tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.comments2023-05-24T04:12:10.274-04:00House out of FocusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger623125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-50284533071859546182019-03-30T10:17:20.535-04:002019-03-30T10:17:20.535-04:00The 2018 version of the software shows the same be...The 2018 version of the software shows the same behavior. I'm sorry if you expected anything different.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-58745634388112988892018-05-14T13:59:34.354-04:002018-05-14T13:59:34.354-04:00The Samsung refrigerator lasted less than 2 years ...The Samsung refrigerator lasted less than 2 years more after this post. It is not scrap metal and reclaimed freon, and many bits of plastic and foam that are hopefully being recycled into something that doesn't require any ability to function. It got worse and worse at holding a temperature, the control panel couldn't handle restarting after the final few times we had to unplug the fridge to defrost it manually, it cost us hundreds of dollars in lost food and destroyed over $20,000 of medication, and the kicker is that Lowe's pretended we had never bought an extended warranty from them but we finally found the proof that we had paid for the extended warranty when we scrapped the fridge.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-30233096041003600812018-01-25T08:31:25.388-05:002018-01-25T08:31:25.388-05:00Lactase breaks down lactose into glucose and galac...Lactase breaks down lactose into glucose and galactose, which are also sugars. That's why lactose-free milk still contains sugar.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-72764668003087183292018-01-25T08:28:06.750-05:002018-01-25T08:28:06.750-05:00Fairlife removes the lactose from the milk, using ...Fairlife removes the lactose from the milk, using advanced filtering techniques. Other companies add lactase, which is an enzyme that is supposed to digest the milk. Then they heat up the milk to inactivate the lactase. The enzyme makes your milk taste sweeter and the heating of the milk can make give it a cooked taste. Even though the lactose is still present, they are allowed to say their milk is lactose free if they add lactase. All of the sugar in milk is lactose. So if you get lactose free milk and it has sugar, and no sugar is added, it clearly still has lactose. Yet the lactase is supposed to have digested the thing that would make you sick, if you are lactose intolerant, before they inactivate the lactase. I don't know why they have to inactivate the lactase.<br /><br />I had some lactose free milk and got sick, so I must be allergic. It's too bad!Oceana Blessinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05278272606981586309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-11351907075213295792017-10-31T09:59:32.131-04:002017-10-31T09:59:32.131-04:00Population density is definitely a big issue, and ...Population density is definitely a big issue, and I'm only familiar with living in the Northeast where the density is high enough to support this.<br /><br />I think there's a broad recognition among synagogue leadership that synagogues can't get young adults to join. The best they hope for is to get them in the door occasionally. If we can offer them a scenario where they not only get them in the door occasionally, the synagogues also get a portion of the regional dues, I think we can sell that. I also think there's enough foundation money out there to launch this in a test region. The bigger question to me is whether this could be made appealing to young Jewish adults (and with a high enough percentage who can afford some sort of dues structure).<br /><br />With enough details fleshed out, it should be easier to explain to synagogues why this cannot work for one synagogue to try it on their own even if they wanted to staff up. Perhaps a large enough synagogue that adopted the "church without walls" paradigm could manage parts of it, but they're not going to equal the "here's a list of 15 rabbis you could talk to when you need to talk, here's the list of 10 synagogues you could pick from for Kol Nidre" that a regional approach could manage.<br /><br />To explain it to young Jewish adults, well, please find someone younger than me to figure that out. I remember being a young Jewish adult and feeling like individual synagogues were completely unapproachable and almost completely uninteresting. I was much more interested in social connections, and geographic proximity was far less important. That still seems true for a lot of people once they get off of a college campus and are suddenly faced with constructing a less convenience-based social life.<br /><br />Aside from serving that demographic and keeping them connected to Judaism, I like the idea of demystifying the local synagogues and essentially allowing some early hint of synagogue shopping (hey look, it's ok to walk in the door, and they do vary a bit), and of trying to restore/construct a sense of the longer-term transactional nature of supporting Jewish institutions -- we need to do that for more years of our lives so that the institutions can be around when we need them for various reasons (almost none of which apply to many young adults). People have long vanished from the rolls of institutional support from the time they leave college until they get married or have kids. But that interval has gone from a few years to many years because of societal changes, and that's part of what's driving the current membership crunch that so many synagogues have.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-57506939408716990802017-10-30T22:46:38.695-04:002017-10-30T22:46:38.695-04:00This sounds like an excellent idea, and well worth...This sounds like an excellent idea, and well worth trying in some region with multiple URJ-affiliated synagogues. I suspect Boston, New York, Philadelphia or maybe Cincinnati or SF? It would be lovely, if it could be made to work, and I don't see why it couldn't. Problems, yes, but scarcely insurmountable. And it could well include (or connect with) student affiliations at local colleges and universities as well.<br /><br />Sadly, it does require the full support of multiple synagogues, so.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />-E.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981451366078464708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-92043841859057650602017-07-28T22:50:24.604-04:002017-07-28T22:50:24.604-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-16571109013217204122017-07-28T22:28:26.329-04:002017-07-28T22:28:26.329-04:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.irilythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437536588133483253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-16842336164148679482017-06-29T15:07:25.161-04:002017-06-29T15:07:25.161-04:00There is more than one kind of intolerance that ma...There is more than one kind of intolerance that may give you a reaction to milk. Lactose intolerance is the most typical one, but you can also be intolerant to casein and other proteins in milk (if you are allergic to dairy, that is more all-encompassing than being lactose intolerant. As anonymous said, Lactaid processes out the lactose, but even if there are trace amounts of lactose, it contains contains lactase, which is the enzyme needed to process it, so it should be OK if you are lactose intolerant, but not if you are allergic to dairy. Deborahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-83255303439899123372017-05-22T10:04:16.975-04:002017-05-22T10:04:16.975-04:00The FDA does not technically define lactose-free, ...The FDA does not technically define lactose-free, but they do say quite clearly that a product labeled "lactose-free" should have no lactose in it. The product label that seems more dubious is "0g lactose", since with rounding that could mean 0.49g lactose.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-74960845987383649192017-05-19T11:56:57.550-04:002017-05-19T11:56:57.550-04:00Even Lactose free milk actually does have a very s...Even Lactose free milk actually does have a very small amount of lactose in it<br />the government allows a very tiny amount of lactose to still qualify to be labeled<br />Lactose Free, just like de-caf coffee has a little caffeine in it or sugar free might have a tiny amount of natural sugar, so if you are severely lactose intolerant you may still feel sick from lactaid or others like it, also don't drink very much soy milk, soy is not good for anyone in more than little amounts it triggers the body into producing an estrogen like response, especially for men.. anyway I hope everyone feels good soon, be well. and if you disagree with me that's ok I'm just going on what my research has showed me, I have an extremely sensitive stomach and intestines<br />and done a ton of research as well as many gut related surgeries and been tested by somwe very good Docs..mfc42https://www.blogger.com/profile/07085199346916264047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-41555185260326040182017-04-17T08:12:23.954-04:002017-04-17T08:12:23.954-04:00Plenty of companies that don't pay BBB do stil...Plenty of companies that don't pay BBB do still resolve complaints. eFax doesn't resolve complaints, possibly because there are so many complaints, or possibly because eFax is a dishonest company using dishonest methods to rip off customers.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-31830200732482218832017-04-15T23:26:41.581-04:002017-04-15T23:26:41.581-04:00To be fair, BBB is one of the largest scams on the...To be fair, BBB is one of the largest scams on the internet.<br /><br />If a company doesn't pay them, people cant post positive reviews, and their rating will always suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-26482418461253674672016-10-17T13:33:53.923-04:002016-10-17T13:33:53.923-04:00The trolling is free! Always has and always will b...The trolling is free! Always has and always will be, welcome to the Internet. <br /><br />Although, it does seem like you can't tell the different between trolling, and a conflicting opinion. I guess to someone like you, it's the same thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-82526216393403228972016-10-16T23:53:11.460-04:002016-10-16T23:53:11.460-04:00MaxEmail had an A+ rating with the BBB, with 0 com...MaxEmail had an A+ rating with the BBB, with 0 complaints. eFax has an F rating with the BBB, with 637 complaints. It's like the Gallant and Goofus of online fax services!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-91455558737049660862016-10-16T23:50:36.609-04:002016-10-16T23:50:36.609-04:00For completeness, I'm going to quote the follo...For completeness, I'm going to quote the following from MaxEmail's old website:<br /><br />"We are an accredited BBB member and take our customer satifaction very seriously. If you are not satisfied with our service for any reason, let us know and we will refund your purchase."<br /><br />When eFax claims that MaxEmail had a "no-refund policy," eFax is lying. It's something of a habit with eFax, and this one is black and white.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-6085289090904011082016-10-14T12:47:07.442-04:002016-10-14T12:47:07.442-04:00Here's a list of j2 company names, apparently:...Here's a list of j2 company names, apparently: how many others are they hiding behind?<br /><br />j2 Global®, j2 Global®, Inc, j2 Global® Communications, j2 Global® Communications, Inc, eFax®, eFax® Broadcast, eFax Corporate®, j2 Corporate, efax Developer™, jConnect®, jBlast, Fax.com™, Send2Fax®, SmartFax™, RapidFAX™, TrustFax®, MyFax®, MetroFax, eVoice®, eVoice® Receptionist, Onebox®, FuseMail®, Keep It Safe, Campaigner®, SugarSync<br /><br />And now we can add MaxEmail, of course. Sad. Very sad.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-10337716776642865572016-10-14T12:44:03.063-04:002016-10-14T12:44:03.063-04:00There are not many places with an F rating from th...There are not many places with an F rating from the Better Business Bureau. j2/eFax is one of them, though.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bbb.org/losangelessiliconvalley/business-reviews/telecommunications-equipment-disability/j2-cloud-services-in-hollywood-ca-13111332" rel="nofollow">BBB rating: F</a><br /><br />Wow: "637 complaints" with the BBB for j2 (owners of eFax). For a little company, that's impressive.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-88299597061575467742016-10-13T20:38:25.355-04:002016-10-13T20:38:25.355-04:00I don't mind taking 10 seconds to delete the t...I don't mind taking 10 seconds to delete the troll's comments, really. For people who read his crap before I delete it, it just shows what sort of company eFax is.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-47174500814290537822016-10-12T22:32:21.472-04:002016-10-12T22:32:21.472-04:00Anonymous coward:
This is his web site. He can po...Anonymous coward:<br /><br />This is his web site. He can post whatever he wants here. If you disagree, post about it on your own web site. If you post things on his web site that he doesn't like, he can delete them. It's his site. It's not yours.<br /><br />If you've got plenty of time on your hands, maybe you could find a way to use it to do something fun or useful, instead of wasting it pissing off other people?<br /><br />Michael:<br /><br />You should probably turn off anonymous comments, to keep at least some of the trolls away.<br /><br />(And, of course, feel free to delete this comment if you feel it's not helpful.) This is, after all, your site.irilythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15437536588133483253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-10229944991256354972016-10-12T20:10:44.058-04:002016-10-12T20:10:44.058-04:00I'm not defending efax, they do have some que...I'm not defending efax, they do have some questionable business practices, but nothing illegal. <br /><br />So you spout your own lies, don't listen to reason, and silence anyone who doesn't agree with you.<br /><br />Wait, are you a feminist? This would make so much more sense if you were. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-72483564352727733702016-10-12T18:54:22.029-04:002016-10-12T18:54:22.029-04:00To any affected customer who is wondering about ch...To any affected customer who is wondering about chargebacks: these are an effective tool in this sort of situation if the charge was in the past few months and you paid by credit card, and you're done with trying to do business with eFax. If eFax breaches the contract, call your credit card company and file a chargeback. Explain that you paid ahead of time for a year of service, and then eFax breached the contract. The chargeback is very likely to succeed, you don't have to continue dealing with eFax directly.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-68070248141511955402016-10-12T18:44:09.513-04:002016-10-12T18:44:09.513-04:00And any further comments from eFax employees will ...And any further comments from eFax employees will be deleted. If you want to hear lies from eFax, check out their web site or give them a call.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-58725037708082675932016-10-12T18:41:43.938-04:002016-10-12T18:41:43.938-04:00A few important points: complaints have skyrockete...A few important points: complaints have skyrocketed for every company that eFax has taken over. BBB has hundreds of complaints about eFax. There are far cheaper options than eFax, and companies with far better terms and conditions. And repeatedly stabbing a fork in your arm would be more fun than dealing with eFax customer service. The level of incompetence and dishonesty at eFax is astounding.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112945660401255413.post-55872400263488199702016-10-09T22:35:46.144-04:002016-10-09T22:35:46.144-04:00eFax wasn't honoring the year people already p...eFax wasn't honoring the year people already paid for -- that's what the change in terms and conditions meant. One example is that if I had continued to use their service under the new terms and conditions, eFax would charge me up to $500 for me to take my own phone number to a new service and threaten to try to take ownership of my phone number. Maxemail had no such charge.<br /><br />In the end, the credit card company agreed that eFax had no right to change the terms and conditions mid-year and refuse to offer a refund, and agreed with doing a chargeback.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985892327107710890noreply@blogger.com