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1 VERIZON WAY, BASKING RIDGE, NEW JERSEY -- Over a period of time we have lost phone service due to unmaintained Verizon equipment on three occasions. In each case we were without service for 5 days and received no credit on our bill. The problems were in the Junction Boxes located every 50 to 100 yards along the street. They were bent, had their covers missing and wires hanging down on the ground. When the service tech was asked why he did not repair the boxes, he stated that company policy was to do no more than required to get me back in service as they wanted everybody to switch to FiOS which was not yet available (It's now available but at a higher cost).
On another occasion an underground transformer/junction exploded causing an estimated 2 to 3 square mile area to lose phone service for from 4 to 14 days. We were without service for 11 days and they gave us $2.00 credit on a $30.00+ bill.
Then a little over a year ago I called Verizon at the number that appears on their bills to see what I could do about long distance service (My 91 year old mother had made a long distance call which AT&T charged us $25.00 for). After a number of "if this, punch this number" type transfers, I found myself talking to a sales representative. I explained the problem and mentioned that I would be needing cable service shortly as our residence will only be able to receive 2 TV channels (at most) by antenna from the new HD transmissions.
He suggested a combined package that would include TV, Phone & Internet for $69.95 plus $5.00 for a second converter box plus taxes and government fees. He stated that there would be a $200.00 equipment deposit that would be returned via a $5.00 per month credit on my bill. I agreed to this.
My first bill was over $130.00. I tried complaining and was given the run around. I filed a complaint with the FCC and received a letter from them stating that Verizon would be correcting the problem and the FCC was closing the case. Also, when I received my next bank statement, the equipment deposit had been removed from my bank account by DirecTV though I have never authorized Verizon to give my personal bank information to DirecTV.
Shortly thereafter, I received a call from a Verizon representative that said the person who sold me the service was not a Verizon employee but an outside source Verizon uses to sell services. The representative agreed to correct the problem. The next bill was lower but still not correct. Over a period of months and several phone calls and e-mails, the bill finally came close to the agreed amount but was still higher than it should have been by a few dollars.
Nine or Ten months ago my bill went up $15.00. I assumed it was the DirecTV fee increase. And though it was earlier than I expected the increase, I paid it. When I examined my bill more closely a couple months ago, I found 14.95 charges for something called Streaming Flix on my last 2 bills (A service that no one in our household would be interested in).
I contacted a Verizon supervisor who, when I offered to sue Holly Hess, Ivan Seidenberg CEO/Chairman of the Board (who resides at ** with his wife ** a large contributor to George Bush's Presidential Campaigns), Tom Tauke, Suleirman Hessami & Verizon's President Virginia Ruesterholz (who resides at **), agreed to remove those charges and prevent it from occurring again.
Afterwards, I examined all my bills for the last 10 months, I found 6 more months that I had been charged for that service. I have been unable to get anyone at Verizon to discuss the problem nor do they respond to faxes or e-mails. In searching 'Streaming Flix' on the internet, I find hundreds if not thousands with this complaint.
They also have billed me $2.50 per month for late fees, the last two months. even though I mail the payment within 5 days of receiving it. Their bills are dated about the 19th of the month but I don't receive them till the first week of the following month. Therefore, I do not know if the fees are because I have deducted the illegal charges from my bill or if they actually consider the payments late.
And finally: My latest bill includes a $5.00 charge for something called TV. I just discovered that Ivan Seidenberg has been replaced as CEO by Lowell McAdam, which might account for Seidenberg's failure to respond to E-Mails or Faxes. I expect to have Lowell's residence address shortly.
SOUTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY -- I called to report a noise in the line of my mother's phone. I was told someone would be out in two days. The day before they called to say it would be a week because they were working on poles. That was fine, but the next day the TEC called to say he was on his way. Again, fine. He comes out and says the problem is the cordless phone, which I knew it wasn't because I had unplugged the cordless prior and the noise was still there. Anyway, I did buy a new cordless and lo and behold, still noise. Called back customer service. Woman said she'd run a test and call back in ten minutes. Forty minutes later I had to call them.
I got switched around to five different people, all still telling me it was cordless phone. Over an hour later and demanding to speak to supervisor, I finally got them to agree to come back out. First off, why all the confusion with the scheduling of techs? Second, why all the frustration dealing with customer service? Years ago I had Verizon and I noticed things being added to my bill that I didn't order. I canceled their service, but long story short, it is the only company in all of my 47 yrs. to put a blemish on my credit report.
I despise this company and cannot understand how they are not held accountable by anyone. I couldn't get away with this at my job. It is unfair that the consumer has to be so frustrated and get ripped off at the same time. I told my mother to find another phone company.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- I rarely become angry. As a matter of fact, I'm probably one of the most even-tempered people you will ever meet. Today, however, I was so mistreated and abused by a monopoly telephone company, that my anger almost overcame my ability to think rationally. It all started quite innocently. We're moving our Marina del Rey store to a new location on April 1. I was in the new store measuring and planning where to put things such as shelves, etc.
I needed to call the Department of Water and Power, the Gas Company, the security alarm company, the electrician, the painter, rubbish collection, and numerous others. My only means of communication was my Verizon cell phone, which only had two bars (indicating the battery was getting low). I decided to call the telephone company to have a phone put in the new store immediately since I was spending so much time there.... This was the beginning of a horrible nightmare.
Let me give you the scenario: I called 411 information for the number of Verizon telephone. The operator said, "the number is..." And then connected me.... Then came a series of recorded questions requiring me to say something or press keys. I followed the instructions implicitly and finally received a recorded message stating that all service personnel were busy and my call would be answered in the order it was received. So far this was all a little annoying, but understandable.
The announcement repeated itself every minute or so for about 5 minutes and then announced that this was the last announcement and I would hear music until a service attendant was available. For almost 20 minutes I listened to that annoying music on my cell phone and finally hung up. I called back about 15 minutes later and went through the same procedure until after 16 minutes a man came on the line. I gave our local phone number **. After looking our account up he said, "Oh, you are a key business account. Let me give you a direct number before I connect you".
He gave me the number: (800) 606-8855, and it started ringing, and ringing until finally their automatic system picked it up and asked all the same questions over again while I pressed keys in response. Finally announcing, "all of our service personnel are busy helping others. Your call will be answered in the order it was received". Then, that same music for several minutes interrupted by another announcement every few minutes until finally a human being answered. I explained what I wanted and he quickly responded -- "let me connect you to the department that handles that".
More music, more announcements until finally a very pleasant female voice came on, "Can I help you?" Oh, I thought to myself, I'm finally getting service. After giving her all the information I had previously given to several people before she looked up our account and said, "Oh, I see you are a key business account. Let me give you their direct number before I connect you. The number is: (800) 606-8855". Whoa, I said, "that's the number I just called and he connected me to you!" She responded, "Hmm. Let me call them and find out why they referred you to me". Once again, that annoying music for several minutes.
She came back every few minutes apologizing for keeping me waiting. This went on for almost 18 minutes until I finally hung up. This time, furious, I dialed 1-(800) 606-8855 and kept pressing 0 until I finally got a human. She asked me what state I was in and I whimpered, California. She then asked me the city and street address. I said, **. After several seconds she said, "Is that East Washington Blvd. or West Washington Blvd.?" "WEST", I replied. "We only service up to 13100 numbers, you must be in another phone company district. You can try calling AT&T. We can provide you with your same phone number forwarded to AT&T for $16.85 per month".
After I hung up, I went to the motel right next door to the east and inquired who their phone service provider was. Verizon was the reply. Then I visited the sport memorabilia store next door to the west and asked the same question. Verizon was the reply. The busy day had slipped away from me and I accomplished nothing because of the damned inefficiency of VERIZON telephone company.
When the California Public Utilities Commission regulated the phone companies they were so customer service-oriented that it was a pleasure to deal with them. Now that they have a MONOPOLY and we customers have no where else to turn. They have become too powerful. Apparently Customer Service takes a back seat to the BOTTOM LINE on their financial statement. They have become abusive.
Due to our family never being home and the constant static in our phone line that had been present from day one, we decided to cancel our $90 a month residential Verizon line and strictly use cell phones I also would like to point out that the $90 wasn't the original amount we had agreed to when we got the service.... The cost seemed to jump from $40+, to $50+, then up to $90 in a year, with no rhyme or reason. Our Verizon statements were paperless, and our monthly payment was automatically debited from our checking account.
In December of 2008, I cancelled our service. The rep, of course, tried to sell me a $20 'emergency' land line, and after repeatedly telling him no, he cancelled our account. Since it was auto debit, I assumed Verizon would deduct the final amount due and that would be the end of it, like MOST ethical companies do and have done for me in the past. I was told no different and had no reason to believe otherwise.
Today, June 10, 2009, I received a letter in the mail. It was from an attorney that Verizon uses to collect their debt, stating that I owed $34.38. Until today, I have received NO request for any type of payment from Verizon - no postal mail, no email, no calls on my cell, and they do have my cell number - NOTHING.
I hadn't the slightest idea that I owed them anything until today. The only thing I ever receive from them are emails trying to sell me their 'money saving' products, blah, blah... One would think that if they can send spam referencing your old account, they can let you know you have a balance due. And why would they be trying to drum business from a residential account owner who supposedly owes them money? Needless to say, I was irate.
I immediately called the attorney and expressed my displeasure over the entire issue, and did my best to keep my cool. The representative was very courteous and upon reviewing just much time had elapsed - 6 months - before Verizon decided to inform me that I owed them money, completely understood why I was fuming.
She stated that in her dealings with Verizon, once you cancel your account, they do not deduct any more funds from your checking account. News to me. That would've been great info to have had the representative been kind enough to share. I believe that saying this representative was incompetent would be an understatement. How on earth would I have known there was an amount due, and what the amount was?
I guess I was supposed to pull a figure out of my rear end. Ready to spit nails at this point, I continued to maintain my composure, as it wasn't her fault that Verizon had royally screwed up, and she herself admitted that what Verizon did was unacceptable. I paid the balance due prior to ending the call, because I just wanted it done with. Obviously, if I was paying $90 a month, auto debit, certainly the $35 balance wouldn't have been a problem had the idiots let me know that it was due. I work for the US Treasury, and can lose my job over a collection or judgment - they do not take that lightly. I am held at a very high standard in regards to financial obligations.
Verizon put my career at risk, along with my integrity and credit score, when they made this error. I'm almost afraid to pull my credit report, after reading the numerous blogs and complaints about Verizon's lack of professionalism, not to mention this blunder. To send me nothing - NOTHING - alerting me that I had a balance due is poor customer service and very unprofessional.
It infuriates me that they can send me emails referencing my old account and making offers and bribes to come back. I have two words for Verizon - HELL NO. If I ever need a second line, it'll be with Vonage. I actually considered switching my cell over to Verizon once my Sprint contract ran out. Monkeys will fly out of my behind before that happens. They continue to operate in this unethical and unprofessional manner because they have no real competition, and know they will get away with it. The way my account was handled was just WRONG – period. There's no other way to put it. IT WAS WRONG.
WYLIE, TEXAS -- While visiting a Verizon Wireless store on 4/19/11, I was told about a Verizon box that you can connect to your home phone to make the home phone act as a wireless number. I was told this would save us about $20 to $30 each month. They ported my number at the store and said the change would take place automatically in a couple of days. When the number became wireless, it shut down our home security system so I went back to the store on 4/28, returned the box, and was told the number would be ported back to our home phone and service would be restored in about 2 weeks.
After waiting 14 business days, I called Verizon and was told that sometimes porting a number back takes a little more time, so I gave them more time. On May 19th I called in again and was told that a service tech would need to come out to get the phone number working. That was scheduled for May 24th but no one showed up. When I called in again I was told I was not verified so they just rescheduled the appointment for June instead of calling me. I explained that I was verified when I called in the first time and wanted the appt. rescheduled for as soon as possible. I was then hung up on.
I called in several times over the next week, explained the problem in detail each time and finally was able to set the appointment up for 6/10. They did say that I did not have permission to port the number from "my wireless company" and needed to get that verified. I explained (several times) that "my wireless company" is Verizon Wireless and finally we called Verizon Wireless and received their verification with the Verizon representative on the phone.
At that time, I told the representative that if there was any reason the service tech was not going to show up I expected them to call me because I had already taken time off from work. No call, no service tech on 6/10. When I called in, I was told once again that I wasn't granted permission from "my wireless company" and we had to once again call Verizon Wireless and get the exact same information.
At that time, I stated that I will most likely need to find another provider for our wireless phones and home TV, phone and internet service. After saying that, I was guaranteed there would be a tech at my house on 6/11. The tech did show up and tried to get the service to work but was unable to. When the Verizon representative called me she said that it was not possible to make the number a landline. I explained (for about the hundredth time) that the number was originally a landline and she said that all they needed to do was to get with the engineering department and that she would do that and get back to me.
At this time, I still have no home phone service since April 22nd. I have been on the phone with Verizon at this time for more than 10 hours and have heard their message that you can take care of all your wireless and home internet, TV, and phone needs with one phone call many times. At this point I have given up on having a home phone and now am going to have to call in to argue the charges because I have been charged for the Verizon Home Connect box since April 19th. I would not recommend Verizon to anyone.
On Wednesday, April 28th, 2010, I contacted Verizon about getting their land line telephone service for my home. I should start out by saying that I do not like Verizon at all as I had a bad experience with their cell phone service back in 2002 and I forever swore off Verizon. The only reason I am going through them now is because unfortunately they are the only land line service provider where I live and I need it to get an internet connection.
Anyway, I signed up with the lady I spoke with over the phone which I will say she was very nice and even helped me with getting a cheaper monthly cost. She told me that service is guaranteed to be turned on by 6pm on April 29th (the next day). I said fine and that was it. 5pm came the next day and I still have no service. I contacted them and after being transferred to 3 different people I was told that it will not be on until the next day (April 30th) because of some technical issues.
I waited till 12pm on the 30th and contacted them again because I still had no service. I again was transferred to 3 different people all of which couldn't tell me what was going on. Finally, the third guy told me someone would be coming out to my house by 4pm to figure it out. 4:30 came and still no service. I called again and was told that no one is coming out because they are handling it in their service center and this guy had no idea why the last guy told me someone was coming out.
At this point, I got very frustrated and starting questioning this guy about what was going on. He actually yelled over me (I wasn't yelling) and told me I have wait until Monday. I hung up on him. Throughout the weekend I still had no service so when Monday came, I called again. I again was sent to 3 different people.
This time I asked to speak to a supervisor but I was told no supervisor was in the office (it was 2:30pm!). I got sent to someone else who actually agreed with me that what was happening is ridiculous. He scheduled a repair guy to come out the next day (May 4th) to take a look. The repair guy came and now I have service (6 days after I was "guaranteed" it would be on).
Straight up, it is my personal opinion that Verizon is a horrible company and if I had a choice, I would not be going through them. I would also NOT recommend Verizon (for any service) to anybody. It is also my opinion that not all, but a majority of their employees in the call center are very rude and not helpful at all. None of them could tell me what the problem was and offered no help to me at all. If you have an option, go somewhere else!
BROADWAY, VIRGINIA -- Tell me how it happens? Your phone isn't working, there's been a storm, you're patient. Three days after the storm, you spend 30 minutes attempting to get to a human. The first human, the kind one, verifies that you do indeed have trouble with their service AND it is their problem. "I'll have to transfer you to so and so; they'll assist you, setting up a service appointment". Lovely young woman.
Next I get the CSR from hell. Not only was he rude, he totally disregarded the 45 minutes I had already spent getting to someone to help me troubleshoot my "no service" call. He would not schedule a repair until I took a corded phone to the demarcation point - which I had a difficult time opening (he offered no assistance) but told me he was not ALLOWED to remain on the line while I attempted to open the phone box. I would have to call back. He didn't care that I couldn't get to a human without going through all this again-- that wasn't his problem.
I asked for his supervisor -- he told me he had no supervisor! WHAT -- you have a bunch of people in a call center with no one minding the store!!!!! I managed to keep him on the line while I jiggled and prodded the box to open it... Just like the first KIND CSR had said -- I had no dial tone and it was Verizon's problem. I was forced to wait until the following Monday to get my phone service restored -- it had already been out almost a week!
The CSR did not apologize for his rudeness, nor did he care about our lack of service. Rude, through and through, basically Verizon would get there when they got there. Sometime between 8 AM and 5 PM -- Verizon would prefer someone would be at the house... yeah right! I can afford to spend a day waiting for the phone company... I don't think so!
I don't mind being understanding, but that man has no business working in Customer Service. HOWEVER, on the flip side, the first CSR was great, apologized for the inconvenience, etc. The field service tech was great! He had the problem fixed early Monday morning. Called me on my cell phone, verifying the line was again up and running. He was kind and courteous. So not like the second customer service rep I was forced to deal with. I told him about my call center experience -- he said he's heard it all before... and apologized for my experience.
I've had the same experience with their DSL service, too. But of course, the representatives were NOT American and barely spoke English, let alone understand it. Verizon is right up there with Comcast. Both Comcast and Verizon's field personnel are fantastic. Courteous and kind. Their phone centers need some work. If their stock tanks, I don't think I'll be shedding a tear. The good reps will always be able to find work. They know how to do their job...
Get to a human faster -- get to a kind, courteous human when you get to one AND one that won't belittle you and make you feel like an idiot. Why is it necessary to REPEAT over and over what the issue is -- they have computers, why don't they read what's on our records? They always ask if they can access your record... So happy they don't work for me. They would be called unemployed if they did. My customers come FIRST!
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS -- I purchased via promotional with Verizon a package that would give me a HDTV 2/1/2008. They told me I would receive in 6-8 weeks. When I did not I called their promotional dept. After being on hold for almost 2 hours I was told they had no record of the order. Finally they found my order and told me I did not qualify, then called me back and said I did qualify and would get a TV in 6-8 weeks again. A few days later they left it on my voice mail. Once again I did not qualify.
I went back into the store and confirmed again that I should be getting the TV. The salesperson said he would have his manager call me; that was two weeks ago. I went online and found that I am not the only person complaining.
At signing also I was told that if I signed on for premium I would get the TV. They said it would cost me $10 a month additional but I could downgrade as soon as I got the TV. In other words $30 for a HDTV. Sounded great! What I got was not premium, but I am paying more than they told me I would pay and I cannot downgrade because when they bound everything they say now I am bound for 2 yrs. Verizon is fraudulently advertising.
Also be careful, their product is interfering with the frequency of your garage doors. How about the door opening without human hands at 3am in the morning!!!! How about the door opener which once functioned about 75 feet from the door will not open without getting out of your car and searching for a signal 1 foot away from the door itself. Believe it or not, after calling them and receiving the following:
First, phone technician saying he never heard of such a thing and hung up on me. Second, phone technician heard of the problem and tried to change the frequency via the web on my computer. It did not solve the problem.
Third, phone technician said he would send someone out the next day. I waited and he never showed. Fourth, phone technician (manager this time) sent someone out. He changed out the unit in the garage but it worked long enough for him to get down the street. Fifth phone technician (manager this time also) sent someone out. He moved the unit away from the overhead door unit to another wall and wrapped it in foil. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!
RURAL, WEST VIRGINIA -- OK, well, you will have to read my first post entitled 'heartless fascist incompetence' by fascismsux to fully understand where I'm coming from here. But, I'll try to condense it somewhat. Basically, I had residential phone service installed in mid-to-late September 07, by Verizon. I've had continuous phone service ever since, though I have yet to receive a bill or statement or anything (I was told today that they are sending me a statement).
It's been on my to-do list to call them 'AGAIN' (geesh) and try to make sense of the situation, as impossible as that seems and as painful as it is to communicate with them. I finally did that (called them) today. What prompted me to submit myself to this? You might ask. Well, a telemarketing call did.
It's rare for my phone to ring, because, If I'm awake and not working or gone I'm usually on the internet. So, dial-up rules my phone line. And I also don't give - 'MY NUMBER'- MY #' - MY TELEPHONE NUMBER' - out, except for business type necessities. I am on the federal do not call list, as well. So, I let this morning's telemarketing call ramble on until there was an option to opt-out of being called or for the chance to talk to a human and tell them that I am on the 'do not call list', why are you calling me?
So, at the end of the call, they gave an option to push a button and be put on their 'do not call list'. I pushed the button, and 'MY NUMBER?' was spoken back to me along with the assurance that it had been removed from their call list. Well this is a good thing, huh? Except that the # that they gave as being my # isn't MY NUMBER, is it? Well, its not the # that has been assigned to me and thus it's not the same # that I give to people who I do want to call me back but who never do call back. Wonder why?
I thought maybe it was just an error on part of that particular telemarketer, but for curiosity-sake I went to my neighbors and 'called MY #', the one that was assigned to me when I installed phone service. The phone just rang and rang, my answering machine would not pick up. So I left the neighbor's phone ringing off the hook and went home to see if my phone was ringing. It wasn't!
So, I went back to the neighbors, dialed the # that the telemarketer said was MY # and sure enough, MY ANSWERING MACHINE picked up the call and I left myself a 'goddammit' sort of message. So, basically what I'm saying here is that VERIZON CHANGED MY TELEPHONE # AND NEVER BOTHERED TO TELL ME. Apparently, the # that I now have belongs to the house down the street that has been abandoned for about 6 years. This company, corporation, demonic entity, or whatever the hell it really is, truly is INSANE. What's next? GOD ONLY KNOWS?
RURAL, WEST VIRGINIA -- To begin with, about a year ago, my disabled mother tried to conversate with a Verizon representative as to how to lower her monthly phone bill and this naturally resulted in her next monthly bill being inflated about 600%.
The problem here was that because my poor mother didn't know the number (at that very moment of conversing with the rep) of the ISP that her son uses for dial-up, that she was subsequently charged exorbitant rates for the following month's ISP calls (yeah, they were local).
Her bill was usually something like $70.00 per month, it jumped to approximately $450.00. She lives on a fixed income of about $700.00 a month plus $10.00 a month of food stamps. The Nazis at Verizon wouldn't give her any refund, but after she gave them the ISP number the overcharging stopped.
Well this perturbed me and, anyway, times are hard here in West Virginia and I couldn't really afford my phone bill either so as punishment and a matter of justice I had my phone disconnected for about 7 months. I called Verizon to have my residential phone service reconnected. I got all the necessary information (I thought), account number, my new number, etc.
They wanted 2 separate checks for the process. One for a deposit of $40.00 and one for an advance payment of $55.00. He (the representative ) gave me the address to which to mail the checks. So, I mailed the checks to that address. After about 2 weeks of not hearing from them or having the checks show up at the bank, I gave them a call. I was told that the address that I mailed those checks to was not the proper address and that the checks would likely never get to the proper dept. I was advised to send 2 more checks using a local Verizon approved payment center which is what I did and my service was reconnected in a week or so, which is typical.
So, about a month later those 'lost in VerizonWorld' checks somehow got cashed. There were insufficient funds in my account so I was charged overdraft fees of $32.00 per check by my bank 'Citibank'. So, because a Verizon 'Nazi' whose job it is to take orders for new phone service wasn't capable of giving the proper address to achieve that end, I am stuck with having paid an extra $40.00 plus an extra $55.00 plus $32.00 free money for Citibank and another $32.00 of free money for Citibank .
I was mis-educated here in Appalachia, but I think that means they should owe me $159.00 counting all these items and an easily understood $95.00 if you do not count the overdraft fees. I've talked to several more Verizon Nazis as a result of this problem. I've been hung up on several times. Each Nazi is seemingly less capable of communicating anything more than mindless corporate gibberish than the last. The last one yelled at me, tried to talk over me and was as belligerent as any fascism-loving slave could be and then she hung up on me.
Last week I spent several hours getting together the relevant information and faxed it to them. I'm not sure what they got or what they think because when I called to find out I got belligerently mistreated and hung-up on. I was told that there was an investigation of the matter (whatever that means) but the Nazis that told me such didn't appear to have adequate information, nor did they want any.
I've been called a conspiracy theorists before. But, to me, it's easier to believe that this bank that is hemorrhaging money in the sub-prime mess and this telecommunications behemoth (they spy on us, ya know) are conspiring to steal money from poor and helpless me and Verizon 'got my poor mom too' , than to believe that the guy whose job it is to sit on his rear-end all day and tell people where to send the money could get that wrong and that nobody at Verizon so far can add $40.00 and $55.00 and not come up with $62.00. Well, maybe the Nazis will eventually send me something, but it's 2 weeks till payday and I don't have that $159.00 to get me through the month, in fact I'm broke and needing groceries NOW!


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Dangerous rollback by World Bank in environmental and social protections
The World Bank has released new draft safeguard policies that will vastly weaken protections for affected communities and the environment at the same time as the bank intends to finance more high-risk projects, say 19 organizations.
Blockade and violence in Yemen pushing an additional 25,000 people into hunger daily
Since the start of the conflict, nearly 25,000 additional people are going hungry each day in Yemen as the blockade and fighting restrict food, fuel and other vital supplies, Oxfam warned today.
Women living in fear for their safety three months on from Nepal earthquake: Oxfam
Women in Nepal are living in fear of abuse because of the lack of privacy and security afforded by temporary shelters, Oxfam said today.
Global mining companies improve policies on Community Consent, while oil and gas lag
As conflicts with local communities are a problem for oil, gas and mining companies around the world, a new report by Oxfam finds that the number of mining companies with commitments to "Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)" has almost tripled since 2012.
Lack of fuel could soon cause more deaths than ongoing violence in Yemen: Oxfam
Lack of fuel in Yemen caused by the continuing conflict and restrictions of imports could ultimately be responsible for even more deaths than the fighting in the country, Oxfam warned today.
Cholera cases multiply as cost of clean water skyrockets in South Sudan capital: Oxfam
Cholera cases are rapidly increasing in South Sudan's capital, Juba, as the cost of clean water skyrockets amid a worsening economic crisis.
Corporate stranglehold on development finance must end in Addis
The corporate grip on development finance must be loosened if the Finance for Development Conference is going to help mobilize the resources needed to overcome poverty. Oxfam issued this warning ahead of third Finance for Development Conference which is to be held in Addis, Ethiopia from 13 - 16 July.
The end of conflict is key to address the serious humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
On the 4th anniversary of the youngest state in the world, South Sudan is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Almost 8 million people, two-thirds of the total population, are food insecure while more than 2 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of the fighting.
Past recovery conferences show gloomy track record for disaster-hit countries
Rich countries have paid out less than half the amount they originally pledged to help countries recover from a snapshot of three major humanitarian crises, according to Oxfam.
One year on, a generation in Gaza faces a bleak future under blockade
One year on from the 2014 Gaza conflict, most people's lives have not improved and an entire generation of young people face an increasingly bleak future with little hope of jobs, reconstruction or safety, Oxfam said today.

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I'm in Sudan looking at ancient plant remains from Amara West to investigate past diet and the potential impact of climate change on how plants were used.
This type of evidence can also provide insight into social behaviour, such as differences in diet between richer and poorer households. Additionally, identifying certain types of plant remains, such as cereal processing detritus, can help to investigate the functions of certain rooms or outdoor areas in the town.
The excavators take sediment samples from archaeological contexts such as hearths, ovens, floors and storage bins for botanical analysis. Back at the dig-house, I process the bags of sediment they have collected to extract the charred and desiccated plant remains – using dry-sieving and flotation.
At the end of the dig season, these samples will then be taken back to the British Museum, with the permission of the National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums, where I will identify the seeds and fruits in conjunction with Caroline Cartwright, who is also analysing the wood charcoal. Modern analytical equipment such as a Scanning Electron Microscopes can help with the identifications.
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The fifth annual Emery County Chapter of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life was held on July 11 and 12 at the Emery High Track. The event began with a survivor's social and each survivor was given a balloon and a rose which had been donated. The survivors walked their survivor's lap and then released their purple balloons. Judy Lang, Sally Walls and Cathie Samples from the Lions Club donated a check for $1,000 to Cathy Sitterud, the relay organizer. The Lion's Club has been collecting pennies in jars which have been set out at various businesses throughout the county. It is the hope of Lang to be able to carry on this fund raiser throughout her district for the Lion's Club.
Two speakers were next on the agenda with the rights of cancer victims being discussed and the lobbying of the legislature for funding for cancer research was also explored.
The strength of the people with cancer and their attitudes was also discussed by Rick Stockburger who is a nurse for those patients who are critically ill. After the speakers the teams were introduced and then they walked a lap together around the track. The luminary ceremony in honor of survivors and those who have passed on from cancer was held at dusk. The word HOPE was also spelled out on the bleachers and it burned brightly during and after the ceremony. Participants lit the luminaries around the football field and a moment of silence was observed.
The courthouse team kept things lively throughout the evening with games and activities. Three raffles were drawn for at breakfast and Lanell Nielson won the Holiday Inn getaway, Vicki Petersen won the $50 worth of meat donated by Magnuson Meats and Ron Jensen won the stay at the bed and breakfast.
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- Lent has traditionally been a time for self-denial and penitence, a time to examine the baser aspects of human nature. But the church increasingly recognizes that this negative focus does not always build a relationship with God, especially among women who already struggle with issues of worth and self-esteem. In its wide range of writings, Gifts from Within invites women to spend the time of Lent focusing on their uniqueness and on the gifts of their feminine spiritual nature. This collection points the way for women to deepen their ability to recognize God's love and to live as God directs. Starting with Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter Day, each day's meditation explores an aspect of women's lives, their unique spirituality, and their heritage in the biblical stories. By connecting their own stories-some sad and some joyous-with the biblical texts, readers of these devotions may find Lent to be a time of inspiration instead of merely something to be endured.
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The theme of this unit has been that we see an object because light from the object travels to our eyes as we sight along a line at the object. Similarly, we see an image of an object because light from the object reflects off a mirror and travel to our eyes as we sight at the image location of the object. From these two basic premises, we have defined the image location as the location in space where light appears to diverge from. Ray diagrams have been a valuable tool for determining the path taken by light from the object to the mirror to our eyes. In this section of Lesson 3, we will investigate the method for drawing ray diagrams for objects placed at various locations in front of a concave mirror.
To draw these diagrams, we will have to recall the two rules of reflection for concave mirrors:
Earlier in this lesson, the following diagram was shown to illustrate the path of light from an object to mirror to an eye.
In this diagram five incident rays are drawn along with their corresponding reflected rays. Each ray intersects at the image location and then diverges to the eye of an observer. Every observer would observe the same image location and every light ray would follow the law of reflection. Yet only two of these rays would be needed to determine the image location since it only requires two rays to find the intersection point. Of the five incident rays drawn, two of them correspond to the incident rays described by our two rules of reflection for concave mirrors. Because they are the easiest and most predictable pair of rays to draw, these will be the two rays used through the remainder of this lesson
The method for drawing ray diagrams for concave mirror is described below. The method is applied to the task of drawing a ray diagram for an object located beyond the center of curvature (C) of a concave mirror. Yet the same method works for drawing a ray diagram for any object location.
1. Pick a point on the top of the object and draw two incident rays traveling towards the mirror.
Using a straight edge, accurately draw one ray so that it passes exactly through the focal point on the way to the mirror. Draw the second ray such that it travels exactly parallel to the principal axis. Place arrowheads upon the rays to indicate their direction of travel.
2. Once these incident rays strike the mirror, reflect them according to the two rules of reflection for concave mirrors.
The ray that passes through the focal point on the way to the mirror will reflect and travel parallel to the principal axis. Use a straight edge to accurately draw its path. The ray that traveled parallel to the principal axis on the way to the mirror will reflect and travel through the focal point. Place arrowheads upon the rays to indicate their direction of travel. Extend the rays past their point of intersection.
3. Mark the image of the top of the object.
The image point of the top of the object is the point where the two reflected rays intersect. If your were to draw a third pair of incident and reflected rays, then the third reflected ray would also pass through this point. This is merely the point where all light from the top of the object would intersect upon reflecting off the mirror. Of course, the rest of the object has an image as well and it can be found by applying the same three steps to another chosen point. (See note below.)
4. Repeat the process for the bottom of the object.
The goal of a ray diagram is to determine the location, size, orientation, and type of image that is formed by the concave mirror. Typically, this requires determining where the image of the upper and lower extreme of the object is located and then tracing the entire image. After completing the first three steps, only the image location of the top extreme of the object has been found. Thus, the process must be repeated for the point on the bottom of the object. If the bottom of the object lies upon the principal axis (as it does in this example), then the image of this point will also lie upon the principal axis and be the same distance from the mirror as the image of the top of the object. At this point the entire image can be filled in.
Some students have difficulty understanding how the entire image of an object can be deduced once a single point on the image has been determined. If the object is a vertically aligned object (such as the arrow object used in the example below), then the process is easy. The image is merely a vertical line. In theory, it would be necessary to pick each point on the object and draw a separate ray diagram to determine the location of the image of that point. That would require a lot of ray diagrams as illustrated below.
Fortunately, a shortcut exists. If the object is a vertical line, then the image is also a vertical line. For our purposes, we will only deal with the simpler situations in which the object is a vertical line that has its bottom located upon the principal axis. For such simplified situations, the image is a vertical line with the lower extremity located upon the principal axis.
The ray diagram above illustrates that when the object is located at a position beyond the center of curvature, the image is located at a position between the center of curvature and the focal point. Furthermore, the image is inverted, reduced in size (smaller than the object), and real. This is the type of information that we wish to obtain from a ray diagram. These characteristics of the image will be discussed in more detail in the next section of Lesson 3.
Once the method of drawing ray diagrams is practiced a couple of times, it becomes as natural as breathing. Each diagram yields specific information about the image. The two diagrams below show how to determine image location, size, orientation and type for situations in which the object is located at the center of curvature and when the object is located between the center of curvature and the focal point.
It should be noted that the process of constructing a ray diagram is the same regardless of where the object is located. While the result of the ray diagram (image location, size, orientation, and type) is different, the same two rays are always drawn. The two rules of reflection are applied in order to determine the location where all reflected rays appear to diverge from (which for real images, is also the location where the reflected rays intersect).
In the three cases described above - the case of the object being located beyond C, the case of the object being located at C, and the case of the object being located between C and F - light rays are converging to a point after reflecting off the mirror. In such cases, a real image is formed. As discussed previously, a real image is formed whenever reflected light passes through the image location. While plane mirrors always produce virtual images, concave mirrors are capable of producing both real and virtual images. As shown above, real images are produced when the object is located a distance greater than one focal length from the mirror. A virtual image is formed if the object is located less than one focal length from the concave mirror. To see why this is so, a ray diagram can be used.
A ray diagram for the case in which the object is located in front of the focal point is shown in the diagram at the right. Observe that in this case the light rays diverge after reflecting off the mirror. When light rays diverge after reflection, a virtual image is formed. As was done with plane mirrors, the image location can be found by tracing all reflected rays backwards until they intersect. For every observer, the reflected rays would seem to be diverging from this point. Thus, the point of intersection of the extended reflected rays is the image point. Since light does not actually pass through this point (light never travels behind the mirror), the image is referred to as a virtual image. Observe that when the object in located in front of the focal point, its image is an upright and enlarged image that is located on the other side of the mirror. In fact, one generalization that can be made about all virtual images produced by mirrors (both plane and curved) is that they are always upright and always located on the other side of the mirror.
Thus far we have seen via ray diagrams that a real image is produced when an object is located more than one focal length from a concave mirror; and a virtual image is formed when an object is located less than one focal length from a concave mirror (i.e., in front of F). But what happens when the object is located at F? That is, what type of image is formed when the object is located exactly one focal length from a concave mirror? Of course a ray diagram is always one tool to help find the answer to such a question. However, when a ray diagram is used for this case, an immediate difficulty is encountered. The incident ray that begins from the top extremity of the object and passes through the focal point does not meet the mirror. Thus, a different incident ray must be used in order to determine the intersection point of all reflected rays. Any incident light ray would work as long as it meets up with the mirror. Recall that the only reason that we have used the two we have is that they can be conveniently and easily drawn. The diagram below shows two incident rays and their corresponding reflected rays.
For the case of the object located at the focal point (F), the light rays neither converge nor diverge after reflecting off the mirror. As shown in the diagram above, the reflected rays are traveling parallel to each other. Subsequently, the light rays will not converge on the object's side of the mirror to form a real image; nor can they be extended backwards on the opposite side of the mirror to intersect to form a virtual image. So how should the results of the ray diagram be interpreted? The answer: there is no image!! Surprisingly, when the object is located at the focal point, there is no location in space at which an observer can sight from which all the reflected rays appear to be diverging. An image is not formed when the object is located at the focal point of a concave mirror.
The diagram below shows two light rays emanating from the top of the object and incident towards the mirror. Describe how the reflected rays for these light rays can be drawn without actually using a protractor and the law of reflection.
These two incident rays will pass through the image point for the top of the object. In fact, any light rays emanating from the top of the object will pass through the image point. Thus, merely construct a ray diagram to determine the image location; use the two rules of reflection. Then draw the reflected rays for the two given incident rays through the same image point.
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ORANGEVILLE- Herman Wolfgang Pollaehne, age 74, passed away Nov. 6, 2005 in a Springville nursing home where he has spent the last four and a half years. He was born in Berlin, Germany March 26, 1931 where he spent many hair-raising experiences during WWII. He sailed out of Hamburg, Germany as a young member of the German Merchant Marine and traveled the seven seas.
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What does the Marine Corps Eagle, Globe and Anchor symbol represent?
honor, code and man
the United States, ties to the Navy and worldwide service
The symbol represents the United States, the Marine Corps' ties to the Navy and worldwide service.
honor, sacrifice and peace
Question 6 of 30
Who was the first commandant of the Marine Corps?
William Ward Burrows
Franklin Wharton
Samuel Nicholas
Nicholas was appointed major of the Marines in 1776.
Question 7 of 30
"Semper fidelis" is the Marine Corps motto. What does it mean?
always honorable
always ready
always faithful
Latin for "always faithful," semper fidelis became the Marine Corps motto in 1883.
Question 8 of 30
Who was the first Marine aviator and the "father of Marine aviation"?
Gen. Frederick R. Payne
Maj. John M. "Jack" Elliott
Capt. Alfred Cunningham
Capt. Alfred A. Cunningham is credited by many as having brought the Marine Corps into the age of flight.
Question 9 of 30
The Battle of Belleau Wood was fought in which war?
World War I
Fought predominantly by U.S. Marines, the Battle of Belleau Wood stopped the German offensive in World War I and earned the Marines the nickname "Devil Dogs."
World War II
Question 10 of 30
Which of the following is NOT a nickname for Marines?
lone wolf
Marines are often called leathernecks and jarheads, but not necessarily lone wolves.
Question 11 of 30
What is the Marine Corps' recruiting slogan?
The few. The proud.
The Few. The Proud. The Marines.
Be all you can be.
Aim high.
Question 12 of 30
What type of weapon does a Marine first gain proficiency as a marksman on?
M16 service rifle
No recruit earns the title Marine without first gaining proficiency as a marksman with the M16 service rifle.
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon
M9 Beretta
Question 13 of 30
How long is Marine Corps Recruit Training?
10 weeks
11 weeks
12 weeks
Marine Corps Recruit Training lasts 12 weeks, during which recruits go through strength, weapons and combat training.
Question 14 of 30
True or false: The first retired Marine to ever receive an honorary promotion was in a Stanley Kubrick movie.
R. Lee Ermey, who is best known as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," retired as a staff sergeant. But in 2002 the Marine Corps granted him an honorary promotion to gunnery sergeant. He is the first retiree in the history of the Marines to receive such an honor.
Question 15 of 30
True or false: The Marines were held back at Normandy.
There was a large contingent of Marines onboard the USS Texas who were held back. The leaders of the Allied forces were all Army generals, and because of a longstanding rivalry between the Army and the Marines, perhaps they weren't willing to share spotlight on what could be the biggest operation of the war.
Question 16 of 30
What famous Marine Corps fighter also became the first American to orbit Earth?
John Glenn
During the Korean War, hotshot fighter pilot John Glenn shot down three MiG fighter jets. He also became the first American to orbit Earth and the oldest person to ever go into space at age 77.
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Question 17 of 30
What is the name of the Marine Corps band?
Marine One
The President's Own
First formed in 1798, The President's Own is famous for having performed at the inauguration of every American president since Thomas Jefferson in 1801.
Band of Soldiers
Question 18 of 30
What photographer captured four U.S. Marines raising the flag over Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima?
Joe Rosenthal
Photographer Joe Rosenthal provided the U.S. Marine Corps with one of its most enduring images with his picture of Marines raising the flag over Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II.
Frank J. Davis
Edward Steichen
Question 19 of 30
What is the highest combat award a Marine can achieve?
Purple Heart
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to any member of the armed forces, including the Marines.
Navy Cross
Question 20 of 30
True or false: The Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy.
While the Marine Corps is its own branch of the U.S. military, it falls under the administration of the Department of the Navy.
Question 21 of 30
Which of the following shows the ranking of officers from lowest to highest?
second lieutenant, captain, major, colonel, brigadier General
The ranking of Marine Corps officers from lowest to highest is second lieutenant, captain, major, colonel and brigadier general.
first lieutenant, second Lieutenant, major, colonel, brigadier General
lieutenant, captain, major, colonel, lieutenant general, brigadier general
Question 22 of 30
Where was the last major World War II battle for the Marines?
Iwo Jima, Japan
Tarawa, Kiribati
Okinawa Island
Allied forces invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945. The battle lasted 82 days.
Question 23 of 30
Five years after the end of World War II, where were Marines sent back into combat?
During the Chosin Reservoir campaign of the Korean War, Marines successfully evacuated 98,000 refugees, broke through an enemy encirclement and even rebuilt a bridge that the Chinese destroyed. The campaign is one of the defining events of the Marine Corps' modern history.
Question 24 of 30
True or false: Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller is the most highly decorated Marine in U.S. history.
Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller was one of the most decorated Marines in the Corps and the only Marine ever to earn the Navy Cross five times.
Question 25 of 30
In what year were women first allowed to enlist in the Marine Corps?
The secretary of the Navy allowed women to enroll for clerical duty in the Marine Corps in 1918.
Question 26 of 30
What year did the first female Marines take the combat leadership test?
The first group of female Marines took the combat Leadership test in 2012.
Question 27 of 30
True or false: Currently, women make up 5 percent of the Marine Corps.
Women account for more than 7 percent of the Marine Corps, serving in 93 percent of all occupational fields and 62 percent of all facilities.
Question 28 of 30
True or false: In October 1983, 150 Marines died when a suicide bomber drove a truck bomb into the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit headquarters in Beirut.
Unfortunately, 220 Marines were killed when the suicide bomber drove a truck bomb into their secure headquarters in Beirut.
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What is the name of the Marine Corps' drum and bugle Corps?
The Commandant's Own
The Commandant's Own is the only drum and bugle corps in the active duty U.S. armed forces.
Drum Corps One
The Corps' Own
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What is the Marine Corps' motivational cry?
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"The statues walked," Easter Islanders say. Archaeologists are still trying to figure out how—and whether their story is a cautionary tale of environmental disaster or a celebration of human ingenuity.
The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui live on the island, which belongs to Chile. They numbered only 111 in 1877, after slave traders and disease had decimated the population.
Their backs to the Pacific, 15 restored moai stand watch at Ahu Tongariki, the largest of Easter Island's ceremonial stone platforms. Rapanui artisans carved the moai centuries ago from volcanic rock at a quarry a mile away. By the 19th century all of Easter's moai had been toppled—by whom or what is unclear. In 1960 these moai were swept inland by a tsunami, which fractured some (left).
Three volcanoes, quiet now, formed Easter Island half a million years ago. It has three crater lakes but no streams; fresh water is scarce. Chile, the island's source of fuel and most food, is 2,150 miles away.
Tourists diving on Easter Island's reef encounter a fake moai, made for a 1994 Hollywood movie and then sunk offshore. The reef is healthy, though it is overfished. Tuna and salmon are imported, primarily for tourists.
Chilean newlyweds in festive paint and feathers (at right) celebrate marriage Rapanui style. Nearly two-thirds of the 50,000 visitors to the island in 2011 were from Chile.
The one-room house that José Antonio Tuki built on Easter Island for himself and his Belgian girlfriend, Joyce Verbaenen, has electricity but no indoor plumbing. The ocean is only steps away.
Kantu Tuki, 30, a Rapanui photographer, fishes for nanue, or rudderfish, in high waves near his home along Easter Island's south coast. "Our men and women are quite strong," says his twin brother, José. "We fish in hard rain."
A side of island-grown beef awaits a family gathering in Kantu Tuki's home. Until 1953, a Scottish company used the entire island as a sheep ranch, and residents needed permission to leave Hanga Roa, the only town. Tuki's great-grandfather worked on the ranch.
Another Tuki brother, 25-year-old Suri, a part-time tour guide, shares a meditative moment at home with Chilean girlfriend Daniela Ahumada, 22. They met while she was on a ten-day holiday on Easter Island. Soon after this photograph was taken, she gave birth to a baby named U'a (Rain).
Victor Ika, a Rapanui impresario, takes a break at home while waiting for tourists to arrive at his restaurant and performance center next door. His three children are watching Ben 10, an American cartoon. Ika wears face paint for ceremonial dances and meals; he makes it himself from clay he finds in a south-coast cave.
At a demonstration in Hanga Roa preceding local elections in June 2011, marchers favoring independence from Chile carry the red-and-white Rapanui flag. It depicts a crescent-shaped ornament once worn by chiefs. A poster (at left) advertises local dance performances.
Isolated no more, seductive but not easy, Rapa Nui holds its people. José Tuki (at left, with girlfriend, Joyce) moved to Chile, but only for four years. "If you go away," he says, "the island will call you back."


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The Fetal Position 2
November 27th, 2011
Awkwardness begins at conception.
(submitted by Sean)
Its not really awkward. I see it as she has a supportive family. I went to all of my ultra sounds and checkups alone! And I had a high risk pregnancy, wish I had more support from loved ones it was a very depressed and hard tine for me.
…..who brings all those people to an ultrasound appointment?!? Did they hire a party bus?
It's a video on the tv. They are not in the doctors office
I have always felt that the 3D ultrasounds are more creepy looking than precious. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE babies & think they are a blessing; I just think the 3D ultrasounds are creepy and awkward.
so the television's pregnant, right?
This is my family.. I'm in this picture… awkward.
HAHAHAHAH, ahhhh, amazing
Awkward for you maybe, but hilarious for me.
I can see this poor child's first birthday already!
OMG, I've been in that room…had the same picture taken when my sister went for one of those…it is in Baton Rouge!
I'm just glad that "The Ring" didn't involve ultrasound.
We put an ultrasound picture of one of our kids in our Christmas card of multiple photos in one card one year. It was after many miscarriages.
I don't regret it.
I wonder if awkwardness/uncomfortable feelings in people is more lack of maturity.
An ultrasound in a Christmas card is NOT the same as a family gathered around a GIANT fetus on the TV. This picture is hysterical!
We got an ultrasound pic card from my aunt. It wasn't even Christmas, she just sent out a bunch.
She had something like six losses before we got a "sticky" cousin. We teased her a bit (Mostly that the picture seemed to be the kid's butt. I later found out it was the side of his head and his ribs, but it looked like a butt. All teasing was directed to Aunt's navel.) but we were thrilled. After all the pain and tears and heartbreak, having a live kid to look at and tease was a blessing. It was the only ultrasound we got. (This isn't a sad story or anything, Aunt was just afraid that letting a tech rub her belly hard again might "unstick" him and cause a loss.)
Then he was born and came out beautiful. So did his twin sister who the tech TOTALLY missed. No wonder Aunt measured huge the whole pregnancy. The doctor kept telling Aunt it was because she overgained. The twins are now ten and we still tease them mercilessly. Aunt had one more baby and then lost the ability so they are very precious to us. We showed my boy cousin the ultrasound picture and he asked "is that my butt?"
Cute, funny story!
Really? It's sad you had to deal with loss, but, don't go calling everyone immature. This IS an awkward photo. Sorry to say it no matter HOW precious and "beautiful" life and birth is. It's just a weird photo.
Agreed – ultrasound pic on a Christmas card? Awkward, indeed.
I agree, lack of maturity
Hmmm – no, I don't think this is awkward.
Oh go away.
Why? because anyone who doesn't agree with you can't be in here? I don't find it akward either
This is exactly the kind of photograph my mother in law would take.
I had one of these ultrasounds done while I was pregnant with my son. It was awesome to be able to see my son's face before he was born. However, the only people in the room with me were my husband and the technician, and there were no photos taken other than the internal ones.
this is so weird.
I recognize the kids' uniforms- they too are from Baton Rouge. Haha.
The crimson and gray "MB" looks exactly like the sports warm-ups from a middle school in Auburn, WA named Mount Baker. Must have been ordered from the same catalog.
i hope it is not the two young children's baby. they look the proudest.
how much do you want to bet this pre-born already has a facebook page.
lol, meri
I bet the pic was taken for the babies dad who is overseas. And the mother has the support of both families. If not, well then, yes this IS awkward!
eeewwwwww. i will never get used to those things.
I wonder if they will all be in the delivery room too…
Now THAT is awkward (in my opinion). To pre-empt defensiveness from others, I know someone who did have EVERYONE in her delivery room……but it's just not my cup of tea.
…or cup of amniotic fluid…
the seriously awkward thing about this photo is there's no obviously pregnant woman. WTH
Any guesses on which person is the proud mother?
I am thinking it's the woman behind the tv that's pregnant. It would make sense since the tv would be positioned exactly where the baby actually is.
I thought the same!!
That's one big baby!!
Check out the bare-belly pregnancy photo in the background! Remind me to never have an endoscopy around this family.
Fantastic! LOL.
I had to go look again, since I missed that the first time. LOL @ your endoscopy comment.
It almost looks like a framed similar pic is hanging on the wall on the left side!
It's a picture of a pregnant woman and her husband/boyfriend.
OK. Even more awkward.
Oh my… Just because the technology's there, doesn't mean you HAVE to use it… O.o


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