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I honestly don't know since I never received anything in writing about the cancellation. My mortgage company has documented in they're notes from last September that they called the agency inquiring about the insurance bill and who they spoke to that told them the homeowner (me) had cancelled the policy. I had an auto/home policy and cancelled the auto part in writing, but not the homeowner's policy. The agent is totally inept and that's part of the reason I cancelled the auto policy.
Thank you for your follow-up, Susan.
In terms of providing you with the same policy, that is usually called 'reinstatement'. Reinstatement typically only can occur once you bring the policy up to date, and that can only be done within the first 30 days of the policy lapsing. After that point the insurer has no duty provide you with the same terms and can offer a different policy since you would no longer be 'grandfathered' or under the same terms as before. Here, since the issue took place in terms of escrow, that would technically not be the insurer's error and they would not be obligated to extend the time in allowing you to obtain a policy under different terms.
I am sorry about that, truly.
What about the insurer telling my mortgage company I had cancelled the policy which I had not and they have nothing in writing from me saying I wanted to cancel it? Also, why wasn't I as the homeowner, notified about the impending cancellation?
In the event that something should happen to our (currently uninsured) home at this point, who would be liable?
Let me address that point below.
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What about the insurer telling my mortgage company I had cancelled the policy which I had not and they have nothing in writing from me saying I wanted to cancel it? Also, why wasn't I as the homeowner, notified about the impending cancellation?
Both good questions. To answer your second question, it depends on whether you are a member of an HOA or not--some HOAs receive the policy notification and not you. If you were supposed to receive it but did not, then you have a legitimate argument that this was the insurers fault and they have to reinstate the policy. To answer the first question, non-payment is treated as notice of cancellation. If they did not receive payment, it is treated as a lapse and cancellation of policy.
You would be, as you do not have any insurance on the premises--the liability would be personally on you and any other owner listed on title.
Hope that helps.
Ok, so I am not part of an HOA and yet, as the homeowner and policy holder, did not receive a notice of cancellation, so where do I go with my legitimate complaint to get them to reinstate the policy?
You contact the company directly and have them do an internal investigation and review as to why notice was not provided. Review their information they have on you and then if they cannot justify, demand reinstatement. Only if they fail to assist or pursue do you potentially claim bad faith breach and resort to threats of litigation. Hope that helps.
That information has been helpful to me and I will take your advice. In the meantime, should I find another policy from someone else and what happens with it if I get them to reinstate my old policy?
I am glad to hear that you found my information to be useful. If you do end up taking a new policy, you can always cancel it, or potentially keep it if you found better terms. But that other policy remains active until and if you cancel--it does not get set aside if you reinstate the old policy.
Good luck.
Ok, thank you very much for the information.
You are most welcome and glad to help. If satisfied with my work, kindly do not forget to positively rate my answers so I can obtain credit for my work. Thank you!
Dimitry, I'm sorry, I have one more quick question. Can the insurer come back to my mortgage company at any time for last year's payment, even though I wasn't aware the policy was cancelled? The funds are in escrow for the insurance.
The insurer can only pursue you for the period of time they issued coverage and were not paid. Beyond that they have no legal basis or right to pursue you for any further funds.
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Drift boats for fishing are popular for a Class I/II sixteen mile run on the San Juan River from access points below dam through the state park to Blanco most of the year. Put in for drift boat use is for fishing only below the dam. Other paddle craft only activities are prohibited by regulation.
However, you can canoe or kayak on this stretch of the river as long as fishing also takes place. Just carry your rod and reel and fishing permit and always wear a life jacket. A short trip I did was below the dam in the early afternoon and ran to Cottonwood Campground stayed overnight you can then continue on the rest of the trip the next day.
(FYI Beyond the Navajo Lake State Park to Blanco River Run section, the Blanco to Shiprock San Juan River section has two diversion dams that must be portaged. From Shiprock to Four Corners, the San Juan river is calm except for some sand waves in higher water, taking boaters past sandstone bluffs and badlands into Utah. Once into Utah, one can make a multi-day trip all the way to the Colorado River, passing such historical areas like Bluff and Mexican Hat. The river low conditions for that stretch is below 800 cfs. Very high conditions beyond Bluff can reach 6,000 cfs.)
Note: The river channel in the Park has changed.
A one-quarter mile stretch of the San Juan River below Navajo Dam has a new look since boulders were placed in the river to improve trout fishing. This is also will make some runs in the channel different for drift boats as well.
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The reading at the Roman Catholic feast day Mass was to be The Triumph of Cross, which says, "Before Jesus Christ every knee must bend."
The 220 students of Notre Dame de Sion, a private Catholic girl high school in Kansas City, Mov., were all to attend.
But Kim Miles, the director of religious education at the school, felt that the reading "wouldn't be good for Judeo-Christian relations," so she appealed to the priest and the reading was changed to something more innocuous.
Notre Dame de Sion, which was founded by the religious order Sisters of Sion, who devote their work to bettering relations between Christians and Jews, is particularly sensitive to Jewish concerns.
The pupils observe Holocaust memorial day each year, and recently marked the anniversary of Kristallnacht with class discussions. Some also went to local synagogue service, Miles said. Sophomores last year spent two weeks of a world history course learning about the Holocaust. Teachers, during their orientation session before school opens each fall, visit a synagogue and meet with a Jewish educator.
When a synagogue in town was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti was last year, students wrote to the congregation's members to express their outrage.
Although Notre Dame de Sion is not the only Catholic school to take so seriously the teachings of Nostra Aetate, it is in the distinct minority, say Catholic educators.
Nostra Aetate, a 30-year-old document borne out of the Second Vatican Council of the 1960s, revolutionized the Roman Catholic Church's understanding of its relationship to Jews and Judaism.
Since the earliest days of Christianity, Jews have been portrayed in literature and liturgy as the people who rejected Jesus Christ as the Messiah, had him killed and who, in turn, were rejected by God and scattered in a diaspora of punishment.
Jews were associated with the devil himself, according to Catholic teaching.
The charge of decide – reiterated each year in the liturgy of the Catholic Holy Week preceding Easter – fueled pogroms for centuries, during which countless Jews were assaulted, raped and murdered.
Nostra Aetate, whose English title is "Declaration of the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions," was supposed to change all that.
Jews were to be viewed as a people who "remain most dear to God, for God does not repent of gifts God makes nor of the calls God issues," according to Vatican II.
Much has changed in the last three decades, say both Catholic and Jewish observers, about the way the Roman Catholic Church educates its adherents – some 58 million in the United States and 1 billion around the world.
But the changes in attitude and theology and have not sufficiently reached Catholics in the pews and in their schools, they say.
Although much of the most overt anti-Judaism in Catholic liturgy has been eradicated, Catholics, in the teachings of the church, continue to receive the message that Jews are something "other" than a people blessed by God, say some.
"There is a difference between what they (the church hierarchy) say about a new teaching of Jews and Judaism, and what they do," said Sister Mary Boys, a nun who teaches at Union Theological Seminary in New York.
"It's a question still of education. The changes have not been implemented at the popular level enough," said Rabbi Leon Klenicki, director of interfaith affairs at the Anti-Defamation League and the ADL's co-liaison to the Vatican.
Before Nostra Aetate, Catholics recited the "Prayer for Perfidious Jews" on Good Friday, praying for their salvation through conversion. The prayer was gradually edited out of the liturgy and today no longer exists in Roman Catholicism.
At the same time, however, many churches and schools put on Passion plays, dramatic re-enactments of Jesus' arrest and crucifixion in which Jews still are sometimes portrayed as informants leading him to death.
And even though a priest sermonizing about the death of Jesus during Holy Week has in front of him guidelines – for the homiletic presentation of Scripture – which indicate that the church no longer blames Jews for the death of Jesus, he rarely reads them out loud, said Sister Rose Thering.
As a result, the post-Nostra Aetate teachings of the church, which qualify and modify the Gospels without changing their text, are not known to the average churchgoer, said Thering, a nun who is the founder of the National Leadership Conference for Israel, a group that advocates Christian support for Israel.
Transmitting the changes in Catholic views of Jews heralded by Nostra Aetate in Catholic schools has been a slow process, particularly when it comes to training teachers and revising texts. Students in Catholic school across the United States often learn about Jews and Judaism from a rabbi who is invited in once or twice a year to talk about the Jewish holidays, the Holocaust or Israel.
The largest Catholic diocese in the country, Los Angeles, now has on its staff a Reform rabbi who teaches in its high schools three days a week about Jewish Scripture, history, culture and morality.
"Many of the students have never met and Jews," said Rabbi Michael Perelmuter. "They have some of the stereotypes" about Jews because "they're in the air."
The schools' faculty "is mostly very respectful and accepting" of my presence, he said. "I haven't seen any of them present any of the archaic medieval ideas" about Jews.
The four-year-old program, a joint effort of the archdiocese and the American Jewish Committee, is being funded this year by movie mogul Steven Spielberg.
A similar program will be introduced in New York's Catholic high schools in September, said Rabbi A. James Rudin, director of interreligious affairs at AJCommittee.
However, some schools not frequented by rabbis do pay attention to Judaism.
At Our Lady of the Wayside, a Catholic elementary and middle school in suburban Chicago, pupils get limited exposure to Protestant practices and almost none to Muslim beliefs, but spend much time learning about Jews and Judaism, with a particular focus on holidays, said Principal Peter Tantillo.
"There probably were misconceptions about Jews but just as bad, there was no knowledge of Jews, which means that they would be open to anti-Semitic kinds of things they'd be exposed to and have no way to respond to," Tantillo said.
Still, only 10 to 20 of the Chicago Archdiocese's 400 schools have any consistent programming relating to Jews and Judaism, he said.
In an effort to expand knowledge and awareness, Jewish groups are working with Catholic leaders to also teach teachers. The AJCommittee and Los Angeles Archdiocese held a joint one-day conference for Catholic school teachers in November, similar to one conducted last year in New York.
The session came 15 years after the first such conference was held, a joint effort with the Anti-Defamation League and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, which attracted about 500 teachers, said Klenicki.
The teachers still meet once a year for a teachers conference, often devoting a section of it to learning about Jews and Judaism, he said.
Several years after that conference, a series of study guides on various aspects of Judaism was produced by the ADL and published by the education department of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Klenicki, who meets with directors of Catholic education in parochial and Sunday schools across the country to help them implement pilot projects, said the Boston Archdiocese is preparing to introduce a program for teaching Judaism.
Seton Hall University, in South Orange, N.J., is the only Catholic-affiliated college offering a master's degree in Christian-Jewish Studies, said Thering. It also offers scholarships to Catholic educators – 14 are now enrolled – to study Christian-Jewish relations full-time for a semester or year, she said.
In her 1961 study of texts used in Catholic schools, Thering found widespread negative assertions about Jews, mostly about Jewish rejection of Jesus, Jewish murder of Jesus and the Pharisees as blind hypocrites.
One book stated: "Christ, by his miracles and teachings, tried to conquer the obstinacy of the Jews and bring them to repentance. The Jews, on the contrary, by the bad influence of their hypocrisy and pride, hindered the spread of knowledge of God among the nations."
A 1976 study by Eugene Fisher found that "American Catholic religion materials are significantly more positive towards Judaism than they were before the Vatican Council."
All references to Jews as a people cursed because of the crucifixion were either absent or condemned, he found. The idea of a divine retribution against Jews for their supposed rejection of Jesus had been expunged from American Catholic textbooks.
But Fisher, who now works as head of Catholic-Jewish relations for the National Council of Catholic Bishops, also found that there "were almost no references to Jews and Judaism between the close of the New Testament period and the 20th century," which perhaps reinforced the "idea that Judaism ceased to be vital after the coming of Christ."
Philip Cunningham, as associate professor of theology at Notre Dame College in Manchester, N.H., found in his 1992 study of Catholic school texts that there has been overall improvement in the presentation of Judaism in primary school texts.
But one area in which Fisher had found improvement 16 years before, Cunningham found the opposite: One series of books used in primary schools states twice that Jerusalem was destroyed because its people "did not believe in the Savior."
In junior high and high schools texts, Cunningham found that little has been improved since 1976, and in the category of blaming Jews for Jesus' death, there had been a marked decline.
"Given the history of the decide charge against Jews, this deterioration is quite disturbing," wrote Cunningham.
"While improvements have occurred" overall, he wrote, "and while the defamatory language revealed in earlier textbook studies has been eliminated, there is still much work to be done."


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By BRUCE ALSOBROOK, News-Telegram Managing Editor
August 22, 2008 - A sheriff's investigator is warning county residents, especially the elderly to watch out for a large man offering to repave driveways, saying he inflates his quoted price then used strong-arm tactics to induce payment.
Hopkins County Sheriff's Investigator Lewis Tatum said at least one senior citizen on State Highway 154 has fallen prey to the asphalt scam, and he's hoping someone will be able to help him take down the suspect.
"I've got felony arrest warrants for him, so if he shows up at someone's house, I'd really appreciate it they'd call and let me know," Tatum said today. Tatum can be reached by calling the sheriff's office at 903-438-4040.
Tatum said the con artist is described as a large white male driving a white Hummer. The investigator explained that the man tells his target that he has leftover asphalt that he's willing to use to repave driveways at a reduced price.
For one thing, Tatum said, it's not asphalt -- it's oil and dirt. For another, the man alters the terms of the deal.
"He qoutes one price at the start, then inflates it 500 percent when he's done," Tatum said. "He'll tell them $480 then charge $4,800, and he'll strong-arm them to get them to pay."
Tatum, echoing the longstanding words of past scam warnings, reminds local residents to be wary of any strangers offering them a deal on asphalt or other products.
"I always tell people that if you need something, look in the Yellow Pages and find a business," he said. "Don't buy something from someone who just drives up out of the blue."
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Assessing the potential impact on poverty of rising cereals prices : the case of Mali / George Joseph and Quentin Wodon --
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Poverty reduction challenges in South Asia / Arup Mitra --
Official development assistance : does it reduce poverty? / John Weiss --
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But as Triplett pointed out everyone in baseball knew satchel Paige and Paige was one heck of a business man.
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In particular, Clinton was enamored of her fuchsia Salvatore Ferragamo satchel.
As she took up her satchel again, she heard some one behind her on the wooden walk.
Almost as soon as he was down he was up again, and he had not let go of the satchel.
Out of his satchel he drew forth the two bracelets in which were no catseyes.
Hogan and Wynn would get the satchel away from me, if we went back.
Why did he place the satchel in the hotel, and then abandon it?
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Duluth Mn/ Northwest Wisconsin where to go?
Hi all,
I am working in Hibbing MN on fire contract. Have tomorrow off and want to go flyfishing. 2-3 hour radius is just fine.
Always travel with a fly rod and there has to be fishing around here other than just lakes and such. We get around and have gotten to fish some great areas this year.
Just worked 2 1/2 weeks straight so easy on my spelling.
Have a TFO 5 wt 4 piece waders ad such with me. Just can't use the helicopter.
Any advice is appreciated.
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Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:07 AM
michreject (4,378 posts)
I'm through with eBay
I'm a 10+ year seller with a 100% feedback rating.
About three months ago, paypal started to hold all payments for 21 days before posting to my account. This was no big deal. I could live with that.
About six months ago, it was strongly suggested to stop charge for shipping and to offer the service for free. To make up for the shipping charges, just increase the minimum price. Of course eBay now get a commission on the shipping charges. This was no big deal. I could live with that.
On Friday, I get a message from eBay that they want a credit card on file to give refunds to dissatisfied buyers. That's why they are holding the PP payments for.
Message from rBay:
Attention Sellers:
Please place a reimbursement payment method on file
We show that you don't have a reimbursement payment method (credit card) on file with us. Sellers must have a reimbursement payment method on file to pay for claims under eBay's Buyer Protection Policy. We'll need you to provide this information today to continue listing your items on eBay.
eBay's Buyer Protection Policy generally covers buyers for most purchases on eBay. If eBay has refunded the buyer for claims covered under the eBay Buyer Protection Policy, we'll charge the amount due to eBay using the automatic method you select. The eBay Buyer Protection Policy is subject to change and we'll charge you in accordance with the Policy as it existed on the date of the transaction at issue. eBay may charge the payment method you select on a one-time, sporadic, or recurring basis. You can always change your selected payment method in My eBay or cancel your automatic payment method by contacting us. Learn more about what eBay's Buyer Protection Policy means for sellers.
It's quick and easy to do. Click here to open a new window and select your reimbursement payment method. Once you're done, you'll be able to review and submit your listing.
That's it. I've had it.
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Response to michreject (Original post)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:15 AM
xiamiam (4,906 posts)
1. i sell on ebay too..
have yet to receive that..but, i hate the money they make on shipping..its a lot..and unfair..really pissed about it and have called several times..i can't find another site which is as effective or i would be there in a heartbeat..still, i think about leaving as well.
Response to michreject (Original post)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 12:01 PM
jody (26,624 posts)
2. Interesting because eBay owns PayPal and DU uses PayPal/eBay to process donations to DU.
eBay through PayPal owns Bill Me Later and they have been involved in many questionable financial transactions.
If someone has a dispute with eBay or PayPal or Bill Me Later it probably is outside the jurisdiction of a state's small claims court and there is no federal court process for hearing small claims.
ebay/PayPal/Bill Me Later can uses its nation wide presence to harm the credit rating of a single person but avoid the short arm of the law.
It's interesting how quickly such companies become ruthless financial thugs no different than their ilk targeted by OWS.
Response to jody (Reply #2)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:45 PM
michreject (4,378 posts)
3. When eBay bought paypal
they forced you to use it, for which they got a cut. Personal checks or money orders were no longer allowed.
Response to michreject (Reply #3)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 01:58 PM
jody (26,624 posts)
4. Thanks, wish OWS supporters would treat all businesses who fleece customers the same way. nt
Response to michreject (Original post)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 02:09 PM
russspeakeasy (6,539 posts)
5. We quit ebay about 2 months ago..
We were selling quite a bit of misc stuff and had 100% feedback on over 500 transactions. The last thing I sold was a book for $8.50. After fees and shipping, my profit was $1.45. It would appear to me, that in order to make any profit on ebay, you have to steal the stuff to begin with.
Response to michreject (Original post)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 08:58 PM
northoftheborder (5,482 posts)
6. complaint about Paypal; this is slightly off topic, because only incidental to EBay.
On a recent attempted online payment, (actually I remember it was for the last contribution to DU) the only way I could pay was through Paypal (online); or you could send in a check; I have used Paypal for many purchases online, and always paid through a credit card, although Paypal at some point always made payment through debit to your bank as the default way to pay; I always changed it to the credit card. I don't like to use debit cards at all, especially through Paypal. NOW, I was unable to change to credit card; the page said the credit card would be used only if the bank account had insufficient funds. So, I cancelled my contribution to DU. I meant to contact DU about it.
Does anyone else have a problem with bank debits through Paypal???
I will not purchase on EBay if this is the only method of payment there.
Response to northoftheborder (Reply #6)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 09:06 PM
jody (26,624 posts)
7. I had a problem with PayPal and will never use their service or their parent company's again. nt
Response to michreject (Original post)
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 12:34 AM
glinda (14,807 posts)
8. I have the same problem. I do not sell a lot but my items bring sometimes a nice price. Recently I
was told the same thing. They would hold my money. I have super high praise and %100 rating there. Called and spoke to five different people. Here are the reasons that I was told:
It is for YOUR protection
It is because one person did not leave feedback
It is becasue you need 20 sales
It is becasue you are new (not and they have a record of me since 1990's under a different name and email since we moved)
It is because of Ebay having a reason to do this to you
It is because Paypal has a reason to do this to you
It is new policy
We will release funds after you post a tracking number
We may hold your funds up to 31 days
We may hold your funds indefinitely
This is only for Ebay transactions
This is for any sales in or out of Ebay
a few more that I cannot remember......
Yet my husband has less than perfect score and had a couple of disputes and yet he has had no notice.
I really do not know what to do........but I do know that they are crooks. The amount they took from the last sales was staggering. I have had free shipping for a long time too. I hope the two lawsuits come up with something. There needs to be a huge investigation.
Response to glinda (Reply #8)
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 09:42 AM
michreject (4,378 posts)
9. Screw them
I recently shipped out 6 items that were sold and I received 1, count em, one feedback. I have sold over 8K items and have received feedback on less than half. Most of those were several years ago when people played by the rules. Nowdays I receive feedback on less that 25% of sales.
And eBay wants to base it on feedback.....................
They can kiss my ass.
Response to michreject (Reply #9)
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 12:24 PM
glinda (14,807 posts)
10. I am not convinced it is based upon feedback. Husband thinks they are weeding out smaller or
less desirable "item" sellers. Some say they want to be another Amazon. They are inconsistent and aggressive IMHO.
Response to glinda (Reply #10)
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 05:21 PM
michreject (4,378 posts)
11. Then they should start another business
In addition to eBay. Leave eBay the way it was conceived to be when it first started.
When Meg Whitman took over eBay, it started going downhill.
Response to michreject (Original post)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 12:52 AM
glinda (14,807 posts)
12. Got an email from Paypal telling me they would no longer hold my money. But
they said they will still evaluate me. Wha????????? I haven't sold a thing on there since they did that to me. I think I will test try a couple small items and see what happens.
Response to glinda (Reply #12)
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 10:43 AM
michreject (4,378 posts)
13. I got a questionnaire from ebay
At the end, it had a comment section.
I really let em have it. I told them exactly what I thought of their policy. They have rescinded the 21 day hold.
The 1%ers can deposit large sums of money in banks and collect interest on 24 hour deposits. How much money was ebay making from interest on mine and your money?
Response to glinda (Reply #12)
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 10:44 AM
michreject (4,378 posts)
14. Forgot
I listed 4 items last Sun. One sold on a BIN and I got the money immediately.
Response to michreject (Reply #14)
Sun Jan 8, 2012, 01:27 PM
glinda (14,807 posts)
15. Wonderful!
Response to michreject (Original post)
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 09:26 PM
canuckjim (1 post)
16. eBay buyer protection still being abused by scammers overseas
Same thing happened to me in June 2012. I sold some Indian banknotes (as collector's items) to an eBay buyer in India, with only 20 or so transactions on his record. I had to open a case against him just to get him to pay, and then he refused to pay the extra S&H for registered mail, even though I advised him it would be unwise to have them sent by ordinary airmail. Sure enough, he claimed he never got the envelope, and I had no tracking number because Canada Post doesn't give you a tracking number for non-registered items. I told this to eBay but they said "no tracking number, we take the buyer's word for it". Again, all automated responses and no consideration of my position except for a phone call to a person at eBay's so-called resolution centre, who said ... see above. Not only that, they debited my PayPal account for the refund to the buyer of not only the sale price but the S&H charge too! Now they're announcing "enhanced seller protection" to start in the fall. Too late in my case and I won't be selling anything on eBay ever again. Also won't be using PayPal, which pretty much moves in lockstep with eBay as the OP details, and why not since they have joint ownership (apparently).
Response to canuckjim (Reply #16)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 01:24 PM
grasswire (50,130 posts)
17. I think I would have just let the transaction go
....and not bothered going after him for payment. Someone who is balking against paying the seller is just going to be trouble.
I wonder what this "enhanced seller protection" is.
Response to canuckjim (Reply #16)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:44 PM
Vinca (34,119 posts)
18. I'm still selling a little, but I've given up on overseas customers.
I think I bitched on here about the guy who bought an expensive vase from me. I shipped it to Great Britain and the last tracking information was leaving the U.S. He claimed he never received it and I got stuck refunding the whole shebang. Sure enough, about 2 months later a package appears at my post office. It's the vase and the package is covered with all kinds of markings that tells me it arrived at its destination and the guy refused it. Most likely he didn't want to pay the VAT tax. It really pissed me off and ebay would do nothing about it.
Response to Vinca (Reply #18)
Fri Aug 3, 2012, 01:39 AM
Panasonic (2,921 posts)
19. We're buying from eBay
and I don't like how the overseas cost us money for so little items.
So we have to calculate the shipping cost in our pricings now.
If I could find a place online to buy gold scraps online, I'd be out of eBay in a heartbeat.


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December Hacks from the Past roundup
By thomas | December 8, 2008
Hacks from the Past is a series of posts that I will do monthly that will go over past hacks so that new readers don't have to bother digging through the archives.
Here are December's Hacks from the Past:
- How to find a Christmas Tree in Japan Part 1 – Name says it all. Are you celebrating Christmas? Want to know where to get a tree? Read here.
- How to find a Christmas Tree in Japan Part 2 – Same as above, but more options.
- Poor Man's Tea: Mugicha – Don't buy big tea jugs from the refrigerated section of the grocery store. Buy from the tea bag aisle and save lots of yen
That's all. Last December was a bit slow! Next year won't be though. I'm working hard this time! If you have any December Holiday Hacks, please don't hesitate to send them in!Like this post? Give me the Thumbs Up!
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By jameskinney
Plato, the smartest man I know, is often credited with having said something to the effects that "if I know anything, it's that I know nothing at all."
Was he alluding to his own philosophy of ideal form and the fact that he considered himself a perpetual student of life-unformed, unperfected and still in the processs of attaining to perfection-perhaps. Could it be that he was genuinely suffering from some sort of senile dementia that had robbed him of his intrinsic capacity for memorization?
I think that it was a little of both. To understand this we need to re-visit history- both Plato's history and the phenomenon of history itself.
The historical narrative as we know it in the west today underwent tectonic changes in the period leading up to and beyond the time of Plato.
Traditionally, a people's history, it's myths, customs and secrets to survival were encoded and transmitted through a rich mix of media forms that included image, song, dance, story and elaborate eulogies and rituals. This mix of media was used as a mnemonic device to facilitate burning the shared narrative into the collective conscious.
Attending to this legacy of collective wisdom required a collective response and all members of early societies were compelled to bear the burden of the cognitive load of their history by committing some or all of it to memory. This titanic feat of memorization was facilitated through their participation in rituals designed to replicate the DNA of their narrative. This form of the shared burden of memory was highly codified and participatory in nature and constituted a significant drain on the resources of early people's and may well have been the impetus behind the shift from hunter gatherer societies to sedentary agrarian modes.
The birth of the sign, be it a hand on a cave wall, a hieroglyph or cuneiform impression in clay, "marks" a major shift in media that allowed history, narrative and collective memory to be externalized. According to seminal theorists like Harold Innis, Erik Havelock, Marshall McLuhan and Walter Ong, the shift to writing revolutionized the manner in which we were able to organize ourselves and, in the end, our systems of thought. With the embrace of writing, ideas could be disembodied and travel through time and space to reshape the power constructs that shaped our social contract and its associated value systems.
The move to embrace the technology of writing, for all it's promise, was hotly contested by the Greeks of Plato's time (It has been contended that Homer and the Iliad was a collection of oral stories that were shaped into a collectively celebrated and performed oral chorus that were eventually canonized into an official text under the aegis of a single author) An early Egyptian account of Pharaoh's rebuff of the god Toth's gift of writing also speaks to this issue. Pharaoh contended that writing one's history would invite sloth and forgetfulness in his subjects. Aristotle pushed writing as a means to establishing standards, verifiable facts and officially sanctioned versions of events-a singular perspective over a mosaic-the very things that make empires and institutions possible. Historical narrative and identity went from being a living, shared legacy to a lifeless, static disembodied archive that had to be retrieved and reconstituted, often without the crucial keys of context. The complex data set of living history was no longer participated in by those who had lived it. If one's experience was deemed to be valid, it would then be recorded, re-framed and redacted by a singular author. This created a world view that had shifted from composite view to a one point perspective.
The advent of the internet and social media has once again invited a composite and participatory narrative where we can upload testimonials to the banal and the sublime dimensions of our existence. What is interesting to note is that while we are immersed in this participatory narrative, the repository of our experience no longer exists embodied within us in the same way as it did in pre-literate societies. In our state of what Walter Ong refers to as "secondary orality" we have dispensed with the burden of memory. The fact that we use the cloud as a mass-repository of our collective data set allows us to forget. With a simple Google search (Scholars portals for the more academically rigorous) we can conjure up that entire data set on a whim. In short, technology—like spellcheck—has rendered memorization culturally obsolete!
I have observed this phenomenon first-hand in the classroom. Often, when I give a lecture or demonstration, it is painfully obvious to me that few students are paying attention to what I am saying or doing. Performance aside, the fact is that they have access to multiple channels of information through the internet, cell phones, neighbours, etc. and despite prefacing my musings with "THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IGNORE AT YOUR PERIL!" They continue to push and pull information on demand from these sources. Clearly, I am in direct competition with a staggering array of alternative channels of information. It is not that my students are neglecting to pay attention, they are opting to attend to other priorities at that particular time. It is not that they don't value what I have to offer either. Invariably, after providing my demos a student will ask a question that I had directly addressed in my presentation. On repeating the demonstration the process frustratingly repeats itself until each student in their own time and on their own terms has what they need from me. At times it feels like I am working the drive-thru window at a burger joint!
What has become obvious to me is, given that I podcast many of my lectures and that so many similar podcasts abound in places like Youtube, a student can gain access to information if an when THEY need it, NOT when I think they need it. It is truly an ON-DEMAND phenomenon that challenges our assumptions about what constitutes effective teaching and learning. So, despite my frustration at their seeming inattentiveness or inability to memorize I have to remind myself of the environments that they inhabit and the rules of engagement that those environments tend to promote or curtail.
Like it or not we have entered an age of a technologically-induced culture of amnesia and instant gratification. To argue whether or not this is culture has validity vis-a-vis our old teaching and learning ecosystems and their associated methods is not a profitable one, rather, we should be exploring how can we reshape the arena and methods of discourse to facilitate deep and meaningful activity for those who have assumed these new technological milieus as the ground conditions of how they access and use information.
I am still working on the answer to that question!
Interesting and all so true.
David, I concur with some of your analysis of culture of amnesia, however, ignorant at time is bliss.
'At times it feels like I am working the drive-thru window at a burger joint!" I could not have said it better. The "Instant gratification" comment was dead-on; however, I often wonder how long our ADD-ADHD-label-me societal norms have been around. We have everything given to us that we need quite often, and yet I still have many students that simply don't take advantage of what is at their fingertips. Or perhaps too much advantage, since that in itself may be subjective. What we need to do is what folks before us did. Turn off the radio or t.v. and force yourself to study. Force yourself to learn something new. It doesn't have to be complacency like some students choose, but it is a choice worth deliberating. Or better yet, just trying.
Sorry to be a part 2, but I accidentally added the comment before I was finished. What you state about having to engage the students based on this instant gratification model is true. I often think of it as a particular hit song that they just won't stop playing internationally, Flo Rida's "Good Feeling." I played part of the song in a lesson I dubbed "Been There, Done That, Let's Do It Again." The song lifts a hot track from a DJ a few years back. Flo Rida sampled Etta James's "Something's Got a Hold on Me." Bam. Top 10 in over 7 countries internationally. Making millions. I'm not saying it's a bad song, but the kids CAN relate to the beat of the music and just enjoy it for it's entertainment value. There aren't lawyers in the room arguing over the legality (I'm sure everyone was compensated. Actually, Etta James was invited and recorded just a few months prior to her death in Flo Rida's studios. In retrospect, students also need to concern themselves not only with a "hook" of a song, but the responsibility of learning the basics. Artists not knowing their primary colors is one thing. Doctor's not understanding how to refer to parts of the body b/c they didn't offer a "hook" in medical school would be another. There needs to be a balance.
Dusty. I know so many professors who are dealing with this situation and are making the mistake of thinking "they don't listen" They are VERY engaged in what THEY are attending to. We are but ONE conduit of information among MANY. I often feel like the feed dispenser that lab rats hit when they need another fix at the end of a maze LOL
Glad to see such eminent colleagues are dealing with the same things. I am doing my professional portfolio now and I just saw an anonymous review (I know who the student is from the keys in the narrative) where the student was astounded that I would blow my stack and be so rude when I responded harshly to being asked to demonstrate something I had repeatedly shown FOUR TIMES while he was chatting to his buddies and checking FaceBook in the lab.
We live in VERY interesting times my friends! Just know that it is NOT PERSONAL. That Mantra helps to keep me on the razors edge of calm…sometimes.


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INDIA: CATHOLIC RETREAT CENTRE ACCUSED OF MASS KILLINGS, RAPE etcAdded on May 23, 2008
After two years of controversy, the Indian Supreme Court recently quashed a case by the police in Kerala (South India) against a Catholic Retreat centre. The charges against the centre were based on a anonymous letter and included causing 974 "unnatural deaths", rape, foreign exchange violations and running an unlicensed hospital! The reality behind the witch-hunt is a claim by Hindu radicals that the Vincentian priests who run the Retreat centre are engaged in the large scale conversion of Hindus. The (presumable) reality behind the false murder claims is that the care of AIDS patients is one of the many charitable activities carried out by the Vincentians.
QUOTE: "Our investigations have revealed that the Divine center is involved in large-scale religious conversions," Rajasekharan added. Other allegations against the center, he added, include murder and money laundering. He said his front would continue the campaign against the retreat center until it folds up.
As far as I know Hindu radicals are not known for running hospitals or caring for widows and AIDS patients. In that they resemble their anti-clerical counterparts in Ireland. The latter have also made numerous false murder allegations against the Catholic Church and especially against the Christian Brothers, whose particular vocation is to serve the poor.
Rory Connor
22 May 2008
(A) Court Quashes Inquiry Into World's Largest Retreat Centre in Kerala [India]
"The Tablet", 12 April 2008 by Anto Akkara
Supporters and associates of the Divine Retreat Centre in southern Kerala state, believed to be the largest retreat centre in the world, are jubilant after the quashing by the federal Supreme Court of a controversial case against the centre.
"This is a holy place and it is a shame that police have been conducting such an inquiry against it at the orders of the [Kerala] court," P. Aravindakshan, a Hindu who attended a week-long retreat at the Catholic centre in mid-March, told The Tablet.
Upholding the plea on behalf of the centre, run by Vincentian priests, the highest Indian court ruled that the inquiry ordered by Kerala High Court against the centre, on the basis of an anonymous letter by a former woman resident and allegations of 974 "unnatural" deaths, was illegal. The two-year high-level police inquiry led by a Special Investigation Team of 50 police officers was accordingly quashed.
"We are happy this headache is over," Fr Mathew Thadathil, administrator of the centre, said. Fr Thadathil was made to under-go a DNA test to disprove a rape charge against him.
(B) INDIA Police Team Closes Probe Into Asia's Largest Catholic Retreat Center
UCAN News 11 April 2008
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (UCAN) -- Police have formally closed their probe into the activities of a popular Catholic retreat center in Kerala state, southern India.
"We have wound up the investigation. Our job is over," Vinson M. Paul, a senior police official who headed a special investigation team, told UCA News on April 9. He had submitted his team's report to the Kerala High Court two days earlier.
On March 11, the Indian Supreme Court directed the team to end its probe into activities of the Vincentian-run Divine Retreat Centre in Muringoor, a village near Trichur in Kerala, 2,565 kilometers south of New Delhi. The investigation team began the probe a year earlier under direction from the Kerala High Court, the state's top judicial authority.
Paul, a Catholic, confirmed that his team ended the High Court-ordered investigation after the Supreme Court directed it to do so. He refused to divulge details of the probe report.
Allegations leveled against the retreat center in an anonymous letter were the basis for the police investigation the Kerala High Court ordered on March 10, 2006. The letter and two compact discs the court reportedly received, implicated the center in a series of crimes and irregularities including murder, rape, foreign-exchange violations and running an unlicensed hospital.
The Supreme Court, in its decision ordering an end to the investigation, also criticized the lower court for ordering the probe based on an anonymous letter.
Father Paul Thelakat, spokesperson for the Syro-Malabar Church, the Kerala-based Oriental-rite Church that monitors the center, welcomed the end to the controversy. According to him, the High Court order to probe Asia's largest Catholic spirituality center was an improper move that set a bad precedence.
Father Augustine Vallooran, who directs retreats in English at the center, expressed happiness that the case is closed. "We have a great reason to rejoice, for our God has intervened in our struggle against the forces of evil and won the battle for us," he told UCA News on April 9. God has answered the "fervent prayers from thousands of people" across the world, who know "us personally and appreciate the center's works," he added.
According to the Vincentian priest, the center welcomed the probe and cooperated with it. "However, we had no inkling of what was to come. The police team began to harass us and disturb the smooth functioning of the daily services of our retreats," he recounted. Father Vallooran also pointed out that after 21 months of "rigorous investigation," the police team could find no evidence against the center. "It was at this juncture we moved the Supreme Court to stop the unending harassment and unbridled media slander," he explained. He said the Supreme Court verdict has set guidelines for courts to follow in handling public interest litigation.
Another person to welcome the latest development is Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal of Trivandrum. The head of the Syro-Malankara Church, another Kerala-based Oriental-rite Church, said some vested interests had "severely maligned" the retreat center, which has won respect from people of all religions. The final outcome proved again that truth will triumph, he added. Trivandrum is the former name of Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital.
K.M. Mani, a former Kerala minister and a Catholic, hailed the Supreme Court verdict as recognition of the Divine Retreat Centre's services.
The center draws around 10,000 people for its weekly retreats, conducted in seven languages. It has served more than 10 million people from all over the world since 1990.
(C) Supreme Court Halts Probe into Kerala Retreat Centre
Khaleej Times Online by our correspondent
12 March 2008
TRIVANDRUM -- The Supreme Court yesterday ordered an end to the investigation into the allegations of sexual harassment, mysterious deaths and foreign exchange violations levelled against Muringoor Divine Centre, Asia's largest Catholic retreat centre, in Trichur district of Kerala.
A division bench comprising Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justice Sudarshan Reddy directed the special investigation team constituted by the high court under Inspector General of Police Vincent M. Paul to stop all proceedings.
The direction came on an appeal filed by centre director Fr John Panakkal against the high court order initiating suo motu proceedings on an anonymous letter complaining about criminal and anti social activities taking place at the centre.
The apex court pointed out that as per section 482 of criminal procedure code, the Kerala High Court has no right to entrust a special team to order a probe against the Divine Centre based on an anonymous letter.
The division bench observed that the court could do so in special circumstances with the approval of the Chief Justice. The judges have directed the SIT to hand over the report about the investigations so far to the local circle inspector.
The police had filed criminal charges against 10 top officials of the centre, including Fr Panakkal, centre administrator, Father Mathew Thadathil, a nun and seven others.
The charges were criminal conspiracy, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing harm with dangerous weapons, poisoning and tampering with evidence.
The first information report (FIR) filed by the SIT cited 974 unnatural deaths in the centre between 1996 and 2006. It alleged that the centre had forged documents to make the deaths natural. The bodies were disposed off without informing local police. The dead included several young men and women.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference (KCBC) has hailed the Supreme Court judgment terming it a victory of truth and justice. A KCBC spokesman said that the charges levelled against the centre were the result of a well-planned move to malign the centre serving the poor.
(D) UCAN: Police file criminal charges against Asia's largest Catholic charismatic center, some see conspiracy
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org), 5 February 2007
MURINGOOR, India (UCAN) - Police have filed criminal charges against 10 top officials of a popular Catholic retreat center in southern India. The accused include two priests and a nun.
The charges against the Divine Retreat Center were filed on April 30 at the direction of Kerala state's High Court, which ordered a probe of the center more than a year ago.
Billed as Asia's largest Catholic charismatic renewal center, the complex managed by Vincentian priests is located in Muringoor, a village in Trissur (formerly Trichur) district, 2,565 kilometers south of New Delhi. It draws 10,000 people for its weekly retreats, conducted in seven languages.
On March 10, 2006, the High Court, reportedly acting on an anonymous letter and two compact discs it received, took up the case suo motu (on its own initiative) and appointed a senior police official, Vincent M. Paul, to head the probe. His team investigated allegations of sexual harassment, mysterious deaths, foreign exchange violations and management of a hospital without a license, said a police official who did not want to be identified.
Those now charged in the case are the center's director, Father George Panackal, and administrator, Father Mathew Thadathil, a nun and seven others.
The charges come under Indian Penal Code sections dealing with criminal conspiracy, wrongful confinement, voluntarily causing harm with dangerous weapons, poisoning and tampering with evidence, the unnamed official said.
According to the probe report, 974 unnatural deaths occurred at the center between 1996 and 2006, and the bodies were disposed of without informing local police. The report further alleged that the center forged documents to make the deaths appear natural.
The center began operating three decades ago. It manages several subsidiary units on the site that house and serve poor, sick and destitute people. One such facility is Shantipuram (city of peace), which houses 450 mentally ill patients. The center also runs a de-addiction center for 150 substance abusers, and a home for 100 destitute women. Yet another facility caters to 150 widows and abandoned wives, and 300 children.
The report accused the center of running a mental hospital without a license and administering drugs without prescriptions from qualified medical professionals.
The charges are "grave and serious," says lawyer Jaya Shanker, who handles cases in the High Court. "The accused may get 10 years" hard labor, he told UCA News. Some offenses are non-bailable and the accused must appear before the investigation officer and the court, he added.
Father Panackal, in a public statement, alleged a police vendetta against the center after it challenged the High Court-ordered investigation and filed a review petition in the Supreme Court.
"Our move irritated the investigation team," which resulted in the charges, he said. "We will deal with it legally," the priest added in his statement. He asked supporters to pray for the center.
Thomas Devaprasad, a journalist-turned-charismatic leader, said he was "anguished" by the "most unfortunate" turn of events. The center is caught in "controversy and conspiracy," he added. Without elaborating, he said "time will reveal the conspiracy and expose the guilty."
Father Paul Thelakat, spokesperson for the Syro-Malabar Church, one of two Oriental Catholic Churches based in Kerala, told UCA News the Church has "faith in the judicial system and will wait for the law to take its course."
The Vincentian congregation that manages the center belongs to the Syro-Malabar Church, one of two Oriental Catholic Churches based in Kerala. They and the Latin-rite Church make up the Indian Catholic Church.
The police have only leveled charges against the center's officials, Father Thelakat noted, and the legal process now requires they prove the charges. He added that no one can be judged guilty before the process is completed.
Nonetheless, the Church is "sad ... as one of our prime institutions is under attack," the priest-spokesperson said. "It was a center of hope for thousands of poor people who were shunted aside by society."
(E) INDIA People Rally Around Catholic Retreat Center As Hindu Radicals Press For Its Closure
19 April 2006, by Jeemon Jacob
MURINGOOR, India (UCAN) -- Thousands of people including Hindus have backed a Catholic retreat center in southern India after a Hindu front demanded its closure.
Posters put up by right-wing Hindu organizations in various places of Kerala state accuse Divine Retreat Centre of several transgressions. The groups have also held street corner meetings to condemn the Catholic center's alleged large-scale conversion of Hindus.
The Vincentian Congregation manages the center at Muringoor, a village in central Kerala, about 2,900 kilometers south of New Delhi. According to its director, Father George Panackal, it is the largest retreat center in the world. It conducts weekly retreats in six Indian languages and English throughout the year, and has served more than 10 million people from all over the world since 1990.
Hindu radicals have opposed the Catholic center since its beginning, but they stepped up their opposition after March 10, when the Kerala High Court ordered an investigation into its activities. The Hindu groups have banded under Hindu Aikya Vedi (HAV, Hindu united front), which has the backing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian people's party), the main federal opposition party.
"We have demanded (the center's) closure," HAV organizing secretary Kummanam Rajasekharan told UCA News April 11. He alleged the court ordered the probe after it found prima facie evidence against the center.
"Our investigations have revealed that the Divine center is involved in large-scale religious conversions," Rajasekharan added. Other allegations against the center, he added, include murder and money laundering. He said his front would continue the campaign against the retreat center until it folds up.
Father Panackal says the controversies have not affected the center's credibility. Soon after the news of the probe spread, thousands of people visited the center to offer prayers, he said. People from various religions have "pledged their support to us," the priest told UCA News. "I feel happy about it," he added.
However, the HAV campaign and the court order have hurt people at the center, many of them Hindus. Santosh Kumar, who now preaches at the center, views the developments as attempts to damage the center's reputation. "But we believe in God and his wisdom," the 32-year-old Hindu told UCA News.
Kumar, who moved to the center in January, said he has not "come across any illegal activity here." He said he first came to the center in 2003 after his business suffered losses. After a weeklong retreat he decided to dedicate his life to preaching the Gospel at the center.
"Though I'm a Hindu by birth, today I believe in Christ and pray everyday," said Kumar, who claims he has regained all that he had lost. He currently runs a hair salon at the center and preaches whenever he finds time.
Another Hindu "deeply pained by the allegations" against the Catholic center is Shyla, a woman living with HIV. She told UCA News she came to the center when she "lost all hope in life," as nobody was willing to help her family after news spread that her husband had tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which usually leads to AIDS. "But Divine Retreat Center offered us a comfortable stay and care," continued the woman, who now lives at St. Vincent Home, which is attached to the retreat center.
Her husband and daughter also are among the 100 people with HIV at the home. "The priests and nuns here are doing a great service. It's unfortunate that they have become the subject of wild allegations," Shyla said.
Sudheer Antony, a Hindu convert to Catholicism, sees the controversy as the "handiwork" of agents of darkness. He said he came to the center "voluntarily" and became a Catholic when he experienced God there. "I want to tell others what I have experienced," he added, explaining his reason for staying at the center. He dismissed the HAV protests as "ill-motivated campaigns" and said God will protect the center from forces that want to destroy it.
Margaret John, 48, who lives in a house for poor people located in the center complex, said the allegations have "shocked" the people who depend on the retreat center. She said the center offered her and two daughters shelter when her mentally ill husband disappeared a year ago. She also said she has no place to go if the center is closed.


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Over the past few years, Georgia has developed hundreds of new jobs for the game industry including graphic designers, software engineers, developers and musicians. About 20 colleges and universities in the state currently offer a game program, with more predicted to come.
"Since the adoption of the current tax incentive program the economic impact of the entertainment industry has increased more than 1,000%," said Deal. "This 30% tax credit is essential to the continued growth of the industry, and I will fight to make sure it stays in place for as long as I am governor."
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He was black and he has always known that one false step and he was down and out.
In fact, in many ways the themes raised were sand traps waiting for a false step.
A false step, and down would fall all my plans like a house of cards.
"I made a false step there; but it was just like me to bungle," continued Gaston.
He did know enough to feel assured that any false step on his part now would lead him into very serious difficulties.
If her memory should fail, or if she should make a false step, he would not hesitate to push her.
One false step, one unguarded word, one untoward event would have consigned us to Castle Thunder, or the gallows.
You have pleaded your youth as an excuse for your first 'false step,' as you call it.
Whoever takes the first step takes the false step; I see that.'
Dubois felt that he had taken a false step, and remained silent.


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Progestin Only Pills (POPs)
What are POPs?
Progestin only pills (POPs) are birth control pills without estrogen. Regular birth control pills contain estrogen and progestin and are called combination pills. POPs are options for women who cannot take estrogen such as women with severe migraines, high blood pressure or a history of blood clots. They are also options for women who are breast feeding and sometimes older women. They are considered safer because they are less likely to cause increased blood pressure, headaches, depression and cardiovascular complications.
How do they work?
POPs prevent pregnancy mostly by thickening the cervical mucus and thinning the uterine lining, along with some ovulation suppression. They may be slightly less effective than combination pills but still very effective when taken correctly. Typical user failure rate is >8%.
How do I take POPs?
- Start the first day of your period.
- Start today if there has been no unprotected intercourse since your last period. Use an additional form of contraception such as condoms for at least 48 hours.
- If switching from combination pills, start the day after the last active pill and skip the placebo week.
Start a new pack of pills the day after finishing the previous pack. POPs come in a pack of 28 pills with no placebo week. It is very important to take the POP at the same time each day. If you are more than 3 hours late taking a POP, you will need to use another form of birth control, such as condoms, for at least 48 hours as long as the next 2 pills are on time.
If you do miss a pill, take it as soon as you remember, even if this means taking 2 pills in one day. Be sure to take your next pill on time after a missed pill and use an additional form of birth control, such as condoms, for 48 hours. If you miss 2 pills in a row, take 2 daily for the next 2 days and use condoms for 48 hours after the missed pills. You can take emergency contraception if you had intercourse when you were late taking pills.
NOTE! You MUST take every pill in the package; there are no inactive pills.
What can I expect my periods to be like?
Women who take POPs may have irregular bleeding, spotting between periods, regular periods or no periods. If you have more than 45 days without a period, you may want to do a pregnancy test. Your periods will return to normal very quickly and you will be able to get pregnant if you stop taking POPs.
What are the benefits of taking POPs?
- No estrogen side effects or complications.
- Decreased risk of endometrial cancer.
- Safe for breastfeeding mothers.
- Quick return to fertility when discontinued.
What are the side effects of POPs?
- Irregular periods, spotting or no periods. Having no periods is not harmful as long as pregnancy is ruled out.
- Slight increased risk for tubal (ectopic) pregnancy. See your practitioner immediately if you experience severe abdominal pain.
- Must be taken on time.
You should not take POPs if you:
- Have vaginal bleeding between periods that has not been evaluated.
- Have any chance of being pregnant.
- Are taking certain drugs for; epilepsy (seizures), tuberculosis or narcolepsy, or supplements like St. John's Wort.
- Have any liver problems or disease.
- Have breast cancer.
POPs will not protect against sexually transmitted infections. Use condoms correctly and consistently to reduce your risk.


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a) 25%
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The highest tax credit that you can get on 401k contributions is:
a) $1000
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a) Pre-tax contributions are made AFTER taxes while after-tax contributions are made BEFORE taxes have been paid.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Viewing 11–20 out of 15,954 events
from October 7, 2013 (x) to January 20, 2018
Monday, June 20, 2016
Bryant Park HSBC Business & Finance: Entrepreneurship
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Reading, writing, and literary happenings under the London Plane trees, in the open-air Reading Room.
Category: Talks
Hallett Nature Sanctuary
at Hallett Nature Sanctuary (in Central Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
During these limited hours, visitors can explore the normally-closed Hallett Sanctuary at their own pace along the rustic trail.
Category: Birding, Education, Nature, Hiking
Pop Up Aquarium!
at Vincent V Abate Playground (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and the NY Aquarium for a Pop Up Aquarium experience in your neighborhood park!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Art, Best for Kids
Summer Sports Experience at the Playground for all Children, Queens
at 111th Street and 53rd Avenue (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Come learn the basics of Wiffleball, Tee ball and kickball, Flag Football, and other sports at this FREE Drop in program at the Playground for all Children in Queens.
Category: Fitness, Games, Sports
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
at Lawn (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Teenaged Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) is a legend in his own time thanks to his uncanny skill at cutting classes and getting away with it.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies
Swing Dancing
at George Seuffert Bandshell (in Forest Park), Queens
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Enjoy an evening of swing dance lessons with professionals!
Category: Dance
Family Drumming: West African Drum and Dance
at Indian Road Lawn (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
All are welcome to learn the traditional dances unique to West Africa. You can also bring your own drum and follow the guidance of our professional drumming teachers.
Category: Dance, Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
Ballet Barre
at Pier 2 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Based on ballet techniques and movements, this class will engage muscles in focused exercises for a complete body workout.
Category: Dance, Fitness, Outdoor Fitness
New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks and Fireworks: Cunningham Park
at 193rd Street Field (in Cunningham Park), Queens
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The performances begin at 8:00 p.m., and there will be fireworks by Bay Fireworks following the performances.
Category: Concerts, Free Summer Concerts, Fireworks
Movies Under the Stars: Top Gun (1986)
at Recreation Center 54, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Navy pilot Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is sent to Miramar Naval Air Station for advanced training. Here he vies with Tom Kasansky (Val Kilmer) for the coveted "Top Gun" award.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
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The access is about a 60 yard hike with the kayak from the parking lot across the bike trail and as you cross you will see to the northwest a short path to a nice landing and take off point. This is a very nice little workout inside the city. If for some reason you have to bail the flow could be a problem... have a rescue line ready or better yet.. do it with a friend or two.
There is a canal road that is dirt directly adjacent to the canal so you could have someone tag along on a bike with a throw line to help you get out if necessary.
Don't go south of the I-40 bridge since the Ditch empties with a gnarly drop structure into the Rio Grande. If you want to go further north of the Rio Grande Nature Center you will eventually hit the crossing and mini rapid at Montano Bridge. You could get out and portage this obstruction and continue on north of Montano Road to Paseo De Norte and then turn around and go back but most of the time the couple of hours paddle will be fine. Visually check the ditch. Some times of the year the flows will be too shallow for an enjoyable paddle.
The Clear Ditch is conveyance canal that runs most parts of the season. It does on occasion have some low lying branches that can catch you and your hat, but most easily avoided. It also has some steep sides so watch for streamside exits as you go up it.
I traveled today for about 2 hours going north against the flow up to the Rio Grande State Park Nature Center before turning and returning.


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Then pick the bird back up, back to you and have some pleasant time.
You have to be consistent with this method. You can tell them "no biting" or "don't bite" in a firm voice immediately after it happens and as you're about to "shun" them for the 5-10 minutes (no longer than this or it may be ineffective).
When the bird bites, it's getting feedback that it likes and that's why they continues. It might be out of habit, giving them a sense of security in that this action results in that action (or sound) from you. You just have to change the result in order to change the action.
Give your bird time to adjust to a new surrounding and the routine of your home. Always position the cage against at least one wall (in the corner of a room with a view out of a window is ideal).
Always make sure the bird has a shady/cool spot to retreat to in their cage. Since many people work during the day, they aren't aware of how the sun comes in through the window hour to hour, season to season. For this reason, draping an opaque (light blocking) fabric over what you think is already the 'shady' part of the cage, provides extra assurance. The fresh water supply should also be kept here so it doesn't heat up or become a haven for bacteria.
Once your bird is calm and the home is relatively quiet, approach their cage and just start talking in pleasant tones, or even whisper. It doesn't matter what you say, just talk about your day or what kind of relationship you hope to have with the bird. A particularly 'problem' macaw came to me so scared of people that she made me scared of her! Every evening, just as she settled in for sleep (but not waking her up; it's not a good idea to disturb a bird's night's sleep) I'd go up close to her cage and whisper how ok she was and would always be. I'd put my head down against the bars and my hands up against them, but lower than she was (height is an important power position for birds). When she'd stretch a wing, I'd stretch an arm (held crooked at the elbow, like a 'wing').
In my case, I'd leave my head up against the cage even as she struck. There's a couple reasons: 1. I didn't care if she pulled some hair out and 2. Strikes to the skull aren't really painful. They seem to pull back rather than want to go through hair.
If the bird gets overly upset, withdraw and leave it alone. There's another day and many years to come. Time is something you have.
It only took a few days before this macaw made a half-hearted lunge at my hand against her cage and I left it there. She grasped the bars, not my fingers and I was able to stroke the top of her beak, keeping my fingers up over the beak, just under the nares (nostrils) and away from the 'business part' of the mouth. This was a big step!
When it comes time to take them out of the cage, if you're really concerned about bites, we've used layers of old socks on our arms, hidden by our shirt sleeves so the bird doesn't get used to seeing the socks. To effect the layers, cut the toe end out of old/clean socks and pull them up over your arm, then pulling your regular sleeve over these layers.
Tuck your closed hand down and offer just your arm to the bird with the command (in a normal, but firm voice) to 'step up'. Put the arm up to the bird's feet (just above them) at the breast and it should naturally step up onto your arm.
If you get bitten (the socks should prevent it from really hurting and reacting), bring the bird to just below your eye level and looking right at them, firmly tell them 'no biting', 'don't bite' or 'be gentle' (whatever phrase you use should be the one you maintain). Transfer the bird to a day perch, somewhere near you as you watch t.v., work on the computer, read a book, whatever it is you normally do. Make sure there are some chewy toys for this perch and if possible, a food and water bowl. If the bird won't be out more than a couple hours and you're sure it ate and drank prior to coming out, it's probably ok if the food/water bowls aren't right at this perch (however, a chewy toy is always necessary to keep beak conditioned and relieve stress). Offer a some grapes, berries, pieces of melon or other treats like this that will also provide hydration.
Talk to the bird, look at the bird, interact with it and get close. Offer your arm now and then just as a 'step up' exercise, but don't stress it. When it's obvious that the bird doesn't want to do this anymore, don't push.
Eventually you'll find there's no biting happening when you reach in to take them out of the cage. It won't be long before you're doing this without the 'socks'. You may still get nipped now and then, but the 'no biting' instruction should curb it.
One thing I keep reminding myself is that as much as it may hurt (this bird I'm interacting with is one of the larger macaws, known for the most powerful beaks in the bird world!), I'll heal. The bird, however, may not. They are forever in captivity by us. We can leave the house, find amusements and distractions, hobbies and interests. These birds are completely at our mercy. Their day, indeed, their lives, are only as full and rich as we provide.
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Thursday, 14 November, 2002, 02:41 GMT
Couple battle for Whitbread prize
Writers Michael Frayn and Claire Tomalin have been nominated for the Whitbread Book Awards - the first time a married couple have made the shortlist.
They are not competing in the same category, however; Frayn is up for best novel for World War II book Spies, while Tomalin is competing for the biography prize with Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self.
Other authors up for the £5,000 novel prize are Booker Prize nominee William Trevor for The Story of Lucy Gault, Justin Cartwright for White Lightning and Tim Lott for Rumours of a Hurricane.
While the novel list is made up entirely of men, the biography category is an all-female affair.
Tomalin's work is competing against Ysenda Maxtone Graham's book about The Real Mrs Miniver, Miranda Carter's book about Anthony Blunt and Branda Maddox's work on Rosalind Franklin, the scientist said to have played a major role in the discovery of DNA.
The Whitbread Prize, which is now in its 31st year, is divided into five categories - novel, first novel, biography, poetry and children's book, with each winner receiving £5,000.
Judges include authors Joanna Trollope, poet Wendy Cope and Sunday Times fiction editor Peter Kemp.
The category award winners - including the children's winner - will be announced on Wednesday 8 January 2003.
Winner of the overall prize - the £25,000 Whitbread Book of the Year - will be announced on Tuesday 28 January 2003.
The Whitbread Book Award nominations
2002 Whitbread Novel Award shortlist
White Lightning - Justin Cartwright
Spies - Michael Frayn
Rumours of a Hurricane - Tim Lott
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
2002 Whitbread First Novel Award shortlist
The End of My Tether - Neil Astley
Homage to a Firing Squad - Tariq Goddard
The Impressionist - Hari Kunzru
The Song of Names - Norman Lebrecht
2002 Whitbread Poetry Award shortlist
Something for the Ghosts - David
The Ice Age - Paul Farley
Voodoo Shop - Ruth Padel
The Beautiful Lie - Sheenagh Pugh
2002 Whitbread Biography Award shortlist
Anthony Blunt: His Lives - Miranda Carter
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA - Brenda Maddox
The Real Mrs Miniver - Ysenda Maxtone Graham
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self - Claire Tomalin
2002 Whitbread Children's Book Award shortlist
Exodus - Julie Bertagna
Saffy's Angel - Hilary McKay
Sorceress - Celia Rees
Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve
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The seventh annual Greater Killeen-Fort Hood Senior Tournament is under way at Killeen Bowlerama and will continue through Saturday.
The unofficial standings through Sunday have the team CT Alley Cats in first place with a score of 2,872. Second place, just four pins back, is C&W Pro Shop Seniors with 2,868.
Virtual doubles has Bob Chouinard and Jerry Piechocki on top with 1,523. Chouinard also teamed with Yvonne Piechocki for second place with 1,492.
Douglas Slotten holds down first place in the singles event with 831. Chouinard's 801 was good for second place.
A complete list of standings can be found at www.bowlkilleenforthood.org.
Two exciting military tournaments will be held in Las Vegas and many Veterans of the Armed Forces were pleased to hear they are now eligible for the 2013 January Military Bowling Championships.
Next January's event is the 56th annual and has become known as "the largest gathering of U.S. military personnel for a sporting event in the world."
It has been decided that in the upcoming 2013 Military Bowling Championships, the Active Duty Division will be open to all veterans of the Armed Forces who received an honorable discharge.
Next year's dates, which always coincide with Martin Luther King Day, are Sunday, Jan. 20, through Thursday, Jan. 24, again at Gold Coast & Orleans. The Breakfast Awards Party will be held on Friday.
And big news is that the fifth annual August Military Vets Team tournament, hosted by Sam's Town August 20-23, looks like it will grow again this year. Last year 78 teams took to the lanes and this year we already have 64 teams registered almost four months before the event.
Several of our local association bowlers make the trip to these events every year and these tournaments have grown year after year.
For more information visit www.militarybowlingchampionships and www.high-roller.com. Call for brochures at (800) 257-6179 or email email@example.com.
The 2012 United States Bowling Congress annual meeting ended on Friday with the election of four board members and the legislative session, where 13 proposals were voted on by member delegates, including the rejection of proposals related to membership dues.
Rejected was Article III, Dues by a vote of 184 approving and 600 disapproving. The amendment was to raise state dues from $1 to $3.
Also rejected was to cap the maximum amount the national board can set on national dues to $15.
The results of the legislative session can be found at www.bowl.com and a complete report will be published in next month's Bowlers Journal International.
So, are you planning a trip to Reno for the USBC Open Championships? Here is something to think about. Matt McNiel of Prior Lake, Minn, made history during doubles when he put together games of 268, 300 and 279 for an 847 series, making him the only bowler in 109 years of USBC Open Championships competition with three 800s on the championship lanes.
The 26-year-old lefty is currently in first place in doubles and all-events. Maybe Larry O'Keeffe or Dick Atkinson, two local lefties, can challenge those fellas from up North.
I have had several people come up to me during league play and the tournaments we have had wanting to discuss the smoking situation in the local centers. All of the people who contacted me in person and through e-mail I received were in favor of a smoking ban in the centers and in the city. Not one person in favor of smoking contacted me.
Of course, I have no control over the centers or the city, but I do have an opinion. I believe a new city council will have the courage to ban smoking in all public buildings and, eventually, the Texas legislators will also make Texas a non-smoking state. We can only hope.
See you on the lanes.
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