10 Simple Steps To Avoid Phony TelemarketersWritten by James H. Dimmitt
10 Simple Rules For Avoiding Phony Telemarketers by James H. DimmittAlthough telemarketing calls should diminish, especially if you’ve registered for national do-not-call list, scam artists are still out there hoping to con you out of your hard earned money. Scam artists don’t care about breaking telemarketing sales rules because most are fly-by-night operations that change names and locations quickly before they are caught by authorities. Fraudulent telemarketers’ favorite victims are elderly and those on fixed incomes. Why? Because it’s easy for phony telemarketer to get them to let their guard down especially when they hear “you’ve won a prize!” After all, we all like to win things don’t we? The problem here is that caller asks you to send them money in order to claim your prize. Don’t send any caller money if they : 1) refuse to stop “selling” when you say “no”. 2) ask for a credit card number in order for you to claim your prize. 3) offer to send a representative or courier to pick up a fee associated with winning a prize. 4) claim another company you dealt with went out of business but you can still claim your prize for a fee.
| | It Not Easy Bein "Me"Written by Diane Drayer
When I hear popular children’s song, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green,” sung by lovable character, Kermit Frog (a.k.a, Jim Henson), my heart hears instead, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Me.” My thoughts turn to my son, Dustin and many children with disabilities who are often shunned by their fellow classmates and peers.Kermit sings, “It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things and people tend to pass you over cause you’re not standing out like flashy sparkles in water or stars in sky.” Often, our children’s disability interferes with their ability to establish and maintain friendships. As a result, each day is as lonely and isolated as day before. Friendships aren’t developed and our children blend in and go un-noticed; further injuring their feelings of self-worth and putting them at a higher risk for depression and suicide. “But green’s color of spring. And green can be cool and friendly-like. And green can be big like an ocean or important like a mountain or tall like a tree,” resounds Kermit. Can’t each of us say this about our children? That each can be cool and friendly, have a heart wide as an ocean, important like a mountain and certainly tall in spirit like a tree.
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