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Стіґ Асмуссен (; ) — американський ігровий художник та директор, який відомий своєю працею в Santa Monica Studio над франшизою God of War. У 2014 році його було звільнено зі студії, після чого він приєднався до Respawn Entertainment, де очолив розробку Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order та Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

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Стіґ Асмуссен народився 13 вересня 1972 року. Його дідусь іммігрував до США з Данії перед початком Великої депресії. Він також має брата Джеса та сестру Кірстен. Асмуссен закінчив  зі ступенем у галузі комп'ютерної анімації. Згодом він влаштувався художником до студії Midway Games, де працював над  та . Після того, як Midway була розформована у 2003 році, Асмуссен приєднався до SCE Studio Santa Monica, однієї зі студій Sony Computer Entertainment, як провідний художник оточення God of War, першої частини однойменної франшизи. Пізніше він обіймав посаду артдиректора God of War II, а після того, як ігровий директор Корі Барлог пішов зі студії після перших восьми місяців розробки , Асмуссен зайняв його місце.

До лютого 2014 року Асмуссен керував розробкою нової інтелектуальної власності Santa Monica, але був звільнений разом із деякими іншими співробітниками після її скасування. У червні він приєднався до Respawn Entertainment як ігровий директор. У травні 2016 року Асмуссен повідомив, що працює над проєктом за мотивами «Зоряних війн», який був анонсований як Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order у червні 2018-го. У 2022 році було оголошено, що Respawn веде розробку Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, продовження Fallen Order, на чолі з Асмуссеном.

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The Castaways of the Flag (, lit. Second Fatherland, 1900) is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The two volumes of the novel were initially published in English translation as two separate volumes: Their Island Home and The Castaways of the Flag. Later reprints were published as The Castaways of the Flag.

The story is a sequel to the 1812 book The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, picking up where that novel leaves off.

Publication history
May 1923, Their Island Home and The Castaways of the Flag, London: Sampson Low

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Bibliography

 Title	''The Castaways of the Flag: The Final Adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson
 Authors	Jules Verne, Johann David Wyss
 Editor	S. Low, Marston, 1923
 242 pages

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 Seconde patrie available at Jules Verne Collection

1900 French novels
French adventure novels
Novels by Jules Verne
The Swiss Family Robinson
Novels set on islands
Sequel novels
Novels set in the Indian Ocean
French novels adapted into films
Nautical novels
Castaways in fiction

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Handling a Human Resources (HR) department nowadays can indeed be tough. Staff attrition is the biggest culprit in making this otherwise enjoyable job to unbearable drudgery. Admittedly, no organization of any repute wants staff attrition. Attrition is often caused by absence of loyalty. There are several reasons why employees nowadays are less loyal to an organization, despite being perfectly honest and law abiding citizens. Let us examine some reasons for disloyalty among employees.
Obviously, HR managers have lots on their table than manageable. Human resource managers and departments run into doldrums due to these causes. Often, these problems appear insurmountable. Yet, they are not.
A few simple steps implemented regularly have proven to boost staff morale and increase employee loyalty towards the organization. In most cases, this translates into better performance and higher productivity. Hence, it may serve you well to consider the below mentioned ideas to boost staff morale and loyalty towards the organization.
Here we look at five possible options.
Developing your EI as HR executive will help you more-or-less gauge the morale of every employee. Hence, you can assist an employee overcome work related or sometimes, personal issues. This skill goes a long way towards developing personal relations with employees and helps develop loyalty.
Furthermore, EI is useful in preventing morbid office politics. You can also take steps to curb or stop demoralization spread by errant staff from spreading to other workers in the organization.
Improving Emotional Intelligence also offers you the opportunity to intervene in some adverse situation taking place between employees and the organization, at the right time. Immediate remedial measures can be taken by you to prevent this situation from escalating further to earn loyalty of employees.
Additionally, you can impart your EI skills to other employees to assist them in problem-solving and thinking out of the box for personal benefit and increased productivity. Thus, possessing well-developed EI helps you boost staff morale and consequently, their loyalty towards the organization.
Myriad time-tested and proven ideas that promote employee engagement can be effectively deployed by your organization. Below are some such ideas aimed at creating or expanding employee engagement in your organization.
Encourage employee participation: Allow your employees to voice their opinions about various organization-related issues. This can be done privately or at staff meetings, according to merit.
Carrot-and-stick method: Reward high performance and excellent productivity and achievements immediately. The good old 'carrot-and-stick' method always works wonders in increasing employee loyalty leading to increased productivity.
Mentor your employees: Understandably, everyone requires a mentor at every stage of life. We often are confronted by problems or issues that overwhelm us causing dissatisfaction. Mentoring your staff is the surest way to build employee loyalty.
Encourage interaction among colleagues: Irascible colleagues are often the main culprit behind certain employees losing loyalty towards an organization. As HR executive, you can promote healthy interaction among colleagues. Such interpersonal relationship develops a work-friendly ambience and helps develop loyalty.
Provide training and skill upgrade programs: Another guaranteed method of ensuring employee loyalty to your organization is through training and skill upgrade programs. It is also a vital part of employee engagement. Employees generally are reluctant to leave an organization where they can learn and effectively use better skills.
Unless you clearly define goals and objectives of your organization, employees will continue to withhold their loyalty. Admittedly, employees work for their pay. However, it is worth remembering, they also worry about their career, finances, family and motley other things. Invariably, these worries tend to get the better of their thought. Consequently, you are saddled with employees who are in the lurch about where the organization is headed.
Lack of loyalty towards your organization can be avoided merely by informing employees about the company's long, mid and short-term goals. It is vital to ensure, employees are aware the objectives of the employer. This also facilitates them to chart their own career course. Additionally, they know what to expect from your organization in the foreseeable future and how they should adapt to suit these needs.
You may also involve your employees in making vital but non-classified decisions of your organizations. These ideas can revolve around how to achieve set goals and objectives. This imparts a sense of participation as well as generation of innovative ideas. Often, decision making by employees has proven beneficial to an organization compared to those taken in close boardrooms. Furthermore, immediately communicate all decisions, goals and objectives that involve employees. Leaving employees in the dark creates a sense of uncertainty and doubt, causing severe dip in loyalty levels.
Obviously, this can sound ridiculous, but involving the family of an employee in social events held by an organization helps. Major corporations around the world hold regular sports, social and cultural events where employees are offered an opportunity to participate with their families.
Involving families has some major advantages for your organization. For one, it helps families of employees to better know the organization and its culture. Secondly, it fosters friendship between families. This in turn, forms a support network of sorts for employees. Thirdly, employees feel more confident about the company because they are assured it cares for the family as well. This works wonders for building employee loyalty for your organization.
Family picnic where employees regardless of their designation or job profile, mingles as friends is an ideal way to foster employee loyalty for your organization. Alternatively, you can also organize sports events for your employees and their families. Get families to employees to participate in a cultural program. This is extremely helpful if you work for an organization that hires people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
Yet another major culprit for lack of loyalty among employees in an organization is stagnation. Meaning, every employee exerts best efforts with the hope of getting promoted within a reasonable period. Sadly, some organizations fail to recognize this innate human need for being appreciated and rewarded.
A salary hike and promotion delayed can send staff morale into tailspin and have adverse impact on an organization. You may have staff hemorrhage. Consequently, you will be saddled with non-performers and a huge recruitment list. Add to this, the cost of training new recruits to fit into your organization's culture, work ethics and environment. The overall expense in terms of lost man-hours and productivity is colossal.
The simplest way to prevent your organization from getting into this situation is by promoting deserving staff at regular intervals. You will require a well-defined HR policy that lays parameters about whom to promote and why. Additionally, you also need to determine salaries of promoted staff, since you may have top-performers who also require suitable appreciation in terms of designations and pay.
A simple method adopted by some companies is, involving employees of the organization in this decision making. Employees are asked to nominate whom they would like to promote, based purely upon their merit.
Developing employee loyalty serves well for every organization. Firstly, you get to retain known people and help them fit into your work culture. With some training, they can become excellent performers. This translates into increased profits for your organization. Further, you save on expensive recruitment processes necessary to fill in vacancies left by former staff for any reasons.
Harshal Pedamkar is a passionate writer and a technology enthusiast. His content is mostly focused on money saving/making tips and digital marketing. A writer by night and reader by day, he has a passion for sharing his knowledge through his writings.


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This viral map of American Google searches is hilarious — and totally misleading
By Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp May 22, 2014, 12:09pm EDT
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Jessica Flavin
We at Vox.com love our maps. But sometimes, pretty maps turn out too be good to be true. That's the case with this seemingly awesome map of "what each state googles more than any other." Who knew that everyone in Texas was wondering whether they had herpes? Aside from the 78,000 people who shared this map, of course.
Ryan Nickum
But that map is full of lies. You can't, as the original post containing the map promises, "learn a lot about America" from it. Here's why.
According to Estately, the real estate website that made the map, they created it by running "hundreds of search queries through Google Trends to determine which words, terms, and questions each state was searching for more than any other." If you put a word or a phrase into Google Trends — say, "do I have herpes?" — it'll tell you which state Googled that more than any other.
They "picked conspiracy theories and aliens and [terms] that were a bit goofy," Ryan Nickum, the map's creator, told me over the phone. "It's hard to find stuff that every single state was number one," so he "basically just was throwing everything at the wall trying to get something to stick."
That map cannot say whether 'do I have herpes' is the single term Texas googles at higher rates than any other state
What Nickum's methodology won't tell you is whether, as the the map's title implies, that term is the most-searched for term relative to other terms. Entering "do I have herpes?" into Google Trends might tell you that Texas googles that phrase the most, but it won't tell you whether Texans Google that phrase at higher rates relative to other states than "bananas," "bombs," or "Scientology." As Nickum put in our interview, he didn't want to show that Washington googled the Seattle Seahawks more than other state — that would be boring.
In other words: that map cannot say whether "do I have herpes" is the single term Texas googles at higher rates than any other state. It'll just tell you that slightly more searches for that term came from Texas than in any other state.
Here's a concrete demonstration of why these kinds of Google Trends results don't mean very much. This is what you get when you search Google Trends for "herp:"
And the results for "derp:"
And, finally, the results for "herp a derp:"
Apparently, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Texas all have claims to be the derpiest state in the Union. That's because putting random words into Google Trends is basically meaningless.
That being said, the map accomplished its real purpose of getting Estately's name out. As do many other maps that have appeared on Estately's blog. For instance, this map of where people love Kim Kardashian the most:
Or this map of state mustaches:
These are all pretty fun. I just wouldn't confuse them with, you know, actual information.

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Chicago, IL—This story begins and ends here for me because the Windy City is Where I went to school.
I was raised by a single mother who had little interest in being a mother. My mother was trying to make it in a world that stole her sprit and dreams with government handouts.
In the 1950's and 1960's women were poorly paid, subjected to unchecked sexual harassment and were barred from many jobs that were male dominated. A single woman with a child was target ripe for exploitation.
My mother quickly learned that a Catholic education was superior for three reasons; they kept children for more hours, had a longer school year and a Catholic education was superior to the public system.
I was the original home alone kid making my own meals while being babysat for by a television set. I rarely saw my mother for more than a few minutes before I'd go to school. My mother never once helped me with my homework.
There was another problem and that was catholic schools required tuition. My mother figured out how to time our evictions from various apartments with the school payment due dates. Mom figured out how to beat the Catholic schools. I'd simply transfer to another wherever we wound up, usually on Chicago's North side.
That all ended when I was expelled from St. Michael's High School over non-payment. Then it was off to public high school and a full-time clandestine job (I was too young by law) at a hot dog stand in Uptown. .
I went to 13 different schools not including Loop Junior College and University of Illinois.
I feel that I'm qualified to rate teachers since I've seen far more than most. There is a saying that's all too relevant, "Those who can't, teach." I believe too often it's really true. Teaching seems to be easier for too many than competing in the real world.
Okay, here is my beef: We all can count the teachers who inspired us on our fingers. Only ten percent of the teachers in our schools are worthy of that important job. Just showing up for work does not end a teacher's sacred responsibilities. There is so much more required than dryly going through lesson plans.
Children's attention spans are quite limited. The same is true of adults so a teacher has to learn how to be a performance artist, showman and an educator. Most shun this concept. Is it a lack of talent or do they simply not care? I believe it's a combination of both failings.
If a teacher is not excited and inspired about what they're teaching how can they possibly inspire or excite our children? That is after all their job. All educational subjects are exciting as are the prospects of wealth through education. That wealth word was never used by any of my teachers.
If there was a single failure by every one of my teachers it was their failure or refusal to teach us that academic excellence leads to wealth in this land of opportunity.
Too much emphasis is placed on cultural diversity. No effort is made to shed light on the failure of some cultures that enable, crime, dependence and poor communication skills.
America's Teachers unions have celebrated mediocrity and Socialism. Too many teachers seem to strive for a world where everyone is equal despite a refusal or inability to learn. How the Hell can we repair this problem with that kind of mindset?
Home schooling is an answer if parents can achieve this and have sufficient talent to do that job themselves. Our public schools have been a scandal for decades. As a society we will never have an educated electorate until we repair our educational system.
I too went to Catholic school until eighth grade, where I had on average 54 students in a class. It all starts at home. If the family doesn't value education, look out because more often that not, it's going to be an uphill battle. Sometimes we win the battle and sometimes we lose. Unfortunately we don't see our results until years later when our former students come to visit or if we're lucky come back and teach at their alma mater. So if you think teaching is so easy, why don't you try it sometime? Enjoy the passage.
Those who can teach, those who can't go into some less significant line of work.
I make a C+ feel like the Congressional Medal of Honor.
I make my students from other countries learn everything they need to know in English while preserving their unique cultural identity.
Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were given, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can succeed in life. (Bonnie paused one last time and then continued.) "Then, when people try to judge me by what I make, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are ignorant.
I MAKE A DIFFERENCE. What do you make?"
REGARDLESS of whether a single woman has a child or not – she is still ripe and a target for exploitation in Southern California School systems.
Certain people in the school system and local government will revictimize a sexually abused woman so as to obtain a job or a promotion.
It's a dog eat dog in Los Angeles.
You are correct about most teachers these days. How hard is it to sit in front of a class and read from a text book in a monotone voice? Other than putting the class to sleep they are not accomplishing much. As you said, we need teachers who make learning fun and students to feel challenged and stimulated. I know a chemistry professor who has a way about him where he could teach chemistry to anyone.
You're spot on in your criticism of our nations public school system.It is both antiquated and apathetic in its approach to educating the youth of America.My experience was quite the opposite of yours in many ways.I'm African American,the product of a two parent home and a alumni of the Chicago Public Schools.In the 60's and 70's most schools were for the most part segregated.Many of the teachers I had didn't expect much from black students and many of their lesson plans were "dumbed down"accordingly.Even when we were told we were achieving academic excellence we weren't.It became real for me when I realized how far behind I was in certain subjects in comparison with my catholic school freinds.It wasn't that they were smarter, (although I knew a few who were truly gifted.)It was because these schools basically had a stronger curriculum than what was spoon fed to me at my neighborhood public school.Over the last thirty years,I have watched what was a bad situation turn to almost near anarchy.Needless to say,when it came time to educate my son,public school was NOT an option.His elementary,high school and college education were achieved at private institutions.He is now a comissioned officer in the Marine Corps.It's not the career I had in mind for him,but I'm proud nonetheless.What I'm trying to say is with the state of public education in this city,most of these kids don't stand a chance even if they graduate from a CPS school.Competition is now global and these children are not equipped to compete on that scale.
Crimefile, I too am a catholic school alumni. While I'd like to say you and me have a lot in common, I think your mother and I would've been best friends.
To: Best Job in the World. I have a few comments. First, if you teach in the Chicago Public schools, yes, you have your work cut out for you. With Chicago being a sanctuary city for illegals, and mass low income housing, children start out at a disadvantage. Parents don't give a damn. The Mexicans are notorious for taking their kids out for months to vacation back in Mexico. Then they want to have them promoted when they haven't been in class for 3 months. Schools infested with gangs, are worse. However, in most of the burbs, that's another situation.
Here is were I believe people have a problem.
What used to be a noble profession (and still is)that most people who entered it realized that the pay wasn't great, but you were a civil servant, worked an average of 180 days, had summers off, and received a pension when you retired at 63. Not bad.
Now though, you can retire at in your early 50's at 70 percent of you salary. Here lies the rub. This taxes the pension plans hard. Salaries for teachers have skyrocketed in the last 15 years to compete with people in the market place. Not to mention most teachers seem to get a bump in pay right before the retire in order to pad their retirement. But most of the people who work in the market place, work a minimum of 50 hours a week, have to contribute to a 401K plan, and social security, and usually have to work holidays, weekends, etc. On average, receive 3% raises. And only receive an average of 2 to 3 weeks vacation. I'll trade you.
Education is bankrupting most governments. When Gov. Quinn suggested reducing pensions to 50 percent, and paying out later, teachers went crazy. Understandable. No one likes to loose anything.
However, taxpayers are tired of constantly being hit up for more money for education.
My friends wife who is a teacher, was on a rant, and made the point she doesn't pay Social Security. I told her I would take her pension at 50% and she could have my Social Security. When I showed her the form I received from the government of my expected monthly payment, she shut up fast.
P.S. I have a degree in engineering and have taught at the junior college level.


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Neonatal seizures: stepping outside the comfort zone
Menna Hashish, Mohamed Reda Bassiouny
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· Use conventional and amplitude-integrated electroencephalography to confirm clinical seizures and screen high-risk newborns.
· Select an explicit clear elective event to be treated with less toxic and more effective antiepileptics.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2022.00115
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Soonhak Kwon, Hye-Eun Seo, Su Kyeong Hwang
Although benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE) is a benign condition, it may be associated with a spectrum of behavioral, psychiatric, and cognitive disorders. This study aimed to assess the cognitive and other neuropsychological profiles of children with BRE.
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The use of ketogenic diet in special situations: expanding use in intractable epilepsy and other neurologic disorders
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The ketogenic diet has been widely used and proved to be effective for intractable epilepsy. Although the mechanisms underlying its anti-epileptic effects remain to be proven, there are increasing experimental evidences for its neuroprotective effects along with many researches about expanding use of the diet in other neurologic disorders. The first success was reported in glucose transporter type 1 deficiency...
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Sung-Hee Park, Jung-Rim Yoon, Heung Dong Kim, Joon Soo Lee, Young-Mock Lee, Hoon-Chul Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2012;55(5):171-176. Published online May 21, 2012
The aim of this study was to investigate the natural history of epilepsy and response to anti-epileptic drug treatment in patients with Angelman syndrome (AS) in Korea.
We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of 14 patients diagnosed with epilepsy out of a total of 17 patients with a genetic diagnosis of AS. These patients were seen at the Department of Pediatric...
Cognitive function of idiopathic childhood epilepsy
Su Jeong You
Most children with epilepsy are of normal intelligence. However, a significant subset will have temporary or permanent cognitive impairment. Factors that affect cognitive function are myriad and include the underlying neuropathology of the epilepsy, seizures, epileptiform discharges, psychosocial problems, age at seizure onset, duration of epilepsy, and side effects associated with antiepileptic drugs. This review article discusses cognitive function in...
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A 4-year-old girl with Panayiotopoulos syndrome presented with a history of 4 prolonged autonomic seizures. The clinical features of her seizures included, in order of occurrence, blank staring, pallor, vomiting, hemi-clonic movement on the right side, and unresponsiveness. A brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a slightly high T2 signal in the left hippocampus. Interictal electoencephalogram revealed spikes in the...
Characteristics of late-onset epilepsy and EEG findings in children with autism spectrum disorders
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To investigate the clinical characteristics of late-onset epilepsy combined with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and the relationship between certain types of electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities in ASD and associated neuropsychological problems.
Thirty patients diagnosed with ASD in early childhood and later developed clinical seizures were reviewed retrospectively. First, the clinical characteristics, language and behavioral regression, and EEG findings of these late-onset epilepsy...
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Efficacy of levetiracetam in refractory childhood epilepsy
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Purpose : To evaluate the efficacy and safety of levetiracetam adjunctive therapy for reducing the rate of seizure frequency in children with intractable pediatric epilepsy. Methods : We reviewed the medical records of 86 patients with intractable pediatric epilepsy who visited our hospital between March 1989 and February 2009. Levetiracetam was included in the previous anticonvulsant regimen for at least 6...
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A will is a legal document that determines who should receive your assets after your death. This document allows you name guardians for dependent children, as well as ensures that your property is distributed according to your wishes. A will may be modified or revoked during the lifetime of its maker.
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In most states, the minimum age to legally write a will is 18. Deciding at what age to write a will is a personal decision, but there are certain practical considerations that can help you determine the right time.
If you are married, have children, or have a positive net worth (assets exceeding $100,000), it's almost always easier on your family to have a will or trust in place.
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Should I hire a lawyer to help me draft a will, or can I do it myself?
A lawyer is not required to make a will, like with a holographic will. Most people, however, do need a lawyer to make a proper will for multiple reasons.
1. To make sure the form and execution is correct so that the will is not considered invalid
2. To advise the clients as to what their options are when it comes to appropriately leaving their property to their beneficiaries. This ensures that it is quickly and efficiently distributed to the beneficiary, and also that the beneficiary is protected.
3. There are a lot of questions that might come up that the average lay person might not think about. This includes scenarios such as a child has a disability and receives federal or state benefits. In this case, if a will was holographic or done online was done leaving everything to the children and a child with a disability were to inherit, they may end up losing all of their government benefits because they inherited funds.
A lawyer can ask the questions that need to be asked, to make sure that both the person who is making the will and the beneficiary are protected. Having seen so many different scenarios play out, lawyers provide great insight into any issues that could arise that the average person may not think about.
What information and documents should I gather before I contact an attorney to prepare a will?
When creating a will, most attorneys will typically ask for a list of information. This includes information birth, marriage and divorce certificates, deeds and mortgages, bank account numbers, investment portfolio, insurance policy information, your beneficiaries' full names, addresses and other contact information, your Social Security number, and the birth or adoption papers for any minor children you have.
You may also be required to list your advisors, such as your banker, accountant, investment dealer, and insurance agent.
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The cost of a will depends on whether you're preparing yourself, getting something off the shelf from a big box store, or you're paying an attorney. For an individual preparing their will with an attorney, fees will range anywhere from $400 to $800 depending on the complexity of the will.
A trust is a fiduciary relationship. It involves the transfer of property from one person (the settlor) to the control of another person (the trustee), to be held and used for the benefit of a third party (the beneficiary).
Trusts are established to provide legal protection for the trustor's assets, to make sure those assets are distributed according to their wishes.
A trust is a will substitute. It's a contract that's prepared by the person who owns the property to determine how they want the property managed. It is controlled by the statutes relative to contracts, not those governing probate or wills, therefore, it avoids having to go through the probate process.
Since it is a contract, under the U.S. Constitution, a trust prepared in one jurisdiction (in the United States) is just as good as any other jurisdiction. Unlike wills, which can't necessarily cross over state lines, it's portable. Wills, on the other hand, may be valid in another state, if one state's statutes are similar enough to another state. If they don't meet the same criteria, however, then your will may be considered invalid in another state.
What is a "living trust"?
A living trust is a written legal document through which your assets are placed into a trust for your benefit during your lifetime. Upon your death, these benefits are transferred to designated beneficiaries by your chosen representative, known as the "successor trustee."
A revocable living trust is a popular estate planning tool that you can use to determine who will get your property when you die. Assets you place in the trust are transferred to your designated beneficiaries upon your death.
Revocable living trusts are "living" because you make them during your lifetime and can change or cancel the provisions at any time.
What are the recommended steps to probate a Will in Virginia?
1. Find the Will. The first step is to take the will to the clerk of the court, who will then file it.
2. Meet with your estate attorney. Prior to filing a will or making an appointment to meet with the Probate Clerk, you should always first consult with an estate attorney.
3. Take the will to the courthouse and file it. The clerk will then determine if there are assets within the estate that would need to be probated with a fiduciary; an executor or personal representative, to be qualified. You may be required to post a bond, and may need to arrange for an insurance agent to meet with you at the Clerk's office at the time of qualification.
4. Open the bank account. Once the executor is qualified, he/she will open an estate account, to hold the funds of the estate.
5. Pull together the assets of the estate. The executor then begins to compile a list, called an inventory of all of the assets and determines what's to be done with the assets. This includes whether or not they need to be sold, distributed outright to the beneficiaries, or used to pay all of the bills and taxes of the deceased person.
6. Pay off all debts of the estate, distribute all assets, and file final accounting.
What's the time limit to probate a will in Virginia?
There is no time limit.
Do you have to file or record a will in Virginia?
You don't need to record a will prior to death. You only would be required to record or file a will after death if there's property that would need to be probated.
What's needed for a will to be legal in Virginia?
There are two types of wills in Virginia:
A holographic will, which is written entirely in the handwriting of the person making the will, and signed at the end with their legal signature.
A print will (the typical will) is typed up, signed at the end, and dated by the person making the will and witnessed by at least two witnesses. These witnesses affirm the fact they saw the person sign the will.
It's also best to have a notary notarize having asked the witnesses that they signed in each other's presence and saw the will being signed. This call a self-proved will, which is ideally the best and most ironclad will.
What are holographic wills in Virginia?
A holographic will is a will written out in your own hands (handwritten, not typed), dated and signed on the date that you wrote out the will.
In Virginia, can a will be handwritten?
Yes. A holographic will -- written, signed and dated entirely in the hand of the person that's making it, and preferably witnessed by two witnesses -- is sufficient to be considered a will.
How do you file a will in Virginia?
An original copy of the will, with an original signature is taken to the clerk's office and presented to the probate clerk. The clerk will then certify that it meets all the criteria under the statute and file it or record it among the court records in that jurisdiction.
What are joint wills in Virginia?
A joint will, or contractual will, is one will made for both a husband and wife. They're out of fashion these days, since they often create more problems than they solve. A joint will would be a will that both spouses enter into under the same terms, and they are contractually bound to them regardless of who is the first to die. We typically advise against them, however, since in most cases, a trust will do a much better job of handling contractual issues.
Are wills public record in Virginia?
Once wills are filed, they are public record, but only after they've been filed with the clerk.
Do wills in Virginia have to be notarized?
No. The best and most ironclad type of will is what's known as a self-proved will. This is a will signed by the person making the will and witnessed by two witnesses and a notary.. If notarized, the notary is merely attesting to the fact that they saw the witnesses sign the will in the presence of each other and the person making the will. It makes the will very difficult to contest, but it is possible to still have a will signed by the person making it and just the two witnesses.
Do wills have to be probated in Virginia?
Wills do not have to be probated in Virginia, unless there's property that would require probate, at which point you would probate the will. If a person dies without any assets whatsoever or all of their assets have beneficiary designations on them, then you would not have to probate a will even if it existed.
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AUTHOR: Richard G Elen
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I'm not a fan of either Ross or Brand; I have no comment on the question as to whether or not they are overpaid; and I certainly think that the messages on Mr Sachs's answering machine were ill-advised – and even more so that they were broadcast. Indeed, there are two distinct aspects here: the deed itself and broadcasting the doing thereof. I certainly think it's bad etiquette at the very least to have a scene with someone and then publicise that fact in a potentially offensive way without the agreement of the other party.
But there are some minor mysteries here to which I would like to know the answers.
First, it would be one thing if this had been a live show and the calls had been made on the spur of the moment in that context. But this was not the case. It was recorded. Recording a show is useful, but potentially a double-edged sword. You have much more control because you can cut out offensive bits before they go to air; but at the same time, participants may be less inhibited because they know that you can (assuming you have your ears open) cut out the offensive bits. The latter is not necessarily a bad thing, especially in comedy where to be effective you really need to live on the edge, but surely someone should have listened more carefully to the programme and considered whether that segment should go out or not. That person is, I would suggest, the person at fault here, as far as the public side of the affair is concerned. One might point the finger at BBC producer Nic Philps in this regard, but the Daily Mail notes that "a senior executive" also allowed the segment to go on-air.
Curiously, therefore, I find myself agreeing with Mr Cameron, when he says "The main question is why did they allow this programme to be broadcast, given that it was pre-recorded? …we need to know who made the decision to broadcast it? How high up the editorial chain did it go?"
As an aside, is it just me, or is it reasonable to think that the BBC would have more control over potential problems if programmes were produced entirely by the Corporation itself and not by independent production companies? The last content-related faux pas – the editing of the trailer for a series on The Queen – was the result of an unfortunate choice by an external outfit.
Second, why did it take a week for anything to happen? Suddenly this all exploded the other day, but that was over a week after the programme went out. In the intervening period there were no complaints about that element of the programme – indeed, there were apparently only two complaints of any kind. This suggests that the torrent of complaints now being experienced by the BBC is from people who never heard the programme – something which always sounds a bit bizarre to me, ever since Mary Whitehouse used to do it habitually. By all means complain about something you've heard. But complain about something you haven't listened to? Hmmm. Of course you can complain about something conceptually, but… it's not quite the same somehow: a bit second-hand.
We may have a partial answer to the question of why it took so long. According to the BBC web site, for example, on Wednesday 22nd, a journalist on the Mail On Sunday contacted Sachs's agent for a comment on the programme segment and Sachs and his agent subsequently listened to it together. This experience left Sachs, says the BBC website article, "offended very much indeed". We do not, of course, know if he was previously offended by the messages on his answering machine, though it seems likely. We also don't know if this was how the episode finally came to everyone's attention, although presumably the Mail is implicated.
Apparently, again according to the BBC web site, Mr Sachs was called by Mr Philps, after the recording and before the broadcast. Sachs said, "the producer called me on my mobile to ask whether they could play the recording in question". We don't know whether he said yes or no. He did say that the recording played down the line to him was indistinct; but he must have heard enough to note that: "I asked whether they would consider allowing me to come in the following week and then the recorded segment would not have to be included."
Georgina Baillie seems, understandably, to be very upset as reported by a video interview published on The Sun's web site, and one can certainly sympathise with her feeling "betrayed" as has been reported at a private matter made public and in this particularly offensive manner; and being even more upset by the jibe that the revelation might cause Sachs to kill himself.
I think we can safely assume that this was not all a publicity stunt for her that went wrong, despite suggestions to the contrary in some quarters. The injured parties here are Sachs and Baillie: the latter calls for Ross and Brand to lose their jobs, and, quite honestly, as the offended parties, Sachs and his granddaughter have the perfect right to call for whatever punishment they think fit. Indeed, they are probably the first people to be listened to on this: not the politicians, or the tabloids, or me.
Meanwhile The Sun was so outraged by the whole affair that it felt obliged to publish Miss Baillie's topless tryout pics for Page 3. One can't help being amused at the double standards the tabloids always seem to exhibit at times like these.
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Sierra 1500 SLE, 4D Crew Cab, EcoTec3 5.3L V8, 6-Speed Automatic Electronic with Overdrive, 4WD, Silver, 2-Speed Active Electronic AutoTrac Transfer Case, 4.2" Diagonal Color Display Driver Info Center, 40/20/40 Front Split Bench Seat, 6 Speakers, 6-Speaker Audio System, Alloy wheels, AM/FM radio: SiriusXM, CD player, Deep-Tinted Glass, Electronic Stability Control, Exterior Parking Camera Rear, HD Radio, Heavy Duty Suspension, Heavy-Duty Rear Locking Differential, Premium audio system: GMC Infotainment System, Radio data system, Rear 60/40 Folding Bench Seat (Folds Up), Speed-sensing steering, Traction control, Variably intermittent wipers. Recent Arrival! Odometer is 5874 miles below market average!
2018 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
1500 Laramie Longhorn, 4D Crew Cab, HEMI 5.7L V8 Multi Displacement VVT, 8-Speed Automatic, 4WD, White. Recent Arrival! Odometer is 6875 miles below market average!
2016 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
2016 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards are based on the Brand Watch(tm) study from Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence. Award calculated among non-luxury shoppers. For more information, visit www.kbb.com. Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. 2017 Honda Pilot Elite Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
Q3 2.0T Premium quattro, 4D Sport Utility, 2.0L 4-Cylinder TFSI, 6-Speed Automatic with Tiptronic, quattro, Blue, Black Leather. Priced below KBB Fair Purchase Price! Odometer is 10524 miles below market average!
2018 Audi Q3 2.0T Premium Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
Heated Leather Seats, Sunroof/Moonroof, Pilot EX-L, 4D Sport Utility, 3.5L V6 24V SOHC i-VTEC, 6-Speed Automatic, AWD, White, Gray Leather. Recent Arrival! Odometer is 16997 miles below market average!
2016 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards are based on the Brand Watch(tm) study from Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence. Award calculated among non-luxury shoppers. For more information, visit www.kbb.com. Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. 2016 Honda Pilot EX-L Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
F-250 SuperDuty Lariat, 4D Crew Cab, 6.2L V8 EFI SOHC 16V Flex Fuel, TorqShift 6-Speed Automatic, 4WD, White, Brown, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, ABS brakes, GVWR: 10,000 lb Payload Package, Traction control. Priced below KBB Fair Purchase Price! Odometer is 8339 miles below market average!
* 2014 KBB.com Brand Image Awards 2014 Ford F-250SD Lariat Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
Acadia SLT-1, 4D Sport Utility, 3.6L V6 SIDI DOHC VVT, 6-Speed Automatic, AWD, Quicksilver Metallic, jet black Leather, 18" x 7.5" Aluminum (4) Wheels, 3rd row seats: split-bench, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, 6-Passenger (2-2-2 Seating Configuration), 8 Speakers, ABS brakes, Air Conditioning, AM/FM radio: SiriusXM, Automatic temperature control, Delay-off headlights, Four wheel independent suspension, Front Bucket Seats, Front Center Armrest, Front dual zone A/C, Front fog lights, Fully automatic headlights, Heated front seats, Perforated Leather-Appointed Seat Trim, Power driver seat, Power passenger seat, Power steering, Power windows, Preferred Equipment Group 4SA, Premium audio system: GMC Infotainment System, Radio data system, Radio: AM/FM 8" Diagonal Color Touch Screen, Rear Parking Sensors, Remote keyless entry, Security system, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Speed-sensing steering, Traction control.
As low as $329 a month OAC with only 20% down! MDX 3.5L, 4D Sport Utility, 3.5L V6 SOHC i-VTEC 24V, 9-Speed Automatic, AWD, 10 Speakers, 3rd row seats: split-bench, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, Alloy wheels, Blind spot sensor: warning, CD player, Delay-off headlights, Electronic Stability Control, Exterior Parking Camera Rear, Front Bucket Seats, Heated front seats, Heated Front Sport Seats, Heated rear seats, Leather-Trimmed Interior, Navigation System, Power Liftgate, Power moonroof, Premium audio system: Acura/ELS Studio, Radio: Acura/ELS Studio Premium Audio System, Rain sensing wipers, Rear audio controls, Security system, Speed-sensing steering, Steering wheel memory, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Traction control.Awards: * 2016 KBB.com Best Buy Awards Finalist * 2016 KBB.com 5-Year Cost to Own Awards2016 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards are based on the Brand Watch(tm) study from Kelley Blue Book Market Intelligence. Award calculated among non-luxury shoppers. For more information, visit www.kbb.com. Kelley Blue Book is a registered trademark of Kelley Blue Book Co., Inc. 2016 Acura MDX 3.5L Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
Pathfinder SV, 4D Sport Utility, V6, CVT with Xtronic, 4WD, medium metallic gray, charcoal Cloth, 3rd row seats: bench, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, 6 Speakers, 6-Speaker Audio System, ABS brakes, Alloy wheels, AM/FM radio: SiriusXM, Auto-dimming Rear-View mirror, Automatic temperature control, Blind spot sensor: Blind Spot Warning (BSW) warning, CD player, Cloth Seating Surfaces, Delay-off headlights, Distance pacing cruise control: Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) w/Full Speed Range & Hold, Electronic Stability Control, Four wheel independent suspension, Front Bucket Seats, Front Center Armrest, Front fog lights, Fully automatic headlights, Power driver seat, Radio data system, Radio: AM/FM/CD Audio System w/NissanConnect, Rear Parking Sensors, Reclining 3rd row seat, Remote keyless entry, Security system, Speed-sensing steering, Split folding rear seat, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Traction control. Recent Arrival! Priced below KBB Fair Purchase Price!
Colorado LT, 4D Crew Cab, V6, 8-Speed Automatic, 4WD, Blade Silver Metallic, jet black Cloth, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, 6 Speakers, 6-Speaker Audio System Feature, ABS brakes, AM/FM radio: SiriusXM, Driver 6-Way Power Seat Adjuster, Electronic Stability Control, Exterior Parking Camera Rear, HD Radio, Power driver seat, Premium audio system: Chevrolet Infotainment System, Radio data system, Radio: Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Plus System, Remote keyless entry, Security system, SiriusXM Radio, Speed-sensing steering, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Traction control.
2019 Chevrolet Colorado LT Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
Silverado 1500 LTZ 1LZ, 4D Crew Cab, EcoTec3 5.3L V8, 6-Speed Automatic Electronic with Overdrive, 4WD, autumn bronze metallic, cocoa Leather, 150 Amp Alternator, 4.2" Diagonal Color Display Driver Info Center, 40/20/40 Front Split Bench Seat, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, 6 Speaker Audio System, 6 Speakers, ABS brakes, AM/FM radio: SiriusXM, Auto-dimming door mirrors, Auxiliary External Transmission Oil Cooler, Bose Speaker System, CD player, Enhanced Driver Alert Package, Exterior Parking Camera Rear, Fully automatic headlights, HD Radio, Heated & Vented Front Seating, Heated Driver & Front Passenger Seats, Heated front seats, Heavy Duty Suspension, Heavy-Duty Rear Locking Differential, Lane Keep Assist, Leather Appointed Seat Trim, LTZ Plus Package, MP3 decoder, Preferred Equipment Group 1LZ, Premium audio system: Chevrolet MyLink, Radio: AM/FM 8" Diagonal Clr Touch Nav, Radio: AM/FM 8" Diagonal Color Touch Screen, Remote keyless entry, Single Slot CD/MP3 Player, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Sport Package, Steering Wheel Audio Controls, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Theft Deterrent System (Unauthorized Entry), Traction control, Trailering Package. Priced below KBB Fair Purchase Price!
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
CR-V EX-L, 4D Sport Utility, 1.5L I4 DOHC 16V, CVT, AWD, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, 8 Speakers, ABS brakes, Alloy wheels, AM/FM radio: SiriusXM, Exterior Parking Camera Rear, Front Bucket Seats, Fully automatic headlights, Heated door mirrors, Heated Front Bucket Seats, Heated front seats, Leather Seat Trim, Memory seat, Power driver seat, Power Liftgate, Power passenger seat, Radio data system, Radio: AM/FM/SiriusXM Audio System, Rear window defroster, Remote keyless entry, Security system, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Traction control. Recent Arrival! Priced below KBB Fair Purchase Price!
2018 Honda CR-V EX-L Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.
Frontier SV, 4D Crew Cab, 4.0L V6 DOHC, 5-Speed Automatic with Overdrive, 4WD, Gun Metallic, steel Cloth.
2019 Nissan Frontier SV Contact our Internet Department for Special Internet Pricing @ (715) 852-1450 or visit kenvance.com.


The location is formulated on one side by the main street in a lens shape parcel and it is open towards the river Rhine. The central square together with the old entrepreneurs villa creates anchor points in the new neighbourhood. The project is composed of a main building and a solitary building that creates a clear boundary of the square. The surrounding part of the main building guaranties a distinction between public spaces and more private courtyard. The volumes rise from the same materialized base. High water protection wall is integrated in the base of the buildings.
The apartment typologies are differentiated due to the location and orientation of the volume. More than half of the typologies are different and were designed as open living flowing spaces. On the top floors, that stack down towards the Rhine, larger penthouses are situated.
The outside façade is done in brick and the inside façade facing the courtyard is largely glazed. The wooden sliding elements, placed on the detached balconies, guarantee sun protection as well privacy to the outside and inside living spaces.