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I stopped playing GW2 for 2 years and have returned to it about 3 weeks ago and yesterday I gave PvP a try again.
I checked out some popular builds, current meta, did some unranked matches and then went into ranked.
And holy cow, this PvP community is really toxic! I play Dead by Daylight a lot so I am familiar with toxic people and a toxic ommunity but I never thought it would be like that in GW2 as well.
The first match I get called out a noob and moron for playing a scourge. I told them it's literally my first match but they didn't care and my team insulted me. Some matches later 2 guys of my team just go afk because they don't like each other and say they are wintrading. Then one of them whispers me and tell me I am a kitten for telling them to just play and argue outside of the match. Various times my team went crazy after losing and insulted each other for the dumbest reasons. I also encountered a few bots that were on my team.
I thought GW2's community is nice and wholesome... well that might be true unless you go into PvP. I hope the devs adress these issues and check player reports to make PvP less toxic because it really kills the fun of this gamemode.

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After a few hectic months of completing exams, writing my thesis, doing an internship and ultimately graduating cum laude with my master’s degree, I finally have time to do other things, like reading the Vanity Fair issue of November 2013. It has a feature in it about Jay Z that, surprisingly, changed the way I perceive idols and ideals.
Idol = Ideal
I’ve had plenty of idols, especially as a teenager. I remember my bedroom door being covered with posters of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, not to mention the fan blogs that I created about them. I bought every magazine featuring these famous girls with my pocket money and collected the articles along with almost all their films and series.
Everything Mary-Kate and Ashley did — be it as the fictional characters they played or as themselves — was what I strived for. I wanted their gorgeous, chunky curls (which, ironically, I have now and I don’t even need a hairstylist like they did), their clothing style and what have you not. They were my idols and thus my ideals, and I think I am not the only one having gone through phases like these.
Shape, size and style
While my fan phase has passed, there are still some celebrities that I admire for several reasons, and who consequently do shape some of my ideals. Yet this feature about Jay Z made me realise something very important: my idols and ideals were all about looks — shape, size and style. I find this celebrity’s outfit inspiring, I wish I had that celebrity’s curls and if possible, I’d like to have that model’s killer legs as well (preferably slightly toned).
Jay Z and his achievements
Then there’s the Jay Z article. I know some of his music, I am able to recognise his picture, and I know who he’s married to, but that’s as far as my fandom and knowledge about him go. Unexpectedly, I decided to read the interview and as I was reading, I felt a growing admiration of who he is, what he stands for and what he has done – what he has achieved. As Vanity Fair lists, Jay Z is a:
…son, brother, husband, father, entrepreneur, mogul, sports agent, rapper, performer, movie producer, author, nightclub owner, Broadway producer, festival organizer, watch designer, soundtrack and video-game executive producer, and art collector (Robinson 162).
He has accomplished all this at the age of only 43! I haven’t even mentioned that he has eighteen albums to his name, accounting for 75 million copies sold worldwide, or the artists he collaborated with.
Change and progress
These successes were not just thrown in his lap, though. He has worked hard for them, coming from a bad place having been a drug-dealer and having made mistakes. He has used his past and changed as a person to get where he is right now. What I admire most about Jay Z’s achievements is not that he became a rapper, but that he has used this to set an example:
He said that his biggest initial music goal was to have an album and go gold. “The next one was to build a company and to represent the culture and change the perception of artists. It became more of a ‘Let’s change the exception of rapper turned businessman; let’s show people that you can be a player-coach.’ And you can be successful at it. You can show a different example of how it ends. It usually ends on one of those ‘Where Are They Now’ specials. Let’s show a different ending” (Robinson 215).
That is precisely what he does: he shows that there doesn’t have to be an ending, but that there is more. I admire his “There’s always another mountain” attitude. I like that Jay Z the rapper does not just lean back after having accomplished his initial music goal, but that he keeps reinventing himself. This is an ideal for me. This is what I want to do, too. And have you noticed how I have not once mentioned his shape, size and style (because seriously, those big gold chains probably weigh more than I do)? Instead, his attitude and achievements are what have my admiration.
Even in this Vanity Fair interview, he sets an example and has changed my perception — not on the ending of a rapper, but on idols and ideals: how I should admire them for their inner instead of their outer beauty.
Robinson, Lisa. “Jay Z Has the Room.” Vanity Fair November 2013: 156-163, 212-215. Print.


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Suzanne Landry is full of nutrition info – and as a chef and author of The Passionate Vegetable, she sure knows her rutabaga from her turnip. She shares her knowledge of how food is healing and talks us through her story of becoming the “fresh food” chef.
Tough Cookie is a podcast that celebrates badass women in food – from product makers, to chefs, to digital food boss ladies. If you are or know someone who works in food, please send me an email at darlene (at) picklejarstudios (dot) com and tell me about it! Now booking for the 2017 podcast season.
Listen on your favorite media player, and please leave a rating and review!
Show notes for episode 12:
Where to find Suzanne Landry:
The Passionate Vegetable can be found at these fine Central Oregon Retailers
Dudley’s Bookshop Café
Market of Choice
Newport Avenue Market
Savory Spice Shoppe
St. Charles Gift Shop
The Big Story
Paulina Springs Books
Melvin’s Health Food
Sister’s Olive and Nut Co.
Sister’s Pharmacy and Gift
Suzanne likes Coyo Yogurt http://coyo.com/us/
But cashew yogurt and cashew cream is also good.
What Suzanne Said:
Food is healing.
Our country spends more on healthcare than most of the world.
Size of the protein that I make is much smaller than what the standard American diet would recommend.
When I’m eating a calcium rich diet, I don’t miss dairy. I don’t need it.
If I am craving calcium, I better get my butt in the kitchen and make some kale! And then I don’t crave dairy anymore.
When I don’t quench my thirst with plain water, I add lemon, because of the potassium in it… it helps balance out the sodium in the food you’ve eaten.
You can’t live without water for 3-4 days. Salt is right behind that, it’s a major mineral in the body.
For conventional produce, they actually harvest actually strips the top 3-4 inches of the soil – the top 4 inches is the most important part of the soil for minerals and microorganisms. They strip the soil of the 45 trace minerals and in conventional farming only add back in three: Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. I think that when people are craving salty foods, it isn’t the salt so much as it is the other minerals (like himalayan salt and sea vegetables).
When I started vegan cooking, I got lit up about all the possibilities in food and seasonings and spices.
Animal protein is very acidic, so you always want to balance with at least 4-5 times more alkalizing food when you have that steak. The problem is when you serve a 6 oz steak and you don’t make sure you have a salad first or vegetables with it, your body will be satisfied with that protein and you won’t eat the vegetables.
Sea vegetables is alkalizing. Anything higher in minerals is alkalizing and anything high in vitamins, a little bit more acidifying. Vegetables and fruit for example, vegetables are higher in minerals, and fruit is higher in more vitamins but also in sugar. A kale will have vitamin c in it, but more alkalizing then an orange.
Protein in latin means “of first importance” it’s the basis for cells and hormones and makes up the structure in the bones, so yes it’s essential.
So when we switched to vegan it was actually better for the kids because I started baking more – you have to. The packaged food is too expensive and not very good.
1-2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in 4 ounces water will help with heartburn! Darlene’s going to try it. (update: it works!)

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Hanwha Chemical Corp., one of South Korea's leading polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride producers, said Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to build a petrochemical plant in Iraq.
The LOI was signed between the company president, Bang Han-hong, and Iraq's Vice Industry Minister Mohammed Zain in Seoul. Under this joint investment contract, the South Korean company will build an ethylene cracking center and a plant to produce petrochemical products. These facilities will be part of a larger ethylene and natural gas processing complex planned to be built in southern part of Iraq.
Petrochemicals such as ethylene are key materials used in almost every modern product from cars to electronics to consumer goods.
Once completed as planned in 2020-21, the complex will have facilities to produce 1 million tons of key petrochemical products per year and could attract investments worth US$4 billion, improving the industrial competitiveness of the oil-rich Middle East country, Hanwha Chemical said.
On prospects for the plant, a Hanwha representative claimed there is a growing need in the industry to become "ethylene oriented" as soaring crude oil prices are undercutting profits in conventional naphtha processing method.
He opined, "By building a plant in Iraq where base material prices are cheap, Hanwha has effectively gained a level of competitiveness enjoyed by regional rivals."
The company said the Iraqi project is its second deal in the country. In 2009, it formed an alliance with Saudi partner Sipchem to set up the International Polymers Company. This venture is expected to start producing 200,000 tons of polyethylene per year starting in the first half of 2014.

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In Their Own Words: A Poetry Reading Thursday, February 2 6:00 pm
Can poetry save this country? We don’t know for sure, but what we do know is people have been looking to poetry for centuries to help discern and question the tumultuous social and political climates throughout human history, sometimes using beauty, sometimes utilizing grace and other times with humor.
We want to invite you to a poetry reading that will indeed rely on grace, humor and beauty to speak to our present day.
February 2nd, 6 pm in the gorgeous Marc Jacobs Reading Room of The Provincetown Public Library, a group of talented poets, including Provincetown Fine Arts Writing Fellows Leila Chati, Hilary Dobel, Phillip Matthews & Sam Ross, will join Slope Editions Book Prize winning poet Keegan Lester for a stop on his national book tour in support of his debut collection of poetry, “this shouldn’t be beautiful but it was & it was all i had so i drew it”.
Admission is free for this event. Signed copies of the collection will be available for $15 preorder and will be shipped in early February. It’s sure to be a wonderful night. Come get cozy with us.


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Written and posted for Manila Concert Scene 🙂
Mr. Big rocked the Mall of Asia Arena last Halloween (October 31), making it their third time to perform in the Philippines to the delight of Filipino rock fans.
The show started at around 8:50 pm, and when the lights dimmed and the crowd went wild, I knew this would be an energetic show. Mr. Big, the American rock group composed of vocalist Eric Martin, lead guitarist Paul Gilbert, bassist Billy Sheehan, drummer Pat Torpey (who, according to Mr. Big’s official site – mrbigsite.com- is currently battling Parkinson’s disease) and tour drummer Matt Starr, gave an amazing rock show with more than 20 songs!
Fans looked forward to hearing their old hits such as To Be With You, Wild World and Just Take My Heart. This longing was satisfied by Mr. Big and more by also playing new songs off their latest album The Stories We Could Tell, released just last September 2014. The concert was such a treat for guitar fans. If you were a guitar enthusiast, you would definitely love the group’s dynamics and serious display of musicianship onstage.
There was some serious shredding that night, with Paul Gilbert letting his guitar sing beautifully in almost every song. He also had an electrifying guitar solo during the middle of the show. Not to be outdone is bassist Billy Sheehan’s 5-minute bass solo, who was introduced later in the show by Eric as “the real Mr. Big”. His was the best bass solo I have ever witnessed live. It was hypnotic and beautiful.
One of the memorable parts of the show is when Paul and Billy had a guitar face-off, which instantly made me think of friends who would have loved to witness such a crazy music battle. Mr. Big also gave their Filipino audience a surprise when drummer Pat Torpey (who was playing percussion beside the drum set) suddenly took over the drums and played Just Take My Heart. The audience were cheering especially when Eric exclaimed “Pat took a special trip to see you, Manila!” As the show progressed, one could notice a difference – an evolution – of Mr. Big’s music from their formation in 1988 and to their most recent album. Truly, they have come a long way but still kill it on the guitars and vocals.
The band loved performing for their Filipino fans so much that after their supposedly final song, Addicted to that Rush, they played five more songs (including their monster hit To Be With You) for their encore and even switched places/instruments at one point
Congratulations to Pulp Live World for making this happen! Thank you so much Manila Concert Scene and Kris Rocha (Kris Rocha Photography) for making me a witness to this iconic show!

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- Hi Group;This looks pretty close to c/w... anyone ever seen something like this before?Could this be the 400/175???? If not it's a pretty good look-a-like!
"looks like" is pretty much the operative phrase in my opinion. The
photos & drawings I have of the 400/175 don't have the wide flange-
style lip and there are only 3 actual beads (the 4th is the candle
cup). At least the seller isn't calling it "rare" .....
This is a "new" candleholder to me--meaning it has not been reported to me
before as far as I can remember. The 3 beads are all the same size--not like
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Books for Babes provides info on the sort of comics that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike. This week we recommend ‘’Pandora’s Legacy’, out November 28 from KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios.
THIS REVIEW OF ‘PANDORA’S LEGACY’ OGN CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS.
by Stefania Rudd. Family vacations at your grandparents’ house may not be the most fun, but if you have siblings to commiserate with along with snacks and cable TV, you can fare pretty well. Often times you’re left to your own devices and you get to explore, making discoveries that can lead you to learn more about yourself and those people you call kin. In the upcoming BOOM! Studios graphic novel Pandora’s Legacy, this is exactly the kind of vacation Charlie, Janet, and Trevor Panagakos experience. However, they uncover a long-held family secret that involves the protections of a certain well-known box. (Hint’s in the title of the book.)
The Panagakoses seem like your typical family. They take Greek lessons from their ya-ya, listen to tales about the accomplishments from generations before them—that kind of thing. However, it is quickly revealed that they are far from typical when they discover a secret Grecian garden tucked away in their grandparents’ backyard. Having never seen it before, Charlie, Janet, and Trevor (and their cat, Po) begin exploring the garden, which causes a chain of life-altering events to occur.
The first happening takes place when Trevor breaks a seemingly innocent looking vase. From there the story takes on a rapid pace, and maintains this energy through to the very last page. Writer Kara Leopard ([Super]natural Attraction) finds a way to fuse action, family, and Greek mythology into a really clever story. They are also great at finding ways to lighten intense moments by using humor to diffuse the situation. For example, after the vase is broken, Po now has the ability to talk. And he is no longer just their cuddly kitten, he is the Titan Prometheus, and quickly becomes the guide to their new and exciting world — all while remaining in their kitty’s tiny body, naturally.
Leopard captures the three siblings’ dynamics very well; they bicker, they’re concerned for each other’s safety, and they clearly love one another. We’re also introduced to the childrens’ two older siblings and other family members through a series of flashbacks which reveal the “How did we get here?” particulars of the plot. Pandora’s Legacy begins to thread these characters and elements together with bits of information over time, which results in an exciting confluence of events.
The artistic team of Kelly and Nichole Matthews take iconic mythological beings and have them engage with our more grounded characters in colorful and detailed settings. The team (who are identical twins!) have also worked on Jim Henson’s Power of The Dark Crystal, so they are no strangers to this level of fantasy. I loved their interpretation of these mythical creatures, especially the mermaids, depicting them as the beguiling enchantresses as they are. There are lighthearted moments that really shine thanks to their efforts — a cute bit occurs when Trevor fixes a broken brown clay vase with neon pink leopard duct tape. The color palette overall is earthy, at times ethereal; each panel is filled with rich details that build upon the complexity of the locations in which the Panagakoses find themselves. It’s easy to get swept up by it.
Leopard takes a subject that many kids will cover in school (Greek mythology) and finds a new twist to make it even more fun and interesting. We know the Olympian gods and goddesses at times interfered with the lives of mortals, and this is a fun way to show how lasting that interference could be. Pandora’s Legacy is a wonderful story of family loyalty, one that conveys a sense of responsibility to something larger than ourselves. It’s a modern day tale with just the right amount of antiquity to keep the old guard satisfied. Discover it for yourself.
Written by Kara Leopard.
Art by Kelly & Nichole Matthews.
Translation by Mark Bence.
This book contains mythical monsters, sibling fighting, and value-based lessons.
Age range: 10 and up
‘Pandora’s Legacy’ OGN hits stores November 28!

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Man Utd: Solskjaer praises 'high-class' team
Sunday, March 15
- Manchester United are leading the race to sign £45million defensive midfielder Denis Zakaria from Borussia Monchengladbach
- Bruno Fernandes has opened up on how he differs to France ace Paul Pogba
- Mason Greenwood has been mentioned in Angel Gomes contract talks
- Stay tuned for all the latest from Old Trafford as Express Sport brings you all the latest news, rumours and gossip
Federico Chiesa to Manchester United
Manchester United are interested in signing Fiorentina star Federico Chiesa, say Le10 Sport.
Ed Woodward and co. are already planning to bolster their attacking options this summer and have identified the 17-capped Italy international as a potential arrival.
The Red Devils have watched Chiesa in action this season with the 22-year-old bagging seven goals and five assists in 26 appearances.
But United have competition in the shape of French champion Paris Saint-Germain.
Fiorentina are not prepared to allow their £54million-rated star to leave and will offer him a £79,000 per-week contract to stay.
Paul Pogba update
Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane still reportedly dreams of signing Paul Pogba this summer and he can land his man if he makes a difficult decision - but Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hoping to keep hold of his £89million star.
According to Spanish outlet Diario Madridista, Real have an agreement with Ajax to complete the signing of Donny Van de Beek when the transfer window reopens.
But Zidane must decide whether to give the green light to that deal or turn his attention to United ace Pogba.
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The ex-Juventus ace attempted to force through a move to the Bernabeu last summer but a deal never materialised.
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Bruno Fernandes opens up
Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes insists that the team’s drastic improvement is not just down to him.
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“One player doesn't change a team. A team changes when everyone pushes together for the same side.”
Darren Fletcher praises Jurgen Klopp
Manchester United hero Darren Fletcher has praised Jurgen Klopp for his message around coronavirus.
Fletcher told BBC 5 Live: “A lot of managers, let’s take away from Klopp don’t realise the importance of what their words carry to more than just their players.
“It’s more than just on their training ground and your tactics, you’re actually the spokesperson, the leader of the whole football club, and all that fanbase around the world and Jurgen Klopp recognises that.
“And obviously there’s times after games where he says things, but when he has time to actually think about something, and he does think about it, he doesn’t dismiss the press and the media, because he knows how much weight his voice carries.
“So he takes time and comes up with the right answers as you have eluded to. No matter whether that is helping his team or against his team, he always comes out with the right words and the right messages to his fans which is the sign of a great manager.
“The previous greatest managers in the history have done [that] as well. They’ve recognised that the role’s more important than just 11 players on the pitch or a 20-man squad.
“They recognise it’s their message sent to their whole fanbase and to football and the wider world.”
Man Utd hero praises Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s defenders
Manchester United hero Wes Brown has hailed the club’s defenders, who have helped the Red Devils keep nine clean sheets in their last 11 matches.
“It has just started to click because they have been given time. Lindelof and Maguire have been brilliant,” he told Goal. “It has taken time but that was always going to be the case and I think they have done well.
“[Aaron] Wan-Bissaka is doing exactly what I thought he would do, he is a great defender and he’s improving all the time with his attacking skills.
“And then there’s [Luke] Shaw and [Brandon] Williams who have good competition between each other which is pushing them both on.
“You’ve got [Eric] Bailly coming back now. He was brilliant against Chelsea and has had another couple of good performances so it will be interesting to see whether the manager gives him time to see what he would be like with Maguire.
"Having more players coming back is going to give some healthy competition at the back and I’m sure there’s going to be time to see different partnerships in the future.”
Fernandes opens up on Solskjaer
Bruno Fernandes has hailed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for helping him adjust to life at United.
He told Sky Sports: “I think the coach is always important for a new player when you come in.
“With me, it was really important because you need to feel confidence from the other side.
"When you need to change, and it's a big change coming from another country to a big club with big players, you need to be ready.
"I think when I arrived here, the coach was really important but more than the coach was my team-mates because when you have the confidence of your team-mates, it's much better and easier for you."
Man Utd leading Zakaria transfer race
Manchester United are the frontrunners in the race to sign Denis Zakaria from Borussia Monchengladbach.
That’s according to Sky Germany, who say United face competition from Bayern Munich when it comes to signing the 23-year-old.
United’s defensive midfielders Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic have both caught the eye in recent months.
But that doesn’t appear to be a deterrent for United when it comes to signing Zakaria this summer.
The player is also attracting interest from Atletico Madrid, Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund amid his impressive form in the Bundesliga.
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Fernandes on Pogba differences
Bruno Fernandes has opened up on his differences with Paul Pogba, admitting he has a unique style when compared to the France international.
“I think I'm a different player from the others,” Fernandes told Sky Sports.
“Everyone has a different mould to play, maybe I take more risks, maybe other players don't take as many, maybe I shoot more, some players pass more, some of the players make more tackles, everyone is different in a club. Some players are similar but they're never the same player.
"I'm a player who normally likes to take the risk, give the last pass and try to give more assists to my team-mates so I need to take the risk.
“It doesn't matter for me if someone off the field is not happy about my pass, I will respect it but I will keep trying.”
United use Greenwood in Gomes talks
Manchester United have reportedly told Angel Gomes’ representatives that they feel their current contract offer is fair.
The Metro say the Red Devils are willing to give the teenager a weekly wage of £25,000.
And they’ve reportedly told Gomes’ representatives that Mason Greenwood’s own extension is the ‘benchmark for academy hopefuls hoping to make the step up to the first-team.’
Greenwood signed a new deal earlier in the season.
But United risk losing Gomes with the 19-year-old yet to agree to an extension. His current contract expires at the end of the current campaign.
Man Utd urged to seal permanent Ighalo deal
ESPN pundit Shaka Hislop believes United should make Odion Ighalo’s loan move permanent come the summer.
“He has [done alright],” Hislop told ESPN FC.
“He still hasn’t scored a league goal but I think that’s being unfair to Ighalo who, when called on, has shown his quality.
“We saw that in the Europa League on Thursday.
“I think you keep him, it gives you an option and I think Ighalo is more than happy to play second fiddle to a fit [Marcus] Rashford or whoever it may be.
“This makes sense for me.”
Emerson Palmieri bid
Juventus will make a £25million offer for Chelsea misfit Emerson Palmieri in the summer.
The Serie A giants have been tracking the Brazil-born Italian international for months, and had one offer rebuffed in January.
But Juventus’ former Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri is determined to rejig his defence this summer and Emerson, 25, is top of their list, Express Sport understands.
Chelsea boss Lampard is particularly keen on Leicester's Ben Chilwell, who he wants to make his long-term left-back but Porto's Alex Telles is seen as an alternative to the England international.
Lautaro Martinez decision
Barcelona have decided to pay Lautaro Martinez’s release clause.
That’s according to Tuttosport, who claim the Catalan giants are determined to sign the Inter Milan forward.
The Spanish champions had previously considered a two-player plus cash offer involving Arturo Vidal and Ivan Rakitic because of Financial Fair Play restrictions.
But reports now claim Barcelona are set to activate the £101million release clause to capture the 22-year-old.


Is Harrisburg coming into increased focus of the federal Jan. 6 probes?
Senate Republicans in Harrisburg have issued a nondenial after several sources told the USA Today Network that the FBI met with Pennsylvania officials this week and PennLive reported that the federal investigators delivered subpoenas to some of them.
The developments come amid intensifying efforts by federal authorities to investigate former U.S. President Donald Trump and the causes of the Jan. 6 riot. Members of the House Jan. 6 Committee have already linked prominent GOP officials including U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-10) and state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the party's gubernatorial nominee, to the efforts of former U.S. President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
“Federal subpoenas typically request confidentiality from the witnesses being subpoenaed in order to avoid impediment to the ongoing investigation, so it would be inappropriate to comment on whether members have received subpoenas or not," a spokesman for state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman said in a written response to questions.
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"If subpoenaed as witnesses, our members will certainly comply with requests for documents or information not covered by an applicable privilege. We have no indication that any of our members are targets of any FBI investigation.”
PennLive reported on Wednesday that, according to several sources, federal investigators issued subpoenas and visited with Pennsylvania lawmakers this week and that the FBI appeared to be gathering information about Perry and efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Jason Gottesman, a spokesman for the House Republicans, said he was "unaware of any FBI presence in the Capitol" this week.
"To the extent House members or staff may have been contacted by the FBI, we would not comment on a potential or ongoing investigation," Gottesman wrote Wednesday in a text message.
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On Monday, federal agents searched the former president's Mar-a-Lago residence. Trump characterized it as an "unannounced raid," and sources familiar with the matter confirmed to USA TODAY that the investigation is related to allegations he removed classified documents from the White House when he left office and brought them to his South Florida residence. Neither the Justice Department nor the FBI has commented or released details.
On Tuesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Sen. Doug Mastriano declined to respond to questions from members of the House Jan. 6 Committee. His attorney Tim Parlatore said Mastriano has cooperated in providing requested documentation, but will not testify unless he's given assurances that his interview will be released in its entirety as a safeguard against "deceptive editing" by political opponents.
Also on Tuesday, Perry confirmed that his cellphone had been seized by federal agents.
The congressman, whose district includes Harrisburg, has been a central figure in the Jan. 6 committee's findings about Republican-led efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Perry said his attorney was not contacted prior to the seizure of his phone, and called the actions "banana republic tactics."
In a statement posted Thursday on his campaign Facebook, Perry said Justice Department representatives told his attorneys that he's "not a target of its investigation."
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"I’ve directed them to cooperate with the Justice Department in order to ensure that it gets the information to which it’s entitled, but to protect information to which it’s not -- including communications that are protected under the Speech and Debate Clause of the United States Constitution," the statement continued.
The FBI National Press Office declined to comment on this situation, and a message to the U.S. Department of Justice was not immediately returned.
Bethany Rodgers and Bruce Siwy are reporters for the USA Today Network's Pennsylvania state capital bureau.


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Fact, fiction, memoir … you name a cult and somebody has written a tell-all book about it, or made up a story inspired by it. What puzzles me is why readers are so fascinated with these stories. And this is a widespread fascination, for many of these books are perennial bestsellers.
Maybe it’s voyeurism? Cults are a boon to thriller writers. A closed-off world with its own strict rules and violent punishments; abuse, especially of women and children; brainwashing and exploitation; and the hypocrisy of all-powerful leaders. Not to mention titillating sex and sadism.
Wacky American sects who do tricky things with poisonous snakes are particularly popular. They pop up in such disparate books as Christian White’s The Nowhere Child, Donna Tartt’s The Little Friend and Andrew Miller’s The Crossing.
You can also use a fictional cult setting to make a serious point about the world we live in, or are in danger of entering. Margaret Atwood’s cult of Gilead in The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments is so pervasive, it has taken over an entire country.
Some novels focus on the reasons why someone can become susceptible to a cult. Laura Elizabeth Woollett’s Beautiful Revolutionary is a study of a woman in need of a saviour. She finds one in Jim Jones, the real-life leader of the cult that came to a hideous end in the Jonestown Massacre of 1978.
Emma Cline’s The Girls is inspired by the followers of Charles Manson.
Michelle Richmond’s The Marriage Pact looks at a young couple who join a mysterious group. Other novels in this category are The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon; and The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, which is also about the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
Many cult survivors have written memoirs, which must take considerable courage. The latest is Scarred, by Canadian actor Sarah Edmondson, who spent 12 years in the nightmarish NXIVM cult and recruited more than 2000 members before she fought her way out.
But the New York Times review highlights the ambivalence that can bedevil such books: ‘‘Is Edmondson a brave feminist, a victim-turned-whistleblower in the age of #MeToo? Or is she someone who benefited from the cult, had an attack of conscience, then stumbled into a painful kind of fame?’’
Perhaps non-fiction accounts by journalists are more reliable. Two fine Australian books are The Family, by Chris Johnston and Rosie Jones, about the Hamilton-Byrne cult; and Michael Bachelard’s Behind the Exclusive Brethren.
Although some readers may be looking for voyeuristic thrills in these books, others are asking themselves important questions. What do I believe, what am I searching for? Why are these cults so insidious and dangerous? Could I, or someone I love, ever be seduced into one? And if that happened, what would it take to escape?
Jane Sullivan’s latest book, Storytime, is published by Ventura Press at $26.99.


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Eurozone growth stalls, France lags, deflation threatens01 July 2014
AFP, Paris :
Europe's fragile recovery is stalling, a batch of economic data showed this week, with analysts warning that France, with the eurozone's second-biggest economy, could be slipping into another downturn.
Even the eurozone's economic powerhouse Germany-whose performance is increasingly divergent from laggard France-is starting to show signs of slowing growth and posted the lowest inflation for four years at 0.9 percent.
This adds to concerns that the spectre of eurozone deflation is coming closer.
Just a month ago, EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Siim Kallas sounded the all-clear for the bloc's economic health, saying that a "recovery has taken hold".
With Portugal joining Ireland in exiting a billion-euro bailout programme, and even Greece successfully raising money on the markets, the eurozone was looking to put its debt crisis behind it.
Analysts have backed this up from the standpoint of monetary policy, saying that decisions by the European Central Bank in the last two years to underpin the eurozone debt market have doused the debt crisis.
But, almost as quickly, data has emerged suggesting that the fallout from that crisis still weighs heavily on confidence, investment and growth.

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The dispute is set to continue in another round of fighting this year because the city is now threatening to expropriate it for housing for Alex residents, but the university wants to develop it to bring in additional money for poor students.
Adding to the fray are residents who claim only educational institutions may be built on the land as it was donated with the condition that it be used only for educational purposes.
The land, which is close to the Marlboro Gautrain station and Linbro Business Park, was donated to the Colony of the Transvaal by Sir Alfred Beit, a mining magnate, in 1905 to be used for "education in perpetuity" through a deed of gift.
After years of disputes and court cases, Wits last year called for proposals, inviting expressions of interest for the possible sale, development, partial sale and development of the land. Several submissions were received.
In October the city took a decision that the mayor should engage with the university, the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements and the national Department of Land and Rural Development “with a view to acquiring the land, failing which the mayor is authorised to explore expropriation processes in terms of the Expropriation Act”.
In its resolution the council said the nearby Setjwela land (next to Frankenwald) should be developed for “other uses and not human settlement”. Setjwela is an informal settlement on the banks of the Jukskei River. The city wants to relocate Setjwela residents to Frankenwald, as the conditions under which they live are terrible.
Taffy Adler, the director of Wits’ property portfolio, said the Frankenwald Estate was last year made available for development.
“In June, Wits vice-chancellor and principal Professor Adam Habib announced that the development of this land should provide Wits with an additional and alternative income source that will benefit the university and its poor students in particular, currently and in the future.”
The university council approved recommendations from the appointed Frankenwald Task Team and established Wits Governance Committees, in terms of which the bidders listed below were approved to further participate in the request for proposals stage of the project, said Adler.
The short-listed companies are Waterfall Management and Operating Company (Pty) Ltd; Calgro M3 Developments Ltd; Sifiso Learning Group (Pty) Ltd; Investec Property (Pty) Ltd; and the Eris and Century City Property Development Joint Venture.
“The Wits council had also opted to hold over any offers received for the outright purchase of Frankenwald until such time as the appointed Frankenwald task team had completed its evaluation of development proposals to be received from the above-listed shortlisted bidders,” he said.
It is envisaged that the development documents will be made available to the approved bidders this month for a recommendation to be made in June.
“Wits University’s objective is to maximise revenue from this project to support Wits’ long-term sustainability and academic vision, including creating greater access and support for students.
“We are not looking at expanding our campus. We are looking at a mixed-use development with public open spaces which will benefit the community. We are in discussions with the mayor of Joburg.”
Adler said the land was donated by Beit to the government with the restrictions and that when the government transferred the land to the university in 1922, there was no such clause.
Jim Powell of the Frankenwald Development Forum (residents from Buccleuch, Alex and Kelvin) said neighbouring residents had not been consulted sufficiently.
“The land should be deve- loped for the benefit of the whole community. We, as residents and property owners, have vested interests in the area and need more consultation. It was left with conditions on the title deeds and these should be respected,” he said.
Over and above proposals for science techno centres, low-cost housing and a huge shopping centre, Frankenwald made world headlines in 2000 when the Maharishi religious order made an offer to Wits of R133.5 million to build the world’s tallest building. The deal included a $1m non-refundable deposit. The deal was never concluded despite the deposit having been paid.


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Kodansha USA Licenses Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū Manga
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Kodansha Comics announced on Friday that it has licensed Haruko Kumota's Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū manga under the title Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. The company will release the first volume in May 2017. The Rakugo Kyokai Association will supervise localization.
In addition, Kodansha Comics announced that it will publish OTOMO: A Tribute to the Mind Behind Akira, a 168-page, hardcover volume of tribute art to Akira's Katsuhiro Ōtomo. The volume was originally offered at France's Angoulême International Comics Festival, where Otomo won the Grand Prix award for lifetime achievement in 2015. Contributing artists include Stan Sakai, Range Murata, Tomer and Asaf Hanuka, Sara Pichelli, and Aleksi Briclot, among others. The volume will ship in March 2017.
Kodansha Comics describes the story of Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju:
The multi-generational epic dives deep into this rich form of Japanese theater. Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "The God of Death," which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro during his time in prison. After his release, he goes to Yakumo's theater and pleads to be made his apprentice. Yakumo reluctantly accepts, but Yotaro quickly finds the world of rakugo is complex and grapples with a growing bond with Yakumo's ward, Konatsu. Meanwhile, the two young people bring reminders of Yakumo's own inescapable past.
Kumota began the manga in Kodansha's ITAN magazine in 2010 and ended the series in June. The tenth and final volume shipped in September. The series received the "Best General Manga" prize at the 38th Kodansha Manga Awards, was honored with the Excellence Award at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards, and nominated for the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize. The manga was also listed in the top ten manga for female readers by Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2017 guidebook.
The manga's television anime adaptation premiered on January 8. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it airs in Japan. A second series, Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen (Sukeroku Anew Arc), has been greenlit and will premiere in January. The manga was also adapted into an earlier two-episode OAV, with the first episode bundled with the manga's seventh volume last March, and the second episode bundled with the eighth volume last August.


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One of the most ambitious zoning reform efforts in the country is still in early stages, and the public has taken notice.
The "Atlanta City Design: Housing" initiative launched in January 2021 with the intended purpose of making changes to the city's planning and zoning to improve housing affordability in the growing city. The Atlanta City Design effort is the zoning extension of the One Atlanta Housing Affordability Action plan championed by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms, which aims to protect or create 20,000 affordable homes.
According to an article by John Ruch, the Atlanta City Design is being greeted in the neighborhood of Buckhead with "fear, skepticism, [and] confusion." Ruch explains more about the initiative and the response:
Among roughly a dozen policy proposals, the plan calls for allowing small apartment buildings in neighborhoods near transit stations, and additional or accessory dwelling units — like basement apartments or rear-yard houses — in all single-family zones. Those ideas — which could become formally proposed zoning ordinances within a couple of months — have drawn formal criticisms from local Neighborhood Planning Units and the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods.
A statement from Neighborhood Planning Unit B cited in the article, for example, faults the initiative for failing to account for infrastructure capacity or environmental impact. The residents of Buckhead (which has a history of racist land use decisions: "Frankie Allen Park in Buckhead…was created for White residents in the 1940s and ’50s by demolishing the majority-Black neighborhood of Macedonia Park and displacing its residents," explains Ruch) also express concern about the initiative's stated intention to end single-family zoning. But as noted by Ruch, some of the concern is based on a misconception on whether that change would prohibit single-family homes entirely (which it wouldn't).
At the other end of the spectrum of response to the Atlanta City Design: Housing initiative is an article by Bruce Gunter for the SaportaReport:
If you agree on the need for more housing options for those of lesser means; want to do more than plant a yard sign to address systemic racism; and decry the yawning wealth gap between black and white households in Atlanta, then here is an action that will change the trajectory regarding housing supply and racial justice, while building net worth. It is single-family zoning reform, a zoning type covering 63% of the land area of the City of Atlanta.
When it comes to planning and zoning, systemic racism is far from abstract, writes Gunter. "One can draw a straight line from the 1929 zoning map of Atlanta, one of the original and blatant manifestations of Jim Crow, to distressed communities of today, which have long suffered from the debilitating effects of forced isolation and disinvestment, resulting in the pattern of segregation we see today."
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Children who learn music enrich their lives in many ways. Not only does music inspire them in other subjects, it can also help them develop their skills academically and socially. Lessons in music that are offered cover piano, voice, the violin, the guitar, the cello, and the drum. Music exploration lessons are offered as well as instrumental lessons that teach children about using the trumpet, French horn, or trombone.
Learning the Piano
One of the more basic lessons is learning how to play the piano. In fact, this is normally the most popular instrumental course. These lessons are given to children as young as four years old as well as adult learners. When you choose to learn the piano, you will find that you have just embarked on an exciting musical journey, one that will enable you to learn about the various composers as well as the various musical genres.
One-on-one piano lessons are set up to offer bespoke teaching. Therefore, you can choose to concentrate on rock, pop, classical, or jazz music. Typically, this type of musical instruction takes about 30 to 45 minutes per session. Each lesson is given weekly. The 30 to 45-minute lessons normally feature music such as classical, rock, pop, or jazz. If you opt to take piano lessons for 60 minutes at a time, they are generally given to students who are at least six years of age.
Some students want to learn how to sing their best. If you want to develop your child’s musical talent this way, you need to enrol him or her in vocal lessons. However, like other musical classes, this type of class is not limited to young children. Adults can also take advantage of the training and sign up for a music class in Singapore. Whether you are young or old, you can develop your vocal range.
Like piano lessons, vocal lessons last 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or an hour. The shorter sessions require that the learners be at least 5 years of age whereas the one-hour sessions require students be at least seven years old. Vocal sessions cover music such as rock, pop, classical, or Broadway tunes.
Maybe your or your child would like to take violin lessons. If so, all ages are accommodated in this respect. Teachers can assist in refining bowing methods, phrasing, and intonation. Students can choose the type of technique they would like to follow. These one-on-one sessions last 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or one hour, and are designed for children at least four years or seven years old. The shorter sessions are set up for students at least four years of age, whereas the hour-long classes are offered to learners at least seven years old.
All of the above-mentioned courses can be incorporated into your child’s education or regular activities. They can also be set up for adults who follow busy schedules. Learning music is something you will never regret if you are an adult, and is one activity that will instil inspiration and motivation in a child. What do you hope to gain by enrolling yourself or your child in this type of class? If you wish to experience education on a whole new level, you want to make sure you include music in you or your child’s daily schedule.


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Sutter Health has settled a class-action lawsuit brought by uninsured patients who said they were overcharged for care and targets of aggressive billing practices.
The settlement of over $ 275 million was approved by a Sacramento Superior Court judge. This allows thousands of patients to make refund claims of between 25 percent and 45 percent of their prior hospital bills.
As a condition of the settlement, Sutter Health's pricing policies for the uninsured must be comparable to insured patients for the next three years, and its hospitals must adopt more compassionate bill collection policies for patients who fall behind on payments.
The class action includes anyone who received hospital services from a Sutter-affiliated hospital between Sept. 3, 2000, and Aug. 3, 2006 and were uninsured at the time of treatment.
The settlement is valued at $275 million, but could increase substantially as the number of plaintiffs could reach into the hundreds of thousands.
Sacramento-based nonprofit Sutter Health is Northern California's largest hospital chain. Among its 26 affiliated hospitals are Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and Berkeley, Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, Mills-Peninsula in Burlingame, California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and Sutter Antioch.
The lawsuit was initiated in September 2004 on behalf of uninsured patients, including a Berkeley man who was billed $4,600 for treatment of a minor hip injury.

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Compliance Corner November 2023
Compliance Corner November 2023
October 2023: HRSA released the newest National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) Data. Watch their new 80-second video to learn about the NSCH and its value to our nation and access the latest data brief, Material Hardship Among Children, 2022. The NSCH is the largest national- and state‐level survey on the health and well‐being of children, their families, and their communities, providing timely information and comprehensive data on a range of topics such as:
This data is essential to understanding the health status and health services needs of children across the nation and in your state and community. Contact HRSA for assistance with tailoring content and messaging for presentations, blog posts, or newsletters that address particular topic areas. Send any requests for assistance to NSCH@hrsa.gov.
The Health Resources and Services Administration released a Federal Register Notice to inform and remind stakeholders of the registration requirements for off-site, outpatient hospital facilities to participate in the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
As part of the government’s efforts to respond to the unprecedented circumstances of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, HHS allowed various flexibilities across many of the Department’s programs, including the 340B Program. This included waiver of longstanding requirements that off-site, outpatient hospital facilities be (1) listed as reimbursable on the hospital’s Medicare Cost Report prior to participating in the 340B Program; and (2) registered and listed in 340B Office of Pharmacy Affairs Information System (OPAIS) prior to participating in the 340B Program. This waiver was available as of June 2020 only for off-site, outpatient facilities that would be listed as reimbursable on a future Medicare Cost Report.
The waiver was implemented in recognition of the need for hospitals to quickly respond to the rapidly evolving conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and assist in creating efficiencies for hospitals to adjust operations in that response. For example, some hospitals moved clinics outside the four walls of a hospital building to expand capacity for care for patients with COVID-19 or transitioned certain clinic functions to meet the needs of the patients, such as by shifting an outpatient surgery center to serve as an urgent care or emergency room.
Pandemic conditions are no longer rapidly evolving in a manner that requires significant unplanned activities or changes by hospital covered entities to accommodate these exigencies. Additionally, HRSA program integrity efforts have demonstrated that the waiver has added risk and complexity to HRSA’s ability to effectively oversee compliance in the 340B Program. HRSA issued this Notice to better address these risks.
Schools are ideal settings in which to reach children and adolescents and, through them, their families. The National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center (OHRC) produced Promoting Oral Health in Schools: A Resource Guide to provide information about materials for promoting oral health in schools. The guide features materials on: data and surveillance; policy; professional education, tools, and training; program development; and, public education. Selected materials include a toolkit to help improve the quality of school meals, best practice reports about school-based dental sealant programs and about use of fluoride in schools, and a curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade 10.
A new feature article in The Rural Monitor examines the increasing incidence of cyber attacks on healthcare organizations and the particular vulnerability of rural providers. According to the Cybersecurity Program at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 60 percent of ransomware attacks – whereby bad actors gain entry to an organization’s online system and lock critical files until a ransom is paid – were aimed at healthcare systems in 2020. FORHP-supported research out last year found that rural hospitals are less likely to be attacked, but staff are less equipped to handle them when they do happen, and rural residents who need these services have fewer alternatives for care.
Join HRSA on Thursday, November 16, at 11 a.m. ET for a discussion with federal leaders highlighting innovations in rural health care delivery. Other events throughout the week include a virtual HRSA rural job fair, a podcast discussion highlighting a successful rural program and much more. Click HERE for more information.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), jointly with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has extended the full set of telemedicine flexibilities regarding the prescribing of controlled medications as were in place during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), through December 31, 2024. Learn more HERE.
Source: HRSA Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) is excited to share that the 2023 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Highlights biennial report is now available. To highlight innovative models of HIV care and treatment that Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and HAB Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States (EHE) initiative recipients implement in communities across the country, HRSA HAB publishes a report every two years. These reports provide an update of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and HAB EHE efforts to improve health outcomes for people with HIV and document the successes and challenges of recipients. Access the report here: Harnessing the Power of Community Engagement and Innovation to End the HIV Epidemic: 2023 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Highlights.
Source: HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau
CMS has amended its Fact Sheet on “Complying with Medical Record Documentation Requirements”. Review MLN909160 HERE.


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16 May Big Week before a Big Rain
Well folks, the rain is back again and it looks like it is going to be another wet week, a fact that makes us all feel good about this last weeks big planting push. The farm is looking like, well, a farm!–with fields and rows filled with shades of green, purple, and red. Here are just a few of the things in the ground.
So what do we do with ourselves while its raining cats and dogs?
Glad you asked!
If you remember those tomato grafts we have been going on-and-on about, you might be interested in knowing about the next step of that process. Now that the grafted plants are in the ground, the trellising and pruning begins. Up to this point the tomato plants have been through quite a bit (with all the slicing and whatnot). Now the plants get a chance to be pampered and loved by the farmers, as we spend a lot of careful hours clipping them upright onto trellising twine and pruning them into shape. This process is repeated several times throughout the plant’s life. We do this to increase productivity and fruit quality and to make for easy harvesting in the greenhouse.
There are still lots and lots of plants to get in the ground, so we are keeping an eye on the rain gauge, shuffling our planting chart around, and praying the storms will be kind to Blooming Glen Farm.
This spring has been a test of our faith as farmers, as we are continuously reminded of the elements beyond our control. When we feel a bit overwhelmed by it all, we often turn to our fellow community of farmers for inspiration and understanding, and we surf their news and blog posts to see how they are faring with the weather. We were particularly moved by the words of the Brownback family at Spiral Path Farm in Perry County, Pa, as they reflected on postponing their first CSA distribution for only the second time in 18 years. You can click here to read their news flash on the Spiral Path Farm website, and their pertinent musings on the faith of a farmer.

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An underperforming mortgage bond-market in Canada
To avoid a situation like many other countries where the housing prices crashed in no time, the Finance Minister in Canada brought in a few changes which have greater impacts on the housing market. The amortization period has been reduced and the down payment has been increased. These have multiple effects on the buyers. Many who have been saving to buy a house during this period have put their plans on hold for the market to get stabilized.
Jim Flaherty wanted the nation to ignore a situation when USA’s crashing housing market slashed the world’s economy.
The impact is multifarious, leaving the buyers, sellers and lenders at a compromising situation. They are all signalling that the attempt of the Finance Minister to cool off the housing market will work as a slowdown in the transaction of mortgage bonds.
A report says, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) which is a government agency responsible for insuring mortgages has sold $2.25 billion of 10 year bonds to get 56 basis points which was 61 basis points in May this year.
A portfolio manager interprets the situation as less demand and less supply of mortgages in future.
According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the Canadian bonds are down by 0.4% in compared to that of 0.3% of American securities.
The second largest selling body of bonds after CMHC has also reported a total sell of $24.7 billion which is lesser than a sale of $27 billion during the same period of last year.
Hosen Marjee, Senior Managing Director at Manulife Asset management in Toronto says, “There has been some bad press regarding the housing market, the market exposures, over extension of consumers, and potential for default.”
However, the number of Canadians paying their mortgages after the scheduled date dropped down to 0.34% in May whereas it was 0.38% in the beginning of the current year.
The percentage of debts written off has also reduced quite considerably as per a data.
The tighter mortgage rules have been implement for a little more than a month now, people took some time to understand the changes and then to react. Now that many of them have understood the same the reactions are visible. The slowing down of mortgage bond sales is the first and fast reaction of the implementation.


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Commissioner Garcia says struggling renters “aren’t getting any breaks” and “there are no days off for them.”
Renters facing eviction can access information and resources online to help keep them in their homes and apartments.
Harris County Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Adrian Garcia spoke at an event Monday morning to encourage renters to know their rights and access this resource.
Garcia says Harris County leaders are supporting a resource at http://stoptxeviction.org/, which helps people not only learn about how they can get help paying their rent but also aims to help keep evictions during the coronavirus pandemic off renters’ permanent records.
“Everyone deserves a safe place to call home, especially during a pandemic,” Commissioner Ellis noted on his Facebook page.
The resource helps to:
- Get legal information about the eviction process and your rights.
- Get access to important documents you can give to your landlord or the court.
- Apply for legal assistance from organizations in your area that provide free legal services to qualifying tenants.
- Find out about rental assistance and other resources in your area and how to apply.
- Chat with a real lawyer about your questions regarding eviction.
At Monday’s press conference, Garcia criticized Gov. Greg Abbott, calling him “Governor absent,” over the state’s current eviction diversion program.
“The state program is poorly designed,” said Garcia, noting that it relies on a partnership that is currently on a “two-week vacation.” Garcia said struggling renters “aren’t getting any breaks” and “there are no days off for them.”
That program, which began in October, currently only covers “select pilot counties” but is expected to expand to the rest of Texas starting in January 2021.
Get more info on the program for renters here: http://stoptxeviction.org/


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Sharm Quad Biking information, tours, prices and online booking
Sharm Quad Biking is one of the most interesting desert activities while you are in Sharm. Take to the rugged desert of the Sinai on a quad bike (ATV). Ride across off road terrain on a late afternoon adventure till you wind up. Watch the beautiful colors of the setting sun on the desert landscape. This is a wonderful experience that the whole family can enjoy. In fact, the trips are available in lots of places. Moreover, you can probably book a quad bike trip right from our branch office in Sharm El Sheikh.
In fact, Sharm Quad Biking will start by picking you up from your hotel. It will be in fact by van and drive you to the Motor Bike center. After a brief guide on how to use the motor bike safely the real fun will begin!. In fact, you will drive behind the tour escort to the spectacularly beautiful deserts of Sharm. It is where you can open up the throttle and zoom across the Sinai Mountains and open plains of Sharm El Sheikh.
More information about Sharm Quad Biking:
In fact, the Quad Biking is thirsty work. So during the trip you will stop off for complimentary Egyptian tea. In fact, it will be at an authentic Bedouin Tent. Sahrm Quad Biking is available for single riders. Yet, you also can have someone on the back with you. This indeed is an exhilarating experience we guarantee you will love. It is where better to open up a quad bike than in the stunning deserts of Sharm, not only a large flat area perfect for quad biking, but also extremely beautiful.

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- Big Brother Naija ex-housemate, Khloe, has finally opened up about how hard she was hit when a photo of her after her surgery on her backside leaked online
- The reality star noted that she was worried about how her parents would feel on seeing the photo and she became suicidal
- Khloe also added that she was dead for almost 24 hours as she drank several toxic things before she was rescued
Big Brother Naija star, Khloe, has finally talked about how hard she crashed after a photo of her after her plastic surgery hit the internet.
The reality star noted that she had no idea of whoever leaked the photo, but she is sure that God is already dealing with the person.
I just wanted to go
Khloe continued by saying that the thought of her parents getting to see the photo was the most painful part and she almost took her own life.
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She disclosed that she drank bleaching and washing agents, and was dead for almost 24 hours before her co-star, Alex and younger sister broke her door down.
Khloe also noted that the photo was taken while she was still unconscious and the person who leaked it had no idea that they were hurting not just her but other people like her parents as well.
Watch the video below:
"You could tell her hurt she is from her voice. People should learn to not hurt other people for clout or fun or out of jealousy. It’s not nice."
"Can feel the pain in her voice."
"People go through a lot, pls mind the kind of things you say or do. BIKO!"
"Wow.... She's a strong woman ❤"
"Wow! people are wicked."
Nina says she didn't do backside surgery for online validation
Big Brother Naija ex-housemate, Nina Ivy, finally put to rest, fans who were worried that the surgery to enhance her backside did not go well.
Taking to her Instagram story channel, the reality star shared someone's comment on her page that said that she did not show off her backside since the surgery because she was not proud of it.
Nina's reply disclosed that she did not tell anyone she was getting surgery just to show off as she did it for her body improvement.


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Barcelona-based designer Guillermo Santomà installed a series of sculptural and "transgressive" structures in the lavish interior of a baroque-style mansion in Madrid.
The project is located on the paulista shore in the region of the Rain Forest and the land has a mountainous topography with dense vegetation.
Wooden cabinets can be stacked up in different configurations in the Assembled storage system, created by designer Paul Crofts for modular furniture brand Isomi.
When photographer Aya Brackett and her husband, Corey John Creasey, a freelance film director, wanted to upgrade the kitchen of their Oakland, California,
Interior design studio Plantea looked to art nouveau and retro Americana for the interiors of this multi-purpose theatre in Madrid, which was formerly an adult-film cinema.


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Different people have different ideas about romantic destinations, since the understanding for the term romance could vary from one individual to other. However, there are few important and basic ingredients, which are required for romance. These elements also connote the emotional attraction, which gives pleasurable feelings. A candle light dinner with your partner could be termed as romantic in a similar way as the couple enjoy any golden sunset at any secluded beach. So, when it comes to choosing any romantic destination, the elements which propel romance makes the difference. Hence these are considered whenever you look upon to choose romantic destinations. Let’s check them out:
Check the romance element
If you look at some of the best romantic destinations like Hawaii or any similar place, there is one common element that creeps inside. Indeed the Hawaiian Islands are incredibly wonderful places, which can make anyone spellbound. It’s not the white sand beaches or the warm sea water which appeals the couple, but the enthralling landscape and captivating lifestyle, which helps in bringing out the romantic aspects to a majority of people. Romance is not always going to deduce appealing and gentle as the way the Canadian Rockies seems to do as usually mentioned in any romantic packages by travel companies. Also, enjoying some of the best snow capped hills and mountains, where you could remain close to nature and fauna could also give some romantic experience.
Check for beauty
The other important ingredient for romantic destinations is beauty. Choosing beautiful landscape could be the best option for romantic couples, especially for the novices. The element of beauty simply inculcates the romantic feeling to a great extent. For instance in the northeastern Pennsylvania, choosing Poconos could get you some secluded resorts, which are nestled in natural beauty and incredible mountains. A majority of resorts at this place are surrounded by lush forests, surging hills and dazzling waterfalls. You could get up with a sunlight streaking soothingly from the windows to your cozy bed. Also, the spas at this place could give you some of the most luxurious feeling amidst the beauty, which makes a perfect blend for romantic couples.
Small is beautiful
For romantic couples especially for the beginners, smaller cities could be the best place to choose. These give you more relaxing time as compared to the bigger capital cities even at the most romantic nations. You could experience some of the best romantic experience as these places with traffic free old towns and good number of gardens and parks. The best part is these places could be explored on foot without wasting too much money on transport. Whether it is some water fall or beautiful gardens, everything could be covered without losing your physical strength thus helping you enjoy some of your best time with your partner. All you need to do is to select a proper season in which such places could look cool and comfortable. You could find such places in Europe, which include Genoa and Verona in Italy along with Copenhagen and Stockholm.
Choose destinations with good restaurants and hotels
Good dining is considered as the most vital part of any romantic destination. So, while considering the above elements, make sure you have several authentic restaurants, bars and hotels, which are competent to add extra stuffs for your romance.
Romance has connection with beaches
Any romantic destination is incomplete without having beaches in its vicinity. Great romance has always some connection with flowing water, this is the basic reason why people sing while having a shower. Choose a destination which has good beaches near the place, where you could take a long walk over the golden sand. Bali in Indonesia is among the most popular romantic destinations in the world. The lush vegetation simply blends the historic ceremonies with the modern amenities, which can simply conjure your romance feelings.
The element of romance also lies in the eyes of the beholder and hence it could be found out at any destination where you look at. Couples could differ in their taste; hence what looks romantic to one couple could go the opposite for the others. Yet, the above ideas could be called as the basic tips, which could help you in finding some of the best romantic destinations.
|Writer – Brianne – E-mail – is a blogger by profession. She loves writing travelling and reading books. She contributes for World Financial Group.|