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I am Debi Raymond & I am running for Michigan Realtors Director- District 5. In this ever changing world of real estate, it is imperative that you have a representative that is committed to ensuring the best services possible. I will be proud to serve in this position and ensure that your future is lustrous. I am asking for your vote.
I started my real estate career in 1998 working as a Realtor for several years before helping my husband, Paul, to build a Team of 15 Agents at the height of the REO Market. We have sold just over 4,000 Listing Sides and just over 1,400 Buyer Sides since beginning our career together. Seeing a change in the market, Paul & I began to "re-brand" ourselves and our Team as Retail Realtors®. We were ranked 100th Team in 2014 by REAL Trends "The Thousands" List.
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It is an honor to represent District 5. I will excel at protecting our craft- along with modifying antiquated systems in order to ensure that you- my
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Founded in 1988, Dai-Kichi is the oldest established Japanese Cuisine Restaurant in the historically cultural town of Montclair, New Jersey. For twenty nine years, Dai-Kichi has been revered by the local crowd as a delectable destination for Japanese cuisine. In recent news, Dai-Kichi has received multiple accolades and impressive reviews from well known restaurant rating agencies. For three years, beginning in 2009, Dai-Kichi has consecutively won a Best of Essex "Reader's Choice Award." Furthermore, the International Restaurant Rating agency, "Zagat," has recently written that "'High quality'" sushi and 'unique' rolls make this Upper Montclair Japanese restaurant a "local favorite.'" BYOB
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The council should adopt a policy inviting and encouraging innovative proposals for development; and ought look favourably on those which retain an element of community facility (even if that's perhaps a facility for say the small business community).
I don't think the plan should be overly prescriptive and dictate that all that will be acceptable on a pub or ex-pub site is a pub, this is what's happening in general around the city and it has resulted in lots of boarded up buildings many of which have great, untapped, potential.
My overall view on planning is that the council should generally not seek to interfere with economics, and when it decides to, as it they should, there need to be very good reasons. Properties change uses over time as demand changes, the council shouldn't try and set the city in stone as it is through the planning process as that constrains innovation and restricts people's rights to do generally what they like with their property, as long as its not going to unduly go against the interests of others and the wider interests of the city.
I would not like to see a policy on pubs which would prevent their use as for example co-working business centres which would still provide a benefit to the city and promote the economic aims of other aspects of the plan. I would like to see a policy which allowed councillors to consider favourably development options on pub sites which retain some kind of community, at least semi-public, usage.
I do not think the policy should rule out mixed developments on ex-pub sites; for many sites innovative and positive developments might well include aspects of residential use, commercial use and public or semi-public use. I would like to see the plan send the message the council is open minded and invites innovative ideas, in the public interest, for pub sites being redeveloped.


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Thanks to Anne Taylor-Vaisey for this link to an interesting article in BMJ. A quick snippet:
The relationship between medical journals and the drug industry is "somewhere between symbiotic and parasitic," according to the editor of the Lancet, Richard Horton. But at the moment it has swung too much towards the parasitic, he told the House Commons select committee on health last month in his oral evidence on the role of the industry.
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Starting WiH2, the game freezes and stops responding.
Part 2 has no VA, no. You can deactivate the text-to-speech in the launcher. TBH, that thing should really be off by default.
Yeah, WiH Pt. 2 is only the second half of part 2.
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Kye Monthly Summary: March
Thursday, April 20, 2017
This post is all about Kye from March (his first month being 8!)
This month Kye had a field trip to Raisin' Cane. He had one last year too, as did Britt. So I've been out there a good bit! It was a tad bit of an insane situation because the school called me as soon as I arrived at the field trip to tell me that Tess had a high temp. I felt so bad turning around and leaving Kye but was stuck in the middle of needing to get Tess to the dr too. Mrs. Charlotte (woman is a LIFE SAVER) took Tess as she was closer to the school than I was (Raisin' Cane is a pretty solid 20 min or so out) and got her to the dr then I stayed at the field trip for long enough for him to enjoy my company then I headed to get Tess and her meds.
Kye's best buddy at school!
SO glad I was smart enough to wear the duck boots ;)
Kye also had a really cool BMX bike show at school this month that the whole school earned due to fundraising efforts. Can you find Kye?
And the month ended with Kye's favorite day of the school year: FIELD DAY.
Y'all. The thought of field day still makes me cringe. I never ever liked it and was totally that kid who would try to skip that day if possible. Ha! Kye LOVES it and it's def an event where I ask Daddy to attend. Mommy loves field trips...but not field day. ;)
Speaking of school I smile every time I walk into Britt and Tess's school and see this pic of Kye still hanging up. My sweet little boy!!!
I feel like we were at this stage with him YESTERDAY!
Kye has been an awesome leader for our church's Bible Reading Marathon. This month ended the marathon and each of the boys who were leaders were asked to speak. Kye has such a GIFT y'all. He was SO excited to get up in front of our entire congregation. He wasn't the least bit nervous and he loved every second of it. You can watch his whole speech here (it's short and very clear so you can really tell everything he's saying). We are very, very proud of Kye!
I know it's blurry but I love his excitement and pride!
All the awesome Bible Reading Marathon leaders!!!
Mr. John and Mrs. Liz took them all to lunch and they had a BLAST!
Of course our biggest celebration this month was our Disney trip for Kye's Birthday!
He got so many awesome gifts for his birthday. Clue Jr has quickly become a family favorite!
G-Mama got him a plug in Pac Man and it's really great!
Thankful we bought him a knock-off fit bit.
This sweet boy has been dying to go through his baby clothes for Tab. We made a night of it and I was shocked by 1) how good of shape everything was still in and 2) that really none of it seems "out of style" (benefit of boys...everything is pretty basic!)
Kye is so dedicated to his school work. Every day he gets off the bus with his head in a book and he is always asking to "just finish this page"
He also really enjoys any school related apps (they send home stuff about doing them for practice). It's funny to hear him mumbling answers out loud!
I love our quality time together but dude murders me at checkers!
And apparently rock paper scissors too
When we went to Disney Springs Kye saw the Lego Death Star and fell in LOVE. He said he will be asking for it from Santa. Which is a good thing since no way can Mommy and Daddy get it with that $500 price tag. #yikes. We had a long talk about it and I explained to him that I don't even think it's a good Santa gift because it's ages 14 and up. And while Mommy and Daddy think he can probably handle it, Santa won't buy toys that are way over on the age recommendations like that :)
I know this may be a controversial topic to discuss and I may devote an entire post to it at some point but Zach and I were raised VERY differently in many ways, but especially when it came to "the talk." It's important to me to handle such an important conversation with our kids as biblically as possible. I found this book (simply titled "The Talk") and wanted to go through it with Kye. I know 8 may sound young for such a discussion but he's very mature and we feel he's capable to not only handle it but also not to tell others about it. He is within the suggested age range for the discussion. And my main goal was to talk to him about it before he heard about it from another source. I want him to learn about such topics from US as the way you first learn about things is what you use as your frame of reference about it! We aren't completely through it yet but we've been very impressed both with the book and Kye's understandings of it. You can learn more about the book and purchase it here!
On Kye's skip school day I totally let him watch Star Wars during naps and work on eating the lollipop he bought at Disney Springs ;)
Kye loves to shoot hoops :) and go on walks and basically be outside! He's so funny b/c we found some capes we made AGES ago and he totally wanted to wear it on our walk. I love that he hasn't reached the age of embarrassment yet ;)
Sweet note from his teacher on his report card!
As always we're so proud of Kye! I read somewhere that 7 is the "golden age" of childhood but I say 8 will be just as amazing as 7 was with this kid!


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Sensitivity in an Insensitive World
Are you a Highly Sensitive Person living in a (seemingly) insensitive world?
That's a lonely feeling isn't it? I remember feeling that way more than I did not feel that way. And, of course, because my life has not arrived into a state of Utopia, I still feel that way sometimes; Misunderstood, lonely, alone, sensitive, shy, introverted, or even moody.
Do you want a solution? Hopefully this article can delve a little into how we can make some perception shifts and small changes so that our *insensitive* world either does not seem so insensitive or, even better, that we begin to not notice the insensitivity! For HSP's [and it may be due to our very high intelligence…:)] this is no easy feat. And although that was a rather flip statement I made regarding high intelligence, I meant it for the most part. I have never met a dull HSP. I have met some HSP's who did not have command of the written language or had poor spelling or grammar but the poignancy in which they would express themselves, would reveal that they were in fact true specimens of the Highly Sensitive modality! I know this, because we are quite unique.
Some Validation of your Highly Sensitive Person Status
A large part of my insecurity in this world came from not being validated as "normal" or "okay." So I tried very hard to change characteristics of myself in order to be seen as "normal" or "okay." The consequence is that not only was I now worse off, but even my acts of "normalcy" did not pan out and, in addition, I suffered from intense feelings of lower self-esteem.
Think about this for a moment: If the who you are is a standard deviation or so from the *normal* bell curve and you already feel like an unaccepted-into-this-world-freak, think logically about how you would feel if you practiced being within that bell curve and still were not accepted? At least in the first scenario, where you are being true to yourself, you are being who you are. And you may think it ridiculous, but I think it as truth that when we truly do honor who we are, the opinions of other people do not matter!
But for this section I want to validate that you are weird! Yes you are! Wonderfully, beautifully, exceptionally, and uniquely weird! You have an intuitive depth – or a deeply held spiriitual knowing – that some people may be flummoxed, bewildered, or threatened by! Our little secret is that they needn't be! They do not know you for the lightworker or spiritual human I know you to be! So some people fear or dislike you if they sense this; But rest assured, most of these people are spiritually stunted and hence, why the fear! They fear you may see something in them they do not want to acknowledge. But again, it's our secret that you are not of this world, but of the spirit world and thus, would never want to hurt them with this knowledge! So acknowledge your specialness. It's an honor. It is an honor for me to be in such company as other HSP's. It let's me know I am no longer alone or the only one and it also validates that other empaths and intuitives exist to the extent that they, too, feel like freaks of nature!
You are a sensitive, empathetic, intuitive being of light who senses truth. You are almost a personal lie detector aren't you? You've felt odd since the beginning and knew you were not like other people. You saw how others operated and interacted with each other but picked up whether they were interacting in truth or love, or whether they were dissembling, prevariacating, or whether the relationship was one based in spirit or one based in the world.
You've often seen yourself gravitating to people who were odd or unusual and you empathized with their plight. You understand the purity of children and of animals and you respect the spirit of life in all things. You do not share your self with just anybody because what is the point? Most of them would not understand anyway and you've never been one for small talk on fluffy matters. Those times you have opened up have left you feeling hurt or vulnerable many times and you vowed you'd close down forever on more than a few occasions because you just get that you're a social retard.
You're not socially retarded, just socially different; Spiritually advanced perhaps yields many social differences, but don't be so quick as to label you as the one defective or slow! You choose to speak with others who are like you and who get you and though you may've found a few, most people just don't get you so you figured something was wrong with you. There is nothing wrong with you. It's simply the equivalent of a genius trying to communicate to a two year old without knowing how to come down to the 2 yr olds level. That's all. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with the 2 yr old being 2 is there? No, of course not! No more than there is anything *wrong* with the genius being a genius! The crime would be, however, if the genius pretended to not be one! Geniuses need to exist in order to teach others who come after them! Yes, use that analogy for the way in which you think I am intending it. :)
Take heart that even Elaine Aron did not coin this "HSP" concept. Perhaps she made the name more *mainstream* with her books with various "Highly Sensitive" terms in the title, but she was not the first. And what I am about to discuss may just very well blow your mind.
Even More Reasons your are Special
As those who belong to the SU Highly Sensitive Person's Forum know, I make many great claims about HSP's. I use terms like "psychic" and "empaths" and "indigo" and "chosen" and "Lightworkers." Elaine Aron never makes any such claim to the best of my knowledge. To the best of *my* knowledge she simply claims we have an overclocked central nervous system.
I went further in my research.
The Synchronicity Comes Together: With my overclocked central nervous system and valuing the information I have learned about chakras, along with taking a test years ago that consistently revealed a "too open" crown chakra. With the dreams I would have often coming true. With revealing "feelings" of things that were going to come to pass and then they did. With my spiritual searching ever since a small child. With my deeply empathetic nature toward animals to almost an "animal-whisperer." With having experienced paranormal things or things that happened outside the realm of normal explanation of this 3 dimensional world. With astral projection becoming normal for me and delving into chakra understanding. [And if all of this sounds weird, imagine being me!]
With all these reasons, I knew it was more than just a nervous system that could pick up all sorts of physical energy. I knew that HSP's had a built in and seemingly involuntary system that picked up all spectrums of energy and waves of energy from the physical world into the metaphysical world.
The Seat of the Soul
I helped a friend move a couple of years ago so that when I would move November 2008, this book, Seat of the Soul by Gary Zukav, continued popping up within my eyesight. Because I usually have 5 or 6 books going at any one time, it would be noteworthy to mention the uniqueness of this book that had my reading it every day before my meditations and nap.
As it begins on the back of the book, "The Seat of the Soul is about the birth of a new species – and the explosion of human perception past the five senses," it brings up the Highly Sensitive Person as a "Multisensory."
That this book was published in 1989 and goes on to describe precisely why and what the Multisensory human is about, it is the closest spiritual or metaphysical rendition of the HSP I have seen that does not end with the HSP being "an overclocked central nervous system attractor."
If anyone has related with being a Highly Sensitive Person (in an otherwise "insensitive" world), I think that Gary Zukav willl introduce you into a whole new world with his book "The Seat of the Soul."
Chapters entitled Evolution, Karma, Reverence and Heart from the Introduction section to the the section entitled Responsibility with chapters entitled Choice, Addiction, Relationships and Soul and the Power section with chapters called Psychology, Illusions, Power, and Trust, I knew it was a book that I had meant to read. It does not specifically use the term "HSP" but instead, uses the term "Multisensory" and I knew that as I read, it was precisely describing me and my friends.
Zukav discusses this evolution and how we, as multisensories, can come into our own.
The Insensitive World
It sometimes seems as if the world is not cut out for the more unique aspects of personalities that humans can possess. Seems "they" would rather we all fit into a nice cubbyhole cut and shaped the same size and preferably to *their* cut and size. Yes, I have noticed that people here tend to think so highly of themselves that they want everyone – and sometimes even expect! – to be like them!
The term "normal" is over-rated. It just means "fitting in" with that bell curve that comprises most people, and societal expectations would also have us believe that happiness exists in the *normal* area. Do you agree with this? Yes, in Maslow's hierarchy of needs we all want Social Acceptance so we look for others like us. The more we deviate from "normalcy" the harder it is to find others "like us" so thank God for the internet being a free and open media for the most part!
I am also a big believer in Abraham Maslow so that when people do not have their most basic needs or wants met, they cannnot ascend to their next need or want.
As my example has often been… If I cannot get oxygen, I am not going to worry about whether I am hungry or not. Well, like the HSP living in a non-accepting or non-understanding world, if we do not get our necessary acceptance in some fashion, how will our self-esteem ever get to the point of being okay enough in order to reach our self-actualization and finally, get on with helping others who come after us? This was *my* process!
So it's my duty to tell you that you may never find the acceptance you need as a *different* person from the *earth people* or *normal people.* I think it was once I accepted this in my heart, that I was able to do God's work and go out on my own to seek others like me who would accept me. I know it sounds like I skipped a Maslow step but not really. :) I had a few people in my life who *did* accept me enough and to the extent that it was a sufficient start for my self-esteem to reverse from it's "pride in reverse" status.
And just because you may not find the acceptance you want from certain "normal" people does not mean you have to be subjected to abuses by others. If you are like me and suffered at the whims of people either making fun of you or overtly going out of their way to seemingly make you feel less than, belittled or odd, then I suggest you spend some time at the Codependent recovery section in that you learn that just because you are different, does not give anyone license to berate or belittle you!
Or if you already know about Codependent Recovery but need help with knowing how to respond to some of the words people use, or caustic manners of their speech, I would advise looking at the Words can Harm category or see the Words can Harm. Words can Heal series.
You have the God given and God spirited right to be as unique and as different as you need to be. God has blessed people – some more than others – with an exceptionally large light and if we try to quench that light for the sake of other peoples' perceptions and hurtful words, well, for me, I realized I was going against myself, my intuitive voice, God, and the "who I am". It's wrong to do this on a basic level, but for me, it was life-threatening as I turned to alcohol and other harmful substances in which to keep me numb.
I hope that if you are currently hurting yourself trying to *fit* and keep your light at a "low brightness" that you reconsider and realize the resources at your disposal in which to help you be the best that you were meant to be.
Solution: So the solution for the "abnormal" [HSP, multisensory, or any other different sort of person who deviates from that dreaded "normalcy" of the bell curve] is simply accepting that not all normal people will *fill your bucket.* Then, go out and find the ones who will. We do this as intelligent beings because we know that we have work to do and should waste no more time in trying to get "normies" to understand us. They just won't.
It's better for them if they *accept* us because it shows they have an evolved spirit, but for us to get true acceptance to the point we're no longer insecure about the who we are, I believe it's imperative for us to have constant contact with others like us. Others, like us, will be behind us growing on the path we have just walked and our experience can help them, just as there will be others further along on our same path we can turn to to ask for help. And that's how it works!
We can find others by nurturing our friendships with those our intuitive voices tell us to gravitate toward, we can read authors who are "like us," we can write of our own experiences [make a blog or a website or even longhand a letter or in your journal] so that we can communicate with our subconscious or other Highly Sensitives and feel what our subconscious is trying to tell us or get feedback from our HSP friends we meet on the internet.
2012 Connection?
Remember! Nothing happens by accident. The fact it is 2008 and the internet is freely available and that the Highly Sensitive / Multisensory / Indigo is evolving at this time and are being called to search out others is no accident. It is my belief our intuitive voice [our "God inside"] is precisely being activated now, for some reason.
I do not mean to go into vastly off and New-Age territory, as I know that's a large pill for some [of us] to swallow, but in understanding what 2012 is *really* about and doing your own research, you can find the fascinating historical basis for the 2012 theories and also some of the more specious hypotheses for what is allegedly going to happen on December 21 2012. Here is a Wikipedia link on 2012 and here are my 2012 tags I have compiled on Stumble. I would of course advise you to do your own research.
Here's a brief synopsis from what I know: The ancient Mayans predicted 2012 as the end of time. Now what happens when this happens has not been solidifed. Does anything haappen? Were the Mayans wrong? Is there a conscious shift in humanity? I don't know. But I do know that I have read theories that say the Indigo – a new type of spiritual being – has been put here in order to help the transition. [Transition of what? Souls? Evolve peoples' minds or perceptions? To help *other* Indigos gain their footing in preparation for a future "not so insensitive world?"] I don't know. I'm just speculating with what I have learned. Now, if you have anything to share on this, a comment is welcomed. :)
I want you to know that just because you may feel alone with your *gifts* you are not. Just because some people may not believe you or accept you due to your gifts, it does not mean you are less than. To the contrary.
Unlike us, many people in this world still think this material world is where it's at. They are wrapped up in working or aquiring things, judging people, gossip, and all that other fluffy to negative stuff that make most multisensories quite ill. So when they judge or don't accept you, think about the source of that judgement or non-acceptance.
Like speaks to like. The people who I really need to accept me, will. The people I don't need to accept me, probably won't. I have never had a problem knowing another person like me within the inside of 30 seconds. There is a reason you are repelled by some people – listen to your intuitive voice! There is equally a reason you are attracted to some people. Trying to contort yourself to get accepted by people who cannot possibly help to further your path is akin to running in the hamster wheel. And I think looking at it this way, can do good in re-positioning where your priorities need to be.
It's my wish that we all learn the value of self-acceptance. It has been my experience that when we do accept ourselves completely, the opinions of people affect us less and less. Total freedom is being free from the opinions of other people and this is my goal. When I am achieving my goal, I can continue doing the good work that the God of my understanding / intuitive voice / highest self / spiritual self would have me do while not wasting my time on worldy endeavors.
Until next time.
Namaste my friends!


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An International Moleskine Exchange
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
View from my "taxi" window
I got this great idea from E. Wian! thanksss! scan coming soon
Monday, April 4, 2011
My book is on the move to Bruce
As it seems that some of the people has dropped out, I sent my book of to Bruce. I am so happy that my book is on the move!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
I'm ready for the Next Moly!!!!
Hello fellow Moly members,
It's time for a little update, I think. I sent my and Sharons Moly to Lally. Ewian made her beautiful entry already. But, unfortunately, I have to wait a while before it gets in my mailbox. And what happend to Bruce's Moly? Does anyone know?
As you can see below I'm ready for my next Moly ;). This isn't my studio (because I don't have one) but if it was available.....it would be mine :)
Hope to hear from you all soon, bye Karlijn
Sunday, October 3, 2010
View form a studio window - video
As mention in my blog post yesterday: http://moleskinex79.blogspot.com/2010/10/view-form-studio-window.html and http://ewian.blogspot.com/2010/10/view-form-studio-window.html My inspiration for this entry was the view from my studio window. I love the motive of the clothesline. This one I share with my neighbour.
Medium used: pencil, eraser, acrylic paint, iridescent, vinyl paint, vintage paper, permanent marker, crystal gloss, promarkers, gesso and glue.
Music by Free-Spoken Band titled, Back Home you can find them on Jamendo http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/Free-spoken_band
Friday, October 1, 2010
View form a studio window
Hi, suddenly realised I had some blogging to do...
My inspiration for this entry was the view from my studio window. I love the motive of the clothesline. This one I share with my neighbour. In this entry I have used a bit whimsical style. So excited to see how the rest of the book will develop. Wondering how people and the art will interact on the pages.
I'll upload the video on how I made my entry, just need to edit it down to under 10 minutes.
Medium used: pencil, eraser, acrylic paint, vinyl paint, iridescent, vintage paper, permanent marker, crystal gloss, promarkers, gesso and glue.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Here's my entry to Sharons Moly. I really liked how Sharon interpreted her view; how she drew the house and the lady in the window. So I wanted to do something with both and make it a little bit mysterious. I'm curious about who lives behind those windows, what their lifes are about, their hopes and dreams. So this is what I came up with. Hope you like it, Sharon.
And Lally....you'll get another Moly sent to you!!
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Proposed state Medicaid cuts cause backlash from nursing home operators, wouldn't close budget gap anyway, top official says
Sebelius has been reluctant to lift maintenance-of-effort requirements that ensure states maintain Medicaid eligibility at levels equal to what they were when the healthcare reform law was passed. Instead, she suggests that changes to states' optional Medicaid benefits programs can be made without a penalty from the federal government. But these programs totaled only $100 billion in 2008—not enough to eliminate the states' collective debts. Sebelius said that the strategies she's suggesting would help with cost reductions without just slashing benefits, according to a Modern Healthcare report.
Meanwhile, states planning to slash benefits are running into stiff opposition from the nursing home industry. In Rhode Island, for example, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee (R) has proposed reimbursing nursing homes based on services rendered, the Providence Journal reports. That would save roughly $12.8 million—and have a devastating impact on nursing home staffing, according to James P. Nyberg, director of LeadingAge RI.
In Nevada, nursing home groups have struck back against Gov. Brian Sandoval's (R) proposal to cut nursing home reimbursements by $10.1 million. Based on previous rulings from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the governor's plan could be illegal, according to an analysis commissioned by the Nevada Health Care Association and presented to the state's Legislature.


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One of the biggest challenges for any growing community is ensuring there is enough quality, affordable housing for residents across the income strata.
So when the Fort Worth City Council voted earlier this spring to modify its tax abatement policy for residential developers, it was making a small but needed change that may make more funds available for low-income housing projects.
Targeting that demographic is imperative for a city facing a 17,000-unit shortfall for families living at 30 percent of the area median income.
While the city appear to lack a comprehensive plan to effectively address its affordable housing shortage, leaders are taking incremental yet important steps to tackle it.
The latest came last week, when the council unanimously approved the sale of a dozen foreclosed properties to the Tarrant County Housing Partnership and 30 similar properties to Trinity Habitat for Humanity.
The properties were sold at a discounted rate, allowing the nonprofits to purchase them for a fraction of their appraised value.
In turn, that makes it possible for TCHP and Habitat to spend the lion's share of their funds on constructing new, affordable homes for low-income families.
District 8 Councilwoman Kelly Allen Gray told Star-Telegram reporter Caty Hirst that the city's discounted property sale "starts to address affordable housing from home ownership," something that hasn't been a large part of the discussion up to this point.
Higher rates of home ownership in neighborhoods, while not necessarily causal, are often associated with positive outcomes for children and families — from educational attainment to health — and generally lead to stronger, more vibrant communities on the whole.
Unlike multi-family housing units, affordable homes, for obvious reasons, are much more difficult to come by.
But the city's change in its tax abatement policy should, over time, grow the coffers in the long-ignored Fort Worth Housing Finance Corp. trust fund, which might be used to support cost-efficient housing projects like those sponsored by TCHP and Habitat.
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Conveniently located to Highways 295 and 73, yet set off from the main street, our senior housing community offers 77 apartments. At Emeritus at Voorhees, our residents — in many cases, with their pets — enjoy retirement living. Yet should you need a helping hand from our warm and caring staff, we also offer complete senior care and assisted living services, tailor-made to your needs. We've designed our services to focus on wellness, helping you maintain or improve your health, so you can live as independently as possible.
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What Is An Intervention?
Simply put, an intervention for alcohol and substance abuse is a gathering of a professional interventionist and concerned family and friends who are committed to helping an individual whose addictive lifestyle is wreaking havoc on him and those who love him. American Addiction Centers utilizes a non-confrontational family systemic intervention approach that is highly effective in convincing your loved one to accept help and enter treatment.
Family Systemic Intervention is the only evidenced-based intervention approach that examines factors contributing to a client's substance abuse behavior. To understand these factors, the interventionist considers various structural elements of the family and how they contribute to the substance abuse disorder. These elements might include the power hierarchy, roles, rules, alignments, and communication patterns within the family. Through Family Systemic Intervention, the interventionist can help the family identify dysfunctional areas, adjust its hierarchy, change various roles that members play, change dysfunctional rules, alter dysfunctional alignments between family members, and replace dysfunctional communications with clear, direct, and effective communication. The identified client (your loved one) is brought into this change and compelled to examine his role within the family system, with the catalyst being acceptance of the need to change and enter treatment.
How Do You Arrange For An Intervention?
You have chosen to contact American Addiction Centers, a leader in dual diagnosis treatment. You have been asked to answer questions posed by the Treatment Consultant and a clinical assessment has been made whether or not an intervention is necessary. If it seems that an intervention is necessary for your loved one to recognize the need for rehab, you will be connected to a nationally-certified interventionist who will handle the intervention. Since the goal is to get the addicted loved one into treatment, during this call with the treatment consultant, all these arrangements can be made ahead of time, including insurance, so that at the conclusion of the intervention, if your loved one is willing to accept treatment, he can be immediately transported to the treatment facility.
How Do You Plan an Intervention?
The interventionist will contact you and other concerned family members, probably several times over the course of the next few days leading up to the set date of the intervention and admission to the treatment facility. There will be discussion of what you need to do, and a schedule prepared. You will need to arrange for the gathering of family, friends, possibly clergy, even co-workers, to participate in the intervention itself.
You need to be organized and you need to work with the interventionist in developing a plan. The interventionist will normally arrive the day before and will schedule a pre-meeting the evening prior to the intervention. Each participant in the intervention will be required to discuss how addiction has impacted their lives. This is the evidence that will be presented during the intervention. The interventionist then discusses the plan and what each participant needs to do and to expect during the intervention. Ulterior motives are squashed and each participant commits to the process and change. It's important that everyone acts as a team, firm in their commitment to help the addict.
The addict is then invited to sit down with the family for a family meeting. Evidence has shown that confrontation should be only the last resort. Many times the addict is seeking answers and has made efforts to control the addictive behavior. We do not want to discourage him from this introspection by ganging up on him
What Happens On Intervention Day?
According to the plan the interventionist will outline the nature of the issues and how the addictive behavior has impacted the family. The addict may yell, scream, deny everything and argue vehemently. This is to be expected. After all, we are challenging their addictive existence, and their survival imperative is trying to protect what has become their only coping and adaptive skill.
Any conflicts that arise, the interventionist will handle. That's what he is trained to do.
You do need to be extremely patient. It isn't the addict's fault that they are reacting this way. While they are under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, they are not able to think rationally. They don't see the destruction their way of life has wreaked on relationships with family and friends. They can't. But the intervention is a way to break through this wall of denial. In fact, the interventionist is trained to chip away at the addict's resistance.
The addict accepts the need to embrace change and agrees to enter treatment, and the arrangements have already been made, the individual is then escorted by the interventionist immediately to the treatment center.
The interventionist reports to the treatment center the results of the intervention. This gives the treatment facility a head-start on the patient's personalized treatment plan.
Will Intervention Be Enough?
Intervention, by itself, is only the first step in the recovery process. The substance abuser needs to come out of denial and make a commitment to get help. The fact that you've arranged for an intervention for your loved one is a testament of how much you care for him.
Studies show an intervention success rate of 90 to 95 percent for drug and alcohol addiction – but this is dependent on the interventionist and the commitment of family and friends to help the addict.
Remember that the addict isn't the only one who's affected. Even after the individual undergoes treatment, follow-up counseling and support group meetings are required. In addition, family counseling, and continued support for the family through support groups such as Al-Anon, even church-affiliated support groups, can help reinforce positive messages and alleviate stress along the way.
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When Is The Best Time To Do An Intervention?
The question about timing for an intervention is a common one. Should you wait until the addict has been arrested for a DUI or is sick in the hospital from an overdose? Should you wait until the addict finishes college/loses their job/finalizes their divorce/gets that raise…etc etc…
The list can really go on and on, because pulling the trigger on an intervention is a scary proposition. Most people procrastinate when it comes to confronting someone they love who has an addiction.
From the outside this can be baffling. Friends who are more detached from the situation may be whispering, "Why don't they get him some help?!"
From the inside there are many reasons people delay treatment, not least of which is the fact that the addict is an expert manipulator and has likely found ways to cow relatives into ignoring their addiction.
The answer to the question is, the best time to do an intervention is when you recognize an intervention is necessary. Otherwise, you are sure to talk yourself out of it. You will make excuses for the addict. They aren't that bad. If they get that new job they will be happier and stop drinking so much. When that bad influence moves out of town they'll stop using cocaine. When they break up with that pothead girlfriend they'll slow down and see the light.
Forget all the reason you should postpone the intervention, and focus on the reasons you should do it now. Here are some compelling reasons that NOW is the best time to do an intervention:
- Addiction gets worse, not better, over time. The addict might try to white-knuckle short periods of sobriety, but when they start up again, it's usually much worse.
- If you think the impact is bad now, wait a year or two or three. DUIs can start piling up; job losses; divorce; financial losses; and deterioration of physical health will all start to be more and more compelling. Why wait until more damage is done?
- There is a point when the "bottom" may be too low, may even be death. Do you want to risk that one time they combine too many sleeping pills, anti-anxiety drugs, and pain killers with alcohol?
- If you have children and the addict is the other parent, are you really doing your family any favors by putting off the inevitable? The negative impact on children of having an actively using addict as a parent is well-documented in the literature.
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Audrey from Canada
Reviewer is A current student here.
2 out of 2 people found this review useful. 1 of 7
Categories Comments Bang for the buck
The best deal if you are a Minnesota resident. Manitoba and Minnesota have reciprocity so you are given the same tuition price as someone born and raised in Canada, which is usually around $5,000. Yes, you did read that right.
What to do for fun
There is always something to do on or around campus. Whether it's a residence party or a club run movie night in University Centre.
Food and Dining
There are many different places to eat on campus. In the University Centre there is a food court with a wide range of options as well as a campus bar and dinner on the higher floors.
Dorm Life
No matter what dorm you live in on campus you can expect to be entered into a welcoming community. There really isn't a wrong choice of dorm building.
Academic Rigor
The courses here are as challenging as you would expect for a university. As long as you put in the work necessary you should have any trouble getting a satisfactory mark. There is also a wide range of different classes from basics like Introductory Statistics to more entertaining classes that tie together popular culture to the supernatural.
Tips for prospective students
If you are planning on going to the University of Manitoba as an international student, make sure to get your student visa together as soon as you can. It can be a bit of a hassle but well worth it in the long run.
In three sentences
The University of Manitoba is a great college for Canadian born students as well as international students. It is internationally accredited in many fields, so you will get the most out of your degree. The school is also very diverse with a great student community.
Em from Oswego, IL
Reviewer is Researching this school. Reviewer has not been to campus.
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Categories Comments In three sentences
It seems like a nice school from what I have read, but it seems a bit hard to get there. Overall I am wondering if the graduate program that it has is any good. It also seems to be really encouraging to international students.
Marian from Canada
Reviewer is A current student here.
1 out of 2 people found this review useful. 3 of 7
Categories Comments Clubs and Activities
Lots of places to get involved.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
There is a large unisex bathroom in the basement of the human ecology building...
Bang for the buck
Not expensive!
Food and Dining
They need more options.
Dorm Life
I hear plenty of stories, and I am glad I chose to live at home. Looks like they have fun though! But I am here to learn.
Academic Rigor
Tips for prospective students
If you are coming for an education and this university is a logical choice with regards to living circumstance, the U of M is as good as any other university.
In three sentences
University of Manitoba is good, but not great. However, the spirit in the Faculty of Engineering is unbeatable, and there are great professors here. The rest of the university is alright, but a little too saturated with socialist ideals for my taste.
Carmen from Canada
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Categories Comments Campus Safety
Its pretty safe as you can often see campus police scrolling by and also emergency bells around every corner of campus.
Clubs and Activities
One of the things I like most is the campus garden because you get to grow your own food and meet new people as well. Another good program is the disability services. You help take notes for people who have difficulty and its a great feeling because you're helping someone out with their education!
Great for these types of students
If you're a nerd you'll love the libraries here. They tend to close late and good inspiring views in some.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
The geology building is pretty unique as it has a life size dinosaur inside! however be aware of the washrooms.
What to do for fun
join lots of groups!!! get a fitness pass and explore the areas around the university
Food and Dining
Food is kind of expensive like prob every other university
Dorm Life
The dorms is convenient however it is kind of expensive.
Academic Rigor
Classes tend to be pretty big for most classes however it is up to you to learn go and learn the stuff. Also its good to go see your prof during office hours as well.
Tips for prospective students
Its good if you know what you want to get into as it makes it easier to select courses. Also be prepared for finals as they tend to be a lot tougher than what is taught in class.
In three sentences
This university is great for someone who wants a good challenge as it is competitive. There are a lot of involvement around the campus so it is easy to meet new people! Finally the science lab program is pretty great as it teaches you to be independent and how to write proper formal lab reports.
Mohammad from Canada
Reviewer is A current student here.
1 out of 2 people found this review useful. 5 of 7
Categories Comments Campus Safety
very safe
What to do for fun
Here there is a wide range of fun including arts, movies, communities and also sport!
Tips for prospective students
Apply if you want to be a part of a very big community, apply if you want to concentrate on your work.
In three sentences
Nice professors, Warm environment, Beautiful campus,
Mark from Chattanooga, TN
Reviewer is Researching this school. Reviewer has been to campus.
2 out of 4 people found this review useful. 6 of 7
Categories Comments Academic Rigor
It's a challenging school, but it has a good balance between work and play.
Tips for prospective students
Do your research before you come.
In three sentences
I thought it was a great school with a beautiful campus and caring faculty. I would recommend it to anyone. I am definitely going to apply!
Enriqueta from Modesto, CA
Reviewer is Researching this school. Reviewer has not been to campus.
5 out of 14 people found this review useful. 1 person found it offensive. 3 people found this inaccurate. 7 of 7
Categories Comments Clubs and Activities
I'm Knitting club and was recently in link crew a leadership.
Great for these types of students
Its great for students that are great academically.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
I don't really know much about this school yet but I would love to get more information.
What to do for fun
I like playing sports such as basketball and soccer also I enjoy bike riding and running.
Food and Dining
I love food but I think it needs to be healthy.
Dorm Life
I enjoy having a good dorm life and would always like it that way as I assume everyone does.
Academic Rigor
I think everyone needs to be good academically.
Tips for prospective students
Know where you're going, have your thoughts in place, and never give up on what you want to do in your life even if it seems hard to accomplish it.
In three sentences
I'm barely knowing about this school through cappex and I think this is a great University. Just by the little I have read thanks to cappex I have discovered this new great college. I might apply to this college because it seems that it offers everything I need.


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You can spend an evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber's music Aug. 9 during the Mid-Columbia Musical Theatre's annual fundraiser.
Showtime is 6 p.m. at the Red Lion Hotel in Kennewick, next to the Columbia Center mall. Tickets are $50 and include hors d'oeuvres and beverages.
The show takes the audience on a musical journey through all of the legendary composer's great works, from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to Phantom of the Opera.
"There will be some talking through the show between some of the songs," said Robbie Heegel, with the theater group. "But mostly it'll be like a concert of music by Andrew Lloyd Webber."
Performing a range of familiar tunes from Cats, Phantom, Dreamcoat and others will be Tri-City vocalists Jill Madison, Megan Johnson, Julie Heegel, Abigail Bennett, Sarah Shaff, Tyler Zirker, James Bennett, Rob Hanson, Karl Hedlund and Bryan Foley.
There also will be some treasures up for auction at the event, Heegel said.
Tickets to the show are available at Adventures Underground in the Uptown Shopping Center and the Tri-Cities Academy of Ballet, both in Richland. Tickets are also at mcmt.tix.com.
Proceeds from the event help promote the nonprofit corporation's mission, which is to produce and stage amateur theatrical productions and related recreational, educational and public service activities.
The theater group was formerly known as the Richland Light Opera Company.
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House hunting on a whole new level
"Why is this gorgeous, restored Craftsman so cheap? " I ask my wife. We're playing the "what's wrong with this house" game. She can't come up...
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"Why is this gorgeous, restored Craftsman so cheap?" I ask my wife.
We're playing the "what's wrong with this house" game. She can't come up with a reason either for the low price tag on the Greenwood-area home with four bedrooms and a Greene-and-Greene pitch-perfect interior.
I fire up my laptop, bring up a browser, and visit Terraserver, a mapping Web site. I punch in the street address and have an answer from a close-up satellite image centered on the house: There's a fire station practically next door to the 3,000-square-foot lot.
My wife and I have been searching for a home since our little boy turned 6 months old. We quickly developed a kit of online tools that provides information on a home before we ask our agent to show us the 50th — or is it 70th? — home so far.
Online tools for street and satellite mapping are easily available. Couple them with city and county resources that let you find out the permit, tax and other details about a home, and you can quickly dismiss unpromising homes — or find an overlooked gem.
And you can peer into the future by examining permits that have been issued for projects in the vicinity of your potential new home.
Web resources
Google Maps
King County for Geographic Information Systems Viewer Map Center
http://www.metrokc.gov/gis/mapportal/ PViewer_main.htm
Department of Planning and Development (DPD)
Personal eye in the sky
Microsoft made waves several years ago through Terraserver (www.terraserver-usa.com), a massive searchable database of satellite imagery. They intended it as a demonstration of their computing might, but it's awfully useful for those with no interest in machines. (The company no longer operates it directly, but it still hosts the Web site, which is regularly updated.)
Terraserver lets you enter a street address to pin a dot on their maps or enter an exact latitude and longitude such as you might gather from a GPS (global positioning satellite) receiver.
For Seattle and its environs, Terraserver typically shows three matches for any address: a set of 2002 close-in maps of urban areas at about 20 meters to the inch, a set of 1994 aerial photos at 75 meters to the inch, and topographical maps that show schematic features, terrain elevation, and landmarks.
Terraserver isn't the only mapping option: Google Maps (www.maps.google.com) can pull up street maps and satellite maps, with a link that you click to switch back and forth. But Google's satellite maps have much less detail.
Using a satellite map lets you see the context of a house you might buy that driving around might not reveal. Commercial buildings might be obvious from a car, but a landfill over a nearby ridge or a school a block away past a dead-end street would be harder to see.
It's also a terrific way to preview a house from the air. You can't examine house features, but you can see whether the house is in proximity to elements you're not interested in, such as a busy arterial or large parking lots.
Much of this information is also available from King County and the city of Seattle's Web sites but the learning curve for those tools is a bit steeper.
Laying information
King County has a little treasure in its GIS Viewer Map Center. GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems, which is a way of attaching information to maps, more or less.
GIS is typically rather elaborate and requires special expertise. King County has removed much of the complexity, but you still have to learn to follow the system's conventions.
If you visit the GIS Center by starting at www.metrokc.gov/gis/mapportal, you can quickly locate a potential house's parcel number by clicking the green "Start" arrow next to "Search by Address."
Instead of entering a street address and city, you simply enter the house number and the street name — the system is clever enough to find the right match among all the addresses in its database. If more than one address matches, you can click on the correct one.
For a single match or when you select one of a set of multiples, the map to the right of the screen updates to show that particular parcel, or county-defined section of property, along with all nearby properties. On the lower left of the Web browser, you see the current owner and links for property reports.
If you want to navigate through the map, you can click on tools at the right. I find the "Identify" tool highly useful. With this tool, I can click on any parcel in view, and the information in the lower left of the screen changes to show the owner and street address. Gathering information about nearby houses will be helpful when you try to plot out whether there's upcoming construction happening nearby.
The GIS Center also offers broader mapping tools that combine topographic data with aerial maps and parcel information: Click the Maps link on the main GIS Center page, then click the iMap link. On the iMap page, click "Start iMap."
By entering a parcel number or using a street address, you can zoom in to see detail that might help you understand a neighborhood.
For instance, enter the address of a house you might buy, and check the "Property sales in the last 3 years" box in the "Map Layers" list on the right side of the Web page. Click "Refresh Map" at the bottom. Use the "Zoom Out" tool to get a view with more properties in it.
In my Montlake neighborhood, it looks as if one quarter of all homes have been sold in three years: The blue outlines of sold property tell a story, and they can help you know if a neighborhood is in transition.
Tax and lot records
Now we move on from visual records to the more tedious but detailed property records. The city of Seattle and King County make available detailed public information about the past and present of a given lot.
By using the GIS Center described above, you can select any parcel and follow links to the Assessor's Data Report. This report shows the current owner, the last two years' of assessments and property taxes, and a fair amount of detail on the home, including interior square footage, number of baths by type (full, 1/2 and 3/4) and lot size.
You can find the last few years' worth of property tax detail by clicking the Property Tax Information link at the bottom of the assessor's report page.
The county's information isn't always up to date: My house is supposedly heated by oil, which has been untrue since at least 1980. But it's a good starting point to see what's on the tax rolls for size and find out any discrepancies between the listing, what you see in a potential house, and what the county thinks it's taxing.
Working back through the tax records lets you see how fast the house appreciated or how previous renovations or additions affected the value — up or down.
Permits by place
Househunters should be urban archaeologists who try to unearth the particular history of a home they plan to buy because so many houses in Seattle are an accretion of change and detail. My current home has had the basement stairs moved, a cantilevered room added, and we think, several interior doors moved around.
Seattle residents have access to a wealth of permit and citation information dating back to 1993. The data is provided by the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) Web site. These permits don't have long descriptions of projects, but it allows you to view a condensed history of legally approved changes.
It can alert you to changes that weren't carried out under permit and might require additional inspections for electrical, plumbing, or carpentry work. It can also disclose whether previous owners have been cited for zoning problems at the house.
Start at www.seattle.gov/dpd/Research and click the first link under "Permits" to make an exact search. The city requires that you separate out each part of the address into a separate field, including street number, directionals (like NE or S before and after the street name), and street type like Ave. or St.
All of the permits issued are listed, if any, and you can click through to read the details on each.
If you'd like to review the neighborhood and see what projects have been done, citations issued, and other contextual information, the DPD offers its own GIS service, but it requires Windows and Internet Explorer to operate.
From the DPD "Research" page, click "Maps," and the click DPD GIS. Enter the address of the house you're interested in, and then in the upper right of the window under "Using this tool" select "Select by rectangle." This lets you draw a rectangle around several parcels and receive summary information for them that you can then click through to see details.
Because so many homes in the Seattle area are being sold with no contingency for inspection — requiring either no inspection at all or a quick pre-inspection — it's more critical than ever to use every bit of research that you can have at your fingertips.
The King County and Seattle resources can't tell you whether or not to buy a house, but they can give you as much insight into the character and development of the home and neighborhood as possible.
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Printmaking, nature weaving,
finger painting, printmaking,
critters … and Koinonia!
It's an Arts and Crafts Festival
for area families
Area youngsters and their families can dabble in every fun kind of art
imaginable at the Arts and Crafts Festival on Saturday, April 21 at
Koinonia Environmental and Retreat Center. And it's free! The special
day for area students and their families is sponsored by Manchester
College's art students, its Koinonia Center and its Alumni Office.
No reservations are necessary. Children and their families can just show
up at Koinonia, about 4 miles south of Pierceton, off Indiana 13. The
festival runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. (Koinonia has
plenty of shelter.)
Participants will discover fascinating links between art and nature,
with lots of crafts, art experiences and learning stations. Activities
include paper-making, salt dough pendants, printmaking, nature weaving,
finger paining, recycled art and nature, and lots more.
The Arts and Crafts Festival also gives Manchester College students in
Jenna Oke's elementary arts and crafts course practical experience in
art lessons that incorporate nature. Participants will learn about the
community spirit of art and environmental issues. Refreshments are
available for a small fee to support the College's A Cappella Choir
performance at Carnegie Hall in May.
Koinonia Environmental and Retreat Center is about 4 miles south of U.S.
30 and Pierceton or about 12 miles north of North Manchester, off
Indiana 13. Road signs n Indiana 13 mark the way, placed north and south
of Kosciusko County Road 650 South.
Ecologically diverse, Koinonia covers about 100 acres, including a
5-acre lake, educational walks and paths, a large wetland complex with
walkway, observation decks, prairieland, and residential retreat
For more about Koinonia, contact director Rainn Lukas MacPhail at
260-982-5010 or
email@example.com, or visit the College website at
www.manchester.edu and type Koinonia into the search field.
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This classic 1947 study, the first of its kind, probes the mass popularity of the comics as well as exploring their evolution, social commentary, art forms, and genresThe Yellow Kid, Hans and Fritz Katzenjammer, Buster Brown: these were their names. A boy and a comic strip go together. A boy is packed with steaming life; so is a good strip. A boy laughs much of the time; so do the best strips. A boy has anbsp;...
|The Comics
|Coulton Waugh
|Univ. Press of Mississippi - 1947
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