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Friday, January 15, 2010
Live on CNN, President Clinton asks for help for "Haiti Earthquake Disaster Victims"
I just seen this live on CNN, President Bill Clinton asking people to help out with the disaster in Haiti. He says they need shelter, food, and so many things right now. So we need a large amount of people donating a small amount of money and we can do it.
He says to text as follows to donate $10:
Text *Haiti* to 20222 to donate $10 through the Clinton Foundation
You can read about the Clinton Foundation for Haiti Earthquake Relief by visiting this site: http://www.clintonfoundation.org/haitiearthquake/
You can also submit or request survivor information by visiting http://haiti.ushahidi.com
Support Relief Efforts
- Clinton Foundation
Donate online at
American Red Cross International Response Fund
Donate »
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Donate »
Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund
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Partners in Health
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UNICEF
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UN World Food Programme
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Further Information
Approximately 2 million people live in the capital of Haiti and the surrounding areas where the earthquake struck. The American Red Cross is now estimating that 3 million people are affected by the disaster. Current reports from Haiti tell of terrible destruction, widespread chaos, and overcrowded hospitals.
President Clinton has long been committed to helping Haiti "build back better" from the hurricanes that devastated the nation in 2008 and to prepare for future disasters. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, now needs our assistance more than ever.
President Clinton’s UN office and the rest of the UN system are monitoring the situation. While the full impact of this earthquake is not yet known, we do know that the survivors need immediate help.
To learn more about the earthquake in Haiti, visit the
State Department’s website.(Posted by Daera from The Hodgepodge)
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
Possible Phishing Scam regarding Skype Class Action Suite - Be Careful
WARNING!
If you received an email like the one below, do not click on the links. This may be a scam, phishing scam, and mailed out with malicious intent from someone not representing Skype or the people mentioned.
This email has been sent out to other Skype users, as well as myself. It has been brought to the attention of Skype and we're now waiting for Skype to respond whether the email below is a legitimate matter or a scam.
For now, Skype forum moderators has warned us not to click on the links in the email until they have a definite answer for us.
You can follow the outcome of this in the Skype Forums at http://forum.skype.com then click on Skype Community - English - Products - Skype Credit
The thread title is: "SkypeOut Credit Expiration Issue" Here is a direct link to the forum thread about this matter on Skype Forums. http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=53699&st=80#entry2310481
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION
If you are a United States resident who purchased Skype Credit that, on at least one occasion prior to December 31, 2009, expired after 180 days of inactivity, a proposed class action settlement may affect your rights. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY.
Plaintiffs Holly Barker and Brian Carness have filed lawsuits against defendants Skype Communications, S.a.r.l. ("Skype Communications"), Skype Technologies S.A., Skype, Inc. and eBay Inc., on its own behalf and as successor by merger to Skype Delaware Holdings, Inc. (collectively, the "Defendants") challenging the Skype Credit expiration policy. Plaintiffs allege that Skype User Accounts and Skype Credit constitute "gift certificates" that cannot expire or be subject to inactivity fees under various states' laws and that Defendants unlawfully applied the Skype Credit expiration policy against their Skype Credit balances after 180 days of inactivity in supposed violation of these various states' laws, including applicable "gift certificate," consumer protection and/or unfair and deceptive practices laws.
Defendants deny that they did anything wrong whatsoever, and contend that plaintiffs' claims are meritless. No court has decided which side is right, and both sides have agreed to resolve the cases and provide relief to the Settlement Class instead of litigation. There is a proposed settlement on behalf of a nationwide class of current and former United States resident purchasers of Skype Credit from Skype Communications, which, if approved, will provide that Skype Communications shall discontinue its Skype Credit expiration policy and implement a Reactivation Policy whereby Skype Credit will no longer expire after 180 days of inactivity, but rather be deemed "inactive" and subject to reactivation. In addition, Skype Communications, on behalf of itself and the other Defendants, has agreed to pay a Settlement Amount of $1,850,000 in full and complete settlement of the Released Claims, which shall include: (i) attorneys' fees and costs and named plaintiffs' incentive awards not to exceed $1,000 each, which collectively shall not exceed 25% of the Settlement Amount subject to Court approval; and (ii) availability, on a claims made basis, of an electronic voucher for $4.00 of Skype Credit per claimant from the Net Settlement Amount.
If you are a member of the Settlement Class, your legal rights are affected and you have a choice to make right now:
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS
SUBMIT CLAIM FOR VOUCHER Participate in settlement and receive voucher for $4.00 of Skype Credit. Go to the Administrative Site at www.creditexpirationclassaction.com and complete an Internet claim form.
OBJECT TO SETTLEMENT Object to the settlement or any of its terms, and ask the District Court not to approve the settlement. Appear at a Final Fairness Hearing on March 12, 2010. To object to the settlement, to plaintiffs' counsels' request for attorneys' fees and costs or to plaintiffs' request for incentive awards, you must file with the District Court (700 Stewart St., Seattle, WA 98101), by no later than February 16, 2010, written objections setting forth: (i) your name, address and telephone number; (ii) your Skype ID or User Name(s); (iii) a sentence confirming, under penalty of perjury, that you are a person in the Settlement Class; (iv) the factual basis and legal grounds for your objection; (v) the identity of witnesses you intend to call to testify; and (vi) copies of exhibits you intend to offer into evidence at the Final Fairness Hearing. Copies of all objections also must be mailed to each of the following, postmarked by the last day to file the objection: Plaintiffs' Counsel: Roger Townsend, Esq., Breskin, Johnson & Townsend, PLLC, 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 2230, Seattle, Washington 98101; and counsel for Defendants: Julia B. Strickland, Esq., Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 2029 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
ASK TO BE EXCLUDED Get out of this action. Get no benefits from the settlement. Keep your rights to sue. If you ask to be excluded or "opt out," you will not share in the settlement benefits and you will not be permitted to object to the terms of the proposed settlement. But, you will keep any rights you have to sue Defendants separately for the same legal claims asserted in the actions. To be excluded, you must mail a written "opt out" request to the Settlement Administrator at P.O. Box 2277, Faribault, MN 55021-2400, with a postmark of no later than February 16, 2010, setting forth the following: (i) your name, address, telephone number; (ii) your Skype ID or User Name(s); (iii) a sentence confirming, under penalty of perjury, that you are a person in the Settlement Class; and (iv) the following statement: "I request to be excluded from the class settlement in Barker v. Skype, Inc., et al, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Case No. 2:09-cv-01364-RSM."
This is a Summary Notice. For further information about the proposed Settlement, including copies of the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement and other court documents, visit www.creditexpirationclassaction.com or contact Plaintiffs' Counsel. DO NOT CONTACT DEFENDANTS, DEFENDANTS' COUNSEL OR THE DISTRICT COURT.
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE.
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