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Floating a New Approach to Cope with Floods
Floods mean havoc for millions of people every year. With climate change bringing more extreme storms and rising seas, the danger of flooding is sure to increase in coming years, putting millions of lives and billions of dollars of property at risk.
June 23, 2017
Sink or Swim
An emerging technology poses an intriguing solution to rising tides: homes that float only when it floods.
May/June 2017
A Local Solution to a Global Flooding Problem
The Grand River rushes past Elizabeth English's office in an old silk factory in downtown Cambridge, only weeks away from spring thaw. But while some may just see a waterway, she sees a laboratory.
February 14, 2017
Amphibious Architecture in Hampton Roads?
Exploring floating foundation, and other emergent technology at sea level rise Adaptation Forum
October 2016
Amphibious Housing Featured on Toronto Weather Network
A weather network segment on the benefits of amphibious architecture, and applications of buoyant foundations.
Homes Designed to Float on Water could be the way of the Future
Flooding is almost a yearly occurrence in parts of Canada. The northern Ontario communities of Fort Albany and Kashechewan have been dealing with seasonal floods for years. They disrupt daily life, and threaten the health of residents.
April 27, 2014
Waterloo Professor Designs Floating Houses that could Weather Floods
University of Waterloo professor Elizabeth English has designed an amphibious house that floats up with rising flood waters and then settles back down on its foundation when water recedes.
April 3, 2014
Floating Houses that Rise and Fall with Flood Waters
Amphibious houses that rise and fall with flood waters would help save lives and protect First Nations and other vulnerable communties devastaed by flooding every spring, says a University of Waterloo architecture professor
Amphibious-House Promoter is on a Crusade for New Homes and Retrofits that Go with the Flow
Featured in ENR magazine, Elizabeth English gives her insight into a solution to amphibious flood-resistant buildings and pushes for a reinterpretation of the statutes of the insurance program in the U.S.
August 3, 2014
New Orleans: No Easy Buoyancy
Five years after evacuation, still-displaced residents of New Orleans have a strong desire to return to their former communities. Pre-Katrina New Orleans was a vibrant community of hard-working residents, and had a dynamic street life of neighbourhood parades that bound communities, creating strong identities and a strong sense of place.
Fall 2010
Could Floating Homes be on the Way?
What are the options for bayou residents whose houses have flooded three times in the last decade? Do you elevate? Move? Pray? Or do you build a house that can float?
November 8, 2009
Floating an Idea: Prof Goes with the Flow to Protect Homes from Floods
Elizabeth English loves her job as an architecture professor at the University of Waterloo, but her heart remains in Louisiana. That's where her passion for preserving the culture and character of New Orleans has led her, to challenge the conventional wisdom about how to protect homes from flood damage.
University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Annual Report
Elizabeth English has designed a foundation that can float a house. She wants to use it to help rebuild New Orleans.
Rising to the Occasion
A Louisiana State University engineering professor made the rounds of congressional staff and Bush administration officials this week to push a system she says could protect many homes from the kind of disastrous flooding that occurred in Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans: Two Years Later
It's difficult to nail down the last time this antique city was considered cutting edge. Was it the 1850s, when a coffeehouse owner created the Sazerac cocktail? Or perhaps the 1940s, when a teenager named J.M. Lapeyre invented the automatic shrimp peeler?
August 29, 2007
Two Years After the Storm, the Devastated City is a Boomtown of Fresh Ideas for Rebirth
New Buoyant Foundation System Hopes to Save Homes From Flooding
Louisiana Professor Proposes Idea for Making Houses Flood Proof
A Louisiana State University engineering professor is lobbying congressional staff and Bush administration officials to push a system she says could protect many homes from the kind of disastrous flooding that occurred in Hurricane Katrina.
April 28, 2007
Plan Would Make Homes in New Orleans Floatable
The next time a hurricane floods New Orleans, whole neighbourhoods might just bob up like corks as the water rises.
Letter from New Orleans, the Lost Year: Behind the Failure to Rebuild
Elizabeth English studies the effects of hurricanes on buildings, at the Hurricane Center of Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge. "You need to think about how architecture helps shape culture," she said, when I met her at a back-yard dinner party in Baton Rouge. English, who is fifty-two and slight, has the intensity of someone whose career has met its most significant challenge.
August 21, 2006
Floating an Idea: Prof Goes with the Flow to Protect Homes from Floods
Rex Magazine. Business In Waterloo Region and Guelph
The U.S. government is pushing homeowners in flood-prone areas to elevate their houses, sometimes by more than 10 feet. But that's expensive and separates people from their neighbourhood. English has a simple idea that she says will allow Louisianans to keep their homes at ground level: Instead of fighting floods, go with the flow. Allow homes to float on the water.700
The professor designed a home that sits on top of big blocks of styrofoam. When the water rises, so does the house. The building is connected to four metal posts to keep it from floating away. "They work with the water instead of going against the water," English says. "It doesn't matter if it's a four-foot flood or a 14-foot flood."
The idea isn't new. Residents of a rural hamlet on the Mississippi River have built buoyant homes for decades. Floating houses are also popular in the watery Netherlands.
English first heard about buoyant homes at a conference after Hurricane Katrina. In 2006, English, then at Louisiana State University, built a test home with some mechanical design students.
She now splits her time between UW's School of Architecture in Cambridge and Louisiana, where she is trying to raise money to build a full-scale prototype.
She hopes to demonstrate to American authorities that buoyant houses should be eligible for flood insurance. The government has been reluctant to go along so far, English says. "When I started at this, people told me I was nuts," she says. "The idea of a floating house is just too strange."
But nothing less than the unique culture of New Orleans is at stake, she says. "A whole way of life … in New Orleans is being destroyed," she says. "This is actually something for people to come back to and restart their lives as much as possible as they were before."
University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Annual Report
Usually, houses in low-lying areas are raised to protect them from floods. But a house on stilts can be hard to live in, and stilts don't always work. "Even if you do put the house on eight-foot stilts, you might have a 10-foot flood, Elizabeth notes.
Elizabeth has degrees in both architecture and civil engineering. She brought these backgrounds together to design a foundation with a lightweight steel frame for strength and coated Styrofoam for buoyancy. "The foundation is designed to go under an existing house," says English. "It leaves the house looking the same. New Orleans has whole neighbourhoods of perfectly recoverable houses where this system could be used."
Her prototype house is already up and floating. "We've basically got it worked out," she says. "It just makes so much sense. Trying to fight floodwater is a losing battle. It's better to work with it and let the floodwater keep your house up."
Floating an Idea: Prof Goes with the Flow to Protect Homes from Floods
A Louisiana State University engineering professor made the rounds of congressional staff and Bush administration officials this week to push a system she says could protect many homes from the kind of disastrous flooding that occurred in Hurricane Katrina.
Elizabeth English, who is affiliated with the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center, hopes to borrow an idea from the Dutch, who use "buoyant foundations" in some flood-prone communities to reduce flood damage.
In effect, the system works like a floating dock. When flooding occurs, the house is lifted above the water by flotation blocks beneath the home. The house settles to ground level when the flooding recedes. The concept, she said, is designed especially for wood-frame homes, such as the shotguns common in New Orleans. It would not work, at least as now conceived, for brick or concrete slab homes.
English said she heard about the idea last year during a symposium with counterparts from the Netherlands.
"I thought this could work in New Orleans," English said. "If the Dutch can do it, we should be able to do it in Louisiana."
A less sophisticated version has been used for years along some waterways in South Louisiana, she said.
The concept is relatively simple.
The flotation blocks, made of expanded polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam, are held together by steel frames and attached to the underside of a house, according to a description of her proposal. Four vertical guidance poles are attached not far from the corners of the house.
When flooding occurs, the flotation blocks lift the house.
Collars are attached around the poles to ensure that the house doesn't go anywhere but up when the water rises and down when it falls, English said. The homes would be strengthened with steel channels attached to the bottom beams to ensure they are strong enough to withstand being lifted and dropped.
Amphibious Architecture: A Strategy for Flood-Resilient Housing
As global climate change causes sea levels to rise and weather events to become more extreme, the occurrence of severe floods will become more common around the world. The large populations living in deltaic or riverine floodplain regions will be particularly severely affected, especially those living at the lowest levels of income.
There is increasing awareness worldwide that traditional flood-mitigation strategies that alter the environment and create concentrations of risk, such as levee- and dike-building, only increase the likelihood of catastrophic concentrations when eventual failure inevitably occurs. The greater the degree of artifical protection, and the confidence that builds in the communities living behind it, the more disastrous are the consequences when an unexpected failure occurs. New Orleans learned this lesson the hard way in 2005, when 80% of the city flooded due to numerous failures of the levee system in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.
Two Years After the Storm, The Devastated City is a Boomtown of Fresh Ideas for Rebirth
The Daily Green
But, as the Los Angeles Times makes clear, the Big Easy is also an incubator of exciting change. Authorities are certainly in no position to guarantee the protection of New Orleans from a future Category 5
hurricane. Particularly with many scientists warning that the frequency and severity of great storms is likely to increase with global warming, the danger is very real. But designers and engineers are rushing to the challenge with ideas to mitigate potential damage.
One of the most original schemes is being put forth by a Harvard-educated, Louisiana State University professor named Elizabeth English, who suggests retrofitting houses with Styrofoam foundations. If high waters roll in, the houses can float. An amateur inventor has envisioned a special flood wall for his French Quarter apartment. A San Francisco architectural firm has proposed lining New Orleans' shores with giant "sponge combs" filled with baby diapers. They would expand when wet to block surging floodwaters.
None of these ideas have received widespread or government support to date, but they illustrate how the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast represents an historic opportunity to do things differently. Clearly, our built environment poses many challenges, from safety to susceptibility to natural disasters to the enormous environmental footprint. Our buildings use up more energy, and thus fossil fuels, than any other sector, including industry and transportation. That's why so many are looking at New Orleans as a chance to shine, instead of going back to business as usual and old bad habits.
Environmental groups have ridden into town, touting the opportunity to try out the latest in affordable green housing, which will provide substantial energy and resource savings, save residents money on bills, and make for cleaner, safer living spaces. For instance, a wave of builders are repurposing salvageable materials from the destruction, which is a win-win in terms of reducing costs and cleaning up the enormous mess.
Brad Pitt is lending his star power to Global Green USA, which is working on an affordable green building project in New Orleans that will hopefully be able to generate all of its own energy. It will have solar roofs, recycled carpeting, cisterns to catch rainwater, and geothermal heat pumps. Funding support has been provided by the Home Depot Foundation.
Many innovators are hoping that good things can rise out of the devastation on the Gulf Coast.
Plan Would Make Homes in New Orleans Floatable
The Dallas Morning News from Wire Reports Bob Dart
The next time a hurricane floods New Orleans, whole neighbourhoods might just bob up like corks as the water rises.
Under a proposal by Louisiana State University engineering students, traditional shotgun houses would be attached to "buoyant foundations," essentially big blocks of plastic foam and "telescoped" pilings that grow longer as the water gets deeper.
Buoyant houses have already been built in the Netherlands, and hunting and fishing lodges that float when rivers rise are already occupied in Louisiana bayous, said Elizabeth English, a research professor at the LSU Hurricane Center who is overseeing the project by six students.
The plan is considerably more feasible than proposals to raise existing houses atop stilts, Ms. English said during a promotional trip to Washington last week.
"Sitting on the front porches and talking to folks who pass by on the sidewalk is an important part of the culture of these places," she explained. "You lose that with permanent static elevation," the technical term for placing the houses atop poles around 10 feet high.
The LSU engineering team has formed the nonprofit Buoyant Foundation and is seeking grants to continue its research. Contractors and construction companies are being solicited for the $150,000 or so that the students think it would cost to build a prototype and flood tank to test it.
Thousands of homeowners in low-lying areas of southern Louisiana are already being required to elevate their houses, usually by about 3 feet. In New Orleans, some homeowners are considering raising their houses even higher—to as much as 12 to 15 feet—because they fear the city's levees will not be improved enough to prevent future flooding.
Professor Proposes Buoyant Foundations for New Orleans Homes
LSU News, Ashley Berthelot
English, working with a team of senior mechanical engineering students, is devising a way to retrofit houses with a flotation system that will keep them above water in a flood. Similar devices are already in use along the banks of the Raccourci Old River right here in Louisiana and as far away as the Netherlands and southeast Asia.
But English's 'amphibious' foundation system is unique. It is designed to be used for retrofitting existing houses, such as the 'shotgun' style homes that are so plentiful in New Orleans. The design will be engineered to satisfy new building codes. It avoids many of the disadvantages that come with the more traditional method of elevating a house by lifting it high above the ground.
'There are so many issues, both obvious and not so apparent, that come with permanently elevating homes,' said English. Among them are significant expense and increased risk of wind damage, and such social issues as lack of convenience and accessibility, the loss of neighborhood character and the appearance of the structure if it were to be raised on stilts.
A home equipped with a buoyant foundation will remain low to the ground unless a flood occurs, in which case the house will rise as high as necessary to stay dry. Special flexible utility lines
accommodate the change in elevation. Then, the house simply floats until the water recedes, with a vertical guidance system keeping it in place. And, when there is no flooding, the house looks
essentially the same as it did before being retrofitted with a buoyant foundation.
English's team hopes to secure enough funding to develop and begin testing a prototype as early as December of this year. They've recently received a donation of $2,500 from Innovative Technologies Group, or ITG, from West Virginia, but they're in need of approximately $150,000 to support the project through completion.


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WARNING: With "Penumbra," we've reached the beginning of the end of DS9 -- and with this spoiler warning, you've reached the end of the beginning of this review.
In brief: A fair bit of time is wasted here, but things are definitely building...
Brief summary: As Ezri goes searching for a missing Worf, Sisko comes to a decision about his relationship with Kasidy Yates, and Dukat returns with a new plan.
A more appropriate title for "Penumbra" might be "A Tale of Two Romances"; the three successors to "Penumbra" were supposed to be titled "Umbra," "Eclipse," and "Emergence," but since those three have changed "Penumbra" itself is a somewhat meaningless title. "A Tale of Two Romances" neatly sums up most of the episode, dealing as it does with the continuance of the Sisko/Kasidy romance and the probable beginnings of a Worf/Ezri one. Both have their charms, but only one really came off as real to me when all was said and done.
That one was the Sisko/Kasidy pairing. I've said at times that the chemistry between the two characters leaves something to be desired; it might have been more appropriate to say that it can be very erratic. In this case, one really gets the sense that this is a couple who have been through a lot together and are both comfortable with the situation as it is; in short, it's a more mature relationship than the ones you typically see on Trek. In this case, as Sisko talked about the house he planned to build on Bajor, I could sense a genuine warmth coming from the characters, which has not always been the case. As such, Sisko's marriage proposal came off as ... well, as rather sweet, really. Even if it hadn't, it might have been worth it to see Jake's gloating reaction at being named best man ("that means I get to plan the bachelor party!"), but the overall sense of this part of the episode was a good one.
Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the Worf/Ezri pairing, for any number of reasons. Among them is the tired motif of making the two of them bicker to avoid talking about their "real feelings." Does it happen in real life? Absolutely. Is it particularly interesting to watch on screen? Usually, no -- not unless the chemistry between the principals is especially good, and I don't think that's the case here. Then, of course, you have the bickering ending in a clinch between the two, which is definitely in "been there, done that" territory.
I also have a couple of more fundamental objections to the Worf/Ezri pairing beyond the way in which it was accomplished. The first is the difference in experience between the characters. Worf is, in many ways, one of the "oldest" characters we know; he's been on screen during every season of Trek since 1987 save one (and even in that one we saw him on film in "Generations"). We've already seen Worf in a couple of very serious relationships (namely K'Ehleyr and Jadzia Dax), not to mention a fling or two along the way (such as "Birthright II," though I realize that's not a particular favorite of most people). Ezri, on the other hand, has been very deliberately shown as a very "young," very naive character; she may have the memories of seven lifetimes, but she doesn't have the understanding of someone with seven lifetimes of experience. Ezri could almost be a teenager -- I recall several comments in the fall from people saying they felt almost paternal towards her -- and the fact that she's so small compared to virtually every other character reinforces that sense of youth. As such, pairing her romantically with Worf just feels vaguely unsavory.
The second issue surrounding Worf/Ezri is one of falling into a rut. When Terry Farrell left DS9 last year, the powers that be said that they wanted to do something different with Ezri. Well, setting her up with the same character isn't particularly different; it would have been more surprising (and, dare I say, more daring?) to have let her actually establish an independent relationship with Worf that didn't involve romance. Maybe Worf wouldn't have been comfortable with that -- that's fine. As it stands, however, we saw virtually no interaction between these characters for months, and then suddenly here they are paired up. It gets old.
Moving on to a different topic ... the parts of "Penumbra" which weren't romance-related (and even some of the ones which were!) were primarily setting the stage for later events. We got Ezri's search for Worf, the various (and nefarious) goings-on on Cardassia, and the Prophets further complicating Sisko's life. Since most of these are only now at the point of showing the problems, it's going to be hard to talk about whether they've been resolved well; all I can do is take a look at what's happened so far.
I rather liked Ezri's search, even if I didn't care for the outcome. Quark's pick-me-up, while very Ferengi in its manner, actually showed his concern quite effectively. The audio montage as she walked through Worf's quarters was a fairly unorthodox way (by Trek standards) of showing Dax lost in thought, and carried a reasonable emotional wallop. Her subsequent detective work in the Badlands, intentionally setting herself adrift and following the plasma currents to Worf's escape pod, was actually a fairly nice bit of reasoning, and one the Defiant probably couldn't have duplicated. (I have some difficulty with how well it worked, particularly given that the currents change and that her analysis would depend awfully heavily on which second Worf's pod left the ship, but I'm willing to suspend disbelief there.)
Later, after the inevitable let's-toss-these-characters-together-and-see-if-they-stick bit, we see Worf and Ezri ambushed by a pair of Breen, and as the episode ends they're stuck on board a Breen vessel, heading who-knows-where. This certainly caught my attention; the Breen haven't been used much at all, so they could be up to almost anything. If they turn out to be major players in the final episodes, I'll be a trifle concerned at the lack of buildup, but my guess is that they'll wind up tying into something else peripherally.
Meanwhile, on Cardassia ... more than half of what we saw did little more than re-establish what we already saw earlier this season. Damar and Weyoun-7 (assuming that we're still dealing with Weyoun-7) are still maintaining an uneasy peace, Damar is still drinking a bit more than he should, and the Founders are still suffering from the illness we saw in "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River." Nothing there rang particularly false (save, perhaps, how clearly dominant Weyoun was over Damar, which didn't fit with the last time we saw them), but there wasn't much new to look at either.
Even so, most of those scenes were fairly well executed. In particular, I liked Damar's snide "No, of course it doesn't" after being told something doesn't concern him, and the Weyoun/Founder scene. I'm somewhat curious as to who she's planning on contacting with her new equipment (my assumption is Odo), but of more interest was the look of sheer anguish on Weyoun's face. We've heard him insist before that the Founders are gods, but this scene brought home just how deeply Weyoun (or at least Weyoun-7) seems to feel it. Interesting.
The real setup began when Dukat strolled back on the scene. Given everything we've seen of the post-"Waltz" Dukat, I've no idea if what's in store for the character is going to be something I'll like --but as is often the case, Marc Alaimo manages to charge up scenes regardless of the material. All we know at this point is that he still "knows the love of the Pagh Wraiths," and that he's had himself surgically altered to pass as a Bajoran. I suspect he's somehow going to crash Sisko's wedding, personally ... but for now I don't know, and I'm extremely curious.
Last but not least, we have the upcoming Sisko/Kasidy nuptials ... at least possibly. Very early on, there's a sense that all will not go well -- considering that Sisko's proposal was buried in the conversation about the house he plans to build on Bajor, viewers with long memories will realize that Sisko was once told he would "find no rest" on Bajor and begin to wonder. We also get a fairly entertaining interlude where Sisko realizes just how big a deal this will be from Bajor's point of view -- but the main complication comes in the final scene of the show, when he's told flat-out by the Prophets (in the form of his mother Sarah) that he "must walk the path alone," and that Kasidy cannot share it with him. It's a shame when your mother disapproves of your wedding like that. :-)
On the one hand, that's an interesting little dictum from our resident wormhole aliens, with all kinds of questions and possibilities springing out of it. Why do the Prophets care? Why will Sisko be condemned to a life of sorrow if he goes ahead with the wedding? (One obvious possibility there is that Dukat is going to kill her, but I'm hoping for something less blatant.) Will Sisko rebel against the Prophets again, knowing what happened the last time he did so? Lots of interesting questions here.
On the other hand, over the last couple of years the Prophets have gotten much more direct and much more personal when it comes to Sisko; while that seems to fit given his background, I think it also takes something away from the Prophets. Half of the appeal for the Prophets, at least for me, was trying to figure out what the hell they meant at any given time, and if their choice of spokesbeing for their words had any relevance. (I still recall that in "Sacrifice of Angels," the Prophets dismissed something as "a corporeal matter" while taking
the form of Odo, which I thought was quite apt.) It's still interesting trying to project what form their prophecies will take when they play out, as I mentioned last paragraph -- but when the gods simply show up point-blank and say, "Hey, son, don't do this -- lots of bad mojo ahead," something is lost in the process. (It doesn't help that I don't particularly care for Deborah Lacey's performance; if the Prophets are going to be appearing as Sarah for the rest of the season, I hope she can do more than just seem ethereal.)
Other thoughts:
-- I absolutely loathed the fake "static" Ezri used while leaving the station. The idea of it wasn't horrible, but the execution was; even a three-year-old Ferengi wouldn't have bought "shhhh!" as static.
-- If Sisko wants Admiral Ross to perform the wedding, I'm guessing that Bashir hasn't told him about the events of "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges." One wonders why.
-- The return of Captain Boday to Dax's social life was cute, transparent skull and all. ("Personally, I don't understand what Jadzia ever saw in the man." "Well ... his brains.")
-- It was also very nice to see the Son'a mentioned as guarding the new supply of ketracel-white. It's nice to see at least a slight nod that "Insurrection" existed.
-- If the Cardassians really don't know of the Founders' condition, then the Federation is ahead of them for a change, as I assume Odo informed everyone after he found out.
-- Is there some reason why the field packs aren't right next to the transporter in the runabout? It seems that's where they'd be needed for a quick getaway...
-- Sisko let Ezri go because "she'd never forgive me if I stopped her." Hell, if that's a good reason, I'm surprised half the station hasn't taken off. :-)
-- So Worf sang Klingon opera in the escape pod. Somehow, I'm not surprised -- but that particular part of the Ezri/Worf conversation worked well.
-- When Sisko gave Kasidy the engagement ring, I'm fairly certain that the model he lifted up was of an Orb casket. Was he planning on owning one, I wonder?
-- It was interesting to see that the Prophets finally called Sisko "Benjamin" here.
That should more or less cover it. "Penumbra" is far from perfect, relying too much on standard television "romance moments" when it could be doing a lot more -- but its main job was to prime the viewer for the shows lying immediately ahead, and in that respect I think it worked admirably. We'll see.
Wrapping up:
Writing: A somewhat unnecessary pairing-off of characters, and I'm not at all sure about the Prophets here ... but a lot of good setup and some nice moments.
Directing: The Prophets didn't carry the same punch; most of the rest was nice.
Acting: Apart from the horrible fake static in Ezri's runabout, no complaints.
OVERALL: 7 for now; reasonable, but I'm hoping for better in the next eight weeks.
Sisko faces some hard choices.
Tim Lynch (Harvard-Westlake School, Science Dept.)
tly...@alumni.caltech.edu <*>
"What could she be thinking?"
"She's a Dax. Sometimes, they don't think -- they just DO."
-- Bashir and Sisko

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The best thing I will suggest is to invest into a franchise where the brand and trust is already there, you don't have to put in the hard work to build the brand. Most franchises are already household names. Plus anybody can do this no matter what their background is.
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Another suggestion is to get with the Networking Marketing game. With Network Marketing you can make residual income. Residual income aka recurring income which means you make money over and over every month from a single sale. Wouldn't you rather get paid more than once and not a single payment from one sale?
Now the money that you bring in monthly from that one sale becomes passive income, because now that is money coming in continually without requiring you to work for it; the money comes in whether you are asleep or at the beach! This has been one of the main draws of network marketing and has been referred to walk away money. With Network marketing you have a phenomenal motivation and accountability team.
If you start your own business it's not guaranteed that you will make money right away. It's more likely that you will start to make money a lot sooner with venturing into a multi-networking marketing company. Besides if you are seeking to become a business owner/entrepreneur you should get your feet wet with investing in a company such as a franchise or network marketing company so you can get a feel for marketing, interacting with different people, customer service skills, sales and rebuttal skills and so on and so on. You also start to build your book of business.
Some of the advantages that most like is that you can produce at your on speed and on your own time. No clocking in and answering to nobody but yourself. So it's all up to you on how much you put out which equals to what you get. It's a number's game. It's greater pay with less work. No hard labor at all. Plus no commuting back and forth in rush hour traffic to the same place every day to punch a clock. You have the luxury with being at home and networking with all types of great people while having fun while you work! Remember your network determines your net worth.
So now that you want to become an entrepreneur keep in mind that it is a big roller coaster so jump on and get stay ready for the ride. No sugar-coating it here. You will have tons of down days but you must get up and keep going and that's what I love about networking marketing companies, the support is there in full effect. Its team work.
3 of Key's Tips and Tricks for choosing the right network marketing company.
Look into the owner's and management team experience, their mission, track record and if their people with integrity.
The products must be of value, not overpriced or sold in stores.
Be sure that the commission is paid on the sale of the product and not just on membership fees. Which means you make money if your network just consumes products and don't recruit anybody.
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The technician uses an Italian made phrase ( "psychological sudditanza") to define the performance of Undiano Mallenco.
Welcome to the League, are these arbitrations?
Stung by the result, but the team has given the face. Disgusted by the players, fans … but we played against a great team. But in Italy there is a phrase that is "psychological sudditanza" of referees before the great, you have too much respect for the great.
Assessment meeting:
I am satisfied with the work. We prepare good game. It has been a very difficult game from the point of physical, aggressive view, but we played against one of the best teams in the world. I am proud of the effort because now work with more conviction.
First goal offside:
Italy I have never said nor do. But the image is there and is very clear.
Turning point for growth:
Yes, we must be with this concentration, with this attitude, but today we played against a great team. Now we continue with that, work, work and work.
What were the two or three ideas?
The idea was to free Dani and we did well in the second half. The two or three ideas I have seen in the field. In the second half we were near victory.
Launching a bottle after the penalty:
I have not seen, really.
Does it seem unfair to have an arbitrator that gives many advantages to a team with many resources like Barcelona?
No. The big teams are accompanied ….
Last kickbacks paid it expensive.
We paid dearly, yes. We numerical superiodidad and we have failed and we have given transisición. But they are actions that are played with courage and courage prefer a team with a team shy.


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Source: The Chicago Tribune, by Annie Sweeney
The 19-year-old accused of plotting a bomb in a car in the Loop responded to his potential life imprisonment sentence with a joke and a not guilty plea. When asked during a routine questioning if he understood what the sentencing meant he responded by asking whether it could go higher than that. Throughout the arraignment he was smiling and fidgeting, waving to his parents in the front row of the court before officially entering his not guilty plea. He had been planning to plant the bomb for months along with posting about the violent world of Jihad and was followed by the FBI before being arrested.
NATIONAL Wrong Number Source: Gawker, by Neetzan Zimmerman
In light of a recent meningitis outbreak in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott attempted to give out the number for a 24/7 meningitis hotline. Instead, he inadvertently gave out the number for a phone sex hotline who when called, thanked everyone for calling her on her anniversary. Scott corrected his mistake within 20 minutes, and we can only hope that the phone sex operator working for those 20 minutes happened to know a lot about meningitis.
Hallucinatory Realism Wins Nobel Prize Source: Reuters, by Johan Ahlander
A Chinese writer has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for achieving what every liberal arts college student dreams of: hallucinatory realism. Mo Yan's book weaves the theory with folk tales, history and contemporary life in China was banned by Chinese authorities for being provocative and vulgar, but was the basis of his achievement as the first Chinese national to win the literature award. Cat Latos @CatLatos
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Source: The Chicagoist, by Chuck Sudo
In honor of National Coming Out Day, the NOH8 campaign released photos of 26 members of congress who participated in a photoshoot to show their support of marriage equality. Three Illinois representatives--Danny Davis, Mike Quigley and Jan Schakowsky--stepped up to the plate to reaffirm their support of the LGBT community. Since the photography project began three years ago, more than 20,000 people have been photographed.
NEIGHBORHOOD Lincoln Park School Demands $30 mil. Facility Source: Chicago Sun-Times, by Mary Mitchell
With land now available where the old Children's Memorial Hospital once stood, the Lincoln Elementary School LSC is now demanding that Chicago Public Schools build a $30 million middle school in the space. As of now, a developer is planning to put a 900 apartment high-rise in the space, and despite CPS's budget issues, the Lincoln Elementary School LSC is pushing to make sure that doesn't happen.
Residents Rally Against Housing Development
Source: Lakeview Patch, by Andy Ambrosius
Redevelopment of the Lathrop Homes public housing development has been put on a fast track behind closed doors, causing Lakeview residents to rally against the developer. The development had gone untouched for more than 10 years, but in the past nine months has moved forward without the knowledge of residents. The team of developers was hoping to come up with a better solution in collaboration with residents by attending the South Lakeview Neighbors meeting on Oct. 9.
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Lincoln Park Officially Not a Violent Neighborhood
Source: Lincoln Park Patch, by Carrie Frillman
The rankings are in for the most violent areas in Chicago and among 77 neighborhoods, Lincoln Park comes in at number 56 in the lower third of violence in the city, but remains in the top quarter for property damage crimes. The rankings were taken from Aug. 30 to Sept. 29 with Fuller Park coming in as the most violent.
Think Pink: Chicago Breast Cancer Awareness Specials Source: by Maris Callahan
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease diagnosed in approximately one in eight women. This October, a number of Chicago businesses including restaurants, bars and stores, are doing their part to show support and help raise funds for breast cancer research, education and early detection.
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The Case of the Wrong Lawyer
Source: Chicago Sun-Times, by Dan Rozek
Drew Peterson may have already been convicted of murder, but the conflict continues among his lawyers. A past lawyer of Peterson's is claiming his current lawyer filed a "totally and completely unauthorized" motion seeking to overturn the murder conviction and insists that Peterson wants him back on the murder case. Both lawyers want to stay on this high profile case (even after the guilty conviction) and a hearing held on Oct. 12 will decide who is actually Peterson's lawyer.
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BUSINESS Young Men Don't Want Work
Source: The Atlantic, by Conor Sen
The unemployment rate keeps falling, but it may not be the fault of the economy. Studies show that male involvement in the labor force has gone down under the Obama administration, mostly due to young, single men who are likely living at home and don't need money because so much online entertainment is free. With the luxuries of modern life, who wouldn't rather be on Facebook than bagging groceries?
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SPORTS Don't Quit Spit Source: ESPN, by Richard Durrett
Texas Rangers player Josh Hamilton quit chewing tobacco over the summer, and according to Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan, his timing for dealing with his personal addiction couldn't have been worse. Hamilton, who earned AL player of the month in April and May, quit in June, about the same time his batting average began to steadily decline. He will be entering next season as a free agent; let this be a lesson to all ball player to keep chewing tobacco.
Brains AND Braun Source: Chicago Sun-Times, by Mark Lazerus
Defying the myth that jocks can't also be brains, Notre Dame and Stanford, both top ranked athletic schools, have released data showing that they are also top ranked when it comes to the graduation rate among student athletes. Students from both schools took to social media to defend their academics after an Ohio State quarterback tweeted about the unimportance of class compared to football.
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In their ongoing fight for animal rights, PETA has zeroed in on a new enemy: Pokémon trainers. The group has created their own video game, "Pokémon Black & Blue" in which Pikachu leads a gang of Pokémon trying to escape from their trainers and battle against them. Comparing the characters to chained up circus animals, PETA believes it is wrong that children grow up thinking that the completely fictional, made up, don't exist in real life Pokémon are around for no other reason than for humans to abuse.
Security Is Just a Touch Away Source: Gizmodo, by Mario Aguilar
Apple is taking iPhone security to the next level with plans to introduce fingerprint reading technology to unlock the phone. The extra security measure is to enhance the ecommerce experience on mobile devices with talks of adding face or eye recognition when completing purchases to avoid fraud.
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POLITICS Google Finds Romney 'Completely Wrong' Source: Politico, by Kevin Robillard
Falling victim to Internet trends, Mitt Romney is now the first image to pop-up whenever "completely wrong" is typed into Google. This is the second instance of unfortunate Google searches during this election season; Rick Santorum's name when searched still brings up a promoted page created by gay-activist groups defining "Santorum" as the byproduct of anal sex.
Obama Pulling in Strong Numbers At Home Source: The Chicago Tribune, by Rick Pearson
Despite Mitt Romney surpassing Obama in the national polls, his numbers in Illinois remain strong. Obama still holds 55 percent of the local vote and when asked if they were better off than they were four years ago, 28 percent said yes. It's the downstate Independent voters who are worried about the economy and unsure about Obama, but Chicago and suburban voters are keeping alive the 2008 fervor.
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I didn't really want a burger for lunch, but I had some time to kill and I was walking past The Lockdown and I remembered that they were supposed to have a good burger. No one mentioned the heavy metal. I am not a heavy metal fan. If anyone had told me that The Lockdown was all about the heavy metal, I never would have eaten here.
Chicago Food Wars Series: Maxwell's vs. Jim's from: 4-Star Explorer, by Savon Coleman
Let's face it Chicago, when it comes to our city we can be combative. Sometimes that fighting spirit hits a little closer to home. C'mon, the city was built on rivalries. One our most famous being the Crosstown Rivalry between our baseball teams, the Sox and Cubs. I've seen many a relationship destroyed over Pro-Cubs beliefs. (Because every fan deserves the choice...to cheer for a winning team.) And when you begin to think about it there's lots of warring dichotomies pitted against each other in the city.
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Emanuel In His Own Words: Budget, Sports, Stadiums, Obama and More
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel came by Crain's offices Wednesday evening to talk about his newly unveiled proposed 2013 city budget, and he wasn't at all shy about making his basic case that he's delivered change and will deliver more — if he gets some help. The help is with pensions, he said. State lawmakers "know they can't just hit what you'd call a bunt single," but have to truly restructure costs.
What To Do If You Missed Voter Registration from: Listing Toward Forty, by Kim Z. Dale
Yesterday I was surprised to discover that my voter registration was inactive. Luckily I found out in time to get my registration updated, but if you didn't register in time you may still be eligible to vote during grace period voting. In Chicago, grace period voting and registration starts today and continues through Saturday, November 3.
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Theatre Review: Boobs of the Dead: A Walking Dead Burlesque from: Count Gregula's Crypt, by Countess Gregula
You like zombies? Check. You like boobies? Check. You like the show The Walking Dead? Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeckarooney! Then get your undead butts down to the Gorilla Tango Theater for their latest offering BOOBS OF THE DEAD: A WALKING DEAD BURLESQUE. Count and I had the extreme pleasure of attending the opening night performance and it was a doozy. In a southern town, The Sheriff (Alexis Rex) awakens to find that a virus has taken over the world, and that virus turns the dead into sexy burlesque zombies.
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This is the label that we all want to see. Carhartt makes a lot of clothing in the U.S. (57 million garments since 1998), probably more than many people realize. The hard-working family owned Michigan outfitter hasn't done much up until now to let people know just how much the brand produces domestically. That's probably because it is an old school and humble Midwest company that prefers to let the conversation be about making quality stuff that keeps people safe and dry and warm.
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There's nothing like a good neighborhood festival in Chicago. And, if it's got a ton for kids to do and enjoy, it's even better - at least for a mom of two young boys like me. I love how just one visit to just one of Chicago's amazing festivals can introduce you to a new neighborhood, enable you to meet new people, open your eyes to new stores, restaurants and cultural institutions, and remind you of all of the very things that make Chicago such a great city.
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FREE THIS WEEK Bucktown Apple Pie Contest Come out and celebrate Bucktown's 8th Annual Apple Pie Contest. There will be live music, pony rides, even face painting! Sunday, October 14, 2012, 2p-5p at the Holstein Park Field House. Source: Bucktown Apple Pie Contest
Automatic For the People Turns 20 from: Sterogum, by Brad Shoup
If you've got your copy of Automatic For The People, turn to the photo spread of R.E.M. on a Miami beach. Look at the picture of Michael Stipe, up to his armpits in the Atlantic. The picture itself — shot by Anton Corbijn — is a masterpiece: He's framed right in the center with the peak of his backwardscap-topped head forming another chop on the waveline. His eyes are closed, his mouth halfway open. He could be exhausted, he might be relaxed; either way, he looks like he could use the water. Tony Fletcher @tonyfletcher
It was 20 years ago today (more or less)... that Automatic for the People came out. One of the best albums ever made. #REM
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We have always maintained that money is not indicative of great style or good taste (actually, sometimes money has an inverse relationship with good taste; you know it when you see it!). Proving our age-old point, here are the current best bags under $100. Yes, you read correctly: $100 and below. Admittedly, this was no easy task and I'm still surprised how far PVC has come. So go on, indulge!
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As a year-round seamstress, I adore Halloween. I get really excited about who's going to wear what. Thus, I've been discussing costume plans with my readers. Kory F is going to dress up as Michonne from The Walking Dead. Christine W is going to be a wildling from Game of Thrones. BADASS, am I right? I'm so glad to see geek girls avoiding the "Sexy _______" trend, because really, I'm sick naughty Hermiones. Don't dress as naughty Hermione!
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A wise old queen (drag, not royal) once told me that if you stick around long enough, you will see everything start to come back again: fashion, music, ex-boyfriends who dumped you in front of Roscoe's. Add to that list celebrated Chicago theater directors revisiting their earlier works. In 2002, I saw Mary Zimmermann's Metamorphoses, and as I said in a previous post, this year's Lookingglass remount is still thrilling to me ten years later.
Study Finds That Social Media Is Way Sexier Than Sex from: Jezebel, by Doug Barry
A study — oh goody! — hot and fresh and maybe gooey out of the University of Chicago's social sciences oven has revealed, in so many words, that sex is becoming obsolete. That's right — a whole generation of young people are, rather than comingling their various mucuses, plugging themselves into the cavernous echo chamber that is social media because social media's seductiveness is, quite simply, more powerful than sex. Karie Spaetzel @kspaetz
"Though the urge to have sex is stronger, people are more likely ... to float around on the social media lazy river."
'What Does This Mean??' The Absurd Pleasure of HeTexted's Terrible Relationship Advice
from: The Verge, by Adi Robertson
Just as certain weapons are banned by the Geneva Convention, it's clearly time to accept that we as humans are incapable of using some communication technologies responsibly. At an earlier point, I wouldn't have classed the humble SMS as one of them. That, of course, was before HeTexted. Managed by a trio of "bros" and dedicated to letting women post and analyze men's text messages, it's full of ambiguous gems like "I like you (kind of)" and "you're a big goober," coupled with solemn, slightly manic overthinking of words that were obviously dashed off in seconds.
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George the Salon from: Jessica McCafferty
George the salon first made its mark on the Chicago beauty scene when owner George Gonzalez was hired by HARPO to work in their Spa during The Oprah Winfrey Show. Here, he helped style the celebrity guests as well as the salon completing makeover segments with stylists like Ken Paves. When the series ended, George continued his work with HARPO with the salon's stylist, Michelle Forst, becoming Rosie O'Donnell's personal hairstylist during the run of the show. George is also a stylist for the PGA, having styled Tiger and Elin Woods for several President's Cups. Yet, the salon is most proud of its charity endeavors, transforming into a strong supporter of women's charities, raising thousands of dollars for domestic violence each year. Nominate a Business of the Week at email@example.com. http://on.fb.me/QU6sVN http://bit.ly/Tjjed4 Want to see someone in the city get special recognition for their work? Have a favorite neighborhood business you'd like to see featured? Let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Why my custom font is not applying in the form?Asked by koen2000 on April 03, 2017 at 06:57 AM
I've added my custom font as you described multiple times on your forum. But as I see it, it is not applied.
the folder where i've placed the font is correct.
Can you have a look?
I use this CSS lines:
@font-face {
font-family : MuseoSlab;
src : url("http://www.koen2000.be/webfont/MuseoSlab-500.ttf");
@font-face {
font-family : MuseoSlab;
src : url("http://www.koen2000.be/webfont/MuseoSlab-500.otf");
@font-face {
font-family : MuseoSlab;
src : url('http://www.koen2000.be/webfont/MuseoSlab-500.eot') format('embedded-opentype');
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
.form-all {
font-family : MuseoSlab !important;
max-width : 760px;
.form-label-top {
font-family : MuseoSlab !important;
font-size : 14px;
color : #3c3c3c;
font-weight : normal;
line-height : 16px;
padding-bottom : 3px;
width : 250px;
Many thanks!
I have opened your form, and I can see the font is applied without problems. See image below:
Is this the font you have injected? If yes, then what browser are using to open the form? I have opened on Google Chrome and it seems to work fine for me.
If this is not the font you have injected, then please provide more details about your issue, maybe attach screen shots of the font you would like to apply, and the font you're actually getting. And we will assist you further.
Thank you.
Hi Sven,
Thanks for your reply!
The font showing on the form is not the correct font.
on my own website it works good, i've placed 2 text samples on teh home page: www.koen2000.be
I've also put a screenshot:
I don't know what is wrong in the CSS code..
JotForm Support
Please check this guide on how to properly apply the font via CSS: https://www.jotform.com/help/100-How-to-Use-Google-Fonts-in-your-Form
For example:
@font-face {
font-family: myFirstFont;
src: url(http://www.yoursite.com/fonts/coolfont_bold.woff);
font-weight: bold;
font-family: 'myFirstFont', sans-serif;
So use single quotes when you want to apply the font, and I noticed, at least in your code above, that you defined your phone three times:
@font-face {
font-family : MuseoSlab;
src : url("http://www.koen2000.be/webfont/MuseoSlab-500.ttf");
@font-face {
font-family : MuseoSlab;
src : url("http://www.koen2000.be/webfont/MuseoSlab-500.otf");
@font-face {
font-family : MuseoSlab;
src : url('http://www.koen2000.be/webfont/MuseoSlab-500.eot') format('embedded-opentype');
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
Please check and let us know how it worked for you.
Thank you!
I've done the changes, as i've done them already a few times before, but stil not showing the right font.
There is something that is overruling the form.all lines.
on my website i've placed the same code, and there it is working perfectly!
check www.koen2000.be
JotForm Support
Upon checking your form and testing it in my end, it seems like the font can't be loaded on JotForm due to some security or restrictions.
Here are some possible reasons:
1. The link is not in the same domain of JotForm. Here's a link to it: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Same-origin_policy. The can't easily apply resources like fonts from different origins as a means of securing both connections.
2. Your website link is running on HTTP and not HTTPS (SSL), the website or the form itself is on HTTPS protocol, so it is necessary for other resources to be loaded on the same protocol.
I also suggest checking the browser compatibility of the font type that you are using on this link: https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_font-face_rule.asp.
Now I suggest using Google Fonts instead as it does not have the same restriction because Google Font was designed to be publicly used in different websites: https://fonts.google.com/.
If you still want to use your own fonts, then perhaps embedding the form using the full source code and apply the CSS directly on the <head> tags would be more suitable for your case. Here's a guide on how to get your full source code: https://www.jotform.com/help/104-How-to-get-the-Full-Source-Code-of-your-Form.
I hope that helps.
I've changed my hosting to SSL, so font is now accessible on https://www.koen2000.be/webfont/MuseoSlab-500.woff but still the editor won't load is.
but I've copied the source code and put in a html file and that is working.
so I can continue, not the normal way, but it works..
JotForm Support
Hello koen2000,
I did clone your form in my account but I am also having difficulty in applying the font but I am glad to know that you were able to find a workaround.
Thank you!


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|1,020 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|2 - 7 nights
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Sitting on the bluff, directly above beautiful Strands Beach, the view from this property can not be beat. Sit down whitewater views looking north from Laguna Beach to Palos Verdes. Sunsets over Catalina Island... spectacular. Evening views of the night lights from Laguna Beach and beyond.
This property is located within the Headlands Development, with new custom ocean front lots exceeding $10,000,000. It is adjacent to a 60+ acre nature preserve and is walking distance to several nice restaurants, Dana Point Harbor, and shopping. The brand new beach access path next to the unit is now in and open for easy beach access.
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Keywords: Condominium
We are so very happy with our stay over Mother's Day weekend. The property was extremely clean and enjoyable. The views were amazing. We ended up ordering food to go and eating on the deck. The grill was great to use for making dinner with a view. The walk down was half walk down and half 130 steps. It was a good work out. You can drive down and take an elevator down to the beach. This place had it all! Boogie Boards, wet suits, coffee, olive oil, beach towels, and more. It had more than I expected and it made it easy to stay without having to go out and buy things.
We have stayed at this condo three times. Each time, the place gets better and better. Perhaps the best view on the West Coast. Very accessible, very accommodating owners, and incredibly relaxing. The condo is on a really secluded cliffside that drops straight into the Pacific. A superb beach (Salt Creek) is at the bottom of some long steps. The views, weather and whale watching from the deck don't get any better.
Thanks again for another great stay.
Look no further, this is a spectacular vacation home that provides all of the amenities a person could need. The deck provides a stunning, 24 hour view of the ocean where you can enjoy a private setting with a spectacular view. The lovely fireplace warms the living space and provides a wonderful environment for cozy conversation. There are lots of accessible trails within walking distance and direct access to the beach. This is such a beautiful space, it was very hard to leave! Thank you!
My family of five stayed in this condo during the last week of February. This condo is amazing, from the moment you open the gate to get to the door, the views are absolutely amazing. I felt like I was on a cruise ship when I walked down the hall towards the sliders, all that you see is ocean. This unit is immaculate and we really enjoyed our stay. We enjoyed walking on the hiking trails and along the beach.
We stayed here the second and third weeks of January. Loved it! Before and during the owners were always available. We were very impressed with the accommodations and the amenities. Just as pictured.
So many places to hike within a few miles. Badlands Park, 1000 Steps in Laguna, Top of the World, Crystal Cove to name a few. We often also walked on the property, what views! So pretty on the balcony we did not even choose to leave many afternoons, sunsets are unreal. Close to Los Angeles and San Diego, just don't go during rush hour! Rented bikes in Newport Beach, went on whale watches from Dana Point. Lots of restaurants in Dana Point or Laguna(and several In-N-Out Burgers close by for our visiting adult children!). Everything and anything you need for the perfect vacation.
Came for the first full week of January. The owners do everything right. The place is in excellent shape and they make sure it has what you need. The spot is unlike anything else we have ever stayed. Just an awesome spot, quiet, gorgeous, serene. You can't be afraid of a strenuous walk to and from the beach however. While it is ocean front, it is a snake path and then 155 stairs to get to the beach. Completely worth it, but be prepared. Great nearby restaurants, coffee shops, surf shops and even a tourist trap if you want to wander down to the pier at Dana. But it is also easy to avoid and still find great spots. The lantern district in Dana has nice places.
Disneyland - 35 minute drive, Knott's Berry Farm - 35 minutes, LegoLand - 35 minutes, Sea World - 1 hour
|Rate Period
|Weekend Night
Jun 1 2017 - Sep 30 2017
7 night minimum stay
My Standard Rate
2 night minimum stay
|Cleaning Fee
|Damage Deposit


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Five Stars
Occasionally, a film is made so well, it transports you into the story and makes you a living, breathing part of it. And when these films depict realistic or real-life events, the effect is both exhilarating and horrifying. On the one hand, you are happy to be in the hands of filmmakers who are at the top of their game and extremely passionate about the story. On the other hand, the place they transport you to might not be so great.
This is what film is supposed to do, transport you to a time and place, and I love it when this happens. But it doesn't happen often. In the last few months, it has happened twice.
The winner of the Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, "Amour" tells the story of two elderly Parisians (Jean-Louis Trintingnant and Emmanuelle Riva, two veteran actors), retired music teachers, who live a comfortable life in their Paris apartment. One morning, Georges notices that his wife, Anne, blanks out at the breakfast table, apparently unresponsive for a number of minutes. Just as he is about to rush out and get a doctor, she comes to and doesn't seem to realize what has just happened. This is the beginning of her mental and physical downward spiral. "Amour" paints an almost painful picture of this journey and depicts what her husband goes through while trying to care for his wife, the love of his life.
Michael Haneke, the writer and director of one of my favorite films "Cache (Hidden)", has been creating a series of highly regarded films, each of which seems to be more emotional, powerful and critically applauded than the last. His latest features two veteran French actors painting a quiet, emotional story of the end of their lives.
Basically, there are two characters in the majority of the film, Georges and Anna. Occasionally, a care worker or their daughter (Isabelle Huppert) pop in for a few moments, but the majority of the film is set in their Paris apartment and concentrates on their lives. This concentration does a few things. First, it shows us how isolated they have become from the rest of society. They seem to realize and acknowledge this, but to also accept it. They go out to watch a former student perform a concerto, Many weeks (months?) later, the student comes for a visit. It is obvious this is a well-meant, but isolated incident. When their daughter comes to visit, it is clear she is there primarily to see how her parents are doing, to check on the health of her mother. She never visits in a social manner leading to an emotional moment between father and daughter late in the film.
The couple's isolation also allows us to focus only on them. We learn things about them while watching them, while listening to them, while observing. The beauty of this film is that these things are never revealed in a grand manner. In fact, if you blink, or go to the bathroom during the film, you might miss some of them. But because we are watching a film about the two characters, and they are virtually the only people in the film, your attention is always on them. And as you watch, you realize something. Although they don't say it, in fact I don't think they say it once during the entire film, Georges and Anna really do love one another. They have had a long and full life with one another so when the time comes for one of them to care for the other, the partner jumps into the role wholeheartedly.
It quickly becomes clear that Georges will have to care for his ailing wife. Because they have been together for years, he knows that she doesn't like doctors or hospitals, so he observes her wishes and cares for her at home. As the story progresses, you see Anna's deteriorating health and the lengths Georges has to go to in order to care for his wife. It is heartbreaking because it is so difficult and so different from their lives before, when they were younger. How do I know about their earlier life? There are no flashbacks. Haneke gives us such an intimate portrait of this couple, you can almost imagine their earlier life. The trip to the concert at the beginning of the film, gives you an idea of the type of outing they must have had on a more regular basis. You can imagine them going to a concert and then sharing dinner at their favorite bistro. Now that they are older, they take the bus home. But as soon as they return to their apartment, they move like a well-oiled machine, anticipating each of their needs and wants.
Jean-Louis Trintingnant is an actor I am not overly familiar with; he seems to have made a number of Jean-Luc Goddard films including "A Man and a Woman" and appeared in "Three Colors: Red". Trintingnant brings a quiet passion to his role as Georges. He doesn't express a lot of emotion, but this doesn't mean that Georges has no passion. Because they appear so natural together, you imagine the passion this older couple once had and you respect their long lives together. When it comes time to care for his ailing wife, he simply does it and does it in a way that he knows would respect his wife's choices and likes, even when the care is extremely demanding and physical.
Emmanuelle Riva is also an actor I am not overly familiar; one of her notable films is "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and she was in "Three Colors: Blue". Her role as Anna is heartbreaking because we don't really watch it progress slowly. Haneke allows us into the couple's life for a period of time, cuts, and then thrusts us back into their life a few days, weeks or months later. It is difficult to tell, because there is never any warning when we are going to make one of these time jumps. But each time we return to their lives, it is clear that Anna is continuing to decline. And the jumps between each state are jarring. Riva's performance is mesmerizing and riveting because she seems to fully inhabit Anna's deteriorating state. It is a difficult role to pull off because she has great difficulty speaking and can't communicate with her husband, daughter or us. And there is a lot of sadness in her performance as she tries to cope with a failing body.
The two actors seem completely natural with one another and their performances complement one another perfectly. Trintingnant is quiet, intense and impassive. Riva is loud, distressed and very vocal because Anna is in so much pain.
Isabelle Huppert pops in a few times to check on the state of her mother. Her reactions are the reactions I think we would all have. We would want our parents to be cared for in the best way possible. And she reacts in the way most of us would react, as though we know what the best way is. The role is handled perfectly, adding punctuation to the portrayal of this couple's life.
Haneke has crafted another emotional, intense film that is sure to have you grabbing a hanky at least a few times.
I know many people only want to go to films to "feel good" which means they probably go to a lot of comedies or romantic films or films with uplifting messages. But anytime I go to see a film that is as good as either of these is, whatever the subject matter, that makes me feel good. I enjoy seeing filmmakers working at the height of their crafts, creating films that will stay with me and that I will remember for a long time to come. "The Impossible" and "Amour" are both extremely well-made and transport you to dark places, places that you probably will not want to go to every weekend. But if you miss these works, you will be missing two of the best films of the year.
And now that I have seen this film, I will be very happy to never see it again. Instead, I eagerly look forward to the next film from Michael Haneke.


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In other news this week:
and a happy ending to a story from earlier this term.
Douglas Wood - the Australian man taken hostage in Iraq, has been reunited with his family in Melbourne.
He was freed last week after being held captive for six weeks.
And there's an update to our mandatory detention story from a couple of weeks ago.
A group of politicians led by Petro Georgio didn't agree with locking up refugees, especially women and children.
They wanted to change the law and threatened to do it themselves if Mr Howard didn't.
Changes will be made to the law this week which will allow families with children to stay in the community instead of being locked up.
And the labor party - led by Clare Martin - has won the Northern Territory election.
So she'll keep her job as chief minister, and she'll have a lot more from her party in parliament.
The opposition lost badly and its leader Denis Burke may lose his seat.


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