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This Is How '13 Reasons Why' Failed Me
By Snigdha Chopra, May 15th 2017
Youtube / Netflix
For a few months now, we've all heard the buzz around 13 Reasons Why. The first time I felt genuinely excited for it was after it was released and two of my friends watched it. Everyone was going gaga over this Netflix series and they all had one thing to say — "Everyone needs to watch it!" I hadn't looked into the book so all I knew about it was that a girl dealing with a mental illness commits suicide because of 13 reasons (the title itself gives that away). Everyone talked about how it was making people aware and spreading a strong message.
My semester end examination prep leaves had started just a few days ago, so I obviously had ample time to binge watch a 13 episode show. It started off the way I'd expected it to. Hannah was seemingly normal. She was at a party. She was with two people. She got pictures clicked. She seemed slightly nervous but she was still there. At the party, she gets attracted to Justin immediately after seeing him.
A perfectly normal teenage girl.
I identified with her immediately. Anxiety and mild depression have been my unwanted companions since about four years now. When I saw her, I saw someone who might have had issues but put herself out there anyway. I saw myself. The thing about mental illnesses is they aren't always visible. Especially anxiety or depression (unless someone has an anxiety/panic attack). A person suffering from these wouldn't necessarily be a loner. He or she might also be the most popular kid in school. We don't isolate ourselves – mostly. There are days when we don't want to leave the bed but we do possess a social life. We're just like everyone else. Just with a little more baggage.
When Clay reaches the tape about the party and we see Hannah watch Jessica get raped, it was evident. Hannah had massive issues. There was no other way someone could see one of her friends get raped! Then she left and didn't tell anyone. Everything from then on seemed doomed.
In the twelfth tape, we see Bryce rape Hannah. And we see her succumb. At that moment I realized that she might have been dealing with depression that led her to become almost self destructive. She trusted the wrong people because she thought they were her friends even after they'd betrayed her. She gravitated towards people who were prone to cause her more harm than good. She seemed almost too eager to befriend someone, anyone (why she pushed Zach away was obvious — he approached her for a date immediately after she was molested by his friend). And that wasn't wrong. She needed a friend. She deserved a real friend. She needed help and she tried to find it in ways that she knew.
Then she talked to the counsellor, Mr. Porter, at school. And as I predicted, she didn't talk about everything. At that moment, I felt exactly what she would've felt. I know how it feels like to finally ask for help but feel awful while you do it. It feels terrible when you have to pour your heart out or even begin to tell someone that you're dealing with something that's slowly becoming bigger than yourself.
Justin, Jessica, Alex, Courtney, Tyler, Marcus, Zach, Sheri, Bryce and Mr. Porter seemed to have caused Hannah's suicide. Now, although I understand the depths of pain that Hannah might have gone through — how it would've felt like to keep everything locked up and feel as if no one cared — no one understood. Everyone was callous to her. Being raped by Bryce was the last straw. She felt hopeless. And with her, I did too.
Mental illnesses have a way of making you feel as if you're a liability. I could understand why it was so hard for her to ask for help. I knew how hard it must have been for her to go to Mr. Porter and say the things she did. She needed help. But she didn't get it. I also understand how even the smallest of things mattered. When you're dealing with issues inside your head, you're prone to be on edge with almost everything.
The series showcases how someone can become so helpless that they feel that they have nowhere else to go. While suicide is an issue that needs to be shown and emphasized, I do not understand the idea of romanticizing it. The idea behind 13 Reasons Why – book or the Netflix series – is incredibly flawed.
There's something known as the "Copycat Suicide" or the "Werther Effect". A novel called "The Sorrows of Young Werther" by Wolfgang von Goethe was published in 1774 that led to a series of suicides because of its triggers. It inspired people to go down that path, made them feel that it was the way out of their misery.
13 Reasons Why, to an extent, does the same. With its lack of mention of depression or mental illnesses, it shows a very normal teenager giving up on her life because of some people. And not just that — with the tapes she leaves behind, it's vengeful. And the idea of that disturbed me. It also makes you feel as if it was almost right for Hannah to commit suicide and make those tapes. She did have people who understood her or at least would've tried to. She had her parents. She wasn't just plagued by bullying — she was plagued by much more than that. And that's what the series should've targeted before they decided to romanticize suicide.
The Netflix series is a massive trigger for people who're already suffering from a mental illness or are victims of bullying. It shows that Hannah committing suicide was justified because she had nowhere else to go. Although the plight is real, the solution doesn't seemed to be depicted in a way that it was intended to. People who know nothing about mental illnesses or bullying seem to believe that it's a very enlightening series that shows how bullying can push someone to commit suicide and urges people to "be kind to each other." But the show is incredibly dark and misses out on some major information. After two days of binge watching it, I found myself feeling incredibly low, with negativity plaguing my brain. A show that's supposed to enlighten you or make you feel as if you've been heard shouldn't plague you.
An hour after I finished the show, I worried about the people who were dealing with worse things. People who might have seen the show and thought, "Maybe I should try this too." Because for someone who's going through so much, the idea of being free from it and getting revenge on those who bullied them seems so very liberating. But it's not. It's far from it. The series does show the aftermath, like how completely destroyed her parents are, but it isn't enough for someone who's contemplating suicide to stop.
We see at the end of the show that Alex has been shot. We don't know if Tyler shot him or he shot himself. Either way, the tapes were not only cruel, but were also capable of leading another set of suicides. I'm not suggesting that the perpetuators were right. I'm just saying that justice could've been served without dying, that justice should've been served without the loss of a life.
13 Reasons Why tries to target a plot line that I'd been waiting to see for a really long while. But unfortunately, so far, it has failed at what it was supposed to do. The one good thing that has come out of it is that people are talking about things like suicide, bullying and mental illnesses. The show got renewed for a second season and I genuinely hope it redeems itself and makes up for all the major content that should've been there in the first season.
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Sunny skies, cold water and hungry trout today on the Lower Mountain Fork River in McCurtain County, OK. There was a learning curve, but we got a ton of fish slingin' bugs with the Orvis Helios 3 5wt.
Had a fun weekend with my girl gang in Wyoming!


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package myArrayTechniques;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Scanner;

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class ArrayStrings {

	/**
	 * @param args
	 */
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		//Menu with choices
		//input into array

		//declare array and counter
		String [] arr = new String [50];
		int size =0 ;
		//input text files into array
		try {
			Scanner scFile = new Scanner(new File("words.txt"));
			while (scFile.hasNext())
			{
				arr[size]=scFile.next();
				size++;
			}

			scFile.close();
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		//menu programming
		char choice;
		do{
			choice = JOptionPane.showInputDialog( "Choose from the following:\n" +
					"A: Display array\n" +
					"B: sort words\n" +
					"C: insert a word\n" +
					"D: delete a word\n" +
					"E: Removee duplicate\n" +
					"F: search\n" +
			"X: exit").toUpperCase().charAt(0);

			switch (choice)
			{
			case 'A':
				//disp array
				String message ="Unsorted list:\n";
				for (int i =0; i<size;i++)
				{
					message+= arr[i]+"\n";
				}
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message);

				break;
			case 'B':
				//insert new number
			//	String word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("What word do you want to insert");
			//	int position = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("In which positionn do you want to insert the word"));
				//move all items in the array up
				//loop from end
			//	for( int i = size;i>=position-1;i--)
			//	{
			//		arr[i]=arr[i-1];
					//each value is one before so cant be before 0
			//	}
			//	arr[position-1]=word;
			//	size++;

				//Sort ascending order
				for (int i = 0 ; i<size;i++)
				{
					for (int j = i+1 ; j<size;j++)//starts after i
					{
						if (arr[i].compareToIgnoreCase(arr[j])>0)
						{
							//swap it
							String swap = arr[i];
							arr[i]=arr[j];
							arr[j]=swap;
						}
					}
				}

				break;
			case 'C':
				//delete a number
			//	position = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("In which positionn do you want to insert the number"));
			//	for (int i=position-1;i<size-1;i++)
			//	{
			//		arr[i]=arr[size+1];
			//	}
			//	size--;

				//Insert
				String word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter Word you want to insert");
				int position  = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the position"));

				for (int i = size;i>=position-1;i--)
					//start at end, stop at real position
					//move all array elements up
				{
					arr[i]=arr[i-1];
					//the minus 1 means that thbne point i-1 is m ove to i
					//the error at position 1 ie real pos 0 will give error dont need to fix for exams.
				}
				arr[position-1]=word;
				size++;
				String message1 ="Changed List:\n";
				for (int i =0; i<size;i++)
				{
					message1+= arr[i]+"\n";
				}
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message1);

				break;
			case 'D':
				//search for a number
			//	String search = (JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Which word are u looking for?"));
			//	int pos = -1;
			//	for (int i = 0; i<size;i++)
			//	{
			//			if (arr[i].equals(search))
			//			{
			//				pos = i+1;
			//			}
			//			if (pos == 0)
			//			{
			//				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, search+" was not found");
			//			}
			//			else
			//			{
			//				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, search+ "was found at position "+pos);
			//			}
			//	}

				//Delete
				position = Integer.parseInt(JOptionPane.showInputDialog("In which positionn do you want to insert the number"));
				for (int i = position-1;i<size-1;i--)//size -1 bec second last one is moved over
				{
					arr[i]=arr[i+1];
				}
				size--;

				break;
			case 'E':
				//remove duplicate
				//tempoary array and counter
				String[] arrTemp = new String[20];
				int temp = 0;
				//loop through array
				for (int i = 0; i<size;i++)
				{
					boolean duplicate = false;
					for (int j=i+1;j<size;j++)
					{
						//determine if there is a duplicate
						if (arr[i].equalsIgnoreCase

								(arr[j]))
						{
						duplicate = true;
						}
					}
					//if there isn't a duplicate - keep the number
					if (duplicate ==false)
					{
						arrTemp[temp]=arr[i];
						temp++;
					}
				}
				//save the temporary over the original
				arr=arrTemp;
				size=temp;

				break;
			case 'F':
				//sort array ALWAYS ASKED
			//	for (int i=0;i<size;i++)
			//	{
			//		for (int j=i+1;j<size;j++)
				//	{
				//		if (arr[i].compareTo(arr[j])>0)
				//		{
							//swap it
				//			String swap = arr[i];
				//			arr[i]=arr[j];
				//			arr[j]=swap;
				//		}
				//	}
				//}

				//search
				word = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter word to find");
				String message3 = "";
				for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
				{
					if (arr[i].equalsIgnoreCase(word))
					{
						message3 += word+" is found at position "+(i+1)+" in the array\n";
					}
				}
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message3);
				break;
			case 'X':
				//exit
				JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "BYE");

				break;
			default: JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Invalid");
				break;
			}}
			while (choice != 'X');

	}

}

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GM H2 'Hummer' gets 9 mpg, weighs over 6,000 lbs and costs over $50,000, virtually all of which can be written off as a business tax credit under a recently-enacted but clearly short-sighted federal economic stimulus package.
How Many Miles to the Gallon?
CBS's Leslie Stahl clearly didn't buy Detroit's assertion that it can't build more fuel efficient vehicles in the October 12, 2003 episode of 60 Minutes entitled, "How Many Miles Per Gallon? " She talks to experts who say Americans can drive their big vehicles while feeling good about reducing their fuel consumption, and it could be done today. But convincing a spoiled car-buying public who are more interested in cup-holders than oil imports will be a far more daunting challenge.
The complete transcript of this episode is available on the CBS web site, but we thought our readers/listeners would also enjoy hearing the program, in case they missed it. With our apologies to 60 Minutes, we have digitized the audio, which you can listen to by clicking the Streaming Audio link at the right.
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Kathy Kreag Richardson (born April 28, 1956) is an American politician who served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives for the 29th district from 1993 to 2018.

Career
In December 2017, Richardson announced that she would not be running for reelection in 2018, but would seek the office of Hamilton County clerk of the Circuit Court. She previously served as clerk of the Indiana Circuit Court from 1984 to 1991.

References

External links
Representative Kathy Kreag Richardson official Indiana State Legislature site

1956 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians

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Dexter: New Blood Premiere Review - "Cold Snap"
The Bay Harbor Butcher is back, living in a small town with no secrets... except his own.
By Matt Fowler
Updated: 3 Nov 2021 5:05 pm
Posted: 2 Nov 2021 2:00 pm
Dexter: New Blood premieres Sunday, Nov. 7 on Showtime.
Revivals are commonplace these days, but given how poorly Dexter's eight-season run ended, and how mocked and maligned the series became following that finale, it's hard to see 10-episode limited series Dexter: New Blood as anything but an attempt at a do-over. Regardless, it's not exactly the worst idea in the world, and considering New Blood's fun opener, "Cold Snap," there's still some good, ghoulish story to mine from the world of Dexter Morgan.
Original Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips, who oversaw the series' first four seasons (aka the best o' Dexter), returns to the fold to transport us back to what we loved about the show in the first place -- albeit, with some new tinkering to the format, as this Dexter Morgan is a changed man. Or, at least, like an addict, he's battling his urges every day and sticking to a routine in order to live a small, anonymous, murder-free life with "Bay Harbor Butcher" Miami very much in his rear view. It's 10 years later (within the show) and Dexter's done what he promised. He's removed himself from everything and everyone, though it's not as drastic as the solitary lumberjack existence we recall from the last aired episode.
What we said about the original premiere of Dexter
Dan Iverson raved about Dexter's 2006 pilot, giving it a 9/10. "Every once and a while a show will come along that will be so creepy and so intriguing that you feel compelled to watch," he wrote. "Dexter is one of those shows."
No, Dexter, after a healthy stretch as that bearded woodsman, is now allowing himself a normie life in the frozen remote town of Iron Lake, N.Y. It's here that we land back into Dexter's story and... much of it's familiar. In a good way. Going by "Jim Lindsay," Dexter's got everyone fooled again -- though not in a sociopathic plot that allows him to secretly murder. He's simply taken to wearing his "person mask" for real now, greeting townsfolk with friendly platitudes, working a customer service job in a hunting shop (fitting, as his interactions with most everyone have always felt like customer service), and dating the local chief of police, Angela Bishop (Julia Jones). Still very much the epitome of "guy you'd least suspect to be the killer next door," Dexter's doing nothing wrong (well, except for hiding from his past crimes, et al.).
With this era of "Jim Lindsay" comes a slightly changed series too. Aside from the frostbitten location, complete with crunching snow and icy breath, also comes the ditching of the famed opening credits, the Dexter narration, and a few other hallmarks of the original run. That's not to say these things can't return (and be meaningful when they do) but New Blood is out to deliver a mix of old and fresh, and it lands really well here at the start. Still intact, however, is the comic panel vibe of the old show.
Dexter: New Blood: Cold Snap Gallery
When "Jim" is out and about, the bouncy cartoonish mood returns, once again acting as the lens through which Dexter sees the people around him. Jim is a superficial persona because it's mostly what he sees in others. His mirror neurons are working overtime once again. It's one of the elements that made the first series so unique and groundbreaking.
Deb's presence is very much a sad and heavy phantom in "Cold Snap."
Now, there are a few surprises we won't go into here for this first episode, and the more you can avoid, or forget about, the New Blood trailer the better (as it gives away some moments that work really well if you head in as spoiler-free as possible). One thing that's kind of inescapable, though, is Jennifer Carpenter's return as Deb, who now looms in Dexter's psyche in a similar manner to James Remar's ghost of Harry in the original.
Deb's presence is very much a sad and heavy phantom in "Cold Snap." She doesn't act like old Deb, as Dexter's projection is not her bold, vulgarity-firing self. At times it feels more like a Victorian-era haunting. It's just another slight twist of the old formula that helps give New Blood a crisp sheen.
Naturally, for New Blood to work, there has to be some disruption to the status-quo; some shaking of Dexter's snowglobe. "Cold Snap" gives us a lot to chew on -- while also not even revealing all the new characters who'll ruffle Dexter's feathers -- but the most pressing pain is the arrival of spoiled stockbroker Matt Caldwell (Steve M. Robertson), a s***ty son of privilege who yearns to party and shoot up the woods as an irresponsible hunter. It's textbook Dexter collision course stuff, sure, but that's part of the comfort food we crave from this new series. It's a holdover element from the early days that still works because of how easily Michael C. Hall is able to slip into these shoes and take us back to the simple days of Dark Passengers and anti-hero avenging.
Given how this episode ends, and the choices made (which, again, we won't spill here), all eyes will be on New Blood to see if lessons were learned from Dexter Season 8 and, in turn, if Dexter himself is still as fallible a creature as he once was -- meaning, to the degree where, many seasons in, his mind seemed to reboot each year, having not absorbed any wisdom from his previous mistakes. "Jim Lindsay" is Dexter as a man who actually changed himself. Obviously, he'll have to unravel, but will this second chance ending unravel with him?
Dexter returns, reborn with a few tweaks and fidgets to the formula, but not so as to mask the malicious fun of the hallmarks from the old show that return anew under original showrunner Clyde Phillips. Michael C. Hall slips effortlessly back into his old sociopath role as time away, and change of scenery, has done wonders to revitalize this once-omnipresent pop culture icon. "Cold Snap" is a great and grisly opener for New Blood, setting the stage and delivering a Dexter Morgan doing his damndest to remain chaste on the murder front. Whether or not, contextually, this is all just a shot at a do-over feels irrelevant because New Blood's mix of old and new holds a ton of promise.
Was this article informative?
Set ten years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, Dexter: New Blood, finds him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York.
Dexter: New Blood scores nicely with its first outing, reminding us of why we enjoyed the original in the first place while also offering new adventures.
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Let's Get Statistical – Can You Roll A Crit?
Today's article is brought to you by the letter D for David. You may remember him from various tournament reports, especially the UKTC 2018 where he formed a crucial part of my team. Today he's bring you some hot numerical data.
First up; numbers of each warband present.
I have presented the numbers of the warbands in attendance in release order, starting with the first Shadespire and ending with the latest Nightvault. There is a clear preference to play with the new shiny stuff (shocker) with a few notable exceptions. Bucking the trend and remaining very popular are Magore's Fiends and Sepulchral Guard, having noticeably more warbands entered than their Shadespire counterparts. On the reverse are the Eyes of the Nine, with a very much lower (but highly thematic) turnout than the other Nightvault warbands.
So why do people bring certain warbands and what does this tell us?
In general we have to assume that most people bring a warband they feel are competitive, so we can propose that the Sepulchral Guard, Magore's Fiends, Stormsire's Cursebreakers, Thorns of the Briar Queen and Zarbag's Gitz are all seen as solid chooses. Looking on the other end it clear that the Eyes of the Nine are not seen as competitive, and to a lesser extent Garek's Reavers.So is this true? Are the views of the Underworld community right?
So is this true? Are the views of the Underworld community right? A good warband is going to get lots of glory, so let's see if these top chosen warbands did exactly that.
The warbands are now shown in order of popularity with the Thorns of the Briar Queen being the most popular at the top.
Out of our unpopular warbands the Eyes of the Nine have a negative glory differential as expected but Garek's Reavers are the real losers here with a massive -63.4 glory difference.
The stand out winners here, the Farstriders, were not well represented in numbers but with an incredible +37 Glory difference seem to be the best glory finders in the game [I'm sure my +62 glory difference helped 😉].
So we have seen the Sepulchral Guard drop out the running for been a top warband and the Farstriders made a bold move to replace them in the top 5. At the other end we see the Eyes of the Nine and Garek's Reavers joined by Spiteclaw's Swarm and Steelheart's Champions as potentially suboptimal warbands.
But it's not all about the glory, rankings were based on games won primarily so how did each warband rank?
These vertical Stem and Leaf diagrams show us the ranking spread. If you don't recall your GCSE maths what we are looking for is how tall the rectangles are, showing us how close together those warbands placed, and how low down the rectangle is, as lower numbers are better in ranking.
Zarbag's Gitz probably have the nicest spread here, suggesting that they placed evenly throughout the contest and could then be concluded to be a balanced warband. The poor Garek's Reavers are all bunched up towards the higher ranking numbers, most of them coming in the lower 128th. Again the Farstriders are the opposite with most of them coming in the top 38 [Maximum skill warband, fite me – an unbiased Farstrider player]. Most of the other warbands have a good spread of results, though notably only a third of the Eyes of the Nine players made it into the top half while Stormsire's Cursebreakers greedily makeup over a third of the top 16.
So all warbands may not be equal, so what?
Explanation edit: I found the mean average of the points scored for each warband type, so for example Cursebreakers on average scored 7.09 points.
This is then taken away from your points score, so if you were a Cursebreakers player who scored 10 points after adjustment you would be on 2.91.
This adjustment is a way to balance out the good and bad warbands. It's not perfect by any means.
Perhaps I've managed to inadvertently show that I am the greatest Underworlds player and should be given a trophy (plus a parade on the top of a bus).
Perhaps I confirmed that tiers do exist and showed that playing Cursebreakers is like playing on easy mode.
Or perhaps I have shown that you should not always trust statistics, because it's amazing what you can prove when you set your mind to it [like being undefeated with Eyes of the Nine at a Grand Clash].
Thanks for reading. Thanks to all those who I played or talked to over the weekend and well done to Bryce for taking the trophy.
Why so few Farstriders when they do so well?
I think the answer is Farstriders are not that easy to pick up and play but have a load of potential. There was a small group of experienced players [*cough*] using these guys at the weekend which is why they scored as they did.
I'll see what I can do haha.
btw. im big fan of this game and and I think that your blog is the best source of information about the game (for new and advanced players too). I am waiting impatiently for ech new post.
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In October 2018, our company signed a contract with Slavneft-Megionneftegaz for development of a prototype multi-agent system for managing teams that carry out well workover.
Slavneft-Megionneftegaz is a modern oil and gas production enterprise developing oil and gas fields in the Nizhnevartovsk, Surgut and Nefteyugansk regions of the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous District - Ugra. There are 28 license areas in the production area of Megion oilmen.
Stabilization of oil and gas production is a strategic objective of the enterprise. To solve it, Megionneftegaz is actively introducing advanced technologies, cooperating with the largest industry-specific research and development centers.
In general, the level of work planning leaves much to be desired - a significant volume of applications is executed with deviations of up to several days.
The aim of the project is to assess the applicability of multi-agent technology for creation of a work plan for well workover teams in real time based on the incoming data, as well as taking into account the experience gained in previously performed similar work. The overall task is to reduce the calendar duration of repairs, obtain additional production and transparency of the production process.
The prototype will solve the problem of creating a plan based on the applications received by the system and the information contained in the knowledge base about the time of their execution in two types of detailing: operative for the current day and strategic for the current week and month. Also, the task includes a number of other functions that will allow users to monitor and control the work process. Multi-agent technology is generally used to increase the level of controllability and the quality of work planning, which is to be checked under the current contract when solving the task of managing well workover teams.


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Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations Continue to Warm
in World — by David Davidian — 18/09/2020
Since mid-August of this year, there has been an increase in the number of Iranian and Azerbaijani reports celebrating the continued warming of relations between these neighboring states. Of particular interest is the near-completion of a synchronized power grid between Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Synchronization is a requirement for buying and selling electrical power and boosting strategic cooperation between these states. This sharing of electrical power systems has been a long-term project but should be operational within months.
Bilateral trade between Iran and Azerbaijan has steadily increased over the past several years. The following chart shows Azerbaijani imports from Iran. The projection for 2020 was just under $700M but moderated by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Iran's trade with Azerbaijan totaled $422.68 million during January-October 2019 to register a 30.7% growth compared with the corresponding period of 2018."
Bilateral cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan goes beyond simple trade figures. Within a year of announcing the expansion of Iranian Khodro car manufacturing in Azerbaijan, an Azerbaijan version of the Iranian model, Dena, was on display targeting the Russian market.
Less than a year ago, "As many as six memoranda of understanding have been signed between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan in a bid to boost technological cooperation between the knowledge-based companies of the two sides." This cooperation may be strategic for Azerbaijan, for it can learn from Iranian high-technology military manufacturing and cybersecurity expertise.
Spring of 2019 witnessed the opening of the latest north-south railway line linking Iran and Azerbaijan. "One of the very valuable instances of national and regional cooperation between the two countries is the finalization of the South-North Rail project, linking through to Astara, that we hope will further deepen our relations," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a meeting with Azerbaijan's economic minister Shahin Mustafayev in Tehran on March 6, according to the president's official website."
Last year, talks began between Azerbaijan and Iran for establishing a joint industrial zone. This effort continues, but the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has slowed its implementation. This follows similar Iranian-Georgian and Iranian-Armenian initiatives. In a rather challenging goal, the Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan announced last year that a short term goal in trade turnover between Iran and Azerbaijan is $2B, with an eventual turnover of $5B. The article states, "Iran's investment in Azerbaijan reached $3.1 billion. There are more than 700 companies with Iranian investments in various sectors in Azerbaijan. The functioning of the Intergovernmental Joint Commission gives a special impetus to the development of relations." The article also notes, "Azerbaijan and Iran share common values, history and traditions that bound them."
Just a few days ago, the Islamic Republic News Agency wrote in a September 14 piece entitled, Iran, Azerbaijan see prospects of bilateral ties as bright, growing, "We must strive to strengthen good, brotherly and friendly relations between the people and the government in line with the will of our leaders," quoting Azerbaijan's Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ramin Guluzade. These announcements are bilateral and not wishful thinking by officials from either side. On September 15, Azernews announced that Azerbaijan, Iran to build new highway bridge over border river.
Relations between Iran and Azerbaijan are complicated because of multiple competing interests. In the short-term, Azerbaijan may be looking for an ally in its dispute with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. However, Iran has exercised even-handed restraint in this dispute and has cordial relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Azerbaijani and Iranian ability to deepen cooperation is commendable considering lingering accusations about Azerbaijan being a staging ground for covert operations against and intelligence gathering on Iran. Iran is very aware of these activities and perhaps is engaged in reciprocal actions in Azerbaijan. One of several reasons why Azerbaijan does not have an embassy in Israel is due to Iranian objection.
The ultimate status of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is unknown. This agreement on the Iranian nuclear program was signed in mid-2015, between Iran and China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and the EU, easing international sanctions on Iran in exchange for a pullback in Iran's efforts to enrich uranium. The United States unilaterally withdrew from this agreement in 2018. If there is a new US administration in January and a reinvigorated JCPOA, one would expect an abrupt expansion in Iranian-Azerbaijani trade. If not, Azerbaijani-Iranian relations should continue warming and expanding.
David Davidian Lecturer at the American University of Armenia. He has spent over a decade in technical intelligence analysis at major high technology firms. Yerevan, Armenia).
Originally published in World Geostrategic Insights.
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books by Lance Morcan
Book: White Spirit (A novel based on a true story) by James & Lance Morcan
categories: Book, Adventure, History, Action-Adventure, John Graham, Australia, Australian History, Convict Tales, Aborigines, Indigenous Australians, Epic Fiction, Historical Fiction
Lance Morcan
about this book: Irish convict John Graham's story is not well known – not even in Australia where this remarkable tale takes place. That's surprising, to us at least, because John's adventures in the wilds of an untamed Australia must surely rank with the most incredible true-life tales of survival. Not only Down Under, in Australia, but anywhere in the world.
Though White Spirit is first and foremost a novel and therefore a work of fiction, many of the adventures described herein happened – exactly as related in some cases, and with some embellishments for drama's sake in others. We know this because we sourced (copies of) documents written in John's own hand. These proved a valuable research aid and are recommended reading for those who resonate with our novel.
Our story begins at the notorious Moreton Bay penal settlement on Australia's east coast. To say Moreton Bay was hell on earth would be an understatement. Convicts unlucky to end up there committed suicide rather than serve out their sentences, and many committed suicide rather than serve out their sentences. Little wonder that John Graham decided to chance his arm and escape into the wilds.
Having lived in the Moreton Bay region almost six years, and having regularly visited many of the very places John trekked through, we can only marvel at his bravery, endurance, fortitude and gumption. How he could survive alone in that unforgiving environment (after escaping the penal settlement) beggars belief; and how he not only survived but flourished living with the Aborigines who took him in we can't begin to imagine. Talk about the luck o' the Irish!
White Spirit is much more than a survival tale, however. It is also a love story, and it reveals the two great loves in John's life – one the beautiful daughter of an English army officer, the other a beguiling indigenous woman. The latter identifies the escaped convict as her husband returned from the dead – her white spirit.
Other books by Lance Morcan (more)
• Book Review: Into the Americas (A novel based on a true story) by James & Lance Morcan
• Book Review: Framed! - A Young Boy's Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush by M.E. Skeel


Do you do well with silence?
I know of people who can't deal with the quiet, it unnerves them.
For me, quiet is the only time I can think, can write, can pray, can figure out what I'm feeling...what I'm doing. As I get older the more I long for more time to just be quiet.
In January I decided to begin the year with a social media and blogging fast. I knew I needed to quiet my mind before God in order to know what direction he wanted me to go in for the New Year.
I was too distracted by the loud world of social media. Like someone who overeats out of boredom or anxiety, I was checking into social media the same way. I procrastinated on writing assignments out of fear of not having the right words, so instead I scrolled through Facebook and read countless and for the most part meaningless articles.
My habit was making me agitated and discontent.
My world always felt loud.
I deleted all social media from my IPhone. I didn't post any blog posts.
And thus began my descent into quiet. I delegated the first hour of my morning to being still before the Lord.
I dusted off my prayer journal and began once more journaling my thoughts and prayers. I prayed like I hadn't prayed in a long time.
Words and ideas for posts began to unfurl.
God felt nearer than He had in years.
Some days in my designated moments of quiet I wouldn't say a word. Just sit there in the quiet, with my eyes closed and wait.
Meditating is not something that comes easy to me. I have a hard time shutting off my thoughts and being still before the Lord. But this is something I felt pressed upon me to do. Shut up and listen.
I would begin sitting cross-legged on the floor or just in my chair. Eyes closed. Head bowed. And imagine myself sitting at the feet of Jesus. He would be bent over and look me straight in the eyes and be so glad I was there to talk to him, and I would whisper, "I'm listening Lord, what do you want to tell me?"
"Please, Lord, speak" I begged.
The birds chirping outside my window were the only sound that whispered through my ears.
"Okay, God. I'm here. I'm quiet. And I'm going to shut up now, for real…please help me shut up." I would plead.
On the days I felt him responding, a word or a line from a verse would pop into my head. Sometimes I felt a leading to pray for someone. Sometimes an idea or solution to a problem I had been praying about would take form.
And, sometimes, I sat there for what felt like hours, when really it was only minutes, with nothing.
But the silence didn't leave me feeling like I had wasted my time. I would get up and feel at peace, rejuvenated.
I always came away from these quiet moments with God feeling renewed in my work and life.
Who would have thought taking a break from your work to sit quietly with God would actually help you be productive?
I'm always more productive when I make time to be quiet.
It's been over a month since I took my social media sabbatical and I feel the pull to do it again. I promised myself I would be more responsible with my time and not fall back into old habits. I was hoping I would cling to the remembrance of closeness I felt with God, but unfortunately, old habits die a long and arduous death.
I miss the closeness, but I'm busy being busy, I tell myself.
Oh, but I do. I always do.
Because in my heart I know, the quiet life is a life that knows itself. It's a life in which thoughts can be heard above the noise and can disentangle from lies and truth.
It's time to make time, and let God elicit how good and useful quiet can be.
How do you seek quiet in your life?
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By Pacific Island Times News Staff
Bipartisan bill proposes to extend Medicaid coverage for US territories
Racing against time, U.S. Reps. Darren Soto (D-FL-09) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL-12) today introduced a bill that would guarantee Medicaid funding for U.S. territories ahead of its Sept. 30 expiration.
H.R. 4406, the Supporting Medicaid in the U.S. Territories Act of 2021, provides eight years of funding for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and U.S. Virgin Island, and five years for Puerto Rico.
The bill, which seeks to avert the fiscal cliff, is expected to be marked up by the Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee.
"For far too long, Puerto Rico's health system has operated with uncertainty regarding its Medicaid system," said Soto. "This has led to a breakdown in healthcare and eroding of hospitals there. This steady funding will be foundational for building Puerto Rico's healthcare system back better."
The agreement extends increased funding and Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) levels for five years for Puerto Rico and eight years for the U.S. territories at current FMAP levels (76 percent FMAP for Puerto Rico and 83 percent FMAP for Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
H.R. 4406 is co-sponsored by Reps. Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico), Michael F.Q. San Nicolas (D-Guam), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa), Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-Northern Mariana Islands), and Stacey Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands).
Lisa Lacasse, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, said for individuals facing a cancer diagnosis without access to quality, affordable health coverage, insurance coverage through Medicaid can be the difference between life and death.
"This bipartisan bill to extend funding for Medicaid in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands is an important step in addressing long-term funding issues that have plagued the Medicaid program in the territories and threatened access to health coverage and funding for hospital systems," Lacasse said in a statement.
"Research shows individuals without access to health insurance are more likely than those with health insurance to be diagnosed with cancer at a later stage when the disease is more costly to treat and survival less likely. We look forward to working with members of Congress to extend funding for this lifesaving program. Doing so is critical to reducing health disparities, especially cancer disparities, improving cancer outcomes and saving more lives from this disease."
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Foremost, I want to wish all the people who were born in January a happy birthday! Wish you good health, wealth and happiness! I have decided, staring January 2008, I will feature something sweet make especially for the birthday boys/girls at the beginning of each month n___n I always think that everyone should have some sweets on their birthday symbolizing that the time between now and their next birthday will be sweet like candy (weird. I know). It doesn't matter if it is small or large, simple or extravagant, cupcake or pie, as long as it is sweet and yummy!
* Cheesecake is best make using a spring form pan or a pan with removable bottom (I use the later).
* Cake Slicing 101: You can get your cake sliced just like the one they sell in the café by following these simple steps: first soak a knife in a cup of hot water, wipe off with a towel, then cut the cake while knife is still warm. Try to cut it through with only one cut and do not "saw". Whip off any cake crump/residue and slice again. Just repeat these steps and you will have neat and pretty slices of cake that rival what they sell in the patisseries.
- Wrap the cream cheese in plastic food wrap and place in microwave on low for 2 minutes to soften it.
- Preheat oven to 160 degree C/325 degree F.
- Wrap the bottom (up to half way) of the pan with 2 layers of foil paper.
- Boil some water for later use (appx. 2 liter).
For the crust: Break the cookies into small pieces, then place into a zip lock bag or any heavy weight plastic bag (remove air bubbles), and crush + roll using a rolling pin until cookies become fine crumb. Place butter in microwave and heat for 1 mins. over medium heat. Pour melted butter into the bag, remove air bubble and close the bag, then shake it to mix the two. Pour this mix into the pan; using the back of a large spoon, press crumb firmly to pan until packed; set aside.
For the cheesecake: Place the cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Using a whisk, whisk cream cheese until blended; add the other ingredients in the following order, sugar --> cocoa powder --> eggs --> lemon juice --> whipping cream, make sure that each item is well blended before adding another. Strain the cheese mixture then pour into the cake pan.
Pour hot water (1 inch in depth) into a roasting pan, place the pan inside the roasting pan and bake for 90minutes. If the water dried out while baking, be sure to refill with more hot water. Once the center of the cake no longer quiver and the sides begin to pull away from the pan then it is done. Remove from oven and let cool completely on wire rack. Place in fridge for 3 hours or overnight to set.
- Pre-soak gelatine in a bowl of cold water, squeeze out excess water; set aside. If using powdered gelatine, add 2 spoon of water.
- Using a small round cookie cutter, scrape curls off a block of white chocolate.
Place whipping cream, sugar and water in a saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat. Then add in the cocoa powder and bring to boil again or till mixture slightly thicken; stir constantly to avoid mixture sticking to saucepan. Remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes then add the pre-soaked gelatine; stir until completely melted; strain. When cool to lukewarm, pour glazing onto cheesecake and let some drip down the sides. Place back into fridge for another 30 minutes.
這個美式可可亞乳酪蛋糕﹐我還是這個holiday才學會的。第一次就穫得成功﹐我還真有天份…呵呵呵… 這個Christmas party真的讓我攪盡腦汁﹐想了很久。我總不能做個檸檬香草慕斯呀(因為好像我身邊的人沒有嘗試新味道的精神>_<) 當我快抓狂的時候﹐ 突然記起這本書。以前從書裡學做過很多受歡迎的乳酪蛋糕﹐那麼再從書裡學做另一個應該不會錯的。而從它給人吃個清光的情況看來﹐我的選擇是對的…嘿嘿嘿… 然後我也送了一個給我的員工﹐也同樣被吃個清光。那好吧﹗就是它了。一月的birthday sweet﹗這個乳酪蛋糕本來是可可亞和酸奶油的組合﹐但是當初冰箱裡沒酸奶油﹐改做巧克力glazing(人家是chocoholic啦)。我想這個組合應該比較讚吧?!
I wish a very very wonderful year.
Happy New Year! Wish you a sweetest and fulfilling 208.
Welcome to the Daring Bakers and good luck with this month's challenge!
Here to a wonderful year ahead!
I have a vision. 2008 will be the "sweetest' year of my life!
How does that cheesecake taste like?
It is my pleasure to join this talented group of people! I am looking forward to my first chanllenge too. I hope I'll do well. I'm so excited!
love cheesecake and love chocolate. I just wish I can grab a bite of your elegant cake. Oh btw, welcome to the DB community. Can't wait to see your creations!
I found your site through harushika the other day. I can't agree you more with your gift wrapping and giving philosophy. I was thinking of leaving a message but somehow got distracted. Then I saw you again at 22 butterfly today. This time I definitely have to pop in and say hi.
Thanks for the cake. I am Capricorn. It looks so yummy.
how did you find my other blog??!!!
Welcome! It is nice to meet people who share similar thoughts. I hope you have enjoyed my scribble >//< Hopefully, you'll continue to enjoy the desserts (food --> coming soon) that I'll present here!
omg, and did u know that was me?
oh! I am a passer by and I am chocoholic TOO! the cake is so pretty and make me feel so hungry now!!! Ur blog is reli amazing and sure u are a PRO!!!
Oh, don't be a passer by! Come back and visit often!


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Maroon 5 & Cardi B's "Girls Like You" Ranks As Pop Radio's Most Added Song
"Girls Like You" grabs the top spot on this week's pop radio add board.
The Levines in Girls Like You | Interscope
by Brian Cantor Jun 5, 2018, 6:40 pm
Maroon 5's "Girls Like You (featuring Cardi B)" predictably earned the most added honor at hot adult contemporary radio.
It just as unsurprisingly tops the pop radio add board.
"Girls Like You" won impact week support from a whopping 108 Mediabase-monitored pop stations. The count more than doubles that of the week's second-most added song.
Post Malone's "Better Now," that song, garnered impact week support from 46 pop stations.
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin's "I Like It" follows in third with 38 pickups, while an add count of 22 slots Backstreet Boys' "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" in fourth.
Meghan Trainor's "Let You Be Right," which won support from 21 stations, earns fifth place on the add board.
This week's other notable pop radio options: BTS' "Fake Love" (20 adds, 6th-most), Pharrell Williams x Camila Cabello's "Sangria Wine" (17 adds, 7th-most), 5 Seconds Of Summer's "Youngblood" (16 adds, 8th-most), Sofia Reyes' "1, 2, 3 (featuring Jason Derulo & De La Ghetto)" (12 adds, 9th-most), and Cash Cash's "Finest Hour (featuring Abir)" (11 adds, 10th-most).
Major Market/Station Adds:
New York – Z100 – Girls Like You (Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B), I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin), Better Now (Post Malone)
New York – 103.5 KTU –
Los Angeles – 102.7 KIIS – Girls Like You (Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B), I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin), This Is America (Childish Gambino), Let You Be Right (Meghan Trainor)
Los Angeles – 97.1 AMP –
Chicago – B96 –
Chicago – 103.5 KISS – Girls Like You (Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B), I Like Me Better (Lauv), Familiar (Liam Payne & J Balvin)
San Francisco – 99-7 NOW – Girls Like You (Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B), Jump (Julia Michaels ft. Trippie Redd), Youngblood (5SOS)
San Francisco – WiLD 94.9 – Girls Like You (Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B), Jump (Julia Michaels ft. Trippie Redd), Fake Love (BTS)
Dallas – Hot 93.3 –
Dallas – 106.1 KISS – Girls Like You (Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B), Almost Love (Sabrina Carpenter), Fake Love (BTS), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Backstreet Boys)
Sirius XM – Hits 1 – High Hopes (Panic! At The Disco), The Last Of The Real Ones (Fall Out Boy)
Radio Disney – Girls Like You (Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B), Let You Be Right (Meghan Trainor)
5 seconds of summerabirbad bunnybtscamila cabellocardi bcash cashde la ghettogirls like youj balvinjason derulomaroon 5meghan trainorpharrellpost malonesofia reyes
Maroon 5 & Cardi B's "Girls Like You" Again Ranks As Pop Radio's Most Added Song
Alessia Cara's "Growing Pains" Ranks As Pop Radio's Most Added Song
Maroon 5 & Cardi B's "Girls Like You" Claims #1 On 5th Consecutive Pop Radio Chart
Maroon 5 & Cardi B's "Girls Like You" Celebrates 4th Week As Pop Radio's #1 Song
Maroon 5 & Cardi B's "Girls Like You" Remains #1 At Pop Radio
Bebe Rexha's "I'm A Mess" Repeats As Pop Radio's Most Added Song
Songs From "Revenge Of The Dreamers III" Make Billboard Hot 100, Bubbling Under Hot 100 Charts
Kacey Musgraves' "High Horse" Set To Impact Hot Adult Contemporary Radio On June 25
Ghost's "Prequelle" Pacing For 46-51K US Sales, 49-54K Total US Units


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Choose two shades of leather, one for the main part of the leather greyhound collar and one for the lining. We'll use a complimenting thread to stitch the collar to complete the look. The leather lining will provide a luxurious fit for your Greyhound, Saluki, Afghan Hound, lurcher or any breed in between and will reduce the possibility of any rubbing which can often be found from leather collars.
Beautifully made. Soft leather. Speeedy service and wonderful colour choice.
My old rescue lurcher Alfred looks fabulous in his new collar and matching lead. It is so good having a lead made to the correct length. The olive green colour with mushroom coloured lining is beautiful. I am so pleased with the quality and the excellent service provided by Petiquette collars - thank you. I have already recommended you to a friend who is also very happy!
I'm very pleased with the collar and lead for my blue greyhound boy. I have it in school grey with heather on reverse and he has a heather house collar. He looks very smart. The leather is good quality and supples up nicely after a few wears. The buckle and clasp are very good quality. Well made items and I'm happy that my purchase is supporting a small business. Would highly recommend.
Like the red and grey colours, a well made collar. A good idea to put in steel eyelets in the holes, prevents holes stretching in the soft leather if your dog pulls on the lead. More expensive than other collars i have bought, it is hand made though and i would likely buy a similar collar again.
Really pleased with the new colour for my Honey when she finally retires from racing. This is the forth collar I have purchased, each one has been of the highest quality and I don't think it will be too long before I buy another to replace a none- Petiquette collar.


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Dietary Valhalla – The Food of the Vikings
Written by admin on July 16, 2016 in Food For Thought
Food For Thought > Dietary Valhalla – The Food of the Vikings
Today, the Vikings are celebrated as a proud, warlike folk, well known for their mythology and elaborate funerals.
The Viking diet, however, is a mystery to most people.
What did these warriors eat to survive in such a forbidding landscape?
As it turns out, their food was healthy, fresh, and even a poor Viking ate much better than an English peasant during the Middle Ages.
That's not to say that the Viking diet didn't have inadequacies, but on the whole, the Viking diet was a model of efficiency and innovation at a time when cooks had to make the most out of some very limited ingredients.
A major benefit of the Viking diet was the fact that every level of society, from kings to common sailors, ate meat every day.
Aside from the common varieties of meat which are consumed today, horses were also raised for food, a practice that led to later clashes with Christian leaders, as horse meat was a forbidden food under church doctrine.
Vikings were avid hunters, and would capture reindeer, elk and even bear to bring back to the hearth fires.
And of course, since Vikings spent so much time on the water, fish formed a major part of their diet.
Herrings were abundant, and prepared in a plethora of ways: dried, salted, smoked, pickled and even preserved in whey.
While we might tend to think of Vikings standing over huge roasting pits with joints of meat dripping onto hot coals, evidence suggests roasting and frying weren't the favoured cooking methods of the time.
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Lenders Face Code Violations in a Post Foreclosure REO World
Georgia as a "title" state poses new problems for Lenders in REO. While the phenomenon of holding property post foreclosure by a lender is not a new concept, the current situation presents new problems and thorny issues for banks.
Banks have traditionally attempted to foreclose and then discharge their ownership out of REO as quickly as possible. The current market downturn (read that: recession in other industries; depression in real estate) is presenting code violation problems and "ownership" problems never contemplated before by lenders.
In the current market environment, lenders are finding themselves full "owners" of property for timeframes that now stretch into years. While lenders past goals have simply been to clean up the property and list it for resale, lenders now must examine the very real possibility that they will be required to: pave roads, install sewers, abate stormwater runoff, resolve environmental issues and defend themselves against local code violations.
These financial issues were never budgeted when the lenders initiated the loans and these payments for fines can only come out of the bank earnings - not the foreclosed value of the secured property. The payment for abtement, additionally, must be paid out of bank earnings. The reason that the secured property cannot pay the freight is simple economics. In a rising market value, the property either never reaches foreclosure or, if it does, it is quickly resold. In a declining market (here a rapidly declining market), the property is "negative," or "upside down," when the bank takes it REO at the foreclosure sale. There are no funds out of which to cover the deficiency and there are no funds to cover the "support" of the property. In a more robust market, the "support," was simply added (as much as possible) into the resale price; the support costs were recovered (as much as possible) in the subsequent sale from REO to the new owner.
Here, there is no new owner. Banks are faced with the possibility that these properties may remain on their REO books for a year or more. Until the recent spate of FDIC takeovers, lenders had ignored this issue. However, that is unlikely to continue.
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These issues are coming to the surface in Georgia and other states.
Recently the Georgia Business Chronicle wrote of on this issue as follows:
Banks face environmental fines from foreclosed subdivisions
Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Joe Rauch Staff writer
As banks take back more lots and homes from bankrupt builders, the dirt washed away from these sites during each rainstorm is adding millions in costs statewide to their new owners.
Erosion control and other environmental issues at abandoned and foreclosed residential projects are becoming an unforeseen, but possibly large, cost for metro banks already struggling to survive. "The potential here to grow into a bigger issue is just huge," said Bert Langley, the Mountain District manager for the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), the main state agency charged with overseeing environmental compliance at developments.
Under state law, developers and builders are required to limit erosion.
The laws are the reason for the ubiquitous black and orange silt fences at residential projects, and limiting other damage to water sources and other land.
But as builders shut their doors and banks take back lots and homes by the hundreds, compliance with those environmental laws is lapsing.
For now, according to state data, the problem is still small.
Georgia's EPD assessed $68,650 in fines in 2007 and has assessed $56,678 thus far this year, according to agency data. Those fines are concentrated in the state's rural counties, as Georgia's metro counties oversee these issues locally.
Most banks, local and state regulators said, are either unaware of the erosion control and other environmental issues at foreclosed properties, or see the cost of correcting any violations as optional when saddled with declining real estate values and other rising costs.
"They get this deer-in-the-headlights look when you tell them about this stuff," Langley said.
Some banks are being proactive.
SunTrust Banks Inc. has introduced a comprehensive environmental compliance program for its foreclosed and repossessed properties.
Regulators said the bank retained two engineering firms to oversee the properties.
Langley estimates there are 6,000 construction projects across his 37-county district, which stretches across the northern portion of the state and does not include Forsyth County.
Two-thirds of those projects are currently stalled.
With an eight-person enforcement team, Langley said his division is unable to monitor all sites, and relies largely on complaints.
Phil Mallon, Fayette County's director of public works, said his county has overseen two major subdivisions foreclosed by banks. But Mallon said his larger concern is those developments where construction stopped but the bank has not foreclosed. "Dealing with some of these sites is frustrating. You can't find the owner or the right person to talk to about complying with state law," Mallon said.
Bankers and regulators are facing this wave of new compliance issues for the first time in a housing downturn. "I've never seen anything like this in my career," said Steve Dempsey, a Forsyth County stormwater engineer who oversees erosion issues. Georgia's erosion control laws were last overhauled in 2000, when local and state agencies were brought under one standard of environmental controls.
Fines can cost as little as a few hundred dollars per day, or tens of thousands, when property owners are not compliant with state law. The fines stick to the property itself, rather than the owner. For banks taking back dozens of properties after builders have not maintained the sites for months, the fines can add up, and are passed along to the new owner. The cost to make a site compliant can be as little as a few thousand dollars for a single site, to hundreds of thousands for an entire subdivision.
With thousands of properties being seized by banks, the costs can quickly scale into the millions. Dempsey said Forsyth County is working with banks to minimize fines, but cannot eliminate them entirely.
One subdivision in Forsyth County is an example of the emerging problem.
The Greenleaf subdivision is located just outside Dawsonville on the eastern edge of the county. The property was bought for $1.97 million, according to a civil lawsuit filed by Gainesville Bank & Trust in 2006.
Since then, the land has been largely untouched, after some of the builders and developers of the site were convicted earlier this year of mortgage fraud.
The site now sits vacant, and no work is being done on the few built homes.
Bankers familiar with the project said the fines assessed by the county for erosion control exceed $4 million, roughly twice the value of the property.
Dempsey declined to comment on the subdivision, citing pending litigation.
© Atlanta Business Chron.
Lenders in California are experiencing similar issues.
Posted on: July 2, 2008 4:35:00 PM
Localities to Lenders: Maintain Your Foreclosures © Builder Magazine
Frustrated by the increasing number of foreclosed properties sitting vacant and untended, cities across the country are responding with ordinances that require the owners--the lenders that took back the houses--to maintain the properties or face heavy fines.
The California legislature is expected next week to pass a statewide law that would allow local governments to assess a fine of up to $1,000 a day on the owners of foreclosed properties who don't maintain them. The bill also has strict requirements for notifying mortgage holders that the foreclosure process has started, and gives tenants living in a foreclosed property additional time to move. Considered an urgency measure, the bill would take effect immediately after being signed by the governor.
The Rhode Island General Assembly also has sent its governor a bill to sign, the Rhode Island Foreclosed Property Upkeep Act. It requires any financial institution that purchases a foreclosed property to post a bond with the municipality for 25 percent of the property's assessed value, to be used to correct any code violations if the owner doesn't take care of it. If the full value of the bond is used in the upkeep of the property, the owner has 10 days to file another bond in the same amount or have the property forfeited to the municipality.
Cathedral City, located in what was once the white-hot real estate market of Riverside County, Calif., is one of the cities that has recently passed laws requiring owners of foreclosed properties to register the property with the city. Among other requirements, the ordinance requires owners to pay a $70 annual registration fee, secure the property, keep it free of debris, landscape the front and side yards to neighborhood standards, clean or drain the pool, and hire a local property manager to inspect it weekly.
The procedures for enforcing the ordinance, which was passed this spring, are still being worked out, says William Soqui, chief of the Cathedral City Fire Department, which oversees code enforcement for the city.
He's thrilled to have a mechanism to address the problems associated with the 2,000 foreclosed properties currently sitting vacant in this California desert community. The empty houses have been broken into by gang members and drug addicts, who vandalize them or use them as bases for criminal activities. Stagnant swimming pools have created breeding grounds for mosquitoes and drowning hazards.
"Keeping them crime-free and making sure they're secured and in a condition that they're not dragging down other property values is a daunting task," Soqui says.
The ordinance addresses the biggest problem his department has with foreclosed properties, which is simply keeping track of who owns it.
"We've had to hunt for the owners and that's been difficult," Soqui says. "The loans get sold from one company to another. This is for us to have someone we can contact on our local level to deal with issues going on at a specific property. We can't do anything about the foreclosure, unfortunately, but we can bring the property up to the standard of the community."
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I have a question pertaining to the Securitization of a Mortgage Note.
When a Note is converted into a Bond, the value of the Note is no longer exists and now is in the bond(s).
How can a Lender (Note Holder) or even the beneficiaries of the Trust Foreclose on the NOTE?
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Home Retail QVC.com: The Origin story
On June 13, 1986, Joseph Segel and investors including Ralph Roberts, the founder and chairman of Comcast, founded QVC. In exchange for carrying the channel, Roberts was able to negotiate deals in which cable companies received investment stakes in QVC. With a two-year exclusive agreement to sell Sears products through television shopping, Sears was one of the first brands that QVC would represent. The corporation later set a new record for a newly public company's first full-year fiscal sales of $112 million. On November 24, 1986, the channel made its debut, with hosts John Eastman, Bob Bowersox, Cindy Briggs-Moore, and Kathy Levine.
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QVC BUY-OUT – Irwin L. Jacobs founded the Cable Value Network, which QVC purchased in July 1989. The $380 million transaction caused a $17 million loss in the following fiscal quarter and difficulties in the two years that followed.
On March 16, 1991, QVC made its first bid to acquire the Burbank-based Shop Television Network, which aired blocks of time promoting JCPenney goods. This bid was rejected by the network's producers and the Los Angeles Superior Court. On May 21, 1991, it purchased the channel, its 4 million subscribers, a $2 million debt owed to the channel's producers, and the right to advertise JCPenney brands.
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How to Undo Bush's Human Rights Legacy
A leading global human rights lawyer lays out Obama's to-do list for restoring America's shattered reputation abroad.
Geoffrey Robertson
Updated Jul. 14, 2017 6:59PM ET / Published Nov. 16, 2008 2:19AM ET
A leading global human rights lawyer lays out Obama's to-do list for restoring America's shattered reputation abroad: close Guantanamo, end the death penalty, engage Darfur, and re-embrace the Geneva Conventions.
President-elect Obama is the living embodiment of what human rights can do—the product of Brown v Board of Education and the achievements of the civil rights movement in the 60s. His victory is greeted by a world where suddenly the American flag is waving not burning, in the expectation that he will somehow right the wrongs of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, of Bush administration defiance of the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions. There is no doubt that Team Obama is committed to global justice: how can they re-engage with the struggle to achieve it?
Firstly, by supporting the International Criminal Court. The treaty establishing it was signed by President Clinton before he left office; a petulant George W. Bush "unsigned" it, then approved the American Serviceman Protection Act (Jesse Helms' "bomb the Hague" bill) which empowered him to use force to free any American charged with war crimes. This puerile behaviour continued for several years, with the U.S. threatening to withdraw aid and military support from any country that joined the court. Despite this bullying, 108 states have by now ratified the court's statute, and the U.S. will have a new opportunity to negotiate terms for its own membership at the 10-year review conference, to be held in Uganda in 2010.
The Bush administration regarded international law as a set of rules that applied to other countries. Team Obama will want to engage with it.
The ICC is now up and running, with several Congo war lords on trial for recruitment of child soldiers and an indictment confirmed against Ahmed Harun, whom the prosecutor alleges is the architect of mass-murder in Darfur. The U.S. has a moral duty to help the court at this juncture, because Darfur was referred to it by the Security Council in 2004 after Colin Powell had accused the Bashir government of genocide. It will now need American muscle to pressure Sudan to surrender Harun, who has been elevated to minister for humanitarian affairs, from which post he now interferes with aid efforts. The outcome of Harun's trial would decide whether the prosecution's genocide charge against Bashir himself should proceed.
The Obama administration will have no difficulty in closing Guantanamo. There are only 255 prisoners left and those against whom there is any admissible evidence can be tried by jury in federal courts or by a regular court martial. The others can be sent back to their country of nationality, or else released under surveillance conditions (that British invention, "SIAC Bail," a form of house arrest which allows some freedom, might be used as a temporary measure). But how can the US atone for the use of torture on Donald Rumsfeld's watch? By ratifying the Torture Convention, for a start. And then by taking an initiative that would, for the first time, provide a meaningful safeguard for its prisoners of war, namely by waiving its right to confidentiality in Red Cross prison visitation reports.
The importance of such a step cannot be underestimated. Whenever Rumsfeld was asked about treatment of prisoners, he would claim that they could not possibly have been tortured because they were regularly visited by the Red Cross. The truth, of course, was that they were treated inhumanely, as the Red Cross in fact reported. But because of its insistence upon confidentiality, its reports were sent in utter secrecy to commanding officers, who, in the case in the case of Abu Ghraib, chose to ignore them—until one leaked to the Wall Street Journal.
The Red Cross defends its obsession with confidentiality on the basis that without it, states which hold prisoners of war would not allow it to visit them at all. America could take the lead by waiving confidentiality, whilst reassuring the Red Cross that its visitation rights will not be hindered. Publication of its reports would either confirm that U.S. treatment complied with the Geneva Conventions or else call for an explanation. If the U.S. took this step other countries holding prisoners might be shamed into following its lead.
Then there is the death penalty. The U.S., in the engaging company of Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is one of the big five executioners. Obama cannot change his countrymen's attachment to capital punishment: Bill Clinton had to sign the death warrant for an insane man, Ricky Roy Rector, to clear his path to the White House, and during this campaign Obama was forced to promise that he would not interfere with some states' plans to execute child rapists. What he can do, however, is use federal powers to stop the execution of foreign nationals who have been convicted in breach of international law, usually by denying them consular access when arrested, contrary to the Vienna Convention. There have been a number of such executions, condemned by the International Court of Justice and "regretted" by a Bush administration that did not lift a constitutional finger against them. There are more in the death row pipeline, and Professor Obama—for many years voted the best constitutional law lecturer at the University of Chicago—might find a way to stop states like Texas putting his country in breach of the law of nations.
Commander in Chief Obama will probably alter his predecessor's edicts to ensure fairer trials for terrorists suspects, although his oratorical powers may not be sufficient (and may not even be exercised) to persuade his people of the futility of making martyrs of any convicted of complicity in 9/11. There is the prospect of the execution of a few Guantanamo inmates—Khalid Sheik Mohammed in particular, if his post-waterboard confessions to masterminding 9/11 are used against him. It would be the ultimate absurdity to give such people what they want and pray for—a fast track to paradise and a martyr's following.
One bad idea that gained traction from Democrats and Republicans alike in the course of the election campaign was to replace the United Nations with an organization open only to democracies. There would be difficulties in defining fitness for membership and at least one third of the world would be rejected, including China, now America's biggest trading partner. There might, however, be some point in creating an alliance that could deal with two rights which the UN has proved utterly incapable of protecting, namely representative government and freedom of expression. The British Commonwealth has abjectly failed in these respects too (see Fiji, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Singapore, etc. etc.) An American-led alliance might succeed, at least in simple matters like forcing the army dictatorship in Fiji to hold elections (this could be achieved over night, if the U.S., Australia and New Zealand combined to threaten airline and football isolation).
The Bush administration regarded international law as a set of rules that applied to other countries. Team Obama will want to engage with it: Harold Koh, former Assistant Secretary for Democracy and Human Rights, is predicted to be its first Supreme Court appointment; David Sheffer, Clinton's War Crimes Ambassador, is tipped to be Obama's UN Ambassador; Susan Rice and Samantha Power, who will both be important players in the new administration, have in the past urged U.S. action to stop genocide. They are unlikely to leave this task to ragtag UN peacekeepers from poor countries, who go nervously and without proper equipment to places like Darfur and the Congo where there is no peace to keep.
The world this week has such great expectations of Barack Obama that he may well disappoint. Some problems, especially in Africa, are intractable and he has a recession topping his agenda. But it is unlikely that this heir of Franklin "Four Freedoms" Roosevelt and of John " Ich bin ein Berliner" Kennedy will abandon the dream of an international community based on the rule of law. It will be his contribution to the global struggle for justice that will decide whether his election goes down not only in American history, but in the history of the world.
Geoffrey Robertson QC is a member of the UN's Internal Justice Council and author of Crimes Against Humanity (The New Press).