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A DISPLAY of sumptuous monochrome images of our city's most majestic buildings is one of the chief attractions of this no-nonsense city boozer.
It has endured a troubled past and I'm sure had a spell closed down altogether not that long ago. But now a bold blue paint job has smartened up the frontage and given an unmistakable message that the Regent has upped its game.
It's a very common pub name nationally, and most refer to the Prince Regent, the future King George IV. The time was when there were three of them in Leeds alone, though the famous Irish pub just outside the city centre was latterly known as Maguire's until its demolition some years ago.
The Chapel Allerton one was the focus of some lively activity at the weekend. Just a stone's throw from the main stage, it sits right at the heart of the suburb's annual arts festival. On a warm sunny afternoon and a busy evening when the street was packed and the amps were cranked up to 11, it did a roaring trade.
But I digress. Back to Kirkgate, where directly opposite the famous Edwardian market's side entrance, you step into a small area of blue banquettes and a mosaic tiled floor, from where a couple of shallow steps lead up towards the rear of the room.
Here a long bar of dark lacquered wood is topped by a row of shiny beer fonts dispensing an unsurprising selection of keg beers – Tetley, John Smith Smooth, Carlsberg, Carling and Strongbow, you know the kind of thing. There are four polished brass handpumps but sadly they don't appear to be connected to anything interesting down in the cellars. CAMRA lists it as serving handpulled Tetley, so perhaps it does sometimes.
The walls are painted in shades of grey, while facing the bar is a huge mirror advertising Tetley ales. No doubt this is a hangover from the time when this and most of Leeds's other straight-up working men's taverns were part of the great city brewery's vast pub empire. It is now aowned by giant pubco Punch.
Beyond the bar, the space narrows into a small snug with wooden panelled walls, smaller and less impressive but nonetheless reminiscent of the back room of the lovely old Templar, a few hundred yards north of here.
Through a door to the side you reach the narrow back yard complete with picnic tables which offers a surprisingly serene outdoor drinking space where a convenient gap between two tall buildings allows the sunshine to flood in.
The gents toilets are out the back too, another curious throwback to a time when this rudimentary plumbing arrangement was common.
It's Saturday afternoon when I call in. Country and western standards are pulsing urgently from the sound system, while gents of a certain age are gathered amiably around the bar, enjoying the conversation and the keenly-priced beer. In a corner beside the door, the well-oiled members of a middle-aged hen party from Tyneside are clucking and cackling.
It's that kind of a pub really. Essentially friendly and mundane, yet attracting a lively, noisy, occasionally drunken and boisterous crowd. It's hugely popular with the market traders and its karaoke sessions are the stuff of legend.
Perhaps The Regent is not for the faint of heart, but give it a try.
Kirkgate, Leeds, LS1 6DP
Telephone: 0113 245 6040
Type: Lively city centre alehouse
Opening Hours: 11am-11pm daily
Beers: John Smiths (£2.40) plus Tetley Smooth; Carlsberg (£2.50) plus Carling and Strongbow
Wine: Small selection
Food: None
Children: Not suitable, no special facilities
Disabled: Some split-level areas inside
Entertainment: Karaoke nights, plus games machines
Beer Garden: Sunlit yard area to the rear
Parking: City centre car parks nearby
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I am just loading these pictures onto my computer now and I am already so excited about them. We shot these yesterday in my neighborhood, here is a little peek.
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Re-dedication Ceremony for the Gutzon Borglum Memorial Highway, Saturday, June 1, 2013 at 10 am
The re-dedication ceremony took place at the turn-out in full view of Borglum's Mount Rushmore sculpture.
The Department of Transportation designated a 10-mile segment of Hwy 244 (between the U.S. 16A junction near Keystone and the intersection with U.S. 385 south of Hill City) as the Gutzon Borglum Highway on June 1, 1973. The Mount Rushmore Society partnered with the DOT and National Park Service in re-dedicating the highway on its 40th anniversary, by erecting the original Gutzon Borglum Memorial Highway sign that was taken down during construction decades ago.
Following the re-dedication everyone was invited to the Carver's Cafe for refreshments provided by Xanterra Parks & Resorts.


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This is a very important and special study today. It carries special significance because there is a lot of confusion and a lot of wrong believing in this particular area, and it is the area of how Jesus has made provisions for our prosperity. Now there are some people who immediately recoil at the mention of prosperity, and one of the main areas where there is a lot of wrong believing and a lot of wrong teaching is in the area of tithing.
So today we are going to be studying tithing, and how Jesus has made provisions for us to prosper in every area of our life. And I believe that at the end of this study, many people's eyes are going to be opened and many chains are going to be broken in the area of finances and prosperity as a result of seeing the truth of Jesus in our lives today and specifically in this area.


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You'll suspect your GPS has steered you wrong. A dead-end street in a patch of Wethersfield woods between I-91 and the Connecticut River. A gleaming office park. It can't be here, right?
But it is here. And once you reach it, you'll be rewarded with a waterfront setting of matchless privacy and beauty. Ten minutes from downtown Hartford, it feels like another world, lush with foliage and not a house in sight, only the mighty stanchions of the Route 3 bridge.
River — the restaurant — is folded into the ground floor of a glass-and-steel building plopped down like a spaceship amid this Edenic paradise. It's a handsome restaurant, built for party fun, with a sleek corporate-industrial vibe. The big bar opens to a multilevel outdoor patio, done up with ipe wood decking, steel railings and gunmetal gray sofas. One night, a group of women sent up a jubilant chorus of Happy Birthday, then took photos as the setting sun spread gold on the far riverbank. Location, location, location!
Of course, aside from where you eat, there's the question of what you eat. Chef Paul Krawic formerly ran the kitchen at the excellent Octagon steakhouse at the Mystic Marriott, and his omnibus Italian menu includes steaks and chops along with pasta, pizza, seafood and red-sauce standards like Chicken Parm. And hold on tight, because the culinary ride along this River is a bit of a white-knuckler.
The rollercoaster ups and downs started with the starters. No complaints about the chicken Scarpariello bites, miniatures of the popular Neapolitan dish. Bits of chicken breast mingled with Provolone and cherry pepper, then wrapped in bacon, skewered and fried to make an attractively crusty treat, they were perfect for swabbing through the tomato marinara.
Also enjoyable was a garlic fonduta, with grilled sliced sourdough, broccolini, chunks of pecorino and tiny, Peruvian "sweety drop" peppers — teardrop-shaped, tomato-red in color, sweet-tart to taste — all prettily arranged on a black slate board for dipping in a garlic, anchovy and olive-oil puree, served hot in the tiniest of cast-iron skillets.
But an "antipasta salad," offering a hefty cargo of salami, chopped ham, prosciutto, provolone, pickled red peppers, kalamata olives and marinated mushrooms, had the generic feeling of a store-bought party platter. A Caesar salad was overdressed and mayonnaisey, with little hint of lemon or Worcestershire. And while a prosciutto pizza from the kitchen's wood-fired pizza oven was tasty, it showed no trace of either the caramelized onions or the arugula and basil advertised on the menu.
At times River's kitchen tries to accomplish, through sheer caloric force, what should be done by subtler means. Arancini came pooled in tomato sauce that had been given a heavy dosing of cream; ditto an order of "chicken riggies," the Italian-American rigatoni dish that traces to upstate New York. Lobster ravioli was generously packed with lobster meat, but the preparation once again sought to seduce through richness, via copious sherry and cream.
Some excellent entrees helped put our boat back on course. We loved the salmon, which came bearing a pleasing crust of baked Asiago.
A skirt steak was cooked perfectly — grilled to a slight char on the outside, pinkish-red within, and served sliced and covered in a brilliant green, garlic-spiked chimichurri. A hefty center-cut bone-in pork chop, grilled, was complemented by a black Sambuca demi-glace enticingly redolent of licorice. And Chef Krawic's novel version of chicken Parm spiffs up this tired standby by presenting it in roulade form, a chicken breast pounded thin, rolled up with mozz and parmesan, then breaded and fried, served with homemade linguine and a simple but effective red sauce.
Then came more downs. Grilled swordfish was inexplicably breaded, and the accompanying fingerling potatoes flavorless. The shrimp and scallops in a bowl of seafood linguine were lost in a lurid orange-red tomato sauce lacking in nuance. Brussels sprouts came out oily, overcooked and oversalted. A side of gnocchi was heavy and doughy.
Don't get me wrong; River puts plenty to like on your plate, beginning with the addictive roasted garlic spread that comes with warm bread. Pasta is homemade — and well made. Little things are worth noting, like the fried Parmesan wafer atop a salad.
And pastry chef Marika Esteves-Smith's desserts were uniformly good. A portion of carrot cake dispensed with the usual giant slab of cream-cheese frosting and presented a much lighter version, shaped artfully in a circular mold, then splashed with a caramel rum sauce and sprinkled with tiny shreds of flash-fried carrot. An XXL slice of chocolate flourless cake bore a thick paving of ganache plus a drizzle of chocolate sauce. Homemade gelato was unusually light and delicate, almost like ice milk.
Service at River is unfailingly friendly... and spotty. One jampacked Thursday we were seated at a mini-booth in the corner of the bar, then abandoned for 20 minutes. Drinks didn't come. A salad ordered as a starter arrived with the main course. Dishes languished without being cleared.
And then there were the mosquitoes. On two separate visits, a sunset onslaught of winged biters had guests flapping napkins like horses twitching their tails. Consider it a reminder of nature's domain, here on the water's edge. Who owns the riverfront on a summer twilight, after all, and who are the intruders?
River Waterfront Restaurant and Bar * 100 Great Meadow Road, Wethersfield * 860-257-3344 * www.riverontheriver.com * 3 stars
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THE SPACE: Seating for 130 at tables and booths in a large, sleek, corporate-industrial-style room whose floor-to-ceiling windows offer premium views of woods and river. Outdoor dining on a stylish multilevel patio.
THE CROWD: Yes, there's a kid menu, but you won't see many kids in a crowd rife with young (and youngish) professionals living it up.
THE BAR: A big space, open to the dining room on one side and the patio on another, with 25 seats at the bartop and 40 more at tables. Happy hour, weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m., includes $4 beer, $6 wine, snacks from $4 to $10, and $12-$15 pizzas. The midsized wine list showcases California and Italy, and includes 20 wines by the glass, $8 to $12, and about 60 bottles, $24 to $120.
THE BILL: A huge menu lets you dine frugally on pizza and salad, or really do it up and spend. Appetizers, soups and salads, $7 to $19; pizza, $14 to $17; pasta, $17 to $25; entrees, steaks and chops, $18 to $45; desserts $6 to $8.
WHAT WE LIKED: Chicken Scarapiello bites, garlic fonduta, Asiago-crusted salmon, chicken Parmesan roulade with linguine, skirt steak with chimichurri, pork chop with black Sambuca, flourless chocolate cake, carrot cake, gelato.
NOISE LEVEL: Merely loud on weeknights, River achieves runway-takeoff decibels on weekends. A great roar pours out of the bar onto the patio, so if you sit outside, choose one of the tables to the left, in the lee of the building.
IF YOU GO: Lunch: Daily, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner: Sunday through Thursday, 5 to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5 to 10 p.m. Reservations strongly recommended, especially on weekends. Wheelchair access through front door. Free parking in vast lot serving the office park.


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MOSCOW (AP) The falling ruble has caused a 16 percent rise in the cost of rebuilding Moscow's Luzhniki stadium, which will host the final of the 2018 World Cup.
The ruble has lost almost half of its value against the dollar this year, raising the price of imported building materials.
That adds an extra three billion rubles ($51 million) to the previous 19-billion-ruble budget announced in July, Moscow's deputy mayor Marat Khusnullin says.
Imported materials make up 20 to 30 percent of those needed for the rebuild and Khusnullin vowed not to cut corners, saying ''we'll still use what's better.''
The 81,000-capacity arena is already two months ahead of schedule and could finish six months early, he says,


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Bringing beading skills and jewellery elements into our mixed media art adds a whole new level of embellishments. They add interest to our pieces and allow us to use the elements to join pieces in ways we would normally struggle with. The two main elements we will cover here are eyelets and jump rings.
Tools to get you started
The tools needed to start using eyelets will require an initial outlay and can be expensive. Like any tools, you do get what you pay for. Once you have purchased them, these tools can be used again and again. Adding eyelets into our mixed media artwork means we need to make a hole that is the right size for our eyelets. They come in a range of sizes, both lengths and diameters, and need a hole size to match. I use a set of hole punches that has interchangeable heads so I can make different hole sizes. To go with this, I need a hammer and a mat to protect the work surface.
Eyelets also need "setting" by splitting the end and laying them flat, so the cardboard is clamped between the head and tail of the eyelet. We need a setting tool to do this. It may be a range of punch-like setters that need a hammer to use, or a plyers type tool, especially designed to set the eyelets.
To add the jump rings to eyelets, you will need two pairs of pliers, both flat nosed pliers and pointy nosed pliers.
Eyelets come in many diameters, lengths and colours. To get started you can begin with a small range of eyelets and then expand your collection as you begin to use them more often. I suggest beginning with gold ones, at 1/8" diameter. These will suit many of your projects. You can also use a metallic leafing pen to change the eyelet colour to match other embellishments.
You will need to make a hole in your mixed media piece to add the eyelet into. The hole needs to be the right size so the body the eyelet can fit through and the head sits onto the top surface. Learning to get the hole into the right place will depend on the type of hole punch you are using, so practice on an offcut of cardboard before you begin adding holes to your mixed media artwork.
When you have a hole, place the eyelet into it and set it into place. Look at the tail of the eyelet to check it is sitting flat on your artwork. If the tail is sitting up, hit it again with a hammer to flatten the tail down.
Jump Rings
Jump rings are those metal rings used for joining jewellery elements together. They also come in a range of sizes and colours but to begin with, choose a colour that matched the eyelet you have.
To open the jump rings, we need to hold it with the flat nosed pliers, with split close to end on pliers, then use pointy nose pliers to hold other side of ring. Twist ring open in the direction the ring tends to already be slightly open on. This a sideways movement and we are NOT opening up the ring - it must be sideways; this makes it easier to close the ring again and not squash it out of shape.
While the ring is in the open position, you can thread it through the eyelet. Close the jump ring by taking hold of it again with flat nosed pliers and use the pointy nosed pliers to bend the ring back the way it came. Check the ring to see if it is closed; if is still isn't closed, bend it past the mid point and check again.
For Step-by-Step Instructions
- Jewellery Elements - Setting Eyelets | Mixed Media Art
Incorporate jewellery elements into our mixed media art introduces a whole new world of embellishments and tools. Eyelets come in a range of sizes and colours.
- Jewellery skills - Jump Rings | Mixed Media Art
Jump rings are used to connect elements together in your mixed media artwork and jewellery projects. The key to using jump rings is how to open them.
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Sunday, 25 September 2016
1.8 Getting Older
It's true! Geneva is nearly an adult at this point, and the others aren't far behind! (Infact, as I actually post this Geneva is an adult, and Aria and Becca are teens, but I'm a few chapters ahead in gameplay V story lol.)
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Hey look! A baby! And no cliffy! lol.ReplyDelete
Wow! Nazari really does have her hands full with all of them doesn't she?
Oh. I'd forgotten that Ernesto was so much older than Naz. At least he spends lots of time with the kids, even if it's doing the fun and easy jobs. Haha. Love the family photo!Replies
Haha! Finally, eh? And thats the last baby for this gen, so no more baby cliffies for a while.Delete
Yes, but it's nothing she can't handle. She has the childish trait and she's not actually as unhappy as she seems in the actual game, it just seemed to fit her personality more this way.
I know :'( It makes me sad. Hehe, I like doing a family photo for each generation so you can remember how everyone looked :)
Aww, Ernesto's an elder? That makes me feel kinda sad :cReplyDelete
Yay for baby Becca ^-^ and Aria looks cute as a child now ^-^
So, who's going to be heir then? ;)Replies
I know!! :'( I hate when sims you like get old, but it always seems saddest when it's the first one in a family.Delete
I know, I lucked out with genes this gen, I've obviously seen them all much older than you have, and they're all gawjus. <3
Well... That would depend what I rolled and who had the best fitting traits and blah... For now, it's a secret haha, but this generation won't be too long, so don't worry!
Oh, Ernesto's an old man already. I hadn't gotten that he was that much older than Nazari. Well, atleast she's finally working again. So many sims in such a cramped place; must have been driving her crazy.ReplyDelete
And the picture looks great! Had completely forgotten that was even possible at the different places around simtown.Replies
I know! :'( It's so upsetting. I don't think I really made it obvious, except from at the beginning when Nazari's brother found out about them. I guess I kinda forgot too, and then I got the notification it was Ernesto's birthday and I was shocked.Delete
Yes, it was! It actually isn't so bad for me as it looks, the trailer has no routing issues and nobody spends their day stuck behind a door or something. It's weird because I often have bad routing in larger houses...
I had too! Ernesto rolled a wish to win the lottery, so I thought I'd have him enter. I couldn't remember where you got the tickets from, so while I was clicking around I rediscovered the picture thing! :)
No, Ernest is old now! Everyone in Naz's family is growing up.ReplyDelete
Good thing Naz could get back to work. Being stuck at home with young kids could drive anyone up a wall before too long! Ernest will have to change some diapers, now.


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Tane, I love this post so much, its amazing! I also LOVE the picture. I think I am going to pin it! :) I will never stop hoping. Hope it is an amazing word! ♥ ;)ReplyDelete
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She screamed and the offender ran off empty-handed down a footpath next to a nearby apartment block. Police are appealing for witnesses, particularly two women who came to the victim's aim.
DC Rachael Ashcroft, of Preston CID, said: "This attack took place in broad daylight on a residential street, just moments after the victim had withdrawn money from a nearby cash machine.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Potomac State used a strong pitching performance by Makenah Harrington in the opening game of the doubleheader, but was unable to string together its seven hits in the second as the Catamounts split with Lincoln College on Wednesday afternoon.
Harrington allowed four hits in the first game, three of which came in Lincoln's three-run first inning, but Potomac State had a four- and three-run outburst in the third and fifth innings to escape with an 8-3 victory.
Megan Newcomb finished with a home run, single, a pair of RBIs and two runs scored. Kadi Cosgrove scored three times and doubled, Carly Nixon doubled and Morgan Bayse had the Catamounts' fifth hit with a single.
Harrington only struck out a pair of batters, but her performance in the circle coupled with four errors by Lincoln was enough for the Catamounts.
Potomac State racked up seven hits in the second game, but was shut out as it fell, 5-0.
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As Your Agent, I Will: Complete a comparative market analysis that will compare your home's value to that of your neighbors. I will share all the data that I have used to evaluate your home. Compile a comprehensive plan detailing all the efforts I will employ to sell your home, including Internet and local media. Present your home to as many qualified buyers as possible getting your home maximum exposure. Make suggestions to help you stage your home and generate curb appeal to ensure you get the highest price. Assist with obtaining offers and help you in negotiating the best deal as smoothly as possible. Help you find your next home and answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.
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Closing Costs to Expect: Broker's marketing cost is a full-service fee and will locally cost between 6% to 7% for a residential home. Attorney Fees, usually a necessity in NC, very modest costs for the seller's side. Local property transfer tax, county transfer tax, state transfer tax, and state capital gains tax are the charges that you'll pay f selling your home. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on date you close and date your taxes are due. FHA fees and VA costs are all fees are now negotiable between an buyer and seller. Home inspections fees are in some rare circumstances paid for by the seller and include pest, & other inspections. Usually the buyer responsibility.Miscellaneous repair cost from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection.
Selling a home isn't much work if you break the tasks down into a 6 step process
Step 1: Plan/Prepare Some 5 million existing homes are sold each year, and while each transaction is different every owner wants the same thing - the best possible deal with the least amount of hassle and aggravation. Unfortunately, home selling has become a more complex business than it used to be. New seller disclosure statements, longer and more mysterious form agreements, and a range of environmental concerns have all emerged in the past decade. More importantly, the home-selling process has changed. Buyer brokerage - where REALTORS® represent homebuyers - is now common nationwide, and good buyer-brokers want the best for their clients.
The result is that while almost 100,000 existing homes are sold each week, the process is not as easy for sellers as it was five or 10 years ago. Surviving in today's real estate world requires experience and training in such fields as real estate marketing, financing, negotiation and closing - the very experience you get by putting me to work for you.
Are you ready? The home-selling process typically starts several months before a property is made available for sale. It's necessary to look at a home through the eyes of a potential buyer & determine what needs to be cleaned, painted, repaired and tossed out. Ask yourself: If you were buying this home what would you want to see? The goal is to show a home which looks good, maximizes space and attracts as many buyers - and as much demand - as possible. More importantly, when you seriously have decided to sell you need to begin to think about your property less as "your home" and more as "your product." Are you able to do this? Is it Is it a good product? While part of the "getting ready" phase relates to repairs, painting and other home improvements, this is also a good time to ask why you really want to sell. Selling
a home is an important matter and there should be clear on your reason to sell - perhaps a job change to a new community or the need for more space. Your reason for selling can impact the negotiating process so it's important to discuss your needs and goals in private .
Step 2: Call me for a market analysis Why call a Realtor? Granted, some people are able to go to work for themselves & sell their own homes without the services of a real estate agent. Some of these successful do-it-yourselfers are very experienced home sellers who know about the sales process and are prepared for the legwork & aggravation. Some sellers find themselves in a market of extreme housing scarcity. Others are transferring ownership of their home to a child, a coworker or a tenant who's already living in the home. These circumstances are the exception, not the norm, however.
For most buyers & sellers, a for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) transaction simply isn't in the cards. Buyers who are not local, lack experience or free time simply can't navigate the hurdles & details, preferring to let someone else do that work. Some buyers do want to shop FSBOs, because those home shoppers often expect to reduce the price straightaway at least the amount of the marketing fee, regardless of how the homeowner initially priced the home. Buyer & Seller can't both save the marketing fee !
Sellers who hope to "work for themselves" by taking on this chore often find they are "working for free."
Here are five reasons why.
1. FSBOs can't list their home in the MLS. FSBOs aren't permitted to put their home in the multiple listing service (MLS) because these industry membership organizations are open only to licensed real estate brokers and agents, who pay fees to maintain these databases. FSBOs get locked out of many home search engines and Web sites, including the gigantic Realtor.com. Sure, a determined FSBO can shoulder the expense to put a for-sale sign in his or her front yard and run an advertisement in the local newspaper, but the home won't receive the same volume of print and internet advertising offerd by a team organization No classified advertising reaches as far or with as much exposure as home listings through the MLS.
2. Agents won't show FSBO homes. In a typical home sale, the buyer's agent receives at least half of the commission that the seller pays the listing agent. Without a listing agreement, there's no guarantee that the buyer's agent will be compensated for his or her services, unless the buyer pays, signing a brokerage agreement that specifically provides for such compensation. Even when a FSBO offers to pay the buyer's side of the commission, most agents are reluctant to go through a transaction with an unseasoned self-represented seller across the table. That means the pool of potential buyers for FSBO homes is limited primarily to unrepresented and frequently unqualified prospects.
3. FSBOs usually mis-price their home. Like most home owners, your own home is special to you. Without market and appraisal data many FSBOs honestly believe their own home is worth more than comparable homes in the same neighborhood. At other times owners are not aware of positive influences in their real estate market. I provide an update on market conditions, an assessment of the likely selling price of the home and tips for improving the home's buyer appeal. It helps to have the facts, no matter what approach to pricing you take as the seller. It is important to remember; when you offer your home for sale, it is transformed from your home to your product, so you want to offer a product that makes you money!!
Remember: the seller sets the price, but ideally the most effective decision is an informed decision.
4. Buyers will feel intimidated. Potential buyers will spend far less time inside a for-sale home if the owner is present during the showing. They are shy about discussing its pluses and minuses even with their own agent when the owner is within earshot. Polite buyers will also be less inclined to make an offer if they know they'll be negotiating directly with a proud homeowner. Alternatively, rude buyers shamelessly try to "beat down" even a reasonable price! Having an agent creates an effective emotional buffer between the seller and buyer.
5. FSBOs are likely to stumble into legal trouble. Real estate transactions are fraught with potential liability for unwary sellers. A FSBO who overlooks even one required form or legally mandated disclosure could face lost marketing days,a lost sale, or even a protracted and expensive buyer lawsuit after the transaction closes.
In other words, home selling is part art, part science, part marketing, & part negotiation. Unlike math where 2 + 2 always equals 4, in real estate there is no certain conclusion. All transactions are different, and because of this, we both need to as much as possible to prepare your home for sale and market aggressively
Step 3: You Set the Price Every reasonable owner & agent wants the best possible price and terms for the home. Several factors, including market conditions and interest rates, will determine how much the market will fetch for any home. The idea is to get the maximum price and the best terms during the window of time when your home is being marketed. We look for ways together to maximize the value of the offering in the marketplace to increase the profits of the sale.
What is your home worth?
All homes have a price, and sometimes more than one. There's the price owners would like to get, the value buyers would like to offer and a point of agreement which can result in a sale.
In considering home values, several factors are important:
Sale prices are NOT the whole deal. Which would you rather have: A sale price of $200,000, or a sale price of $205,000 but where you agree to make a "seller contribution" of $5,000 to offset the buyer's closing costs, pay a $2,000 allowance for roof repairs, fund two mortgage points, re-paint the entire house and leave the washer and dryer? No less important, a home sale by itself can be complex. There will be people looking at your house, documents to sign and issues to be negotiated. Because a home sale involves a number of both personal and business concerns, you need to get it done right. You need to carefully prepare your home, understand the market and see what alternatives are realistically available. The old motto "be prepared" applies to the whole sales "team," you and me!
What's an acceptable offer? The goal of every seller is to have a line of buyers outside the front door, each clutching higher and higher offers. And while this has been known to happen, in most markets there is some balance between the number of buyers and sellers. A number of factors determine whether a buyer's offer is acceptable. They include:
.Step 4:Negotiate your offer How do you negotiate? It's sometimes argued that negotiation must produce one "winner" and one "loser." Others suggest that a "win/win" situation is possible where each side gets something of value. Real estate bargaining typically involves compromises by both sides. It's not war; it's not winner-take-all; and it's not the time to take personally any comments made by purchasers. Instead, negotiating should be seen as a natural business process; buyers should be treated with respect; and with sellers we never lose sight of either their best interests or their baseline transaction requirements. These are the standards we set for serving each owner, which must be met before the home can be sold.
Step 5: Close
It might seem as though once a sale agreement has been signed that the selling process is complete. Not only is it not over yet, but some of the most complex aspects of a real estate transaction now begin. This is when my real work for you begins!
A purchase agreement for your home sets not only a purchase price for the home, but also a series of terms and conditions. Example: Contracts routinely depend on the ability of a buyer to obtain financing, which is why we prefer buyers with preapproval letters from lenders.
A growing percentage of transactions involve a home inspection, or a physical review of the home by a trained and independent observer. Lenders will establish numerous conditions before granting a loan. They will want a title exam, title insurance to protect against title errors, termite inspections, surveys and an appraisal to assure that the home has sufficient value to secure the loan.The realtors involved typically arrange required inspections, negotiates any repair issues, and helps the owner prepare for closing.
When should you close?
With automation now available, closings can occur within a week in some areas -- at least in theory. In practice, it takes time to arrange financing, conduct inspections, obtain appraisals, locate replacement housing, contact movers, pack and actually move.
While instant closings are not practical, neither are closings too far in the future. The problem with closings much past 60 days is that loan rates are difficult to lock in. If mortgage rates go up, it's possible that the buyer will no longer be able to afford the home and thus the deal may fall through.
The result of these considerations is that most homes close 30 to 45 days after a sale agreement has been signed.
Selling your home shouldn't be a stressful ordeal. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your investment in your home pays off. Allow me to serve you, and I'll put to work my contacts & experience. Focus on your move while I manage your home sale from our initial consultation to the closing deal, and beyond. I pride myself on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.


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Chris Masters: From WWE superstar to real-life superhero
In a near fatal incident, WWE superstar Chris Masters played the role of real life superhero to save his mother from a burning building.
Masters received a call from his uncle, who said that the neighbour had gone 'crazy' and the wrestler's mother was left hostage inside the house. After the superstar arrived, the mad man was yelling from the house, threatening to set the house on fire if anyone tried to barge in.
Masters immediately called the police, and after their arrival, the man set the house ablaze.
Without a moment to spare, the WWE wrestler ripped a tree out of the ground and threw it into the house through the window. He then was able to rescue his mother from the burning building, after which the cops went in and arrested the maniac.
Masters then tweeted:
Saved my moms life!Son ofaBitch barricaded my mom in her apt & set the place on fire.I Broke my moms window with police help,&pulled herOut
— Chris Masters (@ChrisMasters310) March 20, 2013
Heres the aftermath.So thankful my moms alive!!!!!!!!! twitter.com/ChrisMasters31…
— Chris Masters (@ChrisMasters310) March 20, 2013


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I can't lie, I LOVE Martin Puryear... he's consistently great but I actually prefer Bruch's work when he is farthest from him.... when he has a slightly Tom Friedman kind of constructive playfulness. I don't see too much of that in this show.
Rejoinder is my favorite piece in this show. I like the act of re-authoring the work of others here and the a priori hierarchies the various shelves seem to suggest.
Overall it's a very earth bound show and I feel like the craft is sometimes a crutch... for Puryear it's always pure poetry. For Bruch it sometimes is.
Posted by: Double J at July 7, 2010 09:57 AM
I appreciate your comments and insights- thanks. The title, Gather and Wait refers to how I work- gathering impressions, cheap materials, ideas, and lots of waiting. I don't hunt, but I think of my process as being related- waiting quietly, paying attention and interpreting a lot of information, sorting it for relevance, delaying action until it becomes necessary.
Blind also refers to my process- interiority, even isolation and deprivation are essential to getting to certain realizations.
Rejoinder came about as a response to what I see as an indifference to materials and making in much of contemporary art. The pairing of the abstract form with the bookshelf does a couple of things- it clarifies the piece as a position statement of sorts, by showing a small part of how I came to think about art the way I do; and, it puts the sculpture at a better height.
I too love Puryear's work. It was his show at the Hirschorn in 1991 that showed me that there was a way to work with abstract forms that made sense to me. Prior to that I had rejected and derided abstraction, thinking that only socially engaged art was justified. At the time that I saw his work, I had come to question my motivations, commitment, and effectiveness in that realm. The change in my work was an attempt to reconnect with a more basic, personal curiosity coupled with a love of working with materials.
Maybe this isn't the place for this kind of extended monologue. Thanks for the opportunity to reply, though.
Posted by: cris bruch at July 9, 2010 11:02 AM
Thanks for the insight. Perhaps my comment about 'meditation' is appropriate; and I have a clearer idea of your intentions for "Rejoinder.".
I would hope that I have not given the impression that I did not like the work, for I did. Meaning for a viewer, as you must surely be aware, more often comes through that individual's constructs in relation to the work. Hence, the plethora of qualifiers in my review.
Posted by: Patrick Collier at July 10, 2010 12:40 PM
Hey, don't worry, you're a critic! I'm actually less interested in whether or not people like my work, than in what thoughts are prompted by it. I always appreciate a good critique.
A viewers participation in making meaning is essential to art, maybe the core of it. The point for me as an artist is to leave the right amount of space for that, to not overly complete the thing and close off possibility.
Sorry to be so slow in responding- I'll try to check back here, in case the conversation continues.
Posted by: cris bruch at July 14, 2010 02:22 PM
I'm a critic? He he, I guess I occasionally am.
I agree with your notion of making work in such a manner that meaning develops beyond your intentions. It's the dance we do as artists, eh?
I look forward to following your work in the future.
Posted by: Patrick Collier at July 15, 2010 07:22 PM
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We are excited to be returning to the amazing Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee! This sprawling mega-event runs for eight days this year (June 4th – June 11th) at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee. Hosted by Bead and Button Magazine, the BBS has grown from humble beginnings in the mid 1990's to the premier tradeshow it is today. People trek from all over the globe to wander it's expansive show floor, attend workshops or buy finished pieces. We'll be there at Booth #1006 with a special BBS Sale. Be sure to come say "Hi" and get a chance at winning our daily $100 gift card raffle!
Art Competition
Don't forget to check out the Bead Dreams Art Competition to jump start your own creative process. Entries will be sure to astound and amaze as jewelers from around the world bring their absolute best pieces to strive for the coveted "Best in Show".
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First, you've got to clear your head. Because your head just keeps saying things that aren't true. Well they are true most of the times you're saying them. But sometimes like last Wednesday, they aren't true. That was the day I saw the biggest, most beautiful butterfly I'd ever seen….
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At the Frick
It's been a while, but I can't not post anymore. Please take a moment to visit the Bacopa Literary Review Editors' Blog and read the post for today put up by Mary Bast, the Bacopa Literary Review Editor-in-Chief. My story "Eva" was published in the 2016 issue and was the 2016 Fiction Runner-up Prize Winner. Mary's been very gracious and generous in her comments to me about the story, and now she's taken them public. I know it's not nice to boast, but I feel very honored to have a blog post about my work that starts with the mention of Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient), Alice Walker (The Color Purple), Russell Banks (The Sweet Hereafter) and Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale ). And then while you're there, don't just look at today's post. Spend some time looking around. It will be time well spent.
And now for something different…
The pigeons in the picture are not at the Frick. They're part of a fountain at a former convent that now houses a school of art in San Antonio. The Frick is an art museum in New York. The poem below is a repost from a few years back.
At the Frick
In the museum, the bronze statuary,
Small enough to be held in hand, excites
You. The artist's craft, his love of form both
Transparent, his hand invisible, his soul,
Poured like liquid stone, became these figures,
And we become the air through which they move.
Yet in a poem, I could give you more
Than these perfect bodies. I could give you
All of their warmth, all of their hue, and more.
I can give you the sun in a blue room,
Balconies with no way down, salt-laced rhythms
Of tides, sea birds unreachable. But still
I can never see nor feel in the cold
Dead bronze the things you see, the things you feel.
Originally published in A Matter of Mind, Foothills Publishing, 2004.
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Remains of the Season
Check out this latest post at Roxi St. Clair. (And then spend some time roaming the site. You'll be glad you did.)
It demonstrates an excellent understanding of the Haiku Sensibility and how to apply it in English poetry. The only suggestion I would make if I were editing the poem would be to consider the word "at" rather than "to" in the fifth line.
Over the next few weeks, if it doesn't destroy itself and the sun doesn't burn it up, Comet ISON just may put on one hell of a show. Enthusiasts have already called it a "comet of the century" and dubbed it a "Great Comet." Within just a few days, this very small space rock — only about three miles across — will slingshot around the sun, traveling at .2 the speed of light and passing within 730,000 miles of the sun's surface. Using only gravity as a propellant, it will dance across our sky with a show that, if the predictions are even remotely accurate, will dazzle, amaze, and stay with you for a very long time.
Perhaps you're already watching. Some people who rise early enough — at least an hour before dawn — and have a clear view of the lower eastern sky and have been tracking the comet with the aid of binoculars or a telescope have already formed a bond with this visitor from the outer reaches of our solar system. I know I've seen several comets in my life. But the one I most clearly remember and feel connected to is Hale-Bopp, the Great Comet of 1997 that followed me half way around the world.
We saw the comet Hale-Bopp stand still
Above the ocean at Ka'anapali Beach,
Just like the crow we saw one morning rise
In Boston, a black knight errant, holding still
Against the wind, and flapping its wings to stay
In place while others watched then rode the wind
Up through the sky — first one, then three, while the first
Held still, then dipped, then rose along their arc.
Again in Atlanta, we saw Hale-Bopp
And watched its tail that arced above Stone Mountain,
As stony as the frieze on the mountain's face,
The infamous past held lifeless there until
A laser called it back and thundering hooves
Like in a page from Faulkner roared inside
The head of a thousand Hightowers then died
When floodlights splashed against the granite wall.
I once saw black Ogunquit sea birds skate
Across the water's surface with their wings
Outstretched and necks pushed forward like a horse
Gaining speed to rise up from the waves,
A white spray arcing from their tails beneath
The granite cliffs and slate New England sky.
© Joseph Saling and The New Word Mechanic, 2004, 2013.
Our encounter with the visitor from afar, may be closer than we think.
As a writer, what type of relationship do you have with your creations?
Brian's sense of humor isn't right…
© Joseph Saling and The New Word Mechanic 2013.
For another take — a magnificent take — on a writer and her character, you must see this video of a poem by by Astrid 'Artistikem' Cruz. Then visit the project website at the link below.
Here is the site: A Study on Character Development.
The Only Constant Is Change
Even the rate of change changes.
The following poem was originally published in Birmingham Poetry Review, No. 31, Summer/Fall 2005.
(Try playing the video and audio tracks together; just wait for the music to start before starting the audio.)
From the Choir Loft
Singing is twice praying.
On alternating days we sang the Mass
At seven, boys, then girls, then boys again.
Sometimes the only ones who'd show
To sing were me and Hal the organist,
And I could barely hum a note. Refrains
Eluded me, so Hal would sing it solo.
Now Hal had music in his hands and feet;
The organ's pipes were a part of him.
But when he tried for music from his throat,
Well, Father said it sounded kind of sweet
If sweet meant scratchy, hoarse, and thin
And not unlike the bleating of a goat.
From Kyrie to Agnus Dei, Hal
Sang all the parts, sang treble, alto, bass
And never worried what the music said.
The words were all that mattered. Still somehow
He'd hit the final note then turn his face
And wink at me and proudly raise his head.
Hal quit the church when Kyrie became
The simple English Lord and anyone
Who wanted stood and strummed communal chords
For masses where the singing was the same
As elevator sap, and Hal seemed stunned
To learn that music is in deed the words.
© Joseph Saling and The New Word Mechanic, 2005, 2013.
Experiences in Sound
Experience in Sound 3
Play both tracks together.
The Miracle (from A Matter of Mind)
The Miracle
It's as if the statue moved — just a hair
But moved. With my own eyes I saw it turn,
The gold glitter of the crown dance then spurn
All sense to leave its place in the sun. The air
Was charged with stained light and I knelt down there,
Half in fear — yes — but I felt my soul yearn
To touch a marble hem and thereby learn
A secret of God that would be mine alone to share.
There should be, I thought, music, but there was none.
Only the wind through the choir loft — and my breath.
All was as it had been, and I, the only one
To see it, stood alone as at my own death.
With dread I stepped forth, and yet I did so believing
That no loving god could ever be so deceiving.
© Joseph Saling and The New Word Mechanic, 2004, 2013.
Pain Shadow (on exhibit)
Congratulations to Robyn Lee on the acceptance of her fine work for exhibit by PainExhibit.org. Go see her post entitled Pain Shadow (on exhibit) on her Through the Healing Lens blog, But don't just stop with the one post. Take the time to read her story and then wander through the images and words. It's time well spent.
This is too good not to share.
A big thank you to my son Jason who found this and shared it on his Facebook page. (I'm not at all a fan of Facebook. I joined only so I could see pictures of my grand kids that some how don't get circulated other than on Facebook. But that's a subject for another post.)
If you have seven minutes, I highly recommend watching this short film. And if you don't have seven minutes, why are you so busy? Take time out — soon — and come back and watch. You'll be very glad that you did.


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Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir in La-Vallée-du-Richelieu MRC, Quebec — French Canadian Region
Fort Ste. Therese
Built in 1665, on the point south east beyond the canal, by M. de Salieres. One of the forts constructed on the Richelieu by the Carignan Regiment for defence against the Iroquois, starting point of the expedition of 1666. In June, 1760, Major Robert Rogers burned the fortified post.
Bâti en 1665, sur la pointe sud-est, de l'autre côté du canal, par M. de Salières. L'un des forts construit sur le Richelieu, par le régiment de Carignan, pour arrêter les Iroquois. Point de départ de l'expédition de 1666. En juin 1760, le major Robert Rogers brule le magasin fortifié qui s'y trouvait.
Erected 1927 by Historic Sites and Monument Board of Canada/Commission de lieux et monuments historique du Canada.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board marker series.
Location. 45° 23.832′ N, 73° 15.614′ W. Marker is in Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, Quebec, in La-Vallée-du-Richelieu MRC. Marker is on Chemin Sainte-Thérèse (Quebec Route 233) just from Rue René Dumas, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4293 Chemin Sainte-Thérèse, Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, Quebec J0L 1P0, Canada.
Other nearby markers. Fort Sainte-Thérèse (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); St. Stephen's Anglican Church (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); Chambly Canal (approx. 5.8 kilometers away); General John Thomas (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Fort Chambly Cemetery (approx. 5.9 kilometers away); Fort Chambly (approx. 6 kilometers away); Albani (approx. 7 kilometers away); Former Grand Trunk Railway Station (approx. 10.5 kilometers away).
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on March 28, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 223 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 28, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.


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1st Annual "Impress the Chef" Recipe Contest
Chef Haberle, the Executive Chef, at The Willow Room has been sharing his recipes every month for some time now and he wants to open up this task to all of you. Do you have a recipe that will impress the chef? We want to see it!
Contest Rules:
- Submit your original recipe (Appetizer, Entrée, or Dessert) via email to email@example.com and send photos of your finished product if you can, along with a short story behind the recipe (family tradition, your own creation, etc.)
- We will post the recipes to this blog and your friends and family can comment here, as well as on our other social networks and help Chef decide who should win
- Chef will choose a winner in each category: Appetizer, Entrée, Dessert – based on originality, ease of recipe, affordability, and overall appearance (that's why we want a pic!)
- The winning chef's will come and "cook with our chef" when we do our June video and will be featured on the blog, website and social networks. Chef will be cooking the winning recipes along with their creators! We will also send winner announcements to the local chambers for publication in their newsletters
- There will be a prize of a $50 Visa Gift Card in each category
- Recipe must be submitted by May 16th
- Recipes will be posted and comments will be open from that point forward
- Chef will choose a winner on May 23rd and they will be notified via phone or email
- Gift cards can be picked up when winners come to cook with chef, or they can be mailed to the winner
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Faculty Candidate Seminar
Introduction to Linked Lists in C
Rania Hussein
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University of Washington Bothell
Thursday, February 01, 2018
10:30am - 11:30am
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Linked lists is a domain where beginning programmers get to practice an example of pointers intensive code. The talk introduces the basics of linked lists in C and focuses on the definition of singly linked lists and their operations. Basic understanding of programming concepts is assumed but no prior experience using linked lists is expected from the audience.
Dr. Rania Hussein is a lecturer of electrical engineering at the University of Washington - Bothell with an established work experience in higher education. She holds a PhD of electrical engineering with a focus on computer engineering, and a MS of computer science from Old Dominion University. Her research interest is on image processing, machine learning, and embedded systems. She held leadership posts in 2 of Seattle's non profit organizations to promote diversity and the educational development of women and youth. She is a senior member of IEEE and a 2017 finalist for the prestigious distinguished teaching award of UW Bothell. She enjoys gardening, reading, and being in the classroom with her students.
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