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What is journaling, anyway? Its telling the story of your photos and memories. You might write a simple headline like At The Beach and supplement it with the five Ws: who, what, when, where and why. Or you might write long journal entries with thoughts, observations, quotes, song lyricswhatever it takes to tell your story. And you might use different journaling with different kinds of pages. Check out Scrapbook Recipes for Journaling for some great ideas!
You can write directly on your background paper if you wish, but writing on a separate piece of paper and adding it to the page is easier and looks polished. In that case, you only need a black acid-free pen. Some versatile tools for journaling are the Journaling Template and Journaling Stamp Set.
You can also use a computer to journal your storywrite out your story and print it onto acid-free paper. This allows you to spell-check, use the grammar function and mix font types and sizes. It also frees you from worrying about your handwriting.
How can you tell your story? You can speak in the first person (I spent the summer in Barcelona.) if you choose, or tell the story from your familys point of view (The Smith Family Reunion). You can tell the story to your children (You were so excited on your third birthday). And dont be shy about using a few creative writing techniques, from Once Upon a Time to Top-10 lists.
Another option when journaling is to use the Alphabet Tiles CD. Alphabet Tiles are easy to use, since you can try them out on different areas on the page before attaching them with adhesive or foam tape. You can also use the Card Greetings & Sentiment CD, although it is meant for cards there are tons of great sayings that can be used for scrapbook pages too!


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The Secretary shall make grants to States for the purpose of assisting grantees in carrying out demonstration projects for planning, establishing, and operating programs—
(1) to coordinate the development and operation with public and private organizations of diagnostic, treatment, care management, respite care, legal counseling, and education services provided within the State to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and to the families and care providers of such individuals;
(2) to provide home health care, personal care, day care, companion services, short-term care in health facilities, and other respite care to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders who are living in single family homes or in congregate settings;
(3) to improve the access of such individuals to home-based or community-based long-term care services (subject to the services being provided by entities that were providing such services in the State involved as of October 1, 1995), particularly such individuals who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups, who have limited proficiency in speaking the English language, or who live in rural areas; and
(4) to provide to health care providers, to individuals with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders, to the families of such individuals, to organizations established for such individuals and such families, and to the general public, information with respect to—
(A) diagnostic services, treatment services, and related services available to such individuals and to the families of such individuals;
(B) sources of assistance in obtaining such services, including assistance under entitlement programs; and
(b) Requirement with respect to certain expenditures
The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) of this section to a State unless the State agrees to expend not less than 50 percent of the grant for the provision of services described in subsection (a)(2) of this section.
(c) Relationship to items and services under other programs
A State may not make payments from a grant under subsection (a) of this section for any item or service to the extent that payment has been made, or can reasonably be expected to be made, with respect to such item or service—
(1) under any State compensation program, under an insurance policy, or under any Federal or State health benefits program; or
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 398, as added Pub. L. 100–175, title VI, § 602,Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 981; amended Pub. L. 101–557, title I, § 102(a), (b),Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2767; Pub. L. 105–392, title III, § 302(a),Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3586.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 398 of act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, formerly § 399a, as added Oct. 22, 1965, Pub. L. 89–291, § 2, 79 Stat. 1066; renumbered § 399, Mar. 13, 1970, Pub. L. 91–212, § 10(c)(3), 84 Stat. 67; renumbered § 398, July 23, 1974, Pub. L. 93–353, title II, § 204, 88 Stat. 373, which related to the continuing availability of appropriated funds, was classified to section 280b–10 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99–158, § 3(b),Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 879.
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–392, § 302(a)(1), struck out "not less than 5, and not more than 15," after "shall make" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105–392, § 302(a)(2), inserted "who are living in single family homes or in congregate settings" after "disorders" and struck out "and" at end.
Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 105–392, § 302(a)(3), (4), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–557, § 102(a), substituted "shall make not less than 5, and not more than 15, grants" for "shall make not less than 3, and not more than 5, grants".
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–557, § 102(b), substituted "with public and private organizations" for "by public and private organizations".
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ESPN College Pick em
Hey y'all! It's that time of year again. I was going to take the liberty of making a college pick 'em group on ESPN, but some one (zohebhajiyani) has already done that, so a big thanks to him! The deadline for this week's picks is tomorrow before noon. So come on over and join the party!
Also, there is a pick 'em group on Yahoo. Here is the link to the thread: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-college-pickem
Yahoo uses a system where you get one point per correct pick, but you pick against the spread. ESPN uses the confidence system (which I prefer). If you don't understand what I mean by "confidence system" go to ESPN and fill out an entry. It'll all make sense then, I promise. I don't feel like explaining the confidence system in typing.
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After a full year of woefully inadequate government responses to dire economic conditions, President-elect Barack Obama will inherit an economy that faces challenges on just about every front.
Progressive media has been keeping a spotlight on low wages, abusive credit card policies and weak student loan programs of late, while maintaining a focus on Obama's pending economic recovery package.
In 2008, we witnessed the first serious fallout from deep structural flaws in the relationship between the nation's public and private sectors, a relationship which fell short in every conceivable area from Wall Street regulation to the basic social safety net. The biggest economic stories of 2009 will be about how President-elect Barack Obama's administration repairs — or fails to repair — that connection.
The first step in rebuilding a government that actually responds to problems before they reach the bailout stage will be Obama's highly anticipated economic recovery package. As Dean Baker notes for The Huffington Post, the failure to date of Congress to pass meaningful stimulus legislation has been beyond negligent. Several Congressional leaders are cautioning that a bill will not be ready until February, but with more than two weeks to go before Obama's inauguration, Congress has both the time and the public support necessary to pass a major bill before Obama takes up a chair in the Oval Office, as anyone who remembers the speed of Congressional action moved on the Wall Street bailout can attest.
The content of the legislation will reveal a great deal about Obama's priorities. No president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has entered office with an economic mandate as clear as that Obama enjoys, but one early warning sign for progressives is this week's news that Obama plans to devote as much as 40% of the bill to tax cuts, a number that could go higher in legislative haggling with Congressional Republicans.
In a blog post over at The Washington Monthly, Hilzoy highlights the well-established economic fact that tax cuts are the least efficient method for boosting economic activity. Remember the February 2008 economic stimulus bill? Fat lot of good those $600 tax rebates did.
Public investment in areas like health care, green energy and research into sustainable manufacturing also leaves a stronger economy in its wake, and spending on basic infrastructure projects — roads, bridges, etc. — has been sorely neglected for the past eight years.
What's more, as Ezra Klein notes for The American Prospect, the U.S. government seems to be in perpetual tax cutting mode, whether economic times are good or bad. While cutting the right taxes amid a severe recession can be justified, President George W. Bush's decision to take a chainsaw to the IRS code during an economic boom cannot become a permanent facet of U.S. policy.
Imperative services provided by state governments are currently in severe jeopardy amid tax shortfalls prompted by lower housing values. The Public News Service discusses budget problems in Michigan and Missouri in pieces by Tony Bruscato and Laura Thornquist. Michigan faces cutbacks in health care for the poor and college tuition assistance programs, while Missouri needs to fill a $900 million hole by 2010.
State and local governments are likely to be $200 billion underwater next year, according to a piece by Robert Kuttner appearing in Chelsea Green. Even if Obama does not want to tackle major issues like universal health care in his first 100 days in office, he could fund community health clinics and make sure police officers, firefighters and teachers do not lose their jobs.
It has been easy to forget amid the mortgage market news of 2008 that other aspects of the economy have been under intense strain. In a frightening interview with The Real News, Leo Panitch details how a drop-off in working-class wages, fueled by a decades-long decline in the power of organized labor, has forced millions of Americans to turn to expensive consumer debt just to make ends meet.
That surge in credit card debt has been accompanied by a refusal on behalf of the federal government to place meaningful regulations on credit card lending practices. The Federal Reserve finally took steps in December to rein in deceptive credit card lending, but as Mike Lillis demonstrates for The Colorado Independent, the new rules are relatively modest given the scope of credit card-related abuses. Lenders can still do pretty much anything they want to a borrower once they miss a payment, and the Fed's restrictions do not even go into effect until July 2010.
If low wages and predatory credit cards are not enough to push consumers into financial ruin, consider what is taking place in the student loan industry. The government keeps the student loan market going in two primary ways: by directly lending to students and by guaranteeing loans students take out from private lenders like Sallie Mae, making it cheaper for Sallie Mae to extend loans. The government-assisted private sector loans cost taxpayers significantly more money than loans made through the direct loan program.
When student lenders hit the skids this year amid a Wall Street-induced credit crunch, the government responded by financing student loans made through private companies.
But if the government is not only guaranteeing private-sector loans but financing them as well, the resulting scheme is essentially a less efficient version of the direct student loan program, as Cole Robertson explains in a piece for The Nation. Sallie Mae CEO Albert Lord seems to approve of the bailout plan, but has not offered to return one penny of the orgiastic pay he's accumulated over the past year in return for this taxpayer largess. Lord cashed out over $44 million in stock options in one day during the summer of 2007, and has been targeted by Congressional insider trading investigations for convenient sales of Sallie Mae stock.
A big federal bailout accompanied by outrageous executive compensation. Sounds familiar.
It is truly astonishing to consider how much damage conservatives have done to public attitudes on economic issues over the past 14 years. There is nothing inherently progressive about policy suggestions like like funding emergency health care, paying firefighters and teachers or refusing to allow lenders to arbitrarily change the terms of a contract without borrower consent. This stuff is
basic sanity. At least 2009 promises not to be boring. We will either witness a return to said sanity that would have been unthinkable even a year ago or another depression. Happy New Year.
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Lone Ranger, The (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Disney has some early news on the December release of The Tonto Movie...
Starring: Johnny Depp
Released: 17th December 2013
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Disney has sent over some official news on the home video release of Gore Verbinski's
The Lone Ranger, though the info in their press release is a little vague. There are no official video or audio specs right now, but there is a list of extras. This list (which I'm reproducing below) includes notations that describe some extras as being 'Select Digital Retailers Only.' There is no further information right now on which digital retailers those include.
- Blooper Reel (RT 4:12) – BD, DVD & Select Digital Retailers Only
- Deleted Scene - BD & Select Digital Retailers Only
- Riding The Rails Of The Lone Ranger (RT: 10:36) – BD & Select Digital Retailers Only:For the production of the movie, director Gore Verbinski had a five mile oval track built along with multiple engines and cars. See the incredible effort that went into crafting such a detailed and important part of The Lone Ranger.
- Armies's Western Road Trip (RT: 14:28) – BD & Select Digital Retailers Only:Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger) takes viewers on a tour of the scenic locations the production shot in as we see and learn more about the amazing places he went to become The Lone Ranger.
- Becoming A Cowboy (RT: 8:02) – BD & Select Digital Retailers Only:Before the cast began shooting the film, they had to learn how to shoot a gun…and ride a horse. In this piece we follow the cowboy (and cowgirl) cast to boot camp, where they got a chance to experience what their characters would really be living like in the Wild West.
Here is the cover art for the Blu-ray Combo Pack:
Quote: Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer star in The Lone Ranger, from Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Director Gore Verbinski. It's a wild ride of high velocity action, explosions and gunfights that brings the famed masked legend to life through brand-new eyes. The Lone Ranger (Hammer), the last of his kind, teams with Tonto (Depp), a dark and mysterious vigilante, to seek vengeance after justice has failed them. It's a runaway train of epic surprises, as these two unlikely heroes must learn to work together before the ultimate showdown between good and evil explodes.
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Ironically this is probably the most decent artwork for a Disney release in a while. Oh, how I hate those borders...
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Right after the Bruckheimer break-up...
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I actually didn't quite hate this movie, but it definitely wasn't anything great or even particularly good. It was simply "mehh". Basically, just "Pirates of the Caribbean" in the Old West, fresh with Captain Jack renamed as "Tonto".
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I didn't care for this, but how annoying are these retailer exclusives? I mean its one thing to have special packaging and maybe a bonus featurette but don't exclude features from a standard release. I mean why punish people who are willing to buy (and sometimes pay good money) your product?
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I liked the movie even though they didn't need to have so much over-the-top action among other things like Tonto being the unreliable narrator.
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I went ahead and watched this despite the terrible press and reviews. It ended up one of the movies I enjoyed most this summer (alongside Pacific Rim, Man of Steel and The Conjuring). As for the above press release, I think it makes it clear that there are no retailer exclusive extras. It simply says that the only extra on the DVD release will be the Blooper Reel. The rest of the extras (and the Blooper Reel) will be available on the Blu-ray and the digital versions (iTunes, Amazon on Demand...)
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As an unabashed fan of the second and third Pirates films (to the exclusive of the other two), I looked forward to this... trainwreck of a movie. However, I refuse to pay to see this film in the theatre as I did not want to support such a property (based on all sorts of problematic ideologies and structures). I will give it a watch when it's available on Netflix or something similar.
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This was the best film I saw all summer. It had its problems, but it was nowhere near as bad as the critics made it sound. I enjoyed this more than Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel. I will definitely be picking this up.
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Sesame Workshop Launches Road Safety Campaign in Australia
Sesame Workshop is best known for our commitment to the mental and emotional development of children around the world. But we're also committed to the physical safety of children. That's why, as part of the U.N.'s Decade of Action for Road Safety, we've launched a new major road safety campaign in Australia.
Between 2006 and 2008, there were 6 deaths and 430 seriously injured pedestrians aged 0-14 in the province of Victoria alone. Driveway run-overs in the province resulted in the death of 14 children under the age of six and 73 serious injuries between January 2000 and September 2012.
Our campaign, spearheaded by Sesame Street's Elmo and Grover, hopes to educate children, parents and teacher on simple road safety practices so in the future children's lives can be saved. The campaign, created in partnership with Australian child safety advocates Kidsafe, the TAC, RACV and Holden, includes a storybook entitled Elmo Stays Safe: How Furry Little Monsters – and Children – Play Safely. The stories, games and activities in the book help encourage important safety tips like holding a parents hand while crossing the street, treating driveways like roads instead of safe play spaces and using correct restraints when traveling in a car. Additionally, a Community Service Announcement featuring Elmo and Grover is being broadcast on television and social media platforms and urges children and families to play in safe places away from driveways and roads.
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Several field trips/field schools were offered in the past through the BSU Department of Anthropology. Some of these field opportunities were offered as immersive learning experiences for students. Similar opportunities will be offered to students summer 2013. Please ask relevant faculty members for information related to these opportunities. The field page will be updated for 2013 as information becomes available.
What are immmersive learning experiences?
Immersive learning experiences (ILEs) are now being offered campus-wide to Ball State University students. Immersive learning experiences are a central feature of Ball State University's current Strategic Plan. Immersive learning experiences provide the opportunity for students to work in close collaboration with faculty and peers on goal-oriented or problem-solving research projects. These opportunities provide collaborative experience for students and in turn result in tangible outcomes, such as a publication, conference presentation, or a documentary video. Ball State University's definition of immersive learning experiences is included at the bottom of this news column.
Students interested in summer field opportunities are encouraged to contact faculty members listed below for additional information.
Archaeology Field Schools
Historic Archaeology Field School in Indiana faculty contact: Dr. Mark Groover, Associate Professor, BSU Dept. of Anthropology, 765-285-3567, email: email@example.com
Ball State's Immersive Learning Experience (from the BSU web page)
The immersive learning experience is the signature element of Ball State's "Education Redefined" initiative. Immersive learning is an intense learning and developmental activity that requires a student to progress well beyond merely learning to realize the intention and goal of education. The immersive learning experience is designed to bridge content knowledge, skill of application, societal need, and life-long learning. The citizen of the 21st century needs qualities and competencies not easily developed in a traditional teacher-centered classroom: the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams; an appreciation for an array of cultures; an understanding of diverse and changing societies. At Ball State, we create an educational experience that engages the whole person and fosters professional competence relevant for a lifetime of careers. Ball State's immersive learning experiences shift much of the responsibility of learning to the student. Stretching students through creative rather than directed inquiry, these experiences develop the ability to synthesize and problem solve. Students are required to work collaboratively in teams that are both multifunctional and multidisciplinary. Immersive learning experiences require students to manifest their learning in a tangible outcome that lives on and has utility beyond the duration of the experience itself. Through such transformative experiences students should better understand societal issues in global, local, economic, or environmental contexts. To achieve these goals, immersive learning experiences at Ball State have most or all of the following characteristics:


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With that said, I tried my hand at this week's prompt by trying to imitate the Final Fantasy I sprites with Vincent. I ended up sort of blending between the red mage and the fighter sprite, and while the result isn't amazing or groundbreaking, I'm pretty pleased with how the experiment worked out.
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Bedtime Stories (US - BD RA)
Gabe's bedtime stories were usually just tax law read allowed. He slept well
A creative and loving child, Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) is promised a leadership role when he comes of age by Mr. Nottingham (Richard Griffiths), who has purchased his father's (Jonathan Pryce) hotel. Twenty five years later Skeeter is still working as the hotel's general handyman. One day Skeeter's estranged sister (Courtney Cox) announces that she needs to leave town for a week for job interviews in Arizona, and that she's nominated him as night time babysitter, when her friend Jill (Keri Russell) has to attend night classes. Skeeter is uncomfortable with the situation, but eventually settles into telling the children creative bedtime stories, much like the ones his father used to tell him. Then impossible events from the stories begin to come true…
I loathe Adam Sandler movies. I've learned over many years to not confuse a person with their art, so I try not to tell people I loathe Adam Sandler, I just loathe his work. And it's not a 'growing out of it' thing; I've never liked these movies. You can pull the 'what about Punch Drunk Love' argument if you want, but realistically speaking Punch Drunk Love isn't an Adam Sandler film, it's a Paul Thomas Anderson film, that would've been the same Paul Thomas Anderson movie with a different actor in the lead role. That, and I don't actually like Punch Drunk Love all that much anyway.
So now that we have that out of the way perhaps we should chat for a bit about Bedtime Stories, Sandler's first film with Disney studios. The nicest thing I can say about the film is that it really isn't too bad, and if I had kids I wouldn't be adverse to them watching it, even if I was a little afraid it was rotting their little brains. The plot is based around a common narrative thrust as of late—a man child develops a relationship with real children, who then semi-purposely assist him in developing a relationship with a woman, and find a decent career. The kids are cute enough, the girl in question is pretty hard to resist, and Sandler himself mostly keeps his usual muggings on the down low. It's inoffensively predictable, sort of sweet, and Russell Brand steals every scene with charm to spare.
The movie actually builds to a pretty heavy moment, but the following climax finally turns that dangerous corner into plain awful. It all goes back to the 'reality' of the kids changing reality, which is initially in question, but disappointingly not even a little ambiguous by the end. The rock 'em sock 'em finale is hard to criticize because it 'works' on a similar level to the climax of Spike Jonze' Adaptation, which is needlessly dumbed down to match the meta nature of the script. Still, the filmmakers behind Bedtime Stories can't quite hide behind an intellectual reasoning, and should've found a way to end happy without lamely endangering previously over-protected kids, giving the protagonist superhuman abilities, and giving the previously harmless villain bloodthirsty intent. I know that's how things work in a children's story, but it still doesn't work. Mostly I just feel sorry for Guy Pearce, who I honestly thought would be a star by now.
Most of Bedtime Stories is shot and lit like the usual kid's movie—bright, slick, soft details, vibrant colours, and even gradations. The whites on this particular transfer are particularly bright, and the blacks are solid, if not as sharply separated as more high contrast Blu-ray releases. There is one scene that takes place in an entirely darkened room that pushes the photography to almost experimental levels, and is a definite improvement over the DVD version, where the slight edged lights are noisy. The detail levels and colour contrast is especially high during special effect heavy story scenes. Check out the bright red horse. The overall presentation is a little uneven, and the detail and depth changes from scene to scene, but quite pretty and colourful for the most part.
As in the case of the video, Bedtime Stories becomes a different movie during the storytelling sequences, which are far more aggressive than the more mundane real world scenes. The action audio features all the galloping horses, cheering crowds, and battling booger monsters your system can handle, and in DTS-HD Master Audio you really couldn't ask for much more out of a reasonably low-key kids' movie. The real world sounds pretty natural with clear centred dialogue, and occasional stereo and surround nature effect, or screaming child. Rupert Gregson-Williams' cutesy adventure score is pretty low on the track, almost entirely ignorable, but does have a moment of centre stage volume cranking when Guy Pierce breaks into a musical moment.
There's not a lot here. The brevity starts with 'Until Gravity Does Us Part', a look at the production of the film's space adventure story. Aspects of setting, choreography, filming, and effects are covered in the brief four minute runtime. From early production and pre-viz, to the excessive blue screen filming and post effects, the scene is not mistakenly very similar to the Star Wars prequels. 'To All the Little People' is five and a half minutes behind the scenes with the film's lead child actors. The kids run down the plot down for us, Sandler and Keri Russell talk about how great the kids were, the kids thrill over the other actors, etc. 'It's Bugsy' is four minutes behind the scenes with the bug-eyed guinea pig. Aspects covered include the actors working with the pigs, training the pigs, and giving the pigs CG augmentations. I cannot help but assume that Disney's upcoming live action/animation hybrid G-Force exists simply because the CG guinea pig technology was a little too expensive, and they wanted to get a second feature out of it.
There are almost seven minutes of bloopers, followed by ten and a half minutes of deleted and extended scenes. There are twelve scenes total, each presented in HD (not entirely sharp) and Dolby Surround, with some surprisingly finished looking special effects. The scenes aren't quite in chronological order, and mostly consist of jokes over plot elements. The extras are finished out with a selection of Disney trailers. The other two discs in this two disc set include a DVD and digital copy version of the film.
Bedtime Stories is really more of a Disney film than an Adam Sandler film, a fact that will likely disappoint the comedian's fan base, but as someone that really doesn't like the usual Sandler comedy the film is refreshingly average and inoffensive. Sandler defaults to his goofy bit every once and a while, but it's pretty minimal. It's a forgettable film for both Disney and Sandler, but is entirely harmless. The Blu-ray disc looks and sound fine, if not particularly overwhelming, but the extras are a bit on the weak side.
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Watched it this weekend and both me and my 4 year old wandered off halfway through and left my wife to watch it all by herself. Gabe mentions above that Sandler's mugging is at a minimum in this movie, but totally I disagree -- I actually felt like it was in overdrive here. I'm not a huge Adam Sandler fan, but I think he does have some appeal when he's playing it straight and earnest like he did in The Wedding Singer, which, in my opinion, is his best movie to date (and the only one of his movies I own and will regularly watch).
I just got it on Blu and I am going to watch it now.
He's never really lived up to the promise of his roles in L.A. Confidential or Memento, or, dare I say it, Mike from Neighbours.
I'm watching it right now. The movie isn't that bad. I agree with you, Gabe, that I feel sorry for Guy Pearce (it feels like he needs a better agent or better roles).
You know. Surprisingly, I wound up buying this movie.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd April 2009
Discs: 3
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, and Spanish
Extras: 'Until Gravity Does Us Part', 'To All the Little People', 'It's Bugsy!', Deleted Scenes, Bloopers, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Russell Brand, Guy Pierce
Genre: Comedy and Family
Length: 99 minutes
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We've already spent plenty of time in this space outlining the Phillies' finances over the next few seasons, with particular attention paid toward 2011, when the team already has guaranteed $130.85 million to 15 players. To put that in perspective, the Phillies' total Opening Day payroll in 2008 was under $110 million. Thus far, the team's payroll has coincided with a dramatic increase in revenue sparked by a playoff appearance in 2007, a World Series title in 2008, and record regular season attendance marks in 2008 and 2009.
But at some point, their revenue will level off, and in the absence of any new major streams, the spending must level off as well. Attendance can only increase by so much, since there are only so many seats in the house. And in a sluggish economy, it is hard to imagine the team being able to dramatically increase the rates it charges its various sponsors. This is why the Phillies say they are not the Yankees, or, to a lesser extent, the Red Sox. They do not own their own cable network, as the Yankees do. And their market reach would seem to be far less than that of Boston, where the closest MLB city is more than 200 miles away (the Phillies, by comparison, have three MLB cities under 200 miles away).
So while we may never get to look at the Phillies' books and judge exactly how much cash flow they have, their contention that their resources are limited is a valid one.
What does all of this mean?
As revenue and payroll levels off, the importance of resource allocation increases. The Phillies were able to eat the contracts of Adam Eaton and Geoff Jenkins without much consequence, because the payroll was increasing and they were still able to add new salary. But with $130.85 million locked up for 15 players in 2011, and $59 million locked up for seven players in 2012 -- Cole Hamels is up for arbitration and Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard are eligible for free agency -- the Phillies are at a point where the most important factor in their sustained success will be the decisions they make in slicing the pie.
Which brings us to the bullpen, which was the focus of our main story today in the Daily News. While the Yankees and the Red Sox both have bigger payrolls than the Phillies, they have also found a way to allocate more of their available dollars to the sport's high-dollar positions -- by developing dependable relievers in their minor league system.
Look at the bullpen the Phillies' faced in the World Series: Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlin, Phil Coke and David Robertson combined for 10 relief appearances. All of them were drafted and developed by the Yankees. None of them made more than $500,000 that season.
Look at the bullpen the Red Sox fielded last season: Jonathon Papelbon, Daniel Bard, Manny Delcarmen, Hideki Okajima -- all drafted or signed as amateur free agents by Boston. Bard, Delcarmen and Okajima combined to make less than $5 million (Papelbon earned $9.35 million as an arb-eligible).
The Phillies, on the other hand, have relied almost exclusively on major league free agents in putting together their bullpens over the past four seasons. During that timespan, only three homegrown relievers have finished the regular season with at least 30 appearances -- Ryan Madson, Brett Myers and Geoff Geary. The Dodgers and Cardinals, by comparison, have produced six such players. The other NL team in the 2009 playoffs, the Rockies, has produced four.
The Phillies have been successful in signing or trading for veteran relievers -- Chan Ho Park, Chad Durbin, and Brad Lidge have all made big impacts -- and they rank fourth in the NL in bullpen ERA over the last four years.
But the Phillies are paying $25.625 million in guaranteed money to six relievers. The Yankees thus far have $24.59 million locked up to six relievers, more than half of which goes to Mariano Rivera. The Red Sox have $15.74 million locked up to seven players.
This is not a knock on the Phillies' strategy.
Back when the Red Sox and Yankees made their respective returns to greatness, both relied heavily on veteran relievers (Keith Foulke, Mike Timlin, Alan Embree, Scott Williamson and Curt Leskanic for the Red Sox in 2004; John Wetteland, Jeff Nelson, Mike Stanton and Graeme Lloyd for the Yankees in 1996-97)
And because the Phillies have been able to keep costs low by developing and controlling players like Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Carlos Ruiz, Ryan Howard, Cole Hamels and J.A. Happ, they have been able to spend on the bullpen.
But many of those players are now making salaries in line with the premium nature of their positions.
Because the success of relievers is so volatile, and because their skill set is less refined (a reliever might need command of only two pitches, while most starters need three or four), developing them from within one's own system makes sense.
This spring, the crop of homegrown relievers in spring training is, at the very least, as abundant as it has been over the past couple of years. Lefthander Antonio Bastardo was a starter still looking to develop his slider a year ago. Now, he is fresh off a couple of appearances in the playoffs, as well as a dynamite performance in the Dominican Winter League. He is also being viewed strictly as a reliever for the first time in his career.
Lefthander Sergio Escalona, who converted from starter in 2008, is also competing for a spot, along with Mike Zagurski and Scott Mathieson, both of whom are looking to put injury-plagued pasts behind them.
Righthander B.J. Rosenberg is a hard-throwing reliever out of the University of Louisville who had a good season in the minors last season. He isn't a strong candidate for the Opening Day roster, but could contribute at some point in the not-so-distant future.
And, of course, there is Phillippe Aumont, a big righthander who will start the year as a starter but who many project to someday fill a role in the bullpen.
Bastardo has perhaps the most upside of any of the relievers competing for a spot in spring training. He throws a low-to-mid-90's fastball with good deception, and he showed a ton of poise last year in five starts and three relief appearances (including a big strikeout of Jason Giambi in the playoffs). If he can turn his slider into a consistent second pitch, and if he can show enough command, he could prove to be a huge, cheap boost to the bullpen. Both now, and in the future.


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Tammy Skaggs (1974) failed to appear Aug. 5 in LaRue Circuit Court. A bench warrant was issued. Bond was applied to financial conditions. She was declared a fugitive.
In contempt
Maryleah Gibson was found in contempt Aug. 5 in LaRue Circuit Court during a hearing in the case Aaron L. Gibson vs. Maryleah Gibson. Child support arrearage is $1,768.96. She was ordered to serve 90 days or pay $1,000 on child support by Aug. 19.
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A Hodgenville man faces two counts of murder after a collision that left two people dead Sunday.
Earl Dale Richardson, 46, was driving a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer south on Lincoln Parkway (Ky. 61) about 6:30 p.m., according to Kentucky State Police. The Blazer struck a 2004 Nissan Sentra in the passenger side as it traveled west on Roundtop Road (Ky. 1135) in an attempt to cross Ky. 61.
The impact caused both vehicles to exit the southwest corner of the roadway.
A Munfordville woman initially suspected of complicity in shoplifting faces multiple felony charges after police say she led officers on a high-speed pursuit Aug. 13 for 37 miles through Hardin, LaRue and Hart counties.
Jamie N. Daugherty, 29, is charged with six counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, three counts of first-degree fleeing or evading police, first-degree criminal mischief, possession of controlled substance, complicity to shoplift and multiple traffic violations.
The LaRue County Sheriff's office is investigating a scam being propagated on Craigslist.
A local man received a check through "Priority Overnight Federal Express" asking him to cash it and wire a portion to someone else, according to LaRue County Deputy Russell McCoy. The form of delivery made it appear to be legitimate. He turned over the contents of the envelope to the sheriff's office.
A Lyons Station man faces numerous counts after allegedly injuring a pup that had wandered into his yard.
A white labrador puppy – about 2 months old – ended up with a broken jaw and several teeth knocked out after it ran afoul of William Clay Ford Jr., 49.
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- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 2 14.5-ounce loaves country-style white sourdough bread, crusts trimmed, bread cut into 3/4-inch pieces (about 16 cups)
- 8 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese (about 4 1/2 ounces)
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- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 2 very large red onions, coarsely chopped (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 3 1/2 cups coarsely chopped celery
- 2 large red bell peppers, coarsely chopped
- 8 garlic cloves, chopped
- 4 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 4 teaspoons dried oregano
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup thinly sliced basil
- 4 large eggs, beaten to blend
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- Canned low-salt chicken broth
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Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray 2 large rimmed baking sheets with nonstick spray. Place half of bread pieces in large bowl. Add 3 tablespoons oil and toss to coat, then add 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, and toss. Spread bread in single layer on 1 prepared sheet. Repeat with remaining bread, 3 tablespoons oil, and 1/2 cup cheese; spread on second sheet. Bake bread until golden, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Cool on sheets. Transfer to very large bowl.
Melt 1/4 cup butter with remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, and bell peppers; sauté until vegetables begin to brown and are almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add chopped garlic, rosemary, and oregano; stir 1 minute. Add raisins and pine nuts; stir 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl with bread. Stir 1/2 cup basil and remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan into stuffing. Season generously with salt and pepper. Mix eggs into stuffing.
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Loosely fill neck and main cavities of turkey with stuffing. Add enough broth to remaining stuffing to moisten slightly (1/4 to 3/4 cup, depending on amount of remaining stuffing). Generously butter baking dish. Spoon remaining stuffing into prepared dish. Cover with buttered foil, buttered side down. Bake stuffing in dish along side turkey until heated through, about 25 minutes. Uncover stuffing. Bake until top of stuffing is slightly crisp and golden, about 15 minutes longer.
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EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN -- I have had DSL internet services with SBC now since December of 2002. I was offered the $29.95 768 package per month, provided I keep it for 12 months. If I was to cancel or move to where it was provided and not keep it, I would have to pay the $200.00 termination fee. But that is not my problem here.
My problem is that when your 1 year is close to up, they will send you a renewal notice in your e-mail telling you to renew your subscription and stay @ the low price of $26.95 per month for another year, or pay the full $52.70 per month to month basics for not renewing. I received my first notice October 2003 to sign up for another year and did so without any problems. Then October 2004 I get my next notice to renew, which I once again promptly sent back.
At the time I noticed the e-mail was acting weird so I also called SBC to confirm my renewal for another year of internet service @ $26.95 per month. In January I received my bill and to my surprise, my internet went from $26.95 ($28.43 tax included) to $52.70. I called SBC right away to bring this to their attention. Why where they charging me full for internet services when I had renewed? It was a mixup on their part, they never received my e-mail and the customer service rep forgot to make note of my call.
I was told to send in my total bill and credit would be applied. I simply told them NO! I will pay what I owe. So I was quoted to pay $45.31 which I did pay. That was my total SBC bill compared to the $84.86 they wanted. The next month before my bill came, I was called by SBC collections. I called back and told them my bill did not come yet. They said it was $110.66, of which $39.87 was past due. I argued with them and finally was connected to a customer service rep again.
Once again I was told to pay the full amount and my account would be credited. Again I said NO, I will pay what I owe. I was told to pay $45.80 and that would bring my account up to date, give or take a buck or two. Now I get my next bill and they want $65.42 past due $9.27 for current charges. A total of $74.69. My bill should be $45.67. The last 2 times I called SBC to get this taken care of, my call is answered by the collections department.
I am living on a tight budget and do not like to be told I am behind in my bills. For that reason I only bite off what I can chew. I keep my bills low and they always get the first attention on payday. What bothers me about this whole mess is the fact SBC now has me on their bad credit list for having a past due account with them when it was totally their mistake.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI -- Started on 2/6/2008, just wanted to add a fax line, that's all. Said would cost approx. $62.xx monthly fee, would be $13.75 + tax. The first technician came on 2/6/2008 - worthless, totally. Did not want to install the fax line on the 2nd flr. where the customer wanted it, said cannot. Insisted has to go in the basement where there is already an existing line, just move it over to middle of the room, out of the corner of the basement. After two months, still not working correctly.
The fax line # is (314)-664-1343. When faxed docs out, shows the home phone # which do not want on the docs. The wrong # keyed in the black boxes all technicians have??? This is a privacy issue??? Hello? No, AT&T has added additional charges on my bill. WHY?
Monthly bill was only $85.00 a month now showing $403.53 - how could this be? Install added fax line, $62.75 + tax I was advised, and the monthly fee would only be $13.62 + tax. Now the service is off??? I have been trying to get this issue resolved and every time I call, I get transferred back and forth from the tech support dept. to the billing dept. and get nowhere. The 2nd tech shows up, was nice, did not program correct # in his box so fax # shows up on docs (**) or it wasn't ever installed correctly to start with???
The 3rd tech shows up, did not ever address the issue as to why he was here, but instead more interested in impressing his manager. He installed a box on the outside of the house without any authorization, drilled holes in the foundation, then proceeds to tell me I have to pay for any wires installed on the interior of the house. Excuse me, why are you here? He also unplug the fax machines, to do this without permission, and I had to reset the fax machine again.
The 4th tech came, fixed the jack on the 2nd floor which the 1st technician tore from the wall, and loosened two of the wires which is why fax did not work to start with. The 1st tech did not want to be here. He kept insisting he needed to be at the next job. Said would not be able to install the fax line on the 2nd floor - no wires. Has to go in the basement. Ran extended wire over to middle of the basement from existing wire/jack to apply to the fax machine.
He still did not program in his black box the correct fax # ** so the home phone # showing up on the faxes sent out. Still not able to receive faxes, only able to send out after the 2nd/3rd guy was here. Still not able to get resolved. They are still trying to charge me for all of the visits they made even though it was because of their incompetence. Now my phone isn't working...fax not working. This is ridiculous.
UPDATE TODAY: Received a call from ** AT&T Executive Offices. She was just as rude and incompetent as anyone else at that company. She would not remove the charges and had the nerve to tell me she was going to call the BBB and tell them we had come to a mutual agreement??!! Are you kidding me? Who do they think they are trying to bully here? We did not come to a mutual agreement.
The only thing they need to do is put the account balance to zero...and turn off the phone, DSL, and fax line. I have already gotten my internet through Charter now and want nothing to do with AT&T. They need to follow Charter's example and learn what good customer service is. AT&T is deplorable.
I asked that my account for DSL service from AT&T/SBC be closed 2 years ago. I was told it was fine, the account was closed without issue and had no remaining balance. However, on 10/9/07, more than 2 years later I received a call from a collection agency called ERC regarding an outstanding overdue bill for $198.00.
After telling ERC I would be disputing the charge because I was told the account was closed in 2005, I called AT&T who routed me to their closed accounts service center.
AT&T though told me they could do nothing for me and could not release any information because they had sold the account to a collection agency called Capital Services and had never heard or worked with ERC the agency that had called me. When I called Capital Services, they could not give me any information or tell me how to dispute the charge because THEY had sold the account to a second collection agency.
When I called this agency, they had no record of my name or account. They asked for my social security number but I declined because I was not comfortable giving it out to an unknown/unverified "collection agency". After, hanging up with the agency that Capital Services had me call, I called back ERC and told them what had happened and they told me they could do nothing to resolve or dispute my account with AT&T without documentation from AT&T, so I had to call them back.
I then called back AT&T for the second time and spoke with their Closed Accounts department again who told me that they could not release any information or documentation on my account so that I could dispute their charges because it had been sold to the Capital Services collection agency. Very frustrated, I tried calling Capital Services a second time and no one answered their phone so I left a message with my name and telephone number for them to call me back. 10 days later I have not heard from them.
I do not know how to proceed because neither company will let me dispute or even discuss what happened with account, that it was not closed when I requested it be closed 2 years ago. If there was a remaining balance on the account, I was not notified of it when I called or sent any bills to my new address, which I gave them when I called to close the account.
Having this negatively affect my credit after I tried to close the account is grossly unjust when I have/did pursued every reasonable means to pay and close the account. Today 10/19/07 I received a second call from ERC, I explained the situation to them a second time and they were EXTREMELY rude and unhelpful, responding to almost everything I said to them with "whatever, ma'am".
Finally, I got to speak with a supervisor who spoke marginally better English and offered a settlement of $140, which I declined. I told him I had filed complaints with the BBB, Utilities Commission AND the FCC because no one would give me documentation of my account. He then offered to dispute my account and hung up on me. Honestly, everyone involved in this has been shady, rude and unprofessional. I would rather eat my own hand than deal SBC/AT&T EVER again.
TIFFIN, OHIO -- Starting in 2004 I had SBC DSL installed in my home for $26.00 a month with a 1 year contract. Early in 2005 I switched to Time Warner package. This package included my cable, phone (with nationwide toll free calling), and broadband internet. The cost of this package was $105 a month taxes included. The Time Warner package was OK but the phone service was of poor quality because of a constant echo when talking.
Then in July 2005 SBC sends an offer in the mail. The card says that they will offer me a phone service (limited nationwide toll free calling 1 hour a month), and DSL service for $34.00 a month for 1 year. Plus there was to be a $60 Visa card sent as an incentive. The modem was supposed to have a rebate also. I set up for payments to be made via credit card. Since we were unhappy with Time Warner phone service and since we hardly ever used the long distance nationwide calling, we decided to go back to SBC.
I called SBC July 28, 2005 to set up the new phone and internet service. I remember them telling me that since I was coming back to SBC service from Time Warner, there would be a "Win-Back" incentive of 3 free months of DSL. They said it may take a couple of weeks to get this installed. This person advised that there may be a little fluctuation in the first two billing periods before things are straightened out.
The end of August 2005 there still had been no reply or service from SBC. I called and asked about it. They told me that there were some problems with the release of my service from Time Warner but that it should be "soon". The end of September 2005 there still had been no reply or service from SBC. I called and asked about it again. The same response as before was given. I also asked to change the order to include a home network modem for two computers. The person made the order change. The cost of the modem after the rebate was to be $49.00.
The middle of October 2005 there still had been no reply or service from SBC. I called and asked about it again. The same response as before was given. The end of October 2005 there still had been no reply or service from SBC. I called and asked about it again. This time I asked to speak to a supervisor and informed him of what had preceded. I also asked to make sure that I was to get for my $34.00 a month a phone service, DSL, rebate for the modem, $60 visa card and 3 free months of DSL (Win-Back Program). He informed me that all was good and that I should have the service in the next few days.
It was November 3, 2006 that the SBC truck pulled up to hook up the phone service. The installation lady connected the phone line back to SBC and said that the phone is operational. I asked about the DSL. She said she didn't know anything about it. She said that it will probably be next week, then left. Two hours later she come back and says there is a problem with the phone service. She said they tried to test the line but got no response, and she will have to check out the house wiring. I had to tell her that we had Time Warner and the phone service in my house was still connected to Time Warner modem. Problem solved.
The next week the modem arrives. It was the wrong modem. I called SBC and told them that there was an order change and that I was supposed to get the home network modem instead of the single port modem. They said to send this modem and back and the right modem would be sent. It was on November 10, 2006 that I received the home network modem. I hooked it up and went though the registration process. There was a problem so I called Tech Support. They led me though the process and everything worked fine. This took approximately 30 minuets for this call.
On November 29, 2006 I received my first SBC bill for $34.00. I paid it using my credit card. The beginning of December 2006 I got a pre-recorded call from SBC that I haven't registered my DSL service and I had to call Tech Support. I called Tech Support and they led me though the registration process again. About December 7, 2006 I received another bill via email from SBC for $200. The representative told me that there might be a little problem with billing the first couple of months so I just paid the bill.
About the middle of December I received another automated call from SBC saying my DSL is not registered and that if not done soon, my DSL service would be cut off. I called Tech Support again and went though the process of registration. I asked the person if he was sure I am registered. He assured me it was. It took approximately 45 minuets for this call.
On about December 27, 2006 I get another automated call from SBC that the DSL is still not registered. This time I asked to speak to a supervisor. He didn't know why this was happening. He gave me over to a Level 2 Tech. He could not find out why this was happening. He gave me over to a software engineer. He could not figure it out. He said "It must be a FLUKE in the database and just ignore the problem if they call again". Time spent of the phone was over 1 hour.
On January 14, 2006 I received an email bill from SBC for $300. This was the final straw. I called January 16, 2006 with the SBC bill in hand. I informed them that I have had major problems with SBC services/billing and wanted to speak to a supervisor. I informed this person (in Cleveland office) that there is a major problem with my bill and proceeded to tell her about my past problems. Then I told her that I have had the phone service since the beginning of November 2005 and the DSL with home networking two weeks later. Since then I have received billings amounting to just under $500.
The present bill has me listed as having (2) separate DSL services on one phone line. The bill also has me listed as having a "Wireless Hub" which I never asked for nor have I ever received. How can I possibly have two separate DSL services on one phone line? She had no answer except "There must be a problem". No kidding!!
After spending 1.5 hours with this person, who was a very good and helpful person, the bill was adjusted in increments of $100, $100, and $40. I also asked about my rebate on the modem and the $60 Visa card and the 3 free months of DSL service for the Win-Back Program. She said the Visa card is still being processed and that the 3 free months of service is supposed to be spread out over the length of the contract. Sounds good to me.
Now it is February, the bill has been adjusted and I am half happy. I still have not received the rebate or $60 Visa card. February 9, 2006 I called the phone number on the rebate check. The person told me that there was a 10-week period that they have to get me the rebate. "The rebate check will be sent February 23, 2006."
February 24, 2006 no rebate check comes. I call the rebate center again March 1, 2006. The person told me "Oh, your rebate has been denied". I found out why. Apparently they never received word that the first wrong modem that I sent back never got to them. Also the billing section had not been notified about the modem change. So billing never adjusted the records. The rebate center then forwarded my call to billing.
Well finally I got another person in Cleveland who knew what to do and who to talk to. I really liked her. She kept me on the phone and we had casual conversation while she contacted the proper people and got everything straight with billing, shipping and receiving and the rebate center. Two weeks later I got my rebate and the extra charge for the first modem removed. Now I only have to wait until my contract ends to find out if I will receive my 3 free months of DSL.
My recommendations to SBC: fire half of your employees (college students) answering the phone, hire more employees like those in Cleveland. They sound like veteran employees that know what's going on, and need a raise.
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS -- If you use SBCGlobal or BellSouth for internet connection or email, buyer beware. Customer service is non-existent. And by the time you figure that out, you will have spent hours either searching the help screens, downloading self-help tools that don't work, or doing online chat with personnel that are apparently incompetent. What's worse is that when you're finished -- problem resolved or not -- there is no way to voice your dissatisfaction, unless you agree to voice your unhappiness without receiving a reply!
AT&T is a mess. Since installing DSL at two homes and setting up 2 email accounts, I've received incorrect equipment, equally poor support for resolving connection and email problems, I've had 2 routers fail, etc. I'd say it's at least 2 hours for each incident. Today I actually had a customer service CHAT rep tell me that my not being able to gain access to my web mail had nothing to do with having an internet connection. She asked me if I could connect to the web. Errrrr -- I had been on CHAT with her for nearly an hour. Yep -- I'd say I had an internet connection.
Enough said. I'd love to know WHERE to send a transcript of the 64-minute chat with customer service. If anybody in the organization knew that this was 'standard operating procedure' they might be really embarrassed. SBCGlobal/AT&T does not want to be contacted -- give it a shot -- try to figure out where/how to contact them and actually receive a reply.
Pitiful at best. I'd like a refund equal to the time spent dealing with connectivity issues where I am more intelligent than the customer service rep. Amazingly, each and every time I've fought to get the issue escalated to a supervisor and I wait on 'hold', the problem is mysteriously resolved and everything begins to work. That's the truth as I know it.
OKLAHOMA -- I am not a customer of SBC and have not been for several years due to terrible customer service and bad billings practices. I thought by not using them as a provider, my troubles with them would be over. My husband and I bought a house in a nice little subdivision less than a year ago. We have been working on our flower gardens for a few months now. We have also been manicuring our lawn. It is, I mean, was starting to look very nice.
There is a rent-house next door to us. It was just recently rented. The residents apparently are using SBC as there phone provider. While feeding my son this morning, I heard what I thought was the mailman. When I opened my front door, I saw an SBC truck speeding out of my front yard. There is a utility pole in my backyard. I realize SBC has a right to access that pole, however they should not be driving there trucks all over my lawn. To get through my back yard, the SBC employee had to open up our large side gate.
After he left, he did not even come back over to shut my gate. It is very heavy and hard to shut, but I guess that's not his problem. There are now tire tracks running across my front lawn and through my back yard. After all that, he did not even hook the neighbors up to the pole in my yard. He used the one in their yard. He did not drive through their yard either. He carried his ladder back there and hooked them up. Then after he put the ladder back on his truck, he went back and shut their gate!!!
I tried to email a complaint, but SBC has topics for you to choose from, none of which were relevant to my complaint. When I called, I was put on hold for about ten minutes then the line went dead. I can't win for losing, apparently. Whether I do business with them or not, they still cause me problems. I do not see why anyone supports them.
My fiance is stationed in Germany for the next 3 years. I let SBC talk me into getting the international calling plan, which was something like $20/mo. and then the phone calls were supposed to be 10 cents a minute. They neglected however to tell me that there would be connection fees because I was calling to his cell in Germany. When I got my bill, it was $352. I was being charged a 12 cent a minute connection fee to a mobile phone plus 12 cents a minute for every minute a talked.
Since I pointed out that according to the Texas Attorney General, this practice falls under fraud because SBC neglected to inform me of it, they credited that amount to my account. I just want to remind people to please contact their state's Attorney General when they feel they are being ripped off. When your case is in ligatation, you don't pay until the AG has settled it. If more people start complaining and taking action, then a lot of companies will start revising their policies.
LOS ANGELES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- Yesterday, our household's SBC Yahoo internet was renewed for a year. About mid-morning this morning all three accounts (two people) were deactivated for TOS violations. We don't have a clue why we were deactivated. My business mail comes through one of my accounts. That's all bad enough, but try to find out something about it!!!
I talked to four people who told me everything I already knew but could not help me resolve this dilemma (as my business mail kept disappearing into the ethers). They would either pass me on or tell me that they didn't know who could help with this problem. I spent hours of good work time trying to resolve this mystery. Nobody at the available numbers is accountable!!
I think either someone accidentally pushed the wrong button when they extended my commitment or SBC has a hell of thing going by offering an extra year cheap and then making it impossible to use the email. I have not knowingly violated any TOS I could find. Even someone accused of murder gets to hear the full charges and face his accusers. I guess SBC is above that! I will be writing the California State Attorney General, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the BBB about this. In the meantime, I have some unhappy clients trying to reach me. I am thinking about going cable or satellite!


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Polka Dots in the Kitchen!
Following yesterday's cute polka dot cake, we just had to look at the pattern in kitchen decor, too. Dots in the kitchen are just so playful and energetic - much like the act of cooking itself! Here are a few examples of polka dots in the kitchen that we absolutely love:
The curtains in the kitchen of blogger Eat Make Read have to be our favorite for do-able DIY. And the polka dot AGA like the one in the kitchen of Emma Bridgewater is definitely our aspirational fave. What's yours?
Related: Pretty (and) Easy: Polka Dot Cake from Country Living
(Images: Eat Make Read, via Apartment Therapy Los Angeles, AGA, Cococozy, Coastal Living)