+1: 1.00000 Happy versus neutral. Recalling of powerful and personal autobiographical emotional episodes invoking happiness versus recalling emotionally neutral life episodes. WOEXP: 484.
+2: 0.86386 Sad versus neutral. Recalling of powerful and personal autobiographical emotional episodes invoking sadness versus recalling emotionally neutral life episodes. WOEXP: 483.
+3: 0.70779 Happy versus sad. Recalling of powerful and personal autobiographical emotional episodes invoking happiness versus recalling sad episodes. WOEXP: 486.
+4: 0.60322 Evaluative judgment versus episodic memory retrieval. Evaluative judgment from visually sentences with a yes/no response using right fingers versus episodic memory retrieval. WOEXP: 378.
+5: 0.57853 Valid cue-induced visuospatial expectancy with anticipatory bias versus neural cue. Valid cue-induced visuospatial expectancy with anticipatory bias where a centrally presented diamond on the screen indicated valid cues for a peripheral target and where the response was significantly faster versus nondirectional cues. Response was made by pushing a button.. WOEXP: 201.
+6: 0.53527 Valid cue-induced visuospatial expectancy with anticipatory bias versus without anticipatory bias. Valid cue-induced visuospatial expectancy with anticipatory bias where a centrally presented diamond on the screen indicated valid cues for a peripheral target and where the response was significantly faster versus trials where response was not significantly faster. Response was made by pushing a button.. WOEXP: 202.
+7: 0.49398 Mentalizing versus rule solving. Playing a computer-based version of "stone, paper, scissor" while believing the opponent was an other human versus playing while believing the opponent was a computer with a fixed rule-based algorithm. WOEXP: 218.
+8: 0.46689 Semantic versus syllable counting via case judgment. Decision whether a visually presented word is abstract or concrete with right hand response button press versus syllable counting with case judgment as double subtracted. WOEXP: 558.
+9: 0.45721 Decreased activity during REM sleep. Slow-wave sleep or wakefull-state versus REM sleep. WOEXP: 301.
+10: 0.45575 Forgiveness judgements. Judgements of visually displayed sentences about forgiveness situations with button press versus judgement involving social reasoning. WOEXP: 451.
+11: 0.44602 Case versus semantic. Decision based on the case of the letters in the word with right hand button press versuswhether a visually presented word is abstract or concrete. WOEXP: 551.
+12: 0.44444 Reflective self-awareness on physical appearance. Reflection on one's own physical appearance versus reflection on the physical appearance of a famous third person. WOEXP: 105.
+13: 0.42817 Pleasant words. Silent judgement of auditorily presented pleasant arousing words versus matched neutral words. WOEXP: 133.
+14: 0.42599 Subject 1: Answering self-reflective questions versus answering semantic questions. Self-reflective and semantic yes/no questions posed through headphones were answered with button press. WOEXP: 54.
+15: 0.42554 Visuospatial 2-back, pooled data. Viewing of dots in one of four displayed boxes with button pressing for indicating where the dot occured two trials back versus pressing buttons in zero-back. WOEXP: 349.
+16: 0.42302 Interaction between category (artefact versus natural) and task type (categorization versus naming). Object naming and categorization of visually presented artefacts and natural objects. WOEXP: 115.
+17: 0.41672 Categorization of artefacts. Categorization of visually presented artefacts versus categorization of natural objects, naming of artefacts and pattern discrimination. WOEXP: 114.
+18: 0.41179 Subject 3: Answering self-reflective questions versus answering semantic questions. Self-reflective and semantic yes/no questions posed through headphones were answered with button press. WOEXP: 56.
+19: 0.40447 Evaluative judgment versus semantic memory retrieval. Evaluative judgment from visually sentences with a yes/no response using right fingers versus semantic knowledge retrieval. WOEXP: 376.
+20: 0.39274 Case judgment versus syllable counting. Case judgment of letters from visually presented words with button press versus counting the number of syllables in a visually presented word. WOEXP: 553.
+21: 0.39016 Subject 5: Answering self-reflective questions versus answering semantic questions. Self-reflective and semantic yes/no questions posed through headphones were answered with button press. WOEXP: 58.
+22: 0.38300 Chronic facial pain versus no pain after thalamic stimulation. Chronic pain in the right side of the face versus no pain after thalamic stimulation in the left ventroposterior medial thalamic nucleus (-7, -20, +2). WOEXP: 193.
+23: 0.37995 Verbal intelligence. Mismatch in a high-g intelligence task determining the odd one of four displayed letter sets with indication by button press with middle and index fingers of the two hands versus a similar task with lower g. WOEXP: 340.
+24: 0.37914 Empathic judgements. Judgements of visually displayed sentences about empathic situations with button press versus judgement involving social reasoning. WOEXP: 450.
+25: 0.36981 Visual artefact object. Decision or categorization of visual artefact. WOEXP: 5.
-1: -0.09305 Item specific learning. Lexical decision task determining word or non-word on visually presented either plain text or mirror-reversed text. WOEXP: 46.
-2: -0.09254 Alzheimer's disease versus healthy. Patients with Alzheimer's disease in mental resting state versus matched healthy controls. WOEXP: 291.
-3: -0.08611 Silent reading of proper words versus rest. Silent reading of visually presented proper words versus resting. WOEXP: 395.
-4: -0.08349 Mirror-reversed text reading versus plain text reading. Lexical decision task determining word or non-word on visually presented either plain text or mirror-reversed text. WOEXP: 44.
-5: -0.08120 Shape matching. Shape matching with colored random polygons presented serially in pairs on a screen with response by left or right mouse button press versus color matching. WOEXP: 253.


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The Evernote conundrum
It's the middle of July, and for everyone familiar with the progression of months, they'll be aware that August will follow suit. For me that means that my yearly Evernote subscription will renew.
Now, for everyone who's not familiar with Evernote, here's a quick primer: Evernote is a note-taking tool first and foremost, but what makes it so useful is it's tie-in with just about any other application. There's a Chrome extension that lets you clip e-mails from Gmail, whole websites or just snippets or, if you're a purist, simple bookmarks. Through the "share with" dialog on Android it can be used virtually with any app. It's a great tool and I remember when I first started using it years ago it was a revelation, because suddenly I had all my bookmarks, my notes, saved websites, articles, even PDFs or whatever filetype I threw at it in one place.
Evernote recently celebrated their 8th birthday, during the celebrations of which they promised to never go away. A nice sentiment and I'm happy about this reassurance.
A few days later, they announced something else: a change to their pricing plans. Now, I've been an Evernote premium user for roughly four years (I can't look up the original subscription date because I let it lapse for a bit a while back, then went on monthly plans before subscribing to their yearly plans again). I've never minded paying for their service, not least because it would entitle me to support, which I'd otherwise feel bad clamoring for. Also, the benefits of a premium plan are great and unleash the full power of the Evernote beast.
That missing Linux client
One thing, though, that had always irked me was their steadfast refusal to create a Linux desktop client. While it might not seem like a big deal, the desktop client does cache my notes locally and whenever I'm without an Internet connection, I can still access my myriad of notes (or write new ones).
The refusal to create a Linux version started early in Evernote's life, and in the beginning I understood that. The Linux userbase is, after all, minuscule, compared to the Windows or even Mac userbase. If you're a small outfit trying to make it big, you'll have to prioritize, and that's what they did.
But as the years went on and Evernote raked in one investment after the other, there still was no Linux client. I'm convinced it wasn't for lack of money. Evernote went ahead and either developed or bought other apps left and right (most of which have now been shuttered again, some more about this here. Using some of their sweet investment money to build a Linux client wouldn't have broken the bank, but at this point it just seemed that they didn't give a fuck.
And you know what, that's their prerogative. User numbers still rose and apart from a few trouble-makers who regularly swoop unto the Evernote forums to complain about the lack of a Linux client, it's an issue they could easily just ignore.
But then, a few weeks back, came above mentioned new pricing scheme. Apart from limiting use of the free version to two devices (sensible), they also hiked the price for the yearly subscription from 40€ to a whopping 59,90€ a year. Now, I don't know about you, but I'm bad at maths. Still, even I can see that that's an increase somewhere in the region of 50%. Not bad, is it?
The new pricing scheme went into effect immediately, so when my annual subscription renews in about a month, I'll have the choice to either keep the functionality I've been working with for the last few years or downgrade to something they call "Evernote plus", but which lacks some of the better features of Evernote I've grown accustomed to. Also, I could just decide to not pay anything at all, but that'll more or less leave the whole thing crippled.
And here's the kicker: while I was content to live with the lack of Linux support, because there were ways to clunkily install Evernote via Wine, or use some of the third party clients (which, unfortunately, lack the functionality of the original client and are sometimes also painfully slow to work with), now that I'm asked to pay 40 percent more for the same level of service and still not get a client I can work with locally, I'm seriously reconsidering whether I should renew my plan.
So what's to do?
Basically, I have three options:
Cancel my subscription and revert to a basic plan, leaving most of Evernote's functionality.
Keep paying for the same service at a rate 50% higher than before and just suck it up.
Cancel my subscription, export all my notes and find a replacement service that'll let me do the same things I can do with Evernote.
As for option one, I don't think I would have much use for a crippled version of Evernote. So I can't do that.
As for option three, I quite regularly query Google for things like "Evernote Linux client" or "Evernote Linux alternatives", and there are some that seem quite promising. There's Laverna, which looks simple enough and allows for syncing via your own server or via Dropbox. It's open-source and it's slick. Still, it's missing features I've grown accustomed to with Evernote, so it would be a pain to downgrade to it. So, it's not really an option.
Which leaves me with option two. Pay the pied piper and hope that at some point some good sould will create a third-party version that works well, isn't ugly as hell and holds all the functionality of the original client (fat chance) or wait until Evernote decides it's time to create a Linux client as well (even fatter chance).
A conclusion of sorts
While this whole post might seem like a senseless rant about the very first world problems of a Linux user, it does touch on some of the implications that come with services like Evernote.
We've come accustomed to trust our daily workflows, our ideas, notes, content, etc. to services that ultimately hold reign over them. It would be easy for me to just export my data and deal with it, but having used Evernote for the better part of its existence, I can't without cutting out a huge part of my workflow.
It's an easy situation to get into, but a difficult one to get out of. Short of creating your own software and hosting it on your own server, there's really not a lot that can be done to not be dependent on a good service. And once the creators of that service decide to hike prices or maybe remove features, we're all stuck with it in one way or another.
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I am SO SO SO excited to finally share that we'll be holding a pop-up shop at West Elm in Seattle on Saturday, November 5th!
This will be our FIRST pop-up shop and it will be such a fun way for people to see some of the goodies we make, aside from all the lovely wedding ephemera.
The timing couldn't be more perfect with the holidays around the corner! Stop by to pick up some Thanksgiving decor to jazz up your table setting or get a jump start on those Christmas cards and holiday shopping.
RSVP: Visit our Facebook page to stay up-to-date as we reveal some of the new items we're creating exclusively for this event!
Mirror, Mirror, in the Reception Hall!
Signs can be so helpful and so much FUN for a wedding! I've done all sorts of signs written on all sorts of mediums (hello, 5-foot by 4-foot stained wooden board!), and today I'm sharing with you a set of signs done on mirrors sourced by the bride herself!
I've been doing these more and more, and seating charts are my jam! At first they seemed a little intimidating (read: giant piece of wood mentioned earlier), but as I've been on my fourth year of the Seattle wedding industry, I've learned a few tricks that has made this a breeze! First of all, despite rumors, I am not a robot with insanely perfect handwriting -- okay, I'm a human with insanely perfect handwriting MOST of the time. I can write pretty straight, but to err is human, so I like to use washi tape and baker's twine to give me a reference point as I write out 100-200 names!
Finished product! It's always hard taking pictures of mirrors -- I tried to get as little as possible in the shot, but you can still see a light fixture and some lovely architecture prints!
Happy wedding season, everyone! Look for more signage on my Instagram feed!


This was at the Golden Haven Spa in Calistoga. Years ago the mud baths started out as simple hot tubs. But with the water shortages, the spa stopped replacing the water with clean water. Fast forward to 2012 and the water is now a really think mud.
Ha ha. That was a joke. Actually they bring moss from Canada and use the local thermal waters (they have geysers, remember?) to make a really hot mud. Really hot.
Then you get a massage. Highly recommended!
Refreshed and clean and manly after a mud bath.
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Jimmy Fallon and The Ragtime Gals Are Back and Covering Sir Mix-A-Lot's 'Baby Got Back'
By Travis Cronin
Jimmy Fallon and Ragtime Gals perform for the media during a presentation of the Universal Orlando's Newest Attraction "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" at Universal Orlando on April 3, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. Gerardo Mora/FilmMagic
Even white boys got to shout…baby got back! The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon and his group The Ragtime Gals are back this time to cover Sir Mix-A-lot's' rump-extolling smash, "Baby Got Back." The Ragtime Gals — actually all male Tonight Show staffers including A.D. Miles, Tom Shillue and Chris Tartaro — have crooned such smashes including, "SexyBack," "Talk Dirty" and "I Wanna Sex You Up"
Fallon and The Gals started out strong with tight harmonies, but towards the end things got bumpy when the group sang the lyrics "My anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns hon." After Fallon fought off a case of the giggles he and his gals recovered, ending on a literal high note.
Ragtime Gals member and head writer for The Tonight Show A.D. Miles recently announced his plans to leave the show to get back to narrative writing. "Riding Jimmy Fallon's coattails for the past eight years has given me all the confidence I need to strike out on my own and work on a movie with Jimmy Fallon," Miles said in a statement.
Check out the possibly last performance of the original Ragtime Gal's cast performing "Baby Got Back".


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Kongsberg unveils Vanguard warship design that could 'rock the market'
By: Andrew Chuter
Design work on the Vanguard platform was led by Norwegian maritime consultancy Salt Ship Design. (Kongsberg)
OSLO, Norway — Are you a navy looking to spend less when buying and operating warships? Norwegian defense company Kongsberg reckons it may have the answer.
Kongsberg has taken the wraps off a new multirole warship design that the company says extensively uses commercial systems and can be built in commercial yards for substantially less money and in less time than traditional warships.
With warship procurement becoming eye-wateringly expensive, Kongsberg's defense and aerospace arm is pitching its Vanguard design as a way to save money via a 50 percent life-cycle cost reduction.
Vanguard will have what is effectively a plug-and-play capability, enabling the multipurpose vessel to pack containers — that meet this International Organization for Standardization's guidelines — with equipment to swap missions as diverse as hydrographic survey to anti-submarine, area-denial and other roles in a matter of hours.
Kongsberg doesn't traditionally build or design warships. The Norweigian company is better known in the defense sector for pioneering the use of remote weapons for land vehicles and development of the surface-to-surface Joint Strike Missile for use on the F-35 fighter jet.
Design work on the platform was led by Norwegian maritime consultancy Salt Ship Design. It's the company's first major military program, having previously focused on complex commercial ship design work in the offshore energy sector, among other markets.
Kongsberg and Salt have been collaborating on the project for more than two years. Salt executives said conceptual work was more or less finished, and they are now engaged in initial design work.
Vanguard has been fitted out with Kongsberg equipment like a commercial bridge system overlaid with military specifications. But company officials said the flexibility to install other systems to meet customer requirements is a key element of the program.
Baseline ship equipment is predominantly supplied by Kongsberg Defence Systems. Its sister operation, Kongsberg Maritime, is a major player in the commercial maritime sector and earlier this year acquired Britain's Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine.
Frank Tveiten , Kongsberg's vice president of naval integrated defense systems, said Vanguard has sparked the interest of potential customers and shipyards.
"We have tested it in the market with very positive reactions. The baseline warship fitted with Kongsberg systems and sensors is substantially cheaper than other warships. It's going to rock the market a little bit," he said.
Tveiten said the economies stretched beyond procurement with manning levels as low as 16-20 people, and a speed requirement that results in very low fuel consumption.
Build time for a Vanguard in a commercial yard could be as little as two years, according to the Salt executives.
Kongsberg executives said Vanguard would suit emerging navies as well as interest some larger navies looking to increase offshore patrol, corvette and frigate numbers without breaking the bank.
Senior Norwegian naval officers at a Kongsberg briefing in Oslo on Sept. 26 said they are interested in the concept but were guarded about whether Vanguard could be a contender to replace the Navy's Helge Ingstad frigate, which was written off after a collision with an oil tanker last year.
Chief of the Navy Rear Adm. Nils-Andreas Stensones said there is a gradual move to the use of commercial systems onboard warships, and that Norway's experience with Coast Guard vessels and other ships using similar systems had been positive.
"We have had a very good experience when it comes to the Coast Guard over the last 30 years. Also, our new supply ship is built to civilian standards with some military adaptions, and the experience so far is good," Stensones said. "We see that in many areas we can use civilian technology to great benefit. We see [the use of] commercial equipment sliding gradually to the more high-end applications, but how far [one[ can go with that we don't know yet."
"The cost of building military-specified platforms today is becoming prohibitively expensive. If you can reduce the cost of the platform, you can invest more in weapons and sensors. It's finding the best balance," he added. "Whether we will end up with this concept [Vanguard], I don't know. The hardest part is the training. If you have a mission module onboard, you also need a trained crew — that may be the biggest challenge."


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Turandot, Manon, and Madama Butterfly Screen at the Players from the Met: Live in HD
PETERBOROUGH, NH – The first three offerings from the Met: Live in HD in the Peterborough Players Arts on Screen season are an opera lover's dream. Two Puccini masterworks and a timeless Massenet classic screen at the Players this October and early November. Broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera and shown on the big screen at the Players in stunning HD, the programs also include exclusive, behind-the-scenes material that create a one-of-a-kind viewing experience.
The Met: Live in HD screenings begin on October 12th with the dazzling Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini's Turandot. The performance is under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and features renowned dramatic soprano, Christine Goerke as the princess. Massenet's Manon, about the irresistible and tragically beautiful title character who yearns for life's finer things, is on-screen on October 26th. Soprano Lisette Oropesa stars and Maurizio Benini conducts. Then, on November 9th, Puccini's glorious Madama Butterfly comes to the Players' screen, featuring soprano Hui He as the heartbreaking Butterfly and Paulo Szot as Sharpless. All operas start at 1pm.
Audiences for the Met: Live in HD series also have the opportunity to enjoy Opera Bites - delicious treats like hot soups, quiche, sandwiches, wraps and more from Sunflowers Restaurant. Opera Bites are sold before the screening and during intermissions and are a great topper to the opera experience! Items served cost between $4.50 and $10.
Arts on Screen subscriptions and single tickets are on sale now. Tickets for the Special Screening series and the National Theatre Live are $20; the Met: Live in HD is $25. Subscriptions are always a great way to see more for less! Find information about the full 2019-2020 Arts on Screen series on the Players' website, peterboroughplayers.org, or by calling (603) 924-7585.


Dizzolve is the difference between safe and unsafe, between healthy and unhealthy, between earth-friendly and environmentally hazardous, and it is effective – it works.
Frankly, most painters want something that works and are less concerned about health and the earth. I'll discuss Dizzolve's effectiveness in a future blog for the benefit of my fellow tradesmen. What follows is addressed to you.
How do you know if a product is safe or complies with your concerns for the environment?Of course, by law, health warnings must appear on the label but they are brief and say nothing about the environment. Solution: all retailers are required to produce upon request a Safety Data Sheet (SDS), the in-store document with 15 categories of health and safety information, including hazards, chemicals, flammability, toxicology, ecological information, etc. – very telling. For example, let's compare Dizzolve to paint thinner using SDSs. I have shamelessly abbreviated some of the entries for rhetorical clarity. Oh, and by the way, I know that effectiveness means a lot to you too; for info on that, just check out my amazing videos on DizzolveBrushCleaner.com. You can also find the Dizzolve SDS there. Here we go.
Flammability: Not flammable Flammable liquid and vapor. Explosion hazard.
It biodegrades quickly. Passes strictest VOC regulations (greenhouse gases). Certified SCAQMD (LA regulations, not SDS). Acute toxicity to aquatic plants. Does not meet California VOC regulations.
Who would a thunk it. Good 'ol paint thinner!!


Includes -Silhouette Curio Pixscan Large Mat 12 inch x 8.5 inch -Silhouette Curio Large Base Base – 8.5-inch x 12-inch Two 1.5mm thick Platforms Two 3.5mm thick Platforms Embossing Mat 8.5 inch x 12-inch Cutting Mat 8.5 inch x 12-inch -Curio Project Starter Guide By Melissa Viscount This starter guide is designed to lend a hand get a new Curio user up and running. It may be very daunting to determine where to start out. This guide will get you began with 5 unique project guides. Projects include a Vinyl Project, Etching Project, Sketch and Cut Project, Stipple Project and a Score & Emboss Project. -The Ultimate Silhouette Guide to Pixscan by Melissa Viscount The Ultimate Silhouette Beginner Guide to Pixscan is designed that can assist you learn to use the Pixscan mat and technology. Tutorial examples included within the book are the way to cut out pre-printed designs, the way to cut and nest on scraps so you limit wasted subject material, and more!
The Ultimate Silhouette Guide to Pixscan by Melissa Viscount – The Ultimate Silhouette Beginner Guide to Pixscan is designed that can assist you learn to use the Pixscan mat and technology. Tutorial examples included within the book are the way to cut out pre-printed designs, the way to cut and nest on scraps so you limit wasted subject material, and more!


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How to Keep the Fight for Net Neutrality Going
The Day of Action gave the fight for net neutrality its spotlight moment. But it shouldn't end here.
Today, hundreds of organizations and companies are working to get the word out about the Federal Communications Commission's plan to jettison its open internet rules, a move that could decimate net neutrality as we know it.
Without net neutrality rules, internet services providers would be free to block content, slow down video streams, or charge extra to access certain sites or services online. Telcos could use this power to stifle competition and innovation, by giving their own content and services unfair advantages.
Today's digital protest is an important effort to help preserve the net neutrality rules that help uphold a free and open internet. It's also not enough. Keeping the current rules on the books—or replacing them with new, enforceable rules from Congress—requires steady pressure, ongoing on public officials. Here's what you can do today and in the weeks, months, and even years to come.
Write to the FCC
If you haven't already, you can file a comment with the FCC in support of net neutrality, including maintaining the Title II classification. You can find the form here under Restoring Internet Freedom. Just remember that the comments are part of the public record, and obviously fake names—or racist comments about FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, which flooded the comment section after a John Oliver segment on net neutrality—only serve to undermine net neutrality advocates' message.
And don't just copy and paste a canned statement. Write something personal about how the issue affects you or your family or your business or your community. If you're looking for a place to start, read this.
If the FCC ends up revoking its own authority to enforce net neutrality, it will be up to Congress to reform the law to ensure protections. It's important that representatives hear from their constituents that they value net neutrality. If you're not sure who your representatives are or how to get in touch with them, this handy tool from GovTrack will help you out.
If one of your senators or representatives happens to be on their branch's commerce committee—tasked with overseeing the FCC and telecommunications issues in general—it's especially important that they hear from you on the topic. The Senate committee is chaired by John Thune (R-SD), and the subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet is chaired by Roger Wicker (R-MS). The House committee is headed by Greg Walden (R-OR) and the Communications and Technology subcommittee is chaired by Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). If you live in their state or district, it's vital that you get in touch.
Activists agree that meeting with your senators or representative in person is the best way to get your message across. Look for a schedule of local town hall meetings on their websites. Failing personal access, you can call their office. If you're having trouble getting through, or would simply prefer to leave a voicemail, you can use the app Stance to record a message and have it delivered at a later time.
If, for whatever reason, you can't meet in person or make a phone call, don't despair. You can still write to your representatives through the contact forms on their websites. "I don't want people who are disabled or otherwise unable to make phone calls to feel like their voice doesn't matter, because it absolutely does," Emily Ellsworth, a former congressional staffer whose guide to contacting representative went viral after President Donald Trump was elected, told WIRED earlier this year.
Again, taking time to craft a personal comment—however short—is key.
Think State and Local Too
Your state and local leaders can make a difference too. "In the past, city mayors have been strong advocates for net neutrality protections," says Timothy Karr of the organization Free Press. "Any member of Congress worth his or her salt will always have an ear to the ground to see what's happening in local politics. Local messages trickle up to Washington."
New York City, for instance, participated in Wednesday's Day of Action. The more that follow, the better chance net neutrality has to thrive.
State and local politicians can take several steps to improve competition, such as making it easier for new internet service providers to access utility polls, simplifying the process of getting the necessary permits to build new infrastructure, and overturning laws preventing community-owned broadband providers from competing with big telcos.
Not everyone can vote with their wallet, but if you're lucky enough to live in area with a choice of broadband providers, you might be able to find one that supports net neutrality. Of course, just about all major providers now claim to support net neutrality, so long as the FCC reverses its decision to regulate them as "Title II" common carriers, which means they're subjected to some of the same standards that traditional phone companies are. The problem is that the FCC can't actually enforce net neutrality rules without Title II classification, unless and until Congress steps in. So claiming to support net neutrality but opposing Title II is a bit like saying that you support traffic laws, but don't want the cops to have the authority to actually write traffic tickets.
Sonic (which offers internet access in the San Francisco area and a few other parts of California), and Ting (which offers access in parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland) have both explicitly supported Title II. Google Fiber is a separate entity within Alphabet than the rest of Google. But Google proper has lobbied in support of Title II through its membership in the industry group the Internet Association, so you can probably count Alphabet as a supporter of net neutrality as well.
It's still not clear exactly what the FCC will end up doing with its net neutrality rules, nor what actions Congress might take. You can keep up with the latest developments by following organizations that promote net neutrality, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fight for the Future, Free Press, and Public Knowledge. And, of course, you can keep reading WIRED.
Klint Finley is a contributing writer for WIRED covering tech policy, software development, cloud computing, and more.
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Ms Anusha Madhusudhan is a lawyer based in New York, who specialises in public international law and international dispute resolution. She has advised governments and other entities on legal and diplomatic issues in her areas of expertise, and was the youngest member of India's Delegation to the 73rd session of the General Assembly. In 2019, Anusha served in the Chambers of the Presiding Judge of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (UN-IRMCT) in Tanzania, where she worked on landmark cases involving international criminal law. Anusha has worked with leading international law firms, including White and Case LLP in the Middle East, and has also consulted with international non-profit organisations and think tanks globally, including on developing teaching methodology on human rights mechanisms and instruments, and drafting policy briefs to assist regulatory bodies in navigating the intersection of international law and (emerging) cyber norms. She holds a BA.,LLB. (Honours) Degree from the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, India and a Master of Laws degree from New York University, where she was nominated to serve on the Board of the International Law Society.
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An impressive 18" tall Art Nouveau Silver Plated Pewter Vase designed by J.R. Hennig for F. X. Dautzenberg, Germany. Twin handled and repousse decorated with long stalked flowers and typical period whiplash decoration, standing on a circular foot. Signed prominently J.R. Hennig to the lower section of the vase.
Excellent original condition with no losses or evidence of repair, minor rubbing and tarnish of the silver plated finish.


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Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Brittany Vincent	 May 7, 2015 9:10 AM
Image Credit: Miran Rijavec
Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share.
Remember Banjo? It raised $100M from SoftBank
A few years back, there was a neat little app called "Banjo" that was generating some buzz thanks to its timely integration of a couple hot tech trends The app let you monitor social networking and media activity (hot!) based on location (hot!). But then, Banjo sort of faded from consciousness because in the end, we didn't care all that much that some dude on the next block was tweeting about his cats. So it was a bit of surprise to see Banjo announce last night that it had raised $100 million from Japan's SoftBank.
Investment app Robinhood snags $50M, prepares for Australia launch
Robinhood, a mobile investment app that lets you invest small amounts of stock with a quick scan of your fingerprint, is announcing a $50 million raise today. NEA Ventures led the round, which also saw participation from existing investors Index Ventures, Social Leverage, and Ribbit Capital.
Container security startup Twistlock launches out of Israel with $2.5M
An Israeli startup called Twistlock is launching today, with the words "containers" and "security" on the brain and $2.5 million in funding. Twistlock has a long list of things in mind to make it easier for enterprises to adopt containers — a technology for storing up application code that can be easily moved from one server environment to another.
Wag!, an app for dog walking, raises $2.45M
Wag!, known casually as the "Uber for dog walking," announced today it has secured funding from Freestyle, Greylock, Crunchfund, Social Leverage, Dave Morin's Slow Ventures, Structure Capital, John Maloney, and other investors. The San Francisco-based company officially launched in San Francisco today and will be expanding to New York in the next two weeks, offering users monitored dog walks for $20 per 30 minutes.
Venture studio Cursive Labs announces closing of its $2.2M funding round
Cursive Labs announced today the closing of its $2.2 million Series A round. The San Diego-based company plans to use these funds as a means to better support startups. Participants in the Series A round included investors Crescent Ridge Partners Ventures, Wavemakers Partners, Howard Linzon of Social Leverage, Keshif Venture, Bootstrap Incubation, and others integral to the growth of both Southern California and San Diego startups.
This list will be updated with breaking funding news all day. Check back for more.


Good time music and community, wide open space. Bring a picnic, blanket or lawn chair, and enjoy a day under the big sky at the farm. Come explore, see what's growing, connect with Bruce, Jenny, and some other Picadilly staff and shareholders, and join in the singing with the Family Folk Chorale www.familyfolkchorale.org (directed by Jane's husband, Chris Eastburn). Save room for homemade shortcake, Picadilly berries and local ice cream served at intermission. RSVP not required, but let us know if you are planning to come! Concert and picnic on the farmhouse lawn. Last year when the rain threatened, we moved the concert into one of the brand new greenhouses–turned out to be a fabulous venue with great acoustics and the sun came out for intermission and afterward.
The rain and the warmth are eagerly welcomed!


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As India look to seal series, England suffer Morgan blow
England captain Eoin Morgan will miss the last two one-day internationals against India in Pune, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Thursday. The batsman has been ruled out after sustaining a split in the webbing between the
Bairstow, Stokes fire England's successful chase to beat India, draw level
Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes launched a six-hitting feast as England chased down 337 against India in a series-levelling win in the second one-day international on Friday. Bairstow (124) and Stokes (99) put on 175 for the second wicket and smashed.
Dominant England
India has been riding high after clinching the ODI and T20 series against England. But will Team India be able to wrap up the ODI series in their favour ("Bairstow, Stokes fire England's successful chase to beat India, draw level," Mar.27, Gulf Today).
England bowl out India for 329 in final ODI match
Pace bowler Mark Wood claimed three wickets while leg-spinner Adil Rashid took two after England opted to bowl in the decider in Pune.
India beat England by 7 runs in a cliffhanger to clinch series
India survived a scare from England all-rounder Sam Curran (95 not out off 83 balls) as they managed to beat England by a slender 7-run margin in the third and final One-day International here at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Sunday night to
Morgan sees India T20 series chance to prepare for WC
England Twenty20 skipper Eoin Morgan said on Thursday the upcoming series against India was an "extremely exciting" challenge that would help the team prepare for the World Cup later this year. The five-match series starts in Ahmedabad
England thrash India by eight wickets in first T20
Chasing a modest 125, England romped home in 15.3 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
Buoyant India look to continue momentum in third Twenty20 International against England
Buoyed by an impressive seven-wicket win in the second T20 International, India will take on England in the third game of the five-match series with renewed confidence at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. The hosts, who had lost the first match by eight
England look to tune up for India Test with clean sweep against SL
Joe Root's England will look to sweep Sri Lanka in the second and final Test, starting on Friday, as they prepare to face an India side buoyed by their sensational victory in Australia. England, who resumed a tour that was halted in March by the coronavirus
Test for Kohli
While India start the four-game series against England as favourites, the euphoria of the recent win against Australia should not cloud their vision of the task ahead. England can match the Indian side on every front, underestimating the visitors could cost


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Q: Virtual and real in the case of hologram images? Are the terms virtual and real applicable to hologram images? Is the hologram image real if the observer sees it in front of the photographic plate, so he could 'touch' it, and virtual if the observer sees it behind the plate?

A: Simply put, the answer is "yes".  From [http://web.pa.msu.edu/courses/2000fall/PHY232/lectures/lenses/images.html], "Real images are those where light actually converges, whereas virtual images are locations from where light appears to have converged."

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Q: How to target  element after html tag? How I can target first child of span after some html tag? My markup is is like this:

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And my CSS:
.gad-help span:nth-child(1) {
        font-size: 12px;
        text-align: center;
        border: 2px solid red;
        padding: 0px 10px;
}

But it won't select it when I use
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A: I think span:first-of-type or span:nth-of-type(1) are what you're looking for. But note that they both will select the first span child element of their parents. in this case the anchor tag, not the div element.
Therefore if you want to target the first anchor tag, you should do that by .glad-help > a:first-of-type instead (or :first-child in this case).

A: Demo
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    font-size: 12px;
    text-align: center;
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Abstract: Ming Tsao's music theatre work Prosperos Garten is based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and deals with colonial power relations as created and consolidated through language, and through associated elements of abstraction. Tsao realizes this language-critical interpretation of The Tempest with an aesthetic that, through reverse transcriptions of pre-existing historical material and complex structural sounds, integrates dissociated musical fragments, and thus also fragments of music-cultural perceptions, into the composition, interweaving them and bringing them into contact through layers of different sonic contexts. In this manner, he strives to open up possibilities for polyphonic musical subjectivity and expressivity beyond dichotomous representations.
"What is Speculative Music Composition?" in PARSE Journal #7, Speculation Issue, 2017: 45–62.
Abstract: One of the challenges of contemporary music composition is to speculate upon "possible worlds" as a counterpoint to our contemporary understanding of place, where the lyrical impulse in music is sensitive to relations between human impact and presence in the more-than-human world. Such sensitivity arises from a compositional superfluity where subjectivity is "dislocated presence" for new modes of perception to appear that resist representation, conceptualisation, enframing, quantification and instrumentalisation. Music composition today should ask listeners to listen beyond anthropocentric terms, including the ways in which the resistance of the world—its conflicting and dynamic materiality—exceeds both conceptual thought and technological control. This "speculative turn" in music composition is indeed not to excise music's resemblance to language, and by extension music's capacity for expression, but to decentre music's humanised expression from its privileged position for the possibility of a music independent of from language, thought and intentions, where music's materiality can exceed human agency. Such music would suggest a critical materialist sound—a sound world outside of consciousness rather than a sound world fully endowed with consciousness, thus placing the listener in a space where they are required to rethink their personhood within a larger domain of life.
"Helmut Lachenmann's 'Sound Types'" in Perspectives of New Music, Volume 52, Number 1 (Winter 2014): 217–238.
"Resistance and Difficulty" in New Music and Aesthetics in the 21stCentury Volume 9 (Summer 2014: 173–194).
"Mein Shakespeare-Moment" in A Party for Will! A Journey into the Shakespeare Universe (edited by Petra Hesse and Peter W. Marx), Cologne: Theater der Zeit, 2014: 195.
Abstract: This book by pioneering guitarist Seth F. Josel with composer Ming Tsao is dedicated to the presentation and explanation of contemporary guitar techniques. Relying on extensive use of tables, charts and musical examples as well as an accompanying CD, various novel techniques ranging form multiphonics to percussive actions are discussed in detail, including the analysis of salient passages from the literature of the 20th and 21st century. What is unique about this book is the historical contextualization of each technique along with discussions around the orchestration of the guitar in chamber and orchestral musical settings.
Abstract: This book is an introduction to GIS (Generalized Interval Systems) theory that includes the major results of pitch-class theory. It provides mathematicians with applications of group theory to music and music theorists with the essential connections between GIS theory and pitch-class theory. Many of the results in pitch-class theory are not addressed by David Lewin (such as power functions or the Common Tone Theorem for inversions). The book states those results and generalizes them to conform with GIS theory. Finally, it addresses recent criticisms leveled at pitch-class theory and suggests how they can be addressed in GIS theory.


How is a Local Plan prepared?
What is the context for Local Plan preparation?
Does a Local Plan require a sustainability appraisal?
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AEW's Rey Fenix could be forced to change his name
Rey Fenix.
Lennard Surrao
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It has been revealed that Rey Fenix could be forced to change his in-ring name due to a trademark-related problem.
As reported by HeelByNature, Rey Fenix applied for a trademark on his name in August. However, various complications have cropped up that could prevent him from owning the rights to his name. Rey Fenix filed the trademark through Trademark Engine, and he was assisted by the Masked Republic, which is responsible for the trademark activities of several Lucha Libre wrestlers.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office denied Fenix's application on January 5th, and various reasons were cited behind the rejection. The biggest issue was a likelihood of confusion with an earlier trademark on 'Fenix,' which is owned by Lucha Libre FMV.
The records reveal that Lucha Libre FMV filed the trademark in May 2017 and Rey Fenix signed consent for the trademark filing in the April of 2016.
The following issues were also brought up regarding his application:
Name of Living Individual Inquiry
Failure to Function as a Service Mark – Identifies Name of Character
Foreign Pro Se Applicant with U.S. Street Address – Requirement for Information & U.S.-licensed Attorney Required
Lucha Libre FMV is owned by AAA and FactoryMade Ventures, and they own the rights on the trademark of 'Fenix.'
Rey Fenix can still pursue ownership of his name
Lucha Bros.
To make matters simple, Rey Fenix now has six months to submit all the required documentation to resume the trademark filing procedure. The inability to do so would lead to his trademark being abandoned.
Luca Libre performers' trademarks are more complicated than other talents as Rey Fenix's brother, Pentajon Jr., also had to go through a similar ordeal last year.
Pentagon Jr. also had to change his name to Penta El Zero M as AAA owned the trademark to 'Pentagon Jr..'
Rey Fenix still has time to submit the documentation to pursue the trademark filing, but he would be prepared to change his name if the situation doesn't go in his favor. Rey Fenix is currently signed to AEW, and we'll keep you updated on all the developments surrounding the ownership of his name.
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Meet Susy Pilgrim Waters
Susy has drawn since she could hold a pencil. Always fascinated by layers of colour, lines and emotions. Susy is happiest engrossed in her work. She grew up in England drawing on her rich heritage and family history in the arts. A distant relative Luke Howard who named the clouds, the Curtis's famous botanical illustrators and also a very closely related to the Tanqueray family. Her great grandfather William Curtis Green was a well known British architect who built the Dorchester hotel in London.
Her father was a forward thinking Minister who loved to paint and draw portraits, her mother a remedial teacher. Her family of five grew up on home grown vegetables, holidays in Ireland and a bunch of practical notions about living.
SPW finds it hard to discipline herself to one thing. Drawn to glass and furniture she started a B.A. degree in furniture. It soon became apparent that her skills was more suited to surfacing design applying colour, print and textures to all manner of surfaces.
She studied printed textiles gaining a non-precious approach to materials and scale that she has drawn on ever since. While her children where small she made very practical funky hats and scarves making a small business with her sister Ali in Boston and the UK. The proceeds enabled her to study illustration with Lilla Rogers who became her illustration agent. She found that illustration fed her love of design and telling stories. Always ready to multi-task, Susy and Keith made lamps and lamp shades. Keith was the builder of her large maple panels she paints on for restaurants, private commissions and art work. Currently SPW is working with artisans in Nepal to hand weave and print pashminas. She also has canvas bags produced and her handcrafted leather shoulder bags have been very popular. There is more in the works coming soon.
Her practical nature and love of design has a long history. She has been making products for years and we are keen to launch our PW line!!
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INFOGRAPHIC: NFL Fans Have Global Online Presence
Jason Mander | Africa | 02/08/2015
Within the US, close to two thirds of online adults describe themselves as NFL fans – with 56% saying they tune in to games on television and a further 9% reporting that they watch them via the internet.
As we would expect, the global figures – which reflect an average across GlobalWebIndex's 32 countries – are considerably lower than this. Nevertheless, it's still 38% who say that they are an NFL fan, confirming that the sport now has a truly worldwide following.
By age, it is the 25-34s in the US who are most likely to be fans, with the 16-24s scoring the lowest figures of any age group (59%). There's a key difference in terms of viewing behaviors here, though: 16-24s are some of the most likely to watch games online but are the least likely to tune in via television. As with other media behaviors, then, there's little doubt that this age group is at the forefront of the migration to online.
Source: Global Web Index
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As Head of Trends, Jason oversees all of GWI's content – producing trends on key digital topics and authoring the company's flagship quarterly reports on social networking, mobiles, tablets and wearables.


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HomeEntertainmentDiamond Platnumz Introduces 'New Bae', Patricia Aika to the world
Diamond Platnumz Introduces 'New Bae', Patricia Aika to the world
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Diamond Platnumz, after a long time, has finally shared with the whole world the lass who is warming his bed.
The now-international superstar has been single for the longest time after separating from his Kenyan girlfriend, Tanasha Donna with whom together they brought forth an adorable son to the world.
It was rumored that he was dating Malaika Salatis after successfully shooting the music video for 'Jeje' that will forever be a classic hit record but as time went by, this proved not to be true.
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Taking to social media, Diamond Platnumz has finally shared with the whole who is his latest catch, she's not only beautiful, Patricia Aika is a lawyer having graduated with an LLM at KCL in the UK.
Patricia Aika is half Tanzanian and half-Dutch.
She graduated in Law in the UK having gone to a prestigious, very well-known and respected University, called KCL(King's College London) which is now the seventh best university in the UK and 36th best university in the world, according to The Times Higher Education rankings 2020.
So it's safe to say Miss Patricia Aika Matthyse is a beautiful, independent woman who is a learned individual.
It's only a matter of time before Patricia turns her 67.2k Instagram followers to millions of followers once Simba's fanbase gets to learn and know more about her existence.
Even though the Tanzanian crooner has removed the post that he shared on social media about his newest catch, there's no denying that Patricia Aiko is prettier than your girlfriend.


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Q: Bash SED to replace a line in a file Ok so I am using Bash to call a synFlood python script for class. I want to incorporate user input into this so I used Bash (since I was not allowed to use python). I have called my source and target IP's from the user and stored them and then made new variable for the entire string inside of the python script to replace with sed.
Currently my command is working and replacing the string. But when I end the script the string I said to replace is still the original string.
EXAMPLE:
sourcepath="src = $source" #set user source IP to full path for python script
targetpath="tgt = $target" #set user target IP to full path for python script

sed -e "s/^src.*/$sourcepath/" #replace the src string with sourcepath variable
sed -e "s/^tgt.*/$targetpath/" #replace the tgt string with targetpath variable

python syn.py

Sed replaces both strings in my python file to what the user specifies; as it shows it in the terminal window (for testing anyways, final script will hide this output). But when I check the file after ending the script nothing was changed and the default values are still there.
Does sed just change the values only in the context of the script while it's running? If so, when I call the python script in the follow on line will it use the values currently in there from my sed changes or will it use the default files in the python script?
Thanks in advance for the help and clarification.

A: The sed command doesn't modify files.  It reads them in and copies them to standard output with the modifications made, but the original file is untouched.
If you have the GNU version of sed, there's a flag you can turn on to enable in-place modification: sed -i.bak s/old/new/ filename will modify the file (after creating a backup) instead of just making a copy on standard output with the changes.
If you don't have the GNU version, you can still redirect the output into a file and copy it into place:
cp -p filename filename.bak
sed -e s/old/new/ filename.bak >filename

A: That snippet is clearly not your original script as it doesn't work. Those sed commands have no data to operate on (no standard input and no filename argument).
Assuming you actually have something more like this:
sed -e "s/^src.*/$sourcepath/" syn.py #replace the src string with sourcepath variable
sed -e "s/^tgt.*/$targetpath/" syn.py #replace the tgt string with targetpath variable

then the problem is that you aren't actually changing the file on disk. You are just having sed read the file and spit the changed contents to standard output.
You need to redirect that to a file (not the same one that doesn't work) or use the -i flag to tell sed to modify the file "in-place".

A: By saying
sed -e "..." file

you are performing the replacement and the output gets displayed in your screen (stdout). This is the default behaviour of sed.
If you want the file to be updated with the new content, you need to mention it. For this, you have two options:

*

*In place editing
sed -i.bak "..." file

this will replace the file and create a file.bak backup file with the original content. Check man sed because depending on the distributions the syntax may vary (OSX or GNU). Basically, in OSX you need to say sed -i '' if you don't want to create a backup file. See In-place edits with sed on OS X for more details.

*

*Redirect to another file:
sed "..." file > tmp_file && mv tmp_file file

That is, instead of printing to stdout, you print to a temporary file that then gets renamed to the original one.


Service - what does it mean to you?
Recently our little company has been very busy and while it has been tricky to maintain a high level of service, it's something we are managing very carefully. Interestingly though, we have had clients ask us to do things quickly, easily or cheaply. Generally there is no difference in the service provided, however, as our time becomes more precious, it's easy to take the client's request and act on it in the manner they have requested.
For example - "Can you quickly wipe these computers and then roll them out to be sold?"
"Sure - how much time and effort do you want us to put in to this?" (read: how much money do you want to spend on using our valuable time).
"Not much, just make sure our data's wiped and then get them out the door."
OK, so we clear the data, wipe the free space or re-install after a Darik's Boot And Nuke (DBAN) and then roll them out.
Now our client says to us that it hasn't been done properly and they want an explanation. For the first time ever, I reckon, I pointed at the email trail and said to them "You wanted fast, easy and cheap. You got it. If you want well done, comprehensive and completely satisfying, that does not fall into the fast/easy/cheap categories".
Interestingly the client sat back for a moment, said "You've got a point there. Can you sort this out properly?" Well sure I can and I have, but the cost in my time is there.
There's a line in the movie Tango and Cash where Jack Palance replies to two of his underlings telling them "Quick and Easy. Quick and Easy is how you make a cake." and then goes on to talk about killing Tango and Cash. My point to the client today was "Quick and Easy is how you make a cake - not have a well thought, solid and reliable IT infrastructure." Wake up peeps - spend some money and do it right the first time and stop being disappointed when you pay minimal dollar and get minimal effort.


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Canada's 150th first big event in Centennial
Posted March 8, 2017 in Featured | Front Page | News
The new stage, concession and washrooms are taking shape in Centennial Park. Glenn Ogilvie
Cathy Dobson
Sarnians will have a lot to celebrate this Canada Day as the fences surrounding Centennial Park come down after four years and the community marks the country's 150th birthday at the waterfront .
"We are set to do a ramped-up version of Canada Day activities in Centennial Park," says Ryan Chamney, the city's manager of recreation and planning.
July 1 entertainment will be split between Canatara Park and the new stage in Centennial Park, just as it was before Centennial was suddenly closed in 2013. At night, Canada Day fireworks will be set off over Sarnia Bay, said Chamney.
Sarnians who have missed sitting on the berms in Centennial Park during its $11-million cleanup and reconstruction, can look forward to an even better view because the revamped park has higher berms.
That's not all that will be improved, says Joe Boothe, Sarnia's environmental services superintendent who has supervised the park's lengthy remediation.
There have been many challenges since asbestos and other contaminants in the soil closed the park. City council launched a thorough environmental cleanup amid a great deal of complaint from the public. It took much longer than expected, but the outcome will be a safe public green space with better amenities, said Boothe.
To dig up the park and remove the contaminants, every feature including the playground, the stage, gardens and monuments had to be removed.
They are all being rebuilt in conjunction with public and police input to make the park more user friendly and safer, Boothe said.
Reopening will take place in two stages. By the end of May, fences enclosing the entire east side, including a new playground, concession, washrooms and larger stage, will be down.
The west side of the park including a new boat launch is expected to be open by the end of June.
Canada Day will be the first big public event back in the park, with many more to follow, said Chamney. "We're seeing quite a bit of interest and are planning the return of the waterfront concert series in Centennial Park this summer," he said.
Boothe said he believes complaints related to the relocation of the boat launch have been addressed. It is being built between the fuelling dock and the Sarnia Bay Marina building and will offer two double-wide boat launches in a deeper area for bigger boats.
Bre-Ex, the company hired for the massive remediation job, is trying to finish as quickly as possible, Boothe said.
"We've had amazing weather and we're extremely happy with the amount of progress this winter," he said. It's hoped May will be relatively dry to facilitate the pouring of new asphalt pathways and the planting of new gardens and trees.
Boothe said he believes nearby residents will be happy to see that the new stage faces Sarnia Bay so that the sound wafts out over the water instead of generating noise complaints.
Another significant improvement involves the park's large grassy field that used to flood when it rained. That problem should be resolved since the field has been regraded and a new pumping station will help any rain flow towards the river.
The actual cost of reconstruction is $7 million with another $4 million spent on the original assessments and environmental cleanup, Boothe added.
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Q: не работает функция через указатели в C++ Одна функция работает нормально, а вторая нет. Суть задачи - найти произведение элементов массива с помощью функции, которая будет возвращать результат по указателям.
Код всей программы:
using namespace std;

int* FindMax(int *arr, int *n)
{
    int* max = arr;
    for (int i=0; i<(*n); i++)
    {
        if ((*max)<(*(arr + i))) {

        (*max) = (*(arr + i));   }

    }
    return max;
}

int* FindProiz(int *arr, int *n)
{
    int t = 1;
    int* P = &t;
    for (int i=1; i<(*n); i++)
    {
        (*P)= (*P) * (*(arr + i));
    }
    return P;
}

int main()
{
    int n = 0;
    cin>>n;

    int *arr = new int [n];
    for (int i=0; i<n; i++)
    {
        cout<<"arr["<<i<<"] = ";
        cin>>(*(arr + i));
        cout<<endl;
    }

    cout<<"Max = "<< *(FindMax(arr, &n))<<endl;
    cout<<"Proiz = "<< *(FindProiz(arr, &n))<<endl;
}

A: Вобщем, так. Работа с указателями не означает, что надо делать через указатели всё. Если это учебное задание - то от вас явно ждут просто умения работать с массивом через указатель. Так что я бы исправил ваш код так:
int* FindMax(int *arr, int n) //функция для нах-ия максимума
{
    int* max = arr;
    for (int i = 1; i< n; i++)
        if (*max < *(arr + i)) max = arr + i;
    return max;
}

int FindProiz(int *arr, int n) //функция для нах-ия произведения
{
    int P = 1;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        P *= *(arr + i);
    return P;
}

int main()
{
    int n = 0;                              //вводим кол-во эл-ов,потом их сравним
    cout<<"Размерность массива n = ";
    while (!(std::cin >>n && n>0))
    {
        cin.clear();
        while(cin.get()!='\n');
        cout<<"ВВЕДЕНО НЕВЕРНОЕ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ"<<endl;
        cin.clear();
    }
    cout << endl;
    int * arr = new int[n];                   //иниз-ем массив указателей
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
        cout<<"arr["<<i<<"] = ";
        while (!(std::cin >> *(arr + i)))
        {
            cin.clear();
            while(cin.get()!='\n');
            cout<<"ВВЕДЕНО НЕВЕРНОЕ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ"<<endl;
            cin.clear();
        }
    }

    cout<<"Max = "  << *FindMax(arr, n)  << endl;
    cout<<"Proiz = "<< FindProiz(arr, n) << endl;
}


One of the reasons I started writing this personal finance blog was to hold myself accountable for my financial decisions. It's great to share some of my knowledge from previous experiences, but I think it's even better to share my financial journey as it's happening right now.
We just built a new house this summer, which was one of the financial goals we were saving for over the last few years. Now it's time to reset and figure out where we are going from here.
That's why, when I read 11 Steps To Financial Freedom in the latest MoneySense magazine, I thought it would be interesting to go through each of these steps one-by-one and share my results on this blog. So, each Wednesday for the next 11 weeks I will post 1 of the 11 steps to financial freedom, with the intention of creating a complete financial plan by the end of the series.
According to the MoneySense article, most couples never really talk to each other about their financial goals. You need to have a conversation with your spouse about goals, values and what kind of lifestyle you want.
This is somewhat true in our case; my wife and I rarely talk about money, other than for our day-to-day spending. We find that when we do sit down to discuss a longer term financial plan, our goals are rarely aligned.
Gaining control over my spending – we both rated this a 2 out of 5, which I think is a testament to how we currently manage our finances with a monthly budget and a spreadsheet that forecasts our income and expenses.
Saving for children's education – we both rated this a 4 out of 5, and we obviously feel that providing assistance for our daughter's post secondary education is an important financial goal.
Saving for retirement – we both rated this a 3 out of 5. I would have rated this higher, but I feel that my defined benefit plan will provide us with a solid foundation for retirement, and anything else we can save will just be gravy.
Strategies for reducing income taxes – we both rated this a 2 out of 5. Honestly, outside of the government making changes to allow taxes on household income rather than individual income, there's not much more we can do here.
Providing a comfortable lifestyle for my family in the event of my death – we both rated this a 5 out of 5. I'll go into more detail later in the series about what we need to do to address this important goal.
Leaving a legacy/philanthropy – we both rated this a 3 out of 5, meaning that it's important to us, but we probably aren't there yet in terms of developing this goal.
Maintaining my standard of living in retirement – I rated this a 5 and my wife rated this a 4.
Retiring early – I rated this a 5 and my wife rated this a 4 (although we both agreed upon the retirement age of 55).
Creating/preserving an estate for my heirs – I rated this a 3 and my wife rated this a 4.
Paying down mortgage or other debt – I rated this a 5 and my wife rated this a 3. I guess she doesn't want to pay off the mortgage as quickly as I do.
Developing income withdrawal strategies in retirement – I rated this a 5 and my wife rated this a 3. Doesn't she know that I'm going to split my income with her in retirement?
Understanding my investments – I rated this a 4 and my wife rated this a 1. Enough said.
Knowing I have the right investment mix – I rated this a 4 and my wife rated this a 1. Again, enough said.
Active involvement in managing my investments – I rated this a 5 and my wife rated this a 1. This was our biggest gap in the entire worksheet and probably explains the gap in the previous two goals as well.
This was an interesting exercise to go through with my wife. It looks like we have similar financial goals moving forward (which is good!), although it's quite apparent who will be looking after the investments. That's fine with me, I take great interest in looking after our investment portfolio. However I do think it's important that my wife is aware of where and how we invest our money in case anything happens to me.
Next week we'll figure out where we're at with Step #2: Determine your net worth.
Interesting post, thank you Echo.
Speaking to your spouse about finances is not only smart, but it's good for your relationship. Couples who talk about their finances (even if they don't agree) puts everyone on the same page – no one partner gets all the stress (or the spoils). Financial problems are actually a leading cause of divorce – if you can share in the important decisions, you'll have a much better marriage as a result.
Hi Anna, I have read that statistic too. It's unfortunate that money is such a taboo subject, but if you can't talk about it with your spouse, who can you talk to?
I like the idea of going with the MoneySense steps and creating a personal series out of it. I look forward to the Wednesday editions.
My wife is comfortable with me making our investment decisions, but she is involved in the process. She too places a high importance on saving for our child's education and saving for retirement.
I think the more contested areas of disagreement are also the most important.
In my view, paying off your mortgage is of paramount importance. With that being said, I have read about investors using mixed approaches (investing while paying down) such as yourself and MOA, and I can also see advantages of going that route as well.
With regards to early retirement strategies, I think you touched on this with your post asking readers what to do with your RRPSs. If you plan on retiring earlier and before you can earn your defined pension benefits, RRSPs could be back on the table.
Even though you may be limited in terms of reducing income taxes, placing importance on non-registered accounts can provide you options at effectively managing capital gains and losses, which can in turn, save you money during tax time. Feel free to check out my post Effectively Managing A Capital Loss.
At any rate, I commend you for your active approach to your personal finances; you're doing a great job at making your hard-earned dollars work for you and your family.
When I read the article, it seemed like something I should address by creating my own financial plan. I liked the way it was laid out.
Nice post. I too, like the blogpost idea/series.
Sounds like it was an interesting exercise to go through with your wife indeed!
It is really important to have your spouse on the same page when it comes to investing. I've seen portfolios go down hill when one partner wants to invest one way and another partner wants to do something totally different!
A great exercise that you both went through, I plan on doing the same thing so that we get on the same page with our goals this year and stop playing things by ear.
Another great article on a great web resource. I think everyone would agree that goal setting and priority setting is paramount in reaching your financial objectives. And we all want to look forward to a bright future with our spouse and our children. And none of us want to think about the ugly possibility of a divorce. But it's a reality for 50% of us today. What I can tell you is you may want to think about how to reach your goals with the least amount of financial entanglement with your spouse. With this in mind if a separation was to happen the division of assets can be cleaner and less costly.


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This is a Florida story, but it has national importance because it brings together at least two major threads of American politics in a single dramatic confrontation.
David Hogg is one of the survivors of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida who have galvanized the gun control movement in the US by organizing the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC and by forcing politicians throughout the country to own up to their ties to the NRA and the gun lobby. Now he has started a boycott of the dominant supermarket chain in Florida over its enormous campaign contribution to Adam Putnam, the Republican candidate for governor who has actually described himself as a "proud #NRASellout".
For those of you not lucky enough to live in the Sunshine State, it is difficult to convey just how ubiquitous Publix is and how thoroughly it has woven itself into everyday life here. I have written before about the "inevitability" of Publix, because although IMHO it is only a slightly-above-average supermarket, it is literally everywhere. For most Floridians it is the default option for grocery shopping if for no other reason than it has routed the competition and there really aren't that many alternatives.
Now I suspect that Publix couldn't care less about Putnam's ties to the NRA, but the company surely does care a great deal about having a friendly and beholden Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, and having him installed as Governor would doubtless be even better.
In 2016, WFTS-Channel 28 discovered seven Tampa Bay area Publix stores failed health inspections. In those stores, food inspectors found rodent droppings, hundreds of pounds of meat and other food stored at unsafe temperatures, bugs and employees not washing their hands, according to the report.
Putnam responded the next day by pulling the inspections from the department's website and eliminating the pass/fail grading system.
But it gets better. It turns out that the chairman of Putnam's PAC "Florida Grown" is Justin Hollis, the grandson of the former president and chairman of Publix. And the TBT reports that Putnam's PAC has paid Justin Hollis' consulting firm, Silloh Consulting, more than $1 million this election season. So, in essence, one could say that Putnam is recycling some of those campaign contributions right back to Publix's founding family.
"die-in" to disrupt Publix stores by having supporters lie down inside supermarkets for 12 minutes at 4 p.m. today. Hogg told Miami's CBS affiliate station that he would call off the protest if Publix would contribute double the amount it gave to Putnam to the Stoneman Douglas victims fund and pledge never to support a politician who is A-rated by the NRA.
Of course, not everyone is on board with the protest. While being interviewed outside a Publix store, Hogg was bombarded with shouted insults by a few gun-rights supporters chanting things like "God bless America" and "USA NRA". Florida has been and still is, overall, a very gun-friendly state.
Publix isn't accustomed to this kind of scrutiny and criticism and seems somewhat flummoxed by the whole controversy. The company released a statement saying, "We support bi-partisan, business-friendly candidates, regardless of political affiliation and we remain neutral on issues outside of our core business." Unfortunately, the "bi-partisan" part is clearly nonsense. For the 2018 election cycle, roughly 90 percent of its contributions have gone to the Republican Party or Republican candidates, according to the watchdog organization Open Secrets.
The Publix statement added: "As a result of this situation, we are evaluating our processes to ensure that our giving better reflects our intended desire to support a strong economy and a healthy community." I guess we'll see if that actually means anything.
So where should you shop instead if you want to support the protest? There is no easy answer. According to Open Secrets data, Winn-Dixie, which is a distant competitor to Publix, apparently has all but stopped making political contributions after contributing heavily to Republicans during the 90s and 00s. Walmart speads its money between both parties, but the majority goes to Republicans, which generally means NRA supporters. Whole Foods is now owned by Amazon, which gives more to Democrats. Target went heavily Republican during the Bush years, but now bestows its largess roughly equally between the two parties.
If you want to know where your shopping dollars end up in the political swamp, you can get some idea at www.opensecrets.org.
Of course, the fundamental problem is the poisonous influence of money in politics, which has grown worse by orders of magnitude since Citizens United. Corporate money is especially corrupting because corporations don't have political views, they have financial interests. And the money they give to parties and candidates are essentially legal bribes, because they do expect favorable treatment in return. That is the sad state of our corporatocracy today.
So who knows how the Publix protest will turn out, but I wish the MSD kids all success and have nothing but admiration for them!


After many years of working with the homeless and others in poverty we realize how much we need to learn before we can truly help those we serve make lasting changes. We encourage you to join us in this learning process by educating yourself about these complex issues. Below are some recommended resources to help you get started.
Faces of Homelessness presents video interviews with homeless/formerly homeless members of NCH's Faces of Homelessness Speakers' Bureau. They share their personal experiences of being homeless in America.
Voices of the Poor is a participatory research initiative that chronicles the struggles and aspirations of poor people for a life of dignity. At the turn of the new millennium, the World Bank collected the voices of more than 60,000 poor women and men from 60 countries, in an unprecedented effort to understand poverty from the perspective of the poor themselves.
When Helping Hurts – Book review by David Mays. Showing compassion to the poor is part of our job description as followers of Jesus, but there is great diversity in ways to do it. This book focuses on appropriate ways for Christian congregations to help the poor. The first part discusses the fundamental nature of poverty. Part 2 discusses key issues to consider in poverty alleviation and part 3 applies these concepts to economic development.
Same Kind of Different As Me – This book and its sequel (What Difference Do it Make) are favorites of some of our staff. The first book tells the story of a friendship between an international art dealer and a modern-day slave from Louisiana. Both books are written by the two men who lived the story. A must read!
Breaking Night is the autobiography of Liz Murray who grew up in the Bronx in the 1980s and 90s, Liz dealt with the typical stresses of childhood. But she also had to grapple with being the daughter of drug addicts — which ultimately meant fending for herself as a homeless adolescent. Her story was made into a Lifetime movie as well entitled Homeless to Harvard.


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Buffalo Rap Collective Feels The Pain That Hit Their Community When A Terrorist Targeted Them All
Friends and family of the East Buffalo-based Griselda Records were directly affected by the supermarket massacre and are figuring how to move forward.
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Benny the Butcher and Armani Caesar talk about the shooting at Tops Supermarket where 10 people were killed in Buffalo.
It hasn't been two weeks since the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, and already, details and more information about what happened in the racist attack that killed ten people and injured three more have competed with another tragic slaughter of innocent people.
It's still very much in the minds of the residents of East Buffalo though as the Tops Friendly Market that became the target of assault rifle fire is still closed due to the police investigation currently ongoing. While donations nationwide have poured in, a shuttle from the Jefferson Avenue grocery store to other supermarkets in the Queen City has been set up, and outreach from the community has all helped, it doesn't erase the devastation left in the wake of what happened.
Not only has a community lost ten of its members – mostly elderly Black people who often shopped at the grocery store to buy food and converse with familiar faces – but it magnified the problems of food insecurity in the neighborhood as Tops is the only supermarket in the area.
The catastrophic aftermath of the May 14 mass shooting is also weighing heavily on East Buffalo's own rap collective Griselda, with members of whom are speaking out about the tragedy their community has had to endure.
Speaking with BET.com, the collective's members Benny The Butcher and Armani Caesar detailed how close the shooting cut to them with friends and family members being directly affected.
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"It was disbelief. I was in the city that day. How ironic is that?" said Benny. "The more and more I moved around the city I kept hearing about it.
"The first thing you do when you hear things like that is you call and check in with your loved ones and see if everybody's alright," he added.
For Armani, her mother had been at the Tops trying to cash a check just shortly before the shooting took place. "I called my mom, she's devastated and in tears, and I'm like, 'Mom, what's going on, are you okay?'
"She was hysterical," Caesar continued. "I'm trying to calm her down and in the midst of everything, it was just a very intense situation."
According to Buffalo police, 18-year-old Payton Gendron entered the grocery store on May 14 with a military-style assault rifle and opened fire. Investigators believe he researched the local demographics and chose that particular supermarket to kill as many Black people as possible. Gendron reportedly shot 11 Blacks and two whites in total that day.
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The victims ranged in age from a 20-year-old who survived a bullet through the neck and back, to the fatal shooting of an 86-year-old woman whose son is a retired Buffalo fire commissioner, the Buffalo News reports.
Citing an unnamed law enforcement official, the Associated Press said a preliminary investigation found Gendron had repeatedly visited online sites that promoted white supremacist ideologies and race-based conspiracy theories.
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According to Caesar, the Tops Friendly Market was a place where the community convened, felt safe, and had access to food and employment opportunities – all of which have now been stripped.
"It's where I grew up. It's where I'm from. My whole family is from that area, and that's basically the grocery store that everybody shops at in that neighborhood," she noted. "My first job was at Tops, so it means a lot. You hear about this stuff happening but you never imagine it happening literally in your neighborhood."
Similarly, Benny has family and friends affected by the shooting. He notes that one of his close friends lost their mother and another who lost their grandmother.
"My mom shops at that store, my kids [have] been to that store, I shop at that store. It's five minutes away from the place I've got in Buffalo. That was a place that we all find ourselves at. It really hit home," he said. I've been shot before at Walmart, and that made me not want to go to Walmart after that so I know directly how something like that can make you feel psychologically."
Aaron W. Salter Jr., a 55-year-old security guard who worked at Tops, was one of the ten people killed in the mass shooting. A retired Buffalo police officer, Salter was working that day and died during a gunfire exchange with Gendron. "Today is a shock," his son, Aaron Salter III, told The Daily Beast. "I'm pretty sure he saved some lives today. He's a hero."
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"My mom was really good friends with the security guard that was killed trying to stop the shooter," said Caesar. "My mother doesn't even feel safe in her own neighborhood and that's scary being that I'm not physically there to protect her. Although I am a firm believer in God as he protects me and my loved ones, it's still that uneasiness of being able to go to a place like the grocery store. Nobody's expecting that [while] going to get something to eat or to cash a check."
With Tops closed for the foreseeable future, the East Buffalo community has been scrambling to find alternative methods to feed themselves. And while temporary solutions have been installed to help residents fill the void, the trauma from the racially-motivated shooting mixed with the long term implications of food insecurity in the area have compounded an already troubling situation.
In a recent household food survey of East Buffalo by a coalition of Buffalo Food Equity Network partners, 42 percent of respondents reported food insecurity, and 45 percent of those who are food insecure do not own any vehicles to travel to other food markets in the city. According to Rebekah Williams, co-founder of the Buffalo Food Equity Network, the limited number of affordable food options is indicative of structural racism that not only Buffalo, but the United States in general, has been grappling with throughout its history.
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"What that terrorist did in Buffalo is based in anti-Blackness and white supremacy, but that white supremacy is systemic racism that is not being acknowledged by our country really, and not being addressed in policy changes across the board," she told BET.com. "That shows up in food systems, that shows up in transportation, and it shows up in economic development."
Williams notes that communities of color often have less options when it comes to affordable and healthy food in comparison to wealthier, white communities. And that stark difference is purposeful.
"Unfortunately when you look at the numbers of population and demographics in the neighborhoods where there are a lot of grocery stores compared to population demographics where there are not a lot of grocery stores or no grocery stores – those are impoverished communities and those tend to be communities of color," she says. "And what we see is that's not a mistake and that's why I call it food apartheid because there is intent around it."
As for what's ahead for the East Buffalo community, both Armani and Benny say they, and Griselda Records, which also consists of mainstays Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, and others, will be on the forefront of leading their people to more solutions, hope, and opportunity as many in the city, and nationally, look up to them. Currently on tour, the group plans to make trips back to their hometown soon as many of them still live there.
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"It's just figuring out how we can be useful instead of just throwing a bunch of money at something," said The Butcher. "I know a lot of people in Buffalo giving away food. We love and respect that, but we want to do something that allows us to move forward and allows us to affect the community in the right way."
"I'm there in any way I possibly can be," Caesar added. "Anywhere I can be of service my door is open and it doesn't matter what I do. I'm always going to be there for my community because I wouldn't be who I am if it wasn't for Buffalo, New York."
Additionally, Benny notes that his message to his community will not only be one of empathy, but action and self-defense.
"My people can't keep being victims," he said. "We can't keep being victimized. Whatever we've got to do to move from that because I know [there are] laws in place and police and everything but obviously those things aren't working so how can we protect ourselves? How can we start today? There's going to be other questions and other solutions, but we got to go to the grocery store today. We still gotta eat. We can't be scared to go out, our kids still got to go to school in the middle of that, so how do we start protecting ourselves today. We've got to figure that out."
"[It] leaves more damage mentally and emotionally than it does just on the surface level. If people just think once this grocery store gets back up and running we can go back to normal. It'll never go back to normal because you just won't feel safe," Caesar added. "We'll band together and do whatever's needed for the community."
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Holland & Knight Represents Navisun in Acquisition of Community Solar Project in New Jersey
BOSTON (January 25, 2021) – Holland & Knight advised Navisun, a solar power producer that owns and operates distributed and small utility-scale solar projects, in the acquisition and development of a 4.5 MW solar generation project on a former municipal landfill in Linden, New Jersey. The representation also includes the subsequent negotiation of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement for the project. The deal closed on January 22.
The firm has advised Navisun in its acquisition of five solar projects, several tax equity financings and a number of ongoing transactions over the past year.
CS Energy is constructing the Linden project and Navisun will own and operate the completed facility, which is expected to be in service by the end of June. On completion, the Linden Hawk Rise Solar Project will convert a closed landfill site into a productive solar farm that will provide about 1,000 residents with clean electricity.
The Linden Hawk Rise Solar Project adds to Navisun's portfolio of solar projects, which includes numerous projects for municipal, commercial, residential, utility, and institutional partners across the United States. The company's typical project sizes range from 250KW to 30MW.
The Holland & Knight team representing Navisun includes Partner Mark Kalpin, Senior Counsel Nadya Makenko and Associate Saqib Hossain.
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The hard cold truth is that not all borrowers can qualify for a traditional loan after the housing bubble burst, creating havoc for many homeowners. But those with poor credit, a foreclosure or bankruptcy in their credit history do have an alternative when they need to borrow money. Private lenders do not base their approval of a loan request on creditworthiness, as traditional lenders do. A private lender is more interested in the value of the collateral that is going to be used for the loan. This asset-based lending works in the favor of anyone with credit issues.
Another benefit of private money lenders in Texas is the speed at which they can evaluate, approve and fund a request. Traditional loans can take weeks or even months to process which can mean that someone else gets the house that you wanted. This issue of time is also very important to real estate investors who need to move very quickly when they find a good deal. Many private lenders will provide loans on a regular basis to investors who know that fast is the key to a successful loan and investment purchase.
All borrowers who use private lenders benefit from the more streamlined process of od applying for and processing these loans. There is far less paperwork required on the part of the borrower so applying is far less stressful. And with less information, the lender can evaluate the request more quickly and provide an answer and many time funding in just days rather than weeks or months.
When you apply for a loan at a bank, you have a point of contact but that person has little or nothing to do with the approval of your loan. But when you are working with private money lenders in Texas you actually meet and talk to the person who will make the decision in most cases. This can be helpful when you are learning the process, or when you would like to customize the terms of your loan. Things like the loan term, the payment schedule and even some of the fees are up to the discretion of the lender that you are working with.
Private money lenders in Texas are simply another option for borrowing money when a traditional bank or mortgage company does not meet your needs. They are in business to make money by lending money just as banks and mortgage companies do but in a more personal manner. The loans can be customized to terms that are more satisfactory to you as the borrower and to the lender. The cost of this personal service is a little bit higher interest rate, but many borrowers feel that this higher cost is well worth it for personalized service and favorable loan terms.