3 Reasons to Avoid Low-Sodium Salt Substitutes
When a sick patient with a history of chronic disease was admitted to BL Kapur Super Speciality Hospital in India, she complained of trembling in her hands.
If you’re following a Low-Sodium diet, you’ll want to read this to avoid making the same mistake this patient made.
Doctor’s ruled out Parkinson’s disease for the 55-year-old female. And then began taking a closer look at her diet and lifestyle habits. Her known conditions included diabetes, high blood pressure, and neuropathy.
But her diagnosed conditions and medications didn’t explain the hand trembling. A closer examination of her diet revealed the cause. Low-sodium salt alternatives.
Are low-sodium salt substitutes healthy or not? It might seem like a good idea when you’re trying to avoid or limit sodium, particularly to support heart health. But low-sodium salt substitutes are high in potassium. And too much of it can create a new set of problems like hand trembling or worse.
In fact, if you consume too much potassium you can develop a condition known as hyperkalemia. And there’s at least three reasons you want to prevent this from happening. The symptoms of hyperkalemia can include:
- Weakened pulse
- Slow heartbeat
- Muscle weakness
Doctors discovered the patient started using low-sodium salt substitutes, because she heard it could help control blood pressure. But she didn’t realize too much potassium could be harmful.
Fortunately, doctors discovered the cause for her trembling hands, and had her stop using low-sodium salt substitutes, and focus more on eating Low-Sodium foods and a plant-based diet.
“Instead of looking for substitutes, one should focus on cutting down salt intake to reduce blood pressure and keep healthy,” says Dr. Anoop Misra, chairman of the Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases, and Endocrinology.
Looking for Low-Sodium meals to protect your heart and your health? Check out our menu.


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Ocwen Financial Corportation (NYSE: OCN) said it is moving forward to close a deal to acquire Liberty Home Equity Solutions and sees growth potential through the new business channel, the company said in announcing earnings last week.
Ocwen said it expects to close its acquisition of Liberty Reverse Home Equity Solutions in the next 30 days, and is also exploring adjacent lending spaces.
As discussed in the company’s earnings call with shareholders, the acquisition of Liberty provides Ocwen with a number one originator in the reverse mortgage space.
“Where reverse mortgage lending is not large now, it has substantial growth potential in the future,” said Ocwen Chairman, Bill Erbey.
Ocwen reported net income of $62.5 million, or $0.47 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2012, a up 84% from 2011. The spike in earnings poses a record quarterly gain for the company.
Annual earnings were up more than 400% as earnings per share jumped from $.08 in 2011 to $0.47 in 2012.
The company has been busy on the acquisition landscape having purchased billions of dollars in mortgage servicing rights including the acquisition of mortgage servicing rights formerly owned by Residential Capital, LLC (ResCap), as well as acquiring the residential mortgage servicing and origination divisions of Homeward Residential, Inc.
“With the closing of Homeward and ResCap, Ocwen’s servicing portfolio will have increased by 270% to almost $470 billion, excluding master servicing,” said Ron Faris President and CEO. “The fifty-percent plus growth rate in revenue and earnings we have produced over the past two years should accelerate in the coming years as a result of these transactions.”
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HOUSTON, Texas (NewsNation Now) — Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has called for the Justice Department to look into whether Netflix and the makers of the film “Cuties” violated federal laws against child pornography.
The French film is a coming-of-age story of an 11-year-old Senegalese girl who joins a hip-hop dance troupe. The film is receiving backlash from viewers and lawmakers alike regarding claims of hypersexualization of pre-teen girls and its appeal to pedophiles.
In the letter to Attorney General Bill Barr, Sen. Cruz wrote:
“The film routinely fetishizes and sexualizes these pre-adolescent girls as they perform dances simulating sexual conduct in revealing clothing, including at least one scene with partial child nudity. These scenes in and of themselves are harmful. And it is likely that the filming of this movie created even more explicit and abusive scenes, and that pedophiles across the world in the future will manipulate and imitate this film in abusive ways.”
Cruz concluded with a call to action for the Justice Department.
“Although the First Amendment provides vigorous protection for artistic expression, it does not allow individuals or for-profit corporations to produce or distribute child pornography,” Cruz wrote. Accordingly, I urge the Department to investigate the production of ‘Cuties’ and Netflix’s distribution of the film in order to determine whether Netflix, any of its executives, or anyone involved with the making of ‘Cuties’ violated any federal laws against the production and distribution of child pornography.”
Read the full letter below.
“Cuties” is the product of French director Maïmouna Doucouré. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah last year and earned Doucouré a best directing award.
Netflix’s decision to broadcast the film has also sparked a trending Twitter hashtag to #CancelNetflix and an online protest petition.


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Our final proper day of riding (if you discount a blast on the motorway back to Sydney) took us over Mount Hotham and through a substantial section of the Omeo Highway, Victoria’s first gazetted state highway.
Having sadly left the wonderful state of Tasmania, our trip was not over yet. A Melbourne bikers favourite of the Black Spur, torrential rain and a beautiful twisting road through yet another national park awaited us today.
Our final day in Tasmania took us back to Devonport via mountains and a Great Lake.
After a day off the bikes, we were ready for our east coast adventure, the glorious weather continued, as did the great roads and food.
Day 5 was about exploring the Huon Valley, tasting local flavours, spotting exotic wildlife and enjoying amazing views. Continue reading
Every so often Australia manages to have some public holidays conveniently close together. This year, Easter fell right next to the week of Anzac Day meaning 3 days of leave from work meant 10 days of holidays, the joy! Therefore we decided to head to Tasmania.
Gary recently bought me this book because he thought it might be of interest to me. Well, I loved it, we both loved it so here is our (joint) review and why we think many of you might like this book.
A free weekend, good weather forecast and no riding for almost two months meant that we just had to get ourselves away for another adventure. Two months I hear you cry! Yes, other things took over but now I am back, discovering more new places.
The wonderful thing about Sydney, Australia is that you can ride all year around. The only downside of this is that you might have to contend with some extreme weather.
In this case, I am talking about heat. The description ‘very hot and sunny’ and a forecast of 43 degrees Celsius by the weather forecaster is a subtle way of saying ‘sensible people should remain inside with the air conditioning on’. Turns out we’re not sensible people But we are creative and adaptable.

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The whole Sesame Street gang recently took a trip to NPR studios for a Tiny Desk session. The 15-minute long episode is a perfect performance from the lovable furry friends, and it was created in honour of the show’s 50th anniversary.
The quirky Muppet-filled concert saw a performance of “The Sesame Street Theme (Sunny Days),” with Elmo, Rosita, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Bert and Ernie as the stars. After that, they performed “People In Your Neighborhood” with the show’s producer, Bob Boilen, performing his very own verse alongside Neda Ulaby.
As the episode progressed, the group made their way into a jazzy rendition of “What I Am” before Big Bird helped Bert get over his nerves for a rendition of “Sing After Me.” The performance wrapped with a medley of classic Sesame tunes prior to the big finale track, “Sing.”
Watch the Muppets’ NPR Tiny Desk session below.


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The National Football League has decided to hire paid temporary employees instead of volunteers to work at this year’s Super Bowl. The move likely was in response to a class-action lawsuit brought against Major League Baseball, which did not pay volunteers at a fan festival in July.
“We are aware of the ongoing litigation against Major League Baseball,” says Brian McCarthy, an NFL spokesperson. “Due in part to the size and complexity of the Super Bowl, we determined that it was advisable to use paid staff in certain roles this year. We have hired 1,500 temporary paid staffers who will perform specific functions at NFL events.”


How to Replace the Fuel Line on a Riding Lawn Mower
Riding lawn mowers, along with all gasoline engines, require a fuel line that is free of cracks or any defects. Over time, these rubber-based hoses will succumb to weather elements and chemicals in the gasoline. When this occurs, the fuel line will need replacing. While the fuel line is being replaced, it's good to replace the inline fuel filter as well. Replacing these items will not take long to perform if you have the correct fuel hose, the proper filter and a couple of hand tools.
Remove the spark-plug wire from the spark plug. This is a good safety practice whenever servicing any type of gasoline engine. Pulling the thick, rubber wire from the spark plug will disable the engine from starting while performing service work.
Locate the rubber fuel line on the lawn mower. Typically, the fuel line will run from beneath the gas tank and into the carburetor.
Remove the filling cap from the gasoline container. Set it next to the lawn mower, near the carburetor.
Use the needle-nose pliers to grab the spring retaining clamp that secures the rubber fuel line to the carburetor. Squeeze the two metal jaws together to loosen the spring clamp.
Pull the clamp rearward onto the fuel line. Grasp the hose with your finger, and pull. It might take some effort to remove the hose from the small fitting. Place the end of the hose inside the gasoline container.
Allow the gas tank on the mower to empty its contents into the gasoline container.
Remove the fuel line from the bottom of the fuel tank in the same method as you performed with the carburetor in Step 5.
Lay the old fuel line next to the replacement hose. Trim the new fuel line to length with the knife.
Locate the position of the old fuel filter on the old fuel line. Cut the new fuel line in half at the fuel-filter location.
Insert the new fuel filter into the new fuel line, using the old spring clamps from the fuel line you removed. Some fuel filters might have extra spring clamps packaged with the fuel filter. Use the new clamps if they fit the replacement fuel line.
Install the new fuel line on to the bottom of the gas tank first. Route the new fuel line to the carburetor in the same path as the old one when you removed it. Insert the fuel line onto the carburetor fitting.
Add fresh gasoline to the mower until the gas tank is one-third full. Check for any fuel-line leaks. Reconnect the spark-plug wire to the spark plug. Start the lawn mower. Check for leaks.
Consult the owner's manual for specific fuel-line hose size and the type of fuel filter.
Never pour old fuel down household drains or into street sewers.This practice is illegal in many areas. Contact your local waste-disposal agency for information about proper disposal of such materials.
- Consult the owner's manual for specific fuel-line hose size and the type of fuel filter.
- Never pour old fuel down household drains or into street sewers.This practice is illegal in many areas. Contact your local waste-disposal agency for information about proper disposal of such materials.
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Bronx liquor stores are drying up due to a delivery strike
Bronx residents may not be able to drink up if a strike affecting local liquor stores continues.
Peerless Importers Inc., a major alcohol distributor to Bronx and other New York liquor stores, has been forced to cancel its deliveries. On October 31, many of the company?s truck drivers and warehouse workers walked off the job demanding higher wages. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union, who represents the employees on strike, recently ironed out medical and pension plans with Peerless Importers.
Some store owners say their businesses are suffering and hope the strike will be resolved quickly. The president of the workers union says he is unsure when a settlement will be reached.

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Bertie Plays the Blues
by Alexander McCall-Smith
This is the seventh book in the 44 Scotland Street series. It takes place in Edinburgh Scotland and follows the lives of some of the city's residents who are all interrelated in someway. There are about five main stories going on at once and the book bounces between them every couple of chapters, which are only a few pages long. I find it to be a very quick read and difficult to put down. In this book newlyweds Matthew and Elspeth become parents of triplets boys, who in a sleep deprived daze snip off the babies' ID bracelets and then can't tell which baby is which. Angus and Domenica, who have recently become engaged, try to decide whose flat they'll be living in after the wedding. Domenica's neighbor Antonia decides to sell her place so as to become a nun in Italy. Domenica's downstairs neighbor Bertie, age 7, decides to put himself up for adoption to escape his over bearing mother. Pat, a college student, returns to work for Matthew in the art gallery so he c an be at home with the triplets more often. Some readers may find switching characters and stories so frequently to be a bit choppy. However if you think about the city itself as being the main character and notice how the places the characters visit overlap, the transitions don't feel jarring. Recommended for those who enjoy international fiction or interesting characters. -- recommended by Kristen A. - Gere Branch Library [ See Kristen's Reviewer Profile ]
[If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try the rest of the 44 Scotland Street series. The Corduroy Mansions series by this author is very similar and is set in London.]
[Also available in book-on-cd and Large Print formats.]
[ official 44 Scotland Street series page on the official Alexander McCall-Smith web site ]
Have you read this one? What did you think? Did you find this review helpful?
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The IFCC Emerging Technology Division (ETD) is dedicated to providing current awareness for emerging technologies likely to have important clinical diagnostic applications in the near future. One of those technologies is volatolomics (breathomics) i.e., breath analysis.
As part of our current awareness initiative, the WG on Volatolomics has surveyed the recent breath analysis literature (up to August 2020) that is focused on COVID-19 testing. The survey can be found at COVID-19 Survey.
We have also surveyed (up to January 2021) breath analysis devices for COVID-19 testing.
A recent development, covered extensively in the media, has been training of dogs to sniff out COVID-19 infections in real-time. A brief survey of this literature can be found clicking here.
This Volatolomics Survey and the first update to the volatolomics survey can be found at: Volatolomics Survey 2019, and at: Volatolomics Survey 2020, and a further updatefor 2021 at: Volatolomics Survey 2021.
This web page will provide a regularly updated perspective on the emerging clinical diagnostic applications of volatolomics over the next 3 years.
Breath analysis is not new and already has a few, but very specific applications (e.g., breath alcohol testing, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, and nitrous oxide testing, 13carbon/12carbon-based tests)(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990505/).
The types of breath analysis can be subdivided into:
A recent development has been the commercialization of wearable and handheld devices that measure carbon dioxide or acetone in breath in order to monitor metabolism and determine if your body is using fats or carbohydrates for fuel. A brief survey of these developments can be found clicking here.
3. Analysis of mixtures of unidentified endogenous compounds (e.g., Volatile Organic Compounds or VOCs) to provide a diagnostic signature.
4. Analysis of exhaled particles.
Current work on volatolomics centers on finding diagnostic utility in the pattern of compounds (VOCs) in breath. Breath analysis is an attractive proposition because this type of testing is non-invasive, applicable to the point-of-care and offers the possibility of real-time clinical management.
Already, there are more than 10 companies focused on the clinical diagnostic applications of volatolomics employing diverse analytical technologies (breath analysis analyzers are sometimes known as “electronic noses”). The broad range of diagnostic applications under investigation and development ranges from breath glucose testing to testing for different types of cancer.
Breath analysis technologies are diverse and include different types of mass spectrometry [e.g., gas isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GIRMS), selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS), field asymmetric ion-mobility spectrometry (FAIMS), secondary electro-spray ionization-MS], sensors and sensor arrays (e.g., copper bromide-based sensor, colorimetric high dimensional sensor array), gas chromatography (e.g., GC SAW). Further notable aspects of breath analysis technologies are the use of artificial intelligence, cloud-based analysis of data and analyzers that link to a
The scope and content of this web page will include:
1. News items and opinion pieces from key researchers/opinion leaders about recent developments in the clinical diagnostic applications of volatolomics.
2. A directory of companies active in the clinical diagnostic applications of volatolomics.
3. Links to clinical trials involving volatolomic testing.
4. Details of analyzers and regulatory approvals of clinical diagnostic products based on volatolomic testing.
5. A literature survey updated quarterly designed to provide an educational resource and a snapshot of work since 2010.
Breath alcohol testing, and associated hand-held alcohol meters (breathalyzers), is now a mature sector of breath analysis, as is breath testing for oxygen, CO2, and nitrous oxide, and these will not be considered here in any detail.
The web page has been developed in conjunction with key researchers and companies active in clinical applications of breath analysis. A particular feature of this webpage will be regular updates based on feedback from our readers.
Please send updates and comments to:
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Millennials are those with birth years between 1981 and 1996. The generation covers a broad range that includes a lot of positive and negative stereotypes, so many may argue it should be split into different generations.
Whether you’re a brand new start-up business or you’re a veteran business owner that just needs to revamp their marketing strategy, you’ve come to the right place. Marketing can seem a bit overwhelming, and for good reason. There are a lot of moving parts, and just when you think you’ve got a handle on […]
By Merriam-Webster definition, social media channels are “forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)” That being said, how many social media sites do you think there are? 5? 10? 20? I’ll give […]
If there is one thing any marketer knows, it’s that change is inevitable. The best practices change by the day, and what works one minute may be frowned upon the next. Keeping up with trends, and what you should concentrate on when developing your social media strategy is of utmost importance. We’ve created this list […]
The title can be a little misleading, as this is basically what is new with Instagram for me, and possibly most of our readers. See, I don’t manage Instagram full-time, we have someone that does that. But who better to write a blog about Instagram than someone that has just as many questions about the […]
We’ve learned about the basics of Instagram and how to set up an account and get started. However, there’s so much more to this highly-visual form of social media than just hashtags and news feed posts.


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Scope – Construction of bus stop projects which consists mainly of bus pads, but it may include concrete work, curb and gutter, sidewalks, asphalt, trail, drainage improvements, pavement markings, signage, small retaining walls, excavation, grading, seeding, erosion and sediment controls, bus shelters, and other site improvements related to transportation and bus stop projects.


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THE ESSENTIAL MIX
By Mauroof Ahmed
the essential mix was produced for the class Design with Type 1 in the Graphic Interactive Communication Department at the Ringling College of Art+Design during the month of October in the year 2010.
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Camp David: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed Friday that their countries will jointly develop a new interceptor missile to counter threats from hypersonic weapons developed by China, North Korea and Russia.
Hypersonic weapons travel at more than five times the speed of sound with irregular trajectories at relatively low altitudes, making them difficult to intercept with existing missile defense systems.
The joint development will be carried out through Japan’s participation in the U.S. Glide Phase Interceptor development program.
Development is aimed for completion in the 2030s. It is the second time for the two countries to jointly create an interceptor missile since the development of the Standard Missile-3 Block 2A.
At their meeting at the Camp David U.S. presidential retreat near Washington, Kishida and Biden also agreed to cooperate closely in dealing with China’s increasing maritime activities, and on the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
They also discussed cooperation on measures against disinformation about Japan’s plan to release treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean.
The two leaders agreed that the Group of Seven major democracies and like-minded countries should keep united in imposing tough sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and providing strong support to Ukraine.


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These sections focus on a few essentially things all journalist need to keep in mind when writing. The first of these major ideas is being correct. This is in both in the right of reporting the truth and staying politically correct. This is not hard to do with just a little prep and attention to detail but so few want to sped the time to check. Others prefer to stretch the truth to get more views and its killing all of journalisms credibility.
Thee next important topic is critical thinking. Critical thinking is a basic skill all people should have in any field of work. It allows you to adapt quickly and solve problems on the fly. This is especially important in journalism as we have to be able to cover and adapt to things as they happen. Making decisions based on what happens is just part of the job and critical thinking is just part of that.


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Rumoured Chelsea target Roberto De Zerbi has reacted to the dismissal of Graham Potter.
Potter took charge of Chelsea’s ship after the sudden sacking of his predecessor Thomas Tuchel, and despite receiving considerable backing from Chelsea’s hierarchy, Potter was shown the exit door by Todd Boehly on Sunday.
Speaking to the Metro, current Brighton manager De Zerbi thanked the former Seagulls manager, and expressed sadness at his Chelsea exit.
‘I want to say thanks to Graham Potter,” he began. “I have a team with a very good attitude and mentality. I am very sorry. It is bad news for the coaches.
“I think you give too much importance to the coaches because the players are always the most important and I don’t like when coaches are sacked because the responsibility is not only with them.
“The players, the club, it’s not very good news.
De Zerbi could become the successor of Potter as a manager once again, with the Italian being tipped to lead Chelsea after the latter’s exit.
He is one of the top contenders, alongside Julian Nagelsmann, to become the new coach at Stamford Bridge.
Since taking over the reins from Potter, De Zerbi has attracted praise for the attractive brand of football the Seagulls have played.
Chelsea will look to weigh up their options to replace Potter at the club.
With a Champions League spot looking out of sight, the Blues will look to secure some sort of European football next summer under their newly appointed manager.


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The genre of sporty fashions has long since been a standing structure in the haute couture world; the Koray Birand for Harper's Bazaar Turkey photoshoot captures a new wave of the athletic fascination. From perforated turtlenecks to baggy varsity jackets, the look coming from the Turkey-based magazine is anything but traditional. The attire of the model combined with the backdrop make for an interesting combination for the January 2013 centerfold.
The Samantha Gradovill by Koray Birand for Harper's Bazaar Turkey photoshoot captures the essence of New York cool in this European magazine. The compilation of red, white and blue and multiple layers take the shoot to the next level. As model Samantha Gradovill poses for the camera, one can not help but notice the epitome of high end sport coutre.
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The problem with the tools you have suggested is they aren't necessarily the best at detecting all things, at all times.. Avast is a fairly good VIRUS detector and also finds some but not all spyware. Spybot is a little outdated and doesn't seem to detect or remove some of the recent spyware items and it doesn't detect viruses at all. McAfee site advisor doesn't detect items that are already on the computer and as with most scanners, it depends on definitions which are "after the fact" and may not find new malware.. The others you mentioned are the same.. It depends on when and how they are used and whether the malware infection is something newer than the scanner is programmed to find.
As to how a tech knows if there is a virus... Sometimes using a different set of scanners tells them.. Sometimes they don't know for sure it's a virus. It's simply easier, cheaper for you, and faster to reformat and reinstall everything from scratch.. As just an example, I fix infected computers as a side job.. Many times, the customer wants all their important data saved from a computer that barely runs.. In one such instance, it took me two days of running scans and repairing the operating system to get it back to a clean condition while still saving the files.. A reformat and reinstall takes a few hours.. They PAID for the two days worth of time.
Hope this helps.
talking with my brother about a problem I have with the RAM in my pc,he told me:"Maybe you have a virus." No,I don't.Avast,Spybot,McAfee SiteAdvisor,HiJackThis and my config keep all that at bay."Mmmm...last time my RAM was bad the technician told me I had a virus although my NOD32 didn't find it.I had to format the HD"
Can this be true? Even with the best up to date antivirus,passing all the tests,HJT and everything? Can be? And if so,how technicians can be able to know we have a virus? Do they have a magical antivirus as nursery growers have magical ingredients to make plants grow and bloom bigger and better?


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The media is a powerful tool for telling your business story, but you have to use it wisely. At the National Association of REALTORS®’ Leadership Summit in Chicago on Tuesday, Don Cunningham, managing director of global PR firm Burson-Marsteller, talked about how real estate practitioners can hone their messages and stay on point during media interviews.
“Stick to your story,” Cunningham told hundreds of REALTORS® attending the summit. “You have to be of the mind-set that I’m going to continue to talk about what I came here to talk about.” Reporters will try to steer you off course into other subjects that you may have not been prepared to talk about, he warned. Here’s Cunningham’s game plan for successfully navigating an interview: Continue reading »
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan made an appearance at the National Association of REALTORS® Midyear Legislative Meetings on Wednesday to laud the work of his agency in promoting housing policies and programs that acknowledge the equal rights of gay and lesbian Americans. The agency makes clear that sexual orientation is no barrier to accessing any HUD programs, he said.
“We have a broad requirement that housing opportunities should be available to all persons regardless of sexual orientation,” said Donovan, who spoke to members gathered for a reception of the National Association of Gay & Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP).
But Donovan noted that there is still a long way to go on the civil rights issue that has rapidly been gaining ground in recent months and years. Noting President Obama’s strong support of marriage equality and recent same-sex marriage cases brought to the U.S. Supreme Court, Donovan added, “There is still an urgent need for legal protections based on sexual orientation.” The 45-year Fair Housing Act does not include sexual orientation as a protected class.
NAGLREP Founder and CEO Jeff Berger said he was delighted by Donovan’s appearance at the meeting and his commitment to ending discrimination in housing faced by the LGBT community. The movement clearly has momentum, he said.
Berger cited the group’s drive, working with Wisconsin REALTORS®, to get sexual orientation included as protected classes in the NAR Code of Ethics. That change was approved by NAR’s board of directors at the Midyear Meetings in 2010. Now, an effort is underway to add Code of Ethics protection based on gender orientation. The proposal will be voted on by the NAR Delegate Body at its meeting in November. Berger also hopes to get NAR to include LGBT data in future versions of its Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers and Member Profile. “It will give REALTORS® a truer picture of who is in their markets if lesbians and gays and same-sex couples were acknowledged,” Berger said.
A standing-room-only crowd was on hand as members of the National Association of REALTORS®’ Strategic Planning Committee revealed a report Tuesday afternoon that summarized the results of a year’s worth of REThink sessions.
Released at the Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C., the report was compiled from 16 workshops across the country in an effort to answer the question over the future of NAR in uncertain times.
“I’m glad to see that we had a small enough room for this crowd,” joked NAR 2013 President Gary Thomas. He said he was thankful for the enthusiasm, adding that broad engagement is what makes the REThink report special. “It’s coming from the members rather than a small, insular group.”
The event was so widely attended that the committee added a second session Wednesday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern at the Omni Shoreham hotel.
The report distilled responses from 4,500 individuals who used these workshops to come up with actions that individual real estate professionals, industry players, and NAR can undertake to stay relevant in the changing world of real estate. But this was not just an exercise of pulling the curtain back on data.
“We’re here to ask your feedback,” said Strategic Planning Committee Chair Shannon W. King. “We want you to agree that these are the right issues.”
Some of the many items discussed at Tuesday’s event were “big data” issues, industry collaboration, the opening up of association leadership positions, and more. Two suggestions that garnered widespread applause among attendees were increasing professional standards for members and “taking back realtor.com,” as one facilitator quoted from the report. Continue reading »
It may seem out of left field, but when NAR regional vice president Vince Malta isn’t selling homes in San Francisco, he’s collecting baseball bats hit by legendary players like Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle. The unlikely combination is a result of deep-rooted family traditions; Malta is a third generation REALTOR® who has been in the business for 35 years, and joins his father and grandfather before him as a passionate fan of the game.
“I’ve always loved baseball since I was a child,” said Malta, CEO at Malta & Co., Inc. in San Francisco. “I got into bat collecting because I thought it was very interesting to collect a piece of history.”
And that’s where this hobby could have ended, with a few prized bats and the satisfaction of holding baseball history in his hands, if not for Malta’s real estate mind working overtime to analyze the way the bats were being sold.
“I started doing some research and it seemed like there were a couple of experts who knew about baseball bats but were also selling them,” he said. “So they wound up authenticating the very bats they were selling. In real estate, we call that a ‘conflict of interest.’”
Worse still, some of the bats for sale weren’t exactly priceless memorabilia worthy of glass display. But it would take years of conducting research and scouring decades-old factory records before Malta could decipher the legitimate from the lies.
“I bought a game-used Jackie Robinson-autographed bat and thought, ‘wow that’s really cool,’” Malta recalls. This cool factor quickly thawed when he returned to the bat years later, armed with extensive knowledge about its production and make. He analyzed the model, concluding the bat was rendered in 1973; a fine year for the Oakland Atheltics to defeat the New York Mets in a seven-game World Series thriller, but for Jackie Robinson—who stopped playing baseball in 1956 and passed away in 1972—using that bat would have been, well, impossible.
“People were telling you things and giving you stories about the bats that just weren’t accurate,” Malta said. “I think the bat needs to speak for itself.”
It’s a dictum that can resonate in real estate as well as baseball—an agent can stage a house with all the shiny bells and whistles, even provide anecdotes about how much fun the home owner’s children had playing in the spacious backyard, but in the end, the property must speak to the buyer.
However, it still helps to have those words interpreted by someone in the know.
“There will always be a person out there who will sell you something,” Malta said. “You need a facilitator with knowledge guiding you through the process.”
To Malta, this is why authenticating bats can’t be an act of whimsy; it must be a serious practice—as complex as a real estate transaction—determined by things like labeling, wood type, and the hitting characteristics of the player who purportedly used the bat at that time.
Even the National Baseball Hall of Fame staff keeps extra copies of Malta’s book, “A Complete Reference Guide Louisville Slugger Professional Player Bats,” on hand. The publication is widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive manual for collectors of Hall of Fame players’ bats. The Guide was a labor of love for Malta, who worked in conjunction with Jack Hillerich, grandson of John A. “Bud” Hillerich—maker of the first player-customized baseball bat—to gain access to Louisville Slugger factory records.
Since its release in 2007, the book has established Malta as one of the foremost authorities on bat collecting. More than just a baseball textbook, it weaves the history of the sport throughout its pages, in a narrative enriched by Malta’s own experiences meeting the greats of the game. “Many of the players are so warm and personable,” Malta said, listing Ernie Banks and Brooks Robinson among those he enjoyed speaking with.
But some of his most frame-worthy baseball encounters occurred on the job. At an NAR meeting in 2005, while sitting with his wife, 13-year-old son, and 1984 Hall of Fame inductee Harmon Killebrew, (an invited guest at the event), Malta’s wife casually mentioned to the right-hander that her son was having a tough time at the plate. Immediately, Killebrew stood the struggling young player up and began to give him a batting lesson. “It’s all in the hips,” he instructed, as REALTORS®—and the Maltas—watched in awe.
“We still have the picture of Harmon Killebrew giving my son tips,” Malta said. “I love that players are so open and such great ambassadors of the game.”
As an ambassador of homes, it’s easy for Malta to see the connection between his favorite sport and the real estate profession. “We provide a valuable service,” he said. “People can consider what we do like baseball bat authenticating: We make sure they get what they expect.”
Seeking to make a better connection with consumers online, Web site realtor.com® (yes, with a lowercase “r”) unveiled new branding this week. The rebranding effort covers — for now, anyway — the corporate logo and the overall design and structure of the Web site.
“We wanted to focus in the near term on the new look and feel,” says Andrew Strickman, realtor.com®’s vice president of brand and creative. “One of our desires was to clean up the design — make it more open, warmer, and brighter.”
The rebranding is the product of an “exhaustive” research and information-gathering project started by realtor.com® and its parent company, Move Inc. in the first quarter of 2012. That initiative involved input from internal stakeholders, REALTORS®, and consumers, Strickman explains.
Based on the feedback received, the overall strategy is to engage both the hearts and minds of visitors.
“People care deeply about the place they live in,” Strickman says. “It’s an emotional decision, but also a logical one. We really wanted to understand the role that a site like realtor.com® plays in the consumer’s mind as they think about and dream about buying a home.” Continue reading »
Chances are, you have heard of the Realtors Property Resource® (RPR) by now. But what is it, exactly, and how can it benefit you?
More than four years ago, the idea of a nationwide online database of comprehensive, high-value property information was conceived from an idea that came out of NAR’s Second Century Ventures (SCV) initiative. A plan was developed and approved by National Association of REALTORS® leadership to provide this as a benefit to members, and a very knowledgeable team was organized to execute the initiative.
During the past couple of years, RPR has partnered with about 440 multiple listing services throughout the United States. With those partnerships, about two-thirds of all REALTORS® are able to access RPR as of mid-October, 2012.
Even with that high level of access, as a member benefit, part of RPR’s core mission is to deliver this technology to all of NAR’s 1,000,000 REALTORS®. This is important because it allows “all members to take advantage of RPR’s high value tools, features and reporting capabilities,” says Dale Ross, CEO of RPR. To that end, RPR has announced that they are making the system available to all REALTORS® on Nov. 1, 2012.
“The RPR team is very excited about the opportunity to bring RPR to markets which have been waiting for access to the system,” adds Jeff Young, RPR senior vice president of operations. “We’ve been telling members for months that the wait is almost over.”
So what can RPR do for REALTORS®? Here are just three advantages it can provide:
1. Generate data-rich reports: RPR collects loads of data on individual properties and their surrounding communities. You can use the system to generate custom reports that can include as much of this information as your clients want. “I have never heard of any buyers and sellers who do not like the reports,” Ross says.
2. Connect with younger consumers: Homebuyers and sellers from generations X and Y are doing the majority of their property researching online, often before they contact a real estate practitioner. When they do reach out to agents, these consumers expect them to be able to immediately provide even more valuable information on certain homes. With its extensive yet user-friendly database, RPR allows REALTORS® to do just that. “REALTORS® who use RPR will certainly have more information on properties than consumers who do research online,” Ross says.
3. Provide insight into property values: With the fluctuating housing market during the past few years, it is often difficult to get a handle on a home’s value at any given time. But with RPR’s Realtor Valuation Model® (RVM), users of this system will have an authoritative source with which to provide information about property values using tax information, sale history, and comparables and other data sets. “RPR’s RVM offers best-in-class automated valuations which REALTORS® can refine with their local market knowledge to make it even more accurate,” Ross says.
Want to learn more about how RPR can benefit your business? Go to http://blog.narrpr.com/national-launch. Also, be sure to register for a free REALTOR® Magazine webinar, “A Look Ahead: RPR’s Launch to All REALTORS®,” taking place this Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012.
UPDATE: The webinar is now archived. Go here to download or playback the event recording.
After going through the major political, economic and technological shifts of the past decade, many real estate professionals are probably asking themselves, “When is business going to get back to normal?” And the answer is never — if “normal” is defined as a market that operates similar to the one that existed before 2001.
If the discussions at the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Leadership Summit yesterday afternoon in Chicago were any indication, the changes over the next few years could come faster — and hit the industry harder — than the ones experienced during the boom and bust of the previous decade.
About 1,600 association executives, real estate practitioners, and brokers shared their ideas on what’s next for real estate as part of a REThink session, NAR’s new “open source” strategic planning initiative. REThink aims to involve tens of thousands of REALTORS® across the country in high-level conversations about how to adapt to many different futures for the industry. To accomplish this, NAR is presenting various plausible scenarios that have been generated through consumer research, as well as fostering discussions among large groups of members and real estate experts about those hypotheticals.
These scenarios include:
Ostrich: The leaders of associations count on what they already know, while consumers migrate over to so-called “Big Data” providers of real estate information on the Web. Members see their associations as out of touch, and leave in droves.
Beauty and the Beast: Many new real estate brands come into being, and old ones reinvent themselves. The housing market comes roaring back in some places, while others remain depressed, contributing to a growing wealth divide. Continue reading »
The magazine’s April 19 legal webinar with National Association of Realtors® attorneys Ralph Holmen and Finley Maxson made a good jumping off point for a series of blog posts. In previous posts, I discussed the RESPA case, Freeman v. Quicken Loans (recently decided by the Supreme Court in favor of NAR’s position; see “Supreme Court Provides Clarity on Brokerages’ Administrative Fees”) and the Fair Housing case Gallagher v. Magner. This week, I explore the property rights victory in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency.
NAR First Vice President Steve Brown wrote about the case in the NAR Leadership Team’s Voices of Real Estate blog (“The Supremes Rule”), and even though this case has been covered quite a bit, it’s worth examining more closely because it speaks so profoundly to an issue that’s at the core of NAR’s purpose—private property rights. The plaintiffs, Michael and Chantell Sackett, bought land in 2005 with the intention of building a house on it. Today, despite the Supreme Court decision in their favor, the Sacketts are still living in a leased property and waiting to build that house—and it’s quite possible their case could be in the courts for several years, according to their attorney, Damien Schiff of the Pacific Legal Foundation.
I wanted to offer a closer look at what the Supreme Court did and didn’t resolve—and to look at what else real estate practitioners should consider when they’re selling land in wetlands areas.
The Issue: What rights do property owners have to challenge Environmental Protection Agency determinations?
The Law: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged with writing rules for and enforcing environmental laws, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Among provisions of the Clean Water Act are rules regarding the preservation of wetlands, defined by the EPA as “those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.”
The Clean Water Act gives the EPA authority to regulate development on a wetland that’s in the area of a “traditional navigable water”—but property owners have often been at odds with the agency over (a) what constitutes a navigable water and (b) what relationship that water and the wetland need to have. This conflict has resulted in owners seeking to challenge so-called EPA wetlands determinations in court. In the past, judges have held that EPA determinations couldn’t be challenged in court by property owners. It sounds ludicrous, but to get their day in court, owners had to fail to comply with the determination and wait to be sued by the agency. In the case National Association of Home Builders v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for example, the plantiffs sought judicial review of an EPA determination, but a district court granted an EPA and Army Corps of Engineers’ motion to dismiss on the grounds that the agencies must be able to administer the Clean Water Act “without becoming entangled in premature litigation.” The Sacketts faced the same barrier.
The Case: Michael and Chantell Sacketts owned a 2/3-acre lot within a developed subdivision that already had a sewer infrastructure in place. The subdivision overlooks Priest Lake in the Idaho panhandle. As my colleague Rob Freedman explained in a post written before the Supreme Court decision came down, “The couple secured local building permits and even received a verbal okay from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that the property, which has water on it periodically but isn’t adjacent to any standing body of water, is not a wetlands.”
But when the Sacketts began taking the first steps toward building a house—filling in a portion of their lot with dirt and rocks—EPA officials ordered them to stop and to restore the property to its original state. The Sacketts asked for an EPA hearing but were denied, so they brought the case to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. They said the EPA’s order was “arbitrary [and] capricious” under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and that their inability to gain judicial review violated the Fifth Amendment, which states that “No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” Their court dismissed their claims, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s ruling.
In 2011, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. Along with a number of other organizations, NAR filed an amicus curiae brief that pointed out, among other things, that environmental groups have had no trouble gaining judicial review of agency determinations. “Thus,” the brief said, “as it now stands, judicial review of jurisdictional determinations is a one-way ratchet . . ..”
The Decision: On March 21, 2012, the Supreme Court affirmed NAR’s position, granting the Sacketts the right to challenge the EPA determination. The justices unanimously rejected the government’s assertion that the EPA determination wasn’t a “final order,” and thus wasn’t subject to judicial review.
The Sacketts’ case is now back in District Court—and the couple will get their day in court. The chance of success depends on the evidence. “We don’t know what is in the EPA’s record,” Schiff says. “They never had to file evidence. I’m hopeful that sometime this year, the EPA will file its record and we’ll be able to see what evidence the agency has to support its determination. I suspect there’s not much because EPA was never on the property.”
Even if the judge decides in the Sacketts’ favor, the case could be held up for years in appeals.
Why It’s Significant for Real Estate Professionals:
Unfortunately, when it comes to wetlands, there’s no blanket rule you can follow to counsel clients. “You can have wetlands experts disagree among themselves about what constitutes a wetland, so determinations will continue to be made on a case-by-case basis,” Schiff says.
After Sackett, however, property owners who receive an EPA compliance order now have means to challenge the order. “Obviously, it doesn’t mean that every single compliance act will become the subject of litigation,” Schiff says, “but [owners] now have a bargaining chip.”
Will Sackett change the way EPA makes determinations? “I certainly think so,” Schiff says. “Senior official have said they don’t think the decision will have much effect in practice. In my view, I don’t see how it cannot. It makes sense that an agency knows that if it can’t be held to accountable, it will act differently. Because it now knows that it can be held to accountable, it’ll spend more time researching before it makes a determination. If has to submit records to court, the agency has an incentive to do a better job.”
One issue the Sackett decision doesn’t address is federal reach. That is, which wetlands does the federal government have the right to regulate and which are off limits? “That’s been the subject of litigation for last two decades,” Schiff says. In a concurring opinion to Sackett, Justice Alito takes a direct stab at the issue of federal reach, calling on Congress to provide guidance: “ . . . the combination of the uncertain reach of the Clean Water Act and the draconian penalties imposed for the sort of violations alleged in this case still leaves most property owners with little practical alternative but to dance to the EPA’s tune. Real relief requires Congress to do what it should have done in the first place: provide a reasonably clear rule regarding the reach of the Clean Water Act.”
In this election year, I don’t expect the issue to be high on Congress’s list.
What Else Do You Need to Know About Selling in Wetlands Areas?
The Sackett decision doesn’t free buyers from the need to conduct due diligence. Before they sign a purchase contract, buyers who plan to make improvements or continue an existing commercial use are strongly encouraged to engage a qualified environmental consultant. Among other things, the consultant can help determine whether any environmental reporting or permitting is required for their intended use of the property. The “Real Estate Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist,” provided courtesy of Minneapolis attorney Andy Jacobson, provides a good starting point; however, buyers in your area should be sure to consult an attorney who knows the state and local rules and regulations that apply.
To learn more about wetlands, visit these sites:
National Wetlands Inventory from the National Fish & Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/
New York Times Op-Ed: Where Are the Clean Water Rules?
NAR’s Field Guide to Land Investment (updated June 2012)
Remember: If you have questions about how or whether a law or case applies to your situation, seek the counsel of a qualified attorney.
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The global rear-view mirror market size is expected to reach USD 12.46 billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2023 to 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the demand for rear-view mirrors in 2020. The implementation of lockdowns and social distancing norms globally led to losses in the automotive industry. However, as governments begin to gradually relax lockdown norms and allow businesses to operate with mandates of social distancing, the market can expect a period of respite for the short term. Moreover, the increasing demand for luxury vehicles, coupled with the growing demand for enhanced comfort, is anticipated to drive market growth. Automotive OEMs are focused on integrating advanced safety features in rear-view mirrors to improve visibility and reduce accidents. The rapid rate of advancements in product features is anticipated to work in favor of market growth.
The rising demand for luxury vehicles, thanks to the increased spending capacity of consumers, especially in developing economies such as China and India, is also driving the market. According to the China Automobile Dealers Association, luxury car dealers sold 277,000 units in April 2020, an increase of 11.1% compared to the same time in 2019. Furthermore, the introduction of an increasing number of luxury Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is also expected to help the market expand at a promising pace over the forecast period.
The COVID-19 outbreak has had a severe and swift impact on the global automotive industry. The overall automotive production volumes declined globally on a year-on-year basis, mainly due to the decrease in production volumes in North America and Europe, among other regions. According to Organisation Internationale des Constructeursd' Automobiles (OICA), global automobile production dropped by more than 15% in 2020 as compared to 2019 to 77.6 million units.
The Asia Pacific regional market captured around 50% of the overall rear-view mirror demand in 2020 and is estimated to register the highest CAGR of 4.5% over the forecast period. The increasing awareness about technological advancements and the increasing spending capacity of customers are working in favor of the region’s automotive industry. Furthermore, the increase in demand for luxury vehicles in India and the easy availability of new and replacement automotive parts are also driving the market in the region. Moreover, the Make In India campaign is expected to draw substantial investment in the country’s automotive sector, which boasts benefits such as low-cost labor and cheaper raw materials.
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In terms of feature type, the heating function segment emerged as a dominant segment in 2022. The segment is anticipated to exceed USD 5 billion by the end of the forecast period
The door-mounted segment emerged as the largest segment in 2022 and is estimated to continue its dominance over the forecast period
The smart rear-view mirror segment accounted for over 70% of the overall revenue share in 2022. The segment is projected to record the highest CAGR from 2023 to 2030
In terms of type, the interior mirror segment is estimated to expand at the highest CAGR of around 3% over the forecast period. This can be attributed to an anticipated increase in sales of high-end premium vehicles and other passenger vehicles such as SUVs
In terms of vehicle type, the passenger car segment is estimated to register the highest CAGR of 4.2% from 2023 to 2030
The Asia Pacific market held the largest market share in 2022. This can be attributed to the increasing production of vehicles in India, China, and Japan
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All Ten Sites Offering Dinner to Club Members
(Santa Maria, CA) Oct 20, 2016- Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Maria Valley (BGCSMV) has partnered with Community Action Commission (CAC) to provide dinner for Club members at all 10 BGCSMV locations. The meals are prepared offsite and delivered to clubsites daily. Children attending any of our clubsites receive a hot meal before they leave at the end of the day. The nutritionally balanced menu is seasonal and locally sourced in co-operation with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and prepared at the Good Samaritan Shelter. Menus offer entrees like Chicken & Dumplings and Beef Fajitas.
Chef Anthony Trezza is passionate about providing high-quality, nutritional, and tasty food. “As a Chef, I feel that it’s great that we can provide a meal to children in need. It’s not enough just to provide nutrition. I want to provide something that tastes great and looks great. Good food comes from the heart,” stated Trezza.
Nester Frausto, Health and Life Skills Coordinator at BGCSMV knows that this meal program is important to our Club members. “A lot of children we serve would go without a nutritious meal in the evening if it weren’t for our dinner program. Their next meal would be breakfast at school. I know it’s important to our parents that their children are getting a healthy meal before they leave the club each day.”
CAC Executive Director, Fran Forman echoed that sentiment,
“We are delighted to be partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Maria Valley to make sure that local children are healthy and well fed. The dinner program fills a nutrition gap for children who might not otherwise have access to healthy evening meals.”
Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Maria Valley is grateful for CAC’s commitment to nourish the youth we serve through this collaborative dinner program.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Maria Valley currently provides programs for over 1,400 registered children ages 6 – 18 in Santa Maria and Guadalupe. An additional 6,900 children benefit from Club sponsored sports programming.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Maria Valley’s mission is to enable all young people, especially those that need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, & caring citizens. For more info on BGCSMV, please call 805-354-7421 or visit bgcsmv.org
Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County (CAC) is a non-profit organization that improves the quality of life for low-income children, youth, families and seniors throughout Santa Barbara County. Founded in 1967, CAC serves over 10,000 individuals each year and operates over 20 diverse programs. CAC’s mission is to create opportunities for Santa Barbara County families to achieve stability. Visit www.cacsb.org for more information.

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That’s right: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby girl will be going through life with the name North West, according to TMZ, which acquired the newborn’s birth certificate from the Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. Can we comfortably assume that Kimye’s daughter will not entirely embody the laidback, eco-friendly reputation of the Northwest? Guess there’s a couple of years to see how this little diva turns out, but rest assured, the folks in Seattle will be hating this.
Of course Twitter had something to say about the peculiar name of Kimye's baby. Here are the best tweets about North West.


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VICTORIA - Victoria has an adequate model to move forward with, but the city is looking to become even more sustainable, and a great place to live in by 2041. Releasing the first Official community plan since 1995; it covers more topics and focuses on better land management.
The City is looking to centre development around a dense downtown core, as well as village settings throughout the region, which will allow people to walk to work and amenities.
Improving transit and cutting greenhouse emissions are also initiatives in the plan, while it gives clearer guidance for Council to proceed with development.
Some height restrictions on new buildings have received the go ahead to rise. The downtown core will now accept plans for buildings up to 24 stories, while apartment dense areas could see changes from 4 to 6 storey heights.
The City Of Victoria will now be holding a series of open house discussions in which to public are welcome to attend and participate in. For information on specific times and dates go to www.shareyourfuturevictoria.ca


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Indonesia To Probe Jail Break As 150 Inmates Remain On The Run
Indonesia has launched an investigation into accusations of mistreatment by prison guards, after around 350 inmates broke out of an overcrowded jail on Sumatra island in Riau Province last week, an official said on Monday.
Three days after the mass escape, 151 prisoners were still on the run and 197 have been recaptured, Ferdinand Siagian, the head of Riau Province’s Law Ministry office, which oversees Pekanbaru prison, told Reuters.
“We are carrying out a deep investigation into the serving officers,” said Siagian, adding that the warden of the prison had been transferred to a different post.
Before the prison break, prisoners had complained about mistreatment, accusing some guards of violence, Siagian told Metro TV on Friday.
Family members of Pekanbaru inmates also said guards had extorted money from prisoners and their families to ensure they had sleeping space or to speed up visits, according to media.
The Pekanbaru prison housed about 1,800 prisoners, but was only meant to hold up to 700 inmates, a Riau police spokesman said.
To address overcrowding, Siagian said Riau’s Law Ministry office was building a new prison to house drug-related inmates.
Indonesia’s war on narcotics has led to a spike in the number of convicted drug offenders, stretching an already overwhelmed prison system.

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Girl Scout scuba troop sells cookies underwater
It's that time of year!
Girl Scouts are out selling their famous cookies.
Would you take a plunge for some Thin Mints?
The first and only Girl Scout scuba troop in Texas has taken their business underwater.
Customers can place their orders on land and the Girl Scout divers will send the sealed cookies 12 feet up.
For the customers who aren't afraid to get a little wet, they can just grab their own.
These Girl Scouts are not just selling cookies; they're sending a message about the importance of clean water and protecting the environment.
Last year they used some of their cookie money to visit the Florida Keys and volunteer at a coral restoration facility.
"These girls are truly out there ready to make a difference, and if you talk to any of them, their immediate message to you is going to be ocean conservation," said troop leader Karina Erickson.


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Libyan and US officials say hundreds of Russian mercenaries are backing commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have been trying for months to capture the capital Tripoli.
Officials in Libya’s UN-supported government say they plan to confront Moscow over the alleged deployment of Russian mercenaries fighting alongside their opponents in the country’s civil war.
Libyan and US officials accuse Russia of deploying fighters through a private security contractor, the Wagner Group, to key battleground areas in Libya in the past months.
They say the Russian fighters are backing commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have been trying for months to capture the capital Tripoli.
The UN-supported Government of National Accord is based in Tripoli.
The GNA has documented between 600 to 800 Russian fighters in Libya and is collecting their names in a list to present to the Russian government, according to Khaled al Meshri, the head of the Tripoli-based government’s Supreme Council of State.
“We are going to visit Russia after we collect all evidence and present to the authorities and see what they say,” al Meshri told The Associated Press last week. He did not say when that visit would take place.
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Moscow has repeatedly denied playing any role in Libya’s fighting.
Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army — made up of army units, ultraconservative Salafists, and tribesmen — launched its offensive on Tripoli in April after seizing much of eastern Libya from militants and other rivals in recent years.
Haftar is backed by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, as well as France and Russia, while the Tripoli-based government receives aid from Turkey, Qatar and Italy.
Libya was plunged into chaos when a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
The country is now split between a government in the east, allied with Haftar, and the GNA in Tripoli in the west. Both sides are bolstered by militias.
Let up in fighting
Fighting has stalled in recent weeks, with both sides dug in and shelling one another along Tripoli’s southern reaches.
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Schenker told reporters last week that the State Department is working with European partners to impose sanctions on the Russian military contractor responsible for sending fighters to Tripoli.
“The way that this organisation of Russians, in particular, has operated before raises the spectre of large-scale casualties in civilian populations,” he said.
Schenker’s comments came shortly after US officials met with Haftar to press for a ceasefire and “expressed serious concern” over Russia’s intervention in the conflict.
But President Donald Trump has sent decidedly mixed messages to Haftar.
Trump voiced support of Haftar when he launched his attempt to take over Tripoli, praising the commanders “anti-terrorism” efforts in a phone conversation. The call was a sharp break with the US policy of supporting Libya’s Tripoli-based Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj.
Haftar’s offensive dealt a blow to UN efforts to bring warring parties together. Al Meshri called for confidence-building measures and a push toward presidential and parliamentary elections.
“Since Gaddafi’s ouster, there have been no presidential elections. People are fed up,” he said.
The Russians’ presence has further mired an already complex conflict.
Al Meshri maintains his administration has strong evidence that there are Russians fighters on the ground.
He says that government forces have found cell phones, intercepted communications and seized personal belongings left behind in the chaos of battle.
He said flight data show dates and names of Russians moving from Syria to Egypt and then the Jordanian capital of Amman before flying to the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Haftar’s seat of power. He didn’t elaborate or present any of these documents or items to the AP.
Officially, Russia continues to maintain a dialogue with both sides. Haftar has visited Moscow several times the past years, and al Meshri was part of a GNA delegation that met with Putin during a Russia-Africa summit in Sochi in March.
The allegations of Russian interference come amid a renewed push for international players to reach a consensus on Libya.
Germany is working with the United Nations to host a conference on Libya by early 2020. Observers hope that international players could exert enough pressure to stop the fighting.
But others worry that Haftar’s appetite for territory and power might prove too large. Former GNA defence minister Mahdi al Barghathi, who left in the government in July, says the only way toward peace is for Haftar to be left with no powerful friends and no other options. Otherwise, al Barghathi said Haftar will be set to become another Gadhafi.
As long as international powers remain divided, Libya’s conflict risks continuing to play out as the world’s latest proxy war, some observers warn.


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WASHINGTON: The Gulf of Mexico spill has not significantly disrupted US oil and gas production or vital shipping lanes along the southern US coast, the admiral leading the response effort said Saturday.
Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen said the giant oil slick lying off Louisiana was likely to hit the Gulf Coast shoreline "at some point" and admitted the leaking well would cause an "extraordinary amount of problems."
There's enough oil out there, it's logical to assume it will impact the shoreline," Allen said. "The question is where and when."
After two natural gas platforms halted production and one was evacuated as a safety precaution, Allen stressed that production in the region, which accounts for a major proportion of US oil and gas, was not seriously affected.
"There has not been a significant impact on production," he told reporters on a conference call.
Allen also said the oil spill had not yet had an effect on key shipping lanes heading toward the Mississippi Rivers and major ports like Pascagoula, Mississippi.
"Where the current trajectory of the oil spill sits right now -- maybe this is actually one of the good things that's happened -- it's actually between all the (shipping) fairways."
Heavy onshore winds were complicating efforts to contain the massive oil slick as University of Miami researchers said satellite images showed the slick had tripled to cover an area the size of Puerto Rico.
"We're not going to rest until these leaks are stopped," said President Barack Obama's counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, rebutting criticism that the federal response had been slow.
British energy giant BP, which operated the Deepwater Horizon oil rig before it exploded, caught fire and sank last week leaving 11 workers dead, plans to use chemical dispersants underwater to limit the impact from the ruptured well.
Allen said officials were still evaluating the potential impact of the new technique on the fragile Gulf Coast ecosystem and that "this could be the way to go" if it was found to have no significant effect on the wildlife.
But he noted that spill mitigation efforts have been hampered by the sheer logistical challenge of stopping oil from spewing out of the well 5,000 feet (1,524 meters) below the surface.
"One of the real problems we are having working in that area is what I would call the tyranny of distance and the tyranny of depth. Trying to get some of these technologies at that depth with remotely operated vehicles has proven to be somewhat of a challenge."
He said the riser pipe was already crimped about two feet above the stack, where the blowout preventers are placed above the well head.
BP was looking at possibly further crimping the pipe or cutting it off and placing another blowout preventer above it, but Allen said that would be riskier than current plans to build a giant dome to place over the ruptured well.
Engineers are expected to finish constructing the dome within two to four weeks.
The company has asked the US military to provide any robotic submarines that are better than the six it is currently using to try and shut off the well.
It is also seeking access to the military's sophisticated satellite imaging equipment to help track the slick.
Two C-130 cargo aircraft with Modular Aerial Spray Systems (MASS) lent to the spill mitigation efforts by the Department of Defense can cover 250 acres (101 hectares) of oil with dispersants per flight, with three flights per aircraft planned for each day.


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Events In The News
- Disaster preparedness workshops will be held in several
locations across New York State, in connection with the state
conservation program. Nonresidents may attend, with the
understanding that first preference is given to New York state
residents, and that the local hosts have final say. Dates are March
20, April 5, April 24, April 25 and June 9. For complete schedule
and details call Roxane McPeters, New York State
Conservation/Preservation Program, 518/474-6971.
Environmental control, the other top priority of the New York
State program, will be the topic of a second series of workshops in
three locations in New York State, March 31, April 7 and April 10.
The workshops will be conducted by building technology consultant
William P. Lull. He will discuss the practical aspects of planning
for a new system or improving existing conditions in an old building
in light of political, fiscal and physical constraints. Registration
fee $5.00; preference given to New York state residents. Call Mrs.
McPeters at the above number.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will have a workshop
on "Preservation and Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts" May 17-19,
with lectures, discussions, tours, and hands-on instruction. Contact
Stella Paul, Public Programs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth
Ave. at 82nd St., New York, NY 10028 (212/879-5500, ext. 3645).
- The Northeast Document Conservation Center will conduct a
one-day seminar entitled "Preservation Considerations in the Design
of Library, Archives, and Record Management Facilities: The Storage
Environment," May 23, at the Connecticut Historical Society in
Hartford. Faculty will include Karen Motylewski, NEDCC's Director of
Field Service; Ernest A. Conrad, president of Landmark Facilities
Group Inc., an engineering firm specializing in environmental
controls for museums, libraries and historic structures; and Samuel
Streit, librarian with expertise in fund raising for building
renovation. Contact Gay Tracy, NEDCC, 24 School St., Andover, MA
- James Wayre, the English bookbinder who gave a week-long
workshop in Charleston in 1987 (AN, July 1988, p. 93),
might be available for workshops elsewhere in 1989. Jane McC. Brown
wrote in November, "Although the Charleston group might take
priority, especially for 1989, he told me he would be interested in
considering invitations in other places. To explore the
possibilities, groups should contact him directly at the following
address: Mr. James A. Wayre, 'Achdelieu,' New Town St., Chartham
Hatch, Canterbury, Kent CT4 7LT, England."
- Greg Harrowing offers apologies for tardy replies to people who
have written him regarding the bookbinding masterclasses at
Soundwell July 24 to Aug. 25. He is better now, but was not well for
a while. He will reply to mail as soon as he can and send
registration, information forms or whatever has been requested.
- The 1989 Book and Paper Intensive will meet August 21-31 at
Ghost Ranch in Albuquerque, NM. This year the staff includes
Co-Directors Maria Fredericks and Timothy Barrett, bookbinders
Louise Genest-Cote and Robert Espinosa, type/ printer specialists
Susan Kind, Steve Miller and Clair Van Vliet, conservators Cathy
Baker and Robert Futernick, papermakers Amanda Degener and Don
Farnsworth, and lecturers Simon Green, Michael Gullick and Helen
Frederick. Tuition $700, room and board $280. Write Tim Barrett/PBI,
UI Center for the Book, Art & Art History, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA 52242.

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After a fantastic five months in New Zealand, we hopped on board a short flight to Brisbane to begin our three month trip around Australia. Having thoroughly enjoyed living in the great outdoors in NZ, we decided that camper vanning would be the way to travel around Australia, so we picked up our, this time rented, campervan and set off north from Brisbane. As much as we loved “Trev”, our very own trusty Toyota van we had just parted with in New Zealand, we were pretty pleased to find our Australian home on wheels was much more spacious and better equipped than Trev, albeit still slightly battered with plenty of little quirks to keep us on our toes (it was the budget version after all).
After a few teething problems, involving a rather heavy table dropped on Ross’ toe and an impressive head butt of the sink by Liz, we set off north to explore the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, a pretty area full of small mountain towns, rainforests and rolling countryside, before dropping down to the upmarket coastal town of Noosa. Noosa is located next to a national park on the headland, so we spent a day walking around this,
swimming in the warm waters and spotting our first koala happily snoozing high up in a gum tree over the beach. Our journey then took us north through the Noosa Everglades to Rainbow Beach, Maryborough and Hervey Bay, with an unplanned visit to the lovely Tin Can Bay due to the navigator not paying enough attention. Hervey Bay is famous for whale watching but unfortunately the whales had not arrived yet, so we occupied ourselves with a walk along the very long pier followed by a huge ice cream.
Over the next few days we followed the Bruce Highway north through Bundaberg to Agnes Water, the most northerly surf spot on this coast, and Town of 1770, a tiny town that marks Captain Cook’s first landing in Australia. Unfortunately the surf wasn’t up and a small bush fire seemed to be raging around the Town of 1770, so after a walk on the beach and a cold beach shower, we continued on further up the Capricorn Coast to Yeppon and Emu Park, stealth camped in a supermarket carpark and enjoyed breakfast on the beach before crossing the Tropic of Capricorn in Rockhampton. Rockhampton was also home to a lovely
free zoo, where we got to see sleeping koalas up close (they spend 20 hours per day asleep). The zoo also housed a half a ton male salt water crocodile that had been relocated from the nearby crocodile farm because he kept biting the legs of the female crocs. We spoke to the zoo keeper who explained to us that every other day, when he comes by the crocs enclosure to irrigate the lawn, the big croc slides into the water and watches him, learning his patterns and biding his time. One day the keeper thought the croc was going to make a lunge at him and the fence may not hold back half a tonne of reptile. On this note we quickly bid the keeper farewell and moved swiftly on to admire some of the more cuddly residents.
After a few days of beach life, we decided to head slightly inland to get away from the ever busy Bruce Highway. Turning inland at Marlborough we began along a very quiet road that wound its way through eucalyptus forest, how lovely and peaceful we thought. As our van is a rental we are not allowed to drive on unsealed
roads, so Liz decided to do a quick internet search just to check the road was tarmacked. Fortunately the road was sealed, however, the search revealed that this quiet section of road was commonly known as “The Horror Stretch” and was listed as one of the scariest roads in Australia due to a series of murders back in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the road was the main north-south highway. Great. Suddenly Liz was imagining every passing truck to be full of psychopaths and the quiet and peaceful road has suddenly become quite sinister. Once we got over this, travelling along this stretch of highway became very interesting. After leaving the forest, the landscape opened up to parched scrubby grasslands, just as we had imagined Australia to look like, full of kangaroos. We passed a few deserted roadhouses and motels, abandoned after the new coastal highway was constructed effectively cutting off business overnight, and rolled up to the one remaining roadhouse and camp site at Lotus Creek run by Sandy, an expat Scotsman whose Scottish accent grew thicker and thicker throughout the evening despite having left Scotland over thirty years ago and never looked back. When we chatted
about how dry the landscape was, Sandy explained that the area had not received a significant amount of rainfall for over three years.
Having survived the “Horror Stretch”, we crossed a small mountain range and descended into the green, lush tropics, a dramatic change after the barren landscape we’d been driving through. We wound our way through sugarcane towns and found ourselves close to the Eungella National Park, a place where you are almost guaranteed to spot a platypus. So, the next day, despite the torrential rain, we headed up the mountain and waited patiently to spot one of these elusive creatures. When we were almost about to give up, we saw our first platypus, a tiny little beast that surfaces for about thirty seconds to grind up its food and then dives down again. With the platypus ticked off our list of wildlife to spot in Australia, we descended the mountain and camped in a free camp next to a sugarcane plantation.
All over Australia there are many designated free camping spots, generally in small towns and villages that would otherwise not receive any tourists. The idea is that you camp at no cost but then spend
a few dollars in the town to support the local economy. There are always quite a few characters in these camp sites and this one was no exception. We were soon invited over to join a “happy hour” gathering outside a large converted bus by a retired Australian couple, where we were told many gleeful stories about their encounters with the venomous and deadly beasts of Australia and given plenty of advice on where to check for spiders and frogs in the toilets. Low and behold, that night we encountered a big, bright green tree frog sitting smugly in the toilet bowl.
The following day we drove up to Airlie Beach where we joined a one day tour out to the beautiful Whitsunday Islands. We sailed on a catamaran out to two snorkelling spots where we got our first view of the Great Barrier Reef and all the colourful fish that live in the coral.
Having travelled northwards to Townsville, we decided to head inland again for another taste of dry, dusty, Queensland outback. We drove to the tiny gold mining village of Ravenswood, where we admired the historic pubs, buildings and old mining paraphernalia lying about the
village. The village feels like a ghost town, but it’s just about surviving with a population of around 300 sustained by the current gold mining operations which are set to continue for another 10 to 15 years. We spent the evening visiting the “white blow”, a quartz outcrop we reached just as the sun was setting. With the orange earth, scrubby bush and abundance of kangaroos and wallabies, we felt very much like we’d hit the Australia of Crocodile Dundee fame.
Our next major stop was the small coastal town of Mission Beach where we joined another snorkelling trip out to the Reef. Again we visited two different snorkelling locations, this time a long way offshore on the more pristine outer reef. The colours of the corral and the great variety of fish that we snorkelled over were just amazing and we both stayed in the water as long as physically possible. The day was made all the more exciting by Ross being washed off the back of the boat and luckily quickly scooped up by a member of staff all in one piece.
Having thoroughly enjoyed our journey north from Brisbane to the tropical north coast, we
decided to head inland from Mission Beach into the Atherton Tablelands, a lush, agricultural region full of waterfalls, lakes and Queensland’s highest mountain. The fresh, cool and bug free air was blissful after a few weeks of camping in the tropics. We spent a day or so exploring the Tablelands, driving around the waterfall circuits and visiting the Crater Lakes National Park before heading off on our long drive west along the Savannah Way to the Red Centre.
During our tropical Queensland travels we have learnt:
- It can get really very hot in a campervan in the Tropics.
- Koalas sleep for up to twenty hours a day. Ross likes the idea of this.
- The croc warning signs should be taken seriously. Many Far North Australian waterways could be home to a lurking saltwater croc, sizing you up as its next meal. These beasties can grow up to seven metres long, making a human just a snack.
- If the crocs don’t get you, the jellyfish will. The alluring, turquoise waters of the Queensland coast are also home to the box and the tiny Irukandji jellyfish, both with potentially deadly toxins.
It’s best to stick to swimming pools in northern Queensland, although Ross has become highly suspicious of all Australia water bodies.
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