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A tenancy agreement is a legal contract between you and the landlord that outlines the terms and conditions for the rental property. Most of the time when we talk about a tenancy agreement, we are referring to a written document, but a tenancy agreement can also be verbal. Although verbal tenancy agreements are covered by the Residential Tenancy Act, we do not recommend them. It is always best to sign a written agreement with your landlord in order to avoid future problems.
It is important that you understand when you have legally entered into a tenancy agreement. It may be sooner than you think. During your housing search, it may be tempting to tell a landlord that you will take a place – even though you are not 100% confident. You may think that it is smart to have a back-up place secured while you try to find a better one, but this can be a risky strategy. If you change your mind and tell the landlord that you no longer want the place, it may be too late. Legally speaking, your verbal commitment to the landlord may be considered a contract. If the landlord has evidence – for example, a witness – that you verbally agreed to rent the place, they may try to go after you for money for backing out of your commitment.
Verbal terms in tenancies apply to both tenants and landlords. If your landlord offers you something that is not included in your written tenancy agreement, it may become an official term of your tenancy, especially if you have been provided with it for an extended period of time. For example, if you are given a storage locker or parking spot at the start of your tenancy, your landlord may not be able to take that right away from you (without reducing your rent), even if those terms are not clearly written in to your tenancy agreement.
The Residential Tenancy Branch is the government department in charge of residential tenancy law in BC. The Residential Tenancy Branch does have a standard tenancy agreement form, although landlords can choose to use their own form. If a landlord decides to use their own form, it should still include all of the standard terms required by law. If you don't think the landlord's form meets the legal criteria, you could suggest using the standard form instead.
Whether the landlord uses their own form or the government form, the most important thing to understand is that a tenancy agreement is a legally-binding contract. Be sure to read the entire agreement before signing it. Once the agreement is signed, neither the tenant nor the landlord can make changes unless both agree in writing. If your landlord attempts to change the agreement after it has been signed, you can inform them that that is not allowed. See TRAC's template letter, Change to Tenancy Agreement.
Your landlord is required to give you a copy within 21 days after signing. Make sure to keep it in a safe place. If you do not receive a copy within 21 days, you can use our template letter – Request for a Copy of Tenancy Agreement.
Although verbal agreements are covered under the Residential Tenancy Act, your landlord should still provide you with a written tenancy agreement. Every tenancy agreement is supposed to include:
- The standard terms (listed on the standard Residential Tenancy Branch tenancy agreement)
- The names of the tenant and landlord
- The address of the rental unit
- The date the agreement is entered into
- The address and telephone number of the landlord or landlord's agent
- The date the tenancy will start
- The tenancy period – whether it is on a weekly, monthly, or other basis
- If a fixed term tenancy, the date the tenancy ends and whether the tenancy may continue as a month-to-month tenancy, or whether the tenant must move out
- The amount of rent
- How much rent varies depending on the number of occupants
- When rent is due
- What services and facilities are included in rent
- The amount of security deposit or pet deposit required, and the date it was or must be paid
Illegal Terms
The Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) says that landlords and tenants cannot agree to avoid or contract out of the RTA. In other words, if you agree to an illegal term as part of your tenancy agreement, you don't have to follow it. For example, a landlord cannot include a term that allows them to inspect your place at any time without giving proper notice. This is because the law clearly states that landlords must give proper notice in writing before entering a rental unit. If your landlord tries to have you agree to an illegal term, you should notify them in writing that they are acting illegally. See TRAC's template letter, Response to Illegal Term in Tenancy Agreement.
Landlords also can't include terms in a tenancy agreement that are "unconscionable." According to the Residential Tenancy Branch's Policy Guideline #8 – Unconscionable and Material Terms, a term is unconscionable if it is "oppressive or grossly unfair to one party." An example of an unconscionable term would be a landlord making a tenant pay for electricity, gas, or other utilities for units they do not occupy.
- Is the tenancy month-to-month or fixed-term?
In BC there are two types of tenancies – month-to-month tenancies (periodic) and fixed-term tenancies (often called "leases"). A month-to-month tenancy does not have a specific end date. The tenancy continues until the tenant gives notice to move out, or until the landlord has a valid reason to end the tenancy.
A fixed term tenancy – often called a "lease" – has a specific end date, most commonly after one-year. If you are entering into a fixed term tenancy, you'll need to pay close attention to what the tenancy agreement says will happen at the end of the term. There are two possibilities:
- The tenancy agreement says you must vacate at the end of the fixed term: This type of "vacate clause" can only be used in limited circumstances listed in the Residential Tenancy Regulation. If you have this type of tenancy agreement, you must move out at the end of the term and you are not entitled to any compensation.
- The tenancy may continue on a month-to-month or another fixed term basis: You and your landlord have the option to extend your tenancy agreement for another fixed term. However, if you prefer your tenancy continue on a month-to-month basis, your landlord cannot force you to renew the agreement on a fixed term basis, and your tenancy will instead renew on a month-to-month basis. If you would like to move out at the end of the fixed term, you must provide your landlord with one full month notice in writing.
- The tenancy agreement does not say what will happen at the end of the fixed term: If your tenancy agreement is silent on the matter, it will automatically continue on a month-to-month basis. Again, if you would like to move out at the end of the fixed term, you must provide your landlord with one full month notice in writing.
- How much is the rent, when is it due, and how should it be paid?
Paying rent in full and on time is a tenant's most important responsibility. Being even one day late paying rent can lead to an eviction notice. Ask your landlord how they would like to receive rent, and make sure you pay it by the due date – usually the 1st of each month.
You'll also want to check if the rent will increase if another person moves in with you. Landlords are allowed to increase the rent if an additional person moves in, but only if the tenancy agreement states how much it will increase by.
- What is included in the rent?
Remember, there may be extra costs in addition to your basic rent. Does your tenancy agreement include the appliances and amenities that are important to you? Laundry? Parking? Storage? Utilities?
- Have you asked your landlord about unique requirements?
Are there special rules or policies about pets, smoking, roommates or accessibility? These are not mandatory terms that all tenants and landlords need to discuss, but for some tenants these will be very important factors to consider.
- Does your tenancy agreement include any fees?
Look for any fees that your landlord has included in your tenancy agreement. For example, if you have a "liquidated damages" clause and you end your tenancy early, you may have to pay the costs associated with re-renting your unit. Or, if you will be living in a strata property, you may have to pay move-in and move-out fees. Remember what we said about paying rent being a tenant's number one responsibility? Well the law allows a landlord to charge a $25 fee for late payment of rent if the tenancy agreement includes a term about that.
A month-to-month tenancy does not have a specific end date. The tenancy continues until the tenant gives notice to move out, or until the landlord has a valid reason to end the tenancy.
Ending the Tenancy
You are required to give one full month written notice. For example, if you want to move out on July 31st, you must give written notice by no later than June 30th. See our page on Moving Out for more information. Remember that service provisions also apply when giving your landlord written notice. Your landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy for various reasons, but also must give you proper notice in writing. See our page on Evictions for more information.
Raising the Rent
Your landlord may raise the rent by the allowable annual amount (set out in the Residential Tenancy Regulation) once every 12 months. The rate is established each year based on the formula = inflation + 2%. See our Rent Increases page for more information.
Sometimes tenants are allowed to temporarily transfer their tenancy agreement to a new tenant. For example, if a tenant would like to travel for a few months but not end their tenancy, they can their landlord for permission to allow a new tenant (e.g. friend or family member) to live in their unit and pay rent until their return. See our page on Sublet and Assignment for more information.
For month-to-month tenancies, tenants must get their landlord's written permission before subletting, and a landlord is not required to allow a sublet.
A fixed-term tenancy, often referred to as a "lease", has a specified start and end date. The tenancy agreement should state what will happen at the end of the term. The possible outcomes are:
- The tenant may remain in the rental unit and the tenancy continues as a month-to-month tenancy
- The tenant is required to move out
- The tenancy agreement says that the tenant must move out at the end of the term, but the landlord allows the tenant to stay if they sign a brand new tenancy agreement
If a fixed-term tenancy agreement does not specify what will happen at the end of the term, it automatically continues on a month-to-month basis.
Ending the Tenancy
Unless your landlord has breached (did not follow) a material term of the tenancy agreement, you are not allowed to end the tenancy before the end of the fixed-term. A material term is a term so important that a breach of that term would mean the tenancy could not reasonably continue.
It is important to understand what your agreement says about what happens at the end of the fixed-term. If your agreement does not require you to move out at the end of the fixed-term, you must give one full month's notice if you intend to move out at the end of the term. If your agreement does require you to move out at the end of the term, then you have already established the move out date and do not need to give your landlord written notice.
You and your landlord may end the tenancy early if you both agree in writing. You should use the Residential Tenancy Branch's Mutual Agreement to End Tenancy form.
If you do not fulfill your legal responsibilities as a tenant, your landlord can issue you a 10 Day Eviction Notice for Non-Payment of Rent or a One Month Eviction Notice for Cause. They are not, however, allowed to issue you a Two Month Eviction Notice for Landlord Use of Property.
By signing a fixed-term tenancy agreement, you are entering into a legal contract to pay rent until the end of the term. If you are unable to pay rent, or decide to move out early, you may face significant financial consequences. For example, if your landlord is unable to rent your unit to someone else, or if they are only able to rent it at a lower rate, you could be responsible for the losses they incur.
If you need to end your fixed-term tenancy early, see our page on Breaking a Lease for more information.
Liquidated Damages
Some fixed-term tenancies have a liquidated damages term. This is a term that says that the tenant must pay a certain amount of money if they end their fixed-term tenancy early. The amount is meant to be an estimate of the costs the landlord will incur by having to re-rent the unit (advertising costs, showing the unit to prospective tenants, etc.), and is usually not allowed to be an automatic forfeiture of the security deposit.
Raising the Rent
Some fixed-term tenancy agreements require the tenant to move out at the end of the term. If this is the case, the landlord will usually require the tenant to sign a new tenancy agreement if they wish to continue living there. Because this may be considered a brand new tenancy, the landlord may be allowed to set the rent at any new amount. TRAC does not support this practice, as it can be used as a strategy to avoid the rent control provisions set out in the Residential Tenancy Act. If your landlord tries to do this, we would love to hear from you – give us a call!
Some fixed-term tenancy agreements state that the tenancy will continue on a month-to-month basis at the end of the term. If this is the case, your landlord is only allowed to raise rent by the allowable annual rate, which is established each year based on the formula = inflation + 2%. See our page on Rent Increases for more information.
Sublet and Assignment
Sometimes tenants are allowed to either temporarily or permanently transfer their tenancy agreement to a new tenant. See our page on Sublet and Assignment for more information.
Landlords may not unreasonably deny a tenant the right to sublet or assign a rental unit if is the tenancy agreement is for a fixed-term of at least 6 months. However, you are still required to get your landlord's written permission before subletting or assigning. Your landlord is allowed to issue a One Month Eviction Notice for Cause if you sublet or assign your unit without their permission.
Acceleration Terms Not Allowed
An acceleration term is a term in a fixed-term tenancy agreement that requires the tenant to pay all remaining months' rent if they end their fixed-term tenancy early or breach a term of the agreement. This is illegal. According to Section 5 of the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA), a landlord is not allowed to avoid or contract out of the RTA.
- RTA Section 5 – This Act Cannot be Avoided
- RTA Section 6- Enforcing Rights and Obligations of Landlords and Tenants
- RTA Part 2 Division 1 – Creating a Tenancy Agreement
- RTA Part 2 Division 2 – Other Specific Terms in a Tenancy Agreement
- RTR Part 2- Requirements for Tenancy Agreements
- RTR Schedule- Standard Terms
- RTA Section 44 – How a tenancy ends
- RTA Part 3 – Rent increases
- RTA Section 22 – Acceleration terms prohibited
- Policy Guideline #4 – Liquidated Damages
- Policy Guideline #8 – Unconscionable and Material Terms
- Policy Guideline #19 – Assignment and Sublet
- Policy Guideline #20 – Illegal Contracts
- Policy Guideline #30 – Fixed-Term Tenancies
- Policy Guideline #37 – Rent Increases
- Residential Tenancy Agreement
- Tenant Survival Guide Chapter 2 – Making Your Agreement


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How To Write an Effective Tweet
Twitter is an important component of any online marketing strategy. It provides a unique way to interact with your customers and it can be an effective way to distribute your marketing message. The most effective Twitter marketing campaigns are built on well written tweets. With Twitter, you only have 140 characters to make an impact, including any links, so you need to make those characters count.
Keep the Length Down
Tweets are short by definition, with only 140 characters, but don't go all the way to the limit. Leave a few characters spare so people retweeting can add their own comments. Retweeters may want to introduce you to their followers to encourage their followers to click on your link. If you don't give them the space to do so then you'll lose a valuable marketing opportunity.
Use Keywords in Your Tweets
Twitter is indexed by search engines, and you need keywords to get indexed. Right now though, you're more likely to get hits from internal Twitter searches. Let searchers find you by including relevant keywords in your tweets. Use the keywords early so they are the first things to pop up in the search results. Sometimes the end of a tweet is cut off, so keywords placed towards the end of the search result aren't displayed. Write the keywords first, then the link.
Avoid Abbreviating
Don't abbreviate in your Tweets. People often scan through their Twitter feed and they won't bother stopping to figure out what an abbreviation means. Instead, figure out a way to write your message using the space you have available without confusing people by using an ambiguous abbreviation. You may need to re-word a blog post title or a webpage title, but don't ever abbreviate it.
Effective Summarization
When you post a link, create an accurate and entertaining description of the link to tweet along with it. Make the description engaging enough that people want to retweet it before they've clicked on the link. If the link is great too, then you have the formula for a viral Tweet which could be retweeted several times. These tweets gain you exposure, as well as potential new followers.
Reply Effectively
When you reply to someone else's tweet, include a meaningful comment as well. Things like "I agree," and "yeah," don't make great responses; if someone logs in a day or even a week later, they won't know what you're referring to. Instead, make sure you include something about what you're agreeing with or what you think was interesting. You're trying to make a connection, so make sure you get the attention you want from the folks you're talking to.
There are some rules to writing a great tweet, but the content and style vary from audience to audience. Measure your engagement through the number of retweets and the number of visits to your links, and adjust your writing style until it is as effective as it can be for your audience. Twitter can be a very effective marketing medium when used correctly and the better you can write your tweets, the more effective your Twitter campaign will be.

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Tea Box Express Subscription Box Review + Coupon – July 2016
Tea Box Express is a monthly box of tea goodies! Rather than just having tea and nothing else, you'll get a few edible treats and accessories as well.
This box was sent to us for review purposes. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes).
The Subscription Box: Tea Box Express
The Cost: $25.50 for month-to-month, $74 for 3 months, and $139 for 6 months. Shipping is $5.99/month.
COUPON: Use coupon code MSA20 for 20% off your first month!
The Products: Quality teas, edible goodies like cookies, and a couple of accessories
Ships to: US
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There wasn't a traditional information card with this box but there was a card with a link to find out more about the items in the box.
Grey Ghost Bakery Chocolate Cayenne Cookies (1.4 oz) – Value $2
Chocolate and cayenne actually go really well together. I just ate these plain (well, OK, shared with my husband since I am counting calories) but I think they would go really well with some Maya Crio-Bru.
Grey Ghost Bakery Molasses Spice Cookies (1.4 oz) – Value $2
About the only way I can take molasses is in cookies like this. These remind me of fall and cooler weather for some reason (perhaps just wishful thinking, since it has been in the 90s all week here).
Grey Ghost Bakery Almond Toffee Cookies (1.4 oz) – Value $2
I think these were my favorites of the cookies. I was surprised as I didn't think I was a toffee fan, but these may have changed my mind about that!
Oliver Pluff & Co. Blackberry Black Tea Blend (3 oz) – Value $12.95
This is a loose black tea blend. The fruit is really subtle and almost present more as an aftertaste. I think I am on my third cup of the day of this as I write this review. I have taken this to work and it will probably be gone in under a month.
Here's what the loose tea looks like.
And here it is brewed. Please forgive the kitchen counter clutter in the background of the photo.
Oliver Pluff & Co. Cacao Mint Tea (1.5 oz) – Value $10
This is a caffeine-free tea with only two ingredients – cacao and mint! I love the flavor although I don't think I used quite enough the first time around. I'll be trying it again soon at higher strength.
Fox Run Brands Metal Tea Strainer – Value $7.71
I have like a half dozen of these. I think I will bring it in to the office so I have an extra one there. The price seems a bit high for this type of item but that is what it is selling for on Amazon. (Not from a third party seller, either.)
Here is the loose tea.
And here is the tea brewed. (This is the cup that was too weak. I expect it'll have a little darker color next time.)
Verdict: I calculated a value of $36.66 for the July Tea Box Express. That is a little better than the monthly price plus shipping, and I never would have discovered either the cookies or the tea brand without this box – now I'm a big fan of both! I drink a lot of tea every day and so does my husband, so a subscription like this would be totally worth the price for my household.
What did you think of Tea Box Express? Do you get any tea subscriptions?


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It is essential for academic institutions to take a real and active interest in supporting refugee education, especially given that higher education is not usually included in the services provided by humanitarian agencies during conflicts. Universities can – and have the responsibility to – work to change stereotypes about refugees that portray them as a burden and a problem, rather than what they really are: human beings trying to survive, to work and to bring something of value to their host communities. Read more.


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Someone could help me, I'm trying to send more than one item from a trigger and not like composing my payload.
I have 3 values and need to send them to my website from a trigger ... any suggestions.
Send multiples values in trigger
Posted 01 August 2016 - 09:05 PM
Someone could help me, I'm trying to send more than one item from a trigger and not like composing my payload.
Posted 03 October 2016 - 04:01 PM
I noticed no one has replied to this query. Given that this is now 2 months old, I am not sure if this is still of use.
So for the benefit of others...
My suggestion is for you to look at some of the tutorials on carriots website. Here is one example: https://www.carriots...hers_APIs/ifttt
Within this page, you will find the following code:
import com.carriots.sdk.utils.BasicHttp; import groovy.json.JsonOutput; import groovy.json.JsonSlurper; def Http = new BasicHttp(); Http.url = "https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/Tutorial/with/key/{MAKER CHANNEL KEY}"; Http.verb ="POST"; def content = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]; Http.headers = content; def payload = [ "value1" : context.data.temperature, "value2" : context.data.humidity ]; Http.payload= JsonOutput.toJson(payload); Http.send();
You will change Http.url to match your website.
The above example uses POST so on your website script you will need to handle this.
See "payload" this has two values. You will simply add a third.
Then next is to convert to Json using "JsonOutput.toJson(payload)"
Then you can send.
Then in your website script you will need to decode the json.
Hope that helps.
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Would you believe she's 50?
A Knoxville, Tennessee RN was the winner of a makeover contest sponsored by a local salon and spa.
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Celtics' loss has them facing elimination
Cavaliers can end Boston's season by winning on Sunday
LeBron James scored 31 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved one win away from a sweep in their first playoff series in five years with a 103-95 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.
The scrappy Celtics kept it close, just as they did in the previous two games, and trailed 95-92 after Evan Turner hit a 3-pointer with 2:45 left. But Kevin Love hit two 3-pointers for a 101-93 lead with 26 seconds to go.
Cleveland can complete the sweep of the best-of-seven, first-round series Sunday in Boston. No NBA team has won a series after trailing 3-0.
Turner had 19 points and Avery Bradley added 18 while Isaiah Thomas managed just five points after scoring 22 in the first two games.
Love had 23 points and J.R. Smith added 15 for the Cavaliers.
James finished with 11 rebounds and Love had nine.
Bulls 113, Bucks 106 (2 OT): Derrick Rose scored 34 points, Jimmy Butler added 24 and Chicago beat Milwaukee in double overtime to take a 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Butler got the second overtime off to a rousing start, intercepting a backcourt pass from Giannis Antetokounmpo and racing in for a layup. It set the tone for an 8-0 run that gave Chicago a 109-101 lead with 2:44 left to finally shake the pesky Bucks. Rose atoned for a missed free throw with four seconds left in regulation that left the game tied. He scored six points in the second overtime, including a layup off an offensive rebound with 2:15 left for a 10-point lead. Milwaukee went scoreless for more than six minutes between the first and second overtimes. Game 4 is Saturday at Milwaukee.
Tops on defense: San Antonio forward Kawhi Leonard has been named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Injuries limited Leonard to 64 games this season. But he still managed to make an enormous impact, especially on defense. Leonard is just the sixth forward to lead the league in steals per game since the NBA started tracking the statistic 42 years ago. He averaged 2.3 steals per game and helped the Spurs finish third in defensive rating with 99.6 points allowed per 100 possessions. Leonard garnered 333 total points in the voting, including 37 first-place votes. Golden State forward Draymond Green finished a close second with 317 points, including 45 first-place votes.


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Lizzibeth caters to all ages with an array of clothing, jewelry, handbags and scarves. Almost all merchandise is under $100 and is selected with affordable, quality and stylish satisfaction in mind. In hopes to keep your retail therapy bill low each month, almost all jewelry is under $40 while still upholding the Lizzibeth product standards of timeless, quality pieces. Lizzibeth knows that all women can be uniquely stylish and the handpicked pieces reflect that level where fun meets versatility.


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With a reputation built on solid bar food and plenty of drinks at spots such as The Irish Oak and Jack's Bar and Grill, Big Onion Tavern Group is at it again with its new Southern-inspired hangout Derby. The Lincoln Park bar and restaurant sits in the larger-than-it-looks space that used to hold Charlie's Ale House. While we don't tend to crave mint julips in the winter, we decided to give it a go, stopping by the sports-focused spot on a recent Thursday night for a late dinner and drinks.


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Swissvax Mirage
Swissvax Mirage is a general purpose premium wax from Swissvax that delivers an outstanding finish characterised by intense richness, amazing water beading and a liquid-like level of glossiness. Like most natural carnauba waxes, it falls down a little bit in terms of reflectivity and flake pop, but more than makes up for this in terms of durability; a lifespan of up to three months per application is to be expected, and this can be extended by a month or two if it is layered from the outset. In terms of suitability, we favour using Swissvax Mirage on all solid-coloured finishes due to the intense richness it imparts, although in truth it delivers a great looking finish on most colours.
Swissvax Mirage is a premium wax from the broad Swissvax wax portfolio that is suitable for all modern paint types and colours. Containing 40% pure Brazilian No.1 carnauba by volume enriched with avocado oil and tropical fruit extracts, this wax provides long-lasting all year round protection and produces a rich, streak-free, high gloss finish with excellent water beading characteristics.
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This 'Warwickshire' Nickel Plated trophy is handmade in Britain using traditional methods and only the finest materials. Each trophy is tarnish free and comes mounted onto a beautifully finished wood composite base incorporating a nickel plated plinthband. The plinthband supplied with this award makes this trophy an ideal choice if perpetual engraving is required.
These classic trophies are available in 3 sizes, from 9.5 inches, to an impressive 13.75 inches high. They are ideal for engraving in 2 areas, the "Trophy Body" and the "Plinthband".
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Green's an Ironman in More Ways Than One
BOSTON – The scar that runs down the center of Jeff Green's chest is a daily reminder of the challenges he faced in the past. The challenges he's overcome.
The challenges that turned him into a real-life version of Ironman.
Green reached a crossroads in his career in December of 2011, shortly after he signed a brand new contract with the Boston Celtics. During a routine physical to complete the contract, doctors discovered an aortic aneurysm that would require Green to undergo open-heart surgery.
Green went under the knife on Jan. 9, 2012 under the careful eye of Dr. Lars Svensson at the Cleveland Clinic. When he awoke from the surgery, his NBA career was in doubt.
Prior to Green, there had been only three NBA players in the previous decade who had undergone open-heart surgeries during their playing days. Two of them, Ronny Turiaf and Etan Thomas, returned to be rotational players in the league. The third, Fred Hoiberg, called it a career after undergoing surgery.
No offense to Turiaf, Thomas and Hoiberg, but Green wanted to accomplish more on the court than they had post-surgery. Hanging up his sneakers wasn't an option. The only option in his mind was to return to the court and continue his ascension into the upper echelon of NBA players.
Fast-forward to two years later and Green is well on his way. He just completed his best season as a pro, averaging a team- and career-best 16.9 points per game. Green also set new career marks in field goal attempts and free throw attempts per game.
Those numbers, however, aren't what make him an Ironman. This number does: 169.
Green returned to regular season action on Oct. 30, 2012, nearly 10 months after Dr. Svensson had opened him up and sewn him back together. He's been conjuring up thoughts of the original Iron Horse ever since.
The Iron Horse, of course, would be Lou Gehrig, who was given the moniker after playing in 2,130 consecutive Major League Baseball games. Green is nowhere near that mark, nor is he close to the NBA record of 1,192 consecutive games played, but he has been unbelievably durable since his return. The Boston Celtics have played 169 games over their past two seasons. So has Green.
The 27-year-old has not missed a single game since returning to action for the 2012-13 season. That's 169 straight games, including 105 starts. He pulled off the impressive feat of starting in all 82 games this season. No one has done that in a Celtics uniform in nearly a decade, since Paul Pierce did so back in 2004-05.
Remember, this isn't just any streak of consecutive games played. Green has played in 169 straight games after returning from open-heart surgery. From open-heart surgery!
Green's comeback has been one for the ages. An Ironman-type comeback. He has played in 169 consecutive NBA games, and he also has the scar to boot.


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Heidi Klum rocks a Roberto Cavalli gown at the 2012 amfAR New York Gala on Wednesday (February 8) at NYC's Cipriani Wall Street.
The day before, the 38-year-old Project Runway host was spotted at LAX Airport catching a flight to Manhattan from Los Angeles.
"Hi everyone, I want to thank u for all your support & kind words," Heidi, who split from Seal last month, recently tweeted. "Really means so much. Thanks again…to the best fans in the world! xoHeidi."
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From US Lacrosse
Top-seeded Yellow Jackets Blue wanted to sting quickly in the girls' gold medal game of the US Lacrosse U15 National Championships against Long Island rival and second-seeded Top Guns 2018, and did it ever.
Attacker Jennifer Medjid score three of her game-high four goals in the first 4:25, and these class of 2018 Jackets, silver medalists a year ago, saw their quest for the gold through with an 11-3 win at the River City Sportsplex today in nMidlothian, Va.
The offensive explosion cemented a spot on the Lacrosse Magazine All-Tournament Team (below) for Medjid, who has given a verbal commitment to Boston College, and it secured a second consecutive and fourth overall national title for the Yellow Jackets.
"This feels so great to get the gold medal," said Yellow Jackets Blue midfielder Hannah Dorney, who added a goal and two assists in the final and likewise earned all-tournament honors. "Our motto was 'refuse to lose.'"
Medjid scored on successive assists from Taylyn Stadler, Madison Sanchez and Dorney as Yellow Jackets Blue dissected a previously stout Top Guns 2018 defense. And though all-tournament honorees Anna Kaufmann and Erin Tierney eventually settled the Guns' defense enough to preserve a 5-1 halftime deficit, Top Guns 2018 struggled to gain possession and solve future Florida goalie Sarah Reznick (three saves).
Yellow Jackets Blue again struck quickly in the second half, as Dorney fed Meaghan Tyrell just 90 seconds in and Sanchez scored unassisted at 16:10. Shannon Maroney played goalie in the second half for Yellow Jackets Blue, stopping four shots as her squad ground out the 11-3 win. Nicollete LaVista scored twice for Top Guns 2018.
"We wanted to get a quick jump on them," said Yellow Jackets coach Carol Rainson Rose. "You get a few quick goals and you can really build confidence from there."
Rose, the head coach at Northport (N.Y.) High, has presided over each of the Yellow Jackets' four national championships. And for the second straight year, her program claimed multiple medals, as Yellow Jackets White hung on for a 9-7 win over Sky Walkers 2018 (Md.) in the third-place game.
"The best part is seeing their faces; they just love to be together," Rose said. "They're good kids, and they work very hard."
Hard enough, and fast enough, to be national champions, again.
Box Score
Top Guns 2018 1+2=3
Yellow Jackets Blue 5+6=11
Top Guns 2018 Goals: Nicollete LaVista 2, Shannon Brazier. Yellow Jackets Blue Goals: Jennifer Medjid 4, Taylyn Stadler 2, Madison Sanchez 2, Hannah Dorney, Cassidy Weeks, Meaghan Tyrrell.
Top Guns 2018 Assists: Shannon Berry, Kate Mulham. Yellow Jackets Blue Assists: Madison Sanchez 2, Hannah Dorney 2, Taylyn Stadler, Camryn Harloff, Jennifer Medjid.
Top Guns 2018 Goalies: Jessica Smith 30 mins., 2 saves, 5 GA, Brianna Blatter 30 mins., 0 saves, 6 GA. Yellow Jackets Blue Goalies: Sarah Reznick 30 mins., 3 saves, 1 GA, Shannon Maroney 30 mins., 4 saves, 2 GA.
Third-Place Game
Caroline DeBellis and Jennifer Barry scored two goals each in the first half as Yellow Jackets White (N.Y.) jumped out to a 6-2 halftime lead and hung on for a 9-7 win over Sky Walkers 2018 (Md.) to win the bronze medal. Goalie Claire Morris nearly shut out the Marylanders in the opening frame, but Tayler Warehime and Julia Henry each scored with less than a minute left to set the stage for Sky Walkers' comeback. That was fueled by a hat trick from all-tournament honoree Elizabeth Hillman, whose last goal at 3:50 provided the final margin.
In the Top Guns 2018-Yellow Jackets White semifinal, defender Erin Tierney came up with a big caused turnover at the 1:45 mark, and the Top Guns were successfully able to play keep away against YJ White's double-teaming for the 6-5 win. Olivia Carner scored twice for YJ White, which led 4-3 at the half. Kate Mulham scored three for Top Guns 2018, and Shannon Brazier scored the game-winner with 3:16 to play.
In the other semifinal, Yellow Jackets Blue used a hat trick by Madison Rielly to neutralize that of Sky Walker Caitlynn Mossman and salt away the 8-5 win. YJ Blue controlled the clock for much of the second half to limit Sky Walker chances, and goalie Sarah Reznick finished with four saves.
Washington won the event's sportsmanship award.
Today's Scores
#1 Yellow Jackets Blue (N.Y.) 8, #4 Sky Walkers 2018 (Md.) 5
#2 Top Guns 2018 (N.Y.) 6, #6 Yellow Jackets White 5
Championship Game
#1 Yellow Jackets Blue (N.Y.) 11, #2 Top Guns 2018 (N.Y.) 3
Third-Place Game
Yellow Jackets White (N.Y.) 9, Sky Walkers 2018 (Md.) 7
Sportsmanship Award
Lacrosse Magazine All-Tournament Team
Saige-Lyn Gidzinski, A, Ultimate Elite (Pa./N.J.)
Isabelle Smith, A, Yellow Jackets White (N.Y.)
Jennifer Medjid, A, Yellow Jackets Blue (N.Y.)
Maggie Aumiller, M, Integrity Green (Md.)
Elizabeth Hillman, M, Sky Walkers 2018 (Md.)
Madison Rielly, M, Yellow Jackets Blue (Md.)
Kasey Choma, M, Yellow Jackets Gold (N.Y.)
Cassidy Weeks, M, Yellow Jackets Blue (N.Y.)
Hannah Dorney, M, Yellow Jackets Blue (N.Y.)
Anna Kaufmann, D, Top Guns 2018 (N.Y.)
Erin Tierney, D, Top Guns 2018 (N.Y.)
Sarah Reznick, G, Yellow Jackets Blue (N.Y.)
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Big Succes .. Sort off?
Today was one of those days where I logged in and actually did something different than just sitting in station, looking at my orders and spinning my ships. I logged in, and did what I've been telling myself to do for a while. Go out on a roam. Few corporation members were going to go
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A good day to blow things up.
Yesterday was a fun day on EvE. Not only did I receive a few evemails about joining WH corps, I also tried out something new. Let's talk about that first. What did I do? Well in a spur of the moment I decided to try and get the last Interbus Custom Office in our system
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There are many ways that I know to input data in Evernote:
- through the apps (desktop, mobile or web)
- by web clipping from a browser
- by mail
- from Twitter
- from outside apps such as a news reader, a scanner app or a Twitter client
On this episode we are going to focus on how to send by mail any content to your Evernote account. To do so you just need to know your secret Evernote mail address.
Where to find it:
- Windows: Select Account Info from the Tools menu; your email address will appear below "Email notes to".
- Mac: Select Preferences from the Evernote application menu and browse to the Account Info tab.
- iPhone: Tap All Notes the Settings at the top left; scroll down and tap Evernote email address under Settings.
- iPad: Tap the Settings gear button at the bottom right; scroll down and tap Evernote email address under Settings.
- Android: Tap the Evernote menu, select Settings and scroll down until you see Evernote email address.
Don't share it unless you want people to send material in your account. You might want to do this though. Example: my wife knows my secret address and can send documents to my account.
In case you need to change this secret address you can change it.
How the note is created:
- write a mail, the subject of your mail is the title of your note, by default it is added to your default notebook. The body of your mail is the note.
- optionnally, add in the subject @notebookname #tag
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Address: 255 Beach Road Mountain Princess Huyen Tran Ngu Hanh Son District Da Nang, Vietnam
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Resort Sandy Beach Non Nuoc Da Nang is located on the campus of 17 hectares stretching along Non Nuoc Beach. Nestled on the majestic mountains and the Marble City and Da Nang International Airport 15 km, Sandy Beach Resort Da Nang Mountain is located very convenient to get to Hoi An, (18 km) My Son Sanctuary (65 km) and the ancient capital of Hue (110 km). Red Beach Resort & Spa (4 stars) - Xuan Thieu beach Address: Nguyen Tat Thanh Hoa Hiep Nam, Lien Chieu Str. Da Nang, Vietnam/
Artwork: "Helping you choose the resort, good quality hotels in Da Nang"
Red Beach is the first and only resort is located in Da Nang bay, with white sandy beaches, blue water, where cool breezes of Danang people and tourists in the summer, that knows not haphazard which Danang Bay is also known as Thanh Binh beautiful bay. Located in the area have the most beautiful beaches on the Gulf of Da Nang, Red beach resort currently has 48 standard rooms 4 star, with each BUNGGALOW own design direction the garden to create a new feel that friendly. Hotel Kay (3 stars) - Han River Address: 357 Tran Hung Dao Street, Son Tra district, city. Da Nang Notes: Located only 200m Han River Bridge and venue of the annual fireworks 800m. 10 minutes drive from Danang International Airport and Danang station to the hotel.
The hotel is situated on the banks of the Han River Kay should be very convenient for you to sightseeing or shopping ... Kay 3-star hotel is luxurious and modern with full amenities. hotel with 52 rooms, 1 restaurant, 1 meeting room and 1 coffee bar terrace. From the room, you can enjoy the Han River and the beautiful coast of Da Nang. Hotel Sao Minh City (3 stars) - Han River Address: 137 Nguyen Du Street, Da Nang Sao Minh City hotel located in the heart Hai Chau district administration Danang.
The hotel consists of 8 floors, 45 rooms equipped with high-grade, 100-seat restaurant located on 8th floor where guests can panoramic sea view East, Son Tra Mountain and the majestic peaks Bana. From the hotel guests can walk to the luxurious restaurants, amusement parks as dangcing, kakaoke to relax or stroll on the promenade along the banks of the Han River to enjoy the fresh air and admire the famous bridge such as the Han River Bridge and Thuan Phuoc Bridge shimmering at night the city of Da Nang. Truong Son Tung Hotel (3 Star) - My Khe Beach Address: Cu 2 expansion, Phuoc My, Son Tra District st. Da Nang, Vietnam Note: From the hotel, you just go across the road to the next Paracel the beach Pham Van Dong (My Khe Beach). If you want to visit, you'll take about thirty minutes to visit the ancient town of Hoi An, Marble and Ba Na Mountain.


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Community Engagement Center (CEC)
Application Deadline for Study Abroad is THIS FRIDAY
Please reach out to your advisees and give them a gentle nudge that the application deadline for all the programs for this summer and next year is Friday, January 11, 2013. They need to have their online application submitted (www.augustana.edu/plus) and their $300 deposit turned in to the Business Office (Sorensen 2nd Floor) by Friday in order to be considered for selection to all programs. Application instructions are available on the website for each program or at www.augustana.edu/international.
Coffee & Conversation
Join your colleagues on Thursdays at 9:00 AM in the CEC space in Sorensen Hall for Coffee and Conversation. Enjoy a hot cup of Starbucks coffee ($1.50 for a 12 oz. cup of coffee, FREE for the first 10 people). Indulge in a sweet treat. Stop by as you are able. We look forward to seeing you!


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Across the UK, as an austerity-minded government is cutting public services and social programs, a grassroots movement has emerged demanding that the corporations, banks and superrich individuals who caused the global economic crisis in the first place pay their fair share of taxes.
As Johann Hari reported in his recent Nation article, "How to Build a Progressive Tea Party," a group calling itself UK Uncut has occupied the storefronts of corporations and banks across the UK, demanding that these offenders pay their "membership fee for a civilized society."
UK Uncut has changed the nature of the debate in Great Britain successfully channeling popular outrage and unrest over severe budget cuts and service shortfalls toward the rightful causes of the problems.
In this country, UK Uncut's example, as described in Hari's piece, has struck a chord with American citizens, and the newly-founded grassroots group US Uncut has planned its first actions for this Saturday, February 26, at Bank of America locations across the country. (Why BoA? It received $45 billion in government bailout funds while funneling its tax dollars into 115 separate offshore tax havens.)
"The $3 in my wallet is more than ExxonMobil, GE and Bank of America paid in taxes last year, combined," said Carl Gibson, founder of US Uncut. "There's a direct connection between corporate tax dodging and what's happening to real people's lives. Because of overseas tax havens and other tax loopholes, US corporations are making profits in America but barely paying taxes here. If we close those loopholes, we wouldn't have to be cutting back on firefighters, library hours and student loans."
Check the US Uncut website for information on when and where protests will take place and consider joining demonstrators to demand an end to the corrupt system that allows corporations to go untaxed while services and programs for low- and middle-income Americans are savagely cut.
There are currently more than four dozen actions planned coast to coast.
In Washington, DC protesters will meet at the corner of 19th and N Streets NW promptly at 10:00 am where instructions and guidelines will be given for a "light hearted, fun, and creative" action featuring a "teacher" will give a brief "lesson" about corporate tax avoidance to BoK customers and employees. Desired props include graduation caps and librarian glasses!


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Life Space Cabins is part of the Carpenter Oak group and can take your dream space from the back of a napkin to a fully formed, watertight structure that has your needs and input along every step of the way. Offering a complete build solution for your cabin, garden room, studio: anything you can imagine. We have a portfolio of completed cabin projects to inspire, but love to work with your ideas to create new concepts that cater to where the project will be and what you will use it for.
Built to our usual high specifications, these spaces are comfortable and cosy all year round and can be used for a variety of uses. Typically, these wooden cabins don't require planning permission or building regulations, meaning that you can be inspired and then have your new space easily and quickly in your garden. You dream it, we'll build it.
Take a look at the gallery below and visit Life Space Cabins to see what's possible, or call us on 01364 705 057 to discuss the first step to creating the perfect space.


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Taliesin: Spring Green, Wisconsin
What kind of Frank Lloyd Wright fan would I be if I didn't have my Taliesin photos up on my web site??? A forgetful one. In all the moving and re-organizing that we've done around the house, I lost a box that had most of my Taliesin photos in it.
A Few Interior Photos
2004 Photos
River Terrace Visitor's center.
We traveled to Wisconsin in mid April. This is a great time to visit. The weather is wonderful and the trees are green and lush. The flowers are starting to come out and it is nice and cool. The down side of coming in April is that regular tours at Taliesin East do not start until May 1. There wasn't a way to re-schedule this trip, since it was in conjunction with a work junket I was on, so we saw what we could.
View from the meadow
View from the hill.
Looking up at the Wright's bedroom wing.
The basic tour that was available gave us a nice drive around the grounds. We got to see a lot of the buildings from the tour bus. At the end of the tour we got to walk around the main Taliesin home and buildings and tour the living room. The guide was wonderful and introduced us to many of the people (and felines) that we met.
From the meadow.
The views from Taliesin are wonderful. You get a great chance to see the ponds that Wright had built as well as a look at the small hydro-electric generator that he designed.
Road leading to the house
The ponds were very full.
I knew Taliesin was intended to be a working farm, but all of the photos tend to dwell on the buildings, rather than the landscape. Being there really gives you an idea that you're in the middle of productive agricultural land.
View of the fields that are now grasslands.
One of the highlights of the main Taliesin complex is the courtyard. This private area has many great places to sit and relax.
Buildings along the courtyard.
Looking up the courtyard towards the apprentice housing
Looking back down the courtyard at the main entrance to the house.
Looking back towards the Wright's bedroom wing
The terrace outside the Wright's bedroom.
We got to see many of the other buildings around Taliesin. I'd like to go back next summer and take the full tour. It would be great to be able to see inside many of the homes and buildings that are there. I imagine the place is completely different when Fellowship members are living there. Taliesin West was sure a lively place during the winter. I imagine the sleepy nature of Taliesin East in the early spring wouldn't exist during the summer and early fall.
This small bungalo was designed and built by an apprentice
This is another home designed and built by apprentices.
Since we were there early in the season, the interior was still being worked on in preparation for the return of fellowship members as well as more tourists. For that reason, we got to see Taliesin as many people don't get to see it. I thought it was a plus to see it more in its natural state than all polished and clean. I guess I'm a weirdo that way.
Interior Photos
Living Room Fireplace
Living room preparing for paint.
The Taliesin Lamp next to the Taliesin Ladder
This tour was a great testament to the need for the Taliesin Trust's need for funds. Much of the home was used as a guinea pig for experimental building techniques. Mr. Wright would have apprentices try things out on his own home before he did it with a client's. In addition, much of the building was done during the depression and other lean years when they had no money for construction. For those reasons, there are a lot of things that need fixing around Taliesin. Oh yeah.... the hill that the home is built on is sliding into the lake. They need some serious work to stabilize that and get it shored up. The amount of work that needed to be done was a little startling. I guess that is why I want to go back again... give them some of my hard earned disposable income.
2004 Photographs
Taliesin from across the valley
Taliesin was built in 1911, 1914 and 1925. It is pretty widely known that the name Taliesin comes from the Welsh word meaning "Shining Brow". It signifies that the home is built on the side of the hill, rather than the top of it. Wright's claimed reason for building it was originally as a home for his mother. It became evident quickly that it was a home for himself and Mamah Chaney where they could get away from people in Oak Park where such a scandal was left in their wake.
Slightly closer up view of Taliesin
Taliesin was rebuilt the first time after a fire that was set by an employee that had just been fired. Mamah Chaney, some of her children and many others were killed in that fire. Others survived, but were severely injured.
Another look up at Taliesin from the meadow
It was mostly the living quarters that were destroyed by fire. Other parts survived and still do today.
The Wright's bedroom from outside
Taliesin much as you see it here was built again after a fire in 1925. Many things were added to the home through the 30s, 40s and 50s as it was home to the Taliesin Fellowship.
Fellowship member living space.
Carports and garage space
Another view of the carports looking back at the fellowship living space
Carports and garages
More living space
The back of Mr. Wright's office.
Another look at the stairs, looking towards the Taliesin living room
Looking down the stairs
The Wrights' living space from the entry
The plunge pool in the court yard
Another view of the Wrights' bedroom and Mr. Wright's office
Plunge Pool
The courtyard
Another view of fellowship and architect residences
And again
Taliesin from the top of the court yard
View of the fields from Taliesin
Other buildings related to Taliesin:
Hillside Home School II
Unity Chapel
FLW Visitor's Center
Romeo and Juliet Windmill
Midway Barns
Apprentice Homes
Return to FLW Buildings in Wisconsin Page
Return to main FLW Building Index
Return to main FLW Roadtrip page


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Endowed Chairs represent the nexus between high caliber professors and the generosity of an alumni base that values the teaching, scholarship, and service of faculty members.
Professors Chimène Keitner and Dorit Rubinstein Reiss have been appointed to Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chairs, effective July 1, 2015, for Professor Keitner and July 1, 2016, for Professor Reiss. Associate Academic Dean and Professor Heather M. Field will become the inaugural Eucalyptus Foundation Endowed Chair, vacating her current position as the Bion Gregory Chair in Business Law. Professor Jodi Short will become the second faculty member to hold the Bion Gregory Chair.
The appointments were made by Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu, with advice and counsel from Provost and Academic Dean Elizabeth L. Hillman and Associate Dean for Research Reuel Schiller.
"During Dean Wu's leadership, UC Hastings has increased the number and funding of the Hastings Research Chairs and has secured gifts for establishing new chairs like the Bion Gregory and Eucalyptus," says Dean Schiller. "These awards are a public recognition of the rigorous academic scholarship, teaching, and leadership for which our professors are so well known throughout the legal academy."
"We are grateful to have such devoted alumni and other friends of UC Hastings, dedicated to our efforts to support, recruit, and retain a world-class faculty," adds Dean Wu.
Professor Chimène Keitner is an expert in international law, international dispute resolution, and the intersection of these areas with domestic litigation. She is the author of a book, The Paradoxes of Nationalism, and dozens of articles, essays, and book chapters on questions surrounding the relationship among law, communities, and borders. She is on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, and a member of the American Law Institute and an Adviser on the ALI's Fourth Restatement of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States.
Professor Dorit Rubinstein Reiss is an expert in tort law and administrative law. Her research examines the accountability of agencies at the state, national, and international level. Recently, she has focused her research and scholarship on legal issues related to vaccines, including exemption laws and tort liability related to non-vaccination, and is widely considered the nation's leading expert on the intersection of torts and vaccine law.
The Harry & Lillian Hastings Research Chairs are for a two-year term and include an honorarium. Currently, two other professors are beginning the second year of their terms: Professors Ben Depoorter and Scott Dodson were awarded the Hastings Research Chair last year.
Established by the Harry & Lillian Hastings Foundation, these research chairs rotate among the faculty and are awarded to scholars whose research, teaching, and scholarship reflect the high standards of UC Hastings. Previous recipients include Professors Hadar Aviram, Jo Carrillo, John Diamond, David Faigman, Evan Lee, Joel Paul, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, and Jodi Short.
Created in 2012 to honor the memory of Bion Gregory '68, Professor Jodi Short will become the Bion Gregory Chair in Business Law effective July 1, 2015. Her appointment is for a two-year term and is accompanied by an honorarium.
Professor Short's research focuses on the regulation of business, in particular, the intersection of public and private regulatory regimes and the theory and practice of regulatory reform. Her prior work has examined the effects of corporate internal compliance auditing on regulatory performance, theoretical justifications for and critiques of public regulation, and tensions in the U.S. administrative state between cooperation and coercion, expertise and politics, and public and private interests.
Associate Academic Dean Heather M. Field will become the inaugural holder of the Eucalyptus Foundation Chair effective July 1, 2015. The Chair, which is for a five-year term and is accompanied by an honorarium, recognizes a mid-level faculty member's excellence in scholarship, teaching, and institutional service and leadership.
"Dean Field exemplifies the very best of what it means to be a UC Hastings faculty member," remarks Academic Dean Elizabeth Hillman. "She is a nationally recognized scholar, a teacher beloved by her students, and one of the leaders of the UC Hastings administration. I cannot imagine a more worthy inaugural holder of the Eucalyptus Foundation Endowed Chair."
Dean Field teaches courses in taxation, and her research interests include tax elections, the role of choice in the tax law, and the effect of tax law on businesses and on business transactions. She will step down from the Bion Gregory Chair, which she currently holds, in order to accept the Eucalyptus Foundation Chair.


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With his Presidential Approval Index rating dipping to -15, his signature healthcare legislation at the front door of the Supreme Court, his rejection of the Keystone Pipeline preventing both job creation and steps toward energy independence, his insistence on a "lead from behind" foreign policy- shall we go on?- President Obama and his staff have figured that it's time to cook up a little more bamboozlin' for some Americans who might need a nudging to finally agree that he is their man for the next four years.
First on the menu, is a proposal to lower the top corporate income tax rate from 35% to 28%. But, while the president proposes this "corporate tax cut," he also plans to eliminate dozens of deductions, ending up with an increase in overall tax revenue.
According to his proposal, the "effective" manufacturing tax rate would be no more than 25%, down from 32%, but taxes on oil and gas companies would increase due to the loss of deductions and subsidies. In addition, U.S companies operating overseas would now be required to pay a minimum tax rate on their foreign earnings. And, for small businesses, President Obama plans to simplify tax filing and lower some taxes, but then end some of their tax deductions as well.
In total, the administration says its proposal will increase tax revenue by $250 billion over 10 years, with some companies paying more in taxes and others paying less, depending on the nature of the deductions that remain intact for their particular industry.
Of course, both parties have considered corporate tax reform by lowering tax rates, yet eliminating tax deductions, but why should the government dictate which industries should benefit, and which should not, from tax breaks?
Nevertheless, the superficial White House strategy will be to attack congressional Republicans from the "right" by proposing a "tax cut," which is really not a tax cut, and then blaming them if they refuse to vote on it.
It is worth noting that the president's alleged "corporate tax cut" to 28% is substantially higher than three of the Republican candidates for president. Rick Santorum proposes a 17.5% corporate tax rate, and 0% for manufacturers. Ron Paul's plan calls for a 15% corporate tax rate. Newt Gingrich's proposal for a 12.5% tax rate for corporations, the lowest of all the candidates, has earned him the approval of economist Art Laffer. By contrast, Mitt Romney's current plan is for a top corporate tax rate of 25%, though it appears he has amended his entire tax proposal as a result of criticism that it was too timid.
A second way in which the White House plans to pull the wool over our eyes is through the gift that keeps on giving- ObamaCare. True, in 2014, we'll start to feel the pain at the doctor's office, if we can get in to see one, with the increase in taxes to help pay for everybody else's healthcare wants. But, that comes after the election, so the president needs us to believe that ObamaCare will save us money before the election. Therefore, this summer, another ObamaCare mandate will require health insurance companies to pay up to $1.4 billion in rebates to 9 million voters, just in time for the election.
ObamaCare regulations require insurance companies to spend no less than 80-85% of every premium dollar they receive on "health benefits." If insurers spend less than this amount, called the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR), they must issue rebates to their policy holders. Health insurance companies must report their MLR's to HHS and issue any rebates due by August 1, 2012.
The MLR mandate will accomplish a few things for the president.
It will prevent insurance companies from saving and preparing for the difficult years ahead when healthcare costs increase dramatically. With its boot on the neck of insurance companies, the Obama mandate will require them to issue rebates when they have made more money than the president thinks they should make. Consequently, small insurance companies will likely disappear, and, eventually, if the law stands, the larger ones will likely fade into the sunset, as well, as a single payer system takes over.
In addition, the MLR mandate pretty much obliterates market-friendly health insurance. There is nothing in the regulation that offers incentives to health insurers to continue offering lower cost, higher deductible health plans, or health savings accounts, the latter of which affords the greatest degree of independence for healthcare consumers, namely, us. The administration's theme here is: if you save money, it's ours to have. Of course, Americans will need those rebates to pay all the increases in taxes due to ObamaCare's existence in the first place. Get the sick, vicious cycle here?
Last, but not least, the MLR mandate also means a greater number of unemployed among the health insurance industry, which translates into a lower level of service to policy holders, namely, us. So, while you are waiting for days to get in to see a doctor, you can also wait on "hold" longer to speak to an agent at your insurance company if you have a problem.
Of course, just before the election in November, the Bamboozler-in-Chief will be sure to remind us that, just as he has wanted to "cut" corporate taxes, even though the Republicans wouldn't "let" him, he has also forced those god-awful insurance companies to get up the money to pay us back for all the trouble they cause us each day of our lives.


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Join our volunteer club!
Donating money is not the only way to become a backer! You can donate your time and become a Bronze Wac Arts backer. The help of volunteers is essential to the growth and development of Wac Arts and an essential way to enhance the community around us. We welcome and value every volunteer, from all walks of life.
Wac Arts helps to find which programme would interest you and supports volunteers through the process. Take a look below at what two volunteers have to say about volunteering with Wac Arts.
"I was first introduced to Wac Arts through a placement term, during my Drama, Applied Theatre and Education degree at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. The idea is to experience full-time professional work in an applied theatre or educational setting. I could not have asked for a better place to work.
From first walking into the building there is an immediate sense that it's a place that cares, a place that nurtures and a place where people can actually grow. It's a place where everybody is in it together. If something needs to be done then everybody is able to make it happen in some way. There is an intimacy about it that I struggle to find in other institutions. The staff and students all know each other, no matter what projects they are on, and can help each other when needed.
I'm proud to say I'm a part of Wac Arts. Not because of the alumni, not because it's in London, but because of the huge impact it has on peoples lives. It sums up neatly the whole reason I joined this industry, to work with people and empower them to make a difference. Wac Arts does this daily."
Jordan – Graduate Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Wac Arts volunteer
"During my time here, I have found Wac Arts to be a very positive environment. It has become clear to me that the number one goal of the staff is to make sure that the students get everything they can out of their experience at Wac Arts. I know that there is sometimes a stigma against the term 'alternative education,' but I have found Wac Arts to be one of the most creative and stimulating institutions I have ever worked at. Regarding the students I have encountered, whether they are younger or older, with a disability or without, I have been inspired by their talent, motivation, and enthusiasm. Every time I come into the office, I learn something new about the organisation, so I am excited to see what else is in store during my time here."
Beth – EUSA Student and Wac Arts volunteer
Through volunteering, you can use your unique expertise to actually change people's lives in a meaningful way for all. There are quite a few ways to get involved with the charity. You can get involved with support for the building, for young people, or for the entire organisation. Each category has many benefits and can help you improve your life. Below are descriptions of the different volunteer jobs that are waiting for you to get involved with!
Support for the building
- Gardeners both novice and expert: We have beautiful gardens at the front, the side and the back of the building, only recently completed. If you love to dig, prune and plant or would like to try, we would welcome regular support in maintaining our gardens.
- Event management: We offer our theatre free to young people and community groups mostly on Tuesday evenings. We'd like to develop a team of occasional volunteers who can support box office, steward and other front of house duties to continue this service.
- Repairs and Maintenance: We always have a list of small repairs, repainting, and maintenance jobs to do. If you have these skills and you own home is immaculate, our Building Manager is keen to meet you.
Support for young people
- Mentors: many of our people are more successful on our programmes if we can support them with their own mentor who meets with them once a month and takes a particular interest in their progress. We will offer training. You will need to be able to make a regular commitment as consistency is essential
- Literacy support: Students often excel in the arts and media work they do with us but struggle to complete their portfolio because they struggle with literacy. A little hope goes a long way, builds their confidence and rebuilds their belief they can overcome these difficulties. You will need to be able to make a regular commitment as consistency is essential
- Support for young people with learning difficulties to access arts workshops
- Master classes: If you have had a career in the creative industries a session of where you started and how you built your career would be inspirational for our students who hope to do the same.
Help to improve the whole organisation
- Advertising and marketing: we could really use some help in sharing our achievements with the world. We would welcome support from anyone with skills in this area.
- Administration – particularly database management
- Archiving: we have an attic full of archive material about the Town Hall and Wac Arts and would love to develop a website to share this.
- IT systems and management
- Web management: we recognise that a website that never changes stops getting repeat visits and loses its impact, but we struggle to keep up and add news. If this is your specialist area we would welcome some advice and support.
We also provide for our volunteers:
- Pay for your CRB check. Everyone working in our building is checked to ensure the safety of the children and young people in our care
- Provide a friendly, flexible and supported volunteer opportunity in your area of interest which meets your time commitment
- Two complimentary tickets for any performances run by us
"I have been volunteering at Wac Arts for the past three years and it is such a privilege to be part of this extraordinary, creative and visionary initiative. My role is supporting the ARCO project which manages young people who are on the cusp of being excluded from school. ARCO offers an alternative educational provision through the medium of the performing arts and it is amazing to watch how the team manages to transform the students from being challenging or from suffering low self esteem to becoming rounded individuals who aspire to the fulfilled life they deserve.
My day with these students is always varied. It can cover: breakfast, support in various arts based classes or simply helping with putting the final touches to a folder/presentation of what they need to display their achievements. It can be a sympathetic ear or taking them to a college or work interview. It can be help with applications and CV writing, I suppose the word I'm looking for is flexibility! Really what can be better than being part of the life of a young person today. I really believe they teach me more than I could ever teach them."
Catherine Cordon – Volunteer at Wac Arts for three years
How you can volunteer and make a difference today…
Call us now on 020 7692 5888 or email email@example.com for more information.