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In this article, I'll be picking highlights from the latest data releases on housing starts and existing home sales, of both the single-family and multiple-unit variety, in the U.S. and Canada.
In Canada, total new home starts in April were 182,000 units seasonally adjusted and annualized (SAAR), which is just about where most economists would like to see them – neither so high that they're perpetuating an unrealistic 'bubble', nor so low that they threaten an imminent 'bust'.
(A figure over 200,000 units is a strong performance for Canadian housing starts; below 175,000 verges on the weak.)
On average, through the first four months of this year, Canadian home groundbreakings have been -2.2% when compared with the same January to April period of last year. This information is derived from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) statistics.
The bellwether Toronto condo market in the latest month, at 2,387 units (not seasonally adjusted or annualized), was -26.4% month to month (when it might have been headed upwards due to improving weather) and -1.4% year over year. Year to date, though, it remained significantly buoyant, at +15.7%.
Multi-unit starts year to date in Montreal are -41.2% and in Vancouver, they are +6.0%. But the surprise among all Canadian cities with respect to mainly high-rise residential starts is Edmonton, +183%. It seems doubtful this degree of strength will last, given the blows the Alberta economy is suffering on account of low energy prices. In the province's other major city, Calgary, the volume of multi-unit starts is -37%.
The latest level (April 2015) of total housing starts in the U.S., at 1.135 million units annualized − as set out in a joint press release from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – is the best monthly number in more than seven years, dating back to November 2007 (1.197 million units annualized).
Just the same, it remains far short of the previous peak level of 2.273 million units achieved in January, 2006. In fact, to provide perspective, the present 1.135 million units would need to almost exactly double to reach the earlier all-time high.
But that's quibbling and it's best to take good news where you can find it. U.S. new home starts are gradually rising.
U.S. total unit starts through April of this year have been +5.7% compared with the same stretch of time in 2014.
U.S. single-family starts have been +8.0% so far in 2015 while the improvement in multi-unit starts has trailed, at +1.5%. This marks a reversal of pattern. During the past four years, 2011 to 2014 inclusive, the percentage-change improvement in the multi-unit market was vastly superior to what was occurring in the singles section.
Regionally, the West has been experiencing the sharpest upturn in total starts through April of this year, +12.4%, versus the same time frame last year, followed by the South, +5.6%, and Midwest, +3.8%.
The unit-level of starts on average, in the Northeast Region has been lower, -3.1%.
Let's shift now to the larger – at least according to number-of-units (i.e., by a factor as much as four or five times as great) − existing homes market. Are employment and earnings gains having the desired effect of spurring on browsing and buying activity?
As calculated by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the latest (March 2015) monthly level of U.S. existing home sales was 5.19 million units (SAAR), a gain of 6.1% versus a year ago.
But that, too, is well below the all-time peak of 7.0 million units reached in 2005.
To help determine the hottest residential real estate markets in the U.S., there is abundant and timely 'median' (i.e., half the observation points are higher and half are lower) selling price data from the NAR.
In what follows, I've concentrated on only those metro statistical areas (MSAs) where the latest median single-family existing-homes price is close to or above the figure for the nation as a whole, $205,000.
Adopting such a cut-off point eliminates cities that may be experiencing stunning price gains, but where the jump may be primarily due to an opening level (i.e., the denominator) that was exceptionally low (e.g., Mobile, Alabama, +16.8% from $104,900 in Q1 2014 to $122,500 in Q1 2015).
After such a vetting, there are a dozen standouts. The first six are: (1) Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, North Carolina (+17.7% to reach $197,000); (2) Reno-Sparks, Nevada (+17.6%; $269,000); (3) Denver-Aurora, Colorado (+17.2%; $338,000); (4) Salem, south of Portland, Oregon (+15.0%; $194,000); (5) Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina (+13.3%; $219,000); and (6) Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida (+12.5%; $238,000).
The next tier of six is comprised of: (7) Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida (+12.4%; $208,000); (8) Manchester-Nashua, New Hampshire (+11.5%; $237,400); (9) San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+11.4%; $900,000); (10) Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota (+11.3%; $209,000); (11) Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+10.2%; $249,000); and (12) San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (+10.1%; $748,000).
There were five cities in the U.S. where the median selling price of an existing home in this year's first quarter exceeded half a million dollars: San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California ($900,000); San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California ($748,000); Honolulu, Hawaii ($699,000); Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, California ($686,000); and San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California ($510,000).
Readers will notice that cities in California dominate the 'luxury-priced' roster. The only other state with representation is Hawaii.
As for some of the other major MSAs in the U.S., their Q1 2015 versus Q1 2014 existing-home resale price performances were as follows: Dallas (+10.1% to reach $193,000); Chicago (+8.8%; $193,000); Houston (+8.5%; $199,000); Los Angeles (+7.0%; $435,000); Phoenix (+6.1%; $206,000); Miami (+3.9%; $269,000); Seattle (+3.7%; $352,000); Boston (+3.1%; $375,000); Washington (+2.5%; $368,000); and Philadelphia (+1.5%; $205,000).
Atlanta has seen a nice uplift in its median single-family resale price (+11.3% to reach $158,000), but the market segment in which the city has really excelled – placing it at the forefront nationally − has been 'apartments, condos and co-ops' (+28.4% year over year in Q1 2015 to reach $147,000).
Another city with a headline-generating increase in apartment, condo and co-op resale prices has been Chicago (+17.9% to reach $164,000).
Also, it's encouraging to note the improvement in Las Vegas (+12.2%, but still reaching only $106,000), after the depths of despair that were realized in that locale during and immediately following the recession.
For the existing-homes market north of the border, an excellent source of data is the interactive National Average Price Map provided at the website of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA).
(Readers should be aware that 'averages', because they can be inordinately influenced by a limited number of extremely high values, tend to skew a little higher than 'medians'.)
In April 2015, the average Canada-wide resale home price was +9.5% year over year, reaching $449,000 CAD across all market segments (i.e., singles and multiples).
There are six Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) in Canada with populations of one million or more each. Their resale housing performances in April were: (1) Vancouver (+12.2% to reach $899,000 CAD); (2) Toronto (+10.0%; $636,000); (3) Edmonton (+3.1%; $377,000); (4) Montreal (+2.6%; $334,000); (5) Ottawa (+2.3%; $383,000); and (6) Calgary (-0.5%; $455,000).
It seems pretty clear that there are three cities in the U.S. and Canada with existing housing stock that is 'Oh-my-gosh!' pricey: San Jose ($900,000 USD), Vancouver ($899,000 CAD); and San Francisco ($748,000 USD). Vancouver ($750,000 USD) remains in this select grouping even after account is taken of the difference in value between the U.S. and Canadian dollars.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, a listing of major U.S. cities with low-priced residential real estate includes Cleveland ($106,000 USD) and Cincinnati ($135,000) in Ohio; Buffalo, N.Y. ($117,000); Wichita, Kansas ($126,000) and St. Louis, Missouri ($135,000).
A similar catalogue for Canada features a couple of urban centers on the Atlantic Coast: Saint John ($161,000 CAD) and Fredericton ($200,000) in New Brunswick.
Several cities in both countries immediately come to mind as warranting close observation for one specific reason. Their resale markets may be in jeopardy due to the negative effects the sharp drop in world oil prices is having on local business activity and public sector finances.
Most prominent among these are Houston and Dallas in the oil-gusher state of Texas and Edmonton and Calgary in the energy-rich province of Alberta.
According to many U.S. housing market analysts, buyer enthusiasm for residential real estate is currently being constrained by a low inventory of properties for sale.
Moreover, much of this problem is due to a circular argument. The thinking is as follows: if I'm a homeowner contemplating a move-up purchase, I may be reluctant to put my house on the market because I'm not sure of being able to find better accommodation, should I be fortunate enough to sell quickly.
The difficulty in overcoming this mind-set is being exacerbated by the glacier-like pace of improvement in new home construction.
These are the kinds of speed bumps one encounters when a down cycle ends and reverses direction.
In another 12 to 18 months, with ongoing pickups in hiring and earnings, this argument will hardly seem credible as a stumbling block.
It would be good to see the U.S. housing market striding forward more briskly, but for the moment, be aware that it's a tough slog when a walker has mud in their cuffs.
Jan-Apr average 2014 = 180,500 units;
Jan-Apr average 2015 = 176,500 units (-2.2%).
Canada's Annual Starts:
2010 = 189,930 units (+27.4%);
2011 = 193,950 units (+2.1%);
2012 = 214,827 units (+10.8%);
2013 = 187,923 units (-12.5%);
2014 = 189,329 units (+0.7%).
Jan-Apr average 2014 = 0.960 million units;
Jan-Apr average 2015 = 1.015 million units (+5.7%).
U.S. Annual Starts:
2010 = 0.587 million units (+6.0%);
2011 = 0.609 million units (+3.7%);
2012 = 0.781 million units (+28.2%);
2013 = 0.925 million units (+18.5%);
2014 = 1.003 million units (+8.4%).
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Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes talks about his gym in St. Louis the H.I.T Squad, training at different gyms and retirement. At 37 year old, Matt is ready for retirement, but wants to go out with a win.
If he wants to win he should fight Matt Sera again.
Its funny how hughes actually doesnt have shit to do with the hit squad anymore..
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City of Escondido expands list for tipster app
"You wouldn't want to report a fire or medical emergency using this app," Lowry said. "It's not an urgent type of system. It's more geared for someone seeing a pile of wood stacked next to a propane tank, or a vehicle that's always parked in a fire lane."
Escondido pays $11,900 annually for the system, which is provided by the company CitySourced. Adding more categories didn't increase the city's cost.
For people without a smartphone, potholes still can be reported by calling (760) 839-4349, graffiti can be reported at (760) 839-4633 and weed problems can be reported by calling (760) 839-5417 or by visiting fire. escondido.org.


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The Tampa Bay Rays and right-hander pitcher Joel Peralta agreed to a two-year contract worth $6 million, the Tampa Times reported Monday. Peralta gets $3 million per year and has a $2.5 million option for 2015. The deal is pending a physical exam, which might not occur until next week. "Some teams offered a little bit more money, but I got what I thought I was worth and I was happy with it," Peralta said. "I didn't want to go anywhere else." Peralta, 36, has been the Rays main set-up man the past two seasons. He appeared in 76 games this past season with a 2-6 record, two saves and a 3.63 ERA. He made 71 appearances in 2011. He was suspended eight games in June when umpires found excessive pine tar in his glove against the Washington Nationals. Peralta's return keeps the Rays' strong bullpen intact. The club already picked up the option on closer Fernando Rodney and left-hander Jake McGee is also expected to return. However, left-hander J.P. Howell and righty Kyle Farnswor...
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Sure, these days have almost every game sporting the newfangled 3D, but way back when, everyone had to live with plain old 2D. 2D, or two dimensions, limit the game to scrolling backgrounds, but some games even now make use of this basic concept.
An AI companion is a computer-controlled ally who follows and aids you through your adventures or who requires your protection. The AI companion's survival is often essential to game and story progression.
Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
When fighting is no longer relegated to the ground, but can also take place in the air.
The ability to grab your opponent mid-air and throw him once you have your hand on him.
Common in modern war video games, air strikes are usually used to take out large targets such as enemy vehicles or buildings. Laser designators are often used by the player to illuminate the target for a massive aerial attack.
Akatsuki is a Criminal Organization made up of S-Class, Missing-nin. They serve as an important enemy in the Naruto world.
Characters either begin with multiple outfits, unlock them through play, or purchase them as in-game items. These costumes are sometimes integral to play.
A villain with good characteristics.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, commonly refers to the programmed behaviors of NPCs in a game, whether it's the fact that a soldier takes cover behind a wall in Gears of War, or that townspeople cheer upon your arrival to their village in Fable.
Anytime an ally comes in to help you in any way. This mechanic is most common in fighting games.
The game automatically saves for you when you reach certain points. Implemented in order to reduce frustration for forgetful savers.
Levels that progress forward by themselves at a fixed rate.
Stereoscopic 3D that works without the assistance of any other accessories (i.e. colored glasses).
Hiding items, rooms, and all kinds of things behind waterfalls is one of the oldest concepts in the history of games.
A proprietary video codec (.bik extension) developed by RAD Game Tools and used in a very large number of video games.
Winged, usually flying creatures, many of which enjoy perching on branches and defecating on unfortunate victims below. Legends say they bring good fortune to mobile game developers.
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Video game bosses are usually the main antagonist, and arch nemesis of the main protagonist. In most cases the end of a game is when the main character defeats the final boss.
AI Bots are computer-controlled game characters that substitute for characters that are otherwise typically played by a human, and are most commonly found in multiplayer games.
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Below, you'll learn how to share sent campaign content to new list members.
Use the *|LIST:RECENT|* Merge Tag
Our *|LIST:RECENT|* merge tag pulls in campaign archive page links to the five most recent campaigns sent to a list. This merge tag can be used in campaigns and Automation workflow emails as well as in the signup process, like on the hosted signup form, signup confirmation pages, and the Final "welcome" email.
Type the *|LIST:RECENT|* merge tag into your campaign, automated email, or form, and it automatically populates campaign archive page links for recent campaigns when you
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Backstrom, Capitals outlast Wild in shootout win
Caps beat Wild in shootout 3-2
WASHINGTON-–Instant analysis of the Capitals' 3-2 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild Thursday night at Verizon Center:
How it happened: Nicklas Backstrom scored the only goal of the shootout and Braden Holtby stopped Jason Pominville, Saku Koivu and Charlie Coyle to give the Caps their fourth shootout win of the season. The Caps opened up an early lead on Alex Ovechkin's league-leading seventh power-play goal, but the Wild answered with a power-play goal by Charlie Coyle. Mikail Granlund gave the Wild a 2-1 lead early in the second period but Marcus Johansson sent the game into overtime when he scored with 3:08 remaining in regulations.
What it means: The Caps moved three points ahead of the Islanders, who lost in Carolina, and to within four points of the idle Metropolitan Division-leading Pittsburgh Penguins.
Shootouts: The Caps are now 4-0 in shootouts this season and 7-0 under Capitals head coach Adam Oates.
Green's struggles: Caps defenseman Mike Green entered the game on his longest goal-less streak to start the season and it continued into its 16th game. Green's offensive struggles appear to have affected his overall game. Twenty seconds after his hooking penalty late in the first period the Wild scored on the power play to tie the score at 1-1.
Save(s) of the night: With 11:16 remaining in the third period and the Wild holding a 2-1 lead, Minnesota goalie left Josh Harding flashed his glove for a nice stop on Mikhail Grabovski's snap shot from the high slot. He made another brilliant right pad save on Troy Brouwer on a third-period power play. Capitals goalie Braden Holtby was a brick wall on a Wild power play late in regulation and into overtime, robbing Zach Parise and Jason Pominville
What's ahead: The Capitals are scheduled to practice at 11 a.m. on Friday at Kettler. They hit the road for weekend games in Phoenix on Saturday and Colorado on Sunday. Both are 8 p.m. starts. The Caps are back home on Tuesday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets.


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Summer is here and many teens are receiving their first paychecks. As a parent there are a few things that you should be aware of regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) which regulates hours and standards for minors.
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The Illinois Child Labor Act regulates the employment of children under 15. During their summer break from school, 14 and 15 year old teens may work between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. for up to 48 hours per week. They cannot work in any place that serves liquor, at gas stations, in dry cleaners or at construction sites. They are not allowed to operate amusement park rides or use any power driven machinery.Most jobs are not available for children under the age of 14 but they can find work babysitting, delivering newspapers, caddying at a golf course or working with youth in sports activities.
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So this month, Scarleteen has had a Fund Raiser and Blog Carnival coordinated by AAG going 'round the sex blogs. Dozens of writers and bloggers and sex-positive forward thinking folks took part, just take a look at the list here
You probably already know about Scarleteen. I certainly mention that site frequently here. Here's the description:
Scarleteen has been the premier online sexuality resource for young people worldwide since 1998, and has the longest tenure of any sex education resource for young people online. We have consistently provided free, inclusive, comprehensive and positive sex education, information and one-on-one support to millions, and have never shied away from discussing sexuality as more than merely posing potential risks, but as posing potential benefits, something rarely seen in young adult sex education. We built the online model for teen and young adult sex education and have never stopped working hard to sustain, refine and expand it.
Sometimes I feel like I'm preaching to the choir when I say that teen sex education is important, and that beyond that reliable information about sex available for anyone and everyone on the internet is also important. I go there frequently when I need to look up the details of STIs, for example. It's a great resource for all kinds of things, and the testimonials from teens and folks who have been users and contributors to the site for years are very moving. They have a whole community, people talking to each other and taking care of each other and sending love and information to each other honestly and openly. That kind of interaction and information is invaluable.
In 2009 and 2010, Scarleteen has had around 1 million overall hits to the site each day from an average of 25,000 unique users daily. And you know, I don't think it's that much of a stretch to say that sites like this, with frank and real and honest and non-judgmental resources about sexuality, kink, sexual orientation, gender identity, and relationships, can and have had real impact on the complicated and sometimes life-threatening teenage years of folks with marginalized genders and sexualities. Sex education saves lives, at best, and absolutely changes lives.
I'm closing out the blog carnival today, along with pieces by Violet Blue on Tiny Nibbles and Heather Corinna on Scarleteen, with the end of the call for financial support for Scarleteen.
Scarleteen is very undersupported financially. We always need more financial support and I would very much appreciate having yours. I think we do a fantastic, important job, think we have for many years, and I intend to do all I can for us to keep doing that job for many more to come so we can remain a place young people know they can come back to, and don't have to worry about passing in the night when a media or cultural tide shifts. I think Scarleteen and all that happens at Scarleteen is very worthy of being supported and sustained. To make that happen, we need more than just my own stubborn and dogged commitment and that of our volunteers: it also takes some dollars. (Quoted from Heather's post on Scarleteen.)
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- Introduction
- Study and evaluation
- Religious experience and other experience
- The structure of religious experience
- Situational contexts and forms of expression
- Types of religious experience and personality
Social forms or expressions
Most enduring, historical religious traditions find their roots in the religious experience and insight of charismatic individuals who have served as founders; the sharing of their experience among disciples and followers leads to the establishment of a religious community. Thus, the social dimension of religion is a primary fact, but it need not be seen as opposed to religious experience taken as a wholly individual affair. There has been some difference of opinion on the point; Whitehead, for example, put emphasis on the "solitariness" of religious experience precisely in order to deny the claim of those who, like Émile Durkheim, a French sociologist, characterized religion as essentially a social fact. The social expression of religious experience results in the formation of specifically religious groups distinct from such natural groups as the family, the local society, and the state. Religious communities, including brotherhoods, mystery cults, synagogues, churches, sects, and monastic and missionary orders, serve initially to preserve and interpret their traditions or the body of doctrine, practices, and liturgical forms through which religious experience comes to be expressed. Such communities play a significant role in the shaping of religious experience and in determining its meaning for the individual through the structure of worship and liturgy and the establishment of a sacred calendar. Communities differ in the extent to which they stress the importance of individual experience of the divine, as distinct from adherence to a creed expressing the basic beliefs of the community. The tension between social and individual factors becomes apparent at times when the individual experience of the prophet or reformer conflicts with the norm of experience and interpretation established by the community. Therefore, although the religious community aims at maintaining its historic faith as a framework within which to interpret experience of the divine, every such community must find ways of recognizing both novel experience and fresh insight resulting from individual reflection and contemplation.
Objective "intention," or reference
Religious experience is always understood by those who have it as pointing beyond itself to some reality regarded as divine. For the believer, religious experience discloses something other than itself; this referent is sometimes described as the "intentional" object that is meant or aimed at by the experiencing person. Analysis of religious experience, interpretations placed upon it, and the beliefs to which it gives rise may result in the denial that there is any such reality to be encountered or that the assertion of it is justified by the experience in question. This conclusion, however, does not change the fact that all religious experience, whether that of the mystic who strives for unity with God or of the naturalist who points to a religious quality in life, purports to be experience "of" something other than itself. The question of the cognitive import or the objective validity of religious experience is one of the most difficult problems encountered in the philosophy of religion. In confronting the question, it is necessary to distinguish between various ways of describing the phenomena under consideration and the critical appraisal of truth claims concerning the reality of the divine made on the basis of these phenomena. Even if describing and appraising are not utterly distinct and involve one another, it is generally admitted that the question of validity cannot be settled on the basis of historical or descriptive accounts alone. Validity and cognitive import are matters calling for logical, semantic, epistemological, and metaphysical criteria—of the principles of rational order and coherence, meaning, knowledge, and reality—and this means that the appraisal of religious experience is ultimately a philosophical and theological problem. The anthropologist will seek to identify and describe the religious experience of tribal peoples as part of a general history and theory of humanity; the sociologist will concentrate on the social expression of religious experience and seek to determine the nature of specifically religious groupings in relation to other groups—associations and organizations that constitute a given society; the psychologist will seek to identify religious experience within the life of the person and attempt to show its relation to the total structure of the self, its behaviour, attitudes, and purposes. In all these cases attention is directed to religious experience as a phenomenon to be described as a factor that performs certain functions in human life and society. As William Warde Fowler, a British historian, showed in his classic Religious Experience of the Roman People (1911), the task of elucidating the role of religion in Roman society can be accomplished without settling the question of the validity or cognitive import of the religious feelings, ideas, and beliefs in question. The empirical investigator, as such, has no special access to the critical question of the validity of religious experience.
The most radical form of the denial that religious experience has cognitive import was advanced by the early logical positivists, who held that all assertions or forms of expression involving a term such as "God" are literally meaningless because there is no way in which they can be verified or falsified.
Others who hold that religious utterance based on experience is without cognitive import regard it as either the expression of emotions or an indication that the person using religious language has certain feelings that are associated with religion. Those who follow the lead of Wittgenstein regard religious utterances as noncognitive but attempt to determine the way in which religious language is actually used within a circle of believers. Some psychologists have denied cognitive status to religious experience on the ground that it represents nothing more than human beings' projections of their own insecurities in the face of problems posed by life in the world and therefore has no referent beyond itself.
Immediacy and mediation
Revelational and mystical immediacy
Among defenders of the validity and cognitive import of religious experience, it is necessary to distinguish those who take such experience to be an immediate and self-authenticating encounter with the divine and those who claim that apprehension of the divine is the result of inference from, or interpretation of, religious experience. Two forms of immediacy may be distinguished: the revelational and the mystical. Christian theologians, such as Emil Brunner and H.H. Farmer, spoke of a "divine-human encounter," and Martin Buber, a Jewish religious philosopher, described religious experience as an "I-Thou" relationship; for all three, religious experience means an immediate encounter between persons. The second form of the immediate is the explicitly mystical sort of experience in which the aim is to pass beyond every form of articulation and to attain unity with the divine.


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The chain supermarket selling a wide range of food, paper goods, health and beauty needs, and perhaps small hardware and kitchen items developed during the 1930s and 1940s. The idea of a self-service grocery store in which the customer selected goods from off the shelves without the help of a clerk had been introduced in the 1920s, but had not become common in small communities.
Small neighborhood grocery stores served the needs of consumers, providing staple items and canned goods to supplement those grown in home gardens and canned at home. These stores, operated by friendly merchants who knew most of the customers, offered delivery service and charge accounts. They opened early in the morning and remained open late in the evenings.
The neighborhood grocery store clerk retrieved the items from the shelves, packaged them, and tallied the cost for the customer. Some also served a small selection of sandwiches, chili and other prepared foods.
Sedalia had a number of small grocery stores; while some were concentrated in the downtown area, others were scattered throughout the city. Newspapers from the first two decades of the 20th century show these stores to be a frequent target of thieves.
The Scally Grocery Company, located at the corner of East Main Street and Lamine Avenue, was operated by John Scally, who lived at 231 S. Harrison Ave. Scally's store featured a candy case at the front of the store, a lunch counter, shelves of canned goods, and a counter with a cash register.
On Dec. 15, 1920, Scally was working late. The other employees had gone home and Scally was alone in the store at 11:40 p.m. when two men entered and walked to the lunch counter. One ordered a bowl of chili and the other sat with his head down on the counter. Scally told a Democrat reporter that he thought their behavior was odd so he watched them, fearing they might "be looking for some free lunch."
The men left the store. Scally went to the back of the store to get a lantern. While he was in the rear, the two men came back. They called to Scally that they wanted some candy. Scally came to the front of the store and asked what kind of candy they wanted. The men indicated a bin of candy in the corner of the display counter.
When Scally bent to retrieve the candy, the men shouted, "Throw up your hands and get 'em up damn quick." Scally told the reporter he thought the men were joking.
They were not. When Scally looked up, he was staring into the barrels of the guns the men were pointing at him. Terrified, he later said the barrels looked to be the size of wagon wheels.
"I'll never throw up my hands," Scally shouted as he reached to the shelf behind him for a can of beans to throw at the robbers. They fled through the open door. As they left, one of the men aimed at Scally, shouting, "Take that then, you…" followed by a string of expletives. He fired.
Fortunately for Scally, the gun misfired. Scally telephoned the police, who came, investigated the scene, and gave Scally a revolver to use for protection when he walked home. Police continued to investigate, but as of Friday, Dec. 19, had no leads.
Scally told the Democrat reporter he feared the men were going to pin him behind the counter. In a burst of bravado, he said, "There would have been a heap of cans scattered around the store" as he would have thrown cans of food at the robbers. "But," the reporter noted, "he's mighty glad the gun didn't go off."


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Bangalore: A 26-year-old acid attack victim Hina Fathima from Mysore, who suffered violence at the hands of her husband, was shifted to Victoria Hospital here on Saturday.
It is 10 days since Ms. Fathima was force-fed liquor laced with acid by her husband, Fairoz Ahmed Khan, who also threw acid on her. Ms. Fathima also has cigarette burns in her eyes.
She was being treated at K.R. Hospital in Mysore for the burns and in the last few days doctors there had said that she had made a remarkable recovery. Her relatives decided to shift her to Victoria Hospital as K.R. Hospital did not have an expert to conduct plastic surgery.
But doctors at Victoria Hospital said that Ms. Fathima had 50 per cent burns on her face and body, both superficial and internal.
"Her condition is still critical and only when we make a detailed assessment we will be able to ascertain the extent of damage," doctors told The Hindu.
"She is in pain but she seems to be recovering," her mother Adib Khaleda Aliz Jabeen said.
Ms. Fathima's mother and cousin, Tasneem, met the Secretary, Karnataka State Women's Commission, on Friday and submitted a petition seeking financial help for Ms. Fathima's medical expenses. "They have given us a positive response and have said that the commission would release Rs. 10,000 for her treatment," Ms. Jabeen added.