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Thursday, March 13, 2008
No special treatment - The Practical Response
I'll start by saying I'm incredibly grateful for everything I receive. If ever I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself I only have to consider how phenomenally lucky I am to be living in a country that considers the financial and social protection of it's most vulnerable citizens to be a duty of the state.
I am ashamed to tell people I'm in receipt of state benefits though. It didn't used to be this way, but the perception that those of us forced to rely upon such help are all lazy, scrounging scumbags has slowly but inexorably become near all pervasive.The main two political parties are almost falling over themselves in their eagerness to ensure the public know they are determined to deal with the problem of idle scroungers with nothing better to do than sit around and watch daytime tv, paid for by decent, honest, hard working tax payer's money. I started this blog largely to try and combat that myth.
Realistically, just like the vast majority of those receiving health related benefits, if I could go out to work I would, after all I didn't go to university to then decide that being on benefits would bring in a far better living than I could ever earn for myself.
So what does the welfare state give me, or you, should you end up in a similar situation? Trust me, I never thought I would.
I receive Income Support. Income Support, not Incapacity Benefit. Important as they are different benefits worth different sums of money and equally importantly different passported benefits. Different benefits, recorded in different ways with different numbers of people in receipt of them. All those people so resoundingly and publicly decried as workshy scroungers, look to Income Support rather than Incapacity Benefit. Why? Simple really. To receive Incapacity Benefit you have to either have been paying National Insurance contributions, or be aged between 16 and 20 (or under 25 if you were in education or training at least three months immediately before turning 20). That's in addition to meeting the various incapacity thresholds themselves. Income Support however is paid to anyone who can't be available for full time work and who doesn't have enough money to live on, typically lone parents, those sick or disabled (who don't qualify for incapacity benefit or do and are lucky enough to be entitled to income support as a top up), students who are also lone parents or disabled, and those in caring roles. Unlike incapacity benefit, if your partner works on average more than 24 hours a week you won't be entitled to any income support.
In addition to the base rate for an adult over 25 which is approximately £59.15, I also receive various premiums because I am considered to be sick and severely disabled thus approximately doubling the basic rate.
I also receive Disability Living Allowance. High rate for mobility, middle rate for care. Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is tax free and non means tested. This is important because it can, perfectly legitimately be claimed by those meeting the criteria who are also working. Its also important because Incapacity Benefit is taxable and those in receipt of it are liable to pay their council tax, whereas Income Support is not taxed and those in receipt of it receive council tax benefit.
The higher rate of the mobility component can, if the recipient chooses, be used to lease (or hire purchase) a car by way of the Motability scheme. I have over the years realised that there is a widespread public misconception that disabled people receive a car from Motability and then the Mobility allowance in addition to that, perhaps to pay for petrol, taxis, or a powered wheelchair. This is not the case, there is one payment in the form of Mobility allowance which can, if the individual chooses be used to lease a car, or purchase a power chair via Motability. It is not enough money to do both. Many disabled people entirely reliant on benefits like myself opt not to use the Motability scheme. This is for various reasons, but speaking for myself I use the money from my mobility allowance to live on, and almost more importantly I am so frightened of the possibility of losing my Mobility allowance on review that I do not dare use the Motability scheme. If that were to happen, I would doubtless be reawarded High rate mobility upon appeal, but as is all too common, I might have to wait up to a year for that to happen, and I could not afford to do that either financially or practically.
High Rate Mobility Allowance means I am exempt from paying vehicle tax. If I used the Motability scheme this would be automatic, but as I don't I have to apply each year. To qualify for free car tax the car must only be used by or for the disabled person, so a married couple could not use one partner's road tax exemption if the other partner was not exempt and for example used the car to commute. In that example they would have to tax the car fully like anyone else.
I receive the Middle rate Care Component of DLA. It is this (or the high rate mobility component) which entitles me to the severe disability premium which is paid onto my income support. Are you all keeping up at the back? DLA is a completely different benefit to incapacity benefit, it is assessed in much greater detail and only awarded to those who meet very tight criteria. My GP was disgusted when he found out I had not been awarded the High rate Care Component. I wasn't surprised. It is worth approximately £20 more per week in DLA and adds another premium to the income support. In a decision typical of the DWP (sorry faceless) I was awarded Middle rate care for the needs they accepted I had during the daytime, but I did not get High rate care because they did not accept those same needs existed during the night. I wish!
David Freud may think it 'ludicrous' that checks are carried out by the individual's GP, but I rather suspect there are a great many GP's out there who would love to have that kind of ability to help their patients instead of being stuck impotently raging against the system, the only power they have to help being a few lines on a form, or perhaps a supporting letter.
In addition to Income Support and DLA I also receive both Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.
Council Tax benefit first because its easier. In my case I receive the full benefit and so do not have to pay any council tax. This is because I am in receipt of Income Support. Were I to be in receipt of Incapacity Benefit like neighbour was, then I would only have part of my council tax paid and have to pay the rest myself. This was one of the reasons neighbour had to move away.
Housing Benefit. I live in privately rented accommodation. Social, or council housing is in crisis throughout the UK. It's simple, after the right to buy introduced by introduced by the Thatcher government people quite understandably took up that right so moving the vast majority of social housing into the private sector. There has never been adequate planning to ensure that the sold housing stock was replenished for the social housing sector so now we have a chronic and desperate shortage of suitable, affordable housing. Everyone in need goes into the same pile, so that nice little bungalow suggested by Vi (and many others in the real world) that the government could provide to help simply doesn't exist. I could, as was suggested by a social worker, move into sheltered housing, but I neither need nor want to live in sheltered accommodation, and certainly have never been able to see why at the age of 28 to be forced into such an environment was in any way in my interests. Even if the social worker did assure me she would do all she could to have the age restriction removed so I would potentially be able to apply to live with the over 65's. That social worker never did understand my lack of gratitude for her most generous offer.
Housing Benefit is of course set at a level considered appropriate to the local area for an average single person, couple, family etc. As far as I have ever been able to work out this level bears no relationship to the true cost of renting, particularly as it factors social rents into its average, regardless of the availability of such properties. My housing benefit is currently paid at approximately £100 per month below the market rent for my home, which in my experience seems about average. I do live in a nice area, but the cost of rent has risen so sharply that I would seriously struggle to find anywhere at a similar cost. I could also perhaps live in a council high rise and hope the lift worked on a regular basis, or perhaps try to negotiate the nightmare of needing a ground floor property, but being under 65, or 55, not having children, having a pet etc. Having previously fought battles with social services and the local authority over care provision and housing I have long since realised that the only result to that is a steep decline in my physical health, and stress levels I am unable to cope with. It is simply easier and more practical to stay where I am.
There is much talk of replacing Housing Benefit with a Local Housing Allowance. This is currently being trialled in a sample of councils and from what I could find, this is an example of the amounts likely to be paid. LHA has been much hyped as a 'good thing' because those in receipt of it who are in cheaper accommodation are entitled to keep the difference without it affecting their other benefits, and those who 'want' more expensive accommodation will have to make up the difference themselves. On a quick calculation to work out the average 4 weekly allowance provided to those in need of a two room property (ie 2 bedrooms) in St Helens (picked randomly from those running the LHA pilot), the total comes to just over £336. A quick search shows an average 2 bed rental property in that area to be around the £395 mark. Never let it be said that I'm cynical, but it seems fairly apparent to me that LHA is just a way to keep paying housing benefits at well below the market rates for rental properties whilst not addressing the real problem of lack of social housing.
Winter Fuel Allowance. Hahahaha, sorry, I need to go away and laugh some more. Right. This is only paid to the over 60's, and by the look of the budget, despite campaigns from various charities there is no change there. In the budget WFA will rise to £250 for over 60's, £400 for the over 80's. Except. If you are in a couple and receive the much hyped Pension Credit you only receive one allowance between you. Ditto for income based jobseekers allowance.
As anyone in receipt of a state pension is eligible, I can only assume that in households where couples are not in receipt of pension credit because they have too high an income that both people receive a winter fuel allowance in what would be a prime example of the injustice and insanity of the benefits system.
As explained here, disabled people under 60 do not receive a winter fuel allowance because they already get disability benefits and premiums on their Income Support. Except if you happen to be on Incapacity Benefit you aren't eligible for those premiums anyway. Oh, and those benefits are worked out, literally to the penny on how much it (supposedly) costs to live, and the additional costs of disability. So that's Mobility Allowance ruled out because that is 'ring fenced' for transport, so long as you don't need to lease both a car and wheelchair. Things like food that doesn't have to be prepared (social services tend to advise a diet of ready meals), any small equipment that your local authority won't cover the cost of, care costs you may have to pay to the local authority or privately because the local authority are rationing care, and many more things I've not listed. That's before (or after) average monthly heating costs higher than a week's benefit for many people.
Hmm. Here comes my cynical side again, but means testing a winter fuel payment is seen as politically unacceptable. Means testing could perhaps provide for those currently said not to need such payments though.
That's the extent of the help provided (to me anyway) by the state. As I said at the start, I am extremely grateful for everything I receive, but, to quote many of my friends "we're not paying so much tax so you can be refused help".
Social Care. Most councils are now rationing this and three quarters only provide support to those whose needs are classed as 'critical' or substantial'. My needs are classed as 'moderate' therefore in my local authority I am no longer entitled to any support. Having said that some of the support is so appalling people are better off without. Cases like this one happen because of the way private companies are paid by social services departments. In the interests of fairness there are many, many superb carers out there who work difficult, demanding jobs for extremely low wages, kept on temporary contracts despite having worked for the same agency for many years. Its cheaper that way. This calculator is a quick way of assessing what help you might receive in certain situations, it's well worth looking at as you may be surprised (or not if you're a regular reader) just how severely disabled people have to be before they qualify for meagre amounts of help.
Equipment. I've previously addressed this in the form of wheelchair provision, but equipment for the home is assessed for and provided by social services Occupational Therapists (OT) rather than OT's employed by the NHS. My experiences are probably quite typical with social services OT's having told me they wouldn't provide a bath lift as I'm too disabled to use it. This is in case of a fall or injury using the equipment which might lead to the local authority being liable. Seemingly denying care and equipment leading to a fall or injury does not incur liability. I can't work out why.
What this does all illustrate quite clearly is just how complex and difficult to navigate the benefits system really is. This morning, whilst a BBC news presenter was interviewing a representative from one of the disability charities about the latest proposed changes to incapacity benefit I heard him describe some of the current tests as 'not much of a a test really, how hard can it be to walk a few hundred yards' Anyone who reads this blog will know that for many people with all manner of different conditions 'walking a few hundred yards' is as big a battle as running a full marathon, but it shows just how all pervasive this attitude of 'how hard can it be' has become.
If I could give just one piece of advice to those politicians who claim they are so determined to sort out the problems of the benefits system it would be this. Until such time you take advice from the true experts, those with a wide range of disabilities and health conditions living day to day within the benefits system, you will continue to fail. Spectacularly.
21 comments:
- Louise Bolotin said...
Bendy Girl, do go back and check your DLA award letter. I recently discovered that if the award says you'll be paid "from and including [date]" with no mention of "for x months/years" it is an indefinite award. So you may not need to reapply.
I found this out last week from my welfare rights officer. I won my case, btw - they decided not to force me to go to tribunal and have given me a lifetime award for my epilepsy (hurray!) but I only realised I wouldn't need to reapply when the WRO explained the wording to me.
Great post - never seen such clarity on the benefits system before!
- 5:48 pm
I'm a bit surprised that with your condition that your not on idenfinite award - you may have had a 'less than average' DM processing your case, in which case your probably safe on review and it may be worth appealing your care level. We are in the process of improving the training of DM's and providing them with tools that aid them in assessing cases more intelligently, but there are cultural issues and old habits that are hard to break, so it isn't going as fast or as smoothly as we would hope.
I'd be curious to know what general part of England you reside in to see how that area performs in its award accuracy.
- 6:01 pm
- kingmagic said...
Wow lil sis. I hope you don't get done over by the government.
I think most people realise that all the government is doing is hitting the poorest and most needy.
Roll on the next election...but then they are all the same.
Take it easy...Km x
- 7:08 pm
- Pixie said...
My God I hadn't realised it was all so bloody complicated and there was me ranting about a new government scheme, which if your lucky you might get invited to have CBT to cheer you up whilst you grapple with all of the shite they already throw at you.
- 7:35 pm
- BenefitScroungingScum said...
Louise: I'm so pleased to hear about your award, that's fantastic news! Bet it's a real weight off your mind.
Thank you both for the compliment and the advice. Unfortunately my award is definitely not a lifetime or unlimited one. It runs out in 2010. Sigh.
Faceless: TY for the advice. As I said my award runs out in 2010. The funny thing about EDS is that there's no guidance on it in the DM's handbook so it all falls under the chapter on hypermobility instead. Problem with that is that it was written by Prof Grahame (who used to head up the medical advisory board and is also one of the true specialists in bendy people for want of better wording) and his intention was to try and ensure that those with hypermobility syndrome (and meeting the criteria) were able to get DLA. Leaving aside the whole debate about whether hypermobility syndrome is the same thing as EDSIII it isn't much of a surprise to me that the awards are so hit and miss. I know of one woman with hypermobility syndrome who has lifetime mobility and care, cooks as a hobby, irons etc. She lives in the same kind of area as I do, but different PCT. I live in the North West but in my immediate area there aren't high numbers of claimants.
What's a 'less than average' DM? Its great to hear that improved training is being offered, I think it must be a terribly difficult and very stressful job to do. In my dealings with DWP staff for DLA apart from a few noteable exceptions I have found people to be friendly, kind and very helpful, but clearly frustrated. It's a very different experience than income support or incapacity benefit staff.
Big Bro: Eep, I hope not! I don't think this blog is significant enough for the politicians to notice...but if they do they can give me a job! Policy advisor. heehee
I think the other massive worry is how many working people are becoming poorer, but like you say all the parties are as bad as each other! look after yourself, lil sis
- 7:54 pm
- BenefitScroungingScum said...
Pixie: And that's the living within in it took 3 days to write some sort of sensible explanation simple version! Shocking isn't it!
The scheme you were ranting about is all part of it, keep at 'em! BG x
- 7:59 pm
- Louise Bolotin said...
Bendy Girl, sorry to hear you have a fixed-term award. I'll be very surprised if you don't get reawarded when you reapply. I'd start mustering support now, in your situation, ust to keep your back covered. Of course I'm pleased that I won't need to reapply but it still makes me mad the arbitrariness of DLA. My sister's disabled and housebound yet gets less DLA than I do, even though I can work and she can't. Crazy.
So - you're in the NW. My patch too. Would love to meet you sometime.
- 9:25 pm
- cogidubnus said...
This is, by far, the most coherent "rant" I have ever read...the fact it took as long as it did to write is not just a tribute to you personally, but an indictment upon a society which tolerates such governmental abuse...
You know Bendy, I (to my horror) find myself becoming something of a reactionary as I grow older, and you're helping me maintain a sense of proportion...thanks!
- 4:56 am
- Mary said...
And yet Mr Freud felt he could learn everything there was to know about the welfare system within three weeks.
- 9:12 am
- Elaine said...
What a brilliant exposition! Many thanks. I am an OAP receiving state pension. In addition I qualify for mobility allowance at the higher rate and currently use it to get a lease car from Motability - it has made such a difference to my life.
Not sure what I'll do when it is due to be renewed, I might go for a powered wheel chair.
I also get the personal care allowance at the middle rate and use it to pay for the things I cannot do myself, the house cleaning weekly, the factoring charge for the sheltered accomodation I am in and the delivery charge from Big Store.
I think this is all good use of the money. Sadly as soon as you say NHS pension (small) you talk yourself out of any means tested allowance!
- 9:22 am
- merry weather said...
That explains your position with great clarity and I'm sorry to hear it.
I read your comment on Casdok's blog and I agree - any one can be different, can be severely unlucky in life, or can simply choose to be different. People should not sit in judgement but seek to understand each other.
- 12:19 pm
- The Tory Troll said...
Hello bendy girl. Thanks for your comment on my page. I stumbled across your blog a few weeks ago and was pleased to be able to read about the real situations of people who most politicians handily throw into one of two boxes- the worthy and the not worthy. Most of the media has shied away from covering these issues in any real depth beyond the political, which is what makes your blog so interesting. I hope many more people become aware of it.
- 12:26 pm
- Jim said...
What a brilliant post. One of the main stumbling blocks for politicians is that they take a populist view on these things. Its much easier for them to claim that huge amounts of people are claiming disability benefits because they know their way round the system, than to actually do more for those in genuine need.
Perhaps if more of them from across the political spectrum met people like you BG, then society as a whole would be better for it.
- 6:59 pm
- LceeL said...
Dearest Bendy. I feel so badly for you. My wife has ED, although hers has not progressed to the point I'm beginning to understand yours is at. But let me tell you, the attitude of 'How hard can it be' isn't exclusively British. We get it all the time here, as well. And the looks when she parks her car in the 'Handicap Spot' - like why aren't you in a wheel chair - you don't deserve that Placard, you're obviously faking something or other. People can kiss my ass.
- 8:02 pm
- frog ponds rock... said...
great post bendy... I don't like to mention that we are 'on the pension' either..
when I mentioned to a good friend about the possibility of losing our bonus this year. Her response was sympathetic but she also said well . It will be worse for those with proper disabilities..
and this is Because the spouse doesn't look ill and because he is a very proud and determined man.. *sigh*
oh btw I have an award for you..
(((hugs))) kim xxx
- 8:58 am
- Roland Hulme said...
hi BSS!
I just wanted to say what a fascinating blog you have - this post in particular.
I've recently written about a disabled lady in America who was being sued by Wal Mart for the medical costs incurred by her when she was under their health insurance scheme. It was shocking - and definitely illustrates that there is more of a 'safety net' for disabled people in England than America.
I was interested by you writing this, though:
"I didn't go to university to then decide that being on benefits would bring in a far better living than I could ever earn for myself."
It's interesting because while I was living in England, finally working a reasonably paid middle-class job in the field I'd studied at university, I ended up bringing in £500 a month LESS than you receive in benefits.
I'm not implying anything or suggesting I'm resentful of that. Your disability doesn't just mean you can't get a job and work properly, it also means the most basic things (like stairs) are a trial for you, so I totally support you receiving benefits.
I just found the calculation interesting - because the reason my wife and I left the UK is because we couldn't make ends meet. After tax, rent etc (even living frugally, never going out on a Friday night, going on holiday etc) we ended up earning £100 less than went out in bills each month.
The reason people call those on benefits 'scrounging scum' is because the government's paying for those benefits by taxing the wrong people.
- 5:10 pm
- BenefitScroungingScum said...
Hi Roland, thanks for your comment. Whilst I quite agree that the government is taxing the wrong people, I'm a little muddled by how you could bring home £500 less a month working full time than I receive in benefits? Being very approximate with the figures (and including non cash benefits) that would have to mean you were only earning about £500 -700 a month. Before tax?
In my planned career I would've been earning a minimum of £35k (outside of London) by now, and probably considerably more.
I'm not surprised to hear you and your wife left the UK, the cost of living is astronomical now.
I don't think the reason that people refer to those on benefits as scrounging scum is to do with the government taxing the wrong people though. I firmly believe it is far more to do with the popular image of those on benefits all being too lazy to work and so scrounging off those who do and high profile cases like Lizzie Bardsley illustrate that well.
Bendy Girl
- 7:41 pm
- Roland Hulme said...
Hey, Bendy Girl!
I must have miscalculated, or been reading the wrong benefit amounts. I earned more than that, so can hardly imagine how you survive!
- 6:15 pm
- BenefitScroungingScum said...
Hi Roland,
Out of curiousity how much had you thought I receive in benefits?
As to how I survive, well it's not easy. Day to day is ok, but if anything unplanned crops up it's a major problem. I'm much better off than someone on Incapacity Benefit though as they get taxed on that and have to pay the majority of their council tax.
- 11:45 am
A big thanks for explaining it so well. The motability car bit - I had an argument with my mother who is of the thinking that we disabled are 'given' a car and we also get the money every month.
Like you, my hubby and I (I'm on dla, he is on incapacity but although really suffers from ill health, he isn't suffering enough to claim dla) have to use my dla to keep the house going. Our housing benefit doesn't cover all the rent (private, not through choice) because we need two bedrooms (although can we get through to the council that we do? Course not!). So, a large portion of dla pays that, the rest of our money keeps us going... nothing fancy but at least we manage.
I'm fighting at the moment to get my care rate reinstated to the high rate, already had to do battle to get it all reinstated as for some reason at first renewal they said 'No'. However, a CAB lawyer has helped but like I say, still fighting.
Both me and hubby worked all our lives from leaving school at 15, neither of us woke up one morning and decided we would be disabled. It's my spine that has done the dirty on me, forcing me to live a totally different lifestyle to what I did and forcing me to claim benefits.
I hate it but as I have other disabilities too - sensory and mentally - there's nothing but 'no, no no' from any prospective employers.
It's no life is it, on the 'pension'? Makes my blood boil when I see newspaper articles saying so-so gets {enter huge amount} and still plays golf, goes on holiday etc etc...
Thank again, it does help somewhat knowing other people are in the same boat.
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Websites like eBay are great, it gives you great opportunity to let everyone know what you have. The auction format is the way to sell, start your bidding really low, don't worry too much about your reserve if you describe the item really well it will hit your reserve. Starting the bidding off low attracts buyers, the more people it attracts the more get interested in buying it, before you know it there is a bid frenzy and your item sells for top dollar.
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LOL i hate when everyone leaves it to the last minute to bid, only when I'm selling the item, but on the same token it's the best buying practice. I do it, but when I'm selling an item i want to see the bids escalate over the days. I always choose 10 days, why? Obviously i want more people to see the auction and get interested, you see by starting the bid low gets people to click on watch this item in their my eBay, this does absolute wonders for you because people that watch it are really interested in buying it and by the 10th day they are that intrigued by the item they will pay top dollar just to win. So don't worry about last minute bidders they will always be there.
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Communication is the most important thing to a smooth transaction, everyone these days has a busy schedule though some sellers can be really direct with pickup times, it's usually just because they work and don't want the pickup to be on their private time, nor work time, so they try and suggest unrealistic times like "must be picked up on Saturday morning between 7am – 8 am, sheesh common. Really? Lol so you hunt around asking everyone you know to give you hand but everyone else is in the same boat, after many stressful hours contemplating is this all worth the worry, you stumble across Quick Move, number 1 Sydney removalist, on eBay you notice that they pickup furniture and take care of all everything, so you think I'll just use a professional Sydney removalist and organise an ebay delivery with them, wonder what they would charge me?,
Pickup up the item
It's no wonder you have read this far into my article, i totally understand how stressful and time consuming the whole pickup thingy takes right, like it was easy enough to click buy but now you have all this worry about how it's going to be picked up. Well not really if you are reading this article and I'm sure you are lol its because you have stumbled across Quick Move and you are contemplating whether or not to use us, well if i can say just one thing or a few if i may….
Quick Move (who are a professional Sydney removalist team) an ebay delivery service wholey and solely picks up and delivers furniture! That's what we do, mainly for eBay buyers but not entirely we also pick up furniture for other buyers that have bought the one off item from their local store. You see we are removalists by trade so you know you are getting the real deal when we move the furniture. It's really important that you totally understand that we are removalists and you will get that moving experience done by professionals, so all in all i am really proud of what we do, other removalists may turn their heads and have a giggle. But at the end of the day we are moving furniture it's what we love to do so why not cater for the huge demand that's out there. We are not interested in charging by the hour, nor do we have any call out fees, we simply give you a price upfront before you even book in. We are the best Sydney removalist team in the industry.
What we need to know initially
Before any of the staff give you a price for delivery of the furniture, we want to know a bit about what we are picking up in order for your ebay delivery to run smoothly. Is it timber, is it marble or is it steel? Is their parking in the driveway or two blocks away? Are there any stairs, what level is it on? Do we need to carry it down flights of stairs? Is there a lift and will it fit? What about at the delivery location how is that? You see where I'm going with this right? It's really important that you obtain as much information as possible before you ask us how much? Here is a guide to the questions you should ask your sellers, alternatively we have made up a few notes that buyers can simply copy and paste in an email to the seller. What that does is basically introduces us to the seller letting them know we are picking up the item and what to expect when we arrive, it also makes a few suggestions to the seller like "how to prepare for us" what to do with furniture with drawers and loose items like glass shelves and what not, handy stuff that saves the sellers time, our time and you time. So be sure to check out the notes and use what you can. Like i said it's a simple highlight the text you wish to use and right click – select Copy, then simply right click into the email and select Paste.
Available pickup times and schedule for an Ebay delivery
With us we like to get everything done and dusted during business hours especially when we have an inner city Ebay delivery, its mainly due to traffic. Peak hour traffic in the Sydney cbd is a nightmare we all know this so what we want is recognition of it. Expect us to be a bit later then suggested and try not to give the guys a hard time over it, for out areas of Sydney we don't mind peak hour deliveries as the guys can take freeways and main roads to and from. The M7 is a golden road, as much as i hate paying the toll, i don't know what i would do without it honestly its golden lol. So in most cases we are able to pickup and deliver an ebay delivery any time of the day between 7am – 7pm, though we say we can do that we will never say a certain time like "we will be there at 8am" why not? Well it can never be guaranteed there will be a smooth run, and within this transport trade we would be shooting ourselves in the foot if we were silly enough to make such guarantees. Never the less if we do say we will be there between 9am and 11am we will! On top of that you will receive a courtesy call 30 minutes prior to us arriving, thus giving you time to get home and be ready. so to avoid disappointment we always give a window of at least 3 hours.
Protection for a safer arrival
We use only the best products like removalist's blankets and soft straps to cover and secure everything we carry. We carry the furniture with care and experience, impressive quality workmanship is a promise. Let's get to the nitty gritty here, now in terms of scratches, damaged goods expect it, you are buying furniture sight unseen from someone you don't know from a bar of soap, so don't believe all item descriptions. Some ebay sellers can be dishonest and some are just not as fussed as you may be about a few marks. So the best solution would be to ask questions and ask for pictures of the condition, then the most important thing is to ask us to inspect the item on arrival, on request we will inspect any ebay item free of charge, we will not handle the item until we have notified you of its condition. Once you are happy with our report you may ask us to carry on or leave it and you will sort it out from there on. It's just another safeguard i guess, i have personally seen a few people get caught out like this.
Using PayPal to protect you from Scams
Back when we first started Quick Move we had a buying policy setup so that buyers could use us to pay for the items then simply reimburse Quick Move on arrival, it worked for a short period, it had some really high risk factors that we didn't think through enough at the time, once burned we simply canned the policy and now it is entirely up to you to pay for the items you purchases. Choose PayPal, why? , PayPal has a resolution centre for eBay members. The resolution or dispute policies are not bad actually i have had to use them once when i bought an electronic Bluetooth device from china, it arrived not working so i simply opened up a dispute through PayPal, you see PayPal can freeze the money you have paid the seller until the problem is resolved, so the seller must respond and you must provide evidence of your dispute, then if it cannot be settled between you and the seller you simply can escalate the dispute to a claim and then a PayPal team will review and make a decision. Better than nothing i say.
Quick Move grew fast and now operates in nearly every major city on the east coast of NSW; from south to north we have dedicated team members and vehicles for each region. We once also would accept COD but again it had another risk and frankly took too much time up of the day, so we developed a pre-paid policy that is a useful to both parties, you see with Quick Move you can pay with visa, or any debit card and card in fact, even bank transfer. And if you are a tad sceptical about entering credit card details over the net, simply call us and we can take payment over the phone, or if you have PayPal we can send you a PayPal invoice. Actually you don't even need a PayPal account to use PayPal, you can use PayPal as a merchant using your visa or master cards. With all these funky gadgets there are fees obviously but do remember these are our only fees you will ever pay, nothing more. It's a standard 3.5% for using any visa or card, in saying that that's only $3.50 on $100 delivery. Not a huge amount, the way to get around that is to pay us direct to our Bank, its free. But the downfall is that we don't see any funds clear until the 2nd day even 3rd sometimes, so your booking needs to be booked well in advance to use this payment method.
Don't pay anymore than we charge
Why would you?, if we haven't convinced you that we are a superior Sydney removalist company then please call or email me personally and I'll tell you myself how good we are J seriously for the money spent hiring removalists by the hour you could of hired us and we would of had the job done faster and cheaper.


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Many institutions of higher learning are closing departments and dropping whole disciplines. One new and emerging academic area is the digital humanities, sometimes called Humanities Computing. DH is the intersection of computer science and traditional humanities. Applying collaborative digital practices to humanities research or practices has revealed a synergistic new realm. Most scholarly activities now require the use of collaborative computing systems and techniques. In the past scholars in this field needed advanced programming skills but the tools and practices have been developed to the point where such training is no longer a requisite. How scholars learn these skills and how they develop the sensibilities to make the most of this field must be introduced and an undergraduate level. This session will outline some of the strategies and curricula that have been developed.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2— Rain-slick pavement on Interstate 10 contributed to a chain-reaction accident that involved 47 vehicles this morning. Thirteen people were hurt, three of them critically, and traffic was tied up for miles, the authorities said.
A total of 60 people were involved in the crash, and one car was pinned under an 18-wheel truck, said a spokesman for the Fire Department, Brian Humphrey.
A surprise rainstorm hit the area about 7 A.M., shortly before the accident was reported. The pileup began when an eastbound car leaving the freeway via the La Brea exit punctured a tire, then spun around and headed back into the traffic lanes. Vehicles swerved to avoid the car, causing four or five separate accidents, said Sgt. Bruce Clark of the California Highway Patrol.
"I was at a dead stop when a car smacked into another car," said a motorist, Linda Hronek of Santa Monica, "and that car pushed into my car. It was a terrible mess."
The wrecked cars spanned at least a quarter of a mile, and traffic was backed up for at least three miles.


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National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) invites application for the recruitment of Senior Web Developer with Bachelors or Master's degree holders
Company Name: National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)
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Description: This is an anchor position and will play a pivotal role in advancing NIUA's web development setup. The Senior Web Developer will be responsible to develop NIUA's portal applications and database along with delegating tasks to the junior team members and coordinating between the web development team, graphic design and communication team to upgrade, update and maintain IT applications. He/she must have widespread experience in all aspects of application
development, from front-end coding to back-end design and programming.
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- Oversee and Implement NIUA's online portals and knowledge systems.
- Manage bugs in the back-end and front-end design.
- Manage application development, testing, deployment, roll-out & support to end-users. Analyze and report on Information and Technology needs from a Strategic and Operational perspective.
- Ability to translate requirements into system designs and applications.
- Ability to display leadership skills.
- Ability to carry out evaluations / analysis / reviews for any project and service deliveries.
- Abreast with latest developments in technology is desirable to provide a competitive edge.
- Generate use cases and test scenarios for testers.
- Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, MIS or equivalent Minimum 5-7 years of professional experience in developing and coding sites.
- Experience with PHP, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript (essential).
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The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT: America's Best Performance SUV Gets Even Better
There really isn't much competition in the world of ultra high performance sport utility vehicles that can do comparable work to a pickup truck, but the 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 was very easily one of the best options on the market. If you take into account that the only real competition for the Grand Cherokee SRT8 is the $110k+ Porsche Cayenne Turbo, it can be said that the 2012 and 2013 was – dollar for dollar – the best high performance SUV sold in America. With that in mind, you would think that the Chrysler Group would be happy to continue into the 2014 model year with the same Jeep Grand Cherokee that pretty much everyone loved in 2012 and 2013. You would be thinking wrong though as SRT didn't settle for good enough – adding new features inside and a new 8-speed transmission for the 2014 model year that make an already awesome SUV even more impressive.
My 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT carried a base price of $62,995 and while the "base" SRT Jeep is pretty heavily loaded, there are some options that can be chosen. My test vehicle was fitted with the Harmon Kardon 19 speaker premium sound system ($1,995), the Trailer Tow Package ($995), a single disc remote CD player ($195), high performance three season tires ($895) and the striking 20 inch black chrome split spoke rims ($595) so when you add in the $995 destination fee to the base price – you come up with a price as tested of $68,665. That is a whole lot of money but when you consider that the closest competition here in the United States is the $110,000+ Porsche Cayenne Turbo…that price doesn't seem so bad. For the record, I would consider all of the options added to my test vehicle "must haves" except for the single disc CD player but everything else – from the wheels and tires to the HiFi sound system and the trailer tow package – these are all items that are essential to get the most out of the SRT Jeep.
The 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT looks just like the 2013 models, but Im not complaining. The big Jeep got a midcycle refresh for the 2013 model year that added the high tech LED trimmed projection headlights set in a gloss black grille. The projection fog lights and LED driving lights mounted in gloss black bezels amidst the front fascia adds an extra element of high tech goodness while also making this SUV look even more aggressive. Along the bottom of the front end is a big, bold grille opening in gloss black with chrome air inlets in the outer edge – a look that was so popular that it has been introduced across the entire Grand Cherokee range. The modern Grand Cherokee looks great in all forms, but the SRT model is the best looking performance sport utility vehicle ever in my opinion. Seriously…I don't have any idea on how they are going to improve on the look of the 2014 Grand Cherokee SRT down the road.
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Wonderful Reviews for Award Winning Historical Romance Novel by Linda Weaver Clarke
The award winning "sweet" romance novel, Melinda and the Wild West, received unique reviews from Reader Views and others.
Melynda Gascoyne, Amherst Bee Newspaper, compared the novel to a "classic-styled romance" when she wrote: "For anyone who likes to read classic-styled romance novels that also have a drop of history, this is the book for you. Melinda and the Wild West, a Family Saga in Bear Lake Valley, Idaho is set back in 1896 in Montpelier and Paris, Idaho in the Bear Lake Valley area.
"Melinda Gamble is the new schoolteacher and has relocated from Boston to teach in the community where her beloved aunt and uncle live. Being termed 'headstrong' by her parents, she decides to take the job offered by her relatives in the Western frontier as a way to escape from the city and the life they have forged for her. This sets about a plan to help others by teaching. From the start, Melinda learns from her new surroundings. Right at the very beginning she comes face to face with Butch Cassidy in a bank robbery. What a way to start your new life in the wild frontier!
"From one of her students coming to class with skunk oil that explodes, to her encounter with a black bear, there's always something for the imagination in the book. The characters grow in their complexity as the story unfolds. From Melinda's relationship with Jenny, (the daughter of her widowed neighbor), to Gilbert, Jenny's father and the gentlemen who steals Melinda's heart, it is very easy to picture the scene you are reading.
"Clarke blends bits of her family history into this charming tale in the form of the children at the school to members of the community in general. She was able to write about love in a soft fashion, not full of the same type of sexual writing of most romance novels. I was impressed with the eloquence in which Clarke spun her story. It was dramatic in some spots and yet contained simply placed bits of humor. I would recommend this to anyone. Melinda is the first in a five-book series, 'A Family Saga in the Bear Lake Valley,' written by Clarke. I'm hoping that the other stories are just as interesting as this one. Age range: 16 and older." (Melynda Gascoyne, Amherst Bee Newspaper: Buffalo, New York)
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James Kelman is known for writing impoverished, disenchanted men, not women. Some critics have worried about this, implying that an old-fashioned Glaswegian sexism lies behind Kelman's choice of leads in his major fictions. While his novels usually focus on just one man, there have been many female protagonists in his short stories and plays, which are just as important to any assessment of Kelman's huge impact on world literature. By no means is Kelman's an all-male world.
It is also true that the sometimes ineffectual males at the centre of Kelman's longer fictions idolise women – often from afar. But the novels themselves make us aware of the jarring, sexist awkwardness generated by these fumbling men as they try to place unwitting women on pedestals. From the tensions and jealousies of a couple working competing shifts in The Busconductor Hines (1984) to the lovelorn sorrows of young Patrick Doyle in A Disaffection (1989) to the isolating wake of a failed relationship which haunts Sammy in How late it was, how late (1994): with immense tenderness and unsentimental complexity, Kelman has always painted detailed portraits of negotiations between the sexes. His latest novel centres on a young working mother, Helen. But is Kelman Tolstoy? Can this man "do" women?
Helen is experiencing a slow death by a thousand cuts from a wide variety of tyrannies. Her partners, present and past; her parents – a cold, sniping mother and a violently aggressive father; her employers, colleagues and customers at the casino where she works as a croupier: all make her acutely aware that everybody treats her secondarily if not dismissively. She is "waiting, always waiting, and always for other people, their life is the important one, theirs and not yours".
Like Sammy in How late.., put-upon Helen is resilient because she is fiercely intelligent. Her very modern world is riven by intolerances. That she is a white Glaswegian woman living in south London with an Anglo-Pakistani Muslim boyfriend, and thinks of Scotland as a place of distant memories, miseries and dependencies, only sharpens the intensity of the prejudice she experiences, and has always suffered, as a Scottish woman. Alex Salmond's putative future bears no relevance for Helen: "What was Scottishness? She didnt know... and it didnt matter because it wasnt her."
With her six-year-old daughter Sophie and boyfriend Mo, Helen lives in the claustrophobia of poverty – the confines and compromises of which Kelman renders masterfully. He details the clashes of their night shifts, what they can afford, and the raw impact on Sophie of a permanently tired mother, of child care, of school drop-off and pick-up absences. So small is the rented place they share that Sophie sleeps in a cupboard.
The novel starts with Helen being jerked into self-assessment by a chance observation of her long-estranged brother, probably now homeless in London. Helen reads injustice everywhere and, like many of Kelman's heroes, has a fervid moral conscience. She spends a good deal of a stream-of-consciousness novel gnawing at her own incomprehension; she puts in a huge amount of empathetic imagination into thinking through the hatred of others, and is evidently a sophisticated feminist.
Yet she cannot come to terms with the unkindnesses she experiences or hears about, nor the countless suffocations of poverty. She is cabined by her fears over the vulnerabilities of her daughter, the off-stage shadow of her Glaswegian ex – away from whose spiteful, jealous, violence they sought refuge in London. Always looming large for her, and her concern for her daughter's future, are men: looking, touching, domineering, threatening.
This is a brilliant novel which portrays the multi-faceted ways in which a working woman and her daughter are susceptible to severe hardship, while also presenting the fraught social realities of being a child, an immigrant, an Asian, a Muslim, a mixed-race couple, a homeless person, or poor in the widest sense. The sort of threadbare life lived by Helen is so rarely given any unsentimental coverage in fiction that - in a time of massive state withdrawal, which is putting special pressure on poor women - Kelman might just have written his most important novel yet. This should be the lead item on everyone's summer reading list, not least David Cameron's.
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The new website was launched in connection with the Delhi Commonwealth Games. The website will offer detailed maps and information related to the Games, like dedicated Games roads, Venues, hotels and restaurants, airports, schedule of events, malls etc.
MapmyIndia claimed that the new website will act as an City Guide and offers all information one might want while in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games. The dedicated Games lane in Delhi is only for Games use and those who violates the rules have to pay fines. In this situation the detailed map will be very helpful for the Indians and tourists who visit Delhi for Games.
The website also offers special maps showing location and routes to the various Commonwealth Games venues. The website has highlighted the Games lanes and will be easy to recognize from others.
"MapmyIndia is proud to be associated with Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010. We are committed to showcasing India as a travel friendly destination through our innovative products and services. The special Games website is our initiative to reach out to Delhites as well as tourists visiting Delhi for the Games. Our goal is to help them travel with confidence," said Rakesh Verma, MD, MapmyIndia.
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Home > Archives > Healthy Recipes > 2006 > Un-Fried Chicken Fried Rice
Un-Fried Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
Just plain healthy recipe...
Un-Fried Chicken Fried Rice. Recreate this Chinese favorite in one pot and with a lot less fat and calories in only 20 minutes.
Recipe Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast cut into bite-size pieces
1 can chicken broth
4 teaspoons light soys sauce
3 cups frozen stir-fry vegetables
2 cups Minute White Rice, uncooked
Recipe Directions
Heat oil in skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir five minutes or until cooked through. Add broth and soy sauce. Bring to a boil.
Stir in vegetables and rice; cover. Reduce heat to low; cook five minutes.
Stir before serving. Sprinkle with one green onion, sliced, if desired.
Note: For extra flavor, add 2 tablespoons grated gingerroot to skillet with chicken.
Nutrition Information
Yield: 4 servings
Calories: 360; Total Fat: 7g; Carbohydrates: 41g; Protein: 31g; Fiber: 2g; Sodium: 760mg


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