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I run a junior program in a small country town. In the beginning, I contact all the schools and provide a notice which they all place in their school bulletins, this works as an advertisement for our junior golf program. We invite all children from 8 to 17 years, all abilities from beginners to those with some experience to join our program. In addition, our local high school gives the year 10 students an option of learning golf on the school campus. I often find these students joining our program because some of their school mates are already junior member at our club.
MYGolf Centre - Gatton Jubilee Golf Club, Laurie Didsman
It is increasingly hard to find new students when you are in a small country town. However, one way is to ensure you are getting as much media coverage as possible. Letting the media know your current junior players achievements is a great story for your local reporters in your newspapers and radio stations. Keeping your website up-to-date is imperative as this can serve as a great source of information for the reporters who are always looking for a great story.
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Many parents will drop off and pick up their child from lessons, although they are supporting the child and your program, they are not involved. Much of the time this is because they are actually not being asked to participate. Ask parents if they would like to be a volunteer and provide free training, this might involve the basic golf rules, etiquette, and scoring so they can escort groups onto the course during competitions. Once you have them as volunteers, offer some free lessons to get them started playing themselves and in no time at all, they will become members of the club. In addition, parents can become certified community coaches in a one day program and help you with your junior golf lessons.
MYGolf Centre - Crows Nest State School, Clinton Watts
Invite a friend
This is a simple yet effective way to find new students and it's free. You simply ask your students if they have any friends, then you ask them if they would like to invite them for the next lesson which is going to be extra fun. Create an invitation card that your students will give to their friend and parents. This makes it official and gives them the details of the free session. During the lesson, give the new students information on your program so they can continue.
MYGolf Centre – KDV Sports, Joel Mercieca
Birthday Parties
Each one of your existing junior students will have a birthday this year and parents will be trying to figure out what to do. Why not offer them a Golf Birthday Party? This will give your student an opportunity to introduce all their non-golfing friends to the game and you will have an opportunity to promote your junior golf program. The days can look like a fun golf camp with lots of games and prizes and finish with a birthday party in your clubhouse where all the family joins them for cake, gifts and food. This can be promoted easily with an article in the clubs newsletter, community paper, or school newsletter.
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Community Coaches
I decided to contact Golf Queensland to see if there was any certified community golf coaches in my area who were teaching golf at local schools. I then invited these three school teachers out for coffee to get to know them with the hope of transitioning all their students into my junior golf program at the course. They were all very pleased to partner with me and provide a pathway to the course for their school students. I now have a system that provides me with a steady stream of new students. The community coaches have been so eager to help me that they also offer their time as volunteer coaches when needed; it has been great connecting with other community coaches.
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Make a Special Offer
Use an offer platform such as Scoopon or Living Social and make an amazing offer. True, you won't make much but it wont cost you anything either. What you will do is create some new students who may have never come to your course before; your goal will be to create a raving fan who registers for your regular program long-term.
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Corporate Junior Discounts
Many of our golf courses are adjacent to large corporations who employ hundreds of employees. These employees represent families who reside in your community. The human resources department is always looking for additional benefits they can give to their employees. Offer a discount on your junior program for their children, the company will distribute the information for you. Building a relationship with local corporations can lead to other opportunities like offering clinics and providing corporate tournaments and even sponsorships.
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School Flyer
This one takes very little time and can have a big pay back. Here is what you do – call several schools in your area and ask them if you can add a flyer to their newsletter which you will email to them. Make your flyer all about a free junior golf day for the students at that school. The school will often love the idea and will make copies and distribute for you. On the day, be sure to get their contact details, make it fun and educational. Importantly, make a special offer so they return.
MYGolf Centre – KDV Sports, Joel Mercieca
4th Graders
Research indicates that a 10-year-old is a great age to start golfing, also indicating that at this particular age they are most open to learning how to play golf. Consider conducting a free lesson at your local school just for 4th graders. Hand out an invitation card for a free golf clinic at your facility.
MYGolf Centre – Palm Meadows, Scott Priest
Walk the Range
On a busy day, we have a captive audience on our range to promote our lessons business. Unfortunately, most of us are busy coaching so we don't take full advantage of this traffic. Because this is such a powerful way of getting new students consider scheduling your teaching staff to walk the range during the busy hours giving free swing tips, handing out brochures, and answering questions about your programs. Provide some training for your staff if needed and provide a bonus to the staff member that can create the most new customers.
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Get Connected
The best way to drive kids to your junior program is to partner with teachers at your local schools. The Golf Coach needs to a attract juniors and the school needs to have access to a course. Once students access the golf course and find real meaning to their skill instruction they become much more interested.
MYGolf Centre - Crows Nest State School, Clinton Watts
Offer a FREE golf club
Lessons once a week with equipment provided means your new students only get to practice their golf skills once a week. This is not enough to get excited about the game. Offer a free junior golf club for all your first time students. This way they have a club to practice with, the excitement will be in returning to the lesson to show you how much they have improved. If the cost is prohibitive, offer it as a value add option at your first session.
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Golf Courses on the school grounds
Building a golf course at a school is actually very easy and is a fun learning experience for juniors. All you need is cones for tee markers, ropes for greens, hoolahoops for a hole with a flag pole in the center. Use the MYGolf clubs and balls and you are ready to go. Give the students a few lessons first and make a scorecard so they can learn how to score.
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Murray doesn't really do much justice to the theist's position on your Evil God Challenge. My favourite part, at around 09:44:
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Murray: Well, because God is God. There is no evil in God. God is moral perfection.
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I'm always amazed at people who claim they know the mind of God.
"The first marriage was performed by God". "I am a personal witness to the resurrection of Jesus Christ…"
"If man had never chosen to sin…" there would be no natural disasters.
Our ignorance is based on what God "keeps secret from us". "The big bang is ridiculous."
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Every month, there are more than 1,000 children in need of foster homes. And that figure includes only Jefferson County. Statewide, the numbers top 6,000.
How does a child end up in foster care?
Andrea McTyer, program manager for Jefferson County Foster Care, said when a child cannot safely stay with parents or relatives, Alabama's Department of Human Resources tries to match the child with a family that can take care of him or her until hopefully the child can be returned to his or her own family.
"Anyone interested in becoming a foster parent can begin the process by contacting DHR and registering for and attending orientation classes to learn about the requirements," she said, acknowledging an overwhelming need for foster homes.
Potential foster parents can become licensed by attending 10 weekly classes and undergoing background checks and home studies by social workers.
"It has to be a calling," McTyer said of becoming a foster parent. "To take in strangers and raise those children as if they were your own — whether it's for two hours or two years — you have to have a special heart. You have to understand that you may only be there for a season in a child's life."
When a child enters foster care, the birth parent has 12 months to meet the requirements to have the child returned. If the birth parent doesn't do it, qualified relatives are sought.
"Whenever possible, we want to see the child reunified with family," McTyer said. "However, if this can't be achieved, the child can be adopted."
McTyer said anyone interested in adopting must attend the same classes as potential foster parents, and they will be licensed as potential adoptive parents. While it is not necessary to be a foster parent in order to adopt, a child's foster parents are given first consideration if the child comes up for adoption.
Over the past five years, Greg and Tracy Hacker of Gardendale's First Baptist Church have welcomed 24 foster children into their home. Their two biological daughters, Shelby and Kayla, both teenagers, enjoy being a part of this constantly changing family dynamic, which includes their adopted preschool-aged brothers, Evan and Kenny.
"They were natural brothers who had been with us for about two-and-a-half years, and there were no family members they could be placed with," Tracy Hacker said. "The adoption process took about two of those years and was worth every minute. We can't imagine our lives without these boys."
While the Hackers cautioned that foster parents should not expect to adopt every child they care for (out of 24 foster children, the Hackers were only able to adopt two), Greg Hacker said he and Tracy have been blessed by their experience as foster parents.
"Our faith is much stronger because of what we've seen God do through the ministry of foster care," he said.
One way the Hackers saw God's grace was through the deep bond they developed with Rebekah, the mother of the first foster children the Hackers brought into their home.
Rebekah's four children were returned to her in 2009, and since then she and the Hackers have been close.
Rebekah and her husband recently visited with the Hackers.
"I was with my kids' dad — a bad situation — at the time my children were taken into foster care," Rebekah said.
"Foster care seemed like a bad thing at the beginning, but it turned out to be sort of a blind blessing," she said. "While I was getting my life in order, I knew my children were being well cared for."
Alabama Baptist Children's Homes & Family Ministries (ABCH) stands in the gap to help find foster parents, with most of its children coming from DHR referrals. Its foster parents receive more help than usual, since they are assigned both a DHR social worker and an ABCH staff social worker.
"Our social workers don't have the huge case loads that the state social workers have," said Louise Green, vice president of special programs for ABCH. "This makes them more accessible, and this makes our placements more successful — that and a lot of prayer."
LifeLine Children's Services, a nonprofit Christian orphan care ministry facilitating private and international adoptions, also partners with DHR to provide foster homes for local children until they can be united with their birth parents.
Traci Newell, LifeLine's education coordinator, said she and her husband Marc have had 11 foster children in their home and adopted the 11th child, now their daughter.
"When it comes to our foster parents, we stress our goal of reunification," she said. "When foster parents share Christ with these children and they return home, it's really a ministry to the entire family, including the birth parents."
Steven Washington of Bethel Baptist Church, Dora, in Walker Baptist Association, recalled his launch into foster parenting.
"When my wife Angela told me she'd been praying and felt we should become foster parents, I told her she'd heard wrong," he said. "I had all these fears about fostering. But after attending foster parenting classes, we tried it, and as God's providence would have it, we both loved it."
Mike and Melissa Jeffers of Wilton Bible Baptist Church, Wilton, in Shelby Baptist Association, were introduced to foster parenting through neighbors who were foster parents. The Jeffers made the decision to become respite parents, foster parents who keep foster parents' children for extended periods of time for various reasons. They also accept children needing emergency placement.
"When we made the decision to become foster parents, we set three specific goals: to provide a stable, loving home; to introduce the children to Christ; and to provide them with life skills that will hopefully help them break the cycle of living that initiated their removal from their birth families," Mike Jeffers said.
Tammy and Chris Liddell, members of Grace Life Baptist Church, McCalla, in Bessemer Baptist Association, adopted their daughter Lynzie from an overcrowded orphanage in China with minimal facilities. It's a place they say they will never forget.
"Every time I look at Lynzie, I think how many more are over in China who will never get the opportunities she has," Chris Liddell said. "And to think that I was the one who wanted my own (natural-born) child, my blood. I thought I'd feel something missing. But with Lynzie, there was an immediate bond between the three of us. This was God. I've never doubted that for one second."
The Liddells said the adoption process was expensive but that a lot of the costs can be offset by tax refunds that kick in during the years after the adoption is finalized.
The needs for foster care and adoption are tremendous. Although churches and individual church members are answering the call, there's still room for many more.
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About Mosques
Alexandria Mosques
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- Sultan Hassan Complex
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- Ibn Tulun Mosque
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- Qaytbay Funerary Complex
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The Mosque of Aytmush (Aytmishi) al-Bagassi in Cairo
by Lara Iskander
The Mosque of Aytmush (Aytmishi) al-Bagassi in Cairo
by Lara Iskander
The early Mamluk period is architecturally the most rich of the archaic Islamic periods of Cairo, for many major buildings were erected under their reign.
This is due to the fact that the Mamluks started erecting different styles of religious and educational complexes influenced mostly by Spain, Iran and North Africa.
After the strict Ayyubid regulations, which made it possible to have only one main congregational mosque at any one time, during the fourteenth century, the Mamluks allowed several complexes to be built demonstrating a diverse range of styles and designs.
Several of these buildings have survived and are still found in ancient Islamic quarters. Halfway down Bab Al-Wazir Street, near the Muhammad Ali's Citadel, one of these examples can be found, though today it is in a rather poor state of repair.
Nevertheless, the Mosque of Aytmush al-Bagassi, built in 1383, is still used for daily prayer irregardless of the poor state it is in. This is rather unusual in Cairo, and demonstrates the buildings' religious importance.
The mosque was, at the time, one of the most important buildings considering its location. Bab al- Wazir street or al Darb al-Ahmar road was a fashionable area during the reign of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad and later in the 19th Century due to the presence of Sultan Muhammad Aly at the Citadel which encouraged urban expansion.
The road was also a main spine as it connected the Citadel to Bab Zuweila, one of the ancient city gates.
Noticeable while walking down the narrow street are various old residential buildings, testifying to the fine architecture of the 19th Century, built during the Muhammed Aly era.
Going further north, one cannot miss Aytmush Mosque erected on a street corner just before the Khayer Bek Complex and the Blue mosque "Aqsunqur" located further down the road.
The mosque was built by the great Circassian "Amir", Prince Seif al-Din Aytmush al-Bagassi, who for a short period of time held the post of regent under the reign of Sultan Barquq.
The plan of the complex gathers the Mosque, Mausoleum and a Sabil-Kuttab into a single unit. The plan has an unusual form, plain both in shape and decorations. It consists of a Durqa'a, a rectangular space covered by plain buttresses of a flat wooden ceiling with a central lantern and of course, the Qibla iwan occupying around fifty square meters of a total of 250 square meters.
The Qibla iwan is a rectangular area facing the Durqa'a through a pointed horse-shoe arch. In the center is the mihrab with two pointed arched niches on its sides.
The Main entrance of the mosque is located on the street facade leading directly to the covered courtyard. As for the secondary entrance, it was used for the mosque's services and utilities.
The facade is richly decorated and topped with a ribbed dome that was common from 1360 to the 1400's. The recessed entrance is defined by plain stucco, and above the two side sitting banks is a band of inscription. It is also surmounted with inverse heart shaped leaf patterns. The interior of the mosque is characterized by its simplicity and the use of natural materials, the same as the exterior facades which are also remarkably simple.
The minaret is placed adjacent to the entrance as a landmark emphasizing its location and the street alignment.
To the left corner, behind the mosque lies the Sabil-Kuttab.
The Sabil (ablutary) is separated from the mosque but can still be reached from both inside and outside. The drinking trough is located behind the mosque, which one can reach through the Sharia Bab al-Turba ("Gate of the Tomb"), on the mosque's north side, which was the site of a former city gate.
This adjacent building has a beautiful facade full of fine and unique details.
The building is not in use nowadays. It is connected to Bab al-Wazir "Minister's Gate" which separates the Kuttab from the facing monument, the Mausoleum of Tarabay al-Sharifi, another magnificent building with a huge carved dome.
The surrounding area is lined up with diverse monuments, one next to the other.
Facing Tarrabay and Aytmush Kuttab is the remains of the newly excavated Ayyubid Wall of the 12th Century. This wall was planned by Salah el-Din in order to join the old Fatimid city of "Al-Qahira" with the Citadel and the Aqueduct.
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Since the first stirrings of the Nieman Foundation's narrative writing program nearly 20 years ago, the staff has tended a treasure trove of resource material devoted to excellence in journalistic storytelling. Much of that material went online first via the Nieman Narrative Digest and, in 2009, here at Nieman Storyboard. Storyboard 75 represents some of the most popular posts from our archive so far. Essays, interviews, how-to's and analyses of narrative journalism.
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"The only thing emerging here is Colin Powell's ego. Colin Powell represents the stale, old, worn-out GOP that never won anything: the party of Gerald Ford, Nelson Rockefeller, Bill Scranton, and Arnold Schwarzenegger."
"Robert Gibbs is saying that Obama will not make any decision that will place our security at risk. Ha! Imagine having to say this!"
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I visited San Francisco this past weekend to see some old friends and see about a job opportunity. I was able to bring my Canon 7D with me, along with a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. In addition, I brought along my trusty Fuji X100 as well. The Fuji is a phenomenal travel camera -- small, unassuming, attractive, and likely to spark conversation with those who see you using it:
In addition, I did a brief photo shoot with my friend Sara. We took these photos after viewing the Picasso exhibit at the de Young museum, which, btw, was breathtaking:
Sara is one of those natural beauties, a person whose posing and expressions are so sublime that they rarely needs any direction from me. I hope these photos were able to bring out that beauty.
Shooting San Francisco
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Ah some really nice photos I'd say. There is this one pic at a pier with a couple sitting there that I really,really like. Should visit that place someday (but only after the get that Ape problem sorted, saw this documentary recently, so will wait ;). And yes, Sara is a natural beauty, very engaging (unique look, nice smile, has something soft and quiet about her), could be an actress (or is she?). Nice pics too, I'm sure she is very happy with them as well. I also really like the last pic in that slideshow, the colors are nice and works nicely somehow.
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When I made a pass over dungeon pets the other day, to see what changes Patch 2.3 brought, I skipped Dustwallow Marsh because I thought that the pre-existing creatures there were unchanged. But I was wrong — there were some interesting changes to pets in the Marsh.
- A number of creatures had their levels adjusted down a tad, much as in the dungeons. I assume that since they were re-touching the entire zone they decided to go ahead and tighen it up a bit at the same time.
- Oddly, a number of creatures are missing. Nothing too terrible — we didn't lose any pet appearances — but the following creatures are nowhere to be found. For the moment I am leaving these pets up on the site with a note that they don't seem to exist anymore.
- Drywallow Vicejaw
- Bloodfen Scytheclaw
- Darkmist Lurker
- Darkfang Spider
- Darkfang Lurker
- Mudrock Tortoise
- Mudrock Burrower
- Mudrock Snapjaw
- Mudrock Borer
- The Drywallow Snapper, the only croc to know Claw (although it loses it when you zone), still exists and still knows Claw. I guess all those bug reports I filed didn't go anywhere.
- I have no idea why, but the Mottled Drywallow Crocolisk now has caster attributes. (Thanks to Ket Shi for pointing this out to me. I never would have noticed.)
I was unable to track down the three rares in Dustwallow: Dart, Hayoc, and Ripscale. Their levels may have changed slightly, so if you see them let me know what level they are now.


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It is no secret that Formula One is potentially facing a short-term future without one its brightest talents.
Nico Hulkenberg was a prime candidate for the Ferrari seat that Kimi Raikkonen so unceremoniously stole from him.
Attentions turned to Lotus next, certainly a fitting destination for a driver of Hulkenberg's ability.
But question marks over its financial state, as well as the interest of the well-backed Felipe Massa, mean that the Hulkenberg saga is yet to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
Now there is an additional element: The impact a driver's height and weight could potentially have on a car's performance when next year's regulations upheaval comes into play.
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then, turn your graph so that the positive x-axis is pointing up. do you see it now? we can use the disk (washer) method to find the volume. of course, we integrate with respect to y.
the volume is given by:
and (with ) are the y-coordinates for the points of intersection of the two graphs--i leave them for you to find
(the shell method could work, but we would need two integrals, and that's too much trouble)
you are missing one of the bounds with this problem. is it also bounded by the x-axis?2. Find the volume of the solid obtained by revolving the region bounded by y=square root of X , x=4
a. the x axis
b. the y axis
c the line x=5
d. the line y=3
I don't just need the answer, I need to understand what I need to do to get the answer. Thanks for any and all help.


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Oh and sorry fella!!! forgot to say for your whole fan-base's behalf, please stop telling us what your doing because it's got stale, it never happens or you do the complete opposite, just announce stuff you have actually done, it helps the marketing of one's self
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Pianist Bob Alberti spent many years as musical director for Bob Hope, and with Les Brown's band, until retirement from those posts a few years back. Now living in Hilton Head, he plays mainstream jazz piano in a swinging accessible manner, that is very evident on this recording.
Alberti is a sprightly pianist, making jazz sing and swing with accessible ease. This quartet session is magnificently aided by the tenor sax of Harry Allen, who plays with clarity, grace, and a similar developed sense of mainstream swing and verve. The program includes some rousing versions of standards, and a more syrupy but still easy approach on some slower numbers.
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Fueling up is never a favorite stop. Ten years ago when I bought the car, it was about 20 bucks. Now it's 42." "It's expensive, you know. It's a lot of money." While you can't control the cost of gas, you can control how far you go on a gallon of gas. Consumer Reports testers use this fuel meter to put several cars through their paces at 55, 65 and 75 miles per hour. "While it may not be surprising that when you drive faster, you use more fuel, you may be surprised about how much fuel you actually use." Take this 4-cylinder Honda Accord LX. At 55 miles per hour it gets an impressive 50 miles per gallon. But at 65, it drops to 42 miles per gallon, and going 75, it drops to 36 miles per gallon. Jake Fisher "We also tested the Toyota RAV4 and three versions of the Ford Fusion, including the hybrid. And we found similar results with all of them." Loading your car for road trips also cuts your fuel efficiency - including adding a bike rack. By how much? Remember the Honda Accord at 65 miles per hour getting 42 miles per gallon? With a bike rack, fuel efficiency drops to 37. Add a wind deflector, and surprisingly it drops again to 35 miles per gallon. Now add two bikes, and the mileage sinks to 27 miles per gallon. Jake Fisher "So if you're not using your bike rack, take it off because it really is going to hurt your fuel efficiency." A lighter load and a lighter foot on the pedal definitely add up to savings at the pump. ."
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'The Chicago Code' 1.01 'Pilot' Advance Review
A funny thing happened to me when I started watching The Chicago Code. I wasn't seeing it the way a lot of people might. You see, I've had a rocky relationship at best with Shawn Ryan's previous shows; I didn't catch on to The Shield until season six, and I'm still trying to forget the disappointing fourth season of The Unit. I mention that because I want to make it clear his pedigree didn't win me over when it came to this series. Nor did the persistent advertising campaign. What turned my head was the final product: a series that is everything the best police dramas should be.
It seems like every other series on television over the last decade has been a cop show, yet as much as I love the genre, it just isn't what it used to be. It's not that hard to kick in a door, pretend to be tough, or use some neat gadget to process evidence. What many of these shows are missing is real substance. The Chicago Code is a complete, complex police drama - the kind that doesn't come around very often anymore.
That begins with the characters: fully formed individuals that we learn about both through their own eyes, and the eyes of others. By the end of the first hour, through some effective voiceovers and their interactions with each other, we have a real sense of who these people are, not just the inkling to be developed that comes in most pilots. At the core of the show are Teresa Colvin (Jennifer Beals), Chicago's new female Superintendent of Police, and her ex-partner, Detective Jarek Wysocki (Jason Clarke). Both of them have compelling stories to tell, and they also have a complicated relationship between them worth exploring. Refreshingly, there's no fawning over the fact that Teresa is a woman, and no hinting that she might end up in bed with Jarek, either. She's a cop who just happens to be female, not a woman who just happens to be a cop, and she's allowed to have a close relationship with a male colleague that is strictly platonic. Of all the female characters Shawn Ryan's shows have featured, Teresa is on her way to becoming my favorite, thanks to that stereotype-breaking writing and an excellent, poised performance by Jennifer Beals, who likewise doesn't need to posture to prove that she's a tough woman; from how she carries herself alone, you know this isn't a woman that you want to mess with.
It's easy to see how Teresa meshed with Jarek, whose blunt, matter-of-fact attitude sees him changing partners every couple of days. This is the anti-TV cop. He's not pretty and perfectly coiffed. He's not going to have a witty one-liner at his disposal. He is not beyond reproach in his personal life (if I have one complaint about the pilot, it's that said personal life reuses a subplot that we've seen before on both The Shield and The Unit), but we know that professionally, his commitment is not to be doubted. Jason Clarke is a great choice for the role; physically, he's no pushover (she says from experience, as he made me look infantile when we crossed paths after the show's recent TCA presentation) and that lends a certain intimidation factor to his character, but he also plays his role with an equal amount of conviction, just like Beals. In the wrong hands, Jarek could look like a self-absorbed, arrogant guy, but the way that Clarke handles him, we see only a man who's confident because he can't afford not to be. Clarke and Beals together make a wonderful team, with the audience able to believe in their characters because they believe in themselves, and in each other. We may not have a clue what's going on, but we know that they do, and we know that we want to see how they put it all together.
The other major aspect that The Chicago Code gets right is that these are cops doing real detective work. They're not standing around waiting for lab results and spitting out technical jargon (sorry, CSI), and they're not out busting heads for no reason other than how cool it makes them look. When Jarek and his new partner Caleb Evers (Matt Lauria) are roughing up suspects, it's because those suspects have given them a reason to do so. The police work in the pilot unfolds the way most police work does - through talking to people and doing honest legwork. There wasn't any part of the casework in the pilot that made me feel as if it was put there simply for entertainment value. Not to mention that though we know there's a bigger picture that isn't going to be resolved for some time, I wasn't seeing a show trying to make itself unnecessarily complicated. I was able to say, "Yes, that makes sense. That's what I would do in that situation. I understand why that happened."
The Chicago Code is also beautifully shot, with a much more filmic quality than The Shield, but still making me feel as if the show needs to be in Chicago and couldn't take place anywhere else. On that note, I know that because of the promos and because it's in the same genre, this show will undoubtedly be compared to The Shield. There are certainly similarities - cops with messy personal lives but committed professional ones, and content that has the potential to push FOX's tighter restrictions - but I'd be loathe to see The Chicago Code have to live in the shadow of its predecessor. For one, when you compare a new series to something that's so revered, you set up unrealistic expectations. For two, The Chicago Code deserves a chance to stand as its own entity. It's the best new show on the midseason schedule.
That's the funny part I was talking about. I finally get it now. I might have missed a lot of The Shield, and I wasn't always completely sold on The Unit, but the moment I heard Shawn Ryan start talking about The Chicago Code, I had a feeling that it was going to be something special. Having seen it for myself, I'm definitely glad that this time, I'm on his side from the start.
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Early City Island Businesses
[From Alice Payne's City Island: Tales of the Clam Diggers]
George Washington Horton purchased 42 acres on City Island in 1819 and worked in the shipping and transportation business until 1833. One of his sons, Benjamin Franklin Horton…ran Horton's Shipping News Office and Information Bureau and became a pilot and a postmaster.
In 1830 Orrin Fordham, a shipbuilder from Essex, arrived and sarted the oyster planting business. It is claimed that City Island was the first place in America to practice oyster culture.
This year a small solar salt plant was built on City Island by E. C. Cooper but it was discontinued when mining of salt became more economical in other parts of the country. The solar type operation depended upo the evaporation of sea water and the subsequent deposit of salt.
Peter Cooper of Cooper Union fame bought property on City Island in 1835 with the idea of building a glue factory. [He started in the glue business in 1920 and expanded several times; it made him very rich.] He gave up the idea, however, due to poor transportation facilities, and sold his land to the Leviness family.
There was also a small brick manufacturing industry at the foot of west Centre Strest. This business also failed due to the limited supply of clay.
In the year 1853 a potter from Garrison, N.Y., by the name of Moses C Bell arrived on City Island and located a fine deposit of blue clay on the land of George W. Horton. Mr. Bell established a very successful pottery business between Marine and Pilot Streets on the west shore. Unfortunately Mr. Bell became blind and when the supply of clay was exhausted his sons John and George went into the oyster business.
About 1854 three farms were being operated on City Island by George W. Horton, William Scofield, and David Scofield, and there was a large apple orchard between Ditmars and Reville Street east of Main Street [City Island Avenue].
An oysterman in the 1870s operated a very lucrative business, earning about $1,500 for a week's dredging delivered to the Fulton Street Fish Market. By 1880 each oysterman had his own oyster bed, marked off with different colored stakes which he replanted each year, harvesting his crop with steam dredges.
The earliest record of a sailmaker on City Island was the establishment of William Darling, who had his loft on Rochelle Street and turned out sails for the oyster fleet. Prior to that most oystermen made their own sails…In 1900, the firm of Ratsey & Lapthorn, Ltd., of Cowes, England, established a sail loft on City Island in Jacob's Shipyard.
The first shipyard on City Island was established by David Carll in 1862. It was located at the foot of east Pilot Street on land purchased from George W. Horton on the site of the present Consolidated Shipyard. In 1866 Carll sold the yard to Henry Piepgras who is turn sold it to Robert Jacob in 1900. To the Jacob's yard came some of the most famous boats in the world, among them Vincent Astor's Nourmahal, J. P. Morgan's Corsair, Thomas Lipton's Shamrock, and several of the America's Cup defenders and challengers.
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I threw together some ideas for fleshing out the Dusk Market, in case anyone starts to frequent the businesses there. My own players are interested in this since I've been playing up that the local businesses do have to answer questions for the Dottari or the Hellknights about what they might have sold to whom and when.
Dusk Market details I've come up with:
Malraugus, also known as "Boss": Malraugus is the Dark Stalker often referred to as "Boss" by his followers and even by some of the other inhabitants of the Dusk Market. While the Market is open for business, Malraugus can be seen darting from shadow to shadow around the market, giving orders to his followers and taking notes, then disappearing before anyone can ask him further questions.
Malraugus' Teamsters: Malraugus has a uncounted number of Dark Creepers that follow his every command. Malraugus hires out these followers to break down and move the Dusk Market every night, and set it up again every afternoon. When Malraugus gives the command, a swarm of the rag clad beings boils out of the ruins and swarms on the tents and structures of the Dusk Market like locusts on crops.
Not unlike Malraugus, the teamsters dart from the shadows from time to time, sometimes making a comment to one of the shop keepers or customers, then disappear before they can be further addressed.
The Alchemist (Alchemical Supplies and Arcane Potions): No one in the market has a name to put to this figure, and as such he is only referred to by his profession. The Alchemist wears very formal, well tailored robes of red with gold trim and runes. He also wears a mask that covers his eyes, though he never seems to have a difficult time seeing those that he is dealing with.
The Alchemist is a great source of gossip for others in the Dusk Market, in part because the man never gives away any degree of information about himself. Any attempt to discuss anything except commerce with actually aggrieve the Alchemist, and repeatedly trying to discuss anything with him that doesn't relate to the purchase of alchemical items or potions will actually cause him to threaten to annihilate the customer in question.
The Alchemist has an assistant, an Ukobach devil that goes by the name Trochalk. Trochalk will often times step in to finish a sale if the Alchemist himself gets too frustrated to conduct business. Trochalk himself is often amused at the discomfort of the Alchemist.
The Alchemist's shop is unnamed, and is usually set up on some ruined storefront or building within the ruins. If business doesn't seem particularly brisk, Trochalk will stand out front and act as a crier, actively soliciting customers for the shop.
Madame Liiresta (Brothel): Liiresta is the public face, and assumed owner, of the Carnal Knowledge. Upon arriving at the entrance to the Carnal Knowledge, Madame Liiresta welcomes the customer and hands them a book with various acts described and detailed for various prices. Once a page is selected, Madame Liiresta collects the cash, directs the customer to the proper section of the Carnal Knowledge, and waits for the next customer, though she does tend to cut off sales before the Dusk Market closes, depending on the act chosen, so that the customer won't be interrupted with the onset of nightfall.
Customers don't realize this when they first come to the Carnal Knowledge, but Madame Liiresta's book is actually magical in nature. The book displays only the acts that a given customer is not vehemently morally opposed to (it will show acts that they believe to be immoral, but that do not elicit a sense of outrage). The numbers reconfigure based on which ones are on display (leading to some amusing misunderstandings between patrons that refer to what they may have purchased by number). It is not uncommon for patrons that visit the Carnal Knowledge over time to see more and more options appear in the book, as they find less and less to be repugnant to them. Gossip in the Dusk Market says that seeing every option in the book is usually the first sign that one has gone incurably insane.
Madame Liiresta herself is a tiefling of striking appearance. She has white skin and bright red hair and lips, with tiny horns on her forehead, barely perceptible through her hair. Liiresta doesn't wear particularly revealing clothing, though she does wear form fitting clothing that shows very little flesh. Liiresta often times even wears demure hoods or shawls and plays the part of the shy flower from time to time.
If the gossip in the market can be trusted, Liiresta has almost no interest in the kind of pleasures that she traffics, except under certain circumstances. According to these rumors, Liiresta becomes quite interested in amorous activities if she has recently killed someone or something. These can be employees that fail to meet her standards or disappoint her customers, or the odd Dark Creeper that tries to sneak a peek under one of the tent flaps. Once she has killed, the only thing on her mind is satiating other desires. Those same rumors claim that Liiresta has birthmarks that look like feather patterned tattoes on her back, from her shoulders to her hips. Finding out the truth of these rumors could be challenging and potentially dangerous to the curious.
The Carnal Knowledge is a huge complex of pavilion tents that all connect with one another to form a maze of black canvas. While the sounds typical of an establishment of this nature can be heard softly emanating from the tents, that gentle background noise is heard from the time the tents are set up to the time they are broken down, and many believe that there may be an enchantment that hides the true, and perhaps more daunting, noises that would be generated by some of the less seen numbers in Liiresta's book.
Doctor Aerelien (Divine Spellcasting and Divine Potions): Doctor Aerelien is a Forsaken Elf that has taken up the worship of Zon-Kuthon. The elf has black hair and pale skin, but is attractive and personable to anyone that enters his relatively small tent from which he operates his business.
Anyone looking closely at Aerelian notices that the elf has actually developed very small scars across his face near his eyes, ears, and mouth, the results of experimental surgeries that he has performed on himself to alter his appearance.
Aerelian will gladly cast divine spells for those that come to him, and will provide potions and divine scrolls for anyone that requests them, for the proper fee. Whenever someone comes to him with an affliction, however, Aerelien does exhort his patients to discuss their affliction or injury in exacting detail, often time smiling at disturbing points in the discussion.
Kuraud (Arms and Armor): Kuraud is a hobgoblin weaponsmith that proudly sells weapons, both mundane and masterwork, as well as similar armor as well. Originally Kuraud's business was a partnership with his brother Nurvas. Once the business became profitable, Kuraud formally challenged his brother for the right to his half of the business, killed Nurvas, and had his children killed and claimed his wives.
Kuraud often speaks fondly of his brother and if asked has no problem explaining how the business came under his control. Kuraud has a difficult time understanding how other cultures might view hobgoblin practices. He fully expects one of his sons, all of whom are skilled weapon or armor smiths, to eventually challenge him for the right to run the business, but he is confident that he is still young and healthy enough to kill whichever son might challenge him first.
Kuraud's armor and weapons are usually very utilitarian in design and appearance, which often leads his patrons to believe that he cannot create more artistic weapons and armor. These patrons are incorrect. Karaud rarely advertises it, but one of his sons is quite gifted in adding artistic flourishes to weapons and armor, and its even been rumored that some Hellknights have even come to the hobgoblin to craft their specialized suits of armor.
Kuraud always attempts to set up his shop in an abandoned building to provide him with a solid structure. During the time that that Dusk Market is open, his sons often work to show off items and volunteer services that the shop might provide.
Tanglesmell Earflingnailboard (Narcotics and Poisons): Tanglesmell is a gnome that believes that the key to never falling prey to the Bleaching is to regularly sample new mind altering substances. He sells many of these, and has contacts that can find him rare and exotic intoxicants from around Avistan and beyond.
Tanglesmell has, over the years, learned to extract some of the less savory side effects from the drugs that he sells in order to create poisons. Eventually he has learned to create poisons that have nothing to do with the drugs he sells, and has learned that this is a profitable side business. While some of the other vendors also sell poisons, Tanglesmell is particularly good at making them quickly.
Tanglesmell's obsessiveness has led him, in the safety of his lab during the day, to see how well he can resist his own poisons, intentionally damaging himself to see what the poison does. From time to time Tanglesmell has also had discussions with Aerelian over some of these instances.
Trask Cannivard (Arranged Thefts): Trask is a happy, outgoing halfling that was once a slave in Westcrown. He has many contacts among the halflings of the city, those that have positions granting them access to much that the humans of the city don't quite realize they have left in the "slips" grasp. Trask can arrange to have nearly anything delivered and left in a certain spot for the right price.
The rumor in the market is that Trask also has ties to the Church of Norgorber as well as his network of halfling slaves, servants, and "arrangers."
Morg "the Drunk" (Alcohol): Morg is a fat, disheveled man that often has burly humans and half-orcs hanging around his shop willing to defend their "buddy" for the price of a few free bottles of whatever Morg has available. Despite this, Morg often has a good stock of whatever rare drink that a patron might wish to purchase.
Morg in reality is a Andoran Eagle Knight that keeps track of rumors and purchases flowing around the Dusk Market, and has made a habit of creating a loyal base of bodyguards and informants from the ranks of porters and bodyguards loyal to other shop keepers.
Balgorn the Quiet (Psionic Items): Balgorn is a Duergar that deals in psionic goods. He has the typical grey skin and bald pate of a duergar, and his beard is long, scraggly, white, and unkempt, which has led some speculation that Balgorn is in morning over some friend or family member, though many often wonder if the Duergar also keep to this dwarven tradition.
Balgorn speaks little, and is put off by anyone that peruses his wares that might have no knowledge of psionics or psionic items.
Tegomalan (Magic Items of all kinds): Tegomalan is a Witchwyrd, a strange alien creature that exists to sell items. He seems to be able to procure almost any kind of magic item if given enough time. Tegomalan originally wished to set up a more legitimate storefront in Westcrown, but frequent visits by thugs collecting "protection money," and constant threats caused him to rethink trying to open up his "magical emporium of the exotic."
Tegomalan even has magically enhanced signboards and lights to hang outside of the pavilion tent that he uses as his storefront. He often goes outside of the tent to bring in business, and is truly enthusiastic about selling to those around him. Often times he intentionally sets his prices just a bit high in order to encourage haggling, but his pattern is very predicable, and nearly anyone that has visited him on a regular basis can figure out that Tegomalan simply wants them to go through the motions to make the alien merchant happy.
Many of the other merchants hate the cheerful alien, but Tegomalan often carries on long detailed conversations with them when business is slow, rarely noting that his fellow merchants seem to be ready to murder him. Morg, Trask, and Aerelian seem to be the only regular members of the Dusk Market not on the verge of finding a suitable assassin to dispatch the Witchwyrd. The main reason that the others don't seem to follow through with such plans seems to be due to the fact that the Witchwyrd has a large group of mercenaries willing to defend Tegomalan, but also the market in general, and because the Witchwyrd tends to draw in the curious to purchase from other local businesses in the market.
Trogeni Khollarix (Slaves): There are several slavers in the Dusk Market, but Trogeni is the most influential, and tends to organize the others, as well as skimming a bit of gold off the top of all of the slave sales in the Dusk Market. Trogeni appears to be completely human, and rarely volunteers his last name to anyone.
The truth is that not only is Trogeni not fully human, he is a certified first generation shame to his family as a full half-fiend, a shame to his family due to a daughter of the family dallying with a charming devil that served the family's interests in Egorian, as the family attempted to raise their standing with the House of Thrune.
Trogeni funnels gold back to his family, quietly, and in exchange gets to call on a few of the family ties when he makes his business deals. Morg tends to be very interested in Trogeni's business dealings.
Trogeni has from time to time arranged to sell unfortunate individuals into slavery outside of Cheliax when they have become a liability in their native land.
This shouldn't be seen as an exhaustive list of businesses in the Dusk Market, just the most prominent and stable of the businesses that set up there.
Let me know what you think, and hopefully this will be helpful to someone that might want to use the Dusk Market in their games.
|Deidre Tiriel
|Ian Watt
|Ian Watt
Thanks guys. I was hoping to strike the right balance between strange plot hooks without turning off too many players from wanting to interact with the characters.
I'm still thinking if the market needs more regulars.
It should have a Dottari informant, that's on the Market's payroll. He'll inform of normal wheeling and dealings, but you'd have to pay him special if you want to keep some purchases quiet. A privacy tax, if you will.
A rumor monger as well. Somebody you can buy and sell info from.
|Deidre Tiriel
A rumor monger as well. Somebody you can buy and sell info from.
I really like this idea - this may end up being how I introduce the Dusk Market to my group. If they almost make a really high (bardic) knowledge check on knowledge local, I'll have them "remember" a rumor guy at the market. Awesome, now I will probably get to use all this cool info on the market.
I've got a few more ideas now, based off of some comments here, but I one reason I'm hesitant to introduce a blackmailer type Dottari is that the impression I got is that the whole point of the Dusk Market is to be able to frequent it without fear of retribution.
Someone actively blackmailing those that visit the place would be a threat to its continued existence, and I even got the impression that the Rundottari are pretty much "in on" the whole thing and even direct people there for the right price.
A blackmailer would screw up the head Rundottari's take, and probably wouldn't be tolerated for long.
That having been said, its a natural plot hook, especially after PCs have been safely shopping there for a while, for someone to get excited and try something like this. Heck, it even fits the Organized Crime theme of the AP. You always have the Joe Pesci type that breaks the rules that the mob has set up, and causes problems for everyone.
In this case, the blackmailer would be probably on the outs with everyone, Rundottari, market owners, secret shopers, the whole she bang, but the interesting thing would be, would he get whacked before he did too much damage, and if he gets whacked, does he pass on the blackmail information to someone else that the interested parties aren't as easily able to track down?
|Lux Seoni the Witchwarden
|Ian Watt
Someone actively blackmailing those that visit the place would be a threat to its continued existence, and I even got the impression that the Rundottari are pretty much "in on" the whole thing and even direct people there for the right price.
That's what I meant by a dottari informant. He's just the guy from the rundotarri that is around to keep an eye that things aren't getting to out of hand, and that collects the tithe for the Durotas. The way I see it, the rundottari need the money to operate, and as a black markety will always exist, better to be able to keep an eye on it. So no trouble with criminals, noblefolk an even monster types, though high profile traitors would be a no no. Is that clearer?
I like the complication you bring up, of this rundottari turning coat and informing on the market.
Sorry I didn't get back to this sooner. I'm worn out, prepping for a convention this weekend.
I completely missed what you were trying to say, and I get what you were saying now. I agree that while the Rundottari don't want to interfere with the trade at the Dusk Market, they would probably want to know if someone was running around the market saying "I'm gonna use this to kill me some Hellknights," or "first Westcrown, next Egorian!"
The main reason I wasn't thinking of doing anything that might indicate the Rundottari keeping too obvious of an eye on the place is that in my campaign I've already made the players a little paranoid of shopping for anything out of the ordinary, and the Dusk Market is going to be a bit of a relief for them.
(When going after Whitechin, they went to purchase silver arrows, and the smith said, "silver? Isn't that used to kill devils?" and it run them off of wanting to pick up anything that wasn't day to day equipment)
I threw together some ideas for fleshing out the Dusk Market, in case anyone starts to frequent the businesses there. My own players are interested in this since I've been playing up that the local businesses do have to answer questions for the Dottari or the Hellknights about what they might have sold to whom and when.
Dusk Market details I've come up with:
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Fleshing it out seems like an understatement here. Your first post about the NPC's look like something you would expect in the module. WELL DONE! I will be using this General Idea for sure (Hope thats ok with you KnightErrantJR) lol. My players are essentially 4 rogues, a barbarian, and a cleric. they will love this lol.
|Ian Watt
(When going after Whitechin, they went to purchase silver arrows, and the smith said, "silver? Isn't that used to kill devils?" and it run them off of wanting to pick up anything that wasn't day to day equipment)
A proper sense of paranoia...nice :D And you're right, there has to be a place were you can dispose of HellKnight armor anyways ;)
This is awesome! I will definitely be using this as a base for my own dusk market.
I noticed nobody mentioned Jarvis Albrecht, the informant from Mother of Flies, who is described as an active member of the underground or his contact, Goren One-ear, who is specifically described as a store owner in the dusk market (though, they never say what is his trade)
|Miklos D'Ville
Very interesting and detailed characters. I'm going to use one or the other in my campaign
I was wondering what goods would be sold in the dusk market, since in my opinion only very few wares are restricted in Westcrown. As far as I know slavery is not forbidden and even drugs and other illicid materials can be legally bought in Cheliax. Is it just that the formal requirements are less here then they are for a shop midtown? Or can you think of items or services that are illegal even in an evil land like Cheliax?
Very interesting and detailed characters. I'm going to use one or the other in my campaign
I was wondering what goods would be sold in the dusk market, since in my opinion only very few wares are restricted in Westcrown. As far as I know slavery is not forbidden and even drugs and other illicid materials can be legally bought in Cheliax. Is it just that the formal requirements are less here then they are for a shop midtown? Or can you think of items or services that are illegal even in an evil land like Cheliax?
In "Mother of Flies" the drug "Pesh" (from Katapesh) is illegal to sell in Westcrown. Selling armor or weapons looted from hell knights might be difficult, too. Stolen goods of all kind.
|Miklos D'Ville
|Freya Cat Herder
This was an amazing resource! Thank you for sharing. The first thing our group did after they rescued Arael and returned the horses was to locate then visit the Dusk Market, to unload the Hellknight armor they had scavenged from unconscious knights. This post was my guide and my group loved it.
I added a couple regulars, to suit my purposes:
The Zookeeper: a bent, wiry, greasy old man who sells both caged animals and animal components, magical and mundane.
Hope: Aasimar halfling female, with a silver tipped silvanshee feline named Lickwhisker. Her real name is long forgotten and she adopted her current name because she is a symbol of hope to the halflings as a contact for the underground railroad. She also vends holy items, silvered weapons and wooden stakes and things one might need for fighting devils and vampires. I thought a black market in an evil city should have at least one good vendor, working against the establishment.
|Javin Swifthand
I have to say this excellent!
playing this adventure path ATM ( just got to the pathfinder lodge!)
I am sure my arch nemesis (a "prosy" of Calistra and party member) could get work at the Carnal Knowledge and he's not particularly worried if it has a pulse or not.... (one comment was about a hot date with a zombie but decided there were to many health and safety issues with that one!! LOLOL)
we've yet to visit the Dusk Market but I sent this link to our GM and so hopefully we may well visit it shortly
again sir WELL DONE
|Andros Morino


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Hi Folks,
Probably cant do anything on this but thought I would ask : My esrcow went up a bit this year through BOA and as I understand it..It is because the home insurance they paid out slightly more than projected. Same for property taxes..So what I was told was it left me with a shortage at one point in the year. I can reduce the payment if I pay the difference upfront to them which make zero sense . Last year they tried to add a surplus amount but because at no point was it projected below negative....I told them forget it chnage it back and they did . Since they paid slightly more than projected when it came time to pay the insurance and taxes about 100 bucks each..I assume I can't tell them forget it..not paying the increase...correct?
Appreciate your input and time.!
01-27-2013 03:28 AM - edited 01-27-2013 03:31 AM
My understanding is that they can forecast future payments based off of previous payments (IE the increased amount of your HomeOwners insurance). And if that forecast drops below $300 POSITIVE, they can require you to send in more money for escrow to raise up the account.
If you don't send in the extra, I'm pretty sure that they would start charging you late fees on the "missed" escrow payment.
My mortgage is with BOA and I like them most of the time. But I wouldn't expect them to miss a chance to charge you a fee.
Big picture they are just acting as your agent and the increased amount they are asking for is to pay your bills associated with the property. Not giving them the money to do so is not really an option.
In the same respect, when you over pay into your escrow payment you will receive a refund at the end of the year.
Hey thanks folks!! Appreciate the feedback...
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