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One thing that has defined my travels throughout my life has been music. Whether the Beach Boys and Simon & Garfunkel when I was younger and travelling with my parents or more recently, Boards of Canada whilst spending a chilly winter evening surrounded by the Alps – it helps to create a mood, it reminds us of the past and helps us forget and it can set the tone for an entire holiday (think road trip). It's our very own soundtrack to whatever we happen to be doing – and it's an indispensable part of slow travel.
My playlists aren't going to be the usual hippy on a beach type of affairs so look away now if a bit of rock or the term real music offends, because far too often, travel playlists are much too focused on travel. That is, playlist after playlist appears with tracks such as The Clash's London Calling or Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way – I'm not arguing their validity – I'm just hoping to remind travellers that just because you're going to Japan – it really doesn't mean you need to listen to Turning Japanese on repeat. That's not to say that there anren't any "travel songs" in this playlist – 'cos there are, just less of the usual and more of the unusual. In fact – my all time favourite song that conjures thoughts of travel and reminds me of travelling to Germany to be with my then girlfriend (now wife) makes an appearance at the end of the playlist – Suede's almost unknown and yet incredibly beautiful – "Europe Is Our Playground". More than that, I hope my playlists will also be a little more than mere music – I'll to capture the essence of an era, a genre or a place and write some interesting facts about the music and bands that are a part of it – so hopefully you'll learn something too.
Alternative 90's Travel Mixtape |The Music
This is the first out of what I'm sure will be many playlists. I'm a 90's kid at heart – and today's playlist is a homage to that fine decade – a musical journey through 90's alternative music: rock, a bit of pop, grunge, trip hop and electronica. I've added a brief bit of info on each track below and have created a Spotify playlist and welcome you to add it to your playlists and while you sit on a train, in your home, walking down the street, in the hotel or on a flight – sit back and imagine slotting a cassette tape into your walkman and hit play like it's 1995. Let me know what you think in the comments and feel free to make some suggestions for future playlists in the comments!
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Alternative 90's Travel Mixtape | The Tracks
This mixtape is a collection for anyone who loved the alternative sounds of Silverchair and Soundgarden as much as the chilled beats of Portishead and Orbital, the hooks of The Dandy Warhols and the gorgeous Britrock melodies of Mansun.
The Dandy Warhols – Every Day Should Be A Holiday
This track sums up the 90's for me. It's upbeat and carefree, and it made an appearance in There's Something About Mary. Courtney Taylor-Taylor was never more right: everyday should be a holiday.
EMF – Unbelievable
Unbelievable was released when I was barely 7 years old, right at the beginning of the 90's – it mixed hip-hop style samples, rock guitars and typically southern-England vocals – lots of accent, plenty of bass and a bevy of samples of Andrew Dice Clay – the Dice Man in Pretty in Pink! Listen out for the casual "what the fuck" in the backing lyrics, which was played on air without any censorship, even when the song reached number one in the UK and was played relentlessly by everyone.
Leftfield- Open Up (Full Vocal Mix)
This is easily one of my all time favourite dance tracks. It features the wonderful John Lydon of Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited who delivers a superb punk vocal over a deep and dark piece of electronica. Interestingly, shortly after the track rose to fame, sometime in the middle of 1993 – and became a regular on dance floors everywhere – there were a number of tragic forest fires throughout Southern California, and the "Burn Hollywood, Burn' lyric was seen as inappropriate – leading to the song's virtual banning on radio in America. I don't care where you are in the world – this is still as relevant today, 22 years later, as it was in 1993. The female backing vocal/ sample adds a kind of Goa trance element to the otherwise acid style electronica.
King Missile – Detachable Penis
This one is perhaps one of the most obscure tracks on this playlist – but it's great. I was first introduced to it through an episode of Beavis & Butthead shortly after its release. It's just impossible for me to listen to it without wearing a huge childlike grin (it's silly). This is on my current generic travel playlist which I listen to when I go anywhere – and it never fails to amuse. The music is pretty generic – though I like the organ (hah – sorry!) – and the vocals that show the group's beginnings from open mic poetry nights in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
No Doubt – Spiderwebs
No Doubt are just essential to any 90's rock playlist in my opinion – whether your taste is rock, pop, ska or R'n'B. This is the opening track from their breakthrough album – Tragic Kingdom, and a great piece of 90's pop-rock.
Primitives – Crash ('95 Mix)
A classic road trip song. Featured on countless travel playlists, millions of compilation CD's and billions of movie soundtracks. It's indie-pop at it's most mindlessly cheerful.
My Bloody Valentine – Sometimes
My Bloody Valentine were responsible for some of the most tragically beautiful music of the 80's and 90's. This track is trademark to their sound – layer upon layer of reverb feeds the guitars into a dreamy vocal line that explores love and longing – perfect for a lazy summers day spent in an overexposed photograph of an overgrown field.
Alice in Chains – I Stay Away
Alice in Chains were, and remain, my favourite of the early grunge groups. Their sound started off very much in the rock & roll metal/ glam side of music and they slowly drifted to a softer post-punk sound that mixed country-esque melodies with deep thoughtful and often beautiful vocal lines. Their sound is less chaotic than Nirvana but was often just as heavy. This particular track though goes beyond that – it begins with acoustic guitars and a deep bass line that mingle with a string section all to the opening line of "Yeah, I want to travel south this year" and later, the repetition of "I stay away".
Silverchair – Pure Massacre
It's difficult to pick a Silverchair song – when I was a teenager Silverchair supplied some of the most cheery (and yet not) grunge-inspired rock songs, which I listened to on every bus and train ride. This isn't the cheeriest of the bunch but the opening acoustics overlaid with that trademark Australian purr set the tone for what is one of the best hard rock tracks of the late 90's.
Whale – Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
Another slightly obscure track, but to those that were in the know – Whale were as addictive as any drug and as relentlessly followed as any religion. Their rocky trip-hop sound defied any real genre and they took fans from metal, rock, pop and indie and even toured with the likes of trip-hop legend Tricky, as well as cult acts such as Placebo and Blur, but it was the funk bass and distorted guitars that set them apart…. That and their somewhat hypnotic lead vocalist – Cia Soro – who wailed like a true diva… with braces. The video for Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe won the first MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video in 1994.
Gun – Word Up
What can I say? I like cheesy rock covers..and they don't get (much) cheesier than this one. Gun hail from Scotland and managed, back in the dewy days of 1994, to secure a number 8 in the UK singles chart with this track – adding some typically Scottish swagger, a guitar solo that wouldn't be out of place on a GnR track and serious amounts of attitude to one of the 80's (and Cameo's) most loved funk songs.
Mansun – Wide Open Space
The first time I listened to this song my only thoughts were "wow", "just beautiful" and a little more "wow". This is a song of memories and I have, sad as it may be, sat in the middle of nowhere and listened to this and thought all those same things whilst glaring at an impossible ocean and the vast expanses of the sky.
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
The video for this song is a journey of itself (take a look) – but the song is haunting and stunning in places – the chorus is a lesson in melody and the guitars seem to simply wash in and out, while the vocals, expertly delivered by Chris Cornell weep through every part of the song – speaking of a chaotic future and creating a surreal, sad landscape (utterly different from the uplifting feel of the musical segments). Cornell once said about the line, "Times are gone for honest men", that "(it's) really difficult for a person to create their own life and their own freedom…" which I think is apt. Personally I prefer the incredibly beautiful line "heaven send hell away no one sings like you anymore".
Faith No More – Stripsearch
Faith No More were never exactly known for being ambient but this track achieves a level of ambience that most ambient bands never do and probably never understand – in fact it's got a sound that's closer to Portishead than anything else. The bass line steadies the entire song – while the vocals flutter in and out of various melodies – stopping briefly to make way for Hudson's stark and beautiful guitar solo, which seems to stand outside of the song creating an otherworldly ambience. Intriguingly the video was filmed in Berlin and shows vocalist Mike Patton walking through parts of the city to a military checkpoint, when he hands over his passport for inspection the guards are set on Patton who is then held at gunpoint and arrested, before the video flips to the earlier part of the day pointing to Patton being a criminal. It always reminded me of going through passport control – so watch this next time you have a bad time at a passport control point.
Orbital – Halcyon And On And On
I'm as guilty of loving this track as anyone who was bombarded by it's presence on the airwaves in the 90's or anyone else who ever attended a beach party – anywhere in the world – ever. It's gorgeous. It conjures memories of deep blue skies fading into impossibly long horizons and the warmth of a sunset on a deserted beach. It is quite possibly the ultimate beach song.
Sneaker Pimps – Six Underground
The Sneaker Pimps were late comers to the whole trip hop scene, and they brought with them a poppier aesthetic – layers of sequenced electronica and the girlish vocals of Keli Ali. True she only stayed around for one album – making way for the enigmatic Chris Corner (who was a founding member of Sneaker Pimps and later went on to form the excellent IAMX) after that, but that one album was simply wonderful. Six Underground is my favourite, and the biggest track, from that album. The slow and elegant hip-hop beats layer a rhythm beneath deep offerings of reverb and ambience, while Ali's vocals, laid back and yet overt carry the song to perfection.
The Smashing Pumpkins – Ave Adore
I was torn as to what to put on this list – between 1979 and Ave Adore – I chose Ave Adore as I remember when it was released – spring of 1998 – it was a beautiful spring and I remember buying the single and riding the bus to school with my earphones jammed in to my ears having a great time lost in the strange theatre that this track provides. The video for this is simply beautiful – a glimpse into said theatre. Particularly notable is the deviation from the typical Pumpkins sound that this album brought – many weren't a fan of this somewhat softer side – I for one loved it.
Life of Agony – Weeds
Another mid-90's track that was so important for the generation. We used to skate and bmx to a soundtrack of mixtapes – and this track was a constant on those tapes – no matter who made it. Life of Agony bridged the gap between hard rock and the mellower alternative acts of the day. There's an important message buried in this track – particualry visible in this line:
"I've wasted so much precious time Been skating along these fine lines Now these weeds have grown where the sun once shown And my life has passed me by.."
Ozzy Osbourne – Walk On Water (Demo)
I'm simply not a fan of Ozzy, never liked Black Sabbath and never got the reality TV show, but this track hits a spot. There is a mystical somewhat fantasy-like feel throughout – and it adds a great ambience to any road trip. The biblical references in the lyrics are better realised than he generally tends to achieve and the vocals fit the more laid back musical style – especially the synth/ heavily effected guitar that comes with the "I don't walk on water" line.
Live – I Alone
Live's somewhat religiously buddhist message was lost in this track – the words "I alone love You" being taken for a simple love song – instead of conveying the message that religion and truth must be found for oneself – not through the words of others. It's a powerful and uplifting track regardless of the message.
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Who didn't love the Foo Fighters of the nineties? The comedic feel of much of their later work was very much there – only holding the hand of an alternative 90's rock band that still knew how to throw in the occasional bit of metal – with poppy, beautiful melodies. Foo Fighters were one of a few bands that were responsible for putting rock music back in the charts (in England at least) and this track, and wonderful video, was their best. I've spent many a drunken night singing along to this track from Sheffield to Bangkok.
Bush – Swallowed
The slow paced grungey feel of this song complete with bass dropouts, croaky vocals and heavy dirty guitars made it a huge success in Britain – peaking as it did at number 7 in the charts. It's lived on to be not only Bush's most successful songs but also easily one of their best. It ends quite simply on "I gotta get away from here".
Deftones – My Own Summer (shove it)
I still to this day treasure my 7 inch gold vinyl of this track (though it's buried away on storage at the moment). One of the best metal bands of all time and one of their most mind blowingly beautiful songs. It's a summer song with a bit of a difference – trademark guitars and whispy vocals – heavy choruses and light bass-led verses – this is what 90's nu-metal was all about. It's not too complicated, it's heavy and it's melodic. It's said that My Own Summer was written in Seattle during the hot summer of 1994, feeling trapped Chino Moreno boarded up his windows with aluminium foil and wished that the people on the streets would disappear and the sun would go away. He called this dreamworld "his own summer".
Portishead – Wandering Star
Portishead were one of many Bristol based bands to make trip hop a world-wide thing. Their trademark rolling beats sit under layers of samples and delicate synth work and of course the often haunting and beautiful vocal work of Beth Gibbons – a sound synonymous with Bristol in fact – a sound that is both uplifting and dark – or as some have called it – a joyful melancholy. Interesting fact – Portishead is in fact a seaside town a short 8 miles away from Bristol where several members of the band grew up.
Suede – Europe Is Our Playground
As I mentioned earlier – this is my all time favourite travel song – of any genre. I bought the single for Suede's Trash back in 1996 and this was the unexpected, though utterly incredible b-side. I fell in love with it then and it still sends a flutter through my heart every time I hear it. It became that bit more poignant years later in 2009 when I started dating my beautiful wife Maria – she lived in Berlin at the time, so I would spend plenty of time in Europe whilst flitting between there, northern England and London. I adore the light bass line, the light ambient aesthetic and the subtle electronics in this song – but of course it's Brett Anderson's vocals that finish the track perfectly. Incidentally, we are currently working on a series of light, visual travel books – and this is the track that has inspired the titles.
I wouldn't normally do this, but I love the lyrics, so I've added them below for your pleasure:
Run with me baby, let your hair down through every station, through every town run with me baby, let's take a chance from Heathrow to Hounslow, from the Eastern Block to France
Europe is our playground, London is our town so run with me baby now
Run with me baby, let your hair down through every station, through every town run with me baby, let's make a stand from peepshow to disco, from Spain to Camber Sands
Europe is our playground, London is our town so run with me baby now…
Suede – Europe Is Our Playground
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So…there has been a serious lack of posting going on lately, but I am not to blame for this! My computer crashed last week and I have been computerless since then. It has been a serious inconvenience not only just because it makes it almost impossible to blog- but also because most of my class work requires the use of a computer. Needless to say, I am anxiously awaiting the return of my computer- which is at the moment sitting at UNIL "migrating" information. I'm not entirely sure what that entails, but I do know that it has been doing this since last Wednesday. Well, enough about my computer. On to interesting stuff…
I'm working on a borrowed computer, so this will have to be fairly brief, but I would like to update everyone on some recent events.
Item #1:
So yesterday Chelsey, Amber and I hosted a Texas themed party on the roof of Triaudes (my residence). We had endless amounts of "Texas-y" foods and country music and of course country dancing! I must add here that I am not a proficient dancer, and the country dancing was demonstrated/taught by Chelsey and Amber. I am, on the other hand, fairly proficient in Texas cooking- so we had plenty to eat. For the 30-some-odd guests who attended, we provided chili and cornbread (with the rare and expensive cheddar cheese to sprinkle on top!), some tex-mex food (hard and soft tacos, pico, guacamole, and refried beans), sloppy joes!, lemonade, and sweet iced tea. We also had cake and muffins and various other desserts and drinks that were brought by our gracious guests. I must say that it was a lot of fun- and for a Texas party, there were quite a few languages being thrown around (French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian to name a few). It was a great big international success and hopefully our friends got to experience some Texas hospitality.
Unfortunately, I had forgotten that we had an apartment inspection this morning, so most of the night following the party (and much of the wee hours of the morning) were spent making the place spotless (for this I would like to thank Lionel for helping, even if he didn't contribute to the mess-making).
Item #2:
l'Art Brut
Otherwise known as Outsider Art in English. Last week our tandem class went on a "field trip" to the Collection de l'Art Brut here in Lausanne. It's basically a collection of all different forms of art done by non-traditional artists. The term non-traditional is used very loosely here, as is the term artist. Nontheless, it is an extremely interesting museum with all different kinds of paintings, sculptures, and mixed media work. We got in free, but I think normal admittance is fairly inexpensive. I would definitely recommend going to visit the museum to anyone visiting Lausanne. http://www.artbrut.ch/
And now I must bid you all farewell….I'm not sure when I'll be able to blog again- but I'm hoping that my computer is fixed this week (but then again, I said the same thing last week!)
Ciao :)

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A dance school from Wellingborough is one of two which will be flying the flag for Northamptonshire at a huge national youth dancing celebration which takes place at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Kilburn School of Dance will be joined by the Northampton-based Mayhew School of Dance and Performing Arts at the prestigious Dance Proms 2016 event on October 30.
They will perform in front of an audience of dance lovers, talent spotters and celebrity patrons including Darcey Bussell CBE and Arlene Phillips CBE.
The Kilburn dancers will perform an original choreographed Classical Greek dance on the night called A Moment of Peace.
The 17 talented dancers, aged between 12 and 16 years old, won the final space to perform at Dance Proms through a Wildcard public vote. The students received the most votes from friends and family to win their spot.
The two Northants groups will perform alongside 20 other young groups from as far afield as Vietnam and Italy, performing in other genres such as Latin American, hip hop and neoclassical ballet.
Students at Mayhew School of Dance & Performing Arts study all aspects of dance. The 19 talented girls, aged between 5 and 11 years old, will perform an original choreographed character dance on the night called Phil the Fluter's Ball. The performance marks a double milestone for the troupe, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.
Fiona Sheehan, principal, Mayhew School of Dance and Performing Arts said: "Being chosen to perform at Dance Proms 2016 is an amazing opportunity for our pupils.
"The Royal Albert Hall is such an iconic venue, and the children will leave with wonderful memories which they will treasure forever. Phil the Fluter's Ball is a fun piece which the children adore performing.
"Each performer has developed their character individually, and together have managed to create a sense of community which works beautifully in the piece. Everyone watching will want to join in!"
Darcey Bussell CBE, celebrity patron of Dance Proms, said: "I attend the Dance Proms every year, and the sheer scale and spectacle of the event never fails to impress me. The young dancing talent on display is of such high standard and Mayhew School of Dance & Performing Arts and Kilburn School of Dance will make a great additions to the line-up this year."
Dance Proms offers a platform for aspiring young dancers to perform on an international level at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall along with star guest performers.
More than 500 young dancers are selected by a panel of experts, including artistic directors and senior examiners from the world of dance. To qualify for Dance Proms, dance teachers submitted online videos of a short dance piece featuring original choreography.


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I got my student loan through Discover and had no problem for the first year or so. I refinanced my loan and had my co-signer removed so everything was in my name. I had everything set up and had auto pay. Discover would debit my checking account each month and the money was applied toward my student loan account. I came to find out later on that even though the money was taken from my account each month, Discover did not credit it toward my student loan payment. They took my money each month and I have no idea what they did with it but I do know that it didn't go toward paying down my loan. This went on for about 8 months, if I hadn't checked my Discover account I wouldn't have known there was a problem.
According to Discover my student loan hadn't been paid in 8 months. I called to question this and at first got a run around for a weeks. I provided statements from my bank proving that Discover took my money but didn't apply it toward my loan. Finally after calling every day, they corrected the problem and my loan is now up to date as it should have been all along. Now my problem is the due to Discover's screw ups my credit has taken a big hit. Discover refuses to write a letter explaining to the credit agencies that this was entirely their mistake. Customer service is horrible, they simply don't care about their customers. They won't apologize or admit to their mistake. I'm in the process to refinancing with another company now. Worst student loans ever....stay far away.
The interest rate on my student loan went up without a warning. I need it to go back to 3.5% or even lower.
Long story short, there are records of me having delinquent payments in 2014 that should be lifted from my account. I recently called the company to have it removed as I am trying to release my cosigner. They acknowledged that by THEIR records my account should not have delinquencies. I ALSO have my bank statements to prove it. I spoke with the manager and he assured me that this will be resolved. 2 weeks later, after repeated attempts to get an update on my status, no change, AND NOW they are trying to collect $880 from me, saying that I had not paid for the past 2 months. Note that the manager just a couple weeks ago told me my account was up to date and had no issues. Looked into two years' worth of statements and again my bank statements prove that I've paid them without interruption. I have had it with this bank. I have filed complaints with their AG and the Office of the State Bank Commissioner.
This is regarding 'Jessica' ** who would not allow me to pay my bill over the phone using my desired method of payment. The gentleman who is the account holder for the desired payment account stepped out of the room while she was on the phone with me. She informed me that because she could not speak with him she would not process my payment over the phone. That's understandable, what followed was not.
Jessica proceeded then to wait on the phone for my PAYMENT confirmation number knowing very well that I was using the form of payment she had just told me could not be applied. Does that process make any sense? Additionally, when I requested that I be re-enrolled in the auto-pay and thus get the 0.25% benefit she informed me that she would MAIL me the forms, in the physical mail and there was no way to enroll in auto-pay online or over the phone. This seems like a problem EVERY other company has already solved... this is the 21st Century - get with it Citibank.
I called in to make a payment and the call was dropped so I called again and explained to the other rep what had happened. He re-did the payment and assured me it would not come out twice. I asked about 4 times to confirm this. Of course it did come out twice and now I'm all screwed up with other payments that are going to clear my bank account. I called and another rep said they can't reverse the charges for 20 days because within 20 days my bank has the authority to dispute the charge. That costs me $30. No.
I have cancelled automatic payments with them, requested a new checking account number and now their payments will be mailed via Money Order through the USPS. I guess to protect myself I have to take care of this the longer way. Don't call me when it's late cause nobody on my end cares. You had your chance and you're dealing with an ** that doesn't care about credit. Threaten me all you want. Have a nice day.
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I am a cosigner for two loans for my daughter. First of, the loans originally totaled $25,000. After paying more than $12,000 back, she still over $25,000 due to unfair interest calculations and having to recently defer payments. When I signed these loans, I did so thinking I'd be able to be removed after 24 months of on-time payments as stated in the loan terms that I signed. After making such payments, we attempted to get my removed as a co-signer. Only the main borrower can request this action. The form can only be "mailed". It took over three weeks to receive the form. The form has to be completed by the main borrower and "mailed" back. The process of getting a response took nearly two months!!
The response received was that my daughter did not have sufficient credit to release me as a creditor. Guess what is hurting her credit...the outstanding student loans!!! She is employed, but struggling and has experienced a couple of times of unemployment. During that time, I continued to make her payments for her to keep her current and help my case to get released as a co-signer. We have tried four different times to get this release action done, each time taking at least four months for the process because they make it so cumbersome apparently on purpose because today's technology gives them no excuse. Each time it is denied due to their opinion of her not being creditworthy.
I'm pretty sure I'll never get released which in turn has ruined my credit and keeps this debt hanging over my head for many many years to come. DON'T GET A LOAN WITH CITIBANK. THEY SCAM, RIP-OFF AND RUIN EVERYONE'S LIFE WHO IS CONNECTED TO THE LOAN! I encourage everyone to start writing your congressmen and women and state representatives to get this student loan nightmare the attention and reform it needs before it ruins so many more young lives.
Stay away from Citibank. They honestly have the worst practice in terms of debt collecting. They call very early in the morning and very late at night. They call multiple times a week and it is endless. It's awful. Thank God I am about $5K from paying them off completely and I will NEVER deal with them again. I have multiple student loans with several lenders and when I was behind in my payments Citibank by far was the most harassing. Unfortunately, I have to admit that I was more willing to pay off my other lenders on time than Citibank. And yes, I know that hurt me but Citibank really overdoes it with the harassing calls.
I have been trying to repay my student loans since my grace period has ended after graduating. I had called many times to try and separate my payments to make them more bearable with my salary and instead they gave me a ton of grief and called every month four to five times a day when I could not make the full payment even when I scheduled a payment for the next week I got paid. Now I just found out I am going out on workers comp and I will be making even less money and they will do absolutely nothing to help me out. They will not lower the payments and they will not let me go on a forbearance because I already did one before returning to school when my last company closed. I am already struggling to make the payments while working and I have no idea what I am going to do now that I will be out of work. They are rude and do not care about their customers at all.
I took out federal and non-federal student loans during 2000-2004 while attending the University of Notre Dame. The loan was through Citibank Student Loans with a total of approximately $40,000. I have made all payments on time and typically paid more than the minimum payment because I was trying to repay back my loans faster. I was able to pay off all my loans by 2011.
It is now Sept. 2015 and I'm trying to get a mortgage. My mortgage lender informs me that Citibank had filed a dispute on my student loan. I had never heard of this before and it was shocking since it's been a couple of years since I had paid off my loans. I called Citibank and they said that the dispute was filed with the credit agencies because of how my last payment was redistributed. This didn't make any sense. You would think that paying off a student loan would have been a good thing; not something to file a dispute over. They will be sending me a letter via snail mail which will take 5-7 days for me to receive stating that the dispute is closed and that my loans are all paid off. They cannot send me an e-mail or fax to confirm this. They cannot overnight me this letter. I'm most likely not going to be able to meet my mortgage commitment due date because of this, since it is holding up my mortgage application process.
I'm filing a complaint because I was treated unfairly by Citibank and they are not willing to do all they can to help me address the repercussions of their mistake. I would like this to be published so that other consumers are warned and if they did have a student loan with Citibank, it doesn't hurt to check if there is an open dispute against them. Especially for those who paid off their loans early and are asking Citibank to redistribute the additional payment towards principal instead of interest, since that is apparently why the dispute was opened in the first place.
Be warned that Citibank could be filing a dispute against you without your knowledge even if you are paying off your loans on time or earlier. I would like Citibank to inform their borrowers if they are going to file a dispute with any credit bureaus. Citibank should also take advantage of today's current technology (like fax or e-mail) and allow their customer support specialists to send a fax/e-mail when their customers request it. In my case, I need a fax or e-mail or overnight mail (something fast) from Citibank stating I had paid off all my loans and that the dispute was a mistake. They would not do this and insisted I would have to wait for the snail mail to come in, which would take 5-7 days.
My son has a number of student loans, many of which I am co-signed. When he started repayment he was late on a payment and the calls started instantly. Unfortunately the calls were coming to me, four and five times a day even though he was trying to get set up on automatic payment. Three times he set up the payment program but they were just taking the single payments instead of a monthly deduction. Meanwhile these truly unpleasant people were harassing my wife and I constantly even though I told them what was going on and to contact my son. They finally managed to set up the payment program but not before these people and I am being kind here, reported all the late payments to my credit report. I went from an 830 score to 678 just because of these vindictive unprofessional collectors. I don't know if I have any recourse but would like to learn if possible.
I used Citi education loan to pay for last semester of college for a total of 12,000.00 back in August 2008. Repayment started in September 2009 in which I have Been paying monthly, nonstop for 6/7 years now paying $93 each month. Lo and behold my balance is still $11,974 and this is according to July 2015 Bill I just received a few days ago... Does anybody know what's going on? I had a house for a couple years back and lost all original documentation.
I requested for a 4 month forbearance and was flat out denied by Citi stating they do not issue forbearance for people with private student loans. All understood but Citi refused to work with me in finding a payment solution, and rather they said default and they will sell off the account. Long story 4 months went by and they did just that, sold off the account to the worst collecting agency who in turn destroyed my credit rating and threaten me to the moon, which wasn't bad but finally found a way to work with the collecting agency.
Now I have one account left with Citi and guess what they are looking to force me to default by changing my payment rates every 30 days and saying I missed payments, so they can dump me onto a collection agency all of which I have numerous emails back and forth with Citi showing what they are doing. But to spend the time and money to sue these horrible people for what they have done will be another cost to my pocket and time I could spend enjoying my life. I wish someone would sue them real good. Anyway I hope this will help other students think twice about getting a private student loan especially with Citi, they care less for their customers and unwilling to work with students. Good luck!!!
I was ecstatic when I was accepted into RIT School for American Craft Ceramics program in 2004. I was a non-traditional 3.8 GPA transfer from a public community college. Worked hard to be independent, steady employed since teen years until I moved to Rochester. Stars in my eyes to become artist. Took out a $4K loan through RIT & Citibank what federal loans wouldn't cover. Spent one year at school & transferred back to home public, state university. Ceramics program at RIT was not what I expected & certainly not worth $29K a year. Faculty aloof & not focused on career track of student.
I graduated in 2007 with a BFA in ceramics. I have never been employed using my degree. I went back to waiting tables after graduation and had three kids. I paid $50 a month to Citibank when the loan went into repayment until early 2010 when I became unemployed. Citibank refused to lower payments, defer, or forbearance. All of my FED loans are on income based plan, Citibank said no... $50 a month or default. So. Default I did.
Now it's 2015, I'm an homemaker mother of three not working outside of home. We barely get by on one income. My Fed loans still in one based at $0. United Guaranty Insurance now sending lawyers letters asking for payment. Loan amount is now $5800 from $4000 that I made payments on for almost two years?!?! Unforgiving if you cannot pay. Do not recommend. I know I signed a dotted line but life changes & you cannot control that.
I am a 100 percent disable military Veteran who applied for the student loan forgiveness/discharge program. I got a letter in June 2011 from the Department of Education, stating that my request was approved. I later receive a letter from Citibank that the request was approved. I was refunded $4,295, the amount I paid on the student loan October 20, 2011. Months later I looked at my credit report and see that the loan was reported as being late on October 2011, 120 days late by EQUIFAX and TRANSUNION. It was reported 150 days late by EXPERIAN plus report as a charge off as of March 2012. I have sent several dispute letters to Citibank, Equifax, TransUnion and Experian with no luck. All claim the information they are reporting is accurate. I have never been late paying that loan, not even one time.
I was contacted by a company in 2012 that stated I had co-signed for a student loan for my daughter and I needed to make an immediate payment. I had no recollection of ever co-signing for a student loan for my daughter because we had only completed the federal financial aid package for her school. I was repeatedly contacted and told I was responsible for this account. I requested signed documents where I co-signed for the loan and was refused. I also stated that my daughter's other loans were in deferment, and I was told they do not defer their student loans for any reason.
My daughter spoke with them on several occasions and was told her loan would be deferred. They had placed the account on my credit report so I contacted them and ask that they update the credit information and I was told no, and that I needed to pay the loan because I was responsible for it. I told them I was a full-time student and if I were responsible for the loan, it should be deferred because the rest of my student loans were, then I was told it was not my loan so they could not defer it - really - it's my loan when it needs to be paid and put on my credit, but not my loan for any other purposes.
Eventually they started calling me on my job and when asked how they got my employment contact information, the CSR told me that information was public knowledge and they could obtain any information about me they needed to. They insisted they had my signature on the loan and if I did not pay it, they would prosecute my daughter for fraud. She also had no recollection of the loan or receiving it. The only way they would send me a copy of the loan documentation was if I paid the loan in full. I agreed to pay the loan in full since it had defaulted on my credit but not my daughter's credit. The loan paper looked like a job application that could have been posted on a student job board, none of the school information was completed or signed by a school official and some of my information was incorrect.
Additionally, in the signature line, it only states "signed electronically". Please do not take a loan out with this company and beware. I am submitting the information they sent me to the Department of Justice for further review since they have no school information and a piece of paper minus my signature and I was told they could get any information about me they needed to. I contacted the school Financial Aid office and they were not familiar with issuing private loans through this agency and are currently doing an audit of my daughter's financial aid transcript. CitiAssist student loans has yet to issue me a receipt for the $3600 they took out of my checking account nor have they updated mine or my daughter's credit report.
I have paid every single month for about 8 years, almost $78000, yet my principal has only come down about $4000. I have tried to renegotiate my principal but can find no one to talk to me about this. My loan has been sold from Citibank now to Sally Mae then Navient. I am risking my credit but refuse to pay more until renegotiated. I received a call from Navient today and told them my position. They said I have to call Citibank. Are they negotiating any of these loans?
We tried to apply 6 months of additional payments to the principal of our child's student loan (originally with Citi-bank). This was agreed to by Discover Loans. Now we have come to find out they applied the majority of our "payment to principal" to their interest fees. They never informed us of this decision months after they took our money. In addition, Discover has an extremely poor website in that their online account access is very limited. For example, co-signing parents have limited comprehensive information available to them.
Citibank does not even tell the co-signer about whether the application they sign for a loan is approved... or for how much, or what the interest rates are... There may be lawyer double speak in some papers they send with the form, but the student is the only one who receives them. The co-signer is left in the dark, for years... not even aware of the loan... Also, after sending in the application, Citi lets the student know how much they are eligible for... and that figure is THEN added onto the app that the co signer has signed... with disregard... How can this not be addressed by the government?? It is so wrong!!!!
I co-signed for my daughter's graduate school loans. Apparently they came due, although I never received any information about this. The first I knew that there was a problem was when I received a dunning notice and notification that my credit score had dropped. I went online, set up a payment account and was making regular payments then... I was unable to get login access to the site and since neither my daughter nor I received payment notification from Citibank, despite repeated requests and reassurances that she or I would get a payment book, we never knew when and in what amount payments were due.
I also found that the amount on a single loan was very inconsistent. The loans that were overdue would be $25.00 one week, and up to $70 the next week, so even if we did luck our way into paying on time, a small (i.e. under $5.00) late fee would make us late, and reported, again. I've called multiple times, twice maybe I got a human being, and emailed two or three times, without response. My credit has been destroyed to the point where even if I were to apply for a loan to pay off Citibank, I would be turned down. This whole experience has been a disaster
A default judgement was awarded to the Law Firm representing the USA in judgement against me. I originally took out loans in 1976, 1977, and 1978. Payment came due in 1980 (to my recollection - it may have been earlier). I started paying the loan in 1980, and paid until 1989, when I believe I made a final payment of $800. However, during this time, in 1980 (the court papers say) that the loans that I sustained from The New York Bank For Savings, was being sold/transferred to Citibank. Several months lapsed before I heard from Citibank, then I continued to send my payments in to Citibank.
Long story short, I made a final payment in 1989 of $800. I had just had my 2nd child & my husband & I decided I would stay home, so we paid my debts off. I was contacted once by a law firm in 1998. Nothing came of it. They claimed they made numerous attempts to contact me - although I lived at the same address for 26 years and had 3 jobs where I worked for at least 10 yrs, including a federal job. Now in 2013, I am being sued for the entire amount of the loan, plus $28,000.00 in interest, and currently have a judgement against me, because I cannot prove that I paid the loan back. I have had no success at trying to reach anyone at Citibank to verify my loan payments. I get transferred from person to person, and no one seems to be able to help. What is my recourse? Can I sue Citibank?
Discover, months after they had purchased my loan from Citibank, had sent me a letter saying that my monthly payment was going to increase $70 a month for 82 months due to an error in capitalizing interest on my student loan. It's been 8 months now with repeated phone calls talking to Managers who cannot answer why the interest has been added, what period the capitalization is from, why there was an error, how they discovered the error 4 years later. My statements all of a sudden showed I magically paid $9600 (cumulative) in interest in January but only $8300 in February. No answers, no help in 8 months.
I'm not an accounting expert but I understand the principles of capitalization and their numbers don't add up. Not even close. My payment history they supplied me looks like it has been played with and does not match my statements that I have collected over the years. I am told I will be contacted on Monday by the investigating team, and if I don't I'm filing a complaint with the BBB. This forum wouldn't let me reply to someone else having this same issue. I would like to know how they are making out with the process. Is anyone else experiencing this?
I have been battling with Citibank every month for over a year because their website does not let me access my account to pay my student loan bill. This is not a glitch in the system. It is the consistent norm and they refuse to either fix the site or give me any other options. This is making it incredibly hard for me to pay my bill on time each month and creates a constant headache, which they profit from, since it is affecting my credit and will mean that I will be charged a higher rate in the future. These are unfair, illegal business practices, and if this is cumulatively affecting all their borrowers, I'm sure they are turning quite a profit off this scam. I believe a class action lawsuit is the only option on my behalf, and I'm sure many other victims of these unscrupulous practices.
Discover Student Loans bought the student loan that I co-signed. They sent notices that looked like credit card applications. I never received a phone call that my sister had not made payments and she did not know Discover bought her loan or that she had not paid. She had moved to Guam when the loan came due. This is her fault, yes. However, when we tried to fix the problem, we heard different stories. They received 3 separate payments from us to "solve" the problem. I have now had 2 payments deducted from my checking count without my permission. I am extremely upset and angry with them. Luckily, we are o.k., but someone else might have to go hungry.
Customer Service will often provide different answers depending on who you speak to in regards to basic questions. While this may not be much of an issue early in the loan, later on, it can have drastic consequences. Payment options are non-existent even when compared to Discover, who recently purchased some of the Citibank Student Loans.
So as with everyone, my loan too got sold to Discover. I tried to add extra onto the principal with their website feature. Unbeknownst to me, a portion of this additional payment was going towards interest! So basically, I am paying the minimum payment and 10% of the additional I am adding to principal was going into Discover's pocket as interest!!! It's ridiculous! So now it has been a MONTH and I still haven't received any reimbursement! Make sure you NEVER add extra to the principal using their website! Even the own employees say that the website doesn't work!!!
Do not use this company. It took them 5 months of me calling, being so upset and asking to speak with supervisors who are always busy. I had representatives tell me they were sending "urgent" emails to the back office that my payoff was not posted even though I sent them and they cleared and took my 10,000 dollars and they refused to send me my refund of $304. They would not give me a payoff statement proving my account was zero and I still had collections people calling me and sending me a late fee letter. Now finally, a supervisor says she is "willing" to direct deposit my refund and send me my statement because this took "unusually long" and she doesn't know why. No supervisor would speak with me. This is the 5th time I've been told this in months, so we will see. The representatives are very nice, but it seems as though they are untrained and don't know what to say and I have to deal with this all the time.
As you may or may not know, Citibank sold its portfolio of student loans to Discover back in September of 2012. I got a notice yesterday that Citibank somehow made a mistake and forgot to add the appropriate amount of interest to my principal loan balance to the tune of almost $4,300. Really? I have a huge problem with this for a few reasons:
2. The sale of these loans had been completed for months prior to this "discovery" by Citibank. Whatever deal was made between the two was done. If Citibank comes crying to Discover saying that they messed up, too bad. The problem is, Discover is only more than happy to tack on this interest since it means even more revenue for them.
3. There is a clause in the agreement that prohibits this in my opinion.
4. It is pretty shoddy business tactic to pull something like this.
I am going to consult with my attorney regarding this because I believe it is illegal and unfair business practices. Discover will tell you they can do this because you agreed to pay all interest under the promissory note. I believe that this excuse is not enough to justify their actions and that they may be prohibited by law from doing this. It may fall under unfair business practices. Both entities should be very careful. There are many attorneys out there who would love to file a class action suit against defendants with such big pockets and many, many borrowers who would gladly join to ensure that other borrowers are treated more fairly in the future.
I encourage anyone out there who is experiencing this to contact their state and/or congressional representative to let them know this has occurred. There are a number of bills in Congress dealing with private student loans. Maybe it is time to add one more.
My daughter called to find out why her Citibank auto payment had not posted and found out the loans were transferred to Discover. To add to the misery, she stopped receiving statements. She set up auto-payments through her bank, which have been sent to Discover for the last several months. Yet the loans were sent to collection in early December and categorized as defaulted student loans.
She has made no less than 20 phone calls in the last 2 months. Neither Citibank nor Discover are giving her help, and she keeps getting shuffled around from department to department every time she calls. She has never been late on a payment, and I am hoping she can get this cleared up soon and the adverse effects to her credit removed.
I wish I could rate this a 0 or negative number because that's how awful their company and customer service is.
So my loans (as many others I'm sure) through Citibank got sold to Discover. I was not made aware of the date of this transition so I scheduled my payment as usual through Citi's website. I figured (first mistake, assuming they'd be competent or helpful) that Citi would transfer that payment to Discover whenever this transition was complete. Boy, was I wrong.
Later in the month I logged into the Citi site and it directed me to Discover and I created an account there. The Discover site was showing that I did not have any payments pending and that I owed them the full payment amount. I couldn't recall at this point if I had made that original payment and also emailed Discover to ask if they had any pending payments. They didn't, so I scheduled a payment.
Last week the payment I made to Discover went through and today the initial scheduled payment to Citi also went through, overdrawing my account and leaving me with nothing until my next paycheck. I called Citi. They told me "we do not have your loans on file anymore - you need to call Discover." I then called Discover and the nice and helpful representative told me that the payment I made to Discover was in fact the correct payment and that Citi should not have withdrawn funds knowing fully well that I was no longer their customer. She even put me on hold and called them to fix the situation and told me to call them back and essentially, "give them hell," in nicer terms of course! She told me that unfortunately, it would take them 7-10 business days to refund the money but she was at least able to get them to do that.
So, I called Citi and got to talk to a lovely woman there, who was just so understanding. In fact, I'm pretty sure she said, "I understand your situation" about 15 times during the call. She proceeded to be of no help whatsoever and did not at any point try and help or even pretend to care. She even had the nerve to try and blame all of this on me, telling me, "Well, you shouldn't have scheduled the payment with us. Our system has no way of tracking whether a payment is made correctly. If it is scheduled, we take the funds." Wow. So you're basically admitting no fault in this and that your crappy system can't even catch a simple thing like, "Oh I don't know, taking funds from a person that is no longer a customer nor has loans through your company?" Yeah, you're right - that sounds hard.
Bottom line is that Citibank Student Loans are awful, horrible, terrible - do not get a loan through them. They are also not sympathetic at all to job loss (as I can see in other comments below as well). I had been unemployed due to a layoff a couple years back and they did absolutely nothing to help or show the least amount of care.
Apologies for the lengthy note but I needed to get that all out there. Hope this is helpful to others!
If you have a student loan with Citibank, you should review your statement that comes to you each month. I happen to have two student loans with Citibank that I pay early every month as well as apply extra to the principal. My boyfriend was looking over my statements with me and as he is a CPA, he noticed my interest that is applied each month to my student loan varies greatly. One month is close to $20 and another would be $6 for no rhyme or reason. Although my statement tells me how much was applied to principal vs. interest, it does not break down how much interest went to my loans. Although I have called multiple times to varying customer service reps to try to get answers on how my interest was being applied, the only real responses I've received was that I am either a waste of their time to talk to or I am too stupid to understand student loans - and that Citibank's attorneys don't understand their loans either!
Citibank makes it impossible for me to audit my own student loans on how I am paying them off because they throw in as many variables as possible - such as it depends on what day of the month I am paying my loan as well as the fact that my interest rate can change quarterly. Each month, the daily interest rate should change since I am applying as much extra to the principal, but the interest I pay each month still seems to be $20 a month. I have asked for an amortization schedule, which they did send me promptly, but no one will explain to me payments that I have made in the past which I believe they messed up. I know it is only $10 a month extra and that I don't even pay enough student loan interest to write it off on my taxes anymore, but that isn't the point.
The point is that no one at Citibank will assist me. They treat me terribly over the phone although I remain calm and ask very direct questions that you would think I would receive direct answers to. No one at Citibank will explain to me what they are doing. I am currently still paying my loan as always and trying to get rid of my student loan so I never have to deal with them again - and because that is my only choice right now. I don't want to stop paying my loan and be reported to a credit bureau but I also don't think it is fair that Citibank is allowed to charge consumers whatever they chose and not give consumers a clear mathematical reason why. They should be able to tell me each month what I am being charged daily for each loan as well as be told how many days were in that cycle.
Citibank Student Loans Company Information
- Company Name:
- Citibank
- Year Founded:
- 1812
- Address:
- 100 Citibank Drive
- City:
- San Antonio
- State/Province:
- Postal Code:
- 78245
- Country:
- United States
- Phone:
- (800) 374-9700
- Website:
- www.citibank.com


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Music – Vocal Ensembles
Vocal Ensembles
Participating in a vocal ensemble is an exciting and fulfilling musical experience. Working together, those who enjoy singing can blend their voices to make music that touches the listener in the way that the spoken word only rarely can. Here at Immanuel Lutheran School, students have the opportunity to participate in various vocal groups, which are described below.
Chancel Choir
This extra-curricular group brings together the voices of interested students in grades 5-8. Its purpose is to praise the Lord through song and further develop the musical talents He has given us. Students are expected to make a commitment to attend practices and performances as scheduled. They meet for rehearsals on Thursday mornings at 7:30 a.m. from August through May in the church music room located in the lower level of the church building. The group is led by Mrs. Cena Becker, Immanuel's energetic 8th grade teacher, an experienced musician who truly enjoys working with students to help them use their voices to fullest potential. Mrs. Kris Bartelt, Immanuel's music teacher, serves as the group's accompanist and assists Mrs. Becker with this group. The Chancel Choir, sometimes also referred to as the School Chorus, typically performs at three concerts during the school year — the Winter Concert, Fine Arts Preview Concert, and the Spring Concert. In addition, the group sings special selections at various church worship services at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Immanuel's Chancel Choir also prepares music for and participates as a group in the Fine Arts Festival in April each year. Many of the Chancel Choir members participate in vocal ensembles and/or prepare solos for the Fine Arts Festival as well.2018-19 Chorus Schedule
Lower Grade Choirs
All students in Grades 1 through 4 participate in a choir class as part of their regular music instruction at Immanuel. Through the singing of fun-filled vocal warmups, folk songs, hymns, song/movement videos, praise songs and more, students learn the fundamentals of singing. Students in Grades 1-2 and 3-4 have the opportunity to share prepared songs by singing praises to our Lord when their group participates periodically in weekend worship services at Immanuel. Click on the first link below for a schedule of dates for the 2018-19 school year. Each time the classes sing in church, children of Immanuel members are expected to participate with their class choir in worship services. Since non-member children are part of the class choirs at school, they are strongly encouraged to participate with their class choir in these worship services. The second link will take you to a music class introductory letter from Mrs. Kris Bartelt. Students in the 3rd and 4th Grade Choir also perform several selections at the Spring Concert each May, which gives students an opportunity to showcase what they've learned in choir class throughout the year. Recent selections include "John Had Great Big Waterproof Boots On!", "It's in My Desk", "Happy" and "The Friday Song"– a real favorite that is requested over and over again each year.2018-19 Kindergarten Music Intro Letter and Dates Gr. 1-4 Choir and Music Class Information and Dates 2018-19
PK and Kindergarten Class Choirs
Students in these classes have a natural love for music and singing — which can be heard as part of their daily activities. Students participate in music activities during regular classes and also have the opportunity to sing songs of praise to their Lord during chapel and worship services at Immanuel. Scheduled dates for Kindergarten can be accessed from the link above. PK students will be signing together at the 10:45am service on January 27th.


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When I attended the seminar for the real estate broker's exam, this concept his me: "Ownership carries with it a distinct social obligation. As stewards of their land, owners are obliged to use their properties to promote not only their interest but also the general welfare. When a person's landholdings exceed the requirements of his needs, or their utilization is not conducive to general welfare, the state may exercise its power to regulate and control ownership."
Recently, I was led to a Tempo online article or reflection on the Parable of the Tenants (http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/the-parable-of-the-tenants/#.Tp4b_Ztry2Q) I said to myself: "O.K. I get it. As long as I am in this world, I will never own anything. The houses, money, and everything that I hold now are just 'borrowed!" So, if I want to be a better steward, I need to take care of it. I need to use it to produce some sort of fruit. For the glory of the One who lent it.
It sometimes baffles me when a property owner says: "I'd rather have that property rot than have it rented at the price lower than what I want." Do you hear yourself saying this? Don't you think it's like wasting a resource? Why not make it produce something rather than nothing? A non performing asset is usually a liability. Why not turn this liability to an asset? All it needs is a little sacrifice.
Ultimately, even if on paper it says: you own the property, you never own or will own anything. If the government sees a property that is not producing fruit (property not producing realty tax), it will be taken away from you. It will be given to someone who will make it productive. Now, can you still say you 'own' a property?
Filed under: Personal Development, Spirituality, Business, Business and Economy, Ownership, Property, Real Estate, Renting, Social responsibility, United States


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This column is authored by Monica Xavier, Digital Marketer, Vajra Global
Numerous mechanical patterns influencing organizations today that have turned out to be to a great degree powerful, for example, chatbot promoting to expand engagement.
The advancement of web-based social networking and boundless utilization of cell phones have totally changed the business scene for expansive and little organizations.
Online networking engagement as turn into the greatest pointer of an organization's presence. Facebook, Instagram and other well known web-based social networking stages furnishes organizations with coordinate correspondence with shoppers. The improvement of manmade brainpower (AI) and virtual collaborators now let organizations give assistance to buyers all day and all night without hiring more colleagues.
Expanding social media engagement can enable an organization to assemble great relationship and even increment deals.
AI-Fueled Assistants
Chatbots and manmade brainpower have turned out to be more famous and open.
AI-fueled virtual associates are open through online networking stages, and they're accessible all day and all night. They can give assistance and answer purchaser questions instantly.AI chatbots can show identity, and in spite of the fact that you should tread painstakingly, this can help assemble a more profound association with clients.
Making a chatbot has dependably been viewed as a very particular expertise, yet assembling a virtual aide is simple.,One of the best parts about bots is that they can proactively contact your clients once they've collaborated with them. After clients initially cooperate with your bot, you can send them messages specifically to their inbox, which they can either read, answer to, or overlook without disturbing their day by day schedule.
Can Chatbots Increase Engagements?
When you pick your chatbot-building arrangement and have made your virtual associates you can begin driving engagement.
Know your gathering of people.
Rather than attempting to just think about what will get your crowd's consideration, you should concentrate your endeavors on finding out about their interests and objectives. By finding out about your gathering of people, you'll have the capacity to make showcasing and deals battles that really talk.
Focus on the measurements.
It's actual that numbers aren't all that matters, however your measurements should give you a decent general picture of how your bot's performing.
Gather however much data as could be expected.
The more data you gather from customers, the more probable you are to draw in with them. Your chatbot ought to have the capacity to accumulate data from online networking profiles, perusing propensities, buy designs, and the discussions keeping in mind the end goal to show them to you. You would then be able to make engagement crusades that will probably interface with shoppers.
Gather however much data as could be expected.
The more data you gather from buyers, the more probable you are to draw in with them. Your chatbot ought to have the capacity to accumulate data from online networking profiles, perusing propensities, buy designs, and the discussions with a specific end goal to exhibit them to you. You would then be able to make engagement battles that will probably associate with purchasers.
Show highlights coherently.
Once your bot is produced enough to help complex assignments, you have to consider introduction. Your bot can overpower your client on the off chance that it introduces every one of its components without a moment's delay. Rather, you need to think of a sorted out and intelligent approach to exhibit significant components. One thing you ought to recollect forget is to incorporate an approach to backtrack, on the off chance that shoppers hit a choice by mix-up and need to come back to the past menu.
Incorporate vital CTAs
There's no precluding the power from claiming a decent suggestion to take action, so ensure you incorporate key CTAs amid your bot's discourse. These can urge clients to take extra activities, for example, agreeing to accept a bulletin, loving a page, or notwithstanding putting in a request.
At last…
Expanding social engagement is a productive and financially savvy approach to make a name for your association at a neighborhood, provincial, and worldwide scale. Take after the tips laid out above to connect with your group of onlookers all the more effectively and turn into a tenable idea inciter inside your industry.


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Book a ziplining tour of the Blue Ridge and you'll get 360-degree panoramic views that are out of this world. Navitat Zipline tours in Asheville is one of the best known ziplining companies in the southeast. They take canopy tours to a whole new level.
Located just 20 minutes north of Asheville, Navitat Asheville offers all sorts of fun zipline trips including a 1,100 feet zipline that features side by side racing style lines, a 2,300 foot zipline, and a 3,600 foot zipline that is more than 350 feet high. You can reach speeds of up to 65 mph on some of these! Each tour is guided by an experienced Navitat zipline staff member.
Navitat has a wonderful story. Back in 2009, the company was formed by a unique team of tree lovers, adventurers and canopy tour safety experts that sought to provide a fun way to see one of the best places in the world – Asheville. They've continued along on their journey and are one of the most successful canopy tour groups in the country.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Oscar Thoughts
Did you all watch the Academy Awards last night?
I have to tell ya, I watched both red carpet and awards show while on Twitter and it was really a fun night last night. The best part of Twitter is how fast it moves and the conversation flowed. Let's face it, most awards shows are pretty boring and if you aren't able to watch them with friends where you can have that conversation, then I was happy to have my tweeting pals around.
I saw nine of the ten nominated films. Time ran out and I didn't get to see "True Grit". (I saw "Inception" but didn't really pay attention as I was suffering a horrendous headache so I do want to see that one again where I can really focus on it.)
My red carpet thoughts will be in the next post. There were some gorgeous dresses last night. There were some WTH dresses last night. And there were hot boys!!
James Franco & Anne Hathaway as hosts? Thoughts? I thought they were okay. I've seen worse, definitely seen better (Billy Crystal, come back!). Franco did appear bored (stoned) through the majority of the program, but I laughed so hard at seeing him dressed as Marilyn Monroe.
I called the big awards – Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, and Animated Film. (Come on, you knew that Toy Story 3 was going to win that one!) I was really excited for Christian Bale (and got a laugh when he forgot his wife's name when he got so overwhelmed) and for Natalie Portman (she is such a cute pregnant lady).
Overall not too bad of a show. It had some dull points, of course, as do most Academy Awards telecasts and they left Corey Haim out in the "In Memory Of", but not a bad show.
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Hobby Rock Tumbler Kit
Great way to start a rock collection!
Learn about the exciting hobby of rock tumbling with National Geographic. This set includes all the accessories you'll need to start polishing dazzling gems. Rock tumbling is tons of fun and a great way to start an extraordinary rock collection. Kids can use the included jewelry fastening to create beautiful homemade jewelry!
Contents and Features:
• High-quality tumbling machine with powerful motor that will last for years
• Automatic shutoff timer so you can set it and forget it
• Noise reducing leak-proof barrel with stainless steel lid
• Half pound of gemstones from around the world (9 types) and four grades of grit
• Jewelry fastenings so you can create your own unique jewelry
• Full-color information guide with cool facts about each of the gemstones included
• Easy-to-follow rock tumbling instructions
Rock tumbling is a fun activity for children of all ages and promotes an interest in geology and science. Introduce your kid to science the fun way! Join National Geographic as we inspire future generations by showing them the wonders of the natural world.
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My Thoughts
What an amazing rock tumbler. I have had a few of these in the past and none of them have ever been even close to as good as this one nor did they ever come with the stuff that came with this kit. The fact that it comes with a half a pound of stones makes this kit great but add in the polishing stuff and then the actual quality of the tumbler and you have one of the best kits on the market.
The tumbler itself is made out of heavy steal so it stays where you put it and doesn't slide or move around like other tumblers would do. The barrel itself is perfect being made out of heavy rubber with a lid that fits tightly so nothing comes out and everything stays securely inside the barrel. Another great part about this kit is the fact that the barrel being made out of heavy rubber it makes it more insulated which makes it much quieter to use than other tumblers. Because I can tell you that other tumblers were loud and because it took days to polish the rocks that it was not a fun or quiet hobby to do in your house. However, with this kit it is so much quieter that you can have it set up in a spare room or even the dining room and you won't hear it all through the house.
This is a wonderful tumbler set for any age and because I make jewelry it helps cut down on a lot of the cost when it comes to buying pre-polished stones. Now I can do it myself and it's so much more cost effective and my bottom line loves that. Great set that I will continue to use for years to come.
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Win Loyal Customers the Old Fashioned Way…By Establishing Personal Connections
This past summer, I discovered a not-quite-so-new restaurant near my office and was blown away by their unique and delicious wraps—and their great customer service skills. Immediately upon walking in, you are greeted, sometimes by more than one employee. Recommendations are openly given and customization is allowed, along with free beverage refills if you dine in. Upon leaving, you are also told goodbye and thank you by one or more employees.
What has impressed me the most, though, is the manager, Paul. After several visits, I was greeted with a smile, and an, "Amanda?" as he tried to remember my name. It doesn't matter that he got it wrong; he TRIED to remember my name. When I corrected him, he asked where I worked when I mentioned that I'd referred a co-worker to them (which was immediately rewarded with a free cookie for dessert). The next week, I was greeting with a, "Hi, Amber! How are you doing?" He had learned my name and remembered it. Did I feel flattered? You bet I did!
Another week or so later, I came in and Paul told me that I must have read his mind about coming in. My company had picked up a catering order and he had planned to include a free lunch for me, too, as a surprise. Unfortunately, they had gotten busy around that time and he'd forgotten. After telling me this, he refused to charge me for my lunch. I told him that he'd actually made my day because I was completely stressed about a family member starting cancer treatment that day, the holidays and being really busy at work. He sincerely expressed his concern and said that his sister had also been going through treatments. Did you catch that? He established a personal connection with me, his customer, showing that he understood and cared.
After the holidays, I stopped in for a late lunch and saw him and his employees eating lunch at the counter. I had great news to share—that I wanted to share with him because he'd been so genuine with me. I quickly told him that the treatments had worked dramatically and that my relative was going to be considered "cancer-free" by the end of the month. What did I get? A fist bump and cheers from everyone there, along with another free cookie for the "sweet news". It was heart-warming to have these new "friends" in my corner and cheering with me. It made me feel great about spending my money there—and want to come back again and again.
Now, I'm not saying that you have to keep giving away free stuff to win over new customers and gain customer loyalty. What I AM saying is that, when you make attempts to get to know your customers—and relate to them in some way—they are going to remember you and feel like a part of the family. And when they feel like that, they're going to keep coming back because they feel comfortable being there. Personal connections are the ties that bind people to you.
Think about how you treat your regulars. Do you—and your employees—engage with them more than the standard "Hello" and "Thank you"? If not, you should.
Can you follow some of the practices mentioned above to win over newer customers? I'm betting with a little bit of effort, everyone can.


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LCSD #1 Training Staff in Bullying Prevention
During Tuesday evening's "Bullying Hurts" webinar on KGAB, Todd Burns, principal of Bain Elementary School and Olweus Bullying Prevention Program coordinator for Laramie County School District #1, said he believes the entire community needs to be involved in changing the culture of bullying.
Burns said earlier this year a bullying prevention committee from each of the districts elementary and junior high schools were trained in the Olweus program. He says on May 25th each committee will train their building's entire staff. He said the goal is to eventually get the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program training to all Junior High and Elementary school employees.


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Bacon Caramels
Here's my new rule:
Food blogging is not allowed while I'm hungry. Like, for instance, when I think I'm too busy to eat lunch but not too busy to make batches of homemade caramel. Topped with crispy bacon.
Um, yes. This is a true story.
The problem isn't so much the crazy combinations…. because, surprisingly, they normal work out well. The problem is that I'm left with things like, platters of bacon-covered caramel. All to myself. These are honestly the perfect combination of sweet and savory, and they're semi-addicting.
So help a girl out… make some bacon caramels for yourself. I promise you won't regret it.


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Water Security
Human Right to Water
The Gift of Life
The Water We Breathe
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About The DESNET Foundation
Foundation is a non-profit, voluntary organization committed to providing a platform for the realization of every individual's right to have access to adequate safe potable water as outlined in the Constitution of South Africa.
Through strategic partnerships with sponsors, collaborations with other non-profit organisations, leading companies, schools, research centres and institutions of higher learning, the foundation aims to be an organization tackling water access, water quality and water availability issues in South Africa.
Furthermore, the Foundation is committed to
The realisation of water as a human right in line with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 64/292 of 2010;
Highlighting and publicizing the finite nature of fresh water resources so as to disseminate knowledge, bring awareness and to provide a platform whereby all water users are encouraged to partake in decision making as well as in finding innovative ways of utilising the resource in a sustainable manner; and in
Recognising women as important role players in the provision, governance and safeguarding of water resources, as well as recognising the economic value of water in all aspects of its uses, as espoused in the 1992 Dublin Principles.
Founder of the Foundation
Malebo Desnet Matlala, is the Founder of The DESNET Foundation.
She holds an LLM in Water Law, with a focus on International Water Law, from the University of Dundee in Scotland, United Kingdom, an MSc in Water Science, with a focus on Water Quality Monitoring, from the North-West University, in Potchefstroom, South africa, a BSc Honours in Aquatic Health as well as a BSc in Natural and Environmental Sciences from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
She is currenlty pursuing her PhD in Groundwater Science, Law and Policy at the University of South Africa.
The DESNET Foundation is the fruition of a life long desire to serve the communities around me.
I know what it is to live in absolute water poverty, and I have been privilledged enough to experience absolute water abundance.
The aim of the foundation, is to do our bit in eradicating water poverty.
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Our Mission
To bring water to those who lack, and awareness to those who have.
Our Purpose
To reach out and share our expertise on the sustainable use of freshwater resources.
Our Values
The Foundation pledges to the following values:
We are Passionate in what we do, and we are committed to serving our communities with Respect and Integrity, in order to succeed in eradicating the scourge of water poverty.
Our Vision
A world where no one goes to bed thirsty.


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Trump Consultant Behind Massive Facebook Data LeakNewser — Michael Harthorne
A voter-profiling company used by the 2016 Trump campaign collected the private data of over 50 million Facebook users without their permission—one of the biggest data leaks in Facebook history, the New York Times reports.
According to the Guardian, it started with researchers concluding they could form complex personality profiles of people by what they "like" on Facebook, determining intelligence, history of trauma, and more based on responses to posts on innocuous subjects like curly fries and Hello Kitty.
Researcher Aleksandr Kogan signed a deal with Cambridge Analytica—which had Stephen Bannon in a leading role—and in 2014 developed a personality quiz that would not only harvest the data of the Facebook users who took it but also all of their friends.
Around 270,000 Facebook users took the quiz—agreeing to allow their data to be used for academic purposes; their friends didn't even agree to that—which allowed Kogan to harvest the data of over 50 million Facebook users and pass it along to Cambridge Analytica in violation of Facebook policies.
The company used it to create psychographic profiles of about 30 million US voters and target political ads toward them. Facebook found out in 2015 and demanded the data be deleted, Quartz reports.
But Facebook didn't publicly acknowledge the leak until Friday and, despite claims to the contrary, it appears Cambridge Analyitica still has a good portion of the data.
Cambridge Analytica, which has now been banned by Facebook, is also facing the possibility of having run afoul of US election laws and is being looked into by the Mueller investigation.
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This article originally appeared on Newser: Trump Consultant Behind Massive Facebook Data Leak


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Bathrobe knitted terry 380gm², 401 Shawl collar M, 007 white
Short description: Bathrobe in hard-wearing knitted terry, 93% cotton / 7% polyester, 380gm², model 401 Shawl collar M, 007 white
Quantity / box, 10 pcs. | price/box EUR 241,68 net
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* From 3 boxes there are no transport costs for delivery within the EU
Hard-wearing knitted terry quality, 93% cotton along with 7% polyester for continual softness. White with optical brightener in blue. Fixed loop, non-pullable threads.
Special finishing without side hemming seams. Two sewn-on side pockets. Belt with double loops. Tucked or overlocked selvages
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- Personalization at the factory: It is possible to embroider directly at the factory, during production, with a low price, with a minimum of quantity of 10 boxes. In this case the delivery time will be approx. 6-8 weeks.
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You simply cannot be prepared for everything that life throws at you, but if you are anything like me, you really try to be. I have hard-copy notebooks, backed up by thumb drives, backed up by encrypted cloud-based searchable documents that can be pulled up anywhere. I gather reference documents for work and diligently squirrel them away "just in case" I get out to a disaster office and nobody knows what to do. I may think that I am really preparing myself and I am ready for anything, but alas, I do not know what it is that I do not know. My mettle was tested over the summer when I was deployed to Connecticut to respond to Severe Storms and Flooding. The Mitigation Branch Chief of the disaster wanted to bring in a person with "406 Mitigation experience", but the job titles in the automated deployment system had changed, so that it was difficult to see who had that kind of experience. When he saw that I was available and had a technical GIS background, he figured that if I didn't actually have 406 mitigation experience, then at the very least, I might be a quick study. He called me, and after we talked for a few minutes, he decided to deploy me not just as a 406 Mitigation Specialist…BUT AS THE GROUP SUPERVISOR!!! At this point I had already been working in emergency management for 2 ½ years, so I had the knowledge, resources and contacts to fill in many of the blanks. And there were MANY blanks. No one at the disaster had any real experience doing 406 mitigation, so I had to hunt around looking for information—websites, contacts, and making things up as I went along. I often thought of the saying we use in Emergency Management: "Don't ask for permission, Ask for forgiveness." I received a very good review from my manager after that deployment. So-here are the most important things that I did to keep my sanity and get the work done. This is for all of you Emergency Management folks out there who get thrown into a new position at a disaster, and want to avoid becoming a disaster yourself!
STRENGTH-FINDING–I listened to my team and tried to learn their strengths, and utilized those strengths, when possible.
PRIORITIZE–If there are multiple projects/meetings/deliverables happening at the same time, I would prioritize them and deploy my team members appropriately.
PREPARED ORGANIZATION–I don't like to re-invent the wheel, so I keep detailed notes, templates, data sets, formulas, spreadsheets, etc. with me, and take them from disaster to disaster. As a worker, I am well-prepared, but as a manager, having this type of documentation is an essential armament for my team members.
COMMUNICATION–I keep the management up-to-date with my team's progress using regular emails and spreadsheets. I create group emails, which I regularly used to inform my team of any important project information, without interrupting their work. Rather than long, drawn out meetings, I would pull together quick status update meetings about whatever is at hand, and then get back onto the project work.
These are the things that had the most impact on MY job performance. What kinds of things have helped you in similar situations?


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Whether you're out of the country on business, or away on holiday, it's invaluable to be able to stay in touch with your colleagues. Whether your employees need make calls, answer emails, or browse the web while they're abroad, ASL Group have got you covered.
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RADIX Frameworkâ"¢
RADIX Framework™ is the name for the underlying system for describing all Core Practices. Core Practices are organised into sets, or Groups, according to their target user group. For example, the first Group of Core Practices is Core Practice for Small Business. We hope other user groups will contribute their own Group of Core Practices.
Note that a CP Group will have its own names, references, contributors, documents and questions, but they should be stored in the central RADIX system so everyone can see them, and sometimes share them.


text: We will once again be creating our amazing, innovative recycling bins, which will then be distributed to various businesses, schools and households throughout the community! Come out and join us as we turn would-be discarded shipping containers into colorful recycling bins. We will be working at Mahwah Department of Public Works in Mahwah, at 142 North Railroad Avenue. We will start painting at 10 AM and should be done between 2 PM and 3 PM. Please note that we use fairly strong paint on our bins and if you get it on your clothes it will not come out! So please, wear old clothes you don't mind getting a little MEVO green and blue on! For questions, you can email Alex at email@example.com or call 917-456-2826. To RSVP for this event simply send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with your name, age, phone number and the subject line "Painting MEVO Recycling Bins." You can also RSVP on Facebook.


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Told from the first person, the reader's only true window into the world is Avery Cates, but he does seem a rather reliable narrator. Somers affects this very well through Cates's deprecating internal dialogue as well as his interaction with the team he pulls together for the big kill. Even in the scenes where little action is taking place, Somers maintains a very effective narrative allowing for the pages to turn quite quickly.The sequel (The Digital Plague) is now out* and as with the previous book, Orbit and Jeff have put together another clever viral marketing campaign. Here's what they tell me (via e-mail):
You might remember last year author Jeff Somers launched an ARG inspired puzzle to support the launch his debut novel The Electric Church (http://the-electric-church.com).
These puzzles are scripted as narratives – the first one told a short story based in the universe of the book, and allowed players to save (in a manner of speaking) the monk.
The original puzzle was solved first by members at Unfiction.com – it's pretty fascinating to watch them work their way through. (http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20984)
His latest book, The Digital Plague, is now out, and he's scripted another puzzle – this one takes place on a messageboard where citizens of Old NewYork are coming to grips with the plague that's taking over the city.
Even readers who aren't up for solving the puzzles can get a kick out of this extension of the book's universe – with topics like "Augments: A place to discuss legal bodily augmentation" and "Elective Surgeries: A place to discuss the newest surgical techniques to extend lifespans, restore youthfulness, and defeat disease."
* I have the book and will be reading and reviewing in the near future. I liked the The Electric Church too much not to find out what Avery Cates has been up to since the conclusion of the novel.
Lastly, to keep the Star Wars theme running, happy 64th to George Lucas!


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DORCHESTER, TEXAS. Dorchester is on Farm Road 902 eight miles southwest of Sherman in south central Grayson County. It was established in the late 1800s and named for C. B. Dorchester, a Sherman banker. The community was on the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway and quickly became a retail and community center for area farmers. In 1896 it received a post office, and over the next four decades Dorchester prospered. By the mid-1930s it had an estimated 400 residents and ten businesses. Later the population declined, and in 1989 the town had 222 residents and four rated businesses. In 1990 its population was 137 and in 2000 it was 109.
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Wallis Engineering
Wallis Engineering
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Wallis isn't your typical engineering firm. The people at Wallis genuinely care about the long term impact of civic engineering on our lives. The majority of civil engineering firms usually work with building contractors and they usually concentrate on getting their job done as cheaply as possible so the contractors can get to work on what they like to do… make more money. Wallis on the other hand works exclusively with city governments to develop sustainable solutions that keep cities running smoothly for the long term.
I worked with the Wallis team to develop a website that would showcase their projects, educate the public and encourage young civil engineers of the future.