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A nighttime view of Istanbul, Turkey is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 32 crew member on the International Space Station. Most of Istanbul's Asian suburbs (right) appear in this night view from the space station, but only about half the area of the city on the European side (left) can be seen.
The margins of the metropolitan area are clearly visible at night, more so than in daylight images. The Bosporus strait (also spelled Bosphorus) (center left) famously separates the two halves of the city, and links the small Sea of Marmara (and the Mediterranean Sea to its south) to the Black Sea (indistinguishable in this night view, top right). The strait is 31 kilometers long, most of which is visible in this view. The Bosporus is a very busy waterway, with larger ships passing to and from the Black Sea competing with numerous ferries that cross between the two halves of the city. Apart from the dark Sea of Marmara (lower margin of the image), the other large dark areas are all wooded hills which provide open spaces for the densely populated city of Istanbul -- one of the largest in Europe with 13.5 million inhabitants.
The old city occupies the prominent point at the entrance to the strait. Major traffic arteries are the brighter lines crossing the metropolitan area, and also mark all the shorelines. The First Bosporus Bridge and Second Bridge (also known as the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge) can be seen spanning the strait. The brilliant lights of both international airports serving the region also stand out at lower left and lower right. ISS032-E-017547 (9 Aug. 2012) - high res (1.4 M) low res (75 K)
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15 Years Ago, I Wrote A Fan Letter To ESPN. Here's Who Wrote Back.
I don't remember now what was in my letter, which I'd addressed to the very nonspecific "SportsCenter anchors." I'm sure it was your standard fan mail—"I'm a big fan, I watch every morning, I want to be on ESPN one day." I don't think I asked for a reply, and I definitely didn't ask for signed headshots.

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A specification for a standard multi-threading Common Lisp API. It has been superseded by Bordeaux-Threads.
Common Lisp Sockets APIs - An analysis and proposal
Paper by Dave Roberts, 27 December 2005. It proposes a creation of standardised Common Lisp networking API.
Maintaining Portable Lisp Programs - It's a bug, not a feature
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When is the last time you celebrated just the two of you? Valentine's Week 2018 get away for a 7-night Mexican Riviera #Cruise. The kids will be fine with Grandma & Grandpa or their favorite Aunt. Fares start from $489 per person (does not include taxes, gratuities, or travel insurance). ORRRRRR – you could drive to Vegas for the weekend before or after Valentine's day and just for a hotel on the strip for TWO nights plus taxes plus resort fee pay $439 (MGM 2-9 through 2-11). Then pay for your own food and entertainment. Even the breakfast buffets are over $10 each now so on the cheap, one breakfast buffet and one dinner buffet each per day could be $100 for the weekend. On a Friday or Saturday night IF you went to an unpopular show you could spend $50 per ticket. You two night Valentine's weekend stay in Vegas with a modest priced show and four breakfast and dinner buffets plus your gas AND TRAFFIC could set you back $750+.
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Woman struck, injured by truck Tuesday night
Police searching for driver
Woman struck, injured by truck Tuesday night
Police searching for driver
Police in Vermont are searching for the driver of a truck that struck and injured a woman Tuesday night.
The accident happened just after 10 p.m. at the intersection of Maple and Church streets. The driver fled the scene before authorities arrived.
Police are searching for a newer-style silver Dodge Ram 1500 without a cap. It was last seen heading south on Church Street from Maple Street.
Authorities have identified the pedestrian as Donna Wixson, of Burlington. She was taken to the emergency room Tuesday night and is listed in fair condition Wednesday morning.
Anyone with information is asked to call the police at 802-658-2704.


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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The teenage suspect in the slayings of three men lured by phony Craigslist job offers went along with the plan only because he feared he would also die if he didn't, he testified Tuesday at his murder trial.
Asked repeatedly by his defense attorney why he didn't run from his co-defendant or call police, soft-spoken Brogan Rafferty, 17, said his onetime mentor had issued a veiled warning to keep quiet.
"I thought he'd kill me," Rafferty, of nearby Stow, testified as jurors watched intently, some taking notes.
He said co-defendant Richard Beasley, 53, of Akron, who has pleaded not guilty and will be tried separately, reminded Rafferty during the drive home after the first killing that he knew where Rafferty's mother and sister lived.
Asked what would have happened if he had objected, Rafferty responded, "He probably would have murdered me right there in the car."
Authorities say the victims answered Craigslist ads for work on a nonexistent cattle farm in rural Noble County in southeast Ohio. A robbery scheme targeted older, single, out-of-work men with backgrounds that made it unlikely their disappearances would be noticed right away, according to authorities.
Beasley could face the death penalty if convicted. As a juvenile, Rafferty cannot and instead faces a life prison sentence without chance of parole if convicted of aggravated murder.
Rafferty said the horror of the first killing as the victim interviewed for a job at a southeast Ohio farm surprised him and, as he and Beasley drove home, Rafferty testified that he vomited during a rest stop.
"Did you agree to any of this?" defense attorney John Alexander asked.
"No," Rafferty responded as his tearful mother watched from the front row.
"Did you want to be a part of it?" his attorney asked.
"No," Rafferty said.
After the first killing, Rafferty testified, Beasley stayed in touch, sometimes daily, to check on his whereabouts, and Rafferty said he was afraid.
"Did you fear he was watching?" his attorney asked.
"Yes," Rafferty responded. "Because he was."
Rafferty, dressed in a gray open-collar jersey and green slacks, described a one-parent upbringing, seeing his drug-addicted mother only occasionally and often alone at home as his father worked.
His father befriended Beasley, and the ex-convict took Rafferty under his wing, taking him to church and becoming a "spiritual mentor," Rafferty testified.
On the first outing of what led to three shooting deaths and the wounding of a fourth man, Rafferty said there was no warning on the killing of Ralph Geiger, 55, of Akron, on Aug. 9, 2011.
Geiger, who was killed the day after he left a homeless shelter, saying he was taking a farm job, was shot by Beasley without notice as they walked through a wooded area, ostensibly looking for a path to a farm, Rafferty testified.
In one second Beasley pulled out a pistol, and in another shot Geiger, Rafferty testified. "I said to myself, 'Oh, my God,'" the teenager testified.
Rafferty said there was no logic to the killing, leading him to believe he might become the next victim.
"I was terrified," Rafferty testified.
Asked by his attorney why he accompanied Beasley on subsequent killing outings, Rafferty replied it was "that or die."
Under cross-examination by prosecutor Paul Scarsella, Rafferty said he had access to weapons, including a shotgun, and had a cellphone but never called police or told anyone else about the killings.
Trying to show Rafferty had other options, Scarsella asked him whether he had driven one victim's car back to Akron while Beasley drove their vehicle. Beasley said he had.
Rafferty said he couldn't remember whether he had seen a police car on the way home, leading Scarscella to ask, "But you never thought to call, did you?" Beasley said no.


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This disappointing Florida season experienced a seismic shift Saturday in The Swamp. It went from tough and painful to intolerable and embarrassing.
This disappointing Florida season experienced a seismic shift Saturday in The Swamp. It went from tough and painful to intolerable and embarrassing.
With the emphasis on embarrassing.
That's what it becomes when you lose to an FCS school for the first time in the program's proud history, at home, no less.
When you give up an astounding 429 yards rushing to a four-touchdown underdog.
When you get physically pushed around by a team that is literally playing out of its league.
When your opponent doesn't even need to complete a pass to kick your tail.
When you lose to Georgia Southern 26-20 before 82,459 shocked fans for a sixth consecutive loss, one that drops the Gators to 4-7.
"Very disappointed for our program, and the embarrassment in this situation," UF coach Will Muschamp said. "We're struggling offensively, and it has infected our entire team right now. That's the struggle we've got."
There is no longer any doubt how this mess of a season is going to end for the Gators — with the school's first losing record since 1979 and first absence from postseason play since 1990.
"Very shocking," senior offensive guard Jon Halapio said. "The morale on this team is at an all-time low. We have a lack of leadership. We just need to really tighten up as a team.
"Just losing. … I hate it. Just the way the whole season has gone. I'm very disappointed. I'm sorry.
"It's very tough (to be in this situation). We've been hit with so much adversity this year, but it's not an excuse for losing to these people. We just didn't play well. Never (thought this would happen). Not at Florida."
It was a stunning, shocking, numbing loss for the injury-depleted Gators.
The Florida defense, which looked like one of the nation's strongest early in the season, was clueless in its attempt to stop the Eagles' triple-option offense. The Gators gave up big play after big play — 12 runs of double-digit yards in all — and surrendered a humbling 429 yards rushing, the fourth-most in school history.
The Eagles had so much success running around and through the Florida defense that quarterback Kevin Ellison attempted only three passes all day, completing none.
"This is what they do for a living," Muschamp said of the Georgia Southern option attack. "It's hard to defend them. The way you defend these teams is you change the scoreboard on the other side, and you get them out of rhythm and you create negative plays and you get them behind the down and distance.
"We were never able to do that. We were battling second-and-6. We were battling second-and-4."
And giving up big, game-changing plays, including runs of 66, 53 and 45 yards.
The Florida offense also faltered with redshirt freshman Skyler Mornhinweg starting his second consecutive game at quarterback for the injured Tyler Murphy.
Going with a similar conservative approach to a week ago, the Gators did not hit a pass down the field until Mornhinweg threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Solomon Patton to tie the score 20-20 with only 5:41 left in the game.
Overall, Mornhinweg threw for only 122 yards on 14 completions in 25 attempts.
For the game, the Gators gained only 279 total yards against what has been a suspect defense all season. UF's only consistent weapon continues to be true freshman tailback Kelvin Taylor, who rushed for 92 yards on 22 carries.
When the offense finally generated some momentum for the Gators with that late touchdown, the defense gave it right back by giving up a 53-yard run up the middle by reserve fullback William Banks on a third-and-2 play that led to the winning touchdown — a 14-yard run by Jerick McKinnon with 2:44 to play.
The Gators managed to drive to the Georgia Southern 17-yard line in the closing seconds, but Mornhinweg's fourth-down pass fell incomplete just short of the goal line as time expired.
On the previous play, Mornhinweg overthrew wide receiver Quinton Dunbar, who was open in the right corner of the end zone.
"I've got to give him a shot to score there, and that's on me," Mornhinweg said. "I've got to give him the shot to make the play."
As has happened throughout this six-game losing streak, the Gators failed to make plays on both sides of the ball that could have made a difference.
"We're just upset over the loss," Mornhinweg said. "We're the Florida Gators. We should be winning every game. We're upset about the loss. We've got to regroup and get ready for Florida State."
With the No. 2 Seminoles coming to The Swamp on Saturday, the Gators are now staring at a 4-8 season, the worst since the 1979 team went 0-10-1.
And this is a team that started the season ranked in the top 10 nationally.
"It's all disappointing. It's hard to really measure it," Muschamp said. "I'm very disappointed. We've got to get it fix, and we will.
"At the end of the day, you take ownership with where we are. Nobody needs to point a finger right now. It's time to look in the mirror. I've told (the players) that several times this season.
"Regardless of situation and circumstances, we need to produce better. That starts with me. So, that's what we'll do."


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HONOLULU (AP) — A man was driving along a Honolulu freeway over the weekend when a surfboard crashed through the windshield just inches from his face, leaving him with only scratches on his face and arms.
Jerrin Ching was driving on the H-1 freeway Sunday morning when the red surfboard came out of nowhere and pierced through the glass, he told KHON- TV (http://ow.ly/owxKh ).
"I'm just thankful to be here," he said. "After it hit, I was like what just happened?"
Witnesses told police the surfboard fell off an overpass and bounced off a school bus. Ching said he was in the far left lane, driving east near the Punahou Street overpass, on his way to pick up a friend at the University of Hawaii, when "all of a sudden I see this red thing come out of nowhere and turns out it was a surfboard. And it just crashed through my windshield."
It's not known who the board belongs to, or where it came from. "Can you please claim your board, and I don't know, pay for the windshield or something?" he said. "Because you almost killed me."
Anyone with information about the surfboard's owner or where it came from is asked to contact Honolulu police.
The 2011 Honda Fit that Ching was driving belongs to his girlfriend, who was on Maui at the time.
Ching called it a "freak accident."
Information from: KHON-TV, http://khon.com


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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of people marched in Sarajevo Sunday to accuse police of mistreating recently arrested protesters and demand their release.
For the fourth day in a row, the demonstrators also called on the government to resign because of the nation's almost 40 percent unemployment rate and alleged widespread corruption.
The head of the local police station, Mirsad Sukic, told the crowd in front of his building that none of the 44 people who were taken in custody had been mistreated or were minors. He said all but 10 have been freed.
But 17-year-old Harun Cehajic, who claimed he is one of the freed protesters, said he and others were beaten in the basement of the police station and not allowed to sleep for 26 hours.
"They destroyed us," he said of the police.
Sunday's protesters also yelled "Let the kids go, bandits!" at riot police in full gear who stood nearby. The crowd then marched to a prosecution office in downtown Sarajevo where protesters still in custody are believed to have been transferred.
More than 300 people were injured in the past four days during the worst social unrest Bosnia has seen since its devastating war. On Friday protesters set fire to the presidency and 17 other government buildings in several cities.
The U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo issued a statement saying politicians should listen to the protesters and authorities should end the violence.
"The use of violence distracts attention from the fundamental message we see the vast majority of protesters trying to make — that reform is necessary now," the statement said.
The prime minister of neighboring Croatia, Zoran Milanovic, met with Bosnia's Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda in the city of Mostar. Milanovic urged the European Union to help Bosnia with its problems and speed up its efforts to become a member of the bloc.


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BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's leader vowed Friday that his militants would keep fighting in Syria "wherever needed" after the U.S. agreed to arm the rebels in the civil war, setting up a proxy fight between Iran and the West that threatens to engulf more of the Middle East.
President Barack Obama has deepened U.S. involvement in the conflict, authorizing lethal aid to the rebels for the first time after Washington said it had conclusive evidence the Syrian regime had used chemical weapons. Syria accused Obama of lying about the evidence, saying he was resorting to fabrications to justify his decision to arm the rebels.
The opposition forces, which have suffered key battlefield losses in recent weeks and were facing heavy fighting Friday in Syria's largest city of Aleppo, appealed for the weapons to be sent to them as soon as possible to swing the momentum to their side.
The 2-year-old conflict, which the U.N. estimates has killed more than 90,000 people and displaced millions, is increasingly being fought along sectarian lines, pitting Sunni against Shiite Muslims, and is threatening the stability of Syria's neighbors.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, chief of the Shiite Hezbollah group in Lebanon, appeared unwavering in his support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
He signaled for the first time the Iranian-backed militant group will stay involved in the civil war after helping Assad's army recapture the key town of Qusair in central Homs province from rebels.
"We will be where we should be. We will continue to bear the responsibility we took upon ourselves," Nasrallah said in a speech via satellite to supporters in south Beirut. "There is no need to elaborate. ... We leave the details to the requirements of the battlefield."
Nasrallah appeared angry and defiant, saying the group has made a "calculated" decision to defend the Assad regime.
Hezbollah has come under harsh criticism at home and abroad for sending its fighters to Qusair, and Nasrallah's gamble in Syria primarily stems from his group's vested interest in the regime's survival. The Syrian government has been one of Hezbollah's strongest backers for decades, and the militant group fears that if Assad's regime falls, it will be replaced by a U.S.-backed government that is hostile to Hezbollah.
Nasrallah said his group was the last to join the fray in Syria, after hundreds and perhaps thousands of Sunni fighters — many of them from Lebanon — headed to Syria in support of the rebels.
Assad's forces, aided by the Hezbollah fighters, captured Qusair on June 5, dealing a heavy blow to rebels who had been entrenched in the strategic town for more than a year. Since then, the regime has shifted its attention to recapture other areas in the central province of Homs and the city of Aleppo in the north.
Nasrallah did not say outright whether his group would go as far north as Aleppo, but he strongly suggested the group was prepared to fight until the end.
"After Qusair for us will be the same as before Qusair," he said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting in Aleppo was concentrated in the city's eastern rebel-held neighborhood of Sakhour, calling the fighting "the most violent in months." It said regime troops attacked the neighborhood from two directions but failed to advance, suffering casualties.
The Obama administration is still grappling with what type and how much weaponry to send to the Syrian rebels, but the announcement buoyed the opposition forces, which are heavily outgunned and outmanned.
The commander of the main Western-backed rebel group said he hoped that U.S. weapons will be in the hands of rebels in the near future.
"This will surely reflect positively on the rebels' morale, which is high despite attempts by the regime, Hezbollah and Iran to show that their morale after the fall of Qusair deteriorated," Gen. Salim Idris told Al-Arabiya TV.
U.S. officials said the administration could provide the rebels with small arms, ammunition, assault rifles and a variety of anti-tank weaponry such as shoulder-fired rocket-propelled grenades and other missiles. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal administration discussions with reporters.
Loay AlMikdad, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army, said Idris will begin meeting with international representatives Saturday to work out the details of the weapons and their delivery.
"We encourage them to take a decision in this relation, by establishing a no-fly zone either all over Syria or areas they choose based on their technical or military considerations on the ground," he said, adding that would ensure safe areas for civilians.
"We hope they start arming immediately. Any delay costs blood of Syrians. It is not water, it is blood of the Syrians, women and children and its future," AlMikdad told The Associated Press. He said the rebels have asked for shoulder-fired rockets, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircrafts missiles, surface-to-surface missiles and armored vehicles.
The U.S. has made no decision on operating a no-fly zone over Syria, said Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser.
A Syrian opposition figure with wide knowledge of the situation in Syria said Friday that a French-Saudi operation to arm rebels has been underway along the Turkish-Syrian border for the past few days. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
The French government did not confirm the deliveries and an official with the French president's office said: "It's false."
The U.S. said Thursday it had conclusive evidence that Assad's regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against opposition forces. The Syrian government dismissed the U.S. allegations Friday as "full of lies."
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said there can be no certainty of chemical weapons use in Syria without an on-the-ground investigation. Ban said he was opposed to the U.S. decision to arm the rebels, adding that increasing the flow of weapons to either side "would not be helpful."
At the United Nations, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told reporters that Washington is "very confident" in its assessment on Syria's use of chemical weapons.
"We've taken two months to reach this through a very careful and deliberative process," Rice said.
Obama's decision to arm the rebels is bound to heighten tensions with Russia, a staunch ally of Assad, and Moscow disputed the allegations about chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone conversation Friday that the "accusations put forth by the United States to Damascus about the use of chemical weapons are not supported by trustworthy facts," a Russian Foreign Ministry statement said.
Lavrov told Kerry that stepping up U.S. involvement would be "fraught with escalation in the region," the statement added.
Earlier, President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said the information provided by U.S. officials to Russia "didn't look convincing."
Ushakov said there was no talk yet about whether Russia could retaliate to the U.S. move to supply weapons to the Syrian rebels by delivering the S-300 air defense missile systems to the regime.
Alexey Pushkov, chairman of Russia's parliamentary foreign affairs committee, wrote on his Twitter account Friday that "the data on Assad's use of chemical weapons were faked in the same place as the lie about (Saddam) Hussein's weapons of mass destruction," referring to the deposed Iraqi dictator.
"Obama is going down the route of G. Bush," he added, a reference to former President George W. Bush's assertion — never proven, but used to justify the invasion of Iraq — that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Koray Caliskan, associate professor of political science at Bogazici University, said the U.S. decision to arm the rebels while Russia continues to militarize Syria "from top to bottom" will have dire consequences for Syria.
"Unfortunately this way would only destroy Syria until no one lives there," he said in Istanbul.
Turkey's state-run news agency said 73 Syrian military officers — including seven generals and 20 colonels — crossed the border into Turkey with their families "seeking refuge."
The Anadolu Agency said they arrived in the town of Reyhanli and were taken to a refugee camp that houses military officers who have defected from the Syrian army. Turkish Foreign Ministry officials and the local administrator in Reyhanli could not immediately confirm the report.
Associated Press writers Albert Aji in Damascus, Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Jamey Keaten in Ankara and Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report.


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The biggest investors in Asia and Europe are keeping their money in Treasuries even after the steepest two-month loss for the securities erased $317 billion of market value.
Mizuho Asset Management Co., which oversees $32 billion, added Treasuries due in 10 years (CBOT:ZN.C) or longer to its holdings in the past month. HSBC Private Bank, with $480 billion in assets, bought U.S. notes when 10-year yields rose to 2.5%. Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, which manages about $1.3 trillion, is holding debt maturing in less than four years, betting American interest rates will remain subdued.
After doubling holdings of Treasuries to $5.6 trillion in the past five years, overseas investors are resisting the market's 3.2% slump in May and June and last month's record $79.8 billion of withdrawals from bond funds. Since the Federal Reserve signaled it may slow the pace of asset purchases this year, the world's biggest and most-actively traded debt market now offers the highest yields relative to other developed nations in three years.
"It's the most liquid market in the world," Yoshiyuki Suzuki, the head of the fixed-income department in Tokyo at Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co., which oversees $57.1 billion in assets, said in a phone interview on July 2. "The market has been volatile and some investors may not like it, but there is no reason to avoid U.S. Treasuries. The current movement is an overreaction."
Holding On
Suzuki said he purchased Treasuries maturing in about 10 years in May, and added to that position in late June.
Benchmark 10-year note yields rose to 2.74% last week from this year's low of 1.61% on May 1. The price of the 1.75% security due in May 2023 fell 2 2/32, or $20.63 per $1,000 face amount, to 91 1/2 last week.
The yield rose to as high as 2.75% today before dropping seven basis points, or 0.07 percentage point, to 2.67% at 10:03 a.m. New York time.
Yields have risen 32 basis points since June 19, when Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said policy makers may begin to reduce $85 billion in monthly bond purchases should the world's largest economy meet the central bank's goals. The average yield in the past five years was 2.74%.
Treasuries maturing in 10 years and more yielded 85 basis points more than non-U.S. sovereign debt on July 5, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes. Similar maturity non-U.S. government debt yielded more a year earlier.
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Over the past several months, many of you have asked when these classes would start up again, and I've even considered a few of your really great suggestions for possible topics. However, I'm finding myself busier and busier since I retired (is it supposed to work that way?), and I really don't think I'll have time to devote to any of those classes.
BUT--I have an alternative, for those of you who are hungry for instruction. If you are on facebook, you can 'like' the page for my editing service (Superior Editing Services) and get a writing tip nearly every day.
Don't worry--you don't have to ever use me for editing (although I'd love to talk to you about that, too). But several times a week, I post something about writing similar to what I've done here--but shorter.
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Alyson Tyler
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|What Are Document Management Systems?
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Brian Kelly
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Brian Kelly
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|What Are Your Terms?
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Pete Johnston
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|What Do Application Profiles Reveal about the Learning Object Metadata Standard?
|feature article
Jean Godby
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|What Do National Libraries Do in the Age of the Internet?
|feature article
Maurice Line
|archives, bibliographic control, bibliographic data, bldsc, british library, cataloguing, collection development, feature article, jisc information environment, library of congress, maurice line, national library, preservation, research, resource sharing, issue13
|What Features in a Portal?
|feature article
Geoff Butters
|What Happens If I Click on This?': Experiences of the Archives Hub
|feature article
Jane Stevenson
|algorithm, archives, archives hub, bibliographic data, british library, cataloguing, collection description, data, database, feature article, further education, higher education, hypertext, jane stevenson, jisc, mimas, preservation, repositories, research, search technology, standards, the national archives, university of manchester, usability, wikipedia, issue57
|What Happens When We Mash the Library?
|feature article
Paul Miller
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|What Have the CLUMPs Ever Done for Us?
|feature article
Peter Stubley
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Hi Kerstin, I would agree there are seemingly many misunderstandings. Developers (and not only developers) would surely be right to think that they are just allowed to use the aptly named 'sufficient' techniques which are in the techniques document - if they also show they do not fail any relevant failure conditions. I asked you this before, but got no reply… Do you evaluate against a checklist for WCAG 2.0 which you have developed? or is it something else? All the best Alistair On 13 Jun 2012, at 09:09, Kerstin Probiesch wrote: > Hi Shadi, all, > > I don't think that it is a problem to use the term "testing procedures" because this is actually what an evaluator is doing. > > A lot of discussions about the relevance of the techniques has shown that there are many misunderstandings and that many developers (and not only developers) are thinking that it is just allowed to use techniques which are in the techniques document. If we use ' techniques' even as 'optional' I fear that we will bring in more confusion in this discussion and I think it is likely that some take the template but use techniques or much worse an own sample of preferred techniques as subsections. > > Best > > Kerstin > > Via Mobile > > Am 12.06.2012 um 23:51 schrieb Shadi Abou-Zahra <firstname.lastname@example.com>: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> Yes, it has been a lengthy thread with different points raised. >> >> As to your comment, I don't think it is a good idea to coin new terms. WCAG already differentiates between "Techniques" and "General Failures". >> >> I think we are trying to fix the wrong problem... >> >> Best, >> Shadi >> >> >> On 12.6.2012 21:30, Michael S Elledge wrote: >>> Hi All-- >>> >>> This has been a long and exhaustive (exhausting?) thread. I think >>> referring to our evaluations as "procedures" and developer methods as >>> "techniques" will help to reduce confusion. I also agree that it is >>> important to remember that ultimately our role as evaluators is to >>> determine whether a client has met the success criteria established by >>> the W3C in WCAG 2.0. While it may add value to point a client to a >>> better technique than he/she is using, especially if their technique has >>> failed, it is not necessary to accomplishing our goal as evaluator. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On 6/8/2012 8:19 PM, Vivienne CONWAY wrote: >>>> Hi Richard and all >>>> I've been following the discussion, but sadly was too snowed under >>>> (and that's really hard in Australia!) until this morning to respond. >>>> >>>> I think Richard that you capture my thoughts very concisely. In >>>> reality what methods the designer uses to meet the guidelines isn't >>>> really the issue for us as evaluators. We need to look at what methods >>>> he's used to see if he's found something different that works, but >>>> mostly we are checking to see that whatever techniques he uses meets >>>> the guidelines. As you said, if there are images, they must have >>>> meaningful alternatives and conform with the guidelines for 1.1.1 .I >>>> think we should, cite the failures - particularly if the designer has >>>> clearly used a documented failure technique in the design. >>>> >>>> In our reporting, we obviously can talk about what different >>>> techniques the designer used to meet the guidelines and what we did to >>>> test those features. But we do need to document carefully the >>>> procedures we used for testing. In my reporting, I also describe why >>>> certain things the designer has done are not compliant, and provide >>>> suggestions for things he could do that would remedy this. >>>> >>>> I think in the end if we reference our EM, that will cover a lot of >>>> the 'how' we tested part. I also think I'd like to see more work done >>>> on the Failure Techniques. I think that would help a lot of designers >>>> - in my mind that is who these are primarily written for. They help us >>>> in that we can point the designer to the Failure Technique so they can >>>> see the documentation of why a certain technique is not acceptable. >>>> >>>> Hope that all makes sense? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Vivienne L. Conway, B.IT(Hons), MACS CT, AALIA(cs) >>>> PhD Candidate& Sessional Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A. >>>> Director, Web Key IT Pty Ltd. >>>> email@example.com >>>> email@example.com >>>> Mob: 0415 383 673 >>>> >>>> This email is confidential and intended only for the use of the >>>> individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended >>>> recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or >>>> copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received >>>> this email in error, please notify me immediately by return email or >>>> telephone and destroy the original message. >>>> ________________________________________ >>>> From: RichardWarren [email@example.com] >>>> Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012 9:18 PM >>>> To: Shadi Abou-Zahra >>>> Cc: Eval TF >>>> Subject: Re: difference between techniques and procedures >>>> >>>> Dear Shadi and Eval Team, >>>> >>>> I am concerned that we are making things overly complex. >>>> >>>> Our task is to develop a procedure for checking compliance with the >>>> Guidelines. >>>> >>>> We are not validating the method/s used by the designer to meet the >>>> guidelines. - Yes it makes our job easier if the designer has used >>>> specified >>>> techniques etc. But the final test is "are there text alternatives for >>>> non-text content?", "Does it work properly when using a keyboard?", "Can >>>> users avoid and correct mistakes?" etc... >>>> >>>> Now if I use the 'procedures' as listed by W3C to check for compliance >>>> with >>>> each guideline I can tell the designer that I have done so and that >>>> his/her >>>> site either complies with the guidelines, or does not. My report will >>>> tell >>>> the designer which guidelines are complied with and which not. Any third >>>> party can check my results using the same procedures. >>>> >>>> That is all I need to do in my role as an evaluator. (Step 4 of section 3 >>>> Evaluation Procedure) >>>> >>>> In my role as a consultant I clearly need to do a lot more by identifying >>>> why and where it is non-compliant and how the designer should address the >>>> problems etc.. >>>> >>>> I therefore still believe that steps 1.e and 4b should relate to the >>>> procedures used by the evaluator to check for compliance. >>>> >>>> As for Failure Techniques, I agree that they could be better written, but >>>> they are more relevant to the designer and consultant (i.e. analysing >>>> why/how a failure happens) rather that to the evaluator. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Shadi Abou-Zahra >>>> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 1:03 PM >>>> To: RichardWarren >>>> Cc: Eval TF >>>> Subject: Re: difference between techniques and procedures >>>> >>>> I think we should continue to reference the "Techniques" rather than the >>>> test procedures which are a sub-part of a technique. The other parts of >>>> a technique can also be relevant for evaluation, for example the >>>> "applicability" clauses that an evaluators needs to consider too. >>>> >>>> Also, I think that one of the issues is that WCAG 2.0 and supporting >>>> documents do not explain "Failure Techniques" ("Common Failures") [1] >>>> clearly enough. We probably need to describe these a little more. >>>> >>>> [1]<http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/failures.html> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Shadi >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2.6.2012 12:50, RichardWarren wrote: >>>>> In the light of our discussions on step 1e I think that Step 4b also >>>>> appears to be confusing. I think we are trying to say that we will >>>>> record >>>>> the testing techniques as described at >>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/intro.html#intro_testing_techs . >>>>> >>>>> When W3C describes techniques in its techniques collection it refers to >>>>> these testing techniques as "procedures" at the end of each document >>>>> under >>>>> the title "Tests". See an example at >>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G1.html#G1-tests >>>>> >>>>> We too should use the words test procedure when we refer to what we do >>>>> when we check for compliance. This would avoid confusion between the >>>>> techniques that the web-designer uses to create an accessible page >>>>> and the >>>>> processes we, as evaluators, use to check that the page is compliant >>>>> (either by using a W3C technique, or some other technique). >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>> -- >>>> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ >>>> Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office >>>> Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) >>>> Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) >>>> >>>> This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you >>>> must not disclose or use the information contained within. If you have >>>> received it in error please return it to the sender via reply e-mail >>>> and delete any record of it from your system. 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The Senate spent five weeks debating the number of amendments that could be offered for the 2007 farm bill, but, in the end, the legislation it passed by a 79-14 vote looked remarkably similar to that introduced in the chamber Nov. 5.
The five-year, $286-billion Food and Energy Security Act the Senate passed Dec. 14 embodies many of the programs farm organizations and environmental and nutrition groups wanted in a new farm law. But the bill quickly drew fire from the Bush administration and other environmentalists for what it doesn't do.
"This is a great, great vote," said Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin shortly after the Senate gave his committee's bill the most votes received by a farm bill in the Senate since 1973. "It affirms the hard work put in by this committee and staff in the months of hearings and negotiations that went into the bill."
The Senate farm bill, which now goes to a conference committee to be reconciled with the one passed by the House in July, would give farmers the option of enrolling in a new average crop revenue program that bases counter-cyclical payments on crop revenues rather than prices.
It also:
- "Rebalances loan rates and target prices for program crops, raising them for wheat and soybeans and reducing the target price for cotton;
- Provides $1.6 billion for new programs for specialty crop producers, including "state specialty crop competitiveness" projects focused on regional and local priorities and trade assistance and market promotion tools to open new international markets;
- Increases the funding for Harkin's newly renamed Conservation Stewardship Program to grow the program from the current 15 million to 80 million acres in five years and for expanded enrollment in the Wetland Reserve, Environmental Quality Incentives and Grassland Reserve Programs.
- Provides investments in renewable energy by creating financial incentives to help farmers transition into biomass crops and a loan guarantee program to help ethanol plants switch from corn to cellulosic-based ethanol.
- Updates "archaic" nutrition program rules, increases Food Stamp benefit levels and stops the erosion of benefits due to inflation, while expanding the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program created by Harkin to reach nearly 4.5 million children in elementary schools nationwide.
- Reauthorizes the Commodity Exchange Act until 2013.
North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad, senior Democrat on the Agriculture Committee and one of the chief architects of the Senate bill along with Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the ranking minority member, said the bill builds on the success of the 2002 farm law.
"It has been a tough fight for this farm bill, but the hard work has paid off," said Conrad.
"We've now got a good bill for North Dakota and the nation.
"This bill makes major investments in America's food and energy security — and does so without adding one cent to our nation's deficit."
Conrad said the bill addresses farm program eligibility issues by eliminating the three-entity rule and by reducing the adjusted gross income farmers can report and remain eligible commodity program payments.
The Senate farm bill emerged from the Agriculture Committee with no dissenting votes but ran into a political buzz saw when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid attempted to "fill the Christmas tree" with amendments that were only germane to the farm bill.
That touched off a partisan debate that finally ended when Conrad and Chambliss brokered an agreement that allowed only 20 amendments to be offered on ach side. (At least 280 amendments were pending at one point.)
Once the compromise took effect, the Senate defeated an amendment offered by Sens. Richard Lugar of Indiana and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey that would have replaced the current commodity title with an expanded crop insurance program and the perennial payment limit amendment of Sens. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota and Charles Grassley of Iowa.
Both amendments, along with one offered by Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota that would have reduced the adjusted gross income limit for farm payments, failed to receive the 60-vote minimum demanded by Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.
Conrad said he expects the bill that emerges from the House-Senate conference committee to be signed by the president despite administration threats to veto the bill over its costs.
But acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner said the conference committee would have to make a number of changes in the legislation before the president could sign the measure.
"This legislation is fundamentally flawed," Conner said in a statement issued minutes after the Senate vote. "Unless the House and Senate can come together and craft a measure that contains real reform, we are no closer to a good farm bill than we were before today."
Conner said the Senate bill "fails to strengthen the safety net and increases taxes to generate $15 billion in revenue used to grow the size and scope of government.
"The bill further increases price supports and continues to send farm subsidies to people who are among the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans."
The measure, he said, has $22 billion in "unfunded commitments and budget gimmicks, and includes $15 billion in new taxes — the first time a farm bill has relied on tax increases since 1933."
The bill also drew sharp criticism from environmental organizations such as the Environmental Working Group that has been posting farmers' names and the amounts of payments they've received to try to change the payment limit rules in the new farm bill.
Speaking at a telephone press conference held prior to the Senate vote, spokesmen for the groups said they hoped Chairman Harkin and other would be able to include legislation similar to the Dorgan-Grassley amendment in the farm bill conference report.
Leaders of farm organizations such as the National Cotton Council and the USA Rice Federation, on the other hand, said the bill provides "responsible" payment limit reform and needed improvement to the farm safety net.
The groups said they were grateful for the efforts of Chambliss and Lincoln and others for leading efforts to reject the Dorgan-Grassley, Klobuchar and Lugar-Lautenberg amendments.
"The industry is deeply appreciative to Sens. Chambliss and Lincoln and their colleagues for developing legislation that will continue to provide all segments of the cotton industry with an effective, budget responsible safety net," said NCC Chairman John Pucheu, a Tranquillity, Calif. producer.
"Growers and their bankers are grateful that Sens. Chambliss' and Lincoln's efforts preserved responsible reform and improvements and resulted in the rejection of unworkable proposals that were clearly detrimental to Sunbelt growers," said American Cotton Producers Chairman Jay Hardwick of Newellton, La.
"We are also pleased that the Senate has produced a balanced package that provided significant financial resources to conservation, nutrition, research, international market development and energy programs."


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The Department of Art at Lamar University will host an open house and portfolio review for all students interested in pursuing careers in art, art education, photography or graphic design this Saturday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Art Building.
This program is open to all levels, and graduating seniors are especially encouraged to attend. High school students are invited to bring their portfolios for review by Lamar's faculty artists. Students will have the unique opportunity to have works viewed and assessed by a professor in their area of interest, as well as to learn more about career opportunities in the field. Current Lamar art students will provide guided studio tours and studio demonstrations throughout the day.
Portfolios should consist of eight to 10 works of art demonstrating skill in a variety of media. Emphasis should be on completed works in the area of interest, along with works that reflect a demonstrated drawing skill. The portfolio should be physically brought in. Two-dimensional work must be presented flat with straight edges and spray-fixed as needed. Though not required, it is recommended that pieces be presented on mat board. Three-dimensional pieces may be presented on a CD formatted to open on both PC and Mac platforms. Each image should be no larger than 4 inches by 6 inches and no smaller than 150 DPI. A clear image list should accompany the CD.
Lamar's Department of Art offers a number of programs of study, including the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in either Studio Art or Graphic Design, and the Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design or Studio Art leading to all levels teacher certification. Students can major in the following areas: graphic design, photography, art education, drawing, painting, sculpture, fibers or printmaking. In addition to personalized instruction and small class size, our students enjoy diverse extracurricular activities and pre-professional opportunities aimed at building their professional portfolios.
The Lamar University Department of Art offers our students a number of merit-based scholarships. Many of these scholarships are made available to incoming freshmen demonstrating marked ability in their visual art skills. The Lamar University Department of Art scholarship committee organized the open house and portfolio review. For questions or more information, please contact the Department of Art at (409) 880-8141.


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MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature is considering a bill that would give local school systems more flexibility in determining their own rules and regulations.
MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature is considering a bill that would give local school systems more flexibility in determining their own rules and regulations.
The legislation would allow local systems to waive regulations over issues such as school hours and allowing non-certified individuals to teach certain classes, such as allowing a local musician to teach a music class.
The bill is opposed by the Alabama Education Association. AEA officials are concerned it could allow some local systems to strip rights away from teachers, and they see it as a possible back-door approach to creating public/private charter schools in Alabama.
The House Education Policy Committee approved the bill last week on a voice vote after a public hearing. The Senate Education Committee held a hearing on a similar bill but delayed a vote.
Republican House Speaker Mike Hubbard supports the legislation and says it has nothing to do with charter schools.
The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Chad Fincher of Mobile, requires that local rules changes be approved by the local school board and the state Board of Education.
State Superintendent Tommy Bice said he believes the legislation would help improve Alabama public schools.
"Our research tells us that rules and regulations are not the way to creativity," Bice said.
The school flexibility legislation is a priority for House Republicans. It is expected to be taken up on the House floor in coming weeks.
The executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association, Henry Mabry, said the flexibility could be used to allow local officials to avoid state ethics laws and to change students' textbooks.
"I'm concerned about the reason for this legislation," Mabry said.
Fincher said his legislation would not allow officials to waive the requirements of the state ethics law.
Several local school officials said the flexibility would help in their districts.
Janet Womack, superintendent of Florence city schools, said being able to waive certain rules would help her system get by during tight economic times.
"We don't see a bunch of money falling from the sky anytime soon," Womack said. "We have to find ways to survive."
Katy Smith Campbell, a member of the Macon County Board of Education, described her system as "very poor."
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Investigation of Dynamic Load Effect on Performance and Safety of Lithium- Ion Battery with Raman Spectroscopy
Bing Li, Vikas Tomar
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Bing Li
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Lithium- ion battery (LIB) has been well accepted in industry as one of the most mature yet promising rechargeable batteries. However there still exists safety flaws of LIB, with one main hazard being dynamic load generated defects during transportation. To understand this effect on battery system, direct and vibration cyclic impact tests were developed and accomplished on half-cell battery. Behavior of cathode (active material: LiCoO2) under direct and cyclic impact was evaluated with Raman mapping generated for impact area. Raman spectroscopy revealed micro level damage not visible under optical microscope. Raman mapping also presented relatively uniform defect within evaluated area, indicating electrode morphology feature was of limited effect on defect heterogeneity. Different Raman shift was observed with variable loading cycles, revealing time dependent nature of defect accumulation.
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I was getting some calls from this Er Solutions Collection Agency I asked them who they were looking for because the message I got on the answering machine was not for me or my hubby. I have no idea how they got my phone number but they were looking for my nephew who lives over 2 hours away from us. I told this guy twice I do not have their phone number or have a way to get in contact with them well this week I got another phone call.
How many times do I have to tell them wrong number. Also my phone number is fairly new and he said they had been trying to get a hold of them for over 2 years. I have enough problems with a husband who is going on disability without this garbage.
A few months ago I overdrew my bank account and it was sent to collections. "E.R. Solutions" was the name of the collections company that got my case. They kept calling me and asking if I was **, but wouldn't tell me who they are or why they're calling. I would get dozens of calls a day from different phone numbers, some of which looked like cell phone numbers. They wouldn't leave a message, they would hang up if I picked up on them or there was quiet and giggling in the background. After a while I stopped picking up calls from strange numbers and they stopped calling. All of this was around October time.
On 1/31/2007 I tried opening a bank account and got denied. I remembered that the name of the company and searched for their phone number online. First time I called, someone by the name of ** took my call. After he asked me a few questions about my income he told me that the balance is six hundred and eighty something dollars, but they're willing to settle for five hundred and fifty one. I told him that the amount was still a little too high and asked him to make it five hundred even. He put me on hold. He came back a few minutes later and told me that he spoke to his supervisor and that the lowest they'll go is five hundred and fifty one.
I started to explain that it's not going to work because the most I can pay is five hundred, but he interrupted me and said "It doesn't matter anyway... You're not paying, so nothing is working for you!" after which he hung up the phone before I even got a chance to respond. I called back and this time a woman picked up, she refused to give me her name or any other information that could be used to identify her. I asked for her supervisor, but she laughed at me and started arguing with me in a very rude manner. I asked her to not interrupt me and that I don't appreciate being hung up on or laughed at. She laughed at me again and told me to hold on.
After a few minutes a different woman picked up the phone and was even more rude than the previous one. I hung up the phone and called back. ** took my call again and I told him that it was very inappropriate for him to talk to me like that, but he started arguing again. I asked him for his supervisor and he transferred my call to someone by the name of **. She claimed to be a supervisor, so I started to explain the situation, but she interrupted me and yelled at me and told me that she is too busy to even talk to me and that unless I'm willing to pay six hundred eighty dollars she has nothing else to say to me.
I asked her to lower the balance, but she said no and hung up. I researched them, and I did not find a single good review. There are posts all over the internet from people who have been harassed by this company. They're rude, inconsiderate and completely unprofessional.
ER Solutions has been harassing me by phone for three months. They are looking for a woman who has the same last name as me. My husband and I bought our house early 2006, our house was once owned, more than three years ago, by some distant relatives of my husband. We all have the same last name. Apparently the previous owners of our home have been turned into ER Solutions to collect on an outstanding debt. When ER Solutions did a "last known address" search on this other woman, they saw the phone was listed under a person of the same last name, assumed it was the person they were looking for, and began calling my home.
The first two times they called I simply let the machine pick up, I did not recognize the number and knew I had nothing outstanding, ER Solutions left a message for this other woman. After the third call in a week I decided to answer and explain the problem and ask these people to please stop calling. The man on the other end of the phone was extremely rude, calling me a liar, laughing at me, and insisting I "confess" to being this other person. The conversation ended with me screaming into the phone and calling this man several choice names.
The next week I got another call from this company looking for the same woman, I again explained the situation, this time calmly, and was told we would be taking off of their calling list. I received two more calls from ER solutions, each time I explained what was going on, that yes, we had the same last name of the previous owners, but no we were not the same household, each time I was told our phone number had been removed. Four soliciting calls, four requests to be left alone. The calls stopped for six weeks. This morning I received the fifth call. I asked immediately to be transferred to a supervisor.
The "supervisor" insisted on calling me by this other womans name, even though I told him, twice, of the situation, and that I was not this other woman. He insisted that ER Solutions had just gotten this file and this was only the third time they had called this number. (By my count this was the sixth call we received) He even put me on speaker phone so I could her him and another woman laughing at me and calling me "a stupid ** liar." This was the point that I lost my cool and the phone call ended, once again, in a screaming match. At some point during the conversation I was told that our number would be marked as "do not call".
I'm not to inclined to believe this person. I am at a loss as to what to do. I filed a complaint through the National Do Not Call Registery. My phone company charges to have phone numbers blocked, I'm sure they have more than one number, and I do not feel that my husband and I should have to pay because this company.
I have been receiving calls without displayed numbers or names, it says out of area, for a few weeks now. I also received a few calls that showed some 1-800 number that I did not recognize that did not display and company name. Today I received 2 calls. Just after 11:00 while I was asleep 1-800-759-9854. The first call I ignored and tried to go back to sleep then they called again, so then I picked up the phone, it said dont hand up this is an automate call and call blah blah number, so I hung up. So then I was awake and pissed so then I called back the 1-800-759-9854 And asked who they wear calling.
She said give me your name, I said I will give you the number you are calling, and if this is not for me, your company is in big trouble. She looked up the number, and said this was given to her by an **. Not me. Not their number. And I dont know these people; no one in my family has those names or anyone that I know. She said he gave them the number. Just a big fat lie! I said give my your address. How can they get a non-published phone number? Liars. The morons went down a list of numbers hoping to find this moron. Well I am not happy. I told her give me her supervisor.
I told them they woke me up and pissed my off for no reason besides call me for no reason, and the Attorney General, FCC, FTC, and anyone else that I could think of later, besides post online complaints with all their contact information. She hung up. So I took that as giving me permission to do so. Really how can they just call anyone and everyone looking for 1 moron?
They cant and its personal privacy issues besides harassment of innocent people. So now that I am awake and pissed. Here is their company contact information for there companies and their CEOs contact information. So others that have complaints against this asinine company can call their CEOs and others at home and wake them the hell up. ER SOLUTIONS / Convergent Resources, Inc.
N/A, MICHIGAN -- I am not denying that I owe(d) a debt. I called this company because they sent a letter regarding a debt I did owe. However, when I spoke to the "representative" he was EXTREMELY rude and LOUD. I think if I would have been standing in front of him he would have shaken or slapped me. I was trying to make payment arrangements for the balance I owed and asked questions regarding the information that they wanted from me. That was when he thought he could treat me like dirt. He then passed me on to someone else, who in her own turn treated me the same way. I did finally hang up on her.
They were telling me that I had funds available and exactly how much I did have available, but when I tried to tell them I did not have access to those funds they said I was choosing NOT to pay and that I would be turned over to the courts. When I told the second person that I was treated rudely by the first one she said I should not make generalizations about people. When they consider everyone that owes a debt is not worth their time or consideration then they too are making generalizations. I did not CHOOSE to not pay my bill.
They also could not tell me where I had the available funds they thought I had, but they did want ALL my personal information, which, whether I owe money to someone or not is absolutely none of their business. All I wanted to do was pay what I owe. I activated a credit card, that I neither want nor can afford just so I could pay them. However, when I called back they told me they did not accept that particular card. I talked to three different people at that company and during the conversation with each one I had to hold the phone away from my ear. Must be part of their training procedures.
My daughter was sitting next to me and heard them yelling. I have never been treated ruder or made to feel so worthless trying to do the right thing. I hope those people never find themselves in dire straits - or maybe I do. I honestly cannot get over how rudely I was treated. Guess they don't really care how they treat people as long a they get paid.
In January of 2006 I pulled my credit report from all three credit bureaus. On each report I discovered a collection from ER Solutions stating I owed $393.00 on a closed account from Washington Mutual. I have never had a bank account with Washington Mutual. I quickly disputed this charge on my credit report and all three bureaus removed the account from my credit report on the basis they found no proof the account belonged to me. During the first week of November 2006, I received a phone call from ER Solutions attempting to collect this debt once again. I informed them the account did not belong to me and that it had been removed from my credit report.
They refused to listen and threatened to place the account back on my credit report. I faxed all the information I had from the credit bureau's showing the results of their investigation. ER Solutions accused me of typing the letters myself in an attempt to get out of paying the debt…! I was in disbelief they accused me of doing such. I understand they have a job to do, to collect debt from people who are avoiding their responsibility. However, they have to understand in this day in age more and more cases of identity theft are increasing. I believe ER Solutions are closed minded people who are unwilling to listen.
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Last week I started getting calls asking to verify my name. The name would be off by a middle initial or wrong social security number (can you believe this?) I would tell them, "No, I'm not that person." Before responding to any phone inquiry, I attempt to identify the person who is calling me. All I would ever get is a first name. These people call at all hours from early morning until late at night. Recently, the calls escalated until this company identified my name. They claimed I owed a bill from 1990! "Who are you people?" I argued for 10 minutes with them to get their address and phone number. I asked for a supervisor, which they refused to do. They hung up on me.
I called them back asking for their corporate address and phone number. Again a refusal from them now adding insults (I got the same agent when I called back). "You are a loser. You refuse to pay your bills. You are in a judgment and garnishment of your wages situation." Then the agent proceeded to reel off private information including my social security number.
Now, I am researching this situation, it is disturbing that such an unethical company has access to my private information, what's to keep one of their agents from stealing my identity when no tactic is below their standard of conduct? Also, the agent claimed to be calling from Houston, TX but my research shows they are located in Renton, WA.
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- For 3-4 months we have been receiving phone calls from E R Solutions, a collection agency. They are looking for someone we have never heard of, doesn't have similar name, and has never lived here. The calls are computer generated, and we are given the option to push a button if they've called the wrong number. This doesn't work. We have pushed buttons to get a live person on the phone and have told them all the above information.
This doesn't work. We have notified the police department and faxed E R Solutions telling them, in writing, that this will be handled by the authorities ~ this doesn't work. They call morning, noon & night, up to 7 times a day. It's harassment, pure and simple. If anyone has had these experiences with this company and have found a way to end it, we would really appreciate the info.


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The unforced ABC story named the man, known previously only as "prisoner x", as Ben Zygier. It added that it "understood" the 34-year-old from Melbourne had been previously recruited by the Israeli spy agency Mossad.
There was no official comment on the story in Israel.
However, within hours of the report surfacing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office summoned Israeli editors to ask them not to publish a story "that is very embarrassing to a certain government agency", Israel's Haaretz newspaper said.
"The emergency meeting was called following a broadcast outside Israel regarding the incident in question," Haaretz said, giving no further information.
Shortly afterwards, all reference to the Australian report vanished from Israeli news sites -- including Haaretz itself.
Such a gag order is highly unusual in Israel, where state military censors normally allow local media to quote foreign sources on controversial incidents -- such as an alleged attack on Syria last month by the Israeli airforce.
ABC said that Zygier's imprisonment was so secret that not even his guards knew his name. However, word got out at the time of a mysterious prisoner and human rights groups wrote to the state to demand more information.
"It is insupportable that, in a democratic country, authorities can arrest people in complete secrecy and disappear them from public view without the public even knowing such an arrest took place," the Association for Civil Rights in Israel wrote in June 2010.
When Israel's Ynet website wrote about the case that same month the story was quickly removed because of a gag order.
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