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An extraordinary votive treasure was unearthed in the ancient Roman bath sanctuary of San Casciano Dei Bagni in Italy
In San Casciano Dei Bagni, a Tuscan hill town famous for its hot springs, 40 miles southeast of Siena, unique treasures were unearthed in the 6 excavation seasons of the Roman baths.
Hundreds of gold, silver, orichalcum, and bronze coins, a bronze putto, a marble relief of a bull's head, five bronze votive figurines, miniature lamps, a bronze foil belt, and other religious offerings were found during excavations this summer in San Casciano Dei Bagni, establishing the baths as a particularly rich religious sanctuary beyond their significance as a thermal resort.
The first civilization to construct facilities for thermal waters was the Etruscans, but the Romans, who were real aficionados of thermal baths, were in charge when the curative powers of these waters first attracted widespread attention, as shown by the abundance of archaeological artifacts in the region.
The hot springs at San Casciano Dei Bagni have been in continuous use since the Etruscans invaded the area. The thermal pools were used as an open-air bath adjacent to the remains of the Roman spa built here during the Augustus period.
Altars in water. Photo: Municipality of San Casciano dei Bagni
It was discovered during excavations carried out between July and October last year, in a muddy garden adjacent to the spring, 20 meters south of the pools. They unearthed a section of a multi-layer Roman sanctuary built in the Augustan era (between 27 BC and 14 AD) that contained three altars dedicated to Apollo, Isis, and Fortuna Primigenia respectively and a marble statue of Hygieia. Inscriptions honor Apollo as the god of healing. A wall of massive, well-cut blocks beneath the Augustan-period shrine shows that it was erected over a much older holy site, potentially going back to the Hellenistic era, and maybe even earlier Etruscan origin.
In the first century, a fire severely destroyed the sanctuary; it was afterward repaired and enlarged. Around the end of the second century, the altars were placed on the edge of the great bath. The sanctuary was rebuilt in the early fourth century, with a few tiny additions, but by the end of the century, the previous sanctuary had been destroyed. Votive gifts, including the figure of Hygieia, were placed on horizontal altars and columns. This was possibly connected to the area's Christianization.
The coins were minted during the reigns of Augustus, the Flavian emperors, Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius.
There are two discoveries that have made the last weeks of excavations at Bagno Grande extraordinary. On the one hand, the true size of the sanctuary with numerous holy structures, altars, and pools, on the other hand, the quality and rarity of the objects that appear.
First of all, among the finds, a womb made of bronze stands out (repeated homage to fertility), dated to the period between the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire: archaeologists call it a unicum.
And then other bronze offerings that reproduce body parts healed by the gods, such as ears, legs, and penises, and more than 3,000 coins minted specifically for the area. The coins were minted during the reigns of Augustus, the Flavian emperors, Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius.
Putto. Photo: Municipality of San Casciano dei Bagni
One of the pool's blocks has the bull engraved onto it. The putto, created by a master craftsman, wears the sacred bulla around his neck and has an antique inscription dedicating the offering engraved on his right leg.
The most surprising discovery of the dig season was discovered on the surface of the holy basin. It has "footprints" etched into the travertine. They included traces of lead and silver, so when they were fresh, they would have shimmered silver-white in the water. The footprints are different sizes — adults, teenagers, and children — and were carved to look like they were left by sandaled feet. There are also bull hooves and human ears with tootsies. This strange religious imagery is possibly associated with Isis and Serapis. It's also likely that the devout "walked in the footsteps" of the gods in the bathtub to ensure their health.
The sanctuary, which suffered a dramatic collapse in the third century and where the Romans built a new altar on the abyss, can also provide information about the periods after the Roman period.
Bull-carved. Photo: Municipality of San Casciano dei Bagni
Since the middle of the 16th century, Roman inscriptions honoring the hot springs of Bagno Grande have been documented. In reality, using old marble that was probably mined from this location, the Medici of Florence constructed their baths in the nearby valley (in the 15 th and 16 th centuries).
The uniqueness of the discovery, also highlighted by the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini, prompted Massimo Osanna, director general of the museums, to announce that funds will soon be allocated to set up a special museum, San Casciano, inside a building in the historic center.
Research work was carried out by the Municipality of San Casciano Dei Bagni and the Archeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape Inspectorate of Siena, Grosseto, and Arezzo.
Comune di San Casciano dei Bagni
By Leman Altuntaş 7 August 2022
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Commonwealth Court Bars Disclosure Based on Exemption for Non-Criminal Investigation
By Francis Pileggi on December 3, 2019
Posted in Court Decisions
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently reversed an OOR decision based on a finding that the statutory exception under RTKL Section 708(b)(17)(i) applies to exempt from disclosure a non-criminal investigation, including the complaint submitted to the agency. In Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board v. Perretta, 2019 WL 6114465 (Pa. Cmwlth Ct., Nov. 18, 2019), the court, in an opinion by Judge Fizzano Cannon, held that an employee of the Pennsylvania Control Board (PLCB) was not entitled to a copy of the complaint allegedly filed by a particular individual, whom the Requester identified by name.
Issues Addressed:
On appeal, in which review is de novo, with a plenary scope of review, the court was called upon to determine whether the non-criminal investigation exemption applied.
OOR Ruling Reversed:
The OOR issued a final determination granting the Requester's appeal from the denial of the PLCB to provide a copy of the complaint sought by the Requester. The position of the PLCB was that complaints submitted to an agency are exempt from access pursuant to the non-criminal investigation exemption in the RTKL. The OOR relied on two court decisions that were distinguished in the opinion.
Important RTKL Principles Articulated by the Court:
Although not new, this decision provides an important overview of the RTKL and a reminder that the objective of the RTKL is "designed to promote access to official government information in order to prohibit secrets, scrutinize the actions of public officials and make public officials accountable for their actions." Id. at *4.
This opinion also provides a refresher on basic RTKL principles such as:
(1) A record in the possession of a Commonwealth Agency shall be presumed to be a public record under RTKL Section 305(a).
(2) The presumption shall not apply if the requested record is exempt under the RTKL, is exempt from disclosure under any other federal or state law, or is protected by a privilege.
(3) The agency bears the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the record is exempt from disclosure under an enumerated exemption.
(4) RTKL Section 708(b)(17)(i) exempts from disclosure records of an agency relating to a non-criminal investigation, including complaints. This exemption is designed to encourage cooperation with investigations by persons who are requested to provide information.
Court's Reasoning:
The court relied on affidavits provided by the PLCB that any complaints made to the agency are investigated. Based on those affidavits, the court explained that the requested records fall squarely within the exemption described in RTKL Section 708(b)(17)(i).
The court also explained that the burden of proof was satisfied by the submission of affidavits by the agency, because they established that it was "more likely than not" that a non-criminal investigation was conducted.
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One is primarily a psychology of exclusion, the other inclusion. But both start with deep similarities: anger, fear, frustration, resentment, and an enduring faith in democratic ideals (why else participate?).
From the start the Tea Party was about safety through exclusion, protecting oneself from outside influences—including a President seen as an un-American "other," perhaps for racial reasons, perhaps other reasons as well. What the Tea Party rejected was anything perceived by them as coming from outside the center of America. It's not us, it's never us; it's them.
The start of OWS is radically different. Everyone is included, everyone gets to have a say. Rather than policy they have process. The "we" of OWS is worldwide, a globalized, networked "we" full of good and bad existing simultaneously and everywhere. The messier the better; better to let in those you don't want then miss out on including those you do.
For Tea Party members, the world will always remain full of persecutory others (Obama's the devil!!) while OWS holds out the promise of community, no, of communities of difference.
Of course, moving from the psychology of protest to specific policy recommendations is the responsibility not of the protestors whose message needs to be heard but of political leaders. And I want to note that there's something profoundly anti-capitalist about the critics of OWS. It's a movement about which capitalists, real capitalists who work hard and smart, have nothing to fear. Oligarchs, on the other hand, should be afraid, very afraid.
More than anything else, OWS is helping facilitate a shift in psychological values from more—and then more more—to enough, from the destructive envy of raging at someone who has more to the genuine satisfaction of appreciating what one has.


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Important Fantasy Premier League assets Harry Kane, Alexis Sánchez and Christian Eriksen all scored in World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday night and came out of their games without injuries.
The same cannot be said for Bournemouth striker Josh King who scored twice in Norway's win over San Marino but is a doubt for his nation's final qualifier against Northern Ireland.
They headline the top FPL news after the first round of fixtures during the second international break of the season.
Those of you brave enough to attempt the 'stay awake during an England game' challenge were treated to a truly awful clash - but at least you saw something relevant to FPL in the end.
Harry Kane grabbed his third Wembley goal of the season in the fourth minute of stoppage time to secure England's qualification to next year's World Cup.
Those of you still unsure whether or not Kane can deliver at home for Spurs this season now have further evidence that he is certainly capable of it.
His goal for England last night was his third at Wembley this season after bagging a brace there against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last month.
He may not have found the net at HQ in the league so far but it's not been for lack of trying. Kane has had 22 shots on goal at Wembley in three Premier League games and has hit the woodwork three times.
Last night's last-gasp winner, which truly came out of nowhere, proves to me that Kane will soon be smashing goals in both home and away on FPL.
Also pertinent was who provided the assist for Kane's goal. It was Manchester City wing-back Kyle Walker's pearler of a cross which set-up the winner.
Further proof then of Walker's attacking threat on FPL. It was the first time in the game that he had bombed forward with England boss Gareth Southgate opting for a traditional back four for most of the 90 minutes.
Alexis Sánchez (£11.9m) continues to keep himself on the Fantasy Premier League radar as he scored again for Chile in their 2-1 win over Ecuador.
It was a goal his country sorely needed as they scramble to secure late qualification for the World Cup.
With more favourable fixtures on the horizon for Arsenal and two assists in his last two games, Sánchez could be very close to returning to his FPL best.
Injuries to pricey assets like Sergio Aguero (£11.5m), Alvaro Morata (£10.3m) and Romelu Lukaku (£11.8m) mean that a lot of money is opening up in FPL managers' budgets.
If Sánchez can get his first league goal of the season at Watford shortly after his first international one.
Do remember that he should still be considered a doubt to start at Vicarage Road in GW8 as he will almost certainly be involved for Chile when they play Brazil on Tuesday night.
In all likelihood, La Roja will need a win to keep their World Cup qualification hopes in their own hands so he'll be putting himself about!
Christian Eriksen (£9.7m) scored again for Denmark last night as they left Montenegro as 1-0 winners.
It was the Tottenham man's second international goal of 2017/18 much to the chagrin of FPL managers who watched him blank his way through Spurs' recent 4-0 win at Huddersfield.
His most recent strike for his country re-underlines his goal-scoring ability, though, and with some FPL bosses still on the look-out for ways of covering Harry Kane and Spurs in midfield, Eriksen is still your best bet.
A home game against Bournemouth is up next so his points potential for GW8 is still high.
Bournemouth forward Josh King (£7.2m) has had something of a slow start to the season and may even miss the Cherries' next game.
His confidence will have been done a world of good after he scored twice in Norway's 8-0 win over San Marino.
Although there is only so much you can read into goals scored against a team like that.
And the former Blackburn Rovers man was withdrawn from the game with a thigh problem.
According to injury expert Ben Dinnery King's "niggling thigh problem has been bothering him for a few weeks".
He is now a doubt to face Northern Ireland on Sunday night as well as Bournemouth's trip to Wembley to face Spurs in GW8.
There were no injury concerns for Brazilian FPL stars Ederson (£5.5m), Philippe Coutinho (£8.9m), Willian (£7.0m), Jesus (£10.5m) and Roberto Firmino (£8.5m) after their trip to Bolivia but the high-altitude certainly left its mark.
Bolivia's Estadio Hernando Siles is one of the highest stadiums in the whole world at 3,627 metres above sea level. In fact, it was once banned by FIFA for its high-altitude conditions.
It may take a few days for the Brazilian stars to recover from exerting themselves in high-altitude and they still have to face Chile on Tuesday.
But given that Brazil have already qualified for the World Cup it is unlikely that they will be too concerned with either their performance or the result next week.
That bodes well for the FPL owners of the above players who may find themselves rested.
In the 0-0 draw at Bolivia, Jesus and Coutinho all started while Willian came on as a second half substitute for the latter. Fernandinho came on late for Paulinho.
Roberto Firmino, without a goal since GW3, and Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson were both unused substitutes.
Huddersfield Town's Aaron Mooy (£5.7m) saw plenty of action for Australia as they were held 1-1 by World Cup qualifying minnows Syria.
The central midfielder was not involved in the Socceroos' goal but played the whole game.
He is expected to do so again in the return leg in Sydney on Tuesday October 10th.
As long as he doesn't pick up an injury in that game, his FPL owners probably don't have too much to worry about.
Mooy may struggle with jet-lag upon returning to the UK but will have probably have enough time to get over it with Huddersfield next in action at 3pm on Saturday 14th.


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Volkswagen Beetle has officially ceased production
2019-07-11 03:21:13 category:Finance
Since the announcement of its intention to discontinue production of the Beetle in 2018, Volkswagen has launched the final version of the Beetle, offering two options, open roof and metal roof, for $27,295 (about 188,000 yuan) and $2,3045 (158,700 yuan yuan).
Car designer and founder of Porsche, Ferdinand Bolsher, designed the prototype of the Beetle in the early 1930s. After World War II, the car went into mass production, named for its beetle-like appearance. Only in 1968 did the word beetle appear on the Volkswagen list. During the prevailing period of hippie culture in the 1960s and 1970s, Beetle cars became popular in European and American markets and became cultural symbols. According to data cited by CNN, Volkswagen has produced 21 million Beetles. Its impossible to imagine a Volkswagen without the Beetle, Scott Gio, chief executive of Volkswagen, said in a statement. However, since the peak of the Beetle era, the trend in the automotive market has changed dramatically, Gio said. Consumers are now more interested in SUVs or other cars with larger interior space than small cars such as the Beetle, making the car business more difficult. Source: Wang Xiaowu_NF, Responsible Editor of Peng Mei News
Car designer and founder of Porsche, Ferdinand Bolsher, designed the prototype of the Beetle in the early 1930s. After World War II, the car went into mass production, named for its beetle-like appearance. Only in 1968 did the word beetle appear on the Volkswagen list.
During the prevailing period of hippie culture in the 1960s and 1970s, Beetle cars became popular in European and American markets and became cultural symbols. According to data cited by CNN, Volkswagen has produced 21 million Beetles.


Jazva is an all-in-one online inventory management solution that lets you experience multi-channel eCommerce automation at its finest. Algopix and Jazva both support the Amazon and eBay marketplaces with product insights, supply chain management tools, and shipping information to get the most out of your sales.
Jazva was founded in 2012 with the goal to provide mid-sized B2B and B2C retailers with the necessary tools to compete with global players and grow their businesses. Many online sellers nowadays rely on multiple software solutions to carry out their business tasks and track their inventory, which leaves room for error because they have to manually exchange information between the systems and update numbers and processes. This can be confusing, especially when you sell on different marketplaces and use diverse warehouses or fulfillment methods. Jazva integrates all important business processes in one multi-channel eCommerce software.
Unless you are a dropshipper, your inventory in storage is key to your success. Thus keeping track of stock level, (re-)ordering inventory, managing its storage, and knowing what products are on sale is crucial to your success. Flaws in your supply chain management can cause you a lot of issues. One, it can make storage inefficient, because with a stock that is not optimized to your sales velocity it will take you longer to clear it and you will pay to a lot of money in storage fees. Second, if you sell on different markets and use different warehouses, you need to adjust your inventory according to the respective region's demand. Insufficient information and evaluation of your stock levels will leave you with overstock in some markets and understock in others. Ultimately you will have issues fulfilling the orders, have more work reordering inventory, and might lose customers.
Algopix offers in-depth Amazon and eBay product market research for 15 different marketplaces. You are able to get insights for a product's demand level and last month's sales volume broken down for each marketplace which will help you decide how much inventory is needed and where and at what price to offer your products.
Jazva then takes care of making your decisions become reality. Not only does it allow you to easily list new products on your desired marketplaces or stores, but simplifies, synchronizes, and automates warehouse operations allowing for real-time inventory tracking, order processing, and shipping. This makes Jazva and Algopix a great combination for avoiding overstock and understock because it takes the guesswork out of sourcing new products and provides you with actual real-time data to adjust warehouse operations on the run.
Selling on multiple marketplaces and markets at the same time comes with many tasks that are mostly the same, yet selling must be done for each market individually. Some examples include writing product descriptions and listing them and pricing products. This can add up quickly and leave little time for other business tasks that need attention.
Jazva's feature-rich multi-channel solution provides a central platform from which you can manage all of your sales channels. From Jazva for Amazon and eBay to Jazva for Shopify and Jazva for Magento, it supports integrations for six marketplaces and five web stores. Additionally, it is partners with five shipping providers and EDI (electronic data interchange) providers respectively as well as one Accounting solution. With its multi-channel listing software, you can make bulk listings, manage all of your products, and it will automatically reprice your products. An integration with your warehouse and fulfillment method (FBA, MCF, SFP) allow you to obtain a synchronized overview of your stock, order new inventory, track order fulfillment, and process returns and refunds faster. To top it all off, Jazva will make suggestions for your warehouse management, and forecast inventory needs.
With a smart multi-channel eCommerce solution that will take care of your business processes, all you need is an equally useful market research platform to support your business decision making. This is where Algopix comes into play. You can use Jazva for eBay and Amazon, amongst others, which covers the same marketplaces that Algopix supports. Algopix's insights into a market's demand and supply for a given product allow you to identify products that will actually sell. A breakdown of all the expenses on a given marketplace combined with the expected profit will then tell you what marketplace is the most promising one. With an in-depth understanding of 15 different marketplaces, you will be able to make educated business decisions in no time.


The inspection sticker is clearly shown. That said, it seems reasonable to assume there is some correlation with these numbers and year of manufacture on some guitars, but doesn't seem to always apply. Disassembled Squire Mini by Cort. Yamano Gakki was known for once being part of Epiphone Japan.
In a couple of instances I have noticed guitars with an orange sticker with a number, that does not conform to the standard number structure. This picture was taken after I installed the new tuners.
What year was my Squier made?
Squier Mini Strat made by Cort. By the mids, the Squier name was retired as the strings had taken the Fender name. My theory is that there is a second Samick location that produces these guitars, and to distinguish there is a different source, the letters were switched around.
There would be too many disadvantages and doesn't make any sense. Looking at the back of the peghead it looks right. This guitar is a real oddball. Note also the original tuning machines. To this day, their violins are noted for their exceptional varnishes, and they command high prices as fine examples of early U.
Note the inspection sticker. Font and size is right and the verbiage both front and back match that on the previous guitar. In the late s and early s Fender was facing competition from lower priced Japanese made guitars.
When I bought the neck it had the original tuners. The higher priced Fender guitars were made in the United States and could not compete with the lower prices of Japanese made Fender copies. Fender Electric Instruments entered the picture in the s, when the V. Kanda Shokai owned the Greco brand name and one of the conditions of the Fender Japan agreement was that Kanda Shokai cease production of its own Greco Fender copies. Why would a company use a different serial number because it is sold in a bundle?
The serial number looks right at first. Tokai was seriously considered to start building the first Japanese made Fenders, but after a breakdown in negotiations, FujiGen Gakki was chosen instead. There is no other difference. This guitar has the original tuning machines as well.
Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai to establish Fender Japan. Back of peghead made by Cort. Notice the wood grain - this is not maple.
The two letters leading denotes what plant the instrument was made in. Further negotiations between Fender and Japanese guitar factories took place.
As his business grew, kormoranid online dating Squier moved the company to Lake Ave. Squier Company began supplying Southern California inventor and businessman Leo Fender with strings for his unusual new electric guitars. Squier ranks among the best-known U.
Yet to be confirmed though. The first immediate difference is in the wood used for the neck.


Poloron made coolers such as this one in New Rochelle, NY. Show up in Style at your next tailgate or outdoor party.
Pewter Duck head wine stopper.
DIM 2" x 2" on head itself stopper 1" x .75"
Poloron Cooler C-1950's Made in New Rochelle, NY. Thermaster with aluminum interior shelf to keep picnic items dry. Bottle opener under one handle and a drain on opposite side. Usable for that 1950's tailgate gathering. Shows some dents and use but NO rust or holes. Still keeps your tailgate cold.
This trio of Aladdin thermos from C- 50s - 70s are in excellent condition. Perfect for a Fall tailgate at the game or Winter warm up on the slopes or trail.
Made in Nashville, TN by Aladdin Co. Two are metal with glass liners and one is plastic with a glass liner. All are clean and rust and crack free. Excellent condition.
Dimensions From L to R : 12'H x 4" Dia., 10.5" H x 4" Dia., 12" H x 4" Dia.
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BUBBY & THEM
Hazel Katz, Je'Jae Daniel
Country, Year, Length
United States, 2017, 20min
Short Narrative
Festival Year
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Crew: Producers: Hazel Katz – Screenwriters: Je'Jae Daniels
When Je'Jae is kicked out of their home, attacked on the street, and ostracized by religious leaders, adoptive grandmother Bubby Razi provides a space of refuge and resilience.
Hazel Katz's short videos focus on trans experience, employ found footage archives, and use essayistic storytelling. Her 2017 short film, Bubby & Them is a docufictional short about the relationship between two liminal members of the Orthodox Jewish community: Je'Jae Daniels, a trans college student, and Razi, their adoptive grandmother. In 2018, she finished Florida Water, her first feature length documentary, a verité film about the challenges of aging in a rural working class retirement community in central Florida. Hazel's art practice includes her youth media work. She is lead media educator at Global Action Project, a grassroots organization that cultivates and trains youth from low-income, new immigrant, and LGBTQ communities to tell innovative stories that promote and amplify movements for social justice. She has produced videos in collaboration with community groups including Equality for Flatbush, BYP100, and Picture the Homeless. Her films have been shown on public TV and festivals internationally, and her short film Acting Erratically recently won top experimental film at Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. Hazel recently completed a yearlong collaborative residency at UnionDocs and is currently pursuing an MFA at Hunter College.
Filmmaker's Note
I met Je'Jae in a mentorship program for young filmmakers. We were paired together and I supported Je'Jae in producing Mx. Enigma, a personal essay video about their intersectional experience of queer trans arab orthodox Judaism. The project was a success, winning an award at the BRIC youth media film festival in New York. It was both a joyous and challenging experience for both of us and we decided to work on a more robust project together, borne out of themes explored in Mx. Enigma and Je'Jae's idea for a web series about living with their adoptive grandmother, Bubby Razi. With Bubby and Them, Je'Jae and I wanted to push our eclectic formal style further and provide just enough of a narrative structure for the audience to feel Je'Jae's trauma of growing up trans in an orthodox Jewish world. We started from the following question: how do we communicate the trauma of systemic transphobia and religious intolerance without continuing to populate the image economy with scenes of trans suffering? We sought to communicate that Je'Jae's inner power is already a happy ending and that there's no amount of overcoming or coming out that they need to do in order to prove their humanity. Narratively we drew inspiration from the telenovela, romantic comedy, and erotic thriller— pop genres dominated by straight hetero stories of love and loss—in order to foster an uncanniness growing out of a familiar mold. I was also influenced by queer science fiction narratives whose characters' inner struggles are externalized through magical transcendence, often through humor, sarcasm, and irony. Magical images, like the green-screen scenes in Bubby and Them give straight audiences a visual metaphor for trans and POC resilience while keeping the public at a distance from stories that aren't theirs. We were able to accomplish these narrative goals through formal experimentation: usage of video art (a historically queer style), non-linearity, and traditional verite nonfiction scenes. There are too many movies about trans experience that recapitulate caricatures of trans femmes as pathetic sexual deviants who are criminally insane and have endogenous schizoid personalities that swing back and forth erratically from binary poles of masculine and feminine. Trans femme characters are routinely killed, institutionalized, or "cured" as the resolution of the movie. In Bubby and Them, we felt strongly about creating a story that speaks back to this type of representation without assenting to visibility as a solution-in-itself. Jewish texts that have historically spoken truth to power inspired us to move beyond a frame of realist documentary to a drama of superhuman righteousness.


Two years is an important time frame when it comes to buying your first home. According to Genworth Canada's 2018 Financial Fitness & Homeownership Study, nearly one-fifth of aspiring first-time homebuyers expect to buy their home within the next two years. This preparation period provides a healthy amount of time to get your finances in order. Strengthening your financial position should be a priority given the mortgage stress test criteria to qualify and rising interest rates. Set yourself up for homeownership success with the following tips.
Affordability is the cornerstone of responsible homeownership. Buying a home you can comfortably afford will ensure satisfaction and security. Mortgage changes introduced by the federal government over the past two years have helped to reduce the likelihood of buyers taking on more debt than they can reasonably afford. Want an estimate of how much home you can afford? Visit Homeownership.ca and use the What Can I Afford Calculator to find out what mortgage amount a bank or other conventional lender would likely qualify you for.
Once you have an estimate of how much of a mortgage you'd be working with, use Homeownership.ca's Mortgage Payment Calculator to determine your regular mortgage payments. Build a monthly budget around this amount, plus your other expenses. Live on this new-homeowner budget as early as possible so you get into the habit of spending within your means. Put any savings into your down payment savings account.
Save aggressively so you can build that nest egg; in other words, it would be smart to save for your down payment, closing and moving costs in advance. Think about new ways to save more money every day. For example, even if you prefer to buy your latte at your local coffee shop, switching to the free coffee at your office will allow you to save an average of $3 daily, which you can put into your savings account. In two years' time, that $1,400-plus will make a nice addition to your down payment.
Order your credit report from Equifax or TransUnion and check it thoroughly, contacting the credit reporting agencies if there are any errors. Between now and two years from now, work on improving your credit as much as you can.
Always make payments on time.
Job changes, car financing and applying for more credit can all affect your credit report or mortgage application, or both. Limit any major lifestyle changes or purchases to the start of your two-year homeownership countdown. As you move toward the mortgage pre-approval stage and house-hunting stages, avoid lifestyle or financial changes that could have a negative impact on your credit score or raise questions about your employment history.
Use your free time to explore neighbourhoods and research the local real estate market. Go for a long walk and visit some open houses. These obligation free walk-throughs can help you refine your new-home wish list, clarifying priorities versus nice-to-have features. Even if you don't have children right now, consider park and school proximity because your family situation may change one day in the future.
Thomas Bruner was a well-informed and financially savvy shopper. Thank goodness. Because his bank made errors in his mortgage documents. Big errors.
It was late 2015 and Bruner and his wife, Leslie, were in the process of selling their North York town-home to move into a larger upper beaches family home in the east end of Toronto. (We've changed names to protect privacy.) As a number-cruncher, Bruner knew how important it was to shop around for the best mortgage rate and was delighted to secure a five-year fixed rate of 2.49% with his current bank. To get that rate, he'd shopped around and negotiated hard with the bank representative at his local branch. But when the purchase of the home was closer to being finalized, Bruner was transferred to a bank mortgage specialist. That's when the problems started.
A meticulous man, Bruner read every word of the 30-page mortgage document—some of it in small, fine print, and other sections bogged down with legal jargon. An hour later, Bruner emerged stunned. His bank had made a mistake. A big mistake. A mistake that added $100s to his monthly payments and tens of thousands in interest over the life of the mortgage.
Bruner isn't the only one to notice problems. According to the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI), errors made by the banks rank No. 4 in the top 10 reasons for customer complaints. However, when asked for specific statistics on the precise number of complaints lodged, and how many of these complaints directly relate to errors in mortgage documents, an OBSI spokesperson replied that they don't release this information. Instead, the OBSI offers very pretty spiderweb and sunburst visual representations of customer complaints.
Still, how many of us signed a document only to realize, after the fact, that there was an extra charge? Or found an error that's in the lender's favour? While reading every page of every legal document we sign is the smart, prudent thing to do, truth be told very few of us understand all of what's written in an insurance contract, mortgage document or even a purchase and sale agreement.
To help, here's a snapshot of typical mortgage documents and a few tips on what to watch out for—keep in mind every lender have their own versions of this document, so this is meant to be illustrative only.
To help you process the information, consider the following.
The pink arrow points to the mortgage interest rate that you will be charged during the duration of the loan term. Check this. Even a 10 basis point change in the rate can add up over the long haul.
The green arrow points to the length of your amortization, expressed by the number of months. Check this. Some of the biggest mortgage document errors are in how long a loan is amortized for; while a cheaper monthly rate can seem appealing, this sort of error can tack on tens of thousands of extra interest costs over time. Above this amortization rate, is your term length—how long you're committed to pay this lender, based on the rates and terms you've both agreed upon. The line should also state whether you've agreed to a fixed, variable or open mortgage. . The type of mortgage you agree to can have serious implications on the penalties you're charged should you opt to make an extra payment, or break your mortgage agreement. For simplicity sake, a one year mortgage is expressed as 12 months, while a five-year mortgage term is expressed as 60 months and a 25 years amortization is expressed as 300 months.
The three numbers in the red box reflect the monthly mortgage rate you will pay (a mixture of principal plus interest), the monthly property tax you will pay to your bank (who will then make a payment on your behalf) and the total amount you will pay based on the addition of these two amounts. If you want to double-check your lender's math, try Dr. Karl's Mortgage calculator.
The orange arrow is how frequently you will make payments to your lender. Check this. Not only does payment frequency help reduce the overall interest you end up paying, but to make changes after you've signed your document can cost you an out-of-pocket fee.
The yellow arrow is the day you first get your money and the day the interest clock starts ticking. Pay attention to this. Some lenders will charge you a larger amount for the first payment of your mortgage to cover the interest that has accrued from the Advance Date to the day you make a payment against the outstanding loan. Some lenders don't increase the first payment, but allocate a larger portion of this payment to pay off the outstanding interest. Either way, you want to be clear about what's being charged, and when.
Under the property taxes clause you will notice that the monthly sum added to your mortgage payment is an "estimate" based on the lender's assessment of your annual property taxes. If you don't want to pay your property tax monthly or you want to amend how much you pay you'll need to negotiate this with your lender.
In recent years, we've heard a lot about mortgage penalty fees. You pay these penalties to your lender whenever you break the negotiated terms of your loan contract. If you have an open mortgage, there should be no penalties for pre-payments or to pay-off the entire loan before the end of the negotiated term. If you have a variable-rate mortgage, you will be charged a penalty that's equivalent to three months of mortgage payments, plus administrative fees. If you have a fixed-rate mortgage, you will be charged a fee that's calculated using the Interest Rate Differential calculation. This calculation is different for every lender, but it can add up, quickly.
Many homebuyers are shocked to learn that they can void their home insurance policy if they undertake home modifications or renovations without first notifying the insurance company and, typically, paying an additional premium. But did you know you can also void your mortgage loan contract—and prompt a lender to recall and cancel the loan—if you obtain a mortgage and don't disclose intended construction, alterations or renovations to the home? Read your mortgage contract carefully to see exactly what must be disclosed.
When reading your mortgage contract the lender will typically list the type of documents you are required to submit in order to verify the information you have provided. This will include pay-stubs, Notice of Assessments for your income tax, as well as additional loan or income verification. But don't be surprised if your lender follows up with requests for additional documentation. Typically, they cover this off with a broad statement that notifies you that any information they request must be provided. A sample of this type of statement is above, in the red square highlight.
Do you have a plan to pay off your mortgage quickly? Part of that plan may include how often you pay your mortgage—the more frequent the payments, the more you pay and that means paying off the principal faster, which reduces the overall interest you pay for the loan. Every mortgage document will have an area where you can choose the frequency of payments. Be sure to check off your selection, as making change after the document is signed will cost you, as you can see below (in the red circle).
Administrative fees to open and close a mortgage loan can add up. Ask for an amortization schedule—to verify how much of each payment is going towards the principal and how much is interest—and you'll need to pay your lender. Want a mortgage statement? Fork out more money. Need to renew, you may be slapped with an additional fee. But the one that can be annoying, even if it is relatively minor, is the "Payment Change Fee" (highlighted in red). If there's an error in your payment frequency in mortgage document you signed and you phone to make a correction, this lender will slap you with a $50 fee. Not your error, but it is your penalty. To avoid paying unnecessary fees, make sure to check your mortgage documents for inaccuracies.
Did you buy a home but forget to shop for a home insurance policy? If your mortgage advance date arrives and you still haven't been able to submit valid home insurance to your lender, expect a fee. For example, this lender charges $200 per month until you can provide evidence of a valid insurance policy for the home.
Did your lender ask for an appraisal on the home you want to buy? Don't be surprised if you have to pay for that report (see highlights above). Plus, some lenders who require title insurance will deduct it from the total amount loaned to you; it's only a few hundred dollars, but it can leave you scratching your head as to why you didn't get your full mortgage-loan amount.
Have questions or concerns about your mortgage documents? In your contract you should see a clause that clearly states how to get in touch with your lender or how to lodge a complaint. If this doesn't work, and you've worked with a mortgage broker, contact the broker directly. They should work on your behalf to sort out any discrepancies with the lender. Finally, if your independent broker isn't helpful or if you went through a bank to get a loan and you're not getting anywhere, consider contacting the bank's ombudsman. This is an independent role within a financial institution that's tasked with addressing consumer complaints. If this fails, consider lodging a complaint with OBSI. But be warned: It can take up to nine months just to get an answer on a complaint, sometimes longer.
Finally, almost all lenders now provide a synopsis of all fees and terms in that back of your loan document. This doesn't mean you should skip over the body of the document, but this summary is a great spot to start verifying if key terms, such as the mortgage rate and the length of amortization, is accurate. If not, mark it, and go back to your lender. Don't be afraid to fight for what you agreed to. Bruner wasn't.
Despite the reluctance by his bank's mortgage specialist, Bruner eventually got the rate he was initially promised. One key component to his negotiations were the emails he'd kept. The correspondence was evidence of what Bruner was promised and made it hard for the bank to rescind the initial offer.


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Nick Abadzis | 192 pages | 217 x 216mm softcover with flaps | B&W | ISBN978-1-906653-26-2 | £14.99
with introduction by Garth Ennis
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The long-awaited collection of Nick Abadzis' first magnum opus, from the pages of Deadline magazine.
Eighteen years after Hugo Tate drew to a close within the pages of Deadline, the comic's entire six-year run is finally being collected in a single volume by Blank Slate.
Beginning life in 1988 as an acerbic humour strip featuring an eponymous stick man protagonist living in a figuratively-drawn world, Hugo Tate evolved into an intelligent look into the lives of a complex web of characters stretching from London to New York and beyond.
Described by The comics Journal as "Britain's Love and Rockets", this collection includes the critically-acclaimed final story arc O, America!, in which Hugo finds himself on a drug-fueled road trip across the nightmarish underbelly of the United States. Featuring a gallery of rare extras, all-new commentary from Abadzis and Deadline editor Frank Wynne, as well as a special introduction by Garth Ennis, there's never been a better time to read – or revisit – this genuine modern classic.
Praise for Hugo Tate:
"Britain's Love and Rockets" – The Comics Journal
"Abadzis' mastery of the language of comics is so complete that you wonder whether he dreams in sequential panels" – The Sunday Times
"Hugo Tate remains one of the finest stories I've ever read, in comics or any other medium" – Garth Ennis, from the introduction
"An ambitious, sprawling work with the sensibility of a modern novel" – Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter
"Hugo is a Generation X icon" – ID Magazine
"Wry observation and perceptive characterisation… A small masterpiece" – TimeOut
"An underappreciated work of genius deserving of a wider audience"
– Graeme McMillan, Newsarama
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It's the active calling of people to respond to the message of grace and commit oneself to God in Jesus Christ. While many think of evangelism as a New Testament phenomena, profound concern for all people is also obvious in the Old Testament (1 Kings 8:41-45; Ps. 22:27-28; Isa. 2:2-4). God's care for the first couple after their disobedience, God's plan to "bless" all people, and God's continuing attempts through the prophets to forge humankind into a usable nation, all speak of God's concern.
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Why 'Tintin' and 'Rango' Stand Out Among This Year's Animated Awards Contenders (Opinion)
THR chief film critic Todd McCarthy dissects 2011's good, bad, and downright excruciating toons.
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Mirroring the situation among live-action features, there is no obvious front-runner in the world of animation this year, no roadrunner that has left its would-be competition in the dust. Another way of putting it is that, for the first time in a while, Pixar hasn't delivered one of its timeless classics that leaves virtually no room for argument.
Among the dozen significant animated releases of 2011 were four sequels, including Pixar's Cars 2, which was not as bad as some naysayers insist but lacks the heart associated with the company's best films and was sabotaged by too much hayseed humor. Falling alarmingly short of its predecessor is Happy Feet Two, which simply doesn't offer enough fresh ideas and narrative oomph, and even more excruciating was Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, a lamentably cheap-looking undertaking so out of synch with current sensibilities that it seems to belong more to the pre-animation renaissance days of the 1980s.
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The one good sequel by some distance, then, was Kung Fu Panda 2, which takes the trouble to improve upon the original, even if only slightly, in every department, notably with a less generic story and more sophisticated visuals.
As for the rest, Gnomeo & Juliet and Mars Needs Moms merit little discussion, while Rio is a fizzy tropical party one forgets the next day. Disney's new rendition of Winnie the Pooh garnered significant praise in some quarters for the delicacy of its animation, but I found it very hard to make it even through the barely one-hour running time, so precisely aimed is it to a pre-literate public.
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In a more irreverent vein, Arthur Christmas cleverly provides high-tech answers to the age-old question of how Santa distributes so many presents around the world. This is not Aardman Animation at its very best, as the climax becomes too protracted, but it's welcome for its non-Hollywood flavor. Similarly good but not great is Puss in Boots, DreamWorks' Shrek spinoff that boasts lively characters and ripping good action in a format that feels more familiar than fresh.
Which leaves two films at the top of the animation heap for 2011. After suffering through Robert Zemeckis' repeated attempts to jam a new bastard technology down our collective throats, I never wanted to see another motion-capture film in my life. But from the opening credits of Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin, I was entirely disarmed and remained so for the entire film. More than he ever did in the three Indiana Jones sequels, Spielberg has almost entirely recaptured the spirit of genuine adventure and retro insouciance that distinguished Raiders of the Lost Ark. Even though the characters retain a facial blandness and inexpressiveness compared to either live action or expert cartooning, they still come through with real personality, beginning with Tintin himself. The staging and choreography of the action sequences go beyond anything that could be done in live action, and it's exhilarating to discover that Spielberg is still as up for conceiving such exciting roller-coaster rides now as he was 30 years ago.
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The great virtues of Tintin notwithstanding, the best and most entertaining animated film for me this year was Rango. A rambunctious, free-spirited mashup of countless cinematic references, this shows director Gore Verbinski making his escape from years in the Caribbean with the feel of a man liberated, putting a wonderful voice cast at the service of a cleverly madcap John Logan script that pushes into unexpected realms verbally and visually.
Most immediately apparent is the film's pictorial richness, no doubt raised several notches by visual consultant Roger Deakins; the hyper-realism of the film's style bracingly tips over into surrealism at times but more often plays the trick of making you suspect the picture was actually shot with a camera rather than animated, so attentive is it to such cinematic niceties as framing, use of color, light and shadow and minute detail; visually, despite its confinement to 2D, the film is as stimulating and inventive as anything in 3D.
Rango absolutely has the feel of a film buff's lark, not unlike what Quentin Tarantino does, and was criticized by a minority on this basis. But a solid foundation and sufficient narrative progress keep the flights of fancy in manageable orbits, and virtually every scene evinces an intoxicating relish for cinema. To top it off, in the absence of any significant live-action contribution to the genre, Rango did its bit to keep the Western alive in 2011.
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