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KQED, June 2019
First Heat Wave of the Year Hits Bay Area
Take refuge from the heat inside SFMOMA’s Public Knowledge Library; it’s free!
The Wattis Institute, CCA, April 2019
To Know Herself by Yomna Osman
Yomna Osman, part of the Take Part team that helped bring the 1938 scale model to the public, talks about her experience in her MFA exhibition catalog.
KQED, April 2019
WPA Models at Local Libraries Offer a Glimpse of San Francisco Last Seen in 1942
Will we find a permanent home for the 1938 scale model of San Francisco?
Portola Planet, April 2019
Check out these pics of the Portola scale model!
Images of the Portola neighborhood section of the 1938 scale model.
City Lab, March 2019
Map Lab: San Francisco at Scale
The 1938 scale model spurs conversation on history and gentrification in public libraries.
90.7 KALX North Gate Radio, March 2019
Who is San Francisco Built For?
Ever thought about what San Francisco used to look like? For the next month, it’s as easy as taking a trip to your local public library. Pieces of a model of the city built in 1938 are on display at branch libraries across the city thanks to Take Part, a collaborative exhibit from Public Knowledge and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Locals are gathering to have conversations about how the city is changing, and for whom.
San Francisco History Days, March 2019
Public Knowledge: Take Part
Gray Brechin talked about discovering the model and the need for a city museum to give it a permanent home, and Stella Lochman talked about her starring role in resurrecting it.
The Living New Deal, March 2019
The SF History Days
LND Founder Gray Brechin and Stella Lochman talked on Sunday, March 3 at the SF History Days about the WPA model of San Francisco. Titled, “The WPA City Model: Its Return to the Public and the Take Part Project,” the talk was held at the Old U.S. Mint.
Public Books, March 2019
San Francisco; or, How to Destroy a City
In Cities, Knowledge, and the Digital Age, a new partnership between Public Books and SFMOMA’s Public Knowledge project, we seek to understand how technology has changed cities. This article is in conversation with Bik Van der Pol’s “Take Part,” which asks: “Is there room for San Francisco in San Francisco?”
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon, March 2019
Link to Composite Photo of a 3-D Model of SF in the 1940s
The link above shows a 42? by 38? detailed wooden replica of the city of San Francisco as it was in 1940 in 158 pieces at a scale of 1 inch to 100 feet.
Hyperallergic, February 2019
Politicize Your Bookshelf with Colorful, Codified Stickers
Shelf Life, a take-home exercise, makes you think more deeply about the paradigms you might be absorbing, perhaps unconsciously, from your own book collection.
San Francisco Chronicle, February 2019
Gauging the Future, Savoring Doughnuts
What would happen if thousands of San Franciscans showed up at the library on a rain-soaked Saturday night and brainstormed about the future of the city until the wee hours of the morning? The French Consulate in San Francisco, SFMOMA and the San Francisco Public Library joined forces to find out.
Portola Planet, February 2019
Scale Model of the Portola Coming to Branch Library as Part of Citywide Event
Portola’s fabulous Librarian, Nicole, has let us know about several events being held here at our local branch over the next month with activities for all ages.
The Map Room, January 2019
Giant 1940 Model of San Francisco Digitally Assembled
A massive wooden model of the city of San Francisco that has not been on display, at least in one piece, since 1942 has been re-assembled as a virtual model by the David Rumsey Map Collection.
San Francisco History Center, January 2019
A New Deal for San Francisco: WPA San Francisco Scale Model
San Francisco is returning to San Francisco!
FunCheapSF, January 2019
1,000 Sqft San Francisco Scale Model from the 1930s | Jan. 25-Mar. 25
Ever wondered what your neighborhood looked like in the 1930s, or how you can help to reimagine where you live today? Portions of a rediscovered scale model of San Francisco from 1938 with 6,000 city blocks, are coming to a branch near you.
San Francisco Chronicle, January 2019
San Francisco Scale Model Finally Home After 77-Year Absence
The San Francisco scale model finished in 1940 has been mostly hidden away ever since — until now.
7×7, January 2019
San Francisco Bubbles with Excitement for this Week’s Free Night of Ideas
“Amazed by how many people came out and by how high and complex the levels of curiosity and involvement were—it felt like there was a real hunger for that kind of public conversation”—then Saturday’s night sold-out event—co-produced by the local French Consulate, SFPL, and SFMOMA—promises to be scintillating.
Datebook, January 2019
A Marathon for the Mind: San Francisco to Host Night of Ideas
This year, San Francisco is hosting its first-ever Night of Ideas, a free festival — focused on “the city of the future” — that the French government has organized for the past five years in more than 100 cities around the world.
NBC Bay Area, January 2019
Model Shows What San Francisco Looked Like Decades Ago
A thousand-square-foot scale model of the city of San Francisco built in the late 1930s is on display at the city’s library.
SF Weekly, January 2019
Check Out This Model of S.F. No One’s Seen IRL Since 1942
This late-1930s WPA map, at a scale of one inch to 100 feet, was part of the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. It’s never been exhibited in full since.
Vidmid, January 2019
A virtual re-creation of San Francisco’s massive WPA wooden city model
A virtual re-creation of San Francisco’s massive WPA wooden city model.
Boing Boing, January 2019
A giant wooden model of 1930s San Francisco has been put online
The David Rumsey Map Collection shares an amazing collection of photographs and the history of this 42 by 38 foot WPA built wooden map of San Francisco. Visit their site for high quality images.
David Rumsey,January 2019
For the first time since 1942, the entire immense 42 by 38 foot WPA built San Francisco Model can be seen assembled virtually.
Datebook, December 2018
SFMOMA and SF Public Library Hold Event Dedicated to Printed Word
City Lights book buyer Paul Yamazaki will chat with Rebecca Solnit, the incredibly prolific writer, historian and activist. It’s difficult to imagine two people better up to the task of articulating the importance of books “for fostering discourse and sparking civic imagination.”
Mission Local, November 2018
SFMOMA: SF Urban Film Festival: Street Art as Political Currency
Murals are a powerful form of art that expose us to beauty while oftentimes critiquing political and social conditions. This program is collection of shorts focusing on visual and graphic art in the public realm as a way of expressing and cultivating social capital; and will explore how mural artists around the world are engaged in a practice that provokes and unites.
San Francisco Chronicle, October 2018
Bay Area Political Events: Hacking Politics, Voter Info
Hacking politics: Keynote address for the weekend conference on how the political system is being “hacked.” Sponsored by UC Berkeley Center for New Media, SFMOMA’s Public Knowledge Initiative, and the UC Berkeley School of Journalism and Boalt School of Law.
SF Station, October 2018
15th Anniversary of SF Trolley Dances Travels from Mission Bay to SFMOMA
Tours begin at Mission Creek Park at 4th and Channel Streets, finishing at the Public Knowledge Library in SFMOMA. At each site, trained volunteers greet audience members, while professional theater artists act as tour guides leading audiences along the performance journey.
Datebook, September 2018
SFMOMA Hosts Book-Buying Bonanza
Get out your book bags. This weekend, SFMOMA is turning its capacious Schwab Hall into a book lover’s paradise. Thousands of used books will be on sale in the hall, and all proceeds will go to the San Francisco Public Library.
Carpe Diem, September 2018
Added Value: An Alternative Book Sale
Over the course of three days, the museum’s Schwab Hall will be transformed into a massive public book sale, featuring a radical re-organization of thousands of used books, with all sales proceeds going to benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
The Bold Italic, Medium, May 2018
10 Free Artsy Things to Do in the Bay This Summer
Swing through the Public Knowledge space for all the free books on art your eyes can handle in one sitting.
Art in America, November 2017
Igniting the Archive
From billboard ads to one-person corporations, Mexican artist Minerva Cuevas creates site-specific interventions that critique socioeconomic structures.
KQED Forum, September 2017
‘Hit Parade’ Uncovers the Musical Histories of San Francisco’s Neighborhood
A new project called Hit Parade, a collaboration between SFMOMA and the San Francisco Public Library, has collected the sounds and memories of San Francisco through interviews and SFPL’s music collection.
e-flux, September 2017
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Public Knowledge
Tectonic economic, technological, and cultural shifts are currently transforming the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The multifaceted Public Knowledge initiative will explore the meaning of these changes for civic discourse, the circulation of knowledge, and the role of libraries and museums.
Berkeley News, May 2016
Berkeley and the New SFMOMA — Partners in Art and Public Engagement
It is truly a cross-sector collaboration that’s embedding art in a wide network of social spaces, and using the public library as a kind of delivery system for art and also, perhaps, changing people’s perception of what a library is.

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Author of pedophilia how-to book arrested
— Florida sheriff's deputies have arrested a Colorado man who wrote a guide for pedophiles on obscenity charges.
Polk County deputies arrested Phillip Ray Greaves II at his home in Pueblo, Colo., early Monday on a warrant out of Florida.
Polk Sheriff Grady Judd says his office was able to arrest Greaves on Florida obscenity charges because Greaves sold and mailed his book, The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-lover's Code of Conduct, to Polk deputies. Judd says Greaves even signed the book.

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20/11/2020Argentina SWI - Suiza Economía Eliana Raszewski
Las reservas netas de dólares del banco central de Argentina están en cero o cerca de cero, según analistas e inversores, lo que obligará a la entidad monetaria a tomar una decisión difícil: duplicar los controles que no han logrado detener la caída de la moneda o permitir que el peso se devalúe aún más.
22/10/2020Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
Argentina´s economy ministry said on Wednesday it had sent the country´s Congress a bill to spur construction activity through tax and fiscal incentives, an effort to create jobs and boost investment in an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.
02/10/2020Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
01/10 - 20:30 - Argentina has temporarily cut soybean, soymeal and soyoil export taxes by 3 percentage points to 30% to help stimulate export revenue, the government announced on Thursday, as the country struggles with recession and dwindling foreign reserves.
18/09/2020Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
Argentina’s honeymoon with the International Monetary Fund is about to be tested as it looks to update a $57 billion agreement struck two years ago that failed to prevent a slide into recession and the country’s ninth sovereign default.
14/09/2020Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
Argentina is seeking to avoid repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the period 2021-2024 as it negotiates a new deal with the lender, Economy Minister Martin Guzman told local newspaper La Nacion in a report published on Sunday.
26/08/2020Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
Argentina’s recent debt restructuring deal with creditors should tame the need for further currency controls and help reduce the wide gap between the official exchange rate and the black market peso, the central bank chief said on Tuesday.
12/08/2020Argentina Reuters Ciencia Eliana Raszewski
12/08 - 22:20 - Argentina and Mexico will produce the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for most of Latin America, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said on Wednesday after a meeting with company executives involved in the project.
11/08/2020Sr. Canciller Folha de Sao Paulo - Brasil Organismos Regionales Eliana Raszewski
"Esse adiamento é necessário, porque algo tão vital para nós como o novo presidente do BID não pode sair de uma reunião virtual", disse o chanceler argentino, Felipe Solá
24/04/2020Argentina Reuters Energía Eliana Raszewski
23/04 - 15:14 - Argentina plans to issue a decree setting a higher local oil barrel price to protect the domestic industry from being further decimated by a collapse in global prices and slumping fuel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, two industry sources told Reuters on Thursday.
18/12/2019Argentina Reuters Política Eliana Raszewski
Argentina’s government is seeking higher taxes on agricultural exports and to tax foreign assets held abroad, the economy minister said on Tuesday.
15/07/2019Argentina The New York Times - Estados Unidos Política Eliana Raszewski
Argentine President Mauricio Macri is making an election race comeback, bolstered by a stronger peso and glimmers of economic revival as the South American nation looks to escape from a biting recession.
13/06/2019Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
Shell Argentina espera que venza un impuesto a la exportación de hidrocarburos que el Gobierno argentino fijó hasta fines de 2020 para que sigan bajando sus costos de producción en la formación Vaca Muerta, dijo Sean Rooney, presidente de la firma.
21/01/2019Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
18/01/2019 12:36 - Argentina outperformed its primary fiscal deficit target for 2018, Economy Minister Nicolas Dujovne said on Friday, assuring that the country’s standby finance deal with the International Monetary Fund remains on track.
05/12/2018Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
Argentina’s state-controlled energy company YPF and Malaysia’s Petronas are forming a joint venture to invest $2.3 billion over the next four years in the country’s Vaca Muerta shale oil fields, the president’s office announced on Tuesday.
29/08/2018Argentina Reuters Energía Eliana Raszewski
28/08/18 - 18:40 - Argentina relaunched a one-year-old agreement between the government, companies and workers on Tuesday to drive competition and spur development in the Vaca Muerta shale play, the government said in a statement.
23/08/2018Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
Argentina sold $2.1 billion in three- and six-month treasury notes, the Treasury Ministry said on Wednesday, as it seeks to direct investors away from shorter-term central bank debt and into longer duration instruments.
16/07/2018Argentina Reuters Energía Eliana Raszewski
13/07/18 - 15:27 - Argentina plans to include new companies in a 2017 sectoral agreement between oil producers, workers and the government in an effort to boost competitiveness in the Vaca Muerta shale play, the country’s production minister told Reuters on Friday.
16/07/2018Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
13/07/18 - 20:39 - Argentina may delay implementing elements of a tax reform passed last year to meet its fiscal deficit goals as part of a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to a government official and a fund document published Friday.
11/01/2018Argentina The Daily Mail - Reino Unido Política Eliana Raszewski
Argentina's government announced a series of measures on Wednesday to reduce bureaucratic tasks that business-friendly President Mauricio Macri thinks are holding back much-needed investment.
13/12/2017Argentina Reuters Economía Eliana Raszewski
12/12, 14:46 - The European Union, United States and Japan will issue a joint statement on Tuesday criticizing countries with too much factory capacity, though it will not directly name China, a major source of concern, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said.


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Bev and Jean
Our mission is to empower creative people to stay aligned to their own creative growth, to challenge the conventional paradigm of what it means to be creative and the way in which we live and work as artists.
Why My Next Chapter for Creatives?
Coach and facilitator Bev Morton and artist Jean McEwan have both been part of Bradford’s creative community for many years but surprisingly didn’t meet until 2016. At a chance encounter, they discovered they both had a deep interest in personal development, participatory arts practice and a shared passion for collage and typography.
Many enthusiastic exploratory conversations and shared making sessions later, this led to the idea of the collaboration for My Next Chapter for Creatives. This brought together Bev’s coaching and facilitation skills (and a then dormant creative practice) with Jean’s thriving socially engaged arts practice with people and communities.
We do what we do by being who we are and doing what we do best. We are now ready for My Next Chapter for Creatives to flourish, supporting people in the process.
Founder/Director The Art of Possibility Ltd and My Next Chapter
Bev Morton is an accredited coach and facilitator who supports individuals, teams and organisations in transition across the UK. She works with thinking and doing people, people who make things happen, social entrepreneurs, leaders, creatives, change makers, risk takers and those who want to live and work ‘beyond the pay packet’.
Bev previously founded Bradford-based charity Artworks Creative Communities and was awarded a Clore Fellowship in 2005/6, subsequently becoming one of the facilitation team for over nine years. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and set up The Art of Possibility in 2007 as a way to increase impact and build individual and organisational well-being and resilience.
She also feeds her own creativity by being a practising artist and jazz singer and creating programmes such as My Next Chapter.
Jean McEwan is a Bradford-based artist and organiser who has been working across visual, curatorial, collaborative and socially engaged practices for over a decade. Her participatory practice, informed by her previous career as a community worker, creates spaces for meaningful connections between people. She has worked both nationally and internationally, including residencies with Creative People and Places project Super Slow Way, Kirklees Council Plan For Places and in Jamestown NY.
Jean is founder of ‘Wur Bradford‘ (“Wur’ means ‘our or ‘we are’) a responsive arts project which explores the connections between imagination, community and social change with people and organisations in the city. Wur Bradford has been featured in the Guardian Culture Professional as a ‘reason to be cheerful’.

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The Markets The strength of the United States economy continues to surprise. If you have ever been camping, you may have banked your campfire by covering the hot coals with ash. It’s a process that keeps the coals burning low so the fire can be easily rekindled. The U.S. Federal Reserve has been trying to bank the fire of U.S. economic growth – and it’s proving to be challenging. There are signs that U.S. economic activity is burning less brightly. For example, economic growth declined during the last two quarters, the U.S. housing market appears to be cooling, and [...]
Weekly Market Commentary – Investors thought they heard a dovish note from the Federal Reserve and markets rallied.
The Markets Investors thought they heard a dovish note from the Federal Reserve and markets rallied. Last week, we learned from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) that economic growth in the United States slowed for the second consecutive quarter. Economic growth is measured by gross domestic product, or GDP, which is the value of all goods and services produced during a specific period. GDP includes household, business and government spending, as well as exports and imports. Before inflation, the U.S. economy grew by 6.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022 and by 7.9 percent in the second [...]
Weekly Market Commentary – A lot of people are worried that a recession may be in our future. Some think it may already be here.
The Markets A lot of people are worried that a recession may be in our future. Some think it may already be here. Unemployment is low (3.6 percent), and inflation is high (9.1 percent). Both tend to occur when an economy is experiencing strong growth. That makes it difficult to believe the United States is in a recession, but some data is pointing that way. Last week, the Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow estimated that economic growth in the United States was -1.6 percent for the second quarter of 2022, after adjusting for inflation. They measured economic growth using gross [...]
The Markets Nobody is happy, but Americans are feeling more optimistic. Last week, headlines blasted the new inflation numbers. Prices were up more than 9% year-over-year in June, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). When you dig into the numbers, energy prices were up 41.6 percent year-over-year and food prices were up 10.4 percent. “Prices are rising just about everywhere in the world, in part a consequence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has elevated energy and food prices, and in part because of the supply chain bottlenecks that have driven U.S. prices up,” [...]
Weekly Market Commentary – Rising inflation is a bit like a child throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store.
The Markets Rising inflation is a bit like a child throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store. The red-faced parent, in this case the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed), tries to calm the child. Sometimes, it works and the child calms down (soft landing). Other times, the child won’t settle, and the parent takes more extreme action, like leaving and coming back for groceries later (recession). The Fed is laser focused on calming inflation. At a June press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said, “We have both the tools we need and the resolve that it will take to [...]
The MarketsThe first six months of 2022 have earned a place in history books.2022 is likely to become part of the lore passed from generation to generation. Stories will be told about this bear market, as well as the remarkable political and social events that have occurred in the United States and elsewhere. Here is a brief look back at the last three months.Will the real inflation please stand up? Prices continued to rise during the second quarter, although there was a significant difference in inflation readings. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which reflects price changes in cities, showed inflation [...]
The Markets Last week, bad news was good news. Consumers were feeling blue in June, according to the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey. The survey scored sentiment at 50, which was the lowest level on record. Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne Hsu reported that 79 percent of consumers anticipate business conditions will decline during the next 12 months, and almost half indicated they are spending less because of inflation. Consumer pessimism was reflected in the S&P Global Flash US Composite PMI™. The Index measured that manufacturing growth was at the lowest level in almost two years. “Declines in production [...]
The Markets The fight against inflation intensified. Last week, the Federal Reserve (Fed) delivered a message that it is serious about fighting inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lifted the federal funds target rate by 0.75 percentage points. The fed funds rate is now 1.50 percent to 1.75 percent. The Fed also has begun to shrink its $9 trillion balance sheet by selling Treasury securities and agency mortgage-backed securities, a process known as quantitative tightening (QT), reported Kate Duguid, Colby Smith, and Tommy Stubbington of Financial Times (FT). The Fed’s balance sheet expanded greatly during the past few years [...]
The Markets Inflation is proving to be far more tenacious than markets had hoped. The idea that inflation peaked in March was put to rest last week when the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed that inflation accelerated in May. Overall, prices were up 8.6 percent last month, an increase from April’s 8.3 percent. It was the highest inflation reading we’ve seen since December 1981. The most significant price increases were in energy (+34.6%) and food (+10.1%). That’s unfortunate because the War in Ukraine has a significant influence on food and energy prices right now, and no one knows how [...]
The Markets How strong is the United States economy? That’s the question investors were mulling after last week’s jobs report. More jobs were created in May than economists expected, and the labor force participation rate rose, meaning even more people are returning to work. Overall, the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent. However, unemployment rates varied by age, sex and race: Adult men: 4 percent Adult women: 4 percent Asian: 4 percent Black: 2 percent Hispanic: 3 percent White: 2 percent Teenagers: 4 percent From an inflation perspective, there was some good news in the employment report as earnings [...]


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Polymer Clay, Acrylic Paintings and Colored Pencil Drawings
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Let's Face It.....I Love Portraits!
I was so excited to start this portrait today! I'm using polys for the face, neos for the background, and coloursofts for the clothes. Tomorrow I'll be painting with a group at Beverly's house, and I'm so glad because she can give me pointers about acrylics.

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My favorite way to cook them is to season them with a little bit of pepper salt, basil and thyme then put lemon slices on top and put them in the oven at about 400 for 35-40 minutes. If they are thin my grandma used to pound them out and coat them with Shake N Bake or seasoned bread crumbs and fry them.

Quoting ❥ Meℓi:" Ohh the Italian one is good? I have had the southwestern before which was good, and I have the Italian one in the fridge atm. I think I may make it for dinner! "

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Must-Know Expert Tips for Traveling With Your Dog on a Plane
Sara Ochoa, DVM, has a tremendous amount of experience in air travel with dogs. While today she is a small animal and exotic vet in east Texas and a veterinary consultant for DogLab.com, she attended vet school at St. George's University in Grenada, West Indies, and frequently flew back and forth with her pooch in tow. And all that flying time really taught her the ins and outs of how to take a dog on a plane. Here, she gives us her best tips for flying with your dog.
5 Tips for Flying With Your Dog
1. Plan in advance
This part is critical. "Depending on where you're going, it can take time to get all the paperwork needed," Ochoa says. "And then flying to places like Hawaii or international destinations [from the U.S.] will often require testing and waiting periods before traveling with a dog on a plane, and that can take months."
2. Get your dog familiar with the airport
Getting your pooch accustomed to the common surroundings of travel is another necessary (and sometimes lengthy) process, and this means allowing them to become familiar with the smells, sounds, and scents of an airport.
"When I first started flying with a dog, I would take her to the airport and let her ride the escalator," Ochoa says. "Pretty soon, she learned to jump off when we got to the top; it only took her about 30 minutes to get used to it."
3. Consider your pet's bathroom needs
Ochoa recommends bringing a potty pad and a small trash bag with you. During a layover, she will take her dog into the "family" restroom (usually a single stall) and then dispose of the pad and the trash bag. "That way, no one has to even smell my dog's waste," she says.
In order to better plan for bathroom breaks and your pet's comfort, do not feed your dog right before a flight, as this can create stomach discomfort in the air.
4. Consider your seat placement on the airplane
Ochoa suggests booking the window seat so as not to take up legroom of your fellow passengers. That is, assuming your dog is small enough to fit in a carrier under the seat in front of you. If you have a larger service dog, be sure to arrange for a seat where your dog can fit in front of you comfortably without blocking the aisle.
5. Be prepared for security
According to the TSA's website, small pets are allowed through the security lines. They should be removed from their carrier and carried through the metal detector by you, sans leash. Their carrier will then go through the X-ray machine with the rest of the luggage.
How To Fly With Service Dogs and Emotional Support Animals
The U.S. Department of Transportation amended the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) in December 2020. These changes more clearly define service animals and no longer consider emotional support animals to be service animals.
After that announcement, emotional support animals have been banned from many airlines, including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines. So before you plan to fly with your service animal or emotional support animal, check all of the specifications and regulations of your specific airline.
In all cases, dogs are not permitted to block the aisle, and airlines are not responsible for upgrading your seat to accommodate your animal, so plan accordingly to ensure your pet has a comfortable flight.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, airlines might require documentation that an animal will not need to go to the bathroom (or can do it in a sanitary way) for flights that are eight hours or longer.
Flying With Small Dogs vs. Big Dogs
Every airline has different restrictions and rules, but it is best to tell the airline ahead of your trip that you will be flying with a dog, even if she is small. For example, Delta Air Lines charges a one-way fee for small dogs at check in. These dogs must be able to fit under the seat in front of you in a small, ventilated pet carrier. According to the American Kennel Club, flying with a dog in the cabin is available to pet owners with dogs that weigh 20 pounds or less.
These are some important questions you should be prepared to ask before bringing your small dog on a flight in the cabin with you:
- What are all the rules regarding dogs and pet travel on my specific airline?
- What is the weight/size limit for a dog on my specific airline?
- What size and types of carriers are allowed?
- What can I do to reduce my dog's anxiety about the experience, according to my vet?
- How far in advance do I need to let the airline know I'm bringing my pet on board?
With larger dog breeds, most airlines will allow you to "check in" dogs that weigh 100 pounds or less as designated "excess baggage" (weight limit can change depending on the airline). This can be done at the same time as when you check in your luggage at the airline desk. Make sure you have a carrier for your dog large enough that he or she can stand up and turn around, and bring a blanket that smells like home to put in the carrier to keep them more relaxed and comfortable.
If you're wondering how expensive it is to fly with a dog, it depends on the stipulations of the airline. Some airlines will charge as low as $200, while others charge as much as $600.
While it is an option, taking your dog on a flight, especially in the cargo hold, has risks involved. If possible, transporting your pet in a more controlled environment, such as driving in a car, may be a better choice so you can monitor your pet's levels of stress and anxiety and mitigate them. Or it might be best to consider leaving your pet behind to be cared for at home by a trusted pet sitter or boarding facility while you're away.
If there are no other options and you must take your dog on a flight in the cargo hold, ensure you ask these questions ahead of time:
- Do I need to consider the weather and season we're traveling in when I choose which flight to book?
- What are my airline's specific regulations when it comes to taking a pet in the cargo hold?
- Who do I need to inform that my dog is being carried in the cargo hold?
- What recommendations does my vet have to help me do my best to ensure my dog's safety on the plane?
- If my dog were somehow lost in transit, have I done everything I can to help airport employees locate him? (Ensure he has a name tag, keep a photo handy for identification, etc.)
- Are the risks associated with air travel for dogs worth it?
Can You Fly Internationally With a Dog?
Yes, it is possible to take your dog on an international flight, but it pays to do your research well ahead of time and weigh the pros and cons of the risks involved. Be sure to book an appointment with your vet to discuss your upcoming travel, look into all pet travel policies with your specific airline(s), and check the CDC guidelines. If you are flying from the U.S., the pet travel guidelines outlined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is also a helpful resource.
RELATED: Your Guide to Pet Passports
"Some people hire pet travel companies to help guide them through the process," says Jamie Richardson, BVetMed, Chief of Staff at Small Door Veterinary in New York City. "If you can, it makes sense to tell your vet six months in advance to make sure you have all of the proper vaccinations. I also recommend booking an overnight flight if you can and to exercise your dog earlier in the day so the flight will work with their natural circadian rhythm."
Before taking your dog on any flight, always make sure to talk with your vet about any considerations they recommend, and call your specific airline to get a good understanding of their pet travel rules and restrictions before heading off on your next adventure together.

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All right, so this was once a co-write that had three chapters and was last updated in 2008. Since then, I've lost touch with my co-writer. No idea where she went. She kinda literally disappeared from the internet.
Anyway, so the other day I was reading over the original, and I loved it. But… I wanted to update it, you know, make it better. I'm a different person and writer than I was ten years ago. I'm really hoping you guys like the new version!
Claudia Strauss was the name on Tetsuya Nomura's concept art for Cloud's mother. Noting this here in advance.
IMPORTANT NOTE OF DOOM:
This story contains incest. If you are not comfortable with this, please read no further. If you are, read away!
A special thanks to rabid behemoth for kindly taking the time to beta this story for me!
Nobody Needs to Know
I Loved And I Loved And I Lost You
January 15, 2017
God, he was tired.
Cloud rubbed at his eyes as he headed back into the chaos of the ER. They were a trauma center, so individual rooms weren't common here. Instead, there were beds set up with curtains, although at the moment it wasn't very busy.
His shift was ending soon, and he couldn't be more grateful. Unlike tonight, the rest of the week had been filled with nonstop patients, which wasn't unusual, just wearying. He had a day off tomorrow, though he didn't know yet what was he going to do with it. Probably sleep. These on-calls were kicking his ass, not to mention the tedious paperwork.
"Take this, take this, take this, take this, third bed on the right!"
A clipboard was pressed into his hands as a fellow resident, Yuffie, ran past, way too energetic. She always was. It was obnoxious. Still, he took the clipboard as he looked after her. She was being paged, probably. That was fine. He'd leave her with the paperwork.
"All right," he said as he came close to the curtain and opened it, his gaze on the patient's chart. He'd had to learn to project his voice early on. He was too quiet to be heard over the general noise. "Mr…."
His heart stopped.
"CLOUD!" a very happily surprised voice called.
It was his brother.
Cloud lowered the chart and came face to face with Sora Strife. The younger man was grinning. He'd filled out a lot since high school, no longer quite as gangly thanks to what was probably the gym. From what Cloud remembered, Sora was after his master's in creative writing. He'd dropped his interest in sports shortly before college.
Bright blue eyes, ridiculously blue, the blue he saw in his own mirror. Spiky brown hair forced down in places with clips that had black skulls on them. Form fitting, faded skinny jeans with holes at the knees, and a black zipper hoodie pulled over a simple red shirt. God. The boy hadn't changed a single iota in ten years, and it didn't matter, because he pulled it off. Had to be the young skin.
His thighs in those pants, the calves being hugged sinfully by denim…
Sora held up his arm. He had an ugly gash and clearly needed stitches. The nurse practitioner was preparing that right now, sitting beside the brunet as she worked quietly.
Cloud couldn't do this.
He stared into those baby blues for what felt like a small eternity and then closed the curtain quickly.
"Hey!" Sora yelped. "Cloud!"
Cloud opened a door blindly and threw himself inside.
Sora couldn't believe what had just happened. He sat there with his mouth slightly open, his brother's name a half-whisper on his lips.
Why? Why had it been like this? Ever since Sora had graduated high school, he'd rarely seen his brother. It seemed that Cloud was always visiting their parents at times that Sora wasn't. During the holidays, Cloud would beg off, claiming he had work. And he probably did, but it was no less frustrating.
Sora thought in the last year alone he'd seen his brother maybe once…? He'd come to drop off some books for his mother to read, and Cloud had left the second he'd shown up. Sora had stared after him, a little dumbfounded.
"Mom," he remembered saying. "Does Cloud hate me or something…?"
Claudia had smiled, her eyes crinkling at the corners. "Don't be silly. Cloud loves you. He's just busy with work, that's all. Doctors have very little free time."
Sora winced as the nurse practitioner—Wendy, her name tag read—began to sew his wound back together. Talk about painful. She'd sterilized it and numbed the area with lidocaine. It wasn't her fault that he had a naturally low pain tolerance.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Wendy said worriedly. "Do you feel the needle that much?"
"No, I'm just a big baby," he assured her.
He let his gaze wander so that he didn't have to think about the pain. His eyes landed on what must have been another resident at the nurse's desk. He had chocolate brown hair down to his shoulders, stormy gray eyes, and a scar between them and along his nose. The man was eating an apple, chewing slowly with a raised eyebrow as he looked between Sora and wherever Cloud had disappeared.
Okay, so it's not just me then, he thought. Cloud is acting weird!
"So you said you fell on the ice?" Wendy asked conversationally. She was going to be sitting there for a bit, weaving thread through his skin. Why spend the minutes quietly? A fellow chatterbox himself, Sora understood that.
"Yeah," Sora replied. "I did. I was outside the university, on my way to my car, and I slipped on the steps and into the pothole. My arm hit the edge." He wrinkled his nose.
"You drove all the way here?"
"Yeah… I've got blood all over the inside of my car. It's going to be a real bit—" He stopped and cleared his throat. He tried to show good manners around strangers, and a potty mouth wouldn't do. "It's a real mess."
"I bet," she said distractedly.
Sora had to look away. He was a little squeamish. The sight of the needle going through his skin was downright terrifying and disgusting. How did Cloud work here, with so much blood and gore? Oh, sure, there was the normal stuff, but even then, you had puke, you had… nope, he was done thinking about it.
The brunet at the counter left in the direction Cloud had headed. He came back several minutes later with Sora's chart and started firing off questions in a slow, bored voice. The tag clipped to his scrubs read Squall Lionheart. Sora wondered why his bedside manner was so awful. If he didn't want to be here, why become a doctor?
The second he was done talking, before he could slip away, Sora asked the question that had been hammering at him for a solid fifteen minutes.
"Hey, um… so…" He cleared his throat awkwardly. This guy was… intense. His eyes let you know right off the bat that he wasn't interested in talking past your diagnosis. "Cloud, that's my brother. He left. Is he okay, did something ha—?"
"Dr. Strife got paged." And he closed the curtain all the way around.
"Is he always like that…?" Sora muttered to Wendy.
Yeah, that so wasn't surprising.
January 17, 2017
"So what was with your brother the other day?" Squall asked as he signaled for two more shots of tequila.
Cloud waited until they'd both downed the shots before he answered, his lips stinging. "What do you mean?" He knew exactly what Squall was getting at. That didn't mean he was going to answer.
How did you tell your friend that you were unhealthily fixated on your brother and had been for about a decade?
You didn't, that was how.
Squall gave him a long look.
Cloud slapped some cash on top of the bar. "I've got to get going. I need to be at the hospital in six hours." Paopu Memorial, the grueling residency program that made you rethink doctor-dom.
"Wait." Squall pulled a twenty from his wallet and put it on top of Cloud's contribution to the tab. "I'll walk out with you."
Cloud knew what that was code for.
Two hours later, Squall slid into his jeans and buckled his belt. Cloud fell back onto the mattress, damp with sweat and physically satiated, which he'd long ago accepted would be all he'd ever get. His heart was taken. No attempt at giving it away to someone else had ever worked.
That wasn't so bad, though. This thing with Squall had only ever been about sex and was infrequent. Cloud supposed that sometimes even the most standoffish of men could be driven to loneliness. He knew that feeling well, as he was standoffish himself.
The brunet pulled on his shirt, his muscles rippling with the short movements. He gathered his hair back, grabbed a band from his pocket, and tied his hair off his face. He had a beautiful body. Anybody with two working eyes could see that.
It just wasn't Sora's.
Cloud scrubbed his hands over his face. He had to stop doing this. It was never, ever going to happen. It was fucked up, twisted, perverted, whatever negative connotation you could spin on it. He'd accepted that long ago, had done everything in his power to try to make it go away. It wouldn't. So he soldiered on, the future of loneliness awaiting him sometimes more than he could bear.
"I'll see you." Squall tugged on his buckled boots and shouldered on his bomber jacket. He shoved his bangs off his forehead.
Cloud lifted a hand in farewell.
Snow was gathering on the window. He watched it drift down in the light from the street lamp until he fell asleep.
Across the city, Sora sat on the windowsill in his living room, his eyes fastened on the snow as he took a sip of his hot chocolate.
"Oh, my God, Sora, your obsession with snow has got to stop." Riku shook said snow out of his hair as he came through the front door. They shared a house, and had since Riku had finished with his master's in forensic science. Sora hadn't started college until a few years after Riku had, so his best friend had gotten the head start in the financial department.
Sora loved it. Apartments were stuffy to him, and with the money he got for living from his student loans, he was at least able to pay most of his share.
"Every time it snows, there you are, watching it like you'll never see it again. We live in Radiant Gardens. We've lived here all our lives. When has snow not fallen in January, at the absolute latest?"
Sora frowned at him. "Geeze, you're cranky. Bad day at work?"
Riku specialized in criminal forensics. The classes he'd had to take to get his job made Sora's mind spin just thinking about it. Chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, psychology, anthropology, entomology, medicine and criminal courses… Yeah. That was a lot.
Sora supposed it was worth it for about 100k a year.
"That asshole Ethoran was there. He's creepy as fuck, thinks he knows better than me because he's a withering old man, and tries to recruit me all the God damn time." Riku yanked his jacket off and stomped into the kitchen. Sora could hear him throwing his keys on the table. The fridge door opened.
"I got stitches the other day!" Sora yelled. He hadn't seen Riku that much this week because Riku had been pulling night shifts.
Riku stuck his head out of the kitchen. "What was that?"
Sora raised his arm silently.
"Jesus Christ, Sora!" Riku strode across the living room in his socks with a leftover half a sub in his hand. "What the hell did you do this time?"
"Heeeey…" Sora glared. "What do you mean, this time?"
Riku smirked. "We both know how clumsy you are."
"It was the ice's fault!" Sora huffed. "I slipped on some stairs and landed in a pothole the size of—" He stopped as Riku burst into laughter. Then he narrowed his eyes. "Really? It's that funny?"
"It's fucking hilarious." Riku wiped a tear from his eye, shook his head, and headed back to the kitchen.
"You're a jerk!" Sora retorted. "Oh, and something weird happened with Cloud."
Riku paused. "You saw Cloud? Will wonders never cease?"
"Yeah, I know," Sora muttered into his hot chocolate. He wanted to finish drinking it before it got too cold. "But it was really weird, right? I came in, and I didn't even know he was working." He didn't know diddly squat about his brother's schedule. "And he shows up, and he sees me, and… get this, he doesn't even say a single thing before he just ran away!"
Riku pushed his brows together. "Ran away?"
"Yeah! He opened up my curtain, was like all doctorly for two seconds, saw me, and then…" Sora gestured with a hand to indicate scooting off. "He just closed the curtain and vanished. He looked so panicked."
"What? That's… strange."
"I know," Sora said empathetically. He'd tried to tell his mother and she'd just clucked that Cloud probably had to attend to some patients. "And I asked my new doctor about it, the one who saw the whole thing, and he totally brushed me off. Said Cloud had to go and then left me there. He was really rude."
If Sora hadn't happened to glance up just then, he would have entirely missed the knowing expression on Riku's face.
"What?" he said.
"What?" Riku echoed.
"What was that look?"
"Don't do that, Riku! You know exactly what I'm talking about!"
"It's just that…" Riku searched for words. "He's been acting this way for, like, a super long time. I wouldn't put too much stock into it. He's got issues, I don't know." Riku raised his sandwich. "I'm starving, so if you'll excuse me…"
Sora let him leave and frowned at the snow, as if it could solve all the mysteries about his brother.
"Sora…" Cloud's arms wound around him. Sora was shivering, had just emerged from their family's pool. He was sixteen and still sad that Cloud was often away at college. "I missed you…"
Where had that Cloud gone? The sweet one?
Seriously, what had Sora done to make his brother hate him so much?
January 31, 2017
Sora ran his fingers through his spikes as he stared up at the menu board at Starbucks. Normally he got a frappuccino, but it was too damned cold for that.
"I'll have a caramel macchiato, please. Hot, yeah." He gave the barista his credit card.
He had to be at the university in half an hour, and he was already late, but he needed his coffee. He thrived on caffeine. He was a grad student. He didn't have much of a choice. He was worked to the bone as it were.
Five minutes later, Sora took his macchiato and wound his way through the crowd. He preferred the Starbucks by his house. So close to the university, every place around here was busy, busy, busy. Doctors and students mostly, but the usual businessmen, as well.
The door jingled as it opened, and a familiar blond head full of spikes appeared.
Sora lit up. He couldn't help it. He loved his brother, and he'd been hoping to maybe run into him at this location. "Cloud, hey!" He waved a hand.
The bastard did it again.
Not hindered by a nurse and stitches, Sora tore after him. What the hell?!
"Hey!" Sora grabbed onto his elbow. "Cloud, c'mon, what did I do?!"
"Quit! Let me go! I have to get to the hospital!"
"Oh, that's bullshit, and you know it! You were just walking in to get coffee!" Sora was so angry he couldn't stand it. What could he have possibly done to deserve this treatment? He'd once been his brother's entire world. What had changed?
"Sora, just go. Okay? Go away. Leave me alone." Cloud took to the sidewalk.
Sora stared after him in disbelief and then caught up with him. Well, sort of. Cloud had much longer legs, so Sora was sort of stuck trailing behind him. "No! I won't until you tell me what I did!"
"You didn't do anything!" Cloud yelled over his shoulder.
"Then why are you running away from me?!"
"Sora, quit! Go away!"
"NO!" Tears touched Sora's lashes. He'd never been good at not being a big baby. Maybe it wasn't manly, but to hell with that. He didn't deserve this, he didn't, he didn't, he didn't.
"Sora, I swear to God—"
"TELL ME!" Sora screamed.
Cloud whipped around so fast, Sora was still choking on the last word. He stumbled back despite himself. He'd never seen Cloud look so… so angry.
"I'm in love with you!" Cloud shouted.
What kind of a thing was that to say…?
"Don't joke around!" Sora yelled. "Okay, that isn't funny! It's not—you're not—"
Cloud got directly in his face. "But I am." His words were a hiss, nothing more. "I have been. For years. And I can't stop it. So I stay away from you, to save you. Okay? Okay, Sora? Stay away!"
Sora was left standing there as his brother left, because this time, he couldn't bring himself to follow him.
The macchiato dropped out of his hand and splattered against the icy sidewalk.

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One of the best places on earth to visit and experience many tropical beaches is Hawaii. This is because apart from the Hawaiian beaches, you get to experience a culture you have never before and you also get to meet some of the most hospitable people on earth. There are many tropical beaches in Hawaii, but what are the best Hawaiian beaches?
If you are a looking to go on a vacation on an island where you get to see and relax on beautiful beaches and meet some of the best people in the world, then you ought to think about the Hawaiian Islands. Apart from the beaches that have some of the finest sand in the world, the culture and the people that you get to meet will intrigue you.

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Eliza Starbuck, freelance designer and mother, joins our hostess Alessandra Iavarone on this week's episode of Growing Good. Today, Alessandra and Eliza are talking about balancing motherhood with a professional career. Tune in to hear about Eliza's dedication to sustainable fashion design, how she had to leave her own company in order to take care of her daughter, and some helpful tips for designing clothes for children. How does Eliza manage to spend time with her daughter amongst all of her work? Tune in to hear about the life of a freelance design mom! This program has been brought to you by Whole Foods.
"In fashion, there's no real sustainability...To me, it was important to source fabrics on the local market."
"Another miracle about having kids is that you go through so many phases that you can mark with the growth of your child and the way they change, and the way that you respond to the phases of theirs."
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Empire of the Sun @ Volt’s Rehearsal Space
Volt is home to music video shoots, fixture demo’s, rig tests, lighting designers galore and its latest adventure: Empire of the Sun’s Ellen Show Rehearsal. We loved working with the Empire of the Sun crew and supporting them for their epic Ellen performance!
Our brilliant friend at Seven Design Works, Tobias Rylander designed the performance and our own Matt Shimamoto programmed.
Check out some shots from the rehearsal and Empire of the Sun performing “Walking on a Dream” on Ellen in the link below:

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The College Football Playoff Selection process is underway to determine which 4 teams will be playing in this years College Football Playoffs. This year features 3 undefeated teams likely in the playoffs with 3 other 1 loss teams (and UCF) with cases on why they should make the playoffs. Many people argue for expansion of the current playoff structure to 8 or even 16 teams and a lot of people have good cases on why the current structure should be expanded.
Some of the main arguments against expanding the structure of the playoffs system including having to play extra games and the fact that the 8th best team or even 16th best team really don't have a shot at winning it all. Good arguments on both sides especially when you think about how much these players probably get beat up and bruised in these playoff match ups. I however think that neither of those arguments are good enough.
Unlike most people, I have a different idea for how college football should expand. Instead of going to 8 or 16 teams I think we should move to a 64 team playoff system like college basketball and just have every power 5 team start the playoffs after 5 regular season games...I'm joking obviously but that would be crazy!!
My proposal instead features a 6 team playoff where each Power 5 conference champion makes it in with 1 "at large" team that didn't win their conference or that may be from a group of 5 conference. So you would have the ACC, SEC, Big 12, Big 10, and PAC 12 Champion plus one other team.
Now, its not an automatic bid if you win your conference because there could be years where you get teams with 4 or 5 losses winning their conference. My proposal would require a conference champion to have 2 or less losses to make it. So if each conference champion has 2 or less losses then they all make it with one additional team. If one or more conference champion has more than 2 losses then you would just add in another at large team.
Now how will this be broken down? First off, the top 2 teams would get a bye in the first round and have a match up of (#3 vs #6) and (#4 vs #5) with the higher ranked teams hosting the games at their stadiums. I also think that any at-large team has to be either #5 or #6 forcing them to play on the road in the first round. The exception would be if that at-large team is an undefeated Independent school (like Notre Dame this year). If for some crazy reason there are 3 conference champions who finish with 3 or more losses and you get 3 at large teams then they will take spots 4, 5, and 6. By making the at large teams play on the road that rewards teams that won their conferences.
Following the 2 first round games you would move to what we have today where you have the #1 team playing the winner of the 4v5 game in one of the major bowls and the #2 team face off against the winner of the 3v6 game in another of the major bowls like how it is currently done.
Now, people may argue that you don't need to expand to more teams at this point. At this point, we have had 4 college football playoffs so far and twice the 4 seed has won it all. That tells me that maybe the 5th or 6th best team could win it too, or at least have a shot at it. I also think if the games are spread out enough it won't be that big of an issue to play potentially 3 games. I think that the play-in-games should be 2 Saturdays after the conference championships and then the "final 4" being New Years weekend like how it traditionally is. After that, the national championship game would be played a week later on the Monday night the following week like how it's done currently.
Now to get down to it, how would this look this season? Well, I think my formula works well for this season in particular. We would have Alabama, Clemson, as the 1 and 2 seeds representing the SEC and ACC champions and I don't think many people would argue that. We would then have Notre Dame who is an undefeated independent team as the 3 seed, with Oklahoma most likely getting the 4th seed representing the Big 12. After that it would come down to where Ohio State goes as the Big 10 champion and then who you want as the other independent since the PAC12 champion Washington had 3 losses. I would say you put Ohio State as the 5th seed with Georgia as the 6th partially because Ohio State has 1 loss to Georgia's 2 and because it could set up a Georgia vs Alabama re-match in the National Championship.
As you can see in the picture above that is what the bracket would look like with Notre Dame hosting Georgia with the winner playing Clemson and Oklahoma hosting Ohio State with the winner facing Alabama. I think this would allow every conference champion with a reasonable argument to make it in as well as another team or two with other great arguments like Georgia who many people still see as one of the 4 best teams in the nation.

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They spoke about Tris and Four’s onscreen relationship, changes from the book, which actors best fit the versions of the characters they saw in their heads, whether the second book informed their performances & lots more.
I interviewed Veronica Roth recently and she said when she saw you, Theo, you perfectly fit her vision of Four. Who would you say when you saw them in character for the first time matched what you imagined?
JAMES: That’s a good question. I thought particularly with this the casting was really good, I know I’m supposed to say that. But I think these things can go one of two directions and I think A. they made a really smart choice with Shai because she’s strong but then there’s an emotionality to her which is really endearing; but not in a weak way, it’s in a complex way. Then when I saw Miles I thought he was perfect for it because he’s not just a straight bad guy, he has a complexity to him that you kind of like him a little bit as well. He’s not just this evil foil for making snarky remarks for Shai, he’s a more rounded character because he’s such a good actor and also because of good casting. Then Ray [Stevenson aka Marcus Eaton] was cool because he’s this big dude, he’s kind of dark, he’s like 6’5”.
WOODLEY: He intimidates you, you feel like he could actually slap you with his belt.
JAMES: Sexually intimidating, yeah (laughs). No I just thought he needed to be—to have that kind of hold over Four’s character—he needed to be someone with formidable strength or something to him. Those are the three that are popping in my head.
You said the movie is quite different from the book. How, specifically, do you think it’s different?
WOODLEY: It’s different in the sense that obviously the book is what? 400 pages? The script is 90 pages and there are some things in the book that logic-wise wouldn’t make sense in a theatrical way so we had to switch the way we are presenting it, because logically I just didn’t line up.
JAMES: I think also there’s some talk about age. I think the logic of it, the age is unspecified. I think for example Four, for him to have that experience as a leader and as someone of high skill that as he is, the jump for two years, that he joined two years ago and now he’s this fucking legend, I think it makes more sense that he’s been there a bit longer, only a few more years. But it means that he’s had more experience than these initiates who come in.
In the book Four doesn’t actually say Tris is beautiful, it’s a lot more subtle because he leans in and he’s trying to be more covert about it. In the scene we just saw, it’s presented a bit differently. Did that change bother you or do you like it better?
WOODLEY: It has to be different. I mean there’s some things about the book that I miss, I think their relationship in the book is slightly different. But obviously there’s only a certain amount of scenes that we can play in the movie and so we had to pick the most important ones. So the arc of Tris and Four I don’t think is as…
JAMES: You get less time to…
WOODLEY: Establish the certain small nuances. But it’s good guys don’t worry it’s good.
I’d like to know if that scene where Tris looks at Four’s back remains in the movie?
JAMES: Yes, that scene remains in. That’s an important scene for us as well because it’s like…
WOODLEY: The turning point.
JAMES: Yeah and the great thing about their relationship at the beginning is that they’re not suddenly in love. I mean obviously they kind of are as soon as they see each other but they have this fractious thing because he’s trying to retain some sort of authority and she’s discovering herself so they are kind of back and forth. Then in the second book it happens as well they’re always kind of together, their love is very forceful but at the same time there’s all the other things going which I think is much more interesting. But that key scene that is in the movie.
WOODLEY: One of the main aspects that attracted me to Divergent was their relationship. It’s not one of those teenage dramatic relationships where it’s love at first sight and she’s swooning over him and he’s there with her and then he withdraws and she has to chase him. There’s no drama I feel like it’s very real and very personal and realistic to how a lot of relationships are.
JAMES: There’s probably drama but I know what you mean.
WOODLEY: Of course there’s drama but it’s not, it’s very different than the Bella/Edward relationship. They’re completely on the opposite sides of the spectrum.
JAMES: Yeah I would say similarly for the character Four that I love, when he’s on the Ferris wheel and she says “are you afraid of heights?” and he’s like “yeah I’m fucking afraid of heights” but there’s a way to get around it and then he talks about it. He’s not so mixed up in his masculinity. He’s at home in his masculinity so that he can be vulnerable.
We learn more about the characters and the world in the second book. After reading Insurgent, did you take anything from the book to inform your performance in this film?
JAMES: After reading the second book? I think so yeah, it’s not just so much changes it just adds. I think the best way to become a character is by osmosis as opposed to thinking directly about stuff. The more material that you have and understand and have a going in, then the more complex your character and the understanding of your character will be. So yes it did inform me but it just gave me a more rich history so I knew exactly where he’s coming from, the darkness, the problems, that kind of thing.
Check out the full interview over on Collider HERE & on Teen HERE
On their set visit Collider were also lucky enough to see the 'tipsy' Four scene being filmed.
Here's what they had to say about that:
The scene that we saw being filmed involved Tris returning to The Pit from her first simulation and speaking with Four while he’s, well, inebriated. While in the book I read Four as more playful in this particular scene, James played Four as being much more in control of his actions and less overt (ie. drinking, not drunk). It was tough to judge the chemistry between Theo James and Shailene Woodley in this scene because we were seeing Four in an altered state, but their performances seemed pretty spot on to me. To get all of the actors in the mood for the party atmosphere of the scene, Burger played Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” over the loudspeakers just before the dialogue in the scene began, and it became clear that James is quite the jokester on set; his dance moves were particularly striking.
Be SURE to read the FULL Set Report & LOTS more over HERE
Divergent focuses on a futuristic society that's dark, gritty, and trains teenagers to beat the crap out of each other — all of which made for an intriguing movie set to visit. For starters, the film was actually shot in Chicago, where the bestselling novel is set, putting a stamp of authenticity on the project immediately. Inside the studio, the film's stars — Shailene Woodley and Theo James as leads Tris and Four, as well as Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, and many others — were clad in edgy, black street clothes, which reflects the general demeanor of the Dauntless: tough, mysterious, and rough around the edges. When the cameras stopped rolling, however, the cast was impossibly charming and goofy. As I waited with other reporters, Shailene and Theo wrapped a scene and started teasing each other even before we began the interview, with Shailene poking fun at Theo's muscle-baring tank top by announcing "I brought a male stripper with me."
The clear chemistry between Shailene and Theo should put any fears about Theo's casting to rest — especially since, according to them, Four will be a little bit older in the movie than the book. They made light of Theo's age in the interview, but it's clear that Divergent is a project they both take pretty seriously. Read on to see how they compare their onscreen romance to Twilight, their favorite scenes to film, and more.
Are you feeling the pressure of being the next YA heroine?
Shailene Woodley: No, I think if I thought about that I might go insane. It's funny because it is based on a book, but the movie that we're making is quite different from the book in a lot of ways. There seems to be a gap between the two, and it's hard to associate between the fan bases. Everybody is stressing about that and I don't really pay any attention to it; I'm so far removed from that world that I don't think about it.
Theo James: You can't be too influenced by what's going on [with the fans]. You want to be concentrating on the material because that's where the story is coming from, obviously, but you also have to do your own thing, and your own message, and your own interpretation.
Which actor, when you first saw him/her in character, most matched what you imagined when you were reading the book?
TJ: I thought particularly with this [movie], the casting was really good. I know I'm supposed to say that. I think they made a really smart choice with Shai because she's strong, but then there's an emotionality to her, which is really endearing, but not in a weak way, it's in a complex way. And then when I saw Miles [Teller, who plays Peter], I thought he was perfect for it because he's not just a straight bad guy. He has a wryness and a complexity to him that you kind of like him a little bit as well. He's not just this evil foil for making snarky remarks for Shai. He's more of a rounded character than that because he's a good actor, but also because it was good casting. And then Ray [Stevenson, who plays his father] was cool because he's this big dude, and he's kinda dark. He needed to have that kind of hold over Four's character. He needed to be someone formidable in strength.
How is the movie different from the book?
SW: There are some things in the book that, logic-wise, wouldn't make sense in a theatrical way. So we had to switch the way that we were presenting it because logically it just didn't line up. TJ: There's also some talk about age. The age is unspecified. SW: Four, in the movie, is 33.
TJ: He's 55. He has a cane. No, he's supposed to be around that age [of 18] but a few years on that. For example, for him to have the experience as a leader and as someone of as high skill as he is, I think it makes a bit more sense if he's been there a bit longer. Only a few more years, but it means that he's had a lot more experience than these Initiates who are coming in.
Do the differences bother you?
SW: It has to be different. I mean, there are some things about the book that I miss. I think their relationship in the book is slightly different. Obviously there's only a certain amount of scenes that we can play in this movie. So we had to pick the most important ones.
TJ: You get less time to establish all the nuances, which you miss.
SW: But it's good, don't worry, it's good.
To see which key scenes you can still expect to see in the movie, just read more.
Is the shirtless tattoo scene there?
TJ: Yes, that scene remains. It's an important scene for us as well because it's a turning point. The great thing about their relationship, at the beginning, is that they're not suddenly in love. Obviously, they kind of are, as soon as they see each other, but they have this fractious thing because he is trying to maintain some kind of authority and she's discovering herself, so they're kind of back and forth. And in the second book that happens as well. They're always kind of together, the love is very forceful but at the same time there are always these other things going on, which I think is much more interesting. But the key scenes they left in, and I think that is a very important one.
SW: It's hugely important. For me, that's what I was attracted to, one of the main aspects of Divergent, is their relationship. It's not one of those teenage dramatic relationships where it's love at first sight and she's swooning over him and he's there with her, and then he withdraws, and she has to chase him. There's no drama. It's very real. It's very personal, and it's very realistic to how a lot of relationships are. It's very different from the Bella/Edward relationship. They're completely on opposite sides of the spectrum.
TJ: The one thing about the character Four that I love, which I think always summarizes it, is when he's on the [Ferris] wheel. Talk about the vulnerability. She says, "What? Are you afraid of heights?" and he says "Yes. I am f*cking afraid of heights." He's at home in his masculinity so that he can be vulnerable.
Did you take anything from the second book, Insurgent, to inform your performances here?
TJ: I did, because you find out about his [Four's] mother. And we were on the tipping point of asking Veronica [Roth] to summarize the third one.
SW: Oh, I begged her.
Did reading the second book change the way you played the character?
TJ: Yeah, I think so. This sounds really pretentious, but the best way to become a character as much as you can is by osmosis as opposed to thinking directly about stuff. The more material that you can have, and understand, the more complex your character and your understanding of the character will be. So yes, it did inform me, but not directly, it just gave him a more rich history so I knew exactly where he's coming from, I know the kind of darkness, the problems.


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At Saturday’s Republican debate, the presidential contenders found rare agreement among themselves: women should register for the draft. But draft registration ends at age 45. That rules out Hillary Clinton supporters Madeleine Albright (79) and Gloria Steinem (82).
“We can tell our story of how we climbed the ladder, and a lot of you young women think it’s done. It’s not done,” opined Madeleine Albright, campaigning for Hillary in New Hampshire. “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.” Madeleine (Hillary, Bernie: first names, please) suffered great discrimination as a woman, at least as she tells it, and things remain awful.
Too bad that as Bill Clinton’s United Nations Ambassador and then Secretary of State (Hillary was the third woman to hold the post), Madeleine did not confront Arab countries on their treatment of women. These same nations would later fund Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Why rock the boat? Or the camel?
As for Madeleine, she was born in 1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia to parents who, after fleeing Europe in 1941, then decided to convert from Judaism to Catholicism. They never told her about it until adulthood, the story goes, and she apparently never told others. Perhaps she thought being a Jew and a woman was too much to bear. Albright studied at Columbia University in the 1960s; by 1976 she was in the West Wing of the White House as the National Security Council’s liaison with Congress. I guess if she were not a victim of gender bias, she would have advanced sooner.
Albright became involved with what Donald Trump would call “losers.” At Columbia, she had been mentored by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who would later, as President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, urge Carter to replace the Iran’s pro-Western reformist Shah with the Islamist Ayatollah. This move ushered in the Islamist revolution. Madeleine later was foreign policy adviser to losing Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 and losing presidential candidate Michael Dukakis in 1988. She got her political start with Ed Muskie in his losing 1972 presidential campaign.
Madeleine suffered so much gender discrimination that as soon as the Democrats finally won back the presidency in 1992, Bill Clinton put her on his transition team and then appointed her to high posts in his administration.
When Madeleine this weekend offended women who support Bernie, this was not the first time she was off-message. For example, in August 2012 when she was campaigning for President Obama’s reelection, she was asked: “How long will you blame the previous [Bush] administration for all of your problems?” She replied, “Forever.”
And here’s a memo to Bernie: Your signature issue is Wall Street. Did you know that more than a decade ago, Albright, as a board member of the New York Stock Exchange, approved a $187.5 million compensation package for NYSE chairman Richard Grasso?
Alas, she is not the only inelegant Hillary endorser. Also campaigning for Hillary a couple of days ago in New Hampshire, feminist icon Gloria Steinem was asked why Hillary does so poorly among younger women. “When you’re young, you’re thinking, ‘Where are the boys?’ The boys are with Bernie.” (What will the LGBT caucus say to Gloria’s affront to lesbians?)
Gloria ignores that it’s age, not gender, that defines voter preference in the Hillary-Bernie race. Both young men and young women favor the 74 year-old socialist, midway in age between the younger Hillary and older Gloria, because times have changed. The new generation favors ideology over sleaze. Gloria and Madeleine are in a time warp – still playing the gender card. As we have seen with the sexual assaults on women in Europe, especially in Cologne, Germany, the older progressives favor trendy multiculturalism, even over the rights of women. When Bill Maher asked Gloria about the treatment of women in the forty countries that have Sharia, she said the problem was “monotheism.” She said that “Muslim feminists” are pointing out that “Mohamed was a reformer.”
One self-described Bernie feminist faulted Madeleine and Gloria for “trying to undo feminism with a vengeance.” Gloria posted on Facebook: “I apologize for what’s been misinterpreted as implying young women aren’t serious in their politics.”
Who are role models for women “serious in their politics”? How about, from the last generation, Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher and Straight Talking Golda Meir? These were strong women of moral clarity and unquestioned integrity. Does anyone believe for a minute that Thatcher or Meir would have enabled or condoned Benghazi and then, when questioned about the genesis of the attack, exclaimed, “What difference does it make?”
And consider whether Hillary Clinton is a feminist. She tagged along with her husband, striking a Faustian bargain with Bill Clinton. In exchange for stature and influence, money and power, she enabled his predatory sexual behavior and organized intimidation of his accusers.
Madeleine, Gloria, Hillary … demanding full equality. Just think how different their life would have been if they had been drafted.


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Results from Arizona Fall League game played Thursday, November 12th.
Charlie Tilson scored twice in the Saguaros’ 3-1 victory over the Scorpions (16-8), a showdown between the two top clubs in the Arizona Fall League.
Dropped from first to ninth in the batting order, Tilson responded by reaching base three times in four plate appearances. The left fielder opened the third with a single, later scoring his squad’s first tally on a sac fly by Jurickson Profar. After grounding out, 6-3, to kick off the fifth, Tilson beat out a bunt down the third base line to begin the seventh. His subsequent score improved Surprise’s lead to 2-0. The Illinois native finished his day by working a free pass with two gone the next frame.
Patrick Wisdom garnered another of the team’s 10 hits, singling once in four at bats. He lined out to right with a runner on first before lining a single to center with one gone in the fourth. The third baseman reached on a fielding error by his counterpart on the Scottsdale squad in the sixth, putting two on with just one out. But Wisdom was erased on a force and the Saguaros (15-9-1) failed to capitalize on the opportunity. The eighth saw Wisdom fly out to right for the second out of the frame.
Brewers’ lefty Josh Hader picked up his first win in his first start for Surprise after coming out of the pen five times. Hader held the opposition to two hits and a walk through four, striking out three. Right-hander Justin Haley (BOS) allowed a run on five hits and a base-on-balls over four, dropping his record to 1-1.
Dean Kiekhefer, the sole St. Louis pitcher to take the mound, relieved Hader in the fifth. The southpaw retired six straight with two strikeouts, one called, and four groundball outs. Kiekhefer threw 15 of his 21 pitches for strikes.
Friday’s game: vs. Salt River (13-11), 12:35 pm MST, Luke Weaver (2-0, 1.88)
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– Phoenix Motorcars, a California-based electric vehicle company will join SNUGTOP as an exhibitor at the SEMA show, attended by more than 100,000 automobile industry buyers. Phoenix Motorcars and SNUGTOP recently formed a partnership to provide the SnugLid tonneau cover as an OEM product for Phoenix’s all-electric sports utility truck (SUT).
The SEMA Show will be held Oct. 30 through Nov. 2 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
SNUGTOP’s booth, 31137, will be located in the trucks, SUVs, and off-road hall and will feature the Phoenix SUT. Phoenix Motorcars has taken orders for more than 500 fleet-ready vehicles for 2008 delivery to premier fleet companies. A limited number of vehicles will be available to consumers in 2009 with an expanded consumer launch scheduled for 2010.
Phoenix’s advanced battery-electric, zero-emission SUT can travel at freeway-speeds while carrying five passengers and a full payload. The vehicle exceed all specifications for a Type III ZEV. Having a driving range of more than 100 miles, it is equipped with a non-toxic Altairnano NanoSafe lithium-titinate battery, which can be recharged in less than 10 minutes and has a battery pack with a life of greater than 250,000 miles.


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Ethical Dilemma: Supply Chain Management
Living in America we do not realize what other people are suffering and going through. In this case there are young girls suffer from the probabilities of being prone to steal, begging, being in the streets and prostitution. In my opinion, many of us living in the states judge those who do not live our same lifestyle. However, we do not realize how the conditions and circumstances these people are living in. In this case, these young girls are the main providers for their families and working is the only way to keep them away from poverty. Therefore, if I were a buyer of a major retail discount store selling economy-priced goods my ultimate goal would be to make a high margin. I am experiencing price competition and I seek an opportunity to import from a low-wage region in Asia without realizing the conditions in Asia. Having a well-known celebrity endorse the product can raise polemic and people are being more aware of all conditions. Therefore, knowing exactly where and how the product is being made is key and can really prevent unethical practices.
How can the ethical dilemma be addressed from a Christian worldview (i.e., what guidance from a Biblical perspective could be applied to understand and possibly resolve the ethical dilemma)?
From a biblical perspective and as a Cristian I would never like to sign a deal internationally if I am not aware of what is really happening. However, in this case I am faced to a situation where


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816. Bezdicek, D.. no date. (Influence of residual soil N on N2 fixation; N2 fixation of chickpeas). unpublished.
High levels of residual soil N decreased N2 fixation. There was a negative correlation between the fraction of plant N derived from N2 fixation and total mineralizable N and KCl extractable N. N2 fixation was reduced by about 2.8 kg/ha for each kg/ha of available soil N. Seed yield response from inoculation ranged from 5-70% and was negatively correlated with available soil N. Residual soil moisture in July was greatestfor large seeded legumes > forage legumes > winter wheat. T: N fixation in chickpeas.
7786. Engel, R., L.E. Welty, R. Lockerman, J. Bergman, G. Kushnak, L. Prestbye, and J. Sims. 1987. Annual legumes and cereal grain rotations in Montana.. Montana AgResearch 4(3):1-4.
Montana researchers examined the performance of several grain legumes (dry pea, chickpea, lentil) and their effect on a subsequent barley crop. Dry pea production was the highest. A subsequent barley crop rsponded to added N fertilizer at three out of six sites. Barley yields following legumes were generally equal to or greater than yields following fallow. The annual legumes contributed to soil N and reduced the fertilizer N needed to reach maximum yield by 40-55 lb N/ac when compared to recrop barley. This translated into savings of $10-14/ac for fertilizer N.
10088. Cowie, A.L., R.S. Jessop and D.A. MacLeod. 1990. Effect of soil nitrate on the growth and nodulation of winter crop legumes.. Austral. J. Expt. Agric. 30:651-654..
The relative effect of increasing external nitrate supply on the nodulation of three winter crop legumes was examined in a controlled environment experiment. Lupin, chickpea and field pea were grown at two nitrate concentrations of 2 and 8 mmol/L for 40 days. Shoot and root growth were not affected by nitrate contrations. Increased nitrate concentrations significantly reduced nodule number and nodule weight in all species. The inhibition of nodulation by increased nitrate concentrations was greatest in peas, followed by chickpeas, and least in lupins.

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QUINTERO FONG, José Luis; HERNANDEZ IBARRA, María del Refugio y OROZCO DAVILA, Dina. Sexual performance of laboratory sterile Anastrepha obliqua males acclimated under field conditions. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2011, vol.27, n.1, pp.17-23. ISSN 0065-1737.
Standard quality control tests were carried out to evaluate the sexual performance of laboratory sterile Anastrepha obliqua males acclimated under field conditions. Laboratory sterile males were maintained in a mango orchard in wooden cages for 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 days before competing with wild males for matings with wild females in sexual performance tests. Laboratory males were evaluated at 8 days of age while wild males were 15 days old. This study was conducted to confirm whether insects kept as close as possible to natural conditions, obtain an advantage in their sexual performance Quintero Fong et al.: Desempeño sexual de machos de A. obliqua aclimatados a campo with respect to males maintained under artificial conditions. The results of the study indicated that the mating proportion in the test was within SIT quality control standards and the relative sterility index values didn't show significant differences between the different treatments. In conclusion the data indicates that the pre-conditioning of A. obliqua males to field conditions doesn't give an advantage over non-conditioned males in sexual performance with wild females in field cages.
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How Will Ford Address F-150’s Headlight Design for Future Safety Tests?
Earlier this week we told you that according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) — the folks who do independent crash testing — said that the current-generation F-150’s headlights aren’t particularly good. In order to earn the company’s Top Safety Pick in the future, it’ll have to perform better for headlight testing. What changes could the company make to address these concerns?
Safety is important to Ford, and they’ve worked hard to not only earn the government’s 5-star crash safety rating, but also ensure that the truck would ultimately do well in the IIHS’s crash tests. Those tests include an extremely difficult small overlap front crash. The F-150 performed the best out of all the half-ton trucks tested, and is the only truck to carry the Top Safety Pick distinction from the organization.
So what’s up with the headlights? I’m a big proponent of LED and HID headlights, and while when I tested the F-150 with the LEDs I thought the light was decent, in their instrumented testing they found the light output to be inadequate. Additionally, the LED lights had too much glare for oncoming drivers.
One of the trucks that did well in the test was the Honda Ridgeline. The Ridgeline also has LED headlights for low and high beams, but they’re enclosed in a projector beam to focus the light output and reduce glare. If you notice on the F-150, there’s no projector keeping the light focused. I think that’s ultimately what hurt the F-150 in that test.
Interesting Ford already has a potential solution in their toolbox that requires nearly no effort to implement. The 2017 Raptor that’s heading to China has different headlights than the one sold in the United States. While they are HID — not LED — they’re enclosed behind a projector assembly that keeps the light beam focused. Presumably, that’s a requirement for sale of vehicles with advanced lighting systems in China, and why Ford had to make the switch in order for the Raptor to be sold there.
Since those lights are already designed to work with the newest-generation F-150 and Raptor, it should be a relatively easy plug-and-play swap to make it work. Of course, that’s assuming Ford wants to address the headlight concerns in this current-generation F-150. They might not decide to make any changes until the truck sees a mid-cycle refresh or a complete refresh from the ground up.
It should also be noted that the 2017 Super Duty’s LED headlights are also not enclosed behind a projector. While the IIHS doesn’t typically test trucks of that size, it’s not unreasonable to assume that the Super Duty would, at the very least, have the same glare concerns that the F-150 does.
While I’m perfectly happy with the light output of the 2015 and newer F-150 headlight, especially with the LEDs, many people do take the IIHS’s ratings seriously, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Ford addressed these concerns in the near future.
What do you think?
Let us know in the comments below or over in the forums!


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Leading seniors’ advocacy body COTA Australia says the annual Anglicare Australia Rental Affordability Snapshot released today paints a bleak picture of rental affordability across Australia, highlighting the urgent need for action in the upcoming budget.
Older people are among those most vulnerable to inflation in rental housing and in particular single older people reliant on Newstart, Disability Support Payments or the Age pension.
For single people on Newstart, Anglicare found a mere 0.03% of rental properties affordable nationally, down from 0.1% in Anglicare’s 2016 snapshot, illustrating the growing gap between rental costs and social welfare.
A single person on Disability Support Payments fares only slightly better, with less than 0.86% of properties affordable across the country.
Rental affordability is only marginally better for single people on the Age pension – only 1.62% of rental properties in Australia would be suitable; but well down on 2016.
COTA Australia Chief Executive Ian Yates said that the 2017 Federal Budget 2017 needs to recognise the importance of safe and secure home for the wellbeing of all Australians – not just the importance of property ownership.
“Homelessness is increasing amongst older Australians. We cannot address this crisis without taking rental affordability seriously. The upcoming budget is a great opportunity to tackle the issue head-on.
“We need a comprehensive and coordinated approach to housing affordability across government- not just one-off measures on property ownership which may help some people but not those most in need.
“People are being forced to make choices between paying their rent, buying groceries and accessing crucial medical supplies. The situation is unacceptable in modern Australia.
“The gap between rental costs and income support is growing and it is becoming harder and harder for older people to maintain even a basic standard of living.
“Increasing social and community housing and increasing the overall supply of affordable and appropriate housing are essential parts of the answer.
“COTA and many other advocates have also consistently called for an increase in Commonwealth Rent Assistance and an increase in the Newstart Allowance to make it a feasible income for a person to live on.
“Tens of thousands of jobseekers over the age of 50 face daunting odds against getting back into the job market due to age discrimination and then struggle to make ends meet on the Newstart allowance.
“It is time for both Federal and State governments to address market failure in the private rental market and direct public investment towards delivering homes for those on low incomes.
Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot can be found here: http://bit.ly/2pjViiP
Media contact: Ian Yates 0418 835 439, Peter Stahel 0408 584 439
COTA Australia is the peak policy development, advocacy and representation organisation for older Australians, representing COTAs in every State and Territory and through them over 500,000 older Australians.