Learn the answers to the most frequently asked questions regarding the purchase of HUD homes.
Did you know that there is a way to purchase property owned by the government, often for below market value?
Discover how to buy HUD homes for sale, which involves an online bidding process.
Have you ever heard of HUD homes? Perhaps you will be interested to learn that there exists a niche of properties that are foreclosed upon, only to be sold by the government at a later date. Below you will find explanations for some of the most popular questions surrounding the properties offered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD homes), including an overview of how to buy this particular type of real estate owned property.
HUD homes are properties owned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Homeowners who default on their mortgage payments run the risk of foreclosure, in which case the property may be foreclosed upon and repossessed by the institution financing the mortgage. If a homeowner defaults on mortgages backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), commonly known as FHA loans, the foreclosed-upon property is repossessed by the HUD instead of a bank. The newly dubbed "real estate owned (REO)" properties are then sold to the public and non-profit institutions by the government entity at affordable prices.
Why Should I Invest In An HUD Property?
Property buyers should consider investing in HUD homes for sale due to several unique benefits. For starters, HUD foreclosed homes are often sold below market value, providing the prospect of great deals for investors. Because it is costly to oversee and maintain real estate owned properties, the government has a strong incentive to move these properties off the market as quickly as possible. These properties offer low down payment requirements, as well as sales allowances that can be utilized to pay closing costs or make repairs. Although not applicable to everyone, the HUD also provides special incentives for eligible buyers to invest in certain markets, like the Good Neighbor program.
Are There Cons Associated With HUD Properties?
There are some potential downsides associated with HUD foreclosed homes that should be given proper consideration. First, it is important to know that the agency gives preference to owner-occupants who intend to live in the home for at least one year. Depending on the property type, investors often have to wait a certain period of time before they can submit their bids, as to give owner-occupant candidates priority. HUD owned homes are sold as-is, and come in a wide variety of sizes, ages, conditions and amenities.
In order to estimate what types of repairs or improvements need to be made, potential investors do have the opportunity to order a home inspection before the bid is placed. It is also important to note that the HUD does not allow the assignment of contracts, so wholesalers must purchase the property before selling it, and will be required to pay earnest money and show a proof of funds.
What Costs Come With Investing In HUD Properties Compared To Others?
An investor will be required to pay earnest money to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development once their bid is accepted. Naturally, a savvy investor will want to schedule an inspection to ensure that their investment is worthwhile. Investors should note, however, that they will not receive a refund of their earnest money if they choose to back out after an unsatisfactory inspection.
When making their offers, investors should also factor in the costs of title insurance, utilities and winterization. The HUD will not pay for title insurance, nor will they pay to turn on utilities for inspections. The buyer, or the buyer's agent, must obtain permission to turn on utilities for the inspection and must pay all of the costs associated with turning on water, gas and electricity. This may include a deposit, transfer fees and the cost of usage. During winter months, the HUD will also charge roughly $150 to winterize the property if water is turned on for an inspection. Finally, the HUD will charge several hundred dollars for extensions of up to 15 days past the closing date. After the 15 day period, a prorated amount is charged. When bidding on a property, it is of the utmost importance to run the numbers and ensure that the financial benefit of investing in an HUD home outweighs the costs.
Any and all financing options are applicable to HUD properties, from an FHA 203K loan to a conventional loan, and everything in between. As a result, investors can tap into their usual financing methods to acquire an HUD property. Those wondering how to buy HUD homes with no money down might consider methods such as private money lenders or partnerships.
Mind your due diligence: Before shopping for HUD homes, make sure to research your target markets, including comparable sales and potential after repair values. Also, make sure that you understand the bidding process, costs and fees associated with HUD properties, as well as how you will secure financing.
Choose the right Realtor: It should be noted that the HUD does not accept bids from the public. Each bid must be submitted by a licensed broker or agent, so be sure to find the right Realtor to assist you in this process.
Shop for homes by state or zip code: HUD homes for sale are listed on www.hudhomestore.com. Listings can be searched for via state and zip code.
Gather bid information: Make note of important bidding information, such as the bidding period, the period deadline, who is eligible, whether the property is FHA insurable, and whether or not the property has been earmarked as an owner-occupied property.
Submit your bid: When you find an eligible property to your liking, work with your agent to submit your bid as soon as possible.
Schedule an inspection: Potential buyers are able to schedule inspections for properties they would like to place a bid on. Be sure to factor in the costs discussed in the earlier section.
Investors should be made aware that the HUD only accepts bids coming from licensed brokers and agents, so as an individual, an agent will have to submit your bid for you. Since the HUD will most likely pick the highest bid on a first-come first-serve basis, be sure to submit your bid as soon as possible. If there is an owner-occupied period (let us say for 30 days), be sure to submit your bid immediately on the 31st day when bids are opened up to investors.
It is also helpful to ask your agent to submit your bid and mark it as "hold as backup." The HUD database will submit any and all bids submitted. Due, in large part, to the unpredictable nature of contracts, the HUD will review backup bids before they put the property back on the market. If the price of a property is lowered, the HUD will also review previous bids before moving on to new bids.
Can You Lowball An Offer On An HUD Home?
The simple answer is, yes, you can lowball an offer on an HUD home. The HUD will typically accept bids of roughly 11 percent less than the asking price, and will even accept lower bids for properties that have sat on the market for an extended period of time. The rule of thumb for this is 60 days or longer. However, investors should note that the fast-paced, competitive bidding system creates an incentive for serious buyers to submit as high of a bid as possible. Submitting a lowball offer is possible, but there exists a likelihood that the HUD will prioritize higher bids.
Are HUD Properties Right For You?
Buying HUD homes can be a unique experience, from searching through listings on the HUD Home Store to figuring out the bidding process. However, spending time mastering this unique investment strategy can be worthwhile, as there are deals to be had. An important aspect to keep in mind is that there are unique costs and risks associated with HUD homes. When minding your due diligence and running your numbers, make sure the potential payoffs significantly outweigh the potential downsides. As with any investing strategy, calculated, well-researched action will often lead to great opportunities.
Do you think you will add HUD properties to your portfolio? Why or why not? Share in the comments below.


Q: How can I integrate unique monograms of our family initials into my home?
A: Monogramming is a great way of expressing yourself. The historical uses of monograms are fascinating. For instance, members of bygone royalty used monograms to designate their valuable property or family lineage. Today, we traditionally use monograms in the form of initials. Three initials, instead of what used to be two, is a popular choice since a couple can showcase the union of their relationship.
Pretty much anything goes with monogramming as long as the monogram is well designed and positioned in a corresponding, well-appointed space. If you want to add customized monogram features in a distinctive way, I recommend monogramming dining chair fronts. The dining room is a wonderful place to incorporate family initials to personalize the interior.
Creative options exist such as a client for whom I designed a dining chair monogram to include a large letter "C" to represent the family's last name, which was flanked by each of the couple's first name initials. We decided upon a luxurious stitched border around the initials, boasting a dramatic crest to add a feel of majesty, yet comfortability, in the monogram's overall design.
Have Design Questions? If you would like to submit your own design questions for next month's column, please email Kimberly Grigg at kimberly@knottinghillinteriors.com. Please note, a selection of submissions will be chosen for inclusion.
About Kimberly Grigg: Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based interior designer Kimberly Grigg is the owner of Knotting Hill Interiors and specializes in designing, renovating and redecorating homes in the South, and beyond. Her book is entitled, Secrets of Southern Design. To learn more, visit www.knottinghillinteriors.com and www.itssofabulousblog.com.


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Watch: Jung Joon Young And Seungri Arrive At Police Station For Investigations
by D. Kim
As announced previously, Jung Joon Young and Seungri both arrived at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency on March 14 to be investigated for several charges.
Jung Joon Young arrived in the morning to be questioned for the first time regarding charges of filming and circulating illegal hidden camera footage. He commented, "I am sorry. I apologize for causing trouble to all the citizens of the nation. I will diligently participate in the investigation," and continuously repeated, "I apologize."
Seungri arrived in the afternoon for his second questioning after first being investigated on February 27 for charges including violating the law on the punishment of prostitution mediation. He remarked, "I once again bow my head in apology to all citizens of the nation and the people who have received harm because of me. Rather than saying more, I will participate in the investigation diligently with truthful responses."
CEO Yoo of Yuri Holdings, Seungri's business partner who was involved in the chatroom with suspected prostitution mediation, also arrived at the police station around 12:50 p.m. KST but did not stand in front of media.
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Shellman Shop and BookstoreSteven Jakobovic2020-12-22T12:25:16-05:00
The museum shop and bookstore of the Historical Society of Carroll County, houses a wide variety of unique items for everyone. Our book section specializes in the history of Carroll County through publications produced by HSCC and other publishers. We carry books on the history of Maryland and the region, decorative arts, architecture, artifact care and conservation. A number of works by local authors and a great selection of historically relevant children's books round out the book store experience. Please see below for a small portion of the publications offered for purchase.
Please note, at this time the Shellman Shop and Bookstore is temporarily closed for browsing. Books can be purchased over the phone or by mail. Please contact Catherine Lusher at execassistant@hsccmd.org with any questions.
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An Illustrated Atlas of Carroll County, Maryland
Reprint of the 1877 Edition with a Supplement of Biographical, Family, Business and Organization Sketches, 1993. A valuable resource for researching local history. The Atlas shows property owners in the 1877 election districts, towns, and villages. The supplement was compiled by donors to the Historical Society's Legacy Campaign. $20
Antietam: The Bloodiest Day of the Civil War
By Warren D. Wenger. A local historian examines the battle of South Mountain, the capture of Harper's Ferry and the bloody fighting along Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg, Maryland in September 1862. $10.00
Carroll County and the Great War for Civilization, 1917-1919
A Companion Publication to the Exhibition by the Historical Society of Carroll County. "Roll of Honor" with service records of more than 1100 Carroll County men and women who served in World War 1 and essays about Company H, 1st Maryland Infantry on the Mexican Border, civilian war work, military participation, soldiers' letters and reminiscences. $10
Carroll County Physicians of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
By Theodore E. Woodward, M.D. The history of the medical profession in Carroll County is portrayed by Dr. Theodore E. Woodward, M.D. Beginning with an introduction and reminiscence about changes in medical traditions, the book contains biographies of the academically trained physicians in each of Carroll County's communities. It also provides a section about the history of the Carroll County Medical Society and a listing of manuscript sources available for the study of Carroll County's doctors. $16
Carroll's Heritage–Essays on the Architecture of a Piedmont Maryland County
By Joe Getty. What is fact and what is fiction about the early history of Carroll County? Popular beliefs about 18th century life in this region are sometimes part of a mythology that gives an inaccurate view of our past. Using early buildings as a documentary resource, these essays show how the settlers established farmsteads using the vernacular architectural traditions of the Pennsylvania German and Tidewater English cultures. Geography, log construction techniques, and ethnic customs influenced the details of these early buildings. Homes of the Winchester, Erb, Haines, Royer, Arter, Frizzel and other local families are described. Out of these traditions, a regional farmhouse style evolved that dominated the architecture of the 19th century. This book is an illustrated guide to this pattern of architectural development and provides insight about the daily life of the early settlers. $12
The Civil War in Maryland
By Daniel Carroll Toomey. A chronology of the war in the Old Line State, from John Brown's emergence in western Maryland in 1859 to the Lincoln funeral procession through the streets of Baltimore in 1865, this volume covers the major and minor military engagements on land and water as well as many political events. Hardcover, illustrated. $20.00
David Shriver, 1735 – 1826: Pioneer & Patriot of Piedmont Maryland
By George Donald Riley, Jr. The story of David Shriver, son of a German immigrant, who settled in Frederick (now Carroll) County in 1760 and became a founding father of the German American farmers in piedmont Maryland. David served in the Maryland militia during the American Revolution. In 1776, he was elected to the constitutional convention creating a constitution and bill of rights for Maryland. He later served many years in the Maryland General Assembly as a delegate and senator. Includes ancestral chart, maps, tables and endnotes. Hardcover; 200 pages; indexed; illustrated. $27
The Forgotten Corner: A History of Oakland Mill
By Diana Mills Scott. Based on years of research, this book presents the fascinating tale of the Oakland Woolen Mill, the town it supported and the drowning of both under the waters of Liberty Reservoir. The author made extensive use of archival sources but also interviewed several of the town's last residents. Illustrated with over 100 photos, indexed. $22.00
Images of America: Carroll County
By Catherine Baty. Part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series, this new volume presents a photographic history of Carroll County. Chapters on Westminster, Hampstead, Manchester, Mount Airy, New Windsor, Sykesville, Taneytown and Union Bridge cover the growth of the County's incorporated towns. Another chapter deals with the smaller communities around the county. Includes 192 photographs from the collection of the Historical Society and heritage groups from across the county. Softcover, 128 pages. $19.99
Images of America: Frederick County
Frederick County, a crossroads of American history, boasts some of the major building blocks of our country – the National Road, the C&O Canal and the B&O Railroad. This book, featuring images from the collection of the Historical Society of Frederick County, illustrates the lives of the people of Frederick County from the daily chores on a farm, to urban pastimes, to dramatic events such as Confederate troops marching through Frederick and the inaugural run of the Frederick & Middletown Railway. Part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series. Softcover, 128 pages. $19.99
Images of America: Sykesville
By Bill Hall. Take a glimpse into the history of the town of Sykesville along the banks of the Patapsco River in southern Carroll County. From the arrival of the B&O Railroad's "Old Main Line" in 1831, to 19th century copper mines, to the construction of the Springfield Hospital complex in the 1890s the town has a colorful story to tell. Softcover, 128 pages. $19.99
Images of America: Taneytown
Edited by Tyler J. Boone. Part of the Arcadia Press Images of America series this new volume presents the history of one of Carroll County's oldest communities through photographs. The book features 200 images of the city from the HSCC collection and private collectors. Softcover, 128 pages. $19.99
Legacy of the Land
By Carol Lee. This publication traces the history of agricultural enterprise in Carroll County. It documents many of the farm traditions and a way of life that is quickly disappearing from the Carroll County landscape of today. It includes vignettes written by Carroll Countians that describe special characteristics and unique features of our county's agrarian heritage. $19.99
Make Room for Sentiment: A Physician's Story
By Theodore E. Woodward, M.D. This autobiography of Theodore E. Woodward, M.D. traces his childhood in Westminster through his distinguished service with the U.S. Typhus Commission during WWII to his role as Chair of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine. $25
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Anyone looking for an embodiment of the American dream need only shake hands with Rodolfo "Rudy" Chavez, president of the Swiss luxury watch brand Baume & Mercier North America since September 2005. His family's story ranges from the prison cells of Castro's Cuba to the halls of the White House.
It began in the years after the Communist takeover of Cuba by Fidel Castro and his cohorts. The Chavezes were a middle-class family with a nice home in the province of Las Villas. But Chavez's father, the head of transport for a well-known Cuban brewery, was outspoken in his criticism of Castro's government and its effects on life and freedoms in Cuba. In 1966 he was arrested and put in prison, where he languished for a month and a half under a sentence of death. Then, the unexpected happened. An acquaintance high in the Cuban military came to his father in jail with two options: Leave Cuba immediately, with his family, or stay and be executed, leaving his wife and son to the mercies of Castro's government.
In 1967, the family flew to New York City. Rudy, then 6, arrived first and was met by relatives. His parents came a week later, on a Friday night, Chavez recalls. The following Monday, both parents went to work in their new homeland at jobs their New York relatives had found. His father, then 40, was a stock boy at Gimbels department store. (Among the first things he bought in America with his pay were toy soldiers for his son.) His mother went to work in an embroidery factory, toiling there for years with other women in difficult working conditions.
His father worked his way up at Gimbels and saved his money. By 1970, the family was able to move to Union City, N.Y., which had a small Cuban community, and in 1980, his father left Gimbels to open his own business, a small cosmetics store. It was also during the '80s that the Chavezes became U.S. citizens, "one of the proudest days" of their lives, recalls Rudy Chavez.
Emulating his parents' work ethic, the teenage Chavez went to work for a jewelry store, where, he says, "I did it all, learning the retail jewelry business from the bottom up." He worked there during college and throughout most of his 20s, rising from stock boy to manager. But it was a family business, and his prospects there were limited. "I wanted more," he says.
He worked five years at Saks Fifth Avenue, selling watches and jewelry, and then joined Sector sport watches, where he held several posts, ultimately overseeing key national and regional accounts. He left in 1998 to join Baume & Mercier North America as its New York regional manager. He was named director of national accounts in 1999, vice president of sales in 2002, and president in late 2005.
Chavez says his parents' experiences taught him discipline and dogged determination. "You learn there will be obstacles, but that you can get through them," he says. "I saw that in my father, and in what he overcame. Here was a man who knew no English when he came, who had to start over at 40 as a stock boy, but worked hard enough to own his own business within a few years.
"I saw that in my mother, who for years was already outside in the cold early morning when I was getting up for school and college, waiting for her ride to the embroidery factory, where she worked all day in an environment where some bosses harassed and browbeat employees. You don't forget that." His mother's experiences influenced his managerial style and sparked a determination to ensure proper working conditions: "An environment that's a good place for people to work in," he says.
Last summer, Chavez and other Baume & Mercier officials attended a charity event at the White House in Washington, D.C., at which President and Mrs. Bush were also present. When the president came over to chat, Chavez told him he was a Cuban-American, said it was an honor and a pleasure for him to be in the White House, and expressed his gratitude. "If it weren't for the United States and the opportunities it has given my parents and myself, our lives would be very different now," Chavez told the president. He appreciated Chavez's comments. "It's great to see the passion you have for freedom," he told him.


Dr Ciganek, also known as Dr.C, is the owner of Larchmont Animal Clinic. He attended the University of Minnesota where he graduated in 1973. He moved to New York City in 1974 to complete an internship in advanced training at the Henry Bergh Memorial Hospital. In 1977 he opened his practice at the Larchmont Animal Clinic. He is a supporter of various local schools and organizations. In his spare time, Dr C enjoys restoring classic cars and hanging out with his family which includes three rescue dogs and seven rescue cats.


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Join our crew as we invade the Village of Johns Pass, all the while fighting off the boats defending the Village! Beware, you may get wet!


Talented Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy is the owner of the critically acclaimed Tapas Revolution, he has published a hugely successful cookbook, also called Tapas Revolution, and a second book 'Spanish Made Easy' - and we are loving it.
We got hooked on our visits to the Tapas Revolution at Bluewater, and after sampling their Pisto on a recent visit, we decided it was time to get back in the kitchen and make our own. We don't quite measure up to Omar's standards but it is a great way to cook together and try new ideas. So we bought 'Spanish Made Simple' and set to work on creating our own exciting dishes at home.
Pisto is a warming and very traditional vegetable stew, similar to ratatouille. In the last week we have tried a selection of variations on this one recipe, including adding some chorizo and Manchego cheese.
We have tried with, and without, the eggs, and we have also had aubergine boats filled with pisto too! Served alone or as a side to grilled chicken breast, fish or as a tapas plate with a selection of other dishes, this pisto is versatile, adaptable and most of all delicious.
Below is the recipe for the filled aubergines, but we love to play and have made the pisto to fill other vegetables, top toast, or as a stand alone dish with crusty bread rolls. The book is full of easy to follow ideas for meals in minutes - and we are working our way through our favourite finds.
Discover more recipes, books, and Omar's story at www.tapasrevolution.com - and next time you are passing one of their cafe bars, stop in for a few small tapas plates.
Trim straight across the top and bottom of each aubergine and cut them in half lengthwise. Stand them up and use a paring knife and spoon to carefully hollow out each half - to make little boat bowls. Cut close to the skin without piercing it. Cut the removed flesh in to cubes.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan on a high heat and saute the onion for 1 minute.
Add the red pepper for a further 2 minutes.
Add the sliced garlic, aubergine and courgette cubes.
Once the vegetables have started to caramelise, add the tomato cubes, sugar, paprika, cumin and a pinch of salt - and continue to saute for another two minutes.
Season the aubergine bowls with salt and fill with the cooked pisto.
Bake for 20 minutes then top with the cheese and return to the over for another 10 minutes.
Stand the aubergine bowls on a plate and spoon the blackberries and syrup over the top.
We could not find any blackberries in the shops when we made this so opted to drizzle over a Odysea Pomegranate Molasses instead.


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It Was ANTIFA
On January 6, 2021 January 7, 2021 By Geri UngureanIn Uncategorized7 Comments
From naturalness.com
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Karl Marx: "Accuse Your Enemy of What You Are Doing, As You Are Doing it to Create Confusion"
On January 6, 2021 By Geri UngureanIn Uncategorized1 Comment
I have posted this article many times.
Today I saw this headline:
From gatewaypundit.com
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Evidence China Was Colluding with the Bidens and Providing Information on How to Defeat President Trump in the 2020 Election
So, the Left spent the last four years trying to prove that Trump colluded with the Russians to win the presidency. They accused him in hopes of impeaching our president. It was finally thrown out as garbage. But now the headline is that Biden colluded with China to steal the 2020 election.
Brethren, today in Washington D.C. the Democrats will attempt to count the electoral votes and declare Biden the winner. PLEASE PRAY that God's will be done and that He will keep everyone safe during this process.
Time to repost this once again. Remember, this was originally written last year.
Wonder how it is going for Alinsky attempting to organize hell?
A strange thing happens with just one of my articles on Word Press. For no apparent reason, this particular article, which was written in 2017, comes alive again with hundreds of readers.
This has happened numerous times. The article has now been shared over 10,000 times on Facebook.
I have pondered as to why this article, which is about Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky, suddenly begins to be read and shared as if I'd just written it!
But then something dawned on me. Since the day after President Trump astonished the world by beating Hillary Clinton in 2016; the Leftists have been using the Marx/Alinsky tactics. Surely you've seen the headlines day after day, accusing our President of collusion with Russia, and insisting that Putin helped President Trump during the election.
And now we are suffering through an absurd "Impeachment" process of President Trump. The accusations about colluding with Russia fizzled out, so plan B brought Ukraine into the picture.
The actual guilty parties in Ukraine are Biden and his son – but in the style of Saul Alinsky, the guilty turn and accuse the innocent of exactly what THEY have done.
You simply cannot make this stuff up!
The Articles of Impeachment will be DOA in the Senate, so Nancy Pelosi is holding onto the documents; refusing to send them to the Senate. I'm convinced that many Leftists are demon possessed – perhaps all of them.
The Impeachment Debacle:
Watch AOC as she sums up "why" the impeachment of Donald Trump has to happen:
"Ocasio-Cortez says that Democrats' push for impeaching Trump is about uniting the different factions of the Democrat Party, adding: "this is about preventing a potentially disastrous outcome from occurring next year."
Oh, so AOC is stating that our founders included "Impeachment" in the Constitution to be used as a weapon against our opponent? I can just picture Democrats cringing as they watched AOC blurting out words which were not intended to be said on the news.
Starting at mark 1:59 you will hear the REAL reason for the ridiculous Impeachment proceedings:
And after hearing AOC's reasons for the impeachment of Trump; the next video will expose WHEN this plot actually began. It had NOTHING to do with any wrong doing on the part of President Trump! Watch Hannity as he speaks about the hack whistle blower's lawyer who plotted the destruction of Donald Trump not ten days into his presidency. The video from Hannity is from Nov 2019:
From the washingtonexaminer.com
Ocasio-Cortez: Impeaching Trump 'is about preventing a potentially disastrous outcome' in 2020
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez admitted that the Democrats' efforts to investigate President Trump are, in part, meant to prevent him from winning reelection in November 2020.
The freshman New York congresswoman made the admission in an interview on CNN Wednesday evening, hours after the House had its first public hearing in the impeachment investigation into Trump's foreign policy decisions regarding Ukraine.
"I think many of those considerations will be taken up by the Judiciary Committee when all of this evidence is brought forth," Ocasio-Cortez stated. "We'll see. I personally do believe that the president has engaged in flagrant violations of the emoluments clause. I'm concerned that we would allow this corruption to continue. But at the end of the day, we have to be able to come together as a caucus, and if it is this Ukrainian allegation that is what brings the caucus together, then I think we have to run with however we unify the House."
Ocasio-Cortez has called for the president's impeachment since before her inauguration. ***(God forbid it that this woman is ever "inaugurated!")
"While I believe personally that we should be pursuing and investigating quite flagrant abuses of the emoluments clause, even reporting as recently as the suspicious stops at Trump properties even in congressional delegations or rather in foreign trips, I think all of this is game for investigation," she added.
"We also need to move quite quickly because we're talking about the potential compromise of the 2020 elections. This is not just about something that has occurred, this is about preventing a potentially disastrous outcome from occurring next year," she concluded. source
Does this sound familiar to you? It should.
The Liberal Left uses this tactic frequently. All of the rhetoric about President Trump having ties to Russia; and even the accusation that Russia interfered with the 2016 election, is STRAIGHT out of the Communist Manifesto and Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals." And the journalistic arm of the Democratic Party – the Liberal press – insure that the lies are propagated and that the FAKE NEWS is BELIEVED by the useful idiots.
It is now clear that the Clintons had a nefarious relationship with Putin from Russia. Hillary has been caught, having made deals with Putin which put 20% of America's Uranium into the hands of the Russians. Of course, Putin sweetened the pot by pouring money into the Clinton Foundation. Many are getting their hopes up that this time Hillary will be prosecuted and found guilty.
I'll believe it when I see her and her husband handcuffed and being led away to prison by law enforcement. But I digress….
Do you see clearly how the Democrats turned and accused President Trump of crimes against our nation, that they were committing themselves?
But these stories against our president have no legs – not EVER. Does that matter to the Left?
Lying is like breathing to these people.
While Saul Alinsky was a devoted student of Karl Marx, Hillary Clinton worshipped Alinsky:
From canadafreepress.com
"Thanks to Hillary, I now own America's Uranium Future!"
Hillary Clinton's campaign releases rebuttal to stories about her corruption and greed: "There isn't a shred of evidence" they will assert.
That's true. Not a shred . . .
A MOUNTAIN.
A $140 million mountain that landed at the Clinton Foundation, courtesy of Vladimir Putin, who may have also sent along a bouquet of roses with the money transfers.
Team Hill shouts: "It's a RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY, you hear! It is financed by the Koch Brothers!"
Questions keep arising daily about the largest deposit-only ATM machine in the world: The Clinton Foundation.
Just as the Clinton Foundation is refiling its taxes for the last five years, possibly ten, after having been exposed, we hear that Hillary Clinton expects to raise an unheard record $2.5 billion for her presidential run. With new scandals hitting the headlines daily, the left is circling the wagons around Hillary in their best attempt to not report this story. What you'll read next is about the woman the progressive left presents to the American people as its viable presidential candidate, the person who represents the political left's values and principles.
Sources reveal allegations about the Clintons self-enriching through the sale of political influence at the expense of America's national security. These recall earlier stories now confirmed: the Clintons selling of missile secrets to the Chinese. Behind these curtain calls emerging chapters raise the curtains again to reveal how the largest North American uranium refiners' executives brazenly funneled money to the Clintons and their cohorts (calling it "charity" and taking tax deductions for it) while enriching a potential enemy of the United States with billions. – source
Now, the reader needs to understand that the article above was written in 2015. Isn't it interesting that after President Trump was elected, the Leftist MSM has done nothing but accuse our president of colluding with Putin and Russia? They are clearly implementing Marx's tactic in dealing with one's opponent: Turn and accuse your opponent of EXACTLY what you are doing to cause confusion.
And we know who is the author of confusion, do we not?
Brethren, we all want justice to be served. But in the end, those who seek to harm their own country, and have not sought forgiveness and redemption from the Lord for their many sins – they will receive eternal damnation.
This is between them and God. I would like to believe that some of these enemies of God are not beyond redemption. But the Word says:
"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them" (Romans 1:28-32). KJV
Still, we must pray. Pray for God's Will to be done.


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Boys & Girls U/8 Over 6 1 length 25m Freestyle
Boys & Girls U/10 Over 8 1 length 25m Freestyle
Boys & Girls U/10 Over 8 1 length 25m Backstroke
Boys & Girls U/12 Over 10 2 lengths 50m Freestyle
Boys & Girls U/12 Over 10 2 lengths 50m Breaststroke
Boys & Girls U/12 Over 10 2 lengths 50m Backstroke
Boys & Girls U/14 Over 12 2 lengths 50m Butterfly
Boys and Girls U/16 Over 14 2 lengths 50m Breaststroke
U8 competitors must be able to swim one length of the pool.
Note: At the National Festival the top 10 swimmers in each age group for each event will go forward to the final.
Rules of Swim Ireland to apply except where amended by Community Games rules.
Races will be judged on touching the finish wall.
In the breaststroke & butterfly races, the touch must be with both hands.
In the squad, the incoming swimmer must "Touch" before outgoing swimmer leaves the block.
The start in Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Individual Medley races at the National Festival shall be with a dive (U8 swimmers may take the option of starting in the water). After a short whistle- blow a number of times in quick succession (typically 3 times), swimmers must be ready for the swim. On the long whistle from the referee the swimmers shall step onto the blocks and remain there. On the starter's command "take your marks", they shall immediately take up a starting position with at least one foot at the front of the blocks. When all swimmers are stationary, the starter shall give the starting signal and the starting signal will sound. This can be an electronic buzzer/beep or hand signal or whistle.
The start in Backstroke and Medley Relay races shall be from the water. At the referee's first long whistle, the swimmers shall immediately enter the water. At the Referee's second long whistle the swimmers shall return without undue delay to the starting position. When all swimmers have assumed their starting positions, the starter shall give the command "take your marks". When all swimmers are stationary, the starter shall give the starting signal.
Swimmers must stay in the water at the end of a race until they are given official permission to leave.
Technological equipment can be used at the National Festival to assist finish judges in the determination of placings at the finish of all swimming events.
Any swimmer starting before the starting signal has been given, shall be disqualified, except in the U8 and U10 Boys and Girls events. If the starting signal sounds before the disqualification is declared, the race shall continue and the swimmer or swimmers shall be disqualified upon completion of the race. If the disqualification is declared before the starting signal, the signal shall not be given, but the remaining swimmers shall be called back and start again. The Referee repeats the starting procedure beginning with the long whistle (the second one for backstroke) as per SW 2.1.5.
Event Type: Squad
Panel Details/Age Categories:
Boys U/13 over 10 (Squad) (Panel of 6) (four to swim and two subs) 4 x 25m length freestyle
Girls U/13 over 10 (Squad) (Panel of 6) (four to swim and two subs) 4 x 25m length freestyle
Boys U/16 over 13 (Squad) (Panel of 6) (Four to swim and two subs) 4 x 50m medley order:
Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Freestyle.
Girls U/16 over 13 (Squad) (Panel of 6) (Four to swim and two subs) 4 x 50m medley order:
All panel members present at National Festival should participate.
Rules of Swim Ireland to apply except where amended by Community Games rules.
In the breaststroke races, the touch must be with both hands.
The start in Freestyle, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Individual races at the National Festival shall be with a dive. After a short whistle- blow a number of times in quick succession (typically 3 times), swimmers must be ready for the swim. On the long whistle from the referee the swimmers shall step onto the blocks and remain there. On the starter's command "take your marks", they shall immediately take up a starting position with at least one foot at the front of the blocks. When all swimmers are stationary, the starter shall give the starting signal and the starting signal will sound. This can be an electronic buzzer/beep or hand signal or whistle.
Any swimmer starting before the starting signal has been given, shall be disqualified. If the starting signal sounds before the disqualification is declared, the race shall continue and the swimmer or swimmers shall be disqualified upon completion of the race. If the disqualification is declared before the starting signal, the signal shall not be given, but the remaining swimmers shall be called back and start again. The Referee repeats the starting procedure beginning with the long whistle (the second one for backstroke) as per SW 2.1.5.
Once a panel has been submitted for a squad no alteration or addition can be made. A member of the panel may compete and swim any leg of the squad at any stage of the competition. No competitor may swim two legs of the squad.


INSPIRING MEALS AND FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE AWAIT YOU ON THIS FOODIE TRAIL THROUGH BUNYIP AND GARFIELD.
With an abundance of high quality local produce and passionate foodies in the community, it's no wonder that the small towns of the West Gippsland region are emerging as rural food hubs. Situated around 70km southeast from Melbourne, the villages of Bunyip and Garfield are nestled among the picturesque Gippsland hills, and are home to some of the best locally produced food in the area. With a smattering of cafes, bakehouses, restaurants and niche retail stores, this area is rich in quality, handmade food and produce.
In the main street of Bunyip, Biddy Martha's Cafe is set in an old rail house building that juts out over the hill near the train tracks. Large windows set into the corrugated iron building open up to let in the fresh air and reveal to the patrons a widespread view of the hills and countryside of the West Gippsland region. We take our seats at a grand wooden table, warming our backs in the sun that streams in through the front of the cafe and place our orders. The small, intimate kitchen smells divine, and before long our meals are delivered to us; a serving of the butter chicken curry with rice and a fantastic home made pulled pork roll. Just like the careful manner in which they present their food, the old rail house has been tastefully restored, with the original metal high beams still in place. With the quirky mismatched chairs, delicate china tea cups and jars of locally produced jams, chutneys and relishes for sale, the overall experience at Biddy Martha's is one of comfort and charm.
A strong ethos and commitment to quality extends to wine in the West Gippsland region, with several wineries dotted around the hills producing some of the finest wines in Victoria. Cannibal Creek Vineyard is located in the foothills of the Black Snake Ranges. With the grapes hand picked and the wine carefully crafted with a minimal amount of handling, the Cannibal Creek Vineyard favours a return to traditional style and premium wine.
Situated on the edge of the Bunyip State Park, Jinks Creek Winery in Tonimbuk resides in what was once an old wool shed, now perched above the vineyard. Renovated from a house a restaurant, art gallery and cellar, with breathtaking views of the native bushland, it is the perfect place to enjoy a glass or two of some fine wine.
The Lady Lavender's Tea Rooms make for a great excuse to pull off the highway, settle down and relax in the quaint country cottage atmosphere. Just off the Princes Highway on your way to Warragul, the Lady Lavender's Tea Rooms offers a quintessential afternoon tea experience, with the rolling green hills of West Gippsland providing a lush backdrop to the lavender plants surrounding the cottage. The extensive menu of traditional comfort food, decadent desserts and scones are all made with homegrown and locally sourced ingredients, with something for everyone.
A few kilometres up the road, the township of Garfield has its fair share of fine food and quirky characters. The Cannibal Creek Bakehouse has its wood fired oven burning on even the hottest of summer days, and the smell of freshly baked bread wafts from the traditional redbrick building and down the quiet main street. Further down the road is boutique howewares store and cafe Impodimo. The cafe has a strong focus on clean eating and homemade produce. Set in an old house, the waitress serving us entertains us with customers stories and memories of the old house before its transformation to a cafe. The raw berry and coconut cheesecake is a unique delight, and a favourite with the regular customers. Both sweet and refreshing, it satisfies your sweet tooth without being sickly, and the raw berry compote dolloped on top is divine.
Wherever you look, tucked away in some quiet corner of the town or proudly on display in a treasured old building on the main street, a strong emphasis on quality service and fine food is of paramount importance in the townships of Bunyip and Garfield, and well worth a visit.


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The Lost Season of Love and Snow by Jennifer Laam
At Christmas 1828, a beautiful and intellectually curious young woman meets Russia's praised rebel poet Alexander Pushkin, beginning a courtship and later marriage full of passion, domestic bliss and destructive jealousies.
The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
In November 1944, hundreds of young girls live in the top-secret city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, operating massive machines that help win the war effort and socializing with soldiers, scientists and workmen.
A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey
Set in the 1950s, a fast-driving woman and her car-salesman husband enter the Redex Trial, a brutal race over horrendous roads around the Australian continent.
In 1920, a shivering and senseless woman is pulled from a canal in Berlin claiming to be the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia who survived the assassination squad that killed the remainder of the imperial Romanov family.
The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
The lives of an American woman, a British RAF pilot and a young Jewish teenager intersect as they fight to defy the Nazis in occupied Paris during World War II.
Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
Set in the high country of 1950s North Carolina, a woman protects her grandson, a bootlegger who returned from the Korean War with a wooden leg, from rival runners, federal revenue agents, snake-handling pastors and the mystery of his own past.
The Taster by V. S. Alexander
In 1943, a young Berlin woman is sent to safety in Bavaria where she is assigned as one of several young women tasting the Fuhrer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned.
Winter Sisters by Robin Oliveira
In 1879, after an epic snowstorm ravages the city of Albany, a former Civil War surgeon begins a search for two little girls who have vanished without a trace, a quest that exposes dark secrets about some of the town's most powerful citizens.
Greeks Bearing Gifts by Philip Kerr
A one-time Berlin detective, working in 1956 Munich as an insurance claims adjuster, investigates a former soldier's professed losses that appear to be stolen spoils belonging to Greek Jews deported from Auschwitz.
All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church
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Editorial preface
Dembińska, Izabela1
Dear Readers, I am pleased to announce the publication of the third edition (63(135)) of the Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin in 2020. This edition contains the findings and opinions of the authors within thirteen articles, which are grouped into six fields: Civil Engineering and Transport, Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Management and Quality Science, and Information and Communication Technology. The Civil Engineering and Transport section begins with an article in which the authors provide an FMECA for a thermal deburring machine of a Slovak company to develop an efficient maintenance policy. The second article also covers maintenance issues by addressing freight cars used in railway transport. The authors used railroad car operation, maintenance, and failure data to establish a methodology to calculate the probability of failure and thereby determine the risk levels in the rolling stock maintenance policy. The author of the third article noted that the continued growth of transport systems and the extensive activities related to the system user safety require the development of methods to assess how the extension or upgrading of road infrastructure impacts road safety. The author aimed to develop an assessment concept that will form part of a comprehensive methodology for analyzing the operational reliability of transport systems. Conceptualized in the article is an assessment of the impact of road infrastructure on road safety that refers to the GAMAB and Road Safety Impact Assessment methods reported in the literature. The concept is based on a comparative analysis of the state of road infrastructure before and after expansion or upgrades, based on publicly-available data. The last article in this section deals with digitization, one of the most urgent modern determinants of economic activity. The authors consider the digitization of transport as a tool for achieving the European Union's policy objectives set out in the Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe. For railway transport, digital innovation is necessary to increase its competitiveness, and one of the tools for the digital transformation of the railway is the fifth-generation of wireless communication systems (5G). The purpose of this article is to show the advantages of 5G deployment for railway operators. It describes unique flexibility in the allocation of 5G network resources, depending on the existing needs of rail traffic. The Environmental Engineering, Mining and Energy section contains study, that elaborates on the modern technologies used for the production and utilization of methanol. Particular attention was paid to technology for energy storage in the form of "renewable" methanol generated from hydrogen produced using renewable surplus energy or from captured CO2. The paper presents a methanol production and treatment plant and a methodology for assessing the plant efficiency. The Electrical Engineering section contains two studies. The first article demonstrates that an electricity- and-power system is affected by various types of power quality disturbances, which have a detrimental effect on generators, transformers and electrical appliances. At the same time, the authors noted that some 6 Scientific Journals of the Maritime University of Szczecin 63 (135) of the most harmful disturbances in power quality are voltage subharmonics, and the study describes the effect of voltage subharmonics on power losses and the heating-up of an induction motor. The second article presents methods for analyzing the power characteristics of generator sets with vector control of an asynchronous squirrel-cage machine. These methods facilitate analyses of the power characteristics of generator sets with field-oriented control (FOC) and direct torque control (DTC). The Mechanical Engineering section also contains two studies. The authors of the first article presented an analysis of possible variants of a handling terminal system by considering the factors of the current development of the Russian transport system. Their considerations were directed at identifying the rationale and possible issues related to the lack of human presence in the technological process of an inland container terminal. The control system of a mini crane is reported in the second study of this section, which analyses a system employing a programmable logic-controlled exoskeleton. The Economics, Management and Quality Science section presents three articles. The first examines the impact of exchange rate movements on international trade. The authors point out that various studies prove that the impact may vary between different sectors and countries. In the fishing industry, this relationship was not widely studied; therefore, an analysis was undertaken in this respect. Using the Emirmahmutoğlu and Köse causality test, the authors examined whether exchange rate fluctuations in certain countries affected fish production. The authors of the next study considered the most important problem in recent months, COVID-19. As we have already seen, the pandemic is a strong determinant, not only of social life, but the economy as well. Recognizing the strong impact of COVID-19 on different spheres of our lives, the authors analyzed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the oil market. The authors of the third study in this section, assuming that the management process analysis allows the detection of weaknesses and strengths, analyzed the production line management processes. To this end, they created a queuing model for a production line and analyzed its performance and reliability. The attempted modelling was used to determine whether queuing theory can be used to mod-el processes in production lines. In the last section, Information and Communication Technology, the authors evaluated the tracking performance of the GOOSE platform and compared it to a reference receiver. The quality and performance were analyzed using raw measurements of three signals, GPS L1CA, L2CM and L5. The data were processed with the "zeroEdit" module of the TUB-NavSolutions software. In conclusion, the presented articles address a wide range of contemporary problems that can initiate theoretical and empirical scientific research. We are aware that the problems are described only to a modest extent, yet we hope that the articles will inspire further research and considerations.
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1 Maritime University of Szczecin 11 Henryka Pobożnego St., 71-899 Szczecin, Poland, i.dembinska@am.szczecin.pl


Five Rivers FTXL..the allround performer..
Peter, if you're reading this please post a comment..and sorry for the long wait..
It's been some time that I wanted to take some cool shots on a magic trout stream in the Carpathians mountains..I ventured in the wilderness on a deadly rod without a 4x4 car and had a very short solitary fishing session on the way back from work..found and "captured" this piece of heaven through my lens, luckily still unspoiled from human civilization...I wanted to share a bit of my small stream flyfishing addiction..many of us disregard the beauty of fishing small streams..and like all small things in life, they really make a difference..I can only hope, if someone will find this place, it will still be the same on my next visit.
To me, in these gin clear waters it's not the size of the trout that really matters. It's maybe their breathtaking colours.. I actually don't know what it is, but when I'm casting a seven foot one weight rod and a size 14 elk hair caddis and watch it float like it is floating on air until a trout makes it disappear..well I don't think there is something more graceful and peaceful than that and truly believe that this the purest form of flyfishing...cristal clear streams, spooky wild trouts and perfect fly presentations, three of the most important things that make the game..give it a try, you'll know what I'm talking about.
No fish was harmed or killed during this photo/fishing session..


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WMO verifies 3rd and 4th hottest temperature recorded on Earth
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially evaluated temperature record extremes of 54.0 °C at two locations, one in Mitribah, Kuwait, on 21 July 2016 and a second in Turbat, Pakistan, on 28 May 2017.
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Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference confronts cascading impacts of extreme weather and other natural hazards and of climate change
Climate change, Environment, Weather, Water, Climate, Floods, Disaster risk reduction
Climate change, population increase, urbanization and environmental degradation are amplifying the impact of extreme weather, water and climate events such as tropical cyclones, floods and extreme heat on growing numbers of people. Improved early warning systems and more coordinated disaster risk reduction are more important than ever before.
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State of the Climate in 2018 shows accelerating climate change impacts
Climate, Climate change, Natural hazards, Agriculture and food security, Public health, Environment, Oceans
The physical signs and socio-economic impacts of climate change are accelerating as record greenhouse gas concentrations drive global temperatures towards increasingly dangerous levels, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. The WMO Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2018, its 25 th anniversary edition, highlights record sea level rise, as well as exceptionally high land and ocean temperatures over the past four years. This warming trend has lasted since the start of this century and is expected to continue.
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World Meteorological Day celebrates the Sun, the Earth and the Weather
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The Sun, the Earth and the Weather is the theme of this year's World Meteorological Day. It highlights the role of the Sun in delivering the energy that powers all life on Earth, and drives the weather, ocean currents and the hydrological cycle.
AMCOMET calls for greater investment in Africa to improve weather and climate services
The African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) has issued a call for greater investment by national governments and development partners, in weather, climate and water services in order to promote sustainable development, cope with climate change and protect life and property on the continent.
WMO confirms past 4 years were warmest on record
Climate, Climate change, Greenhouse gases
Publish Date: 6 February 2019
In a clear sign of continuing long-term climate change associated with record atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 have been confirmed as the four warmest years on record.
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WMO climate statement: past 4 years warmest on record
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Publish Date: 29 November 2018
The long-term warming trend has continued in 2018, with the average global temperature set to be the fourth highest on record. The 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the past four years, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Other tell-tale signs of climate change, including sea level rise, ocean heat and acidification and sea-ice and glacier melt continue, whilst extreme weather left a trail of devastation on all continents, according to the WMO provisional Statement on the State of the Climate in 2018. It includes details of...
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WMO addresses UN Security Council for first time
Climate change, Climate, Disaster risk reduction
Publish Date: 25 January 2019
For the first time in its history, the World Meteorological Organization has addressed the UN Security Council on the risks to international peace and security posed by climate change and weather-related disasters.


The Australian Railways Union (ARU) was an Australian trade union in existence from 1920 to 1993. The ARU was an industrial union, representing all types of workers employed in the rail industry, excluding locomotive enginedrivers and tradesmen in craft areas.
It was formed in September 1920, through the amalgamation of state-based unions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, and was federally registered as a union on 8 February 1921. It merged with three other public transport unions in 1993 to form the Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union.
^ "Australian Railways Union (1921 - 1993)". Australian Trade Union Archives. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
^ "Australian Railways Union". Noel Butlin Archives Centre. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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Situation In Kashmir Far From Normal: Sinha After Visit To Valley
On November 26, 2019 by Press Trust of India
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha led delegation in Srinagar (Photo: Abid Bhat / KO)
SRINAGAR – A five-member civil society delegation led by former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Monday wrapped up its four-day visit to Kashmir terming it as very successful, but asserted that the situation in the Valley after the abrogation of Article 370 was not normal.
The delegation, known as Concerned Citizens' Group (CCG), also termed the curbs by the police on their movement in different parts of the Valley as a "deliberate ploy" by the government to hide the ground reality.
It warned that the situation will deteriorate further if the Centre does not change its behaviour pertaining to Kashmir.
"After talking to various groups of people and individuals, I have come to the conclusion at the end of our visit that the situation is not at all normal." Sinha told PTI.
Asserting that the Centre's decision of stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and bifurcating it into two Union territories has caused a "huge psychological problem", Sinha said an atmosphere of fear was prevailing in the Valley.
The region's inhabitants had not expected the enormous move by the Centre that resulted in people being numbed and now that numbness has been replaced by a great deal of fear, the former Union finance minister said.
"There is a prevailing atmosphere of fear here. Even those who came to see us in the hotel were harassed by security forces and they told us very clearly that they will not like their names to be revealed because they were not sure what kind of future they will face," he said.
Asked about the detention of several mainstream political leaders, including sitting Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah – whom he talked to over the phone, Sinha accused the Centre of "destroying a significant buffer" in the Valley and creating a vacuum as people have no one to go to with their grievances.
He termed as very "unfortunate" and "painful" the detention of Abdullah, a political representative elected by the people.
"They have destroyed a significant buffer which was there and they have created a vacuum..there is nobody to talk to, Sinha said.
He claimed that since the group was not allowed to carry out with its programme that involved travelling and meeting people in the towns and villages in the districts outside Srinagar, it was an indication that the government wanted to hide the ground reality from the rest of the country.
The group, which arrived here on Friday on their first visit to the Valley after the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, met several delegations and individuals during their stay before leaving for Delhi on Monday afternoon.
The group members were asked by the police not to move outside Srinagar as the situation was not conducive and there was a threat of an impending terror attack, which Sinha termed as "a deliberate ploy" by the government to restrict their interactions with common people.
"We have come to Kashmir at the height of militancy when the situation on the law and order front was really far from normal. We travelled around in taxis, went to the districts, met people, there was no threat," he said.
Sinha asserted that the Central government has maintained that Article 370 was responsible for terrorism in Kashmir and now that it has been four months since Article 370 was abolished, people are being told that terrorism is still there.
"So, either the first part is true or the second part is," he said.
However, he added that the visit was still very successful.
"I will describe my visit as very successful because even as we were not allowed to visit, for instance Pulwama or Shopian, but people from Pulwama and Shopian met us here. We met Panchayat representatives, Bar Association members, farmers, youths, we met a very large cross-section of the people," the former Union Finance minister said.
When asked if he foresees the situation as returning to normal in the Valley in the near future, Sinha said it would depend on the Centre's behaviour on the Kashmir issue.
"It is difficult to say when the situation will return to normal, but much of it depends on how the Government of India will behave. If there is no change in its behaviour, then there will be no change in the situation here and if there is any change in the situation, then it will only deteriorate further, he said.
Sinha-led delegation manages to meet Farooq Abdullah's brother and sister: ANC
A five-member delegation led by former Union minister Yashwant Sinha met National Conference leader Mustafa Kamal and Awami National Conference president Khaleda Shah who are under house arrest since August 5, the ANC said in a statement on Monday.
Kamal and Shah were the only prominent mainstream political leaders who the delegation was able to meet during their four-day visit to the Valley that ended on Monday.
Citing security reasons, the police did not allow Sinha and his delegation to venture outside Srinagar, the ANC said.
They were also denied permission to meet other politicians, currently under detention, it added.
After a 20-minute heated argument with the police, the authorities on Saturday night allowed Sinha and his team to meet ANC president Begum Khalida Shah, ANC senior vice-president Muzaffar Shah and NC additional general secretary Mustafa Kamal, who have been under continued detention since August 5 at their residences near M A Road in Srinagar, the statement said.
Khalida Shah is the sister of NC president and Srinagar MP Farooq Abdullah, while Kamal is his brother.
The ANC said the visiting delegation was apprised by the detained leaders of the ground situation in J&K following the Centre's unilateral decision to revoke the special status of erstwhile state by nullifying Article 370 splitting the state into two Union territories.
The decision is unacceptable to the overwhelming majority of people in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh , it said.
The party said the leaders emphasised upon the urgency of restoring the Fundamental Rights of the people of Kashmir and immediate release of the three former chief ministers — Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti — and other detained leaders, besides several youths lodged in jails in and outside J&K.
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BUSH COURTS THE HUNTING/FISHING LOBBY
While his national security adviser sat in front of the 9/11 commission to argue that there was no mention of attacks on the U.S. in the 8/6/2001 memo about attacks on the U.S., our president shamelessly pandered to his far right, the "conservationists" who also happen to be gun lovers - folks like Ducks Unlimited, Quai Unlimited, the Safari Club International and the National Rifle Association. The Guardian (er, "Guardian Unlimited") mentions that another guest, the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance proudly "provides direct lobbying and grassroots coalition support to protect and advance the rights of hunters, fishermen, trappers and scientific wildlife management professionals." What I want to know is, how come conservatives are so adamant about no "special rights" for homosexuals, but when it comes to another minority - one that's demonstrably dangerous to the life and limb of ordinary citizens - they're willing to push as hard as they can for... special rights? How does that work?
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PREGNANT WOMEN EATING TOO MUCH FISH
That's USA Today's headline. It's no longer an abstract theory: A new EPA study says that 300,000 to 600,000 babies born in 2000 got "unacceptable" levels of methyl mercury from their mothers eating "a diet rich in fish," potentially dooming them to "developmental problems and difficulties with visual and motor integration." The study's author says it emphasizes "the importance of paying attention to the advisories" - you know, the convoluted instructions about which fish you can have more than once a week, or once a month, and which will kill you straight out, etc. yet being sure you eat enough fish to get those fantastical health benefits. I thought veganism was the one where you had to be constantly paying attention to what you ate.
FIRST SIGNS OF BSE IN SHEEP
"Scientists have detected the first signs that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) may have crossed into sheep in a study that is likely to rekindle anxieties over the safety of lamb and mutton. One of three tests used to determine whether sheep that had seemingly died from scrapie were in fact infected with BSE (also known as "mad cow" disease) has produced positive results," reports the Independent. Oh no! But wait: "Scientific experts who carried out the tests have nevertheless concluded that the case "could not be considered to be" BSE, although they have not ruled out the possibility that this is the first case of BSE disease in sheep. 'Some characteristics [of the test] were similar to experimental BSE in sheep and also to [an] experimental strain of sheep scrapie.'" Phew! But wait: "Experiments suggest that BSE could be easily transmitted to sheep, and it could, like scrapie, be passed down the generations. This would mean that BSE could still be infecting the national flock today, more than a decade after meat and bonemeal was banned."
SENATORS: PROBE RACETRACK CLUSTER
"New Jersey's senators, Corzine and Lautenberg, are urging federal scientists to determine whether eating mad cow-tainted meat could have caused a cluster of deaths from the fatal, brain-destroying disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease among people linked to the defunct Garden State Racetrack." Skarbek seems to have picked up another couple of confirmed CJD cases after the NYT Magazine piece; she "has documented 13 deaths among residents of New Jersey and nearby states since 1995, all listed as due to classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease on their death certificates, in track workers and patrons presumed to have eaten at the track's restaurant. Another six deaths also appear to fit the pattern," but they're awaiting confirmation either of the cause of death or the racetrack connection. So it looks like according to Skarbek, we have 13 definites, 19 probables for a one-in-a-million disease.
NO MORE BULLS*** IN BARCELONA
Nearly 250,000 people signed a petition calling for the abolition of bullfighting in Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital. The BBC reports that 21 councillors voted in favour, 15 against, with two abstentions. The ban still could theoretically be vetoed, and "traditionalists" are wringing their hands and stomping their feet, but it looks like the tide has really turned in this town, which had staged the third most bullfights of any city, killing 100 bulls a year. On to Madrid and Seville, number one and two, next. Either way, Beijing ain't gonna be catching up - it has "given up its drive to host a bullfighting performance in Asia's biggest bull ring. The bullring has a seating capacity of 3,000 and is intended to open this May. However, project officials are now consulting with investment companies about converting the area into a multifaceted entertainment facility. Many people have argued that bullfighting is a cruel form of entertainment, which will not only injures and kills bulls but also has the potential to tarnish Beijing's-and China's-image." Not if you keep that crap out, it doesn't.
NEWS FLASH: VEGANISM LOWERS WEIGHT
Amazing that they had to study 38,000 men and women aged 20 to 97 to confirm this, they found that "fish-eaters, vegetarians and especially vegans had lower Body Mass Index than meat-eaters." What were the greatest contributors to the meat-eaters' heaviness? "High protein and low fibre intakes," according to Nature. (via Vegan Porn) But at least those who are overdoing the meat are cutting back on the dreaded carbs, right? Oh, except that "low-carb dieters eat too many carbs!" Yes, "adults who are reducing their carb intakes are still eating about 128 grams of refined carbohydrates a day, the study found. That compares with the estimated 20 to 50 grams of carbs per day recommended by some low-carb diets." Hmmm, so what do you get when you eat not enoug fiber, too much protein, and too many carbs? Fat, it would seem.


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Great Britain's Lois Toulson has won gold in the women's 10m platform at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The 15-year-old from Leeds scored 456.70 to finish ahead of Russia's Anna Chuinyshena (429.15) and German Elena Wassen (410.40), both 14 years old, with fellow Briton Shanice Lobb fourth.
Earlier, in the men's 1m springboard, James Heatly won bronze for Team GB.
The 18-year-old scored 483.40 to finish behind Ilia Molchanov (512.20) and Nikita Shleikher of Russia (543.80).
Meanwhile, Britain's Lutalo Muhammad won bronze in the men's -80kg taekwondo, defeating Italian Roberto Botta 12-7 after coming through the repechage.
British-born fighter Aaron Cook, who now competes for Moldova, was knocked out of the quarter-finals following an 8-7 defeat to Portugal's Julio Ferreira.
The aquatic events at the European Games are for juniors only, and double up as the European Junior Championships.


I expect (hope?) that the results aren't at all surprising. After almost 20 years at Microsoft and hundreds of interviews, it's exactly what I expected. Interviews, at best, are a guess at finding a good employee, but often serve the ego of the interviewer more than the needs of the company. The article makes note of that as well.
I wish more interviewers paid attention to statistics or articles (or their peers) and stopped asking horrible interview questions, and really, really tried to see if they could come up with better approaches.
So – why do we do interviews if they don't work? Well, they do work – hopefully at least as a method of making sure you don't hire a completely incapable person. While it's hard to predict future performance based on an interview, I think they may be more effective at making sure you don't hire a complete loser – but even this approach has flaws, as I frequently see managers pass on promising candidates for (perhaps) the wrong reasons out of fear of making a "bad hire".
I do mostly "as appropriate" interviewer at Microsoft (this is the person on the interview loop who makes the ultimate hire / no hire decision on candidates based on previous interviews and their own questions). For college candidates or industry hires, one of the key questions I'm looking to answer is, "is this person worth investing 12-18 months of salary and benefits to see if they can cut it". A hire decision is really nothing more than an agreement for a long audition. If I say yes, I'm making a (big) bet that the candidate will figure out how to be valuable within a year or so, and assume they will be "managed out" if not. I don't know the stats on my hire decisions, but while my heart says I'm great, my head knows that I may be just throwing darts.
What Makes a Good Tech Employee?
Does the candidate like to learn? To me, knowing how to figure out how to do something is way more interesting than knowing how to do it in the first place. In fact, the skills you know today will probably be obsolete in 3-5 years anyway, so you better be able to give me examples about how you love to learn new things.
Plays well with others – (good) software engineering is a collaborative process. I have no desire to hire people who want to sit in their office with the door closed all day while their worried team mates pass flat food under their door. Give me examples of solving problems with others.
Is the candidate smart? By "smart", I don't mean you can solve puzzles or write some esoteric algorithm at my white board. I want to know if you can carry on an intelligent conversation and add value. I want to know your opinions and see how you back them up. Do you regurgitate crap from textbooks and twitter, or do you actually form your own ideas and thoughts?
If possible, I'll work with them on a real problem I'm facing and evaluate a lot of the above simultaneously. It's a good method that I probably don't use often enough (but will make a mental note now to do this more).
The above isn't a perfect list (and leaves off the "can they do the job?" question, but I think someone who can do the above can at least stay employed.
I interviewed more than a hundred candidates and basically agree with your "don't hire a complete loser" goal.
I think that we are missing an important piece of statistics though- how many false negative did we have (candidates that we should have hired but didn't) and that it is as important as the false positives (complete loser we hired).
I use some kind of variation on the list you mentioned, I found out that a good predictor for learning skills is someone that can show past work and learning and can actually explain it, a lot of the engineers we hired moved from technology to technology more than once over their careers and could explain them all.
Alan and I both come out of Microsoft and I also spent ~10 years there as an As Appropriate interviewer so we're largely in agreement about interviewing philosophies. I will quibble with the brain teaser example in the quote above because those are not logic puzzles they are modeling questions and are quite valuable in an interview. The key difference is that modeling problems do not have a single correct answer and they do not rely on a specific insight like a logic puzzle does. They provide the candidate with an excellent opportunity to demonstrate creativity and drive for results. For example in the golf ball question above you could provide answers like: calculate the number of golf balls based on the volume of the plane, fill the plane and weigh it, measure its take off velocity filled and empty, measure its fuel consumption filled and empty, measure resonance frequencies in the plane, etc. While many of these answers may presuppose a background in engineering or physics there are other problems that you can ask with less technical answers and provide the same insight into the candidates creativity and drive for results.
Logic puzzles fall into what I call "revenge of the audio visual club" or "I had to answer this question so I am going to make someone else answer it. They have no predictive value for anything related to any position I ever filled.
What I would emphasize from Alan's post as well as the comment above is a focus on what is called "experiential interviewing". Spend as much time as possible having the candidate talk about what they have done, what was successful, what was a failure, and what they learned from those experiences. You can tell so much about their intelligence, communication skills, commitment, how self aware they are, and their ability to learn from these discussions.
One piece you fail to mention in interviewing is not all interviews are meant to filter out people. Some are to sell a person to join your company, particularly if you already know the person and their qualities. While this doesn't happen as often it certainly does happen.
As for smart, I think there is another piece that you probably look for but missed in your description. While one wants to hear opinions, you also want to make sure they are socially smart with their opinions. That isn't to say they answer what they think you want to hear but rather than they aren't overly aggressive with a different opinion. I have had candidates curse about questions that were asked in an interview. Defending a view or even ones own mistakes (E.G. Miss-spelled words in a resume) in a reasonable way is its own form of smart.
In filtering out the the bad people, we can end up with mediocre people, but often I think that is just as much a failure in knowing what level of employee you are looking for and refusing to accept you might have to wait a long time to get a senior level employee. There just aren't that many senior level testers out there, so if you expect senior level, it will take a while. The real problem is that if you hire for a Junior level testers and get one, are they willing to level up? This is a question of motivation, and while there are some interview questions for motivation, it is rather hard to know WHAT motivates a person much less how motivated they are in a particular example. Even if the candidate might not know. Only doing the job seems to prove that out.
>How many golf balls can you fit into an airplane? How many gas stations in Manhattan?
While I dislike brainteasers as much as the next person, I beg to differ with the examples given in the NYT article. The skill of Fermi estimation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem) is a valuable tool in the software professional's toolbox during the planning phases for a project, especially for cloud / network services when doing architecture design and capacity planning.
Exactly… the point of an interview isn't to find the perfect candidate. It's to say no, as quickly as possible, to the wrong candidates.
Not to put too fine a point on it, University Admission Interviews were adopted in the 1930's to keep down the number of Jewish students in the Ivy League universities. Test scores were capturing too many "non-u" people, and not enough "people like us". Which, I'm afraid, points to the reason why "admission" interviews are stilled popular in industry.