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Though some really exciting, interesting research is now being done into the causes of type 1 diabetes, I've never really believed I would be "cured". I never thought about the future much as a teen (who does?!), and later on I just tried my hardest to maintain good health on the bumpy ride through life. Meeting my husband opened a window I'd never known was there; we talk about things I could never have imagined five years ago, and I'm impatient to run headlong down the path of our new life together, my heart full of joy. But a cure is a dream for someone else. It's a wonderful dream, don't get me wrong, and I raise funds and advocate in the hopes of making it come true. And sure, there are days when the whole routine gets old, and I wish it would just go away. But I'm happy with what I have in my small life. As long as I'm healthy and free of complications I can't ask for much more.
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Thanks for the shout out. As I mentioned I never really thought about this until I heard about her research.
So this is where I focus all my fund-raising efforts these days. For myself, for all those children with diabetes, and for their parents.
You know, I want to believe there will be a cure in our lifetime. But there may not be. That's why it's so important to take care of our bodies now, while we can!


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The Heart of an Institution
Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, Phoenix House Founder, Dies at 87
Dr. Mitchell Rosenthal, the founder of Phoenix House, the modern day hippie retreat for adults with learning disabilities, died April 19 at Phoenix Mountain's Hospice Community in Phoenix, Ariz.
Rosenthal, 87, was hospitalized with a heart attack in February.
He had founded Phoenix House, a "nonsever" alternative school for adults, in 1961.
As the son of a professional violinist, he was also a music buff. Mitchell was an accomplished guitar player at 13, and then a gifted singer as well. Both parents were musical; his mother was a concert promoter and he said he and his father had a "jazz and classical music collection" that "consisted of three sets of records."
The experience of going to music school in Boston in the 1930s — an experience which he said was "not so different from the first grade experience" — helped form his view that music should be valued as an art.
In 1960, when Rosenthal found himself without his mother's financial resources, he was inspired to "find and share with the rest of us a place where our cultural beliefs might find a place to breathe."
Rosenthal said he spent his nights between college classes, then did bookkeeping and accounting in California and worked as an engineer, and during the day he taught music. That was the beginning.
He would eventually go on to develop more than 20 institutions, often creating a unique version of an institution, such as the first community in Northern California that used a free market for funding and which used tax-paying residents as its tenants.
His experiences at all three levels of an institution helped formulate his ideas for how an institution should operate. Rosenthal said that each person at an institution contributes to its mission.
"The mission is the heart of the institution, and the heart is the soul, and then it is the soul that is the mission," he said.
"It's the soul of your people, and it's the heart that does everything really, so the mission is really the heart."
Mitchell was also a great champion of the arts. He encouraged the
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San Diego: National City in final stages of cannabis permitting, including county's first consumption lounge
Weeda Support Team
Cannabis businesses hoping to set up shop in National City, including an applicant proposing to operate what would be the county's first consumption lounge, are moving into the final stage of the three-part permitting process.
In April, the city received 17 applications from interested companies, 16 of which were for storefronts and manufacturing and one for a lounge. Nine of the applicants are local residents.
The city's cannabis ordinance, approved in May 2021, allows for up to six commercial cannabis licenses, including two that must be reserved for local ownership and one set aside for a consumption lounge. Retail is only allowed in industrial zones and the lounge is in the tourist commercial zone, located west of Interstate 5.
Phase two was recently completed, where applications were scored using a merit-based system that looks at a business's plans for labor, safety and security, location, neighborhood compatibility and investment in the community.
"It was a very competitive process, just from the scores. If we're talking about a test, everyone got an A-plus, but how good of an A-plus they got is really the question. It was a close race," said Pedro Garcia, the city's economic development manager who is overseeing cannabis permitting.
The most points an applicant can receive is 3,000, though they can earn more. Scores ranged from 3,150 to 1,290, but most of them earned 2,900 points, according to the city. The top-scoring applicants were Shryne National City and Off The Charts, each of whom earned 3,150 points. Sessions by the Bay was the sole consumption lounge applicant and earned 2,900.
Those three are moving into the final round, where they will each have to provide a $5,000 deposit to receive a permit and then negotiate a development agreement with the city. Council members would then consider approval and, if granted, allow the businesses to apply for a land-use permit and business license.
Though the city has authorized six cannabis permits, staff will begin with the initial three applicants before working with the remaining three, Garcia said.
"The reason for that is most cities have cannabis departments and teams. I'm the cannabis person so I have to handle this accordingly and the consumption lounge is going to be the trickiest," he said.
Consumption lounges are the next big thing in the legal cannabis market and they're expected to pick up momentum, according to industry experts, but several factors have hindered their takeoff, including the pandemic and rigorous permitting procedures.
A rendering of the inside of Sessions by the Bay, a proposed cannabis consumption lounge in National City.
(Courtesy of Alex Ayon)
"I think there are probably very few businesses to get into that are as complicated as cannabis and lounges are even more complicated," said Alex Ayon, a San Diego resident who would co-operate Sessions by the Bay with his wife Pearl Ayon. "It's primarily because it's a new thing … and we don't have other places that we can look at to see what works and what doesn't."
Consumption lounges are tied to numerous limitations, even more so than other types of marijuana businesses, said Ayon.
"One of the primary concerns the public has is driving under the influence and that's a very real concern that we, as business owners, take very seriously," he said, adding that their safety plans include having patrons sign a form acknowledging the lounge's rules and regulations, offering shuttle services and having security and a rideshare drop-off site in front of the shop.
With a high score and as the only applicant, Sessions by the Bay is off to a promising start. Ayon, who formerly owned two dispensaries in San Diego and La Mesa and operates another in Lone Pine, said he has already invested "six figures" into bringing the lounge into fruition and projects investing $4 million total.
He signed a lease for a 13,000-square-foot building near the bayfront and estimates having upwards of 100 jobs. Under National City requirements, half of Sessions' workforce must be city residents, though he said they plan to have as much as 75 percent. They also plan to give an unspecified percentage of their profits to local youth and substance abuse programs.
The building will consist of a storefront selling a variety of cannabis products and a lounge where patrons will be able to consume items from the dispensary or from a menu within the lounge. No alcohol will be sold, as it is prohibited, and food will be sold through third-party partnerships, such as food trucks, Ayon said.
The lounge itself is envisioned to be "an immersive experience" with a heavy music and art component, he added.
His hope is to open by next summer should the business successfully complete the permitting process and receive council approval.
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title: Attachments / DataBus Sample
summary: 'Send images or video by putting an attribute over your large property. NServiceBus takes care of the rest. '
tags:
- DataBus
- MSMQ Limit
- Large messages
redirects:
- nservicebus/attachments-databus-sample
related:
- nservicebus/messaging/databus
---

 1. Run the solution. Two console applications start.
 2. Find the Sender application by looking for the one with "Sender" in its path and pressing Enter in the window to send a message.      You have just sent a message that is larger than the allowed 4MB by MSMQ. NServiceBus sends it as an attachment, allowing it to reach the Receiver application.
 3. Click 'e' and Enter. A message larger than the allowed 4MB is sent, but this time without utilizing the NServiceBus attachments mechanism. An exception is thrown at the "Sender" application.

## Code walk-through

This sample contains three projects:

 * Messages - A class library containing the sample messages. Only one of the message types utilizes the NServiceBus DataBus.
 * Sender - A console application responsible for sending the large messages.
 * Receiver - A console application responsible for receiving the large messages from Sender.

### Messages project

Let's look at the Messages project, at the two messages. We start with the large one that is not utilizing the DataBus mechanism. The message is a simple byte array command:

<!-- import AnotherMessageWithLargePayload -->

The other message utilizes the DataBus mechanism:

<!-- import MessageWithLargePayload -->

`DataBusProperty<byte[]>` is an NServiceBus data type that instructs NServiceBus to treat the `LargeBlob` property as an attachment. It is not transported in the NServiceBus normal flow.

When sending a message using the NServiceBus Message attachments mechanism, the message's payload resides in the folder. In addition, a
'signaling' message is sent to the Receiving endpoint.

The `TimeToBeReceived` attribute instructs the NServiceBus framework that it is allowed to clean the MSMQ message after one minute if it was not received by the receiver. The message payload remains in the Storage folder after the MSMQ message is cleaned by the NServiceBus framework.

Following is an example of the signaling message that is sent to the receiving endpoint:

```json
{
	"SomeProperty":"This message contains a large blob that will be sent on the data bus",
	"LargeBlob":
	{
		"Key":"2014-09-29_09\\67de3a8e-0563-40d5-b81b-6f7b27d6431e",
		"HasValue":true
	}
}
```

### Configuring the Databus location

Both the `Sender` and `Receive` project need to share a common location to store large binary objects. This is done by calling `FileShareDataBus`. This code instructs NServiceBus to use the FileSharing transport mechanism for the attachment.

```C#
static string BasePath = "..\\..\\..\\storage";
static void Main()
{
    ...
    busConfiguration.UseDataBus<FileShareDataBus>().BasePath(BasePath);
    ...
}
```

### Sender project

The following sender project code sends the `MessageWithLargePayload `message, utilizing the NServiceBus attachment mechanism:

<!-- import SendMessageLargePayload -->

The following `Sender` project code sends the `AnotherMessageWithLargePayload` message without utilizing the NServiceBus attachment mechanism:

<!-- import SendMessageTooLargePayload -->

In both cases, a 5MB message is sent, but in the `MessageWithLargePayload `it goes through, while `AnotherMessageWithLargePayload` fails.

Go to the `Receiver` project to see the receiving application.

### Receiver project

Following is the receiving message handler:

<!-- import MessageWithLargePayloadHandler -->

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Симеон Христов Хаджипавлов е български революционер, общественик и просветен деец от поморавския град Пирот.

Биография
Роден през 1853 г. в град Пирот, в семейството на механджията Риста Хаджипавлов. Получава началното си образование в родния си град, след което учи в София и Пловдив. През учебната година 1871/1872 завършва IV гимназиален клас и сам става учител в Пирот – преподава главно математика. За да подобри подготовката си продължава образованието си в реалното училище в Загреб. Без да приключи учението си там, заминава за Прага, където има намерение да следва в Политехниката, но успява да завери само първите два семестъра по химия и прекъсва заради избухналата Сръбско-турска война, в която се включва като доброволец.

Пиротски революционен комитет
Тодор Каблешков използва работата си в Източните железници като прикритие, за да обиколи незабелязан редица градове, в които проверява настроенията за революционни действия в контекста на избухналото Херцеговинско-босненско въстание. През август 1875 г. посещава Пирот по време на местен панаир. Там Каблешков се среща с Христов и други представители на пиротската интелигенция. Двамата увековечават случая със снимка при фотографа Иван Карастоянов, който има ателие в Пирот в годините преди Берлинския конгрес. Местни съратници на Каблешков освен учителите са първенците Йосиф Бранков, Алекси Стефанов, Иван Костов, Йосиф Куклин, Миша Стефанов (по-късно пиротски депутат в сръбската Скупщина) и др. Заедно те създават Пиротски революционен комитет за общо въстание и освобождаване на България от турско иго. В смутните месеци около Руско-турската война Христов е натоварен с мисия да представи пълномощно, подписано от пиротчани, пред Великите сили в Сан Стефано.

Учебно дело
След като Пиротско остава извън българската държава, Христов и мнозина жители на областта основават значителна колония в Цариброд който тогава все ще се намира в България. Пиротските преселници дават силен тласък за общото въздигане на съседното и тогава все още българско градче. Скоро след Берлинския конгрес Христов пристига в Белоградчик, където става директор на местната педагогическа семинария. Тя обаче е закрита от вече постоянно установеното българско управление. Властите отварят наново учебното заведение вече преустроено и преместено в Цариброд по инициатива на заселилите се там пиротчани. Христов се установява в градчето и оглавява местното трикласно училище, където остава четири години. Назначаван е за директор на училища в Силистра, Бургас и София. Издава учебници по обща и отечествена география. Пиротчанинът работи в столичните девически гимназии до смъртта си през 1910 г.

За родния край
През 1894 г. Симеон Христов издава своята студия "Пиротският окръг и неговото население", отпечатана в Сборника за народни умотворения, наука и книжнина. Монографията съдържа лични спомени, етнографски, географски, исторически, статистически сведения за Пирот и народностния характер на неговото население.

Семейство
Симеон Христов е баща на Владимир Христов, юрист, председател на отделение във Върховния касационен съд.

Бележки

Родени в Пирот
Български просветни дейци
Български общественици
Поморавски българи
Починали в София
Доброволци в Сръбско-турската война (1876)

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It's time to set the record straight on poaching. It's a difficult topic to broach because nobody wants to criticize something that gets annuitants more money. I have always advocated for annuitants; however, increased payouts need to come from ethical and sustainable business practices. Poaching is neither. If you're not familiar with the term, poaching is the search of court records to steal a competitor's pending factoring transaction. It doesn't matter if they take over the transaction entirely or simply act as a "negotiator", it's still the theft of a competitor's work product.
Poachers spin the narrative that their actions are justified because they find and fix egregious transactions. I'd be inclined to agree if that's all they did; however, the reality these days is there are far fewer truly predatory deals than poachers want you to believe. What these poachers and their advocates aren't telling you is that they usually just prey upon the everyday marketing and staffing costs of the originating factoring company; expenses they don't undertake.
The "cash now" business model requires extensive advertising to annuitants directly through TV ads, SEO, social media marketing and Google Ads. They're all expensive. Add to that the cost of the telemarketing staff required to field all the inquiries, few of which go anywhere. The cumulative cost to simply get one case onto a court docket is considerable. That's when poachers pounce. They have this entire investment handed to them for free with an online legal database, and with no costs to recover, poachers can easily offer annuitants more money and still make solid profits. They're not Robin Hoods; they're just parasites gaming the system under the guise of altruism.
You don't need an Ivy League MBA to realize that poaching can't last. Ultimately, somebody must invest the funds to get a case to where poachers can steal it, and with every stolen file driving up the originating company's costs, it becomes a vicious circle that's not sustainable. The entire factoring industry will go into a tailspin if poaching continues unabated. Unfortunately, the last ones standing will be these parasitic poachers; something you absolutely don't want for your clients. They are truly the bottom feeders of an industry where the ethics bar isn't set too high to start with.
You might remember some time ago the open question posed to the industry: Why is Berkshire still a NSSTA member? That question really teased out a larger issue that apparently prompted dozens of pages be written and dedicated to twisting and framing into far more acceptable, more marketablelanguage. Here's some blunt, honest talk to fill in all the gaps in such smiley bend-over talk.
Did you know that it's apparently acceptable for insurers to factor their own annuities, but not another's? One's OK because it's called "servicing" whereas the other is called "factoring." In other words, when someone else makes money, it's "factoring," which is bad for the client, but if the insurer makes the money, then it's "servicing," which is good for the client. This is merely poorly-veiled marketing-speak for insurers preferring to make money themselves in as many areas as possible, squeezing out as many competitors as possible. Giants have mighty appetites, after all.
The idea that insurers factoring their own annuities is somehow good for the annuitants themselves is a Robin Hood story; just as fictitious as the fairy tale. Many of you are opposed to factoring on principle, but argue that if the annuitant gets more money in the end, then hey, who cares if it's the insurance company doing it? This approach is problematic because it simply doesn't account for all the facts.
Insurance companies that factor their own annuities aren't providing a service, they've got the proverbial golden ticket: the names, addresses, and payment details of every annuitant which, lest this be lost in translation, is a salesman's goldmine. You can mine your list for as long as you keep putting structures together. But again, how's that a bad thing, even from a business perspective? How is that damning? Because it's a blatant conflict of interest for insurers.
Structures are put together in a careful way, with insurers as legally specified gatekeepers to factoring transactions. They are the second line of defense, behind the Courts, to securing a factoring transaction based on an annuitant's demonstrative need, not simply desire, for structured funds. How are insurers, in their gatekeeping function, supposed to adequately gatekeep against their own profit motives? Are insurers going to object against making more money for themselves? Of course not.
Some may claim that no profit is made off these transactions. That's silly to the point of foolish. No service line or product from any insurance company exists to not turn profit. As for measuring this profit, don't look exclusively at the red or black numbers at the bottom of the sheet, but instead consider this: insurers get tax breaks for making secure, guaranteed payments to underwrite structured settlements, the same structures that they're going to now purchase, at a discount, and still enjoy the tax breaks despite not paying out to injured parties anymore, thus enjoying huge profits. Beyond this simple rehash of how providing services actually does make money, there's something more problematic at work: optics.
Structure brokers need attorneys to work with them to put these things together. Attorneys already have qualms with the mere existence of factoring, so that many won't advise structures for their clients, the would-be annuitants. How does it look to these attorneys, then, for insurance companies – supposed benevolent gatekeepers – to have everything they need, that glorious golden ticket, to relentlessly market to their clients? Not so good.
Don't believe any of this is happening, or that it's just a twist on the benevolent intentions of your favorite insurer? Look at those who already do it: Visit Symetra's website (symetra.com/clearscape) to see how unabashedly they sell factoring by marketing their familiarity as the insurance company and the ease of having all the required paperwork already. Allstate, too, has an ongoing factoring entity. Still others are taking it a bit slower, rolling into 'test markets' before unleashing themselves nation-wide, napkin and cutlery ready. The list goes on.
Insurers aren't white knights bludgeoning the evil factoring industry; they're foxes guarding the henhouse, gatekeeping be damned. Don't like this new development? Speak up; stand up and object. Otherwise, you should remind annuitants to say 'thank you' while you assist them in bending over.
Fire and brimstone aside, we do have an industry-wide solution that can satisfy most, if not all parties. It just requires us all to be on the same page before we get there. The article is forthcoming.
Bentzen Financial is pleased to announce that W. Campbell Mears, CPA, CSSC has joined the company, effective July 2, 2018. Bentzen Financial has worked tirelessly to become the beacon of ethics in an otherwise controversial market-space. It's rare to encounter someone with the level of integrity Mr. Mears demonstrates, so adding him to the company simply made sense.
Mr. Mears brings 25 years of structured settlement experience to the company. He has held senior positions at leading firms in the insurance industry, including AIG, Cambridge Galaher Settlements, and Crowe Paradis Services Corporation, and he was co-founder and CEO of StructureOnline, a provider of Internet-based structured settlement management systems. In 2010, he joined the factoring industry. His significant experience and expertise will help serve structured settlement annuitants whose financial needs have changed post-settlement and will greatly enhance Bentzen Financial's unique capabilities.
Mr. Mears holds a BA from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT and is a Certified Public Accountant. He earned his Certified Structured Settlement Consultant designation from the National Structured Settlement Trade Association (NSSTA) at the University of Notre Dame. He is former co-chair of the NSSTA Marketing and Technology Committees.
I have always abhorred the factoring industry's scouring of court records for profit. It's a perversion of the intent of open court records. These firms search for past factoring transactions as well as every personal injury suit that may have settled with a structure. Combined with sophisticated skip-tracing tools, today's legal databases allow factoring companies to compile massive lists of potential sellers. It wouldn't be such an issue if they just sent annoying junk mail like the mortgage and real estate companies who also scour public records. Instead, they also bombard annuitants with unending phone calls, stalking on social media and even in-person sales visits. Worse yet, the factoring industry uses these records to purposely target the poor and unsophisticated with endless temptations of "cash now". The Baltimore lead paint scandal targeting cognitively challenged inner city annuitants is my case in point. Then there are the horrific number of cases where court records are used to coerce annuitants into multiple transactions until they are penniless and destitute.
Fifteen years in the factoring business has shown me that most of the egregious behavior can be directly tied to court record scraping. It's been an issue since I started in this business in 2002, however, the increased sophistication of online databases in recent years has compounded the scraping problem exponentially. Today, these searches are cheap, easy and profitable. Curtailing online access could completely change the cost-benefit rationale. The added work and complexity of using court runners would drive up costs, making scraping far less lucrative. More importantly, it could drive the worst actors out of the business altogether: the small, scamming, castoffs of the big firms whose entire business model revolves around online record searches combined with unending, coercive sales calls.
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The above excerpts seem to suggest that these firms are concerned with the legal, non-commercial and ethical use of their services. That said, the ones that do allow factoring industry access clearly don't seem too concerned with enforcement. Regarding legal use, the reality is that the information scraped from these databases is used to continually violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) with incessant calls to annuitants. Our survey of past clients confirmed the never-ending calls and the industry's refusal to follow the law by not honoring do-not-call requests. For some, it was so bad that they no longer answered their phones and couple even changed phone numbers, to no avail. Rampant industry violation of the TCPA is also suggested by an ongoing potential class action suit against a large NASP-affiliated firm for their alleged failure to honor do-not-call requests. When it comes to derivative works violations, I have also seen several Craigslist ads offering the contact information for thousands of annuitants, all likely gleaned from these court record services.
Court record scraping has been a longstanding issue that seems to be getting worse by the day as more factoring companies become increasingly aggressive and underhanded in their pursuit of unsuspecting annuitants. Ideally, some regulations restricting the commercial use of court records would be more beneficial to annuitants, but I don't see that happening. However, anything that can be done to limit the ease of access can't hurt. The question becomes, how does one get these legal database firms to actually enforce their terms of service?
Have you been approached by a factoring company to sell your client list? There is no denying that it has value and I assume that they'll pay handsomely to get their hands on it. To them, your list is guaranteed fresh meat. That's a welcome change to their usual court scraping endeavors, where the status quo involves daily battles with the numerous other hyenas circling the same carcasses. These similes may seem overly dramatic; however, I've been in this business 15 years and naively worked for a couple of these firms early on, so I can definitively state that they're entirely accurate. It's all about the hunt, the kill, and the feasting, not about integrity and compassion.
I can also categorically state that you can't trust these people regardless of contracts and non-disclosure agreements. I know first-hand that neither promise or contract mean anything to them. They are smooth, fast-talking snake oil salesmen who will tell you what you want to hear but rarely deliver on those promises and guarantees. After all, these sleazy "cash now" hucksters are the ones who routinely deceive, harass and coerce annuitants through every unethical scheme imaginable. It's a stretch to believe that they will treat you with any more integrity.
You also need to know that factoring is a small, competitive and downright vindictive industry. You have no way of controlling how widely your name will be disseminated within the organization. Partners and employees are forever parting and forming new firms, usually with great animosity. There is so much bad blood between most firms that they routinely rat each other out to colleagues and industry bloggers. That's how I was made aware of one broker who sold a list. I don't intend to gossip but it's only a matter of time until this tidbit of news crosses over to the primary side, if it hasn't done so already.
Furthermore, regardless of promises to the contrary, I guarantee that these factoring companies will hound your unwitting clients to the ends of the earth to get a return on their investment. Your clients will not simply receive harmless mailers extolling the services they offer, but instead, they will be marketed the same way they do annuitants scraped from court records: with incessant phone calls in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), stalking on social media, or worse, sales reps at their front doors. One big "cash now" firm is currently being sued for alleged TCPA violations, with a pending motion before the court to compel client lists and phone records. Confidentiality agreements offer little protection in deposition, so what happens if the purchasing company gets sued for TCPA violations, or worse, for the victimization of vulnerable annuitants like the Baltimore lead paint fiasco? Either way, there's a chance that your name could become public record if plaintiff's counsel digs into the firm's annuitant prospecting methods.
There is no denying that easy money can be made by capitalizing on the hard work you've already done, but if ever there was a time to be cautious of the people you do business with, this is it. Ultimately, is it worth the risk to your reputation, let alone the harm and aggravation to your clients?
Forum shopping – This has been a rampant problem where factoring companies will fake the residency of an annuitant in a rubber stamp jurisdiction to get a transfer approved easily. The motive is either that the proper jurisdiction is particularly difficult to get any case approved, or that much higher profits can be made in jurisdictions with little oversight.
Coercion – Unethical factoring companies are notorious for pressuring at-risk annuitants into unwarranted transactions. These annuitants have no business selling payments so the factoring companies lie to the Court to get the transfer approved. A perfect example is the recent Baltimore lead paint fiasco, where cognitively impaired annuitants were manipulated into predatory discount rate transactions, complete with bogus independent professional advice.
Fraud – Likely not as common but factoring firms have been known to forge documents. A NASP firm was recently sued for forging an annuitant's signature on lottery transfer documents and I am aware of another pending case alleging forged signatures by two NASP firms buying structured settlement payments.
In total, the number of questionably sourced transactions falling into the above categories is quite considerable. The common denominator is that all these transactions constitute fraud committed upon the Court. Consequently, we are now starting to see suits being brought to vacate some of these deceitfully obtained court orders. When orders are vacated, the purchased payments revert back to the annuitant, potentially leaving the investor holding the bag.
For these secondary market firms, the security of the factored payments they buy is only as good as the ethics of the factoring companies with which they do business. Compounding the risk is the fact that secondary market firms typically buy from smaller producers since the larger firms usually have institutional investors. The exposure lies in the fact that many of these smaller firms are scamming, unethical, fly-by-night court record scrapers who, just like Access Funding in the wake of the Baltimore investigations, will simply close up shop if they get caught, leaving few to no assets to go after. Ultimately, how many vacated orders can these trusts absorb before they're in serious trouble?
That leaves the question of how bad the fallout will be from vacated orders. It will depend on what transpires with the Baltimore situation and whether the plaintiff bar truly takes notice. There have only been a handful of suits to date, so how it all shakes out is anyone's guess. It could be minor, but it could also be game changing. That's why I'm suggesting caution. If you're considering a trust product, I recommend waiting until the dust settles unless you can be assured that they have contingencies in place to cover potential losses. If you're considering the purchase of individual payment streams, there are other firms who do factoring transactions by the book, like us. You simply need to ask where the transaction was sourced and do some research. An upcoming article may help you sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to reputable factoring companies. In the interim, feel free to call us with any questions.
The structured settlement secondary market is being regulated for, let's face it, internal industry corruption. Greed has rendered it utterly toxic, and now Washington wants to get involved. Can you blame them, though in this post lead paint exposé environment? The Maryland reforms, many of which are spreading past the state, deal at length with the issue of forum shopping and factoring transparency. What some may laud as truly tough new regulation isn't particularly impressive, though. The reason for this is simple: it fails to address the core problems within the industry: scraping and ruthless aggression in the generation and pursuit of sales leads.
Many were shocked and saddened by the idea that a bunch of Maryland lead paint victims could so strategically be targeted by factoring companies. The process of going through a factoring transaction was specifically examined by regulators for reform. That's a fine start, as noted earlier – but why haven't regulators bothered to ask the question how certain people are being targeted so exactly, with such efficiency. Scraping!
Legislators & Regulators: if you want to protect annuitants, you need to protect their privacy. Simply adding a few transparency measures into existing regulations won't cut it. If you want predatory behavior to stop, you must remove the predators' teeth and claws. Strengthen consumer protections and enhance annuitant record privacy.
Brokers & Annuitants: Don't be fooled into thinking that this is it. It's far from over. Know the ethical partners worth doing business with. Bentzen Financial doesn't scrape or gnash its teeth in preparation for a juicy sales kill. We are referral based because it's the right way to do business, and don't buy our endorsements like some of our competitors.
If you want straight talk, you want Bentzen Financial.


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Eleven-year-old Brittany knows there has to be a better world out there. Lately, though, it sure doesn't feel like it. She and her best friend, Marisol, stick together at school, but at home Brittany's granny is sick, her cat is missing, there's never any money, and there's her little brother, Tommy, to worry about. Brittany has a hard time picturing her future as anything but a plain white sky. If her life is going to ever change, she needs a plan.


The first part of this passage was a little disappointing from a fishing perspective, especially for boat cat Maya. We trolled and caught nothing. As we left atolls and sea mounts behind the odds of finding fish in the middle of no where dwindled. Maya has been directing fishing operations lately, partly to alleviate boredom and partly to ensure we are doing everything we can to catch fish.
We lost the first Mahi Mahi we hooked on one of our green and yellow 'octopus' squids while bringing it aboard. Maya was most disgusted. Later that same afternoon we had another bungee explosion as something way too big snatched another of our green and yellow octopi, breaking the 100 pound test SS leader. I was sad to lose a stainless hook and some plastic beads, both rare in the stores of the South Pacific – I have plenty more squids (Yamamshita OCTOPUS size#55 in green/yellow seem to be working very well for us.) Fortunately, the next day we landed two Mahi Mahi, followed by one more yesterday. This has given us another successful lure, a blue and white skirt attached to a faux-pearl head with rhinestone eyes I found in a store in the Marquesas. Maya is ecstatic, glad we finally managed to overcome our clumsiness and pull some fish onboard. I'm her best buddy when I'm cleaning a fish, she will eat sashimi until she gets sick.
Perhaps hubris at our current fishing success, we have deployed the 8″ cedar plug, which was deadly against the larger Mahi Mahi in Central America. It would be nice to land enough meat to fill the freezer before stopping tomorrow.
Not sure if she is sensing the end of the passage or if all the fresh Mahi Mahi has picked up her spirits, but Maya seems a bit less bored than just a few days ago. For an outdoor night cat passages are an endurance for her. She still doesn't like all the noises the boat makes as it plods along in it many different configurations. A pile of pillows topped with a blanket gives her a quiet place to 'hide', some days she never comes out. All will be back to normal in another day as we close in on Majuro. All three of us will be happy to have our slowest passage behind us.


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Does the phrase "Great Books" have any determinate meaning? Is there a particular way to read such works? What challenges do Great Books programs need to address to survive today?
Click below to hear the lecture by Dr. Eva Brann (St. John's College) given at Morningside's conference "The Great Books at 100," in celebration of the centennial of Columbia University's Contemporary Civilization course.


U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa announced late Tuesday she would skip a run for the U.S. Senate and instead seek re-election to her 1st Congressional District seat. Civil Beat.
The state Senate plans to meet in a special session Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 to consider Gov. Neil Abercrombie's appointment of Karen Nakasone this month to a 10-year term on Oahu's Circuit Court. Star-Advertiser.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie maintained that disclosing the names of judicial candidates would hamper attracting applicants to the bench, his office said in response to a Honolulu Star-Advertiser lawsuit filed Tuesday. Star-Advertiser.
The Kona Judiciary Complex's lengthy list of potential sites has been winnowed down to seven, moving the much-needed facility closer to opening in 2017. West Hawaii Today.
The University of Hawaii Board of Regents will hear details Thursday of three proposals that would raise tuition from about 16 percent to about 46 percent by 2016 for a typical undergraduate student at the Manoa campus. Star-Advertiser.
The Governor launched Hawai'I's Broadband Initiative today. Hawaii Public Radio.
Abercrombie launches broadband initiative. Governor: Lightning fast Internet by 2018. Garden Island.
Prison Probe Under way At Women's Facility. KITV4.
Fighting farm theft and vandalism is getting a closer look by state officials in the wake of high-profile cases. KHON2.
Honolulu managed to attract three bidders for a new $300 million rapid transit consulting contract, but the winner was the same firm that has already received some $166 million in similar work. Hawaii Reporter.
Sumitomo has reason for not filing rail contract appeal. Pacific Business News.
Maui County awarded contracts this month to install at least 1,000 solar panels on the rooftops of county facilities on Maui and Lanai. Maui News.
The military command charged with finding and identifying Americans missing from past conflicts plans to build a new multimillion-dollar facility on Oahu. Associated Press.
Native Hawaiian Conference to begin Wednesday at Convention Center. Hawaii News Now.
One of five applicants vying to become Hawaii County's next fire chief has withdrawn his name, the Fire Commission announced Tuesday before privately interviewing the remaining candidates.Tribune-Herald.
Two out of the six plenary speakers for a state energy conference expected to draw leaders from more than 20 countries are high-profile board members of Kuokoa. The company was formed last December and hopes to take over Hawaiian Electric Industries. Civil Beat.
The venue for the contested case hearing for the approval of the Thirty Meter Telescope's Conservation District Use Application has been changed. Tribune-Herald.
West Hawaii's second-largest public school just got a little bigger. West Hawaii Today.
After 18 months and some $4 million in renovations — plus another $30,000 a month to lease a temporary location — the Kaua'i County Council is almost ready to return to its regular home at the Historic County Building in Lihu'e. Garden Island.
Researchers rescued nine Hawaiian monk seals caught in fish nets and other marine debris this summer during an annual trip to the Northwestern Islands to monitor and help protect the critically endangered species. Associated Press.


Do you know what kind of SEO methods you are using? It can be difficult to know where to start with search engine optimization, as most experts have an opinion on what works, and what doesn't work. If you are using black hat SEO techniques, they may bring you short-term results, but that doesn't mean they will set you up for a solid future in search results.
Learning the difference between white hat SEO, black hat SEO, and the gray that is in between can help you in your long-term SEO goals. So let's dive into what these different types of hats are, so you can make your own choice of how you want to rank.
White hat SEO is basically doing search engine optimization exactly the way Google wants you to. It is following Google's guidelines and creating a long-term game plan that will withstand any Google update.
High-quality content is the number one thing you want to focus on if you are actively doing SEO. Why? Because no matter what else you do, if you don't have content that people want to read and share, you will not rank well.
It is also the cornerstone to white hat SEO. In Google's ideal world, you will create content that is absolutely amazing, it adheres to all of Google's Guidelines, and people read it and share it like mad. This is the gist of white hat SEO.
If you aren't creating great content, if you are writing for search engines and don't care what your viewers see, you are already leaving the realm of white hat SEO.
User experience also falls into this category. If your content is hard to read (let's say your user is on a cell phone and your content isn't formatted for mobile use) or takes forever to load, this doesn't create a good user experience. It lowers quality. And it will lower your chances of ranking high in the search engines.
Knowing what keywords your users are searching for and using those keywords in your content is ok, but it can quickly turn into keyword stuffing, which is black hat SEO.
I suggest you do keyword research, see what people are looking for, and then write your content in order to answer those questions. (Of course, SEMrush has some great tools to help you with this, such as the SEO Content Template. Don't mind my shameless plug!).
Now, is amazing content enough? No! If Google has issues viewing your site (remember, Google is a bot that just reads code; it does not see what we see), then you are going to have issues ranking.
You want to make sure that your site is indexable (you can use your robot.txt to tell Google what pages you want it to crawl and which ones you don't), Google can crawl your site properly, and you have a proper sitemap with all your important pages.
It is a very good idea to use the Google Search Console to upload your sitemap and to see if they are having any issues crawling your site.
Good internal linking on your website is also something you should keep in mind. Important pages should be found in the menu and link from one page to another. This can go back to user experience (it is so annoying when you can't navigate a site properly!), but it also helps Google understand which pages are important and which aren't.
Of course, SEMrush's Site Audit tool dives into all the type of site errors you may have that could affect your rankings. It is important to regularly check your site to make sure there are no new site issues coming up.
Google is pretty clear about what you should NOT do. They have a good tip too. "A good rule of thumb is whether you would feel comfortable explaining what you have done...to a Google employee."
Most of the black hat techniques I am going to go over no longer work, and doing them will only hurt your chances of getting ranked. But it is good to know what not to do at times too, so let's go over them.
Hidden text - Ok, we know that if we mention certain words, this can help with rankings. But don't think you are tricking Google by making the text of certain words match the background of the website. In the distant past, this worked. People couldn't see the ugly, clunky text, but Google could and would rank these sites. But Google quickly caught on.
Cloaking - This is when websites have the HTML that shows up for the visitor, and the HTML that shows up for the Google bot, differ. It worked for awhile because some sites, like those that used Flash, needed to show search engines what was on the website. (The main reason Flash died as a way to build websites is because search engines couldn't view it properly).
Steal Content - This can also show up as duplicate content. If you see a great article somewhere, don't think you aren't the first one who has ever thought that "Oh, if I publish this on my site, then my site will rank too!". We learned in school that plagiarism is bad. In any case, Google will quickly catch you. This is why it is so important to get unique content!
Automatic Article Spinning - Perhaps you are thinking, "Ok, what if I don't steal the content but just change the words to synonyms making most of the new content unique?" For a while, people would use automatic programs to change words in an article (spinning) to create unique content, post it, and then it would rank. It would have similar keywords, similar meaning, and websites that generated a lot of "new" content could rank higher. But the content didn't read very well, and it was very similar to the original article and didn't provide anything unique or new.
Link Farms - This is when a bunch of websites all link to each other. Links are a large signal to Google that your content is interesting to others, so this used to work. But now, it is easy to get caught with a backlink profile that isn't natural looking. Plus, if the sites linking to yours weren't relevant to each other, it is pretty obvious to Google that you are trying to cheat.
Purchasing Links - People are still selling this. 'Buy X amount of links for X dollars!' Don't do it. Most likely the links aren't good quality, and if you are a newbie, you are more likely to waste your money then help your rankings!
Negative SEO - Ok, this isn't a black hat technique per say, but it belongs in the same category. So you may be thinking to yourself "Well, what if I buy some bad links for my competitor? That will surely hurt their ranking, which by default will help me, right?". No. Again, you are just wasting your money and time (and being quite mean, too!).
At first, Google started punishing people with a bad backlink profile. And then some mean people thought "Oh, I'll just buy crappy links for my competitor's to hurt them". Now Google usually ignores bad links, and even if they don't, people can disavow a link they think is hurting their rankings. Did I mention that negative SEO is just mean? Don't be mean!
These are the most common black hat techniques. While some of these worked in the past, and some may still work today if you know what you are doing, I really don't recommend doing it.
Now, we don't always live in a black and white world. What about this gray hat SEO that falls somewhere in between?
Gray hat is basically any SEO strategy that is maybe is not necessarily in the white hat SEO zone, but it doesn't really fall into the black hat SEO area either. An example? Completely re-writing an article that did well, but not providing anything original to that article. Another one is 3 or 4-way linking building. Example: site A links to site B which links to site C which links to site A.
What is and isn't gray hat SEO can also depend on who you are talking to. I have heard that guest blog posting is a form of gray hat SEO. Perhaps this is because Matt Cutts, a former Google engineer, said in 2014 that guest blogging is dead. It isn't.
Google doesn't say it is a bad thing for us to write articles for other websites. Now, if you write for a website and throw a bunch of your links in there, then yeah, you are quickly getting into the gray/black hat SEO area. But writing a guest blog post and having a link to the website you are associated with at the bottom of the article in your bio, no. That is still fairly white (ok, maybe beige).
Is Link Building White Hat, Black Hat or Gray Hat SEO?
I have come across some larger companies that flat out say "we don't link build!" I think that is pretty cool, and generally, if you create great content, are well known, have very good on-page SEO, then the links and rankings will come naturally.
When I first heard this, I started to wonder, is link building falling into the black hat SEO zone?
My answer (for now): It depends on how you do it. If you are participating in link farms, then yeah, that is black hat SEO.
What about buying links? Yeah, if you buy mass links, yes. But what if you are a sponsor for a non-profit and you get a link on their site? Is that technically a bought link? I suppose so. On the other hand, it is natural for a non-profit to want to link to the website of a kind donor!
What if you use something like SEMrush's Brand Monitoring tool to find if someone mentions your brand but doesn't link to your site? Is it really so bad to reach out to them and say "Hey, thanks for the mention! Would you mind linking to us as well?" Not really.
This is why search engine optimization is one of my favorite aspects of digital marketing. While there are some right and wrong answers on how to do it, there is a lot of gray in between (and therefore a lot of arguing between top experts).
For search engine optimization specialists new to the field, I recommend following your gut. If it feels wrong, if it feels like you trying to cheat Google, then Google will most likely feel the same way. And if the algorithm doesn't catch your sneaky technique now, it probably will in the future.
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When it comes to buying links it comes down to who you're buying them from as to whether it is socially acceptable in the eyes of Google.
For example, getting listed in many authority passing directories in many instances cost money, like the Chamber of Commerce.
Additionally, purchasing a 400 dollar press release in which Fox, ABC, Huffington Post, and 197 other News authorities backlink you and syndicate your images/videos/content on the release VERY much juices up your site almost immediately.
This of coarse isn't looked negatively upon because Google makes money on it. Basically if you're putting money in Googles pocket you can do just about whatever you want.
Awesome! I love this content. This is too much helpful for all guys who are looking their career in digital marketing.
I really hate black hat SEO and wish it never existed. It's the most unethical way to make money online and it really creates a lot of problems for everyone. I mean, I'm in the business of buying and selling websites and there are a ton of preventive measures we have to go through because of the blackhat SEO industry.
For me, it really doesn't make much sense to create something, do a bunch of dodgy stuff to it and then when Google catches on, and they will start over again.
I agree that black hat SEO doesn't make sense. Google will catch on, and usually, it is pretty quick!
It is Google! They are always watching!
I love/hate Google. As they spiral down the "Absolute Power" path, they continue to squeeze that Iron Fist they rule with a bit tighter, and tighter. Especially for SEO's, you never know.
What is considered "White Hat" today, The Goo may be calling "Black Hat" tomorrow.
Very true, we are all in the hands of this Iron fist!
As far as your article itself, I enjoy your style. The piece flows well, holds my attention and presents solid content. Definitely worth taking time out of my busy day to read, and recognize.
Yes, AMP will be interesting... Google seems to be doubling down, but it does feel like an arm twist for us to start using AMP. Really, though, all they want are fast, clean mobile sites!


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New Lakefront Condominium Tower Set to Launch at Emerald Hills, Cheras
16 APRIL 2021, KUALA LUMPUR – Following the success of the Garden Terraces and the South Tower Lakefront Condominiums at Emerald Hills in Alam Damai, Cheras, GuocoLand Malaysia is launching Block C of the North Tower Condominiums on 17 April 2021 (Saturday).
Block C comprises 393 lakefront condominium units with a built-up area from 840 sq ft to 1,246 sq ft.; offering freehold ownership, prices start from RM570,000 onwards, with completion slated for Q2 2025. For the first time in Emerald Hills, there are also units with the dual key concept which is designed for multi-generational living and additional rental yield.
Emerald Hills is the award-winning project of 'The Family-Friendly Award for The Best Family-Centric Development'; spanning across 47-acre of hilltop land with 21 acres of open space, the development comprising four condominium towers and garden terrace houses. Its unique selling point is the several open spaces that span across the development, exclusive to residents for leisure activities and family time.
"Emerald Hills is a low-density residential development that sits amid hilly greens with a calming 2.3-acre central lake at its heart. 96% of Phase 1 condominiums and 99% of the garden terraces have been sold to buyers who are mostly local owner-occupiers. Emerald Hills' family-friendly environment, open spaces and ample facilities have become the perfect place for homebuyers to settle down and raise a family,' says GuocoLand Malaysia Berhad Group Managing Director Mr Tan Wee Bee.
Adhering to the philosophy that "the best environment brings the best people", the gated and guarded master-planned development offers an array of 68 facilities such as a 2.3-acre lake, jungle trail, 1.7km jogging and cycling trails, an amphitheatre for social gatherings, and a floating pavilion for barbecues. All residents also enjoy access to clubhouse facilities such as a 50-meter infinity swimming pool, kid's pool, and a fully equipped gym.
"We are building homes that are not only modern and offer maximum privacy with generous open space in a pleasant green setting, but also provide a practical and healthy living environment that is safe and perfect for all in the family. It is our vision to build houses and environments that are not only appealing to the eyes and mind of our buyers but their hearts as well," added Tan.
Strategically located within easy reach of Kuala Lumpur, residents of Emerald Hills also enjoy the convenience of ample public transportation, easy accessibility through major highways, and a plethora of amenities within proximity. In particular, the 24.4km Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Expressway (SUKE) is expected to be completed by end of 2021.
Once completed and operational, the highways will ease traffic congestion as it reaches out to over 60 residential areas as well as connects to major highways and roads in Kuala Lumpur. Directly accessible from Alam Damai, Emerald Hills residents will also be able to use SUKE to easily access other important highways such as KESAS, MRR2 and DUKE.
Shopping amenities nearby include Eko Cheras, Leisure Mall, IKEA, Aeon Cheras Selatan, Sunway Velocity, Cheras Sentral and MyTown, while healthcare facilities located close by including Pantai Hospital, Sungai Long Medical Center and Columbia Asia Hospital Center. Educational facilities nearby are UCSI University and Beaconhouse Newlands International School.
For more information on the launch of North Tower Condominiums, kindly contact GuocoLand Malaysia at 1300-30-3006 or visit Emerald Hills webpage.
Following the 100% take-up of Garland Residence terrace house at Emerald Rawang, GuocoLand Malaysia is releasing Garland Residence II for sale concurrently with Emerald Hills on 17 April 2021 (Saturday). For more information, kindly contact GuocoLand Malaysia at 1300-1300-16 or visit Emerald Rawang webpage.
Updates on GuocoLand Malaysia property activities and developments can be found on GuocoLand Facebook and GuocoLand Instagram.
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