Collection

has outlined the regulations and standards that all debt collection agencies should abide by. The act limits where and when a person can receive collection calls as well as prohibiting illegal and harassing behaviors such as: Using threatening, profane, or abusive language / Making continuous collection calls to annoy the debtor / Providing misleading or false information / Calling any time before 8:00am or after 9:00pm. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was passed in 1977 and the consumer…

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on October 14, 1939. Lauren worked in retail stores before developing a line of neckties. The brand he created Polo, is now one part of an design that includes fragrances, clothes, and many more items . Lauren has used his personal fortune to a collection of rare and classic cars. In 1967, Lauren began designing men’s neckties, branding them under the name “Polo” and selling them at large department stores, including Bloomingdale’s. Lauren expanded his designs to a full menswear line.…

“Here's a Collection of 19th-Century Romanian Tattoos and the Skin They Were Etched On” by Mihai Popescu. The title caught my attention, not just because it claims to be a historical approach on tattoos in Romania, but also because it reminded me of last week’s class discussion on what kind of body parts people preserve, since the second part of the title suggests that the actual pieces of skin that the tattoos were etched is part of the collection; in other words it isn’t just a collection of…

Bahamas eleven times. My favorite hotel here is known as Atlantis, and my personal artifact isn’t one single thing, but a collection of sand and shells that I have collected over the years. I adore this place so much that I…

Back in spring 2014, after visiting Carnegie Museum of Arts, I have also visited the Carnegie Museum Natural History. I found this museum more interesting than the first one because of the collection of art pieces which gives me very rare experience and so I enjoyed the galleries, photographs and different work of many other artists. It has maintained a great history work and so its importance can be imagined as it is among the top five natural history museums in the world. This is not merely a…

the chance to attend the launch of Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin’s jewelry collection for HSN at TOWN Residential in NYC. This event, hosted by Avenue magazine, showcased everything Consuelo has been working on for the past year. This exclusive collection, inspired by five generations of the “America’s Royal Family” include a wide variety of pearl and diamond jewelry guaranteed turn you into a princess. This luxurious collection counts with one-of-a-kind 24 pieces that reflect the historic jewelry…

both American and international, working together as a national trades union center. Together the unions represent more than 12 million active and retired workers. The AFL–CIO engages in substantial political activism. The 55,000 volume AFL-CIO collection was bequeathed to the University of Maryland in 2014. Records include manuscripts, pamphlets, correspondence, and photographs, as well as artifacts…

the Middle East region provide the key function of collection by employing sources such as “elicitation, official liaison contacts, debriefings, screenings, and OSINT to obtain information that answers standing CI collection requirements or other collection requirements.” This collection is defined best as “the systematic acquisition of information concerning the FISS, international terrorist organization, and adversary intelligence collection threat.” We see this function in work as a…

media, but the museum was still faced with criticism from members of the public as well as its peers. “The Association of American Museum Directors (AAMD) warned Delaware that selling artworks for purposes other than acquiring new pieces for the collection was a "serious violation" of its code of ethics and professional standards, but the museum was undeterred” . Even with a warning from the AAMD, the Delaware museum’s continued with the sale of the…