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Main nahla thhi bas nahla nahle ko mil gaya dahla
Tu meri manzil main to raahi hoon sanam
Shankar arpan maala koyi haath na ise lagaana
Posted by: Atul on: March 27, 2021
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Today's song is from the film Durga-1939, a film made by the prestigious Bombay Talkies. The film was directed by the studio's German Director – Franz Osten. Some readers may wonder, how a German could direct a Hindi film, without knowing or understanding the language ? For such readers, let me tell you that Franz Osten directed not just 1 or 2 but a total of 16 films for Bombay Talkies, from its beginning. Till the end, he never learnt Hindi language ! He was not the lone German , but there was a whole team of Germans who worked in Bombay Talkies !
Not only in Bombay talkies, but Germans contributed to Indian Cinema elsewhere too and in different segments of filmmaking. Let us take a quick look at Germans in Indian Cinema, in general. Germany had a very good name in India during the olden days i.e. during the early part of the last century. I remember my Grandfather ( who expired in 1975 at the age of 91 years) always praising Germany for so many things. In India,all things German, were considered to be the Best- even better than the Vilayati or the British things !
Very few people know that Indian Cinema had a little known connection with the rise of Hitler in Germany in 1932-33. A group of men , engaged in Cinema in Germany, flocked to India in the 30's and played a vital role in Indian Cinema and the arts of that time. After Hitler took over Germany in 1933, the German Cine Studios' glory days were over and they were turned into Nazi Propaganda Machines !
It was at this time that several of its men left the studio and arrived in India, and contributed during the Indian cinema's formative years.
The foremost among them is Frantz Osten, a German whom Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani met at the UFA when they went to train there (they worked with Lang and Marlene Dietrich). Osten had already been directing films for the couple since 1925, when he made Light of Asia for them from Germany.
In 1934, he came to India and the next year, after Rai founded ' Bombay Talkies ' the legendary film studio in Malad, that now lies in ruins, Osten directed its first film.
He went on to direct the famous Devika Rani-Ashok Kumar starrer, Achhut Kanya, without much knowledge of Hindi. The film, which featured the song "Main ban ki chiriya", was shot by Joseph Wirsching; the sets were designed by Karl von Spreti and the laboratory was headed by Zolle, Osten's team of UFA ex-members who worked for Rai's state-of-the-art studio.
Osten and his fellow Germans directed 16 films for Rai. It was a remarkable feat for people who knew little Hindi ' mistaking the word "bulbul" once for a pair of bulls. While in Bombay, he became a member of the Nazi Party (1936). He was interned by the British at the outbreak of WW2 in 1939, while shooting his last film there, Kangan. Released and allowed to return to Germany (1940).
"It's not clear if they had anything to do with the Nazi ideology, either way," said film historian Amrit Gangar.
"If they did, it did not show in their films. But there were two other people who almost certainly migrated to India because of the persecution of Jews."
They were Walter Kauffman, a scholar and composer interested in Oriental music, and Wilhelm Haas, a writer and a friend of Franz Kafka.
"Both were Jews, and Haas came to India because of Kauffman, who went on to found the Bombay Chamber Music Society," Gangar added.
Kauffman arrived in 1934 after meeting director-producer Mohan Bhavnani at the UFA (where V. Shantaram also did a stint).
"Haas was in Czechoslovakia, but left the country for India just after Hitler's invasion," Gangar said.
Kauffman, Haas and Bhavnani worked together in Premnagar (1940), Naushad's first film as music director. Kauffman composed the background score; Haas wrote the screenplay.
"It is debatable, but Kauffman is probably also the person behind the All India Radio signature tune. Haas was a member of the Indian chapter of PEN," Gangar said. Haas also wrote the script for Bhavnani's Jhooti Sharam (1939).
The story of Paul Zils ( 1-6-1915 to 30-3-1979 ) stands out, though. Zils, believed to be a Nazi sympathizer, turned up in India under strange circumstances: he was bound for Indonesia in a steamer that got torpedoed by an Indian naval ship during World War II and he was taken prisoner.
After his release, because of his film experiences, the leadership of the sales department in Ezra Mir led government documentary production company, called him to join Information films of India. End of October 1945, he came to Bombay and started his work. In March 1959 he returned to Germany.
As the studio system came to an end and individual producers took over, the days of the Germans in Indian cinema were over. Many, including Osten, went back to Germany. Set designer Spreti was appointed German ambassador to Guatemala and was later shot dead by terrorists. Josef Virsching-the Cinematographer, however, stayed back in India till his death in 1967. He did few more Hindi films too.
Most of the others remained associated with the film world abroad.
Paul Zils directed 3 Dev Anand films, according to the documents. Hindustan Hamara-50 and Zalzala-52 are found in HFGK, but the third film called ' Shabash", though listed in 1949, gives no details, except the film name. ( Information adapted from the book " Walter Kauffman" by Amit Gangar, with thanks and my notes.)
It's not just the Germans alone, but there was an American who contributed to Tamil Cinema as a Director, during the same period i.e. 1935 to 1950. He directed not just 14 Tamil films….without understanding the language….but also a Hindi film, ' Meera' in 1947…..without knowing Hindi language ! On top of it this Hindi film featured the legendary Carnatic Classical singer M.S.Subbulakshmi. This American's name was Ellis R. Dungan (11-5-1909 to 1-12-2001).
When Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani decided to establish a modern, well equipped cinema studio in Bombay, they started getting the right persons for different departments of filmmaking. While in London, he had met Niranjan Pal (son of the great patriot Bipin Chandra Pal)-a writer of stage dramas and films. They became friends. Soon after Himanshu Rai, Niranjan also returned to India. Rai called Niranjan to Bombay to work as a writer on a very attractive salary. He arrived and he wrote stories, screen plays and dialogues for the first 8 films of Bombay Talkies. He was assisted by J S Casshyap, Najam Naqvi, and S J Hasan. Their films used simple, day to day Hindi language. Prabhat Hindi films had a profound Marathi tilt, and New Theatre Hindi films were all round and round words- too much bookish Hindi. Naturally, Bombay Talkies Hindi was acceptable in the Hindi belt easily.
After Devika Rani's elopement episode, Himanshu Rai's male ego and Bangla Bhadralok prestige was shattered and he had lost his peace of mind. Later he also suffered from tantrums. Once Niranjan Pal wrote an article in an outside magazine, which Rai did not like and he quarrelled with Niranjan on this. They stopped talking. Then one day, when Niranjan was about to go home in his car, Rai came running and holding the car door, started arguing with Niranjan. Finally Niranjan left-never to come back to Bombay talkies again !
Niranjan Pal was one of the very important members of the team. He had written stories of the early films. One of his hits was Achhut kanya also. He proved to be a master in recreating Village atmosphere. After he left, Himanshu Rai immediately called Saradindu Bandopadhyaya from Calcutta. He was the one who had created the famous film and TV character Byomkesh Bakshi. He joined Bombay Talkies and wrote stories of 7 films.
Film Durga's story was also by him. This is what "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema " says about the film Durga….." Rural melodrama about Durga (Devika Rani), an adolescent child of nature, living with her aged mother Heera. Unable to get the medicine required to prevent her mother's death, one misfortune after another befalls the heroine in spite of the sympathies of the newly arrived village doctor, Jawahar (Shukul). In the absence of Niranjan Pal, the studio's main scenarist and author of its best-known rural dramas (Achhut Kanya, Janmabhoomi, both 1936), the tale reduces itself to a purely familial narrative. It is nevertheless a key production in Devika Rani's self-projection of urbane charm clothed in primal innocence. Osten followed it with Leela Chitnis's first big film, Kangan (1939). Wadkar was promoted to lead actress again opposite Shukul in her next big film, Navjeevan (1939)."
Today's song is sung by Devika Rani and Rama Shukul. With this song, film Durga-39 makes its Debut on this Blog.
Song-Shankar arpan maala koyi haath na ise lagaana (Durga)(1939) Singers- Devika Rani, Rama Shukul, Lyricist- Narendranath Tuli, MD- Saraswati Devi
Shankar arpan maala
koyi haath ise na lagaana
haan dil bhi na tarsaana
kali kali ko man se goondha
maala to hai meri
haan koi hathh hai teri
neer neer ki rajni jaisi
main jungle ki cheri (??)
haan main jungle ki cheri(??)
main devi ka daas
mujhe nahin vishvaas
Shankar(?) sunke laaj karo
kuchh bhool gayi saugandhh
main thhaa tujhe pasand
jhhagdaa chhodo milkar baithhen
Shankar se li thhi maange var ki bheekh
hey yogiraaj mahaan
do teri bhanvarjaal
sun yogi chatur sujaan mujhe teri de do shaan
Tags: 1939, Actor-Singer, Devika Rani, Durga, Narendranath Tuli, Rama Sukul, Sarasati Devi


Fixed orthodontic retainers have numerous advantages, but it is not known whether they can exert pathological forces on supporting tissues around the splinted teeth. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the inclination of the lower anterior teeth can affect dental displacement and also change the direction of occlusal loads exerted to dental and its supporting tissues.
Four three-dimensional finite element models of the anterior part of the mandible were designed. All the models contained the incisors and canines, their periodontal ligament layers (PDLs), the supporting bone (both spongy and cortical), and a pentaflex splinting wire placed in the lingual side of the teeth. Teeth inclination was considered to be 80° (model 1), 90° (model 2), 100° (model 3), and 110° (model 4) to the horizontal plane. The lower incisors were loaded with a 187-N vertical force. Their displacement patterns and the stress in their PDLs were evaluated.
In incisors with 80° of inclination, less than a 0.1-mm lingual displacement was seen on the incisal edge and a similar distance of displacement towards the labial was seen on their root apices. However, in models with 90°–110° of inclination, the incisal edge displaced labially between about 0.01 and 0.45 mm, while root apices displaced lingually instead. By increasing the angle of the teeth, the strain in the periodontal ligament increased from about 37 to 58 mJ. The von Mises stresses around the cervical and apical areas differed for each tooth and each model, without a similar pattern. Increasing the angle of the teeth resulted in much higher cervical stresses in the incisors, but not in the canines. In the lateral incisor, cervical stress increased until 100° of inclination but reduced to about half by increasing the angle to 110°. Apical stress increased rather consistently in the incisor and lateral incisors, by increasing the inclination. However, in the canines, apical stress reduced to about half, from the first to fourth models.
Increasing the labial inclination can mostly harm the central incisors, followed by the lateral incisors. This finding warns against long durations of splinting in patients with higher and/or patients with reduced labial bone thickness.
The stability of orthodontic treatment outcome is a major clinical concern, since many cases especially mandibular anterior teeth relapse after aligning [1, 2]. Permanent or long-term retention seems to be the only way to provide a proper post-treatment alignment [2, 3]. A proper method for this purpose is to use fixed retainers that remain permanently in the mouth and are invisible, compliance-free, and well tolerated [2, 4]. Fixed retainers were commonly made of stainless steel round wires and later thinner coaxial or braided round wires; among various fixed retainers of different metals, diameters, and designs, the flexible spiral wire (twisted steel wire) is very popular between orthodontists for providing acceptable long-term retention [1, 2, 4–8].
Advantages of fixed retainers in relapse control are well documented in the literature. Despite their popularity, their adverse effects remain unclear. Their negative effects are a matter of controversy for many years, and they are regarded as a rather unpleasant strategy from a periodontist's perspective because of plaque accumulation and hygiene control problems [8–15]. The question remaining to be answered is whether fixed retainers have biomechanical disadvantages, because their biomechanical aspects have never been evaluated numerically . The extent of tooth displacement and also the distribution of occlusal force exerted on periodontal tissues of the retained teeth are not known. This is crucial especially when assuming that the post-treatment inclination of the mandibular teeth varies depending on the protocol of treatment. Patients with extraction treatment plans might have more upright teeth, while those with non-extraction treatments might have mandibular teeth tilted labially. Since masticatory forces are exerted in a vertical direction, inclination of teeth might make the masticatory forces more hazardous for teeth inclined labially than for those positioned more upright and parallel to the force direction. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to quantify the degree of mandibular teeth's movement and changes in stress distribution around supporting tissues of mandibular anterior teeth splinted by a pentaflex wire with four different labiolingual inclinations (incisal mandibular plane angle (IMPA) = 80°, 90°, 100°, and 110°).
Four 3D finite element models were designed of a mandibular anterior segment. It included six anterior teeth with the average dimensions and supporting structures [8, 16]. Each model consisted of a cancellous bone surrounded by a 1-mm-thick cortical layer. A simplified 0.25-mm-thick periodontal ligament layer (PDL) was modeled based on the root-form geometry of the teeth [8, 17]. All models had a bonded fixed retainer in the lingual surface of the anterior teeth. The models were similar except for the angle of the lower incisors to the horizontal plane. The inclination of the lower incisors to the horizontal plane was 80° in model 1, 90° in model 2, 100° in model 3, and 110° in model 4 (Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively).
SolidWorks 2014 (300 Baker Ave. Concord, MA 01742, USA) was selected for the modeling phase. The models were then transferred to the ANSYS Workbench Ver. 11.0 (ANSYS Inc., Southpointe, 275 Technology drive, Canonsburg PA 15317, USA) for calculation [8, 17]. All the vital tissues were presumed elastic, homogeneous, and isotropic. The corresponding elastic properties such as Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio were applied (Table 1). The relationship between the teeth, their PDL, the spongy and cortical bones, and the multi-strand wire with composite and the teeth was provided by contact elements (Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4). All rigid body motions were prevented. A vertical force of 187 N (as an average occlusal force usually exerted on the lower incisors) was applied at each incisal edge of the central incisors [8, 18, 19]. Tooth displacements in labial and gingival direction, the energy increase in the PDLs of the anterior teeth, and the von Mises stress in the cervical and apical parts of the PDLs were assessed.
The incisor displacement was −0.0725 mm (towards lingual) in the incisal edge and 0.0800 mm (towards labial) in the apical area, in model 1. The incisal edge movement turned to labial in models 2–4 (between 0.00939 and 0.4538 mm in the incisal edge) and between −0.00477 and −0.3119 mm in the apical area (Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8; Table 2). Almost the same pattern is followed by the lateral incisor. The pattern of lingual displacement of the cusp tip (−0.0725 mm) and labial displacement in the apex (=0.008 mm) in model 1 was observed in the canine (Table 2).
In all models, the stresses are higher in the apical area compared to the cervical part. The numeric findings are presented in Table 3 and Figs. 9 and 10. The canine findings are noticeable.
The strain energy of the anterior teeth PDL was 36.734 mJ in model 1 and increased to 37.874 mJ in model 2. This increase was noticed in model 3 (45.28) and model 4 (57.502, Figs. 11, 12, and 13).
The viscoelastic nature of periodontal tissues plus adaptations in the anatomic characteristics like the bone mass and level and the width of the periodontal ligament space are the key to the physiologic tooth mobility [13, 20]. The wire in a fixed retainer can undergo elastic deflection by being mechanically deformed under masticatory loads [13, 20]. In an average male patient, the bite force can increase up to 113 N, which might cause mechanical deformation of the retainer . It is desirable for the teeth not to be fixed in too rigid positions during the orthodontic retention period [4, 5].
In this study, in the incisors with 80° of inclination, less than a 0.1-mm lingual displacement was seen on the incisal edge and a similar distance of displacement towards the labial was seen on the root apices. However, in models 2 to 4 (with 90° to 110° of inclination), the incisal edge displaced labially between about 0.01 and 0.45 mm, while root apices displaced lingually instead. These small extends of displacement have clinical implications. It is shown that about a 0.2-mm displacement might exert a vertical force about 1 N together with a horizontal force about 1.5 N [13, 20]. By increasing the inclination of teeth, the strain in the periodontal ligament increased from about 37 to 58 mJ. The von Mises stresses around the cervical and apical areas differed for each tooth and each model, without a similar pattern. Increasing the angle of the teeth resulted in much higher cervical stresses in the central incisors, but not in the canines. In the lateral incisor, cervical stress increased until 100° of inclination but reduced to about half by increasing the angle to 110°. Apical stress increased rather consistently in the incisor and lateral incisors, by increasing the inclination. However, in the canines, it reduces to about half, from the first to fourth models. It was previously shown that the act of splinting itself can change the displacement pattern. The reason can be the lack of a telescopic movement in the connection of wire with a composite. Additionally, the pattern of displacement depends on the coordinates of the applied force in relation to the center of resistance of the tooth . This study showed that in patients with upright anterior teeth, the displacement can be lingual, whereas in a patient with an increased IMPA, incisal displacements will be labial while root apices will move towards the lingual direction. Our results warn against long durations of splinting in patients with greater labial inclination of mandibular teeth and/or patients with reduced labial bone thickness, because in such patients the loads might be more of pathologic nature and cause periodontal damage and pathologic tooth mobility [8, 22, 23].
It is not known if bonded lingual retainers have a negative effect on the periodontal tissues [13, 24]. Gingival damage and recession can be caused by numerous factors, among which mechanical trauma and bacterial periodontal disease are the most important ones [13, 25–28]. Besides increasing plaque, these appliances are also criticized for changing the mode of functional loads exerted on the anterior teeth, and compromising the health of periodontium [13, 29–31]. However; the studies regarding the consequences of splinting on the status of periodontium are limited, and no results exist regarding force distributions [13, 29–31]. Many studies have shown no significant evidence regarding any damage caused to periodontium or soft tissues adjacent to teeth, after using fixed lingual retainers even for long durations [9–14, 24]. This level of safety might not change depending on the wire used in the fixed retainer, even in durations as long as 10 years . Nevertheless, using wire diameters that allow for physiologic tooth movement, especially in patients at higher risk for developing periodontal diseases, is recommended, as an ideal bonded retainer should be passive and semi-rigid to maintain physiologic tooth mobility after splinting [5, 13, 32]. Even plaque accumulation following the application of lingual-fixed retainers is questionable . There were also reports of no significant displacement after using fixed retainers . However, a negative effect of bonded retainers on tooth mobility was observed by Watted et al. . Another study as well showed negative effects of long-term fixed retention on periodontal health, although the changes were mostly mild . Also increased gingival recession, increased plaque retention, and bleeding upon probing have been reported in another study . In that study, gingival recession was more advanced in patients with past histories of orthodontic treatment, which might be attributed to previous orthodontic movements and tooth rotations which might have stretched collagen fibers within periodontal and gingival tissues [13, 32–41].
This study was limited by some factors. In vitro studies cannot reproduce the highly dynamic nature of oral environment with occlusal loads rapidly changing in extent and direction. However, there is no alternative to this method, as in vivo studies need to either be on radiographic images (which cannot show the extent of bone loss accurately) or be in animals, which again are irrelevant to human; and none of other options can show the distribution of forces [13, 14, 17]. Moreover, utilization of radiographic and computerized tomography techniques only for the sake of research and without any treatment needs would expose patients to unnecessary doses of carcinogen X-ray and hence are not easily justifiable ethically .
Increasing the labial inclination can mostly harm the central incisors, followed by the lateral incisors. This finding warns against long durations of splinting in patients with increased inclination of the mandibular incisors (i.e., increased IMPA) and/or patients with reduced labial bone thickness.
AG designed the study, created the FEM models and figures, performed the FEM analyses, drafted the methods and results, interpreted the FEM analyses, and critically reviewed the article. SD searched the literature and designed the study. VR interpreted the FEM analyses, drafted the introduction and discussion, participated in drafting of the other parts, and revised the paper. PJ searched the literature. FS searched the literature, came up with the research idea, designed the study, interpreted the FEM analyses, and drafted the methods and results. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.


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A question, on conditions to preserve a Richard Neutra home
07/01/2019. [LA] USA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
Chuey House, XX midcentury home constructed by architect Richard Neutra is still looking for a buyer willing to either live in the 1,896-square-foot residence For €5.5 million ($6.25 million, in 2017 were $10.5), 2460 Sunset Plaza Drive, "as is", complete with concrete-slab and wood floors, one bathroom, and private driveway, or move it to a new location. (?)
Robert & Josephine Chuey House, designed by Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, CA, 1956. Photograph by Julius Shulman courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Floor plan. Robert & Josephine Chuey House, designed by Richard Neutra, Los Angeles, CA, 1956.
Richard Neutra's historic Chuey House, constructed for artists Josephine and Robert Chuey, in Hollywood Hills, "according to listing material, sits on one and a half acres upon which could accommodate a 1,858 square meter (20,000 square foot) megamansion. That's more than 10 times the size of the existing structure," the Curbed LA article states.
Because of the hard work of the Los Angeles Conservancy and other strong voices in the community, and after agreeing to a deal with owners Paul and Gigi Shepherd to "take demolition off the table." The Chuey House owners agreed to move the home, if the land is sold. That means buyers must be willing to relocate the home if they plan to build on the stunning hillside vista where it sits.
This raises a question, would the house be the same if removed from the site for which it is designed?
Richard Joseph Neutra
Richard Joseph Neutra, (b. Vienna, Austria, April 8, 1892 - April 16, 1970, Wuppertal, Germany). Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892 into a wealthy Jewish family. His Jewish-Hungarian father Samuel Neutra (1844–1920) was a proprietor of a metal foundry, and his mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Glaser Neutra (1851–1905) was a member of the IKG Wien.
Richard had two brothers who also emigrated to the United States, and a sister who married in Vienna. Neutra attended the Sophiengymnasium in Vienna until 1910, and he studied under Adolf Loos at the Vienna University of Technology (1910–1918). He was a student of Max Fabiani and Karl Mayreder. In 1912 he undertook a study trip to Italy and Balkans with Ernst Ludwig Freud (son of Sigmund Freud). In the June of 1914, Neutra's studies were interrupted when he was ordered to Trebinje; he served as a lieutenant in the artillery in the balkans until the end of the war. He took a leave in 1917 to return to the Technische Hochschule to take his final examinations.
After World War I Neutra went to Switzerland where he worked with the landscape architect Gustav Ammann. In 1921 he served briefly as city architect in the German town of Luckenwalde, and later in the same year he joined the office of Erich Mendelsohn in Berlin. Neutra contributed to the firm's competition entry for a new commercial centre for Haifa, Palestine (1922), and to the Zehlendorf housing project in Berlin (1923). He married Dione Niedermann, the daughter of an architect, in 1922. They had three sons, Frank L (1924-2008), Dion (1926-) an architect and his father's partner and Raymond Richard (1939-) a physician and environmental epidemiologist.
Neutra moved to the United States by 1923 and became a naturalized citizen in 1929. Neutra worked briefly for Frank Lloyd Wright before accepting an invitation from his close friend and university companion Rudolf Schindler to work and live communally in Schindler's Kings Road House in California. Neutra's first work in Los Angeles was in landscape architecture, where he provided the design for the garden of Schindler's beach house (1922–5), designed for Philip Lovell, Newport Beach, and for a pergola and wading pool for Wright and Schindler's complex for Aline Barnsdall on Olive Hill (1925), Hollywood. Schindler and Neutra collaborated on an entry for the League of Nations Competition of 1926–7; in the same year they formed a firm with the planner Carol Aronovici (1881–1957) called the Architectural Group for Industry and Commerce (AGIC).
He subsequently developed his own practice and went on to design numerous buildings embodying the International Style, twelve of which are designated as Historic Cultural Monuments (HCM), including the Lovell Health House (HCM #123; 1929) and the Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Research House (HCM #640; 1966). In California, he became celebrated for rigorously geometric but airy structures that symbolized a West Coast variation on the mid-century modern residence. Clients included Edgar J. Kaufmann, Galka Scheyer, and Walter Conrad Arensberg. In the early 1930s, Neutra's Los Angeles practice trained several young architects who went on to independent success, including Gregory Ain, Harwell Hamilton Harris, and Raphael Soriano. In 1932, he tried to move to the Soviet Union, to help design workers' housing that could be easily constructed, as a means of helping with the housing shortage.
In 1932, Neutra was included in the seminal MoMA exhibition on modern architecture, curated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock. In 1949 Neutra formed a partnership with Robert E. Alexander that lasted until 1958, which finally gave him the opportunity to design larger commercial and institutional buildings. In 1955, the United States Department of State commissioned Neutra to design a new embassy in Karachi. Neutra's appointment was part of an ambitious program of architectural commissions to renowned architects, which included embassies by Walter Gropius in Athens, Edward Durrell Stone in New Delhi, Marcel Breuer in The Hague, Josep Lluis Sert in Baghdad, and Eero Saarinen in London. In 1965 Neutra formed a partnership with his son Dion Neutra.[5] Between 1960 and 1970, Neutra created eight villas in Europe, four in Switzerland, three in Germany, and one in France. Prominent clients in this period included Gerd Bucerius, publisher of Die Zeit, as well as figures from commerce and science.
Neutra died in Wuppertal, Germany, on April 16, 1970, at the age of 78.
A plan to lift Farnsworth House on floods
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The JM Roberts Residence by Richard Neutra in Los Angeles
20/03/2017 - 1955 [Los Angeles, CA] USA - metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
USA announces the protection of 24 new landmarks, including Richard Neutra's home
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Bailey House, Case Study House #21 returns to market asking $3.6M
25/11/2018 - [LA] USA - metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
Entenza House (Case Study #9) by Charles & Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen & Associates
11/01/2018 - [Los Angeles] USA - metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA

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3 out of 4 women want to be economically independent
to 72 proCent say more men than women (55 procent) that they have to work because their income cannot be missed. Men more than women want to earn enough to support themselves and their children. This difference is greater for couples cohabiting with children. In these pairs, the parents compromise with 77 proThe cent also most often indicates that their income cannot be missed.
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Table viewThe Importance of Private Income, 2022
The Importance of Private Income, 2022
He wants to be economically independent
It must work, because income is indispensable
He wants to be able to provide for himself (and the kids).
You want to get it (together) well financially
Parents are often economically independent
The high importance parents place on their income goes hand in hand with a relatively high percentage of the self-employed economically. 9 out of 10 fathers with a partner were economically independent in 2021. This was even lower among cohabiting mothers: 7 out of 10. If they do not (yet) have children, the economic independence of women and men (up to age 45) differs relatively little. The arrival of children is often a turning point in women's careers. 45 ProThe centenary will work less or stop if they have a child, which is not the case for men 7 procent.
to 55 professionalper cent, single mothers with a child under the age of 12 were less likely to be economically independent. For mothers whose youngest child is twelve or more years old, this was with 65 professional100 percent higher and the difference with single fathers was smaller, too. Relatively few women over the age of 45 without minor children were economically independent. The difference with men is especially great among cohabiting couples.
Table viewEconomically independent, 2021
Economically independent, 2021
There are no minor children (yet).
Single until the age of 45
live together until the age of 45
Minor children
Cohabitants, the youngest child up to 12 years old
Living together, the youngest child is between 12 and 18 years old
Single parent, youngest children up to 12 years old
Single parent, youngest children from 12 to 18 years old
No minor children (any more)
Living together, 45 years or older
Single, 45 years of age or older
1 in 3 women who are not economically independent work
of spacious 1.6 milliono And women who are not economically independent in 2021 had 32 pro100 paid work. They therefore earn less from this work than from the level of social assistance, mainly because they work few hours and/or receive a low hourly wage. 47 proCent received benefits and 21 proThe cent has no income of its own at all. in men who are not economically independent (912 thousand) At 27 percent, the percentage of businessmen is slightly lower than that of women. Most (64 per cent) were on benefits.
2 out of 3 part-time women would like to work more
About 7 out of 10 working women will work part-time (less than 35 hours per week) in 2021. of these are part-time workers 65 professionalThe 100th would want to work more hours under certain circumstances than they do now. Especially if the family income is no longer sufficient, women will think about working more. Even if work and private life can be better combined, they would like to extend their working week. Some are waiting for their employer's request to come in and work longer hours.
A quarter of the women who do not work now, a quarter of them would have gone to work if conditions were different. Finding work close to home, with the required number of hours, and aligning with their own lives are some of the most important conditions for them to start working (again). Good, cheap childcare may get relatively few women to work (more).
Table viewWomen's Work Conditions (more), 2022
Women's Work Conditions (more), 2022
Insufficient family income
working hours (best)
Adaptation to private life
The ability to work partly from home
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ZIP code 19124 Area Home Supply Charts
This page looks at a variety of ZIP code 19124 Pennsylvania housing market data taken from the most recent 2022 American Community Survey census data. Housing units are structures such as a single family home, apartment community, mobile home park, public housing, etc. where a person or family live and live separately from other residents of the building. Figure 1 shows the total number of housing units for each city. 19124 shows it has a Housing Units of 26,504 which is at the top of all other zip codes in the greater ZIP code 19124 region.
Figure 2 illustrates the housing density in the ZIP code 19124 housing market as measured by housing units per square land mile (includes single family homes, apartments, etc.) ZIP code 19124 shows it has a Housing Density of 5436.2 which is the second smallest in order of housing density of all the other zip codes in the greater region. The zip code with the highest housing density in the area is 19149 which shows a density of 8506.1 (56.5% larger). Comparing housing density to the United States average of 39.5, ZIP code 19124 is very much bigger. Also, in comparison with the state of Pennsylvania, housing density of 127.9, ZIP code 19124 is very much bigger.
In Figure 4, ZIP code 19124 area change in the number of housing units and is a forward gauge (along with population change) for any potential housing shortage. ZIP code 19124 depicts it has a Housing Unit Change of 6.6% which is in the mid point range of other zip codes in the greater region. The zip code with the highest change in the housing units in the area is 19135 which shows a housing units of 8.7% (32.1% larger). Comparing change in the housing units to the United States average of 7.4%, ZIP code 19124 is about 12.6% smaller. Also, compared with the state of Pennsylvania, change in the housing units of 2.9%, ZIP code 19124 is approximately 2.3 times bigger.
Figure 5 shows the percentage of rental property based on that they are occupied by renters as a percent of the total number of households in the community (including homes, apartments, etc.) ZIP code 19124 depicts it has a Renter Percent of 38.1% which is less than most other zip codes in the metro area. Figure 6 illustrates the total number of housing units that are occupied by owners. it has a Owner Percent of 61.9% which is the third most of all other zip codes in the local area.
ZIP code 19124 Home Cost Charts
Looking at the housing data provided in Figure 7, the average ZIP code 19124 home price is illustrated for this community and a useful analysis of affordable housing. 19124 shows it has a Median Home Value of $111,900 which is less than most other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest median home price in the area is 19137 which depicts a home price of $168,800 (50.8% larger). Figure 8 provides aggregate comparative data for the ZIP code 19124 Pennsylvania metro area in terms of the median housing rental rate, apartment rent, etc. ZIP code 19124 shows it has a Median Gross Rent of $945 which is the smallest when ranked by rental rates of all the other zip codes in the metropolitan area. The zip code with the highest rental rates in the area is 19149 which indicates a rental rates of $1,285 (36.0% larger). Comparing rental rates to the United States average of $1,163, ZIP code 19124 is about 23.1% smaller. Also, versus the state of Pennsylvania, rental rates of $1,013, ZIP code 19124 is about 7.2% smaller.
Figure 9 provides the frequency distribution of home prices for the area and is useful for understanding affordable housing fund. ZIP code 19124 has the percentage of home price worth less than $50,000 in the middle range of other zip codes in the metropolitan area at 32% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of home price worth between $300,000 to $400,000 at 2% of the total and is ranked #1.
Median owner costs for the real estate market are shown in Figure 10 and include the costs associated with any mortgage, utility expenses, insurance, and other miscellaneous costs. ZIP code 19124 depicts it has a Median Owner Cost of $878 which is in the middle range of other zip codes in the greater region. Figure 11 shows the median amount of cost as a percent of total household income for people who own homes in the ZIP code 19124 metro area. it has a Owner Cost as % of HH Income of 20% which is the second most cost as a percent of household income of all the zip codes in the greater ZIP code 19124 region.
The next chart, Figure 12, provides a comparison chart of the median home cost as a percent of a median worker take home earnings and is thus a valuable measure of affordable housing. ZIP code 19124 depicts it has a Median Home Value as Percent of Median Earnings of 270% which is less than most other zip codes in the greater region.
Figure 14 depicts the median cost of housing for owners with also have a mortgages (versus those who do not have a mortgage because mortgage cost is included.) ZIP code 19124 depicts it has a Median Owner Costs-With Mortgage of $1,048 which is less than most other zip codes in the greater region. Figure 15 is a chart that shows the median housing costs for owners who do not have mortgages (and therefore the cost of home ownership does not include mortgage cost.) it has a Median Owner Costs-Without Mortgage of $407 which is less than most other zip codes in the greater region.
Figure 16 shows the distribution in total housing cost for owners of property (so not renters.) This cost includes mortgages, lines of credit interest, utilities, taxes, insurance, etc. ZIP code 19124 has the smallest proportion of owner cost less than $300 at 15% of the total. Second, it has the smallest proportion of owner cost between $300 and $500 at 9% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of owner cost between $500 and $700 at 27% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the largest proportion of owner cost between $2,000 and $2,500 at 2% of the total and is ranked #1.
Next shown in Figure 17 is the housing cost as a percent of household income for people who own their homes and have a mortgages (thus the cost of financing the home is included.) ZIP code 19124 shows it has a % of Income Owner Costs-With Mortgage of 24% which is in the mid range of other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest cost as a percent of household income in the area is 19140 which depicts a cost as a percent of household income of 29% (21.0% larger). Housing cost as a percent of household income for owners who do not have a mortgage is shown in Figure 18. This analysis can be useful for understanding the affordable housing for home ownership excluding any financing cost in the area shown. ZIP code 19124 depicts it has a % of Income Owner Costs-No Mortgage of 11% which is the smallest in terms of cost as a percent of household income of all the other zip codes in the greater region. The zip code with the highest cost as a percent of household income in the area is 19140 which shows a cost as a percent of household income of 17% (54.6% larger).
Figure 19 looks at the cost of rent for rental property using the percent of total household income which is a valuable measure of financial health for the area. (The higher the proportion of rent payments to total household income is a sign of greater financial stress. Also, rent can be covered by rent assistance and rent assistance programs in the form of rent assistance.) ZIP code 19124 has one of the largest proportions of rent as a percent of income is less than 10 pct at 17% of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 19120 (17%), and #1 19149 (22%) are larger. Second, it has the smallest proportion of rent as a percent of income is between 10pct to 20pct at 15% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of rent as a percent of income is between 20pct to 30pct at 15% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has one of the largest proportions of rent as a percent of income is between 40pct to 50pct at 37% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 19140 with 39%.
Figure 20 shows the total housing cost for both home owners and apartment community renters in the area. ZIP code 19124 has the largest proportion of housing cost between $500 and $700 at 30% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of housing cost between $2,000 and $2,500 at 1% of the total and is ranked #1.
Figure 21 shows median amount of real estate taxes paid for home owners in the region. it has a Median Real Estate Taxes Paid of $1,191 which is less than most other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest median real estate taxes paid in the area is 19137 which shows a taxes paid of $1,635 (37.3% larger). Comparing median real estate taxes paid to the United States average of $2,690, ZIP code 19124 is approximately half the size. Also, compared with the state of Pennsylvania, median real estate taxes paid of $3,022, ZIP code 19124 is approximately half the size.
Figure 23 shows the rental rate distribution for this area. ZIP code 19124 Pennsylvania has the largest proportion of rent between 500 and 750 dollars at 34% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of rent between 750 and 1000 dollars at 32% of the total.
ZIP code 19124 Home Financing Charts
The analysis in Figure 25 shows the detailed distribution of owned homes by mortgage status. 19124 has the largest proportion of With mortgage at 63% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the smallest proportion of Mortgage and 2nd Mortgage at 0% of the total. Third, it has the smallest proportion of With HELOC no Primary Mortgage at 32% of the total.
Figure 26 shows the proportion of houses with a mortgage versus those without a mortgage. ZIP code 19124 has the smallest proportion of houses with mortgages at 32% of the total.
ZIP code 19124 Home Characteristics Charts
Figure 28 shows the household size for families living in the area and it has a Family size of 3.9 which is the second most family members per housing unit of all the zip codes in the greater ZIP code 19124 region. The zip code with the highest family members per housing unit in the area is 19149 which shows a family members per housing unit of 3.9 ( about the same size). Comparing family members per housing unit to the United States average of 3.3, ZIP code 19124 is 16.9% larger. Also, in contrast to the state of Pennsylvania, family members per housing unit of 3.1, ZIP code 19124 is 23.2% larger.
Figure 29 show the median number of rooms in a typical home for each location in this area. it has a Median Number of Rooms of 5.9 which is less than most other zip codes in the surrounding region. The zip code with the highest average number of rooms in a house in the area is 19149 which depicts an average number of rooms in a house of 6.1 (only about 3.4% larger). Figure 30 shows, for the average house in each location, the median year that a house was built. This can be useful for understanding the relative age of one neighborhood versus another for a real estate investor. it has a Median Year Built of 1944 which is in the center range of other zip codes in the metro area. The zip code with the highest year built in the area is 19149 which depicts a year built of 1953 ( about the same size).
Figure 31 looks at the distribution of housing units by the median age that the homes were built. it has the largest proportion of homes built between 1990 to 1999 at 3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of homes built between 1980 to 1989 at 6% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has one of the largest proportions of homes built between 1950 to 1959 at 22% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 19149 with 23%. Also, it has in the middle range of other zip codes in the surrounding region in terms of homes built between 1940 to 1949 at 41% of the total.
Figure 32 shows the difference in the number of housing units based on whether they are occupied by owners versus occupied by renters. it has one of the largest proportions of owner housing units at 9,292 of the total and is ranked #3. Only #2 19134 (9,824), and #1 19140 (10,109) are larger.
Figure 34 shows the median value of homes broken down by the median year that the homes were built. it has the largest proportion of value of homes built 2010 to 2013 at $296,900 of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of value of homes built 2000 to 2009 at $121,500 of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has in the mid range of other zip codes in the local area as measured by value of homes built 1980 to 1989 at $122,100 of the total. Also, it has less than most other zip codes in the surrounding region when sorted by value of homes built 1970 to 1979 at $125,900 of the total. In addition, it has less than most other zip codes in the local area in order of value of homes built 1960 to 1969 at $111,800 of the total. Furthermore, it has in the intermediate range of other zip codes in the metro area in terms of value of homes built 1950 to 1959 at $112,300 of the total. Next it has less than most other zip codes in the greater region when ranked by value of homes built 1940 to 1949 at $103,700 of the total.
The next two charts show both the average household size of homeowners versus the average household size of renters. Starting with Figure 36 we see the household size of homeowners for ZIP code 19124 residents. it has a Owner-Household Size of 3.0 which is the largest of all zip codes in the local area.
Figure 37 shows the household size for renters. ZIP code 19124 shows it has a Renter-Household Size of 2.7 which is in the mid range of other zip codes in the local area. The zip code with the highest renter household size in the area is 19149 which shows a renter household sizes of 3.3 (21.5% larger). Figure 38 shows the year that people who own homes moved into this region. it has one of the largest proportions of owners moved in 2019 or later at 17% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 19149 with 20%. Second, it has the largest proportion of owners moved in 2010 to 2014 at 35% of the total and is ranked #1. Third, it has less than most other zip codes in the local area when sorted by owners moved in 1990 to 1999 at 12% of the total. Figure 39 shows the year that people who rent moved into the area. ZIP code 19124 has one of the largest proportions of renters moved in 2019 or later at 50% of the total and is ranked #2. The only larger zip code being 19120 with 53%. Second, it has the smallest proportion of renters moved in 2015 to 2018 at 17% of the total. Third, it has the largest proportion of renters moved in 2010 to 2014 at 17% of the total and is ranked #1. Also, it has the smallest proportion of renters moved in 1990 to 1999 at 0% of the total.
Figure 40 compares the median year that home owners moved into their home. it has a Owner Median Year Moved In of 2004 which is the third most median year that a home owner moved in of all other zip codes in the greater ZIP code 19124 region. Figure 41 compares the median year that renters moved into their home. ZIP code 19124 depicts it has a Renter Median Year Moved In of 2016 which is more than all other zip codes in the area.
Figure 42 shows the frequency distribution of various types of energy sources used for homes in the community. it has the largest proportion of home using electricity at 7% of the total and is ranked #1.
The next two charts show the number of people living in group quarters and includes temporary as well permanent housing which may be run by the ZIP code 19124 housing department, Pennsylvania department, or other housing authority or public housing agency. beginning with Figure 43 which shows the total number of people. ZIP code 19124 shows it has a Total In Group Quarters of 561 which is the second most number of people in group quarters of all the zip codes in the greater ZIP code 19124 region.
Figure 44 shows the percentage of people who are living in group quarters to the total population for ZIP code 19124 residents (these may include colleges and jails but also community centers for homelessness or that require a housing choice voucher which are run by certain nonprofits or an affordable housing department.) ZIP code 19124 has the smallest proportion of number of people under 18 years of age and in group quarters at 94% of the total.
Zip code 19124, Pennsylvania Housing Data
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Home Characteristics
Figure 1: 19124, PA Area Total Housing Units
Figure 2: 19124, PA Housing Density (Houses per Sq. Mile)
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Figure 4: Change in Housing Units from 2010 to 2021
Figure 5: Rental Homes in 19124, PA
Figure 6: Owned Homes in 19124, PA
Figure 7: 19124, PA Median Home Prices
Figure 8: 19124, PA Median Monthly Rent Amounts
Figure 9: 19124, PA Home Price Distribution
Figure 10: 19124, PA Median Monthly Owner Cost
Figure 11: Monthly Owner Cost as % of Household income
Figure 12: Median Home Cost As % of Median Earnings
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Figure 14: 19124, PA Median Monthly Owner Cost with Mortgage
Figure 15: 19124, PA Median Monthly Owner Cost without Mortgage
Figure 16: Distribution of Monthly Owner Costs in 19124, PA
Figure 17: Owner Cost as % of Household Income (With Mortgage)
Figure 18: Owner Cost as % of Household Income (Without Mortgage)
Figure 19: 19124, PA Rent as a percent of Household Income
Figure 20: Monthly Housing Cost for Owners or Renters in 19124, PA
Figure 21: 19124, PA Median Annual Real Estate Taxes Paid
Figure 22: 19124, PA Utilities Included with amenities or Excluded in Rent
Figure 23: 19124, PA Monthly Median Rent Rates
Figure 24: 19124, PA Monthly Median Rent Rates by Size of Rental in Bedrooms
Figure 25: 19124, PA Detailed Mortgage Status
Figure 26: 19124, PA Houses With vs. Without a Mortgage
Figure 27: Average Household Size in 19124, PA
Figure 28: Average Family Size in 19124, PA
Figure 29: Average Number of Rooms in a House
Figure 30: 19124, PA Median Year House Built
Figure 31: 19124, PA Year that House Built Distribution
Figure 32: Number of Owners vs. Renters in 19124, PA and Area
Figure 33: 19124, PA Area Housing Types
Figure 34: 19124, PA Median Home Value By Year Structure Built
Figure 35: Occupied and Vacant Housing units in 19124, PA
Figure 36: Homeowner Household Size
Figure 37: 19124, PA Renter Household Size
Figure 38: Year Moved In For Home Owners
Figure 39: Year Moved In For Renters
Figure 40: Median Year Moved In for Owners
Figure 41: Median Year Moved In for Renters
Figure 42: 19124, PA Fuel Used to Heat Home
Figure 43: Total in Group Quarters
Figure 44: 19124, PA Population in Group Quarters
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Are you planning to visit Hanoi and Halong Bay in Vietnam?
Here's the detailed Halong Bay and Hanoi Itinerary complete with budget and suggested things to do in the city.
The charming yet chaotic city of Hanoi has captivated the hearts of many with its history, food and culture.
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam and has also been a capital of the French Indochina during their occupation in the region.
The influence of the Hanoi's colonial past can be seen with its architecture and design fusion with the touch of the Orient.
Hanoi Old Quarter is the beating heart of the city. You can find various Hanoi attractions dotted around, you will find most of the attractions and landmark in this travel guide.
Halong Bay, Vietnam is one of the popular day trips from Hanoi.
You can find and book various Halong bay cruise from Hanoi.
I suggest pre-booking this in advance to get the best deals, read reviews and book the best Halong bay cruise in the market.
Cruising in Halong Bay is definitely worth it!
There are other day trips from Hanoi that you can do while you are in Vietnam like a visit to Ninh Bihn, A day trip to Sapa, and the Perfume Pagoda.
Talking about great savings, you can also use this great Vietnam sim card for tourists to stay connected and share your travel snaps to your family and friends.
Land travel is the best way to get from Hanoi to Halong Bay. You can either travel by bus or taxi from Hanoi to Halong Bay. The distance of Hanoi to Halong Bay is more than 170+ kilometres, this will probably take you around over 3 hours land travel from Hanoi to Halong Bay.
Absolutely yes, you can do a day trip from Hanoi to Halong Bay. This probably the most convenient and the cheapest way to get from Hanoi to Halong Bay.
The cost of the day trip to Halong Bay from Hanoi depends on the company and inclusions that you wish to have within your day trip. You can try to book this day trip to Halong Bay Cruise Day Trip from Hanoi or if you wish to stay overnight in a junk boat in Halong Bay, you can book this 2 Days & 1 Night Halong Bay tour. Staying overnight in the junk boat is probably the best way to see Halong Bay from Hanoi as you get to take in the whole experience more.
The road condition from Hanoi to Halong bay is well-paved roads. Some of the roads may be bumpy at times but that is typical due to the remoteness of the destination.
When is the best time to visit Hanoi and Halong Bay?
The best time to visit Hanoi and Halong Bay is during the Autumn (September to November) and Spring (March to April), as they tend to get a milder temperature compared to the other months of the year. Just to make sure to check the weather forecast prior to travel as this side of Vietnam is the typical pathway to typhoons within Southeast Asia.
Since I'm a dual citizen (British – Filipina), Here are the visa requirements needed to visit Vietnam.
Visa is not required for Filipinos for tourism purposes, maximum of 30 days.
As of November 2015, British do not need a visa to visit Vietnam for 15 days.
When I visited Hanoi, we stayed in the Old Quarter so everything was accessible from our hotel.
For a cheaper alternative, just a few metres away from the Holiday Emerald Hotel is the budget-friendly hotel in Hanoi.
Looking for things to do in Hanoi?
Here are the various activities on what to do in Hanoi that I would recommend. Click the buttons below to see more details.
Evening departure from Manila to Hanoi.
Airport transfer from Hanoi Airport. Pre-arranged with the hotel prior to arrival.
Late check-in at the hotel.
After breakfast at the hotel, we visited a few known landmarks in Hanoi.
We had lunch and tried Hanoi's popular food – Buncha.
We head back to the hotel to get some rest, then went out again in the evening to visit the Night market in the Old Quarter.
Ha Long Bay Tour: We pre-arranged the Halong Bay cruise in our hotel's reception the day before we go on the tour. I suggest booking this tour advance.
4-hour drive to Ha Long Bay from Hanoi.
12 Noon – Arrival in Ha Long Bay, abroad our boat and enjoyed our free lunch while cruising.
More cruising around Halong Bay, we visited Thien Cung Cave and a fishing village.
Our last day in Hanoi.
Our flight is not until midnight, so we spent the day roaming around the Old Quarter.
Lunch in Quan An Ngon.
Watched the Water Puppet Show.
We head back to the hotel to sort our stuff ready for departure, then we went out for a quick bite and drinks.
10 PM Head to the Hanoi Airport.
Arrival back in Manila early morning of the following day.
Do you have other samples of Halong Bay and Hanoi Itinerary?
Share your Vietnam adventures in the comment box below!
Now I'm also considering Vietnam other than Cambodia. In your 4-day trip, how did you manage spending in cash? Did you go to a money exchange before leaving in the Philippines? Or most of the attractions accept payment in debit or credit card? Thanks for all the tips!
We have USD with us before we left Manila. Vietnam widely accepts USD. The debit and credit cards are mostly accepted on bigger establishments. Better to use cash still so you won't get stuck. 🙂 Enjoy Vietnam!
The beauty of the bay comes of course by riding on the waves. There are several cruises which can stop at certain spots for excursions and explore the local culture. Shuttle buses from Hanoi to Halong Bay are very convenient. You can also take help of bus transportation like Hanoi Travel Bus.
Ha Noi and Halong is one of the best places must to visit in Vietnam. With me, Halong Bay like a dream, I cannot forget my friends in Halong Bay. About Hanoi, I love Hanoi street food, especial is Pho, Sticky, Com Cake,etc… I would high recommend you need travel to Hanoi and Halong, if have enough time, you need travel to Ninh Binh.
Sounds like you really had a great time in Hanoi and Ha Long Bay. I will definitely go back to Vietnam and include Ninh Binh on my itinerary.
I need to get myself to Halong Bay very soon! I plan to spend 3 days in Hanoi when I visit so I'll be bookmarking this post for future reference. Do you think August would be a good time to visit? Also, where else do you suggest I visit in Vietnan apart from Ho Chi Minh, Hoi An and Hanoi? Also, Halong Bay is a must visit but they say it can get super crowded. Is there a way around that?
Vietnam is beautiful! In August you might encounter some monsoon rain, but I hope you'll be lucky with the weather. I would suggest to visit Nin Binh, it's one of the UNESCO world heritage sites for a very good reason!
Your Hanoi itinerary sounds good. My only regret is we spent too less time in this beautiful city when we visited. I would strongly recommend a night stay over a day trip to Halong Bay.
Your post encompasses a lot of useful information. My husband and I want to visit Vietnam next year, so I'll make sure to bookmark your post. You don't mention anything about a visa requirement for Americans. We we need a visa as American citizens?
Wow that was an amazing breakdown and schedule! I am planning on going here in September so this guide will be what I will base my trip on. The pricing is actually very reasonable too in your breakdown.
The itinerary is superb! 4 days were spent really well. We were considering booking for 5 or 6 days but this is perfect!
Now we have the perfect guide to plan our trip to Halong Bay. Halong Bay looks so dreamy. I have a question we will be visiting Vietnam for the first time so which all places should we club.
Vietnam is definitely on my list of places to visit when I return to Asia. Everyone always talk about how wonderful it is and everyone's photos always look so awesome. I like how well you broke down your guide, even including prices. That will be very helpful when I start to plan my trip.


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Carrot on a stick! Rewarding players for creating character background.
by Sunglar September 7, 2015
Motivating characters to create a background for their characters has always been a goal for me as a Game Master. I typically reward extra experience before the adventure begins for creating different details of a character's background. So much so that I mentioned it as my favorite house rule in Day 24 of #RPGaDay2015.
As I prepare for our upcoming D&D 5t edition campaign I began to look at possible ways to reward players' efforts. However, the experience points needed to go from 1st to 2nd level are so low, that I could very well have players start at level 2. This wouldn't usually be a problem, but I want to test the system at all levels, including 1st, even if for just one session. So I began to look for other rewards and came up with the following ideas. I'm reproducing the text just as I would had in out to the players.
This will be something I include in a larger player handout including notes on classes and races for the campaign, list of NPCS, maps and the history and details of the region where the campaign will take place.
I'd love some feedback… Do you think it's too little or too much? Are the ideas presented game breaking? Would this motivate you as a player? Let me know in the comments. Thanks for reading!
Character Background Rewards
A well rounded character with an interesting background is not only easier and more engaging to play for a player, but far more interesting to his or her fellow players. A background helps the Dungeon Master (DM) create plots and stories that integrate your characters' history, desires and hopes. But you don't need me to tell you this; you are all seasoned players that create wonderful characters for many games. What you really want to know is what rewards I'll be handing out for creating your background and adding other details about your characters to the game.
Rewards will be unlocked and become available for your characters according to how many of the following background categories you unlock. To unlock them you must fulfill the requirements of each category to the satisfaction of the DM. The categories are:
Image – Provide an image of your character in a digital file to the DM
Story – Write down your character's story, it doesn't have to be a short story, a series of bullet points would suffice.
NPC – Create an NPC related to your character. This cannot be an existing NPC from the campaign that you tie to your character's story, but a brand new original NPC. Describe the character separate from your story; it should either have a stat block, an image to represent it, a list of motivations and flaws, or some other detail that can be useful during the game. It can certainly have more than one of the previous details, but for the purpose of unlocking this reward you need just one. The DM will be the final arbiter of the usefulness of the NPC to the plot and how it is integrated into the story, and while the idea is to incorporate your concept into the game, the DM reserves the right to make some changes to the NPC.
Miniature – Find a miniature, metal, plastic or a paper, for your character. I have plenty of miniatures you can pick from including pre-painted D&D minis and the Reaper Bones Kickstarter miniatures; we can coordinate for you to check them out. Also it could be a paper mini, or a Pathfinder Pawn.
The List of 12! – This is a simple exercise, make a list 3 plots you'd like to encounter, 3 enemies you'd like to face, 3 items (mundane or magical) you'd like your character to have, and 3 goals for your character to achieve, during the camping. Be as specific or general as you want. The DM will interpret your list with the details you provide.
You can unlock some categories and not others, or go for all five, that's up you. For each background category you unlock you receive one of the following rewards in order, from the 1st reward if you complete only one category, to the 5th reward if you complete all five.
1st Reward – Earn 75 Experience Points1
2nd Reward – Earn 1 Inspiration Token2
3rd Reward – Earn 75 Experience Points1
4th Reward – Earn 2 Inspiration Tokens2
5th Reward – Earn 2 extra point for customizing ability scores3
Rewards notes:
Note 1- The experience point total needed for gaining level 2 is 300 XP, so if you unlock the 1st and 3rd reward you'll be half-way to 2nd level before the adventure begins.
Note 2- Inspiration Tokens function just like regular inspiration (PHB p. 125), you can use it yourself or give it to another player, except that unlike regular inspiration, you can have Inspiration Tokens and earn regular inspiration, thus breaking the rule of only having one inspiration at a time. You cannot use inspiration and the Inspiration Token on the same roll. Once you use an Inspiration Token it is permanently spent.
Note 3- You receive 2 extra points for customizing ability scores, your new point total to spend on your ability scores is 29. All the other rules for customizing ability (PHB p. 12) scores apply, ability score point cost, 15 being the highest ability score before applying racial increases, etc.
All the background categories you wish to unlock must be completed BEFORE the first game session. Once the campaign has begun no rewards will be awarded for completing any remaining background category.
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Voidman says:
This is a superb house rule right here.
I do not think it's too much at all and for freeform games such as D&D the idea is spot on – plus it applies only at the start of the new game, it's optional and modular. Granted some of these ideas may be implied in rulebooks already but presenting an easy to follow "Character flesh out form" to players is a very nice touch.
I like your "character boons for players' pre-game effort" approach and the implementation is quite elegant with exp and in-game benefit tokens distribution.
I will try to hack it for my new Numenera group.
Key benefits I see:
• Players get to exercise their creativity – either by crating the background from scratch or researching visual aids – and they have a clear incentive to do that.
This is in my opinion the coolest thing about that idea. I had on very few occasions players in my group who enjoyed developing their characters and I remember one who introduced her character by way of a short story – I was absolutely taken by that and build the whole arch around her character as a kind of a reward. I'd love a more structured way to encourage players to contribute more at the pre-game stage – and while experienced gamers may take this for granted, others may need a bit more of "convincing" – this "carrot" offering may just do that
• Players get to consider their characters' motivations and state their expectations upfront
The list of 12 is a nice data farming interface Sir! 😉 I like it – I like it a lot. It will work fine for classic games that players are familiar with but could easily be tweaked as a multiple choice list with some descriptions if the setting is to remain mysterious (Numenera again). Goals and items are nice options – other categories can be swapped in to fit the game of choice. I like that the list has this aspect of empowering the players to influence the subsequent campaign (genuine or otherwise 😉 ) . Still this is genuinely useful information – a set of parameters that the GM can take advantage of.
All in all this is a very useful idea – will take some work to adapt to individual games /groups but this is very solid yet simple and elegant solution (for more… civilized games 😉 )
Thank you Sunglar!
Voidman, thank you for the kind words, I am thrilled you like the ideas presented.I am lucky to have had very creative players at my table and many through the years have worked on their background to one degree or another.
The list of 12 is perhaps the newest tool, it was the list of 9 for the sci-fi campaign I'm currently running, but follows the same principle. Since about 2005 I had been handing out a questionnaire of campaign expectations peppered whit character interest, but since I do the survey some months before the campaign, to help me create the setting and initial adventures, oftentimes the character motivation questions changed by the time we get to the game. So separated the two.
The survey is about campaign expectations,style of play,types of adventures, general expectations NOT tied to the character, it helps me plan the big picture. And then the list of 12 allows me to drill in to specific adventures ans plot lines.
For example, for the sci-fi game and the list of 9 I made a matrix on Excel and wrote down the interest of all players, goals, enemies, etc. And I consult it regularly when preparing adventures. We've been playing the sci-fi game now for close to 60 session and it's still being useful.
This iteration of the rules for background creation I've made the list more open and players can go for as few or as many as they want. In recent campaigns it used to be, so many XP for a picture of the character, so many for a story. I tired to keep it open and allow them to go as far as they want. In the past they've all tried to go for the full bonus…
I've had these incentives in one for or another for a long time, but I first codified it for a Star Wards game back in…2005 or 2006 I think, and have used them ever since.
Wow this as been a long reply, almost a post onto itself!
One last thing, for a particularly long Pathfinder campaign where we took some time off between the campaign start (about 60 sessions long) and the end (about another 60 sessions) and where some significant time had passed campaign wise, I had them complete a new list of… so and so, what now is the list of 12 but I called it something else back them. Having them revisit the list periodically is also an option.
Johnkzin says:
I like what Fate does:
1) you write a sentence that is sort of "if you were a character in a adventure / sci-fi / fantasy pulp novel, what would the title of your first novel be?" .. and if necessary, they flesh it out with a few more sentences. But very brief. (by default in Fate, this "novel" also determines one of your character's Aspects)
2) now you look at the novels of the other characters, and explain how you were one of their "guest stars" / cohorts / partners in their novel. And, again, that determines another one of your aspects.
3) repeat #1 again, for a 2nd or later "novel" that would feature your character. And your third Aspect.
One of the things that's great about this is that it gives your own character some background story… but it also gives your characters some investment in each other. They're not just a bunch of disjoint characters that all happened to show up at the same tavern on the same day.
For me, I divorce the Aspects from the "background cycles", so I'm really just focused on the background stories and linking the characters. That also means you can really apply this to any game regardless of system or genre. I've been toying with doing this (each of these should be 1 or 2, MAYBE 3, paragraphs):
1) Tell me a story from your character's adolescence that relates to their race/family/tribe/culture/environment. Something that describes their role in those things, whether they're an outcast, the water-boy, or a star, or whatever.
2) Tell me a story from your character's apprenticeship that relates to how/why they got into their (primary) class/profession/etc., and what specific role within the broad archetype really describes them. Or tell me about a brief event during your apprenticeship or early career that is like a minor adventure/encounter, that similarly tells me about who you are within your broad class/profession/archetype.
3) Tell me how you were involved in one of the other character's stories for #1 and #2, in a non-starring role. (no one can pick the same "other character", nor should two characters pick each other — though, you probably should allow characters that are added later to pick "other characters" that are already linked to existing characters, just try to avoid having 2 or more separate groups within the party, and avoid having one or two characters who are like "hubs" of everyone else's stories)
At the end of step 3, the links between characters should be like one long chain that eventually leads back to where it started.
4) optional: repeat step 3, with a different "other" character.
Same result: you've developed some background story about the character. They're not just "a wood elf", they're a wood elf who has a place within their tribe/kingdom. And they're not just a ranger, they're a particular type of ranger within the broad archetype, and more importantly we know _why_. Last, we have connected everyone together: they all know each other, directly or indirectly, in some way.
Reward? none (other than "being allowed to play your character"). It's compulsory. They have to participate in this process in order to be allowed to play their character. Why? Because just like there's "character creation", there is "party creation", and that's what this basically is. If you aren't in this process, you aren't part of the party. You're adding to a well conceived party background, instead of a dysfunctional one. In some regard, that's a reward of its own. (and your players will hopefully find this to be a fun exercise of its own, and that it's a valuable way to build a coherent party).
I am familiar with Fate, but using those ideas for any game sounds fun! Thanks Johnkzin… I like the idea of party creation, however, my one caveat is forcing people to go through the process. I realize some games require it to work, but for a game like D&D, even with all the backgrounds and motivations they've added for 5e, you could have someone that doesn't really enjoy that aspect of the game, that prefers to play the vanilla human fighter, and maybe develop a semblance of a background during the game. I'm lucky that that's not currently the case with my group of players, but I've had players like that whose motivation to come to come to come to the game is to let loose a little, bash a few goblin heads and laugh with his friends, only involved int he plot int he most basic sense. And at those times those were my friends I wanted the,m to come to the game so I allowed for their style of play and included them. Is it idea for my desire to tell a story? Well no, but all fun for all sorts of players, I Try to go with that…
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