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German developers Deck13 have been around the traps for a while, but their most recent work involved co-development of Lords of the Fallen, a hardcore hack and slash that was dubbed by many as Dark Souls Lite. Whether or not this was fair criticism, the bones of a solid game were there but the experience was let down by a litany of issues that saw it passed over by many. Working in the same genre, The Surge represents a shot at redemption for Deck13, who have taken the reins as sole developers on this project and brought the hardcore hack and slash genre to a dystopian sci-fi setting. Working in the shadow of the mighty Soulsborne games is no mean feat, but The Surge manages to elevate itself amongst the crowd with a bunch of fresh ideas for the genre that are unique and innovative, making Deck13's latest a violent and gory good time.
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The Surge puts you in the shoes of Warren, an everyman sort of fella looking to get a fresh start and a set of new legs by signing up to work with mega corporation Creo. In the world of The Surge, Earth has been ravaged by numerous environmental and social catastrophes brought about by rising populations, escalating violence and the wholesale poisoning of the biosphere. Creo are at the forefront of an attempt to ensure a future for humanity by rejuvenating the atmosphere and restoring natural order, bringing massive financial and technological weight to bear on the global issue. Creo is that odd blend of magnanimous saviour and insane megalomaniac, and as a corporate entity it reminded me a lot of Samuel L. Jackson's character Valentine from Kingsman.
Warren's first day turns out to be worse than finding yourself in a first interview on a black leather couch, as he soon finds himself undergoing a surgery without sedative, only to wake up some time later with a robot dragging him towards the trash bin. Turns out while Warren was recovering from his waking medical procedure, the entire Creo tech compound has gone bananas, with everything from fellow workers to lowly vacuum cleaners seemingly turned into mindless killing machines. It's up to you to navigate the treacherous compound and uncover Creo's dark secrets, and maybe solve the greatest mystery of all: why someone would call their son Warren.
The world of The Surge is well conceived, but the narrative within it can get a little muddled. There's also a complete tonal disconnect with Warren's character, who has the personality of a disgruntled can-opener. He goes from waking up dazed and confused in a strange place to brutally dismembering his colleagues with makeshift weapons in the blink of an eye. The extent of his personal development is asking different NPCs "What the hell happened here?" multiple times, and most of the time he's led around by his nose like someone has excised his sense of free will or ability to properly question his predicament. But while you're unlikely to feel much for Warren's plight, the setting and tone is undeniably cool, and there are some intriguing mysteries throughout. While themes of technology escaping the hands of its creators and the arrogance of humanity in playing God create a nice backdrop, it's not something I'd describe overall as being cohesive, and the ending also seemed a little vague to me. The sci-fi horror vibe is strong though, and carries the action nicely.
I'm glad we're finally talking about the action, because in this department The Surge truly excels. While it wears its love for Dark Souls on its sleeve, Deck13 have crafted multiple new mechanics around the tried-and-true hardcore hack and slash formula that keep things interesting… and incredibly violent. At the heart of the hack and slash gameplay is a limb-targeting mechanic, which far from being a gimmick is integral to how you play the game. Basically you can target separate body parts, and once you've done enough damage you can hold a button to perform some impromptu DIY surgery. This not only awards you with a gruesome animation, but also lops off weapons and
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armour you can then build back at your base of operations. It's incredibly satisfying, and if you see something an enemy is wearing or beating your face in with that you might like, you simply smack them around a bit and take it with brutal force. In fact, the vast majority of the coolest weapons and armour you find are carried by enemies, so if you're not chopping guys' melons off because you like the look of their head gear, you're doing it wrong. Aside from hand-to-hand combat there is also a personal companion drone that can be modified to provide assault and defence measures, but outside of kiting enemies from a distance I didn't find it particularly useful. It's fine that they're there, but the focus is more on visceral melee combat and the drones seem a little out of place.
…if you see something an enemy is wearing or beating your face in with that you might like, you simply smack them around a bit and take it with brutal force. In fact, the vast majority of the coolest weapons and armour you find are carried by enemies, so if you're not chopping guys' melons off because you like the look of their head gear, you're doing it wrong
Another neat mechanic is the use of implants to build your character, which are slotted into your exo rig and provide boons such as increased health and stamina, or the ability to regenerate health and gain health from executions (like you needed more incentive). It may sound simple, but implants are the sole way of increasing your stats and regaining health while out in the field, and you'll be scouring every nook and cranny to find bigger and better ones. Many implants also provide greater increases based on your level, and if you have multiple copies of the same implant their effects can be stacked. You only have limited slots for implants however, and they consume a resource called core power (effectively equal to your level), a resource that is also shared with armour. You'll constantly be looking to balance your gear between what armour you can wear and the best implants you can equip, and I went through many iterations of character builds before settling on the formidably sexy beast you see in these screenshots.
A special mention needs to be made here about The Surge's visual design, which as in Lords of the Fallen is absolutely superb. The weapons and armour in particular look incredibly vicious, reflecting the fact that for the most part they began their lives as humble work tools and are now used to bludgeon people to death. There is awesome weapon variety too; quick dual-wielded claws, gargantuan hammers and powerful single-handed blades make up a formidable and visually diverse arsenal. There are even high-tech looking staffs that will help you channel your sci-fi Donatello if that's your jam. These weapons belong to six broad classes in which you can increase your proficiency, and all differ in attack speed and available combos (not to mention the finishing executions, have I mentioned those yet?). They also differ by a stat called impact, which determines how good a weapon is at disrupting an enemy's combo or causing them to stagger. Experimentation is key, and you're bound to find a repurposed work tool that suits your needs.
True to the genre, The Surge is not an easy game. While enemies tend to telegraph their attacks harder than ET phoning home, they also hit like trucks and will take a fair chunk of you if you get caught off guard. Some enemy combos have weird timings, such that even if you know it's coming, a dodge at the wrong moment can set you up for a swift death. The Surge has a very fast pace to it in fact, with Big Wazza being a fairly nimble fellow, provided he's got the stamina. I found dodging to be by far the most effective means of fighting, and my build ended up favouring a 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' style that made me a sort of exo suit-clad Mohammed Ali. There is a block button, but you are rooted to the spot when performing a block and it also drains stamina at an alarming rate. There's also an awkward duck/jump manoeuvre you can do while blocking but it's incredibly maladroit and not really worth the potential for a counterattack if you manage to pull it off.
Another aspect where The Surge nails the brief is in the level design, which takes heavy inspiration from Dark Souls but executes it with aplomb. Your journey takes you
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through several self-contained but interconnected areas that are filled to the brim with shortcuts and secrets. Each area tends to centre around an Ops centre, a safe space (2017 approves) where you can level up, assemble gear and replenish health supplies before going back out into the wild.
The weapons and armour in particular look incredibly vicious, reflecting the fact that for the most part they began their lives as humble work tools and are now used to bludgeon people to death.
A mechanic from Lords of the Fallen returns in that you can bank Tech Scrap (basically experience points used to level up your rig, weapons and armour) at an Ops centre, but taking a risk and holding out will reward you with a sizeable multiplier depending on how many enemies you've killed. It works well here, as Tech Scrap is integral to upgrading your entire kit, and thus is quite sought after. When you die, any Tech Scrap you have on you is left at the scene of your death, and must be picked up in two minutes or lost forever (a mechanic many will be familiar with). This makes for some tense moments, and when you hear the trademark twang of the country tune that inexplicably plays at all the Ops centres the sense of relief can be palpable. I do wish some sort of fast travel system had been implemented between Ops Centres, as backtracking can be a fairly painful experience.
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I spent around 30 hours on my first playthrough, and as soon as the credits rolled I jumped straight back in to a New Game+. Rather than being another carbon-copy playthrough with enemies with greater heath, New Game+ contains a sprinkling of tougher enemies with new move sets to keep you on your toes. It also allows you to upgrade your weapons and armour beyond what is possible in the first run, feeding into that sense of fresh progression. I'm hoping that my second playthrough might give some insight into the murkier aspects of the narrative, and there's also an alternate ending to strive for (although the one I got was perplexing enough anyway).
Final Thoughts
The Surge is the product of a team who have found their stride and confidence within a genre they obviously have a lot of love for. It is a welcome expansion of the hardcore hack and slash genre that brings a great sense of identity and its own style to the table. While over time I'll probably forget about Warren, I won't forget the great times I had tearing enemies limb from limb and wearing their clothes. At the end of the day this is a solid action game in its own right, and much more than just sci-fi Dark Souls.
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The Soldier of Fortune series of games has long been a guilty little pleasure for many gamers. Developed by Raven Software (the guys making a little title called Quake 4), the first game starred a real-life mercenary named John Mullins and was made popular due to its unusual (for the time) real-world topical settings and violent, visceral combat. A sequel was made two years later in 2002, also starring John Mullins, titled Soldier of Fortune: Double Helix and upped the ante considerably in terms of gore and violence due to their much publicized GHOUL 2.0 dismemberment system.
Though neither game was ever considered a top-tier quality title, both Soldier of Fortune games have managed to attract and keep a solid cult following with many gamers (including myself) playing one or both of the games even to this day. So when Activision suddenly announced earlier this year that they were bringing the violent series back, many people were quite excited -- if a little confused by the news that Raven Software was no longer the development company. Things didn't get much better when it was found out that a small company named Cauldron out of the Slovak Republic would be handling the development, but still people held out hope. I mean how can they mess up with such solid groundwork already laid in place by the previous games?
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We have a very special issue of the Gazette this month; one that we hope will reach out to miniaturists who have a daily struggle with physical and/or emotional challenges that impact their ability to do the thing they love best - build dollhouses. This is a topic close to the hearts of the Gazette family since we've met thousands of miniaturists over the years who deal with serious illnesses and we've seen the courage and determination of people who have overcome monumental obstacles so they can continue to pursue their miniature passion. In fact, most of us will tell you that if it weren't for our miniatures and the friends we've made within this community, we'd have lost hope a long time ago.
So in this issue, we're going to take a look at what we've learned about how to creatively get around the physical roadblocks that we face and then we'll spend some time learning how we balance our life needs with our need to create, because the one thing we know for certain is that there is a therapeutic and healing power in building dollhouses and making miniatures. Most important of all is learning how to hold onto the part of ourselves that resides in a small world where life is under control. Sometimes the greatest hope can be hidden within the smallest things.
We'd also like to take just a moment to wish all our friends in the USA a very happy 4th of July! You'll find a special article in this issue with some delightful patriotic eye candy and even Aunt Bea shared her favorite dollhouse in honor of our country's birthday.
In dollhouse news this month, the fun continues with our 2012 Spring Flingers. We're about halfway thru the contest building time and the teasers are getting more and more interesting! Some of our members are posting pictures of tiny portions of their entry and the rest of us try to guess what it is. That's just a portion of the good time we're having so if you haven't dropped in to chit chat with us about this year's Spring Fling, please feel free to visit us soon.
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This article has been rattling around in the back of my head for quite some time now, yet for some reason I've been reluctant to give it voice. Perhaps I've shied away from the topic because it doesn't seem like a positive subject for a miniature newsletter but the more I think about it, the more appropriate it seems to be. It's not just the fact that it's a subject close to our hearts since the three of us who make up the Gazette staff face some physical challenges which have resulted in some creative solutions to our mini-making. There's much more to it than that. If you've read the current thread for the 2012 Spring Fling on the Greenleaf forum, you'll have already seen a generous helping of fortitude and positive thinking when it comes to overcoming a physical challenge in order to continue making miniatures. Therefore, we'd like to share some of the things we've learned about how to overcome physical challenges and keep on building!
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In the first article of this issue we talked about dealing with physical challenges while still making miniatures. This article is going to address another aspect that is even more important... taking care of your emotional and mental needs. This subject stretches beyond those with disabilities and includes people caring for loved ones who are ill or disabled. Creative expression thru mini-making is therapeutic for us all.
Here at Greenleaf we're famous for our exceptional love of dollhouses, cats, and holidays. One of our favorite holidays has to be July 4th! When we think of our forefathers leading the revolution that gave us our freedom, independence and liberty it makes our hearts swell with pride.
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Q. I'd like to get my young granddaughter involved in miniatures. She spends two weeks of vacation time with me every summer and since she's 10 this year, I thought it would be the perfect time for us to build our first dollhouse together. Which kit would you recommend for a young novice who only has two weeks?
I would love to introduce you to one of our nicest members of the forum, ChapChap73 aka Sarah. Sarah has been a member of the Greenleaf forums since December 18, 2010. She does lovely work and I wanted to learn more about her.
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Did you know that the National Museum of American History (one of the Smithsonian Institution museums located on The Mall in Washington D.C.) has an ongoing exhibit of Faith Bradford's dollhouse? The house is a scratch build and fully furnished with 1,354 individual miniatures. It's five stories tall, has 23 rooms, and is home to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doll plus their ten children, two grandparents, five servants, and 20 pets. Until her death in 1970, Mrs. Bradford continued to regularly visit her dollhouse at the museum and take part in semi-annual cleanings.
This is probably one of the most delightful pet pictures that I've seen so far. What could possibly go better with a Tudor house than an English Bulldog? Or perhaps that's the other way around and nothing goes better with an English Bulldog than a Tudor house. Either way, it's a delightful combination both in real life, (that's Slugger sitting in front) and in miniature (that's Jupiter in miniature by the front door). With a guard dog like Slugger, I don't think the residents of this gorgeous Harrison need to worry at all.
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Assemble at Changi International Airport for your flight Tashkent the capital of Uzbekistan via Kuala Lumpur. On arrival proceed for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast transfer to the Uzbek-Tajik border. After border formalities, your Tajik guide will meet you on the border and drive to Khujand city, one of the oldest city in Central Asia. In the afternoon visit the Central Mosque and Cultural Palace of Khujand.
Today we'll drive to Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan. The road to the lakes will go over mountain passes including Anzob pass (3,372 m) and tunnel of Isticlol. In the afternoon visit Rudake Park, National Library, White House, National Sate Seal, House of Parliament and Jomi Theatre. Take a walk in National park to see Ministry of Inner Affairs and the biggest National Flag in the world – 165 m high pole, 30 m wide, 60 m long. Also visit Archeological Museum and Gurminj Museum of traditional musical instruments. Dinner will be in a traditional restaurant where you get to taste traditional Tajik food.
After breakfast, drive to KalaiKhumb village via mountain road and high pass of Khoburubot Pass (3 252) known as Western Pamir Tract. The road goes through the most picturesque river valley and amazing gorges in the terrain, where one can stop for rest and photo stops along the many small villages along the way. Meet the Tajiks who are by nature hard working, hospitable, and kind-hearted. Dinner will be served in local restaurant.
In the morning we will drive to Khrorog, a small mountain valley town surrounded by rocky mountains from all four sides. The town was built on the confluence of the 3 rivers where Shokhdara river and Ghund river flow into Pyanj river. Meet the Pamir people along the way. A number of anthropological features set the Pamiris apart from the Tajiks. Among the Pamiris, there is a high percentage of people with blonde hair, fair skin and blue eyes. Pamirs Mountains are the highest mountains in the world with human population after the Himalayas in Tibet.
Visit the renowned Pamir Botanical Garden situated at an altitude of 2,320m above sea level with unique plants, brought from different parts of the world. Thereafter, visit city park and handicraft shop as well as the regional museum to learn more about the culture of Gorno-Badakhshan region. Late afternoon visit the local bazaar overflowing with stalls selling wooden crafts and other local items.
Today we will drive along Tajik-Afgan border to Yamg village. Enroute visit famous mineral hot springs of GaramChashma. Situated in the heart of Asia, the Pamirs are a corner of sky-scraping, snow-capped, majestic mountains, transparent clear blue waters of lakes and rivers, wide valleys and bone-dry deserts. For hundreds of years, people have called these highest mountains of the world as "the Roof of the World", located at elevations from 3,500 to 4,200 meters above sea level. Pamirs is perhaps one the few areas in Central Asia where ancient ethnic and cultural peculiarities of the Pamir people still exist. Dinner and overnight in homestay.
We will continue our drive to Langar village with many stops along the road. Above the village of Vrang, on a cliff-side pitted with caves, stands a Buddhist complex dating from 4th– 7th centuries. In Langar we will visit Abreshim Kala (Silk Fortress). Thereafter, continue for a short climb up above the Langar village to view the more than 600 petroglyphs made by prehistoric people.Dinner and overnight in homestay.
The most beautiful lakes of the Pamirs are Yashil Kul and Bulunkul (Blue lakes), stretched on the altitude of 3,700 meters above sea level, situated in the Murghab district. On the way to the lake you will drive over Khargush pass (4,344 m) with opportunity to view yaks. Dinner and overnight in guesthouse.
After breakfast, proceed to Sary Tash via Akbaital Pass (4,655m), Uybulok Pass (4,232m) and Kyzyl Art Pass (4,336m) enroute enjoy the mountain desert sceneries and Karakul Lake (3,914m). At Tajik-Kyrgyz border checkpoint, go through the custom formalities and on arrival at Kyrgyzstan, your Kyrgyz guide will meet you at the border and continue driving to Kyzyl Art Top and proceddownt he pass with high rising Pamir ranges before arriving at Osh for overnight.
This morning visit the famous Suleiman Too (Solomon's Mountain), situated in the center of the city. It is considered to be a pilgrimage place for local Muslims. According to the legend, biblical prophet Solomon (Suleiman in the Koran) was buried at the foot of it. After lunch we transfer to the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. After border formalities meet your Uzbek guide and transfer to the hotel in Andijan.
We shall proceed to Margilan, famous for its fine silks. Via the Great Silk Road traders brought Marghilanian silk to Baghdad, Cairo and Athens. It is still the most important silk production center in Uzbekistan. Visit a workshop where original handmade methods of silk ikat production are still used. This is one of the best places that Ikat weaving still survives as in the old days. Also visit Yodigarlik silk processing factory and local market in Margilan. Thereafter, drive to Kokand and excursion to the major sights such as Khudayar Khan Palace and Jommi Mosque. After lunch, proceed to Tashkent via Kamchik mountain pass. Farewell dinner at the local restaurant.
Early in the morning transfer to airport for your flight back to Singapore.
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Uzbekistan is 3 hours behind Singapore.
Kyrgyzstan is 2 hours behind Singapore
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|For all passport holders, entry visa is required for Tajikistan which we will pre apply before departure. No visa is required for Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan.
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A final thud hurled him backwards, flailing through brush and thickets like a rag doll. Grasping at anything to break momentum, Rob's hand clung to a branch wedged into the face of the precipice. Spiny splinters sliced his skin. Oozing blood trickled into his palms and, one by one, his fingers slowly slipped.
A sharp crack echoed through the silence of the ravine as the bough succumbed to his weight. He plummeted into free-fall. Clenching his eyes, he drew in a deep breath, terrified of the pain, the mauling that waited on the jagged rocks below.
When icy water broke his fall, the chill kept him from losing consciousness. He swirled, straining to see, but darkness enveloped him. Soggy clothing pulled him deeper––deeper into the murky, fathomless depths. He wrestled to squirm free from the waterlogged jacket dragging him down to a watery grave, watched the coat disappear into black obscurity. Panic clenched his stomach, or was it death that snaked around his chest, squeezing, squeezing, squeezing the air, the life from his body? Lack of oxygen burned his lungs, beckoning surrender and a chard of rage pierced his gut as reality set in. He lunged upward with one last thrust and burst from the water's deadly grip, gasping for air. A gurgling howl spewed from depths of his soul and echoed into silence.
Sunlight shimmered across a smooth, indigo lake, but aside from the slight ripples of his own paddling, nothing but stillness surrounded him. He floated toward the shore, sucking deep breaths into his lungs until the pummeling in his chest subsided. When he reached the water's edge, he hoisted his body onto the soft red clay and collapsed while the sun's warmth drained the tension from his body.
No one knew he had survived. The rules had shifted––he mused––now he could reinvent himself, become a stealth predator. His target: Lacey Madison Montgomery.
One Year Later ~ Lake Lanier, GA ~ June 2012
June 9th began like any ordinary day but, for me, nothing would ever be ordinary again. In hindsight I could see that the rainy night wasn't the catalyst for my twist of fate. The storm was more like a vortex with currents reaching out beyond imagination. Within twenty-four hours I would lose my ability to distinguish dreams from reality. But I digress. The chain of events really started before the storm. As I left Buckhead Plaza on Thursday evening, my cell phone rang.
"You'll come, Lace, won't you? Please. You have to see my new lake house." My best friend, Piper refused to take no for an answer. Of course, she forgot to mention the extravagant charity party she had planned. So, here I was, Lacey Montgomery, introverted attorney, caught in the midst of a crowd of wealthy people I abhorred.
"So this must be Lacey."
The voice wrapped around me like a warm blanket, familiar––and yet not. Perhaps I'd heard it long ago or conjured him in a forgotten dream. I'm not sure what I expected when I turned around, but one glimpse of the incredibly hot man standing behind me, and my legs went weak while a warm tingle slithered into my most sensual spot.
Piper cocked her head and beamed a familiar I-told-you-so smile. "Lace, this is Rob, the neighbor I bragged about last night."
Leaning down to kiss her cheek, his gaze anchored to mine. "I'm glad you could make it to our little soirée, Miss Montgomery."
"Rob is an architectural genius." Piper gushed. "I never could've pulled off the design of my deck without him."
An eerie sense of déjà vu washed over me. Strange. I'd never seen him before, but something about this man made my heart race.
"You flatter me, Piper. I'm sure you would've devised a plan of your own."
As Rob's gaze deepened, his conversation with Piper waned into a muted echo. Was I the only one who noticed him staring directly at me? The party faded into the background and, for several heartbeats, time stood still. No one else existed except the man standing in front of me. A surreal heat surged between us. An energy so intense, I wasn't sure if I felt passion, or panic.
Before last night I'd never heard of Rob. He was a perfect stranger. And now . . . perfect . . . strange . . . Snap out of it, Lace. The man was married and, according to Piper, blissfully happy. And what about Cole? A wave of guilt flashed through me. I wasn't a free agent despite my boyfriend's abrupt departure, bailing on our weekend getaway, again, for yet another "client emergency." Still, for some odd reason Rob stirred something inside of me that––
"He does have a knack for getting things done." Piper's friend, Travis, chuckled.
Geezzz. Did I say that out loud? Rob enchanted me, drew me into a mesmeric daze. But, surely I hadn't uttered my curious attraction, or dissed Cole aloud. Had I?
Travis patted Rob on the back. "This guy is the most inspired man I've ever known." He arched an eyebrow. "And speaking about inspiration." Eyeing a voluptuous young woman strutting by, he trolled after her.
Thank you, God. I hadn't said a word. No one had an inkling of the visceral responses Rob's gaze evoked in me, or my momentarily zone out into La-la-land. I'd never felt a rush like that before.
Piper pursed her lips. "See Rob, even Travis thinks you're amazing." Tucking a strand of golden hair behind her ear she glanced around to check out the crowd.
Rob didn't respond to her comment. His eyes, twinkling like pools of cobalt fire, burned into mine melting my inhibitions.
Finally managing to speak, I extended my hand, anticipating an intense reaction to his touch. "It's so nice to . . . meet you."
He reached out in slow motion. I'd have stood there for hours staring into those gorgeous blue eyes totally spellbound if Piper hadn't ripped me away.
"Oh Lace, there's Riley." She tugged on my arm. "Come on, you have to meet her."
Piper dragged me in tow just as Rob's fingers touched mine, and I could swear a flux of electricity rushed between us.
"Riley is a defense lawyer too, but she represents . . ." My friend kept talking as she led me toward the ballroom, but I didn't hear a word she said. Still captivated by Rob, I glanced back over my shoulder at him and shrugged, offering an apologetic smile.
"I guess I'll see you later?" I intended my comment to be a statement, not a question. But I couldn't help myself and wondered why this man was having such a profound effect on me.
"I'll catch up to you," Rob said with an odd grin. "You can count on that." Then, he turned toward Travis and the lady he'd managed to charm.
Despite my disdain for swanky parties, not to mention being tricked into attending this one, I actually was enjoying myself. Something about Piper's friends made me feel relaxed, like I'd known them for years. I felt comfortable around them. Well, not all of them. No matter whom I spoke to the entire evening, I found myself constantly searching for Rob. Part of me felt guilty about the physical reaction I had felt when we met. The attraction could never evolve into anything. Still, I couldn't wait to get Piper alone to ask her more about her intriguing neighbor––and his wife. Unfortunately, I never had the chance.
Between the music and voices, no one noticed the storm approaching until a strong gust of wind blew the main entry door open. I slipped outside to check my car windows, then scooted upstairs to the parlor for my purse so I could comb my disheveled hair and dry the mist off my arms.
When I opened the door, I inadvertently walked in on a man and woman stretched across the chaise lounge in a lustful embrace, passionately fondling each other. Her dress was hiked up around her waist, while his hands roved across her thighs. His face burrowed between her bulging breasts.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry." Turning to leave, I glanced at the reflection in the mirror and froze.
"Cole?" I spun around, trying to make sense of what I saw. A gut wrenching wound wrought with adrenalin throbbed in the pit of my stomach. Taking a deep breath, I forced the familiar ache into a closet in the back of my mind then slammed the door shut. The ice queen took over.
Cole looked up and his eyes met mine.
"Lacey? What the hell are you doing here?" He twisted around, pushing the woman aside, his confused glare fixed on me.
"I was invited." Controlled anger seethed inside of me. "But I thought you were in New York with your big client."
My cold reply must have caught him off guard. "Right, well he . . . Wait a minute." Cole sat up straight, brushed his rumpled hair off his face. "How did you know where I––Were you following me?"
"Following you?" I sneered. "Don't flatter yourself." I clenched my fists so hard my nails cut into my palms. If I'd been fueled with testosterone, I'm sure my knuckles would have shot directly into his jaw. Forcing my fingers to relax, I rested my hands on my hips and waited for his lame response.
"No, you'd never think to, I mean . . . Never mind. Just let me explain." He stood, tucked in the back of his shirt.
The woman pulled down her dress. Straightening her hair, she spoke in a voice laced with annoyance, "I can't wait to hear this explanation."
Did Cole actually say I'd never think to? Was I that easy to manipulate? "Don't bother, Cole." I walked around the chaise to gather my belongings having every intention of storming out the door without uttering another word. Instead, on impulse, I picked up a large crystal globe filled with fresh-cut narcissus from the table beside the sofa, calmly turned and tossed the entire contents over both of them.
"Fitting flowers for a narcissistic jerk," I bit out. "Wouldn't you say?" I grabbed my shawl and purse, turned on my heel, and marched out of the room.
Maybe it had something to do with my discussion with Piper the night before, but seeing Cole's reflection stunned and drenched in daffodils, I felt a sense of satisfaction that tempered my anger. He tore after me, his messy hair and half-buttoned tux shirt dripping and a sprinkling of white and yellow petals lingering on his neck.
"Lacey, wait. You don't understand."
I stopped at the top of the staircase and coolly replied. "I understand perfectly. Too bad a flower vase full of water was the only thing handy. Raising my voice a notch, I yelled toward the parlor, "He's all yours." My gaze bored into his. "Go back to your client, Cole."
The emotion behind my icy comments must have resounded a lot louder than I'd intended as the crowd below hushed. I turned in a huff, glancing over the banister, and realized I wasn't alone. All eyes gazed up as if some starlet had spilled fine Bordeaux on her snow-white Valentino dress. Dropped jaws and blank stares fell over the entire room and followed me step-by-step down the lavish, never-ending staircase. To make things worse, soft background music amplified through the silence . . . when you find your true love . . . fly to her side . . . or you'll dream all alone . . . Perfect: a romantic ballad confirming my loveless life.
I had to say something to break the tension. "Lawyers," I announced, wishing I could just fade into the woodwork and disappear altogether.
Halfway down the steps, I felt a rush of emotion explode inside. My head swirled. Dear Lord, please don't let me collapse right here in front of everyone. I held the handrail tightly to keep from losing my balance. That's when a single pair of hands in the middle of the crowd began to clap, slowly at first, inviting others to join. When Rob's cobalt eyes met mine a flood of tranquility flowed through me like warm honey, calming me as if he had willed my composure.
One by one the guests followed suit, clapping until the entire room boomed with a boisterous ovation. I marched down the rest of the stairs with head held high, strutted through the ornate foyer, then sailed out the front entrance to my Lexus. Surely Piper would understand why I had to leave. I'd call her when I got back to the house but, after the whole ordeal with Cole, there was no way I could go back into that party.
I pulled off my heels and darted through the pouring rain. The deluge pelted my arms and the wind whipped my gown around me. Totally drenched by the time I reached my car, I fumbled with my keys, pressing the remote over and over before the lock finally released. Once inside, I turned the ignition then sped away leaving a trail of rubber despite the rain. Still furious with myself as well as Cole, I tightened my grip on the steering wheel to keep my hands from trembling.
The rain peppered my convertible top like the thrum of a rolling train beating in unison with the swish-swish of the wipers. The headlights reflected off sheets of rain instead of lighting the way ahead and the curvy road that had been tricky in broad daylight now twisted hypnotically before me, daring me, yet luring me forward. The downpour distorted my view. Where was I? I could barely see the secluded mountain road and nothing looked familiar.
Tears trickled down my cheeks as the emotion behind my confrontation with Cole sank in. When I brushed them away with the back of my hand, my eyes blurred for an instant. The car hydroplaned, slid sideways and scudded across the flooded highway as if it were sheer ice, smooth and deadly. Water spewed upwards spraying everywhere. I battled the steering wheel, turned into the slide and managed to regain control. Trembling, I slowed to a crawl and stopped on the narrow shoulder of the road. "Relax, Lacey," I whispered. "Just breathe." I filled my lungs, held the breath for a few moments then blew tension out with the air. How could Cole bail on our weekend and blatantly lie to me to hook up with that pretentious, plastic skank?
That's when it hit me. If Cole broke our date to go to Piper's party, he must've known about the event before I did. But that made no sense. Piper's only knowledge of Cole was what she'd heard from me and from all indications she had little interest in meeting him.
Thunder boomed and I jerked in response, pressing harder on my brakes. The wind whirled around my Lexus, pushing it against the night while rain interspersed with tiny nuggets of hail bounced off the hood. Fiddling with my phone GPS proved useless: no bars confirmed the nonexistent service. My instincts told me I had to be close to Piper's lake house, but I could barely see the road through the downpour. The defrost fan turned up full blast did little to clear the condensation fogging the windshield. I grabbed my shawl to wipe the moisture-ridden glass.
A flash of lightening burst through the darkness. Glancing in the rearview mirror, I caught a glimpse of a shadow skulking in the distance behind my car. But the image quickly faded as inky darkness swallowed the light. A chill ran down my neck to the core of my back. "It's just the storm, Lace," I said to reassure myself. "Get a grip." Another burst of lightening streaked through the night followed by a roll of thunder. Lurching around, I saw a ghostly figure hovering a few yards behind me. He darted forward. With my foot pressed to the floor, I threw the car into gear and peeled off down the road spitting gravel behind me. A single thought flooded my mind––escape.
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LSTA Executive Director Bram Smith Retiring
Bram Smith is retiring as executive director of the Loan Syndications & Trading Association effective at year's end, the trade group announced Thursday.
Smith has been with the LSTA for nine years, joining as interim executive director in September 2008 before he was installed as permanent ED in December 2009.
Smith is a 40-year veteran of the U.S. loan industry, and had previous stints as a senior managing director at Bear Sterns and managing director/partner in Morgan Stanley's loan capital markets business. He spent 18 years managing loan syndications, sales and trading at Bankers Trust and previously served on the board of the LSTA.
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Smith made the case early and often on the safety and soundness of CLOs, which he argues do not represent the high-risk securities such as the residential mortgage-backed securities that were a root cause in the 2008 meltdown. Unlike the overheated market for subprime home loans securitizations, CLOs were "actively managed, have the interests of managers aligned with the note holders, pricing information, and a track record of strong performance, among other aspects," he stated in a member newsletter in 2010.
Smith holds a master's degree in business administration from Harvard as well as in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, and served as a helicopter pilot in the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service.


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The Ball Is in Platinum Miners' Court
THE Africa Mining Vision that was adopted by Heads of State and Government at the February 2009 African Union summit following the October 2008 meeting of African Ministers responsible for Mineral Resources Development was the continent's own response to tackling the paradox of great mineral wealth existing side by side with pervasive poverty.
It aocates thinking outside the "mining box" and is not just a question of improving mining regimes by making sure that tax revenues from mining are optimised and that the income is well spent — although that is clearly important.
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Zimbabwe is therefore within its right to insist on the establishment of a refinery more so when value addition and beneficiation is one of the four clusters that anchor the Zim-Asset.
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This has already resulted in the establishment of chrome smelters by both Monachrome and Afrochine.
While it is given that setting up a platinum refinery will cost a lot of money and will take a bit of time, Government has been more than fair on the platinum mining companies because, as rightly pointed out by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa, they were given ample time to come up with a concrete roadmap, but they chose to dilly-dally and now the chickens have come home to roost.
Government, while being tough on the platinum companies, is still willing to negotiate and therefore it is prudent that the platinum companies do not spurn the offer, but grab it and do what they are supposed to do.
Platinum companies need to be reminded that our minerals are a finite resource and we need to ensure that we get the best out of them when they are still available.
Besides Zimbabwe is not the only country in the world that is insisting on value addition of its minerals. Indonesia, which is among the world's biggest suppliers of natural resources, halted all mineral ore exports last year to try to promote domestic processing.
Platinum companies must do the right thing the ball is indeed in their court!
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So I unintentionally took a break from this space, but I'm not apologizing. I will, however, spare you the laundry list of things that have been overwhelming me lately. Suffice to say that I've been learning the art of patience and grace under fire these past few months, and I am finally realizing that my life needn't be perfect at all times. My house may be messy {but clean}, the bed may remain unmade. I might miss a workout to make a deadline or just because I want another hour of sleep. My outfit might not be perfect, and my hair may always be a bit messy. But it's okay.
Our messy bedroom at the end of the day. The carpet is heinous, and the walls are more blue than grey, despite my choice of a silver paint. I have too many ideas about what to hang over the bed, and new curtain rods are definitely in order.... but I'm learning to see things differently. I honestly love this space. It's where we seek solace, say I love yous, lay our heads each night, and welcome every new morning. Despite the room's shortcomings, I love it. We have years to recreate it, to mold it into something truly ours.
I'm learning to let the small things go so that I don't miss out on the bigger, more important things.
My life is a beautiful mess sometimes, but it sure is beautiful.
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Only 17 Percent of Adults Have GPS, Survey Says
Only one in six U.S. adults owns a GPS system, despite improving technology and falling prices. But, there's still hope for GPS manufacturers to up those numbers. That's according to a Harris Interactive poll, released Aug. 15.
The survey also found that 34 percent of GPS owners use handheld systems, while another third (33 percent) using car-mounted GPS systems. Others use PDAs, laptops, cell phones, and other hardware to use GPS services.
The polltakers indicated that because nine percent of adults called themselves "very or extremely likely" to purchase a GPS system in the next year, they expected the overall market penetration to rise. Also, Harris researcher Milton Ellis suggested in the survey's summary that GPS providers promote "popular features of GPS systems, targeting users of online mapping services," and increasing awareness of other advantages.


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McLaughlin's phantom Monza penalty
Scott McLaughlin thought he was racing for second, not first, in the closing stages of the Supercars Eseries race at Monza.
The DJR Team Penske star romped out to an early lead in the virtual series, taking two wins from three opening-round races at Phillip Island and Monza.
The second of those wins, however, came as somewhat of a surprise.
Having made contact with teammate Fabian Coulthard at the Parabolica midway through the race, McLaughlin was left under the impression he'd been hit with a five second.
But there was neither an in-game penalty applied, or one applied by driving standards advisor Craig Baird.
The most likely suspect for the confusion is a miscommunication through McLaughlin's popular Twitch account, which had more than 5000 live viewers at times during Wednesday night's broadcast.
"I've got a five-second penalty," he reported to engineer Richard Harris with 11 laps to go.
"We'll pull away, we'll be right. Sorry about that."
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However the misunderstanding came about, it left McLaughlin and Harris thinking they were fighting for second, not the race win.
They spend the second half of the race managing both fuel and the gap to Chaz Mostert, hoping to nab second place.
At the start of the final lap the gap was 4.2s, McLaughlin managing to eke it out to 5.050s by the finish line.
While initially celebrating what he thought was a hard-earned second, there was a period of confusion on the cool-down lap as the reigning Bathurst winner learned that the broadcast was reporting he was the race winner.
It wasn't until he was directed to conduct a post-race interview that it was clarified that he was in fact the winner.
The two wins have given McLaughlin an early series lead, the Bathurst winner holding a 44-point advantage over Cam Waters.
The Supercars All Stars Eseries continues with races at Silverstone and Barcelona next Wednesday night.
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I'm writing this while sitting up a tree in the middle of the night, waiting for elephants to come and visit. It's a platform made of wood, reeking of monkey pee, five or six meters off the bround, with a ladder leading up to it. So far all we've seen are hippos and one housecat. It could be the same hippo over and over, I wouldn't really know.
We left Lilongwe en route to Zambia this morning. It took about an hour at the border. Most of it was the usual glacially slow pen-and-paper Apfrican bureaucracy, but some of it was taken up by pissing and moaning on the part of our whole tour. The cost of tourist visas to Zmabia was scheduled to go down, but not until this afternoon - only a few short hours later than when we arrived. It cost Sheryl and I each $50 to get into the country, but it was going down to $20. Bad luck for us. Worse luck for the British - theirs was going down from $150 to $50.
Kids in Zambia are cute, but close to the border they've clearly been taught to beg from the tourists. "Hello! Give me money! Give me bottle!" (There's a deposit on glass bottles in all the countries we've visited so far). We saw a lot of kids today. Zambia's a pretty densely-populated country, and there was a village every couple of kilometers. Most villages seem to have electricity - at least the ones on the road do. It beats me what they do with it, though. Every building we saw was made of mud and grass. I love the houses here, actually. They're round and squat, with conical thatch roofs sticking out a meter or so past the walls. Some of them have a ring of posts holding up the edges of the roof and making a sort of circular verandah. None of them look as if they could be bigger than a single room. The country here is marshy and covered with scrub and tall yellow grass, and the huts poke their roofs above the swamp like so many giant mushrooms.
The very first thing we saw on arriving at the campground was a herd of half a dozen elephants. There was one tiny one who couldn't have been very old at all, only waist-high, who spent all his time underneath his mother, sheltered by her massive legs. He kept poking her with his stubby little trunk like any kid anywhere trying to get his mother's attention. The elephants here are a bit smaller, with shorter tusks - more like Indian elephants. Next there were three or four giraffes - they're smaller here too. This was all on the 1km acccess road for the campground. As we pulled in next to our campsites Sheryl and I saw the treehouse and knew it was for us. We wanted to actually set up our tent on the platform, but it's reserved for people to climb up if they have to get away from animals, apparently.
Speaking of animals, two giraffes have just come to visit. They're grazing on the bushes at the edge of camp about 30m away. Beautifully awkward creatures.
Thunderstorms had been threatening all day, and as we made camp we heard loud rolling thunderclaps from every direction - we were in a sort of magic circle free from storms. Sheryl and I went to the river at the edge of camp to see the hippos. The view was incredible - the sunset downstream to our left, huge clouds trailing streamers of rain far in the distance, and the river itself, shrunken to hardly anything here at the end of the dry season. We could see easily fifty hippos and the riverbank was churned with a thousand footprints. Across the river is South Luangwa National Park, where we'll be tomorrow. We could hear a hundred different bird calls and the hippos calling to each other in a rhythmic basso grunting that sounds for all the world like an asthmatic giant laughing. There were a few stork-like birds picking at the shoreline, and hidden in the shallow water, the reason we couldn't approach any farther - crocodiles. In the distance, silhouetted against the sunset clouds, we could just see the shapes of elephants in the water. If felt, at last, like we were finally in Africa again. It was a good feeling. We've both felt like we were in the Caribbean the last two weeks, with the beaches and the hustlers and the crazy drivers. We could see a few hippos lying on their sides in shallow water looking dead. A man came by and introduced himself as Joseph, one of the campground's watchmen. He aws a nice man with a round smiling face and five or six missing teeth. He told us that it was true, there were a lot of dead hippos. He said that there's a disease that affects them at the end of every dry season when the water gets too shallow to keep them cool enough. He said that it would be hearly over now that the rains had come, but that the crocodiles had been eating well lately. I told him that I was very happy about that and much preferred happy full crocodiles to hungry ones.
As we ate dinner we had our first hippo visitor of the evening. God damn but they are immense bloody animals. The hump of his back came up to my shoulders, and he was easily three meters from his tail to the tip of his ugly face. He came to within maybe ten meters of the fire, showing no concern at all for it or for our voices or our flashlights. He veered off just as we were starting to get nervous - hippos, as everyone knows, kill the most people of any African animal. We saw him or other hippos out there in the darkness of the campground, munching away on the undergrowth, all evening long. Only twice more did one of them come close. The first time he grazed his way to within two or three meters of our tent - and Sheryl was inside it at the time. I kept trying to call out to her to stay in the tent - I was terrified she'd come out at exactly the wrong moment - but I couldn't call too loudly for fear of startling the hippos, and anyway she had her earplugs in and couldn't hear me. I breathed a sigh of relief when the hippo moved away from the tent. The second time, I was up in a tree - a different tree than the one I'm in now, I had to actually climb the branches - and one passed nearly below me. I got a very good look at the vicious ivory spikes of his teeth and tusks. I don't envy Joseph and the other watchmen here, who have the task of driving them away from the campsites. They do this by getting behind them, stamping their feet loudly and throwing stones at the animal's hindquarters. I've watched them do it a few times now, and each time the hippo has moved off grumblingly.
So it's now long past midnight. I haven't heard more than rustlings in the bush for the last hour. Sheryl's gone to bed and I think I'm going to give up on the elephants for tonight and go and join her. I'll have to be careful getting to the tent, though - there's another hippo down there somewhere. I can't see him, but I can smell him - the reek is unmistakable. Its funny how you feel safe inside a tent. Unjustifiedly so, really. Up here in my treetop perch I'm safe from everything except lions and leopards (or an angry giraffe, I suppose), while down in the tent any beastie with enough motivation could get me. Anyway, to bed for me, we have to be up at 5 for our walking safari.


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With only two months left in the year and Christmas fast approaching, it's time to decide what you're going to request from parents, friends and family. If you're struggling to find inspiration, don't worry. The Saint has three suggestions for your holiday wish list.
Civilisation VI (21st October, PC)
The past several years have been rocky for the Civilisation franchise. After the initial disappointment of Civilisation V, patches and downloadable content packs were required to restore fans' faith in the game. Civilisation VI, then, represents a much needed return to familiarity and a chance to get things right from the get-go. Civ VI is using the foundations of the much-improved Civ V as a starting point. It boasts two leaders for every civilisation, meaning that you can play, for example, as Greece ruled by Pericles of Athens or Gorgo of Sparta. The game's most obviously new feature is an overhauled artistic style that, although it takes some getting used to, is a wonderful achievement: the simplified cartoon style leads to clarity both in vision and objectives. This artistic clarity also extends to cities themselves. The "unstacking" feature means that rather than being limited to just one tile, cities can become sprawling, mutating realities. Civ VI offers many other new features, too. There is religious gameplay that starts where the Gods and Kings DLC of Civ V left off (with the addition of a "religious victory"), improved diplomacy options, reworked AI, espionage and the ability to declare war without the UN deciding no one's allowed to trade with you for 300 years (looking at you, Sweden). Available on Steam now.
Pokémon Sun and Moon (23rd November, Nintendo 3DS)
With the recent freakish success of Pokémon Go, the franchise's 20th anniversary celebration, Pokémon Sun and Moon, seems to have slipped under the radar. It attempts to bring some of the accessibility of Pokémon Go to its home console by using three-dimensional polygonal graphics and omnidirectional control, which is aimed at younger players and those unfamiliar with Nintendo games. The visual addition of the Pokémon trainer during battle scenes and the actual background of the arena are designed to create a more immersive world than those portrayed in grid-based predecessors. The graphics look gorgeous, especially because the new game is set in Aola, a place resembling Hawaii. There is a humanitarian emphasis on praising nature and Pokémon in general. The Aolan climate has evolved the appearance, type grouping and abilities of certain Pokémon, bringing a refreshing new twist to familiar figures. Sun and Moon also introduces several dozen new Pokémon species and excellently evolves the series by adding powerful new Z-moves that are available once per battle.
The Last Guardian (9th December, Playstation 4)
The spiritual successor to Ico and Shadow of the Colossus has been in production since 2007. The Last Guardian focuses on the player's relationship with a vulnerable yet fierce griffin creature named Trico. In this roleplaying and puzzle game, Trico and the unnamed protagonist must escape from the sprawling castle in which they have both been held prisoner. Trico plays an essential role in the game, opening up new avenues of access by either destroying parts of the world, lifting the boy to new levels or catching him when he jumps. Players control Trico as best they can. At first, the process is similar to commanding a monstrous puppy to sit still, but Trico becomes ever more responsive to the boy's instructions as the narrative progresses. This symbolises the growing strength of the pair's bond and compounds the player's suspicions that Trico is not simply a wild animal. The Last Guardian follows in its predecessors' footsteps; the environment, musical score and narrative of the game itself are all beautifully minimalistic in an effort to focus on the true crux of the game: the characters. As you are forced to climb, leap and interact with the world, you will encounter moments of touching kindness and heart-stopping bravery


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July, 2017
There's something about money that makes people squirm. Like the "sex talk," the "where money comes from" talk is something that doesn't happen in every household. But how did money become such a dirty word when being financially literate is so important? Whether we're graduating from school, renting our first apartment, starting a family, launching a start-up or retiring, our finances are tied to nearly every major benchmark in our lives. And with the payoffs being so big and the losses being so devastating, it's time we stopped settling for half-truths and financial advice from the wrong sources. Instead, let's start exploring what it means to be well informed about financial matters—starting with learning the lexicon needed to begin the conversation.
Being financially literate means having the knowledge and skills to make effective choices about managing money. In 2015, the Canadian Bankers Association conducted a nationwide study on financial literacy, where participants were asked five multiple-choice, financial-knowledge questions. Overall, 13 percent of participants got all 5 questions correct, and 1 in 3 failed to get more than 2 questions correct.
Based on this study, it seems that an awful lot of Canadians don't have enough financial knowledge to plan their finances properly. The good news, however, is that it's never too late to learn.
Financial literacy is all about asking questions and doing old-fashioned research. "You have to do your homework," says Mark Brunelle, a certified financial planner with 18 years experience.
"Unfortunately, I often see people spend more time planning a holiday or researching which new fridge they are going to buy than establishing a financial plan."
Brunelle says some clients are reluctant to open up to an expert about financial matters, often because they feel they aren't where they should be financially,
"Money is tough to talk about. I had a good friend of mine tell me that he never asked me for my advice as an expert because he was too embarrassed at the poor state of affairs his financial house was in."
Even though Brunelle feels that people should talk more about money in general, he points out that being guarded in some circumstances is also wise. "We live in a social-media world where people are sharing everything with everyone, so there is a line when it comes to sharing things about our finances. But that being said, we do need to be more open to talking about money with the important people in our lives and with professionals." Knowing when to talk and to whom is part of being money wise throughout life.
Our lives and financial needs are constantly changing. As we reach certain benchmarks along the way, it's important that we adjust our budgets and financial plans to fit our circumstances and life goals. Here's a look at the financial considerations you'll want on your radar from childhood to retirement—a roadmap to building a healthy relationship with managing and talking about money.
From the time we are five years old and being given money, we start to learn the basics about saving and spending. Many experts say that somewhere between the ages of 6 and 10 is the right time to help your child open his or her first bank account. Around these ages, your child can start to grasp the concept of saving and accumulating interest.
At most banks, anyone over the age of 12 can open his or her own account. This is also the age many kids get their first jobs or earn an allowance from their parents, so it's a good time to get started with a chequing account. Kids this age should also be learning how to manage that account by doing old-school transactions at the bank, as well as learning to keep track of their money with online banking systems and bank statements.
When it comes to kids and money, Brunelle says it's most important that parents lead by example,
"We learn so much from our parents. If your kids see you saving, they will learn from an early stage. You have to walk the walk. It's like, you can't smoke and then tell your kids not to. They see [how you manage your money] and will learn from that."
When we enter adulthood, our finances get more complicated. We have to learn how to manage expenses we didn't necessarily have to think about before, like rent, transportation costs and groceries. You should be learning how to create—and stick to—a household budget at this stage.
Your twenties also marks the first time you might be thinking seriously about long-term goals such as completing your education, splitting rent with others or even buying a home. You'll likely start to accumulate some serious debt at this age (student loans, for example), but it's also an age when you begin to establish credit by paying your bills on time. Now is also the time not to spend everything you make.
In your twenties, it's easy to put off saving for the future; however, it's important to develop good financial habits while you're young. "Later is always coming," says Brunelle. "There are two types of savers: those who save and spend what's left, and those who spend and save what's left. Young people need to start the habit of saving right from that first pay cheque. Treat your savings like an expense. Have a systematic payment come right off your cheque."
Marriage is another milestone many people experience in their twenties. Brunelle says it's important to communicate with your partner about money from the start, "I always start my meetings [with new clients] with a questionnaire. Each spouse fills it out and [when we go over it afterward] one is thinking they will retire at 50 and the other says 70, so maybe they should talk."
Speaking of retirement, now's the time to start planning for it. In Canada, the primary ways to save for retirement are to contribute to a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP), which lets you contribute up to 18 percent of your annual income to a maximum of $24,930, or to contribute to a tax-free savings account (TFSA), which allows up to $5,500 a year. And though the perception is that saving more money will be easier when you're making more money, saving money is never effortless! In fact, freeing up 18 percent of your income is often easier in your twenties before children and mortgages start weighing heavily on your income flow. Start early.
When we enter our thirties, many of us are more established in our careers, are becoming homeowners and are starting our families. As we reach these benchmarks, our financial outlook will change quite drastically.
At this stage in life, you should start protecting your finances: purchasing life, disability and critical illness insurance, drawing up a legal will, reducing your debt and starting an emergency fund. You should also be accumulating some wealth: buying property, contributing regularly to RRSPs or mutual funds, saving for your children's education and learning to invest money.
A lot of life changes may be happening at this age, but Brunelle says to take things one step at a time. "Maybe you buy a house or a car or have a baby. It's time to prioritize your spending. Remember, you need to walk before you can run. Start with protecting yourself and your family financially, and build your way up from there."
As we enter mid-life, we become even more established in our careers, which hopefully means we are earning more money, too.
With your finances protected by the work you did in your thirties, you should be continuing to accumulate wealth, but be adjusting your budget as your financial circumstances change. "Your savings should go up with your income," says Brunelle. "If you're at a point in life where you can afford to spend a little more, you should also save a little more. Think of it as more of a percentage than a fixed amount, around 10 to 15 percent, and then you can split that up depending on your goals and objectives."
Life and family dynamics can change completely when we reach our fifties. Many of us are in the kids-leaving-home phase. No longer supporting a family, you may notice your expenses start to decrease at this stage. At the same time, the prospect of retirement is closer than ever before. To prepare for this stage, you should still be focused on financial growth and diversification—paying down your mortgage, contributing to your savings plans and investing.
You should also be making sure you're financially ready to retire when the time comes.
"It's time to have a close look at your retirement plan and make sure things are on track," says Brunelle. "Hopefully you've been trickling some money into retirement savings already. Again, it's time to revisit your budget; it should change as your life does."
According to a 2015 Statistics Canada study, the average age for retirement in Canada is 63, and one in eight Canadians over 65 still work. If you have a retirement goal in mind, it's important to crunch the numbers early on (in your twenties) to get an idea of how realistic you're being about how much you'll need to save and when you need to begin. "It's never too late to start saving for retirement, but the best day is yesterday and the second best day is today," says Brunelle.
And if you're planning to rely on your Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Old Age Security (OAS), you may want to reconsider. CPP pays out a maximum of $1,114.17 a month (and not all retirees are eligible for the maximum amount). OAS payments max out at $583.74 a month.
"Retirement isn't a right, it's a privilege. If you don't have money saved, you can't retire. Many people think they can live on their pension or old age security, but subsistence living is just barely getting by. If you want to go on a trip or you want to renovate, you will need some extra money."
Overwhelmed by the roadmap? That's probably because it's a little overwhelming. And that's okay. What's not okay is thinking you can't manage it. Many people fail to plan their finances (or do a poor job of it) because the financial world can be so complex. From researching mortgage rates to understanding savings and investment options, to choosing the right insurance, financial management can feel overwhelming. The good news is, working with a qualified financial professional you trust can make things much easier.
But, how do you know if you're working with the right advisor? Brunelle offers this advice: "If I could tell people one thing, I'd tell them to research their financial advisors. Make sure you are working with licenced professionals who are accredited properly."
Brunelle also warns people not to be fooled by flashy sales pitches or too-good-to-be-true "guaranteed" offers.
"Unfortunately, too many people get taken in by these types of things. Your financial advisor should be taking his or her own advice and buying the same products he or she is selling to clients."
In the end, whether we're flush or financially strapped, we've all got money on our minds. It's time to open up about our finances and help each other stay on track to a secure financial future. t8n
When it comes to finances, gender should not determine decision-making power. However, in many households this isn't the case.
"In a lot of families, men want to take the driver's seat [when it comes to finances], but it's very important that women make sure they are involved in all financial decisions," says Brunelle. "All parties at the table need to have a say in what's going on. Statistically, women outlive men. If they don't pick up [financial knowledge], they won't know what to do when they're on their own."
According to a 2012 Statistics
Canada study, 71% of Canadian families had at least some debt (including both mortgage and
consumer debt). That number was up from 67% in 1999.
The same 2012 study found that the median debt for Canadian families was $60,100 (up $23,400 from 1999).


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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Holding a Memory
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I am so glad you posted this on twitter or I might have missed it. Loved the blog and thanks for sharing your memories and how those memories weave their way into your stories.ReplyDelete
Since I am here I think I will read Rainey's Christmas Miracle again. :-)
HI Decky Well I think your books are very interesting. I loved Befor It Stains becasue it was about human relationships. And yes we can fall in love that fast and electricity shoots up your arm and you get week in the knees. I fell that way for someone last year, I would move heaven and earth to be wiht her if she wanted to. She just wants to be frieds and being honest that way is just one more thing that makes me love her. But I still get week in the knees when I see her picture or think about her. And no I would't put my hand in a hole and I am afraid of catfish. Keep writingReplyDeleteReplies
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Hang in there, my partner of 24 years and I started out as "just being friends" then we both realised we wanted and needed to be together, so we both left our husbands (yes husbands, mine 22 yrs and hers 15 years), be patient and if it's meant to be it will happen.
Hi, I love your writing. After I read this blog I started re-reading "Waking Up Gray" because I knew that in it I would find that instant attraction, those inner monologues and the sparking electricity you speak of. If only a small fraction of what you write really happened to you then you've had a wonderful life so far and I thank you for sharing it with me. Looking forward to Molly's story.ReplyDelete
I really loved Out on the Sound and the part when Charlie caught the eel was one of my favorites.ReplyDelete
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I have beautiful Grandchildren and they will have wonderful memories of family holidays, fishing trips etc that they will be able to carry into their adult life, and yes one has already caught her first eel, and jumped out of my boat into the water to get away from it, I think she forgot we were on water not land. A very funny morning.


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7 new trailers you should watch this week
I watched (most of) the new Bob Dylan documentary that Martin Scorsese made for Netflix the other week. It has some really relaxed and quirky behind-the-scenes footage of Dylan and the (often famous) people around him, along with some great performances.
But there's one thing about the documentary that is completely bizarre: portions of it are fake. Scorsese introduces viewers to a handful of talking heads who say they played a key role in documenting or creating the tour Dylan is embarking on, but in reality, they're just actors.
It's not really clear why Scorsese did this (maybe it would be clearer if I had finished the film, but reviewers seem to say otherwise). It's sort of just a prank, one you could seemingly go without finding out…