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This education event will focus on the revised Section 503 Regulations which aim to positively effect employment statistics for people with disabilities by requiring employers who are federal contractors or subcontractors to set affirmative action goals and to report progress toward meeting those goals. The new rules strengthen the enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act and put into place new employer requirements around recruiting, hiring, and accommodating individuals with disabilities. Our speakers – Tarak "TK" Shah from the OFCCP and Arissa Meyer, Associate with Haynes Boone – will discuss this topic and provide meaningful updates for employers.
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The majority of Facebook customers will most likely get that right, yet it can happen that you pick the incorrect date either mistakenly or purposefully if you do not intend to expose you true age to the social networking site.
This can lead to issues in the past, as an example when Facebook requested recognition to confirm your presence to them, or when you saw that the wrong age was associated with your profile.
Change Age In Facebook
Facebook made it a lot less complicated recently when it involves changing the age. Previously, it did not permit you to change the age straight using the edit account option provided on the website which indicated you had to request an adjustment rather (the old overview is connected to the write-up).
This is no longer the instance fortunately, which indicates that you could change the age on Facebook straight and without delay any time, offered you have access to your profile.
Here is just what you need to do:
You can change your age on Facebook using a Mobile phone or a PC, nevertheless for your benefit, we're mosting likely to do this tutorial on an Android phone. The process is relatively similar on other platforms too. Simply adhere to these easy actions to transform your age on Facebook.
1. Go to you Facebook timeline on your Facebook account and click or tap "About".
2. Scroll down to "Contact and basic info"
3. Locate the area on "BASIC INFORMATION".
4. Click or tap "Edit" at Year of birth.
5. Modification the year and click or tap on the "save changes" switch after that.
Congratulations, you have actually simply transformed the age on Facebook.
Just what should I do If Facebook doesn't let me change my age?
You can do 2 things in this situations. You could either wait for a couple of days prior to approval to modify age is given ot you can speak to a Facebook agent if the change is important.
Can I alter the privacy of my age?
Yes, you definitely can. While modifying your age on Facebook, choose the switches right beside your age to establish the personal privacy of your age to public or personal.
What If I commemorate my age according to Indian practices? I mean my date of birth changes every year but Facebook cannot suit that modification?
However, Facebook hasn't already introduced a function to help you out hereof just yet. But, in the future, Mark Zuckerberg could notice this limitation on his platform and make some much required changes for our Hindu siblings.
So, right here it is people! This is how basic and simple it is to alter your age on Facebook. Simply a couple of simple actions and you've efficiently modified your birth day. Currently, all you need to have the tendency to is the copious amount of wishes on your timeline. You deserve the love, interest and love from your Facebook pals. Most of us do!
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Aug 25th, 2017
Last summer was all about the Jumpsuit for me. This year I have found a new obsession: Asymmetry. In fact, asymmetry is also very much in this summer.
I stumbled upon this asymmetric dress while I was shopping online (FORWARD) this past winter. It was on a huge sale and I bought it right away because of the unique color combo, ruffle details, and, most importantly, its asymmetry!
It is generally easy to create a look with a dress. Just pick a pair of shoes and a bag and off you go. This is exactly the reason why I have many dresses in my closet. Being a mom of two young kids, I need to quickly dress so I have more time to care for my children and complete other tasks.
I was happy to meet my friend for dinner in this look I put together in less than 5 minutes in downtown!
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Noel Jewkes is one of the premier saxophone players in Northern California. He has worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 35 years, and has earned a distinguished reputation with lovers of Jazz.
Listening to the majestic phrasing and harmonic adventurousness of Noel Jewkes is almost like hearing the entire history of modern jazz in a single evening. No wonder he is revered by musicians, critics, and music lovers alike as the premiere Saxist-by-the-Bay. Some years back, Phil Elwood, the legendary jazz critic, said of Noel, "I don't know of a better contemporary modern saxman anywhere."
And Kay Kostopoulos is not only one of Northern California's finest singers, she is also a great friend of Noel's, and their on-stage partnership exudes a rare chemistry and musical rapport.
This performance includes Chris Amberger (bass) and Jack Dorsey (drums). Both of these guys have appeared at The Back Room before and have been part of Noel's legendary stable for years.
Rounding out the quartet, and contributing a few songs of his own, is our own Sam Rudin at the piano.
Please join us for a perfect Mother's Day afternoon!
Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. Advance tickets are available at the link below, or you may purchase your tickets at the door the night of the show. Doors open one half hour before show time. We accept cash only at the door (ATMs are nearby).
The Back Room is an all-ages, BYOB (for those 21+) space, dedicated to (mostly) acoustic music of all kinds. You are welcome to bring your own adult beverage with no additional corkage fee. If you need more information or have any questions, please call us: #510-654-3808. Thank you for your support!


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It's not rocket science. When we are stressed at work, our mental health is put under significant strain.
New research published today and led by the Black Dog Institute confirms workplaces that reduce job strain could prevent up to 14% of new cases of common mental illness from occurring.
Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, the results from the study confirm that high job strain is associated with an increased risk of developing common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety amongst middle-aged workers.
Job strain is a term used to describe the combination of high work pace, intensity, and conflicting demands, coupled with low control or decision-making capacity.
Lead author, Associate Professor Samuel Harvey from the Black Dog Institute explains that "Mental illness is the leading cause of sick leave/ absence and long-term work incapacity in Australia, equating to $11 billion lost to Australian businesses each year".
"Our modelling used detailed data collected over 50 years to examine the various ways in which particular work conditions may impact an employee's mental health."
"These findings serve as a wake-up call for the role workplace initiatives should play in our efforts to curb the rising costs of mental disorders.
"It's important to remember that for most people, being in work is a good thing for their mental health."
"But this research provides strong evidence that organisations can improve employee wellbeing by modifying their workplaces to make them more mentally healthy."
Examining 6870 participants, the international research team investigated whether people experiencing job strain at age 45 were at an increased risk of developing mental illness by age 50.
To determine levels of job strain, participants completed questionnaires at age 45 testing for factors including decision authority (the ability to make decisions about work), skill discretion (the opportunity to use skills during work) and questions about job pace, intensity and conflicting demands.
Was it really any surprise that the final assessment suggests that those experiencing higher job demands, lower job control and higher job strain were at greater odds of developing mental illness by age 50, regardless of sex or occupational class.
The researchers concluded by indicating that if we were able to eliminate job strain situations in the workplace, up to 14 percent of cases of common mental illness could be avoided.
I recognise that we are currently in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) landscape. But…. organisations can still take significant steps to manage job strain for staff despite this.
So, what can workplaces do to assist their staff manage job strain?
1) Increase control.
Workplaces can find ways to increase workers' perceived control of their work. This can be achieved through initiatives that involve workers in as many decisions as possible, reduce micromanagement and increase autonomy and responsibility.
2) Utilise a Strengths Based approach.
It is actually in a workplaces best interests to ensure that staff are placed into work where they can use their strengths rather than be forced to perform tasks where they have neither skill nor will.
Studies quite clearly show the impact of formal performance review when a strengths based approach is used. Performance increases by over 36% when a strengths approach is utilised as compared to a decrease in performance of over 26% when there is an emphasis on performance weakness.
3) Be Proactive.
When workplaces are proactive, they can work with staff to prevent many workplace stressors from ever becoming an issue. Workplace and job strain can come from many different directions. Be proactive with staff to address workplace stressors, manage the physical and psychosocial work environment and manage change more productively. Consider changes in work pacing and job redesign, look at actually listening to your health and safety committees, consider stress prevention and developing the resilience of your teams.
Want to know more about managing job strain and maximising mental health in your organisation? Send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com to enquire about coaching, training and wellbeing strategy.
Michelle Bakjac is an experienced Psychologist, Wellbeing Strategist, Leadership and Wellbeing Coach, Speaker and Facilitator. As Director of Bakjac Consulting, she is a credentialed Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and a member of Mental Toughness Partners and an MTQ48 accredited Mental Toughness Practitioner. Michelle assists individuals and organisations to develop their Mental Toughness to improve performance, leadership, behaviour and wellbeing. You can find her at www.bakjacconsulting.com or email@example.com


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Oct half term available £850 per week
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3 night stay over any weekend (off peak) £310
4 night stay over any weekend (off peak) £ 400
4 night stay Monday-Friday (off peak) £385
All based on 4 persons sharing (off peak)
All stays include us of on site facilities at this fantastic 58 resort inc tennis, pool, gym, sauna, wake park, flow rider
Cornish Holiday Lodges are located at St Columb Major close to the north Cornish coast and near to both Newquay and Padstowe, and offer luxurious lodge accommodation ideal for a fantastic relaxing family holiday. There are two homes for rent Aspen and Enderley Lodges, both beautifully appointed.
With Padstow being five miles away and Newquay only ten miles away, these holiday Lodges are in a fabulous location. They are in the Retallack Resort and Spa which is in St Columb Major so you are close to beaches, places of historical interest and of course just surrounded by wonderful scenery.
The lodges of which there are two are of Scandinavian style and one can sleep up to seven persons and the other lodge, eight. Before we go inside, outside there is loads to keep the kids occupied before they even see a beach, they can have a game of pitch and putt, tennis, an indoor pool, a children's playground, for the adults enjoy the restaurant and bar, gymnasium and spa.
Sorry but you can't bring the pooch and the no smoking ban extends to the decking area, a car is required to reach the lodge as no public transport runs nearby.
Both the lodges are absolutely beautiful inside, they are spacious, they are modern in design and have everything you could need for a great holiday, there will be slight differences in maybe the kitchen appliances but nothing that would make you want to think twice about booking.
The sleeping accommodation ranges from king size double to twins to bunk beds, a bed for every bear, the living areas have large French windows with commanding views with gardens and decking for you to enjoy after a hard day on the beach.
All stays include use of all of the on site facilities at this 5* resort.
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The TNG episode "Heart of Glory" was one of the first Klingon-centric episodes, featuring Worf, in the show's first season. It also featured Geordi's VISOR seen from first-person perspective. And other than that, it was mostly terrible. For some reason, these renegade Klingons were onboard a Talarian freighter called the Batris. That freighter then blew up --and a year later, in the equally terrible "Shades of Grey" clip show, it blew up about twenty times. Between it and the hapless USS Tsiolkovsky, it was a toss-up as to which explosion effect was more overused in the first couple seasons of TNG.
But later, the model would reappear time and again, mostly as redressed designs in almost as many variations as the Merchantman freighter. Now, mishkaco offers you the upgraded Batris freighter, along with its only known armaments, the otherwise-never-mentioned-again merculite rockets.
Note that, again, the build button and wireframe are missing, while the admiral's log pic is present. Some of you say "so what, who can't make a build button or a wireframe?" The answer to that question is, me.
Also note that, once again, there's a file included without specific permission. It's something mishkaco refers to in the readme. I'm letting it slide this time in the hopes that we'll get a straight answer this way. Please speak up if that missile is your work.
Download this one and re-live all your favourite scenes from episodes we'd rather forget.
Talarian Batris Freighter v1.0 Greetings This is the often seen and modified Batris Freighter, owned by the Talarians, and stolen by renegade Klingons in the first season of TNG. Since then, this ship in various forms has been seen in all the series of Star Trek. It was stated the Batris was armed with merculite rockets, whatever thsoe are, but I've included a rocket type weapon for this ship, along with a Talarian laser/phaser. This ship is setup to be a cargo ship for the Klingons in Armada2, but use it anywhere you want. Install: Put the two sods in *sod Put the two TGA files in *texturesrgb Put batris.odf in *odfships Put the other odfs in *odfweaponsphotons Put the bmp file in *bitmapsadmiralslogshipimages Put the two wav files in *soundseffects Credits: ship was originally for SFC, created by ModelsPlease. Converted to A2 by Fahres, and weapons and ship ODF by Mishkaco. Not sure where the 'missile' model came from? Its been in my A2 directory for ages. Whoever did it, if you tell me, i will add yoru name here. Please forgive me for this liberty. enjoy everyone now the merchantman is not alone! Be ware of KLingons! Misha,
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Monday, July 17, 2006
Beer Batter Onion Rings
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1 cup Sam Adams
* 1 1/2 cups cake flour
* 1/4 teaspoon kosher or sea salt
* 1/4 teaspoon paprika
* 1 1/2lbs. yellow onions
* All-purpose flour, as needed for dredging
* 1 quart vegetable oil
Combine the cake flour, salt and paprika together. Add in egg and beer and mix just until incorporated. Peel onions and slice in 1/4 -inch slices, then separate into rings. Dredge with all-purpose flour, shaking off the excess.
Heat oil in 8-quart stock pot to 325°F (a Dutch oven can also be used for frying).
Dip individual onion rings into the batter, then carefully add each to the hot oil; deep fry until golden brown. Only fry a small batch at a time to promote even cooking and to prevent the oils temperature from dropping too quickly.
Season with salt as soon as they are removed from the fryer; serve immediately!
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Some people say that jealousy comes from insecurity. That may be true in some cases or is part of the equation, but for the most part I don't believe that.
Jealousy creeps in when our soul is not being fully satisfied. Jealousy sneaks in when we want to be doing something or feeling fulfilled in some way that we are not. We see someone or something that triggers that desire, and boom – jealousy hits deeply, intensely, and instinctively.
It's never about that other person – it's about what we are missing in ourselves. In fact, when we are jealous of another person, we are really in awe and admiration for what they are courageously doing that, for whatever reason, we are not. Something about the other person's experience, actions, or relationships resonates with us.
If it's already a conscious, it may be easier to identify that the jealousy comes from that desire and simply to know to take action steps in that direction. However, if the desire isn't developed as specific or noticeable yet, instead of focusing energy on that other person and what they are doing/what they have, I focus internally. What about that other person sends a flare sign to my soul? What do they have or what are they doing that I truly want? Whenever I ask these questions, the jealousy turns into a tangible personal desire. Then I can plan for how to make that desire happen in my own life by translating it into one-by-one actions steps.
In the past, I've felt jealous of people doing work that they love. Whether I would see their posts on social media or hear their stories more directly, I was so damn jealous because doing what I love wasn't in existence in my own life yet. I was at an office job that I detested and my soul deeply desired to do work that I love. As I recognized this and worked toward making changes, the jealousy dissipated. Now, I only take on work I love and feel a shared experience with others who do work they love instead of a tension and dissonance because they have something that I do not.
I currently have the most jealousy around people that are traveling and experiencing so many different amazing places in the world! I see their beautiful pictures and get a momentary taste of new places and cultures, and I hear about their joy and freedom through travel and I am jealous!! I want that so incredibly bad. Here my soul is sending a huge flare signal – it's practically reached a scream – to go do exactly what I feel jealous of. Travel, experience the world, meet new people, get out of my comfort zone, and taste that sweet freedom. So now my task is to take the focus off of others and the subconscious way I am somehow trying to live vicariously through their pictures and stories and go find that adventure for myself. In truth this desire is just as accessible for me as it is for all these other travelers. So if I'm not currently planning my own adventure, I have to ask myself, what within me is getting in my way or what is blocking me from filling my desire? And, before long I will be taking action steps, have a destination planned, be buying my plane tickets, and taking off on my own exploration.
The next time jealousy pops in to give you a soul flare, follow these simple steps and be on your way to releasing the jealousy and living an even more amazing magical version of the life you desire in no time!
1. When jealousy comes up, figure out what about it is desirable. Whether it is a quality to be developed, an experience to be had, or a relationship to find or nurture, what flare calls to your soul? What does that person have or what are they doing that you truly want?
Sometimes it will be easy to identify and the answer will come right away. Most of the time, we already know what we need. We just ought to be curious, open, receptive, and quiet to hear the answer.
If the answer doesn't come as easily or feel clear, I encourage more exploration. One technique is to meditate on the jealousy and what the desire stems from. I put one hand on my heart and one hand on my gut, get quiet, focus on my breath, and then silently ask my question or ask for guidance and see what comes up. Another option is to talk to a friend or even speak out loud while alone. Speaking our feelings can bring new clarity. The purpose of this is not to seek external answers from others, but only to process feelings in a different, more vocal way that may lead to hearing more of our own inner truth. I often speak to myself out loud in the shower. It's a perfect alone time when we are on autopilot anyway, and I believe that when I speak about things that have happened that day, or express what I'm grateful for, or practice talking about topics that spark my heart, my thoughts get processed and organized in a new way in my brain that the silent internal cycling does not.
2. Once the flare sign is identified, figure out how that desire can be fulfilled. Ultimately, we all need to feed our soul and live on-purpose to feel happy, free, satisfied, and peaceful. If the desire feels easy to fulfill, go do it! Or, when the desire feels inaccessible or challenging to attain, we can figure out the small actionable steps that will get us from point current to point desire! It may take a day or a month or a year to reach the desired outcome, but manageable and achievable action steps one by one, will get us there. And the bonus here is that once we start to move outside of our current comfort zone with those actions, the jealously will most likely begin to dissipate. Once we start taking action, our soul knows we are on our way, and we no longer feel such a separation with what we feel jealous of.
3. If the desire is identified and the action steps are planned out, but things are not beginning to shift, consider asking for help. Sometimes we have blocks or baggage that we need to clear first to really move forward towards the life we deeply want. In order to make the action steps happen, we need to feel worthy, confident, ready, and whole within ourselves, so personal development work can really help! Therapists can work miracles at helping people process past events to clear emotional baggage and blocks. And, a powerful coach is wonderful at providing the support, encouragement, push, and accountability we need to actually take the action steps.
4. Go live that fully on-purpose desired life you were always meant to and watch the jealousy melt away!
Let the flare ignite action so what is deeply desired becomes a reality and your soul and heart feel content. Appreciate the jealousy so you can enjoy the transformation and experience even more magic, joy, and peace that could be imagined.


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A big part of Maren's work is the use of sound as a vehicle for healing as well as the plant medicine cacao. She plays the planet gong Chiron, shamanic drums, and other percussion instruments as well as using her voice during her sound healing ceremonies.
Maren is a heart-centred teacher guiding her students in a gentle but powerful way, always reminding them to find love and forgiveness for themselves.
She is passionate about helping everyone achieve mental, physical and spiritual balance and unlock their creative potential by offering safe spaces to relax, expand and heal.
Maren is a KRI certified Level I and Level II Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Teacher with over 5 years of experience of teaching full time at Yoga Studios in London as well as holding international retreats. She also works as a Shamanic Practitioner and has learned from Shamans in Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, the UK, Germany and New Zealand.


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Thank you Alice for my reading yesterday. You have put my mind at rest over issues which have been troubling me for some time. Your insights were spot on and you managed to free me from certain fears I've been holding on to. I look forward very much to connecting again.
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Feedback- where is it?
a Friday musing...
Where do we, as artists, whether established or establishing, get our feedback?
This question has come up numerous times over the last few weeks in different conversations in different venues, so I thought it might be an interesting discussion here.
As the summer approaches (or so it says on the calendar, although in New York, we wouldn't know for all the rain...), many are in fatigue-mode, exhausted by the many auditions and no responses; the many mailings and drop-offs and no acknowledgement; the calls and emails and no response to the follow-up.
How do we balance the "non-feedback" in our business life?
Ah, perhaps this is the answer in the question! It is our BUSINESS life, not our artistic one, that is often not being acknowledged. Many times, due to the VOLUME of submissions/mailings etc that has become the business of theatre: not even a "thank you for submitting/coming out/auditioning" but rather, nothing at all.
Do I agree with this "nothingness"? no. SOMETHING would be nice. HOWEVER - what would that be? What kind of feedback would you, the performer, the emerging artist, WISH to have? And who, legitimately, can give that to you? Be careful what you wish for!
So, there are two questions of importance here: one, what kind of feedback would give you something concrete, and secondly, from whom would that feedback make sense to you?
Praise? Validation? what is it that would give you a sense of completion at an audition?
I honestly don't believe anything of TRUTH from an artistic perspective comes out of an audition. Therefore, the feedback would be hollow at best. An audition is a very limited and single dimension surreal environment for everybody involved. HOW you process it, and how you acknowledge those limitations will perhaps give you a slightly different perspective that is less fatiguing!
I have said it before, and I will keep saying it: YOU CANNOT TAKE THE AUDITION PROCESS PERSONALLY!!!! But, you MUST take your WORK SERIOUSLY. Your preparation, your development, your craft has to be larger and more significant than the simplicity of the audition process. Yes, I said it. Auditioning doesn't have to be complicated, it just has to be acknowledged for what it is, how it stands, and treated as a prop. You cannot control the process, but you CAN control the preparation and the mindset and the psyche that enters the room. If the WORK becomes central, and BEING in that space to DO the work is paramount, then the feedback in the room truly becomes irrelevant.
People can do great work and still no callback. Still no response. Why? Who knows! And frankly, it is up to YOU to establish WHO CARES! Did you prepare? Did you present? Are you READY? Then, why is that feedback in the room so important?
I think I will answer that one - we would just like to be recognized even for a split second that our work and our time and our focus and our preparation MATTERED. A simple and truly sincere "thank you" could make all the difference.
This could also slowly start to change the American Idol-ism of our business - and the riff-raff that just go to auditions cause they "like" to do it, but have no craft or intention of building any might slowly begin to disappear!
I WANT to acknowledge the artists who are trying to make a difference and have something to offer. All it would take is paying attention more fully. Establishing artists, and even those of us who are further along in our craft, really just need a sense of sincerity and quick realization that what we bring into a room is worthwhile.
And THEN, my dear emerging artists, perhaps it wouldn't be about feedback at all, but rather, then, about self-validation and creating those few you trust that create your circle - your teachers, coaches, mentors - that can continue to challenge you, encourage you, demand from you - so you can challenge and demand from yourself.
I don't need a treatise in the audition room from someone on the other side of the table who does not know me or my story or my journey to begin telling me what I need to do or what I should be singing. I would like a simple acknowledgement that indeed, I was noticed, I was listened to, and I was respected for that 16 bars.
So, let us, as artists who are just beginning or have continued to audition, recognize and develop the difference between acknowledgement and feedback.
Let us be acknowledged in the audition room. Let the feedback come from the professionals around us who KNOW our journey. Acknowledgement does not require understanding. Feedback does.
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WRITERS: Dan Lander
Housing affordability in Australia has been widely dubbed a crisis. As the Australian dream continues to slip further from reach, savvy investors are looking for alternative ways into the property market.
As a response to high property prices, platforms such as crowdfunding and fractional investment are increasing, enabling partial ownership as opposed to individuals needing to solely raise purchase capital.
As the Australian dream continues to slip further from reach, savvy investors are looking for new avenues into the property market.
Housing affordability in Australia has been widely dubbed a crisis, with various sources suggesting that many households spend between 30 per cent and 48 per cent of their annual household income servicing a mortgage.
Given this figure is one of highest in the world, there has been no shortage of related policy debate in recent times, with a range of solutions floated, from increasing housing supply to restricting investors and even limiting immigration. However, while the search for a silver bullet continues at the official level, exorbitant real estate prices are prompting a different response, encouraging a number of investment innovations.
"A market becomes disruptive when there is a problem that needs to be solved," Dr Braam Lowies, Senior Lecturer in Property at the University of South Australia says.
"In the property market, the problem is housing affordability; it's always been the problem and it continues to be the problem.
On the back of that, disruptive vehicles are starting to emerge, and although they have been slow to adapt, the current property market is changing rapidly, so the pace may be about to pick up."
Generation Next
Dr Lowies suggests that there are a number of characteristics of both the emerging market and the next-generation investor that could significantly influence the shape of Australia's real estate industry. First and foremost, he expects that the plugged-in, instantaneous nature of our ever-expanding virtual world will have major implications, both demographically and operationally.
"We're going to start seeing a new type of investor who is tech savvy and wants everything through a screen, and that will increase this rate of disruptiveness", Dr Lowies says. "It's currently quite slow because of a Baby Boomer-Generation X market that is slow to adapt to change, but as Millennials and, even more so, the new Generation Z come through, the speed of change and disruption will definitely increase."
there is an emerging trend towards online platforms that facilitate partial ownership in a property, as opposed to an individual having to raise the entire purchase capital themself.
Largely as a response to high property prices, this new model presents opportunities to people who have been shut out of the traditional property market, and currently operates in two similar but distinct formats—crowd funding and fractional investment.
Crowdfunding: The New Crowd Pleaser
In general terms, crowdfunding is increasingly common in many contemporary industries, where an individual or a company (the promoter) receives online contributions from a large number of individuals to finance a project, such as a book, movie or video game.
According to Christa Viljoen, a PhD student at UniSA's School of Commerce, this model is currently making quiet inroads into the property investment market.
"The property crowdfunding model is equity based and similar to buying shares in a company. In this case, it acts as a special purpose vehicle enabling buyers to invest in a property or development when they don't have enough capital to do so by themselves," Viljoen says.
"It's a disruptive model for two reasons: firstly, because of the investment opportunity it provides sans solo capital, and secondly because it allows you to diversify. So, rather than just putting everything into one property, you can now invest in a number of different properties without needing to fully finance any of them."
Most crowdfunded property opportunities are attached to large scale commercial developments such as shopping malls or day-care centres, allowing investors to engage with high-profile projects for as little as $1000, while also enjoying control over the ventures they back.
"Of course, you've always been able to invest in property through investing in, for instance, Real Estate Investment Trusts," Viljoen says. "But if you invest that way, you might not be sure exactly which property you have invested in and what risks are involved, whereas crowdfunding gives an investor the opportunity to only invest in the projects they choose."
Fractional Investment: A Foot in The Door
Like crowdfunding, disruptive online fractional investment allows an individual to buy a share in a property, but with a distinctly different orientation.
"Some online fractional investment platforms focus on residential real estate," says Dr Rob Whait, Lecturer in Taxation Law in the UniSA's School of Commerce. "Premium residences in high-yield areas are held within a trust and managed by the platform administrator, and the investor can buy a unit in the trust to gain a fractional investment in the residential property."
In the fractional model, these units—generally referred to as 'bricks'—can sell initially for less than $100 each, and unlike the crowdfunding scenario, which represents somewhat of a gamble on a development, a fractional 'brick' is a real holding in an established, revenue-generating property. The investor receives a proportion of the rental income, and the value of their bricks increases in line with capital growth.
The other appealing feature of fractional platforms is that they offer a built-in option, allowing investors the flexibility to sell their 'bricks' with a swipe of their smartphone.
"When you want to get out, you simply list your 'bricks' for sale on the platform site, and wait for someone to purchase them," Dr Whait says. "That's where the disruption comes in, because it's very easy to transfer some money into your digital wallet and place orders in the order book to buy bricks and sell them later by placing them for sale in the order book—it's almost like a little stock exchange but is held within that platform."
Different Strokes, Different Folks
Despite the ease of access offered by these new investment platforms, Dr Lowies emphasises that real estate remains a slow business.
"Investors are cognisant of the fact that property is no quick fix nor a quick way to make money," he says. "You can speculate on the property market, but it takes time."
Taking this into account, crowdfunding and online fractional investment platforms currently reflect quite different demographics and motivations. The crowdfunding model appeals largely to older people, with many seeing it as consistent with traditional investment avenues, whereas fractional investing attracts a younger demographic.
"People using the crowdfunding platform are generally over 55, and they perceive it as very low risk, and their return expectations are similar to bank savings. On the other hand, your fractional investor may be looking for something different—in our recent research sample, 85 per cent of fractional investors were under 54 years of age, and 40 per cent were between 18 and 34 years."
While Dr Lowies suggests more research is warranted into the reasons behind this distinction—including whether the actual presentation and interface of the particular platforms is a factor—there is a sense that fractional investment may offer a better route to future outright property ownership or simply be used as a more attractive saving instrument.
"The fractional model is attractive to younger people partly because it's online, but also because they don't have to pay stamp duties and fees, except for a small administration fee, which is one of the major stumbling blocks to young people investing in the property market. Also, these are high-end properties that are expected to show really good capital growth, so if they invest in these properties and they keep their money in for the long haul, they actually have an investment that stays in line with the market and can later be leveraged to buy their own property."
What If The Bubble Bursts?
Those who are in the market to purchase their own property may notice the mortgage landscape is also undergoing something of a metamorphosis. Not only have mortgage brokers and non-bank lenders created an ultra-competitive market, new digital financiers like Tic:Toc are streamlining the application process so owner-occupiers can receive same-day approval, all directly online.
However, with that in mind, there remains concern that one of the biggest changes on the property horizon may be a little more old-fashioned than bleeding-edge FinTech platforms—a long overdue price correction. Already this year Australia has seen real estate markets cooling, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, and Dr Lowies says we shouldn't rule out further price adjustments.
"In my personal opinion, the over exposure to interest-only loans for investors is a really big concern," Dr Lowies says.
"The problem is that in three to four years from now, when a large number of these loans mature and need to be renegotiated, some investors are going to have cash flow issues to pay back that fully amortised loan. If that prompts widespread selling, it can cause further disruption."
Recent toughening of lending criteria for investor loans may go some way to softening the impact of any adjustment—hopefully shrinking rather than bursting the bubble—but the future of Australia's property market is more uncertain than it has been for quite some time.
"What a leveraged investor sometimes misunderstands is the fact that, if property values decrease, their loan amount doesn't decrease with that—the investor remains exposed to the same amount of debt," Dr Lowies says.
"So that's the disruptiveness of that side of the market, and that can be quite negative."
As always, caveat emptor.
Con Tragakis, Chairman of TicToc Home Loans and UniSA Business School alumnus, relates his own experience in the changing property sector.
Property and financial services have been my passion most of my career—they work together, hand in glove. There is a sense that comes with building something physical and tangible that many people enjoy, whether it be in a commercial or manufacturing setting, or a beautiful piece of community infrastructure.
While the property sector is broad and covers many facets, my own experience with disruption is in the real property sector and the financial services that feed it, and I am reminded of something Bill Gates said: "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."
The way that property is built, financed, transacted, utilised, taxed and valued is rapidly changing, meaning all those involved in or servicing the property sector need to be aware of new directions in customer trends and how those trends will impact current business models. Essentially, 'proptech' disrupters aim to achieve one (or a combination) of three things: Disrupt an existing cost structure; improve asset utilisation and flexibility of use; and increase revenue through improving customer demand, experience and connection.
Given this disruption is currently occurring across such a wide array of property and financial services, it may be illustrative to look at one example that I am particularly familiar with. In 2017, I helped launch a 'FinTech' called TicToc Home Loans, for which I now chair the board. We launched from South Australia as a national business, providing consumers with instant home loans by utilising a fully-digitised approval process.
The traditional home loan financing process is cumbersome, time consuming, costly and lacks transparency. Nonetheless, it is the lifeblood of the Australian housing sector, and with $1.7-trillion of residential home loans outstanding, it is ready for disruption. TicToc, a KPMG H2 Ventures Global 100 Fintech, is the first company in the world to provide a fully-digitised home loan featuring world-class responsible lending outcomes, with loan approvals and documentation ready in minutes, not days or months.
Why was I captivated by this idea? Because the banking sector is heavily regulated, loaded with costs and old systems and I could see that customers wanted change.
How will TicToc go? It's early days, but with great backers like Bendigo Bank and Adelaide Bank, a quality management team and the market opportunity to change the way people transact home loans, the venture is exciting. The software platforms created by companies like TicToc will change markets and improve the customer experience—remember signing credit card dockets not so long ago.
Amidst all this change, I would also emphasise to those servicing the property sector that long-term holding of property needs to be future proofed, because customer trends and demands will change in the short term. Building infrastructure that can be reconfigured into smaller or larger layouts, for instance, allows for technology to be easily retrofitted, and understanding such future trends will be critical to protecting asset values.
For more information, visit: tictochomeloans.com
- RESEARCHERS: Dr Braam Lowies and Dr Rob Whait
- TicToc
Dr Braam Lowies is a Senior Lecturer in Property at the UniSA Business School. His research expertise includes behavioural issues in property and finance, housing affordability and property crowdfunding.
Dr Rob Whait teaches Taxation and Taxation Law. His research interests include tax related research, tax compliance and tax avoidance.


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This is a great place to relax and enjoy the spring views of downtown from our big South facing windows. Stop by on your way back from the Farmer's Market at Esther Short Park.
Enjoy our air conditioning if you need to get cool today! If it's under 90 degrees, you can also enjoy the sunshine or the shade of our beautiful, newly renovated outdoor seating area. Play a lighthearted game of corn hole, glass in hand. Order a large charcuterie plate and share it with your friends! We hope to see you soon!
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Turkey is on the eve of national municipal elections.
As March 30th, the day of the elections nears, pressure mounts. These municipal elections are a referendum on Erdogan and his leadership. While he is not personally running in this election, everyone in the country is, by proxy, either voting for or against him.
At a recent election rally Erdogan threatened to shut down Twitter and other social media, which have become effective tools of the opposition, especially by the youth. He said that he will shut them down and does not care about world condemnation. Of course, Erdogan's statements are in and of themselves a form of electioneering. What he is trying to do is to turn his people against the West and Western technology.
There is no doubt that these comments by Erdogan are populist. Populism is a political tool which simplifies complex ideas in order to pit the "people" against the "elite" and the oppressors. In this case Erdogan is attacking the West via Western technology and asserting that outsiders, i.e. Westerners, hate Turks.
Populism is also a form of demagoguery that is best utilized by charismatic and popular leaders. And more than any form of debate it excels in convincing the masses. Erdogan is certainly a demagogue. He has charm and charisma and the ability to use his oratory skills to make very convincing arguments.
Of course, instead of downgrading and demonizing social media, Erdogan could use Twitter and Facebook and other social media to effectively aid his government and help them achieve their objectives. But that he will not do, it is not who he is. Erdogan's constituency tends to be older and it is the younger population that embraces the social media forums.
In the end, Erdogan will only crack down on social media if it will give him multiple goals in the campaigns and ensuing election. If it will cause and internal backlash he will not close it down as threatened. However, if he can use threats against and condemnation of the West as a tool, then he will shut down Turkey's social media. If he gains more by condemning outside influences that by shutting down Twitter, that's what he will do.
The situation is Turkey is precarious. Election results, assuming that they are run fairly and honestly, are hard to call. Protests are plaguing Turkey once again.
While the protests have erupted for several reasons, most important is that a 15-year-old boy died from the wounds he suffered during an anti-government protest in June last summer. The boy was hit with a tear gas canister and lapsed into a coma. Upon his death, huge rallies were organized. And then again huge protests took place throughout the country during the period of his funeral.
Although people are, quite rightfully, upset by the death of this young man his death is really a tool with which to draw Turks to the protests. The real reason for the huge anti-government protests taking place now is the upcoming election.
For the first time since he was elected to power nine years ago in 2003, Erdogan is worried. In
December major players associated with Erdogan were arrested and investigated on corruption charges. He has since begun a significant -- but unsuccessful -- campaign to prop himself up and deflecting the bad PR. Perhaps a little social media intervention would help, but then again, this is Erdogan we are talking about.
Turkey has been out of the limelight for some time. Expect it to return to center stage in the next few weeks. No one can predict what will happen. Erdogan can fail or he can succeed. Only time will tell.


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Toledo has been nominated as a finalist for the All America City Award. That's a good thing. Three projects - the Neighborhood Block Watch Program, Toledo GROWS and CAPA City (a youth program) - were highlighted in the application.
These are good programs and deserve the recognition and prior awards that have been given to them.
But many city residents are questioning how Toledo can be a finalist for such an award when we've got a $27.7 million budget deficit and the all the problems resulting therefrom.
The award program requires cities and presenters to travel to the National Civic League award ceremonies (in Tampa this year) and compete with the other finalists over a three-day period of time. The winners are announced at the end of the presentations.
At the press conference announcing our finalist status, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner was asked - or at least reporters tried to ask - if city money would be spent on this function and whether or not competing for such an award was the right priority for him considering the deficit and union problems.
His response was that he was going to stay on the positive side, that he was 'in charge' and wasn't going to answer such a question, and that reporters should 'get a life.'
While I understand the desire to focus on a positive thing for the city, it is ridiculous for the mayor to not anticipate such logical and reasonable questions at his press conference. He could have made such statements about no city monies being spent as part of his announcement, thus eliminating the need for reporters to ask, but he didn't. Instead, he got testy and indignant that they would even dare to suggest that the issue of funding an expensive trip during such economic struggles might have any relevance at all.
And when he gets like that, he says things he shouldn't - like telling reporters:
"Let me stay on the positive side and let me suggest that you guys get a life. We will, in all due respect, and I really do mean, get a life."
As callers and emailers to WSPD have said they are going to write the hosts of the competition and tell them what is really going on in Toledo, one can only wonder if our mayor and his comments will again become a national embarrassment. Sadly, because he wasn't exactly forthcoming on the application when detailing the 'challenges' the city faces (he identified declining participation in Block Watch programs and hunger as our challenges), the fact that the city is in dire financial straights may come as a surprise to the award sponsors.
Also, it would be a shame if the application's highlighted programs suffered as a result of our mayor's penchant for painting a rosy - and incomplete - picture of the city.
What he should have done was admit the financial struggles, point out the serious challenges, and highlight the deficit and the job losses and the foreclosures. And then point out that in spite of all those things, we have successful programs in the city that are flourishing despite the gloom of our economic conditions. This approach would have acknowledged the true state of our city and used that as a backdrop for showcasing the positive things that are going on and the can-do spirit of our citizens.
Instead, the award judges are going to get communications from Toledoans that will make it appear as if Carty was trying to hide the true condition of Toledo or that he was ignoring the elephant in the room.
If the truthfulness about our city and its condition is made known and negatively impacts Toledo's standing in the competition, Carty will blame others for pointing out the facts, accusing them of negativity, rather than blame himself for failing to be honest about those facts in the first place.
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You can commission a poem.
Or five.
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I'm cool with any non-zero, non-negative number of poems, really.
Your poem(s) would be 7-12 lines long, written about what you want them to be about, and written by hand in pretty colours that you like.
How this works is you tell me three things that you'd like the poem to be about, and three colours you like. I then write the poem about 1-3 of those things, using 1-3 of those colours. And you get the result in a pretty pdf :)
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Poems Others Have Commissioned
A Llama and His Gnat
written for Sarah Bates
prompts: llamas, art, ukuleles
I had a llama once
That talked about a gnat
"A gnat?" I asked. "Where?"
It was on his back
I had a llama once
With a back he couldn't scratch
"Oh dear," I said. "Here?"
"Yes, please," he said. "Like that."
A Night In
written for Heather Craik
prompts: nightshade, amethyst, cat
The cat was poisoned last night
With nightshade (does that poison cats?)
Let's go with that
Anyways, it's dead
And, as things have come to a head
I regret to inform you that, tonight
I'll be staying in bed
Where I Once Lived
written for myself
prompt: Japan
It had occurred to me
That I would one day leave
But I forgot
I never really left
You are still inside of me
A home I could never forget
Tell me, would you miss me
if I never came back?
Tell me, would you miss me?
I could never forget
Things People Have Said Upon Receiving Their Poems
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Sarah Bates
Llamas in Pajamas
Sarah and the Strange
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Frequently Asked Queries
What if I don't like poetry?
(Or commission a poem for a friend or family member who'd like poetry. I'm sure they'd appreciate the gift :) )
What if I only want the poem to be about one thing? Or I can't think of three things?
Email me and tell me what you've got, and we'll see if it'll work!
The reason I ask for you to give me three things is that some things don't connect. I can't always predict what they'll be, and if they don't connect, I can't make them work (I've tried). And how awkward would it be if you commissioned a poem only to find out that, yeah, the muses aren't musing. No poem for you :sadface:
Thus, I ask for three things from you so that you get a poem no matter what. Because yay poems! So email me if you have 1-2 things and I can let you know if there's a poem or not without any awkwardness :)
What if I ask for three things and none of them connect?
That hasn't happened yet. BUT, as this is a valid question, so let's answer it.
In the unlikely event that none of them click, I'll email you and let you know, and ask for you to expand a bit on what you're thinking, or to chat about other possibilities (I'll do this before sending an invoice, because after would be just rude). Ideally, a poem will present itself and, voila, problem solved. If nothing clicks, however, then nothing will click and we'll have to part on that note. Because, like no one wants a hernia, you don't want a forced poem. If that mental image wasn't enough for you, you'll have to trust me on that.
That said, with the two steps of "here are three things!" and "hm, let's chat a bit," there's an excellent chance that no one will end up with hernia poems. Unless that's what you want your poem to be about. I'd write that. (No, seriously, I'd write that.)
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Pastor Clark and Pastor Tim believe that God uses the preaching of His Word to call His people to repentance, renewal and rejoicing. We believe the Scriptures are essential to the life of Living Hope so expository preaching has a central place in our corporate worship. The authority of preaching is found in authoritative Word of God. We believe that God uses the systematic preaching through various books of the Bible to establish and extend His authority. Our pastors strive by God's grace to prepare their sermons prayerfully and diligently seeking to bring the grammatical historical truths of the texts to the attention of the listeners in a practical, relevant way. The sermons are posted here to be used as appropriate: catch a sermon that was missed, as a mid-week review, or to pass along to others in order to encourage them. May God richly bless His Word to the heart of the hearer!
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2013 September 29 (Sunday Morning).
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A common topic for discussion at our ADR Workshops this summer was managing the expectations of landlords with regards to deposit disputes, reasonableness and ways in which to avoid disputes all together. I thought you'd be interested to read ARLA's guidance document 'Summary of the principles of dealing with deposits, disputes & damages' which is a helpful source used by letting agents for managing the expectations of landlords and the claims being made. Our independent adjudicators also refer to the guidelines when making decisions on deposit disputes. For more information and advice on avoiding deposit disputes, fair wear and tear and reasonableness, have a read of our blog post 'Managing expectations: what's 'reasonable' in deposit disputes?'
Thanks to everyone that attended our workshops, it was good to see so many letting agents getting involved; not only listening to the advice we had to offer, but giving each other the benefit of their experiences.
If you couldn't make it to one of our summer sessions in Bristol, we're hosting further ADR Workshops later this year in Halifax and London. Keep checking the blog for updates on these sessions.
And if you're a tenant looking for advice on how to manage your tenancy from start to finish – including avoiding deposit disputes and managing evidence collection – we're creating an online presentation, solely for tenants, which can be downloaded to your laptop or PC. Watch this space for details of when the presentation will be available.


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Another week, another pipeline 🙂 It has been a real blast from the past working on water utilities again – many years ago I had a job at United Utilities and I loved the fieldwork, travelling all over north west England to survey sites for pipelines, extensions to water works and so on. I didn't love the office work quite as much – I estimated at one point that I was trying and failing to do the work of six people – so the field work was a blissful break from the stress and an opportunity to travel and get to know my own home region.
Anyway, this was another interesting little job – the project was to replace an existing water main which had experienced a few leaks and was generally thought to be not up to the job. The route traversed fields, woodland, a river and went close to a quarry and Local Wildlife Site, itself not far from a SSSI designated for its limestone pavement. So there was plenty to think about, not just on the plant side of things but also for animals too, with potential for bats, badgers, otters, dormouse and so on.
I met the project team on site to walk the route and discuss how they hoped to install the new main, where they might gain access to the fields and so on. Meeting the team on site is so valuable, as it is an opportunity to deeply understand the project and avoid becoming overly concerned about hypothetical potential impacts which would only happen if the most destructive methods were used. This project is expected to use directional drilling and pipe bursting, both methods which don't require open cut over the full length of the project, but access via pits at intervals instead, meaning that it is relatively easy to avoid potentially valuable features like species-rich hedgerow or mature trees with bat roost potential.
The highlight of my day was finding these otter footprints under a nearby road bridge 😀


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Monthly Archives: November 2014
Its That Time of the Year… 2nd Trimester is Heeeeere!!
(Oops, thought I had posted this last week!… at any rate, here it is!)
Its finally here… helloooo 2nd trimester! I've been feeling pretty good overall. The only symptoms I've had were extreme hunger and fatigue. Oh the fatigue… I fall asleep everywhere and all the time. I have recently added a 20 minute bathroom power nap in the morning and one in the afternoon, because just sleeping under my desk during lunch hour wasn't enough. I'm looking forward to the "wave of energy" that supposedly comes with this new phase of pregnancy. Read the rest of this entry
My First Pregnant Moment
I leave work at about 5:30 and yesterday in particular I was starving by 5pm. I have friends visiting from Australia so on my way home I called my husband and my parents to tell them we were going out to eat as soon as I got home cuz I could not wait to eat.
When I finally saw everybody it was a fest, I haven't this seen this friend in years, so there was a lot of catching up and hugging to do. My parents weren't coming because they wake up at 4am for work so I convinced them to come by going to this Thai restaurant that my dad always wanted to try and offering to pick up their bill. We finally make it to the restaurant there as 1 hour wait. I was hungry but I was happy, I can wait a little bit, I thought. The owner came out and complimented us while we waited.


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Scenic's Redesign of French Ships Wins Cruise Critic Award
Scenic's redesign of Scenic Diamond and Scenic Sapphire, two of its France-based Space-Ships, has received the Cruise Critic Editor's 2017 Pick Award for Best Ship Refurbishment.
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The refresh of the ships, which took place over the European winter, included reducing the number of suites on each ship to 78 to cater for a revised guest count of 155, whilst keeping the same crew count for even greater personal service; the addition of Scenic Culinaire – a private cooking emporium offering tailored cooking classes; the addition of two new 47m² Royal Owners Suites; the installation of a salt therapy room in the extended wellness centres; and a vitality pool.
Continuing its history of innovation, Scenic is now the first and only river cruise line to offer a therapeutic salt therapy room and a dedicated cooking emporium.
The three-station salt therapy room offers guests a non-invasive way to re-energise during their cruise. The humidity and temperature-controlled room is handcrafted from salt bricks and creates a micro-climate of a natural salt mine. The addition of low-level lighting and calming music promotes the natural relaxing effects of the salt.
Meanwhile, Scenic Culinaire offers immersive courses in the culinary wonders of the Rhône, Saône and Bordeaux regions. The custom-designed area features a dedicated cooking station, fresh produce fridges – including a cheese and wine cellar – and a live camera and screen so guests will not miss a thing. Each class throughout the cruise caters for just 10 people. Complementing the experience, in select ports guests can Shop with a Chef, sourcing fresh French produce at a local market, before heading back to the ship for their class.
As part of Scenic's all-inclusive promise, both the salt therapy room and Scenic Culinaire are included in the fare.
In choosing Scenic for the award, the editors of Cruise Critic said: "On its French Space-Ships, Scenic Cruises took a good thing and made it better. Passenger counts were reduced from 167 to 155, and brand-new Owner's Suites were put in. The line also added hot tubs and a demonstration cooking bar for its new Scenic Culinaire enrichment program; it also expanded its spa and fitness, with a gym and a first-in-the-industry salt room."
Scenic's French river cruise itinerary choices range from eight to 16-days with Scenic Sapphire sailing along France's Rhône and Saône Rivers and Scenic Diamond exploring the rivers of Bordeaux in Southern France.


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In response to a report in the Wall Street Journal this morning which revealed that current ONS procedure needs urgent review, Sam Bowman Executive Director of the ASI, made the following comment:
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"We could follow the lead of the United States, where these suspicious market movements are seldom seen, and data is released less than 24 hours after completion and statistical reports are physically delivered to the President.
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June Allyson, whose perky wholesomeness made her the perfect girlfriend in a series of MGM musicals during the 1940's and the perfect screen wife during the 1950's, died on Saturday at her home in Ojai, Calif. She was 88.
Her death was announced yesterday by her daughter, Pamela Allyson Powell. The cause was pulmonary respiratory failure and acute bronchitis, she told The Associated Press.
Cheerful, blonde and petite but with a husky voice, Miss Allyson turned from chorus girl into movie star when she melted into the arms of Van Johnson in "Two Girls and a Sailor" in 1944. For the next decade, Miss Allyson and Mr. Johnson were a romantic team, co-starring in "High Barbaree" (1947), "The Bride Goes Wild" (1948), "Too Young to Kiss" (1951), and "Remains to Be Seen" (1953).
She also starred twice opposite Robert Walker — in "Her Highness and the Bellboy" (1945) and "The Sailor Takes a Wife" (1946) — and played a bouncy Jo March in MGM's glossy 1949 remake of "Little Women."
By 1950, Miss Allyson had made the segue from adoring girlfriend to devoted wife. She was happy to leave musicals behind. Although she had started in the chorus on Broadway, she told an interviewer in 1951: "I couldn't dance, and, Lord knows, I couldn't sing, but I got by somehow. Richard Rodgers was always keeping them from firing me."Continue reading the main story
She was the steadfast wife of James Stewart's one-legged baseball player in "The Stratton Story" (1949); the widow left behind by Mr. Stewart's bandleader in "The Glenn Miller Story" (1953); the worried wife of Mr. Stewart's baseball player recalled to active duty in "Strategic Air Command" (1955); and the understanding wife who loses Alan Ladd's jet pilot to honor and duty in "The McConnell Story ( 1955).
In "Executive Suite" (1954), she assured her husband, played by William Holden, who was vying for president of the Tredway Corporation, "Darling, if it's something you really want, that's all that's important to either of us."
Ms. Allyson was always modest about her star power. "Women identify with me," she said in a 1986 intervew, "and while men desire Cyd Charisse, they'd take me home to meet Mom."
When Miss Allyson tried to move beyond Peter Pan collars and sugary characters as the harsh and nasty woman who pushes her husband (José Ferrer) into a nervous breakdown in "The Shrike" (1955), her acting was praised but audiences refused to accept her, and the movie was a box-office failure.
June Allyson was born Ella Geisman on Oct. 7, 1917, in the Bronx. Her alcoholic father skipped out when she was 6 months old. When she was 8, she was crushed by a falling tree limb while riding a bicycle. After four years in a back brace, she taught herself to dance by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies.
The expensive therapy the injuries required tumbled the Geisman family out of genteel poverty into desperation. In her 1982 autobiography, "June Allyson," written with Frances Spatz Leighton, Miss Allyson said she and her mother were forced to move countless times. The best months were when her mother had a job in a restaurant, she wrote, "because sometimes she could bring home food."
Recovering from her injuries, she tried out for and won a chorus job in a 1938 Broadway revue, "Sing Out the News," taking the name June (for the month) Allyson. Between 1938 and 1941, Miss Allyson sang and danced in several Broadway shows, including "Very Warm for May," "Higher and Higher" and "Panama Hattie." As understudy to Betty Hutton, who played the comedy lead in "Panama Hattie," Miss Allyson took over the part for five performances when Miss Hutton came down with measles. In a plot development worthy of an MGM musical, the producer George Abbott saw her performance and offered her a small featured role in his next musical, "Best Foot Forward." MGM bought the movie rights to the musical, and Miss Allyson was invited to Hollywood to play her role on screen. She stayed at MGM for 11 years and 25 movies.
"The only parental authority I had was the studio," Miss Allyson said in 1972. "When I was a star, there was always somebody with me, to guard me. I was not allowed to be photographed with a cigarette, a drink, a cup of coffee or even a glass of water because someone might think it was liquor. When I left the studio I was already married and had two children, but I felt as sad as a child leaving home for the first time."
A second-tier star at a studio that prided itself on owning "more stars than there are in heaven," Miss Allyson defied the studio boss Louis B. Mayer in only one thing. She fell in love with the married movie star Dick Powell. Mr. Powell divorced his wife, the actress Joan Blondell, and married Miss Allyson in 1945, despite Mr. Mayer's opposition. Although the marriage was rocky at times — Miss Allyson once filed for divorce — it lasted until Mr. Powell's death from cancer in 1963 at age 58. In her autobiography she touched on her struggle with alcoholism after Mr. Powell's death.
Miss Allyson and Mr. Powell co-starred in two mediocre movies in 1950, "The Reformer and the Redhead" and "Right Cross." Miss Allyson recalled being told that because of her childhood accident, she would never be able to have children, so she and Mr. Powell adopted a baby girl, Pamela, in 1948. Two years later, she gave birth to a son, Richard.
Pamela Allyson Powell now lives in Santa Monica, Calif. Richard, of Los Angeles, also survives Miss Allyson, as does her husband, David Ashrow, a dentist whom she married in 1976. A previous marriage, to Mr. Powell's hairdresser, Glenn Maxwell, in 1963, the year Mr. Powell died, ended in divorce.
Miss Allyson's film career had petered out in the late 1950's with a remake of "My Man Godfrey " (1957) opposite David Niven, and a sudsy Ross Hunter melodrama "A Stranger in My Arms" (1959). From 1959 to 1961, she was host of and occasionally starred in "The DuPont Show With June Allyson," a dramatic anthology on CBS. After replacing Julie Harris as the star of "40 Carats" on Broadway and touring for a year in a revival of "No, No Nanette," she returned to the screen and to MGM in 1972 as a lesbian murderess in "They Only Kill Their Masters." She also appeared on "Love Boat," "Murder, She Wrote" and other television shows.
In 1985 she became the national spokeswoman for Depend, a diaper for adults with incontinence. Still wearing her trademark pageboy hairdo, she broke one of the last taboos by bringing this uncomfortable subject into the nation's living rooms by way of television commercials.
Writing about Miss Allyson's autobiography in The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote: "Miss Allyson presents herself as the same sunny, tomboyish figure she played on screen. Even the tough parts of her life — the death of her husband Dick Powell and her subsequent bout with alcoholism — are described in a relatively blithe manner." Ms. Maslin added that Miss Allyson sounded "like someone who has come to inhabit the very myths she helped to create on the screen."Continue reading the main story


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The Codelocks CL470 Narrow Stile Aluminium Door Digital Lock With Euro Cylinder is used with mortice lock cases which accept screw in (threaded) cylinders. It is designed to be fitted to Adams Rite type screw in mortice latch lockcases (not euro-style lockcases) such as the Adams rite 4510 model. The lock has code lengths from 1 to 7 non sequential digits - up to 8000 possible code combination options.
The CL475 model has code free (passage mode) option for free entry and exit.
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text: I can't wait any longer to post these photos from the flawless proposal from Mike to his long time girlfriend Shelly! We met at Perkins Memorial Tower at the top of Bear Mountain, NY which is really nice up there. They waked around, I found them and did my normal routine which works 100% of the time. Congrats to these two, and I certainly hope I'll get to photograph them again!


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Zopa's Jargon Buster
Posted on 01 July 2009
by Zopian blogger in Archive
Each week, we'll be getting to the bottom of the real meaning of financial terms bandied about when you're looking for a loan. It's everything you ever needed to know but were too afraid to ask…and this week, we're looking at APR.
APR APR is short for Annual Percentage Rate and was introduced under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to make loan deals directly comparable. An APR is the yearly cost of a loan (or mortgage or credit card etc), expressed as a percentage. This figure takes into account not only the interest payable over the term of the loan, but also any upfront fees and charges. However, it would not take into account any early repayment fees that you might incur, and these do apply to the vast majority of unsecured loans (but not, of course, here at Zopa!).
Everyone is always searching for the lowest APR rate they can get because of course they're cheapest in the long run, and indeed Zopa lenders have ensured that we've often been table-topping on the comparison websites. However, for all the attention APR rates get, seemingly large increases in APR can make very little difference on the relatively small sums of money involved in a personal loan. For example, a hike of 1.0% in the APR on a £5000 loan over 36 months, increases the monthly repayment by just £2.14 – less than a pint and a packet of salt & vinegar!
Therefore it's always worth checking the early repayment fees on a loan as well as the APR, because if you do wish to pay it off early, it's important to ensure that your cheap loan is as flexible as you need it to be. Of course, Zopa doesn't charge any sneaky penalties or admin fees for any kind of overpayment or full early settlement on a loan, so not only is a Zopa loan one of the cheapest available, it's also one of the fairest and most flexible. Good eh?
Next week, AER…


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