats. More information about Pukala and maps (in Finnish) can be found at luontoon.fi.
A bit further on from Pukala towards Ruovesi lies the marsh preserve area Siikaneva. Here, you can sense at the same time the tranquility and the bustling life of the large marshes. Siikaneva is an impressive destination for a day trip, especially when there's no snow. The trail is for the largest part covered with duckboard, presenting the area's versatile nature and sceneries. The large marshes spread out all the way around the trail until the open areas lead into the atmospheric old forests.
In Sastamala, some 50 kilometres from Tampere, lies the Ritajärvi nature reserve. The terrain in Ritajärvi varies from small forest lakes to rocks and boulders, and the threes in the area are in mainly in natural state. The well maintained area is popular for example for school trips.
There's also nice areas for shorter hiking excursions more locally in Tampere too, for example in Hervanta, about half an hour bus drive from the city centre. Around the lakes Hervantajärvi and Suolijärvi there are a few kilometer long nature trails, which are also connected to the bigger Birgitta Trail and Kaarinanpolku trail. The trail around the lake Hervantajärvi is about five kilometers long and marked, with a terrain varying from rocky forests to lakeside. The lake itself is known to be a good spot for fishing, and there are also quite many species of butterflies that find this area a good habitat. Along the way, you can also visit the forest chapel and if you're very lucky, you might even find some cranberries! The trail around Suolijärvi lake is some 4,5 kilometers long and on the lake you can also find a nice swimming beach. Nature lovers will be happy about the vast range of tree and plant species growing in the area, and while walking you might also hear a very Finnish sound: a black-throated diver calling from the lake. Opposite to the swimming beach the cliff gets quite steep, highlighting the sceneries even further. You can find the guidebook for these two trails in Hervanta (in Finnish) from here or take a look at the Suolijärvi trail virtually in VirtualTampere website.
Hop on a Serlachius shuttle bus from Tampere city centre and travel to Mänttä, a town full of history and art, in the middle of forest. Visit the internationally awarded Serlachius museums, explore the sculptures, relax in the forest and by the lake. Grab a picnic lunch from the museum's restaurant and enjoy it out in the sculpture park or on the rocks of the museum's own island. Row around the lake in the museum boat, hike in the Love trail (2.5 km) or lend a bike from the museum and pedal to the other attractions of the Art Town. Venture out to the trails of the Mäntänvuori nature reserve and enjoy a summery break at the Forest Hut.
Experience and programme services that organize excursions you can explore here.
You can find more information and maps on the national parks on website Nationalparks.fi
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Government Actions
The Telecom industry has been hard at work lobbying government officials in Congress, the FCC, and at the state level, to speed the deployment of wireless small cells. And, as we have grown all too accustomed to, our government is happily complying, much to the chagrin of a growing number of people. Following are summaries of some actions taken thus far.
The Federal government is once again trying to strip away local authority over cell towers siting. Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act (S.3157)
For more on S. 3157 and actions you can take to oppose this very aggressive bill, please go to https://www.telecompowergrab.org.
On March 23rd, HR 1625 – the Omnibus Bill – was signed into law. The 2232 page bill is a compilation of dozens of pieces of legislation each used as a bargaining chip for one or the other party. While each party may have felt it won concessions, we, the people, lost out in at least one big way: Significant 5g fast-tracking legislation was escorted through. This is a link to the HR 1625. The Ray Baum's Act of 2018 begins on page 1884 – ish.
Upon signing the Bill into law, President Trump stated:
"But I say to Congress: I will never sign another bill like this again. I'm not going to do it again. Nobody read it. It's only hours old. Some people don't even know what is in — $1.3 trillion — it's the second largest ever."
As reported by Adam Brandon in Freedom Works:
"'This is an abomination of the legislative process,' Hoyer thundered, holding up a bulky print-out as debate on the measure began. He invited any lawmaker who had read the entire bill to join him in the well of the House. No one did. Hoyer then admitted he hadn't read the bill either."
"…the bill was not released until this Wednesday night, and a vote was forced on the bill in the House less than 20 hours after it was released. It is important to note that the bill – which practically no members outside of leadership had seen prior to its release – is 2,232 pages long."
HR 7236 is a new, presumably Telecom-generated House Resolution. Was it in response to Senator Blumenthal's letter to FCC Commissioner Carr requesting "the science" re health effects of 5g? Who knows its etiology. But the gist of this new resolution is that a so-called "independent" data base (designated by the FCC and presumably underwritten by tax-payer money) will be set up to report on the Radiofrequency safety of "covered facilities", notifying the public of areas of hazard.
The data will be made available to the public "except that any information that the licensee of the covered facility determines to be sensitive shall only be accessible by the persons described in paragraph."
AND VOILÀ- THE "PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE." Telecom will not be held liable!!
Text from bill:
"A person [company] described in subsection (b)(1) with respect to a covered facility shall not be liable in any civil action for an injury alleged to have been caused by radiofrequency radiation emissions of such facility"
Index of Active Federal Bills:
There are currently approximately 60 federal bills pertaining to wireless expansion, 5g-small cell siting, driverless cars, and the Internet of Things. To see a partial list of bills, please go to http://scientists4wiredtech.com/legislation/
H.Res.53, sponsored by Representative Robert E. Latto, titled Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way, captures the sentiment of most of these bills. As stated on the bill:
H.Res.53 – Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in the Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way".
United States Federal Legislation On 5G Small Cells – TAKE ACTION on Legislation stripping the community right to decision making on wireless facilities https://ehtrust.org/federal-legislation-5g-small-cells/
Take Action to Oppose 5G and Federal Wireless Expansion.
For a well formulated letter you can send to federal elected representatives, please go to:
The following is a message from EMF Safety Network about a letter urging Congress to oppose any and all bills dealing with wireless expansion. (For full post please go to http://emfsafetynetwork.org and scroll down to where it says, Take Action to Oppose 5G and Federal Wireless Expansion.)
Link to Letter to Congress from health, environment, and justice advocates and organizations: http://emfsafetynetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Letter-to-Congress-2017-1.pdf
We need your help!
The letter is signed by dozens of health, environment and justice advocates and organizations asking them to oppose the many federal bills related to 5G and wireless radiation expansion. It is packed with peer-reviewed science references and solid reasons to oppose.
Please contact your own US Senators and Representative to let them know you support the letter. This is really important because they place more value on hearing from their constituents.
It is easy to contact them via their websites. Below is a sample email, which you can edit, copy and paste into their website contact page. If you'd prefer you can mail, or fax them the letter.
Find your US Senators here:
Find Your US Representative here:
For SAMPLE EMAIL please go to the original post at http://emfsafetynetwork.org and scroll down.
If your state is pushing industry generated 5G legislation, here is a link to some "tools" you can use specifically designed for opposing ALEC "cookie cutter" 5g bills. https://whatis5g.info/5g/2018/03/resources-for-states-facing-alec-cookie-cutter-5g-legislation/
THE STATE OF THE STATES: Please see Environmental Health Trust's List of US States with Legislation Proposed and Passed) Regarding Streamlining of Wireless Facilities in Rights of Way.
This link also has a list of the states that have passed 5G legislation.
For the article, Handcuffing cities to help Telecom Giants; Carriers Are Pushing States and the FCC to Constrain Public Rights, They Say it's for the Mythical "5g," We Should Be Very Skeptical by Susan Crawford, John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard, click, HERE.
On A More Positive Note…
Three states have legislation aimed at protecting the public rather than Telecom profits!!
Massachusetts EMF Bills 2019-2020. (There are EIGHT!!)
New Hampshire has a bill which would establish a commission to study the environmental and health effects of 5G technology.
And Montana has a Joint Resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives urging Congress to amend the 1996 TCA to account for health effects.
Let's make it a trend and get bills drafted in other states!!
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Part of the "Clone Saga" event
Part of the "Revelations" story arc
Spider-Man Vol 1 #75
Previous Issue
Next Issue
- Take care of my "niece", Peter... tell her about... her Uncle Ben.
- -- Ben Reilly's last words
Appearing in "The Night of the Goblin!"
When Spider-Man #75 was reprinted in Spider-Man: Revelations #1, an additional 13 pages were included. Subsequent reprints of Spider-Man #75 include these additions. Characters that only appear in the supplement material do not have links to their pages and are listed in italics. For the appropriate chronology of those characters, please refer to Spider-Man: Revelations #1
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Daily Bugle
- Flash Thompson
- Foggy Nelson
- Liz Osborn
- Anna Watson
- Mary Jane Watson
Other Characters:
- Shirley Washington
- Devon Lewis
- Buzz
- Normie Osborn
- Arthur Stacy
- Abby Levine (First appearance)
- Dr. Folsome
- Josh (Only appearance)[1]
- Mrs. Lane (Only appearance)[1]
- Martha Robertson
- Marla Jameson
- John Jameson
- Ashley Kafka
- Jimmy-6
- Mendel Stromm (Mentioned)
- Daily Globe (Mentioned)
- Harry Osborn (Mentioned)
- Gwen Stacy (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man's Skeleton (Mentioned)
- Jackal (Miles Warren) (Mentioned)
- Seward Trainer (Mentioned)
- Matt Murdock (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- United States of America
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Daily Bugle Building
- New York Hospital
- Osborn's hideout
- Manhattan
- New York City
- New York
- Europe (Mentioned)
- Spider-Man's Suit
- Web-Shooters
- Pumpkin Bomb
- Goblin Formula (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "The Night of the Goblin!"
Note: When Spider-Man #75 was reprinted in Spider-Man: Revelations #1, an additional 13 pages were included. Subsequent reprints of Spider-Man #75 include these additions. This synopsis includes the full version of this story. All the additions are listed in italics.
All Hallows Eve:
Children are out trick-or-treating, and among them is young Normie Osborn who has been taken out by his babysitter while his mother Liz Osborn and her boyfriend Foggy Nelson are at a party at the Daily Bugle. They bump into a man who is impressed by Normie's goblin mask and gives him some candy. As they go on their way, Normie recognizes the man as his grandfather.
Elsewhere, Peter Parker is rushing across the city in order to get to his wife, who is giving birth to their child.[Continuity 1] He is blaming himself for not being there after getting dragged into a fight with Mendel Stromm along with Ben Reilly. When arriving at the hospital his panic and the indifferent staff get him turned around and he feels utterly lost trying to find his wife. That's when he is found by the doctor who helped with the childbirth, Doctor Folsome. He explains that food poisoning somehow triggered early labor. Folsom also tells Parker that there were some complications in the pregnancy. With his spider-sense starting to buzz, Peter begins demanding to know what is going on and where his wife is. Peter's panicked state leaves him open to being injected with a drug by Doctor Folsome. As Peter begins to black out, Folsom assures Peter that the injection is not lethal as he is wanted alive.
Fifteen Minutes to Midnight
J. Jonah Jameson arrives at the Daily Bugle and just manages to catch the elevator with Joe Robertson and Flash Thompson. Jonah is unhappy that the board of directors has called a meeting so late at night. Joe and Thompson however, are going up to the newsroom for a Halloween party that has been put together for the staff. When they arrive in the bullpen they find Glory Grant, Betty Brant, Ben Urich, Angela Yin, Ken Ellis, Foggy Nelson, and Liz Osborn are all in attendance. The only person who is unaccounted for is Peter Parker, who must be running late, something that doesn't surprise Jameson. However, everyone is wondering who was responsible for this gathering.
Elsewhere, Peter Parker wakes up in a dark room and discovers that he is wearing his original Spider-Man costume. His captor, holding out a pumpkin bomb, tells Peter that the pumpkin bomb is emitting a gas that will keep Parker disorientated until he is ready to get his final revenge. In the darkness, Peter can see that his attacker is wearing a Green Goblin costume and at first he thinks that somehow Harry Osborn, even though he is dead.[Continuity 2] That's when his captor walks into the light he is revealed to be Norman Osborn. Peter cannot believe it, as he believes that Norman Osborn has been dead for years, impaled on his own Goblin Glider on the day he murdered Gwen Stacy.[Continuity 3] To prove that he is not a clone or some kind of impostor, Norman rips open his shirt revealing a cross-shaped scar marking where he was impaled during his last battle with Spider-Man.
Back at the Daily Bugle, suspicions continue to mount as everyone notices that the paper's night staff is nowhere to be found. Adding to their paranoia is the discovery that the phone lines are dead, the elevators have been shut down, and all of the emergency exits have been locked, effectively trapping Jonah and the others in the Bugle's office. While at a sports bar in downtown Manhattan, Arthur Stacy is meeting with Detectives Francis Tork, Connor Trevan and Lou Snider.[Continuity 4] Arthur explains that he has come back to New York after hearing of the recent discovery of a skeleton in a Spider-Man costume.[Continuity 5] Stacy has come to believe that Spider-Man murdered someone and intends to find out. He has sought out the aid of these three detectives as they have all worked closely with the wall-crawler in the past.
Meanwhile, Norman Osborn mocks Peter Parker, deducing that his old foe is worried about his wife and their unborn child. Peter then asks how Norman managed to survive being impaled with his Goblin Glider. Norman gleefully explains that the Goblin formula that gave him his powers also gifted him with a healing factor that allowed him to recover from the otherwise fatal wound. He continues explaining what happened after his apparent demise, Norman begins putting on his Green Goblin costume. He tells Parker that he woke up in the morgue to see his son Harry bribing the coroner to alter the reports. Norman killed a homeless man who was put in place of his own body and is the corpse that was buried in his grave. He intended to strike at Peter right away, but he later discovered his son had found his Green Goblin gear. Thinking his son would finally become a man, Norman decided to fade into the background and give his son a chance to succeed.[Continuity 6] Norman spend the ensuing years carving a criminal empire.[Continuity 7] When Harry died recently, Norman blamed Spider-Man and decided to come back. Peter demands to know what Norman wants, and Osborn explains that he wants to take everything Peter Parker has: his friends, his family, and lastly his life.
At the Daily Bugle, the staff has decided to try to get the attention of people in the neighboring windows in order to get free. Suspecting that something is up, Ben Urich begins working on a story so he doesn't miss a possible scoop. Looking out one of the windows, Flash Thompson bumps into Betty Brant. However, it is not the happy reunion he was looking for, as Betty reminds him that their relationship was a long time ago and very much over, prompting Flash to find another window to look out of.[Continuity 8] this is witnessed by Liz Osborn who is surprised to see Flash react that way, as it was much different than the Flash she knew in high school.[Continuity 9] After being introduced to Liz's friend Foggy Nelson, Flash explains his troubled relationship with Betty Brant.[Continuity 10] The two of them remark how much they have both changed since they were kids and they wish Peter was there to reminisce with them.
Still at Norman Osborn's mercy, Peter tries to explain that Osborn has the wrong person. However, Osborn knows that Peter is going to stay he is a clone and gloats over how deeply he was involved in the events in Peter's life. That's when the Goblin pulls Ben Reilly out of the swirling smoke around them. Osborn then explains that he was manipulating everyone behind the scenes from the Jackal down to the and Seward Trainer, all in an effort to trick and confuse both Parker and Ben Reilly. In reality, Peter Parker was always the genuine article and Ben Reilly was the clone.[Continuity 11] Now fully in costume, the Green Goblin tosses Ben Reilly into Peter Parker and mounts his Goblin Glider and prepares to fly across the way to the Daily Bugle building. When Peter tries to stop him he is blasted and left falling down the side of the building. However, Parker manages to break his fall with a web-line. Still groggy from the gas, he can only watch helplessly as the Green Goblin flies over to the Bugle Building.
Back inside the building, Ben Reilly comes around and witnesses the Goblin flying away. Having heard none of what was revealed earlier, he is completely confused by the whole scenario. Still, he tries to struggle to his feet, but after the beating he received, Ben collapses to the floor again. His mind then drifts back to earlier that night when he was at the mercy of Norman Osborn.[Continuity 12]
Ben had just been blasted by Norman Osborn who then loads Reilly onto a helicopter. The whole time Norman mocked Spider-Man, calling him a clone. Thinking this is yet another lie and manipulation, Spider-Man lashes out refusing to allow Norman Osborn to cause more grief for Peter Parker and his wife Mary Jane.[Continuity 13] Knocking themselves back outside of the helicopter, Norman beats Ben into submission. He then reveals that he is coming to the climax of a scheme that was years in the making. Not only is he going to utterly destroy Peter Parker, but he has also tricked all of his friends to meet at the offices of the Daily Bugle.
... His recollection last but mere moments and the Green Goblin is still flying toward the Daily Bugle. Once again, Ben Reilly tries to must the strength to stop his mortal foe, as the lives of his friends and family are on the line. Helping Peter back up into the building, Ben warns his "brother" that Osborn has rigged the Bugle with explosives that are set to go off at midnight. Ben tries to get up to go after the Green Goblin, but Peter points out that he suffered a savage beating and is in no shape to go after their foe. With no other choice, Peter decides to fall back into the role of a hero and swings off as the original Spider-Man once again.
Across the street at the Daily Bugle, everyone there is shocked when the Green Goblin comes crashing in through the window. When J. Jonah Jameson recognizes Norman Osborn's voice, the Goblin is flattered and drags the newspaper publisher back outside. When Spider-Man tries to save Jonah, only to get his hands blasted by the Goblin's gauntlet blasters. This causes the web-slinger to let go of his webbing and fall down to the street below. The Green Goblin tells Jameson that he will die, but not yet and carries him back inside. Norman then confronts the window of his son, Liz Osborn, and slaps her across the face for encouraging his son Harry to be a weakling. As the rest of the Bugle staff watches in horror, the Green Goblin is then pulled back outside by Spider-Man who recovered from the fall. As the two eternal foes fight it out, people on the street begin to panic. Seeing this from across the street, Ben decides he can't just sit back and do nothing and begins to crawl down the side of the building.
At that moment, at the Daily Grind, Devon Lewis catches a news report about the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin and decides to go and see it, despite the protests from his mother, Shirley Washington. Also seeing this is Arthur Stacy and the three police detectives who also begin rushing to the scene. Back uptown, Spider-Man dodges a barrage of pumpkin bombs as the Goblin rants about restoring his good name. However, Spider-Man refuses to stop until Norman finally tells him what happened to his wife and child. By this time, Ben Reilly has forced himself into the Daily Bugle newsroom, creating an escape for the others. Ben stays behind, using his spider-sense to locate all of the bombs that were planted by Norman Osborn. Flash Thompson comes back for Reilly, one of the bombs begins to go off. His spider-sense warning him of this, Ben shields Flash from the blast. Although the force of the explosion knocks out Thompson, he is alive. Unfortunately for Ben, he was seriously injured by the shrapnel. After binding his wounds, Ben decides to take the remaining bombs back to their own.
Triumph and Tragedy
Back outside, the Green Goblin continues to toss a barrage of pumpkin bombs and razor bats. He is furious how the wall-crawler continues to stand no matter what he throws at him. Spider-Man manages to kick the Goblin off his glider, explaining that he does it out of spite. Peter then pulls off both of their masks, saying that this battle is not just a war between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, but between Peter Parker and Norman Osborn. Osborn begins to buckle under the stress of Parker's resistance and is knocked down by a single blow. That's when Ben arrives with the live bombs and asks Peter to do something about them. Putting his mask back on, Spider-Man prepares to dispose of the bombs when Norman activates the remote on his Goblin Glider. Seeing that it is heading on a collision course with Spider-Man, Ben Reilly leaps in its way, getting impaled through the back by the device. The glider then carries Ben over the rooftop where he falls to the ground below. Horrified by this, Spider-Man is caught off guard by the Green Goblin, who resumes his attack. With his lightning-fast reflexes, Spider-Man tosses the live bombs at the Green Goblin, catching the villain in the explosion. Set aflame, the Green Goblin curses Spider-Man and vows to return even though he goes crashing down otno the street and is seemingly vanquished in a massive explosion.
Spider-Man then rushes down to the street to check on Ben who is already being examined by paramedics. They tell the wall-crawler that there is nothing they can do to save Ben. Still clinging to live, Ben tells Spider-Man that -- clone or no clone -- Peter has earned the right to be Spider-Man. His final words to Peter are for him to raise his daughter well and to tell her about her "Uncle Ben". That's when Spider-Man notices something abnormal about Ben's arm and realizes the truth. He quickly scoops up Reilly's lifeless body and carries it up to a nearby rooftop where it finally dissolves into powder, the end result of instant cellular degeneration when one of the Jackal's clones dies. This proves to Spider-Man that he is the real Peter Parker after all. This does little to change the mood, and the wall-crawler begins to mourn the death of the man he had come to call his brother.[Continuity 14] Changing back into Peter Parker, the web-slinger rushes to the hospital to find out what happened to Mary Jane.[Continuity 15]
This time, he finds the room where his wife is resting after her complicated childbirth. There, she tries to tell him that their baby girl was stillborn. Peter already knows this and tells Mary Jane that they will get past this all the tears and pain and their love will see them through this tragedy and make them stronger than ever.
Epilogue One:
Several days after the death of Ben Reilly, the Parkers have a wake in the home of Peter's Aunt May. There they are gathered by friends and acquaintances of both Peter Parker and Ben Reilly. Among the mourners is mobster Jimmy-6, who approaches the Parkers and Mary Jane's Aunt Anna. He offers his condolences, telling them that Ben once saved his life.[Continuity 16] He then asks to talk to Peter Parker in private, Peter agrees and the pair walks out onto the front porch of the house. He tells Peter that he meant it when he said that he would do anything for the Parkers. He also vows to kill the Green Goblin if he turns up alive, and he will kill Spider-Man as well if he learns that the wall-crawler has anything to do with Ben's death. Peter tells Jimmy that he wishes he could talk about this more but he has one last thing to do for Ben.
A short time later on the Brooklyn Bridge, Spider-Man holds an urn containing Ben Reilly's ashes. He says his final farewells, saying that Ben changed his life forever and he will remember him always.
Epilogue 2
As Ben Reilly's ashes spread across Manhattan, engineers are assessing the damage done to the Daily Bugle during the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. While their backs are turned, the Green Goblin emerges from the rubble and murders the two men in order to cover up the fact that he survived. As it turns out, the Green Goblin planned for such an outcome from their battle. As he strips off his costume, Norman Osborn leaves so he can prepare for what comes next...
Solicit Synopsis
And then there was one! Peter Parker and Ben Reilly swing into action together for the last time, against their common enemy! And when it's over, only one will remain!


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Move right in to this one owner home. Situated on a quiet street in Austintown SD, this 2,012sqft 3BR/2BA conventional style home features a 2 car garage, and an extra large 3 car wide driveway. On the main level you will find the nicely appointed eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, formal living/sitting room, another family/office area, and best of all a sunken 20x20 family room with sliding glass door and gas fireplace. Upstairs are the 3 bedrooms (all with hardwood under the carpets) and the main bath. The basement is IMMACULATE and DRY. It would make the perfect place keep as on open utility area or even to finish off. This one owner home has been very well maintained and it shows! Lots of updates including: newer dimensional shingle roof, newer HWT, newer high-efficiency furnace, newer countertops. Don't let this gem pass you by! Say yes to 4359 Timberbrook....
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Updated: 2nd December, 2018 10:38 PM.
4359 Timberbrook Dr. Canfield, OH


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It's time to broaden your organization's horizons on how you manage contingent workforce suppliers. Expand beyond the procurement of supplier-delivered labor and engage in a broader spectrum of talent. This research brief answers the questions "What is this broader talent spectrum and how can I engage it?"
Procurement Technology and Services
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While there isn't a mobile app just yet for matching your organization with the most attractive and appropriate technology fit, we think we have a solution. Jason Busch, founder and head of strategy at Spend Matters, joined Beeline to discuss the good (and bad) of the ever-growing procurement technology and services spectrum.
Sourcing VMS and Services Procurement Technology: Don't Do This!
This Spend Matters research download provides a recommended approach to sourcing MSP, VMS and related technologies and services in a manner that will result in the most comprehensive set of options for procurement organizations, including purchasing a "bundled solution," which may or may not be best, depending on requirements. We offer both foundational and more advanced sourcing approaches depending on procurement sophistication and relative services spend sophistication. In this first installment, we begin by exploring some of the challenges associated with relying solely on an MSP to make technology decisions for a client.
Total Talent Management and the Contingent Workforce Paradox
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Organisations realize they must consider the contingent workforce similarly to how they manage internal staff — in the search for talent, in managing performance and even in retention or exit. At the same time, the contingent workforce is different, and thus requires different processes and management, from the permanent group. The current regulatory environment, while not the only driver, means that governments will increasingly require careful management of the contingent workforce if organisations are to stay within the law and avoid reputational and financial risk.
VMS and Services Procurement Technology Selection in 2015 — New Tools, Shifting Strategies, False Prophets and More
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If you are thinking about implementing a VMS or other services procurement technology solution (e.g., freelancer management system), you can't afford to miss this informative session.
Businesses Can Engage Independent and Freelance Workers and Mitigate Compliance Risk—Here's How
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Independent workers can be engaged through cost-saving direct sourcing approaches, allowing businesses to gain access to this important talent population, with compliance risk mitigated.
The Independent Workforce: A New Vein Of Opportunity for Spend Visibility and Savings?
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New ways of engaging independent workers appear to be creating new opportunities for contingent workforce spend control and savings. Download this paper to find out how.
Reinvigorate Your Services Procurement and Contingent Workforce Program: A 5-Step How- To Guide
Download this paper to learn how to breathe life back into your services procurement and contingent workforce program!
Declaration of the New Purchasing: A Buying Manifesto
Be it resolved that the world surrounding the buying of goods is changing faster than transactional purchasing itself. And this, of course, is not sustainable if procurement is to remain influential, relevant and helpful. Change must come, and it must come fast, for procurement organizations that have not yet fully understood nor embraced new buying styles and modes.
Services Procurement History: Staffing Firm Dominance Faces a Challenge
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The history and growth of the US staffing market reflects many of the overall economic, technology and political trends of the last century. Increasing skills specialization in highly targeted areas (and the demand for such skills), the ending of the traditional "life employment contract" between worker/company, the embrace of greater variability in corporate cost structures and the need to "flex" to meet demand-driven requirements all contributed – along with a host of other inputs – to a staffing market that would ultimately represent approximately 2% of the labor workforce. Yet new trends appear to be favoring alternative models to staffing for contingent (non-employee) workers. What do these trends mean, and where are they taking this market segment today? Find out in this free download.
Ask the Expert: Next Generation Services Procurement and VMS Technology
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Jason Busch hosts this session dedicated to discussing the next generation and services procurement and VMS technology coming down the pipeline. What should we expect from these technologies in the future? Tune in to find out.


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Sometimes, one doesn't have the time for anything fancy. Especially when in a rush to get breakfast ready before running out the door so as not to be late for work. Yes. Sometimes, simple is best.
Here's the delicious, yet very simple-to-prepare, breakfast I had the other morning. Best part of it was that my craving for Avocado was also met. In short: the perfect recipe for a rushed weekday ;)
Szebeni Salami Panini with a side of French Spiced Salt seasoned Avocado
4 slices of bread
sliced salami (I used the Hungarian brand, Szebeni Salami)
French Spiced Salt
Take the four slices of bread and pair them up as you normally do for sandwiches. Spread butter on one slice, and mustard on the other. Place the salami slices on top, add some salt and pepper and pair the slices of bread.
Grill in a panini press, adding little to no cooking spray (I didn't use any.)
Dice the Avocado, and season with French Spiced Salt.
Serve as a side dish with the hot-out-of-the-grill Panini sandwiches.
PS: Really, all of the above depend on your own personal taste. Look at this recipe as more of an idea :)
Bon appétit! ;)


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TWO WEEKS after the Boothwyn Fire Company, in Delaware County, mailed fundraising letters for its volunteer ambulance service last summer, director Tim Murray noticed that no checks were coming in.
The reason?
His fundraising appeals wound up in the U.S. Postal Service's Southwest Philadelphia distribution plant, where mail goes to slow down, and sometimes to die.
And it wasn't only the fire company. Customers throughout the region have complained of late deliveries and lost mail.
No wonder.
In interviews with the Daily News, postal service employees and a manager have described chaotic conditions in the chronically understaffed plant, which processes nearly six million pieces of mail a day on Lindbergh Boulevard near Island Avenue.
In recent months, a manager and several employees said, unsorted mail sat for weeks in overflowing bins on the plant floor or was stuffed into trailers in the parking lot and - in some cases - even shipped in desperation to other distribution plants, from where it often returned for sorting days later.
In some cases, the mail was destroyed, the employees said.
The postal employees and a manager spoke to the Daily News on condition of anonymity, saying they feared retribution if they spoke publicly.
The workers interviewed by the Daily News said the severe staffing shortages were the result of a year-long overtime ban.
A complaint filed by the postal workers' union with the USPS Office of Inspector General alleges that a senior manager and others ordered clerks to falsify the daily mail report, undercounting the volume by hundreds of thousands of pieces of mail, to save costs and overtime.
"The mail is here. You'd have to be blind not to see it," said a veteran employee.
"What really hurts me is the [possibility] that these [fake] numbers were used in determining how many employees were outsourced in Philadelphia," said Byron Murtaugh, APWU assistant clerk craft director and a 20-year postal employee.
In August, USPS officials here announced that 162 employees are to be transferred in January.
A lead senior manager and other managers received performance bonuses that were "fraudulently obtained, through the systematic falsification of official government reports, the diversion of mail, and the destruction of mail," the union complaint alleged.
"These [are] serious allegations of misconduct," said Nancy B. Lassen, the attorney who filed the complaint on behalf of American Postal Workers Union Local 89. "It is so systemic that it has become institutionalized at the Philadelphia plant."
The complaint also charged that the daily color codes on mail bins were changed to make it appear as if mail was not late.
Several veteran postal clerks told the Daily News that they were aware daily mail reports were being falsified and the daily color codes changed.
A union investigation, initiated by Gwen Ivey, Local 89 president, reached the same conclusion.
It appears the OIG has taken the complaint seriously.
After it was filed, investigators seized the computer assigned to a clerk identified in the complaint as having been directed by a senior manager to falsify the daily mail reports, postal employees and an independent knowledgeable source said.
Agapi Doulaveris, spokeswoman for the Office of Inspector General, said the OIG is conducting an audit of the plant "to see that service and performance standards are being met."
If auditors find wrongdoing, they would notify OIG investigators, Doulaveris said. An audit usually takes about two months.
Doulaveris declined to comment about a seized computer, and had no information about any bonuses managers may have received.
Locally, Postal Service spokeswoman Cathy Yaroski said the Postal Service is "proud of the service its employees are providing its customers," but declined to comment on the allegations of doctored records, and declined to make three managers available for interviews.
The Postal Service's high-tech, $300 million processing center opened on Lindbergh Boulevard in 2006, replacing the central sorting operation at 30th Street.
It was soon plagued with problems, exacerbated by the elimination of jobs and transfer of 656 postal workers.
Last year's delays were documented in a report by the OIG, which concluded that operations had improved earlier this year. The report was released on July 10, as the unsorted mail bins multiplied on the floor, blocking passageways, employees said.
Daily mail reports and corresponding handwritten worksheets reviewed by the Daily News support employees' claims that mail at the plant was being undercounted.
A majority of them showed that a lower volume of mail was processed than indicated by worksheets the reports were drawn from.
On Sept. 28, for example, the daily report understated the mail processed at the plant by about 750,000 pieces.
"In the past, the mail was curbed a little, but not by a million pieces," said an employee. Senior managers "are more concerned about their bonuses than the customers."
USPS records reviewed by the Daily News also showed a steep decline in overtime at the plant this year.
The backlog grew worse during employees' summer vacations, creating what a manager called "a snowball effect."
"I feel bad the mail is sitting there," said the manager, who was unaware of the alleged undercounting. "It's not fair to customers."
Veteran employee and union steward Nick Caselli, who worked on the dock, said some nights he's seen from two to four trailers parked, stuffed with mail that should have been unloaded and processed.
During the day, another employee said, as many as six to 13 trailers were parked on the lot. If mail is in a trailer, it's not included in the daily count.
In September, Caselli said, three 38-foot trailers of unprocessed mail were diverted to a distribution plant in Horsham, only to return unprocessed two days later.
In addition, some first-class mail was left in unsorted "waste bins" with second- and third-class, including time-sensitive periodicals and circulars, employees said.
After these sat for weeks, the mail was destroyed, say employees and a manager.
In a written response, Yaroski, the USPS spokeswoman, said the Postal Service has "procedures in place to ensure our mail is processed timely and delivery standards are met."
Yaroski noted that a study conducted for the processing center showed that 96 percent of first-class mail arrives within one day, though she acknowledged the survey didn't say how late the other 4 percent might be.
Asked about on-time performance of second- and third-class mail - the main problem at the plant - Yaroski said the USPS recently began collecting that data, but none is available for release.
While workers at the southwest plant struggled to cope with the chaos, customers in the 191- and 190- zip codes in the Philadelphia area were paying a high price, with late deliveries, delayed bill payments, missed department store sales circulars and even lost wedding invitations.
An Oct. 21 regional USPS memo reported that Philadelphia ranked dead last in the country in delivery times for J.C. Penney mail, for example.
Publications, such as
Time, TV Guide, and the Catholic Standard and Times, were chronically late, and time-sensitive circulars from supermarkets and other businesses were sometimes destroyed, the manager and employees told the Daily News.
When the Boothwyn Fire Company's Tim Murray complained to the Postal Service about his missing fundraising letters in August, he got nowhere.
"It wasn't until after I contacted [U.S. Rep.] Joe Sestak's office that some of the mailing started arriving," Murray said. "It finally showed up five and a half weeks after we mailed it, but it was only part of it."
About the time the Boothwyn mailing disappeared last summer, overtime at the plant was virtually prohibited, despite 30 or more employees on vacation each week, according to a manager and employees.
Murray always includes a mailing to himself. It finally arrived in November, four months late.
The fiasco cost the ambulance company between $4,000 and $6,000 in lost revenue, not to mention the $500 cost of the mailing.
Others have reported mail problems: A Philadelphia plumber whose payment from a customer arrived a month after it was postmarked; a well-wisher whose get-well card was returned three months after it was sent; a lawyer who sent invitations to a reception that arrived eight days later, after the event had occurred.
A manager explained that "third-class, or standard, mail backs up mostly - sale circulars, advertisements, credit card offers . . ."
Companies "pay money to send time-sensitive offers, and they get discounts for bulk mail. But if the mail sits, that's false advertising," the manager said. "They are not getting the delivery standard they expect.
"A lot of times, it isn't getting to homes until two, three weeks later, and a lot of times [homes] are not getting it at all," the manager added.
Chip Lillie, a senior vice president at Elwyn-based Choice Marketing Inc., said he's become so frustrated with delays at the Philadelphia plant that he now takes mail shipments to the Postal Service Center in Bellmawr, N.J.
"Mysteriously, mail headed to Philadelphia-area addresses seem to get delivered from there without much delay," he said.
Some companies track their mail on a computer, the manager said.
"They throw a fit when it's not on time. Those companies know how to put a fire under somebody to get mail delivered." *


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International Transit corridor CAREC 1 "Western Europe – Western China" Construction supervision consultant. Reconstruction of road "Almaty – Korday -Blagoveshchenka – Tashkent – Termez", km 404-443
Client: Committee of roads of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Services: Technical supervision and technological support
Financing source: Republican budget
Date of start: February 2010
Date of completion: September 2013
General characteristics of the project: Reconstruction of International Transit Corridor "Western Europe – Western China", road section having republican importance "Almaty – Korday -Blagoveshchenka – Tashkent – Termez", km 404-443, with total length 39 km technical category 1-b with cement concrete pavement, technical category 2-b with asphalt concrete pavement.


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Pierini, GD and Foster, Christopher and Rowley-Neale, Samuel and Fernández, H and Banks, Craig (2018) A facile electrochemical intercalation and microwave assisted exfoliation methodology applied to screen-printed electrochemical-based sensing platforms to impart improved electroanalytical outputs. The Analyst, 143 (14). pp. 3360-3365. ISSN 0003-2654