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Looking back at the high-profile careers that Parsons has launched, the New School for Design's dean of fashion Simon Collins has authored a new tome, "The School of Fashion: 30 Parsons Designers," focusing on major American designers, like Donna Karan, who graduated from this creative institution. Speaking with WWD, Collins observed, "When I first joined Parsons in 2008, I was knocked out by the wealth of our alumni. There were stories I really wanted to learn about." Published by Assouline, the book offers short features about their time at Parsons and whimsical, Proustian-style Q&As.
The School of Fashion: 30 Parsons Designers
New York is a city where people walk fast. In fact, researchers have found that New Yorkers actually do walk faster than anyone else in the country (and they're healthier for it). In the spirit of hitting the pavement, CUNY sociology professor Bill Helmreich set out to do the near impossible: walk every block in New York City. His epic urban hike took him four years to complete covering some 6,000 miles through the five boroughs. Tonight he reads from his inspiring, staycation travelogue, "The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City," at Park Slope's Community Bookstore at 7 p.m.
Bill Helmreich's "The New York Nobody Knows"
Tonight writer Rebecca Mead heads to the Strand for a discussion of her new book-about-a-book "My Life in Middlemarch." Mead first read the masterpiece as a teenager and has "gone back to it every five years or so since." Her account examines the life of George Eliot, or the pen name of 19th-century English novelist Mary Anne Evans, who wrote under a pseudonym during the Victorian era to be taken seriously. Women writers were published during her time, but she wanted to escape the stereotype of women only writing frilly romances. In other words, this isn't chick lit.
Rebecca Mead Reads at Strand Bookstore
Everyone's other favorite "Office" crush, B.J. Novak hits Symphony Space tonight for the launch of his debut collection of endlessly entertaining stories, "One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories"—with a little help from his friends Allison Williams of "Girls," Anthony Rapp of "Rent," Aasif Mandvi of "The Daily Show," and the evening's host Hannah Tinti. Says Flavorpill.com, "Novak wrote, co-executive produced and played Ryan Howard, the temp-turned-boss-turned-temp, in the deliriously funny Emmy Award-winning series." Expect guffaws.
"One More Thing" by BJ Novak
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See what's cooking at the Strand tonight with a new cookbook that's part "No Reservations" (a policy which Andy Ricker's ultra-popular BK restaurant Pok Pok still adheres to) and part "Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives." Travelogue meets recipe guide in Ricker's "Pok Pok: Food and Stories from The Streets, Homes and Roadside Restaurants of Thailand." His culinary mission is to offer Thai cuisine that goes beyond the now-familiar, standard-fare curries and noodles. From coast to coast, his exclusive dishes made in no other restaurants in the U.S. have garnered both critical acclaim and a devoted following.
"Pok Pok" cookbook event at Strand
It's been eight years since Amy Tan's last book, "Saving Fish From Drowning," a tale about a group of American tourists who mysteriously disappear somewhere between China and Myanmar (formerly Burma). Eight just so happens to be an especially auspicious number in Chinese numerology and her return with "The Valley of Amazement" is fittingly epic. Reading at the 92Y tonight, Tan offers up a sweeping tale of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity that moves from the lavish parlors of Shanghai to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote village. Bookmark this for your fall reading list.
"The Valley of Amazement" by Amy Tan
Fashion "it" girl Alexa Chung is having a launch event for her new book "It" with Refinery29's creative director and co-founder Piera Gelardi at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn, starting at 7 p.m. tonight. The international style icon and British Vogue contributor, who now co-anchors a nightly music show on Fuse in NYC, offers her candid thoughts on life, love, music, and other fashionable subjects, like how to decide what to wear in the morning. Witty and refreshingly down-to-earth, Chung shares her musings through photos, drawings, and prose.
Book Launch: "It" by Alexa Chung
Brooklyn chronicler Jonathan Lethem is switching boroughs for his latest novel, "Dissident Gardens," turning his focus to the other end of the BQE: Queens. The book opens with a section titled Boroughphobia, reports the New York Times' City Room blog, "as Lethem now applies his eye for urban sociology to Queens." His expansive family saga is set in Sunnyside Gardens, a neighborhood developed as a 1920s utopian vision of row houses and shared gardens, or what Lethem describes as "a leftist social laboratory." Expect to start seeing this book cropping up everywhere on your morning commute.
"Dissident Gardens" by Jonathan Lethem
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Catch Simon Doonan and Fashion Week creator Fern Mallis.
Turn the page with "Salinger" at the Angelika.
Make like a West End Girl with Pet Shop Boys.
Remember your New Year's resolution to read more? It's mid-August, how that going? Get back on track with Refinery29's ultimate fall reading list (since the only thing more challenging than actually finding the time to read is choosing the perfect book). Skip "Eat, Love, Pray" and get "On the Noodle Road," with a travelogue from jet-setting food writer Jen Lin-Liu—and then get "On the Road" with Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation classic. Get acquainted with author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—and have something to talk about for days (or at least a few dinners), like "Half of a Yellow Sun."
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Paris, 18 January 2009 - His Highness the Aga Khan on Sunday hosted a lunch in Paris for Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo. During the lunch, the Aga Khan announced his decision to establish an Ismaili Centre and regional representative office of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Singapore.
Minister Yeo warmly welcomed this decision and assured the Aga Khan of Singapore's support for tHis Highness the Aga Khan meeting Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo.his initiative. Minister Yeo and His Highness also discussed ways to strengthen mutually beneficial collaboration between Singapore and the AKDN.
The Aga Khan took the opportunity to thank Singapore for its contribution to the Dental Team of the Bamyan Provincial Hospital in Afghanistan, which is funded by the AKDN.
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The US Airways Group Inc. reservation center off Hanes Mall Boulevard could be in store for another rollercoaster ride with its workforce of 850 if the airline merges with American Airlines.
If the two carriers strike a deal, it would create the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic. Analysts cautioned the airline would not be as financially strong -- at least at first -- than its competitors.
American has operated under bankruptcy protection since November 2011.
Both airlines are declining to speak publicly about the proposed merger. Although US Airways would be the acquirer, the combined airline is expected to keep the American brand.
The companies' boards of directors are expected to meet today to discuss key issues such as who will lead the merged airline. The consensus among analysts is US Airways chief executive Doug Parker.
Vickey Hoots, president of Communications Workers of America Local 3640, said Tuesday that 850 of US Airways' 1,500 global reservation employees are based in the around-the-clock Winston-Salem center. About 700 Winston-Salem employees are represented by the union.
American said Tuesday it has 1,200 of its 5,200 global reservation employees at a call center in the Triangle. None are represented by a union.
The local center lost 1,132 jobs between August 2004 and October 2005, hitting a low of 468 employees. The bulk of those jobs were eliminated by a previous US Airways management team trying to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
However, America West Holdings Corp. also transferred jobs to Arizona as part of buying US Airways in September 2005.
A collective-bargaining agreement with CWA allowed the airline to transfer the bulk of domestic reservation sales and service calls to foreign centers until Nov. 1, 2011. The union also accepted a 13 percent pay cut.
When that agreement expired, the airline returned 900 out of 2,000 jobs to the United States -- 400 in Winston-Salem, 350 in Phoenix and 150 in Reno, Nev. At that time, local reservation officials expressed hope the workforce would exceed 1,000.
One plus for the Winston-Salem center: When Parker announced the initial returning wave of reservation jobs, he cited the quality of the Winston-Salem workforce for the decision to expand more here. He also cited US Airways' legacy and heritage in Winston-Salem, which dates back to the 1940s and Piedmont Aviation, and the local community's response to its incentive request.
American said it has 2,100 reservation employees working in its headquarters area of Dallas/Fort Worth. It also has reservation employees working from home. American reservations, ticket and gate employees last month rejected a CWA Local 6001 attempt at forming a union by 150 votes.
That means another union drive cannot be launched involving those workers for 12 months, per National Mediation Board regulations.
Hoots said CWA Local 3640 will be in Phoenix on Friday to resume negotiation on their contract with US Airways. Reservations workers are covered by the Railway Labor Act, which means contracts cannot expire, but they can be amended.
Hoots said the union is negotiating for an increase in wages and benefits and more job security. Starting pay at the reservation center was $9.96 an hour as of November 2011.
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Kelly Kapowski, was the most popular girl in school and was head cheerleader and captain of the volleyball, swim, and softball teams. Though a good student and role model, Kelly did find herself sentenced to detention on a couple of occasions. She also was the love interest of lead student Zack Morris, they dated in high school and then they remained friends afterwards and became her husband later.
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Kelly is one of seven children. She has a younger sister, Nikki, who develops a crush on Zack; two younger brothers, Billy, an infant during her freshman year, and Kyle, who dumps water on Zack after a date with Kelly; and states in the episode "Zack's War" that she has three older brothers.
Kelly is a sweet, loving, and gentle person. When Zack finds out that Kelly was cheating on him with Jeff, she apologizes and shows that she is genuinely sorry. Kelly can be a bit of an airhead sometimes, but she is mostly smart and is super wonderful. Though many boys are interested in Kelly, Kelly shows she is only true to her real crushes.
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At the start of her freshman year in Saved by the Bell, Zack had been trying to go out with Kelly ever since she can remember. For a while, a feud began between Zack and fellow student A.C. Slater over who would be her boyfriend, which caused her great stress, but a lot of fun at the same time. During her sophomore year, Slater conceded defeat to Zack and she and Zack began dating, whereas Slater thereupon pursued his interest in Jessica Spano.
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The following school year marked the end of their relationship. Zack wanted to go steady with Kelly, but she wasn't sure at first. She thought it over but by the time she decided to accept Zack's offer, he had become infatuated with a young school nurse. That turned out to be a dead-end, but when he tried to apologize to Kelly and get her back, she brushed him off. However they were back together soon after as evidenced in the following episode ("Breaking Up is Hard to Undo"). Kelly began working at The Max as a waitress and fell for her boss, Jeffrey Hunter (Patrick Muldoon), much to Zack's disappointment. This caused her and Zack to break up. Kelly dated Jeff for a while, until he was caught at an 18-and-over club (The Attic) with another girl.
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Subsequently, Kelly and Zack became closer friends, though they dated other people. While vacationing in Palm Springs for Jessie Spano's father's wedding, Zack and Kelly flirted with the possibility of getting together again but ended up remaining friends.
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In her senior year, she was once again pursued by Zack to accompany him to the prom. They got back together. As graduation approached, Kelly stated she could not afford to go to an out-of-state university and instead would attend community college. She and her friends graduated from Bayside High in 1993 and went their separate ways.
In Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Kelly was accepted into California University, joining Zack, Slater, and Screech as suite mates. She also became the new roommate of Leslie Burke and Alex Taber. While at Cal U, Kelly engaged in an affair with her anthropology professor, Jeremiah Lasky. Zack makes a final attempt to win her over when she decides to go on a "Semester on the Sea" program through the Mediterranean for three months. Zack remained friends with Kelly, and they went to the park to swing.
Without much support from their families, Zack and Kelly had planned to get married in Las Vegas in Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas. The couple managed to bring Slater, Screech, and Lisa Turtle with them for the event. Just prior to the exchange of vows at the ceremony at a cheap wedding chapel, Zack's parents showed up and stopped the wedding. They told Zack and Kelly that they would give them the wedding of their dreams. A few days later, Zack and Kelly had an elaborate outdoor wedding in the Las Vegas area. Lisa and Jessie stood as bridesmaids while Screech and Slater stood as groomsmen. The newlyweds then went on a honeymoon.
When Zack and Slater made a joint guest appearance on Saved by the Bell: The New Class a few years later, Slater asked Zack how "the Mrs." (meaning Kelly) was doing, Zack replied, "Good."
- Both Elizabeth Berkley and Tiffani Thiessen, as well as Jennie Garth, auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski. Thiessen and Garth would later work together on Beverly Hills, 90210 as unfriendly rivals Valerie Malone and Kelly Taylor, respectively (the actresses became best friends in real life).
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Because I'd found a couple of frames a few days before, I decided to frame those little gems.
Monday, July 30, 2012
How to frame a book - A Little Golden Book
Because I'd found a couple of frames a few days before, I decided to frame those little gems.
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I LOVE the little golden books!! Great idea to frame them! They look so cute.ReplyDelete
What a great idea to frame them. So cute in a nursery. One question......what keeps the book from opening?ReplyDelete
Pokey Little Puppy is my favorite.Replies
Great question, Debby! The glass helps hold it into place but also, inside of the frame are staples that you can bend back and forth to secure the book/art/photo into place.Delete
I love those books! And they turned out so fabulous in the frames :)ReplyDelete
Great idea! First let me say, I love the little golden books, and I also love how they look in the frame. But at the same time...maybe a book in a frame is not so useful?! lol Would work great for books that you have double of so then you could still read the not framed one. I really love this idea - remembering this for future decorating!!ReplyDelete
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Hi Brie! I agree, that's a good solution! Luckily, the book can pop out of the frame :-)Delete
This is a great idea. These look adorable - it's such a great way to decorate a nursery.ReplyDelete
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very cute idea!!! i do have doubles of some books. i will have to remember this!ReplyDelete
Precious!! Love this!! :)ReplyDelete
Love this idea! I have The Night Before Christmas Little Golden Book that was my husband's when he was little. I have to do this to add to Christmas decor this year.ReplyDelete
Oh, that looks so cute! Those old fashioned children's books always have really cute pictures! Espcecially with your favorite books from back in the days, that would be really cool! (With additional copies, though, I'd hate to cut up a book that still wants to be read =) xo AnjaReplyDelete
such a great idea! I'm going to pin this. I'm still in the process of decorating my son's room, this is perfect and budget friendly :) Thanks for the follow have followed back xReplyDelete
oh awesome idea!! I'll have to do this. Thanks for the new follow. I loved checking out your blog too.ReplyDelete
I love this idea! I've bought copies of my kids' favorite books and thought it would be fun to do a collage on our library wall of pages from their cherished stories. Found you through the Naptime FB hop!ReplyDelete
Love this idea! We also love Little Golden Books!! My husband and I were determined to find a few of our favorites for Owen before he was born and my MIL gave him "The Little Red Engine." Definitely classics!ReplyDelete
Love this..we love the Little Golden Books around here, I think mainly because I have such good memories of them when I was little.ReplyDelete
What a great idea! So adorable! I would love for you to come link up your blog to my Get social Sunday link party!ReplyDelete
Such a cute idea ;)ReplyDelete
Wow I still have some of these when I was a little girl. I gave them to my children when they started reading. Never once did I think about doing this after they were done, I just donated them. Wish this was around 10 years ago. lolReplyDelete


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Over the weekend, I was at a fall retreat for a club I'm a part of here at school. Part of the retreat included taking an online test called "StrengthsQuest." This was a test intended to identify the top 5 strengths of my personality, and the point of the retreat was figuring out how each member could use our strengths towards helping the club.
There are 36 total strengths, and 4 type areas (each comprised of 9 strengths). These areas are: Excecution and Performance, Influence, Relationship Building, and Strategic Thinking.
My top 5 strengths were: Adaptability, Empathy, Positivity, Includer, and Harmony. Strangely, all 5 of these strengths fall into the Relationship Building category. I was the only person out of 30 people to have all of my strengths concentrated into only one area.
I'm really not sure how I feel about this. It's a pretty reputable test, and according to the results, I'm horrible at problem solving and carrying out objectives, not to mention influencing and persuading people. The only thing I'm good at is developing friendships, but even I don't think I'm that great at that.
Because of this, the club has made a move and I am now a member of the hospitality and welcoming committee, so at least there's that. I'm happy that I'll finally be able to feel useful for once, instead of that guy who hangs out but never does anything besides talk to people and use the Wesley house for studying :P
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For the first time since 2009 the Mariemont Warriors lacrosse team is off the the Division II state championship game. The Warriors beat St. Francis DeSales (Columbus) High School 16-9, June 5 in the semifinals held at Wilmington College. Mariemont got off to a blistering start. They led 4-0 after the first quarter and 7-1 […]
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By Scott Springer • firstname.lastname@example.com EVANSTON – Enquirer photographer Joseph Fuqua II tells me that we're in Evanston, so that's good enough for me. This is the regional final at Xavier's Cintas Center. The first ever for Walnut Hills and where La Salle advanced to State two years ago. These two played back on Jan. […]
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We are live from James S. Trent Arena on the campus of Kettering Fairmont High School for the Division IV district final between the Seven Hills Stingers and the New Madison Tri-Village Patriots. The Patriots come in as the No. 1 team in the state and are 25-0 on the season. Tri-Village knocked off its […]
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Seven Hills junior guard Lauren Weems scored the 1,000th point of her career Wednesday night as Seven Hills beat Lockland 57-32. Weems needed 22 points to reach the milestone and ended up scoring 27 points, which put her at 1,005 points for her career. She now ranks third in school history. The Stingers improved to […]
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There were some great matchups this week in Ohio high school sports. Click here for a gallery of girls and boys basketball and bowling action by Community Press and Enquirer staff and contributors. Games include: Anderson-Loveland boys hoops; Colerain-Ryle girls hoops; Oak Hills-Seton girls hoops; Williamsburg-Batavia boys hoops; McAuley-Sycamore girls; Walnut Hills-Glen Este girls; Glen […]
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From Mariemont schools: Tom Crosby has coached football at Mariemont High School since 1978, with a total of 32 years as head coach with the district. This Friday, October 26, Crosby will coach the last football game of his career at Kusel Stadium against Taylor. Immediately following the game, there will be a recognition ceremony […]
Seven Hills' golfers grind out trip to state
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The Seven Hills School golf team punched its ticket to the school's first state tournament since 2009 relying on resiliency. The Stingers will play in the Division III tournament at Northstar Resort in Sunbury, Ohio, Oct. 13. Seven Hills' journey north is all the more intriguing because just over a month ago, the Stingers weren't […]
Top-ranked Madeira knows challenges lie ahead
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After a top-four finish in last year's state tournament, the Madeira boys' soccer team has gone right back to its winning ways in 2012. Ranked No. 1 in the Enquirer area Division III coaches' poll, the Mustangs are 7-0-1 through their first eight contests this season, and have outscored their opponents 41-5 in that span. […]
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Following a coup on November 1, 1963, President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother fled their palace through a tunnel network and eventually sought safety here.
They spent the night within the church's grounds and the following morning were captured by coup loyalists. En route to military headquarters, both Diem and his brother were murdered. Diem was subsequently buried in an unmarked grave not far from the US ambassador's residence.
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In your Oct. 4 issue, you wrote an excellent article about the offensive postcard sent to "thousands of residents from Owings Mills to Silver Spring" ("Jewish Christian?!"). I was unaware of this since I did not receive one. As someone who has often been quoted in the JT, it seems that I should say something about this now. First, I agree with you that the "blatant misrepresentation" on the card is unfortunate, even offensive. Although I agree with Tom Cantor's right to send what he wishes and even agree with him that you can be both Jewish and a talmid of Yeshua, I don't agree with his tactic. This subject is so sensitive that I can really feel the angst this would cause, especially for older Jewish people. As Marshall McLuhan wrote many decades ago: "The medium is the message." I don't care for Mr. Cantor's medium, particularly because he included logos of a number of Jewish agencies, including your paper's, on the postcard. That seems deceptive to me and quite unnecessary.
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In the article "Beyond Victor's Justice? The Challenge of Prosecuting the Winners at the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda,"[1] Victor Peskin says that he is concerned with the perpetuation by the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) of the "victor's justice" problem that plagued the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals. Although the ICTY and the ICTR are undoubtedly more fair than the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals were, insofar as they attempt to prosecute both the "winning" and the "losing" sides of the conflict, Peskin argues that the ICTY and the ICTR's lack of enforcement powers makes it easy for victorious states to withhold evidence and the general assistance these tribunals need to investigate and prosecute suspects. As a result, Peskin argues that, over the years, few Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front army (RPF) and Croatian suspected war criminals have been indicted by the ICTY and the ICTR.
In my opinion, while in practice states cannot be compelled to cooperate with war crimes investigations, it is in their best interest to comply with the tribunals' orders and to refrain from obstructing the investigations. Firstly, as Payam Akhavan has argued in his article "Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities?" and as I previously argued on this blog[2], it is no longer profitable for political parties to be associated "with the wartime leadership responsible for the criminal policy of ethnic cleansing."[3] This is one of the factors than can explain the defeat of the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party in the January and February 2000 national elections in Croatia following the death of its ultranationalist leader Franjo Tudjman. Indeed, the late Croatian President was posthumously found by the ICTY in the Gotovina et al. case[4] to have participated in a joint criminal enterprise of ethnic cleansing in 1995 in the Krajina region. Secondly, it is also profitable from an economic and geopolitical standpoint for states to refrain from obstructing the criminal investigations. For example, in the case of Croatia, full and unequivocal cooperation with the ICTY is seen as essential in its bid to join the European Union.[5] In short, from both a political and an economic point of view victorious states have an interest in cooperating with the tribunals' investigations.
Unfortunately, these incentives often seem insufficient to ensure cooperation with the tribunals, especially in the case of the ICTR. As argued by Peskin, the Rwandan government has been successful in its attempt to "put the tribunal and its poor administrative performance and slow progress on genocide cases on 'trial' in the court of international opinion in an effort to deflect attention from the government's refusal to cooperate."[6] Furthermore, the alleged involvement of international actors such as the United States and the United Kingdom in maintaining the Kagame regime – which is suspected of withholding evidence that could be used in the prosecution of Tutsi suspected war criminals – has contributed to the perception of a "victor's justice" problem.[7] The situation is hardly better in the former Yugoslavia, where it took more than four years for Croatian convicted war criminal Ante Gotovina to be arrested and extradited to The Hague, even though his capture was considered to be conditio sine qua non for the accession of Croatia to the European Union.[8]
In the end, the various attempts to block the tribunals from delivering justice in an "even-handed manner" illustrate that international criminal law, and international law in general, cannot be analyzed without reference to the wider geopolitical context and the strategic and diplomatic calculations based on realpolitik. Nonetheless, the fact remains that in order to avoid being perceived as "victor's justice" courts and to avoid sending a contradictory message of accountability, both the ICTY and the ICTR should do more to prosecute alleged war criminals, irrespective of which side they were on. As Peskin rightly pointed out, "[i]nstead of promoting accountability, the tribunals' failure to prosecute the winners may actually promote impunity by teaching the lesson that atrocities will not be punished as long as one prevails in the battle."[9]
[2] http://www.legalfrontiers.ca/2012/01/les-limites-de-la-%C2%AB-dissuasion-%C2%BB-en-droit-penal-national-et-international
[3] P. Akhavan, « Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities? » (2001) 95 American Journal of International Law 7 at 7-31, at p. 14.
[4] www.icty.org/x/cases/gotovina/tjug/en/110415_summary.pdf
[5] http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=91543
[6] Supra note 1, p. 224.
[7] Ibid.
[8] http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/072/article_40330.asp
[9] Supra note 1, p. 228.
It is beyond doubt that the ICTR, particularly, acts as an agent of victors justice. I believe that this underlying fact is beyond any reasonable discussion.
Firstly, there is the obvious fact that no member of the RPF has ever been charged, never mind arrested or convicted before the Tribunal. There were, at one point, 5 'secret' indictments which were investigated and being prepared under the guidance of Arbour and Del Ponte.
However, the moment the then Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte announced that she would indict members of the RPF, she was summoned to the US State Department and informed that no member of the RPF would be charged. She replied that she didn't work for the US government, and regardless, she enjoyed prosecutorial independence. Within weeks she was replaced and sent to the ICTY.
These are not the rantings of defence counsel, but are detailed in her memoires.
Secondly, we can consider the caselaw of the tribunal, for example the plight of Barayagwiza. After massive violations of his human rights and right to a fair trial, the Appeals CHamber ruled that as a result his prosecution would be stayed. Remarkably, after the Kagame regime threatened to stop all cooperation with the tribunal, the Appeal CHamber overturned its own ruling. The Second Appeal Chamber ruling truly shocks the conscience.
Finally, there are the practical elements that demonstrate the "victor's justice" nature of the ICTR. The defence is constantly confronted with interference from the Rwandan government. In my two cases before the tribunal, I have had countless witnesses intimidated against testifying for the defence. Worse, I have had witnesses arrested and sentenced to life by Rwandan courts after testifying for the defence (where they weren't in jeopardy previously). Finally, there are too many examples of defence witnesses being killed.
More than 60 years after the Nurenberg Trials, those rulings have been dissected and analysed by numerous scholars and academics. While obviously there are well documented examples of victors justice in post WWII tribunals, the convictions have held up well and it is arguable that the rights of the accused were better protected in 1945 than they were today in ICL.
Unfortunately, I hold no hope for the legacy of ICTR 60 years hence. Scholars will look back to the ICTR with anything but praise.


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Pirate Pitching Grows, But Still Room to Improve
Like Tuesday, the goal here is to look at the pre-season expectations for the Pirates in comparison to how theyve actually performed through 2007′s first 88 games. I already talked about the offense, so it must be time to think about the pitching staff. The bullet points refer to the ZiPS projection system made available by Dan Szymborski at Baseball Think Factory this pre-season. Current statistics can be found at Pirates.com....
Three Tribe Stars in Albuquerque
(photos by NancyZ)
This is a strange feeling: being happy that Mike Hessman and Brandon Moss have hit home runs.
The International League All-Stars displayed some early fireworks, and then used the power of pitching to hold on to their lead, beating the Pacific Coast League All-Stars by a score of 7-5 tonight in Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Indianapolis Indians' representatives to the International League team, starting pitcher Bryan Bullington, shortstop Brian Bixler, and infielder Yurendell de Caster, all got into the game.
The International League All-Stars jumped out to a big start in the top of the first inning. Rochester's Matt Tolbert was hit by a pitch, Toledo's Timo Perez doubled to score Tolbert, and then Toledo's Mike Hessman and Pawtucket's Brandon Moss hit back to back home runs. That gave IL starting pitcher, our own Bryan Bullington (photo), a 4-run stake when he took the mound in the bottom of the inning.
Bullington struck out the first two Pacific Coast League batters. Then Tacoma's Adam Jones doubled to center field, and Albuquerque's Val Pascucci homered to left field, cutting the IL's lead to two runs. Bullington struck out the next batter, to end the inning.
Brian Bixler (photo), starting shortstop for the IL team, led off the top of the second inning with a single off the glove of the PCL's shortstop, Colorado Springs' Clint Barmes. Bixler did what he's been doing in Indianapolis all season — he stole second base. Columbus's Brandon Watson, who set a new IL record with his 43 game hitting streak last month, doubled into left field, scoring Bixler.
Bullington returned to pitch a scoreless bottom of the 2nd inning, the first half-inning of the game in which runs were not scored. He gave up a walk to Nashville's Vinny Rottino, but left him stranded on base, and struck out Salt Lake City's Terry Evans in the process. Bullington threw 33 pitches (21 for strikes) in his two innings, giving up 2 runs on 2 hits and one walk, with 4 strikeouts.
Brian Bixler led off the 4th inning as well, and added an insurance run for the IL. He reached first base safely, when he hit a grounder to PCL third baseman, Albuquerque's Scott Seabol, whose throw to first base bounced near the bag and caromed off. Bixler promptly stole second base again, this time without even drawing a throw from the PCL catcher Rottino. Rochester's Matt Tolbert lined a single into center field, allowing Bixler to score easily from second base. Toledo's Timo Perez also singled, scoring Tolbert, and the score was 7-2 in favor of the IL.
The Pacific Coast League came back with three runs in the bottom of the 4th. Omaha's Craig Brazell homered off another IL pitcher, Pawtucket's Travis Hughes. Terry Evans doubled and Vinny Rottino walked, and a wild pitch by Hughes advanced them to third and second bases. Clint Barmes' sacrifice fly scored Evans, and a single by Iowa's Eric Patterson scored Rottino, lifting the score to 7-5.
Pitching dominated after the 4th inning. IL pitchers struck out a total of 11 batters, and PCL pitchers struck out 8. No pitcher stayed in the game for more than an inning after Bullington's two for the IL in the 1st and 2nd, and the PCL's (Portland) Jack Cassel's two in the 2nd and 3rd.
In the top of the 6th, Brian Bixler came to bat one more time, against Travis Driskill of Round Rock. Bixler struck out, as Driskill set the side down in order. Bixler also struck out on a foul tip in the top of the 9th, against Tucson's Chad Harville.
Yurendell de Caster (photo) entered the game in the bottom of the 6th, as a defensive substitution at third base. Two former Indianapolis Indians also entered the game in that inning: Mark Johnson (with the Indians in 2004), now playing for Tucson, batted for C Vinny Rottino (grounded out to second), and stayed in the game to catch for the PCL; Jim Brower, with the Indians earlier this season, and now pitching for Columbus, came in to pitch. Brower faced only one batter, Albuquerque's Robert Andino, and induced a fly out to end the inning.
De Caster got an at-bat in the top of the 7th, and he grounded to the second baseman, for a force-out at second.
The PCL threatened in the 8th inning. De Caster had an assist for the first out, handling a routine grounder to third base. Sacramento's Daric Barton singled, Colorado Springs' Sean Barker doubled, and former Indian Mark Johnson walked. But IL pitcher, Rochester's Bobby Korecky, struck out Robert Andino to end the inning with the bases loaded.
Norfolk's Cory Doyne, the IL leader in saves with 26, came in to pitch the bottom of the 9th for the IL. He got a strike out, a ground out, gave up a single to Tacoma's Adam Jones, and then struck out Albuquerque's Val Pascucci to end the game.
Indians' Bryan Bullington was the winning pitcher. PCL starter, Tacoma's Justin Lehr, took the loss. He pitched only the first inning, giving up 4 runs on one walk and 3 hits, 2 of which were homers. Norfolk's Cory Doyne earned a save. The MVP of the game was Toledo's Timo Perez, who went 3 for 4 with a double and 2 RBI. Indians' Brian Bixler was one of 3 IL All-Stars who played the entire game; also playing the entire game were Timo Perez in left and then center field, and Pawtucket's Brandon Moss in right field. For the PCL, Iowa's Eric Patterson at second base, Tacoma's Adam Jones in center field, and Albuquerque's Val Pascucci at DH all played the entire game.
Oops –ESPN2′s broadcaster Eduardo Perez, in giving the after-game wrap up, said that Bryan Bullington's four strikeouts in two innings should be good news for the "Milwaukee Brewers".
The "Zooperstars", who appeared in last Saturday's game here in Indianapolis, entertained between innings of the game.
Next year's AAA All-Star Game will be held at Slugger Park in Louisville, KY. (Close enough for a road trip?)
Go Tribe!
Bud Selig Says He Doesn't Care about the Pirates
I listened to MLB.com's broadcast of Bud Selig's annual town hall chat yesterday. You can view that 18-minute video here. Selig talked about the playoff system, steroids, expansion, the All-Star Game format and the internationalization of baseball. Of course, the salary cap and "competitive balance" were topics for discussion, too. The commissioner slapped Pirate fans in the face. Mr. Selig, for the good of the...
LaRoche, Bay, Paulino Flop in the First Half
As I mentioned this morning, the goal here is to look at what we expected the Pirates to do in comparison to how they've actually performed through 88 games. The bullet points refer to the ZiPS projection system made available by Dan Szymborski at Baseball Think Factory this pre-season. Current statistics are from Pirates.com. Catcher Paulino: 452 AB, .272/.327/.378, 8 HR, 49 RBI, 1 SB Doumit: 290 AB, .252/.322/.438 Cota: 220...
All Star Brian Bixler
Brian Bixler is spending his three days off this week in New Mexico. No, it isn't a trip home, or a traditional vacation. It's an appearance in the AAA All-Star Game, between the All-Stars of the International League and those of the Pacific Coast League. The 24-year old will represent the Indianapolis Indians and the Pittsburgh Pirates' organization as the starting shortstop for the International League.
This is Bixler's fourth year in the Pirates' organization. He was drafted in the second round of the 2004 draft, and started playing that same season in Williamsport, the Pirates' A-Short-Season affiliate. In 2005, he played the entire season in Low-A Hickory, where he hit a solid .281, with 23 doubles, 9 homers, and 50 RBI. He also stole 21 bases. Bixler started 2006 with the High-A Lynchburg Hillcats. In the first half of the season at that level, he hit .303, with 16 doubles, 5 homers, and 33 RBI, plus 18 stolen bases. That earned him a trip to the Carolina League All-Star game. He was also named to the Carolina League's post-season All-Star Team, even though he had been promoted to AA Altoona mid-season. In 60 games with Altoona, Bixler hit .301, another 13 doubles, 3 more homers and 19 RBI, plus 6 more stolen bases.
As a AAA-level rookie, Bixler has shone at shortstop and in a few games at second base. Though not on the Pirates' 40-man roster, he is definitely on their radar. He started the season with Indianapolis with a 10-game hitting streak, and has since put together two separate 12-game hitting streaks. The second 12-game streak, which ended just two days ago, had him going 15-for-45, with 7 runs scored and 2 RBI. He currently leads the International League hitters with 9 triples. He is 5th in the league in runs scored (55) and second among active IL players in stolen bases (20). Manager Trent Jewett says that Bixler "has made a very good transition" to the AAA level. He was the Indians' Player of the Month for June, and now is participating in the second All-Star game of his career.
Is there a particular aspect of his game that Bixler has been working on this season? "I'm not trying to target just one thing", said Bixler. "I try to get better at everything, work on getting better overall, and get some experience under my belt. I want to be a better player, and play along with all these guys who have been in the big leagues."
He says that he has always had the running and base-stealing aspect of his game. "I guess I stole bases in college. I don't remember how many I had or anything, but I did run a lot. My speed was good." And what about running this year? "I think I'm running in better situations, getting better timing, and getting a better start."
Bixler grew up in Sandusky, Ohio, where he played baseball, as well as football and basketball. His favorite player when growing up? "Omar Vizquel"
He is very familiar with Cedar Point, the town's big amusement park, and can even recommend his favorite ride. "The best in my opinion is the "Millennium Force", he says. "There are a lot of good ones, but that's the one I like best." Unlike many other kids who grew up there, though, Bixler never worked at the amusement park. "I didn't work too often. I was always playing summer ball, or involved in a lot of stuff, so I never got a job there."
He attended college at Eastern Michigan, where he was the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year in 2002, and the Mid-American Conference Player of the Year in 2004 and a Mid-American Conference All-Star in 2004.
"It was a great experience, just to get the opportunity to play," says Bixler. "I really enjoyed myself. I just got a lot of experience there, and it enabled me to get better and grow."
Does he like the city of Indianapolis? "I do, yeah, I do," he says. "It's a good city. It's really clean. I like being here. A lot of good people. It's kind of like a big league stadium. I have no complaints at all. I like it." Another advantage is that it isn't far for Bixler's parents to drive, and they have been able to come to Indianapolis to watch him play.
Playing under manager Trent Jewett this season has also been a pleasure for Bixler. "I like him. He does a great job. He manages well. He's helped me become more familiar with the game, with my game, and what to be looking for as a player out there. He's helped me a lot."
The Carolina League All-Star game last year was a fun experience for Bixler. "It went well. I met a lot of good guys."
And what about the AAA All-Star Game? "I've never been to Albuquerque…. It should be a good time," says Bixler, with a smile. "I'm excited to get there, and see what it's all about."
"I was fortunate to be voted in. There are a lot of good guys who have good numbers. There are a lot of guys who can play."
(photo: Bixler makes the tag at second base– photo by EmilP )
Joining Brian Bixler at the All-Star Game, also representing the Indianapolis Indians for the International League, will be starting pitcher Bryan Bullington, and infielder/outfielder Yurendell de Caster. The game will be televised on ESPN2 on Wednesday July 11th at 7:30 pm from Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Thanks to Brian Bixler for his time!
(Photos by NancyZ unless otherwise specified.)
Go Tribe!
Pirate Nation is Restless
With no vested interest in the All-Star festivities, Pirate fans are eager to get started with the season's second half. (Be honest, you didn't watch the Futures Game to see Steven Pearce, and between last night's derby and this evening's exhibition, the only Pirate involved—Freddy Sanchez—probably doesn't deserve to be there.) We put together a nice run in the last homestand, and I'm...


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Punter strikes back at cold callers - by charging THEM to call HIM
Two years ago Lee Beaumont, fed up of receiving daily phonecalls from telemarketing agencies, connected his home landline to a premium rate phone number and started cashing in on cold callers - covering his costs in less than two months. Beaumont splashed out £12 on an 0871 premium rate phone number, which he promptly gave to …
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"Two years ago Lee Beaumont, fed up of receiving daily phonecalls from telemarketing agencies, connected his home landline to a premium rate phone number and started cashing in on cold callers - covering his costs in less than two months. "
I admire people like this.
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He still has to answer the phone for 7pence/minute (=4.20 quid an hour) --- even at a call centre you get better paid.
I can see the business case if he then employs his kids to answer cold calls at 2.50/hour, though the risk of that is that he might come home to find his roof covered in costly, useless solar panels.
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Didn't sound to me like he "stuck it to them". The whole plan is ridiculous - changing your number so if your mates call you they have to pay? And saying he "made" money? I wouldn't work for £4 an hour chatting to PPI salesmen at the expense of my hard earned leisure time. And nor would any sane person.
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"He also has a Leeds landline number, but reports that as this is shared only with his mum and best friend it doesn't get any cold calls. "
Sounds like a great plan, and he would have answered the calls anyway.
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A premium rate number would be redirected to your normal number (land line or mobile).
The people you trust (ie, family and mates) get the direct number.
Places that request your number that have a risk of selling it on (getting a mortgage quote, signing up for membership of Facebook, etc) get the premium rate one.
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He's not changed his number, all he's done is point his main CLI to an 0870 number, which he than hands out the 0870 number to businesses, or fills in on web forms. You can still hand out the original CLI ie 0161 for example, to your friends and family, they will only get charged at the normal rate.
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" should anyone complain about Lee Beaumont's subversion of the system then he, and the company hosting the number, could be fined"
Although they'd probably have to explain why they ignored the TPS system in the first place.
Unless they were foreign, but then can they actually complain anyway?
Our laws don't apply over there anyway right??
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The surprising thing is that he hasn't started to receive cold calls on his geographic number, or does his line present the 0870 CLI for outbound calls? The reason for asking is two fold:
Firstly, many call centres see and record your CLI when you call them and if it is different to the one on their records will after confirming your identity update your records to associate this number with you.
Secondly, with automatic outbound dialling, it is relatively simple and cheap for a call centre to dial all numbers in an area - remember they only get charged for those calls that connect (ie. someone or something answers).
In soviet Russia...
All private numbers should be given a public 0871
They should make a change so we could all benefit from this clever idea :)
Then you don't need regulator as it would cost the companies money when they called us and go out of business very fast.
In fact if we could charge a copyright fee any time our private information was used Facebook, google...etc would be paying all of us instead of making money out of our info :)
You cannot charge a fee for information that you're stupid enough to sign on and post yourself.
Get real.
"You cannot charge a fee for information that you're stupid enough to sign on and post yourself."
But as Jaron Lanier convincingly argues in "Who Owns the Future?", you should be able to.
Informing of costs?
What, you mean that Ofcom and the telecoms industry has not organised phone numbers so the prefix can be parsed simply to tell you the cost?
Re: Informing of costs?
Suppose he did tell them immediately upon answering the phone that this call will cost 10p per minute, do you think they listen to anything you say during the first thirty seconds of one of those calls?
Re: Informing of costs?
Well to some extent they have:
0800 := Free from a landline
0870/0871 := National rate of 10p minute at all times
So by choosing a 'national rate' number rather than a 'premium rate' number Lee actually satisfies the requirements to give caller's notice about the charges for calling his number.
My number is ex-directory (or whatever it's classed as now) and I'm signed up for TPS and the only annoying phone calls I get are from my mother-in-law, who I would make a fortune from the amount of times she phones a day.
I really can't remember the last time I got a cold call.
Me too
I get no cold calls on my mobile or landline, with the exception of my mobile provider who once every 2 years phone me repeatedly to sell me an upgrade to my phone, and every 2 years I have to explain to them that it's fucking annoying and that I like shiny toys and will upgrade when I have worked out what I want, so STOP CALLING ME!
The mother in law has been trained to call my wifes phone.
Interesting this guy gets so many calls yet has to trawl the web to encourage people to phone him. How about just not putting your phone number in all over the place. Almost no one asks for it now.
I am ex-dir as well, and I am on TPS list, and I still get loads of cold calls. Most say that they are international or number withheld. So many that we are thinking of changing our number. If we do go that route, then I am so getting a premium rate.
Just looked at PhonepayPlus' web site. They say that you need to register at a cost of £300, unless you are exempt. As I read it, you simply have to charge a low rate (under £1 per minute). So, 50p per minute seems fair to me.
This idea is pure genius!
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We only seem to get cold calls to the home landline during working hours so normally we are both at work and miss them, but if you have the occasional day off or working from home day one or two PPI and "survey" calls a day is not uncommon.
I have never given the home landline number to anyone other than the parents and my grandfather, and the cold calls started very soon after the landline was connected. Which suggests the calls come either as a result of random dialling or because whoever had the number before it was allocated to us (telcos do "recycle" numbers) got signed up to lots of junk lists.
I was also getting swamped by cold calls, so we changed our number two years ago, required it be put on the ex-list (as you guys call it) and only gave the number to people that we actually would like to get a call from.
Any business gets our mobile number. For the handful of companies that somehow require our landline number (getting very rare these days), I give it to them with a very stern lecture on what will happen to them if that number gets into anyone else's hands.
So far, not one cold call since.
Re: Really
Let me guess - you are on BT.
My BT number used to be ex-dir and on TPS. It was still called on a regular basis - 10-20 calls a month.
Over the years I have switched the house to new numbers on Sipgate (total 3 of them now - generic house number, my home office and junior's personal number). _NONE_ of them ever gets a called call. The BT phone has been kept for DSL backup. As I am moving the DSL backup to mobile on 3 that number will be exterminated with extreme prejudice within the next couple of days.
Correlation does not equal causation... Usually... At least so the phormal saying goes...
Same here, but I am getting cold-called on a near daily basis. No idea where they got my number from.
likewise I am signed up to TPS, but the PPI calls still keep coming.
It is interesting to note the varying responses I get when I interrupt the caller to tell them that their call is illegal due to my number being listed on TPS - the foreign ones tend to drop the call almost straight away. I get a mixed response from UK based calls - some apologise and hang up, some ignore me and try to continue the call, while one particularly belligerent scumbag decided to try and bluff me as to whether I was actually signed up by demanding my 'TPS registration number' ... which of course is B/S because TPS doesn't give you a registration number.
Being ex-directory only helps a little - The protection should should give you is undone by various companies you have to rely on for things such as utilities - who sell on your details to marketing companies for extra £profit£.
My number is listed, but the problem doesn't seem so prevalent over here in Germany. I get maybe 3 calls a year and they are generally from a research institute.
@ Mattjimf
Wrote :- "My number is ex-directory .. and I'm signed up for TPS ... I really can't remember the last time I got a cold call."
It depends where you live. Many cold callers ring numbers at random. I don't mean random from the Phone Book - I mean an area code followed by a randomly generated number, or simply a number in sequence. In some cities a high proportion of the possible numbers are real ones, so it works for them. So being ex-directory or in the TPS does not help for calls originating abroad.
Thus, in Bristol I got a lot of cold calls, but now that I have moved to a rural area I don't. It seems they do not bother with this rural area code.
@ big_D
Wrote :- "the problem doesn't seem so prevalent over here in Germany. I get maybe 3 calls a year and they are generally from a research institute."
HaHaHaHaHaHaHa !!
I'll tell you a secret. They are marketing droids. They will tell you they are anything except marketing droids. I would say that over half the advertising calls and other marketing approaches I get in the UK start off by saying they are doing "research".
Spam Spam Spam Spammity SPAAAAM
Is there such a thing as a premium rate email address?
Re: Spam Spam Spam Spammity SPAAAAM
"Is there such a thing as a premium rate email address?"I have a different email address for everybody that wants to email me. They all end up in Outlook, and I get practically zero spam (Months between SPAM and no filters at all).
Just recently I started getting some, and just junked that address and the spam stopped. Because the address was unique, I could work out who had leaked it too. In this case it was an ex-pat site who left their mailing list on a viewable "upload" directory on their site - doh!. But for example I know not to use Pixmania or Directline because they sell on the addresses.
Ah but
If he's registered with the TPS he shouldn't be _getting_ those calls, so are they going to complain that they should be given the rate for a number they shouldn't even be calling in the first place?
Re: Ah but
Nice try, but fail.
I doubt you can register an 0871 number with TPS - kind of defeats the purpose of having a number you can publish so that third parties can contact you (which is the purpose of 0871 numbers).
It could be argued that if he didn't publish it, then nobody should be calling it, but as the article says, he did give the number to legitimate parties who requested his number. TPS specifically permits companies you've "given permission" to call you. The fact those companies leak your number is a different issue...
On the plus side, most of the cold callers use automated dialling - so unless the company writing the autodialler included rules to exclude premium numbers then it must be assumed they've consented to any charges associated with calling a particular number. No human dialling - no person can raise an objection to the charges.
Re: Ah but
In theory, however given they explicitly mentioned PPI calls it's probably some shady-sub company in a short-term rented office who bombard people with calls only to disappear and re-appear days later in a different rented office under a different name.
Full marks...
Good on him. Typical though of the 'authorities' to be apocalyptic about an individual using the system for his benefit - and to strike against the bad guys - whereas they are so helpful to the bad guys who don't play by the rules; helpful in most cases by doing bugger all about blatantly illegal activity.
What's not to like about this!
Phone pay plus sound like some dodgy tradesman trying to tell a punter that it's too difficult and it should be left to professionals. You can almost feel their asses puckering at the thought of world+dog doing this. Very, very funny and I wish I'd thought this up.
Question 1: Why the hell do we have premium numbers anyway?
Question 2: Why can BT et al. not simply block numbers for us?
Question 1: Why the hell do we have premium numbers anyway?
So that services can be sold via a phone line.
Question 2: Why can BT et al. not simply block numbers for us?
They can.
>> Question 2: Why can BT et al. not simply block numbers for us?
> They can.
They can block withheld numbers if you pay them (which may block some legit calls). They will not block specific numbers.
You'd think it wouldn't be beyond the wit of BT to notice the vast number of calls coming from a relatively small number of offshore numbers and block them. But oh no, if you get bombarded with these foreign PPI calls or the dreaded silent calls, BT insist there is nothing they can do because it is 'an international call'.
Quick question, do BT make money from connecting an international call?
The problem is that, with Caller Display, the number is encoded within the ringing signal and can be spoofed.
Not sure this is worthwhile
So he gets 7p per minute? That works out to £4.20 per hour. My time's worth more than that...
For what it's worth, I don't seem to get any spam calls - Not sure if this is because I don't really use the landline though - my father in law is the only person who ever calls it.
Re: Not sure this is worthwhile
Since he says he was fed up being interrupted watching Coronation Street, would you rather:
a) get nothing for watching Coronation Street
b) get £4.20 for watching Coronation Street
I prefer options c,d,e,f, etc which doesn't involve watching Coronation Street, but that's a different issue.
Re: Not sure this is worthwhile
answer phone, say "hang on, doorbell just went", put phone on table and carry on as normal. Replace phone when you hear "weewahweewah" etc
Be a yes man instead.
When I receive a cold call I just answer every question with "Yes". Initially the sales twat gets quite animated at the sound of all these affirmative responses but when you state that your name or bank account details are "Yes" as well they begin to realise they are wasting their own time too.
"Are you answering yes to all my questions?"
Hangs up....
If we all did it, all day, everyday, they might get just the message.
Re: Be a yes man instead.
or.. just lay the phone down and go about your business. Return - eventually - and hang up.
Re: Be a yes man instead.
Never tried this one, but I like the sound of it.
Talk to them for a while, and then give your other half a pre-arranged signal. At which he/she yells something like "Are you going to come back to bed and f**k me, or piss about on that phone all day?". The more graphic, the better.
Paris - needs no explanation!
Re: Be a yes man instead.
or interrupt to say there's someone at the door and you'll be back in a moment
or say the person they asked for is just coming to the phone in a moment
and then switch your internet radio to an obscure chinese radio station and leave it - I usually manage to get 5-6 mins of wasting their time before they hang up.
or just use Google Translate to read out the Hindi translation of FOAD.
...simple pleasures
Re: Be a yes man instead.
Like it!
The cold calls are annoying if you're busy but if you're not, it can be a fun diversion to see how long they'll stay on the phone.
I had one PPI chap for the best part of half an hour. Answered initial questions and then very inconveniently developed a bad line when it came to giving my address.
Sure, it's 3... ley... ro... cf... Are you still there? Hang on...
Put the phone down and made dinner, talking more rubbish at 5 minute intervals. Took him ages to give up.
Re: Be a yes man instead.
Oh I like that. I hope you did get to say 'Your call is very important to us. All of our operators are busy right now, but please continue to hold.' Because everyone likes that.
Crime Scene
I prefer the tactic some American guy had (you'll find it online somewhere).
Inform the caller that they have just phoned the scene of a murder and they are now a "person of interest" to the investigation. Demand to know their name, address, relationship with the victim, and whereabouts last night. Intersperse the interrogation with shouts about not walking through the blood and "don't touch that knife!"
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HUDSON, Wis. (AP) -- A weekend event featuring hot-air balloons near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border is scheduled to go on despite a propane shortage that prompted the governors of both states to declare states of emergency.
The Hudson Hot Air Affair was expected to proceed Saturday and Sunday in Hudson.
Balloon pilots have been asked to bring whatever propane they'll need. The gas is used to inflate and lift the balloons, and no additional fuel will be purchased for the event.
Organizers say most of the propane was purchased before the current shortage. The propane supply has dwindled because of the unusually cold winter that increased propane demand for heating, and because of a pipeline shutdown.
About 40 hot-air balloons were expected to go up.
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