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Lionel Messi conspiracy claims cast a cloud over Copa America thanks to CONMEBOL's silence
Messi's red card overshadows Argentina's encouraging win and Chile's end of an era
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Brazil's massive talent gap leaves Peru needing another superhuman effort in Copa America final
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Chile manager Rueda has been the star of the 2019 Copa America
Copa America's love affair with shootouts down to a matter of survival
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Brazil vs. Argentina can make up for Copa America's underwhelming knockout rounds
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Suarez, Uruguay can only look at themselves after Copa loss to Peru
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Argentina mix surprisingly good cocktail with just a splash of Messi
James Rodriguez, Alexis Sanchez playing for club careers at Copa America
Inside the bubble of a major international tournament, it somehow seems wrong -- almost an act of treason -- to be thinking about the club game. The cold fact is, though, that life does not end with the final of the Copa America on July 7, and that the players are rightly concerned with their club careers and the dynamic they will take into the new season. That especially applies to big names in limbo, like two stars on opposing sides of Friday's intriguing quarterfinal clash in Sao Paulo between Colombia and Chile (live at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+).
James Rodriguez of the former and Alexis Sanchez of the latter are vital players for their respective national teams. But neither can be happy with the way their club career has gone in recent times. Both are at an age, James turns 28 next month and Sanchez is 30, when time is of the essence.
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There is one huge similarity between them; both found out that there is only space for so many to be truly important players at Real Madrid and Barcelona.
James was the big-money signing that Real made after the Colombia international starred in the 2014 World Cup. At the time some voices -- with considerable prescience -- doubted that he had enough pace to live up to the newfound expectations, and so it has proved. On loan at Bayern Munich, he has often been used in a deeper midfield position, where space is easier to find. His immediate future is a question mark.
Sanchez, meanwhile, won titles at Barcelona without managing to be fundamental to the way the team played. At Arsenal, he was king of the hill in a team that won FA Cups but was falling short of the serious silverware. Now, at Manchester United, he has had the worst of both worlds -- a peripheral member of a struggling squad.
Much of this surely has to do with the excessive demands put on him by his national team. The 2014 World Cup, followed by three consecutive appearances in tournament finals -- the 2015 Copa, the 2016 Copa Centenario and the 2017 Confederations Cup -- put Sanchez through a punishing schedule without a proper break, one which has clearly taken its toll on the physical capacity of such a hard-working player.
It is possible that the reverse process may now be in effect, that after a frustrating club campaign, the current Copa might be helping him recover some of his sharpness. There have certainly been some promising signs in this competition, with goals in the opening two games and some lively moments last Monday against Uruguay.
He is obviously a key figure for a Chile side looking to defend their title, though perhaps is a different way from the triumphant campaigns of four and three years ago. Then, Chile were parking themselves in the opponent's half of the field, defending with a high line, throwing men forward and producing quick, razor-sharp passing moves.
On the evidence so far it would seem that the ageing team no longer have the legs to keep that going for the full 90 minutes. The side is now equipped to defend deeper. They will probably seek to slip Sanchez on the break. In comparison with the teams of 2015 and 2016, he will have less company, but more space.
His will be an arduous task. Colombia have yet to concede a goal in the competition. The centre-back partnership of Davinson Sanchez and Yerry Mina have pace and strength. Chile's little No. 7 will need to be near his best to get the better of them.
James Rodriguez and Alexis Sanchez both know that their national form will have a big say on their club careers.
James, meanwhile, will be the man expected to break down the new deep-lying Chile defence. He thrives on the importance he is given by his national team, and Colombia are set up to get the best out of him. New coach Carlos Queiroz has caught the eye with the double function that he has given Juan Cuadrado, who tucks into the centre to make an extra midfielder, and also wanders out to the right flank in his customary wing role.
This is the detail that allows James to roam free.
Nominally he starts cutting in from wide right, and the use of Cuadrado means that there is no loss of width when James roams infield probing for weak spots in the opposing defence.
In Colombia's second game of the tournament, Qatar were proving very hard to break down. James found the key, dinking a delightful cross onto the head of giant centre-forward Duvan Zapata for the only goal of the game. Chile find it hard to defend against this sort of attack -- as shown by Edinson Cavani's goal in their 1-0 loss to Uruguay.
The stakes, then, are high in Sao Paulo for both Sanchez and James. Each carries a considerable portion of his country's hopes of reaching the semifinals and battling for the title. And both will also be looking to use the stage to send a message to current or potential future employers.


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# CodeigniterM

	Modification of Codeigniter 3 to support Addon Modules

# Modification

	1. Add Module.php class to System/Core/

	2. Modified Loader.php

		(i) Add Loader->_ci_modules variable

		   	/**
			 * List of loaded Modules
	   	 	 *
			 * @package CodeigniterM
			 * @var	array
			 */
			protected $_ci_modules =	array();

		(ii) Add Loader->module() fucntion
			/**
			 * Modules Loader
			 *
			 * Loads and instantiates modules.
			 * Designed to be called from application controllers.
			 *
			 * @package CodeigniterM
			 * @param	string	$module		Module name
			 * @param	array	$params		Optional parameters to pass to the module class constructor
			 * @param	string	$object_name	An optional object name to assign to
			 * @return	object
			 */
			 public function module($module, $params = NULL, $object_name = NULL)

		(iii) Add Loader->_ci_autoloader_module() function
			/**
	 		 * CI Autoloader for Addon Modules
			 *
			 * Loads component listed in the modules/config/autoload.php file.
			 *
			 * @package CodeIgniterM
			 * @used-by	CI_Loader::module()
			 * @return	void
			 */
			 protected function _ci_autoloader_module($module)

# How to use it?

	Please see a sample add-on module in application/controllers/sample.
	This modification used add_package_path()core CI function to add extended
	module package. Each package required to place inside application/controllers
	folder.  By placing inside the controller folder, the add-on module package
	will have ability to keep their controller together inside package folder,
	without need to move it when the package is deployed. Note from the sample
	module package, the controller is place in package root folder.

	application/controllers/sample
	      controller.php
	      config/
	      libraries/
	      models/
	      views/

# Coding

	(i) Load the module

		$this->load->module('sample');

	(ii) Loading the view, libraries, model and others using same process as standard core component

		$this->load->view('sample_addon');

		$this->load->models('sample_model');
		$this->Sample_model->say_hell();

		To help the coding easy to read, the module class could be use as below:

		$this->load->module('Account');
		$this->Account->load->model('Privilege');
		$this->Account->Privilege->say_hell();

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Two home-grown Oklahoma golfers made two coaches of in-state programs very happy Wednesday.
Logan McAllister, the two-time Class 3A champion from Christian Heritage in Oklahoma City, joined the defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners when he signed Wednesday morning. McAllister is one of the nation's top juniors and "probably the biggest signee we've had since Brad Dalke," according to OU coach Ryan Hybl.
Meanwhile, ShaeLee "ShaeBug" Scarberry of Purcell followed through on her verbal commitment to the University of Tulsa and will help coach Emilee Klein-Gille in her quest to rebuild the once powerful program that has been in the doldrums of late. Tulsa had started to rebound in the spring of 2017 but was rocked when top young player Greta Bruner transferred to TCU soon after winning the Dale McNamara Invitational last spring, the first victory by a TU golfers since 2013.
McAllister and Scarberry are just two of up to 28 golfers from the Oklahoma Junior Golf Tour ranks who may sign with colleges and universities over the next few days, according to OJGT executive director Morri Rose.
Combined with a top international player who was expected to sign by Thursday morning, Klein-Gille said this is her best recruiting class and should help TU instantly make a huge upgrade when the two become eligible in the fall of 2018.
Scarberry, like McAllister, is a two-time Class 3A state champion and will be an overwhelming favorite to win her third this spring. A freak hand injury suffered when she was hit by a ball on the driving range was a factor in her finishing second as a junior.
Scarberry won the Women's Oklahoma Junior Championship for the second time this summer and finished second to Yujeong Son of Norman in the Oklahoma Golf Association Girls Junior Championship when Son was seven-under through the first 12 holes in the championship match. Scarberry showed she could win on the national level when she won an AJGA event at Oak Tree Country Club in 2016. Ironically McAllister won the boys division in that same event.
McAllister only added to his reputation for being able to post ridiculously low scores during his senior year. He shot a second-round 62 in the state high school finals, and a record-shattering 63 at TPC Sawgrass in the second round of the AJGA Players' Championship in early September, an event in which he tied for second after losing in a playoff. He qualified for both the U.S. Junior Amateur and the PGA Junior, finishing ninth in the Stroke Play portion of the U.S. Junior Amateur and losing to Oklahoma State commit Matthew Wolff in the round of 16 when Wolff made a remarkable comeback in the final two holes.
McAllister shot a 59 to win the junior club championship at Belmar Country Club in Norman last year and doesn't get tentative when he starts to get below par.
"He plays out at Belmar every day and his mindset is to go as low as he can every day," Hybl said. "He hits it well enough and putts well enough that when he's on he really gets it going.
McAllister lost in the final match of his final OGA Junior Championship last spring at Kickingbird Golf Course to Lane Wallace, who is now a freshman at OU and played in two events this fall as an individual. The two should both by vying to be starters by the fall of 2018.
Scarberry is known for her flamboyant outfits which include long colorful socks. Asked if she would be changing the TU wardrobe to accommodate her new player, Klein-Gille said she would definitely be buying her some socks in TU colors.
"It's a case of look good, feel good, play good," said Klein-Gille, who was hired in 2014. "ShaeBug is a very accurate player. She knows how to go low. When she's hitting the ball well, no one hits it better. She is working hard on her putting because everybody can improve on their putting.
Scarberry won 16 tournaments over the past two years. Among her victories were wins at the 2017 U.S. Girls' Junior Qualifier, 2017 WOGA Girls' Jr. State Championship, 2017 OJGT Tour Championship at Dornick Hills CC in Ardmore, the 2016 and 2017 Kickingbird Fall Classic and the 2016 Oklahoma Junior Championship Match Play Tournament.
Scarberry also won consecutive Texas-Oklahoma Junior Girls' Open Championships in 2016 and 2017. In the 2017 T-O Open Championship, Scarberry had a great finishing kick as she birdied four of the final seven holes, twice putting for an eagle (Nos. 15 and 16), to shoot a round of 1-over 72, taking the title by three strokes. As a 15-year old, she won 9 of 10 tournaments in the South Central Section of PGA Junior Golf 14-15 Tour.
Note: Many more top Oklahoma players who have committed to universities have signed or will be signing this week. Check back soon at www.golfoklahoma.org for a complete list of area signees.


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Zellweger is the 7th actress in Oscar background to win awards in both leads and also assistance groups.
Renée Zellweger won the finest starlet at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 9) for her performance as Judy Garland in Judy. This is the 2nd year in a row that a portrayal of a song's tale has won an Oscar. Rami Malek took an ideal actor in 2015 for playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Hippie Rhapsody.
This is just the second time in Oscar's background that portrayals of music stars have won in back-to-back years. Jamie Foxx took the 2004 best actor award for playing Ray Charles in Ray. Reese Witherspoon took the finest starlet the following year for playing June Carter Money in Stroll the Line.
Zellweger, that was less than 2 months old when Garland died in London in June 1969, was generous in admiring the epic star in her approval speech at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
" When we commemorate our heroes, we're advised of who we are as one people, united. And though Judy did not get this honor at the time, I am certain that this minute is an expansion of the party of her legacy that started on our film set. As well as it is additionally representative of the fact that her legacy of unique exceptionalism and also inclusivity and generosity of spirit transcends any type of one artistic achievement.
" Miss Garland, you are certainly among the heroes who unite and also define us as well as this is certainly for you."
Garland won a unique Academy Award in 1939 for her efficiency in The Wizard of Oz, yet she never ever won an Oscar in competitors. Garland notoriously shed the 1954 best actress honor that numerous idea would be hers for A Star Is Birthed to Elegance Kelly in The Nation Woman. Groucho Marx sent her a telegram saying just, "Beloved Judy, this is the greatest burglary considering that Verge's.".
Zellweger won the finest sustaining actress for Cold Hill (2003 ). (Some assumed that award was largely a consolation prize for having shed a close race for best actress the year prior to when she was chosen for Chicago.) Zellweger is the 7th starlet in Oscar background to win honors in both leads and also support groups. She adheres to Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Maggie Smith, Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, and Cate Blanchett.
The larger-than-life, yet all as well human Garland is an abundant role. Two starlets won Emmys for playing the celebrity in ABC's Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001 ). Judy Davis won outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a motion picture; Tammy Blanchard won the equal supporting actress award for playing Garland as a young person.
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Cette page dresse une liste de personnalités mortes au cours de l'année 1271 :

 12 janvier : , comte de Gueldre et de Zutphen.
 18 janvier : Marguerite de Hongrie, fille du roi , au couvent dominicain de l'île des Lièvres, qui devient l'île Marguerite.
 28 janvier : Isabelle d'Aragon, infante d'Aragon, devenue brièvement reine de France durant cinq mois.
 février : Saint Sava II, saint de Serbie.
 13 mars : Henri d'Almayne, comte de Cornouailles, puis roi des Romains.
 avril : Jean de Sully, archevêque de Bourges.
 27 avril : Isabelle de France, reine de Navarre, comtesse de Champagne et fille du roi de France.
 avant le 3 mai : Poppon von Trimberg, évêque de Wurtzbourg.
 9 mai :
 , duc de Gdańsk.
 , seigneur brabançon.
 27 juillet : Maredudd ap Rhys Gryg, prince de la maison de Dinefwr qui règne sur une partie du Cantref Mawr.
 28 juillet : Walter de Burgh,  seigneur de Connaught et  comte d'Ulster.
 9 août : Barak, khan de Djaghataï.
 21 août : Alphonse de Poitiers, comte de Poitiers et de Toulouse.
 25 août : Jeanne de Toulouse, comtesse de Toulouse et marquise de Provence.
 24 septembre : , comte d'Urach et de Fribourg-en-Brisgau.
 25 octobre ou 6 novembre : Henri de Suse, cardinal, évêque d'Ostie, grand spécialiste du droit canon.
 23 novembre : , ou Maol Íosa II, noble écossais,  comte de Strathearn.

 Abbé Nicolas Alexandre, bénédictin français, vingt-troisième abbé du Mont Saint-Michel.
 Vardan Areveltsi, ou Vardan Gandzaketsi (Vardan de Gandzak), Aghvanits Vardan (Vardan d'Aghbanie), Vardan Kiliketsi (Vardan de Cilicie), Vardan Mets (Vardan le Grand), Vardan Patmich (Vardan l'Historien), Vardan Vardapet, ou Vardan l'Oriental, historien, géographe, philosophe et traducteur arménien.
 Haci Bektas Veli (né en 1210), fondateur du puissant ordre religieux des Bektachis au centre ouest de l'Anatolie.
 Baraq, prince djaghataïde qui a régné sur le khanat de Djaghataï.
 , chevalier, seigneur d'Havré et châtelain de Mons.
 Géraud de Frachet, historien officiel et le grand hagiographe de l'Ordre mendiant des Dominicains.
 Marguerite de Hongrie, moniale dominicaine hongroise.
 Gilles de Sorcy,  évêque de Toul.
 , comte de Vendôme de la Maison de Montoire.
 Gamelin, évêque de Saint Andrews, régent pendant la minorité du roi  et lord Chancelier d'Écosse.
 Haci Bektas Veli, ou Sayyid Hünkar Hadji Bektaş Veli, descendant du prophète par Ali ar-Rida.
 , grand-prince de Vladimir.

 date incertaine (vers 1271)
 Constance de Portugal, ou Constance de Bourgogne et Castille ou Constance Alfonso de Portugal, infante portugaise.

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Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies Emeritus
Division Social Sciences Division
Affiliations Community Studies Program, Legal Studies
craigr@ucsc.edu
College Eight 303
Office Hours By appointment; contact by e-mail
Mail Stop College Eight Faculty Services
Santa Cruz CA 95064
Faculty Areas of Expertise Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Policy, Law and Policy, Social Justice
Courses SOCY 122: Sociology of Law; SOCY 127: Drugs and Society; SOCY 202: Contemporary Sociological Theory; SOCY 246: Class, Culture, Movements; SOCY 1: Introduction to Sociology
Law, crime, and social justice; drugs in society; political sociology.
Biography, Education and Training
B.S., Babson College
M.A., San Francisco State University
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"Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice," with H.G. Levine et al (University of California Press, 1997)
"Cocaine Changes: The Experience of Using and Quitting," with D. Waldorf and S. Murphy (Temple University Press, 1991)
"American States of Mind: Political Beliefs and Behavior" (Yale University Press, 1987)
"The War on Drugs" Oxford Encyclopedia on American Social History (Oxford University Press, 2012) with H.G. Levine
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Home»All Photographs»Rolling Art As Art»Automobiles As Art»1913 Chalmers Model 18 Touring
This 1913 Chalmers Model 18 Touring car was photographed at The Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar, Calif.
"Chalmers were named after Hugh Chalmers of the National Cash Register Co.," according to a vehicle summary provided by The Nethercutt Museum.
Chalmers purchased the Thomas-Detroit Car Co. in 1907 and changed its name to his own.
"This car has a six-cylinder, 54 bhp F-head engine, and the body is one of six different variations built on the same Model 18 chassis," according to Nethercutt.
"It was found in unrestored original condition in a garage just a few blocks from the J.B. Nethercutt premises in Sylmar, where it had been hidden away for more than 30 years. The car has only 9,800 miles on the clock."
This car's price when new was $2,400 in 1913 dollars. Its 446.8-cubic-inch F-head engine had topped out at 54 hp.
"The 1913 Chalmers was a real transition model," according to Nethercutt. "The car is equipped with a compressed air starter, but has an electric generator for electric headlamps and combination oil-electric side and tail lamps.
"The following year, 1914 Chalmers followed the rest of the industry and offered an efficient electric starter, moved the drive from right-hand to left and moved the shifting mechanism to the center from left. The 1913 Chalmers was the end of an automotive era."
"In 1920, with many car companies in difficulties, the Chalmers Co. joined forces with the Maxwell Car Co., which in turn later became a Chrysler subsidiary. The last Chalmers' car rolled off the production line in 1923."
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If you own a home or rent an apartment, you may be able to relate to having a neighbor that is anything but neighborly.
When I financed my home 12+ years ago, it was part of a new development in a growing city.
Don't get me wrong, it still is.
At the time, I didn't consider what it would attract.
The houses in my neighborhood can easily be rented out to turn a good profit.
That's a good thing for investors, but not for homeowners, per se. » ie. ME.
That being said, it turned out to be a real headache for my household's living situation for a couple of years.
You'll learn all about it today.
Early on, the house to the north (as my husband and I call it) had a sweet couple that lived there who never caused any issues. They were SO quiet that it never occurred to me that they had vacated the property.
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would have to endure the behavior that occurred almost 3 years ago when the tenants moved in next door.
They had a very, very bad dog. It would bark and bark to no avail. Mornings, afternoons, in the middle of the night. You name it.
If you have ever dealt with a barking dog that you do not have control over, it is enough to drive you bonkers.
I considered whether the tenants were hearing impaired OR just ill-mannered for not reprimanding their dog for its annoying habit.
Not only that, the dog was vicious.
Every single time my husband ventured to the backyard the dog would ram the fence like it was ready for blood.
It got to the point I had him take protective precautions in case the fence gave way and a maddened dog were to overpower him. You can never be too cautious with dogs that behave this way.
After 6-7 months, the tenants were ordered to vacate the dog from the premises. Soon after they vacated themselves.
The most recent tenants were also a handful as they treated their front yard as another area to store their belongings.
They obviously had an overabundance of items, more than could fit into a 1,300-sq. ft. rental.
Their belongings would often encroach across the property line with a disregard for their neighbors.
There were other headscratchers that would occur such as blocking half our driveway with their trailer, revving their motorcycle (very) often, leaving half-eaten food all over the yard, blocking the mailbox with a basketball goal, and lastly leaving some type of device on in their living room that would result in a hum that could be heard in my living room.
It was aggravating, to say the least.
Both my husband and I breathed a sigh of relief when they finally left.
It was a normal day except for a lot of commotion from the "house to the north".
After peering out the window, it appeared as though there was a large moving van that was parked in the driveway.
The next day, their driveway was clear and the only thing awry was the front window that was left ajar.
At that point, I realized they had not left on good terms. They were evicted.
This was confirmed by the notice that was taped to the door.
Let's just say they didn't leave the house in tip-top shape, to put it mildly.
Considering the tenants next door, they were either not screened properly or it was just bad luck. There's no way to know.
These tenants cost the investor lots of money in more ways than one – turnover, evictions, damages, excessive clean-up, etc.
After these two incidents, you may think that it would be hard for me to consider becoming a landlord.
Yes, it made me question it – FOR SURE.
Before these experiences, I had already had hesitancy due to all the horror stories and renting fiascos I had heard throughout the years.
This is all REAL – btw.
I will be at a crossroads soon in making the decision to rent out my home. I'm leaning towards doing it.
♦ It's either now or never. If I rent out my home then I will find out if it's something I want to continue doing and potentially down the line acquire another rental property.
♦ I've already done the math and it works out. A rule of thumb is to take 1% of your home value and determine if you can rent out your place for that amount. Let's say $150k value x 1% = $1,500.
You would need to be able to rent it out for at least $1,500 to account for expenses and still turn a profit. For non-math fans, simply take the home value and drop the two zeros at the end – $150,000 turns into $1,500.
When you buy property for the sole purpose of renting it out, you have to consider other areas, monetary or not. Think about location, size of home, upkeep, etc.
Now, let's take a look at some things I would consider when placing a tenant.
A checklist, if you will.
This will give you some information to mull over if you are considering real estate investing.
With all these tips, please do additional research within your area to ensure you're complying with your state regulations.
At the end of the day, you cannot eliminate all risk. It's about mitigating your risk.
#1 – Review HOA bylaws.
If you live in a neighborhood that has an HOA, review the bylaws to determine if there's anything that would affect tenant selection.
For instance, if the HOA does not allow parking in the street at night and your tenant has a trailer – they can't park the trailer at the residence.
Rental agreements should reference the HOA bylaws and restrictions so the potential tenant is fully aware that the rules apply to them.
#2 – Have an interview/Ask relevant questions.
– How many occupants? Set a guideline as to how many people can occupy the home.
– Can they cover the 1st-month rental payment and security deposit in full?
– Why are they moving?
– Ask about their line of work and monthly income. This will allow you to determine #5 tip below.
– Will there be any pets? If yes, what type? This is IF you will allow pets. You may opt not to allow them.
Have the potential tenant fill out an application with pertinent information.
#3 – Credit & Background check.
A credit check* will show credit and rental history, outstanding debts, confirm identifying information, list evictions, bankruptcies, chronic late payments. All of this information is essential to making an informed decision.
A background check* is equally as important to determine if assertions are true and if there's any history that may raise a red flag.
*The tenant has to agree to a credit and background check.
#4 – Credit score – 620+, the higher the better.
A credit score gives you an idea of how financially apt the person is in paying their debts as they come due.
That's why it's so important to maintain a solid credit score. It can easily affect getting a decent interest %, car loan, mortgage, etc.
A credit score of 620 is fair – not good and not bad.
#5 – Solid work history and Income vs. rent ratio makes sense.
The potential tenant should have a solid work history and job tenure.
There are ways to determine if the potential tenant will be able to make the payments, just by taking a look at their monthly gross income.
You can use either the 40x rule OR 30% rule. The math is different, but it's the same result.
Assuming that the rent was $2,000/month.
The annual gross income would need to be at least $80,000 ($2,000 x 40).
Take $80,000 annual gross income by 30% = $24,000 max rent per year.
$24,000 divided by 12 = $2,000 max rent per month.
#6 – Contact references – at least 3, includes 1 employer.
It goes without saying, but as with any type of reference, it's always good to connect directly by finding the person's phone number yourself.
This will prevent someone standing in as the reference when it merely is a "friend" or "acquaintance" of the rental candidate. You never know these days.
Depending on who you contact, frame your questions accordingly.
For instance, a call to the employer reference will center around the date of hire, current salary, hours worked per week.
#7 – Contact previous landlords, if any.
Keep in mind when contacting the most recent landlord – they may say whatever they can to get rid of the tenants and will paint them in a good light. There is no way to gauge for sure, so looking past the most current landlord may be beneficial.
Once a tenant is placed, add landlord insurance that provides both physical and liability coverage. In my case, I would switch from homeowner's insurance to the landlord policy. In the tenant's situation, they would acquire renter's insurance to guard against personal property loss and liabilities.
Taking this all into account, if you're interested in becoming a landlord or at the least renting your home with the use of a property manager, rest assured that not all renters will make you do a double-take.
Remember, there is no perfect formula to ensure a 100% successful tenant placement.
As for me, I can look through the muddled mess and see potential in my situation to turn a profit and create passive income.
Sure, there's risk involved, though if safeguards and precautions are taken it helps to minimize the issues that may occur.
Follow along to see how I approach renting out my home for the first time! This may become a reality very soon.
If you're interested in learning more about real estate investing, check out Biggerpockets.com.
Readers, what do you think about being a landlord? Have you ever rented out your primary home? What am I missing from my list that would be important to add?
Absolutely! You'll find that I like to mitigate risk when I can. What comes to mind now is reviewing the neighborhood HOA. Thanks for stopping by, Tom!
HP! Wow – house to the north….I had to read this article peeping through my fingers as I was picturing in horror the mess and scary situation! Especially that dog!!
Agree the risks would deter a lot of folks from considering being landlords. We have a buddy who has some horror stories, but also success ones. He empthasized as well a mistake he made – not checking up on the tenants enough. They were good people, but – never told him if something broke or wasn't working! Like a door hinge falling off, a sink nozzle not working, the dishwasher puked – they'd just stop using it or ignore any problems that came up. And when they moved after a couple years, he was so surprised to see how much it needed fixing up! Not once did they reach out! Since then, he made an effort with his tenants to at least on a monthly basis say, "hey – I'll be in the area next week, can you let me know if there's any thing wrong or updates that I can schedule to be done?" Which helped prompt the tenants to respond. Or "hey, this went out in the unit next door – can I see if yours is working properly?" So he could do walk throughs too to see for himself if all was ok.
Adventures! Looking forward to see what you decide to do!
Hey Mr. DS! I was wondering why I had to approve the comment and sure enough – welcome!
That's a good point you mention. In my mind, if I'm paying for rent I would want full use of all the services that come with it. I would be on the phone in a heartbeat. Even still, that's a good way to work it with having regular check-ups. That's the way to do it. Though, if I end up moving out of state, I will likely need a property manager to take care of placement, issues, etc. I doubt they would do check-ups, but that's something I will look into.
It's definitely going to be an adventure. I keep going back and forth, but in the end it will be a great learning experience. Thanks for stopping by!
Very informative article. I too have lived next door to the rental neighbors who have let us say hoarder instincts. Fortunately we have an HOA who have kept the behavior mainly in check. The landlord who appears not to care only addresses issues once a violation fine is asssessed.
Therefore, when I decided to rent vs sell my townhouse I put several stipulations in my lease not just to protect my investment but also to respect my former neighbors.
5. Frequent drive by( with a visual checks of the exterior).
As a landlord of 20 years of several rentals( residental and commercial) I have found following these few steps and having an open but distant relationship with tenants I have had more successes than failures.
That's so interesting, Dee. Thank you for your input. I find solace in stories like this because being risk-averse I want to cover as many bases as I can.
I'm going to look up what to put on a checklist. That's something I can start doing now.
Gratefully, the latest next-door tenants haven't been a problem at all. The third time was truly the charm.
Thanks again for your input about your experience!


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What's most remarkable in the new population estimates made public by the U.S. Census Bureau earlier today is the reported one-year growth in the small city of Tontitown and in much larger Bentonville.
The Census Bureau estimates Tontitown, which is just west of Springdale, saw its population swell by 25.1 percent between July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016. It added more people to its population in a single year (702 new residents) than it did in the previous five years combined (335). Read More


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Talking With Children About Suicide and Loss
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By Anthony L. Rostain, M.D., M.A.
Posted in: Grade School, Hot Topics, Teenagers, You & Your Family
Topics: Depression, Mental Illness + Psychiatric Disorders
Suicide is an unfortunate and unavoidable reality in the lives of children and youth. Whether it occurs with a family member, a schoolmate or peer, in the community, or in the media, the topic of suicide feels complicated and difficult to discuss with children. This arises from a number of sources, including the adult's own feelings about the individual who died, cultural prejudices and societal taboos about discussing suicide, as well as fears and misconceptions about how children can handle frank and open discussions on the topic. We'd like to offer recommendations from multiple sources about how to talk with children in these difficult circumstances.
As with any sensitive topic of discussion, it's important to prepare yourself first.
What are your own feelings about suicide? Does it make you sad or fearful?
Do you have strong religious or metaphysical beliefs about it?
What are your own questions and unresolved views about suicide?
Do you know anyone from your past who committed suicide? What was it like for you? What did you do to cope with the grief and loss? Did you talk with others about your reactions?
With respect to a current situation, what do you know about the person who died? How close are you to that person? What do you know about how he or she died? Did you have any idea that the person was at risk?
Thinking about these questions yourself will help you anticipate those that a child might have, including concerns about how you are dealing with the death.
Of central concern is the child's relationship to the person who died. If it is a parent or close family member, it will be paramount to acknowledge how hard it is to face the death of someone who is close to you, and to validate the sense of sadness, loss, confusion or anxiety/fear that the child and you are each experiencing.
Be sure to talk with the child in a quiet place without distractions and interruptions. It's best to start with a simple statement like, "I want to talk to you about XXX who died by suicide—which means he killed himself. I want to hear what you're thinking and feeling about it." The rest of the conversation should be guided by the child's response to that statement. If she wants to ask questions, encourage her to do so, and answer them as simply and honestly as possible. She may be too upset to talk, in which case it's appropriate to acknowledge that it can be hard to talk when one is hurting or upset. You might want to share your own feelings of sadness and confusion by simply stating, "It makes me sad. I can't really understand why XXX killed himself, but I'm pretty sure it's because he was in a lot of pain." If the child is interested in learning more about what might have caused the person to kill himself, it's appropriate to mention that some people with illnesses like depression or bipolar disorder can get confused and make bad decisions. It's also appropriate to express the idea that while you can't really know what XXX was thinking at the time, he was probably in so much pain that he thought killing himself was the only way to stop it.
If she has additional questions that you can't answer, it's OK to simply state that you don't know all of the answers. It's also important to let the child know that dealing with feelings about XXX's death will take time, and that you're interested in talking with her further whenever she wants to talk.
Following this initial conversation, it's important to check in with the child periodically to learn what she's thinking and feeling about XXX, and whether she has any other questions about suicide. It's good to speak about XXX in a caring and respectful fashion, and to emphasize his positive traits as well as the good things he did when he was alive. Remind her that if she ever finds herself struggling with painful feelings and needs to talk to someone, there's always a way to get help.
Older children may continue to ask questions about suicide and mental illness. This is an important opening to engage them in learning more about mental health issues. If mentioned, it's helpful to clarify the difference between death by suicide (usually the result of an illness) and "suicide bombers," who are killing themselves in order to kill others as part of a military conflict.
From the standpoint of suicide prevention, it's important to let children know that while it isn't very common, other children may kill themselves when they're feeling very upset, and that they're unable to handle the pain in their lives. The most important idea to convey is that when someone is in terrible pain, it may be hard for him or her to see any way out of the situation except through death. And, that's when it's most important to let someone else know—so that a different solution to the problems the person is facing can be found.
For further information and support on this difficult topic, you might consult resources like the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and NAMI, as well as those listed below:
Speaking of Suicide
Jesuit Social Services
Anthony L. Rostain, M.D., M.A.
Anthony L. Rostain, M.D., M.A. is professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and vice chair of education for the Department of Psychiatry. He is also co-director of the Penn Adult ADHD...
Steven Schlozman, M.D. and Gene Beresin, Executive Director
When Kids Talk of Suicide – Shrinking It Down
Doing What We Ought To Be Doing Already: An Approach To World Suicide Prevention Day
Spring Suicide: An (Un)Likely Combination?


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Nexus Tales Development
A place where I talk about design and development related things for the Nexus Tales RPG.
Before any rules mechanics can be finalised, the matter of the setting needs to be addressed - to make sure the mechanics fit the tone and style of the game.
So, over the last few weeks I've been thinking about the setting and style for the Nexus Tales RPG.
It's planned to be a world of larger-than-life player characters, rooted in the real world but with more of a film/tv/book feel to it - so the characters are more capable than the general populace, but not to super-heroic levels.
The main place of play will be the City, set on the island of Kingdom - encompassing the counties of Devon to Essex, Oxfordshire to Hampshire, and is roofed in a transparent material 1km up. It's a place where technology is high, no-one works unless they want to, maker machines make consumer goods for everyone, medicines lengthen life and keep people healthy, augmentations are commonplace and DataSpace is accessible to all.
Outside the City is a wilderness, where storms are common and technology is unreliable - ships that sail on the sea are often sunk by storms and tidal waves, flying machines are brought down by storms and winds.
Off the coast of Kingdom are the storms, about 10km away and impenetrable to boats or aircraft.
History writes that about 200 years ago, Kingdom was an island off the coast of Europa and there were other lands that Kingdom traded with. Then the storms came and Kingdom is cut off, but still exists on the same planet as it did before.
There are those who live in the wilderness and travel its regions, in less technological vehicles and homes. Also in the wilderness are enclaves, people who have banded together to escape the City and set up their own laws and lives.
To the north is Hadrian's Wall, that separates Ecosse from the rest of the Kingdom - a place of clans and small settlements.
There are places where the walls of reality are thin, where worlds overlap, where people and things can move from one place to another. Some people from other places come to Kingdom for reasons of their own - to escape persecution, to prey on victims, to trade goods or information, as a stepping stone to other places.
The setting allows for a variety of places to do things, as well as a variety of things to do - whether hunting outsiders [those who come from other places, via overlaps], inter-company intrigue, working for her majesty's organisations, helping friends at the Londinium Club, hiring out as independent operatives, exploring overlaps, dealing with those who exhibit unusual abilities.
With the storms have been noticed there is a conflict between nature and technology - where the presence of man is strong, the power of nature is weak, and vice versa.
And then you have the Feh Aree - things from myths and legends, come to feast upon the worlds of man and nature. Shapechangers, beasts, blood drinkers, fluttering imps, behemoth makers, lords and ladies.
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Labels: background, design, nexus tales, setting
Attributes, Skills or... ??
Separate attributes and skills for a character has been the way of things since I started in RPGs.
But as I look to write my own, I wonder why - and if that's the best way to build a character.
Attributes define the basics of a character, whilst skills define what the character can do.
However, looking at things more deeply, it seems that attributes are more present as default skills than anything else.
In most RPGs, the value used to resolve actions is based on a value derived from attribute+skill or attribute bonus+skill - and a default value based on the attribute if no skill available.
But other than that, attributes aren't used much at all after character generation.
I understand and appreciate the logic, even if i don't agree with it, where it would take lots of time and effort to list every skill that someone has and adds complexity to character generation - many of which would never be used in a RPG session.
I also understand that attributes define a character, allowing his strength and intelligence to be noted.
But for use in an RPG ??
I see little use, apart from default values.
For example, need medical training to treat wounds ??
Use medical skill, or default to intelligence attribute.
Need to hit someone in a fight ??
Use fighting skill, or default to dexterity attribute.
Need to drive a car to get away from the police ??
Use driving skill, or default to dexterity attribute.
Need to sweet talk someone to gather information ??
Use persuasion, or default to charisma attribute.
So, I'm going to reverse the equation and have something that combines attributes and skills.
This has the advantage of simplifying character generation, as only a single set of values have to be determined.
These values will be present in all characters, in varying degrees, and will be umbrella skills that all skills and attributes fall into - In effect, characters will be defined by their ability to do things, but not by how that ability is determined.
Since Nexus Tales is a near future game of action, that is the setting my abilities need to fit into an work with.
My current abilities are :-
Athletics - climbing, throwing, swimming, lifting, running
Driving - cars, boats, helicopters, planes, bikes
Fighting - fisticuffs, swords, claws, martial arts, clubs
Shooting - pistols, lasers, rockets, smgs, crossbows
Making - electronics, cooking, metalwork, carpentry
Communication - talking, teaching, painting, streetwise
Covert - pick locks, stealth, hiding, palming
Outdoors - riding, survival, navigation, hunting, tracking
Gaia - spells, rituals
Learning - maths, research, law, area knowledge, trivia, design, memory
So, every skill that can be known will be contained within these 10 categories of ability.
Should specific attributes be required, they are inferred from the abilities - remembering the action film nature of the RPG.
For instance, someone with excellent athletics ability would probably be healthy, fit, strong, agile, with good stamina - so any need to check their health, strength or stamina could be accomplished by referring to the athletics ability.
Labels: ability, attributes, design, skills
Doing Things 2
One of the things I dislike for many RPGs is their granularity - not because such granularity is bad, but because it's mostly unnecessary.
Real world realism relies on granularity because the real world is granular, and small difference can make a difference - however, the world of an RPG can never be as granular as the real world and such granularity just slows things down.
For a game of action, where flexibility and speed of resolution are desired, real world realism definitely isn't what I'm going to aim for.
Years ago I was a fan of TORG and DC Heroes, both of which are cinematic/action movie games with ungranular rules which helped speed up the game, at the cost of some real world realism.
Looking at this, and realising that RPGs are vague simulations of reality, I'm going to use one of my favourite non-linear progressions of 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. It allows me to have a broad scale of values, but keep with a narrow set of values.
Rather than having attributes and skills with values of 1-20, meaning theres a range of 1-20 slightly different results, i'm going to separate those numbers into bands - and those are the values that characters will have.
So, band a = value of 1-2, band b = value of 3-5, band c = value of 6-9, etc - allowing me to have 10 bands and values of 1-55, with the average being band c and value 6-9 for most people.
Now, looking at the values involved, characters will roll 2d10 + a value to overcome a difficulty rating.
That means an average band c will get 2d10 +6-9 [11 +6-9] when he rolls dice.
Ok, so we can see what characters will do.
As mentioned above, characters will overcome a value based on the difficulty of what they're trying to do, and it looks like the values above can be used for this !!
Looking at the average difficulty value that the average person, with a band c skill or attribute, can succeed at we have a value of 2d10 +6-9 to overcome a difficulty value of 6-9 about 1/2 the time.
That infers there are bands of difficulty, from band a = value of 1-2 to band b = value of 3-5 to band c = value of 6-9, etc.
Well, that looks promising.
But I don't think the variability of numbers will help the game run faster - so lets streamline things.
Attributes and skills have band a = value of 1 [instead of 1-2], band b = value of 3 [instead of 3-5], band c = value of 6 [instead of 6-9], etc.
This makes the dice roll to do anything 2d10 +1 or +3 or +6, etc
Much nicer and faster.
In the same way, difficulty values become band a = value of 1, band b = value of 3, band c = value of 6, etc.
Now, one of the things I've seen in game designs that I like are varying degrees of success - I feel it adds more to the game, and allows extra results for succeeding at things.
But how to implement it ??
Just a simple minimum dice roll [critical success] and maximum dice roll [critical failure] ??
Why can't the existing values be used ??
This would become, succeed by value of 1 = band a success, succeed by value of 3 = band b success, succeed by value of 6 = band c success, and so on.
that would give us...
2d10 +6 to overcome a difficulty of 6, with success value of 1, 3, 6
So, it looks like we have a set of attribute/skill values, a set of difficulty values and a set of success values.
It's not finished, but a good core is there.
Labels: attributes, design, difficulty, doing things, results, skills
One of my biggest challenges was the mechanics to be used - without knowing how things are done, it's difficult to make characters.
My basic mechanics choices have all been done before, which is Ok as I'm not trying to be radically different, and could be summed as :-
xDy + modifiers or less - roll a limited number of dice to get a number less than attribute or skill
xDy + modifiers v z - roll a limited number of dice to get a number more than the difficulty
skill/attributeD6 v z - roll a number of dice equal to attribute/skill to get a number more than the difficulty
D% + modifiers or less - roll D% to get a number less than skill or attribute
D% + modifiers v z - roll D% to get a number more than difficulty
xDy + skill + attribute + modifier v z - roll a limited number of dice, adding a skill number and an attribute number to get more than the difficulty
Phew, that's just some of the choices.
Looking at the choices, helps sort skill and attribute values.
For instance, if I want to keep things simple and use 3d6 to do things, my range is 3-18 and characters should have a value of approx 10-12 to be able to succeed roughly 1/2 the time.
That means either attributes and skills have to be in the range of 3-18 [probably 1-20 would be easier], so doing something can be done by rolling less than the attribute or skill on a 3d6 roll, or adding a skill number and an attribute number together would produce such a number.
In a similar way, if attributes and skills are to be rated on a scale of 1-6 [with 1 being the lowest, 3 being average and 6 being the highest], then an average charter would have 3+3 = 6 as his average have to do things.
Not so good for rolling 3d6 and trying to roll less than the accumulated number [6 or less on a roll of 3d6 is tough], but could be done by using a roll of 1d10 [6 or less on a roll of 1d10 is not too hard].
Rolling 3+3 = 6 d6 dice is another option to do things, where the results of each d6 are added to end with a total more than the difficulty.
Looking through the options above, I think I'd like to use 2d10 or 3d6 for characters to do things - it keeps the number of dice low, keeps the number used for doing things low and that should make it fast to get things done.
Labels: attributes, design, doing things, skills
Where to begin.
Welcome back...
When I started to put a system and setting together, I drew inspiration from the things I enjoyed in films, tv, books, existing RPGs.
There were games I'd enjoyed, but something was lacking and I set about making something I wanted to play.
I wanted something where actions were easy to resolve, characters didn't take hours to build, things were flexible enough to throw in, the rules didn't break easily, there wasn't a lot of maths involved.
I wanted to emulate some of the books and films I enjoyed - Indiana Jones, Akira, Blade Runner, Robocop, James Bond, Takeshi Kovacs, Neuromancer, Call of Cthulhu, Doctor Who, Ghost in the Shell, Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2020, Space 1889, Traveller, GURPS, D&D, and many more.
A tough order !!
I'm more of a scifi buff than a fantasy enjoyer, so I knew I'd want something set in the near future or similar.
While I enjoyed cyberpunk, I felt it was too cliched and meaningless when almost all of its qualities existed in the real world or became cliches in the stories and games that existed - and only the attitude seperated it from other science fiction.
I didn't want to venture into the far future, because that didn't feel right.
Urban fantasy has become popular, and is something I've always enjoyed - so that was something to think about.
I wanted a setting set in the near future, that allowed me the freedom for player characters to be involved in several different types of game and allow people to take the game in their own directions.
For this to work, the rules need to be flexible enough to handle almost anything, robust enough to not break easily and quick enough to resolve things that the game didn't get slowed down.
Labels: design, nexus tales
Well, this is it...
...Updating Nexus Tales and writing about it.
Introductions !!
I've been into RPGs for about 30 years, and have played many games and met many people.
About 20 years ago, I started tweaking games I played and adding elements from other places - so much so that little of the original games remained.
So I started putting what I was playing onto paper and making something new out of it.
I tried several rulesets, from d% to die pools to xdy, and several levels of complexity.
Finally, I settled on a 2d10 mechanic that wouldn't look out of place in many existing RPGs.
That was ok for years.
Then I lost touch with my players and started doing things on the internet...
...So I dusted off my rules, took a look at what I had and started putting the on the internet.
And realised that although they were usable, I could do things better.
I'm not going to dwell on what I've done in the past, only the development of the current rules.
So let's go...
Labels: nexus tales
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According to the latest batch of US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data, retail forex funds held at brokerages registered to operate in the US have decreased by 6% during the month of December.
Two entries have been delisted as KCG Americas LLC has been taken over by Wedbush Securities, while Institutional Liquidity LLC has been removed from the list after leaving the tightly regulated US market. After steady growth in November, an unusually volatile month of December has led to outflows.
While all eyes are on the January and February data which will show how the SNB decision has impacted the funds held at US forex brokers, the December set of numbers shows that while FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) has remained in the lead, funds held at the brokerage have dropped by 12% in December, which is double the average industry decline.
Pre-holiday redemptions have led to declines across the board with the only major company registering growth being IBFX, as funds which TradeStation clients held at the brokerage grew almost $1 million.
GAIN Capital remained flat, while client funds at OANDA dropped by about 4%. MB Trading was the second biggest decliner bleeding about 10% of customer deposits, as Interactive Brokers remained below the industry average shedding close to 5% in what is a typically slow month for the foreign exchange industry.
Looking at the market share of major brokers, we are seeing FXCM remain in the lead by a big margin, followed by OANDA and GAIN Capital. The bottom part of the chart remained consistent, with IBFX being followed by Interactive Brokers and MB Trading.
Q1 reporting will be interesting. If they are around by end of Q1, that is.


Bagui, MALI – Sanata Magnata is now in her late forties. For many years, Sanata traded smoked fish and root vegetables to feed her family. As a widower, she depended upon income from her small business to educate, clothe, and feed her children.
When political crisis struck Mali in 2012, Sanata's family—like many in the region—were forced to flee the violence, leaving valuable assets behind.
Sanata left her village, leaving all her belongings behind, out of fear that jihadist groups would enlist her children. When she returned 18 months later, her house was in ruins and rebels had taken most of her business supplies.
Too many clients had defaulted due to the crisis, and local funds needed to recapitalize before issuing more loans. Out of work and homeless, Sanata fell back upon the generosity of her family and neighbors to keep her children alive.
It was at this time that NEF was implementing efforts to address the immediate recovery needs of people in northern Mali and to restore livelihoods and food security in the region.
Through the project, Sanata received a cash grant. She reconnected with her network of suppliers and distributors, replaced capital stolen in her absence, rebuilt her house using mud bricks in place of straw, and even purchased a canoe to increase her fishing activity. This allowed her to achieve stability, enough money to feed her family and send her children back to school.
With food vouchers and cash grants, NEF was able to help thousands of people reestablish their livelihoods after liberation from the takeover by armed rebel groups. Near East Foundation economic recovery agents provided guidance to grantees in designing (or redesigning) income-generating activities for rapid recovery. Project beneficiaries reported improved living conditions and financial autonomy, as well as increased working capital and economic activity.
Since that time, Sanata has gone on to benefit from various NEF activities in Mali including literacy education, financial management training, and agriculture and water management. Then going on to train in Bamana and Bozos to increase her ability to conduct business in multiple regional languages. These activities have equipped many women in the region with the knowledge and confidence to manage small loans and continue to develop sustainable sources of income.
Sanata, seeing the need for other women to have access to the knowledge and resources she received, decided to pay it forward and has taught over fifty other women how to read and write, providing them with the foundation for further learning and engagement.
She started as a member then became a leader of her village's women's association and market garden cooperative network that developed conservation and processing units for their products with help from NEF. She also contributes to the management and coordination of a larger market gardening network that includes around ten villages in four surrounding municipalities.
Now running multiple income-generating activities, Sanata is regarded as a leader in female entrepreneurship and leadership. Further, she is a member of the communal committee of adaptation to climate change for the rural municipality of Korombana and attends local, regional and national meetings on this and other matters.
One of her proudest roles includes her current role as President of the Board of Directors of Nayral, an independent women-lead microlending institution established by NEF in the early 1990's that has since lent well over $11 million to more than 47,000 women to help them establish small enterprises. The same institution that allowed her to further her own business goals.
In May 2018, Ms. Sanata participated in Bamako as a leader in the Microfinance Week organized by the Association of Microfinance Professionals in Mali.
The Near East Foundation helps build more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East and Africa through education, community organizing, and economic development.


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Everybody's in the net, from smartphones to iPad's and even in smartwatch. Where are you here is the next question, are you ready to be picked up if you're into picking up the fruits of the other side of the world?
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Q: Как реализовать передвижение по полю в pygame кнопками WASD? Не понимаю как реализовать движение по полю в python библиотеки pygame кнопками wasd
import pygame
import funcs

pygame.init()
pygame.display.set_caption('hello')

background = pygame.image.load('img/background.png')
person = pygame.image.load('img/person.png')

display_w = 500
display_h = 500

loc_x = 100
loc_y = 100

game_exit = False

clock = pygame.time.Clock()

game_display = pygame.display.set_mode((display_w, display_h))
game_display.blit(background, (0, 0))
game_display.blit(person, (loc_x, loc_y))

class Inventory:
    key = False

def process_keyboard(event):
    global loc_x, loc_y
    if event.type == pygame.event.get:
        if event.key == pygame.KeyW:
            loc_y += 25
        if event.type == pygame.KeyS:
            loc_y -= 25
        if event.type == pygame.KeyA:
            loc_x -= 25
        if event.type == pygame.KeyD:
            loc_x += 25

def game_loop(update_time):
    global game_exit
    while not game_exit:
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            print(event)

            process_keyboard(event)
            if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
                game_exit = True
                quit()

pygame.display.update()

game_loop(30)
pygame.quit()
quit()

A: Ниже указан код, который должен быть:
import pygame
import funcs

pygame.init()
pygame.display.set_caption('hello')

background = pygame.image.load('img/background.png')
person = pygame.image.load('img/person.png')

display_w = 500
display_h = 500

loc_x = 100
loc_y = 100

game_exit = False

clock = pygame.time.Clock()

game_display = pygame.display.set_mode((display_w, display_h))
game_display.blit(background, (0, 0))
game_display.blit(person, (loc_x, loc_y))

class Inventory:
    key = False

def game_loop(update_time):
    global game_exit
    while not game_exit:
        for event in pygame.event.get():
            if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
                game_exit = True
            if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
                if event.key == pygame.K_w:
                    loc_y += 25
                if event.key == pygame.K_s:
                    loc_y -= 25
                if event.key == pygame.K_a:
                    loc_x -= 25
                if event.key == pygame.K_d:
                    loc_x += 25
    game_display.blit(background, (0, 0))
    game_display.blit(person, (loc_x, loc_y))

game_loop(30)
pygame.quit()

A: В функции process_keyboard заместо
if event.type == pygame.event.get:

сделай
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:

Но это будет только по нажатию работать одиночно, если хочешь чтобы нажал на клавишу и событие выполнялось пока ты не отпустишь, то тебе надо сделать примерно так
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
    if event.key == pygame.K_w:
        key_w = True # например пусть будет клавиша w
elif event.type == pygame.KEYUP:
    if event.key == pygame.K_w:
        key_w = False

Теперь при удержании клавиши w переменная key_w будет True

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package com.haulmont.cuba.core.global;

/**
 * This enum defines a behaviour to deal with linked objects in case of soft delete

 *

 *
DENY - throw {@link DeletePolicyException} when linked object exists
 *
CASCADE - soft delete the linked object
 *
UNLINK - remove link
 *

 *
 */
public enum DeletePolicy {
    DENY,
    CASCADE,
    UNLINK
}


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A thoughtful but fast-paced techno-thriller that takes many of SF's most frightening ideas and extrapolates them into our...
THE GOMORRAH GAMBIT
by Tom Chatfield ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 23, 2019
A hacker starts dabbling in the ill-rumored darknet and quickly discovers the rabbit hole goes a lot deeper than pornography, drugs, and weapons.
If there's any drawback to this propulsive debut novel by well-known technology philosopher Chatfield, it's that he knows about hacking, underground networks, and the dangers inherent in new technologies so well it could prove demanding for laymen (or become a new Anarchist's Cookbook or Fight Club for others). The novel opens on a chaotic scene where two new recruits for the Islamic Republic are under fire in Syria. Next, we meet the primary protagonist, white-hat hacker Azi Bellow, who uses a base in his backyard woodshed to disrupt bad guys—currently a neo-Nazi political movement called Freedom, led by enigmatic German Tomi Christian. Azi has been trading files on a network called Gomorrah with a source calling herself Sigma. But his fun is interrupted by an intelligence operative named Anna, who threatens to expose him if he doesn't do her bidding. Armed with a powerful new smartphone, he's off to Berlin to meet Munira Khan, a Muslim woman whose cousins were spirited off to Syria and who is a target herself. All these machinations are necessary to set up a complex but imaginative techno-thriller that pits the aforementioned neo-Nazis against a mysterious Silicon Valley–based think tank in a race to see who can do the most damage first and whether Azi, his best friend, Ad, and Munira can stop the attacks only they can see coming. It's full of cinematic set pieces including gunplay, kidnapping, and killer robots, not to mention a globe-trotting plot that visits America, Greece, and Germany. But the pensive author is also pointing out the futuristic dangers—identity theft, social engineering, virtual reality, and video manipulation among them—that are already upon us.
A thoughtful but fast-paced techno-thriller that takes many of SF's most frightening ideas and extrapolates them into our evolving reality.
Publisher: Mulholland Books/Little, Brown
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 2019
Categories: GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE | THRILLER | POLITICAL, MILITARY & TERRORISM | TECHNICAL & MEDICAL THRILLER
More by Tom Chatfield
FUN INC.
A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy.
by Max Brooks ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020
Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).
A zombie apocalypse is one thing. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks' latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, "it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people." Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. Brooks places the epicenter of the Bigfoot war in a high-tech hideaway populated by the kind of people you might find in a Jurassic Park franchise: the schmo who doesn't know how to do much of anything but tries anyway, the well-intentioned bleeding heart, the know-it-all intellectual who turns out to know the wrong things, the immigrant with a tough backstory and an instinct for survival. Indeed, the novel does double duty as a survival manual, packed full of good advice—for instance, try not to get wounded, for "injury turns you from a giver to a taker. Taking up our resources, our time to care for you." Brooks presents a case for making room for Bigfoot in the world while peppering his narrative with timely social criticism about bad behavior on the human side of the conflict: The explosion of Rainier might have been better forecast had the president not slashed the budget of the U.S. Geological Survey, leading to "immediate suspension of the National Volcano Early Warning System," and there's always someone around looking to monetize the natural disaster and the sasquatch-y onslaught that follows. Brooks is a pro at building suspense even if it plays out in some rather spectacularly yucky episodes, one involving a short spear that takes its name from "the sucking sound of pulling it out of the dead man's heart and lungs." Grossness aside, it puts you right there on the scene.
Publisher: Del Rey/Ballantine
Review Posted Online: Feb. 10, 2020
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 2020
Categories: GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY | GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE | SCIENCE FICTION | SUSPENSE | GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION | SUSPENSE
More by Max Brooks
by Max Brooks
Devolution Movie Adaptation in Works
Dark and unsettling, this novel's end arrives abruptly even as readers are still moving at a breakneck speed.
by Lisa Jewell ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 24, 2018
Ten years after her teenage daughter went missing, a mother begins a new relationship only to discover she can't truly move on until she answers lingering questions about the past.
Laurel Mack's life stopped in many ways the day her 15-year-old daughter, Ellie, left the house to study at the library and never returned. She drifted away from her other two children, Hanna and Jake, and eventually she and her husband, Paul, divorced. Ten years later, Ellie's remains and her backpack are found, though the police are unable to determine the reasons for her disappearance and death. After Ellie's funeral, Laurel begins a relationship with Floyd, a man she meets in a cafe. She's disarmed by Floyd's charm, but when she meets his young daughter, Poppy, Laurel is startled by her resemblance to Ellie. As the novel progresses, Laurel becomes increasingly determined to learn what happened to Ellie, especially after discovering an odd connection between Poppy's mother and her daughter even as her relationship with Floyd is becoming more serious. Jewell's (I Found You, 2017, etc.) latest thriller moves at a brisk pace even as she plays with narrative structure: The book is split into three sections, including a first one which alternates chapters between the time of Ellie's disappearance and the present and a second section that begins as Laurel and Floyd meet. Both of these sections primarily focus on Laurel. In the third section, Jewell alternates narrators and moments in time: The narrator switches to alternating first-person points of view (told by Poppy's mother and Floyd) interspersed with third-person narration of Ellie's experiences and Laurel's discoveries in the present. All of these devices serve to build palpable tension, but the structure also contributes to how deeply disturbing the story becomes. At times, the characters and the emotional core of the events are almost obscured by such quick maneuvering through the weighty plot.
Pub Date: April 24, 2018
Review Posted Online: Feb. 6, 2018
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 15, 2018
Categories: GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE | SUSPENSE | FAMILY LIFE & FRIENDSHIP | SUSPENSE
More by Lisa Jewell
INVISIBLE GIRL
THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS


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What Happens if the Canadian Housing Market Crashes
It's a lose-lose situation for young people, while many boomers will come away unscathed.
by Samantha Power
Jun 22 2017, 3:10pm
Art by Noel Ransome
It's rare that a week goes by without a foreboding headline about an imminent housing market crash making the rounds in Canada.
Even if you are someone who gets a certain amount of schadenfreude from watching housing speculators lose money, you probably know a huge housing crash is very, very bad. Canadians have been drowning themselves in debt to take advantage of the boom, and would have to face the reality that those investments may not earn them a baller retirement, and may even put them out of a home. Canada's government also relies on housing for tax revenue, GDP, and employment growth. But on the other hand, some are holding out hope that a price drop could mean a generation of renters (aka millennials) could finally enter the housing market, after the dust clears on the crash.
Now that international groups are calling for intervention and some economists are now predicting a 40 percent price drop, VICE reached out to experts to learn what a worst-case crash would actually look like. They told us a crash will probably hurt young people the most, and that many boomers who helped drive up prices will do just fine.
How it starts
There won't likely be a "Big Short" moment for Canada's real estate industry with Steve Eismann and Michael Baum cashing in on the problem. Compared to the free-fall of the US stock market in 2008, Canada's crash will likely be a disaster in slow motion.
Steve Saretsky is a real estate agent working in Vancouver who says he sees red flags in different places, but there's no definitive warning sign of a crash right now, just that prices became too high too fast.
"Prices are up 50 percent in the last two years. That can't keep happening—when you have that kind of growth, it's followed by some sort of correction," says Saretsky.
Because the housing market has been such a reliable investment for so long, Canadians will probably continue spending every penny of their earnings and taking out risky loans just to get in the market. Saretsky says he's worked with many clients who are getting creative with their finances just to make a down payment—all with the belief that values will rise.
As fewer and fewer people have the means to buy in, prices will start to flatten out and we'll start to see fewer transactions. In the lead-up to a crash housing assessments will likely chug upward like the slow ascent of a roller coaster, then fall as sellers try to offload their homes before the values become too low to make a profit.
"That establishes a new level of prices for the neighbourhood, below what it would otherwise be," says Davidoff.
As prices drop, those who took risks to buy in last will be the first to feel the economic shock, according to Saretsky. Millennials who finally found the capital to enter the market will almost immediately suffer the effects of a crash.
People will start to lose their homes, or start renting out parts of them to cover the mortgage. Those who sell early and return to the rental market may find themselves stuck in another pricing crunch if no increase in rental supply occurs.
"For a renter, a price crash doesn't do much for your affordability," says Davidoff, who pointed out homebuyers also fled to the rental market during the housing crash in the US in 2008.
The 2008 crash hit different geographic areas than the crash in the 80s. Instead of coastal cities such as New York and LA getting hit, it was mostly inland areas like Phoenix and Bakersfield. In Canada, the fallout would similarly depend on the source of the crash and may not necessarily be limited to the two hottest markets of Toronto and Vancouver.
"It depends on what's driving things," says Davidoff. "If it's a credit crunch it could certainly be in the lower end markets."
Economic aftershocks
Finding affordability would be further complicated by job loss as the effect of the price crash moved outward. The construction industry and real estate agents themselves are an obvious first hit, but job losses would extend outward to lawyers involved in the paperwork, to contract labourers and security guards working on property developments.
"If prices come down even 20 percent, a lot of those people are going to be out of jobs," says Saretsky. "You end up with a very polarizing downturn."
Mortgage lenders would start to make less money and available credit would shrink. People who use their mortgage to leverage large commercial purchases like cars, jewelry and vacation timeshares would stop.
Davidoff and Saretsky both say the fallout would not be immediate, though it depends on the source of the price crash, but the effects would grow outward to the whole of the economy.
With the fall in oil prices and slowdown in the energy industry, real estate has grown to take its place as an economic driver. Between 2014 and 2016 the sector grew 6.8 per cent and the real estate industry currently contributes 12 per cent to the national GDP. "Canada's economy generally has become reliant on housing," says Davidoff.
Both Davidoff and Saretsky both point out that while the country's economy as a whole will take a hit, each residential market may not necessarily break.
Hitting bottom
Davidoff says pre-sold condos could create another mess. Properties bought and flipped before they're finished have been driving housing prices ever higher—which could go bust if international investment ever dries up. The future landscape could be filled with skeletal condo structures unfinished with graffitied advertising out front.
If there are winners in this equation, it's boomers—it's always the boomers, isn't it?—who may get away untouched.
Davidoff says it's hard to see a homeowner in Vancouver's West Side losing a damaging amount of home equity in a crash.
Banks could potentially be OK, too. Canada's housing market does not mirror the US despite the similar warning signs. Most banks hold insured mortgages or mortgage loans that don't have high loan to value ratios.
Regardless of the fall out the housing market has changed so dramatically that dream of owning a home will remain in a state of unreality for most Canadians.
"I have a vague feeling that up to about my generation, Gen X, we had it pretty good," says Davidoff. "Someone with a decent education and works hard could have a detached home in Vancouver. That's not the reality and that's a disappointment going forward."
Davidoff says we may not know when we hit bottom. The only sign may be when sales start back up again. And that's the potential upside for those who have been locked out of an unattainable market.
"Millennials will be able to get in eventually assuming they don't lose their job," says Davidoff.
As inventory builds up and the sales drop it will become more of a buyer's market.
In the end despite the growing trepidation over home prices that consistently and rapidly increase, it's difficult to say just when a price drop might occur, or how.
Davidoff says the policy environment is a bit confused at the moment. Governments have been warned to try and find a way to cool the market, but there's a conflicting desire to continue real estate's contribution to economic growth.
"No one wants to pull the punch bowl away from the party," says Davidoff. But eventually the party has to end.
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As a home inspection business owner the quest for creditable ways to increase business is an ongoing necessity. One tried and true process is networking. Of late, networking has expanded to include social networking websites. They and many other online resources that didn't exist a few years ago have become a huge platform for increasing business. However, there is still much to be said for offline face-to-face networking. It is still a fundamental way to meet new people, thereby playing a key role in growing your business.
So how can you use networking to build your home inspection business? Treat your networking efforts as another part of doing business. Be organized and hold yourself accountable for actual results. Determine the amount of new contacts you'd like to make, new qualified leads, vendors, affiliates, etc. Figure out a reasonable number per month and stick to your goals.
Coming up with a strategy will help ensure your success. Review your list and establish the areas in which these individuals can be found. Consider joining professional organizations that colleagues join such as BNI. This will assist you in obtaining new business acquaintances. Remember those currently in your field may have projects they'd like you to collaborate on, or work they cannot complete themselves. The potential for leads they'll share with you and the possibility of you creating a joint venture are all plausible outcomes of your union. Take into account that this will be a two-way relationship, when or if you find yourself in a position to initiate the offering of additional work or a joint-project, you should.
In addition to professional organizations you'll want to consider personal ones. Those working in every industry require all types of work to be performed and are members of fitness clubs, book clubs, Facebook, Twitter, and of course LinkedIn. The idea with networking is not that you only find those who are in the same field or "obvious" customer types, but that you reach out to people in general. Why? They may become customers or refer your business when asked for a recommendation.
We organically do business with those we like, and becoming liked often happens in personal settings. So those invites you may have turned down in the past, you'll need to start accepting. If you get invited to holiday parties, birthday bashes, and especially actual networking events, be sure to accept the invitations! Once you're at an event or party becoming a wallflower is not an option. Mingle with the hosts and allow them to introduce you to others they think you'd be interested in meeting, after-all they know you and your business. Then venture out on your own, have conversations, find out what the occupations and personal interests are of others who are also in attendance.
Don't become pushy and allow yourself to enjoy the environment, the food and the people.
Often professionals don't get to take advantage of the power of networking because they constantly push their business while in a non-business setting. Listen to people as they're speaking to you, don't just focus on your pitch. Networking in a private setting is an opportunity for natural chemistry. Some will like you and want to know more about you and what you do – which is the perfect lead into your business.
While others won't, you don't have to waste your time, but always be polite and pleasant because that person you didn't think there was chemistry with may be the very one who calls you for a huge account with their company. When someone in the office says "does anyone know someone who…" and it's your field, the acquaintance you made may suddenly remember you from the birthday party or New Year's bash or networking event and yes, they will respond with "I know someone." That is the power of networking.
The role you establish in organizations you join can be powerful also. You can quickly become known as reliable, with brilliant ideas, etc. When you're seen in leadership roles you automatically become the person others go to when they need assistance. Others may not need you but decide to speak to you about your service or products and determine that they'd like to hire you strictly due to their confidence in your abilities. They can decide that a top-notch professional like you knows what they need. You can end up with new customers by demonstrating your leadership skills in an organization and you'll be helping others in the process.
Keep up with when you start your networking efforts. Maintain a database or spreadsheet to enter the names and information of all of the new contacts you meet. If you see the names growing you're on the right path, if they're increasing substantially but business isn't, you may have to put more effort into selling your business or service. Pay attention to the crowds, there are always natural sales people, negotiators, those who are persuasive and the popular people that others follow. A conversation with any of them could give you some guidance on how to sell or they may be willing to do some sales for you.
If you can't afford staff consider bartering, which is another great way to build your business via networking. Bartering with those you meet in networking situations may lead to deals you can't imagine. Keep in mind that barter is also an opportunity for you to showcase your business. Be professional and know that referrals from the person you're bartering with may be just around the corner. It only takes one great lead or referral for your business to grow immensely.
Be certain to follow-up with those you meet and consider throwing an event of your own once your numbers of new acquaintances has increased. You can create a "How To" that you send out as an email blast or post on your professional Facebook page and become known as a master within your field. Most importantly, getting out and meeting others will create a relaxed energy for them to discuss business with you and increase their comfort zone in being able to refer you to others.
Do unto others as you hope they will do unto you. Refer those whom you meet when the need arises amongst those you may know, especially when it's not within your field of specialty. Sending business to others in areas that you don't specialize in will cause them to be thankful and remember to do the same for you. Joining the local entrepreneurs in your area, reaching out to the chamber of commerce, small business organizations, etc, are all great places to start. Don't underestimate what they can offer, some may have free courses on networking or free networking events. It only takes one referral to potentially turn your home inspection business into an incredible success!
So don't take anyone for granted and remember that everyone you meet is a potential client or connection to one.


A tribute to her queen roles is a fantastic idea! yeay killer queen.
It was fun to make and I think it turned out pretty well.
I love the song Poker Face!! I like that you used it for a Miranda video!
MsShayxpear! I just re-watched your Wah-Wah video and it gets to me every single time. ^_^ It's so awesome and the implied story line is much more to my liking .
I was listening to the song I thought... ooooh this would be great for Wah-Wah!
Cool vid! I like it a lot!
I added a translation. Still, the video fits the Dutch words better. It is a pity that there isn't an English version of the song. Glad you enjoyed it none the less.
This song is intense, I love it with Sleepy Hollow!