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Archive for the 'Journalism' Category
(MEDIA) WATCH: "Drop Dobbs": CNN Pressured To Give Up Controversial Host…
Source: The Huffington Post
CNN is facing pressure on a number of fronts to drop Lou Dobbs from their roster of on-air talent, a move that would force millions of Americans seeking out news about the conspiracy to spread leprosy throughout America via illegal Mexican immigrants to turn instead to the guy who lives under the bridge by the old tire factory.
Leading the way in this effort are a coalition of organizations united under the "Drop Dobbs" banner, including Media Matters for America, the National Council of La Raza, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, the New Democrat Network, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Writing for Media Matters' County Fair blog, John V. Santore sums up their beef:
For years, Lou Dobbs has been one of the most dangerous hosts on cable news. He benefits enormously from the legitimacy of the CNN brand, which provides him with an unparalleled platform from which to mainstream the hate speech and racially charged conspiracy theories normally relegated to Fox News and other conservative news outlets. Dobbs calls himself an "advocacy journalist," but he doesn't even live up to that ambiguous standard. Good journalism enhances the discussion of serious topics, but Dobbs helps to undermine and debase that discussion, routinely infusing it with misinformation and fear. And when it comes to issues like immigration, he has more in common with birther Orly Taitz than with Anderson Cooper.
If CNN won't drop Dobbs, it's time that his advertisers did. It's time to do more than simply highlight the damage Dobbs does and the threat he poses. We must demand accountability from the advertisers who, by their purchase of airtime on his shows, actively support his hate speech. READ MORE
(FROM THE EDITOR) READ: Outsourcing Journalism…
Although this is an old news article, I just thought I'd share it with you. I was casually browsing a few websites that I haven't read in awhile and came accross an interesting peice about how journalism is being outsourced to other countries, appalling:
Source: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)
By Megan Tady
Brayden Simms had only five months to warm his seat as a copy editor at the Miami Herald before he joined the long list of journalists across the country losing their jobs faster and more suddenly than a breaking story.
But while media companies are slashing their staff rosters, consolidating newsrooms and forcing those journalists left standing to take on the job responsibilities of their laid-off co-workers, there was something unique about Simms' firing: He would be replaced. But the new copy editor doesn't live in Miami, or Florida, or even the U.S. The McClatchy Co., parent of the Miami Herald, is handing Simms' copyediting duties to a company in India.
"My job has been outsourced to India," Simms wrote—ironically, in a blog for his erstwhile employer (MiamiHerald.com, 6/22/08).
In June, McClatchy tapped the Miami Herald to eliminate 250 full-time positions. "Considering the recent spate of industry layoffs in South Florida, my forced buyout means I may need to relocate to find journalism work," Simms wrote. He was reluctant to grant Extra! an interview in time for publication, as his severance check had yet to clear.
Taking over for Simms is Mindworks Global Media, a company headquartered near New Delhi. The company website boasts that "Mindworks' staff edits and lays out newspaper pages, letting publishers reduce operational costs in print while keeping reporters and writers on the beat."
McClatchy is the third-largest newspaper company in the U.S., behind Gannett and Tribune Co. Last December, the media giant handed over the Sacramento Bee's advertising production to Express KCS (Sacramento Bee, 12/6/07), a company that offers "world class offshore advertising production to newspapers."
McClatchy isn't alone in looking overseas to parcel out newsroom functions. In June, the Orange Country Register announced, after a protracted period of layoffs and buy-outs (L.A. Times, 8/7/07), that it would also turn to Mindworks to copyedit some of the paper's pages on a trial basis (Editor & Publisher, 6/24/08), and to take over layout design for a sister community paper (LAObserved, 6/24/08).
And in May 2008, the community online newspaper Pasadena Now hired two reporters to cover the Pasadena City Council—from India, via video. "A lot of the routine stuff we do can be done by really talented people in another time zone at much lower wages," James Macpherson, the editor of the site, told the Los Angeles Times (5/11/07). READ MORE


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Meet Gilbert.
Our newest member is a red fan-tailed Betta...Or wait, maybe it was a veil-tailed Betta... Hmmmm, I actually don't recall what kind of a tail he has... But I do know he uses it to swim.
Gilbert came to live with us Monday after school. We all piled into the car and headed to the Pet store. Once we got there, this little guy is the one who won over the hearts of the kids. Well, Madelyn's heart actually. She is the one who picked him out. Suddenly Mason became indifferent, until the name game started. On the way home, they wanted to name him George, or Bob. Madelyn wanted to name him Goldie... (when he's clearly red...) So I put a few suggestions in the pot and Mason settled on Gilbert. (You know Mum, he's got gills because he's a fish, and Bert from Sesame Street... Gilbert) Ok little dude, Gilbert it is.
These two were so excited, when we finally got down to the DAY that we were going fish shopping Mason said to me "Really Mum? TODAY is the day we're getting our fish?" They are both so excited. One feeds him in the morning, one feeds him after school. There has been a lot of excitement surrounding this purchase. [And as the water in the tank begins to get slightly cloudy on day 2, I think....Awwww crap] Because I'm pretty sure I'll be the one doing all the fish maintenance.
And THAT people, is the reason was can commit to a fish, and not a dog... I've got all I can handle.


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Q: Do you think the rate of turnover for SU members limits what gets done, or holds you back from implementing changes you're passionate about? Is that something that needs to change?
E: I don't know about change, that's why we do have some full time staff, like Linda, who you met, she's our manager of HR and administration, she's permanently here. Khadija, who's the advocate, also permanently here. And our Finance Coordinator is also a permanent position.
There is no change over in the terms like the rest of it, there's also a bunch of part-time staff. I'm a part-time staff, I'm not elected. I am in position on contract, but there is room for me to technically stay. Like Kay, who's our Food Services coordinator. She did Hot Lunch at one point, she worked at the cafe at one point… so there are people that keep things the same. We also expanded our training for this year. You guys will actually be the first year were the reps and the executives will all be on a full year contract, and there's a whole month of overlap.
I think that's going to be huge, in terms of the first year that that'll be happening, of being able to sit down with the new person. You can actually foster kind of what they want to do, and what you are working on, and I think that'll be really a big difference to keep things in line.
There's a lot of processes, and they are complicated, but it also keeps things functional. I think it's important, even you were saying when you came in that you learn a bunch about the SU and even just about social justice. I think we have so much training, and it's sort of like, even if you don't totally know coming in, it's pretty quick, you kind of know what you signed up for in the first little bit.
A: Yeah the training really gives you a chance to get a glimpse of what the rest of your term will be like.
Q: What about obstacles in decision-making, like do you ever take on a project and then get a no during voting? Does the SU have a hierarchy code for conflicts? I know you have the General Manager and Finance Partner, do they take part in decision making?
All: No.
E: They don't vote.
G: Decision-making is all the executives and representatives. There is no hierarchy, that's why we don't have a President and a Vice President. We just have specific representatives and directors that take care of different things.
E: I don't think there is — I never felt like it's only one person making the decision. I don't know- I don't vote on things. Do you guys ever feel the pressure?
G: No, never pressure, but it's weird sometimes because there's collective decision, almost always. Like for bigger issues, it's always the collective that kind of everyone puts in their two cents and then it's like 'This is good, let's go', and that adds in to the whole moving slowly for things. For instance the by-law review is the same thing, we're reviewing our bylaws now, and we're kind of updating them so see what was missing in everything, so even that takes a lot of time because it's everyone collaborating together because there is no president.
Q: I only ask because it seems like the members of the SU have a lot of power, and have ideas, but maybe not access to resources.
E: First of all, all students are members whether they know that or not, a lot of people maybe don't. But also, anyone can walk in here and have an idea for something they want put on, and that has a lot to do with our grant programming, like Micro Grants and Project Grants. A lot of student groups at OCAD don't get funding, or a couple do, but not all of them.
Not in all cases; if you started your own group, they're not going to give you money to do something. A lot of students, if they want to do a project, they come and apply for our Project Grants. We have had up to $7,000 this year to split up between different projects. PROUD is doing a zine which we funded; the BSA show that they're doing for Black History Month, that was funded by us, as well. Tons of other things, like the yellow staircase murals. We support a lot of student stuff that way. In terms of supporting groups, even if we can't reach students directly as the SU executives or reps, I think we do it someway, maybe not as noticeably, through supporting student groups so that we can allow them to support students. The Christian waffle night, that was one. Those are things that we do help students to put on their own projects. You can even apply as an individual to do something you want to do. The only thing we don't fund is course work.
G: It's funny though cause you're kind of split between both worlds, you're working directly with student groups and everything and funding all these projects, and then on the other side, you're talking to administration or sitting on committees for CSD and whatever. Trying to get that across, you wear so many hats, that you're just like "What the hell am I doing?" You spend like five or six hours just researching what the hell was the CSD review was anyway, like, "What is CSD?"
When you step into the position, and then get onto the Sustainability Committee with ODESI, and you're like "What's ODESI?" So, learning all that, learning what the past of sustainability is.
A: There's a lot to learn.
G: There's A LOT to learn. You get to this point of your term where you can actually get shit done, cause you did all the catching up, this was what's been done in the past, these are the key stakeholders of the university and the students, this is what we can do, because sometimes you can't do anything. Sometimes you're bound by budgets. We do a budget proposal at the beginning of our term, but like two weeks into your term, you don't even know what the hell a budget proposal is, so you're like okay, what can I do?
E: Being funded through the school as well, they give us a blanket amount based on how many students they think we are getting, so this year they're like "This is how much money we think you're gonna get." We plan all of our budget around this, and then mid-September, they say oh, enrollment actually wasn't that high, so we're not getting that much. And then Nicole, our finance coordinator who is amazing, had to go in and go through everyone's budgets again and change them. It's a bit of, we are like okay we're gonna do all this stuff, but we don't even have the money sometimes? And that's on OCAD 'cause I guess they're a little out of touch with their own enrollment.
Q: In closing, what do you wish students we more aware of? What do you wish you had been more aware of before being in a position where you have to share information with a bunch of other students.
G: We can do everything and we can get whatever we want, but we have to know what we want. Just like, for example, the paper towels, that was people coming together, like no, screw that, we want our paper towels back and we got our paper towels.
If there's an issue we all agree on, then let's do it! I don't even know, like administration or CSD isn't working and we think there should be more money into CSD. Or, like, get rid of accommodation letters, because accommodation letters aren't working anymore, because they're stupid; people should know that students need accommodation, period. Because that's the way the world works. Let's talk! That communication is missing, let's have round tables, come into the office, let's talk. When that's not there, we don't even know what's going on.
Even you folks at Chiaroscuro are, like, you're reaching out to a whole bunch of students and like, let's keep this momentum and keep people talking and be, like, okay, this is messed up. Why do I have to pay so much for tuition? Why do I have to fail a course when I already paid for it? That's ridiculous. Why am I not able to get rid of an 18 or 20 percent course that I have on my transcript because I failed for some reason? Why? Like, these are things that people think but they're, like, you can't question authority, and this is just the way things are, but no, it's not like that.
A: We just have to present it and be sure that we are all on the same page because when it's little clusters of people saying things, it just gets confusing, and we just look unserious, but if we can all come together as just one union, and say exactly what is it we want, they will have to take us seriously because there is strength in numbers.
G: The union isn't 'us', its everybody.
A: It's you.
E: Everything we do is a collaborative decision, and I think that's because none of us are working for own interest, we're working for everyone's interest. That's the most important thing. I would love to see students reach out to us more, about the issues that they have. But also know that we aren't this entity that is chatting with the administration.
Everything we do is for students because of a decision we heard a student didn't like, or even if someone talks to one person in the SU, you can be pretty sure that that's going to get to a meeting where everyone knows about it. Don't think that just having one conversation doesn't count, 'cause it does.
A: Also, once again, we're not under OCAD, we're an entirely separate organization. We are not affiliated with OCAD, other than we are representing the students.
E: We have no accountability to OCAD. We have accountability to the students. That's a big one.
1 Brent Everett James, the Campus Life Coordinator at OCAD.
2 To clarify, the crosswalk has been approved, not yet built.
3 Article on CCC construction from Chiaroscuro's January issue: click here.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
That Yellowness...
10 comments:
- Pak Zawi said...
Pak Idrus,
The camouflage was perfect. I wouldn't have been able to discern the butterfly if you hadn't mention it.
Great observation.
- 9:14 pm
- Howard said...
Wow! I also almost missed the yellow butterfly! Great photo, Pak Idrus!
- 1:46 am
- Pak Idrus said...
Pak Zawi, thanks for the visit and sharing your thoughts on the subject of this posting.
I am indeed glad that you enjoy this image which I took with my Nikon and still learning the way of good photography.
Nature has abundant of objects and living things for us to photograph and enjoy. What a wonderful world we live in.
Take care.
- 12:33 pm
- Pak Idrus said...
Howard, thanks for the visit and the good words on my photography.
Well it was a chance encounter of both species and I managed to get it with my camera. Glad that you too enjoy this image much as I had enjoyed snapping it. Indeed the wonder of nature at our doorstep.
Have a nice day.
- 12:36 pm
- Temuk said...
Pak Idrus
Is that bunga lidah kucing (Turnera Ulmifolia)? I have a few lidah kucing plants in my compound. The flowers are normally visited by small bees. You were lucky to have a royal butterfly as the visitor! Lovely shot!
- 11:08 pm
- Pak Idrus said...
Temuk, Thanks for the visit and sharing your valuable thoughts on this flower.
Yes indeed it is a Turnera Ulmifoli or as you said Lidah Kucing. Actually I did not know the name of this yellow flowers until you mentioned it. And true in the morning small bees would make a regular visit and I did photograph one such visit; read this http://idrus.blogspot.com/2009/06/that-insects.html
This image of the flower with that royal butterfly was just chance encounter during my adventure with the macro lens last year. Thanks for the good words on this shot. I does made my day.
BTW I bought a pot of this flower some years ago and it has since spread on its own to other place near my house. It look like a very hardy plant and could grow easily, even in crevice.
Have a nice day and take care.
- 10:41 am
- ~CovertOperations78~ said...
Salam Pak Idrus,
I would never have noticed the yellow butterfly if you had not pointed it out! What a smart camouflage!
- 2:03 am
- Pak Idrus said...
~Covert_Operations'78~, Ee Lynn thanks for the visit and sharing your thoughts on the subject of this posting.
I am glad that you too enjoy this image of that flower and the butterfly. Indeed, like you said it is a good camouflage.
Have a nice day.
- 10:09 am
- Sharifah said...
What a beautiful photo, Pak Idrus. I love yellow flowers anyway, so this is a double delight for me.
It's also very interesting to learn that it's name is lidah kucing.
- 1:54 am
- Pak Idrus said...
Sharifah, thanks for the visit and the good words on this photography of mine. Appreciate it very much. I am still learning the way of good photography. Glad that you enjoy that flower. Flowers always bring joys to me as well.
Well, in Blogging we share information and by that we get to learn more. It is only after this posting that I came to know the name of this beautiful yellow flower.
Have a nice day and take care.
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**Read the CDC statement regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and pets**
If you're wondering if you need pet health insurance or not, read this article and then decide if it makes sense for you.
We all like to take care of what we have...our family, our homes and even our cars have insurance. So having pet insurance to care for your dog when she gets sick, seems pretty logical too.
If you're like my household, your Shih Tzu dogs are part of the family too, and as family members, we want them to care for them like we do ourselves.
That said, lets look into why pet insurance may be helpful to you and your furbaby.
Pet Insurance covers your veterinary expenses in case your pet becomes ill or is injured.
Many pet owners don't consider insurance until it is too late, and that can be a costly mistake.
Veterinarian bills can be extremely expensive, especially when it comes to things like surgery.
So having pet insurance can save you from unexpected expenses which can go up to thousands of dollars depending on what illness or injury your pet has incurred.
Pet insurance works a lot like human health insurance in that the insurance plan pays a portion of the veterinarian bill.
You choose a deductible, pay a monthly fee and choose a veterinarian who participates in the insurance plan.
How it differs from human insurance is that you pay the veterinarian in full then submit a claim to the insurance company for reimbursement on the covered treatments.
There are several variables in the cost of pet insurance and there isn't a "one size fits all" plan.
The plan you choose, deductibles, age of pet, and pre-existing conditions will greatly influence the cost you will pay for coverage.
It comes with its set of deductibles, co-pays, premiums and usually no coverage for pre-existing health conditions.
Insurance premium can go up or down depending on how much of a deductible you opt for and how much you are willing to co-pay in case of an insurance claim.
In fact, like humans, pet health insurance can be more expensive for older animals that are more prone to getting sick.
Some of the better insurances may also cover wellness procedures including vaccinations, neutering, heartworm testing and the like.
And with advancement in biotechnology, veterinary expenses have increased considerably due to costs associated with state of the art equipment being used to diagnose the illness.
Also, the demand for veterinarians has increased, and so has the cost of training and providing quality service.
All these factors increase the costs associated with taking proper care of your pet's health.
Almost all pets at some time during their life will get a disease, infection, or have some sort of accident and that means a trip to the vet.
Depending on your pets health this can be even more expensive if they need specific specialist treatment or surgery.
Imagine for a moment your precious pup is severely injured in a dog fight. This recently happened to a friend of mine.
She was outside throwing the ball to her dog as she does nearly every day.
She had heard, then seen two dogs aggressively barking from behind the fence and decided to bring her dog indoors as a precaution.
But before she could get inside those two dogs hopped the fence and ran into her yard, viciously attacking her dog.
It took only moments for this to happen.
Thankfully a neighbor had heard her screams for help, and managed to get the attacking dogs away from them.
But by then the damage was done as there was a massive amount of injuries to her beloved dog.
She rushed her dog to an emergency Veterinarian where she would find the medical bills ran into the thousands of dollars.
She hadn't planned for something like this, and although had some money put away, she didn't have the means to pay for the medical care her dog would need to be well again.
Although the medical staff was sympathetic to her, they told her that she would have to make a decision to either go ahead with the surgeries or put her beloved dog down.
She was devastated by the thought of doing the later, but didn't know how she was going to pay for what was needed.
For many pet parents, this is simply out of their budget, and in those cases they often have to make the decision to proceed with the expensive medical treatments and go into debt, or to let their beloved pet go.
My friend, not wanting to say goodbye to her furbaby was able to borrow money to cover the expensive medical treatment that would be needed for that day as well as follow up treatments.
She had to drain her bank account and was broke for several months afterwards having to pay back what she borrowed.
She realized too late that had she purchased pet insurance the majority of those medical bills would have been paid.
But her precious pup has recovered incredibly well and has bounced back to her happy doggy self in spite of the severity of the attack.
She is so grateful that her beloved pooch is still with her and is doing so well.
Putting aside money for an event like this may be a good alternative to insurance, however in many cases we don't save nearly enough before something like what happened to my friend, occurs.
When you purchase a health insurance policy it is immediately available to you if you need it right away, whether from an attack, injury or a serious illness.
When opting for pet insurance, it is important that you consult with your veterinarians to understand what type of coverage would benefit your pet the most.
You should have a fair idea about the deductibles and co-pays that you need to pay on your insurance plan.
Some insurance companies may not cover pre-existing health conditions, or they might have specific veterinarians on their panels.
Confirm that your veterinarian is on the approved list of doctors on the pet health insurance plans you are choosing.
Many insurance companies offer pet insurance, however not all plans are the same.
Some of the widely used insurance policies include:
If you are concerned about your pet injuring itself due to an accident such as falling from a high place or being struck by a moving object, you can opt for Accident only insurance which covers injuries including broken bones or burns. However, this type of insurance may not cover health issues due to an illness.
These plans cover for routine checkups and prevention concerns including annual physical checkup, flea and tick preventatives, neutering and vaccinations. Having such health plans allow you to minimize expenses while keeping an eye on your pet's health with routine checkups.
These types of plans provide your pet with most comprehensive coverage giving you relief in case of health, accidental, or any other preventive and regular health expense related to your pet. Since they are quite comprehensive regarding coverage, they are usually the most expensive to maintain.
Lifetime insurance plans are ideal for pets that have a chronic illness and require complicated surgical procedures on a regular basis.
Apart from these primary types, there are times or amount capped insurances as well, which cover your pet's health till you reach a certain threshold such as 12 months or $1500.
To find your perfect insurance plan, you need to ask yourself questions like:
Before choosing the perfect plan for your pet, you should also call your veterinarian to ask what type of insurance plan would best suit your pet's health needs.
Once you have received the answers to all of your questions, you are ready to shop for the perfect plan that will take care of your pet's health expense.
While looking for the perfect health insurance plan for your pet, you should look for the following aspects:
As a devoted parent to your pet, you always want to see them healthy and active.
Unfortunately, illness is a part of life, and you cannot foresee what accident might occur resulting in an injury to your pet. It is important to get the best pet health insurance for any unforeseen circumstances so that you do not have to spend beyond your means.
Getting insurance for your pet may just be as important as getting insurance for yourself, it simply gives you a peace of mind if an unexpected illness or accident strikes.
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Important steps to take when a death takes place at home, or in the workplace:
Important steps to take when a death takes place at home, or in the workplace:
- Your first step would be to notify authorities. Call 911 immediately.
- Notify the physician of the deceased.
- Contact the funeral home of your choosing.
- Contact our cemetery office at 412-421-1822.
If your loved one's death occurs in a nursing home, or under hospice care, the professional staff will notify you and contact the appropriate authorities. More than likely, you will have already provided the name of a funeral home to the staff, and they will make that initial contact for you as well.
You will want to make sure that any prior arrangements that have been made, for autopsy or organ donation, are completed before the funeral home or crematory assumes care of your loved one.
If at any time you are not sure what to do or who to call, your funeral director will be able to assist you. Reach out to them, or feel free to contact our affiliate funeral home, Rose Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., at 412-241-5415. Funeral Supervisor, Bernadette L. Rose, will assist you and your family in beginning the final arrangement process.


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WBC Sightings
30 December 2018 to 5 January 2019
Two Waxwings were seen at the junction of Beccles Road and Hollow Grove Way in Carlton Colville on 4 and 5 January. Other notable passerines included two Water Pipits at Carlton Marshes, 31 December, a Brambling at St Olaves, 3 January and a Stonechat at Carlton Marshes, 5 January. Grey Wagtails were noted at Beccles, 30 December and Bungay, 3 January, Cetti's Warblers at Carlton Marshes (three), 31 December and Lopham Fen and North Cove, 1 January and Bearded Tits at Lopham Fen (two) and Burgh Castle, 1 January.
One Cattle Egret was seen at Carlton Marshes throughout the week, with three recorded on 31 December and 1 January. Little Egrets were seen at Carlton Marshes (eight), 1 January and Haddiscoe Island, 3 January.
Raptors at Haddiscoe Island included a Merlin, ten Marsh Harriers and four Short-eared Owls, 30 December, a ringtail Hen Harrier, 1 January, a Barn Owl, 3 January and a Peregrine, 4 January. Elsewhere, a ringtail Hen Harrier was seen at Carlton Marshes, 2 January, while Peregrines were noted at Burgh Castle and Carlton Marshes, 5 January, Marsh Harriers at Carlton Marshes (five), and North Cove, 1 January and Barn Owls at Carlton Marshes (two), Lopham Fen, and North Cove, 1 January.
Four Goosanders flew east along Oulton Dyke, 30 December and probably the same four flew south-west over Carlton Marshes, 5 January. A single White-fronted Goose was present at Burgh Castle Marshes, 5 January, while counts of Pink-footed Geese included 250 at North Cove, 1 January, 500 at Haddiscoe Island, 3 January, 4500 at Blundeston Marshes and 35 at Carlton Marshes, 5 January.
Waders seen at Haddiscoe Island included a Woodcock, 30 December and 500 Golden Plovers and a Curlew, 3 January. Elsewhere, a Dunlin was present at Carlton Marshes, 30 December, four Avocets at Burgh Castle Flats and a Woodcock at Lopham Fen, 1 January and a Green Sandpiper on a pool beside Beccles southern relief road, 2 January.
Finally, a Mediterranean Gull was seen at Carlton Marshes, 1 January.
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Buying a MIG Welder
The MIG welding process is easy to learn, generates high welding speeds, offers great control on thinner metals & should deliver clean welds without slag.
If you want to know more about choosing the right MIG welder read our blog where we explain features, terminology and flag up any potential pitfalls you may encounter when buying a MIG set.
In this article we offer some insight into certain models & their capabilities. As a safe rule of thumb for selecting your MIG welding set, you need 40 amps per mm diameter of material to be welded.
1./ 240 volt options
For home use, consider the Gys Pearl 150 inverter. You can run it off a 13 amp plug and if you don't have access to gas, you can reverse the polarity & weld with gasless MIG wire.
The Miller Migmatic 175 is a light industrial/automotive MIG. Great for the sheet metal worker running 0.8 to 1.0mm diameter wire in full spray transfer, welding up to 5 mm mild steel. It has six voltage settings, takes a 15 kilo reel & you can fit an industrial cylinder on a robust bottle rack.
The Miller Migmatic 220 could be utilised as a dedicated 1.0mm MIG machine welding 5 to 6mm sheet metal all day, as it has a heavy duty wire drive system. It's extremely versatile, incorporating ten voltage steps, spot weld timer & the ability to fit a spool on gun for aluminium. Alternatively, you could upgrade to the 220 Deluxe model, a synergic MIG specifically designed for ease of set up and stainless & alloy applications. The beauty of the Deluxe is that it also includes adjustable burn back & run in, allowing the operator to optimise arc starting.
If portability is an issue you could opt for the Miller Mpi 220 multi process welder which is predominately used as a Pulse MIG for welding up to 5.0mm. Typical applications for this machine would include tubes, frames, car, boat & motorcycle repair. At just 16 kilos in weight, the Mpi 220 is a brilliant site tool and you can perform light duty stick & TIG welding with it too. You'll need to buy welding leads, a Tig torch & argon regulator as extra, but ultimately you'll have a very portable and flexible, maintenance & repair welding set.
*Miller's Mpi220 inverter MIG
2./ 415 volt options
The compact Miller Migmatic 250, 300 & 380 models available in either Base & Deluxe (synergic) versions. Choose the Migmatic DX if you're looking for easy one knob control set up, want to MIG weld stainless or aluminium.
The Migmatic 250 is the entry level MIG suitable for auto body repair and welding light gauge steel up to 6 mm, whilst the Migmatic 300 is ideal for a 1.2mm mig wire set up welding say 8 mm diameter thick plate. This set would typically be seen in the farming and general repair sectors.
EWM's Saturn 301 provides another alternative with it's exceptional build quality, heavy duty 4 roll drive system and ability to weld as low as 30 amps. The Saturn 300 is a great all rounder, as you can run 0.8mm to 1.2mm MIG wire with equal performance & the ability to purchase this set with or without meters gives you a calibration option.
*EWM's Saturn 301 compact MIG
Ramp up to the Migmatic 380 if you're looking to weld structural fabrications up to circa 12 mm. The 380 has a whopping 30 voltage steps and is recommend for the construction sector & excavator bucket repair. We currently have a number of these machines fabricating steel lorry bodies.


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Must Visit: Plaza Cuartel
A break from Puerto Princesa's bright and cheery tourist spots is Plaza Cuartel. Its cold and dark past still resonates around the place… If you're a student of history or a fan of colonial architecture, then make sure to go to Plaza Cuartel.
Brief History of Plaza Cuartel
For the ordinary tourist, Plaza Cuartel—along with its rustic structure—is a good sightseeing spot. However, it is also famous due to the grim event that took place there: the Palawan Massacre. In late World War II, the garrison of Plaza Cuartel housed Japanese invaders. It was during this time that 150 American soldiers were captured, starved and beaten to a pulp over the course of their imprisonment. Then on December 14, 1944, the Japanese soldiers doused them in gasoline and burned them with torches. Only 11 American soldiers survived the horrible ordeal. Their names, along with those who died at the garrison, are etched on a bronze memorial.
Strolling Around Plaza Cuartel
Taking a walk around Plaza Cuartel is an adventure in itself. The place is a treasure trove of cultural and historical heritage. There are beautiful murals and monuments that relate the Plaza's history. There are kalesas (horse-drawn carriages) and wooden benches that you can sit on in case you just want to admire the wonders of Plaza Cuartel.
But the highlight of the Plaza is the garrison itself. The cells and tunnels are dark and foreboding; you can spot the rusty bars where the American soldiers were imprisoned. The place will definitely give you goosebumps. Amplified with the weight of the story it carries, the dark tunnels and garrison are now a tourist attraction and a research venue for students and historians.
Plaza Cuartel is open from 8am to 5pm, and strolling around the plaza is free of charge.
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If you've ever been in an argument with someone, you might know the feeling when the situation begins to devolve. The carefully formulated points you were prepared to make fall to the wayside of ad hominem. You'd rather point out the inadequacies of the person against you rather than actually fight about the issue in question. Why bother finding a compromise when you could just stick to your guns? The stakes raise higher and you find yourself more angry, more dramatic about your opinion. You find yourself a supporter who fuels your beliefs, and drives you to go argue further than you may have to begin with.
That's polarization.
When a situation becomes polarized, it means that it is divided into two sharply contrasting sets of opinions. And unfortunately, that has become the case in many countries politics. There is no space for a middle ground because any move towards the center is seen as an inherent betrayal. Much as politicians and organizers might feel that polarizing their base serves to support their interest, it couldn't be farther from the truth.
Choose your poison: abortion, immigration, the death penalty. Even though supporters might feel more ardent about their position, that very fact means they are less likely to come to a compromise. And politics… it depends on compromise to get things done.
In the United States, politics has become increasingly polarized. It didn't just start in this administration or the last, rather, it's been on the rise for decades. Admitting that you were wrong about any cause is next to impossible. Why? Because it means conceding. That also extends to lawmaking. Although Congress has experienced a remarkably productive year in 2017, we can attribute that to moment when one party controlled both houses. When the two houses are divided, little lawmaking ever gets accomplished.
In other words, polarization solves nothing. It simply divides and restricts the possibility that anyone can come to an agreement. When issues require agreement and compromise, such as funding the federal government and addressing emergency relief in places like Texas and Puerto Rico, polarization slows down the process considerably, leaving people in danger. The act of not acting because of stark differences in opinions affects real people, in real time.
Lawmakers should take a moment to consider the negative impact of their polarizing campaign strategies and actions within the government. Sticking to one's guns might be commendable in theory, but in practice it couldn't be more irresponsible. To take one Harry Potter quote, "the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters." That quote is equally as relevant in that universe as it is within our own. You cannot divide the world into people who are on your side and people who are not. Politics and progress requires compromise, concessions, and hours of discussion. It requires the ability to look at your political opponent and see them as a person rather than a bodily representation of a political belief that they hold. Polarizing arguments will solve nothing, but compromise certainly will.
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Slain Pregnant Woman With Baby Cut From Her Womb Is Allegedly a Victim of a Mom She Met OnlineThe suspects are a mother-daughter tandem whom she met through a Facebook group for momsby Lei Dimarucut-Sison .
These days, you can never be too careful about whom to trust because it could sometimes cost you your money, your dignity — or worse, your life.
Americans have been following the story of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, a mom who was reported missing on April 23, 2019. On May 16, her body was found in a garbage can at a property southwest side of Chicago. She was nine months pregnant, and the baby was cut out of her womb, according to reports.ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
The suspects, a 46-year-old woman named Clarisa Figueroa, and her daughter Desiree, 24, have been charged with first-degree murder for reportedly strangling Marlen to death, according to The Washington Post.
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Cecilia Garcia, a relative of the victim, said Marlen may have been lured into the home of the suspects after she was promised a double stroller and clothes for her unborn baby. Marlen supposedly met the suspects through a Facebook group for young mothers.
"She was giving clothes away, supposedly under the pretense that her daughters had been given clothes, and they had all these extra boy clothes. That's the false pretenses that we believe led [Marlen] to that house," said Garcia.
The 19-year-old, who originates from Mexico, announced on her Facebook page in December that her second baby was due on May 9, 2019.ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
In March this year, Marlen replied to a post on the aforementioned Facebook group for moms that asked who among them were due in May. She answered that her due date was approaching.
"Due to the fact that I'm in school and can't work at the moment, I can't afford to buy the rest of the things since I'm short on cash right now," she wrote.
A group member then replied to her post, saying "If you want to wait a week, my girl has all brand new boy clothes her son never wore," and gave her the address where to pick them up.
Based on screenshots included in a news report by CBS Chicago, the said group member who left the comment was Clarisa. Marlen's body was later discovered at a property just blocks away from the given address.
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Marlen was reported missing by her family after she failed to pick up her 3-year-old toddler from daycare. On the same day, a call was made to 911 by Clarisa Figueroa, who reported that a baby who was born 10 minutes ago to a 46-year-old woman "isn't breathing. The baby is pale and blue. They are doing CPR." A team of paramedics was dispatched to the address to assist.ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW
The baby boy, whom DNA tests confirm is Marlen's, was brought to a hospital in Illinois and remains in critical condition.
It remains unclear what led the suspects to commit the heinous crime, but the younger Figueroa, Desiree, has reportedly admitted to the crime.
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March can be a rough time of year for first graders in Minnesota. In my classroom, the kids are still wriggling into their snow pants so they can slide down a snow-covered hill, only to discover that what had been a perfect sledding spot just the week before had turned into a soggy mudpit. Students are sad, confused and hopeful; it's hard to know if winter will return or if a change is truly on the horizon.
In public schools across Minnesota, and the country, teachers are feeling the same way, slogging forward towards spring under the weight of so much more than the typical lesson plans and parent-teacher conferences. Just over a month ago, seventeen people were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and colleagues from my school are mourning a former student shot just this month. On top of the grief, anxious educators in states from Arizona to West Virginia have been wondering how to pay the bills after years of low pay, rising health care costs and no raises. Close to home, teachers in Minneapolis and Saint Paul have had to fight for months just to get contracts that start to meet the needs of our students.
Sometimes the national discussion around public education is so degrading and depressing that I tune it out completely. In an attempt to avoid the heartbreak, I stay at school late to create a new math game or reorganize our picture books in the belief that, at least in my own little classroom, I can create the kind of nurturing community that society as a whole seems to have rejected. Any teacher will tell you that there is always more to do, so it's easy to shut out the world and narrow your focus to just your own teaching. But as winter draws to a close this year, I am heartened to see teachers, families and our own students standing up for our schools.
In Minnesota, per pupil funding is lower, adjusted for inflation, than it was in 2003. For students in the classroom, rising costs in healthcare and other expenses mean that school budgets get cut each year. My school has lost more and more staff: we no longer have a full-time bilingual clerk; we have lost cultural specialists, student support staff and teaching assistants. These are the people who build connections with the students who are most in need of positive relationships at school so that everyone can be ready to learn. Every year, we are losing more of the supports that our kids desperately need.
Many unions, however, are no longer staying silent in the face of these cuts. My union, the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers, has been working to highlight the reality that our state has the resources to support our students, but we all must shift our priorities. Right now, tax incentives and corporate loopholes allow big businesses to reap benefits from our communities but shirk the responsibility to support them. Instead of giving corporations a pass for returning the maximum profit possible to their shareholders, we need to make sure that they are paying their fair share. Wealthy corporations are starting to take notice and are coming to the table to talk with educators. Public pressure will make all the difference if the multi-billion dollar corporations actually commit to helping their neighboring public schools.
The threat of a Supreme Court decision in the case of Janus v. AFSCME represents an insulting attack on union members and our collective bargaining power. But even as powerful anti-union forces contemplate a judicial victory, educators in West Virginia stood together and demanded the raise that was long-overdue. As someone who recently almost went on strike as well, I can imagine how they missed the smiles of their students but also how certain they were that the strike was the only way to get what they so clearly deserved. West Virginia's victory is inspiring unions in states like Arizona and Kentucky, and educators in Oklahoma may follow West Virginia's lead as soon as April 2. Teachers are speaking out on the issues that affect us all.
The most hopeful development for our schools has come out of one of the most tragic: the students across the country demanding action in the face of the massacre in Parkland, Florida. Public school students, many not yet old enough to vote, are speaking truth to power about the role of guns in our society. On March 7, over 2000 St. Paul students from across the city gathered at Central High School to march to the Capitol demanding lawmakers take action to reduce gun violence. Again, on March 14, thousands of students here in Saint Paul joined with students from across the nation to hold walk-outs expressing solidarity with the students of Parkland. Nationally, Republican leaders have been trying to distract from gun safety by suggesting that we arm teachers and school staff. This proposal would increase the possibilities for violence in many disturbing ways, from human error to racial bias. If we are trying to stop a school shooting at the classroom door, we have already failed. However, instead of entertaining this ridiculous idea, the young people speaking up have a clear vision of what it will take to make our schools truly safe. They have become the leaders, and all of us – parents, teachers, principals, and politicians – should listen. It's our duty as educators to support them in their grief, validate their experiences, and amplify their voices.
It's March. Today it's nice, but tomorrow it could be winter again. Right now we have the possibility for change, and also the potential for false hope. Recentering public schools in our culture is not inevitable. At this moment, however, our national conversation is focused on the importance of our schools and we have to put forward a vision of the caring, safe, supportive community that our students deserve. This Saturday, March 24th, is the March for Our Lives. People all around the country will be gathering outside to march in support of the students of Parkland and their demands for safe schools. SPFT members and public educators across the country will be among them. We're all ready for spring.
Annaka Larson is a first grade teacher at Paul and Sheila Wellstone Elementary and has been a member of the Saint Paul Federation of Teachers for nine years


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"Science and Beer", a meeting that gathers the scientific-technological area with the brewing sector
In the cities of Buenos Aires and Bariloche, scientists are going to deliver talks and training to improve the quality of craft beer.
For more than twenty years, a research team at the Laboratorio de Microbiología Aplicada, Biotecnología y Bioinformática de Levaduras of the Instituto Andino Patagónico de Tecnologías Biológicas y Geoambientales (IPATEC, CONICET-UNCOMA) in Bariloche led by researcher Diego Libkind Frati works with the brewing sector in order to improve their competitiveness, profitability and quality, and obtain value added and productive differentiation. For this reason, this research team keeps and provides yeast for the sector and offers analytical services and technical training to facilitate tools that improve the quality of Argentine beer.
With this objective, on April 27th, at the Centro Cultural de la Ciencia (C3) of the Polo Científico Tecnológico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, the "Autonomous City of Buenos Aires: Science and Beer" is going to take place. There will be an international brewer's yeast where experts will provide theoretical and technical tools for the brewers to improve the production of the beer. This is also an opportunity to gather the scientific community and academics with the general public. The activity is supported by the Cámara de Cerveceros Artesanales de Argentina (CCAA).
The event continues in Patagonia with "Bariloche: Ciencia y Cerveza". From April 28th to May 1st, there will be varied technical and social activities and talks between the scientific and the brewing worlds, which have so much in common. The meeting is organized by the IPATEC, the Centro Científico Tecnológico CONICET Patagonia Norte and the Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología y Desarrollo para la Producción de la Provincia de Río Negro.
This event comprises: the "2nd National Brewing Science and Technology Workshops", which include technical talks, poster presentations and six training activities, and the "CONICET se vincula" space organized by the Technology Transfer Office of the Council. This space was designed to share the experiences and interaction opportunities between scientists and brewers. The IPATEC is going to present the first 100% Argentine beer they have developed with Patagonian yeast. The presentation will include the different regional products tastings and visits to factories of the Asociación de Cervecerías Artesanales de Bariloche (ACAB).
It is worth mentioning that the Event "Bariloche: Science and Beer" comes after the success of the first edition of the Brewing Science and Technology Workshops that took place in 2015 and were organized by the IPATEC. More than 180 people attended those workshops that were also declared as activities of "regional interest" by the "Consejo Deliberante de la Municipalidad de San Carlos de Bariloche."
The IPATEC has already trained more than six hundred brewers from Argentina and other neighboring countries in order to develop the brewing sector and its value chain. The courses -which will run from April 29th to May 1st at the Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche (CRUB) of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue- will focus on the improvement of beer production, administration and reuse of yeast, the control of the pollutants, beer sensory analysis and brewing microscopy.
On the craft brewing sector of Bariloche and IPATEC work
Currently, the brewing activity represents an important economic force with 25% to 30% annual growth which impacts on the national territory. There are at least 450 small brewers in the country that generates employment and boost regional economy.
Bariloche is known as a scientific and technological "polo" [center] and despite its strong background on public-private interaction; there is growth potential on the brewing sector. It is worth mentioning that most of the yeast used in the production is imported.
The IPATEC has the largest collection of yeast in Latin America. Since 2011, the institute has one type of wild yeast (Saccharomyces eubayanus) found in the Patagonian forest by Libkind and a research team in Argentina, Portugal and USA. It is the lager yeast, which is nowadays used to produce almost 95% of the industrial beer worldwide.
The IPATEC team has made progress on the yeast's domestication process and the procedure to make it suitable for fermentation in breweries. The idea is to produce unique beers in the world with a regional identity, that is to say, with local supplies such as the Patagonian hop, the thawing water from the local glaciers, barley and the national star: the Patagonian yeast.
CABA: "Science and Beer"
Bariloche: "Science and Beer"
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A Night on the Road
A Night on the Road will be playing on the 15th of August at Busters, Hanger 67 in Panama City Beach.
August 15, 2019
Venue: Busters Hanger 67
Doors at 7:30. Show at 8:30 PM CST
Address: 5910 Thomas Dr, Panama City Beach, FL 32408
Phone: (850) 234-9250
Opening act: TBA
The show is free and open to the public.
This show is one of the many steps A Night on the Road is taking to be ready for the October 5 show with the Panama City POPS – A Night on the Road goes POPS.
A Night on the Road will be presenting the music of the Allman Brothers Band with a symphony orchestra. Orchestrations of many of the fans favorite Allman Brothers' tunes including Midnight Rider, Ramblin' Man, Elizabeth Reed, Whipping Post and more have been created by composer David Ott.
On October 5th, A Night on the Road, led by former Allman Brothers' bassist David Goldflies will present the only fully orchestrated show of the Allman Brothers music. The debut performance will take place at Sweet Bay in Panama City, Florida.


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by Patrick Galesloot
on Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 at 1:46pm.
Yes, when it gets cold the average buyer doesn't enjoy going out looking for homes when it is -40C. I know, shocking. No one likes to do anything that causes them to go outside in those temps. Also as we get closer to Christmas and all the Holidays that lead up to New Years, we also tend to be homebodies.However, don't let that scare you from selling. Fact, the buyers that do look at homes in cold weather and brave the elements are SERIOUS buyers. If you were "kicking tires" would you go out in cold snowy weather? You're not alone if you said "no way". Serious buyers bring better offers.Fact. Your home looks pretty, and warm when you have it all decorated up for the holidays. Lights twinkling away, maybe a full Christmas Tree, or the sweet wonderful aroma of mmmm butter tarts fresh out of the oven.
Fact. Your lawn looks awesome covered with a blanket of fresh snow. Maybe you're not the best weed control person, or your dog has left his/her mark in the shape of brown dead grass circles. Well, All that is covered by snow. No mowing, no worries about reseeding (yet).
What matters is "are you ready?". If you're ready to sell, then don't sweat it. Take it from a guy whose family of 5 (3 young kids) had viewings on their own home December 22, 23 and 24th, and an offer on the 26th. Sales happen all the time. When the time is right for you, the market is unique to that time period. Highly recommend you consult with your listing agent about the differences in the market, the pros and cons, and what the best strategies are for you.


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Jon Yates wants to help you. As the official problem solver at the Chicago Tribune, he specializes in getting companies--and government bureaucracies--to do what customers want. Whether you've been over-charged by a credit card company or are still missing a tax refund from last year, Yates can probably help.
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Not surprisingly, Yates is inundated by requests and can't solve all consumer crises on his own. That's why he wrote his new book, What's Your Problem? Cut Through Red Tape, Challenge the System, and Get Your Money Back, which is designed to help frustrated consumers fix their own problems. With dozens of strategies to overcome even the most stubborn customer service representatives, Yates argues that we can often win the fights we have with companies, as long as we're persistent--and willing to take our business elsewhere, if necessary. U.S. News asked Yates about his top tips and how he applies them to his own life. Excerpts:
How have you applied your problem solving techniques to your own life?
People ask me all the time if I can simply call a company that has wronged me and tell them who I am-- the Problem Solver for the Chicago Tribune. I wish I could. It would make my life a lot easier. But the newspaper's ethics policy strictly prohibits me from using my position for personal gain, so when a company or corporation treats me badly, I use the techniques I've outlined in my book without mentioning my job. And make no mistake, they work.
Recently, my AT&T modem broke, and the telecommunications company wanted to charge me $83 for a replacement. I told the customer service agent that unless they removed the charge, I would take my business to a competitor. When they realized I was willing to cancel service on the spot, they caved, and gave me a credit for $100 to buy a replacement modem of my choice.
It's my cardinal rule of problem solving: always threaten to take your business elsewhere, and follow through if the company doesn't respond. As consumers, we should never reward bad customer service or uncaring corporations. In the book, I relate several other personal consumer triumphs, including one with a local plumber and another with my former health insurance company, which unfairly tried to bill me $14,000 after my daughter was born. It took months to win that battle, but I didn't have to pay a dime.
Have you ever utterly failed at getting the response you want from a company, even after trying your hardest?
Unfortunately, I have failed from time to time. My success rate as the Problem Solver is well over 90 percent, but there are times when a company or contractor simply is not persuaded by the threat of bad publicity. The most frequent example is with companies that have gone out of business. Sometimes, they simply don't have the money to refund customers, or they're knee-deep in litigation that prevents them from issuing a refund.
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What are your top tips or strategies for someone who feels like they are really not making progress with a customer service rep?
If you're not making progress, I always suggest hanging up and calling back. Almost always, you will get another customer service rep, hopefully one who is more understanding and willing to help. I've spent time in a customer call center, and the reality is not all customer service representatives are created equally. Some are really good at what they do, others simply aren't. If you call enough times, you'll eventually get a good one.
If you don't, my advice is to skip the customer call center altogether and go straight to the top. Find a number online for the company's corporate headquarters and call there directly. Ask to speak to the chief executive. If you can't get through, write the chief executive a letter. It works way more often than you'd think. Often, a company's leaders have no idea that customers are being treated poorly, and are so appalled by a disgruntled consumer's letter that they help almost immediately.
What are some common mistakes people make when dealing with companies?
The most common mistake people make is giving up too soon. Often, I talk to people who get frustrated after one or two fruitless calls. Persistence pays off--and so does being a pain the rear. You have to make it clear that you won't stop fighting for yourself, and that not helping you will cost the company more in the long run. I think people often get intimidated and think they can't fight a big corporation, or city hall, or whatever entity they're fighting. It's simply not true. If you have the truth on your side and a willingness to battle, you can almost always win.
Do companies respond quickly to you because you are a reporter, or could the average person without a platform also get those results by applying your strategies?
I definitely have an advantage when I call as a reporter. Companies absolutely hate bad publicity. But you don't have to be a reporter for a major newspaper to get results. The average person who applies good consumer strategies can and will win their battles, if they're prepared, persistent, and willing to do the required work. Besides, you don't need to be a reporter to wield the power of the press. Often, all you have to do is threaten to go to the media, and a company will do the right thing. I get letters all the time from people who say they dropped my name and an erroneous bill was immediately fixed. The power of the press works, even for non-journalists.
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What's your favorite problem solver story?
My favorite story was one I worked on several years ago, about two individuals--one from India, the other from Poland--who had written me separately saying their applications to become U.S. citizens had become gummed up in the federal immigration office. They had both passed their naturalization tests, and had been told they would be sworn in as citizens within months.
Instead, they had waited years to clear the final hurdle, which was a seemingly innocuous FBI name check. Both were extremely hard-working and patriotic. They wanted nothing more than to become Americans. I called the federal immigration office, and within weeks, the logjam was cleared. Turns out, both has simply become "stuck" in the system, a spokeswoman for the federal government told me. Both were scheduled to become naturalized on the same day, and I attended the ceremony.
It was truly inspiring and humbling. It's the type of problem I like tackling the most--the problems that have deep impacts in people's lives, and also shed light on needless corporate or governmental bureaucracy that needs to be corrected.
You write that you only help people who first tried to help themselves. What do you do differently than they did on their own that makes that difference?
People sometimes become frustrated too quickly and give up before the battle is truly over. As a consumer advocate, once I take on a "problem," I'm like a pit bull. It's not in my nature, but I've learned that such an attitude is often what it takes. I think we could all use a little more pit bull in us.
Twitter: @alphaconsumer
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