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The book Agnes Nedregård, Performance Works: The Big Toe presents the ten-year performance career of Bergen visual artist Agnes Nedregård.
Agnes Nedregård, Performance Works: The Big Toe looks at Nedregård's practice from a diversity of perspectives and media, including a photo essay studying horizontality/verticality and bent/straight lines. Using Henri Lefebvre and Georges Bataille as a point of departure, this photo essay focuses on Nedregård's subversion of vertical erectility and the artist's counter-agenda of explosive bendability.
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Matthew Todd "Matt" Lauer (born December 30, 1957)[2] is an American television journalist best known as the host of NBC's The Today Show since 1997. He is also a contributor for NBC's Dateline NBC. He was previously a news anchor for The Today Show in 1994 and anchor for WNBC in New York City and a local talk-show host in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Richmond. He was also host of PM Magazine (or "Evening Magazine" 1980–86) and worked for ESPN in the 1980s as a sideline reporter. In the early 1990s, Lauer hosted segments of HBO Entertainment News.
Early life
Lauer was born in New York City, the son of Marilyn Kolmer (née Gentry), a boutique owner, and Jay Robert Lauer, a bicycle-company executive.[3] His parents divorced during his youth, and his father died in 1997. Lauer had become co-host of The Today Show, replacing longtime host Bryant Gumbel in early 1997, not long before his father's death.[4]
Lauer's father was of Romanian Jewish heritage, as seen on the Today Show's Finding Our Roots.[5] Lauer said, "My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything. I do feel a desire now to find something spiritual. Getting married and wanting to have kids has something to do with that."[4][6]
Lauer is a graduate of the School of Media Arts and Studies (formerly the School of Telecommunications) of Ohio University. In 1997, he received his undergraduate degree from Ohio University at the age of 39. He had dropped out of Ohio University's School of Telecommunications in the Spring of 1979.[7] Lauer began his television career in 1979 as a producer of the 12 o'clock news for WOWK-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. By 1980, he had become an on-air reporter on the 6 and 11 o'clock newscasts. He then started to move around the country, hosting a number of weekly information and talk programs in Boston, Philadelphia, Providence and Richmond.[citation needed] He was also host of PM Magazine in Providence, RI and then in 1984 at WNEW-TV in New York City until the show's cancellation in 1986. In 1986 he co-hosted with Jill Rappaport WNYW-TV's Made In New York for its fifteen-week run on the station. He also worked for ESPN in the 1980s. He worked on the show "Talk of the Town" during 1988.[citation needed]
From 1989 to 1991, Lauer hosted a three-hour live interview program, WWOR-TV's 9 Broadcast Plaza.[8] In 1990, he was hired by the Kushner-Locke Company to host a pilot called "Day In Court," executive produced by veteran producer David Sams, who helped to launch The Oprah Winfrey Show into national syndication. The program was retitled "Trial Watch" when it went to series, and ran on the NBC network for two seasons. NBC hired Rob Weller as host over Lauer when the program was picked up as a daily series. The same year, he filmed a pilot for WWE's Vince McMahon, focused on a new bodybuilding league, though he was not picked up for the series.[citation needed] In 1991 he appeared as the co-host (along with Willow Bay) of "Etc., Etc.", a show on The Travel Channel. Lauer moved to WNBC-TV in 1992 where he became co-anchor, alongside Jane Hanson, of the early weekday news show Today in New York. After a year, he also filled the role of Live at Five co-anchor with Sue Simmons.[8] He held that job until 1996.
NBC News
Lauer's on-camera presence provided him with many opportunities with NBC's national news organization while working for WNBC in New York.[9] Lauer filled in as the newsreader on The Today Show for Margaret Larson when needed from 1992 to 1993.[8] This "audition" period allowed him to join The Today Show full-time in January 1994 as news anchor, while still co-anchoring Today in New York and Live at Five.[10]
Lauer stepped in for Scott Simon, Mike Schneider and Jack Ford as the co-host of Weekend Today, and for Ann Curry as anchor of the former NBC News program NBC News at Sunrise from 1992 to 1997.[11] He had also filled in for Tom Brokaw on NBC Nightly News. As the Today Show news anchor, he also pinch-hit for Bryant Gumbel on the Today Show before being named the official co-anchor on January 6, 1997, after Gumbel stepped down.[12]
In addition to his duties on the Today Show, Lauer has also hosted programming on the Discovery Channel[13] and MSNBC.
Beginning in 1998, Lauer embarked on what has generally been an annual five-day, globe-spanning adventure called Where in the World is Matt Lauer? on the Today Show[14] during TV sweeps. The segment was named after the PBS game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? from which it borrowed the theme song. This segment has sent Lauer to various locations around the World, from where he has reported on the importance of each location. In recent years, he has broadcast from locations including Bhutan, Easter Island, the Panama Canal, Iran, Hong Kong, Croatia and the Great Wall of China.[15] In 2009, NBC News announced the segment would not air in consideration of the stagnant, unstable U.S. economy.[16]
On some occasions, interviews conducted by Lauer have escalated into tense exchanges. In a June 2005 interview, Tom Cruise argued with Lauer about psychiatry and postpartum depression and called Lauer "glib".[17] In December 2008, more than three years later, Cruise said he regretted the exchange, and arm-wrestled Matt Lauer in the same studio where the confrontation took place.[18]
In a June 2006 interview with Ann Coulter, Coulter responded to Lauer's questioning her criticism of September 11, 2001 widows and said, "You're getting testy with me."[19]
On December 30, 2009, during an on-set birthday party for him, Lauer introduced Abe Vigoda, star of the TV shows Barney Miller and Fish, who was standing behind the cameras. Lauer invited Vigoda to sit on the couch, where Lauer announced that Vigoda was his favorite guest on the Today show.[citation needed]
In November 2006, Lauer and his daughter Romy hosted the Sesame Street direct-to-DVD show Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together.[citation needed] Lauer hosted The Greatest American on the Discovery Channel, which used Internet and telephone voting by viewers to select the winner. Lauer was critical of his own program since it tended to favor well-known figures over others who had less influence in pop culture.[20] Since 1998, he has co-hosted NBC's live coverage of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[21]
Lauer had a guest appearance as himself on a live episode of Will & Grace in early 2006.[22] (Former co-host Katie Couric had a guest appearance as herself on an episode of the same NBC sitcom a few years earlier.)[citation needed]
On June 19, 2007, he interviewed Prince William and Prince Harry.[23]
Lauer served as the 2009 Class Day speaker at Harvard University's undergraduate commencement ceremonies on June 3, 2009.[24]
Lauer appeared as himself in the Land of the Lost movie, appearing in the beginning when Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) appears on his show and single-handedly ruins his career.[25] Lauer appears again at the end of the film, when Marshall shows up with his new book, Matt Lauer Can Suck It. Both scenes end in violent physical confrontation between the two, with the staff trying to break them up.
On the April 5, 2012, program, Lauer announced that he had signed a new contract with NBC News. The contract will reportedly pay Lauer $25 million annually.[1]
Although it was widely reported by gossip websites that Lauer had much to do with his then co-host, Ann Curry's departure, these reports were later proven to be untrue. Ann Curry's departure was planned by then Today executive producer, Jim Bell. The plan was called "Operation Bambi". Lauer wanted Bell to delay the departure of Curry.[26][27]
Lauer has co-hosted the opening ceremonies of several Olympic Games, carrying on what his former co-host Katie Couric had done since the 2000 Summer Olympics. He co-hosted the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. His commentary on the 2012 opening ceremonies, along with that of co-hosts Meredith Vieira and Bob Costas, came under fierce criticism, being described as "ignorant" and "banal".[28][29][30]
During the 2014 Winter Olympics, prime-time host Bob Costas suffered a major eye infection over the first five days of primetime coverage. As a result, Lauer replaced him for the sixth day of coverage.
Career timeline
- 1988: Talk of the Town host[12]
- 1989–1991: 9 Broadcast Plaza host[12]
- September 1992–September 1994: Today in New York co-anchor[12]
- August 1993–September 1996: early evening newscast Live at Five co-anchor[12]
- 1992–present: NBC News
- 1992–1997: fill-in anchor on Weekend Today and NBC News at Sunrise
- 1993–1994: Today fill-in news anchor
- June 13, 1994 – January 3, 1997: Today news anchor[12]
- January 6, 1997–present: Today co-anchor[12]
- 1997–present: Dateline NBC contributing anchor
- 2011–2013: Rock Center with Brian Williams correspondent
Personal life
Lauer was married and divorced from Nancy Alspaugh.[2] He later married Annette Roque.[2]
Lauer has two sons, Jack Matthew and Thijs, and a daughter, Romy.[2]
- ^ a b Mirkinson, Jack (April 5, 2012). "Matt Lauer Officially Staying On At 'Today'". Huffington Post.
- ^ a b c d "Matt Lauer". TVGuide.com. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
- ^ "Matt Lauer Biography (1957–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved March 17, 2009.
- ^ a b Jeffrey Zaslow, "The Lauer Within", interview with Matt Lauer, USA Weekend, April 30, 2000, accessed July 17, 2007.
- ^ Matt Discovers His Roots on NBC's Today Show. Retrieved August 24, 2008.
- ^ jweekly
- ^ Ohio University Webpage
- ^ a b c Matt Lauer - TODAY.com
- ^ In Her Final Newscast, Sue Simmons Makes It Clear She Doesn't Want to Leave - TVSpy
- ^ Live at Five (WNBC TV series)
- ^ Ann Curry - TODAY.com
- ^ a b c d e f g Matt Lauer – Today Show – MSNBC.com
- ^ Matt Lauer – Profile, Latest News and Related Articles
- ^ Where in the World is Matt Lauer? - TODAY.com
- ^ MSNBC, "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?"
- ^ ""Where In The World Is Matt Lauer?" Postponed Due To Economy". Huffington Post. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Cruise tangles with Matt Lauer - today > entertainment - today > entertainment > movies - TODAY.com
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28162646/ "Three years after notorious Scientology rant, 'I'm here to entertain people'", accessed January 6, 2009.
- ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06185/703146-44.stm "Queen of Mean: Coulter's attacks bring political discourse to a whole new level." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 4, 2006, accessed March 19, 2008.
- ^ Greatest American on Discovery Channel outrage - Democratic Underground
- ^ Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
- ^ Will & Grace - Season 8, Episode 11: Bathroom Humor - TV.com
- ^ Matt Lauer, "In Honor of Diana: Two Princes Speak on the 10th Anniversary of Their Mother's Death", transcript of interview (updated), MSNBC, June 19, 2007, accessed July 17, 2007.
- ^ Matt Lauer anchors Class Day festivities | Harvard Gazette
- ^ Matt Lauer Ready For His New 'Land Of The Lost' Catch-Phrase | Access Hollywood
- ^ How and Why NBC Kicked Ann Curry Off Today - NYMag
- ^ Stelter, Brian (April 18, 2013). "Who Can Save the 'Today' Show?". The New York Times.
- ^ [1] NBC's broadcast of the Olympics opening ceremony was the worst video/
- ^ [2] the opening ceremonies in London from the industrial revolution to Voldemort
- ^ [3] NBC Olympics opening ceremony
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- MSNBC bio
- Matt Lauer at the Internet Movie Database
- Matt's Video Blog
- TV schedule for Talk of the Town
- Video of Talk of the Town on YouTube
- Video and Transcript of George W Bush interview
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I've known about Hillary Clinton's association with the religious right for a long time but considered it more of a personal matter until she attacked Barack Obama for his choice of affiliating with Jeremiah Wright. While I have criticized her conservative positions which grew out of this association, such as her support for a ban on flag burning and her crusade against video games, I didn't consider comment on her personal associations, which I detailed in this post yesterday, relevant until she launched her personal attack on Obama.
Others have thought along similar lines and there is now more discussion of Clinton's associations. Joshua Green has written about this today and refers back to this article he wrote back in 2006. His post today also provides links to additional articles on the subject:
If you've never heard of The Fellowship (also known as The Family), it will sound like some shadowy organization in a John Grisham novel. (Indeed, as a Google search will demonstrate, critics consider it a cult.) The group was formed in the 1930s to minister to political and business leaders throughout the world, modeling itself as a kind of Christian Trilateral Commission. Several members of Congress are affiliated with the group, mostly Republicans, but some Democrats, too. To the extent The Fellowship is known beyond its members it is probably for founding the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.
Like Jeremiah Wright's Trinity Baptist Church, The Fellowship is run by its own mysterious and controversial figure, Douglas Coe, although temperamentally Coe is Wright's opposite. He eschews the spotlight and has never made a controversial public utterance that I'm aware of — mainly because he rarely speaks publicly at all. (You won't find him on YouTube.) But like Wright, Coe has ministered to a Democratic frontrunner. He personally leads a private Senate prayer group that Clinton has been a part of.
In my piece, I chose to focus on the Senate prayer group, but others have written extensively about the strangeness and secrecy of The Fellowship. As this Los Angeles Times story and this exquisitely reported Harper's piece make clear, there is something deeply strange about the group. They certainly do not like press coverage, so in that regard Clinton's attraction might make sense. Reporters hoping to look into the group might want to think again. A few years ago, The Fellowship's archives, which are held at Wheaton College, the evangelical school in Illinos, were reclassified as "restricted" and placed under lock and key.
The Clintons have had a very strange association with the "vast right wing conspiracy." They sometimes attack each other, and at other times work together, but they have worked to ensure that for the last generation our choices have been limited to one or the other. Finally this year we have a chance to change this.


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At Marriott we are passionate about and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and visitors to share this commitment.
We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school. We have robust policies in place for ensuring the wellbeing of our children. These policies underpin our practice and values shared by every single member of staff in our school. Copies are available from the school office.
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Prevent is a government strategy designed to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist or extremist causes.
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We're technically a lot closer to summer than spring at this point, but it's never too late to take some time to perform some spring cleaning tasks on your life and career. Here are a few things to consider doing that will help you do so:
- Clean up your work environment. One study found that 90% of Americans admit that cluttered spaces not only negatively impact their productivity, but also their state of mind, motivation, and even happiness. That "important sticky note" you haven't looked at in three months? Throw it away.
- Clean up your email inbox. Unsubscribe from newsletter you never or infrequently read, and create filters to deal with everything else.
- Review your year-to-date progress. What goals did you set out with this year? Are you still on track or did you detour off of a cliff? Spend some time making sure that you are still making progress on the things that matter. On that same topic…
- Get back to what really matters. Entire books have been written to elaborate on this single bullet point, but spend some time looking at everything you are involved in and decide whether or not your precious time is worth those responsibilities. If not, drop them.
- (For an enlightening read on this topic, see Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown).
- Declutter and organize your house. A good rule of thumb is that if you haven't worn or used something in a year, it's time to say goodbye. Donate it all to a good cause.
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- Clean up your social media accounts.
- Do something out of the norm. You'll always be surprised how refreshing it can be to do something different, and often times it will give you some much needed perspective to re-focus your energy.
- Spend some time in silence. It's a terrifying thought, I know, and your mind will do it's best to occupy you with thoughts. But doing so can provide sparks of clarity and inspiration, so give it a try.
- Holding onto any grudges or bitterness? Let it go. Forgive whoever wronged you. You're only hurting yourself (and using valuable mental energy) by holding onto it.
- Go on a vacation (more on that in our next article).
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So Who are THESE Steampunks?
As with any group of people generalizations are bound to occur . . . you have probably already heard that "Steampunks are all like this" or "Steampunks are all like that" and find yourself disagreeing and thinking that it's more complicated than that.
We've had some questionnaires in the past, but this time we are helping a British college researcher gather information to get a real sense of how diverse the Steampunk Community can be in terms of socio-economics and political differences . . . in fact it amazes me that the Community manages to put aside many of its differences and enjoy each other's company in a civil manner.
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The rush is on for exploration and production real estate in Iraq.
Companies with promising licences, or existing operations, are clearly very desirable to potential investors, and so have had little difficulty tapping the markets for more funds. In recent weeks alone we've seen:
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- Gulf Keystone successfully raising $200 million to fund its exploration programme;
- ShaMaran Petroleum announcing $50 million private placement.
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Narcissists are very good at persuasion techniques and ways to get you to trust them, in order to lure you in.
If you felt right away that they were not to be trusted then you would not have continued onto the next level of intimacy with them.
Some narcissists actively study and train to learn these techniques and others just naturally develop them. Since they do not have to learn to follow the moral and ethical practices that other people do, it leaves them more time for learning these techniques by trial and error.
Narcissists want to control people in order to extract narcissistic supply or to use them as sources for narcissistic supply in some way.
They can control you better if they learn about you. In order to learn about you they need you to reveal things about yourself to them.
You would not reveal personal things to someone like dreams, fears, and skeletons in your closet unless you felt like you could trust them with this intimate knowledge of you. They lure you into telling them about yourself by gaining your trust.
The ways in which they gain your trust are intentional and basically a kind of hypnosis.
There is something called Conversational Hypnosis, which is something that narcissists are good at. They have practice it over and over again and they have each developed their own special brand of brainwashing through hypnosis.
This video that I have shared with you is a class by David Snyder. He is a really excellent teacher of hypnosis and NLP hypnosis. He teaches hypnosis to people who are therapists and life coaches amongst other professions that want to be able to lead people to certain goals.
This type of hypnosis can be very helpful and add value to the lives of people, of the hypnotist has honest intentions and keeps the client safe. I have shared this video with you so that you can see that the techniques in this video are used by narcissists for malice.
If you have an opponent that is in a match with you and you do not understand the rules and techniques, but they do, this puts you at a great disadvantage. But once you understand the techniques that the narcissists use to lure you in, to get you to trust them and to believe the things they tell you, then you will be much harder to manipulate in the future.
I recommend that you watch this video and see how he uses the technique of pacing and leading.
David Snyder defines a "pace" as something in your present environment that the other person can verify as true. This means that the abuser will say things to you that you can validate as truth.
Once they give you enough truth then your brain begins to expect that the next thing they say will be true. Once the victim's brain sees that the narcissist is saying true things then it lowers its defenses (filters) and begins to accept the things the narcissist says as true.
The next thing is called a "lead." David Snyder defines a lead as something that you want the person to believe, to think, to say or to do.
So the narcissist will give you 4 or 5 paces and then 1 lead. Then they will give you 4 paces and 2 leads. More and more the paces can become less and the they can give you more suggestions that they want you to believe to be true.
Here is an example
Narcissist says…
"You are a single mother that has had to struggle with raising your kids on your own. You have had many obstacles in your life and you have overcome many things. Women have it hard when they have to work and also take care of their family. I really respect your resilience and I think you are to be commended. "
Do you see where this begins as true statements that you agree with and know to be true…and then…they tell you something that is not true but that they want you to believe? The "lead" that they want you to believe is that they have great respect for you and they think you deserve to be commended.
In this context of the hypnotic pattern of pacing and leading, their words seem to be true and you do not question them. If they had just started off by saying "I have great respect for you and I think you are to be commended…you would not be sure of that were true about how they felt about you.
During one conversation the narcissist can take you through this pattern of paces and leads many times. The more you begin to assume they are being transparent with you, the more you begin to trust them. The more you can validate the things they are saying are true, the more you will trust them.
The narcissist can use this same technique to get you to believe the false self is really them. They begin by giving you "paces" which you can verify are true. They can tell you about the business they own and then show you the link to the web site.
They can tell you that they specialize in a certain field and then demonstrate that they are knowledgeable in that field…or at least they can give you just enough that you believe they have proven that they are trained in that field.
Then once they have given you things about themselves that your brain can verify to its satisfaction to be true, then the narcissist can say something that you cannot verify but that your brain will accept as true.
This might be something about their personality that is not true such as …"I am a team player at work. I respect and listen to my employees"
Now you are seeing them as a person who respects their employees and someone that values people.
They might then give you some more paces and then tell you something like …"I am a loving kind of person. My employees feel like it is a family there. "
This of course is a complete lie since their employees actually fear and loath them. He controls and manipulates them and sucked the blood out of them while sadistically undermining and degrading them.
But when he says it to you using the Conversational Hypnosis techniques, it really seems to be true. You feel as though he was telling you the truth from the beginning of the conversation and from then on you believe the things he tells you without question.
Check out the video and have some fun with it. If you think of this as something new and fun to learn then I believe you will enjoy it. Instead of feeling bad about the games the narcissist played on you, learn the tactics they used so you can feel empowered.
Once you know the rules they are playing by then they can no longer confuse and manipulate you without your knowledge and consent. At least not with this pace and lead technique.


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Team News: Maidstone United vs Leyton Orient
PUBLISHED: 09:00 20 October 2018
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Crystal Palace loanee Levi Lumeka is not available for the O's
Leyton Orient will be without Levi Lumeka and Joe Widdowson for today's FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie at Maidstone United.
Defender Widdowson will serve the first of a three-match ban following the red card he picked up during the stalemate at home to Hartlepool United last weekend.
He will be a big miss for the O's after starting the campaign with a string of consistent displays, but it should offer Sam Ling an opportunity to impress, albeit out of position.
Meanwhile for Lumeka, his frustrating loan spell with Orient continues with parent club Crystal Palace not giving the wide-man permission to play in the tie.
The young winger has struggled for opportunities since moving to E10 and although he struck twice in a recent behind closed doors match with Barnet, his all-round game is lacking compared to Jobi McAnuff, James Dayton, Josh Koroma and James Brophy.
It means even if Lumeka had been available for this afternoon, he still probably would not have been selected in the starting XI.
Yet whoever head coach Justin Edinburgh picks at the Gallagher Stadium, the Orient manager will back them to send O's into the first round proper.
Speaking after the Hartlepool game, he said: "All of the decisions are difficult regarding every player in the team.
"Ling come off the bench, and he hadn't played for a little while, and he was excellent.
"We had to be mindful of the fact (Myles) 'Juddy' was on a booking and we didn't know what the referee was going to do, so we had to take it out of his hands because he couldn't be trusted on the day
"And like I said in my programme notes, this squad is only as good as the people who don't play and everyone who come on against Hartlepool affected the game."
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Fires have continued to proliferate in Siskiyou County, with multiple incidents being reported on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Fires have continued to proliferate in Siskiyou County, with multiple incidents being reported on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A fire that started at approximately 3 p.m. on July 4 near the Tree of Heaven Campground on Highway 96 was reported to be approximately 50 acres and 60 percent contained on Wednesday afternoon.
The cause of that incident is currently under investigation. Multiple aircraft were dispatched to the fire and arrived shortly after it began, drawing water from the Klamath River to help combat the flames.
Firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE are working to get the blaze 100 percent contained, according to Klamath National Forest representatives. Local volunteers have been assisting as well.
The Fay incident, named for Fay Lane off of Highway 3, had burned 150 acres between Etna and Callahan as of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
CAL FIRE reported that the fire started at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Warning evacuations were in place as of Wednesday afternoon from Hwy 3 north, up to French Creek on the west side. Suzie Brady, CAL FIRE's public information officer, stated that five to seven structures were threatened by the fire as of press time.
At approximately 4 p.m., a number of crews were also called out to a 1 acre vegetation fire on Hawkinsville Humbug Road, but a number of resources were cancelled shortly after the call went out on the scanner.


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"Nothing gets you up in the morning like the things that keep you up at night." So goes a tagline on ALARMclock's Kickstarter page. Sure, we've seen other bedside timepieces that encourage alertness by making you use brain or body, but as its creator Fig says, ALARMclock doesn't wake you up, it "efficiently ends dreaming." Hazy images of flying unicorns will soon dissipate as ALARMclock reminds you of your "financial instability, social insecurity and fear of death." Simply made from a bamboo enclosure and 32 x 8 LED display, the heart of the sadistic clock is a WiFi-connected Raspberry Pi. Using a computer or mobile device, you can ask ALARMclock to pull your bank account balance (or other depressing personal finance info), aggregate the number of (virtual) friends you have or, worst of all, estimate your remaining life expectancy. A "morning dose of cold hard reality" is available for the next 20 days to pledges of $85 or more over at Kickstarter. While Fig is listed as the maker of ALARMclock, we can't help but think Aperture Science is involved somehow. Check out the pitch video to see what we mean.
ALARMclock forces you to seize the day by telling you how many you have left
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Jim Bolger rounded off the Down Royal meeting by claiming his fourth Ulster Derby with with Wexford Town. With Kevin Manning on-board Wexford Town, bred, owned and trained by Bolger, followed in the footsteps of his brother Trading Leather, who was the winner of the Irish Derby last year.
Manning, who is Bolger's son-in-law, didn't make the best of starts and was almost detached for most of the race as Urban Moon lead and Azurite looked the likely winner when challenging at the elbow, but he had made steady headway from the top of the hill and launched a decisive challenge inside in the final furlong to prevail by a head from Magnolia Beach
There was little consolation for trainer Ger Lyons, who had both the second and third placed horses, with Magnolia Beach and Azurite also placed.
The victory for Manning followed previous successes in Derbys at Epsom and the Curragh.
"They went very quick from the start," he said.
"I knew two furlongs from home I was going to get there. He's still green – I got lucky on the day."
The happiest man on Derby day was Magheralin- based trainer, Lee Smyth.
He won a three runner race with Norville, but said it meant as much as any other victory.
"It's the first winner for owner Richard Auld," he said.
"The horse came from England and has dropped in the ratings with age.
"I took a chance running him when I saw the small declarations, but winning a three-runner race is the same for me as 30 runners and it was great to get Pat Smullen on-board.
"I have only five in training and run most of them on the all-weather in England, but had a winner here in March."
The old firm of Dermot Weld and top jockey Smullen, already successful at Royal Ascot again last week, collected the Ulster Oaks with Vintage Nouveau.
The winner always travelled best while again Lyons had to settle for second with Snow Scene.
Smullen said: "She's an improver and will get one and a half miles. She travelled very well through the race. She was just a little green when I got to the front."
While Lyons had to settle for places in the principal contests he still managed a double on the day likewise his new stable jockey, Colin Keane.
While Bolger landed the big race he had to settle for two seconds later in the day, including the finale with Ceoldrama – although it's a horse that is likely to be winning shortly.
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Bridebook looking for Senior Backend Developer
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We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer to help shape the future of our business as we continue to scale towards being a global leader. You will be responsible for a key part of our mission, and provide the strongest possible base for accelerating and scaling our product in the near future.
- Expert in TypeScript; experience with Python, Golang and DSLs is a plus
- Expert in relational and NoSQL databases, particularly with GCP (e.g. Firebase, BigQuery, RTDB, Firestore, Security Rules)
- Knowledge of technical best practices, including testing (Mocha, AVA, Jest)
- Database processing – creating and maintaining custom scripts and migrations
- Proficiency in caching (Redis) and search engines (ElasticSearch)
- Expert in creating and managing RESTful APIs; GraphQL
- Authentication methodologies and general security principles
- Experience with cloud services like AWS and GCP; usage of Docker and Continuous Integration
- Experience in profiling, debugging and cloud services monitoring is a plus
- Being a technical leader within your team and within Bridebook in general
- Building and maintaining a secure, sustainable and scalable backend architecture
- Working towards carrying out effective systems monitoring and logging, using the results to help shape our product decisions
- Creating, maintaining and monitoring scalable dynamic infrastructure, serverless microservices, database migrations and optimisations
- Having full understanding and alignment with our company goals so that they serve as the basis of the work you drive forward
- Being the advocate for all things backend, to ensure we have the best foundation to conquer the industry and consistently scale up
- Promoting a healthy and collaborative culture across teams to collectively deliver exceptional output
About you:
- You are an active communicator; able to effectively collaborate with both the technical and business sides of the company
- You are committed to sharing your expertise through documentation, mentorship and discussion (both written and verbal)
- You have technical leadership and/or team leadership experience
- You are a strategic and creative thinker with strong problem-solving skills
- You have a track record of helping to build successful products and have experience working directly with product managers and business stakeholders
- You are comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback
- You are ultimately responsible for backend decisions, but are always able to talk through and defend those ideas
- You are committed to writing high-quality code and proactively fixing issues
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- This position is open to remote applicants who are based in areas that allow them to comfortably work within our timezone
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I know what you're thinking… you remember the fanny pack from way back in the 80's and early 90's and didn't care for the trend then. So why would you want to buy one now? Well girl, I'm here to tell you they are officially "a thing" again and have gone from dadcore touristy and uncool, to the fashion forward bag of choice among celebrities and street style stars. These bag reboots are both an accessory and a statement piece. High fashion brands y'all know like Balenciaga, Gucci, Chloe and Prada brought fanny packs, or "waist bags" as they call them now, back to the Spring and Fall runways. From there, they have decidedly made a "cool girl" comeback on the street-style scene. Still scared? I know you can pull this off!
There are a billion styles to choose from these days and a variety of price points for every budget. It began with the design houses and now major retailers are jumping on the fanny pack bandwagon. You have your choice of a chain, belt or clip style, and fabrics ranging from nylon and canvas, to leather and fur. The fanny pack of today can be wallet size for just the essentials, or a bit larger to include all the necessities to make it through the day or night hands free. The brilliant style of the bag allows you to wear it around the waist as originally intended, or the updated way, slung across your chest like a cross body bag.
The fanny pack is easy, versatile and completely fashion forward and heading into its' third season strong and with no chance of slowing down.
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What is your experience of diversity in TTB?
By Penny Noy on September 4, 2013
Please help us gather experience and suggestions on the subject of diversity and social inclusion for transition type projects and, in particular, TTB.
We are working on this with Jo Ives, a student from Cambridge University who is gathering data until the end of September.
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A series of storms pummeled ski resorts around Mammoth Lakes and Lake Tahoe, dropping up to 6 feet of much needed snow this past week. Resorts across the West Coast are offering the best conditions of the season heading into President's Day weekend.
Mammoth Mountain has officially opened 100 percent of their mountain thanks to the recent set of storms, and the resort wants to thank their guests by offering them a buy one, get one free lift ticket deal by "liking" their Facebook page and securing the deal by Feb 17th.
Squaw Valley was also able to take advantage of the new snow with the opening of Granite Chief. KT-22 and Headwall are expected to open over the weekend as well. In addition to the great snow conditions, families are invited to experience the mountain's annual Kid-O-Rama from Feb 15th - 22nd, which will feature fun activities for kids of all ages.
Bear Mountain and Snow Summit welcome singles and couples alike to hit the slopes on Valentine's Day with their "Ditch your Date" 50 percent off lift ticket deal.


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Ron Livingston Is 'Proud' of His Sister, Bullied TV Anchor Jennifer Livingston
Jennifer Livingston, who fought against body bullying, "has been a role model of mine for many, many years," says the actor
Jennifer Livingston can obviously hold her own against bullies, but the TV anchor who stood up to a viewer who criticized her weight, has another person in her corner: her brother, actor Ron Livingston.
"My sister Jennifer … brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years," the actor known for roles in Office Space and Sex and the City said in a statement Wednesday.
The actor goes on to say he's "extremely proud" of his sibling, who is also an Emmy-winning journalist and mother of three daughters.
On Tuesday morning, Livingston, a CBS WKBT news anchor in La Crosse, Wis., appeared on air and read an email from a viewer, who was harshly critical of her appearance.
"I was surprised indeed to witness that your physical condition hasn't improved for many years," the viewer wrote. "Surely you don't consider yourself a suitable example for this community's young people, girls in particular."
Livingston hit back with a passionate response calling the email "cruel." (See the full video below.)
"You know nothing about me but what you see on the outside," she said. "And I am much more than a number on the scale."


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The French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has confirmed that the grassroots movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) has been banned from marching in Calais this Saturday, accusing the group of raising tensions and promoting division and violence. The movement's leaders in the region have declared that they will march regardless.
Following a meeting with Calais mayor Natascha Bouchard, President of the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy, Xavier Bertrand, and councillor Yann Capet, Mr Cazeneuve declared: "I have asked the Pas-de-Calais prefect to proceed with the banning of all protests that have the potential of disrupting public order, no matter who the organizers are," Le Monde has reported.
He said he was specifically referring to groups which seek "to create tension, division and violence," and that the ban would stay in place "for as long as the current climate remains".
Some of the French media, including national paper Le Figaro, have taken to calling the PEGIDA movement "Islamophobic"
Ms Bouchard welcomed the decision as a "wise and good" one which will help the economic life of the town as well as local residents, while Mr Bertrand said "The population is exasperated and we want to avoid a tragedy."
The ban was prompted by violent scenes that took place nearly a fortnight ago when far left activists descended on the town for a mass 'No Borders' rally. Fights broke out between migrants and local residents, while activists encouraged law breaking and mayhem.
Ms Bouchart took to Facebook to say that she had warned the authorities beforehand that the event was likely to get out of hand, as tensions are high in the coastal town. Yet her warnings were ignored, and the event was allowed to go ahead regardless.
Consequently locals have reacted angrily to the ban being put in place after the left was allowed to march, but before PEGIDA was able to do so.
Local group Calais Libre (Free Calais) have posted a statement on their Facebook page, saying: "So only migrants, antifas [anti-fascists], and No Borders are allowed to march in Calais, but not Calaisians. Under what pretext? [They say] it's due to fear of social disorder.
"But everyone knew that the protest on the 23rd January by pro-migrant groups would end badly, yet the prefecture chose to ignore the warnings.
"Furthermore not a single migrant, or antifascist, or No Borders activist has been sentenced for their role in defacing the statue of Charles De Gaulle, nor for infiltrating the port.
"Yet it is we French, we Calaisians who they want to silence. Are they afraid that journalists will see how fed up we are?
"We say enough! The time has come for us to express ourselves. This is not a matter of religion, but of migration, so we will be present this Saturday. This is Calais, not The Jungle. The city belongs to the people of Calais, not the migrants."
They added that they wanted the march also to be a show of support for the French riot police, and are intending to hold a barbecue on the day to thank them for the work they do.
The statement is something of a u-turn for the group which cancelled a planned march of their own last week for fear that it would prompt violent clashes between the townspeople and the pro-migrant groups. Their volte-face suggests that the French authorities have merely exacerbated the situation by branding local people as troublemakers.


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My son's nursery school teacher recommended I check out William Steig's endearing tale of Amos & Boris. She knew my son would like it, given his long-lasting obsession with whales and other sea creatures.
Amos is a tiny mouse who winds up alone in the ocean, and Boris is an enormous whale who comes to his rescue. The story is about the bond between the two very different mammals.
Not only does my son love it, but it has become a cherished favorite in our house. A classic tale of friendship and love. (See a few sample pages here.)
William Steig is the award-winning author/illustrator of another favorite of ours, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, and he also created Shrek — the precursor to the movie!
Such glorious pictures! Wonderful!
Yeah! William Steig. We are William Steig superfans. Our daughter loves Shrek, Pearl and the Magic Bone, Pete's a Pizza, and Brave Irene. Great stories and illustrations. We have not read Amos and Boris so we will have to check it out.
Thank you for your fun blog.
Thanks for this suggestion, we too have an obsession with whales and sea creatures. Wait until you have to drum up a baleen whale halloween costume for a very specific 3 year old.
my husband and son read the book in courtney's playroom while we were visiting them and they were both so moved by the story!


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The Vanguard BIIN 59 Backpack (Orange) is a lightweight pack designed to carry and protect a lot of gear. It can carry a D-SLR camera with attached lens, 3-4 extra lenses, a flash unit and accessories such as; memory cards, cables, battery and charger. The pack's exterior is made from 150 denier polyester ripstop and 600x600 denier polyester. It has a 100x150 denier polyester interior and is fully padded and velvet lined. The pack has 2 lens cap pockets, a zippered front pocket that organizes accessories and a side water bottle pocket. It is carried by adjustable backpack straps that carry the weight on the shoulders.
| Exterior: 50 denier polyester ripstop and 600x600 denier polyester
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Whirlow Hall Farm Wedding Photography
This small and picturesque farm is located on the outskirts of Sheffield and is easily accessible. The surroundings are serene and lush with greenery, which makes this farm an ideal setting for a wedding.
Whirlow Hall Farm is spread out over 140 acres and is close to the Peak District. The environment is unspoiled and mellow with only the sounds of nature and the murmurs of farmers filling the air. The location provides plenty of opportunities for wedding photography. There are several large and majestic trees and many long stretches of green grasslands.
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Feeding needles for mice
Standard size for mice 20G – 38mm length.
NEW! Version 2.0. The most flexible plastic feeding needle on the marked.
With a soft tip and flexible tube, makes it the most gentle Plastic feeding tubes for rodent. To reduce the risk of trauma and disposable to eliminate the cost of cleaning and the chance of compound crossover. Flexible tubes are recommended as an animal welfare refinement to rigid metal tube.
The feeding tubes are using medical grade materials to minimize the risk of interaction with test compounds. The tube is constructed of PU. The soft elastomer tip is designed to prevent inadvertent placement in the trachea and to reduce the risk of perforation. The feeding tubes are available in a variety of diameters and lengths, ranging in size from mouse pups to rats to hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits.
We sell two sizes, for normal size mice and rats. For more info of order, please feel free to contact us on e-mail.
NEW! The RestNPlay platform for Type III cages is now also available in a red transparent color. The platform provides more play, better harmony and more space for the mice. Has a very positive effect on especially aggressive male mice. Write to us if you want to know more or want to order.
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Is Your Mind More Weeds Than Flowers?
In a session the other day with a client, I was attempting to find a metaphor to describe the process of creating change in the mind and the techniques I use to do that.
If you've got a mind that is overgrown with barren ground and weeds (negative thoughts), it's going to be hard to grow anything there. Yet a spot clear of weeds and with soil that is rich, sown & filled with lots of nutrients can grow flowers, vegetables, herbs, or anything else it desires.
The challenge is how to pull the weeds that are invariably there, and how to get the flowers growing. For some solutions to this dilemma, and what helped my client, read on.


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Individual Responsibility
In this Step, we examine the growing role for the individual in maintaining their health and how this came to be regarded as a public, as well as individual, health issue. The linking of many public health problems to behaviours established a need for the individual to take greater responsibility for their own health to benefit the health of the public.
The changing role of the individual in public health
People have always played a part in caring for themselves. Indeed, individual attempts to improve health and prevent disease pre-date collective efforts, or what we might call 'public health'. Yet, when most of the dangers threatening personal and public health came from the environment, there was a limit as to how much the individual could do to protect him or herself. Infectious diseases like cholera needed to be combated through collective measures, usually undertaken by the state, such as the construction of sewers and the provision of clean water.1
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, this situation began to change. The identification of bacteria as the cause of many infectious diseases led public health officials to begin to focus on the relationships between individuals, as well as the environment, in understanding and preventing the transmission of disease. Tuberculosis, for instance, could spread through infected droplets passed on by close contact between individuals.2 Efforts were made to educate the public about such dangers and get them to change their behaviour. Spitting in public places, for example, was discouraged.
Figure 1: Adhesive sticker, carrying the message 'Spitting spreads disease', probably a public health measure against tuberculosis produced by the Central Council for Health Education, London, England, c. 1950.
The rise of 'lifestyle' public health and individual responsibility
In the early twentieth century, public health policy makers and practitioners in Britain made use of health education to encourage greater personal hygiene and preventive habits amongst the population. Such efforts were also aimed at promoting morality and good citizenship. Health was an individual responsibility and a public duty.3
By the 1950s, however, there were signs that individual behaviour was even more important to preserving public health than had previously been thought. As we will see in Step 2.2 and Step 2.3, the pattern of death and disease changed. Over the course of the twentieth century, infectious disease in the West declined, and chronic conditions, often linked to individual behaviour, appeared to increase.
One of the first areas where such a connection was made was around smoking and lung cancer. We explore this issue in greater depth in Week 2, but the crucial point here is that an individual habit, in this case smoking, was identified as a cause of disease, not just a way of spreading it. Lung cancer was not the only issue to be linked to individual behaviour. Other research established a connection between exercise and heart health, and between diet and coronary conditions.4 This was the birth of so-called 'lifestyle public health', where the behaviour of individuals was central to the cause of many health conditions, but also to their prevention.
As a result, from the 1960s onwards, public health agencies and officials began to make more strenuous efforts to not only educate the public about health dangers, but also to persuade them to change their behaviour and take greater responsibility for their health. This was intended to benefit the health of the individual, but also to improve the public's health more broadly, by bringing rates of disease down throughout the population. Public health was, therefore, an individual as well as a collective responsibility.
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Series: Sticker dolly dressing fashion designer
By Fiona Watt
Currently unavailable on this website
WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts. Choking hazard.
The Sticker Dolly Dressing dolls are ready for their Spring makeovers, and you've just been made head designer! Design your own outfits using over 350 stickers, including 150 to colour yourself. Customise show-stopping outfits for a variety of events, including a tea party, a day at the races and a Spring wedding. Includes hints and tips on patterns and colour combinations to use, as well as ideas for creating your own fashion sketchbook and mood boards. A perfect pastime for young fashionistas.
"Budding designers can colour, create and customise to their heart's content."
The Bookseller
"Let's have fun!! How cute is this for little girls!!!?? Harper's favourite book! X vb"
Victoria Beckham, via Twitter
Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Bachelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning 'That's not my….' series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the sixth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.
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This is amazing - I absolutely loved this and I found this extremely fun. by Shyma age 10 (11 in 5 days)
"This is a Sticker Dolly Dressing book with a great creative twist. Not only does it have hundreds of stickers, youngsters can also colour in the stickers to create the patterns/colours they love."
East Anglian Daily Times
"Even I can't resist a little go at designing the ultimate outfit for one of the models (if and when my daughter allows me to!)."
"All a budding designer could want! Hours of fun!"
Baby Budgeting blog
"...more engaging than the other sticker dolly dressing books because of the added interaction of adding your own designs to the outfits."
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One of the most elegant flowers, the orchid is strikingly exotic and instantly takes any tabletop in the home from boring to chic.
Thirteen stems of lovely baby dendrobium orchids arrive in soft shades of white. They appear to be d..
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KUALA LUMPUR (AP) -The following is the full statement given late Monday by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who said satellite data showed Flight 370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean:
This evening I was briefed by representatives from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). They informed me that Inmarsat, the UK company that provided the satellite data which indicated the northern and southern corridors, has been performing further calculations on the data. Using a type of analysis never before used in an investigation of this sort, they have been able to shed more light on MH370's flight path.
Based on their new analysis, Inmarsat and the AAIB have concluded that MH370 flew along the southern corridor, and that its last position was in the middle of the Indian Ocean, west of Perth.
This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean.
We will be holding a press conference tomorrow with further details. In the meantime, we wanted to inform you of this new development at the earliest opportunity. We share this information out of a commitment to openness and respect for the families, two principles which have guided this investigation.
Malaysia Airlines have already spoken to the families of the passengers and crew to inform them of this development. For them, the past few weeks have been heartbreaking; I know this news must be harder still. I urge the media to respect their privacy, and to allow them the space they need at this difficult time.
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Lovely Sight
Yesterday morning when I went out to look around, I noticed that many of the plants were drooping low with the weight of the rain from the last 2 days. We really needed rain, so I'm glad they're bending to the ground heavy laden with water than with wilt from lack of it. The asparagus fern was particularly beautiful since each of it's feathery branches was covered in tiny drops. What a lovely sight.
I got 250 gallons of water in my rain barrels from the last system that moved through. Can I get a Hip Hip Hooray?
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We desperately need some rain! The fern looks very beautiful in your images, great captures!
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What a great photograph! Nicely captured…it's truly beautiful.
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The evolution of computing is here, the graphene and quantum computing will allow a few seconds to process the large volumes of information that currently take centuries archive.
The lack of understanding about the world of quantum physics is the limit to the current advances in computing, the main idea is the presence of a single particle in two places at once, and by looking at these particles change their state and so which his study is not at all simple.
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What's the deal with "Rachel from Card Services"? Your top 3 questions answered.
Have you heard this message?
"Hi, this is Rachel from Card Services calling about your credit card account. It appears that you are now eligible for a significantly lower interest rate on your account. However, this offer is about to expire, so please press 1 now to be transferred to a live representative who can assist you in securing your lower interest rate."
Rachel and her cohorts — Anne, Tiffany, Michael, Heather and others — from "Card Services" have been annoying people for years with their illegal robocalls. And the FTC is working hard to stop them — both bringing cases and hosting competitions to develop robocall-blocking technology. So, what's the deal with these calls, and why won't they stop? We've got answers to your top 3 questions.
1. Why does "Card Services" keep calling me?
The FTC has shut down more than a dozen of these "Card Services" companies — including one this past June and yet another in July. But there are lots of other companies, and new ones pop up often. Lots of boiler rooms in the U.S. and overseas use the exact same recorded message by Rachel and friends, running a scam to — supposedly — reduce your credit card interest rate. An active operation can make millions of calls — so that's why Rachel is still calling you.
2. What should I do if I get these calls?
Hang up. Don't press any buttons on your phone. Don't press 1 to speak to someone — or to be taken off the call list. You'll just get more annoying calls. And never give any of your financial information, like your credit card or bank account numbers.
Report it. Tell us what happened: visit complaints.donotcall.gov or call 1-888-382-1222. We use your complaints to investigate these scams so we can shut more of them down.
3. Can "Card Services" actually lower my interest rate?
Nope. It's a scam. If you press "1," you're connected to a scammer who will ask for your credit card number and other personal information.
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If you need help settling credit card debt, check our article to learn about your options. There are free ways to do it yourself. And if you need additional help, consider contacting a legitimate credit counseling service. Read Choosing a Credit Counselor for more details.
The latest calls are from "Carmen"
My latest calls are from myself. Our name and phone number show up on caller ID.
Me too. This is impersonation
My name and number too. I answer because I'm not sure if it's my husband calling from downstairs. I have gotten many calls from people asking me to take them off our call list. I feel the pain and sometimes they just don't believe it's not us.
The same exact thing as above commenters happened to my parents and I at two different homes.
Try having your husband call from "downstairs"....Ain't gonna happen...
I don't know why you would say that - I can call other areas of my home just by using the hold/flash button on my phone!
Don't feel alone. I do that also
That's your phone intercom, you cant call out and back in the switch wont let you.
See, back in the late 80's people had kids, and land lines, and those two things didn't mesh, then they'd want to use the internet from their only communication network... Point is, many houses have upgraded their phone systems. My new house has a fiber network going in because the only other home network houses the voip system.
How is it that these callers can use a local Phn # that actually belongs to someone's actual cell Phn. How does this happen!¿!¿!I've tried talking to the carrier of the pile hn# to no AVAIL...HELP PLZ!!!!
I get this call every day, they call from a different phone number so I'm unable to block their calls.
Does anyone have any ideas? There is no "opt-out" option to put yourself on the "do not call list", they are RUDE and are driving me crazy!
I am thinking of putting them on hold and doing a 3-way call with the ftc- see how they like that lol!
I did that with an IRS scammer that had a callback number. I called the IRS after first, call the scammers call back three-way call with the agent. never had a call back in years after that
You can block any caller if you have an iPhone. Once that number pops up on your phone and you answer it to verify that it is in fact the scammer, hang up and enter that number in your phone then scroll down and use the "Block this number" option.
Its impossable to block because they spoof dead numbers and just use a different one next time around so i tell them to hold for a second while i get the info and put them on speaker and listen to tv with me just to waist there time
They dont atually use that number you see. They are spoofing it. (spoofing as in using fake numbers). I guess they assume you may be likely to answer if its the same area code and prefix as yours.
This is exactly what is happening to me! They keep calling me and I keep asking them to stop. If I call the number back it's someone's actual cell phone number! I just got a call and called the number back and this lady answered who was shopping in Walmart! She was shocked to learn I had just received a call from her number from people in another country trying to scam me! It's INSANE!!!!!
They are using a call forwarding progrm to call from other numbers
Your husband can't call you from downstairs on your own phone -- the line would already be busy. They obviously spoofed your number to fool the caller ID. Criminals lie. How about that.
Yes, you can call your own land line if there are multiple phones connected to the same line. I call our barn phone all of the time from the house by dialing the number and hanging up. Your phone will ring and you just wait for the ringing to stop, indicating that another phone has been picked up. Then, just pick up the phone on your end to talk to the other person on the same line.
When I was younger, we used the "Ringback" number to talk to other people in the house. Basically, you dialed a special number then hanged up. A few seconds later, the phone would ring. I'd wait for someone to pick up, then I'd pick up, and we could talk via the phone.
The "Ringback" was a test feature. But havnt used it in many years as we all carry cell phones now.
We used that when I was a kid, and for some reason I still remember the number to dial.
BACK before ARKANSAS ADOPTED a new area code (all numbers used to have a 501 area code) you code dial 501+780 and the last four digits of your own number and actuall call your own phone. You had to hang up after dialing and when someone else in the house picked up, you could pick up also and speak to them and the caller is showed your number.
I learned this watching an att tech working on my home phone back then. It may still be possible in other states, but I am not sure if the numbers would be the same now.
Some land lines have extensions. So a person can call the phone downstairs.
You are mistaken.. ..My wife calls our land line with her cell phone and no matter what part of the house (basement, attic, garage, bathroom or bedroom) I am in I hear the landline and answer it..
Someone called me last week and said that I had called him with a vacation scam. I didn't know what he was talking about but now I do! I'm sick of robo calls from Rachel at Card Services at work. I just got one and pressed 1. The man who answered had a heavy foreign accent. I couldn't even understand him.
Mine to..so I can't block it
They have been using phone numbers in my area.. They are real numbers but innocent people's numbers! This needs to stop. I'm sick of them calling all the time.
Same here!! They have now been using innocent people's numbers and masking their calls! This is just terrible! The woman I spoke with when I called the number back says she's been getting weird phone calls from other people like myself. She plans to go get her number changed. Makes me wonder how long it will be before they start using my number!
don't you wonder why the FTC/FCC haven't done anything about an authenticated caller ID system? I guess there's no cash payout for political appointee's.
The man that called me had a very heavy accent also and spoke very fast. I asked him if this call was from my credit card company and he said yes but then after he spoke to me for a minute or 2 he asked me what credit card I had and the bank it was issued from. Then he requested my credit card number. This was going to lower my rate. We need to get rid of these people for good.
I have received literally dozens of calls from Rachel. I have blocked every call that comes in. Now it shows up as if I am calling myself. This is really so annoying. I just want it to stop.
I got a call from "heather" using my aunts sisters number.
Me too! I reported it, but so far no one has contacted me regarding the case issue #. I wouldn't have even known, but a stranger left me a voicemail begging me to stop calling her. I've never dialed her number before. So creepy!
Me too! I reported it, but so far no one has contacted me regarding the case issue #. I wouldn't have even known, but a stranger left me a voicemail begging me to stop calling her. I've never dialed her number before. So creepy!
The scammers will steal your phone number and name for you caller ID. Then use it to make it look like you are the one calling. The telephone companies could put a stop to this if they really wanted to.
Just got a call from Rachel,,i have zero credit cards,idiots
Why haven't the banks stopped this? Why are they allowing charges on our credit cards to be deposited in foreign bank accounts? Why don't they start issuing United States ONLY credit cards. That way when a fraudulent charge is deposited, they can find the boiler room within minutes and alert the FBI. It's the banks' problem and the banks' complete fault. We should be suing the banks for allowing this to happen.
The banks have nothing to do with this. How could you ever think they do. These calls are random calls made by computers, regardless if you have credit cards or not. If you have some idea as to how the banks could stop this, please let the Federal government know. Maybe they can stop this while providing you with free health care.
The banks have as much to do with Rachael as your car dealership does with carjackers. US only cards make zero sense because even if you never buy something from out of the country that does not mean your information didn't leave the country. Buy something online? Nope because the data may travel outside the US and back before you finish your transaction.
I agree and also to get credit, you have to go face to face to the bank to receive a credit card. No online credit card applications will be allowed.
All the FTC needs to do is make it impossible for the scammer to use disconnected phone numbers to make these calls. Find out how they are accessing those numbers and the call will stop. The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. RR
They're not all disconnected numbers. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to use your own number to call you.
They ARE using disconnected numbers, because when I try to call them back to play stupid with them, the line says it's disconnected. They have found some loophole with the dead numbers and they can access them somehow, so to always be calling from a new number to continue their heinous thievery.
It's not disconnected. It's another phony recording.
It's called spoofing a phone number and it's not that hard if you have the right software.
NO they are NOT dialing from a disconnected number, they are SPOOFING that number thru caller ID to make it APPEAR they are using that number. Has NOTHING do do with disconnected numbers or anything else, they would be spoofing the White House switch board number... don't not mean a thing a spoofed number is spoofed disconnected or not..
I have an app that lets you call using any number you input including 911 so yea they can be anyone's number.


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This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on May 28, 2008