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I came out to my mom when I was 23, thinking she would embrace me with open arms. It was a night I’ll never forget. My dad was on the road for work and my younger sister was at a friend’s house. After crying for what felt like an eternity, my mom told me that I was just inexperienced with girls and that she would pay a prostitute to turn me into a real man. She made me get on my knees and promise that I wouldn’t tell my dad, ever. She was holding my six-month-old brother in her arms throughout the whole ordeal, and at one point asked God for guidance to properly raise him so he wouldn’t turn out like me.
She kicked me out of the house the next morning. I told my dad why a year later. He wasn’t happy that I was gay, but he didn’t reject me like she had. He hugged me and told me, “You’re my son. That’s all that matters.” I thought his acceptance, though reluctant, would usher in an opportunity for reconciliation with my mom, but that didn’t come to pass.
I tried my best to remain a part of the family, but doing so wasn’t easy. I was never allowed to take my little brother to the park or grab a slice of pizza with him. My sister said that our parents probably thought that my homosexuality would “rub off” on him. I showed up to his birthday parties and school plays, but that was all my parents would allow.
Thirteen years later, after two stays at a rehabilitation clinic for depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, I have forgiven my parents. But I’ve never had an opportunity to build a relationship with my little brother. Mom and Dad never wanted him to know that I’m gay, but he’s 14 now, and I have his personal email address.
I have no interest in revealing to him the details of my ordeal with our parents, but I desperately want to be genuine and authentic with him. I want him to know who I am without any secrets or lies. I’m an adult, and I feel I have the right to make such a revelation, with or without my parents’ consent. I’ve respected their wish to remain silent for far too long and have begged them to tell him, but they keep making excuses as to why that isn’t prudent. My patience has run dry, but I still hesitate to do this behind their back.
Should I tell my little brother that I’m gay despite our parents’ disapproval?
I first want to say I’m so sorry for the pain you’ve been through. When you told your mother that you’re gay, she asked you to do one of the hardest things anyone can be asked to do: pretend to be someone you’re not. Humans have an innate need to connect with others, and when we aren’t truly known—or when we are rejected for who we really are—we are left feeling utterly alone.
I imagine that’s how you felt when you were kicked out of the house and forbidden from telling your father that you’re gay. You say that you’ve experienced depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, and studies show a relatively high level of these experiences and behaviors among LGBTQ children whose families reject them for their sexual orientation. The dilemma you’ve had to grapple with has left you with an emotional conflict: I can deny who I am and be loved, or I can share who I am and be shunned. Most people can’t live with this conflict for long, and if they do, they tend to suffer greatly.
The damage to your family goes beyond your own private pain. It sounds as though your mother, father, and sister all know now that you’re gay, but that information is a family secret from which your brother is supposedly shielded. The thing about family secrets is that they’re rarely truly secrets. Many people who grow up in homes with family secrets say that they always had a sense that something was not as it seemed, and that this resulted in chronic unease. What your parents don’t realize is that in trying to protect your brother from whatever danger they believe the truth would pose to him, they’re likely making him feel less safe.
Living authentically—in both the telling and receiving of truth—is essential to emotional well-being, so when this secret is finally out, both you and your brother will ultimately benefit. The issue right now is that your brother is living in a household with parents whose beliefs are misinformed and misguided, which complicates how you might tell him the truth and how he will receive it. For instance, a 14-year-old boy who gets a coming-out email from his much older brother with whom he barely has a relationship might not know what to do with that information. I’m guessing that some of what he’s learned about being gay has come from your parents and their community, so your email could make him uncomfortable, afraid, or confused. He might go straight to your parents with questions: My brother just emailed me and said he’s gay. Is this true? Is it contagious? Will he go to hell? If he does, your parents might reinforce their misguided beliefs and even forbid him from having any contact with you, which could make establishing a relationship with him when he’s older even harder.
The point is that you won’t have much opportunity to process the truth with him if your parents haven’t evolved in their thinking, so that’s where you might want to start—by educating your parents, even if they aren’t initially receptive. That you have to do this at all is unfair and a burden, but without this work, your parents will continue to put you in this untenable situation. Instead of emailing your brother first, email your parents and let them know that you can no longer tolerate living a lie and that you’d like to share with them why being open about who you are would benefit the entire family.
Then send them articles such as this one that explain that same-sex attraction is not contagious, and more important, this blog post by a mother named Linda Robertson who used to feel the way your parents do until she realized, tragically, the harm she had caused her gay son, Ryan, who died from a drug overdose. Let them know that their continuing demands to hide who you are from your own sibling and prevent you from creating a relationship with him are doing great harm. If your sister is more accepting than your parents are, you might be able to enlist her as an ally in this process. The more you can educate your parents about the consequences of their actions—not just on you, but on the family as a whole (including the possibility that your little brother might feel angry and betrayed by your parents as an adult when he learns that he’s been lied to all of these years)—the more movement they might make toward seeing some benefit in letting go of the secrecy, even if they don’t change their beliefs about being gay.
Sometimes one parent is more open than another, and based on your dad’s reaction to learning that you’re gay, he might faciliate some movement here as well. If as a result of this email one or both parents are willing to engage in dialogue with you and then work together to find a way to tell your brother—who will tell him, how his questions will be answered, etc.—that will hopefully open the door for many more honest and productive conversations over the years. And if your parents remain intransigent, you can certainly email your brother and include the same links you sent your parents, knowing that they might block you from further contact with him; or you can choose to wait a few more years, until he’s out of the house and has more exposure to gay people and different values about sexual orientation.
Whatever happens with your parents and however you decide to approach your brother, the clarity you have now about the toll of secrecy and the importance of embracing and sharing who you are will serve you well in the most important relationship of all—the one you have with yourself. It will help you choose to surround yourself with people—a community of close friends, a loving and supportive romantic partner—who embrace you not just in ways that are convenient for them, but in your exquisite entirety.
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Panzer Pzkpfw IV, Ausf H, in colour.
The "panzer IV" was often referred to as "the workhorse of the panzerwaffe", since it was the German tank produced in most numbers (around 9,000) and it also formed the basis for a wide number of SP guns, panzerjäger, Flakpanzers, etc. It was also the only panzer to remain in production througout the WWII, when other designs were faded out due to the continuing developments in armaments and armour. An amusing fact was that the Panzer IV started the war classified as a heavy tank intended to support the main battle tanks like the Panzer II and III's but ended up classified as a medium tank making up the main body of the panzerwaffe.
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Geo- and palaeoecological studies focusing on the late Pleistocene require a detailed
knowledge of the spatial distribution of aeolian sediments. In Germany, existing maps are
either on large scales, have a regional focus or show significant inaccuracies such as artificial
boundaries within different geological units. To obtain a more detailed, seamless map of the
distribution of aeolian sediments and their potential source areas, we combined and
reanalysed available geodata, using a Geographical Information System. The resultant maps
(scale: approx. 1:2,600,000) show the link between source areas and the late Quaternary
aeolian deposits in Germany and can provide one context for further work on, e.g.
palaeogeographical studies. This work was compared with other already published datasets
and the problems of sediment mapping at a small scale were discussed.
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Apple AAPL, -2.30% said Monday it won’t meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Hubei province in China last year is affecting its suppliers’ production. “The health and well-being of every person who helps make these products possible is our paramount priority, and we are working in close consultation with our suppliers and public health experts as this ramp continues,” the iPhone maker said in a statement.
Apple said revenue in the current quarter won’t reach its target range of between $63 billion and $67 billion due to the impact of the infectious disease.
The COVID-19 epidemic has sickened more than 73,000 people and claimed nearly 1,900 lives thus far.
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U.S. markets, which have been primarily focused on corporate earnings and otherwise healthy economic data, have effectively shaken off worries fueled by the disease, but some strategists warn investors may be too dismissive.
“We haven’t really heard of any peak levels, that’s what’s beginning to sink into investors’ minds,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market strategist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York, about infection levels of the coronavirus.
“Also, we have gold prices soaring today,” he told MarketWatch, adding that precious metal could ascend even higher than $1,600 an ounce. “There are a lot of uncertainties and those uncertainties are weighing on the market.”
Still, as market technician Mark Newton put it, “for now, Equities haven’t deviated from their uptrend outside of just a minor two week setback in mid-January.” In the year to date, the Dow is up 2%, the S&P 500 has gained 4%, and the Nasdaq is 8% higher.
“Non-technically, none of the concerns given the coronavirus outbreak, or earnings shortfalls really have seemed to matter all that much to shake the uptrend in stocks,” Newton noted. “Additionally, markets are heading full steam ahead into what appears to be a very divisive political season, and economic slowdown concerns nor trade uncertainty and tariffs really haven’t affected U.S. stock performance one bit.”
What’s more, the expected hit to U.S. manufacturing hasn’t been felt yet: a reading on manufacturing conditions in the New York area surged to a nine-month high in February, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday. The forward-looking new orders component of the index hit its highest in a year.
A closely-watched reading about homebuilder confidence was also strong in February. The National Association of Home Builders’ monthly index hit 74, down one tick from January, but still marking the strongest start to a year on record. The sentiment tracker is considered an early read on the pace of new residential construction.
But the outlook for the embattled energy-services sector looks tougher. Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said Tuesday he expects this year to see “belt-tightening” and restructurings for companies in the U.S. oil and gas sector as domestic production growth is expected to decline.
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How are other assets performing?
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“I had a girlfriend who was in the studio with me when I was recording…She was going through the exact same thing…and she was crying as I was recording it, and I knew I had tapped into something. I was putting myself in her shoes, I wanted to feel what she was feeling,” JoJo explained in the clip.
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Billabong’s profits were hit by more than A$330m of costs, without which the company would have made a profit of A$33.5m, boosted by online sales growth of about 50%.
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“The group is well on track in implementing the initiatives outlined in the previously announced Strategic Capital Structure Review and will continue to implement a number of new strategic initiatives announced today as part of Billabong’s Transformation Strategy.”
The four-year strategy aims to return Billabong to positive sales growth and to deliver EBITDA more than 2.5 times greater than that recorded in fiscal 2012.
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The student had forgotten her dance shoes and had left them in school.
This was just before she was supposed to go on stage for a performance.
Replacing the missing shoes with ordinary shoes would have been fine.
But Mr Andy Ang, 46, who teaches vocational skills at Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) Tanglin School, wanted his student to feel good and look her best.
So he took a cab all the way from Tanah Merah, where the performance was being held, to the school in Alexandra Road to retrieve the shoes.
Anecdotes like this peppered the conversations we had with parents and Mr Ang's colleagues.
It is no wonder that on Thursday night, Mr Ang received the Listening Educator for Advancement and Progress (Leap) Awardat the Fairmont Hotel.
Awarded by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, the Leap Award was launched by the late Mr S R Nathan in 2011 to recognise exceptional teachers who have made a positive impact on the lives of their students.
Mr Ang was one of 11 teachers who received the award and the only recipient who teaches in a special education school.
He has been with the school for 10 years, teaching subjects such as horticulture, housekeeping and Latin dance. He is also the school discipline master.
He told The New Paper:
"I was quite surprised I won the award because I think there are other more deserving teachers."
Mrs Olivia Quek, 45, whose daughter is one of Mr Ang's students, said: "He is a teacher who is able to see potential, even in special needs children."
She described how her daughter, who has a mild intellectual disability, used to struggle with swimming as her co-curricular activity.
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Mrs Quek, a hairstylist who also volunteers at the school, said Mr Ang would make the effort to work with those who were slower at memorising the dance steps.
Mrs Lisa Ow, 58, principal of APSN Tanglin School, said: "Students with special needs have extra difficulty with hand-eye coordination, but Mr Ang does not give up when he is teaching them the dance moves.
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There’s lots of Barry Oh! news to cover out there, so much so that I’m going to try and condense all the stories into one post. Here goes:
Two Muslim women at Barack Obama’s rally in Detroit on Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.
The campaign has apologized to the women, both Obama supporters who said they felt betrayed by their treatment at the rally.
“This is of course not the policy of the campaign. It is offensive and counter to Obama’s commitment to bring Americans together and simply not the kind of campaign we run” said Obama spokesman Bill Burton. “We sincerely apologize for the behavior of these volunteers.”
“I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against by the very person who was supposed to be bringing this change, who I could really relate to” said Hebba Aref, a 25-year-old lawyer who lives in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills. “The message that I thought was delivered to us was that they do not want him associated with Muslims or Muslim supporters.”
In Detroit on Monday, the two different Obama volunteers — in separate incidents — made it clear that headscarves wouldn’t be in the picture. The volunteers gave different explanations for excluding the hijabs, one bluntly political and the other less clear.
Verrry interesting. Now, if the Obama campaign really has instituted a hush-hush “no headscarves in pictures” policy, someone fell down on the job here. I suspect there’s no policy involved here, and instead you had a couple of overzealous volunteers not wanting to add fuel to the “Obama’s a Muslim” rumor mill by having him in a photo with any. That said, Marc Ambinder explains why this is a legitimate political issue:
Incidentally: the media covers John McCain’s volunteer/advance work very carefully; this mistake by an Obama volunteer is as egregious as anything McCain’s advance team has ever done — lime green background included.
Yeah, but don’t expect this story to garner even 1/100th of the outrage and uproar that the media generates over every little McCain “scandal.” I mean, we are talking about the Obamedia here.
It’s “let’s feel sorry about Michelle Obama Day” today, as not only did she appear as a guest-host and get the “how dare they attack you” treatment on the liberal View show (video clips can be watched here, and a round table photo is at the end of this post), but in an interview yesterday with CBN’s “Brody File,” her hubby expressed “deep disappointment” that John McCain has not condemned the criticisms about Michelle Obama that have come from various conservatives over the last several months. The McCain campaign responded as follows:
“Senator McCain agrees with Senator Obama that spouses should not be an issue in this campaign, and he has stated that position frequently. Unfortunately, when the DNC was attacking Mrs. McCain, Senator Obama was not strong enough to stand up and speak out against the outrageous charges leveled at her by his party chair, Howard Dean. Obama’s silence speaks volumes, and it’s unfortunate that he would single out others for a standard he himself has failed to live up to.”
Unfortunate, yes, but not unusual, as we all know too well by now.
And speaking of political spouses, ABC News’ Political Radar (and Drudge) are making a big deal out of Cindy McCain’s Good Morning America interview this morning in which she repeated her earlier comments about Michelle Obama’s “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of country” remarks that generated controversy amongst conservatives:
“I don’t know why she said what she said,” Mrs. McCain explains in an interview with ABC News’ Kate Snow airing on “Good Morning America” Thursday. “Everyone has their own experience. I don’t know why she said what she said, all I know is that I have always been proud of my country.”
Snow asked McCain if she was “insulted when Michelle Obama said she was proud of her country for the first time”, referencing remarks Obama made at a Wisconsin rally during her husband’s fight for the Democratic presidential nomination against Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Drudge’s headline for this story reads, “UNLEASHED” but as you can see from the excerpt, Cindy McCain didn’t bring it up – she was asked about it and responded by essentially saying the same thing she did shortly after Mrs. Obama made the statement she did. End of story. On the other hand, First Lady Laura Bush defended Obama’s Proud” remarks early last week, saying she believed they were “misconstrued.”
Last bit of news on Michelle Obama: The NYT published an article today on how Michelle Obama was undergoing a subtle general election “makeover” of sorts. Tom Maguire analyzed some of what was reported and found it – and some of the quotes contained within – lacking.
NAFTAGATE II? We all remember the merry-go-round the Obama campaign sent everyone on a few months ago when it was reported that Obama’s senior economic advisor Austan Goolsbee (who is still with the Obama campaign) told the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago that Obama’s tough stance on NAFTA was little more than tough political rhetoric not to be taken too seriously. Of course, Goolsbee and Obama both denied the story, and Obama made lame statements after the story broke in an attempt to discredit it, saying essentially that he ‘meant what he said’ (cough).
Well, now that he’s safely secured the nomination, Obama’s proving that his denials about the Goolsbee/Canadian Consulate General story were – wait for it – “just words.” Fortune’s Nina Easton reports:
WASHINGTON (Fortune) — The general campaign is on, independent voters are up for grabs, and Barack Obama is toning down his populist rhetoric – at least when it comes to free trade.
In an interview with Fortune to be featured in the magazine’s upcoming issue, the presumptive Democratic nominee backed off his harshest attacks on the free trade agreement and indicated he didn’t want to unilaterally reopen negotiations on NAFTA.
“Sometimes during campaigns the rhetoric gets overheated and amplified,” he conceded, after I reminded him that he had called NAFTA “devastating” and “a big mistake,” despite nonpartisan studies concluding that the trade zone has had a mild, positive effect on the U.S. economy.
Does that mean his rhetoric was overheated and amplified? “Politicians are always guilty of that, and I don’t exempt myself,” he answered.
Within the last month, a top staff member for Obama’s campaign telephoned Michael Wilson, Canada’s ambassador to the United States, and warned him that Obama would speak out against NAFTA, according to Canadian sources.
The staff member reassured Wilson that the criticisms would only be campaign rhetoric, and should not be taken at face value.
As it turns out, about the only thing the story got wrong was who the remarks were made to and where they were made.
Liberal bloggers at both the HuffPo and The Nation are just two of many lefty blogs noting their displeasure with Obama’s general election shift to the center. Question of the day: Are these blogs just now figuring out Obama’s well-documented duplicity? I mean, most political junkies realize that “maverick” McCain is going to flip flop here and there on certain issues, but like I thought Obama was a man of “principle” who stood his ground and didn’t play those tired ol’ Washington political games he accuses his opponents of playing …
The Chosen One also suggested today that Osama bin Laden may not be captured alive, but that he shouldn’t be “made into a martyr” by the US, and implied that it might be a good idea to have OBL face a Nuremberg-style trial:
Obama said he wouldn’t discuss what approach he would take to bring bin Laden to justice if he were apprehended. But he said the Nuremberg trials for the prosecution of Nazi leaders are an inspiration because the victors acted to advance universal principles and set a tone for the creation of an international order.
“What would be important would be for us to do it in a way that allows the entire world to understand the murderous acts that he’s engaged in and not to make him into a martyr, and to assure that the United States government is abiding by basic conventions that would strengthen our hand in the broader battle against terrorism,” Obama said.
Um. Um. Where to start? Jim Geraghty’s got it covered.
Last but not least, as promised earlier – the photo of today’s View panel, seen at the NYT’s Caucus blog:
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While Jacqui’s on one of her trips to Chicago for work, I’ve been taking Henry to and from daycare again. On the way home we made a detour to a couple of local parks to play for a while. Here’s some video for Mom:


Although Kaleidoscope Dream is only the second full album by Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Miguel, he's steadily unleashed a stream of music since his 2010 debut album, All I Want is You. This year alone, he's released five three-songs EPs leading up to the Oct. 2, 2012 release of this album. But if you think that putting out so much original music would tend to dampen his creativity, the exact opposite has happened. Kaleidoscope Dream is a highly original collection of songs that sounds nothing like anything any other urban music artist out there is doing today. Miquel has found his own lane of eclectic, artsy R&B-pop music, and he clearly relishes the ability to create songs that sound completely different from the pack of trend-hopping contemporary artists out there trying to stay relevant. If you've heard any or all of Miguel's Art Dealer Chic series of free EPs, which he released in the Spring of 2012, then you pretty know what to expect with this release. If there was ever a title that perfectly described an album's content, Kaleidoscope Dream is it. As advertised, the album is sort of a musical kaleidoscope, filled with shifting patterns. For more, click the link to check out the full review of Miguel's Kaleidoscope Dream.


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On Saturday February 4th 2017 Karachi witnessed a star-studded evening of the media fraternity for the announcement of ‘International Pakistan Prestige Awards’, I.P.P.A London 2017. I.P.P.A is an annual, international celebration, accrediting the Pakistani showbiz industry. This viewers choice award ceremony entailing 25 awards from five diverse industries – TV, Film, Music, Fashion and Sports aim to highlight the work done by our showbiz fraternity each year at various international locations making I.P.P.A a destination award event.
I.P.P.A Launch event took place at the city’s newest fine dine spot, Ambrosia and revealed the senior advisory panel for the awards along with the announcement of categories. Attendees included Javed Sheikh, Zeba Bakhtiar, Bushra Ansari, Humaima Malik, Ayesha Omar, Mirza, Iftikhar Baig, Maria Wasti, Faysal Qureshi, Aijaz Aslam, Moomal Sheikh, Bilal Ashraf, Hasan Rana, Ali Saleem, Ayesha Sana, Nausheen Shah, Shazia Naz, Sana Bucha, Asim Jofa, Umer Sayeed and many more.
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This is Book 2 in the Bound By Magick Novels, each of them are stand alone novels that tie all of them together. Lark is a hunter from Clan Gennessee, she has shaped her Clan to change with the times. Her future has been defined by unrest and violence. With a war raging among the Others, and witches and humans turn against each other. Simon and Lark have discovered that an unseen force older that recorded history is behind this mysterious war. Now the fae retreat in fear, and the vampire are rising, and this force is the Magister is nothing but the time.
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Following the launch of Pulsar 200 NS, Bajaj is now eyeing to launch its new full-faired Pulsar 200 SS model soon in the market. SS stands for Super sports. But anyhow, Bajaj Auto remains silent about the launch of the Pulsar 200 SS. It just informed that the deliveries of the Pulsar 200 NS would start by July. There will be no changes in the mechanicals. Pulsar 200 SS would be a formidable opponent against the likes of Honda CBR and Yamaha R15. The Pulsar 200 SS is expected to be priced Rs.5,000 to Rs.7,000 more than that of Pulsar 200 NS.


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Last week’s goals: The usual 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. Still managing to comment on others blogs (although it does require CONSTANT reminders to myself.)
Goddesses, Sleep with the Snowmen, and Other Fantasies is available for preorder ahead of it’s November 30th release date. Since it’s a collection, I also need to create the paperback; this will be the first one I’ve done since Amazon absorbed Createspace into Kindle Publishing, so we’ll see how that works now…
I wrote 1490 words of fiction last week in only two days (first revision of “The Cats Out of the Bag”.) That’s just under half of my quota, but I’m more disappointed that I’m still not writing every day like I should be.
It’s now almost fifteen years since I returned to writing as part of my Midlife Renaissance™ (I wonder if there’s a way to monetize that?), and a decade since I considered “Passed Life” to be complete after about three years of writing and rewriting (actually, looking back at my notes, maybe five years from start to last time I made changes in between submitting to different markets.) Back in those days, I believed a story was supposed to be rewritten many times, until it was finally DONE.
But what does DONE mean? My own personal experience (and what I’ve observed with many writers) is that DONE is a combination of two things – a quest for perfection (which we should all know is unachievable – there will always be something that can be changed to improve a story), and a fear of rejection (which is why most would-be writers never submit a single story.)
It took me a couple of years to realize that if I continued on this path, “Passed Life” might very well be the only story I ever write. This didn’t seem either productive (What – just ONE story? Such a legacy…), Or enjoyable, for that matter – there are very few books or films I have wanted to experience over and over again – why do that to myself with a story? I was writing for pleasure, and most of that is in the initial idea and the rough draft. Did I only want to experience that one time? Also, you learn more from writing twenty different stories than from writing the same story twenty times (and people who get into that pattern of rewriting often don’t know when enough is GOOD ENOUGH.)
So I set a rule – once a story is GOOD ENOUGH, it’s done. It goes out to market, and, as Heinlein’s Rule #3 says:
You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order.
I’ve had one instance recently near enough to that request with “Interview with the Blue Neon God” that lead me to do a POST-GOOD-ENOUGH rewrite, but, aside from minor consistency changes to “Purr Mission” (because I hadn’t intended Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire to become a series), once it’s out the door, a story is DONE.
That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been tempted to violate my own rules. As I’ve been doing my FRACTURED FRAGMENT FRIDAYS, I’ve been forced to revisit my older stories (to decide on an excerpt), and catch myself thinking:
“I could have done this instead; maybe if I…”
But that’s as far as I go. I have eighty or so stories out there – more than enough to take up the rest of my life if I begin the never-ending time-trap of rewriting. My stories may not be perfect (no one’s are), but none of them are less than GOOD ENOUGH for the eyes and hearts of others.
If you’re a writer – keep yourself fresh – find your own GOOD ENOUGH.
(And if you’re a reader – pick up a story and enjoy! Just saying…)
Next up for release on November 30th – a new collection! Goddesses, Sleep with the Snowmen, and Other Fantasies contains ten short speculative fictions, including a previously unpublished flash fiction (which is why there are only nine covers pictured on GSwtSaOF’s cover.) The stories include “There’s No Present Like the Time”, “Cellfishness”, “Out of Place”, “All the News That’s Fit for You”, “Interview with the Blue Neon God”, “Goddesses”, “Victimless”, “Stalking Rebecca”, “Sleep with the Snowmen”, and “The Voices.”
Goddesses, Sleep with the Snowmen, and Other Fantasies is currently available for preorder FOR A REDUCED PROMOTIONAL PRICE at various online retailers, including, but not limited to:
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• His Amazon Author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008O8CBDY
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Worcester flag flies to show support for Armed Forces
The Mayor of Worcester, Cllr Jo Hodges, was joined by military personnel today (22 June) to observe the raising of the Armed Forces Day Flag over the Guildhall.
"We are raising the flag over the Guildhall as a sign of thanks and appreciation to all those who put themselves in the front line in order to protect our freedom and way of life.We are also showing solidarity for their loved ones and families," said Councillor Jo Hodges, Mayor of Worcester.
The Mayor and Consort were joined by Captain Bob Low from 214 Battery, Dave Waldron, Chairman of the Worcestershire Royal British Legion and the Mayor's Chaplain.
The format was as follows:
Short speech by Mayor
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"I urge people this week to remember the selfless commitment, courage and sacrifice that our brave service men and women make to keep others safe," said Cllr Chris Mitchell, Worcester City Council's Armed Forces Champion, who spent 20 years in the Army.
"Showing support for the Armed Forces provides a much-valued morale boost for the troops and their families – many of whom live locally."
For more details of Armed Forces Day and how it will be marked nationally, go to www.armedforcesday.org.uk.

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Good news has hit the families of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, as it's been revealed that a new arrival is on the way! And no, it’s not a sequel to one of the best action movies Willis may have been involved with. I'm referring to the fact that Rumer Willis revealed that she’s pregnant with her first child. With that, mother Demi Moore has taken to social media to usher in her “hot kooky unhinged grandma era.” And in an even more delightful development, the post drew responses from Gwyneth Paltrow, Emma Hemming Willis and more.
Demi Moore celebrated the big news via a post shared to her Instagram page and, quite frankly, she couldn't have found a better way to announce it to the world. Take a look:
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Responses to the actress' big shift in life have been varied, but all are on the positive front. When it comes to the recently liberated Gwyneth Paltrow, this news came as a pleasant development and as such, prompted her to leave the following comment:
Spirits have been bright recently with Demi Moore and her family. A recent photo of Moore and ex-husband Bruce Willis posing with their family was a delightful sight to see, especially in light of the year that has seen Willis revealing his retirement due to an aphasia diagnosis. This further happiness is palpable, as even Rita Wilson commented as much with the following acknowledgement:
Other reactions to Rumer Willis’ news were equally encouraging, though a bit more emotional. Adding to the tidings of great joy was none other than Glass Onion star Kate Hudson, who admitted to such a feeling in the following praise:
Some children, upon hearing their parents making this sort of promise, might feel a bit embarrassed. However, that wasn’t the case with Rumer Willis herself. In fact, she left this rather sweet response to her mother’s new “hot kooky” era:
Rumer added a similar message to a social media reaction from her stepmother Emma Heming Willis. Emma posted the following photo through her own presence, which included another heartwarming note of congratulations:
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The best baby wishes are bound to keep pouring in for Rumer Willis and her boyfriend, even after the little one has been delivered into the world. As Demi Moore is committed to being as hot and kooky of a grandmother as she can be, that love is only going to grow along with the child that will receive it.
Naturally, we here at CinemaBlend would like to extend our fondest wishes to Rumer, Demi, and the rest of the Willis/Moore family, as they enjoy the journey to this blessed event as a family. Especially since it'll likely result in yet another adorable Christmas photo with Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's families at some point.
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Get the Scosche PMFHIK In-line Fuse Block to replace an old part or as part of a new car build. This high-amperage part complements the PDM482 distribution block. The 40- and 80-amp maxi-fuse block is weather resistant for under-the-hood application, and accepts 4- or 8-gauge in and out. It also features a high-performance platinum finish. The Scosche fuse block is made for use with the amp hook-up wire KP840B. For dual amps, you also need the fused distribution block PDM482
- Accepts 4- to 8-gauge wire in and out
- Weather-resistant for under-the-hood application
- High-performance platinum finish with 40- and 80-amp maxi-fuse


Officials say 12 Marines still missing after a double helicopter crash off Haleiwa are with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
They are the only ones on the island assigned to fly the CH-53E, also known as the Super Stallion.
It’s the largest helicopter in the U.S. military inventory, an impressive aircraft that can lift another helicopter. It’s useful for certain missions, especially in the Asia-Pacific area, like humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and training exercises with partner nations.
“You would see a U.S. Marine wearing his equipment and uniform side-by-side with Marines from the Philippines or soldiers from Australian armed forces,” said Capt. Timothy Irish, public information officer, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force.
Irish says a Super Stallion was used to provide relief after Hurricane Iniki in 1992.
An older model rests at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe. The two choppers the missing Marines trained with were newer models.
“How reliable are they?” KHON2 asked.
“I would say extremely reliable, and safe aircraft,” Irish said.
Irish said the 12 Marines were well-trained. “As part of the squadron’s role to operate day or night in variety of weather conditions, they will train in lowlight conditions and darkness using aid of night vision goggles,” he said.
Meanwhile, rescue responders are collecting debris from the crash, which will give them a better understanding of what went wrong.
Officials are reminding the public not to jeopardize the investigation if you come across possible debris.
“We will send a team of Marines out there who would collect it,” Irish said.
This is still an active search-and-rescue mission until the Coast Guard and the Marine Corps agree to call off the search.
An officer is assigned to every single family with a missing Marine to provide them direct updates on the search.


Olight Tactical Gun Mount For The T-20 Series Flashlight
This ultra light weight tactical light mount is specifically created for the T-20 Series flashlights but will hold all 0.79" (20mm) diameter lights. Mounts effortlessly on any standard Picatinny rail using the included Allen wrench. This is an offset mount, so it will sit to the side of the rail (allowing you to mount on handguns as well as larger firearms such as rifles, carbines, and shotguns). Can be used with and without the T20 pressure switch (see Accessories for pressure switch). With its hard anodized aluminum construction, it's sure to out last its competition.
Flashlight and pressure switch not included.


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The Russian Defense companies were instructed to complete the production of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems that will be delivered to Turkey before May 2019, a military-diplomatic source told TASS news agency.
"The companies working on the order were instructed to finish the production of systems before May 2019 to begin supplying Turkey in July," the source said. The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of Russia and Rosoboronexport (Russia’s arms exporter) have not …
Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has attended talks with US Defense Secretary James Mattis in Brussels, during which he discussed the disagreement surrounding the purchase of S-400 systems from Russia.
According to the minister, Turkey’s deal with Russia on the S-400 anti-air missile systems does not constitute a threat to NATO, but the Alliance really does have causes for concern.
Canikli explained that the S-400s have extremely powerful radars, which could transmit information …
The administration of US President Donald Trump continues to make efforts aimed at discouraging Turkey from purchasing S-400 air defense systems from Russia, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last Wednesday, May 23.
"We continue to work to keep Turkey in a place where it doesn’t actually acquire the S-400. I believe that they have not yet [gotten it] and we are hopeful they never take possession," he noted.
One of the congressmen expressed …
Washington has threatened Ankara with sanctions should they decide to purchase S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Moscow, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Haberturk newspaper.
According to an unnamed US official, the US has concerns over Turkey's purchase of Russian surface-to-air missile systems. Haberturk’s interlocutor explained that the Turkish government’s decision could "negatively influence the interoperability of NATO." The official assumed that considering the bill recently …
It will be difficult for Turkey to integrate Russian S-400 missile systems into NATO’s air defense system, as stated by NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels, a correspondent of Evropeyskaya Pravda reports.
According to him, during the ministerial meeting, Turkey’s air defense was discussed and it has been said that NATO is strengthening it by deploying their Patriot batteries.
"We have discussed the situation with the acquisition of the S-400 complex …
A second division of the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system has been deployed near Sevastopol, in the annexed Crimea. The news agency Interfax reports that on Saturday, January 13, the command of the Fourth Air and Air Defense Forces Army provided information on the deployment of another division of the newest Russian surface-to air missile (SAM) systems in the Crimea.
The system will control the airspace over Chonhar and Armyansk on the border with mainland Ukraine. The …
In 2018, the Baltic Fleet will receive another anti-aircraft missile complex S-400 Triumph, as well as a new missile ship, modern jets and helicopters, Vice Admiral Alexander Nosatov, the Commander of the Baltic Fleet, told journalists on Friday.
"In 2018, we will continue to upgrade the infrastructure facilities of the fleet. The Fleet's Missile unit will receive a small missile ship of new design, while the Air Defense unit will be equipped with one more S-400 air defense system. The Fleet's …
The Russian Federation will deploy the S-400 system in annexed Crimea to “protect against air threats from Ukraine," RIA Novosti reported.
Its sources said that the task of the second division of the S-400 system is to locate air-based targets from Ukraine that represent a threat to the Crimea and to destroy them if necessary.
It was reported that the second division of the S-400 surface-to-air missile system stationed in Sevastopol will primarily control the airspace over Chonhar and …
Russia has finished preparing its contract to supply S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to Saudi Arabia. Director General of Rostec Sergey Chemezov told RIA Novosti news on Wednesday, October 18 that they expect a decision from Riyadh, although the contract does not include the transfer of the technology needed to produce the S-400.
It was recently reported that Rosoboronexport and the Saudi Military Industrial Company or SAMI had signed a contract to localize the production of AK-103 …
Ankara may cancel the purchase of S-400 air defense systems from Russia if the countries fail to achieve an agreement on joint production of these systems, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in an interview with the newspaper Aksam.
"There has been no official refusal [from Russia]. Putin told us that the joint production might be possible. Know-how will be crucial [for Turkey]. If Russia’s attitude is negative, we may get a deal with another country," Cavusoglu said.
"We have to …


The Quartier international de Montréal (QIM) or Montreal's International District is a district of the Ville-Marie borough of downtown Montreal roughly bordered by René-Levesque Boulevard to the north, Notre-Dame Street to the south, De Bleury/Saint-Pierre Street to the east and Robert-Bourassa Boulevard to the west. The Palais des congrès (Congress Hall) building lying just east of the district is also usually comprised in it. Constructed dispersedly between 1965 and 1985 in place of older colonial housing blocks, the district underwent major urban renewal as a central business district in 2000–2003.
The main purpose of the project was to restore the continuity of Montreal's downtown, broken by the gaping trench of the Ville-Marie Expressway since the 1960s, and thus to bridge the following areas:
Texas State Representative Hubert Vo suggested the creation of a management district. The 80th session of the Texas Legislature created the district in 2007. In 2009 the district stated that at least half of its $1 million budget would be used to enhance security.
The district has about 12 square miles (31km2) of land. It is roughly bounded by Bellaire Boulevard to the north, Texas State Highway 6 to the west, and Beltway 8 to the east. The district runs along Bissonnet from Highway 6 to Kirkwood. The district then runs along West Bellfort to U.S. Highway 59. The area occupied by the district is commonly known as Alief. Seven hotels are located in the district.
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The International Management District levies taxes on businesses in its boundaries to increase security, to promote international business and trade, and to pay for beautification projects.


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Drug Charge and Doctor-Shopping Defense Attorney Lawyer notes a new case where although the court allowed evidence from warrantless seizure of pharmacy records, it granted a Motion to Suppress Evidence from medical records and discussions with doctors that were also obtained without a warrant. We have previously covered this law here:
Florida Statute: 893.13.7A8 is a Third Degree Felony.
Statute Excerpt: 893.13 Prohibited acts; penalties.
(7)(a) It is unlawful for any person:
8. To withhold information from a practitioner from whom the person seeks to obtain a controlled substance or a prescription for a controlled substance that the person making the request has received a controlled substance or a prescription for a controlled substance of like therapeutic use from another practitioner within the previous 30 days.Doctor Shopping – Florida Medical Records Thrown Out
Here are the Doctor Shopping Case Facts:
The officer had reason to believe that Defendant was committing the crime of withholding information from a physician and, as such, trafficking would ensue because the prescriptions received would have been fraudulent because of the withholding information. The officer goes to various pharmacies, pulls patient’s profiles. From those patients’ profiles, he finds out who the prescribing doctors are. He then goes to the prescribing doctors, in this case, [Dr. X and Dr. Y], and speaks with the doctors without any subpoena or search warrant being issued. The conversations include whether or not Defendant had disclosed previous prescriptions to the doctor. The officer also pulled and reviewed various patient documents.
Doctor Shopping Case Excerpts:
“Medical records and physician’s statements are protected by the statutory physician-patient privilege, and therefore, the State was required to get either a subpoena with court approval orprior notice to and authorization from Defendant. See §§ 456.057(6) & (7)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008).”“The fact that the police had already secured doctors’ names from prescriptions at pharmacies does not waive the requirements of law. There is a danger of medical professionals willing to surrender private medical records and engage in discussions regarding private and privileged communications concerning their treatment of individuals in submission to apparent police authority.”“The language in Section 456.057 is intentionally broad in protecting information from being disclosed by a health care practitioner and in assuring that the condition of a patient may not be discussed. The protection extends to all patient records. The State is not precluded fromobtaining the information it seeks. Its agents must only follow the law and either seek a patient’s written authorization or the issuance of a subpoena from a court of competent jurisdiction and proper notice to the patient or a search warrant.”
“The object of the physician-patient privilege is to encourage patients to be entirely forthcoming and candid in their statements to their treating physicians. These conversations and the records with regard thereto protect our most fundamental right, the pursuit of life itself.”
Source: 4th DCA No. 4D10-777 November 16, 2011
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Denia Ridley is an American jazz vocalist now living on the French Riviera who interprets the standards of the “Great American Songbook” in the swinging, dynamic, elegant style reminiscent of her idols, the great Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nancy Wilson, and Dinah Washington.
Over the years, she has toured Europe performing at the “Jazz Festival in Madrid”, “Jazz à Domergue” in Cannes, the
“Nice JazzOff”, “Jazz in Najac” in southern France, and the “Festival Internazionale di Jazz ” in Lucca, Tuscany.
Dénia has had the honor of singing with a range of incredibly talented international musicians such as the superb Italian pianist Dado Moroni; the former guitarist for Lena Horne, Art Johnson; and Dutch double-bassist Jack Sewing, who played with world-renowned violinist Stéphane Grappelli for over twenty years.
At the “Théâtre Lino Ventura” in Nice, Dénia Ridley and her trio opened up for one of the most promising and relatively new singers on the jazz scene, Cécile McLorin-Salvant. This year, they did the same at the renowned “Opéra de Nice” for prominent jazz legend and Grammy winner, Kurt Elling while he was on tour.

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Lizzo Is Being Sued by That Postmates Employee She Accused of Stealing Her Food
Wells claims in a lawsuit obtained by TMZ that she has suffered emotional stress from the incident that occurred back in September — on a night she claims she did try to deliver Lizzo's food but was unable to reach her, forcing the delivery person to eventually abandon the food order.
On September 16, Lizzo tweeted "Hey @Postmates this girl Tiffany W. stole my food she lucky I don't fight no more" alongside a picture of the woman in question, causing an uproar on Twitter from the artist's massive fanbase.
Lizzo has since apologized (in a tweet, seen below), noting that her actions were inappropriate. But evidently it wasn't enough for Wells, who says she's received threats over the incident.
The lawsuit labels Lizzo's tweets as "false statements that are defamatory and are libelous." The suit adds, "Lizzo's conduct was extreme and outrageous in that she used her celebrity to publicly defame, disparage, and threaten a private individual (i.e. [Tiffany Wells]), to roughly one million Twitter followers."
Wells also claims to fear for her continued safety and suffers from stress and anxiety since the alleged doxxing occurred.
Lizzo has been the unfortunate subject of multiple legal disputes this year, namely over the rights to her songs "Juice" and "Truth Hurts."
I apologize for putting that girl on blast. I understand I have a large following and that there were so many variables that could've put her in danger. Imma really be more responsible with my use of social media and check my petty and my pride at the door. 🥺— Feelin Good As Hell (@lizzo) September 17, 2019


Blind Signatures Security Goals
The need to improve digital security has led to modifications in the electronic field, including the adoption of blind signature. As the name suggests, the blind signature is the disguised content of the message before it is signed (Fischer-Hbner & Berthold, 2017). In the modern business world, blind signature has found its majority application in the banking sector as well in the voting system. In the banking field, the blind signature is used to secure payment systems due to much information that is shared between the system and the users. For example, the blind e-signature has to provide the anonymity of the payment and at the same time, allow the users to verify the payment. In the banking system, the goals of the blind signature are to keep third party transaction anonymous, provide proof of customer transaction and stop the unauthorized transaction. David Chaum et al. as presented by Fischer-Hbner & Berthold ( 2017) invented the blind signature protocols illustrating the electronic flow of money from bank to the customer and merchant before being channelled back to the bank.
Based on Fischer-Hbner and Berthold (2017) illustration, the blind signature creates anonymity in the system preventing the bank and the merchant from determining the customer. The security of blind signature is based on its nature that leads to the development of strong random parameters. The blind signature also has the property of non-counterfeited that prevents the system from violators from producing the exact electronic signature. The blindness property in the digital signature ensures that the signing authority variables developed during protocol creation are statistically different from the blind signature variables (Yun et al., 2018). The anonymity feature has made it hard to determine the data about the user included in the message signature.The blind signature follows several cryptographic protocols, including elliptic curves, prime numbers, bilinear pairing and braid group.
Using elliptic curves, the blind signature is implemented using both hard-computable order groups and computable groups. Hard-computable order groups involve calculating the order based on its complexity problem. Computable order group, on the other hand, seeks to calculate the order based on the polynomial time. Common blind signatures that use computable group orders are based on El-Gamal protocol and Schnorr protocol.
In blind signature, bilinear pairing is used for aggregate signatures and one-rounded three-party agreement (Menezes, 2018). A blind signature using bilinear pairing can be used to prevent or detect crime resulting from unconditional anonymity, indirect discourse proofs and magic ink signature as put forward by (Chow et al., 2017).
Based on its non-commutativity feature, the braid group is highly regarded in the development of cryptographic protocols. In developing the blind signature, the braid group through its conjugacy problem creates a scheme, which prevents the singer from relating the signature of the blind message to that of the initial message (Yun et al., 2018). Braid group random characteristic makes sure that the same message has different blind signatures. This prevents the loopholes of simultaneous conjugating. The blind signature scheme developed using the braid group can resist message attack, keeping the system secure.
Chow, S. S., Hui, L. C. K., Yiu, S. M. & Chow, K. P., 2017. Two Improved Partially Blind Signature Schemes from Bilinear Pairings. pp. 1-18.
Fischer-Hbner, S. & Berthold, S., 2017. Privacy-Enhancing Technologies. Third Edition ed. The Peacock. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803843-7.00053-3
Menezes, A., 2018. An Introduction to Pairing-Based Cryptography. pp. 1-19.
Yun, W., Guo-Hua. X., Wan-Su, B. & Xing-Kai, Z., 2018. A Strong Blind Signature Scheme over Braid Groups. pp. 1-6.


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Coronavirus and the nationwide lockdown have made a extreme impression on the true property sector, which has a protracted await restoration, regardless of the stimulus supplied by RBI in the present day. Among varied fiscal provisions, the Reserve Bank has put aside Rs 10,000 crore for National Housing Bank (NHB) to smoothen the stream of funds to the housing finance establishments. The RBI’s aid has come at a time when the business goes by a lifetime low sentiment and has come to a halt. The provide chains for acquiring building materials have been disrupted and labour workforce has migrated to dwelling searching for various sources of livelihoods resembling agriculture. Besides, the non-availability of transport has added to the woes of the business.
“We welcome the move of the RBI to give some breather to the economy and infuse liquidity in the market, however it doesn’t really change anything for the real estate industry as a whole,” stated Rahul Gover- CEO, SECCPL. Actual money stream and aid will probably be seen solely when the lock-down is lifted and we’re over the COVID -19 disaster, Rahul Grover added. The business wants continued help whereas the already ailing actual property sector has been crippling with coronavirus pandemic. The steps undertaken by the Reserve Bank to ease the liquidity concern of banks, NBFCs and different monetary intermediaries exhibits the severity of liquidity points confronted by the monetary system and the true property sector.
Knight Frank India chairman & MD Shishir Baijal additionally stated that the true property phase could have a protracted journey to make as the continued disaster has retracted the end-user confidence to its lowest ranges ever, which can push any type of actual property buy choices to the distant future. It is thus anticipated that even after the lockdown is lifted, there will probably be fewer homebuyers out there as, by that point, the homebuyers will probably be extra risk-averse and can prioritise to keep up a monetary cushion for themselves earlier than investing in realty.
Meanwhile, NBFCs excellent credit score to the industrial actual property stood at Rs 1.29 lakh crore as of finish September 2019, Ramesh Nair, CEO & Country Head, JLL India stated citing RBI. The leisure of NPA norms and extension of 1 12 months for graduation of initiatives to actual property builders by NBFCs will present the much-needed aid to the sector, he added.