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Ted Farnsworth is looking to a Canton-based firm as a key to reviving Movie Pass. Chris Morris for The Boston Globe
Ted Farnsworth's road to redemption for MoviePass will take him through Boston.
Farnsworth (below) is based in Miami, and the company he ran until a week ago, MoviePass parent Helios and Matheson, is based in New York.
But Farnsworth has hired a Canton-based firm led by Allan Stern, called Silent Disclosure, to build a new mobile platform for MoviePass, using Stern's get2it technology. And Farnsworth is working with Rasky Partners, the Boston public affairs firm, to promote his bid to acquire MoviePass from Helios and Matheson.
MoviePass crashed and burned spectacularly after offering unlimited movie viewings for as low as $9.95 a month. The platform was swamped with up to 3 million users at one point, and Helios and Matheson couldn't pay for all the redemptions at the movie theaters. (One hope was that Helios could make enough money by selling the data it collected.)
Helios shares took a beating, and they have languished in penny-stock territory. While the subscription pricing was adjusted and the inventory of movies was restricted, the MoviePass site was eventually shut down earlier this month.
But maybe not for long. Farnsworth announced last week that he had submitted an offer to buy MoviePass, two related film production and acquisition companies, and the Moviefone listing service. He stepped down as CEO at Helios and from its board of directors, to avoid any conflicts. (Another Boston connection: Greenberg Traurig's Boston office handles legal affairs for Helios.)
Farnsworth believes there's a sustainable market for a film subscription service like the one promised by MoviePass. One fix: charging more, as much as $20 a month. Farnsworth says he'll have more control if he owns the business directly, rather than through a holding company.
"A lot of those mistakes we've really corrected in the last several months," Farnsworth says. "I've invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the company (through Helios). I could either walk away and say, 'Oh well, it didn't work,' or say, 'This is the good and this is the bad, and the good outweighs the bad.'" — JON CHESTO
Once a remote idea
Working from home might seem commonplace today. But it was pretty unusual 15 years ago, at least in the accounting field.
Just ask Jane Steinmetz, who leads the Boston office of accounting and consulting giant Ernst & Young. In a speech at the From Day One conference in Boston last week, Steinmetz recounted a time at a previous employer when her daughter was born 15 years ago. She asked if she could work from home one day a week. Her direct supervisor said he did not want anyone working from home. So she said, "Then fire me."
She wasn't fired, and in fact did get permission to work from home. And she's still friends with her former boss — who eventually ended up enjoying working from home, too.
Steinmetz didn't name the supervisor or the employer. But she says accounting firms have long since changed their approach, just like other companies trying to attract diverse talent.
Her tips for the audience about improving the diversity of your company's leadership ranks: start grooming internal candidates for jobs well before they open up, and mingle with as many different people as possible in your workplace.
"What we take for granted nowadays, took some breaking the mold when I was coming up," Steinmetz said in an interview. "Nowadays, I'm not saying we're perfect, but there's much more recognition of the flexibility that's needed to allow people to be well rounded." — JON CHESTO
Law firms seek diversity
Everyone from marketing agencies to banks is hiring diversity officers these days. It's not surprising to see law firms doing it, too. Within days of each other, two prominent Boston law firms announced they had appointed people to newly created diversity and inclusion roles.
Foley Hoag hired Rosa Nunez as its first director of diversity and inclusion. Nunez moved to Boston from New York. Before joining the firm, Nunez held similar roles at PR firm Burson Cohn & Wolfe, Omnicom Media Group, and Accenture. Foley deliberately decided not to hire a practicing attorney, to bring more of a fresh perspective.
Meanwhile, Ropes & Gray hired Kia Scipio for a similar role, also newly created. Scipio was recruited away from rival law firm Fish & Richardson. Scipio, who is a lawyer, will be based in Washington, but will spend considerable time in Boston and other Ropes & Gray offices.
Scipio told Bloomberg Law that clients now expect their law firms to make a commitment to diversity. She said law firms "are realizing that we really need somebody who can truly focus on the strategy behind creating effective (diversity and inclusion) efforts."
— JON CHESTO
Healey's Babson legacy
Kerry Healey has left Babson College after six years as president and has decided to take a job with the Milken Institute. But the former lieutenant governor's name lingers on at the Wellesley business school — in more ways than one. The famous Babson World Globe on College Drive is nestled in what's called Kerry Murphy Healey Park.
And on Monday, Babson unveiled plans to create the Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship, with $10 million in new and previous gifts from the Kletjian Foundation. The next step will be to establish an advisory council for the center and then hire an executive director. The goal, Babson said, is to inspire students, faculty and staff to bring entrepreneurial solutions to "pressing global health care challenges." — JON CHESTO
Kennedy talks Irish roots
Joe Kennedy was at the Newton-Needham Chamber of Commerce meeting at the TripAdvisor headquarters last Tuesday to talk about immigration, not to make a big announcement about his bid for the US Senate. (That happened on Saturday, though word got out a few days beforehand.)
Chamber CEO Greg Reibman joked about Newton Democrat's big political decision, asking him whether he could let the crowd in on the secret: Would he be endorsing Bryan Barash or Emily Norton for the Ward 2 city council race?
The discussion was largely a sobering one, though, particularly when Kennedy drew upon his own Irish roots to talk about how immigrants have played a critical role in building this country. Many, of course, fled Ireland during the potato famine of the mid-1800s.
"The country itself, the population, still has not recovered," Kennedy said, before adding a little levity. "The flip side is, you can find an Irish bar in any country of the world."
After Kennedy finished his speech, he ducked out of the room, with several journalists trailing close behind.
That didn't seem to faze Massachusetts Competitive Partnership CEO Jay Ash, who was ostensibly giving the keynote speech. "I don't take it personally when all the news cameras go out of the room," Ash told the crowd. — JON CHESTO
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Q: How to detect if only part of the properties is set? String a = "1";
String b;
...
String n = "100";

How can I check if none or all of the properties have been set?
I want to get "valid" if a..n all properties are set, and also "valid" if none if them are set. But "invalid" if only partially set.
How can this be solved? Of course I could write endless boolean statements like
(a != null && b != null & .. & n != null) || (a == null && b == null & .. & n == null)
But there must be a better way.

A: Having a sample class
public class SampleClass {

    private String a, b, c, d, e, f;

    public String getA() {
        return a;
    }

    public void setA(String a) {
        this.a = a;
    }

    public String getB() {
        return b;
    }

    public void setB(String b) {
        this.b = b;
    }

    public String getC() {
        return c;
    }

    public void setC(String c) {
        this.c = c;
    }

    public String getD() {
        return d;
    }

    public void setD(String d) {
        this.d = d;
    }

    public String getE() {
        return e;
    }

    public void setE(String e) {
        this.e = e;
    }

    public String getF() {
        return f;
    }

    public void setF(String f) {
        this.f = f;
    }

}

you can get the Java Bean information using the java.beans.Introspector
import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

import org.junit.Test;

public class IntrospectorTest {

    @Test
    public void test() throws IntrospectionException, IllegalArgumentException,
            IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {

        SampleClass sampleClass = new SampleClass();

        sampleClass.setA("value for a");
        sampleClass.setB("value for b");
        sampleClass.setC("value for c");
        sampleClass.setD("value for d");
        sampleClass.setE("value for e");
        sampleClass.setF("value for f");

        int withValue = 0;

        PropertyDescriptor[] descriptors = Introspector.getBeanInfo(SampleClass.class, Object.class).getPropertyDescriptors();

        for (PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor : descriptors) {
            Object value = new PropertyDescriptor(propertyDescriptor.getName(), SampleClass.class).getReadMethod().invoke(sampleClass);
            if (value!=null) {
                withValue++;
                System.out.println(propertyDescriptor.getName() + ": " + value);
            }
        }

        if (descriptors.length == withValue || withValue == 0) {
            System.out.println("valid");
        }else{
            System.err.println("Invalid!!");
        }
    }
}

and voila!
Pay atention at this line
Introspector.getBeanInfo(SampleClass.class, Object.class).getPropertyDescriptors();

if you call the getBeanInfo method with your class as one and only parameter the Introspector will return all the Property Descriptors in the class hierarchy, so you can call the method with an optional stop class where the Introspector stops reading the Property Descriptors.
Hope this helps.

A: You can use map then iterate over it to check if any of the value is null and set status accordingly.
You can also try with this: Collections.frequency(map.values(), null) == map.size()

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Electrical Universe
Part I – Electrical Phenomenon
How much electricity is there in the universe? This question may be impossible to answer, but we suspect that it's a whole lot! While most people think about electricity as something that they use in their homes, cars & phones, it's really everywhere. And not just here on Earth.
Electricity is present wherever we find plasma. Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter. 99.999% of the universe is in the plasma state, which means that magnetic fields & currents are almost everywhere.
What's even cooler, electricity occurs in many natural phenomenon, some of which are downright amazing and strange. Want to have a peek into the weird & wacky worlds of electricity? Then, read on!
Called Kugelblitz in German, this type of lighting travels while floating in a ball shape and is extremely dangerous. It's also mysterious. No one can say for sure what causes it, or what it is. Certainly, it's been mistaken for the paranormal. A 2019 Russian video along railroad tracks shows just how eerie ball lightning can look and why people might mistake it for ghosts or aliens.
Scientists have tried to re-create ball lightning in lab situations. One thing that makes it really odd – witnesses have claimed that it can have a smell of earth or sulfur, leading some to believe that it is somehow of terrestrial origin.
Other theories say that it's tied to earthquakes, can happen around glass, is caused by microwave radiation or that it's merely human hallucinations. While there seems to be enough eye-witness accounts and recent video footage to disprove the later theory, who knows for sure? But please, if you see ball lightning, get out of the way.
Aurora Burealis
Let's talk about Aurora Borealis, Aurora Australis, the Northern Lights, Southern Lights & Polar Lights. They're all the same phenomenon! But perhaps a bit geographically diverse.
To understand this effect, we have to learn about solar winds. These winds are actually a stream of plasma with charged particles from the corona of the sun, which reach supersonic speeds. When they reach the Earth's magnetosphere, the magic begins. Is it more complicated than that? You bet! Many conditions have to be right for the lights to glow at night, but a lot of it has to do with the type of particles blown our way and the speed at which they hit the upper atmosphere. And of course, it's dependent on latitude. In the north, look for a magnetic latitude above 55° with low light pollution. It's a bit more complicated in the south, because there is less land mass. The options are basically limited to Tasmania or New Zealand, and obviously, Antarctica.
The Aurora Borealis are probably the most well known phenomenon on our list, and probably the best documented out of any other that are listed here. But that doesn't make them any less beautiful.
Bioluminescence & Electrical Animals
We don't think you're ready for this jelly. This jellyfish!. Some jellyfish exhibit bioluminescence and glow a beautiful blue, deep in the ocean. It's produced by green fluorescent protein, commonly known as GFP (green flourescent protein). A Swedish University technology team put GFP on aluminum electrodes and then put that under ultraviolet light. The protein released electrons, which travel a circuit to produce electricity! So, electricity can be generated without an external light source. Who knew jelly fish could come in so handy? The green lean mean green protein has been used to make fuel cells! These can be used on small devices that could be inserted into a human body to diagnose or treat a disease.
But they aren't the only animals that do this. If you've even been swimming in the ocean at night, you might have seen bioluminescent algae on the service of the water. Also known as sea sparkle, it's actually plankton that float on the surface and react when you swim by them.
Other kinds of animals use electricity for something other than glowing. Think about the electric eel, which use electricity to stun prey & communicate. But it turns out there are lots of other less well known electric fish, some with strong electricity (from 10 to 860 volts with a current of up to ampere.
Sprites, Elves, Gnomes & Pixies
We're not in the forest primeval. These are real terms for electrical phenomenon under the header of upper-atmospheric or ionospheric lightning. Let's start with sprites. Often called red sprites, these are huge electrical discharges that occur above thunderstorm clouds, in the troposphere, which is anywhere from 50-90 km in altitude. Despite their name, they often actually look like atmospheric jellyfish, with tendrils hanging down, and they are mostly observed in groups. Their name is more a reference to how hard it is to find one. What they actually are: electrical discharges of positive lighting to a lower lying thundercloud, or the ground. Given these facts, it's hard not to argue with the name. Let's settle for jellyfish sprite.
ELVES are Emission of Light and Very low frequency perturbations due to Electromagnetic pulse Sources. We did not come up with the acronym! But, being as it is, it fits in well into this category. Unlike their spritely cousins, ELVES produce a dim, flat, yet expanding glow that lasts for one whole millisecond. They are the highest of these atmospheric events, occurring at altitudes around 100 km.
Gnomes are tiny little white flashes that occur at the top of a thundercloud. And Pixies are even smaller, at less than 100 m wide, they flash randomly at the top of a cloud. How cute!
In direct contrast to the last item on our list, dark lightning isn't at all beautiful. In fact, you can't see it at all. It occurs during regular thunderstorms, alongside normal bright lightning. But there are bolts that are invisible and they are made out of x-rays and gamma rays. And the power of the dark lightning is more powerful than the visible stuff, but it dissipates quicker than the normal bolt that we see. Welcome to the dark side!
Since we can't see it, the only way to detect it is with a radiation detector. And while it wouldn't hurt you immediately to get hit by dark lightning, you could get an unsafe dose of radiation. This would most likely happen if you were in an airplane during a thunderstorm.
The weird thing? No one even knows if they've ever been hit. It's a dark mystery.
The Global Circuit
Who knows where the largest circuit in the universe is located? Well, from our point of view, a really large circuit is the whole Earth! There is continuous movement of electricity between the atmosphere and the Earth. Changes in solar radiation and weather contribute to a continuous global electrical current.
Basically it works like this: thunderstorms are responsible for bringing negative charges to the surface and, in turn, nice weather gradually discharges this negativity. Funny thing, sunny weather also discharges our negative moods. Is this a coincidence?
There is significant voltage in the Earth's circuit. A typical potential good weather gradient is 120 V/m. Over the entire planet, there is a general value of 1800 Ampere. But these values change with the weather and are specifically influenced by turbulence, winds and thunderstorms. The current can be measured with a daily pattern, called the Carnegie curve, which measures daily variations in atmospheric electricity,
Dirty Thunderstorms
Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano? No, those are lyrics taken from a song by Eminem & Rihanna. Dirty Thunderstorms are what happens when a thunderstorm meets a volcano. It's still mega cool. It occurs when ash particles from a volcanic eruption collide, generating electricity in the volcanic plume. Unlike normal thunderstorms, no ice crystals are necessary.
The result is nothing less spectacular than it sounds.
St. Elmo's Fire
"I can climb the highest mountain, cross the widest sea. I can feel St. Elmo's fire burning in me." – John Parr.
Not just a great title song, to a fantastic 80's movie, St. Elmo's Fire is a real electrical phenomenon. Named after St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors, it often occurs on ships, which has long been considered as a good omen by those afloat. But it also can happen anywhere where there are sharply pointed objects, such as chimneys, airplane wings, even on the tips of bull horns. And it has a sound, which buzzes. And a color, which is often described as blue or purple.
It's really a form of plasma. An electrical field is created around a pointy object and the air molecules become ionized. This can happen at any time, but during thunderstorms, St. Elmo's Fire is more likely to be visible because there are higher differentials between the clouds and the ground. Sharp objects lower the voltage because the electric field is concentrated where there is more curvature. Voila! St. Elmo ignites!
Catatumbo Lightning
While there is no song for Catatumbo lightning, there should be. If you know of a Spanish song about this phenomenon, please post it in the comments.
The Catatumbo River is in Venezuela, and there is a permanent thunderstorm above the mouth of the river, where it meets Lake Maracaibo. By permanent, we mean that there's thunder at this exact spot on 140-160 days per year. What?
While it changes in frequency and intensity throughout the year, depending on seasons, it's kind of always happening. The water is the key. And we could call it the perfect storm. Winds from the lake and the surrounding swamps meet the air from the Andes mountains & two other mountain ranges. One source brings hot air, the other moisture, and when all these systems collide, continuous thunderstorms with continuous lightning occur.
The mouth of the Catatumbo River is located in Zulia State in Venezuela, one of the most populated areas of the country, which is also where many natural resources, including oil and gas, can be found.
The Weird & Wacky World of Electrical Stuff
Did you enjoy our summary of the world's (and beyond) electrical phenomenon? This is just the first article in our series about the Electrical Universe. Upcoming topics include, Electricity in Myth & Legend, Electric Sports & a Short History of Electricity.
Stay tuned & stay safe!

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MOTOISM Gives the Indian FTR1200 Moto a Baja-Inspired Transformation
When you operate out of a city that's home to the headquarters of both BMW and Volkswagen, your work tends to be held to a higher standard, as more than a century of German engineering has created a status quo in which the bar has been set incredibly high. As proof, just look at Munich-based customs shop MOTOISM which, now in its sixth year of operation, has managed to carve out a well-deserved reputation for one-off builds characterized by their ultra-clean and uncluttered designs and top-notch craftsmanship and execution. And for its latest project, MOTOISM's co-founder and head honcho, Ben Ott has partnered with Sebastian Neumann of Indian Motorcycle München and auto customization shop Geigercars to deliver a pair of bespoke Indian FTR1200s.
Of the two bikes, the one built for Sebastian was given a Baja-style theme, and as such was bestowed with spoked wheels shod in knobby Continental TKC80 tires, custom radiator covers, an aftermarket LED headlight set behind a custom grille, and a custom tail section with a bespoke three-in-one light that functions as the indicators, brake, and taillights. MOTOISM also turned to additive manufacturing to produce a decent portion of the build's custom parts, plus the shop utilized numerous items from its own in-house catalog of custom parts including its front turn signals and Wunderkind side license plate holder. Rounding out the project is a custom desert tan livery adorning the front fender, instrumentation bezel, headlight shell, radiator guards, and tank covers.
Now complete, the MOTOISM x Indian Motorcycle München FTR1200s are currently on exhibition at the custom moto shop's headquarters in Munich, where both builds are on display to the public. To see more of the two-bike project or to commission your own one-off, two-wheeled work, you can visit MOTOISM's website linked below.
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Eye On Taiwan
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Taiwan Info
Why is China so afraid of Taiwan?
Why China And Taiwan Hate Each Other [VIDEO]
Why Taiwan Should Be Considered A USA Possession
Picking the right type of status quo
U.S. Representatives/Scholars Call For End To U.S. One China Policy
Three Communiqués
U.S. Policy: The "One-China" Issue
United States holds Taiwan's Sovereignty
The "Six Assurances" to Taiwan
The Challenge of Taiwan's Democracy for the United States and China
Taiwan's Fragile Success Story
Without the Republic of China's Contribution, WWII Would Have Taken a Different Course
In the days of the Dutch
Chinese troops fire on protesters – 1989
Original Publishing Date: Dec 15, 2015
By: Cass R. Sunstein
These days, Americans don't think a lot about Taiwan. That's a shame. A thriving democracy in a region with too few of them, Taiwan also faces
Asian jewel. Photographer: Ashley Pon/Getty Images
unique challenges, not least because of its ambiguous legal status and the possibility that it will eventually be absorbed into China — perhaps by force. Elections next month, which a pro-independence party is expected to win, could mark a turning point. Americans have plenty of reason to pay attention.
I spent a few days last week in Taiwan, giving a series of lectures and also meeting with both the current president, Ma Ying-jeou, and Tsai Ing-wen, who is highly likely to succeed him. I found a country that is one of the world's bright spots. It could easily be taken as a model for others, but its complex relationship with China could ultimately threaten regional stability.
To appreciate the current situation, it's necessary to understand some history. China's warring factions were unified in 1928 by Chiang Kai-shek, who ruled what he called the Republic of China for nearly twenty years. But in 1949, the Communists, led by Mao Zedong, routed Chiang and his supporters, who fled to Taiwan, declaring it to be the true Republic of China (ROC, as it is often called today). Mao insisted Taiwan was part of China and had no legitimate claim to independence.
From 1949 to 1975, Chiang ran Taiwan in an authoritarian manner (and within Taiwan, he is now widely regarded as a tyrant). The period is called the "White Terror," a system of one-party rule in which many dissenters were imprisoned or killed.
Martial law continued until 1987. Since that time, there has been a multiparty system, with intense competition between the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (founded, illegally, in 1986). The KMT's Ma has made public apologies for the abuses and horrors of the White Terror and awarded billions of dollars in compensation.
The major division between the two parties involves continuing but sometimes subtle disputes over the precise relationship with China. The KMT supports closer ties, especially economic ones. While resisting the idea of unification, the KMT also rejects the idea of national independence for Taiwan and continues to endorse a modified form of the "one China" idea. Tsai's party, the DPP, rejects that idea, insisting Taiwan has carved out a distinctive national identity.
The divide has a strong generational component. A substantial percentage of people under the age of 40 strongly support Taiwan's independence. They see it as having a history and identity of its own. The expected victory of the DPP in next month's elections attests to the growing electoral power of the younger generation: With each year, the people of Taiwan increasingly see themselves as a separate nation, with its own values and culture.
When we spoke, Ma stressed that Taiwan faces daunting economic challenges. Its ambiguous status (is it a country, or not?) severely complicates entry into the free trade agreements that greatly benefit its Asian competitors. Ma met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Singapore last month, the first such meeting since 1949; he sought to manage tensions and promote economic integration.
Tsai disagrees with Ma on many points, but when I spoke with her she also emphasized Taiwan's economic challenges and the importance of exports to continued economic growth. The journalists and academics I met lamented that China sometimes succeeds in excluding Taiwanese representatives from international events, contending it's not a country.
If Tsai becomes president, she'll have to decide how to navigate the relationship with China while protecting the island's extraordinary achievements, including a robust democratic culture, with an independent judiciary and a high level of political freedom, all created in a remarkably short period after authoritarian rule.
Many Taiwanese believe China poses a genuine and even imminent threat to these achievements. Pointing across the Taiwan Strait to Hong Kong, where Beijing is asserting increasing authority, they want to be able to maintain their hard-won freedom and their distinctive way of life. Taiwan's 23 million citizens deserve an opportunity to do exactly that.
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Can you salvage your RP character without a total respec?
Published by MJ under Role Play on Feb. 17. 2012.
((The RP XP with MJ #26))
The Padawan Tarik strained himself to the point of a splitting headache, reaching out with the Force to see if the young Rattataki woman next to him was true to her word.
Is there such a thing as atonement or regret among the Sith, or was this a ploy?
"You can turn off the sensor beam into my soul, Zabrak. By now you know I'm telling you the truth. Don't overdo it."
Tarik glanced over his shoulder at the covered body of his master as the speeder made a sharp turn. Then he looked at Veetha.
"Don't talk to me, Sith. I'll do the talking."
A smile curled over Veetha's black lips. After a moment of silence, she said, "That'll make it hard for me to answer questions, you know."
"I don't understand," he said. "You could've killed me and you didn't. Why?"
"A good question that I already answered. Try another."
"Try answering it again — and make sense of it this time!"
Veetha smiled at him. "The reason I am accompanying you on the return of your master's corpse is because I wish to help the Republic."
Tarik huffed. "Help the Republic? Why?"
"I have my reasons."
He glanced at her as the speeder slowed its descent toward a secret Jedi enclave on Coruscant. "You said you'd answer my questions."
"That was an answer, Tarik."
Tarik gasped. "How did you know my name? I never told you."
Veetha smiled. "Now that, my friend, is a good question."
Recently, a friend and fellow guildmate announced that he had "trashed" all his mid-level characters to start them over again. Naturally, for someone like me who scrapes and claws to find any game time at all — let alone RP time within the game time — I was aghast. Not to mention the notion of "rebooting" RP with a possibly radical characterization. I had to ask… WHY!?
I could see his reasoning once he explained the situation, but it still seemed like a bummer to me. And that got me to thinking. What if you spend a lot of time building up a character, their characterization and RPability, leveling them throughout the mobs and stories and quests of the game, only to find you've hit a wall well before level 50?
WHY RESPEC
There are two generalities I could come up with that would explain a need to completely respec a character you use for RP. The first is that you simply don't like the class. That was the reason my guildmate wanted to change. He had an RP character in mind, a voice he liked for a Jedi Consular, but found out somewhere mid-Taris that it just wasn't working for him. Sure, he may have an RP voice in mind that transcends the "hunting for a cure" / "compassionately forgiving" nature of the Consular, but let's face it: there's a lot of work that goes into leveling and grinding your gear and appearance before you can settle into structuring your RP. You really need to be sure before hitting that DELETE CHARACTER button that there's no way to redeem the virtual personality you've constructed.
The other possibility behind the sudden desire to respec is that you're hitting roadblocks in your RP, that you feel you've hit a wall with their story or personality and you just see no way out of it. Maybe the other characters around you within your RP circles aren't really in tune with your character. You're thinking "permadeath" — but WAIT! Before you throw your Sith Lord on their lightsaber, let's look at some ways to salvage your character.
WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
If you're at an RP roadblock because it seems no one wants to RP with you, don't be so quick to blame your character. Maybe it's you as the RolePlayer. If no one comes out and says, "((I just don't see how my character and yours would get along. My character is suspicious of Jedi))," then it may be something other than virtual-skin deep. Is it possible you're being shunned because you stepped out of character too much, took your character too seriously, didn't communicate or godmodded?
If all your RP partners are up front about what they don't like, you can change (if, that is, you want to continue to RP with them; otherwise, there's no problem with abandoning that group and finding another who appreciates you). Or, if it's character related, you can adapt. If you play a Jedi and all your partners claim to be suspicious or distrusting of Jedi, invite them to bring that up in-character to give your character a chance to defend himself. Maybe your Jedi can show them he's not that uncomfortable memory from their past that gives them the predisposition against Jedi. Maybe you can co-write a story that allows your Jedi to save one of them, find a lost artifact, or in some other way show them he's not all bad.
If the apparent alienation of your characters doesn't seem to be character-related, consider the simple possibility that you simply don't mesh with the rest of the group. Consider moving on, or start small. Find an independent lone RPer willing to work on a personal scenario with you.
In either case, DO NOT respec the character. It's a natural part of life (virtual or otherwise) to expect a segment of society to not gel with you so well. Don't change your character's personality to fit what they want. If you'd rather not go the, "Let's sit down and talk about why you (fear/hate/shun/abandon…) me," move on. And if you personally don't click with the clique, don't waste your time. Take your characters and find another group — or start your own.
I JUST DON'T LIKE MYSELF
What if everything is fine and dandy with your RP group but you're just not "feelin' it" anymore? What if you come across a Bounty Hunter with a really cool way of acting that inspires you and makes you want to emulate it? What if you see a character in a movie or from a book that you can see as your character in the game? What if that dry, humorless persona you thought would be perfect for a Sith Warrior is just plain boring?
Don't lose faith. There are ways to fix all that without resorting to a respec.
PEOPLE CHANGE
Addicts overcome addiction all the time. Overweight people change their lifestyles and become thin. Shy, timid people come out of their shell. Jerks turn over a new leaf and make amends for past wrongdoings.
You can change your character using the same principle as a "life-changing moment" in real life without deleting and re-building her. Just give some thought to why and how some people change. Google "Overcoming addiction" and you'll find nearly four million entries. Do you know someone who lost a lot of weight, turned over a new leaf or gave up smoking or drugs? Take a page from real life and apply it to your character.
Epiphany is the easiest tool to use for a character change without respec and it doesn't take much preparation or build-up. Someone who is a jerk or overly boisterous could suddenly tone down because they witnessed something that showed them the error of their ways, or maybe they recently underwent a traumatic ordeal that gave them a glimpse of a horrible future if they didn't change who they were. The easy part about epiphany is that you don't have to "act it out." One day another character will say, "You've changed. What happened?" and you can tell them the story of how you saved a child from the jaws of a rancor and it just made you all warm and fuzzy like an ewok.
It can be a little more difficult if you're dealing with the stonewalling opinions of other characters. If someone says, "I'm suspicious of Jedi," there's nothing you can do without their input. Either in- or out-of character, they have to volunteer a reason for the suspicion before you can present a change they'll accept. Have a long chat OOCly and get to the root cause of their suspicion.
Respec. But consider this: if you plan to continue RPing with the same people, even if they know why you're reinventing the same character OOCly, you'll need a solid plan to explain why Jeroff the Jedi is now Jeroff the Smuggler. If he's essentially the same character, consider that you'll have to RP him as a "former Jedi" with all that it entails (including Force abilities that you'll "hide" or otherwise "lost" because of amnesia or some kind of accident or attack).
Have you ever "re-rolled" a character in an MMO for RP reasons? Have you ever worked through it and came out an even better RolePlayer for the experience? Have you ever played a character with an epiphany and changed their characterization mid-stream. Let's hear about it.
((The RP XP with MJ)) appears right here on swtor-life.com every Friday. MJ is a long-time RolePlayer with decades of experience as a DM/Host as well a player. You can contact him directly with questions or column ideas by writing to swtorliferp(at)gmail.com. You can follow him on Twitter @MJswtor.
Tags: respec, roleplaying, RP, RP XP with MJ
One Response to "Can you salvage your RP character without a total respec?"
# KaelWolfcry on 17 Feb 2012 at 2:56 pm
I had recently come up with a Marauder character–a former gladiator who was discovered Force-sensitive and put to Korriban as a bet by two bored Sith to see when she'd die. As a result, she epitomizes the case against relaxed admissions for being Sith, as her motivations were merely about bloodying noses and not about the glory of the Empire.
I had worries about how this would work in a server where many were very much about Empire and conquest, but I managed across someone in a Heroic PuG who had some ideas about how the two of our characters could become companions. As a Sith noble, he'd be able to capture me and put me to his service as a strong arm for his house and their ambitions. It gave my character a reason to be, and the two of us who were maybe just coasting about impetus for RP as well as progression.
My experience with the RP community in this game is that while it's not always ready-fire and you do have to look or try a bit harder to break in, it can be very rewarding and engaging once the effort is put forth. :3


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Upfront Central
Reaching Young Viewers in New Ways is Viacom's Pitch
Upfront deals will include Pluto TV
Jon Lafayette
Though young people are cutting the cord and not watching Nickelodeon or MTV on cable the way they used to, Viacom's pitch to advertisers is that it can help them reach these hard to reach consumers in new ways.
This week Viacom begins a round of high-level dinners for marketers and media buyers. CEO Bob Bakish and the presidents of Viacom's agencies will be there to spell out the company's strategy, according to head of ad solutions Sean Moran.
The smaller, focused dinners are also a way for Viacom to get a better handle on what its clients are looking for.
Seam Moran
The message Viacom is trying to deliver in those meetings is "we're here with the solutions that are going to help you reach the most valuable younger consumers in a way no one else can that's going to drive your business," Moran said.
Over the past year or so, Viacom has acquired a number of companies in an effort to expand its marketing capabilities. Those include the influencer marketing company WhoSay and digital branded content producer Awesomeness TV. More recently, Viacom paid $340 million for Pluto TV, the ad supported over-the-top video platform.
"Now we're in a position where we're going to market with this feeling of providing solutions that really makes us this younger, safer, smarter option in the marketplace," said Moran. "We really see ourselves as having the broadest TV quality reach for this younger audience. Simply put, that's a real distinction between what out there."
Moran said that between Viacom's linear networks, its digital content and its over-the-top Pluto TV, it reaches more than 50% of all of the 18- to 34-year-olds in the country.
"That's a tremendous point that CMOs as well as [agency] holding company execs are very interested in," he said.
Viacom will be talking about its plans to add programming to Pluto TV. Moran said that over the next few months Viacom will roll out between 10 and 15 channels associated with brands including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
Pluto gives Viacom billions of new high quality video impressions and those impressions will be added to upfront deals as an extension of clients' TV buys. Moran says 50% of the Pluto impressions are viewers 18-34 and 80% of them are seen on the "big glass" of TV screens, where brand recall is likely to be highest. Dynamic ad insertion will be available right away on Pluto TV and ads will be addressable, making them that much more attractive to clients, he said.
The Pluto TV ads will be part of Viacom's Advanced Marketing Services unit, which includes Viacom Vantage, Viacom Velocity and its other advanced advertising capabilities.
While Viacom's overall ad revenue have been shrinking for years, AMS revenue grew 54% in the company's fiscal first quarter and account for 10% of total ad sales. "Vantage will be playing a big role in the upfront and it's been rolled into every holding company deal we're doing," Moran said.
So while traditional ratings are down, Viacom is "embracing that fragmentation rather than being put off by it," Moran said. The company is offering marketers solutions that include multiple touch points and new ways to cut through the clutter.
""It's not about whether one distribution platform is up or down, but who can connect them [with young viewers] en masse, whether you're a disrupter, like one of those new [direct to consumer] brands or you're a defender, one of those legacy brands, like those in consumer packaged goods, the automakers or a studio with a new release."
With it's new capabilities, Viacom has been able to win new business from both new companies like Spotify--Viacom created a digital campaign featuring RuPaul looking back at last year's big hits--and long-time clients like Pepsi, which needed to reach additional viewers around the Super Bowl using an influencer campaign.
Pluto TVViacomUpfronts 2019
Viacom Held Back Linear Ad Inventory for Scatter
Pluto TV, digital used to meet upfront demand
Viacom Sees Double-Digit Price Increases in Upfront
Advanced advertising products gain traction
Viacom Promising More Ways to Connect Brands and Viewers
MTV expands 'TRL,' brings back 'Spring Break,' 'Yo! MTV Raps'
Viacom Gets Into Streaming By Acquiring Pluto TV
$340M deal creates direct-to-consumer business
Viacom Launching New Channels on Pluto TV
New slate of digital series announced at NewFront
Viacom Reports Higher Second-Quarter Earnings
Domestic ad revenue down 2%
AT&T Reaches Renewal Agreement with Viacom
Deal could preserve $2B in revenue for programmer
WarnerMedia Pitches Power of AT&T Data
Case studies will convince clients to target campaign with insights from Xandr


text:
import sublime
import sublime_plugin
# import sys
import os
import glob
import datetime
import zipfile
import re

PACKAGE_NAME = 'SublimeTmpl'
TMLP_DIR = 'templates'
KEY_SYNTAX = 'syntax'
KEY_FILE_EXT = 'extension'

# st3: Installed Packages/xx.sublime-package
BASE_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
PACKAGES_PATH = sublime.packages_path()  # for ST2

# sys.path += [BASE_PATH]
# sys.path.append(BASE_PATH)
# import sys;print(sys.path)

IS_GTE_ST3 = int(sublime.version()[0]) >= 3
DISABLE_KEYMAP = None

class SublimeTmplCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):

    def run(self, edit, type='html', paths = [None]):
        view = self.view
        opts = self.get_settings(type)
        tmpl = self.get_code(type)

        # print('global', DISABLE_KEYMAP, IS_GTE_ST3);
        if DISABLE_KEYMAP:
            return False

        # print(KEY_SYNTAX in opts)
        self.tab = self.creat_tab(view, paths)

        self.set_syntax(opts)
        # sublime.set_timeout(lambda: self.set_syntax(opts), 1000)
        self.set_code(tmpl)

    def get_settings(self, type=None):
        settings = sublime.load_settings(PACKAGE_NAME + '.sublime-settings')

        if not type:
            return settings

        # print(settings.get('html')['syntax'])
        opts = settings.get(type, [])
        # print(opts)
        return opts

    def open_file(self, path, mode='r'):
        fp = open(path, mode)
        code = fp.read()
        fp.close()
        return code

    def get_code(self, type):
        code = ''
        file_name = "%s.tmpl" % type
        isIOError = False

        if IS_GTE_ST3:
            tmpl_dir = 'Packages/' + PACKAGE_NAME + '/' + TMLP_DIR + '/'
            user_tmpl_dir = 'Packages/User/' + \
                PACKAGE_NAME + '/' + TMLP_DIR + '/'
            # tmpl_dir = os.path.join('Packages', PACKAGE_NAME , TMLP_DIR)
        else:
            tmpl_dir = os.path.join(PACKAGES_PATH, PACKAGE_NAME, TMLP_DIR)
            user_tmpl_dir = os.path.join(
                PACKAGES_PATH, 'User', PACKAGE_NAME, TMLP_DIR)

        self.user_tmpl_path = os.path.join(user_tmpl_dir, file_name)
        self.tmpl_path = os.path.join(tmpl_dir, file_name)

        if IS_GTE_ST3:
            try:
                code = sublime.load_resource(self.user_tmpl_path)
            except IOError:
                try:
                    code = sublime.load_resource(self.tmpl_path)
                except IOError:
                    isIOError = True
        else:
            if os.path.isfile(self.user_tmpl_path):
                code = self.open_file(self.user_tmpl_path)
            elif os.path.isfile(self.tmpl_path):
                code = self.open_file(self.tmpl_path)
            else:
                isIOError = True

        # print(self.tmpl_path)
        if isIOError:
            sublime.message_dialog('[Warning] No such file: ' + self.tmpl_path
                                   + ' or ' + self.user_tmpl_path)

        return self.format_tag(code)

    def format_tag(self, code):
        win = self.view.window()
        code = code.replace('\r', '') # replace \r\n -> \n
        # format
        settings = self.get_settings()
        format = settings.get('date_format', '%Y-%m-%d')
        date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(format)
        if not IS_GTE_ST3:
            code = code.decode('utf8') # for st2 && Chinese characters
        code = code.replace('${date}', date)

        attr = settings.get('attr', {})
        for key in attr:
            code = code.replace('${%s}' % key, attr.get(key, ''))

        # print(hasattr(win, 'extract_variables'))
        # print(win.extract_variables(), win.project_data())
        if settings.get('enable_project_variables', False) and hasattr(win, 'extract_variables'):
            variables = win.extract_variables()
            for key in ['project_base_name', 'project_path', 'platform']:
                code = code.replace('${%s}' % key, variables.get(key, ''))

        # keep ${var..}
        code = re.sub(r"(?<!\\)\${(?!\d)", '\${', code)
        return code

    def creat_tab(self, view, paths = [None]):
        win = view.window()
        # tab = win.open_file('/tmp/123')
        tab = win.new_file()
        # tab.set_name('untitled')
        active = win.active_view()
        active.settings().set('default_dir', paths[0])
        return tab

    def set_code(self, code):
        tab = self.tab
        # insert codes
        tab.run_command('insert_snippet', {'contents': code})

    def set_syntax(self, opts):
        v = self.tab
        # syntax = self.view.settings().get('syntax') # from current file
        syntax = opts[KEY_SYNTAX] if KEY_SYNTAX in opts else ''
        # print(syntax) # tab.set_syntax_file('Packages/Diff/Diff.tmLanguage')
        v.set_syntax_file(syntax)

        # print(opts[KEY_FILE_EXT])
        if KEY_FILE_EXT in opts:
            v.settings().set('default_extension', opts[KEY_FILE_EXT])

class SublimeTmplReplaceCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit, old, new):
        # print('tmpl_replace', old, new)
        region = sublime.Region(0, self.view.size())
        if region.empty() or not old or not new:
            return
        s = self.view.substr(region)
        s = s.replace(old, new)
        self.view.replace(edit, region, s)

class SublimeTmplEventListener(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
    def __init__(self):
        self.unsaved_ids = {}
    def on_query_context(self, view, key, operator, operand, match_all):
        settings = sublime.load_settings(PACKAGE_NAME + '.sublime-settings')
        disable_keymap_actions = settings.get('disable_keymap_actions', '')
        # print ("key1: %s, %s" % (key, disable_keymap_actions))
        global DISABLE_KEYMAP
        DISABLE_KEYMAP = False;
        if not key.startswith('sublime_tmpl.'):
            return None
        if not disable_keymap_actions: # no disabled actions
            return True
        elif disable_keymap_actions == 'all' or disable_keymap_actions == True: # disable all actions
            DISABLE_KEYMAP = True;
            return False
        prefix, name = key.split('.')
        ret = name not in re.split(r'\s*,\s*', disable_keymap_actions.strip())
        # print(name, ret)
        DISABLE_KEYMAP = True if not ret else False;
        return ret
    def on_activated(self, view):
        if view.file_name():
            return
        settings = sublime.load_settings(PACKAGE_NAME + '.sublime-settings')
        if settings.get('enable_file_variables_on_save', False):
            self.unsaved_ids[view.id()] = True
        # print('on_activated', self.unsaved_ids, view.id(), view.file_name())
    def on_pre_save(self, view):
        if not view.id() in self.unsaved_ids:
            return
        settings = sublime.load_settings(PACKAGE_NAME + '.sublime-settings')
        if settings.get('enable_file_variables_on_save', False):
            filepath = view.file_name()
            filename = os.path.basename(filepath)
            view.run_command('sublime_tmpl_replace', {'old': '${saved_filepath}', 'new': filepath})
            view.run_command('sublime_tmpl_replace', {'old': '${saved_filename}', 'new': filename})
            del self.unsaved_ids[view.id()]

def plugin_loaded():  # for ST3 >= 3016
    # global PACKAGES_PATH
    PACKAGES_PATH = sublime.packages_path()
    TARGET_PATH = os.path.join(PACKAGES_PATH, PACKAGE_NAME)
    # print(BASE_PATH, os.path.dirname(BASE_PATH), TARGET_PATH)

    # auto create custom_path
    custom_path = os.path.join(PACKAGES_PATH, 'User', PACKAGE_NAME, TMLP_DIR)
    # print(custom_path, os.path.isdir(custom_path))
    if not os.path.isdir(custom_path):
        os.makedirs(custom_path)

    # try:
    #     from package_control import events
    #     if events.post_upgrade(PACKAGE_NAME):
    #         print('Upgraded to %s!' % events.post_upgrade(PACKAGE_NAME))
    # except Exception as e:
    #     print(e)

    # first run (https://git.io/vKMIS, does not need extract files)
    if not os.path.isdir(TARGET_PATH):
        os.makedirs(os.path.join(TARGET_PATH, TMLP_DIR))
        # copy user files
        tmpl_dir = TMLP_DIR + '/'
        file_list = [
            'Default.sublime-commands', 'Main.sublime-menu',
            # if don't copy .py, ST3 throw: ImportError: No module named # fix: restart sublime
            'sublime-tmpl.py',
            'README.md',
            tmpl_dir + 'css.tmpl', tmpl_dir + 'html.tmpl',
            tmpl_dir + 'js.tmpl', tmpl_dir + 'php.tmpl',
            tmpl_dir + 'python.tmpl', tmpl_dir + 'ruby.tmpl',
            tmpl_dir + 'xml.tmpl'
        ]
        try:
            extract_zip_resource(BASE_PATH, file_list, TARGET_PATH)
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)

    # old: *.user.tmpl compatible fix
    files = glob.iglob(os.path.join(os.path.join(TARGET_PATH, TMLP_DIR), '*.user.tmpl'))
    for file in files:
        filename = os.path.basename(file).replace('.user.tmpl', '.tmpl')
        # print(file, '=>', os.path.join(custom_path, filename));
        os.rename(file, os.path.join(custom_path, filename))

    # old: settings-custom_path compatible fix
    settings = sublime.load_settings(PACKAGE_NAME + '.sublime-settings')
    old_custom_path = settings.get('custom_path', '')
    if old_custom_path and os.path.isdir(old_custom_path):
        # print(old_custom_path)
        files = glob.iglob(os.path.join(old_custom_path, '*.tmpl'))
        for file in files:
            filename = os.path.basename(file).replace('.user.tmpl', '.tmpl')
            # print(file, '=>', os.path.join(custom_path, filename))
            os.rename(file, os.path.join(custom_path, filename))

if not IS_GTE_ST3:
    sublime.set_timeout(plugin_loaded, 0)

def extract_zip_resource(path_to_zip, file_list, extract_dir=None):
    if extract_dir is None:
        return
    # print(extract_dir)
    if os.path.exists(path_to_zip):
        z = zipfile.ZipFile(path_to_zip, 'r')
        for f in z.namelist():
            # if f.endswith('.tmpl'):
            if f in file_list:
                # print(f)
                z.extract(f, extract_dir)
        z.close()


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Scot's Hall (or Scott's Hall) was a country house in Smeeth, between Ashford and Folkestone in southeast England. It was the property of a gentry family, the Scotts. The first known resident was Sir John Scott (born 1436), who married Caroline Carter.

From the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the eighteenth century, the Scotts, who were the descendants of the Baliols, were influential in Kent, also owning Chilham Castle. Scott's Hall was the centre of the dynasty and there was a time when one could ride from Scot's Hall to London without leaving Scott Property, a journey of over fifty miles. During the reign of Elizabeth I, it was described as one of the most splendid houses in Kent. Samuel Pepys was a regular visitor in the seventeenth century: the contemporary owner, Sir Thomas Scott, married Caroline Carteret, daughter of Pepys' friend and colleague, Sir George Carteret. With his keen nose for gossip, Pepys noted that Thomas' right to inherit the estate  was debatable: his parents were  separated, and his father for a time refused to acknowledge any of his wife's children, although he ultimately did acknowledge Thomas as his son.

History of the Buildings

Scott's Hall at its current location is one of the oldest houses in Smeeth and has a long and fascinating history. It is not possible to say exactly when the first Scott's Hall at this location was built but there is certainly evidence to suggest that it replaced an old medieval house and was here in 1429 when the Scot family moved into it from the nearby village of Braborne (sic). At some point it must have been destroyed by fire because a second Scot's Hall was re-built in 1491. James Renat Scott, in his book "Memorials of the family of Scott, of Scot's-hall, In the county of Kent" <ref>Memorials of the Family of Scott, of Scot's Hall, in the County of Kent by James Renat Scott</ref> published in 1876, surmises that this must have been one of the most magnificent manorial residences in the county. A map dated 1590, currently on show in the Tower of London, demonstrates the position of Scott's Hall and its gardens over a large area centred on the current location. There is also a map in Ashford Museum which shows the hall, with the legend "Scots Hall, Mrs Scot". However, a third fire resulted in its destruction once more which necessitated yet another Scot's Hall being re-built in 1634. A drawing of the house shown in Renat's book illustrates a huge dwelling with many rooms and large grounds. Records from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I describe Scots Hall as one of the most splendid houses in Kent and Samuel Pepys was apparently a regular visitor to Scots Hall during the C17th.  It was claimed that it was possible to ride a horse all the way to London from Scots Hall (over 50 miles) without once leaving grounds which were owned by the wealthy Scot family.

Towards the end of the C18th the financial fortunes of the Scot family began to decline and it had to be sold to Sir John Honeywell in 1784. The new owner also struggled with the upkeep and the enormous house fell into disrepair. In 1808 the once magnificent building was finally taken down due to decay and now little remains of the original building except the site, the name and a few other hidden secrets. There is evidence of the old stone walls in at least three places around the gardens of the current Scott's Hall, which indicate the sheer size of the former building. The current Scott's Hall, which was rebuilt in the early C19th, is very much smaller than the original but one wall on the east of the house appears to be from an earlier building as the Jacobean bricks have been left in situ and align perfectly with another ancient wall further up the garden. There is also an old well in the garden with pipes leading up to the house which still holds water. At some point the lath and plaster in the entrance hall of the house was removed, uncovered beams which have been dated to the C14th, though it is possible that they were originally ships' beams that have been repurposed. There is also Jacobean panelling in the main hall of the house.

The ancient Scot family themselves claimed to be the descendants of the Norman family of Balliol and through them the kings of Scotland from Malcolm were descended. William Scot was the brother of the King of Scotland and for a time the family wrote their surname as de Balliol de Scot. Diplomatically, William later dropped the de Balliol part of his name in order to avoid the anger of King Edward of England, retaining only that of Scot. It is recorded that John de Balliol was born at Durham in 1208 but, following a land dispute with the Bishop of Durham which he lost, he agreed to pay penance by providing funds for schools in Oxford. After his death, his wife established Balliol college in Oxford. One of his grandsons, John le Scot, married Caroline Carter and thereafter moved to Kent and eventually Scott's Hall. For nearly four hundred years the Scot family held considerable influence over Kent and had positions at court according to their rank. John le Scot was a committed supporter of the House of York and, along with many of his descendants, is buried at St Mary's Church in Brabourne where they had originally briefly settled when they first came to Kent.

Little evidence remains of how well the Scot family got on together, except amongst the Deeds four letters were found dated 26 February, 13 March, 16 April, and July 1779. These are all from a Cecilia Scot who was married to Francis Scot, who were the last Scots to reside at Scott's Hall. The letters are addressed to her uncle William (1713-1803) who was said to be quite a wealthy man, begging his help to leave an unhappy marriage and escape from a man she clearly didn't love; sadly no help seems to have come from him so Cecilia had to remain with her husband.

Descent
William Scott (d.1434)
William Scott (d.1434) married Isabel Finch (died c.1457), youngest daughter of Vincent Finch (alias Herbert), of Netherfield, Sussex. His son and heir was John Scott (c.1423-1485) of Scot's Hall.  His daughter Joan Scott married Thomas Yerde of Denton Court and the manor of Tappington in Kent and East Cheam in Surrey.  Thomas Yerde's mother was Anne Courtenay daughter of Hugh Courtenay, 4th Earl of Devonshire.

John Scott (c.1423-1485)

John Scott (c.1423-1485) of Scot's Hall was a committed supporter of the House of York. Among other offices, he served as Comptroller of the Household to Edward IV, and lieutenant to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. He was the son of William Scott (d.1434) and Isabel Finch (died c.1457), youngest daughter of Vincent Finch, or Herbert, of Netherfield, Sussex. He married Agnes Beaufitz (d.1486/7), daughter and co-heiress of William Beaufitz (alias Bewfice) of The Grange, Gillingham, Kent, and likely also a fishmonger of London, by whom he had a son and two daughters including:
Sir William Scott (d. 24 August 1524), who married Sibyl Lewknor.
Isabel or Elizabeth Scott (d. 15 August 1528), whom Sir John Scott married to his ward, Sir Edward Poynings. There is a memorial brass to her in St Mary's Church, Brabourne. He died 17 October 1485, and was buried, by his instructions, in the north wall of the chancel of St. Mary's church, Brabourne.

William Scott (1459-1524)

Sir William Scott (1459-1524) of Scot's Hall in Smeeth, Kent  was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. He was the son of Sir John Scott and Agnes Beaufitz, daughter and co-heiress of William Beaufitz.  He married Sibyl Lewknor, the daughter of Sir Thomas Lewknor (d.1484) of Trotton, Sussex, and Katherine Pelham (d.1481), widow of John Bramshott (d.1468), and daughter of Sir John Pelham, Chamberlain to Queen Catherine of Valois. His son and heir was Sir John Scott (d.1533), who married Anne Pympe. He was buried at Brabourne, where there is a memorial brass to him in the Scott chapel in St Mary's church.

Sir John Scott (c. 1484-1533)

Sir John Scott (c. 1484 – 7 October 1533) was the eldest son of Sir William Scott of Scot's Hall. He served in King Henry VIII's campaigns in France, and was active in local government in Kent and Burgess of New Romney. He was the grandfather of both Reginald Scot, author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft, a source for Shakespeare's Macbeth, and Thomas Keyes, who married Lady Mary Grey. He married, before 22 November 1506, Anne Pympe, daughter and heiress of Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, by Elizabeth Pashley, the daughter of John Pashley, esquire. Sir John Scott and Anne Pympe had five sons and seven daughters:
 William Scott, who died in 1536 without issue.
 Sir Reginald (or Reynold) Scott (1512–15 December 1554), Sheriff of Kent in 1541–42 and Captain of Calais and Sandgate, who married firstly Emeline Kempe, the daughter of Sir William Kempe of Olantigh, Kent, by Eleanor Browne, the daughter of Sir Robert Browne, by whom he was the father of Sir Thomas Scott (1535–30 December 1594) and two daughters, Katherine Scott, who married John Baker (c.1531–1604×6), by whom she was the mother of Richard Baker, and Anne Scott, who married Walter Mayney. Sir Reginald Scott married secondly Mary Tuke, the daughter of Sir Brian Tuke.
 Sir John Scott.
 Richard Scott, esquire, the father of Reginald Scot (d. 1599), author of The Discoverie of Witchcraft''.
 George Scott.
 Mildred Scott, who married firstly, John Digges, esquire, the son of James Digges and half brother of Leonard Digges, and secondly, Richard Keyes, gentleman, by whom she was the mother of Thomas Keyes, who married Lady Mary Grey.
 Katherine Scott, who married Sir Henry Crispe.
 Isabel Scott, who married Richard Adams, esquire.
 Alice Scott.
 Mary Scott, who married Nicholas Ballard, gentleman.
 Elizabeth Scott.
 Sibyl Scott, who married Richard Hynde, esquire.

Sir Reginald Scott (1512–1554)
Sir Reginald (or Reynold) Scott (1512–15 December 1554), Sheriff of Kent in 1541–42 and Captain of Calais and Sangatte, who married firstly Emeline Kempe, the daughter of Sir William Kempe of Olantigh, Kent, by Eleanor Browne, the daughter of Sir Robert Browne, by whom he was the father of Sir Thomas Scott (1535–30 December 1594) and two daughters, Katherine Scott, who married John Baker (c.1531–1604×6), by whom she was the mother of Richard Baker, and Anne Scott, who married Walter Mayney. Sir Reginald Scott married secondly Mary Tuke, the daughter of Sir Brian Tuke.

Sir Thomas Scott (1535–1594)
Sir Thomas Scott (1535–1594) (son of Sir Reginald Scott (1512–1554)) of Scot's Hall in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He married three times:
Firstly to Elizabeth Baker (d. 17 November 1583), the daughter of Sir John Baker of Sissinghurst and sister-in-law of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, by whom he had ten sons and four daughters:
Sir Edward Scott.
Thomas Scott, esquire.
Sir John Scott of Nettlestead, Kent, who married, as his second wife, Katherine Smythe, widow of Sir Rowland Hayward and daughter of Thomas Smythe, Customer of London. He was a Member of Parliament for Kent and an early investor in the Colony of Virginia.
Richard Scott, who married Katherine Hayward, daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward.
Robert Scott.
Reginald Scott.
Sir William Scott.
Joseph Scott.
Anthony Scott.
Benjamin Scott.
Elizabeth Scott, who married firstly John Knatchbull, and secondly, in 1589, Sir Richard Smythe (d.1628),[1] the son of Thomas Smythe, Customer of London.
Emeline Scott, who married Sir Robert Edolphe.
Anne Scott, who married firstly Richard Knatchbull, and secondly Sir Henry Bromley.
Mary Scott, who married Sir Anthony St. Leger (d.1603), of Ulcombe and Leeds, Kent, eldest son and heir of Sir Warham St Leger by his first wife, Ursula Neville, youngest daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Abergavenny, by whom she was the mother of Sir Warham St Leger (d. 11 October 1631), who married Mary Hayward (d.1662), daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward. After the death of Sir Anthony St. Leger in 1603, his widow, Mary Scott, married Sir Alexander Culpeper (d. 15 April 1636) of Wigsell, Sussex.
Secondly he married Elizabeth Heyman (d.1595), the daughter of Ralph Heyman of Somerfield, by whom he had no issue.
Thirdly he married Dorothy Bere, the daughter of John Bere of Horsman's Place, Dartford, by whom he had no issue.

Sir John Scott (1570-1616)
Sir John Scott (1570-1616), of Scot's Hall and of Nettlestead Place in Kent, was an English soldier, Member of Parliament (MP) and an early investor in the Colony of Virginia. He married twice, but had no issue:
Firstly, in 1590, to Elizabeth Stafford (c. 1546 – 6 February 1599), widow of Sir William Drury (30 May 1550 – 18 January 1590) of Hawstead, Suffolk, and daughter of Sir William Stafford (d. May 1556) by his wife, Dorothy Stafford (1 October 1526 – 22 September 1604), granddaughter of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham. By his first marriage, Scott was the stepfather of Sir Robert Drury, friend of the poet, John Donne. Without issue.
Secondly, before 17 September 1599, he married Katherine Smythe, widow of Sir Rowland Hayward, Lord Mayor of London, and daughter of Thomas Smythe (d.1591). She was baptised Katherine Smith on 6 Dec 1561 at All Hallows Lombard Street, City of London and is recorded in the Smythe pedigree taken during the Heraldic Visitation of London in 1568 and the Visitation of Kent in 1619 as the daughter of Thomas Smythe and Alice Judde. Without issue.

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John Scott (died 1485)

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The People's Republic of China is enlisting some of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) critics for help in bringing the land of night soil into the sunlight of modern plumbing. Apparently motivated by being selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, three of China's top ministers--the commissars for public health, the environment and agriculture--have been meeting with foreign contractors and civil engineers to discuss how China can avoid the adverse complications and controversies that disposing of sludge from wastewater-treatment plants has caused for their Western industrialized counterparts.
Sam Shepherd is a Houston-based engineer and chief executive officer of Bioset Inc., a firm that specializes in producing low odor, "sterile," Class A sludge, also known as biosolids. Shepherd, who is a critic of the more common practice of treating sludge to the less-expensive Class B standard, was invited to meet with officials from China in October to discuss plans for forthcoming wastewater-treatment plants to accommodate the updating of China's booming cities, especially Beijing.
In July 2001 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Beijing as the host city for the 29th Olympiad in 2008. According to an IOC statement, the "Beijing Games would leave a unique legacy to China." One legacy the experience will leave is modern plumbing.
China is seeing green, and not just in the environment. Judging by the consultants they are seeking out, the comrades in Beijing may see the infrastructure project as an opportunity to one-up the West. It seems the Chinese are very sensitive about criticism received during discussions on the Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change concerning which nations should be financially responsible for industrial and other human pollution. Critics complained that the supposed environmental treaty's sanctions were focused more on the ability of wealthy nations to pay than on actual pollution by developing nations such as China.
Part of the price of receiving "most-favored nation" status from the United States to become a member of the World Wade Organization was the earmarking by Beijing of hundreds of billions of yuan for environmental-development projects, such as water and wastewater infrastructures. A commercial guide to doing business in China, produced by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, claims that China plans a 10 percent reduction of its pollutant discharge by 2005. Industrial wastewater-treatment equipment and resource-recovery technologies were listed among the few markets for those projects that will be open to foreign firms. "Spending on environmental protection during the five-year-plan period (2001-2005) is projected to reach 1.2 percent of GDP [gross domestic product], approximately $84 billion," the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service and State Department trade advisory says.
According to Shepherd, China is building high-rises that take up entire city blocks in Beijing and Shanghai. The development crush is compounded by the need to handle the waste of 65,000 people in one building. China has approximately 5.5 times the population of the United States. "They have one province that has nearly as many people in it as the entire population of the U.S." he notes. "And they truly want the one-upmanship over other countries that an environmentally superior system would give them. They are a very proud people. If they are given the opportunity, they will promote [whatever system they are convinced can] do well."
Publication information: Article title: PRC Hopes to Enter Sewer Age; China Is Importing State-of-the-Art Technology and Know-How to Advance Its Waste-Treatment Infrastructure as It Prepares to Host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. (World: People's Republic of China). Contributors: Cherry, Sheila R. - Author. Magazine title: Insight on the News. Volume: 18. Issue: 42 Publication date: December 10, 2002. Page number: 34+. © News World Communications, Inc. COPYRIGHT 2002 Gale Group.


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Apple v Samsung Dominates the News, But Samsung Has Just Taken on MPEG-LA Using PTAB Inter Partes Reviews
Posted in Apple, Patents, Samsung at 9:52 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Samsung is attempting to trash multimedia patents (HEVC), which are essentially software patents, but the media is focused on the Supreme Court's refusal to revisit software patents in Apple v Samsung
THE MPEG patent cartel is a subject we wrote many articles about, especially around 2010. It's not only a barrier to Free/libre Open Source software but to every small company. It's a thicket of software patents which miraculously took hold even in countries that had already banned such patents. Korea is one of those countries and it seems as though Samsung is finally fed up with this cartel. As IAM put it this week, "Samsung targets fellow pool member's HEVC patents as dispute escalates" and here are the details (with the obligatory pro-trolls bias/slant):
A fight between Samsung Electronics and a fellow member of MPEG LA's HEVC patent pool escalated late last month as the Korean tech giant launched four inter partes reviews (IPR) against patents owned by Ibex PT Holdings. All of the patents targeted by Samsung are a part of the HEVC pool, which relates to video compression technology used in 4K HDTV and other video formats.
Samsung brought two IPRs against Ibex late last year, both of which were denied institution, but significantly ramped up its fight in October filing two reviews at the start of the month followed by the more recent quartet of filings. The company has brought a total of eight IPRs against three patents owned by its fellow HEVC pool member.
It is very unusual for pool members to target each other's IP in this way. The standard practice is for each licensor in a pool to receive licences to all of the patents owned by the other pool members so they don't pose an assertion risk. Therefore moving to invalidate another pool member's IP suggests that Samsung is frustrated that Ibex continues to receive a slice of revenues on patents that the Korean company clearly feels shouldn't have been granted in the first place.
These four inter partes reviews will help demonstrate the value of PTAB, which we shall cover separately (lots happening there this week). Can these SEPs (standard-essential patents) be tackled once and for all? There are probably too many pertinent patents in there for that to be achievable, but one can help. Pretty much all of these patents would be software patents, which Alice renders invalid.
Speaking of SEPs, ITC has been getting involved, according to IAM which wrote:
You just don't get injunctions in cases relating to standard essential patents in the US, do you? Absolutely not, in almost all circumstances. However, during a presentation at last week's IPBC Asia in Tokyo, Vinson & Elkins partner John Fuisz drew delegates' attention to a recent initial determination in an ITC case that might lead to that changing. In the Matter of Certain Magnetic Data Storage Tapes and Cartridges Containing Same – involving Japanese companies Sony and Fujifilm – has opened the door to the possibility, in some circumstances, of SEP owners being able to use the commission as a forum through which to obtain injunctive relief.
SEP injunctions (embargoes) — more so than SEPs themselves — are seriously unjust. But these are the sorts of things IAM likes to promote, even in its events in Asia (like the above). That's all about agenda and it's pretty clear whose. Sadly, a lot of media that covers patent matters is just marketing and lobbying. Here's a new example of a fake article, an advertisement disguised as "news" for a firm that represents patent trolls (Fish & Richardson).
In other news about Samsung, there's yet more coverage about Apple v Samsung (we wrote about it over the weekend) and people aren't happy about the Supreme Court denying intervention. We've received some long E-mails after our article about it, which basically argued that the only positive thing is Alice remaining in tact (without risk of challenge).
"Apart from the slide-to-unlock patent," said Indian press, "the case also involved the quick links patent, which covered software that automatically turned information like a phone number into an accessible link."
Software patents.
Florian Müller wrote a relatively short post about this. The half-full glass:
Samsung made a lot of headway with respect to design patent damages, and will get a new trial. In that context, the Supreme Court had granted a cert petition by Samsung and overruled the Federal Circuit. The Supreme Court might have been particularly hesitant to hear yet another Apple v. Samsung case.
In the meantime Apple has been sued for alleged patent violations again (not software). We don't suppose Apple intends to start any other (new) case against Android any time soon. Since the death of Steve Jobs not much new has happened on that front. █
"We've always been shameless about stealing great ideas." ~Steve Jobs
IAM Churning Out Support for the Software Patents and HEVC Lobby


Inverhuron Provincial Park is prized for its sandy beach, diverse habitats, and glorious sunsets. Visitors enjoy outstanding swimming, shady campsites and a full-range of facilities, including a laundromat and Park Store.
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MESOP TODAY : OPINION AD TURKEY BY SONER CAGAPTAY – POLICY NOTES 23 – Turkey's Kurdish Path
Soner Cagaptay – March 2015 – Arab Spring success stories have generally not been easy to come by, yet one may be playing out in a regional non-Arab state, Turkey, where ties between the Turks and their Kurdish adversaries have been improving. As recently as ten years ago, the relationship between Turkey and the Kurds was best described as one of mistrust. But the last several years have seen an unmistakable warming between the two sides, highlighted in late February by Turkish troops transiting through Kurdish-controlled Kobani to evacuate relics and troops serving as guards from the Suleyman Shah enclave deep inside Syria.
Iraq, Turkey, and Syria set the stage for this evolving dynamic: In Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, ties with Ankara rooted in energy exploitation are so close that the two governments are said to share an economic commonwealth. In Turkey, reconciliation talks since 2012 have brought the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Turkish government closer to entente, with peace being in the interests of both Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan. The situation is most complicated in Syria, where the PKK-affiliated Democratic Union Party (PYD) has generally supported the Assad regime, Ankara's bitter enemy.
In this Policy Note, Soner Cagaptay examines emerging possibilities and lingering obstacles associated with improving Turkish-Kurdish relations. The upsides, including a boost to Washington's anti-ISIS campaign, could signal a refreshing development in an otherwise unstable Middle East.. THE AUTHOR Soner Cagaptay, the Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, is the author of The Rise of Turkey: The Twenty-First Century's First Muslim Power (Potomac Books), named by the Foreign Policy Association as one of the ten most important books of 2014. Read full pdf document https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/turkeys-kurdish-path


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IT dept dismisses 'Yeddyurappa diary' as 'forgery document'
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Bengaluru, Mar 23: The Income Tax Department on Saturday dismissed as a "forgery document" and a "set of loose papers", the 'Yeddyurappa diary' about alleged bribe payment to top BJP brass that has created a political furore.
Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa
The Congress, citing a media report, had Friday demanded a Lokpal probe into the charge that the state BJP chief had paid Rs 1,800 crore as bribe to the party top brass, which Yeddyurappa had dismissed as "atrocious and malicious."
"Our conclusion after studying it was that it is a forgery document. It is a set of loose papers," principal chief Income Tax Commissioner of Karnataka-Goa Region B R Balakrishnan told reporters.
Yeddyurappa Diary charges: Falsehood and forgeries can never influence polls, says Jailtey
He said "There was an attempt to just make use of the diary to influence some other investigation, which we have not succumbed to. We have done our job in this case as well."
The documents, which were photocopies, were seized from Karnataka water resource minister D K Shivakumar's residence during a raid carried out by the Income Tax department on August 2, 2017, he said.
The papers were sent to the forensic science laboratory in Hyderabad, which returned it saying that they need the original papers, Balakrishnan added.
He said that whatever came out in the magazine (Caravan) which broke the story was not part of the Income Tax department's seized material.
Balakrishnan stated that in view of various Supreme Court decisions on admissible evidence, "this particular diary has no evidentiary value."
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala had said at a press conference in New Delhi that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should come forward and clarify on the matter.
Yeddyurappa had said that "all issues raised by Congress leaders are irrelevant and false."
"The issue is a closed chapter," he had said, adding that he was consulting legal experts on the issue and thinking about filing a defamation case.
Meanwhile, the state BJP demanded that the Congress leaders apologise after Balakrishnan dubbed the alleged diary as loose sheets of papers and a forgery document.
"Congress leaders who levelled false allegations against BJP and its leaders stand exposed in public.
If Congress leaders have left any sensibility in them and respect for public sentiments, they should immediately apologise," the party said.
Regarding the outcome of raids at a Karnataka minister's residence, (apparently referring to Shivakumar), Balakrishnan, without mentioning his name, said the process to confiscate the Benami property worth Rs 75 crore has been initiated.
"The immediate consequence of a Benami transaction is that you lose the property. Prosecution is a different thing. We will think about that," Balakrishnan added.
Balakrishnan, who called the press conference to give details about the IT department's achievements in the Karnataka-Goa region in the last one year, said the region showed collection of Rs 1.11 lakh crore.
It carried out more than 300 surveys, resulting in detection of undisclosed income of Rs 911 crore, he said.
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Karnataka: BJP better placed to face polls rather than form govt and become hostage
Karnataka political crisis BS Yeddyurappa says,'Let's wait and see'
Curtains for the coalition: BJP now in striking distance to form Karnataka government
Don't destabilise Cong-JDS govt, BJP tells Yeddyurappa
Hours after polling ends in Karnataka, coalition drama begins
EC flying squad checks former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa's bags
Modi wave has increased manifold, BJP likely to cross 300 seats, says BSY
All sitting MPs to get ticket, wait and watch for Mandya seat: Yeddyurappa
Will form govt in Karnataka within 24 hours if we win 22 Lok Sabha seats: BS Yeddyurappa
PM Modi's warning to Pakistan led to release of Abhinandan: BSY
Karnataka: Rebel MLAs can stay away from trust vote, Speaker to take call on resignations says SC


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Kate Middleton plans baby shower with help from sister Pippa!
Pregnant Duchess organises low-key affair with family
By Amanda Pauley
Kate Middleton is planning a low-key baby shower ahead of the arrival of her child in July.
The Duchess, who is currently five months pregnant, is reportedly breaking royal tradition and having the do' thrown by party planning sister Pippa rather than Buckingham Palace's usual organisers.
"It was her sister Pippa's idea," a source told US OK! Magazine.
"Since this is going to be a first for the royals, Kate would love the Queen to be part of it."
"While it's all going to be very relaxed and fun, Kate is hoping the Queen will drop by because the two are remarkably close. They bonded big time and really enjoy each other's company."
Pippa, who helped arrange Kate and Will's gorgeous wedding and runs the Middleton's family buisness Party Pieces, is taking charge of all the arrangements – from decorations, food, gifts and more.
"Pippa is in charge," added the source. "Wine and beer will be available – not that Kate will be drinking alcohol of course. There will certainly be none of the hard stuff."
While Kate is in the midst of baby party fever, hubby William is rumoured to be leaving his Royal Air Force Search and Rescue job just before their little one's due date.
Kate has kept up her royal duties during her pregnancy, visiting UK scouts and hopping on the tube for it's 150th year anniversary, but won't be travelling abroad for the rest of the year.
What party games do you think the Middleton's should play at Kate's baby shower? Tell us your ideas below…
Pregnant Kate Middleton inspires baby items for the royal gift shop
Kate Middleton shows off growing bump on official outing
Mum-to-be Kate Middleton reveals she wants a boy


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2013-04-06T22:00:18-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/f9b/20130406220112002_hd.jpgNeil Irwin talked about his book, The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire, in which he explores the events that resulted in the financial crisis of 2008. He spoke with the Wall Street Journal's David Wessel.
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Great for families with little ones, so breeze on in with your crew because this home can handle 'em! Enjoy convenient access to the beach without crossing a street. Pathway to beach, playground and the community pool are available from the backyard of this home! Splash around in the private pool, relax in the hot tub or simply take in the coastal ambience from the large deck. Fun and relaxation is waiting for you at "Sol Searching"!
Two BRs (2T, Duo/BS); full bath; laundry.
MBR (K); two BRs (Q, Q) with shared bath; sitting area; access to deck from all areas.
MBR (K) with whirlpool; great room; dining area; kitchen; half bath; access to deck.
Private pool (14'x28'), hot tub, multiple TVs/DVDs, basketball goal, outside shower.
Location is great. Access to community playground, community pool, community basketball and tennis courts. And very short distance to beach. We found a sandbar on the beach that made riding the waves a really good and longer ride.
How many bed rooms have their bath room?
Dave, 2 of the bedrooms in E047 are Master Bedrooms and will have a private bathroom.
It looks like there is a public beach access boardwalk connecting right to the north corner of the backyard/pool area ... is that the correct?
Matt, there is a walkway from the house accessing the public beach access.
Bob, a washer and dryer is a standard amenity in every Twiddy vacation home. To view our list of standard amenities, please visit www.twiddy.com/abbreviations-definitions.aspx#stfurneq.
Is the Lorelei house -E047, a member of The K Club. "Kilmarlic Golf Club. We are renting 6/14/14 to 6/21/14 .
Margaret, E047 is not a member of The K Club. Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
Is there a shortcut ferry to corolla rather than going the main highway?
Good Afternoon Mrs. Hamilton! No there is not a shortcut ferry from the mainland to Corolla.
is there a high chair and a crib?
Great question, Mary! Baby equipment is not a standard amenity for Twiddy homes. If you would like to rent baby equipment for your stay, Just for the Beach, Moneysworth, and Ocean Atlantic Rentals all provide baby equipment rentals. For contact information, please visit www.twiddy.com/activities/services.aspx.
How close is the nearest lifeguard station to this home?
Does the master bathroom with the whirlpool tub also have a shower?
Thank you for your inquiry, Kathleen! The Level 3 Master Bedroom with a king bed provides a whirlpool tub and a shower.
Is there internet or WiFi available for anyone who may need to work from a laptop during a stay?
Yes Ashlee, this home does provide wireless internet access!
Are there chairs for us on the beach or any other beach items?
Yes Lori, there will be at least 5 beach chairs for your use at this home, but other items such as umbrellas or toys are not standard amenities!


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Bitcoin exchange and wallet service Coinbase is adding support for ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network.Authorized employees within the company on a need to know basis only use any information collected from individual customers.Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has revealed that it is adding support for Ether, the native currency token of the Ethereum network.NY Regulator Approves Bitcoin Exchange Coinbase for Ethereum and Litecoin Trading.Reputable Bitcoin exchange Coinbase has announced that it will be withdrawing its operations entirely from Hawaii following the instatement of a regulatory policy.