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Information: Call Joni Kuhn at 456-1261, Ext. 3020.I really can't deny that the holiday season is upon us. Seems it stretches two full months now, from Nov. 1 until New Year's.
So in that spirit, this column is full of holiday-related shopping news:
If you're looking for a unique, inexpensive gift, consider a handmade ornament or Nativity from the Orchard Gallery of Fine Art, 6312-A Covington Road. The gallery is featuring pieces from several artists now through Dec. 31.
All are made by American artists, many of whom are local. Some examples: porcelain cat bells by Kim Rorick; raku-fired ornaments by Sue Davis and Steve Vachon; mixed-metal ornaments by Janet Webb; whimsical clay ornaments and tree sculptures by Kristy Jo Beber; mixed media on wood ornaments by Marsha Filipiak; blown-glass ornaments by Larry Mack; ornaments made from gourds by Sue Westhues and Alison Adams; colorful wooden puzzle ornaments by Russell Greenslade; and clay ornaments by Wabash artist Sue Scamihorn.
Jerry Krider will sell wooden Nativities, and Sue Scamihorn will sell clay Nativities.
The gallery is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. It will be open noon-5 p.m. Sundays Nov. 25-Dec. 23.
Phone: 436-0927. Website: www.theorchardgallery.com.
The gallery will host a holiday open house 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 1. Meet the artists, enjoy light refreshments and a 10 percent discount on all purchases made that day, the only day of the year the gallery offers any kind of discount.Gift cards are often appreciated but sometimes seem like boring gifts. However, Target has upped the wow factor this holiday season with interactive cards that are almost like gifts themselves. They're available on Target.com and in stores.
Here's what they do:
•Draw 'n Go includes a marker and special bull's-eye dog car. Guests can draw on a piece of paper with the marker, and the car will follow what was drawn.
•Joy Snowman plays "Joy to the World."
•Christmas Sweater Bear features a bear wearing a light-up Christmas sweater.
•Antler Scrambler Maze is a reindeer-shaped gift card that comes with a magnet stylus to help users navigate the antler maze.
In Fort Wayne, Target is at 1102 S. Thomas Road, 3801 Coldwater Road and 6119 Stellhorn Road.Kohl's has several special holiday events and promotions planned, including:
•Dream Receipts: Kohl's will pick up the tab for one winner in every store every day from Nov. 23 to Dec. 24. A Kohl's shopper will be picked at random every day in every Kohl's store and on Kohls.com.
Kohl's will pay for each winner's entire purchase and will give the winners an additional $10 transferable promotional gift so that they can help "pay it forward" by giving it to someone else for this holiday season. Over the 32-day period, Kohl's will reward more than 36,500 Dream Receipt winners.
•For every new person who "likes" Kohl's Facebook page from Nov. 23 to Dec. 24, Kohl's will donate $1 to Toys for Tots, up to $500,000.
•Kohl's will open its doors nationwide at 12 a.m. Nov. 23 (Black Friday). Stores will be open for 24 straight hours. Online shoppers can start saving with all Early Bird specials available on Kohls.com on Nov. 21 and, like last year, all day on Thanksgiving.
In Fort Wayne, Kohl's is at 1410 Apple Glen Blvd., 835 Coliseum Blvd. E. and 10310 Maysville Road.Jefferson Pointe shopping center, 4110 W. Jefferson Blvd., begins its holiday festivities at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 with the tree lighting and Santa's arrival.
Speaking of Jefferson Pointe, the following stores will open at 12:01 a.m. on Black Friday: Aeropostale, American Eagle, Bath and Body Works, The Buckle, Claire's Accessories, GameStop, Justice, Old Navy, ULTA Salon, Victoria's Secret and White House Black Market. Chick-fil-A will be open for sustenance.Phil's Hobby Shop's Parkwest Plaza store has added Alex Toys to its lineup.
Alex Toys includes jumbo crayons, painting sponges, duct tape crafts, a Sticker Factory, and other art supplies and activity kits for kids ages 2 to 10. Many of the products in the Alex Toys line have won awards from toy review organizations and consumer magazines. Phil's Parkwest Plaza store is at 3938 Illinois Road.… the New to You Sale of gently used toys, clothing, furniture, housewares and more is 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday in the former location of Marshall Field's (upper level) at Glenbrook Square, 4201 Coldwater Road. You'll find designer items at bargain prices in a boutique area. The last hour, 2-3 p.m. will be a bag sale, when you can fill a small bag for $3 or a large bag for $10. The sale is a fundraiser for the Junior League of Fort Wayne.Christopher James Menswear in Covington Plaza, 6410 W. Jefferson Blvd., is hosting a Robert Graham and Donald Pliner party on Thursday. Representatives from the sportswear company and shoe company will show their newest looks for this season. The event runs noon-7 p.m. but the food from Catablu, wine from WineTime and music from the Mark Maxwell Sax Experience takes place 4-7 p.m. Contact Chris at firstname.lastname@example.com for more details.•The Zeta Tau Alpha Fort Wayne Alumnae Chapter is holding a Holiday Marketplace 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Sweetwater Sound, 5501 U.S. 30 W.
Participating merchants are Thirty-One Gifts, Avon, Discovery Toys, lia sophia, Longaberger, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, Premier Jewelry, Scentsy, Silpada, Stampin' Up, Stella & Dot Uppercase Living, Usborne Books and Tastefully Simple. Santa will stop by 10:30 a.m.-noon. Admission is free.
Vendors will donate a portion of their proceeds to the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation, which supports breast cancer education and awareness via programs such as the Komen Race for the Cure and the NFL's "A Crucial Catch" campaign.
•The Helping Hands Center for Special Needs is hosting a fundraiser sale 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity English Lutheran Church, 405 W. Wayne St. (Use the Washington Boulevard entrance.) Shop for Scentsy, Thirty-One Gifts, Premier Jewelry, Tre Chic, Gold Canyon Candles and Pampered Chef. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds will go to the Helping Hands Center.
Know of a store opening, closing or remodeling? Find a good deal? Call Cindy Larson at 461-8284, fax 461-8817, email firstname.lastname@example.com or write to: In the Bag, C/O The News-Sentinel, PO Box 102, Fort Wayne, IN 46801. To read other columns, go to www.news-sentinel.com/section/LARSON.

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On the IMPACT WRESTLING Post Show, World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode tells us his thoughts on the overtime bout and how he was still able to retain his championship. Gunner gives us the scoop on his new alliance with Ric Flair, and a possible major injury to Jesse Neal. X Division star Zema Ion also stops in to talk about his match with Anthony Neese and his quest to become the number one contender to the X Division title. All of this and more on the IMPACT WRESTLING Post Show! On Sunday, January 8, Direct Auto Insurance and TNA IMPACT WRESTLING present "Genesis" live on Pay-Per-View and online at TNAOnDemand.com from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. PPV events air on Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Charter Cable, Cablevision, AT&T U-Verse, Verizon FIOS, DIRECTV, Dish Network, Viewer's Choice and more. Come back to impactwrestling.com every Thursday for the IMPACT WRESTLING Post Show. IMPACT WRESTLING Airs Every Thursday on Spike TV at 9/8 CST, check impactwrestling.com for international listings.
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Getting an accurate diagnosis for a mental illness is a challenge. No X-ray or blood test can confirm it.
Schizophrenia, which affects about one in every 100 U.S. adults, is one of the most challenging mental illnesses to diagnose and treat. I've heard many accounts from families with a loved one who has seen multiple psychiatrists and been prescribed numerous medications in a trial-and-error treatment plan before finally getting symptoms stabilized. Those symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, withdrawal, social isolation and depression, to name the more common ones.
But improved diagnostic methods are in the works, with identifying key biomarkers at the forefront of research. This month in the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers at Kings College, Aberdeen, Scotland, published findings from their studies using simple, inexpensive eye tests to diagnose schizophrenia with accuracy between 89 percent and 98 percent. Dr. Philip Benson, lead author of the study, points out other diagnostic methods have at best a 60 percent to 70 percent accuracy rate.
The eye tests track how people follow a slowly moving object with their eyes, how they scan a picture and how they stare at a fixed object. In each test, people with diagnosed schizophrenia had abnormal movement patterns of their eyes compared to their healthy same-age peers.
"These results stayed stable even after taking into account sex, use of medication and whether or not the participant was a smoker," the journal article states.
Holding further promise is that the same eye tests are being used in clinical trials for differentiating between major mental illnesses, such as bi-polar and schizophrenia, and the Scottish researchers are finding eye movement abnormalities specifically vary with different mental illnesses.
Psychiatrist Dr. Alexander B. Niculescu III is director of Indiana University School of Medicine's Laboratory of Neurophenomics which, along with collaborative work of other U.S. neuroscience labs, has identified the group of genes most predictive of schizophrenia.
Once specific genes were identified, Niculescu's research team looked at where they were located, how they were combined and for presence of mutations. Tissue samples were obtained from individuals with and without schizophrenia to compare gene expression data. In the past, scientists focused more on individual mutations rather than looking at the bigger picture of the genetic linkage factor.
Their findings were published in May in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. These genes, which include a long list spread across the human genome map, "have most to do with how the brain is built and organized and how neurons connect to each other," Niculescu says. "Based on these genes, we put together a genetic risk score. We can identify subjects at high risk or lower risk for schizophrenia," with accuracy in about two-thirds of cases.
For families with a history of schizophrenia, these tests will help predict whether individual members are at risk for developing the illness.
"Potentially, these tests could be given at birth, but that doesn't mean if the person has a higher score they will develop schizophrenia," Niculescu points out. "They need to be watched more closely, and early intervention may prevent full-blown disease. For most people, it is useful to know about higher risk.
"Genetic risk doesn't mean you will for sure develop the disease," he says. "It is not a life sentence, but in the case of complex disorder, having some of the mutations in the higher genetic risk means you can be aware and intervene earlier."
In tandem, the tests looking at gene linkage, gene expression and mutations and the predictive eye tests are a win-win for individuals with undiagnosed or misdiagnosed mental illnesses and for people who are symptom free but who have a family history of mental illness.
As data unfolds to improve the ability of doctors to differentiate illnesses and treat earlier, the hit-and-miss pharmacological treatment approach may be replaced with a more personalized medicine approach.
"There is a lot of symptom overlap between many disorders," says Dr. Gladys Beale, a psychiatrist with Parkview Behavioral Health. "Also, the specific clinical symptoms manifested can differ between individuals. Some disorders like schizophrenia have a long period (called a prodromal) where signs of dysfunction are marginal. It is only after a major psychotic break that retrospectively the prodrome is identified.
"The eye test, if very specific for a disorder, would be valuable," Beale says. "A biomarker is more concrete so that the diagnosis is readily more likely to be accepted by the patient. Eye tests would be invaluable if they could identify schizophrenia before the first psychotic break. Since the neurodegenerative process is quite severe at the time of presentation, earlier detection could be preventative."
Niculescu concurs, though he says in his evaluation of the data outlined by Benson and his colleagues, the 98 percent predictability rate is "inflated." Still, the eye tests hold great promise for changing the trajectory of early diagnosis of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.
"It should be studied in children and adolescents who are quite at high risk and in people with relatives with schizophrenia," Niculescu says, to determine, "how well does it catch symptoms early on before the disorder develops?"
With the potential of major reductions in funding for medical research due to federal budget cuts, I am encouraged that researchers such as Niculescu and IU's Laboratory of Neurophenomics and the Scottish scientists are taking a collaborative approach rather than operating in solo efforts.
"We're actually looking at combining some of the eye tests at our clinic and how they correlate with the genetic findings," Niculescu says.
When I read headlines of people with undiagnosed mental illness going on shooting sprees in a theater or hearing less dramatic but still heart-wrenching stories of families torn apart by serious mental illness, such as my friend's, these collaborative research projects are a win-win for all of us.


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text: Many Kanawha County classrooms lack door locks By Mackenzie Mays December 29, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kanawha County Board of Education President Pete Thaw had hoped that all of the county's teachers would be able to lock their doors from inside the classroom by the time students returned from Christmas break.But that's not going to happen.In more than 30 of the county's schools, teachers have to open their classroom door and lock it from the outside in order to secure their classrooms, according to the Kanawha County Schools maintenance department.Maintenance Director Terry Hollandsworth said that, next week, 11 more schools will have the appropriate locking devices installed, but locks for 20-some schools have yet to be purchased."We've been installing these for a while now. As grant money comes in, we buy the locks and install them as soon as we can," he said. "For the schools whose locks have not been purchased yet, they can still lock their doors from the hallway and leave it locked."It's not like teachers have no way of securing their classrooms," he said. "That way, anyone that comes up will have to knock if they want in."Hollandsworth said Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has been "very supportive" in providing grant money for such safety precautions, and school administrators have moved safety to the forefront since the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn.Every Kanawha County school building has a card-access entrance installed that allows school employees to enter by swiping their badge and requires other visitors to buzz in to the front office in order to enter the building, Hollandsworth said.In addition, Kanawha County schools now have machines to scan visitors' driver's licenses to check their criminal background. Schools can even check visitors' IDs before they enter the building, Hollandsworth said. "We've always kept security of our buildings a high priority," he said, "and will continue to do so well into the future."Thaw said installing the locks on classroom doors is a "no-brainer" and should be at the top of the county's "to-do list.""Before the children go back to school, this has to be fixed. We're not going to let this go. Only a fool would wait to fix this in the environment we're in now," Thaw said. "When people are talking about putting armed guards in schools, you better at least lock them up first."The maintenance department submitted a plan for the lock installations last week that is awaiting Superintendent Ron Duerring's approval, Hollandsworth said Friday.Thaw said most of the schools have locks already, but officials are re-evaluating other aspects of the county's safety plan. "We have as good of a system as Connecticut had, which tells you something," Thaw said. "If demented people are intent on something, they're going to do it." 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At Veritas, pastry chef Emily Wallendjack (by way of Jean-Georges, Cookshop and Pierre Hermé!), reinvents the Dark & Stormy cocktail in the form of a killer sticky toffee pudding. Here the steamed pudding, incredibly tender and fragrant, meets a rum-laced toffee sauce. If there were leftovers, I could only imagine what slices of this pudding transformed into French toast would make for breakfast the next morning. A quenelle of spicy ginger-lime ice cream lightens the affair, creamy and full-bodied. Do note, if you're a fan of Emily's ice cream, don't miss the seasonal selection of ice creams and sorbet. A taste of six for $10 (three each of the ice cream and sorbets) is the way to go; grated lime zest tops the whole plate before the dessert is presented and the resulting scent is borderline intoxicating. At $11 it's a dessert both indulgent and generous enough for two to share.
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23 comments:
I'm recording a vote for Chives for someone who e-mailed me that the second poll didn't work correctly for them.ReplyDelete
Neat polls Kalyn. They worked fine for me.ReplyDelete
Is this like the old Chicago elections - vote early and vote often? Just kidding, my votes are in... I'll play nice!ReplyDelete
This should be quite a fun party, Kalyn!ReplyDelete
Sue, glad to hear it.ReplyDelete
Katie, I'm pretty sure it will only let you vote once.
Christine, I hope so. It should be interesting to see which veggie / herb is the winner.
This is such a fun idea - thanks for getting us all involved :) I can't wait to see what the outcome will be...ReplyDelete
Thanks for setting this up. I had fun voting!ReplyDelete
Congratulations!!Weekend herb Blog Second anniversaryReplyDelete
Voting is very easier task than to write favorite WHB's second anniversary.
I wish you also to have traditional American gift " cotton" for second anniversary weekend herb blogging.
Thank you.
Ramya @ cascading flavors
The poll worked for me too (although I did have a little difficulty with the second one)ReplyDelete
- doodlesOctober 9, 2007 at 6:17 PM
Happy Anniversary my friend.....poll worked for me too but it was a hard choice in the veggie dept.ReplyDelete
Jeanne, it's interesting to watch what's happening in the voting. I was actually quite shocked at how it turned out last year.ReplyDelete
Maria, thanks! Come and pick some herbs before they freeze!
Ramya, thanks. I haven't heard from you for a long time, nice to know you are still around!
Elizabeth, it's a bit touchy, but seems to be working. Thanks for voting.
Doodles, I do agree, and I did vote, but the ones I voted for are getting sorely defeated!
This is great, Kalyn! I'm looking forward to seeing how everything turns out...exciting!ReplyDelete
wow, this is great, and congrats on the 2-yr anniversary Kalyn!!ReplyDelete
WOW!! So cool! I must say, you are one lucky sister to have Rand. :):) Your blog just gets better and better.ReplyDelete
Genie and Mansi Desai, thanks. I think it's fun to watch how it's going.ReplyDelete
Sher, am I ever lucky. I'm so thankful everyday that he's my brother, and not just because he helps me on the blog but also because he's such a good friend and a wonderful person.
Congratulations, Kalyn, on 2 years of WHB! I had fun voting here.ReplyDelete
maybe i'm just being pedantic, but i thought tomato was a fruit ;PReplyDelete
Labelga, glad you had fun.ReplyDelete
Anna, here is what Wikipedia says about that:
"Though it is botanically a fruit, the tomato is nutritionally categorized as a vegetable. Since "vegetable" is not a botanical term, there is no contradiction in a plant part being a fruit botanically while still being considered a vegetable."
I did think about that before I included it but I saw quite a few sources that said it's considered a vegetable.
I love this poll, it's so neat! :)ReplyDelete
Whoops, missed the poll, and I have been delinquent from my herb blogging commitments for weeks now, but I will make every effort to raise up my voice, spin my trackball, and hold high my artichoke for our anniversary.ReplyDelete
Godspeed all herb bloggers.
despite thinking tomato was a fruit, i did vote for it as my favourite anyway :)ReplyDelete
kalyn, this is to congratulate you and your co-hosts for a wonderful event. we will participate in the future. we promise.ReplyDelete
Sunday, October 24, 4:00 P.M. - People are welcome to continue to vote for fun if they want, but the winners are TOMATO with 23 votes and BASIL with 33 votes. There were 124 votes for favorite vegetable and 118 for favorite herb. There were 13 people who correctly guessed the winners! Check back tomorrow to see who won the cookbooks.)ReplyDelete
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As much as we try to buy all of our holiday gifts well in advance, inevitably, some always fall through the cracks. Alarm bells went off today, though, because today marks the last day to buy gifts on Amazon with free shipping and still have them arrive before Christmas. That means one thing: Today should be the day that you buy all last-minute gifts. Round up every last person that you've neglected to buy gifts for and log on. Amazon is our last-minute gift source of choice, since there's free shipping on any order over $25. Just remember that you have to do it now in order to get that free shipping.
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Brent crude oil slipped below $117 per barrel on Tuesday, falling for a third session in a row on signs of lacklustre European growth and easing geopolitical tensions.
Oil prices rose strongly during the first six weeks of the year, but peaked more than a week ago and have since consolidated as investors have reassessed the prospects for global growth and potential worries over oil supply.
Forecasts for a slowdown in France's GDP growth in 2013 and elections in Italy have added to uncertainty on the euro zone outlook, curbing investors' appetite for riskier assets like oil.
Concerns of possible threats to Middle East and North African oil supply also appear to have receded, trimming a risk premium that at one point added $10 to $20 per barrel to prices.
Brent crude for April delivery was down 60 cents at $116.78 per barrel by 1430 GMT. U.S. crude for March fell 6 cents from Friday's close to $95.80.
There was no settlement for U.S. crude futures on Monday due to a holiday in the United States.
"The oil price currently appears to have reached a ceiling of $118 per barrel, which could prompt short-term-oriented market players to abandon their long positions," Carsten Fritsch, senior oil analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt, said.
Brent speculators reduced their net long positions from a record high in the week to Feb. 12.
Brent is nearly $2 below a nine-month high of $119.17 hit earlier in February on a price run-up spurred by economic recoveries in the world's top two oil consumers, the United States and China, and higher demand forecasts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration and OPEC.
"With a significant geopolitical risk premium currently priced in, we feel that some downside is warranted, unless there is a significant escalation in Middle East North/Africa tensions," Standard Bank commodities analyst Marc Ground said.
Andrey Kryuchenkov of VTB Capital identified a risk premium of around $10 a barrel in the Brent price linked to Middle Eastern tensions over Iran's disputed nuclear programme.
Investors are keeping a close eye on nuclear talks between major powers and Iran next week. Sanctions on the OPEC producer have reduced its oil exports, which could have fallen below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in January, according to estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
"The political risk premium is overblown, so Brent won't get any higher unless something happens in the Middle East. People will probably take profits this week," Kryuchenkov said.
Volumes were thin in early trade on Tuesday but could pick up later as U.S.-based traders place bets ahead of the release of two sets of U.S. oil inventories data, delayed by a day to Wednesday and Thursday.
Housing data from the United States later this week could also provide signs on its economic health.
Technical charts point to lower prices in the absence of fresh data that could sway the market.
Brent oil is expected to fall into a range of $111.97 to$113.67 per barrel over the next four weeks, similar to a downtrend between March and June last year, Reuters markets analyst Wang Tao said. (Additional reporting by Emma Farge in London and Florence Tan in Singapore; editing by James Jukwey)


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Davis returns to lineup Tuesday with new perspective
BALTIMORE -- Chris Davis was back in the lineup for the series opener with the Royals and said his injured right knee is feeling fine.
Davis hurt the knee running out a ball against the Angels Friday, but said that everything's fine now, and he's ready to go.
In addition, he said it kind of opened his eyes a bit.
"I think it was one of those things where you kind of realize you're not invincible," Davis said. "I've never had any injuries in my career where they've caused me to miss any time."
Davis earned American League Player of the Month honors after his great start in April. Plus, he's moved into the full-time first base job without too much trouble.
For now, though, he's hoping the knee continues to be just fine and is happy to return to the lineup.
Jeff Seidel is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Flooding on the Mississippi River in 1993 was the inspiration for EDEN, and continues to be a major focus of EDEN activity. 2011 saw another great flood on the Mississippi - prompted by a snow melt in the uplands. In 2012 the state of New Jersey saw what is being called its "Katrina" - surge in places they never thought they would see it.
With each major flooding, the EDEN Chair communicates with Extension in the affected states, offering EDEN assistance and reminding them of the resources available on this site and through eXtension.
EDEN takes that opportunity, too, to refresh its pages and to add resources specifically requested by the affected states - to pages and to its Resource Catalog. EDEN also works closely with its primary partner agency, NIFA, to ensure that USDA knows how Extension has been affected and how Extension is serving its communities. EDEN Response Notes is theEDEN system for finding out if our Extension members need any type of assistance with disaster response and recovery, and learning about their response and recoveyr activities.
Floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters--except fire. Most communities in the United States have experienced some kind of flooding, after spring rains, heavy thunderstorms, winter snow thaws, unusual rise of lakes, or surge of oceans and seas as a result of hurricanes or tsunamis.
Floods can be slow rising, especially in areas of broad expanses of flat land, where rains make their way down river, causing overflow of the banks and backflow into feeder streams. They can rise rapidly - in the mountains, at the foot of mountain streams, and during a storm surge. Just as waters may rise rapidly or slowly, the flow of floodwater may be fast or slow. If you are faced with fighting floods or trying to prevent future damage, you need to know what type of flooding occurs in your area.
For flood insurance purposes, a flood is defined as "a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of two or more acres of normally dry land area or of two or more properties...from:
Floods have impacts in agriculture (land, crops, harvests), and the built environment (homes and offices). Because of these physical impacts, there is a secondary impact on mental health, as well as family and business finances. Impacts can be reduced by Extension education immediately before, after and between floods.
In addition to knowing the nature of the flood, it is important to understand that a given flood-fight or mitigation technique proven to work on one soil type may not work on another; and that a home flood proofing project suitable for one climate and style of construction may not be suitable in another.
It is relatively easy, using the Internet or the library, to find solutions to flood problems, many of which can be employed by homeowners and small business owners. Educators and consumers should always check with your local experts and officials when selecting a flood protection system, to see what local conditions and factors may influence the success of your proposed solution.
Extension also has a role in reducing future flood damage and aiding communities in their flood damage prevention programs while working within traditional Extension program areas. Some examples would include:
If your Extension Service provides training for newly elected community officials, the impacts of including flood-risk management in the curriculum could be enormous.
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Bird left for a reason, and I don't believe his health had anything to do with it. Bringing Walsh back has got to be one of the most ponderous moves I've ever seen a pro team make. Should we do a search and find the best guy for the job? Nah....bring in ol Bug Eyes so we can relive the Murphleavy glory days.
And to think I could have taken my family on a long trip to Hawaii for what I spent on season tix makes me wanna puke.


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Full of KeysRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
I'm full of keys whenever I'm made
I came about wooden when the Renaissance played
Hundreds of years later, I was divided
And two new keys to me were provided
Then in 1760, and that's forty years later
Three keys were added by Florio, Gedney, and Potter
Around the 80's of the century mentioned
I was used by Mozart and Haydn
Over the years, new keys were gained
In the 1830's, Beethoven used me to entertain
Near the end of the 1800's, or the 19th century
I was used by Brahms, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky
Now, modern renditions are made of me
Without my holes, I wouldn't be
What am I?
AnswerThe Flute
The keys are the sounds made.
Flutes were wooden in the Renaissance era.
Then in 1720, the middle joint was divided in two, and in turn, two new keys were added.
Forty years later, in 1760, three new keys were added.
In the 1780's (the century mentioned), Mozart and Haydn used the flute in their symphonies.
1782 through 1827, keys were added.
In the 1830's, Beethoven used the flute in his symphonies.
At the end of the 19th century, the flute appeared in the orchestral pieces of Brahms, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky.
Now, flutes are made from metal, wood, and plastic.
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A regulatory affairs director works in the private sector, guiding the direction a company takes as it prepares and unveils new products to the market. She oversees compliance and timing as well as defining and paving the ways for government approvals. A regulatory affairs director plays a vital role in interpreting the legal, scientific and marketing plans of drug development companies.
A regulatory affairs director can earn a bachelor's degree in a scientific discipline to begin a career path toward the directorship. A master's degree can set candidates apart from the competition. Appropriate advanced degrees are available that specifically prepare students for jobs in regulatory affairs. Degrees include Master of Science in Regulatory Affairs or a PhD in Regulatory Affairs through an applied science university department.
Many professionals who move into the regulatory side of the industry come to their first position from other jobs in health care, from nursing and engineering to clinical laboratory science and research. Right out of school, regulatory positions available include technical and project coordinator jobs for the first five years or so. Writing and communication skills are vital to succeed in an entry-level regulatory positions as well as a scientific background and a basic knowledge of the legalities involved in the regulatory process.
On the career path toward a director's position, professionals might spend time in the marketing and sales division of a pharmaceutical company to add to their overall experience. A career path should include some level of management and oversight responsibilities in various divisions of a company. Well-rounded levels of experience for about five years provide important knowledge of the entire cycle of drug approvals.
While working, additional professional development courses can help to increase the professional standing of regulatory affairs professionals. Designations such as the Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) distinguish those on professional career paths. While not required, certifications provide a measurable validation of the professional's knowledge and commitment to the industry. RAC studies include courses that cover international regulations and procedures for drug development and sales.
Prior to seeking a director position in regulatory affairs, a professional should have garnered an average of 10 to 15 years experience in some aspect of the pharmaceutical industry, including prescription drugs and over the counter medications. Candidates for a position will have to show specific examples of participation in successful approval programs as well as demonstrated connections and interactive engagements with governmental regulation officials. Regulatory affairs directors have developed strong leadership skills and the ability to organize teams.
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To Provide the sense of creativity, talent and knowledge to young mimosas in the blooming garden of technology. We are here to provide an environment of high academic ambience to mould young minds and make them capable of welcoming the future with vigour.
The devine power of Knowledge can provide man with the wealth of understanding, the ability to overpower obstacle and the strength to seek the truth.Let this knowledge flow deep into every man in society, thus helping the nation build a better and more prosperous future.
The year 1947 saw India win its freedom. The nation had to be rebuilt from ruins to achieve its former glory and regain its rightful place in International scenario. Education was acknowledged as main trust area. Late Sri H.M Gangadharaiah, a staunch Gandhian and Buddhist, decided to address this cause. He envisioned an educational establishment which will disperse the seeds of knowledge and build a more intelligent society.
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Elevated Plastic wrote:If you live anywhere near the Sacramento area you need to check out http://willowcreekevents.vflyer.com/hom ... me/3092066 it will be open to the public the 3rd weekend of April. $15 for the day or $30 for the weekend. Plenty of camping on site with 2 totally different 18 hole courses. We need people to show to keep it open. You won't be disappointed. Always a memorable time with plenty of ace runs and awesome shots. It's the best time of year cause everythings lush and green. I will be there and hope to see some new faces there for some money games. Any questions email the owner from the link or pm me. If you do go NO LITTERING and NO CIG BUTTS on the ground. Step up to the experience that is Browns and Bows. Theres a tourney there in October that is one of a Kind.
Elevated Plastic wrote:The front course is shorter with some ace runs, green grass with ponds. The back course is more of a mountain course with alot of elevation and a creek that comes into play on alot of holes. Each course is totally different with unique holes. Not the longest course by all means, but there is positions that are a little deeper usually for tourneys. It's just disc golf heaven to put it in a few words. Camping/partying/fishing/swimming/disc golf..... what else do you need. It's not on DGCR yet i'm waiting to get permission from the owner. It's kind of a hidden gem that you should treat yourself to . I guarantee that if you come to this property you will return. It's my happy place.
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Hi guys,
I'm going to create a new board to give all "other sports" their own separate spot away from the rest of the off topic conversations that go on here. This would include high school sports, college sports, minor league, whatever else doesn't have its own board now.
I'm going to leave Market Square with the same name and same content (except of course sports).
The Fever board is going to merge with this new board because the traffic there is very light.
My questions for you guys are as follows:
1) Should I also merge the Colts board?
2) What should the new board be called?


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I couldn't help myself when I saw the logo. This can has paper labels which seemed a bit odd and made me want it even more. So when it went on the block I was ready for battle, then two bids and $12 later, it was in my pile. It needs a little bit of a cleaning but still a keeper to me.


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A CONCERT at Dudley Town Hall will be dedicated to the memory of fundraising cancer sufferer Stephen Sutton and will raise money for fellow teens affected by the disease.
Charitable group Gig Caritas is presenting the event at the St James's Road venue on Saturday July 12 in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust - which Stephen raised over £4million for before losing his fight against bowel cancer last month.
The concert, 'The American Dream – A Celebration of American Music and Musicals', will feature West End stars Kieran Brown, Sabrina Aloueche, Katie Bernstein, CiCi Howells and the programme will include music from gospel hymns to numbers from musicals such as West Side Story, Rent and Wicked.
Stephen Sutton, who has been posthumously awarded an MBE for his fundraising efforts, had been due to attend the concert - Chris Passey from Gig Caritas said.
He added: "We knew Stephen personally and he had been working with us on this concert until his tragic death on May 14.
"His fundraising efforts were inspirational. We will now dedicate the event to him and will donate to the Teenage Cancer Trust - West Midlands."
The concert, which starts at 7.30pm, will see feature a 20-piece orchestra conducted by Keith Horsfall and a 70-strong community choir which includes members of In Sound Company and performers from Brierley Hill Musical Theatre Company.
Gig Caritas has raised around £8,000 over the last two years from its charity shows which have seen an array of professional musicians and performers taking to the stage free of charge to help good causes.
And the group recently received £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to create unique performance spaces with professional staging and seating to bring performances to a wider community audience.
For more information check out website www.gigcaritas.com or to book tickets, priced £12 (£10), call Dudley Box Office on 0870 3207000 or visit website


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Badbeard's Microroastery
Microroasted traditional espresso blends with a twist from a professional cellist; sold online.
Blue Kangaroo
7901 SE 13th Ave.,756-0224, bluekangaroocoffee.com
Sellwood-based microroaster-retailer.
Portland's oldest roasting company.
Caffe Vita
The Seattle-based roaster will open a shop and roastery in downtown Portland in 2010.
Cellar Door
921 SW 16th Ave., 221-7435, cellardoorcoffee.com
Microroaster-retailer with a tinkering problem (see portlandcup.blogspot.com).
Coava Coffee Roasters
One of Portland's most accomplished young microroasters will open an innovative gallery/tasting room in 2010.
Coffee Bean International
coffeebeanintl.com, publicdomaincoffee.com
Portland's largest roaster is little known because it roasts for other brands like Target; that will change when they open a showcase cafe called Public Domain at the end of April.
Courier Coffee
Obsessively fresh microroasted coffee that delivered to your home and local restaurants by bike. Look for a cafe/retail shop…eventually.
2921 NE Killingsworth St.,281-1764 and 1465 NE Prescott, Suite B, 284-1380, extractocoffeehouse.com
One of the only microroaster-retailers with two cafes; helped pave the way for the recent explosion of coffee roasters.
2211 E Burnside St., 206-6602, heartroasters.com
Microroaster-retailer notable for its stunning shop.
K&F Coffee
2706 SE 26th Ave., 238-2547, kandfcoffee.com
Medium-large wholesale roaster with a cafe in the Clinton neighborhood.
200 SW Market St., 221-0418, and 2355 NW Vaughn St., 222-2302, kobos.com
Medium-large wholesale roaster with retail cafes.
mcmenamins.com/406-mcmenamins-coffee-roasters-home, see website for legion McM-bars and McM-cafes.
Yep, they roast their own.
Mudd Works Roastery & Coffeehouse
4237 SW Corbett Ave., 235-6833, muddworks.com
Microroaster-retailer with whimsically named coffees and a new cafe in Southwest Portland.
Oblique Coffee Roasters
3039 SE Stark St., 228-7883, obliquecoffeeroasters.com
The restored Victorian building has good bones; so does the coffee.
Nossa Famillia
The only family-direct coffee in Portland is imported from the family farm in Brazil and custom roasted by Kobos.
Portland Roasting
A sustainability-focused large wholesale roaster.
Ristretto Coffee Roasters
3808 N Williams Ave., 288-8667 and 3520 NE 42nd Ave., 284-6767, ristrettoroasters.com
The first microroaster to follow Stumptown into the fray, now with two locations.
Schondecken Roasters
6720 SE 16th Ave., 236-8234
Old school microroaster-retailer that keeps it beans in giant bins on the floor.
Spella Caffe
520 SW 5th Ave., 752-0264 and cart on the corner of Southeast 9th Avenue and Alder Street, 752-0428, spellacaffe.com
Microroaster-retailer featuring traditional Italian-style espresso served from a cart and in a new cafe.
St. Johns Coffee Roasters
Microroaster makes sure St. Johns isn't left out; delivers to your house.
Sterling Coffee Roasters
2120 NW Glisan St., sterlingcoffeeroasters.com or search on Facebook.
Micro-microroaster (1 pound at a time!) with tony style from the crew behind Coffeehouse NW.
128 SW 3rd Ave., 295-6144; 1022 SW Stark St., 224-9060; 3356 SE Belmont St., 232-8889; 4525 SE Division St., 230-7702, stumptowncoffee.com, see website for out of state locations.
The wunderkind that started it all has taken on Seattle and New York. Next: Amsterdam?
Trailhead Coffee Roasters
Microroaster-retailer specializing in coffees from women's co-op Cafe Feminino and delivered to local grocers by bike.
Water Avenue Coffee Company
A former Stumptown roaster and the man behind the American Barista School bring you Portland's newest microroasting-retail operation; opening a cafe in spring 2010.
World Cup Roasting
1740 NW Glisan St., 228-5503, worldcupcoffee.com
You know them from the Powell's cafe, but this medium-sized roaster has other cafes and sells to offices.
Microroaster whose coffees are available at a few shops and markets around town.


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Tottenham will look to take one step closer to the Champions League knock-out stages on Tuesday when they face Apoel Nicosia in Cyprus.
Liverpool play their second Champions League group match against Spartak Moscow in Russia on Tuesday.
Manchester City host Shakhtar Donetsk in their second Champions League Group F match on Tuesday.
What the papers sayEverton offered 75 million euros (£66m) for Diego Costa in the final days of the summer transfer
Manchester duo City and United cemented their status as early-season pace-setters at the top of the Premier League table with
What the papers sayManchester City could see their bid for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez overtaken by Paris St Germain, according to the Sun.


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Middle America — people with only high school diplomas — is sinking badly in the new Information Age. Jobs and pay have retreated so much that high-school-only young folks hardly can afford to raise families, so their marriage rate is declining.
College and other advanced training are crucial for successful life in the new high-tech culture. America can't thrive without an abundance of well-educated workers. But university costs have soared like a rocket, raising alarm that only rich families may be able to send their children. Others who attend can be saddled with ruinous student loans.
President Obama is crusading to make college affordable and keep the high-tech economy humming. Last year, he unveiled a sweeping plan to make federal education aid available only to genuine schools that produce real graduates with real careers.
The U.S. government spends $150 billion yearly for student aid. Too much of it has been gobbled by for-profit schools that recruit marginal students who incur huge loans. The schools pocket the loan money. Many of the students flunk out, remaining stuck with no degrees and unpayable loan debt.
Obama proposed cutting off federal student aid to schools that don't lower tuition cost, don't produce a high rate of graduates, and don't place those graduates in good careers. The administration launched an online scorecard showing which schools excel and flop. A White House aide told The New York Times:
"It's important to us that colleges offer good value for their tuition dollars, and that higher education offers families a degree of security so students aren't left with debt they can't pay back."
The administration began pushing MOOCs (massive open online courses) and other innovations to reduce college costs. We hope this effort succeeds, because millions of young Americans need a chance to study and enter middle-class careers.
Unfortunately, bitter political stalemate in Congress has blocked progress on Obama's reform. Any helpful proposal by the Democratic White House or Democrat-controlled Senate usually faces defeat in the Republican-dominated House of Representatives.
West Virginia's Sen. Joe Manchin champions bipartisan teamwork. Despite his low success rate, we hope that he and other West Virginians in Congress will strive for cooperation on a national effort to make real college education possible for millions more young Americans.


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In the world of In a World..., the directing debut of preternaturally understated comic actress Lake Bell, voiceover work — specifically, the authoritative yet anonymous man-speak heard in movie trailers — is a field in which women aren't welcome. Bell, who also wrote the script, plays Carol, an underemployed vocal coach who aspires to be a voiceover star like her callous egomaniac father, Sam (Fred Melamed). She isn't just your garden-variety underachiever; Carol is so underachieving that, at age 31, she hasn't changed her wardrobe since the 1990s. It's one of the movie's subtle oddball touches that Bell's Carol, a tall drink of water if ever there was one, strides around unself-consciously — and a little cluelessly — in overalls and college-kid babydoll dresses. But even if she's a neurotic goofball, she's persistent. And with the help of smart but bashful sound engineer Louis (Demetri Martin), who harbors a crush on her, she scrambles to the top of the voiceover heap — only to earn the resentment of key players in the field, most notably her nasty old dad. Bell has made a lively, modern screwball comedy with a terrible title; the dialogue moves quickly and sometimes takes nutty, unexpected loops, like puppies scrambling over one another in a basket. Bell, who has so often played second or third banana (in pictures like It's Complicated and No Strings Attached), makes a strangely fetching leading woman. The romance between Carol and Louis takes forever to get cooking; their mutual awkwardness is today's equivalent of a bundling board. But it's also part of their charm as a couple-in-training; their respective peculiarities fit together just right.
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In this episode, CREW TV lays out the new map Canadian buyers are taking to purchase in the States.
CREW's Jemima Codrington interviews Lance Livingston, with Smart Real Estate Foreclosures, and Charles Sells, COO of National Realty Group at this year's Investor Forum Toronto.
Video transcript below:
Jemima Codrington: More and more snow birds are flying south and landing on US foreclosures. But that isn't always a direct flight. Hi, I am Jemima Codrington and welcome to Investor Insight on Crew TV.
There's no doubt thousands of Canadians have already made that flight to Florida, Arizona, Nevada. The map finding foreclosed properties has generally been the MLS system. But that's changing.
Lance Livingstone, Smart Real Estate Foreclosures
Lance Livingstone: It is becoming increasingly difficult to buy properties through the traditional multiple listing service in the US. We are right now finding that there are much greater opportunities through the foreclosure auctions.
Jemima Codrington: But even the [class of] the properties are shifting. Canadians are increasingly looking short sale. It's way of getting a better property although that's still up in the air.
Charles Sells, National Realty Group
Charles Sells: Short sale and foreclosure properties are very similar when it comes to the rehab and repairs that are necessary. Lot of Canadians say that short sales to be a better condition than a foreclosure property might. Most of the times these days banks are actually doing minor repairs and rehabs for the investors prior to the purchase of the property.
Blue Pearl Mortgage Group Inc. is expanding its footprint once again, this time with services in Ontario
Transit City Condos is a new 55-storey development located next door to new Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
For new investors, it's easy to get overwhelmed by facts, figures, formulas, and different investment calculations. Our goal today is to demystify the most important condo investing terms that you need to know


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Another one of my favorite toy companies is PlanToys. Not only do they make beautiful, high quality toys that are safe for our kids, but you can feel proud to buy from them. At PlanToys, they do not skip corners or take chances when it comes to safety and quality. Their toys are rigorously inspected to ensure that they meet world safety standards. They only use non-toxic paints and they use a formaldehyde free glue for their toys. Not to mention that they are also an environmentally and socially responsible company.
All PlanToys are made with clean, natural rubber wood and they practice the "Three R's" of green living: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. All of their packaging is recyclable, which reduces waste and they use soy and water based ink on their printed material because it is easier to recycle. Plan Toys is also a responsible global employer. They create more than 600 jobs in a village in Thailand and they have provided many opportunities for people with disabilities to work within PlanToys.
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PlanToys generously sent Lucas an Eco Town for me to review and he loves it! It is one of his favorite toys and he will actually come and ask me to get it down from the closet so he can play with it. This happens on a daily basis and it keeps him actively engaged for over an hour at a time! Even mommy and daddy love joining in on the fun! He loves pushing the eco friendly train and cars around the playmat and positioning the little eco-conscious people all around the town. I love that through this Eco Town Playset, I am given the opportunity to teach Lucas about living an environmentally friendly life in a FUN way. This is a great set for both younger and older children–like Lucas, the younger kids will love to push the cars, train, and bikes around and the older kids can plan out their city!
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Want It: The Eco Town retails for $150 and can be purchased online at PlanToys USA.


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WAYNE, NEW JERSEY -- Recently submitted to CENTURY 21 headquarters: I am presently renting (for the last 7 years) but in the process of moving (in the next month and half) and as you can imagine it is very stressful, boxes are everywhere. My present landlord asked if he could have the house shown. I agreed but only if agent calls ahead as I like to know who is in my home. I have tried to keep my bedroom clutter free, a place where I can go to escape the disruption.
I came home yesterday after an agent showed my house - Maria ** from CENTURY 21 on Berdan Ave in Wayne, NJ to find my bedroom basically violated. I have drapes that I keep closed because the room is on the ground floor. The drapes have valances with vines and flowers intertwined which took quite awhile to arrange. The drapes were wrenched open, flowers/vines all over the floor - just left. Maybe this is a nothing thing to you but how dare someone come into my home (at least for the time being) and tamper with my things so carelessly?? Who knows what else was fiddled with? Drawers gone through, etc??
I called the office to voice my complaint but the manager, Maria ** was unavailable. I called the agent directly on her cell phone (card left at house) and she hung up on me. And when I called back, had her phone turned off. I would never go into someone else's house and move/touch their things. It is totally DISRESPECTFUL. I don't expect or accept that someone would do that in mine. I should think you would want more professional people working under your company name and I hope you contact the office manager and express the same concern. ** their office - ** her cell, maybe she will speak to you.
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA -- Century 21 Shamrock Realty, Unethical in Every way! First, let me start by saying that anything typed in Caps is for emphasis on that particular word/sentence (like many other posters on this site); I am not yelling. These incidents occurred between September 2007 and January 2008. I have thought this over very thoroughly before posting my review, to make sure it is NOT just an emotionally charged rant but a factual account of the events that took place...
All seemed well upon meeting a buyer's agent at the prestigious Century 21 Shamrock in Abingdon, VA. She took us out to lunch after showing my family the home we were planning on purchasing. Subtle little clues began to appear during negotiations, that perhaps she wasn't entirely on "our side". We brushed them aside at first due to the excitement of beginning a new chapter in our new home "to-be".
Soon enough conversations were conveniently forgotten. Items that were supposed to be included with the sale price of the home grew price tags out of nowhere. We had caught and confronted her in numerous lies about this. When approached, she never seemed concerned on our behalf. She had no clue as to whether or not inspections and appraisals had been completed in the timely manner they were supposed to be. Keep in mind she was signed as OUR representative during this time and that is an agent's job (to make sure everything is done in a timely manner and to the satisfaction of the client).
THE DAY BEFORE closing there was still no word as to if it would happen as scheduled (the mortgage company was still waiting to get the appraisal back). Yet she told our LARGE family and house pets to "Come on down, everything will be fine". We were moving WAY out of state and had no choice but to come. The trailer with all our belongings had left the day before. A little behind in our traveling schedule (because of the closing on our home, and saying goodbye to family and friends),we drove straight through the night so we could be at our "closing" on time the next morning. Had our cell phones on us and active the whole time, expecting some sort of news.
Drained and SO tired we made it to closing shortly after arriving in VA only to find out the mortgage had been denied that morning. The entire team at Century 21 Shamrock, and the homeowners we were trying to buy from knew this but waited to tell us until we arrived... AFTER an 8 and 1/2 hour drive and no sleep.
Funny they had been informed before us considering we were the ones applying for the loan - which IS on the mortgage company, but some more notice would have been nice. At least then we could have caught a few ZZZ's and rescheduled so we could have been a bit more "clear minded" and "on the ball" and ready to catch them during their deceit, instead of days later when it all sank in.
They miraculously already had the contract to rent this property for (2 months) drawn up before our arrival, so you know they had been hard at work and already informed of the mortgage companies decision. They refused to show any of the water and septic inspection paperwork for the property, telling us, "well your not buying it yet" only to later say they showed us. BY LAW in the state of Virginia, water and sewer/septic testing MUST be done, so even though the purchase had fallen through that morning, the proof of testing should have been there. If it had been done, what was the problem with showing us? We were going to be living in the home, shouldn't we know if the water was safe for drinking? Or more importantly, were they expecting the mortgage to fall through because they knew more about how the market in this area worked?
**NOTE - when buying or selling a home, you sign your initial EVERY page pertaining to inspections, for the seller, buyer and company's protection. ETHICALLY Realtors are required to provide you with copies of EVERYTHING signed/initialed ON THE DAY YOU SIGN IT!!!** IF we had signed or been shown those inspections (which we were not) we would have copies of them. We have copies of EVERYTHING else!
They refused any negotiations on the rental price for us, $2,000 a month is ludicrous for ANY property in Russell County (we later found out); refused any negotiations that would subtract this large amount of rent from the sale price, which usually is the norm when you are trying to purchase the home. It was a take it or leave it type of deal, and my family with nowhere else to go was duped into signing.
Our family being new to the state was a huge disadvantage for us. We were dependent entirely upon the referrals from Century 21 Shamrock when shopping for mortgages. It was our belief only Local lenders would write on the property after failed attempts with National companies who tend to have stricter policies. She referred us to "wonderful" lender after lender (who would not write on the property due to its uniqueness, water system and acreage), never suggesting the local banks (who SOME SAY would have written on the property had we come to them FIRST).
We were also unfortunate enough to receive some horrible advice concerning credit scores. Our "agent", who should be experienced in the process of applying for mortgages, was asked what effect all these attempts would have on a credit score. Her response, "Oh, it doesn't matter when applying for home loans. They don't impact it at all." FACT - you may hit your credit for mortgages repeatedly without it effecting negatively, but only in a (if memory serves me) 14 day period - it will only count as one hit. *I am saying her "advice" was WAY wrong. Not saying that we were not responsible for checking into it. We should have. But know better now. Lesson learned.*
During this time we had kept in close contact with "our representative" and the broker, hoping to get certain question asked about the water and septic... Since we were still trying to purchase the home, we wanted the results (we also had a family member fall VERY ill that was taken to the emergency room and treated by the doctor after tons of testing for water contamination - WE NEEDED THOSE RESULTS. Nobody in the home touched the water after that). Typically the results are given BEFORE signing ANY contracts.
We had also inquired as to why the home was still actively on the market. While reviewing the rental contract we realized where it said "property is to remain on the market and available for showing" was CROSSED OFF and INITIALED by BOTH PARTIES!!!
We have small children in the home and strangers pulling into the driveway while the kids were playing outside made our family EXTREMELY uncomfortable. Especially because some of these people had persisted in asking us about the property (some of them appeared VERY UNSAVORY and had attitudes with us, like we should show them the home) and drove by on multiple occasions at any given time. Their "visits" were unpredictable.
The broker became VERY agitated by our inquiries and said "Oh well, too bad. We will NOT take the home off the market. We do NOT have to show you ANY inspections". At times she would say "You were already shown them and satisfied"; ALWAYS with MAJOR attitude. Even after we pointed out that by crossing off that statement on the contract and initialing it, meant the property should NOT be listed while the contract was in place (our lawyer at the time agreed, but unfortunately was not of much help... ALWAYS in court). We had tried to also to speak with the homeowner about it, who simply said "We didn't mean to cross that off" (YET THEY DID AND HAD INITIALED IT). Before then we had what we thought of as a "good relationship" with them.
ANYWAY, after so many failed attempts due to being directed to STRICT LOCAL LENDERS and not staying in the 14 day credit time frame. A credit score that was PERFECTLY FINE to start with "had too many inquiries" and we wanted to wait a few months before trying again for a mortgage on the home.
We had 2 mortgage companies lined up (one who was extremely helpful and counseled people with credit scores as well), who wanted us to wait till the "few" points lost from all the inquiries recovered, then they WOULD MOST CERTAINLY write on the property (the underwriters had already reviewed it and said they would write on the property if we waited). This would take approximately 3 months-6 months MAX as long as we stayed in good standing with our bills (which was NOT a problem).
We went to a lawyer and had a lease purchase agreement drawn up to propose to the homeowners since Century 21 Shamrock had failed us repeatedly in such a short time. The proposal consisted of 8 months rent at the $2,000 a month and paying half the cost for a new water system (since it was repeatedly brought to our attention that mortgage companies do not like to write on properties with spring fed water systems) and the promise to secure financing at the end of the 8 months.
Most all of the language about up keep to the property, that was in the first lease, remained the same. We did however ask that they stop showing the home and at least take the address off of the listing, or remove it all together as previously promised. *It is a simple thing to put the listing back up if we failed to purchase.*
We waited on pins and needles to hear if our proposal was accepted. The DAY BEFORE our original contract ran out we were told that we were going to be asked to leave. Beside ourselves and with no plan B we started talking with the lawyer again, but this time to see if they could negotiate a few more months for us so we could pack our newly unpacked belongings and find a new home.
One day we came home to a message on our machine after looking at homes. It was the Broker who was simply returning one of our calls. Fortunately for us the broker, her husband (who is NOT an agent), the buyer's agent (our agent) and the seller's agent were unaware that the phone was not hung up but put on speaker.
I have to this day, them recording themselves on our answering machine laughing at us, calling us names, saying watch out when they talk to us and make sure you have a witness (we had given them no reason to need one, just uncovered all of the lies they had tried to pull), then saying that if they had to come out to the property they would have to "Break our knees and throw us in the waterfall".
Particularly disturbing because the property had a waterfall on it and if you were to fall or be thrown from the top, the result would most assuredly be death. They were FIRED IMMEDIATELY and made aware of their blunder. NO APOLOGY WAS EVER GIVEN (the least they could have done).
When our rental contract was up (NULL AND VOID) they refused to release the $1,000 escrow payment we had given them, when it CLEARLY stated in the contract that it was to be returned to us. Keep in mind that was NOT the damage deposit, the homeowners (on the day of signing) had received an extra months rent for that.
The company and the homeowners wanted us out BAD after this. We needed more time yet no further negotiations were able to be made as a result of our firing them. Lawyers stepped in and did the talking for us since the owners, who had previously been so nice to us, would not even speak to us. All we had tried to do was buy their house. We paid 2,000 dollars each month we lived there. They had told us numerous times NOBODY would EVER make us leave, it was our home. It was a very disturbing situation. A horrible way to spend Christmas for ANY family; our children didn't even have a tree due to the upset of moving.
During the time we were trying to move, the seller agent's vehicle was spotted parked on the property at many times (by our neighbors) without her anywhere to be found. She repeatedly did "drive by's" at all different hours on any given day of the week for the sole purpose of spying on our family. If she was to be showing the home we were supposed to have 24 hour notice. After being told to stay away and find another agent to show the property, due to the threat made on my family, she continued these impromptu drives to an area she had no reason being at.
We read and reread Realtor ethic and landlord ethic. Yes, they have the property to concern themselves with. Yes, the property is to be made available to them with 24 hours notice. but if you read a little further it says that this is NOT for the intent to disrupt or harass the tenants and is not to be abused. *If the landlord cannot determine whether the premises have been abandoned by the tenant, the landlord shall serve written notice on the tenant in accordance with § 55-248.6, requiring the tenant to give written notice to the landlord within seven days that the tenant intends to remain in occupancy of the premises.
If the tenant gives such written notice to the landlord, or if the landlord otherwise determines that the tenant remains in occupancy of the premises, the landlord shall not treat the premises as having been abandoned. *(And most certainly NOT have their agent drive by constantly to see what we were up to).
When renting any property the renters have a right to live in a peaceful manner and not be harassed in any way, even when being asked to leave. If questions arise about the condition of the property an inspection should be scheduled and followed through in a tasteful manner.
Before this agent had started doing her drive by's an inspection had already occurred, the owner himself had been assured the property was not abandoned and the tenants had made it a very pleasant, "cozy" home. There was no reason for her continued "stalking". She went beyond the duties that are set forth by ANY company, and you have to question her mental state to behave in such a way. The home is about a 45 minute (or more depending on the route you take) drive from the Realtor's office and at the time the only property they had listed in the area.
I know for a fact that the Realtor in question did not live anywhere near the home, and was not visiting anyone in the community. It is a VERY small community on the very edge of the town. It only has one road, directly in front of the home, that leads in and out. People in the community were calling my family to let us know she was driving around and parking on the other side of the property.
I warn any and all people looking to buy or sell their home to STAY AWAY from Century 21 Shamrock and all their agents. P.S. the property mentioned above is in Southwest V.A., at the time it was listed at $259,900 and had been on the market for over a year and already reduced. Our offer of $245,000 had been accepted, our second offer (made right before eviction) of $215,000 was laughed at. The property is now listed at $199,900 and up for auction.
I warn anyone looking into that property that would be depending on a mortgage. No company would write on it (during the time) due to spring fed water system, guest house built WITHOUT permits, amount for the area and the amount of acreage (homes in that area usually go for 40-90,000). Only local banks have CONSIDERED lending, but then backed out due to the obscene price for the area and there being no available comparables (comparables usually need to be sold in the past 3 or 6 months) depending on their rules something to take into account when shopping for ANY home.
You also have to wonder about their marketing strategies. I know it is wonderful to get top dollar for your home, not I have seen SO many properties listed with them, still around the same price that they were listed for this past summer. How long are you willing to have your home up for sale? Years?
My wife and I were first time home buyers and as such, felt that we needed a buyer's realtor to guide us through the process. The services that ** performed for us were limited to setting up an automatic search for all of the surrounding towns, setting up appointments to see houses, and writing up the standard contract. The search that was set up only sorted on price and did not take into consideration any of our desires in a house (acres of land, number of bedrooms, etc.).
We had to completely sort through all of the listings and try to determine which houses we wanted to see on our own, without any knowledge of the conditions of any of the houses. An example of the type of sorting that we had to do on our own was to eliminate a 96 acre property because we wanted something that was less than an acre.
The services that we felt were deficient were her lack of helpful comments when looking at a house, her inability to listen to us when discussing a proposed bid, her inability to relay correct information from the seller's realtor to us, her desire to discuss her personal life rather than the current house when touring homes (which was a distraction when viewing the home), and her general unhelpfulness. In our search for a home we visited with ** close to 30 houses and never received any feedback about the house, even when there were obviously things wrong with the house.
An example of such an incident occurred after visiting a house a few hours after a rain shower. The house had standing water in the basement without a sump-pump, but when we asked ** if she saw anything wrong with the house, she indicated she did not. I understand that a realtor might not want to give disinformation, but standing water in the basement is obviously a very bad thing.
When discussing a proposed bid we felt that ** was never listening to us, only trying to ensure the sale of a house. We were operating under a time constraint when buying our house and absolutely had to close by a specific date or we would lose our mortgage. We explained this situation to ** but during the bidding process she came back to us multiple times asking if we could move this date. The really aggravating part of this situation was that the closing date was over 90 days from when the contract was signed, but ** kept trying to assure us that closing dates over 90 days away were normal.
After talking with our lawyer and a banker we discovered that 90 days was not the normal and we would have been unable to obtain a traditional loan because a bank would not tie up their money for 90 days. Along with the bidding, ** never stuck to the set times on a pending contract and was too lenient with the sellers. Some times the bidding when for up to a week. We ended up placing four bids on homes and somehow two of those were all of a sudden outbid. Yet, these homes had been on the market for months and no changes of the price had occurred.
The third major area of deficiency was **'s inability to relay correct information from the seller's realtor to us. Therefore, we began to start calling the seller's realtor or even the seller in some cases, in order to know we were being told the information correctly.
We thought that ** was extremely unhelpful in trying to discover information about a property and about looking out for our interests. When we saw a house and were interested in the house we would ask about the availability of basic services such as cable TV/Internet and would have to contact the service companies ourselves to discover the information.
Also when attempting to modify our bid after, our inspection revealed the roof needed to be replaced. ** advised us that it wasn't worth trying to reduce our bid because the other couple wasn't going to move on price. Considering a roof cost approximately $5000 dollars to replace, I would not consider trying to obtain some form of payment for a roof as not worth it. And yes, after pushing her to do as we asked, we were given some money from the sellers.
Over all, we had to do all of the research on how to go about finding and buying a home ourselves. ** was not a helpful resource. She would just tell us to look into any information we were curious about, with zero guidance from her. Even when writing the contract we had to review each and every word she wrote and correct it to make sense or to be correct. She did not know what the home came with, she did not calculate the numbers correctly for the bid, and she left out important details. We were especially disappointed that she did not even know the closing process well.
We had to look up and ask others (such as our co-workers, lawyers, and realtors from other companies) as to what we needed to do and how to go about closing. We feel that ** did not represent your company anywhere near as well as when we have worked with your company in other parts of the country.
SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA -- We purchased a flat listing from Flatfeelisting.com and our listing was forwarded to Century 21 Click it in Snellville, GA. PLEASE do some research BEFORE you sign with this company. We agreed to some terms that include $15 PER picture of our property, only 2 free changes per month to our information, etc. etc. What we did NOT know is that other companies, such as FidelityFlatFee.com and TotalChoiceRealty.com could have done the job WITHOUT all these outrageous and ridiculous fees. FidelityFlatFee.com will AT NO CHARGE add up to 25 pictures. The cost of that through Century 21 Click it is a whooping $375.
These people at Century 21 Clickit also seem to just get the paperwork done and hit "enter". I understand that I am paying a small flat fee, but when I see ALL the options I could have gotten at NO EXTRA CHARGE from Fidelity Flat Fee I regret not looking into my options beforehand. Please to all the homeowners, make sure that you do your research before you decide to list your home with a flat fee company such as Century 21 click it. The extra monies you will shed if you want minimal exposure to your property will very well over double what you paid as a "flat fee".
Go and check Fidelity Flat Fee listing in your state before you go through FlatFeeListing.com FlatFeeListing.com will only hand you out to other brokers who do not care. It is always better to deal with the people you paid. Century 21 Clickit has been a horrible experience and I hope this review can help other people.
So in sum, Stay away from Century 21 Clickit. Please look into other companies that will do a MUCH better job for the same price, who will not charge the outrageous fees that Century 21 Clickit will charge. For good options, simple google Flat Fee listing and then your state. You will come up with flat fee listing sources which you will be able to compare.
I have talked to this company at least 6 times to try to get my bill straightened out. And every person I talk to gives me an amount each time they swear is the amount due. So I pay that amount then get the next bill with a past due amount. NOT! And they have changed my policy, without my permission, at least 3 times. My rate is different EVERY month?????
I am ready to give up on this insurance company - no one there has any idea what the heck they are doing. I have NEVER talked to a worse bunch of idiotic people! My last bill was $89 - which I paid in full. I just got my new bill which states that my last bill was $131.00 (it was $89) and my new bill is $141.00. I am calling them for the last time today. This is their last chance to get it right or I am going elsewhere immediately. IDIOTS!!!!!
MECHSNICSVILLE, VA., VIRGINIA -- I seen a home they had listed for rent on Dugout terrace in Mechanicsville and I called and left a message. 3 days later I called again and spoke to an agent called ** from Century 21 in Mechanicsville VA. We spoke and I told her that I wanted to see the home on 6008 Dugout in Mechanicsville and she said she only shows homes Monday through Friday 10:00 to 4:00. I told her that my husband travels and we could only see the home Saturday or Sunday. She agreed to take us on Saturday and asked me to call her and that she would take us to see it in the afternoon.
I emailed her again just to give her our phone number just in case something changed. I also called her the following morning and left a message to set up a time. She never called us back. She left us dressed waiting for her call. She never emailed or responded but on Tuesday she emailed me a short note saying I am showing this home on Wed at 4:00. I seen that she even placed the house back on Craigslist on Monday as if I had never called her to see it. I feel sorry for anyone who gives their home to this company. They do not have any communication skills and if you think they are working for you.. They Are Not!!
I do not recommend anyone who need their home rented or managed by **. At Century 21 in Mechanicsville to even think about it. Very Unprofessional! She lacks communication skills. I have been trying to see this home for a week and a half.... I would not use this location to either rent or sell your home.
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY -- I had $10.00 in reward points from prior purchases to use at the Morristown Century 21. I bought perfume for $89.00 but couldn't use the reward $$ for perfume. I was told by a sales clerk that I could apply it to other merchandise and I asked to apply the $10.00 to purchase a tie for $9.97. Because the tie was $.03 less than the points balance, the clerk couldn't process the transaction.
So we called the store manager who refused to override it. The store lost a customer over $.03. I returned the $89.00 perfume and the store lost more than the $10.00 reward balance in the deal. They also lost future business over a robotic decision. Why offer rewards that can't be used? Sounds like a scam to me.
WAPPINGER FALLS, NEW YORK -- We had placed an offer on a house that the seller accepted. We had the inspection done which cost $ 620.00. We received the contract from the seller's attorney on a Friday. By Monday, we received a call from our agent stating that the seller's agent, from Century 21, called her and said that the seller accepted a higher offer. Therefore, they were taking back our accepted offer.
Ethically, the seller's agent should not have taken any more offers. Especially, since we already received the contract and spent money on the deal. This action was unprofessional. Nothing was offered to rectify the situation. We were played dirty. In this economy, everyone works hard for their money to have someone just take it away.
LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK -- Recently a consumer posted a complaint about her experience with Century 21 Department Stores. She wanted to return a coat after a 3 month period and expected a full refund/credit. I have to say that to even expect a store to allow you to return merchandise after a whole season, which in retail is about 3 months, is quite frankly unreasonable.
The fact is that the store does its best to accommodate customers in matters regarding returns. Even if the item is "brand new" to your eyes it has lost its value as a seasonal piece of merchandise. As consumers we should shop wisely and resist the buy-to-return mentality that is very often taken these days. Most stores have a less liberal return policy than Century 21.. A refund/credit is given according to return policy. As an employee and a consumer, I think that a thumbs up is in order for Century 21 and its attention to the consumer.
NEW JERSEY -- The customer service policy is not customer service friendly. I bought a coat 10-27-07. I have never worn the coat. It was intact, receipt attach paper wrapping on zipper in place. The coat was in immaculate condition. I returned the coat 01-19-08 with original store receipt. I did not expect my money back, I expected store credit. The store would not give me store credit for the $189 that I paid for the coat. Instead, would only give me $90 because that is the sale price for the coat. I felt that I was robbed with my eyes open.
I spoke to 2 managers and that is all they were willing to do. Think this as a RIP OFF. They already got my entire amount now I have to be a $100 dollars out of luck. Other stores such as Marshalls and Macy's would have given you store credit for your entire amount if you produce a receipt. I am outraged. I HAVE BEEN ROBBED.