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HUD Tenant Leaders Demand Congress Declare Trump's 2020 Budget "Dead on Arrival"
For release: March 13, 2019
Contact: Geraldine Collins 516-425-6723 email@example.com or Michael Kane 617-233-1885 email@example.com
Elected leaders of the national US tenants union today demanded immediate and total rejection by Congress of President Donald Trump's 2020 budget request, released on March 11.
"Its actually worse than last year. Trump's budget will push people from their homes; starve seniors, children and families; and deny health care to millions of people," said Geraldine Collins, President of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT), who lives in a senior housing development in Manhattan. "People will die if these proposals see the light of day. Congress should declare Trump's 2019 budget 'dead on arrival' instead."
Added Collins, "The recent shutdown crisis led by Trump caused millions to panic that they would be evicted because HUD and USDA funds would run out for their homes. Landlords are now warier about taking Section 8 tenants, and housing authorities are under severe pressure to sell off public housing. You have to ask: was the shutdown a deliberate attempt to destroy HUD rental housing? Another 'shutdown showdown' is looming again in September over Trump's Wall." Collins noted that the 16% cut proposed this year is consistent with the Heritage Foundation's draconian plan to terminate HUD rental housing over 10 years, embraced by Trump's Chief of Staff and former Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.Read more
With A Short-Term Deal To End The Government Shutdown We Are Not Out Of The Woods Yet
The stop-gap agreement with congressional leaders will last three weeks, until Feb. 15, and would allow talks to continue over border security and a wall on the southern border. The agreement includes no new money for the wall, and is a massive concession on Trump's behalf after refusing a similar funding package a month ago.
With the temporary re-opening of HUD and other agencies, an immediate catastrophe was averted as airports began to close across the country. Congress has now authorized about two more months of funding for HUD, USDA and other critical agencies.
Trump's Shutdown Threatens 3.4 Million Low Income Tenants with Displacement: Take Action NOW to Save Our Homes!
The Trump shutdown of HUD and other federal agencies has already dragged on for 19 days, the longest in US history, with no end in sight! HUD tenants are already feeling the sting.
On Monday, January 7, HUD announced that no funds are available to renew 1,150 Section 8 contracts that expired in December 2018 and January 2019, or another 550 contracts that expire in February 2019 or beyond. An estimated 100,000 low income households--elderly, people with disabilities and families with children-- already face repair and service cutbacks, and could face rent increases and displacement, if HUD funds are not restored soon.
Worse, another 21,150 Section 8 contracts housing 1.1 million low income renters have been funded only through February. There is no evidence that HUD has funds for these properties if the shutdown continues into March, according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.
In addition, HUD does not have funds to continue subsidies after February for 2.2 million more Section 8 Voucher recipients, administered by local housing authorities. For all Section 8 tenants, owners could attempt to terminate the leases low income tenants unable to pay rents three or four times what they pay today, to cover operating costs if HUD subsidies are terminated.
Trump has threatened to make the shutdown last for "months or years" if he doesn't get his Wall. If the shutdown lasts past February, a total of 3.4 million Section 8 tenants could lose their homes.
On January 2, the newly elected House voted to approve a HUD Appropriations bill, previously passed by the Republican Senate, to fully fund Section 8. But Republican Leader McConnell refuses to bring this or any other funding bill to the Senate Floor, unless Trump will sign it, and Trump has vowed to reject any bill until Congress provides $5.6 billion for the Wall. Democrats demand that Congress reopen closed agencies first, and debate "border security" and the Wall separately.
For a good explanation of how Section 8 contracts work and the threats to HUD tenants, see the NBC articles below and this blog post from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.
Also see NAHT's resource page for articles about the impact of the shutdown on current low-income tenants.
What Tenants Can Do To Save Our Homes
- Find the buildings whose contracts have already expired and are not yet funded. You can check if your building has a Section 8 contract expiring soon on through NLIHC's map here or through their spreadsheet here. If your building is on this list, most likely HUD funds have ALREADY been cut from your building! Owners and managers can see if they have been receiving payments from HUD through their online database system, called LOCCS (HUDs Line of Credit Control System). Contact the owner and manager of your building and ask them if they have funds available in their LOCCS account have been receiving payments through LOCCS.
- Line up tenant leaders for quotes in media stories about the cuts--issue a press release and contact local media, to make tenant voices heard! Use the press release from the NAHT Board for quotes and messaging. If you can, organize a press conference at a housing development, city agency, HUD office or local Senator's office--invite elected officials to join tenants to protest the cuts! Let NAHT know of affected tenants willing to talk to national media! NAHT has been contacted by national media outlets, including NBC News, looking for tenants to interview at affected buildings. Contact NAHT at 617-522-4523 or email@example.com
- Mobilize tenants to tell Congress to approve HUD funding NOW, especially in buildings with expiring contracts where you have tenant contacts. If you don't, doorknock and post flyers letting tenants know that their building is directly affected and the information they need to contact their Senator, including a call-in script. Click here to find your Senator or Representative, especially Republicans who have refused to fund HUD. In particular, tell Republican Senators to pass the Appropriations Bill they supported before the shutdown started! Organize phone banks to call your Senator, or ask tenants to call while doorknocking.
Message: "I'm a <senior, disabled, family> Section 8 tenant at <your development>. Without Section 8, my rent could triple or quadruple overnight and I would lose my home. I'm one of 3.4 million Section 8 tenants who could lose our homes if the shutdown lasts through February. My home should not be held hostage to Trump's Wall!"
For Democrats: Thank them for their support to pass the HUD budget NOW.
For Republican Senators: Demand that they tell Majority Leader McConnell to bring the HUD funding bill to the Senate Floor and pass it NOW!
For Republican Representatives (House): Demand they vote to support the HUD funding bill and override Trump's veto. A vote against the HUD bill is a vote to throw people out of their homes.
- Start a social media campaign. Post your messages to Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Find your Senator's Twitter handle here and your Representatives Twitter handle here.. Organize Twitter users to tweet on the same day or in a specific time window using the same hashtag to get your topic "trending".
- Organize a postcard campaign demanding your Congresspeople pass the Appropriations bill to reopen the government! You can organize press and social media when postcards are delivered to local offices. See NAHT's postcard and phone bank tip sheet here!
- Keep NAHT posted of your local actions! We will post them on NAHT's Facebook page and website. Join NAHT's weekly Strategy Calls as long as the shutdown lasts. Contact the NAHT office to join the list serve. The calls are currently every Wednesday at 12:30 pm EST.
DISLCALIMER: VISTA Volunteers are not permitted to lobby for or against legislation.
New HUD Notice on REAC Building Inspections a Result of NAHT Tenant Leaders Persistent Advocacy
At every NAHT Conference, tenant leaders ask HUD officials how their buildings can score passing REAC inspection scores when they know their buildings are in complete disrepair. In fact, there are multiple reports of buildings passing with flying colors, with scores as high as in the 90s, when they should score a failing grade, below 60. What's more, tenants know that landlords will do the bare minimum of repairs in order to get a barely passing score and escape follow-up and enforcement from HUD. This is a product the federal government's systematic defunding of HUD, leading the agency to contract inspections out to private companies.
NAHT updated its recommendations for REAC reform in 2015. Several VISTAs, led by Nehemiah Bey, Devondrick Jeffers and others, were encountering substandard properties with high REAC scores. NAHT formed a Special REAC Task Force which recommended changes in REAC's scoring system to better respond to mold, bedbugs and other common problems ignored in REAC's current system. NAHT has advocated for these changes at every NAHT conference and Board meeting with HUD officials since that time, led by Board leaders Geraldine Collins, Demetrius Bonner, Rachel Williams, Charlotte Delgado, Charlotte Rodgers and others.
Recently, HUD published a new notice, Notice 2018-8, regarding HUD enforcement actions for substandard properties. The new Notice implements Congressional amendments to the enforcement process in FY 2017, and replaces Notice 2015-2. The notice implements several recommendations made by NAHT tenant leaders, but also takes a few steps backwards in regards to tenant involvement when a building scores between 30 and 60.
On the plus side, the new Notice, for the first time, allows HUD to issue a Demand for Corrective Action for properties with REAC scores above 60, if there are:
- Less than 50% of possible REAC points earned in any category, particularly within units;
- Repeated inspection findings that indicate systemic deficiencies;
- Significant inspection findings that may pose health and safety risks to the tenants;
- Significant local code violations;
- Multiple tenant complaints about property condition; and/or
- Conditions observed by OAMPO staff during a site visit outside of a REAC or MOR.
This opens up an important avenue for tenant organizing and advocacy. "Multiple tenant complaints" and "significant code violations" give us an avenue to invite HUD enforcement actions. Also, if REAC scores are high but there are "systemic deficiencies" (such as mold) "within units", HUD can issue a Demand for Corrective Action.
On the down side, HUD enforcement is now discretionary for properties with REAC scores above 30 but below 60. The previous requirement for a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement (CDE) Plan has been dropped. Where properties score below 60, HUD can require a 100% unit survey and corrective action plan, but this is no longer required to be shared with tenants. The only Notice requirement is to share Notices of Default/Violation with tenants, but not the Survey or corrective plans. Following the FY 2017 Congressional amendment, tenant notice and participation has been downgraded. NAHT leaders will continue to fight for tenants to be included in the repairs and renovations process when their homes receive scores less than 60 but more than 30.
NAHT has long advocated for these positive changes in REAC, most recently in the NAHT Board's October meeting with Brian Montgomery, HUD's newly confirmed Assistant Secretary for Housing. Montgomery opened the meeting by recalling his discussions with NAHT on REAC reform in 2007, when he was previously at HUD, and that reforming REAC was one of his top priorities.
Our persistence is getting results! We will keep the heat on until REAC's scores are brought up to date, and continue advocating for NAHT's recommendations to involve tenants in REAC inspections.
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NAHT Supports Tenants in Atlanta Against Slumlord
NAHT member group Forest Cove Apartments and NAHT affiliate Housing Justice League in Atlanta, held a rally at the Forest Cove complex on Wednesday, July 18th. Tenants delivered a list of demands to the management office, which included repairs and for the tenants association to be included in the repair planning. Three NAHT board members joined in support and spoke at the march. Forest Cove Apartments is owned by Global Ministries, a notorious slumlord being forced by HUD to sell it's entire portfolio to another company. NAHT is beginning a national campaign to organize tenants in Global Ministries properties to make sure tenants voices are heard throughout this process!
New York Tenants in D.C. for NAHT Conference
By Mary Bradley, Tenant Leader at Tecumseh Road Apartments in Syracuse NY
The National Alliance of HUD Tenants meet to better understand the problems tenants are facing in their homes meaning apartment buildings, and having workshops to address how tenants can tackle these problems to solve them for the greater good of the tenants in these buildings. Representatives from HUD were present to help and learn about these issues.
NAHT also traveled to Capital Hill in Washington DC and confronted legislative Aides on issues plaguing NAHT like promises made by HUD that are being recanted.
We marched around the Martin Luther King Jr memorial and made protest on issues facing the poor people's march and took many photos of NAHT's plights with speeches, and banners .
The Greater Syracuse Tenants Network was front and center representing , and the Tecumseh Road Apartment Tenant Association's president was also present.
"Schumer Lobby Visit"
"Rally at MLK Memorial
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice"
Sharon Sherman-Executive director of the Greater Syracuse Tenants Network
John Herman-Tenant organizer at Great Syracuse Tenants Network
Hollywood Pemberton-Tenant leader at Clinton Plaza, Syracuse NY
Mary Bradley-Tenant Leader at Tecumseh Raod Apartments
It was a wonderful trip to Washington DC, and to see all those people so eager to fight for the poor, disabled and senior citizens living in horrendous conditions that makes bullying ,harassment, and unsafe living a burden that no one should have to suffer. I personally applaud the NATIONAL ALLIANCE of HUD TENANTS .
HUD Tenant Leaders Denounce Carson Housing Bill, Demand Trump "Cease and Desist" War Against the Poor
April 26th, 2018
Elected leaders of the national US tenants union today denounced the housing bill proposed April 25 by HUD Secretary Ben Carson as a "vicious and cruel" assault on the poorest of the poor.
"Carson's proposals will push millions of people from their homes. Carson's plan is not about moving people to work--its about needlessly cutting people from programs that enable them to find work," says Ed Lucas, 59, President of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT), Marine Corp vet and director of a neighborhood jobs center, who lives in a resident-owned, HUD-assisted building in Chicago. "Millions will be displaced if these deeply cruel proposals see the light of day. Congress should reject them out of hand."
NAHT affiliates in Boston, Atlanta, Spokane and other cities have held or are planning local actions to protest the Carson-Trump rent increase and bogus "work" requirements. Tenants, joined by the HUD employees union, delivered a giant "Cease and Desist" order to the Boston HUD office in March. A similar action is planned in Atlanta on May 1.
In line with Trump's 2019 budget proposals, Carson's bill proposes draconian rent increases for the 4.6 million American households who receive HUD rental assistance. The bill would raise rents for tenants below the age of 65 from 30 to 35% percent of gross income; at least triple "minimum rents" paid by the most destitute; and eliminate deductions that keep rents affordable for seniors and disabled people. Overall, rents would jump overnight an average of 32% for 4.6 million households--and an incredible 111% for HUD tenants in Puerto Rico! Close to a million low income children of the most destitute households would face homelessness, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
"Trump wants to raise rents on the poorest of the poor, in order to cut taxes for the richest of the rich," comments Deborah Arnold, 54, a minister and community activist and NAHT Vice President from Atlanta, Georgia. "80% of HUD tenant households are led by women. We, too, demand that Congress reject Trump's vicious assault on the women, children, elderly and disabled people who live in HUD housing."
Carson's bill also proposes "work requirements" for HUD rental assistance, in line with Trump's recent Executive Order that would require people to have a job or enroll in dubious "work programs" in order to receive Medicaid, Housing Assistance and Food Stamps. NAHT leaders denounced these proposals as administratively wasteful, ineffective and punitive, especially in the absence of jobs, training and resources to make them work. Trump's 2019 budget actually proposes to cut job training and child care programs that enable HUD tenants to keep and find work, including successful programs such as Family Self Sufficiency and Jobs Plus in Public Housing.
"Trump lives in Public Housing--the White House. Will a work requirement be imposed on him?," asked Geraldine Collins, 63, a disabled, retired medical administrator and NAHT VP/East who lives in senior housing on Manhattan's Upper West Side. "Congress should make Trump do something useful, rather than tweeting, playing golf, watching cable TV, and destroying the nation's social safety net."
Comments Rachel Williams, 62, an Army widow, minister and long time community activist in Beaumont, Texas and NAHT Board VP/South: "Adding millions to the ranks of destitute and homeless people is deeply cruel and un-American. Homeland security begins with a home!"
Founded in 1991, NAHT is the national tenants union representing 2.1 million families in privately-owned, HUD assisted multifamily housing. NAHT's mission is to empower residents to save and improve their homes as affordable housing. Contact NAHT to locate tenant spokespeople in your city.
Act Now to Save Our Homes!
In its FY 2019 budget request, the Trump Administration has once again proposed radically deep cuts to the HUD budget, rent increases for millions of tenants, and bogus "work requirements" that will throw tens of thousands of people on the streets.
While Trump's cuts for 2019 may be "dead in the water" on Capitol Hill this year, they set a dangerous marker where the Administration wants to go in the next decade. Worse, Trump's bogus "work requirements" for Medicaid, housing assistance and Food Stamps will be pushed in legislation expected to be filed in March--and has broader support on Capitol Hill.
The elected, all-tenant NAHT Board calls on NAHT affiliates and allies to RESIST these proposals! Plan a response in your community! Some examples of what you can do:
• Line up tenant leaders for quotes in media stories about the cuts--issue a press release and call local media, to make tenant voices heard! Use the press release from the NAHT Board for quotes and messaging. Find information about how budget cuts affect your state in this state-by-state guide. Find out how much tenants' rents will increase in your state here.
• Distribute NAHT's Fact Sheet to tenants and allies. Add your own state's specific data for potential budget cuts, data available here.
• Start a social media campaign. Post your messages to Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Coalition for Human Needs posted this useful guide for tweeting at your state's elected officials and sample tweets. Find your Senator's Twitter handle here and your Representatives Twitter handle here. Organize Twitter users to tweet on the same day or in a specific time window using the same hashtag to get your topic "trending". The National Low-Income Housing Coalition is recommending #handsoff as a hashtag to use across the movement.
• Tell tenant stories. NAHT is collecting and posting stories of tenants affected by cuts on its Facebook page and website. Please send quotes from tenants, the name of the building they live in, if they are a Section 8 voucher tenant and a picture to firstname.lastname@example.com. See example here.
• Organize a press conference at a housing development, city agency or HUD office--invite elected officials to join tenants to protest the cuts! The Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants delivered a Cease and Desist Order to Donald Trump to the HUD in Boston to protest budget proposals and rent increases to tenants. See their flyer here.
• Reach out to allies. Seniors, people with disabilities, CAP agencies, Legal Services, Food Stamp recipients, neighborhood groups and CDC's have a direct stake in fighting the cuts. So do health care groups, trade unions, teachers and students. Peace groups can be allies fighting increases in Pentagon pork at the expense of the poor. Join with them! The Mass Peoples Budget Campaign is a good local model.
• Join other national Days of Action. The Not One Penny Coalition is sponsoring Tax Day actions on April 14. The National Low Income Housing Coalition is calling for local Days of Action in early May. Join or sponsor an action, and make sure tenants voices are heard!
• Contact your elected officials. Sign onto the letter from the Coalition for Human Needs with other groups here. CHN also created an email form for individuals to email their elected officials directly, found here.
• Organize a postcard campaign demanding your Congress people oppose cuts! Last year, New York Tenants and Neighbors and the Texas Tenants Union collected postcards to present to their elected officials. You can organize press and social media when postcards are delivered to local offices. See NAHT's postcard and phone bank tip sheet here!
For resources and messaging ideas, including sample tweets and social media posts, visit NAHT's resource page and 2018 specific resource list. We have assembled in one place key materials compiled by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the National Housing Law Project, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and the Coalition for Human Needs.
Keep NAHT posted of your local actions! We will post them on NAHT's Facebook page and website.
HUD Tenant Leaders Demand Congress Declare Trump's 2019 Budget "Dead on Arrival"
For release: February 13, 2018
Contact: Ed Lucas 312-285-6520 firstname.lastname@example.com or
Michael Kane 617-233-1885 firstname.lastname@example.com
Elected leaders of the national US tenants union today demanded immediate rejection by Congress of President Donald Trump's 2019 budget request, released on February 12.
"Trump's budget will push millions of people from their homes; starve seniors, children and families; and deny health care to millions of people," said Ed Lucas, President of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants (NAHT), who lives in a resident-owned, HUD-assisted building in Chicago. "People will die if these proposals see the light of day. Congress should declare Trump's 2019 budget 'dead on arrival' instead."
Trump's budget proposes to cut 200,000 people from Section 8 Vouchers next year--10% of the total--and an astounding 37% from Public Housing operating budgets, already underfunded at 85% of needs. Trump proposes zero funds to address the $40 billion backlog of needed health and safety repairs in Public Housing. Overall, the $6.8 billion in proposed cuts would be the deepest cuts in HUD's history.
Trump again proposes draconian rent increases for millions of Americans who receive HUD rental assistance. Trump's budget would raise rents for most tenants from 30 to 35% percent of income, triple "minimum rents" paid by the most destitute, and eliminate deductions that keep rents affordable for seniors and disabled people. The budget repeals Section 8 Enhanced Vouchers, which would immediately displace more than 30,000 families and seniors across the nation. Overall, rents would jump overnight an average of 20% for 4.6 million households--and an incredible 83% for HUD tenants in Puerto Rico!
"Trump wants to cut taxes for the richest of the rich, paid for by raising rents on the poorest of the poor", comments Deborah Arnold, 54, a minister and community activist and NAHT Vice President from Atlanta, Georgia. "80% of HUD tenant households are led by women. We, too, demand that Congress reject Trump's vicious assault on the women, children, elderly and disabled people who live in HUD housing."
Trump will soon propose "work requirements" for HUD rental assistance, Food Stamps and Medicaid. NAHT leaders denounced these proposals as administratively wasteful, ineffective and punitive, especially in the absence of jobs, training and resources to make them work. "Trump lives in public housing--the White House. Will a work requirement be imposed on him?," asked Geraldine Collins, 63, a disabled, retired medical administrator and NAHT VP/East who lives in senior housing on Manhattan's Upper West Side. "Congress should make Trump do something useful, rather than tweeting, playing golf, watching cable TV, and destroying the nation's social safety net."
Lucas, 59, Marine Corps vet and director of a neighborhood job training center in Chicago, added, "Trump's termination of community development grants and cuts to job training will lay waste to entire cities and rural areas, too. These policies will truly cause 'American carnage'." Trump's budget proposes complete elimination of Community Development, HOME and Choice Neighborhood grants to cities; Neighborworks, Community Action and Americorps programs that aid low income communities; Legal Services for the poor; and Low Income Heating Assistance, as well as deep cuts to job training, public education, work-study, and rural assistance programs.
Beyond that, Trump has proposed to slash virtually every mandatory "safety net" program for the American people, including Medicaid, Medicare, and Food Stamps. Trump's cuts would pay for a net $1.5 trillion tax cut for the 1% and giant corporations, and huge hikes in the Pentagon budget, including first strike nuclear weapons, increased war spending, and the Wall.
Comments Rachel Williams, 62, an Army widow, minister and long time community activist in Beaumont, Texas and NAHT Board VP/South: "Adding millions to the ranks of destitute and homeless people is deeply cruel and un-American. Homeland security begins with a home!"
Adds Eleanor Walden, 87, a long time civil rights and social justice activist living in senior housing in Berkeley, California, "Trump's budget and other actions criminalize immigrants, poor people and people of color while subsidizing division and hate among the American people. Trumps budget is a recipe for war, inequality, racism, and fear.
"Congress should instead pass the Peoples Budget to embrace prosperity, peace, unity and hope for our future." The Congressional Progressive Caucus is expected to release its FY 2019 Peoples Budget alternative in March.
Founded in 1991, NAHT is the national tenants union representing 2.1 million families in privately-owned, HUD assisted multifamily housing. NAHT's mission is to empower residents to save and improve their homes as affordable housing.


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Ghouls and ghosts - they can't be beat when it comes to a good scare. The terror that lurks in the dark - maybe even up in your attic... This list runs down the best supernatural films you can get your mitts on this Halloween. We have haunted homes, haunted people and haunted woods - what more do you want?!
Top 5 Supernatural Movies
5. The Amityville Horror (1979)
There's been a lot written and said about whether or not this film was based on fact; the arguments and "evidence" swung back and forth – but even that there is a debate about the origins of this movie is enough to give it currency. It all might well have happened, you can believe that for 90 minutes or so, right? Amityville is the template for all other "family stalked by demons in their own house" movies – even the recent The Conjuring feels very much like this. Here we have The Lutz family, and as we've come to expect, the malevolent forces in the house manifest themselves slowly upon the family until all that's left to do its to scarper in the middle of the night. You might argue that this isn't anything new – but at the time it was, it made the wave the others rode.
4. Poltergeist (1982)
Tobe Hooper's (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) version of The Amytiville Horror is a warmer and fuzzier take on the haunted family story. Set in sunny California and evoking feelings that it could have been only a few doors down from Elliot's house in ET, Poltergeist benefits from a great cast, great score and (for the time) great effects. When their daughter Carol-Anne is taken into the supernatural realm, the Freelings are left with no option but to get "professional" help. It could easily have been the Ghostbusters but in this case ends up being the amazing Zelda Rubinstein. Although there is a nasty force at work the movie still has that Spielberg vigour (he produced it) and characters you give a damn about. A feelgood Halloween movie.
3. Insidious (2010)
As Poltergeist was a lighter version of Amityville, Insidious is a darker version of Poltergeist. As with Poltergeist, it revolves around the disappearance of a young child into the spirit realm, the subsequent spookiness and the recruitment of a charismatic parapsychologist to solve the drama. Insidious differs as we actually get a good look at the child-snatching demon, and the menace that the spirits bring as they haunt the family. Director James Wan (The Conjuring) has a nice flair for horror, both in visual terms and for setting up a good jump-scare.
2. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
1. Paranormal Activity (2007)
One of the most unsettling and genuinely creepy horror movies theres been in a long time. Just when you thought "found footage" films were done for, along comes Micah and Katie and their bothersome demon and we have ourselves a new standard in terror. It's the usual tale, boy meets girl. Boy moves into house with girl. Demon terrorises the pair of them. But Paranormal Activity works on a few levels; the cast – unknowns with real chemistry and appeal, the director – shot the entire movie for about £9000, the set pieces – the tension builds and builds and there's often little in the way of visual effects. You'll sleep with the lights on for a few nights afterwards...

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A Clean Break – continued
October 29, 2002
Now, give yourself a break – one of the things most people miss the most is the physical affection of a relationship. Humans need touch to stay healthy. Book yourself a Hawaiian Ka Huna massage or gorgeous uplifting aromatherapy massage for that first Sunday morning alone. Next meet a friend for lunch or dinner somewhere you would NEVER have gone with him (and order a dish with enough garlic to murder fifty vampires – your immune system needs it).Sit down in a park or by the beach and write a list of all the things you wanted to do and be when you were little. What steps can you take with your time to get there? Look at your weekly routine. Feel refreshed by all the time you have now to focus on your dreams! Was Thursday traditionally pizza and beer night with the ex? What movies, plays or bands can you now organise to see with your friends? What are 5 books you've been meaning to read for the past six months? Always wanted to write a novel or run a marathon? Set aside some time each night to devote to these goals. Yeah, those lonely pangs will still drift in and out no matter how busy you keep – but with new things to focus on they'll grow less and less frequent.
Work with these ideas for a few weeks and you'll soon find your ex turns into a smaller and smaller dot in your rear-view mirror.
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Friday, 28 April 2017
Another week for you to run amok!
119 comments:
No question of romance [Threshold 162]ReplyDelete
Hard for Raven to claim hurt with bruises invisible on the ebony of his skin. With blood detectable only by stickiness or, dried, by finger-tip discovery of crusting.
He had ordered inquisitions enough to know pale skin bears colourful witness. (Maria he'd flogged to death). Mine was no exception. But since the questions asked of each other throughout the night had not always been expressed in words, the answers not always given tenderly (or even with coherence) such souvenirs could be considered commemoration of the journey we had made.
Would our future be as temporary? As painful as the night?Replies
Beautiful writing, Sandra. Loved the parenthetical thoughts.Delete
The fugue-prompted detachment from violence is sublime.Delete
Intriguing piece. Draws forth the images of battery well, and makes me wonder about that has gone before. I will have to check out the previous chapters at some point. :)Delete
It just might be how I think, but I felt a double entendre with the title. A fantastic use of prompts.Delete
Introspective and quite horrific in the images it evokes.Delete
This had a haunting almost poetic feel. Truly beautiful writing...particular that final statement.Delete
Change of focus [233]ReplyDelete
DC Henry Moth backed off, hands upraised. He'd deal with Bailiwick. In the event of an inquisition, should he fuck up, he'd blame Pettinger. Success, of course, all down to him.
A scramble of noise from his laptop. Pettinger lifted the lid. Aleks' face. Emotion caused temporary near-blindness – an all-too-well-remembered post-concussion souvenir. Was that smile or grimace? Shadows or fresh bruising? It took longer than it ought to translate his son's emotion-garbled native tongue; he claimed it no intruder but a trusted friend.
'Let me speak to Valdeta.'
The baby still cried.
And a man's voice said, very clearly, 'No'.Replies
You do 'grit' well. Nice use of the words, so effortless it seems, but I know better.Delete
Powerful outtake from an ongoing narrative, and cheeky use of hyphenation.Delete
So different in tone but not competence from the first piece. (That's a compliment, really!) Love the noir feel.Delete
I enjoy how much noir this is, and how enjoyable.Delete
again, lots going on in a few words. I am getting the feeling you enjoyed writing that instalment.Delete
Loved the sense of action going on here and lovely comparisons. I think I liked "shadows or fresh bruising" more than anything else. Another brilliant installment but then, I tend to expect nothing less these days.Delete
INTO THE LIGHTReplyDelete
Dripping blood from claw marks and backsplash from slaying the oversize rodents Colm squinted as he took point from the sewer, careless of the nettles at the opening. The battle had been brief but intense. Some of the family had taken heads as souvenirs: the skulls were surprisingly good as clothes fasteners.
The rats had withdrawn so abruptly Colm was eager to do a headcount in the open.
Sorcha had been safe on Finbar's shoulders and the father had escaped with only a few bruises. There'd be an inquisition about one of those. Colm had caught him on a back-swing.Replies
Great story, Perry. I'm worried about the quick withdrawal of the rats. It seems they may be up to something.Delete
Each episode of this has me thinking of Cormac McCarthy although, since it's being too long since I read him, it's more about the mood you create, its colour and intensity. I like Colm's change of focus, too.Delete
Thank you both so much. Your glorious feedback urges me to do better.Delete
Fascinating story. Coming into it cold, I don't know if this is a serial or a stand alone piece, but it tells a distinct story in a few words. I can see it as the beginning of a post-apocalyptic nightmare...Delete
Beautiful, skulls as clothes fasteners. Very good scene description with few words.Delete
heh, I can just about picture doing that, good work :)Delete
building well, Perry, drawing savage pictures in the mind.Delete
I think it's already been mentioned, but that use of skulls as clothes fasteners was inspirational. Love the way this is moving along.Delete
Criminally IrresponsibleReplyDelete
The young man sat bruised and trembling at the wooden table. The detectives had called it an inquisition. If he got out of this, Cory would call it tortuous brutality. The press would eat it up.
He thought about the souvenir he'd hidden in his grandmother's garden shed. He should have found a better spot. Haste could very well prove to be his enemy. The detectives surged back into the room. One of them slapped down a photograph of a headless woman splayed in a dank alley.
They would search the shed. It was time to play the insanity card.Replies
This young man sounds to be a blend of irresponsibility and devil-may-care. Lovely writing, keeping him knife-edge balanced.Delete
Delicious description of a sociopath. Wasn't too sure about the use of "tortuous" over 'torturous', but there you go.Delete
Well-drawn character portrait. And I can see him talking his way out of things to the press as the victim. Even if they find his souvenir, he sounds the type that figures a way around it...scary.Delete
The plan comes to fruition. Nice use of the prompts and a very enjoyable story.Delete
and now I'm curious how it turns out :DDelete
Definitely want to know if he gets away with it!Delete
Time to "play the insanity card" indeed. I do hope we're informed of the outcome. Beautifully blended prompts by the way.Delete
No Rhyme Or ReasonReplyDelete
She didn't question why. Never had. Such soul-searching inquisitions were best left to those with an overpowering desire to know and she really didn't care. It was what it was.
Her lacerations and bruises were souvenirs. Evidence that nothing came easy.
She didn't question her choice of quarry. Never had. Purely random.
But she did love it when her victims put up a good fight.Replies
Even killers can display a certain logic or lack thereof. Wonderful little tale with quite a punch. It will take something special for me not to vote for this one.ReplyDeleteReplies
like it, cold insanity in all its glory.Delete
Pause for thoughtReplyDelete
The apricot horizon – a peeping edge of silk beneath a sky the colour of a two-day bruise, evidence of a punch dealt by a man who swore he loved you – put me in mind of a petticoat, worn beneath a frayed and mud-thrawn skirt ferreted from a bin by a long-unwashed bag lady.
Perhaps a souvenir from a past life of material luxury whose constraints – parental inquisitions – she found unbearable.
Wishful thinking? That the high can fall as far as I who, almost, had to climb to reach even here?
Whatever, the edge – The End – was where I headed now.Replies
"... apricot horizon..." This could be called an ode to a bruise - wonderful. Easily my favourite thus far.Delete
Perry - thank you. Praise from you is praise indeed.Delete
Very eloquent. Not the usual description of a sunrise...and yet it definitely works. Quite beautiful.Delete
Making..no providing the reader the opportunity to use all their senses, your trademark. Ferreted from a unwashed bag lady, very good line. Prompt use was more akin to apple-butter on toast.Delete
I believe you have excelled yourself in all aspects this week, Sandra. This one was a visual feast and I refuse to select one gorgeous phrase over another. They were all gems.Delete
Something about the prompt words this week are bringing out the cream of the crop. Beautifully done, Sandra. This is poetry in prose form.ReplyDeleteReplies
THE BLESSEDReplyDelete
The facial scar was a souvenir of a fencing academy, and his piercing green eyes lent such power to his gaze that any who met it for too long felt bruised if not defiled.
Though he had galloped past the copse where Engraçia hid with barely a glance in her direction, she had felt the weight of the terror he carried and would have cried out in pain if not for the elder of the coven.
"Steady, child," Ollala had whispered under the breeze, "This is no mere captain, nor holder of any other illustrious title. He is the Inquisition."Replies
Well, I most certainly hope this is to become a novel! What an enticing, exciting character.Delete
Fascinating introduction. You've managed to sketch three distinct characters in a hundred words. Most impressive.Delete
Your use of He is the inquisition, very well done, suggests that they are the face of such, though not it's leader. Perhaps a fanatical believer/follower to the cause. So, IMHO you actually ended the story with the introduction.Delete
the tension in this is palpable and the piece outstanding because of it.Delete
The standard certainly has risen this week and "The Blessed" is to be counted up there with the best of them. So easy to picture this scenario with the mind's eye and all accomplished within the word limit. Very nicely done.Delete
Thanks so much! Oh, and to answer your previous question, I made up "pay it or chew cabbage." It just felt right. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Many congratulations to AR for last week's win. I just knew that "pay it or chew cabbage" was destined for great things!ReplyDelete
THE APPRENTICEReplyDelete
I hurried down to the station. Best to get these things over with. As soon as I stepped into the front room I could see that Corrigan must be in charge of this one. A boy cowered on the reprimand bench, the bloom of a bruise across one cheek. Another souvenir of Corrigan's interrogation techniques. His "suspects" usually wound up coming into the shop sooner rather than later after one of his inquisitions…
"Who's this, then?" I asked, jerking my head toward the boy.
"Natch Gertson. He admits taking the willow bark. Says he needed it for his sick mum."Replies
Bloom of a bruise was a good prompt use. It has the feel of an early school, yet I'm unsure of what kind, that's good. Willow bark has been used for it's anti-inflammatory properties and effect similar to aspirin.Delete
Great little excerpt which immediately engages and effortlessly fuses the prompts. AND a bonus of the use of the last prompt with its medicinal properties implied - willow bark having been the original natural source of aspirin.Delete
Echoing Jeffrey and Perry - lovely use of prompts and richly promising episode.Delete
very nicely done, information and background against vivid characters. good one.Delete
Wonderful character sketches here and inspired use of the prompts. I particularly liked "the bloom of a bruise." What a wonderfully descriptive phrase.Delete
First, I tip my hat to A.R. for his story. Rie and Ghostrunner and excellent first entries.ReplyDelete
As for this week, the prompts seemed easier at first glance, then they created more consternation as I spent time with them. My first entry for this week, a stand alone, from one who's branching out.
Uxbex's Poetry Corner
Falling from clouds does water, now rain is named.
Event or lack of evokes yelling and deity reference, all the same.
Inquisition of Prediction's maker sent via multiple communication methods.
Why does precipitation such angst cause?
Males in pressed pants and unfinished caps
Sphere of depressions, proof of physics laws.
Trap of sand hidden well, is not,
To danger avoid, prayers offered with ceremony
Bruises to egos and knees,
Bent sticks of metal, flies not like boomerang
Slapping of hands and cheers for all,
Female's shorter distance has to hit sphere
Like on TV not, as no souvenir, given is.Replies
Very intricate. Quite interesting. I think it will require several readings to grasp all the nuances, but I really like it. :)Delete
Love the willingness to branch out, but I would recommend reviewing the piece personally with an eye to droppingDelete
unnecessary verbs, simplifying the text and reconstructing the syntax without worrying about rhyme at all.
The trick with poetry is to determine in first draft prose what needs to be said - then you can decide format (formal, free verse or prose poetry) and add the delicious icing of imagery. Syntax inversion is pretty much frowned upon these days.
That was one of the things the poet in me liked about it, Perry. It was...outside the box. ;) Thank you both for your kind words on my piece.Delete
I had to think about how best to reply to your post.
This poem is literary cosplay, my cosplay subject was Uxbex, he from my recent Uxbex series here. I'm not sure if you were here for anybof them.
Those stories were either all dialog or almost all dialog, as Ubex's unique sintax was revealed.
It was in that mindset I wrote this poem.
If you care to go back, I'm guessing 1o-11 weeks you can check them out and see what others thought.
I truly with a had some facility with poetry, the piece is nice :)Delete
And once again, I truly applaud your venture outside the box but is so often the case with more modern poetry, it drifts a little out of my perception. Regardless, I did like it and you certainly have a knack for this type of poetry.Delete
As an FYI, the poem was about golfing.Delete
Since I know diddly-squat about golfing, I now feel better that I didn't quite grasp the meaning.Delete
Kursaal (Episode Sixty Eight) -- "AWOL"ReplyDelete
Isabel la Gaya delivered a dazed and confused Constable Twittering to the First Aid Station run by Ludmilla, oldest daughter of Laszlo "Bruiser" Bartók, the Boxing Booth's most experienced prizefighter.
Ludmilla collected husbands like souvenir spoons, but she didn't hold out much hope for this specimen.
"The local constabulary will descend like the Spanish Inquisition once they learn of his condition and whereabouts," said Isabel.
"He'll be secluded and sedated," assured Ludmilla.
As the crystal-gazer returned to her establishment, past the hot-air balloon (now fully-operational again), she was accosted by Cinders, lime sherbet wig totally askew.
"It's Capers. He's missing!"
To read the earlier installments (a suggestion only) which led to this point in the tale, please visit:
A link to return to "The Prediction" can be found on the site. Thank you.
(NOTE: Laszlo "Bruiser" Bartók and Ludmilla made their debut in Episode 17)Replies
Lovely and lively little aside from the ongoing storyline. The "bruise" prompt fell nicely for your pre-established character.Delete
So much in this episode to appreciate.Delete
"Ludmilla collected husbands like souvenir spoons"Delete
that raised an eyebrow for me :D
Yes - I meant to mention the 'souvenir spoons' phrase, too.Delete
clever one, wrapping the prompts into the whole carnival you have there!Delete
Kandar 8: Money for NothingReplyDelete
Ragock's store was open
"If it isn't Uxator and I sure wish it wasn't. Since I see you, ya didn't steal anything. To what do I owe the inquisition? I know...the mage who was here earlier. You want to know what he bought."
"Careful, Rag, sarcasm can lead to more than a bruised ego. You're right."
"It'll cost one hundred and twenty five high silver pieces."
I counted the coins out.
"A ring of a dragon eating its tail, inscribed on it; in elvish- 'All is one', in orcish- 'One is all.' A nice little souvenir."
"Thanks Rag."Replies
Patricia, a very nice romp through the prompts. Collecting husbands like souvenir spoons, was so enjoyable. Though in retrospect, keeping a husband sedated just might be the best medicine.ReplyDelete
A bit of a back-step this, but it fills a gap.ReplyDelete
Though the falcon had observed gulls dip into the deep waters for wriggling creatures, her internal inquisition into the mechanics of the manoeuvre was eventually met with raptor pragmatism: she just wasn't built for collecting such glittering and apparently nutritious souvenirs. Her talons and feet were all wrong for it.
Decent-size crabs had posed a problem until she hit upon the same strategy as her distant cousins had adopted with tortoises: dropping them from a great height until cracks provided access.
Not her preferred prey, but she couldn't go home yet, not while the air around it bruised her senses.Replies
Oh-h-h - that final "bruised her senses".Delete
Loving this perspective from the falcon. Really well done.Delete
This would have to rank as my favourite thus far. I have a fondness for all types of raptors and the unique perception slant here is a true treat. I especially liked the reference to the falcon's distant cousins and their prowess with tortoises.Delete
This is a most enjoyable story, I thought that "raptor pragmatism" was just excellent! You've done a very good job of humanising the falcon, bravo.ReplyDeleteReplies
the falcon is very real viewed through these vignettes.Delete
Cripplegate Junction/Part 94-The Cat's MeowReplyDelete
To bruise Marmalade's ego was an impossibility, but his pride could be somewhat injured by the use of derogatory terms like "moggie." Violet engaged in such slander at every opportunity and the cat retaliated by leaving souvenir puddles on the clean Canteen floor.
He never lingered for the shrill inquisition and public dressing-down sure to follow. The unsubstantiated accusations of a mere waitress were beneath him. After all, his lineage was above reproach and included such prominent characters as Skimbleshanks, Trim, Pyewacket and the revered Pangur Bán.
Marmalade very much doubted Violet could boast a similar pedigree.
To read the earlier installments (a suggestion only) which led to this point in the tale please visit:
A link to return to "The Prediction" can be found on the site. Thank you.
"Souvenir puddles" and pedigree - lovely stuff, Patricia!Delete
Really made me smile - especialy with fond memories of Pyewacket reference - Jimmy, Kim and Jack.Delete
Just received a little souvenir puddle the other day from my little granddaughter. Really great story, Patricia. Love Marmalade's attitude.Delete
Stories like this and others, give pause as I reflect on what my destination will be like.ReplyDelete
I doubt that Marmalade would care about others pedigree. Souvenir puddles was awesome.
Having a more leisurely start this morning in Valletta - and so glad I don't have to choose this week! Wonderful selection - much like the Maltese dessert I forced myself to try last night.ReplyDeleteReplies
this is one proud cat... and he lets everyone know it. Nice one, Patricia!Delete
I'll never forget my first date with Chloe. The movie was tepid, the meal was bland, but the dessert was hotter than the searing heart of a star! Together in the back of my moms wood paneled station wagon I swam in a sea of searing fire, rising and falling with the tides until I became it's god.ReplyDelete
Returning her home was awquard to say the least, my souviniers being clawmarks, lipstick and at least one bruse. I barely passed her fathers inquisition.
I'll also never forget the second night i met her father , as i stared down the cold barrel of a shot gun into an even colder gaze as the minister said "Do you take this woman."
"Yes, and I loved it," I responded, as the old man snarled.Replies
Great punchline - had me snorting in delight.Delete
Claw marks on the first night...a real firecracker there. Loved this story.Delete
Very enjoyable and I loved your discrete descriptions. Some nice humor.Delete
this is so good, so much wrapped into these few lines!Delete
Oh, what a nice one! This was so enjoyable in my favourite dark way.Delete
WOW - a right literary wrestling match this week. Sandra's Pause for Thought with the precise metaphor "apricot sunrise" just edges it for me.ReplyDelete
The Mad Italian is in reflective mood tonight:ReplyDelete
The Mad Italian 3:
This night the sky is a bruise across the land, nothing to encourage anyone to go out and find a souvenir of some kind. I ask, why do they buy trash when there are stones and pieces of wood which are natural and which speak more loudly than plastic? In turn, you will ask, why the inquisition? Are we not free to do what we want? Well, no, there are laws, rules and conventions to stop you going where you want when you want. It's time the people on earth rebelled against petty bureaucrats who think they rule the world.Replies
The Italian is reflective and obviously not afraid to speak his mind. This is turning into a very interesting serialization which is so very different from anything else on offer thus far.Delete
My interpretation of what I've read of this gentleman is he was a rebel at heart. Not so much a revolutionary in the political sense but in the more conventional personal aspect about what we allow to govern ourselves.Delete
Very nicely transposed, especially with your promot use.
For this week, I'm tossing my coppers to Patricia for The Cats Meow.Delete
The varied quality of stories is as enjoyable as it is frustrating.
'stones and pieces of wood' - oh yes.Delete
I see Leo championing the organic movement or something similar. It would be something he'd do. I wondered about plastic, though.Delete
The Blessed, Perry's offering, is my vote this week.ReplyDelete
For our newer people, The Mad Italian is Leonardo Da Vinci, who is often extremely complicated to work with but with a mind like that, are you surprised?
Unless more submissions are offered that would "bump" what is already here, my vote this week is for Perry's "EXILE". I'll check back later today to see if anything new has been posted and if necessary, revise my vote but, all things being equal, "EXILE" is my choice.ReplyDelete
The Long GameReplyDelete
The nightly inquisition: how many, how much did they pay, where's the kickback from the barkeep, you goddam liar I know you're keeping money from me. Another bruise, add to the collection of bitter souvenirs.
I am keeping money from him.
I'm spending it on jars of calomel, little ones, easy to hide in a place even he won't look.
Every evening a spoonful mixed into the dinner stew. I eat it alongside him, to prevent suspicion. The symptoms have started for both of us, and that's fine. I just have to hang on long enough that he dies first.Replies
The Adventures of Rosebud, Pirate Princess #75ReplyDelete
Not That Inquisition
I'm expecting a parental inquisition when we get back. My charges will be returned with minor bruises and torn dresses, souvenirs of their adventures. Their precious darlings could have died! Minor bruises don't equal near death; now if one of them had fainted, as their mothers all do, then death would be a real possibility. We had a fire going after all.Replies
From the beginning, I had thought I would vote for Patricia, No Rhyme or Reason. And my vote remains the same. Good luck.ReplyDelete


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Richard W. Threlfall 'Rick' passed away on Aug. 27, 2012. He was 52.
He was the beloved husband of Donna Threlfall (Geesey); loving father of Robert Test V, Kirstyn and Nicole Threlfall.
He was the loving son of William and Mary Threlfall.
He is also survived by his brothers, Keith and George, sister, Sue Wertz, and loving friends, John and MaryAnn Lutz.
Rick was a longtime employee at Environmental Tectonics of Southampton, Pa.
Relatives and friends are invited to greet his family Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 from 9 to 10:45 a.m. at Lambie Funeral Home, 8000 Rowland Ave., (At Rhawn Street).
Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Whitemarsh Memorial Park. Lambie Funeral Home,


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BP Claims Team Gets GCCF to Pay
BP Claims Members have Record Week
We saw more BP Claims paid this week then in any other in the History of the BP Claims Process, why is this, because the entities that make up the BP Claims Team know what they are doing. Many Team members use to work for BP or the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. They have an understanding of how the GCCF works from the inside. They understand the methodology, know how it should be applied, and how to properly trend the calculations so your true losses are reflected. Our Oil Spill Attorneys that represent many people and businesses in the seafood industry, and other clients that may have causation issues also had a record week. We also saw a dramatic rise in BP Business Claims come in.
Judge Barbier made some key Rulings that affect BP Claims
The most significant ruling was regarding punitive damages, and granting those directly affected by the BP Oil Spill the ability to sue for punitive damages. He mentioned Fishermen and Landowners who had oil on their property, as examples of those directly affected by the BP Oil Spill. Punitive damages go beyond just the economic loss that one would encounter, but are meant to punish the offender so it does not happen again. This means that more people may opt to find an attorney and not take their final claims settlement as they may wish to sue BP later. A recent report concluded that BP, as the well's owner, was ultimately responsible for the accident. But it also said that BP's chief contractors, Transocean, which owned the mobile drilling rig, and Halliburton, which was responsible for the cementing operations, shared the blame for many of the fatal mistakes. read article
BP and Halliburton: The Oil Spill Blame game
According to Halliburton, BP should have known about an additional hydrocarbon zone that they allege BP failed to disclose. Haliburton goes on to state "The motive behind BP's intentional nondisclosure of the upper hydrocarbon zone is apparent — profit and greed," "changes that likely would have required a redesign of the production casing," "Such changes would have cost BP millions of dollars on a well that was already painfully over budget and behind schedule." In speaking with many of the Attorneys on our Team this fits with BP` corporate culture about putting profit before safety and environmental concerns. This could help prove extreme negligence on BP`s part.
BP Claims: Many still waiting
From the calls we have seen coming over our 1-800-BP-Claim number, it is apparent that many of you are still waiting to hear from the GCCF regarding your BP Claims status. Over 400,000 BP Claims have been denied. Many of them because of a lack of documentation, or because of trending calculations that were improperly calculated. If you are tired of the deficiency letters, or seeing your claim is under review, we can help you.
BP Oil Spill Update
Tropical Storm Lee whipped up the Gulf Coast this week throughout the Gulf Coast region, tarballs were spotted on Orange Beach, but there wasn`t any major incidence of submerged oil mats coming ashore except on Fourchon Beach. They are out there, som`s as they are being referred to. There have been reports that the Macondo well is leaking again, that was inspected by BP and the Coast Guard in ROV`s, but no evidence was found that the sheen, seen clearly from the air around the well was coming from the well, more on that as the story unfolds. Some of the Fishermen I have been talking to have reported several dead zones. There are still a lot of ecological concerns that remain unknown, only time will tell.
BP Claims Team
As the GCCF strategies become more apparent, our BP Claims Team members strategies are evolving as well. We have groups that specialize in Denied BP Claims, as well as Claims that have been filed, but are be held up at the GCCF. They have a track record of getting clients paid quickly, often within 45 days. We have BP Claims Team members who take on BP Claims that may be difficult to prove because of legal or causation issues, and other BP Claims Team members who are looking forward to litigate against BP, and want clients that are in it for the long haul. Since there are different strategies being employed by different Team members, it is important to be clear in letting us know how you want us to proceed. So please be specific about your needs, if we have any questions we will call you. Often we will forward your information to more the one Team Member so they can explain their game plan for your BP Claims, BP Claims Team members charge from 15% up to 33 1/3% if you need the help of an Attorney to handle your BP Claims.


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HUNTSVILLE - Edna Nail, 87, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Fairview Cemetery in Pampa with the Rev. Mike Watson, pastor of Hobart Baptist Church of Pampa, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Mrs. Nail was born June 15, 1923, in Richmond, Va. She was a longtime resident of Pampa, moving to Huntsville in 2000.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn McNamara of Coldspring and Mary Morrison of Ankeny, Iowa; two sons, Donny Nail of Venus and Leslie Roberts Jr. of Richmond, Va.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
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Abhishek Verma 29 Sep 2010 14:37
in discussion tuse4 / general discussion » Grading system
in discussion tuse4 / general discussion » Grading system
Re: Grading system by Abhishek Verma, 29 Sep 2010 14:37
Lets do it
Ithnk it is neither "gud" for students nor for teachers
grading system is most effective nowadays .
What are your views guys!!!!!!!!!!
hi i ab abhishek verma of class ix-b .i am the group leader of this site. Our project is to introduce about various types of scientists,their branches,their facts etc………….
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Previous posts and comments have already flagged up the various things that might benefit from extra funding were the money ear-marked for renewing Trident rerouted. We've already heard about the 'scrap-Trident-and-eliminate-poverty' lobby and the 'scrap-Trident-and-improve-security-intelligence' argument. Here's a new one, though: scrap-Trident-and-save-the-environment.
Apparently, there's an uncanny equivalence between the amount it will cost to renew then maintain Trident for 30 years (according to the Liberal Democrats) and the amount it would cost to guarantee reduction of carbon emissions to acceptable levels by 2030 (according to various scientists and industry experts). And £76bn is the magic number. Some might add that there's an uncanny equivalence between working towards peace by maintaining nuclear weapons and working towards sustainable development by maintaining economic growth. But those people are far too cynical.


text: Natives making some progress in self-sufficiencyNovember 14, 2005|Written By Patricia Chisolm - for Law Times When it comes to things like agreements with private companies extracting resources from treaty lands, First Nation communities in Ontario appear to be making some real progress; that's evidenced by the major deal between De Beers and a James Bay band finalized last week.But in other areas, such as the jurisdictional squabbling that erupted in the recent crisis over clean water on the northern Ontario Kashechewan reserve, the problems seem as intractable as ever, say lawyers who have been working in the area for many years.Driving some of what is happening now in Ontario (and across the country) are two November 2004 decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada: Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director). They set down the principle that governments have a duty to conduct meaningful consultations in good faith with First Nation communities that may be affected by government actions — typically when companies are granted permission for activities like mineral extraction or road building on lands claimed by First Nations groups as treaty or traditional land. First Nations lawyer Martin Bayer, of Weaver Simmons LLP in Sudbury, Ont., has worked extensively in the area of self-government and resource sharing agreements that are occurring with greater frequency between First Nations communities and the many corporations now turning their attention to the potential of Northern Ontario. He was recently involved in the widely noticed impact-and-benefit agreement between diamond mining giant De Beers and the Attawapiskat First Nation, announced last week.It sets out how the James Bay-area band will participate in the project in areas like employment, profit-sharing, joint stewardship, scholarships, and management of the environment. Bayer, who has been practising for about 10 years, acted for De Beers.He said, "It's a good thing when international companies hire Aboriginal lawyers because if they are operating within a treaty area, then they should know something about Aboriginal law and the treaties that govern that particular area."Often big companies go with Bay Street firms that may not know the context they are working in, he observed.In some respects, negotiations with First Nations peoples are improving, he said, because First Nations peoples are getting better at participating on their own behalf in the process."There was a time when the First Nation negotiation team was comprised of a negotiator, a lawyer, and advisors who were all non-native."But in lots of ways, things are not moving along well, he added, citing the federal government's continued reliance on the "outdated" principle of the inherent-right policy. Governments continue to lack flexibility and proper planning with their policies, he said, which focus on trying to "control or constrain First Nation communities."Forty-year Aboriginal law veteran John Olthuis, of Toronto's Olthuis Kleer Townshend, says what is needed now is economic viability, not more band-aids.The big issue in Ontario, from his perspective, is treaty implementation. Historic agreements that allowed First Nations to use their treaty lands have been eroded by leases and licences granted by Ontario to resource companies. The question now, especially in light of the dreadful conditions at the Kashechewan reserve that recently received much media attention, is whether life on reserves is viable.He said that crisis arose because the federal government ignored the band's objection to the location of the community in the first place: it is built on a bog that is also part of a tidal floodplain. The government chose the site because it was easy to get supply barges into the coastal community. The result has been uncontrollable mold in the houses and tainted water.If there is to be a future for the next generation, First Nations peoples must have some access to their traditional lands outside the reserves, Olthuis said. The argument is that if economic activities are to be licensed in these areas, then First Nations should be able to share in the benefits. This issue has special meaning for the 50,000 First Nations people who live in the Treaty Nine areas (north of Timmins and Thunder Bay), which are drawing increasing attention from major resource companies."What First Nations really want is to move toward economic and social self-sufficiency," he said. "They say that can only come through the treaty implementation process, rather than just new government programs that essentially address the symptoms."But professor Brad Morse, who teaches aboriginal law at the University of Ottawa, says that while such developments would be welcome, he does not see much impetus for them from government or the private sector in Ontario. Their longstanding view, he said, is that "there really is no need to worry about any of these issues" because the treaties pre-date Confederation, which extinguished those agreements.As a result of that perception, the Ministry of Natural Resources believes it can do whatever it wishes with Crown lands in Ontario, he said. This lack of concern about First Nations claims is exacerbated by the location of reserves in Ontario. Unlike in B.C., for example, they are situated far from major urban centres.And this failure to engage continues to exist despite the two recent decisions from the Supreme Court requiring consultation with First Nations."Legally, I think there is a huge amount of uncertainty as to what is going on, but it's business as usual," said Morese.But companies would be very wise to pay attention to First Nations issues in areas where they plan to operate, he cautioned. In the future the courts are likely to be much more active in this area and require companies to reach deals with local Aboriginal communities, he predicted. If they fail to do so, they could find their operations stalled indefinitely by lawsuits, which in this area are notorious for dragging on for many, many years.Better to be pragmatic and enter into an agreement now, rather than be forced into one later, he concluded.


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A.C. Calder, P.M. Ricker, L.J. Dursi, J.W. Truran, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, F.X. Timmes, H.M. Tufo (U. Chicago), M. Zingale (UCSC), K. Olson, P. MacNeice (NASA GSFC)
We present results from two- and three-dimensional simulations of Type Ia supernovae carried out from first principles using the adaptive-mesh code FLASH. Considering off-center prompt detonations in Chandrasekhar-mass carbon-oxygen white dwarfs, we observe temperature and abundance inhomogeneities with a cell-like structure behind the detonation front. We discuss these results in light of the commonly accepted view that prompt detonation models cannot reproduce the abundances of intermediate-mass elements observed in Type Ia supernovae, considering in general the observability of multidimensional structure in carbon detonations under conditions present in a white dwarf.
This research has been supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under grant no. B341495 to the ASCI Flash Center at the University of Chicago.
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Street Culture: How Some of the Most Successful Startup Leaders Motivate Their Teams
New tech startups might not have a formula to create culture, but many leaders consider culture an important component for success. Though every company is different, some trends emerge: leaders must be transparent, they must hire for fit, and they must give employees a way to feel that they partially own the company.
Street Culture: Why Lunch Is a Big Deal at Euclid Analytics
At six years old with about 40 employees, the company is currently in a growth phase, and will likely grow considerably in the next year. Euclid's director of product, Alexander Reichert, says that the daily lunch hour has been a kind of string that ties the team together.
Street Fight Daily: Foursquare Taps Expertise, SEOs Weigh 'Pigeon'
A roundup of today's big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Foursquare's Redesign Will Make Expertise the New Gamification (Pando)… Experts Weigh In On Google's "Pigeon" Update Aimed At Improving Local Search Results (SearchEngineLand)… San Francisco Airport Tests Beacon Sensors to Guide Blind Travelers (Mashable)…
Hyperlocals Must Move Quickly to Post Privacy Policies for Apps
Makers of location-based apps need to develop privacy policies soon, regulators warned today. California's special assistant attorney general for technology told a group of mobile developers that the California Attorney General's office will begin taking regulatory action in six months if app stores do not put in place a system to protect user privacy…