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<DIV =title>LAST CHANCE TO BUY TICKETS FOR WALES AND IRELAND GAMES</DIV>Scotland will welcome Wales, Italy and Ireland to Murrayfield Stadium during the 2007 RBS 6 Nations Championship on Saturday 10 February (kick-off 3:30pm), Saturday 24 February (kick-off 3pm) and Saturday 10 March (kick-off 1:30pm) respectively.
There are just a few thousand tickets still left for Scotland v Wales at Murrayfield so buy now!
Completing Scottish Rugby's plan to offer as many supporters as possible the chance to savour international match day atmosphere at Murrayfield, the final tranche of tickets for public sale for the Scotland v Ireland match, is being released, while a very limited number of Scotland v Wales tickets also remain on sale.
Tickets for the Ireland clash go on sale tomorrow (Wednesday 24 January) from 9am from the Scottish Rugby Ticket Centre, Roseburn Street, Murrayfield, Edinburgh. A maximum of four tickets can be bought per person. They can also be bought via the credit card hotline (0131 346 5100) or via the Scottish Rugby website (www.scottishrugby.org).
Please note a booking fee applies to all credit card transactions and that the Ticket Centre is open from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.
The tickets are priced at �30, �45 and �60 for adults and �15, �22.50 and �30 for children.
A limited number of tickets (at the same price categories) remain available for the Scotland v Wales match at Murrayfield on Saturday 10 February (kick-off 3.30pm).
Tickets are also currently on sale for Scotland's second home match in the championship - against Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday 24 February (kick-off 3pm).
They are priced at �20, �30 and �40 for adults and �10, �15 and �20 for students and under-18s and are available via the same methods as above.
I know more people who're going to this match than have managed to get tickets for Croker!
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I was in the corner (upr tier) for Ire V Scotland and for the HEC Final (that Muster was supposed to be in) and couldn't complain about the view.
I might have a spare one if anybody is interested. The website was acting up this morning and I think I ended up putting my request through twice. PM if you need one


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Answering interview questions is a tough business. Candidates provide answers in numbingly similar manners without the benefit of what the candidate really brings to the job. How do you differentiate yourself from these 1984 relics? You need to answer interview questions with stories about your work.
Here are three benefits.
Certainly, you can provide bullet-type answers. But you might as well show your PowerPoint slide at the same time and really put the hiring manager to sleep.
Answering interview questions with stories help provide the context of your work–the effort it took, the politics involved and how you accomplished your magnificent feats of attaining corporate goals.
Do people remember facts and figures? No. Do your results of your work need facts and figures to differentiate yourself from others answers to interview questions? Yes. A conundrum.
You weave your facts and figures into the story of how you helped the company succeed. The hiring manager remembers the story, not the facts and figures. But the hiring manager remembers there was accomplishment there and there were numbers to back it up.
If the interview question is about how you interact with a team to accomplish results, you can say that you work hard, support others and all that blah blah blah stuff.
Much better to share a story about how you and your team overcame adversity to a pressing business problem. The one where Mary needed your support on a subject she didn't quite know how to solve. And how you learned that special work-around from Frank and then implemented it in your work to figure out the problem you needed to solve. How the team overcame the cross-functional headaches that most teams have to get the information needed to move forward. How the team bonded through adversity and came out stronger the other side.
Yes, you can do the boring blah blah blah corporate speak answers–compared to the thrill of a problem to solve, overcoming adversity and heroes saving the day. Hey, heroes will always carry the day compared to corporate speak. But you get the corporate speak in the story so the key words are there. Just check how many corporate speak phrases are in the middle of that story to see what I mean.
Constructing a story to answer interview questions takes a lot of work. But it is work that significantly differentiates you from other candidates doing the interview for the job. Think of a hiring manager who listens to nine interviews of boring corporate speak and unfocused people who don't know nor can explain how they work.
Then comes you, our Cubicle Warrior, with spot-on examples of how you get the work done, how you can contribute to the team from your past work and how you have results that a hiring manager wants. And when the hiring manager is asked what is so great about you, he or she repeat the stories you told when you answered your interview questions.
You need the results. But this is marketing.
Who do you think the hiring manager will hire? The boring corporate speak candidate who focuses on their job skills? Or the hero who works to help the company succeed?
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Producer, editor: Charlee Heaton
Food, Glorious Food
Appalachian cook Lacey Griffey
Had dinner yet? Watch the first segment of this edition of Kentucky Life, and we can almost guarantee you'll find yourself craving old-fashioned comfort food.
Lacey Griffey of Benham has been serving up that sort of food—beans, greens, cornbread, apple pie, homemade yeast rolls, and of course real fried chicken (not that pressure-cooked stuff)—for decades. She and her husband, the only African-American foreman the local International Harvester plant ever had, raised seven hungry sons. Then she started making treats for the people at her own job, and their enthusiastic reaction convinced her to start a catering business. As Benham mayor Betty Joy Howard attests in this profile, she is also a good neighbor who has contributed mouth-watering fare to any number of fund-raising efforts over the years.
Lacey is also something of a certified local character. So when the organizers of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival's 2003 tribute to Appalachia came looking for authentic local food and someone to prepare it, Lacey's was one of the names that kept coming up. That summer, she found herself helping to feed thousands of festivalgoers on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
During our visit, Lacey is busy catering a get-together for the Rising Star Baptist Church. But in between the kneading, chopping, frying, and baking, she takes a few minutes to talk about growing up in Harlan County and about Appalachian food in general. She also remembers an early experience in the kitchen when, as a young girl, she forgot to add butter to the sweet potato pie. These days, Lacey never forgets the butter.
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Producer, editor: Gary Pahler
Down the Colorado with a Camera
Photographer Bruce McElya
Simpsonville's Bruce McElya holds the record for the most solo raft journeys through the Grand Canyon, having done it seven times. Since a tightening of the permit system has now outlawed that sort of thing, it's unlikely that record will be broken anytime soon.
But Bruce, who has run his own photography business since the mid-1980s, was in it not so much for adventure as for art. On those trips, he carried a view camera that shoots large-format black and white negatives in order to capture the ever-changing patterns and moods of one of nature's most magnificent works from an uncommon perspective. "Grand Canyon may be the most admired and photographed natural feature on the planet," he says. "However, its lifeblood and sculptor, the Colorado River, remains a mysterious place and rarely visited by the serious artist."
Of course, artistic desire will take you only so far when your transportation is a small raft on a big, wild river. Bruce also called on several years' experience as a Colorado River rafting guide in his pursuit of a rare photographic opportunity. Now he's concentrating on printing, mounting, and exhibiting the results. His first public show of Grand Canyon prints was in the spring of 2004.
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Producer, videographer: Erin Althaus
The Power of Percussion
River City Drum Corp
Founded in 1993 by Louisvillian Ed White, the River City Drum Corp (formerly known as the Parkland Drum Corps, for the Parkland Boys & Girls Club, which sponsored it) is a group of children and young adults between the ages of 2 and 18 who have been trained in African drumming techniques and materials as well as the richness of African culture.
But the Drum Corp is far more than just a musical group: It is an organization that provides its members with a blueprint for success in life. Each young drummer makes his or her own drum, using materials found in the environment. They learn through apprenticeships—not just about African drumming, but also about the skills needed for personal, academic, and social success. They are responsible for the Corp's business accounting and scheduling, and after every performance each member writes an essay about the experience. The Corp also emphasizes family involvement.
Kentucky Life previously heard from the River City Drum Corp in Program 110, in a performance from 1995. This update, produced in 2004, features comments from young drummers Eric Burse and Brandy Shumake as well as parent volunteer Bobby Shumake.
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Dave hosts this edition from the Apple House Gallery in Hanson. Housed in a rehabilitated apple storage warehouse that at one point had no floor or roof, the shop sells works by regional artists and craftspeople.
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Editorial: Reevaluate government spending
News Flash: Homeland Security in the United States has grown so big no one knows for sure how much it's costing taxpayers and whether or not it's effective in making Americans safer.
That's the message from a Washington Post report released recently.
Since the terrorist attacks in 2001, some 1,200 government organizations and about 1,900 private companies have taken on the task of intelligence and counterterrorism in the nation, the report states.
Even as billions of dollars are appropriated for the tasks, the report continues, no single person or organization is responsible for keeping track of what's going on or coordinating efforts so duplication is avoided.
One of the more frightening conclusions of the report centered around the intelligence community's inability to "share" information so homeland security is better achieved.
The Post report is far from a huge revelation.
Any time government grows too large, following close behind is cheating, fraud and waste. Unless someone puts on the brakes and reevaluates the current situation, the taxpayers lose.
People concerned with controlling the cost of Medicare and Medicaid know fraud and overspending are key factors in the rising expenditures.
Government officials have established hotlines and encouraged people to report any activity they think constitutes fraud in the system. They know the way to save money in a huge government program is to weed out payments made for illegitimate reasons.
In Wisconsin, legislators are scrambling to shore up the state's daycare reimbursement program in the wake of fraud and other procedural shenanigans. Program officials have to constantly be on guard against those who would take advantage of government spending. If there is money available to spend, someone will find a way to spend it.
If the Tea Party movement, which has spread across the nation over the past two years, has accomplished anything, it's helped bring people's concern about government's overspending to the front of America's priority list.
We all know government programs could be delivered in a more cost-effective way. The challenge is figuring out where the waste is occurring and then encouraging politicians to do something about it.
Just because programs are aimed at homeland security, senior citizens or children doesn't mean they should have a blank check when it comes to funding. All government spending should be reevaluated on a regular basis to see if tax money is being spent wisely, or to figure out if there is a better way we could be doing things.


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KAI RYSSDAL: The beautiful people are up in Park City, Utah, this weekend. The Sundance Film Festival opened there yesterday. At an opening night screening, founder Robert Redford said he's felt Sundance has been slipping the last couple of years. Too much big studio money getting in the way of good indie film making. That being the case, Mr. Redford's probably not so pleased about GlaxoSmithKline going Hollywood.
The pharmaceutical company, one of whose products is the fat-blocking pill Alli, is funding a documentary about -- wait for it now -- the hazards of mindless and emotional eating. Glaxo's making the scene at Sundance this weekend to drum up a little celebrity support.
From the Marketplace Health Desk at WHYY, Gregory Warner reports.
Gregory Warner: GlaxoSmithKline is bankrolling a documentary it hopes will do for obesity what "An Inconvenient Truth" did for global warming. The drug maker doesn't care so much if you actually see the movie, so long as you talk about it. The impact of "An Inconvenient Truth" had more to do with the events around the film, says media analyst Johanna Blakely at the University of Southern California.
Johanna Blakely: "An Inconvenient Truth" is an excellent example of a documentary that not many people really saw, but everybody was talking about it, because it was getting so much coverage in the media and part of that was driven by these house parties.
House parties, private screenings and other forums for discussions about obesity -- that's what GlaxoSmithKline is aiming for.
Karen Scollick is one of the few Glaxo executives who was not on a plane to Sundance this morning.
Karen Scollick: So my hope, our hope would be that there is a new level of collective consciousness that is raised by using such a creative vehicle.
And a new level of sales for Glaxo's drug Alli. Sales have been hampered by the drug's yucky side effects. Google "poopy in the pants" on YouTube and you'll see the PR problem.
This year, Alli revamped its ad campaign. Instead of focusing on the drugs, it focuses on our unhealthy relationship to food.
Alli TV ad: First, you become more conscious about what you eat. Then, at every meal, Alli stops some of the fat from being absorbed.
Scollick says building buzz at Sundance is just the first step in starting a national conversation about how we eat, brought to you by GlaxoSmithKline.
In Philadelphia, I'm Gregory Warner for Marketplace.


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Big Story
NOTE: Sidequests are LOCKED
in the time between you getting origin, and then you getting
the Derris Emblem!
Can't find people
that should be there?
Can't find Genis' Weapon? Click Here!
This is in order* of where you get them
and how:
*Note: the ones that have only one requirement
(Neblim Key) can be gotten in any order, this order is assuming
you have your flyers
IT ASAP, if you've already gotten out of Welgaia the first
time, you can get it when you go back there, but make sure
you do
Now, you're probably wondering why they look so weak,
well, thats because
they're not powered up. So head on over to the Darkness
Temple. Go down to the
altar and... Oh Noes!
Ok, this guys fairly difficult, but if you don't panic
and keep your head, you
can beat him around the room, it just takes a while.
First of all he has 120000 life, and yes, I do mean One
hundred and twenty
THOUSAND life. He also does a CRAP load of damage, and
he's very fast, he
loves his multi-hit combos/spells and he WILL attack Raine.
My recommendation for a party for this battle is Lloyd,
Colette (he's weak to
light magic, and she's got holy judgement and judgement),
Raine (obviously to
heal, but also to use Photon on him during your unisons),
and Sheena (she can
summon the light guy, plus her summons are really good
and she'll defintily
overlimit at least 4 times). But feel free to use your
Make sure to stop by the Katz Village (North Most island
on the map in
Sylvarant), they have cheap lemon gells and Pineapple
Gels, and you'll need
all you can get. And make sure you have 20 life drinks,
you won't need them
all, but just in case.
Equip raine with a Faerie Ring (the item that reduces
her TP Consumption by 50%) and the one
that regenerates her T-Points by 3%, yay, infinite TP
Obviously have everyone with their best armor and weapons
equipped (at least,
up till this point)
The first thing you should do, and I mean very first
thing, is use the item
you got from the sandworm battle, the All-Divide. This
item reduces the damage he deals you and the damage you
deal him by half, but because Raine can cast acuteness
(or however u spell it)
you can counteract the negative effects on you. The next
thing you should do
is to magic lens him, trust me, you'll look at his health
many times, and be
Ok, now Colette should cast holy song, which is a good
thing as it increases
the damage you do, which won't be much.
Every single time you initiate a combo, make SURE it
gets above 20 hits at
least, an easy way to do this is to equip Lloyd with a
Lvl 4 exsphere and have
it on Ability Plus, then when initiating the combo do
a tiger blade then sword-
rain, then another variation of sword rain (lvl 2 mind
you) and then finish
off with a final variation of sword rain (lvl 3 now of
Whenever anyone gets really low on HP (ESPECIALLY RAINE)
heal them with a
lemon gel, and keep Sheena's TP stocked up so that the
minute she goes to
overlimit she can summon.
When you get a union, its generally best to wait for
him to cast a BIG spell
(Meteor [yes, he does cast meteor like twice in the battle],
Lightning Blade,
etc.) then jump into it, thus avoiding any of the damage
from it. And always
either do one of the photon combinations (tiger blade+photon
is one I believe,
if you do that, have colette do pow hammer for an extra
combination one) or
combine sonic blade with power seal.
Just keep it up and in about a half an hour he'll go
down, dead.
More FAQ Madness!!!
(Common Problems)
*sigh* I'm convinced that people aren't reading my
entire guide properly. Ok, you MUST have the Demon
Eye (Colette's darkness weapon) before he will be
there... if you have it, and he ISN'T there, its probably
something to do with the story, continue on in the
game and come back later.
Where is the guy on the bridge?
You must have at least HALF of the darkness weapons
to be able to get Genis' darkness weapon (DW from
now on lol). For those of you that suck at math, that
translates to at least 3 weapons. However, if you
still cannot get it, some people have had a problem
where they cannot get it without having 4 weapons.
I have the Evil Eye and I still can't get
the Neblim Key (or I still can't get Genis)?
At a certain point in the game, all the sidequests
become locked. Keep progressing in the story and then
try again later.
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The award for 'Tree of the Moment' this week goes to the legandary Bowthorpe oak located near Bourne, Lincolnshire. For a small entrance charge you can visit this mighty oak, which stands in a field behind the main farmhouse at Manthorpe, and marvel at one of the largest girthed living British oaks.
Believed to be over 1,000 years old, the Bowthorpe oak's hollow trunk has been used for parties in the past, and it is rumoured that at one point over 39 people stood within it. The tree has also played host to many tea parties, with the children from the local chapel holding their annual tea and treat in there.
The Bowthorpe oak is one of many ancient trees on our database that each have their own unique tree details page, showing the trees location on a map and allowing stories and pictures to be uploaded. So if you are planning to visit the tree we would love you to add any comments and pictures after - or simply click to tell us you have visited it.
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ALL fight nights in the modern era of Liverpool boxing are judged against the 'Nark in the Park'.
Held up against the time Shea Neary and Andy Holligan traded beatings in a Stanley Park tent in 1998.
A benchmark for all derby scraps ever since.Related content
This week marks 15 years since 5,500 fans piled into a temporary arena to watch two city light-welterweights exchange blows in an incendiary contest for Neary's WBU title.
With the Liverpool Stadium long since flattened and no other venue big enough, promoters John and Stephen Hyland – along with business partner Neil Munro – took matters into their own hands.
What they built was not only a marquee big enough to accommodate the demands of such a contest but also a lasting legacy.
For the first time since getting out of the promotional game, John Hyland has spoke of his pride at being part of such a storied night in the city's great fight history.
And with a time and venue for the rematch between Liverpool super-middleweights Paul Smith and Tony Dodson to be announced today, Hyland's reflections on March 12, 1998 are perhaps never more timely.
He is convinced that Neary against Holligan in 2013 would have sold double the number of tickets they were able to offer.
"We would've been able to sell out the Echo Arena had the fight been today," said Hyland.
"Tickets went so fast because public demand for it was huge. In the first week they were all gone.
"When we were all in the ring, journalist Steve Bunce shouted up 'is there anyone left in their houses tonight?'. It was a great event to be involved in.
"Now we are lucky enough to have the Echo Arena but back then we had to bring the marquee and build our own stadium. But what is great is that it has left a legacy. Whenever there is a big show in Liverpool, Nark in the Park always seems to get a mention.
"I was lucky enough to box at the Liverpool Stadium, the 'Graveyard of Champions', on many occasions. And walking down towards it made the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Walking into the Stadium there was an amazing atmosphere and the Nark in the Park rebuilt that again.
"It lives up to any boxing event that will ever take place in Liverpool and it will leave a mark."
Hyland admits the preparations were tiring.
"I don't think I would do it again," he laughs.
But the fight felt as reward enough.
For five rounds and two minutes and 42 seconds, Neary and Holligan - fine fighters in their own right - delivered everything and more.
A contest not for the faint-hearted and one entirely fitting for such an occasion.
"You could've had Shea Neary in a phone box and it would've been exciting," said Hyland.
"Both fighters did the occasions proud. It was a great fight.
"When you look at a fight and see two fighters like that, you believe that it has the makings of a good fight. But how often does a fight under deliver? But that one lived up to expectations, from the word go. I was exhausted watching it.
"Andy was a great fighter and had been in front of 70,000 fans in Mexico when he fought world champion Julio Cesar Chavez.
"It was an ideal match with Shea.
"Both fighters wanted it. Andy had been in with Chavez and then Shea came on the scene and was a sensation for the city.
"Andy was training in Manchester and Shea was taking all the limelight. So Andy wanted it and so did Shea. Shea would've fought anyone. He would've fought Mike Tyson. It was the fight everyone wanted to see and you can only imagine the pressure that was on the two lads."
He added: "It was an experience. A tiring experience. Between the fire brigade, the planning, the police, the venue, the site, the marquee, the fighters. It was two, hard months.
"We were driving round sites with councillors. Constantly on to Frank Prendergast's office saying 'what about this site?' and 'what about that site?'. At the end of the day I was arguing with the council over having to pay for a licence. I didn't think I should've had to at the time, but we did."
Perhaps the greatest victory of the Munro-Hyland promotion though came after the fight.
"Liverpool and the Nark in the Park brought terrestrial television back to boxing," said John.
"It was a big feat. Shea Neary had 3.6 million viewers and the only reason we lost ITV was because they had a problem with the Grand Prix.
"The first show Brian Barwick commissioned for ITV2 was the Shea Neary story. On that show Reg Gutteridge, God rest his soul, said he thought he had seen it all in boxing until Nark in the Park."
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Weaver feels 'really good' after bullpen session
Weaver feels 'really good' after bullpen session
Whether that comes in a three-game series against the Giants from Monday to Wednesday or the weekend set against the Dodgers that follows remains to be seen. But Weaver, who exited his May 28 start against the Yankees in the first inning, hasn't experienced any back pain for a while and continues to progress quickly.
The Angels have some flexibility with off-days on back-to-back Thursdays, giving manager Mike Scioscia the freedom to skip one of his starters, shuffle the order or basically insert Weaver at his convenience. Weaver's return could also present a tough decision, with the young Garrett Richards impressing and the tenured Ervin Santana struggling.
"You want to make sure that he's at a certain point," Scioscia said of Weaver, "and that's what we'll focus on through the weekend."
Weaver threw 30 pitches off the front part of the mound on Monday, representing the first time he's progressed off flat ground, then followed that up by throwing 55 pitches from the rubber, where he mixed in all his pitches and let loose on a few toward the end.
"It felt really good," said Weaver, who went 6-1 with a 2.61 ERA through his first 11 starts. "Everything just feels normal."


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Weight Loss after Children
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Where are you calling from, Anne?
I'm calling from Newcastle.
Okay. Newvastle, New South Wales, in Australia.
Okay, thank you.
Is that right?
That's right.
Okay. How can I help you?
Now, I got your book in about April, and all was going fantastic at first. I've got a boy who's now about 14 months. So, when he was one — up until he was one, I was at home with him, and I started reading your book and all was going wonderful. I was walking every day, for the first couple of months, I lost about seven kilos, which was wonderful. I was feeling fantastic, but as soon as I started back at work, it stopped. I haven't been out — I know that the walking was a big thing for me. I was walking up to six K's a day, and I even started a bit of jogging, and now I've got about probably 30 kilos to lose. So, it's a decent amount. As soon as I started working, I just, I don't know, my energy levels have just fizzled completely until they're nonexistent.
Okay, do you have other kids?
No, I only have the one, which, I know, I feel really bad, because so many people have so much more.
No, no, no, no, listen to me, that's not why I'm asking. Anne, there's no judgment here. Okay? I have one kid, and I know that one kid or a hundred kids, it's a full-time job. I'm just getting a picture of where you're at.
So, you've got a 14 month old kid, which is already as full a job as anything that you could ever want. You've got a 14 month, and now you're going back to work, and you're working full time. Is that right?
Well, not full-time, but I do work about five days a week as an aged care nurse, so I'm working the afternoon shift.
What is it that you do?
I'm an aged care nurse, I work with the elderly.
I see, and is that what you did before you had a baby?
Well, I have done this previously. Before I had my son, I was drafting, but I've gone back to nursing, because the financial crisis ended my job in drafting. So, you know, there's that change.
So, let me try to understand. You would rather do — is this right — you would rather do the drafting, but the opportunity is not there to do the drafting? So, you're doing the nursing because there is an opportunity there. Is that right?.
Well, it's not just that, but it's been — as soon as I went back, I knew that I missed it. I love, love, love my job. I love my job more than — I love my job more now than I've ever loved any work. So, I've just been doing it for a long time previously, and I needed a change. That's why I went to drafting, but I did that for long enough to need to go back to nursing.
Okay. So, you're doing nursing five days a week, and what's happening with your child? He's in daycare?
Well, because I mostly work the afternoons, it's my partner who looks after him in the evening.
Is he still nursing?
Okay, so what I just want to say, what I'm getting a picture of, is you're a mother of a 14 month old, and you're working, fairly often — you're working five days a week. So, your stress level has gone up tremendously. Is that fair to say?
Yes, that's fair to say, and also so is my feel of guilt. I even make myself vomit just because I've eaten dinner. You know what I mean? I just can't control myself anymore. I'm sorry.
Wait a second, when you say you make yourself vomit, are you being serious? Literally, you do?
I'm serious. I put myself over the toilet if I feel like I've eaten too much or I feel guilty about what I've eaten, and I, yes, I'm very — because I like to be controlled, and especially when I was walking I felt like I had control. But, I feel like I've lost control, and that was kind of a way of gaining control, but it's not. And I look at myself, and I think, I'm now in my late twenties, not my late teen's, it's not something I should be doing.
You used to do this — no, it's not. And this is something you did in your teens, you say?
Yes, it was, and I felt like telling myself, "Wake up." To myself, you know? I don't know, I'm just a mess.
Yeah, but that's going to cause a huge problem for you. It's not going to help you lose weight. I mean, maybe in the short term, there's a little bit less calories that you're getting in, but then you end up starving your body and it also causes a lot of problems because of the acids that comes up when you do that, in your esophagus and your teeth. That also causes — is going to cause a lot of problems. In the long term it will cause to you gain weight because it's going to give you — it's going to make you nutritionally deficient.
So, what we need to do is, first of all, deal with the control issue. I think that's the most important thing. So, what is it that you need to control? That's the first question I would ask.
Well, I feel like I — because I know that I'm a reasonable eater. I don't eat junk food, I have a good varied diet, I love my fruit and veg and I think I have a very good diet that way. But, I don't know what it is, it's because I'm not walking and what not, I don't understand it. I can't, kind of, explain it. I'm sorry.
Okay, that's fine. But, let me ask you this. You weren't doing that before you went back to work. Is that right?
No, because I was walking. Because I told myself, "Well, okay, I'm eating now I'll go for my walk." And make sure I did at least 10,000 steps a day. Which said to myself — it's kind of like, in my head — which I can't get it to shut up — but it basically tells me, "Right, well, you've exercised, so you can eat." Do you know what I mean? And I know that's wrong, and I know at a conscious level, that's stupid, but, at an unconscious level I can't seem to —
Okay, what's changed is you've gone back to work, you're not walking, but also, you're exhausted. And so, let's see if we can deal with the stress issue. Are you listening – I have a visualization CD, a nighttime visualization CD – are you listening to that to date?
The one that I downloaded when I got the book?
Yes, yes I listen to that.
Do you listen to it — when do you listen to it?
I try to listen to it as often as I can. Some nights it's hard because Antony will go to bed before me, and I don't get home until late and I don't want to wake him up. But, because I don't have it on an iPod, I have it on my CD player.
Okay. And when do you get any — do you have any free time just to yourself?
Well, I don't go to bed — fortunately my partner and Bub go to bed at 7:00, so I normally have a bit of time to myself of an evening. Unless I'm working over, but even after work, even after work when I get home I've got a bit of me time.
And what time is that?
We have 10 minutes left and there's another caller here in Brisbane, Tammy, who I want to take so Anne thanks very much.
Anywhere from about 7:00 to when I go to bed at maybe 10:00 or 11:00.
So, by then you're exhausted, am I right?
Yes, there's not much I can do by then.
You need to have your own time, during the day, at some point. You need at least, if you can get a half hour during the day. Some kind of something during the day, it's best if you can have like a half day just to yourself, so that you get recharged. And I've dealt with a lot of people that are in your situation. They're mothers that are working, they're exhausted. They're depleted, they're getting pulled from all angles, they're giving and they're giving, and they're giving, and they're not replenishing. And, people that I talk to that are able to take some time off, like a half day, just for themselves during the week every week, they're able to recharge, they'll lose weight.
Like in the book, in Chapter 17, under "Success Profiles", there was a lady named Sue who was very similar to you in the fact that she was working full time, and she had a 15 month old kid. And we wrote out, sort of, a recipe where she would take one day just for herself, and we talked about all the things that she could do. And, she started doing that, and she started losing weight. And nothing else worked for her, she just needed to recharge.
Now, I know, I recognize that a lot of people can't do that. So, what I did was I made a meditation to use specifically for women, called The Living Goddess meditation. And the whole purpose of The Living Goddess meditation is for women that are mothers that are working that are giving, and giving, and giving, and not replenishing. I've made a tape that will allow them — it's a mediation that allows them to replenish and reconnect with your source.
It's called The Living Goddess mediation, and I would strongly recommend that you listen to it, and you find – it's 25 minutes – you find 25 minutes during the day, not at night, preferably, when you're exhausted, but if you could take a break from work and listen to that during the day, it's going to have — over a couple of week period, you'll find you have much more energy, you're much less stressed out, and you're body's not going to want to hold on to weight, which will give you more energy. Because what happens is, the stress that you're experiencing makes you tired and hungry, because when the FAT programs get activated, you're body wants to conserve calories. It's like, if you were in a famine, your body would want to conserve calories and it would want to get you to eat.
So that's what happened, is the stress that you're experiencing is causing the same chemistry, so you're activating these FAT programs. When you do this meditation, the stress level goes down, you're no longer activating those FAT programs. That makes you less hungry, it gives you more energy. When you have more energy, then you're going to be able to do your walks, and everything is going to fall into place.
So, I would start with that. Listen to that, if you call my office, they'll send you a complimentary copy of The Living Goddess CD, since you called in. Okay? Listen to it every day, and then call back in a month or so and tell me how you're doing. Okay?
Thank you so much, Jon. I'm sorry if I've just rehashed something you've probably spoken about a million times.
I never get tired of callers talking about —
A million women needed to hear that, though. I have one little thought, if I might interject it.
Yes, go ahead.
When she said — are you still on the line, sweetheart?
Yes, I am.
Oh, okay. When Jon was so skillfully asking you about your day, you said, I need to feel in control- and of course he addressed that because he's so brilliant at it – but what I heard was, you started doing this when you went to work, which is where you don't have control.
Oh yes, interesting.
And so, the vomiting would give you back some sense of control. And, what I've learned from doing some of the other medical shows is that, there's a certain amount of serotonin that's released when we vomit like that, the bulimic state. So, you're given sort of a fake kind of energy. It's a high, it's a high of sorts.
But, by dealing with it through the visualization and this mediation, you're naturally going to feel in control because you're going to have more energy. You feel out of control because you're depleted. And, I just want to make a point that, that type of strategy of regurgitating your food, is not going to– is always going to lead to a type of stress called a nutritional famine that will activate your FAT programs, make you hungrier, and tireder. So, you're borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, and you're getting a short term fix.
You're taxing your reserves, my goodness.
Yes, and you're going to have to pay it back with interest. So, listen to the CD for a while, and let's see where we go with that. Okay, Anne?
Thank you so much.
You're welcome, sweetheart.


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Catania coach Marco Giampaolo has been handed a vote of confidence despite his team's poor run of form.
Sunday's 1-1 draw against Chievo dropped Catania to 15th in Serie A, three points clear of the relegation zone. Catania have won just once in their past seven games and reports in Italy have suggested the club are considering potential replacements for under-fire Giampaolo.
However, Catania club administrator Pietro Lo Monaco rubbished the rumours and insisted Giampaolo will remain in charge of the team until the end of the season.
He said: "For some time I had read in the press that Giampaolo's job is under threat and that we are evaluating a coaching change but that is not true.
"Our only focus right now is on recovering some of the many players that are out injured. Of course we are not happy with our recent results and we should have won against Chievo but I'm confident the team can bounce back."
Catania travel to Parma on Saturday before hosting Serie A leaders AC Milan on January 29th.
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The semi entered the east ditch and then went over a driveway, causing it to roll over.
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COURT OF APPEALS DECISION DATED AND FILED October 10, 2000 Cornelia G. Clark Clerk, Court of Appeals of Wisconsin NOTICE This opinion is subject to further editing. If published, the official version will appear in the bound volume of the Official Reports. A party may file with the Supreme Court a petition to review an adverse decision by the Court of Appeals. See WIS. STAT. § 808.10 and RULE 809.62. No. 99-3250 STATE OF WISCONSIN IN COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT III DALE G. EISNER AND LORI A. EISNER, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, V. AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ROBERT LEAHY AND MIDWEST SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANTS, NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD UNITED OF WISCONSIN, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT. No. 99-3250 APPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Oconto County: LARRY JESKE, Judge. Affirmed. Before Cane, C.J., Hoover, P.J., and Peterson, J. ¶1 CANE, C.J. North American Specialty Insurance Company appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury s verdict, awarding Dale and Lori Eisner $182,665.781 for personal injuries Dale suffered after being hit by a golf cart driven by Robert Leahy during a golf outing at Sandalwood Golf Course. North American, Sandalwood s insurer, argues that: (1) there was no credible evidence to support the jury s finding that Dale was not negligent with respect to his own safety at the time of the golf cart accident; (2) the jury s $150,000 award for Dale s past and future pain and suffering was excessive; and (3) North American is entitled to an offset or credit for advance payments mistakenly made by American Family Mutual Insurance Company. We reject North American s arguments and affirm the judgment. BACKGROUND ¶2 On September 15, 1996, Dale and Leahy were co-workers participating in a company golf outing. Both were members of separate fourperson teams. After Leahy s team finished its round of golf, Leahy decided to drive his golf cart back onto the course to find Dale. Leahy spotted Dale on the sixteenth fairway and drove the golf cart in that direction, intending to run over Dale s golf ball with the left tires of the cart. Although both men maintain that they attempted to avoid the accident, Leahy s cart hit Dale, breaking his right leg. 1 This figure includes statutory costs and attorney fees in the amount of $2,994.12. 2 No. 99-3250 As a result of the accident, the Eisners sought damages for the personal injuries Dale suffered as a result of the golf cart accident. ¶3 At the time of the accident, Leahy was insured under an American Family homeowner s liability insurance policy. American Family, mistakenly believing that it was the primary insurer liable for Dale s medical bills, wage loss and other potential damages, made advance payments to Dale in the amount of $8,353.72.2 Prior to trial, American Family and the Eisners entered into an agreement whereby the Eisners agreed that at the close of trial, they would reimburse American Family $4,176.86, representing half of the amount American Family had previously paid. The parties further agreed that in exchange for a release from the case, American Family would assign its interest in the advanced payments to the Eisners. American Family agreed, however, to leave its $300,000 policy on the table, in the event that the jury s damage award exceeded North American s $1,000,000 policy limit. ¶4 The parties went to trial. A jury found that Dale was not negligent with respect to his own safety at the time of the accident and awarded him $150,000 for his past and future pain, suffering and disability.3 In motions after verdict, North American argued that the jury s finding that Dale was not negligent with respect to his own safety was contrary to the greater weight of the credible evidence. North American also contended that the jury s $150,000 damage award 2 The Eisners agreed to pay American Family $4,534.30, which represents one-half of the $9,068.61 American Family previously paid on an advanced basis. Later, American Family discovered that a $714.89 check was never cashed, resulting in a slight adjustment to American Family s overall claim. 3 The amount of Dale s past medical expenses, $17,281.66, and past wage loss, $12,390, were entered in the verdict by the trial court, resulting in a total verdict of $179,671.66. 3 No. 99-3250 was excessive. Finally, North American claimed that it was entitled to an offset or credit for the advance payments American Family had mistakenly made to the Eisners. The court denied the motions and entered judgment consistent with the jury s verdict. This appeal followed. ANALYSIS A. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE ¶5 North American argues that the trial court erred by denying its motion to change the jury s verdict regarding Dale s contributory negligence. Specifically, North American contends that there is no credible evidence to support the jury s finding that Dale was not negligent with respect to his own safety at the time of the accident. ¶6 On review, we will not upset a jury verdict if there is any credible evidence to support it, even though it be contradicted and the contradictory evidence be stronger and more convincing. Weiss v. United Fire & Cas. Co., 197 Wis. 2d 365, 389-90, 541 N.W.2d 753 (1995). Our deference to the verdict is even greater where, as here, the verdict has the trial court s approval. See York v. National Continental Ins. Co., 158 Wis. 2d 486, 493, 463 N.W.2d 364 (Ct. App. 1990). Further, it is this court s obligation to search for credible evidence that will sustain the verdict, not for evidence to sustain a verdict the jury could have but did not reach. Id. ¶7 With respect to testimony, it is the role of the jury, not an appellate court, to balance the credibility of witnesses and weigh the testimony of those witnesses. See Morden v. Continental AG, 2000 WI 51, ¶ 39, 235 Wis. 2d 325, 611 N.W.2d 659. If evidence in the record gives rise to more than one reasonable 4 No. 99-3250 inference, even if that evidence is weaker and less convincing than contradictory evidence, we must accept the particular inference reached by the jury. Id. ¶8 At trial, Leahy testified that he intended to run over Dale s golf ball with the two left wheels of his golf cart. Leahy further testified that as he approached the sixteenth fairway, he and Dale acknowledged each other. According to Leahy, as he headed for Dale s golf ball, Dale moved into the cart s path, waving his golf club, in an effort to protect his golf ball. When a collision seemed imminent, the two tried to avoid it, though they inadvertently attempted to dodge each other by zig-zagging back and forth at the same time and in the same direction. Leahy ultimately hit Dale with the cart. Leahy testified that he did not blame Dale for the accident. ¶9 Dale testified that as he was taking some practice swings, he saw Leahy approaching from a distance, though he did not pay any attention to him. When he looked up again, Leahy was much closer. Dale recalled waving his club at him and jumping back and forth to avoid a collision, but contrary to Leahy s testimony, Dale denied making any attempt to stand in the path of the cart in order to protect his golf ball. Because the jury could reasonably infer that Dale did nothing more than attempt to move out of the way of Leahy s golf cart, we conclude that the trial court did not err by denying North American s motion to change the jury s verdict regarding Dale s contributory negligence. B. PAIN AND SUFFERING ¶10 North American contends that the jury s $150,000 award for Dale s past and future pain, suffering and disability is excessive and not supported by the record. The amount awarded for damages rests largely within the jury s discretion. See Ballard v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 33 Wis. 2d 601, 605, 148 5 No. 99-3250 N.W.2d 65 (1967). A damages award is excessive if it reflects a rate of compensation beyond all reason. See Peissig v. Wisconsin Gas Co., 155 Wis. 2d 686, 703, 456 N.W.2d 348 (1990). Where, as here, one seeks to overturn a jury damage award, this court may not substitute its judgment for that of the jury but, rather, must determine whether the award is within reasonable limits. Mikaelian v. Woyak, 121 Wis. 2d 581, 592, 360 N.W.2d 706 (Ct. App. 1984). Further, this court will not interfere with the jury s finding, unless the award is so unreasonably low as to shock the judicial conscience. Wisconsin Natural Gas Co. v. Ford, Bacon & Davis Constr. Corp., 96 Wis. 2d 314, 340, 291 N.W.2d 825 (1980) (quoting Puls v. St. Vincent Hosp., 36 Wis. 2d 679, 693, 154 N.W.2d 308 (1967)). ¶11 Here, the jury saw the videotaped deposition testimony of Dr. Donald Wackwitz, Dale s treating physician. With respect to the injury, Wackwitz explained that Dale suffered an angulated tibia fracture. The fracture was comminuted, meaning that the bone fractured into more than two pieces. To assist in the healing process, Wackwitz inserted a rod down the center of Dale s leg. Noting that Dale felt significant pain in the weeks following the accident, Wackwitz explained that such pain is fairly usual because of the amount of swelling and the amount of trauma that s in the leg. Dale had a second operation in February of 1997 to remove two of the screws holding the rod in place. Throughout the next several months, Dale intermittently saw Wackwitz, complaining of pain at and around the fracture site. The rod was ultimately removed in December of 1997. ¶12 Regarding any residual effects of the injury, the following exchange occurred: Q Doctor, do you have an opinion again to a reasonable medical certainty as to whether or not he ll have some 6 No. 99-3250 permanent limitations of motion in regard to dorsiflexion in that foot or leg? A I think he most likely will have some limitations of motion in his ankle that are permanent. Q Doctor, do you have an opinion as to whether or not he ll have permanent aching at the fracture site, and if so, as to what will be likely or probable to cause that? A I never know whether aching at the fracture site is absolutely permanent, but it certainly does go on for about five years or so in a tibia fracture. It tends to be aching with weather changes or when he s on his feet for a long period of time. Those are the key[] things that tend to bring it along. Q So being on his feet and weather changes; is that correct? A Typically. Q What about after five years, do some people continue to have aching? A That s variable. Sometimes people do continue to have aching, sometimes people have less and less symptoms and have it go up to the point where it doesn t hurt. Q Just depends on how they progress and the patient, the fracture site? A It s very individual. Q Doctor, do you have an opinion as to whether or not he s likely to have limping problems after being on the leg longer periods of time with work standing? A Well, with the length of time that he had for his recovery he did have some substantial weakness in his leg, and the limping that you have that would progress after a day of work would be secondary to weakness. So I m anticipating that he does have some fatigue weakness for a intermediate term, and at his age I would anticipate that that would last for several years. Q So that his testimony that he works and at the toward the end of his workday he gets more pain or limps or favors the leg and if workers, co-workers would testify to that, that would be consistent with what you re telling us? A Yes. I anticipate that he may still limp toward the end of the day due to fatigue. 7 No. 99-3250 ¶13 Dale, testifying about the current condition of his leg, stated that it is constantly hurting. He also noted that he is on his feet at work approximately 70-80% of the time and during these times, his leg hurts. Pain in his leg is further irritated by weather changes. On this record, we conclude that there was credible evidence to support the jury s verdict awarding $150,000 to Dale for his past and future pain, suffering and disability. C. CREDIT OR OFFSET ¶14 Finally, North American argues that it is entitled to a credit or offset for the advance payments American Family mistakenly made to the Eisners. Because the collateral source rule applies to the facts of this case, we disagree. ¶15 Under the collateral source rule, a plaintiff s recovery will not be reduced by the fact that the medical expenses were paid by some source collateral to the defendant, such as by a beneficial society, by members of the plaintiff s family, by the plaintiff s employer or by an insurance company. See McLaughlin v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R.R., 31 Wis. 2d 378, 396, 143 N.W.2d 32 (1966). The tortfeasor who is legally responsible for causing injury is not relieved of his obligation to the victim simply because the victim had the foresight to arrange, or good fortune to receive, benefits from a collateral source for injuries and expenses. Ellsworth v. Schelbrock, 2000 WI 63, ¶7, 235 Wis. 2d 678, 611 N.W.2d 764. ¶16 Here, American Family mistakenly made payments to Dale on behalf of Leahy, its insured. The two entered into an agreement whereby the Eisners agreed that at the end of trial, they would repay half of what American Family mistakenly paid. It is undisputed that American Family would have had an equitable right to seek reimbursement for the advance payments it made under a 8 No. 99-3250 mistake of fact. American Family nevertheless assigned its interest in the payment to the Eisners and agreed to keep their $300,000 policy limits on the table in exchange for a release from the case. Because American Family, in exchange for a release from the case, essentially gave up its right to seek reimbursement for the remaining half of its mistaken payments, those payments are akin to a gift from a collateral source and thus, may not be used to offset North American s liability.4 By the Court. Judgment affirmed. Not recommended for publication in the official reports. 4 North American argues that if it is not allowed the offset, the Eisners will be unjustly enriched. This court has recognized, however, that the theory behind the collateral source rule is that this extra source of benefits will either inure to the plaintiff, who will recover twice (once from the tortfeasor and once from the third party) or will inure to the tortfeasor who will walk away from having to pay at all. Oliver v. Heritage Mut. Ins. Co., 179 Wis. 2d 1, 23, 505 N.W.2d 452 (Ct. App. 1993). Given the choice of who will have the windfall, Wisconsin courts have chosen the plaintiff. Id. 9


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ATM Withdrawals in France
I've had some problems with withdrawals in European countries. We bank with a Credit Union here in the US and the logos on the back of our ATM cards are Plus and Star. Some information I found on line mentioned Cirrus and Maestro as being the networks that most banks in France use. If I can't use my ATM card there, do you know if I would be able to enter the bank and engage a real person to advance Euro from my card?
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In what ways did you have problems before?
Since you have not provided enough info, I need to make several assumptions.
1. What you have is really an ATM card. Not check/debit card.
2. If you really have an ATM card, it is probably linked to a savings account.
If your "ATM" card is linked to a savings account, your chance of getting cash out in France is very poor. I had such an arrangement, and in spite of worthless assurances by branch customer service, it never worked.
If it is linked to a checking account, it "probably" works. But all my banks in the US forced me to convert my ATM cards into debit/check cards more than 10 yrs ago. Debit/check cards in US or usually Visa/Mastercard branded. Their logos are in the front of the card.
The bank FAQs tell you to go into bank in person. Some claim it works. For me, it never worked.
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I have better luck if I choose ATM's that are right outside banks rather than in grocery stores etc. can't suggest anything else, sorry.
We have cards that are linked to savings problems and have used them in lots of places.
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Oops, damned predictive text! Savings accounts!
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I have a credit union Visa debit card with Plus, NYCE, and Interlink logos on the back and have never had a problem with ATMs in France.
I doubt anyone in the bank would give you money against your card. I haven't been able to do this in France since 1995.
If you have trouble with an ATM machine walk a block and find another one. Sometimes they run out of money and it has nothing to do with your card.
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I belong to three credit unions and only one atm card worked in the UK last trip. It is hit or miss but so happy my one card did work but I started using my credit card for most purchases to save on cash just in case. This next trip is to France and we are watching the euro and plan to buy a lot when it hits 1.25 since the apartment and and B&B want cash. I don't usually like taking a ton of cash but will in this case.
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flpab, unless you have a special arrangement with your bank, buying euros in the U.S. before you leave will actually cost you significantly more than 1.25 for one euro. The cheapest way is to actually use your debit card to get cash once you arrive. I'd suggest setting up parameters with your bank before you leave to both allow you to use the bank in europe (to avoid automatic fraud shut-down of the card) and to clarify your withdrawl limits. You likely will only be able to withdraw a certain amount either each day or from each transaction. So long as it is only a transactional limit, you can withdraw the maximum from one ATM, then go to as many other ATM's as necessary.
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Thanks for the replies.
Greg, my card is a debit/check card which is linked to my primary checking account. If my memory is correct, I received a message such as "invalid card." My card does have VISA on it.
flpab, my situation is the same as yours. I prefer to use my credit card for lodging, but this trip, we are staying in very small places and the B & Bs do not accept cc.
apersuader, you have cleared up a mystery for me. A couple of months ago when the Euro first started its downward trend, I was at an airport with ATMs that would dispense various currencies. I withdrew 200 Euro and believe me, my cost did not reflect the going rate. I thought I was being smart, but I sure wasn't. I would rather wait until arrival to withdraw our Euro, but only if my darn card works.
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My sister banks at a credit union which issues probably the same Visa card, and was unable to use the ATM at CDG (and for the life of me, I can't remember whose ATM that was) this past June, but I don't think she had any issues anywhere else. I would say that if one doesn't work, don't panic, just try another somewhere else.
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Why not open a checking account at another institution, one that will let you transfer electronically between your accounts at different banks, so that you have cards for accounts at two banks? I never leave home without cards for two different checking accounts and at least two credit cards -- I'm not exactly paranoid, but want to go on enjoying my travels if something goes wrong with one account.
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@apersuader65 We always call the bank and credit card companies. We are watching the euro drop daily and know it could go back up as well. 6 of us are splitting the 20.00 one time fee from a local bank. One guy is buying for us all and they are giving us the rate for that day so we are watching daily to jump on the lowest rate. I picked 1.25 and know it could go lower but it is a gamble. Wish we had a crystal ball! We keep euro from trip to trip and I buy from people who return and don't want to keep their euros or pounds. I have gone to Europe when it was almost even and when the exchange was over 150.00.
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I happen to have a couple of ATM cards, so if one does not work..either try another card or another bank. I have Cirrus and Plus.
as noted, you will not get a choice of Checking/Savings at ATM machine. One recommendation is to get a small amount of euros at home, in case of CDG ATM issues you could get to your hotel
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Both Visa (which owns the Plus system) and Star have web sites that list affiliated banks. If you do even a small amount of research, you ought to be able to figure out which banking networks in Europe will accept your credit union's ATM card.
I've never had problems finding ATMs that take either Plus or Cirrus cards anywhere in the world, but it's certainly true that not every ATM accepts every card. And glitches at individual ATMs can cause you problems even if your card is on the same system, as can PINs with more than 4 digits.
FYI: You do not get an "advance" on your ATM card through a teller inside a bank. You make a withdrawal. But in general, that's difficult if you aren't a bank customer, and I doubt very much that would be possible (though I could be wrong). You do get an advance on your credit card, but I would strongly advise against ever doing that except in an emergency since interest rates and fees are extortionate and begin the very moment the money is withdrawn.
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Sever points to consider:
1. French bank ATMs charge no withdrawal fees.
2. Most ATM cards use either the Pulse network (linking Visa cards) or the Cirrus network (used by MasterCard, Maestro, and Diners Club). These networks typically charge a 1% currency conversion fee but the exchange rates are standard bank to bank, mid-market rates.
3. Many US banks, particularly large, big-advertising-budget banks will add fixed transaction costs or add up to a 2% of the amount withdrawn in fees to each withdrawal. These additional fees can be completely avoided if one is careful about the bank he uses.
4. As long as your ATM card is linked to either Pulse or Cirrus/Maestro, there is little chance that it will be rejected at a French bank ATM. If for some reason there is a problem at one ATM, do as twk suggests and try another location.
5. Most US banks limit the amount of money that can be withdrawn within any 24 hour period to approximately $500 or less than 400€. This might be a concern for those paying for accommodations in cash and withdrawals should be planned accordingly.
6. French ATMs will not offer a choice if you typically make ATM withdrawals from different bank accounts. Withdrawals will be automatically made from whichever account your bank has earmarked as your primary account. Bank customers may want to confirm their primary accounts before travelling.
Using ATMs offers the low cost way to obtain foreign currencies. ATMs are ubiquitous all over France including at the airports so obtaining euros is now a fairly routine and simple process.
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Very often credit union cards are NOT realy linked to the major ATM providers. Make sure your card has a Visa or MC logo on it an is linked to yourchecking accoutn. If it doesn;t have those logos you may continute tohave problems. Consider trying a real bank wth global scope.
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I suspect it's your credit union card that is the problem. No French bank is going to hand over money to you, why would they, and they don't do things for people off the street, anyway.
FWIW, I had an ATM card from a local bank in my area that only said STAR on it, as I recall, and it still worked in any country. But that was a big local bank, not some credit union.
I don't know at all why someone above assumed if you had an ATM card it must be linked to a savings account. I don't get the connection, mine wasn't, it was linked to my checking account. And it was NOT a debit card and had nothing on it about VISA, etc.
If your ATM card doesn't work, you'll have to use a credit card, but they charge a fortune to get cash at an ATM. But you can get it.
I suggest you open another account at a regular bank to get a second card for use in ATMs. You might consider a money market account from Capital One, for example.
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There is no rational reason why a credit union card, linked to one of the international exchanges (Cirrus or Plus), should not function as well as any big bank card.
If you have had problems with an ATM card associated with PLUS (STAR is primarily a N American only network), I would contact PLUS for an explanation. It could be a problem with your card and its magnetic strip readability. It could be some other reason but they should be able to find an appropriate solution without your having to open additional accounts unnecessarily.
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Every bank ATM in Paris accepts exactly the same bank cards (i.e. all the principal systems), so it is good to know that you don't ever have to look for a specific ATM. If it works in one ATM, it will work in all of the others.
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I used my Credit Union ATM card in Europe.
In Europe, the card is linked to your primary account on that ATM card. I found out once there that my money was in the 'wrong' account, so used another card.
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We bank at a credit union and have successfully used our debit card for cash withdrawals in Europe -- the catch is to make sure you inform your bank IN ADVANCE that you will be traveling. Give them the dates and country location and make sure they make a note on your account. It's also good to have a Visa or MC credit card with a cash advance allowance as back up.
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- 'Locating the Mukata'a: The Role of Government's Architecture in the Development of Ramallah', Places of Amnesia Conference, University of Cambridge (April 2016)
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- 'The Religious Transformations of the Western Wall in Jerusalem' The Dynamic of Religious Interaction Conference, University of Cambridge (April 2014)
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- Palestine/Israel
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- Phenomenology of cities
- Socio-politics and the City
- (2016) Churchill College Travel Grant, University of Cambridge, UK
- (2015) Cambridge Trust Scholarship for Doctorate Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
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