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ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP SUẤT ANHUI TIANKANG-ANHUI TIANKANG VIỆT NAM
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ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP SUẤT ANHUI TIANKANG-ANHUI TIANKANG VIỆT NAM… 1
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1.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YBF/YBFN (STAINLESS STEEL PRESSURE GAUGE). 1
2.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP Y-M SERIES (DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGES). 2
3.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP Y-M SERIES (HYGIENIC DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGES). 3
4.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YPF SERIES (SPACER TYPE PRESSURE GAUGE). 3
5.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YXC SERIES (MAGNETIC ELECTRIC CONTACT PRESSURE GAUGE). 4
6.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YXC SERIES (SPECIAL MAGNETIC ELECTRIC-CONTACT PRESSURE GAUGE). 5
7.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YTZ-150 SERIES (RESISTIVE REMOTE TRANSMITTING PRESSURE GAUGE). 6
8.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YN/YN-B SERIES (SHOCK-PROOF PRESSURE GAUGE). 6
9.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YE-100B SERIES (STAINLESS DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGE). 7
10.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YE-100,YE-150 SERIES (DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGE). 7
11.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YT SERIES (SPECIAL PRESSURE GAUGE). 8
12.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YA SERIES (SPECIAL PRESSURE GAUGE). 9
13.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP Y SERIES (GENERAL PRESSURE GAUGE). 10
1.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YBF/YBFN (STAINLESS STEEL PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YB series
Mô tả:
Vật liệu: Thép không gỉ và hợp kim chống ăn mòn cho vỏ đồng hồ và các phụ tùng bên trong.
Ứng dụng: đồng hồ đo áp được sử dụng rộng rãi trong các ngành công nghiệp dầu khí, hóa chất, luyện kim, khai thác mỏ, máy móc, điện và thực phẩm.
Lưu chất : khí ga, hóa chất lỏng có tính ăn mòn cao
Oder code:
Mã đồng hồ áp suất + Đường kính mặt đồng hồ
Mã đồng hồ áp suất
–
Đường kính mặt đồng hồ
YBF: Stainless steel pressure
60: φ60
YBFN: Stainless steel Shock-proof pressure
100: φ100
150: φ`150
Thông số kỹ thật:
Nominal Diameter: φ100
Structure: direct radial mounting
Connection Thread: M20 X 1.5
Accuracy: 1.5; 2.5
Measuring Range: -0.1~0MPa; -0.1~0.15 to -0.1~2.4MPa;0~0.1 to 0~60MPa
Environment Condition: Temperature -40~70; Relative
Humidity ≤85%
Shock-proof Class：· H· 3for YBF type V H 4for YBFN type
Material: 0Cr18Ni9Ti 1Cr18Ni9Ti 316L, etc.
2.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP Y-M SERIES (DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGES)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YML series Anhui TianKang
Mô tả:
Vật liệu: thép không gỉ, hợp kim chống ăn mòn.
Ứng dụng: đồng hồ đo áp suất dạng màng được sử dụng rộng rãi trong các ngành công nghiệp dàu mỏ, hóa chất, y học, thực phẩm, sản xuất giấy.
Lưu chất: chất lỏng có độ ăn mòn mạnh, độ nhớt cao, dễ kết tinh hoặc dạng rắn.
Oder code:
Mã đồng hồ áp suất + Kiểu kết nối + Đường kính mặt đồng hồ
Mã đồng hồ áp suất
–
Kiểu kết nối
–
Đường kính mặt đồng hồ
YM: Spacer type pressure gauge
L: thread connection
100: φ100
YMN: Shock-proof Spacer type
pressure gauge
F: Flange connection
150: φ150
Thông số kỹ thuật:
Type
YML-100/
YML-150
YMNL-100/
YMNL-150
YMF-100/
YMF-150
YMNF-100/
YMNF-150
Connection Way
Thread Connection
M20 X 1.5
Flange Connection
(as GB9113-88)
Accuracy
1.5 ; 2.5
Measuring Range (MPa)
0~0.1; 0~0.16; 0~0.25; 0~0.4; 0~0.6;
0~1; 0~1.6; 0~2.5; 0~4; 0~6;
Environment Condition Temperature
Temperature -40~70 ; Relative Humidity 85%
Shock-Proof Class
V .H. 3
V. H.4
V.H.3
V. H.4
Gauge Head
Nominal Diameter (mm)
φ100; φ150
Type
General
Shock-proof
General
Shock-proof
Accuracy
1.5;2.5
Diaphragm
Separation Device
Flange Material
1Cr18Ni9Ti
Spacer Material
Stainless Steel, H Alloy, M Alloy, etc.
Filling Liquid
Methyl Silica Oil, Glycerin, etc.
3.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP Y-M SERIES (HYGIENIC DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGES)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất Y-M series
Mô tả:
Vật liệu đồng hô đo: thép không gỉ.
Vật liệu màng ngăn: 316, 316L
Vật liệu sealing ring (vòng đệm): silicon rubber, Teflon
Ứng dụng: đo áp suất cho công nghiệp sản xuất thuốc, thực phẩm, nước giải khát, xử lý nước…
Lưu chất: Glycerol, Propylene glycol, Vegetable oil .
Thông số kỹ thuật
Model
Form
Top limit of the measurement (MPa)
Mix Shock-proof pressure gauge
Mix Stainless Steel Pressure Gauge
0.6~2.5 ( flange 1 1/2 ” )
YN-60/MC
Y-60B/Z/MC
MC
Clamp-on
0.4~2.5
( flange 2 ” )
YN-100/MC
Y-100B/Z/MC
YN-100/MN
Y-100B/Z/MN
MN
nut
0.4~2.5
YN-100/MH
Y-100B/Z/MH
MC
Rectangular Flange
( homogenizer use )
10~60
Sealing liquid
Temperature Range of the compression zone℃
Specific gravity
Volume expansion
Glycerol Aqueous Solution
– 5~100
1-27
0.61×10 -3
Propylene glycol
-30~160
1.04
0.70×10 -3
Vegetable oil
-5~100
0.93
1.03×10 -3
4.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YPF SERIES (SPACER TYPE PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YPF series
Mô tả:
Vật liệu: thép không gỉ
Lưu chất: chất lỏng ăn mòn và chất kết dính mà không bị kết tinh và hóa rắn
Thông số kỹ thuật:
Model
Measuring Range
Size of Pressure Equipment D1
YPF-100A
0.~0.06 , 0~0.1 ,0~0.16 ,0~0.25 ,0~0.4 ,0~0.6 ,0~1 ,0~1.6 ,0~2.5 ,-0.1~0 ,-0.1~0.06 , -0.1~0.15 ,-0.1~0.3 ,-0.1~0.5 ,-0.1~0.9 ,0.1~1.5 ,-0.1~2.4MPa
φ 85
YPF-100B
φ 115
YPF-100B-F
YPF-150A
φ 85
YPF-150B
φ 115
YPF-150B-F
YPF-100B
0~1.6 , 0~2.5 ,0~4 ,0~6 ,0~10 、 0~16 ,0~25 ,0~40* -1.6~0 ,-2.5~0 ,-4~0 ,-6~0 ,-10~0 ,-16~0 ,-25~0, -40~0*-0.8~0.8 ,-1.2~1.2 ,-2~2 ,-3~3 ,-5~5 ,-8~8 -12~12 ,20~20*kPa
φ 160
YPF-100B-F
YPF-150B
φ 160
YPF-150B-F
5.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YXC SERIES (MAGNETIC ELECTRIC CONTACT PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất điện từ YXC series
Mô tả
Ứng dụng: thiết bị được sử dụng rộng rãi trong các nhà máy dầu khí, hóa chất, điện, luyện kim và các ngành công nghiệp khác
Ưu điểm:
-Đo áp suất của chất lỏng mà không gây nguy hiểm cháy nổ, kết tinh hoặc ăn mòn trên hợp kim
-Có hệ thống tự động cảnh báo theo mức áp suất được cài đặt trước.
-Thiết bị có thể tùy ý đặt áp suất điều khiển mức max và min.
-Loại bỏ được các vấn đề gây hại cho cơ cấu đo như: hồ quang, rung động, sự thay đổi đột ngột của áp suất đo.
Thông số kỹ thuật:
Model
Measuring Range
(Mpa)
Accuracy
Temperature of Environment Condition
Relative Humidity
Shock-proof Class:
YXC-00(1)
0~0.1;0.16;0.25;0.4;0.6;1
1.6;2.5;4;6;10;16;25;40; 60 ,
-0.1~0,0.1~0.06;0.15; 0.3;0.5; 0.9;1.5;2.4
indicate
set value
-40~70 ℃
≤
85%
V · H · 3
YXC-100(2)
on
off
YXC-100(1)ZT
1.5
1.5
4
YXC-100(2)ZT
YXC-150(1)
YXC-150(2)
YXC-150(1)ZT
YXC-150(2)ZT
6.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YXC SERIES (SPECIAL MAGNETIC ELECTRIC-CONTACT PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất dạng màng YXC series
Mô tả:
Ứng dụng: được sử dụng rộng rãi trong các ngành công nghiệp như dầu khí, công nghiệp hóa chất, nhà máy điện và luyện kim…
Ưu điểm:
-Kiểm tra áp suất của môi trường chất lỏng mà không gây nguy hiểm trong trường hợp xấu và yêu cầu chống ăn mòn.
-Đồng hồ đo có tích hợp hệ thống báo động theo mức đã được cài đặt trước.
Thông số kỹ thuật:
Type
Model
Product Name
Scale Range
(Mpa)
Accuracy Class
Indicate
Set Value
Connect
Cut
Special
YXCA
Magnetic Electric contact Ammonia Pressure Gauge
0~0.16 to 60
-0.1~0.06 to 2.4
2.5
2.5
4
Shock Proof
YXC-Z
Shock Proof Electric contact Pressure Gaug
0~0.6 to 60
-0.1-0.5 to 2.4
1.5
1.5
5
Corrosion Resistant
YXC-B-F
Corrosion Resistant Electric contact Pressure Gauge
0~0.6 to 60
-0.1~0.06 to 2.4
1.5
1.5
4
Corrosion and shock Resistant
YXC-B-FZ
Corrosion and shock Resistant Electric contact Pressure Gauge
0~0.6 to 60
-0.1~0.5 to 2.4
1.5
1.5
5
Diaphragm Common
YXC-/M
Diaphragm Corrosion and shock Resistant
0~0.1 6 to 60
-0.1~0.06 to 2.4
1.5
1.5
4
Diaphragm and Corrosion Resistant
YXC-B-F/M
Diaphragm and Shock Proof
YXC-Z/M
0~0.6 to 60
-0.1~0.5 to 2.4
1.5
1.5
5
Diaphragm,Corrosion Resistant and Shock Proof
YXC-FZ/M
7.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YTZ-150 SERIES (RESISTIVE REMOTE TRANSMITTING PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YTZ-150
Resistive remote transmitting pressure gauge is suitable for measuring the pressure of liquid,steam and gas medium which donot have corrosive impact on copper or copper alloy. Meanwhile, it can transmit the electric quantity data to the secondary meter over long distance for achieving the result of centralized test and control over long distance. It can also indicate on the spot which will facilitate technical check.
Structure Principle
The gauge is made of a common bourdon spring pressure gauge and a set of sliding resistance-type transmitter. When the pressure of the medium changes, the end of bourdon spring will be in displacement. Such displacement will push the indicator to indicate the relative pressure date on the plate through the transmission gear. As the sliding resistance-type transmitter is setted on the fan-shaped gear of the transmission gear, it will bring slide arm brush to slide when the transmission gear deviates. The changes of pressure data will be transformed to resistance changes and transmit to the secondary meter to display.
Using Condition:-40~70℃, relative humidity less than 85% and the shock and strong pulse vibration have no obvious impact on the normal work of the meter.
Temperature Impact: When using temperature deviates 20±5℃, the additional temperature error is less than 0.4%/10℃。
Measuring Range
Measuring Range MPa
0~0.1;0~0.16;0~0.25;0~0.4;0~0.6;0~1;0~1.6;
0~2.5;0~4;0~6;0~1 0;0~1 6;0~25;0~40;0~60
-0.1~0;-0.1~0.06;-0.1~0.15;-0.1~0.3;
-0.1~0.5;-0.1-0.9;-0.1~1.5;-0.1~2.4
8.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YN/YN-B SERIES (SHOCK-PROOF PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YN series
The shock-proof gauge is mainly used in the pressure measuring in the industrial sector of metallurgy, electricity, chemical industry, light industry, machinery etc. The pressure gauge has excellent shock-proof function by the measures of interior filling of damping oil and assorted shock mitigation device. It is suitable for the occasions where the pressure of medium has strong pulse changes or pressure shock or pressure unload suddenly in the production process and environment shock is strongly. The gauge can measure the average data of the fluctuating pressure of gas and liquid for overcoming the damage to the gauge by the strong medium pulse and environment shock and ensuring the accuracy of the indication.
The case of shock-proof pressure gauge is made of stainless material (semisteel) which can be worked in bad circumstances such as corrosion or strong vibration. The observation window is made of high intensity engineer plastics. The gauge indicates clearly and works safely and reliably.
Type
Structure
Scale Range Mpa
Accuracy Class
YN-60
Radial
0~0.1;0~0.16;0~0.25;0~0.4 0~0.6;0~1;0~1 6;0~2.5;0~4
0~6;0~10~;0~16;0~25
1.5
YN-60ZT
Axial with edge
YN-60B
Radial
YN-63B
Axial with edge
YN-100
Radial
0~0.1;0~0.16;0~0.25;0~0.4;
0~0.6;0-1;0~1.6;0~2.5;0~4;
0~6;0~1 0;0~1 6;0~25;0~40;
0~60
2.5
YN-100ZT
Axial with edge
YN-100B
Radial
YN-103B
Axial with edge
YN-150
Radial
0~0.1;0~0 1 6;0~0.25;0~0.4;
0~0.6;0~1;0~1.6;0~2.5;0~4;
0~6;0~10;0~16;0~25;0~40;
0~60;0~100
YN-150ZT
Axial with edge
YN-150B
Radial
YN-153B
Axial with edge
9.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YE-100B SERIES (STAINLESS DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YE-100B
Stainless Diaphragm Pressure Gauge is a measuring meter for testing tiny pressure which is designed according to common diaphragm pressure gauge with corrosion resistant. The pressure transmitting system and outer casing are made of stainless material which is applied in the technical process with high requirement of corrosion resistant. It can measure the tiny and negative pressure of all kinds of gas which is widely used in stove ventilation, gas pipes, burning equipment and other similar devices. It is ideal subordinate product amond the similar products which adopts abroad advanced technics and equipments which can be produced domestically.
Structure Principle
The gauge is consisted of measuring system(including connector and diaphragm etc.), transmission gear, indicator device and outer casing.The pressure transmitting system and outer casing are made of stainless material with closed structure for protecting the incursion of dirty things. When the pressure of media effects on the diaphragm, the free end will emerge elastic deformation—displacement. After the driving of driving rod and the amplifying of transmission gear, the measured pressure will be indicated on the plate of the meter by the indicator device.
Main Technical Specification
Scale Range and Accuracy Class
Type
Scale Range kPa
Accuracy Class
Positive
Negative
Positive and Negative
YE-100B
0~4
-4~0
-2~+2
2.5
0~6
-6~0
-3~+3
0~10
-10~0
-5~+5
0~16
-16~0
-8~+8
0~25
-25~0
-12~+12
0~40
-40~0
-20~+20
0~60
10.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YE-100,YE-150 SERIES (DIAPHRAGM PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YE-100 và YE-150
Diaphragm Pressure Gauge adopts diaphragm as the sensitive component for testing tiny pressure. It can measure the tiny and negative pressure of gas with no corrosion to copper alloy and no explosion danger which is widely used in stove ventilation, gas pipes, burning equipment and other similar devices.
Structure Principle
The gauge is consisted of measuring system(including connector and diaphragm etc.), transmission gear, indicator device and outer casing. When the pressure of media effects on the diaphragm, the free end will emerge elastic deformation—displacement. After the driving of driving rod and the amplifying of transmission gear, the measured pressure will be indicated on the plate of the meter by the indicator device.
Main Technical Specification
Scale Range and Accuracy Class
Type
Scale Range kPa
Accuracy Class
Weight
kg
Positive
Negative
Positive and Negative
YE-100
YE-150
0~1.6
-1.6~0
-0.8~+0.8
2.5
0.5
0~2.5
-2.5~0
-2.4
0~4
-4~0
-4
0~6
-6~0
-3~+3
0~10
-10~0
-5~+5
0~16
-16~0
-8~+8
0~25
-25~0
-12~+12
0~40
-40~0
-20~+20
11.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YT SERIES (SPECIAL PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YT series
YTS-100, YTS-150 Acid Resistant Pressure Gauge
Y-100FR, Y-150FR Corrosion Resistant and High Temperature Resistant Gauge
YTU-100S, YTU-150S Sulfur Resistant Gauge
Special Pressure Gauge is suitable for the situation which has special requirement on the pressure meters during the production process of industrial sector. The whole parts of the Acid Resistant pressure gauge adopts stainless materials. It has strong corrosion resistant performance and is suitable for testing the pressure of corrosion medium in the abominable external corrosive circumstance. They are used widely in the industrial enterprises of oil, chemistry and agricultural chemicals,etc.
The whole parts of corrosion resistant and high temperature resistant gauge adopts stainless materials and the system of pressure transmitting adopts special welding technology. It has excellent corrosion resistant function and is suitable for testing the pressure of corrosion medium or mediums which cannot use tin brazing technology or in the high temperature circumstance. They are used widely in the industrial enterprises of oil, chemistry, agricultural chemicals and rubber,etc.
The testing system of sulfur resisting gauge adopts special stainless materials with sulfur resistant performance. It is suitable for testing the pressure of sulfureted hydrogen and natural gas medium. They are used widely in the industrial enterprises of oil, natural gas, chemical industry and chemical fiber,etc.
Main Technical Specification
Scale Range and Accuracy Class
Type
MPa
Accuracy Class
YTS-100
YTS-150
0~0.1;0~0.1 6;0~0.25;0~0.
0~6;0~1;0~1 6;0~2 5;0~4;0~6;
0~10;0~16;0~25;0~40;0~60; -0.1~0;-0.1~0.06;-0.1~0.15;
-0.1~0.3;-0.1~0.5;-0.1~0.9;
-0.1~1.5;-0.1~2.4
1.5
YTU-100S
YTU-150S
Y-100FR
Y-150FR
12.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP YA SERIES (SPECIAL PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất YA series
Ammonia pressure gauge is used for measuring the non-crystalline and concretionary media, which have no corroding effect on tin lead alloy brazing solder and the stainless steel, such as, plain carbon steel, alloy construction steel and austenite stainless steel.
Configuration Principle
The instrument is composed of pressure leading system (including joint, spring tubes, etc.), driving mechanism, indicating device and the shell.
When the measured medium acts on the spring tube, the corresponding elastic deformation – displacement, occurs on the tube end. And the measured pressure will be indicated on the dial of the indicating device after the amplification of driving mechanism.
Technical Specifications
Scale Range
MODEL
MPa
YA-100
YA-150
0~0.16;0~0.25;0~0.4;0~0.6;0-1;
0~1.6;0~2.5;0~4;0~6;
-0.1~0.06;-0.1~0.15;-0.1~0.3;
+0.1~0 ;-0.1~0.9 ：
-0.1~1.5;-0.1~2.4
YA-150
0~10;0~16;0~25;0~40;0~60
Accuracy class：2.5;1.5
Working temperature: -40~70℃; relative humidity less than 90%
Temperature Effect：less than 0.4%/1 0℃(Working temperature deviating from 20±5℃)
Weight：0.6kg(YA-100) 0.9kg(YA-100)
13.ĐỒNG HỒ ĐO ÁP Y SERIES (GENERAL PRESSURE GAUGE)
Đồng hồ đo áp suất Y series
Description:
The series of pressure gauges are widely used to measure the pressure of liquid, gas and vapor without explosion danger, crystallization, solidification, or corrosion on alloy in container and pipe transporting gas, liquid. The gauges have many advantages such as small volume, high reliability and safety, explicit display, etc
Main Technical Parameters:
Measuring Range & Accuracy
Type
Y-40
Y-60
Y-100 Y-150
Y-200
Y-60Z
Y-100T Y-150T
Y-250
Y-60T
Y-100ZT Y-150ZT
Y-40Z
Y-60ZT
Accuracy
2.5
1.5
MPa
0~0.1,0 16,0.25,0.4,0.6,1,1.6,2.5,4,6
0~0.6,1 ，
0~10,16,25,40
0~10,1 6,25,40,60,100
1.6,2.5,4,6
-0.1~0.06,0.15,0.3,0.5,0.9,1.5,2.4
Type
Y-40
Y-60
Y-100 Y-150
Y-200
Y-60Z
Y-100T Y-150T
Y-250
Y-60T
Y-100ZT Y-150ZT
Y-40Z
Y-60ZT
Accuracy
2.5
1.5
MPa
0~0.1,0 16,0.25,0.4,0.6,1,1.6,2.5,4,6
0~0.6,1 ，
0~10,16,25,40
0~10,1 6,25,40,60,100
1.6,2.5,4,6
-0.1~0.06,0.15,0.3,0.5,0.9,1.5,2.4
Environment Condition：-40~70℃，Relative Humidity ≤85%
Temperature：-40~70℃
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Editor’s Note: Below is the Geek Estate Mastermind newsletter #18 from February (this week’s edition was #24). Prospective members often ask for a sample newsletter, so thought I’d post a past edition publicly as an example — particularly given the relevance of Knock’s model to yesterday’s Zillow announcement that they will begin purchasing homes directly.
Those of you who know me, know I’ve been advocating for the consumer since I entered this industry as a 23 year old graduate from the University of Washington. “Win the consumer” is what I’ve been harping on since Geek Estate Blog’s earliest years, which came from my role as the “voice of the consumer” at Zillow. The topic of this week’s newsletter is a company I have been intrigued with for awhile.
Knock.
What’s driving my interest? First and foremost, buyers/sellers are delivered an extremely clear win; certainty, convenience, and decreased risk. Knock’s primary value proposition: Trade-In Your House Today. Knock will buy your new house and move you in before listing your old house.
Second, my girlfriend and I recently started watching HGTV’s Fixer Upper (with Chip and Joanna). I know we’re late to the party, but we love the show. Third, I grew up fixing and remodeling homes. My dad is a self professed do-it-yourselfer, as were both grandfathers. All enjoyed teaching me (and I enjoyed learning); I’ve stripped homes down to the studs, and pieced them back together. Fourth, I’ve recently started consulting on a new offering that shares a few characteristics.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Knock’s CEO Sean Black for 30 minutes a couple weeks ago to learn more about what they’re working on, and the business model behind it. Let’s get to it.
Knock, which started operations in Atlanta and recently launched in Charlotte, is a home trade-in platform offering the ability to sell a home with more certainly and less stress/risk. They help homeowners buy a new home, move them in, and then sell their old home for them. The team was founded by Sean Black (early Trulia), Jamie Glenn (Yahoo! RE & Trulia), and Karun Sakhuja (homeASAP). Point being, they have a wealth of industry experience, as well as sizable funding.
Consumer Win: I showed Knock to my mom after a discussion about real estate over dinner a couple months ago. After reviewing the website and watching the video, she emailed me back and said Knock is exactly what my sister and broker-in-law need to upgrade. They have equity in their home (Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle), but the prospect of buying and selling at the same time is beyond daunting (especially with two children). They can’t purchase without selling first to capture and liquidate their equity. Thus, the pickle. Knock solves this barrier by purchasing a new home for the buyers, and settling after their old home is sold. If Knock operated in the Seattle market, my sister and her husband would be clients tomorrow. Another friend of mine and his wife are in a very similar “wanting to upgrade but don’t have the down payment” situation.
Operational Complexity: Their concept is complex and impressive (I’d encourage you to watch the video on that page). Here’s all the steps Knock coordinates for the buyer (who also ends up a seller):
Submit home for a free market price estimate.
Phone consultation.
Licensed Local Expert (Knock) will help find a new home. They get the buyer fully underwritten for a new mortgage.
Buy new house with KNOCK’S CASH.
Manage and pay for improvements on new home. Up to $10,000, which can be rolled into the mortgage.
Move into the new house.
Only pay one set of bills.
Manage and PAY FOR repairs on old house to maximize offers. Up to $10,000, and settle at closing.
Transfer new house into buyer’s name as soon as the old house sells. They guarantee a sale within 6 weeks, or they’ll buy the home themselves.
That’s a lot of moving pieces, but handling all of them adds considerable value to a buyer/seller combination.
Business model: Knock earns their commission by being the buying agent on the new home, and the selling agent on the old home. They aren’t making money on the construction/renovation costs. That said, their volume is significant and as a result are able to execute construction projects at a sizable discount compared to the market.
Differentiation: First, Knock agents are on salary (W2s), not independent contractors (1099s). That means they won’t have the “agent adoption problem” most of the industry has. If an agent doesn’t do things the “Knock way”, they will cease to receive a paycheck. Not unlike Redfin, this gives them a strategic advantage delivering consumer wins not necessarily in a commissioned agent’s best interest.
Second, they are fronting the cash (up to $10,000) for improvements. They are taking the burden off the buyer. It’s worth noting that $10,000 is enough to do cosmetics and repairs, but generally not a structural renovation. I understand the need for a cap since they are financing everything. That said, when thinking about adding significant equity to a seller’s home, what’s truly needed are often fairly major renovations costing well in excess of $10,000.
Third, and this is important, Knock has plans to let anyone use their platform to buy and sell directly, without an agent, in the future. They are building a platform for the whole transaction, for anyone to use, for free. And if, as a buyer or seller, you can’t find homeowners to do a deal with, you’ll be on Knock’s platform. More likely than not, you’ll end up using Knock as an agent. That’s the thinking anyway.
Knock & the Broader iBuyer/iSeller Landscape: It’s no secret the most well funded iBuyer/iSeller players are Opendoor, Offerpad, and Knock. Of course you can’t ignore Redfin and Zillow in that race, either. I agree with Sean that, at some point, the leaders will be so far ahead in technology, funding, and brand that it’ll be a losing proposition for new entrants to compete.
To me, it’s blatantly clear Knock delivers a far superior experience than a traditional agent/boker is able to offer their clients. The ability to actually move into a house prior to selling your old one is a game changer in terms of convenience.
If you boil down Knock’s business model, everything serves as lead generation into the commission for two transactions. 6% total. Think about all the aspects of the deal Knock is handling, to get 2 sides. They are financing the new home, guaranteeing the sale of the old home, and fronting the costs of renovations on two homes (as well as handling project management). That’s way beyond what a traditional agent can deliver to their clients. Heck, it’s way beyond what most brokerages can reasonably deliver (I’ve heard rumors Windermere is doing some of this here in Seattle, but haven’t confirmed).
Complexity. That’s my real takeaway. As an agent or broker, the required service level complexity to attract leads & satisfy buyers and sellers is increasing at a rapid pace. Sure, the rise is funded by VC dollars, may not be profitable, and you don’t have a business model that warrants funding to compete. Unfortunately, none of that matters. Agents/brokers either need to figure out a strategy to compete or die trying. You can no longer expect to simply handle negotiation and close the deal and take your 3%. A comprehensive approach to winning your clients over is the best way to compete against the iBuyer/iSeller tech titans. You have to bring something unique to the table. Offering sellers guaranteed offers like FlyHomes (their co-founder Steve is a Geek Estate member) will rapidly become table stakes to winning deals. Beyond that, I predict a rise in teams and brokerages helping with rentals, property management, renovations, home security, interior design, real estate investments, travel planning (see here), and even personal finance.
How are you going to compete? How are you going to deliver “better” to your clients?
Editor’s Note: That marks the end of Geek Estate mastermind newsletter #18 from February. Below are a few fresh thoughts related to Zillow’s Instant Offers announcement and how it changes the iBuyer landscape.
First, watch this video to understand the way Zillow is thinking about Instant Offers:
From Zillow’s perspective, they are able to offer partner agents/brokers more value in terms of leads/clients. By acting as a friendly financing partner, agents can utilize them to help win listing presentations. That makes those partner agents more likely to continue their relationship with Zillow as Premiere Agents (which means revenue for Zillow). Buying homes directly also gets Zillow closer to the traction, which increases their ability to monetize by moving buyers farther down the decision making process on their platform.
Like Knock, Zillow has upped the complexity level by agreeing to actually buy homes with their cash. If you’re buying homes as an investor, you’re going to need to renovate and sell them quickly if you are to make a profit (or you can hold for the long term — though I’m certain that’s not the path Zillow will take). Renovating homes, even if it’s just cosmetics, is a “messy” business required operations/logistics (to be good at it). Flipping homes is a completely different business to be in than the media business that Zillow claims to be, and my main question is how much of that operations/project management/logistics work Zillow is offloading to partner agents.
The weakness I see in the video is they are seemingly deviating from their fanatical consumer focus that has gotten the company to where it is. For instance, a “problem” mentioned is agents aren’t able to participate in the seller process enabled by iBuyer startups (Opendoor, Knock, Offerpad, etc.). Granted, this is an industry facing video and certainly not the message put out to consumers (nor should it be) – but an agent not participating in the selling process is not a problem consumers care about. They care about selling their house. If there is a better way that doesn’t involve an agent (and saves them money), so be it. Zillow said it themselves, “The approach we’re taking is agent first and broker first.” I 100% understand why they’re taking this approach, and working WITH the industry rather than against it is a strategic choice that will benefit them in many ways. That said, an “industry first, consumer second” mindset is what got Realtor.com to where they are (no longer the category king). Don’t get me wrong, I’m not by any stretch of the imagination saying another company is close to disrupting Zillow. Their lead in brand, distribution, scale, and tech is mind-blowing, and is going to take years for anyone to surmount a major challenge.
From the partner agent/broker perspective, this is a major win. They are now able to go into a listing presentation WITH an instant offer in hand rather than having to compete against those offers. Whether the seller decides to list the house traditionally or take the instant offer, the agent still participates in that transaction. Beyond that, more leads is a good thing (if you have the capacity to serve them of course). Zillow being an investor in their Instant Offers marketplace should drive lead volume up.
What does this mean for the iBuyer landscape from the consumer side? Well, this is an obvious win over the current Zillow seller experience in terms of certainty. That said, Knock’s value proposition of actually closing on and moving you into a new house prior to putting your old house on the market is still a clear, clear win compared to what Zillow’s partner agents/brokers are able to offer their clients.
Net-net, this is a huge ballsy move by Zillow Group that extends their strategic moat, making them extremely, extremely hard to compete with. I like it.
That’s a wrap…until the next member newsletter.
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Terror: That was the only emotion Jo Baxter remembers feeling as she drove from Nebraska to Kansas. It was a Saturday morning in 1965—eight years before abortion was legalized in the United States—when the college junior got into a car with her boyfriend and another friend who agreed to drive the six hours so Baxter could get an illegal abortion from a man she’d never met.
“I had no idea what would happen. I didn’t know what an abortion was [or] how it was performed,” Baxter said. “I didn’t know anything about it, but I just was really determined to do it.”
As soon as Baxter realized she was pregnant, she knew she wasn’t ready to be a mom. She wanted to finish college; she wanted to have a career. But this was before Roe v. Wade made abortion legal nationwide, and she had no clue how to get an illegal abortion.
A co-worker in whom her boyfriend confided happened to remember a stranger he had once helped change a tire on the side of the road. That man was a chiropractor from Kansas who performed illegal abortions on the side. He handed the co-worker his card in case he ever got a girl “in trouble,” which he later passed on to Baxter’s boyfriend, who’s now her husband.
So Baxter headed to the chiropractor’s office in the next state over, where she had a D and C (dilation and curettage) abortion without any anesthesia. Immediately after the procedure, she climbed back into the car, where she laid in the back seat the whole ride home writhing in pain from cramps. She secretly passed the fetus the next day in her sorority house.
“I didn’t tell a soul,” Baxter said. “I just was afraid because of the fact that it was illegal that someone would report me, and that I’d get in trouble with the law.”
Baxter was far from alone in seeking an illegal abortion. Experts estimated that annually as many as 1.2 million women had abortions throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In Vox, historian Rickie Solinger noted that some of these abortions were performed by doctors, midwives, and chiropractors, though many women attempted self-managed abortions.
Decades later, Baxter has told family and friends about the illegal abortion she had in college. But she now fears that the country is reverting back to a time when women couldn’t legally end a pregnancy. President Trump’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, would push the bench further to the right if confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and pro-choice advocates believe he would help dismantle Roe.
If the Court overturns its landmark abortion rights decisions, people in at least 22 states would be at a high risk of losing access to abortion, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Of course, a lot has changed in the last 50 years—especially when it comes to access to medication abortion.
Commonly referred to as the abortion pill, medication abortions typically involve taking the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. The two pills are more effective when used together, but because mifepristone is regulated more heavily, it’s common for people seeking to self-manage an abortion to use misoprostol alone. And misoprostol is much easier to obtain these days, thanks in large part to the internet, explained Carole Joffe, a sociologist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH).
The good news is that greater access to misoprostol means self-managed abortions are much safer than they were before Roe. In fact, people in states with numerous abortion restrictions already seek abortion pills online and abortion funds are educating locals about how to safely use misoprostol.
However, that doesn’t mean everyone has access to the drugs nor that the risks involved with self-managed abortions have totally disappeared. Even with Roe intact, some women put their lives in danger to end a pregnancy. In 2009, a Utah teenager allegedly hired a man to beat her in order to induce a late-term miscarriage.
“A lot of people have been convinced that because we have medication abortion—problem solved. Women won’t die and they’ll be able to get an abortion even if there’s no clinic,” Joffe said. “Obviously that’s not true.”
But the biggest risk for those seeking an abortion if Roe is overturned would be the threat of prosecution, according to Joffe. “To me, there’s no question. We know women will be prosecuted because they already are,” Joffe said.
Take for instance, Purvi Patel, the Indiana woman who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for self-inducing an abortion. She was released from jail in 2016 after serving more than 18 months behind bars. Patel’s case isn’t an anomaly; more than 1,200 women have been arrested based on their pregnancy or pregnancy outcome since Roe was enacted, according to the National Advocates for Pregnant Women, with at least 800 of those arrests taking place from 2006 to 2018. Women of color have disproportionately faced harsh punishments, especially when it comes to cases involving illegal drugs.
President Trump has also explicitly said he would condone prosecuting people who have abortions, commenting back in 2016 that “there has to be some form of punishment” if abortion is outlawed. He later walked the comments back but has promised to appoint judges to the Court who will overturn Roe, and he chose a vice president who has promised to end legal abortion “in our time.”
Baxter is now 73 and lives in Florida near her four sons and nine grandkids. While she’s grateful she was able to have an abortion at a time when thousands of women were admitted to hospitals every year due to complications from illegal abortions, she also worries about what choices won’t be afforded to her grandkids if a more conservative Supreme Court dismantles Roe.
“I have four granddaughters,” she said, “and I just can’t imagine going back to the days where they would be in the same boat that I was 50-some years ago.”
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Want to know the secret of how to meet your neighbors after you’ve moved into a new home? It’s this: Stop waiting for people to swing by with an apple pie. These days you have to be proactive and get out there yourself!
So how do you do that?
Granted, whether you’ve just moved in or lived someplace for eons, many find this simple act of reaching out amazingly hard. If that sounds like you, it’s OK: It’s all about knowing a few icebreakers. Here are a few that even the shyest of shy can try.
Hold a garage sale
This project doubles as decluttering—and works whether you’ve lived in a place for years or just moved in and didn’t get a chance to fully purge before you packed up for your new digs.
“Not only will a garage sale provide you with a clean slate, it’s also a low-key way to meet your neighbors,” says Ali Wenzke, author of “The Art of Happy Moving.” Her advice: Chat with anyone who stops by.
“Even if you don’t make a sale,” she explains, “you might be meeting your new best friend for the first time.”
Ask to borrow something
“We met our neighbors the day after we moved in,” says Julie Bane of Richfield, MN. So what’s her secret? Merely loaning out something a neighbor needed.
“They rang the doorbell and asked to borrow some tools,” Bane explains. “They figured since we just moved in, we’d have them readily available. And we did!”
And remember, this is an equal opportunity endeavor: Sooner or later you’re bound to need something a neighbor might have, from a hammer to cup of sugar. Go ahead and ask—it sure beats schlepping to the store.
Do a good deed
Sometimes the best way to break the ice is to look for a way to pull someone out of it.
Three years ago, during an East Coast polar vortex, Seth Lejeune was leaving his Malvern, PA, home at 4 a.m. to attempt to get to work when he happened to see water gushing out of his neighbor’s garage. No one was home, so Lejeune called the fire department.
“A sprinkler system had burst on the third floor and was destroying their home,” says Lejeune, who stuck around to help out and make sure everything was OK. “We broke into their home and got the water turned off.”
Once his neighbors returned from their vacation, “they were appreciative,” Lejeune says. “And we remain friends to this day.”
Not that you have to wait for disaster to strike, either—offer to shovel the snow out of someone’s driveway or clear the leaves from their gutters. Who could refuse? You’ve got a friend whom, odds are, you can depend on during a pinch, too.
Find a common cause
Last summer a feral cat had a litter of kittens in the yard of Heidi Bender’s Adrian, MI, home. Concerned about their welfare—not to mention the number of cats already roaming her neighborhood—Bender went door to door to bring the issue to her neighbors’ attention. Ten houses down, she found a neighbor eager to help the free-range cats. Today, cats in their community are well cared for—and these two neighbors are fast friends.
“When you work together toward something that matters to you, you can’t help but bond,” says Wenzke.
Don’t have a passionate cause of your own? Then get involved in an HOA or local community group.
“Volunteering is one of the best ways to get to know people because you move past the small talk,” says Wenzke.
Bond over fresh food
Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, is sprouting up all over. Pay a flat fee, get a box of local produce every week or month through the farming season. Whether you’re required to pick it up yourself or at a farmers market, chances are good you’ll meet other neighbors doing the same.
“Social relationships and access to nature both boost our happiness,” Wenzke says. “If you can combine the two, you get double the benefits.”
If a CSA isn’t available in your area, maybe a food co-op is. These member-owned grocery stores let you (and other foodie-minded future friends) have a say in what items are sold on the shelves.
Get creative come Halloween
During the first Halloween in his Phoenix home, Dave Forman landed on a genius idea to connect with his neighbors.
“We put two frozen margarita machines on our driveway,” he says. “One was nonalcoholic for the kids, and the other was for adults.”
No surprise, adds Forman, “we met the entire neighborhood in one evening.” Margaritas do that.
Sometimes, going online is a good idea
So maybe you want to be part of your community but work crazy hours. Or you’re always shuttling your kids from Girl Scouts to lacrosse and your schedule looks like that of an air traffic controller. Maybe your nearest neighbor is a mile (or more) away. If meeting your neighbors IRL is a challenge, then maybe you do need to pick up that tablet or smartphone and join a local online network such as Nextdoor.
Think of it as Facebook for those who live nearby—where you can meet and greet newcomers, ask questions, and more.
Plus, adds Steve Wymer, vice president of policy and communications at Nextdoor, “we take great pride in hearing stories about how these friendly online collisions wind up leading to offline interactions.”
You hear that? Your iPhone addiction actually can lead to meaningful connections outside your front door.
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It isn’t a secret that most of you want to have an affordable upright vacuum cleaner yet powerful and looks stylish at the same time. The Eureka AS3006A ticks all the right boxes and comes with more than what you expect. It has been one of more desirable vacuum cleaners that have owners raving about. If you are looking for an upright vacuum cleaner, this model is one you should not miss. We start off looking at what the Eureka AS3006A offers.
Airspeed technology
Probably the most important feature and the best one, at least for us, is the deep cleaning Airspeed technology. Here, it is paired with the airspeed system, which boosts the speed of the air. What it means is that this vacuum cleaner has a more powerful suction than similar models. Thanks to it, you can remove all the debris, dust and even bad odor from different surfaces. This isn’t a common feature among cheap vacuum cleaners, so we can say it is a a pleasant advantage over many other vacuum cleaners. For homeowners who have thick carpets in their homes, this is definitely the most important feature.
Allergen filter plus
Some vacuum cleaners, usually older models have superb suction, but they don’t have filters to trap the allergens. What this means is that while vacuuming, allergens are released from the surfaces and they are free in the air. Once you breathe in allergens in the long run, you will get into health issues. With children, elderly or persons with respiratory issues, a good vacuum cleaner investment is a must. Thankfully, the Eureka AS3006A is a new model and the company has it all thought out. Like its name says “Clean Xtreme”, it cleans deep and traps allergens. With this feature, you breath fresher air and improvements to your quality of life can be noticed after a couple of days.
Tip: Buy this vacuum cleaner if you are sensitive to allergies.
Simple height adjustment
The dimensions of the vacuum cleaner are 13.5 x 12.8 x 43.2 inches it weighs approximately 7.3 pounds. Such figures go in line with the average-sized upright vacuums which are suitable for most people. User reviews are generally good, applauding its ease of use, comparing to many other vacuum cleaners. We also liked the fact the vacuum head has a slim design, allowing you to reach hard-to-reach places. Nevertheless, the main point here is the height adjusting system. It offers 5 different settings and it is a masterpiece. Choosing the desirable height takes one second and it features a heavy-duty adjustment system. This means that you can use it as long as you want, as many times you need and it will still work perfectly, like a charm.
All attachments you are going to need
Just because it is affordable, it doesn’t mean that you buy a bare vacuum cleaner without any attachment. As a matter of fact, you get a lot of attachments that will make your cleaning much easier. First of all, you get brushes for upholstery and fabric. Then we have a dust brush which is one of the best in this class and we also have a turbo brush. All of this combined means that you can use this vacuum cleaner on any surface and you will be able to get the job done as soon as possible.
Increased practicality
Using the Eureka AS3006A is simpler than most of you believe. First and foremost, you get detailed instructions on how to assemble the unit. It takes about 4 minutes to complete it, even if you are a noob with technology stuff. The guide is pretty much simplified and not difficult to understand. Just follow the instructions! Then we have foot-controlled buttons which are located on the left side. They are suitable to use even in heavy-duty shoes (meaning that this vacuum cleaner can be used for commercial applications as well). Handle-release buttons are easy to use and we can add the fact they are big, so using them while wearing gloves won’t be an issue.
Long warranty (3 years)
Purchase this vacuum cleaner and you will get a 3 year warranty. The manufacturer claims that all units are tested and checked for defects, so each delivery guarantees perfection. In our vacuum cleaner reviews, having a good warranty cover for your vacuum cleaner is important. So confident of the product, Eureka sweetens the deal with a warranty of 3 years. We know how good the product will be if any manufacturer offers warranties of 2 years and above. A worth-mentioning point relates to its built quality. It is a difficult thing to do, to find a well-made and durable vacuum cleaner from this price range. It looks like this is the one that has what it takes and as such, it is no wonder that it comes with a long-lasting warranty.
Pros:
Lightweight in its class.
Easy to control and maneuver.
Airspeed technology.
Modern and new design.
5 height settings.
A filter that traps allergens.
3 year warranty
Great attachments are included in the package.
Controls and assembly process are simple.
Value for money.
Cons:
Power cord doesn’t come with an auto — rewind feature which means you will have to rewind it manually.
The canister is complicated to connect.
Non-swivel design may be an issue.
Where we are heading
The review says it all, we do not need to go any further to explain why the Eureka AS3006A is more than just an average vacuum cleaner. It is simply one of the best deals that is a hybrid between its features and price. Overall, it is powerful enough to meet expectations of most homeowners and it looks perfect for high-end homes. Buying this vacuum cleaner will not be a mistake. It offers a lot, but it doesn’t have major issues which may affect the durability nor quality of the vacuum cleaner.
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The barriers between public and private space; the city is about points-of-view, about broken or enabled lines-of-sight, about privacy: the protection of territory (the surveillance camera), the invasion of territory; the opposition of private and public: It organizes Voyeurism. Behind a fence, it is not important what is behind it: It is important that you are barred from seeing it and you are tempted to see it.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order last May aimed at expanding the meaning of and the regulatory power behind the term “religious liberty.” By October, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ team at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had come up with 20 guidelines for executive agencies on how to apply so-called religious liberty protections in federal law.
“Our team embraced that challenge,” Sessions said, in the most animated moment of his speech at the Religious Liberty Summit, hosted by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy and its Civil Rights Division on Monday. “I gotta say, our team was enthusiastic about that challenge.”
At the summit, DOJ attorneys assured attendees they are protecting the religious rights of everyone in the United States, all while conservative Christian politicians and advocates voiced a need for stepped-up federal protections beyond those they already enjoy.
It was also a forum for Sessions to announce the next phase of Trump’s May 2017 executive order: a task force that will likely implement those very protections and, in doing so, safeguard conservative Christians’ ability to discriminate against vulnerable groups.
Sessions released very few details about the task force at the summit other than to note that the DOJ would be holding listening sessions with religious groups across the United States in the coming weeks and that the agency would make sure “our employees know their duties to accommodate people of faith.”
But in an internal memo shared with Rewire.News by a press officer, the attorney general explains that in addition to continuing the DOJ’s ongoing work to implement the 20 guidelines, the task force “will also consider new initiatives that will further the Department’s work to protect and promote religious liberty.”
The memo outlines the task force’s work plan:
1) facilitate Department component compliance with the memoranda [referring to the October guidelines]; 2) address novel, recurring, or cross-cutting issues in the Department’s work implicating the memoranda; 3) facilitate interagency coordination regarding the Religious Liberty Memorandum; 4) engage in outreach to the public, religious communities, and religious liberty organizations to obtain feedback on compliance with the Religious Liberty Memorandum; and 5) develop new strategies, involving litigation, policy, and legislation, to protect and promote religious liberty.
As Sessions said in his speech, “We are going to keep going to court [to protect religious liberty] and I believe we are going to keep winning.”
Sessions will chair the task force. Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio will serve as vice chair for litigation, while Beth Williams, assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy, will serve as vice chair for policy. In her address at Monday’s summit, Williams, whose office helped produce the 20 guidelines, called them one of the DOJ’s “signature achievements” so far during the Trump administration.
The memo notes that Sessions will hand-pick representatives from various DOJ offices to make up the rest of the task force.
Though the tenor of the Religious Liberty Summit was overwhelmingly jovial, with DOJ attorneys and guest speakers—the majority from conservative Christian nonprofits—insisting that these initiatives are meant to preserve the rights of people from all faith backgrounds, Sessions cast the darkest cloud over the event, mentioning a “dangerous” cultural movement currently taking place.
“A dangerous movement, undetected by many, but real, is now challenging and eroding our great tradition of religious freedom,” the attorney general said. “There can be no doubt. It’s no little matter. It must be confronted, intellectually and politically, and defeated. This election, this past election, and much that has flowed from it, gives us a rare opportunity to arrest these trends and to confront them. Such a reversal will not just be done with electoral victories, however, but by intellectual victories.”
This invocation of a “cultural movement” belies the fact that in the past few years, the United States’ already powerful religious right movement has climbed to even more power precisely by using the term “religious liberty” as a weapon to discriminate against vulnerable groups while simultaneously depicting Christians in the United States as constantly under threat.
Indeed, there was an odd juxtaposition throughout the summit: While DOJ attorneys explained that the bulk of religion-based hate crimes they’re seeing are against Muslim and Jewish people and their houses of worship, panel speakers focused on the idea that Christian individuals and institutions in the United States are being unduly targeted because of their beliefs.
Prefacing her questions to the summit’s first panel, titled “Promise and Challenge of Religious Liberty,” moderator Kerri Kupec lamented that she often sees the term religious freedom “housed in scare quotes as if it’s not a real thing, or even worse, as if it’s a bad thing.”
Rewire.News typically uses the term “religious imposition” to more accurately describe a class of laws and regulations that seek to impose one’s religious views on someone else’s individual freedom—as in the case of a pharmacist refusing to sell emergency contraception to a customer, or a county clerk refusing to sign a same-sex couple’s marriage license.
Kupec herself is a testament to the religious right’s rise in U.S. policy making.
Until earlier this year, Kupec was the spokesperson for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian legal nonprofit that represented plaintiffs and defendants in legal cases that have ended in many of the landmark Supreme Court decisions defining today’s culture wars. ADF has recently seen victories in two of its high-profile cases: NIFLA v. Becerra, involving whether Christian “crisis pregnancy centers” in California must disclose the types of services they provide to pregnant women (the Supreme Court ruled that they don’t), and Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The latter case involved cake-baker Jack Phillips, who was one of the speakers on Kupec’s panel; the Court recently ruled that Phillips had not violated his state’s anti-discrimination law in refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.
But ADF doesn’t simply help change policy via the courts; it helps create future lawmakers and government attorneys, in part through a legal fellowship program that teaches law students how to serve Jesus in their law practice. The program also connects law students with federal and state government internships.
Kupec is now the spokesperson for the DOJ’s Office of the Solicitor General and the Civil Rights Division. ADF and other Christian conservative law firms are continuing to challenge federal, state, and local policies intended or interpreted to protect all members of the LGBTQ community, particularly trans people.
Although some of the biggest cultural fights involve members of the LGBTQ community, they were hardly discussed at the Religious Liberty Summit, save for when panelist Emilie Kao, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, claimed, “There is no lack of access problem that same-sex couples face.” Kao was referring to a same-sex couple in Michigan who sued a Catholic Charities affiliate that refused to adopt to them; Kao argued the couple was in proximity to multiple adoption agencies.
Perhaps the biggest elephant in the room at the Religious Liberty Summit was Islam, a religion that has been openly vilified by President Trump, whose recently upheld travel ban began as a call for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims.” No one from the administration discussed the ban.
While the DOJ invited multiple speakers to speak on behalf of Christianity and on the public services being provided with a specifically Christian outlook, the agency did invite three speakers to speak on behalf of Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh faiths, respectively.
Asma Uddin, a fellow with the Initiative on Security and Religious Freedom at the University of California, Los Angeles’ Burkle Center for International Relations, spoke on the summit’s panel of legal and policy experts. Uddin said that, in addition to Muslims in the United States being attacked for their faith, many members of the public and lawmakers do not view Islam as a religion. Rather, she said, they see it as a political ideology, and a dangerous one at that. As Uddin pointed out, in some cases, Muslim organizations in the United States have been prevented from building mosques in certain cities.
Ilhan Cagri, a policy fellow at the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s D.C. office, who attended the summit, told Rewire.News in an interview that she felt like the entire conference was “problematic,” in that it was “Christian-centered” and seemed to ignore the religions facing more persecution in this country, such as Judaism and Islam.
Cagri said she is also concerned by the DOJ’s religious liberty guidelines created last fall, because she thinks some of them create a “slippery slope.” What if Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop had not wanted to, say, bake a cake for an interfaith couple?
“Where does it stop?” Cagri asked.
Indeed, the “religious liberty” excuse for refusing access to people—LGBTQ and otherwise—in the name of conservative Christian values is ever-expanding. In the realm of health care, for example, one in six acute-care hospital beds are in Catholic institutions, which enforce vast restrictions for people who, for example, are miscarrying or want tubal ligations. Or consider the Trump administration’s relationship with Bethany Christian Services, which had a volunteer present at the summit. The adoption agency has a problematic history that includes denying children placement with same-sex couples, but the federal government has authorized it to foster migrant children forcibly separated from their parents.
And yet, the majority of speakers at the summit would have you believe that U.S. Christians as a group are in a vulnerable position. In his speech, Sessions chastised unnamed groups for using the term “hate group” to describe a religious organization, ostensibly—though not explicitly—referring to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s categorization of the Family Research Council (FRC) as a hate group for its demonization of gay people as, among other things, pedophiles.
Sessions gave his own tacit endorsement to the FRC later that day, when he appeared on its president’s radio show to discuss his new task force. During his interview with Tony Perkins, Sessions echoed a theme of the DOJ’s Religious Liberty Summit: that people of faith should be able to exercise their beliefs in all aspects of their lives, including their work and political lives.
“Our Constitution gives us the right to speak, but it also when it comes to religion, it says you can’t prohibit the free exercise of our religious beliefs,” Sessions told Tony Perkins. “That’s what I think has been lost. People have emphasized the prohibition of establishing a national church but they haven’t emphasized sufficiently and have forgotten the guarantee that you can freely exercise your religion .… We want every minister and every Christian and every person of any other faith to feel like that they can express themselves and within the constitutional provisions exercise their religion freely.”
Sessions’ conversation with FRC is likely the first of many with religious groups to help further their agendas in the name of “religious liberty.” Of course, it remains to be seen whether Sessions and his new task force will welcome every example of religious exercise. The question is: Which groups will the attorney general consult with, and at the cost of which other groups’ liberties?
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Shortly before Angelina (a pseudonym) and her 6-year-old son were detained for two months at a family detention camp in rural New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary told a Senate committee that for adults who migrate alone from Central America, there would be no hearing before an immigration judge. Rather, their removal would be expedited. For Central American parents like Angelina who migrated to the United States with their children, the message was “simple,” the DHS secretary said. “We will send you back.”
Though this sounds like a scene out of the current administration, it was Obama-era DHS secretary Jeh Johnson who sought to flout due process. The Obama administration’s response to the influx of Central American migrants in 2014 was to send them back to their countries of origin as quickly as possible. In order to do so, it set up detention camps to process orders for deportation quickly, as the New York Times reported. These camps are not unlike the ones the administration is reportedly preparing to construct.
As the current administration moves to expand family detention in order to deal with a crisis of its own making, Rewire.News spoke with Angelina about her experience to shed light on what it can mean to hold parents and their children in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. Angelina told Rewire.News, through an interpreter, that she wants people to understand how desperate it feels to be detained without access to an attorney and with no knowledge or understanding of where your case stands or how long you will be detained. Indeed, many sign their own deportation orders because of the “crushing depression” of being detained for so long. She also wants people to expand the ways they talk about family detention and family separation, centering those most affected.
“[E]ven when one person, like my husband, is detained, it’s like the whole family is there. Our heart is there. We experience the stress and fear of not knowing,” Angelina said. “Being in detention doesn’t just affect the person in detention; it affects the whole family. And when one family member is detained, that too is family separation.”
Angelina’s Story
In the fall of 2014, Angelina and her young son spent two months at the Artesia “refugee camp” in New Mexico, where she says they experienced “inhumane conditions.” Angelina told Rewire.News that when she arrived at Artesia, the facility was holding “at least a thousand families” and “more were arriving every day.” Some had already been detained for as long as six months, she said.
The New York Times reported in 2015 that officials deported more than 200 refugees to Central America in the first five weeks that the Artesia facility was open. Advocates have anticipated Trump’s “tent cities” will largely function the same way: They are deportation processing centers.
“When we arrived, they put us in quarantine. They said we had lice or that we carried diseases with us. The workers there would use gloves and masks to come close to us or move us. We were kept in very cold rooms; we called them hieleras. I spent five days in the hielera and during those five days, I wasn’t allowed to shower or change my clothes. Psychologically speaking, it was very traumatizing,” Angelina said.
Once in general population, Angelina quickly learned that even basic necessities like food would not be met by the detention camp. Families looked forward to Monday, Wednesday, and Friday because these were essentially the only days when the facility provided food the detained children could actually eat: sandwiches, chips, and cookies. On the other days, the food was “raw” or “too spicy” for the children, meaning they barely ate four days out of the week.
There were also allegations of sexual abuse. Angelina said she did not personally witness or experience sexual abuse at Artesia, but she knew others had and they were afraid to speak out due to fear of retaliation from immigration officials.
For ten days Rewire.News attempted to confirm with ICE’s office of public affairs the specifics of Artesia’s quarantine process and food schedule but was told that, because “this was years ago” and “no one on the press team now covered this issue then,” that it would “take some time.” The agency has yet to respond.
Dr. Satsuki Ina, a psychotherapist for over 40 years with firsthand experience in family detention, told Rewire.News, “What is really at the core of the immigration system in the United States is this insipid, deeply entrenched level of racism that sees immigrants of color as a threat to white Anglo Saxon Protestant families, which then leads to direct attacks on immigrant families.”
For years now, there has been an uptick in the number of indigenous people migrating to the United States from Central America. When Angelina was detained at Artesia with her son, she witnessed an indigenous woman from Guatemala forced into a shower by guards at the facility.
“She had not showered for a few days because in her country, she was taught that when you menstruate, you don’t get wet, not even your hand, so you don’t shower and you should not be seen by men. It’s a cultural thing where she was from, but the guards didn’t care,” Angelina said.
The Guatemalan woman did not speak English or Spanish, and could not communicate with the guards to explain why she was choosing not to shower. When another woman at the facility explained to the guards for her, the guards laughed, Angelina said.
“Artesia was a military base, so all the showers were open and everyone could see each other. They put her in the shower, saying she was silly and unclean,” Angelina recalled. “They laughed at her; they laughed at her private parts. They did not respect women, and they did not respect different cultures. This was a human rights abuse.”
These violations are not only reserved for adults in family detention facilities. As other detained people have reported, when a person experiences an illness in detention, no matter how serious, they are often told by officials to simply drink water. Angelina told Rewire.News that when children at Artesia became ill, officials told their parents to just give them more water. One woman was so alarmed by the failure of the facility to provide care for her severely ill son that she chose to “self-deport” in order to get him care in El Salvador.
Angelina, who is no longer in detention, had used social media to stay in touch with more than 2,000 women who have been detained in the United States, before deleting her account for safety reasons. It was only after Angelina’s own release from detention that she reconnected with the woman who self-deported.
“I learned that when she went back to El Salvador, she took her son to the hospital and he died. In the autopsy, she learned that he didn’t receive adequate medical attention [in detention] and by the time he got to the hospital in El Salvador, he was in critical condition. He had asthma and pneumonia and by the time he was at the hospital, it was too late,” Angelina said. “All of the women I stay in touch with tell me heartbreaking stories. It is clear to me that their children are suffering the consequences of detention.”
This is also true of Angelina’s own son, who is now 10 years old. After their release from Artesia, the mother and son sought counseling together to “process what happened” to them in detention. Angelina said that in the years since, her son didn’t talk much about his experience in detention—until his father was recently detained under the Trump administration.
Angelina’s husband was detained while leaving work. He had no criminal record but was detained for two months, she said.
Angelina told Rewire.News that the county in Virginia where her husband was arrested participates in the 287(g) program, which is an agreement between a local law enforcement agency and ICE, effectively deputizing law enforcement officers to act as immigration agents. This means that any interaction an undocumented immigrant has with a police officer can lead to them being funneled into the detention system and possibly getting deported.
This process of othering, exploiting, criminalizing, and discarding immigrants does not happen overnight. Ina told Rewire.News that the groundwork for things like Japanese internment or the mass incarceration of Central American asylum-seeking families is laid well before the actual internment occurs, and it takes the form of rhetoric.
Ina, who was born in a Japanese American internment camp where she was detained with her parents, said she sees the practice of detaining undocumented immigrants in family detention as part of a larger American story, one that frames immigrants as “the other” or a threat. This approach, Ina said, is an attempt to justify the dehumanization and criminalization of immigrant communities.
“We [Japanese Americans] too were considered a public threat, an economic threat, just a threat, and to the American public, that justified our incarceration,” Ina said. “We must pay attention to the language being used to frame these narratives, how damaging it is, and how there is a historical framework for using this rhetoric to put people in prison camps. Today, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t see that what happened to Japanese Americans was wrong, it’s written about in school textbooks as wrong. The same people justifying Trump’s policies today will later find themselves on the wrong side of American history.”
Angelina’s husband has since been released, but at the time of our interview he was still detained and her primary concern was how these experiences were affecting her 10-year-old. “My son asks me, ‘Is papa being treated the way we were in detention?’ He’s very scared and worried about how his dad is being treated. He cries at night and asks me if his dad is going to be deported. He is very sensitive to this situation.”
“I think it’s bringing up a lot for him,” Angelina added. “He’s reliving his experience in detention through his dad.”
As Angelina noted, there are policies in place that keep families separated from their detained love ones: Detention centers generally require a government-issued ID to visit the facility. For undocumented family members who have loved ones in detention, this means there can be no visits.
“It’s cruel. It’s family separation. You don’t even have a chance to say goodbye if you know they will be deported,” she said. “More than anything, I want people to know how psychologically damaging this is to all of us, but especially to children. This whole system harms us. It causes us to suffer. Family detention centers should not exist.”
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Aloy-tering with intent…
Game: Horizon Zero Dawn – The Frozen Wilds DLCDeveloper: Guerrilla GamesPublisher: SIEEReviewed on: PS4 (Review code provided)
Horizon Zero Dawn is, without question, one of the best games of the year. Guerrilla Games leapt out of their comfort zone of being “The Killzone Guys” and produced something a little magical. The world-building and everything else on top of it was second to none, and I thoroughly enjoyed getting through the world. It was with excitement, then, that I took on the code for The Frozen Wilds, the first major piece of DLC for this epic tale. It absolutely does not disappoint.
First off, it’s clear that Guerrilla have supported the game to a fantastic degree since the game’s launch. Patches have been frequently pushed to my PS4, without any real inclination for me to jump back in, but the devs clearly have a lot of passion for their vision, and the groundwork put in before The Frozen Wilds has meant that the DLC has the perfect jumping off point.
Visually, The Frozen Wilds has a lot to live up to. Horizon is easily one of the most visually striking games that has ever been released, and its first expansion holds absolutely nothing back. With flurries of snow obscuring your vision from time to time, and a bunch of new graphical effects to accompany it, The Frozen Wilds looks nothing short of breathtaking in almost every scene. The attention to detail is fantastic as well, with even small details like Aloy’s animation when she runs through a deep snow drift. Sulphur pools and other ponds are dotted through the lands, and are a great injection of colour in the ice and snow covered areas that are on display here.
The story in TFW draws from one of my favourite threads in the main game. With the “ancient times” essentially being our vision of an elaborate future, the mysticism of the technology is somewhat spiritual to the tribes that inhabit the lands. This religious element is something that fascinated me during the main game, and it was somewhat easy to see how it could happen. Hyper-advanced AIs being seen as gods by those who don’t understand, it’s a really intriguing concept, and I’m glad The Frozen Wilds expands on it a little more in the ways it does.
Of course, Aloy doesn’t believe in the likes of the religious and mystical mumbo jumbo given everything she’s already seen, and instead just wants to rid the land of its corrupted machines, and bring harmony to the tribes. Standing in her way in the Frozen Wilds are a series of new mechanical enemies, including the devastating Scorcher, and the terrifying Frostclaw. I found myself using a lot more environmental attacks throughout my time with the DLC than I did in the main game, and tactical combat was definitely a requirement to get through some of the trickier areas. Of course, if you want an extra challenge, you’re more than welcome to throw the difficulty slider all the way up to the highest level, but that’s not a challenge I can see myself besting any time soon.
I’d thoroughly recommend checking out the rest of the side content in The Frozen Wilds as well, as it’s as varied and involving as the main game’s was. An array of new characters flesh out the sub-zero plains as you hunt down the cause of the latest corruption to hit the machines, and these range from the stoic to the outright funny. Burgrend, one of the merchants you meet in the early going, is a particular favourite of mine, with his dry wit and heart-warming soft spots for humanity proving to be a decent source of comic relief from the relentless threat of machine-fuelled destruction.
In addition to the new enemies and areas, there are also a couple of new weapons to try out. These are essentially spears that shoot out your chosen type of elemental attack, and can prove extremely handy when you encounter a machine with a particular elemental weakness that you want to exploit. There are also new skill tree options, including one that allows you to unleash a devastating melee attack immediately after dismounting your chosen steed. It’s a well thought out set of upgrades that Aloy genuinely benefits from.
VERDICT
The Frozen Wilds is a pitch-perfect example of what DLC can be when it’s done right. Building on an extremely solid foundation of possibly the most technically accomplished game I’ve ever seen, Guerrilla Games have introduced some fearsome new enemies, a few new weapons, plenty of collectibles, and a story that some full games would be envious of. Seamlessly integrated into the main world, The Frozen Wilds offers up an entirely new area to immerse yourself in for at least 10 hours, if not even more. For under £15 (if you’re on PS Plus), this is a no brainer. A wonderful add-on to one of the best games of the year.
9/10
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So you have beautiful hardwood floors in your home. They are a really good investment as they are long lasting but they have to be looked after properly. Each plank of solid hardwood flooring is made from the best domestic and other exotic hardwoods. They come in different widths, and each plank is usually about ¾ inch thick. They need to be regularly protected and maintained so they look good for many years.
Beautiful hardwood flooring
The cost associated with installing hardwood floors is rather high. You know you have invested in beautiful flooring and it definitely makes sense to learn how to keep them clean, how to keep the colors bright and looking good.
How hardwood floors get dirty
Hardwood floors get dirty from everyday activity. You have adults, kids and animals walking to and from, you have animals lazing around on the floor and sometimes, you wheel bicycles over the hardwood flooring. If you have a baby, the pram, like bicycle will be wheeled in and out just about every day. All this traffic contributes to dirtying, scratching and covering the floor in dust and hair. With all activity in and about, it is no wonder that the life and color of your hardwood floors is slowly diminishing. Remember that the time you spend cleaning your floors is really nothing to moan about compared to the years of use and longevity you will get out of these enduring floors. Let’s look at some basic tips on what to remember when cleaning your hardwood floors:
Get it right from the beginning. These floors don’t just absorb dust and grime like carpets so you cannot see it. You will see every little spec of dirt. Learn the correct way to go about cleaning.
Always use the cleaning method and equipment your installer recommended. If you just mix water and vinegar and scrub down the floor you are going to strip the shine and the floor will look dull and as if it needs a refinish, and that will just cost money. Also do not use any soapy cleaning mixtures or any that contain wax. They tend to leave oily marks behind and can lead to long term damage.
Using a broom is not as effective as a microfiber mop or cloth. One of these should be used every day. The microfiber cleaning pad or mop is the best option as the dust cannot escape out from under it, whereas with brooms the dust tends to get pushed around so it spreads and you never really get rid of it.
A very good idea is to use felt pads under the feet of your furniture so that they do no indent or mark the floor.
In areas where you have a lot of traffic, buy hard-wearing rugs with waffle weave so that they can protect your floors. At doorways and stress areas, put down thick rugs and mats to eliminate extra damage being done to your floors.
Vacuum cleaners are ideal for getting dust and dirt out of those hard to get at corners and under furniture — all the places, a mop or dusting will not reach. Also in-between the planks of hardwood, dust can get trapped in there and with the vacuum you can suck it right out. Be careful if your vacuum has a beater bar, as you do not want to bash the floor and cause a dent or permanent mark you cannot get rid of. An upright vacuum will work very well, just watch out the wheels do not leave a mark.
Scheduling the cleaning
Besides vacuuming on a regular basis, it is good to schedule your cleaning. In general, most people clean their floors on an adhoc basis — whenever time permits or when the floor starts to look dull. With a schedule, you will know exactly what needs to be done. Because cleaning hardwoods is not just a matter of vacuum and moping. Let’s take a look.
Sweep daily
On a daily basis (if time permits) try sweeping and reaching all the hard to get to places with your broom — under the furniture, the corners and any tight crevices.
Vacuum and mop weekly
Do not use too much water, use a spray bottle to mist the floor slightly. Too much water, combined with regular cleaning can damage the flooring and cause it to lose color after a couple of years.
Polish quarterly
Every 4 months or so you can bring the floor polisher and give your floor a great all over polish and re-shine so that it looks as good as new. Floor polishers play a very important part in cleaning hardwood floors. They add beauty, shine and longevity to the life of the hardwood floor. Floor polish gives the floor back its original new looks and shines and protects it. It will also fill in the micro cracks or any little pock marks, and even out the floor so it looks as good as new again. Make sure you do not leave lines where to start to polish and then stop. Try and “feather” out the joins.
Polished hardwood floor
Every 3–5 years, you can give your floors a deep clean or a complete re-sanding. You will remove the protective finish and replace it, while at the same time filling in any grooves or marks so the floor has a an even and uniform look. Then you polish it. Now you know your floor looks beautiful.
What to avoid
Vinegar and ammonia
The acidity in both of these products will slowly destroy your hardwood floor. This shine will disappear and the rich color will fade and become stained;
Waxing
Since wax is oily and sticky, it will attract dirt and dust so that it will be so much more difficult to clean as all the grime will stick to it making it harder to dislodge;
Oil soap
Another no-no, is that if your floors are varnished, this wax will not penetrate into varnish and get rid of the dirt. It will only clean the surface to remove visible marks and stains. It will also make the floor very slippery upon application.
Conclusion
Here you have all the information and tips you need to keep your hardwood floor in tip top condition year in and year out. Try not to use any rubber mats on hardwood floors as they tend to trap dust and any moisture underneath them and you could end up with nasty stains that you will have the re-sand and re-polish to get them back to normal. Spend time on home improvement learning, on how to take care of your hardwood floors and invest in the correct equipment. They will save you a lot of money in the long run.
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Today on 2nd April 2018, World Autism Day, I want to present the newest award I got for my blog. It’s another community award, the Sunshine Blogger Award. I received this award from Aivanther over at TheDialyRager. Thank you so much for this! I’m flattered by the fact that I got another community award on top of all the flattering words that are being said about me. Like in this article by Sheikah Plate about “To Thine Own Self Be True.” . In any case, I think we should focus on the award too. So, it’s answering and asking questions time.
The Rules of the award
Thank the blogger who nominated you and link back to their blog.
Answer the 10 questions the blogger asked you.
Nominate 10 new blogs to receive the award and write them 10 new questions.
List the rules and display the Sunshine Blogger Award logo in your post and/or on your blog.
Questions to answer
What is your name?
NekoJonez, that’s the easy answer. If you want my real name, it’s Pieterjan. But, if you can’t prounce it, I prefer that you say “Jonez” to me.
The “n” is said like the “n” in pencil. It isn’t said like the “m” in mother. That’s one of the biggest mistakes. Also, the “a” is long. The “a” is spoken like in Halo. Longer A.
What is your quest?
My personal quest is to enjoy life as much as I can. To be amazed and to experience everything I want to experience. But mostly it’s to entertain and support people I care about.
My quest on my blog is to educate and tell my story in the vast world of video games. A story about a casual retro game collector who enjoys playing casual games and games forgotten by the masses. Also, it’s to have fun with my blogging friends from over the world.
What is the air speed of an unladen swallow?
As fast as it’s body is allowing it to go!
Dysentery or Cholera?
For real? Talking about “pick your poison.” But, thanks to modern medicine, I don’t care that much since it can both be cured.
Why do you blog?
I don’t know where I told this story before, but let me start from the beginning. I’m part of a pretty small direct family. My parents, 2 uncles, 4 aunts, 2 cousins, my grandparents from my mother’s side and my sister. Oh, and my pet cat Sparta.
But since most of us work in education or in the social sector, our network of family friends is huge. Also, if you go look into my actual family, I have family living in the Netherlands.
So, at family parties I have to explain the same question all over again. What I was up to and things like that. I was so tired of that question 8 years ago, I started to blog about my life in Dutch and share it with friends and family. Here and there I wrote gaming articles and they actually took off.
Due to certain circumstances, I decided to delete my Dutch blog and take 6 months off blogging. This all happened in 2013. Yet, in May of 2013; I started to really miss being able to write about games. Since it’s my passion after all.
So, in may of 2013, I published my first English review of Tomb Raider. Now, I started my 5th year on this blog but in reality I have been writing blogs for 8 years. Now-a-days, I mostly write about video games because I know the most of that subject and I just enjoy writing about it.
It’s a great way to share experiences and stories. It’s an amazing way to talk about the games I played and to keep a sort of public diary about the games I have played and when.
What game made you wish you had brain bleach?
In terms of a good game, A Hat In Time. I wish I could experience that game all over again without any memories about it.
In terms of bad games, well, the games on this list say enough. In that article I talk about the 10 worst games I have played since then.
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
That’s a trick question! In which game do you mean? I think you can find her in a bedroom with Waldo.
Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle?
Well, for some reason I nearly always go with the grass types in Pokémon starters. Sometimes with the fire one and very rarely with the water one. And one random NPC dialogue from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl keeps sticking in my head.
In there, they say the people who choose for grass Pokémon are calm and laid back people. I honestly think that I’m that kind of person.
Worst game you have actually completed?
I rarely complete games. I even have trouble beating games to be honest. My collection spans over 2,000 titles and I keep expanding it. Each free moment of my time, I try to get a game or two closer to the beaten or completion status.
So, if I have to talk about the worst game I have actually beaten; I think I have to refer to the brain bleach question. I have beaten on some of the games on that list…
What’s your guilty pleasure game?
I don’t feel guilty at all playing games. There are some games not meant for my demographic, sure. Okay, there are some games in my collection I got from my sister like some Barbie, Winx Club and other “girl” games.
But, I honestly enjoyed some of them. Heck, I have reviewed one of the games back in 2014; Barbie Secret Agent for the GBA. As long as a game is fun to play, why would it matter if I’m the target demographic or not?
Look, there isn’t a game I feel guilty playing. If a game interests me, I play it. If you limit yourself in “oh this game is about some girl/boy show and I’m of the opposite gender so it’s going to be boring…” – thoughts, you are missing out! As a boy, I have played games that I enjoyed quite a lot which are meant for girls. And I can say with 100% certainty, that my sister can say the same things about the games where the player base is more male. Like she enjoys playing Age of Empires.
I adore when I can play a game in a genre or style I haven’t experienced a lot since that way I get introduced to a new style of games and more types of games to look out for to add to my collection.
My ten winners
Sheikah Plate – I really need to try one of your recepies!
Triform Trinity – My dude, my man! You deserve this one.
Games With Coffee – I drink mine with milk and sometimes sugar!
Aluna – We should do another stream one day, brother!
Reaper Interactive – Love your stuff mate!
Power Bomb Attack – I want to be on the podcast as a guest one day? May I?
AdventureRules – When will be the 2018 Blogger Blitz event?
LightingEllen – Let’s snow punch those blogging thieves together!
Falcon Game Reviews – I wish I had more time to read your awesome stuff
Anjim Plays & KillerRobotics – For your continued support my man.
Okay, I kinda cheated and put 11 on my list. In addition to that, I took 10 other people I really enjoy that weren’t on the list from Aivanther. A few of good blogging friends are on there!
So, now you need my ten questions I guess. Here we go:
Explain as poorly as you can how either Minecraft or Pokémon works.
Explain a game cryptically and let your readers guess which game or game series it is.
Do you sell games you have completed/beaten or do you keep them in a collection?
Which game/genre does interest you quite a lot but you are unable to get into the actual game/genre?
Do you think it’s possible that there will be every an amazing video game movie?
Would you ever consider blogging full time as a job?
I haven’t gotten a Switch yet! Quickly, recommend me a game.
If you had to choose between Sony, PC or Nintendo platforms and emulation DIDN’T exist, which platform would you choose and why?
What is the platform you grew up on and tell us some fond memories.
Tell here a random story you want to share with your readers.
Anyways, that’s everything for today! Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thanks again to Aivanther to give me this award! It means a lot to me to get my work recognized. I hope that the upcoming articles are going to entertain everybody! I hope to be able to welcome you in another blog but until then, take care and have a great rest of your day!
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OMG! Rishi Kapoor gets gag order from family, no more offensive tweets
Post the latest twitter controversy involving a picture of a naked child, Rishi Kapoor has finally been given an ultimatum by his no-nonsense wife Neetu Kapoor. Either he behaves himself on Twitter or shuts down his account.
A very prominent member of the Kapoor family spills all the beans about the ultimatum given to the intrepid Twitter contributor. “Chintu Uncle can’t be gagged by any of us. He has embarrassed the hell out of Ranbir who is just the opposite of his father: opposite in temperament and attitude to social media. Chintu Uncle just loves to let it all hang out. None of us has ever had the guts to tell him to stop. After every embarrassment caused by Chintu Uncle, Ranbir and (sister) Riddhima would plead with Neetu Aunty to put a stop to the excesses on Twitter. But Neetu Aunty would shrug in resignation.”
Now family sources say Neetu Kapoor has finally taken charge. “Enough is enough. Neetu Aunty feels Chintu Uncle’s drunken tweets may land him in jail one of these days. She has given him an ultimatum. Either he shuts down his account or she will filter monitor and moderate every one of his tweets,” says the source, adding that he is left with little choice. “He will have to comply. Neetu Aunty is the only person he’s scared of.”
That, I guess, puts an end to a lot of colourful moments for trolls.
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#MumbaiRains: Bollywood celebrities do their bit to help the affected people
On Tuesday August 29, Mumbai received nearly 316 mm of rain that threw normal life out of gear. Commuters and office goers were stranded as the train lines came to a halt while the buses, taxis and auto rickshaws were hardly there on the roads to ferry the helpless.
Bollywood celebrities did their bit to ensure that the woes of the commuters can be eased till an extent. Emraan Hashmi, Madhuri Dixit, Priyanka Chopra, Sunny Singh, Dia Mirza, Sonakshi Sinha and many others tweeted the helpline numbers of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Western Railway, Central Railway etc.
#MumbaiRains The BMC emergency helpline number is 1916. For traffic emergencies, call the police at 100. Stay safe everyone!
— emraan hashmi (@emraanhashmi) August 29, 2017
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— Madhuri Dixit-Nene (@MadhuriDixit) August 29, 2017
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BMC helpline 1916. Police Helpline 100..Home is the safest.. for most. Find shelter and give shelter. Be safe Mumbai #mumbairains
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) August 29, 2017
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— Sunny Singh (@mesunnysingh) August 29, 2017
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Please do not venture out! If you can offer shelter to strays and people stuck in the rain please do.MCGM helpline number 1916 #MumbaiRains
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) August 29, 2017
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#mumbairains really lashing down. Please stay indoors and be safe everyone. Help those who need it. BMC helpline 1916, police 100.
— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) August 29, 2017
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Farhan Akhtar informed stranded commuters that volunteers are available at certain places of the city and that all gurudwaras are open for food and shelter. He also shared the phone numbers of those in charge.
Please RT. #mumbaiheroes pic.twitter.com/FaOHXB031Z
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) August 29, 2017
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Rannvijay Singha and Ashoke Pandit advised people to go a place in Bandra where food and water was made available.
Those stranded near Bandra,Khar,Santacruz,Sea link can go to Trupti Bandra at linking road near Amarsons,Food/water available #mumbairains
— Rannvijay singha (@RannvijaySingha) August 29, 2017
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Those stranded in Bandra can move towards Trupti Bandra * at linking rd near Amarsons Food and tea hv been made available.#MumbaiRains
— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) August 29, 2017
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Most of the film events were cancelled, except for two – launch of the song ‘Tere Bina’ from Haseena Parkar by Shraddha Kapoor, Siddhanth Kapoor, Ankur Bhatia and Apoorva Lakhia, and the immersion of Vivek Oberoi’s Ganesh idol. The Kapoor siblings gave a lift to four mediapersons who were stuck after reaching the venue – Twitter’s Mumbai office in Santacruz. Shraddha and Siddhanth Kapoor gave them a lift till Juhu. Though it was barely a few kilometres, it took them an hour to reach.
Vivek Oberoi, on the other hand, opened his residence to around 18-20 photographers who were present at Juhu Beach to cover his visarjan and the other celebrations by the sea. The photographers were pleasantly surprised as Vivek and his father Suresh Oberoi served them piping hot food and also made other arrangements.
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RL Grime is back with new music for the first time since dropping his sophomore album NOVA last year. The new track with graves, “Arcus,” is also the first release out on RL’s fresh new imprint, Sable Valley Records.
“Arcus” isn’t a particularly complex track, but it’s wildly beautiful. Swelling melodies and harmonies characterize the track, which for the most part is pretty understated. The drop is a flurry of synths and sounds, with pounding drums and an addictive vocal sample, all of which only add to the inherent emotion found in the track.
Who would have thought that in 2019 some of the best future bass would be from the guy that made “Core”…
Check out “Arcus” from RL Grime and graves below, out now on Sable Valley.
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An article about open houses was recently published by the US blog reference Inman News. This practice is widely used in English-speaking countries where all potential customers visit at the same time a property to sell in order to shorten the time of sale, generating interest among buyers and give them the impression that they are not the only ones interested. This technique is almost non-existent in Europe, some agents have recourse because of the many ask visits but this is rare and only concerns the rental. Getting back to the article, it puts forward four expert advice to improve the quality of open house visits:
– Show your knowledge of the area
– Invite the neighbors
– Be prepared almost “too” prepared
– Complete the drinks fridge
These ideas are interesting but clean enough to the American context. We could inspire us to improve our individual visits to Europe, which are sometimes a little too “light” for the presentation of goods and the level of information transmitted. Buyers are now very aware, so we must redouble our efforts to satisfy customers today. To do so, here are our four tips to score customers mind and ensure to make a sale:
1: SHOW YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA
In Europe, you would not go so far as to make a video about the neighborhood or offer chocolate bread bought at the bakery of the corner, it would even be misunderstood. By cons, everyone asks himself vis-à-vis the localization issues. Therefore, it may be convenient to discuss the topic, prepare a map of a good quality (minimum A4) on which would be placed:
The property for sale
Access to public transportation
schools
business
Other points of interest such as recreation
In parallel, you might even have a tablet on a table with the Google Map application opened with the address of the property. This would allow visitors to make their own research on time to ask you questions and you answer them by removing certain bottlenecks. WARNING: Make sure to get the codes of the owner of the Internet connection! If there is no connection for any reason; use your 3G connection or planning a paper plane.
2: TELL NEIGHBOURS ABOUT THE VISIT
Much of buyers already living in the neighborhood for property for sale. It is adjacent to rent or seeking to expand or whose needs have evolved over time. The neighbors therefore a target should not be neglected. Further to our article on real estate advertising flyers please prepare a flyer upstream from the sale of the property and distribute it at the beginning of the sale 150-200 nearest neighbors. The ERA real estate network in Belgium has such a special mailing called “Magic” to alert the neighbors of the sale of a neighboring house. How to distribute this tract? In almost unanimously reflex will drop it in a mailbox but take the time to do this distribution yourself at least a few key people. You will be surprised that you will get back on the history of the item for sale on potential interested persons, etc.
Another idea similar to the agents who have a residents emails files, they can send an e-mailing announcing the sale. Must of course remain careful not to spam your contacts but assayed; it can be an effective way to inform a sale in the area and hope that this e-mailing or transferred to other people. Neighbors are always curious about life in the neighborhood, so it is very likely that these flyers or e-mails are well accepted.
3: BE VERY WELL PREPARED
Come well prepared for a visit, basically you never know what can be discovered on the property to sell at the time of a visit. Go ahead check that everything is in order, open all components to make the bright place, ventilate if necessary, etc. To be sure not to forget anything, prepare a “visits kit for the realtor” in which you put your list of items to check, a meter measuring the flyers you have prepared, tablet, some household products (if the scene were soiled during a visit to welcome the following clients), toilet paper (always useful if the property sold is empty), etc.
4: PROVIDE A LITTLE ATTENTION
In the US, we could propose a drink and cookies. In other countries, buyers have the impression of being “bought”. For plan against some little touches that will make pleasant visit:
Coats: make sure that the doors coats are free to ask the coats visitors or there is a convenient place to do it.
Strollers: again if visitors come stroller, they must be allowed to drop easily from the start to avoid saying on arrival “This place is really not practical …”.
Traffic: visits are usually made with the agent and the buyer’s side 1-2 people or more times. You may find yourself quickly to be a small group and the traffic can be a bit tricky in places.
So plan to identify the areas of movement because the size of a dwelling is a subjective perception all, you only have to walk around furniture to move in a large space to feel that the space is small. You can be only advise to follow some rules of Home Staging to optimize the item for sale.
Refresh if the visit takes place in the summer without offering a glass of champagne, offering a cool drink of water can be a very good starting point for a visit. So remember to put the expenses a jug of water that is a nice and clean design.
Finally, be a good real estate agents as you know to be, that is to say, attentive and tuned to capture the needs of your buyers and therefore best meet their expectations. What other advice relative pros visits do you have to share to other real estate agents?
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Dogs are almost identical to humans. You share many commonalities with your dog. One of the most notable is that you’re both going to age. When that happens, you’re going to experience some of the same problems. You may begin experiencing joint pains and aches. This can decrease your mobility and make it difficult for you to maintain optimum quality of life. Your dog may very well go through the same thing. The good news is that you can take steps to protect your dogs. By reading Extend pets reviews, you will discover that some joint care products can help. What is Extend for dogs all about and what benefits will it provide? You’ll find out below.
What Is Extend Joint Care For Dogs And How Does It Work?
First and foremost, you should learn a little more about the Extend Nutritional Supplement for dogs. This product is nothing more than a supplement. You’ve probably used supplements for your own health at some point. Well, there are dog supplements as well. Extend is designed to provide the pooch with the nutrients needed to keep their joints healthy and active. The product contains glucosamine, MSM and ascorbic acid. This combination will help lubricate the joints while eliminating those aches and pains. This can help your dog maintain the highest quality of life possible.
This product also includes type II chicken collagen. This helps to ensure that your dog will be able to maintain healthy articular cartilage. Giving your dog Extend couldn’t be easier. After all, it is available in powder form. All you have to do is add the powder to your dog’s food and you’ll be good to go.
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Health Benefits Of Extend Joint Care
Like humans, dogs sometimes need supplements to keep their joints healthy. As dogs age, the synovial fluid responsible for lubricating their joints decreases, resulting in pain and poor range of motion.
Another common aging problem linked to decreased levels of glucosamine is poor mobility. This is where Extend Joint Care comes into play, as it contains a natural compound found in the body known as glucosamine. This very important compound helps improve the health of cartilage, a cushioning tissue located between the joints and bones. Like humans, dogs can develop arthritis when they get older.
A previous study, known as GAIT, which stands for Glucosamine/Chondroitin Arthritis Intervention Trial, revealed that when glucosamine is combined with chondroitin sulfate, pain associated with knee osteoarthritis is reduced significantly.
Joint Repair
Vitamin C plays a major role in healthy bone development. However, a 2008 study revealed that it could also help decrease bone loss in elderly men. According to a researcher at Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center and senior author of the study, vitamin C affects the bone density in men. The study also focused on women, but no effects on the bone density in the female participants were revealed.
As an “antioxidant vitamin”, vitamin C has the capability of decreasing oxidative stress, which has shown to negatively affect human cells. This basically means that vitamin C can fight against inflammation that causes bone resorption.
While it is unclear whether vitamin C will offer the same effects for dogs, it never hurts to add a supplement to their daily diet. Each serving of Extend Joint Care contains 10 milligrams of vitamin C, which will slow this resorption and prevent further damage to your dog’s bone, cartilage and joints.
Improves Range Of Motion
Most aging dogs exhibit a poor range of motion, which is associated with deteriorating joints and other tissue. While this is just a normal part of the aging process, it is possible to slow the progress of the deterioration. The solution is no other than Extend Joint Care.
Rebuilds Articular Cartilage
Articular cartilage is absolutely essential to your dog’s mobility. This white cartilage is a smooth tissue, which is found on the ends of the bones in the joints. This type of cartilage is responsible for ensuring that the bones are able to glide over each other smoothly and with as little friction as humanly possible. As your dog begins to age, the articular cartilage will shrink to some degree. Extend can help. The ingredients found in this product are capable of rebuilding articular cartilage. In return, this can help your dog move easier and without any pain.
Anti-Inflammatory
Since Extend contains glucosamine, this supplement possesses powerful anti-inflammatory properties. This is very important for a dog that is suffering from stiff, tight muscles. That stiffness is often caused by inflammation. By using Extend, your dog will be able to reduce the swelling. This can help to increase their mobility and dull their pain to some degree.
Greatly Improving Mobility
Whether your four-legged friend is an old dog or a young pup, there is nothing worse than watching him limp around with mobility problems. Maybe he is just old with joint pain or maybe he is suffering from some type of joint disease. Whatever the situation is, dogs are known for running, playing ball, and just having an all-around good time. Well, if you want to get your pet back to that state this is where Extend Joint Care can come in handy.
As you have already seen, this product comes along with a lot of benefits, but perhaps the biggest benefit is the improved mobility. Since the product contains natural anti-inflammatory properties and joint lubricant, it can work wonders on the joints. Not only will your dog seem less stiff than he normally is, but there is a good chance that he might be back and play like his old self again.
No Negative Side Effects
While there are a lot of medications available on the market that can assist with joint pain, many of them come along with negative unwanted side effects. Sure, you want to see your dog move around better with improved mobility, but you don’t want to see in puking or feeling down in the process. When it comes to Extend Joint Care, there has not been any reported negative side effects when administering this supplement. Some pet owners have said that their dogs experienced upset stomachs for the first few days of treatment, but this went away after the dog got used to it.
Improving The Immune System
Your dog’s immune system is without a doubt his most valuable tool when it comes to fighting off diseases and infections. In fact, it is also the human’s most valuable tool as well. This is why it is always imperative to ensure that your dog’s immune system is working in top condition and Extend Joint Care can help with this.
List Of Ingredients And What They Do
To better understand the perks of Extend Joint Care, you should learn more about the product’s active ingredients. The Extend Dog Supplement will provide your dog with glucosamine HCI and MSM or Methyl Sulfonyl Methane. The product also contains ascorbic acid. These ingredients will be explored in greater depth below.
Glucosamine
The body contains glucosamine naturally. It is also available in supplement form. It works similarly for humans and canines. This chemical is responsible for maintaining the health of the cartilage, which is the tissue that cushions the bones at the joints. As your dog gets older, the levels of glucosamine in your dog’s body will drop. It is believed that taking glucosamine supplements can help offset this problem.
MSM
MSM or methyl sulfonyl methane offers a wealth of benefits. It is great for joint problems, but it is also capable of boosting the immune system, fighting off free radicals and supporting proper intestinal functions. MSM is available in supplement form and you can buy it as a lotion. MSM can help repair joints, ligaments and tendons. It can also help form connective tissue. MSM is a good choice for alleviating inflamed and painful joints.
Ascorbic Acid
Ascorbic acid is nothing more than Vitamin C. Vitamin C is very important, because it can help maintain connective tissue. If your dog is experiencing mobility issues, there is a good possibility that vitamin C will be able to help to some degree.
Type II Chicken Collagen
The Extend Supplement also contains Type II chicken collagen. This is a great addition, because it is a vital building block for guaranteeing that the dog’s articular cartilage is healthy.
Extend Joint Care Dosage For Dogs
Extend Joint Care is an amazing product that was specifically designed to ensure the safety of your dog’s joints and help fight aging. While it is not known for producing any unwanted side effects and it was designed for dogs of all sizes, you still need to know how to properly dose your dog. One package will contain thirty tubes within a plastic jar. As far as dosing goes, all you have to do is sprinkle one packet over your dog’s food once a day. Extend Joint Care will work with dry or mixed day food. You can just pour it straight over your dog’s food or you can mix it with water and pour it on your dog’s food.
Whatever the situation is, you probably know your dog better than anyone and know what he or she likes best. Keep in mind that larger dogs over eighty pounds have shown better results with one whole tube, while dogs under eight pounds have shown improved results with just half a tube. Results should start to show up within four to six weeks after administering the first treatment. At the end of the day, Extend is 100% proven safe and effective, so whatever dose you give your pet you don’t have to worry about negative side effects.
How Can I Tell That My Dog Needs Extend Joint Care?
When it comes down to it, many dogs will not need the Extend Dog Supplement. You need to be proactive to determine when your pooch needs to begin taking it. You should start paying very close attention to your dog and his or her behavior. Have you noticed that your dog is a little stiffer than normal? This can be a sign that they’re experiencing stiff joints. You should also consider the dog’s age. When your dog gets older, the levels of glucosamine in his or her body will drop significantly. This can cause many mobility issues. Once your dog becomes a senior, you should definitely think about giving them Extend.
It is also a good idea to monitor your dog’s activity level. Have they suddenly become lethargic? There is a chance that this has something to do with their joints. Giving the dog Extend may help. When experiencing joint issues, many dogs will move awkwardly. They will also refuse to jump up and down the stairs. In some cases, you may actually notice swelling or inflammation around the joints. Some dogs will also develop a bad temper.
Strange movements
Stiffness
Trouble standing
Won’t climb stairs
Inflammation near the joints
Has developed a bad temper
Again, keep an eye on your dog and monitor their activity level. If you notice anything out of the ordinary, you should definitely consult with your vet. If your dog is indeed suffering from joint problems, you should ask your vet about Extend Joint Care for dogs. It could make a huge difference in the long run.
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“Produce the FIR copy or issue an unconditional apology!” – Aditya Pancholi hits back at Kangana Ranaut
Aditya Pancholi is emotionally distraught today. The stress of the last few days, Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel’s tirade against the actor and his family has finally caught up with him, leaving him feeling shaken and extremely upset. The actor is devoted to his family. His son Sooraj deleted his Twitter account and the family has been hounded on social media after the allegations the actress made against on Aap Ki Adalat and Barkha Dutt’s The Town Hall TV shows. Today Pancholi talks to Bollywood Hungama but breaks down twice and starts sobbing while talking about his children.
When we ask him why is he so upset, Aditya Pancholi replies, “I am not angry with Kangana but I feel so sorry for this lovely actress. People should take a lesson on what not to do from her. You can’t treat the film industry so badly – a place which has given you your bread and butter! We are one big family and I have been in the film industry for 33 years, my wife Zarina has been here for 40 years and Rakesh Roshanji has been here for 50 years. He’s a pioneer in filmmaking and a legend. My wife has worked with Rakeshji in two films and worked with Hrithik Roshan in Agneepath where she played his mother and she tells me that both of them are gem of persons and real gentlemen. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t. There are so many relationships that don’t work out but you move on. I am talking about what she’s said on these two shows. The onus is on her to prove that what she’s said is right.”
Aditya Pancholi feels that the actress should not talk against Bollywood, from where she earns her bread and butter. “You can’t be so ungrateful and talk such rubbish against it! Do you know what her biggest problem is and where she went wrong? The moment she started speaking good English! It brought her down. She said about me, ‘My mentor became my tormentor’… Just because you have learned English you can’t talk like that. It’s going against you. Angrezi naam ki kulhari apne naam pe, haath mein le rakhi hai. What is she talking about nepotism? Kasam se, I didn’t know the meaning of it before. Kahan nahi chalta hai? Rishi Kapoorji has also spoken about his father and grandfather’s times. Baap apne bachche ke liye nahi karega toh kaun karega? She said Hrithik Roshan is a 43-year-old taking his father’s help. Arre 43 ho ya 83 years, baap baap hota hai! It’s a parental feeling – a love, a bond that parents share with their children. Tomorrow if Kangana ever gets married and she has children and they want to enter the film industry, will she not support them? Or will she say – no join the circus? This is not done! Enough is enough. Don’t play the women card, Kangana. My wife, sister, daughter, mother are all women. There are nice women like Zarina, some women like Kangana and there was a woman called Surpanakha, jiski Lakshman ji ne naak kaati. She was a woman also but Lakshman ji cut off her nose kyun ki woh dusht aurat thi. Aap aurat hone ka fayda uthao, najayaz fayda mat uthao. Aur jis ne tumhe pana di hai, usske khilaaf mat baat karo (don’t talk against those who have given you shelter and protected you).”
Talking a deep breath, Aditya Pancholi adds, “I am talking about facts. When you are saying my daughter Sana is younger than you (Kangana) – prove it! When you say I am your father’s age – prove it! When you say that your passport is made in 1986 prove and showcase other documents with it, like your birth certificate, school leaving certificate etc. to verify that the date on the passport is not manufactured or manipulated. I am talking legally. I am saying what she has said on the two nationally-televised shows – she should prove those allegations. Let’s talk about facts: you say you have filed an FIR in Versova police station, I say forget Versova – show the FIR copy from any police in Mumbai or India. You (Kangana Ranaut) may have lost it but it will be there in the police records. Police records mein toh hogi. Produce the FIR copy or issue an unconditional apology! Don’t rub me the wrong way because I know her better than her parents and her sister. Nobody was here when Kangana was alone in Mumbai!”
Watch this space for Part II of Aditya Pancholi’s reaction
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ssc chsl apply online 2018: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released a notification to conduct Computer Based Examination for the recruitment of Sub Inspector (SI) in Delhi Police, CAPFs, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) in CISF vacancies. Those Candidates who are Interested to the following vacancy and completed all Eligibility Criteria can read the Notification & Apply Online.
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SSC SI & ASI (Delhi Police, CAPF, CISF) Exam Eligibility Details: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF Examination Eligibility Details are given below….
Eligibility Conditions:
A. Nationality/ Citizenship: A candidate must be either :
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the 1st
January, 1962 with the intention of
permanently settling in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania ( Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar ), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
B. Age Limit: Candidates age limit should be between 20-25 years.
Note I: The upper age limit is relaxable for Central Government Civilian Employees as per extant Government order.
Age relaxation for different categories:
Code No.
Category
Age-Relaxation permissible beyond
the Upper age limit
1.
SC/ST
5 years
2.
OBC
3 years
3.
For Group „ B &C‟ posts
Ex.Servicemen (Unreserved/General)
03 years after deduction of the military
service rendered from the actual age as on
the closing date.
4.
For Group „B‟ posts
(i)Central Government Civilian
Employees who have rendered not less than 3 years regular and
continuous service as on Closing date
05 years.
5.
(ii) Central Government Civilian
Employees(SC/ST ) who have rendered not less
than 3 years regular and continuous service as on
Closing date
10(5+5) years.
6.
For ASI in CISF posts
(i) Central Govt. Civilian Employees
( General) who have rendered not less than 3
years regular and continuous service as on
Closing date
40 years
7.
(ii) Central Govt. Civilian Employees ( SC/ST) who have rendered not less than 3 years regular
and continuous service as on Closing date
45 years
8.
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in
the State of Jammu & Kashmir ( Unreserved )
5 years
9.
ForGroup “C”PostWidows / Divorced Women / Women judicially
separated and who are not remarried ( Unreserved )
Up to 35 years of age
10.
Widows / Divorced Women / Women
judicially separated and who are not remarried( SC/ST )
Up to 40 years of age
11.
Departmental Male Candidates for Delhi
Police only
(i)Departmental Candidates (Unreserved) who
have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and
continuous service as on closing date.
Upto 30 years
12.
(ii) Departmental Candidates (OBC) who have
rendered not less than 3years of regular and
continuous service as on closing date
Upto 33 years
13.
(iii) Departmental Candidates (SC/ST)) who
have rendered not less than 3 years of regular and
continuous service as on closing date.
Upto 35 years
C.Essential Qualifications:
A. Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university or equivalent.
B. For the post of Sub Inspector in Delhi Police only:- Male candidates must possess and also carry a valid Driving License for LMV(Motor cycle and Car) on the date fixed for Physical Endurance and Standard Tests. Otherwise they will not be allowed to undergo Physical Endurance and Standard Tests.
D. Physical Standards:
Category of candidates
Height
(in cms)
Chest (in cms) Unexpanded
Chest (in cms) Expanded
(i) For male candidates only
General
170
80
85
For candidates belonging to Hill areas of
Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh,
Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir
Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K,
North-Eastern States and Sikkim
165
80
85
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled
Tribes
162.5
77
82
(ii) For Female candidates only
General
157
–
–
For candidates belonging to Hill areas of
Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh,
Gorkhas, Dogras, Marathas, Kashmir
Valley, Leh & Ladakh regions of J&K,
North-Eastern States and Sikkim
155
–
–
For all candidates belonging to Scheduled
Tribes
154
–
–
Note:
1. There shall be no minimum requirement of chest measurement for Female candidates.
2. Relaxation in height and chest ( as the case may be ) as mentioned above will be permissible only on production of certificate in the proforma as prescribed
I. Weight: Corresponding to height for all posts.
E. Medical standard (For all posts):
Eye sight:
i. The minimum distant vision should be 6/6 and 6/9 of two eyes without correction i.e.without wearing of glasses.
ii. The candidate must not have knock knee, flat foot, varicose vein or squint in eyes and they should
possess high colour vision.
iii. They must be in good mental and bodily health and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the duties.
SSC SI & ASI Exam Selection Process
SSC SI & ASI (Delhi Police, CAPF, CISF) Exam Selection Process: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF Examination’s selection process details are given below….
Selection Procedure: Examination will consists of Written examination and Physical Efficiency Test, Personality test and Medical Examination.
A. Written Examination: Written examination will consists of two papers each paper will have 200 questions and alloted for 200 Marks in the duration of Two Hours. Questions in both papers will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type. Questions will be set in Hindi and English in Parts A, B and C of Paper I. In case of discrepancy, the English version will prevail. There will be negative mark of 0.25 marks will be made for each incorrect answer. Marks received in Paper-I will be used to screen the candidates for appearing for PET/ Medical Examination.
Note-I: The Commission shall have the discretion to fix different minimum qualifying standards in each part of Paper I taking into consideration among others, category-wise vacancies and category-wise number of candidates. Only those candidates, who have scored above the cut off marks fixed by the Commission in Paper I would be required to appear in the Physical Endurance Test/Medical examination.
B. Physical Endurance Test (PET): Candidates will have to undergo PET / Medical Examination. Only those candidates who secure qualifying marks in Paper I of the written examination, as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, will be shortlisted for Physical Endurance Test (PET)/ PST and medical test. Paper-II of shortlisted candidates who qualify in PST/PET will only be evaluated.
Note: Candidates shortlisted for PET/Medical Examination on the basis of their performance in Paper-I will only be called for Paper-II. Paper-II of only such candidates who qualify in PST/PET will be evaluated.
C. Medical Examination: All the candidates who qualify in the PET will be medically examined by the Medical Officer of the CAPFs or any other Medical Officer or Assistant Surgeon belonging to Grade I of any Central/State Govt. Hospital or Dispensary. Those who are found fit in the medical examination and qualify in the written examination also will be required to appear in the Interview(Personality Test) of 100 marks.
After the written Examination and the Interview /personality test, the Commission will draw up an All India Merit List and, in that order, as many candidates as are found by the Commission to have qualified in the Examination shall be recommended for appointment upto the number of unreserved vacancies available taking into consideration their options for the posts included in the examination. The Commission will recommend the candidates in the Merit List on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written examination and interview/personality test.
Finally selected candidates for the posts of Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspector would, as part of training curriculum, have to pass seven obstacle events as mentioned below, failing which they may not be retained in the Force:
i) Jumping over the Vertical Board;
ii) Holding the rope on jumping from the Board.
iii) Tarzan Swing;
iv) Jumping on the Horizontal Board;
v) Parallel Rope;
vi) Monkey Crawl;
vii) Vertical Rope
SSC SI & ASI Exam Pattern
SSC SI & ASI (Delhi Police, CAPF, CISF) Exam Pattern: Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF Examination Pattern and scheme of examination are given below….
Scheme of Examination:
A. Written Examination: Written examination will consists of two papers each paper is alloted for 200 marks in the duration of Two hours. Questions in both papers will be of Objective Multiple Choice Type. Questions will be set in Hindi and English in Parts A, B and C of Paper I. In case of discrepancy, the English version will prevail.
Paper-I:
Subject
Number of
Questions
Maximum
Marks
Duration/
Time Allowed
Part A
General Intelligence and Reasoning
50
50
Two Hours
Part B
General Knowledge and
General Awareness
50
50
Part C
Quantitative Aptitude
50
50
Part D
English Comprehension
50
50
Paper-II:
Subject
Maximum Marks /Questions
Duration and timing
English language
& Comprehension
200 marks/200 questions
Two Hours
(i). Deduction of 0.25 marks will be made for each incorrect answer marked on OMR Answer Sheet.
Note : I Candidates shortlisted for PET/Medical Examination on the basis of their performance in Paper-I will only be called for Paper-II. Paper-II of only such candidates who qualify in PST/PET will be evaluated.
B. Physical Endurance Test (PET):
Candidates will have to undergo PET/ Medical Examination. Only those candidates who secure qualifying marks in Paper I of the written examination, as may be fixed by the Commission at their discretion, will be shortlisted for Physical Endurance Test (PET)/ PST and Medical test.
Physical Efficiency(Endurance) Test(PET) ( For all posts) :
(i). For male candidates only:
a) 100 meters race in 16 seconds
b) 1.6 Kms race in 6.5 minutes
c) Long Jump : 3.65 metres in 3 chances
d) High Jump : 1.2 metres in 3 chances
e) Shot put (16 Lbs): 4.5 metres in 3 chances
(ii). For female candidates only:
a) 100 metres race in 18 seconds
b) 800 metres race in 4 minutes
c) Long Jump: 2.7 metres (9 feet) in 3 chances.
d) High Jump : 0.9 metres (3 feet) in 3 chances.
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Court terms Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Chammak Challo’ as derogatory; Vishal Dadlani reacts
Back in 2011, the Shah Rukh Khan film Ra.One hit screens, but what became an instant hit was the track ‘Chammak Challo’ that featured Kareena Kapoor Khan. However, in a recent ruling, a Thane court presided by Judicial Magistrate RT Ingale has ruled that the usage of the term ‘Chammak Challo’ amounts to “insulting a woman’s modesty”. This ruling came after a woman had moved the court on January 9, 2009 when while returning from her morning walk with her husband, she stumbled on a garbage bin which the accused had kept on the staircase. In her accusation, the woman alleged that the accused yelled at the couple, and, also called her a “chammak chhallo”.
While the Thane court upheld her case, saying the accused had indeed committed an offence under section 509 of IPC (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), Vishal Dadlani who penned the 2011 track ‘Chammak Challo’ for the Shah Rukh Khan film Ra.One commented, “No one should harass anyone and I hope the lady who has been troubles is all right and that she follows through with prosecuting this chap. Well, in the case of our song in Ra.One, it was a husband, singing to his wife. She was dancing with him, and also sang along. Where mutual, consensual, and within a relationship, surely a little playful teasing is permitted? Although given our current political scenario, perhaps I should apologise now, before some lunatic files an FIR. I’m deeply sorry if anyone was offended in 2011, and waited this long to realise it.”
Lyricist Manoj Muntashir who has written some of the most aesthetic lines in recent times feels there is nothing wrong with calling a woman ‘Chammak Challo’. “To my understanding, there’s nothing offensive about calling a women ‘Chammak Challo’. It’s a harmlessly mischievous way to praise a woman’s looks. I have not met one girl in my life who feels demeaned about being called ‘Chammak Challo’,” opines Muntashir.
He feels, more than the words, it’s the intention behind them that makes all the difference. “Offence lies in the undertone and the way they are being said. If spoken with a certain disgrace, a neutral world like ‘jawani’ sounds uncomfortable. Besides, if ‘Chammak Challo’ is indecent, what about ‘Katto Gilahri’, ‘Patakha’ and ‘Sexy’…??? Are these going to be next in the line of ban?”
Muntashir feels we are become a nation of protesters. “Can we please stop being offended by anything and everything? We are a nation where beauty and looks have been celebrated since ancient times. Millions of pages have been written to acknowledge female charm and most of them are a part of our esteemed literature. Can we ban ‘Padmawat’ where the killer looks of Rani Padmavati have been described in a very graphical fashion? Every period has its own idioms and phrases. Chammak Challo is today’s language. All said and done, I respect the court of law and accept their Verdict with utmost faith in the judiciary.”
Writer Juhi Trivedi who penned some of the most progressive screenplays in recent times including Vicky Donor and Piku says, “Yes ‘Chamak Challo’ can be offensive, depending on the context. So it’s important that people understand the subtle nuances of language…the use and misuse of the words. I accept and respect the court’s decision… however, if any person wishes to disrespect another, he will find some other word…language is a big ocean. Even if everyone is educated…no one will express in literary jargon in day today conversations… colloquial words and slangs will always be a part of our spoken language. Having said that, in an ideal society, no one should talk to each other in a derogatory manner… be it to a woman or a man. Sab achchi bhaasha ka prayog karien. Gandhiji ke teen bandar.”
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A Christian legal advocacy group asked the U.S. Supreme Court this week to rule that employers can legally discriminate against transgender people in the workplace.
If the Court decides to hear the case and then issues a bad ruling, it will have far-reaching consequences beyond employment law. It could bring about the decimation of civil rights for LGBTQ people in this country.
The case itself, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC, is fairly straightforward. Thomas Rost, the owner of Harris Funeral Homes, fired Aimee Stephens, a transgender woman, when Stephens told Rost that she would be presenting as a woman at work. Stephens filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)—the federal agency charged with investigating and litigating employment discrimination cases—and after an investigation, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against the funeral home on Stephens’ behalf. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in her favor. Now, if the Supreme Court decides to take the case, it will decide whether or not Title VII’s ban on employment discrimination covers transgender people. Sounds simple enough.
But the case isn’t simple. It’s a way for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)—which the Southern Poverty Law Center has called a hate group because the firm spreads ludicrous conspiracy theories about a vast “homosexual agenda”—to turn its anti-LGBTQ fantasies into a reality. ADF’s lawyers have turned the weaponization of religion into a cottage industry. Their goal is to strip LGBTQ people of their civil rights by prioritizing religion over their humanity.
One strategy ADF is using is to target federal civil rights laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2012, the EEOC decided in a case called Macy v. Holder to fold transgender people into the protections offered by Title VII when it ruled that Title VII prohibits discrimination not just “because of sex,” but also on the basis of gender identity.
The decision wasn’t a leap. In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins that Title VII’s ban on discrimination “because of sex” applies not just to biological sex, but also to gender stereotyping—discrimination based on someone failing to act and appear according to expectations defined by gender.
Legally, it follows, then, that transgender people aren’t conforming to arbitrary societal standards about how people assigned male or female at birth are supposed to look and behave. That’s what Judge Karen Nelson Moore essentially wrote in her opinion for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals backing Stephens: “[A]n employer cannot discriminate on the basis of transgender status without imposing its stereotypical notions of how sexual organs and gender identity ought to align,” she wrote.
Certainly, when Congress passed Title VII in 1964, it was not contemplating gender identity discrimination. But that doesn’t matter. As a wise man once said, “Statutory prohibitions often go beyond the principal evil to cover reasonably comparable evils, and it is ultimately the provisions of our laws rather than the principal concerns of our legislators by which we are governed.”
That’s Justice Antonin Scalia writing the majority opinion in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, a case involving male-on-male sexual harassment. Scalia noted that “male-on-male sexual harassment in the workplace was assuredly not the principal evil Congress was concerned with when it enacted Title VII.”
Almost assuredly, neither was discrimination against a transgender employee. But that doesn’t mean firing them is not a “principal evil” prime for redress under Title VII. Still, ADF insists that Rost had the legal right to fire Aimee Stephens because she is trans.
What’s even worse is that ADF is also pressing the argument that forcing Rost to employ trans people is a burden on his religious beliefs and a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Rost says that he interprets the Bible as teaching that sex is immutable and that it “would be violating God’s commands” if a transgender woman presented as a woman while representing the company.
RFRA bars the government from substantially burdening a religiously held belief. So it’s a pretty neat trick to claim that the very existence of an entire group of people is “against your religion” and that to employ them would violate your religious conscience to such a degree that you would be forced to shut down your business. (That’s what Rost actually claimed.)
ADF is trying to couch bigotry against transgender people as a religious belief and is asking the Supreme Court to sign off on it. The Sixth Circuit balked at ADF’s efforts. But a Supreme Court with Brett Kavanaugh on the bench may not.
And if people have a religious right to discriminate against transgender people, you can be damn sure they have a religious right to discriminate against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and basically anyone who isn’t a cisgender heterosexual male.
But, you may be wondering: The EEOC is a federal agency. And if that agency says that Title VII bars discrimination on the basis of gender identity, then that should be the end of the discussion, shouldn’t it?
Well it is—for now. Under current law, a court must defer to the EEOC’s interpretation of its own regulations. That’s because of something called Auer deference, from the 1997 case Auer v. Robbins. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that federal agencies are entitled to interpret their own regulations as they see fit, as long as their interpretation isn’t erroneous and doesn’t conflict with the plain language of the statute or regulation.
This has been good news for transgender people over the last several years. The EEOC has interpreted Title VII to include trans people. The Department of Education (DOE) has done the same when it comes to Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, which prohibits discrimination under any education program or activity that receives federal funding; the DOE under the Obama administration required schools that receive federal funding to guarantee transgender students access to the appropriate restrooms and facilities.
Unfortunately, an even more conservative Court (which the Supreme Court will be once Justice Anthony Kennedy is replaced) is not likely to rule in favor of trans or gay people. That’s because the court is unlikely to accept the EEOC’s interpretation of Title VII. Conservatives on the Court have been gunning for Auer deference, looking for an opportunity to end judicial deference to agency interpretation. This case might present that very opportunity. Should the Court opt to hear the case during the upcoming term and decide to stop deferring to the EEOC’s interpretation, that means trans people will no longer have any federal protection from discrimination in the workplace. This could, in turn, undercut the power of all other federal agencies to interpret their own regulations.
And should a conservative Court take it a step further and agree that people have a religious right to discriminate under RFRA—after all, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals already granted that right to bigots in Mississippi and the Supreme Court let that decision stand by refusing to grant certiorari—we can look forward to religion being weaponized against people disfavored by evangelicals in ways I shudder to imagine.
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Whether you intend to sell your home in the near future or stay put for the long haul, house improvements can increase the value of your property. But if you shudder at the thought of wasting your time on labor-intensive projects that may or may not add equity, you’re not alone.
Luckily, you don’t have to spend your entire savings—and every weekend from here to eternity—to keep your house up to date. We found a slew of smart projects that are relatively simple, will cost you no more than $500, and will be catnip to future buyers—or just make your everyday life a bit brighter.
Before you begin your house improvements…
We’ll offer this pre-project tip that will make your life a lot easier: declutter.
“A common problem I see when I initially start working with a client is too much stuff that is not being used,” says Tracie Stoll, a DIYer, designer, and decorator who blogs at CleverlyInspired.com. “Declutter first—and in many cases, you can sell those extra items to make money to tackle home improvement projects.”
Now let’s get to the projects!
Make a splash in the bathroom
The bathroom is one of the most visited rooms in your home, and just a few changes can make it one of the most functional and stylish rooms as well. Simple touch-ups like regrouting and recaulking can instantly make the room look cleaner and newer.
Also, swapping out inefficient toilets, faucets, and shower heads for products that aid in water conservation can make a big difference. A low-flush toilet uses 20% less water than a standard toilet, and water-saving shower heads can help families save almost 3,000 gallons of water a year.
“Touchless water faucets are all the rage right now, especially if you have kids,” says remodeler and licensed contractor Mark Clement of MyFixItUpLife. “Touchless faucets are clean and easy, and there are literally thousands of fixture choices, including stainless steel, brushed nickel, chrome, and bronze.”
Just be sure to keep your fixture finishes consistent throughout the bathroom.
Create style underfoot
While updating your flooring is typically seen as an expensive project, it doesn’t have to be.
“If the carpet has seen better days, pull it up to see what is underneath,” says Stoll. “If it is concrete, that surface can be cleaned up and painted. Throw an inexpensive area rug down, and the room will be updated immediately.”
Tiling is another budget-friendly flooring update for your kitchen or bathroom.
“Porcelain and stone are very inexpensive,” says Alan Zielinski, owner and president of Better Kitchens in Niles, IL, who adds that linoleum floors are also very cost-effective, and come in several styles.
“[Porcelain] tiles are very strong, and they can mimic the look of stone and wood,” says Judy Mozen, designer and president of Homecrafted Homes in Atlanta.
Beware: Tearing out an existing floor can add significant labor costs, so if it’s at all possible, lay the new flooring on top of the existing one.
Customize your cabinets
Another inexpensive bathroom and kitchen update to tackle? Fix those cabinets. If they’re in good shape, you can simply clean, sand, and paint them.
“This is also an opportunity to provide a pop of color in the bathroom,” says Clement.
So, what color should you paint them?
“White is a popular color because it is clean, and it looks good with any style,” says Mozen. Black is another popular cabinet color.
Mozen advises homeowners to weigh the condition of the cabinet’s interior area. “If there’s water damage, it’s not worth it to repaint them—that’s like polishing an old shoe,” she says.
Both Clement and Mozen say that sometimes it may be just as cost-effective to purchase new stock cabinets from a big-box store such as Lowe’s or Home Depot.
You can also update your cabinets by simply replacing the hardware. New knobs, handles, and pulls in the kitchen and bathroom will make a huge difference.
Add architectural details
You can use wainscoting, shiplap, and crown molding to add craftsmanship to your home.
“I love wainscoting,” says Clement. “It takes a two-dimensional drywall surface and immediately makes it feel homey. And there are a lot of wainscoting choices ranging from wood to PVC.”
However, Clement warns against using trims made from medium-density fiberboard in a room with a lot of moisture, because this material cannot withstand water and will mold.
“Adding crown moldings to the ceiling of various rooms or adding shoe moldings to the floor is a great way to dress rooms up without major additions,” says Allen Shayanfekr, CEO and co-founder of Sharestates, a real estate investment company that focuses on fix-and-flip properties. “Working with a trim carpenter to have these added can do a lot aesthetically for the appearance of rooms and the overall value of a home.”
Light it up
Lighting is another way to update your home without spending a fortune.
“Adding inexpensive new lighting fixtures in areas with a lot of visibility in the house can have a large impact on a home’s value,” says Shayanfekr. “Adding a few sconces and possibly an inexpensive chandelier—something around the $300 price point—can make a huge difference in a hallway, living room, or kitchen,” he says.
Create the perfect palette
Perhaps the easiest way to transform a room is with paint.
“I would say paint is the No. 1 room changer with very little expense,” Stoll says. “And don’t forget the trim; that is the icing on the cake.”
The beauty of paint is that you can use it to update practically anything. You can paint the interior or the exterior of the home. You can paint the walls, the cabinets, and other furniture.
Stoll even recommends spray-painting your lamps and then buying new lampshades. On the outside, you can paint the front door and paint or stain your deck or wood fence. You can paint your outdoor furniture and, depending on the material, you can even paint your garage doors.
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“Trading Spaces” is back! Yup, the TLC home makeover show that got the whole genre rolling has returned.
The show, which first aired from 2000 to 2008, has brought back our favorite host, Paige Davis, as well as carpenters Carter Oosterhouse and Ty Pennington to pitch in on the same nail-biting premise as the original: Over the course of three days, with a budget of $2,000 apiece, two neighbors redecorate a room in each other’s homes, then show off the results (which are met with a range of reactions from delight to tears of, um, surprise).
And the Season 9 premiere, set in Simi Valley, north of Los Angeles, does not disappoint. Titled, appropriately enough, “Not Our First Rodeo,” the episode finds Melissa and her husband, Keith, tasked with making over the master bedroom of Melissa’s sister Michelle and her husband, Ryan. Meanwhile, Michelle and Ryan must overhaul Melissa and Keith’s guest bedroom. Oh, and home designers Hildi Santo Tomas and Doug Wilson pitch in with ideas this episode, too.
Since this one’s all in the family, does that mean that these two sisters already have a handle on each other’s tastes? In finding out, we learn a ton that can be applied (or not) to our own homes, too.
Check out the pearls of wisdom we gleaned watching the redux of this hit show.
Don’t overdo a theme
Before: a bland “gray and grayer” master bedroom
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Since Michelle and Ryan’s master bedroom has two shades, “gray and grayer,” according to Davis, Melissa and Keith decide to revamp the room with an island oasis theme. Wilson comes up with a design that merely suggests surf, sand, and palm trees without being overwhelming. Davis jokes that they want to “have a room that evokes the feeling of Hawaii, but doesn’t vomit the feeling.” Wilson gives it island touches like a colorful print of bamboo, green appliqué quilted pillows, and one small hula girl sitting on a shelf.
After: subtle hints of an island theme
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Make a guest room do double duty
Since Melissa and Keith’s guest bedroom room is occupied by guests for only a small percentage of the time, why not make it so the rest of the family can use the room when no one’s visiting? So reasons Santo Tomas as she instructs Pennington to build a Murphy bed, which can be folded up against the wall when not in use. On the bed’s underside, Santo Tomas creates an original painting by riding a bike through paint trays to serve as modern art at a reduced price tag.
Santo Tomas also decides that this guest bedroom will look much better with a bold print painted on the wall—and the ceiling! Michelle and Ryan do her bidding, but not without reservations (more on that later).
Before staining wood, prep it with a layer of water
When staining a wood dresser for Michelle and Ryan’s master bedroom, Oosterhouse first paints the wood with a coat of water, and then paints the stain over that. According to Davis, this step somehow “makes the stain pop.”
Make old chairs new again
Santo Tomas has found some fabulous Mid-Century Modern chairs in a thrift shop, but they’re upholstered in a faded raspberry-colored fabric that doesn’t fit the MCM theme of the guest room she’s designing. So she transforms the chairs with slipcovers in a cheery shade of lime green. Voila! What’s old is new again.
Recovered chairs and walls with a big, bold print
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How does this ‘trade’ turn out?
Well, Michelle and Ryan are thrilled with their made-over master bedroom.
“I’m impressed,” says Ryan.
“It’s a tropical paradise,” Michelle exclaims.
How about Melissa and Keith’s new guest bedroom, with its Murphy bed and wildly painted ceiling and walls?
“It’s very bold,” Melissa says, her eyes filling with tears. When asked by Davis whether those are tears of happiness or horror, Melissa says, “It’s gonna grow on me.”
Here’s to hoping that sisterly love can conquer all.
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from: Das Gesicht des Herzpatienten
My heart is by dejection, clay,
And by self-murder, red. From this red earth, O Father,
purge away All vicious tinctures, that new-fashioned
I may rise up from death, before I’m dead.
John Donne, from: Divine Poems
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Walking Project
Humans are not totally in charge of assigning significance and value to events that can be statistically measured. The worry is not wether the world will end, as in the old model of the dis-astron, but wether the end of the world is already happening, or wether it might already have taken place. A deep shuddering of temporality occurs. Furthermore, hyperobjectsseem to continue what Siegmund Freud considered the great humiliation of the human following Copernicus and Darwin, Jacques Derrida rightly adds Freud to the list of humiliators – after all, he displaces the human from the very center of psychic activity. But we might also add Marx, who displaces human social life with economic organization. And we could add Heidegger and Derrida himself who in related but subtly different waysdisplace the human from the center of meaning-making. We might further expand the list by bringing in Nietzsche and his lineage, which now runs through Deleuze and Guattarito Brassier: “Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon?” (Nietzsche) And in a different vein, we might add that OOO radically displaces the human by insisting that my being is not everything it’s cracked up to be – or rather that the being of a paper cup is as profound as mine.”
— Timothy Morton, Hyperobjects
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There are many competent roofing contractors out there and they can handle large and small projects. They service businesses and all kinds of residences such as townhouses, apartments, condos, and private homes. They can fix any type of roofing such as shingles, flat roofs, tile, and metal.Many roofing companies offer free consultations and estimates, so you should definitely take advantage of that. Meet with a few roofing specialists. Get answers to your questions and compare estimates until you find the best person for the job. Some roof repair companies offer same day repair services, so keep that in mind if you are shopping around. A roof is the most important part of a home or building, so you should get the problem fixed immediately. A poorly installed or damaged roof can cause excessive damage to a building, so find a contractor who can repair your roof quickly.
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Roof repairs are definitely specialized projects. Sometimes they be done by the handyman and homeowner. But qualified tradesmen will repair your roof quickly and thoroughly, so weigh this up if you are attempting the project yourself. Roofs protect you and the contents of your house from the weather, so repairs are vital.If you’re employing someone else to repair your roof for you, only use a licensed roofer that you can trust, and use them again if needed. Licensed roof contractors will mostly offer a guarantee, so look at this as a benefit and take it up because it does ensure that the repair job was done correctly.Roof DegenerationRoofs can degenerate quickly as the result of a storm, or over time due to general age related factors. Neglected roofs are most prone to bad storm damage.I view a lot of roofs and often see leaks that have come from mostly neglect, especially from rusted gutters which are full of leaves and have disconnected from the down-pipes and water going everywhere but where it should. This consequently breeds other problems which encroach on neighbours creating a domino effect. Its not uncommon to be treating one problem for two different households especially in close inner city communities. Its handy to be on a friendly basis with them! So, clean out gutters yourself or get in a roofer for a small price. While you’re at it, cut those overhanging branches. If roof problems still exist, be suspicious that the fall of the gutter is incorrect. Practicality and general knowledge of the laws of gravity are vital here!Some Types of Roof ProblemsAsbestos-cement is really an issue if it’s damaged so due vigilance is a must. For example do not remove any screws without safety wear and it’s probably best left to the roofer. Yet these roofs can be repaired quite successfully, which can be a relief if you are concerned about it. Skylights are a bit of a bother when they leak, which they do when left too long without maintenance and periodic applications of sealant. Our roofing company deals with these often and our best tip here is to use a good tradesman in the first place to install the skylight and ask them for advice on keeping them in the best condition. They too will eventually need replacing, but you will know when if you are on top of the repair. Broken tiles can be the result of stepping where you shouldn’t, and metal roofs can be dented if you don’t follow the screw line so my tip is if you want to fix it yourself, educate yourself on the structure of the roof by getting on the net or reading about the anatomy of the roof structure. Ridge capping covers the two faces of meeting tiles, and if this is loose it needs to be what is called “re-bedded and re-pointed”, again something to be conversant with if you have one of the most popular tiled roofs in Australia. This type of damage to tiled roofs can be hard to spot, but leaks will become apparent with a little bit of neglect. Tile, metal and slate are the most common types of roofing in Sydney, each with their own specific handlings. Metal roofs for new homes have become more in-vogue, due to their ease of maintenance and sleek looks. But they are not immune to repair and will have their own degree or wear and tear.Roof damage is inevitable as a roof is the most exposed part of a house and susceptible to some mighty elements that can come unexpectedly. So ideally build roof repairs into your budget with the rest of the house or even just have a plan worked out in case your roof is suddenly in need of repair.
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Roof repairs are definitely specialized projects. Sometimes they be done by the handyman and homeowner. But qualified tradesmen will repair your roof quickly and thoroughly, so weigh this up if you are attempting the project yourself. Roofs protect you and the contents of your house from the weather, so repairs are vital.If you’re employing someone else to repair your roof for you, only use a licensed roofer that you can trust, and use them again if needed. Licensed roof contractors will mostly offer a guarantee, so look at this as a benefit and take it up because it does ensure that the repair job was done correctly.Roof DegenerationRoofs can degenerate quickly as the result of a storm, or over time due to general age related factors. Neglected roofs are most prone to bad storm damage.I view a lot of roofs and often see leaks that have come from mostly neglect, especially from rusted gutters which are full of leaves and have disconnected from the down-pipes and water going everywhere but where it should. This consequently breeds other problems which encroach on neighbours creating a domino effect. Its not uncommon to be treating one problem for two different households especially in close inner city communities. Its handy to be on a friendly basis with them! So, clean out gutters yourself or get in a roofer for a small price. While you’re at it, cut those overhanging branches. If roof problems still exist, be suspicious that the fall of the gutter is incorrect. Practicality and general knowledge of the laws of gravity are vital here!Some Types of Roof ProblemsAsbestos-cement is really an issue if it’s damaged so due vigilance is a must. For example do not remove any screws without safety wear and it’s probably best left to the roofer. Yet these roofs can be repaired quite successfully, which can be a relief if you are concerned about it. Skylights are a bit of a bother when they leak, which they do when left too long without maintenance and periodic applications of sealant. Our roofing company deals with these often and our best tip here is to use a good tradesman in the first place to install the skylight and ask them for advice on keeping them in the best condition. They too will eventually need replacing, but you will know when if you are on top of the repair. Broken tiles can be the result of stepping where you shouldn’t, and metal roofs can be dented if you don’t follow the screw line so my tip is if you want to fix it yourself, educate yourself on the structure of the roof by getting on the net or reading about the anatomy of the roof structure. Ridge capping covers the two faces of meeting tiles, and if this is loose it needs to be what is called “re-bedded and re-pointed”, again something to be conversant with if you have one of the most popular tiled roofs in Australia. This type of damage to tiled roofs can be hard to spot, but leaks will become apparent with a little bit of neglect. Tile, metal and slate are the most common types of roofing in Sydney, each with their own specific handlings. Metal roofs for new homes have become more in-vogue, due to their ease of maintenance and sleek looks. But they are not immune to repair and will have their own degree or wear and tear.Roof damage is inevitable as a roof is the most exposed part of a house and susceptible to some mighty elements that can come unexpectedly. So ideally build roof repairs into your budget with the rest of the house or even just have a plan worked out in case your roof is suddenly in need of repair.
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