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In IBM Notes/ Domino environment decommission projects clients have different options what to do with the Notes databases. Some will be deleted. Other databases still in use will be migrated to a new system (Notes content and functionality). There is always a group of Notes databases that are no longer actively used, but the content cannot be deleted. For these databases, the content can be archived to SharePoint, to disk or to IBM Connections in a cost effective way. The archive operation to SharePoint or disk is explained in this blog.
This blog is about archiving to IBM Connections for which we need File Jockey.
In the archive approach, the Notes functionality will no longer be available. The bottom line result of archiving a Notes databases are:
- the Notes database content (text, images, attachments, embedded objects, document and response structure) is available in IBM Connections
- the archived content looks the same in SharePoint as it was in Notes
- the archived content may not be edited
Lets archive a Notes document library. This approach will work for any Notes / Domino application design.
Subject to this archive demo is a typical Notes document library database with a Notes document response structure, with attachments, text and images.
For this job we use an archive tool from our partner IONET.
Let's manually add this particular Notes database. It's also possible to add many databases in one go.
In the image below I have configured what to export. I want to export Notes documents created with 3 Notes forms (main topic, response and responsetoresponse). Let's do the export to PDF and render the PDF will result in a PDF document looking the same as the Notes document.
There are two more settings that are important which are illustrated below. The formula will set the file name of the response and of the main documents.
All responses will be stored in the Response folder.
The IONET tool runs on a Domino server, it can archive one or many Notes databases in one go.
The archive result is illustrated below.
The files created are PDF files.The responses are stored in the Response folder and all attachments are stored in the att_files folder. For example below green marked Notes document contains response documents which are yellow marked.
The green marked Notes document is illustrated below.
Above Notes document is archive result to PDF is displayed in the image below.
There are links to all response documents and files attached to this Notes document.
The next step is to copy all exported files to IBM Connections. For this, we need File Jockey to create a network drive to IBM Connections. The IBM desktop plugin will not be sufficient because the links to the attached files and response documents will stop working. In this example, we will use the IBM Connections environment of IBM Greenhouse and the free Lialis File Jockey cloud environment for IBM Greenhouse.
For the next step in this archive operation, we will need File Jockey. In the image below, left we have created a network drive to IBM Greenhouse and it displays a community named Archive with a library. To the right we have all PDF files created by the archive tool IONET.
Now we can drag and drop all files from the right (pdf files on local disk) to the left (IBM Greenhouse via File Jockey).
After some time the files are all copied to the IBM Connections library, via file Jockey.
Now the same files can be viewed via the File Jockey network drive, for example, the document we used as an example is displayed below.
If we open the PDF file we will see the following details.
The links to the responses and attachments will continue to work because of File Jockey. File Jockey will make sure the relative links will continue to work. As illustrated below.
The links will not work in the IBM Desktop plugin nor in the IBM Connections browser. But using these two tools all content will be visible, only the links do not work. So it is all about the wishes of the client whether or not use File Jockey to access the archived content.
Any Notes and Domino database can be archived in this way. Using IONET the archive result can be changed in many ways.
Lialis uses this tool in several projects to archive many Notes databases.
Only IONET is supporting embedded objects in Notes by the way.
Please contact me on firstname.lastname@example.com if you have Notes databases to be archived in this way.
Thank you.


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The Designer and Design Thinking – the Glue that Binds the Realities
I don't really see myself as a classic designer who makes pretty things, but rather as a context designer. That's not to say that I don't appreciate beautiful and impressive things but they have to be based in a situation or in genuine need. The need can always be divided into two realities: the customer and the context. It is in this tension field that I, the designer, and design thinking come into our own by acting as the glue that binds the realities.
As the interaction designer I have to facilitate situations where people can meet and create and something beautiful can emerge. Hence many of my projects are crossovers, a mixture of politics, art, culture and architecture all tied together by a common context. Often the context is locked into its own reality, and in that case it is my job to include, concretise and create a new context and thus generate a new reality/platform where something new and genuine can develop – innovation.
My clients are mostly public institutions or non-profit organisations within the areas of architecture or urban planning. Hence the dialogue between the developer/client and the residents/citizens is the be-all and end-all, and here design thinking fills the need that is crucial if you want to generate something genuine. One thing is building something new; another thing is whether what is being built is being used. The third thing is to look at what is already there; in other words, I design based on a reality and then the idea matures through collaboration.
When I applied to Design School Kolding I wanted to be a set designer, and with a background as a theatre technician I was deeply fascinated by all the possibilities of physical computing in relation to classic scenography. But I realised fairly soon that this type of interaction was quite closed around the technology and hence was not challenging enough as a platform – exactly because the technology/platform was still based on clear rules and thus was not "free" enough to handle spontaneity. As a result of the restructuring at the school Interaction Design changed focus from the relationship between humans and computers to the relationship between humans and humans, which suited me much better, partly because interaction between people became my primary focus and hence the means to making people meet and interact, independent of technology.
I also met a group of people who later became the artists collective, Bureau Detours. At that time, as Bureau Detours, we were a group who created art in the public space. Together we were, and still are, a group who put the use of and the right to the public space to the test. With clear inspiration from graffiti and street art we want to make sure that we as citizens or users of a city can impact the surroundings we live in. With that activist approach the design methods that use driven design and prototyping have gained ground, so that we, as designers, are included in the planning phase of new urban development projects on equal footing with architects and developers, where our role is to ensure that planning not only happens from a bird's eye view but also at eye level with the user and the citizen.

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Kevin Johnson Becomes First African-American Mayor in Sacramento, CaliforniaNovember 7, 2008
Kevin Johnson declared victory in the Sacramento mayor's race Tuesday
night after the most costly and intensely publicized quest ever for the
city's top political job.
With 93 percent of the precincts reporting, Johnson led incumbent
Mayor Heather Fargo 57 percent to 42 percent. As many as 56,000
absentee ballots remained uncounted in the city, however, according to
elections officials.
That didn't stop Johnson from giving an acceptance speech. Moments later, Fargo conceded that he had won.
"Today the country elected the first African American president, Barack
Obama," Johnson said. "Sacramento also made history today by electing
the first African American mayor. Obama and myself, we ran on the
promise and the theme of change. No more business as usual."
said he had already assembled a transition team of 50 people. "I am so
ready and so humbled to accept this great honor that has been bestowed
upon me today," he said.
Fargo, in her concession speech, said it
had being mayor was "an incredibly wonderful experience for me, and I
think I've been incredibly good for Sacramento."
Johnson grew up
in Oak Park, moved away to play in the NBA, and came back to redevelop
dilapidated buildings in his old neighborhood and run charter public
schools serving students who live there.
If he takes office Nov. 25, as expected, he will immediately be tested by the city's ongoing budget crisis.
dire financial situation is likely to monopolize much of the city's
business in the coming weeks and months, as the City Council faces the
likelihood of midyear cuts and future budget gaps projected to total
more than $140 million over the next four years.
In this climate,
it could prove difficult for Johnson to keep his No. 1 campaign pledge
to increase funding for police and fire crews.
Tuesday's vote
ended a local political race the likes of which Sacramento has never
seen – featuring not only Johnson's wealth and celebrity pitted against
Fargo, a two-term mayor and former state parks employee, but also a
series of oddball twists and sensational allegations.
Just last
week, Johnson grabbed unwanted headlines again after he took an
after-hours, private tour of City Hall, including a brief stop in
mayor's chair, and happened to run into City Councilman Rob Fong, a
Fargo supporter.
Johnson was accompanied by a security guard, but City Manager Ray Kerridge nonetheless said the tour violated city policy.
The fired security guard joined Johnson on the stage Tuesday night, and Johnson put his arm around him.
them, the candidates spent more than $2 million, according to records
filed with the Sacramento City Clerk's office. Johnson outspent Fargo 3
to 1. Late contributions to both candidates continued to flow in this
Earlier this year, it looked like Fargo might coast to an
unprecedented third term as Sacramento mayor with little serious
But when Johnson announced his candidacy in March,
the game changed. National news outlets descended on Sacramento,
attracted by the story of a former NBA All-Star star running for mayor.
brought a parade of basketball greats to town to campaign on his
behalf, including Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Shaquille O'Neal.
recently, the mayor's race in Sacramento has been a relatively low-key
affair. The job wasn't even considered full time until 2002.
promised to elevate Sacramento to another level – using the power of
his celebrity to attract investors and bring the city national
attention. He criticized Fargo for not improving downtown quickly
enough, and for not having done enough to prevent the city's budget
crisis or address crime problems.
At the same time that he took
the offensive, Johnson was dogged by scandal throughout the campaign.
Early on, he was forced to answer allegations that he had
inappropriately touched teenage girls in Phoenix, where he played for
the Suns, and more recently in Sacramento.
The Sacramento girl was a student at Sacramento Charter High School, which is run by the St. HOPE organization Johnson founded.
Johnson was not charged in either incident, and the allegations were not proved.
recently, a federal government investigation concluded that St. HOPE's
youth public service program, HOOD Corps., had misused federal funds by
having participants perform a variety of duties outside the scope of
the federal contract, such as running errands for Johnson and washing
his car.
The youthful participants were supposed to be tutoring kids and redeveloping one building a year in Oak Park.
St. HOPE Academy and a former St. HOPE administrator have been placed
on a list of people and organizations suspended from receiving federal
funds or contracts.
The federal AmeriCorps agency referred its findings to the local U.S. attorney, who has yet to take action on them.
Looking back at the race Monday, Fargo called it "interesting and bizarre."
"The public doesn't know the half of what's gone on," she said.
last serious opposition Fargo faced was in 2000, when she was running
for her first term. She and former City Councilman Rob Kerth emerged
from a crowded primary field, and Fargo beat him in the runoff.
Monday, Fargo said she was eager for the contest to be done. "I think
it's time for this to be over, and time to know what people think," she
said. "It's kind of like Christmas. You open your present, and there's
something in it or there's not."
Source: Sacramento Bee


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Angola: Detained activists must be freed
In mid-March, Amnesty International released the following statement on the situation of human rights activists in Angola.
Our concern for Africa is shaped by long term relationsips between Maryknoll missioners and the people of Sudan and South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Namibia. We honor their strength and wisdom and believe that African cultures and traditions often suggest solutions to seemingly intractable local and global problems.
In Africa our Global Concerns work is at times country-specific, focussing, for example, on the slow process toward peace between Sudan and South Sudan, or the genocide in Darfur; the political and economic collapse of Zimbabwe; the introduction of genetically modified seeds or the political situation in Tanzania; efforts to stop corruption in Kenya, among other issues. We also address transnational issues of great concern to all people in Africa: deep and endemic poverty; the HIV and AIDS pandemic; the call for the cancellation of illegitimate and overwhelming debt without conditions that worsen poverty; just trade agreements; the rights of women and children; and environmental degradation.
In mid-March, Amnesty International released the following statement on the situation of human rights activists in Angola.
In 2015, 14 African nations will hold presidential and legislative elections; by the end of 2016, 25 countries will have held elections.
Our colleagues at ActionAid USA are circulating this petition to urge the Obama administration to end its support of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
Some South Sudanese believe the long journey to peace and reconciliation has already begun.
Lay missioner Liz Mach writes about her work in Tanzania, where the holiday time means the closing of schools and the return home of girls in order to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).
Two seemingly contradictory trends have emerged in the security situation of several African nations: an increase in military spending and a decline in civil warfare.
The Darfur Women Action Group held its third annual symposium in Washington, D.C. on October 25-26.
The Pan African Network on Nonviolence and Peacebuilding has issued this statement which connects the spread of the Ebola virus with the potential for increased violence and conflict in countries most affected.
The following report, published in the September-October 2014 NewsNotes, was written by Ezekiel Pajibo, who was an active member of the resistance movement against then-dictator Samuel Doe in Liberia in the 1980s; Pajibo was imprisoned for his work, landing him on the list of Amnesty International's prisoners of conscience. He now lives in South Africa.
The first ever U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit, held August 4-6, has come and gone. Assessments of the Summit's impact are now underway both in the United States and in Africa.
The following article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
The following article includes an update from Fr. Tom Tiscornia, a Maryknoll missioner who serves in Sudan.
The following reflection was written in early April by Br. Bill Firman, an Australian De La Salle brother and friend of Maryknoll who works in Juba.
This article, written by Amadou Sy, was originally published on the Brookings Africa Growth Initiative's Africa in Focus blog.
The U.S. seems to have two contrasting perspectives on Africa: "Africa Rising" and Africa as "security threat."
Maryknoll Sister Jareen Aquino applies Jesus' call to the Apostles to "come and see" to the girls and young women in need of education and empowerment in Tanzania.
Father Frank Breen reflects on the everlasting promise of the Good News of the coming of the Kingdom of God.
Liz Mach, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Tanzania, reflects on the challenge of following Jesus' teachings in our daily lives.
The life story of South African Anglican priest Michael Lapsley, a friend to many Maryknoll missioners, is an inspiration for forgiveness.
Coralis Salvador, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Kenya, reflects on the presence of the Holy Spirit during her regular visits to the homes of families affected by HIV and AIDS.
Maryknoll Father David Schwinghamer recalls a chance encounter with someone who, like the Samaritan woman at the well, demonstrates that even ordinary folk, once baptized, are meant to be messengers of the good news.
Michael Leen, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner tells the story of a friend in Mwanza, Tanzania who did what can seem impossible – offer love and mercy to his enemies.
Maryknoll Sister Theresa Baldini, who was on mission in South Sudan, reflects on the biblical call to forgiveness and reconciliation for justice to be restored in our relationships.
Maryknoll Sister Veronica Schweyen describes how God has chosen each of us and we can put our trust in God.
Teresa Villaruz, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in Kenya, reflects on seeing the light despite the darkness.
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Ashley Leen in Tanzania writes this week's reflection on the meaning of family.
Curt Klueg, a returned Maryknoll Lay Missioner, writes this week's Scripture reflection on the great gift of forgiveness.
Curt and Anita Klueg and their children were Maryknoll Lay Missioners in Kenya. They reflect on the call to radical hospitality.
This week's reflection was prepared by Marj Humphrey who spent many years as a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in East Africa.
Fr. Jim Noonan, spent much of his missionary life in Asia as well as South Sudan.


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Gentleman's Luxury Cabinet!
Eleventh and Twelfth Grade Project
What better way to relieve the memories of a bitter and brisk winter than with this class project: ABC's (Alcohol, Books, and Cigars) of Comfort.The students have meticulously transformed a vintage secretary into a true gentleman's luxury cabinet. Replete with built-in wine racks, glass shelving, fine liquor, crystal drinkware, a humidor with a sampling of cigars, and books and supplies necessary for a private evening of leisure or entertaining. All of these opulent luxuries ensconced within this beautifully refinished cabinet. A truly gracious addition to any home.


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In Pictures: Historic bazaar a symbol of destruction in Aleppo's Old City
Aleppo's Old City, a Unesco world heritage site, contains what is believed to be one of the world's oldest covered markets.
Fighting has long died down in Syria's largest city but Aleppo's centuries-old market still has to come back to life, more than a year after government forces retook rebel-held neighbourhoods around the Old City.
Few shops have reopened in the once sprawling bazaar in the historic quarter, with Unesco estimating as much as 60% of the Old City was severely damaged and 30% destroyed.
The bazaar, or souk, is believed to be one of the world's oldest covered markets. The market is part of Aleppo's Old City, a Unesco World Heritage Site, which also boasts a 13th century citadel, the Great Mosque of Aleppo, also known as the Umayyad Mosque, and several other monuments, nearly all of which have been damaged or destroyed.
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The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognised research university with more than 14,000 students and close to 3,500 employees at six faculties. The university is located in the heart of Bergen. Our main contribution to society is excellent basic research and education across a wide range of disciplines.
PhD position in pure mathematics
At the Department of Mathematics there is a vacancy for a PhD position in pure mathematics from August 2018. The position are for a fixed-term period of 3 years with a possibility for a 4th year.
The position is connected to the project Pure mathematics in Norway, funded by Bergens forskningsstiftelse and the University of Bergen.
About the project/work tasks:
The position is intended to give promising candidates the opportunity to pursue advanced research leading to a doctoral degree within one of the fields of pure mathematics represented in the department. These fields are: algebra and structural methods in computational mathematics; algebraic geometry; analysis and PDE; and topology.
Qualifications and personal qualities:
Personal and relational qualities will be emphasized. Ambitions and potential will also count when evaluating the candidates.
About the PhD position
The fellowship will be for a period of 3 years, with the possibility for a 4th year, consisting of 25 % compulsory work (e.g. teaching responsibilities at the department) distributed across the employment period. The 4th year is contingent on the qualifications of the candidate and the teaching needs of the department, and will be decided upon appointment.
The employment period may be reduced if you have previously been employed in a PhD position.
About the research training
As a PhD candidate, you must participate in an approved educational programme for a PhD degree within a period of 3 years. A final plan for the implementation of the research training must be approved by the faculty within three months after you have commenced in the position. It is a condition that you satisfy the enrolment requirements for the PhD programme at the University of Bergen.
We can offer:
Your application must include:
The application and appendices with certified translations into English or a Scandinavian language must be uploaded at Jobbnorge.
General information
For further details about the position, please contact: Head of Department Sigmund Selberg, email: email@example.com
The state labour force shall reflect the diversity of Norwegian society to the greatest extent possible. Age and gender balance among employees is therefore a goal. It is also a goal to recruit people with immigrant backgrounds. People with immigrant backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply for the position.
We encourage women to apply. If multiple applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules pertaining to moderate gender quotas shall apply.
The University of Bergen applies the principle of public access to information when recruiting staff for academic positions.
Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has asked not to be named on the list of persons who have applied. The applicant must be notified if the request to be omitted is not met.
Further information about the employment process can be found here.


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The Vluchtmaat
Perhaps the most radical act in the early days of the Vluchtmaat, a legalised squat on the outskirts of Amsterdam, was the installation of curtains. Soft and easily transportable, indicative of comfort but also privacy, curtains are a quintessentially domestic object. In this context, they signalled the evolution of an office building into a home.
Located just outside Amsterdam's A10 ring road in the shadow of Rem Koolhaas's muscular G-Star RAW headquarters, the Vluchtmaat is a 1980s two-storey concrete slab roughly 60m across. Where once it contained a constellation of offices for Bouwmaat, a Dutch construction-materials company, since autumn 2015 it has housed a shifting group of undocumented migrants and small businesses.
The residents of the Vluchtmaat – a contraction of "vlucht", short for vluchtelingen (refugees), and "maat", short for Bouwmaat – are 40 Ethiopian and Eritrean undocumented migrants who have been denied residence in the Netherlands but are unable to return to their countries of origin, often for political reasons. As in other parts of western Europe, Dutch asylum policy requires applicants to prove the risks they would face should they go back. This can involve the harrowing, and at times ridiculous, stipulation that they provide specific evidence, such as a warrant, that might lead an oppressive regime to target them. In Ethiopia, for example, arbitrary arrests and torture of the Oromo people under the ruling administration were reported by Amnesty International in 2014. Gaining proof of this persecution on an individual basis, which would have to be provided by the administration itself, is clearly absurd.
These residents form part of a larger collective of asylum seekers who have grown to national prominence under the banner of Wij Zijn Hier (We Are Here). "The purpose of the collective is to fight for human rights," explains Bushra Hussein, a spokesperson for the group. "We don't have basic human needs, we don't have shelter, we don't have medicine rights, so we just want to come together and to support one another."
Since its foundation in 2012, We Are Here has co-ordinated residential occupations, ensuring temporary shelter for more than 300 undocumented migrants across Amsterdam, including the high- profile occupation of a Brutalist church – dubbed the Vluchtkerk – over the Christmas period in 2012. "They use all the protocols of Dutch squatting practice," explains René Boer, curator of Architecture of Appropriation, an exhibition on squatting and architecture, which featured the Vluchtmaat and was held at Rotterdam's Nieuwe Instituut in 2017. "Like regular squatting actions, they assemble at least 40 people and then collectively occupy the building. They are very open with the press and the police. It's interesting how it continues a movement that has existed for decades."
The office that would become the Vluchtmaat had only been empty for a month when its new occupants changed the locks and installed curtains in November 2015. The building's previous incarnation made it relatively easy for the new residents to adapt it. Carpets, small kitchens and sealed windows meant little structural intervention was required to make the space habitable. In keeping with Dutch squatting protocol, the new residents and Here To Support, a group of volunteers working with We Are Here, contacted the owner of the building, Bouwmaat, to inform them of the situation. Where another proprietor might have begun proceedings to remove the squatters, the Bouwmaat director took a different approach. As Elke Uitentuis, an artist and supporter of the Vluchtmaat explains, "He said, 'I don't want to give up my rights as an owner, so I don't want to leave the squatted situation as it is. But I would like to help out because the building is empty and I don't think I'm going to be able to rent it out.'"
The resulting compromise, and central innovation of the Vluchtmaat, would allow the group to stay for a fixed period, provided the costs of the building were covered. To do so, the Vluchtmaat building would be divided into spaces for living and working, and a simple financial agreement would allow it to survive autonomously, avoiding an unsustainable reliance on donations or state funding, as is the case for many other shelters. The workspaces would be let out to small businesses that would pay a relatively low monthly rent, a rarity in increasingly expensive Amsterdam. This income would be used to cover the essential costs – shelter, water, insurance, basic maintenance – without the landlord drawing a profit. In order to sign a contract with the Bouwmaat, a non-profit foundation named Stichting Noodzaak was set up to collect rent, pay the bills and manage internal difficulties.
Soon after the curtains were put up and the contract with the owners signed, residents and volunteers co- designed a new layout. The office building had previously consisted of four open- plan wings across two floors separated by a central core. Using simple and cheap materials funded by donations, the Vluchtmaat team divided it into rooms with wooden frames and plasterboard. Three of the wings would be used as residential space and the fourth would house the offices.
The arrangement is the same today. Each resident has their own room, unless they prefer to share with a partner or friend, and one room, which sleeps five, is used for new arrivals. As well as the bedrooms, there are three communal spaces, one of which is used as a dining room and hosts a monthly restaurant evening serving Ethiopian food. There are 13 offices, some of which are shared. Current tenants include a photographer, a fair-trade coffee company and a small media company, among others. The front door is always open.
The first contract with Bouwmaat gave the residents a guaranteed six months of shelter. This has been extended by increments of six months ever since and the current residents can count on a place at the Vluchtmaat until the end of 2018. In the context of many We Are Here members' experience of being evicted from squats every two to three months, this security marks a major shift.
Mahmud Mamma, who arrived in the Netherlands from Ethiopia following his involvement in anti-government demonstrations in 2014, had lived in four different We Are Here squats before arriving at the Vluchtmaat a year ago. "Life is better here than in the other groups where I've been: it's a stable place," he explains. There remains, of course, a profound precariousness that comes from living undocumented in the Netherlands. The Vluchtmaat is by no means a panacea. The residents have gone through the process of seeking refugee status and, once rejected, are nearly entirely isolated from the social infrastructure. As Yonas Berhanu, an accountant originally from Ethiopia and a Vluchtmaat resident for the last two years, says, "it is really difficult because we don't have any source to live. We don't have a chance to go to school. If you want to get some medical treatment it is really difficult."
Nonetheless, the value of stability goes beyond the simple fact of a roof over residents' heads. "Three of the residents got married, which you might think is not a wise thing to do because you don't have any certainty or anything," says Uitentuis, who pays €290 per month for a 21sqm workspace at the Vluchtmaat. "But I think the feeling that you have a little bit more time for yourself and less time being in the situation that you need to survive day-to-day makes it possible for people to make steps towards the future." Applying for residency is one such step which the stability of the Vluchtmaat has facilitated; 15 residents have gained legal status while living there.
The layout of the building, with shared living rooms, kitchen and open access into and through the building, has also seemingly facilitated a communal way of living and a close-knit community. "There is a tolerant atmosphere here that comes by sharing and respecting each other, by living together," says Mamma, who recently received his residency status but continues to live at the Vluchtmaat while waiting for a government home.
The coexistence of the residents and the renting businesses is, however, clearly the linchpin. Day to day, the relationship between the Vluchtmaat's residents and renters is neat and functional without excessive sentimentality. Interactions are largely pragmatic and efforts by the foundation to manufacture a false sense of community are, thankfully, avoided. This is not to say the environment is cold or unfriendly, however. There is a visible ease and familiarity between the two groups, albeit more akin to the interaction between colleagues than cohabiters. However, the truth remains that the residents rely on the renters more than the other way around – the need for shelter, warmth and solidarity trumps the requirement for an affordable workspace. As Boer points out, "There is a clear imbalance in power and privilege between the residents, who are hyper- precarious, and the renters, who are comfortably incorporated into Dutch society." Or as Berhanu puts it, "If the renters are not here, we are not here."
Yet, by the same token, it is this set- up that has made the Vluchtmaat a success: first, in its ability to survive; second, in its provision of a platform for individuals to feel more human in a fundamentally dehumanising immigration system. It's also what gives the Vluchtmaat model the potential to travel beyond the post- industrial periphery. When it was nominated for a Dutch Design Award in 2017, alongside internationally recognised architects such as MVRDV and NL Architects, the judges praised the Vluchtmaat's independent economic model as a "prototype of a social design for an inclusive society". The Vluchtmaat "prototype" has also garnered interest from other Dutch organisations working with undocumented migrants who face a constant struggle to win pockets of funding from churches or the state. What's more, it's unique on a European level. Its closest equivalent, the City Plaza squat in Athens, has led a much more fraught existence, being targeted for closure by the neighbours, the police and even right-wing extremists. Admirably, it continues to house 400 refugees, undocumented migrants and other precarious individuals while relying on crowdfunding.
There may be as many as 100,000 undocumented individuals lacking secure shelter and basic social infrastructure in the Netherlands, and so the need for more shelters following the Vluchtmaat model is clear. Yet the most significant barriers to replicating the set-up are the owners of Amsterdam's empty buildings. The Dutch legal system may have a fairly relaxed attitude to squatting, especially in comparison to the UK, but the rights of landowners are still virtually sacred. Thus the chances of creating a new Vluchtmaat rely on stumbling across another proprietor who "is willing to give away his property, in a sense, for such an extended period of time", as Boer puts it.
This is made all the more unlikely by the fact that housing capacity struggles mean prices in the capital have risen to pre-2008 levels. The city's expansion bears this out. Although the Vluchtmaat exists on its outskirts, it is a stone's throw from a new 7.5ha development that involves the conversion of a former prison and luxury residential zone by OMA. Clearly in this economy, finding landowners willing to forgo profit for social good will be a challenge.
There is room for hope, however, following the municipal elections held in March 2018. Amsterdam voted for a significant shift to the left and the GroenLinks (Green Left) party is now forming a coalition with the Socialist and Labour parties, as well as the centrist D66 party. Most importantly for the residents of the Vluchtmaat, We Are Here has begun to establish connections with GroenLinks and is lobbying for the provision of 24-hour shelters for undocumented migrants. These would essentially provide the same relatively stable shelter as the Vluchtmaat with support from the state, alongside guidance on obtaining a resident's permit or support on returning to one's country of origin.
Should these shelters, which would probably occupy decommissioned municipal properties such as schools, go ahead, the Vluchtmaat may well cease to exist. Somewhat paradoxically, this should surely be its ultimate aim. While the success of the structure, the foundation and its residents is laudable – even inspirational – the provision of support from the state and the legal recognition that comes with this should be the goal. Indeed, the Vluchtmaat as a lasting entity, no matter how successful, could never be an end in itself.
That said, as the urban-housing scholar Alex Vasudevan argued in his essay 'Squatting the city', squatting provides "an alternative vision of the city and a robust defence of housing in both its lived social dimension and in its 'identity as home'". The Vluchtmaat offers a similar vision of cooperation and an alternative way of doing housing in the contemporary city, which can be considered further and in separation from the context of the precariousness of its residents' existences. What's more, the Vluchtmaat, from curtains to Ethiopian kitchen, provides a valuable expansion of preconceptions surrounding the "identity of home".


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On Monday 120 pages of printed signatures were delivered to Vice Mayor Mann and the Neighborhood Council, over 1,300 names in all. Today City Council unanimously approved the designation of a new, permanent district to protect the historical buildings that directly surround Lytle Park. Most of us who signed were from the Tri-State area, but people from all over the country, 20 states in all, folks who had grown-up here and moved away, tourists and visitors, felt strongly enough to want to add their support to our cause. That mattered and Cincinnati thanks you for caring.
Now the real work begins. The District that City Council approved was a compromise that resulted in many buildings being removed from Historic District protection. It was clear from the comments on the petition that there's a lot of confusion about the future of this area.
Based on the testimony during the public hearings (which are legal proceedings with a court reporter present) and conversations with Western & Southern executives, this is what we know right now:
1. Western & Southern intends to tear down the 5 buildings currently known as the Woodford building on 4th St in order to construct a new headquarters building that will be approximately the size of the Procter & Gamble headquarters across the street on 5th., 12-14 stories.
2. Western & Southern does not plan to demolish the Anna Louise Inn. It will be turned into a luxury, boutique hotel run by Marriott.
3. The Earl's Building (the small Tudor next to the Anna Louise Inn) will become a restaurant that will open out onto the park with outdoor seating.
4. In 2015 Lytle Park will be closed for 2 years for the replacement of ventilation fans for the i-71 tunnel. All trees will have to be removed and replaced. Western & Southern has been involved with the future design for the new park and our Park Department is hoping that they will pay for the bulk of the 4-5 million dollar renovation. (Otherwise the city doesn't have the money and it stays a mud pit.) Revenue from a specially created taxing district of property owners on the park will finance ongoing maintenance if all goes as planned.
5. Western & Southern intends to tear down their garage on 3rd St., as well as the houses on Arch Street, in order to build a residential/garage/office tower.
6. Western & Southern does not intend to make any major changes to the exteriors of the Police Building on Broadway or the building they own next to it. They have talked about an Italian restaurant in the police station. The University Club and the Academy of Medicine buildings, though they requested removal from the District, plan to maintain their buildings as they always have, to the highest of standards.
As you can see, there are lots of changes going on in our little neighborhood and that's great. It's time to fill those empty buildings with great restaurants, services, more people living in this beautiful area. But the words "corporate campus" have been used a lot lately. Lytle Park is not and never can be anything but public land for the common good. The best way we can help to make make sure it stays that way, that this is a place where everyone is welcome and wants to come, is for citizens to inform themselves about the development process. Knowledge is power. And there will be lots of opportunities for us to positively influence the buildings that go up in the neighborhood that is our Lytle Park.


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Layton continues to build warehouse and distribution centers in PV303, a massive planned business park with an ideal location for shipping, distribution and available labor.
Building A comprises 610,000 SF with 36-foot clear heights, 62 dock-high doors and four grade-level doors and was fully leased to UPS in May of 2017 and serves as a new package processing hub for their e-commerce division.
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* GREENS. Oppose cuts to universities. Support bank levy and keeping deficit levy on high-income earners. Question Medicare guarantee fund as a "glorified bank account". Call for cuts to defence spending ($30 billion a year), and ending fuel subsidies for mining companies ($7.4 billion a year). Redirect private health insurance rebate ($20 billion over four years) to public health care. No decision yet on Gonski 2.0 schools funding package.
* DERRYN HINCH. Supports schools package as "fair and justifiable". Also backs the 0.5 percentage point Medicare levy to fund NDIS. Wants more information about the university changes.
* CORY BERNARDI. Describes Medicare levy as an "insurance tax" to only partially pay for a "rorted" NDIS. Says bank levy will flow through to customers and stymie business. Opposes training levy. School funding too generous and should instead keep pace with enrolment growth. Government should revisit $70 billion in savings outlined in 2014 Commission of Audit. University student debts are out of control.
* ONE NATION. Multinationals must be made to pay more tax. Cut taxes on alcohol and cigarettes. "Policy on the run" bank levy will be passed on to customers and shareholders. NDIS is being rorted and spending on it should be brought under control. Students should start to pay back debt when they earn $22,000. Money is being wasted on NBN.
* LIBERAL DEMOCRATS. Says find savings in less welfare spending and smaller government. Queries bank levy and rise in Medicare levy. Advocates 20 per cent "flat tax".
* NICK XENOPHON TEAM. School and university funding need further investigation. Keep deficit levy in place. Still considering details of Medicare levy to fund NDIS. Supports principle of bank levy, but should be extended to three major multinational banks and be partly used for a compensation scheme for ripped off customers. Wants better aged care policy.
* JACQUI LAMBIE. Wants more infrastructure spending in Tasmania. Budget is missed opportunity to increase taxes on multinational oil and gas producers. Says university changes are unfair and won't help economy. Will move to exempt Catholic rural and regional schools from funding cuts. Supports keeping deficit levy. Wants minimum Medicare levy threshold lifted to $40,000.
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Quick Update on what's been going on in the Squally Fam House: Mama Bear has just finished week 2 of her 10 week summer internship/job with Banfield Pet Hospital. Papa Bear has his normal working schedule, which is no schedule at all, so he comes as goes as necessary to perform the functions of his job as a Family Intervention Specialist at Youth Villages. TeeTee Bear has been holding down the fort at the house and watching the favorite Muffin, Squally Muffin, as mommy and daddy run around with like a chicken with their heads cut off trying to work.
Let me tell you, Mama Bear does NOT like working long shifts away from Squally Muffin Bear. (Enough with the 3rd person). Y'all, I have been an emotional wreck for about a week now!! Big shout out to my hospital manager for slowly working me into my 8am-7:30pm shifts by starting me with 8am-5pm, but nothing could truly prepare me for all the emotions I'd be internally churning as I was genuinely learning and enjoying the functions of my job.
Last Saturday was my first 8am-7pm shift and I've been struggling to figure out the traffic patterns as to not be late for work. I live about 12 minutes from my job via interstate, but Knoxville drivers CAN'T drive, so what SHOULD take 12 minutes took about 35 minutes on my first day. So when I accidentally got to work about 15 minutes early on Saturday, I sat in my car not knowing what to do with my life. I called my husband, who was in Nashville for his Granny's 85th birthday party. Of course he was asleep, but as soon I as started talking to him, I burst into tears.. why? I'm still not 100% percent sure, but I knew I didn't want to be away from Lariah all that dang time!!
The work day wasn't terrible, then again, its normally not. I went home during my lunch break, breastfed Squally, ran around a little bit (you know, prefolding diapers and shoving ramen noodles into my face), and went back to work! The work day went by fast enough because we were busy and when I got off at 7pm, I walked outside to find that my car had a flat! My FIRST flat tire ever, the one time my husband decides to go out of town without me! Anybody who knows me, knows that I don't touch my car- as far as maintenance. I show up at Chevy for whatever the need me to and I go back home. So while I've seen a tire being change, I had 0f intentions of doing it myself. Lucky for me, my coworker's sweet dad came from his house and put on my spare. I got home an hour late, but Lariah was alive and well and we got to play before she passed out much later.


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Remodeling Cost vs Value
Posted by Janis Penick on Monday, April 1st, 2019 at 3:37pm.
If you are planning to do some remodeling of your Bastrop home, you know there will be cost to go along with the remodel. Many homeowners falsely assume that the repairs and updates they make to their home improve the value of their home by the cost of the update. That is rarely true though some items come closer than others. Many updates will make your home more appealing and may make a buyer prefer your home over another but they don't give you a dollar for dollar return. Before you decide on updates though, it is a good idea to research the return you can expect on your investment. There are different ways you can do this but none are scientific. Information is available online that has taken many years of updates into account and I am also a great resource as I have seen many updates and talk with buyers as they are looking at homes to know what they place increased value on.
Before you jump into your next remodel project, put together a budget of what you expect to spend on the remodel. This will help you make sure you can afford the project and not have to stop short or complete it in a way that doesn't satisfy you as well allow you to know if you are comfortable with the amount it will cost. If you want to really focus on your home value, there are some updates that offer a greater return on investment than others. Here are details on a few based on 2018 national averages. You can see the full results of the survey here as well as review regional results.
You can expect a 91% return on the replacement of your entry door. This is a small project costing an average of $1,471. On a slightly larger scale, a bathroom remodel may give you a return around 70% at an average cost of $19,134. Renovate your kitchen at a whopping cost of $63,829 but you should only expect to see a return of around 59%. Don't forget the daily value you receive from the updates while you live in the home so updates should not be made purely for the expected value on their return.
There is no formula that tells you exactly what you can expect to see in return but a nicely updated home will always show better and get better showing feedback than a home that is dated and in need of repairs. Remember that your home should be a place that you are comfortable while you are living there so make updates with that in mind if you plan to be there for a while. You may have other reasons for remodeling, but if you want to be smart about your investment, this information can be very useful. And when it does come time to sell, be sure to let me help you get the most value from your home.
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Buy a Rug Online – How To Plan
A modest patience really will pay for off and you simply you must find something all around what that is required, but try to remember, you are not able to always get all sorts of things you require as square area rug design in addition to colors are restricted to many variables. Buying your rug is undoubtedly an investment, so do not ever rush for it. I decide to look available and look at quality, revisit policies, warranty (should be more than 12 months) and the span of time a business is trading pertaining to.
It assists in the know what you're looking for, instead with walking blindfolded in rug shops and purchasing on behavioral instinct. Usually people regret the application later as soon as you see an identical item lower priced or anything better inside another retail store or in the friends place. Choices is often confusing but choosing the best one is a key. This is in which a referral by a close relative or friend might possibly be a simple way of looking for a business along with a good name and important staff, but remember they often not include necessarily achieved their assignments either.
Whether you will be buying a joint of furniture and decor weapons like a modern-day rug, you must think of the long-run. Now it's good to consider such things as, will it seek advice from the setting, does it spice up the community, should there is a rug in the lounge room incorporate warmth . … When thinking through so quite a few questions, it really should be obvious enough to help you work out the precise choice which is type and also color rugs you should have. So should the decision to find a rug created, it could be well conceptualized and considered.
I indicate to measure areas where your rug is allowed to be placed. Don't do prices and guesses being the tendency to order rugs involving wrong sizes can be quite high except space will be of not any issue. An alternative point, take note of is normally whether there may be furniture in the market and whether it's going to sitting within the rug or removed from it to provide a feature; as such factors have an impact on the volume that is planned to be measured.
Quality and Styles of Amish Furniture
Amish domestic furniture can be hand stiched and personal. They you should consider the information in each component of wood even if making the fact that furniture additionally they also discover the part connected with wood actually correspond the piece of furniture they shall be constructing. They just don't utilize low amount laminate or perhaps particle pack – people just use timber just for example oak, hickory, cherry, pine or darker maple, coupled with quarter sawn pinus radiata. The a number of custom home furniture also incorporates resistive conclude the very difficult, durable finish which often can typically prevent most molecules, paint thinners, acetone, or anything else.
Amish fixtures isn't merely aesthetically and visually gratifying, it is due to addition sturdy besides crafted for you to last a long time. The Amish transport great self-importance for each piece of furniture they the company craft many of them consider ones pieces an innovative art create as the best value as economical furniture.
While customers can now purchase Amish loved ones furniture internet, the Amish were prohibited using running websites, due therefore recommended to their beliefs. Those web pages are usually run via non-Amish outlets that frequent expositions inside of Ohio and also Indiana offering up furniture.
Amish dwelling furniture is probably the most reliable besides sturdy furniture you'll be able to acquire. Its handed downward from construction to delivering and becomes face heirloom. The Amish individuals are extremely hard-working additionally, they take very good pride available constructing their own furniture the perfect way, even when you will want longer and also are harder to undertake. Prior that you can selling unique furniture for you to people all around the United Pronounces, they customarily made loved ones furniture for themselves. They could not change a standards and additionally quality inside furniture they may now produce against your family.
Amish furniture established fact for frequently it?s wonderful and robustness. First arriving at be preferred inside 1920s, the astounding Amish furniture is looked upon by many being a fine type of U. Vertisements. folk artwork. Best off of, it definitely seems to be like wonderful inside of a setting and it is completely self-made, reflecting the standard of the classic world industry experts.
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It seemed to be Nettings esteemed of elderly binoculars which caused an individual's minimum cost-effective, but understandably biggest business coming from all: Duplication Retro Home furniture. Even considering that 1915 when lots of people happen to be just learn to actively acquire American aged binoculars, the best examples seemed to be frequently unobtainable, having recently been gathered by means of wealthy individuals, private restorative healing, or usual museums.
He'd been quick to that in the event he ended up having problems locating certain types of furniture, and thus too ended up being other fans. Many could not afford the perfect examples as well as usually, those that may afford they simply just can't find them all. So Coming up thought I'd reproduce they himself. This particular posting can educates anyone on Wallace Nettings Replication Furniture.
Not an exciting new craftsman very little, Netting received his nearly all talented labor force take basic chairs separately carefully not to mention quantify each one tibia, extender, spindle, along with seat. They are able to analyze it consists of the unique features afterward reproduce each piece line-for-line, turning-for-turning. Netting may possibly always seek to search for precisely whatever he expert were the highest quality examples out of any style obtaining right elevation, percentage, appearance, as well as lure and also mix these people into the perfect thing.
By "fake" all of us show that people have found several different parts of original very old collectible furniture creating a Block Known Signature in it. Apparently particular person created your current 'Wallace Netting' avoid branding club, and supplier the Wallace Coming up title onto a number of older household furniture, thereby trying to increase it consists of the benefit.
Oriental Rug Care – Consumer's Guide
As of your writing (Jan 2007) rugs have received significant current market share during the last decade. As extra consumers get rid of carpeting for hard surfaces that include wood, ceramic tile, laminates, in addition to stone, rug ownership in the United States has skyrocketed. Ken Ideal, President on the Original Hegelian, some sort of flooring along with store and cleaning up company throughout Michigan states that: 'We sell and look after carpet, lumber, laminate ground, and throw rugs.
We've found a proportional improve in carpet sales along with general diminish in wall-to-wall rugs sales within the last decade. Ha Snow remains: 'Consumers love the wonder and strength of difficult floors, but nevertheless want conceptual contrast throughout color in addition to texture and a bit about warmth and additionally softness according to their ft. Because the hands down needs, throw rugs are the ideal companion in order to hard floor coverings surfaces. Ha
With additional rugs within homes plus businesses, cleaning along with maintaining them has changed into a growing dilemma amongst shoppers. Before diving into care, it's imperative that you identify the usual construction from the rug. You will discover two main teams of rugs: Manufactured and Pure.
There are usually rugs that are created having both unnatural and herbal materials and these are typically sometimes referred to as 'Blends'. Cleaning and or Dansk professional clogs synthetic green area rugs is very like cleaning and tending to installed flooring, so with regard to purposes in this Consumer's Guidebook to Asian Rug Good care we'll continue with Oriental-style rugs made of natural equipment.
When showing you synthetic plus natural area rugs, it's imperative that you understand how the face material (the 'up' side from the rug) and / or foundation/backing may perhaps be synthetic, healthy, or simultaneously. For case in point, a 'Wool Rug' normally describes the eye fibers; however backing could very well be synthetic or even natural. The backing plus face materials are involving equal concern to Oriental Brown area rug cleaner.
Antique Rug Buyers Guide
First in all, dealers, designers and additionally collectors around the globe seek to see the greatest traditional rugs. Antique rugs are believed to be a type of art. A rug has to be at the very least 80 you to look into a retro. Whereas home furniture or art has to be at least a century old that should be considered old-fashioned. One belonging to the differences can be that retro rugs cannot look like we were holding used in any respect and just seen as art.
Furthermore, rugs really are stepped and also walked on rather than art that is definitely only deemed. Therefore, art might always take a look newer and keep going longer. It will be amazing of which some old-fashioned rugs cost less than a true new area rug. However, there exists a misconception which usually antique carpets cost much more than new mats. A latest rug may cost $80 for square foot these days.
There really are no established rules intended for placing any rug at a room. Some individuals prefer a minute rug at a large place. Some want to see the fact that the rug fits my TV room to the actual size. Folks usually agreement on capacity first If that they find old fashioned rug make adore based for its shades, design, value or pattern, they are quite willing to be able to compromise with size. The expense of new rugs uses square video. The large the square area rug is, the high-priced it'll be. However, this is simply not the circumstance with traditional rugs consists of individually evaluated in line with many aspects.
Most high-end designers believe a new rug medicine most pricey piece with the room. As a result, it makes quite possibly the most sense in the first place the purchase of any antique rug thereafter purchasing outstanding furniture. Finding a really perfect rug you will not be always easy. It takes lots of time and energy. By seeing what exactly in the marketplace first, it is possible to compare rugs with your specific style. There are a whole lot of choices on the net. This is the actual simplest way of picking up a rug you. The internet is in addition the ultimate way to choose ones dream rug for quite some time can assess every square area rug available.
Teak Patio Furniture Shopping
Ordering interior fixtures are some sort of investment. Is it doesn't same by using teak deck furniture. You is unable to take buying one to invest in teak wood made furniture gently. Before you produce a decision about getting a particular method of teak outdoor furniture, it is a must you are sure that you intend to purchase the correct furniture for use on your patio.
Is it doesn't everyday maximizing trend involving utilizing patio as a further room as a consequence of which the industry for patio and garden furniture has boomed; particularly teak deck furniture. You are now able to have a number of assortments for styles, combinations along with materials to find the right version of teak patio and garden furniture according towards your specific desires to embellish your outdoor area.
One the easiest way to do a search for good teak furniture is the world wide web. A push can show you about numerous websites overcoming in this particular furniture. One of these impatient, have a look at following points prior to when you reach your ultimate decision:
Whether you desire benches, event tables and recliners or direct sun light loungers, never spend one particular penny upon anything for everybody who is not certainly about how large is teak outdoor furniture according towards your available place. Remember, good high-quality teak furniture might be expensive but it would not even be a prudent decision to put money on something is needless. Before everyone go teak patio and garden furniture shopping, one should measure the you contain. Also, do keep in mind to exclude the actual you will require for you to leave meant for easy movements to build in and from home.
Another thing certainly is the 'cost' in teak patio and garden furniture. Decide beforehand what you are prepared to spend relating to purchasing teak outdoor furniture. An choice of designer teak furniture is often tempting, and its quite certainly likely that you're purchasing typically the furniture who costs you around you is able to afford. Also, take into account you may wish purchasing cushions, a parasol and various other accessories, so incorporate their rates also on your budget.
Finding Furniture Clearance Offers and Discount Furniture
Finding reduction furniture can be worthwhile, especially when available for the reason that furniture clearance offers once the furniture open for perfect situation. Sure, one can find furniture marketing anywhere in which the pieces usually are damaged or even are single the different parts of what had been once pieces. It's a lot of often there are actually a clearance pieces of furniture sale when each pixel item is ideal condition as well as sets are generally complete. How must firms make available such top quality products at less-than-perfect quality prices?
Sometimes specific lines don't sell well and is particularly considered far better sell the actual stock during a reduced price tag than to employ it regarding firewood! If a product has been doing stock for on a year or further, then this furniture shop might decide that it can be time as it to make opportunity for newer and better popular styles.
Initially, such items could be given any prominent devote the display room and profits staff can be instructed to help you actively advertise it. But, if it ceases to sell perhaps even then, the idea or items will be dress yourself in sale from discount fixtures prices as well as sold being furniture clearance offer you. There might be nothing completely wrong with the caliber of the furnishings: there can be no dents and dings or scrapes, but that simply appears to not appeal to patrons of the particular shop.
It is simply not unusual in a new to line of furniture that come in, and then the store needs to sell away from the old versions to earn way for those new. The user gets this on sports establishments, car showrooms along with other retail merchants where items are foreclosures progressive updating and then the previous models be sold off to earn way with the next development.
This may also happen with the help of furniture, and in these cases furniture clearance sales provide the opportunity for superior quality home furniture that should be available in highly reduced prices. '50% OFF' is absolutely not an unique ticket to find, and a lot of furniture clearance business offer better still discounts in comparison with that.
Home Furniture – How To Take Care
Furniture plays a good role on amplifying the sweetness of our own homes. You need to therefore pay attention to your home furnishing as it might be a downright costly investment. If most people take caution of that furniture, it look better along with serve us for many years. To support maintaining any furniture, there are generally some dos and also don'ts that you must be aware about. Some of such are:
Placing alcoholic beverages and coffee cups directly revealed may leave a truly undesirable stain into it. Some stains typically are not easy to take out and might need that you will scrub to them. This may cause damage belonging to the furniture. Think about using coasters as they simply can boost life in the furniture.
You should not expose set furniture to sunlight. They could fade out and about their color from the effect regarding suns light. To shield your imitation leather furniture as a result of sunlight, implement curtains along with drapes. Dusting on the town furniture is just not advised as it reduces one's own life. You really are advised to make usage of a cleanup cloth and/or by making use of polish.
You should not keep shoes in the furniture; guests should really be advised to make sure you leave one's own shoes around the shoe holder. Train kids to address your household furniture from a young age. They have to also train to contain their shoes helix-copter flight furniture. Shoes get out of dirt marks that can be not simple to apparent. Removal with such stains not alone time taking in, but equally diminishes the sweetness of your furniture.
It is essential to take care of your abode furniture because it saves you a handsome profit on fixing and substitutes. For you to secure a better service in your own home furniture, you should be sure you take maximum care throughout handling the furniture. These are going to ensure you do not have harmed and tarnished furniture in the house.
Used Furniture – Tips on Buying
There will be multiple solutions in where you live to purchase quality implemented furniture in the low rate. Classified advertisements are essentially the most common ways if anyone else is to deliver their chosen furniture on sale. This certainly includes in the real world classifieds like a reliable newspaper or maybe independent magazines much like the Green Bed-sheet offered while in the major towns, cities of Tax. For internet classifieds you could have the lot of frequented internet site for classified ads in Craigslist. There you'll discover online free classified sites by proprietors, used bedroom furniture stores plus consignment shops.
Beyond newspaper, the following major source to search for quality applied furniture will be your local implemented furniture stash or consignment stash. At the used fixtures store you'll discover furniture which has purchased often from house owners directly and at property sales. At some sort of consignment hold the bedroom furniture owner signs and symptoms an agreement that permits the consignment shop owner the ideal to provide their furniture for any certain price or perhaps price range in a certain timeframe.
When acquiring used furniture you will discover three do's. Primary, do hunt for quality on the used furnishings. This will comprise of looking with regard to real solid wood furniture. In many cases you can purchase great level of quality used pine, pine, or alternative real wood home furniture that are generally like brand new. The 2nd do is to take into consideration furniture which has treated generously.
You really want furniture that hasn't been thrown all-around, moved quite often, or quit in damp locations for a long time like garages as well as attics. You intend to make certain the thighs and leg on selected pieces are certainly not loose. The final do should be to simply find what you long for. You aren't required to settle just for any furniture piece. If you're patient and offer it a long time you must be able to find an excellent furniture piece that is strictly what you wish.


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Live Fox TV with One Faux "Paws"
Last Friday I had a fantastic opportunity to talk about making pet food and pet food ingredients on the Fox Morning Show with anchor, Sarah Simmons. Thanks to Sarah's perceptive guidance,
Hugo - When Joy and Mud Meet!
On my flight to the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Conference in August, this muddy face broke the ice with the stranger seated next to me and I got to talk about one of my favorite topics: pet nutrition.
When Peeing is a Cry for Help
Cats and dogs use urine marking as a communication tool. You post on FaceBook, dogs lift a leg and cats spray. Information is shared and territories are marked.
Grocery Store Dilemma
Standing in line at the grocery store watching customers purchase dry, bargain brand cat or dog food is very hard for me. All I want to do is grab the bag and start explaining the health risks they are taking home to their companion.
Health Requires Playtime
Playtime releases stress, offers exercise--yes your cats need exercise, and engenders mental health. Toys can be simple such as ponytail elastics to automated wand toys, from catnip filled to interactive. Encourage your domestic hunter to mimic his predator instincts: stalking, pouncing, chasing and capturing, even if it is pseudo fabric prey--as demonstrated by Sidney-Beans.
Time to Take My Own Advice
As Dempsey, our polydactal, "clicked" across the store counter, I groaned knowing he needed a pedicure. Dempsey's eight additional nails—a few which are challenging with the extra toes, makes nail trimmings a bit more unpleasant. The client at the register chimed in with her own difficulties of clipping her cat's nails—she'd even tried approaching hers while he was sound asleep.
No More Bellyaches
Recently a young couple came in who'd been referred by their veterinarian for a "natural version" of a prescriptive diet for early irritable bowel syndrome.
Variety, Variety, Variety
The recent Wellness canned cat food recall is a reminder we need to offer a variety of foods to our animal companions. Yes, this flies in the face of the traditional recommendation that pets need to remain on one food and one food only, but evidence demonstrates in doing so we can set our pets up for health risks.
Ten Cat Food Myths
There are a good many myths that have grown up around the best ways to feed cats. Here are ten of the most common.
Where's Troublemaker Calvin?
There'd been stories of Calvin's behavior since he was a kitten. Extensive play didn't reduce the hyperactivity, nor did separating diminish the edginess and aggression. After the elder cat in the home died, his owner became the target. Then it escalated to stalking.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Ghoulicious: 1960 Morris Minor 1000
If the cost of restoration doesn't kill you, then the rust will...and if that doesn't get you, you'll be rear-ended the first time you try and merge onto the busy California highway with this beasty.
From the seller:
1960 Morris Minor 1000 Saloon
cylinders: 4 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 12893
paint color: blue
size: sub-compact
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: sedan
1960 Morris Minor 1000 2dr Saloon Project car. Has been sitting since 1978.
The paint is in poor shape but appears to be original except for the hood.
All of the glass is good except the windshield has a crack. The windows roll up and most of the way down. The felt in the tracks need replacing.
Has 1 front seat frame and back seat frame. Door panels and rear panels have been removed and are falling apart, but I have them. They are good for templates for reupholstering.
The rear floor panels and the trunk floor have surface rust but are solid.
The front torsion bar cross member are solid.
The engine turns over by hand.
The transmission turns over by hand and shifts into all gears.
Has original black 1963 California Plates.
Has 5 wheels and 4 tires that hold air. Has 4 hubcaps.
Asking $2250, or best offer. Cash only.
I have the pink slip.
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Located in Livermore.
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- AnonymousOctober 31, 2018 at 9:47 AM
This guy is really dreaming that anyone is going to call to offer to sell his car. The only calls he is going to get are from the local scrap yards to crush this steaming pile of crap.ReplyDeleteReplies
I would have said, if anyone needs help selling a car, THIS SELLER trying to get $2,250 for THIS rusty disassembled hulk which missing at least one seat frame and all the stuffing and any of the patterns for the interior. Thank God he covered over the license plate so no one looks tries to back track the plate!!Delete
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Rounding off the third day, it was a top-class affair in the CSI3* Glock's Perfection Tour over 1.55 m. In this, the third of a total of four World Ranking jumping competitions, 29 rider-horse duos were on the list of starters. The test took place over two rounds, with the best eight from round one qualifying for the second round. It was an enthusiastic and well-versed audience that completely filled up the grandstand in the comfortably heated indoor riding arena of the Glock Horse Performance Center – Austria, and each participating duo was welcomed to the arena with hearty applause.
Securing the winner's purse in this selective 3-star jumping test was Christophe Vanderhasselt from Belgium with two magnificent rounds. In the saddle on his Belgian warmblood mare Identity Vitseroel, having taken third place in Gaston Glock's Championat on Friday (02/02), he triumphed in an unbeatable 50.89 seconds.
"My horse has loads of energy and is clearly at ease here, so I'll be riding the Grand Prix with her tomorrow.", said the winner. "I'm very happy to have managed a 3-star win on my very first visit to the GHPC Austria and I hope to have the chance to come again."
Malin Baryard Johnsson from Sweden, Olympic silver medallist of Athens 2004, riding H&M Indiana, daughter of Kashmir van Schuttershof, also executed two penalty-free rounds and lined up in second place with a time of 52.55 seconds. In third place were Marit Haarr Skollerud (NOR) and 11-year-old Nicole, daughter of Unknown (0/53.03), securing a top placing for Norway.
Achieving a top placing for Austria was top-rider Christian Rhomberg from Vorarlberg. Among this distinguished set of starters, he piloted 15-year-old Cornetta 13, daughter of Cornet Obolensky, to seventh place (8/57.23).
Source: Press Release by Equestrian Worldwide – EQWO.net for Glock Horse Performance Center – Austria.
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It is written that King Floyd and Jean Knight travelled north to Malaco Recording Studios in Jackson, MS to record their million seller songs. Floyd's "Groove Me" and Knight's "Mr. Big Stuff". The major record companies were not interested in these two artists, saw Floyd song was released independently and Knight's song was finally picked up by Stax but it took some convincing because Stax's executives "were'nt hearing it". Once Floyd and Knight started climbing the charts, Atlantic would pick up distribution for Floyd and Knight would play a part in keeping Stax afloat.
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Councilman John Parker II is a lifelong Indianola resident and community leader. A graduate of Indianola High School, Parker attended Iowa State University and then decided to join his family's business, Parker Signs and Graphics in Indianola. Working as an employee since 1991 and now as the company owner for the past 11 years, Parker knows the value of owning and managing a small business in our community.
As a community leader Parker served on the Indianola School Board for two terms, two years as president. He also ran for the Iowa Legislature in 1998, has been a member of the National Balloon Classic executive board, Chamber of Commerce board member and was elected to City Council in 2011.
Parker and his wife of 20 years, Heather, have three children.
"As a lifelong resident of Indianola I was concerned with the lack of growth and economic development that was taking place in our community," said Parker on his decision to run for City Council. "I wanted to see us go in a different direction to reach Indianola's untapped potential."
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I swear it was the middle of summer like five days ago and boom, here we are looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year's is literally right around the corner. Where are the days going? While a lot of the country is looking forward to the holiday season, some people are concerned about selling. It's not ideal to sell your home or even buy a home around the holidays, but it still happens and whether it's a job change, family status change, or you have finally found the home of your dreams, selling before the end of the year can be stressful. However, there are some ways to do it so that you feel confident and prepared. Here are my top 10 tips for selling your home before Christmas. [Read more…]
10 Things that Ruin Your Home's Value
Buying a home is one of the biggest investments you'll ever make but maintaining a high value is sometimes a little foreign to homeowners. The last thing you want to do is ruin or decrease your home's value but many homeowners are doing so without even knowing it.
Here are 10 of the most common ways people ruin their home's value.
#1. They've purchased a home near a power plant or city dump.
Benefits of Blogging About a Home Listing
There are so many factors that go into putting your home on the market. Everyone can agree that the quicker you sell your home the better right? One of the best ways to get your home sold quickly is to get the word out about your home. The more people that know your home is available the better because it will enable you to find that perfect buyer to fall in love and deem your home the perfect home for them. [Read more…]
Top Home Selling Tips of 2018
No, 2018 is certainly not over, but if you're considering selling in the next couple months, it helps to do a little research so you get the best price for your property and have prepared the home right. Here's the top-selling tips for 2018 so far… [Read more…]
House Not Selling? Here's What You Can Do
If you have a home in Pleasanton, San Ramon, Livermore or surrounding Tri-Valley cities and towns and it's not selling there could be a variety of reasons why. The central California real estate market is hot and prices are going through the roof and homes are selling fast but if yours is not there could be several reasons why. It's time to step back, take a good look at your home and find out why your home may not be selling.
#1. Adjust the price.
It may simply be time to adjust the price. If you started at a decent price but your agent feels it may still be too high, it probably is. Real estate agents spend most of their time running comparable sales in the area, researching the market and have a pretty good idea of what will sell and what won't sell. By adjusting your price to where it should be or even slightly lower, you're more likely to get the right buyers in the door.
#2. Take a look at the photos.
Do the real estate photos really set your home apart from your closest competition? In today's real estate market many real estate agents and homeowners are taking professional photos of their home in order to draw in the right buyers. Take a look at your home during different times of the day in different light. This can greatly affect the look and feel of your home. Make sure that the photos are professionally taken and really are sharp, clear and show your home in the best light. Also, take a look at the room in the picture; is a clean, neat and tidy? Are toilet seats put down, garbage put away and counters and tables cleared off? The picture might be of great quality but if what it's showing is a mess, buyers still won't want to come close.
#3. Does the condition of your home match the price?
Do you want top dollar for your home? Then you have to present it as such. Real estate agents will be honest with you and tell you that if you want a certain price, you need to make your house rise to the occasion. Does the home warrant a high price tag? Has it been updated? Is it clean, neat and organized? Is it professionally staged? All of these things can affect your price and if you don't present your home in a way that matches your perceived value, you simply won't get any offers.
#4. The location or layout is funky.
This may not be something that you can change at all but it probably will affect your ability to get an offer. That being said, the only way to compensate for an odd layout or bad location is to adjust the price. Unless you want to take the time to remodel your home, adjusting the price may be the only way to get an offer. I know that's not the ideal option but emphasizing the positive features of the home is a great way to overcompensate for the negative aspects such as living by a busy road, or an odd layout such as a bathroom off of the kitchen.
Related: 10 Must-Haves All Buyers Want in a Home
There's usually always something that is preventing a home from selling. Finding that out as soon as you can will help you adjust where you need to in order to get it sold.
Call me today to discuss home prices in your area and what you're home may sell for.
Keys to Getting a Home Sold
Here we go! Now is the time to sell your home. Whatever the reason be it job change, relocation, marital status, children or downsizing, you have to sell and of course like everyone, you don't want to stay on the market for any longer than you have to.
This can be a very stressful time in your life especially if you've already found another home that you need to purchase. This buying and selling simultaneously could be one of the most stressful things you have to deal with as a homeowner or it doesn't have to be if you use the right real estate agent. Surprisingly, using the right agent that keeps you informed, sets you up for selling success and markets correctly, can actually make the home selling process easy and enjoyable.
It starts with choosing the right listing agent.
When listing your home you can usually find an agent that will list your property for whatever price you want. The problem with this is that you'll usually sit on the market far longer than you have to, infuriating you and your agent until you fire them and look for somebody that really knows what they're doing. This is where I want to start with you. Don't waste your time listening to a "yes man" agent. If you're serious about selling let me do the research about what your home is currently worth, how long I think it will take to sell and some marketing strategies we can take in order to get the home in front of the right buyer.
Can you list your home yourself?
Of course! That is if you want to put in the time, energy and money to marketed, sell it, negotiated, differentiate offers and hope you didn't make a mistake. Remember, only licensed real estate agents can list on the local MLS where 95% of real estate buyers go first. If you choose to list a home yourself you may actually be losing money.
Read more: Should you get a home inspection before listing?
Here's why:
Those that list the home themselves typically start at a higher price than a local agent would. When they don't get any hits or offers on the property they will start to lower the price. The problem with this strategy is that by this point, the home has been on the market far too long and buyers will tend to stay away from the there's something wrong with the home. In the end, sellers typically drop the price so far just to get it sold this is actually lost money selling lower than have they simply use a real estate agent in the first place. Often times they've lost more money than if they had paid real estate commissions.
This is why it pays to go with a qualified, experienced and seasoned agent first. I do the research, find out the best price to list the property and give you an unbiased, honest opinion on what needs to happen to the home in order to appeal to the right buyers. If you're looking to get more out of your home you'll need to compete with the closest similar property. This means offering more for less money.
For negotiating strategies, expert staging advice, marketing tips and excellent advertising, don't waste your time with an amateur real estate broker. Call me today for a free listing presentation of what your home could be worth and how quickly we could get it sold.