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Thursday, January 12, 2012
I am so pleased we decided to paint the fireplace brick again. It looks so fresh now. But that was all we completed today. I was able to finish between the mantle and the hearth. Below the hearth and above the mantle is on our to do list for tomorrow. How can such a simple project take two days to finish?
Tomorrow, the furniture is returned to the family room and we will start the kitchen painting. Not much there. Only the bulkhead and the space between the counter top and the underside of the cabinets. After that, only the guest bath remains! All should be completed by Saturday afternoon!
Oh my gosh, we are soooo close! I can hardly believe it.
Excuse me while I hyperventilate!
Ohhhhhh, rats.......
We have the little barn (30' X 60') to empty! Hummmm, that has been used only for storage of "stuff." Stuff we have forgotten, lived without, forgot that existed.....
I think we have just decided to ditch everything! Of course we will ditch after we sell the antiques, weaving loom and send the best llama fiber to the mill to be processed into yarn. The "seconds" of the llama fiber will be sent to Texas to be woven into rugs to sell.
BUT the finish line is in sight!
Probably, tomorrow we will think of more things we want to do, but for tonight......we are encouraged.
Thanks for stopping by....
After you finish laughing at us, feel free to leave a comment.
God bless you on your journey!
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Take a deep breathe. It will get done!ReplyDelete
Yup.. us too!ReplyDelete
At first I was thinking rummage sale in the spring. But I don't want to wait that long. If I decide something is "culled" out it goes to St. Vinnies or the battered woman's shelter!
Today I pulled 14 or 15 vases from the cabinet--- most came from the little florist shop in town, so I am going to bring the boxful right back there and let them *recycle* them into new arrangements to make new people happy! LOL
bit by bit, it will all be done by April to put the house on the market. Not sure if we will be here 4 months or 16? Only the Gods of Realty know for sure!
Karen and Steve
(Our Blog) RVing: Small House... BIG Backyard
I so envy you to be so close to the finish line. Lots to do yet, but it sounds like you are both working hard together.ReplyDelete
You are doing good, sounds like you are doing a better job than I did.ReplyDelete
You're getting there!!! We see the finish line too, it's not this month but it's coming!! :) Do you have a new goal for when you would like to get done?ReplyDelete
I think you're making great progress. And soon this will all be behind you. Then we'll all celebrate together.ReplyDelete
No laughing ...just cheering ! So liberating...isn't it? Great jobReplyDelete
Just BS!(Bob and Sue)
Nope, no new goal. The dates thus far have been unrealistic, so we are just going to keep on keepin on.ReplyDelete


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"In addition to being a valuable physical contribution to the campus, this location wholly encompasses Andover's spirit of optimism. After all, what demonstrates hope and a bright outlook more than a time period immediately following poverty, personalistic regimes, and plagues killing millions?" said Nancy Birdboi, Head of Playthings and Whatnot.
In addition to standard events such as mutton tosses, pillaging competitions, and falconry exhibitions, the rink is also excited to feature knife duels, held in the trainer's office, between students to promote inclusion and a lack of fear.
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It's easy to get the wrong idea about Refused. When the Swedish hardcore punks announced their reunion in 2012—fourteen years after they had split originally—they landed a slot at Coachella and played sizable U.S. venues. During the band's initial tenure, however, things were quite different; in fact, Refused announced their breakup in 1998 with a manifesto that very succinctly expressed their perceived failure at having moved the cultural needle: "We were hoping that we could be the final nail in the coffin of the rotten cadaver that was popular music, but unfortunately the reification was too big for us to succeed with our feeble attempts to detour this boring discourse."
Still, time would prove at least part of that screed wrong: After their dissolution, Refused's final LP, 1998's "The Shape Of Punk To Come," became a massively influential album, its scorching socio-political commentary and music—a scabrous hybrid of metal-flecked punk and hardcore—inspiring legions of fans and bands. Wisely, on the forthcoming album "Freedom" (due June 30 via Epitaph), the band (frontman Dennis Lyxzén, drummer David Sandström, guitarist Kristofer Steen and bassist Magnus Flagge) are hellbent on continuing to push boundaries—legacy or precedent be damned.
Produced by Nick Launay (Gang Of Four, Public Image Ltd.) "Freedom" maintains their erudite politicized stance, but splices in sonic curveballs: Shrill horns stomp through "War On The Palaces" and slurring robotic keyboards slink beneath "Old Friends/New War," while "Servants Of Death" is throat-shredding disco-punk with corrugated funk grooves. Two songs—the frantic "Elektra" and "366"—were even produced and co-written by Shellback, a Swedish musician known for his work with Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 and Pink. (He also happens to be a huge Refused fan.) Either way, "Freedom" is absolutely uncompromising and still ready to throttle the status quo: On "Elektra," Lyxzén screams, "Nothing has changed!" and he's as infuriated by this today as he was in the '90s.
Lyxzén checked in with Salon on a recent afternoon from Sweden, and discussed how they approached the new album, flouting expectations, how Shellback came onboard and what's different about Refused in 2015.
I love this quote from David Sandström in the press release: "Nobody wanted us to fuck with the image of the band who makes a great album and splits up. Nobody wanted us to dilute it. That actually provoked us." Because when i listened to the album, that's exactly what I thought: You guys are totally provoking your past, your music and any sort of expectations people might have had for you guys.
Yeah, it's sort of a pre-emptive strike almost. [Laughs.] You get stuck in a strange situation where you wrote this music and you were this band, and you live it. And then we broke up, and we left for a whole lot of years, and people sort of take over, and they make our band into their own band. Which is fine and very flattering, but it also puts a lot of —I won't say pressure, but it's really strange. You get really disconnected from your work. In 2012, we started doing a tour, and we started to take our work and our name and our—I won't say fate, that's a bit pompous, maybe—but to take ourselves back. It is a weird process. And then when we start writing new music, you do fuck with the formula of what people loved about your band. It's quite rewarding to do that. [Laughs.]
Absolutely. And there were different things that would come up on "Freedom," like the horns on "War on the Palaces" and "Servants of Death" has that cool funk edge. It's nice listening to a record and being surprised by it. It's hard to find records like that now.
There was a time when music was considered an art form. Musicians and artists and painters and poets were [cut from] the same fabric. Now music is turning into some sort of "X-Factor," "American Idol" bullshit. Most music, even the popular rock music you listen to, it's rehashed and done a thousand times. People play it safe because in a time and age where we don't sell records, we have to rely on the public's goodwill to keep us touring and so on and so forth. So people play it really safe, and they re-release the same record over and over again. I never work that way; I'm too curious and too restless. I also want to try new things. And when I get together with Dave and Kris and Magnus, you can take that restlessness and that curiosity, and amplify it by a hundred. That's what Refused is.
We seriously thought no one [was] going to like ["The Shape Of Punk To Come"]. We were proven wrong. And then if we ended up doing a new record, we [knew we] had to go in at it with the same approach and the same sort of relentlessness. It's part of trying to create music that has lasting meaning and has a sense of purpose. It's not easy—a lot of times people do go into creating with an ambition, and we all fail at times. Hopefully this will not be one of those times. [Laughs.] But you never know; the record's not out yet. The jury's not in on this one.
In between Refused's two tenures, you were in the groups (International) Noise Conspiracy and INVSN. Were there any major ways those influenced how you approached Refused music?
I always just wanted to play music that I like. I always wanted to create stuff that felt heartfelt and honest to me. I realize [having] done "The Shape Of Punk To Come" and then you come out with the Noise Conspiracy, people are like, "Wow, that's like taking two steps back." But for me, it was like two steps back to be able to take one step forward. I've always done that. To be frank and honest, INVSN is the band I've been working on for the last five years. They're my closest friends; we practice a lot and we play a lot.
Refused is something completely different. It's like this old friend that comes by every once in a while, and the moment he steps into the room you're like, "Alright, yeah, this makes sense." That's more of the feeling of Refused: It's an entity in itself that you just kind of go along for the ride, while the other project I've been working on, it's a different type of work. It's a different type of—I won't say dedication, because everything is about being dedicated—but it's a different type of approach to it.
Of course, having played and sang and written and toured for the past 14, 15, 16 years, that's also going to affect the way I sing now and the way I approach the music. But when it comes to Refused, Refused is something of its own. When we start playing songs—early on, it was very obvious that this was going to be a Refused record. It shows that we made a Refused record, if that makes sense.
I love that you worked with Nick Launay. It made so much sense. Why was he the right person for you guys to work on this music with?
Because he's fantastic! He mixed a couple songs on the INVSN record, and we stayed in touch and I met him in L.A. He was like, "I love INVSN, we should work together!" And I said, "I have another project you might be interested in." And I told him about Refused, and he got all fired up. I came home and we started talking about producers, and I mentioned Nick to the other guys, some of the back catalog, and the stuff he's working on. Everybody sat down and listened to Nick Cave or Grinderman or Yeah Yeah Yeahs and everyone's like, "Wow, this guy knows his shit." And we Skyped with Launay and everybody's like, "This guy is quite the character, we need to work with him."
He's like a mad professor sort of person. You write and record, and then you record and then you get a mix. He changes stuff when he mixes it, so you get a mix and you're like, "Wait, that was not in the song when I left the studio." I love that. He becomes an extra addition to what we're creating. He truly got into the whole creative process. He's fantastic; his track record speaks for itself. He was the perfect match, I think.
I know Shellback was a longtime Refused fan. How did he end up on the record? Did he approach you guys? Did you approach him? How did that come about?
It was one of those weird things. We met him and him and David stayed in touch. David asked once, "Would you want to listen to some of these new Refused songs?" Sometimes when you're working on stuff, you get into your own little bubble, and it's hard to get an outsider perspective. We were like, "He's an old-school fan, and he's also a guy that has a pretty distinct ear for music." David asked him, "Do you want to listen to some songs?" He said, "Sure, but I can't really work with you guys," because he was burned out and taking time off from writing. He was basically on sick leave. David sent him "Elektra" in a demo version, which was almost 7 minutes long—this slow propulsion of a song that just kept going and going. Very powerful, but not at all like the "Elektra" that ended up on the record.
We were on our way to the States, and a week before we go to record, he sends us a demo of "Elektra." He was at home at his parents' house and re-recorded everything and did this short demo. It's the song that's on the record now. Kris called us up and is like, "We just got this Shellback version. It is much better than the song we've been working on for three years." [Laughs]
We tried to record it in the States with Nick—a combo of our version, the more pompous version, and his version, the more raw version. We didn't really succeed, so when we came home and we were done, David calls us up and is like, "We should re-record 'Elektra,' the version that we did in the States is not good enough." And everyone was like, "Yeah, you are right." We asked Shellback if he wanted to help us re-record it, and he said yes, and that's what happened.
Was he ever able to see you guys live originally? He's pretty young.
He's way too young. He saw us the first time in 2012. He was way too young to be a part of that scene. He's one of those kids that grew up listening to Refused and metal music, and somehow he just ended up doing pop music with Max Martin. Where life takes you.
He had a very interesting perspective. I like that he brings the fan perspective too.
Yeah, and it's cool. A lot of people got really upset that we were working with him. People saw it as a sort of a...like we were trying to cash in by working with this pop producer. If you listen to the two songs he produced on the record, they're, like, the rawest songs on the record. The reason we worked with him was not because of his number one hits—I could care less about that, honestly. Good for him, that's amazing, but I don't care. That's not music that makes me excited; I don't understand the greatness of pop culture or Billboard culture. But when he sent us the "Elektra" demo, we were like, "Wow. This is a fantastic version of a song we had been working on for three years. He nailed it." And that's the reason why we worked with him—not because of Taylor Swift or whatever names he has on his Rolodex. [Laughs.]
It goes back to expectations. People see things on the surface and see one thing, when the reality is so far different.
We're a very polarizing band. It's not like "Elektra" came out and people were like, "Eh, it's okay." It's like, "I love it" [or] "I hate it." [Laughs.] That's kind of the reaction that we got. We are just one of those bands that people have strong opinions about, because a lot of people, they love Refused and they love "The Shape Of Punk To Come," and they want us to represent something on their behalf. And they made Refused into their own, so when we come out and are like, "We got this new record out," already people are skeptical. And then if you are already skeptical and then someone says, "Oh, they're working with Taylor Swift's producer," in all honesty, I could see people being, "What the fuck? Fucking sellouts!" [Laughs.] Even before getting all the facts together. But that is fine— it is very flattering that people are this invested in music that we create. [Laughs.]
When you guys went to go do the lyrics, you holed up in a hotel room with David Sandström. As you guys were talking, what was important for Refused to convey on this record?
Well, I think the lyrics kind of speak for themselves. But I think the important thing was that it was, as I said before, supposed to be a Refused record. These amalgamation of ideas that we all went at in the '90s—where are we in 2014 with these ideas? And we sat down and talked about them. We talked about radical politics, we talked about revolution, and we talked about socialism and capitalism and the way the world looks today, and what we could do [to]...at least state our point. [Have] our say. That was important.
Even though at the end of the day it is our band, it is ours to do what we will with it, there comes [with it] a certain amount of responsibility. Refused was always a radical band, and when me and David get together and we'd talk, it tends to get kind of existential and radical. We just want to put that out in the music and be like, "Let's make a record that really sort of...plants the flag of what we want to say and what we want to be as a band." That was really important.
There's a lot of topical songs on the record, but there's this red thread about a world in pretty much chaos and upheaval, and how we see structures, how we see ideology, how we see social-political constructs and what we can sort of do to combat them or right them.
It's nice reading the lyrics and listening to a record that does have something to say. It's amazing how many records you get that don't really say much. It feels like a lot of the urgency in music has really decreased. It's disturbing to me.
Yeah, but I think it's also a matter of perspective. And it's a matter of...sort of the sign of the times. I grew up listening to Dead Kennedys and the Clash, music that was really political and based the music more on an idea, than just play[ing] some chords and sing[ing] some melodies. Looking at punk and hardcore music [now], it's gotten washed out a lot, and there's nothing really tangible in it anymore.
And also there's this weird bougie idea that the musician or the artist always has something to say, when in the truth the matter is—you know this, but you will never say it, because you're a journalist—most musicians should not be able to do interviews, because they have nothing to say. They're not very interesting, and they're not very smart. But that doesn't mean they can't write good songs, and they can't perform. But at the end of the day, if you read interviews, people talk about nothing, because usually they have nothing to say.
It also reflects on the music, and it reflects on the idea of whenever you plant your feet and you take a stand, people are going to give you shit. And a lot of people don't want to get shit upon. They're like, "I just want to play music, I want as many people as possible to like my music, I won't say anything offensive, I won't take a stand"—or "Maybe [on] the most fucking non-radical issues I can take a stand." But we're not that type of band. We grew up with the fact that if you had something to say, you should fucking say it—really, really loud. That's my take on that. There's this idea that the artist is so intelligent, we should listen to the artist. But most artists have nothing to say. That's just the sad truth of the matter.
I've done those interviews. [Laughs]
That's what I'm saying, but you can't really say to people... I mean, what it is, you hear interviews where people say shit like, "Yeah, we went back to basics with this record," and they talk about recording processes and they talk about jamming. I'm like, "What the fuck, man? Look at the world. Look what's going on around you. You talk about what guitar you used in the studio? That's the most unimpressive shit I've ever heard."
You titled the record "Freedom." What is the significance of the title? You can read it several different ways.
I think that's what it was. It's sort of a mind fuck. We come from a socialist-anarchist background, where freedom means freedom for everybody to help each other out, to live in a free world without rulers, without gods and masters, etc. And it's not the sort of liberal freedom of, "I can choose which car I'm going to buy" or "I can choose which TV channel I'm going to watch" but more of a sort of radical freedom raised from the shackles of capitalism.
But the thing about having a title of "Freedom" is, it is a bit confusing. The word has a lot of connotations and a lot of meanings to it, which was what intrigued us to use that word. And also the fact that if you see the record, it says Refused "Freedom," which is also quite smart. I think we thought it was quite smart. [Laughs.] At one time, we thought it was smart enough to name the record "Freedom."
Besides the obvious—playing to much bigger crowds and doing things like headlining festivals such as Punk Rock Bowling—what's the biggest difference now between doing Refused now as opposed to doing Refused in the '90s?
Refused in the '90s was so much connected to a scene and movement, and was very much like we were a hardcore band, we were this punk band. Refused 2015 is not really—we're not part of anything but our own sort of idea. That is the biggest difference. Of course, it's strange to go from 150-capacity bars to playing 2000-capacity venues. But it is a strange world we live in.
We're [also] quite eponymous in our approach to everything, while in the '00s we were quite worried about, "What will our peers think? What will the other bands say about us? How will we be perceived?" And now that doesn't really bother us. We want to play music, we want to create the best music we know how to create, and then that's fine with us. That's the biggest difference. We're not worried anymore. We grew up, and we kind of know what we are as a band and what we can accomplish. I think that's the biggest difference.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio— The family of a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed in the Franklin County Courthouse in 2018 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The lawsuit against Franklin County, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office was filed in federal court on Monday.
Authorities say Franklin County sheriff deputy Richard Scarborough fatally shot Joseph Haynes after an altercation broke out when he was escorting the boy and his mother from the courtroom.
A grand jury investigation led to no charges filed against Scarborough.
The attorneys for Haynes's family say Scarborough "needlessly escalated the encounter using excessive force" that led to the death of Haynes.
The lawsuit claims the Franklin County Coroner determined the minor's death a homicide but the Franklin County Sheriff chose to investigate their own deputy instead of having an independent investigator conduct an investigation.
The complaint also alleges the sheriff's department does not train deputies to manage interactions with unarmed minors.
Attorney Dan Mordarski, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit says "They are dealing with children, not grown adults who have fully developed brains and mature abilities to control emotions."
It is unknown when Franklin County will respond to this lawsuit.


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It's time to make up a bunch of awards and hand them out to the good, the bad and the ugly in the Hub real estate universe. Yep, it's time for the Third Annual Curbed Boston Awards!
This one's a no-brainer (we should think): In September, Boston officials, including Mayor Tom Menino, and developer Millennium Partners broke ground on the tower that will fill the long-empty Filene's site in Downtown Crossing. It is fervently hoped that the 625-foot, 56-story tower, with its 450 luxury condos and 231,000 square feet of retail, will change the surrounding neighborhood once and for all into a 24-7 enclave. We'll see.
Millennium Tower against the current Boston skyline.
The tower's base, hopefully rendered as a very busy place.
· The Millennium Tower Groundbreaking in Photos! [Curbed Boston]
· Millennium Tower Groundbreaking: 10 Things to Know [Curbed Boston]
· Here's the Millennium Tower with People Around It [Curbed Boston]


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TIFFIN, OHIO – April 29, 2021 – Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership (TSEP) announced today that it has launched a search to fill its newly created position of Operations Manager. Position description and requirements can be found at tsepsearch.com. Resumes and cover letters will be accepted by email only to firstname.lastname@example.com until 5 p.m. June 14, 2021.
TSEP President & CEO David Zak was excited to make the announcement. "Each member of our team believes in our mission and appreciates being able to work hard every day to make this a great place to live, work and run a business. Our biggest challenge is sustaining our pace. We are currently leading and managing 84 initiatives, 184 projects, 13 committees, and 140 volunteers with no administrative or operational support. A much-needed internally-focused addition to the team sets us up for long-term success."
Since 2014, TSEP has expanded from two full-time staff focusing on four primary development areas to a team of five plus interns and other third-party service providers, handling the following 17 areas of activity:
- Amy Reinhart: Downtown Development & Revitalization, Main Street.
- Carol Kern: Employer Recruitment & Training, Workforce Development, Business Outreach.
- Nick Dutro: Industrial, Commercial, Residential, Real Estate Development; Media Relations.
- Audrey Flood: Entrepreneurship, Community, Rural Development; Social Media; Administrative.
- David Zak: Organizational, Tech-Based, International Development; Strategic Planning.
Dean Keller, President of the First National Bank of Sycamore and Chair of TSEP's Board of Directors, believes the timing is right, "Our passionate, dedicated, and talented leaders on the TSEP team are accomplishing more than at any time since its creation in 1983. The board is committed to continuing the quality and quantity of our work, and therefore unanimously supports the hiring of a new Operations Manager to allow TSEP to do just that."
Since 2014, TSEP has achieved the following external results, among others:
- Ranked every year in the top two percent nationally for economic development with 42 large projects.
- Helped create 2,000 new jobs and attract $422 million in new investment.
- Made 1,262 calls on businesses, inventoried 175 business resources, and logged 649 projects.
- Created four new incentive programs, administered eight others, and built a speculative building.
- Received state Main Street accreditation every year since 2015 and national since 2017.
- Received 8 state awards for downtown revitalization and one honorable mention.
- Helped locate 70 businesses and facilitate almost 100 façade projects in downtown Tiffin.
Tiffin Mayor Aaron Montz, a member of TSEP's Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, supports the search: "The results speak for themselves. We have a top-notch aggressive and innovative economic, downtown and community development organization, and we can't afford to take our foot off the gas. The Operations Manager is the next logical step to continuing the momentum."
Since 2014, TSEP has achieved the following internal results, among others:
- Led the creation of 14 strategic plans and studies, and a community branding initiative.
- Issued 262 press releases, generating 402 digital and print and 47 television stories.
- Built a Facebook page with 6,000+ likes, 929 posts, a reach of 2.2 million, and 8.3 million impressions.
- Published 148 e-mail newsletters with twice the average open rate for non-profits (30-50%).
- For members and the board, provided 297 updates, held 30 events, and published 15 reports.
- More than doubled both public support and private fundraising and built over 6 months of reserves.
- Increased the number of volunteers from 30 to 140, the number of committees from four to 13.
Seneca County Commission President Mike Kerschner, also a member of TSEP's Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, also strongly supports this action. "TSEP works extremely hard to promote our community, communicate with stakeholders, and drive economic growth. I appreciate their sound and fiscally conservative approach to running the organization, and I am confident this new addition to the team will have a great return on investment."
About the Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership
Started in 1983 as the Seneca Industrial and Economic Development Corp. (SIEDC), the Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership is a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to driving positive economic, downtown, and community development in Tiffin and Seneca County, Ohio. Tiffin and Seneca County consistently rank in the top two percent of communities nationally for economic development and has one of the most recognized and award-winning downtown Main Street programs in Ohio. Learn more about the great things going on in Tiffin and Seneca County at www.tiffinseneca.org.


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The Americans Have More Debt Than Ever: Tips On Keeping Your Head Above Water
Even before our economy was shut down by the Covid-19 crisis, the average U.S family had more debt than ever before. It seems Covid is not the only pandemic challenging Americans these days. Debt is affecting not only the everyday lives of families but the economy as well. When families are drowning in debt, they have less money to spend on shopping and going out into the community to spend and enjoy as if they didn't have to pay debt controlling their finances. With more than 40,000,000 people unemployed due to the shutdown and debt continuing to build, it has many wondering, how will the economy pick back up as things begin to open again? Will, anyone is able to go out and spend in the newly opened economy when they have no job, are still waiting for their unemployment check, or do not know when and where they will work again?
So what can you do if you are one of those people heading into this unknown economy, not knowing when you will get to work again or receive your unemployment check? How can you budget if your salary has been reduced or you have lost your job and don't know when you will work again? There are ways you can plan and budget based on your new normal. There are also ways to make it so that you don't have to pay some of your bills during this time that won't hurt your credit if you approach it correctly. Don't just stop paying your bills plan and make calls!
➤ Apply For A Forbearance On Your Mortgage To Stop Accruing More Debt:
In the past, forbearances were only available to homeowners if you were experiencing temporary hardship and were expected to get a new job during the forbearance period so you could make the balloon payment at the end of the 3-month forbearance period. Under the CARES act, homeowners can apply for 180-day forbearance in anticipation of financial hardship, and if you are still in a financial bind when the 180-days is up, you can apply for an additional 180-days. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic strain on the economy. It has been so severe no one has been affected like this since the Great Depression. Mortgage companies will not be allowed to charge late fees or report non-payment on your credit during this period. Banks also do not expect you to get a new job in our current situation because of quarantine and the slow reopening of the economy in most states all over the country. However, there is still a balloon payment coming at the end of the forbearance if you don't plan for it correctly.
Many banks won't tell you this when you apply for your forbearance, but before it is up, you can apply for a loan modification. If you qualify based on your hardship, you can negotiate the repayment of your frozen payments. This will be made possible by negotiating to either split them up and pay a certain amount more each month in your regular loan payment or tacking the frozen payments onto the end of your mortgage period. Make sure you apply for the loan modification before your forbearance period is up, or you will be expected to make the balloon payment. You can call your bank or apply online for the loan modification. The goal is to plan and make this challenging situation a bit less stressful for yourself until the economy is up and running again.
➤ Make Sure You Have An Emergency Fund To Avoid Debt:
Having a budget and sticking to it has never been more critical. If you are lucky enough to have your job still and are still making your full salary, it is even more crucial to make sure you are budgeting to put money away in an emergency fund from each paycheck. If you are one of the millions of Americans who have had a reduction in your income, or who has lost your job, you can still set up a budget and save at least a small amount from each paycheck, even an unemployment check when it starts to come! An emergency fund will be vital to you and your family if you find yourself in a situation where you have no income for a certain amount of time, or you have an expense come up that you did not expect. You do not want to make a difficult situation worse by going into debt, because you did not plan for the worst-case scenario. Many people all over the U.S have unfortunately have been waiting upwards of 6-weeks to get their unemployment checks. The Covid crisis is a circumstance no one planned for, and having an emergency fund to lean on when you and your family are waiting for your income will be the key to staying out of debt in hard times.
➤ Contact Your Lenders For Help If You Can't Make Payments On Your Current Debt:
Our current economic situation is like none we have seen in many of our lifetimes. If you are in a position where you can't pay your loans, such as your car payments or credit card bills, don't just stop paying them. Many lenders have programs set up for the current situation where they will work with you to lower your interest rate or freeze your payment for a certain amount of time. You can also apply for a forbearance or deferral of your payments, and your lenders will not be allowed to report non-payment or charge late fees during that time. Communicating with your lenders is always the best option. If you stop paying, you will destroy your credit when you don't have to! Planning and communicating will make another stressful situation less stressful and much more manageable.
Similar to car payments and credit card bills, student loan payments are a bill to consider differing during this time if you are in a financial bind and need to reallocate your budget. Many graduates with federal loans were notified that their loans automatically differed when the pandemic started. However, if you are one of those whose student loans were not automatically differed because your loans are private, you should consider contacting your loan company.
➤ Contact Your Utility Companies If You Can't Make Payments:
You don't want to be in a situation where your utilities are turned off because you can't pay them. Your best option for dealing with financial hardship is to contact your utility companies and work something out with them. More often than not, they will work out a lower payment plan with you so you can stay in good standing and not go into debt, putting your utility bills on credit. You also don't want to hurt your credit score and get your utilities turned off by not paying your bills. So plan smart, stay out of debt, and work out the best payment plan you can within your budget.
➤ Set A New Budget Based On Your Current Income To Avoid More Debt:
If your income is still the same as it was before the pandemic, that is great! Be cautious to stay out of debt at a time like this. If you are already in debt, try to pay it down each month to get ahead just in case your income changes due to job loss or income reduction. In most cases, when you have a job, you try not to think about what will happen if you lose it, and pay reductions are not the focus because if you do your job correctly, you should be working on getting a raise! Unfortunately, during the Covid pandemic, millions of Americans have lost their jobs. A strong economy has fallen into a situation that is now causing everyone to think about job loss and pay reduction. Make sure you set a budget that allows you to save, pay your bills, and live off what is left. Overspending and not sticking to a budget will cause you to spend on credit, having debt will not make your financial situation better if you lose your job or encounter a pat reduction. Be smart about what you're spending. Go through your expenses and make sure you are budgeting to stay within your monthly income!
➤ Take Out A Loan To Consolidate
There are different kinds of loans that can help you consolidate and make your budget more doable every month. If you have been leaning on credit cards because your budget is too tight or not big enough for your expenses, it is time to get on a budget and get your debt organized so you can both save money and get out of debt. The rate on a personal loan may be higher than you are paying on individual credit cards, but if you add up all of the interest on each card you are paying, in most cases, it comes out to save you money over time. If you are a business owner you have options to take out loans to help you with your business budget as well. Look into your options and start saving today!
If you have had a reduction in your income or you have lost your job, and you are now working with what you make on unemployment, look into the options we talked about above! Make sure you can set a budget based on your new income, even if it is a temporary income change because you are trying to get a new job or are temporarily furloughed. Don't put yourself into debt because you were not careful and smart about your spending when you needed to be!


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I drew this (literal) mind map a while ago when I was feeling really overwhelmed and my thoughts felt like fog but I've found it useful to look at when I'm not sure what's going on and my brain's really fuzzy. I keep meaning to make an updated one but to be honest, not much has changed since this one. It's an attempt at 'mapping' my brain to try to make sense of thoughts and behaviours. Red is a very strong link, yellow is a strong link and purple is a link, and I've underlined things I want to change in blue. The main ones I really want to change are bingeing, hating myself, loneliness and obsessions, and I'm hoping that the DBT skills can help with that.
The thing I find most interesting about this is that the strong links (red) are mostly things I want to change whereas more positive things like drawing or hobbies only have a purple link between them. That kind of suggests that I'm more focussed on negative thoughts and behaviours than positive and that leads to more negative behaviours so it's sort of self-reinforcing. So I think that maybe focussing more on the purple links and trying to make them stronger might take away some of the intensity or power of the red links, and weaken them a bit. That's the idea anyway and I don't think I'll lose anything by trying it!
I've also realised that a lot of the red links are actually from the bitch inside my head, not from 'me', and that by continuing to try to externalise the thoughts as her I can try to acknowledge them without necessarily believing or acting on them. It's so hard but there have been times last week when I've managed to talk her down so going to keep it up…
Targets for next week, thinking about strengthening the purple links… Draw when you're feeling lonely, to try to reinforce that link and because I really think the focus on drawing will help as a distraction. Keep trying to get into a healthy, non-obsessive routine with exercise and hopefully the endorphins will start to kick in again. Start writing again and have fun with it. Do a 'fun' form of exercise at least once and actually engage with it. Draw some more. Keep experimenting!
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Windwave is to distribute Granite Design in the UK and Ireland.
The distributor has "almost all" products in stock now and ready to order from its B2B site.
"The Design and Innovation Award-winning Stash Tool System makes use of the space inside your steerer tube and handlebars to conveniently stash your most useful trail tools on your bike," said a statement. "The Stash multi-tool fits inside the steerer tube and pre-loads the headset without having to cut a thread into your fork, which is likely to void the fork manufacturer's warranty.
"Installation is quick and easy and the system is compatible with pretty much any suspension fork. The Stash system also consists of a kit of a tubeless plug tool (including plugs) and a chain tool that installs inside each side of the handlebar."
Windwave's Dan Jones said: "Granite Designs has some very clever solutions to carrying your trail tools, from the innovative Stash system to the RockNroll mini tool roll, Granite offers a high-quality product at very competitive price points."
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USA – A Yiddish-language production of Fiddler on the Roof opened at Stage 42 in New York City on 21st February with direction by Joel Grey and lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski. Playing an important role in this special version of the acclaimed musical are Elation Colour 5 Profile LED ellipsoidal spots supplied by G Scott Designs, Inc.
Associate designer is Ethan Steimel who says that Kaczorowski required a fixture that colour changed in a tight warm palette from no colour incandescent to gel colours L162 to L147. He adds that the designer also wanted to achieve a deep blue.
The solution was found in the Colour 5 Profile LED ellipsoidal, a luminaire that excels at variable coloured or white light illumination in theatre environments. Housing a 180W RGBAM (red, green, blue, amber and mint) LED engine, the mint LED enhances the production of variable white colour temperatures from 3,200 to 6,500K and increases the CRI. An exceptionally flat field of light, CRI over 94, and a professional feature set that includes a four-blade framing system and interchangeable lens options make it a highly flexible directional spot luminaire for theatre.
For Fiddler, eight Colour 5 Profile fixtures are used to light the crinkled paper portal legs.
All lighting for the production has been supplied by G Scott Designs, Inc. Glen Davis of G Scott Designs says they have successfully used the Colour 5 Profile in their own designs for years and keep 70 in stock along with other Elation gear like SixPar series LED par lights, Colour Chorus LED battens and TVL CYC RGBW cyclorama wall wash luminaires.
"It was a big job moving the entire village of Anatevke from Battery Park to 42nd Street," said associate designer Steimel. "Glen Davis at G. Scott Designs, Inc. did a superb job swapping out over half the lighting rig to accommodate the new venue."
The Yiddish-language production of Fiddler on the Roof at Stage 42 is an open-ended run with plans to be in production for one year. The play does include subtitles so that non-Yiddish speakers can follow the celebrated musical as well.
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Sr. HR Manager
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Willard, OH
Imagine...working for a company that knows that its people are the key to its success in the marketplace. A company in which achieving extraordinary results and having a stimulating work experience are part of the same process.
We cultivate and embrace a diverse employee population. We recognize that people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives fuel our growth and enrich our global culture.
We are looking for an individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, team oriented environment, likes to be challenged, and values the opportunity to make a difference.
Job Description
This position is responsible for hands-on management of Human Resources systems and processes in Campbell's, Willard, OH location. The individual in this manager role will have operational responsibility for recruitment and retention, employee relations, training and talent development, organization effectiveness, wage and salary administration, performance management, employee safety and wellness, engagement planning, oversite to company store and benefits administration.
In addition to managing compliance activities, the incumbent will act as a strategic business partner in building a high performing culture, as well as lean manufacturing and other continuous improvement initiatives, that support both the plant's and Company's overall goals and objectives.
Principal Accountabilities
- Daily HR Operations - Manage the following HR processes and Supply Chain initiatives: Provide ongoing recruiting support to the plant management team.
- Source a diverse slate of well-qualified candidates, schedule and conduct interviews, and prepare offer letters in a timely manner.
- Maintain a positive employee relations environment by responding to all employee relations issues and guiding them to successful resolution and leading training for front line leaders.
- Conduct thorough and prompt investigations, interpret and explain Company policy, coach employees as necessary, and ensure that disciplinary action is administered fairly and consistently.
- Drive employee learning and development by facilitating Campbell University workshops and other training programs.
- Identify plant and individual training needs and develop a curriculum focusing on managerial/supervisory development, diversity and inclusion, new hire selection process, objective setting, etc.
- Build internal talent by driving the creation, implementation, and execution of high-quality development plans which are directly linked to the annual Succession Planning process.
- Manage the compensation process for both hourly and salaried employees.
- Conduct an annual survey of prevailing hourly wages in the local area; prepare an Hourly Wage Recommendation.
- Partner with the management team to develop job descriptions for open salaried positions; work with Corporate Compensation to identify appropriate levels and salary ranges for these openings.
- Provide focus and direction for performance management activities.
- Drive the Hourly Performance Management Program.
- Lead salaried employees through objective setting, Individual Development Planning, mid-year review, and year-end performance appraisal processes.
- Partner with the management team to drive safety performance and employee accountability for safety throughout the plant.
- Work with the Safety Manager to manage occupational injury/illness claims and administer Workers' Compensation.
- Provide leadership for the implementation of unique, site-specific wellness programs (in addition to corporate programs) to encourage employee involvement.
- Drive high organizational engagement and empowerment by implementing a survey tool to measure culture, manager quality, high performance, and employee engagement.
- Help managers interpret survey results, facilitate engagement planning sessions, and develop and execute robust action plans.
- Oversee benefits and leave of absence administration.
- Communicate benefit changes, manage the Annual Enrollment process, and assist employees in resolving benefit and leave issues.
- Strategic Partner – Execute the following strategic initiatives: Drive the Key Operator Certification Program.
- Provide ongoing leadership for Willard's continuous improvement initiatives and participate in and help drive the 5S Program, kaizen events, standard work development, etc.
- Assist the Director, HR – Supply Chain in building a high performing culture at Bloomfield while simultaneously sustaining its unique culture, as well as implementing other key strategic initiatives.
- Regulatory Compliance – Manage the following compliance activities: Develop Willard's annual Affirmative Action Plan and quarterly updates in compliance with Company and EEOC guidelines.
- Partner with the Leadership Team to ensure full compliance with OSHA standards. Drive compliance with FMLA and ADA regulations.
Job Complexity
- Must interpret Company policy and resolve complex employee relations issues in a fair and consistent manner. Must be available to respond to these issues on a 24/7 basis.
- Must possess the interpersonal savvy necessary to interact effectively with employees at all levels of the organization – from hourly production workers to the Company President. Must tailor the message and presentation style to fit the audience.
- Must partner effectively with the Corporate Legal Department to investigate and resolve Integrity Hot Line complaints, complex employee relations issues, ethics violations, charges filed by regulatory agencies, etc.
- Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize based on business needs. Must align plant projects/initiatives with Company goals, in order to drive organizational alignment.
- Must serve as Company contact and liaison during compliance reviews and audits by regulatory agencies, such as EEOC, State Human Relations Commission, etc.
- Must partner with the plant leadership team to determine appropriate crewing levels and source a diverse slate of qualified candidates for both hourly and salaried positions.
- Must serve as a change agent and help employees adapt to organizational change.
- Must actively support and help drive lean transformation and high performing culture.
- Must drive the performance management process for hourly and salaried employees, meeting all corporate timelines and other deliverables.
- Must stay current with respect to both internal and external factors impacting the plant's workforce, including new or revised Company policies, developments in employment law, pending legislation, etc., communicate these changes to the plant leadership team, and make appropriate recommendations.
Job Specifications
- Minimum education required: B.A./B.S. degree in Human Resources Management or a related field. Education desired: M.A./M.S. degree in Human Resources Management preferred.
- Years of relevant experience: 7 - 10 years of previous Human Resources Generalist experience in a manufacturing environment (Prior experience in food manufacturing or other consumer product industry is preferred.)
Knowledge, skills, and abilities required:
- Strong Human Resources Generalist background with a comprehensive working knowledge of employee relations, employment law, and regulatory compliance.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including excellent verbal and written communication abilities. Must demonstrate active listening and strong facilitation and conflict resolution skills.
- Demonstrated business savvy. Must possess strong organizational and analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Familiarity with Lean principles and initiatives, including 5S programs and standard work development.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. Prior Workday, Kronos, and SAP experience is preferred.
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The waiting time for trains along the Kelana Jaya LRT line is due to increase from 2.7 minutes to 3.4 minutes during peak hours beginning from 14th September 2015 to allow for brake caliper replacement work by the rail supplier Bombadier Transportation on four trains.
Mr. Ahmad Nizam Mohamed Amin, Chief Executive Officer of Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd, which manages and operates the rail LRT and Monorail service, said the average waiting time is expected to increase roughly 40 seconds from where it is currently.
This is due to a total of four wagons operating on the Kelana Jaya line needing to be removed for an extended period of time to enable repair works following a number of brake system-related incidents this year.
"Although these actions will affect passenger comfort, it had to be taken to ensure the safety and smooth operation of Kelana Jaya line LRT system in the long run.
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He added that the intensive repair works, which are scheduled for completion by November 6th 2015, has been approved by the Land Public Transport Department (SPAD) recently.
To compensate for the frequency of trains, Ahmad Nizam said there will be an influx of non-stop shuttle buses will be provided for free on the first week of the affected time frame, beginning September 14. These buses will run on some of the route's main trains stations to KLCC during the morning and evening peak hours.
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When Monica Morrison gave the University of Miami copies of explicit emails and text messages she'd received from star philosophy professor Colin McGinn, the school got him off campus, but didn't charge him with sexual harassment.
McGinn had told the university in fall 2012 that the messages he sent Morrison -- complimenting her legs, discussing his erections, floating the idea of having sex with her and asking to kiss her -- were not a problem because they were in a relationship, though Morrison said otherwise. The university charged him with failing to report a consensual relationship and he resigned in 2013.
Last week, Morrison filed a federal lawsuit against the university over its handling of the case, partly because it failed to charge McGinn with sexual harassment. She also sued McGinn for sexual harassment and civil assault.
The suit came just days after the University of California, Berkeley defended its own handling of harassment allegations against astronomy professor Geoffrey Marcy. Like The University of Miami, UC Berkeley said it crafted an agreement that led to a quick resolution and the resignation of a tenured faculty member.
Both schools made similar points: It's difficult to simply fire a tenured professor, even if there's strong evidence of their guilt. They avoided a lengthy investigation, and in the end, they got a problem professor off campus.
"It's the culture of employment management bumping up against the Title IX realm," said Peter Lake, director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University. Lake believes increased scrutiny over how schools handle campus rape has led advocates to demand more public condemnation of sexual harassment offenders.
"I could see where you might see it as a great victory to eliminate the problem from campus," Lake said. "But I think [advocates] really do want, and come to expect, the public justice. They want to be able to see them openly and visibly punished for their wrongdoing and not be able to walk away with a slap on the hand."
Eric Isicoff, a lawyer for the University of Miami, defended how the school handled the McGinn case. The school reached a "very positive" and "very efficient" outcome, he said.
"In academic circles, it is very difficult [to terminate someone], particularly when you're dealing with a tenured professor," Isicoff said. "The extraordinary thing about this case, it was a very good and prompt resolution that was achieved at stellar speed."
"It's ironic," he added. "If this is being put in a bad light, I don't know any situation where you have one in a good light."
Supporters of the students reporting sexual harassment say that the schools have let professors like McGinn off too easily for egregious behavior.
"If the offender is no longer there, then the university feels they are no longer responsible, and the next university can justifiably claim they had no knowledge," said Heidi Lockwood, a philosophy professor at Southern Connecticut State University.
McGinn lost a job offer at East Carolina University as the details of some of his emails to Morrison became public in June 2013. Morrison then filed an anonymous complaint in March 2014 with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying the University of Miami mishandled the case and failed to protect her from retaliation. She allowed her name to go on record once she filed the lawsuit based on her EEOC claims.
When news of McGinn's resignation became public -- along with suggestion he was forced out -- philosophy professors from other top universities defended him, and some still think he was treated unjustly.
Esa Saarinen, a philosophy professor at Aalto University in Finland, wrote a letter in 2013 saying he was astonished over the "utterly unfair treatment" of McGinn based on "false allegations." He predicted McGinn's ousting would set "a landmark for unfairness that is likely to become historic," and recently said his opinion has not changed.
Steven Pinker at Harvard University said he still believes "that the academic equivalent of the death penalty was excessive in McGinn's case."
Philosophy professors Stephen Schiffer at New York University and Stephen Neale at the City University of New York raised concerns in 2013 that McGinn was denied due process. "Since then, new evidence has emerged which I'm not competent to interpret, nor have I tried to interpret it," Schiffer said this month.
McGinn declined an interview request from The Huffington Post, but has discussed his situation on his blog. He's shown a keen interest in other faculty who lose their jobs and compares himself to Steven Salaita, who lost an employment offer from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after he tweeted about the conflict in Gaza.
"There is a clear lesson here about excessive power in university administrators, as well as lack of basic understanding about free speech," McGinn wrote. "I find many analogies here to what happened to me." McGinn also said that Tim Hunt, the English scientist caught up in a controversy over sexist comments, "is still being excluded from positions that are rightfully his."
McGinn added that he and other philosophy professionals "have been subject to administrative actions that have seriously damaged our careers and lives, in ways that are politically motivated, heavy-handed, and fundamentally unjust."
Since McGinn's resignation, there are some "pretty notorious sexual harassers in the philosophy land that are cooling their heels," according to Brian Leiter, director of the University of Chicago's Center for Law, Philosophy, and Human Values.
"I am certainly one of those people who think there was an awful lot of unpunished sexual harassment in academic philosophy that's been shrouded in so much secrecy," Leiter said.
Jennifer Saul, who teaches at the University of Sheffield and is director of the Society for Women in Philosophy UK, believes few supporters of McGinn remain. "There is, from what I can tell, near universal agreement that he acted appallingly," she said.
Coming forward as a victim of sexual harassment in the philosophy world is incredibly risky, Saul said, but she believes things are changing.
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- The price of a gallon of regular unleaded has climbed to a national average of $2.58.
- Over the next couple of weeks, that amount could reach $2.65 to $2.75.
- Here are some expert tips for saving money on gas.
Don't be surprised if filling your car's tank at the pump keeps gobbling up a growing portion of your budget.
Amid already rising gasoline prices, the average price you pay for per gallon could jump over the next couple of weeks, according to GasBuddy.com.
On top of elevated prices for crude oil — which accounts for more than half the price of gas — as demand recovers from a pandemic-induced drop and production remains lower, millions of barrels of refining capacity are now offline due to extreme cold in the lower half of the U.S.
"Much of the projected increase in gas prices is likely to play out in the coming days," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
The current national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.58 and could reach somewhere between $2.65 and $2.75 soon. That would put it about $1 above the $1.74 tallied in April 2020 amid plummeting demand as the pandemic took hold.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - The head of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Friday led U.S. celebrations of Epiphany by ritually throwing a cross into the Gulf of Mexico.
The cross was grabbed within seconds by James Vasilaros, one of 53 teenaged boys waiting to retrieve it in the highlight of an annual ritual that draws tens of thousands to the Florida town of Tarpon Springs, a few miles northwest of Tampa.
Epiphany in some eastern churches commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, while in western churches it marks the visit of the three kings to the Christ child.
It was Bartholomew's first visit to Tarpon Springs, a majority of whose 23,000 residents are descendants of Greek immigrants who came here in the 1880s to start a sponge diving industry.
"Never forget this day," the Patriarch told the young divers as he blessed them.
Bartholomew had earlier used his visit to the United States to announce that Pope Benedict XVI would officially visit the Patriarchate in Turkey in 2006 as both religious leaders strive to build bridges between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.
The Pope missed a liturgy in Istanbul last year marking St. Andrew's day after Turkish authorities, apparently believing that Bartholomew had overreached himself by inviting the pontiff, said the Pope should visit in 2006 instead.
"We are going to restart our dialogue on an international level with the Roman Catholic Church," the Patriarch told reporters on Thursday in Greek. "We are also glad to announce that Pope Benedict will officially visit the Patriarchate in 2006," he said.
The Vatican had previously accepted Ankara's invitation but Bartholomew's comments indicated more certainty that a visit would occur this year.
The above photo is from today's Epiphany celebration in Istanbul, which is still home to a small Greek minority. Simon Papas Carlo Tarinas was the winner of the cross dive in Istanbul's frigid Golden Horn waterway. The Boston Globe reported that a group of Turkish nationalist protesters gathered nearby, calling for Bartholomew's expulsion from Turkey. I think that's rather sad, but I know that such radicals are themselves a minority and do not speak for all of Turkey.