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Verdicts & Settlements
Personal Injury
$22 Million Settlement
The partners were local counsel in a class action settlement against a manufacturing company for personal injuries and property damage sustained by surrounding neighborhood residents due to plant explosion, and air and ground pollution.
$8.2 Million Damages Award
The Fairfield County, Ohio, court awarded over $8.2 million to our client in a case against CMI Waste, Inc. The award included compensatory damages, medical expenses, lost wages, future medical costs, and noncompensatory damages for pain and suffering. Read the court entry.
Medical Malpractice
$9.3 Million Settlement
A young woman admitted to Ohio State University Hospital with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) developed breathing problems due to the condition. The resident physician failed to act upon an alarming blood gas study and instead went to lunch. The young college student suffered a respiratory attack resulting in brain damage. She is in a permanent vegetative or minimally conscious state requiring round-the-clock care.
$8.6 Million Jury Trial
A middle-aged woman presented to her ophthalmologist with pseudotumor cerebri, a condition involving a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid pressure in the brain. If untreated, it can cause damage to the optic nerve and blindness. The doctor elected to treat with drugs rather than a shunt, resulting in the patient losing most of her vision.
$3.2 Million Jury Verdict
A woman admitted to Mount Carmel hospital for a hysterectomy developed a blood clot in her arm. The failure to timely diagnose and treat the clot resulted in the amputation of her arm.
$2.325 Million Trial
A 4-month-old baby developed a fever. The pediatrician obtained bloodwork but failed to recognize that the white blood cell count showed signs of a bacterial infection. As a result of the delayed diagnosis of spinal meningitis, the young boy suffered a loss of blood flow that ultimately required amputation of his feet and fingertips.
$2.1 Million Settlement
Experiencing neck pain, a middle-aged man went to the emergency room, where doctors discharged him without the benefit of a cervical X-ray. The next morning he awoke permanently paralyzed due to a spinal abscess.
$2 Million
A pregnant woman with twins presented to the emergency room with possible premature labor. She was 23 weeks pregnant. The physician did a vaginal exam and noted her cervix to be dilated at 2 cm. Because he did not check the chart, he did not know that two days prior her cervix was closed. She was sent home. She continued to call in, but the nurses did not tell her to come in. Three days later she came to the hospital dilated to 8 cm and in labor. The physicians initially stopped the labor with drugs, but the large dilation exposed the fetal sack and an infection occurred causing new contractions. The babies were born at 23 weeks and six days, and both survived. Both children have learning disabilities. The defense maintained that nothing could prevent premature contractions and that nothing the physician could have done would have altered the course of events.
$2 Million
A 35-year-old woman had gastric bypass surgery. As a result, she had frequent episodes of vomiting and her diet was affected. Approximately six months after the surgery, she developed ataxia (inability to walk) and vision problems. She was hospitalized for several weeks, but the neurologist could not determine what was wrong, so he decided to discharge her to a nursing home. Prior to the discharge, she began to develop mental confusion. She had what is known as Wernicke's encephalopathy caused by a thiamine deficiency. All she needed was a shot of thiamine for immediate recovery. This disease is usually associated with alcoholics who don't eat and only drink. She was transferred to a state university hospital where a diagnosis was made, but it was too late to prevent serious complications, including the inability to walk and a speech impediment.
$9.475 Million
The plaintiff, a 5-month-old baby, was brought to his pediatrician with a high fever that did not resolve over the course of several days. His physician failed to comprehend the urgency of the baby's rapidly deteriorating condition and failed to take timely and appropriate action, resulting in a delayed diagnosis of meningitis that caused the plaintiff to suffer brain damage. As a result, the plaintiff suffers from deafness in his right ear, as well as multiple developmental disabilities affecting his fine and gross motor skills and his ability to learn.
$850,000 Jury Verdict
A 33-year-old computer tech broke his arm while Indian wrestling. He had surgery to fix the broken humerus and, in the process, the physician damaged the ulnar nerve. The offer of $100,000 was rejected.
A 17-year-old boy from Houston, Texas, had back surgery for scoliosis. He also suffered from muscular dystrophy. The surgeon noted air bubbles at the surgical site in his back. The surgeon demanded information from the anesthesiologist who saw air going in the IV line in the boy's arm. The surgery was quickly finished, and it appeared that the air had not caused a major problem. But six hours later, the boy suffered a clot stroke. The plaintiff's expert Dr. Friedman determined that the air for the vein had to have crossed over into the arterial system as evidenced by the fact that there was air in the surgical field in the low back. The air in all likelihood contributed to the development of a clot on the valve, which broke loose later that night. The stroke resulted in a significant loss of vision. This case was in Houston, Texas. The defense claimed that the air embolus could have caused a clot stroke.
A 60-year-old man was at the hospital for a small bowel obstruction. He had a history of colon cancer and bowel resections. At approximately 5 p.m., he complained of severe pain in his abdomen. Later in the evening, his vital signs began to change. The nurse ignored the change in vital signs as she thought he was a hospice patient and was there to die. Upon a nurse change in the early morning hours, the new nurse saw the deteriorating condition of the patient and called the surgeons. Bowel surgery was done on an emergent basis, but he died after surgery. He had suffered a bowel perforation. The defense claimed that earlier intervention would not have made a difference in the case.
A 35-year-old man presented to the emergency room with dizziness and a headache. He was referred to a neurologist who ordered an MRI of his brain. He presented to the hospital for the MRI but was denied because his insurance was not activated. Medical Mutual claimed that his insurance paperwork was not in order. He again presented a week later to obtain an MRI and was once again denied due to insurance paperwork issues. A few days later, he suffered a stroke that resulted in significant injuries. We sued Medical Mutual that under ERISA law was only responsible for the cost of the MRI. We then sued the broker for failing to timely process the insurance paperwork and eventually settled the case. This is one of the first cases that brought this type of action against the insurance broker.
$1.5 Million
A 62-year-old woman was on Coumadin. Her INR level was monitored on a regular basis through regular lab work. Her INR level was found to be in excess of 9.0, yet the lab failed to communicate this value to the physician. As a result, she did not receive the necessary fresh frozen plasma and vitamin K needed to lower the INR on an emergent basis. She suffered a bleeding hemorrhagic stroke three days after her bloodwork showed a high INR level. She died as a result of the stroke.
A 76-year-old dementia patient entered the hospital for injuries because of a fall, and his family notified the hospital that his condition rendered him at risk for falls and that he required constant supervision. While hospitalized, he was left unattended and without a functioning bed alarm. He was found unconscious in his hospital room, having fallen and hit his head, and died from his injuries.
$1.2 Million Recovered
A 70-year-old man presented to Ohio State Medical Center for routine bloodwork after cancer treatment for acute leukemia. Mr. Morris was not told that there was Legionella in the water supply and seven days later came down with Legionnaires' disease. Mr. Morris drank from the water fountain that had tested positive for the bacteria. The nurses at Ohio State Medical Center were told to give the outpatients bottled water, but they did not instruct them to not drink from the water fountain. Mr. Morris became sick and eventually died from complications from the infection. The case was filed against the state of Ohio in the Ohio Court of Claims. The damage caps in the Court of Claims limit damages to $250,000 for pain and suffering.
A 50-year-old woman presented to Ohio State Medical Center for heart surgery to implant a new lead for a defibrillator. In preparing her for the surgery, the nurse gave the wrong drug, causing the woman's heart to stop. The doctors reacted in order to save her life and proceeded with the operation. In attempting to dilate her vessels with balloons, they ruptured the vessel resulting in additional surgery. She now has a loss of ability to perform activities due to a decreased cardiac output.
The plaintiff's decedent received regular care from a veteran's hospital. His physician there failed to recommend and schedule him to be tested for colon cancer, despite the fact that he was of an age where regular screenings were recommended. The plaintiff's decedent was diagnosed with and succumbed to colon cancer, which, had it been screened for earlier, would have been detected and could have been successfully treated.
A 65-year-old woman with significant health issues was in the hospital for a liver biopsy. One of the complications of a liver biopsy is bleeding. When she got back to the room, her vital signs began to change and her blood pressure was edging downward. She also complained of abdominal pain. A physician was not notified of these changes for approximately one hour. When notified, the physician immediately ordered a blood infusion. As they started to give her blood, she died.
An 83-year-old woman was on Coumadin to prevent blood clots. She was discharged from the hospital after a valve replacement surgery. She left the hospital for a short stay at a nursing home. The nursing home was to draw blood every three days and check her INR to make sure the Coumadin dosage was correct. The blood results came back on Thursday and showed she needed more Coumadin. Her INR was 1.5 when it should have been 2.5 or higher. The nursing home lost the lab report on Thursday but found it on Friday. They faxed it to the doctor at 5 p.m. on Friday, but the doctor had left his office and did not see it until Monday at 10 a.m. She had a stroke at 10:30 a.m. and later died. The defense claimed that the earlier use of Coumadin would have prevented the stroke.
A 35-year-old man presented to the emergency room with signs and symptoms of a heart attack. He was evaluated and a heart attack was ruled out, but he still had pain in his chest. He was sent home, and the pain worsened. He went to a different hospital ER 12 hours later with new symptoms of shortness of breath. A CT exam revealed a dissecting aortic aneurysm. He died during emergency surgery to repair the aneurysm. The defense argued that the only way to have made the diagnosis was to do a CT exam on the first ER visit and that is not the standard of care as it is not practical to give everyone with chest pain a CT exam. Our expert believed D-dimer bloodwork would have shown the formation of a clot, which would have resulted in a CT exam.
A 55-year-old man presented to Grant Hospital for a bone biopsy, which is a painful procedure. Unfortunately, the hospital staff lost the bone biopsy. Mr. Walker decided to not go through the procedure again.
Unnecessary and improper surgery on foot/ankle, resulting in the amputation of a limb.
Delay in diagnosis of breast cancer of a young wife and mother.
Premises Liability
$2 Million Settlement
The plaintiff, a 64-year-old plumber, was sent on a job that required him to reach ceiling pipes that were some 20 feet off the floor. An employee of the company occupying the premises used a forklift with a wooden crate resting on the forks to lift the plaintiff to the right height, but the wooden crate shifted and fell, causing the plaintiff to land on his head and suffer severe head trauma. The plaintiff was rendered permanently disabled and required a tracheostomy.
$950,000 Settlement
Premises liability case against the seller of house, gas company and plumbing repair company when a gas leak resulted in a house fire that killed a mother and two young children.
$750,000 Settlement
A young girl nearly drowned in a recreational lake resulting in a learning disability. The plaintiff alleged a premises liability claim for failure to provide adequate lifeguards and defective design of the premises. Liability was disputed.
Defective balcony railing allowed a toddler to slip between the railing, falling to the ground below and sustaining significant head trauma, resulting in death.
$360,000 Settlement
A handicapped woman was assaulted in her apartment due to a lack of adequate security, sustaining permanent psychological injuries.
A 30-year-old plaintiff was severely injured when he was struck by a tree being felled by a neighbor. After taking a chainsaw next door to loan to the neighbor, who was engaged in cutting down the tree, the plaintiff was returning to his residence when the tree landed on him, causing several fractures to his right leg and a vertebral fracture to his back. The plaintiff needed reparative surgery and endured many months' recuperation, as well as having to change employment to more sedentary work.
$225,000 Settlement
A trip-and-fall accident down the basement stairs of a rented property; a middle-aged woman sustained an injury to her elbow when she fell down the stairs due to a loose step. Liability disputed.
$155,000 Settlement
A patron of a hotel fell due to height variations in steps while he was climbing exterior steps to his room. He sustained a leg injury that substantially healed. Liability disputed.
$1.65 Million
Crush injury, resulting in death from improperly maintained elevator in a shopping center.
Personal Injury – Motor Vehicle Accidents
$1 Million
Side impact, causing multiple severe injuries to elderly passengers, which resulted in her death days later.
$1 Million
A semi truck failed to yield while turning left, impacting a passenger vehicle, which became entrapped under the semi and was dragged for several yards, resulting in death to the driver.
$2 Million Settlement
The driver of a truck hit a guardrail, causing his truck to collide with a bridge pier. The driver lost his leg in the accident. The suit was against the auto manufacturer and the Ohio Turnpike Commission.
$1.8 Million Jury Verdict
A young mother was in a car accident with a dump truck. Liability was disputed. The defense claimed that the plaintiff ran the stop sign and failed to yield to the truck.
$1.8 Million Jury Trial
A 65-year-old grandmother was killed when a young uninsured driver drove left of center, colliding with the plaintiff's car.
$1.8 Million Settlement
A high school senior suffered brain damage when his car was hit by a Conrail train in Hilliard. The track had lights but no gates. The crossing had sight restrictions, making it difficult to see an oncoming train.
$700,000 Trial
A 30-year-old man ran into the rear of a water truck whose driver had failed to use turn signals. The plaintiff broke both legs in the automobile accident.
$650,000 Settlement
An elderly woman sustained a broken ankle with some permanency of limitation in movement when her vehicle was struck head-on by an oncoming vehicle.
$500,000 Jury Verdict
Low-speed rear-end collision truck accident. The plaintiff suffered an injury to his spine, and doctors testified he needed disk fusion. $5,000 in medical bills considered by the jury. Proximate cause disputed.
A husband and wife in their 50s were severely injured in a head-on collision after the vehicle that struck them from behind forced into their lane of travel by a driver who had not maintained an assured clear distance. Their injuries included the husband's severe knee fracture that will require knee replacement, as well as several fractured teeth that resulted in his having to wear dentures, and the wife's whiplash injury.
$250,000 Jury Verdict
A young woman injured her thumb in an auto accident. The thumb injury interfered with her career as a hairdresser.
Product Liability
$600,000 Settlement
A woman suffered severe burns to her face during a surgery when oxygen was ignited with a spark from an electric cautery instrument.
$450,000 Settlement
An elderly man suffered from diabetes and had an ankle replacement. While recovering, one of the metal crutches he was using collapsed due to a defective adjustment pin, causing him to fall and re-injure the ankle with permanent partial loss of use.
The plaintiff was target shooting with a muzzleloader when it suddenly exploded, causing severe damage to his face, mouth and right eye. The accident destroyed his right eye as well as caused facial disfigurement, for which he required facial reconstruction and a prosthetic eye. He suffered lost wages and benefits and lost job opportunities, as well as losing his ability to engage in his favorite recreational activities.
$250,000 Settlement
Product liability muzzleloader gun case in which the nipple that was holding the firing cap exploded from the rear of the rifle upon firing, causing loss of vision in the shooter's eye. Disputed liability.
$1.5 Million
The plaintiff, an avid outdoorsman, needed his arm to be reconstructed after he was injured by the explosion of a shotgun he was using to shoot clay pigeons. The explosion propelled a large portion of the left side of the gun and top of the breech into the plaintiff's arm, causing him to need extensive surgery and rehabilitation, and resulting in his lost wages and an inability to perform some tasks he had previously enjoyed.
$60,000 Settlement
A product liability crossbow case in which the limb of the crossbow delaminated during firing, causing injury to the shooter's eye. Disputed liability.
$6 Million
The defective handle on pot broke, allowing boiling water to spill on toddler, causing third-degree burns over 50% of his body.
Employment Law
$1.3 Million Settlement
Class action settlement in employment law case against a hospital for suddenly closing its doors without properly compensating workers. Successful recovery of wages, fringe benefits, health insurance premiums and reimbursement for covered medical services.


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Have you ever seen such a wonderful display of teamwork? We all know dogs are friendly and selfless creatures, but this duo ramps it up a notch! Grace and Cuba take turns holding their favorite toy so that the other can eat treats.
It starts off with Grace holding the toy while Cuba munches away on a doggy snack. When Cuba is finished chewing, he grabs the toy from Grace.
Now it's Grace's turn for some tasty treats. They continue to pass the toy back and forth in the sweetest doggy tag-team action of all time! How thoughtful and considerate are these pooches?


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Every year, I give something up for or pledge to gain something during Lent. This year, I didn't know what to give up since I was running for office and literally running pounds off. Food wasn't important to me, no particular obsessions had priority…so I decided to focus on gratitude instead. Each day, I've reflected on what I am grateful for. The night of March 6th, Election Night, was difficult to feel grateful for anything, as we watched the numbers come in and they weren't where I had hoped or worked for months for them to be. But I looked around at my friends and family gathered to support me, and knew that I was incredibly blessed by their love, and the love of my Creator. This gratitude has lasted, and colored every moment since then.
Easter is a beautiful time of the year, in several ways. The forty days of denial in Lent come to an end, the waiting season comes to an end, and the Savior and Earth are both reborn. Jesus came back to us from days in the grave, triumphing over Death itself. The world is renewed, green and budding. Here in Texas, bluebonnets are plentiful and flowers trip over each other in their eagerness to show their blooms.
It is one of my favorite times of year, and a time to rejoice. The long nights and days of the Lenten season, when we reflect on our humanity and the darkness within us, come to an end and we step out of the tomb with Jesus, into the light of the Son.
I plan to continue my gratitude, and might even start a gratitude journal, so that I can look back in tough times and see the footprints where Jesus has carried me along. I encourage you as well, during this beautiful season, to look at your life, family and friends…and see where you can find something for which to be grateful. It will change everything.
Gratitude by itself isn't enough, though. Real gratitude begins when you recognize your place in the universe, and His place, and you long to build a personal relationship with the One who made it all. It's not enough just to know who He is, or to be grateful for all you've been given. You must deeply feel your need, place your faith, and begin a lifelong walk. That is the true miracle of Easter, that we are even given a chance for that walk with Jesus. On that day, He took on all our sins, erased them from God's memory, and held out a hand for us to join Him.
I walk that direction every day, but often fail. I work on matching my footsteps, and pray that someday I will walk perfectly with Jesus, but that will be in Heaven, not here on Earth. I recently wrote about when my personal choice to place my faith in Jesus began. Click Here, if you'd like to look back on that post. I invite you to make that most special choice today, on this day of all days. Happy Easter, and may God bless you and your family!


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Dimly Lit Room by Charlotte Griffiths
Beautifully rolled cigarette sits before me, along
with a small amount of pride and persistently
penetrating memories of
you. The view from the room out on
street makes me wish I could hear
you talk; headphones in I fall into deep
remission, how we walked together
slow in equal admittance of something
Situations keep clawing, coming and going,
without me even noticing and it's starting
to seem like nothing's really right, fight for
excitement in empty nights, don't turn
light off in fear of what shadow holds; it's
getting so tiring ignoring smell of metallic
life tearing out of me, biting down onto
this moment,
Try to hide it, you know I hate lying, but only
timing ever feels right is when I'm bending
around that curve where you herded me,
most beautiful view of the city I
can honestly find; undisturbed as view
lands brief on the embarkment of
trees. Think about how easily you
noticed difference between streets
when they were empty,
how you let me fall, damage
done, you'll always
catch what's left
of me.
Charlotte Griffiths, born May 1998, was first published in 2015 Circus of Indie Artists Lion Tamer Edition, in which all proceeds went toward Autism Speaks, and has since been providing her services both independently and online at MyTrendingStories.com and Channillo.com. She prides herself on humble intentions and is in the midst of her first chapbook, dim lights, dim reality.


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[58] For he was manifestly more concerned about the war in Cyprus than about any other, and regarded Evagoras as a more powerful and formidable antagonist than Cyrus, who had disputed the throne with him.1 The most convincing proof of this statement is this: when the king heard of the preparations Cyrus was making he viewed him with such contempt that because of his indifference Cyrus almost stood at the doors of his palace before he was aware of him.2 With regard to Evagoras, however, the king had stood in terror of him for so long a time that even while he was receiving benefits from him he had undertaken to make war upon him—a wrongful act, indeed, but his purpose was not altogether unreasonable.
1 Cf. Xen. Anab. 1 for the famous expedition of Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes II. See Isoc. 4.145.
2 The battle of Cunaxa (401 B.C.) in which Cyrus was slain. The distance from Babylon, according to Xenophon, was 360 stades (c. 45 miles).


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History of betting
People always love to compete and make bets. Bets date from ancient times. The stakes in a dispute can be not only in money, valuables or other assets. In the past, they gambled on women, children and even lives.
Fortunately nowadays the subject of gambling is quite meaningful. Bets were first known in horse racing in France in 1651. Тhese were cash bets among gentry. Subsequently the great interest and allow onlookers to guess which horse will first cross the finish line. Professional bookmakers have appeared in England in the XIX century. They controlled the gambling, distribution of profits and received about profit margin. Later appeared totalizers – devices to automatically calculate the distribution of bets of players according to the odds. In totalizers are stored stakes. Owners of retraction rate totalizers for themselves, and the rest were distributed among the winners. Very quickly bookmaking firms and totalizers spread further around the world. Bookmaking gained immense popularity in USA.
In the field of bets come not only horse racing and dog races. With the advent of team sports bookies begin taking bets for other games, such as football, hockey, basketball, tennis and more. Now global bookmaking firms offer to bet money on absolutely any event which may refer to probabilistic events. The most affordable means of entertainment is the Internet. You can bet on events that are even not sports.


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Tri Tip Freedown Hills Wagyu
£60.00 – £90.00
UK Produced Wagyu
When it comes to UK produced Wagyu, there are only a few producers who do it right. This here is the Freedown Hills brand. Specifically produced in Yorkshire with a quality to hit the top end of the market, this is a product more often found in high class restaurants but now available here. These Tri Tips are of excellent quality, highly marbled as we would expect and with lots of that beautifully soft buttery fat enhanced by the rich Olive feed diet.
Remember: When trimming the excess fat, don't put it to waste, this stuff is gold. Render down and keep for cooking. Melt some for roast potatoes, add fresh rosemary and cracked Salt… this will change your life forever.
- UK Produced F1 Wagyu Beef
- Marble Score 5 ~ Olive Fed Beef
- Graded and vacuum packed as whole pieces
- Professionally blast frozen to lock in the the freshness


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Are current measures of housing affordability fit for purpose?
Why Eurostat should move towards a holistic measure of affordabilityBrussels, 3 February 2020 | Published in Economy
Housing affordability is, almost everyone agrees, a key issue facing millions of people across the EU today. However, when it comes to how we measure and define 'affordability', there is quite a lot of disagreement.
Opinion piece by Dara Turnbull, Housing Europe Research Coordinator
So, how do we currently measure affordability?
Probably the most commonly used measure in the EU, at least in terms of comparing one country to another, is the "share of housing costs in disposable household income" measure produced by Eurostat as part of the annual Survey of Income and Living Conditions.
There are a number of issues that using this measure of affordability presents in practice. However, we will quickly review just three, namely: 1) the exclusion of the repayment of the mortgage principal, 2) the decontextualisation of disposable income and 3) the capture of those excluded from the housing market.
The Mortgage Principal Problem
When you borrow money to purchase a home, the money borrowed is called the principal. It must be repaid to the financial institution from which the money has been borrowed, along with interest. Bizarrely, the EU-SILC data exclude repayment of the principal as part of housing costs. This likely reflects a desire to not 'distort' the national picture as a result of idiosyncratic differences between countries and households within those countries. For example, if you and I purchase an identical house for the same price at the same time, but I chose to repay the mortgage over 20 years and you choose 30 years, it would appear my housing costs are higher than yours.
Assuming that Eurostat excludes the principal for this reason, it would surely be better to produce two sets of housing costs figures, one which includes repayment of the principal and one which doesn't. To exclude it entirely gives an artificial picture of affordability, especially when comparing a country with a high percentage of mortgage holders to one with a low percentage.
The Disposable Income Problem
In its simplest form, disposable income is equal to (earnings + social transfers) – (taxes and social contributions). Effectively, it is the bottom line of the payslip of an ordinary worker.
So, how does this cause an issue when it comes to the use of the overburden rate? Well, quite simply, what a person in one country will need to 'purchase' with their disposable income may be completely different to what a person in another country will need to purchase. A country in which taxes on personal income are high, but where benefits and services delivered by the state are also high will, in theory, require a lower disposable income , as expenses such as healthcare, childcare, education and transport are already provided fully or at a subsidised rate.
Overall then, disposable income presents an interesting conundrum. Its importance to the assessment of housing affordability in the SILC figures means that we may risk comparing national figures in a way which fails to control for different cost-of-living issues. However, it seems hard to argue that any meaningful assessment of housing affordability will not need to include a measure of income somewhere (more on this below).
The Exclusion Problem
The final issue that we will look at (though there are certainly others), is exactly who is captured in each household and how. For example, figures from Eurostat show that there are approximately 50.2 million 18-34 years olds in the EU still living at home with their parents. This distorts our view of affordability in two ways.
Firstly, if a young person is living with their parents, but also working, then their income is included as part of the income of the household. Thus, it increases the disposable income of the household, while also giving the impression of greater housing affordability. This may be the case if the child makes an equal financial contribution to the running of the family home, though in practice, the focus may be on increasing their savings with the hope of moving out.
Secondly, if a young person is unable to move out because they are unable to afford to access housing, then clearly housing is unaffordable for them, but this is not being captured in the figures. Thus, perversely, high exclusion rates may actually help to weigh down the housing costs to disposable income measure. A similar argument can be made for those living rent free in housing provided by family or friends or those experiencing homelessness.
Moving Forward
There are of course other measures of housing affordability which exist, though they too have flaws. Some ideas on how we might improve on the abovementioned metric though are:
- Include the mortgage principal in housing costs.
- Better capture national cost-of-living issues by using disposable income minus essential non-housing living expenses. This is often referred to as the 'residual income' approach. It will serve to level the playing field between countries with high levels of public led service provision and others.
- Provide notional measures of housing costs to (residual/disposable) income based on the average and median earnings of different groups in society (age, gender, nationality, etc.). This will allow those excluded or hidden from view in the SILC data to have their difficulties in accessing housing more clearly seen
In the long-run, Eurostat should move towards producing a more all-encompassing or holistic measure of housing affordability. One which adequately captures the issues mentioned above and others like them. The very successful 'Human Development Index' produced by the United Nations seems to offer a straightforward template. Thus, perhaps it is time for an EU-wide 'Housing Access and Affordability Index'.


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Town's Head Coach spoke to #HTTV following the 6-1 defeat against Manchester City
- DW admits that City had a lot of opportunities and rued individual mistakes
- Head Coach looks ahead to the next fixture against Cardiff City
- Listen to David's full interview on HTTV.
Town's Head Coach David Wagner admitted his side was second best following a defeat to Premier League champions Manchester City.
Reflecting on an encounter where City took advantage of a host of chances, the boss discussed how he felt that there were too many mistakes which contributed to City securing the points.
Wagner continued to add that the season must start now - beginning with next Saturday's clash with Cardiff - and explained the disappointment of the opening two fixtures' results.
Town changed the shape in response to City utilising a back-three; a shape in which the Head Coach thought everyone worked hard in their roles, with the defeat being a learning experience for the men in yellow.
Jon Gorenc Stanković received a special mention, praised for an impressive performance - and goal - in light of an injury which plagued the Slovenian throughout most of last season, before rounding off with a quick fitness update ahead of next Saturday's crucial clash.
When speaking to #HTTV, David Wagner commented:
"We are disappointed. We can leave these results behind us now. We expected more, but we have two defeats. Now the season starts against Cardiff in front of our own fans.
"We have to respect how good City were today; they were on another level. Every goal which we conceded was easy and avoidable, apart from Silva's free-kick.
"It's early in the season, and we have the experience of last season. We have to get this out of our head and move onto the next one.
"I'm pleased for Jon (Stanković). It wasn't easy for him in the last 12 months. We prepared him as a centre-back, but when City changed their shape to a three, he had to play alongside Philip Billing as 'six'.
"Aaron Mooy will be back for Cardiff. We also have to hope that Zanka and Jonathan Hogg will be back; we will make a decision on that later in the week."
You can watch David Wagner's full interview below on #HTTV!


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I've been getting messages from people asking me what difference it makes whether the Earth is round or flat, how it affects their lives, how it is the greatest deception in history and why it is the mother of all conspiracies?
Now at this point, I find it necessary to explain why we're being duped and lied to by the "Authority/Establishment"…
Once you read through this, you'll fully understand how such a great hoax benefits them and why it is our loss to be ignorant of it. If you can't bother reading this and educating yourself, then you shouldn't even bother telling me that you don't believe all this simply because you cannot seem to get your head around WHY they would want to fool you.
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
-Mark Twain
The biggest lie possible is to deceive people about the very Earth under their feet, everything in the sky over their heads, and the entire cosmology/cosmogony of creation. Once you have convinced people they are living on a spinning ball-Earth hurtling around the Sun through infinite space, and only your "expert" ASTRO-NOTS get to confirm this, you have a deluded gullible public whom you can mold to your desire. Their desire is to convince us that we are only one of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets reeling through infinite space, that we were a Big Bang cosmic accident, life is meaningless, purposeless, and non-spiritual. They want you to believe extra-terrestrials exist and are your creators! The deception has been going on for 500 years now so it's much more advanced than just flat vs. round. Originally they chose a sphere instead of some other shape to lie about simply because it fits their fake model better than a square or a triangle.
NASA is the biggest black budget black hole in existence sucking in billions of dollars taxpayer money for the fake moon landings alone. But it is about much more than just money. All governments and their "space programs" are working together (whether it be European, Chinese, Russian or any other) and are in on this "global" (New World Order) lie!
The modern Atheist Big Bang Heliocentric Globe-Earth Chance Evolution paradigm spiritually controls humanity by removing God, or any sort of intelligent design, and replacing purposeful divine creation with haphazard random cosmic coincidence.
"The heliocentric theory, by putting the Sun at the center of the Universe … made man appear to be just one of a possible host of wanderers drifting through a cold sky. It seemed less likely that he was born to live gloriously and to attain Paradise upon his death. Less likely, too, was it that he was the object of God's ministrations." -Morris Kline
By removing Earth from the motionless center of the Universe, these Freemasons have moved us physically and metaphysically from a place of supreme importance to one of complete atheistic and nihilistic indifference. If the Earth is the center of the Universe, then the ideas of God, creation, and a purpose for human existence are resplendent. But if the Earth is just one of billions of planets revolving around billions of stars in billions of galaxies, then the ideas of God, creation, and a specific purpose for Earth and human existence become highly implausible.
By surreptitiously indoctrinating us into their scientific materialist Sun-worship, not only do we lose faith in anything beyond the material, we gain absolute faith in materiality, superficiality, status, selfishness, hedonism and consumerism. If there is no God, and everyone is just an accident, then all that really matters is me, me, me.
Their rich, powerful corporations with slick Sun-cult logos sell us idols to worship, slowly taking over the world while we tacitly believe their "science", vote for their puppet politicians, buy their products, listen to their music, and watch their movies, sacrificing our souls at the altar of materialism.
Our eyes and experience tell us the Earth is flat and motionless, and everything in the sky revolves around us. When we cease to believe our own eyes and experience, we must prostrate ourselves at the feet of the very pseudo-scientists who blinded us, to treat them as "experts", astronomical "priests" who have special knowledge only they can access, like the Hubble telescope. By brainwashing us about something so gigantic and fundamental, it makes every other kind of lesser indoctrination a piece of cake!
Earth being the flat, fixed center of the Universe, around which everything in the heavens revolves, denotes a special importance and significance not only to the Earth, but to us humans, the most intelligent among the Intelligent Designer's designs. By turning Earth into a spinning ball thrown around the Sun and shot through infinite space from a Godless Big Bang, they turn humanity into a random meaningless, purposeless accident of a blind, dumb universe! It's trauma-based mind-control! They beat the spirituality out of us with their mental manipulations.
And the end-game of this deception is world domination which they plan on ushering in, based on a fake alien invasion like in ID4 and other sci-fi movies.
A hundred years ago nobody believed in "aliens". Nowadays everyone's sure they exist because of NASA, Disclosure Project and other propaganda programs.
When I was a little kid, I once asked my 90 year-old great-grandfather if he thought aliens existed. He laughed heartily and said of course not. Later on I asked my 60 year-old grandfather the same question. He said he wasn't sure if they existed or not. When I first asked my 30 year-old dad about it, he said there were billions of galaxies and planets just like ours and so there were most likely other forms of life out there somewhere. Nowadays when I ask my 9 year-old students if they believe in the existence of aliens, in every class, almost every student raises their hands. NASA and the Hollywood propaganda machine have been in overdrive for the past 60+ years trying to inculcate us into a belief in extra-terrestrial aliens, and it seems to be working. -A Flat Earther
Twentieth-century man, in his boundless arrogance, sees himself as the highest expression of evolution – in every respect! Stone Age Man is viewed more or less as a brutish club-wielding, slobbering, grunting cave-dweller and our immediate ancestor is seen as little more than a country bumpkin, an unsophisticated superstitious yokel who believed that the Earth was flat and the Sun was circling the planet! But … our ancestors may have gotten it right, after all!
Modern man presumes to be in possession of true knowledge, something he calls "science!". His "science" is essentially a belief-system akin to a religion, backed up by lots of faith, a few brazen lies, a bit of legerdemain and very little solid proof. It even has its own Inquisition, euphemistically referred to as "academia". It might be more accurate to call this system "Scientism". A case in point is Darwin's Theory of Evolution for which there is not the slightest shred of evidence but woe to you if you confess to be a non-believer! Doubting the Theory of Evolution is almost as bad and sinful as doubting the sacred (Zionist propagated) Holocaust! Shame on you! And off with your head!
The truth is … Capital "S" Science does not exist, that is definitely a misnomer. The only thing that exists is "the scientific method" of empirical testing and repeated observation. When an agency like NASA comes along and starts claiming (capital S) "Science says this, and Science says that", it is no different than the Pope or any other false preacher saying "God says this, and God says that."
The scientific method is a wonderful tool, though incomplete in itself because it can only confirm or deny repeatable, empirical evidence. Yet there are many things that are 100% real, but not physically tangible/testable or easily repeatable under laboratory conditions. So the scientific method can be a wonderful tool for discovering truth, but at the same time, "Capital S infallible Science" is a wonderful tool for brainwashing.
The occult/hermetic principle known as "As Above, So Below", goes back at least as far as the ancient Egyptian Hermes Trismegistus, whom the Masons and Occultists of all kinds revere…
It is Mental Alchemy, the science of transmuting people's consciousness, changing them from one state of consciousness to another according to the Magician's will.
The "Copernican Revolution" was a great alchemical reaction in the order of man's consciousness. Copernicus was a heliolater, a Sun-worshiper, who thought that if he could get people to think that the Sun ruled the heavens, that society would become ruled by a Sun-worshiping priesthood as there was in ancient Egypt. Kepler, too, was an occultist with a witch for a mother. Newton,
too, was an occultist. The one that you don't hear about as often is Giordano Bruno, who was perhaps the greatest occultist of his age, who preached the idea of an infinity of worlds with their own inhabitants, i.e. the current idea of there being innumerable planets.
As Above, So Below… If people can be convinced that the heavens are ruled by chaos, meaningless chance, by indifferent and mechanical laws, then they will also believe that their own society's laws should reflect this reality, and that their own lives should too.
Newtonian cosmology removes telos (purpose/meaning) from the cosmos above, replacing it with blind mechanics, and so the rise of mechanics in the political and social order here below.
In the hermetic book "The Kybalion" this principle is called the principle of correspondence (between heaven and earth, or, in that book, between the 3 planes of existence: spiritual, mental, physical). In other words, if you change the mental relationships people have, you will effectively change their
physical relationships, so the key to dominating matter is mind, which is why modern politicians talk about "ideological warfare" (warfare in the sphere of ideas, the mind).
Though this alchemical transmutation of the cosmos from a place of God's Divine Providence to one of blind mechanical law has produced materialism, immorality, apathy, nihilism, etc., it has also made way for Pantheism, the idea that the cosmos, the universe, is itself God (which is what the book "The Secret" teaches).
The motives for deception are many, multi-faceted and steeped in occultism and metaphysics so neophytes have real trouble understanding "why they would lie to us about the flat Earth?". It totally escapes them how something
so huge and fundamental WOULDN'T be the ultimate lie to propagate.
There are obviously many reasons why the Elite lie to us about this (including simply, "why not!?". They love to fool and deceive us whenever they can), but one of the biggest reasons is to convince us not to trust our senses, not to trust ourselves. Our senses tell us the Earth is flat and still. But then the "experts" come along and tell us, "you silly ignoramus, it's a spinning ball!"
Now, if our senses and common sense could, in effect, lie to us, about something so huge and fundamental like the shape and behaviour of the very Earth we live on, then how can we trust our own senses for anything, right? We clearly can't, and this makes us malleable and confused, unable to trust ourselves and thus wide open to whatever "reality" the Elite wants to
impose on us. (Why do you think they orchestrate false-flag terror attacks throughout the world, blaming it on terrorist groups that they themselves have created, and then using it as a pretext to wage war against entire nations, and people go along with it every time? It's because they're too brainwashed! SO BRAINWASHED that almost all of them even fell for the "passports of suicide bombers found at blast site" story)
So, the only people allowed to have opinions or shape reality are "the experts" (e.g. Elite-controlled puppets), and I have literally been told by others when debating vaccines, that I am neither allowed to have my own opinion on these concoctions, nor permitted to choose whether they get injected into me or any child I might be responsible for, because I am not "an expert". And apparently this is a widespread belief these days, critical thinking and opinion-forming is completely verboten unless you are "an expert". This goes hand in hand with the disturbing reverence given to so-called "Science" where people, calling themselves "Freethinkers", believe "Science" is a flawless, incorruptible
collection of pure, indisputed facts, and that peer-reviewed studies are in fact the inerrant Word of the one true God.
It's funny how whenever scientists don't know or don't have an answer, they just say "GRAVITY". I don't know, just gravity. Gravity is our God. It's our answer for everything. The Moon orbits the Earth because of gravity and we stick to the Earth because of gravity, and we orbit the Sun because of the Sun's gravity. Gravity gravity gravity! Gravity this, gravity that!!!
But if you're on the outside of a merry-go-round spinning and you fly off, centripetal force is going to overtake gravity while you're flying through the air and eventually GRAVITY, if that's something that really exists, would overtake you and you'd hit the ground. But the Earth spins 1000 mph at the equator, but you don't see the oceans creating this crazy giant ring of wall from centripetal force because gravity is overtaking this centripetal force of the globe. So sometimes centripetal force overtakes gravity and sometimes gravity overtakes centripetal force. Gravity does whatever they want it to do. LOL!? SCIENCE IS A RELIGION AND GRAVITY IS THEIR GOD, BECAUSE WHEN THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN SOMETHING, GRAVITY!!!!!
When they teach us these things, they try to make it seem really complicated, really complex. And then you start doubting yourself when it doesn't make sense but you accept it and believe it anyway.. YOU ACCEPT SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY BLOODY SENSE TO YOU!
People who think this way, who can't form an opinion unless "Science" okays it, aren't being smart and strategic, and aren't taking a rational interest in scientific method; they are, rather and instead, practicing "Scientianity".
Ever tried politely disagreeing with the conclusions of a peer-reviewed study that they like? Or gently informing them that a peer-reviewed study is not in fact a flawless holy sacrament, but merely an interpretation of data, and either the interpretation, or the data, could be wrong? The reaction won't be any less than being burnt at the stake as a heretic.
The fact is that Establishment "Science" is hugely controlled, incredibly corrupted, as well as constantly contradicting itself (you can get a "peer-reviewed study" to promote any idea/belief useful to the Elite, if you just say: Scientific studies show… people will believe anything you say afterwards), and the editors of three of the top scientific journals in the world – the British Medical Journal, The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine – have all come out publicly and stated that huge reams of current scientific literature are all worthless nonsense.
So that's the bitterly ironic thing, people think of themselves these days as so 'rational' and 'scientific', when frankly Establishment "Science" is more of a fairy tale than any religious text (by quite a long shot – a lot of Truth is in most
religious books) and people now believe more astonishingly insane things (injecting babies full of poison is healthy, mutilating a man makes him a woman, the conscious universe conspires to fulfill our wishes, the invisible
magical force called gravity is the answer for everything, everything came from nothing, etc etc) than they have at any prior time in history.
The times we're living in right now are the real Dark Ages!
The truth is, we live in an enclosed World with a barrier/firmament/dome above us which nobody can breach. The "International Space Station (ISS)" doesn't exist. There are no "satellites" floating in space. "Space" is a myth, it doesn't exist. Other physical terra firma worlds or "Planets" don't exist. "Aliens" don't exist. "Galaxies" don't either. This is all sci-fi nonsense that they created to overwhelm the human mind (If you watch the movie "Interstellar", notice the terms they use: "wormholes", "black holes", "quantum mechanics/data", "relativity equation", "time shift zone", "warping/bending of space-time","gravitational field", "time dilation", "Schwarzschild radius", "alien planets", etc…is to make you believe in insane fantasies). The Earth, Sun, Moon and stars are the only objects that make up the entire Universe.
That is what all the Holy Books say, and that is exactly what all empirical/observational evidence and experiments indicate and what our experience and commonsense everyday perspective tell us!
Now that you're in the correct frame of mind (which I hope you're by now), watch my Series 'Fake World Reality' on YouTube.


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In JudoTT's Strategic Meeting February 2019 we have revised our Mission and Vision Statements. They are as listed below:
To be the preferred Martial Art and Combat Sport of choice for the perfection of character. To impact and imprint the values, attitudes and skills of individuals to the benefit of the society.
As the primary body for Judo we will continually develop the practice of the art of Judo in both the traditional and modern form as an Olympic Sport. To provide inclusive opportunities for all to participate in the many aspects of Judo and also international exposure at the highest levels of the sport. To engage participants to uphold the moral and ethical values of Judo so that it becomes a 'Way of Life for All' to the benefit of Trinidad and Tobago


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When you've been involved in any type of accident that brings injury to yourself or someone you know, you should consider the possibility of working with a Personal Injury Lawyers Suffolk county NY Firm. Such legal professionals specialize in helping victims receive compensation that might be rightfully theirs after being injured at the result of someone else's negligence, recklessness, or deliberate acts. They can help you in working with insurance companies to file a claim and get compensated for your injuries and financial hardships as a result of the accident. For more information,
Slip and Fall
One of the most common accidents that could result in the need of an attorney is slip and fall accidents. You can slip and fall at any time, however, when the injuries have lead to broken bones, serious injuries, or trauma, you should consult with an attorney. They will assess your injuries and determine whether or not you should be compensated.
Workplace Accidents
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Car Accidents
Of course, the more commonly known reason to reach out to a personal injury law firm is the result of a car accident. Whether you've been hit by a car, truck, or motorcycle, you need an attorney that will help you file a claim and get compensation. There may be a need for court proceedings or negotiations which require the expertise of a legal professional.
While you hope that you never get hurt too badly, accidents do happen. In many instances, you can receive financial compensation for your injuries, pain and suffering, and time off from work as a result of the accident. Don't let someone else's negligence, recklessness, or deliberate acts go by unpunished. Consult with a reputable Personal Injury Lawyers Suffolk County NY Firm today such as The Law Office of Matthew Glassman Suffolk County NY to find out what your rights are.


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Do I Really Need to Prune My Trees?
As a home or property owner, you've probably heard that you should prune your trees. It's a common practice that's part of tree care. But when you've got a lawn to mow and seeds to plant, tree pruning might seem like an unnecessary task.
This is far from the truth. Unlike wild trees, which are pruned by Mother Nature, landscaped trees need a higher level of maintenance. And without regular and proper tree pruning, the structure and health of a tree can greatly diminish.
In short: Yes, you need to prune your trees. Here's why.
Why Is Tree Pruning Important?
Tree pruning is often associated with visual aesthetics. When done properly, it can bring out the natural beauty of a tree. This can help your property appear more welcoming and attractive.
It's so much more than that, though. Regular tree pruning will keep your tree healthy and happy. After all, when dead and dying branches are removed, insects and disease can't take over the tree.
Pruning also promotes air circulation. Additionally, when the canopy is thinned out, the tree can easily soak up the sun. With enough air and sunshine, your tree can achieve optimal structure and health.
Routine pruning also keeps your family safe. Dead, damaged, and broken branches can easily fall during a storm, but pruning minimizes the risk.
When Should I Prune My Trees?
Generally, a tree needs to be pruned when it has dead, dying, diseased, or broken branches. Other signs your tree needs pruning includes a dense canopy, a split or weak crotch, or growth near power lines or structures.
However, there isn't a one-size-fits-all answer. Every tree has different requirements and needs.
Some trees should only be pruned during certain times of the year, while others can be pruned at any time. Some might also need more frequent pruning than others.
Older, mature trees may require a different pruning schedule than younger trees.
The best way to know is to work with a certified arborist. This will ensure that your tree is pruned in a correct and timely manner.
Who Should Prune My Trees?
If you're the DIY type, it might be tempting to remove dead branches yourself. This approach, however, can actually do more harm than good.
When done improperly, pruning may damage the tree and create open "wounds." These wounds can allow insects to enter (and attack) the tree. In other cases, sap might leak out and deprive the tree of nutrients.
You might mean well, but DIY pruning isn't a smart idea. Leave it to the experts instead. A certified arborist will know how and when to properly prune each tree.
Let Friendly Tree Take Care of Your Tree Pruning Needs
Since 1989, Friendly Tree has offered tree pruning services for northern New Jersey residents. And now that you're aware that you should prune your tree, we're ready to help you, too.
Our team of New Jersey tree experts have the experience and knowledge to care for your trees. As certified arborists, we can determine exactly what your trees need to stay healthy, strong, and beautiful.
Friendly Tree is available in Essex, Morris, Union, Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. To schedule a consultation, contact Friendly Tree today. You can also call us at (973) 678-8888.
Why Fall is the Best Time for Tree Planting in New Jersey
As we wave goodbye to summer and welcome the colorful days of autumn, it's not quite time to put away the garden tools. In addition to cleaning up the yard – removing debris and raking up spent leaves – you might want to add tree planting to your to-do list this fall.
Here at Friendly Tree, we talk a lot about the benefits trees provide to a home or property – including reducing energy bills and increasing property value. One of the most important factors in determining when to plant trees is the climate (in addition to the tree planting site).
Trees need the right combination of temperature and moisture to establish a healthy root system for proper growth.
What Makes Fall a Good Time to Plant?
Newly planted trees need a little extra attention to get them off to a good start. Remember – in many cases, your tree has lost a good amount of its root system during transplanting.
In most areas of the U.S., the dry days of summer have passed but freezing temperatures have not yet arrived. The moderate daytime temperatures, cool nights, warm soil and increased rainfall means right now is the perfect time for tree planting in New Jersey.
Leaves prefer cooler, more moderate temperatures because the summer sun can drain energy from the leaves as well as the rest of the tree. Underground, the warm soil accelerates new root growth for a healthy root system before the tree goes dormant.
With the cold months ahead, your new tree can shift its resources into developing its root system and storing nutrients instead of producing new foliage. Once spring arrives, your new tree's roots will be vigorous and well-established, giving it a better chance of getting through the summer months.
Just don't wait too long – your trees need time to acclimate to their new location. Sudden frigid temperatures soon after planting can stress a young tree. We recommend getting your new tree in the ground before mid-October.
What About Summer?
Some homeowners make the mistake of thinking that all landscaping tasks should happen in the summer, when the grass is green and trees have fully leafed out.
While it is possible to plant in the summer, trees will require extra watering and may show signs of stress from the heat and intense sun. In fact, trees can actually get sunburned (known as phototoxic burn)! When trees are stressed, they are more susceptible to pests, diseases and overall poor growth.
Can I Plant in the Spring?
Yes, you can. In fact, spring is the second best time of year for tree planting. In the springtime, when the risk of a hard frost has passed, temperatures are generally mild and trees have a chance to grow all spring, summer and fall before settling down for the winter.
At this time, however, they must produce a flush of new leaves and develop their roots at the same time. This intense growth can be taxing on a young tree and also requires extra watering, especially during dry spells.
How do I Choose a Tree Species?
Friendly Tree can help! Give us a call and we can help you determine which trees will do best in our area of New Jersey and in your specific planting site.
You can also visit the Arbor Day Foundation website and try out their helpful Tree Wizard tool, which gives you recommendations based on your property's growing conditions, hardiness zone and personal preferences.
When deciding on tree species, it's important to think about how much space (vertically and horizontally) your tree will have and how much water it will receive in that particular location. Choosing a tree based on the site requirements will give you a better chance at success.
Regardless of tree type, don't forget to water during the winter! Some winters can turn out to be very dry, so keep an eye on soil conditions and water your new tree when needed. Even though the tree is dormant, its roots still need moisture to continue to grow.
Need help with tree planting? Call the New Jersey tree planting experts at Friendly Tree.
We also invite you to explore more of our blog for arborist advice on watering, mulching and pruning your new tree.
Tree Pruning and Removal: Why You Should Hire a Certified Arborist
As a home or property owner, you're familiar with the seemingly never ending expenses that crop up throughout the year. While it is certainly wise to learn a few skills and accomplish some of these tasks on your own, tree pruning and removal should not be on your DIY list.
Tree trimming and removal are dangerous tasks. In fact, the chance of injury for tree care professionals is three times higher than for those in the police or fire industries. (Source) When it comes to the trees on your property, play it safe and hire a professional.
Four Reasons to Hire a Certified Arborist
1. Improper pruning causes more harm than good and can even kill your tree.
We have a saying here at Friendly Tree Service: "Pruning is a science as much as it is an art." In fact, it's better not to prune at all than to prune incorrectly. Every year, more trees are killed or damaged from improper pruning than from insects and pests.
Each individual tree has its own requirements as far as which cuts need to be made, and where. A skilled arborist knows which limbs are weak or diseased, and how they should be trimmed. He knows how to make training cuts to develop the tree's natural shape or fill in an open area, and he knows how to eliminate weak spots so that the rest of the tree grows healthy and strong.
Trained arborists also understand when minor trimming or aggressive pruning is needed, and they know how to properly remove dead or diseased trees safely – without endangering themselves, other people or the property.
2. Tree pruning and removal is more dangerous than you think.
Unfortunately, many well-meaning people think as long as you have a good saw, anyone can prune a tree. This line of thinking can lead to serious injuries and even fatalities from falls, falling trees or branches, contact with power lines and injuries from cutting equipment.
Still not convinced? Here are some statistics provided by ArborGlobal.com:
- The risk of serious accident for a tree worker is 1:120
- Tree workers experience 6 deaths per 100 accidents
- The fatality rate in Arboriculture is 35 deaths per 100,000 workers per year, compared to the average fatality rate for all industries of 4 deaths/100,000 workers per year
Sometimes trees only show minimal signs of damage; it takes a highly trained eye to know if the tree is hazardous and poses a serious risk. A trained professional understands how to recognize a hazardous tree and the safest method to remove it. Certified arborists, like those at Friendly Tree, have been trained in safe tree pruning and removal practices and know how to limit the impact to your property.
3. Arborists have the necessary equipment and training.
Professional arborists have tree cranes that allow them to reach large or difficult to access trees and branches. At Friendly Tree, our crane can reach more than 150 feet away and can lift up to 42 tons! Our arborists have the necessary training and experience to handle our advanced tree care equipment without injuring themselves or others.
At Friendly Tree, we follow the highest ANSI Z133 and OSHA standards for workplace safety, which are recognized in the U.S. as the primary safety standards for pruning, repairing, maintaining or removing trees or brush. These standards are reviewed and updated every five years and ensure that trees and equipment are handled in the safest way possible.
4. A certified arborist will have liability and insurance that protect you and your assets.
Imagine if a large, heavy branch crashed down on your roof – or your neighbors' – during tree pruning. Are you protected?
A reputable tree care service will carry liability insurance, which protects you and your property from damage, and workers compensation insurance, which protects tree care professionals in the field. Any arborist you hire should have a minimum of $1,000,000 in liability and workers compensation insurance. Check to make sure your name and address are added to the Certificate of Insurance before any work has begun.
At Friendly Tree, we don't cut corners – our certified arborists put the safety of you, your home and your property first, not our bottom line. Our stringent adherence to ANSI standards and our crew's combined 239 years of experience means we can guarantee our work is safe and of the highest quality.
Need help with tree pruning or removal? Give us a call. We can recommend the most appropriate action for the trees in your landscape, and our inspections and assessments are always free.
Your Tree Care Checklist for Summer
There's a lot to enjoy in the summer ? but there's also a lot of work to do. When it comes to your trees, there are a few jobs you can do now to ensure a vibrant and healthy growing season and keep your trees strong going into the upcoming winter.
First things first ? inspect your trees.
Winter frosts and heavy snows can do a number on your trees. Inspect all of the trees on your property for damage, like winter burn. This happens when a tree does not receive enough moisture in the fall and cold winter winds dry out the leaf tissue. If you notice vertical cracks in the tree's bark, you may be looking at sun scald, which can eventually lead to decay. Sun scald is more likely to be a problem with younger, thin-barked trees and occurs in the winter and spring months.
Additional signs of damage include abnormal leaf size, off-color bark and oozing sap. Any severely damaged or dead branches or trees should be removed.
Check for pests and diseases.
Unfortunately, trees are not immune from getting sick or overrun with pests. Insects tend to target vulnerable trees which are already weak from stress. Aphids are a common issue, notable for the sticky residue they leave behind after munching on tree leaves and stems.
The Emerald Ash Borer has caused devastating damage throughout most of the country. If you have Ash trees on your property, look for signs of dead branches starting at the top of the tree, and small D-shaped holes in the tree's bark where the beetles exit in June. Trees with bad infestations may lose a third to a half of their branches in one year. The U.S. Forest Service operates an informative website on the Emerald Ash Borer, which you can find here.
Proactive care goes a long way in keeping your trees free from pests and diseases. If your tree has a bad infestation, it may need to be removed by a professional. Look for a certified arborist who meets the criteria of the International Society of Aboriculture.
Pick up the rubble.
Take advantage of the warm weather to pick up old leaves and twigs, fallen branches, or anything else that may be littering the floor of your landscape. Be especially careful to remove diseased material, and DON'T compost it; throw it in the trash.
Get out the pruning shears.
Now is the time to prune those dead or diseased branches you noticed in your inspection. Trees don't try to repair or regrow injured or diseased wood; instead, they stop sending resources to the damaged tissue.
Pruning allows the tree to put energy into its healthy branches, it improves airflow and it can even lower the risk of insect infestation. If you are dealing with very large or very high dead branches, or branches that pose a risk to structures, vehicles or people, make sure you consult a professional first.
Feed your trees.
After a long, hard winter, trees are often desperate for nutrients. Help them recover and put their energy into new growth with a slow-release fertilizer. Healthy trees have the best defense against disease and insects.
Know how to water.
As the days become longer and hotter, it's important to give your trees adequate moisture. Following a consistent watering schedule that mimics rainfall (a slow, deep soak) is the best bet. Established trees need one gallon (or one inch) of water each week and younger trees may need twice as much. Consider installing a drip line below ground and don't water in the afternoon, when moisture can be lost to evaporation.
Apply new mulch.
Mulch provides so many benefits to your trees and can be a lifesaver in the hot summer. Add two to four inches of mulch around the base of each tree, being careful not to pile it up around the trunk (this is called "volcano mulching" and can kill your tree). In addition to retaining moisture and keeping soil temperatures cool, mulch provides added nutrients to the soil.
If the warm weather is calling to you, go ahead and answer. Dust off those gardening gloves and give your trees the attention they need to make it through the long summer.
Arborist Advice: Protecting Your Trees from Summer Storms
Summertime in New Jersey often evokes images of backyard barbecues, baseball games and weekends at the Jersey Shore. But with every summer also comes the less idealistic but very real summer thunderstorms, which can really do a number on your landscape.
Many of us remember last year around this time when one particularly strong storm left over 250,000 people in South Jersey without power, damaging buildings and tearing down trees. There's not much you can do about an approaching storm, but did you know there are simple preventative steps you can take now to give your trees a fighting chance?
The arborists at Friendly Tree have put together a list of five things you can do to minimize summer storm damage:
Thinning the Canopy
Thinning the top of a tree reduces wind sail, allowing wind to blow through the tree. This type of pruning should only be done by a certified arborist experienced with correct and safe pruning methods.
Adding Support
Installing support cables for large trees can also provide strength and minimize storm damage. Arborists use cables and bracing rods to help to redistribute the tree's structural weight and provide extra support to weak spots. We can help you determine if your tree could benefit from cabling and bracing.
Pruning Dead Branches
Diseased or dead branches break easily, and your car could be the perfect target. Pruning will minimize falling branches during a storm causing damage to people or property.
Lightning Protection
Trees provide a great pathway for lightning to strike the ground. A lightning protection system is a reliable and inconspicuous way to protect valuable trees or those close to a home or other structure.
Filling Cavities
It's not just for the dentist's office! Cavities are weak spots in the trunk of a tree that can compromise its overall strength. If you notice a cavity in your tree, give us a call and we can help you fill it correctly.
Losing large trees is a costly problem – thankfully, these preventative measures can keep your trees at their best when Mother Nature is at her worst.
Give Friendly Tree a call if you need help with tree pruning, trimming or any other tree care services. For over 25 years we've been helping New Jersey residents with their tree care needs, and we'll be there to help your trees weather the storm.
Tree Pruning and Removal – How to Tell When It's Time
It usually happens while walking through the yard one day – you notice leafless limbs or dead branches lying on the ground. But how do you know when a tree needs a good pruning or when it should be removed?
In this article, we'll explain when a tree is considered a safety hazard and when it just needs a good, healthy trim.
Signs Your Tree Needs Pruning
Tree Pruning is essential for the healthy maintenance of trees, but improper pruning can cause damage and in some cases the tree's death. That's why trees should only be pruned by Certified Tree Care Safety Professionals, like the experts at Friendly Tree, who practice safe, proven and effective methods.
Damaged, Diseased or Dead Branches
Besides the danger of falling, broken or damaged limbs can serve as an entry point for insects and disease. In general, a tree has a good chance of survival if less than 25% of its branches are damaged.
Dense Canopy
A tree canopy that is too dense is a problem, as restricted sunlight and airflow can lead to disease.
Undesirable Branches
Sometimes, weak or troublesome limbs must be removed in order to benefit the health of the entire tree. Suckers and water sprouts steal a tree's resources and should be removed. Crossing branches can damage each other and should also be pruned. Co-dominant leaders (two branches of similar size growing up from the top of the tree) are prone to splitting and tearing during strong winds. Eliminating one of these branches provides the tree with more stability.
Weak or Split Crotch
As a tree ages, its crotch (where two branches come together) may grow weak and split apart; removing split crotches helps keep the tree healthy and strong.
Approaching Power Lines or Structures
A more obvious reason for pruning is a tree's proximity to power lines or other structures. Unfortunately, people sometimes plant trees under power lines not knowing how tall they will get at maturity. Be sure to hire a professional for these kinds of jobs, as there is significant risk to people and property if the job is not done correctly.
The best time to prune your trees is when they are dormant in late winter or early spring, which encourages healthy spring growth. Dead, damaged or hazardous branches should be trimmed as soon as possible.
Signs Your Tree Should be Removed
Not all dead or dying trees need to be removed. Those that don't pose a risk to people or structures can be left alone and serve the neighborhood birds as a shelter and food source. Here's how to tell when tree removal is necessary:
Large Number of Dead or Damaged Limbs
If 50% or more of the tree is damaged, and falling limbs pose a hazard, it's time to say goodbye. If the dead branches are all on one side of the tree, it's typically a sign of root or trunk problems and the tree should be evaluated by one of our arborists.
Severe Trunk Damage
Severe damage to the tree's main trunk (more than 25% of the trunk's circumference), including large cracks and seams, indicate decay.
Hollow Trunk
A tree can live for many years with a hollow trunk, but it will eventually come down. If a third of the trunk is hollow (or rotted), consult an arborist about getting it removed.
Root Damage or Weakness
It may be hard to tell if a tree has substantial root damage, but if the ground nearby has been excavated or you suspect any damage to the root system, consider removing the tree. Also look for trees with shallow root systems as a result of their growing environment. Trees near ledges, large rocks or right next to a water source often have shallow roots.
If your tree is suddenly leaning in one direction, it could mean root damage or weakening. A tree that is noticeably leaning in any direction is unsafe and should probably be removed.
Need help determining if your tree needs pruning or removal? Friendly Tree can help. For over 25 years we've been helping New Jersey residents with their tree care needs. Our certified arborists adhere to ANSI standards for tree care practices, with the expertise to help you assess what your trees need to stay happy and healthy.
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Why our generation IS divided on Extinction Rebellion
By Ella Bennett
How come we feel so inspired yet so frustrated by the environmental protest group?
Growing up on a diet of David Attenborough programmes - cringing as we watched the heart-wrenching viral video showing a turtle having a plastic straw pulled from its nose - it is impossible for our generation to ignore the threat of environmental collapse and our role in this worldwide devastation. But consensus on the methods taken by environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion seem to have less unanimous support.
A recent Instagram poll by Quarterlife Magazine found that 79 per cent of quarterlifers said they'd been inspired by the protests, but many also admitted they weren't sure if the protest had been helpful for the cause.
One respondent said "I think their tactics have put off the people they need support from".
Like many of these voters my age, I wholeheartedly support Extinction Rebellion's cause but, if I'm honest, I also feel highly frustrated by their methods. While The Guardian confidently stated that "Extinction Rebellion is leading a new, youthful politics that will change Britain", it's important not to overlook the conflicting opinions among these "youthful" people.
When I heard of their plans to shut down major roads in London, I knew that it would fuel the argument of environmentalists being extremists, despite their informed and totally valid message. When Extinction Rebellion began their London takeover, I was not surprised to see countless negative headlines like, 'HOW DARE THEY': Commuter fury as Extinction Rebellion jump on DLR train', and, 'Out-of-control' eco warriors waging war on London'.
Tabloids had license to focus on criticising the disruption, rather than discussion of the message at hand.
Even Sadiq Khan in his official statement voiced support for the right to protest, yet was "concerned by the difficulties people are facing getting to work" and "frustrated by the damage this [was] causing to the public transport system".
I also feared that the group risked alienating the people they were trying to engage. It has to be said that the group's actions hit average people the hardest - people just trying to get to work - rather than CEOs of major corporations, the leaders of the world's most polluting nations or, more broadly, senior people in positions to make real change.
Hesitancy to support Extinction Rebellion can also be put down to the obvious middle class-ness of the whole affair.
Images of people doing yoga on Waterloo Bridge stoked the "liberal metropolitan elite" narrative and did little to convince frazzled, over-worked people on zero-hours, especially outside the M25, to rally in support of the group. It also didn't go unnoticed that the protest fell conveniently during the Easter holidays and was, therefore, presented to the public as a nice jolly for a group of society who had clearly missed Glastonbury so much during the fallow year that they felt the need to recreate it in Oxford Circus. Sky News coverage of "Miriam staging a three day sit-in" in Westminster did little to help the situation.
Despite this lukewarm response to Extinction Rebellion's methods, it must be acknowledged that the group did manage to achieve something incredible.
Shortly after the protests the UK Parliament declared climate change emergency, committing to reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050. The protests also made many people stop and think about reducing the environmental impact resulting from their daily lives, which is easier said than done.
I suppose I have tried to reconcile my frustrations with the knowledge that negativity does not suggest a failure to encourage change, but is instead a crucial part of it.
It takes time for "truths" to be accepted; especially if they are uncomfortable and require us to change aspects of our comfortable lives. Also, it is even trickier when they are propagated by people who look like their are made of 100 per cent hemp. There is a famous quote I've heard used often throughout the years by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, that I think explains our current situation perfectly. His quote summarises the three stages that any truth must go through before it is accepted as such. He suggests that, "all truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident".
No matter what your opinions on the eco-protests are, it must be said that these protests, much like school strikes led by Greta Thunberg, have given the movement a momentum that our generation has not seen before.
While, in the short-term, these protests may have made a few enemies, their impact goes far beyond a few snarky tabloid headlines.
The true extent of the success of these recent actions may not be understood for many years to come, but for the first time I feel truly optimistic and hopeful that change is coming.
If we have learnt anything from these protests it's that real action on climate change is possible; we are only seeing the start of what we can collectively achieve but that, for the movement to grow even further, we need to include everyone in the conversation.
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✖ let's talk about media criticism
Thanks for the guy who decided it was fun to have, what? A bat for lunch, we've faced a situation where my generation has never been before. Or not that us millennials would recall it.
I mean, SARS - was that something to eat? And Ebola? Well, that affected mainly in Africa. We've lived through that, but we haven't really lived through that. Have we?
But covid-19, that stopped all of us going outside, having fun and apparently using our brains.
I want to talk to you guys about media criticism, and I cannot stress enough how important it is. We're living an era of misinformation, we're living in an era, where the journalist ethics and all that important shit is pressured down by the effect of the Internet and social media, where they feel the need to push all the news out in the news outlets as fast as possible. You've seen huge headlines on tabloid websites, right? But when you actually open it and it's recently posted, there might be one sentence of the news following with another sentence, "this article will be updated soon". And that's the best-case scenario. I mean, there has been news with a bunch of bullshit in it and afterwards edited the facts in it.
That's simply the result of the pressure, of the world we are living in. They need to push news out there right at the very moment they receive it. They need to push news out there without flowing it through the copywriter. News after news, after the news. They've lost the importance of quality, while quantity and clicks are all they nowadays care about. And why? It brings them money.
The media criticism is something rare, I reckon. It's something, that should be taught in schools. Actually, I've heard from my younger brother who is now what? A 10-year-old, that they've been talked at school about media criticism. And that's something that should've been done when the Internet arrived amongst us. Or at least 16 years ago, when Facebook brought us the thing you can do on the Internet, which is now called social media.
The very problem of social media and the Internet itself is that everyone has access to it. Don't get me wrong, that's the way it should be, BUT HOLY SHIT KAREN, who asked you to share your Farmville progress on Facebook every other hour?
No, to be honest, I'm a firm believer that the Internet should be made accessible to everyone and it should be a basic human right, and like in Finland, the government should guarantee that everyone has the access to it.
The core problem is that everyone has access to the Internet. There are people who know how to use their brain and the people who aren't necessarily blessed with the ability to use them. And that's where the importance of media criticism comes along. If you know how to use your brain, you also know that not everything in the world wide web is true. You know that it's not good for anyone to go out there blindly and believe everything you see. I mean, if there's something suspicious on your plate in a restaurant, would you eat it?
The thing is, you don't have to believe everything you read. While you're reading things online, check up these two things while you're reading: is the news source reliable and has it been right before?
Due to COVID-19 info, it's all fairly new to us. It's obvious that there is misinformation going on since we don't know a lot of things about it, however -- in every country, there is a website like THL (in Finland) or NHS (in the UK) which will give us the correct information about the whole situation. Tabloids are just feeding their click counter with spreading hysteria writing big headlines.


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Below is the annual schedule of committee meetings that must be held to stay in good academic standing with the department.
Year 1: Fall: 1. Meet with mentor only completing the First Year Fall Meeting form (turn in to Kevin). 2. Complete the Ideal Curriculum Form (turn in to Kevin). 3. Review the Mentor-Mentee Compact. The Mentor-Mentee Compact should NOT be signed or turned in. 4. Complete the Mentoring Committee form once your committee has been established (turn in to Kevin).
Spring 1. Meet with your Mentoring committee to evaluate your project and your progress in the department thus far. Complete the FYP Spring Meeting form at this meeting. 2. Complete the Annual Progress Report with your mentor only.
Year 2: Fall 1. Meet with FYP Committee to evaluate the recently completed First Year Project and discuss any relevant training items (e.g. courses for Year 2 or Year 3; discuss prelim plans, etc.). 2. This meeting can serve as your annual Mentoring Committee meeting. 3. Complete the FYP Defense Meeting Form (turned in to Kevin).
Spring No Meetings required unless progress discussion does not occur during FYP defense.
Subsequent Years: The Mentoring Committee will meet annually in either fall or spring (you and your advisor decide what works best). A Progress Report must be signed and turned in to Kevin after each meeting. Progress Report (Faculty Version) Progress Report (Student Version)
Additional Meetings and Forms: Upon completion of the FYP and accumulation of 30 credits, you are eligible to receive your Masters' degree. A warrant must be ordered from the Grad School by Kevin, signed by your FYP Committee and returned to Kevin.


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i have probleme in opera
saidelhani last edited by
hello all
i have probleme
Opera running on multiple cpu
I want to work on sigle cpu
please help me
i love opera
lando242 last edited by
Opera 12 was the last version of Opera that would run on a single CPU using only a single process. Opera 15 and above splits each tab into its own process, just like other Chromeium based browsers.
saidelhani last edited by
Is there a solution in the latest version of Opera
saidelhani last edited by
Mozilla "Firefox" running single cpu
but i love Opera
help me
blackbird71 last edited by
What is your main concern with a single cpu running multiple processes, as in Opera? Older computers do this all the time with multi-tasked architectures, although they do slow down with operation-intensive software. If you want old or simple hardware, you have to sacrifice software features, speed, and complexity; if you want features and speed, you have to upgrade the hardware to accommodate it. There are a number of 'light' browsers out there that will work speedily on older systems (eg: http://mycomputerhelp.net/2014/11/27/fastest-web-browsers-for-windows-and-linux-computers-with-1gb-of-ram-and-slower-cpu-processor/ ), but the latest versions of Opera, Chrome, Firefox, and IE are not among them.
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Mozilla "Firefox" running single cpu
Currently yes but it may change.
i love Opera help me
What exactly is the problem with multiple cpu processes for you? Unless you are running a very old and/or very hardware limited computer, multiple processes will not cause any major issues.
saidelhani last edited by
Why Mozilla
Running on a single processor
blackbird71 last edited by
The Mozilla designs are based on single-process operation for the browser. This was an older approach used at one time by all browsers (and all software, since multiple processors didn't exist in those days). Multi-tasking the computer's single processor was used by the software and host computer to run multiple programs at the same time by quickly switching on and off the various individual running programs' access to the CPU core. Unfortunately, with a lot of things running on the computer, a particular program could only receive a limited share of the processor's attention which slowed down the program's operation. Later, by incorporating multiple processors in the hardware, a given program could be given an increased share of a CPU processor's attention and run faster.
Then, with multiple CPU cores available, software began to be written to take full advantage of the added capabilities inherent with the added CPU cores. At some point, many resource-intensive programs began to heavily rely on the presence of multi-processor architecture to maintain their speedy performance. While many such programs can still operate on single-processor systems, they tend to run slower or require the use of less resource-expensive features by the user in order to maintain a reasonable speed. Beyond that, having each tab and extension running in its own process provides a browser with resistance to total crashing if one tab or extension crashes by itself. Unfortunately, the use of these extra processes requires much more sharing of attention when/if a single-processor CPU is used, hence it tends to slow down such a system's overall operation. Mozilla apparently has elected up until now to maintain their single-process design (which tends to be more optimized for single CPU systems), but there are reports Mozilla will also eventually be moving to a multi-process browser design in the not-so-distant future.
There is a sometimes-unpleasant reality that as hardware inevitably evolves in capability, software also evolves to where it relies on the advanced hardware. This leaves older systems lacking in the necessary capacity to run newer software as effectively. Unfortunately, it's simply the way things are in the real world.