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These people wanna ship me a pocket bike by ground free shipping tell me how it works? ok these people are shipping me a pocket bike for 325, they live two hours away i live in kent and they live in Vancouver, so they are going to ship it by ground for free. does that mean when they ship like at 6 the package would come at like 8 or sometime later? this is my first time doing this thanks i need as much help, also how does saturday shipping work? thanks
How long does free ups ground shipping take? Its from California to Florida. I got an email saying it shipped on saturday. What day of the week do you think i will get it? i need it by thursday.
how long does ups ground free shipping to get here? just wondering how long does ups free shipping take to come to my house i just ordered a skateboard yesterday can't wait for it to come please tell me how long it take
How long does UPS ground shipping from California to North Carolina take? I just ordered an airsoft gun from Airsoft GI that was over $100 so I get free ground shipping...unfortunately, it's across the country. It's in California and I'm in North Carolina. Does anyone know how long it might take to get here? Thanks!
How long does UPS ground shipping take? (from California to Mississippi)? I just ordered a new airsoft gun. I used free ground shipping. just wondered how long this would take. package should weigh no more than 15 pounds.
T-mobile Free Standard Ground Shipping? I ordered a sidekick08 on Sunday, October 5th around 4 or 5. How long will it take for my phone to get here? I live in Portland, OR. Where is the shipping warehouse??
Free Shipping on C&C California Website? For anyone trying to place an order on C&C California website, is the free ground shipping working on you? It says that with any $75 purchase you get automatic free shipping, when I am checking out it shows that I am paying $12 for shipping...
How long does fedex ground shipping take? i purchased a bag from bagking.com (August 6th) the total amount was 34.90$ ground shipping is free when will i get it?
How long does ground shipping take on soccer.com? Im ordering some shoes and i wanna know if i should get ground shipping for free or 2 day shipping? but i wanna know how long ground shipping takes??
Does UPS Ground Shipping include Toronto, Ontario, Canada? I was trying to order moccasins from Minnetonka Mocs and I want the free shipping because my order is over $75... On the website information it gives the price for shipping to canada (13.95) but then when your order the chart changes... HERES A COPY OF THE CHART WHEN PURCHASING THE ITEM: Your items will be shipped by: # SELECT YOUR SHIPPING FROM THE OPTIONS BELOW $8.95 $0.01 to $25.00 Order Total (UPS Ground) $7.95 $25.01 to $50.00 Order Total (UPS Ground) $8.95 $50.01 to $74.99 Order Total (UPS Ground) $9.95 $75.00 and Over Order Total -- FREE SHIPPING (UPS Ground) $0.00 UPS 3 Day Select (lower 48 states) $13.95 UPS 2nd Day Air (lower 48 states) $16.95 UPS Next Day Air (lower 48 states) $34.95 USPS - Alaska & Hawaii $9.95 International Shipping (1 to 2 pair) $39.95 International Shipping (3 to 4 pair) $49.95 Gift Certificate Shipping Only $0.49 Which one applys to me?
How long does FedEx Ground shipping take? I ordered a Backpack from 5.11 on Friday the 14th with FedEx ground and it is Tuesday the 18th today. The shipping was free and I was wondering how long it usually takes for the package to arrive. It didn't come with a tracking number so I couldn't track it on the FedEx website. Any ideas or estimates would count a lot, thanks! The shipping is also from Modesto California to Portland Oregon.
Can mailing address be changed on FedEx Ground shipping? I recently purchased and item online and the estimated delivery will be on a Saturday, but I will not be at the delivery site on that day. The FedEx Service is Home Delivery, but I have no idea whether or not signature is required or indirect signature. The site I ordered my item from just said that it was going to be shipped via FedEx Ground and the shipping will be free. Is there anyway I can change the mailing address though it has already been shipped?
How long would it take Airsoft GI (california) to ship to Los angeles area with UPS ground? So theres the 3 day and 2 day select on the site, but the store is like an hour away from me, so would UPS ground (free shipping over $100) take a really short amount of time? or would it ship to a central place and then over to my place?
is airsoft gi's arrival time for United Parcel Service (Ground) the same eta as airsoft gi's free shipping? i had an order over 100$ so there was an option to select free shipping. then i just ordered another gun, but it is less than 100$ so i chose the least expensive option that says United Parcel Service (Ground). the order over 100$ took about 6 days. now, the order under 100$, i need it in about 6 days. so i want to know if they would have the same arival time, or if free shipping is faster.
Single Item Ground Shipping. How Long? It is Dec. 17 and I have just ordered a baseball glove via Single Item Ground Shipping. It cost like eight dollars as opposed to the free regular ground shipping. Will it be here by Christmas?
How long will it take UPS ground to ship a package around 600 miles (at most)? I'm ordering a package from a company that has free UPS ground shipping. I need it by Friday. The farthest warehouse is about 600 miles away (from Kansas to Kentucky). Will it get here by Friday with UPS ground or should I upgrade? It's a guitar, (16 lbs.) so upgrading won't be cheap; (like $35) hence the question.
Has anyone ordered something from petsmart.com using economy ground shipping? I think I made a big mistake. Late last night I ordered an air travel crate for my dog on petsmart.com. I need it because my dog has to travel with me under the plane because we're moving out of state. The problem is I opted for the free shipping which is economy ground. I just realized that it takes 6-10 BUSINESS days to get here. I thought it was just 6-10 DAYS, weekends included. My flight is Wednesday, May 21, which is only 8 business days away. I'm really worried I won't get it on time! I tried to upgrade to a quicker shipping but they told me it's too late, they also don't do cancellations. What should I do, I'm super worried it won't get here on time, does it usually take only 6 days??!! If anyone has placed an order from petsmart before or just anywhere else using economy ground shipping, how long did it take?? Please help!! Thanks!
how long does eBay free shipping take? i just bought a green laser pointer from eBay. its shipping ups ground from pennsylvania. i'm in washington state.
How can www.endless.com afford to offer free overnight shipping anywhere in the US? I work for an online company, and we constantly struggle with our shipping costs. Shipping packages via an overnight service is generally 5-6 times more expensive than shipping via regular ground, so I'm curious as to how they can afford to offer this type of service.
margaritavilles free shipping? I just ordered a bar mirror from margaritaville.com, it said the shipping was free, its UPS Ground. Any idea how long it may take? I actually just got ahold of them and they said about 5 business days, but yeah the restaurant is great. good food, strong drinks. Ive been to the one in vegas.
Can I use a USPS box while shipping via UPS? I am selling my books to an online bookstore. They supplied me with the free UPS (Ground shipping label). Now I need to find a box. Can I use a USPS box while shipping it via UPS? I can't find boxes on ups that match what I need.??? What do I do? help?
I just bought an item on ebay and on the shipping, it says "other". What does that mean? Normally on an item it would say: Shipping: Free Shipping UPS Ground or something. but on mine where it normally says "first class mail" or "UPS Ground", it says "other" and there's nothing in the description about it.
UPS Employees (Question about ground shipping)? I ordered an RC helicopter for my son on December 12th off of eBay as a Christmas present. The shipping was free and said "UPS Ground 3-8 business days". I then checked the additional details and it was estimated to be here by the 23rd (Today, the 8th business day after cleared payment). What do you think I should do? Wait until Friday, or try to contact eBay/the seller? I know shipping is pretty crazy xmas week but do you guys think it will be here tomorrow? The seller didn't give me a tracking number. I tried to ask him for it, but he didn't reply.
How long does it take for airsoftgi to ship? I just bought a d boys scar from airsoftgi yesterday. And todays its still pending. I am wondering when it will change to Invoice Print then to Package Processing then to shipped? I live at Massachusetts which is in the other side of the country. And when will my package get to me. Should i call them and what should i say? I did free ground shipping.
How long will it take for my laptop to ship? Yesterday, I ordered the Toshiba satellite t135 online. I requested the free ground shipping, and I live in kentucky. After the order is processed, how long will it take to get to my doorstep?
How long will it take for a pair of headphones to ship to my house? I am buying a pair of Kobe Bryant SkullCandy headphones from skullcandy.com. If i order them on the 12th, do you think they will be here by the 21st before i leave for vacation? I can choose free ground shipping or home delivery for $7.00? Will either one make it?
Cheapest GROUND shipping? I'm shipping candles. 8oz candle. One of my candles weighs under 1lb. I decided to take it to United States Post Office to ship and my 2 LB package was $7.49 to ship .. to me, this is outrageous... am i wrong? The reason why i picked USPS is because online they said it would cost me $5.30 to ship a 2 LB package .. so i decided to make my candles "free shipping" .. to my surprise it was $2 more when i went to send them!! Who is cheapest?? Well Fex Ex cost me $8 on my first shipment so i know that's not correct haha I did parcel .. i did the cheapest thats life? man, can we get some MATURE adults to answer please? Jesus
Refurbished iPod touch ground? I am having a refurbished iPod touch shipped to Southern California with free ground shipping. Does anyone know what carrier apple uses? USPS takes much longer to go through inspection at work, UPS is delivered directly. Thanks
How fast does Airsoft GI ship? I just bought an order over $100 (free shiping). How fast does the gun ship under free ground shipping. I bought it today so how long will it take to get here?
Your package is on time with a scheduled delivery date of 09/22/2009. What does this mean exactly? I ordered shoes online last week and it said i had free ground shipping. they gave me this tracking number and for the past 6 business days it still says its in the same location. does this mean that the delivery will begin on the 22nd or it will arrive on the 22nd? thanks. i know this seems probably dumb to ask but i need to make sure because im going out of town on the 23rd
when will i get my item if i order something online right now (1030 pm) and use ups 2nd day shipping? im ordering some ice skates but i need them by friday since its extra to ship on saturdays.. since its still wednesday idk if i'll get them by friday. because if i dont get them by friday then i might as well get the free ground shipping.. but i reallly want them by friday.. when do you think i will get them?
How long does it take for standard shipping from GA to NV? I bought something on eBay and got free shipping and the type of shipping is Standard Flat Ground, something like that and I'm wondering when will it arrive if I got it 7 days ago.Thanks
do you thing ill get the dress by saturday packing? i live in las vegas, and i want to order this dress from wetseal, and there is free ground shipping today. ive got this party on saturday night to go to. do you think if i order the dress today it will be here by saturday?
if you buy uggs online from the official website how long do they take to come? i chose the free ground shipping how long will it take?
Hard time, hot bird, and a Colt in the cookie jar... Who is this character? The answer to this trivia question gets me free shipping with Sierra Trading Post, and points for you: "This character did hard time, had a hot bird, kept a Colt in a cookie jar and was played by a real maverick. Name the fictional character and get free ground shipping ..." A little help, please? Thanks!
Will I get my package before Christmas? I ordered something from Ebay on the 12th of this month. It was free shipping. Ground shipping. Both places in the US. They said they ship 24 hours after confirmation of payment. It's now the 15th and as I see it hasn't shipped yet.
how do i set up a fedex account to get free shipping? i work for fedex ground and order a lot of things online i was wondering if i can get a discount on shipping
What does status: on FedEX truck for delivery, mean? ok today is saturday and im expecting a package. My dad told me fedex never delivers on saturday. but i checked the status for my package and it says on truck for delivery, does that mean its gonna come today? thanks btw i did free ground shipping, no extra charges
How do I handle this problem with DHL shipping? A month ago I placed an order and received my three large boxes via DHL. Whenever I order, the companies charge me shipping (unless there is a free shipping promo). I don't have a FedEx, UPS, or DHL account. I always get my packages ground to save on cost. Well, in short my order was $150. Today I get a bill from DHL for $140 air express service for these packages. Turns out the company shipped them air instead of ground and signed for the receiver (me) to get the bill. I didn't ok this. Why would I want to pay $140 for a $150 order when I could pay $30 for ground. I called DHL to figure out why I got the bill when the company is responsible for charging me shipping and made the mistake to send it out air. Apparently DHL says it is valid because the company signed for me to get the bill and in the process this opened an account. How should I handle this? This company has charged me for UPS ground in the past and never had UPS bill me. This is my first DHL experience
How long does Sephora take to ship? Im ordering a train case from Sephora online, but it says for it to ship to the west coast it takes 5-7 business days (I live in California). And i'm just wondering how long does it take to ship with the free, UPS ground shipping? I am tempted to pay for this: UPS Next Day Air Saver - $16.95 (2-3 business days. Delivery Monday-Friday)
How long shipping take? ok how long does shipping take from Cali to New york? and also it is ground shipping i ordered a pair of sneakers and a shirt from a site. the shipping was free because i ordered two items BUT im not sure how long it takes. also will a man come to my house to deliver it? and what if im not home? its UPS Ground shipping
how long does it take uggaustralia.com to ship to nj? i ordered them sunday night and i used ups free ground shipping. i got an email on monday saying they were on their way. when should they get here?
is there a way to change shipping method on ebay? I've been a ebay member for a few years now but decided to sell unwanted item and I posted an item today that uses UPS Ground but I wanted to switch to USPS, So is there a way to change the shipping method. P.S. It's free shipping and there is already bids on it. Thanks
Ebay seller lied about shipping? I bought a PSP on ebay on Saturday. It was free shipping [UPS Ground] with buy it now or best offer. The seller made a counter offer of 159.99 and offered [free overnight shipping] on the message in the counter offer. I had accepted the offer late Saturday night and the seller is from NY so I am NOT expecting the package today(Monday) as over night has to be shipped out before 1pm. I was expecting it Tuesday or Wednesday. Now when I checked my email this afternoon(3pm. Same time as seller) I noticed I got an email with tracking number stating it was [UPS 3 day select]. I am in no hurry to get the item but I am a little upset the seller lied about the shipping method as one of the reasons I accepted the counter offer was cause he offered "FREE overnight shipping", otherwise I would have preferred paying less on the PSP. Am I allowed to file a dispute about this on Ebay? And if so would it be best now while it's in transit or when I receive the item? I emphasized on Free because I am a bit new to Ebay and how that works. I am not sure if maybe he expected me to pay something extra or do something for overnight shipping as overnight shipping is supposed to be a little more expensive. He had typed free overnight shipping on the message under the counter offer. Sorry if there was any confusion.
how fast does fedex ship? i ordered a ipod nano (4th gen, 8 gb) from apple on sunday. right now its in RENO, NV (as of 7/14/2009). how long will it take fedex to get to new york city, staten island? i have the normal free ground shipping.
whats that code on worldsoccershop.com? ok in the us they have free ground shipping and the code for it is no longer ROMA, its something else b/c i ordered a jersey a couple days ago and i got free shipping from the code ROMA but it no longer works and i remember when i was ordering it it said at the very top of my cart chart thing 'free shipping in the u.s.' and it had a code but i didnt write it down now i need it because im ordering something else for like four bucks but shipping is like six bucks will someone tell me that code!!!!!
AllDigitalPro this sounds and i think its pure SCAM!!!? I GOT THINS MESSAGE IN MY INBOX AFTER FAILING TO FIND A LINK TO PAY BY CREDIT CARD.. AM MORE THAN Order Number: 4536 Detailed Invoice: http://alldigitalpro.com/account_history_info.php?order_id=4536 Date Ordered: Friday 06 March, 2009 Products ------------------------------------------------------ 1 x Sharp XR-30X 1024 x 768 DLP projector - 2300 ANSI lumens (XR-30X-R) = $295.50 1 x HP Compaq Business Notebook 6530b - Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz - 14.1 " - 2 GB Ram - 120 GB HDD (KE825AV) = $180.00 1 x HP Compaq Business Notebook 8510p - Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz - 15.4 " - 2 GB Ram - 120 GB HDD (KU649AW#ABA) = $73.50 ------------------------------------------------------ Sub-Total: $549.00 Free Shipping (Free Ground Shipping): $0.00 Total: $549.00 Delivery Address ------------------------------------------------------ .........my address.................. ............................................ Billing Address ------------------------------------------------------ ......my address.............. ........................................ United States Payment Method ------------------------------------------------------ Western Union Wired Payment The payment for your order must be sent to our payments representative, Mr. Carl Radcliff Here is all necessary information: Name: Carl Radcliff Address: Via della Croce, 9, 00187 City: Rome Country: Italy Total amount: Please check the invoice below payment instructions. ***For US customers shipping will be made from Staten Island, US.*** How to make the payment? Step 1. Locate the nearest Western Union Agent at: http://www.westernunion.com/info/agentInquiryIntl.asp Step 2. Make the payment with cash by filling in the green colored "To Send Money" form using the above payment details.Click here to view a sample form. Step 3. Email a scanned copy or fax the Western Union receipt at: sales@alldigitalspro.com or fax: (920) 273-2609 Note: Do not make any marks on the transfer copy. The following information must be readable : - MTCN ( Money Transfer Control Number ) - 10 digits number from the payment receipt - Sender Name and Address - Receiver Name ( agent name ) - Amount Once the payment is confirmed and verified (within 24 hours), you will receive the Fedex tracking number for your package. *If you are outside US, for the exchange rates, please use this link: http://www.xe.com/ucc/. ------------------------------------------------------
Question about shipping USPS and UPS? I am trying to have a product shipped to a physical address in which has no mailbox. The shipping options are as follows. Free Shipping (7 day ground) USPS Priority USPS Express USPS First Class Is it safe to assume that the top option is also USPS or am I that dumb? The question is asked because USPS only delivers to mailboxes, at least that's the way it is around here. Thanks I just want to know if every one of those options are USPS. As you see the free 7 day ground option does not say USPS. I want to know if that is UPS. I do not have a mailbox and I want it delivered to my house.
Do you have to sign for airsoft guns.? hi im planing on buying an airsoft gun soon from airsoftgi and am wondering if you have to sign. im planing to spend 200-400 dollors and use free ground shipping.
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How Long Does It Take for Airsoftgi.com To Ship To Massachusetts? Ok i ordered a Echo 1 MK36C off airsoftgi.com this Friday January 15. and selected the free shipping via UPS Ground so how much longer until i receive my package?
When will i receive my phone? I ordered a virgin mobile phone my website with free fedex ground shipping of 3-5 days. I ordered it Friday night of August 1. I live in NJ. Would the phone arrive earlier??
Please help me buying a suitable Anti-Virus out of the following:? http://www.smarterdeals.com/Software-price-comparision/anti-virus-4612-1.htm For Example: Sonicwall - SonicWALL Complete Anti-Virus 1-Year Subscription for 5 Users Sonicwall - SonicWALL Network Anti-Virus 1-Year Subscription for 5 Users McAfee - VirusScan Plus, 3 User Symantec - Norton Antivirus 2007 Symantec - Symantec Norton Antivirus 2004, 1 Year Update, CD Only - Free Ground Shipping Panda - Panda Antivirus 2007 Computer Associates - eTrust Internet Security Suite 3-Pack Computer Associates - eTrust PestPatrol 5.0 Large Box 5-Users Symantec - Symantec Mail Security 8240 Firewall - Firewall Computer Associates - CA Anti-Virus 2007 with 2GB USB Flash Drive
Okay I need a coupon that gives me...? Okay I need a coupon that gives me free ground shipping on one Air-Soft (single) pistol from HobbyTron.com. I also want to know if what I'm looking for is any way illegal, because if so i will not be able to use the coupon. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Signed, Cpl Downey Mile High Young Marines
Where to buy a laptop? Hi guys I need to buy a laptop in Canada. I checked out the newegg.ca website but it's really overpriced. Any thoughts about ewiz.com. They sell some laptops at really low price compared to even newegg.com. They also offer free ground shipping. https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=LN-444638U Do you know any other online stores (which ship to Canada)?
my camcorder wont get here? i ordered a camera off a site called "allyourelectronicneeds.com".i ordered it and it said ground mail but it hasnt got here its been like two weeks it was the free ground shipping.please help?!?!?!?!
How long does airsoft gi take to ship? ok i ordered 2 cyma cmo28 ak47 and i chose ground shipping wich was free cuz its over 100 dollars i live in oklahoma i ordered it today at 3pm so when will i get em
LED UnderbodyKit . com? How long does the ledunderbody. com take to ship? it said free ground shipping
Is this a good price/config for this computer? Case ( [$15 OFF Mail-In Rebate] Nzxt Apollo Gaming Tower Case w/420W Power Supply Black ) Power Supply ( 600 Watt -- Power Supply SLI Ready ) Processor ( [=== Quad Core ===] Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (4x 2.4GHz/8MB L2 Cache/1066FSB) ) Processor Cooling ( [$10 OFF Mail-In Rebate] [=== Silent ===] Thermaltake MaxOrb CPU Cooling Fan System Kit Silent & Overclocking Proof = Maximum cooling efficiency for quietness and performance ) Motherboard ( [SLI] MSI P7N SLI-FI Nvidia nForce 750i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394, Three PCI-E MB == $20 OFF Mail-In Rebate == ) Memory ( 2 GB [1 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module Corsair-Value or Major Brand ) Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT 1GB w/DVI + TV Out Video ) Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA ) Hard Drive ( 500 GB HARD DRIVE [Serial-ATA-II, 3Gb, 7200 RPM, 16M Cache] ) 2nd Hard Drive ( None ) External Hard Drives [USB 2.0/eSATA] ( None ) CD/DVD Drive ( None ) CD-RW/DVD-RW Drive ( [Lightscribe Technology] LG 22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive Black ) Sound Card ( Creative Lab Sound Blaster Audigy SE ) Speaker System ( 600W PMPO 3 PCS Super Bass Subwoofer Speaker System ) Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) ) Floppy Drive ( None ) Monitor ( LCD Monitor [--- Special ---] 20.1" LCD 16:10 Wide WSXGA HD(HDCP) Monitor Support DVI Video up to 1080P(HDMI) ) 2nd Monitor ( None ) Keyboard ( Logisys Ultra Slim Soft Touch Multimedia Keyboard Black ) Mouse ( Logitech Optical Internet Mouse Black ) USB 2.0 Accessories ( Built-in USB 2.0 Ports ) Meter Display ( None ) Flash Media Reader/Writer ( 12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer Black ) Operation System ( None- Pre-formatted Hard Drive Only ) Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner ( None ) USB Flash Drive ( None ) MP3 Player ( None ) Video Camera ( None ) Headset ( None ) Power Protection ( None ) Printer ( Free Printer [After Rebates] - HP Deskjet 6988 Color Inkjet Printer we will ship this printer by free GROUND shipping, not available to APO or military PO Box address ) Warranty ( Warranty Service Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support ) Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) [RUSH !!!], Ship Out in 24 Hours ) Sub Total: $1,280.00 -$ 150.00 in rebates Final Total: (including shipping) : $1,124.00 This is from IBUYPOWER Thanks for your input. I'll probably add another 4GB RAM for $36.. dude: Yea, I want to get my own OS for it. I might dual boot or something. If I have say, 32-bit XP and 64-bit Vista, the extra memory just won't be recognized in 32-bit, right? It shouldn't cause any stability problems, I hope. one more, dude: How did you know that this motherboard had 4 slots? Were you just familiar with it or was there something in the description that gave it away? The RAM is 2x 2GB. And of course I'll be putting some games on it ;)
ok one more question regarding an amp i bought online? When a seller has free ups ground shipping for the buyer, does the buyer put the weight he/she thinks the item weighs? For example, if an item weight say 25lbs, can the seller put that it weighs 12 lbs? Or does ups weigh the item as well if its free ground shipping? Im asking this because i recently bought an amp online which weighs about 30 lbs. but on the ups label the weight says 12 lbs. i was just wondering if the seller just puts a weight of his/her leisure. let me know please. by the way its the us amps md3d. i will weigh it myself when i get the item
Do USP tracking numbers start with USPS? My pre-order of Guitar Hero III shipped yesterday and the UPS tracking number looks different than what I'm used to seeing. It starts with USPS instead of 1Z like it should. Example: this is a UPS tracking number in the right format 1ZW098R41276681979 This is what mine is like USPS9101143042747200116498 Those examples aren't my real tracking numbers by the way they're just examples to show the difference. I ordered my guitar Hero III through redoctane and got free ground shipping via UPS with it. When I try to use the tracking number redoctane gave me it's invalid. I wonder if it's even a real tracking number. What do you people think? Would redoctane try and screw me out of my order?
Millionbuy.com is it Good? Okay i was going to order 3 amps today.. but when i realized the FREE Ground Shipping wasnt free after all (it was $35).. i decided id wait till i call them, and see whats up with that.. So i called.. what do you know.. there only open Mon-Fri 9-5.. so im gonna hold off till monday to buy them, after i talk to somebody.. but ive been reading some really bad reviews about Millionbuy.com about how everything is refurbished and broken? is this true? Because im looking at the Kole Audio kx1 2000d ..... and its only $130 and my friend bought the same amp for a little over $200.. and is trying to sell it now for $200.. he said hed give it to me for $180.. i just really want to trust this site.. because even my subs i want are less than half the price..(2 P2s for $160.. going for $150 a piece on crutchfield..) K, thanks, im still gonna wait till monday to order though.. so i can get the Shipping straightened out.. Cause for the $35 i can get it at a dif site at that price.. One amp is $130, one is $90, and the other is $55.. So itll be weird how i break it up..
groundshipping question ? so basically, i ordered my package on the 24th of november. the monday before thanksgiving and i had free ground shipping which the site says takes 5-7 days . but i didn't get the package on the next monday or the tuesday after . and i know that thanksgiving throw off the ordder day but by when should i get my order ? okay i'm not asking WHY i didn't get my order yet . im asking WHEN i should get it so please don't give me a reason as to why it hasn't come in yet, obviously i know the reason. not trying to be rude , but it's rather frustrating to see a answer that doesn't apply to the question. also , if the package is tracked ; and is in your state will you get it that day ? or the next day ?
HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU SAVED SO FAR ON THE EARLY BLACK FRIDAY DEALS?!?!? I saved nearly 700 dollars today! I bought a 100% cashmere dress and leather Marc by Marc Jacobs heels as well as a pair of Tom's shoes for only a bit over $210! It might seem like a lot to some of you, but100% cashmere...especially the really nice cut stuff easily goes for hundreds of dollars. I love cashmere and the dress can become a robe/jacket as well and was originally $400 while the heels were originally $480 and the Tom's were only $12.00 and are usually $48.00. I just had to announce this because it's an incredible deal PLUS there is free ground shipping and handling and tax is included in the price you see :D I got the stuff at http://www.shopbop.com/ just in case anyone is interested. They have True Religion, Theory, Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs, Juicy Couture, etc. at up to 70% off... I know it sounds like I'm advertising, but seriously, this is the best deal I have ever gotten0___0 Anyways, and you!?xD
Can you get what this laptop has for less money from other companies laptops? This laptop is good but can you get what the laptop has for less money from other companies? Laptop specifications, Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 Extreme gaming action. Our all-new, all-exciting Qosmio® X305 Series brings it, so you can live it every day and most any place you go. It all starts with a mind-bending NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GTX graphics and 1GB of discrete DDR3 graphics memory for hair-trigger speed, plus amazingly lifelike textures and lighting effects showcased on a brilliant 17" diagonal widescreen TruBrite® display. Soundtracks, explosions and shattering glass erupt on four Harman Kardon® stereo speakers plus a sub-woofer. With an elective 64-bit operating system and up to 4GB of system memory you'll have the performance you demand for today and the future. Dual 7200rpm hard drives offering up to 400GB of storage mean you can hold all your favorite games, plus enjoy faster chapter loading too. Top it off with a fiery Rogue design pattern and you're set for unforgettable gaming action. Price: $4,199.99 w/ free ground shipping! Operating System • Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (SP1, 64/32-bit version) Processor and Chipset • Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Processor QX9300 o 2.53GHz, 12MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB • NVidia® GeForce® 9400M chipset Memory • Configured with 4096MB PC3 8500 DDR3 SDRAM (both memory slots may be occupied). Maximum capacity 4096MB Storage Drive • 448GB using two hard disk drives; o Primary drive: 128GB Serial ATA solid state drive o Secondary drive: 320GB (7200 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive Fixed Optical Disk Drive • DVD SuperMulti (+/- double layer) drive with Labelflash™ supporting 11 formats o Maximum speed and compatibility: CD-ROM (24x), CD-R (24x), CD-RW (16x), DVD-ROM (8x), DVD-R (Single Layer, (8x)), DVD-R (Double Layer, (6x)), DVD-RW (6x), DVD+R (Single Layer, (8x)), DVD+R (Double Layer, (6x)), DVD+RW (8x), DVDRAM (5x) o Supports Labelflash™ media to burn high quality labels directly Display • 17.0” diagonal widescreen TruBrite® TFT active-matrix LCD display at 1680x1050 native resolution (WSXGA+) Graphics • Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GTS graphics with NVIDIA® SLI® Technology 512MBx2, GDDR3 discrete graphics memory, plus up to 1663MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory using NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology. o Total Available Graphics memory 2175MB (64-bit version) Sound • 4 built-in harman/kardon® speakers plus 1 sub-woofer • Sound volume control dial • Built-in microphone Input Devices • 104 key US keyboard • TouchPad™ pointing device • Control Buttons: o Mute button o Media button o CD/DVD control buttons (Play/Pause, Stop, Previous Track, Next Track) o Panel lights o Camera o Dolby settings Communications • Webcam and microphone built into LCD bezel • Modem9 • Bluetooth® version 2.1 plus Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) • 10/100/1000 Ethernet • Integrated Wi-Fi® compliant wireless:10 o Atheros® 802.11 b/g/n wireless-LAN • Wireless USB ready Expandability • 2 main memory slots. Both slots may be occupied. • ExpressCard™ slot (ExpressCard/54) • 5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter o Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Memory Stick™, Memory Stick PRO™, MultiMedia Card, xD Picture Card [shared slots] Ports • Video o DisplayPort™ o RGB (monitor) output port o REGZA LINK™ (HDMI-CEC) o 1080p support • Audio o S/P DIF output port (shared with headphone port) o Microphone input port o Headphone output port • Data o i.LINK™ IEEE-1394 o USB v2.0 – 4 ports with USB Sleep and Charge11 o 3 x USB v2.0 o 1 x eSATA/USB combo port o RJ-45 LAN port o RJ-11 modem port Physical Description • Fusion™ Finish with Rogue™ pattern • Dimensions (WxDxH Front/H Rear): 16.2” x12.0” x 1.7” /2.5” with feet • Weight: Starting at 9.04 lbs, depending upon configuration12 Power • 230W (19V x 12.1A) Auto sensing ,100-240V/50-60Hz AC Adapter o Dimensions (WxDxH): 9.05” x 3.98” x 1.73” o Weight: starting at 2.58 lbs Battery • 3200 mAh(8 cell) Lithium Ion battery pack Software • Toshiba Software and Utilities o TOSHIBA Value Added Package o Electronic User’s Guide o Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba o TOSHIBA ConfigFree® o TOSHIBA Disc Creator o TOSHIBA DVD Player o TOSHIBA Extended Tiles for Windows Mobility Center o TOSHIBA Speech System o TOSHIBA Face Recognition o TOSHIBA Recovery Disc Creator o Hard disc (HDD) recovery • Third-party Software o WildTangent® Orb™ Games Console o Microsoft® Works 9 o Google™ Toolbar o Google™ Desktop(only on 32 bit Home Premium) o Google™ Picasa™ (only on 32 bit Home Premium) o Sun® Java™ 2 Runtime Environment o Adobe® Acrobat® Reader o Ulead® DVD MovieFactory® 5 for TOSHIBA o PowerCinema for TOSHIBA • Trial Software o Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 Edition 60-day trial o Norton 360™ All-In-One Security • Special Offers o Amazon.com-Online Shopping o Intuit® Quickbooks® Fi I just checked alienware and the only laptop that can have equal graphics card is the most expensive on and when you toggle on the settings for everything else it costs more than this computer so currently I think toshiba is a bargain! Alienware has now released a new laptop that blows the others out of the water, you get so much and added up with the shipping it's still only $3,864.97!
When does My Sidekick LX come? My Mom ordered a sidekick for me last thursday June-5 and she chose standard ground shipping from UPS because the shipping was free. UPS ground shipping is 7 days right not counting saturday and sunday. So I should get it june 16?
I am going to order my loaded (longboard) sliding gloves How long is it going to take to get here? I am using the FREE SHIPPING - Small Orders Shipped USPS Mail. Larger Orders Shipped UPS Ground option
how long will fedex take to deliver my package? i ordered some stuff from samash and it has free fedex shipping and im wondering when will i get my package.(its ground shipping. i ordered on sept 4.its nothing big either)
Is UPS Schedule A Pick Up Free ? I Want To Use The Pick Up For UPS And I Want To Use UPS Ground Shipping. Has Anyone Ever Tried The UPS Pick Up ? If You Did Do They Charge Or Is It For Free ?
How long will it take for Guitar Hero II to arrive via USPS? i ordered it from buy.com and got the budget shipping because it was free.it says it shipped on ground services on July 22 from jersey city.how long will it take for it to arrive in los angeles. P.S.i got the guitar hero bundle if thats important. does ground shipping mean that its coming by truck from new jersey
Are these good airsoft guns? I bought the VZ 61 Scorpion, the DE M3 multishot shotgun, the Full Custom M4 S-System Sniper Rifle, and this gun came free, KSR full size SMG with an electronic red dot scope. I bought thees all of of airsoftmegastore.com on the same day and got free shipping. Does anyone who has any of thees guns know if there good or not and how long ground shipping usually takes? Thanks.
What is HP's shipping method? I currently live in Alaska and I need to know what shipping method HP (computer company) uses. According to the site, I can ship it standard 5-7 day shipping free. However our town doesn't have FedEx ground, so if they deliver FedEx ground, I would have to order with two day shipping. A quick answer from someone that has done business with them would be greatly appreciated.
$100 Barnes and Noble Gift Card? I have an unused and unwanted but perfectly working $100 Barnes and Noble Gift card. Is anyone willing to buy it from me for $100? It looks like the one on the following link: http://cart2.barnesandnoble.com/shop/op.asp?step=gcInfo&gctype=1&ean=2000003003921&z=y&cds2Pid=9439 Never used, just got it yesterday, and has no writing on it. So, you can even gift it to someone. FREE USPS Ground Shipping included. Checks accepted (or cash, if you can pay me in person....I live in Bethesda, MD). It's not that I can't or don't want to use it. If needed, I could use it .... it's just that I need the $100 for something else. OK, so you guys want a deal, how about $99 + $0 Shipping + $0 Tax???
Narrowed down to three...Which Laptop should i get? looking for the laptop that will have the most gaming capabilities. Help me out plz.. ASUS N70SV-A1 ASUS N70SV-A1 - !! FREE !! UPS GROUND SHIPPING (Use Coupon Code FREESHIP in Checkout - US Only) - 17.3" HD WXGA+ 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1600x900) - No Arctic Silver - ASUS Zero Bright Dot (ZBD) Pixel Guarantee - -Intel® P8600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.40GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 25 watt - ENS - nVidia GeForce GT 130M 1,024MB PCI-Express DDR2 DX10 - No Video Adapter - ~ 4,096MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory - - Standard Finish - - Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti 8X DVDRW Drive w/ Software - - 320GB 7200RPM WD or Seagate (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) - Default Hard Drive - No Back Up Hard Drive - No Floppy Drive - Internal 8-in-1 Card Reader: MMC/SD/Mini-SD/XD/Memory Stick/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo - Internal Bluetooth + EDR - Built-in 802.11 Wireless A/B/G/N - No Network Accessory - Built in 1.3Megapixel Camera - No TV Tuner - Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included - Basic Black Business Case - Included - Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell) - No Car Adapter - None Standard* - No Dock/Hub/Adapter - No Fingerprint Reader - Asus USB Optical Mouse - No Notebook Cooler - ~Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's - Standard - No Office Software - No Software Bundle - 2 Year ASUS GLOBAL Warranty, 24/7 Support, 1 Year Accidental Coverage & 2-Way Pre-Paid Overnight Shipping for Repairs (N.A. Accidental Requires Registration w/ ASUS) cost=$1159 FORCE 3551 (Built on MSI-1651) FORCE 3551 (Built on MSI-1651) - 15.4" WXGA "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1280x800) (Black/Silver Plastic Default Exterior) - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - Standard Dead Pixel Policy - -Intel® P8600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.40GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 25 watt - nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512MB PCI-Express DDR3 DX10 - No Video Adapter - - 4,096MB (Corsair, Kingston, Major Brand) DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMs) Dual Channel Memory - 2GB Intel® Robson Turbo Memory II - Standard Finish (WXGA - Plastic Matte Black with Silver Trim ~ WSXGA+ - Black Brushed Aluminum NO DELAY for Custom Color Options - - Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti 8X DVDRW Drive w/ Software - - 320GB 7200RPM WD or Seagate (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) - No Back Up Hard Drive - No Floppy Drive - Internal 4-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO) - Internal Bluetooth + EDR - Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 5300 802.11 a/g/n Wi-Fi Link - No Network Accessory - Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera - No TV Tuner - Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included - No Carrying Case - Smart Li-ion Battery (6-Cell) - No Car Adapter - None Standard* - No Dock/Hub/Adapter - No Fingerprint Reader - No External Keyboard or Mouse - No Notebook Cooler - -Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's - No Office Software - No Software Bundle - 3 Year Complete Care Full Parts / Labor Warranty - Next Business Day Shipping both ways - Lifetime 24/7 DOMESTIC Toll-Free Telephone Tech Support cost= $1295 Sager NP2096 Custom Laptop (Built on the Compal JHL90) Sager NP2096 Custom Laptop (Built on the Compal JHL90) - 15.4" WXGA "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright Glossy Screen (1280x800) - Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - Standard Dead Pixel Policy - ~Intel® P8600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.40GHz w/3MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 25 watt - nVidia GeForce 9600M GT 512MB PCI-Express DDR2 DX10 - No Video Adapter - ~ 4,096MB DDR2 800 (2 SODIMMS) Dual Channel Memory (Requires Vista 64-Bit to utilize Full 4GB) - None Standard-- - Standard Finish - ~Combo 8x8x6x4x Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW 5x DVD-RAM 24x CD-R/RW Drive w/Softwares - ~ 320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) - No Back Up Hard Drive - No Floppy Drive - Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS) - Internal Bluetooth + EDR - Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 5100 802.11 a/g/n - No Network Accessory - Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera - No TV Tuner - Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included - No Carrying Case - Smart Li-ion Battery (9-Cell) - No Car Adapter - None Standard* - No Dock/Hub/Adapter - Integrated Fingerprint Reader - Microsoft Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse - No Notebook Cooler - ~Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Installed (64&32-Bit CD Included) w/ Drivers & Utilities CD's - No Office Software - No Software Bundle - 1 Year Parts & Labor, Lifetime Sager Toll Free Tech Support cost= $1072 ahhhh which one? I WANT IT MOSTLY FOR GAMING AND A FAST INTERNET/YOUTUBE CONNECTION
how long would it take for something to be mailed from ohio to minnesota. its ground shiping? Its an ipod so its small and the shipping was free so im guessing its not a rush delivery. the guy on ebay said he would mail it out the day of the purchase or the day after
can you trust this website? i've been looking for a pair of UGG boots for my birthday..and i was trying to get the specific information to tell my family.. i found out that on the UGG webiste the pair that i want ( classic short grey) is $139.00. and they dont have the size i need (7) so.. i want on other websites and found this one www.fleecefootwear.com they have UGGs and good sales...the classic short grey pair they have for $129.00 and free Ups ground shipping. so onto the questions: 1. is the ground shipping a good choice to make? 2. are they really real UGGs or 'imposters'/fakes. also i heard that the classic short uggs are now made in china..which dissapoints me are these maybe still made in Austriala? help!..i would like to tell my parents that this is a good website for them to check outt..
anyone who's ordered ugg boots off uggaustrailia.com help please!? how long does the ups ground shipping ($10.00) take ? roughly how many days? and theres no free shipping for uggs? also does anyone know the address to the official ugg store in ny (maybe manhattan) or a store that might sell big kids size 4 chestnut classic uggs? .. sorry i know i just really want them and cant find them in my size =(
I am looking into a prepaid wireless phone plan...any recommends on Net10 or Virgin Mobile? Virgin Mobile seems pretty good, the phone/plan I'm interested asks for $19.99/free UPS Ground ship and you get the phone ("free"), $19.99 in minutes (it's 18 cents/min. though) and a bonus $5 in minutes. If I choose the $15 Auto Top-Up option, the service will keep working even if I add $15 every 90 days or (3) when your balance hits $5 or once every 90 days, whichever comes first. I would only use this for emergencies or very light conversations. With Net 10, I bought a phone (can return, haven't opened) for $40, it includes 300 minutes w/60 days of service and is always 10 cents/min. Afterwards I can go with $15/month auto pay for 150 minutes. Any comments? I'm still a little confused about prepaids, so any help would be appreciated! Thank you! The $5 bonus airtime is some kind of new account activation promo...
Help with Ebay, please? I have bought for a while, but I am new to selling. I sold two gift cards, and offered free USPS standard ground shipping. Is there a way to obtain the buyer's shipping address without having to print a shipping label? thank you!
How can i get lowest rate from the UPS for my business? im about to open an internet store, only thing i need to setup is the shipping. i've been looked up both of usps and ups, usps is cheaper but cant track the status of delivery, and i called up ups for opening an account as business uses, shipping out about 25 packages everyday, and they said it's like $8 for ground shipping from LA to NY for small boxed one. (about half pounds). Am i asking them wrong? cuz i see those webstores offering about $5 shipping for several items, and free shipping for sometimes. i thought they(ups) would offer some discounts for businesses..well guess they gave me some but wasn't as i thought. Can anybody give me some idea on this kinda issue?
Which type of shipping to chose? I'm new to this....? I'm ordering skins for my cell phone from skinit.com and I need to know which kind of shipping I should chose. As I said above I am new to this ordering online/shipping thing. The site gives me four choices: UPS Innovations (Tracking) - $0.00 UPS Ground (Delivery Confirmation) - $8.06 UPS 2nd Day Air (Delivery Confirmation) - $25.80 UPS Next Day Air Saver (Delivery Confirmation) - $52.42 Which should I chose AND WHY?? ps - My order is above $40 so I get shipping for free. Thanks so much!!
Is my package moving anywhere? I ordered something from california and i picked ups ground shipping (it was free.) I got the tracking number and it says it should arrive on the 24th. I ordered it on the 19th. Here is what it says on the tracking page: BALDWIN PARK, CA, US 04/20/2009 11:24 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN 04/20/2009 7:09 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN US 04/20/2009 9:05 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED does this mean that my package has not left baldwin park yet? or it is just on its way. because i thought ups stops at more cities along the way. Please help, thanks! (i live in michigan, the package is 13 pounds)
How long will it take for Evike to ship an Airsoft gun to Dallas, Texas? Ok, I live in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas and I just ordered a JG Tactical AK47 RIS for $130, along with 5k bio-degradeable .20 BBs, a 99 cent pistol, and barrel cover, and a protective mask from Evike.com. I am very desperate and I need to know how long it will take! (yes, I am pathetic.) So I used the free shipping coupon code for ground delivery...it is UPS, not US Postal. HOW LONG???????? (lol ok, I am not that crazy...)
give me your advice on what you think i should do...? i purchased something threw a web page 4 weeks ago. i paid ground shipping and that take 3-5days. when it had been 2 1/2 weeks and still no package i called to find out what was going on, first off it took them 4 days to send out something they had in stock and told me when i ordered it it would be sent out next day and second my package had been lost. so the person i spoke with sent me out a new one with a 2day shipping for free. well a week later and i still haven't got my freaking package. so i call them today and the issued me back my whole amount, even though it was only 20 bucks. well i did some more research today and i found out that it was delivered today, but they didn't put my apartment number on it so its sitting in the fed ex building waiting for me to pick up. now my question is, what do i do now? do i let them know i have it so they can pull out the 20bucks or do i just keep the item and oh well for them messing up so much??
How many of yall have aabove ground or in ground liner pool? I found this product on the web, and it keeps our pool GREAT looking. Its called Simply Blue. It is compared to Pristine blue but its only 19 dollers a bottel and lastest almost a full year!!!! pristine blue last maby a month and it 40 + dollers. I found this product on simplybluepools.com!! its EPA approved and is shipped as soon as its ordered. I think everyone should try it and live in a chlorine free world haha. It doesnt evaporate out your water either and chlorine cant say that.
Does anyone know where I can buy garfava flour in the UK? Its a combination of ground garbanzo beans and fava beans that makes excellent gluten free bread that US gluten-free recipe forums rave about. I found it on many US sites but shipping is ridiculously overpriced so if any celiac people in the UK buy it regularly from somewhere here, please let me know where! Thanks very much.
if anyone is looking for a good stand to work on parts for a gas rc car go to jamztandz.com very cheap? adjusts from 20" to 60" in off the ground or table it is great and only 85.00 free shipping go to www.jamztandz.com patent pending
Does anybody own the Solia Pink Limited Edition 1" Flat Iron Hair Straightener? I have two hair straighteners, both from my local CVS drugstore. One is Conair, and one is Revlon. My hair is in between thick and thin. I can never seem to get my hair to look somewhat straight with these hair straighteners. I told my mom, and we went on www.folica.com, to check out some hair straighteners. I came across the Solia Pink Limited Edition 1" Flat Iron, and instantly fell in love. It was $85.00, and the shipping was FREE- standard UPS ground. My mom gave me her credit card, and let me buy it! I read about 200 user reviews, and they all had 4 1/2-5 stars with absolutely wonderful comments. Can anybody give me their personal comments and 411 on this straightener and tell me if you think I'll like it?! Thank you all so much and enjoy the last few hours of your weekend :)
Who wants some of this snow? Free shipping and handling;) I live in NE Ohio,USA,and another 7 inches is forecast for this evening,in addition to the 14 + inches that we already have on the ground. *sigh*
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Will vunyl records become dominant and replace CDs and Ipods? Will vinyl records and turntables replace CDs, MP3s, and Ipods? The following article says that vinyls are making a comeback and that more retailers are stocking them: Some retailers give vinyl records a spin Email this Story Jun 9, 8:22 PM (ET) By SARAH SKIDMORE Google sponsored links Convert Vinyl to CDs Fast - Complete System. Free Tutorials Easy Do it yourself -LPs-45s-Tapes www.DAK.com OfftheRecord: Vinyl to CD - Simple & Affordable w/Original Look Free shipping + extras for $15.99 www.offtherecord-online.com PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest release "Accelerate" inadvertently entered the "LP" code instead. Soon boxes of the big, vinyl discs showed up at several stores. Some sent them back. But a handful put them on the shelves, and 20 LPs sold the first day. The Portland-based company, owned by The Kroger Co. (KR), realized the error might not be so bad after all. Fred Meyer is now testing vinyl sales at 60 of its stores in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The company says, based on the response so far, it plans to roll out vinyl in July in all its stores that sell music. Other mainstream retailers are giving vinyl a spin too. Best Buy is testing sales at some stores. And online music giant Amazon.com, which has sold vinyl for most of the 13 years it has been in business online, created a special vinyl-only section last fall. The best-seller so far at Fred Meyer is The Beatles album "Abbey Road." But musicians from the White Stripes and the Foo Fighters to Metallica and Pink Floyd are selling well, the company says. "It's not just a nostalgia thing," said Melinda Merrill, spokeswoman for Fred Meyer. "The response from customers has just been that they like it, they feel like it has a better sound." According to the Recording Industry Association of America, manufacturers' shipments of LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006 to 2007 to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17 percent during the same period to 511 million, as they lost some ground to digital formats. The resurgence of vinyl centers on a long-standing debate over analog versus digital sound. Digital recordings capture samples of sound and place them very close together as a complete package that sounds nearly identical to continuous sound to many people. Analog recordings on most LPs are continuous, which produces a truer sound - though, paradoxically, some new LP releases are being recorded and mixed digitally but delivered analog. Some purists also argue that the compression required to allow loudness in some digital formats weakens the quality as well. But it's not just about the sound. Audiophiles say they also want the format's overall experience - the sensory experience of putting the needle on the record, the feeling of side A and side B and the joy of lingering over the liner notes. "I think music products should be more than just music," said Isaac Hudson, a 28-year-old vinyl fan standing outside one of Portland's larger independent music stores. The interest seems to be catching on. Turntable sales are picking up and the few remaining record pressers say business is booming. But the LP isn't going to muscle out CDs or iPod soon. Nearly 450 million CDs were sold last year, versus just under 1 million LPs, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Based on the first three months of this year, Nielsen says vinyl album sales could reach 1.6 million in 2008. "I don't think vinyl is for everyone; it's for the die-hard music consumer," said Jay Millar, director of marketing at United Record Pressing, a Nashville based company that is the nation's largest record pressing plant. Many major artists - Elvis Costello, the Raconteurs and others - are issuing LPs and encouraging fans to check out their albums on vinyl. On Amazon.com, one of the best-selling LPs is Madonna's latest album, "Hard Candy". Some artists package vinyl and digital versions of their music together, including offers for free digital downloads along with the record. "We've definitely had some talks with the major retailers about exclusives on the manufacturing end," Millar said of United Record Pressing, which focuses primarily on independent recordings. An avid music fan himself, Millar says he has moved to vinyl in recent years. "Once I got my first iPod ... I'm looking at my wall of CDs and trying to justify it," Millar said. "The things I like - the artwork, the liner notes, the sound quality - it dawns on me, those are things I like better on vinyl." He welcomed back the pops and clicks, even some of the scratches. "I like that fact that it's imperfect in a lot of ways, live music is imperfect too," Millar said. Independent music stores, which have been the primary source of LPs in recent years, say many fans never left the medium. "People have been buying vinyl all along," said Cathy Hagen, manager at 2nd Avenue Records in Portland. "There was a fairly good supply from independent labels on vinyl all these years. As far as a resurgence, the major labels are just pressing more now." In this game, big retailers aren't necessarily competing head to head with independent sellers' regular clientele of nostalgic baby boomers, independent label fans and turntable DJs. "I cannot see that Best Buy or Fred Meyer would order the same things we would," Hagen said. "They aren't going to be ordering the reggae, funk, punk or industrial music." The question is: Will vinyl records become dominant and replace CDs and Ipods?
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Will vinyl records and turntables replace CDs, MP3s, and Ipods? The following article says that vinyls are making a comeback and that more retailers are stocking them: Some retailers give vinyl records a spin Email this Story Jun 9, 8:22 PM (ET) By SARAH SKIDMORE Google sponsored links Convert Vinyl to CDs Fast - Complete System. Free Tutorials Easy Do it yourself -LPs-45s-Tapes www.DAK.com OfftheRecord: Vinyl to CD - Simple & Affordable w/Original Look Free shipping + extras for $15.99 www.offtherecord-online.com PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest release "Accelerate" inadvertently entered the "LP" code instead. Soon boxes of the big, vinyl discs showed up at several stores. Some sent them back. But a handful put them on the shelves, and 20 LPs sold the first day. The Portland-based company, owned by The Kroger Co. (KR), realized the error might not be so bad after all. Fred Meyer is now testing vinyl sales at 60 of its stores in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The company says, based on the response so far, it plans to roll out vinyl in July in all its stores that sell music. Other mainstream retailers are giving vinyl a spin too. Best Buy is testing sales at some stores. And online music giant Amazon.com, which has sold vinyl for most of the 13 years it has been in business online, created a special vinyl-only section last fall. The best-seller so far at Fred Meyer is The Beatles album "Abbey Road." But musicians from the White Stripes and the Foo Fighters to Metallica and Pink Floyd are selling well, the company says. "It's not just a nostalgia thing," said Melinda Merrill, spokeswoman for Fred Meyer. "The response from customers has just been that they like it, they feel like it has a better sound." According to the Recording Industry Association of America, manufacturers' shipments of LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006 to 2007 to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17 percent during the same period to 511 million, as they lost some ground to digital formats. The resurgence of vinyl centers on a long-standing debate over analog versus digital sound. Digital recordings capture samples of sound and place them very close together as a complete package that sounds nearly identical to continuous sound to many people. Analog recordings on most LPs are continuous, which produces a truer sound - though, paradoxically, some new LP releases are being recorded and mixed digitally but delivered analog. Some purists also argue that the compression required to allow loudness in some digital formats weakens the quality as well. But it's not just about the sound. Audiophiles say they also want the format's overall experience - the sensory experience of putting the needle on the record, the feeling of side A and side B and the joy of lingering over the liner notes. "I think music products should be more than just music," said Isaac Hudson, a 28-year-old vinyl fan standing outside one of Portland's larger independent music stores. The interest seems to be catching on. Turntable sales are picking up and the few remaining record pressers say business is booming. But the LP isn't going to muscle out CDs or iPod soon. Nearly 450 million CDs were sold last year, versus just under 1 million LPs, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Based on the first three months of this year, Nielsen says vinyl album sales could reach 1.6 million in 2008. "I don't think vinyl is for everyone; it's for the die-hard music consumer," said Jay Millar, director of marketing at United Record Pressing, a Nashville based company that is the nation's largest record pressing plant. Many major artists - Elvis Costello, the Raconteurs and others - are issuing LPs and encouraging fans to check out their albums on vinyl. On Amazon.com, one of the best-selling LPs is Madonna's latest album, "Hard Candy". Some artists package vinyl and digital versions of their music together, including offers for free digital downloads along with the record. "We've definitely had some talks with the major retailers about exclusives on the manufacturing end," Millar said of United Record Pressing, which focuses primarily on independent recordings. An avid music fan himself, Millar says he has moved to vinyl in recent years. "Once I got my first iPod ... I'm looking at my wall of CDs and trying to justify it," Millar said. "The things I like - the artwork, the liner notes, the sound quality - it dawns on me, those are things I like better on vinyl." He welcomed back the pops and clicks, even some of the scratches. "I like that fact that it's imperfect in a lot of ways, live music is imperfect too," Millar said. Independent music stores, which have been the primary source of LPs in recent years, say many fans never left the medium. "People have been buying vinyl all along," said Cathy Hagen, manager at 2nd Avenue Records in Portland. "There was a fairly good supply from independent labels on vinyl all these years. As far as a resurgence, the major labels are just pressing more now." In this game, big retailers aren't necessarily competing head to head with independent sellers' regular clientele of nostalgic baby boomers, independent label fans and turntable DJs. "I cannot see that Best Buy or Fred Meyer would order the same things we would," Hagen said. "They aren't going to be ordering the reggae, funk, punk or industrial music." * 1 hour ago * - 3 days left to answer.
Poll: Did you like The Oddysey or The Iliad better? I liked the Iliad better. This was my favorite part: Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. And which of the gods was it that set them on to quarrel? It was the son of Jove and Leto; for he was angry with the king and sent a pestilence upon the host to plague the people, because the son of Atreus had dishonoured Chryses his priest. Now Chryses had come to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and had brought with him a great ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo wreathed with a suppliant's wreath and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs. "Sons of Atreus," he cried, "and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove." On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon, who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. "Old man," said he, "let me not find you tarrying about our ships, nor yet coming hereafter. Your sceptre of the god and your wreath shall profit you nothing. I will not free her. She shall grow old in my house at Argos far from her own home, busying herself with her loom and visiting my couch; so go, and do not provoke me or it shall be the worse for you." The old man feared him and obeyed. Not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo whom lovely Leto had borne. "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe. If I have ever decked your temple with garlands, or burned your thigh-bones in fat of bulls or goats, grant my prayer, and let your arrows avenge these my tears upon the Danaans." Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. He came down furious from the summits of Olympus, with his bow and his quiver upon his shoulder, and the arrows rattled on his back with the rage that trembled within him. He sat himself down away from the ships with a face as dark as night, and his silver bow rang death as he shot his arrow in the midst of them. First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his shafts at the people themselves, and all day long the pyres of the dead were burning. For nine whole days he shot his arrows among the people, but upon the tenth day Achilles called them in assembly- moved thereto by Juno, who saw the Achaeans in their death-throes and had compassion upon them. Then, when they were got together, he rose and spoke among them. "Son of Atreus," said he, "I deem that we should now turn roving home if we would escape destruction, for we are being cut down by war and pestilence at once. Let us ask some priest or prophet, or some reader of dreams (for dreams, too, are of Jove) who can tell us why Phoebus Apollo is so angry, and say whether it is for some vow that we have broken, or hecatomb that we have not offered, and whether he will accept the savour of lambs and goats without blemish, so as to take away the plague from us." With these words he sat down, and Calchas son of Thestor, wisest of augurs, who knew things past present and to come, rose to speak. He it was who had guided the Achaeans with their fleet to Ilius, through the prophesyings with which Phoebus Apollo had inspired him. With all sincerity and goodwill he addressed them thus:- "Achilles, loved of heaven, you bid me tell you about the anger of King Apollo, I will therefore do so; but consider first and swear that you will stand by me heartily in word and deed, for I know that I shall offend one who rules the Argives with might, to whom all the Achaeans are in subjection. A plain man cannot stand against the anger of a king, who if he swallow his displeasure now, will yet nurse revenge till he has wreaked it. Consider, therefore, whether or no you will protect me." And Achilles answered, "Fear not, but speak as it is borne in upon you from heaven, for by Apollo, Calchas, to whom you pray, and whose oracles you reveal to us, not a Danaan at our ships shall lay his hand upon you, while I yet live to look upon the face of the earth- no, not though you name Agamemnon himself, who is by far the foremost of the Achaeans." Thereon the seer spoke boldly. "The god," he said, "is angry neither about vow nor hecatomb, but for his priest's sake, whom Agamemnon has dishonoured, in that he would not free his daughter nor take a ransom for her; therefore has he sent these evils upon us, and will yet send others. He will not deliver the Danaans from this pestilence till Agamemnon has restored the girl without fee or ransom to her father, and has sent a holy hecatomb to Chryse. Thus we may perhaps appease him." With these words he sat down, and Agamemnon rose in anger. His heart was black with rage, and his eyes flashed fire as he scowled on Calchas and said, "Seer of evil, you never yet prophesied smooth things concerning me, but have ever loved to foretell that which was evil. You have brought me neither comfort nor performance; and now you come seeing among Danaans, and saying that Apollo has plagued us because I would not take a ransom for this girl, the daughter of Chryses. I have set my heart on keeping her in my own house, for I love her better even than my own wife Clytemnestra, whose peer she is alike in form and feature, in understanding and accomplishments. Still I will give her up if I must, for I would have the people live, not die; but you must find me a prize instead, or I alone among the Argives shall be without one. This is not well; for you behold, all of you, that my prize is to go elsewhither." And Achilles answered, "Most noble son of Atreus, covetous beyond all mankind, how shall the Achaeans find you another prize? We have no common store from which to take one. Those we took from the cities have been awarded; we cannot disallow the awards that have been made already. Give this girl, therefore, to the god, and if ever Jove grants us to sack the city of Troy we will requite you three and fourfold." Then Agamemnon said, "Achilles, valiant though you be, you shall not thus outwit me. You shall not overreach and you shall not persuade me. Are you to keep your own prize, while I sit tamely under my loss and give up the girl at your bidding? Let the Achaeans find me a prize in fair exchange to my liking, or I will come and take your own, or that of Ajax or of Ulysses; and he to whomsoever I may come shall rue my coming. But of this we will take thought hereafter; for the present, let us draw a ship into the sea, and find a crew for her expressly; let us put a hecatomb on board, and let us send Chryseis also; further, let some chief man among us be in command, either Ajax, or Idomeneus, or yourself, son of Peleus, mighty warrior that you are, that we may offer sacrifice and appease the the anger of the god." Achilles scowled at him and answered, "You are steeped in insolence and lust of gain. With what heart can any of the Achaeans do your bidding, either on foray or in open fighting? I came not warring here for any ill the Trojans had done me. I have no quarrel with them. They have not raided my cattle nor my horses, nor cut down my harvests on the rich plains of Phthia; for between me and them there is a great space, both mountain and sounding sea. We have followed you, Sir Insolence! for your pleasure, not ours- to gain satisfaction from the Trojans for your shameless self and for Menelaus. You forget this, and threaten to rob me of the prize for which I have toiled, and which the sons of the Achaeans have given me. Never when the Achaeans sack any rich city of the Trojans do I receive so good a prize as you do, though it is my hands that do the better part of the fighting. When the sharing comes, your share is far the largest, and I, forsooth, must go back to my ships, take what I can get and be thankful, when my labour of fighting is done. Now, therefore, I shall go back to Phthia; it will be much better for me to return home with my ships, for I will not stay here dishonoured to gather gold and substance for you." And Agamemnon answered, "Fly if you will, I shall make you no prayers to stay you. I have others here who will do me honour, and above all Jove, the lord of counsel. There is no king here so hateful to me as you are, for you are ever quarrelsome and ill affected. What though you be brave? Was it not heaven that made you so? Go home, then, with your ships and comrades to lord it over the Myrmidons. I care neither for you nor for your anger; and thus will I do: since Phoebus Apollo is taking Chryseis from me, I shall send her with my ship and my followers, but I shall come to your tent and take your own prize Briseis, that you may learn how much stronger I am than you are, and that another may fear to set himself up as equal or comparable with me." The son of Peleus was furious, and his heart within his shaggy breast was divided whether to draw his sword, push the others aside, and kill the son of Atreus, or to restrain himself and check his anger. While he was thus in two minds, and was drawing his mighty sword from its scabbard, Minerva came down from heaven (for Juno had sent her in the love she bore to them both), and seized the son of Peleus by his yellow hair, visible to him alone, for of the others no man could see her. Achilles turned in amaze, and by the fire that flashed from her eyes at once knew that she was Minerva. "Why are you here," said he, "daughter of aegis-bearing Jove? To see the pride of Agamemnon, son of Atreus? Let me tell you- and it shall surely be- he shall pay for this insolence with his life." And Minerva said, "I come from heaven, if you will hear me, to bid you stay your anger. Juno has sent me, who cares for both of you alike. Cease, then, this brawling, and do not draw your sword; rail at him if you will, and your railing will not be vain, for I tell you- and it shall surely be- that you shall hereafter receive gifts three times as splendid by reason of this present insult. Hold, therefore, and obey." "Goddess," answered Achilles, "however angry a man may be, he must do as you two command him. This will be best, for the gods ever hear the prayers of him who has obeyed them." He stayed his hand on the silver hilt of his sword, and thrust it back into the scabbard as Minerva bade him. Then she went back to Olympus among the other gods, and to the house of aegis-bearing Jove. But the son of Peleus again began railing at the son of Atreus, for he was still in a rage. "Wine-bibber," he cried, "with the face of a dog and the heart of a hind, you never dare to go out with the host in fight, nor yet with our chosen men in ambuscade. You shun this as you do death itself. You had rather go round and rob his prizes from any man who contradicts you. You devour your people, for you are king over a feeble folk; otherwise, son of Atreus, henceforward you would insult no man. Therefore I say, and swear it with a great oath- nay, by this my sceptre which shalt sprout neither leaf nor shoot, nor bud anew from the day on which it left its parent stem upon the mountains- for the axe stripped it of leaf and bark, and now the sons of the Achaeans bear it as judges and guardians of the decrees of heaven- so surely and solemnly do I swear that hereafter they shall look fondly for Achilles and shall not find him. In the day of your distress, when your men fall dying by the murderous hand of Hector, you shall not know how to help them, and shall rend your heart with rage for the hour when you offered insult to the bravest of the Achaeans." With this the son of Peleus dashed his gold-bestudded sceptre on the ground and took his seat, while the son of Atreus was beginning fiercely from his place upon the other side. Then uprose smooth-tongued Nestor, the facile speaker of the Pylians, and the words fell from his lips sweeter than honey. Two generations of men born and bred in Pylos had passed away under his rule, and he was now reigning over the third. With all sincerity and goodwill, therefore, he addressed them thus:- "Of a truth," he said, "a great sorrow has befallen the Achaean land. Surely Priam with his sons would rejoice, and the Trojans be glad at heart if they could hear this quarrel between you two, who are so excellent in fight and counsel. I am older than either of you; therefore be guided by me. Moreover I have been the familiar friend of men even greater than you are, and they did not disregard my counsels. Never again can I behold such men as Pirithous and Dryas shepherd of his people, or as Caeneus, Exadius, godlike Polyphemus, and Theseus son of Aegeus, peer of the immortals. These were the mightiest men ever born upon this earth: mightiest were they, and when they fought the fiercest tribes of mountain savages they utterly overthrew them. I came from distant Pylos, and went about among them, for they would have me come, and I fought as it was in me to do. Not a man now living could withstand them, but they heard my words, and were persuaded by them. So be it also with yourselves, for this is the more excellent way. Therefore, Agamemnon, though you be strong, take not this girl away, for the sons of the Achaeans have already given her to Achilles; and you, Achilles, strive not further with the king, for no man who by the grace of Jove wields a sceptre has like honour with Agamemnon. You are strong, and have a goddess for your mother; but Agamemnon is stronger than you, for he has more people under him. Son of Atreus, check your anger, I implore you; end this quarrel with Achilles, who in the day of battle is a tower of strength to the Achaeans." And Agamemnon answered, "Sir, all that you have said is true, but this fellow must needs become our lord and master: he must be lord of all, king of all, and captain of all, and this shall hardly be. Granted that the gods have made him a great warrior, have they also given him the right to speak with railing?" Achilles interrupted him. "I should be a mean coward," he cried, "were I to give in to you in all things. Order other people about, not me, for I shall obey no longer. Furthermore I say- and lay my saying to your heart- I shall fight neither you nor any man about this girl, for those that take were those also that gave. But of all else that is at my ship you shall carry away nothing by force. Try, that others may see; if you do, my spear shall be reddened with your blood." When they had quarrelled thus angrily, they rose, and broke up the assembly at the ships of the Achaeans. The son of Peleus went back to his tents and ships with the son of Menoetius and his company, while Agamemnon drew a vessel into the water and chose a crew of twenty oarsmen. He escorted Chryseis on board and sent moreover a hecatomb for the god. And Ulysses went as captain. These, then, went on board and sailed their ways over the sea. But the son of Atreus bade the people purify themselves; so they purified themselves and cast their filth into the sea. Then they offered hecatombs of bulls and goats without blemish on the sea-shore, and the smoke with the savour of their sacrifice rose curling up towards heaven. Thus did they busy themselves throughout the host. But Agamemnon did not forget the threat that he had made Achilles, and called his trusty messengers and squires Talthybius and Eurybates. "Go," said he, "to the tent of Achilles, son of Peleus; take Briseis by the hand and bring her hither; if he will not give her I shall come with others and take her- which will press him harder." He charged them straightly further and dismissed them, whereon they went their way sorrowfully by the seaside, till they came to the tents and ships of the Myrmidons. They found Achilles sitting by his tent and his ships, and ill-pleased he was when he beheld them. They stood fearfully and reverently before him, and never a word did they speak, but he knew them and said, "Welcome, heralds, messengers of gods and men; draw near; my quarrel is not with you but with Agamemnon who has sent you for the girl Briseis. Therefore, Patroclus, bring her and give her to them, but let them be witnesses by the blessed gods, by mortal men, and by the fierceness of Agamemnon's anger, that if ever again there be need of me to save the people from ruin, they shall seek and they shall not find. Agamemnon is mad with rage and knows not how to look before and after that the Achaeans may fight by their ships in safety." Patroclus did as his dear comrade had bidden him. He brought Briseis from the tent and gave her over to the heralds, who took her with them to the ships of the Achaeans- and the woman was loth to go. Then Achilles went all alone by the side of the hoar sea, weeping and looking out upon the boundless waste of waters. He raised his hands in prayer to his immortal mother, "Mother," he cried, "you bore me doomed to live but for a little season; surely Jove, who thunders from Olympus, might have made that little glorious. It is not so. Agamemnon, son of Atreus, has done me dishonour, and has robbed me of my prize by force." As he spoke he wept aloud, and his mother heard him where she was sitting in the depths of the sea hard by the old man her father. Forthwith she rose as it were a grey mist out of the waves, sat down before him as he stood weeping, caressed him with her hand, and said, "My son, why are you weeping? What is it that grieves you? Keep it not from me, but tell me, that we may know it together." Achilles drew a deep sigh and said, "You know it; why tell you what you know well already? We went to Thebe the strong city of Eetion, sacked it, and brought hither the spoil. The sons of the Achaeans shared it duly among themselves, and chose lovely Chryseis as the meed of Agamemnon; but Chryses, priest of Apollo, came to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and brought with him a great ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo, wreathed with a suppliant's wreath, and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus who were their chiefs. "On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon, who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. So he went back in anger, and Apollo, who loved him dearly, heard his prayer. Then the god sent a deadly dart upon the Argives, and the people died thick on one another, for the arrows went everywhither among the wide host of the Achaeans. At last a seer in the fulness of his knowledge declared to us the oracles of Apollo, and I was myself first to say that we should appease him. Whereon the son of Atreus rose in anger, and threatened that which he has since done. The Achaeans are now taking the girl in a ship to Chryse, and sending gifts of sacrifice to the god; but the heralds have just taken from my tent the daughter of Briseus, whom the Achaeans had awarded to myself. "Help your brave son, therefore, if you are able. Go to Olympus, and if you have ever done him service in word or deed, implore the aid of Jove. Ofttimes in my father's house have I heard you glory in that you alone of the immortals saved the son of Saturn from ruin, when the others, with Juno, Neptune, and Pallas Minerva would have put him in bonds. It was you, goddess, who delivered him by calling to Olympus the hundred-handed monster whom gods call Briareus, but men Aegaeon, for he is stronger even than his father; when therefore he took his seat all-glorious beside the son of Saturn, the other gods were afraid, and did not bind him. Go, then, to him, remind him of all this, clasp his knees, and bid him give succour to the Trojans. Let the Achaeans be hemmed in at the sterns of their ships, and perish on the sea-shore, that they may reap what joy they may of their king, and that Agamemnon may rue his blindness in offering insult to the foremost of the Achaeans." Thetis wept and answered, "My son, woe is me that I should have borne or suckled you. Would indeed that you had lived your span free from all sorrow at your ships, for it is all too brief; alas, that you should be at once short of life and long of sorrow above your peers: woe, therefore, was the hour in which I bore you; nevertheless I will go to the snowy heights of Olympus, and tell this tale to Jove, if he will hear our prayer: meanwhile stay where you are with your ships, nurse your anger against the Achaeans, and hold aloof from fight. For Jove went yesterday to Oceanus, to a feast among the Ethiopians, and the other gods went with him. He will return to Olympus twelve days hence; I will then go to his mansion paved with bronze and will beseech him; nor do I doubt that I shall be able to persuade him." On this she left him, still furious at the loss of her that had been taken from him. Meanwhile Ulysses reached Chryse with the hecatomb. When they had come inside the harbour they furled the sails and laid them in the ship's hold; they slackened the forestays, lowered the mast into its place, and rowed the ship to the place where they would have her lie; there they cast out their mooring-stones and made fast the hawsers. They then got out upon the sea-shore and landed the hecatomb for Apollo; Chryseis also left the ship, and Ulysses led her to the altar to deliver her into the hands of her father. "Chryses," said he, "King Agamemnon has sent me to bring you back your child, and to offer sacrifice to Apollo on behalf of the Danaans, that we may propitiate the god, who has now brought sorrow upon the Argives." So saying he gave the girl over to her father, who received her gladly, and they ranged the holy hecatomb all orderly round the altar of the god. They washed their hands and took up the barley-meal to sprinkle over the victims, while Chryses lifted up his hands and prayed aloud on their behalf. "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla, and rulest Tenedos with thy might. Even as thou didst hear me aforetime when I prayed, and didst press hardly upon the Achaeans, so hear me yet again, and stay this fearful pestilence from the Danaans." Thus did he pray, and Apollo heard his prayer. When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal, they drew back the heads of the victims and killed and flayed them. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, set some pieces of raw meat on the top of them, and then Chryses laid them on the wood fire and poured wine over them, while the young men stood near him with five-pronged spits in their hands. When the thigh-bones were burned and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces upon the spits, roasted them till they were done, and drew them off: then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, pages filled the mixing-bowl with wine and water and handed it round, after giving every man his drink-offering. Thus all day long the young men worshipped the god with song, hymning him and chaunting the joyous paean, and the god took pleasure in their voices; but when the sun went down, and it came on dark, they laid themselves down to sleep by the stern cables of the ship, and when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared they again set sail for the host of the Achaeans. Apollo sent them a fair wind, so they raised their mast and hoisted their white sails aloft. As the sail bellied with the wind the ship flew through the deep blue water, and the foam hissed against her bows as she sped onward. When they reached the wide-stretching host of the Achaeans, they drew the vessel ashore, high and dry upon the sands, set her strong props beneath her, and went their ways to their own tents and ships. But Achilles abode at his ships and nursed his anger. He went not to the honourable assembly, and sallied not forth to fight, but gnawed at his own heart, pining for battle and the war-cry. Now after twelve days the immortal gods came back in a body to Olympus, and Jove led the way. Thetis was not unmindful of the charge her son had laid upon her, so she rose from under the sea and went through great heaven with early morning to Olympus, where she found the mighty son of Saturn sitting all alone upon its topmost ridges. She sat herself down before him, and with her left hand seized his knees, while with her right she caught him under the chin, and besought him, saying- "Father Jove, if I ever did you service in word or deed among the immortals, hear my prayer, and do honour to my son, whose life is to be cut short so early. King Agamemnon has dishonoured him by taking his prize and keeping her. Honour him then yourself, Olympian lord of counsel, and grant victory to the Trojans, till the Achaeans give my son his due and load him with riches in requital." Jove sat for a while silent, and without a word, but Thetis still kept firm hold of his knees, and besought him a second time. "Incline your head," said she, "and promise me surely, or else deny me- for you have nothing to fear- that I may learn how greatly you disdain me." At this Jove was much troubled and answered, "I shall have trouble if you set me quarrelling with Juno, for she will provoke me with her taunting speeches; even now she is always railing at me before the other gods and accusing me of giving aid to the Trojans. Go back now, lest she should find out. I will consider the matter, and will bring it about as wish. See, I incline my head that you believe me. This is the most solemn that I can give to any god. I never recall my word, or deceive, or fail to do what I say, when I have nodded my head." As he spoke the son of Saturn bowed his dark brows, and the ambrosial locks swayed on his immortal head, till vast Olympus reeled. When the pair had thus laid their plans, they parted- Jove to his house, while the goddess quitted the splendour of Olympus, and plunged into the depths of the sea. The gods rose from their seats, before the coming of their sire. Not one of them dared to remain sitting, but all stood up as he came among them. There, then, he took his seat. But Juno, when she saw him, knew that he and the old merman's daughter, silver-footed Thetis, had been hatching mischief, so she at once began to upbraid him. "Trickster," she cried, "which of the gods have you been taking into your counsels now? You are always settling matters in secret behind my back, and have never yet told me, if you could help it, one word of your intentions." "Juno," replied the sire of gods and men, "you must not expect to be informed of all my counsels. You are my wife, but you would find it hard to understand them. When it is proper for you to hear, there is no one, god or man, who will be told sooner, but when I mean to keep a matter to myself, you must not pry nor ask questions." "Dread son of Saturn," answered Juno, "what are you talking about? I? Pry and ask questions? Never. I let you have your own way in everything. Still, I have a strong misgiving that the old merman's daughter Thetis has been talking you over, for she was with you and had hold of your knees this self-same morning. I believe, therefore, that you have been promising her to give glory to Achilles, and to kill much people at the ships of the Achaeans." "Wife," said Jove, "I can do nothing but you suspect me and find it out. You will take nothing by it, for I shall only dislike you the more, and it will go harder with you. Granted that it is as you say; I mean to have it so; sit down and hold your tongue as I bid you for if I once begin to lay my hands about you, though all heaven were on your side it would profit you nothing." On this Juno was frightened, so she curbed her stubborn will and sat down in silence. But the heavenly beings were disquieted throughout the house of Jove, till the cunning workman Vulcan began to try and pacify his mother Juno. "It will be intolerable," said he, "if you two fall to wrangling and setting heaven in an uproar about a pack of mortals. If such ill counsels are to prevail, we shall have no pleasure at our banquet. Let me then advise my mother- and she must herself know that it will be better- to make friends with my dear father Jove, lest he again scold her and disturb our feast. If the Olympian Thunderer wants to hurl us all from our seats, he can do so, for he is far the strongest, so give him fair words, and he will then soon be in a good humour with us." As he spoke, he took a double cup of nectar, and placed it in his mother's hand. "Cheer up, my dear mother," said he, "and make the best of it. I love you dearly, and should be very sorry to see you get a thrashing; however grieved I might be, I could not help for there is no standing against Jove. Once before when I was trying to help you, he caught me by the foot and flung me from the heavenly threshold. All day long from morn till eve, was I falling, till at sunset I came to ground in the island of Lemnos, and there I lay, with very little life left in me, till the Sintians came and tended me." Juno smiled at this, and as she smiled she took the cup from her son's hands. Then Vulcan drew sweet nectar from the mixing-bowl, and served it round among the gods, going from left to right; and the blessed gods laughed out a loud applause as they saw him ing bustling about the heavenly mansion. Thus through the livelong day to the going down of the sun they feasted, and every one had his full share, so that all were satisfied. Apollo struck his lyre, and the Muses lifted up their sweet voices, calling and answering one another. But when the sun's glorious light had faded, they went home to bed, each in his own abode, which lame Vulcan with his consummate skill had fashioned for them. So Jove, the Olympian Lord of Thunder, hied him to the bed in which he always slept; and when he had got on to it he went to sleep, with Juno of the golden throne by his side. Now the other gods and the armed warriors on the plain slept soundly, but Jove was wakeful, for he was thinking how to do honour to Achilles, and destroyed much people at the ships of the Achaeans. In the end he deemed it would be best to send a lying dream to King Agamemnon; so he called one to him and said to it, "Lying Dream, go to the ships of the Achaeans, into the tent of Agamemnon, and say to him word to word as I now bid you. Tell him to get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for he shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans." The dream went when it had heard its message, and soon reached the ships of the Achaeans. It sought Agamemnon son of Atreus and found him in his tent, wrapped in a profound slumber. It hovered over his head in the likeness of Nestor, son of Neleus, whom Agamemnon honoured above all his councillors, and said:- "You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I come as a messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove. Remember this, and when you wake see that it does not escape you." The dream then left him, and he thought of things that were, surely not to be accomplished. He thought that on that same day he was to take the city of Priam, but he little knew what was in the mind of Jove, who had many another hard-fought fight in store alike for Danaans and Trojans. Then presently he woke, with the divine message still ringing in his ears; so he sat upright, and put on his soft shirt so fair and new, and over this his heavy cloak. He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, and slung his silver-studded sword about his shoulders; then he took the imperishable staff of his father, and sallied forth to the ships of the Achaeans. The goddess Dawn now wended her way to vast Olympus that she might herald day to Jove and to the other immortals, and Agamemnon sent the criers round to call the people in assembly; so they called them and the people gathered thereon. But first he summoned a meeting of the elders at the ship of Nestor king of Pylos, and when they were assembled he laid a cunning counsel before them. "My friends," said he, "I have had a dream from heaven in the dead of night, and its face and figure resembled none but Nestor's. It hovered over my head and said, 'You are sleeping, son of Atreus; one who has the welfare of his host and so much other care upon his shoulders should dock his sleep. Hear me at once, for I am a messenger from Jove, who, though he be not near, yet takes thought for you and pities you. He bids you get the Achaeans instantly under arms, for you shall take Troy. There are no longer divided counsels among the gods; Juno has brought them over to her own mind, and woe betides the Trojans at the hands of Jove. Remember this.' The dream then vanished and I awoke. Let us now, therefore, arm the sons of the Achaeans. But it will be well that I should first sound them, and to this end I will tell them to fly with their ships; but do you others go about among the host and prevent their doing so." He then sat down, and Nestor the prince of Pylos with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus: "My friends," said he, "princes and councillors of the Argives, if any other man of the Achaeans had told us of this dream we should have declared it false, and would have had nothing to do with it. But he who has seen it is the foremost man among us; we must therefore set about getting the people under arms." With this he led the way from the assembly, and the other sceptred kings rose with him in obedience to the word of Agamemnon; but the people pressed forward to hear. They swarmed like bees that sally from some hollow cave and flit in countless throng among the spring flowers, bunched in knots and clusters; even so did the mighty multitude pour from ships and tents to the assembly, and range themselves upon the wide-watered shore, while among them ran Wildfire Rumour, messenger of Jove, urging them ever to the fore. Thus they gathered in a pell-mell of mad confusion, and the earth groaned under the tramp of men as the people sought their places. Nine heralds went crying about among them to stay their tumult and bid them listen to the kings, till at last they were got into their several places and ceased their clamour. Then King Agamemnon rose, holding his sceptre. This was the work of Vulcan, who gave it to Jove the son of Saturn. Jove gave it to Mercury, slayer of Argus, guide and guardian. King Mercury gave it to Pelops, the mighty charioteer, and Pelops to Atreus, shepherd of his people. Atreus, when he died, left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes in his turn left it to be borne by Agamemnon, that he might be lord of all Argos and of the isles. Leaning, then, on his sceptre, he addressed the Argives. "My friends," he said, "heroes, servants of Mars, the hand of heaven has been laid heavily upon me. Cruel Jove gave me his solemn promise that I should sack the city of Priam before returning, but he has played me false, and is now bidding me go ingloriously back to Argos with the loss of much people. Such is the will of Jove, who has laid many a proud city in the dust, as he will yet lay others, for his power is above all. It will be a sorry tale hereafter that an Achaean host, at once so great and valiant, battled in vain against men fewer in number than themselves; but as yet the end is not in sight. Think that the Achaeans and Trojans have sworn to a solemn covenant, and that they have each been numbered- the Trojans by the roll of their householders, and we by companies of ten; think further that each of our companies desired to have a Trojan householder to pour out their wine; we are so greatly more in number that full many a company would have to go without its cup-bearer. But they have in the town allies from other places, and it is these that hinder me from being able to sack the rich city of Ilius. Nine of Jove years are gone; the timbers of our ships have rotted; their tackling is sound no longer. Our wives and little ones at home look anxiously for our coming, but the work that we came hither to do has not been done. Now, therefore, let us all do as I say: let us sail back to our own land, for we shall not take Troy." With these words he moved the hearts of the multitude, so many of them as knew not the cunning counsel of Agamemnon. They surged to and fro like the waves of the Icarian Sea, when the east and south winds break from heaven's clouds to lash them; or as when the west wind sweeps over a field of corn and the ears bow beneath the blast, even so were they swayed as they flew with loud cries towards the ships, and the dust from under their feet rose heavenward. They cheered each other on to draw the ships into the sea; they cleared the channels in front of them; they began taking away the stays from underneath them, and the welkin rang with their glad cries, so eager were they to return. Then surely the Argives would have returned after a fashion that was not fated. But Juno said to Minerva, "Alas, daughter of aegis-bearing Jove, unweariable, shall the Argives fly home to their own land over the broad sea, and leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes? Go about at once among the host, and speak fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the sea." Minerva was not slack to do her bidding. Down she darted from the topmost summits of Olympus, and in a moment she was at the ships of the Achaeans. There she found Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel, standing alone. He had not as yet laid a hand upon his ship, for he was grieved and sorry; so she went close up to him and said, "Ulysses, noble son of Laertes, are you going to fling yourselves into your ships and be off home to your own land in this way? Will you leave Priam and the Trojans the glory of still keeping Helen, for whose sake so many of the Achaeans have died at Troy, far from their homes? Go about at once among the host, and speak fairly to them, man by man, that they draw not their ships into the sea." Ulysses knew the voice as that of the goddess: he flung his cloak from him and set off to run. His servant Eurybates, a man of Ithaca, who waited on him, took charge of the cloak, whereon Ulysses went straight up to Agamemnon and received from him his ancestral, imperishable staff. With this he went about among the ships of the Achaeans. Whenever he met a king or chieftain, he stood by him and spoke him fairly. "Sir," said he, "this flight is cowardly and unworthy. Stand to your post, and bid your people also keep their places. You do not yet know the full mind of Agamemnon; he was sounding us, and ere long will visit the Achaeans with his displeasure. We were not all of us at the council to hear what he then said; see to it lest he be angry and do us a mischief; for the pride of kings is great, and the hand of Jove is with them." But when he came across any common man who was making a noise, he struck him with his staff and rebuked him, saying, "Sirrah, hold your peace, and listen to better men than yourself. You are a coward and no soldier; you are nobody either in fight or council; we cannot all be kings; it is not well that there should be many masters; one man must be supreme- one king to whom the son of scheming Saturn has given the sceptre of sovereignty over you all." Thus masterfully did he go about among the host, and the people hurried back to the council from their tents and ships with a sound as the thunder of surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and all the sea is in an uproar. The rest now took their seats and kept to their own several places, but Thersites still went on wagging his unbridled tongue- a man of many words, and those unseemly; a monger of sedition, a railer against all who were in authority, who cared not what he said, so that he might set the Achaeans in a laugh. He was the ugliest man of all those that came before Troy- bandy-legged, lame of one foot, with his two shoulders rounded and hunched over his chest. His head ran up to a point, but there was little hair on the top of it. Achilles and Ulysses hated him worst of all, for it was with them that he was most wont to wrangle; now, however, with a shrill squeaky voice he began heaping his abuse on Agamemnon. The Achaeans were angry and disgusted, yet none the less he kept on brawling and bawling at the son of Atreus. "Agamemnon," he cried, "what ails you now, and what more do you want? Your tents are filled with bronze and with fair women, for whenever we take a town we give you the pick of them. Would you have yet more gold, which some Trojan is to give you as a ransom for his son, when I or another Achaean has taken him prisoner? or is it some young girl to hide and lie with? It is not well that you, the ruler of the Achaeans, should bring them into such misery. Weakling cowards, women rather than men, let us sail home, and leave this fellow here at Troy to stew in his own meeds of honour, and discover whether we were of any service to him or no. Achilles is a much better man than he is, and see how he has treated him- robbing him of his prize and keeping it himself. Achilles takes it meekly and shows no fight; if he did, son of Atreus, you would never again insult him." Thus railed Thersites, but Ulysses at once went up to him and rebuked him sternly. "Check your glib tongue, Thersites," said be, "and babble not a word further. Chide not with princes when you have none to back you. There is no viler creature come before Troy with the sons of Atreus. Drop this chatter about kings, and neither revile them nor keep harping about going home. We do not yet know how things are going to be, nor whether the Achaeans are to return with good success or evil. How dare you gibe at Agamemnon because the Danaans have awarded him so many prizes? I tell you, therefore- and it shall surely be- that if I again catch you talking such nonsense, I will either forfeit my own head and be no more called father of Telemachus, or I will take you, strip you stark naked, and whip you out of the assembly till you go blubbering back to the ships." On this he beat him with his staff about the back and shoulders till he dropped and fell a-weeping. The golden sceptre raised a bloody weal on his back, so he sat down frightened and in pain, looking foolish as he wiped the tears from his eyes. The people were sorry for him, yet they laughed heartily, and one would turn to his neighbour saying, "Ulysses has done many a good thing ere now in fight and council, but he never did the Argives a better turn than when he stopped this fellow's mouth from prating further. He will give the kings no more of his insolence." Thus said the people. Then Ulysses rose, sceptre in hand, and Minerva in the likeness of a herald bade the people be still, that those who were far off might hear him and consider his council. He therefore with all sincerity and goodwill addressed them thus:- "King Agamemnon, the Achaeans are for making you a by-word among all mankind. They forget the promise they made you when they set out from Argos, that you should not return till you had sacked the town of Troy, and, like children or widowed women, they murmur and would set off homeward. True it is that they have had toil enough to be disheartened. A man chafes at having to stay away from his wife even for a single month, when he is on shipboard, at the mercy of wind and sea, but it is now nine long years that we have been kept here; I cannot, therefore, blame the Achaeans if they turn restive; still we shall be shamed if we go home empty after so long a stay- therefore, my friends, be patient yet a little longer that we may learn whether the prophesyings of Calchas were false or true. "All who have not since perished must remember as though it were yesterday or the day before, how the ships of the Achaeans were detained in Aulis when we were on our way hither to make war on Priam and the Trojans. We were ranged round about a fountain offering hecatombs to the gods upon their holy altars, and there was a fine plane-tree from beneath which there welled a stream of pure water. Then we saw a prodigy; for Jove sent a fearful serpent out of the ground, with blood-red stains upon its back, and it darted from under the altar on to the plane-tree. Now there was a brood of young sparrows, quite small, upon the topmost bough, peeping out from under the leaves, eight in all, and their mother that hatched them made nine. The serpent ate the poor cheeping things, while the old bird flew about lamenting her little ones; but the serpent threw his coils about her and caught her by the wing as she was screaming. Then, when he had eaten both the sparrow and her young, the god who had sent him made him become a sign; for the son of scheming Saturn turned him into stone, and we stood there wondering at that which had come to pass. Seeing, then, that such a fearful portent had broken in upon our hecatombs, Calchas forthwith declared to us the oracles of heaven. 'Why, Achaeans,' said he, 'are you thus speechless? Jove has sent us this sign, long in coming, and long ere it be fulfilled, though its fame shall last for ever. As the serpent ate the eight fledglings and the sparrow that hatched them, which makes nine, so shall we fight nine years at Troy, but in the tenth shall take the town.' This was what he said, and now it is all coming true. Stay here, therefore, all of you, till we take the city of Priam." On this the Argives raised a shout, till the ships rang again with the uproar. Nestor, knight of Gerene, then addressed them. "Shame on you," he cried, "to stay talking here like children, when you should fight like men. Where are our covenants now, and where the oaths that we have taken? Shall our counsels be flung into the fire, with our drink-offerings and the right hands of fellowship wherein we have put our trust? We waste our time in words, and for all our talking here shall be no further forward. Stand, therefore, son of Atreus, by your own steadfast purpose; lead the Argives on to battle, and leave this handful of men to rot, who scheme, and scheme in vain, to get back to Argos ere they have learned whether Jove be true or a liar. For the mighty son of Saturn surely promised that we should succeed, when we Argives set sail to bring death and destruction upon the Trojans. He showed us favourable signs by flashing his lightning on our right hands; therefore let none make haste to go till he has first lain with the wife of some Trojan, and avenged the toil and sorrow that he has suffered for the sake of Helen. Nevertheless, if any man is in such haste to be at home again, let him lay his hand to his ship that he may meet his doom in the sight of all. But, O king, consider and give ear to my counsel, for the word that I say may not be neglected lightly. Divide your men, Agamemnon, into their several tribes and clans, that clans and tribes may stand by and help one another. If you do this, and if the Achaeans obey you, you will find out who, both chiefs and peoples, are brave, and who are cowards; for they will vie against the other. Thus you shall also learn whether it is through the counsel of heaven or the cowardice of man that you shall fail to take the town." And Agamemnon answered, "Nestor, you have again outdone the sons of the Achaeans in counsel. Would, by Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo, that I had among them ten more such councillors, for the city of King Priam would then soon fall beneath our hands, and we should sack it. But the son of Saturn afflicts me with bootless wranglings and strife. Achilles and I are quarrelling about this girl, in which matter I was the first to offend; if we can be of one mind again, the Trojans will not stave off destruction for a day. Now, therefore, get your morning meal, that our hosts join in fight. Whet well your spears; see well to the ordering of your shields; give good feeds to your horses, and look your chariots carefully over, that we may do battle the livelong day; for we shall have no rest, not for a moment, till night falls to part us. The bands that bear your shields shall be wet with the sweat upon your shoulders, your hands shall weary upon your spears, your horses shall steam in front of your chariots, and if I see any man shirking the fight, or trying to keep out of it at the ships, there shall be no help for him, but he shall be a prey to dogs and vultures." Thus he spoke, and the Achaeans roared applause. As when the waves run high before the blast of the south wind and break on some lofty headland, dashing against it and buffeting it without ceasing, as the storms from every quarter drive them, even so did the Achaeans rise and hurry in all directions to their ships. There they lighted their fires at their tents and got dinner, offering sacrifice every man to one or other of the gods, and praying each one of them that he might live to come out of the fight. Agamemnon, king of men, sacrificed a fat five-year-old bull to the mighty son of Saturn, and invited the princes and elders of his host. First he asked Nestor and King Idomeneus, then the two Ajaxes and the son of Tydeus, and sixthly Ulysses, peer of gods in counsel; but Menelaus came of his own accord, for he knew how busy his brother then was. They stood round the bull with the barley-meal in their hands, and Agamemnon prayed, saying, "Jove, most glorious, supreme, that dwellest in heaven, and ridest upon the storm-cloud, grant that the sun may not go down, nor the night fall, till the palace of Priam is laid low, and its gates are consumed with fire. Grant that my sword may pierce the shirt of Hector about his heart, and that full many of his comrades may bite the dust as they fall dying round him." Thus he prayed, but the son of Saturn would not fulfil his prayer. He accepted the sacrifice, yet none the less increased their toil continually. When they had done praying and sprinkling the barley-meal upon the victim, they drew back its head, killed it, and then flayed it. They cut out the thigh-bones, wrapped them round in two layers of fat, and set pieces of raw meat on the top of them. These they burned upon the split logs of firewood, but they spitted the inward meats, and held them in the flames to cook. When the thigh-bones were burned, and they had tasted the inward meats, they cut the rest up small, put the pieces upon spits, roasted them till they were done, and drew them off; then, when they had finished their work and the feast was ready, they ate it, and every man had his full share, so that all were satisfied. As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, Nestor, knight of Gerene, began to speak. "King Agamemnon," said he, "let us not stay talking here, nor be slack in the work that heaven has put into our hands. Let the heralds summon the people to gather at their several ships; we will then go about among the host, that we may begin fighting at once." Thus did he speak, and Agamemnon heeded his words. He at once sent the criers round to call the people in assembly. So they called them, and the people gathered thereon. The chiefs about the son of Atreus chose their men and marshalled them, while Minerva went among them holding her priceless aegis that knows neither age nor death. From it there waved a hundred tassels of pure gold, all deftly woven, and each one of them worth a hundred oxen. With this she darted furiously everywhere among the hosts of the Achaeans, urging them forward, and putting courage into the heart of each, so that he might fight and do battle without ceasing. Thus war became sweeter in their eyes even than returning home in their ships. As when some great forest fire is raging upon a mountain top and its light is seen afar, even so as they marched the gleam of their armour flashed up into the firmament of heaven. They were like great flocks of geese, or cranes, or swans on the plain about the waters of Cayster, that wing their way hither and thither, glorying in the pride of flight, and crying as they settle till the fen is alive with their screaming. Even thus did their tribes pour from ships and tents on to the plain of the Scamander, and the ground rang as brass under the feet of men and horses. They stood as thick upon the flower-bespangled field as leaves that bloom in summer. As countless swarms of flies buzz around a herdsman's homestead in the time of spring when the pails are drenched with milk, even so did the Achaeans swarm on to the plain to charge the Trojans and destroy them. The chiefs disposed their men this way and that before the fight began, drafting them out as easily as goatherds draft their flocks when they have got mixed while feeding; and among them went King Agamemnon, with a head and face like Jove the lord of thunder, a waist like Mars, and a chest like that of Neptune. As some great bull that lords it over the herds upon the plain, even so did Jove make the son of Atreus stand peerless among the multitude of heroes. And now, O Muses, dwellers in the mansions of Olympus, tell me- for you are goddesses and are in all places so that you see all things, while we know nothing but by report- who were the chiefs and princes of the Danaans? As for the common soldiers, they were so that I could not name every single one of them though I had ten tongues, and though my voice failed not and my heart were of bronze within me, unless you, O Olympian Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, were to recount them to me. Nevertheless, I will tell the captains of the ships and all the fleet together. Peneleos, Leitus, Arcesilaus, Prothoenor, and Clonius were captains of the Boeotians. These were they that dwelt in Hyria and rocky Aulis, and who held Schoenus, Scolus, and the highlands of Eteonus, with Thespeia, Graia, and the fair city of Mycalessus. They also held Harma, Eilesium, and Erythrae; and they had Eleon, Hyle, and Peteon; Ocalea and the strong fortress of Medeon; Copae, Eutresis, and Thisbe the haunt of doves; Coronea, and the pastures of Haliartus; Plataea and Glisas; the fortress of Thebes the less; holy Onchestus with its famous grove of Neptune; Arne rich in vineyards; Midea, sacred Nisa, and Anthedon upon the sea. From these there came fifty ships, and in each there were a hundred and twenty young men of the Boeotians. Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, sons of Mars, led the people that dwelt in Aspledon and Orchomenus the realm of Minyas. Astyoche a noble maiden bore them in the house of Actor son of Azeus; for she had gone with Mars secretly into an upper chamber, and he had lain with her. With these there came thirty ships. The Phoceans were led by Schedius and Epistrophus, sons of mighty Iphitus the son of Naubolus. These were they that held Cyparissus, rocky Pytho, holy Crisa, Daulis, and Panopeus; they also that dwelt in Anemorea and Hyampolis, and about the waters of the river Cephissus, and Lilaea by the springs of the Cephissus; with their chieftains came forty ships, and they marshalled the forces of the Phoceans, which were stationed next to the Boeotians, on their left. Ajax, the fleet son of Oileus, commanded the Locrians. He was not so great, nor nearly so great, as Ajax the son of Telamon. He was a little man, and his breastplate was made of linen, but in use of the spear he excelled all the Hellenes and the Achaeans. These dwelt in Cynus, Opous, Calliarus, Bessa, Scarphe, fair Augeae, Tarphe, and Thronium about the river Boagrius. With him there came forty ships of the Locrians who dwell beyond Euboea. The fierce Abantes held Euboea with its cities, Chalcis, Eretria, Histiaea rich in vines, Cerinthus upon the sea, and the rock-perched town of Dium; with them were also the men of Carystus and Styra; Elephenor of the race of Mars was in command of these; he was son of Chalcodon, and chief over all the Abantes. With him they came, fleet of foot and wearing their hair long behind, brave warriors, who would ever strive to tear open the corslets of their foes with their long ashen spears. Of these there came fifty ships. And they that held the strong city of Athens, the people of great Erechtheus, who was born of the soil itself, but Jove's daughter, Minerva, fostered him, and established him at Athens in her own rich sanctuary. There, year by year, the Athenian youths worship him with sacrifices of bulls and rams. These were commanded by Menestheus, son of Peteos. No man living could equal him in the marshalling of chariots and foot soldiers. Nestor could alone rival him, for he was older. With him there came fifty ships. Ajax brought twelve ships from Salamis, and stationed them alongside those of the Athenians. The men of Argos, again, and those who held the walls of Tiryns, with Hermione, and Asine upon the gulf; Troezene, Eionae, and the vineyard lands of Epidaurus; the Achaean youths, moreover, who came from Aegina and Mases; these were led by Diomed of the loud battle-cry, and Sthenelus son of famed Capaneus. With them in command was Euryalus, son of king Mecisteus, son of Talaus; but Diomed was chief over them all. With these there came eighty ships. Those who held the strong city of Mycenae, rich Corinth and Cleonae; Orneae, Araethyrea, and Licyon, where Adrastus reigned of old; Hyperesia, high Gonoessa, and Pellene; Aegium and all the coast-land round about Helice; these sent a hundred ships under the command of King Agamemnon, son of Atreus. His force was far both finest and most numerous, and in their midst was the king himself, all glorious in his armour of gleaming bronze- foremost among the heroes, for he was the greatest king, and had most men under him. And those that dwelt in Lacedaemon, lying low among the hills, Pharis, Sparta, with Messe the haunt of doves; Bryseae, Augeae, Amyclae, and Helos upon the sea; Laas, moreover, and Oetylus; these were led by Menelaus of the loud battle-cry, brother to Agamemnon, and of them there were sixty ships, drawn up apart from the others. Among them went Menelaus himself, strong in zeal, urging his men to fight; for he longed to avenge the toil and sorrow that he had suffered for the sake of Helen. The men of Pylos and Arene, and Thryum where is the ford of the river Alpheus; strong Aipy, Cyparisseis, and Amphigenea; Pteleum, Helos, and Dorium, where the Muses met Thamyris, and stilled his minstrelsy for ever. He was returning from Oechalia, where Eurytus lived and reigned, and boasted that he would surpass even the Muses, daughters of aegis-bearing Jove, if they should sing against him; whereon they were angry, and maimed him. They robbed him of his divine power of song, and thenceforth he could strike the lyre no more. These were commanded by Nestor, knight of Gerene, and with him there came ninety ships. And those that held Arcadia, under the high mountain of Cyllene, near the tomb of Aepytus, where the people fight hand to hand; the men of Pheneus also, and Orchomenus rich in flocks; of Rhipae, Stratie, and bleak Enispe; of Tegea and fair Mantinea; of Stymphelus and Parrhasia; of these King Agapenor son of Ancaeus was commander, and they had sixty ships. Many Arcadians, good soldiers, came in each one of them, but Agamemnon found them the ships in which to cross the sea, for they were not a people that occupied their business upon the waters. The men, moreover, of Buprasium and of Elis, so much of it as is enclosed between Hyrmine, Myrsinus upon the sea-shore, the rock Olene and Alesium. These had four leaders, and each of them had ten ships, with many Epeans on board. Their captains were Amphimachus and Thalpius- the one, son of Cteatus, and the other, of Eurytus- both of the race of Actor. The two others were Diores, son of Amarynces, and Polyxenus, son of King Agasthenes, son of Augeas. And those of Dulichium with the sacred Echinean islands, who dwelt beyond the sea off Elis; these were led by Meges, peer of Mars, and the son of valiant Phyleus, dear to Jove, who quarrelled with his father, and went to settle in Dulichium. With him there came forty ships. Ulysses led the brave Cephallenians, who held Ithaca, Neritum with its forests, Crocylea, rugged Aegilips, Samos and Zacynthus, with the mainland also that was over against the islands. These were led by Ulysses, peer of Jove in counsel, and with him there came twelve ships. Thoas, son of Andraemon, commanded the Aetolians, who dwelt in Pleuron, Olenus, Pylene, Chalcis by the sea, and rocky Calydon, for the great king Oeneus had now no sons living, and was himself dead, as was also golden-haired Meleager, who had been set over the Aetolians to be their king. And with Thoas there came forty ships. The famous spearsman Idomeneus led the Cretans, who held Cnossus, and the well-walled city of Gortys; Lyctus also, Miletus and Lycastus that lies upon the chalk; the populous towns of Phaestus and Rhytium, with the other peoples that dwelt in the hundred cities of Crete. All these were led by Idomeneus, and by Meriones, peer of murderous Mars. And with these there came eighty ships. Tlepolemus, son of Hercules, a man both brave and large of stature, brought nine ships of lordly warriors from Rhodes. These dwelt in Rhodes which is divided among the three cities of Lindus, Ielysus, and Cameirus, that lies upon the chalk. These were commanded by Tlepolemus, son of Hercules by Astyochea, whom he had carried off from Ephyra, on the river Selleis, after sacking many cities of valiant warriors. When Tlepolemus grew up, he killed his father's uncle Licymnius, who had been a famous warrior in his time, but was then grown old. On this he built himself a fleet, gathered a great following, and fled beyond the sea, for he was menaced by the other sons and grandsons of Hercules. After a voyage. during which he suffered great hardship, he came to Rhodes, where the people divided into three communities, according to their tribes, and were dearly loved by Jove, the lord, of gods and men; wherefore the son of Saturn showered down great riches upon them. And Nireus brought three ships from Syme- Nireus, who was the handsomest man that came up under Ilius of all the Danaans after the son of Peleus- but he was a man of no substance, and had but a small following. And those that held Nisyrus, Crapathus, and Casus, with Cos, the city of Eurypylus,
Will vinyl records become dominant and replace CDs and Ipods? Will vinyl records and turntables replace CDs, MP3s, and Ipods? The following article says that vinyls are making a comeback and that more retailers are stocking them: Some retailers give vinyl records a spin Email this Story Jun 9, 8:22 PM (ET) By SARAH SKIDMORE Google sponsored links Convert Vinyl to CDs Fast - Complete System. Free Tutorials Easy Do it yourself -LPs-45s-Tapes www.DAK.com OfftheRecord: Vinyl to CD - Simple & Affordable w/Original Look Free shipping + extras for $15.99 www.offtherecord-online.com PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - It was a fortuitous typo for the Fred Meyer retail chain. This spring, an employee intending to order a special CD-DVD edition of R.E.M.'s latest release "Accelerate" inadvertently entered the "LP" code instead. Soon boxes of the big, vinyl discs showed up at several stores. Some sent them back. But a handful put them on the shelves, and 20 LPs sold the first day. The Portland-based company, owned by The Kroger Co. (KR), realized the error might not be so bad after all. Fred Meyer is now testing vinyl sales at 60 of its stores in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The company says, based on the response so far, it plans to roll out vinyl in July in all its stores that sell music. Other mainstream retailers are giving vinyl a spin too. Best Buy is testing sales at some stores. And online music giant Amazon.com, which has sold vinyl for most of the 13 years it has been in business online, created a special vinyl-only section last fall. The best-seller so far at Fred Meyer is The Beatles album "Abbey Road." But musicians from the White Stripes and the Foo Fighters to Metallica and Pink Floyd are selling well, the company says. "It's not just a nostalgia thing," said Melinda Merrill, spokeswoman for Fred Meyer. "The response from customers has just been that they like it, they feel like it has a better sound." According to the Recording Industry Association of America, manufacturers' shipments of LPs jumped more than 36 percent from 2006 to 2007 to more than 1.3 million. Shipments of CDs dropped more than 17 percent during the same period to 511 million, as they lost some ground to digital formats. The resurgence of vinyl centers on a long-standing debate over analog versus digital sound. Digital recordings capture samples of sound and place them very close together as a complete package that sounds nearly identical to continuous sound to many people. Analog recordings on most LPs are continuous, which produces a truer sound - though, paradoxically, some new LP releases are being recorded and mixed digitally but delivered analog. Some purists also argue that the compression required to allow loudness in some digital formats weakens the quality as well. But it's not just about the sound. Audiophiles say they also want the format's overall experience - the sensory experience of putting the needle on the record, the feeling of side A and side B and the joy of lingering over the liner notes. "I think music products should be more than just music," said Isaac Hudson, a 28-year-old vinyl fan standing outside one of Portland's larger independent music stores. The interest seems to be catching on. Turntable sales are picking up and the few remaining record pressers say business is booming. But the LP isn't going to muscle out CDs or iPod soon. Nearly 450 million CDs were sold last year, versus just under 1 million LPs, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Based on the first three months of this year, Nielsen says vinyl album sales could reach 1.6 million in 2008. "I don't think vinyl is for everyone; it's for the die-hard music consumer," said Jay Millar, director of marketing at United Record Pressing, a Nashville based company that is the nation's largest record pressing plant. Many major artists - Elvis Costello, the Raconteurs and others - are issuing LPs and encouraging fans to check out their albums on vinyl. On Amazon.com, one of the best-selling LPs is Madonna's latest album, "Hard Candy". Some artists package vinyl and digital versions of their music together, including offers for free digital downloads along with the record. "We've definitely had some talks with the major retailers about exclusives on the manufacturing end," Millar said of United Record Pressing, which focuses primarily on independent recordings. An avid music fan himself, Millar says he has moved to vinyl in recent years. "Once I got my first iPod ... I'm looking at my wall of CDs and trying to justify it," Millar said. "The things I like - the artwork, the liner notes, the sound quality - it dawns on me, those are things I like better on vinyl." He welcomed back the pops and clicks, even some of the scratches. "I like that fact that it's imperfect in a lot of ways, live music is imperfect too," Millar said. Independent music stores, which have been the primary source of LPs in recent years, say many fans never left the medium. "People have been buying vinyl all along," said Cathy Hagen, manager at 2nd Avenue Records in Portland. "There was a fairly good supply from independent labels on vinyl all these years. As far as a resurgence, the major labels are just pressing more now." In this game, big retailers aren't necessarily competing head to head with independent sellers' regular clientele of nostalgic baby boomers, independent label fans and turntable DJs. "I cannot see that Best Buy or Fred Meyer would order the same things we would," Hagen said. "They aren't going to be ordering the reggae, funk, punk or industrial music."
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What do you think about this article on Immigration? So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry. Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home. They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany , Italy , France and Japan . None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan . They were defending the United States of America as one people. When we liberated France , no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl. And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags. And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty , it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.
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I am trying to revise this and it is not quite right. Any suggestions? Feel free to critique.? Nature’s Majesty The sun, its searing, scorching heat traversing vast reaches of space and filtered through the miles-deep atmosphere, still bakes the sand beneath our feet and burns the skin on back and face and blinds our eyes with its oppressive glare. The ocean with its churning tide, tempestuous and merciless, unleashes the tsunami’s murderous hell and tosses mighty ships aside like broken toys upon the crests and valleys of its heaving, roguish swell. And Earth, seething, teetering in balance, fiercely grinds and quakes. Volcanoes gushing from its molten core throb and spasm. All-consuming wildfires, born of lightning strikes and dry-wind-driven, feed our primal fear. But all of Nature’s majesty, the potency of sea and sun and Earth cannot compare to what I feel when I see you. The travesty is that this passion is forbidden; I yearn for what I know cannot be real.
Should letters be stopped from being printed by an editor? I was sent this letter and wanted to hear people’s views on it, should letters like this be printed in local papers, or should they be stopped from being printed? Newspapers simply won't publish letters to the editor, which they either deem politically incorrect (read below) or which don't agree with the philosophy they're "pushing" on the public. This woman wrote a great letter to the editor that should have been published - but with your help it will get "published" via cyberspace! Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register: Dear Editor: So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry. Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr.Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home. They had waved good-bye to their birthplace to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labour laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France and Japan. None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the United States of America as one people. When we liberated France, no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl. And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags. And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty, it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet. P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!! KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING!! I hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across the nation!!
best place to buy organic free range beef? in bulk like a side of beef....We would like to purchase enough to last a while with our income tax has anyone done this I googled the subject and there are a lot of places to choose from I'd like to hear from someone who did this personally was the shipping unbelievable or did you drive and pick it up? I didn't see a ranch really close by so picking it up would be quite an ordeal keeping it cold etc.... I don't have the means to raise my own cow or I would we do get some venison but it dosen't last all year. My local grocer carries organic beef but only ground beef and it is very expensive so I thought we could save by buying in bulk. We have a deep chest freezer . Thanks oh sorry this is so long!
there is a common misbelief among most christians? when trying to argue against any scientific theory of existence contradicting creation. this is that time is just a measurement created by man and its not a force of reality, when in fact the very opposite is true. now you may say, oh so we chanced upon this, well, yes and no. the reason we measure time the way we do is just how things are, it could have been measured any number of ways but idk its just measured in minutes and hours and days and years. more to the point any one making the claim against this should know light can't go faster that 3x10^8 m/s so if a laser beam is bouncing between two mirrors in a space ship to a person on the ground it is moving horizontally and vertically in the same amount of time that it is just moving vertically for the person in the space ship, since speed cannot be changing time must therefore be relative, this is the basis of the theory of relativity, any questions now christians, and others feel free to email me. to all who answered and asked where the question was it is at the end, now im not trying to disprove anyones faith im just trying to educate people into using better arguments for themeselves instead of flimsy things which they have no idea about, so the question was do you have any questions for me because i would seriously like every one to understand this concept.
Can you name some reasons to go vegetarian? ONE HUNDRED & ONE REASONS TO GO VEGETARIAN People Land Air Water Efficiency Animals Health PEOPLE Every year in the UK we feed our livestock enough food to feed 250,000,000 people while in the world 30,000,000 people die of starvation 20 vegetarians can live off the land required by one meat eater Every 3 seconds a child dies of starvation somewhere in the world If Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10% it would free 12,000,000 tons of grain - enough to feed 60,000,000 people (the population of Great Britain) If all Americans became vegetarian, it would free enough grain to feed 600,000,000 people (the population of India) Intensification in animal farming has displaced 1,000,000's of people from their traditional lands - eg. indigenous people in south & central america, native americans in north america & crofters in Great Britain - this is continuing today People displaced from their lands into cities succumb to dietary deficiency, diseases, parasites & opportunistic diseases In third world countries 1 in 10 babies die before their first birthday The UK imports £46,000,000 worth of grain from third world countries to feed our livestock Due to overgrazing 850,000,000 people live on land threatened by desertification & over 230,000,000 already live on land so severely desertified that they are unable to sustain their existence & face imminent starvation 1,000,000,000 people in the west gorging on meat & dairy leave 1,000,000,000 to waste away & 3,500,000,000 teeter on the brink LAND If they continue to clear American forests to raise cattle at the present rate, in 50 years there will be none left 1 acre yields 165 lbs of beef or 20,000 lbs of potatoes 8/10 of cultivated land in the UK is used to grow food for animals (14,732,000 hectares) It takes 16lbs of high protein soya to produce 1 lb of beef Since 1945 in the UK we have lost 95% of flower meadows, 50% of ancient woodlands, 40% of heathlands, 50% of wet lands & 224,000 km of hedgerows all due to animal farming Pressure on land due to meat farming leads to soil erosion 6billion tons/year in the USA If everyone went vegetarian upto 90% of land used for animal farming could be taken out of production & used to replant woodlands, leisure activities etc. 25% of Central america's forests have been destroyed for cattle grazing since 1960 Between 1966-1983 38% of the Amazon rain forest was destroyed for cattle grazing 90% of cattle ranches established on cleared forest land go bankrupt in less than 8 years as the land becomes barren due to nutrient loss & overgrazing Overgrazing by cattle is destroying the land & increasing desertification, nearly 430 million acres in the USA alone has suffered a 25-50% reduction in yield since first grazed An inch of topsoil takes 200-1000 years to develop - yet in the USA they have lost around 1/3 of their prime topsoil in 200 years (around 7 inches) due to animal farming Land will be lost due to rises in sea level due to global warming due to animal farming AIR The destruction of the rainforest by cattle farmers is destroying the lungs of the planet & reducing the worlds capacity to replenish our oxygen supply The 1,300,000,000 cattle in the world emit 60,000,000 tons of methane per year (methane is a greenhouse gas & leads to global warming) Burning of forests, grasslands & agricultural waste associated with animal farming releases 50-100,000,000 tons of methane per year Combining these figures, 25% of methane emissions are due to animal farming (not including the billions of sheep, pigs & poultry so the real figure is much higher) Fertilizer used to grow crops to feed to animals releases nitrous oxide - thought to account for 6% of the greenhouse effect Fertilizer, weedkiller & pesticides sprayed on crops enter the atmosphere creating a noxious carcinogenic cocktail CFCs are released into the air from refrigeration units used to store decomposing flesh (meat), milk & butter - CFCs are destroy the ozone layer Ammonia from animal urine also pollutes the atmosphere CO2 is released by burning oil & petrol in lorries, ships, abattoirs, dairies, factories etc. associated with meat & dairy production Emissions from large chemical plants which produce fertilizer, weedkiller & other agricultural chemicals are also poisoning our air WATER 25 gallons of water to produce 1lb of wheat & 2500 gallons to produce 1lb of meat UK farm animals produce 200,000,000 tonnes of slurry (liquid excrement) every year, the majority of which ends up in our rivers Bloody waste water from abattoirs ends up in our rivers In the USA every second humans produce 12,000 lbs of effluent while farmed animals produce 250,000 lbs Nitrates & pesticides used on crops grown to feed livestock end up in our rivers Meat & dairy farming uses 70 litres of water per day per animal in the UK or 159,250,000,000 litres per year in total The water used to produce 10 lbs of steak is equivalent to the average consumption of water for an entire household for an entire year Depletion of groundwater reserves to grow crops for animals & to supply abattoirs will lead to greater water shortages Aquafers (stores of underground water) in the San Joaquin valley in the USA are being drained at the rate of 500,000,000,000 gallons/year to produce meat 18% of all agricultural land in the world is irrigated & as global warming increases (partly due to animal farming) it will cost $200,000,000 to keep these systems going The water used to produce a 1000 lb beef steer is enough to float a Destroyer battleship The liquid waste from the various parts of the meat & dairy industry flow into the rivers & from there into the seas polluting them & encouraging huge algal blooms to grow EFFICIENCY To produce 1calorie of energy from meat takes 60 calories of petrol, whereas growing grains & legumes to directly feed people produces 20 calories for each calorie of fuel used ( thats 1200 times more efficient) Meat & dairy farming uses billions of gallons of oil to run tractors, fuel ships & lorries (to move animal feed & animals), pump billions of gallons of water to irrigate fields & run slaughterhouses, power refrigeration units to prevent the corpses from decomposing & to power sewage plants to clean up some of the pollution produced Cattle convert only 6% of their energy intake (mainly grains & soya) into flesh, the remaining 94% is wasted as heat, movement (which is why they keep many animals in very close confinement), hair, bones, faeces etc 1lb of beef takes 1 gallon of petrol to produce A family of four eating beef for a year uses enough petrol to run a car for 6 months (obviously depending on how far you drive!) If the full ecological cost of meat was passed onto the consumer - the price would be quadrupled (at least) The EC spends œ100,000,000's to subsidise animal production resulting in lakes of unwanted milk & mountains of unwanted meat & butter. This money could be better spent encouraging organic fruit, vegetable & grain production In the USA in 1979 145,000,000 tons of crops were fed to cattle resulting in only 21million tons of animal bodies - the cost of the wasted crops was $20,000,000,000 Between 1950 & 1985 grain production in Europe & the USA increased massively but 2/3 was fed to animals 70% of all grain is fed to animals Eating vast quantities of animal flesh, eggs, milk & butter is a luxury that most of the planet can not afford ANIMALS Fishing with drift (and other modern) nets weakens & destroys ecosystems by indiscriminately killing billions of sea creatures & disrupting the sea bed Fishermen's nets kill 10 times as many other animals as the fish they are hoping to catch Fish caught in nets die an agonising slow death of suffocation Each year 15,000,000,000 land animals are slaughtered for food & an unknown but much larger number of sea creatures (including 1000's of dolphins caught accidentally) Chickens are crammed into battery cages with upto 3 other birds, they are unable to even spread their wings & many can not even stand up Unwanted male chicks (because they can't lay eggs) are gassed or pulped while their sisters go to the battery sheds Chicks are debeaked without anaesthetic to prevent them injuring each other in the unnaturally confined conditions they are kept in - this is equivalent to having your fingernails pulled out without anaesthetic Modern farming methods using growth hormones & artificial lighting mean that many chickens out grow their bones, resulting in fractured & broken legs Sows are kept tethered in stalls 1.3 x 1 metre on concrete or slatted floors - they can not even turn around Poultry raised for meat are kept in windowless broiler sheds, with around 20-30,000 in each shed, they live in an area of 10-20 cm square - fighting due to overcrowding is common & like battery hens they commonly suffer from supperating bed sores Broilersheds are artificially lit 23 hours a day to produce rapid growth Animals travel between farms & to slaughter in overcrowded transporters with no food or water - resulting in stress, injuries & deaths - legal requirements are widely ignored 95% of poultry suffer injuries before being killed & 30% suffer broken bones Problems with stunning practices mean that many animals have their throats slit while still conscious (around 6% of cattle or 200,000 per year) & are then dipped in tanks of scalding water (to loosen feathers, bristles etc.) again while fully conscious 4000 animals die spurting their blood out every minute in a British slaughterhouse Calf leather comes from animals killed at just 2 weeks old Cows were fed on the ground up remains of other cows & sheep - the result is thought to be BSE (mad cow disease) in the USA cattle are fed partly on recycled plastic pellets Cows only give milk for 10 months after they have a calf - so they are routinely artificially inseminated (ie. mechanically raped) to keep them pregnant & milking - their calves are taken away (usually at 12 hours old) for meat or export to veal crates Cows would naturally live upto 20 years but are slaughtered after 5-7 years when their milk production begins to fall In the UK animals are killed by first being stunned with electricity or a captive bolt gun (ie. a bolt is fired into their heads) before having their throats slit & being plunged into boiling water - all this happens on a production line with the animals being hung upside down from a moving conveyor belt - this is factory farming "Animals are those unfortunate slaves & victims of the most brutal part of mankind" - John Stewart Mill (philosopher) Veal calves are confined in stalls in the dark, unable to move & are fed on pigs blood , chocolate & dried milk (we are drinking the rich fresh milk of their mothers) Cows naturally produce 5 litres of milk per day for their calves - under the intensified systems of modern farming they produce 25-40 litres per day - resulting in swollen & inflamed udders - at this rate they are soon worn out Large areas of land are under monoculture to grow crops to feed to animals - these areas are wildlife deserts supporting fewer & fewer species. HEALTH Vegetarians have a 20% lower rate of mortality from all causes (ie. they live longer & don't get sick as often) Meat is full of traces of antibiotics, hormones, toxins produced by stress & pesticide residues that become concentrated from all the crops they have eaten Fish contain heavy metals & other pollutants -many of which originated on farms The world health organisation recommends a diet low in saturated fat, sugar, salt & with plenty of fibre - exactly what you get on a vegan/vegetarian diet Farmed animals contain upto 50% saturated fat in their bodies Vegetarians have 24% reduced risk of getting heart disease & Vegans a 57% reduction (heart disease is the biggest killer in the UK accounting for 50% of deaths) Obesity is rare in vegetarians, obesity is related to many diseases Vegans & vegetarians have lower blood pressure & cholesterol levels - high levels are associated with heart disease, strokes & kidney failure Vegetarians have a 50% reduced risk of dying of diabetes Vegetarians have a 40% reduced level of cancer than the general population thought to be because they have a higher intake of vitamins A,C & E Vegetarians have a reduced risk of developing gall & kidney stones 80% of food poisoning is due to infected meat (faeces, bacteria etc.) after all meat is decomposing flesh - most of the rest is due to salmonella in eggs Osteoporosis due to calcium loss from bones is mainly due to the sulphur content in meat & casein protein in milk that cause calcium to be lost in the urine - the countries with the highest meat & dairy consumption are those with the highest levels of brittle bones 50% of people do not have the enzyme to digest milk properly & milk allergy is related to asthma & eczema Meat eaters have double the rate of Alzheimers disease as Vegans & Vegetarians - some people also think that Parkinsons disease is also linked to meat eating Egg yolk is a dense concentration of saturated fat & the white is high in albumin protein associated with leaching calcium into your urine. Butter is 80% saturated fat, cream is 40% saturated fat & cheese is 25-40% saturated fat Meat eaters are two and a half times more likely to get bowel cancer than Vegetarians The cling film used to wrap meat in supermarkets & butchers contains chemicals linked to falling sperm counts in men Chinese people (living mainly on a vegetarian diet) consume 20% more calories than Americans but Americans are 20% fatter Of 2,100,000 deaths in the USA in 1987, 1,500,000 were related to diet (ie. meat & dairy) AND I COULD GO ON ! If you've read this far, I hope that you are beginning to see that the Meat & Dairy industry is a major contributor to misery on this planet. It is destroying the health of people in rich countries, starving those in poor countries, it is torturing & killing billions of animals every year and in the meantime it is one of the major factors in the destruction of the environment - so what does the meat & dairy industry have to say in it's defence? Well their only real point is usually "Meat is tasty" - fair enough a lot of people enjoy the taste of meat - but there are plenty of delicious alternatives (just consider the huge range of vegetarian dishes in Indian cooking - one of the oldest & most sophisticated cuisines in the world) and if you really crave meat & dairy, nowadays there are plenty of healthy non animal alternatives - just look in the supermarket & health food shop. So I hope you will agree it's pretty pathetic to consider all the evidence & then say "well I know you're right about the environment & health & the animals - but I just love my meat" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: ARC is @nti-copyright throughout - Copy and distribute any part as you wish. Problems with links or suggestions to improve ARC's site - Let us know about them. Om Shanti [Main Page] [Top] [More Articles on Health] PICK ONLY ONE OF THE REASONS YOU LIKE BEST!
Have you read this about new immigrants? Newspapers seldom will publish letters to the editor which they either deem politically incorrect (read below) or which does not agree with their philosophy. This woman wrote a letter to the editor that should have been published but with your help it will get published via cyberspace! New Immigrants From: "David LaBonte" My wife, Rosemary, wrote a wonderful letter to the editor of the OC Register which, of course, was not printed. So, I decided to "print" it myself by sending it out on the Internet. Pass it along if you feel so inclined. Dave LaBonte (signed) Written in response to a series of letters to the editor in the Orange County Register: Dear Editor: So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry. Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home. They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France and Japan. None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the United States of America as one people. When we liberated France, no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl. And here we are in 2006 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags. And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty, it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet. (signed) Rosemary LaBonte P. S. Pass this on to everyone you know!!! KEEP THIS LETTER MOVING!! I hope this letter gets read by millions of people all across the nation!! Ever onward!! MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA
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