Plot: Madeline Matheson is eight months pregnant and determined to deliver her unborn child, Grace, naturally. When an accident leaves Grace dead inside her, Madeline insists on carrying the baby’s corpse to term. Weeks later, when Madeline delivers, the baby miraculously returns to life… With an appetite.
I get a refund during the grace period on a credit card statement, can I reduce the payment accordingly?
I had a credit card statement of 1000. Within 4 days I get a refund of 200 during the grace period of 15 days. The payment date then follows 11 days later and the credit card company still try to take 1000 - so making my credit card a positive balance - which is not what I want! Can I insist on only paying 800? They then tell me that I will be charged to taking cash out of a positive balanced credit card. Can they do that?
What is stupid is that if I dispute 200 - they will only take 800. Some credit card companies do not do this - but if you stop the direct debit (especially on a charge card) and just pay the actual account balance - then there is no charge.
If I decide to pay my bill in 3 parts for example during the grace period so the total is paid then that is not a problem: as long as the whole amount is paid. Well that is effectively what is happening here - but one part is paid by the refund. How can this be justified?
Both you and the credit card company are trying to use the rules to their advantage. That is why I do NOT set up auto-pay agreements when I can pay on line myself. However, if I forget to make the payment, then I am up the creek. Auto-pay arrangements avoid forgetfulness.
Some credit card companies do reduce the minimum payment by the credits when they are on the account books. Some do not do so until the bill is printed which would place the 200 against the next payment.
You need to review the minimum payment schedule for the account. It should also have information how credits are applied.
When you do in fact have a credit balance after paying off the account, most will send you a refund check without a fee. Verify that with this account.
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
IMDB rating: 7.30
Plot: It hadn’t even been a year since a plantation owner named Louis had lost his brother, and now he had lost his will to live. A vampire named Lestat takes a liking to Louis and offers him the chance to become a creature of the night: a vampire. Louis accepts, and Lestat drains Louis’ mortal blood and then replaces it with his own turning Louis into a vampire. Louis must learn from Lestat the ways of the vampire.
Order for reading the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice?
I know for the Vampire Chronicles the order is:
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
The Queen of the Damned
Tale of the Body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
Merrick
Blood & Gold
Blackwood Farm
Blood Canticle
I want to know WHERE the Tales of the Witches fall into that timeline. Where do I need to read each of the Witches books in order to know the characters/events taking place in the Vampire Chronicles. Also, do the New Tales of the Vampires (Pandora and Vittorio the Vampire) tie in with the Vampire Chronicles? Are these new vampires in the series at all, if so- when should I read them?
Should I just go by the publication dates?
And if you want to be AMAZING, with your listing of the order of the books– rate each book out of 5! I have only read the first 3 in the series.
Thank you!
Why not just read them in the order they were published? Even if some books were intended to be prequels or whatnot, she released them in a specific order. I would read them in that order.
It scares me to think that someone may watch Star Wars Episode 1-3 before the originals. Just because they take place earlier in the store doesn’t necessarily mean that they should be read/watched first. Then again, this is just a general commentary on order, not specific to the Rice novels.
Take it for what you will Hope that helps.
Jesse | Jun 29, 2008
the first three are the only ones worth reading,,,after i read memnoch,,it was so bad i quite reading them. i read lestate, interview, and queen in that order..lestat and queen being the best. far as i can tell, the witches series refered to the talamasca and david talbot (the people who observe paranomal stuff),,who was introduced in queen. you can buy autographed copies pretty cheap on ebay…i’d get hardbacks if you can.
s t | Jun 28, 2008
Pandora and Vittorio the Vampire can be read seperatly, but it help if you read them in the following order because Marius is involved.
Interview With The Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
Queen of The Damned
Tale of The Body Thief
Memnoch The Devil
The Vampire Armand (Can be read before or after Pandora)
Pandora
Vittorio The Vampire
Merrick
Blood And Gold
The Witching Hour
Lasher
Taltos
Blackwood Farm
Blood Canticle
Its been a while since I have read this books but i loved them a lot, just in their own way. Reading them as close to order as possible allows you to follow a rough story line.
Grim | Jun 28, 2008
I read the Mayfair Witch books before the Vampire books, but the witched do not actually play a part in the Vampire Chronicles until Merrick so I would just read them before then and then the rest if the Vampire books will probably make more sense.
Pandora and Vittorio are not really part of the series, but Pandora is pretty interesting (the same cannot be said for the big "V"). Pandora has a minor role in some of Lestat’s books, but nothing too major.
Rating wise, the Witching Hour is my favorite and them the rest of the witch series goes downhill. My favorite vampire books are:The Vampire Lestat, Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil and Blackwood Farm. The rest are pretty good too, just more forget-able.
Plot: Ellie has been taking care of her younger brother Jimmy since their parents death. One night after picking him up from a party they are involved in a car accident on Mullholland Drive. While trying to rescue a woman from the other car a creature attacks and kills her, also injuring both Ellie and Jimmy. After some research Jimmy realizes the creature could only have been a werewolf.
How long is a path cursed after a black cat crosses it?
It’s Friday the Thirteenth and last night a black cat crossed my path, but I didn’t see it. Do I have to see it cross for that to count? If not, then wouldn’t that mean that anyone who crosses that point will be cursed until the sidewalk is no longer in use? How long does the curse remain in effect? What if you own a black cat, wouldn’t your whole apartment be cursed?
As per our Hindu Practice, crossing of your path by any cat including the black one, will bring you bad luck. In my younger age I was just ignoring it as simple superstition. But I had bad effects on three occasions when cat crossed my path.
1. First time I was caught by police for a traffic violation while driving and fined.
2. Second time, I got good firing for no fault of mine from my boss.
3. Third time - I had a massive Heart Attack and hospitalized. I was declared a Heart patient.
So naturally we have to believe it is not superstition.
I consulted the astrologers and the precaution we have to take is. IF YOU SEE A CAT CROSS YOUR PATH WHILE WALKING , PLEASE WAIT FOR SOME ONE ELSE TO CROSS. THEY WILL NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT AS THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN THE CAT. IF IT HAPPENS WHILE YOU DRIVE, PLEASE WAIT FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSS FIRST AND THEN YOU CAN GO. I TAKE THIS PRECAUTION NOW-A-DAYS AND I AM ALRIGHT. BEST OF LUCK.-
jayaraman | Apr 13, 2007
dont be ridiculous
fireball226 | Apr 13, 2007
I’m not superstitious so I don’t know.
I have a black cat and she trips me all the time and I’m okay so… IDK.
freakknastyy | Apr 13, 2007
I was born on the 13th of the month, and my birthday periodically falls on a Friday. So I figure Friday the 13th is lucky for me. And so it has proved today: this is the day we go get the U-Haul truck and move me into my cool new apartment.
Similarly, the black cat does not need to be bad luck, even if you see him/her cross your path. When a black cat looks like it is about to cross my path, I tell it, "Beware. It may be bad luck for you and not for me." Often they stop and stare at me, and cross its path instead of it crossing mine.
auntb93backup | Apr 13, 2007
What is a path? If it’s an imaginary line extending in front of you, how long does it extend? If it extends for miles, or thousands of miles, then a black cat has crossed EVERYONES path and does so all the time. See my point? Black cats have black pigment in their hair follicles. I know it’s fun to imagine that there are mystical forces and ‘luck’ and ‘fate’ and stuff like that, but let’s be just a bit practical, shall we? These are myths and legends. They have no application to real life. Nothing ’causes’ bad luck, as luck is just our word for random chance.
farien3 | Apr 13, 2007
Superstitiously speaking, you must actually see the cat cross in order to be considered unlucky. It is predominantly the act of "seeing" it that portends ill fate. The "curse" will remain in effect until it is fulfilled.
I do not see black, white, green or purple cats unlucky.
"In the USA and parts of Europe which were affected by the witch hunts the association with witches caused them to be considered as bad luck"
Depending on one’s area of the world and the century one lived in, black cats portend either good or bad luck. Here are some examples.
Originally in Britain and Europe, a black cat crossing one’s path was considered good luck
In Asia and the U.K., a black cat is considered lucky.
In Yorkshire, England, it may be lucky to own a black cat, but it is unlucky have one cross your path.
To dream of a black cat is lucky.
On the other paw, seeing a black cat in your dream indicates that you are experiencing some fear in using your psychic abilities and believing in your intuition.
If a black cat walks towards you, it brings good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it.
In regards to Psychology of Superstition, Dr Vyse calls it magical thinking. "Wanting more control or certainty is the driving force behind most superstitions. We tend to look for some kind of a rule, or an explanation for why things happen. "Sometimes the creation of a false certainty is better than no certainty at all, and that is what much of the research suggests," says Vyse."
"..there is a positive placebo effect — if you think something will help you, it may do just that. "There is a tremendous amount of power in belief," he says. If the outcome is a matter of pure luck, beliefs don’t really have any impact, however, when your performance is a key factor in an outcome, superstitious thinking might give you an extra boost….Studies regularly point to placebo effects (both positive and negative), which are entirely caused by the power of expectations or preconceptions. Yet superstitions can also play a negative role in our lives "
If you think it, if you put energy towards something, it will be self-fulfilling.
Instead of saying "Oh, that’s bad luck!" Trying saying something like, "Oh wow, something good is coming my way and I can’t wait!!!"
I owned a black cat. She was the most loving, intelligent cat I’ve ever met. Although I’ve yet to own a green or purple cat, I am sure they would be just as remarkable and I would still be blessed - not cursed.
StarStuffs | Apr 13, 2007
Hope that helps.
adrianne_claire | Jun 29, 2008
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