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Our dress, a 1960's mod frock, was made with copies of our magazine and is paired with a fun clutch that is also made from our magazines!
One of our Elite Circle wedding venues, Tempe Mission Palms, also participated in the fashion show. With the hotel being built in 1985, it was only fitting to design a dress from the 1980's that included actual palm leaves along with pops of neon orange to tie in the orange trees that are all within the beautiful lighted courtyard of the hotel.
Elite Circle bridesmaid shop Bella Bridesmaids added some "real" fashion to the show with some of their gorgeous bridesmaid dresses. The brand new Theia rose gold sequin gown and separates from designer Jenny Yoo were a hit with the crowd.
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Caribbean reef fish such as the black grouper and mutton snapper spend much of their lives lurking in caves, patiently awaiting their next meal in solitude. But a few times a year, they gather by the thousands in spawning aggregations, where males and females swim into swirling formations and release their eggs and sperm into the sea in an act of synchronized bliss.
Those timeless biological rituals take place at specific sites at specific times – usually around the full moons of certain months – and have established themselves in the folklore of Caribbean fishermen. But unbridled exploitation threatens all the region's spawning sites, and some of them have already been fished out of existence.
One example is a Nassau grouper spawning site in southern Belize where dozens of boats used to gather to fish during spawning. In the 1950s and '60s, fishermen caught as much as 200 metric tons of fish per year at the site, but when biologists dove there at what should have been the spawning time in 2003, they counted just a few grouper.
In order to prevent such ecological disasters from being repeated at other spawning sites, two U.S.-based conservation groups – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) – are working with local NGOs and government agencies to identify, prioritize, protect, and sustainably manage all the remaining fish spawning aggregations sites along the Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef, which stretches along the eastern coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras.
According to marine biologist Will Heyman, Belize has 17 sites where spawning aggregations, or SPAGs, are known to take place. Scattered along the reef system, the sites would be hard to detect any time other than during spawning, but Heyman has noticed that they share some common characteristics: they are all on the ocean side of reef promontories where currents converge. Heyman, who did some of the first SPAG research in Belize as a senior marine scientist for TNC, has used satellite imagery to find several previously unknown SPAG sites.
As a result of research on Belize 's SPAG sites, the country's environmental groups began calling for their protection several years ago. A coalition of seven organizations called the Belize SPAG Working Group was formed in 2001 to compile information on the sites and make the case for their protection. Their concerted effort led to the country's signing a decree in 2002 that prohibited fishing at 11 of the country's SPAG sites. Since two SPAG sites were already protected, the new regulation brought the total to 13 protected sites in Belize.
"I feel that we have made great strides, but now the task is to see if the closure is actually working," says Janet Gibson, head of WCS's Belize program and the secretary of the SPAG Working Group. Gibson explains that the Working Group's current priorities are coordinating monitoring of as many SPAG sites as possible, collecting data, educating the public, and improving conservation.
Monitoring efforts are focused on the Nassau grouper, which has suffered the most intensive fishing over the past century. Nassau grouper SPAGs have been fished out all over the Caribbean. Several prolific Nassau grouper SPAG sites in Belize were decimated years ago, but half a dozen viable ones have survived, albeit with relatively low numbers.
"Some sites are healthier than others, but even the best ones are just a shadow of what they used to be," Gibson reports.
The SPAG research work is funded by the Oak Foundation, Summit Foundation, and the US Agency for International Development. Recent WCS research has unveiled troubling information in Glover's Reef, Belize. Biologist Enric Sala estimates that 15,000 Nassau grouper once spawned at this atoll outside the barrier reef. But last year, researchers counted only 1,700 Nassau grouper at that site during the December to February spawning season. Sala estimates that in 2001, the site was being fished at a rate that would leave it barren by 2013, a statistical-backed prediction that was instrumental in the Belize fisheries minister's decision to protect the country's SPAG sites.
Sala's research has involved tagging fish to track where they go after spawning, in order to better estimate how many are caught by fishermen over one year. He has found that at least 88 percent of the grouper who spawn at Glover's Reef return year after year.
Will Heyman, who has looked at SPAG sites all over the Caribbean, has done most of his research at Gladden Spit, a SPAG site on the barrier reef in southeast Belize. He first became aware of spawning aggregations through interviews with fishermen as part of his work for TNC. He was told about places where fishermen could fill their boats with fish in a matter of hours during certain times of the year. But he didn't grasp the magnitude of the biological phenomenon until fisherman Eloy Cuevas took him out to dive at Gladden Spit on a full moon day in May of 1998. Heyman dove alone shortly before dusk that day and witnessed a sight that changed his career – somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 cubera snapper, 20 to 40 pounds each, swimming in a spiral column 100 feet tall, as massive whale sharks passed overhead gorging on their clouds of spawn.
"I came out of the water sputtering," the biologist remembers, "and I immediately started raising money for research and awareness of the importance of protecting those places."
Friends of Nature, a local conservation group, co-manages and monitors Gladden Spit, with support from TNC. Last December, the group completed an unprecedented 24 months of steady monitoring, during which divers visited the site once every three days. Seven other organizations are monitoring SPAG sites during spawning months, providing the baseline data needed to better understand the SPAGs and evaluate the effectiveness of current protection measures.
The Working Group's members collaborated in the development of a SPAG monitoring protocol, to ensure consistency of data and support training of monitors. TNC has published the protocol in English and Spanish and also developed a database. By using remote sensing data, TNC has identified 36 potential SPAG sites along the Mexican portion of the Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef and is working with two groups there to develop monitoring potential.
While SPAG monitoring has been steadily strengthened in Belize, conservation remains a challenge. WCS's data for the past four years show a decrease from an estimated count of 3,100 Nassau grouper spawning in the 2000 season to 1,700 in 2004. Though this doesn't necessarily mean that nearly half the fish that spawned at the site in 2000 have been killed, that could be the case. Members of the SPAG Working Group are concerned that spear fishing is taking a high toll on the grouper population, and the organization may advocate a ban on spear fishing in the country's marine protected areas.
Patrolling of SPAG sites, many of which are far from cayes and often have rough seas, is a particular challenge. Most sites remain under the sole jurisdiction of the Belize Fisheries Department, which, according to many observers, is under-staffed and under-funded. At Glover's Reef, WCS provides food, housing and varied logistical support to fisheries rangers, whereas WCS researchers augment their ability to patrol the area, but other SPAG sites receive much less vigilance.
Gibson explains that Glover's Reef has fewer problems with Guatemalan and Honduran fishermen than protected areas farther to the south, but continues to suffer significant pressure from fishermen from northern Belize and nearby coastal communities. WCS works with residents of the cayes and coastal villages to get them to respect the ban on fishing at the SPAG site, but they have nevertheless found signs of continued fishing there. WCS education and outreach efforts have included producing posters and a television commercial to inform Belizeans about the importance of protecting SPAG sites.
An important strategy of WCS, TNC, and their partner groups has been to involve local fishermen in monitoring and protection, which provides them with an alternative income and educates them about conservation. In 2002, Heyman organized two SPAG monitoring courses for fishermen from Belize and various Caribbean countries, each of which spent a week in a camp on Lighthouse Reef Atoll. He says that every night the participants would sit in a circle and talk about what they'd learned that day and how it applied to their livelihoods. While some of the Belizean fishermen claimed that there were still plenty of fish left, and there was no need to close sites to fishing, participants from places like St Croix, where fish stocks have been decimated, challenged them and exhorted the Belizeans to protect their resources before it was too late.
Maya Gorrez, TNC conservation specialist in Belize, has trained and worked with various fishermen in SPAG site monitoring. She agrees that involving local anglers in research is essential. "Fishermen who have been involved in monitoring have become champions of conservation in their communities," she says.
One such champion is Eloy Cuevas, who first took Will Heyman out to Gladden Spit in 1998. Since then, he has become increasingly involved in the research there. Like most of his neighbors in the coastal community of Monkey River, he has been hunting and fishing since he was a young man. But now he works in tourism and research, and is educating young people in his community to do the same.
"I used to fish at Gladden really hard. Night and day I used to fish out there," Cuevas says, adding that the fishing in Belize is nothing like it used to be. "If we continue to use these sites like we have for the past 50 years, we're going to lose them."
Now, most of Cuevas's income comes from guiding fly fishermen and other tourists, but the work he says he most enjoys is SPAG monitoring and other marine research, which he has done for TNC and the University of South Carolina. "It's nice work, and I think we're doing something great for the community and for future generations," he says.
Though the situation remains difficult and efforts to protect the SPAG sites are relatively nascent, there are indications that those sites can recover. Gibson points to Caye Glory, a SPAG site where fishermen once caught as much as two tons of fish per day in the 1960s, but where divers counted only 21 Nassau groupers in 2001. During the last spawning season, biologists counted 1000 grouper at Caye Glory, an indication that protection and education can lead to SPAG site recovery.
–David Dudenhoefer
Contacts in Belize: Nestor Windevoxhel, TNC, #4 St. Charles Street, King's Park, Belize City, tel +501/223-1747, fax +501/223-1715, firstname.lastname@example.com, Maya Gorrez, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.nature.org; Will Heyman, firstname.lastname@example.com; Janet Gibson, WCS, PO Box 282, Belize City, email@example.com.
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Unanswered: ad hoc query crashes sql server
We've recently migrated several sql server 2000 databases on a 32 bit server to sql server 2008 on a 64 bit server. As I result, I've had to change all of our 32bit data sources for opendatasource and openrowset to their 64bit counterparts - in this case, Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0. I've also had to change the server's registry setting of DisallowAdHocAccess to 0 (because clients without admin access are uploading this data).
Unfortunately, I've discovered that using openrowset for xlsx files completely crashes sql server with error 17311. I have to manually restart both sql server and agent even though agent is set to autorestart sql server on failure.
The query I use that crashes my server is:
Select * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', 'Excel 12.0;Database=\\MyMachine\public\example.xlsx;HDR= YES', 'SELECT * FROM [This_silly_sheet]')
Has anyone else run into this and found a runaround? Unfortunately I don't have a 64bit SQL08 dev box to test workarounds and I can't chance crashing the production server again.
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Same Problem
I have your similar trouble.
SQL crash when server is too much busy (not for ALL ad hoc query).
I use OPENDATASOURCE instead of OPENROWSET and Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB is configured to run "inProcess" with SQL Server Standard Edition 64bit.
I was thinking to write a specific application that run at 32 bit and invoke it to do same works of Opendatasource but i'm not sure this is a good idea.
This is an annoying and big problem.
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CORONADO - An apparent murder-suicide left two men dead of gunshot wounds in a Coronado home today, authorities reported.
A woman made an emergency call shortly before 8:30 a.m. to report the shootings in the 1100 block of G Avenue, according to investigators.
Officers found two men, a 30-year-old and a 70-year-old, dead on the floor near the home's kitchen, police Cmdr. Laszlo Waczek told reporters.
Preliminary evidence indicates that the younger man shot the older one with a pistol and then turned the weapon on himself, Waczek said.
Two women who were in the house at the time were uninjured.
"What we understand is, one of (them) actually was down in the kitchen earlier, they started having some type of dispute, (she) excused herself, went back upstairs, didn't want to be involved, and that's when the gunshots were heard," Waczek said.
The shooting appeared to be "family/friend related," Coronado police spokeswoman Lea Corbin said.
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I saw Gillian Mitchell for my fornightly crunch this morning. Then the kids and I headed out to Meldrum for the day, we played 9 holes then had lunch, hit some balls then played another 9 holes. The boys played well and really enjoyed it. One of Marian's friends has invited us round for dinner tonight, which I am looking forward to.
I hit balls for a few hours early this morning and then spent an hour in the gym. When I got home the boys were up at the green doing some chipping, which is great as I keep telling them that it's the short game that makes the difference. I will be watching the last round of the Open in between popping out to the green to chip and putt. I hope Padraig wins again as his work ethic is fantastic.
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Open 2RD 77+73=150 (+10)Today I drove the ball awesome, missing only one fairway but I only hit four greens. I don't think I have every hit so many poor iron shots as I have this week. Today I did really well to keep making pars but eventually it catches up with you.
Open 1RD 77 (+7)My ball striking was very, very poor today, I also struggled with my short game and putting and if you throw in a poor attitude, it all adds up to 7 over par 77....very disappointing. I was four over standing on the 17th tee which is a downwind par 5 and made a double bogey, I also bogeyed the 18th, so it was a very poor finish.
Scottish Open 4RD 68+67+72+70=277 (-7) T9I had a very up and down round today, with 5 birdies, 2 bogeys and a double bogey, eventually to finish with a 70 and seven under par for the week. Overall this week was a big step forward with lots of positives. My Junior Golf Programme had a teaching bay in the tented village where Stephen Craig gave roughly 80 lessons to juniors over the weekend. The children each received a Paul Lawrie Junior Golf hat and shirt after their lesson. It was great to see all the kids wearing them as I went around the course. Barclays and the European Tour are keen for us to do more at next years event, which is great news! My thanks to Stephen and also Murray and Lynda Carnie for being there to organise the lessons.We have our Junior Golf dinner tomorrow night at the Marcliffe Hotel which is always a good night.
Scottish Open 3RD 68+67+72=207 (-6)One over par 72 today but I played much better than that. I only hit two poor shots all day making bogeys from both of them. I probably played better than Thursday and Friday but putted poorly which was the difference but I'm still in there with a chance tomorrow, if I get it going early in my round. I had fantastic support which was much appreciated.
Scottish Open 2RD 68+67=135 (-7)I got off to a fast start this morning by birding my third hole and making an eagle at my fourth. Again I played really solid to shoot a four under par round 67. The only disappointment was a bogey at the 9th which was my final hole, it is very much a birdie hole. Overall I played very well and I am in contention for the weekend.
Scottish Open 1RD 68 (-3)I got off to a poor start with a 3 putt at my first hole. I then missed four other short putts over my first nine holes to be out in level par. I shot -3 on the back nine by playing some really solid golf, to finish with a round of 68.
I went to see Gillian Mitchell early this morning for my weekly crunch. My back has been a bit stiff lately so it was good to see her. We left the house at 9.30am to drive down to Loch Lomond for this weeks Scottish Open. Peter Lloyd the former secretary of the Scottish PGA asked me to give a clinic and open the new clubhouse at Mount Ellon. Peter is an old friend who looked after me when I first started playing PGA events. My thanks to everyone at Mount Ellon for looking after us so well. Marian and the boys are with me again this week which makes such a difference.
Clinic at Mount Ellon Golf Club
European Open 4RD 73+68+79+77=297 (+9)It was pretty much the same as yesterday, very windy and tough to get the ball close to the hole. I struggled again, my ball striking was very poor. For some reason my short game was awful this weekend which is very unusual. We are on the 3.40pm flight from Heathrow, I am looking forward to getting home.
European Open 3RD 73+68+79=220 (+4)I drove the ball well today but I kept hitting poor iron shots. It was very windy today. I have probably never hit so many poor iron shots and chips as today. Yesterday was a step forward but today was two steps back, but it happens and I've just got to get on with it, tomorrow is another day.
European Open 2RD 73+68=141 (-3)I shot a 68 today to be 3 under for the tournament. I kept it in play really well today which was the difference from yesterday. I probably putted a little better too which is always nice. I'm going to the range for a while and then the boys want to go swimming.
European Open 1RD 73 (+1)I shot one over par 73 today. It was a back start, a good middle and an awful finish. I was 2 over after 6 holes without hitting a bad shot. I three putted the 4th and the 6th. I then played the next 6 holes in 4 under par and played the last 6 holes in three over par. Yet again the hook shot that has troubled me for years was again the problem. My attitude today was very suspect, I am finding it very difficult not to get frustrated which I know doesn't help but I do it anyway. I broke my driver after hooking it into the water at the 18th, there is half of Kent on the right!!! I was randonly selected for a drug test straight after my round, which involved producing a urine sample. It was all done very professionally and only took 15 mins.
I was down at the Carrick yesterday for the Great Scots Cup, myself and Claire Queen who is also attached to the Carrick gave a clinic. Then Claire challenged everyone to a longest drive and I did nearest the pin at the par 3 14th. It was good to catch up with Sir Alex Ferguson who was playing. It was a very good day played in good fun. My thanks go to everyone at the Carrick for looking after me all day.
Today we all flew down to London for this weeks European Open. We are going sight seeing and then finishing off our day by going to see Joseph at the Adelphi Theatre.
Sir Alex and myself
Photo kindly supplied by Randolph Photography


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Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)
Millions of families across the country struggle to find safe, decent, and affordable housing. Even when such housing is available, these units may not be located in areas with access to schools that serve student needs; good jobs; and easily accessible, reliable public transit options. The obligation to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) requires federal agencies and certain federal funding recipients to take proactive steps to address longstanding patterns of segregation, discrimination, and disinvestment. This page provides a basic introduction to the AFFH obligation, and will be periodically updated.
The Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., as amended, prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, and disability. However, the FHA does more than simply prohibit housing discrimination. The original FHA text instructs the HUD Secretary to "administer the programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further" the policies of the FHA. 42 U.S.C. § 3608(e)(5). Importantly, other federal agencies (including the Treasury Department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture) also have affirmatively furthering fair housing obligations with respect to their "programs and activities relating to housing and urban development." 42 U.S.C. § 3608(d).
However, the AFFH obligation extends beyond federal agencies. Recipients of certain types of federal funds—including state governments, insular areas, local governments, and public housing agencies (PHAs)—are subject to the AFFH mandate. Because of this obligation, federal funding recipients have been required to certify that they are affirmatively furthering fair housing. As part of the AFFH certification, previous HUD regulations required that its funding recipients take actions such as: (1) completing an Analysis of Impediments (AI); (2) taking steps to overcome the effects of identified impediments; and (3) keeping records of the analysis and actions taken to overcome the effects of the identified impediments. See, e.g., former 24 C.F.R. 91.225(a)(1) (Consolidated Plan regulations for local governments).
As outlined in a 2010 U.S. Government Accountability Office report, the AI process featured shortcomings that limited its effectiveness. For example, HUD did not require its funding recipients to submit their AIs to HUD for review as a matter of course. Because the AI process was not successfully achieving its intended purpose, in 2013, HUD proposed a regulation that would, among other changes, replace the AI with a more structured fair housing planning assessment that would be more directly linked to existing planning processes such as the PHA Plan and the Consolidated Plan.
AFFH Final Rule
In July 16, 2015, HUD published its AFFH Final Rule (AFFH Rule). It is important to remember that while the AFFH Rule is new, the AFFH obligation is not, as the AFFH obligation has its roots in the FHA text. Through the final AFFH Rule, HUD states that it is providing HUD funding recipients "with an approach to more effectively and efficiently incorporate into their planning processes the duty to affirmatively further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act." Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, 80 Fed. Reg. 42,272, 42,272 (July 16, 2015). Put another way, the AFFH Rule is intended to assist HUD funding recipients in more fully complying with their longstanding AFFH obligations.
Specifically, AFFH Rule introduces a fair housing planning framework that will be incorporated into the existing Consolidated Plan and PHA Plan processes. Doing so will bridge fair housing planning to the investment and policy decisions that are made within these existing planning processes. A jurisdiction or PHA's failure to complete and submit an AFH that is accepted by HUD could result in the delay or loss of HUD funds. See 24 C.F.R. § 5.162(d).
Major features of the AFFH Rule include
• Replacing the analysis of impediments (AI) with the Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH);
• Required HUD review and acceptance of the AFH as a condition of receiving HUD funds;
• Endorsing a "balanced approach" to affirmatively furthering fair housing by acknowledging that both place-based and mobility-based strategies can be consistent with the AFFH obligation;
• HUD's provision of national, uniform data to better inform fair housing planning;
• Requiring meaningful community participation throughout the AFH process;
• Requiring funding recipients to engage in both local and regional fair housing analyses; and
• Encouraging HUD funding recipients to collaborate to submit joint or regional AFHs.
See also 80 Fed. Reg. 42,272, 42,273 (AFFH Rule preamble describing major provisions). A detailed summary of the AFFH Rule can be found in Section 188.8.131.52.3.1 of the 2016 Supplement to NHLP's HUD Housing Programs: Tenants' Rights.
The AFFH Rule became effective on August 17, 2015. Final implementation is ongoing, as the first AFHs were due in October 2016. Different HUD funding recipients (local governments, PHAs, insular areas, states) will be submitting their first Assessments of Fair Housing (AFHs) over the next several years. Please refer to NHLP's AFFH Implementation Update (available below) for more information about HUD's recently taken steps to implement the AFFH Rule.
Looking Forward
While AFFH seems like a big-picture discussion, the implementation the final AFFH Rule can have tangible, on-the-ground effects for states, regions, and local communities. Therefore, as stakeholders prepare to engage in the AFH process, the dialogue should touch on questions such as: whether a PHA's payment standard is sufficient such that voucher holders have realistic housing options in low-poverty areas; where new affordable housing units are needed; how to prevent involuntary displacement of current tenants and residents living in affordable housing; where investments in transportation and neighborhood amenities should be made; and others.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Basics: A Q&A
Q: What does the AFFH Final Rule (issued in 2015) do?
A: The AFFH Rule creates a new fair housing planning process intended to assist HUD funding recipients in assessing their compliance with longstanding obligations to affirmatively further fair housing choice. This new fair housing planning process, called the Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), replaces the old Analysis of Impediments (AI) process.
The AFFH Rule requires jurisdictions and public housing authorities (PHAs) across the country to use the AFH process to examine barriers to fair housing choice and access to opportunity within their jurisdictions/service areas and regions. Specifically, HUD funding recipients complete a series of questions focused on fair housing issues including segregation/integration; racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty; disparities in access to opportunity; and disproportionate housing needs, and how these fair housing issues relate to individuals and families protected by the FHA. HUD funding recipients must consider HUD-provided data and maps, as well as locally obtained information, in answering the required questions. Ultimately, the objective of the AFH is to formulate locally- and regionally-driven goals that will eventually overcome those factors that are creating or perpetuating the above fair housing issues. These goals will inform decisions made in subsequent planning processes such as the Consolidated Plan and the PHA Plan.
Importantly, jurisdictions and PHAs must submit their AFHs to HUD for review and acceptance. This differs from the AI process, where funding recipients generally did not submit their AIs to HUD for review.
The AFFH Rule incorporates the AFH into broader existing planning processes, including the Consolidated Plan and the PHA Five-Year Plan. Failure to submit an AFH that is accepted by HUD could impact the receipt of HUD funds, including the loss of funding.
Note that successful completion of the AFH process does not necessarily mean that a jurisdiction has met its obligation to affirmatively further fair housing; instead, successful completion of the AFH simply means that the jurisdiction or PHA has met its obligations under the AFFH Rule.
Q: What entities have to complete an AFH?
A: The AFFH Rule, 24 C.F.R. § 5.154(b), states that the following recipients of HUD funds must submit an AFH to HUD:
(1) Jurisdictions (states, local governments) and Insular Areas that must submit a Consolidated Plan for the following programs:
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
- HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME)
- Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
- Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG);
(2) PHAs that receive funding under Sections 8 or 9 of the United States United States Housing Act of 1937.
Q: What do HUD funding recipients, including jurisdictions and housing authorities, have to do as part of this AFH process?
A: Jurisdictions and housing authorities must fill out an AFH Assessment Tool, which asks a series of questions concerning fair housing choice and barriers to opportunity for groups protected by the Fair Housing Act. To help answer these questions, HUD is providing online data and maps that contain information about a range of topics such as concentrations of poverty, segregation, environmental hazards, and access to high-performing schools. These data and maps are based upon nationally available datasets.
Specifically, the AFFH Rule requires jurisdictions and PHAs to assess fair housing issues (including segregation/integration, racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disparities in access to opportunity, and disproportionate housing needs). Then, the AFFH Rule requires jurisdictions and PHAs to identify "contributing factors," which are defined as factors that "create[], contribute[] to, perpetuate[], or increase[] the severity of one or more fair housing issues." 24 C.F.R. § 5.152. The jurisdiction or PHA must also set priorities, justify those priorities, and engage in goal-setting to overcome the effects of identified contributing factors and their associated fair housing issues.
As jurisdictions and housing authorities develop the AFH, they must engage residents and organizations in the community and region. Communities and housing authorities are required to consider the information and input they receive from residents and others who are interested in this process. These pieces of information are referred to as "local data" and "local knowledge" in the AFFH Rule.
Note that jurisdictions and PHAs must hold at least one public hearing about the AFH and accept public comments on the draft AFH. The specific community participation requirements differ slightly between PHAs and jurisdictions. HUD has created two fact sheets – linked to below under the heading "HUD Community Participation Fact Sheets"-that more fully discuss the specific requirements.
Q: How does HUD define "local data" and "local knowledge"?
A: The terms "local data" and "local knowledge" are defined in 24 C.F.R. § 5.152.
"Local data" includes "metrics statistics, and other quantified information, subject to a determination of statistical validity by HUD, relevant to the [funding recipient's] geographic areas of analysis, that can be found through a reasonable amount of search, are readily available at little or no cost, and are necessary for the completion of the AFH."
HUD makes clear in the AFFH Rule preamble that, by using the phrase "subject to a determination of statistical validity by HUD," HUD is reserving the right to reject local data that it finds to be invalid, but is not saying that it will conduct a "rigorous statistical validity test for all local data." 80 Fed. Reg. 42,272, 42,306.
"Local knowledge" is a very broad term and includes "information to be provided by the program participant that relates to the participant's geographic areas of analysis and that is relevant to the program participant's AFH, is known or becomes known to the program participant, and is necessary for the completion of the AFH."
Q: Is the AFFH Rule turning over zoning and other local decisions to HUD?
A: No. This is a misconception about the AFFH Rule.
In fact, the AFFH Rule, and the AFH process, are firmly rooted in state, regional, and local circumstances. The goals that emerge from this AFH process are jurisdiction-specific; this is why HUD requires jurisdictions and housing authorities completing the AFH to consider local data and local knowledge, including such data and knowledge obtained through community participation. The AFH process is grounded on the premise that the persons who know their communities best are those who reside there. That said, zoning and other laws, policies, and practices cannot run afoul of the Fair Housing Act or other civil rights laws. The AFFH Rule does nothing to change those existing legal requirements; instead, the Rule requires HUD funding recipients to engage in a meaningful assessment of the extent to which their existing laws, policies, and practices are meeting their longstanding duty to affirmatively further fair housing. The Rule itself does not specify specific goals or strategies that must be taken to address identified fair housing barriers.
As HUD states in the preamble to the AFFH Rule (80 Fed. Reg. 42,272, 42,309):
HUD agrees that determinations about the goals, priorities, strategies, and actions that a community will take to affirmatively further fair housing should be made at the local level. This rule does not impose any land use decisions or zoning laws on any local government. Rather, the rule requires HUD program participants to perform an assessment of land use decisions and zoning to evaluate their possible impact on fair housing choice. This assessment must be consistent with fair housing and civil rights requirements, which do apply nondiscrimination requirements to the land use and zoning process. However, this rule does not change those existing requirements under fair housing and civil rights law. Instead, the purpose of this assessment is to enable HUD program participants to better fulfill their existing legal obligation to affirmatively further fair housing, in accordance with the Fair Housing Act and other civil rights laws.
Q: I'm a legal services attorney/housing advocate. How does the AFFH regulation relate to my work?
A: The AFH process presents an important opportunity to voice your views about how policies and practices that impact the populations you serve either advance or deny fair housing choice. For example, if overly restrictive criminal records policies, source of income discrimination, unequal municipal services and infrastructure, lending discrimination, lack of investment in underserved neighborhoods, and other policies and practices impact your clients, the AFH process provides an opportunity for affected populations and their advocates to raise these concerns. Advocates who serve public housing residents and Voucher holders should consider evaluating planning documents such as the Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP) or the Administrative Plan in order to use the AFH process to raise concerns about PHA policies that adversely affect your clients who belong to FHA-protected classes.
Additionally, given the importance of community input in this process, advocates will play a key role both in both helping shape the AFH itself, and also serving as a bridge between the AFH process and the communities you serve. Jurisdictions and PHAs must consider your feedback, and if your feedback is not incorporated, the final AFH must explain why. See 24 C.F.R. § 5.154(d)(6).
Q: I am a tenant/resident. How does the AFFH regulation affect me?
A: The AFH process will play a key part in identifying barriers to fair housing choice and access to community assets such as good schools, public transportation, and jobs.
Barriers to fair housing choice can include discrimination by housing providers, lack of public investment, or lack of access to high-performing schools. Based on the assessment, communities and housing authorities will develop goals to address these barriers.
Importantly, the AFH process has the potential to affect future funding and policy decisions at the local and regional level. For example, the AFH could influence the decisions a locality makes about what neighborhoods receive investment dollars, and which do not. These funding and policy decisions affect communities and residents directly.
The AFH requires jurisdictions and housing authorities to consider the input you provide, and so it is very important to voice your opinions about what you like about your community and what could be improved upon. Your feedback about current laws, policies, or investment decisions will be crucial to ensuring that the goals resulting from the AFH process promote greater opportunities for all families in the jurisdiction and region – particularly those families who historically have been denied housing and other opportunities.
Q: Why is community involvement important to this process?
A: Community involvement is key to providing an inclusive, meaningful AFH that represents the experiences and feedback from a wide range of community stakeholders, especially members of protected classes under the Fair Housing Act. Providing information about what is working and what is not in communities helps identify where changes need to be made, and where good policies or practices should continue.
The data and maps that jurisdictions and PHAs will review in completing their AFHs provide important and useful information. However, these data sources cannot tell the whole story of your community, region, or state. These datasets and maps do not account for insights that cannot be easily captured by national data sets: For example, do current transit routes connect residents with the places they need to go, such as school, places of worship, retail, and work? Do schools in my neighborhood adequately serve the needs of local children? Do landlords in a particular jurisdiction accept Section 8 vouchers? Why are large families in a particular area having difficulties locating housing?
Recognizing that the HUD-provided data and maps do have limitations, HUD also requires jurisdictions and PHAs to consider local data and local knowledge. The community participation element of the AFH process is an important source for such local data and local knowledge.
Q: Does affirmatively furthering fair housing mean that investments
—including investments in affordable housing—cannot be built in historically disinvested areas?
A: No. The AFFH Rule endorses what it terms a "balanced approach." A balanced approach means that both mobility-based strategies (reducing barriers for families who wish to move to lower poverty areas) and place-based strategies (promoting economic development in historically disinvested areas) can be consistent with the duty to affirmatively further fair housing. The appropriate "balance" of these strategies is based upon local and regional circumstances.
The AFFH Rule preamble states that the "duty to affirmatively further fair housing does not dictate or preclude particular investments or strategies as a matter of law." 80 Fed. Reg. 42,272, 42,279. The preamble notes that a balanced approach "would include, as appropriate, the removal of barriers that prevent people from accessing housing in areas of opportunity, the development of affordable housing in such areas, effective housing mobility programs and/or concerted housing preservation and community revitalization efforts, where any such actions are designed to achieve fair housing outcomes." 80 Fed. Reg. at 42,279. The preamble does note that fair housing issues could arise if a funding recipient relies "solely on investment in areas with high racial or ethnic concentrations of low-income residents to the exclusion of providing access to affordable housing outside of those areas." 80 Fed. Reg. at 42,279 (emphasis added). The preamble continues:
"For example, in areas with a history of segregation, if a program participant has the ability to create opportunities outside of the segregated, low-income areas but declines to do so in favor of place-based strategies, there could be a legitimate claim that HUD and its program participants were acting to preclude a choice of neighborhoods to historically segregated groups, as well as failing to affirmatively further fair housing as required by the Fair Housing Act."
Furthermore, the preamble states that place-based and mobility-based strategies are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Q: What happens to the Analysis of Impediments (AI)?
A: The AI is being replaced by the AFH. However, until a program participant's first AFH is due, HUD funding recipients must comply with the AI requirements that existed before the effective date of the AFFH Rule. See 24 C.F.R. §§ 5.151; 5.160(a)(3).
Q: What are some ways to get involved in the AFH process?
A: There are a number of ways to get involved in the AFH process. Advocates, residents/tenants, and other stakeholders are encouraged to begin participation as early as possible to ensure your input is included at various points in the AFH's development. For more information, please see the Advocate Checklist included in the NHLP AFFH Resources section below. Ways to get involved in the AFH process include actions such as:
• Reaching out to your local jurisdiction or housing authority and finding out important information about the AFH process, including:
Whether the jurisdiction or PHA is entering into a joint/regional submission, which can affect the AFH due date;
Confirmation of the AFH due date;
A projected timeline for the AFH process, including when a draft AFH can be expected;
Whether the applicable citizen participation plan has been updated, and if not, when such an update can be expected (jurisdictions only)
• Working with other residents, community advocates, and other stakeholders to ensure that the AFH reflects a true snapshot of your community;
• Attending public meetings, listening sessions, and hearings about the AFH process; and
• Reviewing the AFH draft and providing input by writing a letter or speaking at a meeting or hearing.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule: HUD Resources
AFFH Final Rule (July 2015)
This document includes the text of the final AFFH Rule and the preamble. In the preamble, HUD responds to public comments and provides additional valuable context for various provisions in the final AFFH Rule.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Guidebook (December 2015)
This Guidebook provides guidance to HUD funding recipients about the AFH process. Note that Section 5 of this guidance is geared toward funding recipients using the Local Government Assessment Tool to complete their AFHs.
Even though the Guidebook is written for HUD funding recipients, this guidance includes helpful discussions about topics of interest to advocates such as community participation and goal-setting in the context of the AFH process. Advocates may find the Guidebook to be a useful resource to cite to in advocacy efforts such as comment letters.
HUD AFFH Data and Mapping Tool
The HUD AFFH Data and Mapping Tool provides a series of maps and tables that HUD funding recipients will be using to complete their AFHs. Currently, the Data and Mapping Tool only contains maps and tables for local jurisdictions that are required to submit an AFH.
HUD AFFH FAQs (September 2016)
HUD has developed a series of FAQs, arranged by topic, on its HUD Exchange website. Note, however, that these FAQs are written for jurisdictions and PHAs that have to conduct an AFH. These FAQs are searchable by keyword.
HUD AFFH Field Points of Contact (Per Region) (Published in 2016)
HUD Community Participation Fact Sheets
These fact sheets provide quick reference resources outlining community participation requirements for PHAs and jurisdictions, and include relevant citations.
• PHAs
• Jurisdictions (Consolidated Plan participants)
The AFFH section of the HUD Exchange website serves as HUD's clearinghouse of HUD-issued resources and announcements related to implementation of the AFFH rule.
Anyone interested can also find out information about signing up for HUD's AFFH e-mail mailing list here.
HUD Fair Housing Nuisance Ordinance and Crime-Free Ordinance Guidance (September 2016)
This guidance was issued by HUD's Office of General Counsel, and discusses potential fair housing implications that may arise when nuisance and crime-free ordinances are enforced, particularly against groups such as domestic violence survivors and other victims of crime. Notably, this guidance states, on pages 11-12, that one step a local government could make toward meeting its AFFH obligations "is to eliminate disparities by repealing a nuisance or crime-free ordinance that requires or encourages evictions for use of emergency services, including 911 calls, by domestic violence or other crime victims."
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule: NHLP Resources
AFFH Implementation Update (October 2016)
This update outlines the steps that HUD has taken to implement the AFFH Rule, and includes citations and links to additional HUD resources.
AFFH Glossary (October 2016)
This resource defines several key terms related to the AFFH rule.
Advocate Checklist (November 2016)
This resource provides a series of considerations for advocates to think about as they prepare to engage in the AFH process.
Select NHLP Presentations on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Part I: An Overview for Advocates (April 2016)
This presentation provides a basic overview of the legal framework concerning the duty to affirmatively further fair housing, an overview of the AFFH final regulation, and an introduction to the AFH Assessment Tool. Additionally, this presentation also introduces the AFFH Rule's community participation requirements.
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Part II: The Assessment Tool, HUD Data, and Community Participation (July 2016)
This presentation examines the AFH Assessment Tool for Local Governments (issued in December 2015) in-depth; provides an overview of the AFFH Data and Mapping Tool; and builds upon Part I's discussion of community participation by detailing the community participation and consultation requirements under the AFFH Rule.
Language Access and Housing (May 2016)
This presentation for the National Language Access Advocates Network (N-LAAN) includes a discussion of how the AFFH rule can be used as a tool for advocacy on behalf of limited English proficient (LEP) populations. This presentation identifies the HUD-provided maps and data concerning LEP populations that HUD will be requiring jurisdictions and PHAs to consider in their AFHs.
Exploring Frameworks for Building Broad-Based Equitable Remedies for Systemic Injustices (July 2016)
This presentation comprised part of a broader panel at the 2016 National Legal Aid & Defender Association Litigation and Advocacy Leaders Conference. The focus of the discussion was how the AFH provides a new opportunity for cross-sector approaches to addressing policies and practices that perpetuate systemic inequities.
Select NHLP Comment Letters Related to AFFH
Included below are a series of NHLP comments regarding the AFFH Rule and its implementation.
Assessment Tool Comments
NHLP Comments on Local Government Assessment Tool Renewal: 30-Day Notice (September 2016) | Federal Register Notice (August 2016)
NHLP Comments on Local Government Assessment Tool Renewal: 60-Day Notice (May 2016) | Federal Register Notice (March 2016)
NHLP Comments on Draft PHA Assessment Tool: 30-Day Notice (October 2016) [link to document] | Federal Register Notice (September 2016)
NHLP Comments on Draft PHA Assessment Tool: 60-Day Notice (May 2016) | Federal Register Notice (March 2016)
NHLP Comments on Draft State/Insular Area Assessment Tool: 30-Day Notice (October 2016) | Federal Register Notice (September 2016)
NHLP Comments on Draft State/Insular Area Assessment Tool: 60-Day Notice (May 2016) | Federal Register Notice (March 2016)
AFFH Proposed Rule Comments
NHLP Comments on Draft AFFH Rule (September 2013) | Federal Register Notice (July 2013)
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Here's the problem: I'm getting different results with searches from the remote DB and the local copy using the CONTAINS criteria. I can run the same application code and point to the different DB's, and get different results. This happens with completely identical data, using identical stored procedures.
SQL: SELECT foo FROM productTable WHERE CONTAINS (productCode, '"FSB 5000*"')
This gets 9 results in my local copy but no results in the remote version. I've rebuilt identical indexs in both, and the same thing happens both servers are Windows 2000 with the latest service packs, both OS and SQL Server.
Are there settings related to the Full Text search capability that I may have set up differently between SQL installs? This is driving me nuts, any help is greatly appreciated.
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Changes in the composition of sand grasslands along a climatic gradient in Hungary and implications for climate change
Kovács-Láng, E.; Kröel-Dulay, Gy.; Kertész, M.; Fekete, G.; Bartha, S.; Mika, J.; Dobi-Wantuch, I.; Rédei, T.; Rajkai, K.; Hahn, I.
Phytocoenologia Band 30 Heft 3-4 (2000), p. 385 - 407
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published: Nov 24, 2000
DOI: 10.1127/phyto/30/2000/385
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The primary objectives of this study were (1) to document the changes in the composition and structure of a semiarid grassland (Festucetum vaginatae) along a climatic gradient in Hungary, and (2), by applying the concept of "Space for Time Substitution", to form hypotheses on the possible effects of a predicted climate change on these grasslands. Three sites were selected along a 200 km transect in the sand forest-steppe vegetation of the Hungarian Plain. Percentage canopy cover was estimated by species in 30 pairs of randomly located 16 m2 quadrats at each site. Species were classified based on their phytosociological character, geographic distribution, and Raunkiaer life form. We found that species richness, canopy cover, diversity, and the relative importance of dry grassland generalists, forest species, and Hemicryptophytes decreased, whereas the relative importance of sand grassland specialists, Therophytes, and species with Continental and Sub-Mediterranean distribution increased with increasing aridity. We found that the existing differences in climate along the gradient are comparable to the predicted climate change for the region, therefore, the changes observed along the gradient may serve as hypotheses on the possible future changes in grassland structure and composition. However, the rate of changes is unpredictable. The indirect effects of climate, such as higher forest cover and soil organic matter content at the wet end of the transect, may be important in driving the present differences in grassland composition, and may buffer or considerably slow down the expected changes.
biome transition zone • climate scenario • dry grasslands • ecotone • functional groups • space for time substitution


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This is more a review based off DeschRTG's review. Although I won't fault, I think a lot of the appeal of this pic how cartoonish and fun the building is, and the use of vibrant colours.
I would say over-consideration of the textures would mean the pic is attempting realism, which would not only destroy the fun aspect, but would highlight other areas which require further work.
Since I'm considering this a cartoonish 3D model, I'd say that'd it be nice to give some individuality to the building, since it's people that give it personality. Say clothes lines and flower boxes from a couple of window sills, grafitti, hop scoth squares, etc. It could give a clue to what kind of neighbourhood the builiding is in.
... and architecturally (unless I'm wrong), shouldn't there be a fire escape door on each level, as opposed to only the top? Also the Wacom ad board would mean that 1 or 2 of the apartments have no windows.
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It's a great picture and it resembles so much the graphic from Team Fortress 2
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As for my title above, it would depend on whether you are a beginner or more experienced , for a beginner then I'm am very impressed, and I can see the vast potential so long as you keep at it, if you are more experienced then depending on just how experienced, I might say that I would've expected a little better. But non of that will help you to get any better. whatever your level I'm giving you an 8, for a great start. Now I am a advent Maya user, but I have used other programs, and so I know that all the 3D programs, are general similar, even with all their respective differences. So I will be making my points from a Maya technical perspective, thought I assume that C4D wouldn't be to far off.
The first thing, and yes this has been said, it is too clean, all of your edges are to straight, if you were to smooth the ledges and concrete blocks that divide the brick it will at least round off the edges/corners, if doing that makes them TO round you can add edge loops near the edges of the poly cubes, this will sharpen the edges, the closer you put the new edge loop to the existing edge the sharper your smoothed edge will be, so don't put them too close or it will defeat the purpose.
A normal map on the bricks would be excellent to make them appear weathered, but at the very least, use the brick wall image (as a black & white image) and use it as a bump map so that the bricks protrude out further then the mortar
on all you metal, if you were to dial down the eccentricity/specular roll off, and even reflectivity to give a real, aged look right now everything looks like its covered in chrome
Get some reference images next time you model something like this, it will help you to go beyond just simple shapes with a texture on them
And for the last thing would be it needs to be less..similar, I know you duplicated and translated a lot of these elements in the piece and I know that was the point, but for it to seam "real" it needs to be more random. I noticed that some windows had a single vertical beam in the middle and a few others had cross beams and that a start, but also try having a few windows open, half open, a pane or two with a broken or cracked piece or glass, anything to "randomize" the image
So sorry to write so much but I always enjoy offering my opinions about 3D work, I always just wanna help others improve, in anyway I can, hoping they will one day return the favor :)
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This is truly amazing!
You're really talented with this stuff! I love it!
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A rest area commemorates Warrant Officer Kevin Arthur Wheatley V.C (Victoria Cross) who was killed in action in Vietnam.
Wheatley and another Australian, Warrant Officer R. J. Swanton, were on a search and destroy mission in the Tra Bong valley, Quang Ngai province, with a platoon of the Civil Irregular Defence Group on 13 November 1965 when it was attacked by the Viet Cong. The platoon broke in the face of heavy fire and began to scatter. Swanton was shot in the chest. Although told that Swanton was dying, Wheatley refused to leave him. Under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, he half-dragged and half-carried Swanton out of open rice paddies into the comparative safety of nearby jungle. He refused a second request to withdraw, pulled the pins from his two grenades and waited with his motionless colleague while the enemy approached.
Two grenade explosions were heard, followed by several bursts of fire. Wheatley and Swanton were found at first light next morning, dead from gunshot wounds. For refusing to abandon a wounded comrade in the face of overwhelming odds Wheatley was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. He had also been awarded the United States of America`s Silver Star. The Republic of Vietnam had appointed him a knight of its National Order and awarded him its Military Merit Medal and Cross of Gallantry with Palm. In 1993 Wheatley`s V.C. and other medals were presented to the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
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So here it is - my last post of 2011. I can't believe I started this blog just over five months ago... where does time go??? (Nearly at my half birthday, you know what that means...!) So to finish off 2011 this is my Boxing Day outfit: we always stay quite dressed up for the second day of yule in my family, but usually move onto trousers and comfy sweaters to hide our food babies. And I can tell you, my food baby was ma-hoosive - I was seriously sucking in my tummy on the second picture ;)
And the sweater... the sweater, the sweater!! This is another coveted item that I've managed to get my hands on recently. I'd seen it on Atlantic Pacific and My Style Pill (amongst others) this year - maybe I don't quite rock it like those lovely ladies but managing to get any photos done on Boxing Day is quite a feat when all you want to do is drink tea, stop eating chocolate and curl up and sleep zzzzz.....
Mr. Summers and I are currently having a long weekend in London for New Year - hopefully there'll be some good photos to post next week!
Sweater: Zara (in the sale in store only at the time of writing)
Pearl collar: Asos similar
Trousers: La Redoute similar
Heels: Very.co.uk similar
Leather cuff: Asos
Rings: Asos, Boots
Black bangle: Asos
Nails: Barry M Coral, Rimmel Be a Star 626
Happy New Year everyone - wishing you all a fabulous 2012!
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Many services and applications in Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs) require preserving and secure data communications. To improve driving safety and comfort, the traffic-related status information will be broadcasted regularly and shared among drivers. Without the security and privacy guarantee, attackers could track their interested vehicles by collecting and analyzing their traffic messages. Hence, anonymous message authentication is an essential requirement of VANETs. On the other hand, when a vehicle is involved in a dispute event of warning message, the certificate authority should be able to recover the real identity of this vehicle.
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Losing it all...is a new beginning.
Amanda Legend grew up rich and privileged. Anything was hers for the asking, thanks to her superstar father. That is until Amanda's honesty about bad behavior from her soon-to-be-new stepmom, a former school chum, lands Amanda on the outs with her beloved father. No trust fund. No rarified world. Even if Amanda never wanted the LA lifestyle, she now must survive on her own.
A comeback takes heart....
Ryan Sinclair was nearing the pinnacle of his movie career when he drove his Porsche off Malibu Canyon Road. Lucky to be alive, post rehab, he's ready to start the long climb back to the top. But to prove to Hollywood that he won't relapse, he's required to get a sober companion.
A job she never wanted with the man who helped destroy her life....
Amanda Legend may loathe the entertainment world, but she understands the rules. She also knows Ryan Sinclair, understands alcoholics (she grew up around a few), and now, after being banished from her posh lifestyle, she needs a paycheck to get to New York. Amanda accepts the job as sober companion to Ryan Sinclair for his first film post rehab. But Amanda must learn to ignore her attraction to Ryan, because falling for a guy like him would pull her back into a world she desperately wants to escape.
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After I read Hard Glamour, I just had to read this next book in this amazing series. I'm so glad I did because I thoroughly enjoyed Amanda and Ryan's romance. I was not sure how the author was going to turn Ryan into a hero since he is not shown in a good light in the first book, but let me assure you, Ms. Marr does, and I was truly rooting for him to find the strength to overcome his addictions so he could have a happy ending with Amanda. They both richly deserved it!
Broken Glamour is a well-written book, and the angst is handled fairly well without becoming too over the top. Both these characters definitely had issues from their past that explained their behavior. Now, I would have liked to have more of Ryan's backstory to fully explain why his character was so tormented. I'm not saying some is not there. I personally would have liked a bit more depth. Amanda's character does give just the right amount of backstory, though.
I listened to the audio by Nina Sumter. Her narrative had a bit of a sing-song tone to it which after a while became a bit annoying. There is also a male narrator, and he had the same tone quality. I did enjoy that the dialogue was read by the female and the male regardless of which POV the book was in.
This is an emotionally-charged story that gave me a true picture that an individual's struggle to accept that addiction does not just go away because the person is no longer using. It is a daily effort to keep away from the substance, and that a support group and getting a sponsor are the keys to recovery. Ms. Marr handles this in a spectacularly vivid way.
I'm glad I read Broken Glamour, and I enjoy Ms. Marr's writing style a great deal. I highly recommend this book and the series. It's a story that will pull you in and keep you involved until the end. Happy reading!
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I liked this better than the first one, probably because I had already preferred Amanda to Laine as a character to begin with. Was happy with how the relationship played out and with how the 2 dealt with their relationship. Nina's performance was great, and I definitely think she brought out Amanda's character very well.
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This reading person and service is beyond the worst and ruining the story. She is so flat, monotone and a bad reader/actor. I am really unhappy with this purchase.
Maggie Marr, pick a better reading team.
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The liquidity of the Bucharest Stock Exchange increased Monday to 33.87 million lei (€8.05 million), from Friday's 20.10 million lei (€4.76 million). Even though regular market transactions have been pretty modest, the liquidity has been lifted by the special deals with Banca Transilvania, FIC Transilvania and Condmag shares.
In a special 10.16 million lei deal, some 14.22 million FIC Transilvania shares changed hands today, namely 1.3% of the share capital. Another 4.10% shares of Banca Transilvania changed hands in a 10.45 million lei deal.
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BET-XT index that measures the performance of the 25 most liquid shares closed 1.51% lower to 466.81 points and BET-NG of the energy companies listed at BSE fell modestly 0.07% to 597.99 points, supported by the sharp increase of Rompetrol Rafinare shares (BSE:RRC).
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Starred by Earl Browning III, this film directed by Bryant Hicks was premiered in TV or cinema in 2013. The film "Pros and Cons: A Fantasy Football Movie" had an original production of USA. You can watch Pros and Cons: A Fantasy Football Movie online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2013.
Rating: 5 by 23 users./
Runtime: 77 minutes
Earl Browning III, Stacy Cunningham, LeMarc Johnson, Bryan Pitts, Leslie Duane Snyder, Lance Eakright, Dean A. Sorenson, Tim Taylor, Ira Einsohn, Nathan Castaneda, Ernest James, Patrick Knoles, Christy Lord, Dan Mcdowell, Guy Mezger and Greyson Moore.
77-minute film (full movie) directed by Bryant Hicks.
The original audio of Pros and Cons: A Fantasy Football Movie has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2013.
Screenplay written by Scott Ross.
James Burgess.
Scott A. Mollette, Sabra Young, Scott Ross and Susan Sepehri.
This film was produced and / or financed by Going Bats Entertainment and SKY Reel Productions.
Composed by John Pinder and Nicholas Pinder.
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