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July 23, 2017 · by lsbushey · in Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War. ·
"If we go there we'll die."
Christopher Nolan seems to be a director and a storyteller obsessed by the passage, the overall meaning, and the possibility of exploring different pieces of time. Every single one of his films embrace the construct of the clock. There's the reverse storytelling of Memento, the folding and diving dreamscapes of Inception (a movie inspired by the very process of movie making), and the taxing effect it takes on us in the unabashedly human and experimental Interstellar. To appreciate Nolan's latest, one must know how to appreciate the man himself, a filmmaker who's overly ambitious at his worst and breathtaking at his best. If you look back this way, Memento is his introduction to the cult crowd, Inception is the literally puzzling and hypnotic middle welcoming worldwide attention, and his previous feature Interstellar is the overwhelming emotional third act we've been waiting for all along. As the sum of these previous endeavors and the culmination of his Batman creativity, Dunkirk is an almost unbearably intense film booming with sound and with heart, and for that matter is one of the best films ever made about the costs of war.
That last sentence is carefully constructed on purpose. Dunkirk isn't necessarily or naturally categorized as a "war film." There's almost no blood, no guts, no German soldier faces ever take control of the screen from the Allied troops. So while Dunkirk occurs in wartime and involves countless casualties, it's more of a film about our very primitive drive to survive and the toll it takes when we sacrifice such inherent thinking in order to prioritize others. From this perspective and through its layered timeline, Dunkirk might just be the most ambitious art film of all time. It's not the kind of movie you'll sit down and casually re-watch on TBS while recovering from a Sunday morning hangover. This can't be cut with commercial bathroom breaks. Too few pictures actually demand to be seen in theaters anymore. As such, Nolan clings to this ideology, time after time delivering what truly is a unique theater experience. Dunkirk will be called bold by those who love cinema and balderdash by those who love summer blockbusters and probably blah by those in the middle. Any which way you have it, Nolan is able to make you feel and indulge conversation once the credits roll in ways almost no other modern director is capable of. Such provocation takes enviable skill.
Dunkirk's opening scene is a beauty to behold. Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) strolls the namesake streets with similarly uniformed soldiers. He catches a piece of propaganda raining from the heavens, encouraging surrender to survive, a big "YOU" surrounded by arrows from every encroaching angle. And then come the bullets. Whistling sad death tunes, whizzing by our ears in unison, a swan song dropping bodies like flies. Tommy, a young kid who should be running from a big schoolyard bully instead of assault weapons, just barely escapes to the beach. There we see things not directly from his perspective but as his fellow newcomer. Thousands upon thousands of troops waiting to be rescued, or as the opening credits so appropriately call it, "hoping for deliverance." Deliverance to or from what, exactly? For some, a home so close they can see it and almost taste it. For others, death on their own terms. And for outsiders, a disregard for either, falling into line and obeying orders. Dunkirk might kill these men with kindness (so many simply vanish from the screen), but we constantly hear their cries, their sheer horror, and their own inward ambivalence through vacant eyes. Its distress signal might be silent but is always violently waving throughout.
Comprehending the picture's structure is less important than understanding its intended effect. Told as a triptych tale with three different perspectives eventually blending and coalescing as one, Dunkirk turns the typical war conventions on end. There are no big briefings between those in command and those in battle, no visible enemies, no attacks plotted over a map spread across a table. Here the events happen organically – almost to the point that we feel as if we're in the crosshairs of danger – as each chapter acts less on devised plot and more on survival instinct. Our time on The Mole (a big harbor structure of sorts) develops over a week. The day long sea chapter finds Mr. Dawson (Mark Rylance) sailing himself, his son Peter (Tom Glynn-Carney) and his friend George (Barry Keoghan) towards Dunkirk to help evacuate British soldiers. In the film's most thrilling and frenetic turn, we follow one hour with pilots Farrier (Tom Hardy) and Collins (Jack Lowden) as they attempt to shoot down enemy spitfires in sparse scenes which depict flying in ways previously unknown, capturing the grueling chase as frantically as it's ever been shot.
Dunkirk closes our eyes and challenges us to place ourselves within its own carefully designed nightmare. For once you don't want to be woken from such a hell; you want to welcome and to experience all of its shades of empathy and to strap yourself in the boots of its brave. In contrast with America's constant winning ideals, Dunkirk focuses more on evoking the disillusioned and disenfranchised outlooks of those forced to retreat, primarily through Private Alex (Harry Styles, and yes, the guy can act or at least be directed very well). Regardless of what he's told or what he sees – he and his fellow soldiers are nevertheless celebrated in the end – Alex still views retreat as a monumental failure. Expanding upon this desperation to succeed, Nolan draws a phenomenal performance from Rylance, and despite covering Hardy's mouth once again (who after playing Bane and starring in Locke solidifies himself as one of the businesses' best set of eyes), the actor can still elicit real moments of panic and terror and inclination. I typically reserve the word "movie" for the masses, and by that term would call Interstellar his most gut-wrenching, epic endeavor to date. But as far as "film" goes – challenging the hallmarks of the loaded reel experience – Dunkirk is the picture Christopher Nolan has built his entire filmography towards, painting a gallery level piece as massively as possible. This is the work of a master.
I fear that many will feel as plagued by the bombarding sound as I initially was. From nearly its first frame, Dunkirk latches onto Hans Zimmer's booming score as its primary life source. Other movies have taken on the look of war better, yet none have sounded quite this intimate. Some might see that as reliant; I see it as the primary vocals in a picture more suited to silence, the images doing their job while the background vocals only enhance what is already residing supreme. Shot almost entirely by the loud IMAX cameras, most of the dialogue is inaudible (which makes me anticipate watching it with subtitles even more). No matter, though. From fraught beginning to its expressionist ending, Dunkirk is a respectful and truthful labor of love, more humble in its approach than you'd except, keen to observation and available to endure suffering. Compared to Inception, we know when this top is going to fall, and the real magic is not in knowing when it will finally topple, but when it'll just start to wobble and roll out of its breathtaking cycle. You can't possibly bleed for a movie this tight, this finessed and expertly edited, nor can you sterilize all of the wounds it inflicts. All you can do is try to live it, and here, live it to the absolute extreme. Dunkirk is revolutionary in its stubborn defiance and treatment of what separates this specific cinematic experience from reality and history. No invitation is needed. Open your wallet and go see it on the biggest screen nearby. Feel it. Remember it. Honor its commemoration. Nolan has awoken the power of film with his own Lazarus effect. I was left dumbfounded.
"Survival's not fair."
Tags: Action, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Christopher Nolan, Cilian Murphy, Drama, Dunkirk, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, History, Hoyte van Hoytema, Jack Lowden, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Thriller, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy, War, Will Attenborough
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BlogHome Uncategorized The Good News Is More Sellers Are Slashing Prices In California!
Are They Like A Used Car Where The Moment You Drive Them Off The Lot They Lose Value?
Jordan, take a deep breath. Calm down. Listen, I'm fine. I'm going to just fine. Thanks for your concern.
Jordan now: I definitely think it's time to look at the market with eyes wide open.
Jordan six months ago: Just close your eyes and overbid by as much as you can.
It's pretty impressive how good a handle he has on the market and what buyers need to do at any given stage.
Jordan in a year (to seller): Just close your eyes and accept the first offer, no matter how low it is.
You fudged up Phil. Missed it by that much!
Looks like the owner of that shack in Hillsborough has a mortgage of $4,180,000 that was taken out in 2015-LOL!!
Wait until these homes are worth less than what he owes, maybe I'll be moving on up and buying thee for pennies on the dollar.
Every UHS knows the best way to sell a house is to start with an overpriced listing!….. LOL.
Sold 2007 for $6.1 million.
Sold 2018 for $5.5 million.
Not much appreciation in that property over 11 years….
Those prices appear to bracket the runup and denouement of the largest, most protracted real estate mania in history. I wonder what it would have sold for at the peak?
Barbs, you don't want to move here. It's hot. Even in winter it's 100 degrees at midnight. Try Nevada, Oregon or Utah.
Gilbert AZ inventory just went down 4%. Barbs must have come over and bought 2 of em cause they're "so reasonable" compared to Commifornia.
Just did the CA -> OR relocation, flew to AZ to pick up a big rental truck and drove it to San Diego then OR. Truck rental in San Diego – $3,200 but in Phoenix it was only $300. Reverse manifest destiny is leading to an abundance of supply in Reno, LV, and Phoenix.
The difference in what we can buy in CA at the peak vs. OR at the bottom should be pretty staggering.
Most of the areas where the locusts proliferate are the BYOJ areas (bring your own job).
Sounds like there's an epic emigration underway from San Diego to anywhere more affordable. I totally get it. Having lived and worked here for over a decade, I still don't understand how people can survive the high cost of living plus the triple whammy of federal, state, and local taxes on one or two incomes, unless they either brought along a fortune made elsewhere when they moved here or struck gold in Silicon Valley.
It seems one of the only economically viable solutions was to own an expensive home that was providing an extra income in the form of double digit annual appreciation plus a big federal tax writeoff.
Now that the tax advantage of owning an expensive home has been whacked, and home equity wealth games are tipping to negative, I expect the steady flow of out migration from San Diego to soon crescendo to a flood.
Some friends are looking for exit plans. For those with two incomes it's really difficult to relocate. Would be interesting to look at the impact of two income households on job mobility.
My wife and I are fortunate in having very portable credentials, in case we ever decided to leave California.
We are now thinking of moving to Lake Tahoe, NV on the North shore or along the My. Rose Highway. We'll retire soon and the difference in state tax ($0 in NV) will pay for our housing costs.
We looked at San Diego, but downtown is challenged w so many homeless living on the streets and traffic is miserable. We want to be comfortable and feel safe.
North Lake is beautiful and as long as your ok with the snow, it would be a great place to retire IMO. You won't find many homeless up there unless your closer to Reno off the Mt Rose Hwy. Any coastal city in CA is going to be flooded with homeless and over priced shacks for what you get (human waste, needles, thefts, traffic, annoying people, home / lot size). I'm on my last straw with living here but stuck because of raising a family and surrounding family. Prices are going to have to come way down for me to at least feel somewhat complacent with buying a home in California again. NV is where I would love to retire.
Or you pukes could move east of the Mississippi. A moderate amount of rainfall is a good thing. Try it sometime.
Meh… the east is full of people who's ancestors didn't have the stones to move west.
…or a high enough level of ADHD.
But Diane, there are 3,300 completed unsold shacks in Orange County alone. Who's going to buy all these knock-offs?
And there's a couple of Thornberg quotes in the LA Times piece. Something about they aren't overbuilding.
10-15% price cuts sound more like an impending avalanche. I now feel bad for people who buy a single family home for their primary residence, and think they're getting a good deal. This is the time when Realtor lies really start to sting.
This is happening at breakneck speed. So much faster than I expected. I know they say there is subprime lending, but I don't think it's enough to keep things going on for two more years as was the case with the last bubble.
Back in March, I was scanning rental listings all the time, worried that my landlord would want to sell our rental as realtors were knocking at my door to ask if the house was for sale. Fast forward to September and I begin to see price drops, houses sitting, etc. That's when I said here that we were in "suspended animation" as I did not see more houses coming on the market. However, the very next day I started getting "new listing" e-mails out of the blue. It is not a flood of listings, but we are past the tipping point. Thanks, Ben, for keeping me sane.
Jordan, Jordan, JORDAN! Ixnay on the oodbathblay, OK?
Guess that means we ARE in a bubble, thanks professor Thornberg!
Thorny Chris lets his wallet do the talking, truth be damned.
They missed the boat twice! And that second time was the last boat.
A 40 year old super ultra mega credit expansion will not likely resolve instantly. It just might be like bouncing down a flight of stairs. The first bounce was pretty spectacular!
I've thought for years this was The Suckers Rally. If now we're headed for next step down or the final splat I don't know. Either way I think I'll be fine.
I suspect in the next 10 years we are going to have lots of health-related sales.
And yet seller just slashed price by $15k yesterday. LOL.
They listed the house, knocked down the price a few times, jacked it back up, and then dropped the price again, to a price that is slightly higher than the price in September. ?????
Slashing prices seems inconsistent with achieving a permanently high price plateau, but rather more consistent with creating a massive crater.
Are you HODLing stocks through this market swoon?
Prominent market technician Ralph Acampora says the stock market is in bad shape and it's worse than many on Wall Street investors appreciate.
Sounds like you're saying we scraped a bit on an iceberg but all is well.
Looking ahead, investors will take a peek at the Treasury's November refunding on Wednesday, which will show how much auction sizes have increased to deal with the U.S.'s growing budget deficits. Market participants expect the refunding package to amount to $83 billion, which would top the record set by former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in 2009 when the economy was recovering from a financial crisis.
"It looks to be a troubling deficit trajectory," said Thomas Simons, senior money market economist at Jefferies, who anticipates further fiscal stimulus in the next two to three years.
Can anyone who understands why trade deal optimism would naturally lead to a selloff in long-term Treasurys please explain the connection?
– Retirees, and those near retirement, are willing to accept lower returns for a lot less risk.
Interest rates on two-year certificates of deposit or CDs — not quite "cash," but pretty close — have just cracked 3% for the first time since living memory. And rates on parallel two-year Treasury bonds are not far behind. Just a couple of years ago they were offering barely half a percent — and this minuscule rate of interest, of course, was fully taxable too.
These rates are already well ahead of the 2.2% overnight Federal Funds rate set by the Federal Reserve, as financial markets have already anticipated further rate hikes by the Fed, expected later this year and in 2019.
The surge in rates for deposits comes at a time when stocks and bonds are both suddenly looking distinctly rocky. And for the first time in quite a while, those buying CDs can beat inflation, which has averaged about 2.5% this year.
One woman's trash is another woman's treasure, so while Wall Street speculators freak out at the prospect of rising interest rates, and President Trump complains that the Federal Reserve is going "crazy" by putting rates back up, let's not forget all for those whom rising interest rates are a matter of enormous relief. That means, above all, retirees, and those near retirement, as well as all those who are willing to accept lower returns for a lot less risk.
Are your emerging markets stocks submerged?
Emerging markets are poised to end October in the red as the global stock sell-off, concern over the Federal Reserve's tightening path and an escalation in the U.S.-China trade war scupper the chance of a recovery in this year's worst-hit economies.
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index of equities has fallen 10 percent in October, set for its worst month since May 2012, after the S&P 500 Index slipped into a correction from a record close in September. An MSCI measure of developing-nation currencies is down less than 1 percent, as the Argentine peso, Turkish lira and Brazil's real head for a winning month.
Notice how we have recently transitioned from an 'all news is good' to an 'all news is bad' investing climate?


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Fox News asks Rand Paul if Reid is right to "call Americans" "Domestic Terrorists"
(By Juan Cole)
Not since George W. Bush complained that the problem with the American economy was that "too many of our imports come from abroad" has such hilarious use of the English language been on display. The furor on the Right about Harry Reid terming "domestic terrorists" the militiamen who brought sniper rifles across state lines to confront the Bureau of Land Management produced the following interview by Fox News of Rand Paul.
Eric Bolling asked Sen. Paul, "Is there any reason to call Americans domestic terrorists?"
So, Mr. Bolling, you see, the category of "domestic terrorist," when used inside the United States, cannot be used for foreigners, only for "Americans."
If you meant to ask whether there are any domestic terrorists, I think Timothy McVeigh might be an answer to your question.
So, yes, there is sometimes a reason to call Americans domestic terrorists. When they are.
If what you meant to say is that "white Americans" should not be called "terrorists" and that the term should be reserved for brown-skinned peoples, that is just Fox News editorial policy, not a feature of, like, the English language. It is a feature I have complained about all week
The remark is at 0:20 here:
Rand Paul: Harry Reid Needs to 'Calm the Rhetoric' on Bundy Ranch
Senator Reid on Friday defended his use of the term:
Reid said he hadn't been referring to Cliven Bundy, the deadbeat cattle rancher, himself when he spoke of domestic terrorists, but the armed militiamen who interfered with the confiscation of Bundy's cattle for non-payment of fees.
"600 people came armed, they had practiced, they had maneuvered… they set up snipers in strategic locations… they had automatic weapon . . . And they boasted about the fact they put women and children . . . so they would get hit first" . . . "If there were ever an example of people who were domestic violent terrorist wannabes, these are the guys . . ."
Good for Reid!
It should be noted that deploying firearms to interfere with the Bureau of Land Management officers is a felony, and that crossing state lines (as many of the militiamen had done) with firearms in order to commit a felony is a Federal offense.
One of my readers wrote last week:
"Imagine that the Bundy ranching family in Nevada, instead of being white and Mormon, are all black and Muslim. And imagine that they, too, believe not only that the federal government should have no jurisdiction over the public land adjoining their ranch, but also that a second revolutionary war should topple the U.S. government.
Imagine that, just like Mr. Bundy, they lost two court decisions and are expected to either pay one million in overdue fees or have their cattle seized to pay the debt. Imagine that they send out a call, via Facebook and Twitter, for all like-minded thinkers to take up arms and prepare to fight the agents sent to collect the cattle.
How would the media describe some 2000 black, Muslim men, armed with automatic rifles and shotguns, who drive from all across the country to show up in Nevada ready to kill government officials?
How would the media portray those black, Muslim men when they used their guns to shut down I-15, a major interstate freeway, forcing hundreds of travelers to bake in the hot desert sun until the road could be re-opened?
What would right-wing pundits say about those black, Muslim men who were crouched on overpasses training their sniper sights on the cowboys and drivers hired by the federal government to move the cattle?
Would they agree with those black, Muslim militants who planned to put their wives and girlfriends on the front lines so there would be news footage of federal agents shooting women?
Would Nevada politicians, senator Dean Heller and Governor Brian Sandoval, still throw their support behind a Bundy who said, ". . . I don't recognize the United States government as even existing," if he were Muslim and black?
Try as hard as I can, I can't see people on the right using any word other than "terrorist" to describe homegrown, black, Muslim militants who are willing to use violence to support their belief that the U.S. government is meaningless.
And that shows us exactly how far Americans have to go before we define each other by character, not race or religion."
Filed Under: Featured, Juan Cole, nationalism, Politics, Republican Party, US politics

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Port Authority Police Make Drug Arrest At Holland Tunnel
April 5, 2017 by PAPBA
A South Carolina man faces drug charges after an arrest at the Holland Tunnel on Tuesday, authorities said.
Port Authority police pulled a green 2005 Lincoln Town Car over around 6:40 p.m. when they saw it approaching the Holland Tunnel entrance with a cracked windshield, said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesperson for the Port Authority police.
Officers noted a strong odor consistent with the presence of marijuana. They requested license, registration and proof of insurance and the driver, Jamel Goode, 42, of Ridgeville, S.C., explained that he did not have a driver`s license only a South Carolina ID, Pentangelo said.
The passenger, Isaac Gerard Jr., 45, of Rochester, N.Y., volunteered to drive the vehicle. Goode indicated there might be a small amount of marijuana in the vehicle and police noticed that Gerard smelled like marijuana, Pentangelo said.
Police took a small amount of suspected marijuana from Gerard. A Port Authority K-9 arrived and a positive indication was given by the dog at the trunk of the vehicle. A search of the vehicle trunk compartment revealed a black duffel bag containing three tightly wrapped bags of suspected cocaine weighing individually 126 grams with a combined weight of 378 grams, Pentangelo said.
Both men were arrested. Goode faces charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, drug distribution and driving with a suspended license. Gerard faces possession of marijuana charges.


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I can't believe my baby is two.
Happy Birthday Tucker! I was just wondering if there's a roller rink in town!
Love him! I wish we could have been there!


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What is a Power Suit?
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A power suit is a conservative tailored suit worn by men or women to project a sense of self-confidence and authority. The phrase came about in the 1980s, when a big-shouldered, dark-colored suit was the norm for anyone who wanted to be taken seriously in the business world. Books like John Molloy's Dress for Success introduced the business world to the concept of power dressing, and in the 1988 movie Working Girl , women got to see a secretary turn herself into a business executive after she cut off her "big hair" and donned a power suit.
Charcoal is s standard color for a power suit.
The epitome of the 1980s power suit for men was a designer suit in a dark color such as navy blue, black, or charcoal gray. The suit was usually solid, or had a very subtle pattern such as a narrow pinstripe. Women's suits usually had a straight skirt that got shorter as the decade progressed. The suit was often worn with a blouse that had an exaggeratedly feminine design to soften the lines of the suit; blouses in soft fabrics with accents such as bows or ruffles at the collar were popular. For both genders, shoes, belts, and accessories were color-coordinated.
Power suits often make the wearer feel more confident in business settings.
The power suit lost its appeal in most fields during the 1990s. In creative professions such as advertising and graphic design, these suits disappeared almost entirely, to be replaced by more casual looks for both men and women. In some business environments, the power suit never really went away; lawyers, for example, have nearly always been expected to wear traditional businesswear in most places.
Shoes are often color-coordinated with a power suit.
Today's power suit for both genders is not as formal as its 1980s predecessor. Navy and charcoal remain standard colors for these suits, and dark brown is usually as acceptable as black. Jacket shoulders are not nearly as large and square as they were in the 1980s. In most fields, pantsuits are perfectly acceptable for women, although skirts might still be preferred in some regions. Women's power suits are sometimes in bolder colors than in the past.
Shoes, belts and accessories are expected to be color-coordinated when wearing a power suit.
For men, a modern power suit typically calls for a white shirt, a silk tie, and black leather shoes. The jacket should have either two or three buttons and a single or double vent in the back. Women's blouses are simpler than in the past; shoes and accessories are also typically simple and classic.
Modern power suits are typically paired with black leather shoes and black socks.
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I can never find a quality pinstripe suit for women anymore. Any suggestions? The couture brands are too trendy/not conservative enough usually. And I'm sick of Ann Taylor, and it hasn't had pinstripes in a long time. Any suggestions?
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@KangaBurg - Wow that really is the meaning of a power suit.
I just wanted to say that I think that whether it is a men's power suit or a power suit for women, the most important aspect is the fit.
The suit needs to fit properly and it should look like the suit was tailored for that specific person. The suit should not be too tight or too big because that does not portray a powerful image.
I think that power suits should also be conservative colors like black, grey, or navy and a man can wear a bold red tie to really make a powerful statement. A hint of red like this adds a level of passion necessary without going over the top. It really says that you are in charge.
kangaBurg
What color of power suit should I get? I am just starting to put together a work wardrobe, but I sort of need to do it piece by piece, so I want to get one that's pretty versatile. What is the best, most versatile color or style of power suit?
I remember that women's power suits in the 1980s had ridiculously huge shoulder pads at one time. They looked really silly, but I think they did project more of a powerful image than today's power suits.
Somehow, I just don't think of corporate power when I look at today's feminine suits with their curvy lines and airy fabrics. Light colored suits - like beige or white – can also be considered power suits. That's odd, because light colors usually don't symbolize power in western cultures like ours.
To me, a woman's power suit should be dark – black, deep navy, or deep gray – with squared shoulders. The blouse should show no cleavage and be a strong color, like deep purple or green. It should be a pants suit because skirts are too feminine, in my opinion. Lastly, pinstripes always say "power" to me.
That's the way I dress at the office, and I always feel like I'm on top of things.


Background: The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC) promotes global risk factor management in patients with metabolic syndrome. The COSEHC Global Vascular Risk Management Study (GVRM) intends to quantify these efforts on long-term patient outcomes. The objectives of this study were to present baseline demographics of patients enrolled in the GVRM, calculate a modified COSEHC risk score using 11 variables (COSEHC-11), and compare it with the original COSEHC-17 and Framingham, Prospective Cardiovascular Münster (PROCAM), and Systemic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) risk scores.
Methods: Deidentified electronic medical records of enrolled patients were used to calculate the risk scores. The ability of the COSEHC-11 score to predict the COSEHC-17 score was assessed by regression analysis. Raw risk scores were converted to probability estimates of fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) and compared with predicted risks from other algorithms.
Results: Of the 177,404 patients enrolled, 43,676 had data for all 11 variables. The COSEHC-11 score (mean ± standard deviation) of these 43,676 patients was 31.75 ± 11.66, implying a five-year fatal CHD risk of 1.4%. The COSEHC-11 score was highly predictive of the COSEHC-17 score (R2 = 0.93; P < 0.0001) and correlated well with the SCORE algorithm.
Conclusion: The COSEHC-11 risk score is statistically similar to the COSEHC-17 risk score and should be a viable tool for evaluating its ability to predict five-year cardiovascular mortality in the coming years.


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Jill Furmanovsky interview
Jill Furmanovsky emigrated from Zimbabwe with her parents to England in 1965 and studied graphic design at Central St. Martin's School of Art from 1972-1974. From 1972 she became in-house photographer at the Rainbow Theatre specialising in live rock concerts, has photographed many Rock artists including Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Mick Jagger, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, Pretenders, The Police and Eric Clapton and has been commissioned by many others, including K.D. Lang and Oasis.
Questions for Jill Furmanovsky
Where did you get your first break with rock photography?
Was it difficult to capturing the moment in New York for the Madness picture that the NPG has?
How is that for you to work with?
Could you tell us about the Oasis project Was There Then came about?
The Gallagher brothers have a reputation for impatience, was it hard getting the shot that the National Portrait Gallery owns?
In what way was Chrissie Hynde an especially good sitter to work with?
So how did the picture of Chrissie and you come about?
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that a mistake was made."
Given that the island rose out of the sea as volcanic molten lava, my wild guess, without having a degree in botany, is that most all the plants and animals in Hawaii are non-native. For example, the Big Island only rose out of the sea less than 500,000 years ago. I am pretty sure no trees came up with the lava.
This strikes me as a common form of environmental anthropomorphism -- "Normal" is defined as the condition in which man has observed things over the last 200 or so years, a blink of the eye in geologic time. So the only allowable plants and animals are those that existed at the moment man started to observe a certain location. In the same way, "normal" for world temperatures is defined as what we observed them to be in about 1950. Climate and nature and geology follow multiple cycles and trend lines, some of which stretch for millions of years. It is hubris to say that we know what "normal" is.


Q: Where are you merely 'visiting life'?
Thank you for your words . Always moving. I have found that I don't go deeper and closer to God unless I suffer. I have practiced gratitude and being mindful and although they are beautiful practices only suffering moves me to new understandings of God and myself. Last week I met a woman who had a hip surgery gone wrong. She looked well, and I told her so. She said , "Suffering becomes me." I laughed, but I've been thinking about it's meaning.


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Star Wars Rebels Clip: Thrawn Learns of New Enemies
By: Matt Fowler
On the November 19th episode of Star Wars Rebels, "Iron Squadron," a new group of rebels risk their lives for the sake of the galaxy.
Here, in this preview clip, and in the images below, you'll see Grand Admiral Thrawn learning of a new rebel crew called the Iron Squadron. Curious, the devious Thrawn sends a small group to investigate.
The official synopsis for "Iron Squadron" reads:
Ezra and Sabine join forces to subdue a young pilot and his crew, who are foolishly risking their lives. That is the only way they can defend their home.
Star Wars Rebels' "Iron Squadron" premieres November 19th on Disney XD.
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.
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March 06, 2015: Scott, Kitty, Jean, Rachel and Calvin discuss the Pacific operation upon returning to X-Men HQ, along with the tragic murder that took place at home.
X-Men HQ
A team of X-Men have just returned via Blackbird from a very sudden and critical operation on the West Coast. An information blast over the X-Net declared that a band of mutants was about to attack a U.S. military base, where an alleged anti-mutant weapon was being developed.
They returned with injuries. Havok and Iceman in particular, the former having taken a particularly bad crunching at the hands of the Juggernaut.
The Blackbird has landed; the wounded taken to the medical bay for stabilization and treatment. Meanwhile, in the neighboring data center, Scott Summers is trying his best to be patient. The video and audio footage captured by his visor is being downloaded into the computer network, while he busily re-routes data from the bugs they placed in the military base from the Blackbird's comm array into the relays here. Still wearing his X-Men uniform, Scott has taken off the hood to reveal messy hair and clean skin, though the part of his face that had been exposed is stained by dirt, sweat and a bit of someone else's dried blood.
The frown on his face says it all. Points goes to the first person brave enough to engage him in conversation.
That brave person, would be Jean.
She made sure that the nurses took care of the injured, even overseeing a bit of the care by her own hand. Eventhough she had given up the medical life, once a doctor was always a doctor. And then some. There was no uniform to be had save for the usual scrubs, crocs and white lab coat, red hair tied back and bunned down, little strands stuck to the leg of the glasses that she wears hung down upon the bridge of her nose. The gaze she gives Scott is harrowing, her jaw tensing slightly, a lean upon the console is given as she draws in a breath.
"What is going on here." Her head shakes a little, glancing towards the console and back again.
"A girl is murdered in our home and our people are coming back bashed to hell…" She doesn't finish the wording, but it was there.
It's not that Kitty's going for points, but she was also not injured on their rescue/infiltration of the military facility. Her own outfit remains the same, but the black domino mask that concealed her identity while they were out in the field now lies as a forgotten, awkward necklace. Lockheed has found the hacker and rests comfortingly on her shoulder, resting his head on her head, uncaring of her windswept hair that has now been pulled out of its pony tail.
Sitting at the computer downloading the footage from Scott's visor, she turns to the man in question, a serious expression on her face. Without a word, she pulls out the thumb drive he gave her extra time to get information onto and holds it out to him, a questioning look on her face.
As Jean enters, the computer science teacher swivels in her chair. "Are they going to be okay?" Her voice is hopefully, worried. She's not anyone to answer those sorts of questions. All she can do is ask what is really on her mind.
A curt nod toward the thumb drive served as Scott giving Kitty permission to plug it in and let it rip. Her question is echoed by a glance toward Jean. His little brother is in there, his ribs smashed to hell, and one of his oldest team mates recovering from a punctured lung.
Now slave to the visor once again, it's challenging to tell what the look in his eyes might be, but of anyone, Jean would know that frown. She would know the long silence lingering thereafter.
A long breath is taken, an effort to steady the anger that boils deep within. "What's going on here…" A pause. "Is we have two dead mutants. One murdered by the United States Armed Forces, the other by one of our own."
Seeing that the footage from his visor has finished downloading, he punches it up and cues it to a certain time stamp. There, from his own point of view can be seen a large factory of sorts, twelve stories deep, bearing dozens of massive, robotic machines, each of which have the word 'Centurion' imprinted upon them.
"And our own government shadow funding a project designed to, I don't know what. Control us, enslave us, maybe wipe us out for all I know."
Rachel enters the room, having changed back into casual attire; since it didn't require anything but a thought for her. She didn't look very lively, instead seeming quite somber as she thought about the prospect of super sentinels designed to kill metahumans; it was something she didn't want to experience again.
Jean is given a fierce hug, "Mom, you have no idea how glad I am to see you." Out of anyone in the room though, Jean could tell with her telepathy; Rachel was beyond relieved to see her again.
"We have three dead mutants. Someone in the mansion, a student was killed while we were gone." She sighs, "Those two at that base, they weren't the enemy."
Jean gives a grave glance towards Kitty, but to ease her spirits, she offers her a slow nod. "They will be fine, they have the best working on them and staying by their side. If anything happens, I'll know about it and will tend to them immediately. But they're resting now." As they should. Scott's silence was met with recognition, her brows lowering into a slight frown as she takes a step aside, but reaching her hand out to try to grasp his shoulder, the only show of comfort she could really offer in a situation like this.
But then, her eyes turn towards the footage, her entire body stiffening as she folds her arms across her chest, watching the mass production on display, the name caught and filed away for later as her eyes dart left and right, taking in the scene upon the screen for what it was, the frown never leaving her face. "I.."
Her words were immediately stifled by a hug, a hug that was given in return and lingered for more than just a second as she strokes her daughters hair. "I know about Caroline, and Daliah is missing. No one knows where she is and.." She lets out a little sigh, releasing the woman to turn back towards the scene upon the screen. While Jean didn't have all the details, she's heard most of what she needed to know.
Though Kitty waits until all of the footage is downloaded from Scott's visor until mounting the other drive, she plugs in the thumb drive containing the information from the military base. As Rachel arrives, her eyes shoot upward. While she knew that Scott was somehow Rachel's father, she had no idea that Jean was her mother. The more you know! Quickly turning toward the monitor screen, the resident hacker focuses on the information in front of her. Is this weird? She's not sure if this is weird. It feels as if it should be.
At the reassurance from Jean, the young mutant nods her head, face serious now. As long as there is an assurance they'll be alright, then that's better. She'll focus on what they might have gained from these files she's downloaded. Turning her attention to the thumb drive, she boots it, hoping for something - any sort of clue.
"If this doesn't, you know, lead to anything, maybe we should try and find those guys who were at the base. They may know more about what was going on there, since they were attacking a secret army facility." This is said mostly to the computer screen, but it's a thought to chew on.
"No, they weren't." Scott's agreeing with Rachel, but there's a harshness in his tone; not for her, not for anyone here, but there nonetheless. "But they had a goddamned, piss poor game plan. Trying to bomb the fuck out of a military base is not the answer. Their actions made an ugly mess even dirtier."
No. Scott's not happy about this at all; even if, by and large, the X-Men performed admirably given the circumstances.
Scott finally turns away from the console, leaving the others to do with it what they will. His gaze comes to rest upon Kitty. "Agreed. I gotta have a word with Charles about… just how we respond to this. Violence can't be the answer. We can't make enemies with the United States based on something happening off the books at one military base. Not until we know who the hell is behind this."
He then turns to encompass Rachel along with Kitty. "I trust the two of you understand why I ordered the withdrawal?"
Jean's hand is not ignored, even though it may seem so. He appreciates it; it keeps him centered.
Rachel lets her mother go, nodding her head sadly at the news. She had met neither girl but had heard very good things about them, definitely potential rising stars at the academy. «Don't worry Mom, we'll find out who did it. Nothing could stand in the way of the two of us.» She meant it, together they would find out what happened.
Finding a chair for herself Rachel curls up in it, "I understand." She smiles at her father. Jean would know that she didn't agree at all though but she hid it well from a non-telepath.
The decryption starts on the data Kitty entered and before long schematics, albeit corrupted begin to display on the screen.
The schematics while incomplete due to the hard drive being yanked so abruptly depict a large robot several stories tall in similar design to a Sentinel. The robots are called 'Centurions' instead. Most of the weapon systems are not shown but one thing shown are a device called 'Neutralization Warheads' which some of the X-Men had seen in play earlier.
Jean doesn't offer up any input on finding the men who stormed the base, her eyes shifting left and right, cycling through each person there, her mind splitting to add focus just enough to mentally check upon theminds of Iceman and Havok, just for wellness sake. She was busy of course, multitasking, sweeping the area to make sure none come upon them unannounced and unawares. Her hand draws up to lightly rest upon her chin, fingers rubbing briefly, her gaze finally turning towards Scott.
"Silence."
She wasn't shutting him up, or anyone for that matter. "Like we do in all things. Find someone that fits the bill to infiltrate, possibly. It is not heard of with the possible loss of people on the other side to recruit fresh new blood to .." She glances at the screen now, her brows furrowing. That.. was huge.
Rachel's quiet words and departure offers up a sad smile, her own quiet words returning, sharing her thoughts openly with her daughter.
« Daliah is still alive, she's out there somewhere. If we focus on finding her first, then we can find Caroline's killer. »
As Kitty focuses on the screen and what it is that she could pull from the computer, the computer science teacher frowns, putting a chin in her hand. Lockheed crawls down from her shoulder to the desk, acting much like a cat who hasn't gotten enough attention by curling around her arm. She watches the schematics resolve, shaking her head when it's shown that they're corrupted.
"Maybe we could also do other searches for Project Centurion. There has to be some reference to them other than the one facility, right?" She thinks. She doubts they would put all that money into just the one facility without any sort of information anywhere else.
As for Scott's question, she finally turns. It's been awhile since she's been a student, but she recognizes a teacher question when she hears one. Her raised eyebrow goes to show that she's not sure why he's asking them this. "Because they were going to blow up the facility?"
At this, Scott actually smiles. He didn't believe Rachel one bit; and Kitty's answer was as pragmatic as she tends to be. "No. Because I'm not going to declare war on the United States, and neither is anyone who calls themselves an X-Man."
See? He already answered the question before it was asked, and that is why he smiled.
"Silence," Scott agrees. "We need to gather intelligence, and quickly." For a moment, he wonders how Agent May would feel if SHIELD turned their guns on her; how Reed Richards would respond if the government tried to flatten his home. Lips press together at the thought… it wouldn't be entirely inappropriate to bomb the base to hell and back.
Magneto would likely approve.
Scott draws a deep breath. "Alright. Katherine, clean up the data as best you can. Jean, you'll keep an eye on those in the medbay. I'm going to go speak with Charles." He looks at the three of them, feeling relaxed for a moment. He trusted them, and that counts for more than words could say.
On his way out, he ruffles Rachel's hair. "Good flying today, Red."
It looked like lying to Scott was a bad idea for Rachel whether he was a telepath or not, somehow a father always knew, "Ok, NOW I understand. This is why you're the leader." The ruffling of her hair causes her to smile, she looked up to Scott and respected him as a hero and a father like she did most of the X-Men, "Thanks."
She nods towards Jean, completely agreeing with her on how to deal with the missing student and finding the killer.
"You're not going to do this alone." Jean mutters towards Scott. At least he was smiling, even though the intent wasn't shown within his eyes. She doesn't read him however, but she does glance back towards the screen, deep in thought, at least until her name was called and a brow was risen.
"You're going to talk to Charles and then what?"
« Don't go out there alone. » Was sent to Scott, as he made moves to leave.
Rachel now was glanced at, her thoughts briefly gone out towards Nathan and Nathaniel, a slight frown upon her face as she plops into the next available seat. "Katherine, can you bring up the footage one more time?"
As Scott leaves in one direction, Cal arrives from another, glancing over those who are gathered. "Evening all. Anything wrong? Beyond the usual and what we all already know about." The bottle of beer in his hand is half full. Less than that after the swig he takes.
"Kitty!" Katherine Pryde glares at Scott as he leaves, though there is no real heat to it. She hates it when people call her by her full name. Only her mother does that now when she's mad at her for not calling enough. "And I will!" As if she would just leave the images and data in that state. With a sigh, she turns back to the computer only to give Jean the same glare.
"Kitty," she emphasizes again. "And yes, I can. While we were there Rachel said something about it being a threat to us. We saw some of the warheads in action, I think, or at least know they were there. The whole thing just looked like a factory to create more of those robots."
As Calvin enter, she glances at him and then back at the computer. "Something from the last mission we went on. Robots. Warheads. You know, the usual."
A robot several stories tall is displayed on a computer screen that Kitty is in front of, it's got the name 'Centurion' above it and has a bunch of missing data in the schematics but it apparently does have something called Neutralizer Warheads.
Rachel gestures towards the screen for Calvin, "We found this data on the mission we ran earlier. Lovely, isn't it?"
Jean glances back as Calvin enters, the mention to pull up the data upon the screen was mostly meant for him. She /is/ practically psychic, after all. But Katherine covered most of the explanations as did Rachel, leaving Jean with nothing else to say on the matter, but she does study the scene to commmit it to memory. Thank you mental recall.
Robots? "Sentinels?" Cal asks, sounding more concerned than he usually does even in very serious situations. Frowning, he steps over to the monitor, standing behind Kitty and looking over her head. *SNIKT* Both sets of claws pop out instinctively before they disappear again. "Fuck. That is so very, very bad. That's an advanced model too, one I've never seen."
"I mean, it wasn't good," Kitty agrees. As she plays through the footage again from Jean, she watches it with a distinct frown on her face. "But, it sounds like that facility, at least, got blown to smithereens by missiles and the like. We just have to figure out why they built them and what exactly they can do. Other than blow things up. That's the one thing we do know." She sighs. "And I'm not sure what other information I'm going to be able to get out of this stuff. We might have to just dig deeper to find a place I'll really be able to hack into."
Rachel leans her head back in the chair, staring up at the ceiling, "They look like Sentinels, kinda but they seem a lot meaner than any Sentinel I've ever seen." A sigh escaping her lips as she continues to stare upwards, still fairly upset over the deaths of the two mutants during the mission as well as the student that had been killed here.
"You have Sentinels in your reality?" Cal asks Rachel though it's not really a question and he doesn't look away from the monitor. "They didn't exist in mine but I've been to too many where they did. I don't know of any called Centurion though." Now he does look to Rachel. "Did yours adapt to cancel out your powers once they got enough exposure to them?"
Jean had to literally stare at Cal. Usually he's so nonchalant, easy going.. but this side of him worries her enough to actually start paying attention and worrying. "Kath… Kitty.." She states clearly, nodding her head at the correction made. "Try creating an algorithim that lets you cross check statistics of the program with government files that have or may have been leaked to the public. Even if it's just rantings of a madman, it's worth looking into."
She looks towards Rachel and Calvin now, slowly rising from her chair. "It's been long enough. I need to go check on the patients to make sure they remain stable. I'll update you all on their condition tomorrow, but for now, you three should at least get some rest." She was sure they were goingto talk among themselves about the sentinels, and she was going to respect them not to listen in.
« We need to talk soon, Rachel. Try to bring your brothers with you. »
She stands and spins the chair around in case Cal wanted to sit and process, then heads for the door.
Sentinels?" The word means nothing to Kitty. She looks at both Rachel and Calvin as that seems to mean to the both of them. At the request from Jean, she nods. "I can do that, but it'll take awhile to go through everything. It's not going to be an immediate thing." She sighs and returns to the computers, though she's certainly listening to the conversation going on between Calvin and Rachel. Adapting powers and the like sounds like something she's interested in eavesdropping in.
Rachel corrects Calvin, "In the future, one that no longer exists, I'm not from another reality. Yes, we had Sentinels but not like these. It means, the future could become even worse than the one I originally came from." Cal's question of adapting brings back bad memories, "They had suppressors to cancel out our powers, most of us got used to using any weapons we could when in a fight."
«I'll get them together. Love you Mom.» She doesn't stand up, way too exhausted.
"In your timeline then." Cal corrects, nodding at what she says. Jean gets a nod as she departs but his attention is really focused on Rachel at the moment. "It could mean that but it could also mean it's better." he points out. "This timeline has already branched from the one that formed yours it seems. And we can always try to influence it as well. Kitty, we need all the information on these things possible. Follow the money. We might need to ask SHIELD for help too since it could involve the military and government."
"I'd make sure you talk to Dad - - Cyclops before you do anything like that, he went to talk to Professor Xavier already and let him know what's happening." Rachel covered a yawn from escaping her mouth again, "I have no doubt it's going to get better though, it's just frightening when things like this pop up. We have to make sure it gets better." She still doesn't agree with the fact that they didn't just destroy the facility but she understood now thanks to Scott.
"Of course." Cal agrees. "But we both know we need to do everything possible to head off a future where government sanctioned Sentinels become active en masse. That's one reason I pushed the idea of the Gold Team so hard. Good public opinion is vital to that. We'll see what Kitty turns up first though." He gives the young computer expert a look as she pounds away at the keyboard. "I'm going to go program some Danger Room scenarios. We might need them." Nodding to Rachel, he's gone in a *BLINK*
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Jadwiga Maria Kinga Bal (Balowa) of Zaleszczyki, née Brunicka (July 26, 1879 – January 1, 1955) was a Polish baroness and a lifelong muse of Jacek Malczewski, considered Poland's national painter. She served as the live model for a series of his symbolic portrayals of women, as well as nude studies and mythological beings. Most were completed before the interwar period when Poland had not yet achieved independence.

Early life and education
Jadwiga Maria Brunicka (called Maria) was born during the foreign Partitions of Lithuania-Poland to baron Seweryn Brunicki, a Polish land-owner, and his wife Jadwiga Maria Kryspina Zagórska, (see the Ostoja coat of arms) at their country estate in Zaleszczyki (now Zalischyky, western Ukraine). A descendant of a Jewish family from Bavaria, her father carried the title of baron received in 1813. The family owned a tenement house in the metropolitan city of Kraków at ul. Pierackiego 7, where Maria later was a frequent visitor.

Maria was noted as being exceptionally beautiful by her family; they called her Kinga from the time she was a girl. As was typical of wealthy families, she was educated at home by a tutor.

Marriage and family
In 1898 Maria Brunicka married Stanisław Jakub Bal, a land-owner who was nine years older. The main residence of the Bal family was an estate in Tuligłowy, in eastern Poland. The house had been rebuilt in the early 19th century. They had two daughters together. Their marriage ended about 1904. One of their daughters, Helena Bal (1904–1996), became a painter in the interwar period.

From about 1904 to the outbreak of World War I, Maria had an affair with the painter Jacek Malczewski who was 25 years her senior; elected Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1912. They remained friends after she broke up with him, and frequently corresponded during her foreign travels. In 1923 she married again, this time to a Jerzy Turno,  (see the Kotwica coat of arms). Malczewski was among the prominent guests at her wedding.

Muse and model
Maria Bal had met the artist Jacek Malczewski around 1904 while living in Kraków, after her first marriage had come to an end. They had a tumultuous affair that lasted until World War I. She posed for many of his symbolic paintings from the Pythia series painted at the cusp of Poland's return to independence (before the end of the war). These works included his numerous self-portraits with muses. Malczewski was a married man. He had a son, Rafał born in 1892, who also became a painter later on.

Maria Bal was a star of the local literary society in Kraków. She was also a regular at the gatherings of artists held at the Kraków mansion of Olga Chwistkowa. After breaking up with Malczewski, Maria remained friends with him. They frequently corresponded before her second marriage.

Maria is one of the most revered art models in Poland. She died on January 3, 1955, in Kraków at the age of 75. A black dress of hers, from the 1930s, is on display at the Department of Fashion in the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź.

Selected depictions of Maria by Malczewski

Notes and references

1879 births
1955 deaths
Polish artists' models
Portraits by Polish artists
People from Zalishchyky

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NDMAC Systems joins the OneCircle community to bring KeyKeg recycling to France
NDMAC Systems, based in Brittany, France, has joined the OneCircle initiative to support the recycling of KeyKegs – the first in France. NDMAC, which started life as a tech start-up developing connected beer taps for the trade which supply unrivalled data and information on consumption habits, beer preferences and variety. This information helps breweries, particularly those in the craft sector, become more efficient and manage their businesses more effectively.
NDMAC opened its own bars to prove the effectiveness of the data, which is based on the use of KeyKegs, chosen for its ease of use and distribution benefits, as well as ethical reasons. The business has since evolved from a simple tech start-up to a multi-faceted business, based on technology with its own bar network. It works directly with brewers and has become a distributor of products, including KeyKeg. From the logistics through to the final consumption and the end of life of the Keg, it has visibility and tracking of any action performed involving the keg through data and apps – something that was previously almost non-existent.
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Now the business is focussing on creating its own circular economy where brewers purchase the kegs from NDMAC, they are distributed to its bars, it collects the used Kegs, processes them using a specialised compacter and returns them to KeyKeg for reuse as part of its OneCircle journey. The new recycling hub in Brittany will serve 50 breweries from across France initially. KeyKeg also has collection hubs in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland and Belgium.
Commenting on the partnership, Marc Goffart, COO of NDMAC, said: "We have worked with KeyKeg for some time because the product is safe and easy to use, but more importantly because of its sustainability credentials and the fit with our own business ethos. Helping to promote recycling is very important to us - our ultimate goal is to convince the whole of the French craft beer market of the opportunities provided by a project such as OneCircle and the long-term benefits of the circular economy."
Currently, 30% of a KeyKeg is made from recycled material but the ambition is to make the kegs fully circular and OneCircle is a big part of meeting that goal.
Annemieke Hartman from OneCircle commented: "NDMAC is an innovative and rapidly growing business which shares our commitment to the circular economy. It is this sort of partnership that will drive recycling and ensure that KeyKeg remains the sustainable choice for the beverage industry."
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Middle School Teacher Caught on Tape Threatening to Show Pupils His Long D-ck
Posted in: parenting , school , teachers
A middle school teacher was only put on a paid administrative leave after he was caught on tape angrily ranting at a class of 12 and 13 year olds using several swear and cuss words. Bizarrely also, he referenced the size of his p*nis and threatened to show it to the children.
A 12-year-old student recorded the seven-minute tirade and played it back to her mother. The outraged mom shared it with the press after she claimed the principal of the affected school refused to do anything about the incident. She had to make the tape public and go to the school district before the man was even suspended.
Those who have listened to the tape say the teacher can be heard clearly in the recording, and his cuss-word filled rant went from bad to worse as he began talking about his p*nis.
"If you don't give a f--k, then I don't give a f--k,"
"Some people's d--k, they only go that far. My d--k goes all the way to that fence."
"I'm gonna show you what a d--k is. I'm gonna d--k your a-- over."
School officials have condemned the teacher's language. Dallas Independent School District spokesman André Riley told the Daily News;
"We've listened to the tape, and we're horrified by it. We're going to take steps to make sure our students are not exposed to that ever again."
The teacher was placed on paid administrative leave while the district personnel office reviews the situation, Riley said.
The name of the teacher has so far not been released.
The mother of the student who recorded the rant claims the principal of Holmes Middle School where the incident happened only told her to delete it, when she reported it to him. Though happy the case has been taken up, she is not satisfied with the paid suspension the teacher got. Identified only as Diana, the mom says she wants the teacher fired, and he should not be able to teach anywhere else.
Do you think the mother is over reacting?
CherryWine March 11, 2015 7:47 AM
No...not over reacting at all.
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Empowering Learners: Thanking those who teach us to give.
Thanking those who teach us to give.
Grace and peace to you good friends and Merry Christmas! What a pleasure it is to send greetings to friends and family during this very special season.
As surely most of you know, I am in the profession of raising funds for Luther College. I love my job and the wonderful colleagues with whom I am privileged to work. And I know how very fortunate I am to be able to say this … as there are so many who have no work, or who see their work as unfulfilling, or who might never think of their career as a calling. How grateful I am for the many opportunities I have to work with generous friends who support causes dear to them.
For as long as I can remember I have believed that we learn how to give.
This personal belief has been a guiding force in my life. I love asking donors "who taught you to give?" I am convinced that for each of us there is a memory tucked away of someone dear to us, who showed us by example, how to give.
For me it was my parents. Among many such teaching moments, I remember most vividly the weekly discipline of putting my envelope in the offering plate at Grace Lutheran Church and watching my parents do the same. To this day, that profound giving memory and the Offertory that followed: Create in me a clean heart, O God … is etched upon my heart. And how wonderful for so many that this beautiful choral arrangement by Paul J. Christiansen has become the signature piece for Luther's Africa Choir.
Abundant memories. Such is this time of Christmas as we're surrounded by family. Looking back. Looking forward. Giving thanks for all we hold dear.
Last Wednesday, December 18, Christmas came just a little early for Empowering Learners, and a new and beautiful giving memory was created. Braylon, the second grade son of my dear colleague Chantel Olufsen, came by Loyalty Hall for a visit.
This young gentleman came bearing a significant gift.
It turns out the Share Save Spend (and Moonjar) philosophy is alive and well at Braylon's house and in the teaching of his parents. What a joy it was to hear about his interest in helping children far away. We had a good major donor visit and I explained that his $14 of "share money" would be put to very good use as we bring school supplies and build a much-needed kindergarten in Oshigwedha, Namibia.
Dear Braylon, Thank you for your thoughtful and exceptionally kind gift of share money. I am pleased to make your acquaintance and I am very happy that you like our project. Your gift will help make some children far away very happy. These children will soon have a new school building with walls, and a door, and two windows – and then they will be able to learn their lessons much better. When I see these children in January, I will tell them all about you and show them your picture. Thank you Braylon!
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care. This Christmas and always.


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No. 21 Stanford's offense proving Cardinal are still a Pac-12 threat
By Kevin McGuireSep 26, 2015, 10:39 AM EDT
Anyone who watched No. 21 Stanford (3-1, 2-0 Pac-12) in the season opener at Northwestern may have thought the Cardinal were in for a long season with no offense to show for it. How quickly Stanford has turned things around now with two straight wins in Pac-12 play with 83 points scored. On Friday night the Cardinal put 42 on the board against Oregon State (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) to pull away from the Beavers in the Pac-12 North battle. All of a sudden Stanford once again looks like a real threat in the Pac-12, and looks equipped to take on Oregon later on this season, along with upcoming games against Arizona and UCLA.
Christian McCaffrey pounded the ball on the ground for Stanford with 206 rushing yards. Barry Sanders added 97 yards and scored two touchdowns, and quarterback Kevin Hogan was effective with his arm, completing nine of 14 pass attempts for 163 yards and two touchdowns. Friday night showed Stanford get back to the earlier roots of their rise as a program under Jim Harbaugh, with the running game setting the tone the way Toby Gerhart used to do before the Cardinal started riding high with Andrew Luck. That si the recipe for success at Stanford, especially since Hogan can tend to be a bit up and down at times. If Stanford is going to run the football as well as they did against Oregon State, then they will wear down opposing defenses and run the clock well in conference play. Stanford held the football for 34:35 in the win, and going 7-for-12 on third down conversions was a big reason why.
"We ran the ball very physically," Stanford head coach David Shaw said after the game. "We've got a very physical offensive line that's jelling together and we've got some dynamic runners who can make plays."
Stanford gets their next two games at home in Palo Alto, and they will be pretty big matchups. Stanford will get what could or should be a ranked Arizona team coming in necxt week. The Wildcats are hosting UCLA tonight, so a loss could potentially drop No. 16 Arizona out of the top 25. Regardless of tonight's result, Arizona should be a good challenge for the Cardinal. Stanford then gets 12 days to prepare for a Thursday night game at home against UCLA. UCLA enters tonight's game at Arizona ranked ninth in the nation in the AP poll, and the Bruins face Arizona State next week.
This is a key stretch for Stanford if the Cardinal are to make a serious run in the Pac-12. All eyes may want to shift ahead to November 14 when Oregon visits Stanford, but the Cardinal have some huge opportunities to get through before that highly anticipated Pac-12 North matchup.
Tags: Barry Sanders, Christian McCaffrey, David Shaw, Kevin Hogan, Andrew Luck, Barry Sanders, Christian McCaffrey, Drew Luck, Kevin Hogan, Toby Gerhart


Let's be honest here. All of us want to obtain and maintain a great credit score but most of us don't want to do what it takes to get there financially. In fact, the average American has a good chunk of credit card debt that must be paid back. If not, the interest overtime will accumulate and cause them to go bankrupt. A lot of the credit card debt in this country comes from consumer debt. This debt entails things like luxury cars, designer clothes and accessories, food, entertainment, and a whole bunch of other stuff. In short, these are things that depreciate over time. When you get into the credit game, do not abuse it. However, there are ways to gradually increase your credit score over time. In this article, we are going to be going over some of these methods.
This first step to solving a problem is realizing you have one. This is the same with credit card debt. You must commit to paying it off. Find out how much you can put aside each and every month to pay off this debt. Also, calculate how long it is going to take before the debt is fully repaid. If you are dealing with high interest rates, I would recommend using the debt avalanche method. This is where you pay off the highest interest loan first and then work your way down. If you are dealing with only a couple thousand dollars worth of debt, you can use the debt snowball in which you tackle the debt with the smallest amount first.
If you won't be able to make the payment with cash when the deadline arrives, you probably shouldn't make the purchase. This especially falls under impulse purchases with credit cards. The fact of the matter is that most Americans live paycheck to paycheck. This could really hurt you in the long run.
If you are looking for quality financing, go with GreenSky Credit. GreenSky Credit has over 12,000 active merchants ready to help you. GreenSky Credit has also funded over $1 billion worth of student loans over the years, making the very credible. In the end, GreenSky Credit is a great choice!


This question only applies to Gentell Product Administrators. This capability is not visible to other users.
Product management is available under the Products button.
The categories, All Woundcare Products and All Skincare Products include all products that appear on the retail Gentell web site. If a product is NOT included in one of these categories, it will not appear in those groups on the web site. However, if the product is in another group -- for instance, FD -- it will appear in the Foam Dressings category.
Products can be in no categories. It may be helpful to keep a discontinued or suspended product in the database; removing the products from categories will ensure that it does not appear to the public or on order sheets.
All active collagen products must be in the CLG category.
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To choose products in a category, tap Edit next to any category (see screen above), select the check box next to the products in that category, and tap the green Update button at the bottom of the Edit Product Category page.


OpenGL is not a pixel-exact specification. It therefore doesn't guarantee an exact match between images produced by different OpenGL implementations. However, OpenGL does specify exact matches, in some cases, for images produced by the same implementation. This appendix describes the invariance rules that define these cases.
The obvious and most fundamental case is repeatability. A conforming OpenGL implementation generates the same results each time a specific sequence of commands is issued from the same initial conditions. Although such repeatability is useful for testing and verification, it's often not useful to application programmers, because it's difficult to arrange for equivalent initial conditions. For example, rendering a scene twice, the second time after swapping the front and back buffers, doesn't meet this requirement. So repeatability can't be used to guarantee a stable, double-buffered image.
A simple and useful algorithm that counts on invariant execution is erasing a line by redrawing it in the background color. This algorithm works only if rasterizing the line results in the same fragment x,y pairs being generated in both the foreground and background color cases. OpenGL requires that the coordinates of the fragments generated by rasterization be invariant with respect to framebuffer contents, which color buffers are enabled for drawing, the values of matrices other than those on the top of the matrix stacks, the scissor parameters, all writemasks, all clear values, the current color, index, normal, texture coordinates, and edge-flag values, the current raster color, raster index, and raster texture coordinates, and the material properties. It is further required that exactly the same fragments be generated, including the fragment color values, when framebuffer contents, color buffer enables, matrices other than those on the top of the matrix stacks, the scissor parameters, writemasks, or clear values differ.
OpenGL further suggests, but doesn't require, that fragment generation be invariant with respect to the matrix mode, the depths of the matrix stacks, the alpha test parameters (other than alpha test enable), the stencil parameters (other than stencil enable), the depth test parameters (other than depth test enable), the blending parameters (other than enable), the logical operation (but not logical operation enable), and the pixel-storage and pixel-transfer parameters. Because invariance with respect to several enables isn't recommended, you should use other parameters to disable functions when invariant rendering is required. For example, to render invariantly with blending enabled and disabled, set the blending parameters to GL_ONE and GL_ZERO to disable blending, rather than calling glDisable(GL_BLEND). Alpha testing, stencil testing, depth testing, and the logical operation can all be disabled in this manner.
Finally, OpenGL requires that per-fragment arithmetic, such as blending and the depth test, be invariant to all OpenGL state except the state that directly defines it. For example, the only OpenGL parameters that affect how the arithmetic of blending is performed are the source and destination blend parameters and the blend enable parameter. Blending is invariant to all other state changes. This invariance holds for the scissor test, the alpha test, the stencil test, the depth test, blending, dithering, logical operations, and buffer writemasking.
As a result of all these invariance requirements, OpenGL can guarantee that images rendered into different color buffers, either simultaneously or separately using the same command sequence, are pixel identical. This holds for all the color buffers in the framebuffer, or all the color buffers in an off-screen buffer, but it isn't guaranteed between the framebuffer and off-screen buffers.


See what our Clients have to say about Arbor Mortgage Group in their mortgage company reviews and testimonials. After all, the best indication we are on the right track is the words of our customers. Arbor Mortgage Group loves to hear our customers reviews and are always open to receiving feedback and sharing it with potential customers.
"Thank you for all your hard work and your patience. I don't think I'll ever be able to thank you enough for all your help throughout this process".


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After theme installation finished click on the Activate button to activate the theme on the website.
Daron theme has been activated on the website. You can visit the site with the newly activating theme.
After creating the menu it will show Menu Setting, this setting allows you to choose the menu display position on the homepage like Primary, Header, and Footer. The location feature depending on themes feature, some themes provide multiple menus location for it.
The site navigation Menu has been added successfully.
Currently, the homepage will show the post with right sidebar page. Now, open the theme customizer to set up the theme homepage click on the Customize button at the top bar.
D) Click on the Publish button.
After activating Daron homepage, you will see first setting tab General Settings, which allows configuring theme core features like theme color, page template layout, single post page layout.
In Daron homepage Setting select Social Icon Settings– Active to enable the social media icons on the homepage. now, you can hide end show social media icons and change link URL.
In Daron homepage Setting select Footer Settings– Active to enable the widgets section on the homepage.
Step back in customizer setting and select the Homepage Sections setting tab.
Select the HomePage Slider Settings tab.
In HomePage Slider Setting select Slider Section – Active to enable the slider on the homepage. Now, you can change the slide image, slide title, slide description, slide button text, link URL.
In HomePage portfolio Setting select Portfolio Section – Active to enable the portfolio on the homepage. Now, you can change the image, portfolio title, portfolio description and settings like section title, section description, you can add up to Six Images in the portfolio. In premium version can add multiple Portfolio images without any limit.
Step back in customizer settings and select the HomePage Service Settings setting tab.
In HomePage Service Setting select Service Section – Active to enable the service on the homepage. Now, you can change the service icon, service title, service description and configure service section features settings like section title, section description, design layout, and column. You can add up to four services in that section. In premium version can add multiple services without any limit.
In HomePage Blog Setting select Blog Section – Active to enable the blog on the homepage. Now, you can change the blog title, blog description and configure blog section features settings like column layout.
In HomePage Testimonial Setting select Testimonial Section – Active to enable the testimonial on the homepage. Now, you can change the testimonial title, testimonial description and change testimonial image or Designation and description. in premium version can add multiple testimonials without any limit.


Menards Black Friday Deals | A Savings WOW!
The Menards 2015 Black Friday deals include a ton of awesome gift ideas. You can view the entire ad here. Thank you to Northern Illinois Couponing for compiling this list.
Make sure to check your local ad as prices may vary by region. Don't forget to pick up your Mail In Rebate forms (MIR) by the Customer Service station before you leave. If you forget you can print them out here. And as always your MIR NEVER expire!


When you walk into Wine A Bit, you will notice the many bottles of wine decorating the walls of the wine shop, as well as bright and fun wine accessories.
The retail wine selection covers every day wines to higher end wines, and Wine A Bit's selection has been voted the best in Coronado. Bottles range from well known wine sellers to small, privately owned vineyards, from reds and whites to rosé wine, and from different regions covering a variety of flavors. Many times you will find yourself trying something new and enjoying a bottle wine you can't find elsewhere from a boutique winery. Wine A Bit staff members are extremely knowledgeable about the wines and can certainly help you select one to your tastes.
You can also purchase deals such as the 6 for 60 wine deal. You can purchase any six bottles of everyday wine, which normally range from $12 to $18 a bottle, for $60. Partnering with other restaurants around Coronado, a "Cork Free" deal is offered for Wine A Bit bottles of wine. The "Cork Free" deal offers a wonderful option to try wines at retail prices in a restaurant setting. Check out the list of affiliated restaurants to see where you can bring your Wine A Bit bottle to enjoy without a cork fee.
We have been told that we have one of the largest selections of wine accessories in San Diego. Fun gift items decorate the store and add to the friendly atmosphere. In addition to the accessories, the wine shop also has a truffle case in the back where you can purchase the perfect chocolates to go with a bottle of wine.


School is getting out early this year and Medford Recreation is very excited to be partnering up with Viking Sports for the week following dismissal!
Viking Sport's Multi-Sports Summer Camp includes a fun variety of sports including soccer, basketball, baseball, flag football, dodgeball, kickball, capture the flag, floor hockey, team handball, watermelon reindeer tails, and many other sports gym games and camp activities. The week concludes with Tournament Day! All Viking campers will receive a Viking T-shirt and trophy.


We're at war. I'm sure you noticed.
There are the usual military wars but, for people who like to call talk radio stations at 4am or visit their golf club bar to complain, the real wars are closer to home.
For example, if you're the type of person who, before forming an opinion, wonders "What would Jeremy Clarkson think?", you will have noticed that there is a War on Motorists going on. Don't worry, car fans. I live two minutes from the A12, and I can tell you that you've already won this one. My advice to militant motorists: rather than whining about speed cameras and fuel tax and congestion charges and cycle lanes and car parking charges in the letters pages of local newspapers, open up a second front. Tarmac over the Eurostar line and invade France. Just as long as you promise not to come back.
The Mail tells us that the government is busy recruiting ex-ministers for a War on Dole Cheats. I approve of less thieving, but Labour ex-ministers of all people should know that it's easier to start a war than to win one. Note also that Dole Cheats have been abusing the well-intentioned Tanks for the Homeless scheme for so long that they're armed and ready to fight for what isn't actually theirs. Well, they would be, but The Jeremy Kyle Show is on in half an hour, and after that the chippy's open.
A quick scan through today's news also shows that there are wars of varying believability being waged on our behalf on antibiotics, cybercrime, gold, de-legitimization, and media center software. It's not an exaggeration, because they are exactly like real wars! If someone has to die so that media center software can be defeated, one day our kids will thank us.
Also in the news: Lance Armstrong has declared war on the French hotel industry. Either that or he complained about some French hotels; but that doesn't sound quite as exciting when you're writing a headline.
it concludes. I'm curious to see half a dozen sausage dogs in camouflage jackets trying to load a mortar, but I can't say I'm rooting for either side, based on this article.
You could say – wait for it – that I don't have a dog in this fight.
With everyone – and now their pets – currently conscripted in some media-invented war or other, our armed forces are going to be overstretched. I have a way to cut the workload: we can beat the internet's lazy writers at their own game by declaring a War On Hyberbole.
There may be a million-strong Blogger Army against us, doubtlessly even now claiming they would die typing for the right to exaggerate, but I've got a plan to win that can't fail.
1. We wait for one of the Blogger Army to announce that he or she is the General.
2. Ten comments later the rest of them will be far too busy complaining that this is exactly what Hitler would have done to fight against us*.
* Ironically, on this occasion they would be correct.
"Tools that help us": keeping my options open on instruments of torture; you never know.
Click on the link to sign up. It's free. Also on show: Darika Ahrens, Grapevine Consulting, on #fixpr; Richard Ellis of the Public Relations Consultants Association; Molly Flatt, 1000 Heads; Adam Parker, An Inconvenient PR Truth.
I'm allowed to talk for five minutes – rather than the five hours I'd prefer – so I'm taking advice on what to say if you're coming along and want me to do requests.
Otherwise, show up and ask me a question, and we can exchange ideas. Remember when we used to do that? Now we can go to Twitter and ask the opinion of millions of people we don't know, instead of just five of us. But let's give this conversation thing one more go. For old time's sake. Promise I won't ask again.
* To save you the trouble of looking it up: North Korea v Ivory Coast, Brazil v Portugal.


1. I am staring my third week of unemployment in the face. Ouch. I'm just happy that God is watching out for us, because otherwise, I'd be a ball of nerves! More on job things in a couple takes.
2. After a half-hearted attempt in high school (that ended after failure at turning on the typewriter. A technologist, I am not), I am making myself learn to type correctly, mainly using http://www.freetypinggame.net/. Anything with the word, "game," will usually do the trick. Oh, the joys and woes! The joy of earning 2347894 points in Alien Blast! The woe of the computer numbing my brain with nonexistent word after word (jaka... dfjk... jss;a... klls...), and then taunting me with, "You only type 19 wpm, you loser! HA HA HA HA." Okay, maybe not like that exactly. But that's when I go play Alien Blast again.
3. I have wanted to audition for the city opera chorus for a very long time, but I kept chickening out. In fact, I didn't call last month when they were holding auditions. But, this week, I started feeling convicted about letting my God-given talent go to waste, so on Tuesday, I sent a rather dubious email tasking if they were all full yet. I got a reply in seven minutes that said, "Come and sing tomorrow." Whoa! I'm thinking Someone upstairs was behind this. So I went and auditioned, and the director told me right there that he'd find a spot for me in at least one opera. Woohoo! That's a start!
4. But, of course, you know what they tell all musicians: "Don't quit your day job!" Of course, the trick is having a day job in the first place! I am currently experiencing much angst (I just love that word) in my job hunt. First off, potential employers who require inquiries by email either a) never reply back-- not even a "Sorry, but you're not the one we're looking for." They just remain stony and silent, or b) they send an automated message directing me to an application site that asks what my SSN is and whether I'm interested in getting educational literature. Shaaady.
5. Also, it's a little frustrating being a recent college graduate, not having had much time in which to cram things that look impressive on a resume. I have the skills to excel in whatever a job can throw at me--- just *standing on a chair and singing musical-style* pleeeeeeeease give me a chaaaaaaaaance! In the meantime, I'm trying to learn new things (such as typing like a human being) and grow as a person so I'll be all ready for that perfect job.
6. The other day, I finally bit the bullet and inventoried the fridge/freezer. Now I'm wondering, why didn't I do this sooner? I actually know what I need to use up soon, and don't even get me started about all the treasures I found hidden in the freezer that I totally forgot were there. We won't have to buy much groceries for a while! Hooray!
7. My trials with the kitties are diminishing. We even named two of them. One is called Minion, because he's kind of evil, or at least as evil as a cute kitten can get. The other, his polar opposite, is named Mel, because he's so mellow. The other two are impossible to distinguish from one another, so we're not even trying to name them.. It's interesting to see how treating some kittens as individuals as opposed to others is really changing how the cats interact with us! Mel and Minion are extremely friendly, while the other two kind of slink away when Adam or I come near. I wonder if this is applicable in any way to humans.
Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out other people giving their Seven Quick Takes at Conversion Diary!
Just stopping by from Conversion Diary - great quick takes!
I feel really lucky that I'm not searching for a job right now, and just get to stay home with my daughters. So I don't have any advice in that arena, but it looks like you've got a positive spirit, and that can only help! Good luck!
Hope you find the perfect job soon. I also learned to type using a computer game. I think it was called MasterType - it was a long time ago - I loved that game!


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Ролстон () — місто () в США, в окрузі Поні штату Оклахома. Населення — 330 осіб (2010).

Географія
Ролстон розташований за координатами  (36.503537, -96.737538).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 1,18 км², уся площа — суходіл.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало 330 осіб у 127 домогосподарствах у складі 95 родин. Густота населення становила 280 осіб/км².  Було 170 помешкань (144/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 6,4 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 3,3 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 24,8 % — особи молодші 18 років, 60,0 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 15,2 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 41,9 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 108,9 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 101,6 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  долар для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 21,6 % осіб, у тому числі 39,5 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 9,8 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 135 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: роздрібна торгівля — 19,3 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 15,6 %, сільське господарство, лісництво, риболовля — 11,1 %, фінанси, страхування та нерухомість — 10,4 %.

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Містечка Оклахоми
Населені пункти округу Поні (Оклахома)


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Most purchase agreements allow buyers to get out of the contract if they can't qualify for a mortgage. If you are selling your home, be sure to get some reassurances before you make a commitment to buyers. Most contracts now require timely loan applications and pre-qualifying letters from the lender.
There is no way to be absolutely certain that buyers will be able to obtain financing. Real estate professionals will help buyers determine what they can afford and whether there are financing alternatives. They will also eliminate buyers who are not financially qualified. Training and experience enable them to resolve difficulties quickly to avoid wasting time.


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