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For several years, reverse mortgages were marketed as the "best tool ever" for retirees to be able to tap into their homes' equity while continuing to reside at home. To understand reverse mortgages,
If you've paid your home off – or if you nearly have – there may be several good reasons why you don't want to leave all that equity tied up in a non-liquid asset.
Reverse Mortgages Now Harder to Get. If you've thought about taking a reverse mortgage, be aware that new rules might make it harder for you to qualify
Reverse mortgages may be the most misunderstood – and the most maligned – financial product out there. But for those who are certain they are simply a scam, shrug off your perceptions for a moment and.
A reverse mortgage is a type of loan that's reserved for seniors age 62 and older, and does not require monthly mortgage payments. Instead, the loan is repaid after the borrower moves out or dies.
Reverse Mortgage fees are generally only a disadvantage if you intend on moving out of the house in a short period of time. And while reverse mortgage interest rates and fees can seem high, the costs are not a burden to the homeowner since they are usually financed by the Reverse Mortgage itself (so there are not any out of pocket expenses).
Qualifying For A Reverse Mortgage The reverse mortgage calculator has two parts. In Step 1, basic information like property value will be used to help evaluate whether you meet some of the minimum requirements for a reverse mortgage. In Step 2, you can enter additional property information to determine how much you may be eligible for.
The reverse mortgage line of credit is not the same as a "Home equity Lines of Credit or (HELOC) that you can get at your local bank. The Reverse Mortgage line of credit grows in available on the unused portion and cannot be frozen or lowered arbitrarily as the.
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· A reverse mortgage is a special type of home loan only for homeowners who are 62 and older. This is because interest and fees are added to the loan balance each month. As your loan balance increases, your home equity decreases. Warning: A reverse mortgage is not free money. It is a loan that homeowners or their heirs will have to pay back eventually, usually by selling the home.
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International Call to ArtistsThe City Council of Venice
City Council of Venice:
International Call to Artists
Web site: www.comune.venezia.it/gare
City Council of Venice_International Call to Artists
The City Council of Venice announces an international competition for the creation and realization of two works of art to be installed in the new building complex of the Law Courts of Venice. The competition represents the first phase in a large project for contemporary art in new architecture and is sponsored by the City Council of Venice, in accordance with the Italian percent for art law.
The new Venice Law Courts complex is located in the area of the ex-Tobacco Factory in Piazzale Roma, Venice, Italy. The architectural project involves restoration work, as well as the construction of completely new structures. The building complex will become the new seat of the judicial offices of Venice, presently located in various buildings throughout the city. Besides public hearing rooms, offices and various service structures for law officials and workers, the project includes various public spaces which will be open to the city.
The Venice City Council competition announcement involves the realization of two works of art, characterized by a different method of selection and by different artistic interventions. The first section is for open participation. Artists, or groups of artists, will be selected on the basis of their applications and curricula and will be responsible for elaborating a project for the entrance hall, which is the access point for the entire Law Courts building structure and located in the interior of a new building. The building's architectural plan and construction is currently underway.
The second section of the competition is reserved for renown artists to be selected directly by the competition's jury. The artists will be asked to intervene, in collaboration with designers and architects, in elaborating an area, which is currently in the process of being defined. The area is roughly an open square on which face the various buildings of the Law Courts complex.
The prize for participation in the open section is Euro 20,000.00, plus an additional Euro 160,000.00 to cover the costs for the realization of the work or art.
The prize for participation in the reserved section is Euro 50,000.00, plus an additional Euro 170,000.00 for the realization of the work of art.
The competition jury is composed of the following representatives: the City Council of Venice; the Superintendence; the President of the Venice Court of Appeal; the Designers of the Venice Law Courts; Marco De Michelis, Scientific Director of Competition; Carlos Basualdo, Curator; Michelangelo Pistoletto, Artist; Angela Vettese, Art Critic and Margherita Guccione, Director of the Architectural Sector of DARC (Head Office for Contemporary Architecture and Art of the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture).
The complete competition form is available on the Venice City Council web site, at www.comune.venezia.it/gare.
For further information please contact the technical secretariat, Architect Franco Gazzarri at
tel. +39 041 2748527, fax +39 041 2748663, e-mail email@example.com.
The deadline for applications for the open section of the competition is the 28th of June 2004.
The City Council of Venice, San Marco 4136, Venice, Italy.
Head Office for General Affairs, Competitions and Contracts / Competition services and contracts
(tel. +39 041. 2748546)
Venice, Italy
Competition for works of art
Area of interest:
Art in Architecture and Public Art
Information and contacts: Competition technical secretariat:
Head Office for the Design and Execution of Work:
Architect Franco Gazzarri (tel. +39 041 2748527 – fax +39 041 2748663)
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Head Office for General Affairs, Competitions and Contracts:
Ms. Rossana Trabucco (tel.+39 041 274 8058)
email: email@example.com
Web site: www.comune.venezia.it/gare
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UE custommers have the right to request a refund in 10 days i seem to remember if the product was't downloaded, and needs to be granted by european law with no questions asked.
Just contact support https://support.ubi.com/en-gb/
Honestly worried about it since in their refund policy it states that they don't refund digital purchases
Though i'd put this up for agrumentation since they are in fact not delivering beta acces lolNo returns / refunds will be offered for digital products except if we cannot deliver you the game.
We accept physical products to be returned for up to 14 days from the date of their purchase under the condition that the product is un-opened (seal intact). You will need to first request a return from Uplay Customer Service. You will then be contacted via the response includes details on returning the item to the appropriate address. Shipping cost to the warehouse will be at your own cost. Once a returned product is received at the warehouse, the product is verified and if the products passes inspection you will be refunded. In the case the product fails inspection, the product is returned back to you. Claims to the carrier will be filed for damaged products, by Uplay Customer Service. In this scenario, a new request will be sent to the fulfilment partner to send a replacement (same item) product.
For damaged product, we will request from you a picture of the product to be sent to our customer service.
I send a ticket regarding i wanted to cancle the game and get a refund since the beta is not going through. A few days later i got 3 mails with 3 cancelled orders regarding anno (without specified price), and a bit later message from support that it seemed i cancelled it (whut? aren't you the guys that did that per my request??) a few days later, still no deposit on my bank. Send a support question how many days the refund could take. No reply to that as of yet.
You can request a refund and they will have to comply with it, no questions asked.
The transfer of your money might take a while, depending on method and country.
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The AWS SDK for .NET and the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Toolkit for Visual Studio help developers build scalable apps on AWS services. Learn how to use these tools to define app data in Amazon DynamoDB and access it through a simple object persistence framework.
We demonstrate deploying a web app to a customized, auto-scaled AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment. Finally, using the new version of the AWS SDK for .NET, you learn how to access your AWS data from apps targeting the Windows Store and Windows Phone platforms.
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We relied on personal referrals from family, friends and yelp reviewers when we needed to find an instructor for our oldest daughter and are very pleased that we chose Olson's Silicon Valley Driving School.
During the course she had two instructors and both were focused on training her to be a safe and skillful driver. Once she scheduled her test at the DMV Olson's worked with her one last time to help refresh her skills and focus her on what she would encounter during her DMV driving test. While many of her friends failed the first time, we are proud to say that our daughter passed. She credited her instructors for making the difference. We do too.
We will use this business again when it is time for our youngest daughter to train for her driving test.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
When CJ Fox checked her voicemail on Oct. 8 to be told that her child would not be able to return to daycare if she did not pay her overdue childcare bill, she was confused. Her three children were in high school, middle school and elementary school—none were in daycare. She returned the call to let the facility know that they had called the wrong number, but the incident weighed on her mind.
"There was a reason I got this phone call. I had to really think about it for a second, and then it hit me that this phone call was in fact meant for me," she says.
Fox, 34, called the daycare back to inquire further and learned that the mother had been struggling financially. While Fox could not afford to pay the fee herself, although she would have if she could, she says, she still felt called to help. So, she took it to Facebook, explaining the situation and how she wanted to help in a post, where she included her PayPal and Cash App information in case anyone wanted to assist.
"I said, 'Okay, God, if you really want me to do this, you gotta help me out here,'" she says.
Within six hours, Fox's campaign raised the full $318.
Each payment came with a memo or note that said things like "We've all been there," "Paying it forward" and "Praying for this sweet mama."
"With every note, I just boohooed and cried because this is really our purpose. Our purpose as humans is to make the world a better place than we found it and make sure that everyone around us feels loved and connected that way," Fox says. "And that's such a powerful thing for me. Like, I didn't do anything. I did not donate a dime. But the community came together and did that, and that was just so cool for me, so neat. ... It's good to see the tangible evidence of the goodness in people."
She took a check for the overdue amount to the daycare facility and anonymously paid the fee for the mother. Neither Fox nor the mother know who the other is.
Originally from south Jackson, Fox moved around during her time in the foster system, but she eventually made her way back to Mississippi. While attending Hillcrest Christian School, she took additional classes at The Education Center School, which allowed her to receive her high school diploma at 16 years old.
After taking a semester off to work and earn some money, she enrolled at Mississippi State University the following January as a business major. She married at the age of 18 and left MSU in 2006 to start her own business, Lydia's Bridal and Formal Wear, named after her first child. Fox closed the business a year later to take care of her then-husband, who was ill. She returned to school—during which time she had her second and third children, Anna Claire and Evey—and earned her bachelor's degree in education in 2009 from MSU.
She taught for five years before delving into the field of insurance. She currently works as a brokerage director for Capital Preservation Services in Flowood, where she helps independent agents grow their businesses.
Additionally, Fox travels around Mississippi to speak on foster care and the roles people play in it. She has written a book titled "Obliterate the Odds," a novel inspired by her own experiences in foster care as well as others' stories. The book is set to release in early 2020, but a pre-sale will be available at the Hearts of Compassion 5k event on Nov. 2 at Colonial Heights Baptist Church (444 Northpark Drive, Ridgeland), which supports adoption and orphan care by helping families cover adoption fees.
Fox currently lives in Brandon. She refers to her children and fiance Dave Jesiolowski as her driving forces.
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Farmers Market Cooking Demos 10am, 11am and noon at the SB Farmers Market, at corner of Cota and Santa Barbara St. Sponsored by Sansum Clinic, the market will feature live cooking demonstrations by registered dietician Gerri French and our favorite local chefs. You'll learn tips and techniques for preparing healthy, seasonal offerings at the market.
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Resumes and cover letters may be a good start in the hiring process, but the behavioral interview can get to the heart of the matter! Four behavioral interview tips, to learn if you have the perfect candidate!
Resumes and cover letters determine which candidates deserve a closer look; they show which ones are worth more of your time.
However, without the interview, it is impossible to find the best talent.
Literally, an interviewer can ask hundreds of questions. Asking everything could take hours, and you just do not have the time. Even then, a marathon meeting—filled with meaningless questions—leaves no guarantees that you will find the right fit for your company. The best interview tips are to choose only a select few pertinent questions.
Behavioral interviewing learns which candidates will work the best in a particular corporate culture. One of the best ways to be truly effective is to trim down the list of questions to only what is relevant. Stick to the a few interview tips, and it will soon get down to exactly what you need to know to make a hiring decision.
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This past week in Asia venture dealmaking features artificial intelligence startups again in the forefront and the 12th Chinese IPO in New York this year.
Silicon Valley-based startup AISense has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Horizons Ventures with participation from Tim Draper's Draper Associates and Draper Dragon Fund, David Cheriton, the first Google investor, and Bridgewater Associates, among others. Bart Swanson, an advisor at Horizons Ventures, has joined the AISense board.
Founder Sam Song Liang commented: "It does not happen very often when the first or very earlier VCs of Google, Facebook, Tesla, DeepMind, Siri all invested in the same early stage startup" – his own!
AISense was featured in a tech chat at Silicon Dragon's recent event in San Francisco. View video chat: AISense.
AI-focused facial recognition startup CloudWalk has drawn $75 million from China venture firm Shunwei Capital and other Chinese investors, as AI continues to build oomph in China.
The action also centered on India and Southeast Asia in the always vibrant ride-sharing market. The biggest news was Softbank's $10 billion investment in Uber and its impact on ride-sharing service Grab in Southeast Asia. Uber and Grab share as their investors, Didi Chuxing and Softbank, which could mean that the race for leadership becomes blurred.
Turning to IPOs, Lightspeed China partner James Li notes that the VC firm has scored with its third China IPO this year: fintech startup Jianpu Technology went public on the NYSE on Nov. 17, closely following PPDai. The Chinese lending platform Jianpu, which competes with Ant Financial, saw its IPO price at $8, slightly below the initial range, with a 5% bump in opening day trading. Lightspeed and fellow backer Sequoia Capital together own about one-third of the company shares. Investor James Li tells how the initial financing deal came about here.
Notably, this is the 12th China IPO this year in New York.
On the fund front in India, Epiq Capital marked a first close of $100 million toward its $250 million tech startup fund focused on secondary transactions. This maiden fund is run by Rishi Navani, a founding member of Matrix Partners India.
Several China deals feature prominently in an interesting analysis by research firm CBI Insights of the top 21 VC hits of all time. Factors included pricing of IPOs and acquisitions, growth drivers and the role of significant investors. Chinese companies that were highlighted include Alibaba-acquired UCWeb, Softbank-backed e-commerce pioneer Alibaba, Capital Today invested e-commerce leader JD.com, NEA-funded Semiconductor Manufacturing International and Meitu, invested in by Sinovation Ventures.
Awards for top venture capital, founder and dealmaker of the year were presented in Hong Kong this past week by Silicon Dragon to Chibo Tang of Gobi Partners, Dr. Li Xu of SenseTime group and Reeve Kwan and the founding team at GoGoVan.


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Meze is a warm and cozy restaurant, located on Reykjavík´s high street (Laugavegur). Our emphasis is Turkish and mediterranean cuisine, fresh ingredients and service with a smile.
What is a meze?
Meze is a collection of small plates, served similar to tapas or zakuski. It´s popular in the middle east and in the Balkans. The word itself is taken from turkish and means to 'enjoy' or 'taste'.
Meze can serve as a whole meal or be shared among friends, preferably over a nice drink. The dishes are various and can contain meat, fish or just vegetables, but common ingredients inclue olives, tahini, salad and yogurt.


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Confession: This was a difficult Difference Between – I couldn't find a lot of information on purple hull peas. Although, what I did find was quite favorable.
In the interest of today being New Years Eve – I do love seasonal posts! – I did want to write about black-eyed peas, a Southern staple and longtime good luck New Years food.
So, here's what I found with the difference between black-eyed peas and purple hull peas.
Black-eyed peas and purple hull peas both:
- Are types of cowpeas.
- Are actually beans, not peas.
- Are high in protein and fiber.
- Are available dried or fresh.
Cowpeas are believed to be native to Africa, and came to America via the slave trade. They can flourish in poor soil conditions, including very sandy soil, as can be found in the South. And, they enjoy hot weather and are tolerant of droughts.
As we can see, the cowpea is quite versatile. What was once considered an easy-to-grow food for the poor, cowpeas are now a significant staple of the southern food culture.
Purdue University has a great post listing different kinds of cowpeas, including browneye, crowder, etc. Interestingly, black-eyed peas are listed with "purpleeye peas," which I can only take to be another name for purple hull peas.
It says, "The seeds are white with a black eye round the hilum. The 'eye' can be other colors, purple or shades of red being common. The seeds are not tightly packed or 'crowded' in the pod and are kidney or oblong in shape."
Similarly, Wikipedia lists the purple hull pea as a type of black-eyed pea.
Given the above information, we could almost deduce that black-eyed peas are virtually identical to purple hull peas, although there is a difference in color, with purple hull having a greenish tint (when dried).
However, I found several bloggers insisting that purple hull peas are favorable over their black-eyed counterparts – this would suggest that there must be a difference, and further, a winner between the two beans.
As we can see from the first picture in this post, blogger Liz, a self proclaimed food snob, post a caption with her purple hull peas that describes them as, "Similar to black-eyed peas, except 10,000 times better."
Blogger Kristi says that purple hull peas "look like black-eyed yet are tastier and prettier."
And, ProduceExpress.net finds a "common perception [that] purple hull peas are creamier, smoother, and more delicious than their cousin, black eyed-peas."
Based on my findings, I would conclude that purple hull peas are preferable, flavor-wise, over black-eyed. Admittedly, I have yet to try either, so I can't proclaim purple hull's superiority based on personal experience. But, this seems to be a consensus among foodies.
What makes purple hull peas taste better is a mystery for now, but I do believe it's safe to say that black-eyed peas and purple hull peas can be swapped out for one another in recipes.


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Leadership Inspirations Activities
Mind Spin
Brainstorm as many ideas as possible
10-20 minutes
Team Stage
Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing
Type Of Activity
Experiential Activity
Index Cards, Pens Or Pencils, Table And Chairs
In this fun and fast paced activity, individuals and teams brainstorm as many ideas as possible for a particular topics or problem.
- Break the group into teams of 3 – 5 participants.
- Ask each team of 3 – 5 participants to sit at separate tables.
- Place a large stack of index cards in the center of each table (about 100 per table).
- Decide on a topic or idea to be "brainstormed" written on a white board or poster paper
- Examples: "What can be done to ….?" or "How can we…?"
- Round 1 (5 minutes)
- Each participant is dealt 5 blank index cards.
- The remaining cards are placed in the center of the table.
- Explain that this is going to be a brainstorming session that will be individual as well as team based.
- Important: Within a brainstorming session there are no wrong or right responses and no idea is off limits.
- The participants are going to have two, 5-minute rounds to write down as many solutions as possible on the index cards – one idea per card.
- If they use more than the five index cards they can grab another card from the center pile.
- After an idea is written on the index card the participant SLAMS the index card down on the table face down to their right (face down is the side that the idea is written on).
- The SLAM is important – the sound and the vibration of SLAMming the card on the table adds a tangible feeling to the "Mind Spin" that makes the activity more fun!
- If at some point a participant cannot think of any solutions to the topic question they may grab one card from the top of the participants pile to their left. They can do one of three things with the card that they draw:
- 1) Simply SLAM it down to your right after reading it and grab another card from their left
- 2) Read it, be inspired, SLAM it down to the right and grab a blank card & write down their own idea
- 3) Read it, add to it with a question or comment, then SLAM it down before grabbing another card
- Ask the participants to continue until the facilitator says stop.
- Once Round 1 is complete – the facilitator gathers all the idea index cards (from ALL teams) and shuffles them. The facilitator then evenly distributes the idea index cards to the small teams. Ask the participants in each team to distribute the idea index cards amongst team members and place them face down in front of each participant.
- Round 2 (5 minutes)
- Begins the same as Round 1, in which participants write one idea on each card.
- The difference is that if a participant reaches an idea block, in which they cannot think of any solutions, they grab an idea index card from the pile in front of them.
- Just as before, they have 3 options before SLAMming the card down to their right:
- 1) Simply SLAM it down to your right after reading it and grab another card from their left
- 2) Read it, be inspired, SLAM it down to the right and grab a blank card & write down their own idea
- 3) Read it, add to it with a question or comment, then SLAM it down before grabbing another card
- Once all the cards from Round 1 in front of a participant are gone, if there is still time remaining, then the participant can grab a card from their neighbor's pile to the left.
- This continues until time is up.
- Once Round 2 is done the facilitator gathers all the idea index cards.
- Next Steps
- The group can review the cards to see what ideas or solutions stand out to them, and discuss what to do next to move forward.
- Thirty Five is another great brainstorming activity!
- What was the goal of this activity?
- Did your group do well? What could have improved?
- How did your group make decisions? Was it effective or ineffective?
- How did your group manage conflict that arose?
So What?
- Are we the only ones that define our purpose? What or who influences our purpose?
- How do we communicate our purpose to new members or people outside of our group?
- Why is it important that we all understand the purpose of our group/activity/etc.?
Meeting Skills
- What are some of our effective and ineffective meeting habits?
- When are you most engaged in meetings? When are you least engaged?
- What are the roles that people play in meetings? Why are these roles important?
Project Planning
- What has worked in other projects you have done? How have you dealt with setbacks?
- How do you connect with the process of planning? Do you like it/not like it? How does this impact you/your group?
- How do we manage our time? How does that affect our ability to complete our projects?
Now What?
- What does this activity tell you about the strengths of your group? The areas for improvement?
- What's one commitment each person can make?
- What are three lessons the group has learned that they can continue to work on?
- How can we implement these lessons in our school/organization?
- What can you do differently moving forward?


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We are scientists from Columbia University with 45+ years combined experience in chemical design, synthesis, device fabrication, and the understanding of molecular behavior. We have a unique ability to invent new molecules to address battery needs.
XL Batteries was born out of observation at Columbia University in the City of New York. While searching for novel light harvesting materials to enhance solar cells, we noticed that certain compounds were infinitely stable when charged. We found a way to apply this unique stability to inexpensive molecules in batteries that show no degradation.
With a chemist's toolbox and a new understanding of molecular stability, our team saw an opportunity to make batteries to change the world. Through replacement of the chemistry in flow batteries, we will bring this 40+ year old technology into the 21st century as the grid-scale storage solution of the future.


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"Oh, The Places You'll Go!" - Dr. Seuss
In 1929 Babe Ruth and a group of investors (allegedly including gangster, Al Capone) began an ambitious resort on the northern shore of Lake Superior. In 1931 the crash of the stock market also destroyed this project as it ushered in the Great Depression. All that remains is this dining room and a few rooms of the planned resort. This paint is original from 1929 and has never been retouched. Most of the furnishings, including light covers are also original, or exact replicas. The stone fireplace at the head of the room makes a perfect anchor for this Native American inspired decor.
This stop was not on our agenda. A kind couple I met while searching for agate on the shore said we must stop in and see this place. They were right!
Again, all of these pictures are from a Canon sd1100 - before I dropped it :)
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Writing: Early On
"…stories were always with me, floating through my mind, collecting." On October 28, I wrote a blog post for the San Diego Book Review, entitled "Writing: Early On." Check out the excerpt below and let me know what you think! My father, a jovial, patient man, made paintings, mostly watercolors and pen and ink drawings. He…Read More
Names: Clues to Character
Names are important. In my novel, Shelter of Leaves, names carry meaning. The first paragraph below is an excerpt from the deleted prologue. Beside her swimming pool, Elaine closed her eyes against the sun. She imagined a drifting boat flanked by trees; crimson, marigold and burnt sienna leaves spun to the ground. Brilliant leaves signaled…Read More


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Do You Know What's Covered By Your Rayne La Landlord Insurance Policy?
In a previous article we talked about how there are three main types of landlord policies.
Specifically, we looked at the Basic coverage for landlords. Let's return to the fictional scenario we began last time to see how Amy's coverage applies to her situation.
Coverage Scenario Continued:
The last time we met Amy Jones, landlord of an apartment complex, she had just finished filing a claim for severe smoke damage to one of her rental units caused by a tenant's especially zealous smoking habit.
A couple weeks later Amy receives notice from her insurance company informing her that the $9,820 in damages are not covered by her Basic coverage.
Amy is dumbfounded. She's certain that smoke damage is one of the named perils in her policy, so what gives?
It does appear, at a casual glance, that smoke damage should be covered by Amy's policy.
Smoke is in fact listed as a covered peril:
The insurance company will cover direct physical loss to property caused by:
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- Hail
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- Explosion
- Riot or Civil Commotion
- Aircraft (That damage your property)
- Vehicles (That damage your property)
- Smoke
- Vandalism or Malicious Mischief.
However, some of the named perils contain subtext that modifies and clarifies the definitions of each named peril as they pertain to the policy. The additional language under 9. Smoke reads as follows:
Smoke causing sudden and accidental loss or damage. This peril does not apply to loss caused by smoke from fireplaces or from agricultural smudging or industrial operations.
So while Amy's Basic landlord policy does cover smoke damage, it only covers smoke that causes "sudden and accidental" damage. Amy was well aware that he smoked in his apartment for the two years he lived there.
So while the Basic landlord insurance policy can save you some money in the form of lower rates, those savings could be meager when compared to the cost of a claim event in the future that would have been covered by a more comprehensive policy.
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Bollywood khan's Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Bollywood Singham Ajay Devgan are ruling the hearts of crores of people's across the world. Every girl has a dream to marry someone like them. Queen of Bollywood Veena Malik wants all the khan's and devgan to be a her partner in reel life. Veena is not planning to do a movie with any of these khans but searching a Mr Perfect with all the qualities of Khan's and Devgan for her upcoming movie "The City That Never Sleeps" in which she will select a hero through a contest "Veena Ka Hero Kaun".
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Travel Insurance: Reviewing the traps that trip up your holiday
Travel Insurance: Reviewing the traps that trip up your holiday
In an instant, this Australian couple's idyllic holiday turned into a month-long nightmare — and a horror story for any traveller who has to face the "frightening" American health care system when something goes wrong.
Katie-Anne Salter and her partner Jacob Lanigan, from Perth, were road tripping from San Francisco to Yosemite, where they planned to go on a hiking adventure during their travels last year.
But while they driving up a hill on their way to Yosemite, another car came from seemingly nowhere and crashed into them head-on.
"A car (came) the other way, flying out of control," Mr Lanigan said, recalling the frightening experience.
"Both of us were screaming. There's just airbags in your face, broken glass everywhere."
The driver of the other car was killed. The Australians survived the crash, but moments after impact, Ms Salter felt a terrible pain in her back.
What the couple would find out after she had been carefully airlifted to the nearest trauma centre was that a vertebrae in Ms Salter's lower spine had been so badly injured in the impact it had, as she put it, "burst" into pieces.
"My L4 vertebrae had actually burst so it had burst so it had little parts of bone spread out," Ms Salter said.
"It was actually rubbing very close to my spinal nerve."
The injured tourist had several surgeries and spent about five days in the intensive care unit before being moved to a general ward, and then referred to rehabilitation, assisted along the way by her insurer Cover-More.
The crash had initially left Ms Salter unable to walk.
"My main priority was can I walk again? I didn't really anticipate how hard it would be," she said.
Thankfully, she did — and about a month after the accident, the couple were flown, by business class, back to Australia, where Ms Salter is continuing to recover.
But had she not made the decision to take out travel insurance before the trip, she would have been in a huge amount of financial trouble.
Ms Salter's total insurance claim came to an eye-watering $900,000, which Cover-More was able to take care of.
"Kate's parent's flights were covered, the helicopter was covered, they said all my medical bills were covered, all Kate's medical bills were covered so we didn't need to worry about that at all," Mr Lanigan said.
But while the total cost of the accident was huge, that's pretty standard for an incident of its kind in the United States, a popular destination notorious for having some of the highest medical expenses in the world.
"It is not unusual for claims to be this high for serious motor vehicle accident cases, especially in the United States," Cover-More Travel Insurance's group communications manager Maureen Mullins told news.com.au.
"Kate required emergency surgery and lengthy hospitalisation to recover — cases of this type in the US can easily reach $1 million.
"The US health care system is complex and can be confusing for Australian travellers because it is so very different to our own. You're charged for everything.
"Your medical bill will usually contain an itemised bill for every single treatment and item of medication you receive, even a simple headache tablet.
"It is a complicated system that ultimately serves a profit motive and one that is frightening for Australian travellers to try and navigate alone."
Travellers in even a reasonably safe destination like the US are risking a lot if they head over uninsured.
"If you are uninsured and you present at a hospital in the US for treatment, you are usually required to make a pre-payment, secured by a credit card, and each day you stay in hospital you will be under constant pressure to keep your account up to date," Ms Mullins said.
"Uninsured patients may also be able to negotiate a 'self-pay' discount however, these also vary from hospital to hospital and are not mandatory.
"If an Australian traveller finds themselves, uninsured, in a US hospital, it could quickly evolve into a terrifying situation where they see their medical bills quickly start running in to the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars and their credit card limits and those of their fellow travellers start to be severely tested."


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Playwright, director and actor Athol Fugard recently received the Kunste Onbeperk and KKNK award for lifetime contribution to theatre. The 25th KKNK recently took place in Oudtshoorn, in the Western Cape.
Having written more than 40 dramas and receiving many prestigious awards, as well as honorary doctoral degrees, his career speaks of hard work and commitment. He was known as a pioneer in the theatre world in the apartheid years, though his voice reaches wider than politics.
Looking back on his career of more than 50 years, he talks about his career highlights and lessons he has learned.
Athol, you received the award for lifetime contribution to theatre; how do you feel about this award?
As with any award I have ever received, a small thought sneaks in: Did I really deserve this? Then, I look back on 50-plus years of writing plays and, yes, I guess one could call it a lifetime.
But, ultimately, there was one undeniable reason for accepting this award, and that was doing so on behalf of all the colleagues who worked beside me in the past and are no longer with us.
Why theatre? What is it that draws you to it?
I have always been fascinated with the spoken word in people's mouths, since the days my mother, Elizabeth Magdalena Potgieter, used to talk about duck's water rolling off her back. I also believe that the central arena of history is really there, where a handful of individuals meet and talk to each other.
What would you consider to be some of the most significant highlights from your career?
Staging The island with John and Winston a few miles from where the real story was being lived. Also, when once during a staging of Boesman and Lena in a township hall in the 1970s, the Catholic archbishop of Durban couldn't hear the dialogue and shouted, "Speak up!" At that precise moment, Yvonne Bryceland, deep into her role as Lena, raised her fists at the sky and shouted at the seagull I had imagined up there for her: "Jou moer!"
What are the most important life lessons you have learned over the years?
Humility. Begin and end humbly. Be grateful that you have a chance to speak in a country where speech has so often been a crime.
What is your opinion of the current theatre landscape in South Africa?
Very encouraging, especially as it seems that young audiences are growing and diversifying. I only hope that young theatre-makers today have the courage to ask the difficult questions required of them and of their audiences.
Born in 1932 in Middelburg in the Eastern Cape, Athol Fugard grew up in Port Elizabeth and later attended the University of Cape Town.
In 1958, he moved to Johannesburg, where he worked as a court clerk, an experience that made him keenly aware of the injustices of apartheid, the theme of many of his plays. In that same year, he organised a multiracial theatre, for which he wrote, directed and acted.
He is best-known for his political plays opposing the system of apartheid, and for the 2005 Academy Award-winning film of his novel, Tsotsi. Some of his many famous plays include Boesman and Lena (1969), "Master Harold" ... and the boys (1982) and The road to Mecca (1984).


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When people ask me how I became a professional tarot reader, I warn them that it's a long story.
Why? When I first got into tarot, I gave up on it pretty quickly. It was years later that I came back to it, determined to give it the time and patience it deserved the second time around.
Except I hit some pretty big obstacles along the way.
I had spent so much time learning card meanings and tarot spreads. I had given readings to a lot of my friends and really thought I was getting somewhere with it.
But I heard so many conflicting things about tarot. Some people said I needed to learn psychology or mythology to really understand it. Others said numerology and astrology were key to knowing tarot.
It all gave me the sinking feeling that my tarot readings were missing something.
But a voice deep down told me that tarot wasn't quite as complicated as I was being led to believe.
I am so glad I chose to listen to my intuition.
Because what I eventually learned was this:
You don't need convoluted techniques to be a good tarot reader.
In fact, using too many techniques can distract us from tarot's gifts of healing, insight, and transformation.
Everything you need to know is already in the cards – if you know what to look for. And trust me when I tell you that tarot is powerful enough on its own. You don't need to throw a bunch of other tools into the mix to make it work.
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We need a new logo design for an organization called "Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative" to update the logo that has been used.
You can learn more about the organization by visiting the website that will be redesigned after our logo is complete: www.globalisationforthecommongood.info
Here is some text from our website:
The Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative began in 2002 at a conference in Oxford. Since then, the GCG International Conference Series has become an annual event, traveling across the globe to St. Petersburg, Dubai, Nairobi and Kericho, Honolulu, Istanbul and Melbourne. The 2009 conference took place at Loyola University of Chicago and the 2010 conference will be held at California Lutheran University.
These multi-disciplinary and inter-faith conferences- each locally organised and funded, most often by regional organisations working in tandem with a university in cooperation with GCGI- have been lively and productive affairs, in which many scholars, representing many diverse faiths and none have come together from around the world for intense discussions on a spiritual and value-centered vision of globalisation and the common good. Our work over the past few years has given rise to numerous collaborations, several book publications, and academic papers, as well as the establishment of the rapidly developing online Journal of Globalisation for the Common Good, hosted by Purdue University- Calumet, USA. There are also modules on Globalisation for the Common Good offered at different universities around the world, including Fatih University in Istanbul, Trinity College, University of Melbourne and Loyola University of Chicago.
In short, what the GCGI seeks to offer- through its scholarly and research programme, as well as its outreach and dialogue projects- is a vision that positions the quest for economic and social justice, peace and ecological sustainability within the framework of a spiritual consciousness and a practice of open-heartedness, generosity and caring for others, by encouraging us all to know and to serve the common good.
We need a logo designed for our organization that will retain a couple of the core elements from the current image that is being used as the logo. We need this image to be a vector based image so that we can use it for making a web graphic but also use the same logo on larger banners at the various events the organization partners with around the world.
This logo will be used on print and web materials.
The audience is predominantly people seeking to lend their expertise and knowledge to support the common good. People who tend to attend conferences and meetings generally have an academic background. They are often scholars or students who are sharing their academic works. They are also often people who lead or participate in global non-profit organizations that support social justice, peace, ecological and economic sustainability.
Our organization often partners with University and Colleges around the world to support conferences and seminars. Our logo should carry the same professionalism and distinguished nature of common university logos and maintain a similar visual shape to help balance our logo with university logos when they are printed on banners and other print medium.
We like the logo of the World Public Form Dialog at http://www.wpfdc.org/
The logo must have some iconic image of the world and also some iconic image of the scales of justice. Attached you will find the current Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative logo. We are also attaching an image of an another organization (McGill School of Environment) because we like the colors of the blue and green that appear in the logo. We would like to keep the colors to a simple color design to maximize cost efficiency when it comes to printing single or two color printing.
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Blass, R. B. and Erlich, H. S. (1993) Separation-individuation of parents of adolescents: A multiple identification perspective of the parent-child interaction. Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 3, pp. 175-187. [Journal Article]
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Dayton, OH – As part of the efforts to prepare for the 2020 Census, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) is participating in the Census Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP), an effort by the U.S. Census Bureau to update the boundaries for Census block groups, tracts, and Census Designated Places. The goal of this program is to update the boundaries so that they reflect changes in population and, when possible, the needs of local Census data users. MVRPC staff is coordinating this effort for the counties of Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble.
MVRPC will be holding an open-house style workshop to gather information from interested parties on how these boundaries should or should not be changed. No formal presentations will be made at this workshop and interested parties are invited to arrive any time during the designated three-hour period.
The meeting will be held as follows:
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission
10 N. Ludlow Street
Suite 700
Courthouse Square - Dayton, OH
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The purpose of this meeting is to provide interested parties the opportunity to supply input on the proposed changes already identified and to suggest any additional modifications. Participants are encouraged to bring supporting documentation for any changes they may suggest. Maps showing the proposed changes are available on the MVRPC website at www.mvrpc.org/data-mapping/census-data-center/2020-census-resource-page. The maps will also be available at the MVRPC offices, 10 N. Ludlow Street, Suite 700, Dayton, OH, 45402, during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday). Comments or proposed changes may be submitted to MVRPC via e-mail to Elizabeth Whitaker at firstname.lastname@example.com or mailed to the address listed above any time before April 26, 2019.
Established in 1964, the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission promotes collaboration among communities, stakeholders, and residents to advance regional priorities. MVRPC is a forum and resource where the Board of Directors identifies priorities and develops public policy and collaborative strategies to improve quality of life throughout the Miami Valley Region. MVRPC performs various regional planning activities, including air quality, water quality, transportation, land use, research and GIS. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), MVRPC is responsible for transportation planning in Greene, Miami and Montgomery Counties and parts of northern Warren County. MVRPC's areawide water quality planning designation encompasses five (5) counties: Darke, Preble plus the three MPO counties.
For additional information about MVRPC's participation in the PSAP, contact Elizabeth Whitaker, Senior Planner, at (937) 223-6323 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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THE EXPANSE – Season 3 Episode 3 – SPOILERS
Jules-Pierre Mao (François Chau) notices that Dr. Strickland is a mad scientist and tells him to stop his experiments. It seems unlikely that Strickland will give up so easily, and Mao must know that. Mao might succeed in saving the remaining five children with the help of Holden's newly reinforced crew (once they arrive on Io), but Strickland might infect one or more of the remaining children with the protomolecule before he can be stopped. It is uncertain how Mao will react to Avasarala.
Under the influence of Sadavir Errinwright (Shawn Doyle), the Secretary-General blows up some Martian military stuff, and, in return, the Martians blow up a city in South America (Goias Maior, at the tip of Amazonia, probably near where São Paolo is now). It seems likely that there will be further Martian retaliation. Avasarala wakes up on the Rocinante, and is surprised that no one is enthusiastic about helping her. Continue reading →


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I can't believe I'm actually writing this post! We have finally finished closing in the 990 sq ft area upstairs and passed the final inspections! I love how the whole space turned out but especially the bathroom! From the brass fixtures to the dark blue walls, I'm in love with it all. (Am I using 'in love' too much?)
For starters, my main photo of inspiration was a picture I saw on Houzz of a beautiful dark blue bathroom with dark brown vanity and white tile.
Although I had already bought a gray/blue vanity, it ended up not fitting in the space and we had to return it. In hindsight, it was a good thing because I ended up buying a new vanity, dark brown in color.
The tile on the walls was a marble tile from Allen Roth for Lowes. LINKED BELOW.
The floors were leftovers from our original home build and we (almost) had just enough! Good thing we found some similar ones at a tile store. The tile guys were phenomenal. They did a very neat and clean job in three days!
The walls were painted in Posiden by Sherwin Williams.
Now about that vanity. We measured the space for the vanity earlier before the tile work was done. Once the shower pan and tile work were completed however, space proved to be much smaller than first measured. So I was stuck with finding a new vanity. But that may have been a blessing in disguise. I found some beautiful apothecary and console vanities but they were either too wide or over budget. So I decided to just go with the original photo I fell in love with and order the dark brown vanity off Wayfair. And you guys, I am so happy I did! I changed the chrome knobs into brass and pairing them with the brass faucet, it looked awesome! Now I'm pretty sure that the original dove grey vanity would have been too washed out.
The faucet and shower faucet, toilet paper holder, and light switch caps were all ordered from Amazon that I have linked right here.
Mirror was a target find!
Now that we have closed in the walls upstairs, we will start listing our home, packing, and renovating our fixer! It's been a busy season but I am so excited to fill this blog with fun before and afters and updates on our progress!


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Fairfax County Weekender –March 9-11, 2018
March 9: Keep Your Hard-Earned Money
National Consumer Protection Week – Get Answers to Your Questions: What are you doing to protect yourself from fraud, identity theft and scams? Do you know how to file a consumer complaint? Get information and answers to your questions from a consumer specialist stationed at the Consumer Affairs table in the lobby from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Chantilly Regional Library. All ages. Free; no registration required. For more information, call 703-502-3883.
Also on Friday:
Teen Tech Week at the Library: Stop by the library and use one of the Teen Tech Week Makers boxes. Do some creating and learn about what the library has to offer you. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Martha Washington Library. Grades 7 through 12. Free; no registration required. For more information, call 703-768-6700.
March 10: Calling Teen Readers!
NoVa Teen Book Festival: This 5th annual free festival celebrates Young Adult (YA) fiction. It's a day-long event packed with books, authors and activities co-sponsored by area library systems including Fairfax County Public Library. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Washington-Lee High School, 1301 N. Stafford St., Arlington. Free; register online. For more information, call 703-324-3100.
Also on Saturday:
Camp Fair: Summer will be here before you know it and finding the right summer day camp for your kids can be tough. Make it easy this year with one-stop shopping at the Fairfax County Park Authority's Camp Fair 2018. Come check out affordable day camps for children three years and up, near home or work, with convenient hours and several extended care locations. This family-friendly event will have more than 50 booths featuring children's games, interactive displays, demonstrations and great giveaways from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Audrey Moore RECenter. Free admission. For more information, call 703-768-3224.
Winter Games at Walney: How did people in the 19th century entertain themselves when the weather was cold? Join us for an afternoon of historic games for children and adults. Children will make their own historical toy to take home to end a fun afternoon of play. From 2 to 3:30 p.m. at E.C. Lawrence Park. Ages 4 and up. $9/person. Register online. For more information, call 703-631-0013.
The Snow White Variety Show: All the fun of just about every TV show genre is jam-packed into this wild and fast-paced comedy. It is part-talk show, part-reality show dramatic re-telling of a classic story you thought you knew, and it is performed by talented young actors from 2 to 3:30 p.m. (also on Sunday) at the Old Firehouse, 1440 Chain Bridge Rd. Ages 6 and up. $15/person. Buy tickets online. For more information, call 571-296-8385.
Second Saturday Art Walk: Tour seven unique studio buildings to see the work of nearly 100 talented visual artists. From 6 to 9 p.m. at the Workhouse Arts Center. Free. For more information, call 703-584-2900.
March 11: A Garden that Looks Good Enough to Eat
Winter Lecture Series – Foodscape Revolution: Foodscape design requires a well-balanced mix of flowering and edible plants. Plantswoman Brie Arthur shares her favorite perennials for the seasonal foodscape. Learn how to layer perennials in with your favorite vegetables to increase beauty and pollinator activity. Discover management strategies to make your edible perennial border low-maintenance and full of life. From 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Green Spring Gardens. Adults. $10/person. Register online. For more information, call 703-642-5173.
Also on Sunday:
Virginia Farms: Agriculture is big business in Virginia; in fact, it is our state's largest industry. This lecture series features local farmers in the Fairfax County area. Each session includes a personalized, 45-minute presentation from farmers explaining why they chose farming as a profession, what they produce and how you can support local farmers. After the presentation, we get to sample the fruits of their labor as we socialize and learn more about the impacts of supporting local agriculture. From 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Frying Pan Farm Park. Ages 12 and up. $10/person. Register online. For more information, call 703-437-9101.
Sunday Afternoon Dance: Dancers of all skill levels are welcome to foxtrot, swing, cha-cha and waltz. Music selection ranges from golden oldies to today's more modern dance selections. Three mini-lessons, door prizes and light refreshments add to the fun; partners not required. From 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Reston Community Center – Hunters Woods. Ages 18 and up. $10/person. Pay at door. For more information, call 703-390-6157.
Bluegrass Barn – Darrell Webb Band: The Darrell Webb Band brings energy and excitement to the stage and has earned multiple nominations at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards. After a successful career as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist in bands such as Wildfire, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage and Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Darrell Webb formed his band in 2009. Doors open at 6 p.m. and show time is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Frying Pan Farm Park. $18/person in advance and $20/person at the door. Buy tickets online. Food and drinks available for purchase. For more information, call 703-437-9101.
Sunday County Western Dance: Line dance, two-step, shuffle and swing the night away to popular country-western tunes played by the Reston Community Center's DJ. Dances are held monthly in the community room, which offers a spacious wooden dance floor and a smoke-free environment. Refreshments provided. No square or contra dancing, please. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Reston Community Center – Hunters Woods. Ages 18 and up. $10/person. Pay at door. For more information, call 703-390-6157.


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I should have written about this a long time ago. It is long but I had to give you my account. There are instances in your life where you meet someone just by chance but you eventually understand that it was fate. The doctor was in England at the time. He read my book and wanted to sent me an email to tell me what he thought the problem was and I could not conceive but he thought that I would be too shy to respond or that I would think he was unreasonable and a spam message. He was not wrong. At the time, I received countless messages with the most outrageous suggestions.
The most toughing though, was the message from a chemist who offered free drugs through my struggle. I thanked the chemist but did not follow up with her. Perhaps I would have done the same with the doctor's message, if he had sent it.
This doctor then, after working in England for a few years returned to Greece and worked at the IFV center that I was visiting for a few years. One morning, I was at the center for my appointment. The employees told me that the new doctor (Dr. Sikourtis) has shown them my book and suggest that they read it. The employees told Dr. Sikourtis that they know me personally and that the book is written about my doctors. Dr. Sikourtis asked that he meets me personally and we met later that morning.
During the conversation, we found out that we live in the same neighborhood and the doctor confided in me that before he read my book he did not understand his patients' emotional struggle, in addition to that he thought he understood what my health problem was. He suggested I make an appointment with him, without charge, to try this new experimental therapy suggested from abroad. He brought me the paperwork and noted the successes of the therapy. I was unsure that I wanted to start this emotional rollercoaster again of hope and disappointment but as my current choices were the experimental therapy or donor eggs, I opted for the therapy.
From that moment on it was as if whatever the doctor said or prescribed fell into place exactly as expected. He always spoke in a matter-of-fact manner and everything he said he had background information on to offer me. I was still unsure but I prepared myself for the first surgical procedure. He had to make several cuts to create a new avenue for the new cells to grow. I spent many nights reading up on what he said which ended up reverting everything I knew. I thought one was to take cortisone for the body to accept the new cells. This was wrong. You have to help the body understand that this is conception. I do not remember the exact details but the point is that Dr. Sikourtis' actions were very different from what was done to me previously. For everything we did, he always emailed me links and took hours to discuss with me the details. None had ever done this before.
I finally completed the first month. I was always unsure but the doctor always sure. He responded calmly and in a matter-of-fact way. He also told me when he saw me getting excited that I should be excited when the baby is born and the pediatrician tells me that it is healthy. He would call me and check on me when I missed our appointed calls. He said that I had an umbilical cord attached to the fetus and one to the doctor till the baby is born.
The big day arrived, even a surprise to the doctor. In the birthing room I also had a midwife and an anesthesiologist, his wife. The anesthesiologist held me all throughout till I could stop crying. I cried for so long the nurses in the word identified me as the one that cried.
I had to have a caesarian section. The doctor explained how it would happen. He explained about the cuts he would make and how he will open it up with his fingers. I could not hear it but then I understood why he did it that way. The first day I was able to go out to the common room for coffee and at night I slept really well when the other new moms could not sleep due to their pain and asked me the next morning if I was sure I had a cesarean. He patiently explained that he cut no muscles, just skin and then made a small incision in the sac. I was just a wound that healed in a few days. Whatever I write are a minimal account of what the doctor went through during my pregnancy: miscarriages, thrombosis, diabetes, my age, and more
A few days ago my family and the doctor went out for coffee. He sat across from us smelting. His phone run quite often and through his calm mannerism, he calmed the panicked patients of their fears and his known jokes. He made them laugh. I was speechless. How can I make him understand how important is his work, and what he did for my family. And if I say thank you, he does not accept it, he points to God.
You ask why I write all this. We thank God many times for all things we have but we forget to thank God for our happiness. This is my thank you to Taso.


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Sake With the Haiku Geisha
By Julia Furay
Cook has written an intriguing play that dramatizes cultural fusion and collision in generally interesting and rewarding ways. He does so not only through the characters' actions and struggles, but also through the structure and presentation of the piece itself.
The dialogue, characterization, humor and delivery are much as they would be in a typical Western piece of drama, but the structure is that of a Noh play with five acts and a different protagonist in each. There are a great many additional Japanese influences, in both Cook's script and director Alex Lippard's limpid production -- most notably, the Haiku, an ever-present Geisha (Angela Lin), supplies her punchy, poetic insights throughout the drama. The bicultural presentation isn't really the emphasis here. The focus is on the characters and their stories.
All five acts feature a different main character reacting to a personal encounter with globalization. Some of these clashes are internal, some involve miscommunications and some are real conflicts. It's not surprising that some of the stories are more interesting and original than the others.
Three out of the five stories presented are those of our Western expats. They've signed up to teach in a tiny Japanese town for two years, and all three have a tough time adjusting. Charlotte (Emma Bowers), a prim British miss, writes to her slightly senile granny to stave off loneliness and culture shock. Parker (Jeremy Hollingworth), a Southern Baptist, has difficulty finding another openly gay man in the repressed Japanese village. Free spirited Canadian Brianna (Fiona Gallagher) tries to forget her personal tragedy while paradoxically encouraging the Japanese to embrace their own history.
The other two stories belong to Japanese characters. Both involve Western violation of Japan. The local school principal Mr. Hashimoto (David Shih) tells of the Hiroshima bomb after which the Haiku Geisha herself tells a Madame Butterfly-esque story of seduction and betrayal. The men in the stories fare better than the women because they get more complex development and conflict.
Hashimoto's story, in particular, is a beautiful fusion of the best of Western and Eastern drama. The Hiroshima story could come off as an out-of-place, manipulative tearjerker, but it packs a climactic punch, thanks to the pungent writing, elegant staging and, most of all, Shih's dignified, restrained performance. It's intense enough that it actually comes as a surprise that the play doesn't end with this story.
The last word goes to the Haiku Geisha. Despite Lin's ability to transform instantly from the coy, flirty Geisha to a shy office worker, her story doesn't satisfy. To begin with, it would have to be a really sharp, compelling piece to keep the audience involved after the intensity of Hashimoto's story. Because this piece is of the softer, sadder variety, so that rather than acting as an appropriate climax and coda to the evening, it feels like an afterthought. What's more, the seduction and betrayal story is o so familiar that by the time of her inevitable heartbreak, the play really begins to wear out its welcome.
Parker's segment feels new, its strength coming from the real awkwardness and humor in his attempt to find a boyfriend - or at the very least, acceptance in the Japanese village. The Japanese response to his homosexuality, and their ultimate solution to his problem,f has great moments of cultural confusion and hilarity and makes for some of the play's most enjoyable moments.
Charlotte's story which focuses mostly on her relationship with her granny back in England is also funny and touching a nd Bowers portrays her character with a sweet, yet purposeful air. However the setup - Charlotte and her grandmother basically just read out their letters to each other -- is staid and without much theatricality or vitality to the storyline. What keeps boredom at bay is the gentle humor between the two letter writers. Brianna's piece is even funnier (with a particularly hilarious sex scene). Gallagher's breathless, harried portrayal brings out the comedy brilliantly, but when we're meant to start taking her more seriously, it isn't quite believable.
So why does the production succeed despite its flaws? To begin with, the five-act structure is forgiving. None of the stories, weak or strong, lasts too long before we're on to another cultural collision. The performances are generally strong despite some horrid fake accents. In particular, Shih and Sala Iwamatsu (as a relentlessly open-minded teacher, among other things) shine in their roles and make the play fun to watch.
Cook's use of humor, coupled with Lippard's staging, emphasizes the lighthearted spirit of adventure that drives the characters. And of course, there are all those lovely haikus which punctuate the action. All in all, an auspicious inaugural production from the Gotham Stage Company.
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'[W]here a connoisseur sees the differences, a novice sees the similarities. Where a connoisseur can discern subtle shades of distinction based on nuance asymmetries, a novice lacks the necessary filters to canvas, to organise, to sift an assortment in a meaningful way. Where a connoisseur can navigate a category with effortless intuition, a novice will struggle to find beginning, middle, or end.'*
(Youngme Moon)
The guide is one who has gone before. Many times under varying conditions. They have walked the path in foul weather and fine. They've had to face the asymmetry of challenge whether ready or not. Donald Miller does not underestimate the value of the hero when he writes about the guide:
'The strongest character in the story isn't the hero, it's the guide. Yoda.'**
We cannot be Yoda. Only Yoda can be Yoda. We can, though, be a guide who looks like us – a good guide knows this. Ursula Le Guin found herself writing her novels as a man:
'Do I know how to write in my own skin, my own clothes? Well no, I didn't know how. It took me a while to learn. And it was other women who taught me.'^
What Youngme Moon describes in today's opening quote is described by Richard Sennett in Erin O'Connor's story of learning how to blow a Barolo goblet. In this context, she is an apprentice glass-blower with someone mentoring and coaching her – apprentice is another term we might use for the hero. What O'Connor is learning is the coordination of hand, eye and brain, being totally absorbed in what is being produced:
'We are now absorbed in something, no longer self-aware, even of our bodily self. We have become the thing on which we are working.'^^
The journey from apprentice to mentor takes tens of thousands of hours of sheer hard graft that puts off so many others and leaves us to be different:
'When you commit you deepen presence. Though your choice narrows the range of possibilities now open to you, it increases the intensity of chosen possibilities.
You are the only one who can decide this and take up the lifetime of work it demands.'*^
The true guide is never bored – knowing they will never be complete, that anything could happen ahead, that they can initiate many things they must be alert to:
'We are alert rather than bored because we have developed the skill of anticipation.'^^
Play is important for learning. It is our willingness to be wrong over and over and over again but always willing to the possibility of being right the next time. Play makes it possible to move beyond what we know.
Writing around a hundred years ago, Johan Huizinga noted how humans take game playing further than other species. We are not the only game playing species, we are the species which knows it is playing:
'Animals play, so they must be more than merely mechanical things. We play and know that we play, so we must be more than merely rational beings, for play is irrational.'^*
To open our minds, hearts and wills requires that we play.
Answering the questions Who am I? and What is my contribution? will involve necessary playfulness. Our play is our way to being different to one another – and something quite exceptional and remarkable takes place.
'But extraordinary contribution is rare. It's when we surprise the system, and perhaps ourselves, by showing up with something unexpected, far beyond the common standard. […] Extraordinary contribution changes not just the recipient, but the giver as well.'⁺
By the way, it's your turn to play.
(*From Youngme Moon's Different.)
(**From Donald Miller's Scary Close.)
(^From Ursula Le Guin's Words Are My Matter.)
(^^From Richard Sennett's The Craftsman.)
(*^From John O'Donohue's Eternal Echoes.)
(^*From Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens.)
(⁺From Seth Godin's blog: What is extraordinary contribution worth?)


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It must be obvious by now that we are experiencing something greater than the routine frustrations of the business cycle and the normal political discontents of democracies. There is, as political scientist William Galston writes in a recent essay, a "shared fear that an epoch is coming to an end." The "liberal democratic bargain" that wealthy societies embraced after World War II is failing, and this has spawned widespread anxiety and conflict.
In its essentials, the bargain is easily described. Governments derived their legitimacy from their ability to maintain steady economic growth. Though there might be periodic recessions, none would be so powerful as to expose most people to extreme instability or social disorder. Meanwhile, rising incomes would improve living standards and allow governments to redistribute some gains to satisfy political goals. Countries might differ in their goals, but the underlying bargains were similar.
Politics was prosperity — and prosperity was politics.
Countless commentators (including me) have analyzed the disappointing economic recoveries and the parallel political backlashes in the United States, Europe and Japan. Galston, who served in the Clinton White House and now resides at the Brookings Institution, extends the process by asking a deeper question of whether the basic political superstructure is at risk.
What if governments can't fulfill the role that justifies their legitimacy?
There are ominous precedents. "During the 1920s and 1930s," Galston writes, "the failure of market economies and democratic political institutions boosted the credibility of totalitarian governance and central planning."
Already, populist and nationalist parties in Europe have gained ground; in the United States, the fringe wings of the Republican and Democratic parties seem emboldened. Resentment is building. "Human experience suggests (and behavioral economics confirms) that the pain of loss exceeds the pleasure of gain," Galston argues. "While failing to improve one's well-being is disappointing, losing what one has enjoyed is productive of bitterness and anger."
The obvious solution is to increase economic growth. But if that were easy, it would have occurred. Galston lists some obstacles. Innovation favors growth but also threatens existing businesses and jobs. Resistance by potential victims may provide short-run stability while reducing long-term growth. Large government deficits risk sharp changes in policy; the uncertainty may discourage business investment. High payments to the elderly for income support and health care may crowd out public spending on education and research and development, weakening growth.
Galston does not predict the collapse of market-based democracies. But he fears a vicious circle of public discontent and weak governments. "When times are hard, the varied social and economic groups . . . struggle with one another, each striving to minimize its losses at the expense of others," he writes. "Elected governments mirror these divisions, which makes it hard for them to act effectively."
I've read lots of analyses of our predicament. This is among the best. Still, I'd qualify Galston's argument in three ways.
First, he goes too easy on economists. They oversold their capabilities to control the business cycle and raise incomes and living standards. The resulting optimistic climate caused political leaders to adopt policies that, perversely, increased short-term instability and reduced long-term growth.
Second, he fails to focus on the role of the 2008-09 financial crisis in frightening — and changing — public opinion. People were unnerved, precisely because the crisis was unpredicted (indeed, was thought to be impossible). Government was automatically discredited.
Third, he underestimates the resilience of modern democracies. For all their flaws, they seem to be, at least for most people in advanced societies, the least bad way of being governed. Their shortcomings need to be balanced against the alternatives. Still, this could change.
That's Galston's point. We view the lackluster recovery mainly in economic terms. This is too narrow. A political system that depends on strong economic growth will, when growth falters, lose its capacity to ensure social peace and stability. This loss, though hard to calculate, might one day dwarf the more easily measured economic damage.
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Sunday Feb. 25, 2018
What kind of day will you have?
Most often, for most people, it feels like there is no choice – circumstances and others determine the course of a day …
More important I think, is to question if we define our day, or whether our day defines us?
If someone touches you, don't you have a vastly different day than if you are completely alone?
Worst time to be single/alone is the 'holiday' long weekend – with great weather no less, when you don't have a potential partner even remotely in your orbit. Nobody to 'hang with', walk with, talk with, go for a drive with or get a bite with or do an errand with. Nobody to look for, nobody to cook for or to make time for.
Most days are 'between days', between extremes, between partners and between opportunities – between best and worst …
I want more of those best days, fewer worst days.
Sure, text or talk are valuable forms of communication, but sometimes it isn't communication we need as much as we need the touch of someone (friend, lover, parent, child, grandchild, caregiver) we care about, someone who cares about us. Without it, what value does anything else in life really hold?


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Layer Effects
You can add effects to the layers of your scene. These effects allow to quickly changes the atmosphere and rendering of your game. For example, here is the sepia effect added to the isometric-game example:
Adding an effect to a layer
In the scene editor, open the Layers Editor.
Find the Base Layer, or another layer, and click on "Add Effect" button.
The next window is showing the effects currently applied on the layer - none of now. Click on "Add an effect".
A new effect called "Effect" is created. This name will be useful later for modifying the parameters of the effect during the game.
Choose the type of the effect. Click on the selector and choose one.
The window now shows the parameters for the effect - these parameters depends on the effect type that was chosen.
You can let the default parameters or change them now. Values of parameters usually go from 0 (deactivated) to 1.
Try the game with the effect
Launch a preview to see the effect applied. The effect is applied on the whole layer, so all the objects on the layer will be part of the effect.
If you have multiple layers, you can add the same effect to all of your layers.
Changing effect parameters during the game
Using events, you can manipulate the parameters during the game. It can be useful for different situations: a day-night cycle, a flashback effect, etc…
First, check out the name of the effect and the name of the parameter to change in the Layers Editor. For this, open the Layers Editor, then edit the effects of a layer. Note the name of the effect and the name of a parameter.
In this example, a night effect is called "Effect" and has two parameters "opacity" and "intensity":
You can then add an event with an action called "Effect Parameter":
- Enter first the layer name (don't forget the quotes). For the base layer, enter an empty string (
- Enter the name of the effect, for example
- Enter the name of the parameter, for example
- Finally, enter the new value to be set for this parameter.
Here is an example of an action to change the opacity of an effect called "Effect" on the base layer:


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The holidays are here and you have a chance to be a positive part of the local economy! Visit the Environmental Nature Center to shop for handmade gifts from local artisans offering a variety of eco-friendly, sustainable, arts and crafts. Your friends and family will love that you cared enough about them to think about their planet when you purchased their unique gift. You'll love spending the day in Nature instead of a shopping mall! $2 entry fee goes directly to our environmental education programs. To volunteer at the Artisan Marketplace, CLICK HERE. The Call for Artisans for the 2020 Artisan Marketplace is now OPEN! For sponsorship opportunities, click HERE.
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Though unfortunately dubbed "Brooklyn Bohemians" who spread out to "invade Berlin's techno scene" by none less than the New York Times in February of this year and equally unfortunately included in Electronic Beats' rather ill-fated because oddly biased list of "Five Berlin Club Nights That Have Nothing to do With House or Techno", the folks of Janus have done a lot to make this city's club scene a lot more colourful and interesting in the past few years, and that holds true even if you're not the biggest fan of their chosen location, Chesters. This Friday however, the Janus residents KABLAM, M.E.S.H., and Lotic are about to leave their familiar playground in order to "search for the sound that doesn't exist" in a place that's famous for its very distinct definition of a proper Berlin weekend night and yes of course, Ms Blanning, it has very much to do with house and/or techno. Luckily though, Berghain is of course open-minded enough to welcome the 4/4-evasive renegades for another installment of CTM's Polymorphism series, which will host the principal Janus artists as part of their Berlin Current project, which is still proudly supported by No Fear Of Pop. The three will be accompanied by a fine selection of bass-inclined musicians Jam City, Total Freedom, boychild, TCF, and DJ Hvad. Warmly recommended by us – if you ever wondered what a Janus night would look (and sound!) like beyond the realms of Chesters, you know where to go this Friday.
Check out more details on the FB event page over here.