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Friends are the people who confide into. The ones you can trust the most. The ones you can call family without blood relation. That is why a relationship such is that is harder to break than any other when the time comes. It is a painful moment to realize that you either no longer have, or perhaps never really did have, respect for someone you thought you could call a friend. The following stories come from people who lived that moment and shared the experience on Quora. Take a look and ask yourself, "How well do you really know your friends?"
"It happened during my last year of college. I used to stay in a girls' hostel. One evening, I could not find my debit card and started searching for it. My two other roommates ('P,' who is a year younger than I, and 'D,' who is the same age as I) assisted me with the search.
I then called my mom. After telling me about how reckless I am with things, she agreed to block the card. The next morning, I received a message saying an amount of $10,000 was withdrawn from my account. This was in 2012, so it took a while for me to receive the message. It said that the amount was withdrawn the previous evening at 5 pm. However, that happened well before I asked my mom to block the card. I thought that I probably did not even realize that I lost the card then. I felt so bad. My parents asked me to let it go and be more careful in the future, but I couldn't let it go.
It was not just about the money. Something did not seem right at all. It was really difficult to withdraw cash without knowing the pin number and the card is automatically blocked after three failed attempts. One thing became clearer to me. The person who withdrew the cash had to have known the pin number. This made me sleepless. I wanted to know who broke my trust.
Two days later, I did what I needed to do. I reached the head office of the bank and filed a formal complaint, along with a police complaint, and requested for the security footage of that particular ATM machine. I pleaded with them for an hour just to get the footage. As the footage came in at the location, the bank person started scrolling through the time and then it hit me.
There she was - D, gingerly pressing the pin number and withdrawing cash. My heart stopped. I just could not believe what I saw.
I was pretty close to D. Both of us had developed a bond over the four years we had been roommates. We used to frequently travel together. She used to hang out with me and my boyfriend at the movies and we'd go shopping regularly. I used to confide in her many personal things. I was there for her when she faced a huge problem with an online cheater and things like that. My parents used to bring her things whenever they visited me. She was like my sister.
It was like a slap in the face when I then remembered hundreds of instances when we would go to the ATM together to withdraw cash. It would not have been a huge problem to get the pin number. All she needed to do was look. I felt so betrayed. I still feel so betrayed.
I now have a huge problem with trusting people and making friends."
"I'm still exasperated by what this person said to me. I'll never understand it.
She was beautiful, smart, and one of the nicest people I had ever met. Until she said this, and never again could I call her these things.
I was riding the bus with her. Let's call her 'Heather.' Heather and I had known each other for a long time. Oddly, we were friends, even though she was a very popular girl, a cheerleader. She was later nominated for homecoming queen. And I, of course, was an odd, dorky, insecure nerd before it became the norm for media.
It was the first year of high school and one of my best friends, let's call her Mary, had started dating a guy. I thought it was so great. Mary found someone who adored her, and she him. In fact, they are still together to this day, about six years later.
Heather mentioned Mary that day on the bus. I said I was so happy for them and I thought they were great together. Heather said that she didn't think Mary was 'like that.' And she said she wasn't sure she wanted to associate with her anymore.
Okay, I thought. That's a little strange. Heather had a boyfriend so she couldn't be talking about how it was off that my friend had a boyfriend now. Was there a rumor that they had done it already? Yes, this would have been news, I mean we were 14 after all. What could it possibly be?
I racked my brain trying to figure out what Heather's problem was. She could see the gears turning in my head, but not quite clicking. She started to look embarrassed and started fidgeting.
'It's just that I don't agree with it. It's not right, and Mary will understand that one day. And if she doesn't, then she doesn't truly understand how the world should work. And I don't want to be around someone like that. Things are meant to be a certain way, and that is not what nature says. It's disgusting and she's better than that.' Heather said these words to me and then it clicked.
You see, Mary's boyfriend was black.
I was in complete shock that Heather said that. This girl, this sweet, sweet girl, was blatantly prejudiced, and she didn't even realize it.
'I don't have a problem with them,' she said as she tried to make it not seem so bad. 'It is just not what happens in nature. Redbirds and bluebirds don't mix.'
I was sick to my stomach. I was hurt, saddened, and I lost hope for society that day. Heather displayed the prejudice that represented the Southern, Conservative town that I grew up in. I was in shock. I had never heard such a blatantly awful remark before.
I looked at her and tried to keep my composure. I told her that no, red birds and blue birds don't mix. But this is because they are two different kinds of animals. A red bird that happens to have spots does not discriminate against a red bird without spots. We are all the same species regardless of what location our ancestors are from. Heather seemed to take my words in, but the damage was already done.
I lose respect for someone instantly when they reveal themselves to be prejudiced. It can be gained back if they abandon this way of thinking, and pursue true acceptance and equality. But a lot of irreparable damage is already done."
"When I started college, I was randomly assigned roommates. They were both beautiful. The first was a busty blonde who had abs nicer than most men. She is currently very well-known as a fitness model across the states and has won a national title. The second was a wild party girl whose boyfriend was the president of the campus' largest fraternity. She always wore bright jewelry and makeup. They were both the type of women I envied and wanted to be like... or so I thought.
We pretty much did everything together. They basically went through my closet and gave me a makeover. I started to dress and act exactly like them. It felt good and I felt pretty and noticed for the first time in my life. Then, I introduced them to my high school friends, who were not fond of them. They thought they were conceited and rude. They did not like the person I was becoming.
Another girl on our floor was lonely. I decided to go out of my way to befriend and help her fit in. The blonde roommate did not like that. Two weeks before we were going to move into a new apartment together, she confronted me. She told me she was tired of me hanging out with these 'weird people' and said that it made me, her, and my other roommate 'look bad.'
'I don't know why you are attracted to having these freaks as your friends,' the blonde roommate told me.
Her words bothered me. I went to talk to my other roommate for her opinion.
'Oh, weird,' she said, while doing her makeup and not really listening to me. 'Hey, I've been meaning to talk to you. Summer is coming and you're really pale. I think you should get a tanning membership.'
I tried not to get offended and told her that I couldn't afford one.
'Don't you donate money every month to some kid overseas, or something? Just stop doing that. This is really important,' she replied.
I couldn't believe this. The irony of everything was that they had not just become these people overnight. They had been like this from day one, but I ignored it. A year of friendship and respect was gone in less than a day.
I decided not to move in with them. We would hang out every once in a while after the semester ended, but I never went out of my way to meet up. We are friends on social media, but I have not seen either of them in years."
"My freshman year of college, I went to a satellite-branch of an American art school in Paris. The majority of my year was pretty great. There are only so many times one can wake up and think, I feel like seeing the Mona Lisa today and actually be able to to it. We were all international students from Europe, Asia, the Americas, you name it.
I struck up a close friendship with 'Vikram.' He was a junior, but we were about the same age since I had taken a year off. There was no romance. We were just good friends. We had a mutual friend and classmate named 'Niko.' Niko was younger than me, but in Vikram's year. He had skipped a couple of grades.
One year later, we were all in New York City at the 'main' school. Vikram and Niko shared an apt in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I was in a dorm room in the city. When school ended, I was about to be kicked out of the dorm. I was desperate to find a place and Vikram offered a spare room in their apartment. The apartment (which had myself, Vikram, Niko, Niko's boyfriend, and three other housemates) was actually a kosher building. We had two sinks in the kitchen and nothing in the neighborhood was open on Saturday.
We were a multicultural, LGBTQ happy-happy housemate situation. I was the only straight white girl in the group. I was the minority! Everything was going great for a year, until one day.
One pleasant spring afternoon, we were all chilling in the living room, working on our final projects. Out of freaking nowhere Vikram came out with, 'I don't know why I bother. My teacher's just a filthy Jew.'
To say a pin dropped would be putting it lightly. Niko and I just stared for a moment.
'Uh... what?' one of us said.
'Oh, my teacher,' Vikram replied. 'Whatever, I don't care. You know the Jews. Just filthy.'
I know he meant 'filthy' in terms of morality, not physically (English was his second language) but, wow, that was a bombshell. He said it with no malice in his voice. It was just supremely casual, like, Well, yeah, Jews are evil. Am I right?
It was bizarre. He had never expressed anything like that before and then just dropped it so casually into conversation. Niko was Romany and had lost family in concentration camps.
'Uh... that's really, really not cool,' I said to Vikram
'You're not a Jew, why do you care?' he replied. 'You're Irish, right?'
I am Irish, but I'm not an anti-Semite? I have misgivings about ultra-Orthodox Judaism as I do about any ultra-orthodox religion but DANG, that was something to casually drop over pizza and Family Guy reruns.
Literally within one hour, all of our relationships went from 'close international friends and roommates' to mutually unfriending him on Facebook. We all still had three months left on the lease. Those were a fun few months, let me tell you."
"I lost respect for someone who I thought was my best friend.
We both belong to lower middle-class families. Both families have faced financial problems since childhood but that did not affect our friendship in any way.
Normally, my friend visited my house every once in a while. But, as of a few months ago, he would come to my house frequently, saying he wanted to speak to my father about something important. He was visiting our house more than once in a day wanting to meet with my father, even though he was busy.
Finally, when he got the chance to meet my father, he asked him for a loan of $80,000. He said he needed the money desperately as he had some personal needs. Initially, my father said no. Even we did not have that much money on hand at that point in time. But he kept telling us how important it was. He added that if my father gave it to him, it would be a huge help for him. My father said it would be difficult for him to arrange that amount in such a short span of time.
The next day, his mother called my father repeatedly and asked for help. She had never called my father before for anything, but she was calling frequently on that day to convince him about their situation. Somehow, my father arranged $50,000. My friend said that he would return the amount as soon as he could. However, after that, he never visited my house.
One day, my father saw him and he asked him about the money because we needed it immediately. He said that he needed time and he would return it after a month. It has been six months now. He visited our house only once to return half the amount. He never came back. My father had asked me to stay away from this and not to talk to him about money.
One fine day, my family and my friend's family were at the same marriage ceremony. He didn't even talk to us. Even his mother, who had called us many times when they needed help, ignored us. She did not even look at us. It was a disappointing moment.
I lost respect for that family at that instant. They could have, at least, met us and talked to us. We had known each other for more than a decade, but they chose to ignore us. I hate these kinds of people who beg you when they need you desperately and then forget when they don't need your help. Now my father has stopped expecting from them. We don't even talk to each other and behave like strangers whenever I see him.
Money has ruined our decades-long friendship. I am very disappointed and angry with him. But, deep down, I miss the good old days."
"A few years ago, I went on a date. A mutual friend of ours set it up. I was supposed to meet her at the train station, after that, we would decide where to go together. I waited for her at the station. When she got there, she was already late by around one hour and 45 minutes. She apologized for being late. I passed a smile and waved it off.
We went to a food court and the date was going fine. We mildly flirted with each other. I tried to constantly make her laugh. It was then time to leave and split the bill. I offered to go Dutch.
I understand that some people think that it is the man's duty to pay for a date or that it is courteous, but I am a student and I do not think that my father earns the money that he does to support my dates. He would never ever say no to me for anything, but I would start paying for others the day I started earning. Plus, it was not a celebration. It was a normal date between two people of similar stature.
In that instance, she did pay her part and we left for the train station. We shared a good hug before she left to go home. I came back to my home and went to sleep immediately.
After I woke up at 9 pm, due to my ridiculous sleep cycle, I had 13 missed calls from our mutual friend. I thought she would be excited to hear about the date, so I called her back.
'I am never setting you up on a date again,' I heard her say as soon as she picked up. 'You messed it up and she was so upset with me.'
'What happened?' I asked, taken aback.
'You dumb head! You made her pay for you. That is cheap.'
'No, she paid for herself and I paid for myself.'
'You are a man. You are supposed to pay for her, too. You know, this way you will die single,' she said, indicating that she was only joking about that last statement. 'But, honestly, you should have paid. That's your job. After all, it was a date.'
'OK,' I said. 'I apologize.'
'It is OK. I will tell her you did not know. Now, just message her and get your second date fixed. You guys will be so good together.'
'I don't think I want a second date with her.'
'Why? She is so cool.'
'I don't think our thought process will ever match.'
I did not lose respect for the girl I went on a date with because I don't think I knew her enough to feel bad. I lost respect for my friend who thought it was a boy's duty to pay. She is the kind of girl who talks about equality and shares posts about feminism daily. But, then, it suddenly becomes a man's responsibility to pay on a date.
"After a much tiring day in the office, I was heading back home. I generally avoid the crowded bus for commuting. I prefer the AC-powered buses since it is very hot and humid in Kolkata and the evening rush is just too much to handle. I had boarded an AC bus to go to the airport to go home and sat on an empty seat. Beside me was a girl. I will call her 'Anu.'
Anu was busy on her smartphone. I could see her fiddling with it just like everyone else. I know I should not have been sneaky but, you know guys and their curiosity. I could see she was reading articles on economic depression and inflation while intermittently watching Sherlock. While our bus got stuck in a massive traffic jam, I was browsing movies on a torrent site.
'How do you open that?' Anu suddenly asked me.
I was kind of taken aback. I looked at her face to see her looking at my phone.
'Some of the websites are still operational,' I told her. 'They have not yet shut it down.'
Then we started talking about our professional lives and such. Anu was pursuing her Master of Commerce degree. She asked for my number, which I shared with her. I got off at the airport stop and she went to the terminus to pick up her elder sister.
After a few days, she sent me a message on WhatsApp. We started interacting on a daily basis and I asked her if she wanted to meet up. I met her thrice after that. I would insist on meeting up to discuss economics and maybe study with her for some exams. I could feel that she was a bit nerdy.
In the meantime, I was slipping into depression. I was having issues with my girlfriend of many years. I wanted to share those issues with Anu since I was looking up to her as a friend and someone I could reach out to. She started avoiding me. There was something very strange and uncanny about her behavior. She would not want to meet up in a public place and kind of avoiding to take calls etc. I thought of it and realized maybe she is just too busy with her studies, exams and her life.
Later, my ex-girlfriend got married to someone of her parents' choice. I slipped into an acute depression and was experiencing a series of panic attacks. I was scrambling to speak to someone about this issue. I couldn't think of anyone else other than Anu at the time. Most of my friends were settled out of Kolkata. It was kind of embarrassing to reach out to someone over the phone. None of them would have been able to virtually relate to the kind of situation I was in.
I desperately called Anu. Once again, she was avoiding me and not communicating properly. She sent me a message on WhatsApp. The conversation went like this:
ANU: 'I can't talk to you anymore. My boyfriend doesn't like me talking to you. I am tired of the arguments and accusations. I can't talk to you anymore. It is what it is.'
ME: 'OK. No problem, ma'am. You've misunderstood me. I just thought of you as a friend and sister and someone I could reach out. No worries at all. I won't message you ever again. You could have told this to me before rather than avoiding and ditching.'
That was the last time I ever interacted with her. I had lost all the respect I had for her instantly.
When someone is depressed and has suicidal thoughts, all that he or she would want is a little consolation and maybe a hug. You don't ask that person to back off with his or her problem just because your boyfriend or girlfriend has issues with it. It is very rare that people reach out. When they do, no matter what, a little consoling and moral support can help save a life.
I know it was her prerogative to help me with my depression issues, but she failed to understand the woes of another human being. I would never have tried to reach out to her if I knew her boyfriend had issues with her talking to me. I would have never even interacted with her at all.
All that time we spent together and talking with each other never meant anything to her at all. I have always wondered what she would do if her boyfriend had a problem with her sister. Would she have told her sister the same thing?"
"I had a friend who is very rich, as in filthy rich. His house had around 15-16 cars. The most basic model they had was a Mini Cooper S. He was my classmate. He used to show off too much. It didn't bother me since he always treated me well. Once, in the ninth or tenth grade, all of our friends had to go to his house to play. The house was huge. It had around eight rooms, each a size in which 20 people could sleep on the floor. The bathroom was so big that it could accommodate 10-15 people easily.
While we were playing cricket in his front yard, one guy hit the ball so hard that it went outside the field. I was the fielder, so I started running toward the gate to pick the ball from the outside. Just then, my rich friend told me not to go. I thought someone else was going, so I stood there. What he did then shocked me.
'Hey, you, watchman,' he called out to the watchman of his house, 'can't you see the ball went out? Go and bring it to us. We have to continue the game. We don't have all day. Run and go.'
'OK sir,' the watchman replied. 'I'll go now.' The watchman ran to the gate.
This friend of mine was hardly 15-16 years old and the watchman was around 45-50 years old. The way he treated the watchman just because of his wealth made my respect for him vanish in a second.
Meanwhile, his father, a businessman who earns around $100 million monthly, came and spoke to us for some time. This was the first time we had all met him. He was so down-to-earth and gave everyone equal respect. His father gained my respect while my friend lost it.
Whoever you are, however rich you are, treat everyone equally. I treat my office janitor, watchman, everyone equally. I am sure many out there also do, but if you don't just because you earn more than them, it does not mean you can degrade them. They are humans, too. They deserve equal respect as anyone."
"Once when I was new at college, my school was gearing up for the National Level Science and Technical Exhibition. The exhibition was scheduled to take place within the following month. As I was very new, I used to sit alone and talk less with others. One day, a girl from my class who was sitting next to my desk walked up to me.
'Hello, Mr. Silent,' she said with a cute voice, 'can we be friends?'
I nodded and replied in a low-pitched voice, 'Sure. You don't need to ask about it.'
She was a tall, fair-looking girl. Her eyes were so big and bright as if they saw more than they could comprehend.
That day we had a very long conversation from morning until evening. Before leaving for home, she gave me her WhatsApp number. On the same night, she messaged me and asked, 'Will you please make a group model in exhibition with me?' Without thinking much and making any delay, I replied, 'Yes, for sure.'
The next day, we started working together on the model. The preparation on the model lasted for a whole month. We got closer to each other during the time and a good friendship established between us. I started to believe in her blindly.
Finally, the time came when we both were about to present our model in front of the judge. Everything was going right and we both were ready. But the team next to us had one less member on their team. Their model looked impressive in comparison to ours.
Then, suddenly, she switched to the other team to help them, leaving her own model.
'I know you are smart and can handle our model alone,' she said. I had to demonstrate the model alone at the last moment.
I felt very bad. What she did was like stabbing me in the back. I invested a lot in the model because of her. When the time came to show our strength together, she pulled her hands back."
"I was newly married. This one guy whom my husband used to call his younger brother, I will call 'Toby,' called me before the marriage and talked very nicely. I thought he was a gentlemen.
Then, later, after the marriage, we planned to visit their city to meet them for sightseeing. Toby came to pick us up, along with his wife, six-month-old baby, and another friend of his.
'Hey, how is your fiancé?' my husband asked the other friend while we were in the car.
'She is good,' he replied.
'Are you engaged?' I asked. 'When are you getting married?'
'Yes, in two months.'
Then, Toby said, 'He cannot wait two months to do her.'
As Toby laughed at his joke, his wife, my husband, and I were left speechless and shocked.
Another day, while we were going to the beach, Toby kept on passing lewd remarks on women passing by. He was commenting on their clothes, the way they walked, their looks, and their bodies.
When we reached the beach, I gave my mobile phone to him to take a photo of my hubby and I. He, along with his friend, started taking our photos in different poses. Suddenly, I noticed that both of them were looking at the pictures that they had just taken seconds before. They were commenting on them and laughing. Toby's wife, who was behind them, saw what they were doing. I could see anger on her face.
After the picture session was over, I got my phone back and started looking through the pics to figure out what they could have possibly been commenting at. I found that two of my shirt buttons had been unbuttoned in the middle, which I had not noticed before. My bra and a little skin were showing through in the pic.
I instantly lost whatever respect I had had for Toby and pledged to never see this guy again in my life."
"I recently met a few of my friends in a wedding. We all were discussing about the good old times and laughing at witty jokes. Who doesn't like to meet old friends?
One of our friends is extremely good in academics, sports, coding and what not. He is an absolute inspiration. He is that kind of a guy who boys want to be like and who girls love. Being of a compassionate nature, he has helped all of us in some fashion. Enough said. He joined us with his newly married wife and was as charming as ever.
A few of my friends asked him a question about his early marriage. He said that he was in love with a different girl and never wanted to marry, at least that's what he told us back in the day. So, we asked why he got married so early.
He said, 'My dad came with her photo and placed it on the dining table. He told me, "If you marry this girl, you will get $20,000,000 and a car." I said OK without even seeing her photo.'
He laughed while complaining about the color of the car. But, he was not joking. He was very serious about it and he meant it. We also came to find out that he had rejected a few girls for the same reason. It's not that he accepted money that caused us to lose respect for him. It was because he did not even care to take a look at the girl.
We were irritated. He was fine to marry her without meeting her. He never knew she was the one. He said okay only for money. On the other hand, his wife was just a few meters away smiling and laughing with joy for marrying someone who she thought loved her.
He made sure she did not hear this and told us that he had told her a different story about how much he loved her after seeing the photo. It looked like she believed him. What if she had heard the story? How bad would she have felt knowing her husband married her for money and not for her? Her smile would have completely vanished.
Did we lose respect for him instantly? Not only for him, but also for a few others who gave him high-fives and said that was a perfect decision. What is the point in being extremely brilliant if you cannot value the emotions of another human? A man who loves money more than people cannot be intelligent."
"It was one day before my best friend's marriage. Our entire group was there at her place taking pictures, making fun of her, and much more. Even though we had issues with her initially since she dumped her long-time boyfriend for this new guy, our friendship overpowered every sort of irritation and anger.
According to us, she and her old boyfriend were meant to be together forever. Unfortunately, the guy could not find a job and had some debt also. He had actually come to her place to have a word with her and her parents, requesting they just give him a year to find a job. But they refused. I was actually shattered when I came to find out it was her decision to break up. She had already found another man who was well-settled, good-looking, etc.
My friends and I were shocked once we heard the news. We tried to convince her to stay with him, explaining the magic of love and pain of heartbreak. But through her, I actually realized that for some girls, it is very, very easy to let go of things with no emotion at all. I lost a huge amount of respect toward her and her family.
On the day before, we were all sitting and having food. My friend was super excited. She started talking about their honeymoon plans. Then, I saw the ex-boyfriend coming with a big gift package. I was worried because there were so many people who did not even know him.
What if he creates a scene? I thought.
The guy was standing in a corner, sadly watching all the lights and flowers. My friend was so furious that she called her brother. They both went to him and talked in private. He tried giving her the package, which she refused. She just asked him to go away. She did not even offer him food or even a seat. She didn't even smile at him and shoved him away brutally. The guy, literally, with teary eyes, turned back, looked at us, looked at her, and left. I felt so bad. I was actually quiet for some time. Then we all left to our own places.
I then had a total loss of respect toward her and her family. She could have at least talked with him nicely. After all, it was her decision to leave him. Since I know the guy, I don't think he would have packed some bomb or something as a gift to take revenge on her. Humanity is something which we lack today."


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Dressed-down Kylie Jenner rocks natural look as she hits LA in oversized outfit
She's known for her glamour but Kylie opted for a relaxed look on Saturday
KYLIE Jenner is known for her stunning, glamorous looks.
But the social media queen opted to dress down as she hit LA with friends this weekend.
The reality star went for a chilled out look, wearing red sweatpants, a black Dr Dre t-shirt and red fluffy sandals as she stepped out to pick up some food.
She was accompanied by her close friend and personal assistant Victoria Villaroel.
The pair will appear together on new series Life Of Kylie, which premieres in the US this Sunday.
Though she's known for her flawless make-up looks and bold colourful wigs, Kylie looked refreshingly fresh-faced as she headed out on Saturday.
Kylie rocked a natural make-up look and let her long dark tresses down.
She accessorised the look with a pair of mirrored sunglasses.
As she's so known for showing off her figure, the oversized outfit was a departure for Kylie - but we'll have to get used to it, as audiences are sure to see another side of the fashionista in Life Of Kylie.
Social media queen Kylie recently earned herself a tidy 1 million likes in an HOUR in a sizzling Instagram snap, wearing a tight white dress.
And she also teamed up with supermodel sister Kendall to promote their clothing collection in a stunning modelling shoot.
The sisters smouldered in a series of shots of them on a roof top, sporting the all-black outfits from the brand.
Model Kendall looked amazing in a bardot style crop top with a pair of jeans, while Kylie modelled a black duster coat.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians showed off their amazing sisterly bond in the relaxed shoot, which sees them hugging and walking arm in arm.
It came after the sisters were forced to pull their T-shirt range back in June – after Notorious BIG's mum threatened to sue them.
They apologised for releasing tees featuring their faces superimposed over dead celebs. But it's clear they're now back on form with their new range.

subset: commoncrawl


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April 3 (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a slightly lower opening for Canada's main stock index on Tuesday, in tandem with global equity markets, on lingering concerns over a trade war.
World markets also battled to regain their poise after another round of tech and trade war worries had clobbered shares, although Wall Street was poised to stem its losses.
June futures on the S&P TSX index were down 0.19 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET.
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were up 0.42 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures were rose 0.5 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures were 0.56 percent higher.
Canada's main stock index fell on Monday, led by energy and financial shares, as oil prices tumbled and on trade-war concerns. (Morning News Call newsletter link.reuters.com/nex49s; The Day Ahead newsletter link.reuters.com/mex49s)
The United States, Mexico and Canada have made significant advances on reworking the NAFTA trade deal and ministers will meet in the coming days to determine the scope to agree on the basics of a deal, Mexico's economy minister said on Monday.
COMMODITIES AT 7:15 a.m. ET
Gold futures: $1,340.8; -0.34 pct
US crude: $63.07; 0.10 pct
Brent crude: $67.65; 0.01 pct
LME 3-month copper: $6807; 1.39 pct
Husky Energy Inc: RBC raises target price to C$20 from C$19
0945 ISM-New York Index for Mar: Prior 770.2
0945 ISM New York Business Conditions for Mar: Prior 54.5
1530 Domestic car sales for Mar: Expected 4.20 mln; Prior 4.13 mln
1530 Total vehicle sales for Mar: Expected 16.90 mln; Prior 17.08 mln
1530 Domestic truck sales for Mar: Expected 9.10 mln; Prior 9.08 mln
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I love love love this mini pizza box! So stinking cute!
Cardstock for box is cut 7 1/4" x 4"
Score the long side at 3/4", 3 1/4", 4" and 6 1/2"
Score the short side at 3/4 " and 3 1/4"
Use a bone folder to make sure you have nice creases on all the score lines.
Make cuts at the score lines just as you would see on a box.
Use sticky strip or other strong adhesive to adhere the box flaps together.
I used a 3/4 circle punch to make the little notch at the front of the box for
easy opening.
Belly band is 1" x 7 1/2.
Spiral Flower die used with Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock. Build a Blossom punch used for
the leaf.
Here is view of the open box.
Happy last day of February. Lets hope March goes by just as fast!!!! I need Winter to be over!
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What a kick to read back over the first 23 things!
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David Norcross focuses his practice on legislative affairs, legislative and executive department liaison, and public affairs. Mr. Norcross has particular experience with:
* energy issues
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* management of legal team election activities and election observation (foreign and domestic)—Mr. Norcross has undertaken missions overseas in: Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Kuwait, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Russia, and others
Mr. Norcross was the chairman of the Republican National Convention's Committee on Arrangements for the 2004 Republican Convention, held in New York City.
He formerly served as general counsel and member of the board of the International Republican Institute, general counsel to the Republican National Committee, and general counsel to the Center for Democracy.
Mr. Norcross has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Norcross is a member of the Federalist Society and the Republican National Lawyers Association. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee and is the chairman of the RNC's Standing Committee on Rules. He formerly served as secretary (Ch) of the Burlington County Board of Elections (N.J.) for many years.
Mr. Norcross served in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps, assigned to the U.S. Army Security Agency from 1962 to 1965, stationed in Asmara, Ethiopia.


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This will be a very simple post — just a ton of photos of cute penguins from my trip to Antarctica 🙂 Enjoy!
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antarctica, land of eternal snow
Astronauts have said that the most distinctive feature of Earth as seen from space is Antarctica, which "radiates light like a great white lantern across the bottom of the world". Its ice sheet is over 2km thick on average, contains more that 90% of the world's ice and snow, and has an area greater …
off to antarctica, the last continent
I've had a gut feeling for a few years now that I will eventually find my way to the kingdom of ice, but didn't realize that I'd be lucky enough to do it (just) before turning 30.


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Albertson Park continues to be a popular single family housing choice with a great location and relatively stable home prices and sales activity.
Albertson Park is a nice single family development of over 150 properties. Designs range from smaller approximately 1600 sqft ranches to larger 2 story colonials with over 1900 sqft. Construction began in 1960 and continued through 1965. Located adjacent to Faulkland Heights, it is an ideal location for anyone needing access throughout New Castle County.
As we have often seen throughout the county, Albertson Park home sales activity and pricing peaked in 2007 with 6 sales averaging $232,000. Since 2008 average prices have fallen from $229,000 to a low of $185,000 in 2011. Prices jumped a bit in 2012 to $204,000 but sales fell to 2 homes.
Prices again retreated in 2013 with 5 sales ranging from $167,000 to $200,000. The average sales price fell to $182,000, Lower prices again have succeeded in increasing sales activity in the community.
Today, there are 2 two story colonials under contract with an average asking price of $199,00. Currently there are no homes on the market and no properties have sold in 2014 year to date.
For anyone looking for properties with easy access throughout northern New Castle County, Albertson Park should be included in your search. With a nice variety of housing options and more stable pricing, Albertson Park should prove to be a good long-term choice.
David Henke
Long & Foster Real Estate Inc – Bear, DE/Devon, PA
Office: 302-834-3431/Direct: 610-618-0808
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 08, 2014
Haystack Information Discovery (HAYSTACKID), a leading provider of risk management and end-to-end technology-driven litigation preparedness and eDiscovery services, announced today the appointment of Alex Wall as Vice President of Legal Solutions and General Counsel.
As HAYSTACKID's VP of Legal Solutions, Mr. Wall is responsible for national strategic client consulting services on all aspects of electronic discovery law, discovery requests, litigation document review procedures, data processing practices, Early Case Assessment and Relativity hosting and administration.
Aside for being an experienced litigation attorney licensed in multiple states, Mr. Wall holds a number of technical certifications including Relativity Certified Administrator and Microsoft Certified Professional. He managed document review and production for countless litigation cases for a large New York based law firm while supervising all aspects of the eDiscovery process where he was the firm's primary discovery attorney. Mr. Wall also worked closely with the firm's corporate clients advising on best practices for preserving, collecting and producing electronically stored information.
"We are very excited to have someone of Alex's unique qualifications and depth of proven experience as part of our management team. Alex has years of experience on the law firm side,corporate consulting and with service providers handling consulting on all aspects of eDiscovery. It is not often that you encounter someone who is as technically savvy as Alex with the legal background in eDiscovery law who knows firsthand how to anticipate the potential pitfalls of high-stakes litigation. We are very fortunate to be going into a new year with one of the most talented resources in the business today," Jefferey Stevens, HAYSTACKID Chief Technology Officer, said from the company's San Francisco office.
About Haystack Information Discovery
Haystack Information Discovery ("HAYSTACKID") provides corporate customers and their counsel with low-cost predictability options that allow accurate budgeting and forecasting of their discovery expenses without the additional cost of software, hardware, or implementation fees. With office across the world and processing centers throughout the United States, HAYSTACKID is ready and able to handle your largest case, and save your organization a tremendous amount of time and money.
Haystack Information Discovery is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Denver, San Diego and Paris, France. Continue to visit us at http://www.haystackid.com or call (877.942.9782).


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Music's been running in our blood, and we were really excited about the Sounds of Freedom festival, an event the focused on the freedom of creative expression via music. For us, it became a way of exploring our creative expression through graphics for social media. We found that it was a good opportunity for us to go out of the box and experiment with different of look and feels, styles and taste in order to create better looking graphics that would capture the spirit of the festival. In this process we used photo-manipulation, blended of flat-graphics with images and played a little with typography. And all of this was used for graphics for posts, ads, covers images, instagram & twitter.
Where we got to use this approach the most was a series of 'brand posts', facebook centric posts that defined the inner ideas and concept behind SOF. Their purpose was to communicate what Sounds of Freedom was all about to its target audience, while also helping the brand create original and memorable content for itself.
Here are some of these brand posts. Each of these posts are based on a line, that looks at creative expression and music. You can see the entire collection on Sounds of Freedom's Facebook page.
'Sounds that can't be labeled or confined'
Music lets you be free with your words and sounds and Sounds of Freedom gives you the liberty to express yourself through music. Keeping that in mind, we thought of birds leaving the enclosure (cage) made out of the microphone head giving the impression of thoughts being let free. You can see this image below.
'Sounds that unlock your Creative Freedom'
The key to unlock your creative freedom is obviously 'music', so we tried blending a guitar with a key replacing the head of the instrument. You can see this image below.
'Sounds that challenge the norm'
Challenging the norms, breaking the rules is what goes with music. And good music that speaks the truth always comes from inside like 'Sina faad ke!' . You can see this image below.
'Sounds that gives a voice to the Unheard'
We came up with a simple graphics for this: the lips, which depicts voice and human face, coming out from the earpiece of a headphone facing each other. The headphones also represents BOSE, one of the sponsors for the event, who also ran a contest on social media.
'Sounds that spill onto the streets'
The coolest idea we came up was to use the piano keys in place of zebra crossing, and for that we had to go with the image manipulation style, where we blended the piano keys onto the empty streets. It also works well with the line that they provided.
'Sounds of resistance to Oppression'
This is a simple concept: we used an enclosure to represent oppression, in addition to it, the singing bird carries the meaning of freedom from oppression. This graphic wasn't approved by the client. It was reworked and you can see that SOF's facebook page.
'Sounds of Community and Solidarity'
Music has always been a platform, bringing unity among individuals with a common interest. Here, we depict that with the help of graphics, where we used a clarinet hanging like a swing and birds gathering on it.
What did you think of our graphics? We would love to hear your thoughts!
Leave them in the comments section below.


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Mel Marshall: Improving Adam Peaty, staying grounded and building for Tokyo
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Mel Marshall has a new job, fresh surroundings, a smart new title and the world-class facilities she so craved.
But the hunger to succeed remains just as strong as it ever was.
Having landed a dream role as one of British Swimming's most important coaches, the two-time Olympian fully recognises the need to take a backseat - while still driving her elite group towards Tokyo 2020.
"I read somewhere that leaders eat last and my personality is OK with that," the National Lead Centre Coach at Loughborough told BBC Sport from her new training base.
"Everybody else comes before you, but you can still steer everyone in the right direction and that is what my role is here.
"Loughborough is the home of performance sport - not just in swimming but across the whole campus. You get a real sense everybody is together and wants sport to do well. And that is supported from the top all the way down."
The 35-year-old's enthusiasm is clear. She is having a "brilliant" time and relishing Loughborough's team ethic and the extra support at her disposal.
"That is the vibe and the really enjoyable thing," she added. "Everyone is interested in what the very best looks like and how can we find it?
"You have everything you need; a world-class gym, a world-class preparation area, a world-class group of staff, a world-class pool and world-class athletes. There are no complaints."
Striving for perfection
British Swimming had a glorious time in the pool in Rio, with the tally of six medals the best since the London Games of 1908.
But the sport's main man, head coach Bill Furniss, told BBC Sport that there was still room for improvement behind the scenes. The national centres in Bath and Loughborough have both been restructured with that in mind.
A national lead coach and lead coach are now in place at both, and those four coaches report to Furniss on all the athletes they work with.
"Straight after Rio, early in the cycle, we wanted to get those changes done as soon as possible to give us a good four-year run into Tokyo," explained Furniss.
"It's a bit like a hub so other swimmers on the programmes who we invest in can come in to the centres and effectively have an MOT with their coach.
"We can look at the starts, their turns, their finishes, their strength and conditioning programmes, any training programmes their coaches are doing. We can screen them, so it's just more joined up."
Peaking with Peaty
British Swimming's coach of the year for the third consecutive year Marshall, is seen as the perfect person to help do the joining up after leaving her head coach role at the City of Derby Swimming Club where Adam Peaty trains.
She has become synonymous with Peaty's remarkable rise from an average 14-year-old club swimmer to World, European, Commonwealth and Olympic Games champion.
So much so, that the perception was often that Marshall's efforts were devoted purely to being Peaty's full-time personal coach.
"That is all I am seen as because he is so good," said Marshall who won more than 20 international medals and remains England's most decorated female athlete ever at a Commonwealth Games.
"But some of my biggest achievements alongside that were swimmers who were never meant to achieve the things they did.
"That is beautifully satisfying."
The job at Derby came up because the club were prepared to "take a chance" on a fiercely driven coach. She was a world-class swimmer, but she lacked coaching qualifications.
Derby's gamble paid off. In a big way.
Hands on and full on
"When I get my teeth into something then that's it," she explained. "If I am focused then I will deliver if I can.
"I love that thing where people who think they can - and do, and also when people think they can't - and do.
"When people are challenged and you find a way through that, and when people are down and you get them through that and help them see things differently - that's so rewarding."
Marshall's passion is obvious. It part explains Peaty's incredible story. Once his talent was unearthed - it seems inconceivable Marshall would not be constantly on his case to ensure he made the most of it.
And it's a relationship she wants to continue to develop. She is "very conscious" of not moving away from the things that got her the promotion. First and foremost she is a swimming coach and is determined that moving up the ladder will not mean she - or those around her - lose sight of that.
A special relationship
Boston-born Marshall has 17 athletes under her control at Loughborough, and will work intimately with a group of seven - including 22-year-old Peaty.
"I want to really harness things that are special in that relationship," she said. "We have got a history and have been through a lot together so I want to keep those elements.
"But I also want us to grow as a relationship; we don't want to stay still. I hope that will only grow in this environment."
Marshall feels her grounding at Derby was a wonderful way into coaching. It certainly allowed her to make the most of her workaholic personality.
Whether it was dealing with parental gripes, fighting for pool time or ensuring the club had somewhere to train - the position was all-consuming. Her first swimming coaching role, having retired following the Beijing 2008 Games, saw her involved from top to bottom.
She will miss the day-to day involvement and appreciates the valuable schooling. But the five-time Olympic Games finalist is happy to ditch the associated hassle.
Marshall added: "As a coach, and particularly with the journey I went through with Adam and all the different challenges we faced at Derby with the facilities collapsing around me, what it really taught me was about standing back and making decisions from the balcony."
She says she fully recognises where to focus her emotion, something she really got to grips with during the latter stages of her time in Derby.
Getting elite swimmers to perform and go better than Rio 2016 is now effectively all that matters.
"I feel settled because I stuck with my first coaching journey in my foundation years and stuck with my mission," she added.
"I learned a huge amount at the City of Derby. I already had performance exposure from being there myself. Now I feel I have married those two together and am very comfortable in my new role.
"I am very aware of, no matter what I need to do behind the scenes the athletes are my priority. I manage my energy to make sure the athletes come first.
"Even if I disappoint on other things, my job is results and athletes deliver results. It's a challenge but I'm employed because as I'm seen as someone who can handle that."
Quality and original thinking
Furniss concurs. "Mel is quality and her role as lead coach is to bring her enthusiasm, originality and new ideas, and drive this centre forward," he said.
"She is responsible not just for Adam but for the culture and behaviours of the centre.
"In British Swimming we are big on behaviours. If you act world class every day, and believe you are world class, then eventually you will be world class.
"She has already coached a world record holder and Olympic champion. She is a great coach. It's not just technical knowledge it's how you deliver that. It's not what you coach, it's how you coach."
British Swimming's four-year plan is already well under way.
Marshall, who has been through the Elite Coaching Programme with UK Sport and is now on the Elite Programme, added: "Everybody thinks, 'How do we strive for Tokyo and get better year on year?'
"Year 1 is very much a discovery year - what do we know, what don't we know, where are the athletes and staff at? Year 2 is about innovation and how do we bring those things alive. Year 3 is about working at it and year 4 is refining it and making it the best it can be.
"There is a great group of people involved. I'm really excited by the momentum. We are just on the start of the journey to go to even higher heights."


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The potential benefits of switching your current account
Nowadays we've all become well accustomed to the idea of switching our utility and mobile phone providers etc. with the aim of saving money and finding the best deal. Are we all as comfortable with the idea of switching our bank accounts though, especially our main current account to another banking provider? My guess would be that while many people wouldn't have a problem switching their savings accounts to another provider, they may feel a little more daunted with the idea of moving their day to day banking affairs.
With this in mind, let's take a quick look at the potential benefits of switching your current account to a new bank so you can decide whether it might be worthwhile for you. Before we begin it's important to remember that some of the benefits mentioned below may be applicable to some current accounts and not to others and some factors may be more important to you personally, so it's useful to spend a bit of time finding the right account for you.
Better Interest Rates
One of the primary reasons you may be considering switching current accounts at the present time is to increase the amount of interest you are getting on the balance being held in your account. Not too long ago we looked at the TSB Classic Plus Account which pays 5% credit interest, which is obviously a lot higher than the rates currently being offered on some other UK current accounts. You can find out more about switching to this account and also the 7 day switching process on the TSB current account switching page of their website.
Reduced Fees
On the opposite side of the coin, you may be somebody who uses their overdraft facility quite often and who feels that the charges and interest rates being levied by your current bank are just far too high. Switching to a current account with a more favourable fee and interest rate structure could be another benefit of switching bank accounts.
Better Support
Is your current banking provider still living in the dark ages when it comes to online banking and telephone support? Or if they do offer these services, do you feel that they are not as useful as they could be or that you often find yourself being placed on hold for hours at a time whenever you need to speak to somebody? If you feel like this then making the switch to a current account provider that is recognised for their support in these areas may be a smart move for you.
Better Branch Access
Maybe you are not a great fan of online and telephone banking and you still prefer to visit the branch in person to get your banking done. In this case, convenient branch access and branch opening hours will be of utmost importance to you. If you are finding that your current bank has moved its branch to a different town or its opening hours don't fit in with your schedule anymore, then switching to a different current account provider which offers more convenience in this area could be of huge benefit to you personally.
Some banking providers also offer certain financial incentives if you make the switch to them. This may come in the form of a one off cash bonus, a voucher or a favourable interest rate. So if you like to grab a freebie then perhaps this will be enough to sway you into a switch.
As we can see from the paragraphs above, there are many potential benefits to switching your current bank account to a new banking provider. Competition is hot in this sector at the minute and the differences between the different banks in the areas of interest rates offered, fee structures, online support and more can be great. The good news is that this competition could lead to you getting a great deal and great service if you do choose to switch your current account to a new bank.


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In amidst my block-making frenzy over the holidays, I decided to do something a little different. I had googled "quilt blocks with squares and rectangles" for something quick and easy, and in my wanderings, found this Rectangle Squared Quilt Block Tutorial. This is more white space than I normally use in a quilt, but I had a layer cake which I purchased in summer 2011 which wanted a project, so I decided to use the basic block idea but upscale it to suit the 10" squares of my layer cake - less cutting that way, and also less waste. And also, larger pieces showing of the fabrics in the layer cake, which I think are quite funky (my measurements below, if you want to make this using a layer cake).
Of course, there was cake left over - never a bad thing! So I am cutting 2.5" squares from it to make a small Irish Chain. I think there will still be a stack of decent sized rectangles left even after that (perhaps 5x6") so there will be more fabric for future. Not sure what will happen with that - that's a plan for another day!
My modified block sizes (see below diagram for placement):
large rectangle on left: 10" x 4.25"
long white solid strip: 10" x 2.5"
two squares: 4.25" x 4.25"
small white divider: 4.25" x 2.5"
(This image from Film in the Fridge's Excellent Rectangle Squared Tutorial)
I used 2.5" wide sashing (unfinished measurement) between my blocks and the outer border was cut at 4.5".


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Quite a week for M&A activity
Google Inc. said Friday that it has purchased FeedBurner, a privately-held company that distributes hundreds of thousands of podcasts, blogs and other kinds of Internet content.
The deal, announced on Google's blog, couples the Mountain View, Calif., search titan's extensive network of Internet advertisers with the 700,000 content feeds that FeedBurner's technology is used to aggregate. The deal would allow Google to sell advertising alongside the content distributed by FeedBurner, according to Bear Stearns analysts, who commented on the deal last week when speculation started to surface. Financial terms weren't disclosed.


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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has appeared at the International Criminal Court, the first former head of state to face judges at the world's first permanent war crimes court.
Gbagbo was calm and smiled at supporters in the public gallery as the 25-minute hearing opened Monday. He told judges he did not need them to read the charges against him.
Gbagbo was extradited to the Netherlands last week to face charges including murder and rape committed by supporters as he attempted to cling to power. Prosecutors say about 3000 people died in violence by both sides after Gbagbo refused to concede electoral defeat. President Alassane Ouattara took power in April with the help of French and UN forces.
"It's a neocolonialist trial," Gbagbo's adviser Toussaint Alain told reporters in The Hague. "The (ICC) has become an instrument of France … to empower friends and punish the ones who don't follow along."
Gbagbo's lawyer Habiba Toure also challenged the legitimacy of the Gbagbo's detention last week on an ICC warrant while he was under house arrest in northern Ivory Coast.
"In principal, an arrest warrant is delivered to a free individual or a person on the run, which was not the case for Mr. Gbagbo because he was already in the hands of Ivory Coast officials," Toure said.
A handful of supporters gathered outside court before Gbagbo's appearance and also condemned France's role in his ouster.
"This is a masquerade by French President Nicolas Sarkozy," said Abel Naki, who traveled from Paris to be at the court. "Sarkozy orchestrated this coup d'etat."
The protesters' anger underscored lingering tensions between Gbagbo and Ouattara supporters in Ivory Coast.
The court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, stressed last week that both sides of the political divide in Ivory Coast committed crimes in the postelection chaos and that his investigation was continuing, a move intended to head off criticism that Gbagbo's arrest was a case of victor's justice.
Human rights groups say grave abuses also were committed by forces loyal to Ouattara, who enlisted the help of a former rebel group to force Gbagbo from office.
Gbagbo is the sixth suspect taken into custody by the court, which has launched seven investigations, all of them in Africa. A further 12 suspects remain at large and the court has no police force to arrest them.
According to court papers, Gbagbo is charged as an "indirect perpetrator" in a carefully orchestrated campaign of violence against civilians perceived as supporters of Ouattara.


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Durham CountyHome
The Durham County Tax Collector, at the direction of the Durham County Commissioners and the Durham City Council, is aggressively pursuing the collection of delinquent real and personal property taxes. Click to view the Delinquent Taxpayer List. One of the collection tools used by the Tax Collector is the employment of private attorneys to commence formal foreclosure proceedings under North Carolina General Statutes 105-374 against real property on which there are delinquent unpaid property taxes.
Important Information
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the tax foreclosure process in Durham and in North Carolina (below)
- More Information About County Owned Surplus Properties
The properties listed for sale on this website are being foreclosed under judgment of the court for failure to pay Durham City and/or County property taxes. This is NOT a sale by the County or City of any surplus properties owned by either government. (For information on surplus property sales, use the Surplus Property link). No representations, warranties or guarantees of any kind are made by the County or Sale Commissioner with respect to these tax foreclosure sales. Each property is being sold as-is, buyer beware, and it is the duty of any bidder to investigate the property on their own prior to making any bid. The information posted here about any tax foreclosure sale property (notice, minimum bid, redemption, structures and pictures) is for assistance only in this investigative process, and cannot and should not be relied upon solely by any bidder. Properties listed here are subject to redemption at any time prior to the entry of a confirmation order by the Court and delivery of a deed by the Commissioner. This means that redemption can occur at any time, even right before a sale or after a sale. Any redeemed properties are withdrawn immediately from the sale process. Efforts are made to update this website in a timely manner with redemptions and sale information, but this website cannot be relied upon to be up-to-date in "real time". For the status of any property, the bidder is required to check the court file and /or with the attorney handling the sale. Prior to the public sale date, bidders can also check with Doug Davis, the Commissioner of the sale, for information that he may have about the properties for sale.
Property Tax Foreclosure Sale
Date: August 11, 2020
Location: 510 Dillard Street (New Courthouse)
Time: 12:00 noon
Parcel Listing for Auction
Last Updated
For Sale
All Durham County foreclosure sales are made subject to all outstanding City and County taxes and local improvement assessments against the properties offered for sale that are not included in the judgment of each entitled cause herewith. A deposit of ten percent (10%) of the successful bid will be required the day of the sale.
The tax office Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) information provided here is for informational purposes only, does not constitute any certification of taxes and should not be relied upon for actual payment or collection of taxes. The information, pictures, maps, or any other data contained on this website contains no warranties or guarantees. Anyone interested in participating in the bidding process should conduct his or her own research for each individual property.
Q: Why are delinquent real property taxes subject to foreclosure?
A: Everyone who owns real property in Durham County is required to list this property as of the first day of January of each year. Most times, this listing is automatic, but if there have been improvements or changes in the property, these must be reported by state law to the Tax Office with the listing forms in January. By July 1 of each year, a tax rate will be set by both the Durham County Commissioners and (if the property is within the Durham City limits) by the Durham City Council. For each parcel of taxable real estate, these tax rates will be multiplied by each parcel's listed and assessed valuation as of January 1 and the product of this multiplication is that year's tax bill on the parcel. Usually in August, but no later than September, a tax bill will be mailed out to the last known address of the taxpayer as of January 1, for that year. The taxpayer has until January 5th of the following year to pay the tax bill without penalty. After that time, if the bill remains unpaid, it becomes delinquent and subject to penalties and interest as set forth by state law. Once the property tax is delinquent, it is subject to foreclosure prosecution.
Q: What if the taxpayer sells the real property after January 1, and what if a bill is not received by the new owner?
A: Under state law, the listing taxpayer is the responsible party for the taxes on property owned by the listing taxpayer as of January 1 of each year, even if the taxpayer sold the property after January 1. The Tax Office makes efforts to notify new owners of the existence of tax bills, but state law only requires that the tax bill be sent to the taxpayer as of January 1 of that year, and to the last known address of the taxpayer. It is the duty of each owner of property to keep the Tax Office notified of address changes and to know that taxes are payable each year, regardless of whether a billing was received.
Q: What does Durham County do with delinquent tax bills?
A: When a tax bill becomes delinquent, the Tax Office tries various methods to notify the taxpayer and potential owners about the delinquent bill to see if the bill can be collected without the extreme remedy of foreclosure. Sometimes the Tax Office will set up a payment plan with a taxpayer, but the Tax Office is not required to do so, and can terminate payment plans at any time. The final step in the collection procedure is a pre-foreclosure letter sent by the Tax Office to the last known address of an owner and/or taxpayer. If these pre-foreclosure methods still fail, the Tax Office may assign parcels to private attorneys to commence foreclosure proceedings.
Q: What happens when the Tax Office assigns property to attorneys to foreclose?
A: Once the Durham Tax Office assigns properties to attorneys to foreclose, the Tax Office marks its computer records with the assignment, and will no longer accept direct payments or payment plans from taxpayers. All tax payments from the point of assignment must pay the taxes, interest, fees and costs in full, and must be made through the attorney. Persons interested in paying off properties in foreclosure must contact the attorney directly to whom that property was assigned to secure a payoff quote. At some point after the assignment, the attorney will start a title search of the property to determine, as a matter of public record, all the owners, mortgage holders, judgment and lien holders, and other interested parties required by state law. The attorney will then prepare a complaint listing the City and County of Durham as the Plaintiffs (complaining parties). The Defendants will be all those parties found by the record title search to be interested parties in the real estate (owners, mortgage holders, etc.) The complaint will be filed in either Durham District or Durham Superior Court (depending on the amount of taxes owed). The summons and complaint will be delivered to each defendant by the sheriff, or by other approved means of service of process in civil lawsuits (FEDEX, certified mail, process server, etc.). Each party that is served is clearly informed by the summons that written answer, if any, must be filed with the Court within 30 days from the date the papers were served on the party.
Q: What is the legal effect of a tax foreclosure filing?
A: There is no real defense to a property tax foreclosure complaint and lawsuit. The main purpose of the foreclosure process is to notify all interested parties that any legal interest they may have in the property will be terminated and extinguished if a tax foreclosure sale of the property is completed. This is because property tax liens are ahead of and superior to all other liens, except (in a limited extent) to filed income tax liens held by the North Carolina Department of Revenue. When a superior lien is foreclosed, it cuts off all junior liens and ownership rights.
Q: What happens after the filing of the tax foreclosure complaint?
A: As noted above, each defendant has 30 days to file a written answer to the complaint if they wish. Depending upon service on the parties and any answers filed, the attorney conducting the foreclosure will eventually move for a judgment of sale. Once a judgment of sale is entered, the property is scheduled for sale at the Durham County Judicial Building. Sales usually occur once a month. Notices of sale are published in the newspaper once a week for two weeks, posted at the Courthouse for at least 20 days, as well as being posted on the Durham County Tax Administration Website. The sale is conducted by a Commissioner appointed by the Court, usually Mr. R. Douglas Davis. At the sale, the highest successful bidder puts up a 10% cash/certified check deposit with the attorney, and the sale is reported to the Clerk of Court. After that, the sale stands open for 10 days for possible increased upset bids. Upset bids are calculated and received by the Clerk of Court for each property. If no upset bids are received, the attorney notifies the high bidder at the sale that the bidder has won, and that bidder has to come up with the balance of the purchase price. The process is the same when upset bids are received, except that the final high bidder after upset bids are completed is notified to bring in the purchase price of the final high upset bid. When the purchase price is paid under either sale process, the sale is confirmed and a Commissioner's deed is delivered to the new owner.
Q: Can the tax foreclosure sale be stopped or redeemed from sale?
A: State law provides that any owner, mortgage holder or defendant in a filed tax foreclosure proceeding can stop the foreclosure process at any time by redeeming the property. The redemption price is equal to the taxes, interest, fees and costs of the foreclosure proceeding to the date of the redemption. Parties wishing to redeem property from tax foreclosure and stop the foreclosure process must contact the assigned attorney for a redemption payoff figure. Redemption can even occur after a sale, as long as the sale has not been confirmed by the Court. However, once the foreclosure property sale has been completed with a confirmation order and delivery of deed, all rights of redemption are terminated.
Bankruptcy proceedings filed by the property owner under federal law can also stop tax foreclosures, but all the taxes, interest, fees and costs of the action to the date of the bankruptcy filing must be paid as a priority claim in the bankruptcy proceeding.
Q: How often does Durham County conduct tax foreclosure sales?
A: Sales are held on the second Tuesday of every month at 12:00pm
Q: Where are the foreclosure sales held?
A: The sales are held in the lobby of the Durham County Judicial Building, 510 Dillard Street (New Courthouse), Durham, North Carolina
Q: Do I have to register to participate in the sale? Do I have to present to bid?
A: You do not have to register for the sale; however, you must be present to bid on a listing.
Q: Can I visit the property before going to the foreclosure sale?
A: It is up to the individual to check the status of the property before bidding. Potential bidders should visit the property to determine if it will meet their needs. However, these properties do not belong to the County, and the County does not have access to, and cannot grant access to individuals who wish to enter the properties to check their status.
Q: What happens the day of the foreclosure sale?
A: The sale is conducted by a Commissioner appointed by the Court, usually Mr. R. Douglas Davis. At the sale, the highest successful bidder puts up a 10% cash/certified check deposit with the attorney, and the sale is reported to the Clerk of Court. Since bidders may not have the exact amount of cash, or exact amount of certified funds with them, the attorney handling the foreclosure will allow the deposit to be made temporarily by personal check, to be held for a two-hour period. During the two-hour period, the winning bidder must secure and deliver to the attorney either cash or certified funds in the appropriate amount to replace the personal check.
Q: What is the status of title delivered by a tax foreclosure deed? Are there any warranties on the property?
A: The Commissioner will make it clear to all bidders present at the public sale that no representation or warranty of any kind is being made about the property or the status of title being delivered. Under state law, it is up to each bidder to carefully check out the title and status of the property being sold before placing either a public sale bid or an upset bid.
Q: Are the properties subject to any liens?
A: As a general rule, the properties will not be sold subject to any other liens, such as a mortgage. However, if the property is being sold subject to another lien, this will be announced by the Commissioner before bidding begins on the property.
Q: If I am the high bidder at the sale, what happens next?
A: Once the sale is complete, a 10-day upset bid period begins. For 10 calendar days, the sale stands open for possible increased upset bids. Upset bids of 5% or $750.00, whichever is greater, are received by the Clerk of court for each property. If an upset bid is filed, a new 10 day upset period begins. In this case, the attorney will contact the original bidder to let them know their bid was upset. Once no upset bids are received during a 10-day period, the attorney notifies the final high bidder that he/she has won, and that they must come up with the balance of the purchase price within three business days. When the purchase price is paid, the sale is confirmed and a Commissioner's deed is delivered to the new owner.
Q: What happens if the winning bidder is unable to produce the total amount due within three business days after they are deemed the winner?
A: The bidder will be in default and will be subject to immediate loss of all deposits, as well as subject to civil and/or contempt prosecution.
Q: What happens to the properties that do not receive any bids at sale?
A: Properties that do not receive a bid will be brought back to sale the next month. After two appearances at sale with no bids, the property will go into the County's surplus property. Instructions for obtaining property out of surplus can be found through our surplus link.
Q: Can a property listed for foreclosure sale be redeemed?
A: Properties listed are subject to redemption at any time prior to the entry of a confirmation order by the Court and delivery of a deed by the Commissioner. Efforts are made to update this website in a timely manner with redemptions and sale information, but cannot be relied upon to be up-to-date in "real time". For the status of any property, the bidder is required to check the court file and/or with the attorney handling the sale.


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Joining a school is an important choice for your child. We would love to meet you and your child at an informal visit to our school to show you why we think Paparangi School would be perfect for you.
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