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By attorney Shane A. McClelland, Special to THELAW.TV
It's inevitable that you will eventually get a call from a debt collector. I hear about it all the time, from friends, family, colleagues, even my barber. Sometimes it's about a bill they've forgotten to pay, a bill they didn't realize they had, or they have simply fallen behind on payments. No matter what the situation, you still have rights when dealing with debt collectors and deserve to be treated with respect. Below you'll find a brief explanation of the law that protects you, as well as a list of what debt collectors cannot do when they call you.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that applies to every state. Many states also have additional protections for consumers that may afford you additional rights under the law. But for a general idea, we'll just use the FDCPA.
The FDCPA was passed in 1978 and was designed to eliminate the abusive practices of debt collectors and to provide consumers an avenue for fighting back against these unfair and abusive practices. The FDCPA created a laundry list of rights for consumers and guidelines that debt collectors must follow.
The law covers debt collection for household, personal, and family debts (things like mortgages and car loans), as well as credit card debt, past-due utility bills, past-due student loans, medical bills, insurance bills, etc. Basically, any debt that you owe can be subject to this, with one key caveat: it only applies to third-party debt collectors. Meaning if the person calling you works for the company you owe the debt to, the FDCPA does not apply. However, this is typically where some states have beefed up their laws. If you are experiencing harassment from a debt collector not covered by the FDCPA, call your state's attorney general and ask if you have any additional protections. Or call an attorney experienced with consumer law and the FDCPA.
If a debt collector does not follow these guidelines, they are subject to penalties and remedies under the FDCPA. What does that mean for you? Well, it's actually all good news! If you are unfortunate enough to become the victim of an abusive debt collector, you could be entitled to money damages up to $1,000, as well as your attorney's fees and costs. That's right, you could receive $1,000 AND your attorney is paid for by the debt collector. It's an unfortunate and annoying situation, but that's a pretty good deal for consumers.
Unfortunately, not many people know about the FDCPA. I'm not just talking about consumers. Just yesterday, my law partner was talking to a fellow bankruptcy attorney. The other attorney had never heard of the FDCPA, and even said, "I bet a lot of my clients have claims under this." Based on the situation her clients are in (bankruptcy), I bet a lot of them have several $1,000 claims under the FDCPA. That's why it's important to educate yourself and, if necessary, work with an attorney who is knowledgeable about consumer laws.
Educate yourself
The FDCPA is not a long law. I believe it's 21 pages total. However, there's a massive list of things debt collectors can't do and can't say. The list of what they can't say or insinuate is fairly long, so I'll hit the high points and the most common mistakes they make. You'll probably notice a theme running through all of them (coercion). For some collection companies and debt collectors, they ignore law and try to go for the easy and fast consumer buck. That's why I like to think of the debt collector's telephone as a crowbar -- with such a device it is possible to pry one's mouth open wide enough to allow the insertion of at least one foot, typically two. But that works out for you!
The list
This is not a comprehensive list. If you think you have experienced a violation of the FDCPA by a debt collector, you should contact an experienced consumer lawyer, specifically one that has experience with the FDCPA. In this list, I'm also going to include a few other violations that debt collectors commonly make over the phone. These won't necessarily involve you or be things they specifically said.
1. They can't call you from a fake or "stolen" number. This is called "line spoofing." Often times they'll do this to deceive you. It'll be a local number or the number of a government office -- like the police department.
2. Similar to the above, they can't say that they are law enforcement -- the police, sheriff, etc.
3. They also can't threaten to have you arrested. They also can't issue a warrant for your arrest. You can't be arrested for debt.
4. They can't threaten you with physical harm. It sounds kind of crazy, but there have been plenty of cases of this. It typically happens to the elderly or women. The debt collector will threaten to show up at their house, or hunt them down and "beat them up."
5. In general, they can't threaten you. But that includes things outside of physical harm. Things like:
- Threatening to sue you, if they have not done so, or have no intent of actually doing so.
- They can't threaten to garnish your wages. Again, if they have not done so, or if they have no intent of actually garnishing your wages.
- They also can't threaten to put a lien on your property, or repossess your property, if they don't intend to do so.
- They can't threaten to report you to the credit bureau, if they haven't done so, or do not intend to.
- They can't threaten to ruin your reputation.
6. In a similar category to threats, debt collectors also can't use profane language toward you or scream at you. This goes back to you deserving to be treated with dignity and respect.
7. They also can't say they are a lawyer, if they aren't. This one typically comes in conjunction with the threat to sue you.
Other things they can't do
1. Disclose your debt to another person. As a result, they must verify with whom they are speaking on the phone.
2. Similarly to No. 1, they can't disclose your debt to family, friends, or neighbors. They typically do this to embarrass you into paying them.
3. Call you before 8 a.m. or after 9 p.m.
4. Call you repeatedly during a short period of time.
5. Call you at work if you have asked them not to, or if they know your employer doesn't want you to take personal calls at work.
6. Call you and leave a message on a public answering machine.
7. Use deceptive mailings to contact you or mailings that state they are from a debt collector on the outside of the envelope.
8. This last one isn't a "can't do," more of a must do: they must disclose that they are a debt collector, attempting to collect a debt.
What can you do
Again, I want to say that this is not a comprehensive list, just the most common things a debt collector can't do. Just keep in mind that if something feels abusive, harassing, coercive, or deceptive, you may have a claim against that debt collector.
The first thing you should do is start keeping a log of every time the debt collector/debt collection company calls you. Write down the day and time, what the conversation was about, the name of the company, the name of the person you spoke with, basically everything you can. This information will be very helpful to any attorney who works on your case.
After that, find an attorney who is experienced with the FDCPA and other similar laws and call them. Remember, if you have a good case (your attorney will tell you), there is a very high chance that your attorney's fees will be covered if you win the lawsuit -- assuming it doesn't settle before court.
The author, Shane McClelland, is an attorney in Columbus, Ohio, with experience in consumer defense and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.


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With Aiken High School getting closer to a new science and business building on the campus, North Augusta High School is beginning to move toward a similar project.
Bids are expected in the next few months for a science and technology facility that will be located on the left side of the campus, diagonally from the front entrance. The building also will include business classes.
Three years ago, the Aiken County Board of Education failed by a large margin to obtain voter approval for a $236 million construction bond for major work on six schools.
A successful referendum would have provided, in part, a new Aiken High on the same site, while the School District would have sought a new location for North Augusta High.
As an alternative, both schools are getting additions in multiple phases that will take at least 20 years or more to complete. The funds are coming through the district's five-year construction program, as well as its debt service budget.
"The North Augusta site is much more challenging," said Deputy Superintendent David Caver.
"I do think, once we have completed the phases, it will be a really nice school with some obviously dramatic changes. The first phase will bring out some of that."
The existing topography on the campus results in a substantial drop-off behind the school. To accommodate the uneven land, and with limited space, the new building will feature a split plan, with a ground floor and a first floor that's level with the existing building, said Donnie Love of McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture.
That decision "resolved a touchy problem," Caver said.
He added that the project budget is $12.5 million, and construction will take 18 months to two years to complete. Love is hopeful about the bid process, and pointed out that a recent project completed by his firm elsewhere attracted 18 contractors.
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Am I the only one that thinks this class is overrated? Maybe Parker will be impactful right away, but wiggins looks like he needs another year of college. Embiid? Aaron Gordon? Exum? I just don't see it.
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of folks talking big about guys before they've stepped one foot on the college court. I haven't been all that impressed so far.
Won't know for a while IF this 2014 draft is overrated or underrated. Time will answer that question, all else now is just speculation/opinion.
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I really hope this Draft is deep like the '09 Draft. The '09 Draft was stock piled with PG's. This year is more evenly distributed for every position.
We will most likely get a pick in the 20's. We could get a serviceable big man rookie/future starter. Obviously the best big man is Randle and is very similar to Zach Randolph with more athleticism, I'd love to trade up for him but what do we have to offer? Nothing
I think Willie Cauley-Stein will slip because of his raw talent and lack of muscle kinda like how we got DJ. Don't know if he'll fall into our lap but he's who I have my eye on.
I don't think it's overrated. Some of these guys won't become stars right away, but it looks like there's a lot of potential there. You got Parker, Wiggins, Randle, Smart, and possibly Rodney Hood?
That's already more talent than this past year's draft.
I agree with your last statement for sure. However, it is getting annoying that the fans of tanking teams speak as if a high draft pick in this class is a sure savior for a quick turnaround. I don't see any Lebrons or Durant. Embiid has promise for sure, but I don't see a for sure rookie all star.
I think it is expected out of first overall picks. Wall, Kyrie, and our very own Blake were all expected to turn franchises around. Blake had a huge part in our turnaround. Then comparing it to last years poor draft, which will get magnified with Bennett going first. It looks like if all these guys come out, then you might have 5 or 6 guys that are actually worthy of being a first overall pick.
Embiid looks like the only franchise alterer. I think Parker will be a good player but not transcendent.
Overrated, I agree. It's Laker fans who are hyping it up....
A pretty good evaluator of talent also thinks this draft is overrated. His name is Jerry West.
Overrated is to be seen a few years down the line, over-hyped? The latter definitely.


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Having described what I already know about Mercy TROWER and what I want to find out, so now it is time to think about how I am going to do it.
To be honest I am not really sure what more I can do, it seems like I have checked every likely record to find a possible marriage, or two possible marriages for Mercy.
I have ordered her son's marriage certificate, that may give me the name of his father, who may have been the STEADMAN that Mercy was supposed to have married, if not there is another man in her life that I will need to find out about.
The absence of any marriages in England and Wales (according to the GRO indexes) could suggest that the marriage took place elsewhere. There is no obvious sign of Mercy in any online passenger lists, but it may have been that she didn't travel that far, so possibly Scotland or Ireland.
My searches of the GRO indexes have been confined to searching on FreeBMD. I need to actually check the indexes images in case something was missed in the transcription process, but I doubt it very much.
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With paul they'll probably had lost...even in the first meeting they had trouble. JJ can do so much and Jamal off the wing. dud suck and our bench does too
With JJ and CP3, we'd have beating Indiana at home...no doubt in my mind.
With The Pacers defense Hmm... we needed stops and couldn't do it! we need to control the temple and could't do it! we needed defense and could't do that. I love the Clippers but they are by far not a consistent team. Dj has his moments.
Not consistent? Well sure. 2 new starters this year and a new system. It takes a new team some time to develop consistency. Unfortunately, just as we looked like we were figuring it out, JJ goes out. Then CP3. The fact is, I'm pleasantly surprised we've gone 7-2 without Paul so far.
I guess I'm too eager but even when they had the same line up in the beginning it was a problem. I just hear a lot of excuses with this team and the reason why we can't get over. The heat had problems in the beginning and then waste no time getting stops lol I so dislike them but they worked it out early and so did doc with the Celtics.
Yeah, the 7-2 mark without Paul is amazing, but when we consider how good of a passer Griffin can be and that Collison has actually been a starter on other teams we can see that the 7-2 mark isn't a fluke but a sign that we have some real good passers on this team.
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The Palmetto State Teachers Association, along with educators, took minor solace this week in the proposed A-F grading systems for teacher evaluations being dropped off of this year's model.
They, or some nomenclature put in their place, may be back next year, but we agree with Deputy Education Superintendent Charmeka Childs when she said the focus this year needs to be on developing how teachers are evaluated, not a grade only they would see.
Educators see the grade system as degrading. Superintendent of Education Mick Zais advocated for its implementation so teacher assessment terminology would match up with hoped-for changes to school assessment. South Carolina began expressing its federal report card grades in A-F lingo last summer and received plenty of flak for it, although we see it as painting a clearer picture for the public than the grayish "at-risk" or "needs improvement" vocabulary still used in state report cards.
The clearest language possible is needed when it comes to evaluations. "Needs improvement" is the type of mark we received in elementary school, you know, when grades weren't really all that important. When grades took an effect on our future, we received letter grades, but nevertheless, if a proper evaluation system is put in place, broadly accepted grading jargon will likely follow.
South Carolina is working on a model, but education advocates have put the agency's plan on blast for being invalid and unreliable. Here's the problem in a nutshell: The state has to put forth a comprehensive measure for evaluating teacher competency, but the act of teaching is so varied and subjective that it all but defies an accurate assessment.
The evaluation is a required part of the state's exemption from the all-or-nothing provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law. States granted the waivers are exempt from requirements that all students score proficient on state-standardized math and reading tests by 2014.
Zais is pilot-testing the educator evaluation proposal this coming school year and so far, 47 schools in 14 districts have signed on to help it – most of the schools being overwhelmingly rural. More are expected to be added before classes start next month. The U.S. Education Department approved the state's specific plan for evaluations earlier this year, which disappointed those disgruntled educator groups offering their own plan.
Each participating school is piloting four components for evaluating teachers: classroom observations, achievements made by their students, the performance of the entire school, and a fourth method chosen by the district.
School officials will choose one of two ways to handle classroom observations, either by averaging the scores of several observations or requiring several evaluators to reach agreement.
Using human observers seems to be a reliable way to assess a teacher's performance, but the cost of the resources required for a comprehensive human "grade" – dozens of hours spent observing each teacher – can be prohibitive and problem-wracked. The same goes for just measuring the output. In theory, if students improve during a teacher's purview, he/she or the school itself has done a good job, but there's the issue of mitigating the influences of outside-the-schoolhouse factors – demographics, genetics, home life.
There are some hitches with all those options. For the fourth a la carte method, we suggest schools go by student and/or parent feedback. What makes a good teacher is not always reflected on a test score. Teachers awaken your mind in ways you never thought possible. They develop your non-cognitive skills – patience, optimism, grit, awareness, self-control – that will help you succeed in ways outside of school. They're funny, they're demanding, they're role models for how you want to live your life.
We can't grade that kind of knowledge, exactly, but we know it when we see it. And we need it in every classroom in South Carolina.


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This week I am going to set myself the goal of updating my to-do list. I have written about the short-comings of my to-do list and what I would like to do with it, but never actually got around to doing anything about it.
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- Make sure everything on the list is still relevant and needed
- Make sure everything has some indication of where it is to be carried out
- Make sure everything has enough detail to enable it to be carried out
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ATLANTA The four beluga whales at the Georgia Aquarium easily capture the imagination of visitors, with their powerful, ivory-colored bodies and expressive, upturned grins.
But some activist groups are not smiling at the aquariums plan to import an additional 18 wild belugas caught in Russian waters. Animal rights supporters, including People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Humane Society, have mobilized followers around the world to fight the importation, which would mark the first time in almost 20 years that wild-caught belugas have been brought into the country for display.
Aquarium personnel contend that the new cohort of belugas will bolster the genetic diversity of the captive population in the U.S., making that group sustainable for the next 75 years. While the belugas are stars at the aquarium, they also promote understanding and conservation of the species, officials say.
But Lori Marino, a neuroscientist at Emory University who has studied belugas and other cetaceans, said its wrong to keep these animals in tanks.
The request promotes husbandry, not conservation, she said, and shows these mammals cant thrive in captivity. The answer is not to keep replenishing them as they die, but to think whether captivity is a place where they should live. The Georgia Aquariums application for the import permit was made on behalf of a group of marine parks, including the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut and three SeaWorld parks. The animals would be owned by the Georgia Aquarium, but distributed among the six facilities, to better match up breeding adults.
During a recent 60-day period when the National Marine Fisheries Service accepted public input, more than 9,000 comments were entered, most of them negative.
Among the commenters was Courtney Vail, spokesperson for Whale and Dolphin Conservation, an international organization with 80,000 followers.
The premise of this permit is conservation and education, Vail said recently in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
If you want to pick apart the conservation argument and unveil the truth, the permit will fuel international trade in belugas. More will be captured, more will be transported thousands of miles, to sometimes substandard facilities.
But William Hurley, chief zoological officer and senior vice president at the Georgia Aquarium, said in an interview that the aquarium has taken rigorous and costly measures to insure that the importation would not threaten the Okhotsk Sea population and called the idea that the importation would stimulate international trade untrue.
The Georgia Aquarium knew that Russia had been practicing this (wild capture) for decades, he said, and knew they would continue, by providing animals to Asian countries, whether the U.S. became a customer or not.
As to whether belugas should be on display at aquariums and marine parks, the Marine Mammal Protection Act establishes that the display of belugas and other cetaceans can improve their welfare by educating the public about threats to the species, which can in turn promote conservation efforts.
Hurley added that research on captive animals is critical to determine how they will respond to increased environmental threats as Arctic seas warm, polar ice disappears, shipping routes expand in once-frozen water and mineral exploration and pollutants disturb their habitats.
Belugas are intelligent, gregarious creatures who live in family units of 10 or so, but sometimes gather in much larger crowds. They migrate hundreds of miles in the summer.
Opponents object to penning up such creatures in limited enclosures and separating them from their extended families.
With her written protest of the permit, Vail added a link to a YouTube video of Russians capturing Okhotsk belugas in 1999. Also included was an assessment of the tape from her colleague Mark Simmonds, director of science at Whale and Dolphin Conservation, describing the scene as the worst thing that could happen to the belugas short of skewering them on a harpoon.
Hurley rejects this assessment.
I flew there myself and I watched their collection methodology, he said. It is the exact same process that (National Marine Fisheries Service) uses here, when transporting cetaceans, or gathering them for tagging or blood tests.
The Marine Mammal Commission recommended that the permit be approved (with some conditions in particular an assurance of safe transport from Russia to the U.S.) and noted that the Georgia Aquarium has provided significant support for satellite tagging, biopsies, aerial surveys and other methods of determining the health of the Okhotsk group, and other groups as well.
Hurley estimated the aquarium has, over the last five years, already spent $2 million on the project.
Theres opposition to just having marine mammals in human care in general, said Brandon Southall, former director of the ocean acoustics program for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a consultant on cetaceans at California-based SEA Inc. Its an emotional opinion.
Despite claims to the contrary, belugas live longer in captivity, Southall said. Captive belugas help scientists test their sensitivity to undersea noise, a serious concern for cetaceans who navigate by echolocation and whose habitats are disturbed by underwater blasting and ships engines.
That knowledge only came from having animals in human care, he said. You cant do these studies in the wild. The National Marine Fisheries Service will assess the permit application and render an answer by January, said Hurley.


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You can see the blending of yellow, orange, red, and purple on the upper lid. Oh, and those crazy blue gradient brows.
I didn't want to do a full-on blue face which could easily go cheesy, so instead I went for a wash of light blue blended around the eye area like a soft mask. This hinted at Rainbow Dash's coloring without distracting from the strong colors in this look.
Here you can see the full spectrum of rainbow colors surrounding the eyes. Using spiky upper lashes and lower half-lashes really frames the entire eye. The circle lenses I'm wearing are EOS Flower Pink lenses to match Rainbow Dash's fuchsia eyes.
Were any of you huge MLP fans when you were little like me? I used to have a dollhouse filled with the mini ponies that I ran to protect at the start of any natural disaster, like evil thunderstorms. You could say I'm an OG pony-lover. It only made sense that when the creator of Powerpuff Girls came out with an updated My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic tv show, I've been happily watching on Netflix anytime I just want to relax and have a nostalgia fix. It's actually really good!
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I don't know enough about Granger, but to me only Cp3 and sometimes Barnes' toughness benefit the team.
Blake and DJ can be tough, but they get too emotional about it, which always leads to stupid techs / fouls. It doesn't matter if it was really the refs or the opponents fault, because in the end, all it matters is whether these plays help the team.
You can win without being tough.
Now football, that's a prerequisite.
I think we got a good blend of smart play and toughness. Pure tough was turns into the grizzlies which only gets you so far
What is the last "Soft" team to win a championship.
I remember when the best team in the NBA and
championship favorites in MAVS were soft as hell
behind dirk, and they got they ass whooped in the first
round by the warriors.
They went out and got some physical players like Chandler
and they come back to win a championship.
Tough Physical teams win championships in the NBA. Period
Is your world that black and white? Just because I said you don't have to be tough ( used in the context the OP used) to win a chip, doesn't mean I said a soft team can win. I also think you're confusing toughness with defensive presence. The Mavs weren't known and didn't have a defensive presence so they went and got Chandler. His "toughness" didn't win it for them, his defensive presence helped them over the hump.
By your definition of what a soft team is, wouldn't the Miami Heat fall under that category?
Same with the Spurs.
And for the record Tyson Chandler is about as tough as 90% of the league. There's a difference between a defensive player and a tough player.
Miami heat is no where near a soft team. Someone actually made a reel
on youtube of miami's toughness. They shoving people, throwing elbows, and they
have haslem and birdman to give hard fouls and clothesline people who get to rough
with lebron. Spurs are tough as well.
Because toughness isn't a "Stat" many people just don't know what it
is. Hence why you would ask about Miami heat, when they are as tough
as they come.
Just like the pacers.
Chandler is a hardnose (or was) bang in the paint,
physical defensive center. 90% of the league is nowhere
near as tough and physical as Chandler.
I'm starting to get my hopes up - the next game will tell us a lot. Don't want to be disappointed but i think we are the most talented team in west. Might not be able to beat thunder but I think this team should reach conference finals. Anything less is a major disappointment
Not that I'm arguing against you, but that seems to be exactly what you're saying here.
In any case, I do think today's NBA makes toughness into an asset. You can be physical and get away with it, just look at the way the refs let Memphis hit us last season. The obvious exception is if you're name happens to be Kevin Durant, in which case its absolutely unacceptable.
I don't know if I would say we are building toughness because we were already a tough team. What we've seen so far this year is our guys learning how to grind it out. We were always great playing fast and free but have learned how to win even when we are not playing that great. We still want to rum and play free but if anyone decides they want to play slow and ugly we are not afraid anymore to get right down in the mud and slug it out.
Agreed, what people generally describe as toughness in the NBA is kind of overrated, and if our win, you're automatically considered tougher too.
Sorry, no it doesn't. You seem to think not being tough automatically means soft. I don't see it that way...You do. I suggest you read the first post to get a context of what he means by tough. My rebuttal is specifically catered to the context of what he describes as tough. A coach getting techs , getting into the face of the refs, and not backing down to anyone is just some of what he describes as "tough".
You describe the Griz as being tough but they don't have a chip to show for it. A team like the Spurs who I don't consider "tough, by your standards, beat them to get to the finals. Look at us this year, they're still beating us. The Grizz have a identity and it fits them well. We don't have that but I feel we can get further than them playing our way.
As far as us being tough, JJ went to shake the hand of Cousins after he smakced him down. Add insult to injury, Cousins left JJ with his D*** in his hands while he walked away. we are who we are but I don't think we're soft.
Clippers are a TOUGHNESS team, we forced so many 20 sec violations last night and our defense Choked them!
Toughness is really overrated. As long as your team isn't super soft its fine and our team definitely isn't that despite what some critics say.


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At last some reasonably good weather allowed me (and my wife) to head back to the South Downs and my first proper hill walk of the year. We revisited a section of the South Downs Way that I walked last year.
The weather forecast was good (no rain, a little cloud and light winds) but it took a couple of hours for the sun to finally break through and for some of the mist to clear, although the visibility was never really that good.
We started at the village of Washington, West Sussex taking a slightly different route to the one I had taken last year (but still part of the South Downs Way), taking a bridge over the busy A24 London to Worthing road and not crossing at road level as I had done last year. The advantage of this route is that it took us past Washington Church, where my 5x great-grandparents Thomas HAYBITTLE and Mary DALE were married in 1776.
The climb up to the top of the hill was made slightly tricky by the muddy conditions underfoot, we have had a fair bit of rain over the last couple of days, but it was possible in most places to pick a way through the mud and puddles. Once we were at the top of the hill the going became a lot easier and a lot flatter.
As the weather conditions improved so did the views, the best views should have been to the south towards Worthing and Littlehampton on the coast but the mist pretty much put paid to that. At Chantry Post we took a detour off the South Downs Way and took a path slightly further north giving a much better view of the landscape at the foot of the hills.
The view to the north was dominated by the village of Storrington, West Sussex (pictured above) and this detour also gave me a perfect excuse to pay a visit the trig point at Kithurst Hill. The path went right past the trig point and I was unable to resist a few photos.
Slightly further along (past another trig point at Rackham Hill) we were looking down to the village of Amberley and the River Arun (pictured above). There was a lot more blue sky now, although there was still some cloud about, so the sunshine wasn't continuous, but if it wasn't for the slightly muddy conditions underfoot it would have been almost perfect walking conditions, not too hot and not too cold.
It was great to be back on the South Downs, looking east and west along the hills brought back many fond memories of my walking last year, it was also good to be familiar with the route now and I can't wait to walk the entire route again later in the year (hopefully).


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Because of this influx, I thought it would be a fun break from tutorials and reviews to a haul video of some things I've picked up lately. I don't do hauls very often so forgive me if I'm supa' boring. ;)
You can see the colors a bit better here. The leather Theory blazer is one of my lucky finds from a consignment shop which I found in a size 0 for only $30! I think my eyeballs popped out of my head when I went home and looked up the original price of other Theory leather pieces. I almost cried for joy. XD
Here you can more properly (Barely, since I'm wearing black pants. Oops.) see my new boots from Stuart Weitzman. Black suede, knee-high wedge boots, just exactly like I was searching everywhere for! I'll have to buy an insole since the insides are slippery with socks but I can't wait to wear them out. They aren't at all awkward on my skinny chicken calves. I will say though, that they are 3.5" tall, not 3" so good for shorties like me, not so good for mighty walking days.
others' reviews on the Alterations Needed forum!) This isn't the greatest picture but you can see that the UK petite 4 is slightly roomy on me. Although it's not terrible, I did take to it my tailors to make it cuter and shorter so I will have to do an updated post when I get it back. My tailor said it would be perfect for attending a summer wedding. ^_^
My second ASOS purchase is also in a blush pink color and it covered in ruffles!!!! Ahhhhh.... But actually, the size US 0/UK petite 4 fits quite perfectly around the arm holes and body.
But honestly, for most days I'll definitely be layering this baby. I foresee this outfit with a blazer popped on top for a cute work look. :)
I've been search everywhere, especially in the last 4 years but even before then, for the perfect dark-wash, bootcut jeans and came up time and time again empty handed. I was so excited when I bought these from Hautelook because obviously, they fit me perfectly. LOL!
Okay, so they need a bit of a hem. *cough* A LOT of a hem. Designer denim always seems to be 2 feet too long! Seriously, is there someone out there with my hip measurement and legs this long? Really? But actually, I am in love with the "Dark Night" wash and the rest fits quite better than nearly everything I've tried. Winning.
Another of my perfect dark denim jeans requirements is that they have no obnoxious back pocket detailing. Frankie Bs tend to often go over the top with their pocket details so I'm glad this is so plain. This also shows the slight bagginess which was eliminated with a wash and the waist being taken in as well.
Also, I flat-ironed my hair which I haven't done in at least a year. I like it straight with the ombre dye!
Last but not least, here's an image showing my lone fail out of my hauls. I had high hopes for this Muubaa leather jacket from Hautelook since it's a UK size 4, but it's pretty ginorm. This is me practicing my bat wing flap. Definitely will have to be a return which is sad because it's nice and weighty and the leather's soft.


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I'm okay with this loss. We get a few days rest then play the HS JV team I mean the Lakers. I think we are a lock at the 3 now we just wait and see who we end up playing in the post season. Hopefully we get Crawford and Granger back before the playoffs start
I hate when they lose - sucks that dallas finally won
How was Blake griffin? i saw in the highlights in NBA that Blake turns his ankle> is he OK????
If OKC had losed tonight I would have gone balls out to win this game but since they didn't I would have sat out the starters when mavs started separating themselves in the scoreline
Don't mind the loss after they had such a hard fought comeback against the Suns on the previous night. Guys almost pulled it out again tonight, but just didn't have the energy.
I think now that the 3rd seed is pretty much set, it's all about getting healthy for the playoffs (please please please let Blake heal up), and figuring out which lineups will work best when we get there.
It is time to play some of the stars limited minutes.. that 2 seed is out of reach imo and i don't know if the rockets will catch us. I doubt it. Just be healthy for the playoffs.
Get comfortable with the 3rd seed and a 7 game first round series with Golden State and losing to okc in the second round.
3-point defense was a little suspect, but other than that I think we played really well. A few suspect calls down the stretch, but they really weren't the difference in the game. If we'd have just made the same amount of our high-% looks as Dallas did, we'd have won by 10.
Collison is one of the biggest steals in the NBA.
Oh, well. 3-1 is probably a fair result for this season series. Looks like we're locked into the 3-spot now. Time to get healthy for the postseason.
We were tired and the Mavs were hungrier. No chance of getting the 2nd seed anyway so frankly I don't care.
DC has been playing PHENOMENAL. With a full squad, him crawford barnes or DG baby of the bench is pretty damn scary!
Actually there was a very good chance. We would be one game back if we won. And okc playing pacers suns and other tough teams coming up
In my opinion our starter should just slow down we don't need to work hard just prepare for the PO we are 6 games ahead of the rockets and a little chance to overtake the OKC. Reduce the playing time and reserve the legs of Blake CP3 and and DJ fine if JJ will play in a limited minutes. Let the bench finish the remaining games.
Let our bench played their little sister.
The confidence is just pouring out of you!
As Ralph would say, "don't tell me how it is going to end".
Game was lost in a big part because we got nothing from the bench offensively outside of JJ who had rust on his shot. JJ should and more than likely start going forward which gives Collison more opportunity to boost bench scoring. Not worried about Crawford and Collision as they should be able to play off each other and just go crazy with each others touches. Granger starts and Barnes helps the defense of the second unit.
No we would be 1.5 games back and the Thunder will destroy the Pacers.
That Is true. Imagine how good our bench will be when JC, Collison and Granger are on it.
I think it is time to rest some of the guys after 1-2 more games...we aren't going to be getting 2nd seed and aren't going to lose 3rd.
i have to agree with icecold. i think barnes would help the bench a lot more than granger would. granger starting and barnes off the bench would really help build the team chemistry a little faster.
Call me crazy, but I still think we can beat OKC even without homecourt advantage. That team doesn't scare me, and yes, they get all the calls at home, but they get the same bogus calls on the road too, so it's not like that changes anyway.
Bogus calls scoreboard:
OKC: FTA's per game....25.2 @ home, 24.2 on the road.
LAC: FTA's per game....30.6 @ home, 27.3 on the road.
Hmmm...keep up the good fight
Do agree we have a good chance against OKC whether or not we have HCA.
Number of free throws is not the only barometer of the officiating. You also have to consider the in-game context, timing, and correctness on a call-by-call basis.
Durant especially gets bubble-boy treatment from the refs every game that nobody in the league other than Harden gets. Defenders aren't even allowed to guard him without suddenly finding themselves in "foul trouble" off cheap calls if Bubble Boy's stats aren't looking too good (see: Kawhi Leonard last night). He still gets free throws off his cheap rip-through move even though the league promised two seasons ago to stop rewarding it. It's not even garden-variety superstar treatment, his stats are literally inflated by bogus officiating on both sides of the court.
It's not just me whining, literally every fanbase notices it. He's becoming widely known as "Duref" or "FT35."
You're reaching. "Correctness" of the call depends upon the fan base, lol. We get our "fair" share of so-called bogus/bubble boy fouls no matter how you spin it. I'm sure a lot of fans think the same about Blake or CP3.
Every fan base would love to have "Duref" or "FT35" on their team. He's a great player. Stop the whining.


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This is a fascinating topic to me because I personally didn't wear makeup on a regular basis until I was 21, a junior in college. Don't get me wrong, I love makeup. It's an artform and it does make me feel confident and expressive. I'm not going to say that my bare face is loveliness... quite the contrary actually. I'm rather plain and my high school and college years were right at the worst of my acne problems and I was grandly overlooked by classmates. BUT what I learned was to be okay with myself for who I was inside and let that define me as a person, not my face.
It's strange to now be in the world of youtube and blogging because so many people out there see your face before they bother to read your words or listen to what you have to say. There are snap judgements made and I think people get offended if you don't look how they want you to look, talk how they want you to talk, or apply makeup how they think is best. Isn't that just the most bizarre concept? But we all do it without comprehending why, or considering what that person is going through and feels.
So yeah, I just wanted to write my two cents. I'm not saying it's easy to love yourself with a bare face but I think it is important to love who you are as a person, disconnected from your face and body, first. And we should also love others with no makeup too. From doing makeup on other people, I get the joy of seeing lots of beautiful women with no makeup on and I'm always delighted to see the potential in their canvas. This woman has gorgeous green flecks in her brown eyes, and this woman has wonderful rosy lips. This one has beautiful dark eyelashes, and this one has delicate hairs on her face which act as a natural mattefier. No woman isn't beautiful.
On that note here is me with a deep breath *gulp* showing my bare face.
Photos without makeup, straight from the camera. Not even lighting correction. Just resized and watermarked. (Ahhhhhhh!)
Bravery always feels a bit naked. ^.~
Here's to No Makeup Day!


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DENVER � A Fox News Channel reporter will fight any attempt to force her to reveal her sources for a story about Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes, the reporter�s lawyer said in a letter made public Thursday.
Holmes� attorneys are trying to force reporter Jana Winter to disclose her sources for the story, which described the contents of a notebook that Holmes sent to a psychiatrist. Winter�s story cited unidentified law-enforcement officials.
Also Thursday, Holmes� lawyers disputed a claim by Winter�s attorney that they had made no attempt to contact Fox. Holmes� lawyers said they made numerous attempts.
Holmes� lawyers say whoever told Winter about the notebook violated a gag order imposed by Judge William Sylvester, and they want Sylvester to punish the person responsible.
Holmes is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the July 20 shootings, which left 12 dead and 70 injured.
After numerous investigators testified under oath that they did not speak to Winter, Holmes� lawyers said they wanted to subpoena Winter to force her to identify her sources.
Winter�s lawyer, Dori Ann Hanswirth, said in a Jan. 29 letter to Holmes� attorneys that shield laws in New York and Colorado protect Winter from demands to reveal her sources.
�We urge the defense to abandon its pursuit of testimony from Ms. Winter,� the letter said.
Hanswirth sent a copy of the letter to prosecutors, who submitted it to the judge in a motion.
Predicting the outcome of attempts to learn the identity of unnamed sources is difficult because the facts vary from case to case, said Gregg Leslie, legal defense director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
�This case has been particularly troublesome because there has been a reflexive move to seal everything,� Leslie said. �You often see your biggest leaks when there�s too much of an attempt to clamp down on things.�
Hanswirth�s letter accused Holmes� lawyers of misleading the judge when they said in a court document they had tried to contact Fox News.
Hanswirth�s wrote that there had been no such attempt. She called the assertion a �misrepresentation� and �highly inappropriate� and demanded an explanation.
Holmes� lawyers filed a motion Thursday insisting they had made about 24 attempts to reach Winter, Fox or the network�s legal department.
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I blame some of the t.o issue on Doc and Paul we can see he is struggling we need the offense to run through Paul.
Terrible call. All ball dumb refs.
Bogus foul call on CP. Sheesh.
Danny bingo!!! Woot!
Daaaaaannnnyy for 3!
Who are these refs and why do they still have jobs?
Yahoo! Granger for 3!
Terrible near turnover but nice job by Green to save it and Granger by knocking down the 3.
DANNY!!!! Nice!
Granger!!!!!! Davis and Granger are really good on D.
Cold blooded granger
Good job by the 2nd unit.
Phew!! Clips up 10 now. Keep up the defensive pressure in the 4th quarter, Clippers. Don't let up on the gas.
We have been contesting shots like mad all game. (except for teardrops and layups)
Big time shot Granger should look to get him going in the 4th.
Blake Working on a quadruple double!!!
20 points, 5 assists, 6 rebounds and 7 TOs!!
Danny shooting well and Willie goes for a bingo!!!
Turk and Davis front has yet to work but doesn't matter since in the playoffs either Jordan or Blake will be on the court all the time.
Amazing the flip the bench has made.
GRANGER!!!!! I am telling you about this guy. This isn't even when we are up by 40+ we are up by 6 or were now we are up atleast 10-12 thanks to Granger and Green. 3 in a row by grnager
Granger making me proud! Can we all agree a big upgrade over jared?
Granger is a beast!
Wow!! How "washed up" did Granger look??? lol.
Granger is hot!!! His now a starter..lol
Weapons... So many weapons!
Clippers playing great defense. Another air ball by the Hawks.
Clippers defense is really good.
Proud of Granger making his shots.
One of the Hawk coaches looks like a black Ryback.
Clippers up by 9, but it's still too close for comfort. Need a bigger separation.
Blake coast to coast!
Collision pass on Blake.lol
Collison with some baaaad passes
Blake going to have one hell of a headache in the morning.
In trying to pass the ball, did DC just hit Blake in the head with the ball? Lol Poor Blak gets hammered every which way.
matt barnes 2 airball... replace him with granger.........!!!
Paul needs to take over.
Wtf is Blake doing?!
Damn It! Put Granger back in
We should of kept the bench in and brought in DJ to give them size.
And just like that, it's a 2 point lead. If Blake is injured, he needs to be taken out.
EDIT: And just as I say that, he gets a and-1 lol.
Blake redeems himself.
what the **** is this bullshit?
Money ball on Blake.
OMG, this is nerve-wracking.
Thank you Blake. Playing like an MVP for the entire season
Wow, this is pretty pathetic. Way to let them back into the game.


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Police respond to burglary, find pot growing operation
Tenants wanted for questioning in drug case
Police responded to a burglary call Tuesday in Independence and said they found a marijuana grow operation at the home.
Officers were called to a home on Mills Road after a prowler was reported, and they said they found the house unlocked.
Police went inside to check for a burglar and said they found one suspect, 21-year-old Devin Mason, of Covington, and an active grow operation.
Mason was charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, four counts of burglary and one count of theft. A teenage girl also charged with first-degree burglary.
The home's tenants, 34-year-old Ronnie Friskey and Gilda Trevino, were not home and have not returned since, police said.
They are wanted for questioning in the grow operation.
Police said they seized about 500 marijuana plants and various equipment used to grow the plants. They also seized a large amount of cash, police said.
Mason is suspected in a string of Kenton County burglaries, two involving firearms.
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We also reported on a Stanford University study that calculated that there's enough wind near shore and over land combined to produce at least half the world's power demand by 2030, using what the researchers say is the most sophisticated climate model ever created.
As the installed base of turbines has grown, manufacturers view operation and maintenance services as an increasingly important revenue stream. That's been especially true during the industrys current slowdown. One reason for the contract price drops has been better service performance of the turbines themselves. Another is more competitive bidding among turbine manufacturers for service contracts. It's interesting to note that the period covered by the analysis coincides approximately with the worldwide financial downturn, which put the brakes on growth in many industries and heated up competition.
One reflection of turbines' improved performance and improvements in wind farm management is the fact that the contracts' average availability guarantees reached 96.9 percent. The report noted that such guarantees for actual energy production are becoming more common.
The participants in this first Operations and Maintenance Price Index expect contract pricing to remain relatively stable until at least 2015, according to the report. The most competitive pricing of all markets occurred in the US.
In the future, the Index will be updated twice a year.
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