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Mortgage before marriage? Read this first.
Americans are getting married later, and less often. The ways we meet, work, and live are changing. One thing that hasn't changed: most people want to own a home. A 2018 study by Bank of America found that millennials prioritize homeownership over marriage, having kids, and traveling the world. So it comes as no surprise that more unmarried couples are buying a home together before tying the knot than ever before. If diamonds are forever, they're also expensive and non-refundable. A home has upside potential and a liquid secondary market.
The challenge for unmarried couples is that they do not receive the same protections under the law afforded to married couples. This has implications for the purchase and for the co-ownership arrangement that follows. Many unmarried couples are unaware of this and how it can affect them.
Avoid these common mistakes.
Owning a home with a spouse carries risk. Married couples who divorce have the "benefit" of an established legal framework to guide how they split their assets and debt obligations. This is not the case for unmarried couples.
We've dealt with many unmarried couples. Generally, their respective financial and non-financial contributions to the home purchase are not equal. Either partner may have more cash for down payment and closing costs, a higher income, and/or a better credit score. The other partner may be able to contribute sweat equity in the form of renovating the kitchen. Sometimes, one or both of the partners receive financial support from friends or family to fund the purchase. Every situation is unique, but we commonly encounter three issues that can be resolved with proper planning and professional support.
Decide who will be named on the mortgage and on Title.
Depending on how Title is taken, it may also be possible to decide differing relative ownership interests. A loan officer or real estate agent may suggest that the individual with stronger financials assume sole responsibility for the mortgage (and potentially be the sole party listed on the deed). While this might make it easier for the lender to process the financing application or provide better terms, it is important to understand the implications. In such a case, the remaining partner would effectively be relegated to the status of renter. This isn't a problem if the couple stays together or marries, but this could be problematic in the event of a break-up.
Determine how all expenses will be handled.
It's important to discuss and agree upon who will be responsible for monthly housing expenses (mortgage P+I+T+I + HOA/condo fees), bills, repairs, upgrades, and other costs associated with the property. Unexpected costs can occur. Depending on relative ownership interests and the respective financial situations of each party, these costs can quickly become a flashpoint for disagreement. Deciding how all expenses will be handled ahead of time can help avoid disputes.
Exit Strategy
Define and codify a plan for what happens in the event of a break-up.
Breaking up is awful. Breaking up and going to court is worse. If there is a separation and no plan is in place, the result could be a protracted court battle. Legal disputes can be costly, stressful, and long. Planning for a break-up may not stoke romance, but if both partners are confident in the relationship, it can be viewed simply as an exercise in "best practice".
Plan ahead, rest easy.
It's common for couples to assume that they are on the same page and to assume that they are somehow immune from certain risks. But research shows that 10% of unmarried couples who live together break up after one year and 19% break up after three years. Clearly, many of these couples aren't on the same page. If there is a split and the parting isn't amicable, the risk of legal proceedings can be costly. Just to get the ball rolling will set one back $25,000 to $50,000, and the total cost of litigation can exceed the value of the home. Planning how to finance, structure, and safeguard the co-ownership arrangement will provide protection and peace of mind.
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If not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, nor with the water and sewer growth plan, fire and rescue doesn't want it, and the Planning Commission recommended rejecting it, what does it take for the Lowndes County Commission to reject a zoning, in this case for REZ-2018-17 for The Settlement North, 5999 Val Del Road?
Only three people were allowed to speak against, of the five whose hands went up.
The developer promised restrictive covenants enforced by nobody but the homeowners. County-imposed conditions on the Nelson Hill development, also on Val Del, were largely waived by county staff without public hearings. What promises should we believe?
Will the developer's demand to ignore the Comprehensive Plan because of "market conditions, supply and demand" prevail? Do property values of neighbors not matter? How about saddling the county school system with houses priced too low for property taxes on them to cover expenses of sending school buses? Or is profit for a few all that matters?
See the previous post for background on the Val-Tech Road 16" Force Main Emergency Repair. Another water item was the annual USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge. EMA Director Ashley Tye gave a thorough update on Hurricane Michael, then still before landfall.
Below are links into the county's own video of their Regular Session, with some notes. The county also took a video of their Work Session of the previous morning, but it seems those videos never get posted on YouTube. Gretchen has requested that other video, as well.
WORK SESSION, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
REGULAR SESSION, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
327 N. Ashley Street – 2nd Floor
- Call to Order
- Invocation
- Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
- GFOA Financial Reporting Award
County Manager Joe Pritchard spoke at great length at 1 minute 20 seconds about Finance Director Stephanie Black and her department winning this award for the eleventh year, and he also named Harrison Tillman without saying why.
- Minutes for Approval
At 4 minutes 42 seconds they approved the minutes.
- Appointments
- Lowndes County Library Board
Appoint/reappoint a member
Documents:Lowndes County Library Board.pdf
Reappointed Linda Most, with no other nominations, by "acclamation", at 5 minutes 12 seconds.
- Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority
Appoint/reappoint a member
Documents:Lowndes County Public Facilities Authority.pdf
Reappointed Clay Griner (also a Lowndes County Commissioner), with no other nominations, by "acclamation", at 5 minutes 57 seconds, several months late, "because of delays in getting this to you," since his previous term expired in June.
- Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals
Appoint/reappoint a member.
Documents:Valdosta-Lowndes County Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals.pdf
Reappointed Jim "Jimbo" Scruggs, with no other nominations, by "acclamation", at 7 minutes 12 seconds.
- Public Hearing
- REZ-2018-17 The Settlement North, 5999 Val Del Road, E-A to R-1, Well & Septic, ~98.95 acres
TRC Recommendations: Various
GLPC Recommendation: Denial
Documents:Rezoning Case REZ-2018-17.pdf
At 8 minutes 2 seconds, Commissioner Demarcus Marshall noted that none of Engineering, Utilities, and Fire and Rescue recommended rezoning, and got Planner Molly Stevenson to acknowledge that Planning and Zoning found the request "inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan". Commissioner Mark Wisenbaker got her to say "Utilities found the development in that area is not supported by the county water system growth plan." The agenda sheet also notes the Planning Commission recommended denial; see Planning commission denies Val-Del Road recommendation, by Jason A. Smith, Valdosta Daily Times, 25 September 2018.
County Manager Joe Pritchard tried to rationalize all that, saying the departments that meet in the Technical Review Committee "do not necessarily vote to approve or to support this, they merely indicate whether there is a problem, as Molly was saying, with the particular project that was presented, based on whatever their particular area is, for instance the Comp. Plan, whether there was access to water, if there was some engineering issues, etc. So their input into this is not to either support this, or to oppose it, merely to indicate a problem that they see based on their criteria.
At 10 minutes 45 seconds five hands went up for speakers against the rezoning.
Chuck Dunham of 5930 Val Del Road noted zoning considers eleven standards, and "not one of these is not negatively impacted by this zoning request." His three specific concerns were:
- This development would depress the property values of himself and his neighbors.
- Storm water, even with a retention pond, could overflow in a storm bigger than the state requirement of dealing with a 25-year storm. In his 22 years next door, he has seen the only ditch from the subject property full several times, going onto his property. He said the hydrology study should be done first. For example, the county hasn't taken into account that a 42-inch overflow pipe coming onto his property would feed into a 36-inch pipe going out. The county frequently has to put up water over the road signs on the dirt road.
- Traffic. He referred to "the military housing" at least a mile from there on Val Del Road, presumably referring to the Moody Family Housing with sinkholes and in an aquifer recharge zone that the county approved in 2013. He also called Val Del Road "the Val Del 500" because people gun it to try to pass before they get to the top of the hill. Also not if but when they need to three-lane the two-lane road, how will they do that?
At 15 minutes 48 seconds, County Chairman Bill Slaughter gave more evidence that county time limits for citizens speaking are arbitrary when he said,
We typically give each side five minutes, but I'll allow two additional speakers, this speaker and one more.
Paul Lane of 5970 Val Del Road, right across the road from the potential development, said it would "pretty much defeat the reason I moved out there" and it was "completely out of character" for the area.
At 17 minutes 25 seconds, Linda Mehr of 5909 Val Del Road, "right next to this property," goes to get her dogs next to her pond next to the subject property, and her truck sunk, needing towing to get it out. Also she said she loses 2 of her 10 acres in water so it can't be used, and she has no idea "how you could ever accomplish something like this." She said she had "a visitor, Mr. Langdale, not a very kind visitor, but if you want to go that way… maybe you should go back there and take a walk. Wear your boots."
At 19 minutes 20 seconds, Tom Call of 1108 Gornto Road spoke for the development, mostly the "not in my back yard mentality" of the speakers against, claiming their complaints were not quantifiable. He ignored the basic points that paving would cause more runoff, and no matter the size of the retention pond, it would probably overflow in a big rain. He claimed Val Del Road was built as a major collector because that's what the county thoroughfare plan says. He claimed it would be low density development at 68 houses on 100 acres for 1.47 acres per house. He praised the Comprehensive Plan and then advocated abrogating it because of "market conditions, supply and demand".
The county's current road classifications are not evidence for the original purpose of a road. Maybe Val Del Road was reclassified upwards during the county's blanket reclassification of roads in 2010, or maybe during their update of the Thoroughfare Plan this April.
Lowndes County Road Map in April 2018 revision of Thoroughfare Plan.
Nevermind there is no similar development nearby, even if there may be undeveloped R-1 zoning next to it. And, yes, literally, this development would be in the opposition speakers' back yards, or across from their front yards. If they're not concerned about their back yards, who should be? Maybe the county should represent them?
I'm concerned, because that development would cause more traffic on GA 122 cutting through Hambrick Road, making it even more dangerous to turn out of Quarterman Road from my house.
At 24 minutes 20 seconds Commissioner Scottie Orenstein asked about Mr. Dunham's concern about "our values would obviously go down" and asked Tom Call what he expects the lot prices to be. Before answering the question, Call offered for Dunham to buy the property since it was for sale. His answer: $200 to $250,000 homes in a restrictive covenant community about house plans, colors, etc. He said "it's homeowner maintained".
Homeowner maintained means no enforcement. The Nelson Hill development, also on Val Del, which the county approved outside where water and sewer then ran, had numerous requirements in its plan as approved by the County Commission, and detailed in its minutes for its 12 February 2007 Work Session and 13 February 2007 Regular Session. The county no longer has either of those minutes on its website, but fortunately LAKE quoted the relevant parts in a blog post. LAKE also obtained a copy of the county's Notice of Decision through open records request and saved that, too:
A few years later, county staff waived several conditions without going back through a public hearing. There were supposed to be condominiums and a gated community at Nelson Hill, but if you go look now you will find none of that, nor any houses of the originally-required sizes, nor several other of the original conditions.
$250,000 is not enough for a house price, according to a report Lowndes County paid for, The Local Government Fiscal Impacts of Land Use in Lowndes County: Revenue and Expenditure Streams by Land Use Category, by Jeffrey H. Dorfman, Ph.D., Dorfman Consulting, December 2007:
While the county government breaks-even on a $128,600 house, they are just one government entity in the county. From the county school system perspective, the results are quite different. If a home contains just one child attending the public schools, the break-even home value is $313,900 for the county schools and $419,000 for the Valdosta schools from the point of view of the schools' budget (that is the home value that would pay enough in local school property taxes to cover the local expenditures per pupil).. Thus, the county government will be earning a fiscal surplus off a house with a single child long before the schools. With two children in school, the break-even home price increases to $622,800 for the Lowndes County Schools and $833,100 for the Valdosta City Schools. Census data provides an estimate of 0.6 public schoolchildren per home in Lowndes County. The break-even value for homes for the school system using an average of 0.6 pupils per household is $193,300 for the County Schools and $253,400 for the Valdosta Schools. This is near the average value of new houses being constructed in Lowndes County (recently estimated to be in the range of $220,000). Thus, Lowndes County is in the enviable situation of its new growth being approximately fiscally neutral for the local school systems. The danger would be if new residents had a higher number of public school children per household than the current population. Given the reputation of the Lowndes County Schools in the region, this is a legitimate concern.
Commissioner Clay Griner asked if the owner would consider 1.75 acre lots. Call said he'd have to ask and get another plan drawn up.
Commissioner Demarcus Marshall asked if Call had said it was for sale. Call said it's been for sale for a year, with a big sign up.
Comissioner Marshall wanted to know the lot size on the nearby R-1 property. Answer: minimum 1 acre lots on Dana Circle.
At 27 minutes 30 seconds, when the Chairman asked for any other speakers in support, Linda Mehr stood up again and said, "I think we are all in favor of 10 acre lots." The Chairman said that was not the request. She said it was her request, and she thought all the neighbors would be in favor. The Chairman said thank you and she sat down.
At 27 minutes 53 seconds, Commissioner Orenstein said he wanted to pursue what Commissioner Griner asked about lot size.
At 30 minutes, they called Tom Call back up to see if he would consider that. He said yes.
The Chairman did not call any of the opposition back up to see if they were OK, with that, despite a Commissioner having already noted that they didn't know about that.
Instead, before Call could even sit down, at 30 minutes 27 seconds, somebody made a motion and Commissioner Joyce Evans seconded. They all raised their hands in favor of tabling for a month. So we'll see it again in the first meeting in November.
- Abandonment of a Portion of Union Road
Board's Pleasure
Documents:Abandonment of a Portion of Union Road.pdf
At 30 minutes 47 seconds, after a pause to let people leave from the previous item, led by the VDT reporter, County Engineer Mike Fletcher presented the proposed abandonment, nobody wanted to speak for or against, and they approved it.
- For Consideration
- Union Road Quit Claim Deeds
Approve and authorize Chairman Slaughter to execute Quit Claim Deeds.
Documents:Union Road Quit Claim Deeds.pdf
At 30 minutes 47 seconds they approved it.
- USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge
Request authorization for the Chairman to execute the funding agreement to allow for continued maintenance of the current stream gauge on the Little River.
Documents:USGS Funding Agreement for Hwy 122 Stream Gauge.pdf
At 33 minutes 45 seconds Ashley Tye presented this annual reapproval, Commissioner Demarcus Marshall made the motion, Commissioner Scottie Orenstien seconded, and they all voted aye.
- Stone Creek Antenna Space License Agreement Termination
Termination of agreement
Documents:Stone Creek Antenna Space License Agreement Termination.pdf
At 34 minutes 52 seconds Utilities Director Steve Stalvey presented, Commissioner Marshall moved, somebody seconded, and they all approved.
- Val-Tech Road 16" Force Main Emergency Repair
Approval of Emergency Repair
Documents:Val-Tech Road 16 Force Main Emergency Repair.pdf
At 35 minutes 45 seconds Utilities Director Steve Stalvey presented this request to repair the repeatedly leaking and once-again-cracked sewer main for $99,935. They all voted aye.
- Reports – County Manager
At 36 minutes 6 seconds County Manager Joe Pritchard said EMA Director Ashley Tye gave a Hurricane Matthew update the previous day, and asked him to provide an update. The update was basically that the hurricane was still expected to make landfall a bit west of Panama City, with windspeeds of 120 miles per hour, as a category 3, with "devastating impacts, especially along the coastline." Lowndes County was still under a tropical storm warning, with "significant impacts" from winds of at least 39 miles per hour, with a 20% chance of hurricane winds of 74 mph. He gave a very thorough summary, including that Moody AFB was already closed down, indicating the potential severity of the storm.
- Citizens Wishing to be Heard-Please State Your Name and Address
Apparently there weren't any, since the Chairman didn't mention this item.
- Adjournment
Despite a Commissioner already making a motion to adjourn at 53 minutes 27 seconds, the Chairman ignored Roberts Rules and took time to point at Leadership Lowndes. Finally they adjourned at 53 minutes 45 seconds, making this the longest Lowndes County Commission meeting in recent memory.
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The Well
Balanced Universe
13 December 2012
Astronomers have discovered a spiral galaxy in the early universe,
billions of years before spiral galaxies should have formed. In findings
reported in the journal Nature, the astronomers said they
discovered it while studying the properties of about 300 very distant
galaxies in the early universe using the Hubble Space Telescope. This
distant spiral galaxy is being observed as it existed roughly 10.7
billion years ago.
"The fact that this galaxy exists is astounding," said David Law,
lead author of the study. "Current wisdom holds that such 'grand-design'
spiral galaxies simply didn't exist at such an early time in the history
of the universe." A 'grand design' galaxy has prominent, well-formed
spiral arms.
To gain deeper insight into their unique image of the galaxy, which
goes by the not very glamorous name of BX442, the astronomers used the
OSIRIS spectrograph at the Keck Observatory atop Hawaii's dormant Mauna
Kea volcano. They studied spectra from some 3,600 locations in and
around BX442, which enabled them to determine that it actually is a
rotating spiral galaxy, and not, for example, two galaxies that happened
to line up in the image.
"We first thought this could just be an illusion, and that perhaps we
were being led astray by the picture," said Alice Shapley, co-author of
the study. "What we found when we took the spectral image of this galaxy
is that the spiral arms do belong to this galaxy. It wasn't an illusion.
We were blown away."
Why does BX442 look like galaxies that are so common today but are
supposed to be so rare back then? That is the big question.
Shapley will continue to study BX442. "We want to take pictures of
this galaxy at other wavelengths," Shapley said. "That will tell us what
type of stars are in every location in the galaxy. We want to map the
mixture of stars and gas in BX442. Studying BX442 is likely to help
astronomers understand how spiral galaxies like the Milky Way form".
Co-authors are Charles Steidel, the Lee A. DuBridge Professor of
Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology; Naveen Reddy,
assistant professor of physics and astronomy at UC Riverside; and Dawn
Erb, assistant professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee. Shapley's research is funded by the David and Lucile Packard
An artist's rendering of galaxy BX442 and its
companion dwarf galaxy (upper left). (Credit: Dunlap Institute for
Astronomy & Astrophysics/Joe Bergeron)
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Netflix's 'Ozark' Is a Crime Thriller Where Jason Bateman Breaks Bad
If you're thinking about watching Ozark, Netflix's gritty, new crime drama, get ready for a different kind of Jason Bateman. The Arrested Development star plays Marty Byrde, a brilliant Chicago-based financial advisor who moves his wife, son, and daughter to Missouri's Ozarks to fix dealings with his other employer, a Mexican drug cartel.
In other words, he's forced into full anti-hero mode, as thieves, competitors, and hitmen converge on him and his family from all sides. What else should you know before diving in? Read on for our brief, but handy, viewer's guide:
Why is it set in the Ozarks?
In the first episode, we learn that Mexico's second biggest drug cartel is mysteriously out $5 million. As its top money launderer, Marty (Bateman) is responsible for the deficit. The move to Missouri is part of his spur-of-the-moment plan to relocate the cartel's laundering hub and earn a second chance. "This place has more shoreline than the coast of California," he claims -- not to mention flocks of cash-rich tourists and cover from U.S. law enforcement. He promises to wash $500 million in five years. Instead, he's given a life-or-death trial run that makes up the bulk of Season 1.
Okay, what's money laundering again?
As Saul Goodman explains in Breaking Bad (below), money laundering involves turning assets gained from criminal activity ("dirty money") into normal-looking income ("clean money"). You can wash money many ways, but Marty primarily does so by investing in and buying local businesses. (He briefly explains his strategy at the beginning of Episode 4.)
Given the subject matter, is this show violent?
There are a few graphic surprises -- the occasional execution, a body falling from a skyscraper, a homeless pair of eyeballs -- but Ozark isn't consistently soaked in blood. In fact, what's probably the most gruesome death takes place off screen.
Better question: How Breaking Bad is it?
Kinda Breaking Bad. It's easy to see why early critics are making the comparison on a superficial level: Ozark has warring drug dynasties, money laundering, and morally gray characters galore. But Marty doesn't go full Heisenberg in Season 1. His main motivation for doing anything is to protect his family, as he's more someone who's stuck in the drug world than someone who's trying to take it over. With regard to tone and pacing, Ozark more closely resembles Bloodline's first season.
What makes this Breaking Bad cousin work?
Intriguing supporting characters and a race-against-the-clock sense of urgency make Season 1 hard to stop watching. The setting, with its compromised law and sketchy families, is also endlessly entertaining.
How's Bateman?
Great! He has a sex scene and a torture scene. He survives both. He meshes fine dramatic acting with tinges of his signature smart-aleck sense of humor to play a conflicted family man and add levity to the darkness. He also directed the hell out of four episodes, including the pilot and finale.
Who else should I pay attention to here?
The whole cast is strong, but Laura Linney, as Marty's wife, and Jason Butler Harner's undercover fed are especially convincing in their roles. The best part of the show, hands down, is Julia Garner as Ruth Langmore, a young spitfire turned redneck family don turned Byrde frenemy.
This sounds kinda good. Should I binge it ASAP?
It is good, but maybe knock this show out over the course of a few nights. Ozark delivers nine nearly hour-long episodes and one 80-minute finale. You'll want a couple breathers.
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The American Woodshop with Scott Phillips begins it's 18th season on PBS starting on Monday, August 29th, 2011. This year's 13 episodes entitled "Weekenders," focus on woodworking projects to augment the home. While discovering and using new tools to become a more proficient woodworker, you should be able to finish each of these projects in one weekend.
The Wheelchair Woodworker Shop
In this month's Woodcraft Magazine, January Issue #44, our Editor-in-Chief, Jim Harrold writes an article responding to the Feb/Mar 2011 magazine issue where he asked for solutions in setting up a shop for the wheelchair woodworker. His article and this blog are the result of the many letters and emails sent. It is one thing to have ideas to create woodworking, or be inspired from others works, but without a user friendly shop in these circumstances, none of the ideas or inspirations can become a reality. Five areas of importance in a shop design are, wheel chair design with reach considerations, floor plan or shop layout, cabinets with power tools, managing materials with storage, and product choices that consider safety with convenience. When designing a floor plan you will first need to consider the wheelchair type. Variations include motorized units, sports models and other manual designs.
Quick & Easy Personalized Wood Slice Ornaments
If you are like some of us who wait until the last possible minute to complete your gift shopping (ahem…), here's a quick and easy DIY project that will surely please your recipients – personalized wood slice ornaments!
Saint Bernard Service Dog Aids Woodworker
After our Woodcraft Magazine blog on the Wheelchair Woodworking Shop, we were contacted by Carl Smith, a disabled woodworker who uploaded his handmade workbench photo to our Woodcraft Facebook page. The bench has a built-in grate area to catch the shavings from his Jet lathe with bed extension. After some commentary back and forth, and a phone call or two, we were fortunate to learn about Carl and his story.
Woodcraft Sponsors Instructables Contests
Woodcraft has sponsored two contests on Instructables.com – described as The World's Biggest Show and Tell – in an effort to introduce the woodworkers and potential woodworkers who use the website to Woodcraft and information about the company's educational resources.
John Malecki – From Football to Furniture
The Steel City is the birthplace of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mr. Rogers, the Whiskey Rebellion, robots, and the polio vaccine. And nearby Homestead, Pa. is home to John Malecki, a former NFL player who had two stints with the Steelers before opening his own custom woodworking studio.
It All Started With a Kitchen Knife
As part of our Mother's Day series, we will introduce you to several superstar moms (and grandmothers!) who combine their love of family with their love of woodworking. Meet Lucette Jones - she found an old kitchen knife at 10 yrs old and hasn't stopped carving since.
Woodcraft 101 Table Saw And Bandsaw Selection
Eric Gorges of A Craftsman's Legacy has decided to build a new woodworking shop. Check out his plans for the shop and 2019. He also makes the decision to replace his family heirloom Table Saw and Band Saw.
Great 10 inch bandsaw
Bought this a few weeks ago and have been trying various blades. You put the right blade in this saw and set it up correctly and it works perfect. I can resaw 4 inch wood easily and i can make tight curves for bandsaw boxes. What more can you ask for? I had an old huge bandsaw i was using and sold it because of space. After using this saw i realized it was doing everything i ever do in woodworking. I never needed the 14 inch old timer. I'm very satisfied with Rikon and if i ever did decide to get another larger bandsaw it would be a Rikon from Woodcraft. I go to the Woodcraft store in Greenville, SC. After years of going there it's a pleasure walking through the door. Not only polite but if you have a question they have people that can find out the answer for you.
Love this saw
Got this saw because I didn't have the budget for the larger 14 inch model and it turns out this saw is perfect for a hobbyist like me. Appreciate the great service I received from Bill at the Matthews NC Woodcraft. Very solid little machine and dust collection is very good.
Good little machine. I bought the last one they had and it was a floor model a little fine tuning and it works great. Upgrading from ryobi that someone gave me
Rikon benchtop bandsaw
I have used mine quite a bit and and real happy with it. The only negative is the miter fence isn't the best plus the miter slot is 5/8 inch rather than the standard 3/4 inch that seems to be standard on other power tools. I made a miter fence out of scrap plywood.
Great little saw
This a great little 10" saw. It goes through hardwood no problem, all metal construction, can't beat it for the price.
Great saw for the money
Just picked this saw up today at the local store on OKC. Assembly was a breeze. Had the thing up and running in 30-45 minutes. This has to be the best benchtop unit out there. I have a larger 14" BS that I wanted to dedicate to re sawing and use this one for the curvey cuts as I hate changing blades. Very smooth running, no adjustments needed out of the box, and dust collection is better than my Steel City 14. I couldn't be more pleased at this point.
Excellent Bandsaw
I "tried" to buy a Jet 10" bandsaw. After two attempts to get one delivered that wasn't broken in shipping due to poor packaging, I decided to get this Rikon at Woodcraft this past weekend. There was a sale that included an Olsen Blade and a Carter guide, all for $299. I was going to pay $374 for the Jet. First difference I have to point out is that the packaging in the Rikon is FAR superior to the Jet. Also, the parts on the Jet that were smashed from the cast table sloshing around inside the box when the Styrofoam disintegrated were plastic (motor cover and impellers). The Rikon had all cast parts, so even if something came loose in the box, there was nothing that would happen to the saw. I proceeded to do the setup thinking I would be there for a few hours based on other people saying how long it took them. Well either this saw is exceptionally easy to set up, or I'm a genius, because I was done and running in less than 30 minutes. I didn't put the Olsen blade on right away as I wanted to check it out with what it came with. It tracked dead straight and cut a sharp curve in a 2x4 like it was butter. Overall, I couldn't be happier with this bandsaw. I bought it after getting a Rikon Lathe from Woodcraft which was also an excellent tool.
Solid construction
I have owned larger bandsaws (Delta), this compares in quality, but much smaller. I have very limited space, much better built than comparable units (Ryobi)less than double the price on sale. Blade guides a little fussy to adjust.
Best tool in its category!
I use this saw to cut curved and beveled parts for wooden boat construction. I have mine mounted on a steel cart with lockable casters. The table height is about 42" from the floor and that seems to be very convenient for me. I very rarely resaw with this tool but it has done well enough when needed. If you need more saw than this you will likely need to spend 3 to 4 times as much for a high quality 14" or larger saw. This was a gift from my wife. Thanks, Hon!
You get more than you pay for!
Before purchasing this saw I read all the reviews here and all over the web. I needed a band saw and was saving for the Deluxe 14" model... then I used one of these 10-inchers a friend owns and found it does everything I "NEED" a band saw to do, so I bought it and have been totally satisfied with it. A lot of people whine about it not having miter gauge, and that the miter slot is non-standard. Many also complained about the Rikon Miter Gauge for the 10-305 being junk. With my calipers in hand, I checked out the Table Saws at Sears knowing that Sears is famous for non-standard size miter gauges; checked out the display models and found thee different miter gauges the were an exact fit to the 10-305's miter slot. I selected what I thought would work best for me and ordered as a replacement part. Two days later, I took delivery of it, and have been using it on my Rikon 10-305. To tell the truth, it fits my band saw better than it fit the table saw it was designed for. I purchased a top of the line blade for Resawing, and have since resawed hundreds of feet of 3-inch square Maple and Oak. I purposely saw them a little wide and then send them through my thickness plainer. In conclusion I am getting top of the line performance that I expected a 10-inch bad saw to give me. I don't expect it to act like a 14-inch saw!
Good Saw in Spite of Itself
I have owned this saw for 4 months. First, the good: I have rough cut many, many pen blanks, UHMWPE, PVC, and aluminum on this saw, with the stock blade, and it's done a really good job, and I'm satisfied. Also, it's a good size, as space in my workshop is extremely limited. Secondly, the bad: Why on Earth would they make the miter slot 5/8"?? I have scoured the interweb looking for an upgrade from the Rikon 5/8" miter gauge designed for this saw (which is basically garbage), and there is NOTHING. I would have liked to have been able to perform more precise cuts on this saw. I think the lousy miter gauge and so-so fence will prohibit me from doing that. Overall: As a novice woodworker, I wish I'd have had the knowledge and experience to know to look out for something like a non-standard miter slot. I might have gone for the 14" and paid a little extra, or just gone a different route, had I known this saw's limitations. I like the saw, but the 5/8" miter slot just seems malicious on Rikon's part.
Has satisfied my needs.
I'm a beginner in woodworking and in what I have used the Rikon for so far has worked flawlessly. I've have cut hardwood such as Mohagony and Maple with no problem encountered only a bit slower in feeding than say pine. I've only had it for a month.
On the fence with this one.
Washer missing from lower blade guide,upper guide won't stay square when lowered,poor machining.Not to bad considering the price.
Great saw
Good saw, bad stand
A nice tabletop saw for a small shop
I've only had it a short time, but using it for resawing boards it does a great job.
Rikon 10" band saw Model 10-305
The set up is fairly easy. I had some difficulty with the lower bearing carrage for the blade guide and the trunion for the tble but overall it was not that hard to get running. The lower bearing guide darraige was poorly machined and had to be replaced. The thrusr bearing did not advance foreward enough to meet the one eighth blade,. The replacment had the same problem and the face of the carraige was not machined true to a ninty degree surface so it required adjusting the carraige on the carrier bar to make it reach properly. Poor machining. My saw had a vibration set up by the uppr wheel that made the say operate in an unsafe manner. The replacment wheel that was sent had the same problem but it was less out of balance so the vibration is acceptable now.The mount plate for the lower guide bearings was out of true and had to be adjusted so that the bearings meet the blade properly. Slightly undr powred but plenty for the home shop. I can cut two and a half inch walnut at about 16 inches in thirty seconds. No where to mount a light over the balde. I had to manufacture one to fit the top of the saw frame. Heavy enough to not junp around but lite enough to slide around on the bench.Overall construction seems strong enough but the overall machining seems to leave a lot to be desired. Not a bad investment for the small shop and looks like it will pay for itself. Would not recommend for anyone who does not understand machines. Some of the surfaces are not finished that well and can cause difficulty for the ameture but the customer service can solve most problems if you hang in there. They did send me all the parts I needed to get my saw running properly but at times they seemed somewhat reluctant to accept feedback. I found the trunion that adjusts the table tilt to be hard to assemble and the tightining wing nut is hard to reach without turning the saw. The lower thrust bearing for the blade is hard to adjust because the lower wheel is very close and the adjustment is on the inside instead of the outside. Not impossibel though. The fence is very poor but if youcheck is with a trisquare from the edge of the table it is adequate.
Very Nice
This little bench top rocks at making small parts and small projects . Don't buy this saw thinking it will do what a 14" bandsaw will do cause it will not. However if your using it for making blanks for small lathe projects or making models , small boxes , scrolling etc... It does a really nice job with plenty of power. The after market carter blade stabilizer works really well with 1/8" to1/4" blades. Get a few after market blades as the blade that comes with it is not very good. I have cut Osage Orange, ebony, paduk, purple heart , coco bolo and several other hard woods with no problems just go a little slower. Some up to 4" thick. The fence is okay but light duty. I will probably get the carter mag fence for this saw. The table is cast iron and mine is dead flat as far as I can tell with a good straight edge. [@] does offer a knock off of this saw but after looking them over the finish is better on the rikon plus a five year warranty sears only offers 1 year. Great customer service again from Spokane Woodcraft . Thanks great staff.
great job resawing with new blade
does an extremely good job re-sawing up to 4 inches thick when used with a very good blade.
Great for the money
New to my shop, I've used this bandsaw about ten times. Worked perfectly for what I needed it for. Great for minor projects
Great Product
Great product for my woodworking projects. Does exactly what I need it to do without taking up a lot of space.
Very nice quality saw
Great product. I had a little trouble with the shipping due to some delays with backordering (and backordering to the backordering). Overall the saw is very nice though, and serves its purpose perfectly in my shop. Was set up and using it within minutes of its arrival.
just right for the job
it is a good product but it sgould have been sold with guide for angles cutting
Too many problems
This bandsaw was purchased to be setup for small scroll type work in wood, plastic and thin metals. The thought of being able to have a benchtop bandsaw for biulding the smaller model stuff I use, the better. This is my 5th bandsaw between home and work. I have extensive use with setting up and using bandsaws. The saw has many shortcomings. Tracking the blade is extremely frustrating, the smallest adjustments make the blade jump off of the wheel. I have not checked for the wheels being coplaner, but this could be part of the problem. This is not something that you should have to adjust. The guides are setup for much bigger than scroll work blades. I plan on using 1/8" blades and the guides cannot be setup like you typically would to ensure high quality cuts. The adjustments of the guides are very course and do not allow for alignment as you would expect. Rather than have adjustment knobs and locking knobs, to cut cost they are integrated into the same thing. This saw would be ok setup with a 1/4" or 3/8" blade for rough cutting of stock. At this point I cannot recommen it for anything more.
solid build, well conceived, compact
After going through three large band saws in my woodworking career of almost 50 years, it came time to start down sizing the shop in deference to less space, and aging (I am 72) But After a year, I realized I could not survive without some kind of band saw. The Rikon fits the bill for those few times when only a band saw will do, and it does so without taking up a lot of space, or breaking my back to move it, or endless fiddling because of poor design. Small can be good.
Nice Small Saw
After looking at All benchtop and low end standing band saws I settled on this little Rikon. This is the 3rd tool from Rikon I have owned. The company has top notch Customer service which cannot be Overstated!As far as a Benchtop saw, there is nothing else out there that I found that was really a serious option. Others were poorly constructed and most I doubt could be set up accurately enough to be of real use. I was a little afraid of the 1/3 hp motor, but after using the saw for a month now, It has plenty of torque for the resaw height. I wish it was variable or 2 speed, but at it's price point that's a bit much to ask. The blade guides are a bit hairy to adjust but once you hit the sweet spot it's stays there. My setup time took about an hour and a half. I also wish it had a standard miter slot. I am still waiting on the Rikon miter gauge to ship from backorder. I cannot coment on the mitergauge since I have not actually seen it, however it appears to be very cheap. The rip fence works but It could stand improvement. I have used it to slice some veneer from black walnut and from cherry. Mind you these are narrow 4" wide pieces, but with a slow steady hand it did an excellent job. Overall I am pleased and enjoy the saw very much.
Kinda amazing
For the price, I wasn't expecting too much. Also, this is my first bandsaw, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I did not expect the factory blade to rip 3/4" oak as straight and square as can be. I do a lot of very fine woodworking, professionally, mostly by very expensive hand tools, I got this to save time for rough cutting, but didn't expect the precision this thing provides. And I didn't expect this saw to cut smoother than a larger craftsman bandsaw I tried in a colleague's workshop. Or run so quiet and not vibrate at all. And I didn't expect it to be so easy to adjust. Not having ever owned a bandsaw, it took awhile to put together, I didn't even know what a trunion was, the manual was adequate, good pics, but still took a a while to figure out what it was trying to say. The table is quite heavy. The rip fence is quite light, feels a bit cheap, but it works. The table tilt seems a bit cumbersome, haven't needed to try it yet, may never need to. All I can say is wow. So easy and cuts so well. I'm tickled.
I-1/2 weeks old & has a knock!!!!!!!!
After 1-1/2 weeks it has developed a cyclic knock when running. Drives you nuts. Rikon says its the belt, but nothing is apparent on belt.
Amazing Bandsaw
I was a little apprehensive about this saw when I first purchased it, but after getting it home and doing a half hour set up, I was amazed how well it made straight cuts as well as scroll cuts. It cuts hardwoods like butter and the accuracy is exceptional. The rip guide locks solidly and doesn't move. I had a miter guide that fit the table groove laying around the shop but made a couple of cutting "sleds" for doing 90's and angles. This little saw is a giant! Thanks for making such an exceptional piece of equipment Rikon!
Outstanding for the small shop
This bandsaw is a great value for a small shop where a larger saw would take up too much space and where it would be an occasional use powertool.
Excellent product
very good saw for the money. I wish it would have come with a mitre gauge,I had to order one from Woodcraft.[...]
Good Quality!
I am very impressed with the quality/cost of this saw. I did a lot of research on 10" band saws, and most of them are poorly made. I do a lot of small repair work in shop, and in the field and wanted portability in a saw I could rely on to be accurate and last. The machining and casting is well done, table was nicely finished and flat, even the paint work on the case is great! The only 2 things that I can say I didn't like were: 1.the blade height tightening knob is a bit flimsy. 2.the rip fence design could be improved. All in all, this is an excellent little saw, and I would highly recommend it.
I would buy this product again
Has odd size blade 70.5 inch. Having hard time finding one. Custom made are very expensive. I like the saw. It fits fine in my small workshop.
Good Design
By all accounts this seems like a nice little unit for the money. It was easy to set up and get working. The only draw back I have noticed is that the Miter slot is very small and this unit doesn't come with a Miter Gauge. I also couldn't find one where I bought it or On-line. I even ckecked the Rikontools web site. Other than that, nice, well-built product.
One mighty fine bandsaw
This little bandsaw is Great! But I WISH it had come with a mitergauge! I'm a penturner and i do alot of inlays and segments. and i use the mitergauge a lot! The fence is on the light side. But it does not move when it's locked into place. For the money this is a nice saw.
One great little saw
Will be using in fine woodworking.
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The City
By Tony Norfield
By Tony Norfield
By Tony Norfield
By Tony Norfield
By Tony Norfield
By Tony Norfield
Category: Business | World Politics
Category: Business | World Politics
Category: Business | World Politics
The Map and the Territory 2.0
A Peacock in the Land of Penguins
Users, Not Customers
Big Bang Disruption
"The City is a tour de force, which will soon be recognized as a formidable challenge to conventional wisdom and an essential contribution in its own right."
—Robert Brenner, author of The Economics of Global Turbulence
"It is not every day you read a book about global finance by a banker who quotes Lenin approvingly on page two. Unlike many of those who produce Marxist critiques of financial capitalism, Norfield writes from a position of experience: he has worked in the belly of the beast, and the book is the better for it … In The City, he has done the research and pulled together the financial statistics that explain how the bloodsucking works."
—Financial Times
"This book does the seemingly impossible: rendering finance's mysteries transparent to the average reader, and at the same time delivering a penetrating analysis of the global economic system that will enlighten even experts. Tony Norfield has written a truly exciting and important book."
—Paul Mattick, author of Business as Usual
"The City is a valuable addition to the critical analysis of the financialisation of our world. And Tony Norfield is an experienced and radical guide to London's role in this process. This book should be required reading for both bankers and activists alike."
—Joris Luyendjik, author of Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the Bankers
"With heaps of empirical research and a clear style of argumentation, he demonstrates that the City isn't a 'satellite of Wall Street' as many think, but its own beast, using Britain's imperialist privilege to extract value from the world economy. Much of the book is directed against bad arguments made by the liberal-left—the distinction between 'productive' capitalism and 'casino' banking; the populist vitriol against 'the banks'—which Norfield believes aren't just analytically false but let capitalism off the hook."
—Yohann Koshy, Vice
"Tony Norfield has had 20 years experience in City of London financial dealing rooms, for ten years as an executive director and global head of FX strategy in a major European bank. He went on to complete a PhD in economics at SOAS, London. Above all, he is a Marxist. It's a perfect recipe for an excellent book on modern British imperialism and the features of global finance in the 21st century."
—Michael Roberts, author of The Long Depression
"How many Marxists are at work in the dealing rooms of the City? Presumably they keep their heads well down. Tony Norfield is—or was—one. Twenty years a trader at the centre of the financial web, he has married the insights into the workings of the system he gained to a thorough Marxist understanding of political economy. The result is this fascinating book."
—Morning Star
"Tony Norfield's opus The City takes on a big subject and makes it, well—big … Casts a new light on a well-researched subject."
—Financial Adviser
"A timely and insightful book … It is an excellent read for anyone seriously wanting to consider the financial system."
—Scottish Business Insider
"An invaluable book for anyone wishing to better understand the world of finance, how the City operates and how this relates to the broader capitalist system."
—Tom Haines-Doran, rs21
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We recently had the opportunity to speak with Lisa Sigler for our Pro Interview series. She provided us with great insight into content marketing at Clarabridge based in the metro-region of Washington, DC.
Pagezii — Lisa, please tell us a bit about yourself.
Lisa — I grew up in Ohio and graduated from Kent State University there, but I've lived in Virginia for about 16 years. I'm married with two elementary-age daughters. I love to read, write, run, and watch entirely too much TV.
My career has been all about technology marketing, including time at Ericsson, cloud-based business solutions provider Apptix, and now Clarabridge.
(Video courtesy of themuse.com)
Pagezii — What drove you into content marketing?
Lisa — I studied English Lit in college. I loved writing, but this didn't translate into an actual career plan. I ended up moving to Virginia as the office manager of a tech startup. We were tiny, so I pitched in to help write marketing materials. That little startup failed without ever launching a product. But now I had a whole three or four months of technology marketing experience, and I decided that's the career I wanted.
About three years ago, I was working in a product marketing role when our CMO asked me to move into content full-time. I wasn't even sure what content marketing was, but it turns out that I'd been preparing for it all along. My background as a writer, combined with my marketing experience, makes content marketing the perfect fit.
Pagezii — And what does Clarabridge do?
Our customers report higher NPS scores
Lisa — Clarabridge provides solutions for managing the customer experience.
Every time a person interacts with a brand—through a website, on social media, in a brick-and-mortar store, whatever—that becomes part of their overall customer experience (CX).
The Clarabridge CX suite helps companies listen to customer feedback about these brand interactions, and analyzes it together with other customer data sources. The companies can then act on what they've learned to improve their business.
Our customers report higher NPS scores, decreased churn, improved customer satisfaction, and increased revenue because they understand and act on what customers really want.
Pagezii — What has been your most memorable campaign?
Lisa — At Clarabridge, we noticed that many customers and prospects were asking about Customer Journey Mapping. Clearly, this was an area where people needed help. So, we created an eBook about Customer Journey Mapping that would provide guidance on this crucial topic — even though it isn't actually core to our business!
Used in our lead generation and nurture campaigns, our "Ultimate Guide to Customer Journey Mapping" has been an outstanding success. In every category, it's been our top performing asset this year, with the most downloads and created opps. It was also the finalist for Content Marketing World's "Best Company Book" award.
Pagezii — What are your content plans for Clarabridge in 2017?
Lisa — We plan to continue practicing what we preach by relying on customer feedback to tell us what kinds of content readers appreciate most. I anticipate that we'll continue to have a mix of blog posts, short "cheat sheet" style assets, eBooks, whitepapers, and infographics. The topics and the numbers of each type will depend on what our customers tell us they find most useful.
Pagezii — What are the new trends in content marketing you see taking place?
Content marketing and social media are like siblings
Lisa — I see the tension between content marketing and social media as a trend that'll continue. Content marketing and social media are like siblings—when they are getting along, they are best of friends. But when they aren't…
Social relies on videos, images, and short text. Content marketing, with its reliance on storytelling, can bump up against the needs of social media, especially in an organization where the social and content teams are separate.
However, if the two teams work together, then social media becomes a great vehicle for distribution and promotion of great content. And the content team can learn to write for the social media team to provide really catchy, shareable social content.
Pagezii — Thank you, Lisa. Your experience and insight in content marketing is very helpful for our readers.


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This post is Sponsored by Westpac, who is proud to offer Mathspace Essentials free for all children across Australia
Maths is so fundamental to life and getting the foundation right from the beginning can make all of the difference. It is essential to future employment opportunities for our kids which makes it worth putting in the extra effort to give them the best chance possible.
If your children are anything like mine they will whinge and complain at the mention of things like homework.
One thing I have noticed over the years is if you can make it fun and not seem so 'homeworkey' they are much more inclined to engage.
1: Mathspace Essentials
Anything involving the computer or a tablet is always a hit with my kids. When I first heard about Mathspace I thought it must be too good to be true.
Westpac has come together with Mathspace tohelp the next generation of kids in Australia know their numbers. Westpac is sponsoring the Mathspace Essentials program, making it free. Mathspace Essentials is an online interactive maths program which can be used across any device. All you need to do is have internet access, an email address and create a password to sign up. Mathspace is aligned with the Australian curriculum and covers topics from Year 3 to Year 12.
I recently wrote a full review post on how it all works which you can see here …
Once you have had a play around with Mathspace Essentials and found it is something that really helps support your child with their maths, it is worth checking out the premium program, Mathspace Plus.
You can find out more about Mathspace here …
A good healthy mix of online and offline support is always great for kids so we have included some of our favourite Maths games the kids enjoy to play below.
Below are a few fun offline games we have played in the past with our kids to help them with the division, multiplication and times tables.
2: Times Tables
My kids struggled remembering their basic tables and number facts and it gets boring writing them out or reciting them … so I made a quick tool to help them and turned it into a bit of a game.
Each morning as a part of the routine (before any fun), the kids had to complete their table of the day. We started with the easiest ones and once they mastered them, they could move on.
I gave each of them a stack of my blank templates printed at home on our computer … they would write the table in that they were doing all the way down the sheet, take a breath, start the stopwatch and then complete the answers. Once they could do that in less than 60 seconds, they would move to the second sheet where the table questions were not in order anymore.
You can set the times and rewards to suit your children but we had a system that they stayed on the same table each morning until they could complete the mixed sheet in less than 1 minute … then we moved on to the next table.
To mix it up I would sometimes ask them to go back to an easy or older one and the kids recorded their times on a sheet to monitor their improvement. We also had simple rewards for doing it each day regardless of the times and something for when they moved onto a new table …
Keep it fun, offer support and don't put them under pressure … let them make it a game.
Download the myTables Template here
3: Division
Learning to divide is a maths skill that will not only come in handy during maths class, it'll be useful later on in life when baking or dividing up the bill. You can help your child get a jump on division early with this engaging maths game!
What You Need:
- Scissors
- Construction paper
- Black marker
What You Do:
- Encourage your child to fold the sheet of construction paper in half.
- Then, using the black marker, have them draw nine lines on the front of the folded over paper, separating it into 10 different sections.
- Have your child use the scissors to carefully cut along the lines they made in the previous step. These will be the game cards.
- Then, using the black marker, have them write the numbers 10-100, by tens, on the front of every card (one number per card). For example, on the first card, you write 10, on the next card, write 20, and write 30 on the one after that. Keep making cards until you reach 100.
- Then, take over duties by opening each card. On the inside, write the answer by dividing the number on the outside by two. For instance, on the inside of the 10 card, write five. On the inside of the 30 card, write 15.
- Next, have your child shuffle the cards together.
- To start playing, they should flip over the top card of the deck.
- Then, they have 5 seconds to divide the number on the front of the card by two.
- Once they guess, they should open the card and see if she got the answer right.
- If they are correct, let them set the card to the side.
- To win, they must successfully make their way through each and every card.
4: Multiplication
An easy way to help your kids practice multiplication is to turn it into a game. Making it a bit of fun will help them practice without knowing it! Here are 2 easy games to try:
Roll The Dice
You will need:
2 dice
Paper for writing down the multiplication equation & answer (you can use our free downloadable here)
The Game
Roll the 2 die at the same time and whatever lands you need to multiply the 2 numbers. For example, if they roll a 2 and a 6 it would be 2 x 6 = 12… They can either do this in their head or write down the multiplication equation on the sheet of paper.
These are a few ideas we have done in our home to help encourage our kids to find the fun in Maths and so far it is going ok.
I would encourage you to try out Mathspace Essential for free with your kiddo as I find it quite unbelievable that such an amazing resource is available for free to every Australian kid. Thanks Westpac that was very kind of you!


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Johnson's reputation as a woman beater has been documented, so it was easy for many to believe the woman who was accusing him was telling the truth, but two things were odd about her story immediately.
The first one was that she never mentioned putting her hands on Johnson and it is obvious from his mugshot he has some cuts and bruising on his face. Maybe she was defending herself or maybe was the aggressor. But, she was definitely involved in the altercation and didn't just stand idly by.
The second part of the story was she claimed Johnson choked her to the point she passed out. When she awoke she was in the middle of the hotel hallway with nothing on but her panties and a shirt.
How did she get there?
Johnson has an explanation for this that totally contradicts her story. According to TMZ, Johnson says the woman was not his ex girlfriend, but just an acquaintance. After partying at the club Johnson and the woman go back to his room. Not sure what happened there, but I can guess.
After Johnson tried to kick her out she attacked him. Eventually, he forced her out of the room (how he forcefully is up for debate).
Once she was outside the room according the Johnson she got upset and tried to break down the door. The Bellagio hotel has a ton of video cameras so if Johnson is telling the truth the tape should back him up. If she is telling the truth Johnson should be thrown under the jail.
The cops at least for now believe her, so we will see how it turns out.


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Takie to latte zwyczajne jakies bardzo...
155 m from hotel
17 Stycznia
Located 4 km from Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, 4-star Hotel Lord offers a variety of spa, wellness and dining facilities. Its air-conditioned rooms have satellite TV and a free internet connection.
The rooms at the Lord are spacious and feature traditional interior design. Private bathrooms have a shower and a hairdryer. Upon request, rooms with tea and coffee making set can be assigned.
Hotel Lord has a restaurant that serves Polish and international dishes. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lord Club offers drinks and billiards is also available on site.
Warsaw's City centre is a 8 minute drive away.
A guide to great places near Hotel Lord - Warsaw Airport
Takie to latte zwyczajne jakies bardzo...
155 m from hotel
17 Stycznia
I was quite impressed with the McCafe brand. Nice coffee (try even a "simple" coffee w/ milk). And I just saw a lady appoaching a client to propose a refill @ no charge.
163 m from hotel
17 Stycznia
You can pay with a credit card now. Great food, but you have to be prepared to wait for it.
233 m from hotel
Aleja Krakowska 236
The best 69 and 70!
305 m from hotel
Al. Krakowska 240/242
Maho kebab, lahmacun, kunefe. I definitely recommend
307 m from hotel
Tylko 6 torów do kręgli i dwa stoły bilardowe, na sobotę koniecznie rezerwacja, ale mimo wszystko bardzo fajne miejsce :-)
371 m from hotel
Gladka 18
Good shop and price
0.5 km from hotel
One word to describe this place: DOGGY... Nevertheless it looks like Babylon tower construction site with people from around the globe selling absolutely everything for 3-5€
0.7 km from hotel
Szkoda czasu zeby tu przychodzic. Pare butikow projektantów a reszta to chińszczyzna
0.8 km from hotel
Łopuszańska 22
Jeśli szukasz dekoratorek wesel i innych imprez, sprawdź bibuly.pl
0.8 km from hotel
Ul. Bakalarska
Free wi-fi!
2.2 km from hotel
Tasty dishes great cocktails and a big variety of drinks. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Perfect for lunch or an evening drink. Also serves great breakfast in weekends. Totally suggest it!!!
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Is A Coffee Card Networking's Secret Weapon?
In the last three weeks our company has secured three major new clients.
What's unique is that each of these clients was referred to our company by a past or current client and our cost to land each one was just a cup of coffee.
How networking skills and a Coffee Card can be the secret weapons of business development and sales success:
Meeting for a coffee is a simple method of establishing a friendly meeting place and controlling costs.
Here is what you should be doing:
1. Go out of your way to meet people, network purposefully and ask them what they do;
2. If what they do is connected to what you (or anyone you know) might need, swap business cards and tell them to expect a coffee invitation;
3. Go for coffee (somewhere convenient to them in terms of both time and place), pay with your coffee card and start asking purposeful questions that take time and detail to answer. Speak very little and listen a whole lot;
4. During your meeting ask the question, "what is your perfect customer and how would you best like to deliver your product or service";
5. Use your speaking time to describe what your perfect customer is and how best you deliver your product or service to them;
6. After 20 – 30 minutes have passed, coffee is over, and back to work you go. Your total time including driving was no more than 45 minutes and out-of-pocket costs are only about $5 – $7.
Now keep doing this, once a day with intent. Two times a day if you can. You'll soon build up a network, not just of business cards but a working knowledge of what each and every contact does; and likewise they will know what you do.
Now Here Comes the Magic
When what someone does lines up with the needs of your network, you set up a coffee meeting with you and both parties. Again you buy coffee, you make introductions, confirm the connection, and give them both your best regards before leaving.
You have now provided unprecedented value. You have taken the risk of validating the supplier, and you have introduced a qualified buyer to the supplier.
In this process, aside from gaining a reputation as the value provider, it's just a matter of time until you become the recommended supplier and land a job; this is when things get really interesting.
Over time your networking along with delivering great value to your customers will evolve into fans making raving recommendations about what you do. Now repeat, repeat, repeat. Build a network in which you deliver value first by connecting needs and your networking efforts will soon be landing you new business all for a bit of time and on a coffee card budget.
Thank you for reading,
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7 Tips for Choosing a Living Room Paint Color
As we discussed recently, the hottest interior paint colors of 2018 are rolling out. This is your perfect opportunity to get excited and inspired, and to take advantage of the plentiful examples of current trendy picks.
Today, let's focus exclusively on your living room.
This essential room is where you relax, entertain, and really set the overall pace for your interior style and palette. Right alongside the kitchen, your living room is the heart of your home, and picking the perfect look can make all the difference.
How Do You Pick a Living Room Paint Color?
Picking a color can feel overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. Here are a few practical tips that will help make the process productive and fun.
When you're choosing a living paint color, always…
Consider your fixed colors: those elements of the space that can't be changed and need to be factored in. Furniture, a brick fireplace, natural wood, a unique architectural element, or maybe that slightly odd painting from your in-laws…
Talk to your painter! A full-service painting company isn't just there to apply whatever product you choose, but wants to be involved (to the degree you'd like!) in every step of the process. Your total satisfaction should be their priority.
Consider adjoining spaces. Colors need to flow, so it pays to plan ahead a bit and factor in the colors used in connected rooms.
Think about the mood you want to create. Cozy? Sophisticated? Country? Formal? Stepping back and thinking through the vibe and tone you want to achieve can help you choose the best color to make it happen. And remember, darker colors will draw in your walls and ceiling, while lighter colors tend to visually push them out to create a sense of space.
Look to existing fabrics and colors for inspiration. A deep plumb in a blanket you love, a creamy white in a curtain, or maybe an earthy green in your rug… You can find these colors and draw them out, using something similar for your walls.
Think about "color psychology." As amazing as it is, color has a massive impact on both mood and energy level. Vibrant reds, for example, can increase energy, while deep blues relax and calm.
Think about your lighting. Natural light offers the most accurate representation of a color, while overhead lights can slightly warp its look. The best way to make sure you love your new color is to paint a sample, live with it a little, and see how different lighting interacts with it throughout the day and night.
Popular Living Room Paint Colors To Keep in Mind
As we mentioned above, we recently featured a few trending interior paint colors for 2018. These are fantastic options for a living room as well (take a look here if you missed them!).
While you're exploring the possibilities, keep in mind that bolder, more vibrant colors are "in." Sure, neutrals will always be a timeless option, but this is a year for trying something a little more daring.
Here are a few examples!
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If you're ready to discuss your 2018 interior painting goals, we invite you to call us at Nash Painting. It would be our pleasure to serve you!


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Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
Chapter 13 bankruptcy is occasionally called the "wage earner's bankruptcy plan". It is an alternative to filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the liquidation plan. If you do not qualify to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Chapter 13 bankruptcy might be a good option for you. In order to qualify for chapter 13 bankruptcy you must be an individual, husband or wife, or a sole proprietor. You must have a regular income, and you must have unsecured debt of less than $307,675 and secured debt of less then $922,975. (These amounts are periodically adjusted based on the consumer price index).
Just as in a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy requires that the debtor, normally with the help of a bankruptcy attorney, files a Bankruptcy Petition. However, in addition, the debtor is required to file a schedule of liabilities and assets, a list of current income and expenses and a forms stating other financial data. In addition, the bankruptcy court must be notified of any contracts or unexpired leases that the debtor has. Most debtors hire a bankruptcy attorney to make sure all information is complete and then consolidated in an appropriate format to be filed with the bankruptcy court.
Payments toward a Chapter 13 payment plan are made to the appointed bankruptcy trustee who will oversee a debtors case and ensure creditors are paid. The order creditors are paid is determined by the type of claim they hold. A creditor's claim can be priority, secured or unsecured debt. All debt, after priority debt, will be paid in order according to bankruptcy code rules.
There are several advantages to filing chapter 13 Bankruptcy. One of the major advantages is you will be able to stop foreclosure and keep your home. Additionally, under the payment plan some of your debt will be paid over the 3 to five year plan period and your creditors will not be allowed to initiate or continue lawsuits, garnish your wages or telephone you requesting payment of debts. They will instead be required to abide by the debt re-payment schedule outlined in the bankruptcy plan.
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Attorney
After filing the bankruptcy petition, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy lawyer will work with his or her client to outline a repayment plan which will allows the debtor to pay off debts in three to five years. This plan will be filed with the local bankruptcy court in your district and will generally begin 30 to 45 days after the bankruptcy begins.
Generally, an experienced chapter 13 bankruptcy attorney is an important ally in the bankruptcy process, answering your questions and helping to keep the creditors off your back.
Bankruptcy Term of the Day
CreditorA creditor is the person or entity owed money by a debtor.
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Latest Bankruptcy Question
How long does it take to rebuild credit after filing for bankruptcy?
Bankruptcy will remain on your credit report for ten years for Chapter 7 and seven years for Chapter 13.
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You don't know William Stover.
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I can see him in my mind's eye today, even though my memories are 54 years old. Billy Stover and I were in the same 5th grade class. He came from a family that lived on the north side of town, literally across the tracks. I never knew his family's circumstances, if he had siblings, where his father worked, or anything that would have humanized him. I just knew that he often wore the same shirt and pants all week, wasn't very clean, and he was picked on by his classmates.


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Final Fantasy Is about GuysGames Features Final Fantasy
There is a new Final Fantasy game on the way. Depending on how you count, this is something that hasn't happened for three months, six months, two years, six years, or 16 years. The discrepancy between these numbers tells you the most important fact about the Final Fantasy fandom: we'll argue about absolutely anything.
As a card carrying member of said fandom, I want to first apologize for how incredibly annoying we are. We know. But this arises out of one of Final Fantasy's core strengths: it is constantly shifting, experimenting in form and function, changing gameplay and narrative styles, with multiple overlapping and sometimes contradictory development lineages. This, combined with the fact that Square is theoretically a company that exists to make money and as such these shifts are driven as much by artistic interest as the need for corporate growth, leads approximately 97% of Final Fantasy fans at any given moment to feel like the "Real" Final Fantasy is dead, and the new game killed it.
Over time this tends towards equilibrium. Every game has its own fans, and once the passing of time frees it from being the load bearing face of the franchise, it no longer becomes worth hating, and everyone feels a little silly about calling Final Fantasy VIII gay and stupid. Everyone has their own definition of what Final Fantasy is, some core element that, when left behind by the series, feels like a betrayal. For some people it's turn-based combat. Those people have not been having a good several decades. But that's not the topic of this article. Watching the latest trailer for Final Fantasy XVI, I realized what I needed, and what might just be missing. I figured out what in my heart Final Fantasy is.
It's simple. Final Fantasy is about Guys.
For over 30 years, Final Fantasy has been providing some of the best Guys around. Auron? That's a Guy. Vivi? One of the all time Guys. Palom and Porom? Guys so good that Sakaguchi just used them again in Lost Odyssey. The casts of these games do not bat a thousand, but even when the plot ends up asking you to kill a god to break yourself from the chains of fate for the 50th fucking time, you usually walk away from a Final Fantasy with one or two party members that will resonate deeply and remain with you long after you've forgotten what an 'Occuria' is.
When I think about Final Fantasy IX, I don't think about the parallel worlds. I have hand on heart completely forgotten what Necron even is. But I remember Quina and Vivi getting married to pass through Conde Petie, and I remember Steiner's ridiculous misunderstanding over the love letter. When I think about FFVII, despite how important the game's violent anti-corporate environmentalism was when I first played it, I mostly now think about Red XIII disguising himself as a human. Or Seto's single tear falling down from his petrified form watching over Cosmo Canyon. Its moments of characterful comedy or melodrama, not the moments of profound statements or thematic ambition, that have truly come to define Final Fantasy to me.
But it's more than just the cutscenes. Any individual line that Squall speaks in FFVIII is on some level less important to his character than his victory pose, turning away disinterested from the enemy. Auron is not just cool because he shows up in a CGI cutscene and rescues Tidus, he's cool because he has incredibly damaging overdrives, with the button timer interrupting his sword swing right before impact. These are memorable characters often built out of fun, stock archetypes, whose personality is communicated through movesets and poses as much as it is through the script.
All of this is not to say that Final Fantasy XVI will not have Guys. I did not like the trailer because it was full of boring men in throne rooms saying interminable nonsense about evil imperial politics, but let's be honest, every Final Fantasy game has at least 90 minutes of those scenes across its story. You could cut together similar trailers from every game I adore and make them look equally as self serious and boring. But one thing that is looking likely (though not entirely confirmed, as of yet) is that this could well be the first Final Fantasy without a traditional party of any kind.
Which is why I've been somewhat of a shitposter saying "Guys" (proper noun, capital G) in a serious published article like that means anything, and not just "Party Members." Because there's plenty of classic Guys in Final Fantasy who never even get close to your party. Maechen, for example. Or Shinra in FFX-2. He's just a kid. The crucial part is that they exist outside of cutscenes, that they are contextualized within the world and the play. Shinra might not battle with you, but he's a constant presence in the Celsius bridge. You don't simply trigger a cutscene of Maechen telling you things about the world when it is time to hear them, you find him on the road, think oh hey that's Maechen, and choose to talk to him: this triggers the cutscene.
What might just be a small distinction in context becomes the most important thing in the world when it's taken away. Cid Raines, from FFXIII, is a ridiculous man with a fun and well executed tragic arc. But despite this, he enters the game in a cutscene and exits it in the same way, his character's spectrum of expression in the playspace limited to a boss moveset and a few generic barks. Or the NPCs in FFVII Remake, whose often interesting banter and insight is distracting and either washes over you like it's not there or grinds play to a halt as you stop and awkwardly listen to all of it. The added realism of the fully voiced and naturalistic NPCs creates an uncanny valley effect that used to be bridged with characterful abstraction.
When I was asked to write this piece, it was as a counterpoint to Dia Lacina's argument that Final Fantasy is about Towns. Towns and Guys, the two forces at the heart of Final Fantasy—and JRPGs at large. The levels and the characters. But as I sat down to write this and walked myself through the argument I realized these weren't different things at all. You can't have Guys without Towns because then you're just watching a movie. You can't have Towns without Guys because then you're just looking at buildings. It's in the friction between the two where the magic happens, that turns these often generic stories with admittedly stock characters into Final Fantasy.
At least to me. Everyone's got their thing. Spare a thought for the turn based combat guys. They have a point.
Jackson Tyler is an nb critic and podcaster at Abnormal Mapping. They're always tweeting at @headfallsoff.


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On my recent pilgrima–er, visit to the annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, I was asked by my friend Bob Stutzman to do an interview for Trekcore.com with Rekha Sharma, who played "Commander Ellen Landry" (both Prime and Mirror Universe incarnations) in the first season of "Star Trek: Discovery," as well as President Laura Roslin's aide (and Final Fifth Cylon) "Tory Foster" on the 2003-2009 reboot of "Battlestar Galactica", which is one of my favorite TV series of all time.
Sharma was at the convention promoting her return to the role of Commander Landry for the ongoing video game "Star Trek Online", specifically the new "Rise of Discovery" expansion pack, a prequel to her first appearance on the live-action series which will see the Prime universe version of Landry back in action at Captain Gabriel Lorca's side (Jason Isaacs returns to voice Lorca as well), and we also learn some of the tragic circumstances that helped to make Landry the angry young woman we see in the first season of "Star Trek: Discovery."
The link to the full interview on Trekcore.com is HERE: http://blog.trekcore.com/2019/08/interview-rekha-sharma-star-trek-discovery-ellen-landry/
"Star Trek: Discovery" wasn't Sharma's first trip to the Star Trek universe; she also had a role as scientist Avi Samara in the superlative fan film series "Star Trek Continues" in the episode "Still Treads the Shadow", with series star/creator Vic Mignogna, who also plays Captain Kirk.
Sharma also had many other roles in sci-fi television, including Dr. Harden on the 2001 Superman prequel "Smallville" as well as the 2009 reboot of "V", where she played a duplicitous "visitor" (an alien lizard-in-human-guise) named Sarita Malik (the alien character's assumed human name). The kindly Sharma has a knack for playing morally ambiguous, or even downright dangerous characters …. which is in direct contrast to her personality.
Interviewing Sharma on behalf of my friend Bob was a pleasure, and I hope to have a chance to interview her again someday.


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Welcome to Reflexology2go:
Simply explained
Reflexology is an art and a science that views the feet, hands, ears and face, as maps that represent the entire body. Reflexology is an effective, touch-based modality in which specific thumb and finger techniques are used to stimulate "reflexive" points. In this manner, a Reflexology session can provide deep relaxation, improve circulation, and create overall stress reduction in a gentle and non-invasive way.
Bring more balance, health and well being into your life and let Reflexology Therapist Linda Googh create your personalized wellness plan.
It is amazing what reflexology can actually do for your whole health. The greater care you give to your feet the longer they can do their job of balance, support, shock absorption and housing our very soul.
The aim is to correct the negative factors involved in the disease process, congestion, inflammation, and tension.