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Hans Peter Wampfler1701 - 1749 (48 years)
Name Hans Peter Wampfler Born 1701 Sparsbach, Alsace, France Gender Male Died 24 Apr 1749 Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Person ID I2002 Petersen-de Lanskoy Last Modified 14 Jan 2006
Father Christian or Christen Wampfler, c. 3 Dec 1654, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland , d. Bef 29 Jan 1714/1715, Sparsbach, Alsace, France (Age ~ 60 years) Mother Mrs. Wampfler, d. Bef 1715, Of Sparsbach, Alsace, France Married Abt 1684 Family ID F678 Group Sheet
Family Anna Veronica Lung, b. Abt 1702, Zollingen, Alsace, France , d. Aft 1755, Of Lebanon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 54 years) Married Abt 1719 Zollingen, Alsace, France Children 1. Anna Magdalena Wampfler, b. Bef 7 Jun 1720, Hinsingen, Alsace, France , d. 1789, Of North Annville Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Age 68 years) 2. Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., b. Bef 4 Aug 1722, Hinsingen, Alsace, France , d. Bef 30 Jun 1792, , Frederick, Maryland (Age < 69 years) 3. Hans Michel Wampfler, b. Bef 19 Nov 1724, Hinsingen, Alsace, France , d. Dec 1789, Of, Wythe, Virginia (Age 65 years) 4. Anna Fronica or Veronica Wampfler, b. 5 Nov 1726, Hinsingen, Alsace, France , d. Of, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 5. Hans Adam Wampfler, b. Abt 1728, Of Hinsingen, Alsace, France 6. Anna Barbara Wampfler, b. Bef 24 Jul 1729, Hinsingen, Alsace, France 7. Anna Elisabeth Wampfler, b. Bef 3 Dec 1732, Hinsingen, Alsace, France , d. 26 Dec 1732, Hinsingen, Alsace, France (Age 0 years) 8. Anna Catherina Wampfler, b. Bef 21 Dec 1734, Hinsingen, Alsace, France , d. 9 Jan 1734/1735, Hinsingen, Alsace, France (Age 0 years) 9. Hans Georg Wampfler, b. 1736, Hinsingen, Alsace, France , d. From 14 Feb 1815 to 10 May 1815, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia (Age 79 years) Family ID F674 Group Sheet
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1. Various notes from Rootsweb.com WorldConnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003: a. "Pennsylvania German Pioneers", by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D. Publication of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727-1808. Vol. 1. Arrived on Ship Lydia on 29 Sept. 1741, and took the Oath. Pgs. 300-303. Age 40. b. FGR from Glenn Kinzey of Prague, OK, dtd., 26 Dec 1992 notes. Was a linen weaver by occupation. Hans Peter Wampler Sr. came to the U.S.A on the ship "Lydia" with his wife and children-it landed at Philadelphia, PA Sept. 29, 1741. Took the oath the same day. Attended the Lutheran church near Cleona, PA. c. Partial excerpts of letter from John Reeb to Terry Morgan on Wamplers: "...was delighted that the church book of Keskastel contains the baptism record of Hans Peter Wampfler. Now that is in my opinion, proof positive that the Wampler family was indeed in the region which became part of France... I want to explain here that it was probably the Keskastel Churchbook, but probably Hans Peter Wampfler was residing in Hinsingen, who was at the time of his sons' christening, a branch ofKeskastel. In another post, I mentioned that some christening records for some other children of this Hans Peter Wampfler were in the church book at Altweiler. Let me explain: From at least as early as 1698, Keskastel was mother church to both Altweiler and Hinsingen until 1726. Then in 1726, Altweiler got their own pastor and became the mother church for Hinsingen. Therefore, Hans Peter Wampfler's children born before 1726 in Hinsingen, would be made record of in Keskastelprotestant church book. After that year, their records would appear in the Altweiler church book... Iwill try to share more of the history of Keskastel and other villages of Nassau-Saarwerden. Anyway... I am almost certain that although your Hans Peter Wampler (American spelling) was actually born inHinsingen, his record is in Keskastel church book, because the pastor there presided over the congregation in Hinsingen and Altweiler until 1726. Then Hinsingen became a branch of Altweiler, which had its own church in that year. There are different versions of how the town of Keskastel name began. One version has it had been used during the time of Caesar, when Roman legions are known to have been in that region. Earlier documents spell the name mostly as "Castel or Kastel". Anotherversion about the name is that the knighted (Noble) family of "Kese" which resided in Kirkel near Zweibrucken owned land in the town of "Castel", thus the name became "Keskastel". Until the era of 1557 to 1570, when the Reformation took place in Keskastel, it was a parish of Bockenheim, which was under the Bishop of Metz. So you can see, when the protestant religion took place in that town. Keskastel is 215 meters above sea level. It is18 kilometers south of Saareguemines. It is only 4.9 kilometers from Sarre-Union. Keskastel has a beautiful city hall, and the beautiful protestant church is next door. Then on the other side of the church is a large parsonage. In1987, I had the pleasure of visiting with the pastor, who showed us the interior of the church. He also allowed me to borrow some old church books, until I could make copies of every page. I held them for one week. I felt honored with his trust. The people of Keskastel are very friendly..." d. The book, "History of Western Civilization", by Hayes, Baldwin, & Cole. Pub. in 1962 by Macmillan Co. Pg 428. By the Treaty of Ryswich in 1697, which ended the War of the League of Augsburg , France secured full recognition of its ownership of the whole province of Alsace.
2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 56-57 contains the following geographical information on Alsace: "No place in Europe has been subjected to more boundary changes than Alsace (in German this region is called Elsass). Today Alsace is part of France. It has changed hands between Germany and France many times. The culture of Alsace is German. Although it is part of France today, German is stll spoken freely in the smaller vallages... Alsace consists of the departments [states] of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin... It is the department of Bas-Rhin [Low Rhine] that will be of particular interest to us... [The book includes maps.] ...the distance between Keskastel to Hinsingen is about 2 miles. The French government has changed some of the German sounding village names to something that is easier to pronounce in French. The only name change that will concern us is Altweler. Today this village is called Altwiller. After wars between Germany (or, to be more exact, what was to become part of unified Germany ) and France, boundaries in Alsace were often ill-defined. It is more meaningful to speak of our ancestors as being Alsatian, rather than German or French. To state that they were French is misleading, because their culture and language were German. To state that they were German is not in accord with the present boundaries of Germany. Please note that Alsace does border on the German states of Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palitinate) and Saarland. Thousands of Swiss emigrated into the Rheinland (including Alsace) following the Thirty Years War (1618-1638). Most of this movement took place in the last half of the 1600's. Among these immigrants was Christian Wampfler of Diemtigtal, Zwischenflüh, Switzerland who was to settle in Sparsbach, Alsace." [Note: the villages of Keskatel, Hinsingen, Altwiller, Zollingen, and Diedendorf all appear to be within a 4-5 mile radius of Altwiller; however, this whole grouping of villages appear to be 20 or so miles west of Sparsbach and about 8 miles southwest of Herbitzheim.
1. Mentioned as an heir to Christian Wampfler's probate in the book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 61 has the following record extract from the Staatsarchiv in Bern, Switzerland from "Wimmis Amtsrechnung, March 1716-March 1717" giving the 4 heirs (children) of Christian Wampfler who had reached the age of majority (14) and who were receiving par of their deceased father's assets that had not previously been converted to capital and moved out of Switzerland: "The 5th of February 1716 District Treasurer Mani paid in the name of Hans Peter Wampfler, surviving son of a citizen and district subject, living in Sparbach, and for his brother Christian, married and living at Herzheim in the Nassauw Saarbrüggishen territory; additionally, for a single brother Hans, plus their sister Madlen living in Castel, married to Samuel Methauwer in the above county. Together 12 Kronen." According to the book, the following spelling corrections need to be made from that record:
Sparbach = Sparsbach.
Hertzheim = Herbitzheim.
Castel = Keskastel.
Madlen is equivalent to Magdalena.
Mathauwer = Mettauer.
Hans, Johannes, and Johann were often used interchangeably. Also this name was traditionally in this culture used as a prename to the real first name of a male child as was Anna likewise used for daughters.]
2. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., p. 64, summarizes his findings of vital information regarding this individual as follows: Johann Peter (Johann Peter), b. 1701, d. 1749 in Lancaster Co., PA., md. Anna Veronica Lung of Zollingen. Her parents were Jacob Lung (died 1746) and Anna Elisabetha Wildermuth (died shortly before Easter, 1754). All of the sons of Christian Senior were linen weavers by trade. The author on p. 96 notes that the immigrants who came to America, Hans Peter Wampfler in 1741 and Johann Christian Wampfler in 1747, were brothers and that the spelling of the surname is always "Wampler" for descendants of thise two immigrants. Anyone in America with the spelling "Wampler" thereafter is always a descendant of these two brothers no matter how distantly related. The author notes that there were two additional immigrants to America later -- Michael Wampfler in 1847 from Switzerland and J.P. Wampfler in 1837 from Herbitzheim, Alsace -- and descendants of these two individuals always spell their name "Wampfler". The reason is that in the mid-1700's, immigrants were anxious to fit into the a culture dominated by English and the officials were not so concerned with the proper spelling of a surname -- hence Wampler. In the 1800's, the United States was an official country with immigration policies and better record keeping -- hence better spelling of Wampfler. It is also noted that the Germans were the first minority group in America and subject initially to many derrogatory comments which helped shape public opinion against accepting these "foreigners."
3. See notes of brother Johann Christian for Hans Peter being listed as a godparent during his nephew Hans Georg Wampfler's christening in Keskastel 9 Aug 1716.
4. Book, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D., pp. 88-91 notes that the ship Lydia arrived in Philadelphia carrying passengers identified as being from the Palatine (the present German state of Rhineland-Palatinate or Rheinland Pfalz in German. The book "Pennsylvania German Pioneers", by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, as cited above, points out that vertually all German speaking people coming to America during this era were identified as Palatines. Part of the passengers could be Palatines and the remaining passengers could be German speaking people from adjacent areas to the Palatine. This was the case for the passengers aboard the ship Lydia. The following Wampflers were listed on the ship:
Hans Peter Wampfler, 40 years of age.
Hans Peter Wampfler, 18 years of age.
Hans Michel Wampfler, 16 years of age.
There were assuredly more of the family aboard but only the males age 16 and older were listed. Considering the list was made by the captain prior to the departure of a voyage that took about 3 months, the ages work out exactly. The book as photocopies of first two males who signed their names but Hans Michel did not since he probably could not write yet. The christening records for Anna Magdalena Wampfler, Hans Peter Wampfler, Jr., and Hans Michael Wampfler all indicated the family left for America May 3, 1741. Also in the record books of Zollingen (the home of Anna Veronica Lung, the wife of Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr., the following words were written on 12 Apr 1755: "Peter Wampfler married Veronica Lung, the heiress of Jacob Lung, who was a citizen of Zollingen. They have for about 15 years been moved to the new land." This was probably written since she was an heiress to her mother who was the last of her parents to die in 1754. Also on the list of arriving passengers was a Johannes Mettauer (age listed as 25) who was the son of Samuel Mettauer and Anna Magdalena Wampfler and a nephew to Hans Peter Wampfler, Sr.
Another book by the same author, "Wampler Family History, 1701-1980," pp. 1-4, adds additional insight into the voyage to America. In the late 1600's and concurrent with the internal conflicts within continental Europe, there was a visit by William Penn of Pennsylvania to the inhabitants of the German States of the Rheinland. He assured these very productive farmers, whose farming efforts were now largely in vain because of political and religious wars, that if they were to come to his Province of Pennsylvania, they would be free to worship according to their own beliefs and they would have the civil liberties they desired. By 1683 there began a steady influx of German immigrants. By 1729 the new German immigrants were required by law to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and also an oath of abjuration and fidelity to the laws of Pennsylvania Province. The actual voyage itself began when families left their German homeland by boarding a boat on the Rhine River around the first of May and journeyed down the Rhine through many custom inspeciton stations. The ships were often detained at each station and each family had to spend money there for essential items. This trip from their homeland to where the ship departed in Holland usually took about 4-6 weeks. There was usually also another wait in Holland of 4-6 weeks before the English ships sailed. After embarking in Holland, the ship usually had a 1-2 week layover in England awaiting proper winds for the 8-12 week transatlantic voyage. In the case of the ship Lydia, James Allen was shipmaster and they sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, with an english port stop in Deal. The ships were crowded with not enough food and water. Disease was prevalent and many passengers died. Once the ships arrived n Philadelphia, health officers from the city inspected the ships for persons with infectious diseases and if such persons were identified, the ship was ordered to be removed one mile from the city. The Wampfler family swore allegiance to the British Crown upon arrival on Sep. 29, 1741. These foreigners had faith that their new homeland would allow them to farm, prosper, and worship God in peace. This same book on p. 90 includes a photocopy of the 1749 inventory list of Hans Peter's probate; the list is in german.
5. FHL 929.273 W181sh book "Wamplers in America," by Genevieve M. Shouse, p. 2: "The first record found of Hans Peter Wampler is Warrant No. 332 which was granted to Peter 'Wambler' for 200 acres of land which adjoined the lands of Jacob Meyer and John Walsh in Bethlehem Township, Lancaster Co., PA. He agreed to pay for this land at the rate of 15 pounds, 10 shillings, plus the interest and the yearly quit-rent of one half penny Sterling, for each acre. Both payments were to begin on 1 Mar 1740. The application for this warrant does not exist and efforts to locate his place of residence at the time of the application have been unsuccessful. How he arranged to buy this land prior to his arrival in America is unknown... Hans Peter Wampler lived less than 8 years after arriving in America and died intestate in 1749 at Lebanon, Lancaster Co., PA. His widow, Veronica, survived him and made application to be the administratrix of his estate on 24 Apr 1749. Michael Wampler and Peter Wampler, planters, were her bondsmen. The amount of the bond was 300 British pounds. Veronica was granted her request and under the condition of this obligation was required to make an inventory of the personal estate of her husband. An inventory and appraisement... was made 30 Apr 1749. It was written in German and was translated for this compiler by Noah G. Good of Lancaster, PA. The condition of the paper made the translation ... difficult. Some parts of it were very blurred, illlegible and some parts were missing. According to Mr. Good, the person who wrote the names of the articles in the inventory was unable to spell correctly. Words were spelled as they were pronounced... The appraisers, Adam Ulrich and Hans Brechbiel, were probably trusted friends of Peter Wampler and were respected by his widow for their fairness and knowledge of values... The value of each article in the inventory was given in British pounds, shillings and pence. The personal estate of Peter Wampler was valued at 184 British pounds and 13 shillings. Following is the inventory and appraisement of Peter Wampler's personal estate with values indicated... One bible, 3-0-0; One testament, 0-6-0; Books, 0-17-0; One iron kettle, 0-10-0; Two small (not legible), 0-10-0; Kitchen utensils, 0-12-0; Carpentry tools, 0-15-0; Pewter ware, 1-15-0; One copper spoon, 0-50-0; All kinds of hand tools, 3-0-0; Two saws, 0-25-0; One spinning wheel, 0-6-0; Three hackels, 2-0-0; Four axes and two pick axes, 1-10-0; Small household items, 2-0-0; Man's clothing, 0-18-0; One bed with pillows and sheets, 3-10-0; Another bed with pillows and sheets, 3-20-0; One piece of goods (description not legible), 0-10-0; Another piece (description not legible), 1-10-0; One chain, 0-12-0; One small chain, 0-3-0; One wagon tongue, 0-5-0; One grindstone, 0-6-0; One sickle and some scythes, 0-10-0, One plow and attachments, 1-4-0; Horse harnesses, 2-5-0; Three hives of bees, 1-4-0; Tools for sharpening sickles and scythes, 0-10-0; Four bags, 0-8-0; One sieve and other small items, 0-20-0; One piece of flannel, 2-5-0; One straw cutting bench, 0-16-0; Three bells, 0-10-0; Two small barrels or kegs, 0-3-0; A clevis and plowshare, 0-7-6; Two bedsteads, 0-5-0; One saw to saw out boards, 0-9-6; Wool, 0-3-0; One hat, 0-2-0; One loom with all the attachments, 5-12-0; One brown horse, 3-0-0; One brown mare, 5-0-0; One gray filly, 3-5-0; One black and brown cow with calf, 3-5-0; One black spotted cow with a calf, 2-2-0; Two heifers, 2-2-0; Another heifer, 0-18-0; Three sheep, 0-12-0; Seven hogs, 3-18-0; The improvements, 112-0-0. (Note: 12 pence = 1 shilling and 20 shilling = 1 pound.)"
1. There are some who believe that Hans Peter Wampler was married a second time to Magdalena Wolfe and they lived in Wythe County, Virginia with 7 or 8 more children. No one tells who the children are with the exception of one name given as entry #1450 in the book: "Families and History of Sullivan Co., Tennessee, v. 1, 1779-1992," by the Holston Territory Genealogical Society, 1993, FHL Book 976.896 H2h. The information looks suspect since the name reported is John Henry Wampler, b. 1793, d. 1868. This was long after Hans Peter Wampler had died in 1749. I do not concur of a second Virginia marriage for Hans Peter.
1. Books, "Wampler Family History 1500s - 1700s" and "Wampler Family History 1701-1980," by Fred B. Wampler, Ph.D. Note that the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a booklet entitled "Descendants of Hans Peter Wampler," no author noted, FHL 929.273 w181wfb which is nothing more than a copy of Fred Wampler's latter book of the two herein cited; it adds nothing new.
2. Rootsweb.com WorldConnect database ":480580" 22 Feb 2003.


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I wanted to give you an update on things since we have been a little quiet on the Windows Server Blog over the last couple of months. Clearly, we are in the down section of the blog cycle. Once the BIG Stories about Windows Server 2012 have been told, the technology teams pick up the slack and start getting into the nitty gritty of designing, building, deploying and supporting the Modern Data Center.
Speaking of a technology team picking up the slack.... Almost 3 years ago we launched the Private Cloud Architecture Blog. At the time it was pretty heavy on theory and pretty light on details. Over the last year the blog really picked up momentum and started getting much more detailed into what we mean by building a private cloud. Now, that Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 Sp1 are generally available, the balance seriously has shifted to a pretty heavy load of detailed content on building a Modern Data Center.
Earlier this month, we merged the Private Cloud Blog with a newly launched blog called Building Clouds. So, now we have two blogging teams extending our charter from talking just about Private Clouds to talking about Building Clouds whether that involves an all on-premise deployment, Hybrid IT deployment or an all Hosted or Cloud Deployment. We've brought together some of the brightest people across engineering and the field to bring you the latest and up to date thinking on how you can best leverage the Cloud OS and System Center to continue to move your Data Center towards a more robust Cloud Architecture.
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NEW YORK — There will soon be about 1,100 fewer places to buy batteries.
RadioShack said Tuesday that it plans to close up to 1,100 stores, about a fifth of its U.S. locations. The news came as the retailer reported a wider quarterly loss after a disappointing holiday season. Its stock tumbled 16 percent in afternoon trading.
CEO Joseph Magnacca said the closings would leave RadioShack with more than 4,000 U.S. stores. The company didn't immediately identify which stores will close or how many jobs would be affected.
A call to the company, based in Fort Worth, Texas, was not returned.
The closings represent just the latest setback for RadioShack, which is fighting to update its image and compete with the rise of online and discount retailers.
Long known as a destination for batteries and obscure electronic parts, RadioShack has sought to remake itself as a specialist in wireless devices and accessories. But growth in the wireless business is slowing, as more people have smartphones and see fewer reasons to upgrade.
In addition to slashing costs and shuffling management, RadioShack has been renovating its stores with a more modern look.
"Since I joined the company, it has been clear we need to change the conversation about RadioShack," Magnacca said during a call with analysts.
He pointed to the success of the company's Super Bowl ad as an example of "exactly the kind of disruption we needed.
Still, he conceded that the turnaround push is taking longer than expected because the company was "weak" in many areas and "just broken" in others. The latest quarter's performance was hurt by a slowdown in customer traffic and increased promotional activity.
Sales at stores open at least a year — a key indicator of a retailer's health — sank 19 percent.
For the three months that ended Dec. 31, RadioShack Corp. lost $191.4 million, or $1.90 per share. That compares with a loss of $63.3 million, or 63 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding certain items, the company lost $1.29 per share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected a loss of 16 cents per share.
Revenue declined to $935.4 million from $1.17 billion. Wall Street was looking for higher revenue of $1.12 billion.
RadioShack reported a full-year loss of $400.2 million, or $3.97 per share. In the prior year it lost $139.4 million, or $1.39 per share.
Its adjusted loss was $3.04 per share. Annual revenue declined 10 percent to $3.43 billion from $3.83 billion.
Shares of RadioShack fell 43 cents, or 16 percent, to $2.29. The stock is down about 22 percent in the past year. It was still trading above $20 less than three years ago.


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"Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper. She showed the world that the color of your skin shouldn't determine what part of the bus you sit in… as you ride through life."
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"Did you ever get fed up? I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to go lousy unless you did something? I mean do you like school and all that stuff?…You ought to go to a boys' school sometime. Try it sometime. It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques. The guys that are on the basketball team stuck together, the Catholics stick together, the guys that play bridge stick together. Even the guys that belong to the goddam Book-of-the-Month Club stick together…that's all I get out of it. See? That's my point. That's exactly my goddamn point. I don't get hardly anything out of anything. I'm in bad shape. I'm in lousy shape."
God help me… If I can do all that in Five years this life will be WELL WORTH Living.
though it seems kind of flimsy to chase after a dream (a figment of my imagination)… but after the life I've had Redemption is a bright shining dream that can turn a girl from suffering from depression, PTSD, BPD, and Suicidal ideation to a girl in the process of overcoming these labels, thought patterns.
I've got a dream now, an idea of what I want to make of this life, who I want to be, how I want to be living…
I've got a dream and I'm going to chase it until I'm living it.
by Kanye West
150 plays
Just finished reading Fydor Dostoevskey's "White Nights."
It was one of those rare experiences… where the literature moved me and pushed me to discover something more than obvious themes and breathtaking imagery. It was only a short story and yet I found myself living through all sorts of emotions. it was only a short story and yet it has moved me more than some of the books I have read.
I am curious about Fydor. Thankfully, "White Nights," was part of the Best of short stories book I took out from the library.
In related news all systems are a go for school. Last four of five classes to graduate begin on the 29th! yay. I've already spoken to one of my professors and from what I gather Virgina Woolf is going to be inserting herself into my life come the Fall.
Should be interesting considering what little I know about her and what experiences I have had myself.
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I had my Zoom whitening done yesterday. I read the...
I had my Zoom whitening done yesterday. I read the reviews on this site before getting it done so I thought that I should share my experience too. I was very worried about getting the procedure becausre of the pain. The dentist assured me that the pain wouldn't be bad if I don't normally have sensitivity to hot or cold foods. I worked mostly with the dental assistant as she was the one who explained the procedure, made my molds and prepared me for the procedure. She instructed me to brush with sensidine for at least 2 week prior and then gave me desensitizing gel to wear for four nights before the procedure. I was also told to take 800 milligrams of Ibprofen before going in yesterday. I had 4- 15 minute sessions done. I was fine until the 4th session when I started experiencing the "zings". They were not pleasant and I asked the assitant to take the light off at that point. From then, the zings did not stop until I woke up this morning (about 12 hours later). My teeth still feel very sensitive but it is nothing like the pain of the zings. My teeth are whiter but I'm not sure its something anyone but myself would notice. They did send me home with whitening trays to use so they should lighten up even more. Overall, it is worth it if you want/need it done quick. But it is expensive and you do have to be prepared for the pain.
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Ugh, kind of a bummer not to notice super obvious results for that much money. Were your teeth relatively white to start with, or do you feel that there was quite a bit more that could have been achieved?
I think my teeth were pretty average. But I thought for sure the zoom would make them much whiter. And after a few days, I started to notice they were streaky.
Oh, that is strange about the streaking appearing after several days. Is it still like that, or did it go away? I've heard of people seeing spotting or uneven color at first from the enamel being dehydrated but it seems most people see that right away.
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Fssh. I need a routine. God, I miss working.
Disgruntled fatties.
Whenever! Come live here with me! ;v;
Warning: This is gonna get emotional and philosophical. If you don't approve, that's cool.
So I've moved back to Huddersfield for university, and I've moved into a new house. It's three floors, with a cellar. I'm on the top floor, tucked away in a small room (not that I'm complaining), it's just strange. To be so detached from everyone, I can lock my door and just be sort of utterly alien from outside, from friends, from Preston. Family, home and such.
It's not that I don't like the chance for it to be like that, but it's like my rooms a pause button, I can stroll into.
Shove on some loose clothes and lock my door, it's pretty addictive. Because times have been stressful, and it's simpler to just ignore things. I've handed out some CVs, but haven't got any phone calls back or anything, and it's not that I don't understand how difficult it is to find any work, let alone part time work as a student.
And I realise my life could be harder, things that are tiny in truth, seem huge. And I should be thankful for even getting the chance to go to University, and got into my second year.
But.. Geeezee. Why do I feel so unhappy.
It's a fiery romance.. were mostly on and off.
I just don't wanna leave the house.
RICHARD: Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York;And all the clouds that lowered upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths,Our bruisèd arms hung up for monuments,Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings,Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front,And now, instead of mounting barbèd steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion,Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature,Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them—Why I, in this weak piping time of peace,Have no delight to pass away the time,Unless to see my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity.
And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,I am determinèd to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,By drunk prophecies, libels, and dreams,To set my brother Clarence and the king
In deadly hate the one against the other;And if King Edward be as true and just
As I am subtle, false, and treacherous,This day should Clarence closely be mewed up
About a prophecy which says that G
Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be.Dive, thoughts, down to my soul — here Clarence comes!
I'm back in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
I've actually missed the accents.. and the architecture. Lame I know, pal!
Here's a few pictures from two nights ago..
I shouldn't be going out, as I'm skint but.


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In being presented with the vast array of briefs the mind mapping sessions were definitely a critical part in helping to develop a concept for such a difficult brief. I took on the project because it is quite debatable about what is original and what constitutes originality. A real head banger at times, I enjoyed the challenge of the brief and how I've reacted and developed work from a particularly touchy subject.
My downfall however within this project was most definitely a decisive nature which has matured over the 3 last weeks in how I've approached the work and made consciencous decisions, with my relevant research and decision making process informing this for the better, allowing me to gratify why I've made certain decisions. Having only decided within the last 4 weeks on how to approach the brief and what idea to develop I'm pleased with the body of work I've created considering 2 weeks of the project was simply scrutinising my opinion on originality and constantly brainstorming other viewpoints and opinions. A decisive nature here would have defiantly helped but within a short space of time I believe I've produced a relevant concept that meets the brief and exceeds even my expectations in the body of work produced.
My project took on the direction of what I would deem a 'branding exercise' for a concept based around original music being live. Developing the concept into a' record label that promotes unknown, unsigned acts in live events' which I think meets the brief in two areas. 1. The nature of live music itself is original and despite the world of digital music, people have a connection with live music and enjoy it more 2. Through research the concept fills a niche in the market, with unknown unsigned acts producing further original sounds of music as they try to differentiate themselves in a crowded music business.
Consequently I tried to cover all aspects within the promotion and branding of the label i.e. posters, website, downloadable app, promotional video and magazine. Developing it within a real world context e.g. if it were to be made tomorrow the basis is there to design and refine from. This I think makes the concept particularly strong and stringent with no deviation to conceptual ideas that would be unattainable.
Personally I've enjoyed but also grown tired of the brief. I've realised I'm a person who likes to work quick and produce sharp, short projects and leave them be, moving onto another in quick succession. I've enjoyed the challenge and how I've reacted to the minefield of answers and questionability surrounding the subject area, particularly seeing as music is a media that has a definite collectiveness to it with very few artists/music being truly unique and original. Enjoying also the designs I've produced specifying a certain critique of style and producing this consequently with a continuity within this. So in terms of personal development I think I've learned a lot about branding but also in my tolerances on timescales and developed the crucial decisive streak that sometimes designers need just to get anything done.


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((Ooc : Because that RP was adorable…omg. I would try to find a link to it but…its so far back in my pages. >.<;; ))
((Question #63
Ooc : The background for Dusk Shine's library was found on google, as was the background for Applejack. I couldn't figure out how to draw them…))
Friendly Snuggles
((Ooc : Something I've been meaning to draw for a while. Its based on an RP I did with Maple a while back…oh gosh it was so cute!! Soooo…here ya go Maple my friend. XD ))
((Ooc : Yeah. I've mostly figured out how to balance my time. I'll be working on some responses tonight so…look forward to those~ <3 ))


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Pam doing what she does best, being my favorite.
Last call
you're sick of it all
asleep at home.
Told you off
and goodbye.
Well you know
one day it'll come to haunt you
that you didn't tell him quite the truth.
You're a crisis
you're an icicle
you're a tongueless talker
you don't care what you say
you're a jaywalker
and you just
just walk away.
And that's all you do.
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The world isn't perfect, but this is my 'ideal' right now.
A dufflebag filled with new clothes.
A backpack filled with essentials for hiking urban and semi-rural landscapes.
A small wallet and phone at my hip
A plane ticket and my passport in my back pocket.
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|Bill Irwin
|William Mills Irwin
April 11, 1950
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
|Actor, clown, comedian
|Years active
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|Bill Irwin
|William Mills Irwin
April 11, 1950
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
|Actor, clown, comedian
|Years active
William Mills "Bill" Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, clown[1][2] (noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s), and comedian, best known for his vaudeville-style stage performances. He has also made a number of appearances on film and television, and he won a Tony Award for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Broadway. Children know him as Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street's Elmo's World.[3]
Irwin was born William Mills Irwin in Santa Monica, California on April 11, 1950, the son of Elizabeth (née Mills), a teacher, and Horace G. Irwin, an aerospace engineer.[4] He graduated from Oberlin College in 1973 and attended Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College the following year. In 1975, he helped found the Pickle Family Circus in San Francisco, California.[5] He left the company in 1979, and decided to pursue stage work.
Irwin has created several highly regarded stage shows that incorporate elements of clowning, often in collaboration with composer Doug Skinner. These works included The Regard of Flight (1982), Largely New York (1989), Fool Moon (1993),[6]The Harlequin Studies (2003),[7]and Mr. Fox: A Rumination (2004).[8] Mr. Fox is a production that Irwin has worked on for years, a biography of 19th century clown George Washington Lafayette Fox that also has autobiographical elements. In 2013, he teamed with his occasional partner David Shiner to create and perform in the Off-Broadway "clowning revue-with-music" Old Hats.[9] Old Hats won the 2013 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue.[10]
He adapted Molière's play Les Fourberies de Scapin as a comedy called Scapin, and has played the title role in several productions. He appeared in the play at the Off-Broadway Roundabout Theatre Company Laura Pels Theatre in January through March 1997, after performing in the play at the Seattle Rep.[11]His adaptation allowed him to interpolate his signature clowning routines into the course of the action.
In 1996, Irwin performed with The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps at the 1996 Summer Olympics, in a "band on the run" sequence where he played Dr. Hubert Peterson of the fictitious Federation of United Marching Associations of America.[12]
Although Irwin is best known for his theatrical clown work, he has also been featured in a number of dramatic plays. Irwin appeared with Steve Martin and Robin Williams in the Lincoln Center Off-Broadway production of Waiting for Godot in 1988, in the role of Lucky.[13]Lucky's only lines consist of a famous 500-word-long monologue, an ironic element for Irwin since much of his clown-based stage work was silent.
He directed the 1998 Roundabout Theatre Company production of A Flea in Her Ear. He appeared in 2002 with Sally Field in the replacement cast of The Goat or Who is Sylvia?.[14] In 2005, he starred as George alongside Kathleen Turner in a revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.[15] He played Vladimir (Didi) in the 2009 Broadway revival of Waiting for Godot,[16]and Mr. McAfee in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie. In 2011, he appeared in King Lear at the Public Theatre.[17]
Irwin's first featured film role was in 1980, appearing as Ham Gravy in Robert Altman's Popeye starring Robin Williams. He has appeared in over 20 films, mainly in supporting roles. Irwin's principal film roles included My Blue Heaven, a 1990 comedy with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis, and Eight Men Out, which tells the true story of the "Black Sox" gambling scandal of 1919. Irwin tap-danced in a leading role in 1991's Stepping Out with Liza Minnelli, appeared as a mime in the Paul Mazursky film Scenes from a Mall alongside Woody Allen and Bette Midler, and played Charlie Sheen's father in Hot Shots! His authentic vaudevillian skills landed him a role in the Sam Shepard film Silent Tongue in 1994, and he appeared in film adaptations of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Laramie Project and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He played an ex-brain surgeon, house salesman in the Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete. In 2006, Irwin played the solitary Mr. Leeds in M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water and had a small role in 2007's Across the Universe. He received critical acclaim for his role as Paul, father to Anne Hathaway's character Kym, in the 2008 drama Rachel Getting Married.[18][5]
His most notable television roles have been Enrico Ballati, "The Flying Man", on the television series Northern Exposure, Mr. Noodle in the Elmo's World segment of the PBS children's show Sesame Street and the "Dick & Jane" serial killer Nate Haskell on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Irwin was featured in the 1988 music video of "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin (along with McFerrin and Robin Williams). Irwin was also featured in HBO's 1997 production Subway Stories. He has also appeared on The Cosby Show, Saturday Night Live, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Law & Order and Lights Out.
In 2011, Irwin guest starred in the pilot episode of the CBS television drama A Gifted Man.[19] He starred in the 2013 medical drama TNT television series, Monday Mornings, as Buck Tierney.[20]
Irwin is featured in the Public Television series Great Performances, in the episode titled "Bill Irwin, Clown Prince", initially broadcast in December 2004.[21]
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Irwin was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship in 1981 and 1983. In 1984, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow and was the first performance artist to be awarded a 5-year MacArthur Fellowship.
For Largely New York, he won a New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation in 1988, and an Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award in 1989. This show also received five nominations for Tony Awards.[22]
In 1992, he won an OBIE Award for his performance in Texts for Nothing. Together with David Shiner he won a special Tony Award for Live Theatrical Presentation in 1999 for their show Fool Moon.[23] In 1993, this show already had won a Drama Desk Award for "Unique Theatrical Experience" and an Outer Critics Circle "Special Achievement" Award.
In 2000, the Jazz Tap Ensemble, Los Angeles received a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) "for a commission of a new work by Bill Irwin."[24] In 2004, the Signature Theatre Company, New York, received a $40,000 NEA grant for "the world premiere production of 'Mr. Fox: A Rumination' by Bill Irwin."[25]
In 2005, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his appearance as George in the revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.[26]
Irwin received a 2008 CFCA Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role in Rachel Getting Married.
In 2010, The New Victory Theater presented Irwin with the first ever New Victory Arts Award.[27] He was honored for "bringing the arts to kids and kids to the arts." Nathan Lane and Jonathan Demme spoke at the ceremony.
Irwin is also on the board of The New 42nd Street, Inc.


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"The Lifespan of a Fact dramatizes a clash of sensibilities – a conflict between an aesthete for whom the rhythm of a number is more important than its accuracy and an empiricist for whom facts are, whether we like it or not, facts. A lot of D'Agata's adjustments to the actual do seem, in themselves, fairly harmless. For much of the book, the conflict between the checker and the checked reads as a conflict between two equal and opposite forces of fastidiousness: fastidiousness about fact, and fastidiousness about art."
Mark O'Connell, "Cool story, bro."
"Whither the fact-checker? For starters, there's the pursuit of truth and knowledge and all else that is good in the world. This isn't as squishy and idealistic as it sounds. I know many writers who were profoundly moved by the act of fact-checking, and I, too, found it to be a revelatory, if depressing, experience: In more than one case, I came across an entire news story based on a misinterpreted statistic. Still, it would be absurd to claim that the abundance of fact-checking in the U.S. can be explained because Americans as a people value accuracy more than the Japanese or the French. It would also be very hard to verify."
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,"Fact Check!"
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Cranberry Yam Bread
Deliciously moist, spiced yam bread loaded with chopped fresh cranberries.
Recipe Ingredients:
2 large eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup canola oil
1 cup fresh yams (sweet potatoes) cooked and mashed or 1 (15-ounce) can yams drained and mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries
Cooking Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Coat 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and dust with flour.
- In large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, oil, yams, and vanilla.
- In separate bowl, combine flour, cinnamon. allspice, and baking soda. Make a well in the center. Pour yam mixture into well. Mix just until moistened. Stir in cranberries. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Makes 16 slices.
Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/16 of recipe): CAL 163 (29% from fat); FAT 5g; PROTEIN 2g; CARB 27g; CHOL 27mg; SODIUM 99mg
Created by Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission spokesperson, Holly Clegg.
Recipe provided courtesy of Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission.


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Q: Which class does not use the MP system and wants revenge for his family?
A: Demon
Q: What NPC in the Nautilus comes out as a main character in the party quest?
A: Tangyoon
Q: What job is included in all classes?
A: Warrior
Q: Which class can equip hearts as equipment?
A: Xenon
Q: Which one of the 5 heroes, along with Afrien, fought the Black Mage?
A: Freud
Q: Who Asked Mercedes to eliminate 10 Ancient Slimes?
A: Danika
Q: What's the name of the ship that the hero phantom lives on?
A: Lumiere
Q: Who created pink zak?
Q: What pattern decorates the red mushrooms growing above the Henesy's Maple TV?
A: Heart
Q: What weapon set is named after a Norse dragon?
A: Fafnir
Q: What year did Global MapleStory start its services?
Q: Name the mesoranger who finds doing daily mission tiring.
A: Hoony
Q: Old hero that fought Balrog?
A: Tristan
Q: Which member of the Nautilus escaped with the Cannoneer from the island?
A: Cutter
Q: What word is spelled out using the first letter of each hero?
Q: What is the Flower in Big Headward's hair?
A: Rose
Q: Which tower do you pass through to enter the korean folk town?
A: Helios
Q: What is drawn on Bonjasky's Barrel?
A: Skull
Q: What five items did luminous use to seal black mage?
A: Seal
Q: The material for Nero's necklace can be bought in the ____ shop.
A: "Cash " (with a space at the end)
Q: What was given to Claudine by Xenon?
A: Dagger
Q: What is the name of the animal next to Cygnus in Ereve?
A: Shinsoo
Q: In which hand do Magnus and Arkarium hold their weapons in the RED Intro Animation?
A: Left
Q: Who knows how to make the Killer Mushroom Spore needed to rescue Princess Violetta from King Pepe?
A: scarrs
Q: Blake's producer is Lana, Lana is the CEO of Big Hit ________
A: Records
Q: What town has eggs and eggshells all around the town?
A: Leafre
Q: What level is needed to move on to 4th Job Advancement prior to the Tempest patch?
Q: Which boss do you need to beat to complete the quest "For the peace of Victoria Island?"
A: Astaroth
Q: What is Phantom's greatest treasure?
A: Aria
Q: What is the Pie Boss NPC's given name?
A: Tiara
Q: What is cake boss NPC's given name?
A: Daniel
Q: Who is the pharmacist who sometimes turns her head all the way around to look at you?
A: Misky
Q: What was the name of the set of updates during which voiceovers were first added to maplestory?
A: Chaos
Q: What's the name of the family that the haunted mansion in Masteria is named after?
A: Prendergast
Q: Who hasn't Spiegelmann been shown to be involved with?
A: Pink Bean
Q: What is the Dark Lord's given name?
A: Jin
Q: What is the name of Michaela's pet goat?
A: Xerxes
Q: Who is Von Leon's wife?
A: Ifia
Q: When cygnus knights were released what level explorer did you have to have in order to create one?
A: Twenty
Q: What is the black witch's name?
A: Eleanor
Q: Which boss quest line involves you playing music to soothe its spirit?
A: Eliza
Q: What is the famed gem associated with the Empress of Ereve?
A: Skaia
Q: Which NPC is sporting goggles in San Commerci?
A: Balika
Q: Who is Manji and Ilji's brother?
A: Chun ji
Q: What do bowman need to have equipped to damage Amdusias?
A: Solomon's Bow
Q: Which Monster Familiar is Recommended by Players to help you save MP potions, even at Low Levels?
A: Jr. Boogie
Q: What is the full name of the Transcendence of Life from Grandis?
A: Gerald Darmoor
Q: From which period of Japanese history do Kanna and Hayato hail?
A: Sengoku
Q: Who is the self-proclaimed master of mini-games?
A: Casey
Q: The release of which job/class introduced the story of the black mage?
A: Pirate
Q: Which NPC should you talk to regarding the guild party quest?
A: Shuang
Q: True or False: The Alex hairstyle was originally a Royal style.
A: True
Q: Who is the queen that is a phony fairy?
A: Areda
Q: What was the first official dungeon in Global Maplestory to be labeled as a Theme Dungeon?
A: Mushroom Castle
Q: What Legendary hero set a trap for the black mage that eventually lead to him being sealed?
A: Freud
Q: True or False: The Potential stat system for equipment was introduced in the Big Bang update.
A: False
Q: True or False: In the RED Bowman art, the hairpin looks like the mouse cursor from MapleStory's very early days.
A: True
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"Yes or no. I am a hero of Maplestory?" Answer: Yes
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Mooshelle: ^Is that the exact question? Or is it "Which NPC asked Mercedes to kill 10 Ancient slimes?"
The answer should be "Danika" as well.
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Yeah that's how its worded even tho npc would be better suited
1Dec 10 13
Thanks for the tread! Really helpful information here, but it really shows how Nexon needs to work on their grammar, as well as making the answers a little bit more forgiving when it comes to capitalization and such.
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wow ty for answers
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name the weapon set that uses the name of the dragon from norse Mythology
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MageTerra: Q: What word is spelled out using the first letter of each hero?
So what happens once they add the sixth hero?
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America's rental crisis
Earlier today, a union organizer from Oakland named Max Bell Alper successfully (if briefly) trolled the internet with a stunt showing him shouting at a protestor. The protest was against Google's buses: they use municipal infrastructure, but don't giving anything back in return. Alper's monologue, delivered in character as an obnoxious Google employee, went like this:
I can pay my rent. Can you pay your rent? … Well then, you know what? Why don't you go to a city where you can afford it? This is a city for the right people. Who can afford it. If you can't afford it, it's time for you to leave. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's time for you to leave. If you can't pay your rent, I'm sorry. Get a better job.
OK, it's not exactly Tony Award-winning stuff. But the attitude being skewered here — the idea that people who can't pay their rent deserve no sympathy and should just move out of sight and out of mind — is actually deeply American.
The problem is simple arithmetic, as laid out in a sobering new report from Harvard University:
In 2011, 11.8 million renters with extremely low incomes (less than 30 percent of area median income, or about $19,000 nationally) competed for just 6.9 million rentals affordable at that income cutoff—a shortfall of 4.9 million units. The supply gap worsened substantially in 2001–11 as the number of extremely low-income renters climbed by 3.0 million while the number of affordable rentals was unchanged. Making matters worse, 2.6 million of these affordable rentals were occupied by higher-income households.
When you have 11.8 million households chasing 4.3 million affordable rental units, no amount of moving out of town is going to solve the problem, which is only getting worse, thanks to the way in which inequality is getting worse in America. Here's the chart, which shows the inexorable rise of rents, even as the median income of renters has declined dramatically since 2000:
The result is the next chart: half of all renters now spend 30% of their income on rent, and a quarter spend more than 50%. This is an unprecedented squeeze on the people who can least afford the shelter they need.
The squeeze hits all non-rent expenses, naturally, including food: households in the lowest expenditure quartile spend $350 per month on food if they're in affordable housing, but just $200 per month if they're part of the group with severe rent-cost burdens. That works out to about $6.50 per day — and we're talking millions of households, here. Overall, there are 21.1 million cost-burdened renters in America, including 83% of people with incomes under $15,000 per year.
In general, renting is a good thing: it improves labor mobility, and avoids forcing cash-strapped households to put an enormous proportion of their net worth into a single unreliable asset. But even as the number of renters has increased in recent years, the proportion of renters receiving any kind of government assistance has steadily declined. The result is that America as a whole is turning into a version of San Francisco — a place where the privileged rent expensive apartments, and not-so-secretly wish that everybody else would just go away. Annie Lowrey's story today says it all:
"We've seen a huge loss of affordable housing stock," said Jenny Reed, the policy director at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. "We have lost 50 percent of our low-cost units over the past 10 years, and at the same time, the number of high-cost apartments, the ones going for more than $1,500 a month, more than tripled."…
"Builders always are aiming at that higher end," said Jed Kolko, the chief economist at Trulia. "And eventually, as those new units age, they trickle down to lower-income borrowers."
But not now. With demand surging, inventories are shrinking, vacancy rates are falling and rents are rising at the low end.
The government, of course, is part of the problem, rather than part of the solution: sequestration, in particular, has hit housing programs (which weren't exactly ubiquitous to begin with) very hard indeed. But if the government won't step in here, the market is going to be no help for the foreseeable future. The economic recovery of the past five years has left millions of Americans behind — Americans who, increasingly, simply can't afford to make rent any more. Those Americans are never going to be a source of great profits for private-sector developers. But getting them safely housed isn't just a moral issue. Failure to find them affordable housing will, in the long term, cost us even more.
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I'm all for more redistribution, but it seems like increasing housing assistance would just lead to more bidding up of rents. If there are more renters than housing units, it seems like the only long term solution is to let developers build more housing units, especially in locations where people want to live most.
Felix, I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on the political economy of density restrictions.
First commenter nails it… rental subsidies just drive up the price. Rent controls just drive down property values.
Capitalism and meritocracy are totally unfair ways to decide who gets to eat the best food, wear the nice close, drive the fast cars, and live in the coolest cities… sadly capitalism and meritocracy are by FAR THE BEST WE'VE GOT.
"The protest was against Google's buses: they use municipal infrastructure, but don't giving anything back in return."
Perhaps this was intended as a throwaway line, but it's so far off-base that I have to comment on it. Setting aside the taxes paid by Google directly and indirectly at the state and federal levels – including diesel excise tax for the fuel used by the buses – the whole point of these buses is to serve people who reside in San Francisco. Ergo, those who ride these buses pay property taxes (directly if they own, or indirectly if they rent) as well as sales taxes. These residents also indirectly pay San Francisco's local business and payroll taxes when they patronize businesses near their residences. If the presence of these buses is leading to higher-income residents and higher rents then, from a strict accounting standpoint, the presence of these buses is likely leading to higher tax revenue for the city of San Francisco. To say that these buses use municipal infrastructure but don't give anything back makes no sense.
"It's all about IQ" attributed to Bill Gates?
It appears that the "Google Employee" who said that dickish thing might not have been a real Google employee, but was instead a shill.
I think Matt Yglesias kinda has this beat covered.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Rent-Too-Damn- High-ebook/dp/B0078XGJXO
If rents are higher than people can afford, then either there is insufficient supply or prices are held artificially high.
Truth is we have tried, in many ways, to duck the consequences of the crisis. Using quantitative easing, extend and pretend and all sorts of other measures.
These things have benefited the rich and insulated the higher end of the middle class, but vast swathes of people are left behind.
The more people you leave behind, the higher the odds of a revolution.
Currently, the Anglo Saxon elite is just not being as clever as traditionally they were.
High rents are not a cause, they are an effect. They are not the disease, they are a symptom.
We did not have this problem before three things happened:
1) outsourcing allowed millions of middle class jobs to leave the country; giving companies that do this low tax rates only increases their motivation,
2) we gave assets to the wealthy instead of spreading them out over the population (think bailouts and lower taxes than the '50s, 60s, and 70s), and
3) H-1B and other visa fictions allowed corporations to replace Americans with much cheaper foreign workers.
Bring back the jobs we lost and Americans will have enough money to pay rent or even buy homes.
Well at least we know the left is on the problem and has a solution. Allowing an additional 50 to 60 million unskilled, lower educational level immigrants into the country should do the trick! "Comprehensive" solution in so many ways.
The problem with trying to better the poor against the rich is it always ends up privileging the old against the new. If it is expensive to rent, I suggest buying, and if you can't afford the latter, you probably can't afford the former.
I wish someone would pay me to blather the obvious on the internet.
There is certainly a problem now with high rents in many cities, and some of it is somewhat cyclical. It's always been the case that our big cities had expensive neighborhoods that only the well-off could afford. But there also places where you could live on less money, working-class and immigrant neighborhoods. It was also the case that the majority of the population lived in more rural areas, away from the cities. Now a much higher percentage live in or near cities. Suburban sprawl is being somewhat reversed; being closer to the urban core is more desirable now as transportation costs rise, and that's where the jobs are. The old working-class hoods are gentrified and the working-class are pushed out to the edges. Development costs in the cities is so high that only housing for the wealthy is built. More housing is needed, but it is only part of the solution. Better transit options so people can get from the edges in to the city without cars. Also, there are cities where there is cheap, plentiful housing, usually due to low demand, people leaving those areas for lack of work, and not just Detroit. Do we write those cities off or try to make them desirable places to live again? Do we end up with a country where everyone lives within 100 miles of the coasts and nowhere in the middle? Because that's where we're headed, and that really is not going to be good in the long run.
http://stateofthecoast.noaa.gov/features /coastal-population-report.pdf
@Moopheus "Do we end up with a country where everyone lives within 100 miles of the coasts and nowhere in the middle? Because that's where we're headed"
After fracking contaminates our aquifers, e.g. the Ogallala, we won't have any choice but to live near the coasts, the Great Lakes, or major rivers, because those will be the only sources for drinkable water (the coasts will require desalinization, of course). Not to mention the food shortages.
Baroque, haven't you heard? Apparently we'll be able to pipe water from aquifers under the sea bed. And I expect that at the rate we're going, we'll have drained the Ogallala dry before it gets too contaminated. Yeah, we're probably f'd no matter what we do.
I agree with baroque-quest and Auros. Less inequality would lead to more people being able to buy more stuff, but real estate can be uniquely constrained due to zoning, historic preservation and other land-use restrictions. The current squeeze on renters is not just due to rising income inequality.
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Mega Man model by Dimension Diver, shown during this year's Wonder Festival. It's kind of reminiscent of the Mega Man Zero art style, but still a fairly unique representation of Mega Man. It's available through Tokyo Hunter for 7,000 yen, though I think the site may not be taking orders for it anymore.
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August 20, 2012 OLYMPIC POSTER WINNER
Thank you for sending in your designs!
We were so undecided about the winning entry that we've chosen a main winner and a runner up! For different reasons but both are intelligent, lovely to look at and communicative.
Interesting that nobody used the official Olympic logo or font..? Is that because everyone was as offended by them as we were?!
WINNER – LONDON 2012 INSPIRE A GENERATION….Thomas Love
This is really well laid out and communicates exactly what the Olympics includes, both by including the marketing message and by showing which sports are covered. We like the way each sport has been given equal importance by all being part of a fantasy London Underground map – reference to location is really important in this kind of poster, and it has been done without being overwhelming.
The subtle reference to the Olympic rings adds another intelligent layer to the design – could be a little too subtle for some viewers though!
We'd love to see this with the top lines of text in metallic gold and silver… We presume that's what was intended?!
As Londoners, this feels quintessentially London. Contemporary yet with a reassuring nod to the past.
RUNNER UP – LONDON EYE….Felipe Gabriel
This is so pleasing to look at; the colours, shapes, composition and font choice. We're wondering if this is intended to be a screen print since the decision to use just two colours and the font choice suggest this. We'd love to see this distinctive design treated with some (screen printed) textures! It would also be good to reference the colours of the Olympic rings, still using this retro palette. Elegant and essential, suggestive of the beauty of this city by referencing just one modern landmark in a nostalgic style.
We expect great things from both of these talented young designers, and we will be featuring more work from them throughout the week.
Thank you to all who took part: Ian Boyle, Felipe Gabriel, Theodora Sutton, Johann Schumacher, Thomas Love, Ryan Dowell, Ryan Glover
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August 13, 2012 Olympic Posters!
The Olympics are over (well the first bunch, now it's time for the paralympics!) and Team GB have done an incredible job, I tend to count 3rd place as 1st seeing as China and the USA are always at the top, so congrats to all the amazing athletes who took part in London 2012.
As promised here are all the entrants for the Olympic poster design competition we have been running. Which is your favourite? We're still at LeakyCon Chicago so we thought we'd give you another few days to submit your design. Go on, have a go!
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Belvoir raspberry lemonade
£1.52 (20.3p per 100ml)
Product Summary
100% good. Non-alcoholic. Gently bubbling with real raspberries&lemons. 100% natural ingredients and no flavourings. Lots of real pressed juice for a genuinely fruity taste. Blended with gently sparkling spring water from our own springs at Belvoir. Belvoir Raspberry Lemonade is made using real pressed raspberry and lemon juices blended with Belvoir spring water to give a soft, refreshing alternative to traditional lemonade.
Carbonated Belvoir Spring Water, Sugar, Pressed Lemon Juice (9%), Pressed Raspberry Juice (5%)
Preparation & Storage
- Serve chilled over ice as a refreshing alternative to alcohol. Also delicious as a mixer with gin or vodka.
After opening please keep in the fridge and drink within 3 days.
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