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He Thought Day Trading Would Be A Thrill. He Ended Up Losing $127,000
By Jim Zarroli
Published December 8, 2020 at 5:11 AM EST
The Robinhood investment app appears on a smartphone in this photo illustration. Day trading has surged during the coronavirus pandemic as stay-at-home people try buying and selling stocks, often for the first time.
YouTube is filled with videos promising to teach you how to make big bucks trading stocks on your home computer. Matthew's videos tell you how to lose money.
A real estate agent and amateur investor, Matthew, who prefers his last name not be used because of how it might affect his career, made thousands of dollars trading stocks over the years, only to lose most of it day trading.
Now, in his YouTube videos, he cautions others about the perils of day trading at a time when stay-at-home measures have led millions to buy — and sell — stocks for the first time.
"It basically destroyed my whole account, draining it from a $150,000 balance down to $50,000, then $40,000. Basically I lost everything," Matthew, who goes by Matthew Jay in his online videos, said in an interview.
Professional day traders spend hours every day sitting at their computers, watching charts and trying to profit from tiny fluctuations in stock prices. They may make dozens or even hundreds of trades a day, but aim to sell off all their holdings by the time the market closes.
Now, with millions of people stuck at home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, online brokerage sites such as E-Trade, TD Ameritrade and Charles Schwab have seen a blistering growth in their customer base from those who have never traded before.
The trading app Robinhood, which is popular with millennials, saw its customer base increase by 30% through October of this year.
Not all of these customers are day traders, but the number has almost certainly risen since the pandemic lockdowns got underway, says Brett Steenbarger, associate professor of psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University, who coaches professional traders.
And studies have shown that most day traders lose big.
"On average, day traders do horribly, and the percentage that end up sustaining success are in the low single digits," Steenbarger says.
It is a reality that Matthew knows well, one he now warns others about.
Matthew started trading stocks more than a decade ago as a business major at an Ontario college.
For the first six years, he did well, turning a few thousand dollars into a nest egg worth more than $150,000. But he gradually grew impatient with the slow pace of the returns he was getting and decided to try day trading.
"I like risk. I like to just know I have an opportunity that's potentially there. So even like losing is still a high. Winning's a high," he says.
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The logo for TD Ameritrade appears on an office window for the company. Trading apps are seeing a boom in customers as people flock to trading stocks during the pandemic.
Matthew soon came to dislike the isolation of day trading, spending hours each day chained to his computer. Although he often chatted with other day traders online, he had little real contact with people.
There were bad days when the rapid-fire trading quickly spiraled out of control, and he found himself racking up huge losses.
"So I'd try to jump into another stock and make some money there, and then you're just snowballing into another loss and another loss," Matthew said.
But even when he made money, it was somehow never enough.
"And I found whenever I hit that new high point, I'm happy for a day or two, but then I'm upset that I'm not at the next level. So it was a constant battle of never being completely satisfied, really," he added.
Several times, Matthew tried to quit, only to get pulled back in.
Day trading can quickly become an addiction for many people, not unlike casino gambling, says Keith Whyte of the National Council on Problem Gambling.
"When it's trade after trade after trade, it's that same hypnotic effect that people report when they sit in front of a slot machine," Whyte says.
These days, Whyte says, he is hearing from more and more day traders who got in over their heads.
That's what happened to Matthew. He says his blood pressure rose. He stopped seeing friends. And he ended up losing $127,000.
"There's two or three times I broke down, almost bawling my eyes out," Matthew said. "Like what am I doing? This is my dream to do this, and how can I be like failing?"
Two years ago, he quit day trading to become a real estate agent and a professional investor in that field, which he says he's much better suited for.
There may be people out there who can make money day trading, he figures. But it's not for him, and he feels others will also lose big.
Jim Zarroli
Jim Zarroli is an NPR correspondent based in New York. He covers economics and business news.
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Microsoft set to acquire the gaming company Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Activision Blizzard is behind huge games such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush. But the company has faced reports of a workplace culture rife with sexual harassment.
To get by in a changing climate, plants need animal poop to carry them to safety
As the climate gets hotter, plants could need to move to new habitats. But animals that eat their fruit and help spread the seeds are disappearing.
Monday's test was North Korea's fourth launch in under two weeks. By contrast, it took the North 10 months to conduct that many ballistic missile tests last year.
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It's a bad time to be a world leader. COVID did that.


Decorating for a Halloween party is all about hitting the right balance between the darkness and minimal lights. Who would need normal candles and candle holders when you want to invite the dead into the house? Halloween candles are just scary which makes them haunting in the low light setting. Come on, we just need the light at the end of the tunnel, not the creepy oozing skull!!
Just as you are getting curious about it, we have picked some of the best scariest Halloween candles and holders that will give you the best creeps.
Hand candles are very popular but this one is totally cool and off the charts. Why settle down with some normal hands when you can have a Witch Handle candle. The details are on point that you may wonder, do witches have an eye on their palm for real? Whatever it is, you definitely don't want this witch to hand out our candies!
Another one!! Why do they keep on coming? It is getting bloody out here with this Halloween candle. The makers did go out of the limb and gave it a realistic blood touch. It is one among the best to give your guests some creeps. It gets worse until it is gone for good. But will leave a strong memory to withHOLD!!.
Gone are the days that monster takes cover from fire and pitchforks. This Zombie Candle seems to pursue you to the end. They are gory looking and ugly for many reasons. Just right for decorating your dinner table as they get ready to eat your Brains. Just don't let them long last. Grab a bunch and head out in the night. Bring on the zombie apocalypse with these candles.
Yes, it is an owl and it is not so friendly. Wouldn't want this one to roam your living room in the dead of the night but will love to light it for the Halloween party. Something says it is not going to like it as much as we do. So, better maintain a good distance to stay out of its sight.
What's with the eyes anyway? Aren't they the most beautiful thing in the human? Well, only in humans and living beings we suppose. "A glass of wine" may not sound fantastic after witnessing this Halloween Floating eye Candle. Whether it is supposed to be chilling in wine or pool of blood, you may never know!
One final stop before we get to the ultimate Halloween Candle is this Printed Baby Face Glass Candle Holder. Like every other baby, we mean "evil baby", this candle holder can bring demonic presence into any party. It is all Chucky written over it, get attached to this baby at your own risk.
This is the showstopper. no matter where you place them or what scent of candle you use or even pleasant colors. Nothing can tune down the creepy atmosphere it can create with the residues of the candle. Yes, it is a baby and it can only bring agony rather than joy. Just the right thing you need for this Halloween.
Can it get more creepier?? Think again and check out our next blog "Ways to make this Halloween spookier than ever (Coming soon)"
Check out LED Skull Candles for last minute Halloween shopping!! And other Spooky stuff.


After receiving a $2,25 million jury award in the medical malpractice case involving the wrongful death of David Gabrielli, an 81 year old loving husband of our client, Marie, the Defendant's Douglas Turnbull, M.D. and Diagnostic Clinic Medical Group, P.A. appealed the verdict. Now after two years, the Second District Court of Appeal's has upheld the verdict on appeal.
Mr. Gabrielli had a known intolerance to Morphine, which was unfortunately ignored by his health care providers. Mr. Gabrielli was prescribed and given Morphine following a procedure for a ureter stone at Largo Medical Center, where he subsequently developed encephalopathy and died weeks later on Christmas morning.
Mr. Gabrielli was survived by his dear widow, Marie. The two were married for 54 years.
The Defendant's never made a single settlement offer prior to the verdict, pushing Mr. Florin and Mr. Czelusta to seek justice from a jury in Pinellas County.


Everybody from the BTCC would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
From marshals to fans to drivers to teams and everyone in between we would also like to thank you all for making 2013 such a fantastic year for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
Congratulations of course go to Andrew Jordan and all of the other champions in the BTCC and its supporting series'.
As you're aware preparations for a record breaking 2014 season are already well underway so enjoy this festive season, or as we like to call it 'the calm before the storm', because the BTCC will be blasting back into action before you know it.
So once again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all – from everyone at the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.


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Q: Is there a way to make a "ghost cursor" in any language? The term "ghost cursor" is a bit confusing; what I mean is a mouse cursor that isn't controlled by the user, but is created and completely under the control of a program.
That means that there are now 2 cursors on the screen, instead of just one.
Is the concept of having more than 1 cursor on the screen possible? If it is, what are the ways/what is the way to make it happen? The programming language doesn't really matter to me, as what can be done in one language can most likely be reproduced in another.
In case you were wondering what this is for, it's actually just for general knowledge and of course the awesome idea of having more than one cursor.
Thanks very much in advance.
Edit: To all the answerers as of yet - You all gave nice examples, but they don't quite hit the spot. The new cursor is to be a new cursor on the screen of the client, and that cursor behaves like a regular cursor; except that it's controlled by the program. It's not a replacement for the existing cursor or an image. It's a component that can left click and right click, move about the screen, drag and drop and everything else.

A: Yes. On a Silverlight project about a year ago, I wanted to replace the standard pointer cursor with one of my own. In order to do this I turned off the default cursor and rendered my own cursor in response to mouse events. It would be simple enough to create a clone of the custom cursor and write code to drive it around the screen so that you have two cursors simultaneously.
The same thing should be able to be done on other platforms. It would also be easy to do the same thing in a DOS app or DirectX app where you are able to take full control of the screen.

A: Well for example you could in:
FLASH - Make an actionscript that follow the user cursor and after sometime later it begins to copy the movements and click events.
JavaScript - Same idea as FLASH
QT - Same as the other guys.
Anyway there might be several ways to use this:

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*To make an artificially intelligent controlled cursor which knows what to do in a specific time or after a specific event.

*To show a user what to do as a help desk cursor (Something like lmgtfu "Let Me Google That For You")

*To play PONG with another cursor that learns

A: You need a web socket server that can update the client browser in real time. Check out this example of multiple 'ghost' mouse cursors using node.js. It's pretty neat--every visitor sees the mouse cursors of all the other visitors on the page in real time.

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Okay, so to make it clear ALL of this will be in the "far from now" future. As in I don't even have the car at the moment. I am about 95% sure that I will be getting a completly stock 94' Lude soon for around $2k off CL, and I wanted to do a H22 swap and go N/A, but after reading just about every thread there was on N/A the gains were quite honestly..sh!t. So I started to look into turbos and the like, and they are more what I'm looking for.
I had a 2000 Lude that I wrecked a month or so ago, and am parting it out to make some cash to go into the new car. My parents were VERY generous and gave me the $2k to spend without having to repay, this will be buying the car I mentioned above. I have read the majority of threads and such on boosting a lude but still need advice. I have found a complete stock H22 for $800, and that is what I will be boosting and dropping into the 94'. It will be on a cherry picker and I want it to be my project I guess, I am looking for somewhere between 400whp to 500whp and would like to hear ANY suggestions as to a build or what I should do, or if I am even on the right track.
As a bonus, I am quite the noob when it comes to turbos , but am willing to learn.
Thanks for reading my life story and please anything is welcome!
What motor comes in that 94 lude? I don't know anything about 4th gens lol.
My advice would be to just save save save and save. If your lookin for 400 to 500 whp its gonna take some serious cash flow.
[QUOTE=My97Prelude;286916]What motor comes in that 94 lude? I don't know anything about 4th gens lol.
stock h22 on boost will not get you to 400hp. it will have to be built for that.
your looking at another 5-6k to get the turbo setup and the motor built. are you prepared for that???
Man everyone is getting boost happy!
400 to 500 whp is gonna cost ya some money. You're gonna have 2 build ur engine (search) and gonna have to get it tuned with a good ems. U also gotta upgrade ur fuel and a bunch of other things. Just start saving ur $ and do alot of research!!
400-500whp is insane numbers. Thats not somethin you should make your daily driver. Anything up to 300 is good. 300+ is not made for street use, or daily use.
I usually see somewhere around 270whp for stock turbo h22's. Of course it all depends on what turbo, manifold, and tuning you decide to go with. 270whp is enough for you to run mid to high 13's if your a good driver. I'll leave it at that.
And yes, turbo is way cheaper to get power out of n/a. you'll be much happier at the end of the day with a turbo build I'm sure.
That link has all your turbo/supercharger questions and you can just read the information relevant to what your looking to do.
I'll post up some other good links when I get home but I'm at my girls place right now. Good luck and I'll be checking back up on this thread in a bit.
I made 422whp with more to go and it was my daily driver. And when i say daily driven. I mean, work and back, Just cruisin, AutoX and drag events. You name it.
there right when it costs money. my goal is as close to 700whp as poss.
Thanks for all the advice, and like I said, its something I want to do FAR from now, I was planning a complete rebuild while the H22 was pulled, I was thinking on this to be say... senior project. lol Yeah I know its going to be a deep pockets deal, and Im willing to dig in for it..
Thanks for the links, I will definately have to check them out.
I was kinda shooting for that range because my brother runes like 623whp on a 300zx, but its a fully built twin turbo. Brother rivalry deal.
Again, thanks for the advice I will still be looking into it and might through some builds I would want onto here for your input.
EDIT: I found a Turbonetics T3/T4 Hybrid complete kit for $4k, capable of 275whp with 8psi. Is this more what I would be wanting to look into?
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really. So your telling me you recommend 422whp fwd preludes as a DD for rain/snow/sleet etc etc?
Thats a new one to me brosif. Sorry bro but thats really just not safe or practical. It may fit you but it doesn't fit most.
"at 3k rpms its like insta-burnout"
You guys all make your own choices. Im just saying anything 300+ whp is not practical as a daily driver. If you can do it and keep your car in 1 piece then by all means have at it. I'm just trying to be a devil's advocate.
I'm not trying to sound like a know it all... but is this a FWD thing?
cuz my dad used to daily drive a 97 Z28 camaro making about 400whp... it was fine, was it cuz it was RWD?
I lost my Lude do to a drunk driver so i moved on to bigger and better things. But yes. I drove it all day everyday. it was my only car and NO, it didnt break everywhere. It was just as reliable as it was when it was NA. Little nick nacks here and there but no biggies. Plus that motor had over 40k on it built and boosted, and it didnt smoke or burn oil a bit. Do it right, Do it once. Besides, here in the south, no snow, no rust, no problems.
And if you wanna see alot of 300-500whp hondas daily driving. By all means, take a vacation down here.
And think about it, a new Mazdaspeed 3 make over 300whp with only a full exhaust and a reflash. How many of them do you think is rolling around.
Spinning at 3000rpm is called needing tires and suspension. First gear is understandable but 2nd and 3rd, That can easily be fixed. I know, because that was something i was able to hold at my powerlevel. Driving and acting a fool in the rain is your own fault. You dont need over 200whp in the rain to F your car up really bad. I owned my car for nearly 6 years and in the pictures is exactly what it looked like before it got hit by a drunk driver, and as you can see, with 145,000 miles and over 40k miles of 422whp driven everyday. It looked dawm good. I by all means, NEVER babied my car, and if it wasnt for the drunk driver, I'd still be driving her today.
Last edited by Rory; 06-16-2009 at 12:56 AM.
if you tune it correctly and have a healthy motor to begin with, 400whp stock block is pretty easy and has been done multiple times.
btw OP, the reason you see **** gains for NA is because 9/10 the person doing the NA build just slaps a bunch of parts together and thinks they will go fast and beyond that, doesnt take the extra step to make everything attempt to work together by tuning the fuel and ignition timing. NA takes thought and development. Not an overnight, turn up the boost if you not happy kinda deal.
i love how the boosted honda is the DD and the Z is the weekend warrior?
no. dont get that. here's a suggestion list... assuming u wanna keep ac. if not, add about 4-600 to get a more efficient el mani, 3"dp.


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Do you mean Windows folders, or folders within the Feature Manager?


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There's no way this Game of Thrones edition Xbox One fits next to your TV
By Sam Prell published 27 June 16
Game of Thrones season six came to a close last night, so what better way to pass the time until season seven than with a GoT-themed Xbox One? Okay, I could think of a few better ways, but still. The point is, Xbox France has a custom console that calls to mind the opening of HBO's pop culture phenomenon, and it is very pretty.
You can't buy this special, unwieldy Xbox One in the store though. There are only six of them to go around, and you'll have to partake in Xbox France's contest to have a shot at claiming one. According to the company's Twitter account, retweeting the link below or composing your own tweet with the "XboxLovesGoT" hashtag will enter you for the drawing.
RT & tweet #XboxLovesGoT pour tenter de gagner la #XboxOne collector #GameOfThrones & le coffret intégral #GoTFinalehttps://t.co/h8c7Ub4EAOJune 27, 2016
It's not clear if there are regional restrictions in this contest, so I just hope that if you win, you can speak French. Because Google Translate probably isn't going to be an acceptable substitute.

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The newest restaurant to open at the Fudpucker�s complex is a call back to older, simpler times along the Emerald Coast.
OKALOOSA ISLAND � The newest restaurant to open at the Fudpucker�s complex is a call back to older, simpler times along the Emerald Coast.
Fudshucker�s, a steam shack and raw bar located outdoors on the back side of the new Fudpucker�s, is the third and final restaurant to open in the 18,000-square-foot building.
�I wanted to sort of take a step back in time,� said Chester Kroeger, co-owner and founder of Fudpucker�s. �I felt like we needed to do something in Fort Walton Beach that was geared more toward the locals, and this was my opportunity to do it. It�s a waterfront location; you can get there by boat. It just seemed like the right thing to do.
The menu at Fudshucker�s typically is oysters � which come raw, steamed, char-grilled and baked � along with other steamed seafood and sandwiches.
Fudshucker�s opened Wednesday but will have its grand opening events next weekend. A crawfish boil is scheduled for May 18 and a pig roast will be May 19. Both start at 2 p.m.
The new location is also launching its Fudpucker�s Water Sports line. It includes pontoon, kayak and paddle board rentals, parasailing, charter boat fishing and a 42-passenger catamaran boat.
The Okaloosa Island location also features a traditional Fudpucker�s restaurant on the top floor and sports bar specializing in pizza on the ground floor, as well as an arcade.
The location is expected to have 180 employees by Memorial Day.
The old island location on Santa Rosa Boulevard topped out at about 50 employees during the summer.


The top priority of the SH communities' residential communities division is to help a homebuyer find their perfect home. Recognizing that each home is mean to match each unique homebuyer's needs, SH communities builds each residence with the client in mind. The company aims to create a perfect fit for homebuyers by offering distinct homes or townhouses within larger communities. When designing each community, SH heavily values consumer comfort and security. By listening to and anticipating the housing and neighborhood design needs of its future residents, we have succeeded in creating some of the most remarkable living spaces available in today's market space. With a plethora of communities from which to choose, sh offers locations in miami, fort lauderdale, pembroke pines, miramar, homestead, boynton beach, davie, estero, and confidently more to come. Each and every community created further refines the company's talent of designing beautiful buildings while combining sh's ability to master aesthetic principles fit for all clients and their individual tastes. Many communities were intentially built in close proximity to major highways, airports, schools, and universities. Customers always have many options to choose from, whether the buyer be interested in purchasing a single-family home or a townhouse, homeowners can always select a space to meet their particular needs. Homes vary in size: from two to six or even eight bedrooms, buyers can be sure their space needs are met. Homes also have up to three bathrooms, and private one to two car garages. They are replete with top-of-the line appliance packages, walk-in closets, roman tubs, and cultured marble vanities. Nestled in neighborhoods that continue to witness growth, many of these communities attract residents and visitors alike – ideal for first-time buyers, young professionals, investors, families, and empty-nesters.
* Many of the projects became award-winning properties upon completion.
Vizcaya is the master planned community comprised of eleven different communities: Camelot, Palazzo del Lago, Bellagio Townvillas, Bellagio Estates, Santorini Estates, Santorini Townvillas, Santorini Isles, Escada Estates, Escada Townvillas, Escada Isles, and Las Terrazas. Upon completion, Vizcaya was comprised of a total of 1,278 homes and townhouses. The gated community had a 24-hour security as well as a number of other amenities for its residents. The properties offered the same 11 successful floor plans that had been popular in Camelot, Palazzo del Lago, Bellagio Estates, and Santorini Estates.
Almost all of the projects within Vizcaya were award-winning properties.
Number of Homes: 240. Average Home Size: 1,088 to 1,541 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 240 – 2 to 3 Bedroom, 2 ½ Bath.
Average Home Size: 1,470 to 1,747 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 72 – 2 to 3 Bedroom, 1 to 2 ½ Bath.
SH Communities created one and two-story Townvillas, located in Miramar, surrounded by lakes, a luxurious clubhouse, numerous amenities, and a convenient town center. Created with the features of a traditional neighborhood, Boardwalk featured a nearby Charter School, recreational facilities, Class-A Office space, retail stores, and more – all within a walking distance from private homes. A network of paths, streets, and lanes were designed with both pedestrians and vehicles in mind. Plazas and green spaces further enhanced Boardwalk's identity and value. With this knowledge, residents could live, work, and play within close proximity of their homes.
Average Home Size: 1,991 to 3,580 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 177 – 3 to 6 Bedroom, 3 to 5 Bath.
SH Communities continued its success in Homestead with its first single family home community, Ventanas Del Sol. Consisting of one and two-story homes, homebuyers could choose from four models. At Ventanas Del Sol, SH Communities used their most successful floor plans from their previous award-winning communities in Miramar and Estero.
Average Home Size: 4,158 to 7,360 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 66 – 4 to 7 Bedroom, 4 to 6 ½ Bath.
Woodbridge Ranches was SH Communities' second community in the town of Davie. Like Grove Creek Ranches, Woodbridge featured the same seven stunning models. Residences were also on builder's acre lots. Following Grove Creek Ranches, Woodbridge Ranches offers homebuyers the same inspired architecture including one new model.
Average Home Size: 2,432 to 3,912 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 113 – 2 to 4 Bedroom, 2 ½ to 4 Bath.
The first and only community of its kind in the Boynton Beach area, situated directly on the intracoastal, was Waterside. The project featured 12 spacious floor plans with multiple balconies and terraces offering beautiful water views and private marina dockage. The three-story clubhouse included a superior fitness center with a spa, large ballroom, and covered lanai overlooking the intracoastal. Additionally, there was a resort-style pool, jacuzzi, and expansive sundeck for the community to enjoy.
Average Home Size: 1,088 to 1,629 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 122 – 2 to 3 Bedroom, 1 to 2 ½ Bath.
Las Terrazas was built within the Vizcaya master community as the eleventh and final community, with the goal of completing the options for potential homebuyers. Featuring one and two-story luxury Townvillas, these homes were incredibly expansive and offered a great deal of space for customers seeking larger living areas.
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Average Home Size: 1,255 to 1,493 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 48 – 2 to 3 Bedroom, 1 to 2 ½ Bath.
After Murano Bay and Coastal Bay, SH Communities continued their innovative design with their next community in Boynton Beach: Bayfront Townvillas. Bayfront featured 48 one and two-story townhomes in a private community including a resort-style pool, sun deck, and clubhouse with a fitness center. With six models to choose from, these homes were designed with the goal of satisfying each individual homebuyer's unique taste.
Adjacent to Copper Oaks single-family homes, SH Communities launched a townhouse community called Copper Oaks Townvillas. The two-story homes featured similar floor plans to Bellagio and Murano Bay.
SH Communities ventured beyond Southeast Florida to the Naples Market after building in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Homestead, Miramar, Boynton Beach, and many more locations. SH moved cautiously in untested waters and partnered with West Coast custom builder to launch their first community in Naples, Copper Oaks.
Home Mix: 79 – 4 to 8 Bedroom, 3 to 5 Bath.
Understanding that land was becoming increasingly scarce in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, SH acquired several properties in Davie. The first of these was Grove Greek Ranches. To ensure that no two homes were alike, each model offered buyers a selection including three to four exterior elevations, for a total of 21 elevation options. Every home was built on a builders' acre lot and more than 60 percent of the homes were either on a cul-de-sac, lake, or situated on a natural preserve.
Average Home Size: 1,719 to 2,964 SQ FT.
Home Mix: 54 – 3 to 4 Bedroom, 1 to 3 Bath.
Responding to unabated sales demand, SH Communities continued with another series of homes in Vizcaya mimicking the success project of Santorini Isles. SH offered excellent land planning with many homes situated on the water, cul-de-sac, corner, or oversized lot. This was their tenth community built within the master planned community.
Having expanded into Palm Beach County with the successful launch of Murano Bay, SH Communities was ready to launch their next project of Coastal Bay Townvillas. The two and three-story townhomes added major value to the up-and-coming Boynton Beach area.
The third multi-family community build by SH Communities in Homestead was Puerta del Sol with a building community of one to two-story townhomes. It was developed in two phases, with phase one including a total of 69 residences. Priced in the low $100s, Puerta del Sol opened the door to home ownership for many families in Homestead, making the entry price point accessible for first-time homebuyers.
Escada Estates was the eighth project built within the enormous master community of Vizcaya. These single-family homes featured elegant one and two-story models with a plethora of floor plans for homebuyers to select. Two to three-car garages were also incorporated within these homes.
Murano Bay was an exclusive community in the Southeastern of Palm Bay County of two-story townhomes offering floorplans with second floor sitting areas, covered back patios, and large master suites. The homes had large picture windows that brought in copious amounts of natural light. The gated community also had a beautiful view of the intracoastal waterway.
Casa Del Sol was a family favorite with a tot lot and a nice park built within the community. It was located close to the downtown historical area of Homestead with shopping, fine dining, and excellent schools nearby.
Again, not to be confused with the last two projects in Vizcaya – Santorini Estates and Santorini Townvillas– the seventh community built in the grand master community was Santorini Isles. The single-family homes offered lots on the water, cul-de-sac, corner, and oversized lots.
Not to be confused with the last project in Vizcaya – Santorini Estates – the sixth residential community built in the same master community was Santorini Townvillas.
Based on their record pace of completion, SH Communities decided to open their fifth residential community in Vizcaya: Santorini Estates. With 11 distinctive plans, homebuyers were able to choose a style of home was ideal for them. The subdivision itself boasted excellent land planning with many homes on water, corner plots, or oversized lots.
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Before fully committing to construction in Homestead, SH Communities decided to release a limited line of homes for potential customers in the market. The company purchased a small infill parcel of 16 townhomes, in an unfinished community that required major clean-up and painting. The 16 townhomes featured a mix of space options for homebuyers.
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Many environmental, federal and state laws regulate asbestos containing materials (ACMs); however the federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) specifically covers asbestos management, disposal, and abatement in schools. AHERA requires schools to inspect all buildings for ACMs and to develop a asbestos management plan that details the exact location and condition of any asbestos on site. The act applies to all schools, public and private.
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We all experience challenges connecting to our audience in the crowded marketplace. Our world is saturated with information, yet we still want to be able to share more. Data guides our decision-making process — we rely on accurate facts to increase understanding and decrease uncertainty. But a piece of information is valueless if, after receiving it, the audience isn't compelled to respond.
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Asherson's Syndrome
NORD gratefully acknowledges Ronald A. Asherson, MD, deceased, former Professor of Immunology, University of the Witwatersrand, and Consultant Rheumatologist, The Rosebank Clinic, both in Johannesburg, South Africa, for assistance in the preparation of this report.
Synonyms of Asherson's Syndrome
Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Asherson's syndrome is an extremely rare autoimmune disorder characterized by the development, over a period of hours, days or weeks, of rapidly progressive blood clots affecting multiple organ systems of the body. Conditions such as infections, immunizations, wounds caused due to physical trauma and failure in the anticoagulation mechanism of the body usually act as "triggers".
The syndrome is particularly common among patients with antiphospholipid syndrome who experience a cessation of the anticoagulation mechanism rleated to recurrent bleeding in the body. It is usually seen in patients who have previously suffered from a simple/classic episode of antiphospholipid syndrome. It is not known why patients of antiphospholipid syndrome often have the tendency to be "catapulted" into a serious or fatal multiorgan failure, while the same triggers in other individuals may only result in recurrent large vessel thrombosis. The symptoms are also aptly observed in patients during pregnancy or in the weeks after childbirth (puerperium) and may follow the HELLP syndrome or be associated with malignancies. Symptoms vary from case to case depending upon the specific organ systems involved. Asherson's syndrome can rapidly result in life-threatening multiorgan failure.
Asherson's syndrome is a severe variant of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), an autoimmune disorder in which blood clots occur in relation to the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in the body. Antibodies are specialized proteins produced by the body's immune system to fight infection. In autoimmune disorders, antibodies mistakenly attack healthy tissue. In APS and Asherson's syndrome, antibodies mistakenly attack certain proteins that bind to phospholipids, which are fat molecules that are involved in the proper function of cell membranes. Phospholipids are found throughout the body. The reason these antibodies attack these proteins and the process by which they cause blood clots to form is not known.
Asherson's syndrome may occur in individuals who have primary or secondary APS or in individuals with lupus or other autoimmune disorders. In some cases, no previous history of these disorders may be present. The exact cause of Asherson's syndrome is unknown.
The symptoms of Asherson's syndrome are caused by complications resulting from the development of multiple blood clots (thromboses) in the body. Multiple blood clots may form in a matter of hours, days or weeks, potentially causing life-threatening multiorgan failure.
Specific symptoms vary depending upon what organ systems are involved. The kidneys, stomach, lungs, heart, skin and central nervous system are commonly affected. Involvement of the kidneys may result in kidney dysfunction and associated symptoms such as low urine production and high blood pressure (hypertension).
Involvement of the lungs (pulmonary system) may result in adult respiratory distress syndrome, a severe lung disorder characterized by difficulties (dyspnea), excessively deep and rapid breathing (hyperventilation) and insufficient levels of oxygen in the circulating blood (hypoxemia). Additional pulmonary symptoms may include (pulmonary embolism).
Blotchy reddish patches of discolored skin, a condition known as livedo reticularis, bruising, and the loss of living tissue (gangrene) may develop. Central nervous system symptoms may include stroke (cerebral infarction), seizures, and a condition characterized by altered brain structure and function (encephalopathy).
If the heart is involved, symptoms may include inflammation and thickening of the valves of the heart (valvar heart disease) potentially resulting in complication such as mitral valve regurgitation (MVR). In MVR, the mitral valve does not shut properly allowing blood to flow backward into the heart. Affected individuals may also experience chest pain (angina) and the possibility of a heart attack (myocardial infarction).
Additional organ systems may be involved including the gastrointestinal system, resulting in abdominal pain and cramping; the adrenal and pituitary glands resulting in hormone imbalances and low blood pressure; and the bone marrow resulting in low levels of red blood cells (anemia) and platelets (thrombocytopenia).
Asherson's syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder. Autoimmune disorders are caused when the body natural defenses (antibodies, lymphocytes, etc.) against invading organisms suddenly begin to attack perfectly healthy tissue. Researchers believe that multiple factors including genetic and environmental factors play a role in the development of autoimmune disorders.
Asherson's syndrome is a variant of antiphospholipid syndrome, which is characterized by the presence of certain antibodies in the body and the development of blood clots. The antibodies that are present in both antiphospholipid syndrome and Asherson's syndrome are known as antiphospholipid antibodies. There are several different types of antiphospholipid antibodies. Two types are most prevalent lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies. These antibodies were originally thought to attack phospholipids, fatty molecules that are a normal part of cell membranes found throughout the body. However, researchers now know that these antibodies mostly target certain blood proteins that bind to phospholipids. The two most common proteins affected are beta2-glycoprotein and prothrombin. The exact mechanism by which these antibodies eventually lead to the development of blood clots is not known.
Asherson's syndrome may develop in individuals who already have primary or secondary antiphospholipid syndrome. It may also develop in individuals without a previous history of these disorders. The exact cause of Asherson's is unknown. In some cases, researchers have identified a precipitating event or "trigger" that plays a role in the development of the multiple blood clots that characterize this disorder. The main trigger is infection. Additional triggers are trauma including trauma caused by invasive surgical procedures, withdrawal of anti-clotting medication, pregnancy, and certain underlying malignancies (cancers).
Approximately 300 individuals have been identified with Asherson's syndrome since the disorder was first defined in the medical literature in 1992. More women have been affected than men. The disorder can occur at any age, although most cases have been reported in young adults.
Symptoms of the following disorders can be similar to those of Asherson's syndrome. Comparisons may be useful for a differential diagnosis.
Thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP) is a rare blood disorder characterized by the development of blood clots in small blood vessels (thrombotic microangiopathy). TTP appears to occur most often in females in the third or fourth decade of life. Findings may include low levels of platelets in the blood (thrombocytopenia), a diminished number of circulating red blood cells (microangiopathic hemolytic anemia), and/or neurological abnormalities. Thrombocytopenia is associated with a variety of symptoms including the development of purple bruises on the skin, hematuria, and/or small red or purple spots on the skin and/or mucous membranes (petechiae). Neurological abnormalities may include disorientation, headaches, visual abnormalities, seizures, paralysis (paresis), and/or, in severe cases, coma. In addition, affected individuals may also experience fever, fatigue, weakness, abdominal pain, and/or diarrhea. In some cases, individuals with TTP may experience acute renal failure, which may result in diminished excretion of urine; blood appearing in the urine (hematuria); high blood pressure (hypertension); an abnormal accumulation of fluid between layers of tissue under the skin (edema); and/or unusually low water content in the body (dehydration). In some cases, acute renal failure may lead to life-threatening complications. The exact cause of TTP is not known. (For more information on this disorder, choose "thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura" as your search term in the Rare Disease Database.)
Hemolytic-Uremic syndrome (HUS) is a very rare disorder that primarily affects young children between the ages of one and 10 years, particularly those under the age of four years. In many cases, the onset of HUS is preceded by a flu-like illness (gastroenteritis) characterized by vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea, which, in some cases, may be bloody. Symptoms of HUS usually become apparent three to 10 days after the development of gastroenteritis and may include sudden paleness (pallor), irritability, weakness, lack of energy (lethargy), and/or excretion of abnormally diminished amounts of urine (oliguria). The disease typically progresses to include inability of the kidneys to process waste products from the blood and excrete them into the urine (acute renal failure), a decrease in circulating red blood cells (microangiopathic hemolytic anemia); a decrease in circulating blood platelets, which assist in blood clotting functions (thrombocytopenia); and the abnormal accumulation of platelets within certain blood vessels (microthrombi), reducing the blood flow to several organs (e.g., kidneys, pancreas, brain) potentially leading to multiple organ dysfunction or failure. In some cases, neurological problems may be present at the onset of HUS or may occur at any time during the disorder's progression. Neurological symptoms may include dizziness, seizures (partial or generalized), disorientation or confusion, and/or loss of consciousness (coma). The onset of HUS is most frequently associated with infection by a particular strain (O157:H7) of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterium. (For more information on this disorder, choose "hemolytic uremic syndrome" as your search term in the Rare Disease Database.)
HELLP is a rare syndrome that affects some pregnant women. The acronym HELLP stands for Hemolysis, the premature destruction of red blood cells, Elevated Liver enzymes, and Low Platelet counts. Platelets are small blood cells that clump together to form a plug (clot) at the site of injury to a blood vessel. HELLP syndrome may occur as an isolated condition or in women who have preeclampsia. Affected women may experience nausea and vomiting, headaches, fatigue, upper abdominal pain and vision problems. The severity of HELLP syndrome varies; it can be a mild condition or can cause life-threatening complications. The exact cause of HELLP syndrome is unknown.
A diagnosis of Asherson's syndrome is made based upon a thorough clinical evaluation, identification of characteristic findings (e.g., multiple blood clots affecting at least three different organ systems that arise simultaneously within one week), and a variety of tests including simple blood tests that can detect antiphospholipid antibodies.
A specialized blood test called a coagulation test is used to measure blood clotting and can indicate the presence of lupus anticoagulant in the blood. An Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) test can detect the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies in the blood. Positive tests may often need to be repeated because antiphospholipid antibodies can be present in short intervals (transiently) due to other reasons such as infection or drug use. Borderline negative tests may need to be repeated because individuals with APS have initially tested negative for the antiphospholipid antibodies.
Because of the recent identification and limited number of cases of Asherson's syndrome, no standard therapy has been approved. Researchers who have studied the disease recommend a combination of therapeutic regimens including drugs that prevent clotting (anticoagulants), corticosteroids, specialized proteins known as immunoglobulins, and repeated plasma exchanges using a procedure called plasmapheresis.
Initial therapy for individuals is usually the anticoagulant, heparin, delivered intravenously. Corticosteroids may be given along with heparin. Steroids are given to minimize the effects of tissue loss (necrosis) that often accompanies Asherson's syndrome. Specialized proteins called immunoglobulins have also been used to treat affected individuals.
Repeated plasma exchanges using fresh frozen plasma may be given using a procedure known as plasmapheresis. Plasmapheresis is a method for removing unwanted substances (e.g., antiphospholipid antibodies) from the blood. Blood is removed from the patient and blood cells are separated from plasma. The patient's plasma is then replaced with other human plasma and the blood is transfused into the patient. This therapy is still under investigation to analyze side effects and effectiveness.
Intensive antibiotic therapy may be used to treat infection.
More research into the long-term effects of Asherson's syndrome is necessary, but researchers studying Asheron's have indicated that affected individuals who survive the initial onset of multiple blood clots have had an excellent prognosis so far.
In 2000, the Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS) Registry was created to document the clinical, laboratory and therapeutic information on affected individuals. The registry is overseen by the European Forum on Antiphospholipid Antibodies. For more information visit: www.med.ub.es/MIMMUN/FORUM/CAPS.HTM
The drug Rituximab has been used successfully to treat individuals with Asherson's syndrome who experience severe thrombocytopenia. Additional drugs have been used to treat Asherson's syndrome including drugs that suppress the immune system (e.g., cyclophosphamide) or drugs that break down blood clots or prevent platelets or clots from forming (fibrinolytic drug) such as prostacyclin. More research is necessary to determine the long-term and safety and effectiveness of these potential therapeutic agents for Asherson's syndrome.
Please note that some of these organizations may provide information concerning certain conditions potentially associated with this disorder.
American Autoimmune & Related Diseases Association, Inc.
22100 Gratiot Ave.
Eastpointe, MI 48021
Website: http://www.aarda.org/
APS Foundation of America
Website: http://www.apsfa.org
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
2000 L Street NW
Website: http://www.lupus.org
National Blood Clot Alliance
8321 Old Courthouse Road, Suite 255
Website: http://www.stoptheclot.org/
9707 E. Easter Lane
Centennial, CO 80112 USA
Website: http://www.stroke.org
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Q: Using gdbus-codegen for dbus method call, server side works but response string on client side is always NULL Using gdbus-codegen for dbus method call, server side works but response string on client side is always NULL.
Specifically the buffer in the call
     new_cfg_gdbus_call_receive_new_config_sync(proxy, "new_cfg", buf, NULL, &error);
is NULL, I am not sure how to populate that on the server side.
Command line:
gdbus-codegen --generate-c-code new_cfg_gen --c-namespace NewCfg --interface-prefix com.new_cfg. com.new_cfg.GDBUS.xml

XML:
<node>
    <interface name="com.new_cfg.GDBUS">
        <method name="ReceiveNewConfig">
            <arg name="greeting" direction="in" type="s"/>
            <arg name="response" direction="out" type="s"/>
        </method>
    </interface>
</node>

Client:
NewCfgGDBUS *proxy;
GError *error;
gchar **buf = NULL;
error = NULL;
proxy = new_cfg_gdbus_proxy_new_for_bus_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM, G_DBUS_PROXY_FLAGS_NONE,
        "com.new_cfg", "/com/new_cfg/GDBUS", NULL, &error);
new_cfg_gdbus_call_receive_new_config_sync(proxy, "new_cfg", buf, NULL, &error);
if(NULL != buf && NULL != *buf)
{
    g_print("resp: %s\n", *buf);
}
else
{
    g_print("resp is NULL");
}
g_object_unref(proxy);

Server:
static gboolean
on_rcv_new_cfg (NewCfgGDBUS *interface, GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
                const gchar *greeting, gpointer user_data)
{
    gchar *response;
    response = g_strdup_printf ("New Config %s is valid.", greeting);
    new_cfg_gdbus_complete_receive_new_config (interface, invocation, response);
    g_print("%s\n", response);
    g_free (response);
    return TRUE;
}

static void
on_name_acquired(GDBusConnection *connection, const gchar *name, gpointer user_data)
{
    NewCfgGDBUS *interface;
    GError *error;
    interface = new_cfg_gdbus_skeleton_new();
    g_signal_connect (interface, "handle-receive-new-config", G_CALLBACK (on_rcv_new_cfg), NULL);
    error = NULL;
    (void)!g_dbus_interface_skeleton_export (G_DBUS_INTERFACE_SKELETON (interface), connection, "/com/new_cfg/GDBUS", &error);
}

Server side loop:
GMainLoop *loop;
loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
g_bus_own_name(G_BUS_TYPE_SYSTEM, "com.new_cfg", G_BUS_NAME_OWNER_FLAGS_NONE, NULL,
            on_name_acquired, NULL, NULL, NULL);
g_main_loop_run (loop);

A: Solved:
The correct parameter in this case is just char*, gdbus does not generate (allocate) a pointer to string and a string. It only allocates the string, returns the address.


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How long will the Galaxy Note 9 continue to get software updates?
Last updated: April 6th, 2022 at 19:51 UTC+02:00
For many Galaxy Note fans, the Galaxy Note 9 is still one of the best devices ever released in the lineup. Many are still hanging on to their Galaxy Note 9 for various reasons, and one of those is no doubt the fact that the phone still continues to get regular security updates, even if Samsung stopped releasing major OS updates for it some time back.
Right now, the Galaxy Note 9 gets security updates every three months in most markets, which is great for a phone that launched back in 2018. But how long will that continue, and when will the Galaxy Note 9 stop getting updates completely?
Expect Galaxy Note 9 updates to stop in the second half of 2022
Recently, Samsung pulled update support for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ as the two phones completed four years on the market, and for the Galaxy Note 9, that is likely to happen later this year a little after it completes its fourth birthday. There's no way to be precise, but we can expect Samsung to drop support by October at the latest.
An update or two might get released for the Galaxy Note 9 even after the official support period has ended, depending on whether or not a critical security flaw is discovered later down the line. But if you own the device, expect to stop seeing any update notifications on it in the final quarter of 2022.
And if you're thinking of upgrading from your Note 9, either now or once it stops getting updates, you might want to take a look at the Galaxy S22 Ultra. The S22 Ultra is a Note in all but name, and while it lacks features like a microSD slot and a headphone jack, it has plenty of awesome features to offer, which you can check out in our video review below.
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Galaxy Note 9 will no longer get software updates, Galaxy Note 10 will get them once a quarter
Samsung is finally putting the Galaxy Note 9 to rest. The smartphone will no longer get software updates. The South Korean firm released the September 2022 security patch and its details yesterday. On its website, it lists devices that it is actively supporting. While it added newer devices like the Galaxy Z Flip 4 and […]
Galaxy S22 Ultra might be outselling the last four Galaxy Note models
Samsung's new Galaxy S22 Ultra could do what other S Pen devices before couldn't and break new sales records. The S22 Ultra might be one of the most successful Galaxy Note devices in recent years, even though it doesn't wear the iconic brand. According to a new report, Samsung could achieve nearly 11 million Galaxy […]
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Stewart C. Orzoff is the founder and senior member of the Orzoff Law Offices. He has been a licensed practicing attorney in the State of Illinois for the past 43 years. He represents both injured workers who have claims under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act and individuals who have personal injury claims.
Mr. Orzoff is an experienced litigator and counselor. His expertise, particularly in the field of workers' compensation, is widely recognized by his peers as over 50% of his cases are referred to him by other attorneys who are not familiar with the intricacies of successfully representing a client in a workers' compensation claim. Among his attorney peers he is considered to be a lawyer's lawyer. Over the years he has trained many young men and women who worked for him as law clerks and have gone on to become successful lawyers and judges.
Throughout his legal career Mr. Orzoff has successfully represented injured workers from the entire spectrum of the work force. He has represented office workers, laborers, factory workers, tradesmen, airline employees, truck drivers, package & delivery drivers, public transportation employees, government employees, management personnel and many other types of employees from all aspects of industry in the State of Illinois. He has vast trial experience at the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and in the Circuit Courts of Cook County and the surrounding counties as well as the Illinois Appellate Court. He is well known for his ability to successfully settle difficult cases due to his organizational skills and extremely high level of case preparation.
Mr. Orzoff takes pride in the personal service that he offers to all clients. At the initial meeting, he offers the client a complete explanation of their legal rights and he proposes a case plan which is designed to eventually bring the case to a successful conclusion.
Mr. Orzoff was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1943 and has lived in the Chicagoland area all of his life. He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from the DePaul University College of Law in February of 1966. In May of 1966 the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois licensed him to practice as an Attorney and Counselor of Law before all of the courts in the state. At that time he was also licensed to practice before the United States District Courts for both the Northern and Southern Districts of the State of Illinois.
He began his legal career as a trial attorney for a large national insurance company and, at that time, he also began to plant the seeds for what is now the well-recognized Orzoff Law Offices. The impressive growth of his firm can be attributed to a network of referrals from satisfied clients and other attorneys.
He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. In 1999 he was admitted to practice as an Attorney and Counselor of Law before the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
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100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
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U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1966
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1966
U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1966
Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
Major: Pre-Law
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James Chrisos v. Hockersmith Transportation Services Co., 326 Ill.App.3d 1141 (Appellate Court of Illinois 2001)
Frank Leschkies, as Administrator of the Estate of Siegfried Leschkies, Deceased, v. Playboy Club of Lake Geneva, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, 465 F.Supp.80 (United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division 1979)
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Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
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Illinois State Bar
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Maait: Over LE 24B allocated to health sector to face Covid-19
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 - 07:11 GMT
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said that over 24 billion Egyptian pounds were provided to the health sector to face Covid-19 pandemic and nearly 47 billion Egyptian pounds were allocated to the education sector to support the education system.
Egypt's gov't indebtedness decreases 20.5% of GDP in 3 years: Min.
Wed, 28 Apr 2021 - 03:24 GMT
Maait stated in a statement that the government indebtedness decreased from 108 percent of GDP in June 2017 to 87.5 percent in June 2020.
Finance min.: Gov't targets increasing spending on health, education, social development
Fri, 16 Apr 2021 - 01:02 GMT
Speaking during the 2021 World Bank Group/IMF Spring Meetings held via video conference, Maait said Egypt is going ahead with the anti-coronavirus measures via meeting the requirements of the health sector, as well as backing the economic sectors and the most affected social strata.
Finance minister: State repaid LE 288 billion to National Organization for Social Insurance in 2 years
Finance Minister Mohamed Maeit said the State's general budget repaid EGP 288 billion to the National Organization For Social Insurance (NOSI) in 21 months upon directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to settle the financial entanglement with the organization.
State managed to improve salaries despite COVID-19: Finance min.
As for the new taxes law, he noted that the new law is meant to realize justice, expounding that the number of people exempted from taxes rose to 60 percent.
Power of administrative seizure revoked from all revenue authorities: Egypt's finance minister
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 - 03:21 GMT
The decision shall then be ratified by the finance minister, he added.
Egypt's Finance minister: State keen to support industrial sector
Fri, 23 Oct 2020 - 01:21 GMT
This should be achieved in a way that helps maximize the production capacities, expand the export base, and improve the competitiveness of the Egyptian products at the international market, he added.
Egypt's Finance min. announced new facilities to encourage citizens to pay government dues via e-payment
Wed, 30 Sep 2020 - 02:20 GMT
In statements on Wednesday, the minister said these facilities will enable citizens to receive services without any added expenses.
Egypt Prepares to Make its Mark in the Green Bond Market
Sun, 27 Sep 2020 - 11:10 GMT
The Arab Republic of Egypt has adopted a green bond framework for the issuance of sovereign green instruments, signaling its commitment to its environmental and sustainable development objectives.
Finance min. forms unit for program & performance budgeting
The unit shall be responsible for developing plans, outlining, and implementing the state's general budget on the basis of programs and performance.
No prejudice to exemptions contained in Egypt's agreements concluded with foreign countries: Min
The draft law "canceling the exemption decided on the returns of treasury bills, bonds and capital gains resulting from dealing on these bills and bonds from income tax" approved by the Parliament's Plan and Budget Committee, will not affect the exemptions established in the agreements concluded between the government and foreign countries
Political leadership keen on automating Egyptian Tax Authority, applying e-bill system
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 - 12:12 GMT
Maait thanked the companies who joined the experiment operation phase of the e-bill system.
Finance Ministry to auction EGP 181.5 bln T-bills, bonds in January
Wed, 02 Jan 2019 - 01:14 GMT
The Ministry of Finance will auction treasury bills and bonds at a total value of EGP 181.5 billion during January.
Finance minister appoints Kamal Negm as new head of customs
Negm was the head of the Central Administration of the Eastern Province in the customs operations sector.
Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 in August
The minister said that the custom dollar rotates around 90 percent of the prevailing dollar price in the banking market.
Egypt keeps custom dollars at LE 16 in July
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 - 01:05 GMT
Finance Ministry works to reduce the budget deficit to 4%
The economic growth rate hit 5.2 percent with the start of the current fiscal year, Amr el-Garhy said.
Egypt discusses setting up sovereign fund for state companies
Mon, 05 Mar 2018 - 08:50 GMT
The idea of the fund is being discussed internally and is in its early stages, he told a conference in Dubai.
Bitcoin slides 14% on crackdown fears, hits four-week low
Tue, 16 Jan 2018 - 09:22 GMT
Bitcoin slid on the news, trading as low as $11,730 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange, down 13.6 percent on the day.
Finance minister expects inflation rate below 20% next month
"It's a better than good indication and puts us on a good path," said Garhy.
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Georgia man sentenced after 7 prior DUI convictions
On behalf of Stahl & Hidir P.C. posted in dui & traffic offenses on Friday, January 18, 2019.
A Georgia man recently was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a 2017 crash that left four members of a family injured. His blood alcohol content (BAC) at the time of the crash was .29 percent, which is more than three times the legal limit in the state.
The man, 48, also was sentenced to 15 years of probation. A resident of Athens, he was found guilty after a four-day trial of four counts of serious injury by motor vehicle, as well as one count of driving without a license and another count of failure to maintain lane.
Why did the judge impose such a long sentence? Because he had seven earlier drunk-driving convictions on his record.
According to the prosecutor, the judge said at sentencing that "he could not ignore the defendant's seven prior convictions for driving under the influence and the collision could have easily killed the entire family."
The crash happened in May 2017 when the man, driving a pickup truck, hit a car carrying a couple and their four daughters.
The woman, who was in the front passenger seat, suffered a broken arm and a broken leg. One of the daughters, who was riding in the back seat, suffered a broken wrist and pelvis, a concussion and lost two teeth.
It is fortunate none of the family members suffered life-threatening injuries. This story, however, also shows a failure for the driver to get the help he needed through the years. There are programs available in Georgia where people charged with DUI can get treatment for their issues with alcohol. Attorneys experienced in DUI cases are ready to advocate for them.
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McCann Manchester appointed by electronics giant
by David Prior
McCann Manchester has been appointed by electronics component distributor Farnell element14 to deliver a pan-European communications brief.
The agency has been working with Farnell element14 on a project basis for the past 16 months, working on several loyalty initiatives including an online retention programme called the Power Circuit, which has been rolled out in 13 markets across Europe.
McCann will now develop and deliver an integrated communications strategy and support with a specific focus on customer loyalty and retention.
Farnell element14, established in 1939, is part of FTSE250 company Premier Farnell plc.
Alan Paterson, Farnell element14's European sales and marketing director, said: "Over the past 12 months the McCann team has demonstrated an incisive grasp of our business and market and has been able to translate that insight into programmes and campaigns that are driving hard business results for us.
"We believe this ability coupled with their global network will enable us to drive success at scale on an international basis."
Graham Todd, group account director and leader of McCann Manchester's B2B practice, added: "Our proven track record of working with international companies in the business to business space means we are ideally placed to help Farnell element14 meet both the challenges and opportunities they face.
"We are delighted that our work over the past 12 months has been consolidated into an ongoing relationship."
McCann's have recently won other B2B briefs from Fellowes, Lafarge Tarmac, SIG and WorldPay.
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Ryan Berg, 'No House To Call My Home: Love, Family, And Other Transgressions': Book Review
August 26, 2015 by Garth Greenwell Leave a Comment
Ryan Berg begins this account of LGBTQ teens in New York City's troubled foster care system with statistics that are at once shocking and painfully familiar. "Children placed in foster care are more likely than veterans of war to develop post-traumatic stress disorder," he writes, and LGBTQ teens—who make up 40% of homeless youth—are especially vulnerable: "70 percent of LGBTQ youth in group homes reported violence based on LGBTQ status; 100 percent reported verbal harassment."
The book opens in 2004, when—almost thirty and a recent college graduate—Ryan Berg took a job as a residential counselor at a group home for LGBTQ teens in New York City. White, Midwestern, raised by loving parents, his own experience couldn't be further from that of the youth now in his charge. The job is poorly paid and intensely demanding, and Berg is immediately overwhelmed by the constant struggle to get his charges to school or to work, to keep peace in the household, to provide anything like the attention each of them demands.
There's a familiar shape stories like this nearly always take, one in which the author, initially daunted, quickly gets his bearings and gets to work. He struggles and suffers setbacks, and, though he's tempted to give up, perseveres until his efforts are rewarded. He makes a difference in the lives of those he has come to save; more importantly, he learns crucial lessons about himself. In this kind of book, the author is always at the center of the story, and whatever happens in the lives around him, it's always his own experience that the reader cares about most.
No House To Call My Home is a very different kind of book, and maybe what's most impressive about it is how uninterested Berg seems in his own experience of the two years he spends working in the New York foster care system. It's not that he's an absent figure, or an unsympathetic one—we see his exhaustion, we follow him home and watch him drink to assuage his frustration, we experience his mounting despair as his efforts seem increasingly fruitless.
But Berg's feelings are never the book's main concern. Instead, he offers us vivid, beautifully drawn portraits of the young people in his care. Almost all from backgrounds of poverty, many of them victims of sexual and physical abuse, some of them HIV-positive, they face daunting challenges as they confront the prospect of "aging out" at twenty-one, when they can no longer remain in the group home.
Their choices are often frustratingly self-defeating, but Berg tries to listen hard enough to understand them. "School has never been about learning," he says of one student who, despite his obvious intelligence, refuses to apply himself in his classes. "It's about finding ways to survive." When a transgender woman turns, like many of the residents, to sex work, he notes what the money means to someone whose only access to hormonal treatments is through street dealers; more than that, he realizes, "for a brief moment in the arms of a trick she's no longer treated as a freak; she's desired."
Berg is ruthless in his criticism of the foster care system. "The sense of security we pretend to offer is superficial," he writes, "and the reality, the scarcity of protection, feels morally criminal." Decisions about young people are made by caseworkers who barely know them—and who, in many cases, are woefully unprepared or unwilling to meet the needs of queer youth. Expedience replaces real care; when a patient who has acted out is quickly prescribed medication, "it becomes clear that a diagnosis—even a possible misdiagnosis—reads as due diligence to the powers that be."
Even as they can bring him to the point of despair—"This child is doing everything in her power to die on the streets," one of his colleagues says at one point—Berg never loses a fundamental admiration for the young people he works with, who have survived conditions he finds it difficult to imagine. "Reinvention is a large part of black and brown queer youth culture in New York," he notes, amazed at the imaginativeness and confidence of his charges' self-presentation. When one teen cows a group of young men who have made homophobic comments in a restaurant, Berg writes that "The force and authority in her voice leaves me breathless."
"People prefer to ignore tragedy unless there's redemption in the end," Berg writes. No House To Call My Home doesn't offer redemption, and there's little balm for the tragedies it recounts, some of which are crushing. But Berg refuses to allow tragedy to exhaust the lives of the young people he works with, who are funny, resourceful, bright, loving, who manage not to give up on a world that too often turns its back to them.
It isn't just the straight world that has failed these kids, and Berg's book should be required reading for anyone who cares about LGBT advocacy. "The mainstream LGBTQ movement does a poor job of addressing the needs of the most visible LGBTQ youth (white, middle-class)," Berg writes, "and often completely ignores the least visible (youth of color, poor, or transgender)."
Berg's book makes the lives of these brave, vulnerable, brilliant, fierce young people impossible to ignore.
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The California Department of Public Health has levied its harshest fine against a nursing home after a resident fell from a mechanical lift. According to reports, the lift was being to transfer a 60-year-old patient from her wheelchair and into her bed. As nursing assistants were transferring the woman, the sling holding the woman broke, causing the woman to fall hard to the ground. She struck her head on a nearby door, causing a severe brain injury, and ultimately causing her death four days later.
The original complaint with DPH was filed in January, 2009 by Carole Herman, president of Foundation Aiding the Elderly, a nursing home rights group in Sacramento. While she was no doubt happy that the citation and fine were issued, she lamented the length of time it took DPH to complete its investigation. She told the Bee, "It's taken this long for the state to get something done. It's terrible." Amen, Carole, Amen.
The nursing home abuse and neglect lawyers at Walton Law Firm provide free consultations to individuals and families who believe a loved one has been abused or neglected in the nursing home, assisted living, or home health care setting. Call (866) 607-1325 for a free and confidential case evaluation.


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You can barely tell you have this necklace on when you're wearing it! It's so light and delicate. It's made with 3 tiny, hand made triangles centered on a fine chain. It looks great layered with any other simple, geometric necklaces.
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Memento Ori
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Ori has a very particular kind of difficulty that I haven't seen since I played the last Ori. I was jumping and then jumping and then dashing and then gliding at a certain point and I was like, "Ah, yes. There you are."
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My 2015 tweet regarding the game reads thus:
There's shit in Ori and the Blind Forest that is controller-breakingly hard. I haven't broken one yet. But I have flexed it, in preparation.
— Tycho Brahe (@TychoBrahe) March 17, 2015
Storywise, it's sort of dark and sweet. But that darkness expands and coats the gameplay like a rich glaze. I don't want to say that the game is "twisted," which is to imply that not only is it meant to confound the player's frail human fingies, but that the vile patriarchs of Moon Studios will derive sick joy from these perturbations. It simply has very high expectations of the player.
The best example I can give is that at one point - and this happened in the first one, too - I engaged in a profound and ridiculous bit of acrobatics, suspended midair for a period of longer than ten or so seconds by a sequence of interactions with shorter and shorter windows of success, and I assumed at some level that this was either a secret thing or some flight of fancy on my part when it was literally the way I was supposed to fucking go. I hadn't impressed anyone. I just punched in, on time, for my normal shift.
It's also ridiculously beautiful. That was true for the old one also, but just being in some of these places is so refreshing. You feel like you're absorbing some vitamin, vital to human flourishing, just by looking at it. And that's nice, because the rest of the time you're flexing your controller, building that faultline that will come in so handy later.
Gonna head over to Grib's this afternoon as a brief respite from the exile, and he's been telling me about this "Motorsport Manager" game so much that I kinda have to see it now. After he saw Ford vs Ferrari he kinda lost it, first jumping back into Forza 7, and then getting into Gran Turismo Sport, until finally he's here managing a virtual racing team. It's like everything they told us about the Devil Weed was true, only for racing games - because Motorsport Managing seems to indicate that he's reached this genre's heroin. We'll be on at 2pm PST.
(CW)TB out.
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