With The Right Tools You Can Find Anyone

October 16, 2008 at 9:49 pm · Comment
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Back when I was a skip tracer for a local repossession company, my main job was to find people who had skipped out on automobile loans and bank loans and stuff like that. I utilized many different tools found on the web to conduct certain searches, like free real estate records and stuff like that. one of the most useful tools, though was the National Phone Registry reverse telephone number look-up. With this tool you can look up any phone number in any area code and get very detailed information. It came in handy when checking out numbers that were frequently called or that the skip had frequently called from. Most of the time people who are calling in about a past due loan or unpaid bill don’t realize that the bank or finance company will log down any information including numbers that they call from. Then when it becomes necessary to do a telephone number search, they have all of the information they need to try and find where the skip was calling from.

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Girl With Down Syndrome Crowned Homecoming Queen

October 16, 2008 at 9:39 pm · Comments (2)
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Typically, when you think of a homecoming queen, you think of the prettiest, most popular girl in the school. The blonde head cheerleader, for example. In one particular high school in Texas, however, this is not the case. Well, maybe I’m putting that wrong. The girl is popular, and she is beautiful, but she’s not the head cheerleader. Her name is Kristin Pass and she is an Eightteen year old senior at Aledo High School. She also has Down Syndrome. I guess to some people this probably doesn’t mean anything, but coming from the big sister of a mentally handicapped person, and seeing how most people treat other handicapped people this really hit home for me. I have seen my share of ugliness, the whispers, the stares and laughter. People can be cruel and ugly. It’s nice to see that in this day and age, and in a world as cold as the one in which we live, there are still some good people. Those people made Kristin Pass very, very happy.

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OMG @ My Kiddo’s Grades

October 16, 2008 at 5:59 pm · Comments (1)
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Monday Eric brought home his first progress report for 3rd grade. I must admit when I saw it, I was completely shocked. He has a 98 in Reading, 100 in math, 100 in science, and a 71 in Social Studies!! Seventy One! Next to his grade was handwritten “missing work”, and when I asked him about the horribly low grade he said it’s because he forgot to turn in his work and left it in his “work in progress” folder. He said he turned it in that day, but that the teacher already had made out the progress reports. I explained to him that a 71 is simply unacceptable because I know he can do better, and that if he brings home a grade like that again he’s definitely going to be punished. I didn’t punish him this time, though. I wrote his teacher a note and asked about the grade, but have yet to receive a response.

For some children, a 71 might be considered “okay” or even “good”. My uncle used to have problems in school so when he brought home anything above failing, he was doing good. My son, however, has n ever brought home anything below a 95, so this is definitely upsetting to me. It makes me wonder if he’s just becoming really lazy or what. I simply don’t know. Anyway, I know that it better not be happening again. >;[

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