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She wondered whether it was simply a past gone bad, affecting his present and future, or if it was something more sinister, perhaps something relating to his power, whatever that might be. She composed her face, giving a gentle smile with her eyes. The last thing that she wanted was for this sweet, intelligent man to withdraw from her, after they had spent the last hour getting to know each other at record speed. So she completely changed the topic, circling back to aspirations of what they wanted to do with their lives, what inspired them and just about every other topic under the sun. She had a feeling that the two of them would never run out of things to talk about. “Yes, I’ve had it since I was little; my dad gave it to my mother.” Her demeanour and tone saddened “When he died, my mother gave it to me to help comfort me. I have worn it every day since; I literally never took it off after she put it on.” Opening the locket, peering at the old reproductions of her parents inside, keeping it close she hid the pictures from Lee’s line of sight as, having only just met him, sharing this part of her life wasn’t easy, and brought no comfort. Seeing her discomfort and relating to her pain, Lee proclaimed, “I am so sorry, losing a parent is hard. I never knew my mother.” Sharing this small piece of himself both reassured and consoled her. The conversation ended as Jennifer was called back to work, but they exchanged numbers before parting. As she was sauntering away she peered back and through a half smile and with bright eyes she said coyly, “Now don't lose that number. I don't give it to every boy I meet...” With that Lee reassured her, “Trust me, I won't...” and left the shop. Lee struggled with the concept of holding back his intentions towards Jennifer. He was both excited and scared at the prospect of meeting a girl like her, somehow sensing a safeness with her, someone who didn’t push for answers to questions Lee could not feel comfortable with.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men. Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly 40 years. La raison et l'amour sont ennemis jurés. Reason and love are sworn enemies. La nourrice, La Veuve [The Widow], (1631), act II, scene III. Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée. I owe my fame only to myself. "L'Excuse à Ariste" (1637). Le sujet d'une belle tragédie doit n'être pas vraisemblable. The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic. Héraclius (1646), preface. Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses. Guess if you can, choose if you dare. Léontine, Héraclius, act IV, scene IV. Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage. He who is insulted has a right to be outraged, as unpunished audacity only increases! Heraclius , act I, scene II. Weighs so heavy that it almost gives offense. Orode, Suréna (1674), act III, scene I. Ses rides, sur son front, ont grave ses exploits. The wrinkles on his forehead are the marks which his mighty deeds have engraved. Don Diego, act I, scene i. L'amour est un tyran qui n'épargne personne. Love is a tyrant, sparing none. Doña Urraque, act I, scene ii. Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes. As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men. Don Gomès, act I, scene iii. Don Diègue : Rodrigue, as-tu du coeur? L’éprouverait sur l’heure. Don Diègue : Rodrigue, have you any courage? Would find out on the spot. Act I, scene v. Qui peut vivre infâme est indigne du jour. He who can live in infamy is unworthy of life. Don Diègue, act I, scene v. Qui ne craint point la mort ne craint point les menaces. He who fears not death fears not a threat. Don Gomès, act II, scene i. L’on peut me réduire à vivre sans bonheur, Mais non pas me résoudre à vivre sans honneur. I can be forced to live without happiness,

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Martika was only eight months older than I was, and she was so deeply immersed in real life, or what seemed to me to be real life at the time -- sex, drugs, drama-filled relationships, hints of danger -- and I was going to have these things too. Why couldn't I? It was absurd. But the dismalness of those pitiful towns proved equally deflating. I continued on and the towns grew only smaller and more dismal -- Van Buren, Madawaska -- finally the end of the road came in view -- I am remembering something like a large dam, and the edifice of the border crossing producing something of a jolting effect after so many hours of tired potato farms and boreal forests. I have no memory of where or when I slept on this trip, which would have taken 2 days to go all the way up and back. I also have no memory of the drive home, which I suspect is because I was essenWhen I got back people were largely busy, either going on one of those August vacations people go on, or, after the middle of the month, getting ready to return to college. I may have have gone out a couple of more times -- it is probable -- but I did so knowing that my social status was non-existent and that nothing very exciting would be permitted to happen to me. By the end of the month I too had gone back to Philadelphia. I worked at a store for about 3 weeks in September and attempted, with about $300, to set off on another traveling escapade, this time by foot and hitchhiking. I lasted almost 3 weeks on this trip, which included bouts sleeping outdoors in Pottstown and Scranton and New York City (Madison Square and Central Parks) and Litchfield, Connecticut, interspersed with some unannounced visits to friends in various colleges in New England, who allowed me to spend the night in their dorm rooms. However, by this time it was starting to get cold, I was nearly out of money, and it was becoming obvious that all of the people I really wanted to be meeting were in college.

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Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa (born 9 January 1997) is a German footballer who plays for Ingolstadt 04, as a forward. Born in Bonn to a Galician mother and a father who is German, Eckert joined Borussia Mönchengladbach's youth setup in 2013, after stints at Alemannia Aachen, 1. FC Köln and SC Pulheim. He made his senior debut with the former's reserve team on 5 September 2015, playing the last five minutes in a 2–2 Regionalliga home draw against SSVG Velbert. On 4 July 2017, Eckert joined Celta de Vigo and was initially assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B. He made his first-team debut on 18 August of the following year, coming on as a late substitute for Maxi Gómez in a 1–1 home draw against RCD Espanyol. On 31 January 2019, Eckert joined Eredivisie side SBV Excelsior until June. He scored the game-winning goal on 17 February in a 2–1 comeback win against FC Emmen for his first top-flight goal. On 2 September 2019, FC Ingolstadt announced the signing of Eckert. He scored a goal and provided an assist in his debut for the club on 15 September 2019. Eckert has played for the Germany national under-19 football team.

Why, when you heard it, did the believing men and women not of their own account think good thoughts, and say, ‘This is a manifest calumny’? Why did they not bring four witnesses against it? But since they did not bring the witnesses, in God’s sight they are the liars. But for God’s bounty to you and His mercy in the present world and the world to come there would have visited you for your mutterings a mighty chastisement. When you received it on your tongues, and were speaking with your mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, and reckoned it a light thing, and with God it was a mighty thing -- O believers, follow not the steps of Satan; for whosoever follows the steps of Satan, assuredly he bids to indecency and dishonour. But for God’s bounty to you and His mercy not one of you would have been pure ever; but God purifies whom He will; and God is Allhearing, All-knowing. Let not those of you who possess bounty and plenty swear off giving kinsmen and the poor and those who emigrate in the way of God; but let them pardon and forgive. Do you not wish that God should forgive you? God is All-forgiving, All-compassionate. Surely those who cast it up on women in wedlock that are heedless but believing shall be accursed in the present world and the world to come; and there awaits them a mighty chastisement on the day when their tongues, their hands and their feet shall testify against them touching that they were doing. Upon that day God will pay them in full their just due, and they shall know that God is the manifest Truth. Corrupt women for corrupt men, and corrupt men for corrupt women; good women for good men, and good men for good women -- these are declared quit of what they say; theirs shall be forgiveness and generous provision. O believers, do not enter houses other than your houses until you first ask leave and, salute the people thereof; that is better for you; haply you will remember. And if you find not anyone therein, enter it not until leave is given to you.

Like he gwine to leab de place? An’ I spec’ he’s run away! An’ it won’t go half way round. For to tink he’s contraband. Wid de key trown in de well. Dan to went, an’ run away. Regarding the “contraband” situation, it is instructive to read Gen. Butler‘s letter to Secretary of War Cameron on this subject, as printed in the New York Times (6 August, 1861): … I have therefore now within the Peninsula, this side of Hampton Creek, 900 negroes, 300 of whom are able-bodied men, 30 of whom are men substantially past hard labor, 175 women, 225 children under the age of 10 years, and 170 between 10 and 18 years, and many more coming in. The questions which this state of facts present are very embarrassing. First — What shall be done with them? and, Second, What is their state and condition? Upon these questions I desire the instructions of the Department. … (Note the appearance of NH’s own “Major-Gen. DIX” in the opening paragraph of said letter.) abolition Abraham Lincoln african american antebellum asa hutchinson banjo blackface California Camp Christy's Minstrels colored soldiers confederate dance Dan Emmett death Elias Howe emancipation frederick douglass george Root Gold grants guide Henry Clay Work (composer) Hutchinson Family instructor Jesse Hutchinson Jr. Jim Crow John Hutchinson Jordan is a Hard Road... Judson Hutchinson Kingdom Coming Mary Blane minstrel minstrels New York Phil. Rice plantation primary sources Richmond secession slavery slaves song sheets spirituals Stephen Foster (composer) T. D. Rice Winslow Homer

Mom pretty much considers St. Christopher a beautiful stage and a target-rich environment in which to hunt her natural prey: people with money and the heart for good works (or just the wish to look good—she's never been picky about why people give their money). "Before modern medicine," he said meditatively, "childbirth used to be very perilous and many mothers died bringing their children into the world. On tragic occasions they still do. In such circumstances are we to regret the birth of the child? Or should we be grateful for God's gift while mourning the loss of the mother? To be more specific to your own family's experience, your sister's death inspired your mother to start her foundation—a foundation that has collected many millions for research, aid, and education all over the world. Faith's story has helped your mother to bring attention to her causes, and thousands, tens of thousands of souls have been blessed by it. The work itself brings your mother great happiness. On Monday we removed a downed powerline that blocked a major roadway, and I actually retrieved a cat from a tree. Dispatch only grabbed that call since it was my first day and a cute photo-op, but I framed the article. Wednesday we responded to an apartment fire, flying down and quickly searching through the smoke and flames for victims as fire trucks raced to the scene. Since it started upstairs during work hours and the alarms worked fine, we didn't find any. On Thursday Dispatch sent us to a bad freeway accident; we flew the paramedics in and flew the victims to the hospital, even moved the cars off the road. (Who knew there was a science to lifting cars? You don't just grab them by the bumper—you've got to tip them up and lift them by their frames.) Friday we weren't called up at all, though of course Bad Things happened that the other CAIs and normal emergency service providers handled.

Da un certo punto di vista devo darti ragione. Ahahahahah ma Swiftie 6tremenda!!! sapevo avresti fatto un commento del genere…le tue acidate contro la mia christina hanno sempre quell’aria un po snob e moralìsta eppure ogni volta mi fai sorridere :D ti adoro..sappilo :D Poteva fare un ritorno alla Blow me (One last kiss) come Pink invece di sprecarsi per una truzzata.. Perchè SÌ, è sprecata così l’Aguilera! E mi dispiace G.B. 24/08/2012 - 13:00 at 13:00 Non potevo chiedere di meglio. :)))) Aspetto con ansia l’album sperando di ritrovare la solita Cristina! A Christina manca il coraggio? Forse ti sei persa i suoi ultimi 10 anni di carriera. L’ultimo disco ha floppato ed è chiaro che una cantante come lei, e con la sua esperienza, deve essere riportata in vetta. mi piace molto..veramente bella..poi la sua voce…ragazzi se non ci fosse stata la sua voce su questo pezzo..nessuno se la sarebbe mai cagata sta canzone….GRANDE! LEI E MAX MARTIN OVVIAMENTE t.o.p. e la base non è potente e lascia spazio all essenza Pop… x me xtina dovrebbe essere o R&b come Stripped o anni 50/70 come back to basics xo la demo è perfetta xke l elettronica non è invasiva e la base è molto Pop e poco tamarra e la canzone e stupida e frizzante che come singolo ci sta! non è la cristina che voglio ma cosi come è questa canzone è potenteeee!! Ma é sparita dalla circolazioneee?!? Lol !!! D: Non la trovo piú !!!!! .-. Lol ahah! Ho ascoltato la demo per 2 ore!!!! È stupendaaaaaa!!! Chissá qll originale! Veramete sta volta ha centrato! Brava Xtinaaa! Ecco! Come immaginavo :) Grazie delle info. Te la giri e te la volti sempre a modo tuo… Il pezzo è commerciale e banale. STOP. Che poi la sua voce sia divina, era risaputo. allora aspetta le ballads dell’album…nn so a te, ma a me nn emoziona una uptempo -.- per quanto possa amare christina, semmai mi farà scatenare ma nn emozionare…

Imagination did the work - it was getting late, with sky full of dark clouds. There were some people around, but we couldn't communicate with them, not knowing Arabic nor even French. Our host ignored our calls. Only when we called him from the phone booth did he mercifully explain to some boy standing next to us to put us on the bus to the centre, because he was not going to host us! Marriage Therapy in Bosnia: It is much harder to name the best experience, as we had so many; with both hosts and surfers (you were one of them Charlie and Luke!) We would like to bring up here the story of Sandra and Dejan from Tuzla, Bosnia. They didn't really have much time to host us, but they did it anyway, because they care about people. Sandra is a psychologist and she provided us with a short but illuminating marriage therapy session (not that we needed it !!) and Dejan constantly felt responsible for us. Not only did they give us a ride, offer us food and a place place to stay, but when we asked where can we could get the best rakija in Bosnia they said: 'on our balcony' and gave us more than we would ever have asked for! Couchsurfing in Bangkok is always awesome, but once it was really awesome! Our host, a lovely girl called Susitha, lived in a traditional Thai wooden house on the bank of a tiny, dirty (but not smelly) river. There were no walls to separate the rooms on the first floor, but on the second floor there was a separate Buddhist prayer room. We slept on a mattress in the corner of the prayer room. It was unusual, but romantic! Every morning, a cute dog walked into our room to wake us up. We cooked Ukrainian food for Susitha and tried traditional Thai breakfast, made by her mother: mashed rice with ginger, row eggs and cow tongue. It was the most exciting Couchsurfing experience we'd ever had! We've been Couchsurfing for years, both independently and as a couple. To date, we feel incredibly lucky to say that we have only had absolutely wonderful experiences.

The testimonies of the two young sisters, nieces of one of the accused, cut to the hearts of the jury and the media despite inconsistencies in their retelling—and despite the claim that their father had allegedly been obsessed with one of the accused, and was upset to learn that she preferred women. An expert witness took the stand to assert that physical evidence was consistent with pre-established models of sexual abuse in children. Perhaps most convincingly, the district attorney repeatedly painted the four friends, young mothers and beloved sisters and daughters, as a coven of nefarious predators plotting ritualistic molestation all because they were gay—a fact that, some jurors admitted during the selection process, made them uncomfortable. Southwest of Salem deftly paints a portrait of the jury trials that sent the quartet to prison in 1997 and 1998, and how they cleaved a hole in their lives and those of their still-supportive families back home. But the film takes on a new dimension as it chronicles their path to freedom a decade and a half later. Rivera was sent to prison first, tried and convicted as the so-called “ringleader” of the bunch. And before Mayhew, Rivera, and Vasquez were also sent away, they’d tried in vain to find their own evidence to clear their names, playing detective and interviewing former neighbors about the alleged crime, as seen in camcorder footage shot circa 2000. But it wasn’t until a complete stranger from the snowy wilds of Canada started researching their case that the women found any allies on the outside who believed in their innocence because they presented as atypical of recorded female sexual abusers. “It just didn’t make sense,” says Darrell Otto, the research scientist who helped jump-start the women’s journey toward freedom. “It just didn’t fit the pattern at all.” Vasquez was released on parole first, an emotional moment captured by the film’s cameras.

We had several therapy sessions prior, and this was a big step because we were going to up Jamie's estrogen shots to more aggressive levels. This time I got no argument from ex, he gave his consent. What no drama ?? [UNK] Nope . The doctors explained everything to Jamie, and she was sooo excited. We were only a month from the end of school as well. She got the more aggressive shots. Over the next month or so physically Jamie was doing great, her doctors appointments had gone really well. Since I saw Jamie everyday it was hard to say I notice anything extremely different about her physically. She has started getting some swelling in the chest area, and by the time school was closing we were getting weather in the 80's for the first time. So she was careful to wear an undershirt under a baggy shirt ( she was wearing everything baggy) with her school clothes. She was aware that they are growing and self-conscious in her boy mode at school. I would ask her if she was ok, and how did she feel other than the obvious? She noticed her skin was becoming very soft, but I notice a general overall softening of her. I especially notice it when she is wearing boys clothes, she looks like a girl. Jamie did not have many friends at school, so people must wonder what's going on, but I think with the hair growing out and the baggy clothes, Drew says she was of getting away with a skater look. Which I guess was working for her. Thankfully she never got teased or harassed by anyone. I know Drew looks out for her. Drew keeps me up on that too, but her safety kept me up (still does) at night. School ended without any incidents and we made it. Summer was not one day old, when Jamie wanted to shed anything male from her life. We gave it all away. She was as they say in the community "Full-time." This was a pivotal moment for me, as I stating with my blues over the last several months previous. This was happening… No more hiding, no more duality for my child, no more fighting and bickering from my ex. I was coming out of my funk.

ANAHEIM — The Angels could have attached a collegiate band-aid on their hemorrhaging farm system. They could have taken a pitcher like Florida’s Alex Faedo, with an express lane to MLB. They could have been impatient with their plight, as their fans are. They did none of that Monday. They let the draft board speak to them, and what it delivered was a 6-foot-3, 211-pound scaffold of seething potential named Jordon Adell. They took Adell with the 10th pick of the first round of the MLB draft. Immediately, the experts in that field deemed Adell the best prospect the Angels have. “Now we have a player we can build around,” said Matt Swanson, the Angels’ scouting director. “There were some college guys that we valued. But I don’t think any were in the conversation with him.” Adell hit 25 home runs with a .562 average for Ballard High in Louisville. His dad Scott was an offensive lineman at N.C. State and played with the Saints. His sister Jessica was the top softball player in Kentucky and played at Tennessee. His mother Nicole is the principal at Newburg Middle School, where she wanted to establish options and alternatives to inner-city kids. Jordan became a regular ex-officio counselor at Newburg, recommending the merits of baseball. Jordon himself, more commonly known as Jo, has run 60 yards in 6.1 seconds and his fastball has been clocked at 97 mph. When he was 8 years old he was slamming baseballs over 150-foot fences. His dad, concerned about the head shots he took in his own career, ruled out football at an early age. Jo stands to reap a bonus of $4.38 million. Thanks, Dad. “We’re talking about the upside of a player who steps in and potentially is a perennial All-Star,” Swanson said. The Angels were picking too low to take the best of southern California’s best. Hunter Greene of Notre Dame High in Sherman Oaks went second to Cincinnati, as expected. What wasn’t expected was Royce Lewis of JSerra in San Juan Capistrano, going first to the Twins.

Any impact on shared experience about the quality of the relationship between the individual and society can be described as public value creation. Public value creation is situated in relationships between the individual and society, founded in individuals, constituted by subjective evaluations against basic needs, activated by and realized in emotional-motivational states, and produced and reproduced in experience-intense practices. " Meynhardt, 2009 "The definition that remains equates managerial success in the public sector with initiating and reshaping public sector enterprises in ways that increase their value to the public in both the short and the long run." Moore, 1995 "Public Value (or Public Value Capital) then is the combined view of the public about what they regard as valuable." Talbot, 2006 The research program on public value was kicked off by Professor Mark H. Moore of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, who published a book on the subject, "Creating Public Value. Strategic Management in Government", in 1995. In this sense, public value can be instituted as an organising principle in a public sector organisation, providing a focus in the context of which individual employees are free to pursue and propose new ideas about how to improve the working of the organisation, in terms of efficiency or services. Public organisations seeking to use public value as a principle need to create a corporate culture in which the pursuit of public values by employees is rewarded just as pursuing shareholder value is rewarded in private corporations. The concept has been taken up initially by academics, think tanks and NGOs, and later by a number of public sector organisations in the United Kingdom and other countries. In 2004 it was used by the BBC as the cornerstone of its manifesto for the renewal of its charter. In 2006 Accenture launched the Institute for Public Service Value (IPSV), to explore how public value is created in government organizations.

Only in the past 5 years have some utility companies sought approval and funding to build new nuclear power generating facilities. So what happened? During the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s, we developed the most advanced and safest nuclear facilities in the world, under the regulation and oversight of our federal government’s Atomic Energy Commission. But then the government decided to consolidate all of its energy related branches into a Department of Energy. So the Atomic Energy Commission was absorbed into this new government entity. At the same time, we needed to address environmental issues relating to air and water pollution. The pollution of the Love Canal near Buffalo, New York, and acid rain damaging trees in New England became key events, which ultimately led to the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA. In order to fund this new agency, the government cut budgets in other departments, one of them being the Department of Energy. Since acid rain is known to be caused by air pollutants that come from coal and gas power plants, the EPA was charged with regulating the emissions of our utility industry. Our priority changed from energy production to emissions regulation. And the budget cuts within the Department of Energy led to less oversight of the energy industry by this department. And utility companies became lax in the maintenance of their facilities, focusing mainly on reducing air pollution to meet EPA regulations. But the EPA was only regulating fossil fuel burning power plants. Nuclear power plants were nonpolluting entities. And faced with budget cuts, the Department of Energy decreased its manpower accordingly. As a consequence, nuclear power plants were inspected less frequently. And I believe that this was the major factor that allowed the Three Mile Island incident to happen. Now, four decades later, we can no longer consider ourselves to be the world leader in nuclear power generation. France has assumed that position. So what have the French done to achieve this status?

“Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops.” Therefore, ACTIVATE YOUR CONFIRMATION and get to work! Send Snail Mail to Fr. Z “The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual.” This blog has to earn its keep! PLEASE subscribe if it is useful. That way I have steady income I can plan on, and you wind up regularly on my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I periodically say Holy Mass. Supporter : $10.00 USD - monthly Helper : $5.00 USD - monthly Backer : $25.00 USD - monthly $1/day Ally : $30.42 USD - monthly Sustainer : $50.00 USD - monthly Endorser : $75.00 USD - monthly Collaborator : $100.00 USD - monthly Patron : $200.00 USD - monthly Underwriter : $300.00 USD - monthly For a one time donation... account, which functions rather like PayPal. Some of you use it. Here is a QCode you can use with your smart phones. Try it! Some donations also come through CHASE. That works well. I don't think they take any percentage as fees. 14 January – Festum Asinorum #FeastoftheAss Day! ISS NEWS: 4 at once! Fr. Z kudos for a great idea about abandoned churches Did you think you would see something in your lifetime like this? “Those who support Donald Trump should no longer be allowed to publish books or use the Internet or fly on airplanes.” “If you don’t bother to pause and learn a single thing from your citizens storming your Capitol building, then you’re a fool…”.

But those women had all been to good schools and learned early on to like the right brands and to aspire to the upper-middle-class hipster aesthetic, even if they couldn’t quite afford it without parental help. They had learned to fake it, but Ms. Tan, a square-jawed, bottle-blond Arlington native, did not. Ms. Tan gave it to me straight. “Your name is Anthony, huh? Haven’t had good luck with Anthonys, or Tonys,” she muttered before going on to complain about the disproportionate number of Latinos she had to call doing “investigations into possible fraud on a bank account formerly held” for the “finalization” department at this “pre-litigation” firm, as the script put it. Over and over again, I listened to the script, and the other statements that were unscripted but still as rote: like the empty threat that, if “restitution” wasn’t made by the end of the day, then the “network of attorneys” our firm “represented” would insist that “paperwork would be sent to the county courthouse.” There were no attorneys, of course. Just as there was no company Web site, or even an e-mail address beyond one at earthlink.net. In other words: a total scam. S&W was little more than a shell company created to buy bad debts and attempt to enforce them via naked threats and pidgin legalese. I learned how to play the role, to sound like law enforcement without actually representing myself as a LEO. When my technique was on and the person on the other end was particularly credulous, I would be referred to, I was assured, as an “investigator” or a “detective.” That claim came to pass. As watchdog Web site 800Notes.com claims, in a story about the uptick of complaints against collection agencies: “More Debt Collectors Use Abusive, Illegal Tactics. Debt collectors are leaning hard on consumers to make good on their debts, and, in the process, some are crossing the line. They call friends, family members and co-workers trying to embarrass the debtor into paying.