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Egypt: why we fight
- Written by Hannah Elsisi
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In the run-up to the first anniversary of the Egyptian revolution on 25 January, Hannah Elsisi gives her impressions of the last two turbulent months in Egypt.
The recent events around the Cabinet Occupation started when one of the occupiers was taken by a military officer at 3am. He was tortured half to death and thrown back to fellow protesters in a manner reminiscent of the days when state security could torture Khaled Said in broad daylight without flinching or worrying. They knew back in the days of Mubarak that they could get away with it.
Six days of relentless and persistent demonstrations followed. The army persisting with its agenda to squash all those who speak against it, revolutionaries holding their ground in the face of any rocks, fire, gas, bullets, or media lies that might be thrown at them.
I once again met youth and women that were more determined than ever to cleanse this country of every symbol of dictatorship, brutality, poverty and inequality. Children were chanting for generals to be tried, women with helmets were throwing stones at armed soldiers, youths were taking bullets as they cried "down, down with military rule". As they are killed or injured others take their place in the battle line.
The Egyptian media has so far managed to obscure these events from public view. But I think we've got it straight now, the truth has come out. The media claim we have been paid, but we have not been paid. The media claim we are part of a foreign plot, but we are not externally motivated.
But in one respect we are set to do exactly what we are being accused of: bringing down the state. We've buried our dead, 12 most recently and hundreds so far. Our next rendezvous with the army will be on the first anniversary of this revolution. This journey is a long one and we are prepared, we have masses to protect us and revolutionary principles to keep us going and, though they might carry shields and armour, they do not hold revolutionary will.
Till the 25th of January, till they run out of bullets.
Hannah Elsisi is an Egyptian activist studying at Sussex University. She participated in the 18-day revolution that led to the fall of Mubarak last February, and has been in the thick of the fighting around the occupation of the Cabinet Office in Cairo.
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THE cost of locum doctors in Accident and Emergency units across North Wales has been defended by the region's health board.
Statistics has revealed £83.3 million was spent by the NHS last year on locum doctors, mostly to cover weekend shifts in A&E, up from £52m in 2009-10.
The statistics were revealed following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request from the Labour Party, with shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham accusing the government of "gross mismanagement" of the NHS.
Three-quarters of the health trusts that run A&E departments responded to the request.
The figures requested by Labour were only relating to health trusts in England, but Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) moved quickly to defend the role locum doctors play across North Wales, after an FoI in August 2013 revealed BCUHB spent £50.5m in the three years up to and including 2012-13, on 2,571 locum doctors and medics recruited from agencies.
A BCUHB spokesman said locum staff played an important role. "They help the health board run safe clinical services and make sure the care of patients is not disrupted across North Wales," he said.
"Most appointments are to cover unexpected absences of regular staff due to sickness or other unforeseen events, for maternity cover or while we go through the recruitment process to fill a new post or one that has become vacant.
"In some cases locums are also used to cover longer term vacancies where it is proving difficult to recruit permanent staff.
"These are generally in specialties where there are shortages of staff at a national UK level."
He added: "While there will always be a need for locum staff, we make every effort to minimise unnecessary expenditure."
In response to yesterday's figures, Dr Mark Porter, who chairs the British Medical Association Council, said doctors in the NHS faced "increasingly challenging, high pressured and stressful work environments, often with limited resources and gruelling workloads".
"In some specialties, such as emergency medicine, this has contributed to a recruitment crisis and means that because existing doctors are working flat out to meet rising demand, an increasing number of locums are being used."
But he added: "While locums have always been an integral part of the NHS workforce when there are periods of high demand or staff absences, they should not be used as a long term solution to gaps in the NHS workforce.
"As these figures suggest, they can be more expensive to employ than permanent staff, resulting in additional costs for an NHS that is already struggling with declining budgets.
"To stem this problem the government urgently needs to address issues around workload pressures, resourcing and work-life balance.
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i am gobsmacked. and i don't gobsmack easily.
i am gobsmacked. and i don't gobsmack easily.
I looked at Europe and was like damn. Then I looked at the US and like Holy Guacamole. Crazy sh-site.
i dont understand how this information is not somehow dangerous or something something
what could be dangerous about this?
I dnno. It just felt liketoo much information in the hands of the general public or something?
1 plane going to johannesburg
Is it yoooou coming to visit meeeeee, nateypoo?
holy moley. the us is just one big mess of planes. except for northern nevada. no love for northern nevada.
oh nevermind. its going from johannesburg to beijing. thats me leaving you without saying goodbye tazzypoo.
Haha you suck NATE! :P btw it is nice to see you around these parts again...
Something tells me that the plane going from Seattle to Salt Lake City is not right over Baltimore right now, despite what this thing says.
aahahahhaahahahawesomeeeeee! I'm just gonna stare at that thing for hours now.
Did you see the Cockpit view when you click on a yellow plane?
cockpit view, now that is pretty cool!
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I love this thing!
freaky, scary, HyPnOtizing .... it has 2 planes on the screen right ? ;D I live in the boondocks.
Thank you for giving me another procrastination tool!
Thank you for giving me another procrastination tool!
taz-pie I see you throw the window !!
i cant see it! what is it!
wanna see something scarier? go on facebook
kinda funny that there's an app for this though
i would totally be using it to watch myself on long trips
Ramsay said cockpit.
Thx for the tickets taz-pie, I am currently flying to Papete!
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Strange guy, this Cameron. It's like is not looking for fame and fortune, he's just making movies so he can run off and adventure around the world for a few years.
If only someone could convince him to drop these Avatar movies and make a film about Mars instead, then he will probably build a space ship to Mars in his spare time with the money and focus this guy has.
To quote the South Park episode "Raising the Bar"…
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im looking for any info on the difference of my us focus sedan and the euro sedan i have a 2000 sedan with the zetec
Look up CaysE, KeepItKaui and SuperFlea, there all euro freaks.
Don't forget Random Select and YZ04! Also CaysE's SVT has a lot of nice euro goodies, so try searching for his pics lol.
Where to start? First off, the radio surround has a built in clock, comes in either black woodgrain, brown woodgrain, black, silver, & meteor grey. The shifter surround also comes in matching patterns/colors.
For 02-04 there was a different center console.
There's a dash pocket under the steering column.
The headlight switch is different and has rear fogs & parking position, and either front fogs, headlight leveling, dimmer, or all of the above.
Some came with 2-tone dashboards. so far I seen pics of tan/black and light grey/black.
Some came with auto up and down on all the windows. I think this only came on ghia's.
Door panels and interior door handles are different. I think you might be able to fit the european door handles in the rear doors. The rear panels look the same. The handles came in chrome, black, and brushed aluminum.
There was an option for digital climate control and a info display where the SVT aux gauges usually are.
The ST170 gauge clusters and Diesel clusters are slightly different.
The diesel sport came with black leather seats with dark grey cloth inserts. Think SVT focus seats, but instead of red or blue, its grey.
There's a rear domelight (which is the same as the wagons rear domelight over here I think). There's also courtesy lights for the sun visors.
There is also a lighted ashtray, lighted glovebox, different HVAC panel, heated front windshield.
I can post some pics later on. Kinda late over here.
Im interested in this too. Maybe theres a thread listing things that can be easily swapped without major cuts/mods?
Light grey/black i think..... [???:)]
the inside euro door handles wont fit US spec door cards, theyll stick out a bit more
heres pics of my dash for your ref
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this is the silver dash, i also have the brushed aluminium dials in the main cluster and there is a brushed aluminium trim running up the side door and rear panel. my gear knob is also brushed aluminium effect. i have the mk1.5 (2003 3dr zx3).
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With Treasure Planet, they've reimagined Stevenson's tale of pirates, buried treasure, treachery and tall ships as a space adventure populated by robots, aliens, laser cannons, black holes and intergalactic galleons with solar sails.
In a master-stroke of character design, supervising animator Glen Keane � who created The Little Mermaid's Ariel, the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas and Tarzan � and CG animator Eric Daniels have taken the peg- legged Long John Silver, one of the best characters in literature, and recast him as a cyborg � half man, half robot.
Clements and Musker talk long and lovingly about the art involved in Treasure Planet and the care they took in adapting the story. Jim Hawkins, the boy at the centre of the story, was made a little older, a little more damaged and emotionally vulnerable. This strengthened the father-son bond he forms with the dubious figure of Silver, who in turn finds himself torn between his lust for loot and his new-found affection for his surrogate son.
"We always saw that relationship as the key to the whole thing," Musker says. "Silver is a complex character and we were intrigued with his duality. We'd never done a character like that before who really walked a line that was part good, part bad, with an internal conflict going on throughout. We knew that was tricky, because dealing with these kinds of movies, the audience is more used to bad guys and good guys. We always knew Silver was going to be one of our biggest challenges."
Unfortunately, the industry Clements and Musker are in is not show art, it's show business. On that level, Treasure Planet's artistic merits haven't translated into ticket sales. The Washington Post has been quick to dub the film a flop after it took only $US16.7 million in its opening five days. Follow-up business hasn't been great.
"It's not faring very well here, basically," Clements says.
"In the United States, it's a little disappointing," Musker adds.
Everyone is now busy speculating why. A crowded marketplace, with the advent of the new James Bond and Harry Potter films, is held partially responsible, but whatever the reasons, it hurts.
"It's a little tough, certainly, for us, because it's a very ambitious movie and a relatively expensive film as far as animated films go. We've got really great response from people who have seen it, but a lot of people haven't, and that's a little discouraging."
There's hope yet, though. As happens more and more these days, films that open poorly in the US can end up doing very nicely once they hit the international markets, as Disney found out recently with Pearl Harbour. Clements and Musker are also counting on Treasure Planet finding new audiences once it comes out on the increasingly important VHS and DVD formats.
"Certainly, Disney films have proven to have lasting value," Musker says. "We were a little discouraged after that opening weekend, and are still a little discouraged, but then there's Joe Grant, probably the only Disney veteran who goes back to Walt's days. He's in his 90s now, still working here, still doing story work, but he was just encouraging us, reminding us that Pinocchio and Fantasia and Bambi all lost money on their first release, but they lived on, so we're hoping for the best."
For animator Glen Keane, the initial response to Treasure Planet has been a blow. "This is a film that we all are really, really proud of, which you can't say about all the films that we've worked on. There are some films you go, 'Oh, that wasn't so good, but I'm happy with my little piece of animation'. I've often had to settle with that.
"In this case, the whole thing felt really good. We just loved it, and it's really a shock to us that we were so out of touch with what the public wants. I don't understand it. I still don't understand it. It could be that the main character needed to be a younger version of Jim so that young kids would relate to him. I'm not sure. Everybody's second-guessing now.
"I honestly feel like I've lost a lot of confidence in being able to predict after this film. I just can't tell you how unnerving it is to see people respond that way, or not respond at all, to something that I think is wonderful."
Like Clements and Musker, he believes the film has been simply overshadowed in a market crowded by Bonds and Potters and hobbits.
"I'm hoping that's the case, but I don't know. Eventually, I'm counting on the public responding to it just like they did with Sleeping Beauty, just like they did with Fantasia and just like they did with Pinocchio. All three of those were bombs at the box office on their first release. I'm consoling myself with the fact that if a Disney animated feature bombs, it has a lot more generations it can prove itself to. And it will."
Redemption is one of the key themes of Treasure Island. Perhaps it will also prove the key to the future of Treasure Planet.
Treasure Planet is now screening. See listings for details.
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It doesn't really need to be said more than this; I hate my chest. It's too big for my frame. I'll just lay it out for you:
I'm 5'5 and weigh, on a good day, 110 (but right now I'm more at 1o8. We call it the Diet of Poverty… I'm too broke to go buy food. Don't laugh.).
This puts me at the bottom end of healthy on the BMI scale. I know this, and while it's not something I particularly pride myself in, I'm not ashamed by it either.
My cup size tips the scales at a DD/E… depending on the bra. They weigh about seven pounds on their own.
So, in theory, I have an extra seven pounds of weight bearing down on my back. Sounds crazy, doesn't it?
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Which leads me to this question: who the fuck comes up off the street and just arbitrarily asks that question? It's not guys, either, it's always girls. Always. To me, it's akin to walking up to a random pregnant chick and rubbing her belly, only worse. Maybe not as physically invasive, but surely a bit ruder.
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Last weekend, the women's basketball team won two games, the men's basketball team won a game, the cross country team hosted a regional meet and the volleyball team advanced to the semifinals of the Heart of America Athletic Conference tournament. Did you catch any of the action?
Unless you were one of the Wildcat diehard supporters who found the way to the Collins Center or the Baldwin City Municipal Golf Course, I doubt you did. During the women's games, every spectator in the stands could have sprawled out over a couple rows and taken a nice nap. The fans might have reached a decibel level of two. The men's game was only slightly better with about 20 students who periodically stood and chanted for the Wildcats.
The volleyball team actually saw an exception to this recent trend of poor attendance. The stands were full of 'Cats supporters, but was this just because it was postseason play?
Have we at Baker University become bandwagon fans for our own institution? I believe we have.
Head football coach Mike Grossner and his 'Cats came out on fire starting 2-1. The stands started to fill. Then they had a hiccup against Evangel University, and the support started to subside. Why is it when our teams need us, the fans, we have jumped off the wagon?
The men's and women's soccer teams never had many people jump on with them. They saw minimal crowds, which confuses me. Here at Baker, our teams play a pretty good brand of soccer.
I kept hearing from people our men's soccer team was down this year because we weren't quite Brazil, dominating the world. If you saw the 'Cats play, you knew they were great players with all the talent in the world who just so happened to fail at catching a break all year.
The women's team overcame youth and inexperience to fall just short of making the playoffs. Sophomore Sara Matthews scored the game-winning goal in overtime of the first ever soccer game held at night at Baker. Don't you wish you saw that?
Now, I know we go to Baker and time isn't always an option, but let's dive in the back of the wagon and go along for the ride. Almost half of this university's population is composed of student-athletes, and as student-athletes we need to get behind each other.
You think you don't get fans at your games? Then go support another team. It rubs off, I promise. Other teams will return the favor.
As a baseball player, I could never complain about the support we get. People come out and get rowdy for us. You don't think the fans matter?
We never lost a Friday night conference home game last year. Teams hated coming to Sauder Field.
Most athletes will tell you they could play in an empty arena because they just play for the love of the game. Um ... right. That's what we call practice. An athlete needs a stage to perform on, and we need to give them that stage.
Our teams, men and women, need the support of our school. Students, faculty, parents, townies, whoever - start filling the stands. Let's make Baker a place where nobody wants to come and play.
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My complaint is detailed in the email and letter I sent to the FCC and other effective parties (BBB, Senate, House, State Rep's, etc.) Pertinent account information, my name, address and phone has been removed
Email as follows: Please see the attached letter to the FCC regarding one of our Verizon accounts. My newest assumption is that the whimsical bullying that we are enduring from Verizon is attached to our DSL account, although I can't figure out how anyone at Verizon can say, with a straight face, that we have accrued over $1,000 dollars in services in 3 months.
As indicated in our letter, we will be cancelling the DSL service today. If the bullying continues, we will systematically cancel other accounts until the bullying stops. I see the assessment of unsubstantiated charges as an abdication, by Verizon, of the terms of the contract. Because of this, I do not see the need or the legal mandate to acknowledge any 'buy-out' charges. Additionally, I do not recognize the validity of the unsubstantiated charges presumably and apparently tied to the account number xx xxxx xxxxxxxxxx xx. We paid $119.56 in December for DSL charges from October and will be happy to pay new charges for the DSL account through January 4th, 2010. Any other charges, reflected on any other bill with regards to the account noted above, will be considered an unresolved error by Verizon Communications with the expectation that you will deal with the error internally.
A hard copy of the attached letter will be forwarded to Verizon Communications along with the other carbon-copied recipients.
Letter, with attachmets, as follows:
Federal Communications Commission Wireless Communications Division 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554
Re: Verizon Communications abusive billing practices.
Cc: Verizon Communications, Better Business Bureau, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, United States Senator Evan Bayh, United States Senator Richard Lugar, United States Congressman Mark Sauder, Indiana House Representative Wesley Culver, Indiana Senator Carlin Yoder, Indiana Governor Mitchell Daniels, United States President Barack Obama.
Dear Sirs:
Since August of 2009, we have been embroiled in a battle with Verizon Communications regarding an $700+ bill (late payments have been added so we are now over $1,000). We havent even, really, gotten to the point of disputing the bill as we dont understand the basis of the bill.
I have spent countless hours on the phone being transferred from one department to another, speaking with specialists or supervisors, emailing, and going to the various Verizon locations to try to at the very least figure out the nature of the charges, to no avail. Finally, last month, I sent a particularly nasty email indicating that I was not going to pay the amount that we were billed and thought that I had made some headway because I received a notice that the amount that I disputed was under investigation.
In my most recent conversation with Verizon (I cant tell which division as I am constantly transferred and disconnected), I learned that my investigation period had ended. When I asked what the result of the investigation was, I was told that the result was that we had to pay the amount. When I said that seemed less of a result and more of a result of a result, the representative seemed confused and apologized for not understanding what I meant. I was not told why our account assessed these charges, which was my largest concern, but, simply that I was assessed these charges and must pay them.
To me, the investigation seemed to be more of a placating tool rather than an actual investigation like a suspension of the charges to facilitate the appearance of action rather than action. Since August, we have received several disconnect notices, although we never get an indication of which service will be disconnected and the number on the account is not our number or, even, an area code within our calling area. In fact, half of the time that I spend on the phone with Verizon is spent trying to locate the account as linked to my name and address and it doesnt matter which division I call wireless, DSL, or landline services NOBODY CAN SEEM TO LOCATE THE ACCOUNT EASILY.
I have gotten many answers to the question what is this account, the last being that it is tied to our DSL service, so I am cancelling that service despite the fact that we have a contract. There is nothing in our contract that indicates that we must pay arbitrary charges and be under the constant threat of disconnection, although they will have more power than we do if there is ever litigation. It simply is not fair that I am contractually bound for a length of time regardless of Verizons incompetence.
If the cancellation of the DSL service does not stop the disconnect harassment, we will cancel the phone service. If that does not stop the harassment, we will cancel our wireless service. Right or wrong, all of these services are important to our daily lives; we have adults and children in our household attending college and rely on internet access for research, virtual classes, etc.; my husband is a field construction manager and relies on his cell phone for timely communications with his home office, suppliers, contractors, volunteers, etc.; our home phone facilitates our internet access.
The constant disconnection harassment is not sustainable, for the reasons stated above. A disruption in any of the services could have devastating effects, but it was not a decision that we made lightly. We have striven to understand the nature of the charges, but have been absolutely stonewalled by the incompetence either by accident or design of the Verizon Communications operating bureaucracy.
I will detail the processes, as I see them, below and welcome any response from Verizon Communications, but first would like to address the regulatory agencies and elected representatives to whom this letter of complaint is written and intended.
As internet and cell phone service become more and more a part of our daily lives, you must address the abuses carried out by services like Verizon. Regardless of the quality of the service that we receive, we are obligated to pay them. They are obligated to nothing. That is not free trade its usury.
Many of you receive support from the telecommunications industry but you cant allow that to trump common sense consumer protections. John and Jane Q. Public are really getting beaten down right now we are and its because legislators and regulators like all of you are more concerned with your coffers rather than what is in the interest of your constituents and the common good.
We had already decided to wait out our contracts and find new servicers at that time. Why should we, though? Why shouldnt we be allowed to contrast the service that we receive against the price that we pay for that service and move on if that is what is in the best interest of our dollar? Why is it legal for a behemoth of a company, with vast legal resources, to have a choke-hold on my wallet? Whose interest does that serve?
Imagine that I do not have tens of hours each month to pour through the seemingly randomly assessed charges detailed on my Verizon bills or to write letters of protest. Right or wrong, this is the point to which modern communication has evolved and I would be contractually bound to be at the mercy of the inexplicable whims of my service provider.
I am quite certain that none of the representatives noted in the cc line of this communication was elected simply to secure reelection, but that seems to be the impetuous behind the legislation over the last 12 or so years that have eroded consumer rights and freedoms. Caring more about corporate profits than constituent security seems, to me, to be the wrong motivation for those elected and paid for by the common American.
Right now, my family is being bombarded by all of the greedy monsters created by our elected representatives: from insurance to credit cards to our communications services. What you expect your public to endure just to ensure that your reelection funds are secure is ridiculous. Really.
My Best Guess as to what is Going on with our Verizon Communications Accounts
A narrative time line Phone Number: xxx.xxx.xxxx (we have no idea what this phone number represents but it is noted on each of the bills to which I will refer).
Note: Although we had cancelled our OneBill in August of this year, and several times between August and November, it was not cancelled until November. The OneBill seems, to me, to be at the core of our problem. I cant assert that for sure, though.
June: Our June 10th bill, covering the May, was $666.70, which was close to $400.00 over our normal bill. Our Share-Plan minutes were just over 800 at that time but my husbands company had decided to have their employees cover their own mobile phone costs with a flat rate reimbursement and May was the first month with his phone on our plan.
July: I called Verizon and negotiated a new plan of 2100 share-plan minutes in exchange for a credit toward that bill. $184.55 was credited to our bill in July, $50.12 (taxes, etc.) was credited in August and we paid $440.00. We cancelled our OneBill at the end of July because of the miscellaneous services that were added to our account that were hard to track down and dispute. For instance, our blackberry data plans were upgraded to a service that was $20.00 more than our original, I spent hours trying to track down how and when that happened because the number on the OneBill does not connect consumers with people with either knowledge or access to knowledge. They insisted that I had agreed to the upgrade and I had to pour through my phone records to prove to them that I had not called their number on the date that I supposedly upgraded to get the charges dropped. Another instance that comes to mind is when our daughters phone had visual voicemail added to it although I had not approved it and am the only one with the authorization information to approve such things. We were bombarded with those kind of fraudulent charges nearly every month and because of the OneBill, disputing them took up large chunks of our time. Subsequently, I made the verbal effort to cancel the OneBill. Changed our dry-loop phone service that we used to enable DSL to an actual hard line and upgraded our DSL.
August: We received a OneBill (despite cancellation) and a past due notice of $200.00+. I called to find out what the $713 bill represented and was told that the credits had not yet worked their way through Verizons OneBill system. I was assured that the amount did not reflect what was owed and was transferred to their accounting department, with the representative still on the line, to confirm that assurance. I cancelled the OneBill again. That call lasted a cumulative (I was disconnected several times) of 3 hours and 20 minutes.
September: Received the OneBill (again) and a notice of an $800+ past due amount with a threat of disconnection. I called the number on the past due bill, they could not find a record of the account. The call lasted for over 2 hours. I was transferred to a billing specialist during that conversation. I asked him to explain the charges to me and he told me to just pay my bill. I asked him to send me a summary of the charges or give me online access to the charges so that I could see what they were. He sent me full copies of every bill that we had received since January. I went to the local Verizonwireless store and paid $350.00 cash although they had a zero balance due, and asked for an explanation of the charges. They could not explain them. I went to the Verizon landline storefront and asked them to explain the charges to me. They had no record of them but gave me the number to their DSL division. I called the DSL number and learned that they had no record of the charges. I sent an email to Verizon asking for an explanation of the charges and noted that I had been combing through the bills for the last year and found over $100.00 in additional discrepancies. I asked for credits for those as well. I, again, cancelled the OneBill.
October: The conversations were much the same as the ones noted above. I was on the phone for over an hour and got no explanation of the charges, but I did get confirmation that late charges were being assessed on the disputed amount. Again, I received the OneBill and past due notice with threat of disconnection. It still wasnt clear what would be disconnected. I insisted and got confirmation that I was de-enrolled from the OneBill.
November: I received regular bills, past due notice with late fees assessed and notice of disconnection. It still wasnt clear what would be disconnected. I wrote an email to Verizon explaining that I would not pay the arbitrary bill that they kept sending. December: Received regular bills and a past due notice with an amount of over $800.00 that was under investigation. Spoke to several layers of Verizon representatives about payment and the investigation. I had to actually give the address on the bill to get to the right department nobody asked me for it, I OFFERED THAT INFORMATION ASKING IF IT MIGHT HELP LOCATE THE ACCOUNT IN THEIR SYSTEM. The last person to whom I spoke told me that I had a past due balance of over $1000.00; I protested, saying that a big chunk of that was under investigation(the notice that I received indicated amounts before late charges, I think). She said that, because a certain time frame had elapsed (I think she said 20 days but am not sure), the investigation had been lifted. I asked her what the result of the investigation was and she said that it was that we had to pay the amount. During that string of conversations, I understood that the charges were for DSL services accrued during the period that we were enrolled in the OneBill. The representative seemed to be saying that, whether or not we paid the amount indicated on the one bill was a secondary factor to whether or not the OneBill department paid the departments that are components of the OneBill. Im not sure if this is an accurate understanding of what she said and, when I paraphrased that understanding, she apologized for being confused and unable to answer that question. Plus, when I asked to be transferred to the DSL department, they could find no record of the account.
The absurdity of this situation is unsustainable to me as an individual and we as a family.
Charges vs. Payment/Credit Table (Table not compatible with this format. Totals are listed below)
June Balance Forward: 00.00. New Charges from July to December: $2682.75; Payments from July to December: $1,743.64; Credits from July to December: $871.96.
June: Balance forward was 00.00. Payments and credits (including $50.12 in August for taxes and other fees) exceeded balance for month. Credits were negotiated for increasing plan minutes.
Credits: Most credits are given because Verizon routinely upgrades plans, adds services or allows services on phones that don't allow certain services without my permission. Credits noted are reflected on Verizon Bills. I am the only one authorized to add or change any services on the account.
November: $409.99 credit given b/c Verizon erroneously charged for a phone. Additional credits, for taxes, etc., will be given on next bill - balance should be close to or at $0. All: I have tried to understand the overcharges through aggressive conversations with Verizon. They seem to have no interest in helping me understand or explaining their charging methods.
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This girl came to my door in April 2009 and stated that she went to the local high school and was selling children's books and encyclopedias to help her raise money to go to London over the summer. She said that she lived in the next neighborhood over and that it was her b'day and she was trying to sell some more books to get back in time for her party (I now realize she was just trying to rush before I got wise about all this, as she mentioned one time during our transaction how her party started at 7 and she was really trying to hurry).
I ordered 2 series of seek and find books, the princess ones for my daughter and the spiderman set for my son for Christmas. We received the princess ones at the time allotted (the receipt said 120 days from transaction). When I didn't receive the Spiderman ones, I went to the website on my receipt and it is no longer active. There is no phone number and I sent a written complaint to the address on my receipt, but to no avail.
Now, I come across this, and I cannot believe that I have been scammed. I am not the type to fall for these things, but you better believe, I will NEVER buy anything from anyone selling door to door and I will be a lot more wary of these types of a-holes. And to all the people who are reading this, please take my advice to heart and do not buy things from anyone, no matter how legit it sounds and how good it sounds. This company is a total ripoff and I am so pissed off at these people, you cannot imagine. If anyone from this company reads this and wants to make this right, you can send me what you still owe me and I will gladly remove this report, but until then, I will tell as many people as possible about what a bunch of scum you are! If you want to file a rebuttal and give me information to contact you, I will gladly contact you and remove this once you send me the rest of my order!!!
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State PUCs should recognize a refundable regulatory liability for past charges to ratepayers.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143 (SFAS No.143) identifies an immediate need for state public utilities commissions (PUCs) to recognize a refundable regulatory liability for past charges to ratepayers for non-legal asset retirement costs.
Although these prior charges resulted in billions of dollars of regulatory liabilities on utilities' generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) financial statements, they are almost invisible on the regulatory financial statements of the utilities. This is because of the deference shown to state PUCs by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) when dealing with these liabilities. Unless the state PUCs specifically recognize the liabilities, the utilities will have the opportunity to institute a rate-base "cleansing" by transferring ratepayer-fronted money into income.
Regulated public utilities rely on ratemaking hearings rather than a competitive market to establish their prices. A utility's "revenue requirement" quantifies several components summing up to the allowed revenues it will have the opportunity to collect. The "rate base" is the shareholders' investment in utility operations. A "rate of return" applied to rate base yields the "return on investment" component of the revenue requirement. Hence the phrase "rate-base, rate-of-return regulation."
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The New Features, some are old and some are a total brand new. first the key new feature for Playstation 3 only is the 1st person view from a boxer, this allows you to still play as any boxer, but through his eyes. Everyone punch you deliver or take will be Extrodinaryly realistic, you won't know what to belive anymore! There is the old Hard Hits more where you only end the round with either one of you's hitting the canvas. Last there is the classic sparring sessions in training mode, while sparring when you start you are free to spar normally but if you want to pratise certain moves such as defense or just learn how to throw a deadly haymaker, just change it to that lesson through the pause menu.
Now Lets look at some gameplay. As you know from any preivious versions of Fight Night you can be a total button masher by now, but if thats now what you are looking for this time then you will want to learn how to use the whole new control system option. This option allows you to control every punch you throw with the right anolog stick! A head's up for this option, it can be difficult to master this new control system but once you get the hang of it, you will be the future world champion in no time.
The Sounds in this fantastic game are remarkablely life like for a game, from the sound of someone skull been hooked to the heavy breathing of a tired boxer. These sounds will add a brilliant mix into the gameplay when fighting your opponet.
In summary, this game is an exciting new game on the market and will be a number 1 on your game's shelf(if you have one)!. This is a game you must buy to see for yourself, this is worth your money, now Knock'em out, Champ!


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June 1974
Merle McConnell, veteran scout leader and pastor of the Lee's Summit Christian Church was installed as the new Chieftain of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. A native of Appleton City, Mo., McConnell became a Tenderfood Scout on Feb. 24, 1925 and has been active in the program since that date.
June 23, 1974 has been designated as William B. Howard Day in recognition of the man who was responsible for the filing of the original plot for the city now known as Lee's Summit. As a part of the designation the William B. Howard Station Park will be dedicated. Mayor W.R. McKee issued the proclamation which pointed out that William B. Howard filed the plot of the Town of Strother, now designated as the City of Lee's Summit on Oct.28, 1865.
First sanitary sewers were built in Lee's Summit half a century ago. A generation later several households were still using outhouses. Frank Benton, plumber now retired, tells of a job his shop did 25 years ago putting an inside toilet in one of the last homes to connect to city sewers. A couple of months later the customer, very indignant, came back to Frank. He demanded the toilet be taken out. Water had never cost him more than $1.50 a month, he said, but with that flush stool the bill had gone up to more than $2.
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Full marks to the Melbourne travel agency for grabbing a headline – at least in the travel trade – last week that exploits next year's changeover to a new consumer protection system for people booking travel.
The Travel Counsellors company has announced its own consumer protection arrangement where everything booked through the company will be fully protected from financial loss from third party default.
It takes advantage of consumer uncertainty about what will happen when the industry-run Travel Compensation Fund is disbanded on July 1 next year, to be replaced by a new scheme that has been in the works since the Federal Government introduced the Australian Consumer Law in 2011.
As part of that change, there was a major overhaul of the former Trade Practices Act, rebadged as the Australian Competition and Consumer Act, which cracked down on dodgy practices in travel and related industries, including lying about real airfare prices through the use of so-called component pricing and hiding submerged extra charges in car hire, for example.
The trusty old Travel Compensation Fund, established by the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) in 1986 and covering all licensed travel agents, has paid out more than $56 million over the years to cover the cost of travel agency collapses.
But the TCF was nowhere to be seen in 2001, for example, when Ansett Airlines collapsed or in 2012 when Air Australia left thousands of people in the lurch because the scheme does not cover the failure of suppliers like airlines.
That has made the TCF more irrelevant than it has ever been, since most consumers now bypass travel agents and book direct with airlines.
The travel industry is now working on its transition plan that will take effect after the TCF is abolished on July 1 next year. There is expected to be a mix of voluntary standalone insurance products and insurance cover that's incorporated in the price of product purchased from agents.
Either way, the industry believes its consumer coverage will be comprehensive but warns – as per its latest motto developed after the internet allowed consumers to bypass agents: "If you don't use a travel agent, you're on your own."
Indeed, there will be no big brother, government or otherwise, to nanny travellers. The new consumer law is also no substitute for travel insurance, which allows a company like Travel Counsellors to exploit the perceived gap in the market in Australia.
The company says its new financial protection scheme will provide protection for the customer if any supplier, wholesaler or airline booked through Travel Counsellors defaults.
The chairman and founder of Travel Counsellors, David Speakman, told the travel trade media: "We were concerned that as the Travel Compensation Fund is set to disband on July 1, 2014, consumers could be left with inadequate financial protection, and may be in danger of losing their hard earned cash if a travel provider does fail.
"We have had an initial discussion with AFTA regarding its planned accreditation scheme. While we may consider joining in the future, we feel that challenges remain for AFTA in delivering a credible all-encompassing level of financial protection to all consumers.
"We believe that our initiative is the right thing for our customers at the moment, and we look forward to the industry putting this issue at the top of its agenda."
I'm told that the Australian travel industry scheme to replace the TCF will be announced around April next year.
But the bottom line is that the old saying holds true: "If you can't afford travel insurance, you can't afford to travel."
I will be keen to see how consumer protection measures develop as we near waypoints like next year's abolition of the TCF.
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Date of Stay: October, 2010
This is so conveniently located with easy access to 565 and Bob Wallace Blvd. Space and Rocket Park plus the Davidson Center is just a short walk. It was shady and relatively quiet considering it's location.
Date of Stay: October, 2010
Friendliest staff, quiet campground. Fast Wi-Fi connection. We really liked the location. Convenient to I-65 and shopping but far enough away from town to be quiet.
Date of Stay: October, 2010
Check in was slow. Site was tiny, too many RVs crammed into to small a space. Even with our small travel trailer it was difficult to negotiate parking. There was a tree stump in the middle of the site. The rest of the Park was great, especially the museum. Food was good at the nearby restaurant.
Date of Stay: September, 2010
The only reason I didn't give this campground a 10 rating was the noisy tent campers. Policy said children should be in their own camp area after dusk and that quiet time was 10 pm to 6 am. I don't think that was enforced on the group of tent campers that arrived Friday evening.


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Friday Memo: Amanda Knox convicted again … 'free' shipping could cost you more … behind every Beast there's a mama
Convicted again: After being convicted a second time for murder in Italy, Amanda Knox says she's "frightened and saddened," and that she "expected better" from the Italian justice system. Could she be extradited? Several steps would have to happen, including a formal request from Italy.
Free will cost you: That Amazon Prime free shipping could get more expensive as the company looks at fourth-quarter profits that missed the mark.
The Beast who says the least: Seattle was the perfect place for Marshawn Lynch to remake himself into Beast Mode for the Seahawks. "I think the really exciting part of it is how he's responded to the opportunity. He's maxed it out, and he's captured us, really, with his leadership and his toughness and his style of play. It's been a beautiful thing," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. Read Jerry Brewer's column.
Speaking of Beast Mode, Delisa Lynch has something to say about her son Marshawn to columnist Nicole Brodeur. And "you can believe it if it comes out of Mama's mouth," Mama Lynch says.
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Feature Winter 2011-2012
Fundo Elas: Promoting philanthropy by and for women in Brazil
When Amalia Fischer, then a doctoral student, came to Brazil from Mexico in 1995 she already had been a feminist activist in her home country. She had co-founded a women's organization and written about women's issues for Mexican newspapers.
Recognizing the growth in the Brazilian economy and that many private foundations and international NGOs that had been funding women's organizations were pulling out of the country, Fischer thought that the time was right to create a social investment fund to benefit women.
"When I came to Brazil and talked about how important it is to have a women's fund in Brazil, (people) thought I was crazy. (They said) it's never going to be a success because in Brazil people give money to charity or churches. Women's issues are not sexy," Fischer recalled.
After trying for several years to convince her Brazilian friends to found a social investment fund, they finally said, "Stop talking about it and create it." In 2000, after identifying three Brazilian women "crazy enough to do it with me," that's what she did.
Fischer, now a Synergos senior fellow and executive director of Fundo Elas, explained that Brazil needed a new philanthropy for the new economy. "We knew that if you invest in women and girls, you will develop the country faster."
According to reports of the United Nations, "Improving women's economic status also improves the economic status of their families and their communities and thereby creates a multiplier effect for economic growth." In short, as global leaders at the 2005 World Summit acknowledged, "progress for women is progress for all."
Today, Elas Fundo de Investimento Social, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, partners with corporations interested in promoting social equity; provides grants to grassroots NGOs; advocates for legislation that provides incentives for individual giving; and encourages potential funders - especially women - to think differently about philanthropy.
The fund is now recognized as an important organization both for women and the country. One indication is that The Group of Institutes, Foundations and Corporations (similar to the Council on Foundations in the United States) now welcomes Elas and other independent funders as members. It's a new way to do social investment and philanthropy in Brazil. It's philanthropy for social change," Fischer said.
It took intense lobbying by Elas and others, but funders not affiliated with corporations - such as human rights funds, women's funds and community foundations - now have a place at the table. "We come from communities and from causes," noted Fischer. "This was a very important step."
Elas attacks gender inequality on two major fronts: by promoting the importance of investing in women and introducing the grant-making model. "This is a new phenomenon that Synergos has worked to promote for a long time," said Cindy Lessa, chair of Elas and formerly Synergos's representative in Brazil.
The fund has supported more than 200 groups of women and girls throughout Brazil on issues such as economic independence, education, violence prevention, health and sports. It also provides capacity-building services such as proposal design, communication, marketing and evaluation.
Elas has awarded about $3 million in grants to non-governmental organizations since the grant-making program began two years ago. In the first year, 18 organizations were funded out of 150 that applied. In 2011, 10 of those grants were renewed. Most of the money has been raised from foundations outside Brazil, including the Ford Foundation and the Kellogg Foundation. The funds are distributed through a competitive process in which non-governmental organizations submit proposals anonymously. A board committee chooses which organizations receive grants, pending the results of an interview.
In addition, Elas has helped businesses implement and invest in women's programs. When Chevron, an oil company wanted to help women start small businesses in three "pacified" communities in Rio, it turned to Elas to develop a pilot grantmaking program. Elas worked with the women to identify what kind of entrepreneurial activity they were interested in doing and what skills they needed to acquire. "When they decide the small business they want to develop, we give them the grant," said Fischer.
Recently, Elas began organizing a group of businesswomen to invest in women's issues in Brazil. According to Lessa, "A lot of business leaders will give through their businesses as opposed to on their own." But she sees signs that this is changing.
"We are starting to look for wealthy individual donors to do the same work we did with corporations to open their hearts and minds so they can change the way they give - for social change, and especially for women and girls," Fischer said. "We have to learn how to give."
In November, Peggy Dulany, founder and chair of the Synergos Institute, went to Brazil to meet with some of these women, most of whom are CEOs of large international organizations. Speakers such as Rebecca Tavares, a representative of UN Women Brazil, and Nilcéia Freire, director of the Ford Foundation in Brazil, also addressed the groups.
Dulany told the participants that it is no longer possible to ignore the inequality of opportunity for women in Brazil. She emphasized the importance of supporting projects such as those encouraged by Fundo Elas and of organizing movements of women committed to women's causes.
"If we can establish a model of individuals who are giving, that can help with the modernization (of philanthropy)," Lessa noted.
Banco de Brazil, one of the biggest banks in the country, has recognized Elas for its "technologia social," the approach the fund takes toward social investment. "It's very important because it means our work is good, and transparent. What we say we are doing, we do," said Fischer.
Elas has spent the past three years working to create a network of independent funders. "It is innovative for Brazil, because we are not part of corporations. We are not coming from the public or private sector," said Fischer. "We come from communities and from causes. It's a new way to do social investment and philanthropy in Brazil. It's philanthropy for social change."
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(CNSNews.com) - A homosexual advocacy group charged Wednesday that an agreement allowing "ex-gays" to distribute literature at Arlington County public schools in Northern Virginia is "a capitulation that puts the health and well-being of students at risk."
However, the lawyer for the conservative legal group that represented Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX), said the First Amendment ensures that all citizens have a right to be heard on critically important issues.
The school district's agreement essentially confirmed that view by settling the issue in PFOX's favor.
Wayne Besen, executive director for Truth Wins Out, complained in a press release Wednesday that the school district got it wrong. "It is astounding that Arlington County would allow children to take home flyers that promote a therapy leading experts have warned may cause 'depression, anxiety and self-destructive behavior,'" said Besen.
"Equal access does not apply to 'ex-gay' therapy any more than it applies to other harmful vices, such as the promotion of drinking or smoking," he said. "It's like saying if you allow flyers for orange juice that Jack Daniels must hand out information as a matter of fairness.
"Arlington County ought to be ashamed for not defending its right to shield students from this clear and present danger," he added.
The settlement is the result of a lawsuit filed in May in which PFOX accused the school district of violating its civil rights by not allowing its members to pass out literature to students when other organizations -- including the pro-homosexual Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) -- have been allowed to do so.
Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays v. Smith cited a written policy from the school system that "approval is normally given to materials from nonprofit organizations in northern Virginia" and noted that PFOX is based in nearby Fairfax County.
PFOX had submitted two flyers for consideration, one of which stated "ex-gays demonstrate that those with unwanted same-sex attractions can seek help and information in overcoming those feelings."
Steven Aden, with the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law and Religious Freedom and one of the attorneys representing PFOX in its lawsuit, said the school system never explained its refusal to distribute the organization's materials.
"The district's flyer distribution policy provides absolutely no criteria to guide its officials in determining whether to approve flyers," Aden said. "Such unbridled discretion is flatly unconstitutional."
PFOX gained an unlikely ally in Kent Willis, director of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. He told reporters the rules on schools' distribution of outside materials can be vague, but a school system can't ban certain organizations if it allows others.
"If you allow flyers, the same rules have to apply to everyone," he said.
In addition, wholesale bans on the distribution of religious material also have been ruled unconstitutional by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Virginia, said Willis.
Earlier this week, attorneys with the Christian Legal Society and the Alliance Defense Fund announced that the school district had agreed to let PFOX "distribute and post its flyers on the same terms and conditions as other Virginia community groups." The resolution also led to the voluntary dismissal of the "ex-gay" organization's lawsuit.
"Christian community groups are not second class to other community groups," said Timothy Tracey, litigation counsel for the Center. "The First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech for all is principally about ensuring that all citizens have a right to be heard on critically important issues."
But on Wednesday, Truth Wins Out -- a group formed to counter "right-wing propaganda," expose the 'ex-gay' myth and "educate America about gay life" -- criticized the agreement as "a capitulation that puts the health and well-being of students at risk."
The settlement "allows PFOX to hand out pseudoscientific flyers at middle schools," Besen said. "The content provided by PFOX is medically reckless and morally reprehensible, and no school system should have a hand in its distribution.
"Arlington County failed in its responsibility to protect students and ensure that they are not harmed by disreputable therapists or dangerous practices," he added.
However, PFOX Executive Director Regina Griggs told Cybercast News Service that "ex-gays are living proof that homosexual orientation is not fixed permanently. People can and do make the decision every day to seek help in overcoming unwanted same-sex attractions.
"Because of PFOX, the public is beginning to recognize that ex-gays have much to contribute to the understanding of sexual orientation," Griggs said.
Arlington schools spokeswoman Linda Erdos said the school system makes no judgments on the content or propriety of the information submitted by outside groups.
"If anything's distributed that upsets parents, they would need to address those concerns to PFOX," Erdos said. "We would hope that organizations use discretion" in passing out materials.
Tracey indicated that PFOX intends to do just that because the group is considering distributing flyers at high schools and middle schools but not at elementary schools.
"It's better to aim at a more mature audience," he said.
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